Ron Paul Wouldn’t Have Ordered the Bin Laden Raid

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If nothing else, Ron Paul is certainly consistent, if by “consistent” you mean “fanatically dedicated to extreme right wing libertarian ideology:” Ron Paul Says He Wouldn’t Have Ordered Bin Laden Raid.

In an interview with Iowa radio station WHO, the likely GOP presidential candidate said “things could have been done somewhat differently.”

“I don’t think it was necessary, no. It absolutely was not necessary,” he said, citing the rules of international law regarding respect for national sovereignty. “I would suggest the way they got Khalid [Sheikh] Mohammed. We went and cooperated with Pakistan. They arrested him, actually, and turned him over to us, and he’s been in prison. Why can’t we work with the government?”

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1 Ojoe  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:22:24pm

Then poor old OBL would still be stuck in that dreary house. He’s better off now.

2 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:23:47pm

In a dark way, they like it better for him to be on the loose. The GOP likes a good boogeyman to scare people.

/ducks

3 Ojoe  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:25:26pm

Need funny limerick about the killing of OBL, will check back later.

(lazy, I know)

4 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:25:51pm
They arrested him, actually, and turned him over to us, and he’s been in prison. Why can’t we work with the government?”

Sorry, Big Libertarian Guy. Treating terrorists like criminals is against the rules.
/

5 Kragar  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:26:01pm

Fuck you Ron.

6 thatthatisis  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:26:28pm

Maybe we should just have stood on the corner and yelled “ally ally outs in free”.

7 Jack Burton  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:26:49pm

Derp Nor: “Why can’t we work with the government?”

Because they aren’t acting in good faith and are playing both sides. Why is this so hard to understand?

8 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:26:52pm
Why can’t we work with the government?

He sounds naive, but really he’s mendacious.

9 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:27:48pm

re: #2 windsagio

In a dark way, they like it better for him to be on the loose. The GOP likes a good boogeyman to scare people.

/ducks

why are you ducking? It’s pretty obvious they do in some respects. Bin Laden was a useful propaganda device. He was the “other”, After a while it didn’t work so well so it was the “illegals” and still is. Now it’s Obama.

10 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:28:09pm

re: #8 wrenchwench

its one of the weirder things we have in US politics the (Largely southern) rural huckster.

11 Kid A  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:28:14pm

“Why can’t we work with the government?”

Work with the government? You’ve been preaching about shutting the fucker down for years, Ron!!!

12 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:28:58pm

re: #9 Dreggas

old habits, once upon a time, I’d get my ass reamed from here to next tuesday for saying the GOP preferred to have terrorists on the loose ><

13 HappyWarrior  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:29:36pm

WEll, that’s why he won’t be nominated. Ron Paul is more Robert A. Taft than anything. I believe he’s even said he admires Taft.

14 ProBosniaLiberal  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:30:51pm

One of the Journalists may have a revelation about Qaddafi:

7:51pm
Muammar Gaddafi was apparently able to sneak into the Rixos - the best hotel in Tripoli, where most of the foreign media resides - to make a videotaped meeting with tribal elders on Wednesday. Now, Sky News’ Mark Stone speculates on how Gaddafi managed to do so without being spotted.

Stone also relays another theory - that Gaddafi is actually staying at the Rixos. It would make sense in at least one big way: NATO would never hit a hotel full of journalists.

15 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:31:23pm

Ron, why do you hate America?

16 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:31:34pm

ok talk to you guys in a bit, my wonderful insurance decided not to pay $2.66 of my bill for some reason and now I have to drive back to the office. Have a wonderful afternoon!

17 Kragar  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:32:03pm

re: #15 Slumbering Behemoth

Ron, why do you hate America?

Because he is a bitter crank.

18 eastsider  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:32:57pm

i’m fairly certain this is the textbook definition of a “moot point.”

19 lawhawk  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:32:59pm

No, we didn’t need to get bin Laden. Right. You know how far out of step he is with even the GOP on this, let alone what the folks over at the CIA and Pentagon who know what OBL is up to now that we successfully carried out the raid?

He isn’t pandering here either - this is clearly delineating what his worldview is and just how out of touch he is with the mainstream on matters of policy. That he managed to be a candidate in 2008 (and looking towards 2012) is a function of putting together a raucous ground game in the first couple of states - NH, IA, etc. - instead of truly having the support of a significant portion of the GOP.

And his chances of winning the presidency on this kind of platform? Zero. Zip. Nada.

After all, can you imaging the debate between him and President Obama.

Paul: No, I wouldn’t have ordered the raid.
Obama: You mean the same raid that not only killed OBL, but which resulted in gathering intel showing his actions, intentions, and ongoing threats.
Paul: But international law!!! Sovereignty of Pakistan? LUAP NOR!!!
Obama: Except for that tiny detail that we had an understanding with Pakistan to carry out raids against HVTs like OBL and Zawahiri dating back to GWB. The Pakistanis can complain, but that’s their part of the bargain. Our part of the bargain was that we got to go after these guys - because we can’t trust our national security solely on other countries to do what’s right in our national interest. This wasn’t a violation of international law and this wasn’t some law enforcement action. This was going after the guy who declared war on the US and killed thousands in the process.

Thus ends the Luap Nor presidential run.

20 lawhawk  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:34:36pm

re: #5 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Well, we could have used harsh language instead of a standard 2x2 movement /lt. gorman
Idiot! /hicks

21 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:40:02pm

re: #10 windsagio

its one of the weirder things we have in US politics the (Largely southern) rural huckster.

“Largely southern”? You sure you want to go there?

re: #16 windsagio

ok talk to you guys in a bit, my wonderful insurance decided not to pay $2.66 of my bill for some reason and now I have to drive back to the office. Have a wonderful afternoon!

Ah. Hit and run!

22 Bulworth  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:42:27pm
Why can’t we work with the government?”

That would be a bunch of pussy-footing around, limp-wristed librule multi-national cooperation.

And we all know that’s just plain and simple ole fashioned communism.

Also, too, what ArchangelMichael said.

23 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:46:59pm

I can’t believe that people are finding a negative way to spin the GREATEST SINGLE NEWSY THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IN TEN YEARS!

24 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:48:06pm

re: #19 lawhawk

Thus ends the Luap Nor presidential run.

He took careful aim before firing right at his foot.

25 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:48:55pm

re: #24 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

He took careful aim before firing right at his foot.

After inserting said foot into mouth.

26 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:49:34pm

re: #23 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

It happened on a democrat’s watch, so it obviously must be a bad thing.

27 Ericus58  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:50:27pm

re: #12 windsagio

old habits, once upon a time, I’d get my ass reamed from here to next tuesday for saying the GOP preferred to have terrorists on the loose ><

Just for old times sake…

28 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:53:32pm

re: #25 wrenchwench

After inserting said foot into mouth.

it’s a permanent condition

29 [deleted]  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:53:55pm
30 elizajane  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:53:56pm

re: #8 wrenchwench

He sounds naive, but really he’s mendacious.

Upding for excellent vocabulary as well as sentiment.

31 nines09  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:53:59pm

Thanks Ron. All I needed to know. Keep talking,please.

32 McSpiff  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:54:41pm

Not surprising, the GOP’s 2008 candidate said the same thing.

THE 2008 DEBATE, REVISITED…. In July 2008, CNN’s Larry King interviewed then-presidential candidate John McCain. The host asked the Republican senator, “If you were president and knew that bin Laden was in Pakistan, you know where, would you have U.S. forces go in after him?”

McCain said he would not.

“Larry, I’m not going to go there and here’s why: because Pakistan is a sovereign nation.”

This point of contention from the 2008 campaign has generally been forgotten, but for a couple of months, this was a major area of debate. Barack Obama declared he would pursue high-value terrorist targets in Pakistan, launching limited attacks based on actionable intelligence. Republicans insisted this was not only the wrong policy, but that the position was evidence of Obama’s inexperience in matters of national security.

Even Mitt Romney tried a similar tack during a nationally televised GOP debate:

“[Obama] went from going to sit down to tea with our enemies, but then he’s going to bomb our allies. I mean, he’s gone from Jane Fonda to Dr. Strangelove in one week.”

With the benefit of hindsight, I’m comfortable concluding now that Obama was right and his Republican critics were wrong.

[Link: www.washingtonmonthly.com…]

33 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:56:00pm

re: #28 albusteve

it’s a permanent condition

As someone once said - the only time he opens his mouth is to change feet.

34 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:56:23pm

re: #32 McSpiff

yeah. Blah Blah Blah.

IT WAS FUCKIN’ BIN LADEN!

Now, he is a former asshole.

Yay. Period.

35 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:57:23pm

re: #33 makeitstop

Ann Richards’ “Born with a silver foot in his mouth” is still the funniest line I’ve ever heard at a Convention speech.

36 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:58:41pm

re: #8 wrenchwench

He sounds naive, but really he’s mendacious.

Yeah, no US politician would take responsibility for trusting this kind of operation to the ISI.

I hope Obama called Zardari up afterwards and said “I told you I was going to do this.”

37 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:59:00pm

re: #26 Slumbering Behemoth

It happened on a democrat’s watch, so it obviously must be a bad thing.

That’s all that it boils down to. The black Democrat in the White House is the one who ordered the raid that got OBL killed, so of course it’s a bad thing.

If OBL had died when Bush was in office, all these assholes would be wanting to hand carve Bush and Cheney into Mt. Rushmore and make them candidates for sainthood.

38 McSpiff  Thu, May 12, 2011 1:59:02pm

re: #34 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

yeah. Blah Blah Blah.

IT WAS FUCKIN’ BIN LADEN!

Now, he is a former asshole.

Yay. Period.

Only because the GOP lost.

39 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:01:09pm

Ron Paul!

40 HappyWarrior  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:02:01pm

re: #32 McSpiff

Not surprising, the GOP’s 2008 candidate said the same thing.

[Link: www.washingtonmonthly.com…]

I remember that well. And by the way Romney’s quote indicates exactly why I think he’s sleazy, really Mitt “Jane Fonda to Dr. Strangelove.” Of course, they were obsessed with portraying Obama as this foreign policy weakling when he’s more ballsy on it than they ever could have dreamed. They wanted to sell Obama to their base as a guy who apologizes for America and that’s been proven to be nothing but bullshit.

41 jaunte  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:02:10pm

Ron Paul has been out of step with the country since the Continental Congress created the Navy in 1775.

42 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:03:29pm

re: #34 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

yeah. Blah Blah Blah.

IT WAS FUCKIN’ BIN LADEN!

Now, he is a former asshole.

Yay. Period.

It’s a Big Fuckin’ Deal. Unless you’re a Republican, in which case, OBL’s death is either a conspiracy, irrelevant, murder, or a way for the Seekrit Mooslim to take your eyes off his evilness.

43 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:03:33pm

re: #39 Killgore Trout

I just saw your “Derp Rap”. Great.

Were you at the White House yesterday? You should’ve been.

44 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:04:32pm

re: #35 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ann Richards’ “Born with a silver foot in his mouth” is still the funniest line I’ve ever heard at a Convention speech.

And I was a George Bush boy.

45 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:04:50pm

re: #30 elizajane

Upding for excellent vocabulary as well as sentiment.

Would you withdraw it if you knew I looked up “mendacious”, just to be sure?

46 goddamnedfrank  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:05:06pm

re: #32 McSpiff

Not surprising, the GOP’s 2008 candidate said the same thing.

[Link: www.washingtonmonthly.com…]

McCain’s point was more that it was a diplomatic mistake to broadcast such intent, to talk about it. He said he’d get him, but thought telegraphing the punch wasn’t smart.

Smart or not, in hindsight it makes the strike all the more awesome. “Guess what punk, this is how I’m going to punch you.” *PUNCH*

47 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:05:06pm

re: #43 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I just saw your “Derp Rap”. Great.

Were you at the White House yesterday? You should’ve been.

I watched the poetry event at the white house online last night. It was pretty dull but steve Martin did some awesome banjo pickin’

48 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:05:28pm

re: #35 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ann Richards’ “Born with a silver foot in his mouth” is still the funniest line I’ve ever heard at a Convention speech.

Ann Richards and Molly Ivins were my political role models. I miss them both terribly.

49 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:06:09pm

re: #45 wrenchwench

Would you withdraw it if you knew I looked up “mendacious”, just to be sure?

But you did not post it with mendacity.

50 Ericus58  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:06:34pm

re: #42 Lidane

It’s a Big Fuckin’ Deal. Unless you’re a Republican, in which case, OBL’s death is either a conspiracy, irrelevant, murder, or a way for the Seekrit Mooslim to take your eyes off his evilness.

Why are you and others here continuing to phrase this as “all republicans” feel this way?
Show me the polls, data - whatever - that shows a majority of Republicans feel this way.

51 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:06:50pm

Ok, I googled the cure time for concrete. All my fence posts are in and yuppie neighbor has until Monday to move his stupid plants.

52 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:07:39pm

re: #47 Killgore Trout

I watched the poetry event at the white house online last night. It was pretty dull but steve Martin did some awesome banjo pickin’

I’m sorry I missed that part. I would have been extremely impressed if he had done “Atheists Don’t Have No Songs”

Youtube Video
53 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:07:55pm

re: #47 Killgore Trout

I watched the poetry event at the white house online last night. It was pretty dull but steve Martin did some awesome banjo pickin’

I am guessing it was a poetry slam with a banned list of words/subjects/etc.

Can you imagine if someone had dropped the f-bomb?

54 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:09:01pm

re: #50 Ericus58

Why are you and others here continuing to phrase this as “all republicans” feel this way?
Show me the polls, data - whatever - that shows a majority of Republicans feel this way.

it’s an intoxicant, addictive, and they just can’t stop…anymore I just consider the source and move on

55 HappyWarrior  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:09:12pm

I saw some of the poetry jam since Charles had it live streaming last night. REally, this was what they got upset about? I mean it had Steve frigging Martin on banjo which I have to say was real impressive. Had no idea he could play like that.

56 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:09:27pm

Wait, wut?

Ron Paul…the likely GOP presidential candidate

I demand to know exactly whose fantasy dream I am posting in!

57 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:10:02pm

re: #33 makeitstop

BTW. I’m not absolutely positive, but I think you have my favorite nic of all time.

58 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:11:00pm

re: #55 HappyWarrior

I saw some of the poetry jam since Charles had it live streaming last night. REally, this was what they got upset about? I mean it had Steve frigging Martin on banjo which I have to say was real impressive. Had no idea he could play like that.

Back in his standup days, the banjo was a big part of his act.

59 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:11:57pm

re: #55 HappyWarrior

I saw some of the poetry jam since Charles had it live streaming last night. REally, this was what they got upset about? I mean it had Steve frigging Martin on banjo which I have to say was real impressive. Had no idea he could play like that.

the banjo is far and away his first love…I saw him burn up Orange Blossom Special when he took the stage before a Clapton show in the early 70’s….complete with white suit and an arrow through his head

60 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:12:00pm

re: #57 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

BTW. I’m not absolutely positive, but I think you have my favorite nic of all time.

Thank, FBV! I started using it on a sports board because I’m a Knicks fan, but I’ve found it applies in many situations.

61 Ericus58  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:12:04pm

Ron Paul doesn’t represent a majority of Republicans - especially in my neck of the woods here in the Pac NW.

He’s a Wingnut.
Ice had a real good post on that on a previous thread. Much respect for making that distinction by her.

Just as Moonbat doesn’t represent all Democrats - or anywhere near a majority - so should the distinction be made here about Republicans.
We come in all kinds of flavors.

62 abolitionist  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:12:11pm

re: #58 makeitstop

Back in his standup days, the banjo was a big part of his act.

Harry Truman’s too. I’d watch out for Steve.

63 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:12:13pm

re: #50 Ericus58

Show me all of the right-wing (read: Republican) elected officials, pundits, and bloggers that have given credit where it’s due to the Obama administration for getting OBL, without getting bogged down in conspiracy theories and demanding “proof”, or minimizing the killing at all, or saying it’s a distraction.

Show me Fox News giving Obama the slightest bit of credit for his role in the years-long process of killing OBL.

64 HappyWarrior  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:12:16pm

re: #58 makeitstop

Back in his standup days, the banjo was a big part of his act.

I didn’t know that. He’s a smart guy though. I think I heard somewhere he has a near genius IQ and I know he screenwrote and produced a drama with Don Cheadle it a few years back. Believe the movie was called Traitor.

65 abolitionist  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:13:08pm

Oops. I think Truman played a fiddle.

66 McSpiff  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:13:17pm

re: #46 goddamnedfrank

McCain’s point was more that it was a diplomatic mistake to broadcast such intent, to talk about it. He said he’d get him, but thought telegraphing the punch wasn’t smart.

Smart or not, in hindsight it makes the strike all the more awesome. “Guess what punk, this is how I’m going to punch you.” *PUNCH*

Really? By 2008 after Guantanamo bay, extraordinary renditions, CIA blacksites, NSA call monitorings all being publicly admitted to, saying we’d go into Pakistan to kill bin Laden would be the diplomatic mistake?

I think by 2008 Bush and the GOP either thought bin Laden was already dead or that he was simply no longer the high value target. The CIA had shut down the bin Laden station, we were playing nice with Pakistan and the ISI and Iraq had become the focus of a majority of resources. I’ve seen no indication that McCain would change any of these Bush era policies.

67 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:13:43pm

re: #52 wrenchwench

I’m sorry I missed that part. I would have been extremely impressed if he had done “Atheists Don’t Have No Songs”

[Video]

I’m apparently not a very good atheist. I listened to that again, and thought to myself, “God I love that song.”

68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:13:53pm

re: #60 makeitstop

I just picture you banging your head against a wall…

69 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:14:31pm

re: #63 Lidane

Show me all of the right-wing (read: Republican) elected officials, pundits, and bloggers that have given credit where it’s due to the Obama administration for getting OBL, without getting bogged down in conspiracy theories and demanding “proof”, or minimizing the killing at all, or saying it’s a distraction.

Show me Fox News giving Obama the slightest bit of credit for his role in the years-long process of killing OBL.

blah blah blah…all democrats are clueless morons
every last one of them

70 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:14:56pm

re: #64 HappyWarrior

I didn’t know that. He’s a smart guy though. I think I heard somewhere he has a near genius IQ and I know he screenwrote and produced a drama with Don Cheadle it a few years back. Believe the movie was called Traitor.

I remember a Rolling Stone interview from years ago, where he told the story of being in college and majoring in philosophy. He said he and a roommate took acid and actually figured out the meaning of life, but it was so absurd they couldn’t stop laughing about it and never told anyone what it was.

71 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:16:08pm

re: #68 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I just picture you banging your head against a wall…

Some days, that’s exactly what I want to do.

72 S'latch  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:17:09pm

His chances of being nominated by the GOP for 2012 just dropped drastically with that statement. (which is good news).

73 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:17:30pm

re: #70 makeitstop

Steve Martin does not sign autographs. He carries a business card that says, (something like this)…

“This is proof that I met Steve Martin and found him to be exceptionally charming and good looking.”

I thought that was clever.

74 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:18:42pm

re: #70 makeitstop

I remember a Rolling Stone interview from years ago, where he told the story of being in college and majoring in philosophy. He said he and a roommate took acid and actually figured out the meaning of life, but it was so absurd they couldn’t stop laughing about it and never told anyone what it was.

He also makes a decent Tweet.

@SteveMartinToGo
Uh oh. Trump just walked out of pool wearing HUGE trunks, toweling off. Followed by 50 SEALs. Wait, make that seals.

75 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:18:55pm

re: #72 Lawrence Schmerel

His chances of being nominated by the GOP for 2012 just dropped drastically with that statement. (which is good news).

He never had a chance anyway. He’s old, a crank, and couldn’t even get out of single digits back in 2008, IIRC. Why would he stand a better chance now?

76 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:19:31pm

re: #73 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Steve Martin Autograph

His “wild and crazy guy” persona notwithstanding, Steve Martin was a thoughtful man who valued his privacy. Irked by obnoxious autograph-seekers, he finally found a simple solution. In lieu of an autograph, Martin would hand out a business card: “This certifies that you have had a personal encounter with me,” it read, “and that you found me warm, polite, intelligent and funny.”

77 HappyWarrior  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:19:39pm

re: #73 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Steve Martin does not sign autographs. He carries a business card that says, (something like this)…

“This is proof that I met Steve Martin and found him to be exceptionally charming and good looking.”

I thought that was clever.

I like that. It’s clever.

78 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:21:31pm

Even when not accompanied with standup, he kills it on banjo.

l31MSpojWTA

79 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:22:00pm

re: #76 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Steve Martin Autograph

His “wild and crazy guy” persona notwithstanding, Steve Martin was a thoughtful man who valued his privacy. Irked by obnoxious autograph-seekers, he finally found a simple solution. In lieu of an autograph, Martin would hand out a business card: “This certifies that you have had a personal encounter with me,” it read, “and that you found me warm, polite, intelligent and funny.”

Nice. I don’t know how Bill Murry does it but he still shows up unannounced at frat parties hand hangs out all night or just walks into a pub, get’s behind the bar and serves drinks all night.

80 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:22:01pm

Well, that didn’t work. Take 2.

Youtube Video
81 abolitionist  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:23:41pm

re: #78 makeitstop

Even when not accompanied with standup, he kills it on banjo.

l31MSpojWTA

Steve Martin banjo, frailing, clawhammer medly - Loch Lomond Sally Anne

82 recusancy  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:25:19pm

re: #61 Ericus58

Ron Paul doesn’t represent a majority of Republicans - especially in my neck of the woods here in the Pac NW.

He’s a Wingnut.
Ice had a real good post on that on a previous thread. Much respect for making that distinction by her.

Just as Moonbat doesn’t represent all Democrats - or anywhere near a majority - so should the distinction be made here about Republicans.
We come in all kinds of flavors.

I won’t make a joke here cause it’d be to easy. (But i’ll imply it by writing this) :)

83 Targetpractice  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:25:24pm

re: #75 Lidane

He never had a chance anyway. He’s old, a crank, and couldn’t even get out of single digits back in 2008, IIRC. Why would he stand a better chance now?

He stands even less of a chance now, when the Tea Party movement he supposedly started has been co-opted by every yahoo and nutbar that the GOP has to offer. I’m predicting that, come next year, we’ll see a schism in the ranks as the TPers try to decide which side of the “small government” line they really stand upon.

84 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:26:42pm

I predict that half of the predictions made here will be wrong…actually maybe more than half

85 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:26:45pm

One day in the early 1970s, Elvis Presley caught Steve Martin’s act and visited him in his dressing room. Presley’s verdict? “Son, you have an oblique sense of humour.”

86 HappyWarrior  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:27:35pm

re: #79 Killgore Trout

Nice. I don’t know how Bill Murry does it but he still shows up unannounced at frat parties hand hangs out all night or just walks into a pub, get’s behind the bar and serves drinks all night.

That’s really cool too. Always liked Murray.Which remidns me, I still need to see Get Low.

87 Targetpractice  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:28:16pm

re: #84 albusteve

I predict that half of the predictions made here will be wrong…actually maybe more than half

You’re right…maybe…*pulls out Magic 8-Ball*…there, I’ve improved my odds.

/

88 freetoken  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:28:51pm

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The Ugandan parliament’s Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has regrettably recommended passage of the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill, including retaining the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” Human Rights Watch said today. The committee’s report, as seen by Human Rights Watch, recommends amendments deleting some provisions but adding criminal penalties for “conduct[ing] a marriage ceremony between persons of the same sex.”

The committee’s report is likely to be presented to parliament on May 13, 2011, as part of a debate before the bill could be up for a vote. Such reports are required under parliamentary procedure. […]

The committee recommends the creation of an additional crime, “conduct[ing] a marriage ceremony between persons of the same sex,” punishable by three years in prison, which was not in the original draft. It also suggests deleting the crimes of “aiding and abetting homosexuality,” and “conspiracy to commit homosexuality,” but including a penalty of seven years in prison for “procuring homosexuality by threats.” The committee did not comment on the current proposed provision criminalizing the “promotion of homosexuality,” which would jeopardize the legitimate work of national and international activists and organizations working to defend and promote human rights in Uganda.

The GOP must be jealous.

89 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:29:50pm

re: #84 albusteve

I predict that half of the predictions made here will be wrong…actually maybe more than half

You can make a shitload of money being right 1/5th of the time.

90 Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:31:24pm

You know, my take on the matter is that it’s healthy to have differing viewpoints and opinions on the role of America’s foreign and domestic policies. I’d rather hear what Ron Paul has to say, because at least he tries to explain his logic (which is a damn slight bit better than most people in the opposition. and yes, that’s damning with faint praise).

Ron Paul is wrong in his viewpoint and reasoning. I think in this case the Obama Administration hit the nail on the head when the pointed out that OBL had declared war on the United States and was actively planning more strikes and attacks against us. Therefore we had the right to self defense.

Ron Paul is forgetting that we didn’t declare war on OBL, He declared war on us. That’s why his logic fails.

Debate about the role of the US in the Middle East is a valid one, We can all accept that I think. Do we belong there, do we not? fine fine, argue it, But that doesn’t mean we can or should accept anyone ever attacking the United states and killing it’s people. Ever.

91 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:35:08pm

re: #90 bloodstar

Ron Paul is forgetting that we didn’t declare war on OBL, He declared war on us. That’s why his logic fails.

I don’t think he was using logic. I think it’s his knee-jerk isolationism and “principled” consistency.

“Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.” - Bernard Berenson

92 TedStriker  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:36:54pm

re: #58 makeitstop

Back in his standup days, the banjo was a big part of his act.

And he’s a helluva banjo player with the stuff he’s doing now.

93 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:37:57pm

re: #61 Ericus58

Ron Paul doesn’t represent a majority of Republicans - especially in my neck of the woods here in the Pac NW.

He’s a Wingnut.
Ice had a real good post on that on a previous thread. Much respect for making that distinction by her.

Just as Moonbat doesn’t represent all Democrats - or anywhere near a majority - so should the distinction be made here about Republicans.
We come in all kinds of flavors.

Bah. That sort of talk just gets in the way of the meme that we’re all supposed to be racists and misogynists.

Individual republicans are cool. I’m still registered as one. The GOP, though, has completely lost it’s shit I think.

94 engineer cat  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:38:37pm

freek republic short form report

the big fox nudes push on eeevil rappers at the white house not resonating much - the one freeper thread devoted to it was all about hating on michelle. who knew that the freepers were so into teh fashion???

Why is she wearing a badly-fitting cotton tank top from Walmart with a sequined Chinese-design skirt?

my favorite thread of the day by far, however, is about romney hate

Just go away Mitt and take Newt with you!

yes! now you can see what it is like when freepers turn their superpowers of hating-on on members of the republican party!!!

the photoshop of romney as mini me to obama is priceless!

95 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:40:30pm

re: #86 HappyWarrior

That’s really cool too. Always liked Murray.Which remidns me, I still need to see Get Low.

It kinda bombed at the box office but Bill Murray and Robert Duval are it in so it couldn’t be that bad.
I’ve been meaning to watch Life Aquatic again to see if it still holds up.

Youtube Video

It was such an awkward movie.

96 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:41:55pm

re: #94 engineer dog

freek republic short form report

the big fox nudes push on eeevil rappers at the white house not resonating much - the one freeper thread devoted to it was all about hating on michelle. who knew that the freepers were so into teh fashion???

Why is she wearing a badly-fitting cotton tank top from Walmart with a sequined Chinese-design skirt?

my favorite thread of the day by far, however, is about romney hate

Just go away Mitt and take Newt with you!

yes! now you can see what it is like when freepers turn their superpowers of hating-on on members of the republican party!!!

the photoshop of romney as mini me to obama is priceless!

I’ll say one thing…you are relentless

97 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:42:18pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout

I still can’t believe he wasn’t nominated for an Oscar for Zombieland.

98 Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:42:21pm

re: #91 wrenchwench

I don’t think he was using logic. I think it’s his knee-jerk isolationism and “principled” consistency.

Maybe I’m giving Ron Paul too much credit. I can’t help it. I really just can’t bring myself to be furious and angry at him. I don’t think he means ill. I really don’t. I just think he’s so trapped in a framework that he’s willing to sacrifice pragmatism for ideology. And that’s a shame.

Pragmatic Libertarians end up closer to Democrats. Dogmatic Libertarians end up closer to Republicans.

99 watching you tiny alien kittens are  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:43:24pm

OT: Well the “snowbirds” are leaving the Condo and heading back North for the season now that it is getting Hot. In the last seven days I have bought three cars for cash, damn I love this time of year. I just got a Buick Regal 1994 presidential model (one owner) with a new landau top and new tires for $800.00 (blue book in this shape/mileage says $2300.00).

Don’t ask me why they always wait until a few days before they are supposed to leave to try to sell the things (or just trade them in against the new(er) one), I have no clue. I do know that I will be making several thousand bucks when I resell these things in about three months when the market isn’t so glutted. ;)

100 HappyWarrior  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:43:42pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout

It kinda bombed at the box office but Bill Murray and Robert Duval are it in so it couldn’t be that bad.
I’ve been meaning to watch Life Aquatic again to see if it still holds up.

[Video]It was such an awkward movie.

Well, I don’t care that it bombed. AFter all Twilight was tops at the box office which tells all you should know heh. But yeah Bill and Duvall are great at what they do. And as FBV alluded to, Bill was awesome as himself in Zombieland.

101 engineer cat  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:45:07pm

re: #96 albusteve

I’ll say one thing…you are relentless

being annoying - it’s my job!

102 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:46:24pm

re: #101 engineer dog

being annoying - it’s my job!

I’m not annoyed…so you’ve failed there too

103 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:48:03pm

re: #95 Killgore Trout

I’ve always been fond of “The Man Who Knew Too Little”.

Of course, Joanne Whalley may have something to do with that.

104 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 2:49:49pm

re: #98 bloodstar

Maybe I’m giving Ron Paul too much credit. I can’t help it. I really just can’t bring myself to be furious and angry at him. I don’t think he means ill. I really don’t. I just think he’s so trapped in a framework that he’s willing to sacrifice pragmatism for ideology. And that’s a shame.

Pragmatic Libertarians end up closer to Democrats. Dogmatic Libertarians end up closer to Republicans.

I agree with all of that except the word “trapped”. He chose that framework. He promotes that framework with enthusiasm. He doesn’t see ditching the pragmatism as a sacrifice.

I’m not furious and angry at him. I watch him to see what his “principled” followers are going to do next.

And I may prepare some popcorn to watch him and Gary Johnson vie for the same political niche.

105 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:06:42pm

re: #99 ausador

Don’t ask me why they always wait until a few days before they are supposed to leave to try to sell the things

A) they need the vehicle up till the last day(s) they are there
B) some think they’ll keep the car here for when they come back next year (that was a big argument I had with Mrs Satty once in the same situation)
C) Would you buy a car knowing someone else was still going to be using it for several weeks (sorta ties into “A”)

107 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:11:56pm

re: #106 Varek Raith

House Armed Services Committee Revives Redundant Fighter Engine Pentagon Doesn’t Want

Fiscal responsibility!

The defense industry is the biggest scam in our government. It’s utterly maddening.

108 lostlakehiker  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:13:33pm

There’s a really simple reason why we couldn’t have got Pakistan to arrest UBL. They would have tipped him off, then “raided” and discovered that there were some eccentric families living there but no intel, no UBL, nothing but mere eccentric recluses.

This estimate of what would have happened is grounded in the record of what already happened, time and again, every time we took Pakistan into the loop. Somewhere in the chain of command, some clerk fires off a text message to somewhere, or nods in a particular way to a chai-wallah, and there we are. Beans spilled.

As it is, right now Pakistan is cooperating-without-cooperating. They have scads of intel from that raid that we didn’t have time to pick up. And go figure. They won’t share it.

109 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:15:50pm

re: #108 lostlakehiker

And Ron Paul knows all that.

110 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:16:29pm

re: #109 wrenchwench

and doesn’t care, because its all about the rabblerousing ><

111 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:17:13pm

re: #106 Varek Raith

House Armed Services Committee Revives Redundant Fighter Engine Pentagon Doesn’t Want

Fiscal responsibility!



Last night’s vote was a big “helping hand to Rolls-Royce and GE,” the lead contractors on the project

GE ,,, GE ,,,, hmmm,, where have I heard about them and high gov’t contacts before ??

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com…]

[Link: www.cbsnews.com…]

112 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:18:34pm

re: #110 windsagio

and doesn’t care, because its all about the rabblerousing money raising ><

I guess that’s the same thing. Gotta rouse the rabble to get them to empty their pockets. Paul calls ‘em “money bombs”. THe only bombs he approves of.

113 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:18:52pm

re: #111 sattv4u2

I should read your posts before reacting.

Thats stunningly irrelevant to anything we’re discussing.

114 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:19:55pm

re: #111 sattv4u2


Last night’s vote was a big “helping hand to Rolls-Royce and GE,” the lead contractors on the project

GE ,,, GE ,,, hmmm,, where have I heard about them and high gov’t contacts before ??

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com…]

[Link: www.cbsnews.com…]

Heh, it sure wasn’t NBC news that you heard about it LOL

115 Batman  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:24:24pm

It certainly would have been easier for Pakistan to hand him over to us. All they would have to do is go literally next door and say, “Osama! Bro! Homie! Hey, wanna come to a party?” And that’s when they arrest him. True story.

116 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:26:52pm

re: #113 windsagio

I should read your posts before reacting.

Thats stunningly irrelevant to anything we’re discussing.


GE in bed with congressmen isn’t relevant to GE being in bed with a president?

117 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:31:10pm

re: #116 sattv4u2

Um wow, my mind went a totally terrible place for some reason when you said ‘in bed with a President’.

~~

Anyways, let me put it this way. The President wanting to appoint a representative from business to head a “council on jobs and competitiveness” is very different than the systematic corruption we have around defense spending and lobbying. Find something equivalent to ‘we house members voted to fund a program the pentagon actively doesn’t want.

118 abolitionist  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:36:28pm

Ron Paul apparently thinks re-doubling our efforts to be seen as “good guys”, and letting free market forces work their magic would eventually take care of problems with OBL and his supporters.

Corrections: re: #62 abolitionist (and #65)
Pres. Truman played a piano. Sen. Byrd played a fiddle. I’ve no clue how I associated Steve Martin’s banjo playing with Truman. Sheesh.

119 darthstar  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:37:10pm

Giants sweep the home stand. 3-0 against the Rockies, and 3-0 against the Diamondbacks.

120 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:37:44pm

re: #117 windsagio

Um wow, my mind went a totally terrible place for some reason when you said ‘in bed with a President’.

~~

Anyways, let me put it this way. The President wanting to appoint a representative from business to head a “council on jobs and competitiveness” is very different than the systematic corruption we have around defense spending and lobbying. Find something equivalent to ‘we house members voted to fund a program the pentagon actively doesn’t want.

I see
So out of EVERY “representative from business” we have in this nation, it’s just purely
A) coincidence
or
B) after an exhaustive nationwide search Immelt was THE best one

that he was selected.

121 dragonfire1981  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:39:10pm

“Why can’t we work WITH the government?”

Wait, wait, wait.

A TEA PARTY guy said this??

That’s it, the world has officially gone mad!

122 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:39:26pm

re: #106 Varek Raith

House Armed Services Committee Revives Redundant Fighter Engine Pentagon Doesn’t Want

Fiscal responsibility!

I love how the Pentagon makes it clear they don’t need or want that fighter engine, and it still gets forced on them anyway. WTF?

123 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:39:54pm

re: #119 darthstar

Giants sweep the home stand. 3-0 against the Rockies, and 3-0 against the Diamondbacks.

Congrats, but not exactly the 1906 Chicago Cubs 116 // 36 //.763 or the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates 103 //36 //.741

124 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:40:51pm

re: #119 darthstar

re: #123 sattv4u2

Congrats, but not exactly the 1906 Chicago Cubs 116 // 36 //.763 or the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates 103 //36 //.741

they were playing

pimf

125 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:40:58pm

re: #120 sattv4u2

that my friend is what we call a ‘dodge’.

Just from the articles you linked, it seems he was chosen because Immelt was a big advocate of alternative energy in one of the biggest US corporations, and well, GE is one of hte biggest US corporations which is useful for PR.

Do you only read what you link, or do just have a ‘THE DEMOCRATS DID IT TOO!” filter set up on google?

126 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:42:18pm

re: #125 windsagio

that my friend is what we call a ‘dodge’.

Just from the articles you linked, it seems he was chosen because Immelt was a big advocate of alternative energy in one of the biggest US corporations, and well, GE is one of hte biggest US corporations which is useful for PR.

Do you only read what you link, or do just have a ‘THE DEMOCRATS DID IT TOO!” filter set up on google?

no, I call it a dodge…steal your stuff from somebody else…or should I be flattered?….have you no creativity if your own?

127 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:42:26pm

re: #122 Lidane

I love how the Pentagon makes it clear they don’t need or want that fighter engine, and it still gets forced on them anyway. WTF?

I sure as hell wouldn’t want to fly a plane equipped a zombie engine…

128 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:43:26pm

re: #121 dragonfire1981

“Why can’t we work WITH the government?”

Wait, wait, wait.

A TEA PARTY guy said this??

That’s it, the world has officially gone mad!

Nonono…he wanted us to work with Pakistan’s government. You know, the same Pakistani government and military that had OBL near them in plain sight for six years?

We should totally destroy the American government for interfering in the sovereign lives of others, but we should also totally work with Pakistan’s government to interfere in OBL’s sovereign life. See how it all makes sense? :-P

129 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:45:15pm

re: #125 windsagio

Just from the articles you linked
Do you only read what you link

ummm,, errrr,, the second link was about LIBERALS being upset at Immelts appt

130 abolitionist  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:46:47pm

re: #127 Varek Raith

I sure as hell wouldn’t want to fly a plane equipped a zombie engine…

I imagine Lindbergh preferred an engine that wouldn’t die.

131 darthstar  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:46:52pm

re: #123 sattv4u2

Congrats, but not exactly the 1906 Chicago Cubs 116 // 36 //.763 or the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates 103 //36 //.741

I think they’re all dead now.

132 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:47:34pm

re: #126 albusteve

You stole it from me first, I can accept you forgetting tho’, I know how old you are ><

re: #129 sattv4u2


only in the second quote should be ‘ever’. What does liberals being upset about have to do with Congress being in the pocket of defense contractors?

133 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:48:37pm

re: #132 windsagio

You stole it from me first, I can accept you forgetting tho’, I know how old you are ><

re: #129 sattv4u2

only in the second quote should be ‘ever’. What does liberals being upset about have to do with Congress being in the pocket of defense contractors?

And we’re back to my #116!

Ahh ,, full circle!

134 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:50:07pm

re: #132 windsagio

You stole it from me first, I can accept you forgetting tho’, I know how old you are ><

re: #129 sattv4u2

only in the second quote should be ‘ever’. What does liberals being upset about have to do with Congress being in the pocket of defense contractors?

it’s explained in the link you just read

135 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:50:28pm

re: #133 sattv4u2

you’ve never shown any clear comprehension of the term ‘in bed’ :p

The whole breakdown of your linking that stuff is the huge difference between ‘we voted to fund a project the pentagon says is a waste of time’ and ‘Exec from a major corp appointed to a commission’

OMG A COMMISSION!

136 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:51:19pm

re: #134 albusteve

actually steve I kind of resent you trying to get in on the action when I’m already, err, pleasuring satt.

I’m only one man, dammit!

137 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:51:26pm

re: #135 windsagio

you’ve never shown any clear comprehension of the term ‘in bed’ :p

The whole breakdown of your linking that stuff is the huge difference between ‘we voted to fund a project the pentagon says is a waste of time’ and ‘Exec from a major corp appointed to a commission’

OMG A COMMISSION!

And we’re back to my #120!

138 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:51:44pm

cowaBONGa!
[Link: thumpandwhip.com…]

139 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:52:19pm

re: #136 windsagio

actually steve I kind of resent you trying to get in on the action when I’m already, err, pleasuring satt.

I’m only one man, dammit!

You really need to learn to multi task

I told you that on your last work review!

140 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:52:23pm

re: #138 albusteve

cowaBONGa!
[Link: thumpandwhip.com…]

Seems a bit…
Excessive.
/

141 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:52:46pm

re: #138 albusteve

cowaBONGa!
[Link: thumpandwhip.com…]

Hey ,, he NEVER inhaled

142 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:53:21pm

re: #136 windsagio

actually steve I kind of resent you trying to get in on the action when I’m already, err, pleasuring satt.

I’m only one man, dammit!

I don’t give a crap what you think…you are a mental midget and this post proves it

143 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:53:27pm

re: #137 sattv4u2

oh c’mon man, you’re not even trying to hold up your part here ><

oh wait, that totally points to my #2!

144 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:56:13pm

re: #138 albusteve

cowaBONGa!

Whoa. That looks like it could hurt ya.

146 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:57:05pm

re: #145 Killgore Trout

I am so not clicking on that.

147 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:57:45pm

re: #145 Killgore Trout

How To Make Creamy Ice Cream with Just One Ingredient!

Frozen hard as a rock ice cream? /

148 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:57:57pm

re: #145 Killgore Trout

How To Make Creamy Ice Cream with Just One Ingredient!

It better be cream …

Aughhh! It’s not!

149 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:58:14pm

re: #146 windsagio

I am so not clicking on that.

totally?
totally so not clicking?

150 darthstar  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:58:17pm

re: #145 Killgore Trout

How To Make Creamy Ice Cream with Just One Ingredient!

The cream is a lie.

151 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:58:21pm

re: #143 windsagio

oh c’mon man, you’re not even trying to hold up your part here ><

oh wait, that totally points to my #2!

The GOP likes a good boogeyman to scare people.

Right ,,,

[Link: inplacenews.wordpress.com…]

152 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:58:39pm

re: #150 darthstar

The cream is a lie.

And the ice is going away

153 darthstar  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:58:55pm

re: #146 windsagio

I am so not clicking on that.

Heh…dropped the first c when I read that.

154 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:59:19pm

re: #151 sattv4u2

If you can point to posts that don’t actually say anything relevant so can I :D

155 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 3:59:20pm

re: #150 darthstar

The cream is a lie.

it was a dream….a dream…

156 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:00:01pm

re: #145 Killgore Trout

How To Make Creamy Ice Cream with Just One Ingredient!

I’m trying that this tonight

Just called my house and told my son to put the bananas in the freezer

((didn’t say anything else,,,, just that,,,,heheheh,, he already thinks i’m nuts anyways!!))

157 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:00:21pm

re: #154 windsagio

If you can point to posts that don’t actually say anything relevant so can I :D

You’re pointing to your own often, huh?

158 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:00:34pm

re: #145 Killgore Trout

How To Make Creamy Ice Cream with Just One Ingredient!

And on healthier food news, I just brought in a zucchini that almost slipped by me—16.9 ounces. We’ve had unusual weather this Spring.

159 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:00:52pm

re: #154 windsagio

If you can point to posts that don’t actually say anything relevant so can I :D

You’re so getting played.
:P

160 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:01:05pm

A modern wonder of southern engineering…..
The Moat

Arkansas 5-8-11 The Moat

Youtube Video
161 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:01:21pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

I’m trying that this tonight

Just called my house and told my son to put the bananas in the freezer

((didn’t say anything else,,, just that,,,heheheh,, he already thinks i’m nuts anyways!!))

seems like a hard way to eat a banana

162 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:01:26pm

re: #158 Decatur Deb

And on healthier food news, I just brought in a zucchini that almost slipped by me—16.9 ounces. We’ve had unusual weather this Spring.

Are you making ice cream out of it?

163 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:01:47pm

re: #156 sattv4u2

I’m trying that this tonight

Just called my house and told my son to put the bananas in the freezer

((didn’t say anything else,,, just that,,,heheheh,, he already thinks i’m nuts anyways!!))

Better do a little reading first:

• Peel your bananas first.
• Cut them into small pieces.
• Freeze for just 1-2 hours on a plate. …
164 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:02:05pm

re: #159 Varek Raith

we’re kind of playing each other I think ;) (Of course I’d say that tho :p)

Its kind of fighting for the purpose of fighting, also for the purpose of trading zingers.

165 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:02:20pm

re: #163 wrenchwench

Better do a little reading first:

Directions are for the weak.

166 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:02:30pm

Wife said to bring in a couple “to bake in a boat”. She’s going to need a bigger boat.

167 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:02:38pm

re: #163 wrenchwench

Better do a little reading first:

add some fried bacon and it’s nuevo!

168 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:02:40pm

re: #158 Decatur Deb

And on healthier food news, I just brought in a zucchini that almost slipped by me—16.9 ounces. We’ve had unusual weather this Spring.

Wow. We’re still cold and cool but we’re having a brief sunny day.

169 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:02:57pm

re: #165 Varek Raith

Directions are for the weak.

heh….I have stories

170 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:03:31pm

re: #163 wrenchwench

Better do a little reading first:

K ,, thanks

SECOND CALL

“Son, peel and slice said ‘nanas THEN put them on a plate THEN put them in the freezer,,,

I’ll be home in a couple of hours”

click

171 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:04:12pm

re: #164 windsagio

we’re kind of playing each other I think ;) (Of course I’d say that tho :p)

Its kind of fighting for the purpose of fighting, also for the purpose of trading zingers.

neither of which you are totally even marginally good at

172 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:06:21pm

since I have nothing to say about bananas (except eww. we used to have to eat them after they’d turned black)

Hot topic is always lame, but this shirt is all kinds of great

What the Cabbage? Indeed!

173 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:07:24pm

shit…it’s unstoppable
[Link: news.yahoo.com…]

Even if engineers decide against opening the spillway, no one seems to doubt that a major flood is bound for Butte LaRose, Krotz Springs, the oil-and-seafood hub of Morgan City and other swampland communities in the Atchafalaya Basin.

174 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:07:32pm

re: #172 windsagio

on a tech note anybody know the code to do both text and shadowboxed pictures? I’ve long forgotten it >

175 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:09:32pm

re: #173 albusteve

always think of this when hearing news of the current flooding:

Newspaper report on the flood of 1882

176 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:09:35pm

re: #172 windsagio

since I have nothing to say about bananas (except eww. we used to have to eat them after they’d turned black)

Hot topic is always lame, but this shirt is all kinds of great

What the Cabbage? Indeed!

The opposite of Killgore’s banana: For camping, slit a banana in its peel, push in some chocolate, wrap peel and all in foil, put in coals for 5-10 minutes, eat w/ spoon. It gets dark and mushy, but has a tangy/sweet taste.

177 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:10:05pm

re: #176 Decatur Deb

Lol I hate you so much :D

178 darthstar  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:10:34pm

re: #173 albusteve

shit…it’s unstoppable

Nobody could have foreseen that the Mississippi would overflow again this year…but it’s good news for GM, as they’ll get to sell a lot of replacement cars soon.

179 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:10:51pm

re: #160 Killgore Trout

A modern wonder of southern engineering…
The Moat

Arkansas 5-8-11 The Moat

[Video]

Woweewowwowwow. A can-do attitude, a ton of elbow grease, and some friends can do anything.

180 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:10:53pm

re: #160 Killgore Trout

A modern wonder of southern engineering…
The Moat

Arkansas 5-8-11 The Moat

[Video]

A) kinda ingenious,, ESP. adding the pump for the water that does seep in
B) 1:23 in, the guy in the boat ,, kinda looks like Woody Harreslon,,no?!?!
C) what the hell kinda moat is that? No alligators, no parapets ,,, feh!!/
D) God help ALL the people in all the affected areas

181 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:14:49pm

Hello world.

182 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:14:54pm

re: #179 wrenchwench

Woweewowwowwow. A can-do attitude, a ton of elbow grease, and some friends can do anything.

It’s Arknasas

Bring out a cooler of beer and a BBQ grill and people come-a-runnin!!

//
(only somewhat,,,, the neighborly attitude in some areas of this great nation is FANTASTIC to see)

183 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:15:10pm
One does not appreciate the sight of earth until he has traveled through a flood. At sea one does not expect or look for it, but here, with fluttering leaves, shadowy forest aisles, house-tops barely visible, it is expected. In fact a grave-yard, if the mounds were above water, would be appreciated. The river here is known only because there is an opening in the trees, and that is all. It is in width, from Fort Adams on the left bank of the Mississippi to the bank of Rapides Parish, a distance of about sixty miles. A large portion of this was under cultivation, particularly along the Mississippi and back of the Red. When Red River proper was entered, a strong current was running directly across it, pursuing the same direction as that of the Mississippi.
184 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:15:25pm

re: #181 ambi

Hello world.

Welcome Newbie Ambi

185 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:16:49pm

re: #184 sattv4u2

Brand newbie ambi. Just entering this blog.

186 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:17:40pm

re: #176 Decatur Deb

The opposite of Killgore’s banana: For camping, slit a banana in its peel, push in some chocolate, wrap peel and all in foil, put in coals for 5-10 minutes, eat w/ spoon. It gets dark and mushy, but has a tangy/sweet taste.

That sounds great.

187 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:17:57pm

(says something awful and controversial)

OK time to go on a walk ;)

188 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:18:11pm

re: #185 ambi

Brand newbie ambi. Just entering this blog.

I trust you’ve read and understood all the rules of engagement

And if so, even if we bump heads on an issue, welcome to the fold

189 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:18:39pm

re: #181 ambi

Hello world.

Dextrous?

Valent?

190 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:18:58pm

re: #189 EmmmieG

Dextrous?

Valent?

{groan}

191 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:19:04pm

re: #181 ambi

Hello world.

Welcome. (Dexterous, sexual, or guous?)

192 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:19:28pm

re: #191 Decatur Deb

Welcome. (Dexterous, sexual, or guous?)

{groan redux}

193 engineer cat  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:20:19pm

re: #181 ambi

Hello world.

welcome hatchling!

what language did you write your “hello world” pgm in?

194 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:21:16pm

re: #188 sattv4u2

Thanks for the welcome! Would rather not bump heads just yet. I’ve lurked a bit. I like a lot of the videos posted. Politics makes me go crazy as I go from one side to the other. Social chat is stimulating, though.

195 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:21:43pm

re: #194 ambi

Thanks for the welcome! Would rather not bump heads just yet. I’ve lurked a bit. I like a lot of the videos posted. Politics makes me go crazy as I go from one side to the other. Social chat is stimulating, though.

wimp!!

//

196 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:21:59pm

re: #193 engineer dog

Anglais?

197 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:22:07pm

re: #195 sattv4u2

wimp!!

//

Pile on!!!1

198 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:23:34pm

re: #194 ambi

Thanks for the welcome! Would rather not bump heads just yet. I’ve lurked a bit. I like a lot of the videos posted. Politics makes me go crazy as I go from one side to the other. Social chat is stimulating, though.

We’ll just have to drag you down into the political argumentative gutter with the rest of us!
Don’t worry,, we serve cake sometimes

199 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:23:39pm

re: #189 EmmmieG

Dextrous?

Valent?

What’s your preference?

200 abolitionist  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:23:39pm

re: #196 ambi

Anglais?

Close enough for engineering work. :)

201 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:24:33pm

re: #185 ambi

Brand newbie ambi. Just entering this blog.

welcome ambi…So tell us something about yourself..Don’t be shy

202 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:24:33pm

re: #198 sattv4u2

We’ll just have to drag you down into the political argumentative gutter with the rest of us!
Don’t worry,, we serve cake sometimes

lo-cal?

203 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:25:06pm

re: #199 ambi

What’s your preference?

Dextrous, really. If I could manage it, I would. I can always use an extra hand.

204 engineer cat  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:25:26pm

re: #194 ambi

Thanks for the welcome! Would rather not bump heads just yet. I’ve lurked a bit. I like a lot of the videos posted. Politics makes me go crazy as I go from one side to the other. Social chat is stimulating, though.

so you practice ambidoxy, then?

205 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:25:35pm

re: #202 ambi

lo-cal?

No,, Georgia! But I have visited So Cal often,, I LOVE San Diego

206 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:25:37pm

re: #202 ambi

lo-cal?

Lo-cal desserts were actually a punishment from Cthulu for our disbelief.

207 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:25:51pm

re: #202 ambi

lo-cal?

“All politics cake is local.”

208 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:26:32pm

re: #201 HoosierHoops

welcome ambi…So tell us something about yourself..Don’t be shy

Boooorrrrriiiinnnggg!!

//

209 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:27:03pm

re: #201 HoosierHoops

welcome ambi…So tell us something about yourself..Don’t be shy

I like hiking and sunsets with pasta not fully cooked, but not too al dente.

210 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:27:24pm

re: #201 HoosierHoops

welcome ambi…So tell us something about yourself..Don’t be shy

What next?

You gonna ask him/her if he/she were a tree, what kind of a tree would he/she be??

211 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:27:52pm

re: #209 ambi

I like hiking and sunsets with pasta not fully cooked, but not too al dente.

What kind of pasta do you like at sunrises?

212 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:28:34pm

re: #210 sattv4u2

What next?

You gonna ask him/her if he/she were a tree, what kind of a tree would he/she be??

Don’t make me come over there Satt!

213 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:28:54pm

re: #205 sattv4u2

No,, Georgia! But I have visited So Cal often,, I LOVE San Diego

Yu funny. Too many questions for me now. Can you talk about something controversial to move the conversation somewhere else?

214 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:29:04pm

re: #211 sattv4u2

What kind of pasta do you like at sunrises?

Pass ta coffee.

215 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:30:05pm

re: #213 ambi

Yu funny. Too many questions for me now. Can you talk about something controversial to move the conversation somewhere else?

Oh, that’s easy. What do you like on your pizza?

Me, I like a nice Hawaiian style with Canadian bacon and pineapple.

216 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:31:02pm

re: #181 ambi

Hello world.

Welcome, hatchling.

(That’s the first time I’ve ever said that. Felt good.)

217 Kid A  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:31:12pm

Well, now I know for a FACT that bin Laden is dead. History Professor Michelle Bachmann says so!
///

The comments on The Haze are so beyond stupid, I had to run to the bathroom to prevent peeing in my pants from laughing so hard.

Your text to link…

218 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:31:14pm

re: #215 EmmmieG

Oh, that’s easy. What do you like on your pizza?

Me, I like a nice Hawaiian style with Canadian bacon and pineapple.

You’re going straight to hell,, you do know that,, don’t you!!!

///

219 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:31:30pm

re: #211 sattv4u2

What kind of pasta do you like at sunrises?

Sheez. How about garganelli?

220 Max  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:31:57pm

Newt Gingrich: “[T]here is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us”

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

221 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:32:13pm

re: #218 sattv4u2

You’re going straight to hell,, you do know that,, don’t you!!!

///

Oh geez, gramps is telling his stories again…

222 Kid A  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:32:37pm

re: #220 Max D. Reinhardt

Newt Gingrich: “[T]here is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us”

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE!!!
//

223 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:32:39pm

re: #215 EmmmieG

Oh, that’s easy. What do you like on your pizza?

Me, I like a nice Hawaiian style with Canadian bacon and pineapple.

Cheese suits me fine. If I must have toppings, sausage and mushroom sounds good.

224 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:33:10pm

re: #223 ambi

Cheese suits me fine. If I must have toppings, sausage and mushroom sounds good.

Sounds good

And while you’re up getting that, i’ll have a beer to go with it

225 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:33:48pm

re: #220 Max D. Reinhardt

Newt Gingrich: “[T]here is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us”

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

really?…it wouldn’t take much for me to impose my will on Newt, the poseur

226 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:34:05pm

re: #224 sattv4u2

Sounds good

And while you’re up getting that, i’ll have a beer to go with it

Miller lite for you, based on your attitude. :D

227 Kid A  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:34:43pm

re: #220 Max D. Reinhardt

So THAT’S why my gay neighbors have all those maps all over their walls. Plotting! Scheming! TAKING OVER AMERICA!!! 11TY!!!
//

228 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:34:50pm

re: #226 ambi

Miller lite for you, based on your attitude. :D

You just lost a Karma Point

229 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:35:32pm

re: #222 Kid A

SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE!!!
//

Why do you hate America? Don’t you love her enough to cheat for her?

/Newt

230 Max  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:35:33pm

re: #225 albusteve

really?…it wouldn’t take much for me to impose my will on Newt, the poseur

I’m gonna impose my will on Newt Gingrich, at the ballot box. He will never get my vote. Ever.

231 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:35:45pm

re: #228 sattv4u2

You just lost a Karma Point

Huh?

232 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:36:44pm

re: #231 ambi

Huh?

Click the football next to your screename
Top left corner of the box

233 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:36:49pm

re: #231 ambi

Huh?

You gained one over here, so it evens out.

I think it was the Miller Light that did it.

234 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:36:59pm

re: #231 ambi

Huh?

If you click your little football, you’ll see your own profile. It shows the number of posts you have and your “karma” which is your cumulative total of up and down dings.

It matters a lot to some people. Others claim to have never checked at all.

235 Kid A  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:37:07pm

re: #229 Lidane

Why do you hate America? Don’t you love her enough to cheat for her?

/Newt

Classic.

236 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:37:10pm

re: #233 makeitstop

You gained one over here, so it evens out.

I think it was the Miller Light that did it.

{burp}

237 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:37:26pm

re: #220 Max D. Reinhardt

Newt Gingrich: “[T]here is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us”

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

“Fabulous Freethinking Fascists.”

238 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:37:43pm

re: #234 EmmmieG

If you click your little football, you’ll see your own profile. It shows the number of posts you have and your “karma” which is your cumulative total of up and down dings.

It matters a lot to some people. Others claim to have never checked at all.

it’s not a claim, it’s a fact

239 makeitstop  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:38:11pm

re: #236 sattv4u2

{burp}

HA! Knew it.

Off to pick up some Mexican food for my hard-working wife. BBL.

240 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:38:17pm

re: #234 EmmmieG

If you click your little football, you’ll see your own profile. It shows the number of posts you have and your “karma” which is your cumulative total of up and down dings.

It matters a lot to some people. Others claim to have never checked at all.

says the lady with almost DOUBLE the points than she has posts !!!

WWWHHHHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

241 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:38:50pm

re: #232 sattv4u2

Click the football next to your screename
Top left corner of the box

OK - I’m 7. I rock. I guess.

242 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:39:18pm

re: #241 ambi

OK - I’m 7. I rock. I guess.

Beginners luck!
//

243 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:39:23pm

re: #240 sattv4u2

says the lady with almost DOUBLE the points than she has posts !!!

WWWHHHAAA!!!

Image: wahmbulance.jpg

244 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:39:39pm

re: #239 makeitstop

HA! Knew it.

Off to pick up some Mexican food for my hard-working wife. BBL.

Chimichangas?

245 Cheechako  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:39:46pm

re: #106 Varek Raith

House Armed Services Committee Revives Redundant Fighter Engine Pentagon Doesn’t Want

Fiscal responsibility!


Doesn’t matter what engine they put in the F-35. The plane is a piece of junk that will not serve any of the multiple missions it’s designed for.

I have a friend who’s working on testing the one F-35 that has been built. He tells me that the plane has fuel lines with multiple connectors located in places where the plane has to be disassembled to fix a leak. That means taking the outer skin off the airframe.

Also, this plane is designed to be part of the Navy’s carrier fleet but both engines are too big to fit into a cargo plane which can land on a carrier deck! Therefore replacement engines cannot be flown to a carrier.

/ Gonna’ be real easy to fix in a combat zone

246 shiplord kirel  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:40:02pm

I wonder what Luap Nor would have thought of the assassination of Admiral Yamamoto in World War 2? Congress had declared war, it is true, but acts of the US Congress do not define or limit what is regarded as a state of war in international law. The existence of actual warfare, declared or otherwise, does. Unlike Osama, Yamamoto didn’t have any outstanding warrants and he had not even been seriously accused of a crime.

The Paulians no doubt would have bleated and cried about the Yamamoto killing anyway, since the whole Pacific war was a result of the tyrant FDR’s machinations to involve in the European war and thwart the legitimate aspirations of the German people.

247 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:41:11pm

re: #241 ambi

OK - I’m 7. I rock. I guess.

Satt is the guy you see on the beach wearing a European thong swim suit sipping a fruity drink with a umbrella..
// Newt hates him

248 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:41:46pm

re: #240 sattv4u2

says the lady with almost DOUBLE the points than she has posts !!!

WWWHHHAAA!!!

Which reminds me, we should probably warn the newbie that some of us are pretty obvious with our nics as to whether we are girl-lizards or boy-lizards. Not all that nics are so obvious, and some are actually counter-intuitive. (I’m looking at you two, Stanley Sea and Decatur Deb.)

249 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:41:49pm

re: #246 shiplord kirel

I wonder what Luap Nor would have thought of the assassination of Admiral Yamamoto in World War 2? Congress had declared war, it is true, but acts of the US Congress do not define or limit what is regarded as a state of war in international law. The existence of actual warfare, declared or otherwise, does. Unlike Osama, Yamamoto didn’t have any outstanding warrants and he had not even been seriously accused of a crime.

The Paulians no doubt would have bleated and cried about the Yamamoto killing anyway, since the whole Pacific war was a result of the tyrant FDR’s machinations to involve in the European war and thwart the legitimate aspirations of the German people.

That Ron Paul is a basket case.

250 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:42:17pm

re: #247 HoosierHoops

Satt is the guy you see on the beach wearing a European thong swim suit sipping a fruity drink with a umbrella..
// Newt hates him

Image: BrainBleachKitteh.jpg

251 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:42:39pm

re: #247 HoosierHoops

Satt is the guy you see on the beach wearing a European thong swim suit sipping a fruity drink with a umbrella..
// Newt hates him

Ick. Are there pics or are you his beach buddy?

252 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:43:20pm

re: #248 EmmmieG

Which reminds me, we should probably warn the newbie that some of us are pretty obvious with our nics as to whether we are girl-lizards or boy-lizards. Not all that nics are so obvious, and some are actually counter-intuitive. (I’m looking at you two, Stanley Sea and Decatur Deb.)

never understood the quest for trickery in a nic…and those long drawn multi word nics are even worse

253 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:43:22pm

re: #241 ambi

re: #247 HoosierHoops

Satt is the guy you see on the beach wearing a European thong swim suit sipping a fruity drink with a umbrella..
// Newt hates him

And Hoosier is the Midwesterner that you see on the beach with a striped shirt, checkered Bermuda shorts, sandals with black knee socks and a hat with face fan on the brim

254 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:44:15pm

re: #252 albusteve

never understood the quest for trickery in a nic…and those long drawn multi word nics are even worse

I understood those two not to be purposefully deceptive.

255 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:44:50pm

re: #252 albusteve

never understood the quest for trickery in a nic…and those long drawn multi word nics are even worse

Didn’t think it would be a problem, but Hoops made a gallant pass at me on my first day.

256 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:45:15pm

re: #254 EmmmieG

I understood those two not to be purposefully deceptive.

could be

257 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:45:24pm

re: #255 Decatur Deb

Didn’t think it would be a problem, but Hoops made a gallant pass at me on my first day.

NTTAWWT!!!

258 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:45:40pm

re: #220 Max D. Reinhardt

Newt Gingrich: “[T]here is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us”

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]

So does that mean I have to become a gay secularist now?

OMG!!! GAY AGENDA!!!

259 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:46:19pm

re: #255 Decatur Deb

Didn’t think it would be a problem, but Hoops made a gallant pass at me on my first day.

Newt hates me also

260 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:46:26pm

re: #258 Slumbering Behemoth

So does that mean I have to become a gay secularist now?

OMG!!! GAY AGENDA!!!

Image: gay-agenda.jpg

261 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:46:50pm

Dear Newt:

Some of us aren’t against you because we are gay or secular. Some of us find your behavior repellent.

262 Vicious Babushka  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:47:44pm

re: #121 dragonfire1981

“Why can’t we work WITH the government?”

Wait, wait, wait.

A TEA PARTY guy said this??

That’s it, the world has officially gone mad!

He means the government of Pakistan.

263 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:47:57pm

re: #261 EmmmieG

Dear Newt:

Some of us aren’t against you because we are gay or secular. Some of us find your behavior repellent.

Didn’t Newt also fear atheoIslamists or some such nonsense?

264 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:48:00pm

re: #252 albusteve

never understood the quest for trickery in a nic…and those long drawn multi word nics are even worse

Target Practice, Worst of Both Worlds is a great one to get an upding from, because when you look at the list, he looks like two updingers.

But of course you wouldn’t know anything about that…

265 ambi  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:48:12pm

Shopping calls. Have fun you crazy cats. Nice meeting you Sattv. I’ll be careful at the beach HoHop.

266 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:48:59pm

I see some obligatory complaining from Wingnuts over Mitt’s healthcare speech but not much serious outrage. He’s got a shot at the nomination.

267 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:50:47pm

And on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons

(and my son better have sliced up and frozen those bananas!!)

268 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:51:05pm

re: #260 Varek Raith

The real gay agenda.

booga booga!

269 SpaceJesus  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:53:04pm

Sounds like Dr. Paul is spewing more of his pseudo legal expertise. Maybe he should take a second and study international law and learn what universal jurisdiction is.

270 albusteve  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:53:20pm

re: #264 wrenchwench

Target Practice, Worst of Both Worlds is a great one to get an upding from, because when you look at the list, he looks like two updingers.

But of course you wouldn’t know anything about that…

no I don’t…but I do get a kick out of the petty slapfights that result from the system

271 HoosierHoops  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:56:28pm

re: #265 ambi

Shopping calls. Have fun you crazy cats. Nice meeting you Sattv. I’ll be careful at the beach HoHop.

HoHop? That sounds like an Egyptian Pharaoh!
So let it be written..So let it be done

272 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:57:22pm

Anybody who registers, logs in, and posts within less than a minute has probably been here before.

Just sayin’.

273 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:58:03pm

re: #271 HoosierHoops

So let it be written..So let it be done

As you wish…

Youtube Video
274 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:58:18pm

re: #271 HoosierHoops

HoHop? That sounds like an Egyptian Pharaoh!
So let it be written..So let it be done

Or a breakfast place for hookers next door to IHOP

275 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 4:58:38pm

re: #272 wrenchwench

Anybody who registers, logs in, and posts within less than a minute has probably been here before.

Just sayin’.

ya think!!

276 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:00:07pm

re: #272 wrenchwench

We can’t go on together…

Youtube Video

;)
277 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:00:57pm

Portal 2 Easter egg guide: 30 secrets and references you may have missed

278 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:01:12pm

re: #274 sattv4u2

Or a breakfast place for hookers next door to IHOP

Cold. But funny.

279 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:02:26pm

re: #277 Killgore Trout

Portal 2 Easter egg guide: 30 secrets and references you may have missed

I’m not clicking that link, but have an upding anyway.

Do you have it yet, and if so, for what platform?

It looks like just about everybody is selling the PC version for $30 right now.

280 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:04:35pm

re: #279 Slumbering Behemoth

I’m not clicking that link, but have an upding anyway.

Do you have it yet, and if so, for what platform?

It looks like just about everybody is selling the PC version for $30 right now.

PC >>> Consoles.
Also,
Nvidia >>> AMD/ATI
;)

281 Decatur Deb  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:04:37pm

Sun’s down—time to walk the dog.

282 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:05:13pm

re: #281 Decatur Deb

Sun’s down—time to walk the dog.

Watch out for the zucchini!

283 sattv4u2  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:05:47pm

re: #278 Decatur Deb

Cold. But funny.

Wha ,, they like pancakes!!

284 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:06:43pm

re: #280 Varek Raith

PC >>> Consoles.
Also,
Nvidia >>> AMD/ATI
;)

I concur whole heartedly, but my PC can barely handle FO:NV.

Also, fuck you gaming industry for not making a Wing Commander type game for the last decade or more.

285 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:06:50pm

re: #279 Slumbering Behemoth

I’m not clicking that link, but have an upding anyway.

Do you have it yet, and if so, for what platform?

It looks like just about everybody is selling the PC version for $30 right now.

I bought it the first week for PC. I finished it already. Really a great game.

286 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:07:14pm

re: #284 Slumbering Behemoth

I concur whole heartedly, but my PC can barely handle FO:NV.

Also, fuck you gaming industry for not making a Wing Commander type game for the last decade or more.

BRING BACK ORIGIN!!!!!!!

287 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:10:18pm

re: #286 Varek Raith

I will never forgive Electronic Arts. Never!

288 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:10:21pm

re: #246 shiplord kirel

The Paulians would have argued that we shouldn’t have been fighting a war with Japan because our superior free market would be the best revenge for Pearl Harbor.

Sheesh.

289 Walter L. Newton  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:10:57pm

I just got back from “The King’s Speech” Gggggggeat movie… except for Helena Carter. I notice that anytime they need a classic looking actress, that has to be in almost every other scene, but shouldn’t be able to upstage anyone else on the set and who’s acting is merely passable… they hire Carter.

290 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:11:31pm

re: #284 Slumbering Behemoth

I concur whole heartedly, but my PC can barely handle FO:NV.

Also, fuck you gaming industry for not making a Wing Commander type game for the last decade or more.

Fuck them all for nothing really like Wizardry either.

291 SpaceJesus  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:12:59pm

re: #288 wlewisiii


The Manhattan Project, brought to you by Walmart and Coca-Cola

292 Varek Raith  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:13:49pm

re: #287 Slumbering Behemoth

I will never forgive Electronic Arts. Never!

PEWPEWPEW
Image: wallpaper_render_alien_carrier.jpg

293 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:14:32pm

re: #290 wlewisiii

I love you.

I still have Wiz7 Gold and Wiz8 around here somewhere.

Faerie Ninja FTW!

294 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:16:11pm

re: #285 Killgore Trout

I bought it the first week for PC. I finished it already. Really a great game.

Is it longer or shorter than the first one?

295 William Barnett-Lewis  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:16:16pm

re: #293 Slumbering Behemoth

I love you.

I still have Wiz7 Gold and Wiz8 around here somewhere.

Faerie Ninja FTW!

I have Wiz 7 Gold for Mac. I play it on my Powerbook 3400 to this day.

296 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:16:46pm

re: #292 Varek Raith

Oh, and I won’t be forgiving Sierra any time soon, either.

297 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:19:00pm

re: #295 wlewisiii

Invisible maze = ARRRGH!

298 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:19:00pm

re: #279 Slumbering Behemoth

I’m not clicking that link, but have an upding anyway.

Do you have it yet, and if so, for what platform?

It looks like just about everybody is selling the PC version for $30 right now.


I’m still going through that link and I think you should bookmark it and check it out after you play. There’s some very interesting stuff in there.

299 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:20:46pm

re: #294 Slumbering Behemoth

Is it longer or shorter than the first one?

It’s considerably longer. It kind of depends how long it take you to figure out some of the puzzles. I got stuck on one for hours.

300 Kragar  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:27:30pm

Speaking of FO:NV, 3 new DLC due out over the next 3 months

301 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:27:31pm

re: #299 Killgore Trout

Cool. I’ve never really been much of a puzzle gamer, but the Portal thing is so excellently crafted and challenging. I am very tempted to spend $30 that I can’t really afford to right now.

BTW, have you seen this spoof? NSFW language.

Youtube Video
302 Kragar  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:29:03pm

re: #301 Slumbering Behemoth

Youtube Video
303 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:31:38pm

re: #300 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Speaking of FO:NV, 3 new DLC due out over the next 3 months

You buy it, I’ll try it. :)

304 Kragar  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:33:24pm

re: #303 Slumbering Behemoth

You buy it, I’ll try it. :)

I’ll get right on that.

305 researchok  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:33:33pm

Hello all

306 Kragar  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:35:49pm

Facebook Busted in Clumsy Smear on Google

The social network secretly hired a PR firm to plant negative stories about the search giant, The Daily Beast’s Dan Lyons reveals—a caper that is blowing up in their face, and escalating their war.

For the past few days, a mystery has been unfolding in Silicon Valley. Somebody, it seems, hired Burson-Marsteller, a top public-relations firm, to pitch anti-Google stories to newspapers, urging them to investigate claims that Google was invading people’s privacy. Burson even offered to help an influential blogger write a Google-bashing op-ed, which it promised it could place in outlets like The Washington Post, Politico, and The Huffington Post.

The plot backfired when the blogger turned down Burson’s offer and posted the emails that Burson had sent him. It got worse when USA Today broke a story accusing Burson of spreading a “whisper campaign” about Google “on behalf of an unnamed client.”

But who was the mysterious unnamed client? While fingers pointed at Apple and Microsoft, The Daily Beast discovered that it’s a company nobody suspected—Facebook.

307 Robert O.  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:37:43pm

Ron Paul also said he would legalize Heroin and Cocaine. I guess that would go down well with the vast majority of the white middle class families who, their misguided values aside, form the “Republican base.”

But that is precisely what happens when you get mouth-frothing ideologues running for office.

At the most basic level, ideologies do no more than summarize human behavior into a few general statements. Communism, libertarianism, etc., all sound good on paper. Alas, human behavior is a lot more complex than the axioms that define an ideology. Thus any attempt to impose them is met with catastrophe human consequences.

The United States is in decline because our process remain stuck in ideological battles that were settled long ago. A rapidly changing world (enabled by advances in communication and transportation) demands flexibility and adaptability. Instead, our system is held hostage by ideological puritans and their dogmas. We are increasingly left behind. But instead of learning from others who do things like healthcare and education better than we do, the intransigent ignore the facts, so adamant in their misguided righteousness they insist on ignoring the glaring flaws. Empiricism and pragmatism are no longer the values we practice.

Why is China rising? Because they have abandoned ideology! Remember reformist paramount leader Deng Xiaoping who uttered the famous words: “It does not matter whether the cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice”? What he meant was, whether it is capitalism or socialism, it does not matter so long as it works. China has followed this model and they have prospered since. Meanwhile, we have become a victim of the winner’s dilemma. We have forgotten that pure capitalism did NOT win the Cold War. The solution to extremism in one direction is not extremism in the opposite direction. And as the rest of the world abandoned ideology in favor of the pragmatic approach, the US has gone down the deep end, and the decline of the nation is in proportion to our inability to change and adapt.

308 b_sharp  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:38:21pm

Speaking of first person shooters, I’m kicking butt on Angry Birds.

309 Kragar  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:39:00pm

re: #308 b_sharp

Speaking of first person shooters, I’m kicking butt on Angry Birds.

/cold glare

310 b_sharp  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:40:00pm

re: #309 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

/cold glare

I haven’t found the sharks with frikken lasers on their heads yet.

311 Kragar  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:41:54pm

re: #310 b_sharp

I haven’t found the sharks with frikken lasers on their heads yet.

Thats so out of date.

Image: Amazing%20Pic.jpg

312 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:42:14pm

Disagreeing with him and all, I still respect this nonsense more than the nonsense of people who switch up their minds about what they approve of depending on which party’s president is doing it.

313 wrenchwench  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:42:52pm

re: #305 researchok

Hello all

Good job on the broken link patrol in the Pages.

314 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:43:09pm

And, from Candorville…

315 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:43:19pm

re: #1 Ojoe

Then poor old OBL would still be stuck in that dreary house. He’s better off now.

I sure hope not.

316 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:44:43pm

re: #35 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Ann Richards’ “Born with a silver foot in his mouth” is still the funniest line I’ve ever heard at a Convention speech.

GHWB apparently gave her a little silver foot pin in honor of that line.

317 Kragar  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:44:53pm

Well, I’m out for a few hours. Going to a seminar about CA state laws and IEPs.

318 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:45:01pm

re: #315 SanFranciscoZionist

That’s debatable, I suppose. But I do know that the rest of the world is better off now.

319 b_sharp  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:47:38pm

re: #318 Slumbering Behemoth

That’s debatable, I suppose. But I do know that the rest of the world is better off now.

OBL was a figurehead, just like the queen.

320 Linden Arden  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:47:45pm

I hate Bill O’Reilly but I often watch him anyway. Is there a name for this weird syndrome?

(I am asking for it no doubt. Any reply will be considered constructive since I know Bill-O is a supreme bullshit artist).

321 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:48:30pm

re: #246 shiplord kirel

I wonder what Luap Nor would have thought of the assassination of Admiral Yamamoto in World War 2? Congress had declared war, it is true, but acts of the US Congress do not define or limit what is regarded as a state of war in international law. The existence of actual warfare, declared or otherwise, does. Unlike Osama, Yamamoto didn’t have any outstanding warrants and he had not even been seriously accused of a crime.

The Paulians no doubt would have bleated and cried about the Yamamoto killing anyway, since the whole Pacific war was a result of the tyrant FDR’s machinations to involve in the European war and thwart the legitimate aspirations of the German people.

I’ve had Luap Nor fanboys echo Crazy Uncle Pat Buchanan and claim that WW2 was an unjustifiable war, which is bizarre, because even Luap Nor says that it was.

There are some real nutcases out there.

322 b_sharp  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:48:45pm

re: #320 Linden Arden

I hate Bill O’Reilly but I often watch him anyway. Is there a name for this weird syndrome?

(I am asking for it no doubt. Any reply will be considered constructive since I know Bill-O is a supreme bullshit artist).

Masochistic self flagellation.

323 Usually refered to as anyways  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:48:50pm

When science is driven out of America, we can rely on the Chinese.

Cheap livers anyone?

Scientists generate liver cells from skin.

A team of scientists in China has found a way to restore damaged livers using adult skin stem cells.

The technique raises the possibility of what one liver specialist is calling the “Holy Grail” - that people now needing liver transplants could be simply treated with an injection of their own cells.

Researchers spent three years on the study in which they took skin cells from mice to reproduce fully functional liver cells.

The results, being published in the Journal of Nature today, show the mice were able to live healthy lives.

Professor Geoff McCaughan, the head of the Liver Research Program at the Centenary Research Institute at the University of Sydney, is excited by the Chinese team’s work.

He has worked nationally and internationally in the field of liver transplants for 25 years and says the findings could have dramatic ramifications.

Every year, around 200 Australians have a liver transplant.

“The commonest cause for liver transplantation is the adult community in the western world is people with chronic hepatitis C infection who develop sclerosis or liver cancer,” Professor McCaughan said.

The Chinese scientists have generated large amounts of liver cells in the test tube.

“Then using them to treat animals, in this case a mouse, then dying of liver failure with 100 per cent mortality or 100 per cent death rate, and then transfusing these new cells and only having a 50 per cent death rate,” he said.

“The really exciting bit is that they’ve generated these liver cells from non-liver cells - what they’ve done is get them out of old skin and then transform these cells from skin cells into liver cells.”

Professor McCaughan says the process should be achievable with human cells.

More…

324 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:48:54pm

re: #320 Linden Arden

I hate Bill O’Reilly but I often watch him anyway. Is there a name for this weird syndrome?

Masochism.

325 researchok  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:50:09pm

re: #313 wrenchwench

Good job on the broken link patrol in the Pages.

I actually read the links.

The LGF links offer up the best daily roundup anywhere.

326 b_sharp  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:50:12pm

re: #324 Lidane

Masochism.

GMTA.

327 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:50:29pm

re: #319 b_sharp

OBL was a figurehead, just like the queen.

That’s absurd.

328 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:50:32pm

re: #301 Slumbering Behemoth

Cool. I’ve never really been much of a puzzle gamer, but the Portal thing is so excellently crafted and challenging. I am very tempted to spend $30 that I can’t really afford to right now.

BTW, have you seen this spoof? NSFW language.

[Video]

Heh, cute video.

329 Linden Arden  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:50:38pm

re: #322 b_sharp

Masochistic self flagellation.

I asked for that.

330 b_sharp  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:52:23pm

re: #329 Linden Arden

I asked for that.

Yup.

331 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:54:05pm

re: #284 Slumbering Behemoth

Also, fuck you gaming industry for not making a Wing Commander type game for the last decade or more.

In fairness, the shitty Wing Commander movie has a lot to do with that. They killed their own franchise.

332 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:55:36pm

re: #331 Lidane

In fairness, the shitty Wing Commander movie has a lot to do with that. They killed their own franchise.

Speaking of Killing franchises I think Rockstar sold GTA to microsoft. There goes that game.

333 b_sharp  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:55:52pm

Is there any reason everybody takes off when I get here only to show up after I leave?

334 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:56:07pm

re: #331 Lidane

I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about, there never was a Wing Commander move.

/lalalalala I’m not listening lalalala

335 b_sharp  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:57:06pm

re: #334 Slumbering Behemoth

I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about, there never was a Wing Commander move.

/lalalalala I’m not listening lalalala

This one?
[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

336 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:58:11pm

re: #334 Slumbering Behemoth

Heh. You had the same reaction my boyfriend did. He likes to pretend it doesn’t exist either.

337 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:58:33pm

re: #335 b_sharp

LALALALA IMNOTLISTENING LALALA!!!

338 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:59:16pm

Rolling Stone magazine goes for the hard hitting stories:

Now We Know: Donald Trump’s Hair Care Secrets

339 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 5:59:25pm

re: #332 Killgore Trout

Great Cthulhu’s Tentacles! I hope that’s not true.

341 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:01:06pm

re: #340 windsagio

that’s wrong and wrong. Try 2:

You can tell the fairy princesses to go to hell!

Youtube Video
342 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:01:27pm

re: #332 Killgore Trout

Speaking of Killing franchises I think Rockstar sold GTA to microsoft. There goes that game.

As long as they don’t fuck up Red Dead Redemption, I’m surprisingly okay with that.

343 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:03:27pm

re: #342 Lidane

The only thing I’ve been able to find is that MS has an exclusive deal with R* for GTA DLC stuff.

EA was trying to buy Take Two some time back, but thankfully that never happened.

344 b_sharp  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:03:45pm

re: #337 Slumbering Behemoth

LALALALA IMNOTLISTENING LALALA!!!

Cry baby.

345 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:05:31pm

re: #342 Lidane

Oh, if you’re a R* fanboi like myself, you gotta check this one out.

Youtube Video
346 Achilles Tang  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:05:56pm

re: #320 Linden Arden

I hate Bill O’Reilly but I often watch him anyway. Is there a name for this weird syndrome?

(I am asking for it no doubt. Any reply will be considered constructive since I know Bill-O is a supreme bullshit artist).

The rest of us rely on unpaid volunteers like you to let us know when anything outside the usual spin is said.

Thank you for your service.

347 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:06:07pm

re: #343 Slumbering Behemoth

The only thing I’ve been able to find is that MS has an exclusive deal with R* for GTA DLC stuff.

EA was trying to buy Take Two some time back, but thankfully that never happened.

Yeah, I’m not seeing anything either. There are rumors of a new GTA game in 2012, but Rockstar isn’t saying anything. I’d imagine that if there is going to be a new GTA, they’ll announce it at E3 next month.

348 Achilles Tang  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:06:27pm

re: #333 b_sharp

Is there any reason everybody takes off when I get here only to show up after I leave?

Try a shower first.

349 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:06:28pm

re: #344 b_sharp

You can’t tell me you wouldn’t cry after seeing one of you’re all time favorite franchises turn to dust.

350 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:06:50pm

re: #345 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh, if you’re a R* fanboi like myself, you gotta check this one out.

[Video]

Fangirl, actually. And yeah, I’ve got my eyes on LA Noire. It’s already in the Gamefly queue. Hehe.

351 Killgore Trout  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:06:54pm

re: #342 Lidane

As long as they don’t fuck up Red Dead Redemption, I’m surprisingly okay with that.

Rockstar seems to be catering to the console market so I don’t think Red Dead is coming out on PC. Unless I suddenly become rich I’ll never get to play it.

352 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:09:41pm

re: #351 Killgore Trout

Heh. I bought my 360 because at the time it was cheaper than upgrading my computer. But I got the less expensive, stripped down version.

353 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:10:24pm

re: #350 Lidane

I use “fanboi” generically. No offense intended.

354 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:12:18pm

re: #353 Slumbering Behemoth

I use “fanboi” generically. No offense intended.

Hehe. None taken. It’s a natural reflex to point out I’m a gamer chick. :D

355 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:16:40pm

re: #354 Lidane

Your boyfriend is a lucky dude.

356 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:18:40pm

re: #351 Killgore Trout

Rockstar seems to be catering to the console market so I don’t think Red Dead is coming out on PC. Unless I suddenly become rich I’ll never get to play it.

Right now, the 250GB XBox 360 and Kinect bundle is $400 at Gamestop. Rumors of a price drop are flying right now because Nintendo is getting ready to announce a new console next month and Microsoft doesn’t want to get overshadowed.

I suspect Sony will spend all of E3 begging forgiveness for the recent security breaches. I’m half-expecting Jack Tretton to do his entire press conference in a hairshirt while he hands out $100 bills.

357 windsagio  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:24:36pm

re: #356 Lidane

PSN is STILL down, lol.

358 Lidane  Thu, May 12, 2011 6:26:44pm

re: #357 windsagio

PSN is STILL down, lol.

If it’s still down during E3, Sony are screwed. For their sake, I hope they get it up and running by then.

359 unwashed masses  Thu, May 12, 2011 11:43:54pm

I like Ron Paul because you know what you are getting when you elect him…

… you’re getting a crazy son of a bitch.

and many things he would do are very necessary… and he will be willing to do them regardless of the situation.

360 unwashed masses  Thu, May 12, 2011 11:49:58pm

Re: the article, the idea is if he was in charge we wouldn’t be in any of these places, thus removing AQ’s raison d’etre. Admittedly I’m not too hot about this but it is certainly worth trying. Drastic measures for desperate times.


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