the story involving the IMF head is going to be a major big deal.

I've made my Libya Page!

here's a quick summary of the IMF guy's story

[Link: www.myfoxny.com...]

his actions make him look VERY guilty

re: #2 ProLifeLiberal

I've made my Libya Page!

Wow, very impressive work!

re: #2 ProLifeLiberal

I've made my Libya Page!

very professioonally done

"Whatevs"

Solar Impulse Makes First International Flight

The world's first international solar-powered flight is underway. The plane, Solar Impulse took off from Payerne in Switzerland and is expected to land in Brussels at 9pm Friday....

re: #3 _RememberTonyC

here's a quick summary of the IMF guy's story

[Link: www.myfoxny.com...]

his actions make him look VERY guilty

Trying to flee the country on an attempted rape/sexual assault beef? The NYPD don't play that shit...

Games Workshop looks into Copyright Infringement by Mike Huckabee

Huckabee, Space Marines, and Kids

Two of the videos have a child wearing a red space marine helmet, one of the memorable factions in the Warhammer 40,000 table top board game. Beginning in 1987, the game has remained immensely popular, making appearances in novels and popular video games like the PC title Dawn of War II. When contacted on the issue, Andrew Hall of Games Workshop said: “I have forwarded this on to our legal department.”

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Any idea whether or not this is the result of you alerting them?

Liam Lynch seems to be a sort of PG-13 version of DEVO.

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Why are politicians so fucking disrespectful of copyright?

re: #10 Slumbering Behemoth

Any idea whether or not this is the result of you alerting them?

They haven't replied back to my email, so I don't know. I can't have been the only guy to see it.

re: #13 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

10,000 gamers, Mr. Huckabee. You will learn to fear their nerd-rage.

re: #12 Obdicut

Why are politicians so fucking disrespectful of copyright?

Fucking copyrights. How do they work?

re: #12 Obdicut

Why are politicians so fucking disrespectful of copyright?

I doubt he hand picked that image. Probably just an extra lazy animator who thought no one would notice.

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Games Workshop looks into Copyright Infringement by Mike Huckabee

Huckabee, Space Marines, and Kids

I gave up my presidential bid so I could get my ass sued for stealing crappy art.

More "ammo" for the deniers. Scientist says AGW is all made up.

Your text to link...

re: #16 Slumbering Behemoth

I doubt he hand picked that image. Probably just an extra lazy animator who thought no one would notice.

Because really-- what better way to teach kids about hard work and self reliance than by blatantly ripping off someone else? :-P

re: #19 Lidane

Because really-- what better way to teach kids about hard work and self reliance than by blatantly ripping off someone else? :-P

Well, that does pretty much sum up the GOP world view.

Happy Sunday, lizards! How much crap can the school district cram into the last few weeks of school? Apparently quite a bit!

Into the Great Wide Open.

A rebel without a clue.

Afternoon all. Wall to wall sunshine here though a bit of wind. Wind enough to make small waves in the channel. Just too nice a day to sit inside so went for a short ,3 mile, drive to look for a Geocache and to sit and watch for boat traffic as I ate my sandwich.

Hope that your day went well.

re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Well, that does pretty much sum up the GOP world view.

It's definitely the Freeper view, that's for damn sure. Last night when I was scanning the place for comments about Huckabee not running, I came across this idea of Freeper "humor":

Q: How do you starve an Obama supporter?

A: Hide his food stamps under his work boots.

What. The. Fuck. That doesn't even make any sense.

re: #24 Lidane

It's a joke I've heard before. Just replace "Obama supporter" with the n-word. Gawd, fuck Freepers.

re: #24 Lidane

It's definitely the Freeper view, that's for damn sure. Last night when I was scanning the place for comments about Huckabee not running, I came across this idea of Freeper "humor":

What. The. Fuck. That doesn't even make any sense.

Well, it does make sense to a degree, but it does not equate to humor.

I fucking hate when a website changes its layout. Yes, I'm talking to you Youtube and your new menu format.

re: #25 Slumbering Behemoth

I'm not saying I find it funny, or that I approve of it with that post. I'm just saying that's how I've heard that "joke" told before.

re: #25 Slumbering Behemoth

It's a joke I've heard before. Just replace "Obama supporter" with the n-word. Gawd, fuck Freepers.

Ah. That explains it, then. I'd never heard that before.

re: #25 Slumbering Behemoth

It's a joke I've heard before. Just replace "Obama supporter" with the n-word. Gawd, fuck Freepers.

The "joke" is so old, lame and ridiculous, you can substitute anything for X and get the result you want. Good grief...

It's all about fiscal responsibility!!!

Uh huh. Sure it is.

re: #30 Kid A

The "joke" is so old, lame and ridiculous, you can substitute anything for X and get the result you want. Good grief...

Uh huh. Sure it is.

Some how "Fiscal Responsibility" never seems to apply to farm subsidies.

re: #24 Lidane

It's definitely the Freeper view, that's for damn sure. Last night when I was scanning the place for comments about Huckabee not running, I came across this idea of Freeper "humor":

What. The. Fuck. That doesn't even make any sense.

Where's your sense of humor, liberal?

re: #30 Kid A

I prefer jokes that don't rely on racism or racial stereotypes.

For instance: That freeper is so fucking dumb, he couldn't pour piss out of a boot even if the instructions were written on the bottom of the heel.

re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Some how "Fiscal Responsibility" never seems to apply to farm subsidies.

Or a realistic view of defense spending.

re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Some how "Fiscal Responsibility" never seems to apply to farm subsidies.

Or oil subsidies. Or tax loopholes for corporations.

re: #32 Kid A

Where's your sense of humor, liberal?

Still waiting to hear a joke. :)

re: #34 Kid A

Or a realistic view of defense spending.

You mean like forcing a jet engine on the Pentagon that they don't need and don't want?

re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Some how "Fiscal Responsibility" never seems to apply to farm subsidies.

The Right's definition of "fiscal responsibility" is simple to define: Cutting any spending that "liberals" support.

re: #36 Lidane

Still waiting to hear a joke. :)

SNORT. SNORT. *scratches head* SNORT. SNORT. *walks off confused*

Freepers are so stupid, it takes them two hours to watch "60 Minutes".

I leave for now, but I also leave a video of a cat and a barn owl playing

re: #37 Lidane

You mean like forcing a jet engine on the Pentagon that they don't need and don't want?

Sure. But I was thinking a little bigger than that. How about not starting wars in countries where our asses don't belong? There. We just saved 1.5 trillion.

Freepers are so stupid, they're the only people known to get run over by parked cars.

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Games Workshop looks into Copyright Infringement by Mike Huckabee

Huckabee, Space Marines, and Kids

That's why ol' Huck decided not to run for POTUS in '12...he needs as much of that filthy lucre from Fox News as possible so he doesn't end up in the poorhouse after Games Workshop sues his ass off!

/one can dream, right? ;-P

re: #18 Kid A

More "ammo" for the deniers. Scientist says AGW is all made up.

Your text to link...

That article is utter garbage and the person who wrote it is a lying fraud:

Who is 'Rocket Scientist' David Evans?

According to his bio, Evans claims to be a 'Rocket Scientist' and one article claims that he is a 'Top Rocket Scientist.' While Evans background does show that he has a PhD in electrical engineering, there is no evidence that he was ever employed as a rocket scientist.

In addition to not being a rocket scientist, he's also not a climate scientist:

According to his own resume, Evans has not published a single peer-reviewed research paper on the subject of climate change. Evans published only a single paper in 1987 in his career and it is unrelated to climate change.

He has done work for professional deniers, though:

Evans has published an article for the Alabama-based Ludwig von Mises Institute, a right-wing free-market think tank. Evans also published a "background briefing" (pdf) document for the Australian chapter of the Lavoisier Group, a global warming "skeptic" organization with close ties to the mining industry.

re: #45 publicityStunted

All these random assholes claiming that they're scientists in order to attack AGW. Bunch of shitheels. I remember some doofus claiming that since what they call programming classes is 'computer science', that that enabled him to consider himself a scientist.

re: #45 publicityStunted

That article is utter garbage and the person who wrote it is a lying fraud:

Who is 'Rocket Scientist' David Evans?

In addition to not being a rocket scientist, he's also not a climate scientist:

He has done work for professional deniers, though:

Thanks for clearing that up. Tip 'o the hat...

Freepers are so stupid, when you ask one "Penny for your thoughts", they immediately start making change.

re: #46 Obdicut

All these random assholes claiming that they're scientists in order to attack AGW. Bunch of shitheels. I remember some doofus claiming that since what they call programming classes is 'computer science', that that enabled him to consider himself a scientist.

Evans also claims to be "building a word processor for Windows." DeSmogBlog contacted Microsoft Corp. and they have confirmed that he does not work for Microsoft Corporation.

I guess Bill Gates actually did a background check, too.

re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Some how "Fiscal Responsibility" never seems to apply to farm subsidies.

re: #34 Kid A

Or a realistic view of defense spending.

re: #35 Lidane

Or oil subsidies. Or tax loopholes for corporations.

To the wingnuts, fiscal responsibility is what needs to be done by everyone...except them, of course.

See: Newt's haul of pork when he was in Congress, the F-35 secondary engine debacle, etc.

re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I leave for now, but I also leave a video of a cat and a barn owl playing

[Video]

"The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea..."
[Link: www.nonsenselit.org...]

re: #50 talon_262

re: #34 Kid A

re: #35 Lidane

To the wingnuts, fiscal responsibility is what needs to be done by everyone...except them, of course.

See: Newt's haul of pork when he was in Congress, the F-35 secondary engine debacle, etc.

Yep, it's always somebody else who's wasting all America's money and driving us deeper into debt. Everything they support, by contrast, is just them seeing their "tax dollars at work." The only time they give a damn about any government spending is when it being brought to a stop would hurt their pocketbook. Case in point, the "fiscal responsibility" crowd getting into a tiff at the suggestion that Medicare may go the way of the dodo, with Social Security right along after it.

re: #46 Obdicut

All these random assholes claiming that they're scientists in order to attack AGW. Bunch of shitheels. I remember some doofus claiming that since what they call programming classes is 'computer science', that that enabled him to consider himself a scientist.

Did you read the "article" Kid A originally linked to? I'm disgusted in appeared in a Canadian newspaper. Looks like I'll have to add the Financial Post to the "disreputable right-wing rag" list.

re: #53 publicityStunted

Did you read the "article" Kid A originally linked to? I'm disgusted in appeared in a Canadian newspaper. Looks like I'll have to add the Financial Post to the "disreputable right-wing rag" list.

HOAX! HOAX! HOAX!

That's the one thing I've never understood. Tens of thousands of scientists across the globe just all got together and said "Let's make shit up." Huh? Wait, I mean..., HUH??!!

re: #54 Kid A

That's the one thing I've never understood. Tens of thousands of scientists across the globe just all got together and said "Let's make shit up." Huh? Wait, I mean..., HUH??!!

See, you're not thinking big enough. It's actually a grand conspiracy, orchestrated via several major governments, all the behest of a small, clandestine group whose purpose is to control humanity. Only now they've gotten tired of being called the Illuminati and changed their names to the Bilderberg Group.

/(Removes tinfoil beanie)

re: #54 Kid A

That's the one thing I've never understood. Tens of thousands of scientists across the globe just all got together and said "Let's make shit up." Huh? Wait, I mean..., HUH??!!

Exactly. The National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences just went and did this for the heck of it 9_9

re: #56 publicityStunted

Exactly. The National Research Council and the National Academy of Sciences just went and did this for the heck of it 9_9

I'm by no means an "expert" on this subject, but it stands to reason that there is cause and effect in everything we do. The earth is one big chemistry experiment, and if you add more or less of something to the atmosphere, something has to happen, right?

Republicans are the party of no solutions.....
Boehner: Government can't fix the housing crisis

House Speaker John Boehner is "skeptical" there is "anything the government can do" to alleviate America's housing crisis - arguing that, ultimately, "you're not gonna have more buyers until the economy improves."
....
"I'm even more skeptical today that there's anything the government can do to resolve these problems."

If there were an easy answer to the crisis, he said, "then it'd have been passed and Congress would have acted, and the president would have signed it. But when you look at how big the problem is, it's pretty clear to me that the sooner the market works through on this process, the sooner we deal with the problem mortgages and get those homes back on the market and sold."

re: #58 Killgore Trout

Republicans are the party of no solutions...
Boehner: Government can't fix the housing crisis

It could have been avoided if greedy fucks hadn't been allowed to make loans to people that could not afford to pay it back. Read "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis.

re: #57 Kid A

I'm by no means an "expert" on this subject, but it stands to reason that there is cause and effect in everything we do. The earth is one big chemistry experiment, and if you add more or less of something to the atmosphere, something has to happen, right?

Exactly. And when we've seen what man can do to the environment-- like the ozone layer, the dust bowl, the pollution of Lake Eerie, the huge plastic garbage pile in the ocean the size of Texas, the whole "How could we possibly affect the world?" crap looks ridiculous.

How could we affect it? Because there are six billion of us and a gigantic industrial machine. It would be bizarre if we weren't affecting the climate!

So let's develop good, clean, sustainable tech, and real carbon capture technology, and then we'll actually be ahead of the game.

re: #58 Killgore Trout

Republicans are the party of no solutions...
Boehner: Government can't fix the housing crisis

"Things won't improve until the economy improves...and the economy won't improve until we start getting our way again...and that won't happen until you put us back in power again, so get out there you sad fraks and vote for us!"

//

re: #59 Kid A

It could have been avoided if greedy fucks hadn't been allowed to make loans to people that could not afford to pay it back. Read "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis.

And if they hadn't bundled those poison mortgages together and called them secure. I mean, that doesn't affect the actual mortgages, but by tanking the financial markets, it made credit even tighter afterwards.

Just wanted to through something out...don't know if it has been discussed on lgf. Does anyone know when we first started to use the term 'Warriors', when referring to US fighting forces?
I don't recall using that term growing up in the 50's and 60's, nor during the 70's, 80's or 90's.
Was this something that was pushed out after 9/11?
It does not sound like a term that would be something we should be using when referring to our men and women in the armed services.
Thoughts?

re: #59 Kid A

It could have been avoided if greedy fucks hadn't been allowed to make loans to people that could not afford to pay it back. Read "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis.

And fuck Boehner and the rest of them. This problem had been boiling and boiling for DECADES! If he had had any balls, Johnnie B. could've blown the whistle. Both parties are responsible for selling this utter rubbish that owning a home equals the "American Dream."

throw

re: #59 Kid A

Unfortunately, it is on its way back. The administration is starting a push for these loans to be made again.

re: #61 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

"Things won't improve until the economy improves...and the economy won't improve until we start getting our way again...and that won't happen until you put us back in power again, so get out there you sad fraks and vote for us!"

//

Ten updings!

re: #66 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Unfortunately, it is on its way back. The administration is starting a push for these loans to be made again.

I saw that. Some people never learn, regardless of party affiliation.

Out of curiousity, I went looking for stupid stories. I found one:

There was a Wedding in Florida. It was a Shotgun Wedding. Literally.

re: #69 ProLifeLiberal

Out of curiousity, I went looking for stupid stories. I found one:

There was a Wedding in Florida. It was a Shotgun Wedding. Literally.

Guess they had a...BLAST at that wedding! Hay Ooooooh!!!

re: #68 Kid A

I don't know what they're thinking.

re: #66 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Unfortunately, it is on its way back. The administration is starting a push for these loans to be made again.

Nope. We're not talking about loans to minorities and those who are systematically overlooked. This isn't related to the bank-location push. The loans made by the banks that sunk us were not related to the government push for loans for overlooked groups; those actually had a lower default rate.

The problems were manifold, but the main one with the mortages themselves were the banks systematically betting that equity would rise to the extent that it didn't matter if they made loans to people who couldn't really afford the houses. It wasn't in any way limited to one corner of the market or the other.

We got into a culture where somehow people believed that housing prices would do nothing but increase forever, everywhere. People looked on houses as an investment, not a home.

Many of the problems in this country are of a similar, magical thinking nature.

re: #59 Kid A

It could have been avoided if greedy fucks hadn't been allowed to make loans to people that could not afford to pay it back. Read "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis.

What really infuriates me is that Republicans refuse to participate in any solutions to help the country, They know that there's stuff that can be done and if they were in power they'd be doing it but they'd rather sit back and do nothing while crying about socialism. It really pisses me off.

re: #69 ProLifeLiberal

That site is a series of horrors, lol >>

still it answers the question asked earlier in the week about what happens if the teacher fights back!

re: #71 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I don't know what they're thinking.

That they need to start putting "confidence" back in the market, and what better way than to repeat the same bad mistakes again, in the hopes that they can get the boom without the same bust.

You know, the same logic that said "The S&L fiasco wasn't big enough, we need to really augur things into the ground this time around."

re: #72 Obdicut

Not to mention the companies that were pushing for bad loans while betting they'd fail. (an oldie but goodie that one)

re: #63 danhenry1

I'm sure the term has been used off and on throughout recent history. It a more romantic and reverent way to refer to soldiers. I don't see much significance to it.

re: #68 Kid A

I saw that. Some people never learn, regardless of party affiliation.

It's really not the same thing at all. The Fannie and Freddie loans had a lower default rate than the market, since the rules were actually stricter.

The most recent push is for banks to not 'redline', in other words, for them not to systematically deny loans to people living in a certain area.

[Link: www.businessweek.com...]

There are poor people who are perfectly good loan risks, and excluding them is done mainly because they don't make the banks as much money.

They're not being told they have to give out huge loans to people who can't afford them, but they have to give some loans to people in disadvantaged areas, and not purposefully exclude them.

re: #74 windsagio

Florida produces these stories at an impressive rate. I've nicknamed Florida "The Special Snowflake State."

re: #73 Killgore Trout

What really infuriates me is that Republicans refuse to participate in any solutions to help the country, They know that there's stuff that can be done and if they were in power they'd be doing it but they'd rather sit back and do nothing while crying about socialism. It really pisses me off.

I'd argue it's because, by this point, all their "solutions" have been tried and failed spectacularly. The Ryan Plan is basically everything they've tried over the past 4 decades, crammed into one unsavory package and sold as a "cure-all."

re: #79 ProLifeLiberal

Less whacky: Parents go to rehab, leave their little girls in tent. (3 and 4 year old little girls I might add)

re: #80 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

all their "solutions" have been tried and failed spectacularly.

This is why they're pushing the social and religious bullshit so hard. Add some fear mongering to that, and stir. It gets the base riled enough to forget just how poorly they've performed. Repeatedly.

re: #82 theheat

That's always been the way, back to Nixon and the southern strategy. Use culture war tactics to pursue a specific economic agenda.

re: #81 windsagio

Even rats are better parents.

re: #80 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

I'd argue it's because, by this point, all their "solutions" have been tried and failed spectacularly. The Ryan Plan is basically everything they've tried over the past 4 decades, crammed into one unsavory package and sold as a "cure-all."

That's part of it there's also things like Romney's Healthcare plan that became the model for national healthcare reform. Once Obama adopted it conservatives opposed it. Also TARP was a necessary program started under Bush to save the economy from certain ruin. Only When Obama continued to idea did Republicans oppose it. They have/had workable solutions but abandoned them when the Dems adopted them to help the country.

re: #83 windsagio

Speaking of, Mr. Heat and I went and saw Priest in 3D last night. First of the "new" type of 3d movies either of us have watched (we're dull). Take away the vampires and special effects, and the movie's a cautionary tale about theocracy run amok.

re: #82 theheat

This is why they're pushing the social and religious bullshit so hard. Add some fear mongering to that, and stir. It gets the base riled enough to forget just how poorly they've performed. Repeatedly.

That's primarily aimed at the party base, probably out of fear this time around that they may all decide to go third party again, ala '92 & '96. Perhaps they're especially fearful that Ron Paul may decide to pull a Ross Perot and run against his party, splitting the Tea Party vote.

re: #85 Killgore Trout

Some GOPers were opposed to TARP, even when Bush proposed it; moreso when McCain heralded it; and they now absolutely despise it when Obama can point to its success.

re: #86 theheat

I still haven't seen a new-3d movie, so I'm gonna say you're in good company :D (or were!)

re: #87 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

gotta admit if I were a 'values voter' (so to speak), I'd be lookin' for a good 3rd party, even a Paul type. Send the GOP a message! etc etc.

re: #85 Killgore Trout

That's part of it there's also things like Romney's Healthcare plan that became the model for national healthcare reform. Once Obama adopted it conservatives opposed it. Also TARP was a necessary program started under Bush to save the economy from certain ruin. Only When Obama continued to idea did Republicans oppose it. They have/had workable solutions but abandoned them when the Dems adopted them to help the country.

And what was Romneycare but the Heritage Foundation's counter-proposal to Hillarycare put into law. The individual mandate? The GOP supported it, back when they thought that compelling folks into the market was better than letting the government "run their lives."

re: #89 windsagio

The glasses were pretty cheesy and a little bit big for me, so I think that's why I had a headache. It was like bifocals from hell. But the atmospheric effects were cool to wacth, and it was a bit of a novelty. I can't say I'm a fan of 3D, though.

re: #92 theheat

that certainly won't stop them from trying >< 3d has been the thing that was gonna save movies from the scourge of TV for 50 years ;)

... and it almots never makes a difference, either!

re: #88 lawhawk

My dad absolutely denied Bush had anything to do with it, even after I showed him quotes from Bush's own book and some older news articles. Blamed it all on Obummer, the Kenyan socialist that hates America.

He hates America and wants to turn us into a socialist Muslim country.

re: #88 lawhawk

Some GOPers were opposed to TARP, even when Bush proposed it; moreso when McCain heralded it; and they now absolutely despise it when Obama can point to its success.

I'm sure some conservatives complained about Romney's healthcare plan too but at least there used to be conservative solutions to problems.

re: #92 theheat

The glasses were pretty cheesy and a little bit big for me, so I think that's why I had a headache. It was like bifocals from hell. But the atmospheric effects were cool to wacth, and it was a bit of a novelty. I can't say I'm a fan of 3D, though.

The Problem With 3D - It hurts your eyes. Always has, always will.

re: #88 lawhawk

Some GOPers were opposed to TARP, even when Bush proposed it; moreso when McCain heralded it; and they now absolutely despise it when Obama can point to its success.

Yeah, but like all "Good Germans," not a one of them will admit that they ever supported TARP. Didn't matter how adamant they were for its passage, out there screaming that the Dems were looking to bring down the country by letting the banks fail, they are all now "born again" and so swear that they were totally against TARP from the word "Go."

re: #88 lawhawk

And I fell into the category that didn't think TARP was sufficiently targeted to do what it was set to do.

It did manage to get the banks back on a more solid footing, but the TARP funds are now being used for other stuff (auto bailouts, HAMP, etc.), which are far less successful than the original TARP intention.

re: #95 Killgore Trout

...but at least there used to be conservative solutions to problems.

Now, "conservative solutions" are the problems.

Da Bullsss.

re: #96 publicityStunted

The Problem With 3D - It hurts your eyes. Always has, always will.

Its a shame really.

I remember when another gut came up with a great idea for glasses, they called him 'The Jerk'.

You must be one of those who hate capitalism.

re: #101 ozbloke

Opti-Grab!

re: #98 lawhawk

And I fell into the category that didn't think TARP was sufficiently targeted to do what it was set to do.

It did manage to get the banks back on a more solid footing, but the TARP funds are now being used for other stuff (auto bailouts, HAMP, etc.), which are far less successful than the original TARP intention.

I think there's plenty of room legitimate criticism. Just like with stimulus spending, it might be targeted better, too much money, not enough money etc. but the wingnuts took the absurd approach and wanted the US to be the only country on planet earth to sit back and do nothing to help our economy.

I swear... in Chicago, they were just playing "Ace of Base" at the basketball game. Seriously?

Uh... the 90s called.

re: #102 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Opti-Grab!

Hope this day finds you well FBV.
Yes and at least the jerk had a special purpose.

re: #96 publicityStunted

Yeah, that link lays it out pretty clearly. It's a novelty, and it's kinda fun for a few minutes, but it sucks and gives people headaches.

BTW, 1 large popcorn and 1 large Mr. Pibb to share between us was $18.50. Scout's honor. Tickets were $14 apiece.

re: #106 theheat

Yeah, that link lays it out pretty clearly. It's a novelty, and it's kinda fun for a few minutes, but it sucks and gives people headaches.

BTW, 1 large popcorn and 1 large Mr. Pibb to share between us was $18.50. Scout's honor. Tickets were $14 apiece.

Aussie here, whats a Mr Pibb? Ill guess a drink.

re: #107 ozbloke

It's essentially another brand that tastes just like Dr. Pepper.

re: #103 Killgore Trout

I think there's plenty of room legitimate criticism. Just like with stimulus spending, it might be targeted better, too much money, not enough money etc. but the wingnuts took the absurd approach and wanted the US to be the only country on planet earth to sit back and do nothing to help our economy.

And they want us to double dip on the recession by cutting spending.

re: #107 ozbloke

Aussie here, whats a Mr Pibb? Ill guess a drink.

It's the "other brand's" version of Dr. Pepper.

re: #107 ozbloke

Aussie here, whats a Mr Pibb? Ill guess a drink.

Dr Peppers prune-flavored step-brother.

Thanks one an all...

re: #107 ozbloke

Aussie here, whats a Mr Pibb? Ill guess a drink.

High fructose corn syrup, flavoring, and carbonated water. Same as all of em.

re: #111 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

What, you don't like prunes now?
//

re: #106 theheat

BTW, 1 large popcorn and 1 large Mr. Pibb to share between us was $18.50. Scout's honor. Tickets were $14 apiece.

o_O

_{...and speaking for myself, most Hollywood movies now seem so utterly awful I wouldn't watch them for free!}

re: #112 ozbloke

Thanks one an all...

Actually you Aussies might like it. Tastes sort of like sweetened, fizzy vegimite.

re: #107 ozbloke

Aussie here, whats a Mr Pibb? Ill guess a drink.

Coca-Cola's version of Dr. Pepper.

re: #114 theheat

Love them. Before I knew of their effects? As a 10 year old? Ate an entire bowl of them.

Yeah. About that....

re: #106 theheat

Yeah, that link lays it out pretty clearly. It's a novelty, and it's kinda fun for a few minutes, but it sucks and gives people headaches.

BTW, 1 large popcorn and 1 large Mr. Pibb to share between us was $18.50. Scout's honor. Tickets were $14 apiece.

The two of us went to see "The Kings Speech," 3:15 pm show, 2 seats, large popcorn, 1 large diet coke... 14 dollars complete.

re: #113 recusancy

High fructose corn syrup, flavoring, and carbonated water. Same as all of em.

Coke Zero (and Kroger's house brand version, Big K Cola Oh!) have no sugar and aren't too bad at all, when I want a cola.

re: #116 Killgore Trout

Actually you Aussies might like it. Tastes sort of like sweetened, fizzy vegimite.

I loves me some vegemite, thick on toast and sandwiches, but the thought of fizzy vegemite even turns by stomach.

re: #118 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Love them. Before I knew of their effects? As a 10 year old? Ate an entire bowl of them.

Yeah. About that...

Were you like that dude that was given the Colon Blow milkshake in Van Wilder?

;-P

re: #115 publicityStunted

Seeing Priest on a large screen probably was its saving grace, because it's a very visual movie. But you figure it was just under $50 for the two of us. No, Priest wasn't $45-50 worth of cinema awesome. I can't think of a lot of movies that are.

re: #115 publicityStunted

o_O

_{...and speaking for myself, most Hollywood movies now seem so utterly awful I wouldn't watch them for free!}

Hell, I can go see movies for free because my sister works for the local theater, and yet I don't think I've been to see a film since Tron Legacy came out.

re: #119 Walter L. Newton

The two of us went to see "The Kings Speech," 3:15 pm show, 2 seats, large popcorn, 1 large diet coke... 14 dollars complete.

Holy crap - did you rob the place?! We haven't had movies and movie food that cheap for so long I don't remember which year it was.

re: #125 theheat

Holy crap - did you rob the place?! We haven't had movies and movie food that cheap for so long I don't remember which year it was.

To be fair, he did have to drill the holes through the bathroom wall.

re: #124 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

I always figure they put the most compelling, interesting or funny material in the trailer. So if I watch the trailer and think, wow, how lame, why would I ever subject myself to a couple of hours more?

re: #115 publicityStunted

Saw Thor yesterday... it's a popcorn flick. Some good lines, some good eye candy... and it sets the stage for both the Avengers and Capt. America movies coming out.

Props on the Liam Lynch Video, the man is a legend.

re: #125 theheat

Holy crap - did you rob the place?! We haven't had movies and movie food that cheap for so long I don't remember which year it was.

It's a chain of second run theater's... "Elvis"...

[Link: www.google.com...]

re: #127 publicityStunted

The theater where we go always turns the volume up so loud for trailers it's almost unbearable. Like, they think louder makes it more exciting. No... just louder.

re: #125 theheat

that's why I sometimes just go and buy the blu-ray or dvd b/c it ends up being cheaper (and I have a home theater setup). But there are times to see movies on the big screen - nothing beats that experience when you've got a good movie.

Anyone else getting snow this weekend?

re: #133 Walter L. Newton
No but I got rid of some very noisy birds. :)

re: #123 theheat

Seeing Priest on a large screen probably was its saving grace, because it's a very visual movie. But you figure it was just under $50 for the two of us. No, Priest wasn't $45-50 worth of cinema awesome. I can't think of a lot of movies that are.

I absolutely refuse to watch Priest, because it claims to be "based upon" a book series, when in reality they basically excised the series title and some characters names, slapped them onto a generic action horror film and threw it out the door. It's a might like the Resident Evil films, which were proposed at one time as direct adaptations of the games, but have since become little more than generic action horror films with "Resident Evil" slapped upon them.

re: #134 PhillyPretzel

No but I got rid of some very noisy birds. :)

Cat, pellet gun, or chemical warfare? :)

re: #133 Walter L. Newton

No, we got a ton of rain here in the NYC metro area though (especially around Bergen/Passaic counties)

re: #132 lawhawk

Titanic was incredible on a big screen - there's no way even a big screen TV would've had the same visual impact. I'm glad I saw it in the theater.

Everyone says Avatar was like that, but I watched it on our 50" (maybe it's 55" - I can't remember) in Blu-Ray and it was kinda meh for me. Great colors, but I got too much of a claymation vibe when they were riding their critters. That always ruins it for me.

re: #137 lawhawk

No, we got a ton of rain here in the NYC metro area though (especially around Bergen/Passaic counties)

That's normal... Wayne under water again?

re: #136 publicityStunted
None of the above. Handyman got rid of nest of baby bird. I will not be getting the 5 am wake up call.

re: #139 Walter L. Newton

Not yet.... but we've got rain in the forecast for most of the rest of the week..

re: #140 PhillyPretzel
Sorry. baby birds. boy were they noisy.

re: #140 PhillyPretzel

You k-i-l-l-e-d the baby birds? That makes me too sad.

re: #141 lawhawk
Same here in Philly. Some college grads are going to get wet.

re: #143 theheat
I did not touch them.

re: #138 theheat

Everyone says Avatar was like that, but I watched it on our 50" (maybe it's 55" - I can't remember) in Blu-Ray and it was kinda meh for me.

I'm one of the dozen or so people worldwide who has yet to see it :P I still have little interest in remedying that situation. One clip I saw had the most clichéd dialogue imaginable, and there's something about the blue people that just doesn't appeal to me. They're too "cartoony", if that makes sense.

re: #138 theheat

Titanic was incredible on a big screen - there's no way even a big screen TV would've had the same visual impact. I'm glad I saw it in the theater.

Everyone says Avatar was like that, but I watched it on our 50" (maybe it's 55" - I can't remember) in Blu-Ray and it was kinda meh for me. Great colors, but I got too much of a claymation vibe when they were riding their critters. That always ruins it for me.

I love the idea of seeing movies on the screen, as they were intended. But I'm really hoping that, like the last 3D craze, the current one eventually goes out of style. Because, to this day, they've yet to successfully create a system that works without you either A) wearing special headgear that eventually gives you a migraine headache or B) require you to sit in the same position for the entire length of the show.

It also doesn't help that Hollywood, in its recent drive to make everything 3D, is trying to do it on the cheap. By that, I mean taking movies that were not filmed for 3D and using computers to "make" them 3D. What we get is a film that either looks like absolute shite or is littered with so few elements in 3D, you wonder why you paid 4 extra bucks on the ticket.

re: #145 PhillyPretzel

No, you hired an assassin. A hired gun baby bird killer.

I can't kill anything unless it's going to hurt me or one of my animals. Nope, can't do it. I even save baby birds.

re: #148 theheat
He put the nest in a tree. They were next to my AC unit. They made one heck of a lot of noise.

re: #146 publicityStunted

Make that two. I didn't see it in the theaters, and haven't seen it in its entirety. I'll eventually get around to it.

re: #149 PhillyPretzel

O I C. A hired gun baby bird's nest relocator. Lucky the parent birds didn't end up dive bombing him to death. Last time time I pissed off some barn swallows they dive bombed me for weeks, no matter what time of day I went outside. If I was with someone else, they only went after me. Vicious creatures. If they were the size of eagles I'd be dead.

I gotta run to the store. BBL.

re: #151 theheat

I misread that as "got to run to the gun store"

Zac Brown
Chicken Fried

re: #138 theheat

I walked out of Avatar.

To my Lizard friends with family/friends in Israel, my thoughts are with you and yours.

re: #154 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I walked out of Avatar.

Yeah, but the visuals didn't need a story line; although I admit "unobtanium" did irritate me.

The kids learned a valuable lesson today. Battle: Los Angeles and Battle for Los Angeles are 2 completey different movies.

Or as my 7 year old put it "Wait, what is... THESE PEOPLE ARE LIARS!"

re: #154 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I walked out of Avatar.

I watched it at home...Goofy movie

re: #156 Naso Tang

Had to look it up "unobtanium". I walked out. Should've been named, "Hey! See what CGI can do now?!?!"

re: #154 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I walked out of Avatar.

didn't see it...probably never will
standards of quality are too low, and cartoons like Avatar don't impress me

re: #158 HoosierHoops

I watched it at home...Goofy movie

Speaking of Goofy...Durant went LOCO today.

re: #158 HoosierHoops

I watched it at home...Goofy movie

Looked nice, silly story.

re: #154 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I walked out of Avatar.

Went and saw it, but much preferred it when it was called Dances With Wolves.

re: #161 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Speaking of Goofy...Durant went LOCO today.

It was an awesome game!

re: #163 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Went and saw it, but much preferred it when it was called Dances With Wolves.

Dances With Wolves, the movie that got the Oscar over Goodfellas.

What a crock.

re: #163 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Went and saw it, but much preferred it when it was called Dances With Wolves.

I thought it was Pocahontas.

re: #163 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Makes me think of 10 possible sources of Avatar in classic science fiction

re: #165 Obdicut

Dances With Wolves, the movie that got the Oscar over Goodfellas.

What a crock.

agreed...a gift for Costner, who can't act

re: #165 Obdicut

That most certainly did not amuse me. And when they finally did give the Oscar to Marty, it was for a lesser film.

re: #155 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

To my Lizard friends with family/friends in Israel, my thoughts are with you and yours.

And to our Louisiana Lizards, too.

re: #158 HoosierHoops

Hello, you!

re: #171 Floral Giraffe

Hello, you!

Hi! How are you doing?

re: #170 Floral Giraffe

And to our Louisiana Lizards, too.

Oh! Yes! Of course!

re: #172 HoosierHoops

OK, it's hard.

re: #174 Floral Giraffe

{{{Floral}}}

re: #163 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Went and saw it, but much preferred it when it was called Dances With Wolves.

I liked the Disney animated version, Pocahontas.

re: #163 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Went and saw it, but much preferred it when it was called Dances With Wolves Smurfs.

Fixed. :D

re: #96 publicityStunted

The Problem With 3D - It hurts your eyes. Always has, always will.

YES. THIS.

I hate going to 3D movies because I always end up with a headache, even if the 3D effects are minimal. Avatar 3D literally made me dizzy and nauseous for hours after the fact, and not just because of the terrible script and acting. I was shaky and miserable for ages.

Still, as long as this nonsense is going on, I'm doomed to seeing every action film my boyfriend and I can agree on in 3D. Up next: Thor. I hope it's worth it.

re: #135 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

There's only one reason I'm going to see Priest: Karl Urban.

I've read the original manhwa (i.e., Korean manga) and Priest has nothing in common with it, just from the previews alone. Still, Karl's in it and he's a vampire, so I'm going to watch it even though I know it's going to suck. It will be nice to see a vampire in a film that doesn't sparkle. :-P

re: #179 Lidane

There's only one reason I'm going to see Priest: Karl Urban.

I've read the original manhwa (i.e., Korean manga) and Priest has nothing in common with it, just from the previews alone. Still, Karl's in it and he's a vampire, so I'm going to watch it even though I know it's going to suck. It will be nice to see a vampire in a film that doesn't sparkle. :-P

I like a few of the actors in the film, but I plan to skip it because it happens to look like a crap movie.

re: #180 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I like a few of the actors in the film, but I plan to skip it because it happens to look like a crap movie.

Oh, it's destined to be awful. I just can't help myself. Hehe.

Haven't heard this song in AGES

Awesomesauce

Pathetic!