The Westboro Baptist hate cult pickets Comic-Con; hilarity ensues.
See the rest of the photos at Comics Alliance.
(Hat tip: John Cole.)
UPDATE at 7/23/10 10:43:52 am:
More excellence here: The SDCC ‘God Hates Fags’ counterprotest had the best, nerdiest signs ever.
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webevintage Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:41:44am |
Muhwahahahahahahahaha
All Glory to the Hypno-Toad
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:43:22am |
The Phelps clan tries to incite rage, this abject mockery will piss them off to no end.
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Lidane Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:44:41am |
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Fozzie Bear Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:45:47am |
I love these people.
THIS is how you protest backward freaks. THIS.
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Summer Seale Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:45:54am |
This is the perfect kind of responds for Phelps and others of his kind, no matter what kind of stupidity they are promoting.
Stand there, point, and laugh a mocking, cruel, biting laughter the entire time. The whole nation should do this to people like them.
(Btw, awesome pics and I saw some at PZ Meyers' site yesterday) =)
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AntonSirius Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:46:21am |
re: #5 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
The Phelps clan tries to incite rage, this abject mockery will piss them off to no end.
It's a tactic that should be used more often. Palin supporters whine incessantly about Tina Fey for a reason.
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Sol Berdinowitz Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:47:22am |
As America becomes a bad parody of itself, there are those who still know how to laugh at it.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:48:47am |
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ReamWorks SKG Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:50:06am |
I usually think the best response to publicity-seekers like Phelps is to ignore him, but I think in this case--a humorous response--works well to diffuse him. (Anger doesn't work, it plays right into their hand.)
Of course, it's easier not to get angry when they're protesting a Comic-Con and not a funeral. But he's only it it for the publicity. I mean, how many groups have had laws passed ( [Link: en.wikipedia.org...] ) just because of them? He must love the attention.
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Lidane Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:51:26am |
re: #7 Fozzie Bear
I love these people.
THIS is how you protest backward freaks. THIS.
It takes a bunch of nerds to show everyone else how it's done. Heh.
Honestly, I think between the nerds mocking the WBC and the Patriot Guard drowning them out, people could learn a lot about how to protest and counter these hate-filled freaks.
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Interesting Times Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:52:20am |
re: #7 Fozzie Bear
I love these people.
THIS is how you protest backward freaks. THIS.
The only improvement would have been this playing on a giant screen in a continuous loop :D
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Four More Tears Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:53:35am |
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jamesfirecat Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:53:40am |
re: #16 publicityStunted
The only improvement would have been this playing on a giant screen in a continuous loop :D
[Video]
What?
How dare you do that to me!
This is what you need to have playing on a giant screen!
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deranged cat Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:53:57am |
sorry, "PIMF" as all of you say. here's the sign: [Link: io9.com...]
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Fozzie Bear Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:53:59am |
I can't find the video that this reminded me of (its on youtube somewhere) so I'll just describe it.
This guy had this great idea: Turn every Fred Phelps protest into a fundraiser for whatever it is he is protesting. Go to his protests, set out jars, get a bullhorn, and start taking donations. At the end of the protest, give it all to the victims of Phelps' latest tirade.
I can think of no better revenge than to force Fred Phelps to be the unwitting benefactor of the people he hates so much than using the publicity he generates to support his enemies.
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deranged cat Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:55:03am |
sorry. PIMF X2. last time.. Better picture (im saving it) [Link: io9.com...]
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Fozzie Bear Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:55:17am |
re: #21 Fozzie Bear
PIMF...
I can think of no better revenge than to force Fred Phelps to be the unwitting benefactor of the people he hatesso much thanby using the publicity he generates to support his enemies.
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Lidane Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:55:55am |
re: #20 deranged cat
sorry, "PIMF" as all of you say. here's the sign: [Link: io9.com...]
A better shot of that guy: [Link: kotaku.com...]
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:56:22am |
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 10:58:30am |
My favorite sign so far;
"The Cylons destroyed the 12 colonies for your sins!"
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lawhawk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:00:53am |
Curiously, Darth Vader could not be reached for comment. Apparently he had to knock off a bank on Long Island because the recession hit the Empire.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:03:51am |
re: #28 lawhawk
Curiously, Darth Vader could not be reached for comment. Apparently he had to knock off a bank on Long Island because the recession hit the Empire.
Lol, Vader.
Learn to run an Empire, ya newb!
Lol.
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Four More Tears Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:05:14am |
ot: Madow scraps with O'Reilly: [Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:05:27am |
Interview with the Phelps clan from Comic-Con
As I was conducting my interview with Phelps, more Comic-Con attendees had gathered to form a counterprotest that started to outnumber the original protest. One guy in a Starfleet uniform held up a cardboard sign that said "God hates Jedi" on one side and "God Needs a Starship" on the other. Other counterprotesters held up signs that said, "Support fiction, read the Bible," and "Odin is God Read 'The Mighty Thor' #5." The Comic-Con goers also rallied themselves for a rousing chorus of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" making the whole thing seem a very serious, or "a very special," episode of "Glee."
But the best counterprotester was a man dressed like Jesus Christ who was carrying a sign that said, "God Loves Every Body." Sure, he separated the words "every" and "body," but that's still a lot closer to what the Bible says about the Almighty's preferences than anything written on the Phelps family's signs.
Here is the interview with Margie Phelps. For those of you who got through my interview with Andrew Breitbart, this should be a walk in the park, if only because it's much shorter...
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Four More Tears Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:06:57am |
re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Okay, the "God Needs a Starship is awesome to anyone who's seen Star Trek 5. It's nice to know that something good has come out of that movie.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:10:21am |
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sattv4u2 Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:11:57am |
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:12:01am |
I see today's outrageous outrage on the conservative White Power blogs is that Obama closed down all the white owned car dealerships or something. Since the source of the information is American Thinker and the Moonie owned Wash Times I think it's a safe assumption it's a bogus and/or misleading claim.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:13:43am |
SO ,,
The condo is now stocked with essentials for vacation
beer, burgers, beer, sunscreen, beer, and beer
Its' too hot to golf right now
It's too hot to sit at the beach right now
There's nobody out at the pool (read; I don't see any bikinis)
So ,, here I be!
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Fozzie Bear Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:13:45am |
Oh lord. My car just died, on a Friday afternoon, and my mechanic is out of town until Monday.
Look like LGF will be seeing alot of me this weekend. Hrmf.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:13:57am |
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:14:21am |
re: #37 sattv4u2
SO ,,
The condo is now stocked with essentials for vacation
beer, burgers, beer, sunscreen, beer, and beerIts' too hot to golf right now
It's too hot to sit at the beach right now
There's nobody out at the pool (read; I don't see any bikinis)So ,, here I be!
Did you remember the beer?
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sattv4u2 Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:14:55am |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:15:07am |
Nerd pride at its finest! This was a thing of true beauty.
Psychotic hateful religiously insane group, pwnd by a Bender. You just can't make that stuff up.
Alouette posted this last night, and I nearly fell over laughing.
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abolitionist Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:15:49am |
Those eyes (the robot's) look like they were borrowed from Achmed the Terrorist. The sign message could have been inspired by Terminator.
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Nimed Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:16:07am |
re: #33 JasonA
Okay, the "God Needs a Starship is awesome to anyone who's seen Star Trek 5. It's nice to know that something good has come out of that movie.
Again, dude! It happened again. I was going to post "there's an use for the odd-numbered sequels after all.
I was also wondering if it would have been better to go with Kirk's question "Why does God need a spaceship?".
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sattv4u2 Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:16:18am |
re: #43 abolitionist
Those eyes (the robot's) look like they were borrowed from Achmed the Terrorist. The sign message could have been inspired by Terminator.
SILENCE ,,,, I KEEEL YOU
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Stanghazi Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:16:19am |
re: #36 Killgore Trout
I see today's outrageous outrage on the
conservativeWhite Power blogs is that Obama closed down all the white owned car dealerships or something. Since the source of the information is American Thinker and the Moonie owned Wash Times I think it's a safe assumption it's a bogus and/or misleading claim.
It's an old one. I remember it from what, last year? Pitiful.
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Pythagoras Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:16:26am |
Can't stop laughing. Can't stop laughing.
Whew. Breathe! OK.
Mockery is the best weapon but it sure as hell helps when it's brilliant. My favorite:
How do magnets work anyway?
Oh crap. Can't stop laughing...
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:16:37am |
*Sniff* I have never been so proud to be part of geek-kind.
Oh--and--STOP WEARING MY FLAG AS A SARONG, YOU FREAK!
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:17:03am |
re: #39 Varek Raith
:)
While I do wear I a mask, that wasn't me. *See my avatar*
Vader is a pansy.
Sith are a failed heretical order, easily destroyed by any competent inquisitorial force.
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sffilk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:17:49am |
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:17:49am |
re: #46 Stanley Sea
It's an old one. I remember it from what, last year? Pitiful.
Yeah. it was bogus last year when they claimed Republicans were being persecuted.
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Fozzie Bear Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:19:06am |
It is my fervent hope that someday Phelps somehow directly attacks Anonymous.
I want to see the living hell they make his life unfold.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:19:25am |
The Cylons destroyed the 12 colonies for your sins!
brilliant!
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Nimed Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:20:31am |
re: #43 abolitionist
Those eyes (the robot's) look like they were borrowed from Achmed the Terrorist. The sign message could have been inspired by Terminator.
Ya think? The costume seems pretty faithful...
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:22:42am |
re: #52 Fozzie Bear
It is my fervent hope that someday Phelps somehow directly attacks Anonymous.
I want to see the living hell they make his life unfold.
And oddly appropriate;
Image: WindowsLiveWriter_AnonymousFinalbossoftheInternet_96AA_Legion_Motiv_2.jpg
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sffilk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:24:52am |
When I had heard that these "people" were going to be protesting at Comic Con, I contacted my science fiction friends in San Diego, the filkers in San Diego, and my friends on Facebook and let them know that the best thing they could do would be to totally ignore these "people." It seems they didn't listen. Their response shows me that, in this case, I was wrong.
Additionally, one of the articles coming out from Comic Con involved an acquaintance here in Atlanta, who has sound clips of him speaking in Klingon (so you know how to say "hello," or "where is the bathroom?," etc.). I contacted him via Facebook and suggested that they find someone who could sound very official while speaking Klingon, and that the Klingon groups find someone to write up an official-looking document in Klingon showing that these "people" were found guilty in Klingon court for crimes against Klingons, that they had been sentenced to having their vocal chords taken out, and then to spend the rest of their lives mining dilithium on Rura Penthe, and that this be done were they to show up at Dragon*Con (which is the HUGE morass of a convention here in Atlanta, about half the size of Comic Con). Maybe it'd be better to do this in San Diego.
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lawhawk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:25:34am |
Someone take Phelps into the Mutara nebula. He's busy thinking 2-dimensionally in a 3d world.
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sffilk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:25:36am |
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ReamWorks SKG Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:27:28am |
Did you know that Phelps picketed Fred Rogers funeral?
[Link: www.tpnevolve.com...]
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:28:09am |
Some signs I might have made had I been there....
1. I find your lack of faith most disturbing.
2. You can't take the sky from me!
3. Happily imprinted by the Bene Gesserit!
4. Your puny signs are insignificant compared to the power of the Force.
5. Starbuck died for you!
6. Johnny Dillinger died for you!
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webevintage Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:28:29am |
re: #38 Fozzie Bear
Oh lord. My car just died, on a Friday afternoon, and my mechanic is out of town until Monday.
Look like LGF will be seeing alot of me this weekend. Hrmf.
I feel for you.
I got in the van last night to go get the teen from work, turned it on and then turned on the AC....only blowing hot air.
100 degrees today.
Have to go out at 4pm.
Can't get it seen until Monday.
I die.
(oh and my 18 year old said to me a large, 47 year old woman in "that time of life"...."there is only a month or so of summer left, we don't need to get it fixed, you can deal with the heat". If I had had a knife.....)
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sffilk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:29:12am |
re: #57 lawhawk
Someone take Phelps into the Mutara nebula. He's busy thinking 2-dimensionally in a 3d world.
Uh, the Mutara Nebula was destroyed when Khan Noonien Singh blew up the Genesis torpedo. How about we put him in the Briar Patch instead, without a starship? Or better yet, a one-way ticket for him and his to Rura Penthe?
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:29:18am |
re: #38 Fozzie Bear
Oh lord. My car just died, on a Friday afternoon, and my mechanic is out of town until Monday.
Look like LGF will be seeing alot of me this weekend. Hrmf.
sorry dude. i can barely check my oil, so i'm like you...if the car doesn't start and it's not the battery, i'm at the mercy of the mechanic.
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:30:22am |
This is why I stay on the good side of people in fandom.
They're a scary bunch, but fun as hell to hang out with.
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lawhawk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:30:26am |
re: #60 LudwigVanQuixote
Awesome. Dune, Star Wars, BSG. All in the fold...
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:30:57am |
re: #44 Nimed
Again, dude! It happened again. I was going to post "there's an use for the odd-numbered sequels after all.
I was also wondering if it would have been better to go with Kirk's question "Why does God need a spaceship?".
Trek III violates the rule - the rest of the odd ones are pretty crappy, but III was good.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:31:15am |
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lawhawk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:31:43am |
re: #62 sffilk
Ah, but Khan ceased to exist thereafter. The Briar Patch or being caught in a Tholian web are sufficiently suitable alternatives though... Or Praxis.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:32:04am |
OMG... How could I forget!
This should have been the sign listed as #1.
IVANOVA IS GOD!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:32:08am |
Totally OT--
What were the inventors of clamshell packaging thinking? I mean, other than "I hate mankind."
Let's make a packaging that's downright hazardous to open...
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webevintage Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:32:56am |
re: #70 EmmmieG
Totally OT--
What were the inventors of clamshell packaging thinking? I mean, other than "I hate mankind."
Let's make a packaging that's downright hazardous to open...
Did one attack you?
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:33:00am |
re: #66 LudwigVanQuixote
Trek III violates the rule - the rest of the odd ones are pretty crappy, but III was good.
Christopher Lloyd as a klingon was pretty entertaining. The rest of the movie, well... wasn't my cup of Romulan Ale.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:33:23am |
Ode to Happy Mockery, the Queen of All Our Poetry
O, mockery, my mockery,
how stinging are thy needles!
Your sneering keen will always grow
Through moonbat tripe and wingnut blow.
O, mockery, my mockery,
how stinging are thy needles!
O, mockery, my mockery,
You are the genre bestest!
How often you give us delight
in quickly putting twits to flight!
O, mockery, my mockery,
You are the genre bestest!
O, mockery, my mockery,
your scornful words will teach me
that shite and onions shall not feed
a people in their greatest need.
O, mockery, my mockery,
your scornful words will teach me.
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Targetpractice Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:33:27am |
re: #69 LudwigVanQuixote
OMG... How could I forget!
This should have been the sign listed as #1.
IVANOVA IS GOD!
We live for The One! We die for The One!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:33:50am |
re: #71 webevintage
Did one attack you?
I'm staring it down. It's about to, and I'm trying to figure out what kind of sharp object is mostly likely to help me open this thing without leading to pain from it or the packaging.
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Four More Tears Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:34:36am |
re: #75 EmmmieG
I'm staring it down. It's about to, and I'm trying to figure out what kind of sharp object is mostly likely to help me open this thing without leading to pain from it or the packaging.
Attack when it least expects it...
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:35:22am |
re: #75 EmmmieG
I'm staring it down. It's about to, and I'm trying to figure out what kind of sharp object is mostly likely to help me open this thing without leading to pain from it or the packaging.
try tinsnips. seriously. peace through superior firepower and all that;)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:35:31am |
Mission accomplished. Overly-expensive ink cartidge out, no blood.
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Four More Tears Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:35:59am |
re: #78 EmmmieG
Mission accomplished. Overly-expensive ink cartidge out, no blood.
Blood costs extra.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:36:17am |
re: #72 MrSilverDragon
Christopher Lloyd as a klingon was pretty entertaining. The rest of the movie, well... wasn't my cup of Romulan Ale.
Well, ok, III didn't suck though like I or V or VII.
Also, wasn't the newest one an odd number as well, or have we given up giving them Roman numerals? The newest one is the best since Wrath of Khan IMHO.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:36:17am |
re: #77 Aceofwhat?
try tinsnips. seriously. peace through superior firepower and all that;)
I'll remember that. This time I used a butcher knife.
(For those who have not "seen" me here before, I have kids, so most scissors in this house are either my good sewing scissors, or kiddie scissors. But I do have tin snips.)
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ShaunP Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:36:23am |
re: #73 Cato the Elder
I see you've found your muse lately...
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:36:58am |
I'm kinda disappointed there wuz no CeilingCat signs.
Lots of great ones though. WIN!
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MrSilverDragon Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:37:26am |
re: #80 LudwigVanQuixote
Well, ok, III didn't suck though like I or V or VII.
Also, wasn't the newest one an odd number as well, or have we given up giving them Roman numerals? The newest one is the best since Wrath of Khan IMHO.
On that we most certainly agree.
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:37:35am |
re: #79 JasonA
Blood costs extra.
that, and you're supposed to use an inkwell for blood. fountain pen, you know? using a printer is just gauche/
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lawhawk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:37:36am |
Other signs that should have appeared:
Fear is the Mind Killer.
My Father had more midichlorians than yours.
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Four More Tears Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:37:56am |
re: #83 rwdflynavy
I'm kinda disappointed there wuz no CeilingCat signs.
Lots of great ones though. WIN!
I can picture it now:
"Seeling Kat Luvs Ded Mise!"
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:38:47am |
re: #86 lawhawk
Other signs that should have appeared:
Fear is the Mind Killer.
My Father had more midichlorians than yours.
My mother had so many mitichlorians, I didn't have a father!
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lawhawk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:39:12am |
Arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you Fred Phelps.
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:39:21am |
re: #86 lawhawk
Other signs that should have appeared:
Fear is the Mind Killer.
My Father had more midichlorians than yours.
heh...
Darth Plagueis Could Make Life Too.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:39:27am |
re: #87 JasonA
I can picture it now:
"Seeling Kat Luvs Ded Mise!"
No, he doesn't. Ceiling Cat loves cheezburgers.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:40:01am |
re: #89 lawhawk
Arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you Fred Phelps.
Great B5 paraphrase!
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ShaunP Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:40:11am |
re: #88 LudwigVanQuixote
My mother had so many mitichlorians, I didn't have a father!
In pasta we trust...
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Nimed Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:40:17am |
re: #60 LudwigVanQuixote
Some signs I might have made had I been there...
1. I find your lack of faith most disturbing.
2. You can't take the sky from me!
3. Happily imprinted by the Bene Gesserit!
4. Your puny signs are insignificant compared to the power of the Force.
5. Starbuck died for you!
6. Johnny Dillinger died for you!
My favorite.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:41:15am |
re: #60 LudwigVanQuixote
Some signs I might have made had I been there...
1. I find your lack of faith most disturbing.
2. You can't take the sky from me!
3. Happily imprinted by the Bene Gesserit!
4. Your puny signs are insignificant compared to the power of the Force.
5.
StarbuckSt. Arbuck died for you!6. Johnny Dillinger died for you!
Fixed it for you!//
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webevintage Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:41:38am |
re: #83 rwdflynavy
I'm kinda disappointed there wuz no CeilingCat signs.
Lots of great ones though. WIN!
CEILINGCAT HATES TEH GHAYS BIGOTS
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AntonSirius Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:42:30am |
re: #36 Killgore Trout
I see today's outrageous outrage on the
conservativeWhite Power blogs is that Obama closed down all the white owned car dealerships or something. Since the source of the information is American Thinker and the Moonie owned Wash Times I think it's a safe assumption it's a bogus and/or misleading claim.
That one was making the rounds right after the GM bailout, wasn't it?
Did they just recycle it, or gussy it up with some new bullshit statistics?
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Summer Seale Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:43:59am |
On Topic about conceit:
Pale Blue Dot (A tribute to Carl Sagan, with his words):
It brought tears to my eyes. It is beautiful and so true.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:44:56am |
re: #97 AntonSirius
That one was making the rounds right after the GM bailout, wasn't it?
Did they just recycle it, or gussy it up with some new bullshit statistics?
I assume they just found a new dishonest angle on their old debunked conspiracy. Honestly, I haven't bothered to look into it. It's just not worth the effort sometimes. They're just working the angle of white victimhood.
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lawhawk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:45:38am |
OT:
Battening down the hatches in NOLA. They've closed the flood gates and are prepping for TS Bonnie to make landfall in their area. The flotilla of ships near the Deepwater site have also prepped to get out of the way of the storm, and it may be a week to 10 days before they can resume shutting down the well permanently.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:46:03am |
re: #97 AntonSirius
That one was making the rounds right after the GM bailout, wasn't it?
Did they just recycle it, or gussy it up with some new bullshit statistics?
That Obama is wily. Who knew he had so much free time? You'd think that whole President of the Free World thing would keep him a little busier.
//
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Obdicut Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:46:09am |
I've always been a fan of:
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sattv4u2 Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:46:33am |
hhmmm,,,, seems to be some activity out by the pool!
Yup,,, the young teacher from the next building seems to have a friend or two over for an afternoon swim
Beer/ book in hand, I think it's time to investigate
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:46:56am |
re: #102 Obdicut
I've always been a fan of:
I don't think I'm quite brave enough to click that...especially at work!
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:47:09am |
re: #102 Obdicut
I've always been a fan of:
of course i immediately clicked on it...being so mature...but it didn't work
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AntonSirius Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:47:53am |
re: #80 LudwigVanQuixote
Well, ok, III didn't suck though like I or V or VII.
Also, wasn't the newest one an odd number as well, or have we given up giving them Roman numerals? The newest one is the best since Wrath of Khan IMHO.
The even/odd rule only applies to Original Trek movies. All the TNG movies sucked Gorn balls, thus breaking the pattern.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:47:54am |
re: #104 rwdflynavy
I don't think I'm quite brave enough to click that...especially at work!
I'm brave enough,,, but the title makes me know I have NO interest too (not when there are a pool full of female teachers nearby!)
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webevintage Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:48:52am |
re: #105 Aceofwhat?
of course i immediately clicked on it...being so mature...but it didn't work
I clicked for you.
My eyes are not bleeding.
All is safe.
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Stanghazi Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:49:22am |
re: #105 Aceofwhat?
of course i immediately clicked on it...being so mature...but it didn't work
Tip from me. When that happens I open in new tab.
It was a sign @ a protest. What protest was it Obdicut? I forget
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:49:39am |
re: #108 webevintage
I clicked for you.
My eyes are not bleeding.
All is safe.
but i tried...really...
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:50:36am |
re: #109 Stanley Sea
Tip from me. When that happens I open in new tab.
It was a sign @ a protest. What protest was it Obdicut? I forget
*facepalm*
of course. great tip. Aceofduuuhhh...
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Obdicut Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:51:00am |
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:51:16am |
alrighty, i should get something done. bbl honcos...
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:51:43am |
re: #113 Obdicut
Hrm.
[Link: silencedmajority.blogs.com...]
no, when i open it in a new tab, it works fine. my culpa. sorry for the rework.
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Obdicut Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:52:08am |
re: #109 Stanley Sea
I don't know where it started, but it's showed up at a lot of Tea Party protests now, by the 'infiltrators'.
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pharmmajor Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:54:35am |
Someone should introduce Tommy Wiseau to the WBC protesters... that would punish them.
YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, FRED PHELPS!
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:54:47am |
I see the dumpy WBC females are now uniformed in American flags made into dumpy skirts.
The Shakers with their no-sex-at-all policy have a better chance of winning converts.
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AntonSirius Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:54:53am |
re: #101 rwdflynavy
That Obama is wily. Who knew he had so much free time? You'd think that whole President of the Free World thing would keep him a little busier.
//
He personally fired Shirley Sherrod to create a distraction because he knew they were onto him about the dealerships.
I sometimes think too many people's views of how the White House works is based exclusively on this.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:56:18am |
re: #118 Cato the Elder
I see the dumpy WBC females are now uniformed in American flags made into dumpy skirts.
The Shakers with their no-sex-at-all policy have a better chance of winning converts.
Or the Quakers with their oats.
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Targetpractice Fri, Jul 23, 2010 11:58:14am |
re: #106 AntonSirius
The even/odd rule only applies to Original Trek movies. All the TNG movies sucked Gorn balls, thus breaking the pattern.
Blasphemy!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:00:04pm |
re: #121 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Blasphemy!
It's true Trekkie! Suck it!
Fanboy ready with lightsaber!
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:01:11pm |
re: #122 LudwigVanQuixote
It's true Trekkie! Suck it!
Fanboy ready with lightsaber!
I got the lightning!
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Targetpractice Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:02:09pm |
re: #122 LudwigVanQuixote
It's true Trekkie! Suck it!
Fanboy ready with lightsaber!
Hold that thought, gotta run to the store. But I return, you shall rue the day. Go ahead, start ruing!
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Digital Display Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:02:46pm |
re: #122 LudwigVanQuixote
It's true Trekkie! Suck it!
Fanboy ready with lightsaber!
Hi Ludwig..Hope you are well..
I have a question for you...Still here?
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lawhawk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:02:49pm |
re: #122 LudwigVanQuixote
Quit sucking down the spice of Arrakis dude... Star Trek: First Contact was pretty good. Nemesis and Insurrection were awful though... That said - this much we know to be true - never let Troi helm the ship. Or drink Romulan ale.
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Locker Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:03:14pm |
My favorite has to be the guy dressed as a TF2 spy with the "God Hates Sentries" sign. Personally as an NG I feel that spies are Satan's Spawn while my beloved level 3 sentry is a holy bundle of smite!
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AntonSirius Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:04:28pm |
re: #121 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Blasphemy!
Oh please. Which of them are you going to defend? Generations, with its light-year wide plot holes just to get Shatner some last screen time? First Contact, which destroyed the very thing which made the Borg so scary in the first place?
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:04:42pm |
I'd show up with a sign that said;
"God hates people who spell turrets as turrents"
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:05:17pm |
re: #128 AntonSirius
Oh please. Which of them are you going to defend? Generations, with its light-year wide plot holes just to get Shatner some last screen time? First Contact, which destroyed the very thing which made the Borg so scary in the first place?
That was Voyager.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:06:25pm |
re: #130 Varek Raith
I'd show up with a sign that said;
"God hates people who spell turrets as turrents"
Here's one I made earlier :
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Nimed Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:07:57pm |
And the hilariously stupid thought of the day come from Power Line:
[Link: www.powerlineblog.com...]
Considering his esprit as well as well as the splash of his Web sites, it seems to me that Andrew Breitbart may be the Wililam Buckley of the Internet Age -- part journalist, part showman, part conservative visionary and ideological entrepreneur. He has an instinctive understanding of the media environment that is the base of the left's cultural monopoly and he means to do his best to overthrow it.
It's still early, but the bar is set pretty high with this one.
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AntonSirius Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:08:05pm |
re: #131 Varek Raith
That was Voyager.
No, First Contact intro'ed the Queen. Voyager just took a bad idea and made it worse.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:08:10pm |
re: #133 Locker
That's V'ger to you pal...
Yeah...
I suppose you could interchange the two...
Silly Janeway.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:08:29pm |
When the WBC recently promised to show up at the great Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore to mock the murder-death of a young college student by her deranged boyfriend, they had to pull the plug - because a significant multiple of their pitiful number, composed mostly of Catholic wymyns silently holding up blank banners to shield the mourners from these detestable loons, promised to be there too and actually showed up in force! The WBC took a powder.
Westboro Bullshit Cowards - scared of Catholics, but undeterred by comic-book fans.
LOL.
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Mardukhai Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:10:28pm |
re: #27 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
My favorite sign so far;
"The Cylons destroyed the 12 colonies for your sins!"
Ditto!
By your command...
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:10:33pm |
re: #135 AntonSirius
No, First Contact intro'ed the Queen. Voyager just took a bad idea and made it worse.
Oh, yeah!
I block that bit out.
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Stanghazi Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:10:49pm |
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:11:52pm |
What's all this fighting about Star Trek? I say we all unite around the fact that Deanna Troi is without doubt the most irritating and useless character in all of Star Trek. Let the Troi-roast begin!
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engineer cat Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:11:56pm |
Kill All Humans
ha! moderates!
Repeal The Neolithic Revolution!
Cro-Magnons Out Of Europe!
US Out Of North America!
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:12:21pm |
I firmly believe that God has a sense of humor.
Fred Phelps, when he dies, will truly see the face of Jesus - in his avataric incarnation as a swishy gay Jew.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:12:26pm |
re: #142 engineer dog
Kill All Humans
ha! moderates!
Repeal The Neolithic Revolution!
Cro-Magnons Out Of Europe!
US Out Of North America!
Humans off of Earth!
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:13:08pm |
re: #139 Varek Raith
Oh, yeah!
I block that bit out.
Since the show "LOST" ended, there isn't even any reason to hold a Comic-Con... that was the show that put Comic-Con on the map for the last 6 years.
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AntonSirius Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:13:11pm |
re: #141 Jimmah
What's all this fighting about Star Trek? I say we all unite around the fact that Deanna Troi is without doubt the most irritating and useless character in all of Star Trek. Let the Troi-roast begin!
Shut up, Wesley!
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Digital Display Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:13:22pm |
Star trek, Star wars and sci fi fans
Oh my
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:13:26pm |
re: #141 Jimmah
What's all this fighting about Star Trek? I say we all unite around the fact that Deanna Troi is without doubt the most irritating and useless character in all of Star Trek. Let the Troi-roast begin!
And if you're depressed, she passes out expired drugs!
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Gus Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:13:40pm |
re: #134 Nimed
That's quite hilarious. You gotta love the muscle head mentality of these people. About the only modern day version of William F. Buckley I can think of would be David Frum.
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Mardukhai Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:14:30pm |
re: #134 Nimed
And the hilariously stupid thought of the day come from Power Line:
[Link: www.powerlineblog.com...]It's still early, but the bar is set pretty high with this one.
I knew William F. Buckley. I even had his home phone number. We talked computers. He wrote a story for me. He was a kind and decent man. Breitbart is no William F. Buckley.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:16:05pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:19:02pm |
re: #15 Lidane
It takes a bunch of nerds to show everyone else how it's done. Heh.
Honestly, I think between the nerds mocking the WBC and the Patriot Guard drowning them out, people could learn a lot about how to protest and counter these hate-filled freaks.
West Virginia also did very well countering them.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:19:04pm |
Time to repost a Breitbart/Geller mock?
Yes, 'tis time.
Oh, there's Gellers in the woodwork,
Breitbarts in the walls.
Those racist shits with capped-toothed grins
are gonna get you by the the balls.
And when this fight is over,
how happy I will be,
a-gettin' ready for real Nazis,
and go-round number three.
[with apologies to Thomas Pynchon]
For extra updings, name that novel!
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:19:18pm |
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sffilk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:20:04pm |
re: #68 lawhawk
Ah, but Khan ceased to exist thereafter. The Briar Patch or being caught in a Tholian web are sufficiently suitable alternatives though... Or Praxis.
You're right about Khan. Being caught in a Tholian web would put them in another universe, methinks, and that other universe might attack us back! Now Praxis, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...................................
Still, what do you think about Rura Penthe?
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sffilk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:21:15pm |
re: #69 LudwigVanQuixote
OMG... How could I forget!
This should have been the sign listed as #1.
IVANOVA IS GOD!
Unless you're talking about when she said, "I am Susan, daughter of Ivan Ivanov . . . . . . . and the right hand of G-D, and the . . . . . ."
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:22:31pm |
re: #157 sffilk
Unless you're talking about when she said, "I am Susan, daughter of Ivan Ivanov . . . and the right hand of G-D, and the . . ."
"And just one more thing. On your trip back I'd like you to take the time to learn the Babylon 5 Mantra: 'Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations. Ivanova is God. And if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out.' Babylon Control out...Civilians! I was just kidding about the God part...no offense."
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Nimed Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:22:51pm |
re: #149 Gus 802
That's quite hilarious. You gotta love the muscle head mentality of these people. About the only modern day version of William F. Buckley I can think of would be David Frum.
Yeah. These guys don't inhabit the same planet we do.
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:22:56pm |
I would have to go 40k all over the Phelps
"Blessed is the mind too small for doubts."
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:23:02pm |
The WBC now plans to go all "District 9" on the asses of comix fans!
Full report at 11 o'clock.
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sffilk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:23:21pm |
re: #117 pharmmajor
Someone should introduce Tommy Wiseau to the WBC protesters... that would punish them.
YOU ARE TEARING ME APART, FRED PHELPS!
Who?
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lawhawk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:24:07pm |
re: #158 Varek Raith
Oh, and trust Ianova. And yourself. Everyone else? Shoot.
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sffilk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:24:51pm |
re: #133 Locker
That's V'ger to you pal...
No, I think he was talking Janeway's Voyager, not V(oya)ger 6.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:25:31pm |
re: #36 Killgore Trout
I see today's outrageous outrage on the
conservativeWhite Power blogs is that Obama closed down all the white owned car dealerships or something. Since the source of the information is American Thinker and the Moonie owned Wash Times I think it's a safe assumption it's a bogus and/or misleading claim.
All the car dealerships in my area are owned by Latinos, so I don't know if that's going to affect me any...especially since I can't afford to buy a car anyway...but yeah, I call totally bogus.
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Nimed Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:26:45pm |
re: #141 Jimmah
What's all this fighting about Star Trek? I say we all unite around the fact that Deanna Troi is without doubt the most irritating and useless character in all of Star Trek. Let the Troi-roast begin!
I'm with Anton here. If Wesley ever grows a decent pair of boobs though, I might change my mind.
/
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AntonSirius Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:26:45pm |
re: #154 Cato the Elder
Crying of Lot 49, no? Been awhile since I read it.
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sffilk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:27:47pm |
re: #158 Varek Raith
"And just one more thing. On your trip back I'd like you to take the time to learn the Babylon 5 Mantra: 'Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations. Ivanova is God. And if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out.' Babylon Control out...Civilians! I was just kidding about the God part...no offense."
Funny thing is that I just finished re-watching the entire series, so I remember that. And if you'll recall, Ivanova looks reverently up when she said the last part. However, she did also say what I had written during one of the last battles before the Sheridan Alliance took back Earth.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:28:00pm |
re: #70 EmmmieG
Totally OT--
What were the inventors of clamshell packaging thinking? I mean, other than "I hate mankind."
Let's make a packaging that's downright hazardous to open...
"If you can open this package without accidentally slicing open an artery and bleeding to death, you may have whatever is inside."
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Cato the Elder Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:28:01pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:28:34pm |
re: #75 EmmmieG
I'm staring it down. It's about to, and I'm trying to figure out what kind of sharp object is mostly likely to help me open this thing without leading to pain from it or the packaging.
I have found that a good pair of sharp scissors is best.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:29:59pm |
re: #169 sffilk
Funny thing is that I just finished re-watching the entire series, so I remember that. And if you'll recall, Ivanova looks reverently up when she said the last part. However, she did also say what I had written during one of the last battles before the Sheridan Alliance took back Earth.
Yep, when the Whitestar Fleet was fighting the Shadow-enhanced Omega's.
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sffilk Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:30:44pm |
And just to keep this particular post in a sci-fi vein:
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:31:49pm |
re: #118 Cato the Elder
I see the dumpy WBC females are now uniformed in American flags made into dumpy skirts.
The Shakers with their no-sex-at-all policy have a better chance of winning converts.
The Shakers don't hate everyone and everything. If I had to choose, I'd totally go Shaker. Or Amish. Or snake-handler. Just not Westboro "Baptist" "Church".
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:32:09pm |
For the record, Star Trek is ridiculous, Star Wars was choked to death when the Phantom Menace came out and Babylon 5 remains great.
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:32:29pm |
re: #176 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
For the record, Star Trek is ridiculous, Star Wars was choked to death when the Phantom Menace came out and Babylon 5 remains great.
I can agree with that.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:33:11pm |
re: #141 Jimmah
What's all this fighting about Star Trek? I say we all unite around the fact that Deanna Troi is without doubt the most irritating and useless character in all of Star Trek. Let the Troi-roast begin!
I like Deanna. She's a nice Jewish social worker, trapped on a ship full of nutjobs in Spandex.
Wesley Crusher, now...
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Varek Raith Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:33:35pm |
Which reminds me.
Here's a sign I'd hold at the convention...
"HAN SHOT FIRST!!1!!!!eleventy-one!!1!"
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:34:37pm |
re: #158 Varek Raith
"And just one more thing. On your trip back I'd like you to take the time to learn the Babylon 5 Mantra: 'Ivanova is always right. I will listen to Ivanova. I will not ignore Ivanova's recommendations. Ivanova is God. And if this ever happens again, Ivanova will personally rip your lungs out.' Babylon Control out...Civilians! I was just kidding about the God part...no offense."
Tough-ass Jewish women in science fiction make me happy.
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Targetpractice Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:35:07pm |
re: #141 Jimmah
What's all this fighting about Star Trek? I say we all unite around the fact that Deanna Troi is without doubt the most irritating and useless character in all of Star Trek. Let the Troi-roast begin!
No, my friend, that dishonor goes to Neelix. The fact that they allowed him to survive all 7 seasons proves just how bad Voyager truly was.
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:35:28pm |
And the God Emperor of Mankind would whip Leto II's xenos coated ass up one side of Arrakis and down the other before virus bombing all life off the planet and cracking it open with cyclonic torpedoes.
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:38:46pm |
re: #178 SanFranciscoZionist
I like Deanna. She's a nice Jewish social worker, trapped on a ship full of nutjobs in Spandex.
Wesley Crusher, now...
I cringe even recalling the character.
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Slap Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:41:47pm |
re: #141 Jimmah
Well, I've met Marina Sirtis, and she's as sweet as you could imagine. And she really submerged her English accent for the part.
I'll add this -- if it weren't for the Troi character, it's doubtful we'd have been treated to Majel Barrett's OTT Luaxana character.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:45:18pm |
re: #166 Nimed
I'm with Anton here. If Wesley ever grows a decent pair of boobs though, I might change my mind.
/
Well, Wesley is pretty irritating - I'd put him in second. How many times did he fuck with the ship and nearly get everyone killed because of his bullshit, without ever recieving as much as a slap on the wrist? The lad should have been on an interplanetary no-fly list ;)
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:47:56pm |
re: #185 Slap
Well, I've met Marina Sirtis, and she's as sweet as you could imagine. And she really submerged her English accent for the part.
I'll add this -- if it weren't for the Troi character, it's doubtful we'd have been treated to Majel Barrett's OTT Luaxana character.
I'm sure Martina Sirtis is great. It's just Troi I can't stand...lol
Majel Barrett's Luaxana character - not familiar with that- sounds interesting though?
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Slap Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:51:09pm |
re: #187 Jimmah
Luaxana was Troi's mother.
(It's always a little trippy watching her play the character, since she's also the computer's voice.)
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Nimed Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:52:11pm |
re: #182 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
And the God Emperor of Mankind would whip Leto II's xenos coated ass up one side of Arrakis and down the other before virus bombing all life off the planet and cracking it open with cyclonic torpedoes.
Damn. I don't like the thought of anybody kicking the Worm God's ass, but I'm just not enough of a nerd to know who this God Emperor of Mankind is.
I'll say this, though -- Leto II would certainly have foreseen the ass-kicking, and it would all be part of some greater plan of his.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:53:33pm |
re: #186 Jimmah
Well, Wesley is pretty irritating - I'd put him in second. How many times did he fuck with the ship and nearly get everyone killed because of his bullshit, without ever recieving as much as a slap on the wrist? The lad should have been on an interplanetary no-fly list ;)
Yeah. Just because the kid is very bright and the son of a crewmember is not an actual reason for allowing him to do half the crap he comes up with in TNG.
I realize he's part of a classic sci-fi meme, but dang it was annoying. Mary Sue characters annoy me anyway, and Wesley wasn't even endearing.
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wrenchwench Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:53:36pm |
re: #188 Slap
Luaxana was Troi's mother.
(It's always a little trippy watching her play the character, since she's also the computer's voice.)
And Gene Roddenberry's widow, no?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:53:48pm |
re: #187 Jimmah
I'm sure Martina Sirtis is great. It's just Troi I can't stand...lol
Majel Barrett's Luaxana character - not familiar with that- sounds interesting though?
Troi's mum.
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Targetpractice Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:57:36pm |
re: #188 Slap
Luaxana was Troi's mother.
(It's always a little trippy watching her play the character, since she's also the computer's voice.)
And Number One and Nurse Chapel in the Original Series. Star Trek has a proud history of reusing the same actor for multiple characters, even decades after they last appeared on a Trek series.
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Nimed Fri, Jul 23, 2010 12:58:26pm |
re: #186 Jimmah
Well, Wesley is pretty irritating - I'd put him in second. How many times did he fuck with the ship and nearly get everyone killed because of his bullshit, without ever recieving as much as a slap on the wrist? The lad should have been on an interplanetary no-fly list ;)
Oh god, yes! I just don't get why screenwriters and "creatives" in general don't realize how hard it is to make a wunderbrat character even mildly likable.
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Slap Fri, Jul 23, 2010 1:07:18pm |
re: #193 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
She was a bit of a special case, tho -- I suspect her continued reappearances may have been a result of being Roddenberry's mistress....
But she did good work.
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Slap Fri, Jul 23, 2010 1:09:20pm |
Back to the WBC:
I propose dishonoring them by referring to them as follows:
Dead Felch
and
the Whackbobo Bupkis Crotch.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Jul 23, 2010 1:09:30pm |
I knew ComicCon wouldn't let me down!
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 1:22:04pm |
re: #189 Nimed
Damn. I don't like the thought of anybody kicking the Worm God's ass, but I'm just not enough of a nerd to know who this God Emperor of Mankind is.
I'll say this, though -- Leto II would certainly have foreseen the ass-kicking, and it would all be part of some greater plan of his.
No chance in hell. Leto only lived a paltry 3000+ years.
According to the account given in The Lost and the Damned, his life spans almost fifty thousand years, he was born to human mortal parents, and his brothers and sisters were mortals. However the child who would become the Emperor was immortal and would be the first and greatest of the psykers born among humanity.
The Emperor, much later in his life revealed that he was born in the eighth millennium B.C., and his birthplace as Central Anatolia.
In Horus Rising, according to Horus, the Emperor revealed to him that was born in "Anatoly".
The Emperor is the collective reincarnation of all the shamans, the psyker-like individuals who guided early mankind with their wisdom and prophetic powers. The entities that would became the four Great Powers of Chaos had not yet formed when the Emperor was born. But even before the birth of the Emperor, as humanity grew and progressed, the Warp began to become increasingly disturbed, and the shamans began to lose their ability to reincarnate - instead, upon dying their souls were being consumed by the creatures of the Warp. Eventually the shamans, unable to reincarnate, would become extinct, and without the shamans to guide them, humanity would fall prey to Chaos. All the shamans of Earth gathered to decide what must be done. In the end they decided to pool their energies by reincarnating in a single body. The thousands of shamans, as one, took poison, and as one, died. A year later the man who would become the Emperor was born. He would be immortal and so no longer need to reincarnate. As he grew older his powers began to manifest. Over many millennia, he traveled among mankind, using his ancient wisdom to help where he could.3
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Nimed Fri, Jul 23, 2010 1:38:20pm |
re: #198 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Well, ok, but remember that, in addition to his life span, Leto II has the memories of all his ancestors -- male and female -- and that quite a lot of them were Bene Gesserit. The dudes were also specially picked, and not so bad themselves.
More importantly, remember how bored he was all the time? That was because Leto II could see the future. He could see it so well that he took great pains to set up things so we would not know what was coming quite so clearly anymore.
So I presume he would know every move of that this Emperor of Mankind fellow would make.
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Kragar Fri, Jul 23, 2010 1:52:11pm |
re: #199 Nimed
Well, ok, but remember that, in addition to his life span, Leto II has the memories of all his ancestors -- male and female -- and that quite a lot of them were Bene Gesserit. The dudes were also specially picked, and not so bad themselves.
More importantly, remember how bored he was all the time? That was because Leto II could see the future. He could see it so well that he took great pains to set up things so we would not know what was coming quite so clearly anymore.
So I presume he would know every move of that this Emperor of Mankind fellow would make.
Except you're forgetting that their were certain methods one could use to hide from Leto's prescience. The Emperor was shielded to hide from all the powers that could move against him until he deemed it was his time to ascend. He had all the knowledge and power of the shaman who died in his creation, plus he lived for milenia longer than worm boy.
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Nimed Fri, Jul 23, 2010 2:00:38pm |
re: #200 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Grumble. I yield, for now (this ain't over yet, Kragar).
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 2:19:01pm |
re: #180 SanFranciscoZionist
Tough-ass Jewish women in science fiction make me happy.
I adore Ivanova.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 2:20:29pm |
re: #157 sffilk
Unless you're talking about when she said, "I am Susan, daughter of Ivan Ivanov . . . and the right hand of G-D, and the . . ."
Best SF speech ever.
Well actually G'kar's moments of transition speech is the best SF speech ever.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Jul 23, 2010 2:23:19pm |
re: #125 HoosierHoops
Hi Ludwig..Hope you are well..
I have a question for you...Still here?
Sorry, i bounced on other parts of the blog and actually - did some work. What's up buddy?
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Amory Blaine Fri, Jul 23, 2010 2:34:46pm |
Those pictures are dripping with awesome sauce.
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Lidane Fri, Jul 23, 2010 2:51:53pm |
re: #80 LudwigVanQuixote
Also, wasn't the newest one an odd number as well, or have we given up giving them Roman numerals? The newest one is the best since Wrath of Khan IMHO.
The new one is technically Star Trek XI, so it definitely broke the even/odd rule.
What's really funny is that Simon Pegg, who played Scotty in the new film, mentioned the even/odd rule too:
"In Spaced there is a line where Tim says something about every odd number Star Trek movie being shit which is a huge irony considering I'm starring in Star Trek 11. So it is funny how those things come back to haunt you. Obviously the rule doesn't apply anymore."
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Jul 23, 2010 3:58:32pm |
re: #188 Slap
Luaxana was Troi's mother.
(It's always a little trippy watching her play the character, since she's also the computer's voice.)
Thanks! I'd forgotton that.
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Fozzie Bear Fri, Jul 23, 2010 5:14:47pm |
re: #70 EmmmieG
Totally OT--
What were the inventors of clamshell packaging thinking? I mean, other than "I hate mankind."
Let's make a packaging that's downright hazardous to open...
I once bought a pair of scissors, because I had no scissors. I needed to borrow scissors to get into the fucking package. Maddening. I think I uttered every expletive I knew in the effort.
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Fozzie Bear Fri, Jul 23, 2010 5:15:45pm |
re: #208 Fozzie Bear
I mean really, if you need scissors to get to the scissors you just bought.... the irony was not lost on me but man was I frustrated.
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skullkrusher Fri, Jul 23, 2010 8:00:17pm |
Nerds everyone heave a sigh of relief as finally, at long last, some one else is the target of derision. :)
hehe, well done Comic Book Guys (and girls)
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amused Sat, Jul 24, 2010 9:59:12am |
Fred Phelps does not believe what he is doing. This is a scam.
It's a business. They travel the country, set up websites telling you exactly when they'll be there, and using the most inflammatory statements all over the place, just to get someone to violate their rights for profit. Then they sue the military, the police force that was to protect them, and everyone that is around them for money. This is a sham, and it is a trap to get people sued. Every member of his family is an attorney. Phelps does not break the law. What he does is try to make you break the law by trying to punch your sensibilities about everything you hold dear, and then sue you and everyone municipality around him to the max.
This is a scam.
Pretty smart scam, if true.
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sffilk Mon, Jul 26, 2010 6:37:51am |
re: #187 Jimmah
I'm sure Martina Sirtis is great. It's just Troi I can't stand...lol
Majel Barrett's Luaxana character - not familiar with that- sounds interesting though?
Lwaxana Troi was Deanna's 100% Betazoid mother. The character was played as the ultimate Jewish mother. When I asked Majel about how she felt playing the ultimate Jewish mother when I saw her at a convention back in 1988 (I think), her face lit up, she smiled, and said, "I LOVE IT!"
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