The original Animatronics Abe Lincoln figure from the 1964 New York World’s Fair is going on display, which almost makes me want to take a vacation and go to Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
(Hat tip: Boing Boing.)
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MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:31:08pm |
"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Abe Lincoln will be that man; better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster."
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:34:08pm |
re: #2 C.J. Smith
To simply visit any studio in Hollywood would be amazing; all those movies, all that history!
I did a VIP tour of Disney Studios in Burbank back in 71...Love Bug was in production
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Max Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:35:35pm |
Paulians: "Tyrantbot coming to Worlds Fair to enslave the South!!!"
//
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:36:35pm |
/I don't care what it promises I ain't voting for it.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:39:42pm |
I remember that worlds fair... right Walter? Walter? darn...
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:41:08pm |
re: #1 talon_262
"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Abe Lincoln will be that man; better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster."
You know how old we really are when 6 million dollars was a LOT of money!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:41:31pm |
Heh, I didn't even know this was a thing:
Happy Carl Sagan Day, everyone.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:42:28pm |
re: #8 LudwigVanQuixote
You know how old we really are when 6 million dollars was a LOT of money!
now days it won't even get you a decent left handed pitcher...
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:44:49pm |
re: #11 Gus 802
I went to the '64 World's Fair when I was a little squirt.
/I distinctly remember knocking you down & jacking your cotton candy...
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:45:14pm |
re: #12 brookly red
/I distinctly remember knocking you down & jacking your cotton candy...
That was you?!?!
/
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:46:14pm |
Is it just me? Or does Abe look a bit "tarted up"?
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:47:06pm |
I was just redistributing the wealth, but then your moms grabbed me by the ear...
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:48:14pm |
re: #14 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Is it just me? Or does Abe look a bit "tarted up"?
the new version can moon walk...
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:49:56pm |
re: #15 brookly red
I was just redistributing the wealth, but then your moms grabbed me by the ear...
She's an ear slapper not grabber. Thwack! Usually for not paying attention.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:50:44pm |
re: #17 Gus 802
She's an ear slapper not grabber. Thwack! Usually for not paying attention.
what ever... I owe you a cotton candy.
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LRonHoover Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:51:26pm |
Reminds me of the Carousel of Progress from Disney World, that ride made me think the future was going to be so much cooler than it actually is...darn
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:51:50pm |
re: #18 brookly red
what ever... I owe you a cotton candy.
Awesome. Don't think we ever got cotton candy.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:53:51pm |
re: #19 LRonHoover
Reminds me of the Carousel of Progress from Disney World, that ride made me think the future was going to be so much cooler than it actually is...darn
beware of the word progress... be very aware.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:55:57pm |
re: #19 LRonHoover
I watched it ten times in a row. No line ('cause it's lame); air conditioned ('cause it was great!) sitting in a chair.
Best ride evah!
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:56:34pm |
And soon his programming will go awry and he'll come after the modern GOP just like Yul Brynner went after people in _West World_!
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:56:53pm |
Can we arm Robo-Lincoln with minguns and flamer throwers and send him out to do battle with the Tea Party horde?
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Interesting Times Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:57:25pm |
re: #8 LudwigVanQuixote
You said you sent me an email, but the interwebs eated it :( I checked "Show email" and got rid of the Balloon Juice link - maybe it'll work now.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:59:13pm |
re: #23 oaktree
And soon his programming will go awry and he'll come after the modern GOP just like Yul Brynner went after people in _West World_!
Four score & seven years ag... Ack ! engage Skynet! engage, engage engage.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:59:19pm |
re: #23 oaktree
That's not a bug, that's a feature.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Nov 6, 2010 6:59:32pm |
re: #19 LRonHoover
Reminds me of the Carousel of Progress from Disney World, that ride made me think the future was going to be so much cooler than it actually is...darn
I'm a fan of the real 2010 future, it lets me make a living off the internet sitting in my underwear
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:02:45pm |
re: #24 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Can we arm Robo-Lincoln with minguns and flamer throwers and send him out to do battle with the Tea Party horde?
I see the next 2 years are going to be tough for you...
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ozbloke Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:03:17pm |
Nazi war criminal 'butcher of Bolzano' dies
A Nazi war criminal extradited by Canada to Italy to serve a sentence of life imprisonment has reportedly died in hospital overnight at the age of 86.
Michael Seifert, a corporal in the Nazi SS known as the "butcher of Bolzano", was a guard at a Nazi transit camp in northern Italy from June 1944 to April 1945.
He was sentenced by an Italian court in 2002 for the murder of 11 prisoners and the torture of others in the camp and extradited from Canada in February 2008.
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:04:04pm |
re: #30 brookly red
I see the next 2 years are going to be tough for you...
Gives me 2 more years to perfect the zero-point energy I'll need for Robo-Jefferson.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:04:52pm |
re: #32 ozbloke
Nazi war criminal 'butcher of Bolzano' dies
A Nazi war criminal extradited by Canada to Italy to serve a sentence of life imprisonment has reportedly died in hospital overnight at the age of 86.
Michael Seifert, a corporal in the Nazi SS known as the "butcher of Bolzano", was a guard at a Nazi transit camp in northern Italy from June 1944 to April 1945.
He was sentenced by an Italian court in 2002 for the murder of 11 prisoners and the torture of others in the camp and extradited from Canada in February 2008.
justice delayed is justice denied
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:05:40pm |
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deranged cat Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:05:51pm |
Charles, re: you tweeting about why you changed your views on Climate Change:
I notice that with my two very conservative "people i know" (right now, i dont want to refer to them as friends)... whenever I talk about AGW or Obama or etc, they go on these rants that go on for minutes, often times with absolutely no provocation. Like... i will just sit there, silently while they just babble "and where is the proof anyways? the climate has been changing for thousands of years..." or "and this president is expanding government like never before, and..."
to me, that shows extreme insecurity of their views, and that they have to babble and say all their memorized talking points to justify why they feel that way. If it isnt that, i really don't understand how you get into that way of thinking.
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MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:06:34pm |
OT: It's kind of amusing watching the new login/logout action in the Master Spy, seeing accounts at least a year or more old with really low post counts. Either they're really shy (not likely) or are trolls/socks (much more likely).
*grabs popcorn*
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ozbloke Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:06:37pm |
re: #35 brookly red
justice delayed is justice denied
Don't shoot the messenger, its one less criminal walking streets.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:07:53pm |
Abe Lincoln - In my own words.
Bob Odenkirk
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:08:49pm |
re: #40 ozbloke
Don't shoot the messenger, its one less criminal walking streets.
he was 86... he walked.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:09:32pm |
re: #38 deranged cat
Charles, re: you tweeting about why you changed your views on Climate Change:
I notice that with my two very conservative "people i know" (right now, i dont want to refer to them as friends)... whenever I talk about AGW or Obama or etc, they go on these rants that go on for minutes, often times with absolutely no provocation. Like... i will just sit there, silently while they just babble "and where is the proof anyways? the climate has been changing for thousands of years..." or "and this president is expanding government like never before, and..."
to me, that shows extreme insecurity of their views, and that they have to babble and say all their memorized talking points to justify why they feel that way. If it isnt that, i really don't understand how you get into that way of thinking.
Climategate last summer dealt a serious blow to the AGW cause, exactly as planned...for many people that's all they know about it
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:11:03pm |
re: #43 albusteve
Climategate last summer dealt a serious blow to the AGW cause, exactly as planned...for many people that's all they know about it
Thanks to ignorant GOP idiots and right wingers who intentionally mislead the American people.
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MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:12:20pm |
re: #39 talon_262
Like this one:
Samson
(Logged in)
Registered since: Aug 24, 2007 at 7:03 pm
No. of comments posted: 86
No. of Pages posted: 700
Less than 100 posts in the threads, but 700 pages posted? Something smells fishy, if you ask me...
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:13:33pm |
re: #44 Varek Raith
Thanks to ignorant GOP idiots and right wingers who intentionally mislead the American people.
partisan much?...I don't think they intentionally misled, they believe otherwise...as for the outfit in England that got dragged down over their research, I fully believe that was intentional
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:13:57pm |
re: #37 ozbloke
Obama/Lincoln 2012
A democrat teleprompter & a republican robot? bi-partisan? yes I guess but if you think a birth certificate was an issue try voting for someone with no pulse...
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:14:13pm |
re: #46 albusteve
partisan much?...I don't think they intentionally misled, they believe otherwise...as for the outfit in England that got dragged down over their research, I fully believe that was intentional
Of course I'm a partisan.
A partisan against anti science fools.
Which is what most of the GOP is.
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LRonHoover Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:14:48pm |
re: #28 WindUpBird
yeah, but wouldn't it be better if we all lived in cool looking domes and had pod-furniture?
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:14:49pm |
re: #48 Varek Raith
Of course I'm a partisan.
A partisan against anti science fools.
Which is what most of the GOP is.
fine, that's another subject
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:15:24pm |
Digging this quote from Bloomberg:
re: #49 LRonHoover
yeah, but wouldn't it be better if we all lived in cool looking domes and had pod-furniture?
Ikea sells pod furniture, don't they? :D
Domes, you got me there
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:15:31pm |
re: #45 talon_262
Like this one:
Less than 100 posts in the threads, but 700 pages posted? Something smells fishy, if you ask me...
pssst... your chads are hanging.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:15:34pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:15:42pm |
re: #51 WindUpBird
whoops, nix that Bloomberg thing, unfinished thought
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:17:23pm |
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MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:17:49pm |
re: #52 brookly red
What's your point with that quip, BR?
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ozbloke Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:18:36pm |
re: #47 brookly red
A democrat teleprompter & a republican robot? bi-partisan? yes I guess but if you think a birth certificate was an issue try voting for someone with no pulse...
The only thing that comes to mind after reading that, I wont say.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:18:43pm |
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:19:05pm |
re: #56 talon_262
What's your point with that quip, BR?
only agreeing, if it smells funny it probably is...
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:19:17pm |
Little known facts; John Wilkes Booth brother, Edwin Booth, was considered the greatest theater actor of the 19th century and several months before John killed Lincoln, Edwin saved Lincoln's son Robert from being hit by a train.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:19:23pm |
re: #56 talon_262
Concern for your genitalia?
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MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:19:51pm |
re: #59 brookly red
only agreeing, if it smells funny it probably is...
OK...I think I was feeling you wrong on your comment.
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MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:20:35pm |
re: #60 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Little known facts; John Wilkes Booth brother, Edwin Booth, was considered the greatest theater actor of the 19th century and several months before John killed Lincoln, Edwin saved Lincoln's son Robert from being hit by a train.
Small world, huh?
///
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:20:41pm |
re: #62 talon_262
OK...I think I was feeling you wrong on your comment.
happens all the time here... no biggie.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:21:10pm |
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Decatur Deb Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:21:38pm |
re: #45 talon_262
Like this one:
Less than 100 posts in the threads, but 700 pages posted? Something smells fishy, if you ask me...
Might be innocent. It was a habit of one or two guys to post a bunch of pages each morning as a sort of conservative news digest.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:21:58pm |
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:22:04pm |
GOP senator: Consider neutering Iran's 'ability to wage war'
Halifax, Nova Scotia (CNN) -- A leading Senate Republican voice on defense issues said Saturday the United States should consider neutering Iran's navy and air force if Tehran does not halt its nuclear program.Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, speaking at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada, told reporters that there will come a point where Iran's nuclear program will reach the state that a conventional limited air strike "won't take them out."
"We're probably even past that point," he said.
"Instead of a surgical strike on their nuclear infrastructure, I think we're to the point now that you have to really neuter the regime's ability to wage war against us and our allies. And that's a different military scenario. It's not a ground invasion but it certainly destroys the ability of the regime to strike back."
The United States believes Iran's nuclear program is aimed at producing nuclear weapons. Iran claims its program is for peaceful purposes.
The senator said that if the United States did attack Iran's navy and air force, Iran could retaliate with unconventional attacks on U.S. forces in Afghanistan and launch terrorist attacks in other parts of the world.
"You can expect that," he said. "You can expect, for a period of time, all hell to break loose. You must have to almost plan for that. And weigh that against the idea of a nuclear-armed Iran and what that means to the future of the world."
Graham told reporters he believes there still is time for economic sanctions to work, but he says the sanctions currently in place are not "crippling."
"If [the Iranians] don't believe we will hit the military, if they believe that's not a possibility, then I think our ability to turn this around is very limited with sanctions."
President Obama should be "bolder," he said, targeting Iran's refined petroleum products, which he said is a key economic vulnerability of the regime.Graham said he wishes Obama "would call in our Russian and Chinese friends and say, 'Listen, we're all in this together. There is no upside to a nuclear-armed Iran. Containment doesn't work. It's a nightmare for all of us. Please help me. If you don't, I'm going to have to go another way' and just let everybody begin to know that the other way is a growing reality.'"
Graham said he does not know when Iran will achieve "redundant" nuclear capability, "but I think it's probably not multiple years."
"This whole debate about how long -- I can't give you a definitive answer," he said, "but I can tell you every day is a day to be used one way or the other. And every day that goes by and we're indifferent, and less decisive, then that's a day lost."
Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers have been stalled since October 1, 2009, when the two sides last met in Geneva, Switzerland.
The European Union has proposed the two sides meet again in mid-November back in Geneva. Manouchehr Mottaki, Iranian foreign minister, has said that November 15 had been suggested for a meeting date.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Iran is ready to hold talks, but has warned that the Islamic republic won't yield any of its international rights to peaceful nuclear energy development, according to reports by state media.
A Council on Foreign Relations paper published in March said two developments raised suspicions over whether Iran's program is just for peaceful purposes.
It cites the September 2009 "revelation of a second uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom --constructed under the radar of international inspectors," and a U.N. nuclear agency report that "detailed Iran's potential for producing a nuclear weapon, including further fuel enrichment and plans for developing a missile-ready warhead."
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:22:06pm |
re: #60 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Little known facts; John Wilkes Booth brother, Edwin Booth, was considered the greatest theater actor of the 19th century and several months before John killed Lincoln, Edwin saved Lincoln's son Robert from being hit by a train.
TR Roosevelt witnessed Lincolns funeral procession in NYC....there is a famed picture of him peering out a window of his house, looking down on the hearse...big whoop
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:22:09pm |
re: #47 brookly red
A democrat teleprompter & a republican robot? bi-partisan? yes I guess but if you think a birth certificate was an issue try voting for someone with no pulse...
Given the option voters chose a man with no pulse over Bush's first AG.............
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:22:38pm |
re: #68 Varek Raith
GOP senator: Consider neutering Iran's 'ability to wage war'
Graham's got a big mouth.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:22:43pm |
re: #63 talon_262
Small world, huh?
///
the first one to sing "it's a small world after all" gets a date with drone...
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ozbloke Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:23:34pm |
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:23:55pm |
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:24:11pm |
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:24:25pm |
re: #68 Varek Raith
GOP senator: Consider neutering Iran's 'ability to wage war'
As much as I believe in military solutions, I have absolutely no trust in a GOP managed military solution.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:25:22pm |
re: #76 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
As much as I believe in military solutions, I have absolutely no trust in a GOP managed military solution.
good thing the GOP doesn't manage military solutions then, eh?
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:25:53pm |
re: #79 albusteve
good thing the GOP doesn't manage military solutions then, eh?
Iraq certainly proved that.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:26:01pm |
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:26:27pm |
re: #80 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Iraq certainly proved that.
Heh, they didn't manage that war. They outsourced it.
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LRonHoover Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:26:49pm |
re: #69 albusteve
That was pretty cool, yeah meaningless, but still cool
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:27:15pm |
re: #80 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Iraq certainly proved that.
the surge was months late....while Bush dithered with his critics and lives were lost
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:27:21pm |
re: #71 Gus 802
Graham's got a big mouth.
Yeah, as if the Iranians wouldn't see the obviously massive, did I mention OBVIOUS, build up before such a strike?
They may just act...
Preemptively.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:27:48pm |
re: #74 Varek Raith
Damn!
sometimes you gotta cruse around for a year to set things up...
there is no such thing as coincidence.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:28:39pm |
re: #86 Gus 802
Yeah. Lose an hour. Doesn't matter to me but it might for others.
means even less to me, but I try to keep up
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:29:17pm |
re: #84 albusteve
the surge was months late...while Bush dithered with his critics and lives were lost
after the majority of ethnic cleansing had already happened. It was years late.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:29:27pm |
re: #73 ozbloke
Someone tried to steal the apt.'s mailbox by unscrewing it from it's wall mount. Took me have the gawt-damn day to find a spot that sold halfway decent security bits and screws. Of course, it couldn't just be simple a thing where I could get both at the same place.
I'll fix the damn thing tomorrow.
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bratwurst Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:29:37pm |
re: #86 Gus 802
Yeah. Lose an hour. Doesn't matter to me but it might for others.
Um, actually you are GAINING an hour tonight!
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:29:50pm |
re: #85 Varek Raith
Yeah, as if the Iranians wouldn't see the obviously massive, did I mention OBVIOUS, build up before such a strike?
They may just act...
Preemptively.
That could be a possibility. Everything's under control though. The Pentagon has plans for anything and everything and has had the same backing, by way of Secretary Gate, for many years now.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:30:44pm |
re: #89 wozzablog
after the majority of ethnic cleansing had already happened. It was years late.
agreed, Hussein should have been iced a decade sooner, imo
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:30:57pm |
re: #68 Varek Raith
Long ago I said it would be Israel to strike first and it would be with code writers not jet pilots...
stuxnet anyone?
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bratwurst Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:31:06pm |
re: #93 Gus 802
Oh. Right. Oops. Duh'e!
Before the era of self-adjusting clocks, some knuckleheads were always showing up an hour early for work this time of year...would hate for someone to show up TWO hours early!
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:31:35pm |
re: #94 albusteve
agreed, Hussein should have been iced a decade sooner, imo
I tend to agree.
Would've prevented a decade and a half of pointless bloodshed.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:31:46pm |
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:32:42pm |
re: #98 albusteve
FALL BACK!
I know. I remembered that but for some reason I said lose an hour. We lose an hour of daylight at the end of the day is what it is.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:33:49pm |
re: #96 bratwurst
Before the era of self-adjusting clocks, some knuckleheads were always showing up an hour early for work this time of year...would hate for someone to show up TWO hours early!
The only time that ever happened to me is when I showed up and hour early for fishing. Caught a lot of tasty trout that day. Mmm.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:34:32pm |
re: #65 Slumbering Behemoth
Heh.
Where it Gets Even Weirder:If you're now picturing Japan as a powerful typhoon magnet where you have to carefully slip in durring narrow windows between storms, stop. Storms almost never hit the Hakata Bay, and one of the invasions wasn't even in typhoon season (they tend to hit in the summer, and the first attack was in November).
So exactly how low were the odds of the Mongols getting trashed at Hakata Bay? According to Japanese sources, a typhoon like the one that hit the Mongols during the second invasion occurs "once a hundred years or once a few hundred years." Or, as was the case with Mongolians, every time they invaded Japan.
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MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:34:37pm |
re: #39 talon_262
And another:
grout
I'm on time in a way you couldn't possibly understand.(Logged in)
Registered since: Nov 18, 2007 at 12:24 pm
No. of comments posted: 5
No. of Pages posted: 0
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ozbloke Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:34:45pm |
re: #90 Slumbering Behemoth
Someone tried to steal the apt.'s mailbox by unscrewing it from it's wall mount. Took me have the gawt-damn day to find a spot that sold halfway decent security bits and screws. Of course, it couldn't just be simple a thing where I could get both at the same place.
I'll fix the damn thing tomorrow.
Nice of you to do it on behalf of the tenants.
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:35:05pm |
re: #101 albusteve
explain
You said the surge was "months late" - We had been in Iraq years before it was "months" late.
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bratwurst Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:36:07pm |
re: #102 Slumbering Behemoth
The only time that ever happened to me is when I showed up and hour early for fishing. Caught a lot of tasty trout that day. Mmm.
I worked a fair few retail jobs back in the 20th century and I can think of at least two autumn Sunday mornings when I arrived to open a store only to find a sorry co-worker or two who had been sitting there for an hour for no reason. Sucks to be them.
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:36:51pm |
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:37:22pm |
re: #106 wozzablog
You said the surge was "months late" - We had been in Iraq years before it was "months" late.
I assumed you were alluding to Bush Sr and the Coalition mandate
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:37:30pm |
re: #105 ozbloke
Family business. But I can't have the tenants thinking their mail is not secure. Plus, whenever shit like this happens, vandalism, graffiti, etc, I like to handle it asap. Especially graffiti, I hate that shit.
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:37:44pm |
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:37:46pm |
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:38:15pm |
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:38:48pm |
re: #113 albusteve
Nope. Second time around.
Anyway - not doing this.
In too good of a mood to rehash Iraq ;-)
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:39:26pm |
re: #118 wozzablog
Nope. Second time around.
Anyway - not doing this.
In too good of a mood to rehash Iraq ;-)
Aw, you're no fun!
*I like arguing*
:)
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:40:10pm |
re: #118 wozzablog
Nope. Second time around.
Anyway - not doing this.
In too good of a mood to rehash Iraq ;-)
is there another subject that will nix your mood?....I'm flexible
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:40:41pm |
re: #119 Varek Raith
Aw, you're no fun!
*I like arguing*
:)
"Honey, they're at it again!"
"Who Harold?"
"The couple next door."
/
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:40:53pm |
re: #119 Varek Raith
Aw, you're no fun!
*I like arguing*
:)
Why don't the Sith ever use the Jedi mind trick? You know, a bunch of rebels behind cover, Vader shows up and says "Stand up!" and then the storm troopers could just shoot ...
Nevermind.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:41:15pm |
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:41:33pm |
re: #122 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Why don't the Sith ever use the Jedi mind trick? You know, a bunch of rebels behind cover, Vader shows up and says "Stand up!" and then the storm troopers could just shoot ...
Nevermind.
George Freaking Lucas.
That's why.
Sigh.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:41:38pm |
re: #122 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Why don't the Sith ever use the Jedi mind trick? You know, a bunch of rebels behind cover, Vader shows up and says "Stand up!" and then the storm troopers could just shoot ...
Nevermind.
it makes sense to a 10 year old
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:41:59pm |
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:42:02pm |
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:43:00pm |
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:43:22pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:43:52pm |
re: #122 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Darth Vaders Voice Before Voice Over
Thank Sith for James Earl Jones!
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:44:12pm |
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prairiefire Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:44:30pm |
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:44:33pm |
re: #128 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Depends on the 10 year old.
generally speaking....the target audience
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:45:07pm |
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:46:35pm |
I wonder if Darth Vader likes pineapple on pizza.
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:47:59pm |
re: #135 brookly red
ewww, thats sick
A nice cornbread stuffing with wild rice, mushrooms, green peppers, celery far outdoes some petty tubers.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:48:56pm |
re: #137 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
A nice cornbread stuffing with wild rice, mushrooms, green peppers, celery far outdoes some petty tubers.
oh, I though you were stuffing your spuds... my bad
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MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:49:23pm |
re: #122 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Why don't the Sith ever use the Jedi mind trick? You know, a bunch of rebels behind cover, Vader shows up and says "Stand up!" and then the storm troopers could just shoot ...
Nevermind.
Because Imperial Storm Troopers couldn't hit the broad side of a barn to save their lives ;-P
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:49:33pm |
Related To Post:
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:49:57pm |
re: #138 brookly red
oh, I though you were stuffing your spuds... my bad
I was using > in the mathematical sense of "greater than"
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:50:01pm |
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:50:09pm |
re: #133 prairiefire
Wozza, how are the labor/military cuts holding up in public opinion?
not seen a poll - but the opinion is mixed from "absolute cluster bleep" to "best of a bad lot".
Nobody thinks its a good idea.
The idea of retiring the Navy flagship hasn't gone down well, the two new carriers will still be late and next to no functionality.
I'm of the opinion that the entire thing is an epic and monumental failure - but mostly due to our absolute failure to engage in any decent purchasing discipline for the last 3 decades.
The submarine nuclear deterrent trident is still going to be renewed - which is a mistake, as it would have allowed for our surface fleet to be maintained at a decent level and the airforce not to be gutted.
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:50:19pm |
re: #139 talon_262
Because Imperial Storm Troopers couldn't hit the broad side of a barn to save their lives ;-P
Hence the nevermind.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:52:09pm |
Speaking of Star Wars I saw a preview thing on a geek show about the new X-Box Kinect (sp?) thingy. It looks like there's a game coming out where you really have to swing a light saber to play.
I may have to buy this thing. It looks like way too much fun.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:52:12pm |
re: #78 Gus 802
Don't forget daylight savings time ends tonight.
I'm not sure I really gain an hour of sleep. I have to set the alarm for two am, get up... change all the clocks around... takes more than an hour to get back to sleep... looks like a losing proposition to me.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:53:00pm |
re: #142 Aceofwhat?
must...not...downding...
no, the defilement of the host bread must be punished... so it is written.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:53:17pm |
re: #146 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I'm not sure I really gain an hour of sleep. I have to set the alarm for two am, get up... change all the clocks around... takes more than an hour to get back to sleep... looks like a losing proposition to me.
Can't you do it before you hit the sack?
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:53:59pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:54:00pm |
re: #148 Gus 802
Can't you do it before you hit the sack?
I can't wait for 2am to go to bed. I'm tired now, it's not even 11.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:54:45pm |
re: #147 brookly red
no, the defilement of the host bread must be punished... so it is written.
Anti-pineapplist! So much for tolerance and civility!
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:54:59pm |
re: #150 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I can't wait for 2am to go to bed. I'm tired now, it's not even 11.
use a wake up call from the front desk
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:55:02pm |
re: #150 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I can't wait for 2am to go to bed. I'm tired now, it's not even 11.
I cookin some crank...
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prairiefire Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:55:15pm |
re: #143 wozzablog
If the spending has been bloated by x%, a cut back would save pounds. I keep expecting to see photos of Mrs. Thatcher at Parliament.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:55:48pm |
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:56:01pm |
re: #152 Jadespring
Anti-pineapplist! So much for tolerance and civility!
Are you on the Dole for Big Pineapple?
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:56:36pm |
re: #150 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I can't wait for 2am to go to bed. I'm tired now, it's not even 11.
Um...you don't have to wait until 2 to change your clock. It makes no difference if you go to bed at 11 and change it to 10.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:56:38pm |
re: #25 publicityStunted
You said you sent me an email, but the interwebs eated it :( I checked "Show email" and got rid of the Balloon Juice link - maybe it'll work now.
Whoa, I just noticed that the mail sender thing is different—now it opens in your desktop client and shows the recipient's email address in the "To" field.
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:58:03pm |
re: #158 Jadespring
Um...you don't have to wait until 2 to change your clock. It makes no difference if you go to bed at 11 and change it to 10.
i think he's kidding
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:58:03pm |
re: #157 Gus 802
Are you on the Dole for Big Pineapple?
Big Pineapple aka BP... coincidence, I think not.
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:58:35pm |
re: #161 brookly red
Big Pineapple aka BP... coincidence, I think not.
good call, take the environmental angle. i like it.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:58:36pm |
re: #157 Gus 802
Are you on the Dole for Big Pineapple?
Now, don't you go harassing that Chiquita, or I'll give you a raspberry. :P
/fruitpunthread, yippie!
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:58:54pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:59:19pm |
re: #161 brookly red
Doesn't Pelosi own one of those?
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prairiefire Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:59:31pm |
re: #151 wozzablog
I'm holding up rather well for being absolutely drowned in red voters. The Red Tide has swept through MO. All the Blue Dog Dems are gone.[Link: www.kansascity.com...]
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 7:59:38pm |
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:00:22pm |
re: #169 Aceofwhat?
sub
i should have said 'sub' in the same manner that you'd use blockquote.
sorry
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:00:30pm |
re: #165 Jadespring
Oh. My bad...I was kinda wondering...
Or just slow.... this talk is making me hungry and I'm thinking of ordering some pizza...with pineapple on it of course.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:00:39pm |
Hi, everyone.
albusteve: I noticed you were back, but hadn't been commenting in the main threads at the same time as you. Good to see you participating here again. How are you? I trust you must be doing okay since you're back to getting down-dinged on a regular basis ;-).
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:00:42pm |
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:01:30pm |
re: #171 Jadespring
Or just slow... this talk is making me hungry and I'm thinking of ordering some pizza...with pineapple on it of course.
i will pray for your soul
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:01:59pm |
re: #155 prairiefire
The huge problem is that (aside from Trident) most of the programmes are already comitted too and contracts written prototypes built etc. It's a mess, an absolute epic mess that started under her reign with Eurofighter.
They just will not make the decision that needs to be made - which is ditching trident.
They are cutting across the board regardless of potential down the line savings.
For example - they are cutting the UK film council which takes a few million pounds from government but returns that hundred fold to the economy.
You can expect such cuts from your next GOP congress - if they gain any budgetary power.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:02:33pm |
re: #173 CuriousLurker
Hi, everyone.
albusteve: I noticed you were back, but hadn't been commenting in the main threads at the same time as you. Good to see you participating here again. How are you? I trust you must be doing okay since you're back to getting down-dinged on a regular basis ;-).
I'm fine thanks....the dong downs are irrelevant
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:02:47pm |
re: #164 Slumbering Behemoth
Now, don't you go harassing that Chiquita, or I'll give you a raspberry. :P
/fruitpunthread, yippie!
Might come easy with all these people on Apples.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:03:37pm |
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:03:43pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:03:53pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:06:23pm |
re: #182 Gus 802
I found a peach; in Orange, New Jersey; at apple blossom time.
There was a great big lemony moon; and the date I picked;
I'll pick again soon...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:06:32pm |
re: #179 Jadespring
Apples are the pits.
Careful there, you might drive the super-fans bananas with nerd rage.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:07:14pm |
re: #181 Slumbering Behemoth
No code, just use a smaller keyboard.
Or get your pet gnome to type it. That's what I do.
Hi this is Acorn Pudding III of the West Oak Forest Clan. I like Jadespring a lot. She is a very nice person and very pretty too
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:07:16pm |
re: #183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I found a peach; in Orange, New Jersey; at apple blossom time.
There was a great big lemony moon; and the date I picked;
I'll pick again soon...
And soon you'll be a pear.
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:07:19pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:07:44pm |
re: #4 Max D. Reinhardt
Paulians: "Tyrantbot coming to Worlds Fair to enslave the South!!!"
//
Well, can't we put the Lincoln robot in charge of the GOP?
//Mostly kidding
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:07:58pm |
re: #183 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I found a peach; in Orange, New Jersey; at apple blossom time.
There was a great big lemony moon; and the date I picked;
I'll pick again soon...
are you sure yer wife don't read this...
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:08:51pm |
re: #188 Dark_Falcon
Well, can't we put the Lincoln robot in charge of the GOP?
//Mostly kidding
couldn't be worse
(only a semi sarc)
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:09:18pm |
re: #176 wozzablog
The huge problem is that (aside from Trident) most of the programmes are already comitted too and contracts written prototypes built etc. It's a mess, an absolute epic mess that started under her reign with Eurofighter.
They just will not make the decision that needs to be made - which is ditching trident.
They are cutting across the board regardless of potential down the line savings.
For example - they are cutting the UK film council which takes a few million pounds from government but returns that hundred fold to the economy.
You can expect such cuts from your next GOP congress - if they gain any budgetary power.
I sleep well knowing Trident is watching over us...
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:09:24pm |
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palomino Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:09:25pm |
re: #47 brookly red
A democrat teleprompter & a republican robot? bi-partisan? yes I guess but if you think a birth certificate was an issue try voting for someone with no pulse...
TELEPROMPTER!
Yawn.
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ozbloke Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:09:57pm |
re: #189 brookly red
are you sure yer wife don't read this...
My girlfriend say's that I'm afraid of commitment....
well she's not my girlfriend...
more a wife
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:10:05pm |
re: #186 Gus 802
And soon you'll be a pear.
And the people say;
As they stop and stare;
"Orange you; a sugary pear.."
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:11:33pm |
re: #194 ozbloke
My girlfriend say's that I'm afraid of commitment...
well she's not my girlfriend...
more a wife
yes or no? which is it
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ozbloke Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:12:29pm |
re: #196 brookly red
yes or no? which is it
Is my wife dissatisfied with my body?
A tiny part of me says yes.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:12:31pm |
re: #195 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
And the people say;
As they stop and stare;
"Orange you; a sugary pear.."
So we took the bus to Orange, NJ, an met her father who smelt of elderberries!
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:12:48pm |
re: #191 brookly red
I sleep well knowing Trident is watching over us...
The joke of it is that we could share a system with france for a fraction of the cost of Trident - which needs servicng by the USA.
Argument against "it wouldn't be an independent deterrent"..........when the present deterrent isn't either.
I'm not saying the UK should ditch all it's nukes - but the last consultation on Trident already knew the answer for political and economic grounds. No other systems were seriously considered.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:13:11pm |
re: #198 Gus 802
So we took the bus to Orange, NJ, an met her father who smelt of elderberries!
At least he didn't smell like paw paw. Ewww...
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:13:48pm |
re: #201 Jadespring
At least he didn't smell like paw paw. Ewww...
Ew, that doesn't smell very gourd.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:14:05pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:14:12pm |
re: #176 wozzablog
The huge problem is that (aside from Trident) most of the programmes are already comitted too and contracts written prototypes built etc. It's a mess, an absolute epic mess that started under her reign with Eurofighter.
They just will not make the decision that needs to be made - which is ditching trident.
They are cutting across the board regardless of potential down the line savings.
For example - they are cutting the UK film council which takes a few million pounds from government but returns that hundred fold to the economy.
You can expect such cuts from your next GOP congress - if they gain any budgetary power.
Trident is absolutely needed. The UK needs those nukes. They represent power the UK needs.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:14:47pm |
re: #199 wozzablog
The joke of it is that we could share a system with france for a fraction of the cost of Trident - which needs servicng by the USA.
Argument against "it wouldn't be an independent deterrent"...when the present deterrent isn't either.
I'm not saying the UK should ditch all it's nukes - but the last consultation on Trident already knew the answer for political and economic grounds. No other systems were seriously considered.
Oh, I forgot your not over here... sure go ahead and disarm it has worked so well in the past.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:15:17pm |
re: #203 Jadespring
And fruity evening to you! Hope you had a berry good day.
I was alright..I was a bit under the weather today. I'll be back in the saddle tomorrow.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:16:12pm |
re: #197 ozbloke
Is my wife dissatisfied with my body?
A tiny part of me says yes.
well I guess it must have been OK at one time...
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:18:04pm |
Klaus Kinski certainly had the role of creepy German guy down to a fine art.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:18:21pm |
Well it's just after a 11 and it's freezing outside and slushing. The one thing that stinks about winter is that it's hard to get motivated to go outside at this time of night. Usually I just go in my PJs but no more.
Time to get the insulated overalls on....
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:18:46pm |
re: #204 Dark_Falcon
Trident is absolutely needed. The UK needs those nukes. They represent power the UK needs.
Nuh-uh.
Nukes yes - trident no.
We can project more real power with decent aircraft, logistal systems and better serviced infantry with the moeny saved from Trident.
Lots of us over here realise where we are in the world - which is no where near where we used to be, we are not a pretend super power. No threats we face are remotely linked to anything trident is useful for.
The latest defence review provided the basis going forward on top three threats - none of which are confrontation with nuclear power or showdown with any none state actors who will be discouraged by sense of self preservation.
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:19:30pm |
re: #205 brookly red
which part of "i'm not saying we should get rid of all our nukes" was so difficult to comprehend?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:19:44pm |
re: #198 Gus 802
I remember that song... the lyrics are not on the internet; anywhere.
I think I just quoted something previously not on the internet.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:20:09pm |
re: #210 Jadespring
Well it's just after a 11 and it's freezing outside and slushing. The one thing that stinks about winter is that it's hard to get motivated to go outside at this time of night. Usually I just go in my PJs but no more.
Time to get the insulated overalls on...
This is the first night we are going to hit below freezing this season.
Cold for Raleigh this time of year.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:20:14pm |
I met her in Quince. Her friends tried to warn me that she was a Brazil nut.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:21:01pm |
re: #210 Jadespring
Well it's just after a 11 and it's freezing outside and slushing. The one thing that stinks about winter is that it's hard to get motivated to go outside at this time of night. Usually I just go in my PJs but no more.
Time to get the insulated overalls on...
That sounds plum cold.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:21:46pm |
re: #211 wozzablog
Nuh-uh.
Nukes yes - trident no.
We can project more real power with decent aircraft, logistal systems and better serviced infantry with the moeny saved from Trident.
Lots of us over here realise where we are in the world - which is no where near where we used to be, we are not a pretend super power. No threats we face are remotely linked to anything trident is useful for.
The latest defence review provided the basis going forward on top three threats - none of which are confrontation with nuclear power or showdown with any none state actors who will be discouraged by sense of self preservation.
Still, why not cut foreign aid instead? Pay for power instead of pouring money down the rathole.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:21:56pm |
re: #211 wozzablog
Nuh-uh.
Nukes yes - trident no.
We can project more real power with decent aircraft, logistal systems and better serviced infantry with the moeny saved from Trident.
Lots of us over here realise where we are in the world - which is no where near where we used to be, we are not a pretend super power. No threats we face are remotely linked to anything trident is useful for.
The latest defence review provided the basis going forward on top three threats - none of which are confrontation with nuclear power or showdown with any none state actors who will be discouraged by sense of self preservation.
I must admit you are right... the threats you face are from within and nukes won't help you there. I yield to your local assessment.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:22:09pm |
re: #214 researchok
This is the first night we are going to hit below freezing this season.
Cold for Raleigh this time of year.
It's pretty normal for here. I shouldn't complain though, this is balmy compared to what it will probably be in a month or so. At least I have snowshoes this year which will make things easier.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:22:55pm |
re: #219 Jadespring
It's pretty normal for here. I shouldn't complain though, this is balmy compared to what it will probably be in a month or so. At least I have snowshoes this year which will make things easier.
How come they don't make rainshoes?
/
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:23:12pm |
re: #219 Jadespring
I drove through heavy snow flurries last night. Kinda of surprised me.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:23:47pm |
Alright gonna get it over with.
Back in a bit.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:24:35pm |
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:24:36pm |
re: #219 Jadespring
It's pretty normal for here. I shouldn't complain though, this is balmy compared to what it will probably be in a month or so. At least I have snowshoes this year which will make things easier.
Our weather can vary widely.
I can recall New Years at 70 degrees- or, it can be in the 20's.
Mostly, it seems 'hard' winter is an 8 week event. Even then, more than a week at a time at sub freezing temperature is rare.
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:24:57pm |
re: #217 Dark_Falcon
Still, why not cut foreign aid instead? Pay for power instead of pouring money down the rathole.
Foreign aid does not come in close. It also does more for our reputation and kudos around the world than trident strike capabillity.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:25:16pm |
Steve Martin's playing banjo on Austin City Limits...
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:25:40pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:26:42pm |
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palomino Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:26:43pm |
re: #209 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Klaus Kinski certainly had the role of creepy German guy down to a fine art.
Total freak, but great actor. And his daughter used to be totally hot. Remember Cat People?
Klaus' performance in Aguirre Wrath of God is one of the great all-time depictions of megalomania and the descent into madness. Same with Fitzcarraldo. Both are Werner Herzog films so totally over the top. He was also an incredibly creepy vampire in Nosferatu. In fact I don't think he ever played a "normal" character in his career. Most roles he seemed like a cross between Norman Bates and Col. Kilgore.
He was even in one of the spaghetti westerns with Clint Eastwood.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:28:01pm |
This headline sounds odd: Jenson Button unhurt as armed men attack F1 star's car Sounds like they just attacked his car and left.
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:28:05pm |
re: #218 brookly red
Well, it's not primarily my assessment. When retired air-commodores are writing into the Tory press about the waste of money Trident would be and the realistic external threats we face - i pay attention.
"the internal threat" (the paramoid Mel Phillips londonistan style type threat) is being solved by a law enforcement mentality and foreign aid.
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SteveC Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:28:46pm |
re: #47 brookly red
A democrat teleprompter & a republican robot? bi-partisan? yes I guess but if you think a birth certificate was an issue try voting for someone with no pulse...
Dick Cheney doesn't have a pulse.... (Truth is stranger than fiction!)
Cheney's LVAD does not "pump" blood
The pump runs something like a drill bit, continuously rotating at 9,000 rotations per minute rather than squeezing and releasing, so Cheney now officially has no pulse, according to Dr. Stuart D. Russell, chief of heart failure and transplantation at Johns Hopkins’ Comprehensive Transplant Center
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:28:47pm |
re: #225 wozzablog
Foreign aid does not come in close. It also does more for our reputation and kudos around the world than trident strike capabillity.
Well, you're the Englishman. I've got my opinion, but yours is the one that ought to count. Still, I'd like to try to reform the gov there and see if better performing services would at least allow the Trident carriers to be mothballed against a day of need.
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SteveC Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:30:00pm |
re: #214 researchok
This is the first night we are going to hit below freezing this season.
Cold for Raleigh this time of year.
predicted low of 30 here in central SC
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:30:45pm |
re: #231 wozzablog
Well, it's not primarily my assessment. When retired air-commodores are writing into the Tory press about the waste of money Trident would be and the realistic external threats we face - i pay attention.
"the internal threat" (the paramoid Mel Phillips londonistan style type threat) is being solved by a law enforcement mentality and foreign aid.
OK if you say so... but what is a paramoid?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:30:52pm |
re: #231 wozzablog
Well, it's not primarily my assessment. When retired air-commodores are writing into the Tory press about the waste of money Trident would be and the realistic external threats we face - i pay attention.
"the internal threat" (the paramoid Mel Phillips londonistan style type threat) is being solved by a law enforcement mentality and foreign aid.
Foreign aid does nothing for the problem of Radical Islam, too much it is stolen or wasted. Foreign investment, however, might actually reduce the problem. Sadly, that's impossible in Pakistan, given what a basket case that nation is right now.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:31:30pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:31:40pm |
re: #228 Slumbering Behemoth
I'm a Christian... but that's funny as hell.
Christians have their hymns and pages,
Hava Nagila’s for the Jews,
Baptists have the rock of ages,
Atheists just sing the blues.Romantics play Claire de Lune,
Born agains sing He is risen,
But no one ever wrote a tune,
For godless existentialism.For Atheists,
There’s no good news,
They’ll never sing a song of faith.For atheists,
They have a rule,
The “he” is always lowercase.
The “he” is always lowercase.Some folks sing a Bach cantata,
Lutherans get Christmas trees,
Atheist songs add up to nada,
But they do have Sundays free.Pentecostalists sing they sing to heaven,
Coptics have the books of scrolls,
Numerologists can count to seven,
Atheists have rock and roll.For Atheists,
There’s no good news,
They’ll never sing a song of Faith.In their songs,
They have a rule,
The “he” is always lowercase.
The “he” is always lowercase.Catholics dress up for Mass,
And listen to, Gregorian chants.Atheists just take a pass,
Watch football in their underpants.
Watch football in their underpants.Atheists, Atheists, Atheists,
Don’t have no songs!
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:31:55pm |
re: #233 Dark_Falcon
Well, you're the Englishman. I've got my opinion, but yours is the one that ought to count. Still, I'd like to try to reform the gov there and see if better performing services would at least allow the Trident carriers to be mothballed against a day of need.
We all would have liked a decent open minded debate about the trident submarines or stand alone missiles, or airborne capabillity or retrofitting surface craft - we were denied that choice by the Labour government and the Torys are kicking the can down the road again instead of being dragged over the coals about it in an honest debate.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:32:01pm |
re: #234 SteveC
predicted low of 30 here in central SC
I hear that.
This will probably help the leaves finally change colors and begin to drop with the next rain. The hunters hear are complaining the season is 3 weeks late.
Same by you?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:32:39pm |
re: #235 brookly red
OK if you say so... but what is a paramoid?
Should be "paranoid".
PIWF (Preview Is Wozza's Friend)
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:32:40pm |
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:33:39pm |
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:34:00pm |
re: #236 Dark_Falcon
Foreign aid does nothing for the problem of Radical Islam, too much it is stolen or wasted. Foreign investment, however, might actually reduce the problem. Sadly, that's impossible in Pakistan, given what a basket case that nation is right now.
Charitable foreign aide - probably. Direct British aide is very carefully monitored and is being targetted (outside of the emergency relief portion).
Foreign aide is not just being used to prop up the British Coucil's work abroad with local groups but is being promoted at home as a sign we care about the worlds Muslim population - rather than just wage war agsinst it.
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:35:04pm |
re: #233 Dark_Falcon
Our allies should have prompt global strike to replace many of the nukes. Have the serious conventional option.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:35:27pm |
re: #244 wozzablog
Charitable foreign aide - probably. Direct British aide is very carefully monitored and is being targetted (outside of the emergency relief portion).
Foreign aide is not just being used to prop up the British Coucil's work abroad with local groups but is being promoted at home as a sign we care about the worlds Muslim population - rather than just wage war agsinst it.
and I am sure they appreciate that greatly.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:35:31pm |
re: #238 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Humor knows no religion.
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SteveC Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:35:36pm |
re: #240 researchok
I hear that.
This will probably help the leaves finally change colors and begin to drop with the next rain. The hunters hear are complaining the season is 3 weeks late.
Same by you?
There have been a few hunters out, but not as many as usual. They usually drive my dog crazy.
She's scared of thunder and gunfire (which sounds like thunder to her, I suppose). She's an outdoor dog, but whenever she hears one or the other she runs to the door. I'll let her in and she'll lie next to my recliner.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:36:24pm |
re: #248 SteveC
There have been a few hunters out, but not as many as usual. They usually drive my dog crazy.
She's scared of thunder and gunfire (which sounds like thunder to her, I suppose). She's an outdoor dog, but whenever she hears one or the other she runs to the door. I'll let her in and she'll lie next to my recliner.
I just hope late winters don't mean cold winters.
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:36:48pm |
re: #246 brookly red
and I am sure they appreciate that greatly.
You leave off the sarc tag, bud? - but yes, they do actually.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:37:13pm |
re: #245 Rightwingconspirator
Our allies should have prompt global strike to replace many of the nukes. Have the serious conventional option.
and the will to use it would be helpful...
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:38:15pm |
re: #250 wozzablog
You leave off the sarc tag, bud? - but yes, they do actually.
no doubt they do... send some my way.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:38:26pm |
re: #236 Dark_Falcon
Foreign aid does nothing for the problem of Radical Islam, too much it is stolen or wasted. Foreign investment, however, might actually reduce the problem. Sadly, that's impossible in Pakistan, given what a basket case that nation is right now.
Vali Nasr
Vali Nasr believes a prosperous Muslim middle class will bring stability and democracy to the Middle East.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:38:48pm |
re: #251 SteveC
I don't like them either!
Living in the south really spoils you, weather wise.
I dislike summers more than winters.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:38:55pm |
re: #239 wozzablog
We all would have liked a decent open minded debate about the trident submarines or stand alone missiles, or airborne capabillity or retrofitting surface craft - we were denied that choice by the Labour government and the Torys are kicking the can down the road again instead of being dragged over the coals about it in an honest debate.
Politicians never like a straightforward debate like that: The party is power generally cannot win them. The party in power puts forward the choices, only to have the party out of power attack them for being "soft on defence" "mean and stingy". etc and insisting them could do better. Most of the time, the voters believe the rhetoric that says they don't have to sacrifice and the party in power suffers in the polls. The real solution is better informed voters, but that's not likely.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:40:15pm |
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:40:18pm |
re: #252 brookly red
and the will to use it would be helpful...
the green light comes from our CinC...nobody does nothing without our say so
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:40:34pm |
re: #256 Dark_Falcon
Politicians never like a straightforward debate like that: The party is power generally cannot win them. The party in power puts forward the choices, only to have the party out of power attack them for being "soft on defence" "mean and stingy". etc and insisting them could do better. Most of the time, the voters believe the rhetoric that says they don't have to sacrifice and the party in power suffers in the polls. The real solution is better informed voters, but that's not likely.
oh btw have they mailed out the military ballots yet?
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:41:17pm |
re: #259 brookly red
oh btw have they mailed out the military ballots yet?
TOO LATE AGAIN!
bwahahaha!
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:41:39pm |
re: #257 researchok
A middle class is exactly what the ME regimes do not want to see.
lately I am getting the feeling we don't want one here either...
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:42:12pm |
re: #254 Gus 802
Vali Nasr
Vali Nasr believes a prosperous Muslim middle class will bring stability and democracy to the Middle East.
It would, but creating it would require fundamental changes in how those countries work. Their polices are very anti-growth. They would need changes of a kind that cannot be induced externally.
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SteveC Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:42:32pm |
I have no idea if this is true, but it sure is weird. So take it with (bad pun coming up!)... a grain of salt!
Obama to Use Elite Team of Food Tasters in India
The Indian government is adding an extra layer of security to the food for President Obama's visit to this weekend. In addition to the normal presidential food safety protocols, which presumably include Secret Service agent-chefs to taste test food, Indian media reported yesterday that an elite team of food tasters will assist with the job.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:42:49pm |
Okay, this is funny.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:42:57pm |
Back.
Animals are all tucked in for the night.
The pup had fun. She got to chase a raccoon up a tree. She was so proud of herself. Now the other dogs are outside barking up a storm.
Fun times in Jadespring world.
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:43:15pm |
re: #245 Rightwingconspirator
Our allies should have prompt global strike to replace many of the nukes. Have the serious conventional option.
Rapid Reaction conventional forces, properly supported by land and sea - it's how the UK took back the Falklands.
Also how we did peace keeping in sierra leone - and the inumearble other places we've been called on.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:43:38pm |
A middle class is more inclined to want to defend their property.
They are less likely to be inclined to violence. A middle class also places demands on educational institutions and a middle class will want a greater say in their governments.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:43:45pm |
Test using tiny text 1.
Test using tiny text 2.
re: #167 Gus 802
What's the code for tiny text?
Okay, looks like you can use the <sub></sub> and <sup></sup> tags.
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Cheechako Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:44:01pm |
re: #234 SteveC
predicted low of 30 here in central SC
Heck, it's warmer up here in Alaska. Right now it's 40 outside.
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Interesting Times Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:44:59pm |
re: #159 CuriousLurker
Whoa, I just noticed that the mail sender thing is different—now it opens in your desktop client and shows the recipient's email address in the "To" field.
Yikes, you're right! Monitor/Charles, please delete my #25 (I reported it already, but just want to be sure - recommended your comment too, as it certainly needs to be seen...)
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:45:09pm |
re: #262 Dark_Falcon
It would, but creating it would require fundamental changes in how those countries work. Their polices are very anti-growth. They would need changes of a kind that cannot be induced externally.
Well, we have to be optimistic and work towards those goals. As Nasr suggests a good start is with trade. "You don't have to win everywhere" and "stick to the low hanging fruit." It's very much a free-market solution. Build trade and commerce and people's lives are elevated.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:45:18pm |
re: #269 Cheechako
Heck, it's warmer up here in Alaska. Right now it's 40 outside.
a balmy 48 here in mile high ABQ...back up to nearly 70 tomorrow
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Wozza Matter? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:45:29pm |
re: #256 Dark_Falcon
Politicians never like a straightforward debate like that: The party is power generally cannot win them. The party in power puts forward the choices, only to have the party out of power attack them for being "soft on defence" "mean and stingy". etc and insisting them could do better. Most of the time, the voters believe the rhetoric that says they don't have to sacrifice and the party in power suffers in the polls. The real solution is better informed voters, but that's not likely.
Labour and the Tories agreed. The policy was renewed - the purchase costs are being deferred.
Labour rammed it through against their own back bench and the Liberal Democrats. If the Tories had acted politically the government would have fallen.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:47:00pm |
re: #271 Gus 802
Well, we have to be optimistic and work towards those goals. As Nasr suggests a good start is with trade. "You don't have to win everywhere" and "stick to the low hanging fruit." It's very much a free-market solution. Build trade and commerce and people's lives are elevated.
word is that Iran rejected Disneys Persia World Resort...they are hopeless
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:47:20pm |
re: #263 SteveC
I have no idea if this is true, but it sure is weird. So take it with (bad pun coming up!)... a grain of salt!
how does one get to be an elite food tester... shit you die or you don't.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:47:29pm |
re: #268 CuriousLurker
Test using tiny text 1.
Test using tiny text 2.
Okay, looks like you can use the <sub></sub> and <sup></sup> tags.
31/3
Testing. Thanks.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:47:52pm |
re: #259 brookly red
oh btw have they mailed out the military ballots yet?
Yes, but they didn't a difference. Both Pat Quinn and Mark Kirk won by margins greater than the number of late ballots. The outcome of the election ultimately turned on the 2% of Illinois voters who slit their votes; Those voters did not want the Bill Brady's social conservatism and felt that Alexi Gianoulis was too crooked to trust. I'm not crazy about that outcome, but it did leave both offices won by sane, decent men.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:48:10pm |
re: #271 Gus 802
Well, we have to be optimistic and work towards those goals. As Nasr suggests a good start is with trade. "You don't have to win everywhere" and "stick to the low hanging fruit." It's very much a free-market solution. Build trade and commerce and people's lives are elevated.
Virtually all trade in the region is highly regulated and controlled.
There would have to be a fundamental shift in government policies- one that would effectively lesson the regimes control.
That may happen some day but it would appear that day is a long way off.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:48:44pm |
re: #274 albusteve
word is that Iran rejected Disneys Persia World Resort...they are hopeless
Can't win them all. But we'll see what happens. No one expected China to be where they are now.
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:49:33pm |
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:49:39pm |
re: #277 Dark_Falcon
Yes, but they didn't a difference. Both Pat Quinn and Mark Kirk won by margins greater than the number of late ballots. The outcome of the election ultimately turned on the 2% of Illinois voters who slit their votes; Those voters did not want the Bill Brady's social conservatism and felt that Alexi Gianoulis was too crooked to trust. I'm not crazy about that outcome, but it did leave both offices won by sane, decent men.
slit their votes... let me think on that.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:50:07pm |
re: #279 Gus 802
Can't win them all. But we'll see what happens. No one expected China to be where they are now.
before China has a legit middle class, half the population will be dead from some toxin
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:50:22pm |
re: #271 Gus 802
Well, we have to be optimistic and work towards those goals. As Nasr suggests a good start is with trade. "You don't have to win everywhere" and "stick to the low hanging fruit." It's very much a free-market solution. Build trade and commerce and people's lives are elevated.
I'm all for increased trade, as long as the deal is fair to the US. If a good deal is put together, I'll support it (even if Obama negotiates it).
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:50:32pm |
re: #264 Slumbering Behemoth
Kind of a lot of trouble to go to for a joke that... like... seven people would get.
But, you're right. Funny.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:50:33pm |
re: #279 Gus 802
Can't win them all. But we'll see what happens. No one expected China to be where they are now.
the Chinese did... a minor detail.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:50:53pm |
re: #278 researchok
Virtually all trade in the region is highly regulated and controlled.
There would have to be a fundamental shift in government policies- one that would effectively lesson the regimes control.
That may happen some day but it would appear that day is a long way off.
Sure, it won't happen overnight but it's a worthy goal. In fact it is the standard solution -- i.e. the free market.
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:51:14pm |
re: #283 brookly red
slit their votes... let me think on that.
i can understand...i felt like taking a knife to mine, too...
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:51:25pm |
re: #284 albusteve
before China has a legit middle class, half the population will be dead from some toxin
and they will still outnumbers us 3 to 1 ...
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:52:17pm |
re: #283 brookly red
slit their votes... let me think on that.
re: #277 Dark_Falcon
Yes, but they didn't a difference. Both Pat Quinn and Mark Kirk won by margins greater than the number of late ballots. The outcome of the election ultimately turned on the 2% of Illinois voters who split their votes; Those voters did not want the Bill Brady's social conservatism and felt that Alexi Gianoulis was too crooked to trust. I'm not crazy about that outcome, but it did leave both offices won by sane, decent men.
PIMF
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:52:27pm |
re: #285 Dark_Falcon
I'm all for increased trade, as long as the deal is fair to the US. If a good deal is put together, I'll support it (even if Obama negotiates it).
that would mean some sort of tariff on Chinese goods, not gonna happen....for now they have by the short and curlies and we will continue to finance their growth
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:53:08pm |
re: #286 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Kind of a lot of trouble to go to for a joke that... like... seven people would get.
But, you're right. Funny.
Heh, I think anyone who is even a little familiar with the brain dead Teahadis will get it.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:53:21pm |
re: #290 brookly red
and they will still outnumbers us 3 to 1 ...
but without any means of projecting power...sissies
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SteveC Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:53:59pm |
re: #275 brookly red
how does one get to be an elite food tester... shit you die or you don't.
1000 meals sampled with no cases of indigestion?
This job doesn't take into account that a correctly applied food borne poison won't hit the victim for hours or days so the perpetrator can have a chance to escape! It's not like the movies:
"Here, try the veal."
"*GURK*"
"Waiter... I'll take the steak!"
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:54:47pm |
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:55:53pm |
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:55:54pm |
re: #296 SteveC
1000 meals sampled with no cases of indigestion?
This job doesn't take into account that a correctly applied food borne poison won't hit the victim for hours or days so the perpetrator can have a chance to escape! It's not like the movies:
"Here, try the veal."
"*GURK*"
"Waiter... I'll take the steak!"
exactly... like Nancy said we gotta eat it to see whats in it.
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Cheechako Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:56:01pm |
re: #281 SteveC
re: #272 albusteve
*glares* Both of you are ugly and your mommas dress you funny!
/
Well, I know it won't last forever. Plan to take the motor-home to Arizona in about a month. looking for warmth and sunshine. Plan to tie a snow-shovel to the back of the motor-home and drive south until someone asks what it is. That should be far enough south.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:56:16pm |
re: #297 brookly red
besides buying California...
I'd let them do that. They can have all the union drones and and bad debt. Losing the tech workers and UC would hurt, but the reduced debt would help offset that.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:56:34pm |
re: #294 Slumbering Behemoth
Heh, I think anyone who is even a little familiar with the brain dead Teahadis will get it.
I don't get it. Who's the blond haired comic book character?
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:56:50pm |
re: #296 SteveC
1000 meals sampled with no cases of indigestion?
This job doesn't take into account that a correctly applied food borne poison won't hit the victim for hours or days so the perpetrator can have a chance to escape! It's not like the movies:
"Here, try the veal."
"*GURK*"
"Waiter... I'll take the steak!"
i think that 'elite' is a fair word for anyone who can pick up a trace of toxin in Indian food. i mean, i love me some Indian food. but if you slipped something in it, i wouldn't know until i was going towards the light...
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:57:11pm |
re: #300 Cheechako
Well, I know it won't last forever. Plan to take the motor-home to Arizona in about a month. looking for warmth and sunshine. Plan to tie a snow-shovel to the back of the motor-home and drive south until someone asks what it is. That should be far enough south.
my sister winters in Yuma and says it's blistering hot over there at the present
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Killgore Trout Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:57:20pm |
re: #263 SteveC
I have no idea if this is true, but it sure is weird. So take it with (bad pun coming up!)... a grain of salt!
The Indian site have discovered Drudge throws a lot of traffic, Is he linking to that yet?
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SteveC Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:57:30pm |
re: #299 brookly red
exactly... like Nancy said we gotta eat it to see whats in it.
Nancy would make a good food tester, but she's already full of toxins... she probably has immunity to crap that would put me in the ground!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:57:49pm |
Bluegrass musician Sarah Jarosz just finished a set on Austin City Limits.
She just covered Tom Waits' "Come On Up To The House".
Suzanne Vega meets Gillian Welch meets Union Station.
Holy Mackerel!
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Cheechako Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:58:04pm |
re: #304 albusteve
my sister winters in Yuma and says it's blistering hot over there at the present
Sound good to me.
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brookly red Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:58:05pm |
re: #301 Dark_Falcon
I'd let them do that. They can have all the union drones and and bad debt. Losing the tech workers and UC would hurt, but the reduced debt would help offset that.
phck it lets trade it for Taiwan
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:58:16pm |
re: #301 Dark_Falcon
I'd let them do that. They can have all the union drones and and bad debt. Losing the tech workers and UC would hurt, but the reduced debt would help offset that.
get back to what CA does best...grow lettuce
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:58:22pm |
re: #296 SteveC
"I'll have what she's having."
-Rob Reiner's mom
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:58:41pm |
re: #288 Gus 802
Sure, it won't happen overnight but it's a worthy goal. In fact it is the standard solution -- i.e. the free market.
I agree.
In fact, the whole real laissez faire thing had a lot to do with my own changing positions. From AGW to Obama, my views have changed greatly. That said, mostly because I am open to the free market of ideas as opposed to buying the party line.
Unfortunately, that openness is seriously lacking in the Arab world- in fact, openness is an unacceptable cultural trait. The Palestinians in particular, see self expression through destruction (a trait diametrically opposed to openness to ideas, etc.)
I could go on, but I'm sure you get my point. It's going to take a while.
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:59:03pm |
re: #302 CuriousLurker
I don't get it. Who's the blond haired comic book character?
He-Man. Huge cartoon/action figure phenom of my youth (i'm 34).
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:59:20pm |
re: #294 Slumbering Behemoth
Heh, I think anyone who is even a little familiar with the brain dead Teahadis will get it.
That was a 3 pointer.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 8:59:40pm |
re: #313 Aceofwhat?
He-Man. Huge cartoon/action figure phenom of my youth (i'm 34).
The power of Gray Skull!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:00:30pm |
I guess Henry Rollins doesn't like hipsters. Go Henry!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:00:34pm |
re: #315 Jadespring
The power of Gray Skull!
"I HAVE THE POWER!"
(my son is the exact perfect age to get that joke)
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:00:34pm |
re: #301 Dark_Falcon
I'd let them do that. They can have all the union drones and and bad debt. Losing the tech workers and UC would hurt, but the reduced debt would help offset that.
Chinese ownership of treasuries is 23 percent of 40 percent of US debt. It's equal to what Japan own but slightly higher. I don't know what the math is off hand but that comes out to be about less than 10 percent. No foreign "country" is going to buy California. Will there be Chinese investors in the private sector? Yes. But everything is severely regulated when it comes to foreign investment. Money is money and it helps keep businesses solvent.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:00:42pm |
re: #313 Aceofwhat?
He-Man. Huge cartoon/action figure phenom of my youth (i'm 34).
He-Man with a Dutchboy hairdo?....WTF?
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:00:45pm |
re: #313 Aceofwhat?
He-Man. Huge cartoon/action figure phenom of my youth (i'm 34).
Thanks. But now I'm really confused—what does he-Man have to do with Christianity? (God, I feel old.)
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SteveC Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:01:11pm |
re: #315 Jadespring
The power of Gray Skull!
That phrase is supposed to bring forth thunder and lightning and rumbling earth and all kinds of scary shit!
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:01:42pm |
re: #322 SteveC
That phrase is supposed to bring forth thunder and lightning and rumbling earth and all kinds of scary shit!
Well it did here...
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:02:09pm |
re: #315 Jadespring
The power of Gray Skull!
although i confess that i was more of a GI Joe and Star Wars boy...He-Man just didn't have the same accoutrement of starships and missile-laden tanks...
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:02:34pm |
re: #318 Gus 802
Chinese ownership of treasuries is 23 percent of 40 percent of US debt. It's equal to what Japan own but slightly higher. I don't know what the math is off hand but that comes out to be about less than 10 percent. No foreign "country" is going to buy California. Will there be Chinese investors in the private sector? Yes. But everything is severely regulated when it comes to foreign investment. Money is money and it helps keep businesses solvent.
bummer
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:02:45pm |
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SteveC Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:03:24pm |
re: #324 Jadespring
Well it did here...
I mentioned that my dog likes to come in when there is thunder. That would have her picking the lock!
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:03:33pm |
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:03:47pm |
re: #319 albusteve
He-Man with a Dutchboy hairdo?...WTF?
It's what he always had. Of course when Dolph Lundgren played him, he was sporting a power mullet.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:04:13pm |
re: #325 Aceofwhat?
although i confess that i was more of a GI Joe and Star Wars boy...He-Man just didn't have the same accoutrement of starships and missile-laden tanks...
I liked She-Ra better, though for me it mostly was Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica and Jason of Star Command.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:04:20pm |
Did the Republican House landslide kill net neutrality?
Hint: Yes. Behold the future:
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:04:26pm |
re: #325 Aceofwhat?
although i confess that i was more of a GI Joe and Star Wars boy...He-Man just didn't have the same accoutrement of starships and missile-laden tanks...
Micro-nauts FTW.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:04:30pm |
re: #312 researchok
I agree.
In fact, the whole real laissez faire thing had a lot to do with my own changing positions. From AGW to Obama, my views have changed greatly. That said, mostly because I am open to the free market of ideas as opposed to buying the party line.
Unfortunately, that openness is seriously lacking in the Arab world- in fact, openness is an unacceptable cultural trait. The Palestinians in particular, see self expression through destruction (a trait diametrically opposed to openness to ideas, etc.)
I could go on, but I'm sure you get my point. It's going to take a while.
Yes and no. The no part is that we have a strong trade relationship with many ME countries already. Namely SA, UAE, and Kuwait. Many of those countries are considered allies to a limited extent. Overall though I think the point could be summed up to "teach them how to fish." This as opposed to strict foreign aid (USAid). Mind you this holds true for all developing countries especially in Africa which needs more of this "tough love" rather than throwing more money (blindly) to that continent.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:05:52pm |
re: #329 albusteve
I know. That's why I said "kiss my ass" rather than "fuck off". I still stick up for the home team though. And I'd stick up for pro-USA Texans too if their stupid ass gov. decides to secede.
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:06:55pm |
re: #321 CuriousLurker
Thanks. But now I'm really confused—what does he-Man have to do with Christianity? (God, I feel old.)
nothing at all...it would be like dressing up in a Yosemite Sam costume and holding a Bugs Bunny sign with "socialist" underneath...just poking fun at people who are quick to label those with whom they disagree.
(if you don't know who Bugs and Yosemite Sam are, this explanation is going to fall a little short;)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:07:05pm |
re: #321 CuriousLurker
Thanks. But now I'm really confused—what does he-Man have to do with Christianity? (God, I feel old.)
LOL, what?
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:07:24pm |
re: #335 Slumbering Behemoth
I know. That's why I said "kiss my ass" rather than "fuck off". I still stick up for the home team though. And I'd stick up for pro-USA Texans too if their stupid ass gov. decides to secede.
the "Remember the Alamo" mentality is rearing up again over there...no real harm, besides it's in their blood
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:08:37pm |
re: #325 Aceofwhat?
although i confess that i was more of a GI Joe and Star Wars boy...He-Man just didn't have the same accoutrement of starships and missile-laden tanks...
I liked GI Joe but I also liked Transformers.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:08:40pm |
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:09:32pm |
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:09:50pm |
re: #337 Slumbering Behemoth
LOL, what?
Okay, I've gotta stop posting while I'm cooking. I could've sworn someone said "I'm Christian, but I think it's funny." Must have been in reply to something else. Oy.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:10:02pm |
re: #336 Aceofwhat?
(if you don't know who Bugs and Yosemite Sam are, this explanation is going to fall a little short;)
Waldorf or Statler holding a Kermit = Hitler sign?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:11:20pm |
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:11:53pm |
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:12:29pm |
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:13:01pm |
re: #334 Gus 802
Yes and no. The no part is that we have a strong trade relationship with many ME countries already. Namely SA, UAE, and Kuwait. Many of those countries are considered allies to a limited extent. Overall though I think the point could be summed up to "teach them how to fish." This as opposed to strict foreign aid (USAid). Mind you this holds true for all developing countries especially in Africa which needs more of this "tough love" rather than throwing more money (blindly) to that continent.
Our trade with them is centered around resources and that trade is controlled by a few powerful regimes/families. Whatever trickles down is also tightly controlled. Further, the vast majority of 'real work' is done by outsiders. Our definition of middle class starts and ends with the willingness to work, to do what it takes to create, succeed and then reap the rewards. In the Gulf, middle class is usually defined by consumption only. A society that consumes is very different than a society that creates.
Take away the oil and 'middle class' of Gulf disappears.
Your remarks re Africa are especially noted. Whether we care to admit it or not, our aid has been a disaster for that continent. Just this AM, I put up a post on the failure of aid to to Africa that has resulted in disaster after disaster.
I agree it is a highly complex situation. There are no easy and fast solutions.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:13:38pm |
re: #344 Gus 802
This is the only "He-Man" I remember:
[Video]
My word, you are old. I bet you remember reading about Fatty Arbuckle's Coca-Cola endorsement the day after it happened.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:13:50pm |
re: #346 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Back in the good ole days of toys that could shoot your eye out.
Or had caps!
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:14:46pm |
re: #343 Slumbering Behemoth
Waldorf or Statler holding a Kermit = Hitler sign?
Statler: Wake up you old fool. You slept through the show.
Waldorf: Who's a fool? You watched it.
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:14:47pm |
re: #349 SteveC
Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers!
Never a toy series, and due to contract issues over ownership, never likely to produce a sequel or merchandise.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:15:17pm |
re: #350 Slumbering Behemoth
My word, you are old. I bet you remember reading about Fatty Arbuckle's Coca-Cola endorsement the day after it happened.
I remember when Lincoln won...
Yeah. Reruns on TV of course. Heck they were about 30 years old when I watched it. So it's like kids watching something from 1980 today.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:15:41pm |
re: #346 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Back in the good ole days of toys that could shoot your eye out.
Increased child safety regulations are the reason why we have so many stupid people in the world now.
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:16:23pm |
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:16:40pm |
re: #355 Slumbering Behemoth
Increased child safety regulations are the reason why we have so many stupid people in the world now.
I'm glad you did not use a sarc tag.
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:17:20pm |
re: #355 Slumbering Behemoth
Increased child safety regulations are the reason why we have so many stupid people in the world now.
Iron monkey bars over asphault FTW!
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:17:27pm |
re: #354 Gus 802
I remember when Lincoln won...
Yeah. Reruns on TV of course. Heck they were about 30 years old when I watched it. So it's like kids watching something from 1980 today.
when I was a kid, after school TV was loaded with the Rascals, Stooges, Tarzan etc....again, 30yrs difference at least
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:17:52pm |
re: #359 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Iron monkey bars over asphault FTW!
Great way to learn about physics and the human body.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:18:28pm |
re: #360 albusteve
when I was a kid, after school TV was loaded with the Rascals, Stooges, Tarzan etc...again, 30yrs difference at least
Same here. Bowery Boys was usually on Saturday mornings.
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:18:41pm |
re: #354 Gus 802
I remember when Lincoln won...
Yeah. Reruns on TV of course. Heck they were about 30 years old when I watched it. So it's like kids watching something from 1980 today.
God, I feel like a relic. I'm starting to look like one too. *sob*
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:19:22pm |
re: #360 albusteve
when I was a kid, after school TV was loaded with the Rascals, Stooges, Tarzan etc...again, 30yrs difference at least
Do you remember Ma & Pa Kettle?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:19:23pm |
re: #358 researchok
Back in the day, if you were booger eatin' dumb enough to eat lead paint chips regularly, or shove a fork in an outlet, or play catch with lawn darts, you didn't make it to breedin' age.
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SteveC Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:19:51pm |
re: #353 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Never a toy series, and due to contract issues over ownership, never likely to produce a sequel or merchandise.
Laugh while you can, monkey boy! :)
The props apparently went into a community prop room - the Oscillation Overthruster popped up in a Star Trek: TNG episode as some kind of analyzer. I expected to see Lord John Warfin step out of the tubolift.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:20:17pm |
Senator Lindsey Graham floats the idea of "neutering Iran's 'ability to wage war'":
Halifax, Nova Scotia (CNN) -- A leading Senate Republican voice on defense issues said Saturday the United States should consider neutering Iran's navy and air force if Tehran does not halt its nuclear program.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, speaking at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada, told reporters that there will come a point where Iran's nuclear program will reach the state that a conventional limited air strike "won't take them out."
"We're probably even past that point," he said.
"Instead of a surgical strike on their nuclear infrastructure, I think we're to the point now that you have to really neuter the regime's ability to wage war against us and our allies. And that's a different military scenario. It's not a ground invasion but it certainly destroys the ability of the regime to strike back."
The United States believes Iran's nuclear program is aimed at producing nuclear weapons. Iran claims its program is for peaceful purposes.
The senator said that if the United States did attack Iran's navy and air force, Iran could retaliate with unconventional attacks on U.S. forces in Afghanistan and launch terrorist attacks in other parts of the world.
"You can expect that," he said. "You can expect, for a period of time, all hell to break loose. You must have to almost plan for that. And weigh that against the idea of a nuclear-armed Iran and what that means to the future of the world."
Thoughts on this idea?
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:20:19pm |
re: #363 CuriousLurker
God, I feel like a relic. I'm starting to look like one too. *sob*
"Why back when the war started..."
"Which one?"
//
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:20:24pm |
re: #365 Slumbering Behemoth
Back in the day, if you were booger eatin' dumb enough to eat lead paint chips regularly, or shove a fork in an outlet, or play catch with lawn darts, you didn't make it to breedin' age.
I stuck a finger in an outlet and I'm still here.
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SteveC Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:20:32pm |
re: #359 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Iron monkey bars over asphault FTW!
.... lawn darts. Don't forget the lawn darts!
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:20:40pm |
re: #355 Slumbering Behemoth
Increased child safety regulations are the reason why we have so many stupid people in the world now.
Hi all!
SB, this, this!!!
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:20:52pm |
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:21:04pm |
re: #366 SteveC
Laugh while you can, monkey boy! :)
The props apparently went into a community prop room - the Oscillation Overthruster popped up in a Star Trek: TNG episode as some kind of analyzer. I expected to see Lord John Warfin step out of the tubolift.
The weapons and armor from Starship Troopers appear in the TV Series Firefly.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:21:36pm |
re: #369 Jadespring
I stuck a finger in an outlet and I'm still here.
The real key to success here is to use some kind of metal, like a fork. Try it now.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:21:51pm |
re: #365 Slumbering Behemoth
Back in the day, if you were booger eatin' dumb enough to eat lead paint chips regularly, or shove a fork in an outlet, or play catch with lawn darts, you didn't make it to breedin' age.
Heh.
My kid brother broke a thermometer and actually ate some of the mercury.
Mu mom just about had a heart attack until my dad bellowed- 'Give the kid prunes- he'll crap it out'.
Those were the days of real dads.
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:21:56pm |
re: #370 SteveC
... lawn darts. Don't forget the lawn darts!
Mister Potato Head with metal spikes intended to be used with a real potato.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:22:04pm |
re: #365 Slumbering Behemoth
Back in the day, if you were booger eatin' dumb enough to eat lead paint chips regularly, or shove a fork in an outlet, or play catch with lawn darts, you didn't make it to breedin' age.
I didn't think you were talking about actually dying. I thought it was just a comment on how bubble wrapped kids end up not learning as much about the real world and end up dumber.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:22:38pm |
re: #367 Dark_Falcon
Senator Lindsey Graham floats the idea of "neutering Iran's 'ability to wage war'":
Thoughts on this idea?
GOP = 3rd War in 10 yrs.
Fools.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:22:53pm |
re: #374 Slumbering Behemoth
The real key to success here is to use some kind of metal, like a fork. Try it now.
Okalee dokalee...
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:22:58pm |
re: #365 Slumbering Behemoth
Back in the day, if you were booger eatin' dumb enough to eat lead paint chips regularly, or shove a fork in an outlet, or play catch with lawn darts, you didn't make it to breedin' age.
I'll say this for my son...if he didn't need stitches, was not smashed, bruised or knocked to hell, he didn't call it fun
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Aceofwhat? Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:23:23pm |
re: #377 Jadespring
I didn't think you were talking about actually dying. I thought it was just a comment on how bubble wrapped kids end up not learning as much about the real world and end up dumber.
you must not know SB very well//
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:23:35pm |
re: #377 Jadespring
I didn't think you were talking about actually dying. I thought it was just a comment on how bubble wrapped kids end up not learning as much about the real world and end up dumber.
This too is also very true. Over protective parents do their children a serious disservice.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:24:09pm |
re: #365 Slumbering Behemoth
Back in the day, if you were booger eatin' dumb enough to eat lead paint chips regularly, or shove a fork in an outlet, or play catch with lawn darts, you didn't make it to breedin' age.
My brother stuck two wire into an outlet once -- did a loop. I think he asked for my advice. I was about 6 years old. Only thing that happened was a lot of sparks and a close call. He shouldn't have taken my advice.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:24:18pm |
We've had a legal battle recently in our HOA over the moveable basketball hoops. (Don't even ask about the type you nail onto your house. The board would faint away dead at the prospect.)
One of the "for" families put up some fliers urging people to vote for it.
Someone else put up a flier showing a kid with his arm in a sling, showing us what might happen.
I was going to put up a flier with a drawing of a fat kid playing a video game, but someone beat me to it.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:24:22pm |
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:25:14pm |
re: #383 Gus 802
My brother stuck two wire into an outlet once -- did a loop. I think he asked for my advice. I was about 6 years old. Only thing that happened was a lot of sparks and a close call. He shouldn't have taken my advice.
Are you guys still close?
//
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:25:20pm |
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CuriousLurker Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:25:52pm |
Okay, I just ate a big bowl of hot soup and now I'm sleepy. TTYL
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:26:01pm |
re: #383 Gus 802
My brother stuck two wire into an outlet once -- did a loop. I think he asked for my advice. I was about 6 years old. Only thing that happened was a lot of sparks and a close call. He shouldn't have taken my advice.
We used to do that at school with three pins and a pencil eraser. We were smart enough to insulate.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:26:09pm |
re: #386 researchok
Are you guys still close?
//
More or less. I have to call him. Had a weird dream involving him last night.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:26:15pm |
re: #385 albusteve
Iran declared war on the US decades ago
Oh, and then, why the fuck did we pick their enemy Iraq?
WTFWTBS
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:26:31pm |
re: #374 Slumbering Behemoth
The real key to success here is to use some kind of metal, like a fork. Try it now.
Duuude that REALLY HURT!
I don't feel that good right now.....
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:26:48pm |
re: #387 Stanley Sea
Well then, LET'S GO PATRIOTS!
I think you underestimate Irans intention to harm the US or it's neighbors...stand aside and let reality pass you by
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:27:01pm |
re: #389 Slumbering Behemoth
We used to do that at school with three pins and a pencil eraser. We were smart enough to insulate.
The wire was insulated. He didn't even get a shock. However, it could have easily killed him.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:27:33pm |
re: #390 Gus 802
More or less. I have to call him. Had a weird dream involving him last night.
Call him
"Hey Sparky, how ya doin'?
OK- weird dream or really weird dream?
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:27:39pm |
re: #393 albusteve
I think you underestimate Irans intention to harm the US or it's neighbors...stand aside and let reality pass you by
My issue is that many in the GOP seem to woefully underestimate Iran's capabilities.
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Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:28:04pm |
re: #384 EmmmieG
We've had a legal battle recently in our HOA over the moveable basketball hoops. (Don't even ask about the type you nail onto your house. The board would faint away dead at the prospect.)
One of the "for" families put up some fliers urging people to vote for it.
Someone else put up a flier showing a kid with his arm in a sling, showing us what might happen.
I was going to put up a flier with a drawing of a fat kid playing a video game, but someone beat me to it.
Another reason why I will never live somewhere with an HOA. Ugh.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:28:05pm |
re: #391 Stanley Sea
Oh, and then, why the fuck did we pick their enemy Iraq?
WTFWTBS
you know why...don't you?
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:28:49pm |
re: #389 Slumbering Behemoth
We used to do that at school with three pins and a pencil eraser. We were smart enough to insulate.
Clearly, you were valedictorian material.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:28:52pm |
re: #392 Jadespring
Duuude that REALLY HURT!
I don't feel that good right now...
Oh snap, I forgot. You're supposed to drink a bunch of booze first. The end result intensifies your buzz, and brings with it near religious revelations. Pick your favorite bottle and try it again.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:29:18pm |
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:30:18pm |
re: #395 researchok
Call him
"Hey Sparky, how ya doin'?
OK- weird dream or really weird dream?
Oh. Really weird. Dreamt that I ran into him in my building elevator and he was this much older man with something like severe MS. Some kind of physical handicap. But there was this woman there with him and I had to ask her, is that my brother? I hate, hate, those dreams.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:31:19pm |
3 wars in 10 years. I cannot believe the conservative view would think this wise...
Unless you are all bailing on Iraq & Afghanistan & ready to start anew.
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:31:42pm |
re: #396 Varek Raith
My issue is that many in the GOP seem to woefully underestimate Iran's capabilities.
But God has to be on our side, so what's the danger?
/
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:31:44pm |
A young cousin wanted to make a bowl of ramen.
He boils the water, throws in the noodles and the packet of seasoning.
Without opening the packet. He thought it would dissolve.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:31:57pm |
re: #367 Dark_Falcon
Senator Lindsey Graham floats the idea of "neutering Iran's 'ability to wage war'":
Thoughts on this idea?
Sure, we'll half-ass the job in Afghanistan so we can send the same soldiers who have already been on 8 tours of duty stumbling into Iran, where we'll utterly alienate the entirety of the urban citizenry who would have been our most powerful weapon against the mullahs if we'd had the slightest idea what we were doing, which we didn't. We thereby encouraged all the disaffected 14-20 year olds to pay attention to the crazy Hamas dude who bitches about Americans all the time, and tells tales about he joys that await martyrs in paradise.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:31:58pm |
re: #378 Stanley Sea
GOP = 3rd War in 10 yrs.
Fools.
What Graham is saying is Iran may be past the point that a surgical strike on its nuclear program could work. If so, then we need another solution. He therefore proposed a plan of attack to eliminate Iran;s ability to project military power. He didn't demand it, he put it forward as a policy proposal to be evaluated. Such a proposal may be incorrect, but proposing it does not make Lindsey graham a fool.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:32:01pm |
re: #403 Stanley Sea
3 wars in 10 years. I cannot believe the conservative view would think this wise...
Unless you are all bailing on Iraq & Afghanistan & ready to start anew.
Aw fuck it, I did not really want to start this conver.
Puppy sleeping on my foot is the better subject.
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Interesting Times Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:32:48pm |
re: #396 Varek Raith
My issue is that many in the GOP seem to woefully underestimate
Iran's capabilitiesevery genuine problem facing America and the human race.
Fixed.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:33:06pm |
re: #407 Dark_Falcon
What Graham is saying is Iran may be past the point that a surgical strike on its nuclear program could work. If so, then we need another solution. He therefore proposed a plan of attack to eliminate Iran;s ability to project military power. He didn't demand it, he put it forward as a policy proposal to be evaluated. Such a proposal may be incorrect, but proposing it does not make Lindsey graham a fool.
My response,
re: #85 Varek Raith
Yeah, as if the Iranians wouldn't see the obviously massive, did I mention OBVIOUS, build up before such a strike?
They may just act...
Preemptively.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:33:26pm |
re: #407 Dark_Falcon
What Graham is saying is Iran may be past the point that a surgical strike on its nuclear program could work. If so, then we need another solution. He therefore proposed a plan of attack to eliminate Iran;s ability to project military power. He didn't demand it, he put it forward as a policy proposal to be evaluated. Such a proposal may be incorrect, but proposing it does not make Lindsey graham a fool.
3 wars in 10 years by the GOP.
Whatever the reason you/they come up with.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:33:34pm |
re: #403 Stanley Sea
3 wars in 10 years. I cannot believe the conservative view would think this wise...
Unless you are all bailing on Iraq & Afghanistan & ready to start anew.
fer gods sake...read the democrats record, pre 9/11, of their view concerning Hussein
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:33:43pm |
re: #406 negativ
That's not what Sen. Graham was proposing. Respond to the proposal, please, not to stereotypes.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:33:56pm |
re: #402 Gus 802
Oh. Really weird. Dreamt that I ran into him in my building elevator and he was this much older man with something like severe MS. Some kind of physical handicap. But there was this woman there with him and I had to ask her, is that my brother? I hate, hate, those dreams.
Oh man...those are spooky dreams, for sure.
The good news is that those kind of spooky dreams are pretty harmless- has to do with peripheral stuff you are into, not him.
Short version.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:34:32pm |
re: #404 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
But God has to be on our side, so what's the danger?
/
didn't he invent the triple tap?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:34:42pm |
I understand that if you jam...I think it's a resistor...in an outlet, interesting things happen. Not that the person telling me this would know by experience.
Because, of course, the geniuses at Caltech would never play around with such things when nobody's looking.
Because they're geniuses.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:35:03pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:35:31pm |
re: #396 Varek Raith
I keep saying we need to contact the top dogs from the Revolutionary Guard that went into exile after their last elections. That is, if we aren't doing so already.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:35:56pm |
re: #414 researchok
Oh man...those are spooky dreams, for sure.
The good news is that those kind of spooky dreams are pretty harmless- has to do with peripheral stuff you are into, not him.
Short version.
Also happens when people are apart for long periods of time.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:36:12pm |
re: #407 Dark_Falcon
What Graham is saying is Iran may be past the point that a surgical strike on its nuclear program could work. If so, then we need another solution. He therefore proposed a plan of attack to eliminate Iran;s ability to project military power. He didn't demand it, he put it forward as a policy proposal to be evaluated. Such a proposal may be incorrect, but proposing it does not make Lindsey graham a fool.
BO better be mulling over that exact situation, and I'm sure he is...he is on record concerning Irans capabilities...the rest is partisan tripe
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:36:14pm |
re: #417 Dark_Falcon
So much the better. We can repulse that attack and their having launched it would give us political cover to pound them, since they would have fired the first shot.
Perhaps.
Though, we have our own problems in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I don't think we can deal with an Iranian invasion in time to prevent serious, serious damage.
My two cents.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:37:33pm |
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:38:14pm |
re: #421 Varek Raith
Perhaps.
Though, we have our own problems in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I don't think we can deal with an Iranian invasion in time to prevent serious, serious damage.
My two cents.
nobody is going to invade Iran....that's folly and no one is suggesting we do
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Killgore Trout Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:38:17pm |
re: #405 researchok
He boils the water, throws in the noodles and the packet of seasoning.
Without opening the packet. He thought it would dissolve.
Technically speaking, he's correct.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:39:22pm |
re: #423 albusteve
nobody is going to invade Iran...that's folly and no one is suggesting we do
I'm referring to a possible Iranian invasion of Iraq and/or Afghanistan preemptively if they see us building up to strike them.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:39:23pm |
Worst dream I ever had-
After my divorce I dreamed my daughter got lost in a shopping mall. She was crying and all kinds of strange people were staring at her.
I woke up in an absolute panic at 3AM. I called my ex just to make sure my daughter was OK. I had her get up and check to make sure everything was alright.
I don't think I slept a wink for a couple of days. I really was that shaken up.
Now the kid gives me other kinds of nightmares.
/
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:39:26pm |
re: #422 Slumbering Behemoth
I'd like to thank Jolt Cola, The Electric Company...
that's what Freud said....in so many words
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:40:12pm |
re: #425 Varek Raith
I'm referring to a possible Iranian invasion of Iraq and/or Afghanistan preemptively if they see us building up to strike them.
then they get slammed back a century or so
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:40:17pm |
re: #424 Killgore Trout
Technically speaking, he's correct.
Maybe.
But from where his loving family stood, technically speaking he was an idiot.
/
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:41:11pm |
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:42:29pm |
Iran has nothing...they cannot project power across any border that the US cannot fuck them over severely...but they can sell a nuke to the Hez, and that's a legit problem
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Killgore Trout Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:43:50pm |
re: #429 researchok
Maybe.
But from where his loving family stood, technically speaking he was an idiot.
/
The two are not mutually exclusive.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:44:09pm |
When I was in school, the dreams aspect of psychology fascinated me.
Then I realized that you had to deal with really crazy people if you wanted to make dreams a focus of your career.
I was cured of my obsession.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:44:15pm |
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:44:31pm |
re: #431 albusteve
Iran has nothing...they cannot project power across any border that the US cannot fuck them over severely...but they can sell a nuke to the Hez, and that's a legit problem
Overconfidence is not a good thing in this situation.
Striking Iran would be no cake walk.
We walked into Iraq and Afghanistan with that attitude.
Look how long it took us to realize it.
And we still can't do it right in Afghanistan.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:45:09pm |
re: #431 albusteve
Iran has nothing...they cannot project power across any border that the US cannot fuck them over severely...but they can sell a nuke to the Hez, and that's a legit problem
But if you think about it anyone can sell a nuke to Hez. All it would take then is money. Theoretically that's been a possibility for a long time now.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:45:22pm |
re: #433 researchok
When I was in school, the dreams aspect of psychology fascinated me.
Then I realized that you had to deal with really crazy people if you wanted to make dreams a focus of your career.
I was cured of my obsession.
What?!? I've never let anyone document any of my nightmares.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:45:41pm |
re: #435 Varek Raith
Overconfidence is not a good thing in this situation.
Striking Iran would be no cake walk.
We walked into Iraq and Afghanistan with that attitude.
Look how long it took us to realize it.
And we still can't do it right in Afghanistan.
we put boots on the ground in those countries...Iran is a parking lot whenever we say it is, and they know it
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:45:50pm |
re: #432 Killgore Trout
The two are not mutually exclusive.
Too true.
But no way my family was going to let him slide by without reminding him every few weeks.
It's one of those great family legends.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:47:07pm |
re: #437 Slumbering Behemoth
What?!? I've never let anyone document any of my nightmares.
You would be amazed at how many people are obsessed by their own dreams/nightmares and how they affect their lives.
My temperament is not suited for that.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:47:56pm |
re: #440 researchok
You would be amazed at how many people are obsessed by their own dreams/nightmares and how they affect their lives.
My temperament is not suited for that.
I think dreams give you a very good idea what you are thinking about, and feeling, and your subconscious.
It can be helpful to know, just so you can deal a little better.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:48:00pm |
re: #435 Varek Raith
Overconfidence is not a good thing in this situation.
Striking Iran would be no cake walk.
We walked into Iraq and Afghanistan with that attitude.
Look how long it took us to realize it.
And we still can't do it right in Afghanistan.
If given the choice I'd rather see something involving the CIA and the Mullahs if you know what I mean. Guess this sort of makes me a hypocrite having said what I said in the past about South America and Operation Condor.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:48:06pm |
re: #436 Gus 802
But if you think about it anyone can sell a nuke to Hez. All it would take then is money. Theoretically that's been a possibility for a long time now.
true, yet, the likely seller is obvious...it will come to a head and I guarantee the outcome if indeed that ever happens....BO will strike like a cornered tiger, I'm possitive
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:48:17pm |
re: #440 researchok
You would be amazed at how many people are obsessed by their own dreams/nightmares and how they affect their lives.
My temperament is not suited for that.
I'm always someone different in my dreams.
Never myself.
/Crazy!!!
//
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Killgore Trout Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:48:26pm |
Pumpkin Risotto from the F Word
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:49:24pm |
re: #442 Gus 802
If given the choice I'd rather see something involving the CIA and the Mullahs if you know what I mean. Guess this sort of makes me a hypocrite having said what I said in the past about South America and Operation Condor.
not really...that's always the best first choice, buy somebody off
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:49:42pm |
re: #442 Gus 802
If given the choice I'd rather see something involving the CIA and the Mullahs if you know what I mean. Guess this sort of makes me a hypocrite having said what I said in the past about South America and Operation Condor.
Yeah.
If we have to strike Iran, so be it.
I just want us to have no illusions as to how easy or fast said strike will be.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:50:07pm |
re: #442 Gus 802
If given the choice I'd rather see something involving the CIA and the Mullahs if you know what I mean. Guess this sort of makes me a hypocrite having said what I said in the past about South America and Operation Condor.
Maybe, but sometimes hypocrisy is a needed thing. Sometimes covert action is the right play. Sponsoring a coup won't advance freedom, but it may prevent a war that would hurt us.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:50:39pm |
3 wars in the Middle East in 10 years.
I will not stop saying it.
Where the hell does Lindsey Graham think we are going to pull this shit from? What, if you are in the military 5 tours is now required???
He's now up for re-election in 2012.
The beat goes on. And people support it. Damn it.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:50:41pm |
re: #441 EmmmieG
I think dreams give you a very good idea what you are thinking about, and feeling, and your subconscious.
It can be helpful to know, just so you can deal a little better.
For some people, that is true.
For most people, not so much- and that is one reason people forget their dreams.
Often times, the content of dreams is like a recipe, with all the needed ingredients in front of you. However, if you don't know the right proportions of those ingredients you are not going to get the optimum meal- an fact, you might even poison yourself.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:50:59pm |
re: #447 Varek Raith
Yeah.
If we have to strike Iran, so be it.
I just want us to have no illusions as to how easy or fast said strike will be.
piece of cake bro...we have capabilities the public is unaware of, and more...we bad
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:51:16pm |
re: #444 Varek Raith
I'm always someone different in my dreams.
Never myself.
/Crazy!!!
//
No...pretty common.
Now, are you ever wearing a dress in your dreams?
//
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:51:38pm |
re: #449 Stanley Sea
3 wars in the Middle East in 10 years.
I will not stop saying it.
Where the hell does Lindsey Graham think we are going to pull this shit from? What, if you are in the military 5 tours is now required???
He's now up for re-election in 2012.
The beat goes on. And people support it. Damn it.
I know what you're getting at.
However, the world sucks.
/Realist Pragmatist Fool, I am.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:51:52pm |
re: #448 Dark_Falcon
Maybe, but sometimes hypocrisy is a needed thing. Sometimes covert action is the right play. Sponsoring a coup won't advance freedom, but it may prevent a war that would hurt us.
Hurt us or hurt them. That is the Iranian people. IOW it would be more humane to terminate said Mullahs as opposed to starting a conflict which would very well lead to the deaths of 10s of thousands of people.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:51:56pm |
re: #447 Varek Raith
Yeah.
If we have to strike Iran, so be it.
I just want us to have no illusions as to how easy or fast said strike will be.
I don't think Senator Graham thinks it would be a walk in the park. He made it pretty clear that Iran would hit back and that a military strike is not his first preference. But he dons view such a strike (and its consequences) as preferable to a nuclear Iran.
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:52:06pm |
re: #451 albusteve
piece of cake bro...we have capabilities the public is unaware of, and more...we bad
We'll unleash the 103rd Tea Bagger Prayer Brigade on them. That will do the job.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:52:18pm |
re: #449 Stanley Sea
3 wars in the Middle East in 10 years.
I will not stop saying it.
Where the hell does Lindsey Graham think we are going to pull this shit from? What, if you are in the military 5 tours is now required???
He's now up for re-election in 2012.
The beat goes on. And people support it. Damn it.
it's not about Graham...don't you see that?
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:52:33pm |
re: #452 researchok
No...pretty common.
Now, are you ever wearing a dress in your dreams?
//
Nope.
Though, most of my dreams are lucid.
That normal?
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:52:49pm |
re: #442 Gus 802
If given the choice I'd rather see something involving the CIA and the Mullahs if you know what I mean. Guess this sort of makes me a hypocrite having said what I said in the past about South America and Operation Condor.
I think it's called 'Realpolitik'.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:52:52pm |
re: #440 researchok
You would be amazed at how many people are obsessed by their own dreams/nightmares and how they affect their lives.
My temperament is not suited for that.
If I did that, I'd be a nervous wreck. I have nightmares that would make Cronus pee. I think my subconscious mind actively hates me.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:53:05pm |
re: #449 Stanley Sea
3 wars in the Middle East in 10 years.
I will not stop saying it.
Where the hell does Lindsey Graham think we are going to pull this shit from? What, if you are in the military 5 tours is now required???
He's now up for re-election in 2012.
The beat goes on. And people support it. Damn it.
He's talking about using air and naval power. The Army would not be involved in the attacks.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:53:39pm |
re: #462 Dark_Falcon
He's talking about using air and naval power. The Army would not be involved in the attacks.
Of course today naval power is air power.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:54:29pm |
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:54:33pm |
re: #456 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
We'll unleash the 103rd Tea Bagger Prayer Brigade on them. That will do the job.
led by the legendary Falwell Corps....punchers, man your scriptures!
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:55:08pm |
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:55:20pm |
re: #455 Dark_Falcon
I don't think Senator Graham thinks it would be a walk in the park. He made it pretty clear that Iran would hit back and that a military strike is not his first preference. But he dons view such a strike (and its consequences) as preferable to a nuclear Iran.
folks are so divided here that many will not hear you
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:55:48pm |
re: #449 Stanley Sea
Sooo... How's that puppy on your foot thing going?
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:55:50pm |
re: #459 Varek Raith
Nope.
Though, most of my dreams are lucid.
That normal?
Yes.
Dreams are as much the product of cultural/societal influences are they are personal.
Your personalty/character heavily influence your dreams- obviously.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:56:25pm |
re: #469 researchok
Yes.
Dreams are as much the product of cultural/societal influences are they are personal.
Your personalty/character heavily influence your dreams- obviously.
Neat.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:57:51pm |
re: #468 Slumbering Behemoth
Sooo... How's that puppy on your foot thing going?
Very very cute! Thanks for remembering and taking me back to what's actually important this Sat nite!!!
:)
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:58:38pm |
re: #461 Slumbering Behemoth
If I did that, I'd be a nervous wreck. I have nightmares that would make Cronus pee. I think my subconscious mind actively hates me.
Not at all!
Actually, it means that you are trying to deal with the things you need to deal with as served up by your sub conscience.
That's healthy (I'm assuming cannibalism isn't regular fare on your dream menu).
| 473 |
Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:59:13pm |
Activation of my time machine,
T Minus - 1 hour, 1 minute.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 9:59:27pm |
I think North Korea is a bigger problem than Iran. Iran is blowing a lot of smoke. Their military is even substandard to the NORKs. The Iranian people are even freer than the NORKs.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:01:09pm |
re: #470 Varek Raith
Neat.
As an aside, dreams are also heavily influenced by experiences.
Events (those things framed by defined times) have a different effect on dreams.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:01:11pm |
re: #474 Gus 802
I think North Korea is a bigger problem than Iran. Iran is blowing a lot of smoke. Their military is even substandard to the NORKs. The Iranian people are even freer than the NORKs.
more shit to consider....you may be correct, but it's hard to assess threats regarding pre-nuke states...take them both down, problem solved
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:01:20pm |
re: #471 Stanley Sea
:)
I'm a huge defense/military hawk in opinion, but when it comes to capabilities, logistics, and what not, I just step out of the way and let the real buffs discuss.
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:01:54pm |
It's all one big headache though. China has their hands on North Korea and Iran. Russia has their hands on Iran and Venezuela. We're still dealing with a lot of post Cold War antagonisms.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:02:35pm |
re: #477 Slumbering Behemoth
:)
I'm a huge defense/military hawk in opinion, but when it comes to capabilities, logistics, and what not, I just step out of the way and let the real buffs discuss.
Heh.
I watched the first Gulf War when I was 7.
I could name all of our and Iraq's forces.
I was particularly interested in Scuds.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:02:41pm |
re: #478 Gus 802
It's all one big headache though. China has their hands on North Korea and Iran. Russia has their hands on Iran and Venezuela. We're still dealing with a lot of post Cold War antagonisms.
time to circle the wagons?...the idea is worth considering, no?
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:02:55pm |
No Medicaid for Americans - we're broke! But some how, some way, we've got the money for more war!
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
Neocon vs. Conservative vs. Country First
Pls explain.
| 482 |
Walter L. Newton Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:03:02pm |
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:03:03pm |
re: #478 Gus 802
It's all one big headache though. China has their hands on North Korea and Iran. Russia has their hands on Iran and Venezuela. We're still dealing with a lot of post Cold War antagonisms.
No truer words.
Same game, new proxies.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:03:22pm |
re: #479 Varek Raith
Heh.
I watched the first Gulf War when I was 7.
I could name all of our and Iraq's forces.
I was particularly interested in Scuds.so were the Isrealis
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:03:39pm |
re: #480 albusteve
time to circle the wagons?...the idea is worth considering, no?
Well. I'd vote that the NORKs are the bigger and more immediate threat.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:04:37pm |
re: #481 Stanley Sea
No Medicaid for Americans - we're broke! But some how, some way, we've got the money for more war!
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
Neocon vs. Conservative vs. Country First
Pls explain.
print more money
| 488 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:04:57pm |
re: #483 researchok
No truer words.
Same game, new proxies.
The possibility of WW3 isn't out of the picture.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:05:46pm |
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:05:49pm |
re: #479 Varek Raith
Heh.
I watched the first Gulf War when I was 7.
I could name all of our and Iraq's forces.
I was particularly interested in Scuds.
Is that "E" for efficiency?
/
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:05:54pm |
re: #488 Gus 802
The possibility of WW3 isn't out of the picture.
Funny you mention that.
I got a car picked out for modification in Post-Apocalyptia.
/
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:06:05pm |
re: #479 Varek Raith
Heh.
I watched the first Gulf War when I was 7.
I could name all of our and Iraq's forces.
I was particularly interested in Scuds.
My favorite Gulf War 1 moment was Stormin' Norman Schwartzkopf pointing a large screen TV and saying, 'There goes the luckiest man in Iraq' as a car crossed a bridge about to be blown up, as photographed by the on board camera of really big missile.
| 494 |
Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:06:27pm |
re: #493 researchok
My favorite Gulf War 1 moment was Stormin' Norman Schwartzkopf pointing a large screen TV and saying, 'There goes the luckiest man in Iraq' as a car crossed a bridge about to be blown up, as photographed by the on board camera of really big missile.
Damn!
I remember that!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:06:28pm |
re: #472 researchok
Not at all!
Actually, it means that you are trying to deal with the things you need to deal with as served up by your sub conscience.
That's healthy (I'm assuming cannibalism isn't regular fare on your dream menu).
Like I said, nightmares that would make Elder Gods pee. Vivid, horrifying, full sensory pants fillers. I've yet to hear another's account of their dreams that would be their equal.
I don't know where they come from, as I've had an average life, but I have fun with these horrors now. Like high budget movies I don't have to pay for.
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:06:44pm |
re: #489 Stanley Sea
fail and you damn well know it.
but that's what the feds are planning....the BO admin
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Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:07:05pm |
re: #491 Varek Raith
Funny you mention that.
I got a car picked out for modification in Post-Apocalyptia.
/
I'll take anything in red with the nameplate: Ferrari.
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:07:43pm |
re: #488 Gus 802
The possibility of WW3 isn't out of the picture.
No it isn't.
Wasn't the Doomsday clock advanced a couple of minutes recently?
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albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:07:43pm |
re: #491 Varek Raith
Funny you mention that.
I got a car picked out for modification in Post-Apocalyptia.
/
one of those 35 0ats models?....cool!
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Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:07:57pm |
re: #493 researchok
My favorite Gulf War 1 moment was Stormin' Norman Schwartzkopf pointing a large screen TV and saying, 'There goes the luckiest man in Iraq' as a car crossed a bridge about to be blown up, as photographed by the on board camera of really big missile.
Wonder where he is today.
| 501 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:08:09pm |
re: #493 researchok
My favorite Gulf War 1 moment was Stormin' Norman Schwartzkopf pointing a large screen TV and saying, 'There goes the luckiest man in Iraq' as a car crossed a bridge about to be blown up, as photographed by the on board camera of really big missile.
And that was still during the days of dumb bombs.
| 502 |
albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:08:52pm |
re: #493 researchok
My favorite Gulf War 1 moment was Stormin' Norman Schwartzkopf pointing a large screen TV and saying, 'There goes the luckiest man in Iraq' as a car crossed a bridge about to be blown up, as photographed by the on board camera of really big missile.
that stuff was a first for everybody....gadzooks! check that out!
| 503 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:09:07pm |
| 504 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:09:32pm |
re: #498 researchok
No it isn't.
Wasn't the Doomsday clock advanced a couple of minutes recently?
Oh. WW3 doesn't mean going full nuke. IMO.
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Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:10:04pm |
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researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:10:05pm |
re: #495 Slumbering Behemoth
Like I said, nightmares that would make Elder Gods pee. Vivid, horrifying, full sensory pants fillers. I've yet to hear another's account of their dreams that would be their equal.
I don't know where they come from, as I've had an average life, but I have fun with these horrors now. Like high budget movies I don't have to pay for.
Dreams are also an outlet of a different kind.
Those kind of vivid dreams, in my opinion may indicate you are underemployed or you have no self expressive outlet. Also may point to issues with authority you have to/had to deal with.
| 507 |
albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:10:14pm |
re: #500 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Wonder where he is today.
saw him on the History Channel, remarking on some ancient battle...maybe he's teaching
| 509 |
freetoken Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:10:39pm |
re: #481 Stanley Sea
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
Pls explain.
LIBERTARIANS GONE WILD!!
Be sure to catch the DVD for all the hot action!!
| 510 |
albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:11:57pm |
re: #504 Gus 802
Oh. WW3 doesn't mean going full nuke. IMO.
no, but the possibility will have the winners going full metal jacket on the perps...lots of non nuke destruction and ensuing mayhem...imo
| 511 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:12:07pm |
re: #505 Varek Raith
If you're curious,
The Enclave.
Ah. Didn't look like Navy. The "E" used to be the Battle "E" for efficiency. Guess they changed it over to Battle "E" for effectiveness.
| 512 |
Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:12:18pm |
re: #500 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Wonder where he is today.
Some stuff from wiki,
Recently, Schwarzkopf has donated most of his time to multiple charities, and community activities. He sits on the board for Remington, and several other high-profile corporations. On May 4, 2008 Schwarzkopf was inducted into New Jersey's Hall of Fame. He is also an honorary board member of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation. Schwarzkopf currently lives in Florida.
| 513 |
Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:12:20pm |
re: #507 albusteve
saw him on the History Channel, remarking on some ancient battle...maybe he's teaching
The guy on the bridge, not Norman.
| 514 |
researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:12:49pm |
re: #504 Gus 802
Oh. WW3 doesn't mean going full nuke. IMO.
True- but I do believe heightened conflict will give reasons for terror nutjobs from Gaza to Georgia to Chechnya to do something really, really stupid.
No one knows what kind of materials are out there.
| 515 |
Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:13:01pm |
re: #513 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
The guy on the bridge, not Norman.
Ah, counting his lucky stars, I hope.
| 516 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:13:05pm |
re: #505 Varek Raith
Cool peeps. Got some real exclusive ocean front property. Or used to, anyway.
| 517 |
albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:13:47pm |
| 518 |
Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:14:15pm |
re: #516 Slumbering Behemoth
Cool peeps. Got some real exclusive ocean front property. Or used to, anyway.
Yep, I blew it up.
Along with Raven Rock.
:P
| 519 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:14:16pm |
re: #503 Slumbering Behemoth
Oh Staaannnleee.
/just having fun with ya, dear.
DAMN IT, I wish there was an easy way to upload photos. I had a flickr acct I thought. I cannot access it. I have a photo of this baby puppy that you'd enjoy if I could freaking post it.
| 520 |
researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:14:16pm |
re: #497 Gus 802
I'll take anything in red with the nameplate: Ferrari.
Thank God.
For a moment I thought you might say Prius.
/
| 521 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:14:59pm |
re: #520 researchok
Thank God.
For a moment I thought you might say Prius.
/
I shall name my first born, Bantu!
/
| 522 |
Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:15:29pm |
re: #520 researchok
Thank God.
For a moment I thought you might say Prius.
/
Screw the environment, it's an irradiated hell hole!
I want me a gas guzzler.
With .50 cals.
And a missile launcher!
;)
| 523 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:15:47pm |
re: #506 researchok
Dreams are also an outlet of a different kind.
Those kind of vivid dreams, in my opinion may indicate you are underemployed or you have no self expressive outlet. Also may point to issues with authority you have to/had to deal with.
Interesting, but I doubt that would be my case. I've been having horrific nightmares since I was a kid. If I were to guess, I would likely blame Sunday School and sermons.
| 524 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:16:16pm |
re: #385 albusteve
Iran declared war on the US decades ago
Gosh I wonder why they hate the west so much, we never did a thing to them ever ever ever
| 525 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:16:32pm |
re: #522 Varek Raith
Screw the environment, it's an irradiated hell hole!
I want me a gas guzzler.
With .50 cals.
And a missile launcher!
;)
Go skeet shooting with cans of freon!
/
| 526 |
researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:16:33pm |
re: #522 Varek Raith
Screw the environment, it's an irradiated hell hole!
I want me a gas guzzler.
With .50 cals.
And a missile launcher!
;)
I want me one of those big badass Texas BBQ/smokers.
| 527 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:17:17pm |
re: #518 Varek Raith
Yep, I blew it up.
Along with Raven Rock.
:P
No, I blew it up, along with Navarro.
:P x 2
| 528 |
researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:17:39pm |
re: #523 Slumbering Behemoth
Interesting, but I doubt that would be my case. I've been having horrific nightmares since I was a kid. If I were to guess, I would likely blame Sunday School and sermons.
Are you kidding? That's the ultimate authority!
//
| 529 |
albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:17:39pm |
re: #524 WindUpBird
Gosh I wonder why they hate the west so much, we never did a thing to them ever ever ever
maybe we could just explain to them that we're sorry, unclench our fist?
| 530 |
Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:17:51pm |
| 531 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:18:16pm |
re: #526 researchok
I want me one of those big badass Texas BBQ/smokers.
Make sure the wood's treated with creosote.
/
| 532 |
researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:18:52pm |
| 534 |
Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:19:22pm |
re: #527 Slumbering Behemoth
No, I blew it up, along with Navarro.
:P x 2
Lol.
What's it say about me that I liked Enclave Radio over GNR?
XD
| 535 |
Dark_Falcon Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:19:48pm |
re: #524 WindUpBird
Gosh I wonder why they hate the west so much, we never did a thing to them ever ever ever
And that's what we have to deal with. But given the current situation, we're not going to make them stop hating us. So let them us, as long as they fear us.
| 536 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:20:11pm |
re: #528 researchok
I only went along for the doughnuts, I never really paid attention to any authority, nor really listened. Though, I may have subconsciously absorbed all that hideous Revelations stuff.
| 537 |
researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:20:18pm |
| 539 |
researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:20:57pm |
re: #536 Slumbering Behemoth
I only went along for the doughnuts, I never really paid attention to any authority, nor really listened. Though, I may have subconsciously absorbed all that hideous Revelations stuff.
Holy Donuts.
You know what I'm talking about.
| 540 |
albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:21:25pm |
re: #536 Slumbering Behemoth
I only went along for the doughnuts, I never really paid attention to any authority, nor really listened. Though, I may have subconsciously absorbed all that hideous Revelations stuff.
maybe there is some detox program near you?
| 541 |
researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:23:43pm |
re: #538 Gus 802
Peterbilt or Kenworth?
/Skoal?
/
I want a BBQ rig so big it takes a entire hickory log to get going.
Or one that might dominate my patio.
| 542 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:23:50pm |
re: #540 albusteve
maybe there is some detox program near you?
Heh, I'm completely off donuts and sermons, and am now hooked on demonic zombie nightmares and the like.
| 544 |
Varek Raith Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:24:43pm |
re: #542 Slumbering Behemoth
Heh, I'm completely off donuts and sermons, and am now hooked on demonic zombie nightmares and the like.
Maybe you want BRAINS?
| 545 |
albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:24:58pm |
re: #541 researchok
I want a BBQ rig so big it takes a entire hickory log to get going.
Or one that might dominate my patio.
the Full Hog model...a 1000 pounds of heaven
| 546 |
researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:25:06pm |
I would say pleasant dreams to all, but I now know better.
/
| 547 |
albusteve Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:25:41pm |
re: #542 Slumbering Behemoth
Heh, I'm completely off donuts and sermons, and am now hooked on demonic zombie nightmares and the like.
well that's reasonable
| 548 |
researchok Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:25:46pm |
re: #545 albusteve
the Full Hog model...a 1000 pounds of heaven
Now you know what I'll be dreaming about.
| 550 |
austin_blue Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:28:22pm |
re: #533 Gus 802
True. Nukes have a tendency to embiggen organisms. (See 50 ft. Tall Woman)
Them!
[Link: www.imdb.com...]
| 552 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:30:38pm |
re: #550 austin_blue
Them!
[Link: www.imdb.com...]
Yeah. Everything always got bigger due to radioactivity back in the 50s.
| 553 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:31:09pm |
Slumbering Behemoth I hope you are still here!
I created a page just to post the photo of the cute puppy!!!!!!
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
SO DAMN CUTE. But she's still sleeping now, too dark for real-time photo.
| 555 |
Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:33:58pm |
re: #534 Varek Raith
Lol.
What's it say about me that I liked Enclave Radio over GNR?
XD
Kill 3 Dog, take hit headwrap. GNR goes to all music with a woman saying no more news since 3 Dog is dead every 3 or 4 songs.
| 556 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:34:45pm |
re: #547 albusteve
I'm nothing, if not reasonable.
| 557 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:36:50pm |
re: #553 Stanley Sea
That's more cute than a single organism deserves to have. Probably an evolutionary defense mechanism, to keep us from eating them at a young age.
| 558 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:39:34pm |
OK, this is nuts in a cool way.
Rolls Royce Griffon Mk 58 Engine being fired up
It's a static display.
| 559 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:42:06pm |
re: #557 Slumbering Behemoth
That's more cute than a single organism deserves to have. Probably an evolutionary defense mechanism, to keep us from eating them at a young age.
Tell me about it. I'm not a "pet" person I thought. ha ha. I'm toast.
| 560 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:42:25pm |
re: #558 Gus 802
Isn't RR owned by Volkswagon now, or is it the other way around? Or am I just misremembering things?
| 562 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:44:05pm |
re: #560 Slumbering Behemoth
Isn't RR owned by Volkswagon now, or is it the other way around? Or am I just misremembering things?
Don't know.
| 563 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:45:44pm |
re: #560 Slumbering Behemoth
Isn't RR owned by Volkswagon now, or is it the other way around? Or am I just misremembering things?
Might be BMW.
| 564 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:47:05pm |
re: #559 Stanley Sea
Dogs are good people. Wish I could have one myself. Someone tries to fuck with you, you're dog ain't having it.
Someone tries to fuck with my (theoretical) dog, they be fools. My (theoretical) dog will be the least of their problems.
| 565 |
MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:49:02pm |
re: #560 Slumbering Behemoth
Isn't RR owned by Volkswagon now, or is it the other way around? Or am I just misremembering things?
re: #563 Gus 802
Might be BMW.
The car division of Rolls Royce is owned by BMW and Bentley is owned by VW.
In 1998, owners Vickers decided to sell Rolls-Royce Motors. The most likely buyer was BMW, who already supplied engines and other components for Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars, but BMW's final offer of £340m was beaten by Volkswagen's £430m.
A stipulation in the ownership documents of Rolls-Royce dictated that Rolls-Royce plc, the aero-engine maker would retain certain essential trademarks (the Rolls-Royce name and logo) if the automotive division was sold. Rolls-Royce plc chose to license not to VW but to BMW, with whom it had recently had joint business ventures. VW had bought rights to the "Spirit of Ecstasy" bonnet (hood) ornament and the shape of the radiator grille, but it lacked rights to the Rolls-Royce name necessary to build the cars. Likewise, BMW lacked rights to the grille and mascot. BMW bought an option on the trademarks, licensing the name and "RR" logo for £40m, a deal that many commentators thought was a bargain for possibly the most valuable property in the deal. VW claimed that it had only really wanted Bentley anyway.
BMW and VW arrived at a solution. From 1998 to 2002 BMW would continue to supply engines for the cars and would allow use of the names, but this would cease on 1 January 2003. From that date, only BMW would be able to name cars "Rolls-Royce", and VW's former Rolls-Royce/Bentley division would build only cars called "Bentley".
| 566 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:49:40pm |
re: #563 Gus 802
Ah, I had it right. In your face! :P
In 1980, Rolls-Royce Motors was acquired by Vickers. In 1998, Vickers plc decided to sell Rolls-Royce Motors. The leading contender seemed to be BMW, who already supplied internal combustion engines and other components for Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars. Their final offer of £340m was outbid by Volkswagen Group, who offered £430m. As part of the deal, Volkswagen Group acquired rights to the "Spirit of Ecstasy" mascot and the shape of the radiator grille.
| 567 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:50:36pm |
re: #565 talon_262
Damn. I only had it half right.
/In my face!
| 571 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:53:59pm |
re: #565 talon_262
Bah! Who would care about Rolls Royce when we have Rose Royce?
| 572 |
MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:55:57pm |
re: #567 Slumbering Behemoth
Damn. I only had it half right.
/In my face!
You were actually mostly right...VW had bought the physical assets of R-R (which included Bentley) from Vickers (along with the rights and designs of the R-R grille and mascot), but BMW licensed the right the the R-R name (for the auto biz) from Rolls-Royce plc (the jet engine maker, who holds the trademarks for the R-R brand).
Pretty simple, huh? /
| 573 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:57:18pm |
re: #571 Slumbering Behemoth
Bah! Who would care about Rolls Royce when we have Rose Royce?
oh yeah!
| 574 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:57:27pm |
re: #572 talon_262
You were actually mostly right...VW had bought the physical assets of R-R (which included Bentley) from Vickers (along with the rights and designs of the R-R grille and mascot), but BMW licensed the right the the R-R name (for the auto biz) from Rolls-Royce plc (the jet engine maker, who holds the trademarks for the R-R brand).
Pretty simple, huh? /
Wasn't BAE involved with RR at one point?
| 575 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 10:59:04pm |
re: #573 Stanley Sea
Hardcore metal head that I am, that's one of my all time favorite tunes.
| 576 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:00:08pm |
re: #575 Slumbering Behemoth
Hardcore metal head that I am, that's one of my all time favorite tunes.
I just know "Car Wash"
| 577 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:01:45pm |
Oh and puppy is doing the ole dream shake on my foot right now!
| 578 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:06:48pm |
So, I went to the hardware store today. Well, many actually. But at one stop that didn't have what I was looking for, as I came out the police were beginning to block things off, directing people to leave the parking lot, and so on.
One liquor store I frequent is right there. Doors were closed and lights off. I assumed a robbery. Turns out the 11 o'clock news reports it as being a fake pipe bomb scare, with a "look alike" pipe bomb in the garbage can right in front of said liquor store. Odd.
| 579 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:08:43pm |
re: #577 Stanley Sea
Oh and puppy is doing the ole dream shake on my foot right now!
It only gets worse from there.
| 580 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:12:09pm |
re: #579 Slumbering Behemoth
It only gets worse from there.
huge lol with that!!!!!
I've got to get her and moi more comfortable! She just yelped! lucky she's 1/18 the size of that dog.
| 581 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:12:52pm |
re: #580 Stanley Sea
huge lol with that!!!
I've got to get her and moi more comfortable! She just yelped! lucky she's 1/18 the size of that dog.
But the damn cute thing just farted for the 2nd time. ugh.
| 582 |
MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:13:13pm |
re: #574 Gus 802
Wasn't BAE involved with RR at one point?
Yeah, somewhat...R-R bought Bristol Siddeley (part of BAC, predecessor of BAE) in 1966, goes bankrupt in 1971 (because of the problems with their RB211 jet engine for the Lockheed L-1011) and is nationalized, then split up (the car biz went to Vickers and the aerospace/defense biz continued to be nationalized until 1987)
| 583 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:15:08pm |
Oops. Posted some stuff on the previous thread. I blame the whiskey.
| 584 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:16:11pm |
Well this is interesting. In the state of CA, membership fee retailers like Costco or Sam's Club are required by law to sell alcohol to anyone "of age", whether they are a member or not.
| 586 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:19:37pm |
re: #585 Gus 802
Boeing 757-200 from Thomsonfly at Ringway/Manchester Intl Airport by Simon Lowe
[Video]Bird strike!
And you know what would have happened if they got two bird strikes (both engines) in that config.
| 587 |
MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:22:39pm |
re: #586 Gus 802
And you know what would have happened if they got two bird strikes (both engines) in that config.
Sully (and his passengers and crew) knows...
| 588 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:25:09pm |
re: #587 talon_262
Sully (and his passengers and crew) knows...
Yep. Prepare for river landing. Good move on his part.
| 589 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:31:08pm |
| 593 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:41:43pm |
Clamshell packaging is the work of Pat Robertson. I'm sure of it.
| 594 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:43:26pm |
re: #593 Slumbering Behemoth
Clamshell packaging is the work of Pat Robertson. I'm sure of it.
It's a well known fact that Pat Robertson is afraid of clams. And snails. And beards.
//
| 595 |
Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:43:33pm |
re: #593 Slumbering Behemoth
Clamshell packaging is the work of Pat Robertson. I'm sure of it.
How random. Where did this come from? :)
| 597 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:45:21pm |
re: #595 Jadespring
How random. Where did this come from? :)
It came from me opening a vein trying to get something out of clamshell packaging just now.
/kidding about the vein opening part
| 598 |
Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:49:13pm |
Well sage and sweetgrass soap is the work of angels. I'm sure of it.
(Just had a bath and used this new soap I bought. Loved it.)
| 600 |
freetoken Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:50:01pm |
re: #593 Slumbering Behemoth
Clamshell packaging is the work of Pat Robertson.
Next best thing to a chastity belt!
| 601 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:51:33pm |
| 603 |
MittDoesNotCompute Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:52:37pm |
| 604 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:52:37pm |
| 605 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:54:29pm |
LOL SNL the boyfriend morning after talkshow
| 607 |
ClaudeMonet Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:57:57pm |
re: #11 Gus 802
I went to the '64 World's Fair when I was a little squirt.
I was nine when my family went in 1965. I remember the Animatronic robots and remember making fun of them because they couldn't ad lib.
re: #23 oaktree
And soon his programming will go awry and he'll come after the modern GOP just like Yul Brynner went after people in _West World_!
Nothing can possibly go worng.
re: #71 Gus 802
Graham's got a big mouth.
Which is bad in and of itself, but worse when coupled with a small brain.
| 608 |
Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:58:37pm |
re: #605 Stanley Sea
LOL SNL the boyfriend morning after talkshow
Have they done the Christine O'Donnell "I'm not a witch" ad yet?
| 610 |
Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:00:20pm |
re: #593 Slumbering Behemoth
Clamshell packaging is the work of Pat Robertson. I'm sure of it.
and the little wire ties that keep kid's toys in place in the box as well.
| 611 |
Jadespring Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:02:36pm |
Night all.
Time to hit the hay before I literally have to hit the hay tomorrow.
| 614 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:08:08pm |
FUCKING MUPPETS!!! FUCK YEAH!!!
| 616 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:09:02pm |
re: #608 Jadespring
Have they done the Christine O'Donnell "I'm not a witch" ad yet?
yeah (excellent) I just realized I was watching a re-run!
| 617 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:10:29pm |
| 619 |
Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:11:33pm |
re: #617 Slumbering Behemoth
It's only fun for those playing Axis & Allies.
/necessary evil, and all that...
or Orks.
| 620 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:13:21pm |
re: #617 Slumbering Behemoth
It's only fun for those playing Axis & Allies.
/necessary evil, and all that...
Yep. And if someone is going to punch you in the face you have to punch back. It still sucks.
| 623 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:19:54pm |
re: #620 Gus 802
It always sucks, bro. That's the nature of reality, unfortunately. I'd rather be riding unicorns and downing pixie stix.
/and by "unicorns" I mean freaking hot porn stars, and by "pixie stix" I mean most any intoxicant imaginable.
| 624 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:21:32pm |
re: #623 Slumbering Behemoth
It always sucks, bro. That's the nature of reality, unfortunately. I'd rather be riding unicorns and downing pixie stix.
/and by "unicorns" I mean freaking hot porn stars, and by "pixie stix" I mean most any intoxicant imaginable.
| 625 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:22:54pm |
re: #624 Gus 802
| 626 |
Gus Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:24:56pm |
| 629 |
Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:27:13pm |
| 630 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:30:03pm |
| 631 |
ClaudeMonet Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:30:14pm |
re: #497 Gus 802
I'll take anything in red with the nameplate: Ferrari.
Only if you are willing to give up your one and only vehicle within a few hundred miles. For Post-Apocalyptia, you want something that will run on any kind of gas, take a licking, and keep on ticking. I'm thinking something along the lines of a 1960s pickup truck, or maybe a station wagon I can equip with a howitzer in the back.
| 633 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:33:03pm |
re: #632 Gus 802
You don't call it "sleep" when you're neck deep in a bottle of whiskey.
Anyway, "sleep" well.
| 634 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:39:04pm |
re: #631 ClaudeMonet
Best to go with something from Chryslus Motors. I recommend something from their Highwayman line.
| 636 |
Digital Display Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:45:28pm |
Well, I started out down a dirty road
Started out all alone
And the sun went down as I crossed the hill
And the town lit up, the world got still
I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
Well, the good ol' days may not return
And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn
I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
Well, some say life will beat you down
Break your heart, steal your crown
So I've started out for God knows where
I guess I'll know when I get there
I'm learning to fly around the clouds
But what goes up must come down
| 637 |
Kragar Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:46:44pm |
Man, cheezy 70s american martial arts movies are so lame.
| 638 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sat, Nov 6, 2010 11:53:27pm |
| 639 |
Kragar Sun, Nov 7, 2010 1:01:33am |
| 640 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, Nov 7, 2010 1:02:36am |
re: #637 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Man, cheezy 70s american martial arts movies are so lame.
Whatchya watchin'?
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Kragar Sun, Nov 7, 2010 1:25:42am |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, Nov 7, 2010 1:26:15am |
Well, since I don't wanna look like I'm hogging the whole thread to myself, I'm bouncing out. Laters.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Nov 7, 2010 1:20:57am |
"Scarborough Fair" in Galician by Luar Na Lubre:
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laZardo Sun, Nov 7, 2010 1:34:47am |
Forget Lincolnbot, I'm still waiting on Robot Nixon.
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CuriousLurker Sun, Nov 7, 2010 1:42:16am |
"Sultanas de Merkaillo" by Ojos de Brujo:
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CuriousLurker Sun, Nov 7, 2010 1:51:52am |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Nov 7, 2010 2:07:05am |
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CuriousLurker Sun, Nov 7, 2010 2:10:01am |
Impossible Guitar - Guitarist Dominic Frasca playing 10 and 6 string:
And with that, I'm gone. *POOF - disappears in cloud of smoke*
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 7, 2010 2:10:34am |
re: #637 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Man, cheezy 70s american martial arts movies are so lame.
We have a famous movie rental joint in Portland (Movie Madness) that doubles as a museum of old costumes/props/etc that has an entire section labeled "poser martial arts" :D
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 7, 2010 2:10:56am |
re: #648 CuriousLurker
KEYZER SOZE
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Kragar Sun, Nov 7, 2010 2:18:05am |
re: #649 WindUpBird
We have a famous movie rental joint in Portland (Movie Madness) that doubles as a museum of old costumes/props/etc that has an entire section labeled "poser martial arts" :D
Reading on some of its background, it was described as the first movie about the philosophy of martial arts.
No one wants to see a martial arts movie about the philosophy of martial arts where the fight scenes look like feebs prancing around.
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Kragar Sun, Nov 7, 2010 3:03:19am |
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sun, Nov 7, 2010 3:04:43am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 3:08:53am |
re: #653 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
If I go to the bank and the dry cleaners in the same day, I need a nap.
| 659 |
Obdicut Sun, Nov 7, 2010 3:21:49am |
I bet this guy could kick all their asses.
| 661 |
Kragar Sun, Nov 7, 2010 3:40:11am |
You know, the biggest drawback to assembling a horde army is that you have to assemble a horde.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Nov 7, 2010 3:46:25am |
re: #661 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You know, the biggest drawback to assembling a horde army is that you have to assemble a horde.
In my experience, a reputable catering service can really take a load off.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Nov 7, 2010 3:48:02am |
The sound of metal I want to be you
I could learn to be a man
Like you
Plug me in and turn me on
Oh everything is moving
I need my treatment it's tomorrow they send me
Singing "I am an American"
Do you?
Picture this if they could make the change
I'd love to pull the wires from the wall
Did you?
| 665 |
Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Nov 7, 2010 4:02:32am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 4:03:35am |
re: #662 negativ
Not fond of Pugs. They are too proud of their butt-holes.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Nov 7, 2010 4:05:38am |
re: #666 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Not fond of Pugs. They are too proud of their butt-holes.
That's kinda the whole point of dogs. They can be like, "CHECK IT OUT, I TOTALLY HAVE A BONER" and nobody calls the cops.
| 669 |
Kragar Sun, Nov 7, 2010 4:07:52am |
re: #666 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Not fond of Pugs. They are too proud of their butt-holes.
Nathan: Alice, please. Your dog, Alice. It and my appetite are mutually exclusive.
Alice: Well, what's wrong with the dog?
Nathan: Simple. He's been licking his asshole for the last three straight hours. I submit to you that there is nothing there worth more than an hour's attention. I should think that whatever he is attempting to dislodge is either gone for good, or there to stay. Wouldn't you agree?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 4:17:27am |
I've been reading a little of the coverage of the President's visit to Asia.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Nov 7, 2010 4:28:13am |
re: #670 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I've been reading a little of the coverage of the President's visit to Asia.
If the Daily Fail reported that the world was round rather than flat, I'd be disinclined to believe it without corroboration. British papers are about like American TV.
| 673 |
Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Nov 7, 2010 4:37:18am |
The list of lurkers is full of all the makings of an epic battle of trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls. Yet nobody says anything. Entertain me, dang it! The Constitution guarantees my right to be entertained.
| 674 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 5:04:57am |
Just saw an Facebook post with different zombie puns on it.
Vegetarian zombies --- "Graaaiiins"?
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sun, Nov 7, 2010 5:17:19am |
Good Morning again Lizard Honcos!
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?"
- Will Rogers
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Nov 7, 2010 5:20:15am |
Let's see if I can get this thing started.
The Rolling Stones, Janice Joplin, and the Grateful Dead are all hideously overrated, but none more than Bob Dylan.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Nov 7, 2010 5:22:49am |
Also, Creedence Clearwater Revival may be the worst band ever.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 5:43:59am |
Watching "Little Miss Sunshine" for the trillionth (or so) time.
Paul Dano got so little press... but was so great in this movie.
I just love this... Grandpa's dead and Olive's about to dance.
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Wozza Matter? Sun, Nov 7, 2010 5:56:29am |
re: #673 negativ
The list of lurkers is full of all the makings of an epic battle of trolls trolling trolls trolling trolls. Yet nobody says anything. Entertain me, dang it! The Constitution guarantees my right to be entertained.
I just thought i'd log in and say nothing.
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RogueOne Sun, Nov 7, 2010 5:58:04am |
Great. The Colts lose another player for the season. This is really starting to hurt my feelings:
[Link: sports.espn.go.com...]
INDIANAPOLIS -- Colts President Bill Polian is just looking for a few good replacements.It's getting tougher every day.
On Saturday, Indianapolis put former first-round pick Anthony Gonzalez on injured reserve because of a posterior cruciate ligament injury in his left knee, and left five other players, including running backs Joseph Addai and Mike Hart, behind as the team flew to Philadelphia.
The injury list is so long that even Polian has had to revise the team's long-held mantra about injuries. "It's next man up, and right now, we're looking around to see who the next man is," Polian joked as he scouted the Iowa-Indiana game Saturday.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:00:57am |
Good Morning Sunshine!
Bob Dylan: Poet for a Generation or just a guy who rhymes a lot?
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:02:41am |
re: #677 negativ
Let's see if I can get this thing started.
The Rolling Stones, Janice Joplin, and the Grateful Dead are all hideously overrated, but none more than Bob Dylan.
I dunno about that....I know that when I was working the overnight shift at the radio station (way back in the 80s) nothing would wake me up as much as Start Me Up.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:05:58am |
Just discovered this group (I mean 5 seconds ago)
Think Amy Winehouse but without the drug addict pallor.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:06:46am |
re: #686 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I am very fond of Janice.
I never quite understood Janice or Tom Waits. Yeah, Bobbie McGee is a great song, but Janice's voice could peel paint.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:08:34am |
re: #688 PT Barnum
Don't know either. Janice hits me where Tom does not.
I only really enjoy one Tom Waits song; but I could listen to Janice sing the phone book.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:09:01am |
re: #670 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I've been reading a little of the coverage of the President's visit to Asia.
Man, that article has serious anti-American vibe going through. I tend not to trust what haters say.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:10:07am |
re: #687 PT Barnum
Probably wouldn't be there without Amy tho... sounds like a clone...
But, you're right... without the Heroine (at least it appears).
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:13:22am |
I think there are singers (technically great) and then there are performers (technically not all that good, but have the benefit of good material, interesting presentation, etc).
A lot of artists in the present day are performers.
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Wozza Matter? Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:16:14am |
re: #670 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I've been reading a little of the coverage of the President's visit to Asia.
The daily mail is a pretty vile scum sheet. it's aimed just above "The Sun".
the mail is a xenophobic rag.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:18:07am |
re: #693 wozzablog
Not a huge fan of the current administration (as y'all may know) but that was WAY THE FUCK over the top.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:18:37am |
re: #691 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Probably wouldn't be there without Amy tho... sounds like a clone...
But, you're right... without the Heroine (at least it appears).
Different song from the same group.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:19:09am |
Olive just finished dancing...
If you can see that without it cracking you up and breaking your heart at the same time...
Well. You're dead.
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Wozza Matter? Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:20:36am |
re: #694 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Not a huge fan of the current administration (as y'all may know) but that was WAY THE FUCK over the top.
They have a typical MO - take something with a kernel of truth and run it to the power of a zillion.
Its a britiish version of the wingnut press.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:20:37am |
re: #695 PT Barnum
That can't be considered music nowadays... I can't hear the Auto-tune.
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Jadespring Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:24:27am |
re: #697 wozzablog
They have a typical MO - take something with a kernel of truth and run it to the power of a zillion.
Its a britiish version of the wingnut press.
So it's like Fox News in a newspaper. :)
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Daniel Ballard Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:28:38am |
re: #690 Dark_Falcon
Man, that article has serious anti-American vibe going through. I tend not to trust what haters say.
Darn straight it does. The red carpet is always rolled out for state visitors like POTUS. What's really funny is a good red carpet probably costs less there than just about anywhere. LOL.
"Warships patrol off Mumbai"... Anyone else here the meme echo of the other day?
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:29:51am |
re: #697 wozzablog
They have a typical MO - take something with a kernel of truth and run it to the power of a zillion.
Its a britiish version of the wingnut press.
That sounds about right. That article was seriously in the "ELEVENTY!!1" vein.
| 702 |
Wozza Matter? Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:30:20am |
re: #700 Rightwingconspirator
I've heard there is one warship that was already in the area............the plural is an unknown quantity that severely i doubt but am too lazy to double check for myself.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:30:52am |
re: #701 Dark_Falcon
That sounds about right. That article was seriously in the "ELEVENTY!!1" vein.
Was a lot of "some say" bullshit as well.
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Wozza Matter? Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:31:27am |
re: #701 Dark_Falcon
the fox news media information centre..............
[Link: icanhascheezburger.com...]
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harlequinade Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:34:06am |
re: #670 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
It has to be said, as others have, that the Daily Mail is worse that a stopped clock, that is at least right about something twice a day.
I wouldn't use it as toilet paper, for fear of making things dirtier than when I started. And to call it a newspaper is to really have a low opinion of news.
| 706 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:34:07am |
re: #700 Rightwingconspirator
Darn straight it does. The red carpet is always rolled out for state visitors like POTUS. What's really funny is a good red carpet probably costs less there than just about anywhere. LOL.
"Warships patrol off Mumbai"... Anyone else here the meme echo of the other day?
I especially didn't like the vibe I felt towards President Obama in that article. The whole "pimped out" way they describe his limo, and then the way that cartoon graphic depicts him were far too close to the "Obama is a Chicago Street Thug" meme I've seen from some wacked out wingnuts.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:34:20am |
re: #704 wozzablog
the fox news media information centre...
[Link: icanhascheezburger.com...]
You just don't see a lot of dogs look as totally evil as cats. I like cats, but I'm allergic so we have dogs. Dogs usually aren't smart enough to be evil. They're too busy rolling in stink and digging in the garbage. At least mine are.
| 708 |
Daniel Ballard Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:34:55am |
re: #702 wozzablog
As I recall we have a whole fleet in that sea most of the time. A Carrier battle group.
| 709 |
Daniel Ballard Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:36:01am |
re: #706 Dark_Falcon
Consider that source-Not much better than cashier line tabloids, with the saving grace of the occasional good story or scoop.
| 710 |
Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:38:19am |
re: #709 Rightwingconspirator
Consider that source-Not much better than cashier line tabloids, with the saving grace of the occasional good story or scoop.
The liink to the Heather Graham pics on the right was good...mmmmmm Heather Graham...
| 711 |
Wozza Matter? Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:38:57am |
re: #706 Dark_Falcon
I especially didn't like the vibe I felt towards President Obama in that article. The whole "pimped out" way they describe his limo, and then the way that cartoon graphic depicts him were far too close to the "Obama is a Chicago Street Thug" meme I've seen from some wacked out wingnuts.
racist, xenophobic, homophobic rag unfit to be used as toilet paper (as mentioned above).
It's Mel Phillips favourite paper ;p
| 712 |
Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:39:35am |
re: #710 PT Barnum
The liink to the Heather Graham pics on the right was good...mmm Heather Graham...
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researchok Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:40:58am |
It's good.
| 714 |
Wozza Matter? Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:47:45am |
anyways - FBV - not picking on you old bean.
| 717 |
Wozza Matter? Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:53:29am |
gach. my soccer team are losing - and the Miami Dolphins game is on later........... will i just make myself more depressed watching it?
| 718 |
Wozza Matter? Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:55:16am |
re: #716 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Sorry, you spry young thing you.
| 719 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:56:03am |
| 720 |
Wozza Matter? Sun, Nov 7, 2010 6:57:28am |
re: #719 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
yeppers. my boys are losing 0-1.
*curses*
although my scottish soccer team won 9-0 yesterday. and the cup match i was just watching finished 2-5.
| 722 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:09:35am |
| 723 |
darthstar Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:28:34am |
Mornin' Lacertae...lovely weekend up in the Sierras...Today it's cold, windy, and wet...Bring it on, winter!
| 724 |
Daniel Ballard Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:28:44am |
I put up a page on Gates trip to Australia-Expanding military presence in Asia. Surely connected to the India trip.
No word on his entourage. heh.
| 725 |
Semper Fi Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:32:10am |
Good morning all. Just finished changing all the clocks (fall back) and checked the weather. Temps are coming down and overnight lows for next week predicted to be in the mid 40's.
Hope each lizard is headed for a great sunday.
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Jadespring Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:38:09am |
re: #725 Semper Fi
Morning.
I still haven't changed all my clocks but my trusty computer is showing me the way so I don't get too confused. :)
So far it's shaping up to be a good day. It's cold but the sun is out so I'm getting a nice warm window experience as I'm sitting here.
I should go outside and do some work but I think it's going to be a do the dishes, clean up the kitchen and bathroom and then sit down and catch up on some reading in a cozy chair sort of day.
I've got 4 books I need to get through sooner rather then later.
| 727 |
Sheila Broflovski Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:40:01am |
I've been looking up HDTV's to replace the one that was stolen, but I am waiting for the prices to come down before the holidays.
We took out a property insurance policy. Too late to cover the TV, but now our other valuable stuff is covered.
| 728 |
darthstar Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:40:41am |
Wow...Bush must be feeling pretty confident these days...criticizing Sarah Palin?
The 43rd President has told friends the ex-Alaska governor isn't qualified to be President and criticizes Arizona Sen. John McCain for putting Palin on the 2008 GOP ticket and handing her a national platform.
"Naming Palin makes Bush think less of McCain as a man," a Republican official familiar with Bush's thinking told the Daily News.
"He thinks McCain ran a lousy campaign with an unqualified running mate and destroyed any chance of winning by picking Palin."
Read more: [Link: www.nydailynews.com...]
| 729 |
Digital Display Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:41:14am |
re: #726 Jadespring
Good Morning..Sounds like a lovely Sunday ahead of you..
/except for the cleaning stuff
| 730 |
Daniel Ballard Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:42:05am |
re: #727 Alouette
I think my deductible would be about as much as my TV or at least half. Look out for that. We have that coverage, but for a bigger loss. The first $500 or $1000 ir deductible on my policy.
| 731 |
Semper Fi Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:43:37am |
Reading your post gave me a mental picture of a nice chair near a sunny window with a table and 4 books within reach. Just need a beverage and some snacks. Very tranquil.
| 732 |
Semper Fi Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:44:59am |
re: #726 Jadespring
Morning.
I still haven't changed all my clocks but my trusty computer is showing me the way so I don't get too confused. :)
So far it's shaping up to be a good day. It's cold but the sun is out so I'm getting a nice warm window experience as I'm sitting here.
I should go outside and do some work but I think it's going to be a do the dishes, clean up the kitchen and bathroom and then sit down and catch up on some reading in a cozy chair sort of day.I've got 4 books I need to get through sooner rather then later.
See #731, sorry.
| 733 |
Daniel Ballard Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:45:05am |
Shoutout to Hoosier Hoops-
How did that guitar and amp work out?
Still got glass in your windows?
| 734 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:45:52am |
re: #730 Rightwingconspirator
I think my deductible would be about as much as my TV or at least half. Look out for that. We have that coverage, but for a bigger loss. The first $500 or $1000 ir deductible on my policy.
$1000 deductible here
The savings in the premiums alone are worth it (about a three year "break even" line)
| 735 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:47:29am |
re: #728 darthstar
There's freedom in not having to run for nuthin'...
| 736 |
Digital Display Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:48:31am |
re: #733 Rightwingconspirator
Shoutout to Hoosier Hoops-
How did that guitar and amp work out?
Still got glass in your windows?
Yes I blasted it out for a while last night..Man..I'm rusty
It was embarrassing.. I had to stop..But sent out a message..
I'm louder than you are..hehehe
| 737 |
Jadespring Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:48:39am |
re: #729 HoosierHoops
Good Morning..Sounds like a lovely Sunday ahead of you..
/except for the cleaning stuff
You know over the past while I've been reordering my thinking about cleaning a lot because it's just something that has to be done and never goes away.
It really doesn't bother me as much anymore. Might sound weird but I've been turning it into a more meditative practice and time. Zen and the Art of Home Maintenance I suppose.
Still haven't found the zen in cleaning up cat barf and kitty litter though...
| 738 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:48:43am |
Update:Man arrested in shootings targeting immigrants in Sweden
NO mention if he's affiliated with with the Sweden Democrats or other anti-Islam group.
| 739 |
Daniel Ballard Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:49:23am |
re: #726 Jadespring
We went to bed way too early, woke up at 05:30 after 9 hours sleep. Made egg/salsa wraps. Next up is a drive for a martial arts session.
| 740 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:50:26am |
re: #738 Killgore Trout
Update:Man arrested in shootings targeting immigrants in Sweden
NO mention if he's affiliated with with the Sweden Democrats or other anti-Islam group.
You'll know soon enough... if he is... Robert Spencer will be crowing about it.
| 741 |
rwmofo Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:53:01am |
re: #736 HoosierHoops
Yes I blasted it out for a while last night..Man..I'm rusty
It was embarrassing.. I had to stop..But sent out a message..
I'm louder than you are..hehehe
What kind of guitar do you have?
| 742 |
Digital Display Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:53:26am |
re: #737 Jadespring
You know over the past while I've been reordering my thinking about cleaning a lot because it's just something that has to be done and never goes away.
It really doesn't bother me as much anymore. Might sound weird but I've been turning it into a more meditative practice and time. Zen and the Art of Home Maintenance I suppose.Still haven't found the zen in cleaning up cat barf and kitty litter though...
I need to find a local maid here in Oklahoma..I had one in Indiana and after a long day at work there is nothing like coming home to a clean house
| 743 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:53:49am |
re: #741 rwmofo
Sounds like the kind that you use with an amp that goes to 11.
| 744 |
Digital Display Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:54:05am |
| 745 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:54:13am |
Outrageous outrage!
Obama regrets distortion of Islam to justify violence
Mr. Obama said the phrase ‘Jihad’ has different interpretations. Islam is one of the great religions and majority of its one billion practices believe in peace, justice and tolerance, he added.
| 747 |
rwmofo Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:56:56am |
| 748 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 7:58:08am |
re: #746 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That was funny right there.
| 749 |
Digital Display Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:00:01am |
| 750 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:01:03am |
re: #749 HoosierHoops
The only Gibson I loved playing was the ES335...I love Strats..Apparently I can't play any more..I sucked last night
ftfy
(said with love!!!)
| 751 |
researchok Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:01:41am |
re: #745 Killgore Trout
Outrageous outrage!
Obama regrets distortion of Islam to justify violence
When Bush said the same thing, he was hailed.
| 752 |
rwmofo Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:05:13am |
re: #749 HoosierHoops
The only Gibson I loved playing was the ES335...I love Strats..Apparently I can't play any more..I sucked last night
Practice. I've let mine sit for months on occasion over the years. One of my kids is a pro and he says that just to maintain your current level, ya gotta play every day.
But the "What's your favorite?" answer all depends on what you like as well. There are waaay too many choices.
I'm looking at adding some Motown to my regular schedule. I've always liked it, but haven't been playing it.
| 753 |
Digital Display Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:07:33am |
re: #752 rwmofo
Practice. I've let mine sit for months on occasion over the years. One of my kids is a pro and he says that just to maintain your current level, ya gotta play every day.
But the "What's your favorite?" answer all depends on what you like as well. There are waaay too many choices.
I'm looking at adding some Motown to my regular schedule. I've always liked it, but haven't been playing it.
I really need to practice more...Seems like I'm always working,,,
Just wait till I win the Lotto..:)
| 755 |
Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:13:38am |
re: #753 HoosierHoops
I really need to practice more...Seems like I'm always working,,,
Just wait till I win the Lotto..:)
Here's my three new instruments... all on my Ipod Touch...
| 756 |
Daniel Ballard Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:15:18am |
Anyone else watching Rand Paul on with Christiana Amanpour
(not sure about that spelling) ?
Started pretty sane then drove off the cliff...
| 757 |
Sheila Broflovski Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:16:43am |
re: #730 Rightwingconspirator
I think my deductible would be about as much as my TV or at least half. Look out for that. We have that coverage, but for a bigger loss. The first $500 or $1000 ir deductible on my policy.
Our deductible is $250. The stolen TV cost $500. I'm thinking of getting a larger TV to replace it. Should be some good sales going on for the holidays.
| 758 |
Daniel Ballard Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:18:48am |
re: #757 Alouette
Yeah, I have been doing my homework on the technology, it's more complex than ever. My 5.1 receiver had a bad hiccup, so I started looking about. Sheesh HDMI has too many versions.
| 759 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:19:16am |
Watched this lady last night on Austin City Limits.
Wasn't her best song... but I think she's great. 19 freakin' years old.
| 761 |
Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:19:46am |
re: #755 Walter L. Newton
Here's my three new instruments... all on my Ipod Touch...
[Video]
You must have fingers the size of Tom Thumbs.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:20:58am |
re: #757 Alouette
Next Sunday night Sears stores are having their "Black Friday" Friends and Family nights. You're a friend. 6-9pm (after regular store hours). You can go. You'll save a ton if there's a store close to you.
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Digital Display Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:21:22am |
re: #755 Walter L. Newton
That's really cool Walter...
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Killgore Trout Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:21:31am |
re: #756 Rightwingconspirator
Anyone else watching Rand Paul on with Christiana Amanpour
(not sure about that spelling) ?Started pretty sane then drove off the cliff...
I'll keep an eye out for the video. The Paulians will upload it to youtube.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:22:05am |
re: #759 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Watched this lady last night on Austin City Limits.
Wasn't her best song... but I think she's great. 19 freakin' years old.
I love bluegrass/traditional country.
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rwmofo Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:22:24am |
re: #755 Walter L. Newton
Here's my three new instruments... all on my Ipod Touch...
[Video]
Heh. Put some R&D geeks in a room bar together and that's what you get.
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reine.de.tout Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:22:29am |
re: #757 Alouette
Our deductible is $250. The stolen TV cost $500. I'm thinking of getting a larger TV to replace it. Should be some good sales going on for the holidays.
Prices are already down, and I think will come down further. They surely aren't going to go UP.
But careful on the size - I read something the other day, I can't find that article now, ibut bigger is NOT necessarily better, if the TV is too big for your space, it won't look as clear. You should take into account the distance you will be from the screen when viewing.
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Digital Display Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:25:17am |
re: #766 rwmofo
Heh. Put some R&D geeks in a
roombar together and that's what you get.
LOL. I may be rusty but I would never play smoke on the water...lame..I have a little pride in my licks..
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ClaudeMonet Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:25:56am |
re: #717 wozzablog
and the Miami Dolphins game is on later... will i just make myself more depressed watching it?
Probably but not certainly. The Ravens are just a tad tougher than the not-so-mighty Bengals. I'll say this for your team--your Dolphins aren't the p**ies they used to be, either. They're not really good yet, but they're competitive.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:28:24am |
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:28:53am |
re: #761 PT Barnum
You must have fingers the size of Tom Thumbs.
Nope... the size of the keys on the Hammond Organ app are adjustable, and you can scroll the keyboard up or down... or keep it locked on a certain octave... it's really not hard to get use to the size, and you can actually have two octaves available to you if you set the lower and upper keyboard as one continuous scale... sound wise I compared the app to my 3100 dollar Hammond-Suzuki X3 organ (which this app is based on) and it is amazing how close the sound of this thing is to an actual Hammond organ...
And only $2.99.
The Pocket Guitar app is amazing too... I'm not really a guitar player, not more than picking some tunes and basic chording... but you have 4 different effect pedals, 6 different types of guitar, including bass and once again, you can scroll the neck up and down, so in effect, you have all the frets available to you... just like the organ... you have to get use to the size, but as you saw in the video, it's can be done.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:29:59am |
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Killgore Trout Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:30:09am |
Arizona immigration law proposed for Florida would give many whites a free pass
A controversial twist on a controversial Arizona-style immigration law could exempt aliens from Canada and Western European countries from strict new rules.
A draft immigration reform bill, authored by State Rep. William Snyder (R-Stuart) and initially supported by Governor-Elect Rick Scott, aims to establish the legal presence of anyone pulled over in a traffic stop.
However, the bill instructs law enforcement to presume a person is in the United States legally if he/she possesses a Canadian I.D. or passport from a "visa waiver country" - a distinction almost exclusive to Western Europe. South American and Central American countries are not included on the list.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:30:44am |
re: #770 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That's what sh... oh forget it.
FBV..my thoughts ran to the same place, but my version went "I'll bet that's not the first time or the only situation where you've said that."
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Digital Display Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:33:41am |
re: #774 PT Barnum
FBV..my thoughts ran to the same place, but my version went "I'll bet that's not the first time or the only situation where you've said that."
Guitar licks..Keep it clean people..LOL
Years ago I spent at least a whole month learning the lead to Fear the reaper..Note for note..It's hard.. I can maybe play half of it now..Sucks
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:34:28am |
re: #773 Killgore Trout
Now... I would absolutely call that against brown people.
That can not possibly stand.
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rwmofo Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:35:17am |
re: #768 HoosierHoops
LOL. I may be rusty but I would never play smoke on the water...lame..I have a little pride in my licks..
True dat. I know how, but I don't.
I was working in LA 2002-2003 and was killing time over a weekend. Was walking around Santa Monica and there was a 12 year-old playing his Strat for tips (Parents were there). This kid was really good. Between songs he ripped a little of the Alien Ant Farm version of Smooth Criminal. Funny how you can pick up how to play a song just by watching someone for a few seconds. Sometimes when I have the volume on 11 I'll weave this one in. I always liked a lot of Michael Jackson's music.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:35:46am |
re: #728 darthstar
Wow...Bush must be feeling pretty confident these days...criticizing Sarah Palin?
Opening salvo of the GOP establishment attempt to undermine Palin and take back control of the party before 2012?
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Killgore Trout Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:37:41am |
re: #776 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Now... I would absolutely call that against brown people.
That can not possibly stand.
Yeah, they might pass it but it will surely be thrown out by the courts.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:39:11am |
re: #779 Killgore Trout
If they even pass it, they are racist assholes.
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rwmofo Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:41:18am |
re: #772 Walter L. Newton
Ahhh, the 70s. I was stoned, in HS and there was a good chance I had a Deep Purple tape in my 8-track.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:42:31am |
ESPN's doing a story on Brad Childress. His son's in Afghanistan.
How does he focus?
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:42:39am |
re: #781 rwmofo
Ahhh, the 70s. I was stoned, in HS and there was a good chance I had a Deep Purple tape in my 8-track.
Ahhhh... the 60's... good chance I missed all of it... I was taking accordion lessons.
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rwmofo Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:43:52am |
re: #783 Walter L. Newton
Ahhh... the 60's... good chance I missed all of it... I was taking accordion lessons.
Heh.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:43:53am |
re: #782 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
ESPN's doing a story on Brad Childress. His son's in Afghanistan.
How does he focus?
When he did a USO tour out that way it was arranged for his son to meet him at the airport - without Childress being informed of it. Be interesting to see if they show the footage of it.
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reine.de.tout Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:43:58am |
re: #778 oaktree
Opening salvo of the GOP establishment attempt to undermine Palin and take back control of the party before 2012?
It is hoped.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:52:13am |
re: #786 reine.de.tout
It is hoped.
I think it all depends on Fox. If Fox continues to shill for Palin I don't think the GOP establishment can derail her. They need to work on getting rid of Beck too. He's doing a lot of damage.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:53:58am |
re: #14 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Is it just me? Or does Abe look a bit "tarted up"?
I never imagine him that ruddy, but hell, who would know? All those sepia-toned photographs...
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Nov 7, 2010 8:56:12am |
re: #49 LRonHoover
yeah, but wouldn't it be better if we all lived in cool looking domes and had pod-furniture?
Eh, I can do without the pod furniture. I just want my jet-pack.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Nov 7, 2010 9:10:49am |
I have an inch long cut on my left middle finger. A cut on right thumb. And my back is killing me. It's hell getting old. And good morning.
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Rishonah Sun, Nov 7, 2010 3:51:22pm |
We went to the World's Fair in both summers, 1964 and 1965. My grandparents lived in NYC at the time and we would go to visit anyway, so all it cost us was our actual purchases and admission. We saved every quarter we got all year so we could have a good time while there. I still have the guidebook.
This Abraham Lincoln figure was voiced by Royal Dano, an active character actor of the period. It was really wonderful to see, and I did see it a number of times. That whole Fair was magical - the Vatican sent the Pieta, which you went past on a people mover, and at the Belgian pavilion they sold huge Belgian waffles with whipped cream and strawberries for the sum of $1 - it seemed like a lot of money at the time.
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