This astounding new photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a gigantic brain-like formation of gas clouds and star clusters in our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud. Phil Plait has an analysis of the photo with a bit of a surprise at the end: A vast, cosmic cloudy brain looms in a nearby galaxy.
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brookly red Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:24:11pm |
wow…
it is so ironic that we are so good at some things & suck at others.
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:25:24pm |
The disturbing thing is it also looks sort of like a space fetus.
The really disturbing thing is…
‘“It’s not right… not… right…
‘I feel g…o…o…d….”
‘“I feel g…o…o…d…
‘I’m h…a…p…p…y…
‘…friends…”
‘Ahh, Grr, Ohhh…
‘I’m h…a…p…p…y…
‘Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness…
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The Curmudgeon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:25:42pm |
The creationism jokes are just too obvious.
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HoosierHoops Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:25:53pm |
Phil saz:
When I see images like this, I’m reminded quite strongly that the Universe is incredibly complex, beautiful, and — my favorite of all — surprising. The more we look, the more there is to see.
Isn’t that true of all things?
Kudo’s Phil
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:29:27pm |
re: #5 HoosierHoops
Phil saz:
When I see images like this, I’m reminded quite strongly that the Universe is incredibly complex, beautiful, and — my favorite of all — surprising. The more we look, the more there is to see.Isn’t that true of all things?
Kudo’s Phil
And we don’t need a god to be amazed.
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brookly red Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:29:29pm |
/awww bugger it all we look at the stars while people starve on earth…
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:30:07pm |
By the way, I created a new category for LGF Pages today - “Great Deals.” For tips on good deals from wherever you find them. First page in that category is my link to the Amazon sale on the 2TB WD drive.
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ShaunP Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:31:40pm |
re: #8 Charles
By the way, I created a new category for LGF Pages today - “Great Deals.” For tips on good deals from wherever you find them. First page in that category is my link to the Amazon sale on the 2TB WD drive.
I should link to the HDMI/DVI converter cable that I just bought for $4 shipped…
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:32:34pm |
I knew it!
The Hubble makes me look fat.
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Nimed Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:33:34pm |
re: #2 brookly red
wow…
it is so ironic that we are so good at some things & suck at others.
That’s very common, and not ironic at all.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:34:15pm |
re: #9 ShaunP
I should link to the HDMI/DVI converter cable that I just bought for $4 shipped…
That would make a good page.
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Tigger2005 Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:34:59pm |
Pah. When are they going to get a picture of the Silver Surfer?
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HoosierHoops Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:35:46pm |
re: #6 Walter L. Newton
And we don’t need a god to be amazed.
Maybe not..But without God do we appreciate Nature?
/I’m thinking yes..That’s how big nature is..
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:36:01pm |
OMG!1 IT’S THE BRAIN SPAWN!!1 THEY’VE COME TO MAKE USE ALL STUPID! WE’LL ALL END UP LIKE MICHELLE BACHMANN!!!111
(runs around screaming)
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:36:29pm |
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brookly red Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:36:45pm |
re: #17 HoosierHoops
Maybe not..But without God do we appreciate Nature?
/I’m thinking yes..That’s how big nature is..
well what if God IS nature…
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brookly red Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:37:10pm |
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jamesfirecat Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:37:24pm |
re: #19 Dark_Falcon
OMG!1 IT’S THE BRAIN SPAWN!!1 THEY’VE COME TO MAKE USE ALL STUPID! WE’LL ALL END UP LIKE MICHELLE BACHMANN!!!111
(runs around screaming)
Its worse than that see my number 3, clearly he has come to consume the apple of Enlightenment…
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:37:45pm |
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wrenchwench Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:38:40pm |
I think I had a Large Magellanic Cloud in my brain this morning.
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brookly red Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:39:05pm |
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The Curmudgeon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:39:33pm |
I refuse to be intimidated by the Giant Space Brain.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:39:45pm |
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brookly red Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:40:36pm |
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HoosierHoops Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:41:19pm |
re: #22 brookly red
or nature is God?
Because Nature lacks a Spirit…And God is a Spirit…
What do we admire most about Man? His Spirit..There is something deeper here..
/The painkillers are rocking here.. I can actually walk to the bathroom without pain…*wink*
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:41:19pm |
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:41:38pm |
re: #28 The Curmudgeon
I refuse to be intimidated by the Giant Space Brain.
So you’re a Niblonian?
/Futurama reference
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Girth Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:42:33pm |
Just remember that you’re standing on a planet that’s evolving
And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour,
That’s orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it’s reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
Are moving at a million miles a day
In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour,
Of the galaxy we call the ‘Milky Way’.
Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars.
It’s a hundred thousand light years side to side.
It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick,
But out by us, it’s just three thousand light years wide.
We’re thirty thousand light years from galactic central point.
We go ‘round every two hundred million years,
And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding universe.
The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
In all of the directions it can whizz
As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know,
Twelve million miles a minute, and that’s the fastest speed there is.
So remember, when you’re feeling very small and insecure,
How amazingly unlikely is your birth,
And pray that there’s intelligent life somewhere up in space,
‘Cause there’s bugger all down here on Earth.
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The Curmudgeon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:43:07pm |
re: #33 Dark_Falcon
So you’re a Niblonian?
/Futurama reference
I donno what that is. At the moment, I’m fixin’ to spam Charles’ new Pages feature with a link to my Veg-O-Matic Warehouse.
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Summer Seale Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:43:55pm |
It is a sign! It is a sign that we must all hold up our brains above our heads in our left hand, as does Brian, the Messiah!
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brookly red Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:44:17pm |
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ShaunP Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:44:43pm |
re: #13 Charles
That would make a good page.
Ask and ye shall receive…
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:45:00pm |
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wrenchwench Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:45:21pm |
re: #8 Charles
By the way, I created a new category for LGF Pages today - “Great Deals.” For tips on good deals from wherever you find them. First page in that category is my link to the Amazon sale on the 2TB WD drive.
I hope you still get a cut when I go from the Amazon page to the Zappos page, because I ordered a $200 pair of hiking boots last week.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:45:24pm |
re: #28 The Curmudgeon
I refuse to be intimidated by the Giant Space Brain.
The giant space brain sees all and knows all. The giant space brain cannot be resisted. Accept the giant space brain as your personal savior.
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brookly red Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:46:06pm |
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:46:50pm |
re: #41 Charles
The giant space brain sees all and knows all. The giant space brain cannot be resisted. Accept the giant space brain as your personal savior.
I knew it…you couldn’t catch me on your own
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brookly red Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:47:24pm |
re: #41 Charles
The giant space brain sees all and knows all. The giant space brain cannot be resisted. Accept the giant space brain as your personal savior.
/ ack the giant space brain is telling me enroll in flight school!
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SpaceJesus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:47:34pm |
re: #41 Charles
The giant space brain sees all and knows all. The giant space brain cannot be resisted. Accept the giant space brain as your personal savior.
he speaks the truth. only the space brain can protect you from the terrible secret of space.
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ryannon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:48:02pm |
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The Curmudgeon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:48:03pm |
re: #41 Charles
The giant space brain sees all and knows all. The giant space brain cannot be resisted. Accept the giant space brain as your personal savior.
Ask not what the Giant Space Brain can do for you. Ask what you can do for the Giant Space Brain.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:49:40pm |
re: #45 SpaceJesus
he speaks the truth. only the space brain can protect you from the terrible secret of space.
and Stinky is an astronut…who knew?
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:50:07pm |
Jon Voight wrote a really whacked out open letter to President Obama today, published on the zombie website of the Washington Times.
If only Jon Voight would accept the giant space brain. He would then know peace.
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ryannon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:50:29pm |
re: #41 Charles
The giant space brain sees all and knows all. The giant space brain cannot be resisted. Accept the giant space brain as your personal savior.
Can we flounce?
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brookly red Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:51:05pm |
/ this is so cool & am going to jack the liquor store & if I get caught Giant Space Brain defense!
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:51:28pm |
re: #49 Charles
Jon Voight wrote a really whacked out open letter to President Obama today, published on the zombie website of the Washington Times.
If only Jon Voight would accept the giant space brain. He would then know peace.
the Midnight Cowboy?…he’ll learn
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:52:07pm |
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:52:25pm |
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ryannon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:52:43pm |
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HoosierHoops Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:54:02pm |
re: #49 Charles
Jon Voight wrote a really whacked out open letter to President Obama today, published on the zombie website of the Washington Times.
If only Jon Voight would accept the giant space brain. He would then know peace.
Jon is whack..For most of his adult life his Daughter wanted nothing to do with him…I won’t pick sides but it is so telling about the man he is…
/I don’t think the space brain is big enough
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:54:27pm |
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goddamnedfrank Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:54:29pm |
re: #33 Dark_Falcon
So you’re a Niblonian?
I’m a big fan of the Hypnotoad, though its show’s been going downhill since season three.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:54:50pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:54:52pm |
re: #55 ryannon
Pole flouncers?
We can flounce if we want to, we can leave your friends behind
‘Cause your friends don’t flounce and if they don’t flounce
Well they’re, no friends of mine
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kreyagg Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:54:58pm |
I was hoping for at least one “intelligent design” comment/joke.
Though I can settle for and be happy with the Futurama reference.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:55:55pm |
re: #61 kreyagg
Hypnotoad knew you would say that….
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:56:20pm |
re: #62 HoosierHoops
GIVE ME BACK MY FREAKING BRAIN!
too much pool time, it’s gone dude, get used to it
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:56:44pm |
re: #57 Gus 802
Cleverly trained in the Alinksy method!
Socialism, Marxism… he has raped this nation!11ty
/
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ryannon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:56:47pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:57:57pm |
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:58:12pm |
We can weed out the liars and agitators!
Holy smokes. This is straight out of the McCarthy era.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:58:16pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:58:50pm |
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HoosierHoops Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:59:03pm |
re: #64 albusteve
too much pool time, it’s gone dude, get used to it
*falls to knees*
Stella! I could have been somebody!
Stella!
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 5:59:11pm |
re: #68 Gus 802
We can weed out the liars and agitators!
Holy smokes. This is straight out of the McCarthy era.
McCarthy was right…his delivery sucked tho
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:00:25pm |
re: #49 Charles
Jon Voight wrote a really whacked out open letter to President Obama today, published on the zombie website of the Washington Times.
If only Jon Voight would accept the giant space brain. He would then know peace.
Here’s an except:
You have brought to Arizona a civil war, once again defending the criminals and illegals, creating a meltdown for good, loyal, law-abiding citizens. Your destruction of this country may never be remedied, and we may never recover. I pray to God you stop, and I hope the people in this great country realize your agenda is not for the betterment of mankind, but for the betterment of your politics.
Serious Bad Craziness.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:02:14pm |
re: #70 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
*monotone voice*
Everyone ding Hypnotoad.
Hell no I won… ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!
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freetoken Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:02:35pm |
re: #73 Dark_Falcon
Serious Bad Craziness.
Yes, but not unusual for an older gent to go fringe-y as he ages. That’s a problem that shows up in all sorts of venues. Makes a bit sober as I think of myself getting old - will I go running off a cliff too?
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:02:48pm |
re: #72 albusteve
McCarthy was right…his delivery sucked tho
McCarthy was right only in his first sentence or what one could say the title of his treatise. Otherwise, yes, his “delivery sucked”, as did the rest of the charade of the McCarthy hearings which in turn proved to be counter-productive. Even then there are limits to what the government can control and being a Communist is a right protected by the 1st Amendment.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:03:25pm |
re: #71 HoosierHoops
“On The Waterfront” meets “Streetcar Named Desire”?
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:03:38pm |
re: #73 Dark_Falcon
Serious Bad Craziness.
you know how many people have your ‘bad craziness’?….millions, and they are not all morons or nazi racists…do you have an explanation for them?…why the border is not secured by Constitutional mandate?…what do you tell these people…they are nazi racists?
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HoosierHoops Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:04:16pm |
Dear Rolling Stone:
I would like to change the entire Foreign policy of the United States..
Send reporter fast..
I’m ready to talk
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:04:45pm |
re: #76 Gus 802
McCarthy was right only in his first sentence or what one could say the title of his treatise. Otherwise, yes, his “delivery sucked”, as did the rest of the charade of the McCarthy hearings which in turn proved to be counter-productive. Even then there are limits to what the government can control and being a Communist is a right protected by the 1st Amendment.
yes, times have changed
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:05:18pm |
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Summer Seale Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:05:53pm |
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:06:50pm |
re: #81 Gus 802
Oops. That’s the one from April.
Yikes, Voight has gone off the deep end.
why is securing the border going off the deep end?…it seems to me just the opposite
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:08:19pm |
re: #72 albusteve
McCarthy was right…his delivery sucked tho
You would say that. McCarthy was an opportunistic, populist, fear monger who destroyed others for his own advancement. He ruined innocent lives, created a climate of fear nd hysteria that prevented any possibility of ratcheting down the cold war and managed to remove any people with real expertise on the Russians from the State Dept. His ambition and avarice knew no bounds and he was only stopped when he over reached and went for the military.
You are a total fool and utterly immoral for even hinting he was right in any possible way. But then again, Steve I expect you to be a disgraceful troglodyte.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:08:41pm |
re: #79 HoosierHoops
Speaking of Rolling Stone Magazine.
I’ve seen this happen on LGF a hundred times if I’ve seen it once.
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:09:32pm |
re: #83 albusteve
why is securing the border going off the deep end?…it seems to me just the opposite
I was referring mostly to his comments in the video I posted. “Weeding out the liars and agitators” sound like a great deal of fear mongering. The actual text of the current diatribe by Voight is as follows:
An open letter from actor Jon Voight to President Obama:
June 22, 2010
Dear President Obama:
You will be the first American president that lied to the Jewish people, and the American people as well, when you said that you would defend Israel, the only Democratic state in the Middle East, against all their enemies. You have done just the opposite. You have propagandized Israel, until they look like they are everyone’s enemy — and it has resonated throughout the world. You are putting Israel in harm’s way, and you have promoted anti-Semitism throughout the world.
You have brought this to a people who have given the world the Ten Commandments and most laws we live by today. The Jewish people have given the world our greatest scientists and philosophers, and the cures for many diseases, and now you play a very dangerous game so you can look like a true martyr to what you see and say are the underdogs. But the underdogs you defend are murderers and criminals who want Israel eradicated.
You have brought to Arizona a civil war, once again defending the criminals and illegals, creating a meltdown for good, loyal, law-abiding citizens. Your destruction of this country may never be remedied, and we may never recover. I pray to God you stop, and I hope the people in this great country realize your agenda is not for the betterment of mankind, but for the betterment of your politics.
With heartfelt and deep concern for America and Israel,
Jon Voight
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:10:20pm |
re: #84 LudwigVanQuixote
You would say that. McCarthy was an opportunistic, populist, fear monger who destroyed others for his own advancement. He ruined innocent lives, created a climate of fear nd hysteria that prevented any possibility of ratcheting down the cold war and managed to remove any people with real expertise on the Russians from the State Dept. His ambition and avarice knew no bounds and he was only stopped when he over reached and went for the military.
You are a total fool and utterly immoral for even hinting he was right in any possible way. But then again, Steve I expect you to be a disgraceful troglodyte.
hardly your best…not hating too intensely yet?…ahahaha!…what a hoot you are
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:10:52pm |
You have brought to Arizona a civil war, once again defending the criminals and illegals, creating a meltdown for good, loyal, law-abiding citizens!!11ty
Your destruction of this country may never be remedied, and we may never recover!!11ty
//
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Nimed Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:11:05pm |
re: #28 The Curmudgeon
I refuse to be intimidated by the Giant Space Brain.
Me too. Now, a Giant Space Dick would be a different story…
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:11:54pm |
re: #86 Gus 802
thanks…I have not read his blurb, except snips posted
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Targetpractice Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:12:26pm |
re: #82 Summer
Abby…something. Abby…normal.
Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven and a half foot long, fifty-four inch wide GORILLA?
*Begins throttling*
Is that what you’re telling me?!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:12:33pm |
re: #89 Nimed
Me too. Now, a Giant Space Dick would be a different story…
Well I have something for you then….
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:12:53pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:13:07pm |
Ice baby… I see you are out there! How are you?
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Nimed Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:13:14pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:14:42pm |
G’night Lizards.
And, don’t drive like my brother.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:15:24pm |
I hardly agree with talk about a civil war, except in exaggerated jest, but there is trouble brewing and it’s not just AZ…we need reasonable reform legislation we can debate, otherwise people will listen to Voight simply because he is speaking and the admin is not…the longer it goes on the worse it will get
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:15:33pm |
re: #84 LudwigVanQuixote
Ludwig, just so you know that asshole Rodan used his “Diary of Daedalus” to tee off on your list of people who should not be voting from last night. He makes no real response, of course, just hurls insults and troll dung.
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iceweasel Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:16:01pm |
re: #95 LudwigVanQuixote
Ice baby… I see you are out there! How are you?
Pretty good, considering! How are you? Saw your post over in featured pages, updinged!
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Nimed Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:16:20pm |
re: #92 LudwigVanQuixote
Well I have something for you then…
Oh, man. Why? WHY??!?
But I confess I’m still slightly relieved by the picture. That “I have something for you” was pretty scary, dude.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:18:30pm |
re: #94 Charles
McCarthy was not right.
I concede…I had assumed there were in fact communists in the govt…I am in no way condoning his disturbing excesses
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ryannon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:20:13pm |
re: #88 Gus 802
You have brought to Arizona a civil war, once again defending the criminals and illegals, creating a meltdown for good, loyal, law-abiding citizens!!11ty
Your destruction of this country may never be remedied, and we may never recover!!11ty
//
Make your time.
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HoosierHoops Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:20:20pm |
re: #100 iceweasel
Pretty good, considering! How are you? Saw your post over in featured pages, updinged!
My dear friend..I know life is tough right now…It’s not fair you can’t be in Europe right now…Someday the taste of those tears will be sweet..
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:20:50pm |
re: #98 albusteve
I hardly agree with talk about a civil war, except in exaggerated jest, but there is trouble brewing and it’s not just AZ…we need reasonable reform legislation we can debate, otherwise people will listen to Voight simply because he is speaking and the admin is not…the longer it goes on the worse it will get
The problem is that if anything even approaching reasonable is introduced, Voight will join Glenn Beck in proclaiming it an “Outrageous Outrage!1”.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:21:06pm |
re: #99 Dark_Falcon
Ludwig, just so you know that asshole Rodan used his “Diary of Daedalus” to tee off on your list of people who should not be voting from last night. He makes no real response, of course, just hurls insults and troll dung.
Ahhh, he just feels left out because I didn’t add sociopathic, drunken, race baiting latinos to the list as well.
Well Rodan should not just vote, but he should not breed either.
Really, the state has enough wards as it is.
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ryannon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:23:31pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:23:54pm |
re: #100 iceweasel
Pretty good, considering! How are you? Saw your post over in featured pages, updinged!
Thank you so much. That is one of the more important posts I’ve made here for this venue. People ask how I am so certain that things are going to be extremely awful for America in a business as usual scenario. Well there is a multi-agency report that covers the basics with easy to follow language and more pretty pictures than you can shake a stick at.
I love the bits where they show NH moving South to point out the NH in 2090-2099 will have weather more like Carolina. That should make people go hmmm and then ask what happens to the Southern US or the Mid West where we grow most of our crops.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:23:57pm |
re: #107 LudwigVanQuixote
Ahhh, he just feels left out because I didn’t add sociopathic, drunken, race baiting latinos to the list as well.
Well Rodan should not just vote, but he should not breed either.
Really, the state has enough wards as it is.
OH, BURN!
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:24:01pm |
re: #106 Dark_Falcon
The problem is that if anything even approaching reasonable is introduced, Voight will join Glenn Beck in proclaiming it an “Outrageous Outrage!1”.
Voight and Beck can go screw each other…interesting maybe but they don’t count…and I suspect any admin that puts them before us, you and I…it has to be done in spite of public moaning
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:25:24pm |
re: #101 Nimed
Oh, man. Why? WHY??!?
But I confess I’m still slightly relieved by the picture. That “I have something for you” was pretty scary, dude.
Well just so you know what you are looking at, that is a super massive black hole emitting a galactic scale plume of charged particles. There is a shock wave in the plume as it falls back into the galaxy creating that purple helmet look.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:26:00pm |
Nikki Haley will win runoff to become South Carolina’s first female GOP gubernatorial nominee, CNN projects.
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Macha Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:26:30pm |
re: #41 Charles
The giant space brain sees all and knows all. The giant space brain cannot be resisted. Accept the giant space brain as your personal savior.
This is good news and bad news.
The bad news is civilization as we know it will never be the same again. The good news is that civilization as we know it will never be the same again.
Swami Beyondanana
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:26:54pm |
Wait, why is Ice not in Europe?
Ice? What’s going on?
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:27:11pm |
re: #113 Varek Raith
Nikki Haley will win runoff to become South Carolina’s first female GOP gubernatorial nominee, CNN projects.
Looks like she won.
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Macha Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:27:49pm |
re: #54 albusteve
not without your spike heels and rhinestone purse
And feathers. A good flounce demands a feather boa.
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freetoken Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:28:56pm |
re: #116 Gus 802
Looks like she won.
Yes, she did. Now we will see if the good ol’ boys will elect (1) a woman, (2) someone who is from South Asia (“[bigoted word]”), (3) someone who admits she once in a while attends her parent’s non-Christian religious ceremonies.
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HoosierHoops Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:29:51pm |
re: #117 Macha
And feathers. A good flounce demands a feather boa.
I swear if you start blogging about Nathan Lane in a pink boa singing it’s raining men..I’m out of here!
*wink*
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freetoken Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:30:07pm |
Those hamsters keep getting smarter and smarter… Charles must be feeding them lots of Adderall.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:32:56pm |
re: #49 Charles
Jon Voight wrote a really whacked out open letter to President Obama today, published on the zombie website of the Washington Times.
If only Jon Voight would accept the giant space brain. He would then know peace.
I thought that was Rev Moon…
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:33:28pm |
re: #100 iceweasel
Pretty good, considering! How are you? Saw your post over in featured pages, updinged!
Seriously, if something is up, drop me a line. I am on Yahoo now.
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Macha Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:33:56pm |
re: #119 HoosierHoops
I swear if you start blogging about Nathan Lane in a pink boa singing it’s raining men..I’m out of here!
*wink*
LOL, I can’t improve on that one!!! upding!
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:34:39pm |
re: #120 freetoken
Those hamsters keep getting smarter and smarter… Charles must be feeding them lots of Adderall.
Hamsters on speed!
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:35:21pm |
I for one welcome our new giant space brain overlord, yeeaah, he/she/it couldn’t possibly make things any worse, right? :p
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:36:01pm |
re: #118 freetoken
Yes, she did. Now we will see if the good ol’ boys will elect (1) a woman, (2) someone who is from South Asia (“[bigoted word]”), (3) someone who admits she once in a while attends her parent’s non-Christian religious ceremonies.
Tim Scott won the GOP nomination for a congressional seat come November. First black congressional candidate since 2003. Get this, he ran against the son of Strom Thurmond, Paul Thurmond. Also the first “from the South since Reconstruction.”
[Link: content.usatoday.com…]
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HoosierHoops Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:36:41pm |
re: #123 LudwigVanQuixote
Seriously, if something is up, drop me a line. I am on Yahoo now.
Have you bought a cookbook yet? If and WHEN you do..Please contact me…
I’ll email you through the book…
Kind regards
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lostlakehiker Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:37:17pm |
OT told ya. Nikki Haley wins. In a blowout. GOP voters are perfectly willing to nominate Indian-as-in-Bombay Americans, and they don’t have to be more Christian than the Pope. And African-as-in-South of the Sahara Americans.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Nikki Haley, an Indian-American woman, handily won the Republican nomination for governor and Tim Scott, a black lawmaker, grabbed the GOP nod for a House seat in South Carolina primary runoffs Tuesday, a fresh sign of racial progress in the Deep South and the GOP.
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brownbagj Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:38:44pm |
Also, Fred Phelps has come out against this brain as it is pink and obviously gay.
Soon, the Texas school board will outlaw pictures from Hubble.
And, if they zoom in any further, could I see the back of my hand as I am waving?
There, I feel better.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:38:56pm |
re: #130 lostlakehiker
OT told ya. Nikki Haley wins. In a blowout. GOP voters are perfectly willing to nominate Indian-as-in-Bombay Americans, and they don’t have to be more Christian than the Pope. And African-as-in-South of the Sahara Americans.
All that stuff after the first semicolon is just tracking code.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:39:22pm |
re: #122 LudwigVanQuixote
I thought that was Rev Moon…
yeah, whatever…better get used to it…hahaha!, and for that I’m a wingnut moron…suddenly voicing opinion is the same as taking sides!…I don’t agree with everything he says, but I’m a wingnut!…suit yourself
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lostlakehiker Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:40:30pm |
And now to go on-topic. That brain may be big, but I bet it’s slow. Why, it would take years for a single thought to cross that guy’s mind. No wonder they rate his brain as “cloudy”.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:41:11pm |
I made eggroll and sweet and sour chicken for supper (not takeout, I made it myself). It’s a lot of work, but totally worth it.
My recipe for sweet and sour chicken is in the LGF cookbook vol I.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:41:45pm |
re: #130 lostlakehiker
OT told ya. Nikki Haley wins. In a blowout. GOP voters are perfectly willing to nominate Indian-as-in-Bombay Americans, and they don’t have to be more Christian than the Pope. And African-as-in-South of the Sahara Americans.
Very good news. Both are sane people who will serve well. And having anon-white person in the House for the GOP helps as well.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:41:52pm |
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Targetpractice Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:42:59pm |
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:43:38pm |
Jon Voight has been a great friend of Israel. I for one will not trash him.
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Firstinla Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:43:39pm |
Albusteve: do you know anything about the Vulcan project out at Kirtland AFB? Friend mentioned it to me this afternoon.
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:45:29pm |
re: #137 Dark_Falcon
Very good news. Both are sane people who will serve well. And having anon-white person in the House for the GOP helps as well.
While many will disagree with their political stands I think it’s a positive sign for race relations in South Carolina — i.e. the concept of being color blind.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:46:59pm |
re: #140 Spare O’Lake
Jon Voight has been a great friend of Israel. I for one will not trash him.
you must, the collective demands it
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HoosierHoops Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:47:05pm |
re: #136 Alouette
I made eggroll and sweet and sour chicken for supper (not takeout, I made it myself). It’s a lot of work, but totally worth it.
My recipe for sweet and sour chicken is in the LGF cookbook vol I.
I have that..
You know the first time in my life I had Chinese food was in High School when our Drama teacher had our class over on a Saturday morning to fix Moo Goo Gai Pan in a Wok..
I will always love that woman…My first lessons in Chinese cooking..
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freetoken Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:47:46pm |
re: #142 Gus 802
I’m just wondering if the general population who votes will see it that way. Primaries motivate the activists, and especially as far as SC is concerned it would be incorrect to assign all the bigots to the GOP. She has a lot going for her, and I won’t bet against her, but also I don’t think she is a shoe-in.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:47:50pm |
re: #141 Firstinla
Albusteve: do you know anything about the Vulcan project out at Kirtland AFB? Friend mentioned it to me this afternoon.
no, but some strange stuff flies around out here
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:48:27pm |
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brownbagj Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:48:30pm |
I lost faith in McCarthy when his witch hunt went after Jim Carrey.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:50:13pm |
re: #147 Gus 802
heh…not me, I’ve risen above all but the deserved ridicule…
bow before the feds…do it
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Targetpractice Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:51:56pm |
re: #148 brownbagj
I lost faith in McCarthy when his witch hunt went after Jim Carrey.
No doubt McCarthy had just seen The Number 23 and decided only a communist could make such a crappy movie.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:52:51pm |
Nikki Haley Wins South Carolina Republican Gubernatorial Runoff
I don’t know anything about her but I’m happy the bigots didn’t sink her based on her heritage.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:54:39pm |
re: #140 Spare O’Lake
Jon Voight has been a great friend of Israel. I for one will not trash him.
What has he done for Israel?
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:56:14pm |
re: #152 Stanley Sea
What has he done for Israel?
that’s like asking you what have you done for Isarel…do you support Israel?
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:56:49pm |
re: #152 Stanley Sea
What has he done for Israel?
He’s a nut and Israel doesn’t need him for shit. Same goes for Fillip Dewinter and Pam Geller.
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freetoken Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:58:16pm |
From the SC elections board:
[Link: www.enr-scvotes.org…]
41 of 46 Counties Reporting:
Nikki R Haley (REP) 64.64% 212,715
In the 2006 election Sanford won with 601868 votes out of a total of about 1,090,000. If the same number of people vote this time, Haley will need a bit over 500,000 votes to win, less than Sanford (who got 60% of the vote.)
So, she could get less than Sanford did and still win. I wonder how many votes she will get? Will there a a positive turnout to show support for a woman running, or will old biases come into play?
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:58:26pm |
re: #153 albusteve
that’s like asking you what have you done for Isarel…do you support Israel?
Oh so saying out loud you support Israel, makes you a “great friend” and allows you to disregard anything else? There are some dangerous bedfellows being made.
And…what has he done other than make speeches at tea parties? That’s my question.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:59:33pm |
re: #154 Killgore Trout
He’s a nut and Israel doesn’t need him for shit. Same goes for Fillip Dewinter and Pam Geller.
Israel needs every nut that supports her…you think her detractors are not nuts?…they are a hell of a lot crazier than Voight
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 6:59:52pm |
re: #140 Spare O’Lake
Jon Voight has been a great friend of Israel. I for one will not trash him.
The problem is that his defense has become a web of conspiracy theories, and that sort of defense hurts Israel.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:00:18pm |
When Jon Voight writes a barely coherent rant against Obama, and publishes it at the Moonie-owned, white-supremacist-linked Washington Times, this is not really the kind of support Israel needs.
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:01:12pm |
re: #152 Stanley Sea
What has he done for Israel?
He is a strong supported of Israel and has used his celebrity to show his support.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:02:40pm |
re: #160 Bagua
[Video]He is a strong supported of Israel and has used his celebrity to show his support.
See this is where it gets fuzzy. Vlaams Blaang is also a big supporter of Israel I guess.
What DF said above.
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:02:41pm |
Huh. And to think, celebrities making lefty political statements are often mocked around here…
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Reginald Perrin Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:02:56pm |
re: #158 Dark_Falcon
If you want to have a good laugh at Larry Reisinger’s expense, check your mail.
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lostlakehiker Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:03:03pm |
re: #109 LudwigVanQuixote
Thank you so much. That is one of the more important posts I’ve made here for this venue. People ask how I am so certain that things are going to be extremely awful for America in a business as usual scenario. Well there is a multi-agency report that covers the basics with easy to follow language and more pretty pictures than you can shake a stick at.
I love the bits where they show NH moving South to point out the NH in 2090-2099 will have weather more like Carolina. That should make people go hmmm and then ask what happens to the Southern US or the Mid West where we grow most of our crops.
Well, there’s a photomontage in the report showing a butte outside Tucson as it shades from arid grassland, to grassland with desert plants encroaching, to full-blown desert, in time lapse from 1902 to 2006 or something like that.
That’s with the one degree change we’ve seen so far. The projected increase in temperature for the U.S. is anywhere from 2 to 10 degrees, with 6 to 9 likely if it’s business as usual. So, let’s say 7.
In one century.
The changes figure to be more extreme in some areas. But let’s just say 7. Now crop yields really tank when you get a series of days above 90. That used to be kind of a rarity. It mostly didn’t get quite that high. But the way the bell curve works, if you shift the mean upward, the frequency of days to the upside of any particular “tail event” such as 90+ soars.
And if you figure 90 is no problem and the crops can handle it, how about this? The frequency of 100+ days will remain small compared to 90+, but the percentage increase in those events will be still more dramatic.
Fat Americans will become a thing of the past. Then, well-fed Americans will become a thing of the past. We won’t starve, because we can take up victory gardening, cut meat consumption drastically, and pull through even if our farm yields drop to half, one third, or one quarter of what they are now. But then comes the next century. And it won’t stop getting warmer until we stop loading up the atmosphere with heat-trapping gases.
WE won’t starve. But what about others? The U.S. is one of only a few nations with food security margins of several multiples of bare subsistence. And it bears keeping in mind that no man is an island, nor is any nation. Global famine will certainly have repercussions at home. And that’s taking a pretty cold-blooded view of things. Don’t we have some sort of obligation to do what we can, now, to head off this negatopic future?
It isn’t even all that difficult. We don’t even have to accept a permanent reduction in prosperity, compared to a hypothetical future in which greenhouse gases have been magically washed from the sky so we can compare a future built around wind, solar, nuclear, passive solar design, etc. etc. to a future built around consequence-free business as usual. The widespread adaption of these technologies pays for itself over time. Reduced fuel costs add up.
What we do have to accept is an interval of modified prosperity, in which we’re busy beavers putting a lot of effort into construction that isn’t slapped together but instead incorporates thermal design features and so forth, putting a lot of effort into building nuclear power plants, wind installations, power lines for these, and by and by, large scale solar facilities in deserts that have become so hellish that they no longer even host the endangered species that we will have endangered right over the brink.
We also have to work together with the other great economic powers of today. Most particularly, China. China is far less well placed than the U.S. to adapt to AGW. China is at least as big a contributor as we are, and going forward, it will be bigger. China cannot afford to continue as she has, even if all the rest of the world stops cold. Her own consumption curve is sufficient work her own nation great harm. On that basis, she must cooperate. If we will.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:03:10pm |
re: #163 JasonA
Huh. And to think, celebrities making lefty political statements are often mocked around here…
But Jon Voight!
Yeah, spot on.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:03:34pm |
re: #156 Stanley Sea
Oh so saying out loud you support Israel, makes you a “great friend” and allows you to disregard anything else? There are some dangerous bedfellows being made.
And…what has he done other than make speeches at tea parties? That’s my question.
no, but what does anybody else do besides talk?…we are a commodity of talk and useless embargoes etc
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:03:40pm |
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freetoken Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:04:13pm |
re: #160 Bagua
[Video]
He is a strong supported of Israel and has used his celebrity to show his support.
Going with the God=land argument though clearly flies in the face of the supposedly secular state of Israel.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:05:31pm |
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:05:35pm |
re: #168 JasonA
Well, he did give us Angelina…
The guys a freak, I won’t even give him that. OK, maybe that and Midnight Cowboy all those years ago.
Now? He’s a freaking birther teaparty star. I wouldn’t want him on my team.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:06:03pm |
re: #159 Charles
When Jon Voight writes a barely coherent rant against Obama, and publishes it at the Moonie-owned, white-supremacist-linked Washington Times, this is not really the kind of support Israel needs.
okay…we’ll see how it turns soon enough…I’m only trying to find something good here…if there isn’t, then so be it
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:06:08pm |
re: #169 freetoken
Going with the God=land argument though clearly flies in the face of the supposedly secular state of Israel.
The “god” argument actually pisses me off a ittle bit.
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:06:09pm |
re: #169 freetoken
Going with the God=land argument though clearly flies in the face of the supposedly secular state of Israel.
Meaning what exactly?
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:06:25pm |
re: #170 Spare O’Lake
Look it up yourself and get back to us.
No Spare, you provide the back up for your comment. Jon Voight? ? ?
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:06:53pm |
re: #162 Stanley Sea
See this is where it gets fuzzy. Vlaams Blaang is also a big supporter of Israel I guess.
What DF said above.
I Jon Voight affiliated with Vlaams Blaang?
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:07:18pm |
re: #176 Stanley Sea
No Spare, you provide the back up for your comment. Jon Voight? ? ?
he’s baked…to provocative
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:07:19pm |
re: #177 Bagua
You know what I’m saying. Bad bedfellows.
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:07:28pm |
re: #175 Bagua
Meaning what exactly?
Meaning we need to break the habit of using scripture to determine ownership rights.
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:07:42pm |
With his rhetoric, Jon Voight undermines the legitimacy of the presidency. He engages in fear mongering and atavistic ballyhoo that plays in the superstitions and paranoia of the Tea Party and Fox News audience. Through his actions, he, by default, undermines the legitimacy of our nation through his hyperbolic criticism of the United States. At the same time, he heightens the level of hysteria already existent in a significant segment of the US population.
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freetoken Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:07:54pm |
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:08:38pm |
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:09:27pm |
re: #159 Charles
When Jon Voight writes a barely coherent rant against Obama, and publishes it at the Moonie-owned, white-supremacist-linked Washington Times, this is not really the kind of support Israel needs.
I think his support is good for Israel, and I really don’t mind at all if he is highly criitcal of Obama.
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:10:13pm |
re: #182 Gus 802
With his rhetoric, Jon Voight undermines the legitimacy of the presidency. He engages in fear mongering and atavistic ballyhoo that plays in the superstitions and paranoia of the Tea Party and Fox News audience. Through his actions, he, by default, undermines the legitimacy of
our nationthe United States through his hyperbolic criticism ofthe United StatesPresident Obama. At the same time, he heightens the level of hysteria already existent in a significant segment of the US population.
Slight correction.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:10:24pm |
re: #180 Stanley Sea
You know what I’m saying. Bad bedfellows.
that’s a rather inflammatory outburst…I’ll wait for you links
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:11:03pm |
re: #182 Gus 802
With his rhetoric, Jon Voight undermines the legitimacy of the presidency. He engages in fear mongering and atavistic ballyhoo that plays in the superstitions and paranoia of the Tea Party and Fox News audience. Through his actions, he, by default, undermines the legitimacy of our nation through his hyperbolic criticism of the United States. At the same time, he heightens the level of hysteria already existent in a significant segment of the US population.
Bullshit.
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:11:03pm |
re: #174 JasonA
The “god” argument actually pisses me off a ittle bit.
Your anger is noted. It is a fact that the Jewish people have a religious connection with the Land of Israel as clearly indicated in their bible. The modern state of Israel is secular, but the historic and religious roots are clear and undeniable.
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:11:43pm |
re: #188 Spare O’Lake
Bullshit.
Thank you for your input into this matter. I’m sure you put a lot of thought into your response.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:12:49pm |
re: #185 Spare O’Lake
I think his support is good for Israel, and I really don’t mind at all if he is highly criitcal of Obama.
It was good, till he went off the rails. The support of crazy people is not a good thing, because it makes you look crazy.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:13:45pm |
re: #190 Gus 802
Thank you for your input into this matter. I’m sure you put a lot of thought into your response.
More than your hysterical little rant deserved.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:13:54pm |
when someone like Voight writes an ed that gets this much reaction, you just know something is wrong in River City…why is he so disruptive?…another nazi moron?
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:14:03pm |
Sure but do we know what the giant space brain’s stance on Israel ‘s sovereignty is? For all we know it may be a Hamas supporter! You people talk as if we still had free will to do as we please or something, your completely ignoring the power that is the giant space brain!
///sigh…
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:14:40pm |
re: #192 Spare O’Lake
More than your hysterical little rant deserved.
Hysterical? I found it to be a rather well reasoned compact argument if I do say so myself.
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:14:53pm |
re: #181 JasonA
Meaning we need to break the habit of using scripture to determine ownership rights.
We don’t need to break with anything. Israel has an obvious religious, cultural and national significance for the Jewish people.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:15:27pm |
re: #191 Dark_Falcon
It was good, till he went off the rails. The support of crazy people is not a good thing, because it makes you look crazy.
Jon Voight is a right winger for sure, but he’s not crazy.
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:15:45pm |
re: #189 Bagua
Your anger is noted. It is a fact that the Jewish people have a religious connection with the Land of Israel as clearly indicated in their bible. The modern state of Israel is secular, but the historic and religious roots are clear and undeniable.
Who was denying it? I think we’re just saying that it isn’t an effective argument to defend Israeli ownership of the region.
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:15:49pm |
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:15:51pm |
re: #187 albusteve
that’s a rather inflammatory outburst…I’ll wait for you links
Now, this is from Pam. But I followed the other story of how Vlaams Blaang got support from Pam, Spencer, Daniel Pipes & Liz Cheney. (posted in the links - you should really check those out)
It’s a deep dark passage that you don’t want to go down.
From Pam’s cached link:
One thing is clear, Vlaams Belang is the only party that has gone out of its way to support Israel. No political party in Belgium has supported Israel. Vlaams Belang has been the only party staunchly behind Israel for the past 10 years.
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:17:26pm |
re: #196 Bagua
We don’t need to break with anything. Israel has an obvious religious, cultural and national significance for the Jewish people.
Uh huh.
IsraelAmerica has an obvious religious, cultural and national significance for theJewishNative American people.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:17:57pm |
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ShaunP Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:17:58pm |
Supporting crazy shit, while at the same time supporting Israel, can make supporting Israel look like crazy shit…
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:18:10pm |
re: #199 JasonA
Who was denying it? I think we’re just saying that it isn’t an effective argument to defend Israeli ownership of the region.
Many people are denying this, many, many people. The state of Israel does not need to defend ownership, it is established.
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iceweasel Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:19:09pm |
re: #190 Gus 802
Thank you for your input into this matter. I’m sure you put a lot of thought into your response.
The sad part? He probably did.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:19:12pm |
re: #113 Varek Raith
Nikki Haley will win runoff to become South Carolina’s first female GOP gubernatorial nominee, CNN projects.
Well, no one can say they didn’t try everything they could to smear her. (Including complaining about her father wearing a turban.)
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reine.de.tout Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:19:22pm |
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:19:27pm |
re: #205 Bagua
I was asking you who was denying “the historic and religious roots.”
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:19:48pm |
re: #199 JasonA
Who was denying it? I think we’re just saying that it isn’t an effective argument to defend Israeli ownership of the region.
Israeli ownership of the region? What the hell kind of tripe are you peddling here?
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:19:49pm |
re: #118 freetoken
Yes, she did. Now we will see if the good ol’ boys will elect (1) a woman, (2) someone who is from South Asia (“[bigoted word]”), (3) someone who admits she once in a while attends her parent’s non-Christian religious ceremonies.
My mother feels that all that smearing may, in the long run, help her. She figures that Southern voters will not like to see a lady attacked like that.
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:19:55pm |
re: #202 JasonA
IsraelAmerica has an obvious religious, cultural and national significance for theJewishNative American people.
Do you deny that the American Indian has a cultural, national and religious connection with America?
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:20:00pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:20:18pm |
re: #127 Gus 802
Tim Scott won the GOP nomination for a congressional seat come November. First black congressional candidate since 2003. Get this, he ran against the son of Strom Thurmond, Paul Thurmond. Also the first “from the South since Reconstruction.”
[Link: content.usatoday.com…]
The times, they are a-changing.
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:20:25pm |
re: #210 Spare O’Lake
Israeli ownership of the region? What the hell kind of tripe are you peddling here?
Fuck off, troll.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:20:29pm |
re: #204 ShaunP
Supporting crazy shit, while at the same time supporting Israel, can make supporting Israel look like crazy shit…
get used to it…it’s the world we live in now
Voight is laughing at your criticism
we have problems
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Mich-again Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:20:29pm |
When I see these beautiful pictures from space, I have to wonder if there are more orders of magnitude in difference in size between us and atoms or between us and galaxies. hmm. Without checking my guess is that the galaxies are larger than atoms are smaller..
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:20:32pm |
re: #198 Spare O’Lake
Jon Voight is a right winger for sure, but he’s not crazy.
We really don’t need such friends.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:20:44pm |
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:21:16pm |
re: #209 JasonA
I was asking you who was denying “the historic and religious roots.”
People like Hamas and Fatah, for example.
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reine.de.tout Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:21:42pm |
re: #211 SanFranciscoZionist
My mother feels that all that smearing may, in the long run, help her. She figures that Southern voters will not like to see a lady attacked like that.
Southern voters may also just, you know, think things through and vote for the person they think is best for the office. Some of us actually do do that.
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:21:54pm |
re: #212 Bagua
Do you deny that the American Indian has a cultural, national and religious connection with America?
Not at all. But it doesn’t mean I need to pack up and go back to the old country. Israel has a much better, logical case to make than saying “God gave us this land.”
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:22:03pm |
re: #198 Spare O’Lake
Jon Voight is a right winger for sure, but he’s not crazy.
I’m sorry, but the following words seem crazy to me:
You have brought to Arizona a civil war, once again defending the criminals and illegals, creating a meltdown for good, loyal, law-abiding citizens. Your destruction of this country may never be remedied, and we may never recover.
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:22:15pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:22:18pm |
re: #153 albusteve
that’s like asking you what have you done for Isarel…do you support Israel?
Not really. If a person is going to be given respect for supporting Israel, I think it’s reasonable to ask what they’ve done to deserve it.
Stanley has so far not been offered any particular privileges for being an Israel supporter.
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Bloodnok Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:22:40pm |
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:23:02pm |
re: #221 albusteve
losing it?
I have no patience for Spare’s rank stupidity tonight. He obviously fails at reading my comment, and probably purposefully so.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:23:25pm |
re: #156 Stanley Sea
Oh so saying out loud you support Israel, makes you a “great friend” and allows you to disregard anything else? There are some dangerous bedfellows being made.
And…what has he done other than make speeches at tea parties? That’s my question.
Saying out loud that you support Israel only makes you a great friend if you are otherwise politically sound, actually.
Honestly, I know nothing about Voight. He just seems like another actor who figures that I care about his political opinions.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:23:39pm |
re: #218 LudwigVanQuixote
We really don’t need such friends.
sure you do, you just don’t know it yet….but then you are not Israeli
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:23:57pm |
re: #163 JasonA
Huh. And to think, celebrities making lefty political statements are often mocked around here…
Yeah, well, we have more of them.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:24:37pm |
re: #169 freetoken
Going with the God=land argument though clearly flies in the face of the supposedly secular state of Israel.
Jon Voight, thank God, does not speak for the State of Israel.
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:24:41pm |
re: #206 iceweasel
The sad part? He probably did.
Seriously thought this is kind of hilarious because I’m pretty sure that Jon Voight become a sort of litmus test. In short it would read: Jon Voight is a friend of Israel therefore anyone that criticizes Jon Voight is not a friend of Israel.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:24:44pm |
re: #228 JasonA
I have no patience for Spare’s rank stupidity tonight. He obviously fails at reading my comment, and probably purposefully so.
chill bro…it’s a long life, nobody is trolling
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Political Atheist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:24:53pm |
re: #219 Stanley Sea
I got a tracking #!!! Thanks Reine!
Hi
I was at Camera Craft, they tell me your print will be in Friday for signature and shipping.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:25:00pm |
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:25:13pm |
re: #233 SanFranciscoZionist
Jon Voight, thank God, does not speak for the State of Israel.
thank god, nobody assumed he was
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Targetpractice Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:25:22pm |
re: #231 Varek Raith
What the fuck’s up, lizards???
:)
By the pricking of thumbs, something wicked this way comes…oh, hey Varek.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:25:34pm |
re: #185 Spare O’Lake
I think his support is good for Israel, and I really don’t mind at all if he is highly criitcal of Obama.
I really don’t find that last part surprising.
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:25:49pm |
re: #223 JasonA
Not at all. But it doesn’t mean I need to pack up and go back to the old country. Israel has a much better, logical case to make than saying “God gave us this land.”
Israel has achieved statehood by every known and accepted measure. Legal, political, result of war, and by UN decree. That Israel also has a 3,500 year religious significance for Jews is part of the reality and written in their holy books.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:25:53pm |
re: #230 albusteve
sure you do, you just don’t know it yet…but then you are not Israeli
No, just sane. Really Stevo, I know that trolling is your pass time and all, but no one really cares.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:26:56pm |
re: #236 Rightwingconspirator
Hi
I was at Camera Craft, they tell me your print will be in Friday for signature and shipping.
Wow. Thank you so much.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:27:04pm |
re: #199 JasonA
Who was denying it? I think we’re just saying that it isn’t an effective argument to defend Israeli ownership of the region.
Israeli ownership of the region doesn’t need to be defended by Biblical arguments. It’s a fact on the ground.
However, there’s a lot of history just lying around in the Middle East.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:27:22pm |
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Political Atheist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:27:33pm |
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:27:51pm |
re: #242 LudwigVanQuixote
No, just sane. Really Stevo, I know that trolling is your pass time and all, but no one really cares.
butthurt again?…..you must need a powder about now
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Bloodnok Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:28:04pm |
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:28:14pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:28:57pm |
re: #222 reine.de.tout
Southern voters may also just, you know, think things through and vote for the person they think is best for the office. Some of us actually do do that.
Well, yeeeaaaahhhh…there is that…
///
:)
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freetoken Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:29:08pm |
re: #211 SanFranciscoZionist
My mother feels that all that smearing may, in the long run, help her. She figures that Southern voters will not like to see a lady attacked like that.
Yeah, the sympathy vote. I suppose it could be important. Now that the GOP is the (somewhat) dominant party in SC one would think Nikki has a decent chance of being governor.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:29:33pm |
re: #223 JasonA
Not at all. But it doesn’t mean I need to pack up and go back to the old country. Israel has a much better, logical case to make than saying “God gave us this land.”
True. But Israel as a nation does not make that case. If Jon Voight chooses to, OK.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:30:16pm |
re: #245 Spare O’Lake
No mention of Jon Voight in your link…or did I miss it?
Ignore the implications if you will.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:30:24pm |
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Bloodnok Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:30:30pm |
re: #245 Spare O’Lake
No mention of Jon Voight in your link…or did I miss it?
I didn’t say that it did mention him. I was just politely correcting Stanley on something in his post.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:30:35pm |
re: #234 Gus 802
Seriously thought this is kind of hilarious because I’m pretty sure that Jon Voight become a sort of litmus test. In short it would read: Jon Voight is a friend of Israel therefore anyone that criticizes Jon Voight is not a friend of Israel.
Have I ever seen a movie this person was in? All I know about him is he’s someone’s dad—Angelina Jolie? Someone.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:31:32pm |
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:31:32pm |
re: #257 SanFranciscoZionist
Have I ever seen a movie this person was in? All I know about him is he’s someone’s dad—Angelina Jolie? Someone.
Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance, Catch-22, Runaway Train…
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:31:53pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:31:59pm |
re: #248 albusteve
butthurt again?…you must need a powder about now
No actually Stevo, simply amused by your pathetic attempts to cry for attention. McCarthy was right? Now I doubt that you are actually stupid enough to believe that - well maybe you are, but it more likely that you are just crying in the wilderness for someone to notice you.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:32:27pm |
re: #259 Gus 802
Midnight Cowboy, Deliverance, Catch-22, Runaway Train…
No, then. Wait, I might have seen Midnight Cowboy in college, but I think I was drunk.
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:32:30pm |
re: #257 SanFranciscoZionist
Have I ever seen a movie this person was in? All I know about him is he’s someone’s dad—Angelina Jolie? Someone.
Midnight Cowboy?
Coming Home w/Jane Fonda?
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:32:48pm |
re: #241 Bagua
Israel has achieved statehood by every known and accepted measure. Legal, political, result of war, and by UN decree. That Israel also has a 3,500 year religious significance for Jews is part of the reality and written in their holy books.
I think we’re getting our streams crossed somewhere. No one on this thread is denying Israel’s cultural and spiritual ties to the land. I’m arguing that that’s a horrible argument to be putting forward for ownership, though.
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prairiefire Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:32:50pm |
My Bear and I are celebrating our 14 year anniversary today. He brought home a dozen cupcakes, yeah!
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:33:44pm |
re: #265 prairiefire
My Bear and I are celebrating our 14 year anniversary today. He brought home a dozen cupcakes, yeah!
Happy Anniversary prairefire!!! Love!
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iceweasel Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:34:04pm |
re: #260 Gus 802
Are you American?
/
That’s my favourite!/
Mongo no like that game. Make Mongo very very angry.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:34:15pm |
re: #255 Spare O’Lake
Are you Israeli?
Spare, do you have to always go to the absolute bottom of non-sequitur in order to make a comment? I know you think that is a gotcha, but do you really doubt my support of Israel or the Jewish people in general? Do you really honesty question that?
No the issue is that people like Voight make it impossible for a reasoned defense of Israel based on the facts. Any support of Israel gets lumped in with the teabags and seen as nutty itself. We do not need friends like that. It can only hurt us in the long run.
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:34:40pm |
re: #262 SanFranciscoZionist
No, then. Wait, I might have seen Midnight Cowboy in college, but I think I was drunk.
It’s a depressing movie.
Come to think of it. Jon Voight was quite the anti-Vietnam War protester during the time. Guess that makes him a defeatist.
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iceweasel Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:34:51pm |
re: #265 prairiefire
My Bear and I are celebrating our 14 year anniversary today. He brought home a dozen cupcakes, yeah!
Congrats!! and many more. :)
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Varek Raith Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:34:53pm |
re: #267 iceweasel
That’s my favourite!/
Mongo no like that game. Make Mongo very very angry.
You and your superfluous “u”s.
:)
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:35:14pm |
re: #267 iceweasel
That’s my favourite!/
Mongo no like that game. Make Mongo very very angry.
Mongo like candy!
BOOM!
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:35:36pm |
re: #257 SanFranciscoZionist
Have I ever seen a movie this person was in? All I know about him is he’s someone’s dad—Angelina Jolie? Someone.
My sister and I admired him for his role in Varsity Blues. He rescued the movie (supposed to be a star vehicle for James van der Beek) from Beek’s inability to hold his own.
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:36:51pm |
re: #250 Stanley Sea
Bad bedfellows.
I get killed here speaking out for the truth and defending people…I like Voight, but he’s evolving into a media head…I hate that, the more popular people become, the more outrageous shit they say…from presidents to no faced radio heads…some of what Voight says is true imo and I’m going to bat for that, regardless that if I do I’m a right wing nutcase….I don’t much give a fuck…I’m not into wings, I’m into solutions and moving ahead, but here few believe that
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prairiefire Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:36:56pm |
Thanks! Love has up and downs, but it is generally a good ride. So glad he said he wanted kids on our second date. Well, the kids came a bit later. : )
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Racer X Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:37:14pm |
re: #151 Killgore Trout
Nikki Haley Wins South Carolina Republican Gubernatorial Runoff
I don’t know anything about her but I’m happy the bigots didn’t sink her based on her heritage.
Yes!
*fistpump*
We’re not racists!
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:37:33pm |
re: #268 LudwigVanQuixote
Spare, do you have to always go to the absolute bottom of non-sequitur in order to make a comment? I know you think that is a gotcha, but do you really doubt my support of Israel or the Jewish people in general? Do you really honesty question that?
No the issue is that people like Voight make it impossible for a reasoned defense of Israel based on the facts. Any support of Israel gets lumped in with the teabags and seen as nutty itself. We do not need friends like that. It can only hurt us in the long run.
Thank you LVQ.
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iceweasel Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:37:35pm |
re: #271 Varek Raith
You and your superfluous “u”s.
:)
Heh. Drove the wingnuts batshit when I got here.
Whoops— *assumes british idiom* — ahem, I meant to say barking mad.
lol
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Varek Raith Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:38:00pm |
re: #279 iceweasel
Heh. Drove the wingnuts batshit when I got here.
Whoops— *assumes british idiom* — ahem, I meant to say barking mad.
lol
Nutter!
:)
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:39:18pm |
re: #261 LudwigVanQuixote
No actually Stevo, simply amused by your pathetic attempts to cry for attention. McCarthy was right? Now I doubt that you are actually stupid enough to believe that - well maybe you are, but it more likely that you are just crying in the wilderness for someone to notice you.
please…I was not dishonest, you on the other hand seem to enjoy shredding me, that’s cool, people dig it….so feed them
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:39:29pm |
re: #279 iceweasel
Heh. Drove the wingnuts batshit when I got here.
Whoops— *assumes british idiom* — ahem, I meant to say barking mad.
lol
Argh. I remember that. Talk about annoying. I’m surprised they didn’t ask you for your birth certificate.
Yep, the ever moving goal post of nationality. I wonder if anyone ever thought to ask “are you an Iraqi?”
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:40:26pm |
re: #240 SanFranciscoZionist
I really don’t find that last part surprising.
How could you find it surprising? I have never concealed my disagreement with Obama’s ME policy. At best, people try to defend him by claiming that he has continued Bush’s policies. When I look at the coincidental waves of anti-Israeli sentiment and anti-Semitism sweeping the West, Obama seems clearly deficient to me.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:41:19pm |
re: #267 iceweasel
That’s my favourite!/
Mongo no like that game. Make Mongo very very angry.
‘scuse me while I whip this out!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:41:41pm |
re: #282 albusteve
please…I was not dishonest, you on the other hand seem to enjoy shredding me, that’s cool, people dig it…so feed them
Martyr cookies from king troll? That is truly sad Stevo.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:42:13pm |
re: #279 iceweasel
Heh. Drove the wingnuts batshit when I got here.
Whoops— *assumes british idiom* — ahem, I meant to say barking mad.
lol
I got your British idiom right here ;)
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iceweasel Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:42:29pm |
re: #283 Gus 802
Argh. I remember that. Talk about annoying. I’m surprised they didn’t ask you for your birth certificate.
Yep, the ever moving goal post of nationality. I wonder if anyone ever thought to ask “are you an Iraqi?”
They usually settled for ‘commie douchebag’ as I recall.
Someone demanded to know Jimmah’s citizenship last week, actually.
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:42:45pm |
re: #264 JasonA
I think we’re getting our streams crossed somewhere. No one on this thread is denying Israel’s cultural and spiritual ties to the land. I’m arguing that that’s a horrible argument to be putting forward for ownership, though.
I have no problem with it. On top of everything else, there is a clear written document which has survived 3,500 years and establishes the unique connection between Judah and Judea, the people of Israel and the Land of Israel. It is frosting on the cake and Israel has no need to justify its ownership of the land.
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:42:48pm |
Hey, like they say. Actors should stick to acting.
Right?
(/)
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:43:05pm |
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:43:19pm |
re: #288 iceweasel
They usually settled for ‘commie douchebag’ as I recall.
Someone demanded to know Jimmah’s citizenship last week, actually.
Oh yeah. The tax return debacle. Whew.
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iceweasel Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:44:39pm |
re: #285 Dark_Falcon
‘scuse me while I whip this out!
The President is a-near!
Posted that clip from blazing saddles to tfk a few times as I recall, he always reminded me of Gabby Johnson.
DF! Congrats on the job!
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:44:51pm |
re: #294 Varek Raith
FECK OFF!
/
It’s locked in the bonnet and now I must call for a lorry! But it is summer time which is my favourite time of year.
/
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:45:35pm |
re: #292 iceweasel
Heh. That’s not all you got. :)
Perhaps we should discuss some more interesting pass times in order to vex our adoring fans…
This thread is moving on and all… so why not show that the night shift is much more hip than the morning shift ;)
And then there are our other fans.. Shall we tweak some furry and vinegary man boobs?
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albusteve Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:46:02pm |
re: #286 LudwigVanQuixote
Martyr cookies from king troll? That is truly sad Stevo.
sad?….I’m jolly, lighten up, give us that big smile!
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:46:06pm |
re: #295 iceweasel
The President is a-near!
Posted that clip from blazing saddles to tfk a few times as I recall, he always reminded me of Gabby Johnson.
DF! Congrats on the job!
Who was Gabby Johnson again? And thank you.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:46:47pm |
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:46:56pm |
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iceweasel Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:47:04pm |
re: #297 LudwigVanQuixote
Perhaps we should discuss some more interesting pass times in order to vex our adoring fans…
This thread is moving on and all… so why not show that the night shift is much more hip than the morning shift ;)
And then there are our other fans.. Shall we tweak some furry and vinegary man boobs?
furry AND vinegary!?!
Brrrrrr….
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:47:56pm |
re: #302 iceweasel
furry AND vinegary!?!
Brrr…
Yes, and jealous of those who have had sex after the Nixon administration.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:48:10pm |
re: #297 LudwigVanQuixote
Perhaps we should discuss some more interesting pass times in order to vex our adoring fans…
This thread is moving on and all… so why not show that the night shift is much more hip than the morning shift ;)
And then there are our other fans.. Shall we tweak some furry and vinegary man boobs?
Well, I’m no longer part of the morning shift during the week, at least not for a while. I may be able to post at work, but I won’t as a rule. This site is just too distracting because I enjoy it so much.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:49:29pm |
re: #304 Dark_Falcon
Well, I’m no longer part of the morning shift during the week, at least not for a while. I may be able to post at work, but I won’t as a rule. This site is just too distracting because I enjoy it so much.
Well that’s fair, but you are pretty hip. We just need FG and Reg and SFZ to join in
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Stan the Demanded Plan Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:50:00pm |
OK, enough of my outrage tonight. Arroz con pollo almost ready. Yes, with saffron.
But…the McCrystal thingy has really thrown the right wingers into a pretzel. CIC always! or Not if it’s Obama! terrible.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:50:19pm |
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:50:54pm |
re: #304 Dark_Falcon
Well, I’m no longer part of the morning shift during the week, at least not for a while. I may be able to post at work, but I won’t as a rule. This site is just too distracting because I enjoy it so much.
Alright, you can join the night shift. We’ll just need your SS number and implant the chip in your skull before we can start sending out your Soros checks.
/
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reine.de.tout Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:51:28pm |
re: #308 JasonA
Alright, you can join the night shift. We’ll just need your SS number and implant the chip in your skull before we can start sending out your Soros checks.
/
Jason - how’s your mom?
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:51:41pm |
re: #268 LudwigVanQuixote
Spare, do you have to always go to the absolute bottom of non-sequitur in order to make a comment? I know you think that is a gotcha, but do you really doubt my support of Israel or the Jewish people in general? Do you really honesty question that?
No the issue is that people like Voight make it impossible for a reasoned defense of Israel based on the facts. Any support of Israel gets lumped in with the teabags and seen as nutty itself. We do not need friends like that. It can only hurt us in the long run.
I disagree. Israel needs all the support it can get from every part of the religious and political spectrum. I refuse to impose a partisan American political litmus test on the validity of Israeli support. It is easy for me to take this position because as a Canadian Jew I care more about American support for Israel than I do for domestic US politics.
My cards are on the table.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:51:48pm |
re: #308 JasonA
Alright, you can join the night shift. We’ll just need your SS number and implant the chip in your skull before we can start sending out your Soros checks.
/
Really… you forgot to mention the spankings….
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Varek Raith Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:52:05pm |
What am I, chopped nerf?
*Throws Lightning ant neighbor’s car*
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:52:20pm |
re: #309 reine.de.tout
Jason - how’s your mom?
Nothing new to report. Which is something of a good thing. I’m not looking forward to the surgeries she’s going to need.
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:52:56pm |
re: #311 LudwigVanQuixote
Really… you forgot to mention the spankings…
Those were supposed to be a surprise…
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reine.de.tout Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:52:59pm |
re: #313 JasonA
Nothing new to report. Which is something of a good thing. I’m not looking forward to the surgeries she’s going to need.
Well, many of us are wishing and praying!
keep us posted.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:53:08pm |
re: #310 Spare O’Lake
I disagree. Israel needs all the support it can get from every part of the religious and political spectrum. I refuse to impose a partisan American political litmus test on the validity of Israeli support. It is easy for me to take this position because as a Canadian Jew I care more about American support for Israel than I do for domestic US politics.
My cards are on the table.
We lose that support if it becomes a meme that supporting Israel means being a troglodyte. In the long run W. did much more damage to Israel than good.
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:53:34pm |
re: #315 reine.de.tout
Well, many of us are wishing and praying!
keep us posted.
Of course. Did Bagua explain the image linking to you?
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:53:38pm |
re: #314 JasonA
Those were supposed to be a surprise…
Well… the surprise is who is giving them and all… there is the matter of the blindfold.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:53:59pm |
re: #317 JasonA
Of course. Did Bagua explain the image linking to you?
She really is in my prayers buddy.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:54:58pm |
re: #312 Varek Raith
What am I, chopped nerf?
*Throws Lightning ant neighbor’s car*
Lightening ant… that is a truly vile use of the force… the ant crawls up the victim’s leg and then buzzzzzz.
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Four More Tears Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:55:08pm |
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reine.de.tout Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:55:36pm |
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Varek Raith Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:55:50pm |
re: #321 LudwigVanQuixote
Lightening ant… that is a truly vile use of the force… the ant crawls up the victim’s leg and then buzzz.
Yes…well… that was an intentional…typo…Yeah.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:56:20pm |
re: #324 Varek Raith
Yes…well… that was an intentional…typo…Yeah.
Just covering for you there my Sith buddy.
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Gus Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:56:46pm |
re: #316 LudwigVanQuixote
We lose that support if it becomes a meme that supporting Israel means being a troglodyte. In the long run W. did much more damage to Israel than good.
And in this recent case he attached it to an imaginary “civil war” in Arizona and hallucinatory thoughts that Obama is “defending criminals.”
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iceweasel Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:57:44pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Tue, Jun 22, 2010 7:58:11pm |
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:01:31pm |
re: #327 iceweasel
yes, the spankings!
[Video]
I’m ready regarding the spankings, but Floral Giraffe isn’t here at the moment. ;)
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Targetpractice Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:02:16pm |
re: #328 LudwigVanQuixote
That is very perilous.
Look, it’s my duty as a knight to sample as much peril as I can.
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:02:49pm |
re: #321 LudwigVanQuixote
Lightening ant… that is a truly vile use of the force… the ant crawls up the victim’s leg and then buzzz.
That is such a kewl D&D monster idea that I am snarfing it right now.
(I just bought the Pathfinder Core & Beastiary books - company licensed D&D 3.5 from Wizards & put their twist on it so perhaps I’ll actually get lucky and use it sometime :) ZAP! )
William
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goddamnedfrank Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:05:29pm |
re: #310 Spare O’Lake
I disagree. Israel needs all the support it can get from every part of the religious and political spectrum. I refuse to impose a partisan American political litmus test on the validity of Israeli support. It is easy for me to take this position because as a Canadian Jew I care more about American support for Israel than I do for domestic US politics.
My cards are on the table.
Dominionist Christians are wolves in shepherds’ clothing. The modern secular Jewish state doesn’t need support from people who think it has no future in God’s plan beyond being a sacrificial pawn, who think their own Church has superseded Israel. Only the most desperate and insecure people would seek an alliance with such two faced, deceptive cannibalistic screw heads.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:06:58pm |
re: #316 LudwigVanQuixote
We lose that support if it becomes a meme that supporting Israel means being a troglodyte. In the long run W. did much more damage to Israel than good.
Go ahead and condemn a staunch supporter of Israel on the basis of his domestic political views if you must in good conscience do so.
I think you are making a serious mistake.
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prairiefire Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:10:27pm |
I have to say I feel pretty proud about drawing the lizard “Curt” off of the LGF pages to actually speak on the last thread.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:13:22pm |
re: #335 goddamnedfrank
Dominionist Christians are wolves in shepherds’ clothing. The modern secular Jewish state doesn’t need support from people who think it has no future in God’s plan beyond being a sacrificial pawn, who think their own Church has superseded Israel. Only the most desperate and insecure people would seek an alliance with such two faced, deceptive cannibalistic screw heads.
Israel has no problem accepting support from the end-of-timers. Their support is welcome…and the veracity of their views concerning the apocalypse is not really a very practical problem for Israel in the foreseeable future.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:15:50pm |
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Reginald Perrin Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:20:55pm |
re: #330 Dark_Falcon
I’m ready regarding the spankings, but Floral Giraffe isn’t here at the moment. ;)
She is tied up right now
*wink*
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:26:06pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:26:55pm |
re: #307 Dark_Falcon
Yes, I start tomorrow.
I wish you the farmer’s blessing - be out standing in your field… ;)
William
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Bagua Tue, Jun 22, 2010 8:30:41pm |
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lostlakehiker Tue, Jun 22, 2010 9:40:17pm |
re: #343 Bagua
Excellent.
Back to the topic of the kindle. For ordinary text, by me the basic kindle is better because it’s lighter and smaller.
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lostlakehiker Tue, Jun 22, 2010 10:09:24pm |
re: #335 goddamnedfrank
Dominionist Christians are wolves in shepherds’ clothing. The modern secular Jewish state doesn’t need support from people who think it has no future in God’s plan beyond being a sacrificial pawn, who think their own Church has superseded Israel. Only the most desperate and insecure people would seek an alliance with such two faced, deceptive cannibalistic screw heads.
There is a lesson here in Winston Churchill’s speech on the occasion of Hitler’s invasion of Russia.
Churchill basically said that he had spoken against the evils of Communism repeatedly, and that today he would unsay no word of it. Nevertheless, all that paled into insignificance. The overriding need was to defeat the Nazi horde.
Israel can accept the help even of friends who are friends for odd reasons, or only friends by reason of sharing a common enemy. She does not taint herself, any more than that speech made Churchill a Communist.
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ryannon Wed, Jun 23, 2010 7:02:25am |
As Above, So Below Dept.:
In Vatican Fresco, Visions of the BrainYour text to link…
It has been hiding in plain sight for the past 500 years, and now two Johns Hopkins professors believe they have found it: one of Michelangelo’s rare anatomical drawings in a panel high on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Two professors believe that Michelangelo hid a drawing of the underside of the brain and the brain stem on the neck and beard of God.
Michelangelo was a conscientious student of human anatomy and enthusiastically dissected corpses throughout his life, but few of his anatomical drawings survive. This one, a depiction of the human brain and brain stem, appears to be drawn on the neck of God, but not all art historians can see it there.
This is not the first picture of a human organ someone has found, or at least imagined, in Michelangelo’s Sistine frescoes. In 1990, in an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a physician described what he saw as a rendering of the human brain in the Creation of Adam, the panel showing God touching Adam’s finger.
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