Onion: Joe Biden Hitchhikes to Democratic National Convention
Relying on his charm and the generosity of passing motorists
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 12:48:40pm |
Here's the thing...Biden actually could hitchhike to the DNC, and he'd have fun doing it...as would those lucky enough to offer him rides along the way. Though he'd be limited to mini-vans and SUVs as his secret service detail would also need to fit in the car.
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Kragar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 12:50:26pm |
I guess this means he doesn't have the Trans-Am anymore.
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Tue, Sep 4, 2012 12:51:23pm |
You know something is happening when an 80 year old deacon, who happens to be black, tells all the other old people in the church to stop worrying about gay people getting married. He said to quit trying to second guess God.
Then he gave props to Joe Biden for telling the truth.
(I still ain't going to church though...)
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Obdicut Tue, Sep 4, 2012 12:52:18pm |
re: #3 Kragar
I guess this means he doesn't have the Trans-Am anymore.
Nah, man, it's just that to really appreciate a sweet ride like that you've got to spend some time away, some time casting yourself in the ocean of strangers and seeing whether life gives you cream soda or piss in the face.
You've got to stick your toes in the weather of the world, my friend. Ol' Joe knows that. That's why in addition to his hitching, every year he makes sure to do at least one naked peyote ceremony in the middle of the Sonoran desert. Son of a bitch has great luck too-- past three years, he's timed it exactly for a desert bloom.
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makeitstop Tue, Sep 4, 2012 12:53:15pm |
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Charles Johnson Tue, Sep 4, 2012 12:53:56pm |
Yikes. Just spent almost an hour dealing with one nasty-ass paper jam in my Epson printer. For some dumb reason I thought I'd experiment and load the cassette with 6 sheets of business cards. Six sheets of biz cards stuck in the rollers, with just a little bit poking out on either side. And they're designed to tear apart.
Now I know why they say "one sheet at a time."
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Sep 4, 2012 12:54:46pm |
re: #7 Charles Johnson
Yikes. Just spent almost an hour dealing with one nasty-ass paper jam in my Epson printer. For some dumb reason I thought I'd experiment and load the cassette with 6 sheets of business cards. Six sheets of biz cards stuck in the rollers, with just a little bit poking out on either side. And they're designed to tear apart.
Now I know why they say "one sheet at a time."
Needle nose pliers.
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garhighway Tue, Sep 4, 2012 12:55:44pm |
re: #7 Charles Johnson
Yikes. Just spent almost an hour dealing with one nasty-ass paper jam in my Epson printer. For some dumb reason I thought I'd experiment and load the cassette with 6 sheets of business cards. Six sheets of biz cards stuck in the rollers, with just a little bit poking out on either side. And they're designed to tear apart.
Now I know why they say "one sheet at a time."
Real men never follow the instructions.
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Tue, Sep 4, 2012 12:58:28pm |
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Bulworth Tue, Sep 4, 2012 12:59:54pm |
Former presidents Kramer and Douglas also hitchhiked if I remember. But they apparently lacked the VP's charm.
[Link: www.imdb.com...]
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Targetpractice Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:00:00pm |
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erik_t Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:00:11pm |
re: #9 garhighway
Real men never follow the instructions.
Real men never read the instructions. Any incidental following thereafter is purely coincidental.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:00:14pm |
re: #8 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Needle nose pliers.
Couldn't use 'em! On both sides there are things in the way. Had to be patient and work them out a tiny bit at a time with my fingers. Didn't want to screw up the printer's roller mechanism either, by forcing anything.
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Kragar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:02:10pm |
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:05:19pm |
I saw the movie Office Space yesterday.
Those guys knew how to fix a printer.
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lawhawk Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:05:56pm |
re: #16 Gus
LOIC! If anything's worth doing, it's worth overdoing! /
Oh, and speaking of which, NBC News (I keep going MSNBC before revising) is reporting about the story that the Social Security Administration has bought 174,000 bullets. It dutifully recounts how the meme spread, and then goes and addresses that SSA has enforcement agents who are firearms qualified and that it comes out to 580 bullets each, most of which are expended on the firing range.
Rightwingers and nutters were convinced that this was some part of a wider conspiracy.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:09:24pm |
re: #19 lawhawk
LOIC! If anything's worth doing, it's worth overdoing! /
Oh, and speaking of which, NBC News (I keep going MSNBC before revising) is reporting about the story that the Social Security Administration has bought 174,000 bullets. It dutifully recounts how the meme spread, and then goes and addresses that SSA has enforcement agents who are firearms qualified and that it comes out to 580 bullets each, most of which are expended on the firing range.
Rightwingers and nutters were convinced that this was some part of a wider conspiracy.
There are so many of these fake stories coming out of the right it's getting impossible to keep up. I was gobsmacked to see Jake Tapper running a ridiculous fake outrage from Gateway Pundit last week. Tapper actually called the White House to ask if they were sending military bereavement letters signed with an auto-pen.
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Daniel Ballard Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:10:21pm |
re: #19 lawhawk
Sheesh.
Right up there with black helicopters and the UN back in the day. Funny how people expect SEAL/sniper/HRT skills from every cop or agent with a gun and see a conspiracy when they need just enough to qualify to stay armed. Those cops at the empire state building for example. They would all have to shoot 500 rounds a week in combat scenarios (not just stand at the counter and hit unmoving paper targets) to avoid hitting bystanders in that incident.
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:11:05pm |
As Howard Fineman said yesterday, it was like dropping a bowling ball into a sand box.
Mitt Romney Is The First Republican Candidate To Receive A Negative Convention Bounce read.bi/NKtjE3— Business Insider (@businessinsider) September 4, 2012
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lawhawk Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:12:43pm |
re: #22 Daniel Ballard
The ESB situation is the perfect example of how trained law enforcement can hit bystanders in a high pressure situation despite all the training they have.
And because training is so important, the NYPD is moving to a new and expanded training facility some time next year because the old facility is outdated and insufficient for the needs of the force. All that training requires expending lots of ammo.
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:14:56pm |
Freddy Mercury is now an Angry Bird. Win.
Love. avclub.com/articles/fredd...— Quite Lowbrow (@droogie6655321) September 4, 2012
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:15:43pm |
If I was @mittromney, I'd call in sick this week.I mean, the poor guy just had a four day weekend and Obama is still president. #p2— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 4, 2012
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Targetpractice Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:17:10pm |
re: #23 darthstar
As Howard Fineman said yesterday, it was like dropping a bowling ball into a sand box.
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But...but...six point bounce...Rasmussen showed it!
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Varek Raith Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:17:43pm |
re: #8 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Needle nose pliers.
Jaws of life.
Teach that printer what for!
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:19:39pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:21:45pm |
Sheesh.
Haters gonna hate.
Printers.
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Targetpractice Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:21:51pm |
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Obdicut Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:22:14pm |
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Varek Raith Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:22:25pm |
Fox Confuses The Security Of The President With The Right To Vote
Fox made a dishonest comparison between checking ID for security purposes at the Democratic Convention to push for laws that disenfranchise people by requiring them to show photo ID before casting a vote.
Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson said that Democrats are guilty of a "double standard" because they support the repeal of states voter ID laws while at the same time, they require members of the press attending the Democratic National Convention to show identification three times.
Derp.
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Varek Raith Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:22:42pm |
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William of Orange Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:22:58pm |
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:23:25pm |
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William of Orange Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:24:27pm |
re: #7 Charles Johnson
Yikes. Just spent almost an hour dealing with one nasty-ass paper jam in my Epson printer. For some dumb reason I thought I'd experiment and load the cassette with 6 sheets of business cards. Six sheets of biz cards stuck in the rollers, with just a little bit poking out on either side. And they're designed to tear apart.
Now I know why they say "one sheet at a time."
You were listening to Romney's advice for efficiency...
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Digital Display Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:28:09pm |
Sorry.. Programming note..The best cop show on TV is currently Alaska State Troopers on NatGeo..Just awesome..Why bring this up?
I just watched it last hour and a flood of memories overcame me.
When my best Bud in Indy took me around on his beat runs and I posted the craziest stories here. Remember the gang pull over? Funny as shit the way it turned out.
When Alan passed away from a heart condition I was a broken man for weeks.
Charles allowed me to post here everything about his life and the funeral in Indiana. Some say Charles doesn't allow anything personal here because of Stalker Freaks. But that's not true. Charles has always shown the Hoopster great kindness and friendship.
That means a lot to me.. It's beyond politics or sides we take.
It's humanity..
Shit..Ok..I need to wipe away the tears and watch SportsCenter..
Thanks Charles...
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Daniel Ballard Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:30:08pm |
CNN BREAKING NEWS
Mitt Romney appears to have received a 1-point bounce after the GOP convention, according to CNN/ORC International poll.
One point? I dropped a wet sponge on carpet and it had more bounce.
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Varek Raith Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:31:45pm |
re: #40 Daniel Ballard
CNN BREAKING NEWS
Mitt Romney appears to have received a 1-point bounce after the GOP convention, according to CNN/ORC International poll.
One point? I dropped a wet sponge on carpet and it had more bounce.
The chair on the other hand....
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Targetpractice Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:31:55pm |
re: #40 Daniel Ballard
CNN BREAKING NEWS
Mitt Romney appears to have received a 1-point bounce after the GOP convention, according to CNN/ORC International poll.
One point? I dropped a wet sponge on carpet and it had more bounce.
So far, the only pollster who hasn't issued a revised "bounce" has been, AFAIK, Rasmussen. Even Reuters/Ipsos came out and acknowledged that their initial projection of a six-point bounce had an extremely short shelf-life.
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Bulworth Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:31:59pm |
re: #40 Daniel Ballard
CNN BREAKING NEWS
Mitt Romney appears to have received a 1-point bounce after the GOP convention, according to CNN/ORC International poll.
One point? I dropped a wet sponge on carpet and it had more bounce.
"CNN BREAKING NEWS"
I sure am glad our crackerjack village media is on the case...What a scoop.
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lawhawk Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:33:11pm |
It's officially a dead-cat bounce. 1 pt bounce for Mitt in the CNN poll. The RCP average still treats the race as essentially a dead heat (Obama leads), with 0.1% separating Obama from Mitt in poll averages.
Nate Smith sees this either as a par or bogey - but definitely below historical averages for a post-convention bounce. 3 points is what he's seen across 7-8 polls in swing states plus a couple of national polls.
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Gus Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:33:12pm |
re: #40 Daniel Ballard
CNN BREAKING NEWS
Mitt Romney appears to have received a 1-point bounce after the GOP convention, according to CNN/ORC International poll.
One point? I dropped a wet sponge on carpet and it had more bounce.
Romney's small convention bounce enough to tie up the race w/ Obama at 48% each. Check out the full CNN/ORC poll: bit.ly/ShxsRC— Robert Yoon (@yoonCNN) September 4, 2012
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engineer cat Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:34:27pm |
re: #34 Varek Raith
Fox Confuses The Security Of The President With The Right To Vote
Derp.
hey, if i hafta pay $12 and get special glasses to see a 3D movie, why shouldn't i hafta pay $12 and get special glasses to vote??? what's more important??? if i hafta get liability insurance to get a driver's licence, what's wrong with requiring liability insurance to vote?
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:34:46pm |
re: #19 lawhawk
LOIC! If anything's worth doing, it's worth overdoing! /
Oh, and speaking of which, NBC News (I keep going MSNBC before revising) is reporting about the story that the Social Security Administration has bought 174,000 bullets. It dutifully recounts how the meme spread, and then goes and addresses that SSA has enforcement agents who are firearms qualified and that it comes out to 580 bullets each, most of which are expended on the firing range.
Rightwingers and nutters were convinced that this was some part of a wider conspiracy.
One thing I learned at my former job was how to use Fed Biz Ops. That site will let you find every non-military ammo purchase the US government makes, and most of the military purchases, too. You can examine the solicitations for bids and see what the agency doing the buying says it wants the ammo for. I used that site for leads research for more than two years, and not one ammo purchase was anything other than kosher.
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Daniel Ballard Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:35:46pm |
re: #24 lawhawk
The ESB situation is the perfect example of how trained law enforcement can hit bystanders in a high pressure situation despite all the training they have.
And because training is so important, the NYPD is moving to a new and expanded training facility some time next year because the old facility is outdated and insufficient for the needs of the force. All that training requires expending lots of ammo.
Watch this video-Good shoot, great shooting
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
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Digital Display Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:35:55pm |
re: #44 lawhawk
It's officially a dead-cat bounce. 1 pt bounce for Mitt in the CNN poll. The RCP average still treats the race as essentially a dead heat (Obama leads), with 0.1% separating Obama from Mitt in poll averages.
Nate Smith sees this either as a par or bogey - but definitely below historical averages for a post-convention bounce. 3 points is what he's seen across 7-8 polls in swing states plus a couple of national polls.
Conventions are dead...21st Century version of an info commercial.
The only thing that matters anymore is the debates.. I can't wait!
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Bulworth Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:37:47pm |
Oh, and speaking of which, NBC News (I keep going MSNBC before revising) is reporting about the story that the Social Security Administration has bought 174,000 bullets. It dutifully recounts how the meme spread, and then goes and addresses that SSA has enforcement agents who are firearms qualified and that it comes out to 580 bullets each, most of which are expended on the firing range.Rightwingers and nutters were convinced that this was some part of a wider conspiracy.
This is very poor derp. Very low quality. Do rightwingers not understand we have nuclear fcking weapons? And they're worried about some little purchase order for bullets?
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Lidane Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:38:39pm |
Romney's small bounce should relieve Dem concerns about Romney ad edge. Convention = lotsa free advertising. Didn't move numbers much.— Nate Silver (@fivethirtyeight) September 4, 2012
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:38:52pm |
Romney's small bounce should relieve Dem concerns about Romney ad edge. Convention = lotsa free advertising. Didn't move numbers much.— Nate Silver (@fivethirtyeight) September 4, 2012
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:40:25pm |
re: #40 Daniel Ballard
CNN BREAKING NEWS
Mitt Romney appears to have received a 1-point bounce after the GOP convention, according to CNN/ORC International poll.
One point? I dropped a wet sponge on carpet and it had more bounce.
Since when did one point constitute a fucking bounce?
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:40:54pm |
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Bulworth Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:41:48pm |
re: #51 Lidane
I guess conventions that improvise with "We Did So Build That" and include an 80-year old talking to a chair aren't the best way to go.
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Lidane Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:41:58pm |
re: #54 darthstar
Stop reading twitter faster than me!
I'm also uploading CDs to my iTunes library and listing things to sell on Amazon. It's not my fault that I multi-task faster than you. ;)
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:42:56pm |
re: #53 darthstar
Since when did one point constitute a fucking bounce?
Deserves twitter-mockery...
Hey @cnn, since when did one point constitute a fucking 'bounce'? #p2 twitter.com/darthstar99/st...— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) September 4, 2012
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Kragar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:44:45pm |
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:45:02pm |
re: #57 Lidane
I'm also uploading CDs to my iTunes library and listing things to sell on Amazon. It's not my fault that I multi-task faster than you. ;)
I'm stack-ranking release schedules, recruiting an engineer, and managing a team right now...don't talk to me about multi-tasking.
Whatcha sellin' on Amazon? I need a good whatchamacallit.
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Bulworth Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:46:20pm |
Oh, and speaking of which, NBC News (I keep going MSNBC before revising) is reporting about the story that the Social Security Administration has bought 174,000 bullets. It dutifully recounts how the meme spread, and then goes and addresses that SSA has enforcement agents who are firearms qualified and that it comes out to 580 bullets each, most of which are expended on the firing range.
There's also a really big building in Arlington, VA, across from the WH, that's shaped like a pentagon and in this building there are all kinds of people making war plans who control a whole bunch of weapons and direct very large armies of other Americans all around the world.
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sagehen Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:47:17pm |
re: #24 lawhawk
And because training is so important, the NYPD is moving to a new and expanded training facility some time next year because the old facility is outdated and insufficient for the needs of the force. All that training requires expending lots of ammo.
well, yes.
Shooting 9 innocent bystanders on your way to shooting the one actual perp (standing still, eight feet away) would indicate that training thus far is insufficient.
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Varek Raith Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:48:30pm |
re: #63 sagehen
well, yes.
Shooting 9 innocent bystanders on your way to shooting the one actual perp (standing still, eight feet away) would indicate that training thus far is insufficient.
Stormtrooper syndrome.
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Varek Raith Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:49:07pm |
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Kragar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:50:31pm |
re: #65 Varek Raith
Stormtrooper syndrome.
Lack of quality regulation by BlasTech Industries is to blame.
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JRCMYP Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:50:35pm |
I want to see a movie with Woody Harrelson, Billy Murray and Joe Biden. Taking a road trip.
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Varek Raith Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:51:09pm |
re: #68 JRCMYP
I want to see a movie with Woody Harrelson, Billy Murray and Joe Biden. Taking a road trip.
Heh.
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Lidane Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:51:22pm |
re: #61 darthstar
I'm stack-ranking release schedules, recruiting an engineer, and managing a team right now...don't talk to me about multi-tasking.
Heh. Fair enough. ;)
Whatcha sellin' on Amazon? I need a good whatchamacallit.
The CDs that I'm uploading to iTunes. I'm determined to get rid of all my physical CDs because I'm tired of lugging them around when I move.
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:51:32pm |
re: #68 JRCMYP
I want to see a movie with Woody Harrelson, Billy Murray and Joe Biden. Taking a road trip.
Or a remake of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:51:53pm |
re: #70 Lidane
Heh. Fair enough. ;)
The CDs that I'm uploading to iTunes. I'm determined to get rid of all my physical CDs because I'm tired of lugging them around when I move.
Good idea.
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Lidane Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:52:01pm |
re: #71 darthstar
Or a remake of Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.
Wasn't the RNC last week? I think that counts. Heh.
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Gus Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:58:27pm |
Gallup officially calls it: "Romney gets no bounce from GOP convention." gallup.com/poll/157262/ro...— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 4, 2012
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Targetpractice Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:58:34pm |
re: #73 Lidane
Wasn't the RNC last week? I think that counts. Heh.
With Clint Eastwood playing the part of Raoul Duke on some really good shit.
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:59:17pm |
re: #70 Lidane
Selling them individually, or in sets by artist? I'd think sets by artist would make more sense...Wow...ALL of Pat Boone's works together!
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Gus Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:59:21pm |
Romney Third Recent Nominee Not to Get Convention BouncePast presidential nominees have seen their support among registered voters increase five points on average after their party's nominating convention, according to Gallup's review of the history of convention bounces going back to 1964.
Romney becomes one of three recent nominees -- and the first Republican -- who did not receive a convention bounce, joining George McGovern in 1972 and John Kerry in 2004. Both McGovern and Kerry, like Romney, challenged incumbent presidents, with McGovern suffering a landslide defeat to Richard Nixon and Kerry losing a close election to George W. Bush.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Sep 4, 2012 1:59:37pm |
re: #65 Varek Raith
Stormtrooper syndrome.
So we should have Ewoks patrol the Empire State Building instead?
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:01:06pm |
re: #78 Dark_Falcon
So we should have Ewoks patrol the Empire State Building instead?
It was Star Wars day at AT&T park yesterday.
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Kragar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:01:31pm |
re: #78 Dark_Falcon
So we should have Ewoks patrol the Empire State Building instead?
Thats simply not feasible.
They all died after several million tons of space station exploded in low orbit and rained flaming toxic materials on their planet.
Thanks Rebels.
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Targetpractice Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:01:38pm |
re: #80 darthstar
It was Star Wars day at AT&T park yesterday.
*waves hand* This is not the foul ball you're looking for.
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darthstar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:02:22pm |
re: #80 darthstar
It was Star Wars day at AT&T park yesterday.
Wait...that wasn't a pic from AT&T...here's Jedi master Sergio Romo before the game...
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engineer cat Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:04:07pm |
re: #77 Gus
and Kerry losing a close election to George W. Bush
bush 50.7%
kerry 48.3%
i've seen closer
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Lidane Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:08:13pm |
re: #76 darthstar
Selling them individually, or in sets by artist? I'd think sets by artist would make more sense...Wow...ALL of Pat Boone's works together!
Whatever gets them out of my life faster. My lease was up at the end of July and I moved in with some friends who have given me a spare bedroom until I get on my feet. I'm not lugging these CDs on the next move.
Same goes for my books and older clothes. I'm selling what I can and donating the rest.
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Varek Raith Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:08:28pm |
re: #81 Kragar
Thats simply not feasible.
They all died after several million tons of space station exploded in low orbit and rained flaming toxic materials on their planet.
Thanks Rebels.
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ArchangelMichael Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:10:13pm |
re: #70 Lidane
Heh. Fair enough. ;)
The CDs that I'm uploading to iTunes. I'm determined to get rid of all my physical CDs because I'm tired of lugging them around when I move.
If you are planning on getting rid of the CDs altogether, make sure you have good backups of your iTunes library and make sure the files are encoded at 320 kbps (or better) or using Apple lossless compression so that you have a "pristine" master*. Set your iPod/iPhone/iPad/iWhatever to convert files down to 128-256kbps while syncing to save room on the device.
*If at some point in the future a new format or compression type is released, converting from MP3 or lossy AAC to that will result in compounding compression losses. Too much of that and the file will sound like crap.
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Gus Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:12:14pm |
Watch a livestream of all the action from #DNC2012 starting now: OFA.BO/Yvtcdi— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) September 4, 2012
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:12:17pm |
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Obdicut Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:12:26pm |
re: #87 Varek Raith
I never understood why a society that reacted to strangers arriving by cooking and eating them in veneration of their gods was considered to be on the 'good' side.
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Varek Raith Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:13:12pm |
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:14:17pm |
re: #91 Obdicut
I never understood why a society that reacted to strangers arriving by cooking and eating them in veneration of their gods was considered to be on the 'good' side.
Because they're the "peaceful natives" who are threaten by literal Imperialism.
/One man's opinion
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ArchangelMichael Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:14:19pm |
re: #91 Obdicut
I never understood why a society that reacted to strangers arriving by cooking and eating them in veneration of their gods was considered to be on the 'good' side.
Because George Lucas constantly 'Forrest Gumps' himself into insulting or racist stereotypes while designing aliens.
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:14:53pm |
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Kragar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:15:18pm |
re: #91 Obdicut
I never understood why a society that reacted to strangers arriving by cooking and eating them in veneration of their gods was considered to be on the 'good' side.
Because they were cute and furry and were easily led by the Good guys when the guy who wanted to boink his sister tricked them into believing a droid had magic powers.
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Lidane Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:15:20pm |
re: #88 ArchangelMichael
If you are planning on getting rid of the CDs altogether, make sure you have good backups of your iTunes library and make sure the files are encoded at 320 kbps (or better) or using Apple lossless compression so that you have a "pristine" master*. Set your iPod/iPhone/iPad/iWhatever to convert files down to 128-256kbps while syncing to save room on the device.
*If at some point in the future a new format or compression type is released, converting from MP3 or lossy AAC to that will result in compounding compression losses. Too much of that and the file will sound like crap.
Good to know. I'll make sure everything is backed up properly. Thanks!
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Kragar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:17:26pm |
re: #95 William Barnett-Lewis
Bah, Imperial Propaganda
Sure, buy into the whole "hyperspace shunt" deal.
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Kragar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:19:20pm |
re: #95 William Barnett-Lewis
Bah, Imperial Propaganda
They still got people to believe they were a "Galactic Empire" when they couldn't even last 30 years and only controlled a small region of their native galaxy.
Pff, amateurs.
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Gus Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:34:22pm |
Asshole --->
The DNC Convention is kinda like going to the zoo. There are species here that I didn't know existed!— JimmyLaSalvia (@JimmyLaSalvia) September 4, 2012
Co-Founder & Executive Director of GOProud.
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Kragar Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:37:11pm |
re: #101 Gus
Asshole --->
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Co-Founder & Executive Director of GOProud.
What a fucking douche.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:37:24pm |
re: #101 Gus
Asshole --->
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Guy just has his head up his ass because he knows that his party doesn't give two shits about him or his rights.
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Mattand Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:42:03pm |
re: #101 Gus
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@jimmylasalvia I imagine one species is gays who don't caucus with politicians that despise them. I can see where that would confuse you.— mattand (@mattand) September 4, 2012
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theheat Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:43:19pm |
I'd give Biden a ride, for sure. It would be entertaining, for at least a little while. I could always strap him to the roof when I got tired of him. //
I've never thought he was unlikeable - just verbose - and a tad geeky. Like the neighbor you really like, but "whoops, sorry, I need to be somewhere" when they get to talking.
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HappyWarrior Tue, Sep 4, 2012 2:44:10pm |
re: #105 theheat
I'd give Biden a ride, for sure. It would be entertaining, for at least a little while. I could always strap him to the roof when I got tired of him. //
I've never thought he was unlikeable - just verbose - and a tad geeky. Like the neighbor you really like, but "whoops, sorry, I need to be somewhere" when they get to talking.
He's always reminded me of my uncle. Part of that was said uncle saying Joe was the first candidate for president he gave money to but they're the same age and are equally goofy.
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