Video: Full 60 Minutes Interview with President Obama
‘We need to redouble our efforts in hunting bin Laden down’
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HappyWarrior Sun, May 8, 2011 5:49:41pm |
Appreciate this. Don't have a TV at my place on campus.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, May 8, 2011 5:56:11pm |
PRESIDENT OBAMA: And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn't deserve what he got needs to have their head examined.
I agree with this guy sooo much more often than I ever dreamed I would.
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 5:57:48pm |
re: #2 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I agree with this guy sooo much more often than I ever dreamed I would.
Why do you hate America?
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:00:18pm |
normally I don't want to listen to this sort of thing, but this is a landmark occasion and worthy of attention...so far I'm impressed
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sun, May 8, 2011 6:01:10pm |
re: #2 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
It has bothered me to no end that there've been debates about whether this asshat needed to have his head removed. Whether we were within the law or not... I take joy in his death.
Can't shake the glee. I've tried to be Christian about it. But? I am glad he's dead and I'm glad we dumped his sorry, murdering ass off of a boat.
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 6:03:38pm |
Interesting that he mentions the possibility of booby traps. Bin Laden was afraid enough that he wouldn't even appear on video but he had no security in that compound. No escape tunnels, booby traps or a safe room. only one armed body guard. Kinda strange.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:04:52pm |
this is outstanding so far...BO has his shit together
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:05:34pm |
re: #4 albusteve
normally I don't want to listen to this sort of thing, but this is a landmark occasion and worthy of attention...so far I'm impressed
Okay. Who the hell are you and what have you done with Albusteve?
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:07:35pm |
re: #6 Killgore Trout
Interesting that he mentions the possibility of booby traps. Bin Laden was afraid enough that he wouldn't even appear on video but he had no security in that compound. No escape tunnels, booby traps or a safe room. only one armed body guard. Kinda strange.
sheer arrogance
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:08:10pm |
re: #6 Killgore Trout
Interesting that he mentions the possibility of booby traps. Bin Laden was afraid enough that he wouldn't even appear on video but he had no security in that compound. No escape tunnels, booby traps or a safe room. only one armed body guard. Kinda strange.
Perhaps he had assurances of security from certain nearby groups.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:10:42pm |
re: #8 Slumbering Behemoth
Okay. Who the hell are you and what have you done with Albusteve?
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when it comes to our fighters, I always pay attention and I see no reason for criticizm so far...BO has done exactly the right things
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steve_davis Sun, May 8, 2011 6:11:41pm |
re: #6 Killgore Trout
Interesting that he mentions the possibility of booby traps. Bin Laden was afraid enough that he wouldn't even appear on video but he had no security in that compound. No escape tunnels, booby traps or a safe room. only one armed body guard. Kinda strange.
Keep in mind that he thought he had roughly 1,000 Pakistani bodyguards in an elite forces compound in the lot next door. If there's any more damning evidence that Osama had connections with the ISI and the military, the fact that he didn't feel any need for any armed security on site has to be pretty strong circumstantial evidence.
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 6:11:58pm |
re: #11 Slumbering Behemoth
Perhaps he had assurances of security from certain nearby groups.
Perhaps a security by obscurity route. More extensive security might have attracted more attention, escape tunnels would have a exit location that would need to be hidden. Explosives could be tracked, etc.
Just a theory.
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Achilles Tang Sun, May 8, 2011 6:12:01pm |
re: #9 albusteve
"our Special Forces are SO good"
heh...no shit
No disagreement there, but I was at a military open house recently and chatting with a guy who was telling me about the time Reagan sent in the bombers, and then afterwards sent in a team of Delta forces who snuck into Ghaddafi's bedroom and took pictures of him while sleeping and then left the pictures there after they left.
He was dead serious.
I was dead pan.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:12:48pm |
re: #12 albusteve
Just ribbin' ya some, bro.
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 6:13:34pm |
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:13:54pm |
this is really a remarkable interview...a lot of detail
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:14:14pm |
re: #14 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Just a theory.
You're one of those damned creationists, aren't you?
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 6:15:22pm |
re: #20 Slumbering Behemoth
You're one of those damned creationists, aren't you?
God created the Earth 5 minutes ago. All evidence to the contrary was placed there by God to trick us.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:17:58pm |
re: #21 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Wow, you really take the "Y" in the YEC seriously. :)
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Achilles Tang Sun, May 8, 2011 6:18:21pm |
re: #21 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
God created the Earth 5 minutes ago. All evidence to the contrary was placed there by God to trick us.
Actually he has been recreating it every nanosecond for the past 14 billion years. Like they do with stop motion puppets in movies, just lots more detailed.
It's a full time job.
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 6:18:29pm |
His answer about the funeral was excellent.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:20:51pm |
re: #24 Killgore Trout
His answer about the funeral was excellent.
yes, the whole thing is almost stunning
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 6:20:59pm |
re: #22 Slumbering Behemoth
Wow, you really take the "Y" in the YEC seriously. :)
The Omphalos hypothesis was named after the title of an 1857 book, Omphalos by Philip Henry Gosse, in which Gosse argued that in order for the world to be "functional", God must have created the Earth with mountains and canyons, trees with growth rings, Adam and Eve with hair, fingernails, and navels (omphalos is Greek for "navel"), and that therefore no evidence that we can see of the presumed age of the earth and universe can be taken as reliable. The idea has seen some revival in the twentieth century by some modern creationists, who have extended the argument to light that appears to originate in far-off stars and galaxies (although other creationists reject this explanation[1]).
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Achilles Tang Sun, May 8, 2011 6:23:11pm |
re: #26 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Cool name for what most would just describe as smoke and mirrors.
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researchok Sun, May 8, 2011 6:23:53pm |
re: #6 Killgore Trout
Interesting that he mentions the possibility of booby traps. Bin Laden was afraid enough that he wouldn't even appear on video but he had no security in that compound. No escape tunnels, booby traps or a safe room. only one armed body guard. Kinda strange.
Still lots of unanswered questions.
I suppose more will come out in time but I don't believe we'll ever know the whole story.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:25:53pm |
at every opportunity BO is kissing military butt
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 6:28:01pm |
As nervous as I was about this whole process, the one thing I didn't lose sleep over was the possibility of taking bin Laden out. Justice was done. And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn't deserve what he got needs to have their head examined
Heh.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:28:48pm |
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austin_blue Sun, May 8, 2011 6:30:15pm |
Anybody who thinks that Obama is a wimp needs to have their head examined. That was a remarkable interview.
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DaddyLawBucks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:30:50pm |
re: #32 Killgore Trout
Not to mention all the other places he caused civilian massacres.
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HappyWarrior Sun, May 8, 2011 6:32:39pm |
He's really cool under pressure. He said in the interview, he had made the decision Thursday night so that means he spent that whole weekend knowing damn well what would happen. It was a courageous decision and I am glad he did. Glad I voted for the man.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:32:57pm |
BO came into this and sealed the deal....he knows wtf is going on...
personally I'm extremely pleased with him at this point...he was totally in the game from the beginning and never lost focus regarding our boys doing the wet work...there is no more you can ask....some of his answers in this interview were utterly brilliant, he did not miss a beat...holy socks!
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:34:57pm |
he mentioned several times how nervous he was making these decisions
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DaddyLawBucks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:35:19pm |
Forgive my ignorance, but why does there seem to be such problems with the helicopters?
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:36:18pm |
re: #39 daddylawbucks
Forgive my ignorance, but why does there seem to be such problems with the helicopters?
new fangled tech...and the dust, sand kills machinery
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RogueOne Sun, May 8, 2011 6:38:01pm |
re: #39 daddylawbucks
Forgive my ignorance, but why does there seem to be such problems with the helicopters?
From what I understand they clipped a rotor which would make it "pilot error".
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:38:59pm |
re: #43 RogueOne
From what I understand they clipped a rotor which would make it "pilot error".
rotors are sensitive about shit that gets in their way
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Charles Johnson Sun, May 8, 2011 6:39:14pm |
re: #39 daddylawbucks
Forgive my ignorance, but why does there seem to be such problems with the helicopters?
Because they're going into areas where helicopters aren't intended to go, landing in spaces that aren't intended as launch pads.
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b_sharp Sun, May 8, 2011 6:39:24pm |
re: #39 daddylawbucks
Forgive my ignorance, but why does there seem to be such problems with the helicopters?
Reliability comes with numerous revisions in older technology. Cutting edge technology simply has a higher failure rate because of its 'newness'.
Stealth helicopters would not be a straight forward design purely based on previous, well tested technology.
Helicopters are inherently more dangerous than fixed wing vehicles.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:39:55pm |
re: #17 Slumbering Behemoth
Just ribbin' ya some, bro.
yeah I know...but if nothing else, I consider myself fair in judgment
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 6:40:44pm |
There was also kind of an interesting question towards the end that I just noticed.....
KROFT: Is this the first time that you've ever ordered someone killed?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, keep in mind that, you know, every time I make a decision about launching a missile, every time I make a decision about sending troops into battle, you know, I understand that this will result in people being killed. And that is a sobering fact. But it is one that comes with the job.
Normally I would think Obama would back peddle away from the accusation that it was an ordered killing. He gave a generic answer but never really disputed the accusation that it was a kill mission.
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RogueOne Sun, May 8, 2011 6:41:06pm |
[Link: abcnews.go.com...]
In the course of the operation that cost the al Qaeda leader his life, one of the two Blackhawk helicopters that carried the SEALs into bin Laden's Pakistani compound grazed one of the compound's wall and was forced to make a hard landing.
No equipment failure, pilot error.
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DaddyLawBucks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:41:55pm |
Thank God the remaining machines were adequate to get our people out
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 6:42:05pm |
re: #46 b_sharp
Reliability comes with numerous revisions in older technology. Cutting edge technology simply has a higher failure rate because of its 'newness'.
Stealth helicopters would not be a straight forward design purely based on previous, well tested technology.
Helicopters are inherently more dangerous than fixed wing vehicles.
Sand is a bitch on those things. Lot's of gears.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:42:26pm |
thanks CJ for posting this interview...otherwise I wouldn't have bothered and I'd have lost out on the big one...the very best I've heard from BO and I'm far more settled in my mind for it
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Charles Johnson Sun, May 8, 2011 6:42:43pm |
Now doing a full scan on my Windows 7 virtual machine with Microsoft Security Essentials.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:44:25pm |
re: #48 Killgore Trout
There was also kind of an interesting question towards the end that I just noticed...
Normally I would think Obama would back peddle away from the accusation that it was an ordered killing. He gave a generic answer but never really disputed the accusation that it was a kill mission.
he's 001
sanctioning reprisals in your hometown!
he did very well
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Charles Johnson Sun, May 8, 2011 6:44:45pm |
Every time I launch Windows, I spend the next 2-3-4 hours waiting for a seemingly endless series of updates to install. Restarting between each batch.
I honestly don't know how you daily Windows users put up with it.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:45:19pm |
re: #53 Charles
Now doing a full scan on my Windows 7 virtual machine with Microsoft Security Essentials.
I'm waiting for advice
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 6:46:08pm |
re: #55 Charles
Every time I launch Windows, I spend the next 2-3-4 hours waiting for a seemingly endless series of updates to install. Restarting between each batch.
I honestly don't know how you daily Windows users put up with it.
That doesn't sound right at all.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:47:06pm |
re: #47 albusteve
I don't care what anybody says about you, you're cool in my book Steve.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 6:47:17pm |
re: #6 Killgore Trout
Interesting that he mentions the possibility of booby traps. Bin Laden was afraid enough that he wouldn't even appear on video but he had no security in that compound. No escape tunnels, booby traps or a safe room. only one armed body guard. Kinda strange.
He was trusting on not being seen. Visible security would have been a tip off. It wasn't so much a fuck-up as a conscious choice. He knew he couldn't assemble enough security in a place like that to fight off a raid, so he avoided visible security that might attract attention.
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b_sharp Sun, May 8, 2011 6:47:26pm |
re: #55 Charles
Every time I launch Windows, I spend the next 2-3-4 hours waiting for a seemingly endless series of updates to install. Restarting between each batch.
I honestly don't know how you daily Windows users put up with it.
Mine is set to update in the background. Once the system is caught up, the number of updates reduces dramatically, although if you wait a number of days or weeks between boots it can look worse.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:48:39pm |
re: #57 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
That doesn't sound right at all.
in his situation why not?...Windows installs all upgrades if you let it (I believe) when it's the default OS...otherwise it probably asks every time
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HappyWarrior Sun, May 8, 2011 6:49:17pm |
The great thing he did was to keep this under total wraps. Loved his answer to Kroft when asked why he didn't tell anyone in Pakistani. Paraphrase Listen if I am not gonna tell my closest adviers, no way am I telling someone I don't know.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:49:42pm |
re: #58 Slumbering Behemoth
I don't care what anybody says about you, you're cool in my book Steve.
well, the same to you!
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DaddyLawBucks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:49:54pm |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
He may have also felt quite secure as long as he remained inside his compound, "hiding in plain sight" so to speak
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TedStriker Sun, May 8, 2011 6:50:16pm |
re: #5 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
It has bothered me to no end that there've been debates about whether this asshat needed to have his head removed. Whether we were within the law or not... I take joy in his death.
Can't shake the glee. I've tried to be Christian about it. But? I am glad he's dead and I'm glad we dumped his sorry, murdering ass off of a boat.
I wouldn't say that I took joy in hearing OBL took a bullet in the head, but rather I had, as someone said, a grim satisfaction about it.
As they say here down South, the man needed killing.
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Charles Johnson Sun, May 8, 2011 6:50:27pm |
re: #60 b_sharp
Mine is set to update in the background. Once the system is caught up, the number of updates reduces dramatically, although if you wait a number of days or weeks between boots it can look worse.
That's probably why it seems so intrusive -- I'm not using Windows on a daily basis.
It's just very striking how often the system needs to be patched.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 6:50:32pm |
re: #64 daddylawbucks
He may have also felt quite secure as long as he remained inside his compound, "hiding in plain sight" so to speak
Exactly.
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b_sharp Sun, May 8, 2011 6:50:47pm |
re: #55 Charles
Every time I launch Windows, I spend the next 2-3-4 hours waiting for a seemingly endless series of updates to install. Restarting between each batch.
I honestly don't know how you daily Windows users put up with it.
On rereading your comment, waiting several hours isn't usual. Is there something in your system resetting the state on each boot? There may be a problem causing the updates to not 'take'.
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 6:51:06pm |
re: #61 albusteve
in his situation why not?...Windows installs all upgrades if you let it (I believe) when it's the default OS...otherwise it probably asks every time
I run Windows all the time. I get updates about once a week, even the big updates usually only take 30 minutes or so with at most with 1 reboot. If its happening daily and taking 2-3 hours, something is wrong.
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 6:51:43pm |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
He was trusting on not being seen. Visible security would have been a tip off. It wasn't so much a fuck-up as a conscious choice. He knew he couldn't assemble enough security in a place like that to fight off a raid, so he avoided visible security that might attract attention.
That's seem plausible. Lots of guards or trucks full of tunnel dirt might have attracted attention. But even something simple like a bundle of barbed wire to trow down the stair well or a simple explosive trap can really slow down a home invasion. It would seem common sense to me but also he had guns and never picked them up so there's no telling what he was thinking.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:51:43pm |
re: #62 HappyWarrior
The great thing he did was to keep this under total wraps. Loved his answer to Kroft when asked why he didn't tell anyone in Pakistani. Paraphrase Listen if I am not gonna tell my closest adviers, no way am I telling someone I don't know.
yeah, I liked that too...I'm very impressed tonight
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 6:52:12pm |
re: #66 Charles
Nah, it's BS patches. Tuesdays, usually.
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 6:52:44pm |
re: #66 Charles
That's probably why it seems so intrusive -- I'm not using Windows on a daily basis.
It's just very striking how often the system needs to be patched.
Fire it up tuesday nights and check it in the morning.
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b_sharp Sun, May 8, 2011 6:53:06pm |
re: #66 Charles
That's probably why it seems so intrusive -- I'm not using Windows on a daily basis.
It's just very striking how often the system needs to be patched.
You also state it's being run in a virtual machine. Are you booting from a snapshot, or the original install? Booting from the same snapshot would mean you are getting the same updates over and over again.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 6:53:31pm |
re: #70 Killgore Trout
That's seem plausible. Lots of guards or trucks full of tunnel dirt might have attracted attention. But even something simple like a bundle of barbed wire to trow down the stair well or a simple explosive trap can really slow down a home invasion. It would seem common sense to me but also he had guns and never picked them up so there's no telling what he was thinking.
He may also have panicked when the SEALS charged in. Like you said, no way to know.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:54:27pm |
re: #70 Killgore Trout
That's seem plausible. Lots of guards or trucks full of tunnel dirt might have attracted attention. But even something simple like a bundle of barbed wire to trow down the stair well or a simple explosive trap can really slow down a home invasion. It would seem common sense to me but also he had guns and never picked them up so there's no telling what he was thinking.
and here I thought he was in Miami...honest
he must have been too devout to save his own ass, like get out of the ME
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:56:01pm |
re: #70 Killgore Trout
Maybe he really, truly believed he was doing the will of Allah and that he had divine protection.
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b_sharp Sun, May 8, 2011 6:56:31pm |
re: #70 Killgore Trout
That's seem plausible. Lots of guards or trucks full of tunnel dirt might have attracted attention. But even something simple like a bundle of barbed wire to trow down the stair well or a simple explosive trap can really slow down a home invasion. It would seem common sense to me but also he had guns and never picked them up so there's no telling what he was thinking.
That wasn't the real Bin Laden. He was one of many clones hidden around the Pakistan country-side. The Raelians created the clones using money the Nazis spirited away at the end of WWII.
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HappyWarrior Sun, May 8, 2011 6:56:50pm |
re: #77 Slumbering Behemoth
Maybe he really, truly believed he was doing the will of Allah and that he had divine protection.
I believe Hitler thought similarly about himself. Saw himself as being invincible after all the failed assassination plots.
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DaddyLawBucks Sun, May 8, 2011 6:59:29pm |
Leaving the ME would also mean both losing some control (that comes with proximity) and perhaps living among infidels.
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Kronocide Sun, May 8, 2011 6:59:53pm |
I suspect that paranoia and obsessive safety precautions may have been enacted out of habit, but in the end OBL knew that it was only a matter of time and the inevitable would happen. .
I don't know if it's arrogance, or accepting the inevitable.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 6:59:55pm |
re: #80 daddylawbucks
Leaving the ME would also mean both losing some control (that comes with proximity) and perhaps living among infidels.
that's the point
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windsagio Sun, May 8, 2011 7:01:09pm |
re: #83 windsagio
(the point being that his whole defense was not being found, once they were at him there was nothing left)
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 7:01:20pm |
re: #78 b_sharp
That wasn't the real Bin Laden. He was one of many clones hidden around the Pakistan country-side. The Raelians created the clones using money the Nazis spirited away at the end of WWII.
"The Boys from Brazil 2: Bin Laden Boogaloo"
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:03:18pm |
re: #84 windsagio
(the point being that his whole defense was not being found, once they were at him there was nothing left)
either way, he has that light headed bliss...and his crabs, of course...still gleeful tee's are way overboard
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Achilles Tang Sun, May 8, 2011 7:03:31pm |
re: #40 albusteve
there is strength in honesty
What pops in my mind on reading that is that Planned Parenthood does 90% abortions, with federal money./
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 7:05:13pm |
re: #77 Slumbering Behemoth
Maybe he really, truly believed he was doing the will of Allah and that he had divine protection.
I don't know if you're being snarky but that may be the best explanation yet. If you think about it these guys thought they could fuck with us and establish a worldwide caliphate. It's pretty nutty shit.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:07:54pm |
re: #88 Killgore Trout
I don't know if you're being snarky but that may be the best explanation yet. If you think about it these guys thought they could fuck with us and establish a worldwide caliphate. It's pretty nutty shit.
that must be it...what other explanation is there?
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 7:07:57pm |
re: #81 BigPapa
I suspect that paranoia and obsessive safety precautions may have been enacted out of habit, but in the end OBL knew that it was only a matter of time and the inevitable would happen. .
I don't know if it's arrogance, or accepting the inevitable.
Maybe he figured if comandos showed up that means he gets a nice public trial, gets to make speeches, release statements through his lawyers, etc. If it's a drone strike no amount of home security would help.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 7:08:14pm |
re: #84 windsagio
(the point being that his whole defense was not being found, once they were at him there was nothing left)
Just so. He had to know that he could never hope to assemble a force in that compound that could stop an all-out assault on it. Once such a assault occurred, defeat was inevitable.
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DaddyLawBucks Sun, May 8, 2011 7:10:14pm |
He probably did have a deep religious conviction and belief that his god was watching over him to some extent. ( IN addition to being a psyco-murderer)
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 7:11:15pm |
re: #92 Varek Raith
Good evening, infidelsss.
Kinda feels like the old LGF with terrorism as the topic of the day.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:12:16pm |
re: #94 Killgore Trout
Kinda feels like the old LGF with terrorism as the topic of the day.
yeah, at least it's positive stuff this time around
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, May 8, 2011 7:12:26pm |
re: #6 Killgore Trout
Interesting that he mentions the possibility of booby traps. Bin Laden was afraid enough that he wouldn't even appear on video but he had no security in that compound. No escape tunnels, booby traps or a safe room. only one armed body guard. Kinda strange.
My guess is that he felt the security provided by his sympathizers in the Pakistani ISI was sufficient.
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 7:12:40pm |
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justaminute Sun, May 8, 2011 7:13:08pm |
Living in a booby trapped home with children. Not a good plan.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:13:45pm |
re: #96 negativ
My guess is that he felt the security provided by his sympathizers in the Pakistani ISI was sufficient.
my guess is that he conceded the fight and was simply waiting out his fate
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 7:14:38pm |
re: #96 negativ
My guess is that he felt the security provided by his sympathizers in the Pakistani ISI was sufficient.
More likely he felt confident that his buddies in the Pakistani gov't/intelligence service would alert him long before we showed up on his doorstep, giving him time to make for the nearest exit. He probably figured, like a lot of folks did when Obama made his promise back in '08, that there was no way the US would purposefully piss off an allied nation in order to catch/kill him.
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 7:14:47pm |
re: #98 justaminute
Living in a booby trapped home with children. Not a good plan.
Nonono.
That light switch turns on the light while this light switch summons a murderous troll.
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Big Steve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:15:08pm |
re: #98 justaminute
Living in a booby trapped home with children. Not a good plan.
He didn't need real booby traps......that crappy furniture was dangerous enough.
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Semper Fi Sun, May 8, 2011 7:15:19pm |
re: #90 Killgore Trout
Maybe he figured if comandos showed up that means he gets a nice public trial, gets to make speeches, release statements through his lawyers, etc. If it's a drone strike no amount of home security would help.
That possibility may be why he didn't reach for a weapon. Ordinarily, I'm not a vengeful person but in his case it would be nice if the commando said, "Greetings from New York" before he fired. I'm sorry but that's how strongly I feel about the human toll this man is responsible for.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:15:40pm |
re: #100 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
More likely he felt confident that his buddies in the Pakistani gov't/intelligence service would alert him long before we showed up on his doorstep, giving him time to make for the nearest exit. He probably figured, like a lot of folks did when Obama made his promise back in '08, that there was no way the US would purposefully piss off an allied nation in order to catch/kill him.
that's what he just said
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justaminute Sun, May 8, 2011 7:15:57pm |
re: #99 albusteve
my guess is that he conceded the fight and was simply waiting out his fate
I wonder if his reported kidney disease meant that he was already a dead man walking, but we probably won't know that for a long time.
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Semper Fi Sun, May 8, 2011 7:16:16pm |
On second thought, I'm not sorry he went the way he did.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:16:21pm |
re: #101 Varek Raith
Nonono.
That light switch turns on the light while this light switch summons a murderous troll.
code?...is that an 8 or a 3?
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 7:16:33pm |
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 7:17:07pm |
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Achilles Tang Sun, May 8, 2011 7:17:50pm |
re: #99 albusteve
my guess is that he conceded the fight and was simply waiting out his fate
He only allowed himself 4 wives (at a time) in this life. Maybe he was looking forward to 72, without viagra?
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:17:54pm |
re: #108 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
What can I say, I'm late to the party.
you might read the post you respond to...forget it, non of my business
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b_sharp Sun, May 8, 2011 7:18:17pm |
re: #99 albusteve
my guess is that he conceded the fight and was simply waiting out his fate
Find a medium and ask OBL's ghost.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 7:18:32pm |
re: #88 Killgore Trout
I don't know if you're being snarky...
I totally have that coming, but in this instance I wasn't being snarky.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:18:46pm |
re: #109 Varek Raith
No code.
Just an attempt at a joke.
:)
ah no...consider codes for home security
words, names, numbers etc
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 7:19:14pm |
re: #112 b_sharp
Find a medium and ask OBL's ghost.
He's got a twitter account thingy.
[Link: twitter.com...]
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 7:19:14pm |
re: #111 albusteve
you might read the post you respond to...forget it, non of my business
I did, but I misinterpreted it. I apologize if I somehow offended you.
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HappyWarrior Sun, May 8, 2011 7:19:19pm |
re: #112 b_sharp
Find a medium and ask OBL's ghost.
Great now the kids are going to want to play Ouija board at the old Bin Laden house. Just don't say his name three times in front of a mirror on Halloween.
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 7:19:56pm |
re: #114 albusteve
ah no...consider codes for home security
words, names, numbers etc
Ah!
Now I get ya!
Geez, I'm slow.
Heh.
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 7:20:36pm |
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:20:49pm |
re: #116 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
I did, but I misinterpreted it. I apologize if I somehow offended you.
I cannot be offended by typical brain farts
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b_sharp Sun, May 8, 2011 7:21:37pm |
re: #119 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Wouldn't Ichthyomancy yield better results?
That sounds a bit fishy to me.
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jaunte Sun, May 8, 2011 7:23:04pm |
re: #119 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Maybe not better, but they would be scalable.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 7:23:23pm |
re: #117 HappyWarrior
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejiuc.....
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 7:23:41pm |
re: #120 albusteve
I cannot be offended by typical brain farts
Hey, I didn't fart, it was the cat! I swear!
//
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:24:08pm |
re: #122 jaunte
Maybe not better, but they would be scalable.
the golden thread between a guppie and Mt Everest
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 7:24:35pm |
re: #121 b_sharp
Again, it has begun. Try not to get too roughy this time.
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Semper Fi Sun, May 8, 2011 7:25:19pm |
Just want to acknowledge Dallas played the Lakers outstandingly and, I think, deserved to win the series.
Good goin' Dallas.
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b_sharp Sun, May 8, 2011 7:25:39pm |
re: #126 Slumbering Behemoth
Again, it has begun. Try not to get too roughy this time.
Cod you explain that to me?
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:26:10pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 7:26:55pm |
re: #128 b_sharp
Keep grilling me and I'm just gonna tuna you out.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, May 8, 2011 7:27:07pm |
re: #103 Semper Fi
That possibility may be why he didn't reach for a weapon. Ordinarily, I'm not a vengeful person but in his case it would be nice if the commando said, "Greetings from New York" before he fired. I'm sorry but that's how strongly I feel about the human toll this man is responsible for.
Did you read Hitchens' piece?
[Link: www.slate.com...]
At least we won't have to put up with a smirking video when the 10th anniversary of his best-known atrocity comes around. Come to think of it, though, he hadn't issued any major communiqués on any subject lately (making me wonder, some time ago, if he hadn't actually died or been accidentally killed already), and the really hateful work of his group and his ideology was being carried out by a successor generation like his incomparably more ruthless clone in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. I find myself hoping that, like Zarqawi, Bin Laden had a few moments at the end to realize who it was who had found him and to wonder who the traitor had been. That would be something. Not much, but something.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:27:31pm |
re: #130 Slumbering Behemoth
Keep grilling me and I'm just gonna tuna you out.
you're beginning to flounder
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 7:28:22pm |
Oh, just stop baiting us, please.
Let's just fin-ish this now.
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justaminute Sun, May 8, 2011 7:28:44pm |
Well, Bin Laden and his families attained the expert level at hide-and-go-seek. I could never stay in that lousy compound for 5 years and never leave.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 7:29:54pm |
re: #131 negativ
I liked this bit:
Theocratic irrationality is not so uncommon that defeats like this are enough to render it unattractive. No doubt some braggarts will continue to tell instant opinion polls in the region that they regard him as a holy sheik or some such drivel. (Funny how those polls never picked up the local appetite for constitutional democracy.) With any luck, there will even be demented rumors that Bin Laden is not "really" dead. Fine: He'd probably already done the worst damage he was going to do. In anything describable as the real world, his tactics were creating antibodies and antagonists, or no longer matched observable conditions, or had at least hit diminishing returns. From Baghdad to Bali, it has been conclusively demonstrated that Bin-Ladenism is the cause of poverty, misery, and unemployment and not—as some know-nothings used to claim—a response to it.
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jaunte Sun, May 8, 2011 7:30:36pm |
Al Qaeda fish still flopping, even after netting:
17 dead in al-Qaeda operative’s attempted Baghdad jail break
An incarcerated top al-Qaeda operative here was able to wrestle a gun away from an Iraqi prison guard Saturday on his way to a late-night interrogation, free fellow inmates and lead a melee that left six Iraqi counterterrorism officers and 11 inmates dead, police said.
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The Optimist Sun, May 8, 2011 7:30:37pm |
Good job Obama. Next on the list is the economy. Make the decision to fix it.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 7:30:42pm |
re: #134 justaminute
Well, Bin Laden and his families attained the expert level at hide-and-go-seek. I could never stay in that lousy compound for 5 years and never leave.
There was a piece on CNN yesterday on children being raised in jail (in South Africa). It's extremely unhealthy for the children.
Aside from having a raving evil person for a father, what effect will it have on the kids to have spent their life like this?
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Achilles Tang Sun, May 8, 2011 7:31:08pm |
re: #130 Slumbering Behemoth
Keep grilling me and I'm just gonna tuna you out.
You sound like you have a nasal twang.
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Lidane Sun, May 8, 2011 7:33:55pm |
re: #138 Venezuela lover
Good job Obama. Next on the list is the economy. Make the decision to fix it.
He's trying. It's not his fault there are a bunch of GOP idiots wanting to destroy the economy before the 2012 elections.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:33:55pm |
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 7:34:07pm |
re: #138 Venezuela lover
Good job Obama. Next on the list is the economy. Make the decision to fix it.
What would that be?
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:34:36pm |
re: #141 Lidane
He's trying. It's not his fault there are a bunch of GOP idiots wanting to destroy the economy before the 2012 elections.
hahaha!...it's all GOP all the time!
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Lidane Sun, May 8, 2011 7:34:55pm |
Just finished listening to the interview while I sit here and upload CD's on to my laptop. Good stuff. Obama's on his game, big time.
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bratwurst Sun, May 8, 2011 7:35:20pm |
re: #138 Venezuela lover
Good job Obama. Next on the list is the economy. Make the decision to fix it.
Biggest month for job additions in 5 years? Check.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 7:36:06pm |
re: #139 EmmmieG
Not a good one. Pity the children, and the parents.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:36:11pm |
re: #143 Varek Raith
What would that be?
extracting our own oil will help reduce energy costs...even the 'threat' of doing so
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Lidane Sun, May 8, 2011 7:36:14pm |
re: #144 albusteve
Because it's the Dems who want us to default and who offered the Ryan plan, which doesn't do shit without full Medicare privatization.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 7:36:15pm |
re: #132 albusteve
you're beginning to flounder
Whatever you say, bigmouth. I think you're fulla carp.
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Achilles Tang Sun, May 8, 2011 7:36:31pm |
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justaminute Sun, May 8, 2011 7:36:40pm |
re: #139 EmmmieG
There was a piece on CNN yesterday on children being raised in jail (in South Africa). It's extremely unhealthy for the children.
Aside from having a raving evil person for a father, what effect will it have on the kids to have spent their life like this?
It is scary. Stuck in the house, educated by them. It was major child abuse. Maybe the children now they have been freed, if they are freed, will look on everything their parents did or said differently. I hope.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:36:57pm |
re: #146 bratwurst
Biggest month for job additions in 5 years? Check.
and unemployment went up anyway...checkmate
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 7:37:24pm |
re: #152 justaminute
It is scary. Stuck in the house, educated by them. It was major child abuse. Maybe the children now they have been freed, if they are freed, will look on everything their parents did or said differently. I hope.
Kids are still with Mom. One of these is the woman who rushed our forces trying to protect Osama. I doubt their lives will improve.
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BongCrodny Sun, May 8, 2011 7:37:37pm |
Help the needy, stare down the crazies, take out the truly reprehensible bad guys.
I can live with that.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:37:39pm |
re: #150 Slumbering Behemoth
Whatever you say, bigmouth. I think you're fulla carp.
maybe, but I'm no piker
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 7:38:44pm |
re: #154 EmmmieG
It's a situation, where, I wish I could personally help out the children. But, from a foreign culture, it doesn't seem possible.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 7:39:08pm |
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 7:39:21pm |
re: #154 EmmmieG
Kids are still with Mom. One of these is the woman who rushed our forces trying to protect Osama. I doubt their lives will improve.
take them to WDW...problem solved
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Achilles Tang Sun, May 8, 2011 7:40:03pm |
re: #152 justaminute
It is scary. Stuck in the house, educated by them. It was major child abuse. Maybe the children now they have been freed, if they are freed, will look on everything their parents did or said differently. I hope.
I don't think that is much different from what many in Afghan villages live like, particularly the girls. However in this case they did not want for any basics.
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 7:40:04pm |
re: #148 albusteve
extracting our own oil will help reduce energy costs...even the 'threat' of doing so
So will investing in alternative energies and energy conservation.
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Bubblehead II Sun, May 8, 2011 7:40:26pm |
Evening Lizards. With all the fishy puns swimming around you just had to know this was coming.
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bratwurst Sun, May 8, 2011 7:40:38pm |
re: #153 albusteve
and unemployment went up anyway...checkmate
So that means the biggest month for job growth since 2006 isn't good news?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 7:40:41pm |
re: #159 albusteve
take them to WDW...problem solved
It would be an improvement. Also, you could mention the $2b, and how they could have been here five times a year if Daddy weren't intent on blowing people up.
Heck, Chuck E Cheese would be an improvement, and I hate the rat.
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HappyWarrior Sun, May 8, 2011 7:41:25pm |
It will be interesting to see what kind of adults those children will be. From my understanding, there were some children of Nazi leaders who became ardent Neo-Nazis in adult life such as Rudolph Hess's son and others like Martin Bormann's who became anti Nazi. I know this is different since these are the children of a terrorist rather than an authoritarian dictatorship.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 7:44:07pm |
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b_sharp Sun, May 8, 2011 7:44:29pm |
re: #161 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
So will investing in alternative energies and energy conservation.
This.
And -
We need to preserve our oil before scarcity limits our options.
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 7:45:59pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 7:47:42pm |
re: #169 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Howdy Kragar, have you met Bubblehead the Second?
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diamonda2u Sun, May 8, 2011 7:48:07pm |
After reading all the comments, I gotta listen now..
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 7:49:40pm |
re: #170 Slumbering Behemoth
Howdy Kragar, have you met Bubblehead the Second?
Never read upthread, it sets a bad precedent.
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Lidane Sun, May 8, 2011 7:50:04pm |
OK. Seriously? The fact that none of you posted this is a halibut shame:
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, May 8, 2011 7:50:46pm |
re: #142 albusteve
Salmon Rushdi sounds like that
Salman Rushdie is a mystery to me. He's even shorter than I am, and looks like a 1930s Warner Brothers cartoon parody of himself. Nevertheless, he gets to climb all over Padma Laskshmi, Olivia Wilde, Riya Sen, Aishwarya Rai, and Scarlet Johansson. In the best-case scenario, the only thing I could get from any of the aforementioned is a restraining order. He's not even that great a writer. Bah. Humbug.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 7:51:39pm |
re: #101 Varek Raith
Nonono.
That light switch turns on the light while this light switch summons a murderous troll.
Leave the Stalkers out of this.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 7:52:11pm |
re: #174 negativ
It's his giant brass clankers, I think.
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Political Atheist Sun, May 8, 2011 7:55:00pm |
re: #90 Killgore Trout
Maybe he figured if comandos showed up that means he gets a nice public trial, gets to make speeches, release statements through his lawyers, etc. If it's a drone strike no amount of home security would help.
A big armed guard force is hardly low profile. It was a hide in plain sight gambit.
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Bubblehead II Sun, May 8, 2011 7:55:16pm |
BTW, some semi good news from my neck of the desert.
Canadian woman who vanished in March found in Nevada
Unfortunately, here Husband is dead, of this I have no doubt.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 7:58:11pm |
re: #48 Killgore Trout
There was also kind of an interesting question towards the end that I just noticed...
Normally I would think Obama would back peddle away from the accusation that it was an ordered killing. He gave a generic answer but never really disputed the accusation that it was a kill mission.
This was an assassination. We ordered the guy killed and he got killed.
We'd look insane pretending otherwise. This guy was a high-level paramilitary leader on foreign soil. We shot him. Next question?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 7:58:46pm |
re: #50 daddylawbucks
Thank God the remaining machines were adequate to get our people out
My husband wonders how they decided who had to double up with Bin Laden's corpse.
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 7:58:49pm |
I made a quick scroll through the comments at Hot Air on this one. Some generic complaining, some faint praise but I'm starting to see some cracks in the wingnutosphere. A few people are still trying to steer the conversation towards debt and the hoax of "fiscal conservatism". I think this highlights the mistakes the wingnuts made with the Tea Party. Instead of worrying about real world problems and pragmatic solutions they've spent the past 2 years with nonsense, conspiracy theories, Pantaloons and Gadsen flags. Now they are confronted with a recovering economy and epic wins in the war on terror. Trump's Birtherism is as dead as Ryan's budget. Even the wingnuts are starting to notice they're on the wrong track,.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:00:40pm |
re: #80 daddylawbucks
Leaving the ME would also mean both losing some control (that comes with proximity) and perhaps living among infidels.
Pakistan's not the Middle East, but I get your drift.
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Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 8:01:15pm |
re: #180 SanFranciscoZionist
This was an assassination. We ordered the guy killed and he got killed.
We'd look insane pretending otherwise. This guy was a high-level paramilitary leader on foreign soil. We shot him. Next question?
I think Obama may be very smart in toning down the rhetoric from the Bush years. Speak softy and shoot your opponent in the fucking head in the middle of the night. I can live with that.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:01:43pm |
re: #183 Varek Raith
Pantaloons, or loons in pants?
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Romantic Heretic Sun, May 8, 2011 8:01:54pm |
re: #5 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
It has bothered me to no end that there've been debates about whether this asshat needed to have his head removed. Whether we were within the law or not... I take joy in his death.
Can't shake the glee. I've tried to be Christian about it. But? I am glad he's dead and I'm glad we dumped his sorry, murdering ass off of a boat.
To me it's like putting down a mad dog. It's simply a necessity.
It's done, I'm glad and time to move on.
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 8:02:27pm |
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:03:10pm |
re: #184 SanFranciscoZionist
Pakistan's not the Middle East, but I get your drift.
the post reference....I could not have known OBL was no longer in the ME...we know where Pakistan is
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:03:10pm |
re: #188 Varek Raith
Bah!
No pictures.
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jaunte Sun, May 8, 2011 8:03:53pm |
Land for Bin Laden’s hideout purchased by his courier
The land on which Osama bin Laden’s hideout was constructed was purchased by one of his couriers from three different sellers for Rs4.09 million, between 2004 and 2005, according to official record at the city’s revenue and estate department.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:04:01pm |
re: #185 Killgore Trout
I think Obama may be very smart in toning down the rhetoric from the Bush years. Speak softy and shoot your opponent in the fucking head in the middle of the night. I can live with that.
me too...he was brilliant in the interview btw
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:04:51pm |
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jaunte Sun, May 8, 2011 8:06:13pm |
re: #194 Floral Giraffe
I'm following afpakchannel Katherine Tiedemann on twitter; she's a good source for all the Afghanistan/Pakistan news.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:06:19pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:07:55pm |
re: #110 Naso Tang
He only allowed himself 4 wives (at a time) in this life. Maybe he was looking forward to 72, without viagra?
My idea of him isn't that he was that highly sexually motivated, but what the hell do I know about Bin Laden? He wasn't some kid who imagines martyrdom as his only road to getting laid, that's for sure.
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b_sharp Sun, May 8, 2011 8:08:34pm |
'Night folks. I have a headache and a couple ounces of Scotch to nurse.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:08:56pm |
re: #117 HappyWarrior
Great now the kids are going to want to play Ouija board at the old Bin Laden house. Just don't say his name three times in front of a mirror on Halloween.
My mom said she saw a picture of some lady from the neighborhood photographing her little girl in front of the compound. An adorable addition to the family album, no doubt.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:10:20pm |
re: #139 EmmmieG
There was a piece on CNN yesterday on children being raised in jail (in South Africa). It's extremely unhealthy for the children.
Aside from having a raving evil person for a father, what effect will it have on the kids to have spent their life like this?
I haven't got a clue. It can't be good for you, and I don't know what kind of a life they're going to have now. I've been trying to find out what happens to the wives and kids now, but it's not at all clear to me.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 8:11:47pm |
re: #193 albusteve
nice motive...rat out the boss and the place is yours
Nope. The courier and his brother were the first two to die in the raid. Their motives were genuine.
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Four More Tears Sun, May 8, 2011 8:12:37pm |
Can we make the argument that torture costs us intelligence?
Canadian court denies Khadr extradition appeal
MONTREAL — The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a decision to halt extradition proceedings for an alleged Al-Qaeda arms supplier, citing the extent of US human rights abuses tied to his capture in Pakistan.
A 3-0 ruling by the court ruled that a Toronto judge was justified in releasing Abdullah Khadr, the older brother of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp's youngest detainee Omar Khadr. Both are Canadian.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 8:12:43pm |
re: #110 Naso Tang
He only allowed himself 4 wives (at a time) in this life. Maybe he was looking forward to 72, without viagra?
4 wives at a time is all Islam allows.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:13:26pm |
re: #165 HappyWarrior
It will be interesting to see what kind of adults those children will be. From my understanding, there were some children of Nazi leaders who became ardent Neo-Nazis in adult life such as Rudolph Hess's son and others like Martin Bormann's who became anti Nazi. I know this is different since these are the children of a terrorist rather than an authoritarian dictatorship.
It's going to depend a lot on where and how they grow up. I suspect that Bin Laden's widows may want to marry off the girls as fast as they can, to get them some sort of social place. I don't know how easy that will be. They may not have access to money, and I don't know how many families will want to be known to marry into the Bin Ladens.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:15:06pm |
re: #199 SanFranciscoZionist
My mom said she saw a picture of some lady from the neighborhood photographing her little girl in front of the compound. An adorable addition to the family album, no doubt.
a couple of commenters here were all juiced up about tee shirts with OBLs shot up face on the front to wear around
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:15:16pm |
re: #187 Romantic Heretic
To me it's like putting down a mad dog. It's simply a necessity.
It's done, I'm glad and time to move on.
I have more sorrow for a mad dog. The mad dog doesn't make videotapes exulting in the number of innocents he killed.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:15:34pm |
re: #189 albusteve
the post reference...I could not have known OBL was no longer in the ME...we know where Pakistan is
Gotcha. Thread drift.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:16:11pm |
re: #201 Dark_Falcon
Nope. The courier and his brother were the first two to die in the raid. Their motives were genuine.
I read it as the property was sold after the raid...my bad
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:16:15pm |
re: #198 b_sharp
'Night folks. I have a headache and a couple ounces of Scotch to nurse.
Drink LOTS of water before you go to sleep.
Beat the hangover, in advance!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:16:53pm |
re: #205 albusteve
a couple of commenters here were all juiced up about tee shirts with OBLs shot up face on the front to wear around
I'm just not that enthusiastic about wearing OBL's face anywhere.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:17:16pm |
re: #200 SanFranciscoZionist
I haven't got a clue. It can't be good for you, and I don't know what kind of a life they're going to have now. I've been trying to find out what happens to the wives and kids now, but it's not at all clear to me.
Nothing good, given their society.
Given over to his brothers, to care for, IIRC.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:18:10pm |
re: #211 Floral Giraffe
Nothing good, given their society.
Given over to his brothers, to care for, IIRC.
The rest of the family are just rich Saudi assholes, not lunatics, though, aren't they? Maybe better than what they would have had.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:18:12pm |
re: #210 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm just not that enthusiastic about wearing OBL's face anywhere.
no, especially blown away...I was appalled
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 8:18:59pm |
re: #203 Dark_Falcon
4 wives at a time is all Islam allows.
The only way a man could survive that arrangement is by living in an oppressive, misogynistic theocracy.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:19:08pm |
re: #200 SanFranciscoZionist
Honestly, wrap your head around this, your husband gets killed, and his brother, brothers HAVE to take you to wife, to raise his kids. What if you didn't like them?
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:20:50pm |
re: #212 SanFranciscoZionist
The rest of the family are just rich Saudi assholes, not lunatics, though, aren't they? Maybe better than what they would have had.
Rich Saudi assholes, would NOT be my choice, in any way or shape. But, if you have no choice...
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:20:52pm |
re: #212 SanFranciscoZionist
The rest of the family are just rich Saudi assholes, not lunatics, though, aren't they? Maybe better than what they would have had.
here he is with his kin...for real
[Link: earlytoday.wordpress.com...]
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:21:56pm |
re: #214 Slumbering Behemoth
The only way a man could survive that arrangement is by living in an oppressive, misogynistic theocracy.
WELCOME to Saudi Arabia!Where Men are Men and Women are less than Camels!
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:22:50pm |
re: #218 Floral Giraffe
WELCOME to Saudi Arabia!Where Men are Men and Women are less than Camels!
camels!
yeah, baby!
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sun, May 8, 2011 8:24:14pm |
re: #210 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm just not that enthusiastic about wearing OBL's face anywhere.
People sometimes have been known to say incautious and inappropriate things during moments of excitement, I chalk it up to that.
/Would anyone really want that ugly mug plastered on their chest? (even without a bullet hole and blood).
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:26:02pm |
re: #220 ausador
People sometimes have been known to say incautious and inappropriate things during moments of excitement, I chalk it up to that.
/Would anyone really want that ugly mug plastered on their chest? (even without a bullet hole and blood).
read it for yourself upthread
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 8:27:05pm |
re: #220 ausador
People sometimes have been known to say incautious and inappropriate things during moments of excitement, I chalk it up to that.
/Would anyone really want that ugly mug plastered on their chest? (even without a bullet hole and blood).
Yes, actually, I can see that making other people looking at obl all day would be an act of overt hostility.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:27:40pm |
re: #215 Floral Giraffe
Honestly, wrap your head around this, your husband gets killed, and his brother, brothers HAVE to take you to wife, to raise his kids. What if you didn't like them?
It made sense in the old days. Still does, in some places. From a modern perspective...bleah.
It seems that the Koran says the woman has to agree to be inherited in the levirate marriage: (4:19--O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower ye have given them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good.)
Judaism only requires levirate marriage if a man dies childless, and there's a procedure for freeing the inheriting brother of the obligation.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:28:37pm |
re: #217 albusteve
here he is with his kin...for real
[Link: earlytoday.wordpress.com...]
Those CLOTHES! My EYES!!
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 8:29:38pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:30:55pm |
re: #224 SanFranciscoZionist
I am glad to be a modern woman, able and willing to take care of myself.
And, take friends out to dinner!
CALAMARI ROCKS.
Yes, well.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:31:29pm |
re: #227 Floral Giraffe
I am glad to be a modern woman, able and willing to take care of myself.
And, take friends out to dinner!
CALAMARI ROCKS.
Yes, well.
Hell yeah!
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:31:31pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:31:46pm |
re: #228 SanFranciscoZionist
Nom nom nom, even!
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 8:32:19pm |
re: #202 JasonA
Can we make the argument that torture costs us intelligence?
No, we got more from the big fish we waterboarded than we ever would get out of a small fish like this.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:33:43pm |
re: #232 albusteve
Smacks Steve with LONG sticky tentacles!
Hee Hee!
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sun, May 8, 2011 8:34:12pm |
re: #225 SanFranciscoZionist
Those CLOTHES! My EYES!!
Wow, no wonder he went all psychotic against "western" civilization, that experience must have scared him for life.
/
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, May 8, 2011 8:34:13pm |
You'll now turn your guitar into a coffee table.
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Firstinla Sun, May 8, 2011 8:36:00pm |
re: #234 ausador
Wow, no wonder he went all psychotic against "western" civilization, that experience must have scared him for life.
/
Probably scarred him too
/
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BongCrodny Sun, May 8, 2011 8:36:41pm |
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watching you tiny alien kittens are Sun, May 8, 2011 8:36:59pm |
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:38:12pm |
re: #235 negativ
whoa...very good stuff
a rare 8 string guitar, that much more difficult
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:38:55pm |
re: #234 ausador
Wow, no wonder he went all psychotic against "western" civilization, that experience must have scared him for life.
/
Lots of people lived through the seventies, that's no excuse...
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 8:39:46pm |
re: #240 SanFranciscoZionist
Lots of people lived through the seventies, that's no excuse...
I didn't.
:P
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:39:47pm |
re: #237 BongCrodny
They're looking quite Brady there.
bunch of rich, pampered, elitists...in other words, kids
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 8:41:13pm |
re: #232 albusteve
Don't be hard on them, bro. They're taking the holy sacrement in the hopes that I'll institute casual fridays. I won't, but their efforts are so cute.
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Firstinla Sun, May 8, 2011 8:41:53pm |
totally OT...our kids ( two sons, one daughter) and their spouses fix my wife a complete Thanksgiving dinner...nice way to say "Thanks, Mom."
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 8:42:04pm |
re: #217 albusteve
here he is with his kin...for real
[Link: earlytoday.wordpress.com...]
With a pink Cadillac, no less. But none of them are Clint Eastwood, so they can't still look tough with one of those.
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 8:42:54pm |
re: #217 albusteve
here he is with his kin...for real
[Link: earlytoday.wordpress.com...]
What was it about the 70s? Did "fashion sense" become an endangered species?
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freetoken Sun, May 8, 2011 8:43:00pm |
New video up at Youtube tonight, dismantling a Youtube YEC poster's ignorance piece by piece:
Everyday on Youtube and throughout the internet the same, and quite wrong, "points" are repeated over and over by the creationists. It's a mantra in which they engage.
Anyway, I'm glad there are Youtube posters like "qabala" who are willing to go through the work of refutation.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 8:43:06pm |
re: #240 SanFranciscoZionist
Lots of people lived through the seventies, that's no excuse...
I have a fantastic slide of my very yuppie, stylish Uncle in horrid red polyester.
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reine.de.tout Sun, May 8, 2011 8:43:10pm |
re: #152 justaminute
It is scary. Stuck in the house, educated by them. It was major child abuse. Maybe the children now they have been freed, if they are freed, will look on everything their parents did or said differently. I hope.
The guy who accidentally live-tweeted the raid was talking about those kids, and either he (or someone else) linked to a story about what's happening to them.
Pakistan said they would be returned to their country of origin.
Saudi Arabia has refused them entry - bin Laden's citizenship had been revoked, so they are not children of a Saudi citizen and thus have no citizenship claims there.
There's confusion, apparently, about where they were born.
Pakistan's education system leaves a lot to be desired, apparently. A couple of radical madrassas have volunteered to take the children; no telling what they would be learning there.
He (the guy who live-tweeted the raid) suggested that the US should volunteer to adopt those kids? I don't know how that could happen, if their mothers are still living. It seems to be pretty massive confusion over there right now, what to do with the survivors from that compound, adults and children alike.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 8:43:48pm |
re: #240 SanFranciscoZionist
Lots of people lived through the seventies...
... despite the best efforts of the evil genius that invented disco.
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Firstinla Sun, May 8, 2011 8:44:21pm |
re: #246 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
The problem with the 70's was the 60's
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:44:28pm |
re: #250 Slumbering Behemoth
You looked REALLY good in that polyester pantsuit.
Just saying...
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 8:45:17pm |
re: #249 reine.de.tout
The guy who accidentally live-tweeted the raid was talking about those kids, and either he (or someone else) linked to a story about what's happening to them.
Pakistan said they would be returned to their country of origin.
Saudi Arabia has refused them entry - bin Laden's citizenship had been revoked, so they are not children of a Saudi citizen and thus have no citizenship claims there.
There's confusion, apparently, about where they were born.
Pakistan's education system leaves a lot to be desired, apparently. A couple of radical madrassas have volunteered to take the children; no telling what they would be learning there.
He (the guy who live-tweeted the raid) suggested that the US should volunteer to adopt those kids? I don't know how that could happen, if their mothers are still living. It seems to be pretty massive confusion over there right now, what to do with the survivors from that compound, adults and children alike.
They would have been born in Afghanistan or Pakistan, neither of which country would want them now.
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reine.de.tout Sun, May 8, 2011 8:46:00pm |
re: #224 SanFranciscoZionist
It made sense in the old days. Still does, in some places. From a modern perspective...bleah.
It seems that the Koran says the woman has to agree to be inherited in the levirate marriage: (4:19--O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower ye have given them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good.)
Judaism only requires levirate marriage if a man dies childless, and there's a procedure for freeing the inheriting brother of the obligation.
I knew a woman here who was married to an Iranian, who died. She went to Iran for the funeral, and had hell getting back home, his brothers all wanted to "inherit" her.
re: #240 SanFranciscoZionist
Lots of people lived through the seventies, that's no excuse...
My formative years. And it wasn't pretty.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:46:05pm |
re: #254 EmmmieG
And, it's not the female opinions that matter.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:47:38pm |
re: #249 reine.de.tout
The guy who accidentally live-tweeted the raid was talking about those kids, and either he (or someone else) linked to a story about what's happening to them.
Pakistan said they would be returned to their country of origin.
Saudi Arabia has refused them entry - bin Laden's citizenship had been revoked, so they are not children of a Saudi citizen and thus have no citizenship claims there.
There's confusion, apparently, about where they were born.
Pakistan's education system leaves a lot to be desired, apparently. A couple of radical madrassas have volunteered to take the children; no telling what they would be learning there.
He (the guy who live-tweeted the raid) suggested that the US should volunteer to adopt those kids? I don't know how that could happen, if their mothers are still living. It seems to be pretty massive confusion over there right now, what to do with the survivors from that compound, adults and children alike.
interesting update...something to keep up with...if you don't mind
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 8:48:22pm |
re: #251 Firstinla
The problem with the 70's was the 60's
What, between the mind-altering drugs and disco, everybody's brains were too fried to think that those clothes looked anything other than hideous?
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:49:12pm |
re: #255 reine.de.tout
Hope you had a lovely Mother's Day!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 8:49:20pm |
re: #258 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
What, between the mind-altering drugs and disco, everybody's brains were too fried to think that those clothes looked anything other than hideous?
To some extent, women were happy to be able to wear pants.
Also, polyester doesn't have to be ironed.
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 8:49:32pm |
re: #258 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
What, between the mind-altering drugs and disco, everybody's brains were too fried to think that those clothes looked anything other than hideous?
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reine.de.tout Sun, May 8, 2011 8:50:37pm |
re: #257 albusteve
interesting update...something to keep up with...if you don't mind
Doin' my best to keep up with this.
It has been interesting to read of this from the perspective of the Pakistani guy who accidentally tweeted about the raid as it was going on, and his friends.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:50:40pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 8:50:52pm |
re: #258 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
What, between the mind-altering drugs and disco, everybody's brains were too fried to think that those clothes looked anything other than hideous?
You really need to get James Lilek's book Interior Desecrations. What we put on our bodies was just as bad as what we put on our walls.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:51:08pm |
re: #261 Varek Raith
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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reine.de.tout Sun, May 8, 2011 8:51:29pm |
re: #259 Floral Giraffe
Hope you had a lovely Mother's Day!
I did, thank you very much! My daughter outdid herself, took very good care of me.
I know yours was very sad, this year, my friend, and I'm so sorry.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:51:37pm |
re: #264 EmmmieG
Lileks is very funny, and a good social commentator!
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:51:47pm |
re: #262 reine.de.tout
Doin' my best to keep up with this.
It has been interesting to read of this from the perspective of the Pakistani guy who accidentally tweeted about the raid as it was going on, and his friends.
small world...almost spooky like that
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:52:14pm |
re: #255 reine.de.tout
I knew a woman here who was married to an Iranian, who died. She went to Iran for the funeral, and had hell getting back home, his brothers all wanted to "inherit" her.
re: #240 SanFranciscoZionist
My formative years. And it wasn't pretty.
It's not funny, but I'm remembering the scene in "Fear of Flying" when all the women are staying with their sister's family in Beirut, and the (Catholic) husband keeps joking about how in the old days he would have been able to marry all four of them, and making passes at the sisters he's not married to.
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reine.de.tout Sun, May 8, 2011 8:52:36pm |
re: #269 albusteve
small world...almost spooky like that
Yeah, really small world these days - I think it's great, though!
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:52:37pm |
re: #267 reine.de.tout
It was OK. She passed without pain, and that is a blessing!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 8:52:39pm |
re: #252 Floral Giraffe
You looked REALLY good in that polyester pantsuit.
Just saying...
Heheheh. My grandparents did buy me some little pastel polyester suits (SEARS, duh) w/matching clip on ties for the annual Easter brunches.
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:52:49pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 8:53:13pm |
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 8:54:18pm |
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:54:26pm |
re: #274 albusteve
bad ass little gasser...otherwise, truly ugly
the more I look at this car the more I like it...it sure looks fast
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:54:40pm |
re: #275 SanFranciscoZionist
HUG.
Sniff, I still miss her.
So VERY gratefull, that she went with out pain.
(Or knowing that her beloved Lakers SUCK as bad as they do!)
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 8:55:34pm |
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 8:56:25pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 8:56:51pm |
re: #276 Varek Raith
You know...
That's kind of...
Cool.
What Scooby would drive if they let him pick his own car.
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Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 8:56:53pm |
Whew. Almost losing my voice from talking on the phone. All systems go.
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 8:57:03pm |
re: #264 EmmmieG
You really need to get James Lilek's book Interior Desecrations. What we put on our bodies was just as bad as what we put on our walls.
Is it any wonder so many people who lived through the 70s either A) can't remember it or B) wished they were group A?
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 8:57:21pm |
re: #280 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You are dead to me.
Well, I'm not a car person.
So my taste in them is rather...weak.
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Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 8:58:23pm |
re: #282 EmmmieG
What Scooby would drive if they let him pick his own car.
What one would expect from a color blind creature.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:58:47pm |
re: #281 Varek Raith
Really, she fell asleep watching the Dodgers game & didn't wake up.
Peacefull & easy in her.
A little hard on me, but, months of "skilled nursing care" would have been worse for both of us.
I read a poem today, about sitting in the palm of Gods hand.
She's well taken care of.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 8:59:12pm |
re: #283 Gus 802
Whew. Almost losing my voice from talking on the phone. All systems go.
WOOT.
Full speed ahead, Scotty!
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 8:59:22pm |
re: #285 Varek Raith
Well, I'm not a car person.
So my taste in them is rather...weak.
no it isn't and you should demand an apology from Kragar this instant
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 8:59:47pm |
re: #288 Floral Giraffe
WOOT.
Full speed ahead, Scotty!
SHE CAN'T HANDLE THAT KIND OF POWER, CAPTAIN!
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 9:00:07pm |
re: #286 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
What one would expect from a color blind creature.
the paint was a bit dainty for me
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 9:00:34pm |
re: #289 albusteve
no it isn't and you should demand an apology from Kragar this instant
Ah, I see your point.
Kragar, I challenge you to fisticuffs!
:)
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:00:37pm |
re: #290 Varek Raith
Passes the whip to Lt, Uhuru, SHE can handle it!
*smack*
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albusteve Sun, May 8, 2011 9:01:21pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 9:01:58pm |
re: #279 HappyWarrior
OT but one paper down.
Not the best way to get some extra fiber into one's diet, but what the hell, I've eaten worse.
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HappyWarrior Sun, May 8, 2011 9:03:49pm |
re: #295 Slumbering Behemoth
Not the best way to get some extra fiber into one's diet, but what the hell, I've eaten worse.
Haha, you have no idea. This is what happens when you decide to get a minor on a whim but glad to have this done.
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Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:03:52pm |
re: #288 Floral Giraffe
WOOT.
Full speed ahead, Scotty!
Yeehaaa! Found my Dwight Yoakum CD. Playing it on my portable CD player. Broke down the speakers earlier. Tomorrow morning is the final breakdown including this old puter.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:03:57pm |
HH, you're gonna get a call, in 3-2-1....
plus or minus.
| 299 |
Killgore Trout Sun, May 8, 2011 9:04:10pm |
Being a Mother
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 9:04:21pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 9:06:11pm |
re: #296 HappyWarrior
Haha, you have no idea. This is what happens when you decide to get a minor on a whim but glad to have this done.
I did that. Realized all my friends had minors and I didn't, and freaked out.
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Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:06:36pm |
Good bye Denver! Soon. OK, I can always come back. Have to since I'll have stuff in storage here.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 9:06:51pm |
re: #293 Floral Giraffe
Hot damn! I like the way you think.
| 305 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 9:07:37pm |
re: #303 Gus 802
Good bye Denver! Soon. OK, I can always come back. Have to since I'll have stuff in storage here.
Have you joined the foreign legion, then?
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 9:08:08pm |
re: #290 Varek Raith
SHE CAN'T HANDLE THAT KIND OF POWER, CAPTAIN!
Then send a red shirt to hold the power couplers together.
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Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 9:08:20pm |
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Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:08:42pm |
re: #305 EmmmieG
Have you joined the foreign legion, then?
lol Sounds tempting. I actually considered a civilian stint in Afghanistan once. Didn't think about it for too long.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:08:51pm |
re: #303 Gus 802
Hint, don't store anything. If you LOVE it, take it with you. Otherwise sell it, or give it away. Storage units are around $250 a month, you won't want to move it in 2 years. My 2 cents, worth what you paid for the advice.
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 9:08:56pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 9:08:57pm |
re: #303 Gus 802
Good bye Denver! Soon. OK, I can always come back. Have to since I'll have stuff in storage here.
Where are you going?
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Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:09:12pm |
re: #309 Floral Giraffe
Hint, don't store anything. If you LOVE it, take it with you. Otherwise sell it, or give it away. Storage units are around $250 a month, you won't want to move it in 2 years. My 2 cents, worth what you paid for the advice.
It's at a friend's house.
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Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:09:46pm |
re: #311 Dark_Falcon
Where are you going?
Bay Area. Don't want to give out too many details for obvious reasons.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:09:59pm |
re: #312 Gus 802
Worse, yet. Puts a strain on the friendship.
You know I mean well.
Just saying.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 9:10:25pm |
re: #313 Gus 802
Bay Area. Don't want to give out too many details for obvious reasons.
Hmmm. Yes, that narrows it down to the millions of square miles in America around bays.
I think I got it now.
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Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:10:47pm |
re: #314 Floral Giraffe
Worse, yet. Puts a strain on the friendship.
You know I mean well.
Just saying.
I know. It's really not much. Just a little pile of boxes.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 9:10:53pm |
re: #315 EmmmieG
I'm kidding you. I was just wondering if you got a new job or something.
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Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 9:11:06pm |
re: #313 Gus 802
Bay Area. Don't want to give out too many details for obvious reasons.
No need to worry, that tracking chip we installed in your head as part of your lizaroid initiation will allow us to keep track of you, 24/7. Also, we recommend you change shampoos, as we've been getting a bit of interference lately.
//
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:11:13pm |
re: #313 Gus 802
Bay Area. Don't want to give out too many details for obvious reasons.
LOL!
Under the West end of the bridge, with the shark infested waters, he's swimming between the bridge & alcatraz daily. Look for the shiny fin breaking the surface!
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Firstinla Sun, May 8, 2011 9:11:22pm |
re: #313 Gus 802
Bay Area. Don't want to give out too many details for obvious reasons.
Welcome to earthwuake country. We're overdue for one of the west coast.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:12:58pm |
re: #321 Firstinla
And, our dear San Francisco Zionist is available to school the Colorado mentality...
| 324 |
Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 9:13:16pm |
re: #320 Firstinla
Welcome to earthwuake country. We're overdue for one of the west coast.
Experts say about 2 weeks.
///
| 325 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:13:25pm |
re: #323 Floral Giraffe
And, our dear San Francisco Zionist is available to school the Colorado mentality...
LOL I'm part Teabagger! ///
| 326 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:13:51pm |
re: #324 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Film at 11.
Today, tomorrow, or sometime in the future...
| 327 |
Firstinla Sun, May 8, 2011 9:14:15pm |
re: #321 Firstinla
Earthquake...
It is. I shouldn't have used it and now people will want to know...
| 328 |
Targetpractice Sun, May 8, 2011 9:14:20pm |
re: #324 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Experts say about 2 weeks.
///
Yeah, that's what they've been telling me for years, and the Big One still hasn't happened. I got beachfront property in Nevada that's priced to move, but California just won't get with the program.
///
| 329 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 9:14:33pm |
Just stopping in to listen to POTUS's interview and wish all the moms "Happy Mother's Day!"
| 330 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:14:57pm |
re: #317 EmmmieG
I'm kidding you. I was just wondering if you got a new job or something.
Don't want to post too many details. You know. The weirdos are keeping track of me. Wish I was kidding.
| 331 |
Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 9:15:04pm |
| 332 |
Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 9:15:12pm |
Lol.
| 333 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 9:15:35pm |
re: #330 Gus 802
Don't want to post too many details. You know. The weirdos are keeping track of me. Wish I was kidding.
Yeah, I know. It's why you've never seen a picture of my kids and I don't use their names.
| 334 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:15:36pm |
re: #331 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Is that like "the check is in the mail"?
| 335 |
JRCMYP Sun, May 8, 2011 9:15:53pm |
Ideologically I'm sure that people hate Obama. But, I watched this clip thinking as neutrally as possible about him and the situation.
He simply just did the right thing.
And, he's not saying anything more than we, as Americans, know that this was the right thing.
No more. Case closed.
I was struck, however, with the permananet twitch in his right check.
Personally, I want you to stay Obama. You just revealed yourself to be who I thought you were when I voted for you. So, please, work with congress and the senate. Lay the ground work for a collegial atmosphere. Promote that we are "Americans."
Good luck with that tall order.
| 336 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 9:15:56pm |
re: #331 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
No, 2 weeks.
So you'd best get out and use those gift cards now.
| 337 |
Firstinla Sun, May 8, 2011 9:16:26pm |
re: #331 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I thought it was supposed to be May 11 or May 12
| 338 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:16:33pm |
re: #331 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
No, 2 weeks.
That's one way to get out of a car payment.
//Channeling Bob Hope.
//
| 339 |
Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 9:16:34pm |
re: #336 EmmmieG
So you'd best get out and use those gift cards now.
I'm asking for their cars and stuff.
They won't be needing it..
;)
| 340 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:16:35pm |
re: #333 EmmmieG
But the pictures of the "great peep wars" were priceless!
| 341 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 9:16:41pm |
re: #313 Gus 802
Bay Area. Don't want to give out too many details for obvious reasons.
Got it. Make sure to say hello to SFZ when you get there.
| 342 |
freetoken Sun, May 8, 2011 9:16:42pm |
re: #313 Gus 802
Bay Area.
Mmmmm.... loquat country!
Seriously, if I were to not live down here in SD I'd probably move up north. I like it warm and sunny, but inland (not in SF) up north would work.
| 343 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 9:18:09pm |
re: #330 Gus 802
Don't want to post too many details. You know. The weirdos are keeping track of me. Wish I was kidding.
I know you're not. Some of the 'fan club' are nasty enough to leave a flaming bag of dog crap on your stoop/
[waves to the Stalkers]
| 344 |
Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Sun, May 8, 2011 9:18:36pm |
re: #99 albusteve
my guess is that he conceded the fight and was simply waiting out his fate
This is my impression as well. It dovetails with the wikileaks info about what he was up to after 9/11. He cleared out the camps and handed over operations to lieutenants, apparently expecting to not live very long.
So for everyone that wanted him to suffer before/after death, at least you can take comfort in the thought that he had to live with ~10 years of anxiety about "will today will be the day?".
I haven't read the rest of the thread yet so I don't know if this point was already made...
| 345 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:21:03pm |
re: #342 freetoken
Mmmm... loquat country!
Seriously, if I were to not live down here in SD I'd probably move up north. I like it warm and sunny, but inland (not in SF) up north would work.
Trains galore too. In SF the aroma that always sticks in my mind is that of the eucalyptus trees. Lived there for 4 years.
| 346 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:22:32pm |
re: #345 Gus 802
Hope it welcomes you back, with open arms.
| 347 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 9:27:34pm |
re: #344 prononymous
This is my impression as well. It dovetails with the wikileaks info about what he was up to after 9/11. He cleared out the camps and handed over operations to lieutenants, apparently expecting to not live very long.
So for everyone that wanted him to suffer before/after death, at least you can take comfort in the thought that he had to live with ~10 years of anxiety about "will today will be the day?".
I haven't read the rest of the thread yet so I don't know if this point was already made...
I'm just glad he's dead and gone. He can't hurt anyone anymore.
| 348 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:28:24pm |
re: #346 Floral Giraffe
Hope it welcomes you back, with open arms.
Yep. I pretty much know the ropes around the area for the most part. Lots of great places in the area. Train rides away or a drive.
| 349 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 9:28:54pm |
re: #313 Gus 802
Bay Area. Don't want to give out too many details for obvious reasons.
My old stomping grounds, I miss it. Maybe one day I'll get to pay you a visit.
/Keep an eye out for an unshaven man wandering around in his underwear, stinking of tequila
| 350 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:29:50pm |
re: #349 Slumbering Behemoth
My old stomping grounds, I miss it. Maybe one day I'll get to pay you a visit.
/Keep an eye out for an unshaven man wandering around in his underwear, stinking of tequila
Boxers or briefs?
//
| 351 |
freetoken Sun, May 8, 2011 9:30:00pm |
re: #345 Gus 802
Trains galore too.
Well, more than we have down here in the south anyway.
As for eucalyptus - can't stand them. Oh, a couple of species have fantastic bark and leaves for b&w photography, but as a plant their redeeming trait is the drought tolerance. However, they are fire hazards and take up space. I was just thinking today (looking out they gym's windows) at how empty so much of our "landscaping" truly is - not just in quantity but in what our society is trying to accomplish. Like so much construction the landscaping says "temporary" or "we don't care".
| 352 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 9:32:24pm |
re: #330 Gus 802
Don't want to post too many details. You know. The weirdos are keeping track of me. Wish I was kidding.
The weirdos, in unison: "No we're not! God, how stupid can you be? He's keeping track of us! It's creepy! We could care less!"
| 353 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 9:32:48pm |
re: #337 Firstinla
I thought it was supposed to be May 11 or May 12
No, it's the 21st. I don't know if that means ON the 21st, or what.
| 354 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 9:33:00pm |
| 355 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 9:33:04pm |
re: #348 Gus 802
Yep. I pretty much know the ropes around the area for the most part. Lots of great places in the area. Train rides away or a drive.
I know all about trains. Got more of those here in Chicago than anywhere in Cali.
| 356 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:33:11pm |
re: #351 freetoken
Well, more than we have down here in the south anyway.
As for eucalyptus - can't stand them. Oh, a couple of species have fantastic bark and leaves for b&w photography, but as a plant their redeeming trait is the drought tolerance. However, they are fire hazards and take up space. I was just thinking today (looking out they gym's windows) at how empty so much of our "landscaping" truly is - not just in quantity but in what our society is trying to accomplish. Like so much construction the landscaping says "temporary" or "we don't care".
Yeah. I'm sure you know that most plantings or local landscaping isn't really indigenous. Take Denver for example. There really wasn't many, if any, trees here before it was developed. But, that's what people do. Happens everywhere. Eucalyptus was introduced for "fast" lumber for the shipping industry.
| 357 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 9:33:23pm |
re: #350 Gus 802
Boxers or briefs?
//
Depends on the brand of tequila. There may even be a banana hammock or a thong in the mix. Maybe no undies at all.
| 358 |
Bubblehead II Sun, May 8, 2011 9:33:35pm |
re: #331 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
No, 2 weeks.
Damn. My parents are going to be really pissed off that the tickets I got them for the Don Williams Concert on Sunday June 26th are going to be totally worthless.
| 359 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 9:34:06pm |
re: #356 Gus 802
Yeah. I'm sure you know that most plantings or local landscaping isn't really indigenous. Take Denver for example. There really wasn't many, if any, trees here before it was developed. But, that's what people do. Happens everywhere. Eucalyptus was introduced for "fast" lumber for the shipping industry.
In the Bay Area, they used to call them 'fever trees'. Not sure why.
| 360 |
Varek Raith Sun, May 8, 2011 9:34:09pm |
re: #355 Dark_Falcon
I know all about trains. Got more of those here in Chicago than anywhere in Cali.
Biden know more than anyone.
;)
| 361 |
Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Sun, May 8, 2011 9:34:29pm |
re: #347 Dark_Falcon
I'm just glad he's dead and gone. He can't hurt anyone anymore.
That's how I feel about it. I can't really get happy about killing people. But I am glad he is gone.
I don't know if I'd say that the ends justify the means, but I will say that I can forgive the means if the ends are important enough.
| 363 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:35:17pm |
re: #355 Dark_Falcon
I know all about trains. Got more of those here in Chicago than anywhere in Cali.
Was watching some train videos last night. Ever see the Acela Express? Damn thing is fast. 150 MPH. Some Youtubers has great videos. Some going through Princeton Junction in Jersey.
| 364 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:35:37pm |
re: #357 Slumbering Behemoth
Depends on the brand of tequila. There may even be a banana hammock or a thong in the mix. Maybe no undies at all.
TMI, TYVM.
| 365 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 9:35:51pm |
re: #352 SanFranciscoZionist
The weirdos, in unison: "No we're not! God, how stupid can you be? He's keeping track of us! It's creepy! We could care less!"
You left out the scatological personal attacks and the fake Twitter posts.
(And you're right to do so.)
Sample fake Twitter post:
Gus_805: Just got into San Fran 4 days ago and I've already got my next boyfriend. Cause I'm Teh Gey! DERP!!!11
| 366 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 9:36:21pm |
re: #364 Floral Giraffe
TYVM?
| 367 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:36:46pm |
re: #362 Floral Giraffe
A wine barrel!
That reminds me of Barrel Man. He passed away a couple of years ago. Old Bronco's fan fixture.
| 368 |
Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Sun, May 8, 2011 9:37:07pm |
re: #355 Dark_Falcon
I know all about trains. Got more of those here in Chicago than anywhere in Cali.
That's the one thing I really like about my visits to Chicago. I don't mind driving in the traffic there, but being able to get on the L and get to within walking distance of a lot of stuff is just awesome.
| 369 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 9:37:09pm |
re: #365 Dark_Falcon
Fuck. I didn't even have a chance. :(
/
| 370 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:37:27pm |
re: #367 Gus 802
Job is open!
//
sorta..
| 371 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:38:03pm |
re: #366 Slumbering Behemoth
Thank You Very Much.
I know, it's REALLY polite!
*smooch*
| 372 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:38:27pm |
re: #365 Dark_Falcon
You left out the scatological personal attacks and the fake Twitter posts.
(And you're right to do so.)
Sample fake Twitter post:
Gus_805: Just got into San Fran 4 days ago and I've already got my next boyfriend. Cause I'm Teh Gey! DERP!!!11
LOL Yep. They make me laugh.
| 373 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:39:35pm |
re: #365 Dark_Falcon
Do those folks not have lives?
Never mind.
Rhetorical question.
BAH!
| 374 |
Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 9:41:11pm |
re: #358 Bubblehead II
Damn. My parents are going to be really pissed off that the tickets I got them for the Don Williams Concert on Sunday June 26th are going to be totally worthless.
Well, as long as they don't get Raptured and don't mind the horror, they should be good.
| 375 |
reine.de.tout Sun, May 8, 2011 9:41:57pm |
re: #357 Slumbering Behemoth
Depends on the brand of tequila. There may even be a banana hammock or a thong in the mix. Maybe no undies at all.
Were you the guy I saw earlier today?
The one wearing the thong undies, with his jeans pulled down below his behind?
| 376 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 9:42:46pm |
re: #375 reine.de.tout
Were you the guy I saw earlier today?
The one wearing the thong undies, with his jeans pulled down below his behind?
Isn't that illegal? That's almost running for the state legislature just to make it illegal territory.
| 377 |
reine.de.tout Sun, May 8, 2011 9:44:09pm |
re: #376 EmmmieG
Isn't that illegal? That's almost running for the state legislature just to make it illegal territory.
I was taking a shortcut through his 'hood. He was in the street, not in school, so I don't think it was illegal. In very bad taste, yes. But not illegal.
| 378 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 9:44:24pm |
re: #371 Floral Giraffe
Oh, you like it. *smooch* for you too.
| 379 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:44:38pm |
re: #373 Floral Giraffe
Do those folks not have lives?
Never mind.
Rhetorical question.
BAH!
Apparently they blogged about me not having posted much at LGF recently. And that I'm falling behind or something. Whatever I thought. Told the guy that Tweeted me to get a hobby. Seriously. Unless you're my friend I really don't see the point in keeping track of whatever the heck I'm doing. It's pretty stupid. I've got things to do and places to go just like every other normal person has to do. They still have some fantasy about me being some insider that runs this place. All I've been for the past three years is one guy with an opinion. And my opinion evolves over time just like everyone else in this modern world. I have no enemies.
| 380 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 9:45:43pm |
re: #373 Floral Giraffe
Do those folks not have lives?
Never mind.
Rhetorical question.
BAH!
What it really is relates to the fact that every time they try to remote debate Gus or Ludwig they get their butts booted. They finally realized that and decided to use Twitter accounts to set up straw men whom they could safely demolish. To borrow from a 2004 National Review article, those Twitter accounts are the Stalkers' Fantasy Island. So the next time you get Twitter DERPers showing up, just Tweet: "Look boss, de plane, de plane!"
| 381 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:45:46pm |
re: #379 Gus 802
Meh, Loosers with out lives.
It's a fricking soap opera, that only they are interested in!
| 382 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 9:46:06pm |
re: #375 reine.de.tout
Were you the guy I saw earlier today?
The one wearing the thong undies, with his jeans pulled down below his behind?
Maybe. Were you the one throwing eggs at me?
If that was you, please don't hard boil them the next time.
| 384 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:47:22pm |
re: #381 Floral Giraffe
Meh, Loosers with out lives.
It's a fricking soap opera, that only they are interested in!
Yep. I gave up trying to rationalize it a long time ago. I've always been a freak magnet. ;)
| 385 |
Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Sun, May 8, 2011 9:47:26pm |
I guess I shouldn't say the L is the one thing I like about visiting Chicago. I like my family being there, the numerous conservatories, the Shedd Aquarium, and the view from the "Willis" (it will always be sears to me) Tower, among other things. The Field Museum and Museum of Science and Industry haven't kept up with my childhood memories of them though.
| 386 |
Mostly sane, most of the time. Sun, May 8, 2011 9:47:41pm |
re: #382 Slumbering Behemoth
Maybe. Were you the one throwing eggs at me?
If that was you, please don't hard boil them the next time.
But you can catch and eat the eggs that way.
| 388 |
Bubblehead II Sun, May 8, 2011 9:49:32pm |
re: #367 Gus 802
And they just got nailed by the NCAA for recruitment violations throughout all their athletic programs.
Boise State imposes penalties on athletics
Boise State violations: Rules fans see as trivial are serious to NCAA
Boise State’s most serious violation
Crap.
| 389 |
reine.de.tout Sun, May 8, 2011 9:49:43pm |
re: #382 Slumbering Behemoth
Maybe. Were you the one throwing eggs at me?
If that was you, please don't hard boil them the next time.
That would be a "bald" egg here.
And no, that wasn't me, the eggs weren't cooked at all.
| 390 |
Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Sun, May 8, 2011 9:50:12pm |
re: #169 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Every fish pun ever
[Video]
It should have been shot with a fisheye lens.
| 391 |
Bubblehead II Sun, May 8, 2011 9:51:59pm |
re: #374 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Well, as long as they don't get Raptured and don't mind the horror, they should be good.
LMAO! Not likely (the raptured part). Where do you think I got (most of) my out look on life from.
| 392 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 9:54:44pm |
re: #385 prononymous
I guess I shouldn't say the L is the one thing I like about visiting Chicago. I like my family being there, the numerous conservatories, the Shedd Aquarium, and the view from the "Willis" (it will always be sears to me) Tower, among other things. The Field Museum and Museum of Science and Industry haven't kept up with my childhood memories of them though.
The Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry (MS&I) are still great, but they've changed more. Moreover, their exhibits are focused on today's kids (especially at the MS&I) and some of the things we remember are gone.
| 393 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:55:08pm |
re: #388 Bubblehead II
And they just got nailed by the NCAA for recruitment violations throughout all their athletic programs.
Boise State imposes penalties on athletics
Boise State violations: Rules fans see as trivial are serious to NCAA
Boise State’s most serious violation
Crap.
Boise or the Broncos? Pretty sad about the Broncos. Ever since Elway retired and all that jazz.
| 394 |
BongCrodny Sun, May 8, 2011 9:56:12pm |
One thing about this end-of-the-world stuff:
If I ask my guy to front me a bag on the 20th, there's no way I can take a loss on the deal, right?
| 395 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:56:20pm |
re: #387 Gus 802
Freak magnets. How do they fecking work?
You gotta ask Kragar, he's the only one who understands them.
//
| 396 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 9:56:30pm |
I had a job in the great north woods
Working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much
And one day the ax just fell
So I drifted down to New Orleans
Where I happened to be employed
Working for a while on a fishing boat
Right outside of Delacroix
But all the while I was alone
The past was close behind
I seen a lot of women
But she never escaped my mind and I just grew
Tangled up in blue
| 397 |
BongCrodny Sun, May 8, 2011 9:57:22pm |
re: #393 Gus 802
Boise or the Broncos? Pretty sad about the Broncos. Ever since Elway retired and all that jazz.
Heh. They went from Elway to The "L" Way.
Boooooo!
| 398 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 9:58:41pm |
re: #393 Gus 802
John Elway has a Toyota Dealership in the South Bay...
[Link: www.manhattanbeachtoyota.com...]
| 399 |
Bubblehead II Sun, May 8, 2011 9:59:10pm |
re: #393 Gus 802
Boise State Broncos. I get the Professional team and College Team mixed up on occasion.
| 400 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:00:58pm |
re: #398 Floral Giraffe
John Elway has a Toyota Dealership in the South Bay...
[Link: www.manhattanbeachtoyota.com...]
Really? That's funny. The Elway dealerships split Denver a couple of years ago. I got my VW through Elway Ford. Even has the "Elway" car alarm stickers on the door windows. They're tiny stickers.
| 401 |
Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 10:01:04pm |
re: #387 Gus 802
Freak magnets. How do they fecking work?
Magnetic dipole moments repel, magnetic dipole moments attract. You can't explain that.
| 402 |
BongCrodny Sun, May 8, 2011 10:02:09pm |
re: #398 Floral Giraffe
John Elway has a Toyota Dealership in the South Bay...
[Link: www.manhattanbeachtoyota.com...]
I lost a little bit of respect for John Elway when I found out his kids were named Jessica, Jordan, Juliana and Jack.
Not a lot of respect, but that's just icky.
| 403 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:02:09pm |
re: #399 Bubblehead II
Boise State Broncos. I get the Professional team and College Team mixed up on occasion.
OK. I drove through Boise once. Seemed nice. Different. Had breakfast there.
| 404 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:02:10pm |
re: #401 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
But, if the warm keeps warm & the cold keeps cold...
HOW DO IT KNOW?
| 405 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:03:22pm |
re: #402 BongCrodny
Dear friends last name Taylor, kids were named Tim, Terry, Tory, Tina & tom.
AKA, the 5 t's!
| 406 |
BongCrodny Sun, May 8, 2011 10:03:28pm |
re: #404 Floral Giraffe
But, if the warm keeps warm & the cold keeps cold...
HOW DO IT KNOW?
Magnets?
I swear that hasn't gotten old yet.
| 407 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 10:04:22pm |
And now deranged Stalker "Internet Septic Tank Engineer" decides to spew at Floral and me and then cast aspersions on Reine. Usual BS mischaracterization and lies. Hateful Stalkers are hateful.
| 408 |
Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 10:04:54pm |
re: #404 Floral Giraffe
But, if the warm keeps warm & the cold keeps cold...
HOW DO IT KNOW?
You see, it has to do with the shape of the container.
| 409 |
Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Sun, May 8, 2011 10:05:29pm |
re: #392 Dark_Falcon
The Field Museum and the Museum of Science and Industry (MS&I) are still great, but they've changed more. Moreover, their exhibits are focused on today's kids (especially at the MS&I) and some of the things we remember are gone.
Perhaps you are right. I would have said the opposite. They seem almost exactly like I remember in some ways. All the old stuffed animals poised in diorama style, to the U-boat and space capsules. It all feels very old school. I feel that Science advocacy should stay current. Though maybe it is just me that has changed.
| 410 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:06:16pm |
re: #407 Dark_Falcon
Not worth reading, or if you gotta read, don't reply.
Hate feeds upon itself.
Hater stalkers are, well, haters. You are what you think.
Hate breeds hate.
I don't want to live inside your head.
TYVM.
| 411 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:06:40pm |
re: #407 Dark_Falcon
And now deranged Stalker "Internet Septic Tank Engineer" decides to spew at Floral and me and then cast aspersions on Reine. Usual BS mischaracterization and lies. Hateful Stalkers are hateful.
Hilarious. Oh but they're not stalking. LOL I seriously feel sorry for them. I might be an atheist but the Catholic in me always worries about them. I think they can do better things with their lives.
| 412 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:07:28pm |
re: #411 Gus 802
Nah, they CHOOSE not to.
Burn baby, burn.
| 413 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 10:07:42pm |
re: #402 BongCrodny
I lost a little bit of respect for John Elway when I found out his kids were named Jessica, Jordan, Juliana and Jack.
Not a lot of respect, but that's just icky.
It's not that bad. They're all perfectly good names. Now, if he went like the Duggars, and had twenty of them, with increasingly weird names all starting in J, then I would wonder.
| 414 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:07:44pm |
Our conversation was short and sweet
It nearly swept me off-a my feet
And I'm back in the rain oh oh
And you're on dry land
You made it there somehow
You're a big girl now.
Bird on the horizon sitting on the fence
He's singing his song for me at his own expense
And I'm just like that bird oh oh
Singing just for you
I hope that you can hear
Hear me singing through these tears...
| 415 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 10:09:23pm |
re: #409 prononymous
Perhaps you are right. I would have said the opposite. They seem almost exactly like I remember in some ways. All the old stuffed animals poised in diorama style, to the U-boat and space capsules. It all feels very old school. I feel that Science advocacy should stay current. Though maybe it is just me that has changed.
The U-505 exhibit has been massively updated and made much more modern. The Field Museum has repeated update their prehistoric exhibit in the past few years, even adding a transitional amphibian fossil to help explode creationist heads.
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:09:35pm |
re: #408 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You see, it has to do with the shape of the container.
OMG, the styrafoam!
It burns!
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Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:09:58pm |
re: #412 Floral Giraffe
Nah, they CHOOSE not to.
Burn baby, burn.
True. So in a way you can say we're dealing with a mentality not much different than terrorists. Irrational. Deranged. Obsessed.
| 419 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:10:32pm |
re: #386 EmmmieG
But you can catch and eat the eggs that way.
Not with Reine's arm. Those damn things detonate on impact.
| 420 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:10:53pm |
re: #418 Gus 802
Whackadoodleoo!
Easier way to charachterize it!
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BongCrodny Sun, May 8, 2011 10:11:46pm |
re: #413 SanFranciscoZionist
It's not that bad. They're all perfectly good names. Now, if he went like the Duggars, and had twenty of them, with increasingly weird names all starting in J, then I would wonder.
400% ickier!
| 422 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:14:07pm |
re: #420 Floral Giraffe
Whackadoodleoo!
Easier way to charachterize it!
Yep. It can be said that ol' "Internet Septic Tank Engineer" has a brain that's full of shit. lol He'll read that and freak out! Freak. Out! lol The poor pathetic fools still think they can take down LGF. It's not working.
| 423 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:14:08pm |
re: #394 BongCrodny
One thing about this end-of-the-world stuff:
If I ask my guy to front me a bag on the 20th, there's no way I can take a loss on the deal, right?
He's probably not getting raptured either. But on the plus side, you can give him any number of expensive, pre-owned vehicles in trade that used to belong to televangelists.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 10:15:29pm |
re: #418 Gus 802
True. So in a way you can say we're dealing with a mentality not much different than terrorists. Irrational. Deranged. Obsessed.
Like terrorists but without any follow through. Instead of inspiring fear, they only inspire contempt. All they'll do with your posts tonight is make up another fake Twitter post:
Gus_805: This link is the proof that I'm a Peronist Progressive. DERP!!1
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Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:17:11pm |
re: #422 Gus 802
The whole "stalker" stuff is just ill, on the stalkers part.
I don't know how Charles has dealt with it, all these years.
Except, to live, rent free, inside their heads.
Yes, all of them.
ISTE included.
Popcorn, get your popcorn!
| 426 |
engineer cat Sun, May 8, 2011 10:17:24pm |
ignatz cat has about had it not being able to go outside because he's healing from an injury, and is well on his way to figuring out how to operate to bolt latch on the front door and let himself out!
| 427 |
Prononymous, rogue demon hunter Sun, May 8, 2011 10:18:27pm |
re: #415 Dark_Falcon
I'll have to check those out. How recent were those additions/changes?
Some recent enjoyable memories from Chicago:
Lincoln park conservatory
Lincoln park zoo
Shedd Aquarium
Field Museum
SEARS Tower
| 428 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:18:47pm |
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Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:19:18pm |
re: #424 Dark_Falcon
Like terrorists but without any follow through. Instead of inspiring fear, they only inspire contempt. All they'll do with your posts tonight is make up another fake Twitter post:
Gus_805: This link is the proof that I'm a Peronist Progressive. DERP!!1
LOL Peronist. You know who came up with that. I won't even mention his name. I really don't know Peronism from Adam. I'm far too much of a real libertarian to even stomach Peronism. Oh hell. I can't rationalize their insanity. They're on drugs or something. Either that or they were born this way.
| 430 |
Bubblehead II Sun, May 8, 2011 10:20:17pm |
So just how do you get your very own personal stalker. I seem to have a potential candidate, who likes to down ding me, but how do I cultivate it so it goes to the level of twitter or beyond.
//Seems like having your own personal stalker is a status symbol around here and I want one
| 431 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:21:43pm |
re: #430 Bubblehead II
No, really, they do NOT make good pets. Report it to Charles, and see if you can get Stinky Beaumont to kill it.
| 432 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:22:54pm |
re: #425 Floral Giraffe
The whole "stalker" stuff is just ill, on the stalkers part.
I don't know how Charles has dealt with it, all these years.
Except, to live, rent free, inside their heads.
Yes, all of them.
ISTE included.
Popcorn, get your popcorn!
They're just permanently pissed off. No one even re-Tweets their crap. They just have about 100 people following their pathetic website. They're intimidated by us or something. I can't figure them out. Don't really want to. The real world is more important than a couple of psycho "Newsgroup" idiots.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 10:23:36pm |
re: #427 prononymous
I'll have to check those out. How recent were those additions/changes?
Some recent enjoyable memories from Chicago:
Lincoln park conservatory
Lincoln park zoo
Shedd Aquarium
Field Museum
SEARS Tower
Ah, the Meerkats of the Africa Building. They had a dwarf crocodile there that had been at the zoo since the 30's. It died last year, but it had a grand hurrah back in 2009. I saw it go after some fish in its exhibit in the Africa building. Those fish leap clear across their tank to get away from the croc. On a visit late last year, I got there just after a fish wasn't so quick. It had become the younger croc's (who is still there) dinner.
| 434 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:24:11pm |
re: #432 Gus 802
99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer...
Hey, they can kinda count!
| 435 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:25:23pm |
re: #434 Floral Giraffe
99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer...
Hey, they can kinda count!
More like Everclear or moonshine. Has to be something really strong to create such deranged and obsessed minds.
| 436 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:25:46pm |
re: #422 Gus 802
The poor pathetic fools still think they can take down LGF. It's not working.
They've been at it for years. And the most recent batch of limp pricks have joined the ranks of the far left radicals and hard core jihadists who have been failing for years.
They've been engaging in a battle of wits for some time, completely oblivious to the fact that they have been coming unarmed the whole time.
| 437 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 10:26:06pm |
re: #431 Floral Giraffe
No, really, they do NOT make good pets. Report it to Charles, and see if you can get Stinky Beaumont to kill it.
Yeah. They tear up your upholstery and they spew toxic bile all over the floor as a prelude to dropping turds on the carpet. Best to have the troll clubbed.
| 438 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 10:27:02pm |
re: #436 Slumbering Behemoth
They've been at it for years. And the most recent batch of limp pricks have joined the ranks of the far left radicals and hard core jihadists who have been failing for years.
They've been engaging in a battle of wits for some time, completely oblivious to the fact that they have been coming unarmed the whole time.
They are so lame they hung out with Barrett Brown.
| 439 |
Mr Pancakes Sun, May 8, 2011 10:29:13pm |
re: #359 SanFranciscoZionist
In the Bay Area, they used to call them 'fever trees'. Not sure why.
I never heard the term other than this 60's band and now, in your post. This was a hit back in the day.
San Francisco Girls ..... Fever Tree
| 440 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:29:25pm |
Night, All.
Sleep well.
| 441 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:30:49pm |
re: #438 Dark_Falcon
They are so lame they hung out with Barrett Brown.
A word comes to mind.
Wankers.
| 442 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:33:09pm |
Right now my mind is on other things. It's not those dopes. I'm looking at the moon. Last night in my pad. Moving on. Listening to Dylan. Thinking about the future. My health. My family. My friends. Traveling.
| 443 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:33:31pm |
Consistency. Intellectual honesty. Integrity. A sense of humility. Our host has these qualities in spades, and the stalkers can't see that, can't wrap their brains around that. And it's no surprise, as they themselves are completely bereft of such qualities and would not recognize a single one of those qualities were they to jump up and bite them on the crotch.
| 444 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 10:34:38pm |
re: #442 Gus 802
Right now my mind is on other things. It's not those dopes. I'm looking at the moon. Last night in my pad. Moving on. Listening to Dylan. Thinking about the future. My health. My family. My friends. Traveling.
Whoa, you're moving to SF? I thought you were just going for a vist!
| 445 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:36:02pm |
re: #444 CuriousLurker
He's moving there cuz he's teh ghey. Hurr hurr hurr.
/stalker
| 446 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:36:05pm |
re: #444 CuriousLurker
Whoa, you're moving to SF? I thought you were just going for a vist!
Bay Area. I won't be moving to SF. But yeah. I'm moving on after almost 20 years.
| 447 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 10:36:45pm |
| 448 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:37:22pm |
re: #442 Gus 802
Boxes! Lovely Boxes!
Pack, well.
| 449 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:37:35pm |
re: #445 Slumbering Behemoth
He's moving there cuz he's teh ghey. Hurr hurr hurr.
/stalker
Yep. That has to be it. :)
| 450 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 10:38:08pm |
re: #446 Gus 802
Bay Area. I won't be moving to SF. But yeah. I'm moving on after almost 20 years.
Well, that's great. I wish you the best in whatever's taking you there. That's what I get for not lurking like I usually do--I'm totally out of the loop now.
How long will you be away from LGF?
| 451 |
Bubblehead II Sun, May 8, 2011 10:38:45pm |
| 452 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:38:58pm |
re: #446 Gus 802
I used to live in San Mateo. San Bruno. Redwood City. Haven't been to any of those places in over a decade.
| 453 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:39:04pm |
re: #445 Slumbering Behemoth
He's moving there cuz he's teh ghey. Hurr hurr hurr.
/stalker
Stalkerz are dicks.
Not in the nicest way, either.
| 454 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:39:13pm |
re: #450 CuriousLurker
Well, that's great. I wish you the best in whatever's taking you there. That's what I get for not lurking like I usually do--I'm totally out of the loop now.
How long will you be away from LGF?
Couple of weeks. Maybe months.
| 455 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:39:58pm |
| 456 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:41:05pm |
re: #454 Gus 802
NOOO!!!
*ahem* I mean I don't much like liberals. I think they stink. But you're pretty cool, I guess.
| 457 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:41:19pm |
re: #455 Floral Giraffe
Could be years!
We'd still love you!
SO TAKE THAT!
If I could put a "Floral Giraffe" sticker on the side of my car I would. Along with a couple of others here.
Team LGF!
| 458 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:41:31pm |
re: #453 Floral Giraffe
Not touching that one.
| 459 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 10:41:38pm |
re: #454 Gus 802
Couple of weeks. Maybe months.
Yikes! I'm gonna miss you. ;-(
Can you send me your email via DM on Twitter? If you're not comfortable with that it's okay, I just don't wanna lose touch with you.
I really, really hope this is something you wanted and that things will get better for you now. A fresh start in a new place can be a really good thing.
| 460 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:42:01pm |
re: #456 Slumbering Behemoth
NOOO!!!
*ahem* I mean I don't much like liberals. I think they stink. But you're pretty cool, I guess.
Stop it or else I'll start posting kitten pics. ;)
| 461 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:42:24pm |
re: #459 CuriousLurker
Yikes! I'm gonna miss you. ;-(
Can you send me your email via DM on Twitter? If you're not comfortable with that it's okay, I just don't wanna lose touch with you.
I really, really hope this is something you wanted and that things will get better for you now. A fresh start in a new place can be a really good thing.
I can do that.
| 462 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 10:42:32pm |
re: #445 Slumbering Behemoth
He's moving there cuz he's teh ghey. Hurr hurr hurr.
/stalker
Yep. then comes the fake "Gus will be my spy in the gay scene, scouting out men for me!" by a fake Charles account.
Pathetic.
| 463 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:42:34pm |
re: #457 Gus 802
If I could put a "Floral Giraffe" sticker on the side of my car I would. Along with a couple of others here.
Team LGF!
Head butts!
| 464 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 10:42:54pm |
| 465 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:43:24pm |
re: #458 Slumbering Behemoth
Gently whacks SB with her neck.
It's how we giraffes fight.
| 466 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:43:51pm |
re: #462 Dark_Falcon
Yep. then comes the fake "Gus will be my spy in the gay scene, scouting out men for me!" by a fake Charles account.
Pathetic.
lol In real time no less. Yeah, that would kind of make sense if I was gay. But it's still pretty stupid. Sucks to be them.
| 467 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:44:37pm |
| 468 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:45:23pm |
re: #454 Gus 802
You go do, what you need to do.
We will miss you, but welcome you back, when you are settled.
Travel well, and pay attention to yourself.
*smooch*
| 469 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 10:45:42pm |
re: #465 Floral Giraffe
Gently whacks SB with her neck.
It's how we giraffes fight.
Actually, they try to use their stub horns when they really want to do damage. But Floral doesn't do that to us, she mostly uses those to knock Stalker Trolls off the top of the Stupid Tree.
| 470 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:47:09pm |
re: #468 Floral Giraffe
You go do, what you need to do.
We will miss you, but welcome you back, when you are settled.
Travel well, and pay attention to yourself.
*smooch*
I shall FG. And thank you for all of your support thus far. I'm forever thankful.
| 471 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:47:37pm |
re: #466 Gus 802
lol In real time no less. Yeah, that would kind of make sense if I was gay. But it's still pretty stupid. Sucks to be them.
That's one of the more pathetic parts of their mentality, that accusations of gayness is somehow an insult.
Most grown, thinking adults left that behind in grade school.
| 472 |
Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 10:47:38pm |
re: #465 Floral Giraffe
Gently whacks SB with her neck.
It's how we giraffes fight.
I'm standing in a field of gopher holes.
COME AT ME!
| 473 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:48:22pm |
re: #470 Gus 802
Sharpens & aims that back hoof!
Gives a good lift off, for the start of the move.
HEH!
| 474 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:48:25pm |
re: #469 Dark_Falcon
Great. Now you're turning me on now. I feel so conflicted.
| 475 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 10:49:55pm |
re: #451 Bubblehead II
re: #437 Dark_Falcon
Well Charles is aware of it. It came to the defense of a recently banned troll over in the pages. But I was kinda sorta wondering if I could perhaps keep it as a exotic pet.
Several of us have tried, but they do tend to shred the drapes and throw up on the rug.
| 476 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:50:03pm |
re: #473 Floral Giraffe
Sharpens & aims that back hoof!
Gives a good lift off, for the start of the move.
HEH!
:) Woot! Got the music lined up. Going to try and arrange meeting a long lost friend along the way in Vegas. Talked with my mom this evening too. She's a hoot.
| 478 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 10:55:07pm |
re: #477 Gus 802
Did you get that? That's my extra double secret new email BTW.
Yep, got it and sent you a test email. Even Obama's SEALs couldn't make me give up your extra double secret addy. Okay, maybe they could.
| 479 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:56:12pm |
re: #477 Gus 802
Lions & Tigers & Bears, OH MY!
Get packing, and get moved.
Be well.
| 480 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:57:40pm |
re: #479 Floral Giraffe
Lions & Tigers & Bears, OH MY!
Get packing, and get moved.
Be well.
All packed. Breaking down the computer in the morning.
Thank you FG!
| 481 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:58:10pm |
re: #478 CuriousLurker
Yep, got it and sent you a test email. Even Obama's SEALs couldn't make me give up your extra double secret addy. Okay, maybe they could.
Responded. It works! :)
| 482 |
Dancing along the light of day Sun, May 8, 2011 10:58:22pm |
re: #480 Gus 802
Meh, you do it well,all on your own.
Later, Tater!
| 483 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 10:58:30pm |
re: #475 SanFranciscoZionist
DF considers them a delicacy, but I don't think their fit to feed pigs. Must be a cultural thing.
| 484 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 10:59:25pm |
re: #482 Floral Giraffe
Meh, you do it well,all on your own.
Later, Tater!
Made it this far. Might as well keep going. ;) Night FG.
| 485 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 10:59:54pm |
| 486 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 11:01:32pm |
re: #485 CuriousLurker
Bits come in, bytes go out...
| 487 |
Bubblehead II Sun, May 8, 2011 11:01:39pm |
Lizards, Time to call it a day. May the Deity of your choice smile down upon you this night and in the following days.
| 488 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 11:03:00pm |
re: #486 Slumbering Behemoth
Bits come in, bytes go out...
Emails, how do they work?? See, email proves there IS a God. ;)
| 489 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 11:03:48pm |
Aa spoere: #483 Slumbering Behemoth
DF considers them a delicacy, but I don't think their fit to feed pigs. Must be a cultural thing.
You got to grill them just right. You tried to eat a troll that had not had its stomach and gall bladder removed, causing you to ingest its bile. That's why it tasted so bad.
| 490 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 11:04:01pm |
re: #488 CuriousLurker
Emails, how do they work?? See, email proves there IS a God. ;)
Al Gore. He invented the internet.
//Insert anti Al Gore rage here.
//
| 491 |
Kragar Sun, May 8, 2011 11:04:21pm |
| 492 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 11:05:52pm |
re: #491 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
RAARGH!
Quiet! Or else I'll bring up Robert Byrd, John Kerry, and Ted Kennedy.
I say in jest of course.
| 493 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 11:07:11pm |
re: #490 Gus 802
Oh man, it's already 2 am. I have to get some sleep. I'll wait a week or so to let you get moved, then send you an email to see how you're doing, okay?
| 494 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 11:08:15pm |
re: #493 CuriousLurker
Oh man, it's already 2 am. I have to get some sleep. I'll wait a week or so to let you get moved, then send you an email to see how you're doing, okay?
OK I'll be around. Eventually. I'll be Bach!
| 495 |
Dark_Falcon Sun, May 8, 2011 11:08:41pm |
I really need to get to bed. Safe move, Gus, and I'll be here when you get settled.
| 496 |
CuriousLurker Sun, May 8, 2011 11:09:17pm |
re: #494 Gus 802
OK I'll be around. Eventually. I'll be Bach!
Heh, okay. Have a safe trip. {Gus}
Nite, everyone.
| 497 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 11:09:41pm |
re: #495 Dark_Falcon
I really need to get to bed. Safe move, Gus, and I'll be here when you get settled.
Thanks DF. :)
| 498 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 11:10:20pm |
re: #490 Gus 802
He has a poopy face.
/
Really, I don't much care for the Gores. Can't arse myself to hate 'em though.
| 499 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 11:14:33pm |
re: #498 Slumbering Behemoth
He has a poopy face.
/
Really, I don't much care for the Gores. Can't arse myself to hate 'em though.
Same here. I really don't hate anybody except for people like bin Laden. But that's history now. Gore was just an appendage to Clinton. Always was. Then there was Tipper and Frank Zappa. It's still not something I harbor grief over. Old school you know.
| 500 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 11:17:32pm |
re: #499 Gus 802
I really don't hate anybody except for people like bin Laden.
Word. That's real evil. Not some fabricated bullshit about gays, commies, green fascists, atheists, Darwinists, or whatever.
| 501 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 11:21:48pm |
re: #500 Slumbering Behemoth
Word. That's real evil. Not some fabricated bullshit about gays, commies, green fascists, atheists, Darwinists, or whatever.
Yep. I have a huge distaste over people that want to blow me up over dinner only because of the lifestyle I lead. It's pretty ironic that so many so called leftists would find sympathy for the asshole. But that's like "Queers for Palestine" and all that. It's a bit like wives that still love their abusive husbands.
| 503 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 11:26:05pm |
Golden rose, the color of the dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty blue and the lilac too
Never to grow old.
| 504 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Sun, May 8, 2011 11:29:29pm |
re: #501 Gus 802
It's pretty ironic that so many so called leftists would find sympathy for the asshole.
Well, they are leftists. I just wouldn't call them liberals. They're pretty far enough leftward that liberalism is just a tiny dot in their rear view mirror.
| 505 |
Gus Sun, May 8, 2011 11:39:32pm |
re: #504 Slumbering Behemoth
Well, they are leftists. I just wouldn't call them liberals. They're pretty far enough leftward that liberalism is just a tiny dot in their rear view mirror.
Yep. I don't hate my father enough to love bin Laden. That's what's wrong with people like Greenwald. He's neither a liberal or a leftist. Just an asshole a douche. The man has no balls. Could you imagine having a friend like him and getting into a street fight? He'd let you get beat up and claim to be a pacifist for being a coward.
Yep. It's a litmus test. Obama passed with flying colors. The rest of these guys like him and others didn't pass. That's not liberalism. Neither is it leftism. Bin Laden was and is a threat to both. They cheer for their own enemies. Rather dumb if you ask me.
| 507 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sun, May 8, 2011 11:59:23pm |
| 508 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 9, 2011 12:00:12am |
re: #506 Gus 802
That's the problem with douche bags like Moore. They claim liberal credentials, but they really don't give a shit about people suffering and dying under certain oppressive regimes. Their ideological message is more important to them than truth, and even human life.
Shit, I'm more liberal than Michael Fucking Moore. That shitbird occupies the same ideological territory as Pat Robertson in my opinion.
| 509 |
Gus Mon, May 9, 2011 12:08:20am |
re: #508 Slumbering Behemoth
That's the problem with douche bags like Moore. They claim liberal credentials, but they really don't give a shit about people suffering and dying under certain oppressive regimes. Their ideological message is more important to them than truth, and even human life.
Shit, I'm more liberal than Michael Fucking Moore. That shitbird occupies the same ideological territory as Pat Robertson in my opinion.
Indeed. You won't hear a peep about this from Moore. While he continues to rake in millions with his faux anti-capitalism and lauding of the Castro regime which continues to this day. And of course Moore has been crying over the death of bin Laden. Rather pathetic.
| 511 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 9, 2011 12:16:13am |
re: #507 SanFranciscoZionist
I've been contemplating the whole subject of wishing ill on others a bit lately. Particularly ideological opponents.
Certainly folks like Osama deserve to die. Hell, it is the duty of modern civilization to destroy men like that and the terrorist organizations that they inspire.
But thinking on the subject, the worst I could find myself comfortable with wishing on d-bags like Moore, Robertson, or Limbaugh is an early, fulfilling, permanent retirement. Something so pleasing to them that they never poke their twisted heads into the sphere of public opinion ever again.
Anything more nasty than that seems too much like an imprecatory prayer for my taste.
| 512 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 9, 2011 12:20:06am |
re: #509 Gus 802
Moore is blindly pro-communist. There isn't a damn thing about him that could be remotely described as liberal, aside from his diet.
| 513 |
SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 9, 2011 12:22:06am |
re: #511 Slumbering Behemoth
I've been contemplating the whole subject of wishing ill on others a bit lately. Particularly ideological opponents.
Certainly folks like Osama deserve to die. Hell, it is the duty of modern civilization to destroy men like that and the terrorist organizations that they inspire.
But thinking on the subject, the worst I could find myself comfortable with wishing on d-bags like Moore, Robertson, or Limbaugh is an early, fulfilling, permanent retirement. Something so pleasing to them that they never poke their twisted heads into the sphere of public opinion ever again.
Anything more nasty than that seems too much like an imprecatory prayer for my taste.
There are men you want to have shot by Navy SEALS, and then there are men you just wish would shut up already. I can agree with that.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 9, 2011 12:22:36am |
re: #512 Slumbering Behemoth
Moore is blindly pro-communist. There isn't a damn thing about him that could be remotely described as liberal, aside from his diet.
Unfortunately, certain folks are working overtime to convince everyone that 'liberal' actually means 'blindly pro-communist'.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 9, 2011 12:23:11am |
re: #514 SanFranciscoZionist
Unfortunately, certain folks are working overtime to convince everyone that 'liberal' actually means 'blindly pro-communist'.
And some young liberals are badly enough educated not to quite understand that themselves.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 9, 2011 12:33:10am |
re: #514 SanFranciscoZionist
Unfortunately, certain folks are working overtime to convince everyone that 'liberal' actually means 'blindly pro-communist'.
That goal was pretty well achieved decades ago. Even I bought into it for a time, particularly during the 90's. Being here has certainly broadened my outlook on such things.
And as I have tried to explain to some that there is, or at least should be, a distinct difference conservatives and far right reactionaries, I have learned that there is a distinct difference between liberals and far left reactionaries.
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boxhead Mon, May 9, 2011 12:57:22am |
re: #50 daddylawbucks
Thank God the remaining machines were adequate to get our people out
As mentioned in the interview, they planned for that. Very impressive and informative interview.
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wvng Mon, May 9, 2011 11:27:34am |
I'm sure the wingers are amazed that the guy running the teleprompter was able to keep up with the questions so it could appear that President Obama was actually thinking and responding with great intelligence and thoughtfulness instead of being the talking monkey they know he is.
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CarolJ Mon, May 9, 2011 11:46:26pm |
re: #314 Floral Giraffe
I know from experience. A friend of mine stored some of her stuff with me. I got tired of it, and what made it came to a head was that I wanted to paint, and I didn't want to potentially ruin stuff that was mine. It took a couple of months-and my putting some of her stuff on the curb, before I finally got my place free from her stuff. I will never do this again-and hopefully I will never have to do this with someone else not family. (Even with family, it can be a strain). Sell it or give it away-it's a clean break with fewer hassles.
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