And Now, the New Improved Shrieking Harpy Rant Generator

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Credit: Curious Lurker.A few days ago we linked to an LGF reader’s funny Pamela Geller Blog Generator. Well, the Geller parody is such a rich mine of comedic material that I couldn’t resist creating my own version. So without further ado, here’s the new LGF Shrieking Harpy Rant Generator, featuring automatic rants created with quotes from the Harpy herself and some of her ugly Photoshop illustrations. I tried to get the patented Geller mix of random capitalization, bright red words, sloppy typos, and egregious overuse of punctuation, although I did have to tone down the bigotry and hate speech a little (because it interfered with the funny).

Click the image below to start autoranting!

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188 comments

elizajane Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:40:10am

I don't know how you did that, but mine was hilarious (and frighteningly convincing) and the graphic of Nancy Pelosi in a green fright wig was divine.

The question remains: could one automatically generate the rants of Beck and Limbaugh, or do they have more genuine originality/eloquence in some sick way? I mean, is there some REASON that Limbaugh makes $54 million a year, according to Newsweek--like, that he cannot be replicated by a machine?

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:41:08am

Disappointing. I tried it a few times and it was still more articulate than the real thing. Go look at her latest post to see what I'm talking about...

reine.de.tout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:44:51am

re: #1 elizajane

I don't know how you did that, but mine was hilarious (and frighteningly convincing) and the graphic of Nancy Pelosi in a green fright wig was divine.

The question remains: could one automatically generate the rants of Beck and Limbaugh, or do they have more genuine originality/eloquence in some sick way? I mean, is there some REASON that Limbaugh makes $54 million a year, according to Newsweek--like, that he cannot be replicated by a machine?

I was just thrilled, thrilled I tells ya! To see a photo of Atla in her bikini.

Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:45:13am

Mine:

The OBAMUNISTS are at it again! This week your humble Atla exposed them plotting to destroy the precious free speech of patriotic anti-jihad bloggers with Christmas trees festooned with EVIL! The OBAMUNISTS may try to tell you otherwise, but these vile traitors are all a bunch of vile Nazi pigs! That's why we need more people like the hottie Geert Wilders and Filip DeWinter of Vlaams Belang, who are not fascists, as they find Obama's birth certificate ONCE AND FOR ALL and prove that he's not reallty the love child of Malcolm X!! (Update, I do not beieve Hussein is the child of Malcom X.)

elizajane Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:47:13am

re: #2 JasonA

Disappointing. I tried it a few times and it was still more articulate than the real thing. Go look at her latest post to see what I'm talking about...

It's true that if you do it many times, the rants become rather formulaic.

This could not, of course, have anything do do with the actual Geller style...

researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:51:51am

I love this.

It's like free associating with a lunatic and you don't have to keep a straight face.

researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:53:07am

re: #3 reine.de.tout

I was just thrilled, thrilled I tells ya! To see a photo of Atla in her bikini.

Be warned- water distorts images and adds 10 lbs close to the surface.

HAL2010 Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:53:16am

Barack Hussein's Christmas Tree - Festooned with Evil!!!!1

Best. Generator. Ever.

wrenchwench Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:55:31am

It does take some work to mock the ridiculous. I believe you have succeeded.

Vicious Michigan Union Thug Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:55:55am

Anti-Circ "activist" explains he's not a bigot because he hates all religions equally.

reine.de.tout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:57:21am

re: #7 researchok

Be warned- water distorts images and adds 10 lbs close to the surface.

hehehehe.
That picture is, of course, from her V-log where she had someone film her at the beach, rolling around in the waves, while she babbled on about something incomprehensible.

The first time I ever saw that, my jaw dropped. Who the hell does that sort of thing, if they want to be taken seriously?

researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 11:59:15am

re: #11 reine.de.tout

hehehehe.
That picture is, of course, from her V-log where she had someone film her at the beach, rolling around in the waves, while she babbled on about something incomprehensible.

The first time I ever saw that, my jaw dropped. Who the hell does that sort of thing, if they want to be taken seriously?

It was at that point I started referring to Ms Geller in the plural- as in . "There they are, Pamela Geller'.
/

reine.de.tout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:03:19pm

re: #12 researchok

It was at that point I started referring to Ms Geller in the plural- as in . "There they are, Pamela Geller'.
/

Lord help me, I'm laughing at that!

DaddyG Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:04:39pm

I gotta say the Shakespearian Insult Generator is never going to be topped.

...and in other news:

Palin's Hacker gets 1-year

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:05:32pm

Its like a pinata filled with crazy

lawhawk Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:05:50pm

re: #14 DaddyG

Heh. Thou spleeny swag-bellied harpy!

elizajane Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:08:11pm

re: #14 DaddyG

I gotta say the Shakespearian Insult Generator is never going to be topped.

...and in other news:

Palin's Hacker gets 1-year

And the East Anglia hacker remains at large and nobody seems to care.

HAL2010 Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:08:11pm

re: #16 lawhawk

Thou sanctimonious sheep-biting lout!

Generator

CuriousLurker Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:08:22pm

Well done!

I have to admit that since she went on her rant about the "secret" selling of halal meat in the U.S. my halal sandwiches taste a little bit better. As a matter of fact, I think of them as Pamwiches now.

researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:08:52pm

re: #13 reine.de.tout

Lord help me, I'm laughing at that!

AHA! I elicited the desired response.

That said, it is true I can't see Geller without those things she so carefully flaunts.

researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:09:42pm

re: #19 CuriousLurker

Well done!

I have to admit that since she went on her rant about the "secret" selling of halal meat in the U.S. my halal sandwiches taste a little bit better. As a matter of fact, I think of them as Pamwiches now.

I loved the Jeffrey Dahmer references.

You know, the subtleness of it all.
.

reine.de.tout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:10:17pm

re: #20 researchok

AHA! I elicited the desired response.

That said, it is true I can't see Geller without those things she so carefully flaunts.

That is true!

CuriousLurker Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:10:48pm

re: #21 researchok

I loved the Jeffrey Dahmer references.

You know, the subtleness of it all.
.

LOL—I hadn't even thought of that! Man, you're evil. //

Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:11:17pm

I like the new picture!

reine.de.tout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:12:39pm

re: #21 researchok

I loved the Jeffrey Dahmer references.

You know, the subtleness of it all.
.

I haven't seen the Jeffrey Dahmer references.
Been looking since you mentioned it last night, but I haven't seen one yet.

researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:14:25pm

re: #25 reine.de.tout

I haven't seen the Jeffrey Dahmer references.
Been looking since you mentioned it last night, but I haven't seen one yet.

Just keep clicking the rant button. The Dahmer rants will eventually appear.

reine.de.tout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:16:25pm

re: #26 researchok

Just keep clicking the rant button. The Dahmer rants will eventually appear.

I personally like the EDL patriots who aren't scarred to do a little dirty work.

CuriousLurker Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:22:59pm

Elena Kagan is just too cute & friendly looking to be scary, even in a Nazi uniform.

$pamela_geller = 'FAIL';

darthstar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:24:14pm

re: #14 DaddyG

I gotta say the Shakespearian Insult Generator is never going to be topped.

...and in other news:

Palin's Hacker gets 1-year

Guessing Palin's high school mascot to get access to her Yahoo email account isn't hacking.

researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:25:38pm

re: #28 CuriousLurker

Elena Kagan is just too cute & friendly looking to be scary, even in a Nazi uniform.

$pamela_geller = 'FAIL';

Too9 much like Schulz on Hogan's Heroes.

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:25:43pm

re: #29 darthstar

Guessing Palin's high school mascot to get access to her Yahoo email account isn't hacking.

More of a social engineering attack really.

CuriousLurker Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:27:39pm

re: #30 researchok

Too9 much like Schulz on Hogan's Heroes.

That's exactly who I think of every time I see that pic.

DaddyG Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:27:43pm

re: #29 darthstar

Guessing Palin's high school mascot to get access to her Yahoo email account isn't hacking.

Whacking?

darthstar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:28:56pm

re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

More of a social engineering attack really.

And a lesson in internet security. I like to use words that have nothing to do with the 'security' questions.

examples:

What's your mother's maiden name? Porridge.
What city were you born in? Xylophone

MilkofMalfeasance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:29:01pm

Charles,

You could make a "Comedy Links" Page here at LGF and put the Ranterator up with this link: Wtf has Sarah Palin done so far?

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:29:47pm

re: #33 DaddyG

Whacking?

I'll remind you that this is a family blog...

Fenris Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:31:05pm

I'm having a ton of fun with this. I might wind up taking a class to learn more about Javascript. Reminds me: it's close to time to rewrite my site; might free up some space by putting all the tables and attributes and all that nonsense into one stylesheet.

Oh, and there's now a link to the SHRG on the page for the PGBG.

DaddyG Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:31:23pm

re: #36 JasonA

I'll remind you that this is a family blog...

What did I say that any Surgeon General or Candidate for Senator hasn't?

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:31:35pm

re: #34 darthstar

And a lesson in internet security. I like to use words that have nothing to do with the 'security' questions.

examples:

What's your mother's maiden name? Porridge.
What city were you born in? Xylophone

I have a personal cipher of alternate characters and deliberate misspellings to use for password and their questions.

darthstar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:32:10pm

re: #39 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I have a personal cipher of alternate characters and deliberate misspellings to use for password and their questions.

Which is another reason why you'll never be Governor of Alaska.

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:32:14pm

re: #36 JasonA

I'll remind you that this is a family blog...

A disfunctional family mind you.

Obdicut Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:32:24pm

re: #39 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

A friend of mine has a password system that requires you to enter two wrong passwords before the right one.

DaddyG Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:32:41pm

re: #34 darthstar

And a lesson in internet security. I like to use words that have nothing to do with the 'security' questions.

examples:

What's your mother's maiden name? Porridge.
What city were you born in? Xylophone

My parents were Marimban too! /

3eff Jeff Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:33:00pm

re: #34 darthstar

And a lesson in internet security. I like to use words that have nothing to do with the 'security' questions.

examples:

What's your mother's maiden name? Porridge.
What city were you born in? Xylophone

dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/stdout bs=8 count=1 2>/dev/null | uuencode /dev/stdin | sed -nre '''2s/.(.{10}).*/1/p'''

darthstar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:34:17pm

re: #44 3eff Jeff

dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/stdout bs=8 count=1 2>/dev/null | uuencode /dev/stdin | sed -nre '''2s/.(.{10}).*/1/p'''

I only use irregular expressions (not enough fibre in my diet)

Eclectic Infidel Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:35:16pm

Does Ms Geller know about this?

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:37:51pm

re: #42 Obdicut

Reminiscing about past computer days.

Some buddys of mine had finished setting up their network prior to going out on float and were bragging about it. I said I could take them down in 10 minutes. They laughed and said it was on. They called back 2 hours later to find out what I had done.

They had never changed any of the names on the default admin accounts. I used their own systems web access for mail, used the account names and just kept typing in bad passwords till everything was locked out. Needless to say, they locked down all the accounts and set up new accounts with names only they knew.

Batman Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:38:40pm

re: #46 eclectic infidel

Does Ms Geller know about this?

She knows about everything Charles does. Everything.

researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:38:58pm

re: #42 Obdicut

A friend of mine has a password system that requires you to enter two wrong passwords before the right one.

That qualifies as brilliant.

albusteve Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:39:11pm

re: #46 eclectic infidel

Does Ms Geller know about this?

of course...no doubt she surfs LGF daily to uncover remarks about her

Fenris Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:39:20pm

re: #48 nonsense

She knows about everything Charles does. Everything.

Ceiling Geller is watching him do things.

researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:39:54pm

re: #37 fenrisdesigns

I'm having a ton of fun with this. I might wind up taking a class to learn more about Javascript. Reminds me: it's close to time to rewrite my site; might free up some space by putting all the tables and attributes and all that nonsense into one stylesheet.

Oh, and there's now a link to the SHRG on the page for the PGBG.

(I'm not sure about what all that means, but you're happy. And, I love the generator)

Obdicut Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:40:05pm

re: #47 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I never got beyond plugging one person's keyboard into the other person's PC, and vice versa.

It was amazing how long it'd take to figure that out.

And it didn't even count as harassment, since we were in QA and I could call it training.

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:40:45pm

BTW, a Fallout New Vegas challenge, how far can you get without killing?

So far, I've completed everything from Goldspring to Novac without ever firing a shot, just letting my companions and the NPCs do all the heavy work.

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:42:03pm

re: #53 Obdicut

I never got beyond plugging one person's keyboard into the other person's PC, and vice versa.

It was amazing how long it'd take to figure that out.

And it didn't even count as harassment, since we were in QA and I could call it training.

A piece of tape, a scrap of paper and you can have a person using an optical mouse go insane trying to figure out what is going on.

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:42:09pm

I'm just now finding out that Uwe Boll has made a movie about Auschwitz...
wow

Batman Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:43:30pm

re: #56 JasonA

I'm just now finding out that Uwe Boll has made a movie about Auschwitz...
wow

Which video game is it an adaptation of?

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:43:36pm

re: #56 JasonA

I'm just now finding out that Uwe Boll has made a movie about Auschwitz...
wow

I just watched the trailer and... what the fuck was he and whoever produced this thinking?

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:43:45pm

re: #56 JasonA

I'm just now finding out that Uwe Boll has made a movie about Auschwitz...
wow

No.

Just no. I refuse to allow those terms to exist as a thought.

They do not exist.

3eff Jeff Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:44:03pm

re: #53 Obdicut

USB has really made for some wonderful input-device pranks. It's pretty trivial to take a USB based embedded board and turn it into a fake mouse which just sends mouse-left signals at a constant rate. Most modern OSes will accept input from two mice at the same time, and since USB is hot pluggable, you just plug it in and it goes.

re: #55 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Low tech, but effective. Post-its work great for this.

Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:44:07pm

re: #54 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

BTW, a Fallout New Vegas challenge, how far can you get without killing?

So far, I've completed everything from Goldspring to Novac without ever firing a shot, just letting my companions and the NPCs do all the heavy work.

Heh. I'm further along in the game but I'm playing by killing everything which presents its own challenges. I almost thought I broke the storyline by killing too many important people but I figured it out. Maybe I'll replay a second time without killing anything just to see what happens. You might be able to make it all the way through like that.

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:44:41pm

The trailer's on the Daily Dish frontpage if you want to see. I won't link to it. It's just that tasteless and graphic.

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:44:46pm

re: #58 JasonA

I just watched the trailer and... what the fuck was he and whoever produced this thinking?

A tax right off in Europe, considered a contribution to the arts.

Its how he funds most of his movies.

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:45:36pm

re: #63 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

A tax right off in Europe, considered a contribution to the arts.

Its how he funds most of his movies.

A contribution by demonstrating how to not make movies? I can almost buy that.

lawhawk Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:45:38pm

re: #56 JasonA

It's Uwe Boll. Did you actually expect anything else?

The guy's movies are so bad that they have absolutely no redeeming features. At all. They're not even in the realm of bad becoming funny. They're just bad.

Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:45:57pm

re: #34 darthstar

What city were you born in? Xylophone

Xylophone is beautiful this time of year.

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:47:26pm

re: #61 Killgore Trout

Heh. I'm further along in the game but I'm playing by killing everything which presents its own challenges. I almost thought I broke the storyline by killing too many important people but I figured it out. Maybe I'll replay a second time without killing anything just to see what happens. You might be able to make it all the way through like that.

I played the first time, sniper build, got an independent NV.
Second time, Melee build, low int, kill everything, got the Legion ending.
This time, Int, charisma build, took the good natured trait, going for the full NCR ending.

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:47:32pm

re: #65 lawhawk

It's Uwe Boll. Did you actually expect anything else?

The guy's movies are so bad that they have absolutely no redeeming features. At all. They're not even in the realm of bad becoming funny. They're just bad.

In the Name of the King is one thing, but to do this to an actual event is... I just don't have any words.

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:48:38pm

re: #68 JasonA

In the Name of the King is one thing, but to do this to an actual event is... I just don't have any words.

He also made a Columbine film a few years back.

3eff Jeff Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:50:22pm

re: #64 JasonA

A contribution by demonstrating how to not make movies? I can almost buy that.

He's even starring in this one. Methinks it will be extra-instructional.

3eff Jeff Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:50:58pm

re: #70 3eff Jeff

(Or at least, he's listed first on IMDB)

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:52:27pm

re: #70 3eff Jeff

He's even starring in this one. Methinks it will be extra-instructional.

He's the German standing outside the door of the gas chamber in the beginning of the trailer.

Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:52:46pm

re: #67 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I played the first time, sniper build, got an independent NV.
Second time, Melee build, low int, kill everything, got the Legion ending.
This time, Int, charisma build, took the good natured trait, going for the full NCR ending.

Then you will know the answer to a question I have. What's in the locked room in Mr House's bunker? I don't have the repair skills to fix the door. There's a dead repair robot in another room but he's dead. Is it worth leveling up before I activate the robot army so I can get into the locked room?

CuriousLurker Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:54:28pm

re: #72 JasonA

He's the German standing outside the door of the gas chamber in the beginning of the trailer.

Yeah. I had no idea who he was until you mentioned him. I just watched (part of) the trailer. I shouldn't have; can't un-see it.

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:54:43pm

re: #72 JasonA

He's the German standing outside the door of the gas chamber in the beginning of the trailer.

Adds this to the list of words I never thought I'd ever have to type in the same sentence...

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:54:45pm

re: #73 Killgore Trout

Then you will know the answer to a question I have. What's in the locked room in Mr House's bunker? I don't have the repair skills to fix the door. There's a dead repair robot in another room but he's dead. Is it worth leveling up before I activate the robot army so I can get into the locked room?

Are you talking about the console to the left of his main screen or back behind the elevator in the old bedroom?

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:55:32pm

re: #76 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Are you talking about the console to the left of his main screen or back behind the elevator in the old bedroom?

Ignore that, you mean in the bunker under the fort right?

elizajane Fri, Nov 12, 2010 12:59:57pm

re: #62 JasonA

The trailer's on the Daily Dish frontpage if you want to see. I won't link to it. It's just that tasteless and graphic.

I've never heard of this guy before, much less watched a movie by him. I watched half of the trailer linked by Andrew Sullivan and had to stop it. I agreed with Sullivan: what's on this trailer shows you things that you knew perfectly well happened but could not actually imagine happening. That's why I couldn't keep watching it.

Is it "tasteless" to be that graphic? To force people to witness things really unimaginable? I'm not sure. I think it depends on why you are doing it, what end it serves.

Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:02:16pm

re: #76 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Are you talking about the console to the left of his main screen or back behind the elevator in the old bedroom?

I'm talking about the bunker below the Legion fort where you use the disk (after you get it from benny) to activate the robot army. There's one locked door I can't get into.

Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:02:27pm

re: #77 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Ignore that, you mean in the bunker under the fort right?

Yeah.

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:04:01pm

re: #78 elizajane

I think it's tasteless because it actually happened. It's the difference between writing about a plane crashing into the Capitol in 94, as Clancy did, and doing it now.

3eff Jeff Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:04:40pm

re: #72 JasonA

He's the German standing outside the door of the gas chamber in the beginning of the trailer.

There's a joke there about his career, art and metaphors. It would be funny if we weren't talking about the holocaust.

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:05:51pm

re: #79 Killgore Trout

I'm talking about the bunker below the Legion fort where you use the disk (after you get it from benny) to activate the robot army. There's one locked door I can't get into.

When you go down the stairs, there are three terminals to shutdown security, one for the turrets, one for the protectrons, one for the sentry bots. The sentry bots are located behind the locked door and will activate if you blow the generators or use the chip to upgrade the army. Their are 4 sentry bots armed with gatling lasers and missiles.

You can simply shut them down using the security terminal, fix the door and destroy them before going deeper into the bunker or be prepared to deal with them on the way out

Lidane Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:07:12pm

re: #19 CuriousLurker

Well done!

I have to admit that since she went on her rant about the "secret" selling of halal meat in the U.S. my halal sandwiches taste a little bit better.

What's hilarious about her rant is that the other day, I noticed that the supermarket by my house sells halal chicken. The labels even have Arabic writing on them and everything. I'm amazed no one has contacted Pamz about this Muslim encroachment on the rights of non-halal poultry companies.

Eclectic Infidel Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:07:39pm

re: #48 nonsense

She knows about everything Charles does. Everything.

Yeah. I don't doubt that, come to think of it now.

Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:11:48pm

re: #56 JasonA

I'm just now finding out that Uwe Boll has made a movie about Auschwitz...
wow

From The Guardian

Boll compared his film to Alain Resnais's 1955 documentary Night and Fog.

lol

Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:12:13pm

so I am getting to the point where I am completely bored with Age of Conan and need something to kill time between now and when the Warhammer 40k mmo comes out....any suggestions?

Fenris Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:12:25pm

Just checked up on Geller and it seems she's no longer BFFs with the ADL: [Link: webcache.googleusercontent.com...]

Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:13:23pm

re: #86 negativ

The man is a textbook example of narcissism.

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:14:19pm

re: #86 negativ

From The Guardian

lol

I can compare it to Night and Fog as well.

Night and Fog was a good movie. Boll's film is crap.

Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:15:13pm

re: #87 Dreggas

so I am getting to the point where I am completely bored with Age of Conan and need something to kill time between now and when the Warhammer 40k mmo comes out...any suggestions?

Dragon Age
Mass Effect series
Fallout 3 or New Vegas

CuriousLurker Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:16:32pm

re: #78 elizajane

Is it "tasteless" to be that graphic? To force people to witness things really unimaginable? I'm not sure. I think it depends on why you are doing it, what end it serves.

For me it would largely depend upon where the profits of the film will go. If they go towards further education about the Holocaust and/or organizations that exist to monitor hate groups and/or warn of potential genocide, that would be one thing. If it was made purely for personal profit, then I have a serious problem with it.

I also find it deeply disturbing that certain people would undoubtedly enjoy watching something like that.

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:17:54pm

Sooo... this happened.

Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:19:04pm

re: #83 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

When you go down the stairs, there are three terminals to shutdown security, one for the turrets, one for the protectrons, one for the sentry bots. The sentry bots are located behind the locked door and will activate if you blow the generators or use the chip to upgrade the army. Their are 4 sentry bots armed with gatling lasers and missiles.

You can simply shut them down using the security terminal, fix the door and destroy them before going deeper into the bunker or be prepared to deal with them on the way out

Ah, thanks.

CuriousLurker Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:19:25pm

re: #84 Lidane

What's hilarious about her rant is that the other day, I noticed that the supermarket by my house sells halal chicken. The labels even have Arabic writing on them and everything. I'm amazed no one has contacted Pamz about this Muslim encroachment on the rights of non-halal poultry companies.

LOL! They sell it at one of the grocery stores around here too, but there aren't many people who shop at that store that are likely to be Geller fans.

lawhawk Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:20:09pm

In the future, all politicians - especially failed ones - get a reality show?

Why? I guess people want to see a train wreck?

Me? I'll stick to watching Holmes on Homes and the DIY shows. Much more useful than the rest... though and while I don't mind getting sucked into Deadliest Catch or Ice Road Truckers, the Mrs. likes her Ace of Cakes and Cake Boss.

Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:20:54pm

re: #91 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

What about the Star Wars Dark Forces series? Not worth it?

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:21:49pm

re: #84 Lidane

What's hilarious about her rant is that the other day, I noticed that the supermarket by my house sells halal chicken. The labels even have Arabic writing on them and everything. I'm amazed no one has contacted Pamz about this Muslim encroachment on the rights of non-halal poultry companies.

OMG! CLUCKING SHARIA CREEP!

Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:21:50pm

For those who haven't seen it yet: I took Glenn Beck's advice and researched his documentation...
How did Glenn Beck discover George Soros's secret plot?

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Lidane Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:22:43pm

re: #86 negativ

From The Guardian

lol

Whoever decided that it was a good idea for Uwe Boll to make a Holocaust film should have their head examined. Then they should be slapped. Hard.

WTF? Have they ever SEEN his films? They make even the worst Troma movies look like high art.

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:23:16pm

re: #97 Dreggas

What about the Star Wars Dark Forces series? Not worth it?

Never played it. Those bacterially infected ballet dancing monks hold no charm for me any longer.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:24:43pm

re: #101 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I've done Dragon Age to death so not going to go there, again. Considering Transformer's Battle for Cybertron or Fallout 3. Looking for something more futuristic now.

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:25:32pm

re: #102 Dreggas

I've done Dragon Age to death so not going to go there, again. Considering Transformer's Battle for Cybertron or Fallout 3. Looking for something more futuristic now.

Go Fallout, you won't be disappointed.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:25:48pm

The seven essential food groups...
No. 7 is highly important for a balanced diet.

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Lidane Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:26:10pm

re: #101 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Never played it. Those bacterially infected ballet dancing monks hold no charm for me any longer.

I will never, ever forgive George Lucas for ~~having Greedo shoot first~~ turning the Jedi into genetic freaks instead of leaving them as samurai warriors with light swords.

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Varek Raith Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:26:14pm

re: #86 negativ

From The Guardian

lol

Uwe Boll...
That man is a menace.
Lock him away forever.
Then, lock him away some more.

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theheat Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:27:15pm

I love Curious Lurker's Geller illustration. Just one tiny suggestion: it needs more Sharpie to really nail the Geller brows.

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engineer cat Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:28:15pm

Flash! All Fox News Commentators Fired, Replaced By Animations Supplied With Cyber-Generated Propaganda Outsourced To Chinese Programmers

"we found that the factual content and logical consistency of our "news" and "commentary" is irrelevant, and that the true entertainment and ratings value of our product is maintained just as easily andmuch more cheaply through algorithmic generation utilizing pseudo random number based text vectors"

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:29:18pm

re: #105 Lidane

I will never, ever forgive George Lucas for ~~having Greedo shoot first~~ turning the Jedi into genetic freaks instead of leaving them as samurai warriors with light swords.

Harrison Ford originally felt that Han should have died in the third movie, but George overruled him because "A dead Han Solo doesn't sell any toys."

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Varek Raith Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:29:58pm

re: #109 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Harrison Ford originally felt that Han should have died in the third movie, but George overruled him because "A dead Han Solo doesn't sell any toys."

Lucas is dumb.
See, Boba Fett.

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lawhawk Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:30:25pm

re: #109 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Tell that to Boba Fett!

Shit Hutt, you sending the Fett? That's all you had to say! /

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Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:30:48pm

re: #109 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Harrison Ford originally felt that Han should have died in the third movie, but George overruled him because "A dead Han Solo doesn't sell any toys."

I'm sure they didn't move any Obi-Wan figures after the first movie...

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:31:20pm

re: #106 Varek Raith

Uwe Boll...
That man is a menace.
Lock him away forever.
Then, lock him away some more.

The bunker filled with 1000 horny chimpanzee who were given viagra would be a good place.

And yes, thats a reference to one of his films.

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Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:33:15pm

Bachmann Invites Sean Hannity And Two Radical Tenthers To Teach Lawmakers About The Constitution

If tea party darling Michele Bachmann gets her way, conservative broadcaster Sean Hannity, Fox legal analyst Andrew Napolitano and David Barton, a Christian evangelist who has said church-state separation is “a myth,” will make up the faculty roster when the first classes of her new constitutional conservative caucus convene in the next Congress. . . .

“Professor Barton” is a regular lecturer at [Glenn] Beck’s “university.” He has a bachelor’s degree in Christian education from Oral Roberts University and is best known for his conservative group WallBuilders, which teaches that America was founded as a Christian nation.

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Varek Raith Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:34:20pm

re: #114 Killgore Trout

Bachmann Invites Sean Hannity And Two Radical Tenthers To Teach Lawmakers About The Constitution

That's like inviting Uwe Boll on how to make a proper movie...

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Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:35:29pm

It worked!

Study Finds That 100,000 Latinos Have Left Arizona Since The Implementation Of Its Radical Immigration Law

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:37:06pm

re: #103 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Cool. I think I will give it a whirl.

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:37:31pm

re: #114 Killgore Trout

Bachmann Invites Sean Hannity And Two Radical Tenthers To Teach Lawmakers About The Constitution

Is she also announcing she is giving back the money from the fraud who set up the phony Veterans group and contributed to her campaign, even after she had been told about him?

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:39:52pm

re: #103 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I have been tempted to try WoW because I like interacting with others and there's more of a point to the PvP there it seems. But it seems so far advanced that you would have had to be there at the beginning in order to be involved in the story.

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:42:19pm

re: #119 Dreggas

I have been tempted to try WoW because I like interacting with others and there's more of a point to the PvP there it seems. But it seems so far advanced that you would have had to be there at the beginning in order to be involved in the story.

I gave up on WoW. Once you hit 80, you're just hitting the pretty lights to get your badges to buy gear, plus they recently dumbed it down into cookie cutter mode.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:42:59pm

re: #115 Varek Raith

That's like inviting Uwe Boll on how to make a proper movie...

Or Micheal Bay leading a seminar on "How not to constantly blow shit up on film".

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:44:11pm

re: #120 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I gave up on WoW. Once you hit 80, you're just hitting the pretty lights to get your badges to buy gear, plus they recently dumbed it down into cookie cutter mode.

That's what I keep hearing. I just want an MMO where the PvP makes sense. At least in the original warhammer MMO the PvP made sense and was worth doing.

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:45:04pm

re: #121 Slumbering Behemoth

Or Micheal Bay leading a seminar on "How not to constantly blow shit up on film".

Keanu Reeve conducting an acting course on how to emote.

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Four More Tears Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:45:44pm

re: #123 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Keanu Reeve conducting an acting course on how to emote.

whoa

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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:46:35pm

re: #102 Dreggas

I've done Dragon Age to death so not going to go there, again. Considering Transformer's Battle for Cybertron or Fallout 3. Looking for something more futuristic now.

You might like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat. I highly recommend against its predecessor, Clear Sky.

Also, see Zero Punctuation for some (IMHO) hilarious and usually spot-on game reviews.

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Varek Raith Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:46:42pm

re: #120 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I gave up on WoW. Once you hit 80, you're just hitting the pretty lights to get your badges to buy gear, plus they recently dumbed it down into cookie cutter mode.

Huh, I thought WoW was already as dumbed down as a game can get...
:P

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:48:20pm

re: #125 negativ

is that one where I would have had to play the original to get what is going on now? Also not a huge fan of horror shooters/RPG's. My adrenaline gets going and I am likely to fly backwards when something jumps out.

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:48:50pm

re: #126 Varek Raith

Huh, I thought WoW was already as dumbed down as a game can get...
:P

They dumbed it down even more. Totally redid the talent pools so there are almost no options anymore, plus once you start a talent tree, you are locked into it until you reach the bottom and then you can spend your last few points elsewhere.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:49:22pm

re: #123 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Keanu Reeve conducting an acting course on how to emote.

William Hung giving singing lessons.

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HappyWarrior Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:49:49pm

Haha this is great. Thanks Charles.

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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:49:52pm

re: #127 Dreggas

Not at all. It doesn't HURT, but it's self-contained.

My dumb ass forgot to actually link to Zero Punctuation.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:50:42pm

re: #131 negativ

blocked at work. Gonna give fallout 3 a try. Always looked interesting but I was too busy with other games.

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Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:51:02pm

Kudos to the Lizards who are using the Pages today. Lot's of really good stuff.

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b_sharp Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:52:25pm

re: #19 CuriousLurker

Well done!

I have to admit that since she went on her rant about the "secret" selling of halal meat in the U.S. my halal sandwiches taste a little bit better. As a matter of fact, I think of them as Pamwiches now.

Do you really want to eat something that reminds you of Geller? It would put me off my dog food.

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:52:42pm

FEC finds errors in Palin political-action committee's quarterly filing

In a letter this week, the FEC outlines a long list of math errors and other mistakes in the latest quarterly filing for Sarah PAC, the former Alaska governor's Arlington-based political-action committee.

Allen Norfleet, an FEC senior campaign finance analyst, writes that many of the totals listed for contributions, expenditures, cash-on-hand and other categories "appear to be incorrect" because they do not balance with other entries.

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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:53:30pm

re: #135 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

they must be using new math

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HappyWarrior Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:54:09pm

re: #135 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

FEC finds errors in Palin political-action committee's quarterly filing

THey're obviously setting her up deliberately. ;)

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Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:54:47pm

re: #136 Dreggas

they must be using new math

//

Math is an elitist socialist plot! Real patriots count on their fingers.

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 1:55:33pm

re: #137 HappyWarrior

THey're obviously setting her up deliberately. ;)

Its the Federal Election Commitee, its obvious they answer to Obama.

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CuriousLurker Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:01:29pm

re: #134 b_sharp

Do you really want to eat something that reminds you of Geller? It would put me off my dog food.

Don't ruin it for me! I sort of enjoy imagining that every dollar I spend on halal meat goes towards making her writhe around in fresh paroxysms of spittle-flecked rage.

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:30:44pm

Awfully quiet in here...

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Kragar Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:32:26pm

re: #141 researchok

Awfully quiet in here...

A bit too awfully quiet...

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Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:32:48pm

re: #141 researchok

Awfully quiet in here...

/ Yeah well, some of us have work to do !

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:32:48pm

re: #142 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

A bit too awfully quiet...

Too true...

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:33:20pm

re: #143 ozbloke

/ Yeah well, some of us have work to do !

work? WORK?

It's the weekend!

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Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:34:29pm

re: #145 researchok

work? WORK?

It's the weekend!

Well yes, but I'm not single.
Have you seen my list?

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Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:35:06pm

McCain's wife breaks with senator on military gay ban

Senior Republican Senator John McCain's wife Cindy has condemned the US military ban on gays serving openly - even as her husband battles efforts to lift or ease the widely unpopular restrictions.

In a new video for a campaign aimed at battling abuse of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) youth, Cindy McCain bluntly blames the policy for encouraging bullies to target such teens.

"Our political and religious leaders tell LGBT youth that they have no future," she says in the video, which stars a range of actors, musicians, and other celebrities. "They can't serve our country openly."

Referring to bullies who target LGBT, Cindy McCain declares: "Our government treats the LGBT community like second class citizens - why shouldn't they?"

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Taqyia2Me Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:35:36pm

re: #141 researchok

I'm still trying to put it all back together ever since CuriuosLurker called:
Spittle-flecked rage!

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:35:45pm

re: #146 ozbloke

Well yes, but I'm not single.
Have you seen my list?

Understood.

And there is a list to boot?

Does it involve shopping?

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:36:23pm

re: #148 Taqyia2Me

I'm still trying to put it all back together ever since CuriuosLurker called:
Spittle-flecked rage!

I always miss the good stuff.

What happened?

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Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:38:12pm

re: #149 researchok

Understood.

And there is a list to boot?

Does it involve shopping?

Yes usually, she who must be obeyed 'goes' to work.
I work from home, so it doesn't really count.

I'm sure there was a fridge door somewhere here.
Oh I found it, behind the list...

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CuriousLurker Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:38:38pm

re: #141 researchok

Awfully quiet in here...

I was busy wandering through the pages and bookmarking & tweeting them. Lots of good stuff in there today.

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:38:50pm

re: #151 ozbloke

Yes usually, she who must be obeyed 'goes' to work.
I work from home, so it doesn't really count.

I'm sure there was a fridge door somewhere here.
Oh I found it, behind the list...

You're toast.

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Taqyia2Me Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:39:01pm

re: #140 CuriousLurker

Don't ruin it for me! I sort of enjoy imagining that every dollar I spend on halal meat goes towards making her writhe around in fresh paroxysms of spittle-flecked rage.

Here it is, a brief commentary that hits the spot on Atla Hrugged!

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:39:33pm

re: #152 CuriousLurker

I was busy wandering through the pages and bookmarking & tweeting them. Lots of good stuff in there today.

Yes.

This place can be a really good resource.

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Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:40:12pm

re: #153 researchok

You're toast.

Only if I don't delete the cache and history ;)

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:40:51pm

re: #154 Taqyia2Me

Here it is, a brief commentary that hits the spot on Atla Hrugged!

Ahhhh..OK, I saw that.

Pretty much a 3 pointer, that was.

Of course, that net is wider than the driveway...

Pamela is.....Pamela.

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:41:41pm

re: #156 ozbloke

Only if I don't delete the cache and history ;)

You can't delete spousal cache.

She can however, delete spousal cash.

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Flavia Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:42:27pm

As tempting as this is, & as deserving as she or anyone like her may be of this sort of mockery, I would much rather see us devote our time to promoting the truth & not descending to their level.

Yeah, go ahead & down-ding me for being a party-pooper, but I really would like to see us take the high road.

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:43:37pm

re: #159 Flavia

As tempting as this is, & as deserving as she or anyone like her may be of this sort of mockery, I would much rather see us devote our time to promoting the truth & not descending to their level.

Yeah, go ahead & down-ding me for being a party-pooper, but I really would like to see us take the high road.

Overall, we do take the high road.

Unfortunately, politics has become a blood sport- and that can get reflected in here.

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Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:44:10pm

re: #158 researchok

You can't delete spousal cache.

She can however, delete spousal cash.

Well, if the crash has done anything good it would be that she now earns more than me.

So I guess, I am the one who can trash some spousal cash.

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:44:53pm

re: #161 ozbloke

Well, if the crash has done anything good it would be that she now earns more than me.

So I guess, I am the one who can trash some spousal cash.

Dream on. You know it rarely works like that.
//

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Obdicut Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:45:51pm

re: #159 Flavia

Who is 'us'?

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Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:46:05pm

re: #162 researchok

Dream on. You know it rarely works like that.
//

I CAN SO !1!

_{if she lets me}

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:46:36pm

re: #164 ozbloke

I CAN SO !1!

_{if she lets me}

And now we are on the same page...

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wrenchwench Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:47:04pm

re: #159 Flavia

As tempting as this is, & as deserving as she or anyone like her may be of this sort of mockery, I would much rather see us devote our time to promoting the truth & not descending to their level.

Yeah, go ahead & down-ding me for being a party-pooper, but I really would like to see us take the high road.

I generally favor taking the high road, but in this case, the high road has been run many times, and it's time to use the powerful tool of mockery. I don't think this is anywhere near her level. She is a disgusting racist and bigot. That needs to be pointed out, which this tool does well.

Post a page of Truth and I'll help promote it. It's not a case of either/or. We can do both.

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albusteve Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:47:09pm

re: #163 Obdicut

Who is 'us'?

the commenters?...duh

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Obdicut Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:48:15pm

re: #167 albusteve

Thanks, Flavia.

Oh wait, you're not Flavia.

And the commentators didn't code up the auto-generator, either.

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Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:48:43pm

re: #165 researchok

I just wanna put it out there, that I am actually a very lucky man.
There are no lists really, I just like to sook...

_{_{is she gone yet?}}

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:49:26pm

My ex and I were in a large dept store. We ambled around a bit and got lost. My ex asks, where are the escalators? It just so happened I spied them off in the distance.

I said. 'They are over here'.

She replied, 'No they are not'.

'I'm looking at them!

'They are not there'.

I pointed them out. Needless to say, she was most upset.

At me.

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CuriousLurker Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:50:25pm

re: #159 Flavia

As tempting as this is, & as deserving as she or anyone like her may be of this sort of mockery, I would much rather see us devote our time to promoting the truth & not descending to their level.

Yeah, go ahead & down-ding me for being a party-pooper, but I really would like to see us take the high road.

It may not be the high road, but neither is it descending to their level, IMO. One is satire, the other is real hate with an agenda and the potential for real world consequences that could impact innocent people.

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Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:50:39pm

re: #170 researchok

My ex and I were in a large dept store. We ambled around a bit and got lost. My ex asks, where are the escalators? It just so happened I spied them off in the distance.

I said. 'They are over here'.

She replied, 'No they are not'.

'I'm looking at them!

'They are not there'.

I pointed them out. Needless to say, she was most upset.

At me.

Well you were not very supportive of her opinion.
Learn to validate...

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:50:46pm

re: #169 ozbloke

I just wanna put it out there, that I am actually a very lucky man.
There are no lists really, I just like to sook...

_{_{is she gone yet?}}

You know better...they aren't ever really gone...

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:51:06pm

re: #172 ozbloke

Well you were not very supportive of her opinion.
Learn to validate...

A lesson learned too late.

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 2:54:58pm

Actually, I've been really lucky.

My ex is a great mom. She has done a great job with our daughter. Both of us have always been careful never to say anything bad about each other and as a result, our kid is happy and well adjusted. She knows she has two parents who love her.

I have to hand it to my ex. She really is terrific.

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:04:27pm

About my ex...

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Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:06:02pm

Quantitative Easing Explained

Youtube Video

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:09:02pm

re: #177 Killgore Trout

Quantitative Easing Explained

[Video]

LOL- perfect.

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:09:34pm

re: #178 researchok

(Unless of course there is supposed to be a video link)

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wrenchwench Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:09:56pm

re: #179 researchok

(Unless of course there is supposed to be a video link)

I was gonna say....

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wrenchwench Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:11:05pm

OK, I will say. I got a white square. The Quantitatives did not look at ease at all.

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Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:14:00pm

re: #181 wrenchwench

OK, I will say. I got a white square. The Quantitatives did not look at ease at all.

try this: Quantitative Easing Explained

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Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:14:26pm

re: #182 Killgore Trout

try this: Quantitative Easing Explained

It's not factually accurate but it is funny.

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wrenchwench Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:19:17pm

re: #183 Killgore Trout

It's not factually accurate but it is funny.

"The Ben Bernank" Heh.

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engineer cat Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:21:24pm

DULL VICTORY

in the week after the recent election, i noticed something strange about my usual wingnut correspondants: they weren't full of even more of theit typical vainglorious triumphalism than usual, as i expected. as a matter of fact, they seemed more beat than anything else. now, it seems, there is some quantification about post election attitudes that may explain this curious phenom. basically, it seems that the public is significantly less enthusiastic about 2010 than they were about 2008 and even 1994. overall, support for republicans after this election cycle seems to measure at 10 - 12% less than for republicans in 1994 and democrats in 2008:

While 40 percent do say they are pleased by the election outcome, that's a significantly smaller percentage than the 58 percent who were pleased following the 2006 midterm elections.

Despite their gains in last week's elections, Republicans are seen less favorably than Democrats overall. Forty-six percent of Americans have a favorable view of Democrats, matching the percentage who have an unfavorable view. The favorability rating for Republicans is 42 percent, with their unfavorable rating at 48 percent

But while most Americans want both President Obama and Congressional Republicans to work toward compromise on a range of issues, they are skeptical that compromise will come. And they blame the GOP: While 73 percent say Mr. Obama will try to work with Republicans, just 45 percent say Republicans will try to work with the president.

[Link: www.cbsnews.com...]

historic victory. Fewer people today say they are happy about the Republican victory, approve of the GOP’s plans for the future, and far fewer believe Republicans will be successful in getting their programs passed into law.

The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted Nov. 4-7 among 1,255 adults, finds 48% saying they are happy that the Republican Party won control of the House while 34% are unhappy. Four years ago, 60% said they were happy the Democrats won full control of Congress, compared with just 24% who were unhappy. That mirrored the public’s reaction in December 1994 to the GOP winning control of Congress for the first time in 40 years (57% happy vs. 31% unhappy).

In the current survey, 52% of those who said they voted in the Nov. 2 election were happy with the outcome compared with 42% of non-voters. Still, more voters in 2006 – 60% – said they were happy with the Democrats’ victory.

The public, voters and non-voters alike, has a subdued reaction to the Republican Party’s midterm election victory. Four years ago, the response to the Democrats regaining full control of Congress was far more positive, as it was in 1994 when the GOP won a The public has a mixed reaction to the Republican policies and plans for the future: 41% approve, while nearly as many (37%) disapprove. Approval is somewhat greater among voters (45%) than among non-voters (35%). But on balance, both the general public and voters express less positive views of the GOP’s policies than they did of the Democrats’ proposals after the 2006 election.

[Link: people-press.org...]

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researchok Fri, Nov 12, 2010 3:22:40pm

re: #183 Killgore Trout