Watching Muammar Gaddafi’s behavior over the years, one thing has been obvious: he’s a very strange man. And now, as rebel forces go through his compound in Tripoli, even more evidence is turning up — like this bizarre photo album with dozens of pictures of his ‘darling’ Condoleezza Rice.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:47:04am |
Please tell me the pages weren't stuck together.
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:47:22am |
At least the pages weren't stuck together...
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MrSilverDragon Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:47:33am |
Well, at least it wasn't Rosie O'Donnell.
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:47:56am |
re: #1 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Curse you, Kafir!!
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Kragar Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:48:16am |
Next, we'll find he was keeping a journal of fan fiction about her.
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:50:09am |
re: #6 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Next, we'll find he was keeping a journal of fan fiction about her.
Chapter 6: Captured by Condi!
Trapped in the clutches of the sadistic agent of Bush, Moammar waits anxiously for his Amazon Guard to come to his rescue.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:50:32am |
Gaddafi Kept Photo Album Filled with Pictures of Condoleezza Rice
I thought I was the only one.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:53:17am |
Condi, dear, two words:
Restraining order.
And skip this 100 yards crap. Go with continents, as in NOT ON THE ONE YOU ARE ON.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:54:01am |
He did seem to have a thing for non-submissive women. First the Amazon guard, now this.
(I always believed the guard had "extra" duties.)
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:54:39am |
Maybe the new Libyan president will have a Hillary album ...
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:55:15am |
Dead Peasants Retired Teachers Insurance?
Rick Perry Sought State Profits From Teacher Life Insurance Scheme
WASHINGTON -- Two weeks before Thanksgiving in 2003, top officials from Texas Governor Rick Perry's office pitched an unusual offer to the state's retired teachers: Let's get into the death business.
Perry's budget director, Mike Morrissey, laid out a pitch that was both ambitious and risky, according to notes summarizing the meeting provided to The Huffington Post.
According to the notes, which were authenticated by a meeting participant, the Perry administration wanted to help Wall Street investors gamble on how long retired Texas teachers would live. Perry was promising the state big money in exchange for helping Swiss banking giant UBS set up a business of teacher death speculation.
All they had to do was convince retirees to let UBS buy life insurance policies on them. When the retirees died, those policies would pay out benefits to Wall Street speculators, and the state, supposedly, would get paid for arranging the bets. The families of the deceased former teachers would get nothing.
How does this even come close to approaching something that remotely resembles "legal?"
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:55:35am |
Next they'll find his Oprah album and his Whoopi album.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:56:26am |
re: #14 EmmmieG
(I always believed the guard had "extra" duties.)
You and everyone else. Nobody assembles a bodyguard of beautiful African women and has them doing only ordinary guard duties.
/Well, nobody normal, but Qaddafi hardly qualifies as normal
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Decatur Deb Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:58:17am |
re: #16 JasonA
Dead
PeasantsRetired Teachers Insurance?Rick Perry Sought State Profits From Teacher Life Insurance Scheme
How does this even come close to approaching something that remotely resembles "legal?"
Not very new--here's the google for 'Dead Peasant Insurance':
[Link: www.google.com...]
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:58:30am |
re: #17 wrenchwench
Next they'll find his Oprah album and his Whoopi album.
No, they won't. He took those with him...
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jamesfirecat Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:58:39am |
re: #16 JasonA
Dead
PeasantsRetired Teachers Insurance?Rick Perry Sought State Profits From Teacher Life Insurance Scheme
How does this even come close to approaching something that remotely resembles "legal?"
I'm pretty sure Leverage Consulting Inc were once pretending to be running a service like that....
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:59:00am |
Only slightly off topic ... The odious professor Juan Cole did an interesting interview on the new Iraq role in the region. Normally his writing consists of Israel bashing, but this piece deals with the Iran/Syria/Iraq relationship. And it shows Iraq to be leaning towards the bad guys.
[Link: www.pbs.org...]
We need to watch this one closely ...
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 25, 2011 9:59:58am |
re: #19 Decatur Deb
Not very new--here's the google for 'Dead Peasant Insurance':
[Link: www.google.com...]
Oh, I've read all about that. But now we're talking about starting policies after people's employment had already ended.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:01:26am |
re: #23 JasonA
Oh, I've read all about that. But now we're talking about starting policies after people's employment had already ended.
Yup--take your peasants where you find them.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:02:38am |
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Lidane Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:03:22am |
re: #16 JasonA
Dead
PeasantsRetired Teachers Insurance?Rick Perry Sought State Profits From Teacher Life Insurance Scheme
How does this even come close to approaching something that remotely resembles "legal?"
It's okay. Rick Perry's a Republican.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:03:32am |
Don't forget this classic Gaddafi moment: Dictator on the Make.
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:04:08am |
re: #25 Killgore Trout
Jews annoy Beck...
Beck: "I Love The Israelis ... [And] Jewish People But They Drive Me Out Of My Mind." "They're Constantly Talking"
O.O
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:05:33am |
re: #25 Killgore Trout
Jews annoy Beck...
Beck: "I Love The Israelis ... [And] Jewish People But They Drive Me Out Of My Mind." "They're Constantly Talking"
He's just whining because they aren't rapt and hanging on his every word like he was HypnoToad.
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darthstar Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:06:04am |
Wow...he's lucky Bush never found out about that album...
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:06:20am |
re: #28 JasonA
O.O
I think it's the same thing as when he complained about how rude and noisy New Yorkers are when he went to see a free movie in the park. He's a very wealthy person and doesn't spend time with normal people or mingling with the unwashed masses.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:08:43am |
Idiot dictator confirms rebel suspicions about his location. Bonus stupidity: announces it on the radio.....
Elusive Gaddafi takes to the airwaves as rebels claim to have him surrounded in apartment
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Lidane Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:08:55am |
re: #29 oaktree
He's just whining because they aren't rapt and hanging on his every word like he was HypnoToad.
All Glory to the Hypnotoad!
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:09:44am |
re: #13 _RememberTonyC
He loved her in those boots
Lol who didn't. Condi does not rock much. But she did rock the boots, I'll give her a couple points for that.
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albusteve Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:10:59am |
re: #34 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Lol who didn't. Condi does not rock much. But she did rock the boots, I'll give her a couple points for that.
she's a big time football fan too...that rocks for me
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:11:18am |
I don't even begin to know what to say about this. It sounds like something from a cheesy eighties spy comedy. Or South Park.
OTOH, I must acknowledge that Mo's taste in women appears to be much better than his taste in clothes.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:11:38am |
re: #25 Killgore Trout
Jews annoy Beck...
Beck: "I Love The Israelis ... [And] Jewish People But They Drive Me Out Of My Mind." "They're Constantly Talking"
What a coincidence. He annoys me because HE is constantly talking.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:12:31am |
re: #9 JasonA
Chapter 6: Captured by Condi!
Trapped in the clutches of the sadistic agent of Bush, Moammar waits anxiously for his Amazon Guard to come to his rescue.
Not a good title chapter--he gets captured by Condi in all of them.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:12:41am |
re: #32 Killgore Trout
Idiot dictator confirms rebel suspicions about his location. Bonus stupidity: announces it on the radio...
Elusive Gaddafi takes to the airwaves as rebels claim to have him surrounded in apartment
No one ever credited him with a great deal of intelligence. He's lasted this long mostly out of a combination of brass balls and batshit insanity.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:12:57am |
re: #32 Killgore Trout
Idiot dictator confirms rebel suspicions about his location. Bonus stupidity: announces it on the radio...
Elusive Gaddafi takes to the airwaves as rebels claim to have him surrounded in apartment
"I can assure you that I am definitely not in the guest room at 323 Elm Court.
PS No need to check under the bed."
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:13:11am |
re: #13 _RememberTonyC
He loved her in those boots
Yes, well, everyone did. Yeowsa!! That outfit was great.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:13:19am |
re: #35 albusteve
she's a big time football fan too...that rocks for me
I still love the stories of her working out with the Stanford football team, and making noise about being Commissioner.
What a character. I still want to know who she voted for, though.
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Sheila Broflovski Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:13:34am |
re: #36 SanFranciscoZionist
I don't even begin to know what to say about this. It sounds like something from a cheesy eighties spy comedy. Or South Park.
OTOH, I must acknowledge that Mo's taste in women appears to be much better than his taste in clothes.
He had his bodygirls wear BDU's, while he wore a dress. It's part of the fetish.
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AK-47% Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:14:02am |
I assume that in his fantasy world, she was his Afro-American Queen, covering his back while he conquered the world...
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:14:06am |
re: #41 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
"I can assure you that I am definitely not in the guest room at 323 Elm Court.
PS No need to check under the bed."
[Link: xkcd.com...]
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:14:41am |
re: #14 EmmmieG
He did seem to have a thing for non-submissive women. First the Amazon guard, now this.
(I always believed the guard had "extra" duties.)
I think the Amazon guard was supposed to be a nod to the Berber fighting women of the past...although he also seemed to enjoy dressing them up like demented airline stewardesses of the sixties.
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albusteve Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:15:42am |
re: #43 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
I still love the stories of her working out with the Stanford football team, and making noise about being Commissioner.
What a character. I still want to know who she voted for, though.
yup, and she plays a mean piano....what's not to like?
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:16:12am |
re: #25 Killgore Trout
Jews annoy Beck...
Beck: "I Love The Israelis ... [And] Jewish People But They Drive Me Out Of My Mind." "They're Constantly Talking"
I suppose that could be a problem. Glenn is supposed to be the only one who talks constantly.
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lawhawk Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:16:45am |
re: #47 SanFranciscoZionist
Either that - or something out of Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation collection.
[Link: www.google.com...] (the images of his bodyguards)
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albusteve Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:17:04am |
re: #47 SanFranciscoZionist
I think the Amazon guard was supposed to be a nod to the Berber fighting women of the past...although he also seemed to enjoy dressing them up like demented airline stewardesses of the sixties.
gosh, I miss him already
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:18:10am |
re: #35 albusteve
she's a big time football fan too...that rocks for me
Her boyfriend is (was?) gene Washington, a former player and director of discipline for the NFL for a time
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:18:15am |
re: #45 ralphieboy
I assume that in his fantasy world, she was his Afro-American Queen, covering his back while he conquered the world...
Why do I have a feeling that her outfit for this involved some kind of metal bikini and weapons? Not that she wouldn't look great, I'm just saying...
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:20:16am |
re: #51 albusteve
gosh, I miss him already
He was certainly more interesting than the average brutal dictator, wasn't he?
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wrenchwench Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:20:18am |
re: #52 _RememberTonyC
Her boyfriend is (was?) gene Washington, a former player and director of discipline for the NFL for a time
I think she was auditioning for that when she wore those boots.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:21:04am |
re: #54 SanFranciscoZionist
He was certainly more interesting than the average brutal dictator, wasn't he?
I'm sure that was a great comfort to those that he tortured to death.
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:21:15am |
re: #55 wrenchwench
I think she was auditioning for that when she wore those boots.
LOL ... Good one
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:24:15am |
Guess I'll kinda miss Col. Mo after this. The Amazon Brigade, the dresses, the batshit crazy speeches, it will all be gone. After him, the rest of the dictators will be sort of a let-down.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:24:59am |
re: #48 albusteve
yup, and she plays a mean piano...what's not to like?
I have been hoping she puts out a CD. She's a good Brahms interpreter. There are many things I can relate to Condi about.
I still have fun with this, though. This is what happens when Presbyterian preacher's kid tries to accompany Baptist preacher's kid. :/
I thought the whole thing was sweet.
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albusteve Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:25:35am |
re: #52 _RememberTonyC
Her boyfriend is (was?) gene Washington, a former player and director of discipline for the NFL for a time
Gene was a terrific player for the Niners....a MI State guy...very smart dude
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:26:24am |
re: #58 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Guess I'll kinda miss Col. Mo after this. The Amazon Brigade, the dresses, the batshit crazy speeches, it will all be gone. After him, the rest of the dictators will be sort of a let-down.
The TNC will make millions auctioning off the Colonel's wardrobe after they recover it.
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Kronocide Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:27:06am |
At least it wasn't a photo album of Albright. Now that would be weird.
At least Condi has that stately bureaucrat hotness, if you could call it 'hotness.'
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Zathras Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:27:58am |
re: #60 albusteve
Gene was a terrific player for the Niners...a MI State guy...very smart dude
Two phrases rarely seen together....
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laZardo Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:27:59am |
re: #61 thedopefishlives
The TNC will make millions auctioning off the Colonel's wardrobe after they recover it.
They can use it to pay the PMCs they've hired to train the rebels. "No boots on the ground" my ass.
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Kronocide Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:28:01am |
re: #58 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Guess I'll kinda miss Col. Mo after this. The Amazon Brigade, the dresses, the batshit crazy speeches, it will all be gone. After him, the rest of the dictators will be sort of a let-down.
Yeah, those were the days. Those assholes had flair, fabulous if you will.
LOL.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:31:20am |
re: #65 BigPapa
Yeah, those were the day. Those assholes had flair, fabulous if you will.
LOL.
Yea, old-school dictators like Stalin and Pol Pot had *real* goals!
///
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:32:23am |
Remember what Khadafy did ...
[Link: plane-truth.com...]
This was just one of his numerous heinous acts ... Hell isn't hot enough for a man like this.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:32:58am |
re: #62 BigPapa
At least it wasn't a photo album of Albright. Now that would be weird.
At least Condi has that stately bureaucrat hotness, if you could call it 'hotness.'
Yeah, I've never figured out what to call it. I think part of her issue is being "hot preacher's daughter but the kind that is not a slut" Not saying I'm so hot, or even that she is, but I can relate to that.
Though, hey, if I have a physique like that when I'm 56, I won't be complaining. Lord, she has fascinated me since her Stanford Provost days.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:34:54am |
re: #68 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Yeah, I've never figured out what to call it. I think part of her issue is being "hot preacher's daughter but the kind that is not a slut" Not saying I'm so hot, or even that she is, but I can relate to that.
Though, hey, if I have a physique like that when I'm 56, I won't be complaining. Lord, she has fascinated me since her Stanford Provost days.
She just exudes class. Katharine Hepburn-grade Quality. It's a fairly rare public characteristic these days. Makes her stand out, in combination with being tall and hot.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:35:04am |
re: #65 BigPapa
Yeah, those were the day. Those assholes had flair, fabulous if you will.
LOL.
Like the pint-size dictator of North Korea, now there's about as close to batshit crazy as you can get these days. It's just not the same, man.
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_RememberTonyC Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:36:52am |
re: #70 SanFranciscoZionist
She just exudes class. Katharine Hepburn-grade Quality. It's a fairly rare public characteristic these days. Makes her stand out, in combination with being tall and hot.
She has gravitas on so many levels. Looks, intelligence, talent, speaking skills, and most of all: independence.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:40:07am |
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:42:46am |
re: #70 SanFranciscoZionist
She just exudes class. Katharine Hepburn-grade Quality. It's a fairly rare public characteristic these days. Makes her stand out, in combination with being tall and hot.
Yeah, that's PK stuff...that unflappable personna. Especially Black PKs, no matter what denomination. Can't say I recommend the experience, but there are also worse things.
This reminds me, her memoir comes out in paper in October. I should be getting it, then. The way she talks about her parents make them sound a lot like mine in many ways.
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makeitstop Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:43:20am |
re: #73 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Cantor Says No Earthquake Disaster Relief For His Home State Unless Spending Is Cut Elsewhere
Dude is absolutely heartless. But you can bet if his house was damaged he'd be putting in a request for gubmint money to get it fixed.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:43:29am |
So, what we're saying here is that we understand why he had a crush on her, we just think he's creepy because he kills people. And is creepy.
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lawhawk Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:43:34am |
re: #73 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
How about his paycheck and the rest of the VA delegation. Or maybe he wants to cut the USGS budget? Or the NOAA/NHC budgets?
Asshole.
There are some things that the federal government is supposed to spend money on - dealing with natural disaster cleanup is one.
In other words, expect Cantor to make a stink about the NPS trying to fix the Washington Monument unless other cuts are made (and again, I'd start with his paycheck).
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:44:27am |
re: #73 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Cantor Says No Earthquake Disaster Relief For His Home State Unless Spending Is Cut Elsewhere
A winning strategy. For the left.
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:44:28am |
re: #73 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Cantor Says No Earthquake Disaster Relief For His Home State Unless Spending Is Cut Elsewhere
On behalf of the (sane) citizens of the state of Virginia, allow me to both respond to this and his (predictable) response to the upcoming damage from Hurricane Irene:
GO FUCK YOURSELF, ERIC!
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:44:34am |
re: #76 EmmmieG
So, what we're saying here is that we understand why he had a crush on her, we just think he's creepy because he kills people. And is creepy.
It's fine that he had a crush on her. The problem is that he had a crush on her in that creepy stalker kind of way. As I said in the overnight thread, it's the kind of thing that would earn one a restraining order.
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Shiplord Kirel Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:44:50am |
re: #73 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Cantor Says No Earthquake Disaster Relief For His Home State Unless Spending Is Cut Elsewhere
"Oh yeah, and while we're at it, I don't care if I get re-elected since my constituents are a bunch of backward-ass crackers anyway."
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:45:01am |
re: #76 EmmmieG
So, what we're saying here is that we understand why he had a crush on her, we just think he's creepy because he kills people. And is creepy.
Also creepy because most of us have moved on to digital...
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Kragar Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:46:28am |
re: #82 JasonA
Also creepy because most of us have moved on to digital...
I'm out of practice. I don't think I have the manual dexterity to hold a book and turn the pages one handed right now.
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AK-47% Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:46:37am |
re: #75 makeitstop
Dude is absolutely heartless. But you can bet if his house was damaged he'd be putting in a request for gubmint money to get it fixed.
No, he has private insurance.
This is when the ideology takes on inhuman forms. I see a major role of the government in helping people cope with the consequences of upheavals, catastrophes or sudden changes that they have little or no influence over. Cantor would leave us all to get by as best we can afford...
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:46:42am |
re: #76 EmmmieG
So, what we're saying here is that we understand why he had a crush on her, we just think he's creepy because he kills people. And is creepy.
I bet any money, though, he's not the first.
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Mocking Jay Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:47:46am |
re: #83 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I'm out of practice. I don't think I have the manual dexterity to hold a book and turn the pages one handed right now.
So much easier to swipe a little corner on your iPad screen. It's magical.
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Talking Point Detective Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:47:55am |
Sorry - another off-topic post, but I haven't had much opportunity to hang out here lately, and I thought this is good enough that folks here might want to read it:
--snip--
Over the years, Social Security ws structured so that the payroll taxes that fund it (13.4% of wages, half from the employee and half from the employer up to about $107.000 in salary; a figure tha rises a bit each year) would be applied to 90% of total U.S. compensation. The actuaries calculated that hitting that 90% should keep the trust fund in pretty good shape.
Today, though SS payroll taxes are collected on only about 82 to 84% of total compensation: The difference is immense. And why does the difference exist? Rampant inequality, and compensation arrangement at the top that give executives their pay in the form of capital gains and stock options and other income forms to which payroll taxes don’t apply. And, if middle-class incomes had grown respectably since [instead of stagnating] in the 1970s, we'd have millions more Americans making $60,000 instead of $50,000 and $100,000 instead of $80,000, and the Social Security trust fund would have that much more money.
E.J. Dionne Jr.
--snip--
But yeah - the "debt crisis" is because of that "parasite class," you know, the tens of millions of children born into poverty, the tens of millions of senior citizens on Medicare, the tens of millions of working poor on food stamps, that don't pay taxes.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:48:20am |
re: #62 BigPapa
At least it wasn't a photo album of Albright. Now that would be weird.
Lol in fairness, Condi is probably the one with the Albright scrapbook. Though not the weird kind. /
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Bob Levin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:50:43am |
Does anyone remember Richard Libertini's performance in the first version of "The In-Laws", with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin? The classic portrayal of a crazy dicatator. Side splitting. I think it's available On Demand in the Comcast universe.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:51:50am |
Homes of Gadhafi family — symbols of rulers’ excesses — ransacked by rebels, crowds
Gneidi said al-Saadi had four cars — a BMW, an Audi, a white Lamborghini and a Toyota — that were all driven off during the ransacking. His claim about the fate of the cars could not be verified. A large painting of a yellow Lamborghini decorated the back wall of his covered parking area.In an office area in the villa, reporters saw large piles of catalogues for yachts and cars. A catalog by the firm Benetti had a yellow handwritten post-it note attached listing the price for a 30-meter-long yacht as 7 million euros. A DVD with gay porn entitled “Boyz Tracks” slipped out of the stack of documents.
Business cards were scattered on the floor for a firm called “Natural Selection” that listed al-Saadi as partner and executive producer with an address on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. The looters left behind a black cloth, apparently the back of a “director’s chair,” that read, in green: “Executive Producer al-Saadi Gadhafi.”
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Kragar Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:53:21am |
re: #89 Bob Levin
Does anyone remember Richard Libertini's performance in the first version of "The In-Laws", with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin? The classic portrayal of a crazy dicatator. Side splitting. I think it's available On Demand in the Comcast universe.
We have no blindfolds senor, we are a poor country!
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makeitstop Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:54:16am |
More Cantor: If There’s Hurricane Damage, Costs Will Have To Be Paid For With Spending Cuts
Looks like House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will extend his requirement that federal disaster relief be paid for by cutting spending elsewhere in the budget to Hurricane Irene.
"We aren't going to speculate on damage before it happens, period," his spokesperson Laena Fallon emails. "But, as you know, Eric has consistently said that additional funds for federal disaster relief ought to be offset with spending cuts."
Virginia's governor has already declared a state of emergency, BTW.
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:54:51am |
re: #81 Shiplord Kirel
He's giving us Liberals so many sound bytes to use against him! :D
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:55:36am |
re: #84 ralphieboy
This is when the ideology takes on inhuman forms.
"Hi! I'm from the government and I'm here to tell you you don't need the government!"
Nasty sociopaths.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:55:45am |
This should be entertaining....
Eric Cantor Would Offset Earthquake Aid
“There is an appropriate federal role in incidents like this,” the Republican said after touring the damage in his district. “Obviously, the problem is that people in Virginia don’t have earthquake insurance.”The next step will be for Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) to decide whether to make an appeal for federal aid, Cantor said. The House Majority Leader would support such an effort but would look to offset the cost elsewhere in the federal budget.
Let me guess, the money will be offset by cuts to NPR, planned parenthood and the EPA.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:56:04am |
re: #93 makeitstop
More Cantor: If There’s Hurricane Damage, Costs Will Have To Be Paid For With Spending Cuts
Virginia's governor has already declared a state of emergency, BTW.
Well, at least he's consistent. Consistently off the deep end.
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:56:10am |
re: #93 makeitstop
Eric Cantor is a pig.
I sincerely apologize to the animal, and especially the cute pet pigs, in connecting them to this slimy shit.
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Gus Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:56:14am |
re: #93 makeitstop
More Cantor: If There’s Hurricane Damage, Costs Will Have To Be Paid For With Spending Cuts
Virginia's governor has already declared a state of emergency, BTW.
Translation:
Eric Cantor holds Virginia disaster relief hostage to spending cuts.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:56:27am |
re: #93 makeitstop
More Cantor: If There’s Hurricane Damage, Costs Will Have To Be Paid For With Spending Cuts
Virginia's governor has already declared a state of emergency, BTW.
Yup, he's going to try to use the earthquake to advance his social agenda.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:56:48am |
re: #90 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Homes of Gadhafi family — symbols of rulers’ excesses — ransacked by rebels, crowds
Hey! Londoners!
These guys were entitled. You weren't.
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Kragar Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:58:11am |
re: #96 Killgore Trout
This should be entertaining...
Eric Cantor Would Offset Earthquake Aid
Let me guess, the money will be offset by cuts to NPR, planned parenthood and the EPA.
They should cut the salary of their congressmen.
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Targetpractice Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:58:29am |
re: #93 makeitstop
More Cantor: If There’s Hurricane Damage, Costs Will Have To Be Paid For With Spending Cuts
Virginia's governor has already declared a state of emergency, BTW.
I hope whoever is considering a bid against him when he's up for reelection is watching carefully and taking notes. Because this is the sort of shit that is electoral gold. Come time for campaign ads, show pictures of the devastation, then show his own quotes stating that no federal aid should be voted upon that's not offset by budget cuts elsewhere.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:59:21am |
re: #97 thedopefishlives
Well, at least he's consistent. Consistently off the deep end.
He's doing the groundwork to truly sell small government. Make it useless and then the populace will truly demand that it get smaller. That real people get ground up in the process means nothing since the ends justifies the means.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:59:30am |
I can't stay, but I just received this email. THIS ONE is probably true.
Attn My God sent Partner
Sallam ma lekum Brother,
I was contacted by a friend that works with Moummar El Ghadaffi of Libya and he
is stranded currently in Benani Airport in Benghazi.
I ran into this friend and he told me his ordeal and asked me as Diplomat to
evacuate his consignment along with me since a Libyan Soldier threatened to
shoot him and took his belongings remaining his consignment that contain cash
value at 6.7million usd.
He promised me to handle this for him so that I can arrange to rescue him
latter. He asked me to hand over the consignment to an Arab Brother in Benin
Republic,I have checked the address and can not get the Arab Brother so I have
deposited the consignment with a storage company in Cotonou.
You are solicited to provide your address so that I will deliver the consignment
to your doorstep and both of us can quickly deposit the fund in your account and
I can then proceed back to libya and rescue my friend.
For coming to our rescue at this point in time you will definitely be given 35
percent of the whole sum while I and my friend will rely on your good advice to
invest the 65 percent in your country.n
If you are interested please contact me urgently so that we can proceed.
In SHA ALLAH it will be with us.
Dr Ahmad Ibrahim
Can we at least have a warm body before the spam hits? PLEASE!!
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engineer cat Thu, Aug 25, 2011 10:59:33am |
re: #98 ProLifeLiberal
Eric Cantor is a pig.
I sincerely apologize to the animal, and especially the cute pet pigs, in connecting them to this slimy shit.
i prefer to compare him with our common american slime molds such as the fabulous many-headed slime
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lawhawk Thu, Aug 25, 2011 11:03:37am |
re: #93 makeitstop
New Jersey has also issued a state of emergency to mobilize the national guard to prep for a possible landfall/effects of Irene.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 25, 2011 11:08:21am |
re: #76 EmmmieG
So, what we're saying here is that we understand why he had a crush on her, we just think he's creepy because he kills people. And is creepy.
I get having a crush on her. My dad has a crush on her. Keeping a scrapbook is perhaps not that insane, except that well, it's Ghaddafy we're talking about here.
But the notion that this crazy-ass, delusional, terrorist-hiring, own-people-killing psychopath was keeping a scrapbook on Condi does add to his overall creepiness. My gut response is "You try to touch her with one slimy finger, and I'll KEEEL you!" and for once, I think George W. Bush and I may be on the same page.
There was always weirdness about Condi. I know the Palestinian press said some weird shit about her, and I think the Russians had some issues. A lot of people did not deal well with a gorgeous, single black woman representing the might of the United States. So it might count as a point in Mad Mo's favor that he had the good sense to be turned on by this, rather than upset, except of course that he is a crazy-ass, delusional, terrorist-hiring, own-people-killing psychopath, so I don't want him to look at Condi, or think about her, or drool over pictures of her.
That is all.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Aug 25, 2011 11:11:30am |
re: #106 Cannadian Club Akbar
Can we at least have a warm body before the spam hits? PLEASE!!
Oh, hell, they never wait that long. Got to strike while the iron is hot. I got a dozen of those when Saddam went down.
Nothing from Afghanistan, oddly. I guess no one figures they have money.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Thu, Aug 25, 2011 11:42:52am |
re: #109 SanFranciscoZionist
A lot of people did not deal well with a gorgeous, single black woman representing the might of the United States.
Lol they don't like us representing anything but drinking our welfare vodka in our cadillacs. They are gray noise to us.
I like her because she's untokenizable (though of course she, like the rest of us, is a target for their tokenism), and the times she opts to play their game, she wins, they lose. That's why she's resented by so many others, and why she got kicked to the curb by the Shrubya administration.
We gorgeous single black women personify the worst anxieties of the sociopath socon right...people who are completely independent from them in every possible way, and need them for nothing. They h-a-t-e it lol. I love it.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Aug 25, 2011 12:01:13pm |
re: #9 JasonA
Chapter 6: Captured by Condi!
Trapped in the clutches of the sadistic agent of Bush, Moammar waits anxiously for his Amazon Guard to come to his rescue.
HUhuhhuhuhuhhuhuhh
"agent of Bush"
huhuhuhuhhuhhhuhhuuhh
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boxhead Fri, Aug 26, 2011 12:58:18am |
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