‘Allahpundit’ Complains About ‘Blasphemous’ Doritos Ad

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At right wing blog Hot Air, Allahpundit complains about a “blasphemous” advertisement for Doritos. (Yes, really.)

Even to an ex-Catholic like me, it feels cheap. Blasphemy in defense of principle, like free speech, is welcome; blasphemy in the service of humor can be fun. Blasphemy to sell bags of Cool Ranch chips? Eh.

Even to an ex-Catholic like yours truly, it’s insanely ironic to see someone who uses the name “Allahpundit” whining about “blasphemy.”

Here’s the ad; in my ex-Catholic opinion, it’s pretty funny:

Youtube Video

UPDATE at 1/4/11 6:09:59 pm:

The shrieking harpy’s take on the outrageously outrageous Doritos Corn Chips advertisement is a hoot:

PEPSI, TAKE THE JIHAD CHALLENGE! - Atlas Shrugs

Funny? Not. Insulting to Catholics? Totally. In a free country, these demeaning cheap shots are to be expected, but I dare Pepsi to mock Islam.

I dare Pepsi to give the same treatment to Imams. I dare Pepsi to mock the Islamic flock. I dare Pepsi not to crap their pants and put the safety of the Superbowl in jeopardy and insult Islam.

Assclowns. And they pay millions to Madison Avenue maroons. If Pepsi airs this, demand Catholic sensitivity training. Demand apologies. Demand contributions to groups that advance Christianity.

But certainly do not drink Pepsi or eat those damn chips.

UPDATE at 1/4/11 6:21:17 pm:

The creators of the advertisement respond to the nontroversy:

PHILADELPHIA, January 4, 2011 — Media Wave Video Productions (MWVP.com) expressed disappointment today at not being named one of the 10 finalists announced yesterday in the Doritos/Pepsi MAX Crash the Super Bowl Contest (CTSB). After a review of more than 5,600 creative submissions, their entry — a clever and well produced spot entitled “Feed Your Flock” — did not make the final cut.

[…]

“We certainly did not set out to offend anyone,” said Williams. “In fact, we purposely filmed it in a non-denominational church with no tabernacle, used no vestments or other religious symbols, and populated the lines with people of all faiths. And the sign on the lawn at the end of the spot serves as the punch line — Free Doritos and Pepsi MAX Sunday.”

(h/t: jaunte.)

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604 comments
1 Obdicut  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:42:43pm

As quickly shown in last thread, using sacrilegious stuff to sell ads is nothing new.

It works because it’s part of our culture.

I think it’s a lot more blasphemous to say that God told you that he wants people to send you money, as a thousand charlatans do all over the US every day.

2 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:45:36pm

re: #1 Obdicut

As quickly shown in last thread, using sacrilegious stuff to sell ads is nothing new.

It works because it’s part of our culture.

I think it’s a lot more blasphemous to say that God told you that he wants people to send you money, as a thousand charlatans do all over the US every day.

The whole argument that Christians are being persecuted is absurd.

3 Kragar  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:46:06pm

Meanwhile, can we get a few singers to wear a shiny gold cross while they talk about busting some caps in someone’s ass and then thank Jesus for helping them sell records?

4 Obdicut  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:47:46pm

re: #3 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Did some guy really blame God recently for missing a pass, or was that the Onion?

5 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:49:00pm

re: #1 Obdicut

As quickly shown in last thread, using sacrilegious stuff to sell ads is nothing new.

It works because it’s part of our culture.

I think it’s a lot more blasphemous to say that God told you that he wants people to send you money, as a thousand charlatans do all over the US every day.

Indeed, that’s blasphemous, too, but I think making a Dorito into the host is pretty bad. At least, it’s in bad taste. hehe get it? Bad taste?

But wasn’t this video part of an entry to be picked as the best vids to be shown during the Superbowl? I think it’s at this site.

[Link: www.crashthesuperbowl.com…]

6 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:49:41pm

Speaking of Doritos, I have a huge, unopened bag of Cool Ranch Doritos right next to me. And they are all mine!! Mwahaha!

Oh, the blasphemy thing. What HotAir is saying on this is completely stupid.

7 kreyagg  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:49:57pm

[Link: www.rof.com…]

8 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:49:58pm

pretty good commercial…some people have no sense of humor, replaces with victimhood

9 Kragar  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:50:35pm

re: #4 Obdicut

Did some guy really blame God recently for missing a pass, or was that the Onion?

Yeah, he did. I found it remarkably refreshing.

10 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:50:42pm

re: #5 marjoriemoon

Indeed, that’s blasphemous, too, but I think making a Dorito into the host is pretty bad. At least, it’s in bad taste. hehe get it? Bad taste?

But wasn’t this video part of an entry to be picked as the best vids to be shown during the Superbowl? I think it’s at this site.

[Link: www.crashthesuperbowl.com…]

And it looks like it wasn’t picked. I looked at the site the other day and it was still in the running.

So no one’s going to see it anyway unless they look for it.

11 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:50:42pm

re: #4 Obdicut

Did some guy really blame God recently for missing a pass, or was that the Onion?

it’s true but it was so viral, he backed off and said he was joking…NFL player I think

12 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:50:54pm

re: #1 Obdicut

I think it’s a lot more blasphemous to say that God told you that he wants people to send you money, as a thousand charlatans do all over the US every day.

That right there is the real definition of “taking the Lord’s name in vain”, not someone shouting “Jesus Christ!” when they stub their pinky toe.

13 Obdicut  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:52:13pm

re: #5 marjoriemoon

I think it’s in bad taste too. But bad taste is pretty much how advertising goes, most of the time. So it’s not like “Holy crap, advertisers are deviating from their normal lyric poetry and sober presentations of scientific data!”

Allahpundit’s ‘point’, if it can even be called that, is that Muslim extremists exist and some of them are killers. That’s hardly news. I really didn’t think there was a competition between Catholics and Al Queda going on in terms of who was more reasonable.

14 researchok  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:52:39pm

Did any of these fools get so bent of shape when the movie ‘Keeping the Faith’ with Ben Stiller, Edward Norton and Jenna Elfman came out?

From IMDB:

A story about two friends, a priest and a rabbi, who fall in love with the same beauty

What a bunch of morons.

15 Obdicut  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:53:29pm

re: #14 researchok

One of my favorite silly movies, too. Goofy, but fun.

16 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:54:11pm

I love the Hare Krishna guy waiting in line.

17 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:54:16pm

re: #12 Slumbering Behemoth

That right there is the real definition of “taking the Lord’s name in vain”, not someone shouting “Jesus Christ!” when they stub their pinky toe.

Send in the funds, keep the faith alive
Without your checks how can we survive
We got cars in the yard, bills to pay
Crosses to bear, we got souls to save
Each and every day, people sittin’ round, a Sunday go to meetin’ town
T.V. prophets bringing on a judgement day
The rectory’s wrecked, the preacher’s funds are goin’ slowin’ down
Elders eyes see their good life slippin’ away

Little Feat

18 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:54:57pm

Or maybe he’s a Buddhist, or some other heathen.

19 researchok  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:55:14pm

re: #15 Obdicut

One of my favorite silly movies, too. Goofy, but fun.

I LMAO.

They worked well together.

20 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:55:33pm

re: #5 marjoriemoon

Indeed, that’s blasphemous, too, but I think making a Dorito into the host is pretty bad. At least, it’s in bad taste. hehe get it? Bad taste?

But wasn’t this video part of an entry to be picked as the best vids to be shown during the Superbowl? I think it’s at this site.

[Link: www.crashthesuperbowl.com…]

As I’ve said, I think the ad is a little tasteless. But it’s funny, and it’s going to be effective because it’s being pitched to a mostly-Christian audience.

What I have no patience with is people who want to make this a whine about how they want major companies to go broke making witty, obnoxious and non-commercially-viable ads making fun of Islam.

And I have no patience with the ‘Christians are soooo persecuted in the United States’ rubbish.

21 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:55:42pm

re: #18 Charles

Or maybe he’s a Buddhist, or some other heathen.

HAHAHA!
snort

22 Ojoe  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:55:46pm

I would like to see the Father Guido Sarducci remake of this one too.

23 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:57:35pm

And of course, you can always find Fox News weighing in on this ridiculous, culture war garbage.

Youtube Video
24 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:57:39pm

re: #13 Obdicut

I think it’s in bad taste too. But bad taste is pretty much how advertising goes, most of the time. So it’s not like “Holy crap, advertisers are deviating from their normal lyric poetry and sober presentations of scientific data!”

Allahpundit’s ‘point’, if it can even be called that, is that Muslim extremists exist and some of them are killers. That’s hardly news. I really didn’t think there was a competition between Catholics and Al Queda going on in terms of who was more reasonable.

Also, AP is hammering on a constant refrain with some of his ilk—anything funny about Christianity is an act of cowardice, because you could have made fun of Islam instead, and gotten killed! Hence, no jokes about Christianity, from Christians or anyone else, for the duration.

Makes no sense.

25 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:57:58pm

I kind of miss having to run a gauntlet of Hare Krishna drones to get to an airport gate. Those were the days. I used to have a lot of fun with those people.

26 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:58:44pm

re: #22 Ojoe

I would like to see the Father Guido Sarducci remake of this one too.

I just bear in mind what Father Sarducci taught us all—you have to pay for your sins.

27 researchok  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:58:48pm

re: #20 SanFranciscoZionist

As I’ve said, I think the ad is a little tasteless. But it’s funny, and it’s going to be effective because it’s being pitched to a mostly-Christian audience.

What I have no patience with is people who want to make this a whine about how they want major companies to go broke making witty, obnoxious and non-commercially-viable ads making fun of Islam.

And I have no patience with the ‘Christians are sooo persecuted in the United States’ rubbish.

The best humor is always self deprecating humor.

28 Eclectic Infidel  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:59:18pm

Well it’s a clever ad and it draws on American culture to get its message across. As an ex-Catholic and nonbeliever myself, I find it rather funny to use the chip for the host and pepsi for the wine/water. From my perspective, both things still, technically, represent the vital symbolism for the Catholic ritual.

On a deeper note…one could argue that the commercial also drives the point home that perhaps the RCC should “lighten up” with its dogma but perhaps that’s too much as well.

29 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 5:59:50pm

re: #26 SanFranciscoZionist

I just bear in mind what Father Sarducci taught us all—you have to pay for your sins.

yes, it’s called a tithe

30 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:00:11pm

re: #28 eclectic infidel

Well it’s a clever ad and it draws on American culture to get its message across. As an ex-Catholic and nonbeliever myself, I find it rather funny to use the chip for the host and pepsi for the wine/water. From my perspective, both things still, technically, represent the vital symbolism for the Catholic ritual.

On a deeper note…one could argue that the commercial also drives the point home that perhaps the RCC should “lighten up” with its dogma but perhaps that’s too much as well.

It wasn’t clear to me if the church is Catholic.

31 Amory Blaine  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:01:03pm

Christian= Easy target for shock
Shock=Desirable state for advertising
Shocking Christians= Cha Ching

32 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:01:06pm

The shrieking harpy’s take on the outrageously outrageous Doritos advertisement:

PEPSI, TAKE THE JIHAD CHALLENGE! - Atlas Shrugs

Funny? Not. Insulting to Catholics? Totally. In a free country, these demeaning cheap shots are to be expected, but I dare Pepsi to mock Islam.

I dare Pepsi to give the same treatment to Imams. I dare Pepsi to mock the Islamic flock. I dare Pepsi not to crap their pants and put the safety of the Superbowl in jeopardy and insult Islam.

Assclowns. And they pay millions to Madison Avenue maroons. If Pepsi airs this, demand Catholic sensitivity training. Demand apologies. Demand contributions to groups that advance Christianity.

But certainly do not drink Pepsi or eat those damn chips.

33 Jeff In Ohio  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:01:16pm

Anything but blue corn tortilla chips is blasphemy. Least that’s what my god says.

Wait, Frito-Lay is persecuting Christians? In Texas?

34 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:01:19pm

re: #4 Obdicut

That was the receiver from the Bills. He Tweeted it in obvious sarcasm.

35 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:01:24pm

re: #13 Obdicut

I think it’s in bad taste too. But bad taste is pretty much how advertising goes, most of the time. So it’s not like “Holy crap, advertisers are deviating from their normal lyric poetry and sober presentations of scientific data!”

Allahpundit’s ‘point’, if it can even be called that, is that Muslim extremists exist and some of them are killers. That’s hardly news. I really didn’t think there was a competition between Catholics and Al Queda going on in terms of who was more reasonable.

There are a lot of annoying, stupid, certainly misogynist commercials out there. Don’t even get me started on feminine hygiene!

36 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:01:27pm

re: #30 SanFranciscoZionist

It wasn’t clear to me if the church is Catholic.

even Methodists, those fabulous cooks, do the wine and wafer thing periodically…Easter I think

37 Eclectic Infidel  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:01:28pm

re: #30 SanFranciscoZionist

It wasn’t clear to me if the church is Catholic.

True. Could be Episcopal or Lutheran. I don’t think too many Christian sects use the wafer though.

38 Dancing along the light of day  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:01:31pm

re: #25 Charles

I kind of miss having to run a gauntlet of Hare Krishna drones to get to an airport gate. Those were the days. I used to have a lot of fun with those people.

You can still play with them in Laguna.
They’re everywhere!

39 Obdicut  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:01:43pm

re: #24 SanFranciscoZionist

There’s no way Jews are going to give up making jokes about Jews.

40 Amory Blaine  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:02:17pm

re: #32 Charles

Pepsi dropped Madonna after her blasphemous “Like A Virgin” video if I recall.

41 freetoken  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:02:17pm

Salem Communications, which owns HotAir, is an explicitly evangelical (and fundamentalist) Christian organization whose main online presence is an extensive network of Christian web sites.

Allahpundit’s post is, well, feeding the flock.

What’s doubly ironic about it is the historic aversion of Protestants to the Catholic practice of sacraments/communion. Indeed, Protestants have reviled the RC church for their belief, at times.

So, this post by AP wins the triply ironic award.

42 Eclectic Infidel  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:03:02pm

re: #39 Obdicut

There’s no way Jews are going to give up making jokes about Jews.

Remember Bobby Slayton’s skit about his aunt and mother at the Asian restaurant, explaining to the waiter that under no circumstance, should pork be included in the dish?

43 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:03:05pm

I honestly think the ad is pretty funny. There doesn’t seem to be any malice directed against the clergy characters — they’re actually portrayed sympathetically.

44 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:03:20pm

re: #32 Charles

The shrieking harpy’s take on the outrageously outrageous Doritos advertisement:

PEPSI, TAKE THE JIHAD CHALLENGE! - Atlas Shrugs

there is no fun in Islam?

45 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:05:03pm

re: #32 Charles

And she completely misses the part where this ad was not made by PepsiCo or any other corporation, but was instead a “user submission” in a contest.

Oh, but we can’t let facts get in the way of a good rage-on when there’s a culture war to be won.

46 austin_blue  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:06:48pm

re: #33 Jeff In Ohio

Anything but blue corn tortilla chips is blasphemy. Least that’s what my god says.

Wait, Frito-Lay is persecuting Christians? In Texas?

They’ll pay, my friend. Oh, how they will pay!

47 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:07:08pm

That’s really funny!

They have to make a Jewish version. Kiddush on Pepsi Max? Doritos aren’t kosher though, except for the ones made in Israel.

48 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:07:20pm

re: #29 albusteve

yes, it’s called a tithe

“Most nuns are former Mafiosi.”

49 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:07:37pm

re: #4 Obdicut

Steve Johnson. Here’s the NY Daily News story.Your text to link…

50 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:07:42pm

re: #35 marjoriemoon

Don’t even get me started on feminine hygiene!

Well, I think you were supposed to get started on that somewhere around puberty. Better late then never, eh?
/:P

51 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:08:50pm

re: #40 Amory Blaine

Pepsi dropped Madonna after her blasphemous “Like A Virgin” video if I recall.

It was “Like A Prayer”, I believe.

52 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:09:53pm

re: #35 marjoriemoon

There are a lot of annoying, stupid, certainly misogynist commercials out there. Don’t even get me started on feminine hygiene!

I’ve always loved this: An Open Letter to James Thatcher, Brand Manager, Proctor and Gamble

53 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:10:19pm

re: #43 Charles

I honestly think the ad is pretty funny. There doesn’t seem to be any malice directed against the clergy characters — they’re actually portrayed sympathetically.

The pastors do seem like nice people. As do the parishioners.

54 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:10:56pm

re: #50 Slumbering Behemoth

Well, I think you were supposed to get started on that somewhere around puberty. Better late then never, eh?
/:P

Ok. That was funny.

55 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:11:56pm

Damn, I missed this new thread by a long shot. (I just posted some hilarious roller coaster photos downstairs) I’m pimping laughs.

56 Charles Johnson  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:12:17pm

re: #53 SanFranciscoZionist

The pastors do seem like nice people. As do the parishioners.

You don’t sell corn chips by going negative.

57 Amory Blaine  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:12:52pm

Survival grade Cheetos!!!11!!!

58 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:13:11pm

re: #52 CuriousLurker

I’ve always loved this: An Open Letter to James Thatcher, Brand Manager, Proctor and Gamble

LOL I’ve read that one before. It’s a hoot. “Have a happy period!” I have the same reaction every time I hear that!

59 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:13:25pm

re: #48 SanFranciscoZionist

“Most nuns are former Mafiosi.”

ah, that was fun

60 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:13:26pm

Ungodly scorn chips!

61 austin_blue  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:13:39pm

re: #52 CuriousLurker

I’ve always loved this: An Open Letter to James Thatcher, Brand Manager, Proctor and Gamble

Don’t fuck with an Austin Grrrl.

62 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:13:41pm

re: #52 CuriousLurker

Oh my God, I can’t believe I never saw that letter! HA HA HA HA!!!!!!

When I was growing up (80’s) didn’t P&G get a bunch of heat over their logo being tied to Satan or something? There were boycotts, too, I believe. Anyone out there remember that?

63 darthstar  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:14:05pm

Go Razorbacks! They’re delicious!

64 Amory Blaine  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:14:29pm

re: #62 Kid A

Yep I remember, stars and a crescent moon or something in the logo.

65 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:14:34pm

Yeesh, am I the only one who doesn’t like this commercial??

I feel so lonely.

Someone hold me.

66 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:14:44pm

re: #52 CuriousLurker

I thought this particular ad campaign was pretty darn funny.

67 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:15:01pm

re: #51 SanFranciscoZionist

Correct.

68 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:15:07pm

re: #60 Killgore Trout

Ungodly scorn chips!

blue chips?
BLASPHEMY!

69 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:15:56pm

re: #64 Amory Blaine

Exactly! After I saw all the evangelicals around here freaking out about it, I told my Mom “Mom, no more Pert for me, okay??!!”

70 prairiefire  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:16:12pm

re: #65 marjoriemoon

Yeesh, am I the only one who doesn’t like this commercial??

I feel so lonely.

Someone hold me.

{{Marjorie}}

71 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:16:16pm

re: #58 marjoriemoon

LOL I’ve read that one before. It’s a hoot. “Have a happy period!” I have the same reaction every time I hear that!

I’ve read it at least a dozen times myself and it never fails to make me LOL.

72 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:16:18pm

Es un miraculo!

Image: jesusdorito.jpg

73 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:17:03pm

The creators:

Media Wave Video Productions (MWVP.com) expressed disappointment today at not being named one of the 10 finalists announced yesterday in the Doritos/Pepsi MAX Crash the Super Bowl Contest (CTSB). After a review of more than 5,600 creative submissions, their entry — a clever and well produced spot entitled “Feed Your Flock” — did not make the final cut.
…
Actor Michael Lyons (a devout Catholic), who conceived the idea for the commercial and portrays the pastor, offered the following: “The initial feedback was overwhelmingly positive, but unfortunately a small percentage of comments posted on the CTSB web site cried foul and it grew from there. Those people misconstrued the content and intent of the ad. The pastor did not consecrate the Doritos and Pepsi — therefore it is not the Eucharist.” But because that is not clear to some viewers, they assume communion is being served.
[Link: news.lavenderliberal.com…]
74 austin_blue  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:17:06pm

re: #68 albusteve

blue chips?
BLASPHEMY!

Well, “blue” in a dark purpley-gray sort of way…

75 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:17:25pm

re: #62 Kid A

When I was growing up (80’s) didn’t P&G get a bunch of heat over their logo being tied to Satan or something? There were boycotts, too, I believe. Anyone out there remember that?

Yes, I do remember hearing that. *sigh* Everything was fucking satanic back in the 80’s.

76 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:17:25pm

re: #62 Kid A

Oh my God, I can’t believe I never saw that letter! HA HA HA HA!!!

When I was growing up (80’s) didn’t P&G get a bunch of heat over their logo being tied to Satan or something? There were boycotts, too, I believe. Anyone out there remember that?

Yes.

77 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:18:03pm

re: #72 Gus 802

Es un miraculo!

Image: jesusdorito.jpg

I remember when this caused a stir…
[Link: www.theawakeningblog.com…]

78 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:18:28pm

re: #72 Gus 802

LOL!!!!!

Well done!

79 wrenchwench  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:18:30pm

re: #72 Gus 802

Es un miraculo!

Image: jesusdorito.jpg

That’s not Jesus, that’s Frank Zappa. Is it still a miracle?

80 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:18:36pm

re: #70 prairiefire

{{Marjorie}}

Awww {{{[prairie}}}}

I’m a hard sell, though. My favorite commercials are the Old Spice guy and the opera singers hawking structured payment settlements.

81 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:18:39pm

re: #77 albusteve

I remember when this caused a stir…
[Link: www.theawakeningblog.com…]

Really? What for?

82 Amory Blaine  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:18:54pm

re: #75 Slumbering Behemoth

Yes, I do remember hearing that. *sigh* Everything was fucking satanic back in the 80’s.

Even the satanists?

83 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:19:00pm

re: #76 SanFranciscoZionist

Thanks, SFZ! That was quick!

84 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:19:50pm

Since this video seems to be going viral….
Watch a KFC Employee Completely Lose It

I’m pretty sure this is an except from one of the EDL videos where they harass fast food places that serve Halal food.

85 BongCrodny  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:20:21pm

There’s an Allstate commercial where the Allstate guy, mimicking a teenage girl, exclaims “OMG!”

Shouldn’t “taking the Lord’s name in vain” be a much bigger threat to the sanctity of the Hot Air brigade than the Pepsi commercial?

Youtube Video
86 freetoken  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:20:22pm

re: #73 jaunte

Actor Michael Lyons (a devout Catholic), who conceived the idea for the commercial and portrays the pastor, […] The pastor did not consecrate the Doritos and Pepsi — therefore it is not the Eucharist.” But because that is not clear to some viewers, they assume communion is being served.

Add a few more dimensions to irony-space.

BTW, I think the outrage over this wanna-be commercial makes it the first outrageous outrage of the new year, no?

87 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:20:55pm

re: #81 Gus 802

Really? What for?

Jesus was not expressed so jolly…not subdued enough

88 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:21:34pm

re: #32 Charles

The shrieking harpy’s take on the outrageously outrageous Doritos advertisement:

PEPSI, TAKE THE JIHAD CHALLENGE! - Atlas Shrugs


It’s amazing the way she consistently manages to write an over-the-top screed before finding out anything about what’s really happening.

89 researchok  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:21:41pm

re: #84 Killgore Trout

Since this video seems to be going viral…
Watch a KFC Employee Completely Lose It

I’m pretty sure this is an except from one of the EDL videos where they harass fast food places that serve Halal food.


I’ll never ask for extra pickle again.

90 Amory Blaine  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:21:42pm

re: #86 freetoken

Add a few more dimensions to irony-space.

BTW, I think the outrage over this wanna-be commercial makes it the first outrageous outrage of the new year, no?

That would be weak sauce.

91 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:21:49pm

re: #65 marjoriemoon

Yeesh, am I the only one who doesn’t like this commercial??

I feel so lonely.

Someone hold me.

I don’t care for it either, but at least it doesn’t seem malicious (to me).

92 austin_blue  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:21:58pm

re: #77 albusteve

I remember when this caused a stir…

Well, sure. What would make Jesus laugh? I mean, he’s omniscient, so *nothing* can be a surprise…

Or funny…

Kind of a sucky way to go through life, when you think about it.

93 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:22:02pm

R. Lee Ermey has the decency to apologize for his classless Christmas tirade….

“I recently appeared at a fundraising event designed to collect toys and raise awareness for underprivileged children. While that event succeeded in raising thousands of dollars and hundreds of toys for this cause, I regret that I delivered a monologue that was inappropriately critical of the President. I was trying to be entertaining and simply went too far in this instance. I am mindful that my success as an entertainer relates in part to my experience in the Marine Corps, my devotion to its members, and the deep respect I have for members of all our Armed Forces. My comments should not be seen as reflecting on them or their views. I was just very disappointed in the amount of success that we were having raising toys and money for the underprivileged children this season. The poor economy has greatly hampered our efforts. My comments were misguided, and emotionally based, and for that I am truly sorry.”

94 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:22:11pm

re: #66 Slumbering Behemoth

I thought this particular ad campaign was pretty darn funny.

LMAO, those were great.

95 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:23:00pm

re: #72 Gus 802

Es un miraculo!

Image: jesusdorito.jpg

Now that’s funny LOL

Have you seen Moses in the toast? You can buy him, you know. The same place you can buy Insta-Jew packages.

[Link: blog.moderntribe.com…]

LOL

96 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:23:10pm

re: #93 Killgore Trout

R. Lee Ermey has the decency to apologize for his classless Christmas tirade…

Cool. I like R. Lee Ermey.

97 researchok  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:23:46pm

re: #96 Gus 802

Cool. I like R. Lee Ermey.

He’s great in the Geico shrink commercial.

98 webevintage  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:23:54pm

The thing with us Catholics is if it is funny we are cool…
It is a funny commercial, yeah a bit offensive if you take the host seriously (which I would assume most Catholics do or you might as well be a Lutheran), but funny and good natured.

Now Bill Donahue and his kind will not be amused at all.

99 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:24:10pm

re: #88 jaunte

It’s amazing the way she consistently manages to write an over-the-top screed before finding out anything about what’s really happening.

And her raison d’etre is getting passe.

(francais my friends)

100 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:25:11pm

I’ve never been in a Catholic Church that served communion wine in little cups. The only church I ever was in that did that, was a Baptist Church where they served grape juice in cups.

The Church in this ad is obviously a non-denominational Baptist church. It sure isn’t Catholic.

101 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:25:53pm

re: #93 Killgore Trout

R. Lee Ermey has the decency to apologize for his classless Christmas tirade…

Gunny…he’s a decent guy

102 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:26:16pm

re: #91 CuriousLurker

I don’t care for it either, but at least it doesn’t seem malicious (to me).

It’s stupid and silly, IMO.

But like you said, it’s not malicious.

103 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:26:35pm

I don’t know if it matters but I remember the principle (who was a priest) at Saint Finbars would shout out “Hunt’s tomato sauce!” after we said the Our Father in the courtyard. That was like the “where’s the beef” saying of the day.

104 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:27:05pm

re: #86 freetoken

BTW, I think the outrage over this wanna-be commercial makes it the first outrageous outrage of the new year, no?


We’re going to need a bigger database.

105 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:27:34pm

Roller coaster folks, please look @ this link. I’m still laughing. You must pander me.


Roller coaster photos

106 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:27:39pm

re: #88 jaunte


It’s amazing the way she consistently manages to write an over-the-top screed before finding out anything about what’s really happening.

It’s part of her shtick. AND I LOVE THOSE ALL-CAPS HEADLINES SO YOU KNOW ‘OL HARPY MEANS BIDNESS!

107 researchok  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:28:17pm

re: #103 Gus 802

I don’t know if it matters but I remember the principle (who was a priest) at Saint Finbars would shout out “Hunt’s tomato sauce!” after we said the Our Father in the courtyard. That was like the “where’s the beef” saying of the day.

We had one teacher who referred to certain kid as ”Plywood”.

Always.

108 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:28:57pm

re: #103 Gus 802

I don’t know if it matters but I remember the principle (who was a priest) at Saint Finbars would shout out “Hunt’s tomato sauce!” after we said the Our Father in the courtyard. That was like the “where’s the beef” saying of the day.

It’s different when you’re making fun of your own. Just like with family.

109 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:29:04pm

re: #107 researchok

We had one teacher who referred to certain kid as ”Plywood”.

Always.

Guess that’s better than being called “OSB”.

//

110 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:29:44pm

re: #109 Gus 802

Guess that’s better than being called “OSB”.

//

harharhar…good one

111 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:30:03pm

re: #105 Stanley Sea

Not bad. I like the dudes lighting their cigarettes.

112 researchok  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:30:12pm

re: #109 Gus 802

Guess that’s better than being called “OSB”.

//

It is true the kid wasn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer.

To put it mildly.

113 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:30:38pm

re: #72 Gus 802

Es un miraculo!

Image: jesusdorito.jpg

That’s not Jesus, that’s Rob Zombie.

114 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:31:01pm

Eh. I think it’s funny, and I’m an ex-Catholic.

Besides, seeing the Harpy and Allahpundit bitching about blasphemy is its own reward. That alone redeems the commercial, IMO.

115 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:31:15pm

re: #66 Slumbering Behemoth

I thought this particular ad campaign was pretty darn funny.

Those are hilarious!

116 Eclectic Infidel  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:31:56pm

Speaking of religion and use of parody…what do folks think of
Saad Haroon’s version of Pretty Woman:

Burka Woman

117 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:32:46pm

re: #114 Lidane

Eh. I think it’s funny, and I’m an ex-Catholic.

Besides, seeing the Harpy and Allahpundit bitching about blasphemy is its own reward. That alone redeems the commercial, IMO.

Now THAT may be able to redeem me :)

118 prairiefire  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:33:02pm

re: #80 marjoriemoon

I like the “mayhem” insurance ads, the talking babies on E trade, this Budwieser commercial:[Link: www.budweiser.com…]
I’ve got a mraketing back ground, I like a lot of ads.

119 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:33:05pm

re: #82 Amory Blaine

Even the satanists?

No, they were Methodists.
/

120 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:34:08pm

re: #108 CuriousLurker

It’s different when you’re making fun of your own. Just like with family.

Yeah. Anyway, I know that some of the pablum about this will be “oh but you could never do that with Muslims!” Maybe not but who cares. It’s like Obdicut said, this is more culturally relevant.

121 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:35:14pm

Ice Floe Rescue Proves Socialism Works, Results in Amazing Pictures


A Swedish couple was long-distance skating on the frozen ocean when a boat broke their “rink” into pieces, stranding them on a floe. Luckily, they were rescued in 12 minutes—and got some stunning pictures out of the deal.


Those pics are pretty intense but check out the video…
Couple stranded when the ice on the water break

Liveleak Video
122 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:35:27pm

re: #118 prairiefire

I like the “mayhem” insurance ads, the talking babies on E trade, this Budwieser commercial:[Link: www.budweiser.com…]
I’ve got a mraketing back ground, I like a lot of ads.

The Mayhem guy used to be Tommy’s brother on Rescue Me. Hot.

123 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:35:45pm

re: #85 BongCrodny

Shouldn’t “taking the Lord’s name in vain” be a much bigger threat to the sanctity of the Hot Air brigade than the Pepsi commercial?

Saying OMG! is not “taking the Lord’s name in vain”. Watch Pat Robertson and the 700 club. They take the lord’s name in vain every day.

124 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:36:30pm

re: #118 prairiefire

I like the “mayhem” insurance ads, the talking babies on E trade, this Budwieser commercial:[Link: www.budweiser.com…]
I’ve got a mraketing back ground, I like a lot of ads.

It’s a shame the Old Spice guy didn’t seem to actually sell a lot of Old Spice. I haven’t seen one of those ads in months. I used to live for them. Thank goodness for YouTube.

125 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:38:14pm

re: #120 Gus 802

Yeah. Anyway, I know that some of the pablum about this will be “oh but you could never do that with Muslims!” Maybe not but who cares. It’s like Obdicut said, this is more culturally relevant.

You know, what’s funny is, if they did a piece about Islam, and it was light and funny like that, and made Islam seem appealing, they’d be even madder. What they want, apparently, is for everyone to go around attacking Islam all the damn time.

126 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:38:28pm

re: #116 eclectic infidel

Speaking of religion and use of parody…what do folks think of
Saad Haroon’s version of Pretty Woman:

Burka Woman

See, now I thought that was funny and cute (though some Muslims might not). It was parody, but I didn’t detect any ridicule or meanness.

127 researchok  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:38:46pm

re: #120 Gus 802

Yeah. Anyway, I know that some of the pablum about this will be “oh but you could never do that with Muslims!” Maybe not but who cares. It’s like Obdicut said, this is more culturally relevant.

It’s funny because self deprecating humor is funny.

To be able to laugh at ourselves is especially meaningful because for a few moments we can see ourselves as we are, foibles and all.

128 brookly red  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:39:10pm

re: #124 reine.de.tout

It’s a shame the Old Spice guy didn’t seem to actually sell a lot of Old Spice. I haven’t seen one of those ads in months. I used to live for them. Thank goodness for YouTube.

hmmm, I guess it is because it smells like, er, old spice.

129 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:39:13pm

re: #118 prairiefire

I like the “mayhem” insurance ads, the talking babies on E trade, this Budwieser commercial:[Link: www.budweiser.com…]
I’ve got a mraketing back ground, I like a lot of ads.

I don’t know if I’ve seen the mayhem ads. I like anything that’s clever. Europe seems to be far more advanced with their adverts.

130 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:39:19pm

re: #116 eclectic infidel

Speaking of religion and use of parody…what do folks think of
Saad Haroon’s version of Pretty Woman:

Burka Woman

His website reads, among other things, “No rights reserved…I’m in Pakistan”.

131 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:39:39pm

re: #125 SanFranciscoZionist

You know, what’s funny is, if they did a piece about Islam, and it was light and funny like that, and made Islam seem appealing, they’d be even madder. What they want, apparently, is for everyone to go around attacking Islam all the damn time.

EXACTLY. One track hate minds. They need to get a grip. (dreaming)

132 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:40:04pm

re: #125 SanFranciscoZionist

You know, what’s funny is, if they did a piece about Islam, and it was light and funny like that, and made Islam seem appealing, they’d be even madder. What they want, apparently, is for everyone to go around attacking Islam all the damn time.

Exactly. Which reminds me a bit about Campbell’s Soup marketing Halal soups in Canada. And the fauxtrage that followed.

133 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:40:43pm

re: #116 eclectic infidel

Speaking of religion and use of parody…what do folks think of
Saad Haroon’s version of Pretty Woman:

Burka Woman

I vote for cute and funny. Doesn’t seem to be any malice there.

134 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:40:53pm

re: #131 Stanley Sea

EXACTLY. One track hate minds. They need to get a grip. (dreaming)

Hey! We both responded with “exactly” almost at the same time. What does it mean!?

//

135 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:41:01pm

re: #121 Killgore Trout

Also, check out how low the sun is. In another 15 minutes it would be dark and they’d be fucked.

136 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:41:20pm

re: #126 CuriousLurker

See, now I thought that was funny and cute (though some Muslims might not). It was parody, but I didn’t detect any ridicule or meanness.

“nail polish! Rowr!’
LOL.

Confession: the first time I saw a woman fully covered in a burka-like garment was many years ago, and I thought it was just a nun in a really strange habit.

137 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:41:23pm

re: #128 brookly red

hmmm, I guess it is because it smells like, er, old spice.

Hey! Don’t be dissin the Old Spice!

138 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:42:25pm

re: #136 reine.de.tout

“nail polish! Rowr!’
LOL.

Confession: the first time I saw a woman fully covered in a burka-like garment was many years ago, and I thought it was just a nun in a really strange habit.

Spotted my second woman in the U.S. wearing a face veil the other day!

139 prairiefire  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:44:45pm

Mayhem Christmas tree ad:

Youtube Video
140 brookly red  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:44:49pm

re: #137 marjoriemoon

Hey! Don’t be dissin the Old Spice!

hey I am just a free market guy… if it doesn’t sell it’s not my fault!

141 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:45:04pm

re: #136 reine.de.tout

“nail polish! Rowr!’
LOL.

Confession: the first time I saw a woman fully covered in a burka-like garment was many years ago, and I thought it was just a nun in a really strange habit.

Heh, yeah, the nail polish part cracked me up. ;o)

Back in TX it wasn’t unusual to have people who’d never seen hijab before mistake me for a nun, especially since I usually wear a black scarf (because I smoke and am accident prone with my coffee—a lighter color would be disastrous).

142 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:45:35pm

re: #124 reine.de.tout

It’s a shame the Old Spice guy didn’t seem to actually sell a lot of Old Spice. I haven’t seen one of those ads in months. I used to live for them. Thank goodness for YouTube.

The Old Spice commercials were targeted at women, who are the primary purchasers of body wash products. Guys, when forced to shower, would rather use a bar of Ivory or Irish Spring or Lava than touch a body wash and get ghey cooties.

143 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:45:46pm

re: #139 prairiefire

Mayhem Christmas tree ad:

[Video]

The Druids were very angry.

//

144 prairiefire  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:45:49pm

Mayhem 12 days of Christmas:

Youtube Video
145 Obdicut  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:46:47pm

re: #65 marjoriemoon

I don’t. But I just don’t like commercials, mostly.

146 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:47:18pm

Angel Soft

Youtube Video
147 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:47:51pm

re: #134 Gus 802

Hey! We both responded with “exactly” almost at the same time. What does it mean!?

//

We’re soulmates?

148 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:48:13pm

re: #141 CuriousLurker

Heh, yeah, the nail polish part cracked me up. ;o)

Back in TX it wasn’t unusual to have people who’d never seen hijab before mistake me for a nun, especially since I usually wear a black scarf (because I smoke and am accident prone with my coffee—a lighter color would be disastrous).

Well, CL, growing up in the heart of Catholic Louisiana, what else was I to think? LOL. It’s all I knew. Seriously, this was in the town where I grew up in central La. and I’d never seen a Muslim before. This is many years ago, I was still actually young.

149 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:48:35pm

re: #124 reine.de.tout

It’s a shame the Old Spice guy didn’t seem to actually sell a lot of Old Spice. I haven’t seen one of those ads in months. I used to live for them. Thank goodness for YouTube.

Here’s an analysis of the campaign; it was a pretty successful social media effort:
[Link: www.digitalbuzzblog.com…]

150 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:48:49pm

What is the world coming to???!! First, those dastardly gays get a spot at the annual CPAC kook fest, now this? From the always reliable - ahem - “journalists” at World Net Daily…
Your text to link…

151 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:49:08pm

re: #142 Alouette

The Old Spice commercials were targeted at women, who are the primary purchasers of body wash products. Guys, when forced to shower, would rather use a bar of Ivory or Irish Spring or Lava than touch a body wash and get ghey cooties.

Holy shit! I’m covered in ghey cooties!?!?!
/

152 Obdicut  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:49:29pm

re: #151 Slumbering Behemoth

Holy shit! I’m covered in ghey cooties!?!?!
/

Don’t worry. Those lick right off.

153 prairiefire  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:49:33pm

re: #146 Gus 802

Angel Soft


[Video]

Giving schlubby actors hope everywhere.

154 austin_blue  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:50:07pm

re: #146 Gus 802

Angel Soft


[Video]

That was *so* gay…

NTTAWWT

155 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:50:18pm

re: #151 Slumbering Behemoth

Holy shit! I’m covered in ghey cooties!?!?!
/

You shower every week whether you need it or not?

156 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:50:32pm

re: #149 jaunte

Here’s an analysis of the campaign; it was a pretty successful social media effort:
[Link: www.digitalbuzzblog.com…]

Wow, very interesting!

And in the last month sales were up 107% from the social responses campaign work
Old spice is now the #1 body wash brand for men.

So why aren’t we seeing more of these ads? I demand my Old Spice guy …

158 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:51:30pm

re: #150 Kid A

What is the world coming to???!! First, those dastardly gays get a spot at the annual CPAC kook fest, now this? From the always reliable - ahem - “journalists” at World Net Daily…
Your text to link…

Gaffney. Bah, hateful guy with a damn platform. Yuck.

159 prairiefire  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:51:45pm

re: #156 reine.de.tout

I think Racer X posted the first one I ever watched.

160 Kragar  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:51:52pm

re: #156 reine.de.tout

Wow, very interesting!


So why aren’t we seeing more of these ads? I demand my Old Spice guy …

Look at your post, back to mine…

161 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:52:06pm

re: #141 CuriousLurker

Heh, yeah, the nail polish part cracked me up. ;o)

Back in TX it wasn’t unusual to have people who’d never seen hijab before mistake me for a nun, especially since I usually wear a black scarf (because I smoke and am accident prone with my coffee—a lighter color would be disastrous).

Nuns these days wear regular clothes.
I swear, life is getting seriously confusing.
/

162 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:52:34pm

re: #160 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Look at your post, back to mine…

*snort*
sorry Kragar, you just don’t quite - do it.

163 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:52:51pm

re: #156 reine.de.tout

You haven’t seen the ads with Ray Lewis flying on the raven? It’s pretty funny. Actually, the whole body was campaign is pretty clever. “Be a man, man.”

164 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:52:54pm

re: #155 Alouette

I shower everyday, and let me tell you sister, I do need it. :)
/phew

165 Eclectic Infidel  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:53:11pm

re: #142 Alouette

The Old Spice commercials were targeted at women, who are the primary purchasers of body wash products. Guys, when forced to shower, would rather use a bar of Ivory or Irish Spring or Lava than touch a body wash and get ghey cooties.

OMG. Lava soap? Irish Spring? The closest I’ve come to using Ivory soap is the body wash but I found a generic brand from Wal Mart that I order online for half the cost in the retail store. But Lava soap - never would have considered it. I think the packaging was a turn off. Oh Noes! Am I teh ghey?!?!1111

166 brookly red  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:54:39pm

re: #161 reine.de.tout

Nuns these days wear regular clothes.
I swear, life is getting seriously confusing.
/

/shout out my home girl Sister Juicy Couture!

167 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:54:51pm

re: #148 reine.de.tout

Well, CL, growing up in the heart of Catholic Louisiana, what else was I to think? LOL. It’s all I knew. Seriously, this was in the town where I grew up in central La. and I’d never seen a Muslim before. This is many years ago, I was still actually young.

Heh, totally understandable. Most of the time I just went along with it because easier than trying to explain. There was one little girl who asked me if I was a “preacher lady”, much to the mortification of her dad.

Another time there was this biker guy who obviously knew I was Muslim and (in a very kind tone of voice) informed me, “You know you don’t have to wear that now that you’re here in America, right?” I assured him that yes, thanks, I was aware of that.

Or how about the little old man that smiled brightly and asked, “So, which cult do you belong to?”

Man, I could tell you some stories… LOL

168 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:54:57pm

re: #162 reine.de.tout

He’s on a horse!

169 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:55:30pm

re: #164 Slumbering Behemoth

I shower everyday, and let me tell you sister, I do need it. :)
/phew

EW!
TMI!
Oh, didja see the hide the TMI from the TSA undies?

170 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:55:47pm

re: #168 jaunte

He’s on a horse!

Backwards!

171 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:56:06pm

Father’s Day Cake for priest

Youtube Video
172 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:57:29pm

re: #4 Obdicut

Did some guy really blame God recently for missing a pass, or was that the Onion?

hahahaha dying

173 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:57:36pm

re: #167 CuriousLurker

Heh, totally understandable. Most of the time I just went along with it because easier than trying to explain. There was one little girl who asked me if I was a “preacher lady”, much to the mortification of her dad.

Another time there was this biker guy who obviously knew I was Muslim and (in a very kind tone of voice) informed me, “You know you don’t have to wear that now that you’re here in America, right?” I assured him that yes, thanks, I was aware of that.

Or how about the little old man that smiled brightly and asked, “So, which cult do you belong to?”

Man, I could tell you some stories… LOL

I bet you could tell some stories!
Just say you belong to the First Church of What’s Happening Now.
/and see what happens

174 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:57:39pm

Confession

Youtube Video

With lust bonus.

175 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:57:50pm

re: #149 jaunte

Here’s an analysis of the campaign; it was a pretty successful social media effort:
[Link: www.digitalbuzzblog.com…]

In the last 3 months sales were up 55%.

Take that, Red!

176 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:57:52pm

re: #161 reine.de.tout

Nuns these days wear regular clothes.
I swear, life is getting seriously confusing.
/

I kind of miss seeing nuns in habits.

177 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:58:04pm

re: #157 SanFranciscoZionist

More Saad Haroon. On why he believes there are no terrorists in Pakistan. (It has something to do with the toilets.)

there are no terrorists in pakistan, the streets are paved with cheese.

178 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:58:35pm

re: #169 reine.de.tout

I want a t-shirt version with the phrase “I’m a grower, not a shower” on it.

179 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:58:48pm

re: #176 CuriousLurker

I kind of miss seeing nuns in habits.

well, the cool thing about nun habits is you can buy your own


not that i’d know

181 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:59:28pm

re: #179 WindUpBird

well, the cool thing about nun habits is you can buy your own

not that i’d know

Oh, lordy. I’m not even gonna ask.

182 brookly red  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 6:59:56pm

re: #179 WindUpBird

well, the cool thing about nun habits is you can buy your own

not that i’d know

remember we have the pictures… did you send the check?

183 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:00:56pm

re: #182 brookly red

remember we have the pictures… did you send the check?

it’s so great being self-employed because nobody can fire me for being zany in front of cameras

184 Political Atheist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:01:00pm

re: #123 Slumbering Behemoth

Heh. 700 Club? It’s the other way around.
They take vain in the Lords name.

185 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:01:11pm

re: #179 WindUpBird

bs

187 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:03:06pm

re: #185 Stanley Sea

bs

Actually, I am fronting a bit, I haven’t bought one yet

I DID price them online as a thing I was going to do for burning man, but I picked a different sort of outlandish PVC outfit

188 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:03:29pm

More Pakistani stand up—this from Sami Shah, who has something to say about ugly Mullahs.

(I had no idea there was so much Pakistani stand-up comedy! And they do it in English!)

189 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:03:30pm

Okay, folks, I have to be up early tomorrow, so I’m out. Have a nice night.

191 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:03:53pm

honestly, the habit wasn’t chosen because it’d be black on black at night on the playa :D

192 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:04:25pm

re: #188 SanFranciscoZionist

More Pakistani stand up—this from Sami Shah, who has something to say about ugly Mullahs.

(I had no idea there was so much Pakistani stand-up comedy! And they do it in English!)

Man, you can find people into ANYTHING on the internet

193 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:04:52pm

re: #191 WindUpBird

honestly, the habit wasn’t chosen because it’d be black on black at night on the playa :D

led lights. you coulda worked it out. Oh next year.

194 austin_blue  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:04:56pm

re: #179 WindUpBird

well, the cool thing about nun habits is you can buy your own

not that i’d know

Kinky!

195 brookly red  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:05:12pm

re: #187 WindUpBird

Actually, I am fronting a bit, I haven’t bought one yet

I DID price them online as a thing I was going to do for burning man, but I picked a different sort of outlandish PVC outfit

did you ever see a film named Dark Habbits?

196 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:06:10pm

Sister Janet Mead made Catholics groovy in the 70s. The Lord’s Prayer went to #1 if I’m not mistaken.

Youtube Video
197 austin_blue  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:06:18pm

re: #186 Lidane

Heh:

Rep. Steve King Won’t Give Up His Government Health Care, But Applauds Those Who Do ‘For Standing On Principle’

Shocked! Shocked, I say!

198 Eclectic Infidel  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:06:24pm

re: #181 CuriousLurker

Oh, lordy. I’m not even gonna ask.

Latex habits!
(not that I’d know either)

199 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:06:46pm

here’s one for AP, or anybody else you don’t like…some soul

Youtube Video

Fuck You

200 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:07:09pm

re: #193 Stanley Sea

led lights. you coulda worked it out. Oh next year.

actually, I use this stuff: [Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

It’s like the most miraculous thing, it’s The Future of glowy stuff

every year all my friends went to Burning Man, they had like 20 ideas for art and outfits, that eventually got winnowed down to like one and a half by the event, now I understand :D

201 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:07:11pm

Israeli telecommunications commercial

Youtube Video
202 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:07:43pm

re: #199 albusteve

oh God that song rules, the video rules, everything about it rules

203 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:08:02pm

re: #186 Lidane

Heh:

Rep. Steve King Won’t Give Up His Government Health Care, But Applauds Those Who Do ‘For Standing On Principle’

What’s the principal? We hire these guys to do a job. Most people in the US get health coverage from their employers. And Walsh giving up his coverage when he knows it’s going to hard to find a plan that will take his wife is totally asinine.

204 prairiefire  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:08:37pm

re: #196 marjoriemoon

SIster Mary Elephant:

Youtube Video
205 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:08:54pm

re: #199 albusteve

of all the modern music you don’t really get into, the band that really screams “you’d like this” is Gorillaz, specifically the stuff with Bobby Womack

206 Kragar  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:09:08pm

re: #198 eclectic infidel

Latex habits!
(not that I’d know either)

I saw that one. Silvia Saint I think was her name.

207 Eclectic Infidel  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:09:24pm

Then there’s Lily Allen’s FUCK YOU … this version is live from France:

Youtube Video
208 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:09:26pm

re: #201 Gus 802

Israeli telecommunications commercial


[Video]

some Jewish gospel…great song

209 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:10:03pm

re: #208 albusteve

some Jewish gospel…great song

Yeah. That’s a nice ad.

210 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:10:07pm

re: #202 WindUpBird

oh God that song rules, the video rules, everything about it rules

is that cool or what?..my daughter just sent it to me….fuck you!

211 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:10:26pm

re: #204 prairiefire

Suite Sister Mary

Youtube Video

hooray for 80’s progressive heavy metal concept albums about heroin and nuns and mind control

212 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:10:59pm

re: #196 marjoriemoon

Sister Janet Mead made Catholics groovy in the 70s. The Lord’s Prayer went to #1 if I’m not mistaken.

[Video]

I remember “Sister Dominique” and that nun show with Sally Field.

213 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:11:16pm

re: #205 WindUpBird

of all the modern music you don’t really get into, the band that really screams “you’d like this” is Gorillaz, specifically the stuff with Bobby Womack

Womack has some mad skillz, no shit

214 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:11:40pm

re: #210 albusteve

is that cool or what?..my daughter just sent it to me…fuck you!

it was actually posted by Charles right after it came out :D But not with the video, the video came after the internet went crazy for the song

215 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:11:44pm

re: #204 prairiefire

SIster Mary Elephant:

[Video]

lol Much better!

216 prairiefire  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:11:45pm

re: #212 Alouette

Yeah, I wanted to fly like the flying nun.

217 Political Atheist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:12:08pm

re: #191 WindUpBird

Latex at burning man? Damn stay away from the fire. I’d stick to organic fibers. No melt, no stick to skin. Ouch. I see people firespin in lycra and I shudder. Whoever is their safety has a big job. When I break out the fire staff, its cotton clothes.

218 researchok  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:12:19pm

re: #201 Gus 802

Israeli telecommunications commercial


[Video]

See this

219 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:12:22pm

Hello all!

Are we having fun?

220 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:12:23pm

re: #213 albusteve

Womack has some mad skillz, no shit

Saw him live with Gorillaz, ahhhhh it was great, you could feel the amazing

221 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:12:32pm

re: #219 ggt

Hello all!

Are we having fun?

we really are *_*

222 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:12:41pm

re: #214 WindUpBird

it was actually posted by Charles right after it came out :D But not with the video, the video came after the internet went crazy for the song

my first exposure to it….I’m diggin it

223 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:12:59pm

I usually try to avoid giving these wingnuts traffic but they’re the obly ones with this video…
Beck: Raising debt ceiling spells the end of Republicans

They both know what would happen and want to do it anyways.
I still don’t think the Republicans have the guts.

224 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:14:07pm

re: #203 SanFranciscoZionist

What’s the principal? We hire these guys to do a job. Most people in the US get health coverage from their employers. And Walsh giving up his coverage when he knows it’s going to hard to find a plan that will take his wife is totally asinine.

But didn’t you know that Obamacare is evil and must be rejected even if it screws your family over?

225 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:14:16pm

This isn’t a real ad but a “homemade” commercial.

Southeast Airlines

Youtube Video

Written by Sayeed Khan
Directed by Ali Rizvi

226 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:14:19pm

re: #223 Killgore Trout

I usually try to avoid giving these wingnuts traffic but they’re the obly ones with this video…
Beck: Raising debt ceiling spells the end of Republicans

They both know what would happen and want to do it anyways.
I still don’t think the Republicans have the guts.

they will be talked down in the end…bet me
are you scared yet?

227 Kragar  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:14:33pm

Here is some older Ceelo

Youtube Video
228 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:14:40pm

re: #217 Rightwingconspirator

Latex at burning man? Damn stay away from the fire. I’d stick to organic fibers. No melt, no stick to skin. Ouch. I see people firespin in lycra and I shudder. Whoever is their safety has a big job. When I break out the fire staff, its cotton clothes.

there’s actually not much fire just walking around Black Rock City, the fire is really all in center playa. Out on the rings, the dance camps and such, there’s not much fireslinging. A lot of people at BM have outfits and such more fragile than latex, honestly, all the light up stuff, fiberoptics, projectors, el-wire, etc

Firespinners at BM tend to be smarter than that :D

229 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:14:50pm

re: #218 researchok

See this

I was just about to post that.

230 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:16:16pm

re: #204 prairiefire

Earache My Eye was my fav.

Youtube Video
231 researchok  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:16:23pm

re: #229 Alouette

I was just about to post that.

Great minds and all that.

232 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:16:23pm

re: #218 researchok

See this

Good one.

233 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:16:32pm

re: #207 eclectic infidel

Then there’s Lily Allen’s FUCK YOU … this version is live from France:


[Video]

Nice!

234 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:16:39pm

re: #226 albusteve

they will be talked down in the end…bet me
are you scared yet?

I’m a little nervous but definitely not scared. I think the chances are pretty slim that the Republicans will go through with this.

235 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:16:55pm

re: #223 Killgore Trout

They both know what would happen and want to do it anyways.

Because opposing Obama trumps everything, even the financial health of this country.

I still don’t think the Republicans have the guts.

God help us all if they turn out to be that stupid. The 2008 crisis will look like a busted piggy bank in comparison.

236 Political Atheist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:17:59pm

re: #228 WindUpBird

Gotcha. A friend trained me in fire staff & basic safety like fuel handling etc. I really like it for stress relief. Invented mock combat fire tools in Santa Barbara with the Fishbone crew. Trained them up in mock combat with fire swords etc. What a great time we had. Unfortunately I had to decline their offer to join their merry crew at the big event.

237 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:19:19pm

re: #235 Lidane

Because opposing Obama trumps everything, even the financial health of this country.

God help us all if they turn out to be that stupid. The 2008 crisis will look like a busted piggy bank in comparison.

I guess everybody misses the point of this thing intentionally…just why do you suppose they have made this threat?

238 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:19:34pm

re: #138 SanFranciscoZionist

I still haven’t actually seen a ace veil at OU. The most conservative dress I have seen is my close friend wearing an Abaya without a Niqab. A Memoni immigrant from Pakistan.

239 Eclectic Infidel  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:20:34pm

re: #199 albusteve

Then there’s the spoof parody of this song: ‘CLEARLY OBSESSED’

Youtube Video
240 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:20:44pm

Ramadan TV Commercial

Youtube Video
241 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:20:56pm

re: #238 ProLifeLiberal

a face veil at OU.

We really need the ability to edit our posts if we misspell, like I do 50%+ of the time.

242 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:21:01pm

re: #226 albusteve

they will be talked down in the end…bet me
are you scared yet?

How bout the reading of the Constitution coming up? Pandering to the teabaggers.

I cannot wait to find out who get’s to read the 14th

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

They are already sweating this one out. Assholes.

My Mom wasn’t a citizen. So what would the re-working of birthright citizenship do to someone like me?

243 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:21:07pm

re: #237 albusteve

I guess everybody misses the point of this thing intentionally…just why do you suppose they have made this threat?

Because they’re shameless attention whores pandering to the idiots and rubes in their base? Because they want to get into a pissing contest with the POTUS at the risk of this country? Because they want to try and blackmail the president into giving in to some asinine demand?

Please, enlighten me.

244 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:22:19pm

I find it funny that AP wonders if Doritos/Pepsi would do a similar ad but with Muslims and then proceeds to whine about how this is religiously insensitive. It’s like religious sensitivities are off the table if the sensitivities involve Muslims. And you’re right Charles. The guy’s name is Allahpundit, he has no credibility to talk about “blasaphemy.”

245 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:22:48pm

re: #239 eclectic infidel

Then there’s the spoof parody of this song: ‘CLEARLY OBSESSED’


[Video]

great…this is all new to me and I’m really liking all this stuff

246 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:24:26pm

re: #186 Lidane

Heh:

Rep. Steve King Won’t Give Up His Government Health Care, But Applauds Those Who Do ‘For Standing On Principle’

Heh, government health care sucks so bad that the representative from Iowa has no problem keeping his. This is just as funny as the newly elected Maryland congressman who wanted his health care benefits immediately.

247 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:24:29pm

re: #243 Lidane

Because they’re shameless attention whores pandering to the idiots and rubes in their base? Because they want to get into a pissing contest with the POTUS at the risk of this country? Because they want to try and blackmail the president into giving in to some asinine demand?

Please, enlighten me.

no, it was all laid out from the beginning…I’m not deranged about either the right or left

248 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:25:06pm

Holy cow. This penguin has brass clankers the size of beach balls.

I bet this was him as a kid.

249 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:27:23pm

Jewish World Cup soccer commercial

Youtube Video
250 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:27:46pm

re: #239 eclectic infidel

Then there’s the spoof parody of this song: ‘CLEARLY OBSESSED’


[Video]

Then you have this cover which makes me… think impure thoughts.

Youtube Video
251 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:28:59pm

re: #242 Stanley Sea

How bout the reading of the Constitution coming up? Pandering to the teabaggers.

I cannot wait to find out who get’s to read the 14th

They are already sweating this one out. Assholes.

My Mom wasn’t a citizen. So what would the re-working of birthright citizenship do to someone like me?

don’t know..I assume if there were some change it would not be retroactive…but it’s a very long shot anyway, I wouldn’t get too worked up about it

252 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:29:44pm

re: #248 Slumbering Behemoth

That is one heck of a brave penguin! I love the Youtube comments on that too.

The Heavy Metal Penguin was awesome too.

253 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:32:35pm

re: #251 albusteve

don’t know..I assume if there were some change it would not be retroactive…but it’s a very long shot anyway, I wouldn’t get too worked up about it

Oh I get that it won’t be retroactive. But they had better think this through a bit more.

Dad = Citizen, Mom = Not.

Idiots

It’s in the 14th. Let’s be constitutionally pure, but Oh! let’s not! That’s where they lose the thinking Americans.

254 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:32:37pm

re: #252 ProLifeLiberal

I love the Youtube comments on that too.

Indeed.

“A fuck was not given on that day”

255 CuriousLurker  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:33:15pm

OT - Just logging back in for a few secs. I had the spy open and a member form the class of ‘04, Logician just down-dinged Thanos’ page, Winter Sunrise bare trees edition. WTF?

Logician

Karma: -19
Registered since: Jun 18, 2004 at 7:10 pm
(Logged in)

No. of comments posted: 72
No. of links posted: 7

Okay, closing the spy and really leaving this time.

P.S.

re: #198 eclectic infidel

Latex habits!
(not that I’d know either)

Ewww! O_o

~~~~GONE~~~~

256 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:34:02pm

re: #242 Stanley Sea

How bout the reading of the Constitution coming up? Pandering to the teabaggers.

I cannot wait to find out who get’s to read the 14th

They are already sweating this one out. Assholes.

My Mom wasn’t a citizen. So what would the re-working of birthright citizenship do to someone like me?

Who is reading the Constitution?

257 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:35:15pm

re: #253 Stanley Sea

It’s in the 14th. Let’s be constitutionally pure, but Oh! let’s not! That’s where they lose the thinking Americans.

Let’s see if they’ll double down on this whole repealing amendments thing and do away with the Bill of Rights.

258 freetoken  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:35:30pm

re: #255 CuriousLurker

Possibly a revenge-ding.

259 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:35:42pm

re: #253 Stanley Sea

Oh I get that it won’t be retroactive. But they had better think this through a bit more.

Dad = Citizen, Mom = Not.

Idiots

It’s in the 14th. Let’s be constitutionally pure, but Oh! let’s not! That’s where they lose the thinking Americans.

My favorite part is when they say the people who wrote the 14th amendment didn’t intend it to be used for automatic citizenship for the children of immigrants. Isn’t that “judicial activism” using their modern interpretations to understand an older law? And honestly, I don’t see what the problem is. Most children of immigrants in this country become very well integrated in to the society. Many in my grandparents’ generation including my mom’s parents themselves were the children of immigrants and my grandfather as well his older brothers and my grandmother’s brothers served in the miltiary during WWII and Korea.

260 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:36:08pm

Banned Commercials - Hyundai video commercial from france

Youtube Video

No religion in this one.

261 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:36:46pm

re: #255 CuriousLurker

Ankle biters.

262 Kragar  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:37:10pm

re: #256 SanFranciscoZionist

Who is reading the Constitution?

GOP says first thing they’re going to do in the new Congress is read the Constitution, and for every bill they put up, cite where the Constitution gives them the authority to do so.

263 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:37:31pm

re: #261 jaunte

Ankle biters.

Revenge ding!

/

264 Eclectic Infidel  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:37:58pm

re: #255 CuriousLurker

It’s just a nun’s habit made out of latex. A fetish thang.

265 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:38:01pm

re: #236 Rightwingconspirator

Gotcha. A friend trained me in fire staff & basic safety like fuel handling etc. I really like it for stress relief. Invented mock combat fire tools in Santa Barbara with the Fishbone crew. Trained them up in mock combat with fire swords etc. What a great time we had. Unfortunately I had to decline their offer to join their merry crew at the big event.

oh crap that sounds awesome :D Believe it or not, I’m incredibly nervous around fire, I’d never be a firespinner. It’s great when it’s someone else doing it and I get to watch *_*

266 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:38:17pm

re: #262 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

GOP says first thing they’re going to do in the new Congress is read the Constitution, and for every bill they put up, cite where the Constitution gives them the authority to do so.

Wouldn’t it be nice if today’s legislators wrote bills that were the length of the Constitution and could be read in one sitting.

267 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:38:50pm

re: #255 CuriousLurker

Somebody really must hate trees!

268 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:38:51pm

re: #263 Gus 802

“From hell’s heart I ding at thee.”

269 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:38:57pm

re: #255 CuriousLurker

OT - Just logging back in for a few secs. I had the spy open and a member form the class of ‘04, Logician just down-dinged Thanos’ page, Winter Sunrise bare trees edition. WTF?

Logician

Karma: -19
Registered since: Jun 18, 2004 at 7:10 pm
(Logged in)

No. of comments posted: 72
No. of links posted: 7

Okay, closing the spy and really leaving this time.

P.S.

Ewww! O_o

~~~GONE~~~

Logician must have seen the “bare” in the title, and thought it was some sort of porn.

270 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:39:13pm

Oh gross. Just read the update on this thread…

PEPSI, TAKE THE JIHAD CHALLENGE! - Atlas Shrugs

Funny? Not. Insulting to Catholics? Totally. In a free country, these demeaning cheap shots are to be expected, but I dare Pepsi to mock Islam.

I dare Pepsi to give the same treatment to Imams. I dare Pepsi to mock the Islamic flock. I dare Pepsi not to crap their pants and put the safety of the Superbowl in jeopardy and insult Islam.

Assclowns. And they pay millions to Madison Avenue maroons. If Pepsi airs this, demand Catholic sensitivity training. Demand apologies. Demand contributions to groups that advance Christianity.

But certainly do not drink Pepsi or eat those damn chips.

Like clockwork. They’re dragging Islam into this.

271 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:39:19pm

re: #264 eclectic infidel

It’s just a nun’s habit made out of latex. A fetish thang.

I missed the latex discussion.

Being a former Catholic school girl, I can tell you that “nun” and “latex” just don’t belong in the same sentence.

ewwwww

272 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:39:28pm

re: #264 eclectic infidel

It’s just a nun’s habit made out of latex. A fetish thang.

Your Bavarian cybernetic futuregarb tailor awaits, at the space station Outer Munich

273 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:40:08pm

re: #257 Slumbering Behemoth

Let’s see if they’ll double down on this whole repealing amendments thing and do away with the Bill of Rights.

typical of such over the top rhetoric…don’t you see that kind of shit is almost as bad as what you’re critical of in the first place?…we should keep our heads and see what happens and drop the hysterics…IMO

274 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:40:51pm

re: #271 ggt

I missed the latex discussion.

Being a former Catholic school girl, I can tell you that “nun” and “latex” just don’t belong in the same sentence.

ewww

yeah it’s really for the rest of us who just saw the hierarchy of the Catholic church, the cool costumes and the fire and brimstone stuff and went “neat! Let’s do that Friday night!”

There’s a reason Warhammer 40,000 is based on the papacy

275 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:41:15pm

re: #261 jaunte

Ankle biters.

yup and when they surface, their feeling are soon hurt and off they go

276 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:41:19pm

re: #271 ggt

I missed the latex discussion.

Being a former Catholic school girl, I can tell you that “nun” and “latex” just don’t belong in the same sentence.

ewww

you need to read this book.

277 Eclectic Infidel  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:41:24pm

re: #271 ggt

I missed the latex discussion.

Being a former Catholic school girl, I can tell you that “nun” and “latex” just don’t belong in the same sentence.

ewww

Welcome to Sodomy by the Bay. Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!

278 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:41:58pm

re: #276 reine.de.tout

you need to read this book.

I think I did.

279 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:42:30pm

re: #266 ggt

Wouldn’t it be nice if today’s legislators wrote bills that were the length of the Constitution and could be read in one sitting.

dream on…the earmarks are far longer than the bills themselves…it’s bullshit, not the way it was supposed to work

280 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:42:35pm

re: #278 ggt

I think I did.

Mebbe you wrote it?
LOL.
One of my faves.

281 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:42:51pm

Crazy Pam has a nice one up tonight…


Department of Justice Goes Black — Dumps Red, White and Blue

The U.S. Department of Justice has changed its web site. Gone are the patriotic, distinctly proud American red, white, and blue U.S. flag decorations on the page:
…
And at the top of the page, is a rather interesting quote:

“The common law is the will of mankind, issuing from the life of the people.”

Catchy, huh? Just one tiny little (too small to be relevant obviously) point — the quote is from C. Wilfred Jenks, who in the 1930’s was a leading proponent of the “international law” movement, which had as its goal to impose a global common law and which backed lobal workers’ rights.’

Call it Marxism, call it Progressivism, call it Socialism — under any of those names, it definitely makes the DOJ look corrupt in their sleek, new black website with Marxist accessories to match.

282 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:42:55pm

re: #270 Gus 802

Oh gross. Just read the update on this thread…

PEPSI, TAKE THE JIHAD CHALLENGE! - Atlas Shrugs

Like clockwork. They’re dragging Islam into this.

Islam, Islam (say it like Jan Brady)
As I said, people like Pam and AP are “concerned” about religious sensitivites but have a totally different tune when it involves Muslims because it’s Muslims.

283 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:43:32pm

re: #258 freetoken

Possibly a revenge-ding.

Oh how I hate that shit. So juvenile.

284 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:43:40pm

re: #270 Gus 802

Oh gross. Just read the update on this thread…

PEPSI, TAKE THE JIHAD CHALLENGE! - Atlas Shrugs

Like clockwork. They’re dragging Islam into this.

Someone linked it yesterday. I mean, doesn’t everyone look at that commercial and think how evil Islam is?

One track minds.

285 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:43:57pm

re: #281 Killgore Trout

Now she hates lobal workers?

286 Kragar  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:44:22pm

re: #274 WindUpBird

yeah it’s really for the rest of us who just saw the hierarchy of the Catholic church, the cool costumes and the fire and brimstone stuff and went “neat! Let’s do that Friday night!”

There’s a reason Warhammer 40,000 is based on the papacy

WHEN DID THAT START?

287 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:44:33pm

re: #285 jaunte

Now she hates lobal workers?

lobal workers are really not that bad. She has a problem with everyone.

/

288 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:45:09pm

re: #281 Killgore Trout

Crazy Pam has a nice one up tonight…

Department of Justice Goes Black — Dumps Red, White and Blue

a very unhappy person…her anger is textbook stuff, clinical even…her negative vibe is strong

289 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:45:15pm

re: #285 jaunte

Now she hates lobal workers?

Workers of the lobe unite!

290 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:45:33pm

re: #269 reine.de.tout

Logician must have seen the “bare” in the title, and thought it was some sort of porn.

Nah, even I wouldn’t make that mistake.

291 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:45:57pm

Do people like Pam literally spend their days thinking of stupid criticisms of the administration? I mean really. The color of the DoJ’s website and a quote by a guy who promoted international law. Oh my, we’re on the road ot the Soviet Union! And it’s so stupid too since every day when American children recite the Pledge, they are reciting the wods of a Christian socialist.

292 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:46:06pm

re: #289 Killgore Trout

Hands across the corpus callosum!

293 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:46:11pm

re: #289 Killgore Trout

Workers of the lobe unite!

LOBAL JUSTICE!
heh

294 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:46:29pm

re: #281 Killgore Trout

Crazy Pam has a nice one up tonight…

Department of Justice Goes Black — Dumps Red, White and Blue

I suddenly feel like the fly in the final scene of the original “The Fly” movie where he’s trapped in the spider web…

“Help me. Help meeeee! Helppppp meeeeee!”

//

295 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:46:37pm

re: #288 albusteve

a very unhappy person…her anger is textbook stuff, clinical even…her negative vibe is strong

She’s also latching on the the New World Order stuff. It seems to be something that lives at the heart of today’s conservative movement.

296 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:46:47pm

re: #273 albusteve

typical of such over the top rhetoric…don’t you see that kind of shit is almost as bad as what you’re critical of in the first place?…we should keep our heads and see what happens and drop the hysterics…IMO

When talking hysterical, I think the shipped has pretty much sailed on that with the GOP. Gays? Global warming? Evolution? They’re a pretty hysterical group. And not in a ha-ha way.

297 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:46:54pm

re: #292 jaunte

Hands across the corpus callosum!

for some the reach is just too far.

298 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:47:53pm

Heh. Check out the Ronald Reagan Library web page.

[Link: www.reaganlibrary.com…]

It kind of remind me of the new DOJ page.

299 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:48:16pm

re: #289 Killgore Trout

Workers of the lobe unite!

Keep your hands off my lobe!

300 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:48:50pm

re: #295 Killgore Trout

She’s also latching on the the New World Order stuff. It seems to be something that lives at the heart of today’s conservative movement.

maybe so…you can probably map a progression better than me…who knows where that type of anger and insecurity will lead…
KT, nothing surprises me, and that’s the truth

301 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:48:54pm

re: #299 marjoriemoon

Keep your hands off my lobe!

That’s my Lisa Loeb!

//

302 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:48:58pm

re: #299 marjoriemoon

Keep your hands off my lobe!

I take it you are not a ferengi?

303 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:49:07pm

re: #298 Gus 802

Heh. Check out the Ronald Reagan Library web page.

[Link: www.reaganlibrary.com…]

It kind of remind me of the new DOJ page.

Oh no the Progressive Commie Socialists have gotten to our beloved Reagan now. We’re doooooooooooooomed.

304 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:49:37pm

re: #303 HappyWarrior

Oh no the Progressive Commie Socialists have gotten to our beloved Reagan now. We’re dooomed.

I don’t see any red, white, and blue!!11ty

305 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:50:03pm

It’s got to be a Photoshop. Where are the lobular clusters?

306 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:50:21pm

Don’t forget folks. Ronald Reagan was good friends with Rock Hudson!!11ty

//

307 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:50:38pm

re: #298 Gus 802

Heh. Check out the Ronald Reagan Library web page.

[Link: www.reaganlibrary.com…]

It kind of remind me of the new DOJ page.

Outrageous!

308 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:51:00pm

re: #273 albusteve

typical of such over the top rhetoric…don’t you see that kind of shit is almost as bad as what you’re critical of in the first place?…we should keep our heads and see what happens and drop the hysterics…IMO

I have no idea what you’re talking about, and perhaps I stepped the wrong foot into this conversation, but there are a lot of weirdos out there talking about repealing one amendment or another.

Some of these weirdos even think the Constitution is written in stone, and consider amending it at all to be unconstitutional. Which is where I was jumping off with my previous comment, as the Bill of Rights were themselves amendments to the Constitution.

309 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:51:30pm

re: #302 ggt

I take it you are not a ferengi?

I am not, sir! er…. Ma’am!

There really should be a “Most Badly Misspelled Blog Award.”

310 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:51:36pm

re: #296 marjoriemoon

When talking hysterical, I think the shipped has pretty much sailed on that with the GOP. Gays? Global warming? Evolution? They’re a pretty hysterical group. And not in a ha-ha way.

so let’s rise above it, have a good laugh and keep an eye out…people are starting to sound as wacky as they are

311 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:51:40pm

re: #295 Killgore Trout

She’s also latching on the the New World Order stuff. It seems to be something that lives at the heart of today’s conservative movement.

It’s a consequence of their embrace of Alex Jones, Ron Paul, and the John Birch Society.

312 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:52:26pm

re: #301 Gus 802

That’s my Lisa Loeb!

//

Mickle Lobe?

313 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:52:30pm

I tell ya’. The stuff that people get worked up over these days is mind boggling.

314 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:53:15pm

re: #304 Gus 802

I don’t see any red, white, and blue!!11ty

Nope, and it’s also funny that Crazy Pam sees “black” as proof of leftism. Everyone knows real leftists use red. Like the PRC or USSR. I honestly feel bad for people who have legitimate criticisms of the administration since the more vocal critics of the administration have some of the most inane criticism like this and other nonsense.

315 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:53:41pm

re: #311 Lidane

It’s a consequence of their embrace of Alex Jones, Ron Paul, and the John Birch Society.

I think there has been a major paradigm shift and people are reacting to it by trying to hold on to what ever semblence of reality they can.

There is a black man in the white house —get over it.

316 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:54:19pm

re: #311 Lidane

It’s a consequence of their embrace of Alex Jones, Ron Paul, and the John Birch Society.

I think it’s the other way around. The conservatives kept the global government fears stoked and it was the doorway that brought Alex Jones and JBS back in.

317 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:55:20pm

re: #314 HappyWarrior

Nope, and it’s also funny that Crazy Pam sees “black” as proof of leftism. Everyone knows real leftists use red. Like the PRC or USSR. I honestly feel bad for people who have legitimate criticisms of the administration since the more vocal critics of the administration have some of the most inane criticism like this and other nonsense.

Right. Of course I’m seeing gray and not black.

318 Political Atheist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:55:51pm

re: #255 CuriousLurker


Thanks for menti9oning that. Thanos is one of the best.
Sooo…

319 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:56:47pm

re: #318 Rightwingconspirator

Thanks for menti9oning that. Thanos is one of the best.
Sooo…

You are so much nicer than I am. As a result, I choose not to post some things.

320 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:58:02pm

re: #308 Slumbering Behemoth

I have no idea what you’re talking about, and perhaps I stepped the wrong foot into this conversation, but there are a lot of weirdos out there talking about repealing one amendment or another.

Some of these weirdos even think the Constitution is written in stone, and consider amending it at all to be unconstitutional. Which is where I was jumping off with my previous comment, as the Bill of Rights were themselves amendments to the Constitution.

that’s cool….there is just something about responding to every nutter is a waste of time…but it’s not my time…something about even a shred of cred I want to deny these assholes…I don’t like the ‘anchor baby’ laws myself, but I’m not gonna rage about it, make threats, and come off like a lunatic like they do with their issues…I’m not into disrupting families or deporting anyone etc but there is something not civil with those people and I don’t want to become like them, or my friends here…it’s a hard call to make

321 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:58:25pm

re: #309 marjoriemoon

I am not, sir! er… Ma’am!

There really should be a “Most Badly Misspelled Blog Award.”

I wish I could remember …

There was one misspelling a lot of people would use at their —-oh wait, how could I forget: weet dreams.

Yes, those were the days … .

:)

322 Political Atheist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:58:55pm

re: #319 ggt

I do avoid truly harsh language online. I save it for the truly deserving in the real world.

323 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:59:05pm

re: #309 marjoriemoon

I am not, sir! er… Ma’am!

There really should be a “Most Badly Misspelled Blog Award.”

And 1GB worth of images per page.

//

324 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 7:59:06pm

re: #315 ggt

I think there has been a major paradigm shift and people are reacting to it by trying to hold on to what ever semblence of reality they can.

There is a black man in the white house —get over it.

It’s not just the black man with an African name in the White House. The whole world has quite literally changed in the last twenty years, and the last decade has seen even more accelerated change.

Some folks are just desperately afraid of any kind of change at all, so they’ve latched on to people like Alex Jones and Ron Paul and the JBS to tell them that they’re not afraid or paranoid, they’re just aware. It’s the same ignorant populism and paranoia that fueled Ross Perot’s political run, only turned up to 11 because of the explosion in technology and the truly globalized world we live in now.

325 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:00:13pm

re: #316 Killgore Trout

I can agree with that. I think it all tends to bleed together at this point. It’s a hodgepodge of ignorance and fear that Jones, Paul, and the JBS latched on to and which the GOP has no problem stoking, because it gets people to vote.

326 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:00:40pm

re: #320 albusteve

that’s cool…there is just something about responding to every nutter is a waste of time…but it’s not my time…something about even a shred of cred I want to deny these assholes…I don’t like the ‘anchor baby’ laws myself, but I’m not gonna rage about it, make threats, and come off like a lunatic like they do with their issues…I’m not into disrupting families or deporting anyone etc but there is something not civil with those people and I don’t want to become like them, or my friends here…it’s a hard call to make

I think it is sad that a country would be so terrible that people would resort to using their babies as “anchors”.

Mexico really bothers me. A country full of intelligent people, abundant natural resources and it is enough of a cesspool that people have to come here to work to send money back to their families in Mexico.

I wish I had a magic wand sometimes . ..

327 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:01:07pm

Obama like coconut ice cream!!11ty

That’s outrageous!

//

328 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:01:10pm

You know, I have a mental list of things that I, personally, think that Christ might get upset about.

Corn chip commercials aren’t really in the top 100, especially ones without violence or nudity.

329 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:02:37pm

re: #328 EmmmieG

You know, I have a mental list of things that I, personally, think that Christ might get upset about.

Corn chip commercials aren’t really in the top 100, especially ones without violence or nudity.

Nope. It’s not the USS Enterprise.

//

330 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:03:53pm

re: #324 Lidane

It’s not just the black man with an African name in the White House. The whole world has quite literally changed in the last twenty years, and the last decade has seen even more accelerated change.

Some folks are just desperately afraid of any kind of change at all, so they’ve latched on to people like Alex Jones and Ron Paul and the JBS to tell them that they’re not afraid or paranoid, they’re just aware. It’s the same ignorant populism and paranoia that fueled Ross Perot’s political run, only turned up to 11 because of the explosion in technology and the truly globalized world we live in now.

Very true, I myself am having a very, very difficult time accepting that Mr. Spock is in touch with his feelings. I mean, a black man in the white house was going to happen, but Mr. Spock chose his Vulcan half!

Losing Pluto was difficult too!

9/11 truly shook us all, the world is changing very fast.

331 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:04:25pm

re: #262 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

GOP says first thing they’re going to do in the new Congress is read the Constitution, and for every bill they put up, cite where the Constitution gives them the authority to do so.

Expect they’ll get bored with that quick. It’s like the lesson plan formats where you have to defend every lesson by showing how it’s in the curriculum. Sounds good, ends up being a waste of time.

But a public reading sounds nice. Will it be on C-Span?

332 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:04:59pm

re: #326 ggt

I think it is sad that a country would be so terrible that people would resort to using their babies as “anchors”.

Mexico really bothers me. A country full of intelligent people, abundant natural resources and it is enough of a cesspool that people have to come here to work to send money back to their families in Mexico.

I wish I had a magic wand sometimes . ..

they sure have their problems and we are a part of it now…I have no clue how to resolve these messes…but I just feel an open border policy is wrong, regardless if people say I’m a bigot…it’s creating more problems than it solves

333 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:05:49pm

re: #270 Gus 802

Oh gross. Just read the update on this thread…

PEPSI, TAKE THE JIHAD CHALLENGE! - Atlas Shrugs


Like clockwork. They’re dragging Islam into this.


The church in the ad is clearly not Catholic. I am deeply offended by Pam’s lack of sensitivity in not recongizing this. I demand an apology from the entire Wingnutosphere.

334 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:06:47pm

re: #331 SanFranciscoZionist


But a public reading sounds nice. Will it be on C-Span?

They may soon need some filler for filibusters.

When the U.S. Senate convenes on Wednesday, the group — led by New Mexico Sen. Tom Udall — will introduce a bill that would force senators to come to the floor to talk during a filibuster.
[Link: www.startribune.com…]
335 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:06:55pm

re: #332 albusteve

they sure have their problems and we are a part of it now…I have no clue how to resolve these messes…but I just feel an open border policy is wrong, regardless if people say I’m a bigot…it’s creating more problems than it solves

Open border seems counterproductive to security issues. I did a short study of Mexican/American history a while back.

Mexicans have been coming and going accross the border since the Mexican-American War. It wasn’t a problem until now. I think security fears drive it.

336 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:07:13pm

re: #282 HappyWarrior

Islam, Islam (say it like Jan Brady)
As I said, people like Pam and AP are “concerned” about religious sensitivites but have a totally different tune when it involves Muslims because it’s Muslims.

That’s because Islam’s not a religion, it’s a cult/political philosophy/insert your own nonsense here…

//

337 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:07:21pm

re: #332 albusteve

Youtube Video
338 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:07:44pm

re: #335 ggt

Open border seems counterproductive to security issues. I did a short study of Mexican/American history a while back.

Mexicans have been coming and going accross the border since the Mexican-American War. It wasn’t a problem until now. I think security fears drive it.

Well, there is the fact that in 1900, the income divide between Mexico and the Southwest was a lot less.

339 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:08:31pm

Looks like the Doritos video was set to private.

340 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:09:41pm

re: #335 ggt

I think security fears drive it.

Of course they do. Who wants to live in a place where you’re in very real mortal peril from the cartels?

Mexico’s political corruption is firmly entrenched and has been there since Cortez conquered the Aztecs. It will take far more than just a bunch of belligerent prick waving from the Tea Party types and the Minutemen on the border to fix things.

341 What, me worry?  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:09:52pm

re: #323 Gus 802

And 1GB worth of images per page.

//

And they’re all of her!

342 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:10:21pm

re: #338 EmmmieG

Well, there is the fact that in 1900, the income divide between Mexico and the Southwest was a lot less.

But back to: Why leave Mexico? Why has American been so much more attractive for over 100+ years? What is here that isn’t there? Individuals can make opportunity anywhere.

343 kirkspencer  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:11:20pm

re: #20 SanFranciscoZionist

As I’ve said, I think the ad is a little tasteless. But it’s funny, and it’s going to be effective because it’s being pitched to a mostly-Christian audience.

What I have no patience with is people who want to make this a whine about how they want major companies to go broke making witty, obnoxious and non-commercially-viable ads making fun of Islam.

And I have no patience with the ‘Christians are sooo persecuted in the United States’ rubbish.

A fun bar bet is to ask what religion has the largest global membership. Answer, of course, is Christianity. While different sources give different actual numbers, Christianity is the largest and Islam is second. Hinduism and Buddhism are third and fourth (though a BBC report on Buddhism gave a membership that approached that of Islam.) CIA Factbook makes a good reference for the bar bet, by the way.

Christians 33.32% (of which Roman Catholics 16.99%, Protestants 5.78%, Orthodox 3.53%, Anglicans 1.25%), Muslims 21.01%, Hindus 13.26%, Buddhists 5.84%, Sikhs 0.35%, Jews 0.23%, Baha’is 0.12%, other religions 11.78%, non-religious 11.77%, atheists 2.32% (2007 est.)

The thing is, Christianity has thrived almost from the beginning of being the persecuted underdog. This hasn’t been true since Constantine converted, but it hasn’t stopped the mind-set. That’s a problem in my opinion.

344 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:11:30pm

re: #335 ggt

Open border seems counterproductive to security issues. I did a short study of Mexican/American history a while back.

Mexicans have been coming and going accross the border since the Mexican-American War. It wasn’t a problem until now. I think security fears drive it.

no doubt we have a unique relationship with Mexico, but their problems go back to before their revolution and independence, 1821…gentrification, peasantry, land/resource ownership, concentrated wealth and power, all leftovers from the Spanish…Mexico has always been corrupt…they have never had a period of true democracy, never once…and in desperation the poor have always looked to the US and we have exploited them…it’s a fucked up mess

345 SanFranciscoZionist  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:11:45pm

re: #328 EmmmieG

You know, I have a mental list of things that I, personally, think that Christ might get upset about.

Corn chip commercials aren’t really in the top 100, especially ones without violence or nudity.

Since none of things Christ actually spoke against in his life have gone away, I find it hard to believe that Doritos ads have shot to number one, indeed.

346 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:12:06pm

re: #326 ggt

I think it is sad that a country would be so terrible that people would resort to using their babies as “anchors”.

Mexico really bothers me. A country full of intelligent people, abundant natural resources and it is enough of a cesspool that people have to come here to work to send money back to their families in Mexico.

I wish I had a magic wand sometimes . ..

I try to imagine sometimes, just how awful life would have to be to get me to uproot my family from everything that is comfortably familiar to me, to sneak into another country where I can find work as a laborer because that’s a better life.

347 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:12:57pm

re: #337 Lidane

[Video]

I’ve seen it

348 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:13:28pm

re: #342 ggt

What is here that isn’t there?

‘

A government that’s not nearly as openly corrupt. Just look at how many presidents Mexico went through before Porfirio Diaz’s autocracy, and the PRI rule that came after it.

349 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:13:49pm

re: #339 Gus 802

Looks like the Doritos video was set to private.

Interesting.

350 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:14:19pm

re: #349 Killgore Trout

Interesting.

We’ve become a nation of neurotics.

351 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:15:26pm

re: #350 Gus 802

We’ve become a nation of neurotics.

You mean, Lawsuit Paranoid?

352 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:15:52pm

re: #350 Gus 802

We’ve become a nation of neurotics.

I think it’s probably because the youtube channel that posted the video wants to increase their friends list with all the traffic they’ve been getting.

353 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:16:02pm

re: #328 EmmmieG

Corn chip commercials aren’t really in the top 100, especially ones without violence or nudity.

Well hell, if they started doing that I might have to buy a couple bags.

NSFW Bill Hicks.

354 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:16:35pm

re: #351 ggt

You mean, Lawsuit Paranoid?

rockin the courthouse…

Youtube Video
355 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:17:37pm

re: #354 albusteve

rockin the courthouse…

[Video]

In this brave new world, we are all going to be assange-paranoid.

/

356 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:18:26pm

The Blasphemous Doritos


what a band name

357 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:18:50pm

• Doritos Super Bowl ad offends Christians!
• Super Bowl offends football haters!
• Football cheerleaders offend feminists!
• Commercialism offends Marxists!
• Beer commercials offends teetotalers!
• Football is teh violence!

358 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:19:21pm

re: #350 Gus 802

We’ve become a nation of neurotics.

A GREAT NATION

COMPULSIVELY WASHES ITS HANDS

AND ONLY TEARS OFF TOILET SQUARES IN MULTIPLES OF SEVEN

359 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:19:31pm

re: #357 Gus 802

• Doritos Super Bowl ad offends Christians!
• Super Bowl offends football haters!
• Football cheerleaders offend feminists!
• Commercialism offends Marxists!
• Beer commercials offends teetotalers!
• Football is teh violence!

football is really soccer.

360 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:19:57pm

re: #356 WindUpBird

The Blasphechips!

361 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:20:07pm

re: #359 ggt

football is really soccer.

And soccer is really just pointless

362 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:20:14pm

re: #359 ggt

football is really soccer.

BLAPHEMY!
apologize this second!

363 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:20:56pm

re: #361 WindUpBird

And soccer is really just pointless

Yes, it is.

re: #362 albusteve

BLAPHEMY!
apologize this second!

teehee

364 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:20:58pm

re: #359 ggt

football is really soccer.

And soccer is really lame.
:P

365 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:21:01pm

re: #361 WindUpBird

And soccer is really just pointless

and Monet isn’t?

366 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:21:02pm

re: #362 albusteve

BLAPHEMY!
apologize this second!

I’m never that guy

I’m the guy who hates that guy

IN AMERICA FOOTBALL IS FOOTBALL, AND SOCCER IS SOCCER, OR PERHAPS “FOOTY”

367 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:21:18pm

See. Like this…

Super Bowl Ad Offends Christians, But Football Coverage Offends This Parent

Bleh.

368 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:21:30pm

re: #364 Slumbering Behemoth

And soccer is really lame.
:P

wussification of America! We all want to be like Europe and the Rest of the World …

/

369 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:21:33pm

re: #365 albusteve

and Monet isn’t?

Monet isn’t pointless, just boring :D

370 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:21:56pm

re: #368 ggt

wussification of America! We all want to be like Europe and the Rest of the World …

/

As for me I want to be like The Bulletboys. Or perhaps Warrant

371 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:21:58pm

I love footie….
so sue me

372 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:22:22pm

In the past, we all wanted to be like Kansas or Boston

373 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:22:30pm

re: #371 albusteve

I love footie…
so sue me

TMI!

374 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:22:33pm

re: #367 Gus 802

See. Like this…

Super Bowl Ad Offends Christians, But Football Coverage Offends This Parent

Bleh.

She’s all bent out of shape about Brett Farve, foot fetishes and harassment. Because of football.

375 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:22:38pm

Very few of us wanted to be Asia unless we were really lame

376 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:22:51pm

re: #369 WindUpBird

Monet isn’t pointless, just boring :D

who am I thinking of that paints using millions of tiny dots of paint?

377 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:23:07pm

Nobody ever even heard of Tangier, let alone wanted to be it

378 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:23:16pm

re: #376 albusteve

who am I thinking of that paints using millions of tiny dots of paint?

Seurat

379 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:23:20pm

re: #364 Slumbering Behemoth

And soccer is really lame.
:P

Pfft. The World Cup was awesome. And the players are better looking than NFL players, at least IMO. It’s win-win. ;)

380 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:23:25pm

re: #376 albusteve

who am I thinking of that paints using millions of tiny dots of paint?

Seurat?

381 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:23:26pm

re: #376 albusteve

who am I thinking of that paints using millions of tiny dots of paint?

A Photoshop artist?

382 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:23:38pm

re: #380 reine.de.tout

Seurat?

pointillism

383 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:23:50pm

re: #379 Lidane

Pfft. The World Cup was awesome. And the players are better looking than NFL players, at least IMO. It’s win-win. ;)

nice butts!

384 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:23:56pm

re: #376 albusteve

who am I thinking of that paints using millions of tiny dots of paint?

I like Seurat more than Monet, but oh god there is a whole new level of crazy above me to paint like that, I can’t comprehend the patience involved

385 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:24:02pm

re: #378 WindUpBird

Seurat

thanks…amazing really

386 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:24:32pm

re: #342 ggt

But back to: Why leave Mexico? Why has American been so much more attractive for over 100+ years? What is here that isn’t there? Individuals can make opportunity anywhere.

It’s much harder to be an entrepreneur in Mexico:
[Link: mexidata.info…]

387 Kronocide  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:25:37pm

Fer fooks sake I can’t find this video. I was really looking forward to getting offended.

388 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:25:50pm

re: #384 WindUpBird

I like Seurat more than Monet, but oh god there is a whole new level of crazy above me to paint like that, I can’t comprehend the patience involved

different centuries, little else to do besides dot canvas…or less stimulation I should say

389 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:26:16pm

re: #385 albusteve

thanks…amazing really

the one I saw was his famous one, the beach painting, I saw that in person, it was headache inducing and awesome at the same time, I kept blinking when I was looking at it

390 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:26:51pm

re: #379 Lidane

Pfft. The World Cup was awesome. And the players are better looking than NFL players, at least IMO. It’s win-win. ;)

You’re protestations are falling on deaf ears. I’m a hockey fan, and only a half-assed fan at that.

Go Sharks!

391 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:27:00pm

This home in the Woodlands, TX, can be yours for a mere $19 million.

Notice: it does not have a kitchen. It has a “Grand Culinary Center”.
Beautiful place, but it looks more like a hotel to me, than a home:

Youtube Video
392 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:27:24pm

Oh yeah. Super Bowl also falls on a Sunday. So that’s “blasphemous” in itself for a devout Catholic or Christian. Technically speaking or old school. Shouldn’t they change that to Super Bowl Saturday for all the Christians so it doesn’t fall on the Sabbath? Add to that you’re watching football on a SUNDAY! while watching football player pray to win.

Hmmm.

393 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:27:28pm

re: #389 WindUpBird

This one? It’s really incredible. [Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

394 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:27:51pm

re: #386 jaunte

It’s much harder to be an entrepreneur in Mexico:
[Link: mexidata.info…]

Property Rights and Governmental Red Tape issues.

Interesting article, thanks!

395 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:28:25pm

re: #388 albusteve

different centuries, little else to do besides dot canvas…or less stimulation I should say

I might have been that guy, i guess, I had a go at oil painting from teenage-early-20’s, before realizing I would just have to bang my head against it my entire life to get anywhere near the sorts of skills I wanted to have

I’m much better with computers, I’m good at being clever more than being good, if that makes sense

396 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:28:52pm

re: #393 jaunte

its nuts up close *_*

397 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:29:18pm

re: #389 WindUpBird

the one I saw was his famous one, the beach painting, I saw that in person, it was headache inducing and awesome at the same time, I kept blinking when I was looking at it

there is a work of his in Chicago that is like 8 feet tall and 3-4ft wide with incredible detail…as you approach it across the room it starts to sort of move or break up and when you stand right in front of it, it’s all dots…billions of dots…I walked up and back looking at that thing for half an hour…dots

398 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:29:38pm

re: #387 BigPapa

Fer fooks sake I can’t find this video. I was really looking forward to getting offended.

You can see bits of it at the link in my #23 post, but you’ll have to wade through some FNC commentary to see it.

399 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:30:00pm

re: #397 albusteve

there is a work of his in Chicago that is like 8 feet tall and 3-4ft wide with incredible detail…as you approach it across the room it starts to sort of move or break up and when you stand right in front of it, it’s all dots…billions of dots…I walked up and back looking at that thing for half an hour…dots

teeny tiny mosaic.

400 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:30:25pm

re: #390 Slumbering Behemoth

I grew up in Texas. Hockey is completely foreign to me. Don’t understand it, don’t follow it.

It’s bad enough around here that I follow soccer over the NFL. My family looked so confused over Christmas when I didn’t give a shit about the Cowboys and focused on Real Madrid instead. Heh.

401 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:30:32pm

re: #394 ggt

One of my clients has a huge customer in NYC who came north (without papers originally) started a street food business and is now their biggest customer in the northeast with hundreds of employees. He couldn’t do the same in Mexico.

402 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:31:09pm

Guiseppe Arcimboldo is a painter who fascinates me.

Weird weird stuff.

I wonder how he pictured that in his head before painting?

403 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:31:14pm

re: #392 Gus 802

You’re forgetting that football is for heathens. It’s fitting that it’s greatest culmination falls on a sunday.

404 Varek Raith  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:31:15pm

God says He’s disappointed in some of His followers lack of a sense of humor.
Allah agrees.

405 Kronocide  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:31:22pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

Meh, you seen one mega mansion, you’ve seen em all.

That dedicated theater looked pretty sweet.

406 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:31:27pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

This home in the Woodlands, TX, can be yours for a mere $19 million.

Notice: it does not have a kitchen. It has a “Grand Culinary Center”.
Beautiful place, but it looks more like a hotel to me, than a home:


[Video]

You can tell I don’t live there. The bookcases are all nicely arranged with pretty books and statuary.

No bookcases full of sci fi paperbacks stacked two deep and on top as well.

Also, why show the kitchen? The woman that owns this place isn’t going to set foot in it.

407 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:31:47pm

re: #384 WindUpBird

I like Seurat more than Monet, but oh god there is a whole new level of crazy above me to paint like that, I can’t comprehend the patience involved

I prefer Monet. His waterlilies series is lovely and the skill required to paint those pictures immense. Happily, one of the paintings in that series in the Chicago Art Institute.

408 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:31:48pm

re: #401 jaunte

One of my clients has a huge customer in NYC who came north (without papers originally) started a street food business and is now their biggest customer in the northeast with hundreds of employees. He couldn’t do the same in Mexico.

so wrong.

409 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:31:48pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

This home in the Woodlands, TX, can be yours for a mere $19 million.

Notice: it does not have a kitchen. It has a “Grand Culinary Center”.
Beautiful place, but it looks more like a hotel to me, than a home:


[Video]

I’d rather live in a bunkhouse

410 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:32:37pm

re: #406 EmmmieG

You can tell I don’t live there. The bookcases are all nicely arranged with pretty books and statuary.

No bookcases full of sci fi paperbacks stacked two deep and on top as well.

Also, why show the kitchen? The woman that owns this place isn’t going to set foot in it.

Not a kitchen!
Didn’t you pay attention?
It’s a “Grand Culinary Center”. The mere kitchens are what are in the guest apartments.

411 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:33:09pm

re: #409 albusteve

I’d rather live in a bunkhouse

My thoughts actually were: no children live in this home. At least, I hope not. They wouldn’t be allowed to be children.

412 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:33:58pm

re: #400 Lidane

I grew up in Texas. Hockey is completely foreign to me. Don’t understand it, don’t follow it.

Dude, the Dallas Stars are a pretty kick-ass team of puck jockeys. At least they used to be. It’s been a while since I’ve followed any sports.

413 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:34:05pm

re: #411 EmmmieG

My thoughts actually were: no children live in this home. At least, I hope not. They wouldn’t be allowed to be children.

No happy children in that home.
Where were the kids’ bedrooms?
All those bedrooms were outfitted for guests who might stay a night or two or three. Nobody lives in bedrooms like that. Well, nobody I know, anyhow.

414 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:34:21pm

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PepsiCo Consumer Relations

415 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:34:23pm

re: #410 reine.de.tout

Not a kitchen!
Didn’t you pay attention?
It’s a “Grand Culinary Center”. The mere kitchens are what are in the guest apartments.

I don’t understand why someone would want a huge home —unless you needed room for lots of family. Huge homes just look like work to me. Even if you don’t do the work yourself, you have to manage the people that do it. Make sure they are ripping you off etc . ..

Who needs it?

416 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:34:26pm

re: #406 EmmmieG

Also, why show the kitchen? The woman that owns this place isn’t going to set foot in it.

So you can see what the professional chef you hire to cook for your family will have to work with. =P

417 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:34:30pm

re: #395 WindUpBird

I might have been that guy, i guess, I had a go at oil painting from teenage-early-20’s, before realizing I would just have to bang my head against it my entire life to get anywhere near the sorts of skills I wanted to have

I’m much better with computers, I’m good at being clever more than being good, if that makes sense

it does, and it’s probably more inducive to creativity…life is faster these days, gotta keep up

418 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:35:12pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

If I had $19 million, I don’t think I’d spend it on a place in the Woodlands.
I’ve got exactly the same climate and trees now, for a tiny fraction of the taxes.

419 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:35:41pm

It’s not even going to be aired.

420 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:35:44pm

re: #397 albusteve

there is a work of his in Chicago that is like 8 feet tall and 3-4ft wide with incredible detail…as you approach it across the room it starts to sort of move or break up and when you stand right in front of it, it’s all dots…billions of dots…I walked up and back looking at that thing for half an hour…dots

I know. The Art Institute just completed a major renovation, so I’ll be seeing that painting again soon.

421 Lidane  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:36:06pm

re: #412 Slumbering Behemoth

Dude, the Dallas Stars are a pretty kick-ass team of puck jockeys. At least they used to be. It’s been a while since I’ve followed any sports.

I have friends in Dallas that go to Stars games, but they’re originally from up north, so that makes sense. Hockey’s never been my thing, personally. Nothing against the sport or anything, I just couldn’t get into it.

422 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:36:24pm

re: #410 reine.de.tout

Not a kitchen!
Didn’t you pay attention?
It’s a “Grand Culinary Center”. The mere kitchens are what are in the guest apartments.

Wait a second. Somebody worth that much money invites you to stay, and you’re supposed to cook your own dinners?

423 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:36:32pm

re: #418 jaunte

If I had $19 million, I don’t think I’d spend it on a place in the Woodlands.
I’ve got exactly the same climate and trees now, for a tiny fraction of the taxes.

heh.
And I bet my property taxes are a tiny tiny fraction of yours.

424 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:36:33pm

re: #404 Varek Raith

God says He’s disappointed in some of His followers lack of a sense of humor.
Allah agrees.

C’thulhu says your outrage only makes your souls tastier.

425 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:37:05pm

And you can see that it’s not even a finalist at the Doritos and Pepsi Challenge website:

[Link: www.crashthesuperbowl.com…]

426 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:37:05pm

re: #422 EmmmieG

Wait a second. Somebody worth that much money invites you to stay, and you’re supposed to cook your own dinners?

Not the sort of Southern hospitality I was brought up with that’s for sure.

427 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:37:14pm

re: #411 EmmmieG

My thoughts actually were: no children live in this home. At least, I hope not. They wouldn’t be allowed to be children.

right, I’m extremely casual about stuff, even kids

428 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:37:27pm

re: #391 reine.de.tout

This home in the Woodlands, TX, can be yours for a mere $19 million.

Notice: it does not have a kitchen. It has a “Grand Culinary Center”.
Beautiful place, but it looks more like a hotel to me, than a home:


[Video]

Seems an insane amount of money to live in Texas. with that kind of money you could buy a castle in Tuscany.

429 Varek Raith  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:37:54pm

re: #424 Slumbering Behemoth

C’thulhu says your outrage only makes your souls tastier.

C’thulhu can kiss my ass.
/Blasphemer

430 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:38:21pm

re: #428 Killgore Trout

Seems an insane amount of money to live in Texas. with that kind of money you could buy a castle in Tuscany.

Or be perfectly happy in a much smaller house and build a school in Afghanistan.

(Okay, I’m being prickly here.)

431 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:38:33pm

re: #429 Varek Raith

C’thulhu can kiss my ass.
/Blasphemer

You know C’thulhu personally?

432 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:38:47pm

re: #421 Lidane

I have friends in Dallas that go to Stars games, but they’re originally from up north, so that makes sense. Hockey’s never been my thing, personally. Nothing against the sport or anything, I just couldn’t get into it.

It bores a lot of people to tears, but I dig it occasionally.

433 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:38:49pm

re: #428 Killgore Trout

Seems an insane amount of money to live in Texas. with that kind of money you could buy a castle in Tuscany.

The house is insane. It’s not outfitted for anyone to actually be comfortable living there.

It looks like a house that belongs to someone who has to entertain a lot for business reasons.

My understanding is that it’s being sold because the owner had a bad year, business wise. Guess he didn’t do enough entertaining.

434 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:39:29pm

re: #430 EmmmieG

Or be perfectly happy in a much smaller house and build a school in Afghanistan.

(Okay, I’m being prickly here.)

I’d be perfectly happy in a small house in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland where the dogs can slobber on the couch and the Cat Overlord can rule us all, oh wait …

435 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:39:30pm

Guess that was already mentioned in the update”

UPDATE at 1/4/11 6:21:17 pm:

The creators of the advertisement respond to the nontroversy:

PHILADELPHIA, January 4, 2011 — Media Wave Video Productions (MWVP.com) expressed disappointment today at not being named one of the 10 finalists announced yesterday in the Doritos/Pepsi MAX Crash the Super Bowl Contest (CTSB). After a review of more than 5,600 creative submissions, their entry — a clever and well produced spot entitled “Feed Your Flock” — did not make the final cut.

[…]

“We certainly did not set out to offend anyone,” said Williams. “In fact, we purposely filmed it in a non-denominational church with no tabernacle, used no vestments or other religious symbols, and populated the lines with people of all faiths. And the sign on the lawn at the end of the spot serves as the punch line — Free Doritos and Pepsi MAX Sunday.”

436 Varek Raith  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:39:38pm

re: #431 ggt

You know C’thulhu personally?

He owes me money.
So does Satan.
Cheapskate bastards!

437 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:40:15pm

I got stuck at the bottom of the thread here. Note to self. Check for updates from time to time.

438 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:40:57pm

re: #406 EmmmieG

You can tell I don’t live there. The bookcases are all nicely arranged with pretty books and statuary.

No bookcases full of sci fi paperbacks stacked two deep and on top as well.

Also, why show the kitchen? The woman that owns this place isn’t going to set foot in it.

My dad has book cases like that. I have only one shelf of one bookcase stacked two deep with paperbacks. But I buy fewer books than my father and mostly hardcovers.

439 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:41:41pm

re: #433 reine.de.tout

Imagine the air conditioning bills.

440 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:42:10pm

re: #429 Varek Raith

My loyal cultists will find you.

441 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:42:28pm

re: #438 Dark_Falcon

My dad has book cases like that. I have only one shelf of one bookcase stacked two deep with paperbacks. But I buy fewer books than my father and mostly hardcovers.

ok, ok, give me some science-fiction titles —I’m dying to know what everyone is reading …

442 reginald perrin  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:42:32pm

re: #420 Dark_Falcon

I know. The Art Institute just completed a major renovation, so I’ll be seeing that painting again soon.

If you want a good laugh, check your mail and the time-stamp.

443 Kronocide  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:43:14pm

re: #439 jaunte

Imagine the air conditioning bills.

I’ve seen an $8,000 electric bill for a 40k sf home. That usually gets their attention!

444 Gus  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:43:49pm

Feed Your Flock: Behind the Scenes

Youtube Video

That’s behind the scenes of the original ad.

445 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:44:29pm

re: #443 BigPapa

I’ve seen an $8,000 electric bill for a 40k sf home. That usually gets their attention!

I’d like to know what the electric bill (in USD) is for one of those Saudi Palaces in KSA. The air conditioning alone!

446 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:44:53pm

re: #441 ggt

ok, ok, give me some science-fiction titles —I’m dying to know what everyone is reading …

Pratchett. Eddings. My husband does the Star Wars serieses (what is the plural of series, anyway?). Modesitte. (Mostly him, again.)

I like Patricia Wrede, but that’s really YA/fantasy.

Speaking of which, I have to admit I really like Richard Riordan.

447 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:45:00pm

re: #441 ggt

ok, ok, give me some science-fiction titles —I’m dying to know what everyone is reading …

no sci fi here…Ludlum, Wilbur Smith, Nelson DeMille…excellent pulp

448 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:46:21pm

re: #445 ggt

I’d like to know what the electric bill (in USD) is for one of those Saudi Palaces in KSA. The air conditioning alone!

paid for in USD too

449 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:46:47pm

re: #439 jaunte

Imagine the air conditioning bills.

whew!

One month’s bill would probably pay my house note for a year.
LOL.

450 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:47:25pm

re: #441 ggt

ok, ok, give me some science-fiction titles —I’m dying to know what everyone is reading …

Everything in the Honorverse from Echos of Honor forward, Timothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire in paperback (I have Dark Force Rising and The Last Command as hardcovers) multiple Dale Brown books, and 4 books of the General series that S.M. Sterling co-wrote with David Drake.

451 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:48:21pm

re: #441 ggt

ok, ok, give me some science-fiction titles —I’m dying to know what everyone is reading …

I’m re-reading Tim Powers The Anubis Gates.

452 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:48:57pm

re: #446 EmmmieG

Pratchett. Eddings. My husband does the Star Wars serieses (what is the plural of series, anyway?). Modesitte. (Mostly him, again.)

I like Patricia Wrede, but that’s really YA/fantasy.

Speaking of which, I have to admit I really like Richard Riordan.

I think “series” is it —plural only like scissors.

I’m not familiar with Riordan.

My book of the year (after the Dragon Tatoo series) is Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Excellent literature, although not Science-Fiction. That has to go to Connie Willis for Blackout and All Clear. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed those two —really one book, publised in two.

453 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:49:20pm

re: #450 Dark_Falcon

Everything in the Honorverse from Echos of Honor forward, Timothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire in paperback (I have Dark Force Rising and The Last Command as hardcovers) multiple Dale Brown books, and 4 books of the General series that S.M. Sterling co-wrote with David Drake.

amazing the variety of stuff people read…I love historical fiction myself

454 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:49:27pm

re: #449 reine.de.tout

whew!

One month’s bill would probably pay my house note for a year.
LOL.

Think they are concerned about the planet —using solar panels and all?

455 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:50:02pm

re: #450 Dark_Falcon

Everything in the Honorverse from Echos of Honor forward, Timothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire in paperback (I have Dark Force Rising and The Last Command as hardcovers) multiple Dale Brown books, and 4 books of the General series that S.M. Sterling co-wrote with David Drake.

I read the first 2 or 3 in Honorverse. I thought the characters got flat toward the last one.

Haven’t read Zahn . .

456 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:50:58pm

re: #451 jaunte

Disney’s next installment in their “Pirates of the Caribbean” series is based on/ripped off from/named after his book “On Stranger Tides”.

457 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:51:56pm

re: #453 albusteve

amazing the variety of stuff people read…I love historical fiction myself

Cathedral by the Sea by Ildefonso something. Translated from the Spanish —wonderful, wonderful literature. Pretty accurate historical fiction as well.

The Connie Willis twosome I mentioned earlier is Sci-Fi as well as historical fiction —about living thru the Blitz. Sooo good. Amazing writing.

458 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:51:57pm

re: #452 ggt

I think “series” is it —plural only like scissors.

I’m not familiar with Riordan.

My book of the year (after the Dragon Tatoo series) is Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

Excellent literature, although not Science-Fiction. That has to go to Connie Willis for Blackout and All Clear. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed those two —really one book, publised in two.

I have kids. I read what they read so I can know what’s in it.

Riordan is a YA author.

459 cliffster  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:52:15pm

hey everyone, happy new year. sup?

460 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:52:28pm

re: #456 Slumbering Behemoth

I wonder if they’re paying him for the ideas…

461 Varek Raith  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:52:43pm

Been re-reading my Tom Clancy novels.
Taking a break from sci-fi.

462 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:53:34pm

re: #457 ggt

Cathedral by the Sea by Ildefonso something. Translated from the Spanish —wonderful, wonderful literature. Pretty accurate historical fiction as well.

The Connie Willis twosome I mentioned earlier is Sci-Fi as well as historical fiction —about living thru the Blitz. Sooo good. Amazing writing.

I stick to the legit stuff
Bernard Cornwall
Wilbur Smith
Steven Pressfield
etc

463 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:53:51pm

re: #458 EmmmieG

I have kids. I read what they read so I can know what’s in it.

Riordan is a YA author.

Shadow of the Wind is YA fiction. He also wrote the Prince of Mist —good halloween reading.

The Book Thief by ??? is also YA historical fiction about being a rank and file German in Germany during WWII. Sobering really, I think it will be required reading someday. It presenting the truth very well.

I found some really good books this year.

464 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:54:17pm

re: #461 Varek Raith

Been re-reading my Tom Clancy novels.
Taking a break from sci-fi.

Cardinal of the Kremlin was a mind fucker….his best book ever

465 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:55:32pm

re: #463 ggt

Shadow of the Wind is YA fiction. He also wrote the Prince of Mist —good halloween reading.

The Book Thief by ??? is also YA historical fiction about being a rank and file German in Germany during WWII. Sobering really, I think it will be required reading someday. It presenting the truth very well.

I found some really good books this year.

War of the Rats?

466 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:55:45pm

re: #464 albusteve

Cardinal of the Kremlin was a mind fucker…his best book ever

My father loved it.

467 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:57:00pm

re: #466 Dark_Falcon

My father loved it.

I read it a couple of times, because it’s a bit complicated if you don’t pay attention…less razzle dazzle but one hell of a story

468 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:57:11pm

re: #460 jaunte

I wonder if they’re paying him for the ideas…

Looking at the trailer, it is clearly based on the book of the same name, but on IMDB it shows in the writing credits “Tim Powers (novel “On Stranger Tides”) (suggestion)”, whatever that means.

469 Varek Raith  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:57:28pm

re: #464 albusteve

Cardinal of the Kremlin was a mind fucker…his best book ever

It’s my favorite of his work.

470 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:57:28pm

re: #465 albusteve

War of the Rats?

The Book Thief by Mark Zusak.

War of the Rats is on my list.

471 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:57:55pm

re: #466 Dark_Falcon

how you feeling?…better I hope?

472 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:59:14pm

re: #469 Varek Raith

It’s my favorite of his work.

yeah, a terrific spy story, and he introduces a couple of characters that he uses later

473 Ojoe  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 8:59:35pm

“Coke- it’s the real thing.”

Now some would call that blasphemy

(following on the Pepsi element of this thread).

BBL

Tomorrow at least

Good night all.

474 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:00:19pm

You wanna fuck your mind, read China Mieville.

The City and the City is a good start.

I love this guy’s writing.

Of course, there is always Umberto Eco —The Island of the Day Before. I still haven’t gotten over that one.

475 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:01:29pm

another guy I like…a real page turner, macho, mans man, shootout stuff is Steven Hunter, who wrote Master Sniper….anyone?

476 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:02:11pm

re: #474 ggt

You wanna fuck your mind, read China Mieville.

The City and the City is a good start.

I love this guy’s writing.

Of course, there is always Umberto Eco —The Island of the Day Before. I still haven’t gotten over that one.

I cannot do Eco….for obvious reasons

477 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:04:23pm

re: #476 albusteve

I cannot do Eco…for obvious reasons

Eco is hard. But, I like a challenge.

478 cliffster  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:04:31pm

The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera. Check it out.

479 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:05:17pm

re: #477 ggt

Eco is hard. But, I like a challenge.

good for you…I like primo beach pulp, I’m a hayseed

480 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:05:18pm

re: #406 EmmmieG

You can tell I don’t live there. The bookcases are all nicely arranged with pretty books and statuary.

No bookcases full of sci fi paperbacks stacked two deep and on top as well.

Also, why show the kitchen? The woman that owns this place isn’t going to set foot in it.

So I should trade bookcases with someone in order to get new reading material? (One of three is double-stacked SF paperbacks. The other two are a mix of hardcover/softcover and mainly history since I never unpacked 3-4 boxes of paperbacks after the last move.

481 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:06:04pm

re: #480 oaktree

So I should trade bookcases with someone in order to get new reading material? (One of three is double-stacked SF paperbacks. The other two are a mix of hardcover/softcover and mainly history since I never unpacked 3-4 boxes of paperbacks after the last move.

You’ll get my bookcases from my cold, dead … .

482 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:06:21pm

re: #480 oaktree

So I should trade bookcases with someone in order to get new reading material? (One of three is double-stacked SF paperbacks. The other two are a mix of hardcover/softcover and mainly history since I never unpacked 3-4 boxes of paperbacks after the last move.

books are cool…collecting them is just so natural

483 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:06:24pm

bbl

484 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:07:00pm

re: #471 albusteve

how you feeling?…better I hope?

Yeah, I’m a bit better, I was able to do enough at a side job after work to get my electric bill all paid up. So, I’m set for groceries, transportation, and power this month. I’m sure that I’ll be able to take care of Telecom, too. The bills are getting paid, money and progress are being made. By such means do I survive this month. By selling a lot at work will I thrive next month. Good day for leads at the office. I expect more deals before the end of the week.

485 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:07:51pm

re: #441 ggt

ok, ok, give me some science-fiction titles —I’m dying to know what everyone is reading …

I’ve currently got Banks, Gaiman, and Stephenson on my to-read pile.

486 albusteve  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:09:35pm

re: #484 Dark_Falcon

Yeah, I’m a bit better, I was able to do enough at a side job after work to get my electric bill all paid up. So, I’m set for groceries, transportation, and power this month. I’m sure that I’ll be able to take care of Telecom, too. The bills are getting paid, money and progress are being made. By such means do I survive this month. By selling a lot at work will I thrive next month. Good day for leads at the office. I expect more deals before the end of the week.

good news…life can get complicated, I’ve done all that…broke and scrambling, married, boom times raising kids…hang in there

487 jaunte  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:10:17pm

re: #441 ggt

ok, ok, give me some science-fiction titles —I’m dying to know what everyone is reading …

Oh yeah, this one, too: [Link: www.amazon.com…]

488 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:15:11pm

re: #474 ggt

You wanna fuck your mind, read China Mieville.

The City and the City is a good start.

I love this guy’s writing.

Of course, there is always Umberto Eco —The Island of the Day Before. I still haven’t gotten over that one.

I think I’ve read two of Eco’s. _Name of the Rose_ and _Foucault’s Pendulum_. Pretty deep stuff, took a while, but entertaining and worth the trip.

489 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:15:33pm

One of my mother’s goals was for us to have a bookcase in every room.

I have three in the “library/computer room,” one in each bedroom, none in the living room, but I make up for it with one in the kitchen.

490 Dancing along the light of day  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:15:54pm

I’m very much enjoying the Robert Jordan Wheel of time series.
WARNING it’s 15 books so far. Kragar got me started.

491 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:16:35pm

re: #489 EmmmieG

One of my mother’s goals was for us to have a bookcase in every room.

I have three in the “library/computer room,” one in each bedroom, none in the living room, but I make up for it with one in the kitchen.

Were you raised in an environment where a perfectly acceptable “family evening” was everyone reading different books in the same room?

492 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:17:44pm

re: #491 oaktree

Were you raised in an environment where a perfectly acceptable “family evening” was everyone reading different books in the same room?

No, that was every OTHER evening. Family night we did try to do something together. And eat a dessert.

493 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:18:46pm

re: #490 Floral Giraffe

I’m very much enjoying the Robert Jordan Wheel of time series.
WARNING it’s 15 books so far. Kragar got me started.

My dad has several of Robert Jordan’s Conan books. So you and my dad have some shared favorite authors. It’s just a further mark of good character. [waves]

494 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:19:13pm

re: #490 Floral Giraffe

I’m very much enjoying the Robert Jordan Wheel of time series.
WARNING it’s 15 books so far. Kragar got me started.

I treated Wheel of Time like I treated Magic: The Gathering. The only winning move is not to play the game.

495 Killgore Trout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:19:39pm

Outrageous!
Dutch Muslims offer to guard Coptic churches

496 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:20:13pm

re: #492 EmmmieG

No, that was every OTHER evening. Family night we did try to do something together. And eat a dessert.

The modern variant is everyone in the room with their laptop (or Kindle)…

497 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:20:39pm

re: #494 oaktree

I treated Wheel of Time like I treated Magic: The Gathering. The only winning move is not to play the game.

Right. And when the nobles send you invitations, ignore them, burn them and don’t go to their parties.

That’ll get their attention.

That’s how to play the game of houses.

498 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:20:57pm

re: #495 Killgore Trout

Outrageous!
Dutch Muslims offer to guard Coptic churches

The popping sound you heard was Geert Wilders head exploding.

499 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:22:05pm

re: #494 oaktree

I treated Wheel of Time like I treated Magic: The Gathering. The only winning move is not to play the game.

I that that was the only winning move in Global Thermonuclear War.

/Wargames reference

500 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:23:39pm

re: #499 Dark_Falcon

I that that was the only winning move in Global Thermonuclear War.

/Wargames reference

I have referred to it as the “War Games Defense”. :)

But that generally goes over people’s heads since it’s a semi-obscure 80s reference.

501 Egregious Philbin  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:25:02pm

Not sure what is more fun, the commercial, or the speed that Bill Donahue’s head will achieve when it starts spinning.

Its funny, we can laugh.

BTW, as a lapsed RC (K-12 in parochial school), I can tell you, tran substantiation is baloney hocus pocus that the nuns tried to sell us as some supernatural mumbo jumbo…

502 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:29:21pm
Youtube Video

Clip of the end of WarGames with the line used earlier in the thread.

503 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:33:56pm

re: #501 Egregious Philbin

The Flesh of Christ as a tortilla chip = offensive blasphemy.

The Flesh of Christ as a white cracker = totally kosher.
/wait, what?

504 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:34:11pm

re: #502 oaktree

[Video]Clip of the end of WarGames with the line used earlier in the thread.

One of the first movies I remember seeing. Not in the theater but later on an early type of optical disk. They were too big and expensive at that time to be successful, but even then they had better picture than VHS.

505 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:34:45pm

Andrew WK is awesome: [Link: wapedia.mobi…]

506 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:36:35pm

re: #504 Dark_Falcon

One of the first movies I remember seeing. Not in the theater but later on an early type of optical disk. They were too big and expensive at that time to be successful, but even then they had better picture than VHS.

Well, it did answer the question of what the Supreme Being did with Evil after his one experiment. Re-incorporated some of it and allowed it to go into defense contracting work…

;)

507 sattv4u2  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:37:56pm

re: #501 Egregious Philbin

BTW, as a lapsed RC (K-12 in parochial school), I can tell you, tran substantiation is baloney hocus pocus that the nuns tried to sell us as some supernatural mumbo jumbo

Hmmm,, ther nuns I had (1st Grade through 12th, late 50’s till 1971) told us it was just a matter of faith, not some trying to ” sell supernatural mumbo jumbo”

508 BongCrodny  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:38:15pm

Never been much into science fiction, but I have almost all the Terry Pratchett Discworld books in paperback. “Small Gods” is my favorite, but I also like the ones with Rincewind an awful lot.

For thrillers, you could do a lot worse than Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series. :-)

509 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:38:32pm

re: #504 Dark_Falcon

Laser Discs, the size of LPs, which needed to be flipped halfway through. I first watched Lord of the Rings on one of those.

510 Dancing along the light of day  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:41:13pm

re: #509 Slumbering Behemoth

I have boxes of Uncle’s laser disks. Haven’t decided to Ebay or trash them, yet.
It takes some time to research prices, on Fleabay.

511 sattv4u2  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:41:18pm

re: #504 Dark_Falcon

One of the first movies I remember seeing. Not in the theater but later on an early type of optical disk. They were too big and expensive at that time to be successful, but even then they had better picture than VHS.

The 8 Track player in my car is the same way!

512 Stan the Demanded Plan  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:41:31pm

Night friends. I’m out.

513 Dancing along the light of day  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:42:08pm

re: #512 Stanley Sea

Night friends. I’m out.

Sleep tight!

514 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:42:15pm

re: #508 BongCrodny

Never been much into science fiction, but I have almost all the Terry Pratchett Discworld books in paperback. “Small Gods” is my favorite, but I also like the ones with Rincewind an awful lot.

For thrillers, you could do a lot worse than Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series. :-)


You like Rincewind best?

Corporal Detritus would like to have a word with you, out back.

515 sattv4u2  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:43:57pm

heh ,,,

Speaking of movies

Biloxi Blues is starting (I’m a sucker for all things Neil Simon)

Think i’ll watch it while I do some maintenance/ equipment tests at work

516 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:44:01pm

re: #514 EmmmieG

You like Rincewind best?

Corporal Detritus would like to have a word with you, out back.

I got most of the DiscWorld books in paperback in a box. Saving them as a gift for my niece for when she develops a better appreciation of Prachett humor.

And speaking of slightly warped sense of humor - some Terry Gilliam work…

Youtube Video
517 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:45:05pm

re: #498 Dark_Falcon

Thanks KT for finding the story, thanks DarkFalcon for the great comment, and a special thank you to the Dutch Muslim community for helping prove one step at a time that these bigots like Geert Wilders are wrong.

518 Egregious Philbin  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:46:16pm

re: #507 sattv4u2

Well, if you tried to counter the nuns and priests in my school that it was purely symbolic, that would be a bad thing.

Of course, we had 2 paedophiles in my parish, one videotaped him having sex with 500+ victims, the other like to share sleeping bags at his cabin. And the principle of HS had his own little trysts…

Its all BS, I gave up on those hypocrites after watching them ruin lives and then impugn the victims with the full weight of the lawyers hired by the Diocese.

Happily religion free….

519 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:47:07pm

re: #510 Floral Giraffe

I have boxes of Uncle’s laser disks. Haven’t decided to Ebay or trash them, yet.
It takes some time to research prices, on Fleabay.

I’d say that no matter what price you sell them for, you’ll be getting more out of them then tossing ‘em in the trash.

520 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:47:16pm

re: #509 Slumbering Behemoth

Laser Discs, the size of LPs, which needed to be flipped halfway through. I first watched Lord of the Rings on one of those.

Eh, thank you for reminding me. I actually saw the Wizard of Oz for the first time on one of those and I remember having to flip it. I did the flipping a getting the machine going again myself. Even as a young child I was a tech geek.

521 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:52:20pm

re: #517 ProLifeLiberal

Thanks KT for finding the story, thanks DarkFalcon for the great comment, and a special thank you to the Dutch Muslim community for helping prove one step at a time that these bigots like Geert Wilders are wrong.

It’s important to remember that there is a large majority of the Muslim population of the West that hates Al Qaeda and its murderous campaign of terror with a passion. Quite often when you hear that someone informed on a would-be terrorist, you’ll find the informer was a Muslim him(or her)self. Islamist Terror is a great danger to the world, but most Muslims do not support it at all.

522 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:52:52pm

re: #517 ProLifeLiberal

Actually, I just had a thought relating to this on how to encourage interfaith cooperation and friendship between Christians and Muslims in the US. There have been attacks on both Churches and Mosques in the US, though rarely (if ever) by a terrorist group. How about we guard each other, in a scaled up version of the Dutch Muslim idea?

523 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:52:58pm

re: #509 Slumbering Behemoth

Laser Discs, the size of LPs, which needed to be flipped halfway through. I first watched Lord of the Rings on one of those.

Our karaoke bar has two laserdisc players (for like crossfading, man) and about 200 karaoke laserdiscs, the KJ spins them around like he’s Tom Cruise in cocktail

I love old technology

524 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:53:50pm

am back

wad I miss?

525 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:54:16pm

re: #524 ggt

am back

wad I miss?

laserdiscs

526 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:54:23pm

re: #485 oaktree

I’ve currently got Banks, Gaiman, and Stephenson on my to-read pile.

I read one Banks —Culture Novel. Interesting concept.

527 sattv4u2  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:54:29pm

re: #524 ggt

am back

wad I miss?

the mark?
dinner??
,,,take??

528 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:54:44pm

re: #524 ggt

am back

wad I miss?

An understanding of digital watches…

529 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:54:50pm

re: #526 ggt

I read one Banks —Culture Novel. Interesting concept.

I have all of them, (thought I have yet to read a few) he’s my favorite sci-fi author besides Gibson

530 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:55:02pm

re: #521 Dark_Falcon

Speaking on that hate of the fanatics thing, my Conservative Catholic (though they are definately Vatican II agreeing) friends told me to dial back my position on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda for “being too brutal.”

531 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:55:06pm

re: #527 sattv4u2

the mark?
dinner??
,,,take??

Ship Minds

532 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:55:44pm

re: #530 ProLifeLiberal

Speaking on that hate of the fanatics thing, my Conservative Catholic (though they are definately Vatican II agreeing) friends told me to dial back my position on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda for “being too brutal.”

What do they mean by that?

533 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:56:17pm

re: #530 ProLifeLiberal

Speaking on that hate of the fanatics thing, my Conservative Catholic (though they are definately Vatican II agreeing) friends told me to dial back my position on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda for “being too brutal.”

they told you you were playing in drop-B, running everything through a couple of solid-state fuzzboxes through a messed up Ampeg bass head and they said man you gotta dial that shit back it’s way too brutal

534 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:56:50pm

re: #500 oaktree

I have referred to it as the “War Games Defense”. :)

But that generally goes over people’s heads since it’s a semi-obscure 80s reference.

I got it!

535 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:57:25pm

re: #526 ggt

I read one Banks —Culture Novel. Interesting concept.

Interesting enough the Banks novel I do more re-reads of is _Against A Dark Background_ which is not a novel set in the Culture “universe”. (At least not explicitly like most of the others can be linked to it.)

And I’ve generally found Banks worth a re-read to pick up things I missed the first time through.

536 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:57:32pm

re: #532 Dark_Falcon

What do they mean by that?

sounded like this

Youtube Video
537 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:58:43pm

re: #532 Dark_Falcon

They didn’t like my idea of trying to repeat 2001 on a massive scale, however, this time I wanted us to incite a firestorm on the Taliban. Get the Taliban in a remote mountainous area, and repeat Dresden.

538 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 9:58:48pm

re: #521 Dark_Falcon

It’s important to remember that there is a large majority of the Muslim population of the West that hates Al Qaeda and its murderous campaign of terror with a passion. Quite often when you hear that someone informed on a would-be terrorist, you’ll find the informer was a Muslim him(or her)self. Islamist Terror is a great danger to the world, but most Muslims do not support it at all.

And more often than not, it is Muslims who are the victims of Islamist Terror.

540 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:00:06pm

re: #525 WindUpBird

laserdiscs

I did miss the whole laserdisc phenom. Wasn’t that back in the 80’s? I don’t remember much of that decade.

sigh.

541 sattv4u2  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:00:44pm

re: #539 Killgore Trout

Food fail: Americans think their diet healthy, poll shows it’s not

Americans think their diet healthy

Maybe it wasn’t a good idea to take the survey in McDonalds Drive Thru!!

542 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:01:56pm

re: #539 Killgore Trout

Food fail: Americans think their diet healthy, poll shows it’s not

You mean my diet of fresh coffee (cream and sugar) and cigarettes is not healthy?

who knew?

543 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:03:25pm

re: #539 Killgore Trout

I blame my love of chorizo.

544 Escaped Hillbilly  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:03:49pm

Naaaaacho-o-o Libre!

Now that was funny. Not at all blasphemous.//

545 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:05:05pm

The only reason I might ever want a huge house is to have my very own climate-controlled library.

but then again, I could just take a regular living/dining room area and create one.

546 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:05:34pm

heheh…

OK. Thought experiment. Bank’s Culture ships are run by AI “minds”. Large ships known as GSVs (General Service Vehicles) are run by three minds working in tandem.

What three minds would be put in charge of a GSV, and what would you name the ship? (Culture ships are known for eccentric names, and often are cultural references.)

Here goes:
Terry Gilliam
Terry Prachett
Terry Jones (Monty Python)

GSV If We Took the Bones Out It Wouldn’t Be Crunchy

—-
I think such a GSV would be a true galactic terror.

547 sattv4u2  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:05:44pm

re: #543 Slumbering Behemoth

I blame my love of chorizo.

Was she that Latino singer/ actress back a few years ago!?!?

548 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:06:19pm

re: #537 ProLifeLiberal

They didn’t like my idea of trying to repeat 2001 on a massive scale, however, this time I wanted us to incite a firestorm on the Taliban. Get the Taliban in a remote mountainous area, and repeat Dresden.

I like that idea. It could work in a small valley. But you’d only need one MOAD (Massive Ordinance Air Burst) bomb to get the needed effect. If you timed the attack right, the blast would suck all the oxygen out of the valley. Then even if the Taliban were concealed in tunnels, they’d suffocate before fresh air arrived. It’s brutal, but often brutal tactics can bring good results. Provided you don’t get civilians killed in the doing, though.

549 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:06:38pm

re: #545 ggt

The only reason I might ever want a huge house is to have my very own climate-controlled library.

but then again, I could just take a regular living/dining room area and create one.

yep
My dining room has 3 walls of bookcases.
And the table and chairs in the center. And good light. Perfectly usable for dining, OR reading.

550 William Barnett-Lewis  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:06:45pm

re: #526 ggt

I read one Banks —Culture Novel. Interesting concept.

I’m currently reading the first one, Consider Phlebas. There are some interesting bits in it, but so far I’m not especially impressed and have to keep forcing myself to go back and continue it. I’m only about halfway (plotting to raid megaships).

I need to get the Vorkosigan book, CryoBurn.

551 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:06:52pm

re: #547 sattv4u2

GAZE!
/

552 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:07:07pm

re: #535 oaktree

Interesting enough the Banks novel I do more re-reads of is _Against A Dark Background_ which is not a novel set in the Culture “universe”. (At least not explicitly like most of the others can be linked to it.)

And I’ve generally found Banks worth a re-read to pick up things I missed the first time through.

The one I read had a tatooed girl in it. She was genetically tatooed, strange idea.

I do remember thinking that I would be happy to return to Banks novels.

553 sattv4u2  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:07:49pm

re: #551 Slumbering Behemoth

GAZE!
/

At me, or at the hot Latino songstress!?!?!

554 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:08:20pm

re: #548 Dark_Falcon

I like that idea. It could work in a small valley. But you’d only need one MOAD (Massive Ordinance Air Burst) bomb to get the needed effect. If you timed the attack right, the blast would suck all the oxygen out of the valley. Then even if the Taliban were concealed in tunnels, they’d suffocate before fresh air arrived. It’s brutal, but often brutal tactics can bring good results. Provided you don’t get civilians killed in the doing, though.

I have a good idea… ask all the civilians to hold their breaths for 2 minutes.

555 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:08:31pm

re: #207 eclectic infidel

Then there’s Lily Allen’s FUCK YOU … this version is live from France:


[Video]

I just replayed this, you know, it’s kinda catchy!

556 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:08:46pm

re: #553 sattv4u2

At me, or at the hot Latino songstress!?!?!

SMACK!

557 Escaped Hillbilly  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:08:52pm

re: #508 BongCrodny

Never been much into science fiction, but I have almost all the Terry Pratchett Discworld books in paperback. “Small Gods” is my favorite, but I also like the ones with Rincewind an awful lot.

For thrillers, you could do a lot worse than Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series. :-)


Mistress “Granny” Weatherwax is the first true feminist. But she’d make you wash your own mouth out with soap for saying so.

558 sattv4u2  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:10:45pm

re: #549 reine.de.tout

My dining room has 3 walls

You must feel a draft on a windy day!!

559 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:11:12pm

re: #550 wlewisiii

I’m currently reading the first one, Consider Phlebas. There are some interesting bits in it, but so far I’m not especially impressed and have to keep forcing myself to go back and continue it. I’m only about halfway (plotting to raid megaships).

I need to get the Vorkosigan book, CryoBurn.

That’s on my to-buy list. Even “second rate”* Bujold is generally better than a lot of other stuff out there. Latest DiscWorld novel needs to be acquired as well.

*- Not that _CryoBurn_ will be second rate.

560 Escaped Hillbilly  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:11:26pm

re: #558 sattv4u2

My dining room has 3 walls

You must feel a draft on a windy day!!


I was picturing a triangular room, like a Dorito.

561 reine.de.tout  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:12:02pm

re: #558 sattv4u2

My dining room has 3 walls

You must feel a draft on a windy day!!

ha!
And on not-so-windy days, as well!

562 Walter L. Newton  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:12:20pm

Nearly 5,000 pounds of pot found among tomatoes in Arizona

[Link: www.azcentral.com…]

There goes the winter tomato harvest.

563 sattv4u2  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:13:38pm

re: #562 Walter L. Newton

Nearly 5,000 pounds of pot found among tomatoes in Arizona

[Link: www.azcentral.com…]

There goes the winter tomato harvest.


Not to mention hundreds of “undocumented workers”!

564 Feline Fearless Leader  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:14:01pm

re: #552 ggt

The one I read had a tatooed girl in it. She was genetically tatooed, strange idea.

I do remember thinking that I would be happy to return to Banks novels.

I picked up a copy of Bank’s first novel _The Wasp Factory_ at some point. Wasn’t too long a book so it was a quick read. Not a horribly strong novel, but it has bits that just grab you.

Note that this isn’t SF, but set “modern day” on an island in England.

565 ProBosniaLiberal  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:17:23pm

re: #562 Walter L. Newton

Those may be some of the most relaxing tomatoes in History.

To DF: My reason for the hate of the Taliban is what they did when they ruled Afghanistan in the 90’s. Mass murder of Shia, enforcement of a hyper-conservative form of Islam, and elimination of any who disagreed with them theologically or politically. They did actions similar in some ways to Milosevic’s Serbia. So I treat both equally.

566 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:22:21pm

re: #553 sattv4u2

At me, or at the hot Latino songstress!?!?!

At you, for mocking the Divine Sausage of the Gods, and at the Hot Latina Songstress, for obvious reasons.

567 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:22:54pm

re: #566 Slumbering Behemoth

At you, for mocking the Divine Sausage of the Gods, and at the Hot Latina Songstress, for obvious reasons.

sausage?

568 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:26:09pm

re: #565 ProLifeLiberal

Those may be some of the most relaxing tomatoes in History.

To DF: My reason for the hate of the Taliban is what they did when they ruled Afghanistan in the 90’s. Mass murder of Shia, enforcement of a hyper-conservative fundamentalist form of Islam, and elimination of any who disagreed with them theologically or politically. They did actions similar in some ways to Milosevic’s Serbia. So I treat both equally.

Just sayin’.

569 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:26:15pm

re: #565 ProLifeLiberal

Those may be some of the most relaxing tomatoes in History.

To DF: My reason for the hate of the Taliban is what they did when they ruled Afghanistan in the 90’s. Mass murder of Shia, enforcement of a hyper-conservative form of Islam, and elimination of any who disagreed with them theologically or politically. They did actions similar in some ways to Milosevic’s Serbia. So I treat both equally.

You’re right, but you should now that the comparison will cause the Stalkers to go nuts. But they’re already nuts so harm, no foul.

570 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:27:24pm

re: #567 ggt

sausage?

Did I stutter?!?

571 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:28:05pm

re: #569 Dark_Falcon

You’re right, but you should now that the comparison will cause the Stalkers to go nuts. But they’re already nuts so harm, no foul.

because we are so concerned what loser think.

/

572 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:28:18pm

re: #570 Slumbering Behemoth

Did I stutter?!?

just waiting for the jokes … :)

573 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:29:41pm

re: #572 ggt

I do not joke about chorizo. That would be blasphemy.
/

574 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:31:05pm

re: #568 Slumbering Behemoth

Just sayin’.

Oh come on they were liberals :D. *all bad guys are liberals or leftist mode* ;)
On a serious note. One of my friends in high school was an Afghan and had lived there during the Taliban’s rule. He was Shia and had some amazing stories. Just amazed me because here was this guy my age who first hand experienced one of the worst authoritarian regimes in history and lived to tell about it and here I was just a suburban kid who was upset about Bush being president. It certainly put things in perspective for me and I like to think I’ve grown more politically mature in he past seven years. Agree with PLL’s comp of the Taliban to Milosevic.

575 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:32:27pm

re: #571 ggt

because we are so concerned what loser think.

/

Emphasis mine, as I wanted to draw attention to what some might assume is a typo, but is in fact accurate.

One loser, many sockpuppets. Glen Greenwald would blush.

576 Kid A  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:33:44pm

PLEASE tell me this true!!!! Lips (Sorry to any Alex Rodriguez fans out there) and The Troofer go back and forth about the debt-ceiling raising thing. Lips says that if the Repugnantans cave to to having the debt ceiling raised, it’s the end of the Repugnantcans. Well, COUNT ME IN. A month ago, that jackass Senator Jim Demint (R-Does It Matter?) said that you can’t be a fiscal conservative without being a social conservative first. Quite possibly, one of the most (and there are many!) idiotic statements from a member of the GOP I have heard in quite some time.

If you can stand two minutes of Lips, take a look…
Your text to link…

577 FemNaziBitch  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:35:43pm

Ihave to sleep.

Have a great night/morning all!

578 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:37:33pm

re: #574 HappyWarrior

Oh come on they were liberals :D. *all bad guys are liberals or leftist mode* ;)

I know you’re joking around, but on a serious tip…

That kind of shit is neither liberal nor conservative. It is hard-core, totalitarian, religious fundamentalism.

And just so’s ya know, conservative leaner though I am, I hate when communism gets slapped with the “liberal” label. It is anything but. Same goes for fascism in my book.

579 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:38:15pm

re: #576 Kid A

PLEASE tell me this true!!! Lips (Sorry to any Alex Rodriguez fans out there) and The Troofer go back and forth about the debt-ceiling raising thing. Lips says that if the Repugnantans cave to to having the debt ceiling raised, it’s the end of the Repugnantcans. Well, COUNT ME IN. A month ago, that jackass Senator Jim Demint (R-Does It Matter?) said that you can’t be a fiscal conservative without being a social conservative first. Quite possibly, one of the most (and there are many!) idiotic statements from a member of the GOP I have heard in quite some time.

If you can stand two minutes of Lips, take a look…
Your text to link…

Downding for “Repugnantans”. If conservative Lizards aren’t supposed to call Democrats “Demonrats” then you don’t get to call Republicans that. I also resent being smeared by your hostile characterization of an entire party.

580 Irenicum  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:39:21pm

Sorry to be late to the game. But the ad is both stupid and in bad taste. Blasphemous? Not so much. Name calling is never the way to go forward.

581 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:39:39pm

re: #578 Slumbering Behemoth

I know you’re joking around, but on a serious tip…

That kind of shit is neither liberal nor conservative. It is hard-core, totalitarian, religious fundamentalism.

And just so’s ya know, conservative leaner though I am, I hate when communism gets slapped with the “liberal” label. It is anything but. Same goes for fascism in my book.

Oh I know. I was mocking right wingers who attribute every totalitarian regime in history to the left and liberals. I definitely agree with you that regimes like the Taliban defy the liberal and conservative labels. I would call them religious reactionaries though but that’s not really political.

582 Irenicum  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:39:53pm

Oh. Hey. hi kids.

583 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:40:20pm

re: #581 HappyWarrior

Oh I know. I was mocking right wingers who attribute every totalitarian regime in history to the left and liberals. I definitely agree with you that regimes like the Taliban defy the liberal and conservative labels. I would call them religious reactionaries though but that’s not really political.

Should also mention that I don’t like conservatism being equated with fascism. Not a philosophy I like but they’re not the same.

584 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:42:35pm

re: #576 Kid A

A month ago, that jackass Senator Jim Demint (R-Does It Matter?) said that you can’t be a fiscal conservative without being a social conservative first.

A fantastical lie meant to appeal to a certain audience of retrogrades.

And ‘Repugnantcans’? Why not use the term often used by “The Great One”(sarc implied) Mark Levin? ‘Repubicans’?
/

585 freetoken  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:42:35pm
MP3 Audio
586 Escaped Hillbilly  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:43:14pm

re: #583 HappyWarrior
Seconded. Both.

587 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:44:56pm

re: #583 HappyWarrior

Should also mention that I don’t like conservatism being equated with fascism. Not a philosophy I like but they’re not the same.

The definition of terms changes over time. Liberalism no longer means what it used to, and neither does conservatism. It’s depressing.

588 HappyWarrior  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:45:58pm

Honestly, regarding the Republican party, I don’t wish for their demise. I do however wish that party especially in my neck of the woods would stop using social conservatism as a vote getter. DeMint’s a jackass if you think you can’t be a fiscal conservative without being a social con first. I know many true fiscal conservatives who could care less if you’re gay, smoke pot, etc. DeMint is a jackass and I really wish the Democratic Party had put up a better challenge to him this past election. Guy was gonna win but at least make him shake in his boots a little rather than having the freedom to spread the crazy by kingmaking the Christine O’Donnells of the world.

589 Usually refered to as anyways  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:47:32pm

re: #579 Dark_Falcon

Downding for “Repugnantans”. If conservative Lizards aren’t supposed to call Democrats “Demonrats” then you don’t get to call Republicans that. I also resent being smeared by your hostile characterization of an entire party.

/ Its your party and you can cry if you want too.

590 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:49:43pm

re: #588 HappyWarrior

Honestly, regarding the Republican party, I don’t wish for their demise.

I just wish they’d get their heads out of their asses, straighten the fuck up, and quit acting like children singing the praises of Santa Claus.

I know many true fiscal conservatives who could care less if you’re gay, smoke pot, etc.

Count me as firmly being in that camp.

591 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:52:56pm

re: #589 ozbloke

/ Its your party and you can cry if you want too.

You would cry too, if it happened to you.

592 blueraven  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:53:03pm

re: #576 Kid A

PLEASE tell me this true!!! Lips (Sorry to any Alex Rodriguez fans out there) and The Troofer go back and forth about the debt-ceiling raising thing. Lips says that if the Repugnantans cave to to having the debt ceiling raised, it’s the end of the Repugnantcans. Well, COUNT ME IN. A month ago, that jackass Senator Jim Demint (R-Does It Matter?) said that you can’t be a fiscal conservative without being a social conservative first. Quite possibly, one of the most (and there are many!) idiotic statements from a member of the GOP I have heard in quite some time.

If you can stand two minutes of Lips, take a look…
Your text to link…

I am not a republican, but that is offensive and childish. Huffpo type comment…

593 Usually refered to as anyways  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:55:15pm

re: #591 Dark_Falcon

You would cry too, if it happened to you.

da da da dah de dut

Hope all is good in the land of the Dark_Falcon.

594 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:55:49pm

re: #579 Dark_Falcon

Downding for “Repugnantans”. If conservative Lizards aren’t supposed to call Democrats “Demonrats” then you don’t get to call Republicans that. I also resent being smeared by your hostile characterization of an entire party.

I’d like it if we all refrained from that sort of thing. Conservative leaner that I am, I instantly tune out pundits that use terms like “Hitlery” to refer to Hillery Clinton, or any other such goofery.

595 Dark_Falcon  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 10:57:00pm

re: #593 ozbloke

da da da dah de dut

Hope all is good in the land of the Dark_Falcon.

Some things are still not good, but those things that changed today changed for the better.

596 emcesq  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 11:02:35pm

Always seem to come in at the end (work gets in the way). I notice most of this kind of discussion ends up discussing variations on names, trying to outdo each other on cleverness. Why?

Because humor and play on words and mental images is in our nature. And now people get all bent out of shape about Cap. Owen Honors and his skits. SNL gets a pass. But not on USS Enterprise. I just see the ‘In the Navy’ by Police and I have to laugh and weep.

597 Usually refered to as anyways  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 11:02:56pm

re: #595 Dark_Falcon

Some things are still not good, but those things that changed today changed for the better.

Good news, and congratulations on you deal first day back.

598 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Tue, Jan 4, 2011 11:10:02pm

re: #595 Dark_Falcon

At one point I finally listened to Levin’s show. The dude regularly shoved so many childish epithets into single sentences that I thought my radio would explode. I just could not take him seriously.

It made me think about the kind of language I use when commenting on the positions of those with political opinions that differ from mine.

I concluded that if folks are going to summarily discount my words, it will be because of the dick jokes I make, and not because I use the term ‘Demonrats’.

599 Obdicut  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 2:27:15am

re: #546 oaktree

heheh…

OK. Thought experiment. Bank’s Culture ships are run by AI “minds”. Large ships known as GSVs (General Service Vehicles) are run by three minds working in tandem.

What three minds would be put in charge of a GSV, and what would you name the ship? (Culture ships are known for eccentric names, and often are cultural references.)

Here goes:
Terry Gilliam
Terry Prachett
Terry Jones (Monty Python)

GSV If We Took the Bones Out It Wouldn’t Be Crunchy

—-
I think such a GSV would be a true galactic terror.

Christopher Hitchens
Daniel Dennett
Richard Dawkins

GSV Where Is Your God Now?

600 sattv4u2  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 3:21:02am

re: #590 Slumbering Behemoth

I just wish they’d get their heads out of their asses, straighten the fuck up, and quit acting like children singing the praises of Santa Claus.


Count me as firmly being in that camp.


Dit
and
Toe

601 harlequinade  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 3:56:57am

re: #546 oaktree

heheh…

OK. Thought experiment. Bank’s Culture ships are run by AI “minds”. Large ships known as GSVs (General Service Vehicles) are run by three minds working in tandem.

What three minds would be put in charge of a GSV, and what would you name the ship? (Culture ships are known for eccentric names, and often are cultural references.)

Here goes:
Terry Gilliam
Terry Prachett
Terry Jones (Monty Python)

GSV If We Took the Bones Out It Wouldn’t Be Crunchy

—-
I think such a GSV would be a true galactic terror.

Louis Farrakhan
David Duke
Mahatma Gandhi

GSV You Have To Be Kidding Me

As an aside. I’m playing Star Trek Online struggling to get Culture Names onto my ship. I’m going for USS I SAID I M FINE
There’s no ‘

602 jea62  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 4:52:39am

Doritos taste a hell of a lot better than communion wafers.

603 jea62  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 4:54:17am

re: #602 jea62

BTW, I’m Catholic and the ad doesn’t bother me.

604 Leonidas Hoplite  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 6:39:09am

Yeah!! Monkey poo!!


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