I’m writing a piece on the most outrageous outrages of year and have several excellent candidates in mind, but here’s a thread for suggestions from you, gentle readers, to make sure I don’t miss anything especially outrageous.
When the article is done, it will include a poll to vote for The Most Ridiculous Nontroversy of 2010…
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:33:43pm |
I vote for Obama banning sport fishing.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:35:18pm |
By the way, if you can include a link to an LGF post about your suggestion, that would be great. I think most of the year's outrageous outrages have been covered here...
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:35:31pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:36:26pm |
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Stanghazi Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:36:34pm |
re: #3 Stanley Sea
The Zeta's taking over the Southwest!
That will stand in my memory as one of my most fun blog commenting nights.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:37:27pm |
re: #8 Stanley Sea
That will stand in my memory as one of my most fun blog commenting nights.
It was excellent. I don't think we ever actually had a dedicated thread for it, though.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:37:47pm |
I think the Mao ornament thing is out, since it was Christmas 2009.
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Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:38:42pm |
This one for me, you look at the photo and its like WTF!!1!!
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researchok Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:39:50pm |
The insanity that followed over the Elena Kagan playing softball photo.
That was the event that actually 'cut the cord' for me. A minor event but the frenzy (as short as it was) was indicative of just how deep the dysfunction has become.
The woman was a then nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
That, rather than her record or stated positions was the what upset the wingnuts most of all.
Unbelievable.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:40:54pm |
Here's one I almost forgot:
Jim Hoft Praises Insane Conspiracy Site for Picking Up His Homophobic Smears
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:42:22pm |
Another good one:
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Max Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:42:40pm |
What about a non-wingnut related OO, how about the Gaza Flotilla Raid?
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researchok Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:44:00pm |
This is going to be one long list.
Very long.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:45:18pm |
re: #21 Max D. Reinhardt
What about a non-wingnut related OO, how about the Gaza Flotilla Raid?
I considered that one, but it seems like it's a different type of incident than an "outrageous outrage." More like a war of propaganda - not really the same.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:46:43pm |
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PhillyPretzel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:47:43pm |
The only thing I can think of is the certificate of live birth vs a birth certificate non issue.
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Lidane Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:50:32pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:50:45pm |
"Charles becomes a lefty"?
Been huge this year, IMO.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:50:46pm |
re: #29 researchok
Anything to do with Orly Taitz.
Monday Morning Craziness: Orly Taitz Says Obama Has 39 Social Security Numbers
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researchok Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:51:18pm |
re: #33 Gus 802
Monday Morning Craziness: Orly Taitz Says Obama Has 39 Social Security Numbers
Well, that's one.
//
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Eclectic Infidel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:51:21pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:53:10pm |
re: #21 Max D. Reinhardt
What about a non-wingnut related OO, how about the Gaza Flotilla Raid?
I had actually suggested we have a right-wing OO and a left-wing OO, just for balance.
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researchok Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:53:32pm |
RS McCain positing himself as anything but a racist!
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Lidane Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:53:43pm |
Wouldn't it be faster to just point at Pam Geller, Jim Hoft, or Bryan Fischer and randomly pick anything they posted all year?
I kid, I kid. Mostly. Heh.
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researchok Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:54:41pm |
re: #37 SanFranciscoZionist
I had actually suggested we have a right-wing OO and a left-wing OO, just for balance.
Hmmm...how about defending Nancy Pelosi over the 'You have to pass it before you'll be allowed to read it' brouhaha.
That really does qualify.
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:55:30pm |
excellent idea...the Double O Award
lotsa fun with this one
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bratwurst Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:56:53pm |
How about the kerfuffle over Heinz lowering the salt in their ketchup?
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:57:41pm |
re: #44 Gus 802
Oops. That's not really a nontroversy. It's pretty well established that Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich.
/
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:57:49pm |
re: #45 bratwurst
How about the kerfuffle over Heinz lowering the salt in their ketchup?
WHAT!
no shit?
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Eclectic Infidel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:59:48pm |
From the music Charles is listening to..
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researchok Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:59:54pm |
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 3:59:59pm |
re: #46 Gus 802
Oops. That's not really a nontroversy. It's pretty well established that Glenn Beck is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich.
/
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:01:33pm |
re: #45 bratwurst
How about the kerfuffle over Heinz lowering the salt in their ketchup?
That one was pretty good.
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_remembertonyc Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:02:59pm |
Sorry I have nothing to add to this discussion.
But I do want to wish all good Lizards a Happy New Year with health and prosperity. Times are still tough for many, But small acts of kindness and consideration do matter.
And remember that tonight is "amateur night," so watch out for them as you party this evening.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:03:03pm |
I was trying to think of an equivalent left wing nontroversy to some of these, but I'm drawing a blank.
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researchok Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:06:02pm |
re: #56 Charles
I was trying to think of an equivalent left wing nontroversy to some of these, but I'm drawing a blank.
Well, I go back to those on the left who thought there was a valid reason for Nancy Pelosi to say the Health Care Bill be passed before anyone was allowed to read it- and made an issue of it.
As if that were a valid position.
(Go ahead, throw the tomatoes)
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Lidane Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:07:10pm |
re: #55 _remembertonyc
Sorry I have nothing to add to this discussion.
But I do want to wish all good Lizards a Happy New Year with health and prosperity. Times are still tough for many, But small acts of kindness and consideration do matter.
Definitely. Happy New Year and a safe, fun evening tonight for all Lizards and their families. And have a great 2011, too. :)
And remember that tonight is "amateur night," so watch out for them as you party this evening.
Heh. That's why the boyfriend and I are celebrating here at home tonight. The champagne is chilling and the grapes are in the fridge. Tomorrow, we're hitting a nearby brunch for some black eyed peas, too. But no way in hell would I be caught out tonight. Too much risk for disaster.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:08:45pm |
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Max Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:10:16pm |
re: #56 Charles
I was trying to think of an equivalent left wing nontroversy to some of these, but I'm drawing a blank.
I've got one: Citizens United v. FEC = Dred Scott
Olberman's comment on the case.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:11:44pm |
re: #62 Max D. Reinhardt
I've got one: Citizens United v. FEC = Dred Scott
Olberman's comment on the case.
Well, the comparison may be overblown, but the underlying premise isn't complete BS, which I think has to be one of the qualifying features of an outrageous outrage.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:13:20pm |
Obama's "Kick but" outrage was seekrit code for socialism....
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:14:56pm |
re: #60 Lidane
Definitely. Happy New Year and a safe, fun evening tonight for all Lizards and their families. And have a great 2011, too. :)
Heh. That's why the boyfriend and I are celebrating here at home tonight. The champagne is chilling and the grapes are in the fridge. Tomorrow, we're hitting a nearby brunch for some black eyed peas, too. But no way in hell would I be caught out tonight. Too much risk for disaster.
Sounds good ... Wifey and me are going to a small party about 3 miles from our house. I can make it home in a few minutes but sadly have to work tomorrow, so we'll keep it reasonable. Have fun and stay warm!
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:15:06pm |
re: #65 Killgore Trout
Obama's "Kick but" outrage was seekrit code for socialism...
...it was a call for Van Jones to start a violent revolution too.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:19:57pm |
We can't leave out George Soros because he rules the world.....
The John Birch Society roots of Glenn Beck's obsession with George Soros
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:20:48pm |
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Aceofwhat? Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:24:13pm |
re: #60 Lidane
Heh. That's why the boyfriend and I are celebrating here at home tonight. The champagne is chilling and the grapes are in the fridge. Tomorrow, we're hitting a nearby brunch for some black eyed peas, too. But no way in hell would I be caught out tonight. Too much risk for disaster.
Yep. My wife is making a short grocery run, then the kids will be in bed and we'll crack open the champale. Happy and safe New Year's here, and i wish the same to you all-
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PhillyPretzel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:25:00pm |
re: #72 Aceofwhat?
Happy New Year to you and your family.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:27:04pm |
re: #70 Killgore Trout
Yeah, we could also throw in all Obama vacations and official travel too.
Yeah. Many of the details like the Gandhi-tunnel that never came to fruition.
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PhillyPretzel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:27:20pm |
re: #74 prairiefire
Happy New Year to you and your family prairefire
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:28:24pm |
re: #75 Gus 802
Yeah. Many of the details like the Gandhi-tunnel that never came to fruition.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:30:48pm |
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Stanghazi Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:33:51pm |
Shit, I'm going amature tonight. Have a place to stay though, in the midst of the party zone. So I'll be coming home tomorrow a.m. in time to get to the Gator bar by 10 am (oh hell)
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:35:01pm |
Anything from the birthers!
The gift that keeps on giving!
Orly Taitz.
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PhillyPretzel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:36:34pm |
re: #84 Floral Giraffe
If I recall correctly we had one the other day.
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Political Atheist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:37:05pm |
re: #86 Floral Giraffe
Happy New Year Floral
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Stanghazi Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:37:27pm |
re: #86 Floral Giraffe
Happy New Year!
Thanks Floral! To you as well!!
I'll report back. It looks to be an exciting evening of live music. What the hell, I'm going for it.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:37:44pm |
The national unemployment rate... come on, get real, not EVERYONE can have a job...
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Lidane Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:38:46pm |
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Michael McBacon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:39:54pm |
I nominate the Justin Bieber/"Ground Zero Mosque" fake article for the Most Ridiculous Nontroversy of 2010.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:40:21pm |
Damn, there are just so many it all becomes a blur. I'm trying to think of the most important ones now. The one's that are really shaping Republican policy from top to bottom.
Here's my short list off the top of my head.
Death Panels
- Obamacare takeover of 1/6th of the economy
- Acorn
- New Black Panthers
- Secretive Bankers of the Federal Reserve
- New World Order
Of that list I think the least sensational but most important is the New World Order. It's an old nontroversey but has become the core of Republican ideology and encompass everything from Global Warming, Federal Reserve, TSA, gay rights, George Soros, etc.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:40:47pm |
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aagcobb Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:42:46pm |
re: #85 Gus 802
I think the changling terror babies has to be the winner.
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PhillyPretzel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:48:25pm |
Found that "birther" from the other day.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:48:32pm |
Anything from RS McCain!
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jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:49:59pm |
re: #90 aagcobb
Michele Obama's totalitarian war on dessert!
Dovetails neatly into the ongoing arugula meme and grow your own garden vegetables plot.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:54:33pm |
See y'all next year.
If you're going out? Be careful.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:56:27pm |
re: #107 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
And, if you're going out, please have a designated driver.
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jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:56:44pm |
re: #100 Gus 802
That one also contains a sub-controversy that got a lot of talk earlier in the year:
"...the closure of Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facility..."
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:58:10pm |
re: #108 Floral Giraffe
And, if you're going out, please have a designated driver.
And a wood burning stove nearby:
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY has been posted for Denver through 10 AM Saturday. The Denver weather forecast calls for slow clearing and bitter cold temperatures overnight. Forecast lows in the -5 to -9 degree range for Denver with wind chill values -15 to -25! A WIND CHILL WARNING has been posted for the mountains with partly cloudy skies, isolated snow showers and forecast lows -9 to -17. Dangerous wind chill values -25 to -50!
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:59:43pm |
re: #109 jaunte
That one also contains a sub-controversy that got a lot of talk earlier in the year:
Yeah. That Interpol/Executive Order conspiracy was truly pathetic.
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blueraven Fri, Dec 31, 2010 4:59:58pm |
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:00:21pm |
re: #110 Gus 802
A WIND CHILL WARNING has been posted for the mountains with partly cloudy skies, isolated snow showers and forecast lows -9 to -17. Dangerous wind chill values -25 to -50!
It's a warm -3 degrees (f) at 8200 feet here in the Rocky Mountains... they don't know what they are talking about.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:02:04pm |
re: #114 Walter L. Newton
It's a warm -3 degrees (f) at 8200 feet here in the Rocky Mountains... they don't know what they are talking about.
That's the 9News fo'cast.
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:04:48pm |
As far as the Outrageous Outrages, there really are too many to keep track of. I'm constantly amazed at what people are willing to believe.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:08:03pm |
re: #117 Gus 802
That's the 9News fo'cast.
Here's the local weather geek on our local PHP forum...
wxgeek
After our first significant snow of the season, bitter cold in place over most of CO today and New Years Day. Temps will struggle to get into single digits today, with lows again well below zero tonight, in the -5 to -15 range again. New Years Day will see temps mostly in the single digits and teens. We may see some breezy westerly winds Saturday night and Sunday morning, with warmer temps on Sunday. We should see mostly sunny skies and seasonal temps for the coming week. Only some mountain snow flurries early part of the week. Next chance for snow for the foothills looks to be next weekend, but that is quite iffy at this time.
As our system moves off to the northeast, it will create blizzard conditions across the Dakotas and Minnesota tonight and New Years Day. It is also bringing severe weather across Arkansas and Missouri with several tornadoes reported last night and today. This system will continue to bring severe weather across parts of the deep South and into the Ohio Valley New Years Day, so some travel concerns in these regions.
Overall, snow totals from this system at the lower end of the forecast, with generally 5-10 inches along higher foothills locations, and 3-6 inches in the Urban Corridor. Still some much needed moisture. We will end the year with 19 inches of snow on Conifer Mtn, which is about 35% of normal snowfall for this time of year (54 inches is our average), so we are still very dry and in need of additional moisture.
_________________
"Climatology is what you expect, Weather is what you get"."It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong".
He usually gets it closer than the local weather "guru's"
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calochortus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:09:47pm |
Just a drive-by posting to wish everyone a safe New Year's Eve celebration, and a wonderful New Year to all lizards.
For the first time in years we're actually going out to a friend's party, but its only a bit more than 2 miles from here, so I imagine we won't have too many hazards to deal with on the way home.
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Bear Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:12:28pm |
Rather than wishing a Happy New Year to all, I wish that 2011 will be better for all than 2010 was.
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:13:09pm |
Here's a great list of outrageous religion videos, courtesy of Religion Nerd. As in many cases, this is both funny and painfully sad.
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dragonfire1981 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:20:55pm |
I couldn't find an LGF link but what about that stupid uproar about the Missile Defense Logo that looked like a Muslim crescent and the even crazier theory the logo was supposed to be the Obama campaign logo morphing into the Muslim crescent?
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:21:52pm |
For me, by far the most outrageous outrage this year was showing up to the family Christmas dinner and finding that there was no booze on offer. The friggin' nerve!
/
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:23:17pm |
re: #125 Slumbering Behemoth
Happy New Year, Slumbering Behemoth.
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prairiefire Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:24:06pm |
re: #123 Gus 802
8 Month Old Deaf Baby's Reaction To Cochlear Implant Being Activated
[Video]
Fantastic! Notice how he immediately starts to watch and imitate her mouth moving so he can begin to learn how to speak. Happy New Year, Johnathan!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:25:10pm |
re: #123 Gus 802
8 Month Old Deaf Baby's Reaction To Cochlear Implant Being Activated
[Video]
My word that is adorable. My only hope is that they make with the nanite augs before I die. Get cracking, science!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:26:23pm |
re: #126 Floral Giraffe
Happy New Year, Slumbering Behemoth.
WTF, did I lose a day? I thought it was still the Old Year.
/
Back atchya, FG.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:26:31pm |
Ok, gotta go get the pretty on.
May you all have a healthy, happy & prosperous New Year!
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:27:24pm |
re: #123 Gus 802
I remember when I first saw this video. Priceless!
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compound idaho Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:29:20pm |
re: #123 Gus 802
8 Month Old Deaf Baby's Reaction To Cochlear Implant Being Activated
[Video]
[Link: cochlearwar.com...]
Who would have thought this is controversial? According to some, the baby should remain deaf. Its a cultural thing.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:29:40pm |
re: #123 Gus 802
8 Month Old Deaf Baby's Reaction To Cochlear Implant Being Activated
[Video]
Thanks for posting that. I tried to watch that a few weeks ago when it first went viral but the site was overloaded. It's worth seeing.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:32:16pm |
re: #132 compound idaho
[Link: cochlearwar.com...]
Who would have thought this is controversial? According to some, the baby should remain deaf. Its a cultural thing.
Oh I know about that. That's there problem if you ask me. I think the ability to hear a car coming down the street is cultural thing too. The ability to hear music, birds, water, the fire alarm, etc.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:34:05pm |
re: #132 compound idaho
I think there are some that worry things like this could mean the end of "Deaf Culture", whatever that means.
I for one look forward to a future where science has eliminated such things as deafness and blindness. And I mean in a good, helping way, not in the Iranian Regime's "There are no gays here" kind of way.
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compound idaho Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:34:22pm |
re: #134 Gus 802
Oh I know about that. That's there problem if you ask me. I think the ability to hear a car coming down the street is cultural thing too. The ability to hear music, birds, water, the fire alarm, etc.
I almost got run over by a Prius in the WalMart parking lot the other day. Didn't hear it coming.
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researchok Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:34:39pm |
Happy New Years, all!
May 2011 be a year of good health, wealth and free of strife and trial. May this coming year bring much joy and happiness and may all things good laid out before you.
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Kragar Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:35:48pm |
re: #132 compound idaho
[Link: cochlearwar.com...]
Who would have thought this is controversial? According to some, the baby should remain deaf. Its a cultural thing.
Why do scientists hate God's Plan so much?
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:35:54pm |
re: #136 compound idaho
I almost got run over by a Prius in the WalMart parking lot the other day. Didn't hear it coming.
I've heard about that. Blind people have the biggest problems since they won't hear or see a Prius driving down the road. Especially a low speeds since you won't get tire noise.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:36:30pm |
re: #137 researchok
Happy New Years, all!
May 2011 be a year of good health, wealth and free of strife and trial. May this coming year bring much joy and happiness and may all things good laid out before you.
Same to you, buddy.
/If I hit the numbers tonight, 2011 will at least be a year of wealth.
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Kragar Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:37:02pm |
re: #139 Gus 802
I've heard about that. Blind people have the biggest problems since they won't hear or see a Prius driving down the road. Especially a low speeds since you won't get tire noise.
Ever watch "Weeds"? A drug dealer bought a Prius because he could sneak up for his drive-bys more easily.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:37:21pm |
re: #132 compound idaho
[Link: cochlearwar.com...]
Who would have thought this is controversial? According to some, the baby should remain deaf. Its a cultural thing.
I've read a little about that. I've tried to understand the perspective, but I basically come back to feeling that if we can give a child full use of its senses, it's wrong not to do that
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:38:33pm |
re: #136 compound idaho
I almost got run over by a Prius in the WalMart parking lot the other day. Didn't hear it coming.
There was an article in one of the Bay Area tabloids about that a few years ago. Apparently they're a real problem for the blind because they don't make a normal engine noise.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:39:02pm |
re: #135 Slumbering Behemoth
I think there are some that worry things like this could mean the end of "Deaf Culture", whatever that means.
I for one look forward to a future where science has eliminated such things as deafness and blindness. And I mean in a good, helping way, not in the Iranian Regime's "There are no gays here" kind of way.
They get pretty intense too. People can choose to have cochlear implants, use sign language, or whatever else they want. As for children it would be up to the parent. I know if I had a deaf child and could afford a cochlear implant for the kid I'd do it. However, the "Deaf Culture" activists are beyond reason.
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compound idaho Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:39:17pm |
re: #135 Slumbering Behemoth
I think there are some that worry things like this could mean the end of "Deaf Culture", whatever that means.
I for one look forward to a future where science has eliminated such things as deafness and blindness. And I mean in a good, helping way, not in the Iranian Regime's "There are no gays here" kind of way.
Mrs. Compound is an audiologist. I was not aware of any such websites, but wondered when I saw that video. I just some of my "talents" could be used for such good instead of the things I waste my time on.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:39:29pm |
Glenn Beck Fail: Best Of Beck Clips
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:40:01pm |
re: #144 Gus 802
They get pretty intense too. People can choose to have cochlear implants, use sign language, or whatever else they want. As for children it would be up to the parent. I know if I had a deaf child and could afford a cochlear implant for the kid I'd do it. However, the "Deaf Culture" activists are beyond reason.
My thought is that a hearing person can learn sign, but a deaf person can't hear Mozart.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:40:22pm |
re: #142 SanFranciscoZionist
I've read a little about that. I've tried to understand the perspective, but I basically come back to feeling that if we can give a child full use of its senses, it's wrong not to do that
It would be like having activists in the "Blind Culture" community telling you that your child shouldn't have vision restoring surgery or implants.
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BlarneyStone Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:41:26pm |
Doesn't the nontroversy of 2010 have to be the most obvious one?
Based on total media pixels and politician freakout: the "Ground Zero Mosque" which the fine print showed was not so much "ground" or "zero" or "moque", but among many things had prominent American Conservatives arguing that feelings are more important than following Constitutional law on freedom of religion, created the malapropism refudiate (which I actually like) and got Justin Bieber falsely boycotted (linked above).
Happy New year everyone!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:42:39pm |
re: #144 Gus 802
Pretty much all Culture Warriors are beyond reason.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:43:17pm |
The Andrew Breitbart-Shirley Sherrod idiocy has to be in there too.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:43:41pm |
HAppy new year's from the RoP....
Egypt Church Explosion: Injuries Reported After Blast Outside New Year's Mass
An explosion went off in front of a Coptic Christian church as worshippers emerged from a New Year's Mass in the Egyptian city of Alexandria early Saturday, killing at least seven people, officials said.
After the blast, enraged Christians emerging from the church clashed with police and stormed a nearby mosque, prompting fights and volleys of stone throwing with Muslims, police and witnesses said – a sign of the sectarian anger that has been arising with greater frequency in Egypt.
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brookly red Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:45:55pm |
re: #147 SanFranciscoZionist
My thought is that a hearing person can learn sign, but a deaf person can't hear Mozart.
tell that to Beethoven...
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:47:09pm |
re: #152 Killgore Trout
HAppy new year's from the RoP...
Egypt Church Explosion: Injuries Reported After Blast Outside New Year's Mass
like the Hatfields and McCoys....it will never end, suppressed maybe, but never end
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brookly red Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:50:42pm |
re: #154 albusteve
like the Hatfields and McCoys...it will never end, suppressed maybe, but never end
it will never be suppressed either unless the world stands up and calls it for what it is.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:51:00pm |
re: #139 Gus 802
I've heard about that. Blind people have the biggest problems since they won't hear or see a Prius driving down the road. Especially a low speeds since you won't get tire noise.
Somebody's come up with a solution
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:51:54pm |
re: #152 Killgore Trout
HAppy new year's from the RoP...
Egypt Church Explosion: Injuries Reported After Blast Outside New Year's Mass
I've been watching the tweets from the Egyptian Sandmonkey and some of his buddies - they're all furious at this.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:54:06pm |
Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
Guys, nabil louka is blaming the mossad for the church bombings. Mystery solved. Its the joooz again.
26 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply
Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
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@ismahdy not anytime soon lel2assaf. They r really trying to start a war here. And they r succeeding.
28 minutes ago
noughtsInaName Nancy
by Sandmonkey
#alexexplosion Five relatives of mine were there, one of them mistakenly dialed my number and was sobbing. They're fine though....
53 minutes ago
monasosh monasosh
by Sandmonkey
Why do we live in a country where ppl celebrate the new year by killing 7 innocent people!!
38 minutes ago
AssemMemon Assem Memon
by Sandmonkey
Where can i sign up to help RT @Sandmonkey I wanna kill every motherfucker who let this happen. May all of u burn in hell.
1 hour ago
monaeltahawy Mona Eltahawy
by Sandmonkey
I condemn attacks vs Christian sisters&brothers in #Egypt, #Nigeria, #Iraq. And I say big fuck you to fellow Muslims behind cowardly attacks
1 hour ago
Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
I wanna kill every motherfucker who let this happen. May all of u burn in hell.
1 hour ago
Sandmonkey Sandmonkey
2 carbombs explode in front of a church in alex, tens dead and wounded. Happy new year everyone.
2 hours ago
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:54:12pm |
re: #156 reine.de.tout
Somebody's come up with a solution
[Video]
There's a spaceship driving down the street!
/
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:54:59pm |
re: #159 Gus 802
There's a spaceship driving down the street!
/
That's what it sounds like, eh?
I thought it was very strange.
Effective, but strange.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:55:59pm |
re: #160 reine.de.tout
That's what it sounds like, eh?
I thought it was very strange.
Effective, but strange.
Yeah. I think it needs work. Right now it sounds like a spaceship from a sci-fi flick.
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Donna Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:57:13pm |
As I sit back on the couch and watch the boob tube and think of all of my friends here on LGF wishing each other a happy new year I can't help but think about all the good times and bad that have passed in the last few months. Some of the best times have been right here with my good friends here on LGF and I am looking forward to more in the coming new year. RWC and I have been truly blessed to call you folks friends. Here's wishing all of you the healthiest and most prosperous of New Years in 2011! Cheers!
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:57:18pm |
re: #158 reine.de.tout
sad, but it's business as usual in that region....it's not hard to see how things will shake out decades from now and it's not pretty
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:59:04pm |
re: #162 Dragon_Lady
As I sit back on the couch and watch the boob tube and think of all of my friends here on LGF wishing each other a happy new year I can't help but think about all the good times and bad that have passed in the last few months. Some of the best times have been right here with my good friends here on LGF and I am looking forward to more in the coming new year. RWC and I have been truly blessed to call you folks friends. Here's wishing all of you the healthiest and most prosperous of New Years in 2011! Cheers!
and to you as well
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:59:10pm |
re: #163 albusteve
sad, but it's business as usual in that region...it's not hard to see how things will shake out decades from now and it's not pretty
There are many voices in that region condemning these actions.
I take that as a positive sign - slow to progress, maybe, but overall - positive.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:59:34pm |
re: #162 Dragon_Lady
As I sit back on the couch and watch the boob tube and think of all of my friends here on LGF wishing each other a happy new year I can't help but think about all the good times and bad that have passed in the last few months. Some of the best times have been right here with my good friends here on LGF and I am looking forward to more in the coming new year. RWC and I have been truly blessed to call you folks friends. Here's wishing all of you the healthiest and most prosperous of New Years in 2011! Cheers!
{DL}
Same to you and RWC and LWC, too!
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 5:59:55pm |
re: #157 reine.de.tout
I've been watching the tweets from the Egyptian Sandmonkey and some of his buddies - they're all furious at this.
Guys, nabil louka is blaming the mossad for the church bombings. Mystery solved. Its the joooz again.
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PhillyPretzel Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:00:58pm |
To all of my fellow Lizards and their families and friends: A Joyous Prosperous and Happy New Year.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:02:44pm |
It is well below freezing and windy as hell. I think I'll pass on the BBQ fish tonight. I'll either fry it or wrap in foil and bake it in the oven.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:03:45pm |
There was another explosion in Nigeria.
[Link: www.bbc.co.uk...]
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:04:06pm |
re: #165 reine.de.tout
There are many voices in that region condemning these actions.
I take that as a positive sign - slow to progress, maybe, but overall - positive.
it's a 1300 year old problem....I don't think condemnation or moderate voices will change things....I see it as a fight to the finish
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:04:51pm |
re: #170 Gus 802
There was another explosion in Nigeria.
[Link: www.bbc.co.uk...]
I'm reading anywhere from 4, 11 or 30 dead. And from earlier in the day:
92 arrested in northern Nigeria after recent religious violence
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:06:21pm |
There was also this:
2 dead in strikes on Christian homes in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least two people were killed, and 14 others were wounded Thursday in a wave of bombings targeting Christian homes in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.
The strikes appeared to be a coordinated because they all took place within an hour, the official said. Explosives were left outside and in the gardens of at least six dwellings across Iraq's sprawling capital...
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:06:23pm |
re: #169 Killgore Trout
It is well below freezing and windy as hell. I think I'll pass on the BBQ fish tonight. I'll either fry it or wrap in foil and bake it in the oven.
it's a breezy 20 here in ABQ and the temp is plummeting down to near zero....coldest in 6 years I've been here....why does God hate Albuquerque?
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:08:09pm |
re: #173 Gus 802
There was also this:
you'd have to be a fool to be Christian and live in Iraq....they will find you and kill you eventually
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:10:31pm |
re: #174 albusteve
it's a breezy 20 here in ABQ and the temp is plummeting down to near zero...coldest in 6 years I've been here...why does God hate Albuquerque?
He has a thing against q's.
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A Man for all Seasons Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:10:47pm |
Happy new year lizards
As I sit here watching movies tonight..I started a list in my head of every single New years night in my life...
Man..I can't hardly remember the 80's.. I know I had fun Doing something in Napa.. But I can't remember what...
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:11:55pm |
re: #173 Gus 802
The rise in violence against Christians in Iraq is directly correlated to our invasion in 2003. Christians are seen as being automatically aligned with the US, which the Muslim world sees as a "Christian" nation. Thus we see the irony of Christians in Iraq (and elsewhere in the Muslim world) being attacked more than ever because we invaded Iraq. Sad on so many levels.
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Donna Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:12:02pm |
BTW, I got my iPad 64gb and have been enjoying it immensely! Matter of fact I'm blogging from it right now. Ha! RWC can't dominate to airwaves now! :-)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:12:44pm |
re: #177 HoosierHoops
Happy new year lizards
As I sit here watching movies tonight..I started a list in my head of every single New years night in my life...
Man..I can't hardly remember the 80's.. I know I had fun Doing something in Napa.. But I can't remember what...
Happy New Years, Hoops.
I think my happiest were the ones I had no expectations.
This one will be happy because some genius decided that the local youth dance should be formal/semi-formal, and I made my girl a be-yoo-tiful dress.
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:13:41pm |
re: #175 albusteve
The strange thing is that Christians were actually better off under Saddam Hussein. Sucked to be a Kurd or a Shiite, but Christians actually had some peace.
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Donna Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:16:50pm |
Time to go make dinner, hot chicken sandwiches tonight! Mimosas later to ring in the new year. Happy, happy to you all! :-)
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A Man for all Seasons Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:17:47pm |
Happy New years Lizards...I just checked..I need 1 more ding to reach 30,000 updings.. Thank you all for your kindness and support..
/Yes I know I talk too much
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pyite Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:18:05pm |
The non-ground-zero non-mosque story has to be the worst nontroversy of the year.
Especially when you consider how little we heard about it once the election was over.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:21:07pm |
re: #183 HoosierHoops
Happy New years Lizards...I just checked..I need 1 more ding to reach 30,000 updings.. Thank you all for your kindness and support..
/Yes I know I talk too much
I'm 30,000! I'm 30,000!
What do I win?
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brookly red Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:21:36pm |
re: #184 pyite
The non-ground-zero non-mosque story has to be the worst nontroversy of the year.
Especially when you consider how little we heard about it once the election was over.
I hope it doesn't upset you too much that we in NYC are really not too happy about this.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:21:43pm |
9 year old is calling in a promise I made him earlier. BBIAB.
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Political Atheist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:25:28pm |
An end of year photo Page
Zen Beach
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:25:40pm |
re: #178 Irenicum
The rise in violence against Christians in Iraq is directly correlated to our invasion in 2003. Christians are seen as being automatically aligned with the US, which the Muslim world sees as a "Christian" nation. Thus we see the irony of Christians in Iraq (and elsewhere in the Muslim world) being attacked more than ever because we invaded Iraq. Sad on so many levels.
Perhaps there is a recent rise in anti Assyrian Christian violence in Iraq corollary to the invasion but I think if you look further into the history of the region you'll find that the Assyrian Genocide clearly indicates a long stand animosity and hatred of the Assyrians by the dominant cultures in that region. We have to look beyond the microcosm of recent events and look at the greater macrocosm of history.
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:26:06pm |
re: #184 pyite
The non-ground-zero non-mosque story has to be the worst nontroversy of the year.
Especially when you consider how little we heard about it once the election was over.
I thought it was a doozie of a controvercy myself
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:27:33pm |
re: #190 Gus 802
Good point Gus. The violence of the region has as much to do with ethnicity as religion. And of course even ethnicity itself is a reflection of the power politics of empires. As old as human civilization I'm afraid.
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A Man for all Seasons Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:28:27pm |
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:30:15pm |
re: #56 Charles
I was trying to think of an equivalent left wing nontroversy to some of these, but I'm drawing a blank.
You could use Glenn Greenwald's claims of "coverup" over those chat logs. Certainly that qualifies.
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:30:52pm |
re: #192 Irenicum
Good point Gus. The violence of the region has as much to do with ethnicity as religion. And of course even ethnicity itself is a reflection of the power politics of empires. As old as human civilization I'm afraid.
certainly...the timeline in the ME goes on forever...the players come and go, but the original theme lives on...in a few generations there may be no Christians at all in the ME
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albusteve Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:32:05pm |
and on that note....
happy News Year brothers and sisters
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:32:17pm |
re: #195 albusteve
It really is bad nowadays. I have good friends in Amman who dare not live where they're from for fear of being killed.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:36:13pm |
re: #196 albusteve
and on that note...
happy News Year brothers and sisters
And to you as well, Steve.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:36:40pm |
re: #194 Dark_Falcon
You could use Glenn Greenwald's claims of "coverup" over those chat logs. Certainly that qualifies.
I guess that does qualify as a nontroversy, but we don't really have the final verdict on that situation yet. And it also lacks the WTF!? quality that distinguishes a true outrageous outrage.
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:41:44pm |
Either war has broken out or they're firing off fireworks here on the North Shore of Boston.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:43:30pm |
re: #197 Irenicum
It really is bad nowadays. I have good friends in Amman who dare not live where they're from for fear of being killed.
This is quite awful, but when the serious crap with Christians in Iraq started, all I could think was 'thank God they threw out all the Jews in the 50s already'.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:44:01pm |
re: #200 Charles
I guess that does qualify as a nontroversy, but we don't really have the final verdict on that situation yet. And it also lacks the WTF!? quality that distinguishes a true outrageous outrage.
Yeah. Just lying, or being ridiculously partisan, or whining a lot, does not a nontroversy make.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:48:11pm |
re: #201 Irenicum
Either war has broken out or they're firing off fireworks here on the North Shore of Boston.
I recall one evening in London when little explosions kept going off all over the place, and I was starting to wonder what the hell was going on.
Finally realized it was Diwali. You don't notice so much, in SF.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:48:56pm |
Mmm. Maui onions. I loves dem. Just finished the last of the Christmas ham with pineapple and Maui onions.
I loves dem.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:50:08pm |
re: #200 Charles
I guess that does qualify as a nontroversy, but we don't really have the final verdict on that situation yet. And it also lacks the WTF!? quality that distinguishes a true outrageous outrage.
Like I said, the winner is going to be something from the right. I just want Greenwald an the ballot for the sake of balance. If you really wanted a left-wing OO, you could use one of the lefties who screamed about Obama "betraying" them for compromising on taxes, and juxtapose that with someone on the right scream about Republicans betraying them on DADT or START.
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:50:29pm |
re: #202 SanFranciscoZionist
Ironically you're right. History is very strange.
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A Man for all Seasons Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:51:47pm |
re: #205 Charles
Mmm. Maui onions. I loves dem. Just finished the last of the Christmas ham with pineapple and Maui onions.
I loves dem.
I loved Corn Soup in Hawaii and of course kona coffee
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:53:56pm |
re: #206 Dark_Falcon
I remember telling my friends on both the far right and the far left in 2008 that Obama wasn't who they thought he was. He wasn't the Utopian savior the left hoped for or the Anti-Christ the right feared. But it seems delusions go a long way.
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:54:00pm |
Happy New Year, all!
The Boss and I will be heading out soon to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary - a date chose because it's easy for my Swiss Cheese brain to remember & the church would still be decorated for Christmas :)
I'll read the fun stuff tomorrow.
Thank you, Charles, for a wonderful fun year of reading and discussion.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:55:30pm |
happy new year everybody :[
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jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 6:57:49pm |
re: #211 Slumbering Behemoth
Hey, it's still kind of early to get small
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compound idaho Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:00:14pm |
Dark_Falcon
Like I said, the winner is going to be something from the right. I just want Greenwald an the ballot for the sake of balance. If you really wanted a left-wing OO, you could use one of the lefties who screamed about Obama "betraying" them for compromising on taxes, and juxtapose that with someone on the right scream about Republicans betraying them on DADT or START.
This one gets closer. Remember the TeaParty spitting incident?
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:00:18pm |
re: #212 jaunte
Never too early to get pissed off and drink recklessly, though. Cheers!
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Bubblehead II Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:00:43pm |
Good Evening and a Happy New Year to All of the Lizard Nation.
As for The Harpy, The Gnome, VB, EDL,,Et Al
Not so much.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:01:52pm |
2011 is going to be The Year Preceding the Election That Ate The World. I predict we'll see a drastic escalation in very bad craziness.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:01:54pm |
re: #209 Irenicum
I remember telling my friends on both the far right and the far left in 2008 that Obama wasn't who they thought he was. He wasn't the Utopian savior the left hoped for or the Anti-Christ the right feared. But it seems delusions go a long way.
True that.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:03:38pm |
re: #192 Irenicum
Good point Gus. The violence of the region has as much to do with ethnicity as religion. And of course even ethnicity itself is a reflection of the power politics of empires. As old as human civilization I'm afraid.
This is a good piece on the situation in Iraq:
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Assyrians in Iraq face a stark choice: convert, die or leave
By AARON HOWARD
• Thu, Dec 16, 2010
November was a fairly quiet month in Iraq. An estimated 298 civilians were killed in bomb explosions or shootings. The November lull followed one particularly bloody day on Oct. 31, when gunmen wearing suicide vests jumped the security wall at the Chaldean Catholic Church of Our Lady of Salvation in Baghdad. Claiming they were members of al-Qaida’s Iraqi affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq, the gunmen held more than 100 congregants hostage.
Iraq Security Forces attempted a rescue that evening. Blood and pieces of human flesh sprayed onto the church altar when gunmen began to shoot and blow up the hostages. They murdered 58 worshipers, including two priests.
After the massacre, the ISI issued a statement that defined churches as “The dirty place belonging to the infidels that Iraqi Christians have long used as a base to fight Islam.” The group promised more attacks, declaring all Christians as “legitimate targets.”
The church attack was the first time that most Western media had covered any news of the Assyro-Chaldean community in Iraq. In larger context, the Assyrians are targets of persecution from Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis. Lacking the power or influence to defend themselves, they are in danger of disappearing as a community in Iraq.
“I will clearly say this: What is happening in Iraq is, at the minimum, ethnic cleansing. Other people will say it is genocide, even if the numbers are not there, because the Assyrians are being killed in a deliberate and strategic way,” said Dr. Elmer Abbo, assistant professor of medicine, University of Chicago Medical Center, and executive director of the Assyrian American National Coalition.
More...
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Bubblehead II Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:04:19pm |
re: #217 Charles
2011 is going to be The Year Preceding the Election That Ate The World. I predict we'll see a drastic escalation in very bad craziness.
The Right Wing will discover hyperdrive technology and warp itself off into the vast unknown darkness, never to be heard from again?
Anything I can do to help?
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:04:20pm |
re: #220 Gus 802
He also mentions what we both touched upon:
The current persecution represents a rapid acceleration in a long history of oppression that dates back, to the Assyrian Genocide of 1917-’18.
As the Ottoman Empire began falling apart, the Young Turks (the late Ottoman Empire leadership) instigated a series of violent mass-murder campaigns against Christian minority communities that included Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians.“Three-quarters of the Assyrian population was killed at that time,” said Dr. Abbo. “That clearly was a genocide. Since then, there have been episodes of persecution and systematic marginalization of Assyrians in Iraq. But, at least we were left alone for the most part until the current war. That put us in the crossfire.”
The Assyrians were left alone largely because Saddam Hussein, dictator of Iraq from 1979 to 2003, was a nationalist. In a land artificially created out of the ruins of the Ottoman Empire, composed of multiple ethnicities and religious sects, Saddam saw Arab nationalism as the key to uniting Iraqis. Nationalism – and Saddam’s use of political terror – worked to unite Iraq until the U.S. invasion of 2003.
In post-Saddam Iraq, both Arab and non-Arab communities (especially Kurds) made bids for power. Vulnerable non-Arab minorities, like the Assyrians, have become targets of discrimination in many aspects of social and political life in Iraq and the Kurdish Autonomous Region. More worrisome, the Assyrian community has turned into soft targets for al-Qaida and other fundamentalist Islamist organizations.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:04:28pm |
re: #217 Charles
Imagine what will happen if Obama wins a second term.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:05:05pm |
re: #219 Irenicum
Well, I am available. ;)
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prairiefire Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:05:20pm |
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:06:05pm |
re: #217 Charles
2011 is going to be The Year Preceding the Election That Ate The World. I predict we'll see a drastic escalation in very bad craziness.
The Year of Eleventy!™
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:06:22pm |
re: #223 Slumbering Behemoth
Imagine what will happen if Obama wins a second term.
Imagine what will happen if he doesn't.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:06:57pm |
On the other hand, tomorrow will be 1/1/11, and how cool is that?
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:08:49pm |
re: #229 Charles
That is cool. What is it about us humans that we love our numerical sequences?
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Bubblehead II Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:09:01pm |
re: #228 Irenicum
God. Sometimes I hate this world.
The World no, it is neutral in the conflicts of Man. On the other hand I loath certain sects of Mankind.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:10:10pm |
re: #227 SanFranciscoZionist
Imagine what will happen if he doesn't.
That will entirely depend on who the republicans decide to run against him. I am a registered (R), but that doesn't mean I blindly vote party line. If someone from the tea party/bircher brand of nut bags gets the nomination, I will have no problem crossing party lines.
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Bubblehead II Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:10:51pm |
re: #229 Charles
On the other hand, tomorrow will be 1/1/11, and how cool is that?
Hadn't even thought about it. Be what? Another 1000 years before it happens again?
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:11:12pm |
re: #231 Bubblehead II
Agreed. But we do have to agree that the world is red in tooth and claw. I'm cool with that in its own way. But it's the intentional violence that we visit upon each other that pisses me off.
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prairiefire Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:11:48pm |
re: #229 Charles
On the other hand, tomorrow will be 1/1/11, and how cool is that?
A lot of folks are getting married tomorrow.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:14:07pm |
re: #222 Gus 802
Maybe I looking at it wrong, but those genocides are an example of what happens when Hypernationalism hijacks a government.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:14:49pm |
1111 = 15 (binary)
It is the day of the Lo Shu Grid!
The Magic Square! What does it all mean?
Eleventy!
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:15:27pm |
re: #238 Gus 802
You should check out crazy Harold Camping. Tru krazy!
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compound idaho Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:16:35pm |
re: #235 prairiefire
A lot of folks are getting married tomorrow.
New Years Eve and a bachelor party in one. I'm thinking you might not want to mix those two.
Whoa! What about every anniversary with a hangover.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:18:57pm |
re: #232 Slumbering Behemoth
That will entirely depend on who the republicans decide to run against him. I am a registered (R), but that doesn't mean I blindly vote party line. If someone from the tea party/bircher brand of nut bags gets the nomination, I will have no problem crossing party lines.
I'm likely to vote GOP. but it is not certain. Unless the nominee is Sarah Palin, for then I would certainly vote for Obama.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:19:18pm |
re: #240 Gus 802
I bought one. How could I not, with the pay off at $242M (estimated cash value at $154M)?
Meh, I won $80 once, so I'm still ahead of that game.
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Donna Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:22:39pm |
Did someone mention Maui onions? Themselves one of my cava, right up there with Vidalia onions! Not too many sweet onion varietys out there, I don't care for the brows or reds, they give me heartburn.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:22:56pm |
re: #243 Slumbering Behemoth
I bought one. How could I not, with the pay off at $242M (estimated cash value at $154M)?
Meh, I won $80 once, so I'm still ahead of that game.
That's tonight? Meh, the odds are 1 in 180 million.
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:22:58pm |
re: #237 ProLifeLiberal
It is true that we haven't seen truly global scales of genocide until the advent of hyper nationalism. The heirs of the French revolution have seen the death of many millions. Marx, Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc. all saw religion as the enemy of humanity, yet millions perished because of their "visions". Religion has killed its thousands. Modernism has killed its millions. Basically, humans are both brilliant and stupid, and as we advance, death and progress lie in our wake.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:23:52pm |
re: #242 Dark_Falcon
I'm inclined to vote GOP, but I am not certain that will happen. We'll see who the front runner is.
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jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:25:12pm |
re: #245 Gus 802
But if you win, you can live somewhere the President hasn't banned sport fishing.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:26:44pm |
re: #248 jaunte
But if you win, you can live somewhere the President hasn't banned sport fishing.
That's a relief. I'd buy up about 100,000 acres of land with lots of lakes and streams and go grenade fishing.
//
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Donna Ballard Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:27:26pm |
Think I'm gonna go take a bath. Type to you all next year. Till then keep laughing everybody!
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:29:36pm |
re: #249 Gus 802
That's a relief. I'd buy up about 100,000 acres of land with lots of lakes and streams and go grenade fishing.
//
Then the Tyrant Obama would sen his black helicopters to carry you off to a FEMA camp!!1
/Alex Jones logic
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:31:11pm |
2011. Here's hoping that Jon Stewart gets rid of Olivia Munn already.
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Bubblehead II Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:32:13pm |
re: #234 Irenicum
Agreed. But we do have to agree that the world is red in tooth and claw. I'm cool with that in its own way. But it's the intentional violence that we visit upon each other that pisses me off.
The world, no. Those species that abide upon it, yes. It's just the way it is. But once you reach a certain point on the I.Q. level you would like to believe that that level of intelligence would inform them that their actions are counter productive.
I penned this missive while I was on board the U.S.S Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730B)
The Greatest Threat To Mankind's Survival Is Not The Many Different Ideas Of What Is The Best Religion Or Government. Nor Is It The Willingness To Go To War Over Such Views.
The Greatest Threat To Mankind's Survival Is His Willingness To Develop And Use Weapons Of Such Destructive Power To Impose Those Views Upon Others Or To "Protect" Ones Own Views From A Perceived Enemy.
That missive is attached to this poster.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:42:09pm |
I hope I didn't offend or anger anyone too much with any posting recently.
As for the Nontroversy of the Year, I think the Park51 project reaction from the Republicans was probably the one that stands out in my mind.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:42:52pm |
re: #253 Bubblehead II
The world, no. Those species that abide upon it, yes. It's just the way it is. But once you reach a certain point on the I.Q. level you would like to believe that that level of intelligence would inform them that their actions are counter productive.
I penned this missive while I was on board the U.S.S Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730B)
The Greatest Threat To Mankind's Survival Is Not The Many Different Ideas Of What Is The Best Religion Or Government. Nor Is It The Willingness To Go To War Over Such Views.
The Greatest Threat To Mankind's Survival Is His Willingness To Develop And Use Weapons Of Such Destructive Power To Impose Those Views Upon Others Or To "Protect" Ones Own Views From A Perceived Enemy.
That missive is attached to this poster.
Well, in some cases that protection does not deserve the scare quotes. We hope to never have to use nuclear weapons again, but we will always need them.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:43:21pm |
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:44:31pm |
Meanwhile, Barrett Brown continues his bizarre public meltdown by taping an argument with his girlfriend's roommate, and posting it at YouTube to demonstrate his awesomeness.
The train wreck that keeps on giving.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:45:00pm |
re: #259 goddamnedfrank
That's why you should buy two.
Yeah. That way the odds are lowered to 1 in 90 million.
///
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:46:02pm |
re: #261 Gus 802
Yeah. That way the odds are lowered to 1 in 90 million.
///
Lottery.
A tax for people bad at math.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:46:39pm |
re: #260 Charles
And that is the definition of creepy. I could be mistaken, but aren't there Wire-Tapping laws against this stuff?
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:49:03pm |
re: #260 Charles
Meanwhile, Barrett Brown continues his bizarre public meltdown by taping an argument with his girlfriend's roommate. The train wreck that keeps on giving.
[Video]
Pendejo.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:49:21pm |
re: #263 ProLifeLiberal
And that is the definition of creepy. I could be mistaken, but aren't there Wire-Tapping laws against this stuff?
In some states. If he had done that in Illinois or Maryland, he'd be facing felony charges.
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Bubblehead II Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:49:22pm |
re: #258 Dark_Falcon
Well, in some cases that protection does not deserve the scare quotes. We hope to never have to use nuclear weapons again, but we will always need them.
The use of the quotes was not intended to be a "scare", but as an excuse to use them.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:49:30pm |
re: #260 Charles
Yikes. What a fruitloop.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:49:46pm |
Well, that was fun. Nothing like playing clue with two of the other three players not being readers yet.
Amazingly, I won. Might have been the fact that I got to see three of the hands.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:50:03pm |
Bright side of 2010. Discovered two fiction writers I really enjoy.
Joe Hill, Christopher Moore.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:50:04pm |
re: #260 Charles
Meanwhile, Barrett Brown continues his bizarre public meltdown by taping an argument with his girlfriend's roommate, and posting it at YouTube to demonstrate his awesomeness.
The train wreck that keeps on giving.
[Video]
Memo to Barrett Brown's girlfriend:
DUMP HIM!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:50:33pm |
re: #245 Gus 802
That's tonight? Meh, the odds are 1 in 180 million.
I'm not really much of a gambler. The whole RISK v. reward thing does not thrill me. When I go to Vegas, I'm all about slowly plunking the cheap slots while I tip a sexy waitress to quickly bring me the free booze.
But I do put a dollar down on the lotto whenever it gets big, just for the fuck of it. Like I said, I won $80 bucks on it once. Since I've put much less than that down in the 21 years that I've been old enough play, I am still ahead of that game.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:52:40pm |
re: #252 Gus 802
2011. Here's hoping that Jon Stewart gets rid of Olivia Munn already.
Now you have crossed a serious line. Just what is wrong with Olivia Munn?
I strongly suggest you choose your next words very carefully.
/:P
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:52:43pm |
Oh yeah. I should check my 1 dollar lotto ticket to see if I got the big jack pot.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:52:44pm |
Someday, she will refer to him as The Mistake.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:53:33pm |
re: #260 Charles
Meanwhile, Barrett Brown continues his bizarre public meltdown by taping an argument with his girlfriend's roommate. The train wreck that keeps on giving.
[Video]
How very very strange.
What an odd conversation; what an odd set-up, what useful language, just one of the strangest things I've ever seen.
Oh, and he writes for Vanity Fair, etc etc etc etc.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:53:38pm |
re: #266 Bubblehead II
The use of the quotes was not intended to be a "scare", but as an excuse to use them.
Understood. I know that posters limit the length of the message, I just felt a clarification was wise. Thank you for understanding.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:54:53pm |
re: #263 ProLifeLiberal
And that is the definition of creepy. I could be mistaken, but aren't there Wire-Tapping laws against this stuff?
Information should be free, man. FREE!
/ANARHY!!!
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:55:06pm |
Whoever "she" is, I suspect she'll be pretty sorry for hooking up with this loser.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:55:29pm |
re: #263 ProLifeLiberal
And that is the definition of creepy. I could be mistaken, but aren't there Wire-Tapping laws against this stuff?
In some states (Louisiana is one), recording is OK as long as one of the people being recorded is aware of it. In other words, you can legally initiate the recording of a conversation with someone, and not tell them.
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:55:53pm |
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:56:31pm |
Wow, the Geller-thing has produced an amazingly monumental tribute to herself tonight - thousands of misspelled words and megabytes of photographs. It's a real hoot! The year of the whack-a-doodle.
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Bubblehead II Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:56:46pm |
re: #269 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Bright side of 2010. Discovered two fiction writers I really enjoy.
Joe Hill, Christopher Moore.
Who? Titles and Links please.
// THE PEOPLE Lizards Have a Right To Know!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:58:34pm |
re: #283 Charles
Wow, the Geller-thing has produced an amazingly monumental tribute to herself tonight - thousands of misspelled words and megabytes of photographs. It's a real hoot! The year of the whack-a-doodle.
I just had to hack my way through some middle-school level essays.
I've had all I can take tonight.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:58:51pm |
re: #282 Gus 802
Part 2. He continues taping. He even jots down his full name at Youtube.
[Video]He was last seen at the stalker site begging for his flounce to be included in flounce of the year.
What a loser. Of course when that tape becomes more widely known the other Stalkers will be all over him with questions:
"You have a girlfriend?! What's that like?"
"You mean there life outside of my parent's basement?"
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 7:59:17pm |
re: #283 Charles
Wow, the Geller-thing has produced an amazingly monumental tribute to herself tonight - thousands of misspelled words and megabytes of photographs. It's a real hoot! The year of the whack-a-doodle.
Worthy of a thread?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:00:25pm |
We could be kind and spring for a spell check.
High schoolers can use them. All the evidence I have seen is that middle schoolers can't.
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prairiefire Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:00:32pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:00:52pm |
Evening lizards!
The new year begins in 1 hour here.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:01:06pm |
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webevintage Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:02:19pm |
Hello everyone!
Got my lottery ticket standing by...
Had ribeyes on the grill earlier and a couple of lovely drinks.
Watching/listening to Live from Lincoln Center...hubby is already asleep.
I don't know about all of those other outrages all I know is Obama is giving NY back to the Indians.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:02:40pm |
re: #292 webevintage
Hello everyone!
Got my lottery ticket standing by...
Had ribeyes on the grill earlier and a couple of lovely drinks.
Watching/listening to Live from Lincoln Center...hubby is already asleep.I don't know about all of those other outrages all I know is Obama is giving NY back to the Indians.
How well do they shovel snow?
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:03:43pm |
re: #291 reine.de.tout
Random dudes in the bathroom?
Yeah. She sounds like a real ditz too. I think ol' BB is having a breakdown of sorts.
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A Man for all Seasons Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:03:53pm |
Mr. Brown...You ever come to my house and talk trash to anyone there..You little cutie..I'd knock the fuck out of you..Bitch...Enjoy that Youtube video punk
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:04:44pm |
re: #284 Bubblehead II
Who? Titles and Links please.
// THE
PEOPLELizards Have a Right To Know!
Joe Hill (I just found out) is Stephen King's son.
Titles, Heart Shaped Box and Horns (which was fascinating)
Christopher Moore.
Titles, You Suck, A Dirty Job, and Lamb (which I am just about to finish)
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prairiefire Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:05:09pm |
re: #292 webevintage
Hello everyone!
Got my lottery ticket standing by...
Had ribeyes on the grill earlier and a couple of lovely drinks.
Watching/listening to Live from Lincoln Center...hubby is already asleep.I don't know about all of those other outrages all I know is Obama is giving NY back to the Indians.
My hubby is nodding off with his Blackberry in his hand.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:05:27pm |
re: #291 reine.de.tout
The 'asshole' room mate has a point. You just don't bring random dudes/breezies home when you're sharing a place with someone else. That's just basic Bro/Chick Code 101.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:06:45pm |
re: #298 prairiefire
My hubby is nodding off with his Blackberry in his hand.
I just call that "masturbating".
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Gus Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:07:11pm |
re: #297 jaunte
She sounds a little like Victoria Jackson.
Exactly! I was searching for the name just a minute ago. I'm sure Barrett isn't the type to look for an intellectual equal. Although he is as we used to call a pseudo-intellectual. He's extremely immature that for sure.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:07:40pm |
re: #299 Irenicum
Same here.
I was listening to my XM radio before. They have a live Little Feat concert on right now. They are bringing in the new year with a great band.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:07:43pm |
re: #300 Slumbering Behemoth
The 'asshole' room mate has a point. You just don't bring random dudes/breezies home when you're sharing a place with someone else. That's just basic Bro/Chick Code 101.
Yeah, as I listened, I was thinking if the roomie was that upset about it, this is a regular thing, it had nothing to do with Barrett, just his girlfriend's habits.
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jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:08:29pm |
re: #303 Gus 802
I'm not buying the logical leap that a published author is above suspicion when it comes to lifting things that might be hocked to pay the efficiency rent.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:10:25pm |
re: #306 jaunte
I'm not buying the logical leap that a published author is above suspicion when it comes to lifting things that might be hocked to pay the efficiency rent.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:11:20pm |
re: #300 Slumbering Behemoth
The 'asshole' room mate has a point. You just don't bring random dudes/breezies home when you're sharing a place with someone else. That's just basic Bro/Chick Code 101.
Yes but BB is just like his hero, Julian Assange: He's consumed with love of self. He's the kind who think that a roommate should be grateful he looks at her and thus should accept whatever his august person requires.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:12:25pm |
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:14:16pm |
re: #309 Dark_Falcon
He does have a certain sense of "self' doesn't he?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:17:46pm |
Not sure how I got there, but I'm currently looking at photos of various monarchs around the world, and I would like to thank George Washington for not starting a tradition of a Christmas message which I would in any way feel obligated to pay attention to.
Also, for not wearing a funny fur hat.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:20:16pm |
re: #311 Irenicum
He does have a certain sense of "self' doesn't he?
Yep. It's the same kind of tech-wiz sense of superiority. His forum personas are as follows:
and of course
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:20:39pm |
re: #312 EmmmieG
Your's is simply the most lovely avatar in LGF history, IMO.
Happy New Year, Emmmie.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:20:46pm |
re: #301 Irenicum
Yep. Been there done that.
Had the tv and the jewelery stolen to prove it.
Well, my mom had some jewelery stolen from her by a relative of a room mate. Nothing really expensive, but irreplaceable in it's sentimental value. A family heirloom passed to her from my great grandmother, who had obtained it from her mother.
Worthless to pawn, but worth more than money to my mom.
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:22:32pm |
re: #315 Slumbering Behemoth
That seriously sucks. Sorry man.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:26:38pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:26:38pm |
re: #305 reine.de.tout
A good buddy of mine wanted to bring a breezy by my place some years back, to show off "the score" he landed I suppose. One night stand sort of thing.
I told him "I don't know her, and I don't know who she talks to. Don't bring that bitch by my place. I may not have much, but I intend to keep what I got".
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jaunte Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:27:22pm |
The New Year's Eve Project: A Documentary Photo Essay
For 27 years, photographer Jill Waterman has been globe-trotting, documenting New Year's Eve celebrations, including the crowds of New York's Times Square, folkloric rituals in Quito, Ecuador, Hogmanay in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the arrival of the new millennium in Bethlehem, Israel.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:29:30pm |
From the National Inquirer...Bill tells Hillary she's too fat.
Super-busy HILLARY CLINTON has packed on 40 extra pounds - and she blew up at former tubby hubby when BILL suggested that she check into a fat farm!
In the past four months, the secretary of state has ballooned to a hefty 171 pounds while criss-crossing the globe on diplomatic missions and dealing with the WikiLeaks scandal, sources say.
The 63-year-old politician has been binge eating instead of exercising, and ex-president Bill made the mistake of telling his 5-foot-7 wife that she was looking chunky, insiders say.
"With her nonstop workload, Hillary has ditched her regular gym schedule. She's been eating rich, fatty foods while dining with heads of state around the globe - and it's no wonder she's gained 40 pounds in the last four months. Now she's hit an all-time personal high of 171 pounds," a Clinton friend told The ENQUIRER.
"Poor Hillary feels terrible about the way she looks, but she is so busy she isn't making time for her own needs."
Making things even worse is her husband of 35 years - who's battled his own weight woes until becoming thinner recently. Bill pointed out that she needed to do something, sources say
.
"When Hillary asked him how she looked, he told her, 'You're huge! You need to go to a fat farm!'"Then he made things worse by saying treadmills and stair climbers were fun," a pal told The ENQUIRER.
"Hillary exploded!"
Dude, don't you know you never tell your wife she's fat?
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:30:32pm |
re: #321 NJDhockeyfan
From the National Inquirer...Bill tells Hillary she's too fat.
Dude, don't you know you never tell your wife she's fat?
Right... you just get rid of her... fast.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:31:02pm |
re: #321 NJDhockeyfan
Well... I can think of things he had to tell her that were worse.
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blueraven Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:32:37pm |
re: #321 NJDhockeyfan
From the National Inquirer...Bill tells Hillary she's too fat.
Dude, don't you know you never tell your wife she's fat?
That's just tacky tabloid trash right there. But thanks for sharing, I guess.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:34:03pm |
re: #324 blueraven
That's just tacky tabloid trash right there. But thanks for sharing, I guess.
The National Inquirer is all about tacky tabloid stories and this one is funny you have to admit.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:34:24pm |
re: #323 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Well... I can think of things he had to tell her that were worse.
As far as my wife it's concerned, it's when I tell her
"Honey ,, I'm HOME!"
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:34:51pm |
re: #324 blueraven
That's just tacky tabloid trash right there. But thanks for sharing, I guess.
Just like the Clintons.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:35:54pm |
re: #316 Irenicum
Word. Just another object lesson on why you don't bring people you don't know into your home.
I learned that lesson at a young age, running with the kind of people I ran with, doing the kinds of things they did. You just don't let random people know what you do or what you have.
And it ain't even about that one random person. They could be decent, but have a big enough mouth to say something about your situation in front of the wrong people.
Way back, a buddy of mine had his product stolen twice in a row, and ended up indebted to some pretty serious characters. It all worked out eventually, but I was fearing for his life there for a little while.
Loose lips do sink ships.
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blueraven Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:36:17pm |
re: #325 NJDhockeyfan
The National Inquirer is all about tacky tabloid stories and this one is funny you have to admit.
If by funny, you mean stupid...
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sattv4u2 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:37:27pm |
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Irenicum Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:37:28pm |
re: #328 Slumbering Behemoth
What we say and who we hang with with do make a big difference don't they?
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blueraven Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:38:22pm |
re: #327 Walter L. Newton
Just like the Clintons.
And the Palins, but I dont usually see people here quoting the National Enquirer about them.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:39:01pm |
re: #329 blueraven
If by funny, you mean stupid...
No, it's funny. Fucking hilarious. This is better than the lamp tossing story.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:39:40pm |
re: #332 blueraven
And the Palins, but I dont usually see people here quoting the National Enquirer about them.
Right... we just make up shit as we go along... the Palins are in your brain.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:40:10pm |
re: #332 blueraven
And the Palins, but I dont usually see people here quoting the National Enquirer about them.
Oh, chill out. We know, and everyone with a measurable IQ knows, that he's too smart to do that.
Not unless he wants his ipod embedded in his forehead.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:40:13pm |
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sattv4u2 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:40:14pm |
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sattv4u2 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:41:08pm |
re: #338 Walter L. Newton
Honestly folks... I don't celebrate pagan based holidays like New Years.
In that case, when the Chinese Food shows up that I ordered for you, pay for it yourself!
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bratwurst Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:41:39pm |
re: #332 blueraven
And the Palins, but I dont usually see people here quoting the National Enquirer about them.
Earlier in the year we had links to a ridiculous tabloid story about Obama cheating on his wife with an ultra sincere "I pray this is not true!"
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sattv4u2 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:44:58pm |
re: #332 blueraven
And the Palins, but I dont usually see people here quoting the National Enquirer about them.
[Link: www.nationalenquirer.com...]
There
Happy?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:45:17pm |
re: #341 bratwurst
Honestly? I would be devastated.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:46:26pm |
re: #332 blueraven
And the Palins, but I dont usually see people here quoting the National Enquirer about them.
You had to find a way to add Palin to this story, didn't you? I don't think there is a day that goes by here that Palin isn't mentioned. Chill out, the Clintons can be laughed at once in a while.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:46:31pm |
re: #331 Irenicum
What we say and who we hang with with do make a big difference don't they?
True. Yet even if the "right" person drops a word around the "wrong" kind of people, you could have problems. Not everyone gets that.
For instance, people love to steal guns. If I owned a firearm of any kind for home defense or whatever, not even my closest friend would know it.
It's not that I don't trust my friends. I am absurdly scrutinizing in that department. It's just, I don't always know how many details they might let slip when they've had a few drinks or whatever.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:46:49pm |
re: #341 bratwurst
Oog. ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's show has Jenny McCarthy as one of the on-camera people this year. At one time I would have thought this a good thing, because she has an excellent 'host' persona. But her anti-vaxer actions now leave me slightly disgusted at the sight of her. Bad Craziness ruins ones image in my eyes.
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blueraven Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:47:07pm |
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sattv4u2 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:47:38pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:48:20pm |
12 minutes to go. May 2011 be much better than 2010.
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blueraven Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:48:59pm |
re: #344 NJDhockeyfan
You had to find a way to add Palin to this story, didn't you? I don't think there is a day that goes by here that Palin isn't mentioned. Chill out, the Clintons can be laughed at once in a while.
Whaaaa!
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blueraven Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:49:44pm |
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sattv4u2 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:50:23pm |
re: #350 blueraven
Whaaa!
Actually, from here in the cheap seats, it looked as if it were you that was "Whaaa!"ing at the mere negative mention of Saint Bill
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blueraven Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:51:36pm |
re: #352 sattv4u2
Actually, from here in the cheap seats, it looked as if it were you that was "Whaaa!"ing at the mere negative mention of Saint Bill
LOL!
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:51:52pm |
re: #352 sattv4u2
Actually, from here in the cheap seats, it looked as if it were you that was "Whaaa!"ing at the mere negative mention of Saint Bill
That's how I saw it too. I don't know how anyone could shed a tear for the Clintons.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:53:04pm |
Ah well
I have work to do here
SAee you all in 2011!~!
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sattv4u2 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:53:25pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:53:54pm |
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sattv4u2 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:55:03pm |
re: #357 NJDhockeyfan
That's 6 minutes away!
Depends on your timezone
Yes,, 6 here in the east, but we have clients across the country! So every hour I have things to do
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Mr Pancakes Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:56:19pm |
re: #229 Charles
On the other hand, tomorrow will be 1/1/11, and how cool is that?
11/11/11 is going to be cooler.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 8:58:38pm |
re: #358 sattv4u2
Depends on your timezone
Yes,, 6 here in the east, but we have clients across the country! So every hour I have things to do
More reasons to drink!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:00:25pm |
re: #360 NJDhockeyfan
You need reasons now? Where was I when that meeting took place?
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Mr Pancakes Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:04:37pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:07:12pm |
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Mr Pancakes Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:13:19pm |
re: #365 NJDhockeyfan
You missed it!
It will be New Years when the minions here unleash their fireworks from Mexico.
Please tell me they didn't bring out Dick Clark this year.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Dec 31, 2010 9:37:22pm |
re: #352 sattv4u2
Actually, from here in the cheap seats, it looked as if it were you that was "Whaaa!"ing at the mere negative mention of Saint Bill
There's quite a lot that Bill Clinton can be held accountable for, but telling his wife she's fat in a National Enquirer exclusive probably isn't one of them.
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Henchman 25 Fri, Dec 31, 2010 10:09:44pm |
Anything and everything uttered by Glenn Beck.
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daliarose Sat, Jan 1, 2011 1:08:43am |
Obama's giving Manhattan back to the Indians. Number one nontroversy.
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simoom Sat, Jan 1, 2011 8:49:04am |
Another nomination: Six Flags' "Muslim Family Day" disrespects the memory of 9/11
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KathyP Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:27:15am |
Palin being accused of taking a hair stylist with her to Haiti, when in fact, it was daughter Bristol who was photographed fixing Sarah's hair.
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Lidane Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:40:56am |
re: #369 SidewaysQuark
That's not a nontroversy except in that the pastor was a proudly ignorant and shameless attention whore. Burning a sacred text of any religion is a Bad Idea, and if they'd gone through with it, the consequences would have been huge.
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Gus Sat, Jan 1, 2011 9:53:24am |
Couple more:
• President Obama on The View Leads to Wingnut Outrage - The Bush Family was on Dr. Phil
• Right Wing: Oh Noes! NASA Doing Muslim Outreach! (VIDEO)
Thinking about it this morning. The number one outrageous outrage (or nontroversy) of the year 2010 has to be Park 51/Cordoba House/"Ground Zero Mosque".
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rwmofo Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:15:43am |
re: #56 Charles
I was trying to think of an equivalent left wing nontroversy to some of these, but I'm drawing a blank.
I recommend the media/left's ongoing hatred of and obsession with Sarah Palin. Here we have a beautiful, happy, successful woman in the private sector whose daily actions and decisions have absolutely no affect on any of us. She's guilty of being a likable, conservative Republican who is loved by millions on the right. For this, she must be demonized by a huge percentage of prominent, left-leaning media outlets.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Jan 1, 2011 10:29:51am |
re: #376 rwmofo
I think you're a little unclear on the concept. "Nontroversy" means the underlying premise is bogus, but in the case of Sarah Palin she really is a dim-witted fanatic who lies to the public on a regular basis in order to stoke right wing fears of just about everything.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Jan 1, 2011 1:51:55pm |
re: #376 rwmofo
I recommend the media/left's ongoing hatred of and obsession with Sarah Palin. Here we have a beautiful, happy, successful woman in the private sector whose daily actions and decisions have absolutely no affect on any of us. She's guilty of being a likable, conservative Republican who is loved by millions on the right. For this, she must be demonized by a huge percentage of prominent, left-leaning media outlets.
man, i am glad I don't vote with my dick
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philosophus invidius Sat, Jan 1, 2011 2:06:04pm |
Obama sides with our Enemies by refusing go to Arlington Cemetery on Memorial Day!
He did attended a (rained-out) service at a military cemetery in Chicago instead, but I'm pretty sure that's not even in the real America.
[Link: mediamatters.org...]
FYI: previous Presidents who sometimes were not at Arlington include: Reagan, GHW Bush, GW Bush.
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philosophus invidius Sat, Jan 1, 2011 2:18:11pm |
Bonus Arlington Red State nontroversy:
Image: ericksonmemorialdaytweet.jpg
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Lidane Sat, Jan 1, 2011 3:48:17pm |
re: #376 rwmofo
Looks like Rich Lowry wasn't the only one infected with starbursts in 2008. Heh.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Jan 1, 2011 4:31:31pm |
re: #381 Lidane
Looks like Rich Lowry wasn't the only one infected with starbursts in 2008. Heh.
rwmofo must find illiteracy sexy :D
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Ming Sun, Jan 2, 2011 9:38:37am |
For an outrage from 2010, how about Sharron Angle's response to a reporter: "I'll talk to the press after I'm elected." In 2010, Palin, Angle, O'Donnell, and a few others expressed their contempt for the media with great clarity and openness.
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ClaudeMonet Sun, Jan 2, 2011 7:54:33pm |
re: #174 albusteve
it's a breezy 20 here in ABQ and the temp is plummeting down to near zero...coldest in 6 years I've been here...why does God hate Albuquerque?
Because New Mexico votes blue in a sea of red?
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ClaudeMonet Sun, Jan 2, 2011 8:17:34pm |
The party out of power always makes the biggest stink out of little or nothing, so all of the Outrageous Outrages I can think for 2010 come from the right. I think Park 51 takes the prize, but it's a tough call.
That said--I haven't been around lately, probably to no one's displeasure, but it was good to sign on tonight. May the new year be a happy, healthy, peaceful, successful one for everyone here. Be secure in the knowledge that there are at least a few sane people left in the world, and that some of them hang out here. Hope and/or pray that the fanatics of the world, domestic or international, do not get their way this year or ever. Be kind to your families and friends, be gracious whenever possible, be patient and understanding with the dull of mind, and treat everyone with respect. Expect the same from others, and don't be afraid to "lower the boom" if they keep on behaving badly.
Be well.
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