Published in December 1966, tonight’s cover image from the Lizard Collection is issue #57 of Fantastic Four, another classic Stan Lee-Jack Kirby work from the Silver Age of Marvel.
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Kruk Fri, Sep 24, 2010 7:59:15pm |
Ah, Victor Von Doom. Julian's MaCohen's failed attempt to stop himeslf forever being remembered as Phoebe's beyotch on Charmed.
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freetoken Fri, Sep 24, 2010 7:59:34pm |
The FF was one of the few Marvel comics I used to read growing up. Always seemed like a fun read.
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Donna Ballard Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:01:11pm |
Very, very cool Charles! I wish I had gotten into comic books as a kid but with 4 brothers my parents wouldn't spend the money on them.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:02:59pm |
I still haven't seen the movie. How was it?
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Digital Display Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:05:28pm |
When I was a little kid I read a Superman Comic...Put a cape on..Climbed on top of a garbage can and dived off head first into the concrete driveway and cracked open my head...Which may explain alot about me..Man that hurt..
I never really read comics after that...
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b_sharp Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:06:57pm |
re: #5 HoosierHoops
When I was a little kid I read a Superman Comic...Put a cape on..Climbed on top of a garbage can and dived off head first into the concrete driveway and cracked open my head...Which may explain alot about me..Man that hurt..
I never really read comics after that...
Should we start calling you Lumpy?
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William of Orange Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:07:47pm |
I think this is worthy for it's own topic!
Judge orders US Air Force to re-instate fired gay nurse
A judge has ordered the US Air Force to re-instate a nurse fired under a policy barring openly gay military personnel.
In the state of Washington, a judge ruled the ban unconstitutional and said the firing hurt morale in her unit.
Maj Margaret Witt sued after the Air Force sacked her upon learning of her relationship with a civilian woman.
President Obama and some military leaders have called for the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, but Congress this week rejected the bid.
On Friday, US District Judge Ronald Leighton became teary as he praised Maj Witt for her struggle to win back her job following her 2004 suspension and subsequent dismissal.
The rest is in the article.
If she goes high enough then, who knows, maybe the DADT policy will be ruled unconstitutionally in the supreme court. Let's see who will appeal this decision.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:08:25pm |
re: #5 HoosierHoops
When I was a little kid I read a Superman Comic...Put a cape on..Climbed on top of a garbage can and dived off head first into the concrete driveway and cracked open my head...Which may explain alot about me..Man that hurt..
I never really read comics after that...
Comic books are dangerous. I think they are going to put a ban on them soon.
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Digital Display Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:09:45pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:10:11pm |
re: #8 NJDhockeyfan
Comic books are dangerous. I think they are going to put a ban on them soon.
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Burn em all!
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Donna Ballard Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:10:12pm |
re: #8 NJDhockeyfan
Comic books are dangerous. I think they are going to put a ban on them soon.
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Heavens they might encourage imagination and creativity! Can't have that, now can we!!! ///
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Donna Ballard Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:13:11pm |
re: #12 jaunte
I think Dr. Doom was Darth Vader's father.
Nooo! I thought it was the Force! You know the Metaclorine thingy's?
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b_sharp Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:14:26pm |
re: #9 HoosierHoops
It's alright..You can call me stupid..
My brothers and I used to do the same type of thing, except we jumped on the bed.
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jaunte Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:14:35pm |
re: #5 HoosierHoops
When I was a little kid I read a Superman Comic...Put a cape on..Climbed on top of a garbage can and dived off head first into the concrete driveway and cracked open my head...Which may explain alot about me..
That's when you knew it couldn't hurt to drive up to the net.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:15:25pm |
re: #11 Dragon_Lady
Heavens they might encourage imagination and creativity! Can't have that, now can we!!! ///
First they banned dodge ball, next is comic books. It's a sure sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
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Digital Display Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:19:05pm |
re: #11 Dragon_Lady
Heavens they might encourage imagination and creativity! Can't have that, now can we!!! ///
A child laying under the covers late at night with a flashlight reading the life story of Wilma Rudolf has a greater effect than all the comics in the world...
*wink*
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austin_blue Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:20:25pm |
re: #12 jaunte
I think Dr. Doom was Darth Vader's father.
Yes! The resemblance is there!
Charles- I remember buying this one. I was just getting into double digits, age-wise. The FF were my favorites and Johnny Storm was my hero.
Oh, Beatles? John. Monkees? Mike Nesmith.
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Donna Ballard Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:20:49pm |
re: #16 NJDhockeyfan
First they banned dodge ball, next is comic books. It's a sure sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
Would you stop that? Now that its out and the Universe has heard about it surely it'll happen!?! //
Hey have you heard that they've passed a "protect student athletes from concussion" bill? Whats next? Bubble wrap and cotton batting? Destroy all the bicycles and skateboards? Maaan! Give me the good old days when you took responsibility for your own welfare and didn't lay blame and cost on everyone else!
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:21:41pm |
re: #16 NJDhockeyfan
First they banned dodge ball, next is comic books. It's a sure sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
They banned dodge ball? Don't tell the PE guy at my school that. My sixth graders are insane with the dodge ball.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:24:52pm |
re: #20 SanFranciscoZionist
They banned dodge ball? Don't tell the PE guy at my school that. My sixth graders are insane with the dodge ball.
You have dodge ball in schools in San Francisco? That is fantastic!
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Gus Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:24:56pm |
War on Christmas! All your Christmas wreaths and garland are belong to us!
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SilentAlfa Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:25:48pm |
I just watched Renee Elmers, Republican candidate for representative in North Carolina, claim that Christians have never ever engaged in religious conquest ever. Also muslims bad, and it doesn't matter that the state department hires Imam Rauf he is still a terrorist.
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Gus Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:26:01pm |
What about the war on Labor Day? Wasn't that invented by the Commies?
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:26:57pm |
re: #23 SilentAlfa
I just watched Renee Elmers, Republican candidate for representative in North Carolina, claim that Christians have never ever engaged in religious conquest ever. Also muslims bad, and it doesn't matter that the state department hires Imam Rauf he is still a terrorist.
Imam Rauf is not a terrorist, he's a slumlord!
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Gus Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:27:35pm |
re: #23 SilentAlfa
I just watched Renee Elmers, Republican candidate for representative in North Carolina, claim that Christians have never ever engaged in religious conquest ever. Also muslims bad, and it doesn't matter that the state department hires Imam Rauf he is still a terrorist.
Isn't it nice that ancient history has become a political issue?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:28:01pm |
re: #21 NJDhockeyfan
You have dodge ball in schools in San Francisco? That is fantastic!
I teach at a Catholic school outside the City, but
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b_sharp Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:28:02pm |
re: #23 SilentAlfa
I just watched Renee Elmers, Republican candidate for representative in North Carolina, claim that Christians have never ever engaged in religious conquest ever. Also muslims bad, and it doesn't matter that the state department hires Imam Rauf he is still a terrorist.
Rewriting history looks to be a highly beneficial vocation for some people.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:28:29pm |
re: #27 SanFranciscoZionist
I teach at a Catholic school outside the City, but
sorry, but they seem to enjoy themselves.
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jaunte Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:29:09pm |
re: #23 SilentAlfa
I guess she doesn't get out much. And never read anything about US history, or maybe she thought the locals were Christians before the Europeans got here.
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webevintage Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:29:17pm |
Arrrggghhhh
Bill Maher let that fuck Beitbart control the show until Carl Sagan's widow, Anne Druyan, came on.
Jesus, she was so pissed at AB while discussing climate change that her eye was twitching.....
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Interesting Times Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:33:45pm |
re: #31 webevintage
Arrrggghhh
Bill Maher let that fuck Beitbart control the show until Carl Sagan's widow, Anne Druyan, came on.
Then I'm glad I didn't watch tonight - Bloviating bullshit blowhard breitbart deserves nothing less than a total shunning after what he did to Shirley Sherrod, so I have no desire to see him on any show unless I know in advance that he'll be thoroughly humiliated and exposed for the moron he is :P
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jaunte Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:34:31pm |
re: #23 SilentAlfa
I vote for Renee Elmers to go ahead and make her left eye the same size as her right eye.
[Link: blogs.creativeloafing.com...]
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Donna Ballard Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:34:47pm |
Well Kids, I'm getting tired. I drove to Santa Monica, then to Anaheim to pick up two 9ft Kentia Palms and then got stuck in traffic for three hours and I'm mentally exhausted. Gonna go crash for the night. Have fun everyone, I'll be back soon. Keep Laughing Everyone!
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austin_blue Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:35:02pm |
re: #20 SanFranciscoZionist
They banned dodge ball? Don't tell the PE guy at my school that. My sixth graders are insane with the dodge ball.
"Nobody makes me bleed my own blood!"re: #23 SilentAlfa
I just watched Renee Elmers, Republican candidate for representative in North Carolina, claim that Christians have never ever engaged in religious conquest ever. Also muslims bad, and it doesn't matter that the state department hires Imam Rauf he is still a terrorist.
The Librul State Department is hirin' terrorists! And Commies! Christians did *not* give Injuns blankets with smallpox! It's all gotdmmed lie!
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freetoken Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:35:06pm |
re: #23 SilentAlfa
Yes, her ad against the "Victory Mosque" is getting quite the play. She's an idiot and appears to be marketing herself to others such.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:35:08pm |
re: #24 Gus 802
What about the war on Labor Day? Wasn't that invented by the Commies?
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No, that was Muslims, IIRC.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:35:20pm |
re: #29 SanFranciscoZionist
sorry, but they seem to enjoy themselves.
Does you school keep score of sports games? Some stupid schools won't keep score so the losing teams don't get their feelings hurt.
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webevintage Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:36:47pm |
re: #33 publicityStunted
Then I'm glad I didn't watch tonight - Bloviating bullshit blowhard breitbart deserves nothing less than a total shunning after what he did to Shirley Sherrod, so I have no desire to see him on any show unless I know in advance that he'll be thoroughly humiliated and exposed for the moron he is :P
I was hoping that Seth McFarland would rip into him BUT at some point he and AB mentioned that they promised to behave themselves on the show. AB kept talking over Anne Druyan who has a very soft voice so it ended up being just frustrating.
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austin_blue Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:37:42pm |
re: #25 NJDhockeyfan
Imam Rauf is not a terrorist, he's a slumlord!
Ah! Good capitalist, then. Buy 'em cheap, rent 'em high. Capitalism! What could be more American than that?
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austin_blue Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:38:35pm |
re: #39 NJDhockeyfan
Does you school keep score of sports games? Some stupid schools won't keep score so the losing teams don't get their feelings hurt.
Which ones?
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b_sharp Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:41:06pm |
re: #39 NJDhockeyfan
Does you school keep score of sports games? Some stupid schools won't keep score so the losing teams don't get their feelings hurt.
And the problem with that is?
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austin_blue Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:41:24pm |
re: #41 freetoken
here it is
[Video]
Wow. A politically adept stepinfetchit to her potential constituents? The only question is, has she read them right?
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freetoken Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:43:34pm |
re: #45 austin_blue
Wow. A politically adept stepinfetchit to her potential constituents? The only question is, has she read them right?
I doubt it. Even conservative NC blogs have dissed the ad as being too late and not on target.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:46:34pm |
re: #43 austin_blue
Which ones?
Here's one in West Virginia...
As the final buzzer sounds in the Northview Elementary gymnasium, parents burst into applause and 20 children in red and blue T-shirts line up to shake hands.Their cheeks are flushed, their hair damp with sweat, and most of them are grinning. But the scoreboard is blank.
"It doesn't bother me," says 9-year-old Chelsy Stout. "I just have fun playing."
In the Harrison County Parks and Recreation basketball league, standings for the under-13 teams are maintained only in the mind. Scores are kept by just a few parents, surreptitiously, on tiny notepads.
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jaunte Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:50:27pm |
re: #47 NJDhockeyfan
I'll bet the kids know exactly who won, and what the score was.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:51:21pm |
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b_sharp Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:53:25pm |
re: #50 jaunte
I'll bet the kids know exactly who won, and what the score was.
Some maybe. Others were probably just playing for the sake of having fun.
Easy way to tell. Those keeping track on the losing team wouldn't be quite as happy as the rest.
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b_sharp Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:54:01pm |
re: #51 NJDhockeyfan
It's fucking stupid. That's what's wrong with it.
That's not an answer.
Why is it stupid?
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austin_blue Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:54:18pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Sep 24, 2010 8:58:31pm |
re: #54 austin_blue
2003? Are you kidding me?
It's still going on. My cousin in Tennessee said her kid's school doesn't keep scores either.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Sep 24, 2010 9:02:04pm |
re: #53 b_sharp
That's not an answer.
Why is it stupid?
This explains it pretty well...
Little Leagues should keep score
I love this time of year in the sports calendar. Of all the major sports, I truly am a fan of what's been refered to as, "The Great Game." That of course would be baseball. I love going to Rangers and Rough Riders games on my days off. To me, there's nothing better than spending a few hours at the ballpark to take in a baseball game.
I think back to the days of my youth, and my own experiences playing baseball. I grew up in Houston and played baseball in the local church league. My family didn't actually attend that particular church, but most of my neighborhood friends did, so it just made sense for me to join that team. I had a tremenduous time playing those games growing up in the late 80s. And eventhough that really wasn't a long time ago, I am bothered by a current trend popping up here in Texoma and around the country involving youth sports.
I'm talking about the fact that there are some leagues out there, both here in our area, and elsewhere, that don't keep score of the games. I think this is utterly ridiculous and absurd.
During the fall I have noticed this was the case for some soccer leagues, then I saw it popping up in basketball leagues, and then baseball leagues as well. I think we are doing a true disservice to today's youth if we think we are protecting them from something, by not keeping score of these games.
Life is full of wins and losses, and I don't mean on the athletic field. If someone earns a promotion at work, that's a win. If a promotion goes to someone else, that's a loss. If someone falls in love and stays married for the rest of their life, that's a win. If someone gets married and then has to get divorced, that's a loss. My point is that I learned how to appropriately deal with a win that I earned, or a loss that I suffered becuase of my youth sports experience.
I learned that as a person you are more respected when you win if you do it with class and a quiet humbleness. Conversely, I learned that you are more respected as a person when you lose if you can sincerely congratulate the winner without feeling an ounce of envy, but still have a buring desire to win at the next encounter.
I assume that the logic behind not keeping score in youth sports is so that our kids don't feel sad when they lose. Or maybe it's so they don't feel bad if they get blown out by their opponent. If that's truly the reason, again, I whole-heartedly disagree. So much character can be built (even at a young age) by dealing with a win or a loss. Maybe it's that we're trying to teach our kids that "it's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game." While I do believe that is true, I don't believe it's a viable reason not to keep score. Again, that's not how life works. Life is full of wins and losses, and people are measured by how they handle themselves in both scenarios. Nobody advances themselves by, or gets rewarded for, simply playing. It takes a win or a loss to move someone forward, and if we're teaching our kids otherwise, we're cheating them out of valuable life lessons.
While I cherish the triumphs that I had growing up, I believe to the bottom of my soul that the losses I experienced, the lopsided losses that I experienced, even the losing seasons I experienced playing youth sports did more toward building my character than I'll ever really know. And I can't begin to imagine the person I'd be today if we would have never kept score.
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cliffster Fri, Sep 24, 2010 9:27:29pm |
re: #5 HoosierHoops
When I was a little kid I read a Superman Comic...Put a cape on..Climbed on top of a garbage can and dived off head first into the concrete driveway and cracked open my head...Which may explain alot about me..Man that hurt..
I never really read comics after that...
Guy Clark - The Cape
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ClaudeMonet Sat, Sep 25, 2010 1:24:21am |
re: #18 austin_blue
Yes! The resemblance is there!
Charles- I remember buying this one. I was just getting into double digits, age-wise. The FF were my favorites and Johnny Storm was my hero.
Oh, Beatles? John. Monkees? Mike Nesmith.
Even as an eight-year-old, I was a Reed Richards fan. He didn't need to impress the hot chicks, he already had one in Sue Storm.
X-Men? Cyclops. Probably the smartest of the guys, had the hots for the girl who only had eyes for the rich flyboy.
Beatles? George, then John. Definitely not Paul. Monkees? Peter Tork, the short one.
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