Every once in a while, you see a video that makes you want to sweep everything off your desk, put your head in your hands, and sob, “Why? Dear God, why?”
John McCain’s latest campaign advertisement is one such video.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 10, 2010 6:46:30pm |
“I’m John McCain and I approve this message”
He also approved Sarah Palin as his VP.
/Just sayin’
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 6:47:15pm |
Well that killed my mood. He’s a maverick, no he’s one of us - anything for a cheap political score. He’s the GOP’s Hillary.
No John, I am so glad I didn’t vote for you. I can’t now even fathom I once did consider it. Fortunately your choice of Palin put an end to such thoughts.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 6:48:23pm |
re: #4 jamesfirecat
One of us, one of us!
I just got the image from the body snatcher movies… you know when one of them points and sheiks.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 6:48:51pm |
re: #5 LudwigVanQuixote
PIMF
I just got the image from the body snatcher movies… you know when one of them points and shrieks.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 10, 2010 6:48:54pm |
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 6:49:13pm |
re: #5 LudwigVanQuixote
I just got the image from the body snatcher movies… you know when one of them points and sheiks.
Suddenly the life and history of John McCain makes so much more sense!
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avanti Mon, May 10, 2010 6:50:00pm |
WTF ? He was the migration reform guy last time I looked.
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pingjockey Mon, May 10, 2010 6:50:46pm |
re: #11 avanti
That was until JD Hayworth started running to the right of Attila the Hun!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 6:52:07pm |
Now remember folks… The plan is perfect… It keeps the migrants here woring for even less because they can be even better brutalized and have even less recourse if they are… The newer migrants will be delayed by perhaps 15 to 20 minutes circumventing the fence and most importantly, You get to have jingoistic anger projected at poor brown people and cheap fruit at the same time and keep your local companies that exploit these folks in bigger profits.
Yes the plan is perfect.
Whores really.
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pingjockey Mon, May 10, 2010 6:52:27pm |
Well, I’d love to stay and chat, but I have a job at 4 damn am. Gaaah.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 6:52:43pm |
What if John was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home…
Nobody calling on the phone
‘Cept maybe Sarah up in Nome….
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darthstar Mon, May 10, 2010 6:52:46pm |
re: #1 Killgore Trout
He also approved Sarah Palin as his VP.
/Just sayin’
“I’m John McCain, and I’m told I approve this message.”
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 6:53:37pm |
Yeah but isn’t the other one from AZ even more whacked? With McCain we at least know its just a snow job.
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darthstar Mon, May 10, 2010 6:53:50pm |
re: #16 fat bastard vegetarian
What if John was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home…Nobody calling on the phone
‘Cept maybe Sarah up in Nome…
Well played, sir…well played indeed.
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Racer X Mon, May 10, 2010 6:55:16pm |
I’m not that outraged. I liked it. Build the dang fence.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 6:55:25pm |
OK upon looking at JD Hayworth, if he gets in, we are going to see even worse. Hayworth seems to mean it.
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bratwurst Mon, May 10, 2010 6:56:08pm |
I know if I were McCain I would be getting ready to enjoy a nice retirement at my multiple homes (so many I lost count) with my much younger wife and not worrying about how to win a red meat tossing contest with a guy who has ground chuck for brains.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 6:56:35pm |
re: #20 Racer X
Made me feel a little bit… uh… pandered to.
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 6:56:59pm |
re: #22 bratwurst
I know if I were McCain I would be getting ready to enjoy a nice retirement at my multiple homes (so many I lost count) with my much younger wife and not worrying about how to win a red meat tossing contest with a guy who has ground chuck for brains.
This really is beneath him isn’t it?
Hell this kind of blatant pandering should be beneath Jon Stewart let alone John McCain….
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 6:57:01pm |
re: #14 LudwigVanQuixote
Now remember folks… The plan is perfect… It keeps the migrants here working for even less because they can be even better brutalized and have even less recourse if they are… The newer migrants will be delayed by perhaps 15 to 20 minutes circumventing the fence and most importantly, You get to have jingoistic anger projected at poor brown people and cheap fruit at the same time and keep your local companies that exploit these folks in bigger profits.
Yes the plan is perfect.
Whores really.
“The plan is perfect” ranks right up there with “The Maginot Line will surely stop the Germans” in the Famous Last Words category. The latter, said 70 years ago today, was a great error and so is assuming you have the perfect plan.
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Racer X Mon, May 10, 2010 6:58:40pm |
re: #23 fat bastard vegetarian
Made me feel a little bit… uh… pandered to.
Yeah, a bit. I hate it when politicians do that.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 6:58:52pm |
OT, but I have to do this…
A real facebook post from someone I went to high school with…
{Name deleted} wonders how many people know the “National Mall” in Washington DC…is NOT an actual shopping mall?! :o)
*takes glasses off, “Oh. My. God.”*
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 6:58:52pm |
re: #25 Dark_Falcon
“The plan is perfect” ranks right up there with “The Maginot Line will surely stop the Germans” in the Famous Last Words category. The latter, said 70 years ago today, was a great error and so is assuming you have the perfect plan.
Don’t forget “Well invade Russia in June and be done before winter!”
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Olsonist Mon, May 10, 2010 6:59:19pm |
re: #4 jamesfirecat
One of us, one of us!
We accept her! One of us! We accept her! One of us!
Freaks
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 6:59:29pm |
Gah!
“I never really saw myself as a maverick.”
Translation:
“I have decided to whore myself out because these TP whackos scare the living shit out of me.”
((sigh))
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:00:02pm |
re: #16 fat bastard vegetarian
What if John was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home…Nobody calling on the phone
‘Cept maybe Sarah up in Nome…
Outstanding!
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:00:10pm |
re: #30 austin_blue
Gah!
“I never really saw myself as a maverick.”
Translation:
“I have decided to whore myself out because these TP whackos scare the living shit out of me.”
((sigh))
Translation of Translation
“I have decided to whore myself out because these TP whackos hold the fate of my senate career in their hands.”
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rwdflynavy Mon, May 10, 2010 7:00:14pm |
re: #28 jamesfirecat
Don’t forget “Well invade Russia in June and be done before winter!”
Stalingrad will be a cake walk!
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:00:40pm |
re: #27 fat bastard vegetarian
She was completely and totally serious.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:01:40pm |
re: #22 bratwurst
I know if I were McCain I would be getting ready to enjoy a nice retirement at my multiple homes (so many I lost count) with my much younger wife and not worrying about how to win a red meat tossing contest with a guy who has ground chuck for brains.
Champion’s League! Well done for your guys.
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:02:15pm |
re: #34 rwdflynavy
Stalingrad will be a cake walk!
The Americans and British will invade through the Pa De Calais area, we must center our defenses there!
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:02:32pm |
re: #33 jamesfirecat
Translation of Translation
“I have decided to whore myself out because these TP whackos hold the fate of my senate career in their hands.”
Yepper, that’s the way it goes.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:03:10pm |
re: #20 Racer X
I’m not that outraged. I liked it. Build the dang fence.
Oh! I should also say, “Build the fuckin’ fence”. I agree. But, geeze, John.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 7:03:12pm |
re: #28 jamesfirecat
Don’t forget “Well invade Russia in June and be done before winter!”
That one ranks right at the top of the list. I’ve actually found the perfect historical quote for this ad:
My plans are perfect, and when I carry them through may God have mercy on Bobby Lee, for I will have none!
- General Joseph “Fighting Joe” Hooker, 3 weeks prior to the Battle of Chancellorsville
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:03:34pm |
Palin will be just what I need to get the women’s vote and show the rubes that the GOP is not all about old white men!
Another great plan.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 10, 2010 7:03:47pm |
re: #25 Dark_Falcon
“The plan is perfect” ranks right up there with “The Maginot Line will surely stop the Germans” in the Famous Last Words category. The latter, said 70 years ago today, was a great error and so is assuming you have the perfect plan.
Static obstacles don’t work, except for the people who contract to build obstacles.
If we choose to use physical force along a 2000 mile border it will have to be mobile, mostly aviation. That means someone would have to be willing to shoot up families. We will find another answer.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 7:04:49pm |
One reason the fence is not really a good answer:
By making it possible for American farmers to sell their crops abroad for considerably less than it costs to grow them, USDA subsidies help determine the price of corn in Mexico and whether farmers in that country are forced off the land, to migrate to the cities—or to the United States. The problem is exacerbated by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which eliminated the barriers to U.S. agricultural imports that had protected Mexican farmers.[Link: www.thesocialcontract.com…]
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reine.de.tout Mon, May 10, 2010 7:05:04pm |
OT, posting this now because I need to run for a bit:
Administration Response to Oil Spill — past 24 hours
Full timeline of administration response
Photos - oil on Chandeleur Islands, LA
And finally, more oyster beds closed; GAH, I’m so glad I had way too many chargrilled and fried oysters for lunch one day last week!
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:05:04pm |
re: #42 Decatur Deb
Static obstacles don’t work, except for the people who contract to build obstacles.
If we choose to use physical force along a 2000 mile border it will have to be mobile, mostly aviation. That means someone would have to be willing to shoot up families. We will find another answer.
Don’t forget even if we build a f**ing fence all along the boarder, people will just raft to the US through the Gulf of Mexico.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Mon, May 10, 2010 7:05:29pm |
Stardate 45254.7: The events of the early 21st century are still deeply embarrassing to the human members of the United Federation of Planets.
Image: 3495258593_67fa08d361.jpg
Of course, it doesn’t help that the damned Vulcans lord it over us every chance they get. Apparently smugness is the one emotion the Kolinahr ritual doesn’t address.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:05:51pm |
re: #20 Racer X
I’m not that outraged. I liked it. Build the dang fence.
The Champion of Immigration Reform cravenly sucking cock?
Are you un-outrageable?
((Pardon for the hideous adjectival construction.))
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:06:01pm |
re: #45 jamesfirecat
Don’t forget even if we build a f**ing fence all along the boarder, people will just raft to the US through the Gulf of Mexico.
Mutant frickin’ sea bass with frickin’ lasers attached to their frickin’ heads!
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 7:06:03pm |
Lot’s of tornadoes in the lower plains today. One guy, Scott Weberpal got some dramatically close photos:
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darthstar Mon, May 10, 2010 7:06:10pm |
John McDang. I’m sorry, but I’m so flabbergasted by the corniness of this commercial, I can’t even mock the poor bastard. I only hope McCain gets to spend enough time after this election reflecting on his failure as a candidate to regret every mistake he’s made going back at least as far as Sarah Palin.
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Racer X Mon, May 10, 2010 7:06:34pm |
re: #39 fat bastard vegetarian
Oh! I should also say, “Build the fuckin’ fence”. I agree. But, geeze, John.
McCain was never known as a hipster. He makes John Kerry look like a member of the Rat Pack.
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Stanley Sea Mon, May 10, 2010 7:07:09pm |
From Dave Weigel today:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on the need to build a fence on the U.S.-Mexico border, January 2007:
I think the fence is least effective. But I’ll build the goddamned fence if they want it.
McCain again in September 2008:
What my plan was, and what our proposal was, that we secure our borders, and we can secure it, not necessarily with walls and fences. Although that is important in populated areas, in the deserts of Arizona vehicle barriers, cameras, and sensors, all of those things, can be used.
[Link: voices.washingtonpost.com…]
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:07:10pm |
re: #43 jaunte
One reason the fence is not really a good answer:
eh. why people want to immigrate is a different question than why the system for allowing them to immigrate efficiently is so broken…
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avanti Mon, May 10, 2010 7:07:12pm |
Now Redstate has picked the Briebart sites story of Mullah Omar’s capture, but still no confirmation from anywhere else.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Mon, May 10, 2010 7:07:32pm |
re: #44 reine.de.toutAnd finally, more oyster beds closed; GAH, I’m so glad I had way too many chargrilled and fried oysters for lunch one day last week!
Imitation oysters are easy to make. All you need are some shells and a friend with a sinus infection.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:07:45pm |
re: #50 freetoken
Lot’s of tornadoes in the lower plains today. One guy, Scott Weberpal got some dramatically close photos:
For the record, fluid physics is my field. We are going to see a lot more of this as time goes on. And oh yes, even though no single event can be proof or disproof of AGW, the trends are going to be clear.
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 7:07:47pm |
OK, so the census people call me (I have caller ID & it was them) & tell me there has been a mistake and my paycheck is being deposited into another employees account… the problem is I am not working for the census. It seems that I am on their data base as an employee & turning in a time sheet for 40 hours a week… odd is that?
OK, so I call the cops… the Social Security, the FTC, the IRS, the State Dept. of Labor, the DA & the DOJ … funny not one agency can tell me in real time if income is being declared against my ss#… so someone in the census in a position high enough to approve time sheets is collecting a check in my name & the only people that notice are the folks at unemployment … does it seem strange that I want to report a case of fraud & 5 government agencies don’t want to take the complaint? wtf?
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:08:30pm |
re: #52 Racer X
I wouldn’t go that far. Unless you mean Peter Lawford. He was pretty much the uncool guy who got the leftover chicks that Frank and Sammy didn’t want to bang.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:08:51pm |
re: #57 LudwigVanQuixote
For the record, fluid physics is my field. We are going to see a lot more of this as time goes on. And oh yes, even though no single event can be proof or disproof of AGW, the trends are going to be clear.
don’t we expect the poles to warm at a faster rate than the equatorial zones?
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Olsonist Mon, May 10, 2010 7:08:54pm |
re: #52 Racer X
McCain was never known as a hipster. He makes John Kerry look like a member of the Rat Pack.
That’s not true. McCain was a party animal. He graduated at the bottom of his Academy class. He revels in his SNL performances. Blithering nonsense.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:09:36pm |
re: #55 avanti
Now Redstate has picked the Briebart sites story of Mullah Omar’s capture, but still no confirmation from anywhere else.
Give it 24-48 hours.
I hope they got the bastard.
In the mean time we can read the socons masturbating over the tortures they want to inflict. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a very dangerous enemy and he needs to be taken out, but you know the real sadist pervs out there are going to go nuts.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, May 10, 2010 7:09:42pm |
re: #58 brookly red
OK, so the census people call me (I have caller ID & it was them) & tell me there has been a mistake and my paycheck is being deposited into another employees account… the problem is I am not working for the census. It seems that I am on their data base as an employee & turning in a time sheet for 40 hours a week… odd is that?
OK, so I call the cops… the Social Security, the FTC, the IRS, the State Dept. of Labor, the DA & the DOJ … funny not one agency can tell me in real time if income is being declared against my ss#… so someone in the census in a position high enough to approve time sheets is collecting a check in my name & the only people that notice are the folks at unemployment … does it seem strange that I want to report a case of fraud & 5 government agencies don’t want to take the complaint? wtf?
Good luck getting the IRS to not collect tax from you on this income that somebody else is collecting.
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Racer X Mon, May 10, 2010 7:10:13pm |
re: #48 austin_blue
I guess my outrage tolerance level is a bit higher.
/thanks for the mental image btw.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:10:16pm |
re: #60 Aceofwhat?
don’t we expect the poles to warm at a faster rate than the equatorial zones?
Yes and it has been measured. The biggest contributors to that are feedbacks with ice loss and current shifts.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:10:19pm |
re: #58 brookly red
Give them the correct account number.
The money will be deposited in Nigerian Currency.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:10:36pm |
re: #56 negativ
And finally, more oyster beds closed; GAH, I’m so glad I had way too many chargrilled and fried oysters for lunch one day last week!
Imitation oysters are easy to make. All you need are some shells and a friend with a sinus infection.
Oh, eeeew.
Nothin’ finer than a fresh erster, a drop of tabasco, a smidge of horseradish, and a dollop of catsup (or ketchup).
Heaven on the half shell.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 7:10:58pm |
re: #42 Decatur Deb
Static obstacles don’t work, except for the people who contract to build obstacles.
If we choose to use physical force along a 2000 mile border it will have to be mobile, mostly aviation. That means someone would have to be willing to shoot up families. We will find another answer.
Partially agree. Fixed defenses can work, but only if they have humans able to defend them. And drones can work, but only for recon except when we are dealing with targets with confirmed hostile intent. We must indeed avoid killing families.
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 7:11:03pm |
re: #58 brookly red
OK, so the census people call me (I have caller ID & it was them) & tell me there has been a mistake and my paycheck is being deposited into another employees account… the problem is I am not working for the census. It seems that I am on their data base as an employee & turning in a time sheet for 40 hours a week… odd is that?
OK, so I call the cops… the Social Security, the FTC, the IRS, the State Dept. of Labor, the DA & the DOJ … funny not one agency can tell me in real time if income is being declared against my ss#… so someone in the census in a position high enough to approve time sheets is collecting a check in my name & the only people that notice are the folks at unemployment … does it seem strange that I want to report a case of fraud & 5 government agencies don’t want to take the complaint? wtf?
this is not a joke.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:11:18pm |
re: #61 Olsonist
That’s not true. McCain was a party animal. He graduated at the bottom of his Academy class. He revels in his SNL performances. Blithering nonsense.
Dude. John McCain singing Barbra Streisand was freaking hysterical.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 7:11:37pm |
re: #54 Aceofwhat?
eh. why people want to immigrate is a different question than why the system for allowing them to immigrate efficiently is so broken…
I think the unforeseen result of supporting our large corn producers is increased immigration, and it’s the farm workers who are coming.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:11:40pm |
re: #58 brookly red
OK, so the census people call me (I have caller ID & it was them) & tell me there has been a mistake and my paycheck is being deposited into another employees account… the problem is I am not working for the census. It seems that I am on their data base as an employee & turning in a time sheet for 40 hours a week… odd is that?
OK, so I call the cops… the Social Security, the FTC, the IRS, the State Dept. of Labor, the DA & the DOJ … funny not one agency can tell me in real time if income is being declared against my ss#… so someone in the census in a position high enough to approve time sheets is collecting a check in my name & the only people that notice are the folks at unemployment … does it seem strange that I want to report a case of fraud & 5 government agencies don’t want to take the complaint? wtf?
that is completely messed up. You know this, but you need to stay on it hard.
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:11:52pm |
re: #63 LudwigVanQuixote
Give it 24-48 hours.
I hope they got the bastard.
In the mean time we can read the socons masturbating over the tortures they want to inflict. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a very dangerous enemy and he needs to be taken out, but you know the real sadist pervs out there are going to go nuts.
Also they can start preforming quire practice for how capturing this guy does not reflect well on Obama in any way shape or form.
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, May 10, 2010 7:12:04pm |
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researchok Mon, May 10, 2010 7:12:47pm |
re: #58 brookly red
OK, so the census people call me (I have caller ID & it was them) & tell me there has been a mistake and my paycheck is being deposited into another employees account… the problem is I am not working for the census. It seems that I am on their data base as an employee & turning in a time sheet for 40 hours a week… odd is that?
OK, so I call the cops… the Social Security, the FTC, the IRS, the State Dept. of Labor, the DA & the DOJ … funny not one agency can tell me in real time if income is being declared against my ss#… so someone in the census in a position high enough to approve time sheets is collecting a check in my name & the only people that notice are the folks at unemployment … does it seem strange that I want to report a case of fraud & 5 government agencies don’t want to take the complaint? wtf?
Call local media.
They will ump all over this
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:12:49pm |
re: #51 darthstar
John McDang. I’m sorry, but I’m so flabbergasted by the corniness of this commercial, I can’t even mock the poor bastard. I only hope McCain gets to spend enough time after this election reflecting on his failure as a candidate to regret every mistake he’s made going back at least as far as Sarah Palin.
it’s too bad, really. folks in Arizona are fed up, on balance. with their patience tossed out of the window, they’re embracing clumsy solutions faster than reasonable people can talk them out of it.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:13:51pm |
re: #74 jamesfirecat
Also they can start preforming quire practice for how capturing this guy does not reflect well on Obama in any way shape or form.
Oh yeah… I am sure they will. I suppose they will bitch that we are not water boarding him and whine that those damn liberals want to fluff his pillow at gitmo or some such. Either that or they will just ignore the fact that Obama is actually making a fight of it.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 7:14:06pm |
re: #60 Aceofwhat?
re: #57 LudwigVanQuixote
As far as tornadoes go, it will be interesting to watch the change over the decades. If the Hadley cells enlarge and move northward, and thus the jet streams move northward, the lower plains might see a decrease in tornadoes, while the upper plains might see an increase.
It’s an area of speculation, and I’ve not seen any definitive work on how US tornado distribution will change.
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Racer X Mon, May 10, 2010 7:14:28pm |
re: #58 brookly red
OK, so the census people call me (I have caller ID & it was them) & tell me there has been a mistake and my paycheck is being deposited into another employees account… the problem is I am not working for the census. It seems that I am on their data base as an employee & turning in a time sheet for 40 hours a week… odd is that?
OK, so I call the cops… the Social Security, the FTC, the IRS, the State Dept. of Labor, the DA & the DOJ … funny not one agency can tell me in real time if income is being declared against my ss#… so someone in the census in a position high enough to approve time sheets is collecting a check in my name & the only people that notice are the folks at unemployment … does it seem strange that I want to report a case of fraud & 5 government agencies don’t want to take the complaint? wtf?
Call FoxNews.
They will get a boner and do special report.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:14:36pm |
re: #65 Racer X
I guess my outrage tolerance level is a bit higher.
/thanks for the mental image btw.
Anytime! Desperate time call for desperate measures by our elected officials!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:14:52pm |
re: #77 Aceofwhat?
it’s too bad, really. folks in Arizona are fed up, on balance. with their patience tossed out of the window, they’re embracing clumsy solutions faster than reasonable people can talk them out of it.
And you have to love the GOP mantra it is DC’s fault for doing nothing, when it was the GOP that scuttled their own president for addressing the issue.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 7:15:06pm |
re: #61 Olsonist
That’s not true. McCain was a party animal. He graduated at the bottom of his Academy class. He revels in his SNL performances. Blithering nonsense.
That bring me to another thing that bothers me: No one who earned the rank of Captain in the United States Navy should even allow himself to be associated with the phrase “the plan is perfect”. He literally can’t believe that, given all that he has seen, done and read.
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teleskiguy Mon, May 10, 2010 7:15:12pm |
McCain used the word DANG.
Great. Fucking great. This is American politics. LGF, indeed, can be a godsend sometimes.
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 7:15:24pm |
What a blunder. Apparently, the cop featured in the ad is an illegal alien*.
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* The bald guy in the picture is Italian and one of the most famous soccer referees in the world, ok?
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avanti Mon, May 10, 2010 7:15:28pm |
re: #63 LudwigVanQuixote
Give it 24-48 hours.
I hope they got the bastard.
In the mean time we can read the socons masturbating over the tortures they want to inflict. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a very dangerous enemy and he needs to be taken out, but you know the real sadist pervs out there are going to go nuts.
Now, HA picked it up (skeptically)
“I’m skeptical, but Breitbart is beaming this out at both Big Journalism and Big Government so Brad Thor’s sources must be decent. The left will rub AB’s face in a pile of shinola if it doesn’t pan out and he knows it only too well.
Fingers crossed.”
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 7:15:34pm |
re: #70 brookly red
this is not a joke.
Someone likely just “invented” a SS# and it happened to be yours (you won!) Or a case of stolen identity, which means you better be checking in with all your institutions.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:15:41pm |
re: #79 freetoken
re: #57 LudwigVanQuixote
As far as tornadoes go, it will be interesting to watch the change over the decades. If the Hadley cells enlarge and move northward, and thus the jet streams move northward, the lower plains might see a decrease in tornadoes, while the upper plains might see an increase.
It’s an area of speculation, and I’ve not seen any definitive work on how US tornado distribution will change.
It’s hard to simulate. We can say though that there will be more of them of more intensity for some time.
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webevintage Mon, May 10, 2010 7:15:42pm |
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swamprat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:15:49pm |
Let me go to the one state where building the fence could be associated with bigotry and racism.Sure, I could go to Texas, or New Mexico, or California; but those states are not being painted as batshit crazy. No, I’ll go to ARI-fucking-ZONA!
The One, Single, and Only state, where support for building the fence is an absolute, sure signal to every racist, bigoted, nutso separatist, xenophobic asshole. that I understand and support their psychosis!
I’m John McCain, and I pander to racists.
/We need the fence, but not at this price.
Build the friggin’ fence, but do it honestly. I support tag and release immigration.
Let ‘em in. Let ‘em work. Keep track of who and how many. And don’t force them to work illegally so they work for less. Play the game honestly.
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Racer X Mon, May 10, 2010 7:16:14pm |
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Mad Al-Jaffee Mon, May 10, 2010 7:16:15pm |
OT - Jack Bauer went medieval on a Russian tonight. With a pair of pliers and a blowtorch. I always wondered what that would look like.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:16:54pm |
re: #58 brookly red
OK, so the census people call me (I have caller ID & it was them) & tell me there has been a mistake and my paycheck is being deposited into another employees account… the problem is I am not working for the census. It seems that I am on their data base as an employee & turning in a time sheet for 40 hours a week… odd is that?
OK, so I call the cops… the Social Security, the FTC, the IRS, the State Dept. of Labor, the DA & the DOJ … funny not one agency can tell me in real time if income is being declared against my ss#… so someone in the census in a position high enough to approve time sheets is collecting a check in my name & the only people that notice are the folks at unemployment … does it seem strange that I want to report a case of fraud & 5 government agencies don’t want to take the complaint? wtf?
dude, i posted this earlier this year, but i got a second set of tax refund checks from 2005 and 2006 in January because the IRS literally lost all record of my having submitted my returns for those years. i spent nearly two years trying to get them to understand that they’d already processed those returns but i didn’t have my copies anymore…so you paid me double.
there are plenty of good folks who work for the govt but it’s not how you’d ever want to run a productive enterprise. the IRS has systems that can’t even interface with each other, for crying out loud. i almost wept in their office when i learned that…
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prairiefire Mon, May 10, 2010 7:16:55pm |
re: #79 freetoken
Purely anecdotal, but it seems to me the last 2 years the storms with the tornado producing cells have been dropping a bit to the south of us here in KC. I hear about more twisters in Arkansas, mid Missouri, and all of Illinois.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:17:42pm |
re: #79 freetoken
re: #57 LudwigVanQuixote
As far as tornadoes go, it will be interesting to watch the change over the decades. If the Hadley cells enlarge and move northward, and thus the jet streams move northward, the lower plains might see a decrease in tornadoes, while the upper plains might see an increase.
It’s an area of speculation, and I’ve not seen any definitive work on how US tornado distribution will change.
agree - lots of variables at play in these projections, it seems…
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 10, 2010 7:18:22pm |
re: #69 Dark_Falcon
Partially agree. Fixed defenses can work, but only if they have humans able to defend them. And drones can work, but only for recon except when we are dealing with targets with confirmed hostile intent. We must indeed avoid killing families.
On the other hand, in a thousand years or so, we can show the Chinese tourists our wall.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:18:38pm |
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:18:57pm |
re: #86 avanti
Now, HA picked it up (skeptically)
“I’m skeptical, but Breitbart is beaming this out at both Big Journalism and Big Government so Brad Thor’s sources must be decent. The left will rub AB’s face in a pile of shinola if it doesn’t pan out and he knows it only too well.
Fingers crossed.”
So we either get mock Breitbart or celebrate capturing a major terrorists.
Dare I say it but I think even we liberals can’t screw this one up!
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Racer X Mon, May 10, 2010 7:19:45pm |
re: #98 jamesfirecat
So we either get mock Breitbart or celebrate capturing a major terrorists.
Dare I say it but I think even we liberals can’t screw this one up!
Place your bets!
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:20:08pm |
re: #97 fat bastard vegetarian
Quire? Really?
You been studying hard?
I think you need to take a break.
Hey it’s a semi acceptable spelling…..
[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:20:20pm |
re: #82 LudwigVanQuixote
And you have to love the GOP mantra it is DC’s fault for doing nothing, when it was the GOP that scuttled their own president for addressing the issue.
you’ll find no disagreement here. W’s plan was a good sight better than doing nothing, or resorting to AZ-style frustration. i was infuriated at the right for that episode.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 10, 2010 7:20:50pm |
re: #70 brookly red
this is not a joke.
They’ll listen to your congressman, and he’ll listen to you if you show him that you know his opposition’s number. (Have you used the Fraud, Waste, and abuse hotlines?)
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engineer cat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:21:44pm |
can somebody tell me where all these illegal mexican folks are going to work and why the arizonians aren’t all up in arms to prosecute the employers?
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:22:11pm |
re: #103 engineer dog
can somebody tell me where all these illegal mexican folks are going to work and why the arizonians aren’t all up in arms to prosecute the employers?
Because the employers are Republicans.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:22:24pm |
re: #100 jamesfirecat
Hey it’s a semi acceptable spelling…
[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]
You believe new math too?
I’ve never seen that as an acceptable spelling of choir. But, you win.
It’s right there.
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Racer X Mon, May 10, 2010 7:22:35pm |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 7:22:48pm |
re: #84 teleskiguy
McCain used the word DANG.
Great. Fucking great. This is American politics. LGF, indeed, can be a godsend sometimes.
I wish he’d made an internet-only version where he said “build the fucking fence” which is what he’d really say if a camera wasn’t rolling. A version showing that would seen more natural and effective.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:22:58pm |
re: #72 jaunte
I think the unforeseen result of supporting our large corn producers is increased immigration, and it’s the farm workers who are coming.
oh, i hate the subsidies - i’m with you there - but free trade is generally a good thing.
would it kill Mexico to work on some sort of economic progress, though? talk about your nasty unions…yikes…
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Sheepdogess Mon, May 10, 2010 7:23:04pm |
Ahhh, McCain.
The media’s choice for the liberal communist opposition.
Brilliant politics!
What a bunch of cowards.
Gonna go collect eggs, better late than never.
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:23:53pm |
re: #106 Racer X
Link?
/What isn’t a well known fact that all captains of industry are do it yourself bootstrap climbing Republicans?
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oklahoma Mon, May 10, 2010 7:24:16pm |
Bumper sticker: Because I’m John McCain, and I’ll say anything to get re-elected.”
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:24:23pm |
re: #106 Racer X
Link?
Well, just out of curiosity, why is it the that Dems are happy to push immigration reform talk in DC and the GOP isn’t?
Just asking?
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Gus Mon, May 10, 2010 7:24:41pm |
Fine. Build the damned fence. Just do it and get it over with. Tired of hearing about that border fence and in the long run we’ll spend more money debating the merits of this fence then if they would just build it now.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:24:44pm |
re: #107 Dark_Falcon
I wish he’d made an internet-only version where he said “build the fucking fence” which is what he’d really say if a camera wasn’t rolling. A version showing that would seen more natural and effective.
My wife’s from the Mid-west. Very nice people there. Very wholesome. They use words like ‘Cripes.’ For Cripe’s sake. Who would that be, Jesus Cripes? The son of ‘Gosh?’ of the church of ‘Holy Moly’. I’m not making fun of it You think I wanna burn in ‘Heck’?
-George Carlin
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Vicious Babushka Mon, May 10, 2010 7:24:50pm |
re: #71 fat bastard vegetarian
Dude. John McCain singing Barbra Streisand was freaking hysterical.
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:25:22pm |
re: #58 brookly red
OK, so the census people call me (I have caller ID & it was them) & tell me there has been a mistake and my paycheck is being deposited into another employees account… the problem is I am not working for the census. It seems that I am on their data base as an employee & turning in a time sheet for 40 hours a week… odd is that?
OK, so I call the cops… the Social Security, the FTC, the IRS, the State Dept. of Labor, the DA & the DOJ … funny not one agency can tell me in real time if income is being declared against my ss#… so someone in the census in a position high enough to approve time sheets is collecting a check in my name & the only people that notice are the folks at unemployment … does it seem strange that I want to report a case of fraud & 5 government agencies don’t want to take the complaint? wtf?
Did you call the local census bureau? Was the number that called you local? Either way it’s probably still in your phone. They’d probably like to know.
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:25:36pm |
re: #114 Gus 802
Fine. Build the damned fence. Just do it and get it over with. Tired of hearing about that border fence and in the long run we’ll spend more money debating the merits of this fence then if they would just build it now.
Since we, have a big expense here
Who will, have to build the fence here?
Guys like Juan!
(Capital Steps)
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Gus Mon, May 10, 2010 7:25:53pm |
re: #110 Sheepdogess
Ahhh, McCain.
The media’s choice for the
liberalcommunist opposition.Brilliant politics!
What a bunch of cowards.
Gonna go collect eggs, better late than never.
Well, if you live in Arizona you can either vote for McCain or Mongo.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:25:59pm |
re: #103 engineer dog
can somebody tell me where all these illegal mexican folks are going to work and why the arizonians aren’t all up in arms to prosecute the employers?
because it’s the employer’s job to verify paperwork, and you can submit all different kinds of easily forged paperwork as proof of your gainful employment status.
i’d prefer that folks stop asking employers to be the FBI, and start getting pissed that the government is too leadfooted to provide an efficient and accurate method of verification…
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:26:12pm |
re: #120 Gus 802
Well, if you live in Arizona you can either vote for McCain or Mongo.
Mongo? Santa Maria!
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teleskiguy Mon, May 10, 2010 7:26:33pm |
re: #107 Dark_Falcon
I wish he’d made an internet-only version where he said “build the fucking fence” which is what he’d really say if a camera wasn’t rolling. A version showing that would seen more natural and effective.
That’s a splendid fucking idea! I’m telling Hickenlooper and McInnis that for our Guv campaign coming up here soon. Then we’ll get the REAL GUTTER POLITICS!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:27:11pm |
re: #121 Aceofwhat?
because it’s the employer’s job to verify paperwork, and you can submit all different kinds of easily forged paperwork as proof of your gainful employment status.
i’d prefer that folks stop asking employers to be the FBI, and start getting pissed that the government is too leadfooted to provide an efficient and accurate method of verification…
Oh come on. When people go in trucks to pick up waiting day laborers they know full well what they are doing.
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avanti Mon, May 10, 2010 7:27:14pm |
re: #98 jamesfirecat
So we either get mock Breitbart or celebrate capturing a major terrorists.
Dare I say it but I think even we liberals can’t screw this one up!
Yep, terrific news, or just good news. BTW, the typical suspects are already spinning it against Obama without confirmation. (Miranda rights, etc.)
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 7:27:22pm |
re: #70 brookly red
I would contact a lawyer, quickly. You need to jump on this, and get it fixed. It sounds like either someone is using your SSN, or it’s a typo, and a mistake. Either way, YOU will be the one who gets penalized, so YOU need to be the one to get it fixed. A police report is a start.
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Racer X Mon, May 10, 2010 7:27:36pm |
re: #113 LudwigVanQuixote
Well, just out of curiosity, why is it the that Dems are happy to push immigration reform talk in DC and the GOP isn’t?
Just asking?
That doesn’t answer the question. Not all who employee illegals are R.
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Gus Mon, May 10, 2010 7:27:40pm |
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:27:42pm |
re: #112 oklahoma
Bumper sticker: Because I’m John McCain, and I’ll say anything to get re-elected.”
Whoa there, pardner. Slow down a bit.
We’re bangin’ on John right now, sure. But, pandering is NOT a McCain-centric problem. It’s the whole damn lot of ‘em.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 7:28:21pm |
Another neat image, from a different shooter (Verne Carlson) of the same tornado, that shows the multi-vortex nature of these large tornadoes well:
So let’s see if I can get this back on topic…
To me, the Tea Party movement is like a large wedge tornado, made up of multiple vortices all revolving around each other. One vortex is the Fed conspiracy mindset (BUY GOLD!!), another vortex is the creationist/anti-science whirlwind, and yet another is the cultural-racism vortex, not to be confused with the genetic-racism vortex that is part of the same mix. Then there is the Libertarian Fundamentalism vortex. And so on.
All combined into one large wedge tornado that is leaving a path of destruction through the GOP and the American body politic.
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avanti Mon, May 10, 2010 7:28:23pm |
re: #113 LudwigVanQuixote
Well, just out of curiosity, why is it the that Dems are happy to push immigration reform talk in DC and the GOP isn’t?
Just asking?
The GOP was for it before they were against it, McCain included.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:28:33pm |
re: #127 Racer X
That doesn’t answer the question. Not all who employee illegals are R.
NO but the ones who have the sway in the GOP sufficiently to cause this much uproar certainly are.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 10, 2010 7:28:36pm |
Don’t get too excited about the Mullah Omar news from Brietbart. He’s spinning it as an” Obama’s clueless and Hillary’s stupid” thing. Probably not true bu we’ll see.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:29:15pm |
re: #133 Killgore Trout
Don’t get too excited about the Mullah Omar news from Brietbart. He’s spinning it as an” Obama’s clueless and Hillary’s stupid” thing. Probably not true bu we’ll see.
ahh he’s backing down already?
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:29:45pm |
re: #133 Killgore Trout
Don’t get too excited about the Mullah Omar news from Brietbart. He’s spinning it as an” Obama’s clueless and Hillary’s stupid” thing. Probably not true bu we’ll see.
How is it possible to spin “we captured a major terrorist” as a bad thing for the current people in charge?
And while you answer I’ll just tank a nice long sip from this 72 ounce lemonade slurpee….
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:30:09pm |
Let’s just all hope McCain beats Hayworth… How are they polling?
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avanti Mon, May 10, 2010 7:30:40pm |
re: #133 Killgore Trout
Don’t get too excited about the Mullah Omar news from Brietbart. He’s spinning it as an” Obama’s clueless and Hillary’s stupid” thing. Probably not true bu we’ll see.
If Obama was seen walking on the water, they’d say it’s because he does not know how to swim.
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Ojoe Mon, May 10, 2010 7:30:56pm |
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:31:10pm |
re: #135 jamesfirecat
And while you answer I’ll just tank a nice long sip from this 72 ounce lemonade slurpee…
I just got…
1. Brain freeze
2. Diabetes
3. the urge to pee.
Thanks.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 10, 2010 7:31:11pm |
re: #134 LudwigVanQuixote
He’s not backing down and probably never will but his last big exclusive story was the heavily edited and dishonest ACORN tapes so it’s a safe assumption that he’s full of shit.
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Gus Mon, May 10, 2010 7:31:14pm |
re: #129 fat bastard vegetarian
Whoa there, pardner. Slow down a bit.
We’re bangin’ on John right now, sure. But, pandering is NOT a McCain-centric problem. It’s the whole damn lot of ‘em.
Pandering is part of the curriculum for all political graduates. Pandering 101 and 102 all the way up to graduate studies in pandering.
/That and either the Kennedy voice or the Boss Hog voice. Also have to get the hand mannerisms down too.
/
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Racer X Mon, May 10, 2010 7:32:10pm |
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:32:48pm |
re: #141 Gus 802
He makes the rules
And he intends
To keep it that-a-way
What’s good for General Bullmoose
Is good for the USA!
-Lil’ Abner
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Reginald Perrin Mon, May 10, 2010 7:32:49pm |
re: #135 jamesfirecat
How is it possible to spin “we captured a major terrorist” as a bad thing for the current people in charge?
I have no idea how the sane could spin it as a bad thing but I am offering 5 to 1 that the intellectual midgets at the stalker/hate blog will find a way.
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avanti Mon, May 10, 2010 7:32:51pm |
re: #135 jamesfirecat
How is it possible to spin “we captured a major terrorist” as a bad thing for the current people in charge?
And while you answer I’ll just tank a nice long sip from this 72 ounce lemonade slurpee…
He only did it to take the press off covering the story about his responsibility for the oil spill and Tennessee flood. /
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:33:41pm |
re: #88 LudwigVanQuixote
It’s hard to simulate. We can say though that there will be more of them of more intensity for some time.
My buddy Bruce Sterling posited in a novel (Heavy Weather) that if if surface temperatures increase enough in the spring to say, 103 degrees, that a late low pressure system, combined with a high stuck south of the Texas/Louisiana border could pump enough moisture into the core of the low system to form a 50-mile wide F-6 tornado with 300-MPH winds. Interesting thought experiment. Not a bad book.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:33:45pm |
re: #124 LudwigVanQuixote
Oh come on. When people go in trucks to pick up waiting day laborers they know full well what they are doing.
dude, there’s a recession on, and it involves not constructing things.
there are lots of illegals gainfully employed, having shown their employers a purportedly legal document.
those employers are not at fault.
if you pick up a day laborer, you must not have checked their documents. so my point still stands. the only employers at fault here are the ones who didn’t actually follow the rules.
that’s a different statement than just “going after the employers”.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 7:34:10pm |
Scott Weberpal’s video from today:
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:34:48pm |
Be funny if he was delivered to the mail box with a packing slip that read, “Major Award”. We could put him in The White House’s front window… lampshade on his head… fishnet stockings…
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HoosierHoops Mon, May 10, 2010 7:35:12pm |
Update..Magic sweep the Hawks and the Lakers are on next…
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 7:35:19pm |
re: #126 Floral Giraffe
I would contact a lawyer, quickly. You need to jump on this, and get it fixed. It sounds like either someone is using your SSN, or it’s a typo, and a mistake. Either way, YOU will be the one who gets penalized, so YOU need to be the one to get it fixed. A police report is a start.
you know what, I am starting not to give a crap… I think I will just e-mail Fox an let them have at it. The police can’t investigate till I provide a statement form the SS people who can’t get back to me till the 3rd quarter data is in… maybe Rush can do something… I am damn pissed.
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Gus Mon, May 10, 2010 7:35:25pm |
re: #143 fat bastard vegetarian
He makes the rules
And he intends
To keep it that-a-way
What’s good for General Bullmoose
Is good for the USA!
-Lil’ Abner
“If elected, I promise to finish fixing this here park. Once that’s done I intend to fully fund the Elmer Gentry Boy Scout Camp so you can send your fine boys to summer camp. And I intend to see that each and every one of you has a new car in your garage before my second year!”
/No reference just something I whipped up.”
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Sheepdogess Mon, May 10, 2010 7:35:40pm |
re: #120 Gus 802
Mongo? Can’t find any info on mongo in Arizona? Please help. Sorry, I’m just farmer.
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:35:47pm |
re: #137 avanti
If Obama was seen walking on the water, they’d say it’s because he does not know how to swim.
That was brilliant! I’ll have to remember it!
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:36:01pm |
re: #132 LudwigVanQuixote
NO but the ones who have the sway in the GOP sufficiently to cause this much uproar certainly are.
i’m not following. the R’s who are overzealously pursuing immigrants also seekritly employ them?
seems counterproductive…
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:36:08pm |
re: #146 austin_blue
My buddy Bruce Sterling posited in a novel (Heavy Weather) that if if surface temperatures increase enough in the spring to say, 103 degrees, that a late low pressure system, combined with a high stuck south of the Texas/Louisiana border could pump enough moisture into the core of the low system to form a 50-mile wide F-6 tornado with 300-MPH winds. Interesting thought experiment. Not a bad book.
Oh more extreme events are a given… As to where they will be, it is hard to model. Free is right that there is a good chance of these weather systems moving north for the reasons he mentioned. I’m just not willing to say it strongly yet.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:36:20pm |
re: #150 HoosierHoops
Please Lord, let the Lakers go STRAIGHT TO HELL!
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Gus Mon, May 10, 2010 7:36:44pm |
re: #153 Sheepdogess
Mongo? Can’t find any info on mongo in Arizona? Please help. Sorry, I’m just farmer.
JD Hayworth be Mongo. Fred Flintstone is just too smart to be Hayworth.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:37:09pm |
re: #146 austin_blue
My buddy Bruce Sterling posited in a novel (Heavy Weather) that if if surface temperatures increase enough in the spring to say, 103 degrees, that a late low pressure system, combined with a high stuck south of the Texas/Louisiana border could pump enough moisture into the core of the low system to form a 50-mile wide F-6 tornado with 300-MPH winds. Interesting thought experiment. Not a bad book.
i thought that storm intensity generally correlated with temperature differential between the equator and the poles rather than average surface temperatures per se?
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 7:37:23pm |
re: #118 marjoriemoon
Did you call the local census bureau? Was the number that called you local? Either way it’s probably still in your phone. They’d probably like to know.
can you say cover up?
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:37:23pm |
re: #156 Aceofwhat?
i’m not following. the R’s who are overzealously pursuing immigrants also seekritly employ them?
seems counterproductive…
The more pressure they put on those who are hear illegally, the worse the working conditions can be without them complaining.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 7:37:31pm |
re: #156 Aceofwhat?
They may just be pretending to zealously pursue them. Meanwhile, we have inexpensive produce.
[Link: seamonkey.ed.asu.edu…]
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:37:37pm |
re: #161 Racer X
Gotta go.
and
GO LAKERS STRAIGHT TO HELL!!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:38:00pm |
re: #156 Aceofwhat?
i’m not following. the R’s who are overzealously pursuing immigrants also seekritly employ them?
seems counterproductive…
Different R’s, the rich ones who employ them have sway in DC while the rank and file teabaggers are screeching. Why do you think the GOP screamed bloody murder over immigration and used it as an excuse to drop the AGW bill, only to have Obama come out the next day and say that immigration was back as a Dem priority?
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PT Barnum Mon, May 10, 2010 7:38:27pm |
re: #153 Sheepdogess
Mongo? Can’t find any info on mongo in Arizona? Please help. Sorry, I’m just farmer.
Mongo only pawn in game of life.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 7:38:32pm |
re: #133 Killgore Trout
Don’t get too excited about the Mullah Omar news from Brietbart. He’s spinning it as an” Obama’s clueless and Hillary’s stupid” thing. Probably not true bu we’ll see.
That would be his meme whether the story was true or false. Brack Obama could lead a raid himself that captured the entire leadership of a drug cartel and Andrew Breibart would claim he “got in the way”. If he even had to admit an unqualified success by Obama, his head would explode.
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avanti Mon, May 10, 2010 7:39:25pm |
re: #154 marjoriemoon
That was brilliant! I’ll have to remember it!
I stole it, I’m not that clever.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:39:51pm |
re: #157 LudwigVanQuixote
Oh more extreme events are a given… As to where they will be, it is hard to model. Free is right that there is a good chance of these weather systems moving north for the reasons he mentioned. I’m just not willing to say it strongly yet.
Agreed, but they will be moving north with the spring and south with autumn. More extreme events, on average, in both directions. Take a look at the Central Tennessee rainfall totals last weekend.
Welcome to the Greenhouse, and strap in.
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:40:42pm |
re: #149 fat bastard vegetarian
Be funny if he was delivered to the mail box with a packing slip that read, “Major Award”. We could put him in The White House’s front window… lampshade on his head… fishnet stockings…
Michelle would accidentally break it.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:40:45pm |
re: #172 austin_blue
Agreed, but they will be moving north with the spring and south with autumn. More extreme events, on average, in both directions. Take a look at the Central Tennessee rainfall totals last weekend.
Welcome to the Greenhouse, and strap in.
Which is why I was not ready to say the bulk would move north.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 7:41:03pm |
re: #139 fat bastard vegetarian
And while you answer I’ll just tank a nice long sip from this 72 ounce lemonade slurpee…
I just got…
1. Brain freeze
2. Diabetes
3. the urge to pee.Thanks.
Does 7-11 have 72 ounce Slurpees now? If so, I’m gonna get one tomorrow.
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lostlakehiker Mon, May 10, 2010 7:41:32pm |
re: #104 LudwigVanQuixote
Because the employers are Republicans.
If you ran a business, would you make it policy never to hire an illegal alien? Demand papers, double check them, avoid hiring anyone whose papers might be phony?
Employers are rather in a bind here. Where is the policy that is guaranteed to not run afoul of one law or the other?
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:41:33pm |
re: #163 brookly red
can you say cover up?
Maybe it sounds silly, but did you try to talk to a supervisor or manager?
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:41:42pm |
re: #164 jamesfirecat
The more pressure they put on those who are hear illegally, the worse the working conditions can be without them complaining.
oh, come on. austrian economics make more sense than that little conspiracy theory.
if brown people without papers are going to be rounded up, and your business is afloat on the backs of brown people without papers, your employees aren’t going to show up as they get corralled over time and your business will fail…not a difficult concept.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 10, 2010 7:41:52pm |
re: #140 Killgore Trout
He’s not backing down and probably never will but his last big exclusive story was the heavily edited and dishonest ACORN tapes so it’s a safe assumption that he’s full of shit.
A Mullah Baradar was recently captured. Any chance of error on a blog?
[Link: www.google.com…]
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HoosierHoops Mon, May 10, 2010 7:41:58pm |
re: #158 fat bastard vegetarian
Please Lord, let the Lakers go STRAIGHT TO HELL!
All I care about when the Lakers lose is knowing that Jack Nickelson is sitting naked at his kitchen table with an empty bottle of Vodka at 6am staring out the window over Hollywood…Welcome to the real world jack…
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Gus Mon, May 10, 2010 7:42:22pm |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 7:42:45pm |
re: #173 PT Barnum
I have a mongo flush.
You still loser. Full house; 8’s over 5’s. Read ‘em and weep. :D
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Stanley Sea Mon, May 10, 2010 7:42:58pm |
Speaking of walking on water, this was posted earlier. It’s now a sport. Way cool.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:43:01pm |
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PT Barnum Mon, May 10, 2010 7:43:08pm |
re: #176 Dark_Falcon
Does 7-11 have 72 ounce Slurpees now? If so, I’m gonna get one tomorrow.
I’ve been getting the McDonald’s blended frappe…good stuff, though brain freeze is definitely an issue.
If they aren’t in your market, hope they show up soon.
OT, but McDonalds coffee used to be undrinkable, but it’s gotten pretty good in the last year or so. Anybody else have that experience?
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 7:43:44pm |
re: #178 marjoriemoon
Maybe it sounds silly, but did you try to talk to a supervisor or manager?
they are not in the office at this time… I did a 3 way call with an agent from Lifelock… this is the real deal. Fraud & cover up most foul.
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PT Barnum Mon, May 10, 2010 7:43:56pm |
re: #183 Dark_Falcon
You still loser. Full house; 8’s over 5’s. Read ‘em and weep. :D
It as a ROYAL mongo flush. Did I forget to mention that?
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cwnorma Mon, May 10, 2010 7:44:03pm |
I gotta post more…
Best to all Lizards tonight
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 7:45:10pm |
re: #150 HoosierHoops
Go Lakers!
Hiya Hoopster!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 7:45:12pm |
re: #177 lostlakehiker
If you ran a business, would you make it policy never to hire an illegal alien? Demand papers, double check them, avoid hiring anyone whose papers might be phony?
Employers are rather in a bind here. Where is the policy that is guaranteed to not run afoul of one law or the other?
Common sense and reasonableness on the part of the investigators and prosecutors. If a company has one or two illegals with good forged documents, then let them off the hook. If the company has 500 working a field or a slaughter house or whatever, then it is a another matter.
One would imagine that in this computerized age, papers would not be the kind of records one would really need. I know I fill out a form with everyone I have worked with and they check databases.
One would imagine that between computerized birth records, tax records, credit records, driving records etc… that it would be pretty easy to determine.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:45:21pm |
re: #167 LudwigVanQuixote
Different R’s, the rich ones who employ them have sway in DC while the rank and file teabaggers are screeching. Why do you think the GOP screamed bloody murder over immigration and used it as an excuse to drop the AGW bill, only to have Obama come out the next day and say that immigration was back as a Dem priority?
farm labor aside, because that is legitimately its own animal, rich employers aren’t crusing past Home Depot looking to throw a few idle folks in the back of the F-150.
so again. are republicans bad for overzealously pursuing purported illegal immigrants or bad for selfishly tolerating them in order to exploit them?
because if you say ‘both’, i have gold foil to sell you. it’s a head cover AND an investment…win-win!!11!
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prairiefire Mon, May 10, 2010 7:45:32pm |
re: #185 fat bastard vegetarian
I posted it last week here… but I stole it too…
Hillary said it first. Maybe she stole it from somewhere else?
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:45:47pm |
re: #187 brookly red
they are not in the office at this time… I did a 3 way call with an agent from Lifelock… this is the real deal. Fraud & cover up most foul.
Wow. Scary stuff. How’s Lifelock btw? I’ve seen the ads.
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Stanley Sea Mon, May 10, 2010 7:46:06pm |
re: #186 PT Barnum
I’ve been getting the McDonald’s blended frappe…good stuff, though brain freeze is definitely an issue.
If they aren’t in your market, hope they show up soon.
OT, but McDonalds coffee used to be undrinkable, but it’s gotten pretty good in the last year or so. Anybody else have that experience?
Yep, and it’s cheaper than the boutique coffee joints. McDonald’s did a big advertising blitz to announce the change. I was influenced & drive through now for coffee.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:46:08pm |
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:46:09pm |
re: #193 prairiefire
Hillary said it first. Maybe she stole it from somewhere else?
I first heard it as a woman preacher joke… ten years ago?…
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 7:46:20pm |
re: #151 brookly red
you know what, I am starting not to give a crap… I think I will just e-mail Fox an let them have at it. The police can’t investigate till I provide a statement form the SS people who can’t get back to me till the 3rd quarter data is in… maybe Rush can do something… I am damn pissed.
Well, just be clear on the fact that it is YOU who will have to get this cleaned up. So, don’t just ignore it.
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prairiefire Mon, May 10, 2010 7:46:50pm |
re: #197 fat bastard vegetarian
I first heard it as a woman preacher joke… ten years ago?…
Yeah, it has a bit of a wheeze to it./
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PT Barnum Mon, May 10, 2010 7:46:56pm |
re: #193 prairiefire
If he healed the sick, they’d complain he was practicing medicine without a license.
If he parted the red sea, they’d get environmentalist on his ass.
If he changed water into wine, they’d complain he’d put the wineries out of business.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 7:47:02pm |
re: #158 fat bastard vegetarian
No, but thank you for playing!
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:47:26pm |
re: #181 HoosierHoops
All I care about when the Lakers lose is knowing that Jack Nickelson is sitting naked at his kitchen table with an empty bottle of Vodka at 6am staring out the window over Hollywood…Welcome to the real world jack…
Heh. Actually, Jack is the only thing i like about the Lakers. I can’t dislike Jack…i just can’t.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 7:47:29pm |
re: #186 PT Barnum
I’ve been getting the McDonald’s blended frappe…good stuff, though brain freeze is definitely an issue.
If they aren’t in your market, hope they show up soon.
OT, but McDonalds coffee used to be undrinkable, but it’s gotten pretty good in the last year or so. Anybody else have that experience?
They’ve got the McCafe here too, and I hate it. I’m trying to order breakfast while some goofball at the front of the line is holding things up for 5 minute while they make him some complicated coffee drink. I know those sell well, but they annoy the heck out of me sometimes.
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fat bastard vegetarian Mon, May 10, 2010 7:47:43pm |
I’ll see you guys in the morning.
Save some of the Earth for me to save when I get up. Don’t hog it all to yourselves.
G’night knuckleheads.
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HoosierHoops Mon, May 10, 2010 7:48:02pm |
re: #190 Floral Giraffe
Go Lakers!
Hiya Hoopster!
Hi you! Hope you are well..The Lakers will win tonight..It’s a sweep..
The Magic are monsters but I’d love to see a Lakers-Cavs Final!
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 10, 2010 7:48:29pm |
re: #187 brookly red
they are not in the office at this time… I did a 3 way call with an agent from Lifelock… this is the real deal. Fraud & cover up most foul.
On the up side, there are substantial rewards for busting Gov fraud/waste/abuse, esp tax issues. I forget the details.
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PT Barnum Mon, May 10, 2010 7:48:48pm |
re: #203 Dark_Falcon
They’ve got the McCafe here too, and I hate it. I’m trying to order breakfast while some goofball at the front of the line is holding things up for 5 minute while they make him some complicated coffee drink. I know those sell well, but they annoy the heck out of me sometimes.
I’m in Iowa where people think cappucino is that crap that comes out of the hot chocolate machine at the Kum and Go. (yes that’s a real convenience store. Around here we call em ejaculate and evacuate)
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:49:05pm |
re: #191 LudwigVanQuixote
One would imagine that in this computerized age, papers would not be the kind of records one would really need. I know I fill out a form with everyone I have worked with and they check databases.
One would imagine that between computerized birth records, tax records, credit records, driving records etc… that it would be pretty easy to determine.
Bingo. Agree completely. Shame on our central bureaucracy for not being able to execute this basic function with cold efficiency.
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 7:49:07pm |
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:49:10pm |
re: #200 PT Barnum
If he healed the sick, they’d complain he was practicing medicine without a license.
If he parted the red sea, they’d get environmentalist on his ass.
If he changed water into wine, they’d complain he’d put the wineries out of business.
No if he turned water into wine they’d said he was out of touch with the American people for not turning it into draft beer.
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PT Barnum Mon, May 10, 2010 7:49:42pm |
re: #210 jamesfirecat
No if he turned water into wine they’d said he was out of touch with the American people for not turning it into draft beer.
Yeah..that’s much better…wine is elitist
//
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 7:49:45pm |
re: #205 HoosierHoops
Hi you! Hope you are well..The Lakers will win tonight..It’s a sweep..
The Magic are monsters but I’d love to see a Lakers-Cavs Final!
Did you see this…
[Link: www.google.com…]
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Gus Mon, May 10, 2010 7:50:05pm |
re: #187 brookly red
they are not in the office at this time… I did a 3 way call with an agent from Lifelock… this is the real deal. Fraud & cover up most foul.
Used to be one would call the state attorney general for that sort of thing. Maybe that still works I don’t know.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, May 10, 2010 7:50:32pm |
I just got a Mother’s Day present for myself:
Rose Berenbaum’s Pie and Pastry Bible.
It’s awesome.
Which pie shall I bake tomorrow? Pecan or lemon meringue?
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 7:50:53pm |
re: #206 Decatur Deb
On the up side, there are substantial rewards for busting Gov fraud/waste/abuse, esp tax issues. I forget the details.
yeah, all you got to do is to get either the DCA, IRS, DOJ, SSA DoL or the local cops to actually file a report…
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 7:51:34pm |
re: #191 LudwigVanQuixote
One would imagine that in this computerized age, papers would not be the kind of records one would really need.
One would think a simple implant under the skin, like in the veterinary world, would do the trick.
People though seem to object to that idea.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 7:51:42pm |
re: #214 Alouette
I just got a Mother’s Day present for myself:
Rose Berenbaum’s Pie and Pastry Bible.
It’s awesome.
Which pie shall I bake tomorrow? Pecan or lemon meringue?
Watch out. Fat Bastard Vegetarian is headed your way!
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 7:51:42pm |
re: #213 Gus 802
Used to be one would call the state attorney general for that sort of thing. Maybe that still works I don’t know.
My sister works for the DA… yawn.
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swamprat Mon, May 10, 2010 7:52:06pm |
re: #187 brookly red
they are not in the office at this time… I did a 3 way call with an agent from Lifelock… this is the real deal. Fraud & cover up most foul.
Send them an email.
Emails are permanent.
They cannot deny they got it.
Verbal is not worth anything anyway.
I bet they will respond.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 10, 2010 7:52:46pm |
re: #215 brookly red
yeah, all you got to do is to get either the DCA, IRS, DOJ, SSA DoL or the local cops to actually file a report…
Each of the Fed alphabets will have an Inspector General’s office with contact buttons on their websites.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:52:47pm |
re: #214 Alouette
I just got a Mother’s Day present for myself:
Rose Berenbaum’s Pie and Pastry Bible.
It’s awesome.
Which pie shall I bake tomorrow? Pecan or lemon meringue?
lemon meringue. because i greatly prefer pecan and will be less envious if you bake the lemon;)
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:53:17pm |
re: #216 freetoken
One would think a simple implant under the skin, like in the veterinary world, would do the trick.
People though seem to object to that idea.
depends on where you want to put it/
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 7:53:46pm |
re: #216 freetoken
One would think a simple implant under the skin, like in the veterinary world, would do the trick.
People though seem to object to that idea.
I’m one of those objecting. I’m fine with an ID card, but I’m not willing to be tagged like a dog.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 7:54:13pm |
re: #216 freetoken
One would think a simple implant under the skin, like in the veterinary world, would do the trick.
People though seem to object to that idea.
That’s supposed to be comment #666.
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HoosierHoops Mon, May 10, 2010 7:54:24pm |
re: #212 Walter L. Newton
Did you see this…
[Link: www.google.com…]
It’s tragic for the victims and the families and whole communities in Oklahoma..
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 7:54:28pm |
re: #209 brookly red
good, real good.
Good. Well, I’m sure you’ve contacted the credit agencies. TRW? Equifax and one other. I had a debt collector try to collect a debt from me that I never had. They had my social. I didn’t know who they were and they wouldn’t tell me what the debt was either, just to send them a check for $5,000.
Anyway, for like $120 a year, there’s a service that monitors your credit and sends you updates, at least will let you know if someone is using your number for anything else.
And you may want to alert your bank(s). But I probably wouldn’t do that unless your 100% positive someone has your number.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 10, 2010 7:54:29pm |
re: #219 swamprat
Send them an email.
Emails are permanent.
They cannot deny they got it.
Verbal is not worth anything anyway.
I bet they will respond.
And have the “copy furnished” address for their IG and a higher supervisory level on the email.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 7:55:26pm |
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:55:45pm |
re: #191 LudwigVanQuixote
Common sense and reasonableness on the part of the investigators and prosecutors. If a company has one or two illegals with good forged documents, then let them off the hook. If the company has 500 working a field or a slaughter house or whatever, then it is a another matter.
One would imagine that in this computerized age, papers would not be the kind of records one would really need. I know I fill out a form with everyone I have worked with and they check databases.
One would imagine that between computerized birth records, tax records, credit records, driving records etc… that it would be pretty easy to determine.
I know a guy whose dad runs the single largest poinsettia growing operation in the US, outside of Tyler, Texas. Keep in mind that Tyler is so conservative that only airplanes with two right wings are allowed to land at the airport.
This is a March to November operation, at which time all the (illegal) workers head south with a 3 1/2-month hiatus in their work schedules (which no American would tolerate) and enough money to keep their families happy and fed.
Just sayin’.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, May 10, 2010 7:55:46pm |
re: #217 Floral Giraffe
Watch out. Fat Bastard Vegetarian is headed your way!
FBV should have been at my house for dinner. I made Israeli falafel with fresh homemade pita. But, for those of you who missed it, the recipe is in the LGF Cookbook “Reality Bites”
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, May 10, 2010 7:56:29pm |
re: #231 Alouette
FBV should have been at my house for dinner. I made Israeli falafel with fresh homemade pita. But, for those of you who missed it, the recipe is in the LGF Cookbook “Reality Bites”
How can I get my recipe for chicken adobo in the third volume?
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Sheepdogess Mon, May 10, 2010 7:57:13pm |
re: #168 PT Barnum
70’s Hollywood.
All answers questioned.
I should have known.
Someting different
Tedesco…ttp
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 7:57:16pm |
re: #231 Alouette
FBV should have been at my house for dinner. I made Israeli falafel with fresh homemade pita. But, for those of you who missed it, the recipe is in the LGF Cookbook “Reality Bites”
Just $16.35? Wotta bargain!
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 7:57:34pm |
re: #230 austin_blue
Tyler is the former haunts of Gary North and company.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 7:57:44pm |
re: #216 freetoken
One would think a simple implant under the skin, like in the veterinary world, would do the trick.
People though seem to object to that idea.
Wouldn’t you? Why not just a bar code on your neck?
;-)
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 7:58:57pm |
re: #226 marjoriemoon
Good. Well, I’m sure you’ve contacted the credit agencies. TRW? Equifax and one other. I had a debt collector try to collect a debt from me that I never had. They had my social. I didn’t know who they were and they wouldn’t tell me what the debt was either, just to send them a check for $5,000.
Anyway, for like $120 a year, there’s a service that monitors your credit and sends you updates, at least will let you know if someone is using your number for anything else.
And you may want to alert your bank(s). But I probably wouldn’t do that unless your 100% positive someone has your number.
no that is what I pay life lock for…
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 7:59:14pm |
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:00:22pm |
re: #191 LudwigVanQuixote
One would imagine that between computerized birth records, tax records, credit records, driving records etc… that it would be pretty easy to determine.
I wonder. If it wasn’t for the voting debacle in Florida in 2000, I guarantee you we’d still be punching our chads!
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 8:00:33pm |
re: #236 austin_blue
Seriously, I tired of having to carry multiple cards, remembering multiple PINs, and so forth.
Just put a code (based on DNA/fingerprint/retinal-print data) on an RFID chip, slip it under my skin, and be done with it. Bank, store, SS office… wherever, I can then just be me and not an assortment of accounts with never ending combinations of digits.
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Jadespring Mon, May 10, 2010 8:01:16pm |
LOL. Evening Lizards.
Just watching my comedy pet show. We have a big box of dog treats that sits on a shelf. The dogs know that when they come in from their last pee before bed they get a treat and automatically go and sit by the box. Tonight two of my cats jumped onto the shelf as well and one starts pawing the box. The dogs were sitting patiently watching as the cat slowly started pushing the box towards the edge. The other cat jumps dog and starts running figure eights in between the dogs.
They in cahoots now!
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 8:01:26pm |
re: #241 freetoken
And 450 “secret pins” that all have to be different lengths, to remember!
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:01:40pm |
re: #241 freetoken
Seriously, I tired of having to carry multiple cards, remembering multiple PINs, and so forth.
Just put a code (based on DNA/fingerprint/retinal-print data) on an RFID chip, slip it under my skin, and be done with it. Bank, store, SS office… wherever, I can then just be me and not an assortment of accounts with never ending combinations of digits.
national ID it is coming…
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 10, 2010 8:01:51pm |
Stewart show up, sometimes I think he lurks LGF. ‘Nite, all.
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Jadespring Mon, May 10, 2010 8:02:18pm |
re: #242 Jadespring
LOL. Evening Lizards.
Just watching my comedy pet show. We have a big box of dog treats that sits on a shelf. The dogs know that when they come in from their last pee before bed they get a treat and automatically go and sit by the box. Tonight two of my cats jumped onto the shelf as well and one starts pawing the box. The dogs were sitting patiently watching as the cat slowly started pushing the box towards the edge. The other cat jumps dog and starts running figure eights in between the dogs.
They in cahoots now!
PIMF …Other cat jumps down…
They’re in cahoots.
Gah I can’t write right now.
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:02:22pm |
re: #244 brookly red
national ID it is coming…
You keep saying that. I have no idea what it’s for that a driver’s license doesn’t cover.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:03:15pm |
re: #241 freetoken
Seriously, I tired of having to carry multiple cards, remembering multiple PINs, and so forth.
Just put a code (based on DNA/fingerprint/retinal-print data) on an RFID chip, slip it under my skin, and be done with it. Bank, store, SS office… wherever, I can then just be me and not an assortment of accounts with never ending combinations of digits.
Heh. Just wait unti version 1.0 leeches something fun into your bloodstream;)
give me an app with some sort of biometric capability and let me use my phone as the interface for all of that stuff. i’m carrying it with me anyway…
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 8:03:38pm |
re: #244 brookly red
national ID it is coming…
I don’t want a “national ID”. I already have an ID - my DNA. I just want to be me.
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:04:04pm |
re: #244 brookly red
national ID it is coming…
when you can get robbed by your own census people & the Feds can’t figure it out, it is so high time, so high time.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 8:04:10pm |
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SteveC Mon, May 10, 2010 8:04:19pm |
re: #247 marjoriemoon
You keep saying that. I have no idea what it’s for that a driver’s license doesn’t cover.
My ID card (Don’t have a DL because of seizures) has a magnetic stripe on the back that I have never used and I’ve never seen anyone else use, either. Activate that strip and there’s your national ID card.
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:04:46pm |
re: #250 brookly red
when you can get robbed by your own census people & the Feds can’t figure it out, it is so high time, so high time.
But how would a national ID fix that?
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:05:11pm |
re: #247 marjoriemoon
You keep saying that. I have no idea what it’s for that a driver’s license doesn’t cover.
Mohammad Atta had four of them… think about that.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 8:06:05pm |
re: #250 brookly red
when you can get robbed by your own census people & the Feds can’t figure it out, it is so high time, so high time.
Are you talking about Houston? That was home invasion gang that had a guy who presented himself as a census employee to get in the door. Then the crew busted in. Get the facts right.
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Sheepdogess Mon, May 10, 2010 8:06:18pm |
re: #216 freetoken
You think that’s a good idea. It kinda creeps me out.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:06:39pm |
re: #252 SteveC
My ID card (Don’t have a DL because of seizures) has a magnetic stripe on the back that I have never used and I’ve never seen anyone else use, either. Activate that strip and there’s your national ID card.
i think, although i don’t want to presume others’ positions, that it is the apparent ease with which many state ID’s can be forged.
state ID…national ID…like Freetoken said, i just want something biometric.
no one will ever ask for “papers” again…
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:06:43pm |
re: #252 SteveC
My ID card (Don’t have a DL because of seizures) has a magnetic stripe on the back that I have never used and I’ve never seen anyone else use, either. Activate that strip and there’s your national ID card.
Right. An ID card or driver’s license. All the info is on there that anyone would need other than where you were born and despite the immigration debate, I don’t see how that information is relative. If you’re a legal resident or alien, you have a green card or visa.
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:07:43pm |
re: #256 austin_blue
Are you talking about Houston? That was home invasion gang that had a guy who presented himself as a census employee to get in the door. Then the crew busted in. Get the facts right.
no I am talking about my own case of identity theft (stealing you tax dollars) get you facts straight.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 8:07:48pm |
re: #241 freetoken
Seriously, I tired of having to carry multiple cards, remembering multiple PINs, and so forth.
Just put a code (based on DNA/fingerprint/retinal-print data) on an RFID chip, slip it under my skin, and be done with it. Bank, store, SS office… wherever, I can then just be me and not an assortment of accounts with never ending combinations of digits.
And anyone with a reader inside of twenty feet gets the info? Not on your life, amigo. That’s why the new Passports with RFID chips are so dangerous.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 8:08:01pm |
Courtesy of the Fake Science website, an answer to all those children who ask in their science/social-studies classes “Where does….?”
How do we get oil? It’s a complex process.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 8:08:21pm |
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 8:09:46pm |
re: #262 austin_blue
And anyone with a reader inside of twenty feet gets the info? Not on your life, amigo. That’s why the new Passports with RFID chips are so dangerous.
The reason I said encoded with fingerprint/retinal-print is that anywhere I would want to make a transaction would not just scan an RFID but would verify my presence there my some means.
Of course, that doesn’t keep someone from mugging me and chopping off my hand…
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:10:02pm |
re: #240 marjoriemoon
I wonder. If it wasn’t for the voting debacle in Florida in 2000, I guarantee you we’d still be punching our chads!
A valid point. However, I know for a fact that if the government wants to check you out, they can, and very thoroughly.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:10:24pm |
re: #265 freetoken
Of course, that doesn’t keep someone from mugging me and chopping off my hand…
Unfortunately, that’s where my mind went.
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SteveC Mon, May 10, 2010 8:10:50pm |
Little early for LGF to develop Spinning Wheel Syndrome. That usually happens when the thread count is upward of 700. :(
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 8:10:56pm |
re: #245 Decatur Deb
Stewart show up, sometimes I think he lurks LGF. ‘Nite, all.
Well Charles has been posting bits of his show a lot more recently than he used to…
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:11:01pm |
re: #262 austin_blue
And anyone with a reader inside of twenty feet gets the info? Not on your life, amigo. That’s why the new Passports with RFID chips are so dangerous.
and in addition, it seems that any semi-proficient programmer can hack into a shocking amount of govt databases…give me a phone that can perform some sort of biometric scan so that i control the timing and watch me fly…
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 8:11:07pm |
re: #258 Aceofwhat?
i think, although i don’t want to presume others’ positions, that it is the apparent ease with which many state ID’s can be forged.
state ID…national ID…like Freetoken said, i just want something biometric.
no one will ever ask for “papers” again…
I’ve spent about two years of my life as an Ex-Pat overseas. In all that time, I have never been asked for my “papers” except at border crossings. If I had been, in my younger days, I probably would have shown them a pack of Zig-zags.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:11:09pm |
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Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 8:11:49pm |
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:12:07pm |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 8:12:26pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:12:33pm |
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, May 10, 2010 8:12:44pm |
re: #216 freetoken
One would think a simple implant under the skin, like in the veterinary world, would do the trick.
People though seem to object to that idea.
It’s sort of creepy but on the flip side, it would be much easier than having to carry physical id around with me, but then again, I already carry cards and money in a wallet so there you go.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 8:13:13pm |
re: #272 LudwigVanQuixote
Honestly the idea of stations everywhere that could track my movements is all too Orwellian for me.
Well then, let’s just go back to something safe and secure… like… gold!
Did I hear someone say BUY GOLD!!
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:13:42pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:13:55pm |
re: #280 freetoken
Well then, let’s just go back to something safe and secure… like… gold!
Did I hear someone say BUY GOLD!!
I just bought some from a kindly mole man…. I traded for non hybrid seeds of course!
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:15:03pm |
re: #280 freetoken
Well then, let’s just go back to something safe and secure… like… gold!
Did I hear someone say BUY GOLD!!
Sigma_x was indicating that gold was a good deal right now.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 8:15:08pm |
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Sheepdogess Mon, May 10, 2010 8:15:27pm |
re: #241 freetoken
Seriously, I tired of having to carry multiple cards, remembering multiple PINs, and so forth.
Just put a code (based on DNA/fingerprint/retinal-print data) on an RFID chip, slip it under my skin, and be done with it. Bank, store, SS office… wherever, I can then just be me and not an assortment of accounts with never ending combinations of digits.
How about a star on our arms dudes/dudettes?
“Hey Man, I’m going to get teuterd? Cool!”
Weee.
Are.
Gull.
EEE.
Bull.
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:15:35pm |
re: #276 brookly red
they are called cell phone towers… get over it.
and gps, easy pass, credit/debit cards, etc.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:16:15pm |
re: #284 Walter L. Newton
Sigma_x was indicating that gold was a good deal right now.
I found him hard to follow.
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, May 10, 2010 8:16:18pm |
re: #280 freetoken
Well then, let’s just go back to something safe and secure… like… gold!
Did I hear someone say BUY GOLD!!
Why is the purchase of gold touted by ads on conservative radio stations? I mean, if there isn’t enough gold to go around anyway, what’s the point? And how much gold could one really buy and exchange for simple things like gallons of fuel and groceries? Do people not think of such things?
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What, me worry? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:17:01pm |
re: #286 Sheepdogess
How about a star on our arms dudes/dudettes?
“Hey Man, I’m going to get teuterd? Cool!”
Weee.
Are.
Gull.
EEE.
Bull.
Well I was thinking of tattoo, but we’re on the same page.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 8:17:12pm |
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:17:24pm |
re: #289 eclectic infidel
Why is the purchase of gold touted by ads on conservative radio stations? I mean, if there isn’t enough gold to go around anyway, what’s the point? And how much gold could one really buy and exchange for simple things like gallons of fuel and groceries? Do people not think of such things?
Conservative radio stations? Do you know Thom Hartmann and Rachael Maddow also have Goldline ads on their radio shows?
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Bagua Mon, May 10, 2010 8:17:54pm |
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:18:47pm |
re: #289 eclectic infidel
Why is the purchase of gold touted by ads on conservative radio stations? I mean, if there isn’t enough gold to go around anyway, what’s the point? And how much gold could one really buy and exchange for simple things like gallons of fuel and groceries? Do people not think of such things?
true… can I interest you in 1,000 rounds of standard .308, shipping is free.
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SteveC Mon, May 10, 2010 8:18:58pm |
re: #284 Walter L. Newton
Sigma_x was indicating that gold was a good deal right now.
Gold jumped about $30 in a 24 hour period a day or so ago. Somebody was panic buying.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:18:58pm |
re: #293 Bagua
As will the 500 twitter followers I deleted.
You really did do it? Thanks a lot… I spent half the morning sticking up for you and now I find out I’ve made a fool of myself? Thanks for nothing.
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, May 10, 2010 8:19:45pm |
re: #292 Walter L. Newton
Conservative radio stations? Do you know Thom Hartmann and Rachael Maddow also have Goldline ads on their radio shows?
I occasionally flick on KSFO (conservative station out of San Francisco) and that’s where I hear the ads. I also used to listen to KNEW, also out of SF and heard ads there as well. I didn’t know Maddow even has a radio program, I usually watch her on the intertubes. But back to my original post, what’s the point of buying gold if a. there isn’t enough for everyone, and b. how does one use said gold to buy groceries and fuel?
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 8:19:58pm |
re: #295 SteveC
Gold jumped about $30 in a 24 hour period a day or so ago. Somebody was panic buying.
Well, it’s at $1200 an ounce so…
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 8:19:59pm |
re: #283 SteveC
Don’t panic! I’ve called in the experts!
Get ‘em to slap the cuffs on Sigma. As many counts as a possible of trying to con us out of our money, plus three counts of misdemeanor trolling with intent to flounce.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:20:15pm |
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Stanley Sea Mon, May 10, 2010 8:20:22pm |
re: #298 eclectic infidel
I occasionally flick on KSFO (conservative station out of San Francisco) and that’s where I hear the ads. I also used to listen to KNEW, also out of SF and heard ads there as well. I didn’t know Maddow even has a radio program, I usually watch her on the intertubes. But back to my original post, what’s the point of buying gold if a. there isn’t enough for everyone, and b. how does one use said gold to buy groceries and fuel?
Maddow isn’t on the radio anymore.
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Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 8:20:34pm |
re: #291 austin_blue
Well I would think the burn marks in the passport just might clue them in about why it isn’t working. That as well as the fact that a non-functional rfid enabled passport would probably be declared invalid/fake.
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Reginald Perrin Mon, May 10, 2010 8:20:35pm |
re: #289 eclectic infidel
And how much gold could one really buy and exchange for simple things like gallons of fuel and groceries? Do people not think of such things?
I long for the good old days when nylon stockings, cigarettes and chocolate bars could be traded for anything you needed.
///
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 8:21:12pm |
re: #304 Reginald Perrin
I long for the good old days when nylon stockings, cigarettes and chocolate bars could be traded for anything you needed.
///
Hell a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff…
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SteveC Mon, May 10, 2010 8:21:33pm |
re: #289 eclectic infidel
Why is the purchase of gold touted by ads on conservative radio stations? I mean, if there isn’t enough gold to go around anyway, what’s the point? And how much gold could one really buy and exchange for simple things like gallons of fuel and groceries? Do people not think of such things?
Gold (any commodity) has a built in ceiling. The gold bugs want to convince you that it will just keep going up, up, UP! But there comes a point where you just can’t afford it - and then it is worthless. Person A can’t buy it; Person B can’t sell it. And then the price naturally drops.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:21:40pm |
re: #302 Stanley Sea
Maddow isn’t on the radio anymore.
Who is the other progressive female talk show host… ?
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:21:53pm |
re: #304 Reginald Perrin
I long for the good old days when nylon stockings, cigarettes and chocolate bars could be traded for anything you needed.
///
can I interest you in a 10 supply of penicillin. shipping is free.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 8:22:16pm |
re: #289 eclectic infidel
There are two large gold dealers who started, years ago, to significantly support talk radio and the “alternative” right personalities. They’ve been at it for decades. Clear Channel is one of their projects, for instance (not to say CC was purely based on the dealers, but they played an important role in being key advertisers and were pushed hard by Art Bell in his earlier days, when he kept Premier afloat and helped CC become the dominant player that it is.)
The fixation on gold is very old, and can be traced throughout the long history of the nut-o-sphere. Alex Jones et. al. just recycle the earlier paranoia that was the domain of the JBS and similar groups.
You can go all the way back to the “Free Silver” era to find the gold aficionados doing their thing.
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Jadespring Mon, May 10, 2010 8:22:40pm |
re: #304 Reginald Perrin
I long for the good old days when nylon stockings, cigarettes and chocolate bars could be traded for anything you needed.
///
I trade chickens and eggs for things. I also traded some flower bulbs and a couple of plants for some seed potatoes the other week.
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Stanley Sea Mon, May 10, 2010 8:23:07pm |
re: #307 Walter L. Newton
Who is the other progressive female talk show host… ?
I don’t know.. I have no progressive radio where I live, except if you count NPR.
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reine.de.tout Mon, May 10, 2010 8:23:26pm |
re: #284 Walter L. Newton
Sigma_x was indicating that gold was a good deal right now.
Here’s one of the FOUR comments at his blog:
Actual Trader [Moderator] 1 day ago
So you admit you made a beginner mistake, got spanked, and now you’ve learned your lesson and want to be a trading advisor? LOL.Keep guessing, meanwhile all you are doing is providing liquidity for the actual professionals.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 8:23:31pm |
re: #303 Bubblehead II
Well I would think the burn marks in the passport just might clue them in about why it isn’t working. That as well as the fact that a non-functional rfid enabled passport would probably be declared invalid/fake.
Bend it, crack it, whatever. I do not want a Bad Guy to be able to read and recreate my passport. Included on the RFID is you photo, along with everything else to forge your identity and create a new passport. It’s a monumentally stupid idea.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:23:40pm |
re: #311 Stanley Sea
I don’t know.. I have no progressive radio where I live, except if you count NPR.
I’ll go look.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 8:26:08pm |
The Fake Science website has lots of great “posters”.
I surprised this one isn’t sold in the Creation Museum.
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austin_blue Mon, May 10, 2010 8:26:14pm |
SWMBO is home. Time to be a good husband. Night all.
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Sheepdogess Mon, May 10, 2010 8:26:24pm |
Cre: #310 Jadespring
I trade chickens and eggs for things. I also traded some flower bulbs and a couple of plants for some seed potatoes the other week.
Can’t eat or drink gold.
I’m with you.
Buy Vodka and tabakky.
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:26:33pm |
re: #314 Walter L. Newton
I’ll go look.
have you heard OBAM, everything you want to hear with no mention of the cost? All hits all the time!
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Bagua Mon, May 10, 2010 8:26:50pm |
re: #296 Walter L. Newton
You really did do it? Thanks a lot… I spent half the morning sticking up for you and now I find out I’ve made a fool of myself? Thanks for nothing.
My powers are amazing… the trick was to get inside sigma_x’s head first, finding the password was the easy part.
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, May 10, 2010 8:27:26pm |
re: #304 Reginald Perrin
I long for the good old days when nylon stockings, cigarettes and chocolate bars could be traded for anything you needed.
///
Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff. —Major “King” Kong, Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:28:12pm |
My respect for Sen. McCain is immense.
I will not be a bitch and put him up against John Fuckin Kerry or John Fucking Murtha.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:28:16pm |
re: #319 Bagua
My powers are amazing… the trick was to get inside sigma_x’s head first, finding the password was the easy part.
Get ready for a good episode tomorrow night… not a single character that you have ever seen before… it’s the backstory of The Island and the MIB.
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SteveC Mon, May 10, 2010 8:28:50pm |
re: #320 eclectic infidel
Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff. —Major “King” Kong, Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here, this is the War Room!
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 8:28:51pm |
re: #291 austin_blue
I thought it was magnets that killed the card?
EVIL magnets!
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:28:56pm |
re: #320 eclectic infidel
Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff. —Major “King” Kong, Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
and if you order now shipping is free…
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 8:29:24pm |
re: #295 SteveC
Gold jumped about $30 in a 24 hour period a day or so ago. Somebody was panic buying.
It was Ron Paul!
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Vicious Babushka Mon, May 10, 2010 8:30:12pm |
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:30:30pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 8:30:58pm |
re: #304 Reginald Perrin
I long for the good old days when nylon stockings, cigarettes and chocolate bars could be traded for anything you needed.
///
You rang? No, you forgot the champagne…
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:31:16pm |
re: #324 Floral Giraffe
I thought it was magnets that killed the card?
EVIL magnets!
Heh… I have one of those.
I named the beast del then I bred him with an even more evil she magnet named munotjay!
The result was Delcrossmunotjay!
The most savage magnet of tehm all!
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:31:37pm |
re: #329 brookly red
I’ve just been busy negotiating a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:32:04pm |
re: #312 reine.de.tout
Wow well that settles it about him.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:32:57pm |
re: #304 Reginald Perrin
I long for the good old days when nylon stockings, cigarettes and chocolate bars could be traded for anything you needed.
///
Don’t forget corsets and crops… Geesh.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:33:26pm |
re: #333 jaunte
I’ve just been busy negotiating a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
But enough about cookbooks. Just buy one, and never turn your back.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:33:33pm |
OK I admit that delcrossmunotjay was pretty lame as a pun.
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SteveC Mon, May 10, 2010 8:33:40pm |
re: #322 Walter L. Newton
Get ready for a good episode tomorrow night… not a single character that you have ever seen before… it’s the backstory of The Island and the MIB.
The first, last, and only line of defense
against the worst scum in the universe!
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 8:33:57pm |
re: #307 Walter L. Newton
Who is the other progressive female talk show host… ?
You mean Stephanie Miller?
Boy, you’re lucky she’s not a lesbian.
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 8:33:59pm |
Oh yeah, I meant to say, Congratulations Tim Clark!! That little penguin dude went out and beat everyone’s ass on the final day of The Player’s yesterday. Been knocking on the door for awhile.. glad it finally swung open for him
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:34:14pm |
re: #333 jaunte
I’ve just been busy negotiating a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
oh, so I guess you don’t like the AZ law thing too much, huh?
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:34:29pm |
re: #338 SteveC
The first, last, and only line of defense
against the worst scum in the universe!
What. I was talking about LOST. What are you talking about?
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SteveC Mon, May 10, 2010 8:34:34pm |
re: #333 jaunte
I’ve just been busy negotiating a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
Oh, you’re in DC?
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:34:48pm |
re: #333 jaunte
I’ve just been busy negotiating a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.
Damn, was that Baltimore or a Mickey Spillane novel?
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:34:48pm |
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Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 8:35:06pm |
re: #313 austin_blue
Oh, I agree. I carry a rfid I.D. that allows me to unlock certain doors at my place of employment. But it is limited to a basic account number. If it was more than that I would probably be adverse to having it on my person. But to intentionally damage a government issued document is foolish. It at the least renders it useless and at worst leaves you open to charges of destruction of Government property. You don’t own that passport/I.D. card. The State does and they can (and if it becomes widespread) probably will, charge those who knowingly damage the rfid device with destruction/alteration of a Government document.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:35:07pm |
re: #341 brookly red
It will just shift traffic to east and west, not much of a fix.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 8:35:29pm |
The Sarah is playing (first round of) the Obama-hates-the-military card:
Soldier pay decreases in the midst of overspending elsewhere and government union
pay raises? Seriously? What are our priorities?
She links to the Newsmax story… If she had bothered to look anywhere else, she would have found that the Pentagon is recommending cuts.
As for her question about priorities, that is simple: cut the deficit. Discretionary spending will have to come down, or revenues increase (meaning in part a tax increase), or both.
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Oh no...Sand People! Mon, May 10, 2010 8:35:30pm |
re: #341 brookly red
oh, so I guess you don’t like the AZ law thing too much, huh?
I am pretty late to the game and all.
What exactly is the problem with erecting a border fence? I don’t get why people are so afraid of it.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:35:46pm |
re: #344 LudwigVanQuixote
No that was Hunter Thompson on the music business.
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Bagua Mon, May 10, 2010 8:35:50pm |
re: #322 Walter L. Newton
Get ready for a good episode tomorrow night… not a single character that you have ever seen before… it’s the backstory of The Island and the MIB.
I saw the preview, my first thought was that it was hard to believe there are new characters ahead of the finale with so many mysteries remaining.
I’m just about through Season two now, re-watching ahead of the finish. It is like watching the episodes for the first time as I understand much more of what is happening and what it means.
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Reginald Perrin Mon, May 10, 2010 8:35:58pm |
re: #330 Floral Giraffe
You rang? No, you forgot the champagne…
If you’re expecting champagne you better be very good at being bad.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:36:00pm |
re: #337 LudwigVanQuixote
OK I admit that delcrossmunotjay was pretty lame as a pun.
Keep swinging…you’ll make solid contact eventually;)
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:37:34pm |
re: #349 Oh no…Sand People!
I am pretty late to the game and all.
What exactly is the problem with erecting a border fence? I don’t get why people are so afraid of it.
I got no problem with it, fuck let’s cover the whole damn thing with windmills too…
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:38:04pm |
re: #353 Aceofwhat?
Keep swinging…you’ll make solid contact eventually;)
Well I am far from ohm. But perhaps I should just drink some Maxwell house.
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 8:38:30pm |
See here, little car drivers.. one head on collision going 65 with my full size truck, and your car won’t seem so Smart.
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Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 8:38:33pm |
This Vid seems to be germane to tonight’s thread.
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 8:38:35pm |
re: #345 Walter L. Newton
Randi Rhodes
Ah. Heard of her, never heard her.
Liberal radio outside of NPR sucks, unfortunately.
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Oh no...Sand People! Mon, May 10, 2010 8:39:20pm |
re: #354 brookly red
I got no problem with it, fuck let’s cover the whole damn thing with windmills too…
Fair enough.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:39:42pm |
re: #354 brookly red
I got no problem with it, fuck let’s cover the whole damn thing with windmills too…
Now that might be a way to sell the idea. Not that it would keep people out, but we’d have a bunch of windmills.
| 361 |
freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 8:39:52pm |
Today’s tornadoes took a toll:
Five Dead in Tornado Outbreak Across Plains
Tornadoes ripped through parts of the Southern Plains on Monday in an outbreak of violent weather that killed five people, tossed cars off highways, flipped mobile homes and sent baseball-size hail crashing through windshields, officials said.
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:39:55pm |
re: #355 LudwigVanQuixote
Well I am far from ohm. But perhaps I should just drink some Maxwell house.
there is a potential difference between Maxwell and what you’re used to…
| 363 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:40:05pm |
re: #354 brookly red
re: #349 Oh no…Sand People!
If it would work, I would have no problem with it. It won’t. It will end up being a giant waste of money. There are exactly two things we can do to actually stop this.
1. Dry up the employers
2. When we get on our feet help make southern nations better places to live.
| 364 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:40:38pm |
Ludwig, you piss me off to the Nth degree at times but,
*smooch*
| 365 |
Oh no...Sand People! Mon, May 10, 2010 8:40:44pm |
re: #360 jaunte
Now that might be a way to sell the idea. Not that it would keep people out, but we’d have a bunch of windmills.
It seems to have stemmed quite a bit of the tide over in Israel.
| 366 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:41:00pm |
re: #362 Aceofwhat?
there is a potential difference between Maxwell and what you’re used to…
You’ve induced me to see it differently.
I think I see watt the problem is.
| 367 |
Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 8:41:03pm |
re: #305 jamesfirecat
Hell a fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff…
We must not allow a mineshaft gap!
| 368 |
avanti Mon, May 10, 2010 8:41:13pm |
re: #348 freetoken
The Sarah is playing (first round of) the Obama-hates-the-military card:
She links to the Newsmax story… If she had bothered to look anywhere else, she would have found that the Pentagon is recommending cuts.
As for her question about priorities, that is simple: cut the deficit. Discretionary spending will have to come down, or revenues increase (meaning in part a tax increase), or both.
Military and civil service pay, like social security is tied to the cost of living, no inflation and the military gets a small increase. If Obama had managed sky high inflation, they would have recieved a bigger increase.
| 369 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:41:28pm |
re: #364 MandyManners
Ludwig, you piss me off to the Nth degree at times but,
*smooch*
My first post was about comparing him to Hilary. ;)
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HoosierHoops Mon, May 10, 2010 8:42:05pm |
re: #355 LudwigVanQuixote
Well I am far from ohm. But perhaps I should just drink some Maxwell house.
The more we cycle the puns the more I get Amped up…I guess it’s just part of my circuits…
| 371 |
Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:42:17pm |
re: #366 LudwigVanQuixote
You’ve induced me to see it differently.
I think I see watt the problem is.
you’re getting me all amped up over here…
| 372 |
jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:42:19pm |
re: #365 Oh no…Sand People!
I think the motivations there are different, though. Cross over and do some murder/get killed, vs. cross over and survive (and send money back home).
| 374 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:42:34pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:42:41pm |
re: #365 Oh no…Sand People!
It seems to have stemmed quite a bit of the tide over in Israel.
The barrier is about two orders of magnitude smaller, built much higher than this and patrolled 24/7 by a very serious an dedicated army that can put more men per yard than we can.
| 376 |
cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 8:42:45pm |
re: #370 HoosierHoops
The more we cycle the puns the more I get Amped up…I guess it’s just part of my circuits…
Resistance is futile
| 378 |
Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:43:21pm |
re: #351 Bagua
I saw the preview, my first thought was that it was hard to believe there are new characters ahead of the finale with so many mysteries remaining.
I’m just about through Season two now, re-watching ahead of the finish. It is like watching the episodes for the first time as I understand much more of what is happening and what it means.
Let me remind you of something you may not have heard… not every single little mystery of the show is going to be explained before the finale.
The producers have stated over and over, some things are just the “world” of the show, you will have enough info to infer some answers that are not directly answered, and some thing will be outright answered, but all in all, some aspect of the show just are.
Like the Numbers. There is no further explanation of the numbers. It is fate that they keep showing up, but there is no real motive behind them reappearing over and over.
See?
| 379 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:43:26pm |
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:43:36pm |
re: #356 cliffster
See here, little car drivers.. one head on collision going 65 with my full size truck, and your car won’t seem so Smart.
well 65 is pretty much TU for anything including your truck…but it would be nice to be able to hit a deer & not still be in the hospital when the deer’s lawyers serve you the papers…
| 381 |
jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:43:38pm |
re: #375 LudwigVanQuixote
The barrier is about two orders of magnitude smaller, built much higher than this and patrolled 24/7 by a very serious an dedicated army that can put more men per yard than we can.
And there’s that.
| 382 |
Oh no...Sand People! Mon, May 10, 2010 8:43:41pm |
re: #363 LudwigVanQuixote
re: #349 Oh no…Sand People!
If it would work, I would have no problem with it. It won’t. It will end up being a giant waste of money. There are exactly two things we can do to actually stop this.
1. Dry up the employers
2. When we get on our feet help make southern nations better places to live.
I would love the government to aggressively take on the companies and businesses that hire and treat illegals exactly that while working; illegal.
I would add the wall to that list since it’s not an ‘either / or’. All of those things can be reasonably implemented.
| 383 |
Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:43:47pm |
re: #358 Nimed
Ah. Heard of her, never heard her.
Liberal radio outside of NPR sucks, unfortunately.
NPR is not that liberal.
| 384 |
Killgore Trout Mon, May 10, 2010 8:43:58pm |
There’s a reason store bought lettuce tastes like shit….
Lettuce Recall Widens As FDA Investigates E. Coli Outbreak
Grown your own and buy the fucking LGF cookbook~
| 385 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:44:07pm |
re: #372 jaunte
I think the motivations there are different, though. Cross over and do some murder/get killed, vs. cross over and survive (and send money back home).
A very good point.
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 8:44:14pm |
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:44:48pm |
re: #360 jaunte
Now that might be a way to sell the idea. Not that it would keep people out, but we’d have a bunch of windmills.
we set them low to the ground…
| 388 |
HoosierHoops Mon, May 10, 2010 8:44:49pm |
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MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:44:53pm |
re: #369 LudwigVanQuixote
My first post was about comparing him to Hilary. ;)
Gonna’ keep my comments very lean.
| 390 |
Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 8:44:56pm |
| 391 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 8:45:03pm |
re: #4 jamesfirecat
One of us, one of us!
Anyone remember that scene from Depadieu’s Cyrano de Bergerac?
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Oh no...Sand People! Mon, May 10, 2010 8:45:48pm |
re: #372 jaunte
I think the motivations there are different, though. Cross over and do some murder/get killed, vs. cross over and survive (and send money back home).
I agree that the majority do what you outline on sending money home. But I guarantee they all aren’t hard scrabble family men.
| 393 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:45:51pm |
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MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:46:29pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:46:56pm |
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Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 8:47:01pm |
re: #393 MandyManners
Hanging in there. The “man” hasn’t gotten me down yet.
| 397 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:47:10pm |
re: #391 SanFranciscoZionist
Anyone remember that scene from Depadieu’s Cyrano de Bergerac?
Magnificent movie.
| 398 |
jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:47:12pm |
re: #392 Oh no…Sand People!
Definitely not. Here in Houston we have experienced the full spectrum of human behavior.
| 399 |
Reginald Perrin Mon, May 10, 2010 8:47:13pm |
re: #390 Floral Giraffe
re: #352 Reginald Perrin
re: #335 LudwigVanQuixote
Don’t forget corsets and crops… Geesh.
It could be a lot of fun!
That depends on who’s wearing the corset.
| 400 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 8:47:37pm |
re: #33 jamesfirecat
Translation of Translation
“I have decided to whore myself out because these TP whackos hold the fate of my senate career in their hands.”
Why not GO maverick? Resign from politics and go on the road denouncing the crazy?
| 401 |
Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 8:47:51pm |
re: #384 Killgore Trout
There’s a reason store bought lettuce tastes like shit…
Lettuce Recall Widens As FDA Investigates E. Coli Outbreak
Grown your own and buy the fucking LGF cookbook~
Well, I bought a cookbook, but I didn’t think I’d bought an f’ing cookbook.
Could be a LOT more fun, than I was expecting!
;)
| 402 |
Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 8:47:56pm |
Did Sigma_x ever apologize to Bagua? I haven’t seen him around tonight…
| 403 |
Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 8:48:06pm |
| 404 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 8:48:07pm |
re: #34 rwdflynavy
Stalingrad will be a cake walk!
People will do weird strategic shit when there’s oil on the other side.
| 405 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:48:10pm |
Where was I.. can anyone help me with a pun for f mu nu?
| 406 |
Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:48:46pm |
re: #402 Walter L. Newton
Did Sigma_x ever apologize to Bagua? I haven’t seen him around tonight…
He’s dead, Jim…
| 407 |
Vicious Babushka Mon, May 10, 2010 8:48:55pm |
re: #402 Walter L. Newton
Did Sigma_x ever apologize to Bagua? I haven’t seen him around tonight…
He flounced in the “Maine GOP” thread after being outed as a con artist.
| 408 |
SteveC Mon, May 10, 2010 8:49:14pm |
I’m outta here, got to go pick up pills tomorrow.
No hallucinogenics, but it you really want me to share I’ll slip you a few diuretics!
| 409 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:49:21pm |
re: #402 Walter L. Newton
Did Sigma_x ever apologize to Bagua? I haven’t seen him around tonight…
HE is an x lizard. I think that makes him a pair of shoes…
| 410 |
Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 8:49:24pm |
re: #402 Walter L. Newton
Did Sigma_x ever apologize to Bagua? I haven’t seen him around tonight…
Stinky hit him with the Cluebat. He is not with us any longer.
| 411 |
cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 8:49:31pm |
re: #394 MandyManners
I’m sorry. I should not have called you “Bubbles”.
Four ducks are arrested and go before the judge. Judge calls the first one up.
Judge: “What are you charged with?” Duck: “Blowing bubbles in the pond”
Next duck.. “What are you charged with?” “Blowing bubbles in the pond”
Third duck.. “What are you charged with?” “Blowing bubbles in the pond”
Fourth duck walks up.. “What are you charged with?” “Sir, I am Bubbles”
| 412 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:49:43pm |
| 413 |
albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 8:50:10pm |
re: #410 Floral Giraffe
Stinky hit him with the Cluebat. He is not with us any longer.
but his spirit lives on…and on
| 414 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 8:50:11pm |
re: #40 Dark_Falcon
- General Joseph “Fighting Joe” Hooker, 3 weeks prior to the Battle of Chancellorsville
“No battle plan has ever survived contact with the enemy.” I think that was some panzer commander, but I always say Bismarck, ‘cause it sounds less creepy.
| 415 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 8:50:31pm |
re: #41 LudwigVanQuixote
Palin will be just what I need to get the women’s vote and show the rubes that the GOP is not all about old white men!
Another great plan.
It would have worked. Except for Palin.
| 416 |
Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 8:50:31pm |
| 417 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:50:37pm |
| 418 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:51:21pm |
re: #402 Walter L. Newton
Did Sigma_x ever apologize to Bagua? I haven’t seen him around tonight…
DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH.
| 419 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:51:42pm |
re: #402 Walter L. Newton
Did Sigma_x ever apologize to Bagua? I haven’t seen him around tonight…
Like you would.
| 420 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:51:45pm |
Wait! If ex lizards are pairs of shoes, does that make the stalkers moccasins?
I think we should call them the moccasin blog.
| 421 |
Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 8:52:31pm |
re: #420 LudwigVanQuixote
Wait! If ex lizards are pairs of shoes, does that make the stalkers moccasins?
I think we should call them the moccasin blog.
I vote for loafers. It works on more levels…
| 422 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:52:33pm |
re: #414 SanFranciscoZionist
“No battle plan has ever survived contact with the enemy.” I think that was some panzer commander, but I always say Bismarck, ‘cause it sounds less creepy.
Just say nuts.
| 423 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:52:48pm |
re: #411 cliffster
Four ducks are arrested and go before the judge. Judge calls the first one up.
Judge: “What are you charged with?” Duck: “Blowing bubbles in the pond”
Next duck.. “What are you charged with?” “Blowing bubbles in the pond”
Third duck.. “What are you charged with?” “Blowing bubbles in the pond”
Fourth duck walks up.. “What are you charged with?” “Sir, I am Bubbles”
*bows*
| 424 |
Oh no...Sand People! Mon, May 10, 2010 8:52:54pm |
| 425 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:53:03pm |
re: #421 Aceofwhat?
I vote for loafers. It works on more levels…
perfect.
From now on we call the ex lizards loafers.
Do people like this?
| 426 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 8:53:18pm |
re: #78 LudwigVanQuixote
Oh yeah… I am sure they will. I suppose they will bitch that we are not water boarding him and whine that those damn liberals want to fluff his pillow at gitmo or some such. Either that or they will just ignore the fact that Obama is actually making a fight of it.
They just wanna waterboard someone. They feel deep in their hearts that it helps.
| 427 |
Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 8:53:34pm |
HE is an x lizard. I think that makes him a pair of shoes…
Perhaps a pair of boots?
| 428 |
Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 8:53:37pm |
re: #402 Walter L. Newton
Did Sigma_x ever apologize to Bagua? I haven’t seen him around tonight…
No. But just before I was banned, he said it was you he always loved.
| 429 |
jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 8:53:41pm |
re: #423 MandyManners
*bows*
Meh its nothing fancy, I heard that one before with Jake, Alex, and Ron saying they threw Peanuts in the elephant cage at the zoo….
| 430 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 8:54:01pm |
re: #83 Dark_Falcon
That bring me to another thing that bothers me: No one who earned the rank of Captain in the United States Navy should even allow himself to be associated with the phrase “the plan is perfect”. He literally can’t believe that, given all that he has seen, done and read.
He doesn’t care. I mean, on some level he cares, but this is not about how to stop illegal immigration. It’s about John McCain winning reelection.
| 431 |
Oh no...Sand People! Mon, May 10, 2010 8:54:11pm |
re: #428 Nimed
No. But just before I was banned, he said it was you he always loved.
And yet you still type.
| 432 |
jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:54:11pm |
re: #384 Killgore Trout
There’s a reason store bought lettuce tastes like shit…
Lettuce Recall Widens As FDA Investigates E. Coli Outbreak
Grown your own and buy the fucking LGF cookbook~
What’s that you say? There’s a gardening section that will teach you how to grow your own? For just $6 and change? I’ll bet a day trader spends that on coffee every morning.
| 433 |
reine.de.tout Mon, May 10, 2010 8:54:16pm |
re: #384 Killgore Trout
There’s a reason store bought lettuce tastes like shit…
Lettuce Recall Widens As FDA Investigates E. Coli Outbreak
Grown your own and buy the fucking LGF cookbook~
25 copies sold thus far.
Folks the cookbook is really really nice!
The artwork alone is worth the price of the book (a mere $16.35), and there are lots of yummy recipes, Cato’s poem featuring favorite lizards, AND Killgore’s Gardening Section. Killgore worked very hard on that Gardening Section, and it is very good.
Shipping is an additional fee, less than $4.
Check it out it here!
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Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 8:54:45pm |
re: #411 cliffster
Four ducks are arrested and go before the judge. Judge calls the first one up.
Judge: “What are you charged with?” Duck: “Blowing bubbles in the pond”
Next duck.. “What are you charged with?” “Blowing bubbles in the pond”
Third duck.. “What are you charged with?” “Blowing bubbles in the pond”
Fourth duck walks up.. “What are you charged with?” “Sir, I am Bubbles”
Thank Gawd for Viagra!
| 435 |
albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 8:55:01pm |
re: #430 SanFranciscoZionist
He doesn’t care. I mean, on some level he cares, but this is not about how to stop illegal immigration. It’s about John McCain winning reelection.
correct
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:55:06pm |
re: #414 SanFranciscoZionist
“No battle plan has ever survived contact with the enemy.” I think that was some panzer commander, but I always say Bismarck, ‘cause it sounds less creepy.
funny thing about panzer commanders… Germany has not a single oil well. how did they do it?
| 437 |
reine.de.tout Mon, May 10, 2010 8:55:11pm |
re: #402 Walter L. Newton
Did Sigma_x ever apologize to Bagua? I haven’t seen him around tonight…
He is no longer among us.
banned
| 438 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 8:55:28pm |
re: #90 swamprat
Let me go to the one state where building the fence could be associated with bigotry and racism.Sure, I could go to Texas, or New Mexico, or California; but those states are not being painted as batshit crazy. No, I’ll go to ARI-fucking-ZONA!
The One, Single, and Only state, where support for building the fence is an absolute, sure signal to every racist, bigoted, nutso separatist, xenophobic asshole. that I understand and support their psychosis!I’m John McCain, and I pander to racists.
/We need the fence, but not at this price.
Build the friggin’ fence, but do it honestly. I support tag and release immigration.
Let ‘em in. Let ‘em work. Keep track of who and how many. And don’t force them to work illegally so they work for less. Play the game honestly.
Well, yes, but he’s RUNNING in Arizona. If he came to California, it would look a bit weird.
| 439 |
Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 8:55:28pm |
| 440 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 8:55:57pm |
re: #96 Decatur Deb
On the other hand, in a thousand years or so, we can show the Chinese tourists our wall.
Maybe we should make it prettier.
| 441 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:55:59pm |
re: #433 reine.de.tout
25 copies sold thus far.
Folks the cookbook is really really nice!
The artwork alone is worth the price of the book (a mere $16.35), and there are lots of yummy recipes, Cato’s poem featuring favorite lizards, AND Killgore’s Gardening Section. Killgore worked very hard on that Gardening Section, and it is very good.
Shipping is an additional fee, less than $4.
Check it out it here!
OK I promise to buy one. The iguana art is awesome jaunte.
| 442 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:56:16pm |
| 443 |
Oh no...Sand People! Mon, May 10, 2010 8:56:45pm |
| 444 |
Irenicum Mon, May 10, 2010 8:56:46pm |
Ah crap, missed another flouncy mcflouncey. Oh well, I guess sigma is now officially X.
| 445 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:56:56pm |
| 446 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 8:56:57pm |
re: #114 Gus 802
Fine. Build the damned fence. Just do it and get it over with. Tired of hearing about that border fence and in the long run we’ll spend more money debating the merits of this fence then if they would just build it now.
They appear to be building.
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albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 8:56:59pm |
re: #436 brookly red
funny thing about panzer commanders… Germany has not a single oil well. how did they do it?
do what?…they got their asses handed to them
| 448 |
Vicious Babushka Mon, May 10, 2010 8:57:00pm |
| 449 |
HoosierHoops Mon, May 10, 2010 8:57:23pm |
re: #396 Bubblehead II
Hanging in there. The “man” hasn’t gotten me down yet.
Down with the Man!
Down with the Man!
Down with the Man!
* Hey does anybody feel like taking their clothes off?*
Down with the Man!
*Cause It’s a full moon out tonight and I got Van Morrison on tape*
Down with the..
Down with..
Down..
*Hey I’m not saying me! I mean..err…down with the man?
Down with the Hoopster! Down with the Hoopster!
uh ho!
/
| 450 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:57:28pm |
re: #427 Bubblehead II
Perhaps a pair of boots?
Ohh I am liking boots even better than loafers or moccasins. Boots works on lots of levels too.
BTW the stalker blog was talking about electrifying the terrorists privates.
| 451 |
jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 8:58:04pm |
re: #450 LudwigVanQuixote
Ohh I am liking boots even better than loafers or moccasins. Boots works on lots of levels too.
BTW the stalker blog was talking about electrifying the terrorists privates.
Are they having a lighting problem?
| 452 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:58:11pm |
re: #429 jamesfirecat
Meh its nothing fancy, I heard that one before with Jake, Alex, and Ron saying they threw Peanuts in the elephant cage at the zoo…
Sweetheart, don’t interrupt a joke.
Keep your powder dry.
Shut the fuck up.
| 453 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:58:15pm |
re: #448 Alouette
banned, tanned and shitcanned.
Are you feeling better. I have been worried about you and you are one of my favorite people.
| 454 |
Bagua Mon, May 10, 2010 8:58:22pm |
re: #378 Walter L. Newton
Let me remind you of something you may not have heard… not every single little mystery of the show is going to be explained before the finale.
The producers have stated over and over, some things are just the “world” of the show, you will have enough info to infer some answers that are not directly answered, and some thing will be outright answered, but all in all, some aspect of the show just are.
Like the Numbers. There is no further explanation of the numbers. It is fate that they keep showing up, but there is no real motive behind them reappearing over and over.
See?
Yes, I do. I read an article in which it was said that the ending will lead to many new questions, and fertile ground for the fans to come up with varying theories.
Even were they to attempt an explain it all ending, there doesn’t seem enough time left to do so. The alternative would require a deus ex machina.
I reckon some sort of extra-terrestrial connection is likely at this point.
| 455 |
cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 8:58:23pm |
If a deaf person signs swear words….does his mother wash his hands with soap?
| 456 |
Irenicum Mon, May 10, 2010 8:58:26pm |
re: #450 LudwigVanQuixote
They’ve obviously been watching too much Jack Bauer.
| 457 |
jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 8:58:39pm |
re: #436 brookly red
funny thing about panzer commanders… Germany has not a single oil well. how did they do it?
If memory serves they used to be able to get at least some of their gas from Russia when they had an alliance. (Another reason to make attacking the USSR a very stupid move) That and they actually came up with all kinds of interesting workarounds, if memory serves “Why the allies won” suggests they had some kind of process which started with wallnuts and ended with fuel for tanks….
| 458 |
Vicious Babushka Mon, May 10, 2010 8:59:04pm |
re: #453 LudwigVanQuixote
Are you feeling better. I have been worried about you and you are one of my favorite people.
Am I like your Internet Mother?
| 459 |
brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 8:59:29pm |
re: #457 jamesfirecat
If memory serves they used to be able to get at least some of their gas from Russia when they had an alliance. (Another reason to make attacking the USSR a very stupid move) That and they actually came up with all kinds of interesting workarounds, if memory serves “Why the allies won” suggests they had some kind of process which started with wallnuts and ended with fuel for tanks…
they squeezed coal.
| 460 |
MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 8:59:45pm |
| 461 |
Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 8:59:51pm |
re: #458 Alouette
Am I like your Internet Mother?
Well if you are going to respond like that… wait that does sound like my mom.. Mom? Is that you?
| 462 |
Reginald Perrin Mon, May 10, 2010 9:00:02pm |
re: #421 Aceofwhat?
I vote for loafers. It works on more levels…
Do we have to name them after the entire shoe, what about just calling them heels?
There are two kinds of heels, rubber ones and shit ones.
The stalkers don’t bounce.
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Oh no...Sand People! Mon, May 10, 2010 9:00:14pm |
re: #455 cliffster
If a deaf person signs swear words…does his mother wash his hands with soap?
That reminds me of a joke. It’s one of my least proud moments in life but I basically read and memorized Truly Tasteless Jokes Volumes 1-6. I have spent the last 16 years trying to forget them.
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 9:00:15pm |
re: #461 LudwigVanQuixote
Well if you are going to respond like that… wait that does sound like my mom.. Mom? Is that you?
awkward
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MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 9:00:21pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 9:00:40pm |
re: #156 Aceofwhat?
i’m not following. the R’s who are overzealously pursuing immigrants also seekritly employ them?
seems counterproductive…
Not really. California agriculture plays it both ways. They hire illegal workers in mass numbers, but have often favored hardball laws because it gives them the upper hand in employee management.
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Irenicum Mon, May 10, 2010 9:00:51pm |
re: #461 LudwigVanQuixote
Reminds me of an old Police song called Mother. Very Freudian and damn funny too.
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 9:01:06pm |
re: #463 Oh no…Sand People!
That reminds me of a joke. It’s one of my least proud moments in life but I basically read and memorized Truly Tasteless Jokes Volumes 1-6. I have spent the last 16 years trying to forget them.
You and millions of kids around the country 25 years ago.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 9:01:13pm |
re: #458 Alouette
Am I like your Internet Mother?
No seriously, I like you and I wanted to hear you were doing better.
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 9:01:26pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 9:02:05pm |
re: #405 LudwigVanQuixote
You got distracted by the corset & the crop!
LOL!
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 9:02:10pm |
re: #462 Reginald Perrin
Do we have to name them after the entire shoe, what about just calling them heels?
There are two kinds of heels, rubber ones and shit ones.
The stalkers don’t bounce.
boots was a good suggestion, too…booted and then skinned to be the veneer for the next boot…
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 9:02:13pm |
re: #179 Aceofwhat?
oh, come on. austrian economics make more sense than that little conspiracy theory.
if brown people without papers are going to be rounded up, and your business is afloat on the backs of brown people without papers, your employees aren’t going to show up as they get corralled over time and your business will fail…not a difficult concept.
Depends what kind of work you hire them to do. Remember, new ones are always coming.
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brookly red Mon, May 10, 2010 9:02:24pm |
re: #470 jamesfirecat
I thought that was how Superman got his diamonds.
he squeezed much harder…
and with that good night good folk.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 9:02:41pm |
By the way that sort of sarcasm is common to *all* Jewish mothers. I think it something that comes on the second x chromosome and goes all the way back to Sarah. I could be wrong though.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 9:03:07pm |
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reine.de.tout Mon, May 10, 2010 9:03:24pm |
re: #474 brookly red
he squeezed much harder…
and with that good night good folk.
WAIT, brookly!
Before you go - you are featured in Cato’s back-cover poem!
You must buy a cookbook!
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, May 10, 2010 9:03:38pm |
re: #466 SanFranciscoZionist
Yep. It’s true all through the Central Valley, and even up in Napa. Though Napa is liberal, the valley farmers are the arch-conservatives of California.
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 9:03:43pm |
re: #96 Decatur Deb
On the other hand, in a thousand years or so, we can show the Chinese tourists our wall.
Moderns walls bring bad luck. It is virtually certain that some foreign leader from a rival superpower will ask our President to tear it down, and soon after the country goes down the drain.
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Oh no...Sand People! Mon, May 10, 2010 9:03:48pm |
Currently at 97,600 plus words on my first novel and am going to get back to it.
Later folks.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 9:04:27pm |
re: #254 brookly red
Mohammad Atta had four of them… think about that.
But you figure he couldn’t have had four national ID cards?
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, May 10, 2010 9:04:30pm |
re: #479 Nimed
That’s so last century.
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 9:04:44pm |
My niece is getting married in July.. just got the invitation. I remember the day she was born.
*sniff*
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Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 9:05:10pm |
re: #448 Alouette
banned, tanned and shitcanned.
You forgot toasted and roasted as well. We don’t waste anything here at LGF.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 9:05:21pm |
re: #256 austin_blue
Are you talking about Houston? That was home invasion gang that had a guy who presented himself as a census employee to get in the door. Then the crew busted in. Get the facts right.
The only census worker I’ve seen so far was the guy who knocked on the door to ask if I knew the people in #23.
I don’t.
I told him, trying to be encouraging, that we had sent ours in.
He said, “That’s why I’m not here for you.”
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albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 9:05:21pm |
re: #479 Nimed
Moderns walls bring bad luck. It is virtually certain that some foreign leader from a rival superpower will ask our President to tear it down, and soon after the country goes down the drain.
hahaha!….good one
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 9:06:00pm |
re: #479 Nimed
Moderns walls bring bad luck. It is virtually certain that some foreign leader from a rival superpower will ask our President to tear it down, and soon after the country goes down the drain.
We might spend the money to build it, and then give it to Panama.
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Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 9:06:18pm |
re: #450 LudwigVanQuixote
Ohh I am liking boots even better than loafers or moccasins. Boots works on lots of levels too.
BTW the stalker blog was talking about electrifying the terrorists privates.
And this surprises you? Charles tossed those creeps for a reason.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 9:06:24pm |
re: #414 SanFranciscoZionist
“No battle plan has ever survived contact with the enemy.” I think that was some panzer commander, but I always say Bismarck, ‘cause it sounds less creepy.
You’re close. It was Field Marshal von Moltke the Elder who said that. He was head of Prussia’s army during the Franco Prussian War and clashed with Bismarck over the conduct of the Siege of Paris at times. Bismarck won out at length, but the idea of the primacy of the military had been planted in Germany and it would bear bitter fruit in WWI.
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albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 9:07:21pm |
re: #487 jaunte
We might spend the money to build it, and then give it to Panama.
there is a fortune to be made in the extension ladder business…it’s all a nefarious plot
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 9:08:30pm |
re: #490 albusteve
The smart money is getting out of gold and into aluminum.
[Link: www.wernerladder.com…]
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 9:08:34pm |
Ohh I found Snork’s engineering exam.
And here is Savage’s History exam:
And this is from when Bunk x tried to do biology
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 9:09:43pm |
re: #473 SanFranciscoZionist
Depends what kind of work you hire them to do. Remember, new ones are always coming.
eh, far less if we’re “getting tough on illegal immigration”. exploitation and tough immigration policies are mutually exclusive. we need to inject the ‘evil republicans’ musing with an occasional logic booster;)
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 9:10:05pm |
re: #480 Oh no…Sand People!
Currently at 97,600 plus words on my first novel and am going to get back to it.
Later folks.
Good luck and good work!
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 9:10:06pm |
Hell, if the right wingers in the thread won’t say it, I will. Austrian Economics is not completely crazy. It was once taken seriously.
Hayek, from The Road to Serfdom fame, was an economist from the Austrian school. The book is still very good today, every liberal should read it as a light primer on pubic choice theory.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 9:10:35pm |
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albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 9:10:52pm |
re: #493 Aceofwhat?
eh, far less if we’re “getting tough on illegal immigration”. exploitation and tough immigration policies are mutually exclusive. we need to inject the ‘evil republicans’ musing with an occasional logic booster;)
border Nazis
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 9:12:12pm |
re: #491 jaunte
The smart money is getting out of gold and into aluminum.
[Link: www.wernerladder.com…]
Buy land, they’re not making any more of it.
— Mark Twain or Will Rogers, depends who you ask
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Aceofwhat? Mon, May 10, 2010 9:13:18pm |
re: #495 Nimed
Hell, if the right wingers in the thread won’t say it, I will. Austrian Economics is not completely crazy. It was once taken seriously.
Hayek, from The Road to Serfdom fame, was an economist from the Austrian school. The book is still very good today, every liberal should read it as a light primer on pubic choice theory.
i’m interested in pubic choice;)
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 9:13:22pm |
In honor of the topic of this thread though:
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 9:14:01pm |
re: #498 cliffster
Buy land, they’re not making any more of it.
— Mark Twain or Will Rogers, depends who you ask
Lex Luthor has frequently had thoughts based along similar lines….
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 9:14:25pm |
re: #499 Aceofwhat?
i’m interested in pubic choice;)
Oh geez… That was the king of all PIMFs
*blush*
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albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 9:14:43pm |
re: #498 cliffster
Buy land, they’re not making any more of it.
— Mark Twain or Will Rogers, depends who you ask
buy land?…you sound like a Paulian whacko….invest in some limited commodity?
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, May 10, 2010 9:14:50pm |
And here is an early test taken buy Buzzy:
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reine.de.tout Mon, May 10, 2010 9:16:50pm |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 9:16:50pm |
re: #495 Nimed
Hell, if the right wingers in the thread won’t say it, I will. Austrian Economics is not completely crazy. It was once taken seriously.
Hayek, from The Road to Serfdom fame, was an economist from the Austrian school. The book is still very good today, every liberal should read it as a light primer on pubic choice theory.
Hayek did write well and I have defended him before, so i’m sorry if I did not do so this time. The thing is that the Paulian crowd seems to have appropriated the “Austrian School” label, thus making it crazy. The Bad Craziness infects any institution it is allowed a foothold in.
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 9:17:40pm |
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Walter L. Newton Mon, May 10, 2010 9:17:56pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 9:18:11pm |
re: #493 Aceofwhat?
eh, far less if we’re “getting tough on illegal immigration”. exploitation and tough immigration policies are mutually exclusive. we need to inject the ‘evil republicans’ musing with an occasional logic booster;)
Let me just say that my doubts about ‘sealing the border’ have long been on record on this site, and I’ve seen a lot of ‘get tough’ ideas rise and fall.
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jamesfirecat Mon, May 10, 2010 9:18:12pm |
re: #506 MandyManners
DID YOU PASS?
If you’re talking about my big exam I’m sad to say that I don’t know yet at the moment don’t worry for good or ill I’ll let LGF know as soon as I find out, hopefully my teacher will have graded it before I wake up in the morning as I full intend to sleep in.
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, May 10, 2010 9:18:34pm |
re: #485 SanFranciscoZionist
The only census worker I’ve seen so far was the guy who knocked on the door to ask if I knew the people in #23.
I don’t.
I told him, trying to be encouraging, that we had sent ours in.
He said, “That’s why I’m not here for you.”
The Census insists we (yes, I’m doing it too) find proxy’s when we can’t find people who live in the actual unit. I’m not sure what the heck I’m going to do when I exhaust all the “proxy’s” in an apartment building.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 9:18:43pm |
re: #462 Reginald Perrin
Do we have to name them after the entire shoe, what about just calling them heels?
There are two kinds of heels, rubber ones and shit ones.
The stalkers don’t bounce.
Worn down heels, at that!
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, May 10, 2010 9:19:39pm |
re: #493 Aceofwhat?
No. You really won’t be able to stem the tide enough without resorting to tactics that would be unAmerican. And we’d need a much less random immigration law, I think, as well. The current system gives immigrants very, very poor odds.
I favor a program of working for citizenship, either in the army or in a needed service profession. I think there are lots and lots of immigrants of exactly the kind that would best fit into the fabric of America who would love to go after those opportunities.
And we need an expanded worker program as well, because we really do depend on that migrant labor. To me there’s nothing more foolish than a government trying to outlaw a market force. We can either accept the rise in the price of our food that would come from both hiring only those legally able to work but also the cost of the companies policing their employees that thoroughly.
I think we’d rather— and it’d be better for our economy— to expand a worker program and legitimize what is already a fact of life. Then improve things for the workers, and turn them into a new goddamn Mexican middle class, and send them back into Mexico to shape that country into a grand new spanking uncorrupt Mexico! Viva Mexico! Andalé!
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 9:19:58pm |
re: #513 eclectic infidel
The Census insists we (yes, I’m doing it too) find proxy’s when we can’t find people who live in the actual unit. I’m not sure what the heck I’m going to do when I exhaust all the “proxy’s” in an apartment building.
Presumably the manager of the building will at least be able to tell you how many people live in the unit. But if they’re not on site, I guess that doesn’t help.
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MandyManners Mon, May 10, 2010 9:20:36pm |
I’m gonna figure a way to beat the snot out of you.
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 9:22:34pm |
re: #517 MandyManners
I’m gonna figure a way to beat the snot out of you.
My mom used to always tell me she was going to slap the snot out of me and then slap me for snottin’. She still does tell me that, but she used to mean it.
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albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 9:23:00pm |
re: #511 SanFranciscoZionist
Let me just say that my doubts about ‘sealing the border’ have long been on record on this site, and I’ve seen a lot of ‘get tough’ ideas rise and fall.
the border will never be ‘sealed’…it will never even be monitored to any degree of security….it has become a liberal dumping ground for accusing intolerance, bigotry and even racism…the cartels know this and will use our neglect to their advantage…it’s all our fault, we are such self a centered culture
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 9:23:19pm |
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, May 10, 2010 9:23:28pm |
re: #516 SanFranciscoZionist
Presumably the manager of the building will at least be able to tell you how many people live in the unit. But if they’re not on site, I guess that doesn’t help.
I actually got the number of the apartment manager today by randomly knocking on doors. That’ll take care of two units, at least. I’ve got to say that I don’t see what the big fricken deal it is to fill out the census form. I’m already half inclined to just prefer that the Feds begin penalizing people who refuse to partake in the Census. While I appreciate the work, I don’t appreciate the people who get pissy with me. Anyway, it’s not like I expect much from people these days anyway.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 9:23:34pm |
This should feed the conspiracy folk:
Soros approves RI proposal to form climate agency
UN climate adviser George Soros has agreed to a proposal made by Indonesia to establish a local agency that would manage international support for the country’s efforts to tackle climate change.
The agency would be headed by senior government official Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, Indonesia’s Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said after a meeting between Soros and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the Presidential Office in Jakarta on Monday.
“The agency will manage local and international funds and monitor, report on and verify agreed projects,” Zulkifli said.In a press conference, Soros said Indonesia was justified in receiving international grants and loans in return for protecting its forests and peat land.
UN
“Climate change”
George Soros !!
Indonesia
Well, there is only one name missing from that list, no?
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, May 10, 2010 9:23:35pm |
re: #508 Dark_Falcon
Nonetheless, the Austrian School of economics really, really is a very fringe school of economics that does not enjoy a very good reputation. Moreover, I think that it has a fundamental mistake, in that it doesn’t realize that any market is by nature evolutionary; that over time the most efficient market strategies will not necessarily be ones that actually produce anything of value. Any economy of sufficient complexity can, and will, be gamed— largely by the manipulation of information. Austrian economics can only make sense if people actually have a coherent knowledge of the economy, but it is it in the economic best interests of anyone selling anything in the market that consumers know as little as possible about the state of the market.
It has other fundamental flaws, too. But that’s one of its most famous.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 10, 2010 9:24:51pm |
re: #524 jaunte
Not me, I lie like a rug!
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, May 10, 2010 9:25:09pm |
re: #518 cliffster
My mom used to always tell me she was going to slap the snot out of me and then slap me for snottin’. She still does tell me that, but she used to mean it.
What an awful thing for a mother to say to a child. Geesh.
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 9:26:37pm |
re: #522 freetoken
This should feed the conspiracy folk:
Soros approves RI proposal to form climate agency
UN
“Climate change”
George Soros !!
IndonesiaWell, there is only one name missing from that list, no?
Audiovisual answer:
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 9:27:42pm |
re: #526 eclectic infidel
What an awful thing for a mother to say to a child. Geesh.
Things were different way back then, in the days before.. Hannah Montana
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, May 10, 2010 9:29:24pm |
re: #528 cliffster
Things were different way back then, in the days before.. Hannah Montana
Not trying to be a smart ass, but I’m not in the least familiar with Hannah Montana.
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albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 9:29:25pm |
re: #526 eclectic infidel
What an awful thing for a mother to say to a child. Geesh.
child abuse!….call in the State!
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 9:29:37pm |
re: #519 albusteve
the border will never be ‘sealed’…it will never even be monitored to any degree of security…it has become a liberal dumping ground for accusing intolerance, bigotry and even racism…the cartels know this and will use our neglect to their advantage…it’s all our fault, we are such self a centered culture
Ambrose Bierce:
Amnesty, n. The state’s magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 9:30:05pm |
re: #527 Nimed
Paul Simon and Chevy Chase rock. That is just a fact.
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 9:31:50pm |
re: #529 eclectic infidel
Not trying to be a smart ass, but I’m not in the least familiar with Hannah Montana.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Mon, May 10, 2010 9:32:08pm |
re: #533 SanFranciscoZionist
In the early hours of Sunday 9 May, the Islamic authorities in Iran executed Farzad Kamangar and four other political prisoners. Farzad Kamangar was a teacher and a human rights activist, whose release had been the object of high profile campaigns in Iran and internationally over the past two years. The other four political activists who were executed on Sunday in Evin Prison were Ali Heydarian, Farhad Vakili, Shirin Alam-Houli and Mehdi Eslamian.All five had been sentenced to death for their political opposition to the regime. The sentences were carried out in secret, without their families or lawyers being informed.
Bastards.
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 9:32:44pm |
re: #516 SanFranciscoZionist
Presumably the manager of the building will at least be able to tell you how many people live in the unit. But if they’re not on site, I guess that doesn’t help.
SFZ, by the way, and in case you didn’t catch my recommendation in the other thread - you should definitely read A Game of Thrones.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 9:33:04pm |
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albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 9:34:13pm |
re: #531 jaunte
Ambrose Bierce:
Amnesty, n. The state’s magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
potential voters…abused by both political parties regardless of the fact that it’s biting us in the ass…politicians are most consumed with re-election and a fan base…the disciples of the feds will offer nothing less, right here at LGF
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palomino Mon, May 10, 2010 9:36:34pm |
Way to take the long view, McCain: Win a primary, but help your party lose the remaining 35% of the Hispanic vote for the next generation.
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cliffster Mon, May 10, 2010 9:36:46pm |
re: #533 SanFranciscoZionist
And so it goes, and so it goes. And so will you soon I suppose (let’s hope so)
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 9:40:37pm |
re: #539 palomino
Way to take the long view, McCain: Win a primary, but help your party lose the remaining 35% of the Hispanic vote for the next generation.
He may figure he can help salvage things after the fever breaks.
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Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 9:41:21pm |
BTW Lizards. I have a pre-print copy of the cook book. I helped proof read it and still bought a copy.
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, May 10, 2010 9:42:07pm |
Hee hee. Alan Colmes just said, “the only thing going for the Democratic Party is that the Republican party is being torn apart.” It’s good to hear.
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jaunte Mon, May 10, 2010 9:42:34pm |
re: #542 Bubblehead II
BTW Lizards. I have a pre-print copy of the cook book. I helped proof read it and still bought a copy.
There can be no higher praise!1!
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palomino Mon, May 10, 2010 9:50:53pm |
re: #541 Dark_Falcon
He may figure he can help salvage things after the fever breaks.
I don’t mean to be flippant, but I don’t think he’ll be around (at least not in fighting shape) when this fever finally subsides.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 9:52:30pm |
re: #545 palomino
I don’t mean to be flippant, but I don’t think he’ll be around (at least not in fighting shape) when this fever finally subsides.
He and I hope otherwise.
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albusteve Mon, May 10, 2010 9:54:30pm |
re: #546 Dark_Falcon
He and I hope otherwise.
McCain was washed up when he backed GBs amnesty gig…he’s a lost pol, out of touch and rotting…his time is long past
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Lidane Mon, May 10, 2010 9:56:58pm |
re: #523 Obdicut
Oy. I used to get into long, involved discussions with people who were von Mises disciples. They’d constantly natter on about praxeology and about how unless I could quote from Human Action chapter and verse, I was utterly clueless about economics and I would never understand anything about the market or about how money worked.
No surprise— they were also anarcho-capitalists that believed in privatizing everything (including the police, the courts, and all emergency services!), they reviled Lincoln as TEH WORST PREZNIT EVAR OMG and were followers of Luap Nor.
After a while, it got tedious talking to them, so I just resorted to open mockery instead.
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Lidane Mon, May 10, 2010 10:01:52pm |
re: #549 freetoken
It’s an all too common package.
Which is sadly becoming much more common, like people reading Ayn Rand and thinking that she had good ideas. =P
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Bubblehead II Mon, May 10, 2010 10:03:17pm |
Time to call it a night. Day/Swing Shift Lizards, Sleep well.
Graveyard Lizards, May I wish you a Good Morning.
And I will see some of you in about about 6 hrs or so.
L8R
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avanti Mon, May 10, 2010 10:12:51pm |
Nissan Leaf, all electric green car. Not for everyone yet, but it’s a possible future.
Not quite ready for prime time, but a interesting commuter car and a peek at the future.
more on the Leaf
Price after tax savings, net As Low As $25,280: MSRP $32,780 with federal tax savings from 0-$7,500
$349 a month1 – 36 month lease ($1,999 initial customer payment)
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 10:12:57pm |
re: #551 Lidane
Yeah. You can go to the Mises website and find all sorts of idiots, such as Lew Rockwell, writing under their banner. His current article there on the ongoing BP oil disaster is down right ridiculous.
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Lidane Mon, May 10, 2010 10:19:09pm |
Switching gears, but Ah-nuld got in a joke at Arizona’s expense today:
Schwarzenegger makes Arizona joke at commencement
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger joked that he was afraid of being deported in Arizona during a commencement speech he delivered Monday at Emory University in Atlanta.
Schwarzenegger’s office provided a copy of his prepared remarks and confirmed he made the Arizona joke.
“I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend,” Schwarzenegger said. “But with my accent I was afraid they would try to deport me.”
The Republican governor is opposed to Arizona’s new immigration law and said last month, “I would never do that in California.” Schwarzenegger has blamed the federal government for not securing the border.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 10:19:28pm |
Some days the jealousy was more than Sam H. Kent could handle. Every time Sam caught a glimpse of Barack H. Obama on his TV screen, he could see in his mind’s eye the gangly 9-year-old boy with the dazzling smile in the encampment outside Mombasa. Once Sam’s life was guided by the final words from the Guardians as all the boys (each with the middle initial “H”) were put on that big jet for America: “We will guide your way. You will rule the world — if you obey. Defy us — and you will decay.”
Okay, now it all sounds like a bad science-fiction movie. But the Guardians did keep up their end of the deal … for a while. There was a new family, Ma and Pa Kent. A girl friend named Lois. At the University of Iowa, Sam kept finding the answers to his exams in the freezer … the night before the tests were given. Ma and Pa Kent’s tragic car accident left him enough money to buy the Chrysler dealership as a springboard to politics. And a big-name political consultant from Chicago suddenly arrived to run his 1996 campaign for the Iowa state senate.
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Lidane Mon, May 10, 2010 10:20:19pm |
re: #554 freetoken
Yeah. You can go to the Mises website and find all sorts of idiots, such as Lew Rockwell, writing under their banner. His current article there on the ongoing BP oil disaster is down right ridiculous.
What kills me is that those nutjobs were all on the fringes just a couple of years ago, and now they’re driving the state platform in Maine and are angling for more influence everywhere else.
WTF? Seriously. I don’t understand how the hell these people got a foothold anywhere in mainstream politics.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 10, 2010 10:26:59pm |
re: #557 SanFranciscoZionist
That’s some crazy-ass nirther stuff.
Getting tired so I’m going to sign off for the night. Sleep well, all.
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Stanley Sea Mon, May 10, 2010 10:29:48pm |
re: #557 SanFranciscoZionist
The comments are pretty wild - either confused, spewing more conspiracy or mocking same.
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 10:31:20pm |
re: #557 SanFranciscoZionist
Some days the jealousy was more than Sam H. Kent could handle. Every time Sam caught a glimpse of Barack H. Obama on his TV screen, he could see in his mind’s eye the gangly 9-year-old boy with the dazzling smile in the encampment outside Mombasa. Once Sam’s life was guided by the final words from the Guardians as all the boys (each with the middle initial “H”) were put on that big jet for America: “We will guide your way. You will rule the world — if you obey. Defy us — and you will decay.”
Okay, now it all sounds like a bad science-fiction movie. But the Guardians did keep up their end of the deal … for a while. There was a new family, Ma and Pa Kent. A girl friend named Lois. At the University of Iowa, Sam kept finding the answers to his exams in the freezer … the night before the tests were given. Ma and Pa Kent’s tragic car accident left him enough money to buy the Chrysler dealership as a springboard to politics. And a big-name political consultant from Chicago suddenly arrived to run his 1996 campaign for the Iowa state senate.
Wow. An America sprinkled with dozens of 49 year-old failed Barack Obamas.
These guys are not bad. It’s a great story, actually.
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 10:35:17pm |
re: #558 Lidane
What kills me is that those nutjobs were all on the fringes just a couple of years ago, and now they’re driving the state platform in Maine and are angling for more influence everywhere else.
WTF? Seriously. I don’t understand how the hell these people got a foothold anywhere in mainstream politics.
I believe it’s in part due to the appeal of some libertarian proposals in the post-9/11 world. No more wars, a return to balanced budgets, rejection of the Patriot Act; this stuff sounds very good to a lot of people. It’s naturally popular.
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freetoken Mon, May 10, 2010 10:43:56pm |
re: #558 Lidane
WTF? Seriously. I don’t understand how the hell these people got a foothold anywhere in mainstream politics.
All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
In other words, in this darwinian world we have to compete to survive.
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 10:44:12pm |
re: #557 SanFranciscoZionist
Hmmm….
Is there something you were trying to tell us back there, SanFranZ? Are you… a girl from Mombasa?
If so, when did you discover it wasn’t going to be you? When did you stop receiving the text answers in the freezer?
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 10, 2010 10:47:38pm |
re: #564 Nimed
Hmmm…
Is there something you were trying to tell us back there, SanFranZ? Are you… a girl from Mombasa?
If so, when did you discover it wasn’t going to be you? When did you stop receiving the text answers in the freezer?
That’s SanFran H. Z. to you…
And I’m only thirty-six—I’m still getting the messages in the freezer. For the next wave.
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Four More Tears Mon, May 10, 2010 10:52:21pm |
re: #565 SanFranciscoZionist
I get messages, too.
“Dear Mr. Jason.
I am hoping to receive your aid in the transferance of a sum of seven million US dollars I have inherited from my deeply departed uncle, a very well-known general who’s name I cannot share with you. For your assisstance i am wiling to bequeath upon you a vast partition of said munnies…
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 10:57:43pm |
re: #566 JasonA
Hey JasonA. You were sorely missed in the Elena Kagan thread.
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Four More Tears Mon, May 10, 2010 11:02:41pm |
re: #567 Nimed
Hey JasonA. You were sorely missed in the Elena Kagan thread.
I’m weird like that. If I spend too much time here I’ll get LGF burnout and then I really disappear. For like, three months. It’s better this way.
Truth is, I’m something of a nomad. I go to a site, join the community for a while, then wander elsewhere. It helps if I ration my time better.
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Nimed Mon, May 10, 2010 11:03:46pm |
re: #565 SanFranciscoZionist
Looks like I forgot to take your H. into account.
Oh shuddup. It was hilarious.
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Sacred Plants Tue, May 11, 2010 6:03:50am |
“Since I declared myself her indispensable friend, I am allowed do anything she does to defend herself without even being likewise threatened.”
/”accept israel”
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Stanley Sea Tue, May 11, 2010 8:35:30am |
See wrenchwench’s link posted, McCain is talking to the sheriff of another county. The sheriff of the county he’s at? That sheriff is against the new AZ law!
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danshelb Tue, May 11, 2010 10:03:58am |
Good grief that is one of the most awkward 30 seconds of my life. John McCain, please just go away.
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syrius Tue, May 11, 2010 10:29:28am |
You’re one of us, alright! It reminds me of the famous line in “FREAKS” circa 1932- “We accept you, one of us! Gooble Gobble!”…
This whole movement just stinks to high heaven!
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Dr. Shalit Tue, May 11, 2010 6:48:06pm |
Don’t Get ME Going About This One -
I am squishy on this issue, at least concerning Mexican Citizens already in the USA. I work and live with the Mr. & Mrs. Gonzalezes, Martinezes and Lopezes.
To an extent, I agree with former Mexican President Fox that there “is NO Border” which actually means that “There IS NO Mexico” - Only a North American Tri-Lingual Community - English, Spanish, French - in that order.
I can accept that, if/when the arrangements are made. The “Arrangements” are still in flux. SO - a “Modest Proposal” - Visas of one sort or another for Mexican Citizens in the USA - AND CANADA! Live and Work, North of the Rio Grande without fear, AND without Citizenship or the Vote unless and until arrangements are finalized. Discussion?
-S-
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