Following the shootings in Arizona, Sarah Palin’s Facebook drones went into overdrive, scrubbing any and all criticism from her page. Someone captured this video showing the comments disappearing as fast as they’re posted; I don’t know what the final count of deleted comments is, but it has to be in the tens of thousands. Watch the numbers…
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Fozzie Bear Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:47:52pm |
They must have hired outside help to keep up. That's about a deletion every second or so, at minimum.
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jaunte Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:50:51pm |
Despite all that futile effort, she continues to melt.
Nate Silver tweets:
@fivethirtyeight: Great timing for Palin: Marist poll shows her trailing Obama by 26 points.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:51:38pm |
And remember, I'm supposed to be Satan Incarnate because I moderate LGF's comments.
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:51:40pm |
I saw that on Andrew Sullivan's blog earlier. I haven't been going to his site as much recently, as thinks its a good idea to hack the safety net in the US to pieces without a way of insuring the least in society suffer a massive slide, along with thinking China's becoming more powerful is a good thing. To be fair, I don't agree with everything on LGF, but I am closer to the general politics here.
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bluecheese Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:51:48pm |
Another interesting link about this topic...
[Link: obamalondon.blogspot.com...]
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Fozzie Bear Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:52:17pm |
re: #6 Charles
And remember, I'm supposed to be Satan Incarnate because I moderate LGF's comments.
I'll try to post more hateful shit so you don't get bored. /
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:53:45pm |
re: #7 ProLifeLiberal
I saw that on Andrew Sullivan's blog earlier. I haven't been going to his site as much recently, as thinks its a good idea to hack the safety net in the US to pieces without a way of insuring the least in society suffer a massive slide, along with thinking China's becoming more powerful is a good thing. To be fair, I don't agree with everything on LGF, but I am closer to the general politics here.
Sully's a loon and a creep. I expect him to revert back to being a "conservative" again now that they've become as depraved and nutty as he is.
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JamesWI Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:54:18pm |
I have visions of Palin handlers saying:
"See Sarah - Everyone loves you! Not a single negative comment on your facebook page!"
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Fozzie Bear Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:54:52pm |
re: #7 ProLifeLiberal
What's funny about LGF is this. In the US, right now, LGF would probably be considered to have an 'average' of center-left.
Anywhere else in the world, or just a few years ago in the US, this group would be considered to have an 'average' of center-right.
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Fozzie Bear Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:55:55pm |
re: #12 Fozzie Bear
(in my assessment. results may vary. this does not represent the opinion of any other bear.)
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blinky42 Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:56:19pm |
I dont understand.. sorry, not a big facebooker.. I see a few parts where the total goes down by 3-4 but it looks like that's it, what am I missing? Where are the tens of thousands that the post talks about? I mean the total comments is 3,739 at the beginning of the video and 3,756 at the end..
When the comments disappear that is the mouse clicking on the previous comments link i think, and the page is turning.. what am i missing?
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:56:57pm |
re: #13 Fozzie Bear
(in my assessment. results may vary. this does not represent the opinion of any other bear.)
I've spoke to other bears about this... you're in the same ballpark.
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Linden Arden Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:57:10pm |
So everyone knows that Sarah is seething as a scorned misunderstood woman all this week.
Which guarantees future idiotic tweets and comments on her part. On Intrade her bid to win in 2012 is down to a penny while Obama is $57 and Romney leads Republicans with $8.
Politics ain't beanbags.
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:57:39pm |
In the world overall, I think I would be considered to be status quo that is in Sweden or Finland (maybe a click to their right). I think that's Center-Left?
What's strange about this is the fact that Sweden and Finland (among other Northern European nations) have an...unusual relationship between Church and State.
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jamesfirecat Thu, Jan 13, 2011 5:59:09pm |
All that and yet they still left up...
Tina King: It's ok. Christina Taylor Green was probably going to end up a left wing bleeding heart liberal anyway. Hey, as "they" say, what would you do if you had the chance to kill Hitler as a kid? Exactly.
There needs to be some kind of fancy turn of phrase about the scariest thing about the ability to censor others/history isn't what is removed, but what they choose to leave behind...
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jamesfirecat Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:00:17pm |
re: #12 Fozzie Bear
What's funny about LGF is this. In the US, right now, LGF would probably be considered to have an 'average' of center-left.
Anywhere else in the world, or just a few years ago in the US, this group would be considered to have an 'average' of center-right.
The Overton Window is a bitch when it shifts against you...
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:00:40pm |
re: #18 jamesfirecat
All that and yet they still left up...
Tina King: It's ok. Christina Taylor Green was probably going to end up a left wing bleeding heart liberal anyway. Hey, as "they" say, what would you do if you had the chance to kill Hitler as a kid? Exactly.
There needs to be some kind of fancy turn of phrase about the scariest thing about the ability to censor others/history isn't what is removed, but what they choose to leave behind...
I think what you said will suffice nicely.
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Fozzie Bear Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:00:47pm |
re: #14 blinky42
The second number, the total number of posts, keeps going up and down. Every time it goes down, there must have been a deletion. But, since the number goes up so frequently and by amounts exceeding 1 at a time, you can assume that there are even more deletions happening between clicks, that never register in the total as an increase.
It represents a fuckload of deletions, at a very fast rate.
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jamesfirecat Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:01:33pm |
re: #20 Walter L. Newton
I think what you said will suffice nicely.
Coming from you that's high praise Walter.
/That'll do Firecat, that'll do....
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:03:59pm |
re: #22 jamesfirecat
Coming from you that's high praise Walter.
/That'll do Firecat, that'll do...
Don't push your luck. You get all cuddly and sloppy on me, I'm going to have to slash you with my rapier wit :)
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:05:06pm |
re: #21 Fozzie Bear
The second number, the total number of posts, keeps going up and down. Every time it goes down, there must have been a deletion. But, since the number goes up so frequently and by amounts exceeding 1 at a time, you can assume that there are even more deletions happening between clicks, that never register in the total as an increase.
It represents a fuckload of deletions, at a very fast rate.
I was looking over at IMDB for some dialog from "Death Note" "Delete... delete... delete..." but I can't find the actual speech with all the "delete" dialog.
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Mr Pancakes Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:05:20pm |
re: #23 Walter L. Newton
Don't push your luck. You get all cuddly and sloppy on me, I'm going to have to slash you with my rapier wit :)
Wow... Walter is using smiley faces now. What next?
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Obdicut Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:06:31pm |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:07:22pm |
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:07:29pm |
re: #21 Fozzie Bear
Do you want me to count the total number of deletions we can see on that screen? I'll do it if you want.
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Bubblehead II Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:07:55pm |
re: #25 Mr Pancakes
Wow... Walter is using smiley faces now. What next?
He gets on a plane and heads for France. I only wonder what we will get when he gets back. %-)
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Fozzie Bear Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:08:57pm |
re: #29 ProLifeLiberal
All you could ever know would be a minimum number of deletions during that time period, and you would have to assume that the actual number would be higher.
But how could you estimate what that "offset" would be? I guess just go for the minimum.
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bratwurst Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:09:19pm |
It has taken a day for the full impact of Mrs. Palin using the term "blood libel" to describe her experience this week. I happen to be a Jew, but I feel that anyone of any background with any sense of the history behind this should be absolutely outraged. The fact that Dershowitz and/or a right-wing rabbi have given their blessings to her using the term is absolutely meaningless to me. Take a moment and read about the Kielce pogrom and how 40 Holocaust survivors were MURDERED in 1946 thanks to blood libel. How in the world could Sarah Palin compare people complaining about her gun sight map to mass murder of Holocaust survivors? It takes a truly selfish and awful person to suggest such a thing.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:09:33pm |
re: #30 Bubblehead II
He gets on a plane and heads for France. I only wonder what we will get when he gets back. %-)
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:09:51pm |
re: #16 Linden Arden
So everyone knows that Sarah is seething as a scorned misunderstood woman all this week.
Which guarantees future idiotic tweets and comments on her part. On Intrade her bid to win in 2012 is down to a penny while Obama is $57 and Romney leads Republicans with $8.
Politics ain't beanbags.
Ironically this has saved her with the wingnuts. They were just about ready to give up on her until the shooting and the all instinctively rallied around her again.
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albusteve Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:09:57pm |
Palin is trash....a pig with lipstick
the Facebook thing is so predictable....she is a product of ego, gossip, and a search for relevance and security....her chic coolness has blown up in her face...she is a victim of her own reality where she has made herself bigger than she is
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:10:13pm |
re: #31 Fozzie Bear
Okay, give me a few minutes, and I'll be able to give you a minimum "offset" number.
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Fozzie Bear Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:11:07pm |
re: #37 ProLifeLiberal
If you feel like pasting all the numbers produced for the maximum, paste them in here. I'd like to take a stab at it with some statistic fu, ad try to estimate a rate.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:11:27pm |
re: #36 albusteve
Palin is trash...a pig with lipstick
the Facebook thing is so predictable...she is a product of ego, gossip, and a search for relevance and security...her chic coolness has blown up in her face...she is a victim of her own reality where she has made herself bigger than she is
But the question that everyone want to know... is she a good lay?
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darthstar Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:12:39pm |
re: #40 Walter L. Newton
But the question that everyone want to know... is she a good lay?
You'll have to ask Todd's friends...he sleeps in a separate room, apparently.
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Kragar Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:13:00pm |
re: #40 Walter L. Newton
But the question that everyone want to know... is she a good lay?
Too uptight.
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prairiefire Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:13:14pm |
re: #24 Walter L. Newton
I was looking over at IMDB for some dialog from "Death Note" "Delete... delete... delete..." but I can't find the actual speech with all the "delete" dialog.
The daughter recommends "Eureka 7" for an Anime series for the step critters.
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Big Joe Ghazi Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:13:36pm |
re: #40 Walter L. Newton
But the question that everyone want to know... is she a good lay?
Well, she does have the crazy, so I'm betting yes.
Dated crazy before.
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Fozzie Bear Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:13:49pm |
I think there's a chance she could be a complete freak in bed. Like, off the deep end freaky. Not cool freaky.
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prairiefire Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:14:00pm |
re: #39 Locker
She lives in a bubble like Kathy Lee:
Kathy Lee gets to drink white wine at 10:30 AM. Her bubble ain't all that bad.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:16:06pm |
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Kragar Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:16:22pm |
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Linden Arden Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:17:04pm |
re: #46 prairiefire
Kathy Lee gets to drink white wine at 10:30 AM. Her bubble ain't all that bad.
Is that true? Do KLG and her co-host drink on the show?
All I have to go by is the SNL Kristen Wiig parody. You have me asking.
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makeitstop Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:17:16pm |
re: #44 mracb
Well, she does have the crazy, so I'm betting yes.
Dated crazy before.
I'm thinking Glenn Close in 'Fatal Attraction.'
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:17:27pm |
re: #43 prairiefire
The daughter recommends "Eureka 7" for an Anime series for the step critters.
I'll do that. Thanks. Hey... you want to house sit for the next 10 days. These kids are invalids. I'm scared I'm going to get back and find a pile a garbage, a few scatter human bones and the dogs looking healthy and well fed.
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:17:35pm |
In 54 seconds, her staff deleted at least 29 comments. That works out, a comment deleted about every 1.86 seconds. Impressive use of whitewashing.
Most threads on with my FB friends are about 10-15 comments, 20 at the most for a small comparison.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:18:14pm |
re: #45 Fozzie Bear
I think there's a chance she could be a complete freak in bed. Like, off the deep end freaky. Not cool freaky.
I like off the deep end freaky. Ya think she would bring a gun to bed... and a moose?
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:18:21pm |
re: #47 Walter L. Newton
Looking forward to some pics Walter. I've never been there. Godspeed.
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Big Joe Ghazi Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:18:47pm |
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Peter Kaufman Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:19:10pm |
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
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prairiefire Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:19:34pm |
re: #51 Walter L. Newton
**Good luck, Walter** How exciting, try to get some sleep. I usually don't sleep for two days once the count down for a big trip starts.
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Mr Pancakes Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:20:59pm |
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Kragar Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:21:37pm |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:21:40pm |
re: #54 Rightwingconspirator
Looking forward to some pics Walter. I've never been there. Godspeed.
Thanks... I went and purchased an inexpensive 14 mp camera. Most of those really nice night shots you've seen from the last time I was there, were taken on a 10 mp 300 dollar camera that belonged to my date on that trip. My regular camera was a 3 mp, which took really nice day shots, but stinks in night shots.
So, I didn't have a lot of cash right now, so this 14 mp wasn't 300 dollars or anything, but I tried it out with night and low light shots, and I think it will do.
I'm bring along 10 gigs of storage... so, lots of pics coming.
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Spocomptonite Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:22:05pm |
Dateline: Tomorrow...
"Sarah Palin upset about video of comment screening on her facebook page; says criticism violates her first amendment rights."
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:22:45pm |
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Ben G. Hazi Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:23:42pm |
re: #13 Fozzie Bear
(in my assessment. results may vary. this does not represent the opinion of any other bear.)
OK, but are you smarter than the average bear?
/Yogi
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:23:48pm |
re: #61 Walter L. Newton
i went to paris a couple of years back while i still had a horror of a really early cybershot - pics turned out ok.
:-)
Almost impossible to get a decent shot of the Arc these days though - too much street furniture signs/traffic lights etc. That was a bit of a downer.
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McSpiff Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:24:09pm |
re: #63 Walter L. Newton
Throw my hat in the ring there as well.
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:24:56pm |
re: #63 Walter L. Newton
Cheers bud.
I am not fiscally attuned to the task of crossing the channel at the moment unfortunately - but have a glass of red for me :-)
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makeitstop Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:25:15pm |
re: #47 Walter L. Newton
Thanks... leave in the AM.
Be safe. Are you going to join us while abroad?re: #62 Spocomptonite
Dateline: Tomorrow...
"Sarah Palin upset about video of comment screening on her facebook page; says criticism violates her first amendment rights."
You could just change that to
Dateline: Tomorrow...
"Sarah Palin upset about _______; says criticism violates her first amendment rights."
...and you'd probably be good for a couple of years. The woman is nothing unless she's gnawing on a bone of contention.
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Ben G. Hazi Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:26:06pm |
re: #50 makeitstop
I'm thinking Glenn Close in 'Fatal Attraction.'
Instead of boiling rabbits, she goes out and shoots elk/moose/etc.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:26:45pm |
re: #65 wozzablog
i went to paris a couple of years back while i still had a horror of a really early cybershot - pics turned out ok.
:-)
Almost impossible to get a decent shot of the Arc these days though - too much street furniture signs/traffic lights etc. That was a bit of a downer.
Click on my avatar... that was taken with a Cybershot... I had to decrease the resolution for the avatar pic... but that camera did fine for me.
I've posted this before... it was taken with the same camera...
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:27:58pm |
re: #68 makeitstop
I'll get online... have a netbook coming with me, and my Touch. Need the netbook, my girlfriend still needs access to her work servers in case a fire erupts.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:28:38pm |
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McSpiff Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:29:29pm |
Remember, we all need to ask Walter about how this trip went until at least August.
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BryanS Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:30:14pm |
I don't get what the video is showing I guess. It seems comments are in the thousands, and the number displayed goes up. It seems more like they have the ability to moderate before comments are visible, as in they are not posted by default until reviewed.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:31:00pm |
Ha! I'm traveling early tomorrow, too, to Anniston Alabama. We can't all have Paris, but we'll always have Anniston.
Good trip, Walter.
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Spocomptonite Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:31:19pm |
Some of the comments = wow....
@ 0:06
"Carlos Jose Franco: it is a disgrace of malice, cynicism, and ignorance to see how the media has turned an assassin act into a political rhetoric to fit and accommodate their agenda..."
Really, well I find it a disgrace of malice, cynicism, and ignorance to see how Republican politicians like Sarah Palin have turned political rhetoric into an assassin act to fit and accommodate their agenda.
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:31:39pm |
re: #71 Walter L. Newton
Ah, k.
This was one of mine ( a 2mp cybershot).
Image: 1222206063_8bed5108a8.jpg
Was approached to have it made the main pic of Opera/Bastille for an online guide book :-)
and the Lourve late at night with no tourists is a site to see :)
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:31:41pm |
re: #57 prairiefire
**Good luck, Walter** How exciting, try to get some sleep. I usually don't sleep for two days once the count down for a big trip starts.
Since I've done Paris 6 times, there is a little less newness... but at the same time... I make a vacation last almost a year. I will spend 6 month preparing, reading up on things, memorizing maps and info... and then when I get back, I will spend another 6 months researching more info on the places I visited, get more details on things I noticed... I get my money's worth out of a trip.
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Usually refered to as anyways Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:31:42pm |
Need a luagh?
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blinky42 Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:31:55pm |
re: #75 BryanS
I don't get what the video is showing I guess. It seems comments are in the thousands, and the number displayed goes up. It seems more like they have the ability to moderate before comments are visible, as in they are not posted by default until reviewed.
I agree, there is too little information to go on, the ten thousand number should be put back in the stinky place it was pulled from IMHO
Love you guys, but I think this story is petty, stupid, and entirely un-newsworthy.. Even if she hired a hundred ppl to scrub her page it means nothing, we all say how the news skewered her as soon as that tragic incident happened and she had nothing to do with it. Which was further proven when it came out the shooter was a lib and the victim was a bluedog.
The media is supposed to be objective and it is not, it is overwhelmingly liberal (except talk radio). The only way the media can be a watchdog on the government is to be objective.. not liberal or conservative.
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Kragar Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:32:11pm |
re: #69 talon_262
Instead of boiling rabbits, she goes out and shoots elk/moose/etc.
Attempts to anyways.
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makeitstop Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:32:32pm |
re: #72 Walter L. Newton
I'll get online... have a netbook coming with me, and my Touch. Need the netbook, my girlfriend still needs access to her work servers in case a fire erupts.
Good to hear. Just don't let LGF cut too far into your vacationatin'.
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Ben G. Hazi Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:32:32pm |
re: #72 Walter L. Newton
I'll get online... have a netbook coming with me, and my Touch. Need the netbook, my girlfriend still needs access to her work servers in case a fire erupts.
if you don't mind me asking, you said yesterday that your GF was/is a Lizard...would it be someone we'd know, if we've been here a while?
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Usually refered to as anyways Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:32:48pm |
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Ben G. Hazi Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:33:10pm |
re: #72 Walter L. Newton
I'll get online... have a netbook coming with me, and my Touch. Need the netbook, my girlfriend still needs access to her work servers in case a fire erupts.
Also, y'all have a good trip...
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:35:18pm |
re: #78 wozzablog
Ah, k.
This was one of mine ( a 2mp cybershot).
Image: 1222206063_8bed5108a8.jpg
Was approached to have it made the main pic of Opera/Bastille for an online guide book :-)
and the Lourve late at night with no tourists is a site to see :)
Nice shots...
Nothing personal... but the Opera Bastille is one of the most gawd awful modern buildings in Paris... and I normally stay just a few blocks away, on the Rue De Lyon.
This time moving into a new neighborhood... Menilmontant... last hold out of the Commundards.
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KingKenrod Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:35:39pm |
I don't think the changing numbers mean anything. I pulled up some samples from her page just now and the numbers are changing just as rapidly regardless of which discussion you choose. There's probably a garbage collection (heh) routine that scrubs comments from the database once they reach a certain age.
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Fozzie Bear Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:37:32pm |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:38:14pm |
re: #84 talon_262
if you don't mind me asking, you said yesterday that your GF was/is a Lizard...would it be someone we'd know, if we've been here a while?
Maybe... when she was posting... she rarely posts anymore... still has an account... Charles knows who she is... when we moved in together Charles thought I was using a sock puppet since he suddenly saw two different users coming from the same IP address.
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Usually refered to as anyways Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:38:35pm |
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:39:02pm |
and Walter -
If you stray near quai des Grands Augustins - stop into the Great Canadian Pub - i know i'm horribly gauche, but i quite enjoyed the food and massive screens showing sports.
There is no reason for such a place to exist in this reality - yet it does - and somehow thrives.
[Link: www.tgcparis.com...]
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:40:29pm |
re: #88 Walter L. Newton
I have a night shot inside the pyramid... shooting out through the structure at one of the Louvre buildings... I don't have it on the server... maybe I'll post it sometime.
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Spocomptonite Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:41:43pm |
@ 0:15
"Thomas Edgcomb Booth: 'When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism, or maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, "Man, that doesn't do us any good, women in politics, or women in general, trying to progress this country."'--Sarah Palin, on complaints from Hillary Clinton's campaign about sexist coverage in race for The White House, Spring 2008."
Heh, bet that got screened off there lickity split.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:42:12pm |
re: #93 wozzablog
and Walter -
If you stray near quai des Grands Augustins - stop into the Great Canadian Pub - i know i'm horribly gauche, but i quite enjoyed the food and massive screens showing sports.
There is no reason for such a place to exist in this reality - yet it does - and somehow thrives.
[Link: www.tgcparis.com...]
I know exactly where that is... seen it... never went in. I don't do adult beverages or sports... but I'll be in that neighborhood a number of times for certain things, I'll check it out. I put it on my list just now.
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:43:09pm |
re: #88 Walter L. Newton
Nice shots...
Nothing personal... but the Opera Bastille is one of the most gawd awful modern buildings in Paris... and I normally stay just a few blocks away, on the Rue De Lyon.
This time moving into a new neighborhood... Menilmontant... last hold out of the Commundards.
I believe when i was over before the last time i was on or near the Lyon. Don't for the life of me remember which hotel though.
There used to be a good music store under the new Opera - can't remember if it was still open when i was there.
I agree - it's not much of a building, but i'd risked life and limb crossing the darn street so i was sure as heck gonna get a picture of it.
Ah, oui, Communards, cest bon.
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Spocomptonite Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:43:58pm |
OMG, it's still going on! try it, it's fun to watch the numbers go up and down.
[Link: www.facebook.com...]
Though I wonder if it really is because of intense comment deletion, or facebook not being able to keep up. That the numbers actually go down leads me to think its the former.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:44:10pm |
re: #93 wozzablog
and Walter -
If you stray near quai des Grands Augustins - stop into the Great Canadian Pub - i know i'm horribly gauche, but i quite enjoyed the food and massive screens showing sports.
There is no reason for such a place to exist in this reality - yet it does - and somehow thrives.
[Link: www.tgcparis.com...]
Sure there is a reason... in that small street shot, that pub you seen at the head of the street, the Highlander, a English speaking Scottish pub, does great business from what I'm told. And a bit bigger inside than what the tight entrance area would suggest.
There are a lot of themed pubs in Paris.
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:45:27pm |
re: #91 Walter L. Newton
When Dragon_Lady registered I sent him a note. And I share my wireless with a couple good neighbors. Misunderstandings kinda suck.
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Gus Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:45:37pm |
re: #100 Walter L. Newton
Sure there is a reason... in that small street shot, that pub you seen at the head of the street, the Highlander, a English speaking Scottish pub, does great business from what I'm told. And a bit bigger inside than what the tight entrance area would suggest.
There are a lot of themed pubs in Paris.
I'm expecting the Pissoir-Cam™ to be up and running as soon as you set foot in Paris.
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Obdicut Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:45:39pm |
re: #99 Spocomptonite
Oh, you can definitely see that some comments in particular get deleted.
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:45:57pm |
re: #97 Walter L. Newton
Ah, it's good for one or the other - if you do neither give it a miss. Trebily so seeing as they no longer have the poutine on the menu.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:47:37pm |
re: #98 wozzablog
I believe when i was over before the last time i was on or near the Lyon. Don't for the life of me remember which hotel though.
There used to be a good music store under the new Opera - can't remember if it was still open when i was there.
I agree - it's not much of a building, but i'd risked life and limb crossing the darn street so i was sure as heck gonna get a picture of it.
Ah, oui, Communards, cest bon.
Every other door around that neighborhood... any street off of Rue De Lyon right down to the Gare De Lyon, is saturated with little 2 star hotels. Great area to stay in, modestly priced, great access to the Metro and the RER, and if you are into partying, get multicultural/multi-music/multi-sexed collection of pubs,clubs and people.
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prairiefire Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:47:41pm |
re: #93 wozzablog
and Walter -
If you stray near quai des Grands Augustins - stop into the Great Canadian Pub - i know i'm horribly gauche, but i quite enjoyed the food and massive screens showing sports.
There is no reason for such a place to exist in this reality - yet it does - and somehow thrives.
[Link: www.tgcparis.com...]
Check out the Parisian chicks showing tons of cleavage! I saw a french kid's show once were the nubile 19 year old lady narrator was smoldering while talking to a puppet.
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:48:34pm |
re: #100 Walter L. Newton
Sure there is a reason... in that small street shot, that pub you seen at the head of the street, the Highlander, a English speaking Scottish pub, does great business from what I'm told. And a bit bigger inside than what the tight entrance area would suggest.
There are a lot of themed pubs in Paris.
I noticed the pub - was the reason i thought to mention the canadian place :-)
i didn't see the Scots pub when i was over there - i also see logic in the premise as both the scots and canadians have long ties with France.
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Fozzie Bear Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:49:28pm |
re: #96 Spocomptonite
@ 0:15
"Thomas Edgcomb Booth: 'When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism, or maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, "Man, that doesn't do us any good, women in politics, or women in general, trying to progress this country."'--Sarah Palin, on complaints from Hillary Clinton's campaign about sexist coverage in race for The White House, Spring 2008."
Heh, bet that got screened off there lickity split.
That quote is incredibly appropriate for this situation. And so incredibly ironic.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:49:52pm |
re: #102 Gus 802
I'm expecting the Pissoir-Cam™ to be up and running as soon as you set foot in Paris.
It's on my list of things to do. I shot a small collection of toilet pics in 2001, stayed away from that subject the other times I've been there, but I do intend to take a healthy collection of toilet shot this time. God.. I can see an arrest in my future... or a date.
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McSpiff Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:49:54pm |
Bah, Rex Murphy (commentator on CBC) is viciously defending Sarah Palin and the Tea Party, more so than any American commentator I've seen. Looks like the Magical Balance Fairy is flying north for the evening. Apparently the shooter wasn't interested in politics in the least.
Of course, he hasn't mentioned the shot Congresswoman. Doesn't fit into his far-right narrative. Only victim was Sarah dontcha know?
*spit* Can't believe my tax dollars fund this assholes salary.
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:51:50pm |
re: #106 prairiefire
Check out the Parisian chicks showing tons of cleavage! I saw a french kid's show once were the nubile 19 year old lady narrator was smoldering while talking to a puppet.
Those are probably not Parisian chicks. Most (of course not all) Parisian women are much smaller chested. Heck, in the few topless show clubs they have in Paris, most of the dancers are Swedish.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:52:11pm |
re: #106 prairiefire
Check out the Parisian chicks showing tons of cleavage! I saw a french kid's show once were the nubile 19 year old lady narrator was smoldering while talking to a puppet.
Lady Eberlin was my first crush.
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:52:13pm |
re: #106 prairiefire
Check out the Parisian chicks showing tons of cleavage! I saw a french kid's show once were the nubile 19 year old lady narrator was smoldering while talking to a puppet.
French and Italian childrens shows are to be seen to be believed.
Their channels are also tied up for hours at night with interminable panel shows usally consisting of a gent with a beard, a young man with a beard, an older lady aging incredibly gracefully, a very tasteful music act and some heated discussion - and an audience. I believe this to be a rule of state television that saturday nights must be devoted to such.
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Spocomptonite Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:54:36pm |
re: #103 Obdicut
Oh, you can definitely see that some comments in particular get deleted.
Oh yeah. I went and did a quick search through a couple thousand comments and the only occurrences of that Thomas guy's name that I previously mentioned were in other people's comments replying to him.
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prairiefire Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:54:55pm |
re: #113 wozzablog
French and Italian childrens shows are to be seen to be believed.
Their channels are also tied up for hours at night with interminable panel shows usally consisting of a gent with a beard, a young man with a beard, an older lady aging incredibly gracefully, a very tasteful music act and some heated discussion - and an audience. I believe this to be a rule of state television that saturday nights must be devoted to such.
While the Brits get all wacky on BBC 4! Seriously, how many channels do you have now?
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:55:23pm |
re: #105 Walter L. Newton
Every other door around that neighborhood... any street off of Rue De Lyon right down to the Gare De Lyon, is saturated with little 2 star hotels. Great area to stay in, modestly priced, great access to the Metro and the RER, and if you are into partying, get multicultural/multi-music/multi-sexed collection of pubs,clubs and people.
Image: 1222205211_12f0b8f89b.jpg
I know exactly the kind you mean.
Orange juice, half stale croissants and slightly surly night attendents. Ancient elevators.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:55:52pm |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:57:09pm |
re: #116 wozzablog
Image: 1222205211_12f0b8f89b.jpg
I know exactly the kind you mean.
Orange juice, half stale croissants and slightly surly night attendents. Ancient elevators.
I love every one of them... I prefer local color to staying in international chains...
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:57:58pm |
re: #116 wozzablog
Image: 1222205211_12f0b8f89b.jpg
I know exactly the kind you mean.
Orange juice, half stale croissants and slightly surly night attendents. Ancient elevators.
I know exactly where that is... Paris is like a second city for me... I can get around the city blindfolded.
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prairiefire Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:57:58pm |
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Walter L. Newton Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:58:41pm |
Out of here... a movie and then a nap. Thanks for all the fish.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 13, 2011 6:59:19pm |
re: #120 prairiefire
My favorite is Daniel Tiger.
We actually lived in Mr. Rogers' neighborhood, near the WQED studios.
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 7:01:38pm |
re: #115 prairiefire
While the Brits get all wacky on BBC 4! Seriously, how many channels do you have now?
BBC's 1&2 on normal teevee
BBC's 3&4 through sattlite/cable/freeview
ITV 1 through normal
ITV's 2, 3 & 4 through sattlite/cable/freeview
On sattelite we have getting on for 700 including radio station and time shifts.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 7:02:07pm |
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Wozza Matter? Thu, Jan 13, 2011 7:03:01pm |
re: #119 Walter L. Newton
Safe travels & enjoy.
I've been there 4 or 5 times and i adore the city entirely.
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Tigger2005 Thu, Jan 13, 2011 7:05:57pm |
re: #18 jamesfirecat
All that and yet they still left up...
Tina King: It's ok. Christina Taylor Green was probably going to end up a left wing bleeding heart liberal anyway. Hey, as "they" say, what would you do if you had the chance to kill Hitler as a kid? Exactly.
There needs to be some kind of fancy turn of phrase about the scariest thing about the ability to censor others/history isn't what is removed, but what they choose to leave behind...
This is horrifying.
This is, evidently, a woman speaking. A woman, speaking about an innocent 9 year old girl.
Call me Godwin, but...what is different from this woman's attitude and that of a female German concentration camp guard who could dehumanize the "other" so thoroughly that even the children's deaths didn't upset her?
I hope no child is ever afflicted with this sad, pathetic, hateful, evil little creature for its mother.
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Mr.Boots Thu, Jan 13, 2011 7:10:41pm |
re: #81 blinky42
. . . Which was further proven when it came out the shooter was a lib . . .
I don't know that it has at all been proven except in the minds of people who choose to believe it.
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Spocomptonite Thu, Jan 13, 2011 7:28:53pm |
re: #108 Fozzie Bear
That quote is incredibly appropriate for this situation. And so incredibly ironic.
Yes, but the most ironic thing would be if she screened that comment, because then she's actually censoring herself.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jan 13, 2011 8:30:42pm |
re: #81 blinky42
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jan 13, 2011 8:32:26pm |
re: #81 blinky42
Which was further proven when it came out the shooter was a lib and the victim was a bluedog.
The Incredibly Dim Talking Point That Stopped Living And Became a Mixed-Up Zombie
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Obdicut Thu, Jan 13, 2011 8:36:49pm |
re: #131 Charles
The Incredibly Dim Talking Point That Stopped Living And Became a Mixed-Up Zombie
Wow, that is one hell of an obscure reference. I love the MST3K of that movie.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Jan 13, 2011 9:04:44pm |
re: #130 Charles
That kind of need a 60's good cartoon picture with it.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jan 13, 2011 9:06:27pm |
This must be the fifth one since the weekend that's woken up after years of slumber.
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samgak Thu, Jan 13, 2011 9:12:46pm |
re: #128 Mr.Boots
I don't know that it has at all been proven except in the minds of people who choose to believe it.
Same goes for him being a right-winger.
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