Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment. Humanity is in “final exam” as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in Universe.
— Buckminster Fuller
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laZardo Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:20:38pm |
We've made enough plastic. - George Carlin
Also, heading home from class. BBL
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:22:13pm |
I'm watching some episodes of "Outsourced" now. My Indian coworker has mixed feelings about it. She thinks it's funny, but a little offensive.
Anyway, the American who's been sent to take over the call center in India is in the cafeteria at the company now, and there are these giant tubs of Indian food on a steam table, and he's looking at them really dubiously. And all I can think is "Oh, get out of the way and let me at that stuff"!
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:24:58pm |
They decided the cow wasn't eligible.
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Kronocide Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:25:37pm |
re: #3 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm watching some episodes of "Outsourced" now. My Indian coworker has mixed feelings about it. She thinks it's funny, but a little offensive.
Anyway, the American who's been sent to take over the call center in India is in the cafeteria at the company now, and there are these giant tubs of Indian food on a steam table, and he's looking at them really dubiously. And all I can think is "Oh, get out of the way and let me at that stuff"!
We just got an Indian place here in Kona! Finally.
I lived in Fremont for 3 years before moving here and got spoiled on easy to access high quality Indian food.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:26:31pm |
re: #6 BigPapa
We just got an Indian place here in Kona! Finally.
I lived in Fremont for 3 years before moving here and got spoiled on easy to access high quality Indian food.
Fremont!
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:33:20pm |
"Americans, we can have fun and be holy at the same time. Next question?"
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FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:35:36pm |
Now I'm hungry. I want that spinach and goat cheese thing.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:39:40pm |
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FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:41:03pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:41:50pm |
I think we should go out to lunch together. You seem to like most of my favorite foods.
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FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:42:31pm |
re: #16 SanFranciscoZionist
I think we should go out to lunch together. You seem to like most of my favorite foods.
lunch and shopping is what I do best. Next week? I'll pick you up at O'hare.
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Alexzander Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:43:47pm |
re: #3 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm watching some episodes of "Outsourced" now. My Indian coworker has mixed feelings about it. She thinks it's funny, but a little offensive.
I watched part of the film version over the holidays with my mum and I found it pretty painful. Way too much tokening, combined with way too much stereotypical indian enlightenment experience.
That being said, I love both palak paneer and spanikopita. Also, two of my favourite things to make with my partner. We might actually make palak paneer tomorrow.
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FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:44:59pm |
re: #18 Alexzander
I watched part of the film version over the holidays with my mum and I found it pretty painful. Way too much tokening, combined with way too much stereotypical indian enlightenment experience.
That being said, I love both palak paneer and spanikopita. Also, two of my favourite things to make with my partner. We might actually make palak paneer tomorrow.
Great! what can I bring?
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Eclectic Infidel Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:45:38pm |
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FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:46:16pm |
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Alexzander Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:46:32pm |
re: #19 ggt
Great! what can I bring?
I usually like to combine palak paneer with a vindaloo. Or you can bring some wine and nan.
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FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:47:06pm |
re: #22 Alexzander
I usually like to combine palak paneer with a vindaloo. Or you can bring some wine and nan.
I'll bring the wine. Any preference?
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Steve Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:48:27pm |
Good old 'Bucky's' coinvention
[Link: www.washedashore.com...]
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FemNaziBitch Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:51:25pm |
Have a great evening/morning all!
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:52:14pm |
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goddamnedfrank Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:52:14pm |
"I do not look upon human beings as good or bad. I don't think of my feet as a right foot and a wrong foot. My feet are exactly the inside-out reverse of each other in physical patterning (pull the rubber glove off one hand, insideouting it, and find it fits the other hand). Physics has found no straight lines--only waves. All courses are steered by alternate right and left veering. I see the human scene in the same way. There have to be humans to perform all the right-left evolutionary interfunctionings."
-R. Buckminster Fuller
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ProBosniaLiberal Mon, Jan 3, 2011 10:58:22pm |
re: #26 SanFranciscoZionist
I hope I didn't offend you very much in the last thread. I have a different viewpoint on the I-P conflict.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jan 3, 2011 11:00:41pm |
re: #28 ProLifeLiberal
I hope I didn't offend you very much in the last thread. I have a different viewpoint on the I-P conflict.
You didn't offend me, and I was interested to see the poll you mentioned.
I do believe that al-Aqsa is in no danger.
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Alexzander Mon, Jan 3, 2011 11:18:09pm |
I'm having late night cinnamon toast and trying to decide if I should start a film or head to bed.
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Escaped Hillbilly Tue, Jan 4, 2011 2:24:03am |
A very short article on Army Times makes me wonder how a 25 year old "gun runner" got a $300 contract with the Pentagon.
A 25-year-old self-described "gun runner" faces federal prison time for defrauding the federal government in a $300 million Pentagon ammunition contract.Miami Beach-based AEY Inc. President Efraim Diveroli pleaded guilty to a conspiracy involving the illegal shipment of Chinese bullets to Afghan forces allied with the U.S.
Diveroli faces up to five years behind bars and a $250,000 fine at his sentencing hearing Monday afternoon in Miami federal court.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 3:45:23am |
Damn heater's broken.
/Any one mind if I set off a small multi-kiloton device?
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researchok Tue, Jan 4, 2011 3:51:10am |
re: #37 Varek Raith
Damn heater's broken.
/Any one mind if I set off a small multi-kiloton device?
Damn.
How long have you had no heat?
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 3:51:42am |
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researchok Tue, Jan 4, 2011 3:53:36am |
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 3:55:30am |
re: #40 researchok
Gas or electric?
Are there kids in the house?
Gas.
I'm all by myself.
It's the auto-pilot lighter. The safety feature kicks in and prevents it from lighting. Which is cool.
So I just turned off the heater all together. Just to be safe.
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researchok Tue, Jan 4, 2011 3:56:19am |
re: #41 Varek Raith
Gas.
I'm all by myself.
It's the auto-pilot lighter. The safety feature kicks in and prevents it from lighting. Which is cool.
So I just turned off the heater all together. Just to be safe.
Good idea.
I guess you'll be waiting for the service guy.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 3:57:04am |
re: #42 researchok
Good idea.
I guess you'll be waiting for the service guy.
Yep. It's 16 degrees now, but will be in the mid 40's today. So, it's not all bad.
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researchok Tue, Jan 4, 2011 3:57:45am |
re: #43 Varek Raith
Yep. It's 16 degrees now, but will be in the mid 40's today. So, it's not all bad.
Double paned windows, I hope
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 3:59:54am |
re: #44 researchok
Double paned windows, I hope
No, but I'll be fine.
When I was a kid we had no electricity for 2 weeks after the blizzard of '96.
I'll manage a few hours.
:)
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researchok Tue, Jan 4, 2011 4:01:37am |
When you were a kid, it was an adventure.
Now it's a pain in the ass.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 4:02:31am |
re: #47 researchok
When you were a kid, it was an adventure.
Now it's a pain in the ass.
Lol, true.
There were 8 foot snow drifts. Freaking awesome.
Now?
I hate snow.
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researchok Tue, Jan 4, 2011 4:05:38am |
re: #48 Varek Raith
Lol, true.
There were 8 foot snow drifts. Freaking awesome.
Now?
I hate snow.
I hear that.
When I was a kid, we had a massive blizzard hit the UK and Europe.
Naturally, a British paper headline read, "Storm Lashes Europe: Continent Cut Off"
My dad had that paper front page framed. It hangs in his den.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 4:07:39am |
re: #50 researchok
I hear that.
When I was a kid, we had a massive blizzard hit the UK and Europe.
Naturally, a British paper headline read, "Storm Lashes Europe: Continent Cut Off"
My dad had that paper front page framed. It hangs in his den.
Hah!
I like unintentionally funny headlines.
My favorite;
[Link: www.reuters.com...]
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researchok Tue, Jan 4, 2011 4:09:02am |
re: #51 Varek Raith
Hah!
I like unintentionally funny headlines.
My favorite;
[Link: www.reuters.com...]
That's good!
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 4:11:02am |
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Obdicut Tue, Jan 4, 2011 4:24:36am |
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reine.de.tout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 4:58:08am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:00:21am |
re: #56 reine.de.tout
Great. Lead underpants.
/
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:02:43am |
re: #41 Varek Raith
Gas.
I'm all by myself.
It's the auto-pilot lighter. The safety feature kicks in and prevents it from lighting. Which is cool.
So I just turned off the heater all together. Just to be safe.
Does it give you a blinking code to tell you what the problem is?
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Flounder Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:14:50am |
re: #56 reine.de.tout
I wonder if they fit over my charcoal lined underpants?!
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:16:31am |
re: #58 RogueOne
Does it give you a blinking code to tell you what the problem is?
Nope, as the thermostat is about 40 years old... The furnace is only 5 years old. Landlord can't be bothered to replace the thermostat.
9_9
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:18:06am |
re: #60 Varek Raith
Nope, as the thermostat is about 40 years old... The furnace is only 5 years old. Landlord can't be bothered to replace the thermostat.
9_9
That was my second question, own or rent. Let "the man" fix it.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:19:35am |
re: #62 RogueOne
That was my second question, own or rent. Let "the man" fix it.
That's the plan.
I got hot coffee and a thermal blanket.
:)
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:22:19am |
Tucker Carlson takes it back:
Tucker on Vick: ‘Of course I don’t think he should be executed’
[Link: dailycaller.com...]
“This is what happens when you get too emotional and I did,” Carlson said. “Look, the bottom line is I’m a dog lover. You know, I’ve had dogs my whole life. We have three now, I love them. I know a lot about what Michael Vick did – what he admitted doing and I’m not going to get into it on the show because it is too upsetting. Anybody who takes some time to look into how he mistreated these dogs and personally tortured them to death, gets upset and I, you know I overspoke. I’m uncomfortable with the death penalty under any circumstances. Of course I don’t think he should be executed. I do think what he did was appalling. “
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reine.de.tout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:23:13am |
re: #63 Varek Raith
That's the plan.
I got hot coffee and a thermal blanket.
:)
You don't have a heated mattress pad?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:35:25am |
re: #64 RogueOne
I've said things I'd like to take back in my life.
I'm just glad there was not a camera in my face when I said the dumbest things I've said.
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:43:29am |
re: #66 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I've said things I'd like to take back in my life.
I'm just glad there was not a camera in my face when I said the dumbest things I've said.
I can see that but I'd like to see Vick get hit by a bus and I'd happily say it to his face.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:47:42am |
re: #67 RogueOne
Nah. The guy did his time. As a real animal lover (snort) I find his resurgence good.
Let's just hope he is a monumentally better person than he used to be.
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Surabaya Stew Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:51:17am |
re: #67 RogueOne
I can see that but I'd like to see Vick get hit by a bus and I'd happily say it to his face.
That's not the correct karmatic punishment for Vick. Being mauled in the crotch by angry dogs is!
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:52:45am |
re: #69 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
The personality traits that allow a person to kill a dog by holding it by its legs and slamming it into the ground or holding its head in a bucket of water to drown don't go away after a year in a minimum security fed facility. The planet would be a better place if he weren't on it.
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Ericus58 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:55:39am |
re: #3 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm watching some episodes of "Outsourced" now. My Indian coworker has mixed feelings about it. She thinks it's funny, but a little offensive.
Anyway, the American who's been sent to take over the call center in India is in the cafeteria at the company now, and there are these giant tubs of Indian food on a steam table, and he's looking at them really dubiously. And all I can think is "Oh, get out of the way and let me at that stuff"!
I was introduced to Outsourced by two of my Indian co-workers who like it.
I like it more than my wife.
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:06:39am |
Speaking of football...As a colts fan I'd like to thank the texans and jags for keeping their coaches and keeping Cowher out of the AFC south. Much appreciated.
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prairiefire Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:20:30am |
President Obama's job approval rating raises to 50%:[Link: www.politicsdaily.com...]
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garhighway Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:21:16am |
Morning, all.
Here's a carryover thought from the last thread. What is worse: putting the US into default because you don't like debt or threatening to do it because you want to achieve some other political goal? Or is it all just politics as usual, and we should pay no attention?
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:30:51am |
re: #76 garhighway
Morning, all.
Here's a carryover thought from the last thread. What is worse: putting the US into default because you don't like debt or threatening to do it because you want to achieve some other political goal? Or is it all just politics as usual, and we should pay no attention?
Not raising the debt ceiling doesn't equate to a "default", that's hyperbole.
2nd, it's politics as usual:
2006:
[Link: www.senate.gov...]
Notice anything about the vote?
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Obdicut Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:34:47am |
re: #77 RogueOne
Actually blocking it wouldn't be politics as usual. You'll notice that's a straight up-and-down vote, not a cloture vote.
There are often cases where Democrats or Republicans will vote against a bill because they know that it will pass anyway and they're puffing themselves up. That's politics as normal.
Actually blocking the passage of needed bills isn't politics as usual.
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M. Dubious Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:35:50am |
re: #78 Obdicut
Actually blocking it wouldn't be politics as usual. You'll notice that's a straight up-and-down vote, not a cloture vote.
There are often cases where Democrats or Republicans will vote against a bill because they know that it will pass anyway and they're puffing themselves up. That's politics as normal.
Actually blocking the passage of needed bills isn't politics as usual.
Maybe we get a new usual.
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:47:17am |
re: #78 Obdicut
I believe I said "politics as usual", thank you for pointing that out.
I'm not sure I'm seeing where you disagree. Soon there will be a vote to raise the debt ceiling, both sides will take 180 degree opposite views than they held in 2006, and the debt ceiling will be raised again. Is your point that Dems were actually for raising the ceiling in '06?
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laZardo Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:51:07am |
And now for something completely different, the 300 millionth post on /b/ is...France.
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:58:30am |
re: #81 laZardo
300,000,000 is a shit-load of posts. How did you come up with that?
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BongCrodny Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:00:40am |
re: #57 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Great. Lead underpants.
/
I've always had this phobia about Superman looking at my junk, so I'm in favor!
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:02:07am |
re: #63 Varek Raith
....Tell the landlord that you have a truck load of firewood on it's way
and to take his time fixing the heater!
When he realizes you have no fire place he'll be there in a jiffy!!
...I'm a stinker!!
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albusteve Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:04:49am |
re: #67 RogueOne
I can see that but I'd like to see Vick get hit by a bus and I'd happily say it to his face.
Dallas knocked the shit out of him two games ago....6 sacks and bunch more hard hits....he didn't play this past week
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:05:30am |
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. Things in Pakistan are going south in a serious way. A day after one of the coalition parties decided to jump from Prime Minister Gilani's coalition - throwing the parliament into turmoil, a key ally to President Zardari was assassinated by his own security guard over the fact that the guard was pissed that Salman Taseer, a provincial governor of one of the country's largest provinces, was not supporting the death sentence handed down against a Christian woman accused of blasphemy.
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:06:27am |
Oh...and good morning !
it 19dig!
Today....I'm a plumber...inside work anyway!!
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:07:21am |
Capt. Owen Honors will be relieved of his command of the USS Enterprise, senior defense official tells CNN.
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:07:50am |
re: #88 lawhawk
You can't pull a country out of the DARK AGES without a light switch!
,,,,Sad
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rwdflynavy Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:08:18am |
re: #91 Varek Raith
Capt. Owen Honors will be relieved of his command of the USS Enterprise, senior defense official tells CNN.
What a moron (said with the respect due a senior Naval Officer...)
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:08:37am |
re: #90 Varek Raith
I now have heat!
That was quick.
:)
I still think I like my fire wood idea!....Or did you call?LOL
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:15:32am |
re: #93 rwdflynavy
What a moron (said with the respect due a senior Naval Officer...)
Seriously.
Who would want to ruin the awesome ability to say that you're the Captain of the USS Enterprise?!
Sheesh.
;)
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:19:43am |
re: #89 reloadingisnotahobby
Oh...and good morning !
it 19dig!
Today...I'm a plumber...inside work anyway!!
It's 15 degrees (f) right now. Weather report this morning says we are going to get another arctic blast by early next week... no major snow predicted, but another below zero spell.
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rwdflynavy Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:46:27am |
re: #95 Varek Raith
Seriously.
Who would want to ruin the awesome ability to say that you're the Captain of the USS Enterprise?!
Sheesh.
;)
I'm going to make a seriously inappropriate video and broadcast it to 5000 people. What could possibly go wrong!
//
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sattv4u2 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:50:18am |
re: #96 Walter L. Newton
It's 15 degrees (f) right now. Weather report this morning says we are going to get another arctic blast by early next week... no major snow predicted, but another below zero spell.
Sounds like many of my report cards from 4th through 7th grades!!
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sattv4u2 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:50:58am |
re: #95 Varek Raith
Seriously.
Who would want to ruin the awesome ability to say that you're the Captain of the USS Enterprise?!
Sheesh.
;)
I'd only want to say that to impress the green chicks!!
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:55:18am |
re: #95 Varek Raith
Seriously.
Who would want to ruin the awesome ability to say that you're the Captain of the USS Enterprise?!
Sheesh.
;)
No shit, how cool would that be!
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sattv4u2 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:56:11am |
re: #80 RogueOne
Is your point that Dems were actually for raising the ceiling in '06?
Haven't had time to research it yet, but yesterday I heard the Pres Obama voted a big fat "NAY" in '06
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sattv4u2 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:56:49am |
re: #101 ggt
How is everyone this morning?
Sore
Damn, I'm getting old
Took down all the outdoor Christmas decorations yesterday
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:57:55am |
re: #103 sattv4u2
Sore
Damn, I'm getting oldTook down all the outdoor Christmas decorations yesterday
Don't I know it. Someone told me that we are supposed to be thankful for all the aches and pains because it means we are still alive.
I really don't agree.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:59:44am |
re: #104 ggt
Don't I know it. Someone told me that we are supposed to be thankful for all the aches and pains because it means we are still alive.
I really don't agree.
Hyperchicken: Son, as your lawyer, I declare y'all are in a 12-piece bucket o' trouble. But I done struck you a deal: Five hours of community service cleanin' up that ol' mess you caused.
Bender: Five hours? Aw, man! Couldn't you have just got me the death penalty?
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KingKenrod Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:01:16am |
re: #77 RogueOne
Not raising the debt ceiling doesn't equate to a "default", that's hyperbole.
2nd, it's politics as usual:
2006:
[Link: www.senate.gov...]Notice anything about the vote?
The majority party usually wants to spend and the minority party wants to obstruct spending because obstruction is the only leverage they have to get what they want (which is usually more spending). Of course, almost no one is actually interested in limiting government growth. This is because most voters see the US government as a giant credit card that they never have to pay the bill for. I think holding the debt ceiling hostage is crazy, but maybe at least some people will become aware that the US is borrowing money just to pay debt service, and maybe people should start worrying the a real default is possible down the road once the US can no longer borrow at a reasonable price.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:02:48am |
re: #105 Varek Raith
Hyperchicken: Son, as your lawyer, I declare y'all are in a 12-piece bucket o' trouble. But I done struck you a deal: Five hours of community service cleanin' up that ol' mess you caused.
Bender: Five hours? Aw, man! Couldn't you have just got me the death penalty?
Varek, you are bizarre. But, I like bizarre.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:03:37am |
re: #107 ggt
Varek, you are bizarre. But, I like bizarre.
Morbo: Morbo can't understand his teleprompter. He forgot how you say that letter that's shaped like a man wearing a hat.
Linda: It's a T. It goes "tuh".
Morbo: Hello, little man. I will destroy you!
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:04:20am |
So... the pellet stove wasn't on this morning, I checked, looks like one of the kids kept trying to restart it over and over, instead of waiting for the ignitor to obtain the right temperature to ignite the wood pellets.
The fire pot was overflowing with pellets. I clean it out, and then notice, the ceramic cover for the thermocouple is missing. Ya know why? Because it can fall off the thermocouple into the ash pan, if smacked with a vacuum cleaner or dislodged somehow, and kids, WHO CAN'T SEE PAST THIER NOSE, will vacuum it up when cleaning out the ash pan. We've lost one before, they have been warned to be careful, make sure they are not knocking it off, make sure it's not in the ash pan, make sure you are not sucking it up into the vacuum.
That doesn't help worth a shit.
But the really annoying thing is the cost to get another one. They are 21 dollars, in my mind, a bit high for a 3 inch piece of ceramic, about the diameter of a Sharpie, weighs about an ounce. I can see the price being a bit steep, it's a specialty item, supply and demand and all that.
BUT ALL THE ONLINE COMPANIES WANT 14 DOLLARS TO 28 DOLLARS TO SHIP IT. That's "clip joint" tactics. You could put this part in a 4x6 padded envelope and mail it for a buck and a half.
Going to try to find it locally, but last time I had to replace it, even the shop we got the stove from didn't have the part on hand. But last time, I didn't pay that much for shipping. I can't figure how the shipping suddenly skyrockets.
The stove will work without the thermocouple cover, but that can diminish the life of the thermocouple... and that part is 72 dollars (AND PROBABLY 45 DOLLARS SHIPPING).
And on another note... my coffee tastes good this morning.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:06:02am |
I find life to be more fun being an odd duck.
:)
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darthstar Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:06:23am |
re: #109 Walter L. Newton
And on another note... my coffee tastes good this morning.
It's nice to have a good tasting cup of coffee in the morning. Happy Tuesday, Walter.
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Fozzie Bear Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:06:34am |
re: #71 RogueOne
The personality traits that allow a person to kill a dog by holding it by its legs and slamming it into the ground or holding its head in a bucket of water to drown don't go away after a year in a minimum security fed facility. The planet would be a better place if he weren't on it.
As an Eagles fan and native to the Philadelphia region, I agree.
You don't do what he did and then just morph into a good human being spontaneously. You don't torture animals and then later sprout a soul. As far as I am concerned, that man just isn't wired with the proper circuitry for compassion, and people like that, I can never trust.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:07:07am |
re: #109 Walter L. Newton
I've never tried it, but i've often wondered if you called the 1-800 number instead of ordering it thru the internet, if you could negotiate the price of shipping with the CSR or their manager.
Coffee is good.
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darthstar Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:09:12am |
re: #113 ggt
I've never tried it, but i've often wondered if you called the 1-800 number instead of ordering it thru the internet, if you could negotiate the price of shipping with the CSR or their manager.
Coffee is good.
Also, buy three of them so you have two spares.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:09:18am |
re: #113 ggt
I've never tried it, but i've often wondered if you called the 1-800 number instead of ordering it thru the internet, if you could negotiate the price of shipping with the CSR or their manager.
Coffee is good.
Good idea. I've left a message with the local fireplace/pellet stove installer/dealer in out neighborhood to see if they have the part on hand, but if they don't (last time I called around, no one had it on hand), I'll try that tact.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:09:50am |
I'm trying to decide if the $79 for Amazon Prime is worth renewing this year. Between Audible and my new Kindle, I don't know if I am going to be ordering enough that will be shipped thru the mail.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:10:12am |
re: #114 darthstar
Also, buy three of them so you have two spares.
And I know just where to store them... come on kids... bend over.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:10:26am |
re: #114 darthstar
Also, buy three of them so you have two spares.
Yes, kids aren't going to stop being kids.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:10:45am |
"OMG! Socialism!"
Image: x610.jpg
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:11:02am |
re: #118 ggt
Yes, kids aren't going to stop being kids.
These "kids" are 19, 19, and 22 respectively... they are not kids.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:11:56am |
re: #120 Walter L. Newton
These "kids" are 19, 19, and 22 respectively... they are not kids.
As long as they aren't responsible for the mortgage, they will be kids. :)
Make one of them seek, find and replace the part?
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Fozzie Bear Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:12:09am |
re: #119 Killgore Trout
"OMG! Socialism!"
Image: x610.jpg
I think that woman just had a Obamagasm, judging from the picture.
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darthstar Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:12:46am |
re: #119 Killgore Trout
"OMG! Socialism!"
Image: x610.jpg
Notice how the dog with the droid phone is composed and patiently waiting for a pat on the head, while the woman with the iPhone is screaming like an idiot. Hence, iPhones are for idiots.
Still a good pic of the ever so unpopular president.
///
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Fozzie Bear Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:12:50am |
re: #122 Fozzie Bear
I think that woman just had a Obamagasm, judging from the picture.
Or, he just stepped on her toe. Hard to tell.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:14:35am |
re: #121 ggt
As long as they aren't responsible for the mortgage, they will be kids. :)
Make one of them seek, find and replace the part?
Well, that's a tact I've taken as of late, There has been a few car trouble incidents, and the girlfriend and I just sat back and told them... "You got AAA cards and cash in the bank, figure it out."
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:15:26am |
Amazing Morchang
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:16:42am |
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Fozzie Bear Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:17:16am |
re: #126 Killgore Trout
WTF that dude is amazing. Daft Punk needs to hire this guy and mix him into their music.
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CuriousLurker Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:20:02am |
re: #88 lawhawk
What creeps me out about the Taseer assassination is the nearly beatific expression on the face of his murderer (3rd photo in this slideshow). If militants of this type have infiltrated the security forces that protect Pakistan's leaders—and it appears that they have—then Pakistan is in serious trouble.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:26:30am |
re: #129 CuriousLurker
What creeps me out about the Taseer assassination is the nearly beatific expression on the face of his murderer (3rd photo in this slideshow). If militants of this type have infiltrated the security forces that protect Pakistan's leaders—and it appears that they have—then Pakistan is in serious trouble.
Saw that... wonder what he's thinking about that gives him a countenance like that?
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:27:24am |
re: #66 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I've said things I'd like to take back in my life.
I'm just glad there was not a camera in my face when I said the dumbest things I've said.
When I was twenty-five I got drunk at a luncheon and volunteered to go fight for the Kosovars.
Actually, I don't regret that. I was fighting with some dumb-ass guy who was talking up the Serbs out of some idea of 'Slavic brotherhood'. Since when have Jews been included in 'Slavic brotherhood'?
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sattv4u2 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:28:06am |
re: #129 CuriousLurker
What creeps me out about the Taseer assassination is the nearly beatific expression on the face of his murderer (3rd photo in this slideshow). If militants of this type have infiltrated the security forces that protect Pakistan's leaders—and it appears that they have—then Pakistan is in serious trouble.
"I done good,, I get Virgins!!"
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sattv4u2 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:28:40am |
re: #130 Walter L. Newton
Saw that... wonder what he's thinking about that gives him a countenance like that?
see 132
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:29:12am |
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:29:39am |
re: #67 RogueOne
I can see that but I'd like to see Vick get hit by a bus and I'd happily say it to his face.
Basically where I am.
I keep seeing all these articles imploring me to believe in rehabilitation, and pointing out that he's served his time, and blah blah. OK, all of this is true, but you know what the difference is? When some guy kills a dude in a liquor store robbery, and serves his time and gets out, normally I don't have to read about what he's up to, or see him discussed on TV.
I wish media persons would stop trying to make me have some kind of personal forgiveness moment with this guy. He served his time. That doesn't mean I have to like him.
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garhighway Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:29:53am |
re: #80 RogueOne
I believe I said "politics as usual", thank you for pointing that out.
I'm not sure I'm seeing where you disagree. Soon there will be a vote to raise the debt ceiling, both sides will take 180 degree opposite views than they held in 2006, and the debt ceiling will be raised again. Is your point that Dems were actually for raising the ceiling in '06?
I think I agree with you: the more I look at this, the more it smells like politics as usual. Boehner will try to get whatever he can for the GOP out of it, Reid/Obama will resist, and we'll see who blinks.
I further assume that each party will approach this on the basis that it will set the tone for the rest of the session, so they will be doing a ton of posturing. So we have a lot of ugly rhetoric to look forward to, I guess.
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sattv4u2 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:30:04am |
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:30:07am |
53% - Majority of Republicans No Longer See Evidence of Global Warming
The title is kind. Only 16% of Republicans believe global warming is caused by human activity.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:30:19am |
a link from the pages:
Symmes spent his entire life advocating his hollow-Earth theory on the literary circuit and gained quite a few followers. True, those were simpler times, but they sure as hell weren't that simple -- the hollow-Earth theory was already known to be utter bullshit. What Symmes proposed was the 1800s equivalent to sending people to the moon to find cheese. He wanted to mount an expedition to silence his critics and also to conduct trade with the mole people.
Unfortunately for Adams, the Mole People and the Crab People went to war shortly thereafter. The resultant conflict came to be known as "America's Secret Underground Vietnam."
Adams approved the expedition, which would venture to the North Pole, where the entrance to the underworld was supposedly located. Unfortunately, the crazy road trip never came to be, as Adams left office before anything could be done. As luck would have it, his successor, Andrew Jackson, was a man who believed the world was flat. Naturally, Jackson promptly canceled the expedition and along with it, dashing of contacting mole people.
You now, I've honestly never heard of the hollow-earth theory. Wonder if there are still any believers? :)
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:31:56am |
re: #139 ggt
a link from the pages:
You now, I've honestly never heard of the hollow-earth theory. Wonder if there are still any believers? :)
I think so. As I recall there are Russian scientists who are really into that theory.
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CuriousLurker Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:32:01am |
re: #130 Walter L. Newton
Saw that... wonder what he's thinking about that gives him a countenance like that?
That he's righteous. That he has pleased God with his "good deed" and earned himself a place in Paradise. I've seen that look on the face of True Believers™ before. It never fails to make my blood run cold.
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sattv4u2 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:32:03am |
re: #138 Killgore Trout
53% - Majority of Republicans No Longer See Evidence of Global Warming
The title is kind. Only 16% of Republicans believe global warming is caused by human activity.
Sad,, but if the "dems" are so enlightened why only 53% for them ??
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Obdicut Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:33:07am |
re: #80 RogueOne
My point is that everyone knows what the vote tally will be before it's taken. Voting against something when you know it will pass is entirely, entirely different from voting against something in order to stop it.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:33:17am |
re: #140 garhighway
The mole people are big believers.
I think it is interesting that the theory was basically de-bunked but the expedition still managed to get government funding. Could have happened yesterday --oh wait . . .
Politics is stranger than Fiction.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:33:21am |
re: #91 Varek Raith
Capt. Owen Honors will be relieved of his command of the USS Enterprise, senior defense official tells CNN.
This is Captain Amateur Comedy Hour?
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:33:37am |
re: #139 ggt
a link from the pages:
You now, I've honestly never heard of the hollow-earth theory. Wonder if there are still any believers? :)
Look up the book "The Smokey God" And you will find web sites about the "theory." It was very popular among UFO buffs and people interested in paranormal topics.
Theory has been around since about 1880's or so.
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Interesting Times Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:34:06am |
re: #138 Killgore Trout
53% - Majority of Republicans No Longer See Evidence of Global Warming
The title is kind. Only 16% of Republicans believe global warming is caused by human activity.
That becomes all the more depressing when you see it in context of the Buckminster Fuller quote that started this thread.
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Political Atheist Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:35:22am |
re: #139 ggt
I can attest to one, a retired eye surgeon. He could go on and on about the conspiracy to keep it a secret. Nutty professor type.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:35:33am |
re: #143 sattv4u2
Sad,, but if the "dems" are so enlightened why only 53% for them ??
I wouldn't call the Dems enlightened. They have a fair number of creationists too but the difference is the Dems aren't basing policy decision global warming denial and creationism.
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sattv4u2 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:35:47am |
K kiddies
Heading into town with wifey to stimulate the economy!!
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:35:56am |
re: #141 Killgore Trout
I think so. As I recall there are Russian scientists who are really into that theory.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
There has been many more of this "ilk."
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:38:57am |
re: #145 ggt
I think it is interesting that the theory was basically de-bunked but the expedition still managed to get government funding. Could have happened yesterday --oh wait . . .
Politics is stranger than Fiction.
Here is the modern document that revived the hollow earth theory... it's a fake... but a lot of people have believed it...
Secret Diary of Admiral Byrd?
[Link: www.v-j-enterprises.com...]
And the internet has help introduce this bunk to many new people.
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rwdflynavy Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:39:18am |
re: #151 sattv4u2
K kiddies
Heading into town with wifey to stimulate the economy!!
Is that what the kids are calling to these days?
//
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:39:51am |
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:42:27am |
re: #153 Walter L. Newton
Here is the modern document that revived the hollow earth theory... it's a fake... but a lot of people have believed it...
Secret Diary of Admiral Byrd?
[Link: www.v-j-enterprises.com...]
And the internet has help introduce this bunk to many new people.
Jules Verne published Journey to the Center of the Earth in French in1864, published in English in 1871--
coincidence that crazies in 1880 believe?
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:44:42am |
re: #149 Rightwingconspirator
I can attest to one, a retired eye surgeon. He could go on and on about the conspiracy to keep it a secret. Nutty professor type.
On a side note, that goes along with this sort of paranormal stuff, there is nothing new about "rains" of dead birds and other animals (like fish, frog etc.) If you look up Charles Fort, a journalist who documented unusual phenomena, you will find accounts going back 150 years or more about odd rains of creatures from the sky.
Charles Fort last name become a label for unusual phenomena, called Fortean phenomena and there was (may still be) a monthly magazine called The Fortean Times.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:44:44am |
Catholic Church Full of Gay Priests, Claims Father Cutié
The Miami Herald caught a sneak peek. In the book, Cutié slams the Church as misogynistic, hypocritical on homosexuality, and an "institution that continues to promote old ideas."
"There are so many homosexuals, both active and celibate, at all levels of clergy and Church hierarchy that the church would never be able to function if they were really to exclude all of them from ministry,'' Cutié writes.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:46:03am |
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Gus Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:47:03am |
Salman Taseer's assassin looks like quite the animal that he is here:
Oh, and he was murdered because of his opposition to the blasphemy law.
Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, a man identified as a guard of governor of Punjab province Salman Taseer, smiles after being detained at the site of Taseer's shooting in Islamabad January 4, 2011. A gunman assassinated the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, a senior member of the ruling party, in Islamabad on Tuesday, an aide said, as a new political crisis gripped the strategic U.S. ally. Salman Taseer was killed by one of his guards because of his opposition to Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said. Malik said the slain politician's guard, identified as Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, confessed and had been arrested but investigations would determine if others were involved.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:48:44am |
re: #158 Killgore Trout
So strange.
Growing-Catholic I learned that the "purpose of life" was to serve God. As an adult, either thru marriage and parenthood or thru Holy Orders. Obviously, one who is not going to have children (homosexuals) would join an Order.
It is not homosexuals the Church does not approve of, but homosexual acts because they would be sexual acts outside of marriage.
Not that this is my opinion, just pointing out a real disconnect between theology and practice.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:49:29am |
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:50:41am |
re: #159 Walter L. Newton
Charles Fort...
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
Well... to no surprise, there appears to be a Fortean central on the internet... careful... don't take the wrong pill... you may never come back...
[Link: fortean.wikidot.com...]
Fortean Wiki.
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Gus Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:51:39am |
Brought to you by the same country that "invented" the Taliban.
"Don't mention the war," as Basil insists with mounting hysteria in Fawlty Towers. And, when discussing the deepening crisis in Afghanistan, most people seem deliberately to avoid such telling phrases as "Pakistani aggression" or—more accurate still—"Pakistani colonialism." The truth is that the Taliban, and its al-Qaida guests, were originally imposed on Afghanistan from without as a projection of Pakistani state power. (Along with Pakistan, only Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ever recognized the Taliban as the legal government in Kabul.) Important circles in Pakistan have never given up the aspiration to run Afghanistan as a client or dependent or proxy state, and this colonial mindset is especially well-entrenched among senior army officers and in the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, or ISI. -- Christopher Hitchens
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researchok Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:53:22am |
re: #164 Gus 802
Brought to you by the same country that "invented" the Taliban.
"Don't mention the war," as Basil insists with mounting hysteria in Fawlty Towers. And, when discussing the deepening crisis in Afghanistan, most people seem deliberately to avoid such telling phrases as "Pakistani aggression" or—more accurate still—"Pakistani colonialism." The truth is that the Taliban, and its al-Qaida guests, were originally imposed on Afghanistan from without as a projection of Pakistani state power. (Along with Pakistan, only Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ever recognized the Taliban as the legal government in Kabul.) Important circles in Pakistan have never given up the aspiration to run Afghanistan as a client or dependent or proxy state, and this colonial mindset is especially well-entrenched among senior army officers and in the Inter-Services Intelligence agency, or ISI. -- Christopher Hitchens
No truer words.
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garhighway Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:53:51am |
re: #143 sattv4u2
Sad,, but if the "dems" are so enlightened why only 53% for them ??
They aren't perfect, but the splits are pretty dramatic:
Is the earth warming?
D's: 79% yes 14% no
R's: 38% yes 53% no
If yes, is it because of human activity?
D's 53% yes
R's 16% yes
How serious a problem?
D's 82% very or somewhat serious
R's 41% very or somewhat serious
I would like to see all the yes numbers higher across the board. But this is what you get when you mix science, money and politics: the big money has moved a lot of people to the no column. Sad.
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Amory Blaine Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:00:55am |
re: #166 garhighway
You can't get any group to agree 100% on anything. Even that the sky is blue. To compare the results and claim the "dems" aren't enlightened is a false equivalence.
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Stanghazi Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:03:15am |
Evidently, there is going to be a big vote on health care reform in the House. It’s going to be on January 12, which is 8 days away. There will be no hearings on the bill. No markups out of committee. No extended period for everyone to read it. No bipartisan meeting to discuss it. There will be no CBO scoring of the bill.It will be – and when you read this, please add lots of sarcasm in your head – “shoved down our throats”.
[Link: theincidentaleconomist.com...]
GOP = hypocrites
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:06:57am |
re: #169 Stanley Sea
[Link: theincidentaleconomist.com...]
GOP = hypocrites
It's also a huge waste of time and tax payer money. I'm sure they'll pass their repeal of healthcare reform but the senate isn't going to pass it and the president certainly isn't going to sign it. It's a pointless show.
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Amory Blaine Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:07:32am |
I'm hearing alot on the right regarding "permanent jobs" in their daily memes lately. All of them are saying it (The stimulus didn't create permanent jobs, governor x is going to create permanent private sector jobs, etc). What jobs are permanent? If globalization has taught us anything is that no jobs are permanent.
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wrenchwench Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:11:47am |
re: #170 Killgore Trout
It's also a huge waste of time and tax payer money. I'm sure they'll pass their repeal of healthcare reform but the senate isn't going to pass it and the president certainly isn't going to sign it. It's a pointless show.
It's weak tea for the Partiers.
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:12:36am |
re: #171 Amory Blaine
I'm hearing alot on the right regarding "permanent jobs" in their daily memes lately. All of them are saying it (The stimulus didn't create permanent jobs, governor x is going to create permanent private sector jobs, etc). What jobs are permanent? If globalization has taught us anything is that no jobs are permanent.
pandering to those are who nostalgic for out-sourced manufacturing jobs?
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lawhawk Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:14:44am |
re: #171 Amory Blaine
It's jobs that aren't part time or limited duration jobs (think census takers - a limited duration job). Permanent jobs are FTE jobs (full time equivalent jobs).
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Stanghazi Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:15:09am |
re: #171 Amory Blaine
I'm hearing alot on the right regarding "permanent jobs" in their daily memes lately. All of them are saying it (The stimulus didn't create permanent jobs, governor x is going to create permanent private sector jobs, etc). What jobs are permanent? If globalization has taught us anything is that no jobs are permanent.
Prison guards. ? who the hell knows.
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CuriousLurker Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:25:18am |
re: #160 Gus 802
Salman Taseer's assassin looks like quite the animal that he is here:
I would agree with you but for the fact that animals don't kill based on ideology. Because he is human and there are other humans who subscribe to his twisted ideology is what makes it horrifying for me. If you removed the boots and put him in typical street clothes he'd look like any other normal (read law abiding) Pakistani.
He was Taseer's bodyguard. That means he must have known him fairly well, greeted him every morning, probably met his family, etc. Yet he was able to gun the man down and extinguish his life without looking the least bit upset about it. That, added to the knowledge that we are part of the same species, is what makes me feel ill.
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Amory Blaine Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:26:07am |
re: #174 lawhawk
It's jobs that aren't part time or limited duration jobs (think census takers - a limited duration job). Permanent jobs are FTE jobs (full time equivalent jobs).
The census really doesn't count in the argument as everyone knows those are very short term jobs that are removed from any particular maladies of the day.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:28:55am |
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:33:28am |
re: #178 Killgore Trout
That's is news?
This is news: "Women say, Palestine not worth fighting for."
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Four More Tears Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:35:52am |
From the "wtf" department...
Report: Saudi Arabia Captures Israeli Vulture For Being Mossad Spy
Saudi Arabian officials have reportedly arrested a vulture suspected of being a Mossad spy, after the bird, tagged by Israeli scientists, flew into Saudi territory today.
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Varek Raith Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:36:49am |
re: #181 JasonA
From the "wtf" department...
Report: Saudi Arabia Captures Israeli Vulture For Being Mossad Spy
God damned Ewoks!
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FemNaziBitch Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:37:15am |
re: #181 JasonA
From the "wtf" department...
Report: Saudi Arabia Captures Israeli Vulture For Being Mossad Spy
ROTFLAMO!
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Killgore Trout Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:37:26am |
re: #179 Alouette
What CNN fails to point out is those women can't shoot. They dangerously fidget with their weapons and even hand grenades while posing for their photo op. CNN also repeats the baseless claim that there are 10's of thousands of them. A few of them may launch suicide attacks but they are useless as a fighting force.
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:38:19am |
re: #181 JasonA
From the "wtf" department...
Report: Saudi Arabia Captures Israeli Vulture For Being Mossad Spy
Well, the Mossad can train sharks, why not other animals?
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Vicious Babushka Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:39:10am |
re: #184 Killgore Trout
What CNN fails to point out is those women can't shoot. They dangerously fidget with their weapons and even hand grenades while posing for their photo op. CNN also repeats the baseless claim that there are 10's of thousands of them. A few of them may launch suicide attacks but they are useless as a fighting force.
And, they are nowhere near as hot as the IDF girls.
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Gus Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:45:51am |
re: #176 CuriousLurker
It's a figure of speech. However, scientifically, humans are animals and belong to the kingdom, animalia, as do other mammals.
I feel less ill than I do disgust with this form of terrorism. My concern is mainly for those I see as my allies and less in trying to understand the actions of this killer. Let us feel ill instead for the man that was murdered by this monster.
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:15:22am |
re: #136 garhighway
I think I agree with you: the more I look at this, the more it smells like politics as usual. Boehner will try to get whatever he can for the GOP out of it, Reid/Obama will resist, and we'll see who blinks.
I further assume that each party will approach this on the basis that it will set the tone for the rest of the session, so they will be doing a ton of posturing. So we have a lot of ugly rhetoric to look forward to, I guess.
It makes for a great drinking game. Every time someone in the leadership comes out and says something completely opposite of what they said just 4 years ago.....Drink!
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RogueOne Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:20:22am |
re: #102 sattv4u2
Is your point that Dems were actually for raising the ceiling in '06?
Haven't had time to research it yet, but yesterday I heard the Pres Obama voted a big fat "NAY" in '06
Every dem voted against and all but one republican voted for. 99% switch in 4 years and it all comes down to which party holds the white house.
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CuriousLurker Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:24:21am |
re: #187 Gus 802
It's a figure of speech. However, scientifically, humans are animals and belong to the kingdom, animalia, as do other mammals.
Yes, if you go farther up the biological classification hierarchy, we are indeed all animals.
I feel less ill than I do disgust with this form of terrorism. My concern is mainly for those I see as my allies and less in trying to understand the actions of this killer. Let us feel ill instead for the man that was murdered by this monster.
I thought my comments on the assassination pretty much indicated the same thing, namely horror at Tafseer's brutal murder & visceral revulsion at the actions of his assassin. As for trying to understand the killer's actions, I think most people already do since murderous ideologues are nothing new.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 4, 2011 1:58:55pm |
re: #181 JasonA
From the "wtf" department...
Report: Saudi Arabia Captures Israeli Vulture For Being Mossad Spy
THis is getting to be sort of a theme. Sharks, vultures...
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Jan 4, 2011 2:00:05pm |
re: #184 Killgore Trout
What CNN fails to point out is those women can't shoot. They dangerously fidget with their weapons and even hand grenades while posing for their photo op. CNN also repeats the baseless claim that there are 10's of thousands of them. A few of them may launch suicide attacks but they are useless as a fighting force.
It's a propaganda thing. Effective for both an Arab and a foreign audience, so--win-win.
Gateway Pundit, Sued by Election Workers, Declares BankruptcyA onetime favorite, now just pathetic figure around these parts, Jim Hoft aka SMOTI ("Stupidest Man On The Internet"), has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in response to the defamation lawsuits filed against him to the same election workers that ...
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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ...
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Once Praised, the Settlement to Help Sickened BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude erupted into the sea over the next three months — and tens of thousands of ordinary people were hired ... Cheechako
Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ... Cheechako
They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... CheechakoJoe Bacon ✅
Best of April 2024 Nothing new here but these are a look back at the a few good images from the past month. Despite the weather, I was quite pleased with several of them. These were taken with older lenses (made from the ...
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
