(The Onion’s “Week in Review” segment started weak, but is getting funnier.)
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 11, 2011 2:58:07pm |
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Kragar Thu, Aug 11, 2011 2:58:27pm |
re: #1 imp_62
Charles, you put up the wrong clip...
No, the Bernanke article was one of their clips, which they cover in the round up.
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albusteve Thu, Aug 11, 2011 2:59:21pm |
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:00:12pm |
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shutdown Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:02:56pm |
Seriously though. The first clip Charles had up was of Romney saying that corporations are people.
Charles, help me out here
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Kragar Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:04:54pm |
re: #7 imp_62
Seriously though. The first clip Charles had up was of Romney saying that corporations are people.
Charles, help me out here
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Charles Johnson Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:05:10pm |
re: #7 imp_62
I dunno - maybe some kind of browser glitch.
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shutdown Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:06:36pm |
re: #10 Charles
I dunno - maybe some kind of browser glitch.
Of course, I have been drinking a wee bit...
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shutdown Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:08:38pm |
BBL. Gonna drown my concern about this glitch in the matrix...
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darthstar Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:11:22pm |
re: #11 imp_62
As they say at Harvard: Screw you ;]
//
The trouble with irony is, not everyone gets it.
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darthstar Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:14:09pm |
re: #14 darthstar
The trouble with irony is
,not everyone gets it.[Video]
Fuckin' commas...how do they work?
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shutdown Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:15:43pm |
re: #15 darthstar
I got it. My comment was meant to be the equivalent of smiling and giving the finger. I hope Kragar didn't take it the wrong way...
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Kragar Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:16:29pm |
re: #16 imp_62
I got it. My comment was meant to be the equivalent of smiling and giving the finger. I hope Kragar didn't take it the wrong way...
You are dead to me...
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:16:46pm |
re: #16 imp_62
I got it. My comment was meant to be the equivalent of smiling and giving the finger. I hope Kragar didn't take it the wrong way...
Just don't call him "special".
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shutdown Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:17:21pm |
re: #17 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
You are dead to me...
Meh. I've been ignored by cuter people in better bars.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:17:28pm |
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:19:09pm |
re: #20 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
But I am a special fucking snowflake.
Good for you.
[shovels Kragar and thousands of other special snowflakes off the path and then pours salt on them.]
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shutdown Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:20:54pm |
Ok, BBL. Really going downstairs this time. Spend a little time with whatever nuclear family members have drifted in over the past few minutes.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:26:48pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:31:10pm |
"This article by Joseph Farrah from World Nutters Daily defies parody. "
How much don't we know about Barack Obama as he nears the end of his third year of White House occupation?
Well, he claims today is his 50th birthday.
Yet, incredibly, it is still only an unsubstantiated claim – and, perhaps, more suspect than ever.
"Does Jo-jo remind anyone else of that Japanese soldier from Gilligan's Island who hadn't gotten the news about World War II ending?"
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:34:51pm |
Berther, at DovBear, responds:
What amazes me is that this guy [SFZ's note: Farrah] is a Christian. I can't really figure out why.
If one objectively looks at the record for Obama's life and compares it to the record of the life of Jesus, I can't see how Farrah can doubt the record on Obama, but accept the "record" for Jesus.
Jesus was born of a mother who - she claims - was visited by an angel, while unmarried, and thereafter conceived divinely.
After his birth, he disappears from the record until he is around two, when he is visted by some mysterious men from "the east." We know that his family flees to Egypt at this time to avoid being killed by Herod.
Then Jesus disappears for over ten years.
He next reappears as a Bar Mitzvah boy astounding the elders in the Temple with his knowledge.
Then he disappears AGAIN. This time for around 17 years.
Finally, Jesus appears again and this time he is a wandering teacher. Three years later, he is killed by the Romans.
So, just who was this guy, anyway? His mother wasn't married at the time she conceived, and it is alleged that the father wasn't the man she eventually married, but God himself - but there were no paternity tests available back then, so there is no proof for this assertion. Then there is all of the disappearing from the record. There are no accounts of anyone who knew Jesus as a child. No records of his playmates or his classmates. How did he obtain this knowledge that astounded even the most learned teachers in the Temple? We have no records of his schooling. Did he go to school in Egypt, the last place he was seen before his bar mitzvah? Where are the stories from his teachers? Then he disappears again and returns as this radical teacher who lashes out at the Jewish establishment and tries to reform all sorts of beliefs, all while picking associates, some of whom came from the underbelly of society.
And when was this guy even born, anyway? His followers today celebrate his birthday on Dec 25 - but they also recognize that that day is not correct. That's strange. It's stranger still when some of their scholars say that he was most likely born in late spring or early summer. So, why do they still celebrate in Dec 25? And it's acknowledge that the Dec 25 date is a pagan holiday. Well, if Jesus was really God, then wouldn't that be disgracing him to celebrate his birthday on a pagan holiday? Something just doesn't add up.
And where was he even from? He's often called Jesus of Nazareth, but there seems to be some dispute as to whether the town really existed while Jesus was alive.
And we have these books that tell the story of the life of Jesus - and Jesus didn't even write them. Some of the books have the names of some of his followers on them, but it's believe that they didn't really write them. So who did? Who was Matthew's ghostwriter? Why is that information such a secret? How could the true author of the life of Jesus be unknown?
And it's said that he is the Moshiach ben David, but the geneological line of Jesus runs through Yehoiakim, which means that he is cut off from the kingship and thus disqualified from being Moshiach.
With so many unanswered questions, the practically 30 missing years from his 33 year life, the unsubtantiated claims of parentage, the disqualified claims to the Kingship and Messiahship, the lack of records of anyone who knew him from his first 30 years . . . it's really surprising that someone so astute as Farrah, someone who can detect when Obama might be hiding something . . . is completely oblivious to the incredibly spotty record of the live of the man that he considers his messiah, lord, and god?
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:36:19pm |
I really wouldn't poke Farrah like that, though. I wouldn't put it past these guys to start investigating Jesus.
"The Roman Empire didn't issue birth certificate. Long form, short form, they didn't have them."
"AHA!!! THE COVER-UP GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP!!!"
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:38:31pm |
Limbaugh pinched his whistle to hit a higher note. In his daily email when he links to Human Events, it now appears as "HE". He has to ask Snerdly whether the whistle is audible. He can't rely on the cochlear implant.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:38:33pm |
re: #25 SanFranciscoZionist
After his birth, he disappears from the record until he is around two, when he is visted by some mysterious men from "the east."
ONOZ JESUS IS ALQAEDA PLANT TOO WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO ALL LIBERALS FAULT
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:41:04pm |
"You know, folks, during the collapse of the old Soviet Union, the Russians used to say that after communism comes alcoholism. What do you figure comes after Obamunism?" -Rush in his daily email
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:41:17pm |
Tonight's debate should be interesting. Plenty of opportunities for candidates to display ignorance on economic matters.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:41:57pm |
re: #30 Killgore Trout
Tonight's debate should be interesting. Plenty of opportunities for candidates to display ignorance on economic matters.
And who will you be using as yardsticks of knowledge?
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Henchman 25 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:42:32pm |
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HappyWarrior Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:43:10pm |
re: #29 wrenchwench
"You know, folks, during the collapse of the old Soviet Union, the Russians used to say that after communism comes alcoholism. What do you figure comes after Obamunism?" -Rush in his daily email
Because Obama is soooooooo like Stalin. Seriously, Rush, if you hate it so much here, just leave. Thanks.
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jamesfirecat Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:44:18pm |
re: #31 Dark_Falcon
And who will you be using as yardsticks of knowledge?
People like Paul Krugman who has won a Nobel Prize for his work in the field of Economics.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:44:29pm |
The comments at WND are pretty evenly split between people telling Farrah he's nuts, and people calling those people liberal plants and DC parasites.
And the comment from Berther I'm now worried will be offensive to Christians--I just thought it was a funny commentary on what we take on faith, and what we refuse to accept despite mountains of evidence.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:45:33pm |
re: #24 SanFranciscoZionist
"This article by Joseph Farrah from World Nutters Daily defies parody. "
How much don't we know about Barack Obama as he nears the end of his third year of White House occupation?
Well, he claims today is his 50th birthday.Yet, incredibly, it is still only an unsubstantiated claim – and, perhaps, more suspect than ever.
"Does Jo-jo remind anyone else of that Japanese soldier from Gilligan's Island who hadn't gotten the news about World War II ending?"
Farrah's not like a Japanese soldier at all. Those men were actually dangerous and able to fight, Farah is a mall ninja at best. They had seen their army win battle after battle in 1941/1942, and could not believe the USA could make a comeback after those defeats. Given the propaganda they had been fed, such disbelief is understandable. What's Farah's excuse, other than butthurt?
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:48:34pm |
re: #34 jamesfirecat
People like Paul Krugman who has won a Nobel Prize for his work in the field of Economics.
Krugman's a hack. He's kept calling for stimulus long after it's become that stimulus doesn't work and that the country's broke.
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jamesfirecat Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:49:03pm |
re: #37 Dark_Falcon
Krugman's a hack. He's kept calling for stimulus long after it's become that stimulus doesn't work and that the country's broke.
Dark would you care to name someone you trust in economic maters who has won a noble prize?
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:52:53pm |
re: #38 jamesfirecat
Dark would you care to name someone you trust in economic maters who has won a noble prize?
Hayek and Friedman would top the list. Of non-Nobel winners, Thomas Sowell.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:54:09pm |
re: #38 jamesfirecat
Dark would you care to name someone you trust in economic maters who has won a noble prize?
Obama won a Nobel right?
//
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:55:37pm |
re: #40 rwdflynavy
Obama won a Nobel right?
//
Not in economics.
//And I'll say no more about Obama's Nobel. Which was an embarassing moment for everyone.
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jamesfirecat Thu, Aug 11, 2011 3:57:13pm |
re: #39 Dark_Falcon
Hayek and Friedman would top the list. Of non-Nobel winners, Thomas Sowell.
By the way, how do you feel about the CBO?
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palomino Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:00:17pm |
re: #37 Dark_Falcon
Krugman's a hack. He's kept calling for stimulus long after it's become that stimulus doesn't work and that the country's broke.
Isn't the military essentially the biggest govt stimulus plan of all? One that's very effective in creating jobs, among other things.
You may disagree with Krugman, but he's no hack. Lately he sounds a lot like, and has been openly agreeing with folks like Bartlett and even Frum, guys who can't be called hacks and certainly not liberals.
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makeitstop Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:00:25pm |
re: #29 wrenchwench
"You know, folks, during the collapse of the old Soviet Union, the Russians used to say that after communism comes alcoholism. What do you figure comes after Obamunism?" -Rush in his daily email
Derp-ism, from the look of Rush's emails.
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makeitstop Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:01:15pm |
re: #31 Dark_Falcon
And who will you be using as yardsticks of knowledge?
Anybody not on the stage. My cat probably has a better grasp on economics than those numbskulls.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:02:20pm |
re: #45 makeitstop
Anybody not on the stage. My cat probably has a better grasp on economics than those numbskulls.
Can your cat teach me economics? :D Seriously though, I tried taking it at community college. Too much math for me. I have respect for anyone who can actually understand it. The aforementioned Krugman was actually the author of the textbook which I am sure got some feathers ruffled.
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jamesfirecat Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:02:39pm |
re: #45 makeitstop
Anybody not on the stage. My cat probably has a better grasp on economics than those numbskulls.
My cat "White Paws" doubtlessly knows how to take a hostage when she wants stimulus better than the Republicans. She'll climb right up into bed with me and apply her nose to mine. If that doesn't work she'll bat at my eyelids with her paws. This is followed by doing the same things, claws slightly extended.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:03:05pm |
re: #34 jamesfirecat
People like Paul Krugman who has won a Nobel Prize for his work in the field of Economics.
I consider Kugman more of a pundit than an economist. I had no clue he was a serious economist.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:04:44pm |
re: #46 HappyWarrior
Can your cat teach me economics? :D Seriously though, I tried taking it at community college. Too much math for me. I have respect for anyone who can actually understand it. The aforementioned Krugman was actually the author of the textbook which I am sure got some feathers ruffled.
I like to brag to people that I got High Honors in the Golden State Economics Exam back in 1991. (It was a high school thing, in CA.)
Even then, I knew I didn't know jack about econ. I can only assume that they graded on a curve.
(Got a 5 in the English AP, and THAT I am genuinely proud of. The other was silly.)
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:05:09pm |
re: #45 makeitstop
Anybody not on the stage. My cat probably has a better grasp on economics than those numbskulls.
Yup. We'll hear a lot of stuff about how great a default would be. Rich people are overtaxed and how we can but spending by defunding NPR. Should be a hoot.
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makeitstop Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:05:47pm |
re: #37 Dark_Falcon
Krugman's a hack. He's kept calling for stimulus long after it's become that stimulus doesn't work and that the country's broke.
He's 'calling for stuimulus' because he feels - and many major economists agree with him - that the stimulus wasn't large enough.
As for 'stimulus doesn't work' = WPA says hi!
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:06:20pm |
re: #48 Killgore Trout
I consider Kugman more of a pundit than an economist. I had no clue he was a serious economist.
Yeah, he's a professor at Princeton and has a Nobel in the field. I mostly think of him as that guy who writes for the NYT.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:06:23pm |
re: #49 SanFranciscoZionist
I like to brag to people that I got High Honors in the Golden State Economics Exam back in 1991. (It was a high school thing, in CA.)
Even then, I knew I didn't know jack about econ. I can only assume that they graded on a curve.
(Got a 5 in the English AP, and THAT I am genuinely proud of. The other was silly.)
My most proud high school moment was getting a 100% on the Virginia Standards of Learning History test. History always has come easy to me tho.
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:06:45pm |
re: #37 Dark_Falcon
Sorry DF, but the problem with the stimulus was that it was too small. Had we really wanted it to work it needed to be, at minimum, twice as much. Now we need a 4x ~ 6x stimulus to help us out of the 1937-esque hole we're digging with spending cuts and no tax hikes.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:07:14pm |
re: #49 SanFranciscoZionist
in 1991. (It was a high school
In 1991 I was celebrating MY High Schools 20th reunion!!
((now I need a nap,,,, AND GET OFF MY LAWN!!!)
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:09:25pm |
re: #53 HappyWarrior
My most proud high school moment was getting a 100% on the Virginia Standards of Learning History test. History always has come easy to me tho.
My most proud high school moment was checking future NHL star Robbie Ftorek into the boards so hard it knocked his helmet off
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:10:06pm |
But, I'm going to check out for a bit. I'm rather stressed by something not on the blog and can't think straight.
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:10:13pm |
re: #49 SanFranciscoZionist
Heh. I hated my HS chem teacher. One of those who couldn't do it in industry so he became an even worse teacher. I intentionally blew the final and got an F for the year.
The next day we took the city wide chemistry exam and I applied myself. I ended up with the best score in the city. The administration was not amused because they had to explain the discrepancy at a school board meeting. Oops! :D
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HappyWarrior Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:10:37pm |
re: #56 sattv4u2
My most proud high school moment was checking future NHL star Robbie Ftorek into the boards so hard it knocked his helmet off
Now, that is a memory man.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:11:32pm |
re: #51 makeitstop
He's 'calling for stuimulus' because he feels - and many major economists agree with him - that the stimulus wasn't large enough.
As for 'stimulus doesn't work' = WPA says hi!
That's another bogus talking point I'm sure we'll hear plenty of tonight. I thought opposition to stimulus was just dishonest partisan bluster but after this debt ceiling debate I think the wingnuts really believe this stuff. We would have been the only country on earth without enough sense to save ourselves. Insanely stupid.
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Varek Raith Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:11:37pm |
re: #56 sattv4u2
My most proud high school moment was checking future NHL star Robbie Ftorek into the boards so hard it knocked his helmet off
He's coming for you!
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makeitstop Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:12:04pm |
My proudest high school moment was being elected senior class president, despite having been pegged as a 'troublemaker' by the principal. He nearly choked when he introduced me after the election. :)
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:12:30pm |
re: #59 HappyWarrior
Now, that is a memory man.
Needham (Mass) High (Ftoreks team) vs lil ole Pope John XXIII HS
(they beat us 12-1) ((iirc, Ftorek scored 5 goals and didn't even play the 3rd period)))
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jamesfirecat Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:13:41pm |
To make a long story short this is why I don't have much faith in conservative economic policies!
///Fiscally conservative!
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:13:55pm |
re: #61 Varek Raith
He's coming for you!
He's still in Hockey,,, coaching in the minor league (he coached a couple of seasons in the NHL after his playing career)
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HappyWarrior Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:15:30pm |
re: #64 jamesfirecat
To make a long story short this is why I don't have much faith in conservative economic policies!
///Fiscally conservative!
Yeah, whenever I bring up that Reagan wasn't the great fiscal con they say he is, it's always Tip O'Neill's fault but all the good stuff that came out of the 80's is Ron's and none of Tip's. It doesn't work that way.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:16:10pm |
re: #58 wlewisiii
Heh. I hated my HS chem teacher. One of those who couldn't do it in industry so he became an even worse teacher. I intentionally blew the final and got an F for the year.
The next day we took the city wide chemistry exam and I applied myself. I ended up with the best score in the city. The administration was not amused because they had to explain the discrepancy at a school board meeting. Oops! :D
My chem teacher was a lech who favored the girls shamelessly. Boys would complain he wouldn't call on you if you had a Y chromosome, ever. Girls complained that he leered, and inflated our grades. The school was not very interested. As far as I know, he never got handsy. As far as I know, though.
God, that man was a disaster.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:16:26pm |
re: #63 sattv4u2
Needham (Mass) High (Ftoreks team) vs lil ole Pope John XXIII HS
(they beat us 12-1) ((iirc, Ftorek scored 5 goals and didn't even play the 3rd period)))
I bet. Must make for some good stories. A guy I played some b-ball and baseball against made his ML debut back in May. And what do ya know, his first hit was a homer but against my favorite team.
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Varek Raith Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:17:24pm |
re: #66 HappyWarrior
Yeah, whenever I bring up that Reagan wasn't the great fiscal con they say he is, it's always Tip O'Neill's fault but all the good stuff that came out of the 80's is Ron's and none of Tip's. It doesn't work that way.
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albusteve Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:18:46pm |
re: #65 sattv4u2
He's still in Hockey,,, coaching in the minor league (he coached a couple of seasons in the NHL after his playing career)
remember Mike Squires?...Gold Glove first baseman for the Yankees....I played in an all star game against him and he was pitching....he was a beast...he tossed left, I batted left...he hung an 0-2 pitch out there and I lashed it so hard right back to him, he fell to the ground to get out of the way, a sliding double...he pitched a three hitter against us and we got clobbered but I got that double and later cheap, hustle single off him....my dad had it all on tape
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:18:58pm |
re: #68 HappyWarrior
I bet. Must make for some good stories. A guy I played some b-ball and baseball against made his ML debut back in May. And what do ya know, his first hit was a homer but against my favorite team.
When Ftorek coached the Bruins for a couple of seasons I got together with him a few times through mutual friends
He may have just been massaging my ego, but he did tell me he remembers the hit I laid on him
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HappyWarrior Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:19:10pm |
I actually failed chem the first time I took it. Too much math and it was first thing in the morning (7:20) and I am the ultimate not morning person. Plus story was that the teacher had been a professor before. I wasn't ready for professor style at 16 especially not in a field I was poor at. I retook it senior year and passed and had a great time since I had an awesome guy for a teacher and a lot of friends in class. Plus it was the middle of the day so I was wide awake. I still know Ervin Schrodinger to this day as the cat fetish guy even though I have not taken any chemistry since nor will I ever as I am finishing my degree in history this fall.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:20:54pm |
re: #67 SanFranciscoZionist
My chem teacher was a lech who favored the girls shamelessly. Boys would complain he wouldn't call on you if you had a Y chromosome, ever. Girls complained that he leered, and inflated our grades. The school was not very interested. As far as I know, he never got handsy. As far as I know, though.
God, that man was a disaster.
We had 2 chemistry teachers at my HS. I got stuck with the asshole for my first quarter, was getting a D. I talked to the other teacher, who also taught College level chemistry, and got transferred to her class. Ended up with an A, acceptance to a college level chemistry class my senior year, which got me a scholarship for my first year of college.
Of course, after that, I realized I could not see myself in chemistry for the rest of my life.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:21:06pm |
re: #69 Varek Raith
[Video]
Heh, I enjoyed the X President's version too where he's the leader. I don't mean to sound like I am being mean to Reagan here but he was fortunate that he dealt with Mikhail Gorbachev instead of a hardliner like Yuri Andropov in the 1980's. I am glad things ended the way they did of course.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:22:20pm |
re: #57 Dark_Falcon
But, I'm going to check out for a bit. I'm rather stressed by something not on the blog and can't think straight.
And I'm back. I was talking some things over with my best friend and got stressed. We talked it through and I'm settled down now.
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:23:32pm |
re: #62 makeitstop
My proudest high school moment was being elected senior class president, despite having been pegged as a 'troublemaker' by the principal. He nearly choked when he introduced me after the election. :)
I was such a troublemaker that when I signed up to run for student council, the secretary who took my application immediately recruited two more popular kids to run and beat me. Good lesson on what politics are really like.
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Varek Raith Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:23:40pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:23:51pm |
re: #75 Dark_Falcon
And I'm back. I was talking some things over with my best friend and got stressed. We talked it through and I'm settled down now.
Good to know. Talking it out is usually best.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:24:20pm |
re: #78 SanFranciscoZionist
Good to know. Talking it out is usually best.
that, and the make-up sex!
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:24:48pm |
And my chemistry teacher was an excellent soporific. I literally slept in class, and still got an A.
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Varek Raith Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:24:51pm |
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:25:27pm |
re: #78 SanFranciscoZionist
Good to know. Talking it out is usually best.
Yeah. I was being too cavalier in addressing some things and he needed to call me out on it. I'm glad he did and it's the proof he's a good friend.
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:25:46pm |
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:28:04pm |
re: #80 wrenchwench
And my chemistry teacher was an excellent soporific. I literally slept in class, and still got an A.
You sure you just weren't sniffing some of the chemicals?
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:28:15pm |
When Mr. w took chemistry in the 50's, he was not treated fairly by the teacher, and once arranged to have her sit on a wet sponge. He took the rest of the semester's classes in the hallway outside the principal's office, and got an A.
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:29:32pm |
re: #84 sattv4u2
You sure you just weren't sniffing some of the chemicals?
Maybe it was something emanating from the book. I had a friend who claimed to be allergic to freshly-printed textbooks.
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albusteve Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:33:46pm |
re: #86 wrenchwench
Maybe it was something emanating from the book. I had a friend who claimed to be allergic to freshly-printed textbooks.
I was nearly a straight A hoodlum in high school....good times...by my senior year I was making more money selling pot than the teachers teaching me!....LOL!
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:34:33pm |
re: #86 wrenchwench
Maybe it was something emanating from the book. I had a friend who claimed to be allergic to freshly-printed textbooks.
(s)he just wanted an excuse to get used ones that were already highlighted and annotated
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:34:58pm |
re: #87 albusteve
I was nearly a straight A hoodlum in high school...good times...by my senior year I was making more money selling pot than the teachers teaching me!...LOL!
Were they also customers?
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:35:38pm |
re: #87 albusteve
I was nearly a straight A hoodlum in high school...good times...by my senior year I was making more money selling pot than the teachers teaching me!...LOL!
You're sure they weren't also dealing?
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sattv4u2 Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:36:19pm |
And on that note
Dinner, a nap and off to work
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:36:36pm |
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albusteve Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:37:20pm |
re: #89 sattv4u2
Were they also customers?
older sister of a good friend was a substitute and a drop dead fox...we had an arrangement...we'd go out on the lake and party with this superstar then a week later she was somebody's teacher...LOL!
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Bubblehead II Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:45:03pm |
The Huckster thinks Perry screwed up the timing on announcing his Presidential bid tomorrow.
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A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:46:13pm |
My apologies to everyone who responded to my request downstairs. I can be such an asshole. Right after I posted I noticed the time and realized I had to get my ass over to my wife's work to pick her up. I just got back a little while ago.
There are some really good answers downstairs.
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HappyWarrior Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:48:39pm |
re: #94 Bubblehead II
The Huckster thinks Perry screwed up the timing on announcing his Presidential bid tomorrow.
[Video]
Now that has me curious, I wonder who Huckabee will support since it sure as hell won't be Romney.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:49:22pm |
re: #94 Bubblehead II
Why he's praising Romney is odd. Maybe he thinks Romney has the best general election shot and would rather have a Mormon than Obama.
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Surabaya Stew Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:50:07pm |
Hearing about the various Lizard horror stories re: HS chemistry sure make me feel better. God did I HATE that subject! A charming yet inept teacher, boring ass labs, being poisoned by lycopodium, and having to make up failing the final by 2 points by doing 8 more labs in summer so that I could get my diploma?
At least I feel better knowing that I'm not the only one....
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HappyWarrior Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:52:10pm |
re: #98 Surabaya Stew
Hearing about the various Lizard horror stories re: HS chemistry sure make me feel better. God did I HATE that subject! A charming yet inept teacher, boring ass labs, being poisoned by lycopodium, and having to make up failing the final by 2 points by doing 8 more labs in summer so that I could get my diploma?
At least I feel better knowing that I'm not the only one...
Yeah, just an awful class all around. I had an older friend at the time who who was a biology major in college who talked about organic chemistry and I told her she was nuts in the most kind way :).
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A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:54:26pm |
re: #37 Dark_Falcon
Krugman's a hack. He's kept calling for stimulus long after it's become that stimulus doesn't work and that the country's broke.
The stimulus worked in Canada.
Perhaps many from the far right worked to make it look like it failed.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:57:05pm |
Evening Lizardim. It seems The Onion is getting closer and closer to a reputable news outlet. They've probably even passed Fox by now.
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makeitstop Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:57:10pm |
re: #100 b_sharp
The stimulus worked in Canada.
Perhaps many from the far right worked to make it look like it failed.
Yep. They worked hard to make it as small as possible, and then started claiming it 'failed' about two weeks after it passed.
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darthstar Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:57:34pm |
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darthstar Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:58:17pm |
re: #103 thedopefishlives
Evening Lizardim. It seems The Onion is getting closer and closer to a reputable news outlet. They've probably even passed Fox by now.
Well, they're more honest than Fox (not that THAT was hard to accomplish)
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A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet Thu, Aug 11, 2011 5:01:11pm |
re: #80 wrenchwench
And my chemistry teacher was an excellent soporific. I literally slept in class, and still got an A.
Sounds like my grade 10 algebra class.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Aug 11, 2011 5:01:59pm |
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A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet Thu, Aug 11, 2011 5:02:08pm |
re: #85 wrenchwench
When Mr. w took chemistry in the 50's, he was not treated fairly by the teacher, and once arranged to have her sit on a wet sponge. He took the rest of the semester's classes in the hallway outside the principal's office, and got an A.
No wires on that wet sponge?
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Bubblehead II Thu, Aug 11, 2011 5:02:08pm |
re: #96 HappyWarrior
re: #97 Dark_Falcon
Well I think he is still pissed that Perry endorsed Ruddy instead of him in the 08 race.
Mike Huckabee: Rick Perry timing 'bad form,' 'tactical blunder'
"Huckabee has quickly started to emerge as a Southern, Christian conservative thorn in Rick Perry’s Southern, Christian conservative side, and previously jabbed at Perry for having endorsed Rudy Giuliani for president in 2008.
Huckabee sought Perry’s support for his own bid that year, to no avail."
and
Mike Huckabee: Don't expect endorsement any time soon
"The Arkansan was, however, notably less talkative when asked about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s prospects.
“I think it’s wide open for anybody but we’ll see,” Huckabee said, not mentioning Perry."
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austin_blue Thu, Aug 11, 2011 5:02:33pm |
re: #87 albusteve
I was nearly a straight A hoodlum in high school...good times...by my senior year I was making more money selling pot than the teachers teaching me!...LOL!
They were dealing, too?
Oh, wait...
Evening Lizardii. Hope all are well.
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 11, 2011 5:05:04pm |
re: #109 b_sharp
No wires on that wet sponge?
Wires? No. But when I say "arranged to have her sit", I mean he picked her up and set her on it, on one of the lab stools.
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A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet Thu, Aug 11, 2011 5:09:28pm |
re: #112 wrenchwench
Wires? No. But when I say "arranged to have her sit", I mean he picked her up and set her on it, on one of the lab stools.
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