Mitt Romney’s ludicrous statement that the US is “only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy” has garnered the coveted “Pants on Fire” rating from PolitiFact.
How is Romney supposed to get his fear mongering on when people keep fact-checking him? (Not that facts will have any impact on the teabag crowd.)
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windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:05:36pm |
Because Lassaiz Faire capitalism has done us so well over the last 10 years >>
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:07:55pm |
It's not capitalism wots the problem. It's the dam capitalists.
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researchok Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:08:10pm |
Sound bite electioneering.
Who needs substance?
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windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:11:20pm |
re: #3 researchok
Romney's main problem is being weak with the base. The base seems to be young earth creationists and teapartiers, so expect a LOT more of this.
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nines09 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:11:36pm |
Facts? Facts? FACTS!??! WHO NEEDS FACTS WHEN WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!?!!!!??!!!!
Signed;
The Weather Channel
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:12:10pm |
What is with all the lightweights this election season? Are they all really that scared of taking on Obama?
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:12:39pm |
re: #4 windsagio
Romney's main problem is being weak with the base. The base seems to be young earth creationists and teapartiers, so expect a LOT more of this.
The term "young earth creationists" bums me out because at first blush, it sound like the kind of people you want to party with. Then you realize: not so much.
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windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:12:55pm |
re: #6 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
well seriously, the field is just that weak. Who does the GOP actually have to put up?
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:12:59pm |
I think the newest twist to supply and demand will be armed robbery...just a guess
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Bulworth Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:13:31pm |
Before 1960 the U.S. had total Freedom, mom stayed at home with the kids, there was very little crime, everyone was happy. God was still allowed in schools. Then came the bad liberals with their gubmit programs, welfare and atheisticcommunisticislamicist soshulism. If we had only had a Repub president in the past two decades, everything would have been fine. America would be safe. OBL wouldn't still be out there promising to kill us all.
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windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:13:40pm |
re: #9 albusteve
That's actually the oldest variation there is tho' >
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:14:29pm |
Glenn Beck is a real hoot today. He's weeping out of control, can hardly speak. Sniffling, red eyes.
And it's all about the Nazis again.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:14:34pm |
re: #4 windsagio
Romney's main problem is being weak with the base. The base seems to be young earth creationists and teapartiers, so expect a LOT more of this.
The problem with pandering to ignorant, reactionary hicks is it makes one sound like an ignorant, reactionary hick.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:15:02pm |
re: #6 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
What is with all the lightweights this election season? Are they all really that scared of taking on Obama?
no leadership, no tactical goals...I don't think they fear BO as much as they fear themselves...re-election and income trumps BO
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:15:04pm |
re: #10 Bulworth
Before 1960 the U.S. had total Freedom, mom stayed at home with the kids, there was very little crime, everyone was happy. God was still allowed in schools. Then came the bad liberals with their gubmit programs, welfare and atheisticcommunisticislamicist soshulism. If we had only had a Repub president in the past two decades, everything would have been fine. America would be safe. OBL wouldn't still be out there promising to kill us all.
I went to a school with God in it, when I was young. God apparently told the principal to smack me periodically, until my Dad told the principal that he was going to meet God face to face if he touched me one more time.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:15:38pm |
re: #12 Charles
Glenn Beck is a real hoot today. He's weeping out of control, can hardly speak. Sniffling, red eyes.
And it's all about the Nazis again.
Is he allergic to Nazism, perhaps? Because it seems like whenever he starts talking them, he begins blubbering like a baby.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:15:47pm |
re: #12 Charles
Glenn Beck is a real hoot today. He's weeping out of control, can hardly speak. Sniffling, red eyes.
And it's all about the Nazis again.
Male Menopause is not a pretty thing.
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Bulworth Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:16:00pm |
re: #12 Charles
Glenn Beck is a real hoot today. He's weeping out of control, can hardly speak. Sniffling, red eyes.
And it's all about the Nazis again.
And what are the Nazi's doing today to hurt Glenn's feefees?
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:16:15pm |
re: #12 Charles
Glenn Beck is a real hoot today. He's weeping out of control, can hardly speak. Sniffling, red eyes.
And it's all about the Nazis again.
Who is today's Nazi foil?
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freetoken Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:16:22pm |
re: #12 Charles
Sniffling, red eyes.
And it's all about the Nazis again.
Is Glenn using his hay fever to discuss Nazism? That would probably be a step up ...
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the yankee Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:16:31pm |
Wouldn't the USA be a lot more closer to a Banana Republic then anything else.
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:16:59pm |
re: #21 the yankee
Wouldn't the USA be a lot more closer to a Banana Republic then anything else.
No. Banana Republic is cashflow positive.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:17:08pm |
re: #14 albusteve
no leadership, no tactical goals...I don't think they fear BO as much as they fear themselves...re-election and income trumps BO
True, it seems like all the smart ones have decided to sit out this year, as there's simply no way to find a candidate who can both please the base and win over the independents in the general.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:17:18pm |
re: #4 windsagio
Romney's main problem is being weak with the base. The base seems to be young earth creationists and teapartiers, so expect a LOT more of this.
the 'base' is yet to be determined...after all the convolutions of the last two years, nobody knows what the base is....surefire votes is not a base
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:17:49pm |
re: #24 Charles
He's pushing his $5000 Israel trip.
Is that what he paid to go there or what Israel paid him to leave and not come back?
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:18:11pm |
re: #24 Charles
He's pushing his $5000 Israel trip.
But if I travel to Israel, my stash of gold coins and survival seeds will be left unguarded!
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:18:37pm |
re: #11 windsagio
That's actually the oldest variation there is tho' >
I posted that just so you could find some problem....ha!
here doggie!
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:18:47pm |
re: #24 Charles
He's pushing his $5000 Israel trip.
Hmmm. I can organize one for 1/3 that cost including accomodations in my parents' flat by the sea. Takers?
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:19:09pm |
Heritage dispels the Romney assertion?! Heritage? Are they considered credible at all?
"But the strongest evidence that undercuts Romney's claim comes from, of all places, the conservative Heritage Foundation.
Heritage published an economic freedom index for 2011 -- an international ranking of nations using a combination of 10 types of statistics, covering business freedom, trade freedom, fiscal freedom, government spending, monetary freedom, investment freedom, financial freedom, property rights, freedom from corruption and labor freedom.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:20:26pm |
re: #29 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
But if I travel to Israel, my stash of gold coins and survival seeds will be left unguarded!
well duh?...can't you come up with a solution?...can you operate a shovel?
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:21:30pm |
re: #33 albusteve
well duh?...can't you come up with a solution?...can you operate a shovel?
I think we all know Kragar will never be allowed close enough to Glenn to hit him with a shovel.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:21:45pm |
re: #33 albusteve
well duh?...can't you come up with a solution?...can you operate a shovel?
I'd bury them, but Obama would declare eminent domain and seize it all!
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SpaceJesus Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:22:03pm |
watching the right wing try to out-crazy each other is going to make this next year so fun
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the yankee Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:22:49pm |
re: #23 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
True, it seems like all the smart ones have decided to sit out this year, as there's simply no way to find a candidate who can both please the base and win over the independents in the general.
Yea it seems like the problem is you have to disagree with everything that BO has ever done or said even when it makes sense, to win the nomination.
But when you run against BO you have to explain to the public why you want to stay in Iraq and take away Medicare. This should be a easy win for the GOP but they shot themselves in the foot in a way I thought only the Dems did.
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:23:08pm |
re: #36 SpaceJesus
watching the right wing try to out-crazy each other is going to make this next year so fun
Agreed. I sincerely hope both Mad Mike Huckabee and Sarah "it was Todd's idea" Palin join the fray.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:23:21pm |
re: #36 SpaceJesus
watching the right wing try to out-crazy each other is going to make this next year so fun
The post election blame games will be the most fun.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:23:21pm |
re: #35 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I'd bury them, but Obama would declare eminent domain and seize it all!
then sink them offshore beyond the 12mi limit!....he would never think to look there
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:23:39pm |
re: #34 imp_62
I think we all know Kragar will never be allowed close enough to Glenn to hit him with a shovel.
LOL
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:25:16pm |
re: #12 Charles
then he will really hate this book cover
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Randy W. Weeks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:25:16pm |
re: #1 windsagio
Because Lassaiz Faire capitalism has done us so well over the last 10 years >>
It worked fine in 1890, dammit!
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:25:31pm |
Chris Matthews is way off base today. He's blaming Rep. Weiner for the whole scandal and saying it's going to cause big problems for the Democratic Party.
Sometimes Tweety is a real dunderhead.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:25:38pm |
re: #37 the yankee
Yea it seems like the problem is you have to disagree with everything that BO has ever done or said even when it makes sense, to win the nomination.
But when you run against BO you have to explain to the public why you want to stay in Iraq and take away Medicare. This should be a easy win for the GOP but they shot themselves in the foot in a way I thought only the Dems did.
when in fact, so far BO is the black, metero, democrat incarnation of....George Bush!
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windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:25:59pm |
re: #43 LoneStarSpur
Best part being, it didn't :D
The last decade has started to turn me a little socialist. It's depressing :(
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freetoken Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:26:28pm |
This Salon headline summarizes Romney thusly:
Mitt Romney is betting on a bad economy
The GOP is hoping for the US to fall back into recession, in order to support their Obama-destroyer-of-America theme.
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:26:56pm |
re: #44 Charles
Chris Matthews is way off base today. He's blaming Rep. Weiner for the whole scandal and saying it's going to cause big problems for the Democratic Party.
Sometimes Tweety is a real dunderhead.
Penis envy.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:27:20pm |
re: #44 Charles
Chris Matthews is way off base today. He's blaming Rep. Weiner for the whole scandal and saying it's going to cause big problems for the Democratic Party.
Sometimes Tweety is a real dunderhead.
well then I'm a dunderhead too...even money says this thing is gonna blow up in Weiners face....unless, of course, it's figured out soon
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allegro Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:27:49pm |
re: #44 Charles
Chris Matthews is way off base today. He's blaming Rep. Weiner for the whole scandal and saying it's going to cause big problems for the Democratic Party.
Sometimes Tweety is a real dunderhead.
How the heck is he twisting that into that particular knot?
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windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:27:58pm |
re: #49 albusteve
Your mood shifts real sudden-like sometimes, ya know that? ;)
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Locker Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:28:29pm |
Best quote from the article:
So we looked into the data and consulted an ideologically diverse group of economists and business experts. Our conclusion? Romney’s suggestion that the U.S. is in danger of losing its free market heritage is so far off base that it's ridiculous.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:28:55pm |
re: #47 freetoken
This Salon headline summarizes Romney thusly:
Mitt Romney is betting on a bad economy
The GOP is hoping for the US to fall back into recession, in order to support their Obama-destroyer-of-America theme.
That theme might work a little better if they can get everyone to ignore the fact they've been the ones blocking all his initiatives.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:28:59pm |
re: #49 albusteve
seems to me it's going to blow up in breitbarts face if they keep stroking it like they have been....
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:29:30pm |
Wingnuts are throwing the source of the Weinergate scandal under the bus. This was published about an hour after Breitbart leaked his emails....
My own email interactions with PatriotUSA76 (aka Dan Wolfe)
Posted by Joe Brooks
Nothing terribly interesting except....
Legit questions were raised about the modified time-stamps found within the second zip file. I never asked Wolfe whether or not he edited the meta data.
They knew the story was bogus but went through with it anyways.
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LordNazh Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:29:36pm |
re: #49 albusteve
well then I'm a dunderhead too...even money says this thing is gonna blow up in Weiners face...unless, of course, it's figured out soon
if Weiner would ask for an investigation; it would blow over very quickly (one way or the other) no?
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:29:42pm |
re: #50 allegro
How the heck is he twisting that into that particular knot?
so far I don't blame him for this, but I think it could have been handled differently...but he's doing the best he can it seems...we have to wait it out
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djcelts Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:29:51pm |
actually we are only inches away......... the number of inches is around 4 quadrillion, but inches none the less
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:30:20pm |
I am going to drink some wine, eat some cheese, and grill some salmon. Later, Lizards.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:30:28pm |
re: #44 Charles
Chris Matthews is way off base today. He's blaming Rep. Weiner for the whole scandal and saying it's going to cause big problems for the Democratic Party.
Sometimes Tweety is a real dunderhead.
Haven't we heard that before? Oh right, when we were told that Obama was to blame for the birthers by not releasing his "long form" in '08. At least, after they got done lambasting him for "making an issue" of it in the first place.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:30:56pm |
re: #54 Dreggas
seems to me it's going to blow up in breitbarts face if they keep stroking it like they have been...
I hope so...I'd love to see AB blown out, in the gutter
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:30:56pm |
re: #55 Killgore Trout
in other words they're trying to not go down with the ship. This one is so toxic that it might take them down.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:31:04pm |
re: #59 imp_62
I am going to drink some wine, eat some cheese, and grill some salmon. Later, Lizards.
Elitist!
///
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:31:35pm |
In other brietbart news....
Federal Judge Denies First Amendment in ACORN Worker Lawsuit
Rightwing activists and propagandists James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles, employees of con-artist and propagandist Andrew Breitbart, may not use the First Amendment as an excuse for breaking the law in California, according to a federal judge's ruling this week.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:31:43pm |
re: #61 albusteve
I hope so...I'd love to see AB blown out, in the gutter
Tossed aside like a used prophylactic from a dorm room window.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:32:36pm |
re: #62 Dreggas
in other words they're trying to not go down with the ship. This one is so toxic that it might take them down.
Yup. By the end of the week they're going to claim he's a leftist plant using Alinsky tactics to discredit them.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:33:01pm |
re: #64 Killgore Trout
In other brietbart news...
Federal Judge Denies First Amendment in ACORN Worker Lawsuit
Well, I'm sure Breitbart will run to their defense and cover their legal expenses...
///
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:33:02pm |
re: #64 Killgore Trout
oh you mean it's illegal to shout FIRE in a crowded theater?
//
good I hope those two dumbasses get hit with either heavy fines or a nice stay up at pelican bay.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:33:12pm |
re: #56 LordNazh
if Weiner would ask for an investigation; it would blow over very quickly (one way or the other) no?
not sure but it seems like the way to take himself out of it for the time being...I just think the longer it stays around the more damage Weiner will take
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MittDoesNotCompute Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:36:22pm |
re: #29 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
But if I travel to Israel, my stash of gold coins and survival seeds will be left unguarded!
Then people can steal your esssssseence...and your stash of PGA and rainwater.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:38:35pm |
re: #55 Killgore Trout
Wingnuts are throwing the source of the Weinergate scandal under the bus. This was published about an hour after Breitbart leaked his emails...
My own email interactions with PatriotUSA76 (aka Dan Wolfe)
Posted by Joe BrooksNothing terribly interesting except...
They knew the story was bogus but went through with it anyways.
Of course they did. It was coming from a deranged stalker and was very, VERY suspect, and they knew that.
This is how the right wing rolls.
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Randy W. Weeks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:39:46pm |
re: #46 windsagio
Best part being, it didn't :D
The last decade has started to turn me a little socialist. It's depressing :(
Been three years for me. I'll go to my grave wondering just WTF I was thinking when I voted for Bush twice.
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LordNazh Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:40:11pm |
re: #69 albusteve
not sure but it seems like the way to take himself out of it for the time being...I just think the longer it stays around the more damage Weiner will take
the FBI could discover the sender very fast (not the picture taker or if it is indeed him or not) and this would clear up the hack/not hack portion anyway. There would be questions of why he has pics like that, but then they could get the perp
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:40:48pm |
re: #71 Charles
Of course they did. It was coming from a deranged stalker and was very, VERY suspect, and they knew that.
This is how the right wing rolls.
Hey, if you can't trust an anti-social obsessive who admits to having personal, business, legal, and financial problems, who can you trust?
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MittDoesNotCompute Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:41:42pm |
re: #71 Charles
Of course they did. It was coming from a deranged stalker and was very, VERY suspect, and they knew that.
This is how the right wing rolls.
Prime example of "the ends justify the means" and "victory [whatever that means to the wingnuts - Ed.] at any cost"
/mega facepalm
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windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:41:58pm |
re: #74 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
The key for me again is the 'everyone around me is crazy! It's all their fault!' vibe. That's never a good sign.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:42:59pm |
re: #73 LordNazh
the FBI could discover the sender very fast (not the picture taker or if it is indeed him or not) and this would clear up the hack/not hack portion anyway. There would be questions of why he has pics like that, but then they could get the perp
problem is, there is only speculation if a law has been broken or not...I hope the backchannel is aggressively pursuing this
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:44:48pm |
re: #76 windsagio
The key for me again is the 'everyone around me is crazy! It's all their fault!' vibe. That's never a good sign.
Everyone around me is crazy, but I don't see any reason to be upset about it.
| 79 |
windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:45:00pm |
re: #77 albusteve
honestly, it seems to me like Weiner could have a civil suit if he really wanted it, but probably doesn't for any number of reasons.
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LordNazh Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:45:11pm |
re: #77 albusteve
problem is, there is only speculation if a law has been broken or not...I hope the backchannel is aggressively pursuing this
Hence the investigation part; that would determine hack/prank/accident and if indeed a crime was committed.
If there was, there'd be a perp and then the focus could go away from the fact that he has pics out there that could show up.
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windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:45:35pm |
re: #78 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
"Everybody around me is crazy but I take responsibility for my actions!" is totally acceptable :D
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:45:54pm |
re: #78 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Everyone around me is crazy, but I don't see any reason to be upset about it.
move OVER!...dam you take up a lot of room
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:46:30pm |
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:47:14pm |
re: #71 Charles
Looks like there will be more heat coming their way*
*not commenting on the Thomas stuff because I don't know much about it but it looks like things may be even worse for this lot.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:47:47pm |
Lawhawk just tweeted this...
Three suspected cases of mystery e-coli in US
Health officials said Thursday three people in the United States are suspected to have fallen ill from e-coli bacteria after traveling to Germany where the mystery outbreak has killed 17.
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webevintage Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:48:28pm |
I don't pay much attention to Mittens, but wasn't he a hedgefund manager or some type of guy who bought up companies and then laid people off?
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:48:41pm |
re: #80 LordNazh
Hence the investigation part; that would determine hack/prank/accident and if indeed a crime was committed.
If there was, there'd be a perp and then the focus could go away from the fact that he has pics out there that could show up.
maybe...Weiner is still in his prank mode tho....I don't think that's good for him or potential victims down the road...I'm no expert but something just seems fishy about the whole thing....I assume there are measures being taken that the media is unaware of
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:49:15pm |
My wife just sent me this link. The NY media is getting kinda testy because Weiner didn't do an interview with them.
Kramer walked in to Weiner’s office, announced herself as being from CBS 2 in New York City and said she’d like to see the congressman. Those few words created quite the stir. Doors slammed and people pretended she wasn’t there.
Finally, brave press secretary David Arnold arrived. The following is the exchange Kramer had with him:
Kramer: “All I want is for him to say something to his constituents, the people who have to vote for him.”
Arnold: “I don’t think you can say he hasn’t said anything to his constituents. He spoke for nine hours yesterday.
Kramer: “But not to anyone in New York. You know, this is the sort of in-the-bunker in the capitol, not to anyone in New York.”
After Kramer left Weiner’s office, his staff called the Capitol Police.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:49:45pm |
re: #83 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Well, I am immense and immortal.
and I'm gonna be bummed when I find out you only exist in my mind
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zora Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:49:57pm |
i find pictures of underwear clad dicks deeply offensive. so i intend to research it for goodness sake.
[Link: www.graphicshunt.com...]
i am particularly infuriated by david beckham and have bookmarked a number of his pics as a service to others that are as chaste as i am./
| 91 |
albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:52:11pm |
re: #85 Killgore Trout
Lawhawk just tweeted this...
Three suspected cases of mystery e-coli in US
only a matter of time...I've gonna boil all my tacos for eight minutes
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webevintage Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:52:15pm |
re: #90 zora
i find pictures of underwear clad dicks deeply offensive. so i intend to research it for goodness sake.
[Link: www.graphicshunt.com...]
i am particularly infuriated by david beckham and have bookmarked a number of his pics as a service to others that are as chaste as i am./
what a filthy, naughty man.....
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:53:18pm |
re: #90 zora
i find pictures of underwear clad dicks deeply offensive. so i intend to research it for goodness sake.
[Link: www.graphicshunt.com...]
i am particularly infuriated by david beckham and have bookmarked a number of his pics as a service to others that are as chaste as i am./
Also, leather clad Amazonian goddess are right out. None for me thanks. I'll just have to make sure I know where all such pictures exist so I can avoid them in the future.
Better research that every few days to make sure my list is up to date.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:54:17pm |
re: #84 Dreggas
Looks like there will be more heat coming their way*
*not commenting on the Thomas stuff because I don't know much about it but it looks like things may be even worse for this lot.
Interesting. If I understand that correctly they are claiming screenshots taken of a yfrog account as proof. Anon isn't any more reliable than Breitbart and they both have an affinity for pranks. My first guess is that Anon used the same yfrog trick against Breitbart.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:55:15pm |
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:55:51pm |
re: #94 Killgore Trout
Interesting. If I understand that correctly they are claiming screenshots taken of a yfrog account as proof. Anon isn't any more reliable than Breitbart and they both have an affinity for pranks. My first guess is that Anon used the same yfrog trick against Breitbart.
Arguing the merits of Anon verus Breitbart is like comparing the merits of Herpes versus Syphilis.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:59:07pm |
re: #96 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Arguing the merits of Anon verus Breitbart is like comparing the merits of Herpes versus Syphilis.
I'm more than happy to see Anon working on Breitbart but I wouldn't root for either side to win.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jun 2, 2011 2:59:33pm |
Money quote:
In 2009 Anna Nobili, a nightclub dancer who became a nun, was invited to perform her "holy dance" before an audience including archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, head of the Vatican's cultural department. For her performance Nobili, who says she uses dance as a form of prayer, lies spread-eagled in front of the altar clutching a crucifix or twists and turns as in pole-dancing routines.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:00:06pm |
re: #97 Killgore Trout
I'm more than happy to see Anon working on Breitbart but I wouldn't root for either side to win.
I'd rather see 60 minutes working on Breitbart.
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:00:40pm |
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MittDoesNotCompute Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:01:57pm |
re: #96 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Arguing the merits of Anon verus Breitbart is like comparing the merits of Herpes versus Syphilis.
Well, syphilis will kill you, if left untreated, after all...
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:05:16pm |
Wow...This is starting to look serious...
Killer E.coli strain infects first victims in Britain
The deadly new strain of E.coli that has killed 18 people in Europe risks spreading from person to person in Britain, the Health Protection Agency warned last night.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:06:22pm |
re: #103 Killgore Trout
ok if it can spread from person to person then THAT is a HUGE problem.
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windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:06:43pm |
so can somebody tip me in on the whole anonymous thing (or gimme a link)? They seem to be coming up lately (which I dig, damn internet bullies), but I'm not quite sure why :D
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:08:25pm |
Too good not to share:
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Alexzander Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:08:55pm |
This e-coli thing is too much for me. My hypocondria can only handle so much.
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abolitionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:21:54pm |
re: #103 Killgore Trout
Wow...This is starting to look serious...
Killer E.coli strain infects first victims in Britain
This is the designation of the new strain:
2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
Genomic sequencing by BGI Shenzhen revealed that the bacteria belong to a "new super-toxic strain", a hybrid that may have acquired some virulence abilities of enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) strains by horizontal gene transfer.[17][18][19]
Another strain is also dangerous, but not the one involved in the current outbreak: Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an enterohemorrhagic strain of the bacterium Escherichia coli and a cause of foodborne illness.[1]
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allegro Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:26:50pm |
re: #103 Killgore Trout
Wow...This is starting to look serious...
Killer E.coli strain infects first victims in Britain
This certainly supports the argument for buying only locally grown foods. When food supplies cover this much geography and are mixed with other crop outputs isolating pathogens is incredibly difficult. A whole lot more people get sick before the source can be identified.
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abolitionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:29:07pm |
re: #105 windsagio
so can somebody tip me in on the whole anonymous thing (or gimme a link)? They seem to be coming up lately (which I dig, damn internet bullies), but I'm not quite sure why :D
Try here: Anonymous (group)
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windsagio Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:33:30pm |
re: #111 abolitionist
Oh believe me, I know who they are in general, and am NOT a big fan :p
Was just wondering if they did anything in particular to rile up the waves, since I'd figure people would be mostly friendly to them.
is it 'cuz of wikileaks support?
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abolitionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:43:08pm |
re: #112 windsagio
Oh believe me, I know who they are in general, and am NOT a big fan :p
Was just wondering if they did anything in particular to rile up the waves, since I'd figure people would be mostly friendly to them.
is it 'cuz of wikileaks support?
Don't know. As for riling up the waves, maybe this, from Mar. 21 2011:
Anonymous Exposed: Hacker Group Infiltrated, Chat Logs Leaked
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:48:46pm |
Give it up, Mitt. Hitching a ride on the crazy train will not put you in the engineer's seat. You can't out-crazy the crazies and you only make yourself look stupid trying.
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MittDoesNotCompute Thu, Jun 2, 2011 3:53:57pm |
re: #114 Shiplord Kirel
Give it up, Mitt. Hitching a ride on the crazy train will not put you in the engineer's seat. You can't out-crazy the crazies and you only make yourself look stupid trying.
And alienate the sane people who might have even voted for you...
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:08:20pm |
re: #114 Shiplord Kirel
Give it up, Mitt. Hitching a ride on the crazy train will not put you in the engineer's seat. You can't out-crazy the crazies and you only make yourself look stupid trying.
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:12:49pm |
Small, sad world
Thanks to the magic of Facebook, I've recently managed to make contact with a girl with whom I carried on a really torrid relationship for a few months when we were both in our late teens. A lot of firsts and some very vivid memories. We both moved on and she has been through a couple of husbands since then. She is single again and still very attractive at age 60.
The bad part: I just learned that her son, then 25, was killed in Iraq in 2006.
He left a wife and unborn son. I can't even begin to say what a bummer this is, especially since I was there at the time. Why did I, an old man whose children were grown and independent, survive and this young father-to-be did not? It is an age-old question and I don't have any better answer than anyone else has had.
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Linden Arden Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:13:07pm |
Just aired interview on ABC News -
"Governor, do you have a jobs plan?"
Romney -- "I sure do. On day one I will make sure America is #1 in creating jobs again".
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Someone Please Beam Me Up! Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:14:06pm |
re: #119 Shiplord Kirel
Nor I. My sympathy, anyway.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:20:00pm |
re: #119 Shiplord Kirel
Small, sad world
Thanks to the magic of Facebook, I've recently managed to make contact with a girl with whom I carried on a really torrid relationship for a few months when we were both in our late teens. A lot of firsts and some very vivid memories. We both moved on and she has been through a couple of husbands since then. She is single again and still very attractive at age 60.
The bad part: I just learned that her son, then 25, was killed in Iraq in 2006.
He left a wife and unborn son. I can't even begin to say what a bummer this is, especially since I was there at the time. Why did I, an old man whose children were grown and independent, survive and this young father-to-be did not? It is an age-old question and I don't have any better answer than anyone else has had.
my dad, a combat vet always mourned the Marines who didn't make it...always, and once in a while he'd get angry about it 50yrs later...but he also found much peace in his heart, and you will too
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:22:02pm |
re: #120 Linden Arden
Just aired interview on ABC News -
"Governor, do you have a jobs plan?"
Romney -- "I sure do. On day one I will make sure America is #1 in creating jobs again".
"How?"
"Well, I don't know, but I'm sure it involves tax cuts."
//
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:22:08pm |
I really, really hate Rumsfeld for holding up the deployment of the now-famous MRAPs, the mine-resistant armored patrol vehicles that have done so much to reduce our military casualties after they were finally introduced.
I had the benefit of a mine resistant vehicle in Iraq, imported from South Africa and paid for by my employers. Our GIs were not so fortunate and thousands paid the price. These vehicles have been available since the 70s.
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Sheila Broflovski Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:27:48pm |
re: #90 zora
i find pictures of underwear clad dicks deeply offensive. so i intend to research it for goodness sake.
[Link: www.graphicshunt.com...]
i am particularly infuriated by david beckham and have bookmarked a number of his pics as a service to others that are as chaste as i am./
Now I'm having a hot flash!
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:39:35pm |
I wish we had somehow kept all the thousands of burned out and smashed Humvees that fell victim to IED attack in Iraq and Afghanistan. I would bring the wrecks to this country and pile them in a couple of giant pyramids outside Bush's Preston Hollow mansion and Rumsfeld's cushy retirement home in New Mexico.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:40:22pm |
re: #124 Shiplord Kirel
I really, really hate Rumsfeld for holding up the deployment of the now-famous MRAPs, the mine-resistant armored patrol vehicles that have done so much to reduce our military casualties after they were finally introduced.
I had the benefit of a mine resistant vehicle in Iraq, imported from South Africa and paid for by my employers. Our GIs were not so fortunate and thousands paid the price. These vehicles have been available since the 70s.
yes, dark times...I assume he and others wildly underestimated the timeline and negative possibilities...poor planning...and further every single caualty in the ME breaks my heart, every one...it's time to pull out, the price is too high and we can't control the battlefield any longer
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wrenchwench Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:46:47pm |
re: #126 Shiplord Kirel
I wish we had somehow kept all the thousands of burned out and smashed Humvees that fell victim to IED attack in Iraq and Afghanistan. I would bring the wrecks to this country and pile them in a couple of giant pyramids outside Bush's Preston Hollow mansion and Rumsfeld's cushy retirement home in New Mexico.
Hey, hey -- we have enough rusting hulks in NM!
Good point, though. A customer/friend of mine almost lost his feet in Iraq, but was able to keep them and heal enough to go back to the fire department long enough to retire. In the next town over, they have two young legless vets. So young.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:48:52pm |
re: #127 albusteve
If you get a moment, could you please zip me an e-mail?
I have a "local" question for you
I may have to go just outside (south of) Santa Fe
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martinsmithy Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:55:54pm |
The thing about Romney is that he actually would be one of the best of the GOP candidates if he actually became President.
Before I get downdinged mercilessly, two caveats:
1. Being the best of the GOP candidates as President is not a high bar to cross.
2. The reason he would be best is that he clearly has no political scruples or political principles, and thus would change his policies on a dime once elected if it suited him politically. As opposed to some of the others in the GOP field who apparently actually believe the nonsense they are spouting.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:56:24pm |
Allahpundit still pimping Wienerhate...
Weiner’s office finally calls police — on reporter trying to interview him about Weinergate; Update: Lefty pundits turning on Weiner?
if you’re still hung up on yesterday’s fizzling “Yfrog defense” of Weiner, read this new analysis from techie George Gooding. There’s even less to the original defense than thought.
...
And at TNR, of all places, Jonathan Chait has a short but must-read post entitled “Anthony Weiner’s Skeeziness.”
A whole bunch of links except the emails leaked by Brietbart about Patriotusa76 being a disturbed and troubled nutcase.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:58:37pm |
re: #131 Killgore Trout
You make it look like being a disturbed and troubled nutcase a bad thing!
All I have to do is look in the mirror and ,, umm,,,wait ,,HUH !?!?!
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:03:23pm |
re: #131 Killgore Trout
Allahpundit still pimping Wienerhate...
Weiner’s office finally calls police — on reporter trying to interview him about Weinergate; Update: Lefty pundits turning on Weiner?
A whole bunch of links except the emails leaked by Brietbart about Patriotusa76 being a disturbed and troubled nutcase.
Yeah, the NY CBS affiliate went to his office and demanded an interview. Weiner's spokesman told the reporter that Weiner talked about it for nine hours yesterday and was done talking about it.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:04:21pm |
re: #129 sattv4u2
If you get a moment, could you please zip me an e-mail?
I have a "local" question for you
I may have to go just outside (south of) Santa Fe
done
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:06:04pm |
re: #128 wrenchwench
Hey, hey -- we have enough rusting hulks in NM!
Good point, though. A customer/friend of mine almost lost his feet in Iraq, but was able to keep them and heal enough to go back to the fire department long enough to retire. In the next town over, they have two young legless vets. So young.
My security guard friend told me about a sports car that came roaring into the parking lot of the big box store where he worked. It came through the lot at about 50mph, screamed around a corner, and screeched to a halt in a marked space. My friend trotted over to give the driver a warning. The driver got out. He was in his mid-twenties. He had two prosthetic legs and there were disabled veteran license plates on the car. My friend let it go.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:07:00pm |
re: #130 martinsmithy
The thing about Romney is that he actually would be one of the best of the GOP candidates if he actually became President.
Before I get downdinged mercilessly, two caveats:
1. Being the best of the GOP candidates as President is not a high bar to cross.
2. The reason he would be best is that he clearly has no political scruples or political principles, and thus would change his policies on a dime once elected if it suited him politically. As opposed to some of the others in the GOP field who apparently actually believe the nonsense they are spouting.
I'd have to see what Romney would run on, once he won the GOP nomination, but I'd be inclined to at least hear him out. He struck me, at least in '08, as fairly intelligent and open to the sort of compromise that made the Clinton Administration so successful. But now, I'm afraid what we're going to see is him throwing all that away to appease a base that will flambe his ass anyway.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:07:23pm |
re: #108 Alexzander
This e-coli thing is too much for me. My hypocondria can only handle so much.
Serious question (not being sarcastic): How old are you?
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sattv4u2 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:09:31pm |
re: #137 Slumbering Behemoth
Serious question (not being sarcastic): How old are you?
This is the oldest I've ever been,,
No,, wait ,, THIS is ,,
Hold on,, no,,, NOW ,,,
Wait ,,, DAMN!!
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wrenchwench Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:10:28pm |
re: #135 Shiplord Kirel
My security guard friend told me about a sports car that came roaring into the parking lot of the big box store where he worked. It came through the lot at about 50mph, screamed around a corner, and screeched to a halt in a marked space. My friend trotted over to give the driver a warning. The driver got out. He was in his mid-twenties. He had two prosthetic legs and there were disabled veteran license plates on the car. My friend let it go.
The first thing the townsfolk did for each of these amputees (who came home about a year apart) was to get them vehicles. But dorky vans, not sports cars. Gotta start somewhere!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:11:45pm |
re: #138 sattv4u2
Ugh. I guess the better question would have been "What is your age, and what shape are your kidneys in"?
Smart ass.
:)
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:12:47pm |
re: #127 albusteve
yes, dark times...I assume he and others wildly underestimated the timeline and negative possibilities...poor planning...and further every single caualty in the ME breaks my heart, every one...it's time to pull out, the price is too high and we can't control the battlefield any longer
Hate to Godwinize, but they really did make the same mistake Hitler did at the beginning of World War 2. His later yammering about wunderwaffen not withstanding, Hitler ordered a severe curtailment of any weapons development that would not be operational by the time the war ended. He figured that would be 1942. The order was rescinded when '42 rolled around and the war was still on and looking worse by the hour, but it was too late for the Reich. Bush and Rumsfeld figured everything would be wrapped up in Iraq before any specialized systems could be developed for it. This does not make them Nazis, but their failure to learn from history does make them fools.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:16:38pm |
re: #139 wrenchwench
The first thing the townsfolk did for each of these amputees (who came home about a year apart) was to get them vehicles. But dorky vans, not sports cars. Gotta start somewhere!
my next vehicle will be a van, rebuilt into a rolling pad for a cool old guy like myself...I'm no vet tho...I worship those guys, just like I worshipped my dad and BinL
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:16:56pm |
re: #138 sattv4u2
This is the oldest I've ever been,,
No,, wait ,, THIS is ,,
Hold on,, no,,, NOW ,,,Wait ,,, DAMN!!
LOL!
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bratwurst Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:18:05pm |
Is there anyone reading this who doubts that Mitt Romney will be torpedoed by his own party long before the convention?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:20:28pm |
re: #108 Alexzander
This e-coli thing is too much for me. My hypocondria can only handle so much.
re: #137 Slumbering Behemoth
Serious question (not being sarcastic): How old are you?
I only ask because unless you are really young, like a toddler or younger, or are elderly, or have shot kidneys, you probably shouldn't worry too much about e-coli.
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:20:58pm |
Stay classy, Idaho...
Idaho Woman Charged For "Unlawful Abortion," Turned In By Anti-Choice Advocate
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:21:31pm |
re: #141 Shiplord Kirel
Hate to Godwinize, but they really did make the same mistake Hitler did at the beginning of World War 2. His later yammering about wunderwaffen not withstanding, Hitler ordered a severe curtailment of any weapons development that would not be operational by the time the war ended. He figured that would be 1942. The order was rescinded when '42 rolled around and the war was still on and looking worse by the hour, but it was too late for the Reich. Bush and Rumsfeld figured everything would be wrapped up in Iraq before any specialized systems could be developed for it. This does not make them Nazis, but their failure to learn from history does make them fools.
the path is difficult, hopefully the destination will prove worth it in the end....as time goes by tho, I become more fed up myself with expressing our military might...there is no perfect fight, only honorable at best
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sattv4u2 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:24:33pm |
re: #145 bratwurst
Is there anyone reading this who doubts that Mitt Romney will be torpedoed by his own party long before the convention?
Don't recall where I read it, but the new RNC chair alluded to how the repub field did that to each other last time around and it was to be one of his priorities to keep the disagreements to issues
| 150 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:27:09pm |
re: #138 sattv4u2
This is the oldest I've ever been,,
No,, wait ,, THIS is ,,
Hold on,, no,,, NOW ,,,Wait ,,, DAMN!!
Your prom theme was fire!!
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sattv4u2 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:29:07pm |
re: #151 prairiefire
Reince has his hands full.
Notice how neither the RNC nor DNC chairs stay on long!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:30:28pm |
re: #150 Cannadian Club Akbar
Your prom theme was fire!!
Oh, now it's ON!
You're so old, when you were in school there was no such thing as "history class" yet.
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prairiefire Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:30:52pm |
re: #152 sattv4u2
Notice how neither the RNC nor DNC chairs stay on long!
Michael Steele now has the "Oh, now come on" role at MSNBC.
"Oh, now come on, a lot of people feel that way." "Yes, they are serious."
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:31:32pm |
re: #153 Slumbering Behemoth
Oh, now it's ON!
You're so old, when you were in school there was no such thing as "history class" yet.
Please tell us about the time you witnessed the birth of Jesus.
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:32:59pm |
re: #147 makeitstop
Stay classy, Idaho...
Idaho Woman Charged For "Unlawful Abortion," Turned In By Anti-Choice Advocate
horrible..... The crazies will not be happy until women are back at home, bare foot and pregnant...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:33:04pm |
re: #155 Cannadian Club Akbar
Please tell us about the time you witnessed the birth of Jesus.
The date on your birth certificate is in roman numerals.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:33:29pm |
re: #153 Slumbering Behemoth
Oh, now it's ON!
You're so old, when you were in school there was no such thing as "history class" yet.
when you first saw fire, were you impressed?
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:33:50pm |
re: #145 bratwurst
Is there anyone reading this who doubts that Mitt Romney will be torpedoed by his own party long before the convention?
Sarah Palin took a pretty good shot at it today. She's going to be the spoiler in this campaign.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:33:52pm |
re: #157 Slumbering Behemoth
The date on your birth certificate is in roman numerals.
your cart has square wheels
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sattv4u2 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:34:29pm |
re: #153 Slumbering Behemoth
Oh, now it's ON!
You're so old, when you were in school there was no such thing as "history class" yet.
I'm so old, I was a waiter at the Last Supper
Lousy tippers, btw ,, I mean, where can I cash in a bag of Myhrr!?!?)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:34:43pm |
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:34:43pm |
re: #160 albusteve
your cart has square wheels
The hills were not dusty and grandmothers had not yet been invented!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:34:59pm |
re: #157 Slumbering Behemoth
The date on your birth certificate is in roman numerals.
When you sit on a park bench, Boy Scouts stop to help you cross your legs.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:35:56pm |
re: #164 Cannadian Club Akbar
When you sit on a park bench, Boy Scouts stop to help you cross your legs.
And the last time you lifted one of your boobs, a pilgrim fell out.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:35:56pm |
re: #163 boxhead
The hills were not dusty and grandmothers had not yet been invented!
You take Viagra to prevent you from peeing on your shoes.
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:36:41pm |
re: #159 Charles
Sarah Palin took a pretty good shot at it today. She's going to be the spoiler in this campaign.
Giuliani took a shot at Mittens, too.
I'm starting to think this is all about score-settling. How do they expect to run a competitive election while non-candidates do nothing but snipe at the supposed front-runner?
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:36:41pm |
re: #162 Slumbering Behemoth
You're so old, your phone number is "1".
HA!
you're cheating somehow...that's just too funny
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:37:02pm |
re: #165 Slumbering Behemoth
And the last time you lifted one of your boobs, a pilgrim fell out.
The last time you ordered a steak the waitress asked how you would like it. You said "pureed".
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:37:16pm |
re: #166 Cannadian Club Akbar
You take Viagra to prevent you from peeing on your shoes.
You took a picture of the first fish walking out of the ocean and made it your Facebook avatar..
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:37:16pm |
re: #166 Cannadian Club Akbar
You take Viagra to prevent you from peeing on your shoes.
Now that's one I have not heard.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:37:17pm |
re: #159 Charles
Sarah Palin took a pretty good shot at it today. She's going to be the spoiler in this campaign.
Ayep. She's not going to run, just sit on the outside and try to play "kingmaker."
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:39:43pm |
re: #171 Slumbering Behemoth
Now that's one I have not heard.
You pee every morning at 9.
You poop every morning at 10.
You wake up at 11.
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:39:49pm |
re: #166 Cannadian Club Akbar
You take Viagra to prevent you from peeing on your shoes.
Instead of an entourage, you have the County Morgue following you.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:39:55pm |
re: #168 albusteve
HA!
you're cheating somehow...that's just too funny
Nah. Like I said in another thread, me and my old friend in Vegas would spend hours drinking and ripping on each other. We would get so merciless that total strangers would get offended.
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researchok Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:40:46pm |
Alright you pinko. leftie commies....
I have a technical question. I just upgraded to a 23 inch monitor (like the size of Montana). Some of the sites/pages seem to adjust to the new screen size, others do not. They seem to retain the same size as previous page on old monitor LGF included..
Is that natural or is there a way I can get pages to fit new and wonderful, Disneyworld type screen?
Thanks in advance, guys.
| 177 |
boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:42:02pm |
re: #174 boxhead
Instead of an entourage, you have the County Morgue following you.
You invented the phrase, "Get off of my lawn!"
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sattv4u2 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:42:34pm |
re: #176 researchok
Alright you pinko. leftie commies...
I have a technical question. I just upgraded to a 23 inch monitor (like the size of Montana). Some of the sites/pages seem to adjust to the new screen size, others do not. They seem to retain the same size as previous page on old monitor LGF included..
Is that natural or is there a way I can get pages to fit new and wonderful, Disneyworld type screen?
Thanks in advance, guys.
Try keeping both eyes open when looking at all pages, nit just some
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:42:45pm |
You're so old you were on the show "Pimp My Brontosaurus".
(hat tip-LaZardo)
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sattv4u2 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:42:55pm |
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:44:20pm |
re: #179 Cannadian Club Akbar
You're so old you were on the show "Pimp My Brontosaurus".
(hat tip-LaZardo)
And your rims on the Bronto were square!
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makeitstop Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:44:21pm |
re: #176 researchok
Alright you pinko. leftie commies...
I have a technical question. I just upgraded to a 23 inch monitor (like the size of Montana). Some of the sites/pages seem to adjust to the new screen size, others do not. They seem to retain the same size as previous page on old monitor LGF included..
Is that natural or is there a way I can get pages to fit new and wonderful, Disneyworld type screen?
Thanks in advance, guys.
It depends on whether the page is set to a fixed width (I assume LGF falls under this category) or a percentage width.
If the page is coded in the latter, it'll take up your full screen. If the former, it'll look small. A someone with a large monitor, I experienced the same thing.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:45:20pm |
re: #177 boxhead
You invented the phrase, "Get off of my lawn!"
You're so old, you told Adam and Eve to get off your lawn.
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researchok Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:46:27pm |
re: #182 makeitstop
It depends on whether the page is set to a fixed width (I assume LGF falls under this category) or a percentage width.
If the page is coded in the latter, it'll take up your full screen. If the former, it'll look small. A someone with a large monitor, I experienced the same thing.
Gotcha.
So what I see is what it is.
Needless to say. Drudge looks the beast that ate everything.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:46:45pm |
I think I'm out of you're so old jokes.
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abolitionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:47:17pm |
re: #176 researchok
Alright you pinko. leftie commies...
I have a technical question. I just upgraded to a 23 inch monitor (like the size of Montana). Some of the sites/pages seem to adjust to the new screen size, others do not. They seem to retain the same size as previous page on old monitor LGF included..
Is that natural or is there a way I can get pages to fit new and wonderful, Disneyworld type screen?
Thanks in advance, guys.
Under firefox, try the zoom in fn via keyboard, CTRL+
or look to menu item View/Zoom/ZoomIn
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researchok Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:48:32pm |
re: #185 Cannadian Club Akbar
I think I'm out of you're so old jokes.
You aren't out.
You just can't remember them.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:49:23pm |
re: #185 Cannadian Club Akbar
I think I'm out of you're so old jokes.
I'm mostly just recycling all the old "Yo Mama" jokes I remember.
"Yo mama so old, when she was a kid rainbows were in black and white".
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Targetpractice Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:49:36pm |
Bah, enough with the old jokes! Off to the tar pits with the lot of you dinosaurs!
/
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:49:44pm |
re: #185 Cannadian Club Akbar
I think I'm out of you're so old jokes.
You're so old you just can't remember all the jokes you still haven't told!
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:50:44pm |
re: #188 researchok
You aren't out.
You just can't remember them.
damn... I was slow on the trigger... and repeating stories... that is how old I am..
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researchok Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:52:01pm |
re: #192 boxhead
damn... I was slow on the trigger... and repeating stories... that is how old I am..
*Cups ear*
WHAT?
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:52:37pm |
re: #189 Slumbering Behemoth
I'm mostly just recycling all the old "Yo Mama" jokes I remember.
"Yo mama so old, when she was a kid rainbows were in black and white".
You so old when you were young not only were rainbows black and white, but also rectangular!
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abolitionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:53:07pm |
re: #187 researchok
I use Chrome.
Under the wrench tool at top right, try zoom +
If it's already full screen and the wrench isn't showing, try F11 to toggle full-screen mode.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:54:05pm |
re: #194 boxhead
You're so old, when Gawd created the universe you said "Keep the noise down, sonny"!
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researchok Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:54:19pm |
re: #195 abolitionist
Under the wrench tool at top right, try zoom +
If it's already full screen and the wrench isn't showing, try F11 to toggle full-screen mode.
That works.
Thanks!
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MittDoesNotCompute Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:55:05pm |
re: #143 albusteve
my next vehicle will be a van, rebuilt into a rolling pad for a cool old guy like myself...I'm no vet tho...I worship those guys, just like I worshipped my dad and BinL
Will you be parking your van down by the river, sir?
;-P
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:56:18pm |
re: #12 Charles
Glenn Beck is a real hoot today. He's weeping out of control, can hardly speak. Sniffling, red eyes.
And it's all about the Nazis again.
Nazis make me sad too.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:56:44pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:56:50pm |
re: #128 wrenchwench
Sounds like they are doing well! Good news!
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:57:30pm |
re: #196 Slumbering Behemoth
You're so old, when Gawd created the universe you said "Keep the noise down, sonny"!
You're so old Job stole your idea for the Clay Tablet By Carrier Pigeon Transfer Protocol.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:58:24pm |
Yo Mama so old, God said let there be light and she flipped the switch.
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:59:13pm |
re: #203 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Yo Mama so old, God said let there be light and she flipped the switch.
You're so old, the Big Bang woke you from your 4pm nap
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 5:59:44pm |
re: #202 boxhead
You're so old Job stole your idea for the Clay Tablet By Carrier Pigeon Transfer Protocol.
10 drachmas for who knows where this is from....
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:00:22pm |
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PhillyPretzel Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:00:53pm |
re: #12 Charles
There he goes again substituting one addiction for another.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:02:16pm |
re: #204 imp_62
You're so old, the Big Bang woke you from your 4pm nap
I'm so old, I was here for the 1st part of that
The Little Pop
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funky chicken Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:03:41pm |
re: #12 Charles
Glenn Beck is a real hoot today. He's weeping out of control, can hardly speak. Sniffling, red eyes.
And it's all about the Nazis again.
Which Nazis?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:04:17pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:04:32pm |
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:04:39pm |
re: #204 imp_62
You're so old, the Big Bang woke you from your 4pm nap
You so ugly, they use your face to make gorilla cookies.
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funky chicken Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:05:25pm |
re: #167 makeitstop
Giuliani took a shot at Mittens, too.
I'm starting to think this is all about score-settling. How do they expect to run a competitive election while non-candidates do nothing but snipe at the supposed front-runner?
Rudy's running again?
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:05:42pm |
re: #205 boxhead
re: #202 boxhead
You're so old Job stole your idea for the Clay Tablet By Carrier Pigeon Transfer Protocol.
10 drachmas for who knows where this is from...
No takers? This was from Larry Wall's first PERL book. He used the biblical Job as his device to teach PERL. He said that part of Job's success was due to his programming in PERL.
damn... I guess I AM old.....
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:06:31pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:06:33pm |
Glenn Beck is so dumb, it took him three hours to watch "60 Minutes".
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:06:42pm |
re: #16 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Is he allergic to Nazism, perhaps? Because it seems like whenever he starts talking them, he begins blubbering like a baby.
There are worse things to be allergic to than Nazis. They don't taste good, and having an early warning system for knowing when they're in the room is helpful.
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Surabaya Stew Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:07:31pm |
re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth
Glenn Beck is so dumb, it took him three hours to watch "60 Minutes".
To be fair, thats twice as fast as it takes Jim Hoft.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:07:32pm |
re: #24 Charles
He's pushing his $5000 Israel trip.
A bargain, if you compare it to, say, some of the JNF leadership ones. Of course, those have a major advantage that Glenn Beck's does not--Glenn Beck isn't on them.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:07:41pm |
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:09:22pm |
re: #220 Slumbering Behemoth
Bad news. You're also a nerd.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:10:23pm |
re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth
Glenn Beck is so dumb, it took him three hours to watch "60 Minutes".
Glenn Beck is so dumb, he thinks Fleetwood Mac is a new special at McDonalds.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:11:47pm |
re: #221 boxhead
01010111011010000111100100100000011101000110100001 10000101101110011010110010000001111001011011110111 010100100001
If that doesn't come back as "Fuck You" after I run it through this, I am going to be greatly disappointed.
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:11:47pm |
re: #212 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You so ugly, they use your face to make gorilla cookies.
You're so ugly, when you were born, the doctor spanked your mother.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:12:37pm |
re: #224 imp_62
You're so ugly, when you were born, the doctor spanked your mother.
You're so ugly, you walked into a haunted house and came out with a paycheck.
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boxhead Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:13:40pm |
re: #212 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You so ugly, they use your face to make gorilla cookies.
You stole that from Fred Sanford in Sanford and Son!
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:13:40pm |
re: #224 imp_62
You're so ugly, when you were born, the doctor spanked your mother.
You're so ugly, your pillow cries itself to sleep every night.
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William of Orange Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:13:50pm |
Great to stay around Politifact for a longer time sometimes. I'm ver impressed by Michele Bachmann's track record!! The day she gets a "true" score is a day to remember!
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researchok Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:13:54pm |
This new screen is going to take a bit of getting used to.
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funky chicken Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:13:57pm |
re: #124 Shiplord Kirel
I really, really hate Rumsfeld for holding up the deployment of the now-famous MRAPs, the mine-resistant armored patrol vehicles that have done so much to reduce our military casualties after they were finally introduced.
I had the benefit of a mine resistant vehicle in Iraq, imported from South Africa and paid for by my employers. Our GIs were not so fortunate and thousands paid the price. These vehicles have been available since the 70s.
Jeez, I remember the old crowd on here excoriating me for daring to criticize Bush and Rumsfeld back in 2005/2006. I still remember the day in early '06 when my husband came home and told me the AF was going to cut 40,000 active duty troops over the next year. My husband is still flying planes that are older than he is. And Bush ran in 2000 squalling about how Bill Clinton had slashed the military to Carteresque "empy force" levels, and then....sent that exact same force off to two wars. And then Rumsfeld had the gall to tell that army captain "you go to war with the army you have" BS...in late 2004.
Disgusting.
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:14:12pm |
re: #225 Slumbering Behemoth
You're so ugly, you walked into a haunted house and came out with a paycheck.
You're so ugly, M. Night Shyamalan has nightmares about you
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:14:46pm |
re: #226 boxhead
You stole that from Fred Sanford in Sanford and Son!
Good artists imitate, great artists steal.
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:14:55pm |
re: #226 boxhead
You stole that from Fred Sanford in Sanford and Son!
You're so old, you can quote Sanford and Son!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:15:14pm |
re: #229 researchok
This new screen is going to take a bit of getting used to.
Just remember that when you're typing up a document, you don't need to apply white out to the screen in order to correct mistakes.
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BongCrodny Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:15:22pm |
I've noticed that many of the punchlines for "Yo' momma is so fat" jokes can be used interchangeably with "my dick is so big" jokes.
For example:
"Yo' momma is so fat, when she gets in the elevator the sign reads 'capacity 14 people...or yo' momma!'"
"My dick is so big, when I get in the elevator the sign reads 'capacity 14 people...or Bong's dick!'"
Look, if I didn't do this, I'd have to spend $100 an hour on therapy, okay?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:15:53pm |
re: #231 imp_62
You're so ugly you could make a freight train take a dirt road.
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researchok Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:16:08pm |
re: #234 Slumbering Behemoth
Just remember that when you're typing up a document, you don't need to apply white out to the screen in order to correct mistakes.
Too late.
//
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:17:01pm |
re: #235 BongCrodny
You're dick's so tiny, mosquitoes laugh at you.
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researchok Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:17:45pm |
re: #235 BongCrodny
I've noticed that many of the punchlines for "Yo' momma is so fat" jokes can be used interchangeably with "my dick is so big" jokes.
For example:
"Yo' momma is so fat, when she gets in the elevator the sign reads 'capacity 14 people...or yo' momma!'"
"My dick is so big, when I get in the elevator the sign reads 'capacity 14 people...or Bong's dick!'"
Look, if I didn't do this, I'd have to spend $100 an hour on therapy, okay?
$200 an hour.
Plus hazard pay
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:17:56pm |
re: #238 Slumbering Behemoth
You're dick's so tiny, mosquitoes laugh at you.
My girl friend asked me to give her 12 inches and make it hurt. So I fucked her twice and slapped her.
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b_sharp Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:18:06pm |
re: #238 Slumbering Behemoth
You're dick's so tiny, mosquitoes laugh at you.
My dick's so tiny mosquitoes can't see it.
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lawhawk Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:18:11pm |
re: #236 Slumbering Behemoth
[Link: www.adultswim.co.uk...]
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:18:26pm |
re: #240 Cannadian Club Akbar
Don't lie. It was four times.
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Surabaya Stew Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:19:57pm |
re: #228 William of Orange
Great to stay around Politifact for a longer time sometimes. I'm ver impressed by Michele Bachmann's track record!! The day she gets a "true" score is a day to remember!
The only thing new about Ms. Bachmann that I learned from the link was this:
Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children....
Wow....just, WOW! I had no idea. I'm not sure if I should respect or fear her. No way I could ever do that!
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shutdown Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:20:49pm |
re: #244 Surabaya Stew
The only thing new about Ms. Bachmann that I learned from the link was this:
Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children...
Wow...just, WOW! I had no idea. I'm not sure if I should respect or fear her. No way I could ever do that!
The issue is not how many foster children entered. It is how many made it out again.
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Obdicut Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:21:10pm |
re: #147 makeitstop
Stay classy, Idaho...
Idaho Woman Charged For "Unlawful Abortion," Turned In By Anti-Choice Advocate
Holy crap. They're really doing it. Arresting women for having abortions. In this case, a woman who was driven to buy drugs over the internet because she couldn't afford to obtain a legal abortion.
And she's already the mother of a toddler. I'm sure arresting her for this is going to help that kid out a lot.
What nuttiness.
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BongCrodny Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:21:24pm |
My dick is so small when I have sex I have to wear a troj.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:21:26pm |
re: #244 Surabaya Stew
The only thing new about Ms. Bachmann that I learned from the link was this:
Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children...
Wow...just, WOW! I had no idea. I'm not sure if I should respect or fear her. No way I could ever do that!
That's right -- Bachmann has 28 children.
It's a quiverfull.
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b_sharp Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:21:58pm |
re: #244 Surabaya Stew
The only thing new about Ms. Bachmann that I learned from the link was this:
Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children...
Wow...just, WOW! I had no idea. I'm not sure if I should respect or fear her. No way I could ever do that!
28 people out there with their brains infected by the Bachmann bug.
Does that make it easier?
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:22:11pm |
re: #242 lawhawk
[Link: www.adultswim.co.uk...]
That was awesome! Of course, ya can't really have a proper "Yo Mama" thread without this video.
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Kragar Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:23:18pm |
re: #249 b_sharp
28 people out there with their brains infected by the Bachmann bug.
Does that make it easier?
So we're in the end times, Israel has to exist so it can be destroyed, and the Pope is the Antichrist according to her Church, how bad could it be?
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Surabaya Stew Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:23:37pm |
re: #245 imp_62
The issue is not how many foster children entered. It is how many made it out again.
Oh, so its not 23 Foster Children all at once? Just in total over the years? Ok, thats a bit lot more reasonable. (Still couldn't do it myself, though.) At least I can respect her for that, no matter how much I disagree with her politics.
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albusteve Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:24:04pm |
re: #248 Charles
That's right -- Bachmann has 28 children.
It's a quiverfull.
holy shit
that just about takes my breath away
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prairiefire Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:24:16pm |
re: #244 Surabaya Stew
The only thing new about Ms. Bachmann that I learned from the link was this:
Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children...
Wow...just, WOW! I had no idea. I'm not sure if I should respect or fear her. No way I could ever do that!
She kevetched to Laura Ingrahm about it. I'm not sure she enjoyed the experience.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:25:25pm |
re: #244 Surabaya Stew
The only thing new about Ms. Bachmann that I learned from the link was this:
Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children...
Wow...just, WOW! I had no idea. I'm not sure if I should respect or fear her. No way I could ever do that!
OK, I will now say I admire something that she has done.
Made a good difference in the life of 23 foster children.
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Surabaya Stew Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:25:34pm |
re: #248 Charles
That's right -- Bachmann has 28 children.
It's a quiverfull.
I may just have to take back any praise I may have extended towards Bachmann's willingness to raise 28 kids....
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What, me worry? Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:25:35pm |
re: #44 Charles
Chris Matthews is way off base today. He's blaming Rep. Weiner for the whole scandal and saying it's going to cause big problems for the Democratic Party.
Sometimes Tweety is a real dunderhead.
My husband calls Chris Matthews a monkey with a gun. Eventually, he hits a mark.
Btw, flames are shootin outa my puter from The Twitter. You rock, Jazzy!
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b_sharp Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:26:46pm |
re: #252 Surabaya Stew
Oh, so its not 23 Foster Children all at once? Just in total over the years? Ok, thats a
bitlot more reasonable. (Still couldn't do it myself, though.) At least I can respect her for that, no matter how much I disagree with her politics.
You are easily impressed.
I suspect the foster children were there, not for them, but for the religious fodder they represent.
Bachmann probably looked at it as an opportunity to spread the word.
You should ask my wife about fanatical foster homes.
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Surabaya Stew Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:26:53pm |
re: #254 prairiefire
She kevetched to Laura Ingrahm about it. I'm not sure she enjoyed the experience.
The Jimi Hendrix Laura Ingram Experience? Or the quiverfull of kids Experience?
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prairiefire Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:27:40pm |
re: #259 Surabaya Stew
The
Jimi HendrixLaura Ingram Experience? Or the quiverfull of kids Experience?
There a lot of ungrateful kids out there.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:28:14pm |
re: #244 Surabaya Stew
The only thing new about Ms. Bachmann that I learned from the link was this:
Bachmann and her husband, Marcus, who have five children and have opened their home to 23 foster children...
Wow...just, WOW! I had no idea. I'm not sure if I should respect or fear her. No way I could ever do that!
I do respect her for it. I also fear her, because that indicates to me that there's some sort of true and active believer in there. And she believes stuff that blows my MIIIIND.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:29:13pm |
re: #260 prairiefire
There a lot of ungrateful kids out there.
Looks like someone didn't get a card on Mothers/Fathers Day!!
/
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Surabaya Stew Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:29:40pm |
re: #258 b_sharp
You are easily impressed.
I suspect the foster children were there, not for them, but for the religious fodder they represent.
Bachmann probably looked at it as an opportunity to spread the word.
You should ask my wife about fanatical foster homes.
No, you are correct; I have already admitted my overwillingness to praise unconditionally Ms. Bachmann. I'm just now reading up on the whole movement as described by the Quiverfull review, and I'm not liking what is out there.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:29:46pm |
re: #261 SanFranciscoZionist
But, she made an improvement in a LOT of foster kids lives. Religious fodder, or not, that's an accomplishment to be proud of.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:30:05pm |
re: #246 Obdicut
Holy crap. They're really doing it. Arresting women for having abortions. In this case, a woman who was driven to buy drugs over the internet because she couldn't afford to obtain a legal abortion.
And she's already the mother of a toddler. I'm sure arresting her for this is going to help that kid out a lot.
What nuttiness.
There was a fad, back when I was in college, for women try to take all kinds of herbal crap and do a 'home abortion', because, you know, natural, and not in the hands of the patriarchy, black fuckety-blah.
Usually, they made themselves sick as dogs, and then ended up going to Kaiser anyway.
They should apologize to this woman for their pretension and ingratitude. I know who they are. We're all approaching forty, but that's no excuse.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:30:41pm |
re: #249 b_sharp
28 people out there with their brains infected by the Bachmann bug.
Does that make it easier?
Fred Phelps adopted a number of children. I think Bachmann's bug is probably preferable.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:30:59pm |
re: #265 SanFranciscoZionist
Penny something tea, IIRC.
I'm over 40 and it was prevalent then, too.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:31:26pm |
re: #252 Surabaya Stew
Oh, so its not 23 Foster Children all at once? Just in total over the years? Ok, thats a
bitlot more reasonable. (Still couldn't do it myself, though.) At least I can respect her for that, no matter how much I disagree with her politics.
No, I don't think they're running a small orphanage--a few kids at a time, then they age out, or move on--still a shitload of work, physically and emotionally.
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b_sharp Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:33:05pm |
re: #264 Floral Giraffe
But, she made an improvement in a LOT of foster kids lives. Religious fodder, or not, that's an accomplishment to be proud of.
Are you sure it's an improvement?
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:33:39pm |
re: #258 b_sharp
You are easily impressed.
I suspect the foster children were there, not for them, but for the religious fodder they represent.
Bachmann probably looked at it as an opportunity to spread the word.
You should ask my wife about fanatical foster homes.
Given that the number of foster kids I have taken into my non-fanatical home is exactly zero, I feel I should maybe give her the benefit of the doubt.
Granted, if we took in a foster kid, my husband and I would have to sleep on the floor in our living room, but you see the point.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:34:36pm |
re: #263 Surabaya Stew
No, you are correct; I have already admitted my overwillingness to praise unconditionally Ms. Bachmann. I'm just now reading up on the whole movement as described by the Quiverfull review, and I'm not liking what is out there.
Quiverfull is normally about having as many kids of your own as possible, though, innit, not having five and then taking in others who need a place to stay? I mean, witness Duggars and all.
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b_sharp Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:34:51pm |
re: #266 SanFranciscoZionist
Fred Phelps adopted a number of children. I think Bachmann's bug is probably preferable.
Possibly, but I would prefer neither.
Her being better than someone else, Phelps in this case, is not a justification for acceptance.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:35:12pm |
re: #269 b_sharp
I suspect it is, foster care, isn't a good thing. A HOME is much better.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:35:46pm |
re: #265 SanFranciscoZionist
There was a fad, back when I was in college, for women try to take all kinds of herbal crap and do a 'home abortion', because, you know, natural, and not in the hands of the patriarchy, black fuckety-blah.
Usually, they made themselves sick as dogs, and then ended up going to Kaiser anyway.
They should apologize to this woman for their pretension and ingratitude. I know who they are. We're all approaching forty, but that's no excuse.
That's BLAH fuckety-blah. And all the women involved were white. Except for the one who insisted she was Native American. My husband has more Native ancestry than she does, and refers to himself, while taking great pride in his Cherokee and Creek ancestry, as 'a white dude'.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:36:15pm |
re: #267 Floral Giraffe
Penny something tea, IIRC.
I'm over 40 and it was prevalent then, too.
Pennyroyal. Or black cohosh.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:37:03pm |
re: #274 SanFranciscoZionist
Foster care link.
Sob stories, sad places to be.
[Link: www.angelsfoster.org...]
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:38:19pm |
re: #272 b_sharp
Possibly, but I would prefer neither.
Her being better than someone else, Phelps in this case, is not a justification for acceptance.
True, and I probably don't know enough about this.
I do, however, have some trepidation about tearing down an apparent mitzvah done by someone I don't like, if that makes sense.
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b_sharp Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:38:49pm |
re: #270 SanFranciscoZionist
Given that the number of foster kids I have taken into my non-fanatical home is exactly zero, I feel I should maybe give her the benefit of the doubt.
Granted, if we took in a foster kid, my husband and I would have to sleep on the floor in our living room, but you see the point.
My wife was the 'guest' of 6 foster homes, her sister, who died in 1997 from drug overdose while hooking, was the guest of 7. My mother took in 2 foster kids. Due to some tragic circumstances, my son spent time in a foster home.
They aren't created equal.
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BongCrodny Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:42:46pm |
re: #258 b_sharp
You are easily impressed.
I suspect the foster children were there, not for them, but for the religious fodder they represent.
Bachmann probably looked at it as an opportunity to spread the word.
You should ask my wife about fanatical foster homes.
Maybe I'm diminishing her good efforts here, but does anyone know whether having foster kids in one's home on a revolving door schedule actually helps the kids?
You read stories or watch news programs about kids gone wrong, and there seems to be an "in and out of foster homes" undercurrent in a lot of those stories.
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b_sharp Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:42:54pm |
re: #277 SanFranciscoZionist
True, and I probably don't know enough about this.
I do, however, have some trepidation about tearing down an apparent mitzvah done by someone I don't like, if that makes sense.
It is possible these kids were taken in and well loved, however, fundamentalist families can also be emotionally abusive, more so than non-fundamentalist religious and non-religious families.
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What, me worry? Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:43:13pm |
re: #269 b_sharp
Are you sure it's an improvement?
I went to school with a number of foster children over the years. They often get shuttled from home to home, staying anywhere from months to a few years in one place and then moving on.
All of the foster kids I knew, maybe 5 or 6, spent time in religious Christian homes. They weren't any different really than the rest of us messed up teen people, although they had a bit more baggage.
One good friend of mine had a sister with cerebral palsy and the foster system managed to keep them together since they were little which doesn't always happen. I met her when I was 17, she was 18, but still living with her foster parents (evangelicals), transitioning to a life on her own. They had been there short of a year.
This girl was crazy wild. Kinda like the preacher's daughter syndrome. I got into a lot of trouble with her... and a lot of fun! At any rate, I went to a religious retreat with her once. No one tried to convert me, and we had a good time.
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b_sharp Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:43:36pm |
re: #279 BongCrodny
Maybe I'm diminishing her good efforts here, but does anyone know whether having foster kids in one's home on a revolving door schedule actually helps the kids?
You read stories or watch news programs about kids gone wrong, and there seems to be an "in and out of foster homes" undercurrent in a lot of those stories.
Bingo.
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b_sharp Thu, Jun 2, 2011 6:46:07pm |
re: #281 marjoriemoon
I went to school with a number of foster children over the years. They often get shuttled from home to home, staying anywhere from months to a few years in one place and then moving on.
All of the foster kids I knew, maybe 5 or 6, spent time in religious Christian homes. They weren't any different really than the rest of us messed up teen people, although they had a bit more baggage.
One good friend of mine had a sister with cerebral palsy and the foster system managed to keep them together since they were little which doesn't always happen. I met her when I was 17, she was 18, but still living with her foster parents (evangelicals), transitioning to a life on her own. They had been there short of a year.
This girl was crazy wild. Kinda like the preacher's daughter syndrome. I got into a lot of trouble with her... and a lot of fun! At any rate, I went to a religious retreat with her once. No one tried to convert me, and we had a good time.
There are always good outcomes as well as bad outcomes. All I can consider are the probabilities, although I realize I am quite biased because of anecdotal evidence.
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