Rachel Maddow has a look at Texas Governor Rick Perry’s upcoming giant prayer rally “The Response,” and its schedule of unbelievably fanatical religious right crackpots. Fourteen minutes and six seconds of sheer lunacy.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:32:55am |
sex with demons is great, they're always horny....
//rimshot
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:34:46am |
Does it have the guy who says the Statue of Liberty is a Demonic Idol created by Free Masons and that homosexuality is an Illuminati plot?
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:35:00am |
I only have sex with demon sheep...yes, I'm looking at you, Carly Fiorina.
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Obdicut Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:37:42am |
I remember people really, really being outraged about REverend Wright. I'm not going to judge the rightness or wrongness of that. But I remember we had news cycle after news cycle about it. A lot of focus was given to the craziest statements.
All of the GOP field-- with the exception of Romney, who is, as typical, nowhere to be seen committing himself-- has ties to religious advisers or have made statements themselves that are as crazy or crazier than what Wright said.
And unlike Obama, they haven't repudiated them. They give them access and legitimacy.
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:41:13am |
John 4:20 - and no, it's not about smoking dope.
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Milty Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:44:07am |
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:44:33am |
re: #6 SpaceJesus
Religion, yay.
I was just at my local Canadian Tire store looking through the doodads and thingies to put on my car to spruce it up a bit. I saw several Jesus fishes but no Darwin/Evolution fishes.
As atheists we're nothing but second class citizens.
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otoc Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:45:18am |
re: #4 Obdicut
I remember people really, really being outraged about REverend Wright. I'm not going to judge the rightness or wrongness of that. But I remember we had news cycle after news cycle about it. A lot of focus was given to the craziest statements....
And unlike Obama, they haven't repudiated them. They give them access and legitimacy.
Why am I getting a sudden desire to simply find some astro cult to join and get rocketed off this planet? To your question, I guess FoxNews is too busy not talking about Murdoch scandal to cover the words of the religious wingnuts that the current crop of pandering GOP candidates are openly catering to for the extreme wing of sheep, er, voters. It can't be that the point against Wright was just a onesided argument, right?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:46:07am |
"Say No To Racism"
Banner on the field with the Japanese and Swedish players.
Carry on, y'all.
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:46:09am |
re: #8 b_sharp
I was just at my local Canadian Tire store looking through the doodads and thingies to put on my car to spruce it up a bit. I saw several Jesus fishes but no Darwin/Evolution fishes.
As atheists we're nothing but second class citizens.
I was a few FSM fish and 1 Cthulhu Fish in the last month. No jesus fish though.
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SpaceJesus Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:46:14am |
re: #8 b_sharp
do you guys have these type of preachers up there?
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:47:13am |
Wow.
What lunacy.
Oh, and do they realize that they make their god seem very...
Evil?
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:47:33am |
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Spocomptonite Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:48:17am |
All this talk of religion on multiple threads today really, really makes me want definitive separation of Church and State more than ever.
Anyone is entitled to have whatever beliefs they want, until their beliefs say I have to believe it, too.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:49:25am |
Oh boy, Freemasons!
Illuminati!
Bears!
Tigers!
AIEEEE!
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:49:43am |
Can't get the video to play for some reason. Any chance we could get the link posted?
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:50:15am |
re: #8 b_sharp
I was just at my local Canadian Tire store looking through the doodads and thingies to put on my car to spruce it up a bit. I saw several Jesus fishes but no Darwin/Evolution fishes.
As atheists we're nothing but second class citizens.
I like having a jesus fish on the left with darwin on the right - and a nice big = sign in between them.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:50:58am |
Lol.
Pervez Musharrif giving economic advice to Perry?
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:51:11am |
re: #20 wlewisiii
I like having a jesus fish on the left with darwin on the right - and a nice big = sign in between them.
< has a slightly more factual basis
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:51:24am |
re: #11 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I was a few FSM fish and 1 Cthulhu Fish in the last month. No jesus fish though.
You were? Cool!
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:51:52am |
re: #21 Varek Raith
Lol.
Pervez Musharrif giving economic advice to Perry?
"Always get your terrorists to pay in cash and in advance."
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:52:38am |
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:52:39am |
re: #12 SpaceJesus
do you guys have these type of preachers up there?
Not out in the open, but I've heard some sermons during funerals that make me believe some are practising.
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zora Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:52:40am |
sex with demons? so that's where the super gonorrhea came from.
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:53:43am |
re: #20 wlewisiii
I like having a jesus fish on the left with darwin on the right - and a nice big = sign in between them.
My wife has suggested the same thing without the equals sign.
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engineer cat Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:53:44am |
well, it's very interesting to know that leaders preaching compassion is a bad thing
very interesting
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:53:49am |
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:53:59am |
re: #17 Spocomptonite
All this talk of religion on multiple threads today really, really makes me want definitive separation of Church and State more than ever.
Anyone is entitled to have whatever beliefs they want, until their beliefs say I have to believe it, too.
I'd be satisfied with a little separation of church and blog.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:54:19am |
re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I've seen enough Hentai to know that...
That guy is clearly jealous.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:54:24am |
re: #13 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Not that it really matters. Murdoch still holds a controlling interest in BskyB. The only thing he missed out on was the opportunity to own it outright, iirc.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:54:27am |
The next time one of these guys gets caught with a hooker:
"I was enticed by a demon!"
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:54:44am |
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:55:00am |
I think I was part of the Harlot movement at one point, but our Queen was Madonna. Yeesh, get it right already.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:55:11am |
"Dangers of having sex with Demons highlighted by Perry Prayer participant."
I don't want to click. Let me know--what is it?
That they'll get hungry mid-coitus and rip out your guts and eat them?
That your kids will be really, really ugly?
Mother-in-law?
Cleaning the pea soup vomit off the sheets?
Really, what is it? (I don't actually know anybody who has done this, so I'm clueless.)
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:55:36am |
re: #7 Milty
Why don't you go and find lobengula in the Pages? Have a nice little chit chat.
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:56:08am |
OT: OT:OT: OT:OT: OT:OT: OT:OT: OT:
I need some help from my fellow lizards.
I have no talent. I have no imagination (other than about zombies).
I've been neglecting my business the last few years and I'd like to turn that around by taking steps that include having a business card and a working website, but I need a logo.
Some of you have talent dripping from your pores and I'd like to tap into that ooze just cause we're like lizards together and stuff.
The name of the company is Reboot Computers.
If you have any ideas/drawings I'd love to here/see them.
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:58:32am |
The Statue of Liberty is an evil idol. Really? REALLY??
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Spocomptonite Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:58:52am |
re: #31 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I've seen enough Hentai to know that...
Actually, it's called Ugly Americans on Comedy Central.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:59:13am |
Ma'am, we're sorry, but your child's school pictures did not turn out.
No, no re-takes. Your child melted the camera.
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:59:25am |
re: #42 marjoriemoon
The Statue of Liberty is an evil idol. Really? REALLY??
I hear she is nekkid under those robes.
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Zathras Wed, Jul 13, 2011 11:59:31am |
In describing sex with demons, the Onion, as usual, did it first and best.
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Spocomptonite Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:00:10pm |
re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I hear she is nekkid under those robes.
Worse, she's FRENCH under those robes.
/ I actually have no idea what that's supposed to mean.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:00:19pm |
OMG these people are soooooooo crazy. I'm watching this video, and somehow, this kind of thing never fails to make the hair on my neck stand up. It's like watching a schizophrenic free associate.
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:00:26pm |
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:00:37pm |
Demon sex is OK, but it's Exorcism Sex that really rocks your world.
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:01:07pm |
re: #41 b_sharp
Here's a picture I drew...but I don't do all of my work with sharpies...
Image: winder.jpg
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:01:57pm |
re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Does it have the guy who says the Statue of Liberty is a Demonic Idol created by Free Masons and that homosexuality is an Illuminati plot?
I never had sex with the Statue of Liberty. I did attempt, however, to have sex in the Statue of Liberty.
Thwarted by a following group of Japanese tourists.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:01:57pm |
lol DADT kills birds.
Every time gays have sex, God kills a bird. Remember that kids.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:01:58pm |
re: #14 Varek Raith
Wow.
What lunacy.
Oh, and do they realize that they make their god seem very...
Evil?
Slacktivist complains about that quite a bit...he points out that many of these folks seem to have a view of God that suggests that worshipping such a being would be immoral.
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:02:03pm |
re: #51 darthstar
Here's a picture I drew...but I don't do all of my work with sharpies...
Image: winder.jpg
Dude, you made me swallow my gum.
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:02:12pm |
re: #50 Decatur Deb
Demon sex is OK, but it's Exorcism Sex that really rocks your world.
I don't know about that...
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AK-47% Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:02:15pm |
re: #48 Fozzie Bear
OMG these people are sooo crazy. I'm watching this video, and somehow, this kind of thing never fails to make the hair on my neck stand up. It's like watching a schizophrenic free associate.
And these people have a major political party at their beck and call, or at least too terrified of losing their support to dare to distance themselves from the pathetic, superstitious, anti-American (I dare call it such) bullsh*t they are babbling
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(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:02:22pm |
This is weird: Fox News: Government Helps You -- Whether You Like It Or Not
Is Sally Kohn Fox's "progressive" opinion piece writer?
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:02:39pm |
re: #55 b_sharp
Dude, you made me swallow my gum.
You truly do not want to know how I first read the last word of your post.
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:02:41pm |
Oh dear, we have a new group, the "Tea-Vangelists".
Be afraid, be very afraid.
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:03:09pm |
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:03:11pm |
re: #52 imp_62
I never had sex with the Statue of Liberty. I did attempt, however, to have sex in the Statue of Liberty.
Thwarted by a following group of Japanese tourists.
Too bad. It could have been enhanced by a group of Japanese tourists...
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engineer cat Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:04:11pm |
re: #43 Spocomptonite
what is a "spocomptonite", anyway? something to do with seattle, as nearly as i can make out...
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makeitstop Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:04:26pm |
re: #60 marjoriemoon
Oh dear, we have a new group, the "Tea-Vangelists".
Be afraid, be very afraid.
I prefer 'teahadists,' personally.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:04:33pm |
re: #62 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Too bad. It could have been enhanced by a group of Japanese tourists...
My one sexual experience in Japan with a Japanese was preceded by misunderstanding and followed by an earthquake. I've never really been the same.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:04:38pm |
"There is hope for america. We will find it on our knees."
I expect that creative teenage boys will find a way to use this to their advantage.
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:06:39pm |
re: #65 imp_62
My one sexual experience in Japan with a Japanese was preceded by misunderstanding and followed by an earthquake. I've never really been the same.
I was a naughty, naughty boy during my 18 months in Japan.
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:07:16pm |
re: #67 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I was a naughty, naughty boy during my 18 months in Japan.
Were you on a mormon mission?
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Spocomptonite Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:07:34pm |
re: #41 b_sharp
OT: OT:OT: OT:OT: OT:OT: OT:OT: OT:
I need some help from my fellow lizards.
I have no talent. I have no imagination (other than about zombies).I've been neglecting my business the last few years and I'd like to turn that around by taking steps that include having a business card and a working website, but I need a logo.
Some of you have talent dripping from your pores and I'd like to tap into that ooze just cause we're like lizards together and stuff.
The name of the company is Reboot Computers.
If you have any ideas/drawings I'd love to here/see them.
Zombies would totally work. I'd so go to a computer repair place that had zombies everywhere.
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engineer cat Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:07:39pm |
re: #60 marjoriemoon
Oh dear, we have a new group, the "Tea-Vangelists".
Be afraid, be very afraid.
more and more we find out that the teabaggers aren't really interested in "fiscal responsibility" after all, and are really just a convenient name for "a bunch of people who believe that everything will magically be alright if americans just act according to the irrational prejudices of wingnuts"
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:08:14pm |
re: #67 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I was a naughty, naughty boy during my 18 months in Japan.
There really is no explanation for what goes on there after dark. I don't know if it something in the beer or the sake or the scotch, since I tend to mix all 3 liberally when I am there.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:08:39pm |
re: #67 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I was a naughty, naughty boy during my 18 months in Japan.
I was 12 during the year I was in Japan, so sadly, I was pretty good. I was not quite old enough to see the possibilities.
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:09:16pm |
I don't agree with Slater, though, when he says that Perry, if elected, wouldn't try to install a more theocratic government. These men are power crazy, out of their minds power crazy and I don't doubt for a minute they wouldn't try to use their power for nefarious reasons and not the will of the The People.
I would also think that Christians should be very afraid, particularly those who are not evangelists and more particularly, Catholics. I think they very much want to make all religions, even other Christian sects, outlawed. They're very vocal about Islam, and it's just downhill from there.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:09:20pm |
re: #68 darthstar
Were you on a mormon mission?
I once did something related to the words "mormon" and "missionary".
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Spocomptonite Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:09:21pm |
re: #63 engineer dog
what is a "spocomptonite", anyway? something to do with seattle, as nearly as i can make out...
Spokane, actually. And there's a self-depreciating joke that Spokane is kind of run-down and ghetto, so thus, Spo-compton.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:09:50pm |
re: #72 Fozzie Bear
I was 12 during the year I was in Japan, so sadly, I was pretty good. I was not quite old enough to see the possibilities.
Navy brat?
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:09:59pm |
Why is it that the people who talk the loudest about morality are the least ethical?
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:10:27pm |
re: #69 Spocomptonite
Zombies would totally work. I'd so go to a computer repair place that had zombies everywhere.
Actually, so would I.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:11:01pm |
re: #77 Fozzie Bear
Why is it that the people who talk the loudest about morality are the least ethical?
Same psychology as to why people who talk the most about sex are getting the least amount.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:11:19pm |
re: #73 marjoriemoon
I don't agree with Slater, though, when he says that Perry, if elected, wouldn't try to install a more theocratic government. These men are power crazy, out of their minds power crazy and I don't doubt for a minute they wouldn't try to use their power for nefarious reasons and not the will of the The People.
I would also think that Christians should be very afraid, particularly those who are not evangelists and more particularly, Catholics. I think they very much want to make all religions, even other Christian sects, outlawed. They're very vocal about Islam, and it's just downhill from there.
Yep. I don't imagine they would be all that kind of atheists either. I don't look forward to a future where I have to pretend to be religious in order to take advantage of public services.
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Spocomptonite Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:11:27pm |
re: #65 imp_62
My one sexual experience in Japan with a Japanese was preceded by misunderstanding and followed by an earthquake. I've never really been the same.
I don't blame you, that sounds earth-shattering
waiticandobetter
rocked your world
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CarleeCork Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:11:28pm |
re: #17 Spocomptonite
All this talk of religion on multiple threads today really, really makes me want definitive separation of Church and State more than ever.
Anyone is entitled to have whatever beliefs they want, until their beliefs say I have to believe it, too.
Amen!
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:11:43pm |
Demons -
daemons -
Linux -
Penguin..
IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:12:05pm |
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:12:08pm |
re: #77 Fozzie Bear
Why is it that the people who talk the loudest about morality are the least ethical?
Kismet.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:12:23pm |
re: #73 marjoriemoon
I don't agree with Slater, though, when he says that Perry, if elected, wouldn't try to install a more theocratic government. These men are power crazy, out of their minds power crazy and I don't doubt for a minute they wouldn't try to use their power for nefarious reasons and not the will of the The People.
I would also think that Christians should be very afraid, particularly those who are not evangelists and more particularly, Catholics. I think they very much want to make all religions, even other Christian sects, outlawed. They're very vocal about Islam, and it's just downhill from there.
The Klan has shown us the program--it's Blacks, Jews and Catholics in that order.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:12:47pm |
re: #4 Obdicut
I remember people really, really being outraged about REverend Wright. I'm not going to judge the rightness or wrongness of that. But I remember we had news cycle after news cycle about it. A lot of focus was given to the craziest statements.
All of the GOP field-- with the exception of Romney, who is, as typical, nowhere to be seen committing himself-- has ties to religious advisers or have made statements themselves that are as crazy or crazier than what Wright said.
And unlike Obama, they haven't repudiated them. They give them access and legitimacy.
For me, the Rev. Wright crap was so annoying because it was so hypocritical. Yeah he said some crankodoodle stuff. All we heard about was "20 years at Trinity UCC" yet Palin/Joan of Arc's 20 years in whackjob Christianity like Wasilla Assembly of God didn't make the news, nor has Palin ever bothered to distance herself from it.
I did a piece on this at the time [Link: bit.ly...] . Turns out it's still relevant because a lot of the cranks in Perry's prayermongering conference are from that Apostolic Prayer Network, same as the clowns running around in the Wasilla AoG [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
These are people who think they have a divine right to rule.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:13:08pm |
re: #84 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Close, Marine security detachment on a Navy base.
Did you fight Gojira???
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Spocomptonite Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:13:31pm |
re: #83 Sergey Romanov
Demons -
daemons -
Linux -
Penguin..
IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!
Penguin
FIGHT CLUB
Soap
Cleanliness
Godliness
DEMONS ARE CLOSE TO GODLINESS
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:13:40pm |
re: #83 Sergey Romanov
Demons -
daemons -
Linux -
Penguin..
IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!
Sergey, put the penguin down and just walk away. Just walk away.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:14:05pm |
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:14:11pm |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:14:54pm |
re: #90 b_sharp
Sergey, put the penguin down and just walk away. Just walk away.
Penguin, begone in the name of Holy Gravel!
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:15:34pm |
I am really disappointed that I have not yet seen the words "ex-girlfriend" or "ex-husband" come up on this page yet.
Sheesh. The door is totally wide open.
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:15:57pm |
re: #93 Sergey Romanov
Penguin, begone in the name of Holy Gravel!
I think when people talk about throwing stones, they're talking about bigger stones.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:16:06pm |
re: #41 b_sharp
OT: OT:OT: OT:OT: OT:OT: OT:OT: OT:
I need some help from my fellow lizards.
I have no talent. I have no imagination (other than about zombies).I've been neglecting my business the last few years and I'd like to turn that around by taking steps that include having a business card and a working website, but I need a logo.
Some of you have talent dripping from your pores and I'd like to tap into that ooze just cause we're like lizards together and stuff.
The name of the company is Reboot Computers.
If you have any ideas/drawings I'd love to here/see them.
I have no design talent. However, there are people who do, and they are attending a graphic design course at a college near you. Check in with department heads of graphic design departments and see if the students are interested in working on your logo/business card. Cheaper than professionals, often more creative.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:16:18pm |
Some part of me wats the fundies to be right, and just have some kind of big angry jesus-made-of-fire come down from the sky, and smite all the bad people. Then, after he leaves I can go live in the church, because nobody will be using it any more.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:16:47pm |
re: #97 Fozzie Bear
Some part of me wats the fundies to be right, and just have some kind of big angry jesus-made-of-fire come down from the sky, and smite all the bad people. Then, after he leaves I can go live in the church, because nobody will be using it any more.
I just want their cars.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:17:06pm |
re: #95 b_sharp
I think when people talk about throwing stones, they're talking about bigger stones.
I'll let others to set thou straight in the ways of Saint Gravel. / Tired.
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:17:19pm |
re: #97 Fozzie Bear
Some part of me wats the fundies to be right, and just have some kind of big angry jesus-made-of-fire come down from the sky, and smite all the bad people. Then, after he leaves I can go live in the church, because nobody will be using it any more.
I've always thought an old church would make a terrific house. Especially if it comes with a graveyard.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:17:22pm |
re: #68 darthstar
Were you on a mormon mission?
Mormon missions for guys last 2 years, so if he was, he was sent home early. (Of course, it would have taken them less time than 18 months to send him home, if he was being really naughty.)
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:17:35pm |
re: #94 EmmmieG
I am really disappointed that I have not yet seen the words "ex-girlfriend" or "ex-husband" come up on this page yet.
Sheesh. The door is totally wide open.
no problem...I had plenty of demon sex with my 2nd wife from hell...maybe she will return there someday
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:17:46pm |
Does anybody care to explain the genesis of the gravel jokes. I think i missed something. Clearly I did.
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:17:52pm |
re: #100 Sergey Romanov
I'll let others to set thou straight in the ways of Saint Gravel. / Tired.
Me too.
Nice to see you're back.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:18:04pm |
re: #104 Fozzie Bear
Does anybody care to explain the genesis of the gravel jokes. I think i missed something. Clearly I did.
IT'S A TRAP!
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:18:31pm |
re: #101 b_sharp
I've always thought an old church would make a terrific house. Especially if it comes with a graveyard.
I badly want to live in a lighthouse. I don't know why.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:18:48pm |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:18:53pm |
re: #104 Fozzie Bear
Ask Slumbering Behemoth.
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:18:55pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:19:18pm |
re: #101 b_sharp
I've always thought an old church would make a terrific house. Especially if it comes with a graveyard.
My parents were once living in a big mansion (low rent in return for caretaking.)
They made the mistake of letting the youth of the church hold a haunted house in it.
I'm not sure if they were ever able to find a babysitter again.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:19:21pm |
re: #107 imp_62
I badly want to live in a lighthouse. I don't know why.
Me?
A missile silo and/or bunker.
Would be neat.
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:20:03pm |
re: #113 Varek Raith
Me?
A missile silo and/or bunker.
Would be neat.
I think they're all taken already.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:20:06pm |
re: #110 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
4-chan trap or trap trap?
Is it sad that you say "4-chan trap" and I immediately know what you're talking about?
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:20:20pm |
re: #115 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Is it sad that you say "4-chan trap" and I immediately know what you're talking about?
Nope.
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Spocomptonite Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:20:25pm |
re: #107 imp_62
I badly want to live in a lighthouse. I don't know why.
That sounds like a bright future
//bad
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:20:29pm |
re: #115 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Is it sad that you say "4-chan trap" and I immediately know what you're talking about?
Sinner...
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:21:01pm |
re: #58 000G
This is weird: Fox News: Government Helps You -- Whether You Like It Or Not
Is Sally Kohn Fox's "progressive" opinion piece writer?
Yes.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:21:15pm |
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AK-47% Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:21:51pm |
re: #112 EmmmieG
My parents were once living in a big mansion (low rent in return for caretaking.)
They made the mistake of letting the youth of the church hold a haunted house in it.
I'm not sure if they were ever able to find a babysitter again.
I heard a radion announcement on AFN about a Christian Group that was doing an alternative "Hell House" at Halloween to warn children of wht to expect if they led a sinful life and did not turn to god.
These folks are so irony deficient that there is no way a normal mind can begin to comprehend their thought processes...
It's astounding, time is fleeting, madness takes it toll...
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:21:58pm |
I just want a house with a secret-passage/secret-room/portrait where the eyes slide out and I can look out.
Someday I'll be really rich and you can all come and visit and we can solve a mystery.
And, since we're going there, my house will also have a room of eternal doughnuts, where you can eat all you want and never gain weight.
Yeah.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:22:05pm |
re: #121 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
It wasn't my fault! I was tricked!
//
Did you not see the warnings???
/
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:22:05pm |
re: #110 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
But isn't Ackbar's trap also a 4chan trap of sorts, which means that the question should be asked as: is it a 4chan non-trap-trap trap or is it a trap trap?
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:22:16pm |
re: #115 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Is it sad that you say "4-chan trap" and I immediately know what you're talking about?
lol
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:22:49pm |
re: #121 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
It wasn't my fault! I was tricked!
//
Thats why they're called traps...
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:22:54pm |
re: #123 EmmmieG
I just want a house with a secret-passage/secret-room/portrait where the eyes slide out and I can look out.
Someday I'll be really rich and you can all come and visit and we can solve a mystery.
And, since we're going there, my house will also have a room of eternal doughnuts, where you can eat all you want and never gain weight.
Yeah.
I am already in your room of etermal doughnuts watching you through the cutout eyes in the Elvis poster on your wall.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:22:56pm |
re: #125 Sergey Romanov
But isn't Ackbar's trap also a 4chan trap of sorts, which means that the question should be asked as: is it a 4chan non-trap-trap trap or is it a trap trap?
Why ruin the surprise?
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lawhawk Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:23:12pm |
MillerCoors, the second largest brewer in the United States, failed to get its brand license to sell 39 brands in Minnesota renewed before a government shutdown over a budget impasse began with the new fiscal year on July 1."Without that brand label registration, their distribution and sales aren't allowed to continue," Doug Neville, a state public safety department spokesman, said.
The registration allows the manufacturing, distribution and sales of the MillerCoors brands in the state, meaning that they would also have to be pulled from liquor stores, bars and restaurants where they are sold, Neville said.
"We reached out to MillerCoors to talk to them about their brand label registration being expired and requested from them a plan to discontinue distribution and sales of their products in the state," Neville said. "We are hoping within a couple of days to have a clear idea what that looks like."
Samuel Adams brewer Boston Beer Co Inc's registration is good until the end of the year, according to a company spokeswoman. Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev did not have an immediate comment.
MillerCoors spokesman Julian Green said on Wednesday the company was working with the state to resolve the situation.
"With 39 brands at stake in one of our largest markets in the country during the most important selling period, in the summer, we do not take the business of ensuring proper state licenses lightly," Green said.
Green said MillerCoors had filed paperwork to renew the three-year brand licenses by the June 13 due date, actually overpaying initially, and submitted a second check by June 27. The renewal was never issued and neither check was processed, he said.
The renewal fees amount to $30 per brand, or $1,170. MillerCoors' beers range from Miller Lite and Coors Light to Blue Moon, Peroni and Pilsner Urquell.
Minnesotans imbibe 31.3 gallons of beer annually.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:23:24pm |
re: #129 Varek Raith
for lulz?
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Spocomptonite Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:23:36pm |
re: #113 Varek Raith
Me?
A missile silo and/or bunker.
Would be neat.
In my neck of E-Wa, we have those. They give tours of some, but the one I've been to is on private property under the mint field of a farmer my family knows, but at least it's dry.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:23:39pm |
re: #123 EmmmieG
I just want a house with a secret-passage/secret-room/portrait where the eyes slide out and I can look out.
Someday I'll be really rich and you can all come and visit and we can solve a mystery.
And, since we're going there, my house will also have a room of eternal doughnuts, where you can eat all you want and never gain weight.
Yeah.
I want an old walled in adobe with a courtyard in the center
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:23:52pm |
If its a trap in the 4chan sense, I think id just rather not know.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:24:29pm |
re: #135 Fozzie Bear
If its a trap in the 4chan sense, I think id just rather not know.
It's not. We just went on an awesome tangent.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:25:13pm |
re: #122 ralphieboy
I heard a radion announcement on AFN about a Christian Group that was doing an alternative "Hell House" at Halloween to warn children of wht to expect if they led a sinful life and did not turn to god.
These folks are so irony deficient that there is no way a normal mind can begin to comprehend their thought processes...
It's astounding, time is fleeting, madness takes it toll...
That's a normal feature of Halloween here in AL. Halloween had almost died for a few years, but the trick-or-treaters have returned recently. I blame the secular humanist in the WH.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:25:36pm |
re: #136 Varek Raith
It's not. We just went on an awesome tangent.
That's good, because I was really having trouble figuring out how gravel could be related to transvestism.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:26:06pm |
re: #138 Fozzie Bear
I guess that was the trap!
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:26:07pm |
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:26:15pm |
re: #138 Fozzie Bear
That's good, because I was really having trouble figuring out how gravel could be related to transvestism.
You haven't seen the pictures then?
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:26:35pm |
re: #130 lawhawk
If it bites Coors in the ass, the whole exercise is worth it.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:26:49pm |
re: #141 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You haven't seen the pictures then?
I challenge you to ruin my psyche. Dooo eeeeet.
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:27:26pm |
Finally got the video to load. This Whore of Babylon sounds pretty good, feeding the hungry and helping the needy. Who could have guessed that was a bad thing?
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ArchangelMichael Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:27:39pm |
re: #130 lawhawk
They will have to convince the Bandit and Cletus to come out of retirement, buy a 77 Trans Am and Big Rig, and smuggle Coors over the state line.
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lawhawk Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:27:45pm |
re: #142 Decatur Deb
Actually, it screws the bars and restaurants in MN, particularly if they've got deals with MillerCoors for their beverages.
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:28:06pm |
Karzai's brother was killed? Is this the Heroin dealer?
President Barack Obama has expressed condolences to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about his brother's murder.White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama telephoned Hamid Karzai on Wednesday morning.
Karzai's half-brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, was gunned down Tuesday by a close associate.
With close associates like that, who needs competitors?
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:28:10pm |
re: #142 Decatur Deb
no more suffering with their inferior products.
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:28:30pm |
re: #144 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Finally got the video to load. This Whore of Babylon sounds pretty good, feeding the hungry and helping the needy. Who could have guessed that was a bad thing?
Compassion is the hallmark of the devil. Charity is the way of the whore of babylon. Up is down. Black is white.
Booga booga.
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:29:24pm |
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:29:28pm |
re: #138 Fozzie Bear
That's good, because I was really having trouble figuring out how gravel could be related to transvestism.
They were talking this kind of trap, not this kind of trap.
/
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:29:46pm |
re: #148 Dreggas
no more suffering with their inferior products.
They've probably been sold a couple times, but all their beer stinks of Bircher politics.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:29:49pm |
re: #144 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
> feeding the hungry and helping the needy
By feeding the hungry to the needy. Coz that's how She rolls.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:29:52pm |
It's alarming to me that this guy goes off about the Japanese and demons and sex and not ONE MENTION OF URUTSUKIDOJI
what's up, crazy grandpa? That's a missed opportunity right there
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:30:27pm |
re: #155 WindUpBird
It's alarming to me that this guy goes off about the Japanese and demons and sex and not ONE MENTION OF URUTSUKIDOJI
what's up, crazy grandpa? That's a missed opportunity right there
...
*Just shakes his head*
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BongCrodny Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:30:27pm |
re: #69 Spocomptonite
Zombies would totally work. I'd so go to a computer repair place that had zombies everywhere.
Just go to McDonald's after 9:00 p.m.
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:30:34pm |
re: #151 darthstar
My cat pees more than that.
Your cat pees beer?
Damn, if that ain't a sign of the Devil...
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:30:55pm |
Now, I am not a guy who is super respectful of religion in general, so correct me if i'm wrong, but... Isn't the stuff they are saying in the video almost the exact polar opposite of Jesus' teachings?
If they are looking for the opposite of christ (i.e., the antichrist), and the whore of babylon, they may not have very far to look.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:31:07pm |
re: #130 lawhawk
serves them right, they should be drinking better beer anyhow
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:31:16pm |
re: #155 WindUpBird
It's alarming to me that this guy goes off about the Japanese and demons and sex and not ONE MENTION OF URUTSUKIDOJI
what's up, crazy grandpa? That's a missed opportunity right there
Lol
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:31:25pm |
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:31:26pm |
re: #158 b_sharp
Your cat pees beer?
Damn, if that ain't a sign of the Devil...
Any kittens free to a good home?
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:32:10pm |
Oh my.
A big storm just rolled out of nowhere.
Later gators.
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:32:23pm |
re: #162 Fozzie Bear
Your cats pee tastes better than Coors.
My Coors drinking family can't tell the difference.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:32:29pm |
re: #155 WindUpBird
They show Urutsukidoji on Fox News?
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:32:43pm |
re: #155 WindUpBird
It's alarming to me that this guy goes off about the Japanese and demons and sex and not ONE MENTION OF URUTSUKIDOJI
what's up, crazy grandpa? That's a missed opportunity right there
La Blue Girl? Angel of Darkness 1 and 2? Demon City? Ryoko from Tenchi series 1? How much are they going to overlook?
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:32:46pm |
Is it wrong that I wish God really would create a natural disaster that kills hundreds? I'm thinking August 6th at Reliant Stadium in Houston would be an excellent opportunity for God to start getting his house back into order.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:33:06pm |
re: #163 Decatur Deb
Any kittens free to a good home?
This line of discussion is reminding me of a joke which ends: "Honey, if I can teach this frog to cook, you're moving back in with your mother."
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:33:17pm |
re: #166 Sergey Romanov
They show Urutsukidoji on Fox News?
If they did, I'd watch it more often...er, I mean the news...right, the news...don't judge me!
///
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ArchangelMichael Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:33:18pm |
re: #155 WindUpBird
It's alarming to me that this guy goes off about the Japanese and demons and sex and not ONE MENTION OF URUTSUKIDOJI
what's up, crazy grandpa? That's a missed opportunity right there
Pretty sure if any of these Christokooks watched Urotsukidoji they would have 3 strokes and an aneurysm before the flick was halfway over. If they survive and Perry gets elected, his first act will be to nuke Japan again.
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:33:28pm |
re: #159 Fozzie Bear
Now, I am not a guy who is super respectful of religion in general, so correct me if i'm wrong, but... Isn't the stuff they are saying in the video almost the exact polar opposite of Jesus' teachings?
If they are looking for the opposite of christ (i.e., the antichrist), and the whore of babylon, they may not have very far to look.
Perhaps their beliefs are a monopole.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:33:30pm |
re: #155 WindUpBird
I've seen enough Hentai to know where this is going...
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:33:43pm |
re: #168 ausador
Is it wrong that I wish God really would create a natural disaster that kills hundreds? I'm thinking August 6th at Reliant Stadium in Houston would be an excellent opportunity for God to start getting his house back into order.
If this actually happens, you are going to be impossible to deal with.
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:33:50pm |
re: #159 Fozzie Bear
Now, I am not a guy who is super respectful of religion in general, so correct me if i'm wrong, but... Isn't the stuff they are saying in the video almost the exact polar opposite of Jesus' teachings?
If they are looking for the opposite of christ (i.e., the antichrist), and the whore of babylon, they may not have very far to look.
REALLY? I NEVER NOTICED.
Actually, I never really liked Oprah, and now I know why. Glad I got that figured out.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:34:07pm |
re: #170 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Yeah, we would watch Fox News strictly for the articles! uh what
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:34:24pm |
re: #169 imp_62
This line of discussion is reminding me of a joke which ends: "Honey, if I can teach this frog to cook, you're moving back in with your mother."
? Tell it, if the First Amendment will cover you.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:34:25pm |
re: #166 Sergey Romanov
They show Urutsukidoji on Fox News?
that would be so rad hahahahaha
*concerned newsreader voice* "Liberals want to show THIS during your Christian saturday morning cartoon lineup!"
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:34:34pm |
re: #168 ausador
Is it wrong that I wish God really would create a natural disaster that kills hundreds? I'm thinking August 6th at Reliant Stadium in Houston would be an excellent opportunity for God to start getting his house back into order.
I would laugh and laugh and laugh if something uniquely natural and catastrophic happened, like a meteor followed by hundreds of lightning strikes, individually targeting speakers on the stage as they speak.
God, if you exist, THIS is how you convince me.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:35:10pm |
re: #178 WindUpBird
*2 hours of tentacles follow*
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:35:22pm |
WindUpBird, you have talent. Could you go read this comment?
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:35:24pm |
re: #175 marjoriemoon
REALLY? I NEVER NOTICED.
Actually, I never really liked Oprah, and now I know why. Glad I got that figured out.
I don't get the Oprah thing. WTF is the problem with Oprah?
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General Nimrod Bodfish Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:35:25pm |
re: #171 ArchangelMichael
Pretty sure if any of these Christokooks watched Urotsukidoji they would have 3 strokes and an aneurysm before the flick was halfway over. If they survive and Perry gets elected, his first act will be to nuke Japan again.
Dood! Look at the porn has came out of the country since 1945! There are consequences to a population after being nuked twice!
/
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:35:49pm |
re: #167 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
La Blue Girl? Angel of Darkness 1 and 2? Demon City? Ryoko from Tenchi series 1? How much are they going to overlook?
Clearly we need to educate Rick Perry as to the demonic threat looming in Shinjuku
onward christian soldiers, Rick, let's do this
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:36:09pm |
re: #180 Sergey Romanov
*2 hours of tentacles follow*
*Slowly tilts head to one side...and then the other...and back to the first*
/
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:36:17pm |
re: #182 Fozzie Bear
I don't get the Oprah thing. WTF is the problem with Oprah?
She has air pockets.
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allegro Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:36:32pm |
re: #168 ausador
Is it wrong that I wish God really would create a natural disaster that kills hundreds? I'm thinking August 6th at Reliant Stadium in Houston would be an excellent opportunity for God to start getting his house back into order.
I live in Houston. Halp!
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:36:35pm |
re: #184 WindUpBird
Clearly we need to educate Rick Perry as to the demonic threat looming in Shinjuku
onward christian soldiers, Rick, let's do this
I've seen enough hentai to know how that ends up...
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:36:41pm |
Whoa! It's possible to have sex with demons?
Why didn't anyone tell me this before NOW?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:37:00pm |
re: #181 b_sharp
I could doodle something, but I'm actually not possessed of a proper design app at the moment, just drawing/painting/photoshoppin'
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:37:03pm |
re: #189 reine.de.tout
Whoa! It's possible to have sex with demons?
Why didn't anyone tell me this before NOW?
lol!
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:37:30pm |
re: #189 reine.de.tout
Whoa! It's possible to have sex with demons?
Why didn't anyone tell me this before NOW?
I could tell you, but then I'd have to burn you.
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Lidane Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:37:36pm |
re: #187 allegro
I live in Houston. Halp!
I grew up in Houston. My condolences for still living there.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:37:40pm |
re: #188 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I've seen enough hentai to know how that ends up...
As long as they're not young girls in school uniforms, they should be fine.
/
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General Nimrod Bodfish Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:38:00pm |
re: #178 WindUpBird
that would be so rad hahahahaha
*concerned newsreader voice* "Liberals want to show THIS during your Christian saturday morning cartoon lineup!"
*second anchor as loud moaning continues in the background video* We will be probing the reasoning behind the Liberals' desire to sully our Christian nation. Hard, forceful probing... (grabs a tissue).
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:38:17pm |
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Fozzie Bear Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:38:43pm |
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:38:55pm |
re: #166 Sergey Romanov
They show Urutsukidoji on Fox News?
Had to google it...this looks spookier than Scooby Doo
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:39:03pm |
re: #188 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I've seen enough hentai to know how that ends up...
For all we know, Peter Wagner is one himself, he just turns to some little old lady from rural texas and lightning crashes and suddenly it's all eyeballs and penises and yelling in Japanese in a preacher suit
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:39:13pm |
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ArchangelMichael Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:39:37pm |
re: #159 Fozzie Bear
Now, I am not a guy who is super respectful of religion in general, so correct me if i'm wrong, but... Isn't the stuff they are saying in the video almost the exact polar opposite of Jesus' teachings?
If they are looking for the opposite of christ (i.e., the antichrist), and the whore of babylon, they may not have very far to look.
I think the whackjob to sane translation of this whole thing is:
"They" (the libruhs who hate Jesus) want to create an all-inclusive, morally relative religion with no concept of right and wrong. They will use all these good deeds to convince people to join this movement and therefore "turn away from Christ" losing salvation. When Christianity is dead, then... ITS A TRAP!!11!!ONE!!11!
Human sacrifice... Dogs and cats living together.... MASS HYSTERIA!!!ONE!!111eleven
I'm sure some things were lost in the translation though.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:39:45pm |
re: #200 darthstar
think of it as the Led Zeppelin of tentacle sex hentai :D
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:40:01pm |
re: #195 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
As long as they're not young girls in school uniforms, they should be fine.
/
We need someone to get squished like a condom full of cherry jello though.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:40:30pm |
re: #177 Decatur Deb
? Tell it, if the First Amendment will cover you.
You asked for it...
This guy is walking down the street when he hears a voice from a dark alley. "Hey buddy - I got something special here. Check it out..."
Guy goes into the alley, and the man there shows him a box. "I got a frog in this box. Bet frog in the world. You know why? Because it will give you a blowjob you won't ever forget. And because I am hard-up, it's yours for 20 buck". So the guy thinks for a moment, and realizess that for $20, at least it's a great story. He takes the frog home and puts the box under his side of the bed. He can't sleep, and finally takes the frog out of the box...
In the middle of the night, his wife wakes up to find him in the kitchen, with pots and pans and mixing bowls out and the frog on the counter watching him. She says "wtf are you doing in the kitchen in the middle of the night with a goddamned FROG?"
To which he says... "sshhh... Honey if I can teach this frog to cook, you're outta here."
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:41:14pm |
re: #182 Fozzie Bear
I don't get the Oprah thing. WTF is the problem with Oprah?
Maybe he doesn't like her taste in books (??) (I got nothing).
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Daniel Ballard Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:42:12pm |
Hahhahaha
Oldest excuse in the book.
Rest In Peace Flip Wilson
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:42:53pm |
re: #179 Fozzie Bear
I would laugh and laugh and laugh if something uniquely natural and catastrophic happened, like a meteor followed by hundreds of lightning strikes, individually targeting speakers on the stage as they speak.
God, if you exist, THIS is how you convince me.
Ok, this is gonna sound really lame and cliche, but if you want to see God, go out and do something incredibly unselfish or out of your way, like helping people or animals that can't help themselves. That's what that awesome feeling inside is all about.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:42:54pm |
re: #205 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
We need someone to get squished like a condom full of cherry jello though.
I'm sure we've got a redshirt or two lying around...
/
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Lidane Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:43:27pm |
re: #189 reine.de.tout
Whoa! It's possible to have sex with demons?
Why didn't anyone tell me this before NOW?
They did, except the demons that were meant to tempt you to sin looked more interesting than the people telling you to avoid them.
Heh.
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:45:39pm |
You know, if I hire someone to do a job, like say govern a state, and his response is the job is too hard but if we hold a seance and all think happy thoughts together, it will magically get done, I'd fire the lazy son of a bitch.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:48:11pm |
re: #189 reine.de.tout
Whoa! It's possible to have sex with demons?
Why didn't anyone tell me this before NOW?
I know, right? How come only emperors get all the perks?
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:48:19pm |
re: #212 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You know, if I hire someone to do a job, like say govern a state, and his response is the job is too hard but if we hold a seance and all think happy thoughts together, it will magically get done, I'd fire the lazy son of a bitch.
and sue them for all their back pay....these cranks are ripping off the voters, bigtime
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CarleeCork Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:48:22pm |
re: #212 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You know, if I hire someone to do a job, like say govern a state, and his response is the job is too hard but if we hold a seance and all think happy thoughts together, it will magically get done, I'd fire the lazy son of a bitch.
If only.
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:48:54pm |
Just out of curiosity, has a List of Governors who have accepted the invite to attend this freak show been put out yet?
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ArchangelMichael Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:50:58pm |
re: #216 Bubblehead II
Just out of curiosity, has a List of Governors who have accepted the invite to attend this freak show been put out yet?
500 quatloos that Jindal will be there.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:54:11pm |
OT..
I have a close friend who has just been told that his cancer has come back. There are no mainstream therapies left, and he is now living the last bit of his life; he has not told me how long he has, and I don't know how much of what is left will be of any particularly quality.
Can anyone recommend a useful resource (book, hotline, whatever) that can provide guidance on how to be supportive and a good friend without falling into common traps (being maudlin, asking the wrong questions, etc.)?
And he is just 52 fucking years old.
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:55:47pm |
re: #218 imp_62
OT..
I have a close friend who has just been told that his cancer has come back. There are no mainstream therapies left, and he is now living the last bit of his life; he has not told me how long he has, and I don't know how much of what is left will be of any particularly quality.Can anyone recommend a useful resource (book, hotline, whatever) that can provide guidance on how to be supportive and a good friend without falling into common traps (being maudlin, asking the wrong questions, etc.)?
And he is just 52 fucking years old.
You've got a rough road ahead of you. Just let him know you care and will be there when he needs you.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:56:03pm |
re: #217 ArchangelMichael
500 quatloos that Jindal will be there.
all dressed and ready to go....
[Link: www.planetvoodoo.com...]
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:56:18pm |
re: #219 b_sharp
The whole thing makes me want to go outside and hit someone.
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lawhawk Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:56:38pm |
re: #189 reine.de.tout
Have you talked to my ex-girlfriend? /demons do exist, they are among us...
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blueraven Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:56:51pm |
re: #216 Bubblehead II
Just out of curiosity, has a List of Governors who have accepted the invite to attend this freak show been put out yet?
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback will attend.
surprise!
/
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b_sharp Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:57:30pm |
re: #221 imp_62
The whole thing makes me want to go outside and hit someone.
I understand. It was the same with me when my mother found out she was terminal.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:58:23pm |
re: #216 Bubblehead II
Just out of curiosity, has a List of Governors who have accepted the invite to attend this freak show been put out yet?
Haven't found the govs, but here are the 'endorsers' listed on the webpage. There are two Catholic groups represented, though perhaps not mainstream:
[Link: theresponseusa.com...]
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calochortus Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:59:20pm |
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BongCrodny Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:59:44pm |
re: #225 Decatur Deb
Haven't found the govs, but here are the 'endorsers' listed on the webpage. There are two Catholic groups represented, though perhaps not mainstream:
[Link: theresponseusa.com...]
Fred and Wilma? No fucking way.
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ArchangelMichael Wed, Jul 13, 2011 12:59:57pm |
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Amory Blaine Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:01:52pm |
No such thing as being able to separate sick perverted deeply held religious beliefs and being able to govern fairly and with careful thought. These people are disgusting scumbags.
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:02:25pm |
re: #216 Bubblehead II
Just out of curiosity, has a List of Governors who have accepted the invite to attend this freak show been put out yet?
I think most of them want to remain anonymous.
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BongCrodny Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:02:32pm |
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:02:43pm |
re: #218 imp_62
OT..
I have a close friend who has just been told that his cancer has come back. There are no mainstream therapies left, and he is now living the last bit of his life; he has not told me how long he has, and I don't know how much of what is left will be of any particularly quality.Can anyone recommend a useful resource (book, hotline, whatever) that can provide guidance on how to be supportive and a good friend without falling into common traps (being maudlin, asking the wrong questions, etc.)?
And he is just 52 fucking years old.
On Death and Dying by Kubler-Ross.
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:02:59pm |
re: #218 imp_62
OT..
I have a close friend who has just been told that his cancer has come back. There are no mainstream therapies left, and he is now living the last bit of his life; he has not told me how long he has, and I don't know how much of what is left will be of any particularly quality.Can anyone recommend a useful resource (book, hotline, whatever) that can provide guidance on how to be supportive and a good friend without falling into common traps (being maudlin, asking the wrong questions, etc.)?
And he is just 52 fucking years old.
And I'm terrible sorry to hear about your friend :(
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Obdicut Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:05:17pm |
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CuriousLurker Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:09:20pm |
re: #218 imp_62
OT..
I have a close friend who has just been told that his cancer has come back. There are no mainstream therapies left, and he is now living the last bit of his life; he has not told me how long he has, and I don't know how much of what is left will be of any particularly quality.Can anyone recommend a useful resource (book, hotline, whatever) that can provide guidance on how to be supportive and a good friend without falling into common traps (being maudlin, asking the wrong questions, etc.)?
And he is just 52 fucking years old.
I'm sorry to hear this. {{{imp_62}}}
If he's a close friend, why depend on a book written by strangers? Just let him know you love him and ask him to tell you when/if you're getting maudlin or asking the wrong questions. He'll understand. As b said, just be there.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:10:26pm |
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lostlakehiker Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:12:07pm |
re: #1 Dreggas
sex with demons is great, they're always horny...
//rimshot
Ouch. They sound like real pricks. Also, look what happened to Beowulf.
What might be dangerous, in the real world, would be to nurture and nourish erotic fantasies about demons. Then you get to thinking about how to please them, and that could lead to all sorts of mischief.
Whereas the downside to fantasies about, oh, say, the real-world actress who played...
Time To Quit Digging///
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:12:10pm |
re: #236 CuriousLurker
I'm sorry to hear this. {{{imp_62}}}
If he's a close friend, why depend on a book written by strangers? Just let him know you love him and ask him to tell you when/if you're getting maudlin or asking the wrong questions. He'll understand. As b said, just be there.
CL darling, it is as much for me, if not more so. I feel helpless and need to deal with that.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:12:40pm |
Rick Perry betrays a great American principle
The secular constitution of the United States, so clearly and farsightedly laid down by the Founding Fathers, is one of the glories of the Enlightenment, and the envy of many (including in my own country of Britain). It was designed – with good contemporary reason – to protect the religious against oppression by other religions, and it is astonishing that such a historic treasure needs vigilant defense against undermining from within – from historically illiterate politicians.
One could hardly imagine a more calculated insult to the Founding Fathers than Governor Perry’s statement. His remark would have been unconstitutional even if he had merely asked the nation to call upon God. Calling upon Jesus compounds the error by adding an affront to American Jews, Muslims and Hindus, to say nothing of the growing population of agnostics and atheists who outnumber all three of them put together. Suppose a Muslim American happened to be elected to a governorship and said, “As a nation, we must come together and call upon the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to guide us through unprecedented struggles . . .”
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:13:54pm |
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:14:56pm |
summer nom
Image: eBYaY.jpg
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:18:20pm |
re: #237 imp_62
Good idea. Thx
It's a wonderful read and still a primer for doctors today who deal with the terminally ill.
We often step all over ourselves in dealing with dying people, not knowing what to say or do. Or worse, just ignoring it (or them) because we feel so uncomfortable with the experience. Been there, done that too many times. The book was an incredible help.
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CuriousLurker Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:19:50pm |
re: #239 imp_62
CL darling, it is as much for me, if not more so. I feel helpless and need to deal with that.
Okay, I didn't think about that part. I'm not sure that there is a way to deal with it. We are helpless in that regard—every breath each of us takes brings us closer to our death. And to reunion, if one is a believer. Kind of scary, the thought of losing the self and being reabsorbed into that ocean of...whatever it is...
Okay, gonna shut up now 'cause I'm sounding flakey.
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Ericus58 Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:21:20pm |
re: #244 CuriousLurker
Okay, I didn't think about that part. I'm not sure that there is a way to deal with it. We are helpless in that regard—every breath each of us takes brings us closer to our death. And to reunion, if one is a believer. Kind of scary, the thought of losing the self and being reabsorbed into that ocean of...whatever it is...
Okay, gonna shut up now 'cause I'm sounding flakey.
Don't listen to the noise in the room - Faith can be powerful.
And it's yours to hold.
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CuriousLurker Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:23:06pm |
re: #245 Ericus58
Don't listen to the noise in the room - Faith can be powerful.
And it's yours to hold.
Thanks. {Ericus58} :)
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aagcobb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:23:25pm |
re: #73 marjoriemoon
I don't agree with Slater, though, when he says that Perry, if elected, wouldn't try to install a more theocratic government.
If course Perry would. He made crazy dominionist Don McLeroy chair of the Texas State Board of Education.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:25:42pm |
re: #244 CuriousLurker
Okay, I didn't think about that part. I'm not sure that there is a way to deal with it. We are helpless in that regard—every breath each of us takes brings us closer to our death. And to reunion, if one is a believer. Kind of scary, the thought of losing the self and being reabsorbed into that ocean of...whatever it is...
Okay, gonna shut up now 'cause I'm sounding flakey.
Never. I just hate facing my own mortality. And losing friends ain't no picnic, either.
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lostlakehiker Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:27:04pm |
re: #236 CuriousLurker
I'm sorry to hear this. {{{imp_62}}}
If he's a close friend, why depend on a book written by strangers? Just let him know you love him and ask him to tell you when/if you're getting maudlin or asking the wrong questions. He'll understand. As b said, just be there.
There's an article in a recent issue of the New Yorker magazine (June 13 and 20) by Aleksander Hemon, recounting his experience of having lost his little daughter Isabel to brain cancer.
It's not easy for those outside the story to grasp how awful things really are, for the patient and their loved ones. Platitudes, assurances of an afterlife, inquiries into how things are going that cannot possibly be sincere, etc. are not welcome.
And consider how difficult it is for such an inquiry to be sincere. Who wants to hear, truly, the agony of another mortal?
My brother in law died recently of cancer; visits from friends and family, just to be there and say hello [and goodbye] were welcome. If concrete help or information regarding side issues is requested, by all means come through on it. But there isn't any recipe. Death comes to us all, but it comes early and painfully to some, and friends and even relatives can only do so much. It''s just tough.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:28:11pm |
re: #248 imp_62
Never. I just hate facing my own mortality. And losing friends ain't no picnic, either.
you have not lost anybody yet, so start from there....be the person that your friend loves you for and just follow that road to the end...it's all you can do
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CuriousLurker Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:28:12pm |
re: #248 imp_62
Never. I just hate facing my own mortality. And losing friends ain't no picnic, either.
I hear you. All the strings attached to this human condition of ours kinda chafe sometimes. Here's another hug if that helps a little. {{{imp_62}}}
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:29:27pm |
re: #251 CuriousLurker
...Here's another hug if that helps a little. {{{imp_62}}}
Well, maybe one more... can't hurt.
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:29:37pm |
re: #248 imp_62
Never. I just hate facing my own mortality. And losing friends ain't no picnic, either.
Imp, don't feel like you have to be pressured to say or "fix" anything or to impose any grand enlightenment on your friend, you know? Listening almost always works best. Nodding, hugging and making as many memories as you can with your friend. If he wants to talk, let him talk and listen. If he doesn't want to talk, then don't. Play games together if he isn't mobile, or just hang and watch TV. Bring favorite snacks, if he an eat. Your company alone is a great gift.
What I found most upsetting when my father was dying was that everyone became a philosopher. They knew best and I know they weren't doing it to hurt me, but it was incredibly irritating.
Quite frankly, the experience can be very uplifting, particularly knowing that you're doing an incredible service to someone and I personally think the most important service anyone can do.
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Ericus58 Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:31:42pm |
re: #252 imp_62
Well, maybe one more... can't hurt.
I see what you're doing there
/
I wish courage and strength to you and your friend.
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otoc Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:31:59pm |
re: #13 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
lol. Not to sound religious but it seems Rupert is now reaping what he's been sowing all these years. No sympathy here...
Time to put on Sympathy for the Devil. Haven't seen many song threads of late, though have been too busy and simply sporadically lurking...
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:32:22pm |
re: #253 marjoriemoon
Your superpower is empathy...
It reminds me of when my grandmother passed away. Some horrible old biddy came up to me carrying her full plate of food and said "poor boy I know how you feel". I looked her square in the eye and said "I very much doubt that, but thank you."
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lostlakehiker Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:32:54pm |
re: #230 Amory Blaine
No such thing as being able to separate sick perverted deeply held religious beliefs and being able to govern fairly and with careful thought. These people are disgusting scumbags.
Question: are religious beliefs, of their very nature qua religious beliefs, sick and perverted?
Was Abraham Lincoln sick and perverted? James Madison? William Wilberforce?
All these men failed to separate their deeply held religious beliefs from their political lives. From all I can see, that improved their ability to govern fairly and with careful thought.
I'm not much of a believer, but I can see merit in the political lives of many a believer out of history, and trace it back to his/her beliefs.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:35:34pm |
re: #258 lostlakehiker
I think it is possible to differentiate between an individual having a spiritual conviction that what s/he is doing i correct, and imposing the system that led to that belief on others. The idea I thought was enshrined in the constitution is that we all have a right to find and pursue our own path to spiritual enlightenment. Or not to follow that path at all.
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What, me worry? Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:36:41pm |
re: #257 imp_62
Your superpower is empathy...
It reminds me of when my grandmother passed away. Some horrible old biddy came up to me carrying her full plate of food and said "poor boy I know how you feel". I looked her square in the eye and said "I very much doubt that, but thank you."
The 10th time I heard "He's in a better place" I couldn't contain myself. "No, his better place would have been with me." And I immediately regretted saying it. People don't mean harm. I know that, but arrrghhh.....
But anyway, it's nice that you're thinking about how to deal with it :) It's not something you generally get a lot of experience with.
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otoc Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:39:01pm |
re: #218 imp_62
OT..
I have a close friend who has just been told that his cancer has come back. There are no mainstream therapies left, and he is now living the last bit of his life; he has not told me how long he has, and I don't know how much of what is left will be of any particularly quality.Can anyone recommend a useful resource (book, hotline, whatever) that can provide guidance on how to be supportive and a good friend without falling into common traps (being maudlin, asking the wrong questions, etc.)?
And he is just 52 fucking years old.
lots of good responses. I've been there with a very close friend of around the same age. Let him take the lead on what to talk about, and be there without judgment. I never read a book during that time and in the end he requested me to be there when they pulled life support. Prepare yourself for a hard journey. My lesson from my friend is that life is too short for games. I think I learned more from him than any book...good luck to both of you.
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BongCrodny Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:39:14pm |
re: #258 lostlakehiker
All these men failed to separate their deeply held religious beliefs from their political lives. From all I can see, that improved their ability to govern fairly and with careful thought.
...let me know when that spills over to Rick Perry.
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Amory Blaine Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:41:00pm |
re: #258 lostlakehiker
I'm talking about the beliefs professed by the loonies on the video. Hagee is a perverted sick nutjob. If a person believes that homosexuals are ruthless killers and Oprah is the anti christ, they don't have any business telling any elected official what to do.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:42:41pm |
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:43:03pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:43:56pm |
re: #263 Amory Blaine
I'm talking about the beliefs professed by the loonies on the video. Hagee is a perverted sick nutjob. If a person believes that homosexuals are ruthless killers and Oprah is the anti christ, they don't have any business telling any elected official what to do.
And we certainly shouldn't elect any officials who seek their counsel.
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Ericus58 Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:44:02pm |
Japan 3-1 over Sweden
"Simply brilliant from Japan. They dominated possession and restricted Sweden to only three chances all night. They progress to face USA in the final."
[Link: uk.eurosport.yahoo.com...]
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:44:14pm |
re: #261 otoc
I am starting to understand that there are no easy answers, no guidelines, no marked paths. I wish I could get a good sense and empathy transfusion from marjoriemoon and CuriousLurker, though. Emotional sensitivity is not one of my very few strengths.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:47:00pm |
re: #268 imp_62
I am starting to understand that there are no easy answers, no guidelines, no marked paths. I wish I could get a good sense and empathy transfusion from marjoriemoon and CuriousLurker, though. Emotional sensitivity is not one of my very few strengths.
Just be there. That matters most.
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otoc Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:51:44pm |
re: #268 imp_62
All I can say is it was the hardest thing I've ever lived through and you will probably surprise yourself if you simply listen, be there, and respond to what you hear.
My friend would rant on about those who asked stupid questions about what he was going through without bothering to listen. He had good days when he had the strength and bad days when he had none. I don't know if it was empathy or just putting a clamp on my tongue to see which was which. Remember, he's going through the realization of limited days. WTF you think should take a backseat.
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CarleeCork Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:54:25pm |
re: #268 imp_62
I am starting to understand that there are no easy answers, no guidelines, no marked paths. I wish I could get a good sense and empathy transfusion from marjoriemoon and CuriousLurker, though. Emotional sensitivity is not one of my very few strengths.
Caring is a strength. Go with it.
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Digital Display Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:55:15pm |
I just hung up from being on the Sports Animal..I think I hate my voice on the Radio...It doesn't sound like me.. It was fun talking sports to 10's of thousands with Jim Trabor....Jim was a really good player in his day
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:58:14pm |
Man's leg severed by freight train in SE Portland
A man hit by a Union Pacific freight train was found carrying his severed left leg when police arrived at the scene late Monday night.
Investigators said Central Precinct officers were called to the railroad tracks near Southeast Stark Street and Water Avenue around 11:30 p.m. When officers and paramedics arrived, they found 23-year-old James Piles conscious and carrying his own leg, investigators said.
Piles told officers he had been smoking marijuana earlier and did not hear the train approaching when he was struck, severing the lower part of his left leg, investigators said.
Yikes!
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wrenchwench Wed, Jul 13, 2011 1:58:54pm |
re: #272 HoosierHoops
I just hung up from being on the Sports Animal..I think I hate my voice on the Radio...It doesn't sound like me.. It was fun talking sports to 10's of thousands with Jim Trabor...Jim was a really good player in his day
You're supposed to tell us before you're on, so we can listen!
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:01:07pm |
re: #273 Killgore Trout
Man's leg severed by freight train in SE Portland
Yikes!
Must be a new bug going around;
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Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:02:05pm |
re: #273 Killgore Trout
Must've been some primo bud.
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Digital Display Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:02:11pm |
re: #274 wrenchwench
You're supposed to tell us before you're on, so we can listen!
whoops.. I'll post next time..You can listen on the internet at [Link: www.sportsanimal.com....]
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:02:34pm |
re: #218 imp_62
OT..
I have a close friend who has just been told that his cancer has come back. There are no mainstream therapies left, and he is now living the last bit of his life; he has not told me how long he has, and I don't know how much of what is left will be of any particularly quality.Can anyone recommend a useful resource (book, hotline, whatever) that can provide guidance on how to be supportive and a good friend without falling into common traps (being maudlin, asking the wrong questions, etc.)?
And he is just 52 fucking years old.
Be yourself.
And follow his lead - if he's upbeat and in a good mood - follow it.
If he's feeling blue, sad, angry - follow it.
And just be yourself, and visit with him as much as you can.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:06:02pm |
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wrenchwench Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:07:22pm |
re: #277 HoosierHoops
whoops.. I'll post next time..You can listen on the internet at [Link: www.sportsanimal.com...]
Nope. Try [Link: www.THEsportsanimal.com...]
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:07:39pm |
re: #278 reine.de.tout
Just got off the phone with him. He is in a bar having a drink with his sister. He rarely drinks, and he thinks his sister is crazy. These are all very bad signs... He is planning a trip in a few weeks; I hope he goes and I hope he comes back. I intend to spend time with him at that point. The challenge is finding a balance where he feels cared for without being smothered.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:07:52pm |
re: #218 imp_62
I found some pamphlets from a hospice care provider that were very helpful to me once it was decided that my mother's cancer battle was over. Several things that were in these pamphlets helped me greatly.
Now what they were? I don't remember. But, I remember that they helped me understand what was going on.
Any local hospice care place has a plethora of these free resources.
My two cents.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:08:12pm |
This book, "Why Bad Things Happen to Good People", is a book I will often give as a gift to friends who are struggling to come to terms with a devastating loss.
IMP, it might be helpful for you (or your friend's family).
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:08:40pm |
re: #282 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I found some pamphlets from a hospice care provider that were very helpful to me once it was decided that my mother's cancer battle was over. Several things that were in these pamphlets helped me greatly.
Now what they were? I don't remember. But, I remember that they helped me understand what was going on.
Any local hospice care place has a plethora of these free resources.
My two cents.
That's actually a great idea. I should see if they have folks I can chat with.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:10:03pm |
Rupert Murdoch's troubles reach America as the Senate serves notice on News Corp.
looks like Rupe is gonna have the SEC on his ass
[Link: blogs.telegraph.co.uk...]
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wrenchwench Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:10:22pm |
re: #281 imp_62
Just got off the phone with him. He is in a bar having a drink with his sister. He rarely drinks, and he thinks his sister is crazy. These are all very bad signs... He is planning a trip in a few weeks; I hope he goes and I hope he comes back. I intend to spend time with him at that point. The challenge is finding a balance where he feels cared for without being smothered.
If I were terminal I'd have a drink with my crazy sister.
That may be what it would take.
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Daniel Ballard Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:11:17pm |
Stalker activity report LOL
mikiesmoky2 got a hilarious email. He had paged his Kabuki theater-It got deleted twice due to an email addy in it. (Rookie error) MS2 fixed that & repaged all was well.
The he got this email (he's not hard to track down kinda like yours truly) from a guy with an anti LGF email addy. I'll not mention the name here exactly. To paraphrase the note -"OMG Charles deleted your page, here is a cache screen shot for you. Oh and he deleted your page from the to tweeted pages too!"
MS2 has no clue about blogging in general let alone the stalker thing here. So I wrote him and explained the truth to him. He is quite amused at the antics.
Okay so now we got stalkers trolling for deleted posts? How much time do these people have on their hands anyway?
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:12:27pm |
re: #286 wrenchwench
If I were terminal I'd have a drink with my crazy sister.
That may be what it would take.
I'd also take a trip to wherever I wanted to go.
I worked with a woman who had breast cancer that was treated, and returned one month before the magical 5 year mark. Which meant, of course, the cancer was terminal.
She and her sisters planned and took a cruise together, swam with the dolphins (not on my list, but it was on hers) and she did some financial planning so her son would be left with sufficient funds to take care of his life until he finished college.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:12:37pm |
re: #287 Rightwingconspirator
Stalker activity report LOL
mikiesmoky2 got a hilarious email. He had paged his Kabuki theater-It got deleted twice due to an email addy in it. (Rookie error) MS2 fixed that & repaged all was well.
The he got this email (he's not hard to track down kinda like yours truly) from a guy with an anti LGF email addy. I'll not mention the name here exactly. To paraphrase the note -"OMG Charles deleted your page, here is a cache screen shot for you. Oh and he deleted your page from the to tweeted pages too!"
MS2 has no clue about blogging in general let alone the stalker thing here. So I wrote him and explained the truth to him. He is quite amused at the antics.
Okay so now we got stalkers trolling for deleted posts? How much time do these people have on their hands anyway?
with unemployment over 9%, probably a lot...me?, I'm retired
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:12:40pm |
re: #283 reine.de.tout
Kusher is a fantastic writer when you are looking for a religious perspective.
Toots? Read his book on the 23rd Psalm "The Lord Is My Shepherd". Beautiful.
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:13:25pm |
re: #287 Rightwingconspirator
Stalker activity report LOL
mikiesmoky2 got a hilarious email. He had paged his Kabuki theater-It got deleted twice due to an email addy in it. (Rookie error) MS2 fixed that & repaged all was well.
The he got this email (he's not hard to track down kinda like yours truly) from a guy with an anti LGF email addy. I'll not mention the name here exactly. To paraphrase the note -"OMG Charles deleted your page, here is a cache screen shot for you. Oh and he deleted your page from the to tweeted pages too!"
MS2 has no clue about blogging in general let alone the stalker thing here. So I wrote him and explained the truth to him. He is quite amused at the antics.
Okay so now we got stalkers trolling for deleted posts? How much time do these people have on their hands anyway?
Way more time than is good for their mental health.
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:13:47pm |
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:13:48pm |
re: #290 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Kusher is a fantastic writer when you are looking for a religious perspective.
Toots? Read his book on the 23rd Psalm "The Lord Is My Shepherd". Beautiful.
will do!
thanks for the suggestion.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:14:01pm |
re: #288 reine.de.tout
I'd also take a trip to wherever I wanted to go.
I worked with a woman who had breast cancer that was treated, and returned one month before the magical 5 year mark. Which meant, of course, the cancer was terminal.
She and her sisters planned and took a cruise together, swam with the dolphins (not on my list, but it was on hers) and she did some financial planning so her son would be left with sufficient funds to take care of his life until he finished college.
I'd ride rolly coasters and listen to the blues....same thing I've always done
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:14:11pm |
re: #284 imp_62
If they don't? You'll find a lot of information available in their lobby.
A medical oncologist will also have some resources just laying around in their office.
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abolitionist Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:15:45pm |
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shutdown Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:15:58pm |
re: #294 albusteve
I'd ride rolly coasters and listen to the blues...same thing I've always done
If I were 5 minutes from death, I still wold not ride a rollercoaster. They scare the bejeebus outta me. My wife once had to make them stop a small Ferris wheel I was on because i had a panic attack...
Yeah, I have control issues.
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Daniel Ballard Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:16:12pm |
re: #276 Charles
Must have been the one they call Train Wreck OG.
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wrenchwench Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:17:16pm |
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reine.de.tout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:18:03pm |
re: #297 imp_62
If I were 5 minutes from death, I still wold not ride a rollercoaster. They scare the bejeebus outta me. My wife once had to make them stop a small Ferris wheel I was on because i had a panic attack...
Yeah, I have control issues.
hehe. I do too.
The most adventurous thing I've ever done, and I was scared to death the entire time, was do a zipline tour down a tall hill to the bottom in Roatan, Honduras. It was beautiful and breathtaking, and scary as hell. But I'm glad I did it. roller-coaster though? No. Way.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:19:03pm |
re: #273 Killgore Trout
Doctor: And how are you today?
Patient: I am carrying my leg in my arms. Can you hand me a Dorito?
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Digital Display Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:19:09pm |
re: #280 wrenchwench
Nope. Try [Link: www.THEsportsanimal.com...]
Thanks..It's pretty bad when you aren't sure of the web address of a sports show you are talking on...LOL
We compared Indiana and Oklahoma sports scene.. I like Jim and enjoyed speaking with him.. I also like Steve Wright.. I meet him a few years ago and he actually said he remembered me playing in College. (hope he was telling the truth) :)
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:19:55pm |
re: #273 Killgore Trout
Man's leg severed by freight train in SE Portland
Yikes!
I often like to throw one leg over a train track when I'm smoking pot. WTF?
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:19:55pm |
re: #297 imp_62
If I were 5 minutes from death, I still wold not ride a rollercoaster. They scare the bejeebus outta me. My wife once had to make them stop a small Ferris wheel I was on because i had a panic attack...
Yeah, I have control issues.
the point is, as a friend, there is nothing special you can plan for...you just keep on keepin on, forge ahead and try to enjoy the stuff you always have
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darthstar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:22:03pm |
Heh...listening to Hardball right now. Chris Matthews just referenced "the lady from Wasilla" but didn't use the woman's name while dismissing her opinion on tax cuts and jobs.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:22:51pm |
re: #303 darthstar
I often like to throw one leg over a train track when I'm smoking pot. WTF?
My guess is that he was probably on heroin and nodded off on the tracks. I was going to guess PCP be he wasn't naked.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:23:04pm |
re: #303 darthstar
I often like to throw one leg over a train track when I'm smoking pot. WTF?
looking back, I wished I had...would have saved me 2 1/2 years of grief...
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Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:23:19pm |
re: #287 Rightwingconspirator
Since he's a friend of yours, I should mention that I've been close to blocking him a couple of times for those all-caps rants.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:35:15pm |
re: #286 wrenchwench
If I were terminal I'd have a drink with my crazy sister.
That may be what it would take.
When I was in High School, the Creative Writing teacher gave us an assignment.
"You have a year to live and a billion dollars to spend."
I basically wrote that I would endow a "Save The FBV Foundation". I went into great detail about how I would use the money to SAVE MY ASS!
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Digital Display Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:35:50pm |
re: #276 Charles
Must've been some primo bud.
I hear the train a comin'
It's rollin' 'round the bend,
And I ain't smoked Marijuana,
Since, I don't know when,
I'm stuck in Folsom Prison,
And time keeps draggin' on,
But that train keeps a-rollin',
On down to San Antone.
When I was just a baby,
My Mama told me, "Son,
Always be a good boy,
Don't ever smoke for fun,"
But I smoked a joint in Reno,
Now I think I'm going to die,
When I hear that whistle blowin',
I carry my leg and cry.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:36:56pm |
re: #287 Rightwingconspirator
those guys are very needy :D They keep trying to get my attention on twitter, it's that daddy complex thing, but I guess we're all daddy to them!
Wonder how many of them are single and lonely, i'm guessing most
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Mocking Jay Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:37:03pm |
re: #310 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
When I was in High School, the Creative Writing teacher gave us an assignment.
"You have a year to live and a billion dollars to spend."
I basically wrote that I would endow a "Save The FBV Foundation". I went into great detail about how I would use the money to SAVE MY ASS!
A billion dollars buys lots of cake.
Jus' sayin'.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:37:57pm |
re: #313 JasonA
My bucket list would only include trying to keep me from kicking the bucket.
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Digital Display Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:42:26pm |
re: #314 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
My bucket list would only include trying to keep me from kicking the bucket.
I'd go back to the tried and true Virgin Sacrifice with my Billion Dollars
/
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Daniel Ballard Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:43:15pm |
re: #309 Charles
Thank you for the forbearance. I'll pass along the kind warning. The guy posts at a financial forum all the time, yet he really does not get blog culture at all.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:44:04pm |
re: #315 HoosierHoops
I'd go back to the tried and true Virgin Sacrifice with my Billion Dollars
/
I'd finance a state of the art hospital in Jamaica, then go down and rum out
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:46:16pm |
WTF?
Clifton firm admits weapons scam
A Clifton defense contractor admitted Tuesday that it violated federal law by outsourcing the manufacture of rifle and machine-gun components to China, where the parts could be produced for less money, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said.
[Link: www.northjersey.com...]
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tigger2005 Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:50:06pm |
I woulda definitely done it with Anya the vengeance demon from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Kragar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:50:40pm |
re: #319 tigger2005
I woulda definitely done it with Anya the vengeance demon from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Well, yeah.
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Digital Display Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:50:42pm |
re: #317 albusteve
I'd finance a state of the art hospital in Jamaica, then go down and rum out
You and I in Jamaica would tear up the Island..( we'd probably tuck in Keith Richards at night before heading out to another club ) :)
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:50:48pm |
1mm from death: Tree surgeon almost beheaded himself with chainsaw after slicing through more than a third of his neck
Read more: [Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
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makeitstop Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:51:31pm |
New York congressman Peter King, the first Republican politician to call for a probe into the scandal, sent a letter to FBI director Robert Mueller over the allegations that the News of the World bribed a New York police officer to gain access to the private phone records of 9/11 victims. He wrote:
It is revolting to imagine that members of the media would seek to compromise the integrity of a public official for financial gain in the pursuit of yellow journalism.
The 9/11 families have suffered egregiously, but unfortunately they remain vulnerable against such unjustifiable parasitic strains. We can spare no effort or expense in continuing our support for them.
For the record, Pete King is an embarrassment to New York. I've never found him to be on the right side of any issue, and I'm astounded that he's even opened his mouth about Fox.
King better be careful, though - he appear a lot on Fox, and this may jeopardize his face time.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:54:11pm |
re: #323 makeitstop
For the record, Pete King is an embarrassment to New York. I've never found him to be on the right side of any issue, and I'm astounded that he's even opened his mouth about Fox.
King better be careful, though - he appear a lot on Fox, and this may jeopardize his face time.
one smart rat, that guy....he can probably smell the shitstorm brewing
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:55:35pm |
re: #323 makeitstop
For the record, Pete King is an embarrassment to New York. I've never found him to be on the right side of any issue, and I'm astounded that he's even opened his mouth about Fox.
King better be careful, though - he appear a lot on Fox, and this may jeopardize his face time.
It's encouraging. Let's see if he faces wingnut backlash over this.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:55:55pm |
re: #321 HoosierHoops
You and I in Jamaica would tear up the Island..( we'd probably tuck in Keith Richards at night before heading out to another club ) :)
in Jamaica, the club comes to me...
$$$
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:56:17pm |
re: #322 albusteve
1mm from death: Tree surgeon almost beheaded himself with chainsaw after slicing through more than a third of his neck
Read more: [Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
Lucky SOB.
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Renaissance_Man Wed, Jul 13, 2011 2:59:05pm |
re: #325 Killgore Trout
It's encouraging. Let's see if he faces wingnut backlash over this.
Not at all. He criticised the media, which is evil by the tenets of the faith. Wingnuts know that the media is the enemy of FOX and the demagogues they follow, which are obviously not media.
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makeitstop Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:05:34pm |
re: #328 Renaissance_Man
Not at all. He criticised the media, which is evil by the tenets of the faith. Wingnuts know that the media is the enemy of FOX and the demagogues they follow, which are obviously not media.
We have met the enemy, and they is them.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:14:16pm |
Tripoli, 12 July (AKI) - Beleaguered Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has agreed to into exile in South Africa on condition his son Saif al-Islam is allowed to stand in future elections, Libyan website al-Manara reports citing sources.
no deal...in fact this son will probably be executed with his father
[Link: www.adnkronos.com...]
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:14:27pm |
While the TPGOP is distracted by the debt-limit decoy, my Dem geniuses almost slipped through a critical bit of legislation:
"House Democrats are once again attempting to do away with Styrofoam products in congressional cafeterias, this time with an amendment to a fiscal 2012 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill."
[Link: thehill.com...]
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:16:45pm |
re: #331 Decatur Deb
While the TPGOP is distracted by the debt-limit decoy, my Dem geniuses almost slipped through a critical bit of legislation:
"House Democrats are once again attempting to do away with Styrofoam products in congressional cafeterias, this time with an amendment to a fiscal 2012 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill."
[Link: thehill.com...]
and the joke's on us...who gives a fuck...these perps so out of touch that styrofoam is a legit crisis
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:18:50pm |
re: #331 Decatur Deb
There is a House cafeteria and a Senate cafeteria. Which is the one nobody eats at?
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Decatur Deb Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:20:53pm |
re: #333 Cannadian Club Akbar
There is a House cafeteria and a Senate cafeteria. Which is the one nobody eats at?
Not my world, but I've eaten at the old "Ground Zero" snack bar in the center court of the Pentagon.
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Mocking Jay Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:21:38pm |
I am half way through an absolutely riveting article about the investigation behind Stuxnet, the virus designed for the sole purpose of sabotaging an Iranian nuclear facility. This needs to be made into a movie.
[Link: www.wired.com...]
It's really long.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:22:14pm |
re: #335 JasonA
I am half way through an absolutely riveting article about the investigation behind Stuxnet, the virus designed for the sole purpose of sabotaging an Iranian nuclear facility. This needs to be made into a movie.
[Link: www.wired.com...]
It's really long.
Did ya Page it?
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:23:26pm |
re: #333 Cannadian Club Akbar
There is a House cafeteria and a Senate cafeteria. Which is the one nobody eats at?
the senate used to be a traditional place for tourists to mingle with whoever...they served the famed bean soup there, and to get to it you had to take the little underground trolly
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Mocking Jay Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:23:50pm |
re: #336 Cannadian Club Akbar
Did ya Page it?
I haven't even finished reading it yet. I'm not kidding when I say it's long, but it's ridiculously interesting.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:26:34pm |
re: #338 JasonA
I haven't even finished reading it yet. I'm not kidding when I say it's long, but it's ridiculously interesting.
I did a quick scan over it. I'll read it when I have more time.
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ProGunLiberal Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:27:06pm |
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nines09 Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:28:15pm |
Texas Governor Rick Perry’s campaign; "Two jets? Well, I know him and his staff are on one. What's the other one for?" "The second jet is for all the baggage that will come with him."
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:31:14pm |
re: #337 albusteve
the senate used to be a traditional place for tourists to mingle with whoever...they served the famed bean soup there, and to get to it you had to take the little underground trolly
In a masterful bit of understatement, Feinstein blamed "noticeably subpar" food and service. Foot traffic bears that out. Come lunchtime, many Senate staffers trudge across the Capitol and down into the basement cafeteria on the House side. On Wednesdays, the lines can be 30 or 40 people long.
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]
Old article, but apparently the Senate cafeteria is teh suck.
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Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:31:49pm |
re: #338 JasonA
Saw that article earlier - very interesting stuff.
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blueraven Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:33:40pm |
re: #335 JasonA
I am half way through an absolutely riveting article about the investigation behind Stuxnet, the virus designed for the sole purpose of sabotaging an Iranian nuclear facility. This needs to be made into a movie.
[Link: www.wired.com...]
It's really long.
I have been reading that too. It is a great article and, as you say, quite long. I dont even understand most of it, but the process of hunting down and deciphering stuxnet is fascinating!
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Mocking Jay Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:35:02pm |
re: #344 blueraven
I have been reading that too. It is a great article and, as you say, quite long. I dont even understand most of it, but the process of hunting down and deciphering stuxnet is fascinating!
I have a lot of respect for Symantic for allowing this team to chase this virus, which doesn't help their bottom line at all.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:35:52pm |
re: #342 Cannadian Club Akbar
In a masterful bit of understatement, Feinstein blamed "noticeably subpar" food and service. Foot traffic bears that out. Come lunchtime, many Senate staffers trudge across the Capitol and down into the basement cafeteria on the House side. On Wednesdays, the lines can be 30 or 40 people long.
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]
Old article, but apparently the Senate cafeteria is teh suck.
it was almost 50 years ago what I described...long time gone
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Charles Johnson Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:36:26pm |
Posted a Page for it:
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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blueraven Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:39:33pm |
re: #335 JasonA
I am half way through an absolutely riveting article about the investigation behind Stuxnet, the virus designed for the sole purpose of sabotaging an Iranian nuclear facility. This needs to be made into a movie.
[Link: www.wired.com...]
It's really long.
This is a really neat video
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:43:47pm |
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makeitstop Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:46:35pm |
I'm reading the Wired story now. Pretty wild.
Thanks for the link, JasonA!
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blueraven Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:48:07pm |
re: #345 JasonA
I have a lot of respect for Symantic for allowing this team to chase this virus, which doesn't help their bottom line at all.
Oh and I agree, I was thinking the same thing while reading the article...
This would make a great movie!!
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Mocking Jay Wed, Jul 13, 2011 3:50:23pm |
re: #350 makeitstop
I'm reading the Wired story now. Pretty wild.
Thanks for the link, JasonA!
Saw it on the Dish and thought "this could be interesting." I had no idea.
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Daniel Ballard Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:05:31pm |
re: #345 JasonA
I think that kind of knowledge is a strategic asset for them. Someday, something like that virus will attack US/Western interests. Payback could be a bitch. Best to be prepared. Because now all our enemies who have bright coders have taken a long hard look at stuxnet, and learned.
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Mocking Jay Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:06:45pm |
re: #353 Rightwingconspirator
I think that kind of knowledge is a strategic asset for them. Someday, something like that virus will attack US/Western interests. Payback could be a bitch. Best to be prepared. Because now all our enemies who have bright coders have taken a long hard look at stuxnet, and learned.
I imagine the holes it took advantage of have been patched.
I hope...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:08:15pm |
re: #352 JasonA
Saw it on the Dish and thought "this could be interesting." I had no idea.
Movie version:
It was a dark and stormy night....
Slacker computer geek wakes up from drunken night.
OH NOES!! There's a knock on the door!!
Bad guys kidnap him.
He must write code or he will be keeled!!!
Meets hotty enemy agent. Turns out, she's a double agent!!
Cool music!!
Makes fake code and let's another gubment know where he is.
Rescued!! But don't forget the hottie!!
Head of rescue team is hottie's ex hubby.
Someone is dangling from a helicopter!
Add cheesy line. (Don't give up on me!!)
Ends up in a rest stop in Jersey.
OH NOES!! NO WIFI!!
Makes it to a Waffle House. Wifi there.
Orders smothered hash browns.
Loads new virus to wipe out enemy computers.
Enemy leader screams. There is a sound behind him.
Tap. Tap.
Masked men run out of room.
Computer geek and hottie get married at the Waffle House.
The end.
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Mocking Jay Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:09:53pm |
re: #355 Cannadian Club Akbar
You're close to writing Die Hard 4.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:12:01pm |
re: #356 JasonA
You're close to writing Die Hard 4.
K. Add, guy gets punched in face 100 times. Doesn't flinch. Guy gets paper cut, hottie applies alcohol to cut. He winces. Hope this helps.
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Daniel Ballard Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:12:44pm |
re: #356 JasonA
Nah. That's waay better material than Die Hard 4. Shakespeare as compared to The Office.
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blueraven Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:16:12pm |
re: #356 JasonA
You're close to writing Die Hard 4.
I imagine it more about the work ethic side and the wild new technology. Something like in the book
The Soul of a New Machine
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
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SpaceJesus Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:19:09pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:19:13pm |
re: #359 blueraven
I imagine it more about the work ethic side and the wild new technology. Something like in the book
The Soul of a New Machine
[Link: www.amazon.com...]
Gotta keep it easy. Attention spans are short these days. Oh, look, a kitty!!
/
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:22:58pm |
re: #335 JasonA
I am half way through an absolutely riveting article about the investigation behind Stuxnet, the virus designed for the sole purpose of sabotaging an Iranian nuclear facility. This needs to be made into a movie.
[Link: www.wired.com...]
It's really long.
Best.
Wired.
Article.
Ever.
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Mocking Jay Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:28:44pm |
re: #362 Varek Raith
Best.
Wired.
Article.
Ever.
I mean... one of their experts doesn't have internet in his house. Another's a Frenchie McFrench guy. This is like the Mission Impossible of geeks!
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:28:50pm |
re: #355 Cannadian Club Akbar
Movie version:
It was a dark and stormy night...
Slacker computer geek wakes up from drunken night.
OH NOES!! There's a knock on the door!!
Bad guys kidnap him.
He must write code or he will be keeled!!!
Meets hotty enemy agent. Turns out, she's a double agent!!
Cool music!!
Makes fake code and let's another gubment know where he is.
Rescued!! But don't forget the hottie!!
Head of rescue team is hottie's ex hubby.
Someone is dangling from a helicopter!
Add cheesy line. (Don't give up on me!!)
Ends up in a rest stop in Jersey.
OH NOES!! NO WIFI!!
Makes it to a Waffle House. Wifi there.
Orders smothered hash browns.
Loads new virus to wipe out enemy computers.
Enemy leader screams. There is a sound behind him.
Tap. Tap.
Masked men run out of room.
Computer geek and hottie get married at the Waffle House.
The end.
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SpaceJesus Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:29:03pm |
re: #363 Varek Raith
these are the stupidest comparisons i have ever heard
"i don't trust economics"
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:30:26pm |
re: #365 Alouette
I thought of that too. Just change names, location and fuck with the plot points and twist, you're golden.
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Varek Raith Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:31:16pm |
re: #367 albusteve
AmIdol
No.
A GOP politician who doesn't care what his party will do to the economy of the US.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:31:20pm |
re: #368 Cannadian Club Akbar
I thought of that too. Just change names, location and fuck with the plot points and twist, you're golden.
And add character masks.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:38:14pm |
re: #363 Varek Raith
wow, Steve King got it the ass and the mouth, nice
There are no words to describe the stupidity, that guy is his own galaxy of dumb, and Iowa elected him! gg Iowa
STARE INTO THE DULL EMPTY COW EYES OF STEVE KING, BEHOLD THE VACANT ABYSS
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:39:09pm |
re: #355 Cannadian Club Akbar
Movie version:
It was a dark and stormy night...
Slacker computer geek wakes up from drunken night.
OH NOES!! There's a knock on the door!!
Bad guys kidnap him.
He must write code or he will be keeled!!!
Meets hotty enemy agent. Turns out, she's a double agent!!
Cool music!!
Makes fake code and let's another gubment know where he is.
Rescued!! But don't forget the hottie!!
Head of rescue team is hottie's ex hubby.
Someone is dangling from a helicopter!
Add cheesy line. (Don't give up on me!!)
Ends up in a rest stop in Jersey.
OH NOES!! NO WIFI!!
Makes it to a Waffle House. Wifi there.
Orders smothered hash browns.
Loads new virus to wipe out enemy computers.
Enemy leader screams. There is a sound behind him.
Tap. Tap.
Masked men run out of room.
Computer geek and hottie get married at the Waffle House.
The end.
Have you submitted your story to Michael Bay yet? Sure it lacks enough explosions in rough form but I am sure he might be interested in your script as long as he is allowed to add explosions and perhaps space aliens to it.
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SpaceJesus Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:39:58pm |
re: #372 windupbird
I can imagine walking past a corn field in Iowa and see him unmovingly peaking at me from behind the stalks (no pun intended) with those crazy eyes.
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albusteve Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:40:39pm |
re: #372 windupbird
wow, Steve King got it the ass and the mouth, nice
There are no words to describe the stupidity, that guy is his own galaxy of dumb, and Iowa elected him! gg Iowa
STARE INTO THE DULL EMPTY COW EYES OF STEVE KING, BEHOLD THE VACANT ABYSS
LOL!...you horny again?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:41:03pm |
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makeitstop Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:41:26pm |
re: #363 Varek Raith
PWND.
[Video]
King is actually saying that Obama 'changed the minds' of every financial expert in the country, along with all the business leaders who are warning of the consequences of default?
I thought Obama was weak and ineffective?
WTF?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:41:44pm |
re: #374 ausador
Have you submitted your story to Michael Bay yet? Sure it lacks enough explosions in rough form but I am sure he might be interested in your script as long as he is allowed to add explosions and perhaps space aliens to it.
writers don't add explosions since it is up to the director and producer. But I can see them.:)
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windsagio Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:43:02pm |
re: #380 makeitstop
He's afraid to use the orbital mind-control lasers too much, people might catch on >>
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jvic Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:45:52pm |
re: #310 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
"You have a year to live and a billion dollars to spend."
1. First, I'd ensure that members of my extended family could stop worrying about $ and put their kids through college.
2. Then I'd peel off 1% so I could live "carefree" (and optimally medicated) during the year.
3. The rest I'd donate to underfunded scientific efforts: possibly including, but not restricted to, high-profile ones. For example, botanists are working to recreate resistant strains of the North American chestnut tree.
4. It would take longer than the time available to make a confident allocation to charitable and political causes. I'd be inclined to make an exception for the Salvation Army.
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engineer cat Wed, Jul 13, 2011 4:48:02pm |
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama abruptly ended a tense budget meeting on Wednesday with Republican leaders by walking out of the room, a Republican aide familiar with the talks said.
The aide said the session, the fourth in a row, was the most tense of the week as House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, dismissed spending cuts offered by the White House as "gimmicks and accounting tricks."
Cantor relayed this quote: "Eric, don't call my bluff," Obama said. "I'm going to take this to the American people."
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makeitstop Wed, Jul 13, 2011 5:00:04pm |
re: #384 engineer dog
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama abruptly ended a tense budget meeting on Wednesday with Republican leaders by walking out of the room, a Republican aide familiar with the talks said.
The aide said the session, the fourth in a row, was the most tense of the week as House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, the top Republican in Congress, dismissed spending cuts offered by the White House as "gimmicks and accounting tricks."
Cantor relayed this quote: "Eric, don't call my bluff," Obama said. "I'm going to take this to the American people."
It looks like Boehner and Cantor have finally goaded Obama into kicking their asses across the yard.
After seeing what that little snippet on CBS did last night, you'd think they'd know better. They really are as stupid as I thought.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Jul 13, 2011 5:02:16pm |
re: #382 windsagio
He's afraid to use the orbital mind-control lasers too much, people might catch on >>
Orbital? Hah, everyone knows that Haarp is a combination weather/earthquake/mind control control project. The fact is that Haarp can bounce it's mind control beams off of the ionosphere and reach you anywhere!
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