Now that Thanksgiving is over, we can look forward to Fox News’s annual Christian Persecution-fest — the “War on Christmas!” This year, expect them to be even more crazed and ridiculous than ever.
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Turkey Jihad Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:31:39pm |
Frank Rich nails it: [Link: www.rawstory.com...]
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Turkey Jihad Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:33:32pm |
Ever notice how we never win these metaphorical wars? "War on drugs," "War on Christmas," "War on Poverty"...
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Bulworth Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:36:53pm |
The annual persecution complex is a 24/7, 365 project.
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allegro Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:38:02pm |
re: #3 Bulworth
The annual persecution complex is a 24/7, 365 project.
I've decided that if they don't feel continuously persecuted they don't feel like good christianists. It's like a rule.
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Obdicut Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:38:08pm |
re: #2 Turkey Jihad
Ever notice how we never win these metaphorical wars? "War on drugs," "War on Christmas," "War on Poverty"...
Yet they're always kind of triumphant. Because they're not meant to be won, just fought, and the harder and more brutally they're fought the more they're liked. Er, with the exception of the war on poverty. That one is all socialist though.
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jaunte Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:39:29pm |
How depressing. This concentrated dose of Fox News paranoia trolling might need a warning sticker.
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Targetpractice Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:43:32pm |
Ah, is it already time for the annual victimhood over a pagan ritual that Mother Church created a holiday around in its continuing effort to force non-believers to accept the faith?
If there's a "War on Christmas," it's the overcommerialization of the holiday to the point that Americans associate the holiday with increasingly expensive gifts and ever-increasing credit card debt. And bad news for the Christians: the retailers are winning.
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ReamWorks SKG Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:47:20pm |
It's funny how the goyim don't really get the issue. I remember getting very angry when I was in line at the Supermarket. The woman in front of me was buying stamps, and the cashier had some U.S. "Holiday" Stamps, I think it was this series:
The clerk said "I don't have Christmas stamps, I have 'holiday' stamps. I guess we can't say Christmas anymore!" And the customer agreed, saying how horrible it was.
I had to say _something_ to them, but the only thing I could think of was "You really don't understand the whole issue, and you sound very stupid."
As a Jew, I am vehemently opposed to the "Christmasification" of Hanukkah! I would MUCH RATHER people called Christmas "Christmas" instead of "The Holidays" when they mean Christmas. It bothers me greatly that my (minor) festival is lumped together with Christmas.
Of course, Christians shouldn't presume that everyone celebrates it. But call a Christmas party a Christmas party if that's what it's celebrating, etc. Call a "Christmas Sale" a Christmas sale if that's what it is. To me that's much better than trying, badly, to dilute my holiday and merge it into yours.
(I see stores with signs that say "Get it Delivered by The Holidays" and they mean 12/25, not when Hanukkah starts this year on 12/8 evening)
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Turkey Jihad Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:49:59pm |
I live in a pretty high-rent area, and the people here have everything they could possibly want/need. They also drive their douchecanoes with those stupid reindeer antlers on the windows and the red nose in the grille. Oh, and there is always, always a "Keep the Christ in Christmas" bumper sticker on the rear-view window, it is so disgusting.
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Turkey Jihad Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:52:21pm |
re: #6 jaunte
How depressing. This concentrated dose of Fox News paranoia trolling might need a warning sticker.
I forgot that it was you that created the terrorist turkey last year in response to Drunken Pam. I was asking for some Lizard to post that picture because it gave me the biggest laugh in my history at LGF. I found it a few minutes later, bravo.
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nines09 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:52:25pm |
Fox News. Finding bogeymen under your bed 24/7. They have to have an enemy. Doesn't work without one.
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DelusionDeluge Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:54:36pm |
It's comforting to know that the wingnuts' unwavering support of Israel has nothing to do with respecting the Jewish religion, but rather assuring Jews are in place for their slaughter during the End Times.
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Charleston Chew Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:54:46pm |
The computer algorithms conservatives use to auto-generate news stories while they're away on holiday have gotten pretty good.
"War On [select holiday nearest to present date]"
"Obama is bad because [insert trending search term]."
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:56:20pm |
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:57:34pm |
There's already a war AT Christmas (shopping)
"we have met the enemy and he is us"
Sampling of headlines from Drudge
'Gang fight' at Black Friday sale...
Man Punched in Face Pulls Gun On Line-Cutting Shopper...
Shots fired outside WALMART...
Shoppers smash through door at URBAN OUTFITTERS...
Customers run over in parking lot...
Woman busted after throwing merchandise...
Thousands storm VICTORIA'S SECRET...
VIDEO: Insane battle over phones...
Mayhem at Nebraska mall where 9 murdered in 2007...
Shoplifter tries to mace security guards...
Men Steal Boy's Shopping Bag Outside BED, BATH & BEYOND...
Heckler calls them zombies...
NOTE ,,, a variety of sources including affiliates of FOX, NBC, ABC as well as the LA TIMES
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Shiplord Kirel Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:57:58pm |
It is a very common observation that Jesus of Nazareth would be amazed and disheartened at the spectacle of greed and materialism that surrounds His designated birthday. Does anyone doubt that it is true, though?
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:58:03pm |
I am almost done with purchasing parts for my computer.
However, I now need a reliable Blu-Ray Player/Burner. Recommend me one.
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Obdicut Fri, Nov 23, 2012 12:58:30pm |
Is it just me, or does this look a little KKK?
Image: 71LNrxTdHBL._SL1500_.jpg
I mean in a funny KKK way.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:00:13pm |
re: #19 Obdicut
Ohh, that's unfortunate. Someone was asleep at the wheel.
Though I got a laugh out of it.
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engineer cat Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:00:51pm |
re: #8 ReamWorks SKG
we should just say 'happy yule', since that is the pagan holiday whose rituals we follow most closely at this time of year. low information voters will never realize that you just wished them a happy pagan celebration
if you want to "keep the christ in christmas", then the celebration of christmas, properly so-called, should be about going to church on christmas eve and celebrating midnight mass - not yule logs, sacred trees of thor, and gift bearing elves
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ReamWorks SKG Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:02:10pm |
re: #22 engineer cat
we should just say 'happy yule', since that is the pagan holiday whose rituals we follow most closely at this time of year. low information voters will never realize that you just wished them a happy pagan celebration
if you want to "keep the christ in christmas", then the celebration of christmas, properly so-called, should be about going to church on christmas eve and celebrating midnight mass - not yule logs, sacred trees of thor, and gift bearing elves
Maybe so, but I don't presume to tell people of other faiths how to worship their Messiah.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:02:29pm |
re: #22 engineer cat
we should just say 'happy yule',,,low information voters will never realize that you just wished them a happy pagan celebration
That, or that you're interested in their log!!
wait,, wha!?!?!
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:03:28pm |
re: #23 ReamWorks SKG
Maybe so, but I don't presume to tell people of other faiths how to worship their Messiah.
Or their thor logs!!
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:04:19pm |
re: #8 ReamWorks SKG
So what do you think of all this paranoid ranting from Fox News?
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Political Atheist Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:04:26pm |
re: #16 sattv4u2
There's already a war AT Christmas (shopping)
"we have met the enemy and he is us"
Sampling of headlines from Drudge
'Gang fight' at Black Friday sale...
Man Punched in Face Pulls Gun On Line-Cutting Shopper...
Shots fired outside WALMART...
Shoppers smash through door at URBAN OUTFITTERS...
Customers run over in parking lot...
Woman busted after throwing merchandise...
Thousands storm VICTORIA'S SECRET...
VIDEO: Insane battle over phones...
Mayhem at Nebraska mall where 9 murdered in 2007...
Shoplifter tries to mace security guards...
Men Steal Boy's Shopping Bag Outside BED, BATH & BEYOND...
Heckler calls them zombies...NOTE ,,, a variety of source affiliates of FOX, NBC, ABC as well as the LA TIMES
*shameless industry promo*
I'd just like to remind our shoppers that the jewelry districts in LA, NY, Miami and Chicago are calm, cool and collected. Friends don't let friends go to the mall. Lots of nice goodies to make him or her look and feel great. Gold, platinum, silver, fashion... (costume jewelry) Go get something shiny.
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Charleston Chew Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:04:42pm |
re: #17 Shiplord Kirel
It is a very common observation that Jesus of Nazareth would be amazed and disheartened at the spectacle of greed and materialism that surrounds His designated birthday. Does anyone doubt that it is true, though?
He'd also ask, "Why do they celebrate my birthday in the winter? I was born in June." Then we'd have to explain how his religion ended up based in the capital of imperial Rome ("Really? Those douches?"), and how the Pontiff is a German barbarian, and why Christmas isn't a Jewish holiday...
Sorry, Jesus. It's complicated.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:05:14pm |
re: #23 ReamWorks SKG
Maybe so, but I don't presume to tell people of other faiths how to worship their Messiah.
And who precisely is doing that?
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:05:56pm |
re: #27 Political Atheist
that the jewelry districts in LA, NY, Miami and Chicago are calm, cool and collected. and usually heavily protected
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Bulworth Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:06:39pm |
I know Faux News and Drudge don't really care, but in some parts of the Christian world, this season is more properly known as Advent. Please get the name right, RWNJ.
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ReamWorks SKG Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:07:14pm |
re: #26 Gus
I don't think there's a war on Christmas, but I think they have a tiny fraction of a point. We shouldn't shy away from calling something done for the 12/25 holiday "Christmas" if that's what it is.
What originally bothered people was the presumption that the entirety of the USA celebrates Christmas. Nobody wanted holidays of other religious traditions lumped into one generic "December 25 Holiday" category which is what has happened.
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Charleston Chew Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:07:26pm |
re: #2 Turkey Jihad
Ever notice how we never win these metaphorical wars? "War on drugs," "War on Christmas," "War on Poverty"...
We won't have peace until there's a War On War.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:08:33pm |
Recommendations for Internal Blu-Ray Drives?
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:08:48pm |
re: #32 ReamWorks SKG
Nobody wanted holidays of other religious traditions lumped into one generic "December 25 Holiday" category.
Except for Frank Costanza
"Festivus for the Rest of Us"
/
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Turkey Jihad Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:09:51pm |
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ReamWorks SKG Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:10:30pm |
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b_sharp Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:12:04pm |
re: #34 ProGunLiberal
Recommendations for Internal Blu-Ray Drives/
They're all the same, made in China.
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Varek Raith Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:12:56pm |
"American Components, Russian Components, all the same, all made in Taiwan!"
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:13:39pm |
re: #32 ReamWorks SKG
I don't think there's a war on Christmas, but I think they have a tiny fraction of a point. We shouldn't shy away from calling something done for the 12/25 holiday "Christmas" if that's what it is.
What originally bothered people was the presumption that the entirety of the USA celebrates Christmas. Nobody wanted holidays of other religious traditions lumped into one generic "December 25 Holiday" category.
It's what you want it to be and no one is forcing it into one lump of "Happy Holiday." The reality is that this is done for consumer reasons and to increase "holiday sales." It saves on printing and marketing costs when you don't have to target any particular religion. Besides that, people of true faith shouldn't be challenged by a print ad.
Happy holidays.
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Targetpractice Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:15:50pm |
re: #39 Varek Raith
"American Components, Russian Components, all the same, all made in Taiwan!"
"No wonder this circuit failed. It says 'Made in Japan'."
"What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan."
"Unbelievable."
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b_sharp Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:16:33pm |
re: #40 Gus
It's what you want it to be and no one is forcing it into one lump of "Happy Holiday." The reality is that this is done for consumer reasons and to increase "holiday sales." It saves on printing and marketing costs when you don't have to target any particular religion. Besides that, people of true faith shouldn't be challenged by a print ad.
Happy holidays.
Funny how we only make a point of telling people to 'get happy' a few times a year. I guess the rest of the year is Fuck You.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:18:10pm |
re: #37 ReamWorks SKG
Thank you. I have 3 of the parts in my possession, and three are being shipped from Amazon.
Parents have said they'll take care of the final 3 parts that haven't been purchased. (Motherboard, Video Card, and Blu-Ray Drive). It's just, looking at reviews, I see issues with almost all Blu-Ray Drives.
The cost will be ~$1300.
Also, is there a place that can do CD Repairs?
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:18:23pm |
re: #42 A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet
Funny how we only make a point of telling people to 'get happy' a few times a year. I guess the rest of the year is Fuck You.
People get weirder this time of year. It's like people who complain about Christmas music. My advice to them is a) stop listening to Christmas music or b) stop going to places that play Christmas music. Also note that I said Christmas.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:18:50pm |
re: #42 A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet
Funny how we only make a point of telling people to 'get happy' a few times a year. I guess the rest of the year is Fuck You.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY
HAPPY EASTER
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
I try year round!
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Jolo5309 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:19:26pm |
re: #44 Gus
People get weirder this time of year. It's like people who complain about Christmas music. My advice to them is a) stop listening to Christmas music or b) stop going to places that play Christmas music. Also note that I said Christmas.
A radio station here has fired all their on air staff, now they only play Christmas music...
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allegro Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:19:55pm |
re: #40 Gus
It's what you want it to be and no one is forcing it into one lump of "Happy Holiday." The reality is that this is done for consumer reasons and to increase "holiday sales." It saves on printing and marketing costs when you don't have to target any particular religion. Besides that, people of true faith shouldn't be challenged by a print ad.
Happy holidays.
It's also for those of us who have traditionally sent the yearly card/letter to friends and family - all of different beliefs and faiths. It's the keeping-in-touch that's important regardless of the holiday observed (or not observed) so generic cards are most appropriate. When I wish Happy Holidays to someone I mean happy holidays. If someone takes offense, not my problem... or my rudeness.
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b_sharp Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:20:02pm |
re: #43 ProGunLiberal
Thank you. I have 3 of the parts in my possession, and three are being shipped from Amazon.
Parents have said they'll take care of the final 3 parts that haven't been purchased. (Motherboard, Video Card, and Blu-Ray Drive). It's just, looking at reviews, I see issues with almost all Blu-Ray Drives.
The cost will be ~$1300.
Also, is there a place that can do CD Repairs?
DVDRW drives are a dime a dozen, they've become disposable. If it dies, you take the laser out to play with and trash the rest.
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engineer cat Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:20:45pm |
i always thought the phrase "happy holidays" originated in the desire to be polite to americans who might, for some incomprehensible reason, not be christians, and might even be celebrating the holidays of some other religion
as far as i can make out, what people call "political correctness" always seems to stem from somebody's effort to be polite, even though we have, it seems, failed to anticipate how objectionable being polite is to some people
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b_sharp Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:21:10pm |
re: #45 sattv4u2
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY
HAPPY EASTER
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
HAPPY THANKSGIVINGI try year round!
Damn, I gotta try that: Happy Wednesday! Merry Friday!
Drunken Saturday!
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:21:43pm |
re: #48 A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet
I plan on being a pet addict, so that tip is good.
But, what about CD repairs? Is there a place I can have someone look at a CD?
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:21:53pm |
re: #43 ProGunLiberal
Thank you. I have 3 of the parts in my possession, and three are being shipped from Amazon.
Parents have said they'll take care of the final 3 parts that haven't been purchased. (Motherboard, Video Card, and Blu-Ray Drive). It's just, looking at reviews, I see issues with almost all Blu-Ray Drives.
The cost will be ~$1300.
Also, is there a place that can do CD Repairs?
Do you have any reason to require Blu-Ray over DVD? If not, stay lower level. Cheaper, fewer issues, etc. The other consideration is your OS, because of drivers. Windows will, of course, be far less fussy than other options but will make you pay in other ways.
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:22:39pm |
re: #50 A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet
Damn, I gotta try that:
HappyWish You Were Dead Wednesday!MerryFuck Off Friday!
DrunkenSTFU Saturday!
ftfy
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allegro Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:23:53pm |
re: #49 engineer cat
i always thought the phrase "happy holidays" originated in the desire to be polite to americans who might, for some incomprehensible reason, not be christians, and might even be celebrating the holidays of some other religion
as far as i can make out, what people call "political correctness" always seems to stem from somebody's effort to be polite, even though we have, it seems, failed to anticipate how objectionable being polite is to some people
This.
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wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:25:26pm |
re: #49 engineer cat
i always thought the phrase "happy holidays" originated in the desire to be polite to americans who might, for some incomprehensible reason, not be christians, and might even be celebrating the holidays of some other religion
as far as i can make out, what people call "political correctness" always seems to stem from somebody's effort to be polite, even though we have, it seems, failed to anticipate how objectionable being polite is to some people
Once more for good measure.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:25:35pm |
re: #52 William Barnett-Lewis
I won't have a Blu-Ray player when I am on my own. The computer can serve as a Blu-Ray Player.
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b_sharp Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:25:39pm |
re: #51 ProGunLiberal
I plan on being a pet addict, so that tip is good.
But, what about CD repairs? Is there a place I can have someone look at a CD?
Sorry, you are talking about the disk itself. There are methods described on the Inet, there are machine you can buy, but I've not heard of a place that specializes in it. Most of the fixes tend to remove material past the scratch in the hopes the laser cut trough is deep enough to be picked up.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:27:11pm |
re: #57 A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet
My car's CD player fucked up a Disk from a soundtrack.
The Final Fantasy VII:Advent Children soundtrack.
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Feline Fearless Leader Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:27:30pm |
re: #45 sattv4u2
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY
HAPPY EASTER
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
HAPPY THANKSGIVINGI try year round!
HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY
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TedStriker Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:27:47pm |
re: #43 ProGunLiberal
Thank you. I have 3 of the parts in my possession, and three are being shipped from Amazon.
Parents have said they'll take care of the final 3 parts that haven't been purchased. (Motherboard, Video Card, and Blu-Ray Drive). It's just, looking at reviews, I see issues with almost all Blu-Ray Drives.
The cost will be ~$1300.
Also, is there a place that can do CD Repairs?
I have a Asus BR burner (about a year old) in my main desktop and a LITEON BR reader (about 2-2.5 years old) in my media box; both work pretty well, I've not had issues out of either of them.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:28:57pm |
re: #49 engineer cat
i always thought the phrase "happy holidays" originated in the desire to be polite to americans who might, for some incomprehensible reason, not be christians, and might even be celebrating the holidays of some other religion
as far as i can make out, what people call "political correctness" always seems to stem from somebody's effort to be polite, even though we have, it seems, failed to anticipate how objectionable being polite is to some people
Also interesting to note at least from my perspective. Do we spend all of June leading into July saying "Happy 4th of July" or all of October saying "Happy Halloween?"
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:28:57pm |
re: #58 ProGunLiberal
Only one song though. I like the design on the CD though. :(
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:30:20pm |
re: #62 ProGunLiberal
Although, I think I have all the songs on the hard drive.......
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b_sharp Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:30:35pm |
re: #58 ProGunLiberal
My car's CD player fucked up a Disk from a soundtrack.
The Final Fantasy VII:Advent Children soundtrack.
Look up how to repair it on the Inet. It will likely require sandpaper and elbow grease so make sure you have both.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:33:02pm |
re: #66 A Sockpuppet's Sockpuppet
My motor skills are screwed up enough that I personally don't want to try it with me. I will still look at it, hold a moment.
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TedStriker Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:33:33pm |
re: #58 ProGunLiberal
My car's CD player fucked up a Disk from a soundtrack.
The Final Fantasy VII:Advent Children soundtrack.
If it's a scratch through the lacquer side (the top), you're most likely hosed; if it's a scratch on the bottom side, you might be able to get one of those resurfacing/buffing kits (or be able to do it by hand) to get it good enough so you can rip it to your computer.
Check this out for some tips: WikiHow - How to Fix a Scratched CD
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sattv4u2 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:34:08pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:34:44pm |
re: #51 ProGunLiberal
I plan on being a pet addict, so that tip is good.
But, what about CD repairs? Is there a place I can have someone look at a CD?
I used to take mine to a game re-selling shop and they had a buffer wheel to take the scratches out. If it's more than that, it's a clay pigeon at best.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:34:44pm |
twitter.com/PeggyStuart/st...— Peggy Stuart (@PeggyStuart) November 23, 2012
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:36:20pm |
re: #70 William Barnett-Lewis
The damage is on the bottom, and affects exactly one track. I'm looking through my Computer now though.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:37:00pm |
A Declaration Of War On Christmas
by Rich Abdill
The time has arrived, as it does every year, for America to be besieged by that familiar and insidious enemy: Christmas. We have endured its tyranny for 2,000 years, with its manger scenes, its mint-flavored everything, its bearded occupation of J.C. Penny locations nationwide. Christmas flaunts its influence from the gilded trees in suburban bay windows across our land, mocking us while hijacking the radio waves for reindeer idolatry and the glorification of little boys with drums.
And we shall suffer it no longer.
Though its supporters have long bemoaned “attacks” on this, the worst of all seasons, Christmas has never felt the wrath of the people, the power of the oppressed masses. We shall rise up. We shall fight back. Before the media warns us for another year of the stealth “War on Christmas,” we shall make it clear.
We shall, officially, declare war on Christmas.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:37:17pm |
Most-wanted #waronchristmas playing cards: Bill O'Reilly. twitter.com/Gus_802/status...— Gus (@Gus_802) November 23, 2012
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:38:54pm |
re: #74 ProGunLiberal
Success! I have burned all of my music from that particular disk in the past. That makes this very, very simple.
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wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:39:43pm |
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dragonfire1981 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:39:47pm |
I am tinkering on a Galaxy SIII that i got today for a mere $50. I am quite liking it so far.
On another note while i was in line at Best Buy i stumbled across proof Charles is trying to take over the world!
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:40:12pm |
There will be no milk and cookies left out for Santa. We do not negotiate with terrorists. #waronchristmas— Wonkette (@Wonkette) November 23, 2012
re: #78 wrenchwench
You gonna make a whole deck?
No! Was thinking about that though.
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:40:27pm |
re: #56 ProGunLiberal
I won't have a Blu-Ray player when I am on my own. The computer can serve as a Blu-Ray Player.
Heh. I only watch movies from TPB (maybe once a year at that) anymore so I don't think much about that. Honestly, I'd say buy the cheapest that is sold because it's not one of those gadgets where more money is going to get you much of anything.
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wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:42:13pm |
re: #80 Gus
[Embedded content]
No! Was thinking about that though.
Maybe just kings and queens and a couple of jokers....
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:47:06pm |
re: #83 wrenchwench
Maybe just kings and queens and a couple of jokers....
Did that one only for the #waronchristmas thread which was going pretty strong earlier. Some rather hilarious stuff from Wonkette. It was like a live Tweeting of a war on Christmas.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:50:36pm |
4 Tweets from the early hours of the war:
We have targeted 127 locations since the #waronchristmas started, taking out multiple manger scenes with minimal innkeeper casualties.— Wonkette (@Wonkette) November 23, 2012
We are dropping pamphlets on elf neighborhoods, telling them to evacuate so we can blow up their wee elf houses. #waronchristmas— Wonkette (@Wonkette) November 23, 2012
Thermos of eggnog discovered on public bench. Safely detonated by Christmas Cheer Disposal Squad. Vigilance. #waronchristmas— Wonkette (@Wonkette) November 23, 2012
An hour ago, we targeted three operatives bearing gold, frankincense and myrrh. Direct hit confirmed. #waronchristmas— Wonkette (@Wonkette) November 23, 2012
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:53:09pm |
Spoiler alert! In that new movie "Lincoln," Abe gets assassinated in the end.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:53:27pm |
As a member of the ATHEIST ILLUMINATI, I would like to try, once again, to clear up a huge misconception.
There is NOT a "War on Christmas." We atheist Illuminati enjoy and celebrate a lot of the aspects of Christmas, and would never seek to see it put asunder. The pagan symbolism, the mistletoe-inspired fornication, the drunken revelry we can pretend to blame on the eggnog (and really, most of us don't bother with the eggnog; we just go straight for the whiskey), the crass consumerism... we're okay with all that as long as all the participants are informed and consenting.
What there IS, however, is a "War on Christmas Music". I have to level with you, in my official capacity as Self-Appointed Atheist Spokesperson: that shit is VILE. Literary types are familiar with the Bulwer–Lytton Fiction Contest, whose contestants attempt to do savage violence to the literary art by deliberately constructing a cringe-inducing opening sentence to an imaginary novel which would presumably be at least as bad. Christmas music composed in the 20th Century, nearly all of which is of American origin, is some of the most nauseating dreck ever composed.
Christmas music of the sort I'm describing enjoys a strange social immunity to criticism not enjoyed by other horrifying popular music. An average person who declares that they sincerely believe the song "My Hump" by The Black Eyed Peas to be THE dumbest noise ever committed to a 16-track master might be disagreed with, but is unlikely to suffer the social consequences that could be expected by a similar person who expresses identically vehement disgust with "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer" or "Frosty The Snowman".
I still enjoy a traditional rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "We Three Kings", so long as they haven't been massacred by the RAY CONNIFF SINGERS.
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Targetpractice Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:54:34pm |
re: #87 Gus
Spoiler alert! In that new movie "Lincoln," Abe gets assassinated in the end.
My friend spoiled the ending for Titanic the other day for me. Told me the ship sunk. Can you believe that?
//
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:55:37pm |
Chestnuts roasting on an open flame thrower.
War on Christmas - 2012
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dragonfire1981 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:56:52pm |
I anxiously await word from the North Pole information minister.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:59:43pm |
re: #93 researchok
Let me guess- Neil Boortz?
Don't know. They didn't call me but someone else. He didn't make it through to the end. Some call about Barry Soetoro, Indonesia, Muslims, traitor, Obama's a Moozlim, etc.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 1:59:50pm |
Damn the Muslim Brotherhood.
Reports of sexual violence vs women at protests in #Cairo today.Male & female protests vs the system.Women's 2nd revolution is vs misogyny.
— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) November 23, 2012
We need to leak the bad stuff on the Muslim Brotherhood. Create a problem for them and their governments. Including Algeria.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:00:13pm |
Speaking of wingnuts...
ME TOO! #WarOnChristmas @russgopackgo I thought it was a "holiday tree"? MT @whitehouse 1stLady, 1stdaughters&1stDog Bo, welcom WH X-masTree— WheresPatton (@FightinBluHen51) November 23, 2012
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:05:06pm |
re: #95 ProGunLiberal
Damn the Muslim Brotherhood.
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We need to leak the bad stuff on the Muslim Brotherhood. Create a problem for them and their governments. Including Algeria.
Actually, she's not laying this down only on the MB as you can tell by "Women's 2nd revolution is vs misogyny." This is a wider problem in Egypt.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:06:12pm |
re: #99 Gus
Do you really think those slimy MB shits would help the problem? They are prolific liars and charlatans.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:10:47pm |
re: #100 ProGunLiberal
Do you really think those slimy MB shits would help the problem? They are prolific liars and charlatans.
They certainly wouldn't help women's rights but the stories of sexual assaults on women in public is going to give them an excuse for modestly police, requiring related male escorts in public, etc.
| 102 |
wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:10:59pm |
re: #88 Our Precious Bodily Fluids
As a member of the ATHEIST ILLUMINATI, I would like to try, once again, to clear up a huge misconception.
There is NOT a "War on Christmas." We atheist Illuminati enjoy and celebrate a lot of the aspects of Christmas, and would never seek to see it put asunder. The pagan symbolism, the mistletoe-inspired fornication, the drunken revelry we can pretend to blame on the eggnog (and really, most of us don't bother with the eggnog; we just go straight for the whiskey), the crass consumerism... we're okay with all that as long as all the participants are informed and consenting.
What there IS, however, is a "War on Christmas Music". I have to level with you, in my official capacity as Self-Appointed Atheist Spokesperson: that shit is VILE. Literary types are familiar with the Bulwer–Lytton Fiction Contest, whose contestants attempt to do savage violence to the literary art by deliberately constructing a cringe-inducing opening sentence to an imaginary novel which would presumably be at least as bad. Christmas music composed in the 20th Century, nearly all of which is of American origin, is some of the most nauseating dreck ever composed.
Christmas music of the sort I'm describing enjoys a strange social immunity to criticism not enjoyed by other horrifying popular music. An average person who declares that they sincerely believe the song "My Hump" by The Black Eyed Peas to be THE dumbest noise ever committed to a 16-track master might be disagreed with, but is unlikely to suffer the social consequences that could be expected by a similar person who expresses identically vehement disgust with "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer" or "Frosty The Snowman".
I still enjoy a traditional rendition of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "We Three Kings", so long as they haven't been massacred by the RAY CONNIFF SINGERS.
I like my Bobby Rodriguez "Latin Jazz Christmas", and "Merry Axemas" by Various Artists. However, the most unlistenable "music" ever recorded is Bob Dylan's Christmas record. No link! You'll have to google it!
--Atheist, but apparently not Illuminati.
P.S. I left you some bicycle info on the previous thread.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:12:27pm |
I guess all the pundits and serious journalists are on vacation. I'm not finding any analysis about Morsi's chances of getting away with this, what his long term plans may be or how powerful the protests might be.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:12:59pm |
re: #101 Killgore Trout
It's likely a bunch of MB leeches. The ones who shout the loudest about Morality are always the most debauched.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:14:23pm |
re: #100 ProGunLiberal
Do you really think those slimy MB shits would help the problem? They are prolific liars and charlatans.
Saying that misogyny is a wider problem in Egypt is not an endorsement of the MB nor Morsi.
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stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:14:50pm |
re: #4 allegro
re: #3 Bulworth
The annual persecution complex is a 24/7, 365 project.
I've decided that if they don't feel continuously persecuted they don't feel like good christianists. It's like a rule.
Well it works on the same principle as suspense in drama, at some level the brain can't distinguish a real threat from a pretend one (or a lie) and your attention can be riveted to their channel for hours or all day.
Unfortunately this method of enslaving people has psychological side effects, not just the political ones in FOX's case. People who are reacting to imaginary threats aren't attuned to finer emotions, in a sense people are being denied the better part of their humanity this way.
| 107 |
Mr.Boots Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:17:25pm |
What about the War on Thanksgiving? Corporatists are forcing out a uniquely American holiday in favor of an international holiday by putting up Christmas decorations well before Thanksgiving and now instituting "Black Thursday Evening."
Where is the Fox outcry against these Internationalist One World corporatists who are trying to destroy a uniquely American holiday?
Although I'm being sarcastic, the relegation of Thanksgiving as merely the start of the Christmas spending season does truly piss me off
| 108 |
Interesting Times Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:18:21pm |
re: #105 Gus
Saying that misogyny is a wider problem in Egypt is not an endorsement of the MB nor Morsi.
The most misogynistic "custom" of all - female genital mutilation - got its start in the days of the Pharaohs. Misogyny is a problem that predates Abrahamic religions.
| 110 |
Interesting Times Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:20:12pm |
On a less-depressing note, if I click the Amazon banner from here and buy things already in my Wishlist, LGF will still get a cut, right?
| 111 |
wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:20:44pm |
re: #106 stabby
Welcome, hatchling. I take it you had no trouble getting out of your shell.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:21:49pm |
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:28:13pm |
That was one of the protests in Cairo. Also related:
.@syriareport no, there is an elaborate conspiracy theory of US support for Muslim Brotherhood- explained here: thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/egy...— Robert Mackey (@RobertMackey) November 23, 2012
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Targetpractice Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:32:26pm |
re: #114 Gus
That was one of the protests in Cairo. Also related:
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No surprise there. With the internet connecting the world together, it was inevitable that the wingnuts would find foreign audiences willing to believe their conspiracy theories.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:35:08pm |
re: #115 Targetpractice
No surprise there. With the internet connecting the world together, it was inevitable that the wingnuts would find foreign audiences willing to believe their conspiracy theories.
This is actually from within Egypt. It really hasn't gained that much ground from what I've been seeing though. It's a rather absurd conspiracy theory.
| 117 |
Jolo5309 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:35:38pm |
re: #102 wrenchwench
I like my Bobby Rodriguez "Latin Jazz Christmas", and "Merry Axemas" by Various Artists. However, the most unlistenable "music" ever recorded is Bob Dylan's Christmas record. No link! You'll have to google it!
--Atheist, but apparently not Illuminati.
P.S. I left you some bicycle info on the previous thread.
The only Christmas albums I have liked are the Dino Martinis and whatever the punk Christmas album was (I forget the name).
| 118 |
Charles Johnson Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:35:54pm |
re: #110 Interesting Times
On a less-depressing note, if I click the Amazon banner from here and buy things already in my Wishlist, LGF will still get a cut, right?
I think so, but I'm not totally sure. It's kind of hard to find details of how stuff like that works in relation to an Associate link.
| 119 |
Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:36:07pm |
re: #115 Targetpractice
No surprise there. With the internet connecting the world together, it was inevitable that the wingnuts would find foreign audiences willing to believe their conspiracy theories.
But it does involve and reach out to the wingnuts.
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stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:37:29pm |
re: #115 Targetpractice
Well it's only fair, moonbats like Noam Chomsky have been making up conspiracy theories they've believed for years.
It's a sad fact that crazy attention seekers in the first world often seem to do their best to encourage serious things like violence in the 3rd world. I doubt any of them would even feel guilty if a line could be drawn and their part demonstrated.
| 121 |
Charles Johnson Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:38:26pm |
Wow, I just saw our first-ever 7-character bit.ly shortened link code. RWC's latest page has it - the Canon commercial.
[Link: lgf.bz...]
I had to alter the database to allow more than 6 characters - I thought that was the max, but apparently not.
| 122 |
wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:41:47pm |
Not Page-worthy:
Luna County resident David Morrill, 47, claims the image of the Virgin Mary appeared on this log of firewood.
He says he spotted the image after placing the wood under his Christmas tree. What do you think? Is it a holy image, or just a a naturally occurring discoloration on the wood?
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Targetpractice Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:43:11pm |
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Shiplord Kirel Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:44:50pm |
re: #122 wrenchwench
Not Page-worthy:
Just imagine: People who believe in this sort of thing also operate motor vehicles on the public roads and vote in elections.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:46:02pm |
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:46:46pm |
Seeing the Virgin Mary in a piece of wood is like seeing George Washington in the clouds.
| 127 |
freetoken Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:50:18pm |
The WaPo editorial board put it bluntly yesterday:
The GOP’s bizarre attack on Susan Rice
SINCE THE Senate is solely responsible for the confirmation of Cabinet officers, it’s not often that members of the House of Representatives jump into a debate about the nomination of a secretary of state — particularly before there has been a nomination. That’s one of the reasons a letter sent to President Obama this week by 97 House Republicans, challenging his potential choice of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice for the State Department job, is remarkable.
Another is blatant disregard of established facts. Drawn up by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), the letter alleges that “Ambassador Rice is widely viewed as having either willfully or incompetently misled the American public” about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. [...]
"Facts" aren't relevant to the rabid right, who still have to get their hate on.
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Charles Johnson Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:50:27pm |
re: #122 wrenchwench
What do you think? Is it a holy image, or just a a naturally occurring discoloration on the wood?
*headdesk*
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wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:51:03pm |
re: #125 Gus
Clearly it's a holy image. Here's another one...
That one is much better, except it looks like the figure from Edward Munch's 'The Scream' holding a flattened turtle.
| 130 |
Varek Raith Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:52:00pm |
I once saw Tony Danza in my corn flakes.
I think he was drunk.
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Political Atheist Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:52:15pm |
re: #125 Gus
Heh. Somebody should do a "Jesus hack" of facial recognition software on a phone or point and shoot camera. Heh, an app or feature that helps you "find Jesus" anywhere, from the clouds drifting by, to the burnt toast at the diner.
Uh oh that might be a big seller at fundie churches. Never mind.
//
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wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:52:24pm |
re: #128 Charles Johnson
*headdesk*
This is what passes for journalism in New Mexico (outside of Albuquerque and Santa Fe).
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:52:56pm |
re: #120 stabby
Well it's only fair, moonbats like Noam Chomsky have been making up conspiracy theories they've believed for years.
It's a sad fact that crazy attention seekers in the first world often seem to do their best to encourage serious things like violence in the 3rd world. I doubt any of them would even feel guilty if a line could be drawn and their part demonstrated.
Noam Chomsky makes up conspiracy theories? This is news to me. I can see many people that disagree with him but he never resorts to conspiracy theories. In fact he is adamantly against conspiracy theories.
| 134 |
A Man for all Seasons Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:54:03pm |
Greetings from the middle of black friday. Winston and I have been holed up like doomsday preppers on Hitlers birthday. One reason not to go out is the Oklahoma driver. They have shot up my top ten list of worst drivers in the USA. We sit here in a college town with 40,000 student age drivers. It's stupid crazy.. Other places on my lists.. Boston, LA, SF, Montreal.
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Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:54:15pm |
re: #129 wrenchwench
That one is much better, except it looks like the figure from Edward Munch's 'The Scream' holding a flattened turtle.
| 136 |
wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:54:49pm |
re: #130 Varek Raith
I once saw Tony Danza in my corn flakes.
I think he was drunk.
Either that or you were....
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Prideful, Arrogant Marriage Equality Advocate Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:56:22pm |
Ahhh! My favorite time of the year! I will begin the season by shooting out Christmas lights with a pea shooter and telling little children at bus stops there is no Santa! *Cackles*
| 138 |
wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:56:34pm |
re: #130 Varek Raith
I once saw Tony Danza in my corn flakes.
I think he was drunk.
When I was 11 or 12, I was at a slumber party and we had a 'seance' in the back yard. I was sure I saw Dwight Eisenhower in the trees.
I know, wtf?
| 139 |
stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:56:45pm |
re: #127 freetoken
"Facts" aren't relevant to the rabid right, who still have to get their hate on.
Someone needs to do a thorough analysis and expose on how Republicans are getting primaried from the right, who pays for it, what "issues" drive the primary voters who participate, are they deliberately being manipulated etc etc.
Because I think that may be the weakness in our system that's being exploited to drive the Republican party over the cliff to 3rd world levels of total dysfunction.
Now this might just be a side effect of having a country indoctrinated by Fox news. That may be what creates a population of primary nuts ready to vote in Todd Akins, I don't know.
| 140 |
Gus Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:57:50pm |
re: #138 wrenchwench
When I was 11 or 12, I was at a slumber party and we had a 'seance' in the back yard. I was sure I saw Dwight Eisenhower in the trees.
I know, wtf?
Yeah, but who is this guy?
What's going in the tree here in this photo John McCain's wife just tweeted? @cindyhm1 twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew...— Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) November 22, 2012
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engineer cat Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:57:53pm |
re: #129 wrenchwench
That one is much better, except it looks like the figure from Edward Munch's 'The Scream' holding a flattened turtle.
i see fluffy clouds and bunny rabbits
do i have to take my medication today, doctor?
| 142 |
jaunte Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:58:10pm |
re: #138 wrenchwench
He was a pretty good jumper, for a general.
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stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:58:58pm |
re: #133 Gus
I have to run now. But Chomsky is damn good at embodying what he claims to oppose. Sometimes I think he did his studies of manipulative propaganda so that he could become a one-man propaganda industry. The man's ego must know no bounds.
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Dancing along the light of day Fri, Nov 23, 2012 2:59:38pm |
re: #19 Obdicut
Is it just me, or does this look a little KKK?
Image: 71LNrxTdHBL._SL1500_.jpg
I mean in a funny KKK way.
You'd look cute in that...
Just saying!
| 145 |
wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:01:43pm |
re: #140 Gus
Yeah, but who is this guy?
[Embedded content]
Look like McCain himself. Maybe he had a plaster bust made of himself and she decided it belonged in the backyard. The photo is centered to be sure it was included.
| 146 |
freetoken Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:01:58pm |
re: #139 stabby
The GOP has been heading down this path for 40 years.
It's not a secret.
After Nixon played his Southern Strategy, Reagan came along and was helped tremendously by an association of religious right activists/broadcasters, the organization of which still remains. Riding piggy back on this increase of the religious right's influence was the resurgence of the paleo-right (some religious, some not), with the likes of Pat Buchanan (who was Nixon's speechwriter) and all his friends (including the Birchers like Ron Paul) coming out more publicly with their beliefs.
The primary nomination process takes lots of bodies, and the activists (of any party) are those legs. So it is hardly surprising that the GOP depends on worker bees from fundamentalist churches to do the groundwork.
| 147 |
Usually refered to as anyways Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:04:25pm |
Christmas carol from an Aussie talent for athiests.
White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin
| 149 |
stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:06:01pm |
re: #146 freetoken
I wish the religious nuts were the only problem from the right now.
But the almost universal support on the right for destroying Medicare and Social Security and the Affordable Care Act, and bringing our revenue stream down to we'll-have-the-budget-of-Zimbabwe levels isn't coming from churches, I don't think.
| 150 |
Dancing along the light of day Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:06:38pm |
re: #118 Charles Johnson
I think so, but I'm not totally sure. It's kind of hard to find details of how stuff like that works in relation to an Associate link.
Giggles, he's not allowed to tell, or Amazon will spank him!
| 151 |
freetoken Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:07:21pm |
re: #149 stabby
The Bircher right has never gone away in the American politics, though it was sort of swept under the floor for a while.
They still think that Eisenhower was under the influence of communists, and that FDR and before him Wilson rank right up there as traitors.
| 152 |
Dancing along the light of day Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:08:47pm |
re: #124 Shiplord Kirel
Just imagine: People who believe in this sort of thing also operate motor vehicles on the public roads and vote in elections.
And, reproduce!
| 153 |
freetoken Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:09:02pm |
People are finally taking notice that the UNFCCC picking Qatar to host the next COP was not exactly a good PR move:
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RadicalModerate Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:09:16pm |
| 155 |
Dancing along the light of day Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:09:48pm |
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stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:11:08pm |
re: #151 freetoken
I wish I wasn't in a big hurry but in short I'd say that they needed the Birchers now because Obama's policies are all perfectly center or center-right so they needed to indoctrinate people into very far right ideas so that they could pretend to disagree with the President on policy not just on his skin color.
The results are absolutely shocking. They're set to destroy the lives of half of the country, because otherwise we have a black president, I mean otherwise the black guy achieved something...
| 157 |
Dancing along the light of day Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:11:40pm |
re: #134 A Man for all Seasons
Blows a BIG WET Raspberry at you both.
| 159 |
freetoken Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:14:59pm |
re: #148 Gus
I'm still a bit amazed that news outlets can run such articles with a straight face.
Anyone who has even casually looked into these things know that what the CNN writer claims people believe is a false assertion on the part of the CNN writer.
| 160 |
stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:17:37pm |
Well there's one other dynamic.
Paranoid statements about the President aren't just Bircher nonsense, they're also a marker for racism.
The rhetorical policy of the Republicans has been:
Tell OBVIOUS lies about the President (communist, Islamist, Kenyan, radical) because we can't say "n*****". People will know what we mean.
That's also why Romney ran on a platform of lies, the base is used to lies now, and they love lying as a signal of racist rebellion.
It also has a side effect that really dim people and paranoids get sucked into the environment of fear without realizing that it's all lies.
| 161 |
darthstar Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:19:28pm |
re: #160 stabby
Welcome to LGF, Stabby. You're half of a famous OWS duo around here.
| 162 |
RadicalModerate Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:20:30pm |
re: #149 stabby
I wish the religious nuts were the only problem from the right now.
But the almost universal support on the right for destroying Medicare and Social Security and the Affordable Care Act, and bringing our revenue stream down to we'll-the-budget-of-Zimbabwe levels isn't coming from churches, I don't think.
To claim that the Birchers and the Religious Right are two completely distinct entities is extremely short-sighted at best. There were a LOT of John Birch Society members in the anti-Civil Rights groups from the 1950s/1960s, and many of those individuals are in leadership positions in the current Christian Reconstructionist movement (see Ralph Reed, Tony Perkins and Pat Buchanan for examples)
| 163 |
stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:21:30pm |
re: #161 darthstar
Edited once I got the dig...
I see you're a right winger claiming the OWS was where degenerates go to kill and rape...
... if this site allowed flaming you'd so get what you deserve ...
You can read whatever flame you are capable of imagining into this:
*********************************!
I had nothing to do with OWS and know perfectly well that all sorts showed up there, but find your excuse to get your hate on somewhere else. Don't talk to me again.
| 164 |
stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:22:01pm |
Oh Occupy Wall Street? I have nothing to do with that.
| 165 |
allegro Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:30:09pm |
re: #164 stabby
Oh Occupy Wall Street? I have nothing to do with that.
If you weren't reading LGF during the height of the OWS thing, you wouldn't understand the reference. "Rapey-stabby" became a meme as a result of one of the commenters obsessed with the occasional misbehavior at OWS protest sites.
| 166 |
stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:31:13pm |
re: #165 allegro
Reload your page, I already figured it out and changed my answer.
Now enough flaming. Bye.
| 167 |
wrenchwench Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:34:49pm |
re: #163 stabby
Edited once I got the dig...
I see you're a right winger claiming the OWS was where degenerates go to kill and rape...
... if this site allowed flaming you'd so get what you deserve ...
You can read whatever flame you are capable of imagining into this:
*********************************!
I had nothing to do with OWS and know perfectly well that all sorts showed up there, but find your excuse to get your hate on somewhere else. Don't talk to me again.
If you think darth is a right winger, you lack reading comprehension, or comprehensive reading.
| 168 |
allegro Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:37:13pm |
re: #166 stabby
Reload your page, I already figured it out and changed my answer.
Now enough flaming. Bye.
Downding for leaping to totally wrong conclusions and being an asshole when someone tried to explain the reference to you. No one flamed here but you.
| 169 |
A Man for all Seasons Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:41:07pm |
re: #157 Dancing along the light of day
Blows a BIG WET Raspberry at you both.
Hope everything is great with you. May your days be filled with on line shopping with free shipping and our lawyers be indicted like Bruiser in the Rainmaker. :)
| 170 |
stabby Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:42:27pm |
re: #168 allegro
You might be surprised to realize that right wingers of all stripes picked up that meme.
On Harry's Place over in England the right wingers decided that OWS was all rapey-stabby-antisemites. They also love FOX and think that Obama is pure evil. Propaganda travels!
| 171 |
allegro Fri, Nov 23, 2012 3:46:00pm |
re: #170 stabby
You might be surprised to realize that right wingers of all stripes picked up that meme.
On Harry's Place over in England the right wingers decided that OWS was all rapey-stabby-antisemites. They also love FOX and think that Obama is pure evil. Propaganda travels!
Not much surprises me about RWNJs. You might be surprised at just how knowledgeable folks are about pretty much any topic you can think of here at LGF. Perhaps you might want to hang around a bit longer and pay attention before making such leaps and being so ugly to people who don't deserve it.
| 172 |
Obdicut Fri, Nov 23, 2012 4:23:51pm |
re: #163 stabby
I see you're a right winger claiming the OWS was where degenerates go to kill and rape...
Hah, you thought Darthstar was a right-winger. Oh my fucking god. What the fuck.
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b_sharp Fri, Nov 23, 2012 4:28:34pm |
re: #172 Obdicut
Hah, you thought Darthstar was a right-winger. Oh my fucking god. What the fuck.
1. Open mouth
2. Jam foot in mouth
3. Jump to conclusion
4. Jam other foot in mouth.
| 174 |
Henchman Ghazi-808 Fri, Nov 23, 2012 6:38:19pm |
re: #122 wrenchwench
Not Page-worthy:
Looks more like my underwear after a hard night drinking and LOL'ing reading Breitbart.
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
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 ... CheechakoJoe Bacon ✅
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.
William Lewis
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 ...
Rightwingconspirator
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 ... CheechakoKGxvi
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
Detroit Local Powers First EV Charging Road in North America The road, about a mile from Local 58's hall, uses rubber-coated copper inductive-charging coils buried under the asphalt that transfer power to a receiver pad attached to a car's underbelly, much like how a phone can be charged wirelessly. ...
Backwoods Sleuth
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
