Bad Lip Reading: Herman Cain Remix
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Iwouldprefernotto Fri, Oct 28, 2011 3:40:44pm |
Makes about as much sense as the real Herman Cain.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 3:44:41pm |
Is Cain unconcerned about the badgers?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Oct 28, 2011 3:45:44pm |
All you can do is give that woodchuck a tuna melt.
I actually agree with that.
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Tumulus11 Fri, Oct 28, 2011 3:46:19pm |
'All you can do is give that woodchuck a tuna melt.'
. Mr. Cain explaining his tax plan.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 3:47:36pm |
re: #3 SanFranciscoZionist
All you can do is give that woodchuck a tuna melt.
I actually agree with that.
One of my kids wanted a tuna melt the other day. I couldn't figure that one out.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:02:36pm |
Lord help me, I thought this was hilarious.
"Half of me swole in two days . . .".
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Charles Johnson Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:05:17pm |
Awesome music deal at Amazon: The 99 Most Essential Mozart Masterpieces (Full Works Edition).
Only 99 cents!
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Varek Raith Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:08:05pm |
My favorite is from the Perry vid.
SAAAAAAVE A PRETZEL FOR THE GAAAASSSS JETS!
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:09:25pm |
re: #11 Charles
Awesome music deal at Amazon: The 99 Most Essential Mozart Masterpieces (Full Works Edition).
Only 99 cents!
9-9-9...
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:11:23pm |
Firm Herm, my wife used to call my privates...I just can't take him too serious...he might consider changing his first name to Citizen
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:12:20pm |
I'm owned by the Koch brothers! No minimum wage! Fuck you, America, I got mine, live in shit!
This message brought to you by a guy who in no way is going to become president
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:13:45pm |
Charles. You need some sort of warning for that video! I almost wet myself laughing!
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:14:09pm |
re: #11 Charles
Great deal, downloading it now. Thanks!
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Stanghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:14:14pm |
re: #14 albusteve
Dude, for what it's worth, you were missed. Hope the little pirate visit was awesome!
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:15:52pm |
re: #16 rwdflynavy
Charles. You need some sort of warning for that video! I almost wet myself laughing!
You've seen the Perry, Romney and Bachmann ones, right?
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Varek Raith Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:16:50pm |
re: #16 rwdflynavy
Charles. You need some sort of warning for that video! I almost wet myself laughing!
Rick Perry.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:18:40pm |
re: #20 makeitstop
You've seen the Perry, Romney and Bachmann ones, right?
Watchin now. C a n ' t b r e a t h e !
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:19:05pm |
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Varek Raith Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:20:35pm |
Did the princess seize my buddies boat?
Aye captain.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:20:58pm |
re: #22 rwdflynavy
Watchin now. C a n ' t b r e a t h e !
Check out some of his music videos, too. They're real good.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:24:04pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:26:03pm |
re: #27 EmmmieG
They are not serious. $16 for muffins, fruit, juice, and coffee? For $10 down at IHOP you can get bacon, eggs, waffles, and the works.
I did notice the $8.32 coffee. They couldn't just send out to Starbucks?
And $76 per person lunch. Guess they ran out of the value menu stuff.
///
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:27:57pm |
I paid $20 or a pot of coffee to be delivered to my room while on vacation in the Keys. Holiday Inn, Duval Street. 1993.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:29:16pm |
re: #4 Tumulus11
. Mr. Cain explaining his tax plan.
Am I supposed to be paying for the woodchuck's tuna melt? Because if so, I'm agin' it.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:30:56pm |
re: #31 SanFranciscoZionist
Am I supposed to be paying for the woodchuck's tuna melt? Because if so, I'm agin' it.
That's only for woodchucks making over $250,000 a year.
//
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:31:54pm |
re: #28 Cannadian Club Akbar
And $76 per person lunch. Guess they ran out of the value menu stuff.
///
I could feed my entire extended family for $76 for a lunch. Well, not the entire extended family, more like my parents and my family and my sister's family and maybe my brother.
Still.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:32:41pm |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:32:45pm |
re: #33 EmmmieG
I could feed my entire extended family for $76 for a lunch. Well, not the entire extended family, more like my parents and my family and my sister's family and maybe my brother.
Still.
I'm making leg quarters on the grill right now. .58/lb.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:33:40pm |
re: #27 EmmmieG
They are not serious. $16 for muffins, fruit, juice, and coffee? For $10 down at IHOP you can get bacon, eggs, waffles, and the works.
I did notice the $8.32 coffee. They couldn't just send out to Starbucks?
(bolded part is mine)
Hilton had defended its pricing policies after the original report came out, saying attendees at the legal training conference in Washington had feasted on a continental breakfast spread. It included fruit, coffee, juice and the muffins, Hilton said.
One does not feast on a continental breakfast, I don't care where it's held or how much it costs. Good grief.
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bratwurst Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:33:40pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:33:47pm |
Somebody looked at the estimate and thought it was okay. $76 for lunch. Somebody else looked at it and thought, I can approve this.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:35:37pm |
re: #37 bratwurst
WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED that Bill O'Reilly was getting his tiny balls in an uproar over a bogus story? (as if Bill didn't know that expensive hotels charge out the ass for breakfast)
He'd better not look into the defense contracting process. He'll get the vapors for sure.
//
Bottom line. When it comes to spending tax payer money, Justice are a bunch of rank amateurs.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:36:15pm |
re: #27 EmmmieG
Ever set up something like that at a Marriott?
First time I did? My laughter perturbed the salesperson.
I remember saying, "Oh. I'm sorry. You are serious?"
They were.
$18.00 a head for continental breakfast with coffee and juice in 1992.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:37:03pm |
re: #41 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Ever set up something like that at a Marriott?
First time I did? My laughter perturbed the salesperson.
I remember saying, "Oh. I'm sorry. You are serious?"
They were.
$18.00 a head for continental breakfast with coffee and juice in 1992.
You couldn't find a restaurant with a private room?
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Stanghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:37:28pm |
re: #33 EmmmieG
I could feed my entire extended family for $76 for a lunch. Well, not the entire extended family, more like my parents and my family and my sister's family and maybe my brother.
Still.
Add in servers, tables, a room and re-fills.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:37:51pm |
When I worked for state gubmint, which was not that long ago, our budget for "refreshments" for meetings was $3 per person. We could get a plate of pastries and cut them in half (really, half a 1000 calorie pastry is plenty enough for a person), and we'd go to the store and buy a couple of boxes of cookies, and make a couple of pots of coffee. We could come in UNDER budget. It can be done.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:37:58pm |
The government doesn't have conference rooms? I'm pretty sure catering is less expensive than this. For that matter, they could pick up their own Mickey D's and expense it.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:38:12pm |
re: #42 EmmmieG
You couldn't find a restaurant with a private room?
Not for 250 people and an auditorium.
The auditorium was free, though.
I'm a killer negotiator.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:39:07pm |
re: #34 SanFranciscoZionist
Is the sugar fountain fairy related to the MBF?
She knows how to super-size!
I really hope the police find her Stooges tape. And I hope they don't come shoot at her. :)
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Stanghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:39:13pm |
You guys, I've planned groups dining in public (hotel) dining rooms. 16.00-ish is the lowest I've ever heard. Never quoted that less.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:39:28pm |
re: #45 EmmmieG
The government doesn't have conference rooms? I'm pretty sure catering is less expensive than this. For that matter, they could pick up their own Mickey D's and expense it.
BINGO. It can be done. The government does own buildings, with conference rooms in them. The meeting hosts can do a bit of work (see re: #44 reine.de.tout) themselves, and it can be done for a LOT less money.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:39:29pm |
re: #46 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Not for 250 people and an auditorium.
The auditorium was free, though.
I'm a killer negotiator.
So the price included room rental? Now, see, that I can understand. If the $18 was above and beyond room rental, that makes no sense.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:40:10pm |
re: #47 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
But, you gave a shit.
Well, actually, yes I did.
It wasn't my money being spent.
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Stanghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:41:39pm |
re: #45 EmmmieG
The government doesn't have conference rooms? I'm pretty sure catering is less expensive than this. For that matter, they could pick up their own Mickey D's and expense it.
Ha ha, behind a lady at Mickey D's the other day, she ordered 16.00 worth of food for herself.
OOOH
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:41:49pm |
Ice: Free
1.75 CC: $25
2 Liter of Pepsi: $2
Pizza delivered w/ tip: $25
The enjoyment of nobody bothering me while I have cocktails and pizza: Priceless
///not really
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:41:57pm |
re: #51 EmmmieG
So the price included room rental? Now, see, that I can understand. If the $18 was above and beyond room rental, that makes no sense.
That's how I remember it. The also charged me a hundred a fifty bucks to rent a 300.00 overhead projector.
Before you ask? No. I could not bring my own.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:42:48pm |
re: #53 Stanley Sea
Ha ha, behind a lady at Mickey D's the other day, she ordered 16.00 worth of food for herself.
OOOH
My brother can spend $12 for himself at Taco Bell. Flat out gross.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:44:14pm |
re: #55 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That's how I remember it. The also charged me a hundred a fifty bucks to rent a 300.00 overhead projector.
Before you ask? No. I could not bring my own.
My homeschool group is currently in negotiations with a ballroom dance teacher for a class.
He wants us to spend $85 a class (above and beyond his fee) to rent a sound system. For a one semester class, this is $1,300. I have suggested we buy our own sound system, and never have to rent one again.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:45:49pm |
I stayed at a hotel in Brentwood (Holiday Inn on the 405, IIRC). 10 oz Strip steak, tater, salad: $15. One of the best steaks I've ever eaten.
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engineer cat Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:50:00pm |
i miss the days back in las ochentas when you could get a full plate of arroz con pollo in a comidas criollas on broadway around 100th st for $4.50
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:51:05pm |
re: #59 engineer dog
i miss the days back in las ochentas when you could get a full plate of arroz con pollo in a comidas criollas on broadway around 100th st for $4.50
WE ATE DIRT AND WE LIKED IT!
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Targetpractice Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:53:18pm |
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:53:24pm |
Well what do you know...
Justin Bieber Lashes Out At Senate's New Copyright Bill
It seems tweeny-bop sensation Justin Bieber wants to be taken seriously as a policy wonk. During an radio interview on Friday morning, Bieber came out against the Commercial Felony Streaming Act, or S.978, a bill that three senators proposed in May that would make unauthorized online streaming of copyrighted material a felony, punishable by up to five years behind bars.
This law could also affect anybody who covers or remixes a popular song and uploads their work to YouTube. On DC's Hot 99.5 FM, Bieber singled out Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a co-sponsor of the measure and a member of the state's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. "Whoever she is," said Bieber, "she needs to know that I'm saying she needs to be locked up—put away in cuffs."
Continues.
The bill:
Bill S.978 or the Commercial Felony Streaming Act is a bill that is pending introduction to the United States Senate floor. It was proposed by Amy Klobuchar, Chris Coons, and John Cornyn on May 12, 2011.[1] It is an amendment to USC 2319, Title 18, that would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted material for the purpose of "commercial advantage or personal financial gain", a felony (under current law, unauthorized streaming is only a misdemeanor). The penalty could include up to five years of prison-time. It defines illegal streaming as streaming ten or more times in a 180 day period. Furthermore, the value of the illegally streamed material would have to be greater than $2,500, or the licensing fees would have to be over $5,000...
Yes. That would be the very same Chris Coons that ran against Christine "I am not a witch" O'Donnell. Pathetic. In any even, good for young Mr. Bieber.
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Targetpractice Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:54:57pm |
re: #62 Gus 802
Well what do you know...
Justin Bieber Lashes Out At Senate's New Copyright Bill
The bill:
Yes. That would be the very same Chris Coons that ran against Christine "I am not a witch" O'Donnell. Pathetic. In any even, good for young Mr. Bieber.
Damnit, Gus, why do you have to make me agree with something Justin Beiber said?!
/
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:56:37pm |
re: #61 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Whatever you say, grandpa.
/
And GET OFF HIS LAWN!!!
//
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:57:51pm |
re: #63 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Damnit, Gus, why do you have to make me agree with something Justin Beiber said?!
/
Yeah. I'm sure we know who's lining the pockets of these three. Much like that other bill that was mentioned the other night. No need to wonder why congressional approval ratings are at an all time low. Useless politicians are useless.
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wrenchwench Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:58:00pm |
re: #59 engineer dog
i miss the days back in las ochentas when you could get a full plate of arroz con pollo in a comidas criollas on broadway around 100th st for $4.50
Aqui en Nuevo Mexico, las ochentas son ahora. Mas o menos.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 4:58:02pm |
re: #63 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Damnit, Gus, why do you have to make me agree with something Justin Beiber said?!
/
Why do you hate her? *
(* Stolen, I believe, from Kragar)
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Targetpractice Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:01:15pm |
re: #65 Gus 802
Yeah. I'm sure we know who's lining the pockets of these three. Much like that other bill that was mentioned the other night. No need to wonder why congressional approval ratings are at an all time low. Useless politicians are useless.
The MPAA and the RIAA apparently have decided that spending billions annually suing young girls and grandmas for downloading a couple songs "illegally" just isn't winning them friends anymore and have decided to shovel millions instead into the pockets of politicians who will gladly make anything illegal if it means more "campaign contributions."
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wrenchwench Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:01:27pm |
re: #62 Gus 802
Well what do you know...
Justin Bieber Lashes Out At Senate's New Copyright Bill
The bill:
Yes. That would be the very same Chris Coons that ran against Christine "I am not a witch" O'Donnell. Pathetic. In any even, good for young Mr. Bieber.
This is for Justin.
[Link: cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com...]
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:03:12pm |
re: #69 wrenchwench
This is for Justin.
[Link: cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com...]
Not loading but I think I saw enough. ;)
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wrenchwench Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:04:37pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:05:02pm |
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:05:23pm |
re: #72 wrenchwench
Here's the whole page.
Strange. The microwave is interfering again. This page is still working but any new page is timing out.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:11:25pm |
re: #74 Gus 802
I don't have a microwave oven, but I do have a clock that occasionally cooks shit. - Mitch Hedberg
(Been reading his wikiquote page tonight. Can ya tell?)
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wrenchwench Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:12:33pm |
re: #74 Gus 802
Strange. The microwave is interfering again. This page is still working but any new page is timing out.
We have an in-ceiling fluorescent fixture in the kitchen (at home) that interferes with FM radio reception. I wish I could figure out what to do about that. Besides turning it off.
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wrenchwench Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:14:36pm |
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wrenchwench Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:15:06pm |
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:18:46pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:19:04pm |
re: #85 Gus 802
Watch what you say! They'll be calling you a radical.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:20:10pm |
re: #87 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Watch what you say. They'll be calling you a radical.
Liberal, irresponsible, criminal.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:20:52pm |
Mmm. Just cracked open an end-of-the-week Paulaner Oktoberfest Wiesn, and I'm putting some finishing touches on the first release of LGF Pages Dashboard.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:21:06pm |
re: #86 freetoken
Intelligent, lovable?
Logical song by Supertramp.
I'd embed a Youtube video here but I don't want to commit a felony. //
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Charles Johnson Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:24:03pm |
Man, now that's some Bavarian bier. That'll put lederhosen on your legs.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:25:45pm |
re: #90 Gus 802
Yeah, Youtube has some good clips, but I went looking for an mp3 and my computer started running slowly. Safari just eats up the RAM.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:31:22pm |
re: #93 freetoken
Yeah, Youtube has some good clips, but I went looking for an mp3 and my computer started running slowly. Safari just eats up the RAM.
I must say. This Firefox Aurora has been running really smoothly. Even as a beta release.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:31:53pm |
Interesting science story of the day:
Scientists chart gene expression in the brain across lifespan
The "switching on" or expression of specific genes in the human genome is what makes each human tissue and each human being unique. A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Lieber Institute for Brain Development, and the National Institute of Mental Health found that many gene expression changes that occur during fetal development are reversed immediately after birth. Reversals of fetal expression changes are also seen again much later in life during normal aging of the brain. Additionally, the team observed the reversal of fetal expression changes in Alzheimer's disease findings reported in other studies. The research team also found that gene expression change is fastest in human brain tissue during fetal development, slows down through childhood and adolescence, stabilizes in adulthood, and then speeds up again after age 50, with distinct redirection of expression changes prior to birth and in early adulthood. Their findings are published in the Oct. 27, 2011, edition of Nature. All of the data are available to the public as a web-based resource at: [Link: www.libd.org...]
[...]
Stopping or changing the changes in the older brain is vital if life-spans are to be prolonged with any meaningful experience.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:33:03pm |
re: #89 Charles
Mmm. Just cracked open an end-of-the-week Paulaner Oktoberfest Wiesn, and I'm putting some finishing touches on the first release of LGF Pages Dashboard.
Nice. And thanks for a good forum to post my Occupy LA stuff. Had a ball today with the poll.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:36:09pm |
Summary on the satellite that went up this morning.
Key science objectives and capabilities of NPP include:
• Climate change -- contribute to long-term records of global environmental data critical for understanding the dynamics of climate change
• Health of the ozone layer -- daily measurements of the atmospheric ozone layer that will determine whether the ozone layer is recovering as expected
• Natural disasters -- monitor wildfires, volcanic eruptions, snowstorms, droughts, floods, hurricanes and dust plumes
• Weather predictions -- a sounding instrument will collect information about cloud cover, atmospheric temperatures, humidity and other variables critical to accurate weather prediction
• Vegetation -- map global land vegetation and quantify changes in plant productivity to understand the global carbon cycle and monitor agricultural processes to predict and respond to food shortages and famines
• Global ice cover -- monitor changes to Earth’s sea ice, land ice and glaciers to track the pace of climate change
• Air pollution -- monitor the spread of health-sapping pollutants such as soot, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide
• Temperatures -- maintain a global record of atmospheric, land surface and sea surface temperatures critical to understanding the long-term dynamics of climate change
• Earth’s energy budget -- make measurements to determine how much energy is entering and exiting Earth's atmosphere
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:38:05pm |
re: #97 Gus 802
Clearly a case of socialism. Don't you know, the private sector could do all of that better?
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:38:19pm |
NASA said "climate change!" Run for them hills!
//Damn, that's one multitasking satellite.
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Targetpractice Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:38:38pm |
re: #97 Gus 802
Summary on the satellite that went up this morning.
Great, another satellite dedicated to wasting even more of my tax dollars. Why can't they do anything useful with satellites, like creating orbiting death lasers that we can pick off terrorists with?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:38:40pm |
re: #97 Gus 802
It's a voodoo satellite!!!! Cow farts!!
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Killgore Trout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:38:56pm |
re: #96 Rightwingconspirator
Nice. And thanks for a good forum to post my Occupy LA stuff. Had a ball today with the poll.
An awesome comment left by Three Chord Monty on that thread.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:39:58pm |
re: #102 Killgore Trout
An awesome comment left by Three Chord Monty on that thread.
Yes indeed. A certain +1 from me.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:40:54pm |
What's a "unit"? I'm looking at prices for compost/fill dirt and they give prices in cubic yards and then bulk prices by the "unit". WTF is a unit?
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:41:45pm |
re: #102 Killgore Trout
An awesome comment left by Three Chord Monty on that thread.
My side is still winning though!
Just teasing ya'. ;)
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:41:55pm |
Speaking of subject, as pointed out earlier today Romney apparently (or not, depends upon who you asked) changed his mind about AGW. Now we get to this:
Perry Formally Files in New Hampshire, Hits Romney on Global Warming
On the same day that his campaign accused Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney of flip-flopping on global warming, Rick Perry told supporters here on Friday that he is not “ignorant” on the issue.
“I don’t put myself in this ignorant category,” he said, describing his position as “thoughtful, skeptical.”
[...]
Where's that Dunning-Kruger video when you need it...
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:44:19pm |
BRB, gonna smoke outside and yell 9-9-9 at the neighborhood children. //
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Killgore Trout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:44:19pm |
re: #103 Rightwingconspirator
Yes indeed. A certain +1 from me.
I'm a bit dismayed with the overwhelming support for OWS after all we went through at LGF with extremists in the counterjihad blogs and Tea Parties. As long as there's interesting discussion and some level of nuance at least it gives me some hope that people are really paying attention and thinking.
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Targetpractice Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:45:18pm |
re: #106 freetoken
Speaking of subject, as pointed out earlier today Romney apparently (or not, depends upon who you asked) changed his mind about AGW. Now we get to this:
Perry Formally Files in New Hampshire, Hits Romney on Global Warming
Where's that Dunning-Kruger video when you need it...
"Thought, skeptical,' for those who don't speak politician, translates into "I'm a denier, but refuse to say as much for fear of being dubbed a dumbass/corporate whore."
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Killgore Trout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:46:03pm |
re: #105 Gus 802
My side is still winning though!
Just teasing ya'. ;)
No surprise from me. You can't have a lefty blog critical of OWS any more than you could have a right wing blog critical of the Tea Party. I accept it was a lost battle from the start. I'm fine with that.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:48:15pm |
re: #94 Gus 802
I must say. This Firefox Aurora has been running really smoothly. Even as a beta release.
I'm trying it now.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:52:17pm |
re: #108 Killgore Trout
I'm a bit dismayed with the overwhelming support for OWS after all we went through at LGF with extremists in the counterjihad blogs and Tea Parties.
re: #110 Killgore Trout
I accept it was a lost battle from the start. I'm fine with that.
One of these sentiments is not like the other.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:53:03pm |
re: #112 Gus 802
So far so good. I'll put up spy and a few tabs.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:54:45pm |
re: #109 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
"Thought, skeptical,' for those who don't speak politician, translates into "I'm a denier, but refuse to say as much for fear of being dubbed a dumbass/corporate whore."
The informed climate change skeptic denier!
Remember when people would get pissed off about being called a denier?
Good times.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:56:24pm |
re: #114 Rightwingconspirator
So far so good. I'll put up spy and a few tabs.
I've never just sat and looked at Spy. Great, now I sound like a fuckin' newbie.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:57:05pm |
Neat astro pic of the day:
Latest views of the V838 Monocerotis light echo from Hubble
Hubble has returned to the intriguing V838 Monocerotis many times since its initial outburst in 2002 to follow the evolution of its light echo. Two new images provide the most astonishing views of V838 to date.
The unusual variable star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) continues to puzzle astronomers. This previously inconspicuous star underwent an outburst early in 2002, during which it temporarily increased in brightness to become 600,000 times more luminous than our Sun. Light from this sudden eruption is illuminating the interstellar dust surrounding the star, producing the most spectacular "light echo" in the history of astronomy.
[...]
V838 Monocerotis is close enough, and the dust around it moving fast enough, that we can see changes over just a year. Here's a pic showing the difference of 11 months, from 2005 to 2006.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:58:49pm |
Fox's Bolling complains that his penis hurts lol.
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Targetpractice Fri, Oct 28, 2011 5:58:53pm |
re: #115 Gus 802
The informed climate change
skepticdenier!Remember when people would get pissed off about being called a denier?
Good times.
Nowadays, they just argue about it. "I'm not denying, I'm just not sold on it!" And then, when pressed further, go "Well, I'm not sold on it because the science isn't settled!" Finally, when given a stern look, will whine "And I don't like how the pro-AGW crowd are all so 'alarmist' over something that might not even be happening!"
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Killgore Trout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:00:26pm |
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:01:39pm |
re: #108 Killgore Trout
I'm a bit dismayed with the overwhelming support for OWS after all we went through at LGF with extremists in the counterjihad blogs and Tea Parties. As long as there's interesting discussion and some level of nuance at least it gives me some hope that people are really paying attention and thinking.
It's way too soon to say much-In the end it may be that OWS as a movement is a more welcoming home for indies than the Tea Party ever was. And we do have to remember the Occupy is only a couple months old. It does need to coalesce and firm up. It needs a singular personality. It does not need or want a co-opt like the GOP did to the early T.P.
They need to get off the grass and get some offices. But that will force them to deal with the inertia of the status quo, and make some hard compromises. They may have to wait to elect some of their own as the TP did. They will have to demonstrate some majority power somewhere.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:02:14pm |
re: #117 freetoken
I should correct that; the changes seen are just do to the lighting - light from the variable star is reaching the outer edges of the dust cloud, thus illuminating it in 2006 (from our vantage point) which weren't being illuminated in 2005. Still, it's fascinating to see how the dust is forming into the shapes that eerily look like it is being directed by large magnetic fields (which may be the case.)
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:04:27pm |
re: #119 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Nowadays, they just argue about it. "I'm not denying, I'm just not sold on it!" And then, when pressed further, go "Well, I'm not sold on it because the science isn't settled!" Finally, when given a stern look, will whine "And I don't like how the pro-AGW crowd are all so 'alarmist' over something that might not even be happening!"
We run into alarmism almost everywhere. I've been on both ends of the spectrum in either being alarmist or being turned off by alarmism. Sure, people will say that AGW lobbyists are alarmist, but look at what's been done about AGW thus far? Not much from the looks of things. Most everything still has an on and off switch. Not everyone talking about AGW is an alarmist. At the same time many AGW opponents are alarmists themselves. It's a complicated feature of human behavior. Perhaps it is a survival instinct.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:07:02pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:07:49pm |
gg oakland pd, who needs policy manuals anuhow
If you want to know why people call the police Very very Bad and Socially Unacceptable Names Sometimes:
Disturbing enough on its own, the Oakland PD then denied using SIM force on protesters at all and claimed that in fact, no one had been injured. Worse yet, after protesters were hit with an exploding device while attempting to come to the aid of Olsen, they had to carry him through the crowd, begging for medical aid even though dozens of Oakland Police looked on from the other side of their barrier.
maybe it's actually because they fucking lie, imagine that
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:08:24pm |
accountability! it's only for dirty hippies who want to enslave jews
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:09:53pm |
re: #102 Killgore Trout
An awesome comment left by Three Chord Monty on that thread.
Very good post.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:09:58pm |
re: #121 Rightwingconspirator
They need to get off the grass and get some offices. But that will force them to deal with the inertia of the status quo, and make some hard compromises. They may have to wait to elect some of their own as the TP did. They will have to demonstrate some majority power somewhere.
I don't see that happening and it probably wouldn't ge a good idea if it did happen. I see OWS of a continuation of the antiwar marches. Dems may pander to them but are never going to deliver because of the economic and political reality we live in. The Tea Party did actually get their own true believers (aka extremists) elected and drove their party over the edge. I don't recommend the Dems follow the same path. They may pander but I don't think they'll ever deliver.
Much of what we're seeing now is backlash from Obama pandering for election (closing Gitmo, ending the wars, etc) but now he's faced with the reality of leadership. I'm quite happy Obama is a practical leader but the radical left is pretty pissed about it.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:15:51pm |
re: #110 Killgore Trout
No surprise from me. You can't have a lefty blog critical of OWS any more than you could have a right wing blog critical of the Tea Party. I accept it was a lost battle from the start. I'm fine with that.
A reasonable person might think that both were entirely possible.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:16:36pm |
Y'all are screwed. I'm drinking Wild Turkey and listening to Redneck Mother.
//
Not really kidding. ;) OK, the screwed part is a joke.
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windsagio Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:18:18pm |
re: #110 Killgore Trout
No surprise from me. You can't have a lefty blog critical of OWS any more than you could have a right wing blog critical of the Tea Party. I accept it was a lost battle from the start. I'm fine with that.
Keep flogging that.
The problem isn't at all your extremely partisan and extremely poorly researched 'evidence', its clearly a lefty thing.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:18:56pm |
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Targetpractice Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:19:57pm |
re: #123 Gus 802
We run into alarmism almost everywhere. I've been on both ends of the spectrum in either being alarmist or being turned off by alarmism. Sure, people will say that AGW lobbyists are alarmist, but look at what's been done about AGW thus far? Not much from the looks of things. Most everything still has an on and off switch. Not everyone talking about AGW is an alarmist. At the same time many AGW opponents are alarmists themselves. It's a complicated feature of human behavior. Perhaps it is a survival instinct.
Thing is, the whole "alarmist" bit is just an excuse to ignore the evidence and instead try to play up anybody who wants to take AGW seriously as "rushing" things. If you speak up and say that we shouldn't screw around, instead putting into place laws that will help curb future carbon emissions, you get dubbed "alarmist" because you're not willing to entertain the BS belief that AGW is either A) a myth or B) not that big a deal.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:20:44pm |
re: #134 CuriousLurker
Heh:
Jon Huntsman’s daughters parody Cain smoking ad
[Video]
The Cain Huntsman girls are cute.
Typed too fast.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:21:20pm |
re: #121 Rightwingconspirator
They need to get off the grass and get some offices. But that will force them to deal with the inertia of the status quo, and make some hard compromises. They may have to wait to elect some of their own as the TP did. They will have to demonstrate some majority power somewhere.
That's going to be difficult in their present format. It's very easy for this sort of thing to go nowhere because consensus, internal fighting, and the sense that actually using the mechanisms of our free society to achieve good outcomes is sort of dull and might not work.
Also, as people have commented, the Tea Party was born with a USB drive sticking out of it to connect it to the mothership of the GOP. The Democrats are not assured the same kind of relationship with this thing, for several reasons, independents are harder to run, and the Greens--don't get me fucking started on the Greens. So making the leap into elections and conventional politics may not be possible, or for many, desirable.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:22:59pm |
re: #136 makeitstop
The
CainHuntsman girls are cute.Typed too fast.
Yeah, they are. The brunette is his spitting image.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:24:04pm |
re: #138 CuriousLurker
Nothing quite like having 3 babes for daughters to get one some attention in the online world.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:25:13pm |
re: #139 freetoken
Nothing quite like having 3 babes for daughters to get one some attention in the online world.
The mustaches have got to go, though. :)
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windsagio Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:25:21pm |
re: #139 freetoken
I thought you said 'babies' and thought, wow that went to a dark place.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:32:19pm |
re: #130 Killgore Trout
I see OWS of a continuation of the antiwar marches. Dems may pander to them but are never going to deliver because of the economic and political reality we live in.
Probably true, but a well-chosen series of causes and goals could probably go somewhere on the energy we're seeing now.
Or not.
Heat produces energy, but if it's not harnessed, the little wheel doesn't spin.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:34:14pm |
re: #126 WindUpBird
accountability! it's only for dirty hippies who want to enslave jews
No, they just wish we'd stick to having big dramatic religious services that can be used as a counterweight when needed.
Sadly, no more major holidays until December.
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windsagio Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:39:08pm |
... at least I get it now.
I kept wondering 'why the bizarre hostility', but seeing it as an extension of hate on the antiwar protests which people spent so much thought and energy on back in the 'good old days' of lgf, at least I have a context now. It feels good to understand peoples motivations.
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:39:59pm |
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:41:52pm |
Hmm. Just took a neighbor's dog back to his house. Well. He was coming down the block all alone. I whistled. He stopped in front of the house. He followed me to the front door of his house.
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windsagio Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:42:41pm |
re: #149 albusteve
most of the album is more listenable than 'Brownstone'.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:43:17pm |
re: #130 Killgore Trout
I'm quite happy Obama is a practical leader but the radical left is pretty pissed about it.
If you're happy with Obama as a practical leader why did you say you probably weren't going to vote? It's a weird brand of cognitive dissonance you've got on display lately, saying mutually exclusionary sentiments as if there's no problem with it. You're dismayed by things here that you're simultaneously okay with, you're not down with the violence but you find it funny when directed at unarmed, non-threatening women, with distain you claim that OWS will somehow cause the far left not to vote then air your own depressed lack of motivation.
You might try bringing some consistency to this brand of contrarianism.
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:45:54pm |
re: #151 windsagio
most of the album is more listenable than 'Brownstone'.
back before they did arenas and huge venues, I saw them a few times in surprisingly small venues...they kicked ass for a few years...really exotic sounding at the time
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:47:32pm |
re: #149 albusteve
okay...
[Video]
:D I used to have this poster on my wall when I was in high school: Image: 1247266502_yes-union-1991.jpg
Love me some Yes, love me some Roger Dean art
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:48:16pm |
re: #153 albusteve
back before they did arenas and huge venues, I saw them a few times in surprisingly small venues...they kicked ass for a few years...really exotic sounding at the time
did they still have the zany stage sets even in small venues?
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windsagio Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:48:20pm |
re: #153 albusteve
See that's cool. I wish I'd had more experiences like that, the closest I ever got was seeing grunge bands at outdoor shows in the rain :p
also, this is kind of generic track, but when it cuts in... damn!
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:51:36pm |
re: #154 WindUpBird
:D I used to have this poster on my wall when I was in high school: Image: 1247266502_yes-union-1991.jpg
Love me some Yes, love me some Roger Dean art
classic
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:53:11pm |
re: #155 WindUpBird
did they still have the zany stage sets even in small venues?
not that I recall...just straight up rock and roll
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:55:23pm |
re: #158 windsagio
but did you have a poster of the Asia Dragon?
I had that on vinyl :D (wasn't an Asia fan, just wanted the art)
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 6:56:27pm |
Wow, nice! Statue of Liberty web cams went live today:
[Link: www.earthcam.com...]
Statue of Liberty accessorized: Live web cams offer new harbor views
The Statue of Liberty is getting accessories -- with five webcams attached to the torch held high in New York harbor offering views not seen by the public in nearly a century.
The webcams go live on Friday during a ceremony on Liberty Island marking the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the copper-clad monument, which was a gift from France to the people of America.
From computers afar, viewers will be able to watch live video streams of traffic, boats and airplanes in high-resolution panoramic images showing the Manhattan skyline, the city's borough of Brooklyn and neighboring New Jersey. [...]
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:01:36pm |
re: #152 goddamnedfrank
If you're happy with Obama as a practical leader why did you say you probably weren't going to vote? It's a weird brand of cognitive dissonance you've got on display lately, saying mutually exclusionary sentiments as if there's no problem with it. You're dismayed by things here that you're simultaneously okay with, you're not down with the violence but you find it funny when directed at unarmed, non-threatening women, with distain you claim that OWS will somehow cause the far left not to vote then air your own depressed lack of motivation.
You might try bringing some consistency to this brand of contrarianism.
the feds killed my motivation...like millions of others
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windsagio Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:02:29pm |
re: #162 albusteve
its generally old pseudo-libertarian conservatives saying that though.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:02:57pm |
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:08:38pm |
re: #161 CuriousLurker
Oh, how I love NYC. It's so beautiful, especially at night. 12+ years I've been living in the area and the sight of Manhattan, NY Harbor, Lady Liberty, and the bridges spanning the East River still take my breath away. I'm hopelessly smitten. *sigh*
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:09:58pm |
re: #163 windsagio
its generally old pseudo-libertarian conservatives saying that though.
good for them...do you suppose anyone is paying attention?....all these jerktoids spending billions for a fraction of the potential votes...it's almost laughable, and easily understandable why masses of people don't vote....serious business here at LGF, elsewhere it's almost an afterthought....politics is a team sport, basically entertainment
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windsagio Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:11:07pm |
re: #166 albusteve
that's the steve I know, with the trumped up cynicism :p
The thing is, its not like voting is that much work, I'm not into sulking.
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:11:39pm |
re: #165 CuriousLurker
Oh, how I love NYC. It's so beautiful, especially at night. 12+ years I've been living in the area and the sight of Manhattan, NY Harbor, Lady Liberty, and the bridges spanning the East River still take my breath away. I'm hopelessly smitten. *sigh*
NYC smittens me too
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:12:36pm |
re: #164 Killgore Trout
Terence Mckenna denounces Relativism
[Video]
...and that's all I got to say about that.
"I'm an atheist! Argue with me!"
//
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:12:44pm |
re: #161 CuriousLurker
If you go to the Torch Cam, you can choose different views, and the Harbor Cam even has sound (not much to hear though). The views must be gorgeous at sunset/sunrise.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:13:21pm |
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:15:32pm |
re: #168 windsagio
that's the steve I know, with the trumped up cynicism :p
The thing is, its not like voting is that much work, I'm not into sulking.
I've never not voted, but it's easy enough to justify....anyway next year I'm voting against God and I hope it upsets him
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:15:52pm |
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prairiefire Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:18:43pm |
re: #175 albusteve
thanks for that
Glad you had a good trip. My children are also the smartest kids in the world. I don't think there's a quota.
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:20:05pm |
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:20:58pm |
re: #158 windsagio
but did you have a poster of the Asia Dragon?
I didn't (wasn't allowed.) But I wanted one.
Does that count?
Geoff is still one of my KB idols, yeah, I think it counts.
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McSpiff Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:21:12pm |
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:22:17pm |
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:22:23pm |
re: #165 CuriousLurker
Oh, how I love NYC. It's so beautiful, especially at night. 12+ years I've been living in the area and the sight of Manhattan, NY Harbor, Lady Liberty, and the bridges spanning the East River still take my breath away. I'm hopelessly smitten. *sigh*
I didn't know you were in the NYC area! We're practically neighbors! :)
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:24:13pm |
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:26:15pm |
re: #183 windsagio
not allowed? That's a bitch!
and yes it counts:D
Eh, it just made me like it all the more.
I posted this once for Your High-Drama 80s KB Clip of the Day, once. Can never post it too many times, imo.
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McSpiff Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:26:19pm |
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:26:21pm |
re: #181 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Nice to see ya, Van Winkle.
sometimes you just gotta take five...
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McSpiff Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:26:50pm |
re: #187 McSpiff
Heh that's a good way to sum up the last few
weeksmonths.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:28:16pm |
re: #182 makeitstop
I didn't know you were in the NYC area! We're practically neighbors! :)
Really? Where are you? I'm in Jersey around the Oranges. Moved here from Queens around 6 years ago. I miss NYC.
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:28:36pm |
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:30:34pm |
re: #193 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Yes. Some Time Out.
heh...artwork a bit ahead of it's time...
I like some cool jazz here and there
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:30:58pm |
re: #192 CuriousLurker
Really? Where are you? I'm in Jersey around the Oranges. Moved here from Queens around 6 years ago. I miss NYC.
I'm out on Long Island. I get into NYC quite a bit, though.
I moved to Flushing from Philly in '78. At one point I moved back there, and didn't last a week. This place gets into your blood. :)
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:31:43pm |
re: #196 albusteve
heh...artwork a bit ahead of it's time...
I like some cool jazz here and there
My wife loves her some Brubeck.
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McSpiff Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:31:59pm |
re: #192 CuriousLurker
Really? Where are you? I'm in Jersey around the Oranges. Moved here from Queens around 6 years ago. I miss NYC.
I got to spend about 4 hours in NYC the other week. Talk about a tease...
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:32:23pm |
re: #194 Gus 802
[Video]Fuel baby!
two days ago I visited the CAF Museum in Midland TX...very cool place
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:33:50pm |
re: #200 albusteve
two days ago I visited the CAF Museum in Midland TX...very cool place
Did ya? I saw few of theirs during the summer.
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prairiefire Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:34:26pm |
I love NYC, but I have too take all that energy in 3 days to one week doses. We had such a good day there this summer. The Alexander McQueen exhibit at the Met, shopping in SOHO (looking out for Lou Reed and Lenny Kravitz), dinner at Balthazar's. It will go down as one of my favorite days ever.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:35:05pm |
I've been arguing with KT for weeks now. On and off. I'm giving it all a rest tonight. :)
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:37:22pm |
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:38:40pm |
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:41:55pm |
re: #197 makeitstop
I'm out on Long Island. I get into NYC quite a bit, though.
I moved to Flushing from Philly in '78. At one point I moved back there, and didn't last a week. This place gets into your blood. :)
I used to have nightmares where I was trapped back in Texas so farrrrr away from NYC with no money and was desperately trying to find a way to get back. I don't have them nearly as much as I used to, but every once in a while...
Maybe we can meet up for coffee or something one day.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:42:11pm |
re: #204 albusteve
re: #201 Gus 802
it's located about 2 minutes off I-20...I couldn't resist...a sweet setup right at Midland airport...and they have a lot of odd junk all over the place...choppers, AA guns, bombs etc
I wanted to visit Edwards. Oh well. You need to make an appointment way in advance. Then be part of a group. It's a real pain in the arse. Saw Mojave from a distance. They have a chopper museum in the Bay Area. Around here is an air museum outside of Buckley. Not much goes on at Buckley. Air shows around here are kind of skimpy. Some C-17 was flying in right after Obama left town on Tuesday. Got some pics of those in Watsonville and went inside one.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:42:21pm |
re: #205 albusteve
I prefer smashmouth blues, but Dave's okay
Me too, given the choice. I can listen to Brubeck for a while but I start to get antsy.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Tears Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:42:25pm |
Good evening Lizardia.
Done cooking/prep work for the event tomorrow and now get to kick back, drink some amaretto and catch up on reading.
:)
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:42:39pm |
re: #199 McSpiff
I got to spend about 4 hours in NYC the other week. Talk about a tease...
LOL, indeed!
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Lidane Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:44:37pm |
Because the best thing for K-12 education is more budget cuts:
‘StudentsFirst’ Spending $70,000 To Support MI GOP Rep. Who Backed Huge Education Cuts
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:45:37pm |
re: #207 Gus 802
I wanted to visit Edwards. Oh well. You need to make an appointment way in advance. Then be part of a group. It's a real pain in the arse. Saw Mojave from a distance. They have a chopper museum in the Bay Area. Around here is an air museum outside of Buckley. Not much goes on at Buckley. Air shows around here are kind of skimpy. Some C-17 was flying in right after Obama left town on Tuesday. Got some pics of those in Watsonville and went inside one.
as usual, you have to seek out the best and who has the time or money to do that?...I didn't even know where the CAF was located, I was just passing thru and presto...got lucky
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:47:45pm |
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:47:57pm |
I miss the '70s too. That's why I have a weird fondness albusteve. For some reason he reminds me of the '70s and the guys I grew up with. I mostly had guy friends and just one close female friend at a time...the guys always seemed like more fun, less maintenance, less drama, heh.
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:51:17pm |
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:53:53pm |
re: #216 Lidane
*sigh*
Dammit, Rangers. Are you trying to choke? WTF.
not looking good...seem to have lost their mojo, you do that you lose
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:55:30pm |
re: #197 makeitstop
BTW, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable with the cup of coffee thing—it was just a thought. I've met lots of online friends in RL, but I know lots of folks aren't comfortable with that.
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:57:14pm |
Tom Scott and the LA Express
shuckin...
promo stuff
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:58:17pm |
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prairiefire Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:59:16pm |
re: #220 Gus 802
You can't always get what you want
[Video]
I swear the organist at my good friend's funeral slipped in the opening chords to this song before "Amazing Grace."
Thanks for posting it, Gus.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 7:59:53pm |
re: #218 CuriousLurker
BTW, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable with the cup of coffee thing—it was just a thought. I've met lots of online friends in RL, but I know lots of folks aren't comfortable with that.
Oh, not at all! I'm sorry, I missed the post.
I'm tweaking a guitar I put together from parts, and I'm coming and going from the computer. The first Friday I have off from playing since May, and I'm here working on a guitar. :)
Most of the time when I'm in NYC it's pretty late at night. But every so often I get a date in the day. If I'm headed in, I'll definitely let you know.
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Targetpractice Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:00:04pm |
re: #220 Gus 802
You can't always get what you want
[Video]
Damnit man, are you trying to get Charles charged with a felony?! Are you a troll?!
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:01:54pm |
Tex-Mex crossover music; Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. It'll immediately send most Mexican American females over the age of 50 into a swoon. ;o)
Rene y Rene "Lo Mucho que Te Quiero"
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prairiefire Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:02:51pm |
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:04:11pm |
re: #227 prairiefire
My boy's rocking out like Mr. Jagger.
heh...
my kids grew up with the Stones...
do it
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:05:32pm |
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:05:53pm |
re: #223 makeitstop
Oh, not at all! I'm sorry, I missed the post.
I'm tweaking a guitar I put together from parts, and I'm coming and going from the computer. The first Friday I have off from playing since May, and I'm here working on a guitar. :)
Most of the time when I'm in NYC it's pretty late at night. But every so often I get a date in the day. If I'm headed in, I'll definitely let you know.
Ah, a guitar. My ex used to call his guitars his "other wives".
I'm on a local NJT stop out here and the trains are few & far between at night, so for me it'd have to be on a Saturday during the day. Or I could probably get a half day off during the week if I had some advance notice—I work from home and my boss is pretty cool.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:07:51pm |
re: #230 albusteve
get out!...
Mustangs and Chevelles...
you're on a roll bro
The first Mustang in the background... That's "Comfortably Numb." Dave Gilmore used to own that.
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:11:30pm |
re: #232 Gus 802
The first Mustang in the background... That's "Comfortably Numb." Dave Gilmore used to own that.
still a very hot, sexy plane...like a vintage Camaro, they look fast standing still
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albusteve Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:12:12pm |
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:15:41pm |
re: #234 albusteve
still a very hot, sexy plane...like a vintage Camaro, they look fast standing still
Almost perfect.
I posted this one maybe?
I sort of wound up in the right place at the right time with these. Everyone else walked to the exit and I followed the line and wound up right here with the winners of the car show and "Comfortably Numb" sitting right there in front of me. No rope. I could have touched it if I wanted to.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:18:52pm |
re: #231 CuriousLurker
Ah, a guitar. My ex used to call his guitars his "other wives".
That's what my wife calls them! It's an addiction - at this point, I've got somewhere north of 30 of them. She handles my addiction with good humor, despite the storage problems they present - at any given time there are guitars in every room of the house except the kitchen and bedroom.
I'm on a local NJT stop out here and the trains are few & far between at night, so for me it'd have to be on a Saturday during the day. Or I could probably get a half day off during the week if I had some advance notice—I work from home and my boss is pretty cool.
I'll definitely keep you posted. I enjoy meeting people in real life - Obdicut is the only Lizard I've met up with to date, but I feel like I already know a lot of you, and meeting up completes the pictures I've got stored in my head.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:18:54pm |
re: #222 prairiefire
I swear the organist at my good friend's funeral slipped in the opening chords to this song before "Amazing Grace."
Thanks for posting it, Gus.
How did things go, BTW? I know it wasn't fun, but did you & your friends work out some way to remember her that made you all feel a little better?
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:22:32pm |
re: #237 makeitstop
That's what my wife calls them! It's an addiction - at this point, I've got somewhere north of 30 of them. She handles my addiction with good humor, despite the storage problems they present - at any given time there are guitars in every room of the house except the kitchen and bedroom.
ZOMG! O_o My ex never had more than 5-6 at a time. I told him that technically he wasn't supposed to have more than 4 wives, so he was over the limit, heh.
I'll definitely keep you posted. I enjoy meeting people in real life - Obdicut is the only Lizard I've met up with to date, but I feel like I already know a lot of you, and meeting up completes the pictures I've got stored in my head.
I enjoy it too. Heck, we should have a mini-meetup with Obdi too, if he can make it. He knows my email addy, so I'll drop him a line and ask him to give it to you.
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Kragar Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:25:32pm |
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:26:20pm |
re: #240 CuriousLurker
ZOMG! O_o My ex never had more than 5-6 at a time. I told him that technically he wasn't supposed to have more than 4 wives, so he was over the limit, heh.
Well, I've been playing for nearly 50 years (it still boggles my mind to even type that) and collecting in earnest for about half that time, so they tend to pile up after a while. I'm always buying and selling and building and modifying. It keeps me out of trouble, and I do use all of them when I play - not all at one time, but I do 'rotate the stock,' was it were.
I enjoy it too. Heck, we should have a mini-meetup with Obdi too, if he can make it. He knows my email addy, so I'll drop him a line and ask him to give it to you.
That'd be great, thank you. Maybe an LGF NY chapter meeting is in order.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:28:01pm |
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Targetpractice Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:28:25pm |
The Cards win the World Series...I blame Obama!!!
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:28:39pm |
re: #244 CuriousLurker
Beautiful car.
Sure is. They had to cut the air show short because of fog that blew back in.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:28:50pm |
re: #243 makeitstop
Well, I've been playing for nearly 50 years (it still boggles my mind to even type that) and collecting in earnest for about half that time, so they tend to pile up after a while. I'm always buying and selling and building and modifying. It keeps me out of trouble, and I do use all of them when I play.
Wow, that's impressive!
That'd be great, thank you. Maybe an LGF NY chapter meeting is in order.
It'll be fun, I'm sure of it.
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prairiefire Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:29:20pm |
re: #238 CuriousLurker
How did things go, BTW? I know it wasn't fun, but did you & your friends work out some way to remember her that made you all feel a little better?
Thanks, it was a nice memorial. She was cremated, so there was no casket, phew. There were six of us sorority sisters there. It was just like we went back in time 30 years to all the quirks and foibles of getting along. I was having a conversation with her in my head about how all the dynamics among us were the same.
We all felt that the memorial service was a good tribute to her. We will donate individually to the Pancreatic Cancer "Purple Stride" fund raiser in her name.
I've known her since 5th grade. There will be a hole in my life, but I'm a sentimental old fool. She would tell me to "toughen up, buttercup."
Thanks, CL ~{{CL}}
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:31:17pm |
re: #241 MikeySDCA
Cards 6-2 final. Yee-ha!
Whoa.
In other news, my wife just IM'd me this link:
Metalachi!! Cool.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:34:11pm |
A green communist conspiracy that bratfart's gang apparently missed:
White House Garden Activist Calls for National Garden Strategy
Maine-based garden advocate, Roger Doiron, has a way of stirring the pot when it comes to the nation's food. Many credit him with having helped inspire First Lady Michelle Obama to plant her White House kitchen garden via a year-long social media campaign he led during the last presidential campaign. Using viral images and videos, Doiron's campaign garnered over 110,000 petition signatures, won the United Nations Foundation's "On Day One" contest for the best idea for President Obama to pursue upon taking office, and attracted broad international media attention. In a newly released TEDx video, Doiron looks beyond the success of the White House garden to what needs to be done next to help the country's food garden movement grow.
"Although a kitchen garden revolution has started, we're still scratching at the surface of what gardens can do and will need to do in an increasingly hot, crowded and malnourished world," says Doiron who is Founding Director of the nonprofit Kitchen Gardeners International. Citing statistics about obesity, hunger, projected population growth and peak oil production, Doiron makes a strong case for investing more heavily in food garden education and promotion as part of the solution to the world's health, economic and environmental challenges.
Among his proposals are the following:
- Creating a long-term National Food Garden Strategy designed to increase the number of new food gardens and their productivity. [...]
- Financing this new strategy via the next Farm Bill by reallocating taxpayer dollars away from commodity crops subsidies and reinvesting them in community-based food production.
- Using the federal tax code to promote gardening through a $1000/household garden stimulus package.
- Updating town and city codes and neighborhood association bylaws to allow people to grow food in front yards and in vacant urban spaces
- Encouraging garden entrepreneurship through the passage of local food sovereignty laws like the ones passed in several Maine towns this past year.
- Brainstorming new ideas to encourage more men to join the country's kitchen garden movement, a movement that is currently nearly 75% female.
- Developing new local networks or "suburban granges" capable of bringing gardeners together online and off.
Doiron concludes his presentation by urging more people to grow their own "subversive plots" citing gardening's ability to redistribute power away from the corporations that are currently putting food on America's tables and back into the hands of the people. "Gardening is a sort of healthy gateway drug to other forms of food freedom." says Doiron. "It's not long after planting a garden that people become interested in home cooking, preserving food and locating their local farmers' market."
SUBVERSION!! This communist clearly admits to subversion, and he has a direct line to the White House!
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:35:59pm |
re: #253 freetoken
I let out a chuckle reading that. Sheesh. I really need a cig now. Whew I tell ya'.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:36:49pm |
re: #249 prairiefire
Thanks, it was a nice memorial. She was cremated, so there was no casket, phew. There were six of us sorority sisters there. It was just like we went back in time 30 years to all the quirks and foibles of getting along. I was having a conversation with her in my head about how all the dynamics among us were the same.
We all felt that the memorial service was a good tribute to her. We will donate individually to the Pancreatic Cancer "Purple Stride" fund raiser in her name.
I've known her since 5th grade. There will be a hole in my life, but I'm a sentimental old fool. She would tell me to "toughen up, buttercup."
Thanks, CL ~{{CL}}
Okay, now you made me tear up, darn it! I'm really glad you all were pleased with the tribute. FWIW, a friend of mine recently survived uterine cancer and went on two walks in NYC this month in honor of a friend of hers who has lymphoma (they wore purple too). It was really important to her that she do that, so your girlfriend would probably have loved the idea of all of you making donations in her name.
Right back atcha' {{prariefire}} ;o)
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prairiefire Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:37:02pm |
re: #251 makeitstop
Whoa.
In other news, my wife just IM'd me this link:
[Video]Metalachi!! Cool.
That's awesome.
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:38:47pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:41:02pm |
Hahaha! These BLRs remind me of Beck lyrics.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:48:13pm |
I can honestly say. Michelle Obama didn't even cross my mind once today. And I even spent some time thinking about the Feds to boot. These dudes really need to grow a pair of balls or something. Because from where I'm sittin' they seem to be missing some. Michelle Obama is an excellent FLOTUS.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:52:06pm |
re: #259 Gus 802
[Video]NRPS
I thought it was gonna be a video about the other Panama Red. I seriously need to step away from the computer. You infidels are such a bad influence!!11! //
And on that note, I'm going to pack it in for the night...go read a book or something.
Take care, everyone.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:53:05pm |
re: #262 CuriousLurker
I thought it was gonna be a video about the other Panama Red. I seriously need to step away from the computer. You infidels are such a bad influence!!11! //
And on that note, I'm going to pack it in for the night...go read a book or something.
Take care, everyone.
It is! ;) Later CL.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:55:28pm |
re: #2 EmmmieG
Is Cain unconcerned about the badgers?
Honey Badger doesn't care about a national sales tax. Honey Badger doesn't give a shit.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Oct 28, 2011 8:59:57pm |
re: #260 Gus 802
I can honestly say. Michelle Obama didn't even cross my mind once today. And I even spent some time thinking about the Feds to boot. These dudes really need to grow a pair of balls or something. Because from where I'm sittin' they seem to be missing some. Michelle Obama is an excellent FLOTUS.
She spent yesterday in Chicago, including some time spent with Rahm at a Walgreen's, discussing food availability (said Walgreens having put in a produce department). Doesn't bother me any (though I remain quite skeptical of the whole idea of "food deserts"), since I actually find I agreed with those two's tastes in food most of the time. My dad would wonder aloud if either of them uses "list discipline" when grocery shopping, but that just his schtick and he'd be saying it in good fun.
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Talking Point Detective Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:14:02pm |
re: #266 Dark_Falcon
(though I remain quite skeptical of the whole idea of "food deserts"),.
Mind explaining that skepticism?
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makeitstopghazi Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:16:37pm |
Speaking of bands taking an idea and completely twisting it...
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:19:47pm |
re: #266 Dark_Falcon
(though I remain quite skeptical of the whole idea of "food deserts")
While I remain skeptical that you even understand the idea.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:20:19pm |
re: #260 Gus 802
Michelle Obama is an excellent FLOTUS.
She's a SUBVERSIVE!! Part of the green communist plot to turn all true men into sissy gardeners.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:23:22pm |
re: #266 Dark_Falcon
She spent yesterday in Chicago, including some time spent with Rahm at a Walgreen's, discussing food availability (said Walgreens having put in a produce department). Doesn't bother me any (though I remain quite skeptical of the whole idea of "food deserts"), since I actually find I agreed with those two's tastes in food most of the time. My dad would wonder aloud if either of them uses "list discipline" when grocery shopping, but that just his schtick and he'd be saying it in good fun.
It's odd. But I know the motivation here. I go to Walgreens for getting bandaids or laundry detergent. Not food shopping. Let alone produce. The punchline being that Walgreens got on the map be selling medicinal liquor during prohibition. That's some legacy to work from. Especially given that Walgreens tries to pretend that they're all conservative and such. And the other odd thing is that Obama is no friend of marijuana legalization. And I'm no fan of Rahm Emanuel at all. But that's life.
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funky chicken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:26:24pm |
re: #39 EmmmieG
Somebody looked at the estimate and thought it was okay. $76 for lunch. Somebody else looked at it and thought, I can approve this.
What do you want to bet that it was a mediocre lunch, too? I paid less than $76 for my entree at Spago last week, and it was the best food I've ever had. Banquets and other large, hotel-catered meals usually suck. $76 bucks for a hotel lunch? Idiotic.
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:27:31pm |
re: #270 freetoken
She's a SUBVERSIVE!! Part of the green communist plot to turn all true men into sissy gardeners.
Stupid internet. I never even heard of any of this stuff. What's wrong with these people?
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:28:31pm |
One of the few of Billboard's Top 100 Hits from 1961 that could legitimately lay claim to being serious music and thus longevity:
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:29:20pm |
I guess you have to wake up in the morning with a hard-on for life. Log-in to Big Government or Michelle Malkin. Read the latest outrage and then go from there. Seriously? That sounds like a mental problem.
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funky chicken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:32:10pm |
Wait. "food desserts?" Aren't all desserts made of food?
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prairiefire Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:32:34pm |
re: #272 funky chicken
Oooh, what did you have at Spago?
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funky chicken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:34:08pm |
re: #275 Gus 802
I guess you have to wake up in the morning with a hard-on for life. Log-in to Big Government or Michelle Malkin. Read the latest outrage and then go from there. Seriously? That sounds like a mental problem.
I'm not a guy, but wouldn't that kinda ruin any, well, morning enthusiasm one might have?
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:34:55pm |
Time to watch The Office and then hit the hay.
Later folks. And remember boys. Give me three days and three nights of hard fightin'. And you shall be relieved!
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Gus Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:36:12pm |
re: #278 funky chicken
I'm not a guy, but wouldn't that kinda ruin any, well, morning enthusiasm one might have?
It sure would. It's really pretty stupid. They need to re-group or something. Later.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:36:25pm |
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funky chicken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:39:56pm |
Salt crust baked fish with veggies in a mushroom sauce. And the 12 layer cake for dessert. It was my birthday, and I've wanted to eat there for many years. So, what the hell?
It was awesome, and with taxes and tip it did cost more than $76...but I guarantee it was a far better meal than those State Dept folks got for lunch from Hilton.
Carrabba's makes a great lunch, and you can get out of there for under 20 bucks, and that would include a drink, taxes, and a generous tip. Jeez, Olive Garden's lunch is great, and is even cheaper. So it does bug me that Hilton charged taxpayers $76 a head for mediocre food. For $76 bucks a person they should have had foie gras and truffles on that lunch portion.
And I won't eat foie...poor geese...and it's liver. Yucky.
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funky chicken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:40:46pm |
I'm off to bed too. Good night, everybody :-).
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:42:39pm |
re: #276 funky chicken
Wait. "food desserts?" Aren't all desserts made of food?
I suppose you could consider them separate from dessert drinks. Port. Cocoa. That kind of thing.
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prairiefire Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:46:40pm |
I prefer dessert carts, meaning carts full of desserts.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:52:11pm |
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Oct 28, 2011 9:54:44pm |
This Wild Blue premium blueberry lager's got my number, 8%. Kudos to whoever put this overly sweet liquid embarrassment in my fridge.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:01:04pm |
re: #271 Gus 802
It's odd. But I know the motivation here. I go to Walgreens for getting bandaids or laundry detergent. Not food shopping. Let alone produce. The punchline being that Walgreens got on the map be selling medicinal liquor during prohibition. That's some legacy to work from. Especially given that Walgreens tries to pretend that they're all conservative and such. And the other odd thing is that Obama is no friend of marijuana legalization. And I'm no fan of Rahm Emanuel at all. But that's life.
Well, most Walgreens' do not carry produce, but they don't see a need to do so. The one visited by Rahm Emanuel and Michelle Obama is something of an experiment, adding produce to see if such grocery items will sell. In northwest Chicago. where my parents live, there are dedicated produce stores in addition to supermarkets. So Walgreens sticks to its traditional role up there.
Walgreens does retain a sense of the history of their home city. Perhaps this can be best seen at their location on the southeast corner of Monroe and Clark in the Loop. The display windows carry photos from the turn of the century up till the early 1950's while outside Walgreens has maintained the "Time and Temperature Bell" from when the space was occupied by the flagship branch of the now-defunct Bell Federal Savings.
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Lidane Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:09:47pm |
Turned in my final paper for a class three hours ago. Now I'm going to try and enjoy my weekend.
Tomorrow I'm taking mom's car to get appraised at Carmax and to take a look around. We'll see what happens. :)
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:14:39pm |
re: #292 Lidane
Tomorrow I'm taking mom's car to get appraised at Carmax and to take a look around. We'll see what happens. :)
Good luck. Car dealers and salesmen are despised for good reasons. Carmax may be no exception, though their advertising would certainly try to convince you otherwise.
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laZardo Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:25:58pm |
So I just finished my graduation walk and I have never felt grouchier.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:27:20pm |
re: #294 Dark_Falcon
Then why do you remain skeptical about such an obvious concept like the demonstrable lack of healthy, affordable market availability for food in certain areas? It's not a matter of what you know, it's a matter of what you're willing to admit. It's not even a difficult thing for someone with your admittedly limited empathic abilities to imagine, you don't own a car so how hard would it be if you lived in an area with no local market and no access to mass transit? Maybe you're under the impression that they're strictly an urban phenomenon, well guess what, they aren't.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:32:59pm |
re: #294 Dark_Falcon
Food deserts are a real thing, dude, and they're in your backyard
Experts have declared roughly half of Detroit (pop. 916,000) a food desert and estimate that nearly 633,000 of Chicago's 3 million residents live in neighborhoods either lacking or far away from conventional supermarkets like Jewel, Pathmark and Winn-Dixie. The paucity of affordable, healthy food options in urban communities is ironic in a country with an abundance of food. "Everyone deserves to eat," says Mari Gallagher, president of the National Center for Public Research, a Chicago group that studies urban issues. The crisis, she adds, "really is a matter of life and death."
Read more: [Link: www.time.com...]
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:34:57pm |
re: #296 goddamnedfrank
Maybe you're under the idea that they're strictly an urban phenomenon, well guess what, they aren't.
While I endorse the general concern, I will say that map is sort of wacky. For example, in the San Diego area that map lists as a "food desert" such locations as Miramar MCAS, Lindbergh Field, and Mission Bay Park. Military bases, airports, and recreational parks are not something I would frankly be worried about as far as a food desert problem.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:35:37pm |
re: #298 freetoken
While I endorse the general concern, I will say that map is sort of wacky. For example, in the San Diego area that map lists as a "food desert" such locations as Miramar MCAS, Lindbergh Field, and Mission Bay Park. Military bases, airports, and recreational parks are not something I would frankly be worried about as far as a food desert problem.
MRE's are food?
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:37:12pm |
re: #299 EmmmieG
MRE's are food?
Heh, there is no accounting for taste.
Wars are won on them, which is their purpose.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:53:02pm |
Hmmm. The thread has no pulse.
*Double dips her chip in the salsa. Kicks her shoes off, right in the center of the room where someone will trip on them.*
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 10:55:45pm |
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Digital Display Fri, Oct 28, 2011 11:05:38pm |
re: #301 EmmmieG
Hmmm. The thread has no pulse.
*Double dips her chip in the salsa. Kicks her shoes off, right in the center of the room where someone will trip on them.*
Hi you! I still got a pulse ( rumors I know)
/
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Oct 28, 2011 11:37:46pm |
re: #301 EmmmieG
*Double dips her chip in...
... a perma-ban from any food oriented gathering The Behemoth has anything to do with.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 11:43:43pm |
So my curiosity has sent me off to look at papers on "food deserts" and I am reminded once again why I have such a low opinion of so much published research in the so called "medical" fields. Makes me want to be a Tea Partier* and zero-fund these projects.
*
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Oct 28, 2011 11:45:41pm |
re: #306 freetoken
Any associations with Dr. Oz and the like?
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 11:47:03pm |
re: #307 Slumbering Behemoth
Any associations with Dr. Oz and the like?
Had to look that one up. Fortunately, not having ever watched Oprah I have saved my brain cells from that one.
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freetoken Fri, Oct 28, 2011 11:56:16pm |
Night Clouds' Choral Cantata "Hands of the Clock Nearing Midnight":
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Oct 28, 2011 11:57:45pm |
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makeitstopghazi Sat, Oct 29, 2011 12:09:13am |
The party is the firm’s big annual bash. Employees wear Halloween costumes to the office, where they party until around noon, and then return to work, still in costume. I can’t tell you how people dressed for this year’s party, but I can tell you about last year’s.
That’s because a former employee of Steven J. Baum recently sent me snapshots of last year’s party. In an e-mail, she said that she wanted me to see them because they showed an appalling lack of compassion toward the homeowners — invariably poor and down on their luck — that the Baum firm had brought foreclosure proceedings against.
When we spoke later, she added that the snapshots are an accurate representation of the firm’s mind-set. “There is this really cavalier attitude,” she said. “It doesn’t matter that people are going to lose their homes.” Nor does the firm try to help people get mortgage modifications; the pressure, always, is to foreclose. I told her I wanted to post the photos on The Times’s Web site so that readers could see them. She agreed, but asked to remain anonymous because she said she fears retaliation.
Some humans really suck.
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(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 1:34:59am |
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 2:55:28am |
[Link: www.irishcentral.com...]
Micheal Daniel Higgins, known universally as Micheal D., who looks certain to become Ireland’s next president, is 70 years old and a native of Limerick.
[...]
Higgins has had poems published in a number of periodicals, as well as publishing three collections of his poetry, including, The Betrayal (1990), his second book of poems The Season of Fire and his latest book An Arid Season.
A poet born in Limerick? What could go wrong? ///
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:02:12am |
re: #315 Sergey Romanov
[Link: www.irishcentral.com...]
A poet born in Limerick? What could go wrong? ///
All bills in the Dial must be 3 pages long, and rhyme.
'Morning.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:31:16am |
re: #317 RogueOne
MM.
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:31:45am |
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:34:39am |
re: #319 Varek Raith
Cigarettes for breakfast but I do have some cupcakes I'll have with my coffee. I like to eat healthy.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:37:49am |
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:38:12am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:38:29am |
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:38:34am |
re: #320 RogueOne
Cigarettes for breakfast but I do have some cupcakes I'll have with my coffee. I like to eat healthy.
Had coffee and a madeline, but I'm not maudlin about it.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:39:10am |
re: #297 WindUpBird
Food deserts are a real thing, dude, and they're in your backyard
Would that be the Chicago that has fought tooth and nail to keep Wal-Mart out?
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:39:10am |
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:41:41am |
Ah--Wife has added a pbnj bagel, a food with no literary history.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:49:35am |
Good news:
Fox To Reboot ‘In Living Color’ With Keenen Ivory Wayans; 2 Specials Set For Midseason
[Link: www.deadline.com...]
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:52:24am |
re: #328 RogueOne
Good news:
Fox To Reboot ‘In Living Color’ With Keenen Ivory Wayans; 2 Specials Set For Midseason
[Link: www.deadline.com...][Video]
Beavis and Butthead are back too.
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:54:24am |
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 3:55:35am |
re: #329 Varek Raith
Beavis and Butthead are back too.
I'm a huge fan. I enjoyed the new ones Thursday, especially the werewolf episode.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:01:14am |
re: #325 RogueOne
Would that be the Chicago that has fought tooth and nail to keep Wal-Mart out?
Weird. I've heard about food deserts.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:07:12am |
re: #329 Varek Raith
Beavis and Butthead are back too.
Beavis and Butthead are sort of fun until they grow up and become platoon leaders.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:07:54am |
re: #333 Cannadian Club Akbar
Mississippi, one big food desert and the fattest state.
[Link: www.suntimes.com...]
If the hungry ones would eat the fat ones it would solve both problems. I'm an idea man.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:10:00am |
re: #334 Decatur Deb
My OCS class had one. We called him "short round" (artillery reference for those that don't get it).
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:14:02am |
re: #336 RogueOne
My OCS class had one. We called him "short round" (artillery reference for those that don't get it).
Oh ,, I thought it was because he had a low sperm count!
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:14:42am |
re: #337 sattv4u2
That was during the height of DADT. I didn't ask.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:14:53am |
re: #325 RogueOne
Would that be the Chicago that has fought tooth and nail to keep Wal-Mart out?
How are teh two possibly related?
//
Also, Good Morning Honcos!!
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:16:10am |
Heh, didn't know that Elizabeth Warren was a Republican into her 40s. (Heck, until recently I thought she is in her 40s.)
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:17:33am |
re: #340 Sergey Romanov
I think that might be the best race to watch in the country. 2 good candidates, should be fun.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:18:38am |
re: #340 Sergey Romanov
Heh, didn't know that Elizabeth Warren was a Republican into here 40s. (Heck, I thought she is in her 40s.)
In Massachusetts, the line is pretty indistinguishable.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:22:05am |
re: #342 sattv4u2
In Massachusetts, the line is pretty indistinguishable.
From wiki I see she is not a native and was all over the map (literally) in her career. When did she arrive in MA?
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:22:33am |
re: #343 RogueOne
Is mass. your home state?
Yes
Born just outside of Boston (could walk to Boston Garden from my house in 45 minutes when I was a kid)
Spent most of the 1st 43 years of my life in/around Boston
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:23:23am |
re: #344 Sergey Romanov
From wiki I see she is not a native and was all over the map (literally) in her career. When did she arrive in MA?
I'm not really sure.
I moved from Boston (permanently, I think) about 13 years ago
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:23:34am |
re: #339 rwdflynavy
Hey I know you posted a story about Apple the other day. Not sure if this is a different story but wondering if you saw it. It's dated 10/28/2011.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
And the money quote (from a link inside the link):
"It's a topic for the board on an ongoing basis and we will continue to discuss it," Cook said in response to an analyst question. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer jumped in after Cook was finished answering the question, to point out that more than two-thirds of Apple's $81 billion cash pile was sitting offshore.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:24:25am |
re: #345 sattv4u2
That's why you're such a lib! Well, for a conservative. ///
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:24:42am |
re: #325 RogueOne
Would that be the Chicago that has fought tooth and nail to keep Wal-Mart out?
probably!
(you won't find me trashing walmart. sometimes you just need Fallout New vegas for the 360 at 3 in the morning)
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:25:14am |
re: #348 Sergey Romanov
That's why you're such a lib! Well, for a conservative. ///
Back "home", I'm a raging rwnj! (comparatively)!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:26:54am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:27:15am |
re: #350 sattv4u2
Back "home", I'm a raging rwnj! (comparatively)!
MA rwnj is a pinko hippie in AL./
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:27:39am |
re: #352 Sergey Romanov
Or GA /
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:27:40am |
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:27:51am |
re: #350 sattv4u2
So what does a boston-atlanta accent sound like and can anyone understand you through a drive-thru speaker?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:28:54am |
re: #355 RogueOne
So what does a boston-atlanta accent sound like and can anyone understand you through a drive-thru speaker?
They understand him. They usually say "No, I don't want fries with that"!!
/
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:30:12am |
re: #355 RogueOne
So what does a boston-atlanta accent sound like and can anyone understand you through a drive-thru speaker?
I still have a strong Brahmin/ Back Bay/ Kennedy-esq accent
Funny thing is, my son has a Boston accent (not nearly as strog as mine, but you can tell)
We moved here when he was 4. He's 17 now and most of his teachers and friends (especially grammar school) had southern accents, so we thought at his age he'd pick it up
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:30:38am |
re: #356 Cannadian Club Akbar
They understand him. They usually say "No, I don't want fries with that"!!
/
hey , at least I don't have to pay for the pointy hats!
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:34:11am |
If a funeral is on Halloween, is it appropriate to come in costume?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:36:09am |
Guy's pic on the front page of this link is charged with DUI/manslaughter. He doesn't look drunk to me.
/How do you say 30 years?
[Link: www.tampabay.com...]
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:36:18am |
re: #359 RogueOne
If a funeral is on Halloween, is it appropriate to come in costume?
Sure
But not your Ballerina outfit
Ghost, angel, devil etc are all acceptable!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:36:47am |
re: #359 RogueOne
If a funeral is on Halloween, is it appropriate to come in costume?
Dress up as the dead person. It will be a hoot!!!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:37:10am |
re: #360 Cannadian Club Akbar
Guy's pic on the front page of this link is charged with DUI/manslaughter. He doesn't look drunk to me.
/How do you say 30 years?
[Link: www.tampabay.com...]
It'll take him half that just to sleep it off!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:40:57am |
Coast Guard intercepts drug sub with 7 tons of cocaine worth $180 million
[Link: www.tampabay.com...]
Looks like I picked the wrong week to start smoking crack.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:41:08am |
re: #362 Cannadian Club Akbar
Dress up as the dead person. It will be a hoot!!!
I received an angry email from my mom last night just because I suggested she watch a couple zombie movies so she knows how to handle any emergency when she goes to a family funeral Monday, "just in case".
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:42:11am |
re: #364 Cannadian Club Akbar
Coast Guard intercepts drug sub with 7 tons of cocaine worth $180 million
[Link: www.tampabay.com...]Looks like I picked the wrong week to start smoking crack.
Go down to the docks and volunteer to help them inventory!!
(one for you, and one for me,,,, one for you and ,,,,,)
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:42:15am |
OK, I finally found this schlocky movie which I didn't finish watching many, many years ago but that somehow stuck in my memory. Thank IPU for torrents! So, bbl.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:44:41am |
re: #364 Cannadian Club Akbar
Somebody in a cartel somewhere is going to die because of this.
We probably should have let it through.
/
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:48:06am |
re: #368 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You were talking about John Wayne Gacy the other day. I looked at his Wiki page and found this:
Before the execution began, the chemicals administered to perform the execution unexpectedly solidified, clogging the IV tube administering the chemicals into Gacy's arm and complicating the execution procedure. Blinds covering the window through which witnesses observed the execution were drawn, and the execution team replaced the clogged tube to complete the procedure. After ten minutes, the blinds were reopened and the execution resumed. The entire procedure took a total of 18 minutes to complete
Couldn't happen to a nicer person.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:48:26am |
Justin Bieber: The Anti-Metallica
Justin Bieber: Sen. Klobuchar should be ‘put away in cuffs’
[Link: thehill.com...]
Oh, “Baby!” A battle is brewing between teen pop star Justin Bieber and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) over an anti-piracy bill she is sponsoring.
The baby-faced Canadian pop star told Washington radio station Hot 99.5 on Friday that the congresswoman should be “put away in cuffs” for her support of a bill that would make it a felony to post unlicensed content online 10 times in 180 days. The bill is backed by the Recording Industry Association of America, the Motion Picture Association of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:51:25am |
Can't sleep;
Clowns will eat me.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:52:45am |
Thomas Davis Answered Door Naked While Watching Child Porn: Cops
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
He really didn't think things through.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:54:09am |
re: #369 Cannadian Club Akbar
There was a great "Far Side" once... guy's in old sparky and it won't work. Guard says to the guard at the big switch... "Yank it up and down a few times."
The look on the con's face is great.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:59:04am |
Speaking of great cheesy movies and clowns, anyone remember Killer Klowns From Outer Space?
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 4:59:59am |
re: #374 RogueOne
Speaking of great cheesy movies and clowns, anyone remember Killer Klowns From Outer Space?
[Video]
Otherwise known as
"Meet My In-Laws"
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:04:57am |
re: #375 sattv4u2
"Meet My In-Laws"
Full disclosure. I adore my mother in law.
Friend told me this mother in law joke a couple of days ago.
"I gave my mother in law a burial plot for Christmas two years ago. She was upset that I didn't get her anything last year. I told her, 'Well, I figured since you didn't use the last gift I got you...'"
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:06:20am |
re: #376 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
((Full disclosure. I adored my mother in law also)).
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:07:53am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:10:36am |
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:13:13am |
re: #379 Cannadian Club Akbar
Did you tell the ex MIL, "Ha!! Ya missed!! And BTW, I'm fucking your daughter!!!"
/
I'd tell you what I said but it would get massive downdings without the proper context. I might have had the swing she took at me coming but she started it. Her husband thought my comment was funny, he spewed!, the meal turned into a melee and I was never invited to another family function.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:14:45am |
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:16:03am |
re: #381 sattv4u2
I've always figured if you're going to go out, go out with a bang
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:20:19am |
Security Breach!
Obamas' Halloween candy revealed
[Link: www.politico.com...]
The White House Halloween candy lineup: Eye of newt, toe of frog, and dried fruit.
Truly bloodcurdling. Who’d want to eat dried fruit?
All tricks aside, White House trick-or-treaters will be given a box of White House M&Ms, a proprietary sweet butter cookie and a serving of dried fruit, according to a White House press release sent out Friday.
Story has this pic:
Image: 111028_white_house_pumpkin_ap_283_regular.jpg
I think the guy on the right is turning his pumpkin into a bong.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:21:45am |
re: #383 RogueOne
I think the guy on the right is turning his pumpkin into a bong.
Nope ,,, pumpkin envy !!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:25:44am |
re: #383 RogueOne
The White House Sweet Dough Butter Cookie Recipe
1 lb Sugar 1 tsp Vanilla
2 lbs Butter 1 tsp Salt
3 Eggs 3 lbs All Purpose Flour
Mix the butter and sugar till soft and well beaten. Then add eggs, vanilla, salt and half the flour. Beat on slow speed till mixed, then add the rest of the flour and mix until incorporated.
Push flat onto a cookie sheet and refrigerate overnight. Roll out to one quarter inch thick and cut out cookie shapes with cookie cutter.
Bake at 350F for 14 minutes and then allow to cool.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:28:39am |
re: #385 Cannadian Club Akbar
The article says it's a "proprietary" cookie which I think means it only works with certain software. Probably apple.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:28:46am |
I watched a woman on Diners, Drive Ins and Dives make fettuccine last night.
Very impressive.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:38:53am |
Occupy Oakland: Tents return as documentary filmmaker Michael Moore energizes protesters
[Link: www.mercurynews.com...]
Mayor Jean Quan Friday backed off her no-camping request to Occupy Oakland protesters, who seemed determined to ignore the edict anyway by covering Frank Ogawa Plaza with dozens of tents.
City Hall issued a list of guidelines, but the protesters seemed to be setting their own agenda. A Friday afternoon visit by documentary filmmaker Michael Moore to the plaza only strengthened their determination and defiance. Moore, in turn, credited Occupy Oakland for energizing the national movement.
People all over the country watched as police on Tuesday hurled tear gas and other projectiles at Oakland protesters, Moore said.
....
One camper, 19-year-old Jesse Orton, from Oregon, said he has no intention of leaving the plaza at night despite Quan's request."It is a free world," he said. "Why should they have power over me?"
He said he would not listen to the mayor, but that she could "come join us and smoke a bowl with us."
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:41:52am |
re: #388 RogueOne
Is Quan schitzophrenic or something? If you're just going to wind up letting them camp there, why launch a confrontation where you kick them out in the first place?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:43:36am |
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Flounder Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:46:46am |
re: #390 Cannadian Club Akbar
Exempt, he pays union dues to the film actors guild
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:48:02am |
re: #391 Shropshire_Slasher
Exempt, he pays union dues to the film actors guild
And he wears baseball caps!
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:50:16am |
re: #389 Obdicut
Is Quan schitzophrenic or something? If you're just going to wind up letting them camp there, why launch a confrontation where you kick them out in the first place?
It's possible that they're learning from their mistakes.
FTA:
Asked why campers were allowed to return, Quan said, the city is not exactly "letting" them camp again.
"We are asking them not to camp," she said, but quickly added that people were not being moved out because "closing down the camp would cause more violence."
The health issues that prompted the raid on the camp had not returned, she said.
and more importantly:
He asked the public to turn over video of incidents to police. Jordan also said the monitoring agreement connected to the Riders lawsuit "does not prevent us from using bean bags." The lawsuit stems from a police misconduct scandal in 2003.
Rubber bullets, however, Quan added, are not allowed. "One of the things we are looking at is, 'Did someone else bring them in, was there a disconnect?' "
They've moved from "we didn't do it!" to a solid "maybe" they were used. The one pic I saw of someone getting hit with a rubber bullet looked pretty conclusive to me.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:50:34am |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:52:13am |
re: #394 Cannadian Club Akbar
Pfftt. Spartans fan.
/
Just showing that he's one of 'the people', unlike those wolverines who are "the system"!
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:52:37am |
I just noticed the first frame of the video on that link there's a crucified ronald mcdonald in the background. snort.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:53:53am |
re: #396 RogueOne
I just noticed the first frame of the video on that link there's a crucified ronald mcdonald in the background. snort.
But Nana Pelosi says they're just a "small company"!!
[Link: www.realclearpolitics.com...]
//
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:56:36am |
"I knew about it before I knew about it"
Eric Holder to testify on Fast and Furious
[Link: www.cbsnews.com...]
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:57:15am |
re: #390 Cannadian Club Akbar
LOL. Good catch. Moore is not evil, but boy, is he a clown.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:57:31am |
re: #395 sattv4u2
Just showing that he's one of 'the people', unlike those wolverines who are "the system"!
I hate U of M more.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:58:18am |
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:58:18am |
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:59:08am |
re: #398 sattv4u2
"I knew about it before I knew about it"
Eric Holder to testify on Fast and Furious
[Link: www.cbsnews.com...]
That could be fun to watch.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 5:59:34am |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:00:50am |
re: #403 RogueOne
That could be fun to watch.
Maybe, but it looks as if he has his script ready
Holder later explained in a letter to Congress that he didn't read those memos, and that in any event, nobody at the Justice Department who knew of Fast and Furious was aware of the specific "gunwalking" tactics used.
"who,,, US !?!?!"
"The dog ate my homework!"
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:00:59am |
When I watched "Fahrenheit", I, of course, saw Bush's "rich and richer" quip. I probably thought something like "whoah". Of course, back then I had no idea about what "Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner" was, nor did Moore give any indication of that. Dishonest is as dishonest does.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:01:16am |
re: #404 Cannadian Club Akbar
I have to root for Thad Matta. He continued to support Butler even after he left.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:02:36am |
re: #406 Sergey Romanov
When I watched "Fahrenheit", I, of course, saw Bush's "rich and richer" quip. I probably thought something like "whoah". Of course, back then I had no idea about what "Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner" was, nor did Moore give any indication of that. Dishonest is as dishonest does.
Christopher Hitchens agrees.
[Link: www.slate.com...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:03:20am |
re: #407 RogueOne
I have to root for Thad Matta. He continued to support Butler even after he left.
I love Butler and Canicius.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:04:47am |
re: #409 Cannadian Club Akbar
I love Butler and Canicius.
Was he the emperor just before or just after Caligula???
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:06:56am |
Good idea, bad execution:
Colorado Springs man in trouble after 2 dates arrive at same time
[Link: www.denverpost.com...]
A man was charged with false reporting when he called in a robbery to Colorado Springs police, after his girlfriend and a Craig's List acquaintance arrived at his apartment at the same time.
At 3:13 a.m., officers were called to the Village Seven four-plex at 4995 Picturesque Circle, on a report of a burglary in progress, according to the Colorado Springs Police Department's blotter.
Five officers arrived at the apartment, where 24-year-old Kevin Gaylor, a resident at the complex, reported the robbery.
Shortly after arriving, police learned of Gaylor's ruse.
A Denver woman, who had only just met Gaylor on Craig's List, was coming to visit Gaylor at his apartment when Gaylor's girlfriend unexpectedly arrived home.
When the woman arrived, Gaylor called police and reported the attempted robbery.
Oops
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:12:18am |
Another update on the on-going Houston DWI scandal:
Harris County district attorney called to testify in DWI trial
[Link: www.chron.com...]
Misdemeanor DWI cases are so common in Houston's criminal courthouse that they seem to merit attention only when they involve a pro athlete, a law enforcement official or the daughter of a mayor.
One scheduled to continue on Friday may dwarf any others, with significant implications for an embattled Harris County District Attorney's Office.
A day after the revelation that her office is the target of a grand jury investigation, District Attorney Pat Lykos was called to testify Thursday in an ongoing DWI trial because she made public comments regarding the accuracy of results from the Houston Police Department's troubled mobile breath-testing vehicles.
"The reliability of the BAT vans has come into serious question by the chief prosecutor of Harris County herself," declared Jackie Carpenter, a defense attorney in the DWI trial. "If they're so unreliable, then why are you prosecuting someone with evidence you deem unreliable?"
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:12:49am |
re: #411 RogueOne
If the guy had any skills he would have had himself a threesome. Or two black eyes. Whatever.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:16:19am |
Speaking of in-laws, the perfect xmas gift is going cheap:
Bids low at auction of Kevorkian suicide machine
[Link: www.denverpost.com...]
A suicide machine belonging to Dr. Jack Kevorkian was withdrawn Friday from an auction of the assisted-suicide advocate's possessions after failing to draw a high enough bid, while 17 of his paintings tied up in a legal dispute with a suburban Boston museum found no takers.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:18:40am |
re: #411 RogueOne
Lying to your girlfriend is one thing, lying to the police is another...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:21:04am |
re: #415 ralphieboy
Lying to your girlfriend is one thing, lying to the police is another...
And if your GF is a police officer, well...
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:26:07am |
Faulkner is facing a felony theft charge for stealing the $45,000 forklift and misdemeanor theft for stealing the $8 sandwich.
[Link: pittsburgh.cbslocal.com...]
I'm thinking he should try to get the forklift charge dropped in a plea deal.
/
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:26:11am |
re: #416 Cannadian Club Akbar
And if your GF is a police officer, well...
You don't have to buy cuffs!
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:27:00am |
re: #417 Cannadian Club Akbar
Faulkner is facing a felony theft charge for stealing the $45,000 forklift and misdemeanor theft for stealing the $8 sandwich.
[Link: pittsburgh.cbslocal.com...]I'm thinking he should try to get the forklift charge dropped in a plea deal.
/
Thats a helluva big sandwich for 8 bucks if he needed a forklift for it
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:28:57am |
re: #419 sattv4u2
Thats a helluva big sandwich for 8 bucks if he needed a forklift for it
It was a Reuben. The story would have been better if he was stealing a Po' Boy.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:30:16am |
It is a cold and windy morning here in Virginia. It's going to be worse in NYC up the East Coast. I wonder how the OWS crowd is going to survive. Protesting is one thing but staying outside during a cold nor'easter is stupid.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:37:07am |
re: #421 Shropshire_Slasher
Or a Monte Cristo...MMM
I think Bennigan's used to serve Monte Cristos with a raspberry melba. Was yummy.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:40:25am |
re: #423 Cannadian Club Akbar
I think Bennigan's used to serve Monte Cristos with a raspberry melba. Was yummy.
I once dated a lady named Melba
After we broke up, she would often give me "the raspberry"
Does that count?
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OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:41:26am |
re: #424 sattv4u2
I once dated a lady named Melba
After we broke up, she would often give me "the raspberry"
Does that count?
Sounds like that relationship was probably toast, anyway.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:42:30am |
Cops don't dig hugs, even manly hugs:
City of Buena Park Settles Case of Man Allegedly Beaten By Police Officers
[Link: www.prweb.com...]
The City of Buena Park has settled a lawsuit alleging excessive force by three of its police officers at Knotts Berry Farm's Halloween Haunt Night 2010. The complaint alleged that the police officers filed false police reports and caused the District Attorney's Office to file charges against Mr. Love. Mr. Love was tried for resisting arrest and assault on the police officers. Mr. Love was acquitted on the criminal charges after a jury trial.
....
Mr. Love reached out his right hand to shake hands with Sgt. Lovchik and said “when I came, we showed respect right?” Mr. Love shook Sgt. Lovchik’s hand and gave him a “manly hug” by pulling him in close and giving Sgt. Lovchik two pats on the back with his other (left) hand while at the same time saying “all right peace”. Sgt. Lovchik pushed Mr. Love away and Mr. Love let go and started to walk towards the pedestrian tunnel. Some of the surrounding Police Officers on foot started to laugh about the “manly hug”.Mr. Love alleged in his federal complaint that OFFICER R. PLUMLEE while on a mounted police horse immediately rode up with his three (3) foot wooden saber in his right hand; he maneuvered his horse to pin Mr.Love against the chain link fence and then struck Mr. Love with the wooden saber at least two times on Mr.Love’s left shoulder and back. Mr. Love alleged that he immediately put his hands over his head to protect himself from the repeated blows of the wooden saber. The complaint further alleged that OFFICER PLUMLEE’s horse lost its footing and fell to the ground. After the horse fell, the complaint goes on to state that other Buena Park officers, including OFFICER T. REYES, allegedly jumped on Mr. Love and tackled Mr. Love from behind down onto the ground with one officer after another repeatedly beating Mr. Love.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:42:49am |
re: #425 OhCrapIHaveACrushOnSarahPalin
Sounds like that relationship was probably toast, anyway.
Yeah ,, I kinda had egg on my face after that
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:43:53am |
Jennifer Gomes, Gym Teacher At Denver Catholic School, Left Bomb Threat To Avoid School
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
But wait, there's more...
Gomes also has a criminal history of negligent child abuse from 2009 when she worked as a daycare provider. Charges were later dropped after Gomes completed her community service.
That's where you want the kiddies, right near her.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:44:36am |
Joan Rivers: ‘There Are No Gay Men in Zuccotti Park’
Joan Rivers hosted a book party at the 21 Club yesterday for Double Life: A Love Story from Broadway to Hollywood, by Alan Shayne and Norman Sunshine, which chronicles the 50-year relationship of a gay male couple. On that note, does Joan really think gay men dress better than straight ones? "Of course. Gay men have better bodies, on the whole. That’s number one, and number two: They care more about what they look like. Very seldom will you find a gay schlep. Am I right? Very few homeless." She continued, "This is why there are no gay protestors in Zuccotti Park. Because there’s no place to change, and no closets." So how does she feel about Occupy Wall Street, in general? "I think Occupy Wall Street was terrific the first week, and it has now turned into a very happy druggy party. I suggest they all get jobs and go back to work," she responded. "What was an amazing and wonderful thing, I now find just ridiculous. Everyone’s on drugs and everybody’s singing, and they now have a DVD out, and now they want to do a reality show." Any fashion advice for the protesters? "Wash, rinse, and repeat."
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:47:02am |
re: #429 NJDhockeyfan
Why are you, of all people, reading Joan Rivers?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:47:54am |
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:49:10am |
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:50:31am |
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:50:39am |
re: #431 Cannadian Club Akbar
Oy. She grates on my nerves even before she starts her dumb, obvious jokes. That voice.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:51:14am |
Her wiki photo is scary.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:51:49am |
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:52:02am |
re: #430 Obdicut
Why are you, of all people, reading Joan Rivers?
It was a story in NY Mag. I'm not a Rivers fan though. I don't get her humor.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:52:58am |
re: #434 Obdicut
Oy. She grates on my nerves even before she starts her dumb, obvious jokes. That voice.
They're stale now, because shes' been doing the same schtick for 50 (+) years now
But back in the 70's she pushed the envelope, especially being a female
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:52:59am |
It's nice to see the guys from Super Troopers got other jobs.
Sheriff demotes 5 Knox deputies over traffic stop [Link: www.knoxnews.com...]
Whatever the driver did to avoid a traffic ticket, the cameras didn't capture it.
Knox County Sheriff Jimmy "J.J." Jones says it was enough to cost five deputies their badges, guns, cruisers and police powers. The sheriff said he demoted the officers from patrol to corrections after they admitted to "improvising" a creative punishment for a 19-year-old driver stopped on suspicion of speeding Oct. 16.
....
The officers curse throughout the traffic stop and finally ask Phillips, who's off-camera, whether he's embarrassed. One deputy holds a baseball bat."Yes, sir, very embarrassed," Phillips said.
"Well, let me ask you a question," one of the officers said. "Do you want to be a little more embarrassed and get away with one speeding ticket, a couple miles over (the limit), or do you want to get three tickets. ... This officer's got a proposition for you. If you do it, and you do it good, this officer's only gonna give you one ticket for speeding."
The sound cuts out at that point and never resumes. The video shows the deputies gathered around laughing, one wiping his eyes, and the carload of teenagers driving away.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:53:13am |
If you're approximately my age, you might have watched The Electric Company as a wee tyke. You might or might not realize that Joan Rivers narrated the recurring "Adventures of Letterman", and the great Gene Wilder was the voice of Letterman.
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:53:19am |
re: #437 NJDhockeyfan
I don't get it. You don't like her humor, you're not a fan, so why'd you post the article?
Do you have any Yakoff Smirnoff coming up next? Or maybe Vanilla Ice's latest single?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:53:58am |
re: #428 Cannadian Club Akbar
Jennifer Gomes, Gym Teacher At Denver Catholic School, Left Bomb Threat To Avoid School
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]But wait, there's more...
Gomes also has a criminal history of negligent child abuse from 2009 when she worked as a daycare provider. Charges were later dropped after Gomes completed her community service.That where you want the kiddies, right near her.
Speaking of teachers...
Lebanon, Ohio: A high school teacher was convicted Thursday of having sex with five students, some of them football players, after a judge rejected an insanity defense that argued the teens took advantage of her.
Stacy Schuler was sentenced to a total of four years in prison for the encounters with the Mason High School students at her home in Springboro in southwest Ohio in 2010. She can ask a judge to free her from prison after six months.
The 33-year-old Schuler, who could have faced decades in prison, cried as she was handcuffed and led out of the courtroom.
The five teens testified that Schuler, a health and gym teacher, had been drinking alcohol at the time of the encounters and was a willing participant who initiated much of the contact. The teens were about 17 at the time. The age of consent in Ohio is 16, but it's illegal for a teacher to have sex with a student.
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:54:10am |
And on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:54:28am |
re: #435 Sergey Romanov
Her wiki photo is scary.
She's turned into a Madame puppet:
Image: madame.jpg
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:55:17am |
re: #443 sattv4u2
And on that note, the long quiet drive home beckons
Can you at least once tell the drive "don't fn beckon me anymore"?!//
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:56:32am |
re: #440 negativ
I didn't know that. I did know Scatman Crothers was the voice of Hong Kong Phoey (plus many other animated characters)
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:56:53am |
re: #441 Obdicut
I don't get it. You don't like her humor, you're not a fan, so why'd you post the article?
Do you have any Yakoff Smirnoff coming up next? Or maybe Vanilla Ice's latest single?
Jesus Christ, it was a story about another stupid celebrity making dumbass comments. WTF is the problem?
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sattv4u2 Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:57:10am |
re: #445 Sergey Romanov
Can you at least once tell the drive "don't fn beckon me anymore"?!//
but,, But , BUT ,,the beckoning is the best part!!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:57:47am |
re: #448 sattv4u2
but,, But , BUT ,,the beckoning is the best part!!
And the waiting is the hardest part. So I hear.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:57:50am |
re: #448 sattv4u2
but,, But , BUT ,,the beckoning is the best part!!
Well, if you're into it.
NTTAWWT!!!
//
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 6:57:55am |
re: #442 NJDhockeyfan
Those poor 17 yr old football players are probably scarred for life. Here all she was doing was "thinking of the children" and it's off to prison.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:00:53am |
re: #451 RogueOne
Those poor 17 yr old football players are probably scarred for life. Here all she was doing was "thinking of the children" and it's off to prison.
I posted that story the other day. And there's this:
She can ask a judge to free her from prison after six months.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:03:00am |
re: #415 ralphieboy
Lying to your girlfriend is one thing, lying to the police is another...
[heh] Quite Concur.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:03:01am |
re: #453 RogueOne
I made sure this wasn't already on YouTube before I uploaded it; one of the catchiest songs from the show! Those leaving obscene comments will be humiliated, and blocked from future usage!
Also, 4chan generation thanks whoever uploaded that.
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:03:24am |
Mornin' everyone...we still talking about that Sarah Palin look alike teacher who fucked five football players? All of whom were beyond the state's age of consent? But yes, they were students, and she shouldn't have fucked them. And they get to go to junior college and brag that they got a gym teacher sent to prison. That'll turn on the girls.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:04:06am |
re: #422 NJDhockeyfan
It is a cold and windy morning here in Virginia. It's going to be worse in NYC up the East Coast. I wonder how the OWS crowd is going to survive. Protesting is one thing but staying outside during a cold nor'easter is stupid.
Same thing for being outside in a Chicago snowstorm. Although I've done that, if only to keep a path shoveled.
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:05:21am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:05:42am |
re: #453 RogueOne
The comment thread is epic too:
@joelakastud123 You're a pervert. Get therapy.
ultragor 2 нед. назад
Этот комментарий был помечен как спам скрыть@swaboo You're a pervert. Get therapy.
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Этот комментарий был помечен как спам скрыть@darkknightbob101 You're a pervert. Get therapy.
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Этот комментарий был помечен как спам скрыть@Mestisamo You're a pervert. Get therapy.
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Этот комментарий был помечен как спам скрыть@SaninKatai You're a pervert. Get therapy.
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Этот комментарий был помечен как спам скрыть@sodabob You're a pervert. Get therapy.
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Этот комментарий был помечен как спам скрыть@Doomy23 You're a pervert. Get therapy.
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Этот комментарий был помечен как спам скрыть@cocoaviolinist You're a pervert. Get therapy.
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Этот комментарий был помечен как спам скрыть@nebtlly You're a pervert. Get therapy.
ultragor 2 нед. назад@wowwee2000 You're a pervert. Get therapy.
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:05:45am |
re: #457 Dark_Falcon
Same thing for being outside in a Chicago snowstorm. Although I've done that, if only to keep a path shoveled.
Aw, shit..first storm of the year...here come the global warming jokes.
Speaking of AGW...one denier is getting his ass handed to him.
[Link: freethoughtblogs.com...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:06:06am |
re: #458 Varek Raith
I don't know man, some gfs are way scarier than a cop.
;)
I'm recalling a story you've told in the past. Hmm...
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:08:13am |
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:09:36am |
re: #456 darthstar
Mornin' everyone...we still talking about that Sarah Palin look alike teacher who fucked five football players? All of whom were beyond the state's age of consent? But yes, they were students, and she shouldn't have fucked them. And they get to go to junior college and brag that they got a gym teacher sent to prison. That'll turn on the girls.
I think Van Halen wrote a song about that.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:10:17am |
re: #463 NJDhockeyfan
One of the greatest videos ever. EVAH!!!
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:11:26am |
re: #447 NJDhockeyfan
Jesus Christ, it was a story about another stupid celebrity making dumbass comments. WTF is the problem?
Well, that. What's confusing you?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:13:03am |
re: #460 darthstar
Aw, shit..first storm of the year...here come the global warming jokes.
Speaking of AGW...one denier is getting his ass handed to him.
[Link: freethoughtblogs.com...]
Seriously, anybody who makes one of those lame jokes these days seriously needs to get their butt kicked, verbally at least. But I'd kind of prefer to do it literally. An obtuse or fanatical denier can simply DERP! their way around words spoken or on a screen, but if you physically kick them in the ass they might actually take notice.
Note: The section in italics is meant in jest and not to be taken as a call for actual violence.
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:13:54am |
re: #466 Dark_Falcon
Seriously, anybody who makes one of those lame jokes these days seriously needs to get their butt kicked, verbally at least. But I'd kind of prefer to do it literally. An obtuse or fanatical denier can simply DERP! their way around words spoken or on a screen, but if you physically kick them in the ass they might actually take notice.
Note: The section in italics is meant in jest and not to be taken as a call for actual violence.
Can I at least stun them with a phaser???
/
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:14:01am |
re: #465 Obdicut
Well, that. What's confusing you?
I think Yackoff is the bomb. "I come to America, the firt thing I see is a billboard with a bottle of vodka and my name - 'America loves Smirnoff'! What a country!" That joke never gets old.
"I come to America, the firt thing I see is a billboard with a bottle of vodka and my name - 'America loves Smirnoff'! What a country!" That joke never gets old...see? Funny both times!
//
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:15:47am |
re: #466 Dark_Falcon
Seriously, anybody who makes one of those lame jokes these days seriously needs to get their butt kicked, verbally at least. But I'd kind of prefer to do it literally. An obtuse or fanatical denier can simply DERP! their way around words spoken or on a screen, but if you physically kick them in the ass they might actually take notice.
Note: The section in italics is meant in jest and not to be taken as a call for actual violence.
There you go with your usual right-wing "just a joke" defense, as usual employing verbal violence in defense of far-right...
waitaminute
*explosion*
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:16:58am |
re: #469 Sergey Romanov
There you go with your usual right-wing "just a joke" defense, as usual employing verbal violence in defense of far-right...
waitaminute
*explosion*
Hold this thermal det for me will ya?
I left something in my spaceship.
BRB
:P
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:17:30am |
re: #465 Obdicut
Well, that. What's confusing you?
If you don't like to read about stupid celebrity quotes, go past the comment.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:17:51am |
re: #469 Sergey Romanov
There you go with your usual right-wing "just a joke" defense, as usual employing verbal violence in defense of far-right...
waitaminute
*explosion*
Great, now I've got to clean the exploded brain matter off the floor. Lucky thing I've got plenty of Pine-Sol. I'm gonna need it.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:17:51am |
re: #470 Varek Raith
Meh. When you learn to do it with words, call me./
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:18:50am |
re: #466 Dark_Falcon
Note: The section in italics is meant in jest and not to be taken as a call for actual violence.
There, but for the grace of ganja, go I.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:19:12am |
re: #467 Varek Raith
Can I at least stun them with a phaser???
/
No, but you can Force Slap them. If you use the Dark Side it to force them to slap themselves while you scold them, no one will mind.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:20:29am |
re: #458 Varek Raith
I don't know man, some gfs are way scarier than a cop.
;)
Local news:
Woman arrested in slaying of boyfriend
[Link: www.indystar.com...]
Yanita Kittrell, 38, told police her boyfriend had passed out and was not breathing, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department news release.
Attempts to revive Motley were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead by emergency medical personnel.
Kittrell was asked several times what was wrong with Motley before she admitted to grabbing a rope and putting it around his neck, according to a police report. An argument began when Kittrell was on the phone and Motley began "cussing her out," the report said.
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:20:29am |
re: #475 Dark_Falcon
Just mock them...it's far more painful.
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:21:44am |
re: #473 Sergey Romanov
Meh. When you learn to do it with words, call me./
Hadou no kyuju, Kurohitsugi!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:22:12am |
re: #474 darthstar
There, but for the grace of ganja, go I.
I put in disclaimers so that "Dorkus" and his motley crew won't try to put my post with a caption saying "Dork_Falcon approves of violence against those who question LewdPig's AGW lie!1 BILLIONS WILL DIE!!1" So if you want to blame anyone for the disclaimer, blame the Stalkers.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:24:31am |
I hope they lock this woman up for a long time. WTF is wrong with people? (This has nothing to do with the OWS protesters)
Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally
MANCHESTER - A city woman is accused of pimping a 16-year-old girl she met in Victory Park during the Occupy NH demonstrations.
Justina Jensen, 23, of 341 Hanover St., is charged with felony prostitution. Police allege Jensen met a teen at the local protest, which is an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, and used the Internet to arrange a first liaison for the girl with a man who turned out to be an undercover police officer.
Police said the teen's mother called them Thursday about noon to say her daughter was missing and that her photograph had been posted on a website advertising adult party entertainment.
Court documents show the mother told police she and a friend had used the website to negotiate a deal for the friend to pay for sex with the teen.
Investigators looked at the website and found the girl's photo posted there, along with pictures of three other women, in an advertisement offering men to “come and have fun with four beautiful ladies” in Manchester.
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:25:29am |
By the way, was it fucking priceless seeing the big sad on Nolan Ryan's face last night or what? Great World Series, St. Louis.
And Texas, you don't get one of these. (That's my missus)
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:26:38am |
re: #480 NJDhockeyfan
Happens a lot. Most of the teen runaways I worked with had been pimped out at some point or another.
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Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:26:41am |
Year ago I used to frequent a bar that used Pine-Sol to clean up the mess from the night before. It would be around happy hour and the place smelled like Pine-Sol and vomit most of the the time. So now everytime I smell Pine-Sol I think of vomit.
'Morning.
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:28:11am |
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bratwurst Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:28:39am |
re: #441 Obdicut
I don't get it. You don't like her humor, you're not a fan, so why'd you post the article?
Some people will post anything from any source as long as it somehow re-enforces their own point of view. The OWS debate here has demonstrated this fact many times.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:28:41am |
re: #481 darthstar
By the way, was it fucking priceless seeing the big sad on Nolan Ryan's face last night or what? Great World Series, St. Louis.
And Texas, you don't get one of these. (That's my missus)
I like Nolan Ryan. That said I was rooting against St Louis. I'm a Cubs fan, I had to. It was a great series to watch though.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:29:06am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:30:25am |
re: #487 NJDhockeyfan
I like Nolan Ryan. That said I was rooting against St Louis. I'm a Cubs fan, I had to. It was a great series to watch though.
I remember when Robin Ventura rushed the mound and Nolan Ryan put him in a headlock and punched him about 3 times. Ah, memories.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:30:38am |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:31:47am |
re: #487 NJDhockeyfan
I like Nolan Ryan. That said I was rooting against St Louis. I'm a Cubs fan, I had to. It was a great series to watch though.
eh. Baseball? What's that?
We only care about football. LSU Football Season is one of the 4 seasons here in La., along with crawfish season, hurricane season, and Carnival season. The things that matter.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:32:02am |
re: #482 Obdicut
Happens a lot. Most of the teen runaways I worked with had been pimped out at some point or another.
I know about that. This story doesn't say she was a runaway though. It seems like she was at a small protest and the woman took advantage of her. Thank goodness the police caught her before the worst happened.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:34:23am |
re: #491 Sergey Romanov
I finally found some Cain fans to send your pic to:
Nerds 4 Cain
[Link: www.nerds4cain.com...]
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:35:20am |
re: #494 NJDhockeyfan
Whether or not she's a runaway is really besides the point, dude.
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McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:37:11am |
re: #497 Obdicut
Whether or not she's a runaway is really besides the point, dude.
You do know you were the one to bring up runaways right...
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:37:15am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:38:18am |
re: #495 RogueOne
I finally found some Cain fans to send your pic to:
Nerds 4 Cain
[Link: www.nerds4cain.com...]
Pfft. And what, exactly, makes them nerds?
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:38:48am |
re: #500 Sergey Romanov
Pfft. And what, exactly, makes them nerds?
Are you questioning their nerd credentials?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:39:30am |
I think the best story to come out of this World Series is David Freese. He grew up in the St Louis area and now is the MVP of the WS in his hometown. That is awesome.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:40:00am |
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:41:03am |
re: #500 Sergey Romanov
Pfft. And what, exactly, makes them nerds?
Well, Cain did quote a pokemon theme song....
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:42:22am |
We were talking about this the other day:
Halloween costume campaign spawns meme, fuels race debate
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
[Link: s3.amazonaws.com...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:42:55am |
re: #502 NJDhockeyfan
I think the best story to come out of this World Series is David Freese. He grew up in the St Louis area and now is the MVP of the WS in his hometown. That is awesome.
I'm betting his feet still haven't touched the ground.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:43:07am |
re: #487 NJDhockeyfan
I like Nolan Ryan. That said I was rooting against St Louis. I'm a Cubs fan, I had to. It was a great series to watch though.
Ditto. I'm a Chicago northsider, always have been. No True Cubs Fan will root for the Cardinals.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:44:00am |
re: #504 Varek Raith
when?
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:45:21am |
re: #505 RogueOne
An even better one. We're a Culture, Not a Costume: Kurt Cobain
[Link: knowyourmeme.com...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:46:02am |
re: #507 Dark_Falcon
Ditto. I'm a Chicago northsider, always have been. No True Cubs Fan will root for the Cardinals.
Cubs fans just get sloppy drunk and mutter the phrase "maybe next year."
///
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:46:31am |
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McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:46:51am |
I was amazed that my phone hadn't beeped with a single work email in over 12 hours...
Last email I didn't read? 'Your exchange inbox is full, please delete..' >_<
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:47:04am |
re: #509 RogueOne
An even better one. We're a Culture, Not a Costume: Kurt Cobain
[Link: knowyourmeme.com...]
That costume needs a shotgun as an accessory. Just sayin'.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:48:13am |
re: #510 Cannadian Club Akbar
Cubs fans just get sloppy drunk and mutter the phrase "maybe next year."
///
Cubs fans never say maybe.
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:48:59am |
re: #498 McSpiff
You do know you were the one to bring up runaways right...
It wasn't the point then, either.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:49:43am |
Indian Metallica fans riot in New Delhi after heavy metal concert canceled
NEW DELHI Thousands of disappointed fans have broken chairs and torn posters after organizers canceled a Metallica concert on the outskirts of the Indian capital.
The Press Trust of India news agency says police arrested four people from the company that had organized the concert on charges of cheating people who had waited for hours for the scheduled Friday performance by the American heavy metal band.
Organizers said the concert was called off due to technical difficulties.
Bummer for those fans.
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McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:50:15am |
re: #515 Obdicut
It wasn't the point then, either.
Chastise yourself then? Not sure what else to tell you.
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:50:21am |
re: #499 NJDhockeyfan
Huh?
Young women--and men-- are victimized very frequently by people pimping them out. These can be relatives, boyfriends, friends, or flat-out pimps. It is a constant problem.
What is unclear about what I'm saying?
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:50:31am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:51:16am |
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:51:21am |
re: #517 McSpiff
Chastise yourself then? Not sure what else to tell you.
What on earth are you talking about?
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:51:51am |
re: #513 Cannadian Club Akbar
There are some good ones out there:
Image: notokay-ghostbusters.jpg
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:52:15am |
re: #520 Sergey Romanov
Maybe so, but not of any nerdiness.
[Link: books.google.com...]
Whoa. No one said there would be reading.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:53:00am |
Last one: Tom Cruise
[Link: s3.amazonaws.com...]
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:53:07am |
re: #521 Obdicut
What on earth are you talking about?
If you can't hold the peanut-butter, you're never going to change the tire.
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McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:54:13am |
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:54:28am |
re: #525 darthstar
If you can't hold the peanut-butter, you're never going to change the tire.
Well sure, it all makes sense when you put it that way.
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Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:54:39am |
So does this mean if I go to a Tea Party gathering and invite some people there to my house and then proceed to bludgeon them to death it's the Tea Party's fault?
//
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:54:50am |
re: #524 RogueOne
Last one: Tom Cruise
[Link: s3.amazonaws.com...]
Did you see the story about the scientologist going through the trash at the homes of the guys from South Park?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:55:47am |
re: #529 Cannadian Club Akbar
Did you see the story about the scientologist going through the trash at the homes of the guys from South Park?
What was he expecting to find?
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McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:55:48am |
re: #528 Gus 802
So does this mean if I go to a Tea Party gathering and invite some people there to my house and then proceed to bludgeon them to death it's the Tea Party's fault?
//
Are you wearing a tri-cornered hat and bludgeon them with the complete works of Thomas Paine as Misunderstood by Glenn Beck?
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:55:55am |
re: #528 Gus 802
So does this mean if I go to a Tea Party gathering and invite some people there to my house and then proceed to bludgeon them to death it's the Tea Party's fault?
//
Yes.
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:56:47am |
re: #527 Obdicut
Well sure, it all makes sense when you put it that way.
I think I'm getting inspired by the bad lip reading videos. Looking forward to making up a few of these kinds of lines in management meetings.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:56:47am |
re: #529 Cannadian Club Akbar
Did you see the story about the scientologist going through the trash at the homes of the guys from South Park?
Yes but I don't remember where. Huffington maybe?
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:58:32am |
City officials temporarily denied Occupy Madison a new street use permit Wednesday after protesters violated public health and safety conditions and failed to follow the correct processes to renew or amend a permit.
The permit, which expired Wednesday at noon, required Occupy Madison protesters to relocate from their current space at 30 West Mifflin Street, also called 30 on the Square.
A neighboring hotel's staff alleged voiced concerns about having to recently escort hotel employees to and from bus stops late at night due to inappropriate behavior, such as public masturbation, from street protesters.
Is there a permit for masturbating in public?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:58:49am |
re: #530 NJDhockeyfan
What was he expecting to find?
re: #534 RogueOne
Yes but I don't remember where. Huffington maybe?
"Phone records. Bank records. Personal letters that expose some kind of vulnerability," Rathbun told the Voice. "They'll read stuff into the kind of alcohol you're drinking and how much. Prescriptions. They'll figure out your diet. They can find out a lot about you through your trash."
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Freaks.
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McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 7:59:20am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:00:09am |
re: #536 NJDhockeyfan
Is there a permit for masturbating in public?
Maybe not, but it's not like a hotel's stuff always tell the truth about a group they may see as a nuisance.
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Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:00:29am |
13 Americans Said to Be Among Killed in Kabul Attack
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 13 American soldiers were among more than 20 people killed when a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked an armored NATO shuttle bus in Kabul on Saturday, a Western military official confirmed...
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:02:20am |
re: #540 Sergey Romanov
Maybe not, but it's not like a hotel's stuff always tell the truth about a group they may see as a nuisance.
I hope nobody posts picture of it. The guy shitting on a police car was weird enough for me.
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Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:02:30am |
A wounded U.S. soldier is carried away from the site of a suicide attack in Kabul October 29, 2011. At least four people were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign soldiers in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday, officials said, with an unspecified number of NATO-led troops among other casualties.
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Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:05:14am |
Foreign troops carry a casualty from the site of a suicide attack in Kabul October 29, 2011. At least four people were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign soldiers in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday, officials said, with an unspecified number of NATO-led troops among other casualties.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:07:21am |
re: #543 NJDhockeyfan
I hope nobody posts picture of it. The guy shitting on a police car was weird enough for me.
There was a picture of that?
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:07:37am |
re: #536 NJDhockeyfan
Is there a permit for masturbating in public?
Yes. If you do it without a permit the park won't ever let you come back. Fair enough, I guess. Live and learn.
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:08:46am |
re: #538 McSpiff
Drum circles get pretty crazy
I've been in a lot of drum circles...I've never seen anyone start masturbating. This sounds like bullshit to me. Probably just some girl gyrating to the rhythm that got a passing teabagger turned on so he called the police.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:09:10am |
re: #537 Cannadian Club Akbar
re: #534 RogueOne
"Phone records. Bank records. Personal letters that expose some kind of vulnerability," Rathbun told the Voice. "They'll read stuff into the kind of alcohol you're drinking and how much. Prescriptions. They'll figure out your diet. They can find out a lot about you through your trash."
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]Freaks.
They really don't like being criticized, and Trey Parker has taken them to the woodshed repeatedly. They're likely still pissed from the "Return of Chef" episode where they got compared to the (fictional) child-molesting "Super Adventure Club".
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:09:19am |
Centennial Correctional Facility Inmates Upgrade Their Prison Cells With High-Tech Gear
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Each cell got a high-tech kiosk installed that includes a computer with a 20-inch monitor, fast processor, built-in camera, and headset as well as 22 cable television stations, 7News reports.
I don't give a fuck whose money it is. This is bullshit.
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Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:10:09am |
Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura supports the mother of Staff Sgt. Jorge Oliveira, as she mourns over her son's casket. In the background is Jorge's father Manuel, his sister, Jessica, and brother Marco. Sgt.Oliveira was buried Friday in Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington. (Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger)
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:10:52am |
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McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:11:21am |
re: #548 darthstar
I've been in a lot of drum circles...I've never seen anyone start masturbating. This sounds like bullshit to me. Probably just some girl gyrating to the rhythm that got a passing teabagger turned on so he called the police.
You're right, any problems at OWS must be caused by those insidious teabaggers!
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Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:11:30am |
re: #550 Cannadian Club Akbar
Centennial Correctional Facility Inmates Upgrade Their Prison Cells With High-Tech Gear
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]Each cell got a high-tech kiosk installed that includes a computer with a 20-inch monitor, fast processor, built-in camera, and headset as well as 22 cable television stations, 7News reports.
I don't give a fuck whose money it is. This is bullshit.
I approve.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:11:47am |
re: #540 Sergey Romanov
Maybe not, but it's not like a hotel's stuff always tell the truth about a group they may see as a nuisance.
Even so, there probably some assholes who have done something seriously wrong, and made some insulting and lewd remark towards female staff. I'd say that the staff likely had reasons to be concerned.
| 556 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:12:00am |
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:13:26am |
re: #544 Gus 802
A wounded U.S. soldier is carried away from the site of a suicide attack in Kabul October 29, 2011. At least four people were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign soldiers in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday, officials said, with an unspecified number of NATO-led troops among other casualties.
Is that from the latest Taliban attack? Last I heard they killed 13 of our bravest.
Fuckers.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:13:41am |
re: #553 McSpiff
You're right, any problems at OWS must be caused by those insidious teabaggers!
Are you skeptical of OWS, btw? You've been missing throughout the debates that I've seen.
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Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:13:56am |
re: #556 Cannadian Club Akbar
Approve of what?
Of them being allowed to have that. It's a modern world. I doubt we're getting the complete picture here. Anyone that thinks even after having those devices that being in a prison like that is a cake walk has it all wrong.
In any event. They have it so there's nothing you can do about it. Can't stop progress like they say.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:14:03am |
re: #551 Gus 802
Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura supports the mother of Staff Sgt. Jorge Oliveira, as she mourns over her son's casket. In the background is Jorge's father Manuel, his sister, Jessica, and brother Marco. Sgt.Oliveira was buried Friday in Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington. (Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger)
War's price is high, that should never be forgotten.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:15:05am |
re: #548 darthstar
I've been in a lot of drum circles...I've never seen anyone start masturbating. This sounds like bullshit to me. Probably just some girl gyrating to the rhythm that got a passing teabagger turned on so he called the police.
Van Driessen: "...And that's important, even today, as we wrestle with our manhood."
Butthead: "Beavis wrestles with his manhood"
Beavis: "Yeah, I usually win."
Bang the drum slowly, Dumbass:
[Link: bubblare.se...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:17:03am |
re: #559 Gus 802
Of them being allowed to have that. It's a modern world. I doubt we're getting the complete picture here. Anyone that thinks even after having those devices that being in a prison like that is a cake walk has it all wrong.
In any event. They have it so there's nothing you can do about it. Can't stop progress like they say.
I feel ya. Only 22 channels of cable? Stone ages.
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:17:09am |
Transspecies love!
You can't really tell they are kittens in that photo, but they sure aren't Beagles.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:17:47am |
Update on the Portland Franchise of OWS....
KGW Airs Graphic Counting ‘Stinky People’ and ‘Angry People’ at Occupy Portland
Almost twice as angry as they are stinky. Interesting statistic.
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bratwurst Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:18:30am |
re: #561 RogueOne
You have probably opined about it already, but how did you rate the return? I thought it was definitely up to snuff, especially the first "story" and watching the "Addicted to Porn" show.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:18:47am |
re: #559 Gus 802
Of them being allowed to have that. It's a modern world. I doubt we're getting the complete picture here. Anyone that thinks even after having those devices that being in a prison like that is a cake walk has it all wrong.
In any event. They have it so there's nothing you can do about it. Can't stop progress like they say.
It's a prison, so those things can simply be confiscated. I might, however, let them keep the gear, with an "addition". This would be spyware, to allow the prison to have central monitoring of anything done with said computers, and to allow the prison to access any cell's camera at any time. I would also introduce a rule forbidding the cameras from being covered at any time. Subject to those controls, such systems might actually be a good thing. I'd rather a prison watch "Jersey Shore" than focus on his grudges and escape plan.
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Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:19:15am |
re: #562 Cannadian Club Akbar
I feel ya. Only 22 channels of cable? Stone ages.
Helps cut down on trouble. They probably put a curfew on it and I bet most of those are religious stations.
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bratwurst Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:19:19am |
re: #564 Killgore Trout
Update on the Portland Franchise of OWS...
KGW Airs Graphic Counting ‘Stinky People’ and ‘Angry People’ at Occupy Portland
Almost twice as angry as they are stinky. Interesting statistic.
Very scientific!
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reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:20:07am |
re: #564 Killgore Trout
Update on the Portland Franchise of OWS...
KGW Airs Graphic Counting ‘Stinky People’ and ‘Angry People’ at Occupy Portland
Almost twice as angry as they are stinky. Interesting statistic.
Uh-oh. Somebody at that station is gonna get fired.
| 571 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:20:42am |
re: #563 wrenchwench
Transspecies love!
You can't really tell they are kittens in that photo, but they sure aren't Beagles.
Thank you.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:21:06am |
re: #564 Killgore Trout
Update on the Portland Franchise of OWS...
KGW Airs Graphic Counting ‘Stinky People’ and ‘Angry People’ at Occupy Portland
Almost twice as angry as they are stinky. Interesting statistic.
I hope they aren't threatening anyone like this guy did.
A protester, angered by the presence of a news crew inside Zuccotti Park Friday morning, threatened to stab Fox 5 News reporter John Huddy. Police arrested the protester.
What has been an otherwise violence-free period during his six weeks covering the Occupy Wall Street movement, took a turn for John Huddy. He explained what happened during Good Day New York.
"This is somebody I've come across several times for the last few days," Huddy said. "He threatened to stab me in the throat with a pen. He ripped the mic out of my hand."
"I have a meeting with Bloomberg," said the incoherent protester.
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RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:21:52am |
re: #565 bratwurst
You have probably opined about it already, but how did you rate the return? I thought it was definitely up to snuff, especially the first "story" and watching the "Addicted to Porn" show.
I thought it was really good, especially for the first episode after so long. I was a little worried but I thought it was a real strong start especially considering how long its been since they've done one.
| 574 |
RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:22:27am |
re: #564 Killgore Trout
Update on the Portland Franchise of OWS...
KGW Airs Graphic Counting ‘Stinky People’ and ‘Angry People’ at Occupy Portland
Almost twice as angry as they are stinky. Interesting statistic.
I can't believe they actually used that graphic, hilarious.
| 575 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:23:39am |
Yes. Because right wingers and moderates never smell. In fact right wingers never take shits nor pee. Neither do they have to use antiperspirant. They're also know for their keen fashion sense.
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Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:23:49am |
re: #572 NJDhockeyfan
Nice that the reporter says that the six weeks he's been there were violence-free.
"I don't think this person represents the whole," Huddy said. "One of the media representatives asked me not to categorize this one person as representative of the whole group. Most of the folks I've dealt with have been accomodating. There is an element here that we've seen that has caused problems. Overall, it has been peaceful in the park."
Won't stop those who want to capitalize on the incident, of course.
| 577 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:24:00am |
re: #569 reine.de.tout
Uh-oh. Somebody at that station is gonna get fired.
Yeah, some graphic guy is going to unemployed. He can go join the protests now.
| 579 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:24:38am |
| 580 |
darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:25:08am |
re: #569 reine.de.tout
Uh-oh. Somebody at that station is gonna get fired.
Or recruited by Fox...there's talent out there!
| 581 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:25:09am |
re: #579 Killgore Trout
That backs up the more angry than stinky statistic.
Angry? Oh, he's probably an atheist then.
| 582 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:25:33am |
re: #578 Gus 802
This is getting fucking stupid.
It's a convenient deflection from having the difficult discussion of the inequalities of our system.
| 583 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:25:38am |
Let's just think of more bigoted comments. Then call ourselves "anti-idiotarians."
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:25:53am |
re: #563 wrenchwench
Transspecies love!
You can't really tell they are kittens in that photo, but they sure aren't Beagles.
I wonder if this will mean less aloof cats when they grow up?
| 585 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:25:55am |
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:26:57am |
re: #577 Killgore Trout
Yeah, some graphic guy is going to unemployed. He can go join the protests now.
Some graphic guy probably made it as a joke, then someone said "Let's air it." and it became a dare...just one or two seconds...see if we can get away with it...fuck him if he gets fired.
| 587 |
Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:27:18am |
re: #583 Gus 802
Let's just think of more bigoted comments. Then call ourselves "anti-idiotarians."
Nobody is saying anything bigoted.
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wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:27:44am |
re: #584 Dark_Falcon
I wonder if this will mean less aloof cats when they grow up?
Probably. My two cats totally lack the "aloofness" gene, which makes me think it's not a gene, but how they're raised.
| 589 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:28:09am |
re: #582 Varek Raith
It's a convenient deflection from having the difficult discussion of the inequalities of our system.
Obviously we are observing a keen analysis of what is taking place here. Generalize about "lefties" and "hippies". Well at least certain people stopped using the phrase "religion of peace" or "ROP" the way they always used to do. In any case we can substitute this for a degree from Harvard in advanced anthropological studies.
| 591 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:29:35am |
re: #589 Gus 802
I don't have to like it, but as long as I rail about "teabaggers", how can I complain?
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:30:41am |
re: #572 NJDhockeyfan
5 Fox News reporters always get "assaulted" at liberal rallies. It's like the Blue Canyon Road job for TV newscasters in Sacramento (it's right at the snow line around 5,000 feet and only an hour or so from the studios, so they do their Sierra storm reporting there). "Whose turn is it today? Sally? Okay, keep it real. Just say some stinky bitch pushed you at OWS."
| 594 |
Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:31:24am |
re: #592 Gus 802
I'm just asking questions!
It's only links!
I'm concerned!
Gus, it's still morning, so you have not been drinking and you've got energy now. Could you please explain what is bothering you, in more than 30 words please?
| 595 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:32:04am |
All tea partiers are fascists who hate this country.
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albusteve Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:32:09am |
re: #582 Varek Raith
It's a convenient deflection from having the difficult discussion of the inequalities of our system.
sort of like the endless miles of anti GOP, anti conservative, anti people posts that drone on forever?
| 597 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:32:57am |
re: #591 Sergey Romanov
I don't have to like it, but as long as I rail about "teabaggers", how can I complain?
It's a bad business model. First we chase off the right wingers from LGF. Now we're going to chase off the left wingers. In the end nobody's going to want to register at LGF. This is one of the reasons we hardly have and new registrants. Right wingers certainly won't register. Lefties will come in here and read this and roll their eyes and leave.
| 598 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:33:18am |
re: #596 albusteve
sort of like the endless miles of anti GOP, anti conservative, anti people posts that drone on forever?
Hate to break it to ya, but the GOP is a major cause of this. They are rightfully called out on it.
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NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:34:02am |
re: #579 Killgore Trout
That backs up the more angry than stinky statistic.
I wonder what the statistics are on the number of neo-nazis at the protests.
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Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:34:19am |
re: #595 Varek Raith
All tea partiers are fascists who hate this country.
See, I can paint just as broadly.
;)
| 601 |
albusteve Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:34:41am |
re: #598 Varek Raith
Hate to break it to ya, but the GOP is a major cause of this. They are rightfully called out on it.
that's not the point...it's the idea that it gets clogged up with unreadable garbage....tons of it
| 602 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:35:26am |
re: #599 NJDhockeyfan
I wonder what the statistics on the number of neo-nazis at the protests.
[Video]
That guy showed up at Tea Parties with a gun too.
He spoke at one as well.
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darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:35:51am |
re: #591 Sergey Romanov
I don't have to like it, but as long as I rail about "teabaggers", how can I complain?
The big irony here is that the media still takes the teabaggers seriously, while they continue to dismiss the nurses, teachers, different unions, IT geeks, students, and assorted other professionals (as well as the unemployed protesters) as dirty hippies.
| 604 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:36:00am |
re: #601 albusteve
that's not the point...it's the idea that it gets clogged up with unreadable garbage...tons of it
Ok, I see your point now.
| 605 |
NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:37:12am |
re: #602 Varek Raith
That guy showed up at Tea Parties with a gun too.
He spoke at one as well.
Total kook.
| 606 |
darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:37:47am |
| 607 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:37:59am |
re: #605 NJDhockeyfan
Total kook.
Yeah, one of those types.
The moronic convergence where the DERP from all sides merge into one.
| 608 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:38:32am |
re: #606 darthstar
You're a regualr Michaefuckingangelo.
Yeah, felt like trolling a bit.
I feel better now.
| 609 |
NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:38:52am |
re: #607 Varek Raith
Yeah, one of those types.
The moronic convergence where the DERP from all sides merge into one.
When David Duke gets your support, you know the crazies are coming.
| 610 |
Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:39:16am |
re: #599 NJDhockeyfan
Dude, you realize you're posting videos actually made by a right-wing militia dude, right?
[Link: tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com...]
And a Paulite?
| 611 |
darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:40:06am |
re: #608 Varek Raith
Yeah, felt like trolling a bit.
I feel better now.
I'm going to tell you something similar to what I told Obdicut earlier. When you are eating a cosmic carrot, it's the bones in the juice that matter.
| 612 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:40:08am |
re: #607 Varek Raith
Yeah, one of those types.
The moronic convergence where the DERP from all sides merge into one.
A Perfect Circle.
| 613 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:40:42am |
re: #594 Dark_Falcon
Gus, it's still morning, so you have not been drinking and you've got energy now. Could you please explain what is bothering you, in more than 30 words please?
Go away.
| 614 |
NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:40:52am |
re: #610 Obdicut
Dude, you realize you're posting videos actually made by a right-wing militia dude, right?
[Link: tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com...]
And a Paulite?
Yes. This guy is a neo-nazi scumbag. I hate neo-nazis.
| 615 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:41:03am |
re: #597 Gus 802
It's a bad business model. First we chase off the right wingers from LGF. Now we're going to chase off the left wingers. In the end nobody's going to want to register at LGF. This is one of the reasons we hardly have and new registrants. Right wingers certainly won't register. Lefties will come in here and read this and roll their eyes and leave.
I get the "practical" consequences, I just don't see them as a matter of principle. Besides, you've been pushing back with mirror attacks, so there is balance.
| 616 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:41:09am |
re: #599 NJDhockeyfan
I wonder what the statistics are on the number of neo-nazis at the protests.
[Video]
Those guys are the same ones who brought guns to an Obama rally in Phoenix in 2009. They (I'm pretty sure) also planted "when it's OK to shoot a cop" flyers at the Occupy Phoenix protest. They are white supremacists. They do not support OWS, but are always on the lookout for recruits to their own cause. That video was made by an Oathkeeper who claims to be a good friend of Stewart Rhodes.
| 617 |
RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:41:23am |
I heard my dogs in the other room playing with their toy ambulance. I need to get that on video, it cracks me up.
| 618 |
Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:41:56am |
re: #614 NJDhockeyfan
Yes. This guy is a neo-nazi scumbag. I hate neo-nazis.
Okay. If you hate them, maybe not giving him hits on his youtube videos would be a good idea, eh? Not spreading his propaganda around?
| 619 |
jaunte Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:42:17am |
The really stinky people:
In recent months, this small, isolated country has received national attention, with visits by U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and activist Erin Brockovich.
Earlier this year, dozens of residents, including teachers and schoolchildren, were sickened by noxious odors emanating from a four-story-high mesa of hazardous waste operated by Western Environmental Inc., a Utah-based soil recycling company that leases land from the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians.
The devil’s palette of stenches was overwhelming, residents say, shifting from gas fumes to the smell of burnt oil to ruptured sewer pipes. The symptoms of “Toxico Mecca,” as it became known locally, included nausea, vomiting, dizziness and difficulty breathing.
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
| 620 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:43:12am |
Also, "anti-idiotarian" is sooo 2005. That's a long been a tainted term, fit for various rabid canines. So not a loss.
| 621 |
NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:43:34am |
re: #618 Obdicut
Okay. If you hate them, maybe not giving him hits on his youtube videos would be a good idea, eh? Not spreading his propaganda around?
With all the videos and links to websites you don't like or agree with posted on here all the time, why are you all of a sudden concerned about it?
| 622 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:43:59am |
re: #620 Sergey Romanov
Also, "anti-idiotarian" is sooo 2005. That's a long been a tainted term, fit for various rabid canines. So not a loss.
Can we still "fact-check your ass"?
| 623 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:44:41am |
re: #622 wrenchwench
Can we still "fact-check your ass"?
Hopefully. But differing perspectives are needed for that. So we can fact-check our ass too.
| 624 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:44:48am |
| 625 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:45:00am |
re: #621 NJDhockeyfan
With all the videos and links to websites you don't like or agree with posted on here all the time, why are you all of a sudden concerned about it?
Why are you not?
| 627 |
NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:45:55am |
| 628 |
darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:47:41am |
re: #627 NJDhockeyfan
I don't see a reason to be. Exposes the assholes.
Don't blame me for the stains on the sheets...the gerbils in my dreams did it.
| 629 |
Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:48:02am |
re: #620 Sergey Romanov
The main problem I have is that I was never against the right of Tea Partiers to convene, to protest, to demonstrate, to do whatever. I never blamed them for the crazies on their fringes. What I do hold against the Tea Party people was their actual complaints-- that taxes are too high, that government spending is too high, that socialism is running rampant, etc. etc. They demonstrated this not only through their actual speeches but their political organizing, the candidates that they supported.
The actual complaints of OWS have the benefit of being based in reality, for the most part. The one issue where I found them lacking-- the end the fed nonsense-- I've seen pushback and debate internally about.
The comparison between the two groups fails, for me, because one is based on protests against something fictional, and the other is based on protests against something real.
This is entirely beside any question of whether they'll 'achieve' anything. On that score, given the large number of ideological non-voters, I still feel doubtful.
| 630 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:48:25am |
re: #627 NJDhockeyfan
I don't see a reason to be. Exposes the assholes.
They've already been exposed. You're giving them more exposure. You didn't post it with a remark critical of the ones who made or appeared in the video, you posted it with a remark that looks critical of OWS:
I wonder what the statistics are on the number of neo-nazis at the protests.
Then you CYA with critical remarks of the makers later. Or that's how it looks to me.
| 631 |
NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:48:33am |
re: #628 darthstar
Don't blame me for the stains on the sheets...the gerbils in my dreams did it.
Keep them away from Richard Geer!
| 632 |
NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:49:00am |
re: #630 wrenchwench
They've already been exposed. You're giving them more exposure. You didn't post it with a remark critical of the ones who made or appeared in the video, you posted it with a remark that looks critical of OWS:
Then you CYA with critical remarks of the makers later. Or that's how it looks to me.
So?
| 633 |
darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:49:23am |
re: #631 NJDhockeyfan
Keep them away from Richard Geer!
It's Gere, and he's a Buddhist, not a buttist.
| 634 |
Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:49:31am |
re: #621 NJDhockeyfan
With all the videos and links to websites you don't like or agree with posted on here all the time, why are you all of a sudden concerned about it?
Not that many people post videos and websites from neo-nazis, and when they do, I tend to call them out on it. Since you hate the guy, I'm pointing out that distributing his propaganda-- uncritically-- is kind of counterproductive.
| 635 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:50:13am |
Our annual Halloween party is tonight. Dragon_Lady has cleverly made cupcakes, with red vines candy to make them into fully decorated spiders.
| 636 |
NJDhockeyfan Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:50:31am |
re: #634 Obdicut
Not that many people post videos and websites from neo-nazis, and when they do, I tend to call them out on it. Since you hate the guy, I'm pointing out that distributing his propaganda-- uncritically-- is kind of counterproductive.
Sigh...ok.
I gotta run. Have a safe day today everyone!
| 637 |
Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:50:52am |
re: #635 Rightwingconspirator
Falls into the 'too good to eat' category, I think.
| 638 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:51:01am |
re: #632 NJDhockeyfan
So?
So your criticism of Obdicut in #621 looks disingenuous at best, or really stupid, or worse.
| 639 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:51:02am |
re: #635 Rightwingconspirator
Our annual Halloween party is tonight. Dragon_Lady has cleverly made cupcakes, with red vines candy to make them into fully decorated spiders.
You all better share with LGF.
:)
| 640 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:52:20am |
| 641 |
darthstar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:53:40am |
Okay...so I blew off one of my wife's good friends' picnic today so I could do some work around the house...that means I have to get out of bed.
| 642 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:54:38am |
re: #610 Obdicut
Dude, you realize you're posting videos actually made by a right-wing militia dude, right?
[Link: tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com...]
And a Paulite?
I think it's pretty clear from the video that it was filmed by an oathkeeper. They pretend to not know each other but I find that doubtful.
| 643 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:55:04am |
re: #629 Obdicut
My point was about language as well as "vibe", if you will, as was, I assume, Gus's, since he mentioned the "ROP" catchphrase. If somebody wants to diss "lefties" and "hippies" and even "moonbats" as a way to vent frustration, why not? Yeah, there are limits, and no, I can't define where they pass (though I would say they may be drawn when we stop talking about political groups, so "ROP" is off-base). My point was not to draw full equivalences between TP and OWS, and I myself have criticized such equivalences in the past.
| 644 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:55:34am |
| 646 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:58:02am |
re: #558 Sergey Romanov
Are you skeptical of OWS, btw? You've been missing throughout the debates that I've seen.
Yes and no. I'm horribly ignorant about the whole thing. I've done a fair amount of research into the whole financial collapse. Its complicated. Removing the firewall between investment banking and deposit holding institutions was insane. The amount of leveraging was beyond insane. AIG's London office was issuing billions of dollars worth of CDSs (essentially insurance) to anyone without needing to hold any capital themselves, assuming they'd never need to pay out in a million years. Things were deregulated or under-regulated to such a degree that essentially certain key players were able to booby trap the system. The credit rating agencies became an absolute joke.
Wallstreet did things that even if they were legal, were certainly unethical. The average American debt holder (read: everyone) became just another commodity.
On the other hand, turning debt into just another commodity, with an associate risk and ways to migrate that risk depending on your portfolio, etc allows in theory for more access to capital for more people wanting it. Of course, it also allows for the high finance version of torching a house for the insurance money. Except you don't need to live in the house or even own it. I think society via the government is well within its rights to say that you shouldn't be allowed to bet on someone defaulting on their mortgage. But there is pros and cons to restricting that.
Like I said, its complicated and people were allowed to do some very shady things. The bailout was needed but the lack of changes to regulation, or people really being held to account is horrible. At the same time, how does the government punish someone for committing an act that is only clearly wrong in hindsight? How do we avoid ex post facto laws? If the whole system is rotten, how do we fix it?
Don't even get me started on things like High Frequency trading.
So yeah, if OWS was outside Moody's and S&P I'd be right behind them. Or if they were protesting some of the institutionalized-perks to being an investment bank. The markets they have access to, the data networks, etc.
But I haven't seen that from OWS, at all. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places. But the online commentary at places like slashdot and reddit, and seen at Occupy Ottawa has ranged from:
0) Lacking a plan - If Obama showed up tomorrow, and said "you win", what would change? Get rid of the Fed? Free university? Nationalized banks?
1) Total naivety - "We need to get rid of the banks! everyone just use credit unions!"
2) Missing the point - Occupy Ottawa seems mostly concerned with student loans, the trans-canada pipeline and hating the Tories (read: hating the GOP). But don't point that out because its a bi-partisan movement and conservatives are totally welcome. Mmmhmmm.
3) Spooky calls for class warfare. The whole 1% thing has been taken way too far in the young, left wing groups I interact with. You don't know the 1%. They don't live in the same areas you do, they don't work with you, their kids go to seperate schools, they fly on private jets, its fine to hate them. Really, to do what they do, actively try to hurt and destroy the 99%, the 1% need to be sociopaths. + end the fed + anti-semitism occasionally.
From what I've read here, that's the fringe. And honestly, I didn't see that at occupy Ottawa. But just reading stuff like that on reddit and people I went to school with makes me extremely wary to say I support OWS.
Plus the fact that the OWS supporters I know in Canada also tend to be anti-military, Gadaffi apologists. That's a turn off too, but probably more personal.
Sorry for the rant... But thats why I stay out ;-)
| 647 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:58:25am |
Alrighty. There are some pork shoulders who have a date at the Occupy The Smoker rally. I'd better go pick them up. See ya'll this afternoon.
| 648 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 8:59:38am |
re: #564 Killgore Trout
Update on the Portland Franchise of OWS...
KGW Airs Graphic Counting ‘Stinky People’ and ‘Angry People’ at Occupy Portland
Almost twice as angry as they are stinky. Interesting statistic.
I call bullshit on the numbers. Ratings bait is what stinks this time, IMO. "Point and laugh" instead of points of real interest.
| 649 |
Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:00:06am |
re: #643 Sergey Romanov
People dissing 'hippies' just make me laugh, since most hippies I know are quite well-off dudes living in nice places in the Haight-Ashbury they bought for a song back in the '60s.
| 650 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:00:15am |
re: #479 Dark_Falcon
I put in disclaimers so that "Dorkus" and his motley crew won't try to put my post with a caption saying "Dork_Falcon approves of violence against those who question LewdPig's AGW lie!1 BILLIONS WILL DIE!!1" So if you want to blame anyone for the disclaimer, blame the Stalkers.
A sadly realistic, although somewhat pointless, precaution. (Last I checked in on them they had a thread dedicated to claiming Freetoken had called for a one world government. This was based on his statement that he thought some problem or other could only be solved through 'something no one wants, a world government'. I guess they think Free is nobody.)
| 651 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:01:41am |
re: #646 McSpiff
Thanks for the perspective!
| 652 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:02:21am |
re: #649 Obdicut
People dissing 'hippies' just make me laugh, since most hippies I know are quite well-off dudes living in nice places in the Haight-Ashbury they bought for a song back in the '60s.
Hey, exactly ;)
| 653 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:02:49am |
re: #575 Gus 802
Yes. Because right wingers and moderates never smell. In fact right wingers never take shits nor pee. Neither do they have to use antiperspirant. They're also know for their keen fashion sense.
All I know is that on my FB page, I keep getting ads for products that will remove skin tags, warts and moles.
| 655 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:03:12am |
re: #528 Gus 802
So does this mean if I go to a Tea Party gathering and invite some people there to my house and then proceed to bludgeon them to death it's the Tea Party's fault?
//
God knows, it would be presented that way by some. It would be easier to make the case if you shot them, though.
| 656 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:03:59am |
re: #648 Rightwingconspirator
I call bullshit on the numbers. Ratings bait is what stinks this time, IMO. "Point and laugh" instead of points of real interest.
i think it was a mistake. I think somebody made that graphic as work-place joke, and they aired it by mistake.
| 657 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:04:39am |
Sandmonkey is running for parliament:
[Link: sandmonkey.org...] redirects to [Link: salem2011.org...]
From his twitter feed:
Everywhere around me people are demotivated, angry, emotionally drained, falling apart. I cannot allow this to happen to me. Can't afford it
Come to #Egypt , people get tortured to death here & no one gets punished. It's like Hostel, only real.
My mind can't comprehend people who can torture another human being, let alone torture them to death. How do u have that in u?
Egypt prison guards torture 24-year-old #EssamAtta to death [Link: english.ahram.org.eg...] via @ahramonline
| 658 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:04:52am |
re: #537 Cannadian Club Akbar
re: #534 RogueOne
"Phone records. Bank records. Personal letters that expose some kind of vulnerability," Rathbun told the Voice. "They'll read stuff into the kind of alcohol you're drinking and how much. Prescriptions. They'll figure out your diet. They can find out a lot about you through your trash."
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]Freaks.
Does anyone, in this day and age especially, really put personal letters that expose vulnerability into the trash?
Personal letters that expose vulnerability are supposed to be burned. Or deleted. Or kept tied in ribbons in your bureau.
| 660 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:06:16am |
re: #657 000G
What are his current thoughts about the Glorious Revolution and possible MB takeover?
| 661 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:09:07am |
re: #651 Sergey Romanov
Thanks for the perspective!
re: #654 Killgore Trout
Very well said.
re: #659 reine.de.tout
Well done.
Thanks guys! Been a while since I gave the political part of the ol'noggin a workout. I also moved cities, changed jobs, etc. I've been lurking tons, just usually too busy or too tired to post. None of the OWS stuff scared me off.
| 662 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:12:14am |
re: #660 Sergey Romanov
What are his current thoughts about the Glorious Revolution and possible MB takeover?
Haven't checked much lately. I would check out his Twitter feed.
| 663 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:14:06am |
re: #536 NJDhockeyfan
Is there a permit for masturbating in public?
And we start to see more false accusations against these events. Since the critics can't hardly find anything serious we get stuff that is just all made up. Or we get minor violations like "disruptive behavior" or minor vandalism suddenly treated like a major public menace. I think that is the fate of an unmoving target like an Occupy event in a major public area.
When we get far more trouble out of a May Day or Immigration march, it's called "relatively peaceful".
| 664 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:16:17am |
re: #656 reine.de.tout
I think they made it to use elsewhere maybe in a newsroom meeting or such. But I'm pretty sure whoever made it is a critic, unconcerned with the reality on the ground.
| 665 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:16:49am |
re: #646 McSpiff
Yes and no. I'm horribly ignorant about the whole thing. I've done a fair amount of research into the whole financial collapse. Its complicated. Removing the firewall between investment banking and deposit holding institutions was insane. The amount of leveraging was beyond insane. AIG's London office was issuing billions of dollars worth of CDSs (essentially insurance) to anyone without needing to hold any capital themselves, assuming they'd never need to pay out in a million years. Things were deregulated or under-regulated to such a degree that essentially certain key players were able to booby trap the system. The credit rating agencies became an absolute joke.
Wallstreet did things that even if they were legal, were certainly unethical. The average American debt holder (read: everyone) became just another commodity.
On the other hand, turning debt into just another commodity, with an associate risk and ways to migrate that risk depending on your portfolio, etc allows in theory for more access to capital for more people wanting it. Of course, it also allows for the high finance version of torching a house for the insurance money. Except you don't need to live in the house or even own it. I think society via the government is well within its rights to say that you shouldn't be allowed to bet on someone defaulting on their mortgage. But there is pros and cons to restricting that.
Like I said, its complicated and people were allowed to do some very shady things. The bailout was needed but the lack of changes to regulation, or people really being held to account is horrible. At the same time, how does the government punish someone for committing an act that is only clearly wrong in hindsight? How do we avoid ex post facto laws? If the whole system is rotten, how do we fix it?
Don't even get me started on things like High Frequency trading.
So yeah, if OWS was outside Moody's and S&P I'd be right behind them. Or if they were protesting some of the institutionalized-perks to being an investment bank. The markets they have access to, the data networks, etc.
But I haven't seen that from OWS, at all. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places. But the online commentary at places like slashdot and reddit, and seen at Occupy Ottawa has ranged from:
0) Lacking a plan - If Obama showed up tomorrow, and said "you win", what would change? Get rid of the Fed? Free university? Nationalized banks?
1) Total naivety - "We need to get rid of the banks! everyone just use credit unions!"
2) Missing the point - Occupy Ottawa seems mostly concerned with student loans, the trans-canada pipeline and hating the Tories (read: hating the GOP). But don't point that out because its a bi-partisan movement and conservatives are totally welcome. Mmmhmmm.
3) Spooky calls for class warfare. The whole 1% thing has been taken way too far in the young, left wing groups I interact with. You don't know the 1%. They don't live in the same areas you do, they don't work with you, their kids go to seperate schools, they fly on private jets, its fine to hate them. Really, to do what they do, actively try to hurt and destroy the 99%, the 1% need to be sociopaths. + end the fed + anti-semitism occasionally.
From what I've read here, that's the fringe. And honestly, I didn't see that at occupy Ottawa. But just reading stuff like that on reddit and people I went to school with makes me extremely wary to say I support OWS.
Plus the fact that the OWS supporters I know in Canada also tend to be anti-military, Gadaffi apologists. That's a turn off too, but probably more personal.
Sorry for the rant... But thats why I stay out ;-)
Agree with all of that, mostly. I don't really agree that restricting fraudulent credit expansion is in any way contrary to anything but the interest of very few select individuals.
Still in favor of OWS. Debate, debate, debate. Drive it.
| 666 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:22:08am |
So with all the concern about a lack of concrete goals, why have we had zero mention of a very specific action OWS is taking on? How did this get missed?
Ponder that just a moment before you click this link.
| 667 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:25:51am |
re: #584 Dark_Falcon
I wonder if this will mean less aloof cats when they grow up?
Nurture over nature?
| 668 |
SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:27:08am |
re: #591 Sergey Romanov
I don't have to like it, but as long as I rail about "teabaggers", how can I complain?
We've established that it is not the actual tenor of discourse that matters, but whether the people being mocked have a righteous cause or not. At least that's what I think people have been saying.
| 671 |
jaunte Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:28:48am |
re: #666 Rightwingconspirator
This is the first I've heard of Bank Transfer Day.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
I think they should get rid of the Guy Fawkes association, it's confusing.
| 672 |
RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:29:48am |
The Night Occupy Los Angeles Tore Itself In Two
[Link: www.theawl.com...]
Occupy LA’s decision-making body, the General Assembly, has been responsible for conducting the encampment’s business. As in most other cities, the participating members handle everything from ensuring the nightly meeting take place to doing financial research on Los Angeles-based bankers to cleaning up the trash. But on Wednesday, a large group of dissenters decided to occupy the General Assembly’s usual outdoor meeting space and assert themselves as the new regime. One man, standing at the center of the swirling and increasingly unruly crowd, yelled into a megaphone, “You don’t represent us anymore! We’re taking over! We’re the People’s Forum!” Rumblings of dissent and palpable animosity had been mounting in the camp throughout the afternoon. Informal meetings were held around the clock to hotly debate an issue that had factionalized the camp: weed.
....
Drug use has been a key conservative talking point used to undermine the various Occupy camps around the country. In Occupy Los Angeles, though, smoking weed has become a wedge issue dividing the camp into increasingly entrenched groups.
....
About sixty people were in attendance for the afternoon meeting. Most were young, many were Chicano, there were some purposefully well-dressed young white guys in collared shirts and ironed pants who were not camping but regularly attending meetings. There were a few older people in the group with the vibe of being life-long professional activists. About six men donned the traditional anarchist garb: pulled-up hoodie, black bandana around their face, an implacable look in their eyes.“I don’t understand why people who want to smoke weed can’t just go across the street to do it?” one young man in camouflage shorts and black sweatshirt said. About half the group raised their hands up and twinkled their fingers in agreement.
| 673 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:30:11am |
re: #665 000G
Agree with all of that, mostly. I don't really agree that restricting fraudulent credit expansion is in any way contrary to anything but the interest of very few select individuals.
Still in favor of OWS. Debate, debate, debate. Drive it.
I don't disagree, there was a lot of stuff that I think falls into that category. But not all credit. And the grey area can be huge.
re: #666 Rightwingconspirator
So with all the concern about a lack of concrete goals, why have we had zero mention of a very specific action OWS is taking on? How did this get missed?
Ponder that just a moment before you click this link.
This is exactly what I mean. If you think the big,systematic problem is with bank deposits, you've probably missed the point.
Don't get me wrong, I hear that BoA and others have shitty fees, customer service etc. Move your money for those reasons. But if you think that's a stand against bailouts or Wallstreet...
| 674 |
bratwurst Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:30:34am |
re: #610 Obdicut
Dude, you realize you're posting videos actually made by a right-wing militia dude, right?
[Link: tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com...]
And a Paulite?
See my 486.
| 675 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:31:15am |
| 676 |
Dark_Falcon Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:32:32am |
re: #613 Gus 802
Go away.
Sorry if I offended. You've cited your drinking in the past, though, which was why I brought it up. I apologize.
BBL
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:32:44am |
re: #597 Gus 802
It's a bad business model. First we chase off the right wingers from LGF. Now we're going to chase off the left wingers. In the end nobody's going to want to register at LGF. This is one of the reasons we hardly have and new registrants. Right wingers certainly won't register. Lefties will come in here and read this and roll their eyes and leave.
In the end, only the argumentative will remain.
| 678 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:32:50am |
re: #673 McSpiff
I don't disagree, there was a lot of stuff that I think falls into that category. But not all credit. And the grey area can be huge.
I think the ABSs, CBOs etc. were all essentially fraudulent. Claiming liabilities as assets is an accounting feature only banks should be allowed to make use of.
| 679 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:33:23am |
re: #676 Dark_Falcon
Sorry if I offended. You've cited your drinking in the past, though, which was why I brought it up. I apologize.
BBL
I'll think about this for a while. But thanks for now.
| 680 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:33:36am |
re: #671 jaunte
This is the first I've heard of Bank Transfer Day.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
I think they should get rid of the Guy Fawkes association, it's confusing.
Why the hell have they decided to have it on a Saturday?? Most branches of everything will be closed!
The Fawkes thing makes it look Paulian. Toxic, IMHO.
| 681 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:34:40am |
| 682 |
Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:34:58am |
| 683 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:35:07am |
re: #678 000G
I think the ABSs, CBOs etc. were all essentially fraudulent. Claiming liabilities as assets is an accounting feature only banks should be allowed to make use of.
Yup, we agree on that. Goldman-Sachs and others appeared to have the Midas touch, able turn debt into cash. Turns out they were just really good at turning debt into management fees and bonuses.
| 684 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:35:20am |
re: #666 Rightwingconspirator
So with all the concern about a lack of concrete goals, why have we had zero mention of a very specific action OWS is taking on? How did this get missed?
Ponder that just a moment before you click this link.
I've seen that. I think it's a bad idea to orchestrate a bank run. If people want to move their money that's fine by me but trying to cause an economic crisis by everybody moving their money at the same time is not something I'd support. I don't think they'll actually succeed but the effort is a bad idea.
| 685 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:35:47am |
re: #673 McSpiff
I don't disagree, there was a lot of stuff that I think falls into that category. But not all credit. And the grey area can be huge.
re: #666 Rightwingconspirator
This is exactly what I mean. If you think the big,systematic problem is with bank deposits, you've probably missed the point.
Don't get me wrong, I hear that BoA and others have shitty fees, customer service etc. Move your money for those reasons. But if you think that's a stand against bailouts or Wallstreet...
An action like that is not just about fees. That is just the proverbial straw that broke the camels back. A public "retail" action writ large has an impact on an entity like a bank. It's one concrete step, in a place that should have more I admit.
Your take kinda points out a dilemma Occupy faces. We decry a lack of specifics, and when one comes up it's not broad enough.
| 686 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:36:24am |
re: #684 Killgore Trout
I've seen that. I think it's a bad idea to orchestrate a bank run. If people want to move their money that's fine by me but trying to cause an economic crisis by everybody moving their money at the same time is not something I'd support. I don't think they'll actually succeed but the effort is a bad idea.
I wonder how much money total consumer deposits represent. Is that type of information available?
| 687 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:36:36am |
| 688 |
jaunte Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:36:52am |
re: #680 wrenchwench
It's a reasonable consumer reaction to excessive fees to move accounts from a bank to a credit union, but as McSpiff points out, it doesn't really address any major problems in the financial markets, and IMO the connection with Guy Fawkes is just playing off a recent fad.
| 689 |
Obdicut Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:37:14am |
re: #687 wrenchwench
Can you explain that remark? Do you have anything to back it up?
Yes, but I'm going to passively-aggressively allude to it rather than state it in clear terms...
| 690 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:38:09am |
re: #687 wrenchwench
Can you explain that remark? Do you have anything to back it up?
So, you're just asking questions? Concerned much?
| 691 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:38:45am |
re: #684 Killgore Trout
If they just run to smaller banks and credit unions there is really no harm. And I think we both understand it will not be big enough to have a major economic impact. It might be big enough to get BofA to sweeten up some policies. For every dollar withdrawn, they lose the ability to loan many dollars. Which is all kinds of odd anyway.
| 692 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:39:14am |
Since I moved to this (undisclosed) town in 1995, I've done all my banking with a locally owned institution. If I hadn't gone bike riding with the former president, and received his encouragement, I would not be a business owner today.
| 693 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:39:47am |
re: #685 Rightwingconspirator
An action like that is not just about fees. That is just the proverbial straw that broke the camels back. A public "retail" action writ large has an impact on an entity like a bank. It's one concrete step, in a place that should have more I admit.
Your take kinda points out a dilemma Occupy faces. We decry a lack of specifics, and when one comes up it's not broad enough.
No, it just shows a fundamental lack of economic knowledge. Explain it to me like I'm 5. Where does your money go when you deposit it at BoA versus depositing it at a credit union, and what fundamentally makes the 2nd one better for you as a consumer.
| 694 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:40:11am |
re: #692 wrenchwench
Since I moved to this (undisclosed) town in 1995, I've done all my banking with a locally owned institution. If I hadn't gone bike riding with the former president, and received his encouragement, I would not be a business owner today.
And I won't be tomorrow if I don't go do some work...
| 695 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:41:29am |
re: #686 McSpiff
I wonder how much money total consumer deposits represent. Is that type of information available?
I don't know. It's always hard to tell with groups like Anon but if they were to have some big money behind this (a big mutual fund, foreign government, competing bank, etc) it could cause a serious mess. I don't think that's very unlikely but the anarchists from Anon just want to make a mess and there's always the possibility that someone out there is willing to help.
| 696 |
RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:44:07am |
Tenn. protesters arrested for 2nd straight night
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state troopers for the second straight night arrested more than two dozen Wall Street protesters for defying a new nighttime curfew imposed by the state's Republican governor in an effort to disband an encampment near the Capitol.
And for a second time, a Nashville night judge dismissed the protesters' arrest warrants.
The Tennessean newspaper reported early Saturday morning ([Link: tnne.ws...] that Magistrate Tom Nelson told troopers delivering the protesters to jail that he could "find no authority anywhere for anyone to authorize a curfew anywhere on Legislative Plaza."
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(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:45:24am |
re: #680 wrenchwench
Why the hell have they decided to have it on a Saturday??
Because [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
| 698 |
RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:45:49am |
re: #696 RogueOne
I missed part of the quote. You might want to refresh.
| 699 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:46:58am |
re: #367 Sergey Romanov
OK, that was a decent flick as far as B-movies are concerned.
| 700 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:47:06am |
re: #691 Rightwingconspirator
If they just run to smaller banks and credit unions there is really no harm. And I think we both understand it will not be big enough to have a major economic impact. It might be big enough to get BofA to sweeten up some policies. For every dollar withdrawn, they lose the ability to loan many dollars. Which is all kinds of odd anyway.
It isn't the moving of money that bothers me, it's the attempt to get everybody to do it at the same time to orchestrate a crisis that I have an issue with. If they succeed (which is unlikely) the bank will just go to the Fed for emergency funds to make sure they stay capitalized enough to still function. We'll end up paying for it. It's a stupid idea and economically ignorant or the reality we live in.
| 701 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:47:17am |
| 702 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:47:30am |
re: #696 RogueOne
Tenn. protesters arrested for 2nd straight night
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
Yeah I noted that yesterday. I like this part:
And for a second time, a Nashville night judge dismissed the protesters' arrest warrants.
Cool judge.
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Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:48:52am |
re: #693 McSpiff
re: #700 Killgore Trout
When deposits move from one entity to another, the second entity picks up the "energy" or deposits it needs to grow. Loan, hire, manage the new monies. The bank that no longer has those monies now has a competitive motive to make policies more consumer friendly. If credit unions and local banks get the funds they get some advantage. How is that so bad?!
Remember it is Bank Transfer Day not withdraw and bury the cash under your tent day. (Hmm I hope that reads as a lighter note not a snarky slap) :-)
In any case my point about the dilemma stands.
| 704 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:50:50am |
re: #697 000G
Because [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
My trips to London (when the economy was healthier) were always this time of year. I'm not a big fan of holloween but bonfire night seems more my kind of thing. Lot's of cookouts, fireworks, drinking with family and friends. I've never been able to get an invite to a bonfire night party but it's something I look forward to.
| 705 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:51:28am |
Navy commander sentenced in sexual assault of two sailors
A Navy commander Friday was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting two female sailors while he was the captain of the guided-missile destroyer Momsen.
Cmdr. Jay Wylie was also sentenced to be dismissed from the Navy, under a plea bargain with military prosecutors. Wylie was relieved of command of the Everett, Wash.-based ship in April when the allegations surfaced.
Wylie, 40, a 19-year veteran of the Navy, pleaded guilty to rape, aggravated sexual assault, abusive sexual content and conduct unbecoming an officer...
| 706 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:51:36am |
re: #703 Rightwingconspirator
re: #700 Killgore Trout
When deposits move from one entity to another, the second entity picks up the "energy" or deposits it needs to grow. Loan, hire, manage the new monies. The bank that no longer has those monies now has a competitive motive to make policies more consumer friendly. If credit unions and local banks get the funds they get some advantage. How is that so bad?!
Remember it is Bank Transfer Day not withdraw and bury the cash under your tent day. (Hmm I hope that reads as a lighter note not a snarky slap) :-)
In any case my point about the dilemma stands.
You didn't answer anything I asked. You're right, that's what happens. But my question was why? Is the goal of OWS to get better customer service and lower fees for consumers? Noble goal but what's that have to do with the 1% I keep hearing about?
| 707 |
RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:51:47am |
If at first you don't succeed:
Woman guilty of trying to burn husband to death during nap
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
A Florida woman was convicted of trying to murder her husband by setting the couple's bedroom on fire while he napped, in one of two suspected attempts to kill him, authorities said on Saturday.
.....
Prosecutors said Kimberly Boone, a college financial aid manager from Winter Springs, Florida, set the couple's bedroom on fire in December 2008 while Robert Boone slept. She drugged her husband with the anti-anxiety medication Xanax, making it harder for him to escape the fire, they said.
....
She was not arrested for the arson and attempted murder until four months later, in April 2009, when Robert Boone was shot in the chest while checking on his wife's concern about noises in the garage.Robert Boone, who survived both incidents, told investigators Kimberly brought their Ruger .357 into the garage. Kimberly told investigators Robert had the handgun.
Kimberly Boone was acquitted of attempted murder in the shooting case at her first trial in 2010.
| 708 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:52:38am |
re: #703 Rightwingconspirator
re: #700 Killgore Trout
When deposits move from one entity to another, the second entity picks up the "energy" or deposits it needs to grow. Loan, hire, manage the new monies. The bank that no longer has those monies now has a competitive motive to make policies more consumer friendly. If credit unions and local banks get the funds they get some advantage. How is that so bad?!
Remember it is Bank Transfer Day not withdraw and bury the cash under your tent day. (Hmm I hope that reads as a lighter note not a snarky slap) :-)
In any case my point about the dilemma stands.
Once again; it's not the movement of money that bothers me. They're trying to make a coordinated effort to do it all simultaneously to cause a short term capitalization crisis. That's the problem.
| 709 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:53:44am |
re: #683 McSpiff
Yup, we agree on that. Goldman-Sachs and others appeared to have the Midas touch, able turn debt into cash. Turns out they were just really good at turning debt into management fees and bonuses.
It's a long chain of conflicts of interests that will get unraveled some day, maybe when the public learns some essential lessons, e.g. about the difference between assets and liabilities, the creation of money through credit contracts, and why the lack of own capital/equity for lenders or collateral for borrowers always introduces toxicity into the resulting debt.
I am sure it won't end with the big banks or the hedge funds, though. The lack of prosecution to this day AFAIK is more indicative of incriminated government officials and/or institutions than of actual legality of the practices involved. This, I believe, points to another lesson which is probably better understood already: That the privatization of big profits together with the socialization of losses is a giant scam that leaves the public in general much worse off.
| 710 |
RogueOne Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:54:47am |
I think I'm going to take a nap. If I don't make it back, call the police! Enjoy the day people
| 711 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:54:57am |
Ad for gun training bars Muslims and Obama voters
A radio ad for a handgun training class that bars Muslims and Obama voters has sparked an investigation in Texas.
"We will attempt to teach you all the necessary information you need to obtain your [Concealed Handgun License]," the ad says. Then towards the end, it adds: "If you are a socialist liberal and/or voted for the current campaigner in chief, please do not take this class. You have already proven that you cannot make a knowledgeable and prudent decision under the law."
And then: "If you are a non-Christian Arab or Muslim, I will not teach you the class with no shame; I am Crockett Keller, thank you, and God bless America."
| 712 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:55:24am |
re: #709 000G
It's a long chain of conflicts of interests that will get unraveled some day, maybe when the public learns some essential lessons, e.g. about the difference between assets and liabilities, the creation of money through credit contracts, and why the lack of own capital/equity for lenders or collateral for borrowers always introduces toxicity into the resulting debt.
I am sure it won't end with the big banks or the hedge funds, though. The lack of prosecution to this day AFAIK is more indicative of incriminated government officials and/or institutions than of actual legality of the practices involved. This, I believe, points to another lesson which is probably better understood already: That the privatization of big profits together with the socialization of losses is a giant scam that leaves the public in general much worse off.
Sing it! That's a movement I'd be behind 110%.
| 713 |
jaunte Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:55:54am |
Goldman Sachs Sued By Hedge Fund For Knowingly Selling Toxic Mortgage-Backed Investments
A new lawsuit accuses Goldman Sachs of purposely unloading $93 million in mortgage-backed securities it knew to be junk onto a client, then betting against those same securities in the lead-up to the financial crisis.
| 714 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:56:28am |
Trying to mess with a bank's Capital requirement is not something people should mess around with. Move your money if you want to but don't try to create an economic crisis.
| 715 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:56:45am |
re: #706 McSpiff
You didn't answer anything I asked. You're right, that's what happens. But my question was why? Is the goal of OWS to get better customer service and lower fees for consumers? Noble goal but what's that have to do with the 1% I keep hearing about?
It is surely one goal to get better policies out of the mega banks. It's not a sole goal, it's one in there with others. BTW Bank transfer day was not started by Occupy. But Occupy likes the plan. It looks like retail reaction to harsh policies from a retail service provider to me.
So there is your why-To get some improvement where they think they can. Maybe it will work maybe not. But it's a fair shot at it.
| 716 |
Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:57:26am |
re: #672 RogueOne
The Night Occupy Los Angeles Tore Itself In Two
[Link: www.theawl.com...]
Splitters.
| 717 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:57:28am |
re: #713 jaunte
Goldman Sachs Sued By Hedge Fund For Knowingly Selling Toxic Mortgage-Backed Investments
GS was creating and selling financial products that it knew were crap, solely so that other hedge funds would have something to bet against when it came to things like CDS. Insanity.
| 718 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:57:39am |
re: #684 Killgore Trout
I've seen that. I think it's a bad idea to orchestrate a bank run. If people want to move their money that's fine by me but trying to cause an economic crisis by everybody moving their money at the same time is not something I'd support. I don't think they'll actually succeed but the effort is a bad idea.
They won't succeed. They tried something similar with PayPal before and failed. They usually do not realize that actual support in the public for their actions is much smaller than the internet hype they admittedly are masters at generating. Kinda like Paulbots.
Matt Taibbi seems to disagree with your assessment of bank runs (like this) being a bad idea, btw:
Another Weapon for OWS: Pull Your Money Out of BofA
Incidentally, this kind of suggestion might prove a real help to OWS. One definite tactic that Occupy Wall Street can adopt, going forward, is educating people about the perfidy of certain financial institutions and convincing people to do what they did back in the days of apartheid, which is disinvest. If everyone were to start pulling their money out of the worst-offending banks, that would have a profound effect on the markets and may function as a great short-cut to political change.
Bank of America is a great place to start. All the TBTF banks suck equally, but as George Orwell would say, some banks are more equal than others. Withdrawals would be a great way for people to answer the Fed's decision to put depositors on the hook for Merrill Lynch's bad bets.
| 719 |
jaunte Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:59:11am |
re: #717 McSpiff
GS was creating and selling financial products that it knew were crap, solely so that other hedge funds would have something to bet against when it came to things like CDS. Insanity.
From that article:
...just as Goldman promised Basis that the Timberwolf mortgage-backed security would provide a 60 percent return on the investment, according to the report, a Goldman executive privately called the investment "one shitty deal."
| 720 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:59:28am |
re: #715 Rightwingconspirator
It is surely one goal to get better policies out of the mega banks. It's not a sole goal, it's one in there with others. BTW Bank transfer day was not started by Occupy. But Occupy likes the plan. It looks like retail reaction to harsh policies from a retail service provider to me.
So there is your why-To get some improvement where they think they can. Maybe it will work maybe not. But it's a fair shot at it.
Right, well I'm happy with my bank, guess OWS isn't for me then.
| 721 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 9:59:46am |
Bank Transfer Day: Because you were to fucking stoppid to realize you were getting screwed with fees until someone told you.
| 722 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:00:25am |
re: #714 Killgore Trout
Trying to mess with a bank's Capital requirement is not something people should mess around with. Move your money is you want to but don't try to create an economic crisis.
That does not look like much of a risk. But let's revisit on the 6th. I still suggest that moving to local banks is a good idea at this time. The money is till in the economy just the same. Just not there to support mega banks quite as much.
Buy local counts for banking services too.
Disclosure-I gave up on the mega banks years ago, and have enjoyed the terms of a smaller bank since. One that makes loans that support the big entertainment industry in my area. BofA-Not so much.
| 723 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:00:32am |
re: #719 jaunte
From that article:
Ha didn't even need to read the article to know it would be about Timberwolf. That was admitted to in congressional hearings IIRC
| 724 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:01:38am |
re: #700 Killgore Trout
It's a stupid idea and economically ignorant or the reality we live in.
Sums up nicely most dilemmas in today's economy.
| 725 |
Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:01:53am |
re: #707 RogueOne
If at first you don't succeed:
Woman guilty of trying to burn husband to death during nap
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
A .357? Swear I'm losing faith in handguns. (About 17,000 people survive handgun suicide attempts each year.)
| 726 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:04:00am |
re: #725 Decatur Deb
A .357? Swear I'm losing faith in handguns. (About 17,000 people survive handgun suicide attempts each year.)
So, life sucks, I'm gonna kill myself. FAIL. Wonder how bad life is the next day. Beside the fact that you now have a GSW.
| 727 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:05:24am |
re: #726 Cannadian Club Akbar
So, life sucks, I'm gonna kill myself. FAIL. Wonder how bad life is the next day. Beside the fact that you now have a GSW.
Sounds scientific.
//
| 728 |
jaunte Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:06:28am |
Kurt_Vonnegut tweets:
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
| 729 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:08:30am |
| 730 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:08:35am |
re: #720 McSpiff
Right, well I'm happy with my bank, guess OWS isn't for me then.
That may well be. The 99% claim is hyperbolic after all. And yet... How do you feel about the level of influence these mega banks have on legislation and elections? Are you happy with your bank in that context? How about the other mega banks?
Do you think it a good thing or a bad thing to protest bad banking and corporate policies in a recession?
Oh, we do have this, perhaps a sign of a retail banks response to consumer anger-
[Link: occupylosangeles.org...]
| 731 |
Four More Tears Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:08:44am |
re: #714 Killgore Trout
Trying to mess with a bank's Capital requirement is not something people should mess around with. Move your money if you want to but don't try to create an economic crisis.
So this whole Free Market thing really is just bullshit. Good to know.
| 733 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:10:10am |
re: #712 McSpiff
Sing it! That's a movement I'd be behind 110%.
Wish I knew places where these issues were discussed without being as kooky as Dailypaul, Infowars/Prisonplanet or even just ZeroHedge, though. I have no use for goldbugs and neoconfederates.
| 734 |
Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:12:14am |
re: #728 jaunte
Kurt_Vonnegut tweets:
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
My highschool dorm-mates are running the archdiocese of Boston and another in Colorado. Better them than me.
| 735 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:12:25am |
re: #713 jaunte
Goldman Sachs Sued By Hedge Fund For Knowingly Selling Toxic Mortgage-Backed Investments
And yet certain people around here just recently claimed that all of Wall Street's actions leading up to 2007 were perfectly legal. Well yeah, they sure made it look like that. Until one of them found themselves shortchanged and decided that it was payback time. Suddenly the mantle of supposed legality drops. Funny how that works when the big players get hurt.
| 736 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:13:06am |
One of the bad things about having Fridays off is you sometimes wake up Saturday morning totally convinced it's Sunday and dreading the start of a new week.
| 737 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:13:26am |
This is too speculative for a poll but, in general out there-Could it be OWS faces a lot of extra criticism because it fails to rail against the Republicans enough and on the other hand fails to attack Obama enough? So the critics of both persuasions bitch about it.
| 738 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:14:10am |
re: #714 Killgore Trout
Trying to mess with a bank's Capital requirement is not something people should mess around with. Move your money if you want to but don't try to create an economic crisis.
To be perfectly honest, though: The big players like BofA, which insist that they have a "right to make a profit", are experts at making everybody believe that whatever is not in their interests is tantamount to an economic crisis.
| 739 |
wrenchwench Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:14:34am |
re: #733 000G
Wish I knew places where these issues were discussed without being as kooky as Dailypaul, Infowars/Prisonplanet or even just ZeroHedge, though. I have no use for goldbugs and neoconfederates.
"You're posting in it!"
--Madge
you'll have to get someone else to explain the reference, I'm 'working'
| 740 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:14:35am |
re: #736 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
One of the bad things about having Fridays off is you sometimes wake up Saturday morning totally convinced it's Sunday and dreading the start of a new week.
Well, if you have to work on Sunday, then Saturday is Sunday, just a day early.
| 741 |
jaunte Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:16:00am |
Foreclosure firm's Halloween party features "homeless" costumes
...A third photograph shows a corner of Baum’s office decorated to look like a row of foreclosed homes. Another shows a sign that reads, “Baum Estates” — needless to say, it’s also full of foreclosed houses. Most of the other pictures show either mock homeless camps or mock foreclosure signs — or both.
....
MFY Legal Services, which defends homeowners, and Harwood Feffer, a large class-action firm, have filed a class-action suit claiming that Steven J. Baum has consistently failed to file certain papers that are necessary to allow for a state-mandated settlement conference that can lead to a modification. Judge Arthur Schack of the State Supreme Court in Brooklyn once described Baum’s foreclosure filings as “operating in a parallel mortgage universe, unrelated to the real universe.”
| 742 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:16:21am |
re: #740 Cannadian Club Akbar
Well, if you have to work on Sunday, then Saturday is Sunday, just a day early.
True, true.
| 743 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:17:24am |
re: #738 000G
Great point. When we hear that from the defense industries it sure sounds like blackmail.
[Link: www.wired.com...]
| 744 |
RadicalModerate Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:18:46am |
re: #721 Cannadian Club Akbar
Bank Transfer Day: Because you were to fucking stoppid to realize you were getting screwed with fees until someone told you.
Just a personal opinion: If you, after the shenanigans of the major banking institutions' handling YOUR finances, haven't transferred the vast majority of your accounts over to a Credit Union, you are a damned fool.
| 745 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:19:11am |
re: #742 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
True, true.
But now, if you work Sundays and wake up on Saturday thinking it's Sunday then you realize it's still only Saturday, you just gave yourself 24 hours to the good. Drink!!
| 746 |
Decatur Deb Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:19:12am |
re: #741 jaunte
Foreclosure firm's Halloween party features "homeless" costumes
A flyer from my county's Coalition for the Homeless has just asked for blankets, sleeping bags and tents. We have managed to achieve a Hooverville, near the traditional railroad yard.
| 747 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:19:25am |
re: #738 000G
To be perfectly honest, though: The big players like BofA, which insist that they have a "right to make a profit", are experts at making everybody believe that whatever is not in their interests is tantamount to an economic crisis.
The problem with bank runs is they have a cascading effect as other people and intituions rush to pull out thier money too before liquid funds dry up. I don't know how many time I have to restate this but: I have no problem with people moving their money, just don't try to coordinate and to it simultaneously on the same day. It's a very bad idea. Although the chances of successfully creating a crisis are very slim it's a stupid thing to attempt.
| 748 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:19:34am |
re: #741 jaunte
Foreclosure firm's Halloween party features "homeless" costumes
Classy. What class warfare?
| 749 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:20:55am |
re: #744 RadicalModerate
Just a personal opinion: If you, after the shenanigans of the major banking institutions' handling YOUR finances, haven't transferred the vast majority of your accounts over to a Credit Union, you are a damned fool.
Agree. I haven't used a major bank since 1992 or 93.
| 750 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:21:43am |
re: #741 jaunte
Foreclosure firm's Halloween party features "homeless" costumes
Wow. I rest my OWS case for today. Thanks for the help. Now I'll just get back to party prep.
| 751 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:24:37am |
re: #750 Rightwingconspirator
Wow. I rest my OWS case for today. Thanks for the help. Now I'll just get back to party prep.
I owe. I owe. So off to OWS I go.
//
| 752 |
jaunte Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:28:52am |
Crap.
Kabul, Afghanistan — At least 13 American soldiers were among more than 20 people killed when a Taliban suicide car bomber attacked an armored NATO shuttle bus in Kabul on Saturday, a Western military official confirmed.[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
My son-in-law just got word yesterday he's being deployed to Afghanistan in a few weeks. He just got back from Djibouti.
| 753 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:29:43am |
re: #730 Rightwingconspirator
That may well be. The 99% claim is hyperbolic after all. And yet... How do you feel about the level of influence these mega banks have on legislation and elections? Are you happy with your bank in that context? How about the other mega banks?
Do you think it a good thing or a bad thing to protest bad banking and corporate policies in a recession?
Oh, we do have this, perhaps a sign of a retail banks response to consumer anger-
[Link: occupylosangeles.org...]
Well, I'm Canadian, keep that in mind. Our banks were denied deregulation and mergers, so I'm pretty happy with that. Maybe they do have too much influence, they were bailed out for around $150 billion.
Overall, I pay no fees. I have access to my money from anywhere. My accounts are insured to $100k or something stupid. I have access to a credit card, debit card, atms. Free cheques. Various options for my RRSP (401k I guess?) and TFSA (Roth IRA maybe?). I can pick between various high risk high reward products, right down to 0 risk with returns probably under inflation. I like that my company has access to various forms of credit so it can afford to invest in its future instead of just sitting on mountains of cash. I like that our customers can fiance the massive infrastructure projects that allow both them and us to profit.
Sure, I hate what individual companies and people did, but from where I'm sitting it just doesn't make sense for me to say 'I hate modern financial markets', which is where I feel OWS is.
| 754 |
funky chicken Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:36:32am |
re: #646 McSpiff
My dad is a right-winger who has gotten tied up with some of the Tea Party nuts...but he's a CPA and business owner and very sharp about money. He says lots of people from AIG and Goldman Sachs should be wearing orange jumpsuits and breaking big rocks into little rocks.
So the TPers got taken over by the Koch brigade, and their message of "freedom" or whatever now only applies to, well, folks like AIG and Goldman Sachs. We'll see what happens with OWS. If it gets people to finally ask companies like Nike why the hell they charge $200 for shoes they make in China with what is essentially slave labor, that would be a good thing.
Really, Ipads cost 500 bucks. Don't tell me Apple couldn't afford to pay an American living wage to the people who build them.
| 755 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:36:40am |
re: #753 McSpiff
I had forgotten you are Canadian. You guys pretty much avoided the whole mess huh? In a modern financial market. If we examine the differences between US baking policies and Canada perhaps we will see where we went wrong.
| 756 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:38:37am |
re: #737 Rightwingconspirator
This is too speculative for a poll but, in general out there-Could it be OWS faces a lot of extra criticism because it fails to rail against the Republicans enough and on the other hand fails to attack Obama enough? So the critics of both persuasions bitch about it.
OWS seems to be what the Tea Party only pretended to be: non-partisan, though mostly due to perceived lack of meaningful choices and a sense of despair about the political process and system in general. Of course that will elicit attacks from all partisan places. The problem with OWS is getting the movement to engage in politically activities that are meaningful beyond just awareness and attention. The Tea Party was/is hyper partisan, but they had an essential role in actually molding and shaping an entire major political party.
| 757 |
funky chicken Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:38:56am |
re: #747 Killgore Trout
Having once been a BofA customer, I simply encourage folks to think of the hours of waiting for "customer service" on such a busy day....
| 758 |
makeitstopghazi Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:39:46am |
re: #691 Rightwingconspirator
If they just run to smaller banks and credit unions there is really no harm. And I think we both understand it will not be big enough to have a major economic impact. It might be big enough to get BofA to sweeten up some policies. For every dollar withdrawn, they lose the ability to loan many dollars. Which is all kinds of odd anyway.
One thing that I noticed listening to the news in the truck the other day - BoA caught so much shit for announcing those ATM fees, it scared all the other banks off of even trying it.
Despite claims that OWS is not affecting the banks, they are paying attention. They might not be scared out of their skin or anything, but let's say for argument's sake that 10,000 or 20,000 people move their accounts on 11/5.
That's probably no big deal in terms of the money involved, but it'll make the news and people will hear about it.
And the banks will pay more attention.
I'm moving my business account out of Citibank on 11/5. And they will try to incentivize me not to. I'm moving my money anyway.
| 759 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:41:22am |
re: #741 jaunte
Foreclosure firm's Halloween party features "homeless" costumes
Wow. Just wow. People really think the results of their actions will never get back to them at all, ever?
| 760 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:42:41am |
re: #759 000G
Wow. Just wow. People really think the results of their actions will never get back to them at all, ever?
When Uncle Sam not only turned a blind eye, but bailed out the worst offenders, why shouldn't folks come to that conclusion?
| 761 |
makeitstopghazi Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:43:28am |
re: #759 000G
Wow. Just wow. People really think the results of their actions will never get back to them at all, ever?
Yeah, I posted that last night.
They should get a lot more scrutiny from law enforcement at this point. Let those heartless motherfuckers worry about losing their houses and see how they like it.
| 762 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:43:45am |
re: #756 000G
OWS seems to be what the Tea Party only pretended to be: non-partisan, though mostly due to perceived lack of meaningful choices and a sense of despair about the political process and system in general. Of course that will elicit attacks from all partisan places. The problem with OWS is getting the movement to engage in politically activities that are meaningful beyond just awareness and attention. The Tea Party was/is hyper partisan, but they had an essential role in actually molding and shaping an entire major political party.
So far partisans outnumber indies like me.
So Far. 2012 beckons.
| 763 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:44:04am |
re: #754 funky chicken
Really, Ipads cost 500 bucks. Don't tell me Apple couldn't afford to pay an American living wage to the people who build them.
Apple's Form 10-K Reveals Over $80 Billion In Cash
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]
Guess not. (I posted this early this morning)
| 764 |
Killgore Trout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:44:16am |
re: #757 funky chicken
Having once been a BofA customer, I simply encourage folks to think of the hours of waiting for "customer service" on such a busy day...
I had a BoA account many moons ago and closed it after they got busted selling their customer's personal information to marketing firms. I have a Wells Fargo account for convenience but I'm not that happy with a bunch of their practices. I have a Charles Schwab account that I'm very happy with and will eventually move all my money into it.
| 765 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:44:36am |
re: #760 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
When Uncle Sam not only turned a blind eye, but bailed out the worst offenders, why shouldn't folks come to that conclusion?
Too big to fail should never have meant to big to indict.
| 766 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:47:27am |
re: #763 Cannadian Club Akbar
Apple's Form 10-K Reveals Over $80 Billion In Cash
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]Guess not. (I posted this early this morning)
And this link was in that link.
[Link: www.macrumors.com...]
Money shot:
"It's a topic for the board on an ongoing basis and we will continue to discuss it," Cook said in response to an analyst question. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer jumped in after Cook was finished answering the question, to point out that more than two-thirds of Apple's $81 billion cash pile was sitting offshore.
| 767 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:47:30am |
re: #755 Rightwingconspirator
I had forgotten you are Canadian. You guys pretty much avoided the whole mess huh? In a modern financial market. If we examine the differences between US baking policies and Canada perhaps we will see where we went wrong.
I know our current PM has done a few sessions with American officials over the differences, and I'm sure it happens at lower levels too. I think you'll see there are many reasons, including plain old luck.
On the other hand, I really don't know how bad it got/is for the average person in the states. So that colors my opinion on the whole thing strongly.
| 768 |
(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was) Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:48:03am |
re: #765 Rightwingconspirator
Too big to fail should never have meant to big to indict.
That's the point the TBTF players are trying to make up to this day: Indict us and the economy goes down in flames again.
| 769 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:48:16am |
re: #765 Rightwingconspirator
Too big to fail should never have meant to big to indict.
Shouldn't have, but ended up that way. And I hold Obama responsible for the blatant failure to bring those responsible for it all to justice.
| 770 |
funky chicken Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:50:10am |
re: #752 jaunte
Crap.
My son-in-law just got word yesterday he's being deployed to Afghanistan in a few weeks. He just got back from Djibouti.
It's time to get the hell out of there. It's been time for years, but now that Osama's dead, we're done with everything we set out to do. The Bush administration hand-picked the leaders of Afghanistan and Iraq, and now we see their man in Iraq is actually Iran's man, and Karzai just announced to the world that he's Pakistan's man instead of ours.
Fine. So bring our people home and wash our hands of the whole mess. If they want to blow each other up and treat their girls and women like trash (Afghanistan) and want to blow up energy infrastructure and schools (both places), well, it's not our problem. And our military people are being killed, maimed, and run ragged.
There was an article on CNN last night about an army ranger who was killed on his FOURTEENTH deployment. He had deployed FOURTEEN times over the last 9 years.
Insanity.
| 771 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:50:22am |
re: #768 000G
That's the point the TBTF players are trying to make up to this day: Indict us and the economy goes down in flames again.
Yep. "Indict us and you'll scare off all the 'talent' that makes us successful!" It's a bunch of horseshit, a call essentially for blanket immunity for any actions that damage the economy, simply out of fear jailing those responsible will have even more dire economic consequences.
| 772 |
reine.de.tout Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:50:45am |
re: #764 Killgore Trout
I had a BoA account many moons ago and closed it after they got busted selling their customer's personal information to marketing firms. I have a Wells Fargo account for convenience but I'm not that happy with a bunch of their practices. I have a Charles Schwab account that I'm very happy with and will eventually move all my money into it.
I have an investment acct at SmithBarney - but for everything else, I use a credit union and have for 30 years. I've never been disappointed with my credit union. I'm not sure why most folks don't just use a credit union instead of banks that, to me, seem OBVIOUSLY to want to deal with accounts that involve large amounts of money (commercial accounts), rather than the nickel-and-dime stuff most people have.
| 773 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:52:50am |
I closed my BB&T account after they started charging for not having enough money in your account. 10 bucks a month unless you have >1500 bucks in there.
What BS.
| 774 |
funky chicken Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:54:02am |
re: #766 Cannadian Club Akbar
And this link was in that link.
[Link: www.macrumors.com...]Money shot:
"It's a topic for the board on an ongoing basis and we will continue to discuss it," Cook said in response to an analyst question. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer jumped in after Cook was finished answering the question, to point out that more than two-thirds of Apple's $81 billion cash pile was sitting offshore.
Which means their stock price will go up. Wall Street loves hearing about offshore accounts and factories in 3rd world countries. It's good for profits, after all.
It's bad for America, but what do they care?
| 775 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:54:51am |
re: #773 Varek Raith
I closed my BB&T account after they started charging for not having enough money in your account. 10 bucks a month unless you have >1500 bucks in there.
What BS.
C'mon now. If you don't have enough money it makes total sense to charge you and take more money from you so next month you won't have enough money either.
/do I really need this tag?
| 776 |
funky chicken Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:55:11am |
re: #773 Varek Raith
I closed my BB&T account after they started charging for not having enough money in your account. 10 bucks a month unless you have >1500 bucks in there.
What BS.
LOL. Debtor's prison? Charging you for not being rich enough?
| 777 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:57:42am |
re: #774 funky chicken
Which means their stock price will go up. Wall Street loves hearing about offshore accounts and factories in 3rd world countries. It's good for profits, after all.
It's bad for America, but what do they care?
And it'll raise pressure on Congress to drop the taxes on that money to "bring it home," with empty promises that it'll go to job creation and investment, when it'll follow the money that came before by going to pay investors and execs.
| 778 |
makeitstopghazi Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:58:17am |
re: #773 Varek Raith
I closed my BB&T account after they started charging for not having enough money in your account. 10 bucks a month unless you have >1500 bucks in there.
What BS.
Yep. Citi is going to start charging 3 bucks per check or transaction if your small business account balance dips below 6 grand. My small business is very small (one-man shop), and quite often my balance goes below $6K.
I've been with Citi since I started my business 13 years ago and they were still EAB. I'm not going to stick around and let them siphon money out of my account in return for the privilege of doing business with their bank.
They're supposed to be working for me, not the other way round.
| 779 |
McSpiff Sat, Oct 29, 2011 10:59:10am |
Off to get a haircut. I found this place soon after moving here, "Imperial Barber Shop". Went purely because of the name, turns out they give a wicked haircut. My barber was an immigrant from Somalia, via Kenya, having first run the barber shop for the main UN compound in that region. Very cool, very funny guy.
| 780 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:02:45am |
| 781 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:03:27am |
re: #780 Varek Raith
Fox's Bolling On October Snow: "Hey A Gore...Where's Your Global Warming Now?"
[Video]
Science!
| 782 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:04:26am |
re: #780 Varek Raith
Fox's Bolling On October Snow: "Hey A Gore...Where's Your Global Warming Now?"
[Video]
How many times must they be told that "Weather != Climate" before these morons stop with this utter BS?
| 783 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:04:49am |
Okay. 700+ comments, Master Spy up, plus a tab for YouTube scary Halloween music.... Aurora works fantastic on my Win7 64 bit machine.
| 784 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:04:55am |
re: #780 Varek Raith
Fox's Bolling On October Snow: "Hey A Gore...Where's Your Global Warming Now?"
[Video]
Hey, Bolling, where's your brain? Never seen it.
| 785 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:06:00am |
re: #784 Sergey Romanov
Hey, Bolling, where's your brain? Never seen it.
NYC = ENTIRE PLANET.
Good to know.
| 786 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:06:06am |
re: #783 Rightwingconspirator
Okay. 700+ comments, Master Spy up, plus a tab for YouTube scary Halloween music... Aurora works fantastic on my Win7 64 bit machine.
[Video]
See. I'm the resident LGF Firefox Aurora evangelist.
//
| 788 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:06:53am |
re: #786 Gus 802
Thanks for the heads up. Best thing since I used to run Seamonkey.
| 789 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:06:59am |
re: #783 Rightwingconspirator
I installed Aurora (but didn't get rid of the other one because I thought it would leap frog it) and my puter froze up. Might try it again at another time.
| 790 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:07:06am |
| 791 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:07:50am |
re: #786 Gus 802
See. I'm the resident LGF Firefox Aurora evangelist.
//
It fucking crashes. If I leave it at home with LGF running, usually I get a crash when I come back from work.
| 792 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:07:54am |
re: #786 Gus 802
See. I'm the resident LGF Firefox Aurora evangelist.
//
Heretic, you have gone against the word of Gravel! Ye shall burn!
///
| 793 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:08:55am |
re: #789 Cannadian Club Akbar
I installed Aurora (but didn't get rid of the other one because I thought it would leap frog it) and my puter froze up. Might try it again at another time.
I uninstalled the old Firefox and then deleted any and all Firefox folders under the Users directory and deleted all old Firefox registry instances. Then installed Aurora.
| 794 |
makeitstopghazi Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:09:06am |
re: #783 Rightwingconspirator
Okay. 700+ comments, Master Spy up, plus a tab for YouTube scary Halloween music... Aurora works fantastic on my Win7 64 bit machine.
[Video]
I may try it later. I've been using Chrome because FF was being really dickish. But if Aurora is an improvement I might give it a spin...
Off to the music store. Gotta buy a rack compressor for my PA and check out some new guitars. Stay warm/dry.
| 795 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:09:17am |
re: #792 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Heretic, you have gone against the word of Gravel! Ye shall burn!
///
He has already denounced Gravel several days ago. I thought about burning him, but too lazy.
| 796 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:09:40am |
re: #791 Sergey Romanov
It fucking crashes. If I leave it at home with LGF running, usually I get a crash when I come back from work.
Really?
| 797 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:09:55am |
re: #793 Gus 802
I uninstalled the old Firefox and then deleted any and all Firefox folders under the Users directory and deleted all old Firefox registry instances. Then installed Aurora.
And that's the wrong way to install any browser.
| 798 |
bratwurst Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:10:11am |
re: #782 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
How many times must they be told that "Weather != Climate" before these morons stop with this utter BS?
Hey, we get certain lizards who have presumably been reading Charles' work for YEARS doing the same thing...can't be shocked to see it on Fox!
| 799 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:10:40am |
re: #796 Gus 802
Really?
Did you see a sarc tag? /
Probably some minor memory leak that accumulates as the Spy runs (just a hypothesis).
| 801 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:11:06am |
re: #793 Gus 802
I uninstalled the old Firefox and then deleted any and all Firefox folders under the Users directory and deleted all old Firefox registry instances. Then installed Aurora.
I saw that when you originally talked about Aurora. I didn't see that you deleted everything else until I had already put in Aurora. BAH!!!
| 802 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:11:32am |
re: #800 Gus 802
No it ain't. ;)
Yes it is. If any browser requires it, that's a wrong browser that shouldn't be used. Because it was created by llamas.
| 803 |
Daniel Ballard Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:11:41am |
re: #801 Cannadian Club Akbar
I saw that when you originally talked about Aurora. I didn't see that you deleted everything else until I had already put in Aurora. BAH!!!
I just dropped it in. Nothing special.
| 804 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:11:50am |
So, Eric Derp Bolling, I guess that record breaking heat wave during the summer proves global warming?
Your 'logic' is a two edged sword you fool.
| 805 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:11:58am |
re: #802 Sergey Romanov
Yes it is. If any browser requires it, that's a wrong browser that shouldn't be used. Because it was created by llamas.
Fernando llamas?
//
| 806 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:12:19am |
| 807 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:12:53am |
A damn shame I can't remember my twitter login.
Oh well.
| 809 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:13:44am |
re: #802 Sergey Romanov
Yes it is. If any browser requires it, that's a wrong browser that shouldn't be used. Because it was created by llamas.
Hey, Sim City was created by llamas!
/(Obscure Reference Moment)
| 810 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:13:55am |
re: #807 Varek Raith
A damn shame I can't remember my twitter login.
Oh well.
Surely it can be restored from e-mail addy?
| 811 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:14:23am |
| 812 |
Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:14:26am |
re: #807 Varek Raith
A damn shame I can't remember my twitter login.
Oh well.
Yea. They should make some link to where you could get your info back. That would RULE!!
///
(I haven't used mine in forever and they sent me an email)
| 813 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:14:46am |
| 814 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:14:55am |
re: #810 Sergey Romanov
Surely it can be restored from e-mail addy?
Yes.
However!
I'm lazy right now.
:)
| 815 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:15:22am |
| 816 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:15:36am |
| 818 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:16:06am |
| 819 |
Varek Raith Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:16:48am |
re: #818 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Will Wright, creator of the Sim City franchise, inserted several references to llamas in the games, starting with Sim City 2000.
It's also were Cain got his 999 plan from.
/
| 820 |
Targetpractice Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:17:50am |
re: #819 Varek Raith
It's also were Cain got his 999 plan from.
/
Always thought he got it from looking at a Pizza Hut ad.
/
| 821 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:19:35am |
| 822 |
Gus Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:20:28am |
re: #820 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Always thought he got it from looking at a Pizza Hut ad.
/
It's a stamp on the top of his head that he was born with.
//
| 823 |
blueraven Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:21:14am |
| 825 |
Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Sat, Oct 29, 2011 11:25:01am |
| 826 |
makeitstopghazi Sat, Oct 29, 2011 1:19:16pm |
re: #809 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Hey, Sim City was created by llamas!
/(Obscure Reference Moment)
Hey, WinAmp really kicks the llama's ass!
(Equally obscure MP3 player reference)
The trip to the music store was infuriating. Short version: Guitar Center's apathetic sales staff has driven me away forever.
| 827 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Oct 29, 2011 2:13:31pm |
re: #753 McSpiff
Well, I'm Canadian, keep that in mind. Our banks were denied deregulation and mergers, so I'm pretty happy with that. Maybe they do have too much influence, they were bailed out for around $150 billion.
Overall, I pay no fees. I have access to my money from anywhere. My accounts are insured to $100k or something stupid. I have access to a credit card, debit card, atms. Free cheques. Various options for my RRSP (401k I guess?) and TFSA (Roth IRA maybe?). I can pick between various high risk high reward products, right down to 0 risk with returns probably under inflation. I like that my company has access to various forms of credit so it can afford to invest in its future instead of just sitting on mountains of cash. I like that our customers can fiance the massive infrastructure projects that allow both them and us to profit.
Sure, I hate what individual companies and people did, but from where I'm sitting it just doesn't make sense for me to say 'I hate modern financial markets', which is where I feel OWS is.
This would be Matt Tiabbi's answer to you: [Link: www.rollingstone.com...]
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Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ... Cheechako
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They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
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Views: 384 • Comments: 0 • Rating: 1- Pictures From Today’s Exhibition of Paintings Done by Jane LilienthalPROPS TO MICHELE AND SAGEHEN FOR CATCHING THE SPELLING ERROR IN THE TITLE THAT MY DIABETIC EYES COULDN'T CATCH I wanted to share pictures of the art show I visited today. The portraits were created by the mother of my ...Joe Bacon ✅
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
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Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
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Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... Cheechako
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Views: 565 • Comments: 1 • Rating: 5- A Closer Look at the Eastman State Bar DecisionTaking a few minutes away from work things to read through the Eastman decision. As I'm sure many of you know, Eastman was my law school con law professor. I knew him pretty well because I was also running in ...KGxvi
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Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
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The Pandemic Cost 7 Million Lives, but Talks to Prevent a Repeat Stall In late 2021, as the world reeled from the arrival of the highly contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus, representatives of almost 200 countries met - some online, some in-person in Geneva - hoping to forestall a future worldwide ... Cheechako
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Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
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