Overnight Weirdness: The Centrifuge Brain Project
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austin_blue Sat, Feb 9, 2013 9:53:16pm |
Okay, agreed. Weirdness indeed.
“It was a fourteen hour ride and some people fell asleep and missed their stops.”
And man, that wedding cake looked an absolute pucker. And then it gets just nuts.
I feel verklempt.
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teleskiguy Sat, Feb 9, 2013 9:54:25pm |
This is most likely in my top 10 weirdest things I’ve seen on the internet. Kind of reminds me of when I was walking out of the theater years ago, after “Being John Malkovich” was done playing.
Blissfully Bizarre!
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wrenchwench Sat, Feb 9, 2013 10:00:51pm |
I was on an Octopus (like the Wedding Cake, but just one layer) that was run by a masochist. If I hadn’t been wedged in between two bigger girls, I’m sure I would have been flung out. One of the other girls had her glasses fly off. They were found near the machinery in the middle.
Longest ride of my life, although not 14 hours.
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Mich-again Sat, Feb 9, 2013 10:46:30pm |
Just Awesome. And oh by the way I’m a Cedar Point Ride Warrior many times over and if there is any amusement park in the world that can come even close to what that movie showed, it’s Cedar point. Top Thrill Dragster, Millennium Force, Maverick, Wicked Twister, Magnum 2000, Gemini, Raptor, Max Air, Iron Dragon, Mean Streak…
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Lidane Sat, Feb 9, 2013 11:26:07pm |
Ex-Congressman Tom Allen: “Do [Republicans] really believe what they say? The answer was usually no.” slnm.us/KuTAsvc— Salon.com (@Salon) February 9, 2013
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Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Feb 9, 2013 11:27:55pm |
Is this a totally deadpan parody? Fourteen hours on an amusement park ride?
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Shvaughn Sun, Feb 10, 2013 1:22:57am |
re: #6 Sol Berdinowitz
Is this a totally deadpan parody? Fourteen hours on an amusement park ride?
*stares blankly at you*
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Feb 10, 2013 1:32:25am |
Okay, it’s early morning here, coffee is just kicking in…
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Feb 10, 2013 2:08:20am |
I’m sorry, but this is getting really annoying:
The LAPD chief on Saturday described the police shooting of two women who were driving a pickup similar to the one Dorner owned as a “tragic, horrific incident.”
Wrong make, wrong model, wrong color, wrong license plate number, wrong gender, age and ethnicity of occupants, but other than that, yeah, totally goddamned similar in as much as they were both pickup trucks -> so they opened fire without warning. Why does the press keep repeating this ridiculous bullshit?
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Feb 10, 2013 2:22:54am |
re: #9 goddamnedfrank
I’m sorry, but this is getting really annoying:
Wrong make, wrong model, wrong color, wrong license plate number, wrong gender, age and ethnicity of occupants, but other than that, yeah, totally goddamned similar in as much as they were both pickup trucks -> so they opened fire without warning. Why does the press keep repeating this ridiculous bullshit?
Not an accident, gross incompetence/negligence.
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goddamnedfrank Sun, Feb 10, 2013 3:10:08am |
Oh, and the Torrance police, who shot and rammed the second truck, are attempting to bury the incident under a Guinness record pile of bullshit:
David Perdue was on his way to sneak in some surfing before work Thursday morning when police flagged him down. They asked who he was and where he was headed, then sent him on his way.
Seconds later, Perdue’s attorney said, a Torrance police cruiser slammed into his pickup and officers opened fire; none of the bullets struck Perdue.
His pickup, police later explained, matched the description of the one belonging to Christopher Jordan Dorner — the ex-cop who has evaded authorities after allegedly killing three and wounding two more. But the pickups were different makes and colors. And Perdue looks nothing like Dorner: He’s several inches shorter and about a hundred pounds lighter. And Perdue is white; Dorner is black.
But wait, it gets better:
According to the Beach Reporter, the 2006 Honda pickup involved in the second shooting was registered to Redondo Beach resident Lizzette Perdue. She would not speak with reporter Larry Altman about the truck’s involvement.
In an email advisory sent Thursday morning, authorities described Dorner’s vehicle as a dark gray Nissan Titan with a ski rack on top of the vehicle. The truck was later found burning in Big Bear.
Torrance police originally indicated that the second shooting was unrelated to the Dorner investigation.
Fucking awesome or what. At first they deny that the incident was in any way related to the hunt for Dorner, then watch next they try to blame the poor guy for their T-boning and shooting at him. Why? Because they thought he was Dorner. Back to the first article:
A department spokesman said Saturday that the shooting is still under investigation. In a statement to The Times, the department said: “The circumstances of the incident known to the responding officers would have led a reasonable officer under normal circumstances — and these were far from normal circumstances — to believe that fellow officers were being shot at and that the vehicle traveling toward them posed a serious risk.
“In the split seconds available to them,” the statement continued, “action was appropriate to intervene and stop the actions of the driver of that vehicle.”
According to the police department, Perdue’s car was headed directly for one of their patrol vehicles and appeared not to be yielding. When the vehicles collided, Perdue’s air bag went off, blocking the view of the driver, and one officer fired three rounds.
Now, back to the second article:
Shortly after the women delivering papers were fired on, two Torrance police officers in a cruiser saw a truck that also looked to them like Dorner’s, according to a Torrance Police Department statement from Sgt. Chris Roosen. The officers were responding to a “shots fired” call when they noticed the truck “suddenly leaving” the area where the LAPD detectives had opened fire.
The squad car purposely collided with the black truck on Flagler Lane south of Beryl Street, “and an officer-involved shooting occurred,” according to the statement.
Isn’t that precious. Here’s a picture of Perdue’s truck, notice that there’s not a scratch of damage to the front. In fact it looks to have been PIT maneuvered from the drivers side rear quarter. That whole story about Perdue traveling towards the police, not yielding and colliding with them was just that, a story.
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John Vreeland Sun, Feb 10, 2013 4:11:48am |
ICR is actually Institute for Creation Research, which actually does less research—real or imagined—-than the fake organization depicted in the video.
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Inner Partisan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 4:42:35am |
Holy shit, those are some rather… interesting rides.
Also, neat CGI. It’s impressive to see what one guy on a PC can do nowadays. (Monsters, anybody?)
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Flounder Sun, Feb 10, 2013 5:22:59am |
re: #11 goddamnedfrank
Great post. I would like to add the Honda’s passenger rear tire may have hit the curb. I don’t think Ridgelines have solid rear axles, which could survive a little more punishment than a curb strike.
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lawhawk Sun, Feb 10, 2013 5:34:48am |
The Dandelion - it gives the prenatal experience? I’m thinking a slightly different experience. But that’s one heck of a CGI ride.
And there’s a ride designer out there who thinks, you know - I just might be able to do something like *that*.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 5:36:53am |
re: #13 Sol Berdinowitz
Nervous in the service?
That’s 85% of it. There is also the fact that a standard counter to an ambush is suppressive “mad minute” directed at the would be ambushers.
Lastly, there are sometimes people who use a crisis to ‘cut loose’ in some evil way. Often this a bigoted person who, feeling free of normal restraints, can indulge his paranoia and desire to ‘defend himself and his community’ from whoever he feels ‘the enemy’ is (the male pronoun is used here because this sort of act of bigoted violence is almost always perpetrated by men). The crisis can give him a cover story for his murderous actions. Think of the black civilians shot on that bridge in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
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lawhawk Sun, Feb 10, 2013 5:37:36am |
Since Dorner’s name has come up, it looks like the LAPD is reopening the case into his firing from the Department in 2009.
Beck said he was reopening the investigation “not to appease a murderer” but to assure the public that his department is fair and transparent. He said he wanted to protect an “increasingly positive relationship with the community” that the LAPD has developed over the last few years.
“I am aware of the ghosts of the LAPD’s past and one of my biggest concerns is that they will be resurrected by Dorner’s allegations of racism within the department,” Beck said in a prepared statement. “…Therefore, I feel we need to also publicly address Dorner’s allegations regarding his termination of employment.”
DOCUMENT: Chief Beck’s statement regarding Dorner
Dorner was stripped of his badge in 2009 after a police disciplinary board found him guilty of making false statements against his training officer, Teresa Evans. In August 2007, Dorner accused Evans of kicking a mentally ill man during an arrest in San Pedro.
The internal affairs investigation concluded that Evans had not kicked the man and that Dorner was lying.
Police said Dorner has killed three people, including a Riverside police officer, and injured two others over the past week in a campaign to take revenge on those he blamed for his dismissal from the LAPD.
At a news conference Saturday, LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith announced that a special joint task force was being formed to investigate the Dorner case. Participating agencies include the Irvine and Riverside police departments, the FBI, the U.S. marshal’s office and other law enforcement organizations.
Dorner remained a fugitive Saturday despite an interstate manhunt that included SWAT teams, armored-personnel carriers and helicopters with heat-detecting cameras.
In their third day of searching for the 33-year-old Navy veteran, authorities kept their focus on the mountains around Big Bear Lake in San Bernardino County.
It’s most certainly an attempt to appease Dorner and it was likely done with the intent to flush him out so he surrenders - or at least makes some kind of appearance so that the LEOs can track him down. They weren’t going to do that lightly if they felt certain about his case.
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Inner Partisan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 5:45:35am |
re: #18 Dark_Falcon
That’s the biggest danger in this situation, at least from my perspective. I don’t think Dorner will be able to do much damage on his own, especially now that the individual officers he threatened personally are all holed up and under constant protection.
But it might very well give some… unstable individuals an excuse to go cop-hunting, especially considering that the LAPD’s conduct in those last few days has been less than stellar (although their paranoia is understandable).
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 5:48:09am |
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Feb 10, 2013 5:53:23am |
re: #20 Flounder
Police protect their own first.
That is the way any authority-based structure works, be it the police, the church or the military. The desire to maintain their image overrides their need to discipline wrongdoing.
Until it can no longer be concealed.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 5:55:35am |
re: #20 Flounder
Police protect their own first.
But not all their own, which seems to be the root of Dorner’s anger. I would expect a highly-visible group, in a daily us-against-them situation, to have suppressed internal racism.
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Inner Partisan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 5:59:42am |
re: #24 Sol Berdinowitz
Indeed, and it happens everywhere. Here in Europe, the excesses might not be as bad as they can be in the US (no offense), but the structure is the same. Every authoritarian system is naturally prone to corruption from outside and within.
Alas, much like the State and the Military, I see the Police as a necessary evil with no viable alternative. So I guess the only option is a lot of watchmen-watching.
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Inner Partisan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 6:03:02am |
re: #25 Decatur Deb
Dorner was a newbie, still in training, and he indicted his senior officer. I’m not saying there wasn’t any racism at play, but the situation seems consistent with the usual, uhm, esprit du corps.
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NJDhockeyfan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 6:03:39am |
Best green energy… windmills, solar, algae? No, we’ve already had it available for centuries!
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 6:06:57am |
re: #24 Sol Berdinowitz
That is the way any authority-based structure works, be it the police, the church or the military. The desire to maintain their image overrides their need to discipline wrongdoing.
Until it can no longer be concealed.
In many ways it has to be that way, for not all of the criticism leveled at the LAPD is honest. Some of it is retaliatory, accusations made by criminals against those who arrested them. Some is blame avoidance, people seeking to excuse their own failing and/or crimes. And some dishonest criticism is just plain paranoia.
There’s enough dishonest criticism that gets stridently projected that it is difficult for an honest cop to tell what is true and what is fake, especially if she herself has been accused falsely (as many police are, though normally such false allegations don’t have much effect). Thus there is a natural tendency to stand together against the ‘howling mob’ of detractors.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 6:09:32am |
re: #27 Inner Partisan
Dorner was a newbie, still in training, and he indicted his senior officer. I’m not saying there wasn’t any racism at play, but the situation seems consistent with the usual, uhm, esprit du corps.
He also made the allegation after receiving a bad evaluation, which made his allegation of prisoner abuse questionable from the get-go.
There is also the fact that Dorner’s training officer was a woman, so it remains possible that Dorner himself is a bigot, that meaning one of those men who has intense antipathy to female authority.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 6:11:52am |
re: #30 Dark_Falcon
He also made the allegation after receiving a bad evaluation, which made his allegation of prisoner abuse questionable from the get-go.
There is also the fact that Dorner’s training officer was a woman, so it remains possible that Dorner himself is a bigot, that meaning one of those men who has intense antipathy to female authority.
Well, something seems to have pissed him off.
Dog walk—BBL.
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Vicious Babushka Sun, Feb 10, 2013 6:13:47am |
I totally want to see a movie about Dorner. Who should star? My nomination is LL Cool J.
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NJDhockeyfan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 6:24:12am |
It appears he called the family of one of victims he murdered.
ABC:
A man claiming to be Dorner called Randall Quan and told him that that he “should have done a better job of protecting his daughter,” according to the documents.
In his 6,000-word “manifesto,” Dorner named Randal Quan, a retired LAPD captain and attorney who represented him before a police review board that led to Dorner’s dismissal from the force.
“I never had an opportunity to have a family of my own, I’m terminating yours,” Dorner wrote, and directed Quan and other officials to “[l]ook your wives/husbands and surviving children directly in the face and tell them the truth as to why your children are dead.”
Monica Quan and her fiancé Keith Lawrence were gunned down last Sunday in their car in the parking of their Irvine, Calif., condominium complex. Both were struck with multiple gunshot wounds.
The call, according to court records, was traced to Vancouver, Wash., but law enforcement officials do not believe Dorner was there at the time at the call.
Dorner is believed to have made the call early Thursday afternoon, less than half a day after he is suspected of killing a police officer and wounding two others early that morning, sparking an unprecedented man hunt involving more than a thousand police officers and federal agents spanning hundreds of miles.
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Inner Partisan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 6:27:08am |
re: #30 Dark_Falcon
Point taken. But to be perfectly honest: As evil as the man’s actions may be, it wouldn’t exactly surprise me if Dorner’s side of the story holds up.
But I guess we all have to wait for when (and if) more light is shed on this whole clusterfuck.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sun, Feb 10, 2013 6:33:57am |
re: #26 Inner Partisan
The Germans invented the term Bauernopfer making the peasants pay for it, the equivalent of throwing someone under the bus back before they had busses…
I saw how the US military dealt with the problem of sexual harrassment: I remember then-secretary of defense Cohen announcing a crackdown and thought”watch, there will be a show trial, somebody not too low in the hierarchy, it cannot seem like they are picking on enlisted men for things officers get away with. But not too high up, either, it canot look like people in leadership positions are getting away with this, either.”
so they charged the Sergeant master of the Army, the highest-ranking enlisted man, with sexual harrassment.
And get this, he was acquitted on charges of sexual harrssment, but convicted on charges of lying to a jury…in other words, he didn’t do it, but he lied about not doing it…he was then allowed an honorable discharge, so he could keep his pension and benefits.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:10:12am |
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:12:44am |
re: #38 Dark_Falcon
Sometimes the DERP is just too much and you have to step back.
I did. Logged off. At least I think I did. Won’t check since I really don’t care that much. :D Woke up this morning to see a crutch lying on the floor with my keyboard next to it with the two clips that apparently came off when it hit the floor. Luckily, nothing broke.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:22:15am |
What can I say. I have no interest in analyzing Dorner’s situation. He’s a cold blooded murderer. End of story.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:24:57am |
re: #32 Vicious Babushka
I totally want to see a movie about Dorner. Who should star? My nomination is LL Cool J.
Well, his work does have its perks:
Hip-hop star LL Cool J is clearly taking advantage of all the perks that come with being the second-time host of the Grammys.
The 45-year-old rapper, born James Todd Smith, was spotted hauling two brand new pieces of luggage out of the official backstage talent gifting lounge 55th Annual Grammy awards at the Staples Center Friday.
The grinning NCIS: Los Angeles actor looked dapper in his rose-coloured jumper over a black shirt and tie, grey shiny jeans, and black dress shoes.
‘[I’m] excited and grateful to be back. They have some great things planned and I hope people find it as exciting as we do,’ the charismatic emcee told USA Today.
Meanwhile, his own 13th studio album, Authentic, is scheduled to be released on May 7.
LL Cool J - short for Ladies Love Cool James - gleefully posed for pictures of the free celebrity swag, including a $63 box of Chakalates benefitting children’s charity, The Chaka Khan Foundation.
According to Hollywood Today, the most coveted items being handed out to the glitterati included MTG’s portable ion mist device valued at $235, a $450 Jäger iOsonic toothbrush, and Gibson Les Paul studio guitars selling for $1155.
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anonymous gun expert Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:26:25am |
re: #40 Gus
What can I say. I have no interest in analyzing Dorner’s situation. He’s a cold blooded murderer. End of story.
The fact that he says he will kill people until he clears his name says it all.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:27:02am |
re: #40 Gus
What can I say. I have no interest in analyzing Dorner’s situation. He’s a cold blooded murderer. End of story.
Murderers get nuance, too.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:27:27am |
re: #42 anonymous gun expert
The fact that he says we will kill people until he clears his name says it all.
Guess some people are intent on negotiating with terrorists. Not me.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:27:47am |
re: #42 anonymous gun expert
The fact that he says we will kill people until he clears his name says it all.
You might want to edit your post. Suggested revision:
The fact that he says he will kill people until he clears his name says it all.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:28:26am |
re: #43 Decatur Deb
Murderers get nuance, too.
That’s their right I suppose. I’m pretty sure though he’s dead. Guys like this typically put a bullet in the old noggin eventually.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:29:42am |
Feewings. Nothing more than feewings. Did you know the first four letters in “analyze” is “anal?”
//
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:30:03am |
re: #46 Gus
That’s their right I suppose. I’m pretty sure though he’s dead. Guys like this typically put a bullet in the old noggin eventually.
If no body is found, he joins DB Cooper and the Sundance Kid.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:31:44am |
re: #40 Gus
What can I say. I have no interest in analyzing Dorner’s situation. He’s a cold blooded murderer. End of story.
I looked at it briefly again this morning. The bottom line is that he’s mentally ill and shouldn’t be on the police force. I can understand that they’re talking about opening his case again to draw him out into the open but it could just encourage him. Saw your link the the Huffpo article about the fan pages people are starting about him which he will also find encouraging. This won’t end well.
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Lidane Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:34:11am |
So yesterday, Faux News accidentally used an image of a same-sex couple getting married in an article defending traditional gender roles.
Today, one of the women in that photo speaks:
[Link: feministing.com…]
This is awesome. Love it.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:34:18am |
re: #43 Decatur Deb
Murderers get nuance, too.
I’m not much interested in nuance, but the fact that he is cold-blooded is part of why he is more interesting to me than most spree killers. A mentally ill mass killer does not reveal much to me beyond some occasional institutional and societal failings, and further makes me worry about making sure my own head is on straight.
Dorner, by contrast, acted according to a plan that shows knowledge of tracking countermeasures and ambush tactics. While terrifying, such tactics do interest a part of my mind, since I always am interested in “how to fight” stories. Learning how an effective ambush is staged gives insight into how to survive an ambush.
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thedopefishlives Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:36:27am |
Morning Lizardim from the snowy wild north country. Winter Storm Orko (seriously, Weather Channel, why do you have to name winter storms, let alone retarded names from mythical universes?) has arrived, bringing with it snow and a fair amount of ice that will make today’s excursions unpleasant, to say the least. I have pictures of kitties for all and sundry, if you are interested.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:36:35am |
re: #46 Gus
That’s their right I suppose. I’m pretty sure though he’s dead. Guys like this typically put a bullet in the old noggin eventually.
I doubt it. This guy wants vindication, and unless he’s cornered he’ll stay alive to try to gain that vindication.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:36:40am |
re: #50 Killgore Trout
I looked at it briefly again this morning. The bottom line is that he’s mentally ill and shouldn’t be on the police force. I can understand that they’re talking about opening his case again to draw him out into the open but it could just encourage him. Saw your link the the Huffpo article about the fan pages people are starting about him which he will also find encouraging. This won’t end well.
If he were a proper XXI century killer, he would be maintaining a Twitter feed by now.
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anonymous gun expert Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:36:56am |
re: #52 Dark_Falcon
I’m not much interested in nuance, but the fact that he is cold-blooded is part of why he is more interesting to me than most spree killers. A mentally ill mass killer does not reveal much to me beyond some occasional institutional and societal failings, and further makes me worry about making sure my own head is on straight.
Dorner, by contrast, acted according to a plan that shows knowledge of tracking countermeasures and ambush tactics. While terrifying, such tactics do interest a part of my mind, since I always am interested in “how to fight” stories. Learning how an effective ambush is staged gives insight into how to survive an ambush.
Maybe, but it didn’t work for the Navy Seal. The nature of Ambush is surprise. You can’t be alert 100% of the time, no matter how many guns you own.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:37:05am |
re: #53 Ghost of a Dopefish
Morning Lizardim from the snowy wild north country. Winter Storm Orko (seriously, Weather Channel, why do you have to name winter storms, let alone retarded names from mythical universes?) has arrived, bringing with it snow and a fair amount of ice that will make today’s excursions unpleasant, to say the least. I have pictures of kitties for all and sundry, if you are interested.
Cat photos are a good way to start the day.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:37:42am |
re: #54 Dark_Falcon
I doubt it. This guy wants vindication, and unless he’s cornered he’ll stay alive to try to gain that vindication.
Perhaps. I was thinking best case scenario.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:38:28am |
re: #56 anonymous gun expert
Maybe, but it didn’t work for the Navy Seal. The nature of Ambush is surprise. You can’t be alert 100% of the time, no matter how many guns you own.
I know. It’s not a safe world, after all. But the more you know about a problem, the better a chance that you’ll be able to solve it.
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thedopefishlives Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:39:01am |
re: #57 Dark_Falcon
Cat photos are a good way to start the day.
Behold, Basement Cat, and her furry partner in crime, Moral Grey Area Cat. I was down in their domain yesterday using my tower PC and decided to snap a few pictures of them to share with the Lizardim.
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Achilles Tang Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:39:24am |
Funny, although my IQ started dropping about half way through and I had to jump off.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:40:05am |
re: #55 Decatur Deb
If he were a proper XXI century killer, he would be maintaining a Twitter feed by now.
That’s what a lifelong civilian would do. This guy is military trained, so if he communicates again it will only be in a way that he thinks will not reveal his location.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:42:11am |
Iranian invention of the day: Solar car
Iranian experts unveil new UAV, solar car
The Iranian solar car, named Haavin-2, depends on photovoltaic cells to convert sunlight into electricity, and run its two motors.
Haavin-2 has an average speed of 90 kilometers (55 miles) per hour, and can reach a maximum speed of 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour.
They invented the same car last year.Aug 12, 2011
Not much interesting in the video but I’m pretty sure that’s the same building from the Iranian drone factory the other day. They have carpet on the floor but some of the doors are pretty distinctive. It’s a university.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:42:38am |
re: #60 Ghost of a Dopefish
Behold, Basement Cat, and her furry partner in crime, Moral Grey Area Cat. I was down in their domain yesterday using my tower PC and decided to snap a few pictures of them to share with the Lizardim.
Basement cat reminds me of my mother’s black longhair, B.C. (for Black Cat). BC died a year ago, so your photo brings some tears to my eyes. But your cat is an elegant animal, and the bi-colored cat looks like he’s wearing a grey tuxedo. A very good looking pair of cats.
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Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:43:15am |
re: #60 Ghost of a Dopefish
Behold, Basement Cat, and her furry partner in crime, Moral Grey Area Cat. I was down in their domain yesterday using my tower PC and decided to snap a few pictures of them to share with the Lizardim.
I like Basement Cat’s ghillie suit for better camouflage in low-light conditions.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:44:57am |
re: #63 Killgore Trout
Iranian invention of the day: Solar car
Iranian experts unveil new UAV, solar carThey invented the same car last year.Aug 12, 2011
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Not much interesting in the video but I’m pretty sure that’s the same building from the Iranian drone factory the other day. They have carpet on the floor but some of the doors are pretty distinctive. It’s a university.
I call bullshit on the drone’s stated abilities as well. No drone that small has a 2000+ mile range. 200 mile range I’d believe, but not 2486.
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thedopefishlives Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:45:03am |
re: #65 Feline Fearless Leader
I like Basement Cat’s ghillie suit for better camouflage in low-light conditions.
She’s freaked the living daylights out of me more than once when I’ve gone down there to feed and clean them. She has a knack for finding places where only her eyes will reflect light back at me. Super ninja stealth kitty. My cat, on the other hand, has all the subtlety and nuance of a brick. He’ll take off from wherever he is and run straight to me whenever I open the basement door.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:47:26am |
re: #66 Dark_Falcon
I call bullshit on the drone’s stated abilities as well. No drone that small has a 2000+ mile range. 200 mile range I’d believe, but not 2486.
I’m also pretty sure that car can’t do 75 mph. It probably can’t even be used on a breezy day.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:48:28am |
re: #65 Feline Fearless Leader
I like Basement Cat’s ghillie suit for better camouflage in low-light conditions.
“At night all cats are morally gray.”
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:48:46am |
re: #66 Dark_Falcon
I call bullshit on the drone’s stated abilities as well. No drone that small has a 2000+ mile range. 200 mile range I’d believe, but not 2486.
But Iran does have small UAVs that can be used for photo recon, and they are getting better. This might just be cover DERP! for a real UAV that can perform tactical recon.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:51:34am |
re: #71 Dark_Falcon
But Iran does have small UAVs that can be used for photo recon, and they are getting better. This might just be cover DERP! for a real UAV that can perform tactical recon.
The Hezbollah drone that Israel shot down was real enough. As I recall these things are available commercially and aren’t too hard to get ahold of.
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thedopefishlives Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:53:15am |
There is one more cat in the fish household, but she’s harder to photograph because she is an outdoor kitty. She was our rescue cat who had to be moved outside due to behavioral issues (namely, peeing on everything in the house). She is a mackerel tabby, smaller than most as she was the runt of her litter. She has a heated kitty house and water bowl, and I dig out her food dish after every snowstorm.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:53:18am |
re: #66 Dark_Falcon
I call bullshit on the drone’s stated abilities as well. No drone that small has a 2000+ mile range. 200 mile range I’d believe, but not 2486.
2486 miles?
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 7:58:02am |
re: #74 Gus
2486 miles?
Press TV claims that as the UAV’s range. But it’s reported size is too small for that range, hence the call of “Bullshit!”
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:01:45am |
re: #76 Dark_Falcon
Press TV claims that as the UAV’s range. But it’s reported size is too small for that range, hence the call of “Bullshit!”
PressTV. Only slightly more “accurate” than FARS. Derpity.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:02:06am |
re: #76 Dark_Falcon
Press TV claims that as the UAV’s range. But it’s reported size is too small for that range, hence the call of “Bullshit!”
Its size/weight ratio means it’s pure fantasy or a completely screwed up report. The comments are very sad, however. If they’re real there is some serious national delusion at play.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:02:33am |
re: #78 Gus
PressTV. Only slightly more “accurate” than FARS. Derpity.
I know. It was the link Killgore posted, however.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:03:23am |
re: #80 Dark_Falcon
I know. It was the link Killgore posted, however.
I know. It was a rhetorical question.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:03:43am |
re: #79 Decatur Deb
Its size/weight ratio means it’s pure fantasy or a completely screwed up report. The comments are very sad, however. If they’re real there is some serious national delusion at play.
I normally don’t read comments on news sites. Too many of them are examples of Bad Craziness.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:05:06am |
re: #82 Dark_Falcon
I normally don’t read comments on news sites. Too many of them are examples of Bad Craziness.
I was reading the comments about that fake drone on Al Jazeera the other day. Lots of Iranian nationalism and subtle “death to Israel” bullshit. Not much has changed.
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:06:25am |
re: #82 Dark_Falcon
I normally don’t read comments on news sites. Too many of them are examples of Bad Craziness.
Sort of a hobby—the New Ethnography. It does require a lot of inoculations before you go into the jungle.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:07:04am |
Hold the phone!
@rawstory Dinnerjacket has that backwards.— Gus (@Gus_802) February 10, 2013
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Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:09:18am |
re: #67 Ghost of a Dopefish
She’s freaked the living daylights out of me more than once when I’ve gone down there to feed and clean them. She has a knack for finding places where only her eyes will reflect light back at me. Super ninja stealth kitty. My cat, on the other hand, has all the subtlety and nuance of a brick. He’ll take off from wherever he is and run straight to me whenever I open the basement door.
L.C. has stealth capabilities as well. Black fur, black paws, black whiskers. He sits on the black office chair at night and just disappears. You just see two yellow eyes hovering in the dark like some sort of Cheshire Cat.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:11:12am |
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thedopefishlives Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:13:32am |
re: #88 Feline Fearless Leader
L.C. has stealth capabilities as well. Black fur, black paws, black whiskers. She sits on the black office chair at night and just disappears. You just see two yellow eyes hovering in the dark like some sort of Cheshire Cat.
One of Basement Cat’s favorite places to sleep is on top of my tower, because it’s warm, of course. But it is in a cubby under my desk, which is always dark. So I go downstairs, turn on the lights, and am immediately illuminated with kitty targeting lasers from underneath the desk.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:15:25am |
I’m still leery of Raw Story. This is probably a controversial statement. :O
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:16:47am |
re: #90 Ghost of a Dopefish
One of Basement Cat’s favorite places to sleep is on top of my tower, because it’s warm, of course. But it is in a cubby under my desk, which is always dark. So I go downstairs, turn on the lights, and am immediately illuminated with kitty targeting lasers from underneath the desk.
You could buy a small electric blanket or a heating pad. They make those for cats, complete with an automatic (timed) shutoff.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:17:07am |
Despite the headline there’s no panic. Bremer laughs, attempts to catch the second shoe and mocks the dude for shitty aim.
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thedopefishlives Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:18:35am |
re: #92 Dark_Falcon
You could buy a small electric blanket or a heating pad. They make those for cats, complete with an automatic (timed) shutoff.
We have a pad for outdoor kitty, which heats her kitty house. Since the basement is finished (you saw the couch Basement Cat was sitting on) we don’t worry about the other two too much. I don’t mind her on top of my computer, aside from the startling factor.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:19:05am |
re: #91 Gus
I’m still leery of Raw Story. This is probably a controversial statement. :O
I kind of gave up on them a while ago. Some of the content is questionable but mostly they are covering topics of little or no importance to me.
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erik_t Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:19:47am |
re: #91 Gus
I’m still leery of Raw Story. This is probably a controversial statement. :O
“Leery” should be the default position for any alleged news provider.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:20:26am |
re: #93 Killgore Trout
Despite the headline there’s no panic. Bremer laughs, attempts to catch the second shoe and mocks the dude for shitty aim.
Although Paul Bremer did screw up pretty badly, so I can understand his being the subject of shoe throwing.
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dragonfire1981 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:21:58am |
Racism still alive and well in the deep south…
Report: Black students in Mississippi face tougher discipline
Black students in Mississippi’s public schools are more than twice as likely as white students to be disciplined and punished, according to a new report from the Children’s Defense Fund.
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Washington-based group, said Friday in Jackson many black students are on a school-to-prison pipeline that’s undermining 50 years of civil rights progress.
“We do not need to institute slavery under another name, and that’s what mass incarceration is becoming,” said Edelman, who worked as an attorney in Mississippi during the civil rights era and was the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar Association.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:22:24am |
re: #97 Dark_Falcon
Although Paul Bremer did screw up pretty badly, so I can understand his being the subject of shoe throwing.
Bremer’s performance aside, the guy throwing the shoe is a Bathist who’s pissed that Saddam was ousted so he doesn’t have much moral authority to complain.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:22:51am |
re: #99 Killgore Trout
Bremer’s performance aside, the guy throwing the shoe is a Bathist who’s pissed that Saddam was ousted so he doesn’t have much moral authority to complain.
Quite concur.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:23:01am |
re: #95 Killgore Trout
I kind of gave up on them a while ago. Some of the content is questionable but mostly they are covering topics of little or no importance to me.
I just remember them having a rather truthy quality about them during the 00’s.
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Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:23:46am |
re: #90 Ghost of a Dopefish
One of Basement Cat’s favorite places to sleep is on top of my tower, because it’s warm, of course. But it is in a cubby under my desk, which is always dark. So I go downstairs, turn on the lights, and am immediately illuminated with kitty targeting lasers from underneath the desk.
Since “Basement Cat” was taken, I think I ended up with “Bathroom Cat”.
That’s L.C., but Puffin hangs about in the bathroom as well. The shelter kept her in one a lot since she did not play well with the other cats there.
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Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:24:43am |
re: #92 Dark_Falcon
You could buy a small electric blanket or a heating pad. They make those for cats, complete with an automatic (timed) shutoff.
I have one of those. Doesn’t heat too warm and is weight-activated. His Imperial Crankiness was fond of it.
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Kronocide Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:29:41am |
Today’s serving of delicious Woo:
The VIDAR combines three different functions all in one operation:
It neutralizes charges that build up around the cables and the insulation
It provides a very wide band and deep conditioning into the conductor core, which produces changes in the way signals pass through the metal.
It ultrasonically conditions the surface of the conductors.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:33:25am |
re: #106 Kronocide
Today’s serving of delicious Woo:
The VIDAR combines three different functions all in one operation:
It neutralizes charges that build up around the cables and the insulation
It provides a very wide band and deep conditioning into the conductor core, which produces changes in the way signals pass through the metal.
It ultrasonically conditions the surface of the conductors.
There’s a sucker born every minute.
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thedopefishlives Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:33:54am |
re: #102 Feline Fearless Leader
Since “Basement Cat” was taken, I think I ended up with “Bathroom Cat”.
That’s L.C., but Puffin hangs about in the bathroom as well. The shelter kept her in one a lot since she did not play well with the other cats there.
I kept Moral Grey Area Cat in a bathroom to help get him acclimated, both when I adopted him and when we moved into the new house. However, now that they have asserted their dominance of the basement domain, we’ve closed off the bathroom because it needs to be kept clean for use by guests. I don’t think they’d appreciate cat fur in their toothbrushes.
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erik_t Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:36:16am |
re: #108 Ghost of a Dopefish
I kept Moral Grey Area Cat in a bathroom to help get him acclimated, both when I adopted him and when we moved into the new house. However, now that they have asserted their dominance of the basement domain, we’ve closed off the bathroom because it needs to be kept clean for use by guests. I don’t think they’d appreciate cat fur in their toothbrushes.
Mine will only drink from a glass of water she sees filled fresh from the bathroom faucet.
Explaining to my visiting father that he’d just taken a late-night sip from the cat’s cup was… awkward.
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Bear Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:37:09am |
Another wrong pickup involved. [Link: www.latimes.com…]
However Police will provide ladies with new pickup and a rental for the man injured.
How nice!///
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erik_t Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:40:20am |
re: #111 Bear
Another wrong pickup involved. [Link: www.latimes.com…]
However Police will provide ladies with new pickup and a rental for the man injured.
How nice!///
God, that place is a grade-A clownshow.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:42:30am |
re: #111 Bear
Another wrong pickup involved. [Link: www.latimes.com…]
However Police will provide ladies with new pickup and a rental for the man injured.
How nice!///
It’s asshattery like that that makes people wonder if Dorner’s claims of misconduct might be valid after all.
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NJDhockeyfan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:47:57am |
There is an amazing amount of support for the murderer thats still on the loose. He kills 3 people including a cop and is threatening more members on the LAPD and their families and still he’s got supporters and fan. Unreal.
…It’s hard to believe but there are those out there who sympathize with the man targeting police officers.
One Facebook page is proclaiming Dorner for president. “We propose electing a man who could no longer sit idly by and watch as malicious tyrants abuse the innocent.”
The description on “We Are All Chris Dorner” chillingly says, “Yes, this is war.”
Nearly 3,000 people like the page “I Support Christopher Jordan Dorner.”
CBS13 posted a simple question: Why? Why support a man wanted for at least three killings and the author of a murderous manifesto promising to target cops?
One sympathizer wrote us, “Because something needs to be done about the long known corruption of not only the LAPD, but several agencies.”
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:51:03am |
Muslim Brotherhood want aide as top Egypt cleric
Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood has nominated one of its senior leaders for the influential position of grand mufti, the nation’s top cleric, defying critics who accuse the Islamist group of seeking to dominate all institutions.
….
The leading candidate is Abdul Rahman al-Bar, 50, a member of the Brotherhood’s decision-making Supreme Guidance Council who was jailed under Mubarak and helped draft a new constitution adopted in December that expanded Islamic oversight.His appointment would tighten the conservative Brotherhood’s grip on power, replacing liberal-minded preacher Ali Gomaa, 61, who had publicly condemned radical fatwas, including some issued by Brotherhood supporters.
…..
In an interview with Reuters last June, Bar said Muslims should be barred from both buying and selling alcohol, but that Muslim women should not be compelled by law to wear headscarves.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:51:35am |
re: #114 NJDhockeyfan
That is not unexpected.
Though, I am far more concerned about the LAPD shooting first and asking questions later.
2 incidents where they opened fire on the wrong vehicle.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:52:14am |
re: #114 NJDhockeyfan
There is an amazing amount of support for the murderer thats still on the loose. He kills 3 people including a cop and is threatening more members on the LAPD and their families and still he’s got supporters and fan. Unreal.
Yeah, it looks like the guy is going to become a folk hero in some circles.
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A Mom Anon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:52:48am |
re: #113 Dark_Falcon
I simply do not understand why it would be so difficult to run the plate number, and you cannot tell me that every cop in the state didn’t know the make,model and color of this guy’s truck. Instead it seems like it was open season on any pick up in gray,black or blue. And to say they weren’t trained to hunt down and catch one of their own is horseshit. He’s a man, not some super criminal. I get that he has military training and he’s motivated by revenge, but so are other criminals who weren’t ex-cops.
Sounds to me like the whole training program needs looking at and revamping.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:53:12am |
re: #115 Killgore Trout
The asshole Islamists are moving to consolidate their power. Quelle Surprise.
/spits
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:54:40am |
re: #114 NJDhockeyfan
There is an amazing amount of support for the murderer thats still on the loose. He kills 3 people including a cop and is threatening more members on the LAPD and their families and still he’s got supporters and fan. Unreal.
“Amazing amount of support” depends on how easily you are amazed. Even really good cops piss off bad people. Really bad cops piss off good people.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:56:19am |
It’s a conspiracy!
LAPD Gang of Seven and Disappearing the Evidence
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:57:14am |
re: #119 Dark_Falcon
The asshole Islamists are moving to consolidate their power. Quelle Surprise.
/spits
It sure looks like it. I would not be surprised to see morality police in the next year or two.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:57:58am |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:58:47am |
re: #122 Kronocide
Happy Birthday KT.
That post was about as inevitable as the sunrise.
Conspiracists gotta DERP.
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erik_t Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:58:51am |
re: #118 A Mom Anon
Sounds to me like the whole training program needs looking at and revamping.
That’s an interesting way of phrasing ‘burn it down, tip it over and sink it into the swamp and then start over from scratch’.
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A Mom Anon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:58:58am |
re: #120 Decatur Deb
This may be more about overall animosity towards the LAPD, for some of those supporters. That PD has earned it’s share of derision over the years. I also wouldn’t call 3000 people an amazing amount of support in a nation of over 200 million adults. You could say you like eating babies topped with maple syrup on the internet and you’d have support for it, just because there’s always some asshole looking for another outlet for their assholishness.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:59:18am |
re: #121 Killgore Trout
It’s a conspiracy!
LAPD Gang of Seven and Disappearing the Evidence
Funny, the commenters with the highest updings are disputing the OP.
CONSPIRACY!
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erik_t Sun, Feb 10, 2013 8:59:53am |
re: #127 A Mom Anon
You could say you like eating babies topped with maple syrup on the internet and you’d have support for it, just because there’s always some asshole looking for another outlet for their assholishness.
Rule Derpy-Four?
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:00:51am |
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:01:16am |
re: #128 Varek Raith
Funny, the commenters with the highest updings are disputing the OP.
CONSPIRACY!
A few downdings on the tip jar too. It’s nice to see some pushback.
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NJDhockeyfan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:01:42am |
re: #122 Kronocide
Happy Birthday KT.
Love it! As predictable as the sun rising in the morning.
[-] 1 points by MattLHolck (13618) 2 days ago
I’m not certain he’s killed anyone
the whole report sounds like a set up
LOL!
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:03:14am |
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Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:03:38am |
re: #132 NJDhockeyfan
Love it! As predictable as the sun rising in the morning.
LOL!
When you hit the rock-bottom Denial Derpisphere, nothing that was ever reported ever happened.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:04:25am |
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:06:46am |
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b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:07:49am |
Canada ate my sausage!!
OK, what did we really do that has people in an anti-Canuckistan snit this time?
I hope we at least did it politely.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:07:51am |
re: #139 Varek Raith
The Obama Ogling Cop Killer Is Using Assault Weapons with High Capacity Mags
Yeesh.
Dorner… Something for everyone!
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:09:00am |
re: #140 b_sharp
Canada ate my sausage!!
OK, what did we really do that has people in an anti-Canuckistan snit this time?
I hope we at least did it politely.
Nothing.
I just like tossing random comments.
:)
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:10:16am |
re: #140 b_sharp
Canada ate my sausage!!
OK, what did we really do that has people in an anti-Canuckistan snit this time?
I hope we at least did it politely.
Nothing. Was just a play on “death to Israel” from some goofy comments at AJ. They didn’t actually say that but were alluding to the eventual destruction, etc.
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b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:10:32am |
I hear we have a swimming pool sized rock coming within a Barry Bonds homer distance of us. At 27,000 kms what is the over/under it picks off a geosynchronous satellite?
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:10:58am |
Dorner’s motivations are not political.
They are a delusional belief that he is clearing his name and ridding the LAPD of corruption.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:11:03am |
Speaking of which. Wuts this?
remember: Canadian = White = Normal, which is why they keep rejecting PoC/making them white on our currency and call it “racially neutral”.— beardforth (@heySMM) February 10, 2013
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:11:26am |
re: #131 Killgore Trout
A few downdings on the tip jar too. It’s nice to see some pushback.
I’m sure there’s a T-Shirt being made with his picture on it wearing a Che beret!!!
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:11:41am |
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:11:56am |
re: #139 Varek Raith
The Obama Ogling Cop Killer Is Using Assault Weapons with High Capacity Mags
Yeesh.
From that piece:
“Why can they live in a dynamic state of duplicity,” you ask? Well, Dinky, it’s because they are more special than us common rubes, us po’ uneducated, unevolved, knuckle draggers who still believe in silly, silly things like God and … and … liberty.
To these Hambones the Bill of Rights is the Bill of Needs, and they’re the self-appointed arbiters of what we need and don’t need, so ipso facto step-n-fetch monkeys, do what they say. Achtung.
And with that, every bloodhound assigned to hunt Christopher Dorner sat up on its haunches and howled. Another inevitable spewing from this story: Racism. Given that Dorner is black, it was only a matter of time till the racists piled on.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:13:53am |
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b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:14:01am |
re: #147 Gus
Speaking of which. Wuts this?
On our new plastic bills they have cute scenes of Canucks doing something. When the first ones were about to come out, one of the characters looked Asian, so an outcry reverberated somewhere in the empty brain pans of the Canadian right and they changed the picture before release.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:14:11am |
re: #148 sattv4u2
I’m sure there’s a T-Shirt being made with his picture on it wearing a Che beret!!!
Free Mumia Dorner!
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:14:27am |
re: #154 b_sharp
On our new plastic bills they have cute scenes of Canucks doing something. When the first ones were about to come out, one of the characters looked Asian, so an outcry reverberated somewhere in the empty brain pans of the Canadian right and they changed the picture before release.
Geez.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:15:34am |
re: #154 b_sharp
On our new plastic bills they have cute scenes of Canucks doing something. When the first ones were about to come out, one of the characters looked Asian, so an outcry reverberated somewhere in the empty brain pans of the Canadian right and they changed the picture before release.
Do they have images of French Canadians cutting people off on I-95???
/
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:15:38am |
re: #139 Varek Raith
The Obama Ogling Cop Killer Is Using Assault Weapons with High Capacity Mags
Yeesh.
Doug Giles is also using his hater column to promote his new book:
Sandy Hook Massacre: When Seconds Count, Police Are Minutes Away
Also titled: How I exploited the deaths of 20 children to make money and rail at the government.
[headdesk]
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erik_t Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:15:38am |
re: #144 b_sharp
I hear we have a swimming pool sized rock coming within a Barry Bonds homer distance of us. At 27,000 kms what is the over/under it picks off a geosynchronous satellite?
Geo’s around 36Mm, so the total circumference of the orbit is around 265Mm. There are about 300 geostationary satellites. At most, the rock could pass through the belt twice (it’s vastly more likely that it would pass through the belt zero times). Let’s assume it sweeps out a 200m swath in each case. So we might estimate the probability of a satellite loss at one in 662500.
So… pretty low.
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b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:16:00am |
re: #153 sattv4u2
Puck it
Hay!
Sorry, I’m a bit horse today from yelling at the snowflakes coming from the sky.
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b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:16:54am |
re: #157 Varek Raith
Do they have images of French Canadians cutting people off on I-95???
/
No, they have pictures of poutine taking over the US White House.
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NJDhockeyfan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:18:12am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:18:15am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:18:52am |
re: #160 b_sharp
Hay!
Sorry, I’m a bit horse today from yelling at the snowflakes coming from the sky.
You bit a horse??
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:19:08am |
re: #154 b_sharp
On our new plastic bills they have cute scenes of Canucks doing something. When the first ones were about to come out, one of the characters looked Asian, so an outcry reverberated somewhere in the empty brain pans of the Canadian right and they changed the picture before release.
What’s PoC?
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:20:03am |
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Interesting Times Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:20:29am |
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b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:23:56am |
re: #168 sattv4u2
Oh.
I thought it was foreplay
Always sustenance before sex. I’m an existentialist.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:25:05am |
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:28:25am |
re: #161 b_sharp
No, they have pictures of poutine taking over the US White House.
7 years ago I went to Va Beach.
The hotel was full of French Canadians.
Very rude ones.
Seemed to be rude just for the sake of being rude.
*Shrugs*
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:30:10am |
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b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:30:32am |
re: #172 Varek Raith
7 years ago I went to Va Beach.
The hotel was full of French Canadians.
Very rude ones.
Seemed to be rude just for the sake of being rude.
*Shrugs*
Yes, the French culture does have a reputation of being rude. I don’t know how accurate that is because there are only about 3 Quebecois living in Saskatchewan.
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:30:34am |
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Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:31:20am |
re: #175 b_sharp
Yes, the French culture does have a reputation of being rude. I don’t know how accurate that is because there are only about 3 Quebecois living in Saskatchewan.
Can you send me some uranium?
Kthx.
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Dark_Falcon Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:32:30am |
re: #177 Varek Raith
Can you send me some uranium?
Kthx.
Varek, Obama already ruled out funding your Death Star.
BBL
| 179 |
b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:32:40am |
re: #176 Varek Raith
Penalty box.
2 minutes.
More like a 5 min major.
I’m sitting here bridling at his insinuation.
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Targetpractice Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:33:15am |
re: #172 Varek Raith
7 years ago I went to Va Beach.
The hotel was full of French Canadians.
Very rude ones.
Seemed to be rude just for the sake of being rude.
*Shrugs*
Yeah, they seem to flourish round these parts during tourist season.
| 181 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:34:03am |
re: #179 b_sharp
More like a 5 min major.
I’m sitting here bridling at his insinuation.
Well, don’t get all hoofy about it
| 182 |
b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:34:23am |
re: #177 Varek Raith
Can you send me some uranium?
Kthx.
They actually had an sample in my wife’s office for years. I wanted to steal it but the wife said not to.
| 183 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:35:19am |
Made the mistake of Tweeting this before.
@vegasjessie @auntiemek @political_bill @politicususa Unlike Harry Reid who is also a Mormon?— Gus (@Gus_802) February 10, 2013
It’s devolved into this.
@osbeachwalker @vegasjessie @gus_802 @auntiemek @political_bill @politicususa serial killer & child molester Arthur Gary Bishop was Mormon.— silvanet (@silvanet) February 10, 2013
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erik_t Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:36:35am |
The Great Orange Satan has a reasoned and compelling defense of Predator strikes against US nationals.
Of course, I would find it compelling since I was already on that side. Your mileage may vary. It’s at least an interesting read.
| 186 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:36:51am |
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:36:53am |
re: #183 Gus
Made the mistake of Tweeting this before.
The initial Tweet was in reference to Jon Huntsman. Apparently being a Mormon is only bad when you’re a Republican.
| 188 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:37:13am |
re: #187 Gus
The initial Tweet was in reference to Jon Huntsman. Apparently being a Mormon is only bad when you’re a Republican.
isn;t everything????
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:39:01am |
re: #188 sattv4u2
isn;t everything????
I slapped Dawkins around a couple of times about this last year. He ignored me. So tired of this stupid bullshit. One of the most famous liberals ever was Senator Mo Udall who was about as Mormon as one could get. It was in his blood so to speak.
| 190 |
b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:39:20am |
re: #186 sattv4u2
Go away
get!
Shoe!!!
I once knew a girl who had 6 toes. Not 6 toes on one foot, six toes in total. Should I give her your number?
| 191 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:40:23am |
re: #190 b_sharp
I once knew a girl who had 6 toes. Not 6 toes on one foot, six toes in total. Should I give her your number?
Sure
My number is 666!
| 193 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:42:08am |
re: #189 Gus
I slapped Dawkins around a couple of times about this last year. He ignored me. So tired of this stupid bullshit. One of the most famous liberals ever was Senator Mo Udall who was about as Mormon as one could get. It was in his blood so to speak.
heh
Back in 76 when the Dems had 8-9 candidates for Pres I was a Udall supporter
| 194 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:46:26am |
re: #193 sattv4u2
heh
Back in 76 when the Dems had 8-9 candidates for Pres I was a Udall supporter
I re-Tweeted Chick Corea the other night and someone reminded me about him being a Scientologist as if it were some sort of crime. I told said person that I already knew that and didn’t care. A couple of night later, Stanley Clarke Tweeted a photo of him and Chick Corea. I guess that means Stanley Clarke is a bad man too.
| 195 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:47:22am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:49:59am |
re: #194 Gus
I re-Tweeted Chick Corea the other night and someone reminded me about him being a Scientologist as if it were some sort of crime. I told said person that I already knew that and didn’t care. A couple of night later, Stanley Clarke Tweeted a photo of him and Chick Corea. I guess that means Stanley Clarke is a bad man too.
Holy Shit!!!
It goes deeper than that
I have all the Return To Forever CD’s
Just yesterday, I was listening to Romantic Warrior!!
| 197 |
b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:50:41am |
re: #196 sattv4u2
Holy Shit!!!
It goes deeper than that
I have all the Return To Forever CD’s
Just yesterday, I was listening to Romantic Warrior!!
You’re fucked.
| 198 |
Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:50:56am |
re: #194 Gus
Beck is also a Scientologist. But he grew up as one. That one always weirds me out though, since he’s so, I dunno, subversive.
| 199 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:51:30am |
re: #196 sattv4u2
Holy Shit!!!
It goes deeper than that
I have all the Return To Forever CD’s
Just yesterday, I was listening to Romantic Warrior!!
Bad man! You should burn his records!!
//
Saw him live in Englewood, NJ way back. Was 20 feet away from him. Fucking awesome.
| 200 |
b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:51:47am |
How do embed a tweet here?
My old-Canadian dementia is kicking in.
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sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:51:47am |
re: #190 b_sharp
I once knew a girl who had 6 toes. Not 6 toes on one foot, six toes in total. Should I give her your number?
I once knew a girl who had 2 breasts on her back (non on her front)
She wasn’t much to look at but I LOVED to slow dance with her!!
| 202 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:52:08am |
re: #198 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
Beck is also a Scientologist. But he grew up as one. That one always weirds me out though, since he’s so, I dunno, subversive.
Glenn Beck?
| 203 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:52:25am |
re: #199 Gus
Bad man! You should burn his records!!
//
Saw him live in Englewood, NJ way back. Was 20 feet away from him. Fucking awesome.
Way cool
Saw them at a small Jazz club in Boston
| 204 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:52:32am |
re: #200 b_sharp
How do embed a tweet here?
My old-Canadian dementia is kicking in.
Just the link for the Tweet. Right click the time and copy the link.
| 205 |
Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:52:37am |
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b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:52:42am |
Not all Scientologists are extra-large brain farts like Tom Cruise.
| 207 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:53:01am |
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:53:05am |
re: #205 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
No, Beck Hansen, the singer dude.
Ah, thought that it wasn’t Glenn. I was thinking Jeff Beck too.
| 209 |
Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:53:38am |
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b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:53:40am |
re: #204 Gus
Just the link for the Tweet. Right click the time and copy the link.
Ah, the time. I right clicked everything but the time.
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Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:53:46am |
re: #208 Gus
Ah, thought that it wasn’t Glenn. I was thinking Jeff Beck too.
Don’t mind me. I’m extra pooped this morning.
| 213 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:55:47am |
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:56:29am |
re: #208 Gus
As weird as it would be to join Scientology, it’s probably even weirder to grow up a Scientologist. I guess, like most things, it depends how into it your parents are.
| 215 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:56:48am |
re: #209 Feline Fearless Leader
Toss a couple of these if you’re really serious.
Imelda, is that you??
| 216 |
Feline Fearless Leader Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:57:40am |
| 217 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:59:41am |
re: #216 Feline Fearless Leader
No, that’s more of Imelda’s set.
Yeah. I always knew Imelda was a quack!
| 218 |
erik_t Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:00:45am |
re: #214 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
As weird as it would be to join Scientology, it’s probably even weirder to grow up a Scientologist. I guess, like most things, it depends how into it your parents are.
Pretty much any religious conversion weirds me out a little. I get being raised to believe Wacky Thing #81 from the Great and Holy Book of Wacky Things. I don’t really get reading the List of Things and deciding, “okay, I’m gonna believe that now”.
I just don’t understand the thought process.
| 219 |
b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:01:26am |
re: #217 sattv4u2
Yeah. I always knew Imelda was a quack!
Derivative but appropriately funny.
I just wish I had thought of it.
| 220 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:01:57am |
re: #185 erik_t
The Great Orange Satan has a reasoned and compelling defense of Predator strikes against US nationals.
Of course, I would find it compelling since I was already on that side. Your mileage may vary. It’s at least an interesting read.
A decent article which they’d never post if there was a Republican in the white house. There’s been a split among the moonbats who wanted Bush tried for war crimes. The Glenn Greenwald faction would be just as happy to have Obama arrested and the partisans who are more flexible depending political affiliation of the president.
I think now that the election is over we’re seeing a lot of the moonbats reverting to their crazy selves because they don’t have to worry as much about damaging their party.
| 221 |
Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:04:07am |
re: #220 Killgore Trout
The moonbats who want Obama arrested don’t give a shit about the party.
Hey, you skipped over this yesterday so I wonder if you’d address it— you’ve said you think Rand Paul is a likely candidate for the GOP nomination, does this mean you’ve abandoned your oft-repeated prediction that the GOP would start to moderate? Because Rand Paul would be a continued drift into extremist territory.
| 222 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:04:22am |
Charlie Sheen tapes message for fugitive LA cop Christopher Dorner tgr.ph/XyYWAd— Daily Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) February 10, 2013
| 223 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:04:29am |
Stupid but well meaning neighbor decided to start feeding the birds by dumping loaves of bread in the street. The racket from the seagulls and crows is deafening.
| 225 |
b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:05:26am |
re: #223 Killgore Trout
Stupid but well meaning neighbor decided to start feeding the birds by dumping loaves of bread in the street. The racket from the seagulls and crows is deafening.
I’m sorry KT I can’t hear you.
| 226 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:06:47am |
| 227 |
Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:07:24am |
re: #222 Gus
It would be fucking awesome if Sheen was able to talk the guy into giving himself up. He can be our liaison to the land of the crazy and dangerous.
| 228 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:07:50am |
re: #221 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I’m sure the 2016 GOP primary season (like the Dems) will be studded with hopefuls from the entire political spectrum
| 230 |
Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:08:18am |
re: #228 sattv4u2
That’s nice.
| 231 |
erik_t Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:08:51am |
re: #220 Killgore Trout
A decent article which they’d never post if there was a Republican in the white house.
An unabashedly and openly partisan organization only posts defenses of its own side?
Let me fetch my fainting couch.
| 232 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:08:57am |
| 233 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:11:50am |
re: #221 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
The moonbats who want Obama arrested don’t give a shit about the party.
Hey, you skipped over this yesterday so I wonder if you’d address it— you’ve said you think Rand Paul is a likely candidate for the GOP nomination, does this mean you’ve abandoned your oft-repeated prediction that the GOP would start to moderate? Because Rand Paul would be a continued drift into extremist territory.
I think they’ll moderate, I’m pretty sure of that. But I’ve stated very clearly several times and I think it’s going to take a decade. The Republicans are going to have to lose another election or two before they get desperate enough to embrace serious politics again.
Although most of Rand Paul’s version of libertarianism is just repackaged conservative dogma there is a path forward for Republicans with libertarian thought (or at least catch phrases).
I don’t know where the Republicans are going to end up but my guess is it’s going to take a a couple election cycles to get a decent farm team of candidates for their desired direction.
| 234 |
b_sharp Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:12:11am |
re: #228 sattv4u2
I’m sure the 2016 GOP primary season (like the Dems) will be studded with hopefuls from the entire political spectrum
I think that needs an adjustment.
“I’m sure the 2016 GOP primary season (like the Dems) will be studded with hopefuls from the entire
politicalTea Party spectrum”
| 235 |
Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:15:32am |
re: #233 Killgore Trout
I think they’ll moderate, I’m pretty sure of that. But I’ve stated very clearly several times and I think it’s going to take a decade.
Actually, no, you predicted that Romney would bring the party back to the middle during the general election, a lot. And you predicted they’d moderate after the election. I’m glad to see you’re being more realistic now, though.
Although most of Rand Paul’s version of libertarianism is just repackaged conservative dogma there is a path forward for Republicans with libertarian thought (or at least catch phrases).
No, it’s not. It’s more accurate to say that conservatism, by and large, has been thrown aside by the GOP and replaced with minarchist libertarianism, except on social issues. This is why you have so many lifelong conservatives repudiating the current state of the party.
| 236 |
bratwurst Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:23:56am |
re: #228 sattv4u2
I’m sure the 2016 GOP primary season (like the Dems) will be studded with hopefuls from the entire political spectrum
I’d be thrilled just to see someone brave enough to raise his or her hand when offered a deal of $10 in budget cuts for every $1 in increased taxes!
| 237 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:24:07am |
I will no longer follow Roger Ebert.
We have the right to murder “so called US citizens” abroad? With all due respect, Mr. President, that’s bullshit.— Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) February 10, 2013
| 238 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:24:49am |
re: #235 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
That’s why I most often ignore your questions.
| 239 |
erik_t Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:25:45am |
re: #237 Gus
I will no longer follow Roger Ebert.
People either don’t grasp or don’t care about the implication that if someone abroad isn’t a US citizen, then we do have the right to murder them.
Both possibilities are distressing.
| 240 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:27:06am |
re: #238 Killgore Trout
That’s why I most often ignore your questions.
The seagulls are sounding a lot better, huh!?!?
/
| 241 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:27:56am |
It’s a mass shoeing!
Iran: 100 Ahmadinejad supporters throw shoes at house speaker
| 242 |
Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:33:21am |
re: #238 Killgore Trout
That’s why I most often ignore your questions.
I know, you tend to say things that are untrue— like claiming that you were predicting it’d take a decade for the GOP to reform, when it’s really easy to remember you saying that Romney would pull the GOP back to the middle— and I tend to remind you of that.
Sure, it’s a sucker-punch, but it’s not some evil thing I do. It’s that you tend to shift your positions constantly. It’s really not my fault that you argue the way you are and are perceived the way you are. It’s because of what you do, and if you took some personal responsibility for it, you might even become happier.
Weirder things have happened.
| 243 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:39:12am |
re: #220 Killgore Trout
…I think now that the election is over we’re seeing a lot of the moonbats reverting to their crazy selves because they don’t have to worry as much about damaging their party.
Yep. Watching this first hand on Twitter.
| 244 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:40:42am |
re: #241 Killgore Trout
It’s a mass shoeing!
Iran: 100 Ahmadinejad supporters throw shoes at house speaker
Elections have consequences!!!
[Link: www.reuters.com…]
Reuters) - Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood has nominated one of its senior leaders for the influential position of grand mufti, the nation’s top cleric, defying critics who accuse the Islamist group of seeking to dominate all institutions
| 245 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:42:03am |
| 246 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:42:52am |
re: #243 Gus
Yep. Watching this first hand on Twitter.
Some of the comments here too
[Link: www.nytimes.com…]
| 247 |
NJDhockeyfan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:44:51am |
Ohio mayor resigns after alleged anti-gay slurs
The mayor of a southeastern Ohio village who was accused earlier this week of degrading a gay police officer and refusing to allow his partner to visit the police station has resigned.
…She was accused of calling Calendine a queer and using other slurs. Others said she didn’t want Calendine’s partner stopping by the police department, though family members of other officers routinely drop by with lunch or before or after a shift.
…“She stated ‘I don’t like a Queer working for the Village, I might be old-fashioned, but I don’t like it.’” Proffitt wrote in the statement.
The mayor persisted in making crude comments about the officer and his partner to police department employees, Proffitt said.
| 248 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:44:58am |
re: #246 sattv4u2
Some of the comments here too
[Link: www.nytimes.com…]
Everything old is new again and apparently al-Qaeda and the Taliban have morphed into land kittens or something. Screw that noise.
| 249 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:46:10am |
re: #248 Gus
Everything old is new again and apparently al-Qaeda and the Taliban have morphed into land kittens or something. Screw that noise.
wassamattah for you!?!?
They died once Osama took the eternal dirt sea nap!!
/
| 250 |
Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:46:41am |
re: #222 Gus
Note to self: “Don’t get into a situation where Charlie sheen is your lifeline to survival and sanity”.
| 251 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:46:54am |
re: #249 sattv4u2
wassamattah for you!?!?
They died once Osama took the eternal
dirtsea nap!!
/
Osama was murdered without due process!!
//
| 252 |
Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:48:14am |
re: #239 erik_t
People either don’t grasp or don’t care about the implication that if someone abroad isn’t a US citizen, then we do have the right to murder them.
Both possibilities are distressing.
I blame the derelict Islamic Homeowners’ Associations.
| 253 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:48:18am |
re: #251 Gus
Osama was murdered without due process!!
//
Well, that was after all Bushs’s fault
If he didn;t put Bin Laden on the 10 most wanted list, Obama wouldn;’t have had to follow through!!!
(ouch ,,, my brain hurt a little on that one!!)
| 254 |
Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:49:06am |
I feel like I’m missing out on Twitter by only following people I find interesting and who say funny things.
I think I’ll keep it that way, though.
| 255 |
sattv4u2 Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:51:59am |
Me
Dogs
Leashes
Poop bags
(you do the math)
BBIAB
| 256 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:52:17am |
re: #253 sattv4u2
Well, that was after all Bushs’s fault
If he didn;t put Bin Laden on the 10 most wanted list, Obama wouldn;’t have had to follow through!!!
(ouch ,,, my brain hurt a little on that one!!)
Now we have Roger Ebert calling Obama a murderer. Sorry, but I have no interest in taking the crazy caboose to Moonbattia.
| 257 |
NJDhockeyfan Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:59:22am |
re: #248 Gus
Everything old is new again and apparently al-Qaeda and the Taliban have morphed into land kittens or something. Screw that noise.
Well the war on terrorism has been over since 2009 so it must be all rainbows and unicorns out there.
| 258 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:59:49am |
re: #256 Gus
Sorry, but I have no interest in taking the crazy caboose to Moonbattia.
Are you sure? I hear they have unlimited social services and nobody has a job. 24 hour drum circles too. Kind of like Portland but with nicer weather.
| 259 |
Killgore Trout Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:01:44am |
BTW, Portlandia is still a damn funny show. I caught a few bad episodes a while back and stopped watching. Watched a few of the new ones, still really good. Rosanne Barr did a great cameo as the temporary mayor.
| 260 |
Varek Raith Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:02:54am |
Hey!
At least the Dems keep the fringe on the fringe.
The GOP mainstreamed their fringe.
| 261 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:03:24am |
Oh bouy. Now it’s something about Jack Lew having had $100,000 invested in the Cayman Islands.
| 262 |
Gus Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:03:46am |
re: #260 Varek Raith
Hey!
At least the Dems keep the fringe on the fringe.
The GOP mainstreamed their fringe.
Keeping the fringe on the fringe is hard work.
| 263 |
Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:05:54am |
re: #262 Gus
Keeping the fringe on the fringe is hard work.
It’s actually been impressive how well the Democrats have managed it, even though it robs them of a lot of the political power the GOP gets by playing to the fringes.
| 264 |
Lidane Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:06:59am |
re: #250 Decatur Deb
Note to self: “Don’t get into a situation where Charlie sheen is your lifeline to survival and sanity”.
Or Gary Busey. At that point, you might as well cash in your chips.
| 265 |
Decatur Deb Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:11:29am |
re: #264 Lidane
Or Gary Busey. At that point, you might as well cash in your chips.
Busey is only one motorcycle helmet away from normal.
| 267 |
Charles Johnson Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:36:45am |
Well, I just have to point out that it’s extremely easy to find examples of liberals who are NOT down with the Greenwald anti-drone line. Yeah, some left wingers are overreacting, but it’s far from universal. In fact, it’s very much a fringe thing.
Some of the left wing talk about drones is over the top, yes, but it’s not a bad thing to discuss where the limits of power are.
| 268 |
Charles Johnson Sun, Feb 10, 2013 11:43:37am |
One example out of many:
Debunking the Ridiculous Rhetoric That Obama Is an Assassin Who Targets Innocent Americans
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