Not so much about NZ, but rather... Zombies!

After gory incidents, online 'zombie' talk grows

First came Miami: the case of a naked man eating most of another man's face. Then Maryland, a college student telling police he killed a man, then ate his heart and part of his brain.

It was different in New Jersey, where a man stabbed himself 50 times and threw bits of his own intestines at police. They pepper-sprayed him, but he was not easily subdued.

[...]

re: #1 freetoken

Not so much about NZ, but rather... Zombies!

After gory incidents, online 'zombie' talk grows

All I know is I'm tired of movies where trained military guys keep freaking out and empty their rounds full auto into zombies. After so many decades, everyone knows to go for headshots.

So, we all have heard by now of the latest release of the Gallup poll on creationism in America.

The results of which have led one author to ponder: EVOLUTION TO FALL IN 2012?

Yes, WND is trumpeting that evil "atheistic" evolution will fail, because it is not "true" science.

re: #3 freetoken

So, we all have heard by now of the latest release of the Gallup poll on creationism in America.

The results of which have led one author to ponder: EVOLUTION TO FALL IN 2012?

Yes, WND is trumpeting that evil "atheistic" evolution will fail, because it is not "true" science.

Proven facts can't stand up to superstitious dogma.

Wait sec.

It's the time of Arctic Light:

Full screen, HD.

re: #1 freetoken

Not so much about NZ, but rather... Zombies!

After gory incidents, online 'zombie' talk grows

re: #6 Gus

Cruz was a zombie?

Do zombies dance?

By the same photographer, The Water:

re: #7 freetoken

Cruz was a zombie?

Do zombies dance?

I'm deep in now and loving it. Wow. Lao. Dios mio.

Earl Doherty is up to part 17 in his critique of Ehrman's Did Jesus Exist:

Jesus Tradition in the Acts of the Apostles

In this one I basically agree with Doherty that Ehrman has played fast and loose with Acts as history. IMO it is really hard to accept Acts as having independent pieces of historical evidence, since there are many difficult questions about the book when one starts to pick it apart critically.

re: #5 freetoken

Magnificent, thank you!

re: #10 freetoken

Earl Doherty is up to part 17 in his critique of Ehrman's Did Jesus Exist:

Jesus Tradition in the Acts of the Apostles

In this one I basically agree with Doherty that Ehrman has played fast and loose with Acts as history. IMO it is really hard to accept Acts as having independent pieces of historical evidence, since there are many difficult questions about the book when one starts to pick it apart critically.

I admire Jesus.

re: #12 Gus

I admire Jesus.

Jesus Barabbas, the insurrectionist, or Jesus ben Ananias, Jewish prophet circa 62 CE?

Did Jesus exist?

Yeah, seems pretty likely.

Was his story embellished just a tad over time by people with an agenda?

Yeah, seems pretty likely.

re: #14 Kragar

Did Jesus exist?

Yeah, seems pretty likely.

Was his story embellished just a tad over time by people with an agenda?

Yeah, seems pretty likely.

I've always accepted there was a Jesus even as an atheist.

Image: Yunick%20pipe.jpg

You are not a True Christian unless you believe that every word in (the King James Translation of) the Bible is the true, literal and unchangeable Word of God.

And unless your interpretation of the Scriptures is appallingly bigoted and fundamendalist.

/

re: #15 Gus

I've always accepted there was a Jesus even as an atheist.

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Who's your buddy?

re: #17 Expand Your Ground

You are not a True Christian unless you believe that every word in (the King James Translation of) the Bible is the true, literal and unchangeable Word of God.

And unless your interpretation of the Scriptures is appalingly bigoted and fundamendalist.

/

I think it all boils down to "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD" nowadays.

re: #18 Kragar

Who's your buddy?

I still follow JC. I know he's heavy on the Greenwald cult. What are you gonna do.

re: #3 freetoken

So, we all have heard by now of the latest release of the Gallup poll on creationism in America.

The results of which have led one author to ponder: EVOLUTION TO FALL IN 2012?

Yes, WND is trumpeting that evil "atheistic" evolution will fail, because it is not "true" science.

What was that about zombies again?

re: #21 mattand

What was that about zombies again?

Zombies attack WND daily offices, no staff reported injured as zombies complain about lack of brains on premises.

re: #22 Kragar

Zombies attack WND daily offices, no staff reported injured as zombies complain about lack of brains on premises.

There are excellent, mint-condition brains to be found there. Never been used.

Peel me a brain!!!

If that were not enough, a new threat: zombie grizzlies!

re: #26 Expand Your Ground

It is too bad the bear had to be euthanized because her may have saved a human life. But he did become a danger to people.

re: #18 Kragar

Jesus is just alright with me.

Jesus on ice

Good Morning, all

...'Send out for Scotch, boil me a crab...

Great lyrics and a love performance.

Can't beat that.

von Suppe?

Capriccio Italien, don't know who performed it.

An interesting little piece by Satie, "Gnossienne N°3" (arr. Poulenc):

Put this in the background and continue with what you were doing. Also Satie.

Morning folks

More/Update on this story:

Who Is Taking Photos of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay?
[Link: www.theatlanticwire.com...]

Public Intelligence has posted all the photos in Hi-Res:

Mysterious Photos of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Guantanamo Bay
[Link: publicintelligence.net...]

The following photos appear to depict Khalid Sheik Mohammed and two other detainees held in the internment facility at Guantanamo Bay. The photos were posted to a Jihadist forum in late May, leading to speculation as to how they were obtained. The Pentagon has since stated that the photos are digitally altered, though the veracity of this statement is unclear. We have posted all of the photos in high-resolution format for analysis.

He is one hairy SOB. Someone needs to smuggle this asshat a beard trimmer just to use on his arms.

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re: #38 RogueOne

More/Update on this story:

Who Is Taking Photos of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay?
[Link: www.theatlanticwire.com...]

Public Intelligence has posted all the photos in Hi-Res:

Mysterious Photos of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Guantanamo Bay
[Link: publicintelligence.net...]

He is one hairy SOB. Someone needs to smuggle this asshat a beard trimmer just to use on his arms.

a great adaptation for desert life: needs no sunscreen

re: #39 Expand Your Ground

He looked better when he was trying to pass as Ron Jeremy. It's going to be hard to find a place on those arms to stick in the needle.
Image: KSM-Ron-Jeremy-744657.jpg

Finally, something both candidates can agree on besides puppies, rainbows, and chicken ....

Romney and Obama Are Both Big 'Star Trek' Fans
[Link: www.theatlanticwire.com...]

This article states that the retirement age will have to change to 80, in order to take the burden off the youth. What are you gonna do with all those old fogies not giving up their jobs?
[Link: www.bloomberg.com...]
Carousel!

"I'm from your government. I'm here to fuck you."

Baltimore Authorities Jail Man for Two Months for Video Recording Drunken Brawl
[Link: www.pixiq.com...]

Just when we thought we’ve seen the worst from the Baltimore Police Department, we are now learning they charged a man with attempted murder for doing nothing more than video recording a fight last year.

Jason Fyk, owner of WTF Magazine, ended up incarcerated for 50 days over the charge because a judge denied him bail, even though his video clearly shows he never came close to the purported victim.

In fact, the video shows the purported victim, Brandi Shipley, was actually the aggressor in the altercation, which took place in a parking garage on January 21, 2011.

Shipley also told police that Fyk never attacked her during the fight in which she exchanged punches with a couple of other men who were accompanying Fyk that night, including Steve Pullman of the motorcycle stunt team Adrenaline Crew, whom he was hoping to interview that night for his online magazine.
....
But Goodman went as far as to launch a blog called Fyk the Prick where he continued the threats as you can see in the screenshots contained in this PDF, including a statement Goodman says, "I'm from your government. I'm here to fuck you.".

re: #42 Tommy's cone of shame

This article states that the retirement age will have to change to 80, in order to take the burden off the youth. What are you gonna do with all those old fogies not giving up their jobs?
[Link: www.bloomberg.com...]
Carousel!

“Retirement ages will have to move to 70, 80 years old,” Benmosche, who turned 68 last week, said during a weekend interview at his seaside villa

Why does Bill Gates want to kill Ron Paul? Are Paulians part of the Apple cult? One more story from Carlos Miller:

Videographers Arrested Outside Controversial Bilderberg Meeting
[Link: www.pixiq.com...]

There are tons of conspiracy theories behind the Bilderberg Meeting taking place in Fairfax, Virginia this week that are only getting fueled by the arrest of at least two videographers.

Police also forbade a Washington Post photographer from taking pictures from a public street.

Why all the secrecy?

Well, if you believe Alex Jones, they are plotting to kill Ron Paul.
...
Henry Kissinger and Bill Gates were chauffeured in. Fairfax County police established a security perimeter around the Westfields Marriott and prohibited a Washington Post photographer from snapping pictures from a public street.

I understand the Kissinger angle, he wants to kill everybody///

re: #44 Learned Mother of Zion
He got his.

Morning Lizardim. Supposed to warm up and dry out a little bit here in the wild north country. Both are not unwelcome, although I tend to dislike summer heat immensely. What's new from the front lines in the war on derp?

re: #42 Tommy's cone of shame

This article states that the retirement age will have to change to 80, in order to take the burden off the youth. What are you gonna do with all those old fogies not giving up their jobs?
[Link: www.bloomberg.com...]
Carousel!

Why not just Death Panels?

re: #48 Expand Your Ground

We already have those
/
Anniversary of the Battle of Midway today.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #49 Tommy's cone of shame

We already have those
/
Anniversary of the Battle of Midway today.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Arguably one of the U.S. Navy's finest hours. Anchors aweigh, my boys.

re: #14 Kragar

Did Jesus exist?

Yeah, seems pretty likely.

Was his story embellished just a tad over time by people with an agenda?

Yeah, seems pretty likely.

Pretty much it, with "you bet, and a lot" instead of the last line.

re: #17 Expand Your Ground

And unless your interpretation of the Scriptures is appallingly bigoted and fundamendalist.

Although truth be told, such an interpretation corresponds to the original meaning, just as YEC creationism.

re: #48 Expand Your Ground

Why not just Death Panels?

Put their names on a list somewhere in the WH?

re: #50 thedopefishlives

Has FlyNvy made it back from his trip yet?

re: #54 RogueOne

Has FlyNvy made it back from his trip yet?

No idea, actually. I didn't even know he left.

re: #55 thedopefishlives

He took off to Beijing with a stop over in Vietnam amongst other places. That was a few weeks ago. I assumed he was flying but he might have gone on a boat.

Morning, again.

re: #52 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

Although truth be told, such an interpretation corresponds to the original meaning, just as YEC creationism.

As it was originally intended by groups of uneducated goat herders who did not undersand that diseases were spread by germs and viruses, and assumed that insanity was caused by demons and evil spirits.

And that is the level they are intent on dragging us back down to.

Tiananmen anniversary: China arrests activists

China has arrested activists and placed others under increased surveillance to stop them from marking the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Pre-emptive arrests --because they might commit a crime?

re: #59 ggt

Pre-emptive arrests --because they might commit a crime?

Because they might try to excercise their rights.

Remember this little girl?

Wow, she's grown-up and doing great.

yup!

ha!

Beware of Dogma!

re: #64 ggt

Beware of Dogma!

Hey, your karma just ran over my dogma.

BY FAR, Mitt Romney's most disturbing religious belief is the belief that tax breaks for the richest create jobs.

— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 4, 2012

And my family wonders why I don't go to church.

One bible verse alone, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" (Exodus 22:18) is responsible for the death of tens of thousands, if not millions, of women. Do women and those who care about them need further evidence of the great harm of Christianity, predicated as it has been on these and similar teachings about women?

Church writer Tertullian said "each of you women is an Eve . . . You are the gate of Hell, you are the temptress of the forbidden tree; you are the first deserter of the divine law."

Martin Luther decreed: "If a woman grows weary and at last dies from childbearing, it matters not. Let her die from bearing, she is there to do it."

Such teachings prompted 19th-century feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton to write: "The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of woman's emancipation."

dogs want out.

then they'll want in. . . .

re: #67 ggt

Sounds like someone hasn't been to church since 1692....must be a witch.

re: #69 RogueOne

Sounds like someone hasn't been to church since 1692...must be a witch.

You don't know how to spell . . .

:0

re: #70 ggt

Took me 3 readings to get it, I must need more coffee.

Libya -- Tripoli airport closed after being surrounded by militia; flights diverted

— Brian Whitaker (@Brian_Whit) June 4, 2012

re: #67 ggt

It is a matter of viewing the scriptures through the eyes of the people who wrote them: primitive, superstitious nomadic goat herders who had no clue that bacteria cause disease and thought that demonic possession was responsible for mental illness.

Only someone at that mental level can accept the Scriptures as literal.

There is enough good stuff in the Scriptures, it takes only a small amount of God- (or nature-) given wisdom to pick it out and make it part of your life.

I was also badly damaged by a Catholic upbringing. It took a while, but I finally ran into some Christians who made sense to me. Not enough to convert me or anything, but to make me understand that religion does not have to be backward, stupid or superstitions.

Libyan armed group surrounds Tripoli airport
Flights diverted to capital's military airport following move by al-Awfea Brigade, demanding release of a leader.
[Link: www.aljazeera.com...]

re: #71 RogueOne

Took me 3 readings to get it, I must need more coffee.

My personal best is 5
(readings,, not coffee,.,,,, coffee is endless!)

More from Libya:

Libya's first post-Gaddafi vote 'delayed'
[Link: www.aljazeera.com...]

re: #73 Expand Your Ground

It is a matter of viewing the scriptures through the eyes of the people who wrote them: primitive, superstitious nomadic goat herders who had no clue that bacteria cause disease and thought that demonic possession was responsible for mental illness.

Only someone at that mental level can accept the Scriptures as literal.

There is enough good stuff in the Scriptures, it takes only a small amount of God- (or nature-) given wisdom to pick it out and make it part of your life.

I was also badly damaged by a Catholic upbringing. It took a while, but I finally ran into some Christians who made sense to me. not enough to convert me or anything, but to make me understand that it does not have to be backward, stupid or superstitions.

I get frustrated at how it has affected society and policy. Centuries of work to be undone or remade and the inertia is staggering.

Is this enough coffee for now?

re: #67 ggt

One bible verse alone, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" (Exodus 22:18) is responsible for the death of tens of thousands, if not millions, of women.

Not millions, that's for sure.

re: #73 Expand Your Ground

There is enough good stuff in the Scriptures, it takes only a small amount of God- (or nature-) given wisdom to pick it out and make it part of your life.

Sure, though if you're the judge and the measure, then frankly, you don't need the Scripture in the first place.

My SiL (out west, not the one here) is a Wiccan Sioux. Whenever she brings it up, which is 1/2 the time she opens her mouth, I feel this incredible urge to eat a bullet.

re: #78 ggt

Is this enough coffee for now?

The only one that even slightly resembles "coffee' is the one on the bottom in the red cup (and even then, ditch the cinny sticks)

All the rest are desserts!

re: #79 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

Not millions, that's for sure.

Not in Western History anyway. We don't know about other cultures --if you count virgins fed to the volcano?

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re: #83 ggt

Not in Western History anyway. We don't know about other cultures --if you count virgins fed to the volcano?

:0

No, that would not be based on that verse ;)

re: #82 sattv4u2

The only one that even slightly resembles "coffee' is the one on the bottom in the red cup (and even then, ditch the cinny sticks)

All the rest are desserts!

ok, here.

re: #84 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

No, that would not be based on that verse ;)

Wiki Says: up towards 60K--during the dark ages.

re: #86 ggt

Wiki Says: up towards 60K--during the dark ages.

Yep, that's about it.

re: #59 ggt

Pre-emptive arrests --because they might commit a crime?

Related:
China and US in Tiananmen anniversary row
Beijing expresses "strong dissatisfaction" at Washington's call for prisoners held since 1989 crackdown to be released.
[Link: www.aljazeera.com...]

Authorities in China have blocked internet access to terms such as "six four", "23", "candle" and "never forget", broadening extensive efforts to silence online chatter about the anniversary.

The effect of censorship appeared on Sina Weibo, the most popular of China's Twitter-like microblogging platforms, where users encountered a message that said the banned search results could not be displayed "due to relevant laws, regulations and policies".

Microbloggers decried the overzealous rash of censorship, complaining that their posts had been "harmonised" - a euphemism for censorship - within minutes.

Censors also prevented microbloggers from changing their display photos in an apparent attempt to prevent them from posting any photo commemorating the anniversary.

re: #80 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

Sure, though if you're the judge and the measure, then frankly, you don't need the Scripture in the first place.

There is the quote of the old Rabbi who, when asked to explain the Scriptures, said: "Love thy neighbor, the rest is just elaboration."

But the current emphasis on literalism (and for some reason insisting that the King James translation of the Bible is divinely inspired and also infallible) has been a dangerous trend in Christinanity and is going to move us backwards if we let it continue.

I remember when someone asked GW Bush if he favored posting the Ten Commandments in public buildings. He said he was in favor of it. SOme smart-ass journalist (one who probably had a few semesters of comparative theology under his belt) asked "Which translation?"

To which Bush replied, "The standard one." He did not elaborate on it, but I am sure he meant the KJ version.

I hate to see a good virgin go to waste.

Mornin' everyone.

Another one: Drone Strike Kills 14 in Pakistan

Pakistani officials said on Monday that two missiles slammed into a compound and a pickup truck in Hassu Khel, a small village just south of Mir Ali, the second-largest town of North Waziristan. Fourteen to 16 people were killed in the attack, officials said, making it the deadliest in the tribal belt since November 2011.

A journalist from the area said the compound was being used by Uzbek, Tajik and Turkmen militants fighting for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a Qaeda-affiliated extremist group.

re: #89 Expand Your Ground

There is the quote of the old Rabbi who, when asked to explain the Scriptures, said: "Love thy neighbor, the rest is just elaboration."

But therein lies the whole controversy - for who is the neighbor and who is not? This commandment is pretty meaningless by itself...

re: #92 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

But therein lies the whole controversy - for who is the neighbor and who is not? This commandment is pretty meaningless by itself...

Which leads into the Parable of the Good Samaritan, implying by extension that everyone is, or should be, a neighbor.

If we can find some way to wrap up the "love thy neighbor" and "virgin" we'd really have a religion I could get behind.

I was in a part of Germany in 1989 that was close enough to the East German border to receive their TV news. I was impressed at the coverage they re-broadcast of the Tinamen protests: one never saw any banners or posters displayed, and whatever the protestors were chanting was drowned out by the naarator's voice.

All we heard were references to the "anti-democracy protestors and reports of the brave soldiers killed.

re: #94 RogueOne

If we can find some way to wrap up the "love thy neighbor" and "virgin" we'd really have a religion I could get behind.

Only if the neighbor and the virgin are willing!

Oh, you wanted to be involved?

re: #94 RogueOne

If we can find some way to wrap up the "love thy neighbor" and "virgin" we'd really have a religion I could get behind.

Hey, there are plenty of pseudo-Christian cults out there where the leader "requires" the women to sleep with him to "train them in the ways of sex". You're free to start one.

re: #93 thedopefishlives

Which leads into the Parable of the Good Samaritan, implying by extension that everyone is, or should be, a neighbor.

Sure, that's a Christian interpretation. But that's my point - one can offer different interpretations.

re: #93 thedopefishlives

Which leads into the Parable of the Good Samaritan, implying by extension that everyone is, or should be, a neighbor.

Like I said, it ain't that hard to figure out what is still valid and what is just goat talk...

re: #99 Expand Your Ground

Like I said, it ain't that hard to figure out what is still valid and what is just goat talk...

Well, if you're not functionally brain-dead, anyway. Which is why such independent thinkers as myself are usually shunned by church hierarchy.

re: #99 Expand Your Ground

Like I said, it ain't that hard to figure out what is still valid and what is just goat talk...

Do not do what is offensive to you --is pretty much all I can wrap my head around.

re: #95 Expand Your Ground

Did you see this last week?

New Image Discovered of Tank Man
[Link: www.picturecorrect.com...]

Image: d5GUV.jpg

One of the guys up front looks like he's enjoying himself.

And in the end the modern man still conforms the ancient teachings to modern mores, not vice versa. That is as it should be, but that's also redundant.

The other problem the literalists have is simply understanding what a "testament" is: a statement of faith. These people believe in God/Jesus, etc. because...

A Testament is not a histroy, although it contains historical references, it is certainly not a history, nor is it a science textbook, and although it can serve as the basis for a personal moral code, it is not a code of laws.

A lot of fundamentalists are terribly confused on these points.

Absolutely spectacular clip of Christopher Monckton - in American flag shirt, cowboy hat, and gun strapped to his hip - weighing in with his analytical insight on Obama's citizenship and defending "Sheriff Joe."

re: #90 darthstar

She took a look around this place and jumped willingly.
/

re: #96 ggt

.....

Oh, you wanted to be involved?

I'm a giver. It's a hassle sometimes but someone has to do it.

re: #105 Talking Point Detective

Absolutely spectacular clip of Christopher Monckton - in American flag shirt, cowboy hat, and gun strapped to his hip - weighing in with his analytical insight on Obama's citizenship and defending "Sheriff Joe."

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I"m really tired of people with "titles" weighing in on American Politics. I think Titles need to be checked at customs.

re: #103 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

And in the end the modern man still conforms the ancient teachings to modern mores, not vice versa. That is as it should be, but that's also redundant.

Yes, and in the mean time we have discovered science, agriculture, genetics, physics, etc...

There are some who want to reject any findings made by these "secular humanist" undertakins if they do not conform to a literal interpretation of a 17th-century tranlation of a 2,000+ year-old text...

re: #105 Talking Point Detective

Absolutely spectacular clip of Christopher Monckton - in American flag shirt, cowboy hat, and gun strapped to his hip - weighing in with his analytical insight on Obama's citizenship and defending "Sheriff Joe."

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Wow. What a tool.

re: #109 Expand Your Ground

Yes, and in the mean time we have discovered science, agriculture, genetics, physics, etc...

There are some who want to reject any findings made by these "secular humanist" undertakins if they do not conform to a literal interpretation of a 17th-century tranlation of a 2,000+ year-old text...

I'd like to know why Bob gave us brains if not to use them.

re: #104 Expand Your Ground

I don't think they're confused. They're more or less internally consistent (although they also pick and choose sometimes). That's why they're fundies in the first place. If it's a word of god, and god does not lie, then what the word of god says is literally true, thus while the Bible is not, strictly speaking, "about" history or science, whatever claims about history or science it contains must be correct. Hence 6000 years, etc. It's logical.

Again, I would prefer if there were less fundies, but the liberal interpretation of the Bible, while socially preferable, doesn't make much sense to me.

re: #111 ggt

I'd like to know why Bob gave us brains if not to use them.

I thought god's first name was Willie.

re: #112 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

I don't think they're confused. They're more or less internally consistent (although they also pick and choose sometimes). That's why they're fundies in the first place. If it's a word of god, and god does not lie, then what the word of god says is literally true, thus while the Bible is not, strictly speaking, "about" history or science, whatever claims about history or science it contains must be correct. Hence 6000 years, etc. It's logical.

Again, I would prefer if there were less fundies, but the liberal interpretation of the Bible, while socially preferable, doesn't make much sense to me.

What is the saying --individuals may be smart, but people are stupid?

re: #113 darthstar

I thought god's first name was Willie.

No, it's Bob.

or Bubba, if you are on familiar terms.

re: #115 ggt

No, it's Bob.

Howard, it's Howard. How art be thy name or something like that.

Robert "Bob" Howard = G-d

??

re: #105 Talking Point Detective

Which eye do you look in?
What an incredible asshole (both)
A good Marty Feldman lookalike

It's bike week in upstate NY, I hope they brought their rain gear, teehee!
[Link: www.americade.com...]

God is actually Nikki Sixx, anyone who says otherwise is headed straight to muzak hell. The Crue is in Moscow for their show tomorrow, Sergey you going?

re: #120 RogueOne

God is actually Nikki Sixx, anyone who says otherwise is headed straight to muzak hell. The Crue is in Moscow for their show tomorrow, Sergey you going?

Meh.

Is there insurance code for this?

I think I have it.

Like, it feels like I took an arrow to the elbow.

re: #121 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

Meh.

Don't make me come over there//

Who's Nikki Sixx? /

re: #121 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

Meh.

No, it's Alanis Morrisette.

Her friends call her Bubbie.

re: #124 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

Who's Nikki Sixx? /

The great-great-great grandson of Nicholas II

re: #89 Expand Your Ground

There is the quote of the old Rabbi who, when asked to explain the Scriptures, said: "Love thy neighbor, the rest is just elaboration."

But the current emphasis on literalism (and for some reason insisting that the King James translation of the Bible is divinely inspired and also infallible) has been a dangerous trend in Christinanity and is going to move us backwards if we let it continue.

I remember when someone asked GW Bush if he favored posting the Ten Commandments in public buildings. He said he was in favor of it. SOme smart-ass journalist (one who probably had a few semesters of comparative theology under his belt) asked "Which translation?"

To which Bush replied, "The standard one." He did not elaborate on it, but I am sure he meant the KJ version.

Which still raises the question of "which one," Exodus or Deuteronomy?

As you said, he didn't answer.

re: #126 Expand Your Ground

Dr. Feelgood. /

re: #126 Expand Your Ground

The great-great-great grandson of Nicholas II

You win 6 internets.

re: #124 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

Who's Nikki Sixx? /

That's it, I'm on my way! Time to go find my passports....BBL.

re: #130 RogueOne

That's it, I'm on my way! Time to go find my passports...BBL.

I put the samovar on fire. Do you like Stolichnaya?

This was the longest day 68 years ago. D-Day began in the Allied effort to establish a beachhead on the European continent in the West.

The dogs are napping --

Since they get me up so freakin' early --I'm going back to bed as well.

They seem to be on a 4 hour schedule.

Have a good one all!

re: #85 ggt

ok, here.

Better much!

Election results aren't the only thing to watch tomorrow.

Hope you didn't already return that welder's helmet to Home Depot after the eclipse last week.

"Sure, on TV, Mitt might seem like a shameless opportunist, but at home he's an ordinary guy." - Ann Romney onion.com/JOQ5qZ

— OnionPolitics (@OnionPolitics) June 4, 2012

re: #135 darthstar

I have two, the damn dog ate the headliner out of one.

re: #135 darthstar

Election results aren't the only thing to watch tomorrow.

Hope you didn't already return that welder's helmet to Home Depot after the eclipse last week.

Thank you for reminding me, found my eclipse goggles from 1999...

re: #135 darthstar

Election results aren't the only thing to watch tomorrow.

Hope you didn't already return that welder's helmet to Home Depot after the eclipse last week.

Is this another one only viewable out west?

re: #137 Tommy's cone of shame

I have two, the damn dog ate the headliner out of one.

Was there a head still in it?

re: #139 sattv4u2

Is this another one only viewable out west?

how and when to see the transit

Looks like it's a west coast thing.

re: #141 Expand Your Ground

how and when to see the transit

Dammit,, now I have to cancel my day trip to Tierra del Fuego!
/

re: #142 darthstar

Looks like it's a west coast thing.

Unless you're on the east coast, then it's an east coast thing too.(thanks ralphieboy).

If you're in the mid-west, read some verse and watch for locusts.

Hey everyone! Come back inside...it's not until tomorrow!

re: #145 darthstar

Hey everyone! Come back inside...it's not until tomorrow!

What ,,, and not have a front row seat?

@CRrileyCNN Romney isn't wrong.He's lying.Wrong is when you don't know the facts.Lying is when you don't care about the facts.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 4, 2012

re: #146 sattv4u2

What ,,, and not have a front row seat?

With my luck, some guy with a big cowboy hat will happen along and stand right in front of me...of all the places on the planet to stand...

Morning Lizards.

Not-so-good news on the Feline Overlord. He quit eating on Saturday, and basically went into a sleep, drink water, pee, sleep again cycle. Holding his right eye shut, it was oozing goop, and was generally acting uncomfortable. Generally lethargic behavior in general.

I gave him some pain reliever gel on Saturday night so he could sleep comfortably, and that appeared to help. Sunday was more of the same.

So I made a vet appointment for him first thing this morning and took him in. Appears that he developed a corneal ulcer in the right eye that has been bothering him - which I can attest is quite painful and irritating from personal experience. He's also dehydrated and a bit blocked up.

So he's staying at the cat hospital for at least part of the day. IV to get him rehydrated, some ointment for the eye, a bit of pain reliever... and also an enema (or two) to get his colon flushed out. He'll stay on the eye ointment and pain reliever* for a while once he gets home.

* - Fun stuff. It's a topical gel to put on the gums for absorption. Same drug they use nowadays instead of methadone for weaning junkies off of heroin; a pseudo-opiate of some kind. Applied to cat in very small doses.

And the cat hospital staff where also happy to get a donation of a baggie of freshly cut catnip leaves for the resident office cat (who put in an appearance) and whatever other patients are there.

re: #149 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Good thing is, looks like the vet knows whats going on and has a positive plan of action!

fingers crossed!

Good morning lizards!

re: #148 darthstar

With my luck, some guy with a big cowboy hat will happen along and stand right in front of me...of all the places on the planet to stand...

This lady seems to always sit in front of me at the movies!
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re: #151 NJDhockeyfan

Good morning lizards!

Prove it!

re: #152 sattv4u2
She's got more wrinKles than the hat!

re: #152 sattv4u2

This lady seems to always sit in front of me at the movies!
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I'll bet if she wrapped that hat in foil she could really boost your signal...if you know what I mean.

Holy crap - when you've lost Jake Tapper...

Amazed at rationalization of Romney's refusal to disclose names of bundlers -- unlike Bush, McCain, Obama. Nice talking pt regurgitation tho

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 4, 2012

re: #156 Interesting Times

Holy crap - when you've lost Jake Tapper...

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Tapper's a pretty significant pile of steaming feces himself. If he's starting to question Romney, this could mean something for political junkies.

re: #155 darthstar

Wink Wink Nudge Nudge

re: #149 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Sorry to hear that.

re: #153 sattv4u2

Prove it!

I woke up alive.

re: #150 sattv4u2

Good thing is, looks like the vet knows whats going on and has a positive plan of action!

fingers crossed!

Same vet who saw him when he had the blood pressure spike and the retinal bleeding. Cat was due to go in and have his blood pressure checked this week pertaining to that in any case. (And his blood pressure was good, so the medication dose for that is working well.)

The vet was actually pleased that I'd stopped his eye drops this weekend once he indicated pain in that eye - since that would have irritated the ulcer more. And that I'd given him a dose of pain reliever as well since that was what she would have recommended. I used to guessing wrong about these things and sometimes making things worse.

re: #158 Tommy's cone of shame

Wink Wink Nudge Nudge

Well, he is a satellite guy...and he does have a long, quiet commute.

re: #160 NJDhockeyfan

I woke up alive.

Did you really? Or does this plate of brains look oddly appealing?

Speaking of hockey fans...Canada has it all

Bear-zombie apocalypse. RT @AP: Bear is euthanized after eating murderer's remains on remote Canadian logging road: apne.ws/K9eEff

— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) June 4, 2012

re: #160 NJDhockeyfan

I woke up alive.

So good for you

For us, not so much!
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re: #164 darthstar

Speaking of hockey fans...Canada has it all

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"When reached for comment, the bear said 'burp'"

re: #163 darthstar

Did you really? Or does this plate of brains look oddly appealing?

re: #164 darthstar

I would have fought for the bear. Black bears often scavange, as this one did, and that does not at all indicate aggression. The bear just ate "food" that was available and didn't attack anyone. There was no indication that he might in the future neither.

re: #162 darthstar

Well, he is a satellite guy...and he does have a long, quiet commute.

And that was done on purpose!

We're on call 24/7. One of my co-workers lives 6 minutes from the teleport. When the on duty person needs an immediate hand, who gets called 1st?

BWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

re: #167 NJDhockeyfan

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Well, yeah...in that case I'm also Dead for life. Nothing like a little Franklin in the morning.

re: #169 sattv4u2

And that was done on purpose!

We're on call 24/7. One of my co-workers lives 6 minutes from the teleport. When the on duty person needs an immediate hand, who gets called 1st?

BWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

Wow...you have a teleport? Beam me up!

re: #168 allegro

I would have fought for the bear. Black bears often scavange, as this one did, and that does not at all indicate aggression. The bear just ate "food" that was available and didn't attack anyone. There was no indication that he might in the future neither.

A rabid bear attacked my babysitter's son a few months ago. He was able to kill it with a shotgun.

re: #171 darthstar

Wow...you have a teleport? Beam me up!

Wait...you're on a 2400 baud modem...no wonder your commute takes so long.

re: #172 NJDhockeyfan

A rabid bear attacked my babysitter's son a few months ago. He was able to kill it with a shotgun.

Rabies was confirmed?

Okay...time to go walk the dogs, get my shit together, and start the day.

re: #171 darthstar

Wow...you have a teleport? Beam me up!

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re: #174 allegro

Rabies was confirmed?

Sorry, I didn't mean to lessen the terrible incident. I'm just curious.

re: #174 allegro

Rabies was confirmed?

Yes. Very unusual for a bear to be rabid. He was lucky. It happened right up the road from my house.

re: #172 NJDhockeyfan

A rabid bear attacked my babysitter's son a few months ago. He was able to kill it with a shotgun.

Your babysitter killed his son with a shotgun?

Thats awful!!

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Here is the story:

Rabid bear attacks in Albemarle; shot dead by victim

An attack by a rabid bear was ended by an Albemarle County farm worker’s point-blank shotgun blast, fired from the roof of a Gator utility vehicle, police said.

The bear killed Tuesday is the first-ever recorded case of a rabid bear in Virginia and only the second case on the East Coast that state officials are aware of, said Jaime Sajecki, bear project leader with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries.

“It’s almost unheard of,” she said.

Police believe the bear was drawn by the movement of two men, who were using the vehicle to move stones on a large farm northeast of Rockfish Gap, said county police Sgt. Darrell Byers.

The roughly 120-pound female bear first attacked the vehicle itself, biting one of the tires, before pursuing the men, Byers said.

One of the men climbed into the bed of the Gator, then onto its roof, taking a shotgun loaded with birdshot with him, Byers said.

The other man left the cab, but when the vehicle started to roll downhill, he leaned back into the cab to set the parking brake, according to Byers.

The bear had come into the cab and was climbing into the bed when the man atop the Gator put his shotgun to her head and pulled the trigger, Byers said.

No one was injured in the attack or directly exposed to the rabies virus, Byers said.

The bear was decapitated, and its head sent to a state lab, where it tested positive for rabies, according to police.

re: #178 NJDhockeyfan

Yes. Very unusual for a bear to be rabid. He was lucky. It happened right up the road from my house.

That's why I asked. It is very rare. Where did this happen?

re: #180 NJDhockeyfan

thanks

re: #173 darthstar

Wait...you're on a 2400 baud modem...no wonder your commute takes so long.

That,, and I drive in reverse the whole way!!

Thats why I need it to be QUIET!!!

Speaking of "BURP"

[Link: translate.google.com...]

CANNIBAL CAPTURED IN BERLIN

re: #181 allegro

That's why I asked. It is very rare. Where did this happen?

Royal Orchard Estate aka Scott's Castle

[Link: www.flickr.com...]

[Link: www.flickr.com...]

re: #185 NJDhockeyfan

looks like it could be right here on the Rhine

re: #186 Expand Your Ground

looks like it could be right here on the Rhine

It does. This one is on top of a mountain thought. I would love to have a river like that near me.

More history on that castle:

A Road to Nowhere?

re: #187 NJDhockeyfan

It does. This one is on top of a mountain thought. I would love to have a river like that near me.

Move!

re: #188 NJDhockeyfan

That one has nothing on this Scotty's Castle. It was part of a land-swindle (the builders thought it was located/owned by someone else - but turned out to be built on federal land), right on the fringe of Death Valley no less.

re: #190 lawhawk

Some guy sold the scrap rights to the Eiffel tower-- which he in no way possessed-- and, since he was pretending to be a government official, also extracted a bribe out of the person who was buying the fictitious rights from him.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #191 Obdicut

Or any number of people who wanted to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, the info booth at Grand Central, or even Big Ben in London.

Where there's something famous, there's someone infamous trying to make money off his mark.

re: #192 lawhawk

Or any number of people who wanted to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, the info booth at Grand Central, or even Big Ben in London.

Where there's something famous, there's someone infamous trying to make money off his mark.

What I find most curious is are the con artists THAT good or are their marks THAT stupid?

TwitterGULAG? Meh. Wait till we interrogate you. With enhancements. /

Israel Deploys Nuclear Weapons on German-Built Submarines

Germany is helping Israel to develop its military nuclear capabilities, SPIEGEL has learned. According to extensive research carried out by the magazine, Israel is equipping submarines that were built in the northern German city of Kiel and largely paid for by the German government with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The missiles can be launched using a previously secret hydraulic ejection system. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak told SPIEGEL that Germans should be "proud" that they have secured the existence of the state of Israel "for many years."

In the past, the German government has always stuck to the position that it is unaware of nuclear weapons being deployed on the vessels. Now, however, former high-ranking officials from the German Defense Ministry, including former State Secretary Lothar Rühl and former chief of the planning staff Hans Rühle, have told SPIEGEL that they had always assumed that Israel would deploy nuclear weapons on the submarines. Rühl had even discussed the issue with the military in Tel Aviv.

Israel has a policy of not commenting officially on its nuclear weapons program. Documents from the archives of the German Foreign Ministry make it clear, however, that the German government has known about the program since 1961. The last discussion for which there is evidence took place in 1977, when then-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt spoke to then-Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan about the issue.

re: #192 lawhawk

Or any number of people who wanted to sell the Brooklyn Bridge, the info booth at Grand Central, or even Big Ben in London.

Where there's something famous, there's someone infamous trying to make money off his mark.

But somebody actually did buy the Ambassador Bridge and controls a major international border crossing.

God Save the Queen!
her fascist regime!

Fuck it, I have to post this on Jubilee Day, as a Sepp. (cockney slang for yank--septic tank)

How the hell is all of LGF? Hope you're having a great day! Jimmah and I just killed off a bottle of Pimms.

re: #196 Learned Mother of Zion

But somebody actually did buy the Ambassador Bridge and controls a major international border crossing.

Did you know you can buy a piece of the moon?

re: #197 Millicent Islam

God Save the Queen!
her fascist regime!

Fuck it, I have to post this on Jubilee Day, as a Sepp. (cockney slang for yank--septic tank)

[Embedded content] How the hell is all of LGF? Hope you're having a great day! Jimmah and I just killed off a bottle of Pimms.

I haven't even killed off my first pot of coffee. Trying to recover from a weekend of partying. Proving again that I am too old for this shit now. %-)

You see that?

Copy.

re: #197 Millicent Islam

God Save the Queen!
her fascist regime!

Fuck it, I have to post this on Jubilee Day, as a Sepp. (cockney slang for yank--septic tank)

[Embedded content] How the hell is all of LGF? Hope you're having a great day! Jimmah and I just killed off a bottle of Pimms.

Yaay! Fuck your Jubilee.

Your English Bastard Jubilee.

re: #197 Millicent Islam

God Save the Queen!
her fascist regime!

Fuck it, I have to post this on Jubilee Day, as a Sepp. (cockney slang for yank--septic tank)

[Embedded content] How the hell is all of LGF? Hope you're having a great day! Jimmah and I just killed off a bottle of Pimms.

I am glad that I am nowhere near the UK at this time. Cannot tolerate anyting to do with royalty, although I would up attending Princess Diana's funeral.

By chance, mostly; we were driving back from Scotland to Dover to catch the ferry and basically, the whole countgry was closed so we said to heck with it, let's go watch the parade.

Just got up. Kind of hungover. Could care less about kings and queens. Not my problem.

Copy.

Outrage!

re: #203 Gus

Just got up. Kind of hungover. Could care less about kings and queens. Not my problem.

Then give thanks to the thousands of patriots who died to make it so...

re: #202 Expand Your Ground

I am glad that I am nowhere near the UK at this time. Cannot tolerate anyting to do with royalty, although I would up attending Princess Diana's funeral.

By chance, mostly; we were driving back from Scotland to Dover to catch the ferry and basically, the whole countgry was closed so we said to heck with it, let's go watch the parade.

My Mom and I called the Jubilee the "Charles, you're never sitting on this throne" day.

re: #206 Expand Your Ground

Then give thanks to the thousands of patriots who died to make it so...

Does that statement come with background music?

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re: #193 allegro

Everyone sees $$$$$ - the marks think that it's easy money, and the con artists know how to exploit that.

But most of all, I think it comes down to a combination of this:

and...

Bart: Ooh, baby, you are so talented!
[looks into the camera]
Bart: And they are so *dumb*!

"the editors' penchant for humanizing Palestinian Arabs"

Hmm.

re: #196 Learned Mother of Zion

By and through an Act of Congress no less. Guess that makes Congress the mark - and The Bridge Troll the con (artist).

It's an English Bastard Jubilee, and in this town that meant a time for the Scottish Socialist Party to recruit! Fuck the Jubilee!

re: #210 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

"the editors' penchant for humanizing Palestinian Arabs"

Hmm.

Yeah. I saw that. Scratching my head here.

re: #213 Gus

It's clear what they were trying to say, but it came out creepy.

re: #212 Millicent Islam

It's an English Bastard Jubilee, and in this town that meant a time for the Scottish Socialist Party to recruit! Fuck the Jubilee!

Only problem is they're a bunch of alkies. ;-)

re: #202 Expand Your Ground

I am glad that I am nowhere near the UK at this time. Cannot tolerate anyting to do with royalty, although I would up attending Princess Diana's funeral.

By chance, mostly; we were driving back from Scotland to Dover to catch the ferry and basically, the whole countgry was closed so we said to heck with it, let's go watch the parade.

I have a hard time understanding anything to do with royalty. Can't stand it either.

re: #210 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

"the editors' penchant for humanizing Palestinian Arabs"

Hmm.

What the hell is that from? (I would scan the thead but iceweasel doesd me with Pimms)

re: #217 Aye Pod

What the hell is that from? (I would scan the thead but iceweasel doesd me with Pimms)

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #216 Millicent Islam

I have a hard time understanding anything to do with royalty. Can't stand it either.

I hate the Church of England more than I hate the royalty. Get rid of the church first then we can talk about a bunch of rich people that are idolized just as they are in the USA.

re: #218 Gus

Gus! How the hell are you?

re: #219 Gus

I hate the Church of England more than I hate the royalty. Get rid of the church first then we can talk about a bunch of rich people that are idolized just as they are in the USA.

You mean, sever the cord?

re: #220 Millicent Islam

Gus! How the hell are you?

Eating spaghetti and meatball and drinking coffee. Youz?

re: #218 Gus

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

I don't see any need to make excuses for that - that's just a full frontal display of bigotry.

re: #219 Gus

I hate the Church of England more than I hate the royalty. Get rid of the church first then we can talk about a bunch of rich people that are idolized just as they are in the USA.

UK royalty performs the same function as US Hollywood royalty-- it's the opiate of the masses.

re: #221 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

You mean, sever the cord?

Guess so. But I won't hold my breath. That stuff is like a religion in the UK. Since it is attached to the COE. Maybe in 1000 years.

Once again, the Catholic Church handles the really big scandals

Vatican criticizes US nun's book on sexuality

The Farley critique, signed by the American head of the congregation, Cardinal William Levada, comes amid the Vatican's recent crackdown on the largest umbrella group of American sisters. The Vatican last month essentially imposed martial law on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, accusing it of undermining church teaching and imposing certain "radical feminist themes" that were incompatible with Catholicism.

It ordered a full-scale overhaul of the group and appointed three bishops to carry it out.

The crackdown on Farley, a top American theologian, will likely fuel greater resentment at Rome among more liberal-minded American sisters.

The Vatican examination of the book began in 2010 and involved seeking Farley's responses to its concerns. After her replies failed to satisfy the Congregation, it moved to a full-fledged "examination in cases of urgency" that concluded Dec. 14.
...
In her statement, Farley said she had aimed to propose a framework for sexual ethics that "uses a criteria of justice" in evaluating sexual relations.

She acknowledged that her responses to certain issues do depart from traditional doctrine, but said they nonetheless were coherent in theological and moral traditions.

"The fact that Christians (and others) have achieved new knowledge and deeper understanding of human embodiment and sexuality seems to require that we at least examine the possibility of development in sexual ethics," she wrote.

When you talk about 'humanizing' people who are already obviously human - as if it's some kind of devious tactic - you're a bigot!

On the other hand they could have just gone simply with "penchant for demonizing Israelis" and that would have been sufficient. Humanizing someone isn't a sin, is it?

re: #228 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

On the other hand they could have just gone simply with "penchant for demonizing Israelis" and that would have been sufficient. Humanizing someone isn't a sin, is it?

I hate that tie that Bibi's wearing.

Why do you hate Israel?

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You're all a bunch of scurrilous humanizers!

Fischer: 'It is Altogether Right to Discriminate Against Homosexual Behavior'

re: #230 Kronocide

You're all a bunch of scurrilous humanizers!

Sounds like something you can buy at Home Depot.

Yes. I'm looking for the Scurrilous Humanizer 3000.

re: #230 Kronocide

You're all a bunch of scurrilous humanizers!

In my younger years... wait HUmanizers... nevermind! ///

re: #230 Kronocide

You're all a bunch of scurrilous humanizers!

Not me, I see you all as a series of ones and zeroes.

Humanism leads to communism!

Communism!

//Red scare.

Secular...HUMANISM!!11ty

re: #235 Gus

Humanism leads to communism!

Communism!

//Red scare.

On the Red square.

re: #237 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

On the Red square.

Putin on the ritz.

Crackers.

//Butters' voice.

O, Humanite!

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YUNOLIKE Humanz?

re: #240 I'm back in the USSR (sigh)

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Needs a Member's Only leather jacket.

Pakistan condemns U.S. drone strikes

ISLAMABAD, June 4 (Reuters) - Pakistan on Monday strongly condemned a jump in U.S. drone strikes on its territory, using language that could increase tension between strategic allies already in dispute over military supply routes for NATO that Pakistan has closed.

Three drone strikes in as many days on suspected militants have killed 27 people, Pakistani intelligence officials say.

The foreign ministry called the attacks "illegal" and said they violated the South Asian country's sovereignty.

...The Pakistan government says the CIA drone campaign fuels anti-American sentiment in the country, and is counterproductive because of the collateral damage - civilian deaths - it causes.

The US should send them a letter with "FO" in the title. It's obvious the damn Pakistanis aren't serious about their terrorism problem. We have to do what they should be doing...killing terrorists.

Commooninites.

re: #222 Gus

Eating spaghetti and meatball and drinking coffee. Youz?

Post- Pimms and thinking of dinner. :) Good to see you!

Paul McCartney battle with the bottle
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
Lots of pics of Paul.

re: #245 Millicent Islam

Post- Pimms and thinking of dinner. :) Good to see you!

Long time no chat. ;)

re: #246 Tommy's cone of shame

Paul McCartney battle with the bottle
[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
Lots of pics of Paul.

10:2 for Bottle?

Btw there are nuances of humour in the whole England/Scotland thing (as far s the vast majority of people are concerned) that non-UK folks might not always be aware of - for example this is one of our favourite stand up routines, from English comedian Stuart Lee, on the subject of Braveheart:

Smoke.

re: #219 Gus

I hate the Church of England more than I hate the royalty. Get rid of the church first then we can talk about a bunch of rich people that are idolized just as they are in the USA.

Ahem, do not forget who is the titular head of the C of E...

Mah head hurtz.

re: #250 Gus

Smoke.

We smoked some kenyan weed earlier in addition to the Pimms.

We're in a curious hybrid of Jubilleeland and Obama country/

re: #253 Aye Pod

We smoked some kenyan weed earlier in addition to the Pimms.

We're in a curious hybrid of Jubilleeland and Obama country/

I ruined my day. Only thing is that I started last night.

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re: #216 Millicent Islam

I have a hard time understanding anything to do with royalty. Can't stand it either.

Royalty made more sense back in the days where ritual and ceremony (and awesome costuming) reinforced the basic premise the some people are fundamentally better and should control you. Cross culturally and across time, being a ruler involves a lot of performance of being other and better than your subjects. And there's always been a tension about whether that inherent authority is an actual thing or a complex social counterfeit.

It's actually pretty radical that in the past four hundred years humanity has tipped over the concept of inviolable hierarchies of spiritual, intellectual, and moral worth.

Addendum: which is not to say that ritual and social counterfeit have dried up. The techniques are still there, as are the audience longing to be gulled.

re: #254 Gus

I ruined my day. Only thing is that I started last night.

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Naughty. :)