Fox Nation Links to Onion Satire, Readers Don’t Get Joke, Go Nuts

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The editors at Fox Nation may have realized they were posting a link to a satirical article from the Onion, but they curiously forgot to mention it to the readers of their website.

And the vast majority of those readers had no idea whatsoever that it was a joke, because it was an anti-Obama article. That’s the shiny object that always captures their attention.

Yes, the Fox Nation editors were apparently so enamored with an Onion piece from today entitled “Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail” that they reposted the first two paragraphs in their culture section with nary a sign as to its fictional nature. The only clue that this wasn’t real (besides a quick peek at your inbox to confirm that Barack Obama hasn’t been emailing you) was a link at the bottom instructing readers to go to TheOnion.com for the real story. This tiny link was, unfortunately, not enough for the vast majority of FN readers. At least, that’s the way it seems from the comments section.

Here’s a sampling:

“If this story is correct, that he did send out this email, it is very concerning about his current state of mental health. I am surprised he would be allowed to send something like this out and if he is not functioning very well why there isn’t some attention being paid to his current state.”

[…]

“Hey, you fraud: Get out. Your presidency is an affront to the exceptionalism of America. Pathetic loser.”

[…]

“HAHAHAHAHAHA OBUMMA – Un-raveled. EPIC FAILURE. IMPEACH it.”

The comments at Fox Nation are among the craziest of the right wing web (and that’s really saying something), as we just mentioned yesterday.

UPDATE at 11/26/10 4:50:13 pm:

And now the article is gone from the Fox Nation website.

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493 comments
1 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:44:01pm

The wingnuts are completely devoid of any sense of humor what-so-ever.

2 122 Year Old Obama  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:44:30pm

Poe’s Law at its finest.

3 jamesfirecat  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:47:49pm

re: #2 SteelPH

Poe’s Law at its finest.

No this isn’t even Poe’s law…. this is… the onion included the ;) that’s suppose to warn people you’re being sarcastic… this goes beyond Poe’s law… we are now into new territory…

Thus I christen “Rush’s Law”

“Once a person becomes significantly polarized, they can no longer tell fact from fiction so long as it supports their current view point…”

4 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:48:04pm

Fox Nation IS a joke. Oh, and a 75,000 word email would be something like 300 pages in print. Hopefully, mama grifter will have seen this story and think it’s real when she quotes it on TV next week. (She probably has no idea how many words are in her own books).

5 JeffM70  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:48:22pm

I enjoyed the one poster who seemed to think this article was evidence of liberals’ stupidity. Such a shame when irony is wasted on the intellectually dim.

6 SpaceJesus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:49:20pm

I see they’ve made their comment section actually usable now. You can post comments and have them actually show up, and there’s a “liking” system for comments. hmmmmm… Time to make an account I guess and go wild.

7 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:49:54pm

Well, when a demographic of people consider Limbaugh’s racist remarks to be satire, it’s not hard to imagine them incapable of recognizing real satire when it bites them on the nose.

8 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:52:06pm

re: #7 Slumbering Behemoth

Well, when a demographic of people consider Limbaugh’s racist remarks to be satire, it’s not hard to imagine them incapable of recognizing real satire when it bites them on the nose.

They don’t think it’s satire…they don’t even know what satire is. They think the word ‘satire’ is a valid defense against getting called on their racism - because hey, they don’t own slaves, so how can they be racist?

Their ignorance knows no bounds.

9 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:52:40pm

re: #3 jamesfirecat

No this isn’t even Poe’s law… this is… the onion included the ;) that’s suppose to warn people you’re being sarcastic… this goes beyond Poe’s law… we are now into new territory…

Thus I christen “Rush’s Law”

“Once a person becomes significantly polarized, they can no longer tell fact from fiction so long as it supports their current view point…”

Favorited. That rules a keeper.

10 jaunte  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:58:41pm

It looks like Fox Nation has disappeared the story from their site; posting it may have actually been a mistake on the editors’ part, because the ‘Culture’ section there seems to be one big outrage/victimization smorgasbord.
Some sample story headlines:

President Obama Receives 12 Stitches in his Lip After Being Elbowed During a Basketball Game

Sen. Kerry Rents Out Boston Symphony Hall to Celebrate Himself

First Lady Called “Chief Advisor”

After GM Stock Sale, Taxpayers Lose, Unions Win

Obama Didn’t Salute Medal Of Honor Winner

Rush Outraged At Obama’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

Tea Party Targets GE

Cher Rips “Teabaggers”

Noonan: Obama Needs to Hear a Voice From Outside the Presidential

Thanksgiving Dinner the Healthy Obama Way

A Thanksgiving Message to All 57 States

The Telegraph: Obama’s grandmother ‘prays he converts to Islam’

Beck: TSA Controversy a Union Ploy?

Common Man Obama Has a Live-In Pastry Chef

Woman Wears Bikini To LAX

Michelle Obama OKs Americans to Eat Pie on Thanksgiving

Angelina Jolie Refuses to Celebrate Thanksgiving

Pres. Obama Pardons America’s Luckiest Turkeys

CAIR to Muslims: Ask to Pat Yourself Down

TSA Says We Smell

11 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:58:46pm

re: #3 jamesfirecat

James, could you make that post into an LGF page? It needs to be highlighted like that. If an reboot of the LGF dictionary is ever done (the old one was corrupted by Zombie’s involvement in it), I want that rule listed in it.

12 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:58:49pm

Well, it’s not surprise that they thought that The Onion was a serious news outfit. After all, they’ve all been taking Alex Jones seriously for the past month.

Duh-e!

13 Interesting Times  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:59:18pm

OT: If anyone’s interested, a debate between Christopher Hitchens and Tony Blair (livestreamed) will take place in about 5 minutes on whether religion is a force for good in the world: [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

14 spiderx  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 3:59:53pm

how can a so called news network run a website as dishonest as FoxNation? The whole theme of Foxnation is to spin news events(or make them up from thin air) to make democrats and the President look bad. It’s a propaganda website and its filled with some of the most vile and nutty comments from its readers. Yet nothing is said by the mainstream media about this website that Fox News is running. The media is pretty silent about it. Where’s the expose on 60 minutes or Dateline or Nightline (pick your mass media news magazine) that exposes this violation of journalistic ethics?

15 jaunte  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:00:13pm

One word accidentally deleted:
Noonan: Obama Needs to Hear a Voice From Outside the Presidential Bubble

16 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:01:46pm

Those vicious bastards used the one thing that could fool a Fox News patron, wit.

“He used… sarcasm. He knew all the tricks, dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and… satire. He was vicious.”

17 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:03:29pm

re: #13 publicityStunted

OT: If anyone’s interested, a debate between Christopher Hitchens and Tony Blair (livestreamed) will take place in about 5 minutes on whether religion is a force for good in the world: [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

Tanks for the heads up. Has it started streaming yet? I can’t seem to get the player to work.

18 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:03:46pm

Dear Fox Nation Readers,

You’ve been punk’d. Again.

/not that your particularly hard to punk, or anything.

19 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:04:10pm

Wow. I just have to distribute this story now. This is too good.

20 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:05:11pm

re: #13 publicityStunted

OT: If anyone’s interested, a debate between Christopher Hitchens and Tony Blair (livestreamed) will take place in about 5 minutes on whether religion is a force for good in the world: [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

I’m not sure if that’s going to be online.

21 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:06:30pm

I know that Jonah Goldberg is not well-liked here, but here he hits the nail right on the head:

One traveler presented with this new reality protested, “Don’t touch my junk,” and a media sensation ensued.

Personally, I think the controversy is overdone. I don’t love the policy, but the outrage seems a bit misplaced. I’d bet that the vast majority of TSA employees do not want to touch your junk — or mine. And if any TSA agent gives the slightest indication that junk-touching is his or her favorite part of the job, he or she should be fired immediately.

Obviously, the first people to blame for this mess are the murderers. Without them, flying wouldn’t be the soul-killing experience it is.

But we’re partially to blame, too. Politicians are torn between two legitimate impulses: to protect us from very real dangers as best they can, and to be liked by us. Unfortunately, these impulses often conflict. If we weren’t in danger, we wouldn’t need airport screening, electronic or otherwise. The Black Forest–cake deliveryman on his way to Grandma’s for Oktoberfest in Orlando would have neither his cake nor his Schwarzwälderkirschtortenlieferantenhut searched, never mind the inseam of his lederhosen.

But the murderers won’t comply, so we need to search people. The electronic scanners were intended to make such searches as tolerable as possible.

Read the whole thing.

22 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:06:53pm

Hot Air just posted this story in the headlines with the helpful hint to their dimwitted readers that it’s a satire:
Satire: Frustrated Obama sends nation rambling 75,000-word e-mail

23 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:07:42pm

re: #22 Killgore Trout

Hot Air just posted this story in the headlines with the helpful hint to their dimwitted readers that it’s a satire:
Satire: Frustrated Obama sends nation rambling 75,000-word e-mail

Fox Nation has removed the page…

[Link: nation.foxnews.com…]

24 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:08:20pm

re: #17 Killgore Trout

Tanks for the heads up. Has it started streaming yet? I can’t seem to get the player to work.

$4.99

[Link: www.munkdebates.com…]

25 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:09:22pm

re: #22 Killgore Trout

Now it’s gone from Fox, and instead they’re prompting you to read Beck’s insane ramblings about Soros.

[Link: nation.foxnews.com…]

They’re really not backing down from that one. At all.

26 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:10:18pm

re: #25 Obdicut

Now it’s gone from Fox, and instead they’re prompting you to read Beck’s insane ramblings about Soros.

[Link: nation.foxnews.com…]

They’re really not backing down from that one. At all.

FoxNation switcharoo: From FAIL to EPIC FAIL.

27 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:13:50pm

re: #26 Dark_Falcon

FoxNation switcharoo: From FAIL to EPIC FAIL.

More like ULTRA fail.

28 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:18:03pm

re: #27 darthstar

Well, yeah, they’re also linking Sarah Palin’s open letter to GOP Freshmen in congress.

[Link: nation.foxnews.com…]

It’s massively bland.

29 jaunte  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:18:39pm

re: #22 Killgore Trout

Commenter lindylu provides a little marketing for Beck:

Beck is doing a great job of informing the nation, doing the owrk that the msm won’t do. A collection of his best episodes on DVD would be a handy item to have when confronting the uninformed among us.


“Wait, you must stay and watch ten hours of paranoid chalkboard exposition!”

30 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:19:10pm

re: #28 Obdicut

Heh. One of the comments on Palin’s open letter:


I think it is great that she is giving advice to congress because of all her experience in Washington. It is nice when someone uses all there many years of experience to help others.
Go Sarah and spread your wisdom learned from all those years in congress and governor of Alaska.
31 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:19:37pm

Well… I’m glad to see so many people found the original article, read the original comments, and didn’t just assume.

32 BishopX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:19:37pm

re: #21 Dark_Falcon

I hate to post and run, but the problem I have with the scanners is that they haven’t actually been proven to work. They are sold by a company with ties to Michael Chertoff though.

I’d be willing to put up with all of this is there was any evidence that this stuff worked. But without that, I’m growing increasingly skeptical.

33 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:20:12pm

re: #28 Obdicut

Well, yeah, they’re also linking Sarah Palin’s open letter to GOP Freshmen in congress.

[Link: nation.foxnews.com…]

It’s massively bland.

I wonder if she might actually have written that herself?

34 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:21:34pm

re: #31 Walter L. Newton

Didn’t just assume what?

35 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:22:41pm

re: #31 Walter L. Newton

It got “memory holed”, but there’s a screenshot with some comments.

36 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:23:15pm

re: #34 Obdicut

Didn’t just assume what?

I think Walter’s saying that most Fox Nation readers were smart enough to recognize that it was satire…which leads me to wonder if they didn’t leave a can of solvents open in the break room at Kroger’s.

37 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:23:20pm

re: #34 Obdicut

Didn’t just assume what?

Nuff’ said LOL.

38 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:23:25pm

re: #24 Gus 802

$4.99

[Link: www.munkdebates.com…]

ah, ok

39 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:24:25pm

re: #35 Slumbering Behemoth

It got “memory holed”, but there’s a screenshot with some comments.

So it never happened. That’s a relief.
/

40 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:25:05pm

re: #37 Walter L. Newton

Nuff’ said LOL.

No, not really. What are you trying to say?

That a lot of people on the original fox thread were pointing out it was satire and laughing at the people who didn’t get it?

Or that people here, last thread, got to see it before it got taken down?

Or perhaps what’s behind door number C?

41 blueraven  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:25:54pm

Well, before the article “disappeared” from Fox Nation, I spent some time reading the comments. It would be difficult to find a more ignorant or vile bunch of people.

42 Amory Blaine  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:25:58pm

re: #28 Obdicut

Well, yeah, they’re also linking Sarah Palin’s open letter to GOP Freshmen in congress.

[Link: nation.foxnews.com…]

It’s massively bland.

Sounds like something an old sage of the party would do. Is she now considered a leader? Her benighted rambling not withstanding.

43 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:26:01pm

re: #27 darthstar

More like ULTRA fail.

Actually I think the viewers are the cow in that second photo. Fox News is the bull, and the cow’s FAIL turns out pretty good for him.

44 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:26:08pm

re: #40 Obdicut


Or perhaps what’s behind door number C?

I could never count to D myself. //

45 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:26:17pm

re: #38 Killgore Trout

Last time there was a debate like that, Hitchens and Fry won it.

Youtube Video
46 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:26:44pm

re: #44 darthstar

Door number C is where they keep all the good stuff.

47 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:28:08pm

re: #46 Obdicut

Door number C is where they keep all the good stuff.

Yes…like a new car!

48 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:29:38pm

re: #21 Dark_Falcon

The Black Forest–cake deliveryman on his way to Grandma’s for Oktoberfest in Orlando would have neither his cake nor his Schwarzwälderkirschtortenlieferantenhut searched, never mind the inseam of his lederhosen.

Substitutions:

Black Forest = Appalachia
Oktoberfest = Thanksgiving
nonsensical attempt to mock compound nouns = banjo jokes
lederhosen = overalls

P.S. - Americans are for the most part ignorant, illiterate mongrels who are simultaneously obsessed with and terrified of sex.

Right?

49 Linden Arden  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:30:27pm

re: #3 jamesfirecat

No this isn’t even Poe’s law… this is… the onion included the ;) that’s suppose to warn people you’re being sarcastic… this goes beyond Poe’s law… we are now into new territory…

Thus I christen “Rush’s Law”

“Once a person becomes significantly polarized, they can no longer tell fact from fiction so long as it supports their current view point…”

The Rush Corollary is “the bigger his lie the more Dittleheads will believe it”.

For instance when he says Barney Frank caused the mortgage crisis then 10x more Dittleheads repeat it.

Despite the fact one House Rep in a minority party can’t do jack shit while Bush, Frist, Hastert, and the Hammer ran everything.

50 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:34:10pm

Man, Fox Nation is barely above Free Republic in terms of content, and the comments are exactly at Freeper level.

I don’t watch Fox so I forget how blatantly insane they are.


Holder: Give Me Your DNA

They turn a story about how Holder wants the more reliable DNA evidence to be used even when someone is pleading guilty— to prove that they may be innocent— into an attack against him. It’s a blatant distortion. If you just read the short version on “Fox Nation”, you come away with a completely reversed, distorted view of the story. Only when you actually read the full thing— past the opening paragraphs, which few people do, does it become clear.

What assholes.

Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., commended Holder “for reversing the Bush administration policy of demanding that defendants waive their right to DNA testing as a requirement of certain plea negotiations.”

The Innocence Protection Act in 2004, which Leahy sponsored, allows convicted individuals access to DNA testing if it could produce evidence raising a reasonable probability that the individual did not commit the offense.
The 2004 law applies to evidence that was not previously tested and generally requires it to be done within 36 months of conviction.
“I authored the Innocence Protection Act to ensure that the guilty are punished and the innocent are exonerated,” Leahy said in a statement. “The attorney general’s decision restores proper prosecutorial discretion and furthers my intent in passing that landmark law.”

51 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:35:55pm

re: #50 Obdicut

And their viewers wonder why they’re so unhappy with their lives…

52 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:38:24pm

re: #51 darthstar

And their viewers wonder why they’re so unhappy with their lives…

Oh, they don’t wonder. They know it’s all Obummer and the Demoncrat’s fault for their unhappiness.

53 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:39:40pm

re: #51 darthstar

Here’s the shortened story on Fox Nation:

[Link: nation.foxnews.com…]

With a bunch of aggressively homoerotic comments like “here’s some DNA for you, Holder, open wide”.

Plus:


Why is this guy still alive?

and

So, Holder wants my DNA.

Sure Eric, I will spit on a bullet and fire it off to you.

That one by a guy calling himself Kenyanhunter.

How patriotic!

54 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:41:54pm

re: #53 Obdicut

Open calls for the assassination of the Attorney General used to be frowned upon in this country.

55 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:43:41pm

re: #53 Obdicut

I’m flagging this racist fucker:

Since the invention of LBJ’s Great Society, trillions…..TRILLIONS…..have been dumped down the sh_t hole to assimilate blacks into a productive, intelligent, constitutional society and we end up with the likes of this??????

Read more: [Link: nation.foxnews.com…]

56 Linden Arden  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:45:23pm

re: #52 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh, they don’t wonder. They know it’s all Obummer and the Demoncrat’s fault for their unhappiness.

They are what I call the “aborto-freaks” (if I may be bold). If you are nutzo anti-choice you will fall in line with anything your current leader claims. These people will almost certainly be Creationists as well.

Im guessing its about 22-23% of the country (or the Palin base if you prefer).

57 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:47:25pm

re: #54 darthstar

I mean, there’s two schools of thought. One is that crazy whackjobs like that should be watched closely. I think that the kind who have that sort of bravado are the ones who will never actually have the guts to do a damn thing. They probably sit on trains and fantasize about beating up young black kids, but otherwise are pretty impotent.

There’s one guy there who seems dangerous, though, this dude who signs every one of his posts “Flag” and is posting in all of these threads. On Holder, he said:

Holder…I love my country…you know how much…I’m prepare to give you my life…

That seems like a really creepy threat, to me.

58 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:49:15pm

hahahah comments on Fox talking about “exceptionalism” with a straight face, that’s a riot

The most hilarious stupid person is the stupid person who is just convinced they’re brilliant, as they just say and do the most demonstrably clueless and embarrasing things. Comedy!

59 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:50:04pm

re: #53 Obdicut

There’s some real “exceptional” folks

60 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:50:20pm

re: #58 WindUpBird

hahahah comments on Fox talking about “exceptionalism” with a straight face, that’s a riot

The most hilarious stupid person is the stupid person who is just convinced they’re brilliant, as they just say and do the most demonstrably clueless and embarrasing things. Comedy!

Brilliant!

61 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:50:52pm

re: #37 Walter L. Newton

Nuff’ said LOL.

whoo blog pushback

62 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:50:56pm

re: #57 Obdicut

Oh wait, ‘flag’ is just for inappropriate content. Duh me. Anyway— guys like that, I think are a lot creepier than the ones making overt threats.

63 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:52:26pm

re: #62 Obdicut

Oh wait, ‘flag’ is just for inappropriate content. Duh me. Anyway— guys like that, I think are a lot creepier than the ones making overt threats.

I’M PREPARE

64 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:52:33pm

re: #58 WindUpBird

The claim of “exceptionalism” is the biggest sign of insecurity I can think of.

What the hell’s wrong with being part of the world community? Why must our President be “the LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD”…he’s the US President, not King of the Planet. That’s good enough for me.

65 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:54:12pm

re: #64 darthstar

The claim of “exceptionalism” is the biggest sign of insecurity I can think of.

What the hell’s wrong with being part of the world community? Why must our President be “the LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD”…he’s the US President, not King of the Planet. That’s good enough for me.

yeah, funny concept that

Just more football rooting, just more go team, just more our guys versus their guys, derp derp

66 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:57:52pm

re: #65 WindUpBird

yeah, funny concept that

Just more football rooting, just more go team, just more our guys versus their guys, derp derp

Maybe President Obama can get someone in a Bald Eagle mascot outfit to dance around the floor of the house during his next SOTU address…

“My fellow Americans [eagle cartwheels out onto the floor, hip thrusts at the Supremes] let me begin by recognizing [eagle runs up the aisle, slaps a piece of duct tape across Joe Wilson’s mouth] some of the accomplishments of the last congress [eagle high-fives his way up the Democratic side of the aisle]…”

67 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 4:59:17pm

happy thanksgiving, yo

68 Linden Arden  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:01:06pm

re: #64 darthstar

The claim of “exceptionalism” is the biggest sign of insecurity I can think of.

YES! But still they repeat more Rush crap.

Is the US exceptional? Sure! In many things like individualism, the NFL, building big corporations, the military complex, etc.

Now what do they mean?

Nothing like reality I assure you. But believe this - religion has a lot to do with their “vision”.

69 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:01:18pm

re: #66 darthstar

Maybe President Obama can get someone in a Bald Eagle mascot outfit to dance around the floor of the house during his next SOTU address…

“My fellow Americans [eagle cartwheels out onto the floor, hip thrusts at the Supremes] let me begin by recognizing [eagle runs up the aisle, slaps a piece of duct tape across Joe Wilson’s mouth] some of the accomplishments of the last congress [eagle high-fives his way up the Democratic side of the aisle]…”

ahahahaha

And then he shoots t-shirts from his prize cannon into congress

70 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:01:42pm

re: #68 Linden Arden

YES! But still they repeat more Rush crap.

Is the US exceptional? Sure! In many things like individualism, the NFL, building big corporations, the military complex, etc.

Now what do they mean?

Nothing like reality I assure you. But believe this - religion has a lot to do with their “vision”.

We’re pretty good at muscle cars! And also hip-hop

71 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:03:12pm

re: #70 WindUpBird

We’re pretty good at muscle cars! And also hip-hop

movies. there are some good foreign films. there are also a crapton of awful ones…

72 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:05:21pm

re: #71 Aceofwhat?

movies. there are some good foreign films. there are also a crapton of awful ones…

We gave up our entertainment supremacy the second Skyline was allowed to hit theaters. That movie was so bad it negates every positive accomplishment in the history of entertainment.

73 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:05:38pm

re: #71 Aceofwhat?

movies. there are some good foreign films. there are also a crapton of awful ones…

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

74 Linden Arden  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:05:41pm

re: #70 WindUpBird

We’re pretty good at muscle cars! And also hip-hop

We are!

I ‘d give the Germans the top award on the cars though.

Very biased here - love my BMW.

75 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:06:45pm

re: #68 Linden Arden

The NFL? Okay, I think our pro football players are good athletes, sure…but put them on a field playing Aussie Rules Football for 90 minutes (without pads) and let’s see how many are still standing. No time-outs, no play clocks, and constant motion…oh, and they hit each other just as hard as our players do.

Youtube Video
76 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:06:55pm

re: #73 Walter L. Newton

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

bingo

77 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:08:26pm

re: #75 darthstar

The NFL? Okay, I think our pro football players are good athletes, sure…but put them on a field playing Aussie Rules Football for 90 minutes (without pads) and let’s see how many are still standing. No time-outs, no play clocks, and constant motion…oh, and they hit each other just as hard as our players do.


[Video]

nah. those guys are smaller and slower. it’s a fun game to watch, but the Ray Lewises of the world occupy a different plane of existence.

78 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:08:54pm

re: #73 Walter L. Newton

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

I’m reading the second book in that series, The Girl Who Played with Fire. Pretty good read.

79 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:10:32pm

re: #70 WindUpBird

We’re pretty good at muscle cars! And also hip-hop

speaking of Merica, do you have the Oregon game on in the background? i can’t remember if you’re a fan or not…it’s been very entertaining so far.

80 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:10:42pm

re: #77 Aceofwhat?

nah. those guys are smaller and slower. it’s a fun game to watch, but the Ray Lewises of the world occupy a different plane of existence.

Smaller, yes, but not slower. A 300lb lineman wouldn’t last five minutes in an AFL game. The reason you don’t see anyone over 190lbs is because you can’t carry that much mass for that long in a full contact sport.

81 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:11:50pm

re: #76 Aceofwhat?

bingo

Just watched it the other night… really well crafted thriller, without all the requisite car chases and things blowing up. An idyllic trek across the Swedish countryside… with a lot of horrible family secrets lurking right beneath your feet.

I’m looking forward to the other two in the series… “The Girl Who Played with Fire” and “The Girl who kicked the Hornets Nest.”

82 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:11:57pm

re: #78 darthstar

I’m reading the second book in that series, The Girl Who Played with Fire. Pretty good read.

i enjoyed the whole series, but you can skip the movie. it was basically an exact screenplay of the book, minus the details that you can only get in a book.

83 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:12:29pm

re: #80 darthstar

Image: asashoryu2.jpg

Beg to differ.

84 goddamnedfrank  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:12:32pm

re: #46 Obdicut

Door number C is where they keep all the good stuff.

I love a game show that teaches probability theory: The Monty Hall Problem, how switching doors increases one’s odds of winning from 1/3 to 2/3.

“Look what I got from the leprechaun universe.” - Bender B
“Well thats great and all if you haven’t been to pirate universe yet.” - Bender A

85 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:12:37pm

re: #81 Walter L. Newton

Just watched it the other night… really well crafted thriller, without all the requisite car chases and things blowing up. An idyllic trek across the Swedish countryside… with a lot of horrible family secrets lurking right beneath your feet.

I’m looking forward to the other two in the series… “The Girl Who Played with Fire” and “The Girl who kicked the Hornets Nest.”

oh. oops. i thought you meant that it wasn’t good. i’d probably have enjoyed it more if i hadn’t already read the books.

86 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:13:09pm

re: #83 Obdicut

Image: asashoryu2.jpg

Beg to differ.

bad link…

87 wrenchwench  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:13:54pm

I collected a set today.

2007:

washtsboy

Karma: 0
Registered since: Jul 9, 2007 at 9:19 am

No. of comments posted: 0
No. of links posted: 0

2008:

DavidKB

Karma: 0
Registered since: Sep 8, 2008 at 11:10 am

No. of comments posted: 0
No. of links posted: 0

2009:

Denji

Karma: 0
Registered since: Feb 3, 2010 at 10:29 pm

No. of comments posted: 0
No. of links posted: 0

And 2010:

Stifford

Karma: 0
Registered since: Dec 4, 2009 at 10:46 am

No. of comments posted: 0
No. of links posted: 0
Recent comments

2006 and earlier registrants without any comments are hard to come by, but they exist. These were each logged in at some point today.

88 darthstar  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:13:58pm

re: #86 darthstar

bad link…

Never mind…came up the next time I tried. Sumo and AFL are different sports though. Those guys don’t do a lot of running.

89 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:13:59pm

re: #75 darthstar

The NFL? Okay, I think our pro football players are good athletes, sure…but put them on a field playing Aussie Rules Football for 90 minutes (without pads) and let’s see how many are still standing. No time-outs, no play clocks, and constant motion…oh, and they hit each other just as hard as our players do.


[Video]

LOL..Sure put them on a field together…I’d love to see those players going against 6’7” 345 lb players that run a 5.5/ 40 survive 90 minutes…Heck..Peyton Manning is bigger and stronger than those boys..And he is a quarterback..

90 Walter L. Newton  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:14:00pm

re: #85 Aceofwhat?

oh. oops. i thought you meant that it wasn’t good. i’d probably have enjoyed it more if i hadn’t already read the books.

No… I thought it was a wonderful movie… no, I didn’t read the books first. Various family members have.

91 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:15:34pm

re: #80 darthstar

Smaller, yes, but not slower. A 300lb lineman wouldn’t last five minutes in an AFL game. The reason you don’t see anyone over 190lbs is because you can’t carry that much mass for that long in a full contact sport.

meh. that’s like saying that a 300lb lineman would make a poor soccer player. if you want speed and physicality, show me the physical equivalent of a Calvin Johnson in Australia. (there isn’t one)

92 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:16:00pm

re: #86 darthstar

Really? Not for me. Well then:

Image: Asashoryu_fight_Jan08.JPG

93 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:16:12pm

re: #84 goddamnedfrank

I love a game show that teaches probability theory: The Monty Hall Problem, how switching doors increases one’s odds of winning from 1/3 to 2/3.

“Look what I got from the leprechaun universe.” - Bender B
“Well thats great and all if you haven’t been to pirate universe yet.” - Bender A

one of my favorite episodes.

94 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:17:07pm

re: #91 Aceofwhat?

meh. that’s like saying that a 300lb lineman would make a poor soccer player. if you want speed and physicality, show me the physical equivalent of a Calvin Johnson in Australia. (there isn’t one)

Or Dez Bryant …hehehee

95 Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:17:13pm

re: #84 goddamnedfrank

I love the Monty Hall problem. It shows just how tricky probability and statistics are for our minds to grasp. It’s really something that has to be learned, not simply innately worked through.

96 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:17:23pm

re: #87 wrenchwench

There were a bunch yesterday, but I didn’t think to collect them.
I did send a couple to Charles.

97 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:18:02pm

re: #27 darthstar

More like ULTRA fail.

Actually I think the viewers are the cow in that second photo. Fox News is the bull, and the cow’s FAIL turns out pretty good for him.re: #53 Obdicut

Here’s the shortened story on Fox Nation:

[Link: nation.foxnews.com…]

With a bunch of aggressively homoerotic comments like “here’s some DNA for you, Holder, open wide”.

Plus:

and

That one by a guy calling himself Kenyanhunter.

How patriotic!

That last is KKK-level hate. That Fox hasn’t hasn’t banned him is telling. Even Hot Air or the Stalker blog would not allow a nic such as that, but Fox lets the asshole post.

98 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:20:26pm

re: #89 HoosierHoops

LOL..Sure put them on a field together…I’d love to see those players going against 6’7” 345 lb players that run a 5.5/ 40 survive 90 minutes…Heck..Peyton Manning is bigger and stronger than those boys..And he is a quarterback..

bingo. take this guy. he’s been a bust in the NFL. he’s 260lbs, runs a 4.58 in the 40, benched 455lbs in college, and squatted 405lbs twenty times.

NFL busts > Aussie stars.

99 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:21:26pm

re: #94 HoosierHoops

Or Dez Bryant …hehehee

heh. you think his attitude will hold up?

100 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:23:57pm

re: #98 Aceofwhat?

bingo. take this guy. he’s been a bust in the NFL. he’s 260lbs, runs a 4.58 in the 40, benched 455lbs in college, and squatted 405lbs twenty times.

NFL busts > Aussie stars.

AFL players don’t get to stop and catch their breath every 5-25 seconds for a minute, or three.

101 wrenchwench  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:24:54pm

re: #96 Floral Giraffe

There were a bunch yesterday, but I didn’t think to collect them.
I did send a couple to Charles.

Now that we can see all the loggings in and out, I find that there are some regulars who never comment. I don’t suspect them all of being socks, just a few of them. I don’t know which ones, though.

102 researchok  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:25:50pm

re: #101 wrenchwench

Now that we can see all the loggings in and out, I find that there are some regulars who never comment. I don’t suspect them all of being socks, just a few of them. I don’t know which ones, though.

As Peter Sellers once said, ‘I like to watch’.
/

103 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:26:26pm

I’d be more impressed if 1 hour long NFL games didn’t last 3 or so hours.
:P

104 mr.fusion  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:26:40pm

re: #53 Obdicut

Just amazing….

Obviously in a country with 300 million people you’re going to have some nuts out there…..but it’s really scary that our political leaders are pandering to these nuts, and that there’s enough of them to actually have influence.

105 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:27:49pm

re: #100 wozzablog

AFL players don’t get to stop and catch their breath every 5-25 seconds for a minute, or three.

sure. this is what makes the ‘better athlete’ question so hard. i usually try to simplify it in my head to speed, stamina, strength, and coordination/athleticism/leaping ability.

AFL players win the stamina category…but that’s about it.

it’s also why i’d say that professional basketball players are the best all-around athletes in the world. many are off of the charts in all four categories.

106 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:27:51pm

re: #98 Aceofwhat?

bingo. take this guy. he’s been a bust in the NFL. he’s 260lbs, runs a 4.58 in the 40, benched 455lbs in college, and squatted 405lbs twenty times.

NFL busts > Aussie stars.

What a stud..But each sport requires different skill levels..
Take a soccer team on the court against the Lakers..Lucky to score 10 points..Take a Rugby team against the SF Giants playing baseball.. No chance…
It’s impossible to compare…Take your baddest rugby player against Lawrence Taylor on the line..The rugby player will pee his pants…Take that same rugby player against Kobe on the Pitch and Kobe won’t survive

107 Linden Arden  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:28:41pm

Different skills rewarded in different sports.

Huge size and strength mean more on the lines of the NFL than any running sport. Yet show me an NFL lineman that could play World Cup soccer.

108 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:29:05pm

re: #101 wrenchwench

This nic just seemed suspicious, on Thanksgiving…

Turkeyhunter
Registered since: Jul 13, 2005 at 10:08 am
No. of comments posted: 5

109 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:29:30pm

Watched Auburn/Alabama.

Well. Heck. That was kind of cool.

110 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:30:30pm

re: #109 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Watched Auburn/Alabama.

Well. Heck. That was kind of cool.

yeah. felt bad for McElroy, though.

111 researchok  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:30:44pm

re: #108 Floral Giraffe

This nic just seemed suspicious, on Thanksgiving…

Turkeyhunter
Registered since: Jul 13, 2005 at 10:08 am
No. of comments posted: 5

His other nic was giblets.

Clearly, not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

112 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:30:51pm

re: #109 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Watched Auburn/Alabama.

Well. Heck. That was kind of cool.

Cam is an amazing player..The Vick of College football

113 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:30:58pm

re: #98 Aceofwhat?

bingo. take this guy. he’s been a bust in the NFL. he’s 260lbs, runs a 4.58 in the 40, benched 455lbs in college, and squatted 405lbs twenty times.

NFL busts > Aussie stars.

Big deal.
I’d kick his ass in Madden 2011 on the Xbox.

:P

114 Renaissance_Man  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:31:19pm

re: #75 darthstar

The NFL? Okay, I think our pro football players are good athletes, sure…but put them on a field playing Aussie Rules Football for 90 minutes (without pads) and let’s see how many are still standing. No time-outs, no play clocks, and constant motion…oh, and they hit each other just as hard as our players do.


[Video]

God’s own football code. Booyah.

115 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:31:33pm

“You don’t want to listen to the right and the left — the extremes,” he said. “You don’t want to listen to Keith Olbermann and Rush Babe [Limbaugh] and Rachel Minnow [sic] or whatever that is, and Glenn Beck. They’re entertainers. They couldn’t govern their way out of a paper sack — from the right or the left. But they get paid a lot of money from you and advertisers — thirty, fifty million a year — to work you over and get you juiced up with emotion, fear, guilt, and racism. Emotion, fear, guilt, and racism.
-Alan Simpson.

[Link: trib.com…]

116 Linden Arden  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:31:40pm

re: #102 researchok

As Peter Sellers once said, ‘I like to watch’.
/

The lady obliged, didn’t she?

117 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:32:02pm

re: #105 Aceofwhat?

sure. this is what makes the ‘better athlete’ question so hard. i usually try to simplify it in my head to speed, stamina, strength, and coordination/athleticism/leaping ability.

AFL players win the stamina category…but that’s about it.

it’s also why i’d say that professional basketball players are the best all-around athletes in the world. many are off of the charts in all four categories.

I’d also give AFL guys the advantage in leaping & corordination (all players have to kick and handle at speed) over the NFL guys going through roster for roster.

118 researchok  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:32:20pm

re: #116 Linden Arden

The lady obliged, didn’t she?

Yes she did.

119 Kronocide  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:32:31pm

re: #97 Dark_Falcon


That last is KKK-level hate. That Fox hasn’t hasn’t banned him is telling. Even Hot Air or the Stalker blog would not allow a nic such as that, but Fox lets the asshole post.

Total unbridled racism.

But it’s satire.

Yeah, right.

120 wrenchwench  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:32:32pm

Nobody in the NFL or the [whatever the soccer league is called] can do this:

Youtube Video
121 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:33:18pm

re: #120 wrenchwench

Nobody in the NFL or the [whatever the soccer league is called] can do this:


[Video]

big love for the MacMan right here :)

122 wrenchwench  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:35:04pm

re: #121 wozzablog

big love for the MacMan right here :)

Have you seen this one? It’s only a couple of weeks old.

Youtube Video
123 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:35:08pm

re: #119 BigPapa

Total unbridled racism.

But it’s satire.

Yeah, right.

That nic wasn’t even a dog whistle. It was full-on, “I want to kill the [deleted]s” racism. And Fox let that nic stand.

124 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:35:43pm

re: #117 wozzablog

I’d also give AFL guys the advantage in leaping & corordination (all players have to kick and handle at speed) over the NFL guys going through roster for roster.

Perhaps..But there is a chance none of them would live long enough to last 90 minutes…I could put together a roster from the NFL that is athletic enough to destroy any AFL team you could come up with..It’s not play school with the NFL.. You will get your ass knocked out…
*wink*

125 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:36:08pm

re: #122 wrenchwench

Have you seen this one? It’s only a couple of weeks old.


[Video]

teh roxor.

126 Renaissance_Man  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:37:15pm

re: #98 Aceofwhat?

NFL busts > Aussie stars.

I know you are more than familiar with an actual sport, such as tennis, so I know you’re only kidding around when you compare a failed player of a quasi-sport with players of actual sports.

127 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:37:28pm

re: #117 wozzablog

I’d also give AFL guys the advantage in leaping & corordination (all players have to kick and handle at speed) over the NFL guys going through roster for roster.

again, i agree that different sports require different traits. but there are a few guys like this in the NFL. unless i’m quite mistaken, there are no such equivalents in the AFL.

128 wrenchwench  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:38:20pm
Country singer Willie Nelson was arrested this morning at the Sierra Blanca, Texas, Border Patrol checkpoint for allegedly possessing about six ounces of marijuana.

Nelson was traveling from California to Austin, Texas, when he was stopped at the checkpoint at about 9 a.m.

Border Patrol agents conducting a search of the singer’s tour bus found about six ounces of marijuana, which Nelson claimed was his, according to Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West.

Nelson was taken into custody and booked into the Hudspeth County Jail on a $2,500 bond. West said that Nelson posted the bond and was back on the road to Austin by 1:30 p.m. Today.

[…]

129 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:39:08pm

re: #124 HoosierHoops

Perhaps..But there is a chance none of them would live long enough to last 90 minutes…I could put together a roster from the NFL that is athletic enough to destroy any AFL team you could come up with..It’s not play school with the NFL.. You will get your ass knocked out…
*wink*

Heh.

don’t let the monicker “Australian Rules Football” fool you - there are no rules :p

130 Linden Arden  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:39:37pm

re: #128 wrenchwench

Just a Wise Man bringing Herb.

131 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:39:44pm

re: #126 Renaissance_Man

I know you are more than familiar with an actual sport, such as tennis, so I know you’re only kidding around when you compare a failed player of a quasi-sport with players of actual sports.

ouch. i like it.

i crushed my poor brother yesterday. i put in a lot of work over the summer to improve my backhand, and thought that i ought to let him have a good look at it…

132 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:40:21pm

re: #71 Aceofwhat?

movies. there are some good foreign films. there are also a crapton of awful ones…

eh, I think that’s a wash, we just do LARGER crap films. Many of my favorite films (Kontroll, City of Lost Children, Spirited Away, Tokyo Gore Police, Old Boy) are foreign.

133 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:40:57pm

re: #132 WindUpBird

eh, I think that’s a wash, we just do LARGER crap films. Many of my favorite films (Kontroll, City of Lost Children, Spirited Away, Tokyo Gore Police, Old Boy) are foreign.

Tokyo Gore Police.
LOL.
:)

134 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:41:20pm

re: #84 goddamnedfrank

I love a game show that teaches probability theory: The Monty Hall Problem, how switching doors increases one’s odds of winning from 1/3 to 2/3.

“Look what I got from the leprechaun universe.” - Bender B
“Well thats great and all if you haven’t been to pirate universe yet.” - Bender A

I love that episode :D

135 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:41:51pm

re: #133 Varek Raith

Tokyo Gore Police.
LOL.
:)

LOVE THAT MOVIE SO MUCH

it’s like hyper-Cronenberg

Oh there we go! The number of Canadian films I dig, Cronenberg rules

136 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:41:59pm

re: #128 wrenchwench

I’m sorry for him…I know I’ve always been against legalization of pot because of kids..But really..If you are over 21 or a musician..They should just leave you alone…

137 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:43:12pm

re: #132 WindUpBird

eh, I think that’s a wash, we just do LARGER crap films. Many of my favorite films (Kontroll, City of Lost Children, Spirited Away, Tokyo Gore Police, Old Boy) are foreign.

i would guess that i have slightly more mainstream tastes than you, which is neither good nor bad…and i should probably be more specific by region, but it’s a rare year when the number of foreign movies that i really look forward to watching exceed the number of domestic movies that i really look forward to watching.

oh, and Star Wars ftw;)

138 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:43:38pm

re: #128 wrenchwench

Le sigh

of course it’s Texas 9_9

139 Linden Arden  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:43:46pm

re: #136 HoosierHoops

I’m sorry for him…I know I’ve always been against legalization of pot because of kids..But really..If you are over 21 or a musician..They should just leave you alone…

So 15 year old musicians can toke?

Great! I see you were in the band too!

140 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:43:46pm

re: #133 Varek Raith

Tokyo Gore Police.
LOL.
:)

It’s on Netflix.
Lol.

141 wrenchwench  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:45:10pm

re: #136 HoosierHoops

I’m sorry for him…I know I’ve always been against legalization of pot because of kids..But really..If you are over 21 or a musician..They should just leave you alone…

They should legalize it so it will be more difficult for kids to get than alcohol.

:)

142 Renaissance_Man  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:45:12pm

re: #127 Aceofwhat?

again, i agree that different sports require different traits. but there are a few guys like this in the NFL. unless i’m quite mistaken, there are no such equivalents in the AFL.

The average AFL ruckman is over 6’6”, has to outjump people his height repeatedly, plays a roving midfield role for the full time, and also has to have multiple ball handling skills. Odds are he cannot outsprint Calvin Johnson, but apart from that, they are eminently comparable.

And, unlike every player in the NFL save a quarterback, he also has to make his own decisions, which automatically makes him a vast improvement over any NFL player.

143 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:45:35pm

re: #127 Aceofwhat?

again, i agree that different sports require different traits. but there are a few guys like this in the NFL. unless i’m quite mistaken, there are no such equivalents in the AFL.

Fair enough - there will always be standouts.

I would put it this way - AFL is a sport for 800meter runners. The NFL is a sport for 100meter sprinters. Different builds are required/stamina levels - but the part that every AFL player is expected to play in the game and the non-existence of specials teams/offense/defence who play half the game each is the deciding factor for me.

All those guys run miles every game.

144 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:46:24pm

re: #136 HoosierHoops

I’m sorry for him…I know I’ve always been against legalization of pot because of kids..But really..If you are over 21 or a musician..They should just leave you alone…

That’s a terrible reason to support allowing the government to continue to destroy the lives of adults over a mild intoxicant. Pot is very much available to kids now, and much less harmful than alcohol.

145 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:48:00pm

re: #144 JeffFX

That’s a terrible reason to support allowing the government to continue to destroy the lives of adults over a mild intoxicant. Pot is very much available to kids now, and much less harmful than alcohol.

Outlaw alcohol.
Simple.
;)

146 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:48:17pm

re: #137 Aceofwhat?

i would guess that i have slightly more mainstream tastes than you, which is neither good nor bad…and i should probably be more specific by region, but it’s a rare year when the number of foreign movies that i really look forward to watching exceed the number of domestic movies that i really look forward to watching.

oh, and Star Wars ftw;)

Oh, I love good American sci-fi! And two of my favorite directors are American (Anaofsky, Nolan) but man, the number of foreign movies that keep being “remade” and the number of foreign TV shows that get remade… it’s like we just have the most capital and the biggest entertainment industry so we can make more and bigger things happen. Really small foreign films and TV just seem way more creative and risky, by the time it gets some money behind it and it’s big american thing, all the corners are rounded down, everything becomes all smooth and mass market. Some stuff excepted, good TV on HBO and AMC I wish i had the time to watch

More love for Alien than Star Wars, star wars is kitsch to me now, Alien is fine art


(I think Alien is a better movie than Star Wars)

147 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:48:20pm

re: #142 Renaissance_Man

re: #143 wozzablog

good stuff

148 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:48:59pm

re: #145 Varek Raith

Outlaw alcohol.
Simple.
;)

Some people are actually for that, as if they learned nothing from alcohol prohibition.

149 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:49:11pm

re: #139 Linden Arden

So 15 year old musicians can toke?

Great! I see you were in the band too!

No Silly…but I’m guessing most musicians over 21 toke..I don’t know…My kids were pretty good about pot…I’m very proud of them

150 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:49:17pm

re: #144 JeffFX

That’s a terrible reason to support allowing the government to continue to destroy the lives of adults over a mild intoxicant. Pot is very much available to kids now, and much less harmful than alcohol.

I was a dork in the suburbs, and I knew SO MANY PLACES to get weed when i was 15. I didn’t, because I was a dork and just sat in my room practicing drum rudiments and playing computer games.

151 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:50:02pm

re: #149 HoosierHoops

No Silly…but I’m guessing most musicians over 21 toke..I don’t know…My kids were pretty good about pot…I’m very proud of them

My brother doesn’t (he’s led a folk-rock band for like 8 years or so) but MAN he likes his rum and cokes

152 Kronocide  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:50:21pm

re: #123 Dark_Falcon

That nic wasn’t even a dog whistle. It was full-on, “I want to kill the [deleted]s” racism. And Fox let that nic stand.

You’re right, it was ‘wearing my white hood out in public’ loud. If they don’t get called out and shouted down it will keeping coming on.

It’s like the guy at the party who lets a marginally racist joke fly, and most give the hah hah to be polite, then he ups the ante with something worse.

153 Linden Arden  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:50:41pm

re: #145 Varek Raith

Outlaw alcohol.
Simple.
;)

And collecting taxes on alcohol was a primary motivation to end Prohibition and bring us out of the Great Depression.

Wouldn’t it be great if pot taxes spiked the economy?

154 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:50:50pm

re: #146 WindUpBird

Really small foreign films and TV just seem way more creative and risky, by the time it gets some money behind it and it’s big american thing, all the corners are rounded down, everything becomes all smooth and mass market.

i’m with you here 100%. one of my favorite things about foreign movies is that they don’t have to end happily. i’m sooo bored with happy endings. bored.

155 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:50:59pm

re: #153 Linden Arden

And collecting taxes on alcohol was a primary motivation to end Prohibition and bring us out of the Great Depression.

Wouldn’t it be great if pot taxes spiked the economy?

stoners everywhere would gloat forever

156 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:52:07pm

re: #153 Linden Arden

And collecting taxes on alcohol was a primary motivation to end Prohibition and bring us out of the Great Depression.

Wouldn’t it be great if pot taxes spiked the economy?

yep. this is republican gold and they fail on it year after year…

157 Linden Arden  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:52:13pm

re: #155 WindUpBird

stoners everywhere would gloat forever

California “Gold” Rush!

158 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:52:16pm

re: #154 Aceofwhat?

i’m with you here 100%. one of my favorite things about foreign movies is that they don’t have to end happily. i’m sooo bored with happy endings. bored.

Stick with Miike films, many of his don’t end well!

or Lars Von Trier, if you really didn’t need your soul and would rather an angry danish nihilist filmmaker set fire to it

159 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:52:23pm

re: #150 WindUpBird

I was a dork in the suburbs, and I knew SO MANY PLACES to get weed when i was 15. I didn’t, because I was a dork and just sat in my room practicing drum rudiments and playing computer games.

For me it was programming and computer games. I didn’t drink or try pot until I was 19, but I could have gotten some at any time. I currently do neither, as I want to be as healthy as possible, but I don’t want any peaceful person’s life destroyed by the government.

160 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:52:24pm

re: #157 Linden Arden

California “Gold” Rush!

tee hee ^_^

161 Renaissance_Man  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:52:28pm

re: #124 HoosierHoops

Perhaps..But there is a chance none of them would live long enough to last 90 minutes…I could put together a roster from the NFL that is athletic enough to destroy any AFL team you could come up with..It’s not play school with the NFL.. You will get your ass knocked out…
*wink*

Maybe in a gang fight, sure. But Aussie Rules football requires multiple skills, longterm endurance, and actual decision making capacity. You might, if you used the entire NFL’s worth of rosters, put together a team that would be as athletic as any given Aussie Rules team. But none of them would have the multiple skills necessary to put together even the most basic kick and catch. Sure, part of that is training, but the NFL requires only the most basic, focused skills, and there is no guarantee that an athlete who can perform one skill well will have the capacity to perform many skills well. Frankly, every time I watch NFL players attempt lateral passes, I cringe, because under-12 girls rugby teams do it better. Your best bet would be to put together a team consisting entirely of quarterbacks, because then you might have a team that can make their own decisions and have enough skill variety to compete.

162 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:52:32pm

re: #154 Aceofwhat?

i’m with you here 100%. one of my favorite things about foreign movies is that they don’t have to end happily. i’m sooo bored with happy endings. bored.

That’s why The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite of the trilogy.
The bad guys win.

163 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:53:12pm

re: #159 JeffFX

For me it was programming and computer games. I didn’t drink or try pot until I was 19, but I could have gotten some at any time. I currently do neither, as I want to be as healthy as possible, but I don’t want any peaceful person’s life destroyed by the government.

I tried to learn C on no less than three separate occasions. The third time was enough. i give up, C++. I’m shit at coding. I’ll stick to making noise and art *_*

164 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:53:32pm

re: #162 Varek Raith

That’s why The Empire Strikes Back is my favorite of the trilogy.
The bad guys win.

Empire was totally the good one!

165 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:54:38pm

re: #163 WindUpBird

I tried to learn C on no less than three separate occasions. The third time was enough. i give up, C++. I’m shit at coding. I’ll stick to making noise and art *_*

I’m a pretty good coder with no artistic talent. I tried to learn to play guitar, but just don’t have the fine motor skills required.

166 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:55:58pm

My Brothers and Sisters…Everytime pot comes up here I get slammed…I agree with most of you..But I never wanted my kids to turn into stoners..Is that so bad?
I have no answers nor no judgment…I’m a simple man

167 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:56:14pm

re: #152 BigPapa

You’re right, it was ‘wearing my white hood out in public’ loud. If they don’t get called out and shouted down it will keeping coming on.

It’s like the guy at the party who lets a marginally racist joke fly, and most give the hah hah to be polite, then he ups the ante with something worse.

That’s the way its been on Fox. At some point you have to take racist scum like that on, or they’ll ruin your site. Best that that point be as soon as possible. So Fox, this one is for you:

Youtube Video
168 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:57:39pm

re: #166 HoosierHoops

My Brothers and Sisters…Everytime pot comes up here I get slammed…I agree with most of you..But I never wanted my kids to turn into stoners..Is that so bad?
I have no answers nor no judgment…I’m a simple man

naw, man. i have weird phobias stemming from an overpowering urge to keep my kids safe, too…no apology necessary.

169 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 5:59:05pm

re: #166 HoosierHoops

My Brothers and Sisters…Everytime pot comes up here I get slammed…I agree with most of you..But I never wanted my kids to turn into stoners..Is that so bad?
I have no answers nor no judgment…I’m a simple man

Among the large number of teens i hung with back when i were a young man who toked on a joint - the number who actually became dysfunctional stoners was minimal.

170 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:00:15pm

re: #166 HoosierHoops

My Brothers and Sisters…Everytime pot comes up here I get slammed…I agree with most of you..But I never wanted my kids to turn into stoners..Is that so bad?
I have no answers nor no judgment…I’m a simple man

Arresting people over pot has zero influence on whether your kids will be stoners, but if they do discover that pot is mostly harmless, they might believe they’ve been lied to about other drugs as well. Prohibition is dangerous because it lumps mostly harmless marijuana in with extremely dangerous drugs

Pot is everywhere. Right now the government can completely screw people over for possessing a plant. I find that completely unacceptable.

171 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:00:31pm

re: #166 HoosierHoops

LOL! I just keep my opinions on this subject to myself.
*waves*

172 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:01:44pm

re: #170 JeffFX

Pot is everywhere. Right now the government can completely screw people over for possessing a plant. I find that completely unacceptable.

I’m for legalization too. But what does the fact that it’s a plant have to do with it?

173 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:01:58pm

re: #170 JeffFX

Arresting people over pot has zero influence on whether your kids will be stoners, but if they do discover that pot is mostly harmless, they might believe they’ve been lied to about other drugs as well. Prohibition is dangerous because it lumps mostly harmless marijuana in with extremely dangerous drugs

Pot is everywhere. Right now the government can completely screw people over for possessing a plant. I find that completely unacceptable.

Removing pot from dealers and regulating it is the best way to stop kids moving on to harder drugs.

174 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:02:06pm

re: #165 JeffFX

I’m a pretty good coder with no artistic talent. I tried to learn to play guitar, but just don’t have the fine motor skills required.

neither do I, I play anyway, I just pound out glacial power chords :D

175 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:02:10pm

re: #166 HoosierHoops

My Brothers and Sisters…Everytime pot comes up here I get slammed…I agree with most of you..But I never wanted my kids to turn into stoners..Is that so bad?
I have no answers nor no judgment…I’m a simple man

But, of course. In the same way that you would want them to drink responsibly.

Hope you’re Turkey Day was happy, btw :)

176 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:02:45pm

re: #172 Aceofwhat?

I’m for legalization too. But what does the fact that it’s a plant have to do with it?

I think the idea is that’s an unrefined thing that grows in the wild

(not really my argument, my argument is that if booze should be legal, this is less harmful)

177 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:03:36pm

re: #168 Aceofwhat?

naw, man. i have weird phobias stemming from an overpowering urge to keep my kids safe, too…no apology necessary.

Marijuana paranoia in parents is understandable, mostly due to all the government propaganda over the years, but no one’s phobias should result in jailing anyone.

178 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:03:46pm

re: #173 wozzablog

Removing pot from dealers and regulating it is the best way to stop kids moving on to harder drugs.

exactly, the “real” gateway is the lifestyle. if you associate with X simply to get weed, X is now in your social network and of X also sells or knows where to get harder stuff, etc etc

Whereas for booze, just go to the store. No “gateway”.

179 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:04:13pm

re: #172 Aceofwhat?

I’m for legalization too. But what does the fact that it’s a plant have to do with it?

Agreed. Opium poppies are also plants, yet few would say “just a plant” about them. Of course, that’s mostly because heroin is a far worse drug than pot.

180 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:04:17pm

re: #172 Aceofwhat?

I’m for legalization too. But what does the fact that it’s a plant have to do with it?

LOL plus doesn’t most booze come from plants?

181 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:04:47pm

re: #168 Aceofwhat?

naw, man. i have weird phobias stemming from an overpowering urge to keep my kids safe, too…no apology necessary.

Actually, the dumbest thing my parents ever did was let me drive a muscle car to school. I was stone sober 100%, but I probably engaged in more reckless behavior in that car than I ever would have if I were smoking weed!

182 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:05:34pm

re: #172 Aceofwhat?

I’m for legalization too. But what does the fact that it’s a plant have to do with it?

It’s not say nuclear materials. Banning plants seems pretty nuts to me, even if it were something as dangerous as castor-beans.

183 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:05:39pm

re: #180 HoosierHoops

LOL plus doesn’t most booze come from plants?

Grapes and Hops! Evil, vile weeds!

184 rwmofo  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:06:12pm

re: #166 HoosierHoops

My Brothers and Sisters…Everytime pot comes up here I get slammed…I agree with most of you..But I never wanted my kids to turn into stoners..Is that so bad?
I have no answers nor no judgment…I’m a simple man

As long as your kids aren’t flying the plane or leading the surgical team while stoned,…

185 Shiplord Kirel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:08:12pm

Prohibition Party website.

These guys received 643 votes in the ‘08 presidential election.

186 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:09:17pm

I hate to be a downer on the season but the clips of shoppers trampling each other in a frenzy to buy cheap crap they don’t need always makes me sad.

187 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:09:19pm

re: #179 Dark_Falcon

Agreed. Opium poppies are also plants, yet few would say “just a plant” about them. Of course, that’s mostly because heroin is a far worse drug than pot.

I would say just a plant, and a very pretty one too. If I were king, I wouldn’t care if individuals are growing them for poppy tea, or even opium, but I would continue to prosecute people making and selling opiates as they are a public danger.

188 reine.de.tout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:11:15pm

re: #186 Killgore Trout

I hate to be a downer on the season but the clips of shoppers trampling each other in a frenzy to buy cheap crap they don’t need always makes me sad.

It does me, too, Killgore.

Target had a TV ad that showed an older woman pressed up against the window of the store, waiting to get in. It was so creepy …

189 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:11:32pm

G’night everybody.

190 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:11:40pm

re: #184 rwmofo

As long as your kids aren’t flying the plane or leading the surgical team while stoned,…

Dude..I think we just passed the Airport…
Leave me alone..I’m on my laptop doing facebook
Dude really..I think we just passed the airport..
Puff puff pass dumbass
oh yea..here..
I just got friended!
Airport?
Dude?

191 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:12:27pm

re: #185 Shiplord Kirel

Prohibition Party website.

These guys received 643 votes in the ‘08 presidential election.

lol All 4500 of them. Everyone needs a mission, I guess.

Mr. Moon is in the last brewing stage of his Hopstache Black. It’s a citrusy, dark ale. link

Last batch was pumpkin brew. I don’t really drink, but it was dee-li-cious!

192 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:12:53pm

re: #182 JeffFX

It’s not say nuclear materials. Banning plants seems pretty nuts to me, even if it were something as dangerous as castor-beans.

so the coca plant…just let it grow?

and follow-up question - why is a chemical more saintly if grown in a plant rather than in a test tube? (fair warning…i aced my OChem labs;)

193 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:12:54pm

re: #188 reine.de.tout

It does me, too, Killgore.

Target had a TV ad that showed an older woman pressed up against the window of the store, waiting to get in. It was so creepy …

we have been warned repeatedly regarding the nature of materialism…

194 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:13:32pm

re: #166 HoosierHoops

My Brothers and Sisters…Everytime pot comes up here I get slammed…I agree with most of you..But I never wanted my kids to turn into stoners..Is that so bad?
I have no answers nor no judgment…I’m a simple man

The folk I know who smoke it or consume it in food either have decent to excellent jobs and besides the consumption, aren’t of the criminal variety. They simply prefer it to a beer or a hard drink. One can be a “stoner” and still be a productive member of society. It’s time to lay that stereotype to rest, IMO. On the flip side, I can easily understand the concern that parents have too, especially when the person consuming the drug *is* young, and still impressionable.

195 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:13:37pm

re: #192 Aceofwhat?

so the coca plant…just let it grow?

and follow-up question - why is a chemical more saintly if grown in a plant rather than in a test tube? (fair warning…i aced my OChem labs;)

Because Gd made it, duh! :> :> :>

196 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:13:56pm

re: #166 HoosierHoops

My Brothers and Sisters…Everytime pot comes up here I get slammed…I agree with most of you..But I never wanted my kids to turn into stoners..Is that so bad?
I have no answers nor no judgment…I’m a simple man

A lot of the people I know who smoke weed don’t really identify as stoners, they just came to it on their own because they’re artists and like what it does for them. I joke about derp derp windupbird’s a pothead, but really, I don’t even smoke that much, it interferes with productivity if you do, and that’s not a thing I can allow to happen!

197 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:14:08pm

re: #190 HoosierHoops

Dude..I think we just passed the Airport…
Leave me alone..I’m on my laptop doing facebook
Dude really..I think we just passed the airport..
Puff puff pass dumbass
oh yea..here..
I just got friended!
Airport?
Dude?

heh.

overheard at San Antonio airport (first hand, at MY gate no less)

Pilot 1 - you better not be asleep when i wake up.
Pilot 2 - ok

198 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:15:08pm

re: #194 eclectic infidel

The folk I know who smoke it or consume it in food either have decent to excellent jobs and besides the consumption, aren’t of the criminal variety. They simply prefer it to a beer or a hard drink. One can be a “stoner” and still be a productive member of society. It’s time to lay that stereotype to rest, IMO. On the flip side, I can easily understand the concern that parents have too, especially when the person consuming the drug *is* young, and still impressionable.

See, that’s totally it. My stoner friends are all self-employed (so they know what they’re doing business wise) or they’re brainiac IT and coder guys I know who are so much smarter than me I can’t even believe it

199 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:15:11pm

My kids never asked for the toys that you see parents trampling each other for.

Can’t imagine trampling someone to see “The Who” either.

200 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:15:11pm

re: #186 Killgore Trout

I hate to be a downer on the season but the clips of shoppers trampling each other in a frenzy to buy cheap crap they don’t need always makes me sad.

Quite Concur. That’s the antithesis of Christmas there.

201 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:15:14pm

re: #188 reine.de.tout

It does me, too, Killgore.

Target had a TV ad that showed an older woman pressed up against the window of the store, waiting to get in. It was so creepy …

It’s a cultural problem that leads to a lot of unhappiness but unfortunately our economy depends on the lemming populace wanting and consuming as much as possible. I don’t know it that’s ever going to change.

202 rwmofo  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:15:26pm

re: #190 HoosierHoops

Heh. You have to be perfect at that job - which is why they wouldn’t let me fly the plane (or do the rocket surgery).

203 engineer cat  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:15:30pm

Researchers Promise Even Stupider Wingnuts; Results Of 2010 “Encouraging”

theoretical limit only reached at “too stupid to vote”

204 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:15:58pm

re: #195 marjoriemoon

Because Gd made it, duh! :> :> :>

hey girl! hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving…it was 80 and sunny here in Jax…my kind of late fall holiday!

205 Wozza Matter?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:16:29pm

(really going this time)

206 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:16:36pm

re: #192 Aceofwhat?

so the coca plant…just let it grow?

and follow-up question - why is a chemical more saintly if grown in a plant rather than in a test tube? (fair warning…i aced my OChem labs;)

Yes. My understanding is that chewing the leaves has a mild stimulant effect. It’s when concentrated into cocaine that it becomes a problem.

A chemical isn’t more saintly (odd word choice I think, Catholic chemicals?) from a plant. If anything, coming from a lab is better because we know the exact chemical composition. You mistake me for someone else, possibly some hippies I met years ago.

207 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:17:33pm

re: #199 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My kids never asked for the toys that you see parents trampling each other for.

Can’t imagine trampling someone to see “The Who” either.

Well, just wait for albusteve to show up. I’m sure he has some Stones stampede stories to tell.

208 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:17:56pm

re: #194 eclectic infidel

re: #196 WindUpBird

On occasion, it shows up at neighborhood parties still, but not often. I can’t even point to anyone I knew who smokes. Probably the least suspicious would be the one!

But yea, I was a stoner in school, but like drinking and regular partying/clubbing grew out of it, which I think usually happens. My friends who have problems with addiction either choose alcohol or prescription meds. I do have a friend who has a heroine problem… which is a long story. We did an intervention for him years ago, but he relapses every 5 or so years.

209 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:18:13pm

re: #207 Dark_Falcon

Well, just wait for albusteve to show up. I’m sure he has some Stones stampede stories to tell.

And he probably started most of them!
/

210 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:18:54pm

re: #204 Aceofwhat?

hey girl! hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving…it was 80 and sunny here in Jax…my kind of late fall holiday!

Hey sweets! We had a quiet family dinner which was great. I hope you guys enjoyed! Overcast here, but lovely.

211 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:21:19pm

re: #206 JeffFX

Yes. My understanding is that chewing the leaves has a mild stimulant effect. It’s when concentrated into cocaine that it becomes a problem.

A chemical isn’t more saintly (odd word choice I think, Catholic chemicals?) from a plant. If anything, coming from a lab is better because we know the exact chemical composition. You mistake me for someone else, possibly some hippies I met years ago.

alrighty. i agree with you on the part about lab chems.

i think that our difference might be found in the part where it’s nigh unto impossible to outlaw a distilled plant product without also outlawing the plant. so if you wish to allow the plant but ban the product, it’s my understanding that you’d be even less effective than our already ineffective prohibitions.

212 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:21:20pm

Off topic movie question:

I’m looking for a movie set in Australia. According to my dad, it’s a gruesome picture about a serial killer in the outback. He doesn’t remember the name of the flick though. Any ideas?

213 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:22:35pm

re: #212 eclectic infidel

Off topic movie question:

I’m looking for a movie set in Australia. According to my dad, it’s a gruesome picture about a serial killer in the outback. He doesn’t remember the name of the flick though. Any ideas?


Wolf Creek

214 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:22:36pm

re: #210 marjoriemoon

Hey sweets! We had a quiet family dinner which was great. I hope you guys enjoyed! Overcast here, but lovely.

Wonderful.. A bunch of us transplants got together here and had a dinner..Not much family so no crazy auntie in the corner..Then most everybody went to the casino’s to gamble..I came home and watched movies with Winston…

215 PhillyPretzel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:23:18pm

re: #212 eclectic infidel
None here. The only movie I can think of at the moment is Quigley Down Under. I do not think that is it.

216 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:25:47pm

re: #215 PhillyPretzel

None here. The only movie I can think of at the moment is Quigley Down Under. I do not think that is it.

Can we rule out Crocodile Dundee too? He was a crazy killer, right…?

217 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:26:12pm

re: #216 Aceofwhat?

Can we rule out Crocodile Dundee too? He was a crazy killer, right…?

Did you see that knife?!

218 rwmofo  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:26:32pm

re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Wolf Creek

Instead of watching a movie about a serial killer that’s called “Wolf Creek” I recommend going skiing at Wolf Creek, CO. Hopefully everybody has fun and gets out alive.

219 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:26:36pm

re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Wolf Creek

Thank you. That’s it.

220 PhillyPretzel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:26:36pm

re: #216 Aceofwhat?
true.

221 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:28:15pm

re: #212 eclectic infidel

Off topic movie question:

I’m looking for a movie set in Australia. According to my dad, it’s a gruesome picture about a serial killer in the outback. He doesn’t remember the name of the flick though. Any ideas?

Sounds like The Proposition

Youtube Video

A brutal movie. Don’t read too much about it, just watch it to avoid spoilers.

222 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:29:15pm

re: #221 Killgore Trout

Ahh. Not the same movie, but a good one nonetheless.

223 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:29:34pm

re: #218 rwmofo

Instead of watching a movie about a serial killer that’s called “Wolf Creek” I recommend going skiing at Wolf Creek, CO. Hopefully everybody has fun and gets out alive.

that’s the worst thing about florida. i haven’t been on a slope in three years. it’s killing me.

224 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:30:49pm

re: #223 Aceofwhat?

that’s the worst thing about florida. i haven’t been on a slope in three years. it’s killing me.

I could tilt the Earth’s axis for a modest sum….

225 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:32:29pm

re: #224 Varek Raith

I could tilt the Earth’s axis for a modest sum…

i figured you could. Manitoba is going to be pissed, though…

226 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:33:28pm

re: #211 Aceofwhat?

alrighty. i agree with you on the part about lab chems.

I think that our difference might be found in the part where it’s nigh unto impossible to outlaw a distilled plant product without also outlawing the plant. so if you wish to allow the plant but ban the product, it’s my understanding that you’d be even less effective than our already ineffective prohibitions.

We can control substances without outlawing the source plants. Limits on number of plants grown, and prohibition of dangerous end-products would likely be part of any legalization laws.

I don’t expect any currently banned plant other than marijuana to be legalized, and don’t do any kind of work to promote legalization of opiates of cocaine, so I don’t think my belief that no plant itself should be prohibited will cause anyone any trouble ;>

227 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:33:30pm

Escondido house where explosive ingredients were discovered is considered too dangerous to reenter

Authorities are slowly trying to piece together how — and why — a 54-year-old Serbian emigre acquired large quantities of explosive ingredients that could be used to make the kind of bombs favored by terrorists, including insurgents trying to kill U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The work of a squad of local, state and federal explosives experts is being made more difficult because the one-story, stucco house in a leafy neighborhood in Escondido where the materials were found is considered too dangerous to reenter.

Investigators carted off several computers and numerous written documents in hopes of finding a motive for the alleged actions of George Djura Jakubec, a naturalized U.S. citizen, who now faces 26 bomb-making charges and two charges of bank robbery, all felonies.

228 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:33:37pm

re: #225 Aceofwhat?

i figured you could. Manitoba is going to be pissed, though…

Not as pissed as the northern Europeans or Russians.
They may be vaporized in the blast…
/;)

229 PhillyPretzel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:34:20pm

re: #228 Varek Raith
LOL

230 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:34:32pm

re: #224 Varek Raith

I could tilt the Earth’s axis for a modest sum…

You’d do that buy carving pieces of the planet off with your superlaser. No thank you. But as a consolation, will you take five Ewoks I found in a private nature preserve? They aren’t afraid of people, so they’ll be especially shocked when you Force Choke the first one.

/Stay on Target!

231 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:34:44pm

re: #224 Varek Raith

Change for a quarter?
//

232 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:35:12pm

re: #228 Varek Raith

Not as pissed as the northern Europeans or Russians.
They may be vaporized in the blast…
/;)

Pff, if you’ve got stormtroopers aiming at Europe, I’ll tell the North Africans to take cover.

233 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:35:40pm

re: #232 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Pff, if you’ve got stormtroopers aiming at Europe, I’ll tell the North Africans to take cover.

Nope.
I aim all superweapons personally.

234 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:35:53pm

re: #232 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

win

235 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:36:52pm

re: #227 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Raise you one…

[Link: www.nytimes.com…]

Federal investigators discovered a sophisticated cross-border tunnel Thursday in an industrial part of San Diego. The half-mile tunnel was the second found this month equipped with rail tracks and carts to funnel drugs to and from Tijuana, Mexico.

236 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:37:19pm

re: #233 Varek Raith

Nope.
I aim all superweapons personally.

Micromanagement is never a good thing.

237 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:37:54pm

re: #235 Floral Giraffe

Raise you one…

[Link: www.nytimes.com…]

Federal investigators discovered a sophisticated cross-border tunnel Thursday in an industrial part of San Diego. The half-mile tunnel was the second found this month equipped with rail tracks and carts to funnel drugs to and from Tijuana, Mexico.

Another great reason to legalize or decriminalize, IMO.

238 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:40:09pm

re: #237 marjoriemoon

Another great reason to legalize or decriminalize, IMO.

Decriminalization stops the government from being more dangerous to the user than drugs, but it can expand the criminal black market. Complete legalization, like alcohol, gives us the same level of control.

239 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:40:13pm

re: #235 Floral Giraffe

Oh, yeah?
FedEx finds missing radioactive package

(CNN) — FedEx on Friday found a package containing radioactive material that went missing a day earlier at one of its shipping stations in Knoxville, Tennessee, the company said.

The package contained a radioactive rod used in CT scans, which use X-rays to create images of patients’ bodies.

The shipment was lost in transit between its origination point, a hospital in North Dakota, and the equipment’s manufacturer in Tennessee.

FedEx spokeswoman Sandra Munoz said the rod was enclosed in a metal cylinder that was itself enclosed in a rectangular box. That rectangular box had originally been placed in another box that had the shipping information on it.

“We are trying to track down how the package became detached from the original shipment,” Munoz said.

Lol. No wonder that tri-lithium shipment never reached me.
Stupid FedEx.

240 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:40:35pm

re: #232 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Pff, if you’ve got stormtroopers aiming at Europe, I’ll tell the North Africans to take cover.

The Death Star superlasers were never manned by stormtroopers. They had dedicated Imperial Navy gun crews. Look at the movies, the enlisted personnel depicted are wearing Imperial Navy clamshell helmets, which on the chief gunner encloses his head completely.

241 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:42:08pm

re: #240 Dark_Falcon

The Death Star superlasers were never manned by stormtroopers. They had dedicated Imperial Navy gun crews. Look at the movies, the enlisted personnel depicted are wearing Imperial Navy clamshell helmets, which on the chief gunner encloses his head completely.

but aren’t they all clones anyway?

242 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:42:49pm

re: #239 Varek Raith

Oh, yeah?
FedEx finds missing radioactive package

Lol. No wonder that tri-lithium shipment never reached me.
Stupid FedEx.

That’s Star Trek stuff, Varek. What are you, some kind of crossover supervillain?

243 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:43:31pm

re: #242 Dark_Falcon

That’s Star Trek stuff, Varek. What are you, some kind of crossover supervillain?

Hey!
I ain’t picky with solar system ending weapons.
;)

244 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:45:19pm

re: #236 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Micromanagement is never a good thing.

Micromanagement IS a super weapon.

245 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:46:15pm

re: #240 Dark_Falcon

The Death Star superlasers were never manned by stormtroopers. They had dedicated Imperial Navy gun crews. Look at the movies, the enlisted personnel depicted are wearing Imperial Navy clamshell helmets, which on the chief gunner encloses his head completely.

Shush

246 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:46:29pm

re: #186 Killgore Trout

I hate to be a downer on the season but the clips of shoppers trampling each other in a frenzy to buy cheap crap they don’t need always makes me sad.

Makes me laugh. Did you see some of the people that were waiting in line? Most of these people are going to drown themselves in debt after succumbing to the peer pressure of Giftmas shopping. Plus, like most rituals it always leaves me wondering: do the humans in the USA plan on doing this until the end of time?

247 rwmofo  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:47:25pm

I never heard why they didn’t re-shoot this scene. Heh. At least he was wearing a helmet.

248 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:48:32pm

re: #246 Gus 802

Makes me laugh. Did you see some of the people that were waiting in line? Most of these people are going to drown themselves in debt after succumbing to the peer pressure of Giftmas shopping. Plus, like most rituals it always leaves me wondering: do the humans in the USA plan on doing this until the end of time?

yes… what is another coupla years?

249 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:50:35pm

re: #248 brookly red

yes… what is another coupla years?

Oh yeah. I forgot about that! I was talking to somebody yesterday and I mumbled something about 10,000 years and he was thinking 150 years. Stephen Hawking I believe said something like 150 years. End of time being a figure of speech for the extinction of the human species.

250 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:51:21pm

re: #249 Gus 802

Oh yeah. I forgot about that! I was talking to somebody yesterday and I mumbled something about 10,000 years and he was thinking 150 years. Stephen Hawking I believe said something like 150 years. End of time being a figure of speech for the extinction of the human species.

Hawking said we’d be extinct in 150 years???

251 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:51:57pm

Ah yes. Another much needed cable program.

Television review: ‘Bridalplasty’

The new reality series preys on the insecurities of brides who compete in wedding-themed challenges in the hopes of winning a plastic-surgery procedure.

Whew. Where’s my barf bag?

252 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:52:29pm

re: #241 brookly red

but aren’t they all clones anyway?

Imperial Army and Navy were initially volunteers, though later, there was forced conscription. Over time, the army forces were relegated to secondary forces, with CompForce troops gradually taking over Army Commands.

253 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:52:45pm

re: #249 Gus 802

Oh yeah. I forgot about that! I was talking to somebody yesterday and I mumbled something about 10,000 years and he was thinking 150 years. Stephen Hawking I believe said something like 150 years. End of time being a figure of speech for the extinction of the human species.

well we could do it tomorrow if we really try I guess, I am thinking some of us will be around for a while.

254 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:53:22pm

re: #250 Aceofwhat?

Hawking said we’d be extinct in 150 years???

Well, he said something about “if we want to survive beyond the next century” we must colonize space.

255 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:54:09pm

re: #132 WindUpBird

eh, I think that’s a wash, we just do LARGER crap films. Many of my favorite films (Kontroll, City of Lost Children, Spirited Away, Tokyo Gore Police, Old Boy) are foreign.

Try to find a foreign equivalent of Bubba Ho-Tep or Cannibal The Musical, though. We make the best b-grade crap in the world. I love bad movies that don’t take themselves too seriously.

256 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:54:33pm

re: #253 brookly red

well we could do it tomorrow if we really try I guess, I am thinking some of us will be around for a while.

We can make it a reality program. Real End-O-Timers of New Jersey.

/

257 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:54:47pm

re: #252 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Imperial Army and Navy were initially volunteers, though later, there was forced conscription. Over time, the army forces were relegated to secondary forces, with CompForce troops gradually taking over Army Commands.

does space count as navy… how can you sink in space?

258 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:55:24pm

re: #254 Gus 802

Well, he said something about “if we want to survive beyond the next century” we must colonize space.

I would think that statement to be obviously true, if you really think about what we are going to face over the next century.

259 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:55:37pm

re: #257 brookly red

does space count as navy… how can you sink in space?

Decompression.

260 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:55:53pm

re: #239 Varek Raith

Hey, they found it & it’ll be there soon.
Your tri-corders will work again, soon.

261 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:55:56pm

re: #254 Gus 802

Well, he said something about “if we want to survive beyond the next century” we must colonize space.

that doesn’t make a ton of initial sense. we could really beat the hell out of this planet and it’d still be a far more hospitable place than anything else in the solar system.

262 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:56:01pm

re: #250 Aceofwhat?

Hawking said we’d be extinct in 150 years???

Some where, some aliens are watching Hiter’s speeches and thinking, “Damn, we must deal with these evil fuckers before they come after us!”
:P

263 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:56:05pm

re: #259 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Decompression.

A drier sort of drowning.

264 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:56:08pm

re: #254 Gus 802

But if everybody dies, it’s not such a big deal. Your not leaving anyone behind, so, what the hell.

265 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:56:45pm

re: #261 Aceofwhat?

that doesn’t make a ton of initial sense. we could really beat the hell out of this planet and it’d still be a far more hospitable place than anything else in the solar system.

That’s what the man said:

[Link: www.physorg.com…]

266 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:57:20pm

re: #256 Gus 802

We can make it a reality program. Real End-O-Timers of New Jersey.

/

that is kinda depressing… the whole world is destroyed except NJ, cause no one figured they were worth nuking… damn.

267 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:57:39pm

re: #252 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Imperial Army and Navy were initially volunteers, though later, there was forced conscription. Over time, the army forces were relegated to secondary forces, with CompForce troops gradually taking over Army Commands.

Very true. After the Clone Wars, Emperor Palpatine had most of the Spaartai Cylinders used to grow clones destroyed, save for a group of them that he had mothballed at Mount Tantiss on the planet Wayland. In Timothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire book trilogy, Imperial Grand Admiral Tharwn traveled to Wayland and used those remaining cylinders to turn out clone troops he used to launch his campaign against the New Republic.

268 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:59:00pm

re: #264 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

But if everybody dies, it’s not such a big deal. Your not leaving anyone behind, so, what the hell.

I should be gone by then as will all of us here. Unless we get whacked by some errant asteroid within the next 30 seconds. Give or take 50 years. (/)

269 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:59:03pm

re: #258 Fozzie Bear

I would think that statement to be obviously true, if you really think about what we are going to face over the next century.

If that’s obviously true, the human race is completely doomed. Without fantasy tech like a stargate, there’s no way we’re getting a population large enough to continue the human race off-world.

270 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:59:14pm

re: #261 Aceofwhat?

that doesn’t make a ton of initial sense. we could really beat the hell out of this planet and it’d still be a far more hospitable place than anything else in the solar system.

Add another 5 billion people then think about how hospitable it will be.

271 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:59:24pm

re: #265 Gus 802

That’s what the man said:

[Link: www.physorg.com…]

huh. well, then, homey should spend less time on string theory and more time figuring out how to bend space so that we can jump to an actual, hospitable planet//

272 rwmofo  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:59:48pm

re: #257 brookly red

does space count as navy… how can you sink in space?

Not sure about that, but I know that you can’t fall off the floor. Keep that in mind next time you have one or two too many.

273 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 6:59:51pm

re: #270 Fozzie Bear

Add another 5 billion people then think about how hospitable it will be.

well are they good looking people?

274 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:00:27pm

re: #270 Fozzie Bear

Add another 5 billion people then think about how hospitable it will be.

Much more so than even mars. Ace is correct, even post nuclear-war.

275 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:01:17pm

re: #272 rwmofo

Not sure about that, but I know that you can’t fall off the floor. Keep that in mind next time you have one or two too many.

I have seen people fall off the floor…

and into the back of a cop car.

276 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:01:20pm

re: #271 Aceofwhat?

huh. well, then, homey should spend less time on string theory and more time figuring out how to bend space so that we can jump to an actual, hospitable planet//

There’s always pie in the sky terraforming. Mars maybe? I don’t think we’re anywhere near that kind of ability.

277 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:01:35pm

re: #270 Fozzie Bear

Add another 5 billion people then think about how hospitable it will be.

still better than mars, Malthus…

278 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:02:23pm

re: #274 JeffFX

Much more so than even mars. Ace is correct, even post nuclear-war.

That hypothesis discounts the role of more advanced technology (i.e., both easier and less expensive space flight) and a more hostile social environment in the future.

I tend to agree with Hawking. If we want to be around for the long haul, we (humanity) need to be in more than one place.

279 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:03:14pm

And once again Rodan AKA Daedalus AKA Dorkus uses his blog to spread lies about Charles. He uses Charles’ post for this thread, but deletes the deranged Fox Nation comments Charles quoted. He then says that Charles implied that his post had gotten Fox to take theirs down, when in fact Charles did no such thing. But his Stalkers are eating his lies right up and posting their hate rants against Charles and all of us. What a bunch of lying bastards.

280 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:03:35pm

re: #278 Fozzie Bear

That hypothesis discounts the role of more advanced technology (i.e., both easier and less expensive space flight) and a more hostile social environment in the future.

I tend to agree with Hawking. If we want to be around for the long haul, we (humanity) need to be in more than one place.

All it takes is one, big asteroid and BOOM!
No more humans.

281 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:03:37pm

re: #276 Gus 802

There’s always pie in the sky terraforming. Mars maybe? I don’t think we’re anywhere near that kind of ability.

and i’m not saying that it’s not a good long-term goal. i think that it is.

but absent some gross misunderstanding about how to greatly exceed the speed of light during travel, we’ll need to develop wicked terraforming tech because we’ll be limited to our solar system…which then begs the question of why we wouldn’t then also be good at forming our own terra;)

282 rwmofo  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:03:49pm

re: #275 brookly red

I have seen people fall off the floor…

and into the back of a cop car.

I tend to look at the positive side of this. You’re usually having a blast - right before they put the handcuffs on you.

283 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:04:04pm

re: #280 Varek Raith

All it takes is one, big asteroid and BOOM!
No more humans.

But not if we spacially diversify!

284 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:04:44pm

re: #282 rwmofo

I tend to look at the positive side of this. You’re usually having a blast - right before they put the handcuffs on you.

some folks pay good money for handcuffs…

285 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:05:41pm

re: #278 Fozzie Bear

That hypothesis discounts the role of more advanced technology (i.e., both easier and less expensive space flight) and a more hostile social environment in the future.

I tend to agree with Hawking. If we want to be around for the long haul, we (humanity) need to be in more than one place.

i agree that the best defense against a worldwide calamity is to be living on more than one world. i disagree that such a calamity is imminent, and also disagree that imminent mass colonization is feasible or wise.

286 PhillyPretzel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:05:46pm

Good Night to my fellow Lizards.

287 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:06:20pm

re: #283 Fozzie Bear

But not if we spacially diversify!

well first let’s figure out how to get a wind farm on Martha’s Vineyard, shall we?

288 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:07:06pm

re: #275 brookly red

I have seen people fall off the floor…

and into the back of a cop car.

I’ve heard of people who beat up women falling down several times on their way to the cop car. Naturally, they had a little help in that falling.

289 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:07:19pm

re: #281 Aceofwhat?

and i’m not saying that it’s not a good long-term goal. i think that it is.

but absent some gross misunderstanding about how to greatly exceed the speed of light during travel, we’ll need to develop wicked terraforming tech because we’ll be limited to our solar system…which then begs the question of why we wouldn’t then also be good at forming our own terra;)

You don’t need to get there all that quickly if you have sufficiently advanced ability to thrive for long periods of time in interstellar space. I.e., it doesn’t matter if it takes 1000 years if we have the ability to build a city that can generate enough energy and carry enough mass to be a sel-sustaining colony. It seems unlikely where we are now, but it’s at least possible if we are willing to accept that it won’t be in a single human lifetime or anything like that.

Regardless, we have a LOT of room in this solar system to use, and the sun is rather young. We don’t need to worry about interstellar travel yet. We need to work out how to live in space indefinitely first.

290 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:07:28pm

re: #286 PhillyPretzel

Sleep tight!

291 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:08:19pm

re: #289 Fozzie Bear

Regardless, we have a LOT of room in this solar system to use, and the sun is rather young. We don’t need to worry about interstellar travel yet. We need to work out how to live in space indefinitely first.

Also not imminent.

292 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:08:25pm

re: #284 brookly red

some folks pay good money for handcuffs…

Yes but let’s leave Floral out of this, shall we?

293 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:08:45pm

re: #278 Fozzie Bear

That hypothesis discounts the role of more advanced technology (i.e., both easier and less expensive space flight) and a more hostile social environment in the future.

I tend to agree with Hawking. If we want to be around for the long haul, we (humanity) need to be in more than one place.

In the long-haul sure. If we’re not wiped out by a meteor, gamma-ray burst, or ourselves, eventually the sun will change enough that the planet can’t support life. Doesn’t mean we can do anything about it in our lifetimes.

I think advanced tech is more likely to let us create sentient machines that can continue on when we’re gone, rather than something to transport large quantities of us meat-bags to another world. We’re pretty delicate.

Of course by that point the machines may be able to manufacture new people on another world.

294 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:08:50pm

re: #281 Aceofwhat?

and i’m not saying that it’s not a good long-term goal. i think that it is.

but absent some gross misunderstanding about how to greatly exceed the speed of light during travel, we’ll need to develop wicked terraforming tech because we’ll be limited to our solar system…which then begs the question of why we wouldn’t then also be good at forming our own terra;)

Of course that’s a resource vs. population problem. Pandemics, climate, asteroids, world wars notwithstanding. I really don’t sit around thinking about the end of mankind.

Architecturally speaking we can always build up and then there are the oceans. We’re no where near that stage yet since we are also waiting for most of the G77 nations to stop killing homosexuals and executing blasphemers.

295 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:09:05pm

re: #288 Dark_Falcon

I’ve heard of people who beat up women falling down several times on their way to the cop car. Naturally, they had a little help in that falling.

gravity is arbitrary…

296 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:09:23pm

re: #291 Aceofwhat?

Also not imminent.

See, that’s the problem with humans.
We don’t see the danger until it’s too late to stop it.
Kick the can down the road mentality is what we excel at.
;)

297 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:10:13pm

re: #294 Gus 802

Of course that’s a resource vs. population problem. Pandemics, climate, asteroids, world wars notwithstanding. I really don’t sit around thinking about the end of mankind.

Architecturally speaking we can always build up and then there are the oceans. We’re no where near that stage yet since we are also waiting for most of the G77 nations to stop killing homosexuals and executing blasphemers.

well said. on that note, i bid you all good night-

298 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:10:31pm

re: #285 Aceofwhat?

i agree that the best defense against a worldwide calamity is to be living on more than one world. i disagree that such a calamity is imminent, and also disagree that imminent mass colonization is feasible or wise.

I think it would be extremely unwise not to work diligently and expend serious resources to developing necessary technology to do this. There have been mass extinctions before, and there will be again, and we would be foolish to think our future as a species is secure.

I’m not saying we need to start building space arks or something, I just mean we need to solve the problems involed with actually living in space for whole lifetimes. How to build things, how to mine and refine, how to get necessary elements, etc, etc. And how to do it all without relying on things we take with us from Earth.

299 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:11:48pm

re: #296 Varek Raith

See, that’s the problem with humans.
We don’t see the danger until it’s too late to stop it.
Kick the can down the road mentality is what we excel at.
;)

heh. true. and no, i meant that long-term deep space survival is not an imminent technology.

300 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:11:59pm

re: #298 Fozzie Bear

I think it would be extremely unwise not to work diligently and expend serious resources to developing necessary technology to do this. There have been mass extinctions before, and there will be again, and we would be foolish to think our future as a species is secure.

I’m not saying we need to start building space arks or something, I just mean we need to solve the problems involed with actually living in space for whole lifetimes. How to build things, how to mine and refine, how to get necessary elements, etc, etc. And how to do it all without relying on things we take with us from Earth.

silly bear… it is written that you can’t take it with you ;)

301 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:12:22pm

re: #299 Aceofwhat?

heh. true. and no, i meant that long-term deep space survival is not an imminent technology.

Got ya.
I just misunderstood your post.

302 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:12:35pm

re: #292 Dark_Falcon

LOL!
*smooch*

303 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:13:16pm

re: #279 Dark_Falcon

And once again Rodan AKA Daedalus AKA Dorkus uses his blog to spread lies about Charles. He uses Charles’ post for this thread, but deletes the deranged Fox Nation comments Charles quoted. He then says that Charles implied that his post had gotten Fox to take theirs down, when in fact Charles did no such thing. But his Stalkers are eating his lies right up and posting their hate rants against Charles and all of us. What a bunch of lying bastards.

Yes. Another night of the mouth breathers sitting around their computers, scratching their balls (if they have any), thinking about us. You could report on their stupidity every single day of the week and several times a day for the time we are here. If LGF is around 5 years from now Rodan and the rest of his cult will still be there doing the same thing and thinking about how they got banned.

304 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:13:25pm

re: #255 Fozzie Bear

Try to find a foreign equivalent of Bubba Ho-Tep or Cannibal The Musical, though. We make the best b-grade crap in the world. I love bad movies that don’t take themselves too seriously.

Japan is where I’d head for groovy b-grade stuff, but we totally do the best b-grade zany cinema :D

305 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:13:26pm

re: #298 Fozzie Bear

I think it would be extremely unwise not to work diligently and expend serious resources to developing necessary technology to do this. There have been mass extinctions before, and there will be again, and we would be foolish to think our future as a species is secure.

I’m not saying we need to start building space arks or something, I just mean we need to solve the problems involed with actually living in space for whole lifetimes. How to build things, how to mine and refine, how to get necessary elements, etc, etc. And how to do it all without relying on things we take with us from Earth.

agree. it’s just that it sounds as crazy saying we’ll need that by 2200 from a scientist as it does from a Revelations-fueled apocalyptic street preacher.

the apocalypse is not nigh.

306 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:13:48pm

re: #298 Fozzie Bear

I think it would be extremely unwise not to work diligently and expend serious resources to developing necessary technology to do this. There have been mass extinctions before, and there will be again, and we would be foolish to think our future as a species is secure.

I’m not saying we need to start building space arks or something, I just mean we need to solve the problems involed with actually living in space for whole lifetimes. How to build things, how to mine and refine, how to get necessary elements, etc, etc. And how to do it all without relying on things we take with us from Earth.

If we can’t leave the solar-system, leaving earth doesn’t help. It would be easier to build underwater or underground cities here, or to terraform our own planet after wrecking it.

307 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:14:18pm

re: #306 JeffFX

If we can’t leave the solar-system, leaving earth doesn’t help. It would be easier to build underwater or underground cities here, or to terraform our own planet after wrecking it.

this

308 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:14:24pm

re: #304 WindUpBird

Japan does it differently, but stuff like Machine Girl is their B-grade cinema that would be the equivalent of a bruce Campbell/Troma thing

309 Aceofwhat?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:14:30pm

ok, good night for reals.

310 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:14:40pm

re: #306 JeffFX

If we can’t leave the solar-system, leaving earth doesn’t help. It would be easier to build underwater or underground cities here, or to terraform our own planet after wrecking it.

It would indeed be easier. It would be smarter to do both that and colonizing other places.

311 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:14:59pm

The Stalkers are really getting into the Obama hate tonight:

snowcrash
28 | November 26, 2010 21:25

@ NoThreat2U:
The Onion article actually seems quite plausible.”Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000 Word e mail. LOL
reply | quote

NoThreat2U
35 | November 26, 2010 21:29

@ snowcrash:
His rambling email is probably what prompted MOOchelle to bust his lip. lol
reply | quote

1389AD
39 | November 26, 2010 21:31

NoThreat2U wrote:

@ snowcrash:
His rambling email is probably what prompted MOOchelle to bust his lip. lol

Nobody knows what microbes Obozo’s lip, saliva, blood, or other bodily fluids have been exposed to. I doubt that anybody in his or her right mind would voluntarily expose themselves to that by elbowing him on purpose.
reply | quote

The hate is just incredible, and they use any excuse to post it. This will be my only post of the night with Stalker content, but I felt that you all should see it.

312 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:15:06pm

re: #295 brookly red

gravity is arbitrary…

It is? I thought gravity just went down.

313 TedStriker  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:15:14pm

re: #199 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My kids never asked for the toys that you see parents trampling each other for.

Can’t imagine trampling someone to see “The Who” either.

The episode of WKRP in Cincinnati that dealt with the Riverfront Stadium incident is something I remember from the Saturday afternoon reruns when I was a kid…to this day, it’s one of the best episodes in a series known for good episodes, IMO.

314 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:15:46pm

Plus, there are a lot of things that could happen that would affect Earth but not other places in the solar systm. The only unavoidable thing would be something happening to the sun. For the rest, it’s a big solar system.

315 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:16:00pm

re: #312 Floral Giraffe

It is? I thought gravity just went down.

it seems to affect some more than others…

316 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:16:12pm

re: #310 Fozzie Bear

It would indeed be easier. It would be smarter to do both that and colonizing other places.

That isn’t necessarily true. Resources are not unlimited, and getting tens of thousands of people off the planet is going to be very expensive even with matter/antimatter engines.

317 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:17:30pm

re: #313 talon_262

The episode of WKRP in Cincinnati that dealt with the Riverfront Stadium incident is something I remember from the Saturday afternoon reruns when I was a kid…to this day, it’s one of the best episodes in a series known for good episodes, IMO.

Great series. Shame they had to replace the music in the home video releases.

318 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:17:34pm

re: #314 Fozzie Bear

Plus, there are a lot of things that could happen that would affect Earth but not other places in the solar systm. The only unavoidable thing would be something happening to the sun. For the rest, it’s a big solar system.

/we could just bunch all our fast food wrappers into a ball and make another planet?

319 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:19:00pm

En Wikipedia…

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

Stalking is a term commonly used to refer to unwanted, obsessive attention by individuals (and sometimes groups of people) to others. Stalking behaviors are related to harassment and intimidation. The word “stalking” is used, with some differing meanings, in psychology and psychiatry and also in some legal jurisdictions as a term for a criminal offense. It may also be used to refer to criminal offences or civil wrongs that include conduct which some people consider to be stalking, such as those described in law as “harassment” or similar terms.

320 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:19:16pm

re: #316 JeffFX

That isn’t necessarily true. Resources are not unlimited, and getting tens of thousands of people off the planet is going to be very expensive even with matter/antimatter engines.

Oh, dear.
Those aren’t something you ignite in the atmosphere of a planet.
;)

321 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:19:24pm

re: #316 JeffFX

That isn’t necessarily true. Resources are not unlimited, and getting tens of thousands of people off the planet is going to be very expensive even with matter/antimatter engines.

Who said you need to get tens of thousands of people off the planet any time soon? That would be absurd. We need to develop the tech to trivialize getting there first. We need A.I., materials tech, energy generation tech, etc, etc.

We are going to end up in space if we don’t kill ourselves as a species, eventually. Not all of us, of course, but people breed quite rapidly.

322 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:21:46pm

re: #321 Fozzie Bear

Who said you need to get tens of thousands of people off the planet any time soon? That would be absurd. We need to develop the tech to trivialize getting there first. We need A.I., materials tech, energy generation tech, etc, etc.

We are going to end up in space if we don’t kill ourselves as a species, eventually. Not all of us, of course, but people breed quite rapidly.

I can see space from my house…

323 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:23:12pm

Americans will start to care about it when China has a moonbase, lol. Suddenly there will be trillions in funding for NASA.

324 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:25:50pm

re: #322 brookly red

I can see space from my house…

She’s too dumb to understand the concepts we are discussing. To Sarah Palin, Terraforming means a form-fitting dress for a woman named Tera, and she’s against it because the dress is too revealing.

/partially kidding

325 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:27:01pm

And it’s not like we have to terraform a planet before we can colonize it.
Domed cities.

326 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:27:18pm

re: #323 Fozzie Bear

Americans will start to care about it when China has a moonbase, lol. Suddenly there will be trillions in funding for NASA.

yes but by that time trillions will buy you a 6 pack.

327 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:28:08pm

re: #319 Floral Giraffe

En Wikipedia…

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

Stalking is a term commonly used to refer to unwanted, obsessive attention by individuals (and sometimes groups of people) to others. Stalking behaviors are related to harassment and intimidation. The word “stalking” is used, with some differing meanings, in psychology and psychiatry and also in some legal jurisdictions as a term for a criminal offense. It may also be used to refer to criminal offences or civil wrongs that include conduct which some people consider to be stalking, such as those described in law as “harassment” or similar terms.

Types of stalkers:

Simple Obsessional:

• A prior relationship exists between the victim and the stalker which includes the following:
a) Acquaintance, neighbor, customer, professional relationship, dating, and lover

• The stalking behavior begins after either:
a) The relationship has gone “sour”, or
b) The offending individual perceives some mistreatment
c) The stalker begins a campaign either to rectify the schism, or to seek some type of retribution

328 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:29:18pm

re: #327 Gus 802

Types of stalkers:

Simple Obsessional:

That describes Rodan to a tee.

329 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:30:19pm

re: #325 Varek Raith

And it’s not like we have to terraform a planet before we can colonize it.
Domed cities.

Just not in the hands of companies and no charging for air.

330 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:33:04pm

re: #325 Varek Raith

And it’s not like we have to terraform a planet before we can colonize it.
Domed cities.

/yeah, it worked so well in D.C.

331 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:33:53pm

re: #321 Fozzie Bear

Who said you need to get tens of thousands of people off the planet any time soon? That would be absurd. We need to develop the tech to trivialize getting there first. We need A.I., materials tech, energy generation tech, etc, etc.

We are going to end up in space if we don’t kill ourselves as a species, eventually. Not all of us, of course, but people breed quite rapidly.

People are already working on everything you mention, but if the 150 year extinction figure was actually meaningful, the complete crash would have to happen VERY soon to start the die off. We’d be far too late to develop those technologies.

Once we develop AI, assuming it’s possible (I think so), there’s no reason for us to go off-world. The machines can do it, and create biological life-forms adapted to the worlds they find. Once we develop AI that can improve on itself, we’re largely irrelevant.

332 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:33:56pm

re: #325 Varek Raith

And it’s not like we have to terraform a planet before we can colonize it.
Domed cities.

The ultimate would be to leave Earth and also leave behind any national flags or any other established antiquated institutions. To start anew without any of the current cultural baggage.

333 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:35:13pm

Start a colony on Mars and then get busted for having an once of weed. That’s what it would be like. Same old bullshit just a different planet. Lame.

334 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:35:49pm

re: #329 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Just not in the hands of companies and no charging for air.

Corporate domes would be acceptable, so long as there were rules in place to prevent abuse and government space ships in orbit to enforce those rules. Charging for air would indeed be one of those abuses not allowed.

335 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:35:59pm

re: #332 Gus 802

The ultimate would be to leave Earth and also leave behind any national flags or any other established antiquated institutions. To start anew without any of the current cultural baggage.

I tend to think of it more like our past colonization efforts… think passage to Virginia.

336 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:36:10pm

re: #332 Gus 802

The ultimate would be to leave Earth and also leave behind any national flags or any other established antiquated institutions. To start anew without any of the current cultural baggage.

People are going to be people. They’ll make new flags if you take the old ones away.

337 TedStriker  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:36:35pm

re: #329 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Just not in the hands of companies and no charging for air.

“Get your ass to Mars!”

/Total Recall

338 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:37:50pm

re: #333 Gus 802

Start a colony on Mars and then get busted for having an once of weed. That’s what it would be like. Same old bullshit just a different planet. Lame.

smoking in a domed atmosphere is probably not a good idea…

just guessing.

339 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:38:26pm

re: #338 brookly red

smoking in a domed atmosphere is probably not a good idea…

just guessing.

Brownies.

340 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:38:40pm

re: #331 JeffFX

People are already working on everything you mention, but if the 150 year extinction figure was actually meaningful, the complete crash would have to happen VERY soon to start the die off. We’d be far too late to develop those technologies.

Once we develop AI, assuming it’s possible (I think so), there’s no reason for us to go off-world. The machines can do it, and create biological life-forms adapted to the worlds they find. Once we develop AI that can improve on itself, we’re largely irrelevant.

I would tend to agree, that is the natural endpoint. Regardless, I don’t think the risk of a complete die-off of humanity is necessarily the only possibility that needs to be avoided. I think it wouldn’t be that hard for a severe enough cataclysm to occur which would cause us to regress back quite a bit technologically, without actually killing us all.

Humans haven’t changed at all, really, in the past few thousand years. The cultural changes are what have made advanced technology possible. A significant enough disruption could trash it, I think.

341 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:39:34pm

re: #339 JeffFX

Brownies.

/is that all you people ever think of?

342 blueraven  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:39:38pm

re: #330 brookly red

/yeah, it worked so well in D.C.


…and Iraq. /

343 Fozzie Bear  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:39:59pm

re: #335 brookly red

I tend to think of it more like our past colonization efforts… think passage to Virginia.

I think it’s a different paradigm in the sense that continents are very very small compared to solar systems. There’s not need to interact accidentally, if you catch my drift.

344 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:40:41pm

re: #336 JeffFX

People are going to be people. They’ll make new flags if you take the old ones away.

Not necessarily. If one is going to look at things from a futuristic standpoint it would be better to start with a clean slate. I think the key there would be to take a select number of colonist not constrained by the antiquated ways of Earthbound men and their Bronze Age Gods, nationalism, and commercialism. I just don’t buy into the notion that we’re going to carry ourselves into the future with 2000 year old ideas.

345 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:41:02pm

re: #342 blueraven

…and Iraq. /

OK, let’s make a deal…

we cut the funding for both & call it even?

346 jaunte  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:42:09pm

re: #240 Dark_Falcon

The Death Star superlasers were never manned by stormtroopers. They had dedicated Imperial Navy gun crews. Look at the movies, the enlisted personnel depicted are wearing Imperial Navy clamshell helmets, which on the chief gunner encloses his head completely.

The Death Star must have had a lot of loose parts falling inside the gunnery areas.

347 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:42:48pm

re: #343 Fozzie Bear

I think it’s a different paradigm in the sense that continents are very very small compared to solar systems. There’s not need to interact accidentally, if you catch my drift.

well go ahead & volunteer while the list is short.

348 JeffFX  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:43:54pm

re: #340 Fozzie Bear

Humans haven’t changed at all, really, in the past few thousand years. The cultural changes are what have made advanced technology possible. A significant enough disruption could trash it, I think.

I think so too, and with the easy to get at oil already pumped out, it will be much more difficult to rebuild a technological civilization after a crash.

Interesting chat. Have a good night everyone!

349 blueraven  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:44:11pm

re: #345 brookly red

OK, let’s make a deal…

we cut the funding for both & call it even?

But what about all the incoming freshmen? They will be sooo disappointed. But I’m willing…

350 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:45:11pm

re: #346 jaunte

The Death Star must have had a lot of loose parts falling inside the gunnery areas.

I don’t think that was it. In thick that George Lucas used a black, enclosed helmet for the Death Star Gunner to give him the role of the executioner. but not just people; rather an executioner of worlds.

351 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:46:23pm

re: #349 blueraven

But what about all the incoming freshmen? They will be sooo disappointed. But I’m willing…

collateral damage was never a concern of mine…

so is it a deal?

352 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:48:07pm

re: #350 Dark_Falcon

I don’t think that was it. In thick that George Lucas used a black, enclosed helmet for the Death Star Gunner to give him the role of the executioner. but not just people; rather an executioner of worlds.

The Gunnery helmets included flash shielding as well as an integrated HUD linked to their consoles for controlling their weapon systems.

353 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:49:06pm

re: #337 talon_262

“Get your ass to Mars!”

/Total Recall

You beat me to the Total Recall reference!

354 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:49:26pm

re: #352 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The Gunnery helmets included flash shielding as well as an integrated HUD linked to their consoles for controlling their weapon systems.

That’s the fictional reason. I was referring to the artistic reason for that.

355 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:49:46pm

re: #352 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The Gunnery helmets included flash shielding as well as an integrated HUD linked to their consoles for controlling their weapon systems.

… and 2 extra rolls of quarters, you know just in case.

356 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:49:56pm

re: #354 Dark_Falcon

That’s the fictional reason. I was referring to the artistic reason for that.

They looked cool.

357 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:50:31pm

re: #352 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

The Gunnery helmets included flash shielding as well as an integrated HUD linked to their consoles for controlling their weapon systems.

Housing and Urban Development?

/

358 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:50:51pm

Darth Vader Costume at auction..
[Link: abclocal.go.com…]

359 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:51:30pm

re: #357 Gus 802

Housing and Urban Development?

/

jah, and elite unit of the EPA.

360 jaunte  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:51:36pm

re: #354 Dark_Falcon

There’s a current MIT study on improving current ground troops helmets by adding a face shield:
[Link: web.mit.edu…]

361 jaunte  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:52:00pm

I need to edit a current out of that.

362 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:53:56pm

re: #360 jaunte

There’s a current MIT study on improving current ground troops helmets by adding a face shield:
[Link: web.mit.edu…]

oh swell, now we can call a 15 yard penalty against AQ for facemasking…

363 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:54:33pm

Dr. Laura makes a move!
[Link: www.mediaite.com…]
She is, what my dearly departed friend Hug, would call :Most unattractive”.

364 blueraven  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:56:16pm

re: #351 brookly red

collateral damage was never a concern of mine…

so is it a deal?

Sounds good to me but congress will have to pass it I guess. Since Ive heard at least one member of the new class is already upset that his govt health care wont kick in until Feb, I wont get my hopes up.

365 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 7:58:38pm

re: #364 blueraven

Sounds good to me but congress will have to pass it I guess. Since Ive heard at least one member of the new class is already upset that his govt health care wont kick in until Feb, I wont get my hopes up.

well if you need the approval of congress i guess most of your concerns are something to be concerned about.

366 blueraven  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:01:43pm

re: #365 brookly red

well if you need the approval of congress i guess most of your concerns are something to be concerned about.

Cant argue with that logic.

367 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:01:58pm

re: #357 Gus 802

Housing and Urban Development?

/

SMACK!

368 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:02:57pm
Fox Nation Links to Onion Satire, Readers Don’t Get Joke, Go Nuts

To quote Johnathan Higgins:

“Oh…my….GOD!”

369 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:06:24pm

MOM! The thread…. I think I hurt it. :(

370 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:06:53pm

re: #369 SteveC

MOM! The thread… I think I hurt it. :(

I’m telling!

371 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:07:58pm

re: #369 SteveC

MOM! The thread… I think I hurt it. :(

the thread is… you, me, not.

372 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:09:54pm

re: #370 Varek Raith

I’m telling!

Do that and I’ll NEVER have your back again!!!

373 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:11:19pm

re: #372 SteveC

Do that and I’ll NEVER have your back again!!!

too late… he already sent the pictures on his cell phone.

374 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:12:47pm

re: #370 Varek Raith

re: #372 SteveC

Don’t make me turn this blog around!

//

375 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:13:08pm

re: #373 brookly red

too late… he already sent the pictures on his cell phone.

*sigh* Back in the day your brother/sister had to run down the hall and find Mom. You had a chance to run them down and tackle them!

376 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:14:44pm

re: #375 SteveC

*sigh* Back in the day your brother/sister had to run down the hall and find Mom. You had a chance to run them down and tackle them!

the Amish do make some good points…

377 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:14:48pm

re: #375 SteveC

*sigh* Back in the day your brother/sister had to run down the hall and find Mom. You had a chance to run them down and tackle them!

LOL! And YOU never did that!
///

378 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:15:03pm

re: #374 Dark_Falcon

re: #372 SteveC

Don’t make me turn this blog around!

//

Well VR started it….

379 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:16:31pm

re: #377 Floral Giraffe

LOL! And YOU never did that!
///

Not for lack of trying, I just couldn’t catch the son of a -

380 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:16:50pm

re: #377 Floral Giraffe

LOL! And YOU never did that!
///

My sister stopped telling on me when I informed her a turtle could fit down a toilet… life is tough.

381 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:17:04pm

re: #378 SteveC

Well VR started it…

I don’t care. You both misbehaved. Floral, get the paddle!

/

382 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:18:26pm

re: #381 Dark_Falcon

I don’t care. You both misbehaved. Floral, get the paddle!

/

VR and Steve, in unison: Yes, please!

383 brookly red  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:19:17pm

re: #381 Dark_Falcon

I don’t care. You both misbehaved. Floral, get the paddle!

/

I always suspected you 2 were in kah-hoots…

384 jamesfirecat  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:20:59pm

re: #11 Dark_Falcon

James, could you make that post into an LGF page? It needs to be highlighted like that. If an reboot of the LGF dictionary is ever done (the old one was corrupted by Zombie’s involvement in it), I want that rule listed in it.

Stepped out to watch Megamind, but sure Dark no reason not to….

385 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:21:50pm

Shoulda used UPS

(CNN) — FedEx on Friday found a package containing radioactive material that went missing a day earlier at one of its shipping stations in Knoxville, Tennessee, the company said.

386 Skeetghazi  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:23:40pm

re: #374 Dark_Falcon

re: #372 SteveC

Don’t make me turn this blog around!

//

haha

387 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:24:05pm

re: #363 Floral Giraffe

PIMF!
Hugh, not Hug.
Sigh, he would be so upset with my typo.
A dear, beloved friend.
Long gone.
Deeply missed.

388 Gus  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:24:53pm

Tired here. Good night all.

389 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:25:44pm

I took a quick skim through my regular right wing extremist sites (stormfront, Paulian forums, Alex Jones, etc) and noticed a trend. Soon after the election a story would pop up on stormfront and would take a few weeks to filter up through the mainstream right wing blogs and then on to fox and drudge. That trend has reversed itself. Most of the extremist fringe sites are covering stories that originated on Fox, Drudge and mainstream wingnut sites a few days ago. I don’t know what to make of that.

390 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:28:26pm

re: #382 SteveC

VR and Steve, in unison: Yes, please!

LOL!
Watch out for those special heart places, though…
SPANKINGS AWAY!
do enjoy responsibly.

391 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:32:36pm

re: #389 Killgore Trout

A lot of it ends up on Lucianne dot com right away.
And is accepted as the truth.
Really frightening to see, the terrification of the Americans via the media.
Both sides are firmly entrenched in their point of view, and neither making any effort to be rational.

I’m VERY grateful to Charles and LGF to pointing out the viewpoints, and trending towards rational.

392 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:32:42pm

re: #363 Floral Giraffe

Dr. Laura makes a move!
[Link: www.mediaite.com…]
She is, what my dearly departed friend Hug, would call :Most unattractive”.

She’s not really going to find an environment for what she wants to do. FCC language rules don’t apply on satellite radio but XM-Sirius is not a free for all. They have pretty restrictive rules especially when it comes to race issues. She can say fuck if she wants to but the n word is still out of the question.

393 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:37:28pm

US Marine Stabbed

Duggan and several other Marines wearing their dress blues were conducting the annual toy drive in the breezeway of the Best Buy when they heard the commotion and saw the suspect flee through the store entrance, Carrier said.

IMPORTANT SAFETY TIP: 1 knife does not equal the odds when facing “several” pissed off Marines.

394 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:37:38pm

No Tea Bagging jokes….

An alliance of opposites takes on Pentagon


Earlier this year, Representatives Barney Frank, the unabashedly liberal Democrat from Newton, and Ron Paul, an outspoken libertarian Republican from Texas, formed an unlikely alliance aimed at slashing the defense budget to trim the deficit.

Initially, their proposed 16 percent cut over a decade got a cold reception on Capitol Hill, where many Democrats and even the most fiscally conservative Republicans view the Pentagon budget as basically off-limits. But now, with talk of deep cuts in Social Security and Medicare, and as a Tea Party-infused strain of the Republican party grows more powerful, their views are gaining traction.

Tea Party!

395 Skeetghazi  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:38:12pm

re: #391 Floral Giraffe

A lot of it ends up on Lucianne dot com right away.
And is accepted as the truth.
Really frightening to see, the terrification of the Americans via the media.
Both sides are firmly entrenched in their point of view, and neither making any effort to be rational.

I’m VERY grateful to Charles and LGF to pointing out the viewpoints, and trending towards rational.

The terrification of America. Great saying, sad it’s true. Used to be only at election time, now because of that dude Obama it’s 24/7.

Hope his lip is ok.

396 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:38:24pm

re: #389 Killgore Trout

Well, either the mainstream right wing outlets now consider it profitable to cater to the far right extremists, or… I don’t know.

I figure that’s the case, what with the dem POTUS being of mixed race. Courting the nastier elements on the right for profit and political gain. If that’s the case, they are making a deal with the devil there.

397 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:41:03pm

Lurking for a short bit while I work on something.

398 spiderx  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:41:28pm

I really wonder who the editors are at Foxnation? they sound like little mini me roger aisles’

399 jamesfirecat  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:41:33pm

re: #397 Dark_Falcon

Lurking for a short bit while I work on something.

Its not like there’s much going on here at the moment…

400 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:41:57pm

re: #396 Slumbering Behemoth

Well, either the mainstream right wing outlets now consider it profitable to cater to the far right extremists, or… I don’t know.

I figure that’s the case, what with the dem POTUS being of mixed race. Courting the nastier elements on the right for profit and political gain. If that’s the case, they are making a deal with the devil there.

I think that’s part of it. I also think that the stories now filter from kook sites to mainstream wingnut sites so quickly that people on fringe forums tend to link to the more “reputable” source. Drudge links to alex jones within minutes of a story popping up. The turn around id just a lot quicker.

401 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:42:54pm

re: #400 Killgore Trout

I think that’s part of it. I also think that the stories now filter from kook sites to mainstream wingnut sites so quickly that people on fringe forums tend to link to the more “reputable” source. Drudge links to alex jones within minutes of a story popping up. The turn around id just a lot quicker.

wingnut news story laundering!

402 jaunte  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:44:36pm

Seljalandsfoss

403 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:45:53pm

re: #400 Killgore Trout

I think that’s part of it. I also think that the stories now filter from kook sites to mainstream wingnut sites so quickly that people on fringe forums tend to link to the more “reputable” source. Drudge links to alex jones within minutes of a story popping up. The turn around id just a lot quicker.

Which is something I really don’t get. Jones was spewing the same anti-gov’t, anti-POTUS stuff during Bush’s two terms. That’s his shtick, no matter what party controls the Oval Office. Do they think he’s suddenly become a reliable republican stump?

404 jamesfirecat  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:46:16pm

re: #402 jaunte

Seljalandsfoss

God bless you. Need a kleenex?

405 jaunte  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:47:04pm

re: #404 jamesfirecat

Wait, I think it’s happening again…
Stakkholtsgjá

406 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:48:01pm

re: #405 jaunte

Wait, I think it’s happening again…
Stakkholtsgjá

That one sounded serious! Not getting a fever, are you?

407 jaunte  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:49:54pm

re: #406 SteveC

I want to go there just to hear someone pronounce the place names…

the small eruption at Fimmvörðuháls has changed to a huge eruption at the nearby Eyjafjallajökul

408 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:51:10pm

re: #403 Slumbering Behemoth

Which is something I really don’t get. Jones was spewing the same anti-gov’t, anti-POTUS stuff during Bush’s two terms. That’s his shtick, no matter what party controls the Oval Office. Do they think he’s suddenly become a reliable republican stump?


I think what happened is the Tea parties and Fox turned on Bush after the elections. Beck often referrers to Bush as part of the progressive cloward piven conspiracy. Obama has also continued a lot of Bush’s policies, wars, gitmo, patriot act, bailouts, etc. In hindsight the wingnuts think Alex Jones was ahead of the curve.

409 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:53:11pm

Kind of an important update…
UPDATED: Schools Threat Suspect Is Green Party Member

The woman charged by the FBI with making a threat that led to the lockdown of more than 300 Broward County schools after hearing the words of right-wing talker Joyce Kaufman isn’t a member of the Tea Party — she’s a member of the Green Party.

Ellisa Martinez was arrested yesterday for making an emailed threat and a phone call to Kaufman’s radio station, 850-AM, on November 10. In the email, Martinez feigned agreement with the fiery arch-conservative rhetoric of Kaufman and Sarah Palin, but she’s she’s officially on the other side of the ledger. According to the Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Office, Martinez is a member of the Green Party, a progressive left-wing group focused on environmental issues.

Yup, she’s a lefty trying to make wingnuts look bad. Epic fail.

410 freetoken  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:54:12pm

re: #409 Killgore Trout

Yup, she’s a lefty trying to make wingnuts look bad.

As if it’s needed.

411 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:54:19pm

Say wut???

Checking my blog stats for the day. Someone found my blog using this search phrase:

can’t remember last time i saw it they don’t want me in the bathroom think attitude might spread

…. and this led them to a blog about Heart Defects???

*scratches head*

412 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:55:59pm

re: #410 freetoken

As if it’s needed.

Which is why it’s so frustrating to have some moonbat hand them a huge PR victory.

413 Skeetghazi  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:56:03pm

re: #411 SteveC

Say wut???

Checking my blog stats for the day. Someone found my blog using this search phrase:

… and this led them to a blog about Heart Defects???

*scratches head*

Reminds me of this website - it updates daily.

NSFthesqueamish

[Link: notesfromthestall.com…]

414 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:56:04pm

re: #409 Killgore Trout

Kind of an important update…
UPDATED: Schools Threat Suspect Is Green Party Member

Yup, she’s a lefty trying to make wingnuts look bad. Epic fail.

re: #410 freetoken

As if it’s needed.

Yeah, just get out of our way. We can come up with the most amazing and creative ways to look bad, all on our own. :(

415 freetoken  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:56:45pm

re: #411 SteveC

The internet is a weird corner of a weird universe.

416 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:57:05pm

re: #411 SteveC

Say wut???

Checking my blog stats for the day. Someone found my blog using this search phrase:

… and this led them to a blog about Heart Defects???

*scratches head*

Lol, google.

417 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:58:53pm

re: #416 Varek Raith

Lol, google.

No joy on page one. They had to look deep in the bowels of Google to find a link to my blog from that!

418 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:58:59pm

re: #408 Killgore Trout

I think what happened is the Tea parties and Fox turned on Bush after the elections. Beck often referrers to Bush as part of the progressive cloward piven conspiracy. Obama has also continued a lot of Bush’s policies, wars, gitmo, patriot act, bailouts, etc. In hindsight the wingnuts think Alex Jones was ahead of the curve.

Well, they’re making a mistake. If Jones lives long enough to see another republican elected POTUS, he’s gonna keep on spewing this rhetoric that the reactionary right seems to be enamored with right now. What will they think of him then?

Hell, the only person that could get elected to the executive office that might not make Jones spew conspiracy theories would be Ron Paul, and I’m not even entirely certain of that.

419 freetoken  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 8:59:39pm

re: #412 Killgore Trout

Which is why it’s so frustrating to have some moonbat hand them a huge PR victory.

That’s why in this country the “Green Party” is just a joke. Unlike in several other nations which have Green parties, where there is an attempt at serious governance (from an ecological perspective), here in the US the “Green Party” is just a catch-all for nuts of all kinds.

The ulra-right/reactionary revanchists in this land are so far out on the limb that anybody who approaches reason can show how nutty they are.

The weirdo’s in the US “Green” Party though are envious of the attention, I suppose.

420 Interesting Times  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:01:20pm

re: #419 freetoken

That’s why in this country the “Green Party” is just a joke. Unlike in several other nations which have Green parties, where there is an attempt at serious governance (from an ecological perspective), here in the US the “Green Party” is just a catch-all for nuts of all kinds.

Isn’t it headed by Cynthia McKinney, who believes in almost as many conspiracy theories as Alex Jones?

421 freetoken  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:02:11pm

re: #420 publicityStunted

I don’t think she heads it, but she has been one of their candidates.

422 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:02:41pm

re: #413 Stanley Sea

Reminds me of this website - it updates daily.

NSFthesqueamish

[Link: notesfromthestall.com…]

No more whiskey for me. You poop on one sidewalk and suddenly you have a “problem.”

Love it! Thanks!

423 Skeetghazi  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:06:08pm

re: #422 SteveC

There is no karma, there’s just you fucking up.

424 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:07:58pm

re: #423 Stanley Sea

There is no karma, there’s just you fucking up.

What’s up with this one? LOL.

I hate the back of Forrest Whitaker’s neck
425 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:08:20pm

re: #423 Stanley Sea

No toasters for you!

426 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:09:59pm

This one is win.
[Link: notesfromthestall.com…]

427 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:10:12pm

re: #418 Slumbering Behemoth

Well, they’re making a mistake. If Jones lives long enough to see another republican elected POTUS, he’s gonna keep on spewing this rhetoric that the reactionary right seems to be enamored with right now. What will they think of him then?

Hell, the only person that could get elected to the executive office that might not make Jones spew conspiracy theories would be Ron Paul, and I’m not even entirely certain of that.

Just so. Even if Sarah Palin were elected president, Alex Jones would attack her. He would not be able to the role of supporter of the party in power. Neither would Glenn Beck.

The reason I think neither of them could adapt is because its actually something of a downgrade. If you are a show host supporting the party in power, you’re mostly dancing to a tune called by the politicians. Your main role is to support their programs and initiatives. Yes, you can sometimes move an issue onto the agenda yourself, but you will often find yourself having to act in a supporting role. Neither Beck nor Jones would find that role at all attractive.

428 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:10:23pm

re: #424 Varek Raith

867-5309

Youtube Video
429 Skeetghazi  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:11:07pm

re: #426 Varek Raith

This one is win.
[Link: notesfromthestall.com…]

YES! lol.

Seriously, they update daily, I laugh daily.

430 SteveC  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:11:46pm

re: #423 Stanley Sea

There is no karma, there’s just you fucking up.

You been spying on me? :)

Long day, I took a sleeping pill. It’s kicking in, so I’m out of here before I go face down into the keyboard.

Night, all.

431 Interesting Times  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:12:36pm

re: #429 Stanley Sea

Musings on body image and zombies

432 Skeetghazi  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:12:57pm

re: #425 Floral Giraffe

No toasters for you!

Funny a silver Scion passed me one day with a bumper sticker, “HA! You’ve just been passed by a toaster!”

433 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:15:01pm

re: #432 Stanley Sea

Funny a silver Scion passed me one day with a bumper sticker, “HA! You’ve just been passed by a toaster!”

Lol, I saw that on a Scion too!
Scion drivers must be weirdos.
/:)

434 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:15:03pm

re: #423 Stanley Sea

There is no karma, there’s just you fucking up.

like chedderbob shooting himself in his groin with his own gun?
/Am I the only one that watches hip hop movies on Friday night?

435 Skeetghazi  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:16:41pm

re: #434 HoosierHoops

like chedderbob shooting himself in his groin with his own gun?
/Am I the only one that watches hip hop movies on Friday night?

I watched a bit of the Seinfeld marathon. Oh I laughed out loud. A lot. Last episode was Festivus.

436 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:17:46pm

re: #434 HoosierHoops

like chedderbob shooting himself in his groin with his own gun?
/Am I the only one that watches hip hop movies on Friday night?

I’m watching a Bond movie on SciFi.
Not sure why it’s on SciFi…

437 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:19:41pm

re: #435 Stanley Sea

I watched a bit of the Seinfeld marathon. Oh I laughed out loud. A lot. Last episode was Festivus.

I spent the last hour reading celebrity tweets. Jason Alexander was one!

438 sattv4u2  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:20:05pm

re: #436 Varek Raith

I’m watching a Bond movie on SciFi.
Not sure why it’s on SciFi…

Which Bond?
Which Movie?
(and to answer your question) What’s he driving !?!?!
(wha ,, some of those things he drove are straight outta Sci Fi!!)

439 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:20:19pm

re: #438 sattv4u2

Which Bond?
Which Movie?
(and to answer your question) What’s he driving !?!?!
(wha ,, some of those things he drove are straight outta Sci Fi!!)

You Only Live Twice

440 sattv4u2  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:20:49pm

re: #439 Varek Raith

You Only Live Twice

SEE!?!?
The title ALONE is Sci Fi !!
/

441 sattv4u2  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:21:18pm

re: #437 marjoriemoon

I spent the last hour reading celebrity tweets. Jason Alexander was one!

I spent the last hour driving to work!
{sigh} !

442 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:22:06pm

re: #441 sattv4u2

I spent the last hour driving to work!
{sigh} !

:( I’m sorry.

443 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:22:26pm

re: #441 sattv4u2

I spent the last hour driving to work!
{sigh} !

I thought you weren’t doing night shifts anymore?

444 sattv4u2  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:23:14pm

ALERT!!!

Anyone else get a “confirmation” e-mail from Delta Airlines in the last day or two?

Do NOT open any links on it,, do NOT fill out any “confirmation” questions

445 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:24:17pm

re: #444 sattv4u2

ALERT!!!

Anyone else get a “confirmation” e-mail from Delta Airlines in the last day or two?

Do NOT open any links on it,, do NOT fill out any “confirmation” questions

You never should answer any email like that. Call the company and talk to a person.

446 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:24:21pm

i think 8 mile is the top 20 movies of all time..I love Hustle&flow..Get rich or die trying is awesome..
Friday night is hip hop movie night…

447 Skeetghazi  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:24:30pm

OK my friends ready for entertainment?

Read the Mudflats - hilarious/sad/crazy..you know, all things Palin.

The Mudflats always has the take worth reading.


Blogging Sarah Palin’s book - I read it so you don’t have to. The Introduction - [Link: bit.ly…] #palin #p2 #AK #books

448 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:24:31pm

Goodnight, all.
Be well.
It’s the Holidays, surprise someone with unexpected love!
*smooch*

449 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:24:38pm

Lol, two of the stalkers are following me on Digg.

450 sattv4u2  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:24:56pm

re: #443 Varek Raith

I thought you weren’t doing night shifts anymore?

Au contrair

I’m only in week 4 of a 3-4 month turn doing them!

451 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:26:34pm

re: #449 Varek Raith

Be careful.
Please.
I know you have powers, but safety first.
You are dear to me.
Well, no, but be safe, oK?

452 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:26:34pm

re: #449 Varek Raith

Lol, two of the stalkers are following me on Digg.

Not that it matters. It’s not like I use the account to do anything other than uprate stuff and report the stalkers.

453 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:26:36pm

re: #448 Floral Giraffe

Goodnight, all.
Be well.
It’s the Holidays, surprise someone with unexpected love!
*smooch*

I think they arrest you for that.

Nighters Ms. Giraffe :)

454 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:27:37pm

re: #451 Floral Giraffe

Be careful.
Please.
I know you have powers, but safety first.
You are dear to me.
Well, no, but be safe, oK?

Thanks.
I’ll be fine.
I’m paranoid when it comes to internet security.

455 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:27:43pm

re: #444 sattv4u2

Anyone else get a “confirmation” e-mail from Delta Airlines in the last day or two?

Nope, but I got one that said I won the UK lottery. It didn’t even contain any of the usual stuff I find humorous.

456 sattv4u2  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:28:10pm

Okay ,,,After watching today, I’ve made up my mind!

Auburn is the best college football team in the country

No ,, wait ,,,

Oregon is the best college football team in the country


Hold on ,,,

Boise State is the best college football team in the country
!!!!!

457 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:28:16pm

re: #453 marjoriemoon

Fuzzy handcuffs, please?
Be well, Lady!

458 Skeetghazi  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:28:41pm

re: #447 Stanley Sea

LOL, 2nd paragraph, commenting on the tea party rally Sr. Sarah describes

Talking about the Gladsen Flag:

“Nothing says happy tolerant multi-generational family outing like a hacked off rattlesnake”

459 sattv4u2  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:28:47pm

re: #453 marjoriemoon

I think they arrest you for that.

Nighters Ms. Giraffe :)

Or make you a TSA agent !!

460 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:29:04pm

re: #448 Floral Giraffe

It’s the Holidays, surprise someone with unexpected love!

Isn’t that the sort of thing that can land a person in prison?
/:P

461 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:30:02pm

re: #456 sattv4u2

Okay ,,,After watching today, I’ve made up my mind!

Auburn is the best college football team in the country

No ,, wait ,,,

Oregon is the best college football team in the country

Hold on ,,,

Boise State is the best college football team in the country
!!!

Cam is the best QB in America..That’s all that matters…
/I think….Think Vince Young at Texas..

462 Killgore Trout  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:30:19pm

re: #418 Slumbering Behemoth

Well, they’re making a mistake. If Jones lives long enough to see another republican elected POTUS, he’s gonna keep on spewing this rhetoric that the reactionary right seems to be enamored with right now. What will they think of him then?

Hell, the only person that could get elected to the executive office that might not make Jones spew conspiracy theories would be Ron Paul, and I’m not even entirely certain of that.

That’s the only reason why he might not end up with a gig at Fox news. He can behave himself enough to get a seat at the big boy table but without conspiracies about the ruling elite he’s got nothing. He’ll turn on Republicans as soon as they’re elected and even Fox management knows that.

463 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:30:58pm

re: #459 sattv4u2

Or make you a TSA agent !!

Nah, everyone buying a plane ticket is expecting that kind of love. No surprises there.

464 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:31:49pm

Bwahahahahaha….Dad is really going to regret putting me in charge of the Christmas shopping this year when he gets the credit card bills…

Just to be clear, we aren’t broke (I certainly am not), are about to inherit Mom’s IRA and pension fund, and as a double dipper with both a military and state pension plus social security Dad makes more per month while retired than most people can dream of making from fulltime work nowadays.

So yes I fully intend to spend several thousands of dollars on Christmas presents this year. Something big for my sisters family plus a few individual presents each, something big for my brothers family plus a few individual presents each, and something very nice for my aunt (Dad’s older sister).

I’ll deal with the fallout later, WTF, you can’t take it with you, and I’ll be more surprised than anyone if Dad makes it to next Christmas. He will come around…(at least I certainly hope so). ;)

465 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:33:09pm

re: #464 ausador

Bwahahahahaha…Dad is really going to regret putting me in charge of the Christmas shopping this year when he gets the credit card bills…

Just to be clear, we aren’t broke (I certainly am not), are about to inherit Mom’s IRA and pension fund, and as a double dipper with both a military and state pension plus social security Dad makes more per month while retired than most people can dream of making from fulltime work nowadays.

So yes I fully intend to spend several thousands of dollars on Christmas presents this year. Something big for my sisters family plus a few individual presents each, something big for my brothers family plus a few individual presents each, and something very nice for my aunt (Dad’s older sister).

I’ll deal with the fallout later, WTF, you can’t take it with you, and I’ll be more surprised than anyone if Dad makes it to next Christmas. He will come around…(at least I certainly hope so). ;)

Oooh!
Buy me a handcrafted katana.
Please?
:)

466 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:35:12pm

re: #464 ausador

Hope you got something real nice for your pops. Maybe a tv that blocks FNC?

467 Skeetghazi  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:37:13pm

re: #456 sattv4u2

Okay ,,,After watching today, I’ve made up my mind!

Auburn is the best college football team in the country

No ,, wait ,,,

Oregon is the best college football team in the country

Hold on ,,,

Boise State is the best college football team in the country
!!!

This makes a good year. wah, Gators.

468 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:37:17pm

re: #464 ausador

Just do your budget FIRST.
THEN spend like no one else.
Cash is always good.
Sounds like an evil plot!
Bwahahaha!

469 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:37:42pm

re: #463 Slumbering Behemoth

Nah, everyone buying a plane ticket is expecting that kind of love. No surprises there.

They should be training the Chippendale dancers for this sort of thing. At least make it somewhat interesting.

470 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:39:11pm

re: #462 Killgore Trout

That’s the only reason why he might not end up with a gig at Fox news. He can behave himself enough to get a seat at the big boy table but without conspiracies about the ruling elite he’s got nothing. He’ll turn on Republicans as soon as they’re elected and even Fox management knows that.

I really wish the Jones thing would blow up in everyone’s faces that are now linking him as a credible source of info. Sadly, I’m sure they’ll drop him like a hot rock when it suits them, and most of their audience will forget all about them giving Jones’s nuttery a fair hearing.

471 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:40:19pm

re: #469 marjoriemoon

They should be training the Chippendale dancers for this sort of thing. At least make it somewhat interesting.

Chippendales?

Youtube Video
472 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:40:51pm

re: #469 marjoriemoon

They should be training the Chippendale dancers for this sort of thing. At least make it somewhat interesting.

Pr0n stars. I demand pr0n stars.

473 [deleted]  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:42:14pm
474 sattv4u2  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:42:25pm

re: #472 Slumbering Behemoth

Pr0n stars. I demand pr0n stars.

What time shopuld I be there??

475 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:42:31pm

re: #471 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Someone, whack him with the banhamma!
///

476 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:43:11pm

re: #471 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Chippendales?


[Video]

Awww it wouldn’t play. But that was some funny clip!

477 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:43:57pm

re: #472 Slumbering Behemoth

Pr0n stars. I demand pr0n stars.

Considering the men get the men agents and the women get the women, I’d end up with the Pr0n and you’d get Chris Farley.

478 Varek Raith  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:44:17pm

Later gators.
:)

479 Eclectic Infidel  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:45:50pm

re: #477 marjoriemoon

Considering the men get the men agents and the women get the women, I’d end up with the Pr0n and you’d get Chris Farley.

Disturbing. I remember one such SNL skit where in fact Chris Farley was a chippendale dancer. Disturbing, I say.

480 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:46:30pm

re: #477 marjoriemoon

the women get the women, I’d end up with the Pr0n

Hmm… tell me more.

481 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:46:46pm

re: #479 eclectic infidel

Disturbing. I remember one such SNL skit where in fact Chris Farley was a chippendale dancer. Disturbing, I say.

lol Krager tried posting it, but it no play :(

482 HoosierHoops  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:47:38pm

re: #479 eclectic infidel

Disturbing. I remember one such SNL skit where in fact Chris Farley was a chippendale dancer. Disturbing, I say.

funnier than hell.. I laughed till I fell off the couch

483 Kragar (Antichrist )  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:49:57pm

My wife is pissed. Beat her to the last of the left over stuffing.

484 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:50:31pm

re: #483 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My wife is pissed. Beat her to the last of the left over stuffing.

That’s reason for divorce in some countries!

485 What, me worry?  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:51:29pm

Starting to fade…. ya’ll sleep well now!

486 sattv4u2  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:52:47pm

re: #483 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

My wife is pissed. Beat her to the last of the left over stuffing.

You’ll either have to make more or have her pissed at you for a year!

487 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:54:40pm

re: #468 Floral Giraffe

Just do your budget FIRST.
THEN spend like no one else.
Cash is always good.
Sounds like an evil plot!
Bwahahaha!

If he bitches too loudly I’ll just reimburse him, but I don’t think it will come to that. I’m hoping he will catch some of the Christmas spirit and enjoy surprising the family with some nice gifts. Mom used to spend a fair amount every year too but thought that quantity was better than quality, she’d give you over a dozen things, each of which was…well, cheap crap.

I’m thinking everyone will enjoy this year a bit more, well provided Dad doesn’t turn into the Grinch…lol.

488 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 9:59:34pm

re: #454 Varek Raith

Thanks.
I’ll be fine.
I’m paranoid when it comes to internet security.

Good to hear. Those Stalkers do try to out people at times.

489 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 10:04:39pm

re: #466 Slumbering Behemoth

Hope you got something real nice for your pops. Maybe a tv that blocks FNC?

But Dad likes watching FNC sometimes just to see what they are raving about.

I’m still trying to decide on what to get him, I’m thinking about a home theater system with rear surround speakers next to him so he does not have to crank the T.V. speakers up so loud to hear the dialogue…maybe.

490 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Fri, Nov 26, 2010 10:21:50pm

re: #489 ausador

Hmm… that sounds like a pretty good idea, actually.

491 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Sat, Nov 27, 2010 2:17:34am

Bing cache of the Fox Nation page

492 Wozza Matter?  Sat, Nov 27, 2010 10:35:13am

re: #449 Varek Raith

Lol, two of the stalkers are following me on Digg.

teh wozza following you is me, not a spoofed stalky type person (just so you know fo’ sho’).


:-)

493 krypto  Sun, Nov 28, 2010 10:03:05am

A large fraction of the Fox news reports, at least on their website, are mostly fake and get the same kind of insane reaction of anti-Obama hatred. It’s not surprising that a satirical piece from the Onion would seem any different to the Fox mob, or get any different reaction from them.


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