1 | Dark_Falcon Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:04:09pm |
Is anything truly random or is everything truly random?
/Somebody had to get the thread going.
2 | dragonath Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:09:05pm |
I'm already getting kind of tired of the new Star Trek: Go Splody
3 | Gus Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:18:39pm |
And here we are. slate.com/blogs/bad_astr... twitter.com/Gus_802/status...— Gus (@Gus_802) December 8, 2012
4 | EPR-radar Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:26:25pm |
re: #1 Dark_Falcon
Is anything truly random or is everything truly random?
/Somebody had to get the thread going.
Any? Sure. Individual atomic or subatomic events (e.g., radioactive decay)
Every? Nope. For all practical purposes, classical mechanics is deterministic.
5 | Gus Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:29:55pm |
Proud and honored to join the Democratic Party in the home of President @barackobama! twitter.com/charliecristfl...— Charlie Crist (@charliecristfl) December 8, 2012
6 | Mich-again Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:32:16pm |
7 | Gus Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:39:39pm |
re: #6 Mich-again
I didn't notice Charlie Crist in that picture.. Where is he?
/
He actually did it though. What a hoot. Welcome to the left Charlie Crist. It's a lot more funner here.
8 | Gus Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:41:46pm |
Former Florida Governor Crist tweets that he is now a Democrat reut.rs/VtTtb8— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 8, 2012
9 | A Man for all Seasons Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:45:45pm |
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10 | Gus Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:46:07pm |
Man Documents Lives of Island Cats lovemeow.com/2012/11/man-do... via @lovemeowdotcom twitter.com/Gus_802/status...— Gus (@Gus_802) December 8, 2012
11 | dragonath Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:49:04pm |
re: #5 Gus
Someone should ask all the nuts on that tweet why they hate Democracy.
12 | Gus Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:51:08pm |
re: #11 dragonath
Someone should ask all the nuts on that tweet why they hate Democracy.
13 | TedStriker Fri, Dec 7, 2012 9:51:47pm |
re: #7 Gus
He actually did it though. What a hoot. Welcome to the left Charlie Crist. It's a lot more funner here.
Indeed...we have cookies ;-)
15 | prairiefire Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:13:17pm |
16 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:18:57pm |
17 | prairiefire Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:23:15pm |
18 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:24:55pm |
I think I'm going to stop reading non-fiction all together --at least in books. I'll still have to read the news etc.
The Big Rich is pissing me off more and more. Now the author is to the part how Big Texas Oil funded and founded the Religious Right. Seems the creeping socialism/sharia/flavor of the week meme started with FDR and the New Deal.
I think I already knew that, just pisses me off even more every time I re-learn it.
19 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:25:31pm |
re: #17 prairiefire
They look like Mr. and Mrs. Or, Mr. and Mr. cat
could be Mrs. and Mrs. or siblings or just good friends.
It's really none of our business.
20 | prairiefire Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:26:28pm |
re: #19 Holidays are Family Fun Time
could be Mrs. and Mrs. or siblings or just good friends.
It's really none of our business.
Quite right, I'd hate to presume wrong.
21 | prairiefire Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:31:36pm |
I "liked" NYPD on Facebook and now I get tales of heroism, with pictures of the hunky looking do-gooders. Way better than cute animals.
22 | prairiefire Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:37:57pm |
re: #19 Holidays are Family Fun Time
GGT, for the record, I do enjoy your cute animal shots as well. I think a few "men in uniform" pixs rounds out the day.
23 | A Man for all Seasons Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:41:04pm |
re: #22 prairiefire
GGT, for the record, I do enjoy your cute animal shots as well. I think a few "men in uniform" pixs rounds out the day.
I'll bet you have a poster of a half naked hot NY Firefighter on your wall..
*wink*
24 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:42:20pm |
re: #22 prairiefire
GGT, for the record, I do enjoy your cute animal shots as well. I think a few "men in uniform" pixs rounds out the day.
yeah, I used to post beefcake. Mostly those firefighters and Vin Diesel. Usually to counteract the Sarah Palin swimsuit shots other Lizards would post. Don't see too many of those these days . . .
25 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:42:37pm |
re: #23 A Man for all Seasons
I'll bet you have a poster of a half naked hot NY Firefighter on your wall..
*wink*
No, only a very hairy dog.
26 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:43:35pm |
Doncha Think?
27 | prairiefire Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:43:41pm |
re: #23 A Man for all Seasons
I'll bet you have a poster of a half naked hot NY Firefighter on your wall..
*wink*
Oh, my gosh. Firemen. And on that positive note, night lizards. My gal invited 18 teenagers over for a party here, at our cluttered house, tomorrow. Still so much to do...
29 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:47:43pm |
30 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:48:14pm |
31 | A Man for all Seasons Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:48:31pm |
re: #28 Holidays are Family Fun Time
great looking Dog! I have way too many pics of Winston on my phone..
32 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:49:16pm |
I'm going back to my book.
Have a great evening all!
ear scratches to Winston!
33 | freetoken Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:56:10pm |
re: #29 Holidays are Family Fun Time
Why they're angry:
The world's big trees are dying
The largest living organisms on the planet, the big, old trees that harbour and sustain countless birds and other wildlife, are dying.
A report by three of the world's leading ecologists in today's issue of the journal Science warns of an alarming increase in deathrates among trees 100-300 years old in many of the world's forests, woodlands, savannahs, farming areas and even in cities.
"It's a worldwide problem and appears to be happening in most types of forest," says lead author Professor David Lindenmayer of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED) and Australian National University.
[...]
34 | freetoken Fri, Dec 7, 2012 10:58:01pm |
I think they should just dispense with the "judges" as those supposed judges currently just are doing their job:
ABC Rethinks Strategy for 'Dancing with the Stars' After the Show Gets Hammered in the Ratings
35 | freetoken Fri, Dec 7, 2012 11:17:31pm |
For some reason unknown to me, #teaparty is trending.
Let's hope that is only true in the twitterverse and not our society in general.
37 | dragonath Fri, Dec 7, 2012 11:37:47pm |
38 | Kragar Fri, Dec 7, 2012 11:50:35pm |
re: #34 freetoken
I think they should just dispense with the "judges" as those supposed judges currently just are doing their job:
ABC Rethinks Strategy for 'Dancing with the Stars' After the Show Gets Hammered in the Ratings
Replace the current Judges with Street Judges, complete with Lawgivers...
39 | freetoken Fri, Dec 7, 2012 11:50:47pm |
40 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Fri, Dec 7, 2012 11:52:16pm |
41 | Kragar Fri, Dec 7, 2012 11:54:37pm |
re: #40 watching you tiny alien kittens are
Going for the coveted "First Moose Into Space" record?
Zim already did it.
42 | watching you tiny alien kittens are Fri, Dec 7, 2012 11:58:45pm |
Misogyny meets alien conspiracy, the result is rather bizarre...
Sorry, xtainity was always a crock of shit, and I have seen inside it deeper than most….
Today, in the 21st century, we can for the first time create a pregnant virgin, so 2,000 years ago “god” was an alien, or a figment of imagination.
2,000 years ago Mary Magdalene even if impregnated via test tube in the lab on the alien space ship, gave birth via the ****, so no tight virginity there.
Ever since then, the holy trinity...
1/ God, an ethreal being that no-one ever saw, except jesus, so if he existed he was an alien ship doctor.. eg he was NOT human.
2/ Jesus, who was NOT human, even the biblical teachings stress this point, he was not a man.
3/ Mary Magdalene, the only human, and therefore the MOST REVERED human in the religion is a wimminz, who fucked an alien to get preggers and got Joe the carpenter to pay for it all and feed and house them.
Christianity has NEVER been a man’s religion.
Hell even the pristhood, the highest echelons of the meme, were not allowed to fuck.
43 | dragonath Sat, Dec 8, 2012 12:00:23am |
44 | Kragar Sat, Dec 8, 2012 12:14:52am |
Ohio Sen. Turner: Men who want Viagra should get psychological evaluation
Ohio State Senator Nina Turner (D) has proposed legislation requiring that men looking to buy erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra receive a psychological evaluation, a measure she said Wednesday she proposed out of appreciation.
“The men in our lives, including members of the General Assembly, generously devote time tofundamental female reproductive issues — the least we can do is return the favor,” she quipped in a statement Thursday. “It is crucial that we take the appropriate steps to shelter vulnerable men from the potential side effects of these drugs.”
Men seeking to violate God's will by taking Viagra should at least be required to get a psych eval.
45 | Kragar Sat, Dec 8, 2012 12:26:45am |
WND calls for boycotting the military.
/facepalm
47 | researchok Sat, Dec 8, 2012 12:39:30am |
re: #44 Kragar
Good for her- she's dishing it right back.
48 | Varek Raith Sat, Dec 8, 2012 1:02:53am |
50 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 4:14:30am |
re: #44 Kragar
Ohio Sen. Turner: Men who want Viagra should get psychological evaluation
Men seeking to violate God's will by taking Viagra should at least be required to get a psych eval.
And a mandatory ultrasound prostate check...
51 | Kragar Sat, Dec 8, 2012 4:25:32am |
53 | ReamWorks SKG Sat, Dec 8, 2012 4:52:02am |
And speaking of American Exceptionalism, here's Pete Seeger singing a great Tom Paxton song about teaching it in schools:
Oddly, he's singing it in Australia.
(Disclaimer: I'm not a huge fan of things Seeger and Paxton have said and supported recently. But they used to be great.)
54 | ReamWorks SKG Sat, Dec 8, 2012 4:53:34am |
Ok! I'm off to the airport to spend a week in Florida.
56 | Kronocide Sat, Dec 8, 2012 5:26:09am |
re: #47 researchok
Good for her- she's dishing it right back.
Men should go under psy evals for viagra from a female doctor.
3 of them at the same time. 2 have to be lesbian.
Men love the menage a trois, no?
57 | Kronocide Sat, Dec 8, 2012 5:34:53am |
‘War on Christmas’ forces Christians ‘into the closet,’ say radio hosts
That's some fine cask strength Persecution Complex right there.
58 | researchok Sat, Dec 8, 2012 5:36:34am |
59 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 5:51:42am |
re: #57 Henchman Ghazi-808
‘War on Christmas’ forces Christians ‘into the closet,’ say radio hosts
That's some fine cask strength Persecution Complex right there.
You cannot begin to explain to these people that Christmas is very much a secular holiday in our country, one which contains both Christian and non-Christian (as in pagan) traditions.
60 | Shiplord Kirel Sat, Dec 8, 2012 6:03:03am |
re: #57 Henchman Ghazi-808
‘War on Christmas’ forces Christians ‘into the closet,’ say radio hosts
That's some fine cask strength Persecution Complex right there.
I have to keep reminding myself that these people regularly nominate candidates who stand a fair chance of getting their hands on our nuclear weapons. Otherwise it would be impossible to take them seriously.
61 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 6:41:39am |
re: #17 prairiefire
They look like Mr. and Mrs. Or, Mr. and Mr. cat
Unlikely the latter. Unneutered toms are pretty intolerant of each other. Even in an otherwise idyllic place, they'll fight to the death sometimes over territory.
63 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:25:06am |
64 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:26:38am |
65 | William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:27:44am |
66 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:31:13am |
re: #65 William Barnett-Lewis
Hey! I resemble that!
I said 'people', not 'cheeseheads'. Packers fans aren't human in Chicagoland in December. You'll go back to being human after the Bears whip your team's backside!
/Nothing like some football trash talk to get the day going.
67 | Eventual Carrion Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:32:47am |
GO STEELERS! You guys still have a chance.
68 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:34:53am |
4:30 pm here and I am still recovering from Friday night...not any great excesses, just driving home from a gig through winter conditions (only about 3" of snow, but it came down rather rapidly) really took its toll on my nerves...
69 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:37:17am |
Yeah, Jerry, good luck with that.
A lawyer for former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky said Friday his client has gotten his fighting spirit back after his child abuse conviction and sentencing and hopes prison officials will find a way to house him under less restrictive conditions than he currently experiences.
70 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:37:46am |
re: #68 Sol Berdinowitz
4:30 pm here and I am still recovering from Friday night...not any great excesses, just driving home from a gig through winter conditions (only about 3" of snow, but it came down rather rapidly) really took its toll on my nerves...
"deep cleansing breathe, repeat"
71 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:41:35am |
re: #67 Eventual Carrion
GO STEELERS! You guys still have a chance.
The Steelers seem sure to beat the Chargers and Browns. If they can also take down the Bengals, then that will get them in the playoffs as a wild card.
72 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:45:53am |
re: #70 Holidays are Family Fun Time
"deep cleansing breathe, repeat"
by the time I got home it was just "breathe, repeat..." The road up to my village looked like the Ardennes in December of 1944, lined with abandoned vehicles...
73 | Eventual Carrion Sat, Dec 8, 2012 7:45:57am |
re: #71 Dark_Falcon
The Steelers seem sure to beat the Chargers and Browns. If they can also take down the Bengals, then that will get them in the playoffs as a wild card.
They seem hellbent on losing the games they should win (see 1st Cleveland game).
75 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:00:56am |
re: #73 Eventual Carrion
They seem hellbent on losing the games they should win (see 1st Cleveland game).
Well, hopefully they'll come through for you in the clutch.
76 | Feline Fearless Leader Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:01:28am |
Good morning Lizards! Sort of fog/mist/drizzle thing in Philly today. Just makes things dreery.
This morning is recovery from back-to-back Christmas party evenings. Last night was the party for where I work. So-so food, lots of alcohol, and unfortunately a sound system in the main room that was much too LOUD.
Between that and the alcohol I ended up with a massive headache and left fairly early and walked home. That helped clear my head, but the light rain and my lack of a hat got me there a wee bit dampened.
So it's hot tea, some buttered toast, and seeing what news of the world is out there to start my day off properly depressed by the idiocy of our species.
77 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:03:20am |
re: #76 Feline Fearless Leader
Good morning Lizards! Sort of fog/mist/drizzle thing in Philly today. Just makes things dreery.
This morning is recovery from back-to-back Christmas party evenings. Last night was the party for where I work. So-so food, lots of alcohol, and unfortunately a sound system in the main room that was much too LOUD.
Between that and the alcohol I ended up with a massive headache and left fairly early and walked home. That helped clear my head, but the light rain and my lack of a hat got me there a wee bit dampened.
So it's hot tea, some buttered toast, and seeing what news of the world is out there to start my day off properly depressed by the idiocy of our species.
Gus' #10 will help lift your spirits.
78 | Stanghazi Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:05:02am |
re: #76 Feline Fearless Leader
Hey Oaktree, so sorry about your loss of Sherman. :(
79 | Political Atheist Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:12:02am |
Whoa. Chris Christie is now a Democrat?
Or did ABC just punk the audience?
(jk)
80 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:13:00am |
82 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:14:08am |
re: #79 Political Atheist
Whoa. Chris Christie is now a Democrat?
Or did ABC just punk the audience?
(jk)
83 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:14:46am |
Psy may well end up despised in America after something from his past bubbled up:
Then, two years later, a protest concert was held in Seoul after the killing of Kim Sun-il, a South Korean missionary and translator. He was beheaded by militants in Iraq after his country sent 3,000 troops to the region.
At this 2004 anti-war event, a group of musicians, including Psy, performed Dear American, a protest song written by Korean rock band N.E.X.T.
When it came to Psy's turn he rapped about 'killing those f***ing Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives.
'Kill their daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers.
'Kill them all slowly and painfully.'
SNIP
Psy on Friday apologized, saying: 'As a proud South Korean who was educated in the United States and lived there for a very significant part of my life, I understand the sacrifices American servicemen and women have made to protect freedom and democracy in my country and around the world.
'The song I was featured in - from eight years ago - was part of a deeply emotional reaction to the war in Iraq and the killing of two innocent Korean civilians that was part of the overall antiwar sentiment shared by others around the world at that time,' Psy's statement read.
Sorry, Psy, but that don't cut it with me. You blamed America when you should have blamed the terrorists who murdered Kim Sun-il. That your reply was to call for the murder of Americans says all I need to know about you. You're just another anti-American asshole in my eyes. Go to Hell.
84 | Killgore Trout Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:16:10am |
Egypt arrests al Qaeda-linked Benghazi suspect
The Egyptian government has arrested Muhammad Jamal al Kashef (a.k.a. Abu Ahmed), a senior terrorist tied to the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, according to The Wall Street Journal. Kashef has direct, longstanding connections to al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri.
Kashef served as an Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) terrorist in the 1990s and was imprisoned for years. The EIJ was headed by Zawahiri, who merged the group with Osama bin Laden's operation.
After his release from prison in 2011, Kashef established training camps in Egypt and Libya. Some of Kashef's trainees took part in the Benghazi attack, according to multiple published accounts.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Kashef "petitioned al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri to establish a new Qaeda affiliate he called al Qaeda in Egypt" and also received financing from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Al Hayat, a London-based Arabic newspaper, previously reported that Zawahiri gave Jamal the go-ahead to launch terrorist attacks in Egypt, Libya, and elsewhere.
85 | Holidays are Family Fun Time Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:19:05am |
off to be productive.
Have a good day all!
86 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:21:00am |
re: #84 Killgore Trout
I wonder if we could get this guy extradited? Send him down to Gitmo to face a tribunal.
87 | Political Atheist Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:27:24am |
88 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:30:30am |
89 | Political Atheist Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:31:40am |
re: #88 Dark_Falcon
Yup right, better get mah coffee. Large.
90 | Killgore Trout Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:32:48am |
re: #86 Dark_Falcon
I wonder if we could get this guy extradited? Send him down to Gitmo to face a tribunal.
Probably not. I would guess he'll be held overseas Maybe the Libyans will deal with him. the Egyptians have him now but that might be problematic in the long run with Morsi and the MB running the show.
92 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:35:32am |
Down with rationalism, science, critical thinking and skepticism!
Imprison all those who offend me!
//
93 | Obdicut Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:36:10am |
re: #83 Dark_Falcon
He already apologized at length and with grace.
If you applied the same standards to GOP politicians as you did to Psy, you'd wash your hands of nearly all of them.
94 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:36:39am |
re: #90 Killgore Trout
Probably not. I would guess he'll be held overseas Maybe the Libyans will deal with him. the Egyptians have him now but that might be problematic in the long run with Morsi and the MB running the show.
Morsi isn't dumb enough to let someone from Al Qaeda go. He knows he'd lose aid money for doing so. For now, I'd settle for having CIA observers present when Kashef is interrogated, and that he be made to divulge all he knows about the Benghazi attack by any means of interrogation necessary.
95 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:37:38am |
re: #93 Obdicut
He already apologized at length and with grace.
If you applied the same standards to GOP politicians as you did to Psy, you'd wash your hands of nearly all of them.
True, but I don't apply the same standard, and if that's hypocritical I simply don't care.
96 | Obdicut Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:40:51am |
re: #95 Dark_Falcon
True, but I don't apply the same standard, and if that's hypocritical I simply don't care.
Yeah, I know. And from the outside, it's very sad to see you trapped like that.
97 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:41:20am |
re: #83 Dark_Falcon
Psy may well end up despised in America after something from his past bubbled up:
SNIP
Sorry, Psy, but that don't cut it with me. You blamed America when you should have blamed the terrorists who murdered Kim Sun-il. That your reply was to call for the murder of Americans says all I need to know about you. You're just another anti-American asshole in my eyes. Go to Hell.
Arrest all those who disagree with me and send them to Hell™!
//
I think they arrest people like Psy in North Korea for disagreeing with the state too. :P
98 | Obdicut Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:42:26am |
re: #97 Gus
There are people who are still mad at NWA for saying "Fuck da police"
100 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:43:11am |
re: #97 Gus
Arrest all those who disagree with me and send them to Hell™!
//
I think they arrest people like Psy in North Korea for disagreeing with the state too. :P
Did I say he should be arrested? No, I did not. Yelled at, yes, flamed on the Internet, fine, but I don't believe that he should be subject to criminal sanction for his words, and I never said he should.
102 | Obdicut Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:45:23am |
103 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:53:38am |
re: #100 Dark_Falcon
Did I say he should be arrested? No, I did not. Yelled at, yes, flamed on the Internet, fine, but I don't believe that he should be subject to criminal sanction for his words, and I never said he should.
I don't give a rats ass one way or the other. I've only heard that Gangnam song twice and it was only out of curiosity. Last month I had to Google it to find out what everyone was talking about on Twitter. I think it's a) a stupid song and b) a stupid dance. If you can even call that dancing. Never heard the controversial song and neither read it. I also never read his apology.
104 | Obdicut Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:55:07am |
Look officer, I commit like a boatload of crimes every single day so you're going to have to be a lot more specific.— Chelsea Lockwood (@Chelsea_Elle) November 28, 2012
105 | wrenchwench Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:56:16am |
re: #103 Gus
I don't give a rats ass one way or the other. I've only heard that Gangnam song twice and it was only out of curiosity. Last month I had to Google it to find out what everyone was talking about on Twitter. I think it's a) a stupid song and b) a stupid dance. If you can even call that dancing. Never heard the controversial song and neither read it. I also never read his apology.
Pardon me, sir. I did not realize I was on your lawn.
Is this your monocle, sir?
106 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:57:49am |
re: #103 Gus
I don't give a rats ass one way or the other. I've only heard that Gangnam song twice and it was only out of curiosity. Last month I had to Google it to find out what everyone was talking about on Twitter. I think it's a) a stupid song and b) a stupid dance. If you can even call that dancing. Never heard the controversial song and neither read it. I also never read his apology.
Wouldn't it be sad to see him go the way of the Dixie Chicks?
107 | Killgore Trout Sat, Dec 8, 2012 8:58:14am |
re: #94 Dark_Falcon
Morsi isn't dumb enough to let someone from Al Qaeda go. He knows he'd lose aid money for doing so. For now, I'd settle for having CIA observers present when Kashef is interrogated, and that he be made to divulge all he knows about the Benghazi attack by any means of interrogation necessary.
I think part of Morsi's game is he's setting himself up as the necessary evil in Egypt like Mubarak was. If he's a key player in negotiating cease fires with the Palestinians and holding terrorists for us he ends up with bargaining chips. In the long term I think it's best he has as little leverage as possible.
108 | Dark_Falcon Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:00:18am |
re: #106 Sol Berdinowitz
Wouldn't it be sad to see him go the way of the Dixie Chicks?
It's somewhat less likely, since he's apologized. I've got more to say, but I have to go.
BBL
109 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:00:35am |
re: #105 wrenchwench
Pardon me, sir. I did not realize I was on your lawn.
Is this your monocle, sir?
I'm not offended by it. Part of my point is that unless you expose yourself to these things you'll never even know about it. Not watching TV helps. I've gone through the years listening to people say dumb things about jazz.
110 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:01:04am |
re: #107 Killgore Trout
I think part of Morsi's game is he's setting himself up as the necessary evil in Egypt like Mubarak was. If he's a key player in negotiating cease fires with the Palestinians and holding terrorists for us he ends up with bargaining chips. In the long term I think it's best he has as little leverage as possible.
Yunno, it seems to me that one of the key foundations of a functioning democracy is the ability to come up with win/win situations for those involved.
We are losing that ability in America, and most of the Middle East is nowhere near being able to do so at all.
111 | Varek Raith Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:02:06am |
re: #109 Gus
I'm not offended by it. Part of my point is that unless you expose yourself to these things you'll never even know about it. Not watching TV helps. I've gone through the years listening to people say dumb things about jazz.
You and your jazz hats!
112 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:04:05am |
re: #109 Gus
I'm not offended by it. Part of my point is that unless you expose yourself to these things you'll never even know about it. Not watching TV helps. I've gone through the years listening to people say dumb things about jazz.
I was aware of Psy, but only watched it when my 10-year-old daughter showed it to me, folowed by the mashup, "Gandalf Style", which I found amusing...
113 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:05:12am |
re: #112 Sol Berdinowitz
I was aware of Psy, but only watched it when my 10-year-old daughter showed it to me, folowed by the mashup, "Gandalf Style", which I found amusing...
Is that popular in Germany?
//
114 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:07:25am |
re: #108 Dark_Falcon
It's somewhat less likely, since he's apologized. I've got more to say, but I have to go.
BBL
Obama To Still Attend Psy Charity Concert Despite Song Calling For Killing Of U.S. Troops is.gd/sR3ssS #tcot #lnyhbt #gop #teaparty— Patrick Dollard (@PatDollard) December 7, 2012
Outrage!
115 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:09:25am |
re: #113 Gus
Is that popular in Germany?
//
It is popular worldwide, I think there is even a German version of the Gandalf mashup...
116 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:10:06am |
re: #114 Gus
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Outrage!
OMG, there will be no end of the headassplosions over this one...
117 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:10:14am |
re: #115 Sol Berdinowitz
It is popular worldwide, I think there is even a German version of the Gandalf mashup...
The first one looked very German. Something about it.
118 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:11:06am |
re: #116 Sol Berdinowitz
OMG, there will be no end of the headassplosions of this one...
Twitter search psy obama tcot.
119 | wrenchwench Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:11:40am |
re: #109 Gus
I'm not offended by it. Part of my point is that unless you expose yourself to these things you'll never even know about it. Not watching TV helps. I've gone through the years listening to people say dumb things about jazz.
You sounded like every generation's critic of the young people's music, especially with the 'if you can call that dancing' part. Made me laugh.
I like not watching TV. If it weren't for the magazines at the checkout stand, I wouldn't know what a Kardashian looked like.
120 | PhillyPretzel Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:14:18am |
re: #119 wrenchwench
I had to ask a co-worker who this Kardashian person was. I wish I had never asked.
121 | Kronocide Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:14:44am |
re: #83 Dark_Falcon
Sorry, Psy, but that don't cut it with me. ... Go to Hell.
I'm not surprised. You responded to an obviously regrettable yet reasonable emotional reaction with an unreasonable emotional reaction without regret.
122 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:14:57am |
re: #119 wrenchwench
You sounded like every generation's critic of the young people's music, especially with the 'if you can call that dancing' part. Made me laugh.
I like not watching TV. If it weren't for the magazines at the checkout stand, I wouldn't know what a Kardashian looked like.
I can count on my fingers the episodes of popular TV series I have watched since the 1980's: I sat through an episode of "Sex and the City" once out of cultural masochism, rather enjoyed what I saw of "Frazier", got some DVD's of "Flight of the Conchords" and "The IT Crowd", which I also enjoyed, but in general have lived almost entirely TV-free for the past four years.
123 | wrenchwench Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:16:34am |
re: #120 PhillyPretzel
I had to ask a co-worker who this Kardashian person was. I wish I had never asked.
Yah, I think there's more than one!!
124 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:16:39am |
re: #119 wrenchwench
You sounded like every generation's critic of the young people's music, especially with the 'if you can call that dancing' part. Made me laugh.
I like not watching TV. If it weren't for the magazines at the checkout stand, I wouldn't know what a Kardashian looked like.
I'm weird in that I admire virtuosity in music and dance. When it comes to dance I admire flamenco. Weird isn't it?
//
126 | Kronocide Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:18:01am |
The Lakers guard doesn't think much of his teammates' knowledge of American history. The team went to see Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" during an off day in Oklahoma City on Thursday. At Friday's morning shootaround, Bryant joked that some of his teammates were surprised by the movie's ending. "I don't know if the guys knew who he was," Bryant said, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPNLA.com. "It came as a big shock to them when he was killed." Other Lakers didn't make it to the end of the 2-hour, 30-minute biopic. "It was long," Dwight Howard said. "Steve (Nash) fell asleep at one point. He was snoring."
Outrageous!
127 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:18:02am |
re: #123 wrenchwench
Yah, I think there's more than one!!
I thought it was some sort of colony organism...
128 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:19:13am |
Am recommending that sugar now branded as "gluten-free" be repackaged as "sugar for idiots"— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 8, 2012
129 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:19:46am |
re: #126 Henchman Ghazi-808
Outrageous!
We have to face up to the fact that the level of basic learning and education in our country is incredibly low. We cannot assume that people know anything about anything that is not part of contemporary popular culture.
130 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:19:58am |
re: #126 Henchman Ghazi-808
Outrageous!
It's pathetic. Lincoln getting assassinated is a "spoiler" to the movie, Lincoln.
131 | PhillyPretzel Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:20:24am |
re: #128 Gus
Huh. I guess he has not watched America's Test Kitchen. lol
133 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:21:30am |
re: #131 PhillyPretzel
Huh. I guess he has not watched America's Test Kitchen. lol
I know I haven't. ;)
134 | PhillyPretzel Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:22:44am |
re: #133 Gus
This will help. [Link: www.cooksillustrated.com...]
This is the link to the magazine. The shows are at the top.
135 | wrenchwench Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:23:26am |
re: #124 Gus
I'm weird in that I admire virtuosity in music and dance. When it comes to dance I admire flamenco. Weird isn't it?
//
I like Mariachi music. There's some down the street right now. Might close the shop for a bit....
136 | Kronocide Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:24:24am |
But hey, everybody knows Kate Middleton is preggo and has issues with morning sickness and Lincoln hunted vampires.
137 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:24:27am |
re: #129 Sol Berdinowitz
We have to face up to the fact that the level of basic learning and education in our country is incredibly low. We cannot assume that people know anything about anything that is not part of contemporary popular culture.
140 | Lidane Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:27:28am |
Why is this even an issue?
Republican Leadership Split On Whether To Protect Native American Women
With only three weeks left for Congress to pass the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), one man is standing in its way: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA). The House passed a version of VAWA last May by a narrow 222-205 vote, which stripped protections for LGBT, immigrant and Native American women included in an earlier Senate version of the bill. The Senate version passed by a now-rare 68 vote super majority, including every female Senator.
So, what’s the hold up? Protections for Native American women. As law enforcement, victims, and advocates have turned up pressure to pass the widely-supported Senate bill before the end of the year, other Republican House leaders have changed course and offered a compromise. Two members of senior Republican leadership, Reps. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Tom Cole (R-OK), an enrolled member of the Chicasaw Nation, introduced a stand alone bill that responds to their caucus’ concern about the Senate bill. The concern is over a provision that restores local tribal authority to prosecute domestic violence against Native American women. The Issa-Cole compromise adds protections for defendants with a new option to remove the case to federal court. In fact, Issa tried to offer this language as an amendment during committee consideration of the bill, but was shut down by Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) who didn’t even allow a vote on it.
141 | William Barnett-Lewis Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:27:38am |
Obama Paranoid Government Coming For His Guns
[Link: o.onionstatic.com...]
WASHINGTON—Reflecting attitudes held throughout his personal and political life, President Barack Obama restated Thursday his long-standing fear that the U.S. government is even now putting measures in place to take his guns away.
142 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:30:05am |
America has always had a love-hate relationship with "book learning", I think part of it came from our inferiority compley over Europe in that area for ages, we saw our homespun simplicity as a counterpoint to their effete, self-destructive intellectualizing.
But now we have come to actively embrace idiocy at all levels of science, education and government - and often in and attempt to prove our moral superiority.
143 | Kronocide Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:31:38am |
re: #142 Sol Berdinowitz
America has always had a love-hate relationship with "book learning", I think part of it came from our inferiority compley over Europe in that area for ages, we saw our homespun simplicity as a counterpoint to their effete, self-destructive intellectualizing.
But now we have come to actively embrace idiocy at all levels of science, education and government - and often in and attempt to prove our moral superiority.
University professors are all liberals!
144 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:32:15am |
re: #143 Henchman Ghazi-808
University professors are all liberals!
and universities are liberral indoctrination centers!
145 | Lidane Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:33:38am |
This is one of the greatest things I've ever seen:
[Link: michelepred.com...]
146 | PhillyPretzel Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:35:10am |
147 | bratwurst Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:37:52am |
149 | Kronocide Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:42:25am |
re: #147 bratwurst
GOP Chairman Limbaugh has been pushing this hard lately. He regularly says that higher education indoctrinates our youth AND enslaves people financially.
Freedom is slavery
152 | bratwurst Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:43:29am |
154 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:44:53am |
re: #147 bratwurst
GOP Chairman Limbaugh has been pushing this hard lately. He regularly says that higher education indoctrinates our youth AND enslaves people financially.
btw, have you reserved your site at the Schalke 04 cemetery stadium?
156 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:46:10am |
re: #152 bratwurst
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what a lying sack of shit, he enouraged everyone to get some kind of higher educatin or training beyond high school.
tell me a single job outside McD's that you can do with only a HS degree...
157 | Kronocide Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:47:24am |
W.Va. senator to MTV: Cancel 'Buck Wild' series
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin is asking MTV to cancel the West Virginia-based reality show "Buck Wild" that's set to air next year.
Manchin's office said Friday that he sent a letter to the president of the network saying the show profits off of "poor decisions of our youth."
The senator also said the show set to begin airing Jan. 3 plays to ugly, inaccurate stereotypes about the people of his home state.
The network ordered 12 episodes of the show last fall, and a trailer shows the cast drinking and swearing, four-wheeling and fighting, even filling a dump truck with water and using it as a swimming pool. It was shot in Sissonville and Charleston.
MTV declined comment Friday through a spokeswoman.
158 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:47:37am |
Anyone lost a huge amount of cannabis in the Chelmsley Wood area? Don't panic, we found it. Please come to the police station to collect it.— Solihull Police (@SolihullPolice) December 7, 2012
161 | bratwurst Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:51:38am |
re: #154 Sol Berdinowitz
btw, have you reserved your site at the Schalke 04 cemetery stadium?
Noch nicht, aber Ich werden nächstes Jahr dort zu sehen!
162 | sattv4u2 Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:52:28am |
re: #160 Gus
In the USA the owners would come to collect it. :O
//
[Link: www.digtriad.com...]
NC Man Loses Drug Money, Asks AZ Police For Written Excuse
163 | Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:54:25am |
re: #161 bratwurst
Noch nicht, aber Ich werden nächstes Jahr dort zu sehen!
...kostet nur 10,000 Euro
164 | Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:54:43am |
Happy Hanukkah Lizardia! Here in Israel we have already lit the Hanukkah lights. Then we are going to stay up all night! (Not to celebrate, we need to be at the airport by 3:00AM.) Amsterdam was crushed by a snowstorm on Friday but it looks like arrivals and departures are back to normal.
166 | PhillyPretzel Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:56:54am |
re: #164 Vicious Babushka
Happy Hanukkah to you too. I am waiting to light my menorah this evening and to eat my Hanukkah Gelt.
167 | bratwurst Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:57:49am |
re: #163 Sol Berdinowitz
...kostet nur 10,000 Euro
So you are saying it is either that or two Rolling Stones tickets...hmmm.
169 | Obdicut Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:59:31am |
re: #164 Vicious Babushka
They were having some godawful singalong in the Y when I passed through, and had the menorah set up in the lobby.
I got told "Happy Hanukkah mon" by one of the security guards from Barbados.
170 | PhillyPretzel Sat, Dec 8, 2012 9:59:44am |
re: #168 Gus
Do you want a couple of aspirins or the heated neck collar?
171 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:00:33am |
re: #170 PhillyPretzel
Do you want a couple of aspirins or the heated neck collar?
Just took two generic naproxens.
174 | Varek Raith Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:09:03am |
175 | wrenchwench Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:09:04am |
re: #135 wrenchwench
I like Mariachi music. There's some down the street right now. Might close the shop for a bit....
It was a group made up of 14 and 15 year old girls. Pretty good, considering.
176 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:09:55am |
Supreme Court To Hear Trial Determining Whether Human Beings Deserve Equal Rights onion.com/TI2qhq— The Onion (@TheOnion) December 7, 2012
180 | Varek Raith Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:12:09am |
181 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:14:19am |
Wut?
Amsterdam to create 'scum villages'
Amsterdam is to create "Scum villages" where nuisance neighbours and anti-social tenants will be exiled from the city and rehoused in caravans or containers with "minimal services" under constant police supervision.
Holland's capital already has a special hit squad of municipal officials to identify the worst offenders for a compulsory six month course in how to behave.
Social housing problem families or tenants who do not show an improvement or refuse to go to the special units face eviction and homelessness.
Eberhard van der Laan, Amsterdam's Labour mayor, has tabled the £810,000 plan to tackle 13,000 complaints of anti-social behaviour every year. He complained that long-term harassment often leads to law abiding tenants, rather than their nuisance neighbours, being driven out.
"This is the world turned upside down," the mayor said at the weekend.
The project also involves setting up a special hotline and system for victims to report their problems to the authorities.
The new punishment housing camps have been dubbed "scum villages" because the plan echoes a proposal from Geert Wilders, the leader of a populist Dutch Right-wing party, for special units to deal with persistent troublemakers.
Continues.
183 | Varek Raith Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:15:47am |
184 | PhillyPretzel Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:16:27am |
re: #181 Gus
not surprised by article or by who is pictured in article.
185 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:19:32am |
re: #184 PhillyPretzel
not surprised by article or by who is pictured in article.
Sure is weird. It's like a "residential prison" of sorts.
187 | Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:26:27am |
re: #181 Gus
Wut?
Amsterdam to create 'scum villages'
Amsterdam is to create "Scum villages" where nuisance neighbours and anti-social tenants will be exiled from the city and rehoused in caravans or containers with "minimal services" under constant police supervision.
Is that where they are going to put drunk and reckless bike riders?
188 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:27:27am |
re: #187 Vicious Babushka
Is that where they are going to put drunk and reckless bike riders?
Only if they're repeat offenders I guess. Did you encounter many?
189 | dragonfire1981 Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:28:41am |
re: #174 Varek Raith
The Titanic sank.
Apollo 13 came home safe.
Other Lakers didn't make it to the end of the 2-hour, 30-minute biopic. "It was long," Dwight Howard said. "Steve (Nash) fell asleep at one point. He was snoring."
Nash is Canadian, hence he may not have been super duper interested in Abraham Lincoln.
190 | Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:29:15am |
re: #188 Gus
Only if they're repeat offenders I guess. Did you encounter many?
They would probably put me as a nuisance pedestrian since I kept stepping into the bike lanes.
191 | PhillyPretzel Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:29:24am |
If I recall correctly on "Rick Steves' Europe" he visited something like that on one of his shows to the Amsterdam area. That and those "coffee shops."
193 | dragonfire1981 Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:42:31am |
Just saw this floating around Facebook...
Dear Mr. President:
During my shift in the Emergency Room last night, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient whose smile revealed an expensive Shiny gold tooth, whose body was adorned with a wide assortment of elaborate and costly tattoos, who wore a very expensive brand of tennis shoes and who chatted on a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B ringtone.
While glancing over her Patient chart, I happened to notice that her payer status was listed as "Medicaid"! During my examination of her, the patient informed me that she smokes more than one costly pack of cigarettes every day and somehow still has money to buy pretzels and beer.
And, you and our Congress expect me to pay for this woman's health care?
I contend that our nation's "health care crisis" is not the result of a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. Rather, it is the result of a "crisis of culture", a culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on luxuries and vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance.
It is a culture based on the irresponsible credo that "I can do whatever I want to because someone else will always take care of me". Once you fix this "culture crisis" that rewards irresponsibility and dependency, you'll be amazed at how quickly our nation's health care difficulties will disappear.
Respectfully,
STARNER JONES, MD
194 | Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:46:58am |
re: #193 dragonfire1981
who chatted on a new cellular telephone equipped with a popular R&B ringtone.
Obamaphone!
This alleged "emergency room visit" just stinks of total bogus. The alleged ER doc (I doubt this was even written by a medical professional, much less an ER MD) manages to notice everything about the patient except for the freaking condition that caused the ER visit. ER personnel do not take into consideration a patient's cell phone or body art when performing triage.
Oh and maybe the patient was just taking Mitt Romney's advice!
195 | sattv4u2 Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:47:54am |
re: #193 dragonfire1981
re: #194 Vicious Babushka
fwiw, the "doctors" FB page
[Link: www.facebook.com...]
196 | Killgore Trout Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:48:11am |
Hamas Leader Vows Never to Recognize Israel
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has vowed never to cede any territory to Israel or to recognize the Jewish state, in a speech in Gaza marking the 25th anniversary of the Palestinian militant group.
Speaking to more than 100,000 people in Gaza City, Meshaal said Palestine belongs to the Palestinian people, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River. He said the land will remain Islamic and Arabic.
He also said armed resistance is the only way for Palestinians to recover their rights.
Surprise!
/
197 | sattv4u2 Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:49:36am |
re: #196 Killgore Trout
Hamas Leader Vows Never to Recognize Israel
Surprise!
/
Well , that should move the process right along!!
198 | The Mountain That Blogs Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:50:44am |
re: #194 Vicious Babushka
re: #193 dragonfire1981
It's actually legit, but it's from 2009.
[Link: www.snopes.com...]
199 | Gus Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:52:04am |
re: #193 dragonfire1981
Just saw this floating around Facebook...
This is the original letter:
Why Pay for the Care of the Careless?
During my last shift in the ER, I had the pleasure of evaluating a patient with a shiny new gold tooth, multiple elaborate tattoos and a new cellular telephone equipped with her favorite R&B tune for a ringtone.
Glancing over the chart, one could not help noticing her payer status: Medicaid.
She smokes a costly pack of cigarettes every day and, somehow, still has money to buy beer.
And our president expects me to pay for this woman's health care?
Our nation's health care crisis is not a shortage of quality hospitals, doctors or nurses. It is a crisis of culture - culture in which it is perfectly acceptable to spend money on vices while refusing to take care of one's self or, heaven forbid, purchase health insurance.
Life is really not that hard. Most of us reap what we sow.
Starner Jones, MD
Jackson, MS
A follow up:
America is Still the Land of Opportunity - For Everyone
Starner Jones, M.D.
Jackson, MS
January 11, 2010I continue to receive numerous phone calls, letters, emails and face-to-face comments about my letter ("Why Pay For the Care of the Careless") which appeared in your newspaper a few months ago.
Most people express highest approval for the opinion set forth. Indeed, the truth has an illuminating quality all its own.
However, a few have disagreed and all of them falsely assume that a person who holds the views which I espouse must have been raised in a privileged home. Nothing could be further from the truth.
I grew up in a lower middle class, single parent home in the rural hill country of Pontotoc, Mississippi. While attending public schools, I paid attention in class and did my homework. I ran with the right crowd and stayed out of trouble. My dedication in school resulted in a full-paid scholarship to the prestigious University of the South in Sewanee, TN. After college, I left to go to medical school with everything I owned in three bags. The rest is history.
Motivation, not entitlement, is the key to personal success and happiness in life.
[Link: urbanlegends.about.com...]
200 | BongCrodny Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:52:45am |
re: #158 Gus
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Anyone lost a huge amount of cannabis in the Chelmsley Wood area? Don’t panic, we found it. Please come to the police station to collect it.
What would be really funny is if someone went to the police station and then said "Oh, never mind, that's not mine -- mine was greener."
201 | Vicious Michigan Union Thug Sat, Dec 8, 2012 10:53:25am |
re: #198 The Mountain That Blogs
re: #193 dragonfire1981
It's actually legit, but it's from 2009.
[Link: www.snopes.com...]
That was before Mitt Romney recommended that people without health insurance should just go to the nearest emergency room for "free care."
202 | ProGunLiberal Sat, Dec 8, 2012 2:58:25pm |
re: #187 Vicious Babushka
That makes my skin crawl. Makes me ashamed to be plurality Dutch.