Fox Business host Eric Bolling tonight on Twitter:
Obama chugging 40’s in IRE while tornadoes ravage MO. Very intense show tonight. Beckel and Mike Gallagher, Rep… http://fb.me/NzX2Wqcl
— ericbolling (@ericbolling) May 24, 2011
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Kragarghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 7:30:19pm |
Last time he went to a disaster site, they gave him shit for getting in the way.
Fox, go eat a bag of dicks.
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Sheila Broflovski Mon, May 23, 2011 7:31:19pm |
Fox Business, aren't they the ones who invite Pammy?
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Mon, May 23, 2011 7:31:21pm |
Racism clear cut, out in the open.
I'm really pissed off about this.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 7:32:06pm |
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Kragarghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 7:34:04pm |
re: #4 Stanley Sea
Racism clear cut, out in the open.
I'm really pissed off about this.
How long until Napalitano just comes out and says "All right... we don't mind the n*** and the ch***, but we don't want the Irish!"
//
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 7:35:28pm |
re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
How long until Napalitano just comes out and says "All right... we don't mind the n*** and the ch***, but we don't want the Irish!"
//
Eric Bolling just pawn, in big game of wingnuttery.,
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 7:35:33pm |
re: #4 Stanley Sea
Racism clear cut, out in the open.
I'm really pissed off about this.
Better out in the open, than "hidden" as shallowly as it has been.
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SpaceJesus Mon, May 23, 2011 7:35:39pm |
rather be chugging a 40 than chugging whatever koolaid it is that the right has
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 7:35:57pm |
re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
How long until Napalitano just comes out and says "All right... we don't mind the n*** and the ch***, but we don't want the Irish!"
//
HEH! He's part Irish too!
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jaunte Mon, May 23, 2011 7:36:03pm |
1. If a President is present, natural disasters magically turn away?
2. Guinness is now served in 2.5 pint glasses?
3. Eric Bolling is a douchebag?
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Kragarghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 7:36:38pm |
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SpaceJesus Mon, May 23, 2011 7:36:49pm |
re: #9 Floral Giraffe
there has been nothing shallow about the american right and its contempt for non-WASP people since this nation was founded
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Targetpractice Mon, May 23, 2011 7:36:50pm |
re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Last time he went to a disaster site, they gave him shit for getting in the way.
Fox, go eat a bag of dicks.
Yep, he doesn't show up, he's "ignoring the problem," but if he does show up, he's "hampering rescue efforts" by "making it all about him."
Damned if you do, damned if you...well, with Fox, the man's just damned period.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 7:36:56pm |
re: #12 jaunte
1. If a President is present, natural disasters magically turn away?
2. Guinness is now served in 2.5 pint glasses?
3. Eric Bolling is a douchebag?
4. Ron Paul!
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Joanne Mon, May 23, 2011 7:37:06pm |
They forgot to add he was drinking out of a paper bag while listening to Common (for the full racial effect).
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Targetpractice Mon, May 23, 2011 7:37:28pm |
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 7:37:29pm |
after that terrifying scene, I'd be chugging 40's too...but I don't own a pair of cruel shoes
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, May 23, 2011 7:37:30pm |
But Sattvu told me this was the fringe! There's just a few of them! :)
Not worth getting angry about it, America is full of dumb animals, superstitious slugs and furious tribal imps that pretend to be men, otherwise why would Fox News do so well? It's so much easier for me to regard the average American as a pseudo-sentient creature, a poorly trained dog
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dragonfire1981 Mon, May 23, 2011 7:37:45pm |
re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Last time he went to a disaster site, they gave him shit for getting in the way.
Fox, go eat a bag of dicks.
And that's how it is with Obama and the right wing. He can't win. Whatever he does, he's fucked because they always find a way to spin as him making the wrong choice.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 7:38:29pm |
re: #17 justjay
They forgot to add he was drinking out of a paper bag while listening to Common (for the full racial effect).
For full effect he has to have been doing it on a street corner. Stupid stereotypes, my mother calls them "a substitute for real thinking".
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 23, 2011 7:40:13pm |
I'm getting real goddamn tired of the shit coming from Fox News and Fox Business. And I'll leave it at that.
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 7:40:39pm |
re: #20 WindUpBird
But Sattvu told me this was the fringe! There's just a few of them! :)Not worth getting angry about it, America is full of dumb animals, superstitious slugs and furious tribal imps that pretend to be men, otherwise why would Fox News do so well? It's so much easier for me to regard the average American as a pseudo-sentient creature, a poorly trained dog
what makes you think otherwise?...I have little faith in political America, but I refuse to believe we are half a country is racists...if you do, you are as nutty as the people you despise
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Joanne Mon, May 23, 2011 7:40:53pm |
re: #22 Dark_Falcon
I thought that exact thing right after I hit Post.
You'd think we'd be thrilled to see tens of thousands of people in another country cheering OUR PRESIDENT. Apparently, not. It's so sad what our politics has become.
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 23, 2011 7:41:38pm |
re: #24 albusteve
I rarely agree with you, but here is the exception. The number of racists I think is around 27%
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Obdicut Mon, May 23, 2011 7:43:41pm |
re: #24 albusteve
So you think this guy will get fired for this unbelievable racism?
Or is it going to be tolerated?
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theheat Mon, May 23, 2011 7:43:56pm |
Obama chugging 40’s in IRE while tornadoes ravage MO.
Would adding watermelon and fried chicken to that tweet exceed the character limit? Honestly, it's the only thing missing.
watermelon and chicken with his 40. oh, and menthols. hur hur hur.
I can't understand how people can be so blatantly and unapologetically racist, but I guess when your friends are freepers and your candidates are illiterate, it seems like good fun.
BTW, I love watermelon and menthols. Used to love fried chicken before I went veggie. And Guinness rocks. You put Guinness, watermelon, and menthols together, and maybe some Lucky Charms, and I hit all my favorite food groups.
Blond. Blue eyes.
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 7:45:02pm |
re: #28 Obdicut
So you think this guy will get fired for this unbelievable racism?
Or is it going to be tolerated?
fired from what?...who is this guy...fill me in
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Mon, May 23, 2011 7:45:08pm |
re: #27 Decatur Deb
Black 47--Living in America
[Video]
How do you know this music? Or am I a musical ignoramus?
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jaunte Mon, May 23, 2011 7:46:20pm |
re: #30 albusteve
Duke U., commodities trader, tv talking head:
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Obdicut Mon, May 23, 2011 7:46:41pm |
re: #30 albusteve
Make the absolutely minimal effort it will take to inform yourself.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 23, 2011 7:47:49pm |
re: #31 Stanley Sea
How do you know this music? Or am I a musical ignoramus?
I follow the Jig/Punk bands from state to state. Up the Prodigals!
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dragonfire1981 Mon, May 23, 2011 7:48:31pm |
Introducing...the Fox News drinking game!
Take 1 shot
...every time Obama is blamed for something negative
...every time it's implied Obama may not be a U.S. citizen
...any time Obama's religion is questioned.
...any time you hear the words "limited government"
Take 2 shots
...for every mention of George Soros
...for every time you see Sarah Palin
...for every time you see a Goldline commercial
...any time you hear the words "fiscal responsibility"
Take 3 shots
...every time Pam Geller is featured
...every time Glenn Beck cries
...for every stupid thing Bill O'reilly says
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 7:48:43pm |
re: #32 jaunte
Duke U., commodities trader, tv talking head:
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
so he's a TV personality?...if so, he has nothing to do with me...I am not compelled to repeat myself over and over regarding the lunatics out there
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 7:48:57pm |
re: #28 Obdicut
So you think this guy will get fired for this unbelievable racism?
Or is it going to be tolerated?
I think he gets forced to apologize and is suspended for a couple weeks. Fox won't want to outright tolerate this, but they also won't want to see Bolling go somewhere nuttier and stir up loons against Fox for "joining the Lamestream Media".
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jaunte Mon, May 23, 2011 7:49:30pm |
I'm pretty sure Bolling took the minimum science course load, or he wouldn't believe in presidential weathermagic.
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 7:49:51pm |
re: #33 Obdicut
Make the absolutely minimal effort it will take to inform yourself.
do it for me if you're going to slap me for my ignorance...don't be such a sissy...are you here to inform or what?
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 7:51:22pm |
re: #39 jaunte
I'm pretty sure Bolling took the minimum science course load, or he wouldn't believe in presidential weathermagic.
This wasn't about what Bolling believes, it was just standard Obama demonization.
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Jaerik Mon, May 23, 2011 7:51:28pm |
re: #38 Dark_Falcon
I think he gets forced to apologize and is suspended for a couple weeks. Fox won't want to outright tolerate this, but they also won't want to see Bolling go somewhere nuttier and stir up loons against Fox for "joining the Lamestream Media".
My money's on no action taken, Tweet disappears. It's just Twitter, after all. Not TV. Fox can claim it had nothing to do with them. Maybe a personal apology along the words of "poor word choice" will quietly show up in the next couple days, but that's it.
I'd love to be proven wrong.
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calochortus Mon, May 23, 2011 7:51:29pm |
re: #38 Dark_Falcon
Nah, it was a joke donchaknow. No need to apologize./
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 7:52:33pm |
so we have a famous TV head who makes racists tweets...and what now?...am I supposed to be appalled or something?...I accept things the way they are and try and think beyond that
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jaunte Mon, May 23, 2011 7:53:21pm |
re: #41 Dark_Falcon
If enough people protest, maybe he'll say it was satire.
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austin_blue Mon, May 23, 2011 7:55:56pm |
40's?
Nice. Why doesn't just say n*****r n*****r n*****r?
It's gotten out of control. Can't wait for the next cycle when these vids are played for Independents.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 7:56:12pm |
re: #45 jaunte
If enough people protest, maybe he'll say it was satire.
Maybe. We'll have to see. If Fox is smart they'll require an apology, though he'll likely do a non-apology apology. I'd like to require him to go on The O'Reilly Factor at the same time as Al Sharpton, then cut O'Reilly's mike and let Sharpton tear into him.
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SpaceJesus Mon, May 23, 2011 7:56:26pm |
re: #44 albusteve
yeah, people should get mad at shit like this, not just shrug at it
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Obdicut Mon, May 23, 2011 7:57:27pm |
re: #38 Dark_Falcon
I don't think a damn thing will happen to him.
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jaunte Mon, May 23, 2011 7:58:19pm |
Bolling was an unconverted birther as late as a month ago.
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Obdicut Mon, May 23, 2011 7:58:26pm |
re: #40 albusteve
Steve, how is me telling you to inform yourself if you're going to try to discuss a topic me being a 'sissy'?
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 7:58:57pm |
re: #49 SpaceJesus
yeah, people should get mad at shit like this, not just shrug at it
mad at who?...do you suppose you have some audience?...link me, I'm interested...how many one line snarks between alike thinkers before you turn the tide?....wtf?
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What, me worry? Mon, May 23, 2011 7:59:02pm |
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JRCMYP Mon, May 23, 2011 7:59:10pm |
Someone needs to connect the dots for me. I'm sure "40s" means ounces. But I don't get the reference here as being racist. Is there some implied drink that is typically 40 oz and consumed by african americans?
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 7:59:13pm |
re: #50 Obdicut
I don't think a damn thing will happen to him.
I'm going to give a bit of optimism, but we'll see.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Mon, May 23, 2011 8:00:09pm |
re: #42 Jaerik
My money's on no action taken, Tweet disappears. It's just Twitter, after all. Not TV. Fox can claim it had nothing to do with them. Maybe a personal apology along the words of "poor word choice" will quietly show up in the next couple days, but that's it.
I'd love to be proven wrong.
He's tweeting so prolifically right now to bury it. But he's getting support from his con friends.
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sagehen Mon, May 23, 2011 8:00:24pm |
re: #25 justjay
I thought that exact thing right after I hit Post.
You'd think we'd be thrilled to see tens of thousands of people in another country cheering OUR PRESIDENT. Apparently, not. It's so sad what our politics has become.
And waving American flags, and painting their faces red white and blue (which the Irish usually *hate*, since that's the UK colors too...)
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austin_blue Mon, May 23, 2011 8:00:28pm |
re: #55 JRCMYP
Someone needs to connect the dots for me. I'm sure "40s" means ounces. But I don't get the reference here as being racist. Is there some implied drink that is typically 40 oz and consumed by african americans?
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Jaerik Mon, May 23, 2011 8:00:45pm |
re: #55 JRCMYP
Someone needs to connect the dots for me. I'm sure "40s" means ounces. But I don't get the reference here as being racist. Is there some implied drink that is typically 40 oz and consumed by african americans?
A "40" is a 40oz drink, typically of malt liquor, associated predominantly with gangsta rap and seeder stereotypes of lower-income African Americans.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 8:00:50pm |
re: #55 JRCMYP
Someone needs to connect the dots for me. I'm sure "40s" means ounces. But I don't get the reference here as being racist. Is there some implied drink that is typically 40 oz and consumed by african americans?
Yes, that it. It's a reference to the stereotypical cheap 40 oz. cans of malt liquor ascribed to young black men.
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SpaceJesus Mon, May 23, 2011 8:01:07pm |
re: #53 albusteve
who do you think i'm talking about? are you drunk or something?
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jaunte Mon, May 23, 2011 8:01:11pm |
re: #55 JRCMYP
Someone needs to connect the dots for me. I'm sure "40s" means ounces. But I don't get the reference here as being racist. Is there some implied drink that is typically 40 oz and consumed by african americans?
Breaking Out the Forty [Link: beeradvocate.com...]
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 23, 2011 8:01:19pm |
re: #55 JRCMYP
Someone needs to connect the dots for me. I'm sure "40s" means ounces. But I don't get the reference here as being racist. Is there some implied drink that is typically 40 oz and consumed by african americans?
Anybody can buy it and drink it, but the image he evokes is a Ghetto Thing.
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austin_blue Mon, May 23, 2011 8:01:52pm |
re: #60 Jaerik
A "40" is a 40oz drink, typically of malt liquor, associated predominantly with gangsta rap and seeder stereotypes of lower-income African Americans.
But most is drunk by white homeless folks and frat boys. Typical broad brush.
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 8:02:20pm |
re: #52 Obdicut
Steve, how is me telling you to inform yourself if you're going to try to discuss a topic me being a 'sissy'?
I didn't know anything about your target from the first post and I really don't care if the guy is a bum or nationwide...it's all the same to me as you well know...if there is some extra significance to this particular mouth then inform me....you don't have to be rude about it with your 2nd grade questions...I'm easy
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Mon, May 23, 2011 8:02:38pm |
re: #60 Jaerik
A "40" is a 40oz drink, typically of malt liquor, associated predominantly with gangsta rap and seeder stereotypes of lower-income African Americans.
Just like Guinness!
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Jaerik Mon, May 23, 2011 8:03:30pm |
re: #66 austin_blue
But most is drunk by white homeless folks and frat boys. Typical broad brush.
"Associated with" doesn't imply "drank exclusively by." Stereotypes are dumb for a reason.
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 8:04:06pm |
re: #62 SpaceJesus
who do you think i'm talking about? are you drunk or something?
no...why don't you just say who you are talking about, for the benefit of the stupid?...is that hard?
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Obdicut Mon, May 23, 2011 8:04:58pm |
re: #67 albusteve
Steve, how does it make sense to you to tell me I'm being rude while calling me a sissy?
What did I say to you that was rude, please?
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austin_blue Mon, May 23, 2011 8:06:02pm |
re: #69 Jaerik
"Associated with" doesn't imply "drank exclusively by." Stereotypes are dumb for a reason.
Yup. Cheap high. Know your market. It isn't low income blacks. You need a larger demographic to make your nut.
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JRCMYP Mon, May 23, 2011 8:06:38pm |
Holy hell. What an ass. Thanks for connecting the dots for me.
Jerk.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:06:50pm |
You forgot: If he had come back, we would be hearing about the cost of the aborted trip.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 23, 2011 8:07:56pm |
re: #74 EmmmieG
You forgot: If he had come back, we would be hearing about the cost of the aborted trip.
It's expensive to divert the Sixth Fleet.
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mr.fusion Mon, May 23, 2011 8:09:47pm |
That's some racist stuff right there
If I'm the White House I tell FOXNews they're done getting access until this guy's fired
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 8:10:28pm |
re: #74 EmmmieG
You forgot: If he had come back, we would be hearing about the cost of the aborted trip.
Of Course. Why, if that Obamunist actually did something right, the whole world would come to an end!
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 8:10:51pm |
HH, you safe with the monster twisters & all?
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 8:11:21pm |
re: #71 Obdicut
Steve, how does it make sense to you to tell me I'm being rude while calling me a sissy?
What did I say to you that was rude, please?
yeah, I could look up every kook and run down every link about racists and nutters galore...I don't have the time or inclination, but you need to shaft me for it...I just post my thoughts and you are way too deep into anal analyzing every word and sentence...you must not have better things to do
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 23, 2011 8:11:22pm |
Image: x610.jpg
Extended pinky.
/Elitist!
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 8:11:39pm |
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 23, 2011 8:12:44pm |
Merf!
Image: x610.jpg
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Obdicut Mon, May 23, 2011 8:12:52pm |
re: #81 albusteve
Then why are you posting in the thread about him, if you're totally incurious about him?
I don't get it. You seem to just be saying this guy is unimportant, his statement is unimportant, blah blah blah.
If it's so unimportant, why the hell are you commenting about it so much?
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Joanne Mon, May 23, 2011 8:14:15pm |
re: #58 sagehen
And waving American flags, and painting their faces red white and blue (which the Irish usually *hate*, since that's the UK colors too...)
It's like watching those people who cheered when the US didn't get the Olympics. This wasn't about Obama or politics even, it was about a US city hosting the Olympics. All Americans should have been hoping for it and not looking at it as a loss for Obama. That was a sad day. This is another.
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albusteve Mon, May 23, 2011 8:14:19pm |
re: #86 Obdicut
Then why are you posting in the thread about him, if you're totally incurious about him?
I don't get it. You seem to just be saying this guy is unimportant, his statement is unimportant, blah blah blah.
If it's so unimportant, why the hell are you commenting about it so much?
you don't get a lot
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 23, 2011 8:16:14pm |
lol@u
Image: x610.jpg
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:16:42pm |
re: #12 jaunte
1. If a President is present, natural disasters magically turn away?
2. Guinness is now served in 2.5 pint glasses?
3. Eric Bolling is a douchebag?
1. No. But if he's present, Fox will upbraid him for making it all about himself.
2. No. In order to drink that much Guinness, you must order two pints and a glass. But it looks a little wussy for a man to drink a glass, so it's better to order a third pint.
3. Yes.
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Digital Display Mon, May 23, 2011 8:16:44pm |
re: #79 Floral Giraffe
HH, you safe with the monster twisters & all?
The news says we are going to have bad tornado weather in Oklahoma tomorrow afternoon.. I feel so bad for Joplin.. Winston and I stayed there when we were driving here..Nice little town...Winston loved the sausage from the Waffle house there off 44...I can't believe the town is almost gone
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moderatelyradicalliberal Mon, May 23, 2011 8:16:45pm |
re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
How long until Napalitano just comes out and says "All right... we don't mind the n*** and the ch***, but we don't want the Irish!"
//
Got a story about him. My dad went to Princeton with Napolitano and when my dad and some other students wanted to get permission to hold a fundraiser for Sickle-Cell Anemia research, Napolitano opposed it on the grounds that only a small percentage (read black) of the population in the US suffered from it, my father informed him that world wide the population of people affected was much more diverse including Europeans from Mediterranean countries like Greece and Italy, that shut his ass up real quick. He did not want to have a conversation about why some Italians are so dark.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 8:17:04pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:17:23pm |
re: #17 justjay
They forgot to add he was drinking out of a paper bag while listening to Common (for the full racial effect).
Now I'm trying to imagine how you drink out of a pint glass in a paper bag. Carefully, I'd imagine.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 8:17:36pm |
re: #91 HoosierHoops
The news says we are going to have bad tornado weather in Oklahoma tomorrow afternoon.. I feel so bad for Joplin.. Winston and I stayed there when we were driving here..Nice little town...Winston loved the sausage from the Waffle house there off 44...I can't believe the town is almost gone
Stay safe, my friend. And your little dog too!
Hee hee.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:17:56pm |
re: #20 WindUpBird
But Sattvu told me this was the fringe! There's just a few of them! :)
Not worth getting angry about it, America is full of dumb animals, superstitious slugs and furious tribal imps that pretend to be men, otherwise why would Fox News do so well? It's so much easier for me to regard the average American as a pseudo-sentient creature, a poorly trained dog
Most countries are like this, we're just large and armed to the teeth.
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SpaceJesus Mon, May 23, 2011 8:18:20pm |
To: RoseofTexasI pray for an Icelandic volcano eruption at a precise moment when...oops, there goes our brave soldiers of AF1. I pray for their souls as Nature does the right thing!
16 posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 8:09:33 PM by MissMack99 (BO STINKS like no other.)
wow, freep
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Kragarghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 8:18:21pm |
re: #92 moderatelyradicalliberal
Got a story about him. My dad went to Princeton with Napolitano and when my dad and some other students wanted to get permission to hold a fundraiser for Sickle-Cell Anemia research, Napolitano opposed it on the grounds that only a small percentage (read black) of the population in the US suffered from it, my father informed him that world wide the population of people affected was much more diverse including Europeans from Mediterranean countries like Greece and Italy, that shut his ass up real quick. He did not want to have a conversation about why some Italians are so dark.
He must hate Dennis Hopper's scene in True Romance.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:18:55pm |
re: #29 theheat
Would adding watermelon and fried chicken to that tweet exceed the character limit? Honestly, it's the only thing missing.
I can't understand how people can be so blatantly and unapologetically racist, but I guess when your friends are freepers and your candidates are illiterate, it seems like good fun.
BTW, I love watermelon and menthols. Used to love fried chicken before I went veggie. And Guinness rocks. You put Guinness, watermelon, and menthols together, and maybe some Lucky Charms, and I hit all my favorite food groups.
Blond. Blue eyes.
I bought the first watermelon of the season today.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:19:21pm |
re: #36 dragonfire1981
Introducing...the Fox News drinking game!
Take 1 shot
...every time Obama is blamed for something negative
...every time it's implied Obama may not be a U.S. citizen
...any time Obama's religion is questioned.
...any time you hear the words "limited government"Take 2 shots
...for every mention of George Soros
...for every time you see Sarah Palin
...for every time you see a Goldline commercial
...any time you hear the words "fiscal responsibility"Take 3 shots
...every time Pam Geller is featured
...every time Glenn Beck cries
...for every stupid thing Bill O'reilly says
Why are you trying to kill everyone with alcohol poisoning?
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jerk Mon, May 23, 2011 8:19:21pm |
This man must allude to the fact that Obama drinking Guinness in Ireland is exactly the behavior of a man drinking cheap liquor in the ghetto, because calling him a n***** outright would cost him his job. And of course, Obama controls the tornados, but that is a separate outrage.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 8:21:37pm |
re: #101 jerk
This man must allude to the fact that Obama drinking Guinness in Ireland is exactly the behavior of a man drinking cheap liquor in the ghetto, because calling him a n*** outright would cost him his job. And of course, Obama controls the tornados, but that is a separate outrage.
To the wingnuts, he is the Evil Demigod Obamarama.
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Interesting Times Mon, May 23, 2011 8:22:15pm |
re: #101 jerk
This man must allude to the fact that Obama drinking Guinness in Ireland is exactly the behavior of a man drinking cheap liquor in the ghetto, because calling him a n*** outright would cost him his job.
Honestly, I think we're at a point where a Fox personality could go on a Dr Laura-esque "n***** n***** n*****" rant and face no negative consequences at all. They'd just whine how the people criticizing them for said rant are the real racists for pointing it out.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:22:31pm |
re: #55 JRCMYP
Someone needs to connect the dots for me. I'm sure "40s" means ounces. But I don't get the reference here as being racist. Is there some implied drink that is typically 40 oz and consumed by african americans?
Yes. Malt liquor, sold in 40-ounce containers, is supposedly the classic drink of black street thugs. Cheap and potent.
Pathetic white drunks, OTOH, drink Wild Irish Rose. Why this is a racial thing is not clear, but the message is unsubtle.
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What, me worry? Mon, May 23, 2011 8:22:50pm |
re: #99 SanFranciscoZionist
I bought the first watermelon of the season today.
My husband is growing cantaloupes in his garden.
My favorite knock-knock joke goes like this:
Knock knock
Who's there?
Cantaloupe.
Cantaloupe who?
Cantaloupe now. Dad's got the car.
So every time he talks about the cantaloupes in the garden, I say, "Knock knock."
Now he calls them watermelons :)
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 8:23:13pm |
re: #103 publicityStunted
Honestly, I think we're at a point where a Fox personality could go on a Dr Laura-esque "n*** n*** n***" rant and face no negative consequences at all. They'd just whine how the people criticizing them for said rant are the real racists for pointing it out.
It's just a question of time, IMHO. Sad to say.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Mon, May 23, 2011 8:23:46pm |
re: #98 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
He must hate Dennis Hopper's scene in True Romance.
Andrew did not like the implication that he was Moorish looking.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Mon, May 23, 2011 8:23:56pm |
re: #92 moderatelyradicalliberal
Got a story about him. My dad went to Princeton with Napolitano and when my dad and some other students wanted to get permission to hold a fundraiser for Sickle-Cell Anemia research, Napolitano opposed it on the grounds that only a small percentage (read black) of the population in the US suffered from it, my father informed him that world wide the population of people affected was much more diverse including Europeans from Mediterranean countries like Greece and Italy, that shut his ass up real quick. He did not want to have a conversation about why some Italians are so dark.
Wow.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:24:03pm |
re: #58 sagehen
And waving American flags, and painting their faces red white and blue (which the Irish usually *hate*, since that's the UK colors too...)
The Irish LOVE American success stories with Irish roots. They can't get over it.
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Kragarghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 8:24:25pm |
re: #104 SanFranciscoZionist
Pathetic white drunks, OTOH, drink Wild Irish Rose. Why this is a racial thing is not clear, but the message is unsubtle.
Or PBR, ironically.
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Interesting Times Mon, May 23, 2011 8:24:31pm |
re: #97 SpaceJesus
I pray for an Icelandic volcano eruption at a precise moment when...oops, there goes our brave soldiers of AF1. I pray for their souls as Nature does the right thing!
16 posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 8:09:33 PM by MissMack99 (BO STINKS like no other.)
Isn't it lovely how right-wing fanatics justify innocent people getting killed to fulfill their orgasmic death-lust?
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 23, 2011 8:26:37pm |
re: #111 publicityStunted
Isn't it lovely how right-wing fanatics justify innocent people getting killed to fulfill their orgasmic death-lust?
Wait for his second term.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 8:27:22pm |
re: #111 publicityStunted
Isn't it lovely how right-wing fanatics justify innocent people getting killed to fulfill their orgasmic death-lust?
Sick, just sick.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Mon, May 23, 2011 8:28:24pm |
re: #109 SanFranciscoZionist
The Irish LOVE American success stories with Irish roots. They can't get over it.
I think it's really sweet, personally. They like seeing people of Irish descent in America do good, no matter how far removed. I like the people on that little green island.
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Obdicut Mon, May 23, 2011 8:28:38pm |
re: #111 publicityStunted
Not just innocent people. The crew of Air Force 1. He's calling for the death of US military personnel.
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SpaceJesus Mon, May 23, 2011 8:29:37pm |
re: #111 publicityStunted
freep is honestly the worst place on the internet
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 8:30:13pm |
re: #102 Dark_Falcon
To the wingnuts, he is the Evil Demigod Obamarama.
You know, I used to be able to get some pretty good BDS going myself, though I'd usually at least feel dirty about it afterwards. I wonder if they have that much decency left?
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Interesting Times Mon, May 23, 2011 8:30:30pm |
re: #115 Obdicut
Not just innocent people. The crew of Air Force 1. He's calling for the death of US military personnel.
That's what I meant. The military personnel are innocent people in this example. "Collateral damage" in the name of getting the president.
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Obdicut Mon, May 23, 2011 8:31:30pm |
re: #118 publicityStunted
Well, it's definitely treason, if anyone cares about that kind of shit any more.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 8:32:01pm |
re: #118 publicityStunted
That's what I meant. The military personnel are innocent people in this example. "Collateral damage" in the name of getting the president.
Like I said, its sick. "Let decent people die, so that my hate may be satiated!"
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:32:04pm |
re: #107 moderatelyradicalliberal
Andrew did not like the implication that he was Moorish looking.
Jeez, why don't people read some dang history?
(Although that reminds me of the character from an old New Mexico family in "Dirty Girls' Social Club" who insists her family is pure Spanish, and not at all Indian. When you point out that she looks a teeny bit Pueblo, she explains kindly that they have some Moorish blood. It's all perspective, I suppose.)
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bratwurst Mon, May 23, 2011 8:32:36pm |
re: #119 Obdicut
Well, it's definitely treason, if anyone cares about that kind of shit any more.
Somebody does!
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 8:33:04pm |
re: #119 Obdicut
Well, it's definitely treason, if anyone cares about that kind of shit any more.
No its not. Hoping for a volcanic eruption is not levying war against the United States nor adhering to its enemies. It's utterly shitty, but not treasonous.
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jaunte Mon, May 23, 2011 8:33:17pm |
re: #121 SanFranciscoZionist
"Of course we're mixed, but not with the locals!"
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 8:33:58pm |
re: #122 bratwurst
Somebody does!
I sill own that book. That was back when Coulter actually had useful things to say some of the time. Now she just rants on cue.
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laZardo Mon, May 23, 2011 8:34:03pm |
re: #111 publicityStunted
Isn't it lovely how right-wing fanatics justify innocent people getting killed to fulfill their orgasmic death-lust?
The excuse that "it also happens with lefties" is negated by the fact that beneath the leftie outrage is an actual issue.
Good fucking morning.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:34:19pm |
re: #114 moderatelyradicalliberal
I think it's really sweet, personally. They like seeing people of Irish descent in America do good, no matter how far removed. I like the people on that little green island.
Oh, I'm fond of them myself--and I love it that Obama celebrates his Irish roots.
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Jerk Mon, May 23, 2011 8:35:25pm |
I like Ireland a lot too. It is really unfortunate that they are going through these tough economic and spiritual times. They are much more than liquor, though, as some of the first things I think about when I think of the country are of Beckett and Joyce. In fact, Joyce wrote a lot about how alcoholism could destroy a family.
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Obdicut Mon, May 23, 2011 8:35:33pm |
re: #123 Dark_Falcon
No its not. Hoping for a volcanic eruption is not levying war against the United States nor adhering to its enemies. It's utterly shitty, but not treasonous.
It is if you believe that prayer actually has the power to enact effect.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 8:35:34pm |
re: #116 SpaceJesus
freep is honestly the worst place on the internet
So, why do you go there?
I'm curious!
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:35:48pm |
re: #123 Dark_Falcon
No its not. Hoping for a volcanic eruption is not levying war against the United States nor adhering to its enemies. It's utterly shitty, but not treasonous.
Horrible, but not actually illegal.
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moderatelyradicalliberal Mon, May 23, 2011 8:36:44pm |
re: #121 SanFranciscoZionist
Jeez, why don't people read some dang history?
(Although that reminds me of the character from an old New Mexico family in "Dirty Girls' Social Club" who insists her family is pure Spanish, and not at all Indian. When you point out that she looks a teeny bit Pueblo, she explains kindly that they have some Moorish blood. It's all perspective, I suppose.)
I had a friend in high school who was Mexican on both sides, but her mother's family liked to insist that they were Spanish and not Mestizo. So one day she said fine, you guys aren't part Indian, you're just part black, Arab and maybe even a little Jewish. That was the end of that.
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laZardo Mon, May 23, 2011 8:36:54pm |
re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist
Oh, I'm fond of them myself--and I love it that Obama celebrates his Irish roots.
So is it really spelled O'Bama?
;p
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moderatelyradicalliberal Mon, May 23, 2011 8:37:30pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 8:37:35pm |
re: #124 jaunte
"Of course we're mixed, but not with the locals!"
That character offsets another woman in the book, a Chicana in LA who considers herself Native American, takes a Nahuatl name, and doesn't want to record in Spanish (she's a singer), because it's the language of the Conquest. Two girls with similar heritage, totally different takes on it.
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sagehen Mon, May 23, 2011 8:37:41pm |
re: #129 Obdicut
It is if you believe that prayer actually has the power to enact effect.
God's not on their side. Remember them praying for rain for the DNC in '08? We saw three days of blue skies and calm winds... while the RNC had to cope with a hurricane.
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 23, 2011 8:38:43pm |
re: #131 SanFranciscoZionist
Horrible, but not actually illegal.
Literary treason, then
"This, above all, is the greatest treason;
To do the right thing for the wrong reason."
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theheat Mon, May 23, 2011 8:39:33pm |
re: #136 sagehen
They seem to really dig on their rain prayers. But they're not very good at it.
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BongCrodny Mon, May 23, 2011 8:39:35pm |
re: #36 dragonfire1981
Introducing...the Fox News drinking game!
Take 1 shot
...every time Obama is blamed for something negative
...every time it's implied Obama may not be a U.S. citizen
...any time Obama's religion is questioned.
...any time you hear the words "limited government"Take 2 shots
...for every mention of George Soros
...for every time you see Sarah Palin
...for every time you see a Goldline commercial
...any time you hear the words "fiscal responsibility"Take 3 shots
...every time Pam Geller is featured
...every time Glenn Beck cries
...for every stupid thing Bill O'reilly says
You'd get completely hammered every time you played it without ever getting past the first two.
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sagehen Mon, May 23, 2011 8:39:38pm |
re: #133 laZardo
So is it really spelled O'Bama?
;p
He told the rally in Dublin he'd come home to find the apostrophe they'd lost.
[Link: www.bbc.co.uk...]
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SpaceJesus Mon, May 23, 2011 8:39:59pm |
re: #130 Floral Giraffe
morbid curiosity. i can only stand it there for about 10 minutes
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Interesting Times Mon, May 23, 2011 8:40:06pm |
re: #126 laZardo
The excuse that "it also happens with lefties" is negated by the fact that beneath the leftie outrage is an actual issue.
Much as I detested GWB, I never, ever wished for his death (and not only because it would have meant Cheney in charge). I don't wish for Palin's or Bachmann's death, either. Even the Killionaire Koch Brothers (okay, while I don't wish for their death, I would very much like to dump them in a third world toxic waste dump...perhaps it might wake them the fuck up as to how worthless and evil they are, if they spent a little time with children forced to garbage-pick for survival)
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 23, 2011 8:41:05pm |
re: #141 SpaceJesus
morbid curiosity. i can only stand it there for about 10 minutes
Yet you descended into space-hell for three days.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 8:42:27pm |
re: #123 Dark_Falcon
No its not. Hoping for a volcanic eruption is not levying war against the United States nor adhering to its enemies. It's utterly shitty, but not treasonous.
Yep. There are very real historical reasons why the US Constitution defines Treason as narrowly as it does and has an extremely high standard of proof. That, barring the use of a Bill of attainder & ex post facto laws along with the amendment ban on double jeopardy were very important in creating what we think of as America as distinct from our legal origins in common law (and look to the recent loss of the protection against double jeopardy in England for proof why heavy safeguards are needed.).
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moderatelyradicalliberal Mon, May 23, 2011 8:43:04pm |
re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist
Oh, I'm fond of them myself--and I love it that Obama celebrates his Irish roots.
Me too. Although, I've never meet anyone who didn't like to claim their Irish roots once they realized they had some. People seem to like being part Irish like they like being part Native American. Except for those with pure Castilian blood of of course.
///
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 8:44:18pm |
re: #144 wlewisiii
Yep. There are very real historical reasons why the US Constitution defines Treason as narrowly as it does and has an extremely high standard of proof. That, barring the use of a Bill of attainder & ex post facto laws along with the amendment ban on double jeopardy were very important in creating what we think of as America as distinct from our legal origins in common law (and look to the recent loss of the protection against double jeopardy in England for proof why heavy safeguards are needed.).
Yeah, that development in the UK was severely negative.
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BongCrodny Mon, May 23, 2011 8:45:36pm |
re: #105 marjoriemoon
My husband is growing cantaloupes in his garden.
My favorite knock-knock joke goes like this:
Knock knock
Who's there?
Cantaloupe.
Cantaloupe who?
Cantaloupe now. Dad's got the car.So every time he talks about the cantaloupes in the garden, I say, "Knock knock."
Now he calls them watermelons :)
Cantaloupes, melons and knockers go hand in hand.
What?
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jaunte Mon, May 23, 2011 8:45:57pm |
re: #135 SanFranciscoZionist
I've not heard Nahuatl singing before, but your comment inspired me to go look for some:
Icnocuicatl
Song by contemporary Nahautl poet Natalio Hernandez. Interpreted by Oaxacan native Lila Downs.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:46:07pm |
How do you get down off of an elephant?
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 8:46:22pm |
Hey Austin, this one's for you:
May 23, 2011: The new START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia limits each country to 700 nuclear delivery systems (aircraft or ballistic missiles). The U.S. Air Force wants to keep 40 B-52s and 20 B-2s for carrying nukes. The B-1Bs will be restricted to just carrying smart bombs, which it has proved very good at over Afghanistan and Iraq. The air force also wants a dozen or so B-52s retained just for smart bombs. Bombers certified as "nuclear capable" have to be inspected and approved by Russian engineers, as do the B-52s and B-1s that will no longer be nuclear capable. American engineers will do the same to Russian bombers. The mystery here is why keep fifty year old B-52s for anything? It's because they are the cheapest to operate and most reliable "bomb truck" the air force has. With a max takeoff weight of 240-250 tons, the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fellow) is basically a large aircraft designed to carry bombs cheaply and efficiently.
The B-52 is the cheapest, to operate, heavy bomber in the air force, and one of them can cover all of Afghanistan. These B-52s are based on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, from which they also supported operations in Iraq. In late 2001, ten B-52s dropped a third of the bomb tonnage in Afghanistan. That's a remarkable record for a 60-year-old aircraft design. The B-52 carried that much of the load because it's the most cost-effective heavy bomber we have. The B-52 also has a lower accident rate than the B-1 and B-2. Compared to the supersonic B-1 and high-tech B-2, the B-52 is just a flying truck. Thus the B-52, despite its age, was the cheapest, safest and most reliable way to deliver smart bombs over Afghanistan.
Lacking the supersonic speed of the B-1, or the stealth and automation of the B-2, the B-52 can carry up to 150 tons of fuel, and normally carries 12-20 tons of bombs (max load of 35 tons). What made the B-52 so useful in the Afghanistan war is its ability to stay in the air for so long. The B-52s flying out of the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia to Afghanistan typically stayed in the air for some 16 hours. Since it can refuel in the air, the B-52 can fly anywhere in the world with a load of bombs or missiles.
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jaunte Mon, May 23, 2011 8:47:09pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:47:15pm |
re: #150 EmmmieG
How do you get down off of an elephant?
You don't. You get down off of a goose.
(Of all my daughter's friends, only the blonde got it.)
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Decatur Deb Mon, May 23, 2011 8:47:18pm |
re: #150 EmmmieG
How do you get down off of an elephant?
You don't get down off an elephant, silly, you get down off a duck.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:48:25pm |
How do you shoot a blue elephant?
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:48:58pm |
With a blue elephant gun.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:49:11pm |
How do you shoot a yellow elephant?
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BongCrodny Mon, May 23, 2011 8:49:39pm |
re: #154 EmmmieG
You don't. You get down off of a goose.
(Of all my daughter's friends, only the blonde got it.)
Why do ducks have webbed feet?
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 8:49:49pm |
re: #158 EmmmieG
With a, ahem, Giraffe!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:49:55pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:50:32pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 8:50:40pm |
re: #151 Dark_Falcon
Hey Austin, this one's for you:
I really sometimes wonder if we shouldn't just pay Boeing to reopen that line. Perhaps the A-10 & F-16 lines too. They would do just fine until the drones can replace all of them.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 8:50:43pm |
re: #162 EmmmieG
No, only seen grey ones, but I've HERD of purple ones!
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Lidanghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 8:50:48pm |
re: #125 Dark_Falcon
I sill own that book. That was back when Coulter actually had useful things to say some of the time. Now she just rants on cue.
Coulter has never had anything useful to say. She's always been crazy.
These days, though, she's even more incoherent than usual. I guess the prominence of all the other batshit crazy on the wingnut right has made her desperate for attention.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:50:52pm |
How do you shoot a red elephant?
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BongCrodny Mon, May 23, 2011 8:51:22pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:52:04pm |
re: #167 EmmmieG
How do you shoot a red elephant?
You hold its trunk until it turns blue, then shoot it with the blue elephant gun.
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BongCrodny Mon, May 23, 2011 8:52:36pm |
re: #170 EmmmieG
You hold its trunk until it turns blue, then shoot it with the blue elephant gun.
Why do elephants have flat feet?
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 8:52:37pm |
re: #167 EmmmieG
Almost as much funnies as having the kiddos visit!
They'll be here in July.
We have backgammon wars.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:53:39pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Mon, May 23, 2011 8:53:52pm |
re: #127 SanFranciscoZionist
Oh, I'm fond of them myself--and I love it that Obama celebrates his Irish roots.
It freaks the racists out that he's Irish prob. Thus this thread.
gah
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Lidanghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 8:54:44pm |
re: #172 Floral Giraffe
I'm oddly addicted to backgammon. I downloaded a backgammon game on XBox Live and play it constantly, especially if I need to relax.
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BongCrodny Mon, May 23, 2011 8:54:53pm |
re: #173 EmmmieG
Why?
To stamp out burning ducks!
That was my favorite elephant joke when I was a kid.
The fact that I still remember it a hundred million years later is a little bit disturbing.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:55:31pm |
The elephant jokes are brought to you courtesy of the Princess, who inherited my love of elephant jokes.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 8:55:55pm |
re: #154 EmmmieG
You don't. You get down off of a goose.
(Of all my daughter's friends, only the blonde got it.)
Heh. My wife is not blond and now mad at you :D
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Mon, May 23, 2011 8:56:04pm |
re: #166 Lidane
Coulter has never had anything useful to say. She's always been crazy.
These days, though, she's even more incoherent than usual. I guess the prominence of all the other batshit crazy on the wingnut right has made her desperate for attention.
I don't think it's crazy, I think she's just in the business of pandering to dumb people's prejudices and ignorance, seems really calculated to me. She's more incoherent than usual because the market for ignorance is now being led by Glenn Beck, and she looks moderate by comparison. Her schtick is drowned out because the market moved on
A lot of people want her gig, look at every conservative radio host in a small market
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 8:57:52pm |
re: #178 wlewisiii
Heh. My wife is not blond and now mad at you :D
The funny part is that the blonde is actually quite smart, just giggly, so she has a reputation as a blonde.
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Lidanghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 8:58:55pm |
re: #174 Stanley Sea
It freaks the racists out that he's Irish prob. Thus this thread.
gah
It freaks them out more that he's POTUS. The fact that he's Irish is an added nightmare for them.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 9:00:58pm |
Okay, okay, I promise not to post any more elephant jokes. You can all come back now.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 9:02:07pm |
re: #175 Lidane
I've spent a couple of summers, on the beach, under an umbrella, playing VICIOUS games of backgammon! Much fun!
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 9:02:37pm |
re: #182 EmmmieG
Okay, okay, I promise not to post any more elephant jokes. You can all come back now.
Knock, Knock?
///
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 9:04:13pm |
re: #180 EmmmieG
The funny part is that the blonde is actually quite smart, just giggly, so she has a reputation as a blonde.
My darling wife, how can I say this? Her ethnic heritage is Swiss. Now, growing up, the folk of English persuasion had a reputation that you don't dare tell them a joke on Saturday night as they'll break out laughing in church on Sunday.
My wife and her family can push that back to Friday night... :eek: :D
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 9:04:38pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 9:05:25pm |
I think I may like Jeffrey Goldberg: Well, it seems that if you state that Barack Obama might be correct in his analysis of Israel's essential national security conundrum, and that Benjamin Netanyahu ought to think a bit more strategically about his relationship with the U.S., you're a self-hating Jew, a kapo, a Nazi, and also, for some reason, gay.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 9:06:12pm |
re: #182 EmmmieG
Okay, okay, I promise not to post any more elephant jokes. You can all come back now.
Back in a bit. I'm on the phone.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 9:06:15pm |
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austin_blue Mon, May 23, 2011 9:08:18pm |
re: #151 Dark_Falcon
Hey Austin, this one's for you:
The birds they'll keep are the B-52H models. Tremendous airplanes. After a low level attack run, they can climb out at > 6,000 ft/minute. The EWO can project numerous blind radar images to ground radar to hid the actual position of the plane. It was a hell of a lot of fun to fly.
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austin_blue Mon, May 23, 2011 9:09:48pm |
re: #190 austin_blue
The birds they'll keep are the B-52H models. Tremendous airplanes. After a low level attack run, they can climb out at > 6,000 ft/minute. The EWO can project numerous blind radar images to ground radar to hid the actual position of the plane. It was a hell of a lot of fun to fly.
Oh, and goodnight, all. I'm for the rack.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 9:11:12pm |
re: #191 austin_blue
Oh, and goodnight, all. I'm for the rack.
I highly recommend beds. They're a little softer.
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Ghazicide Mon, May 23, 2011 9:11:15pm |
re: #24 albusteve
...but I refuse to believe we are half a country is racists...if you do, you are as nutty as the people you despise
Racism isn't necessarily binary yes/no, but I agree with you, half the country are not racist. I figure a solid 38% are.
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Lidanghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 9:12:41pm |
Also, when I read that tweet, the first thing that came to mind was this moment from 2008:
Obama would just brush this Bolling tool off. You can't reason with that kind of ignorance.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 23, 2011 9:13:12pm |
re: #193 BigPapa
Racism isn't necessarily binary yes/no, but I agree with you, half the country are not racist. I figure a solid 38% are.
But if you asked people if they are racist, probably 17% would think they are, but only 8% would confess to it.
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laZardo Mon, May 23, 2011 9:14:57pm |
re: #191 austin_blue
Oh, and goodnight, all. I'm for the rack.
I didn't expect you to say that.
/NOBODY DOES
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ghazidor Mon, May 23, 2011 9:15:06pm |
re: #36 dragonfire1981
Introducing...the Fox News drinking game!
Take 1 shot
...every time Obama is blamed for something negative
...every time it's implied Obama may not be a U.S. citizen
...any time Obama's religion is questioned.
...any time you hear the words "limited government"Take 2 shots
...for every mention of George Soros
...for every time you see Sarah Palin
...for every time you see a Goldline commercial
...any time you hear the words "fiscal responsibility"Take 3 shots
...every time Pam Geller is featured
...every time Glenn Beck cries
...for every stupid thing Bill O'reilly says
Oh hell no, I'd have liver failure after one week...
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 23, 2011 9:19:18pm |
re: #151 Dark_Falcon
Those planes are damn reliable. I've heard they will probably be in use to 2040. The airframes will be 85-88 years old.
When they are finally retired, they shouldn't be scrapped. Everyone of the remaining should go to a museum.
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Lidanghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 9:19:22pm |
re: #36 dragonfire1981
Introducing...the Fox News drinking game!
Take 1 shot
...every time Obama is blamed for something negative
...every time it's implied Obama may not be a U.S. citizen
...any time Obama's religion is questioned.
...any time you hear the words "limited government"Take 2 shots
...for every mention of George Soros
...for every time you see Sarah Palin
...for every time you see a Goldline commercial
...any time you hear the words "fiscal responsibility"Take 3 shots
...every time Pam Geller is featured
...every time Glenn Beck cries
...for every stupid thing Bill O'reilly says
Why do you hate my liver? It never did anything to you. :(
That game = instant alcohol poisoning.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 9:21:38pm |
re: #198 ProLifeLiberal
Those planes are damn reliable. I've heard they will probably be in use to 2040. The airframes will be 85-88 years old.
When they are finally retired, they shouldn't be scrapped. Everyone of the remaining should go to a museum.
Quoted & Bolded for major truth.
Insanely great aircraft. I just wish we'd saved more of it's ancestors.
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 23, 2011 9:21:38pm |
re: #199 Lidane
On the bright side, more jobs become available quickly. :P
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laZardo Mon, May 23, 2011 9:23:41pm |
re: #198 ProLifeLiberal
Those planes are damn reliable. I've heard they will probably be in use to 2040. The airframes will be 85-88 years old.
When they are finally retired, they shouldn't be scrapped. Everyone of the remaining should go to a museum.
Built back when the military-industrial became complex. People focused more on delivering a quality product rather than the bureaucracy behind it.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 9:26:09pm |
re: #202 laZardo
Built back when the military-industrial became complex. People focused more on delivering a quality product rather than the bureaucracy behind it.
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away....
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 23, 2011 9:26:12pm |
re: #202 laZardo
A fine example of what can be made when a good product is better than bureaucracy. We should be doing to the F-15 what the Russians did with the Su-27. That would cut down defense costs.
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sagehen Mon, May 23, 2011 9:30:24pm |
re: #198 ProLifeLiberal
Those planes are damn reliable. I've heard they will probably be in use to 2040. The airframes will be 85-88 years old.
When they are finally retired, they shouldn't be scrapped. Everyone of the remaining should go to a museum.
I think they're big enough to each *be* a museum.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Mon, May 23, 2011 9:32:23pm |
re: #194 Lidane
Also, when I read that tweet, the first thing that came to mind was this moment from 2008:
[Video]Obama would just brush this Bolling tool off. You can't reason with that kind of ignorance.
THANK YOU for posting that. Epic Obama.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 9:37:45pm |
re: #198 ProLifeLiberal
Those planes are damn reliable. I've heard they will probably be in use to 2040. The airframes will be 85-88 years old.
When they are finally retired, they shouldn't be scrapped. Everyone of the remaining should go to a museum.
You'd need some pretty big museums. Those birds are huge.
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laZardo Mon, May 23, 2011 9:40:34pm |
re: #204 ProLifeLiberal
A fine example of what can be made when a good product is better than bureaucracy. We should be doing to the F-15 what the Russians did with the Su-27. That would cut down defense costs.
But then they made the PAK FA.
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zora Mon, May 23, 2011 9:41:49pm |
folks like eric bolling need to called out on there foolishness and discounted as irrelevant to the important discussions in this country. i hope that in the midst of his racist tweets, he was also tweeting to ask for donations, volunteers, or whatever is needed for our fellow, suffering, tornado ravaged americans.
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Lidanghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 9:43:31pm |
re: #206 Stanley Sea
THANK YOU for posting that. Epic Obama.
Heh. I still remember the outrage and butthurt over him referencing Jay-Z in that moment. Personally, I thought it was about damn time we had a candidate for POTUS who was young enough to make a Jay-Z reference.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 23, 2011 9:45:43pm |
re: #208 laZardo
But then they made the PAK FA.
It's become standard policy between us and the Russians: We build a super fighter, they build one to match us, so we build a better fighter that can blow up theirs faster, they work to match, etc, etc.
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zora Mon, May 23, 2011 9:46:48pm |
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 23, 2011 9:47:28pm |
re: #208 laZardo
With alot of parts from the SU-27. The F-15 should have this role in the US Military.
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 23, 2011 9:48:59pm |
re: #207 Dark_Falcon
I still think it's a good idea. Besides, it might help with our debt a tiny bit.
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zora Mon, May 23, 2011 9:49:48pm |
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
How You Can Help Victims Of The Joplin Missouri Tornado
The Heart of Missouri United Way launched a Joplin Relief Fund, where 100 percent of all donations will be given to relief efforts in Joplin. Text "JOPLIN" to 864833 to make a $10 donation, or visit the organization's website for more information.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 23, 2011 9:50:42pm |
re: #213 ProLifeLiberal
With alot of parts from the SU-27. The F-15 should have this role in the US Military.
The F-22 has its place, but a major update for the F-15 would be a good thing. Also remember that Russia doesn't have many of those newer Su-27 derivatives, and those it does have could be taken by the F-22.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 23, 2011 9:56:46pm |
re: #198 ProLifeLiberal
Those planes are damn reliable. I've heard they will probably be in use to 2040. The airframes will be 85-88 years old.
When they are finally retired, they shouldn't be scrapped. Everyone of the remaining should go to a museum.
Might sound a bit sappy, but I think the best way to retire the BUFF would be to arrange to give one to the Russians to put on display, in exchange for a Tu-95 Bear from them to put on display here in the States. Kinda of a symbolic gesture, an exchange of swords to declare the end of an era.
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Lidanghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 10:01:35pm |
re: #217 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Might sound a bit sappy, but I think the best way to retire the BUFF would be to arrange to give one to the Russians to put on display, in exchange for a Tu-95 Bear from them to put on display here in the States. Kinda of a symbolic gesture, an exchange of swords to declare the end of an era.
Sounds cool, but could you imagine the ZOMG OUTRAGE on the wingnut right if Obama gave the Russians a military aircraft, even if it's just a symbolic gesture? Heads would explode everywhere.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 10:04:50pm |
re: #217 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Might sound a bit sappy, but I think the best way to retire the BUFF would be to arrange to give one to the Russians to put on display, in exchange for a Tu-95 Bear from them to put on display here in the States. Kinda of a symbolic gesture, an exchange of swords to declare the end of an era.
I can see that. I'd love to see a B-52H next to a TU-95MS at Dayton. It'd be a good lesson for the children, like my son, who are clueless about what the phrase "cold war" means and why I joined the Army in 1982 fully expecting to die before my re-up date.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 23, 2011 10:05:06pm |
re: #218 Lidane
Sounds cool, but could you imagine the ZOMG OUTRAGE on the wingnut right if Obama gave the Russians a military aircraft, even if it's just a symbolic gesture? Heads would explode everywhere.
MILITARY SECRETS!
Actually, I'm surprised that there wasn't more screeching from them over the tail of the stealth helicopter. Guess they figured they'd get no traction out of it while folks were still slapping Obama on the back for OBL.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 10:07:46pm |
re: #212 zora
bob dylan is 70 y'all.
[Video]Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
That means YOU are old too!
(Me too!)
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 23, 2011 10:09:10pm |
re: #217 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
That sounds like a brilliant idea. TU-95 still in service too, I think. You'd have to arrange a museum for both of the massive warbirds though. I'd imagine a little bit of competition for such a display.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 10:09:33pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 10:17:14pm |
re: #224 wlewisiii
LOL!
That needs to be tightened!
Hat tip, to long gone Dad.
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goddamnedfrank Mon, May 23, 2011 10:17:34pm |
re: #218 Lidane
Sounds cool, but could you imagine the ZOMG OUTRAGE on the wingnut right if Obama gave the Russians a military aircraft, even if it's just a symbolic gesture? Heads would explode everywhere.
Considering how long the 52 will stay in service it might be President Sasha Obama that signs that order.
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AK-47% Mon, May 23, 2011 10:18:27pm |
"The Irish are the n*****s of Europe"
-line from "The Commitments"
The main problem is that these people are not able to articulate any reasonable criticism of Obama, and it quickly boils down to this sort of s***
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Lidanghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 10:19:15pm |
re: #221 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Actually, I'm surprised that there wasn't more screeching from them over the tail of the stealth helicopter. Guess they figured they'd get no traction out of it while folks were still slapping Obama on the back for OBL.
Speaking of OBL, I just ran across this earlier:
Heh.
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Lidanghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 10:20:12pm |
re: #226 goddamnedfrank
Considering how long the 52 will stay in service it might be President Sasha Obama that signs that order.
And there'd still be outrage. Haha.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 10:22:51pm |
re: #227 ralphieboy
"The Irish are the n***s of Europe"
-line from "The Commitments"
The main problem is that these people are not able to articulate any reasonable criticism of Obama, and it quickly boils down to this sort of s***
Actually, Jimmy Rabbitte says 'blacks'.
"The Irish are the blacks of Europe, and the Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland, and the Northsiders are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once...say it loud...Oi'm black and Oi'm proud."
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 10:23:13pm |
re: #229 Lidane
And there'd still be outrage. Haha.
Surely to God most of these people will relax, or die, by then.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 10:23:54pm |
re: #226 goddamnedfrank
President Sasha Obama .
That someone, even in a joke, could say that phrase is what gives me hope for our great nation.
Amen.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 10:25:56pm |
re: #231 SanFranciscoZionist
Surely to God most of these people will relax, or die, by then.
Please, oh please, oh please.
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Lidanghazi Mon, May 23, 2011 10:28:44pm |
re: #232 wlewisiii
That someone, even in a joke, could say that phrase is what gives me hope for our great nation.
Amen.
She can't run for President! Her father's not a Real American!
/birther
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goddamnedfrank Mon, May 23, 2011 10:35:45pm |
re: #232 wlewisiii
That someone, even in a joke, could say that phrase is what gives me hope for our great nation.
Amen.
Thanks, I am pretty awesome that way.
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AK-47% Mon, May 23, 2011 10:37:06pm |
re: #230 SanFranciscoZionist
There was aline from "The Gangs of new York", about the Irish immigrants:
"A n**** take a dime for a job that a white man would do for a quarter. An Irishman will do the job for a nickel".
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 10:43:02pm |
re: #234 Lidane
/birther
What I'd like to say would get me, at best. a timeout so you'll please pardon me if I pass on commenting? Thanks!
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ghazidor Mon, May 23, 2011 10:43:49pm |
Sorry Floral, I just ranted all over your page...I guess I got a little carried away. But damn these people disgust me. :(
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 10:45:21pm |
re: #238 ausador
Have at it!
It's what the intertoobes are for!
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 10:45:43pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 10:45:52pm |
re: #236 ralphieboy
There was aline from "The Gangs of new York", about the Irish immigrants:
"A n*** take a dime for a job that a white man would do for a quarter. An Irishman will do the job for a nickel".
Change the cuss words & put it in the farm fields of California...
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AK-47% Mon, May 23, 2011 10:48:14pm |
re: #241 wlewisiii
Pitting the disadvantaged groups against the slightly-less-disadvantaged groups. Rulers have been doing it since the dawn of civilization.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 10:52:38pm |
There's a rather hilariously ugly bit in "Gone With The Wind" where Scarlett is talking to a Union officer's wife who wants to know where to hire an Irish nurse for her baby in Atlanta. Scarlett tells her she's never known anyone to have an Irish servant, and she sure wouldn't want one, but she can get her recommendations for a black nanny. The woman can't stand the thought of a black woman handling her kid, and gets all vapory.
Scarlett, who doesn't dare be rude because she needs these people's business, goes on a little sentimental inner voyage about how kind and loving and competent Mammy was when she was little.
It's one of those moments when you just want everyone in the scene to be slapped.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 10:54:11pm |
re: #242 ralphieboy
Pitting the disadvantaged groups against the slightly-less-disadvantaged groups. Rulers have been doing it since the dawn of civilization.
To be sure. But those of us up here, unless raised on a farm, tend to forget really freaking fast just where our food comes from.
That has a really fast impact on the dynamic, I think.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 10:54:30pm |
re: #243 SanFranciscoZionist
It's one of those moments when you just want everyone in the scene to be slapped.
I have far too many of those moments in my life!
*gentle smack*
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 10:55:02pm |
re: #243 SanFranciscoZionist
There's a rather hilariously ugly bit in "Gone With The Wind" where Scarlett is talking to a Union officer's wife who wants to know where to hire an Irish nurse for her baby in Atlanta. Scarlett tells her she's never known anyone to have an Irish servant, and she sure wouldn't want one, but she can get her recommendations for a black nanny. The woman can't stand the thought of a black woman handling her kid, and gets all vapory.
Scarlett, who doesn't dare be rude because she needs these people's business, goes on a little sentimental inner voyage about how kind and loving and competent Mammy was when she was little.
It's one of those moments when you just want everyone in the scene to be slapped.
Especially if you know anything about the author...
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AK-47% Mon, May 23, 2011 10:55:40pm |
re: #244 wlewisiii
To be sure. But those of us up here, unless raised on a farm, tend to forget really freaking fast just where our food comes from.
That has a really fast impact on the dynamic, I think.
We still have the image from my children's books of the happy farmer loading up his truck and driving it to market. That is the image that many people encourage us to retain.
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ghazidor Mon, May 23, 2011 10:57:10pm |
Hypothetical Question to Whomever:
If uhh...'someone' were to write a short series of pages about what it is actually supposed to mean to be a Christian, what the scriptures say, the ways in which Jesus said we should model ourselves to attract others to the faith, and the seemingly almost complete ignorance of all of this by the current crop of church attendees, do you think anyone would read it?
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 11:01:55pm |
re: #248 ausador
Hypothetical Question to Whomever:
If uhh...'someone' were to write a short series of pages about what it is actually supposed to mean to be a Christian, what the scriptures say, the ways in which Jesus said we should model ourselves to attract others to the faith, and the seemingly almost complete ignorance of all of this by the current crop of church attendees, do you think anyone would read it?
I would!
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laZardo Mon, May 23, 2011 11:02:04pm |
They brought back Blue Pepsi in my country.
Yay verily are the Nineties nearly upon us again.
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sagehen Mon, May 23, 2011 11:05:05pm |
re: #248 ausador
Hypothetical Question to Whomever:
If uhh...'someone' were to write a short series of pages about what it is actually supposed to mean to be a Christian, what the scriptures say, the ways in which Jesus said we should model ourselves to attract others to the faith, and the seemingly almost complete ignorance of all of this by the current crop of church attendees, do you think anyone would read it?
It's at a blog called Slaktivist, which also has a hilarious running series on The World's Worst Books (the Left Behind series).
[Link: www.patheos.com...]
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 11:08:29pm |
re: #248 ausador
Hypothetical Question to Whomever:
If uhh...'someone' were to write a short series of pages about what it is actually supposed to mean to be a Christian, what the scriptures say, the ways in which Jesus said we should model ourselves to attract others to the faith, and the seemingly almost complete ignorance of all of this by the current crop of church attendees, do you think anyone would read it?
Here? I've considered doing so as it's very much a part of what I have been told that it means to _be_ a christian. "Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary, use words." Still, I've always chosen not to because there are some damned good people of every persuasion here from all the various flavors of Judaism (and I have learned much from them, especially here, about My faith) to multiple versions of atheism, some more religious than others.
I'm terribly traditional in my liturgical needs. I have my prayerbook & bible. Give me "smells & bells" on Sunday and I'm set.
By that same token, I am insanely liberal in my theology.
Given all these things,. if you are serious, my email is blue. Just watch out what you wish for...
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 11:09:03pm |
re: #251 sagehen
It's at a blog called Slaktivist, which also has a hilarious running series on The World's Worst Books (the Left Behind series).
[Link: www.patheos.com...]
I have become a regular commenter over there, mainly because the Left Behind series is so highly hilarious.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 11:11:27pm |
re: #253 SanFranciscoZionist
I have become a regular commenter over there, mainly because the Left Behind series is so highly hilarious.
"Left behind" is... no, I won't say it, but I do truly hate that ... individual ... who wrote that POS excuse for a book.
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AK-47% Mon, May 23, 2011 11:18:48pm |
Long before there was Left Behind, my first "girlfriend" (in the 8th grade), a born-again Baptist, turned me on to Salem Kirban's illustrated rapture/tribulation novel "666":
[Link: www.indiebound.org...]
The relationship did not last long.
Last I heard, she had dropped out of high school because she got pregnant...
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 11:25:17pm |
re: #254 wlewisiii
"Left behind" is... no, I won't say it, but I do truly hate that ... individual ... who wrote that POS excuse for a book.
Slacktivist somehow manages to make it funny.
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ozbloke Mon, May 23, 2011 11:27:33pm |
I knew there has to be a miscalculation, lucky its still gonna happen.
I didn't know he had had a previous end of world failure.
Apocalypse now in October, preacher says
The evangelical Christian broadcaster whose Judgment Day prophecy went unfulfilled on Saturday has set a new date for the impending apocalypse, saying the May 21 date was a miscalculation.
Instead of the world physically coming to an end on Saturday with a great, cataclysmic earthquake, as he had predicted, Harold Camping says he now believes his forecast is playing out "spiritually," with the actual apocalypse set to occur five months later, on October 21.
Mr Camping, who launched the doomsday countdown in which some followers spent their life's savings in anticipation of being swept into heaven, issued his correction during an appearance on his Open Forum radio show from Oakland, California.
During a sometimes rambling, 90-minute discourse that included a question-and-answer session with reporters, Mr Camping, 89, said he felt bad that Saturday had come and gone without the Rapture he had felt so certain would take place.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 11:28:31pm |
True, but he's not making fun of a group on the edge of something he believes in. in the end, slacktivist is yet another thread...
May god have mercy on us all... ;(
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sagehen Mon, May 23, 2011 11:30:28pm |
re: #253 SanFranciscoZionist
I have become a regular commenter over there, mainly because the Left Behind series is so highly hilarious.
Maybe we're buddies over there too! My disqus name is different than my LGF name; I assume your is as well? Now I'm going to be trying to figure out who sounds familiar...
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ozbloke Mon, May 23, 2011 11:37:01pm |
TEPCO admits new reactor meltdowns
The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan says there might have been partial meltdowns in its No. 2 and 3 reactors from damage after the earthquake and tsunami in March.
The latest announcement means all three reactors with active fuel inside the Fukushima plant, north-east of Tokyo, are believed to have suffered meltdowns after the March disaster.
The operator of the facility, TEPCO, announced earlier this month that the No. 1 reactor most likely had a fuel meltdown shortly after the disaster.
The company says the pressure vessels in the reactors may also be damaged.
TEPCO officials say damage to the No. 2 reactor fuel rods began three days after the quake, with much of the fuel rods eventually melting and collecting at the bottom of the pressure vessel containing them.
They say the fuel rods in the No. 3 reactor were damaged by the afternoon of March 13.
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William Barnett-Lewis Mon, May 23, 2011 11:39:32pm |
Gotta go sleep now. My the good one bless us all.
William
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AK-47% Mon, May 23, 2011 11:39:39pm |
re: #260 ozbloke
All part of the creeping Apocalyptic October surprise.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, May 23, 2011 11:43:46pm |
re: #260 ozbloke
Dear God, those poor people need no more grief.
Prayers for them all.
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AK-47% Mon, May 23, 2011 11:45:07pm |
re: #263 Floral Giraffe
What they need is complete and correct information, not more Tepco PR...
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ghazidor Mon, May 23, 2011 11:50:26pm |
re: #258 wlewisiii
True, but he's not making fun of a group on the edge of something he believes in. in the end, slacktivist is yet another thread...
May god have mercy on us all... ;(
You would probably like The Internet Monk then. Not humor (well a little at times), but deeply thought out theological discussion and comparison.
The founder Michael Spencer died last year of cancer but he kept posting right up till the last two months or so. Others that he asked to help have taken up his mission and continued the site, it is still probably the cleanest, most intelligent, and thought provoking theological site I have found on the internet.
Michael's essays alone are worth going over there to read, but the comments in the threads are bar none the most intelligent and insightful I have ever read on any Christian site on the internet.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 23, 2011 11:54:25pm |
re: #259 sagehen
Maybe we're buddies over there too! My disqus name is different than my LGF name; I assume your is as well? Now I'm going to be trying to figure out who sounds familiar...
Yep, I'm there under my actual name. Which may not be a good idea, but I didn't quite realize what I was doing when I was signing up...eh, who cares.
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ozbloke Mon, May 23, 2011 11:55:02pm |
re: #262 ralphieboy
All part of the creeping Apocalyptic October surprise.
That would be a surprise, everyone would expect it in 2012.
On a happy note, I don't think Camping has enough credibility left to pull it off.
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ozbloke Mon, May 23, 2011 11:55:37pm |
re: #263 Floral Giraffe
Dear God, those poor people need no more grief.
Prayers for them all.
Preach it Sister, Amen.
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ozbloke Mon, May 23, 2011 11:57:16pm |
Well this would be one way to have less people effected by radiation.
Outrage as Japan lifts radiation limit for kids
Outraged parents have held a rowdy demonstration outside Japan's education ministry in Tokyo to protest against the government's decision to weaken nuclear safety standards in schools.
Under new guidelines, Japanese children are allowed to be exposed to 20 times more radiation than was previously permissible.
The new regulation means children can now be exposed to as much radiation as a German nuclear worker.
The government argues the change is essential to keeping schools open in the Fukushima region.
According to Nobel Prize-winning group Physicians for Social Responsibility, the new limits mean exposed children now have a one-in-200 risk of getting cancer, compared with a one-in-500 risk for adults.
The decision provoked outrage from within Japan's government, with the prime minister's chief scientific adviser resigning in protest.
The government says it had no choice but to raise the legal exposure limit, saying about three-quarters of the schools in Fukushima have radiation levels above the old safety level of one millisievert.
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simoom Tue, May 24, 2011 12:03:44am |
More Eric Bolling (Fair & Balanced & Unafraid ///):
stop.. I drank 40's growing up in Chicago... I am NOT racist
Liberal blogs in an uproar...but... tornadoes hit MO 5:40p ct, 6:40p et. Obama boarded AF-1 for IRE 10p et. Deal with it, Pres was drinking beer while MO was being ravaged. Tone deaf much?
Wow... personal attacks on me?? Really? It's Obama who flies around the world and bows to their leaders while tornadoes spin, wildfires burn, America falls deeper into debt.
LEADERSHIP!
Tone Deaf? or setting up American bailouts of EU failed economies? either way Obama should be here with America as we suffer
HAGN everybody.. love y'all.. (hey liberals... don't be haters)
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, May 24, 2011 12:09:30am |
I was reminded of something else we did as kids that would lead to a major crisis and media drama today. It was fairly common for my classmates to bring globs of mercury to school. Fascinating stuff, sort of like an infinitely variable slinky. We would play with it and nobody ever said a word. Today of course, they would call out the hazmat team, evacuate everyone within a three mile radius, bury the school in a million ton concrete sarcophagus, and parachute in an army of tort lawyers to sue everyone who might have both a remote connection to the source of the mercury and a few bucks in the bank.
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Shiplord Kirel Tue, May 24, 2011 12:12:08am |
Besides mercury, we had lead soldiers made from actual brain-rotting lead, and Lincoln Logs with that toxic varnish they used. LL varnish tasted terrible but that didn't deter anyone from chewing on them.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 12:13:38am |
re: #271 Shiplord Kirel
I was reminded of something else we did as kids that would lead to a major crisis and media drama today. It was fairly common for my classmates to bring globs of mercury to school. Fascinating stuff, sort of like an infinitely variable slinky. We would play with it and nobody ever said a word. Today of course, they would call out the hazmat team, evacuate everyone within a three mile radius, bury the school in a million ton concrete sarcophagus, and parachute in an army of tort lawyers to sue everyone who might have both a remote connection to the source of the mercury and a few bucks in the bank.
My dad and his friends in the Civil Air Patrol would leave their guns in their lockers. Or not. One of his buddies amused everyone during one boring class by aiming a pistol at the back of the teacher's head every time he turned around.
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Eclectic Infidel Tue, May 24, 2011 12:28:43am |
Hey SFZ - how was the event on Sunday? Anything worth writing about? Even if not, how did it go?
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ghazidor Tue, May 24, 2011 12:42:39am |
Another break from sanity...
“Quite often you hear people say, ‘What about separation of church and state?’ There is no such thing,” Severson told Brandon. “I mean it just does not exist, and it does not exist in America for a purpose, because we are a Christian nation.”
He continued, “We are a nation based on Christian principles and ideals, and those are the things that guarantee our liberties. It is one of those things that is so fundamental to the freedoms that we have that when you begin to restrict our belief and our attestation to our Christian values you begin to restrict our liberties.”
He added, “You simply cannot continue a nation as America without that Christian base of liberty.”
Severson says voters must know his position on the matter.
“Look, this is what I stand for. If you don’t like that, don’t vote for me, and then the majority of the people will have their voice heard,” he said. “It’s wrong for politicians to do one thing on the campaign trail to get the vote and do exactly the opposite once they get to office. To me that is an impeachable offense.”
[Link: minnesotaindependent.com...]
Theocracy? Heck no we aren't advocating any kind of theocracy! We just want a Christian government based on Christian values as spelled out in the Christian bible, just like things were when this country was first founded by Christians!
/Render unto Ceaser? anyone? anyone?
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freetoken Tue, May 24, 2011 12:44:24am |
The SPC is warning of a high probability of severe weather on Tuesday, centered on the border of OK and KS but covering a wide area. Tornadoes, destructive thunderstorms, and hail:
[Link: www.spc.noaa.gov...]
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freetoken Tue, May 24, 2011 12:48:32am |
re: #275 ausador
Your link isn't specific enough. Here is the one you need:
[Link: minnesotaindependent.com...]
Note that the story is from 2010. Now the hot MN theocrat is Bradley Dean.
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freetoken Tue, May 24, 2011 12:54:25am |
re: #263 Floral Giraffe
Dear God, those poor people need no more grief.
Prayers for them all.
It all happened within days of the tsunami. Indeed, the hydrogen explosions were the first clue (as the hydrogen coming from a chemical reaction created by the exposed rods' zirconium alloy cladding.) So, as the rods were at least partially exposed they were no longer being cooled sufficiently, and would then rise in temperature to the point where they would melt and ooze towards the bottom of the container, only cooling when they hit whatever water remained.
It was likely only a partial melt, of the top of the rods, but that was enough to release a large quantity of radioactive isotopes into the air and water inside the building, which then leaded outside.
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simoom Tue, May 24, 2011 1:08:23am |
JTA - This just in from the GOP: We’re gonna take ‘1967’ and run with it
Reince Priebus, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, called me today to say he thinks President Obama created a big fat opening for his party in its bid to pull votes away from its traditional constituency, Jewish Americans.He kept calling Obama's position, in his Middle East policy speech last week, a call on Israel "to return to its 1967 borders."
It wasn't, of course -- Obama made clear that it would include mutually agreed land swaps.
I'll be here to remind readers of that every time it comes up, but in any case, Priebus has no intention of dropping this ball.
"It's in our strategic interest as Americans to support Israel, and deviations from that position do not square with voters in our country," he said. "That's what we're gonna be singing from the mountaintops for the next 17 months."
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freetoken Tue, May 24, 2011 1:21:53am |
Ron Paul has picked up his first endorsement from an Iowa politician, state lawmaker and rabid anti-homosexual Glen Massie:
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 2:37:46am |
re: #274 eclectic infidel
Hey SFZ - how was the event on Sunday? Anything worth writing about? Even if not, how did it go?
Ha, didn't see this until now. Will e-mail.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 2:39:08am |
re: #280 simoom
JTA - This just in from the GOP: We’re gonna take ‘1967’ and run with it
Dear GOP:
You've been trying to convince me to vote for you for a long time. So far, you haven't done very well.
THink about why this might be.
Thanks,
Jewish Voter
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freetoken Tue, May 24, 2011 3:02:35am |
For those who missed it, Camping's press interview on Monday night, someone on HuffPo live-blogged it.
One example of Harold's delusions:
05/23/2011 6:14 PM Camping says again that Judgment Day Came, "It Was Just Spiritual."
"The timing, the structures, the proofs, none of that has changed at all," says Camping.
He is sticking to the numerology he used to determine the May 21 and Oct. 21 dates.
"All I am is a humble teacher. I search the Bible. I search the Bible," he says.
"None of that has changed at all..."
Yeah, right.
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researchok Tue, May 24, 2011 3:15:34am |
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freetoken Tue, May 24, 2011 3:42:31am |
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freetoken Tue, May 24, 2011 3:43:00am |
BTW, the AP uploaded a short video of Camping's press conference:
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 4:35:39am |
7 Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 23, 2011 1:41:31pmAnybody complained about the President not cutting his trip short and getting back here to fix Joplin?
Probably makes me look like a psychic. I'm not. However, I am very keen at predicting absolutely predictable things.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 4:37:29am |
re: #285 freetoken
Poor guy. Camping must feel like Noah.
Building the ark while people stood around, pointing and laughing.
He's sure he'll have the last laugh.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 4:46:08am |
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 24, 2011 4:46:33am |
re: #293 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Poor guy. Camping must feel like Noah.
Building the ark while people stood around, pointing and laughing.
He's sure he'll have the last laugh.
He's not building any freaking ark. He's just collecting money from the suckers faithful.
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 4:47:41am |
re: #295 Alouette
I think he's sincere in his crazy-ass beliefs.
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reine.de.tout Tue, May 24, 2011 4:50:27am |
Hola, Honcos & Honco-ettes!
What's the haps?
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 4:51:10am |
This is interesting.
European neo-Nazi websites find home in US
But attempts to cripple the xenophobic "Alpen-Donau" forum have been hindered by the fact it's housed on a U.S. server, an example of how free speech on one side of the Atlantic can help spread hate speech on the other.
Austria bans Nazi glorification and Holocaust denial. In the United States nearly unrestricted freedom of speech rights are considered a cornerstone of democracy.
I'm not in favor of Austria's ban, but I understand their reasons for it.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 4:54:18am |
re: #296 Obdicut
Precisely my Noah comparison.
Hears a sneer, sighs, and keeps sawing (Whoompa, whoompa, whoompa, whoompa)...
(you have to hear the "whoompa" in Bill Cosby's voice for it to work.)
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 24, 2011 4:55:38am |
re: #298 Obdicut
This is interesting.
European neo-Nazi websites find home in US
I'm not in favor of Austria's ban, but I understand their reasons for it.
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 4:56:22am |
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 4:58:05am |
re: #300 Alouette
Wow. Maybe instead of banning them they should throw them into a fire while shouting "Juden Raus", just to be explicitly clear.
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laZardo Tue, May 24, 2011 4:59:08am |
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garhighway Tue, May 24, 2011 5:00:18am |
Morning, all. Did anyone watch Too Big To Fail last night?
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Almost Killed by Space Hookers Tue, May 24, 2011 5:00:38am |
Hello all...
I think I am going to write a review page about all of the extreme weather events of the past several years and show some papers that predicted exactly those sorts of things happening due to climate shifts.
After reviewing the discussions here about the Joplin multi cyclone event, that seems to be very pertinent. This can absolutely be laid at the door of climate change and that is the consensus in as much as these sorts of events have been very clearly predicted for quite some time.
It is not just the multi-cyclone event, but the flooded Mississippi, the droughts, the damage to Alabama, the monsoon and heat waves in South Asia of last year, the heat wave in Europe, the cool temps in the American NE - all of it together that makes a clear picture.
Anyone who doubts the causes of this, given the power and accuracy f the predictions is not paying attention.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:06:05am |
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 5:06:17am |
re: #306 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
He, Patton Oswalt, and Louis C.K. are my dream team of stand-ups.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 5:08:44am |
re: #308 Obdicut
Three very different comedians. Nice.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:09:34am |
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:15:04am |
(and a deathly hush fell over the room, as its occupants were transfixed and speechless at the display of sheer vocal genius by Ms. Lemper.)
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 5:20:30am |
re: #311 Guanxi88
(and a deathly hush fell over the room, as its occupants were transfixed and speechless at the display of sheer vocal genius by Ms. Lemper.)
Does she consciously channel Dietrich?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 5:21:21am |
re: #305 LudwigVanQuixote
I hope you do. My finite mind hears about an F5 tornado and thinks, "Damn, an F5 Tornado, but they've been happening forever. We've just begun to classify them. So, maybe not related to global warming."
I hear about the Mississippi flooding and think, "Damn, the Mississippi is flooding. It has been flooding for centuries. The Mississippi has redirected itself in the past because of flooding. So, maybe it's not global warming."
Droughts, flooding, cyclones, typhoons all those things have been happening for eons. I'm sure there's a Mayan word for hurricane.
I would appreciate it if you'd write what you are saying. I have the same problem understanding AGW as many lay-people do.
It would be unfortunate if I had to see (for example) an F-8 tornado for AGW to become a reality in my mind.
Not being sarcastic. I'd really like to understand how the same weather we've had in the past means something new now.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:21:54am |
I;m not sure; it may be the other way around, with Dietrich reaching intot he future to channel Lemper.
Beautiful, regardless, though Dietrich was a better actress than Lemper.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:25:48am |
re: #314 Guanxi88
Let me add, though, that Dietrich RETIRED Lili Marleen; she sang it, and then they hung that song up in the rafters, since no one has ever done so well with it. Think of Bobby McGee and Joplin - it is very much like that.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:27:16am |
re: #315 Guanxi88
Let me add, though, that Dietrich RETIRED Lili Marleen; she sang it, and then they hung that song up in the rafters, since no one has ever done so well with it. Think of Bobby McGee and Joplin - it is very much like that.
And here it is:
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 5:27:53am |
re: #305 LudwigVanQuixote
Hello all...
I think I am going to write a review page about all of the extreme weather events of the past several years and show some papers that predicted exactly those sorts of things happening due to climate shifts.
After reviewing the discussions here about the Joplin multi cyclone event, that seems to be very pertinent. This can absolutely be laid at the door of climate change and that is the consensus in as much as these sorts of events have been very clearly predicted for quite some time.
It is not just the multi-cyclone event, but the flooded Mississippi, the droughts, the damage to Alabama, the monsoon and heat waves in South Asia of last year, the heat wave in Europe, the cool temps in the American NE - all of it together that makes a clear picture.
Anyone who doubts the causes of this, given the power and accuracy f the predictions is not paying attention.
You can be right and wrong simultaneously in the non-scientific arena. The facts let you make a correct prediction of a mid/long term trend, but the complexity of the climate could allow for a year or two of abnormally 'nice' weather in a given region. Then you are suddenly the made into the Harold Camping of Climate Change. Science describes one kind of reality, politics creates another.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:29:35am |
Yep, I likes my coffee black, my whisey bourbon, and my singers German women. Anybody got a problem with that?
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, May 24, 2011 5:29:35am |
re: #317 Decatur Deb
You can be right and wrong simultaneously in the non-scientific arena. The facts let you make a correct prediction of a mid/long term trend, but the complexity of the climate could allow for a year or two of abnormally 'nice' weather in a given region. Then you are suddenly the made into the Harold Camping of Climate Change. Science describes one kind of reality, politics creates another.
The difference being, Harold Camping will never be right. At least the scientists get it right fairly often, or their predictions at least improve over time.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 5:31:09am |
re: #319 thedopefishlives
The difference being, Harold Camping will never be right. At least the scientists get it right fairly often, or their predictions at least improve over time.
Being right isn't enough. You must also help millions of other people be right, if you wish to effect change.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:32:46am |
re: #314 Guanxi88
I;m not sure; it may be the other way around, with Dietrich reaching intot he future to channel Lemper.
Beautiful, regardless, though Dietrich was a better actress than Lemper.
True fact: I dated, and even proposed to, a girl who was a dead-ringer for Ute Lemper (or at least her younger sister) lo, these many years ago. It wasn't until about five years later I figured out why I found her so attractive.
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, May 24, 2011 5:33:45am |
O.T.
Dear Oprah,
GOODBYE ALREADY!!!
Geeze....
GOODMORNING EVERYONE!!
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Aye Pod Tue, May 24, 2011 5:37:11am |
re: #303 laZardo
And I suddenly wondered what Ice and Jimmah think of all this.
i'm sorry.
I'm against banning books as a general principle, and I'm against this boycott in particular as well. Ice feels the same way.
Contrary to popular myth, it is possible sometimes for something to be both Scottish and shite.
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, May 24, 2011 5:38:06am |
re: #319 thedopefishlives
I have a prediction.....
Today is going SUCK!
It's raining,STILL and I have two open trenches with broken
waterlines.
No Science needed!
The weather person sucks also....
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 5:39:01am |
re: #323 Jimmah
If one believes in the First Amendment, one does not just believe in it for Americans.
Well played, Jimmah.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 5:39:26am |
re: #324 reloadingisnotahobby
Hard to find a leak in a puddle.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 5:40:22am |
re: #28 Obdicut
So you think this guy will get fired for this unbelievable racism?
Or is it going to be tolerated?
Tolerated? Please. The raitings will go up.
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, May 24, 2011 5:41:00am |
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 5:41:53am |
re: #38 Dark_Falcon
I think he gets forced to apologize and is suspended for a couple weeks. Fox won't want to outright tolerate this, but they also won't want to see Bolling go somewhere nuttier and stir up loons against Fox for "joining the Lamestream Media".
When are any of them ever forced to apologize?
Besides, they're not sorry. Apology not accepted.
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, May 24, 2011 5:43:32am |
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:46:07am |
re: #332 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
A classic of Mel Brooks. Simply the best Western made.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:47:54am |
It is odd, though, that so many of my memories of my wild, younger days seem to have a soundtrack lifted right out of the Weimar Republic. Hell, I was born far too late (perhaps Mother was right - maybe I was born middle-aged.)
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 5:50:57am |
re: #145 moderatelyradicalliberal
Me too. Although, I've never meet anyone who didn't like to claim their Irish roots once they realized they had some. People seem to like being part Irish like they like being part Native American. Except for those with pure Castilian blood of of course.
///
My mother's family has Florida/Georgia Cracker roots, which is to say Scotch-Irish. It's an embarrassment and understood to be a product of rape.
And no, ppl don't go screaming I'm "reverse racist" because used the word "Cracker". They call themselves that. [Link: bit.ly...]
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, May 24, 2011 5:52:38am |
...One of my favorites ....
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 5:53:55am |
re: #335 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
I've got some Swamp Yankee in me, which is a designation my grandfather liked but my grandmother disliked intensely. Oddly, the yankees in particular were not of English stock.
My Jewish half is a muddle of North African, native american, and Spanish, but with Jewish being by far the most predominant flavor.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 5:56:11am |
re: #335 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
My mother's family has Florida/Georgia Cracker roots, which is to say Scotch-Irish. It's an embarrassment and understood to be a product of rape.
And no, ppl don't go screaming I'm "reverse racist" because used the word "Cracker". They call themselves that. [Link: bit.ly...]
"Cracker Architecture" is an academic term, although it refers to a Florida style. Using proper academic terms can also get you into a pile of shit in the right circumstances. Intent and context.
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, May 24, 2011 5:57:17am |
Well I'm off to play PLUMBER!!
...I'm wearing my "Low Rise" pants for credibility!!
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 24, 2011 5:57:38am |
Some evening, when the bourbon has freed me of my inhibitions, I'll tell my Lili Marleen story.
It's worth the hearing, if only as an indication of the power of music to evoke memories.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 5:57:48am |
re: #337 Obdicut
I've got some Swamp Yankee in me, which is a designation my grandfather liked but my grandmother disliked intensely. Oddly, the yankees in particular were not of English stock.
My Jewish half is a muddle of North African, native american, and Spanish, but with Jewish being by far the most predominant flavor.
Sounds classically American, to me.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 5:58:12am |
re: #339 reloadingisnotahobby
Well I'm off to play PLUMBER!!
...I'm wearing my "Low Rise" pants for credibility!!
If someone wants an interview, try to avoid electoral politics.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, May 24, 2011 5:58:39am |
re: #342 Decatur Deb
If someone wants an interview, try to avoid electoral politics.
Somehow I think he'd be less embarrassing than Joe the Plumber.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:01:51am |
re: #341 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Sounds classically American, to me.
Yeah--when does the whole ethnic identity shtick just become too burdensome? I've 'adopted' the Irish half of my ancestry, mostly for the bagpipe/booze jokes. In the end is doesn't mean a thing.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:03:10am |
re: #338 Decatur Deb
"Cracker Architecture" is an academic term, although it refers to a Florida style. Using proper academic terms can also get you into a pile of shit in the right circumstances. Intent and context.
Ha, well this is true.
But anyone who's been to FL in the past few years will notice this "resurgence" of Cracker Heritage. Another ex: [Link: www.crackertrail.org...]
They do have a pretty successful restaurant chain + mascot named after them, with, um, mixed results. [Link: bit.ly...]
Let's just say I prefer Waffle House.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:05:42am |
re: #345 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Thanks, bookmarked--we used to ride the FL rail-to-trails in the pahhandle, might again if my wife gets her hip back to work.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:08:31am |
re: #345 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Silly... "Cracker Barrel" isn't named for "Southern Crackers"... It's named for cracker barrels that used to be in old country stores.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:09:12am |
re: #344 Decatur Deb
Yeah--when does the whole ethnic identity shtick just become too burdensome? I've 'adopted' the Irish half of my ancestry, mostly for the bagpipe/booze jokes. In the end is doesn't mean a thing.
Well, let's just say, when your ethnicity shows, or people think they know so much about what it is, it's a lot more than just schtick -- it's a social determinant.
Anybody who doesn't think so, consider that we'd would never have to endure these kindergarten-level watermelon, ape/monkey, waffles, fried chicken and 40 oz "jokes" from supposedly grown adults, if he were white + something other than Black.
"Marked categories", and whatnot. I like that some of mine shows and would not have it any other way.
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 6:11:04am |
re: #341 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Sounds classically American, to me.
Yep. I've never really tried to ascertain my genetic history on the Jewish side; during the time period that my family were indentured servants (with a contract so harsh they were basically slaves) in the sugar plantations there's some rape and some tactical exogamy et al.
We's all just humans here, boss.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:12:27am |
re: #347 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Silly... "Cracker Barrel" isn't named for "Southern Crackers"... It's named for cracker barrels that used to be in old country stores.
Lol and the Colonel from Kentucky has nothing to do with a fictional Civil War era character, either.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:12:38am |
re: #351 Cannadian Club Akbar
"Cracker-ass cracker!"
-Chris Rock
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:12:40am |
re: #349 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Well, let's just say, when your ethnicity shows, or people think they know so much about what it is, it's a lot more than just schtick -- it's a social determinant.
Anybody who doesn't think so, consider that we'd would never have to endure these kindergarten-level watermelon, ape/monkey, waffles, fried chicken and 40 oz "jokes" from supposedly grown adults, if he were white + something other than Black.
"Marked categories", and whatnot. I like that some of mine shows and would not have it any other way.
For whites, that's fading except when they want their ethnicity to show. For American blacks--someday, perhaps. Here in Baja Alabama, my Pittsburgh accent is far more a determinant than my Irish name or appearance
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:12:46am |
re: #349 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Fried chicken and waffles rule!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:15:22am |
re: #352 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Lol and the Colonel from Kentucky has nothing to do with a fictional Civil War era character, either.
EVERYONE in the south was called colonel.
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 6:15:33am |
re: #345 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Cracker can be used as a racial slur, of course, and is as stupid and shitty when used that way as any other slur. But I've heard it used as often as a class designation as a racial one, as a synonym for poor white trash, by other whites.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:17:36am |
re: #357 Obdicut
Cracker can be used as a racial slur, of course, and is as stupid and shitty when used that way as any other slur. But I've heard it used as often as a class designation as a racial one, as a synonym for poor white trash, by other whites.
I use cracker to refer to people who were born in Florida. My best friend was a cracker. You couldn't get a pair of shoes on that boy and he was actually buried without shoes.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:18:36am |
re: #356 Cannadian Club Akbar
EVERYONE in the south was called colonel.
He was actually a Kentucky Colonel, a group chartered by the Governor of the state, with ties back to the CW militia. Several of my friends had the signed commission, though it's little more than a Rotary Club now. Good barbecue picnic in Derby week, though.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:19:41am |
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 24, 2011 6:20:13am |
Drudge is featuring another video of black people fighting in a restaurant again.
A lovely way to start the morning.
/
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:20:37am |
And speaking of the south, tonight I'm making baby back ribs and shrimp and lobster pasta for my friends. :)
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:20:39am |
re: #354 Decatur Deb
For whites, that's fading except when they want their ethnicity to show. For American blacks--someday, perhaps. Here in Baja Alabama, my Pittsburgh accent is far more a determinant than my Irish name or appearance
Baja Alabama...I would think people would not mind an Irish name. Maybe you could pass as Scotch-Irish, dunno.
I was doing some reading on the Know-Nothing/American party and had forgotten about their nasty riots. Also, imposing prohibition for anti-immigrant reasons.
No wonder whites don't want their ethnicity to show or consider it bad manners to talk about...forget the neighborhood welcome the rest of us get, they burnt each other's churches down.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:20:53am |
re: #361 Cannadian Club Akbar
AND ALWAYS TOO SOON!
-Lilly Von Schtupp
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prairiefire Tue, May 24, 2011 6:20:53am |
re: #359 Cannadian Club Akbar
I use cracker to refer to people who were born in Florida. My best friend was a cracker. You couldn't get a pair of shoes on that boy and he was actually buried without shoes.
Yep, when we lived in Maitland, my pops called the locals "crackers". Was it cause of the bull whip sounds from cattle drives? Kind of remembering that.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:21:11am |
re: #362 Killgore Trout
Drudge is featuring another video of black people fighting in a restaurant again.
A lovely way to start the morning.
/
We should stop building restaurants.
/
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:22:07am |
re: #366 prairiefire
Yep, when we lived in Maitland, my pops called the locals "crackers". Was it cause of the bull whip sounds from cattle drives? Kind of remembering that.
That is one reason I have heard.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:22:10am |
re: #362 Killgore Trout
What the hell is up with that anyway.
Appears that someone has invented a new type of "flash mob".
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:22:18am |
re: #356 Cannadian Club Akbar
EVERYONE in the south was called colonel.
Lol every Black person in the south was called colonel?
Really? Lol!
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:22:56am |
We're winning the younger generation on abortion, at least in theory. What about same-sex marriage? We're losing on that one, especially among the 20- and 30-somethings: 65 to 70 percent of them favor same-sex marriage. I don't know if that's going to change with a little more age—demographers would say probably not. We've probably lost that. I don't want to be extremist here, but I think we need to start calculating where we are in the culture.
I'll tell you where you are in the culture...1955. Assholes.
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Interesting Times Tue, May 24, 2011 6:23:15am |
re: #313 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Not being sarcastic. I'd really like to understand how the same weather we've had in the past means something new now.
It's a question of degree. I'm sure you've had vomiting episodes, for various reasons, at multiple points throughout your life, but if all of a sudden, you spent more days vomiting than not, each episode more severe than the last, you might start to worry about a serious illness as opposed to something "typical".
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:23:54am |
re: #364 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Baja Alabama...I would think people would not mind an Irish name. Maybe you could pass as Scotch-Irish, dunno.
I was doing some reading on the Know-Nothing/American party and had forgotten about their nasty riots. Also, imposing prohibition for anti-immigrant reasons.
No wonder whites don't want their ethnicity to show or consider it bad manners to talk about...forget the neighborhood welcome the rest of us get, they burnt each other's churches down.
Yes-- the Irish here is OK, unless they think it makes you a Catholic. Catholic still matters a bit here. Our county has 150 Protestant churches, 1 tiny Reform Temple, and my wife's RC church. We are considered a cosmopolitan center.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:24:17am |
re: #370 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Lol every Black person in the south was called colonel?
Really? Lol!
Actually I thought you were talking about KFC in your first post when I got here.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:24:18am |
re: #370 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
(you had to have three of them to make two colonels).
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:24:40am |
re: #359 Cannadian Club Akbar
I use cracker to refer to people who were born in Florida.
Lol you call Marco Rubio a cracker? I don't believe it.
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sagehen Tue, May 24, 2011 6:25:40am |
re: #376 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Lol you call Marco Rubio a cracker? I don't believe it.
I don't think he was actually born the US... IIRC, he was a baby boat person.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:26:24am |
re: #377 sagehen
I don't think he was actually born the US... IIRC, he was a baby boat person.
Actually, I think his parents left Cuban Pre-Castro.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:26:31am |
re: #377 sagehen
I don't think he was actually born the US... IIRC, he was a baby boat person.
A boy... so you're saying he has a dinghy?
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:26:54am |
re: #371 darthstar
I'll tell you where you are in the culture...1955. Assholes.
Aww, be nice to the dumb bigots. Can they help it every antigay preacher and politician in America ends up caught sexting young men?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:28:00am |
re: #380 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
By the way, "Oh Hai". I don't remember seeing you before now.
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:28:42am |
Last night's vittles...(I'm loving my new BBQ) Flank steak, dry rubbed with cocoa, paprika, cumin, coriander and cayenne - grilled rare, asparagus, a roasted sweet onion and cous-cous...and a bottle of FogDog Pinot Noir.
Ooh, and I get leftover flank for lunch. Life ain't bad.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:29:08am |
To be a Florida Cracker requires links to the pioneers, mostly those in the Panhandle/Big Bend areas. Remember that FL had only a very tiny population until mosquito control and A/C (invented in Apalachicola) made population growth bearable.
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Daniel Ballard Tue, May 24, 2011 6:31:05am |
re: #382 darthstar
Last night's vittles...(I'm loving my new BBQ) Flank steak, dry rubbed with cocoa, paprika, cumin, coriander and cayenne - grilled rare, asparagus, a roasted sweet onion and cous-cous...and a bottle of FogDog Pinot Noir.
Ooh, and I get leftover flank for lunch. Life ain't bad.
Sounds downright indulgent.
Cocoa in that rub huh? Interesting.
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lawhawk Tue, May 24, 2011 6:32:40am |
re: #362 Killgore Trout
Well to be fair, that video was plastered all over the NYC metro news reports this morning, and occurred at a Dunkin Donuts not far from my old haunting ground in the West Village. That area (and the store in particular) has seen a spate of similar incidents in the past couple of months, so they figured that releasing the video might provide leads on who was involved although it also seems that at least some of those involved might be familiar faces in the store.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, May 24, 2011 6:33:10am |
re: #373 Decatur Deb
Yes-- the Irish here is OK, unless they think it makes you a Catholic. Catholic still matters a bit here. Our county has 150 Protestant churches, 1 tiny Reform Temple, and my wife's RC church. We are considered a cosmopolitan center.
It's actually kind of an interesting dynamic up here. See, back in fish country, most everybody can claim Scotch or Irish (or some mixture thereof) for their heritage, as those were the settlers who first started working the land across central Indiana. Up here in the wild north country, where the majority is descended from Scandinavian immigrants looking for something "more like home", a dark-haired Scotch-Irish mixed breed is something of a novelty.
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:34:00am |
re: #384 Rightwingconspirator
Sounds downright indulgent.
Cocoa in that rub huh? Interesting.
chocolate and chili go well together. I usually use the combo on my beer-butt chicken...worked well on the flank though.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:34:44am |
re: #373 Decatur Deb
Yes-- the Irish here is OK, unless they think it makes you a Catholic. Catholic still matters a bit here. Our county has 150 Protestant churches, 1 tiny Reform Temple, and my wife's RC church. We are considered a cosmopolitan center.
Yeah, I was going to mention the Catholic part, but don't know enough about Irish vs Scotch-Irish/Cracker to know if they can "tell", like by last name or something.
I hope it's not a dry county you live in. If not white Protestant, one might have to drink every day just to cope. Then again, Moore, TN, home of Jack Daniels is a dry county. Why people do things like this, I'll never know.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:36:18am |
re: #375 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
really should've put a sarc tag in that...
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:36:26am |
re: #378 Cannadian Club Akbar
Actually, I think his parents left Cuban Pre-Castro.
Yeah, he was born in Miami.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:36:54am |
re: #388 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
If I was a civic leader of a dry county I would open a liquor store just over the county line.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:37:42am |
re: #388 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Yeah, I was going to mention the Catholic part, but don't know enough about Irish vs Scotch-Irish/Cracker to know if they can "tell", like by last name or something.
I hope it's not a dry county you live in. If not white Protestant, one might have to drink every day just to cope. Then again, Moore, TN, home of Jack Daniels is a dry county. Why people do things like this, I'll never know.
Ha--only hit one dry county in AL (Culman), and it's a Catholic stronghold. Used to live in Bourbon County, KY. Bourbon Cty is dry, Christian Cty KY is wet.
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:37:46am |
re: #388 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Yeah, I was going to mention the Catholic part, but don't know enough about Irish vs Scotch-Irish/Cracker to know if they can "tell", like by last name or something.
I hope it's not a dry county you live in. If not white Protestant, one might have to drink every day just to cope. Then again, Moore, TN, home of Jack Daniels is a dry county. Why people do things like this, I'll never know.
Grew up Irish-Catholic myself. In 2000, I was living in England and spent a lot of time in Belfast at my company's support call center. One of my co-workers, Mark, and I were going out for pints after work and I suggested a bar I'd gone to the night before. He said, "Oh, I won't go there...not with a Catholic name like mine." But for the most part, the Catholics and Protestants seem to be just fine getting pissed together on Friday nights.
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:39:00am |
re: #390 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Yeah, he was born in Miami.
Miami, KENYA, maybe...oh, wait...we're talking about a Republican...please disregard.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:39:05am |
re: #381 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
By the way, "Oh Hai". I don't remember seeing you before now.
Hi BVF - I'm newish around here and don't post all that much. Thx for the welcome. Everyone is very nice.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:39:28am |
re: #393 darthstar
Grew up Irish-Catholic myself. In 2000, I was living in England and spent a lot of time in Belfast at my company's support call center.One of my co-workers, Mark, and I were going out for pints after work and I suggested a bar I'd gone to the night before. He said, "Oh, I won't go there...not with a Catholic name like mine." But for the most part, the Catholics and Protestants seem to be just fine getting pissed together on Friday nights.
I think I have talked to you. Is your name Gary?
/
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:39:31am |
re: #388 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
I toured the distillery once. Very interesting walk.
The lady mentioned that "Once a month, Jack Daniel's Distillery gives away a fifth of product to employees. On that day? 100 percent attendance, every time."
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:40:08am |
re: #395 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Hi BVF - I'm newish around here and don't post all that much. Thx for the welcome. Everyone is very nice.
You obviously need to spend more time here.
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:40:35am |
re: #395 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Hi BVF - I'm newish around here and don't post all that much. Thx for the welcome. Everyone is very nice.
Good to have you aboard...took a stroll through your blog. Your handle is a mouthful, though...like one of Palin's butt-cheeks.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:40:40am |
re: #383 Decatur Deb
To be a Florida Cracker requires links to the pioneers, mostly those in the Panhandle/Big Bend areas. Remember that FL had only a very tiny population until mosquito control and A/C (invented in Apalachicola) made population growth bearable.
That, and the canopy roads.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:41:15am |
re: #394 darthstar
Miami, KENYA, maybe...oh, wait...we're talking about a Republican...please disregard.
You joke--yesterday someone put up a grab from WND. The birthers have turned on Jindal and Rubio.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:42:16am |
re: #396 Cannadian Club Akbar
If I worked at a Belfast call center, I would use the alias "Sanjay" and speak with an Irish accent just to fuck with callers.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:42:38am |
re: #400 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
That, and the canopy roads.
FL population history from Wiki:
Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1830 34,730
—
1840 54,477 56.9%
1850 87,445 60.5%
1860 140,424 60.6%
1870 187,748 33.7%
1880 269,493 43.5%
1890 391,422 45.2%
1900 528,542 35.0%
1910 752,619 42.4%
1920 968,470 28.7%
1930 1,468,211 51.6%
1940 1,897,414 29.2%
1950 2,771,305 46.1%
1960 4,951,560 78.7%
1970 6,789,443 37.1%
1980 9,746,324 43.6%
1990 12,937,926 32.7%
2000 15,982,378 23.5%
2010 18,801,310 17.6%
Sources: 1910-2010[62]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:42:56am |
re: #401 Decatur Deb
You joke--yesterday someone put up a grab from WND. The birthers have turned on Jindal and Rubio.
Rubio has said that there is no place on the Hill for Tbaggers. (I know it isn't the birthers but a strong statement considering the political environment)
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:43:04am |
re: #401 Decatur Deb
You joke--yesterday someone put up a grab from WND. The birthers have turned on Jindal and Rubio.
Of course they have...they'll go after that gal from SC as well soon enough...they're not going to blame themselves for their losses...they'll blame the infiltrating furriners taking up good ole white Republican jobs in politics.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:44:28am |
re: #404 Cannadian Club Akbar
Rubio has said that there is no place on the Hill for Tbaggers. (I know it isn't the birthers but a strong statement considering the political environment)
No place as a political group, although a political movement. My bad for the half thought.
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:44:59am |
re: #402 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If I worked at a Belfast call center, I would use the alias "Sanjay" and speak with an Irish accent just to fuck with callers.
True story. I went to Dublin to work with a customer, and he said to me, "Sean (that's my real name), I'm feckin' Irish and I can't uncerstand a feckin' thing your support guys say on the phone, their brogue is so strong. Do they know English?"
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:45:49am |
re: #399 darthstar
Good to have you aboard...took a stroll through your blog. Your handle is a mouthful, though...like one of Palin's butt-cheeks.
Alas, we do live in a world where size 6 is a mouthful.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:46:47am |
re: #408 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Alas, we do live in a world where size 6 is a mouthful.
Gonna tell my next date that.
///
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:47:09am |
re: #408 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
I kinda think she's sexy. Don't tell anyone here though. They can't get past her voice. I could.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:47:17am |
re: #402 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
If I worked at a Belfast call center, I would use the alias "Sanjay" and speak with an Irish accent just to fuck with callers.
While we lived in Israel, my wife called our insurance co. in Mobile to check on our rented-out house. She asked the girl how the weather was in Alabama.
"Sorry, mum, but I'm in Dublin, and it's raining here."
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:47:36am |
re: #408 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Alas, we do live in a world where size 6 is a mouthful.
Don't get me wrong...Palin's butt-cheeks are the nicest (and probably smartest) thing about her. I actually meant that as a compliment (I'm like that). ;)
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:47:44am |
re: #405 darthstar
Of course they have...they'll go after that gal from SC as well soon enough...they're not going to blame themselves for their losses...they'll blame the infiltrating furriners taking up good ole white Republican jobs in politics.
Yeah, one of them already tried. Remember Jake Knotts (R - Boss Hogg), who called her a r^ghead?
Nice colleagues you've got there, Nikki.
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lawhawk Tue, May 24, 2011 6:49:20am |
re: #395 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Welcome aboard. BTW, here's a style tip for embedding video on your blog - you probably should manually adjust the width/height on the videos so that they stay within your blog post column and don't bleed into adjacent columns.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:50:40am |
re: #405 darthstar
Of course they have...they'll go after that gal from SC as well soon enough...they're not going to blame themselves for their losses...they'll blame the infiltrating furriners taking up good ole white Republican jobs in politics.
Also, look what they did to frickin' Newt Gingrich, though he should have known that old "vote for me, I'm the sensible one" old gag would never work.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:50:50am |
I support a woman's right to choose, and have no strong feelings one way or the other.
But, to me? This seems off the fuckin' charts wrong.
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lawhawk Tue, May 24, 2011 6:50:54am |
Rudy ready to run for 2012? Well, he's fighting a tremendously uphill battle seeing how he ran one of the most disastrous campaigns in recent history in 2008. I don't think he's going to make the same mistake this time, but the GOP is even more to the right of where he's staked most of his positions that I give him little chance of success (and I like him more than any of the other presumptive candidates).
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:52:02am |
re: #414 lawhawk
Welcome aboard. BTW, here's a style tip for embedding video on your blog - you probably should manually adjust the width/height on the videos so that they stay within your blog post column and don't bleed into adjacent columns.
Yeah, I know. I've noticed, though, that people have gotten away from doing that.
Every other vid except that one is correct width/height. Thanks, though.
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 6:52:18am |
re: #416 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
It is. It's a symptom of the anti-female attitude present in the society.
No clue how to fix that, other than the slow, slow grind of cultural shift.
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Interesting Times Tue, May 24, 2011 6:54:41am |
re: #416 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
But, to me? This seems off the fuckin' charts wrong.
That isn't "choice". That's women being forced to abort baby girls because of stupid misogynistic cultural traditions.
As an aside, people who think or imply this only happens with Islam might consider that Hinduism is the majority religion of the culprits here.
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:56:02am |
re: #416 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I support a woman's right to choose, and have no strong feelings one way or the other.
But, to me? This seems off the fuckin' charts wrong.
The wonders of ultrasound. This story popped up on my radar about 15 years ago...its a matter of economics...weddings aren't cheap to begin with, and paying a dowry to the groom's family doesn't help. In some areas, the ratio of men to women is shifting to the point where people are starting to wonder if their sons will find brides.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 6:56:04am |
re: #416 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I support a woman's right to choose, and have no strong feelings one way or the other.
But, to me? This seems off the fuckin' charts wrong.
Yeah, there's an element of antichoice there, I think. It's really abhorrent to compel a woman to abort, though India doesn't have a one-child rule complicating the preference for boys.
And unless societies with preferences for boys don't start implementing same sex marriage in the next generation, well, ppl see where I'm going with that. If everyone's first born is a boy, who do they intend to marry the kids off to?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:56:20am |
re: #420 publicityStunted
That isn't "choice". That's women being forced to abort baby girls because of stupid misogynistic cultural traditions.
As an aside, people who think or imply this only happens with Islam might consider that Hinduism is the majority religion of the culprits here.
And IIRC, in China, women get abortions because she and her husband want a boy. (or maybe just he does)
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 6:56:26am |
re: #416 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I support a woman's right to choose, and have no strong feelings one way or the other.
But, to me? This seems off the fuckin' charts wrong.
That's likely to sort itself out. As females there (and in China) become more rare, they will become more valued, then more powerful. The imbalance is going to cause some wild sociology during the transition.
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 6:57:19am |
re: #420 publicityStunted
As an aside, people who think or imply this only happens with Islam might consider that Hinduism is the majority religion of the culprits here.
If they ain't Baptists, then who knows what they worship?
//
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 6:59:59am |
I saw an article about it on 60 Minutes a few years ago. Ultrasound Clinic is downstairs, the Abortion doctor is upstairs.
12 million? Holy Cow!
(pun, not necessarily intended)
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 7:00:46am |
re: #426 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I saw an article about it on 60 Minutes a few years ago. Ultrasound Clinic is downstairs, the Abortion doctor is upstairs.
12 million? Holy Cow!
(pun, not necessarily intended)
That is one f'ed up revolving door.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 7:01:07am |
re: #426 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I saw an article about it on 60 Minutes a few years ago. Ultrasound Clinic is downstairs, the Abortion doctor is upstairs.
12 million? Holy Cow!
(pun, not necessarily intended)
They should install conveyor belts.
//poor taste, that was.
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 7:01:20am |
re: #421 darthstar
In some areas, the ratio of men to women is shifting to the point where people are starting to wonder if their sons will find brides.
That was one of the major causes of the Boxer Rebellion.
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Interesting Times Tue, May 24, 2011 7:01:50am |
re: #424 Decatur Deb
That's likely to sort itself out. As females there (and in China) become more rare, they will become more valued, then more powerful.
I don't know about that. Is "the only woman on a pirate ship" in anything remotely close to an enviable position?
Plus, masses of sexually frustrated young males = violent powder kegs.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 7:02:26am |
Yet India's political system has long since produced an elected female head-of-state, while we've produced two failed VP candidates.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 24, 2011 7:03:00am |
re: #430 publicityStunted
I don't know about that. Is "the only woman on a pirate ship" in anything remotely close to an enviable position?
Plus, masses of sexually frustrated young males = violent powder kegs.
There's always gay marriage...
/
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 7:04:15am |
re: #431 Decatur Deb
Yet India's political system has long since produced an elected female head-of-state, while we've produced two failed VP candidates.
The second one doesn't count...she wasn't a serious choice. The first one, Geraldine Ferraro, would actually have been a good VP (and president, if things had been different)...though her husband was a bit of baggage.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 7:04:41am |
Interesting. The "dowry" system over there has a lot of influence. I thought it was "strong boy", but it appears that it is more "greedy dad".
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Ericus58 Tue, May 24, 2011 7:05:57am |
re: #421 darthstar
The wonders of ultrasound. This story popped up on my radar about 15 years ago...its a matter of economics...weddings aren't cheap to begin with, and paying a dowry to the groom's family doesn't help. In some areas, the ratio of men to women is shifting to the point where people are starting to wonder if their sons will find brides.
See Related Source: China
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 7:06:06am |
re: #430 publicityStunted
I don't know about that. Is "the only woman on a pirate ship" in anything remotely close to an enviable position?
Plus, masses of sexually frustrated young males = violent powder kegs.
Yes-that's the 'wild sociology'. My Anthro teachers were mostly environmental and technological determinists, so I'll expect the imbalance to drag the ideology along, kicking and screaming.
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kirkghazi Tue, May 24, 2011 7:07:45am |
re: #424 Decatur Deb
That's likely to sort itself out. As females there (and in China) become more rare, they will become more valued, then more powerful. The imbalance is going to cause some wild sociology during the transition.
More valued, yes, but more powerful deos not necessarily follow. The alternative is more isolated, kept separate by the male controlling her.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 7:08:12am |
re: #412 darthstar
Don't get me wrong...Palin's butt-cheeks are the nicest (and probably smartest) thing about her. I actually meant that as a compliment (I'm like that). ;)
No offense taken. She's pretty and can be kind of funny but she's just too much like an over-wound clock. Plus, I can't think of one thing I agree with her on. Thus, the blog.
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 7:08:47am |
re: #434 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Interesting. The "dowry" system over there has a lot of influence. I thought it was "strong boy", but it appears that it is more "greedy dad".
I imagine boys pounding their heads against the wall saying, "Dad, don't ask for too much! We'll lose her to the Singhs down the street!"
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 7:10:38am |
re: #439 darthstar
I imagine boys pounding their heads against the wall saying, "Dad, don't ask for too much! We'll lose her to the Singhs down the street!"
"Those fuckin' cheap bastard Singhs! All you have to do is agree to mow their yard! Once!"
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 7:10:46am |
re: #437 kirkspencer
More valued, yes, but more powerful deos not necessarily follow. The alternative is more isolated, kept separate by the male controlling her.
Religion and ideology are powerful, but easy to over-rate. I remember a paper from the '60s: "Why Are There No Old Cows in India?"
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 7:12:19am |
re: #433 darthstar
The second one doesn't count...she wasn't a serious choice. The first one, Geraldine Ferraro, would actually have been a good VP (and president, if things had been different)...though her husband was a bit of baggage.
Yeah, hard to tell. I think Palin changed the game for con women in a lot of ways.
Sadly, one of them is that Rs now think Michele Bachmann is some kind of viable candidate :/
I am looking forward to watching all those Baptists have to vote for a Mormon, though.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 7:13:21am |
re: #436 Decatur Deb
Yes-that's the 'wild sociology'. My Anthro teachers were mostly environmental and technological determinists, so I'll expect the imbalance to drag the ideology along, kicking and screaming.
Physical Anthro profs scare me, must say. And I do not scare easy.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 7:14:41am |
re: #444 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Physical Anthro profs scare me, must say. And I do not scare easy.
They know where the bodies are buried, because they got a grant and buried them .
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 7:16:49am |
re: #431 Decatur Deb
Yet India's political system has long since produced an elected female head-of-state, while we've produced two failed VP candidates.
So did Pakistan.
And Bangladesh.
When it happens here, it's going to hit the roof. We'll all be at LGF under threads about Fox commenters still making women driver jokes as if they are funny.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, May 24, 2011 7:19:10am |
re: #433 darthstar
The second one doesn't count...she wasn't a serious choice. The first one, Geraldine Ferraro, would actually have been a good VP (and president, if things had been different)...though her husband was a bit of baggage.
Not to mention her running mate!!!
Good Morning Lizards!
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 7:20:06am |
Gotta hit the yard work, it's already over 80 degrees. BBL
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lawhawk Tue, May 24, 2011 7:20:31am |
re: #433 darthstar
And that ignores that Hillary was a viable Presidential candidate before bowing out to Obama in the primaries.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 7:22:52am |
re: #449 lawhawk
And that ignores that Hillary was a viable Presidential candidate before bowing out to Obama in the primaries.
Yup--"our system". My wife had said for years that we would have a black president before a woman president. I hate it when she's right.
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 24, 2011 7:39:24am |
re: #448 Decatur Deb
Gotta hit the yard work, it's already over 80 degrees. BBL
yech ,,, did mine yesterday in 90+ weather
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prairiefire Tue, May 24, 2011 7:39:35am |
The website ShowMeResponce.Org is the place for volunteers with medical skills to register to help with the tornado relief in Joplin.
[Link: www.showmeresponse.org...]
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lawhawk Tue, May 24, 2011 7:46:09am |
Testing underway on the WTC Memorial's south reflecting pool. The north pool had been tested several months back; they're continuing to plant trees in the memorial grove, and that portion of the site is now filling in with a canopy of lush green - a serious departure from the glum look the site has had for years as construction was underway.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 7:48:10am |
re: #450 Decatur Deb
Yup--"our system". My wife had said for years that we would have a black president before a woman president. I hate it when she's right.
What's interesting is that most of the CBC was Hillary long before Barack, as were many Black superdelegates. And we would not have had a Black or any other kind of woman pres before a white one. The suffrage movement of the 20s was ok, but they had some seriously nasti anti-Black problems, the undercurrent of which was revived with Ferraro and that ahole Harriet Christian.
I was an Edwards person, myself, but he dropped out before my state's primary (thank gd.) I would have had no problem voting for either, even after that stupid knock-down-drag-out leading up to the DNC.
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prairiefire Tue, May 24, 2011 7:51:01am |
re: #455 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
It was a wave primary. A pretty interesting one. The Clinton supporters were entrenched, it seemed.
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recusancy Tue, May 24, 2011 7:55:27am |
re: #456 prairiefire
It was a wave primary. A pretty interesting one. The Clinton supporters were entrenched, it seemed.
I think, in the end, it was a healthy process. Obama got vetted down to his kindergarten papers and we got a hell of a strong candidate and the party didn't blow up.
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prairiefire Tue, May 24, 2011 7:58:35am |
The President comes to MO on Sunday:
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 7:59:34am |
re: #457 recusancy
I think, in the end, it was a healthy process. Obama got vetted down to his kindergarten papers and we got a hell of a strong candidate and the party didn't blow up.
I knew after his speech at the 2004 DNC that he was gonna be a big fish.
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Daniel Ballard Tue, May 24, 2011 7:59:48am |
re: #457 recusancy
I think, in the end, it was a healthy process. Obama got vetted down to his kindergarten papers and we got a hell of a strong candidate and the party didn't blow up.
That sure is much more than the GOP can claim. Not that McCain had not been vetted, but Sarah, OMG. And the GOP is blowing up. I see no reason for Obama of his people to look to 2012 with worry. It's an opportunity for the left far less perilous than one might have expected.
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prairiefire Tue, May 24, 2011 8:00:58am |
re: #457 recusancy
I think, in the end, it was a healthy process. Obama got vetted down to his kindergarten papers and we got a hell of a strong candidate and the party didn't blow up.
Yes. I had to help my mom through the 7 stages of grief over Hilary. "Mom, we have to trust those other primary voters that have seen him up close."
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:01:40am |
re: #458 prairiefire
The President comes to MO on Sunday:[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]
Well, it's about time!! He didn't even mention the tornado Sunday!!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:05:05am |
I bought coffee this morning, was pissed at the price. Then news on my radio said coffee is going up soon. I'm practically a hedge fund manager.
///
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, May 24, 2011 8:05:50am |
re: #458 prairiefire
The President comes to MO on Sunday:[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]
Prairie, I just heard Jay Nixon on NPR. The 2 policemen struck by lightening. Oh how horrible.
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lawhawk Tue, May 24, 2011 8:10:01am |
Lots of watches and warnings up for strong/severe t-storms for much of the country, but thankfully no tornado watches and warnings as of this post. That is likely to change as the day heats up and the temp differentials along the front increase the chances for tornadic activity. /weather geek off
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, May 24, 2011 8:10:28am |
re: #466 lawhawk
Lots of watches and warnings up for strong/severe t-storms for much of the country, but thankfully no tornado watches and warnings as of this post. That is likely to change as the day heats up and the temp differentials along the front increase the chances for tornadic activity. /weather geek off
Buckle up, buttercup. Looks like we're going for another ride 'round the spin cycle.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:10:39am |
I'm gonna start a new reality show where guys and girls get really drunk and then film them the next morning with the one they chose at the end of the night. Don't have a name yet.:)
/
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 8:10:54am |
I have a real sense of foreboding about today. Don't ask me why - not just the weather, just in general.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 24, 2011 8:10:58am |
It looks like a pancake, crossed with a fish, and a bat... with arms. And it hops. So it's no surprise scientists have labelled one of their new discoveries the hopping pancake batfish.
The creature is one of ten 'new species' to have made it onto a list of weird and wonderful creatures published today.
Joining it is the 'T-rex leech' - a bloodthirsty 2inch invertebrate which was discovered when it was pulled from the mucous membrane of a girl in a remote region of Peru.
As well as the Tyrannobdella rex leech - which has a mouthful of gigantic teeth, much like its namesake, the Tyrannosaurus rex - there is also a 6ft-long fruit-eating lizard and a glowing tree fungus on the list.
There is also a jumping cockroach, a cricket which is the only pollinator of a rare orchid, a spider that weaves webs large enough to span rivers and lakes, and a gilled mushroom that fruits underwater.
Experts made the selection from thousands of plants, animals and microbes described for the first time last year to draw attention to the importance of conserving life on Earth.
Scientists say that 'a reasonable estimate' is that there are still around 10million species waiting to be described, named, and classified before the diversity and complexity of the biosphere is understood.
A somewhat more attractive example of a new species is the striking fruit-eating monitor lizard, Varanus bitatawa, from Luzon Island in The Philippines.
At 6ft 6in in length, it has a blue-black body mottled with pale yellow-green dots and spends most of its time in trees.
[snip]
Cool pictures at the link!
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 8:11:18am |
re: #468 Cannadian Club Akbar
I'm gonna start a new reality show where guys and girls get really drunk and then film them the next morning with the one they chose at the end of the night. Don't have a name yet.:)
/
Thursday Night in Collegetown.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:13:46am |
re: #471 imp_62
Thursday Night in Collegetown.
I could make it a bio. Name it "My Life Between the Ages of 21-27".
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 8:14:24am |
re: #472 Cannadian Club Akbar
I could make it a bio. Name it "My Life Between the Ages of 21-27".
Who would play you? Will Ferrell?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:15:19am |
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 24, 2011 8:16:02am |
The most powerful Democrat in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), on Monday night publicly rejected President Barack Obama’s decision to use a recent speech to lay out aspects of a potential peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.
“The place where negotiating will happen must be at the negotiating table – and nowhere else,” Reid declared in a speech to an annual gathering in Washington of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). “Those negotiations … will not happen – and their terms will not be set – through speeches, or in the streets, or in the media.”
When the Senate leader added, “No one should set premature parameters about borders, about building, or about anything else,” the lights quickly came up on the vast audience and most in the crowd at the Washington Convention Center rose to their feet and applauded.
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prairiefire Tue, May 24, 2011 8:17:41am |
re: #465 Stanley Sea
Prairie, I just heard Jay Nixon on NPR. The 2 policemen struck by lightening. Oh how horrible.
It's crazy bad down there, but we're trying to pull together. The showmeresponce.org website seems to be aimed at the youths. "Disaster calls for heros...answer the call."
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 8:17:53am |
re: #475 NJDhockeyfan
He's days behind but that doesn't bother him none.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 8:20:31am |
re: #466 lawhawk
Lots of watches and warnings up for strong/severe t-storms for much of the country, but thankfully no tornado watches and warnings as of this post. That is likely to change as the day heats up and the temp differentials along the front increase the chances for tornadic activity. /weather geek off
Isn't tornado season in the fall?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:20:38am |
re: #476 prairiefire
I forgot that was your neck of the woods.
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recusancy Tue, May 24, 2011 8:21:18am |
President Netanyahu is about to give the state of the union.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:21:57am |
re: #478 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Isn't tornado season in the fall?
[Link: www.spc.noaa.gov...]
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Interesting Times Tue, May 24, 2011 8:22:09am |
re: #476 prairiefire
It's crazy bad down there, but we're trying to pull together. The showmeresponce.org website seems to be aimed at the youths. "Disaster calls for heros...answer the call."
Spelling lessons from Ice/Jimmah? ;) The correct URL seems to be showmeresponse.org [Link: www.showmeresponse.org...]
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 8:22:15am |
re: #464 Cannadian Club Akbar
I bought coffee this morning, was pissed at the price. Then news on my radio said coffee is going up soon. I'm practically a hedge fund manager.
///
Gas is going down, though.
It's only $4.59/gal in my neighborhood, now :/
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, May 24, 2011 8:24:18am |
re: #478 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Isn't tornado season in the fall?
No, tornado activity has typically fallen heavier in the spring and early summer. It has to do with the major air temperature differential being favorable to really strong supercells in the spring, which produce the most and the most damaging tornadoes.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:25:14am |
re: #485 thedopefishlives
No, tornado activity has typically fallen heavier in the spring and early summer. It has to do with the major air temperature differential being favorable to really strong supercells in the spring, which produce the most and the most damaging tornadoes.
[Link: wiki.answers.com...]
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 24, 2011 8:25:47am |
re: #483 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Gas is going down, though.
It's only $4.59/gal in my neighborhood, now :/
Let me know when it gets below $2.00/gal.
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prairiefire Tue, May 24, 2011 8:25:53am |
re: #485 thedopefishlives
No, tornado activity has typically fallen heavier in the spring and early summer. It has to do with the major air temperature differential being favorable to really strong supercells in the spring, which produce the most and the most damaging tornadoes.
They actually can happen anytime, anywhere if the conditions are right.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:26:05am |
I wonder if a strong tornado season means a lighter hurricane season.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, May 24, 2011 8:26:12am |
re: #488 prairiefire
They actually can happen anytime, anywhere if the conditions are right.
Yes, I know... I have lived in tornado country all my life, y'all.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, May 24, 2011 8:26:16am |
re: #483 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Gas is going down, though.
It's only $4.59/gal in my neighborhood, now :/
4.07 in So Cal! Yipee!
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 8:26:40am |
re: #485 thedopefishlives
No, tornado activity has typically fallen heavier in the spring and early summer. It has to do with the major air temperature differential being favorable to really strong supercells in the spring, which produce the most and the most damaging tornadoes.
Thanks. I spent some time in the midwest and it seemed like many more happened in the fall.
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Interesting Times Tue, May 24, 2011 8:27:24am |
re: #487 NJDhockeyfan
Let me know when it gets below $2.00/gal.
At about the same time this happens.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 8:27:32am |
re: #487 NJDhockeyfan
Let me know when it gets below $2.00/gal.
Lol I was surprised to see it at $4.59, to be honest. I didn't think it would ever budge under $4.69. It's higher in some places.
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prairiefire Tue, May 24, 2011 8:28:56am |
re: #489 Cannadian Club Akbar
I wonder if a strong tornado season means a lighter hurricane season.
It's going to be an El Nino weather pattern by August. I think that means stronger hurricanes.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:30:00am |
re: #496 prairiefire
It's going to be an El Nino weather pattern by August. I think that means stronger hurricanes.
Thing is, strong hurricanes only matter to shipping channels if they don't hit land.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, May 24, 2011 8:30:08am |
re: #495 Cannadian Club Akbar
Not bad at all. Gas prices here have been hovering near the $4/gal mark, but trending downward recently. Which is good, considering I am nearing a fillup.
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lawhawk Tue, May 24, 2011 8:30:10am |
re: #475 NJDhockeyfan
Reid is "rebuking" Obama for restating the same parameters used by the US over at least the last three Administrations in dealing with the "peace process".
Fact is that there is no peace process so long as the Palestinians refuse to budge on the one explicitly stated aspect of Obama's speech - that the Palestinians must accept Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. Borders are a sideshow compared to that essential aspect of any deal.
Hamas refuses to concede Israel's existence; Fatah refuses to accept Israel's existence. Together, they are the official representatives of the Palestinians, and they are making demands that Israel and the US will not accept on any terms - including attempting to circumvent Oslo and its agreements on negotiations between the parties to establish a Palestinian state by going to the UN.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 24, 2011 8:30:15am |
Harold Camping says May 21, 2011 was ‘invisible judgment day,’ world will end October 21, 2011
You’ve been warned.
Radio evangelist Harold Camping said in a special broadcast Monday night on his radio program Open Forum that his predicted May 21, 2011 Rapture was “an invisible judgment day“ that he has come to understand as a spiritual, rather than physical event.
“We had all of our dates correct,” Camping insisted, clarifying that he now understands that Christ’s May 21 arrival was “a spiritual coming” ushering in the last five months before the final judgment and destruction.
In an hour and a half broadcast, Camping walked listeners through his numerological timeline, insisting that his teaching has not changed and that the world will still end on October 21, 2011.
“It wont be spiritual on October 21st,” Camping said, adding, “the world is going to be destroyed all together, but it will be very quick.”
LOL!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:31:37am |
re: #498 thedopefishlives
Not bad at all. Gas prices here have been hovering near the $4/gal mark, but trending downward recently. Which is good, considering I am nearing a fillup.
The people I love the most:
Those who drive an extra mile to save a penny a gallon!!
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lawhawk Tue, May 24, 2011 8:33:15am |
re: #478 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Tornado season generally starts in the early spring (around March - beginning over the Southeast) and migrates towards the Great Plains and what we commonly call Tornado Alley as the spring progresses towards summer and fall. Winters generally see few tornadoes as favorable conditions - front lines and temperature differentials don't fall within the continental US.
June 1 - November 1 marks hurricane season, which means that season is about to get underway. The NOAA/NHC is predicting an active season.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 24, 2011 8:33:19am |
re: #493 publicityStunted
At about the same time this happens.
The last time it was below $2.00 was just a little over 2 years ago. Anything is possible.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, May 24, 2011 8:35:38am |
re: #501 Cannadian Club Akbar
The people I love the most:
Those who drive an extra mile to save a penny a gallon!!
Basic math skills escape most people. What's even worse is that many of them think they're just fine at math. At least the Mrs. Fish acknowledges her failings in the mathematical pursuits and asks me to "run the numbers" when she has a question involving computation.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:36:51am |
re: #502 lawhawk
The COAPS model, unveiled just last year, is one of only a handful of numerical models in the world being used to study seasonal hurricane activity, and it has already outperformed many other models. The model uses the university's high-performance computer to synthesize massive amounts of information including atmospheric, ocean and land data. A key component of the COAPS model is the use of predicted sea surface temperatures.
[Link: www.fsu.edu...]
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blueraven Tue, May 24, 2011 8:37:01am |
re: #503 NJDhockeyfan
The last time it was below $2.00 was just a little over 2 years ago. Anything is possible.
Below $2 a gallon two years ago? Where?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:37:36am |
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, May 24, 2011 8:38:10am |
Anyone else seen the adds to cutoff military aid to Israel? I've seen signs on the metro for twopeoplesonefuture(dot)org (don't want to link directly). Anyone know anything about them?
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 24, 2011 8:39:04am |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, May 24, 2011 8:39:34am |
While we're on the subject of gas prices, I thought I'd bring this up: My ultra-conservative father mentioned to me that part of the absurdly high gas prices is due to the number of different fuel mixtures distributed across the Midwest. My liberal-leaning college friend called shenanigans. Unfortunately, neither provided sources for their positions. Anyone have any idea if local regulations on fuel blends is a major contributing factor to the price?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 8:39:54am |
re: #490 thedopefishlives
We're gonna call you... "Oh! Shit! Duck!" from now on.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Tue, May 24, 2011 8:40:32am |
re: #512 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
We're gonna call you... "Oh! Shit! Duck!" from now on.
Between them there tornaders and the fireworks, that's probably about right. :-P
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:40:55am |
re: #509 rwdflynavy
Anyone else seen the adds to cutoff military aid to Israel? I've seen signs on the metro for twopeoplesonefuture(dot)org (don't want to link directly). Anyone know anything about them?
They mentioned US aid to Israel but failed to mention where Hamas and Hezbullah get their money.
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blueraven Tue, May 24, 2011 8:43:11am |
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, May 24, 2011 8:43:18am |
re: #515 Cannadian Club Akbar
They mentioned US aid to Israel but failed to mention where Hamas and Hezbullah get their money.
Unimportant Details//
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:43:25am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 8:46:23am |
re: #517 rwdflynavy
Unimportant Details//
I'll hit their contact button and send them a strongly worded letter. I'm thinking "F".:)
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 8:49:00am |
re: #455 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
...snip..hich was revived with Ferraro and that ahole Harriet Christian.
[Video]I was an Edwards person, myself, but he dropped out before my state's primary (thank gd.) I would have had no problem voting for either, even after that stupid knock-down-drag-out leading up to the DNC.
I was going for Edwards, but he blew up just before our primary (thank Rielle). Standing in line to vote, I had not decided between Hillary and Obama. Then it hit me that neither had a chance in hell in Alabama, so I went for the one that would piss the opposition the most.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 8:49:12am |
re: #519 Cannadian Club Akbar
I'll hit their contact button and send them a strongly worded letter. I'm thinking "F".:)
Maybe the F5 key sends a tornado. I've always been afraid to hit it.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 8:51:30am |
re: #468 Cannadian Club Akbar
I'm gonna start a new reality show where guys and girls get really drunk and then film them the next morning with the one they chose at the end of the night. Don't have a name yet.:)
/
College.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 8:52:38am |
re: #522 Decatur Deb
College.
Theme song is that Willie Nelson song, "I went to bed a two with a 10 and woke up at 10 with a two."
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 8:53:30am |
Wife just bought pantherpiss at 3.54/gallon.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 8:53:38am |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, May 24, 2011 8:55:48am |
re: #494 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
You see this?
Sarah Palin’s Top Aide Attacked Bristol In Private Communications
[Link: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com...]
I think someone lost a job today.
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Kragarghazi Tue, May 24, 2011 8:56:14am |
Harold Camping apologizes, promises to return donations.
Oh, wait, my mistake. He's doubling down on the stupid.
It was just invisible.After a few days of silence — as thousands reveled in the fact that they hadn't been Raptured on Saturday — Judgment Day-calculator Harold Camping figured out a way to spin his (second!) failed prediction: it actually did happen, you just didn't see it. The 89-year-old Christian radio station owner explained on Monday night, during a Family Radio station broadcast, that rather than a physical Rapture taking place, the judgment was spiritual. But don't worry; the real end of the world is still ahead.
Camping did admit to at least one mistake: that he'd been reading the Bible with a factual mindset, rather than a spiritual one, which is why he'd misinterpreted Saturday's events.
"On May 21, this last weekend, this is where the spiritual aspect of it really comes through," said Camping. "God again brought judgment on the world. We didn't see any difference but God brought Judgment Day to bear upon the whole world. The whole world is under Judgment Day and it will continue right up until Oct. 21, 2011 and by that time the whole world will be destroyed."
So, in other words, even though Harold Camping was wrong, he was actually still right. You just don't know it, because you aren't Harold Camping.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 24, 2011 8:58:04am |
Is there something in the water at Cannes this year?
Cannes 2011: Peter Fonda encourages his grandchildren to take up arms against President Barack Obama
Lars von Trier, who was banned from Cannes for praising Hitler, was not the only one making unsavoury comments at the film festival.
Peter Fonda, the star of Easy Rider, suggested to Mandrake that he was encouraging his grandchildren to shoot President Barack Obama.
“I’m training my grandchildren to use long-range rifles,” said the actor, 71. “For what purpose? Well, I’m not going to say the words 'Barack Obama’, but …”
He added, enigmatically: “It’s more of a thought process than an actuality, but we are heading for a major conflict between the haves and the have nots. I came here many years ago with a biker movie and we stopped a war. Now, it’s about starting the world.
“I prefer to not to use the words, 'let’s stop something’. I prefer to say, 'let’s start something, let’s start the world’.
“There’s no room any more for a cissy and, like I said, don’t forget that I’ve got grandsons who I’ve trained with long-distance rifles. We have to run like mofos to change this world.”
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Kragarghazi Tue, May 24, 2011 8:58:45am |
re: #527 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Harold Camping apologizes, promises to return donations.
Oh, wait, my mistake. He's doubling down on the stupid.
Dropped the link for some reason
[Link: newsfeed.time.com...]
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 8:58:55am |
re: #527 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Sooo funny you should mention the donation thing. His PR guy yesterday alluded to the fact that they might do that.
I LOLLED like an MFer.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:00:18am |
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Kragarghazi Tue, May 24, 2011 9:00:37am |
re: #530 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Sooo funny you should mention the donation thing. His PR guy yesterday alluded to the fact that they might do that.
I LOLLED like an MFer.
Why would they give it back? Camping was right, but the fools out their lacked the faith to see it!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 9:00:42am |
re: #527 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Not sure about doubling down on stoopid, but always double down on 11.
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 9:02:43am |
re: #528 NJDhockeyfan
It’s more of a thought process than an actuality, but we are heading for a major conflict between the haves and the have nots.
Wow. Not only is he alluding to assassinating the president, but he somehow thinks that he, a wealthy film actor attending Cannes, is in the 'have nots'.
Sheesh.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 9:06:48am |
re: #534 Obdicut
Wow. Not only is he alluding to assassinating the president, but he somehow thinks that he, a wealthy film actor attending Cannes, is in the 'have nots'.
Sheesh.
So, are you saying the Rockford Files was better than Columbo?
/
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wrenchwench Tue, May 24, 2011 9:07:42am |
re: #533 Cannadian Club Akbar
Not sure about doubling down on stoopid, but always double down on 11.
He's doubling down on eleventy.
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RadicalModerate Tue, May 24, 2011 9:07:55am |
Ugh. On the main page, top-of-screen Google Adsense frame has Michelle Bachmann's insane "BREAKING: Obama Betrays Israel" advertisement in big yellow letters.
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Obdicut Tue, May 24, 2011 9:09:07am |
re: #535 Cannadian Club Akbar
I love Rockford. Colombo is a good TV show, but I like Rockford the character better than Colombo.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 9:10:31am |
re: #538 Obdicut
I love Rockford. Colombo is a good TV show, but I like Rockford the character better than Colombo.
Rockford had a cool car-Colombo had a cool eye.
/That was just wrong
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, May 24, 2011 9:10:56am |
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BongCrodny Tue, May 24, 2011 9:12:01am |
re: #527 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Harold Camping apologizes, promises to return donations.
Oh, wait, my mistake. He's doubling down on the stupid.
And tripling down on the crazy.
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Daniel Ballard Tue, May 24, 2011 9:12:39am |
re: #511 thedopefishlives
While we're on the subject of gas prices, I thought I'd bring this up: My ultra-conservative father mentioned to me that part of the absurdly high gas prices is due to the number of different fuel mixtures distributed across the Midwest. My liberal-leaning college friend called shenanigans. Unfortunately, neither provided sources for their positions. Anyone have any idea if local regulations on fuel blends is a major contributing factor to the price?
It is here in California-Special blends for our "air basin" issues.
Quickie google got me this link
[Link: www.slate.com...]
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Kragarghazi Tue, May 24, 2011 9:13:53am |
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:15:05am |
I have decided to try the reincarnation of Cafe des Artistes - Leopard at des Artistes 67th/CPW - on Friday for dinner with the family. If anybody care, I will post my review next week.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:16:57am |
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:17:12am |
re: #543 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
At the same time, Rudy issued press release stating that he would accept the GOP nomination by acclaim only, as he had no real desire to travel to godforsaken places such as New Hampshire and Iowa for primaries.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:17:52am |
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:17:58am |
re: #545 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I took Driver's Ed in a Rockford Camaro. 1980.
I shit you not.
I drove around France in a Rockford Camaro in 1981
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 9:18:46am |
re: #545 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I took Driver's Ed in a Rockford Camaro. 1980.
I shit you not.
I had to drive the skools car. And I was baked. Luckily, the driving teacher had us stop at a local doughnut shop.
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:18:50am |
re: #547 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
NYC restaurant. I thought a few posters (lawhawk) might care lol.
| 551 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 9:19:16am |
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:19:35am |
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darthstar Tue, May 24, 2011 9:22:26am |
re: #526 Stanley Sea
You see this?
Sarah Palin’s Top Aide Attacked Bristol In Private Communications
[Link: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com...]
I think someone lost a job today.
Someone bit the mama grizzly paw that fed them...but the Palins are Reality-TV ready...it's only a matter of time before a hair-pulling "debate" between mother and daughter is actually filmed for our entertainment and moral improvement.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:22:48am |
re: #549 Cannadian Club Akbar
I had to drive the skools car. And I was baked. Luckily, the driving teacher had us stop at a local doughnut shop.
This was the skool's car. But I took driver's ed in 1979, so, it might've been a '78.
Didn't really care. My other car was a 1963 Chevrolet K20 Pick-Up truck.
Three on the tree (that stuck at intersections), burned 1-2 quarts of oil a day. Color? Primer red.
That freakin' Camaro was heaven.
| 557 |
shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:23:35am |
re: #556 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
This was the skool's car. But I took driver's ed in 1979, so, it might've been a '78.
Didn't really care. My other car was a 1963 Chevrolet K20 Pick-Up truck.
Three on the tree (that stuck at intersections), burned 1-2 quarts of oil a day. Color? Primer red.
That freakin' Camaro was heaven.
This thread is about to become officially about cool cars - remember we did that a month or so ago, too...
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 9:24:01am |
re: #550 imp_62
NYC restaurant. I thought a few posters (lawhawk) might care lol.
That's my old neighborhood (75th & Columbus, 77th and CPW.) It was a pre-gentrified semislum then. My daughter is in NYC for the Book Fair today, but I doubt it's in her expense account range.
| 559 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 24, 2011 9:24:02am |
Alrighty. Now that I am jacked on coffee, I have to go on a 2 mile walk. And it is about 120 degrees here. And then I have to go to a friends house because I'm makin' dinner. If you see the buzzards circling, send a spatula.:)
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wrenchwench Tue, May 24, 2011 9:25:06am |
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BongCrodny Tue, May 24, 2011 9:25:25am |
re: #520 Decatur Deb
I was going for Edwards, but he blew up just before our primary (thank Rielle). Standing in line to vote, I had not decided between Hillary and Obama. Then it hit me that neither had a chance in hell in Alabama, so I went for the one that would piss the opposition the most.
Broadcasting from the left side of the dial, I confess to having voted for a few screwballs here and there.
In 1976, my first Presidential election, I was so crushed when the Jimmy Carter (see: Cracker, above) beat Mo Udall that I gave consideration to voting for Howard The Duck as a protest vote. (You had to be there.)
But I was never ashamed of my support for any political candidate until Edwards.
| 563 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:27:15am |
re: #556 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My truck kind of looked like this one.
Mine had the wheel wells on the outside of the bed.
Although the one in the picture is (honestly) nicer.
| 564 |
shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:27:29am |
re: #558 Decatur Deb
Our old 'hood, too (until we started having kids and moving around the world...)
We like to get back a few times a year.
| 565 |
wrenchwench Tue, May 24, 2011 9:27:37am |
re: #562 Obdicut
Link no work.
It worked in Preview and everything.
How about this?
[Link: comics.com...]
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:28:11am |
re: #561 BongCrodny
The number of intelligent people that were taken in by that smarmy fuck never ceases to amaze me.
| 567 |
lawhawk Tue, May 24, 2011 9:30:20am |
First come the cool cars, then come the supermodels behaving badly.
Estella Warren, arrested for DUI, attempted to escape from her cuffs; now facing multiple counts.
This is Estella.
| 568 |
Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 9:30:35am |
re: #564 imp_62
Our old 'hood, too (until we started having kids and moving around the world...)
We like to get back a few times a year.
Precisely that. Our fifth-floor brownstone walkup was 125.00/month, about a third of our combined takehome.
| 569 |
wrenchwench Tue, May 24, 2011 9:30:45am |
re: #562 Obdicut
Link no work.
Are you getting a page about the merger of comics.com and gocomics? If so, after clicking on "here" where it says "click here to continue", look for the "all comics" drop-down menu, and select "Pearls Before Swine".
| 570 |
Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 9:31:03am |
re: #566 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
The number of intelligent people that were taken in by that smarmy fuck never ceases to amaze me.
Totally so.
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:31:19am |
re: #567 lawhawk
First come the cool cars, then come the supermodels behaving badly.
Estella Warren, arrested for DUI, attempted to escape from her cuffs; now facing multiple counts.
This is Estella.
The arresting officer is now a hero in the squadroom.
| 573 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:32:33am |
re: #567 lawhawk
Maybe she's just sick and tired of being handcuffed. Think the cops ever thought of that?
| 574 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, May 24, 2011 9:32:54am |
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lawhawk Tue, May 24, 2011 9:34:04am |
Bibi's speech before Congress mirrors the positions taken in Obama's speech.
Fancy that.
Also note that the onus remains on the Palestinians - they refuse to accept Israel's right to exist and Israel shouldn't be forced to negotiate with those who refuse its existence.
Palestinians demands on settlement construction is a smokescreen to avoid the real issue - accepting Israel's existence.
| 576 |
Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 9:34:04am |
re: #572 imp_62
$125? DId you live there in 1927??
1967, a half-block in from the park. Did you ever see the Redford apartment in "Barefoot in the Park"?
| 577 |
wrenchwench Tue, May 24, 2011 9:34:08am |
re: #574 Stanley Sea
Went to the home page, not the comic.
They don't like to make things simple....maybe after the merger...damn comics ruining my day....
| 578 |
Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 24, 2011 9:34:08am |
re: #568 Decatur Deb
Precisely that. Our fifth-floor brownstone walkup was 125.00/month, about a third of our combined takehome.
Crap. My daughter's 3rd-floor Brooklyn walkup cost 10 times that much.
Where did you live, in Detroit?
| 579 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Tue, May 24, 2011 9:34:34am |
re: #577 wrenchwench
They don't like to make things simple...maybe after the merger...damn comics ruining my day...
I got it with your second link poopyhead.
| 580 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:34:57am |
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wrenchwench Tue, May 24, 2011 9:35:07am |
| 582 |
shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:35:19am |
re: #576 Decatur Deb
1967, a half-block in from the park. Did you ever see the Redford apartment in "Barefoot in the Park"?
Yes....
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:35:54am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:35:57am |
re: #580 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Note. She is lovely.
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Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 9:36:14am |
re: #578 Alouette
Crap. My daughter's 3rd-floor Brooklyn walkup cost 10 times that much.
Where did you live, in Detroit?
W 77th, half a block from the San Remo. That half block almost put us in Spanish Harlem. (It was also a short walk to Lincoln Center, but the walk was through Needle Park.)
| 588 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 9:36:49am |
re: #296 Obdicut
I think he's sincere in his crazy-ass beliefs.
I hope so. Because otherwise, he's hurting people on purpose.
| 589 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:36:58am |
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 24, 2011 9:37:10am |
| 591 |
Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 9:37:39am |
re: #588 SanFranciscoZionist
I hope so. Because otherwise, he's hurting people on purpose.
What's the freakn' difference?
| 592 |
shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:40:00am |
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shutdown Tue, May 24, 2011 9:41:13am |
Ok, father-daughter time. Going out to lunch with my 19yo. Back later.
| 594 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 9:41:32am |
re: #318 Guanxi88
Yep, I likes my coffee black, my whisey bourbon, and my singers German women. Anybody got a problem with that?
I have always found women with German accents adorable. I attribute this to the synagogue I grew up at--Yeky out the door.
Years later, had a mad crush on my Jewish Philosophy prof. She had a way of sighing, "Shpinoza...ach, ja, Shpinoza..." that broke my heart.
| 596 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 9:44:15am |
re: #344 Decatur Deb
Yeah--when does the whole ethnic identity shtick just become too burdensome? I've 'adopted' the Irish half of my ancestry, mostly for the bagpipe/booze jokes. In the end is doesn't mean a thing.
Most folks I know streamline it according to the culture actually claimed or practiced by the family. I've got a dash of half of Northern Europe on my dad's side, but the part we consider important is the Irish.
| 597 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 9:45:18am |
re: #359 Cannadian Club Akbar
I use cracker to refer to people who were born in Florida. My best friend was a cracker. You couldn't get a pair of shoes on that boy and he was actually buried without shoes.
Note to self for will..be buried without shoes.
| 598 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 9:46:51am |
re: #370 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Lol every Black person in the south was called colonel?
Really? Lol!
Clarification. Every white male of a certain age and social status was called 'Colonel'.
| 599 |
Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 24, 2011 9:47:41am |
re: #598 SanFranciscoZionist
Clarification. Every white male of a certain age and social status was called 'Colonel'.
I assume this was a substitution for "Massa"
| 600 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 9:49:58am |
re: #416 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I support a woman's right to choose, and have no strong feelings one way or the other.
But, to me? This seems off the fuckin' charts wrong.
It is. Has been for a long time.
It's also going to lead to major eventual consequences. You can't maintain a gender gap like that.
| 601 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:50:21am |
My state's song.
Carry me back to old Virginny,
There's where the cotton and the corn and taters grow,
There's where the birds warble sweet in the springtime,
There's where this old darkey's heart am long'd to go,
There's where I labored so hard for old massa,
Day after day in the field of yellow corn,
No place on earth do I love more sincerely
Than old Virginia, the state where I was born.
I shit you not.
| 602 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 24, 2011 9:51:40am |
re: #600 SanFranciscoZionist
It is also a place that before technology allowed found "other ways" to get rid of little girls.
Makes me sick beyond words.
| 603 |
leftynyc Tue, May 24, 2011 9:52:08am |
re: #544 imp_62
I have decided to try the reincarnation of Cafe des Artistes - Leopard at des Artistes 67th/CPW - on Friday for dinner with the family. If anybody care, I will post my review next week.
I'd love to hear about it. I loved CdA (only rack of lamb I liked better than my own).
| 604 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 9:52:30am |
re: #430 publicityStunted
I don't know about that. Is "the only woman on a pirate ship" in anything remotely close to an enviable position?
Plus, masses of sexually frustrated young males = violent powder kegs.
Yeah. I always thought Heinlein's happy little fantasy about how it played out on the Moon was always a tad unrealistic.
| 605 |
RadicalModerate Tue, May 24, 2011 9:52:48am |
Why am I not at all surprised about this?
Joplin Congressman Bill Long (R) Made Fun of Tornado Test Warnings, Wanted to Sell HAM Frequencies
Tweet from last year from Rep. Long ridiculing tornado preparedness:
Image: 5751945369_d59aa52397.jpg
And here, we have a response from a local conservative blogger (who strangely enough happens to be a Ron Paul fan)
War of the Worlds Part Duex, a F4 tornado, which some claim was a multi-vortex tornado, has taken out a large section of homes and businesses in Long’s own home district. How many lives were saved all because the state of Missouri has a day to remind people of procedures that may save their lives. This was no time for inspiration from Bozo (Billy Long).
Last night’s storm also reminds of the importance of first responders on HAM radios, mobilizing injury prevention and first response before and after the storm. Long’s co-sponsorship of HR607, the federal emergency broadband bill, weakens this first responder network by removing valuable HAM frequencies that were used yesterday to spot tornadoes, get people to take shelter, and mobilize emergency efforts, but Long’s bill he co-sponsored would make it harder for these HAM radio operators to perform this valuable service.
Yeah. A Ron Paul supporter who thinks that government funding for a HAM radio network and Tornado Warning systems is a GOOD idea.
| 607 |
recusancy Tue, May 24, 2011 9:56:19am |
re: #507 blueraven
Below $2 a gallon two years ago? Where?
It's what happens when we almost have a global depression.
| 608 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 9:56:27am |
re: #509 rwdflynavy
Anyone else seen the adds to cutoff military aid to Israel? I've seen signs on the metro for twopeoplesonefuture(dot)org (don't want to link directly). Anyone know anything about them?
They're connected to Sabeel, IIRC. Basically, they want the package, which currently ends up with a one-state solution.
| 609 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 9:58:12am |
re: #515 Cannadian Club Akbar
They mentioned US aid to Israel but failed to mention where Hamas and Hezbullah get their money.
Hezbullah gets its money from Ohio.
But as far as these folks are concerned, that's extra super irrelevent, and only proves their point.
| 610 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 9:59:23am |
re: #528 NJDhockeyfan
Is there something in the water at Cannes this year?
Cannes 2011: Peter Fonda encourages his grandchildren to take up arms against President Barack Obama
Holy. Mother. Of. God.
Will the Secret Service meet him at the airport? PLEASE tell me the Secret Service will meet him at the airport.
| 611 |
SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 24, 2011 10:01:40am |
re: #602 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
It is also a place that before technology allowed found "other ways" to get rid of little girls.
Makes me sick beyond words.
Sadly common.
| 612 |
Semper Fi Tue, May 24, 2011 10:08:20am |
Easy Rider: After all these years he's still getting mileage off that. He's gonna hurt his grand kids with that kinda talk.
| 613 |
BongCrodny Tue, May 24, 2011 10:14:06am |
re: #601 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My state's song.
Carry me back to old Virginny,
There's where the cotton and the corn and taters grow,
There's where the birds warble sweet in the springtime,
There's where this old darkey's heart am long'd to go,
There's where I labored so hard for old massa,
Day after day in the field of yellow corn,
No place on earth do I love more sincerely
Than old Virginia, the state where I was born.I shit you not.
Whereabouts do you live, if I may ask?
I lived in Herndon in NoVa for about 10 years; just moved back to Maine about a year ago.
| 614 |
simoom Tue, May 24, 2011 10:20:41am |
re: #528 NJDhockeyfan
Is there something in the water at Cannes this year?
Cannes 2011: Peter Fonda encourages his grandchildren to take up arms against President Barack Obama
I really wish there was another source besides the UK Telegraph (the Telegraph and the Daily Mail have a history of posting manufactured BS). Since they're attributing direct quotes and since this seems consistent with other things that jackass-Fonda has said recently, have an upding.
| 615 |
FQ Kafir Tue, May 24, 2011 1:40:27pm |
Obama chugging 40’s in IRE while tornadoes ravage MO.
Tasteless, classless, and clueless.
| 616 |
OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 7:01:15pm |
re: #520 Decatur Deb
I was going for Edwards, but he blew up just before our primary (thank Rielle). Standing in line to vote, I had not decided between Hillary and Obama. Then it hit me that neither had a chance in hell in Alabama, so I went for the one that would piss the opposition the most.
It does not take very much to piss them off. Just being a Catholic Christian will do.
| 617 |
OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 7:02:49pm |
re: #526 Stanley Sea
You see this?
Sarah Palin’s Top Aide Attacked Bristol In Private Communications
[Link: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com...]
I think someone lost a job today.
I did see that. Rebecca Mansour will have to learn what the Sarah Palin machine has also learned: get all you can while you can, because you'll be dumped as soon as they're sick of you.
| 618 |
Decatur Deb Tue, May 24, 2011 7:07:24pm |
re: #616 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
It does not take very much to piss them off. Just being a Catholic Christian will do.
Nah-- it's not that bad here anymore, just an occasional shunning. (You won't get much conversation on a thread that has been quiet for an hour or more--only someone using the 'Spy' feature will notice your comment.)
| 619 |
OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 7:15:40pm |
re: #575 lawhawk
Bibi's speech before Congress mirrors the positions taken in Obama's speech.
Fancy that.
I saw that. Every once in a blue moon, I find myself agreeing with Bibi. It feels strange.
Also note that the onus remains on the Palestinians - they refuse to accept Israel's right to exist and Israel shouldn't be forced to negotiate with those who refuse its existence.
Palestinians demands on settlement construction is a smokescreen to avoid the real issue - accepting Israel's existence.
The most frustrating aspect of the US-Israel-Palestinians issue is people on the pro-pal side insisting that Israel must give any concessions to people who don't even think they should exist, e.g. Hamas.
Then people feign confusion about we get so existential. There's nothing abstract about it.
It was equally as frustrating that the Israel-can-do-no-wrong set completely ignored that Obama's speech charged the Palestinian leadership with this, directly.
| 620 |
OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Tue, May 24, 2011 7:20:27pm |
Then people feign confusion about we get so existential.
Should read: Then people feign confusion about WHY ...
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