A timelapse of the construction of Maersk Line’s very first Triple-E vessel at the DSME shipyard in Okpo, Korea.
The timelapse was produced by Discovery Channel and Maersk, and it consists of 50,000 photos taken over 3 months.
Read more about Maersk Line’s Triple-E vessels here:
worldslargestship.com
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Gus Tue, Mar 19, 2013 8:38:25pm |
U.S. Army Spc. Albert Ross, 21, of Baker, La., removes his prosthetic leg in his Baker home after being honored by members of the Baker City Council on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004. Ross, who re-enlisted for six more years after a rocket tore into both his legs while on patrol in Baghdad, is scheduled to return to San Antonio’s Fort Sam Houston for further evaluation. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Richard Alan Hannon)
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Gus Tue, Mar 19, 2013 8:39:10pm |
Dr. A. Shaik, left, and Dr. Fred Kessler work on Alaa Shubbar’s arm to prepare it for a prosthetic hand Monday, April 12, 2004, at Methodist Hospital in Houston. Shubbar had his hand amputated by Saddam Hussein’s regime after being convicted of a crime in Iraq. He and six other Iraqis are in Houston to be fitted for new prosthetic hands. (AP Photo/Brett Coomer)
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darthstar Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:00:56pm |
Looks like the missus is taking me to Arizona this weekend to get some pre-season Giants games in as an early birthday treat. God I love that woman.
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Dark_Falcon Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:03:27pm |
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freetoken Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:16:16pm |
For all you armchair anthropologists:
A high-quality Neandertal genome sequence
The genome sequence was generated from a toe bone discovered in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia in 2010. The bone is described in Mednikova (Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia 2011. 39: 129-138).
[…]
The press release is here.
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freetoken Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:31:26pm |
re: #7 Gus
I didn’t know there was a jury trial. I thought Judge Judy solved these things.
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Gus Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:34:21pm |
re: #8 freetoken
I didn’t know there was a jury trial. I thought Judge Judy solved these things.
I know you’re optimistic Freetoken.
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freetoken Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:39:22pm |
Same event, different headlines:
Glass half empty:
Primetime Ratings: ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Returns to Lowest-Rated Spring Premiere
Dancing with the Stars’ premiere sees lowest spring ratings ever
Glass half full:
Dancing With the Stars Ratings: First Episode Brings More Viewers Than All-Star Premiere
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Gus Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:42:38pm |
re: #12 freetoken
Same event, different headlines:
Glass half empty:
Primetime Ratings: ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Returns to Lowest-Rated Spring Premiere
Dancing with the Stars’ premiere sees lowest spring ratings ever
Glass half full:
Dancing With the Stars Ratings: First Episode Brings More Viewers Than All-Star Premiere
So what’s the latest on plastic surgery disasters?
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freetoken Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:46:35pm |
Being a philanderer has never really been a negative for a politician, just an occasional bump in the road:
Mark Sanford awaits GOP runoff challenger; winner to face Colbert Busch in general election
Former Gov. Mark Sanford will likely take on Charleston attorney Curtis Bostic in a GOP primary April 2 to represent the 1st Congressional District, according to unofficial race results Tuesday.
Because Bostic and a third candidate, Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Berkeley, finished with less than 1 percent of votes separating them, an automatic recount has been triggered under state law.
Sanford captured a commanding 37 percent of the vote while Bostic tallied 13.3 percent, according to unofficial results late Tuesday. Grooms took 12.4 percent.
[…]
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dragonath Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:48:32pm |
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Lidane Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:48:35pm |
Worth a read. Trigger warnings apply:
Steubenville: this is rape culture’s Abu Ghraib moment
Here we have incontrovertible evidence of happy young people not only hurting and humiliating others, but taking pleasure in it, posing with their victims. The Abu Ghraib torture pictures were trophies. The Steubenville rape photos are trophies. They’re mementoes of what must have felt, at the time, like everyone was having the sort of fun they’d want to remember, the sort of fun they’d want to prove to themselves and others later. The Steubenville rapists had fun, and they broadcast that fun to the world. They were confident that nothing could touch them, so baffled by the idea of punishment that they wept like children in court.
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freetoken Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:51:09pm |
Mississippi resists attempts to address its obesity:
Mississippi law bans restrictions on food portions
A new law in the most obese state in the nation says Mississippi cities and counties can’t ban the Big Gulp or put other local regulations on food and drink.
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed Senate Bill 2687 Monday, and it became law immediately.
“It is simply not the role of government to micro-regulate citizens’ dietary decisions,” Bryant said in a statement accompanying the bill signing. “The responsibility for one’s personal health depends on individual choices about a proper diet and appropriate exercise.”
Some legislators called it an “anti-Bloomberg” bill — a jab at New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who tried to ban the sale of super-sized soft drinks. A New York judge blocked the city’s effort last week.
[…]
Reactionaries would drink poison if you told them that some big city librul doesn’t want them to.
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wrenchwench Tue, Mar 19, 2013 9:53:32pm |
re: #10 Gus
Waits for crickets and more Socratic Bingo.
There was a woman in the shop today whose phone made a cricket sound. She ignored it, so I started to think it was a real cricket in her pocket, and that she couldn’t hear it.
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, Mar 19, 2013 10:02:22pm |
re: #17 Lidane
Worth a read. Trigger warnings apply:
Not even close. We’ve seen stuff like this repeatedly before. I wish, but real world? Not even close…
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dragonath Tue, Mar 19, 2013 10:09:48pm |
re: #5 Dark_Falcon
Sorry to bother you with this, Gus, but that asshat is at it again.
My, the comments on that page are brimming with positivity
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Lidane Tue, Mar 19, 2013 10:12:27pm |
re: #20 William Barnett-Lewis
Not even close. We’ve seen stuff like this repeatedly before. I wish, but real world? Not even close…
I think it’s an interesting article. I don’t know that I agree with the writer, but I DO know I’ve seen a lot more people on FB who usually avoid politics ranting about Steubenville. Something about the entire fucked up situation has gotten people more outraged than usual.
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freetoken Tue, Mar 19, 2013 10:20:02pm |
America loves its guns even more than it loves Big Gulps:
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darthstar Tue, Mar 19, 2013 10:32:05pm |
No. Fucking. Shit.
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freetoken Tue, Mar 19, 2013 11:13:56pm |
Continuing on with one of Dvorak’s masterpieces, his Requiem, now at the part labeled “Quod Sum Miser “:
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Tue, Mar 19, 2013 11:31:46pm |
Giant squid DNA study produces ‘tantalizing questions’ for scientists
Scientists announced they had peeked into the DNA of the giant squid, seeking to demystify a deep-sea creature that has haunted sailors’ dreams for centuries.
But their findings, published Wednesday, threw up some tantalising questions in turn.
They include the likelihood that there is just one species of giant squid, and not a constellation of species as some experts have thought.
And, far from being a rarity, the giant squid could inhabit the deep ocean in large numbers, its pre-larval offspring riding warm currents to disperse globally, the exception being the polar regions.
Evidence “strongly suggests that the family Architeuthis consists of a single species of giant squid, namely Architeuthis dux,” the biologists reported in the British journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
“If so, this species is cosmopolitan and likely has a substantial population size.”
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sagehen Tue, Mar 19, 2013 11:48:10pm |
re: #15 freetoken
Being a philanderer has never really been a negative for a politician, just an occasional bump in the road:
Mark Sanford awaits GOP runoff challenger; winner to face Colbert Busch in general election
Sanford captured a commanding 37 percent of the vote while Bostic tallied 13.3 percent, according to unofficial results late Tuesday. Grooms took 12.4 percent.
Eugene Robinson had the best take on these results:
“A guy with 100% name ID, running against a bunch of people with 0% name ID… and 2/3 voted against him. It does not bode well for him going forward.”
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freetoken Tue, Mar 19, 2013 11:51:44pm |
“Confutatis Maledictis”, in which Dvorak gets back to sounding like his French contemporaries and predecessors:
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freetoken Tue, Mar 19, 2013 11:54:11pm |
Someone goes to our local creation museum, apparently unaware that the mother of them all, ICR, started here:
I GOT SAVED AT SAN DIEGO’S CREATIONIST MUSEUM (JUST KIDDING, IT SUCKED)
She noticed that creationist tend to be, well, behind the times in more ways than one:
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engineer cat Wed, Mar 20, 2013 12:03:06am |
re: #32 freetoken
Someone goes to our local creation museum, apparently unaware that the mother of them all, ICR, started here:
I GOT SAVED AT SAN DIEGO’S CREATIONIST MUSEUM (JUST KIDDING, IT SUCKED)
She noticed that creationist tend to be, well, behind the times in more ways than one:
i think actually the ‘one blood’ movement is against racism, although it’s also against evolution
they make an argument that the theory of evolution actually leads to racism
if i’m forced to choose, i’ll take being against racism and not believing in evolution over believing in evolution but being a racist
but who says i have to choose?
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efuseakay Wed, Mar 20, 2013 12:05:58am |
Did Syria pop off chemical weapons?
Do we trust “rebel” reports? If Assad did use chemical weapons, should we get more involved? Questions I can’t quite answer myself…
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EdDantes Wed, Mar 20, 2013 12:40:26am |
re: #33 engineer cat
Generally, Creationists are against racism and One Blood is no different. Modern creationists believe that we are one race created by God. It looks to me like that photo of the study guide was just to make the creationists appear to be racist. The answer to the question posed (are black people the result of a curse on Ham) is no. Context is everything.
Now, I am against racism and evolution and I’m not a creationist. I’m pretty much not beholden to anything.
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EdDantes Wed, Mar 20, 2013 12:44:39am |
re: #34 efuseakay
Did Syria pop off chemical weapons?
Do we trust “rebel” reports? If Assad did use chemical weapons, should we get more involved? Questions I can’t quite answer myself…
We can’t trust the Syrian press nor can we trust the rebels. We should stay the hell out of it and let them decide the issue. Our only obligation in that region is to aid our only true ally.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 12:48:33am |
re: #37 EdDantes
We can’t trust the Syrian press nor can we trust the rebels. We should stay the hell out of it and let them decide the issue. Our only obligation in that region is to aid our only true ally.
The use of chemical weapons in the region would just cause more problems. At the very least, their use could mean tighter sanctions against the Syrian government.
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EdDantes Wed, Mar 20, 2013 12:57:52am |
re: #38 Kragar (Antichrist )
I don’t know what the current sanctions are but I hope cap guns are off the table. I’m all for humanitarian aid (i.e, aid the region wont provide) but I don’t think we should arm either side. I also recognize chemical weapons are very disturbing. I’m all for diplomacy (which often fails) but I’m against the USA taking an active military part.
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Mar 20, 2013 1:19:41am |
re: #33 engineer cat
i think actually the ‘one blood’ movement is against racism, although it’s also against evolution
they make an argument that the theory of evolution actually leads to racism
if i’m forced to choose, i’ll take being against racism and not believing in evolution over believing in evolution but being a racist
but who says i have to choose?
Seems that a lot of people who reject Evolution have no problem accepting Social Darwinism.
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EdDantes Wed, Mar 20, 2013 1:20:50am |
re: #40 Kragar (Antichrist )
That is quite a list. Not much we can do as regards the Syrian government. I hope we don’t decide to arm the rebels.
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efuseakay Wed, Mar 20, 2013 1:21:44am |
Syria = lose-lose situation for everyone involved. No doubt the West will figure out some way to make it even worse. Just being honest here with our track record.
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EdDantes Wed, Mar 20, 2013 1:27:12am |
re: #43 efuseakay
Syria = lose-lose situation for everyone involved. No doubt the West will figure out some way to make it even worse. Just being honest here with our track record.
If the west gets involved, we lose.
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EdDantes Wed, Mar 20, 2013 1:36:55am |
re: #41 Sol Berdinowitz
Seems that a lot of people who reject Evolution have no problem accepting Social Darwinism.
I reject both.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 1:45:07am |
Too late for me to get into anything, so instead I leave you with this:
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sagehen Wed, Mar 20, 2013 3:16:13am |
Anyone still awake — Obama’s plane just landed in Israel, presumably there’ll be some kind of ceremonial something shortly (there’s a red carpet, a podium, people with trumpets and flags…)
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Wed, Mar 20, 2013 3:22:00am |
re: #45 EdDantes
I reject both.
Rejecting evolution as as stupid as rejecting the inverse square law.
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Mar 20, 2013 3:51:31am |
Continuing the discussion from a few threads ago, I found a .pdf published by the State of California that breaks down the types of firearms recovered at crime scenes in 2011, the latest year for which a report has been published. Earlier years are available if you’re interested.
Of the 119 qualifying firearms examined, there were 100 (84 percent) handguns, 12 (10.1 percent) rifles, and 7 (5.9 percent) shotguns. Of these firearms, 5 (4.2 percent) were assault weapons (as defined in California Penal Code sections 30510 and 30515) and 3 (2.5 percent) were classified as a short-barreled shotgun or rifle. The most commonly encountered caliber was 9mm Luger, followed by 40 Smith and Wesson (S&W), and 22 rimfire.
What’s interesting about the report is that it goes on to provide cross tab breakdowns of firearms used in various crime categories: homicides (handguns 85.5%), firearms used in violent crime not involving homicide (handguns 83%), firearms used in street gang crimes (handguns 91.7%), and firearms involved in drug trafficking crimes (handguns 100% but not statistically meaningful in this category as only one gun was recovered in this category in 2011.)
One significant caveat is that local police department laboratories submit information to the annual State report on a voluntary basis, how this may skew the numbers is unknown. However if you go back year by year there is one inescapable conclusion, handguns are the type of firearm used in the vast majority of gun crime. At the end of the report is a graph going back to 2000 that compares the total number of guns used in crimes vs. the number of assault weapons as defined by California law.
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What's in the box, Jokey?! Wed, Mar 20, 2013 3:52:41am |
Obama welcome ceremony just started in Israel, President Peres starts speech by praising him as a great US president - undoubtedly triggering momentary feeling of unexplained pain for suddenly awakening TP/RWNJs back home in the US…/
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Mar 20, 2013 3:54:43am |
re: #45 EdDantes
I reject both.
You should know that evolution is something we can and have observed in the laboratory.
Twenty years ago, evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski of Michigan State University in East Lansing, US, took a single Escherichia coli bacterium and used its descendants to found 12 laboratory populations.
The 12 have been growing ever since, gradually accumulating mutations and evolving for more than 44,000 generations, while Lenski watches what happens.
Mostly, the patterns Lenski saw were similar in each separate population. All 12 evolved larger cells, for example, as well as faster growth rates on the glucose they were fed, and lower peak population densities.
But sometime around the 31,500th generation, something dramatic happened in just one of the populations - the bacteria suddenly acquired the ability to metabolise citrate, a second nutrient in their culture medium that E. coli normally cannot use.
Indeed, the inability to use citrate is one of the traits by which bacteriologists distinguish E. coli from other species. The citrate-using mutants increased in population size and diversity.
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Stoatly Wed, Mar 20, 2013 3:58:06am |
re: #36 EdDantes
Now, I am against racism and evolution and I’m not a creationist.
Are you against both in the same way?
i.e. do you accept evolution happens but you’d rather it didn’t?
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freetoken Wed, Mar 20, 2013 3:59:57am |
re: #36 EdDantes
Generally, Creationists are against racism and One Blood is no different.
Well, there have been plenty of creationists who indeed are racists.
As for the “One Blood” movement, it appears that racism against Africans (at least based on Ham) isn’t their thing, but…. the story Ham is used to beat up on another group:
[…]
Notice that when the sons of Noah are listed, Ham is described as being ‘the father of Canaan.’ The names of the other two sons are mentioned, but Ham is particularly singled out as being the father of Canaan. Why is this so?
[…]
The descendants of Canaan were some of the most wicked people to ever live on the earth—the people of Sodom and Gomorrah for instance. What is interesting to note is that the Bible seems to indicate, in Genesis 9:22, that when Ham was disrespectful to his father Noah, this involved some sort of sexual connotation.
It is indeed possible that Noah saw in Canaan the same sin problem that his father Ham had. It is a sad fact of history (there are a number of recorded instances in the Bible) that when the father sins, the next generation learn from the father and are often more wicked than their father.
Therefore, it seems that Noah understood that Canaan’s descendants would also reflect this rebellious nature. Remember, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were judged for their sexual perversion.
The curse of Canaan has nothing whatsoever to do with skin color, but is in fact an example warning fathers to train their children in godly principles. If this is not done in one generation, then generations to come will express their rebellious nature as seen in the wickedness of Canaan’s descendants.
In other words, Ham passed down teh ghey to his descendants, thus they were wicked.
Creationists may come in different flavors, but they all justify their own biases behind what they declare as true creationism.
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Stoatly Wed, Mar 20, 2013 4:01:03am |
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sagehen Wed, Mar 20, 2013 4:12:22am |
re: #54 freetoken
Therefore, it seems that Noah understood that Canaan’s descendants would also reflect this rebellious nature. Remember, the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were judged for their sexual perversion.
A common misconception, by people who haven’t actually *READ* their Bibles (just using it to thump people over the head.)
The people of Sodom and Gomorrah were judged for not feeding the hungry (even though they had plenty), nor providing shelter to the homeless.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 4:18:33am |
re: #56 sagehen
A common misconception, by people who haven’t actually *READ* their Bibles (just using it to thump people over the head.
The people of Sodom and Gomorrah were judged for not feeding the hungry (even though they had plenty), not providing shelter to the homeless.
Yeah and they also had this quaint custom of raping wayfarers. It was part of the rape culture of the time.
Nobody ever talks about the weirdest and creepiest story of the entire Bible. The story about the Levite and his girlfriend at Gibeah. It’s at the end of the Book of Judges. Look it up, then we can talk about it.
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Flounder Wed, Mar 20, 2013 5:07:03am |
This is a local news story about dentists overbilling Medicaid, but I thought this line was funny:
Dentists overcharged the state Medicaid program $3.2 million for dental services between 2006 and 2009, including bills for fillings and root canals to 465 patients who have no teeth
Read more: timesunion.com
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 5:39:08am |
One Republican calls out the racism of his party… twitter.com/jilevin/status…— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) March 20, 2013
And immediately a wingnut calls Wilkerson a “RINO”
Clearly NOT an *actual* Republican, as that statement is delusional in its total ignorance. #ProgressivismISRacism @jilevin #tcot #tgdn— WitCoHE (@EricStrobel) March 20, 2013
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 5:40:54am |
re: #27 Kragar (Antichrist )
Giant squid DNA study produces ‘tantalizing questions’ for scientists
And they think humans taste like tuna.
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Mar 20, 2013 5:49:19am |
re: #59 Vicious Babushka
It is possible to oppose Obama’s politics, policies, personnel choices and presidential style without being a racist. And there are many who do so.
But why is it almost impossible to find a site critical of Obama that is not shot through with racist/dogwhislte comments?
And when conservatives throw hissy fits over Obama doing things that other GOP presidents have been praised for, one does have to ask if it is not related to the color of his skin.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 5:51:01am |
re: #61 Sol Berdinowitz
It is possible to oppose Obama’s politics, policies, personnel choices and presidential style without being a racist. And there are many who do so.
But why is it almost impossible to find a site critical of Obama that is not shot through with racist/dogwhislte comments?
And when conservatives throw hissy fits over Obama doing things that other GOP presidents have been praised for, one does have to ask if it is not related to the color of his skin.
Also the firehose of rage directed at the FLOTUS. It’s even more openly racist than what is directed against the President.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 5:53:55am |
Interesting these two Tweets appearing together.
I heard a burglar downstairs, poor fool. Love this pic. Share!#nra #secondamendment #tcot #tgdn #pjnet #ctot twitter.com/joevberry/stat…— joeberry (@joevberry) March 20, 2013
Vid: VA Teen Shot Dead Entering the Wrong House During Night, Parents Not Angry at Homeowner dlvr.it/36Jp40 #tcot #TGDN— Wayne Mathison (@wmathison) March 20, 2013
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sagehen Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:07:06am |
re: #63 Vicious Babushka
Interesting these two Tweets appearing together.
“Parents Not Angry at Homeowner”
!!!?!?!?!?!?
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:23:15am |
DERP.
Marriage has 3 purposes: companionship, sex, children. Gay “marriage” strikes out. My column: instantanalysis.net/afa-blogs/2013…— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) March 20, 2013
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Targetpractice Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:26:38am |
re: #66 Vicious Babushka
DERP.
Anything other than vaginal penetration doesn’t qualify as sex? So then what did the religious right hound Clinton about and want him run out of office for?
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:28:17am |
Wingnut Derp hashtag of the day #IfTedCruzWerePresident
They ignore that little fact that he was born outside the USA.
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A Mom Anon Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:28:31am |
re: #66 Vicious Babushka
For someone who professes to be staunchly heterosexual, he sure does spend what one could call an inordinate amount of time thinking about gay sex and gay relationships. Somehow I don’t think all this curiosity of his is related to “research”. I wonder if he spends this much time thinking about his own marriage and family. Where would he find the time?
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:30:37am |
re: #69 A Mom Anon
For someone who professes to be staunchly heterosexual, he sure does spend what one could call an inordinate amount of time thinking about gay sex and gay relationships. Somehow I don’t think all this curiosity of his is related to “research”. I wonder if he spends this much time thinking about his own marriage and family. Where would he find the time?
He does have a very unhealthy fixation with Teh Ghey. I am surprised that he has managed to hide in the closet for so long.
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:33:04am |
re: #70 Vicious Babushka
He does have a very unhealthy fixation with Teh Ghey. I am surprised that he has managed to hide in the closet for so long.
He has simply picked that out as his chosen representative of THE ENEMY. So he will harp on that constantly rather than Satan, demons, commies, etc.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:34:28am |
re: #71 Feline Fearless Leader
He has simply picked that out as his chosen representative of THE ENEMY. So he will harp on that constantly rather than Satan, demons, commies, etc.
To be fair, he also pays attention to Satan, demons, commies and Obama (the manifestation of Satan, demons and commies on earth).
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:36:01am |
Good morning Lizards.
Clear and cool for the first day of spring here in Philly. The cats are sunning on the window sills and watching the local pigeon flock fly about.
From the news and comments:
Dentists lie to get more money
Colleges lie to improve their rankings (and get more money)
Politicians lie (natural state)
“Everyone lies.”
- Dr House George Washington
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Varek Raith Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:38:03am |
re: #66 Vicious Babushka
DERP.
Ok, Bryan.
1. Companionship. No one wants to be around you.
2. Sex. … … …
3. Children. See 2.
Strike 3, you’re out!
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:55:35am |
re: #32 freetoken
There is fine line between racism and Biblical literalism. A lot of the racists justify their hate with the Bible. Biblical literalists justify their opposition to anything post-Jericho’s walls coming down on a narrow reading of Scripture (in the original English version, of course).
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Mar 20, 2013 6:57:16am |
re: #36 EdDantes
Generally, Creationists are against racism and One Blood is no different. Modern creationists believe that we are one race created by God. It looks to me like that photo of the study guide was just to make the creationists appear to be racist. The answer to the question posed (are black people the result of a curse on Ham) is no. Context is everything.
Now, I am against racism and evolution and I’m not a creationist. I’m pretty much not beholden to anything.
How can you be against evolution? It’s not a choice, you know. Kinda like gravity and the inverse-square law.
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Gus Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:04:57am |
Welcome #Spring, March 20, 2013. twitter.com/Gus_802/status…— Gus (@Gus_802) March 20, 2013
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HoosierHoops Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:08:31am |
re: #77 Gus
Thanks Gus.. You just reminded me that 3-20 is my Little Brother’s birthday..
I need to call him tonight.
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Gus Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:21:03am |
re: #78 HoosierHoops
Thanks Gus.. You just reminded me that 3-20 is my Little Brother’s birthday..
I need to call him tonight.
YW. Was thinking about that while reading the litany of whining on my Twitter feed. “Hey! It’s the first day of spring!”
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Joanne Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:25:37am |
re: #68 Vicious Babushka
Wingnut Derp hashtag of the day #IfTedCruzWerePresident
They ignore that little fact that he was born outside the USA.
Except Ted says he is eligible to be POTUS because his mom is American.
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makeitstop Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:27:09am |
re: #80 Joanne
Except Ted says he is eligible to be POTUS because his mom is American.
Sorry, Ted. According to your side, that reasoning doesn’t work for Obama. You’re out of luck, ya hoser. Now take off.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:28:25am |
re: #80 Joanne
Except Ted says he is eligible to be POTUS because his mom is American.
I think that applies if someone was born abroad at a U.S. military base (in Germany, for example) but does not apply if someone is born abroad to U.S. citizens who just happen to be working abroad. They can claim U.S. citizenship but they are not qualified to become POTUS.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:37:03am |
Funny how these hotshot lawyer types can’t reliably interpret simple Constitutional provisions.
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:44:56am |
re: #83 wheat-dogghazi
Funny how these hotshot lawyer types can’t reliably interpret simple Constitutional provisions.
I am beginning to think that part of the selection criteria for lawyering is a mental belief that all law can be interpreted to support their case.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:46:00am |
Wingnut DERP FAIL of the Day
RT @americanrosie: “@maxicat: Democrat Family Tradition twitter.com/maxicat/status…” RT#p2 #tcot #tgdn— MOLON LABE (@joeelector) March 20, 2013
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Varek Raith Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:50:44am |
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FemNaziBitch Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:51:14am |
re: #18 freetoken
Mississippi resists attempts to address its obesity:
Mississippi law bans restrictions on food portions
Reactionaries would drink poison if you told them that some big city librul doesn’t want them to.
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Joanne Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:51:39am |
re: #84 Feline Fearless Leader
I am beginning to think that part of the selection criteria for lawyering is a mental belief that all law can be interpreted to support their case.
I guarantee you that you wouldn’t hear a peep from the vast majority of today’s birthers.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:52:13am |
re: #36 EdDantes
Generally, Creationists are against racism and One Blood is no different.
This isn’t true. Most creationists I’ve met have also been racist. Unless you can back this up with a study, it’s something you tell yourself to feel better.
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:54:25am |
re: #82 Vicious Babushka
I think that applies if someone was born abroad at a U.S. military base (in Germany, for example) but does not apply if someone is born abroad to U.S. citizens who just happen to be working abroad. They can claim U.S. citizenship but they are not qualified to become POTUS.
Why not?
Oh, yes by the arguments the birthers were trying to make, no. But the thing is our law says one American parent makes the child a natural born American _ citizenship by blood.
Even if Obama had been born in Kenya it would not have mattered. It probably would have seen the suits go a bit further, but the laws are pretty plain.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:57:39am |
re: #90 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
This isn’t true. Most creationists I’ve met have also been racist. Unless you can back this up with a study, it’s something you tell yourself to feel better.
I’ve found Biblical literalists use the Bible as a series of “just-so” stories to explain why things are the way they are, or to justify why things shouldn’t be different (coz God ordained it that way). Which is basically why the books were written in the first place.
Other believers, who are generally NOT creationists, find evidence in the Bible, especially the NT, for people being generous, kind, inclusive and all that kinda librul shit.
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:58:28am |
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Varek Raith Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:58:49am |
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 7:58:54am |
re: #91 kirkspencer
Why not?
Oh, yes by the arguments the birthers were trying to make, no. But the thing is our law says one American parent makes the child a natural born American _ citizenship by blood.
Even if Obama had been born in Kenya it would not have mattered. It probably would have seen the suits go a bit further, but the laws are pretty plain.
Someone born abroad who has one American parent is a U.S. citizen but still not eligible to become POTUS.
BTW it is not so easy to claim U.S. citizenship for your child born abroad. 2 of my kids were born in Israel, 15 of my grandkids born in Israel & Canada. They all have U.S. citizenship but the consulate was really nasty about the documentation that we had to provide.
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:01:21am |
Considering this as an alternate avatar:
Though I am fond of the current “Cat Noir: Feline Investigator” avator.
Lizardly opinions welcome. :)
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Political Atheist Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:01:27am |
re: #94 Varek Raith
Got that cloak all tuned up? Maybe you better lay low for a while. Or high. (Orbit)
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:02:01am |
re: #92 wheat-dogghazi
I’ve found Biblical literalists use the Bible as a series of “just-so” stories to explain why things are the way they are, or to justify why things shouldn’t be different (coz God ordained it that way). Which is basically why the books were written in the first place.
But the approach is not to study the Bible as a whole and in light of Biblical scholarhip, but to cherry pick isolated bits of scripture to justify preceonceived notions about society, like “Supply-Side Jesus”.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:04:51am |
re: #98 Sol Berdinowitz
But the approach is not to study the Bible as a whole and in light of Biblical scholarhip, but to cherry pick isolated bits of scripture to justify preceonceived notions about society, like “Supply-Side Jesus”.
Well, sure. Critical analysis of the text is anathema to literalists and Bible-thumpers, who reject the fact that the books were written and edited for political and theological reasons by fallible authors over centuries, long after the events in Genesis and Exodus supposedly happened.
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:06:00am |
re: #98 Sol Berdinowitz
But the approach is not to study the Bible as a whole and in light of Biblical scholarhip, but to cherry pick isolated bits of scripture to justify preceonceived notions about society, like “Supply-Side Jesus”.
Studying the Bible in light of historical context and scholarship is not the goal though. It’s being used as the ultimate “argument from authority” and if anything most of the Bible scholarship is showing that the “book” has been changing and evolving as well - which does not fit the worldview they want and can lead to their authority as sole interpreters of what God commands to be done.
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Varek Raith Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:07:22am |
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Bulworth Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:08:44am |
re: #68 Vicious Babushka
Wingnut Derp hashtag of the day #IfTedCruzWerePresident
They ignore that little fact that he was born outside the USA.
Rand Paul! Marco Rubio! Ben Carson!
//
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Political Atheist Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:13:10am |
re: #101 Varek Raith
I think if that meteor had flown over Tucson let alone and hurt 1000+ people the space budget discussion would be quite different.
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:13:37am |
Some additional data on the training accident that killed Marines in Nevada. Appears to have occurred with a 60mm mortar. And the USMC and Army have both suspended use of the weapon while the investigation goes on.
It still appears that the accident was a round detonating in the mortar tube. So the investigation will probably focus on that lot of mortar rounds to see if there was defective fusing or some other noticeable flaw.
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:16:26am |
re: #103 Political Atheist
I think if that meteor had flown over Tucson let alone and hurt 1000+ people the space budget discussion would be quite different.
But if it flown over NYC or San Fran there would be a pile of folk claiming that it was God punishing the gays.
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sagehen Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:17:03am |
re: #95 Vicious Babushka
Someone born abroad who has one American parent is a U.S. citizen but still not eligible to become POTUS.
BTW it is not so easy to claim U.S. citizenship for your child born abroad. 2 of my kids were born in Israel, 15 of my grandkids born in Israel & Canada. They all have U.S. citizenship but the consulate was really nasty about the documentation that we had to provide.
They’re just being extra-careful to make sure you’re not sneaking in with an under-the-table adoptee masquering as your own birth product.
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Political Atheist Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:18:01am |
re: #105 Feline Fearless Leader
You so reminded me of First Contact and the cult leader/suicide bomber. I suppose aliens will freak them our even more than a black President. Maybe.
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:18:13am |
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:20:36am |
re: #106 sagehen
They’re just being extra-careful to make sure you’re not sneaking in with an under-the-table adoptee masquering as your own birth product.
My son, when he had to prove his own U.S. citizenship to get U.S. citizenship for his kids (born in Israel but they were living in Moscow) he had to provide documents showing a 7-year continuous residence in the U.S.
His school was cheap and did not make yearbooks and he didn’t save all his report cards.
I sent his vaccination docs but they didn’t make it through the fax.
FINALLY we faxed his Bar Mitzvah invitation.
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Bubblehead II Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:26:02am |
Ouch!
TRENDING: Presidential limo breaks down ahead of Obama’s arrival
Jerusalem (CNN) – The official limousine awaiting President Barack Obama’s arrival in Israel malfunctioned after its driver refueled it using gasoline rather than diesel fuel, an official said Wednesday.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:26:38am |
re: #110 Bubblehead II
Ouch!
TRENDING: Presidential limo breaks down ahead of Obama’s arrival
Jerusalem (CNN) - The official limousine awaiting President Barack Obama’s arrival in Israel malfunctioned after its driver refueled it using gasoline rather than diesel fuel, an official said Wednesday.
Oopsie.
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iossarian Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:28:02am |
re: #110 Bubblehead II
Ouch!
TRENDING: Presidential limo breaks down ahead of Obama’s arrival
Jerusalem (CNN) - The official limousine awaiting President Barack Obama’s arrival in Israel malfunctioned after its driver refueled it using gasoline rather than diesel fuel, an official said Wednesday.
Ha. I once stood on a freezing roadside and watched as my physics teacher sucked diesel out of the (gasoline-powered) school van into a bucket. A handy demonstration of the siphoning principle in action!
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:29:25am |
re: #110 Bubblehead II
Ouch!
TRENDING: Presidential limo breaks down ahead of Obama’s arrival
Jerusalem (CNN) - The official limousine awaiting President Barack Obama’s arrival in Israel malfunctioned after its driver refueled it using gasoline rather than diesel fuel, an official said Wednesday.
This is a plot point in thriller novels and action movies where the bad guys plant the bomb in the limo. I think I saw this on an episode of NCIS.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:30:31am |
The RW Noiz machine should start carping any minute now about sequestration cuts and the special limos Obama uses.
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:32:39am |
Short, sweet, and to the point:
A Man’s Guide to Defending Yourself from a Rape Conviction
A Virtually Flawless Plan to Stop a Rape Conviction from Ruining Your Life:
1. Don’t rape anyone
A bold plan, I know, but it’s almost 100% guaranteed to save you from being labeled a rapist for the rest of your life. “But,” you ask, because you’re an asshole, “what about those bitches who run around screaming ‘rape rape rape’ every time some guy uses some roofies to loosen her up a little bit?”
Ah, therein lies the secret to my plan. You see, somewhere around two percent of rape accusations are false. That means 98 times out of 100, if someone says you raped them, you actually did! So by simply not raping anyone, you instantly have a 98% chance of protecting yourself from the devastating consequences of a rape conviction! Amazing!
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:33:48am |
re: #116 Lidane
Finally, an abstinence plan that actually works!
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blueraven Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:39:03am |
Good Lord
Colorado department of corrections chief shot dead in home
The executive director of Colorado’s department of corrections was shot dead by an unknown gunman at his home Tuesday night, apparently when he answered a ring at his front door, authorities said.
Why the director, Tom Clements, was shot and by whom was not clear.
“The initial information was the doorbell had rung and when Mr. Clements answered the door he was shot,” El Paso County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Lt. Jeff Kramer said. Investigators were working to confirm that information.
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Bubblehead II Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:39:23am |
re: #113 Vicious Babushka
This is a plot point in thriller novels and action movies where the bad guys plant the bomb in the limo. I think I saw this on an episode of NCIS.
You must have been reading the comments.
Fred
Or instead of petty sabotage, it could be a deliberate attempt to take control of the vehicle (during towing, etc) in order to examine specific features of it. These limos must have all sorts of security and communications equipment installed that certain agencies in Israel would be interested in.
Jev Marshall
This is Bull! According to CIA whatever fuel is not taken with them the ‘ahead team’ checks/test days before arrival and seals it. Some tampering going on here. Come on home Mr. Pres.
critical thinking
If you think the secret service lets anyone near these limos you are an idiot. They bring everything they need and only use what they bring. This story is bogus as to the reasoning, so don’t be stupid and believe it little Obama sheep.
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:39:49am |
re: #116 Lidane
Short, sweet, and to the point:
Minor error. If you don’t rape the protection rate isn’t 98%. It’s 99.4%. Per THIS report, the false allegation rate (in the UK) is 0.6%.
So the plan is even better than the author thought. (And the scum that use the various false-rape jokes are even greater scum than we thought.)
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:44:40am |
Hurrr durrr….
Rick Wiles: God used The History Channel’s Bible series to expose Obama as a “Devil from Hell” bit.ly/13bRvq2— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 20, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:45:33am |
WTF of the Day:
@pixsher How does “Anyone” know that UniteBlue is not using #TGDN’s database? We don’t. Simply that is an unknown, they are paid by #GOP— Politicolnews (@Politicolnews) March 20, 2013
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:45:44am |
re: #95 Vicious Babushka
Someone born abroad who has one American parent is a U.S. citizen but still not eligible to become POTUS.
BTW it is not so easy to claim U.S. citizenship for your child born abroad. 2 of my kids were born in Israel, 15 of my grandkids born in Israel & Canada. They all have U.S. citizenship but the consulate was really nasty about the documentation that we had to provide.
Again, why not? According to law as it currently stands, they are a natural born citizen (the alternative being a naturalized citizen).
Note: according to law, not according to the birther revisionists.
Yes, the consulate is a pain. Part of that is the number of fraudulent claim attempts made - some places worse than others, but a problem in all.
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:46:52am |
Glenn Beck says progressives support drug legalization so you won’t resist when they take your money, like in Cyprus: bit.ly/11fog0m— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 20, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:48:59am |
re: #124 kirkspencer
Again, why not? According to law as it currently stands, they are a natural born citizen (the alternative being a naturalized citizen).
Note: according to law, not according to the birther revisionists.
Yes, the consulate is a pain. Part of that is the number of fraudulent claim attempts made - some places worse than others, but a problem in all.
The consulate workers are a bunch of assholes. I remember when I went to get the U.S. citizenship application for my son. An old lady in line ahead of me was a Holocaust survivor who needed to know why she wasn’t receiving her Social Security check, which she lived on. She didn’t speak much English, I translated for her and helped her fill out the forms. The consulate clerk was a total ASSHOLE to her!
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:50:27am |
re: #66 Vicious Babushka
DERP.
None of those require marriage. But a defacto power of attorney/joint responsibility AND a community interweaving are both also caused by marriage — and give a lot more reason for the community to care about marriage.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:50:30am |
Here is my first FTD experience. I usually send flowers from 800flowers or Proflowers but I thought I would try something new.
Saturday:
My mom’s birthday was on Saturday. I ordered flowers from FTD and they were supposed to deliver them on Saturday. She got a call in the morning that they would be there later in the afternoon. I got an email from FTD saying they were delivered. I called my mom to wish her a happy birthday and asked her how she liked the flowers. She said ‘What flowers?’ Nobody showed up. My wife called them and after apologizing they said they would send them the next day.
Sunday:
I called her in the evening. No flowers, no call. My wife called FTD again and the woman said she was sorry and sent a message but got no reply. They would be sending flowers on Monday.
Monday:
I got a call from FTD telling me I was getting my money back because the recipient cancelled the flowers. I figured my mom didn’t want to wait any longer. Later I called her and she said FTD called her in the morning and said they would be delivering later that afternoon. I told her that they called me and said she cancelled the order. She said ‘What? I would never turn down flowers!’ My wife called them back and was told my mom cancelled the order. (Fucking liar) After telling them that was not true the FTD person got shitty and started to argue about it. Next person to talk to was the supervisor. Same thing, they argued about it and was pretty much a jerk on the phone. No flowers are going to be delivered.
Tuesday:
I get an email from them:
Dear NJD,
Thank you for your recent
purchase from FTD!To create a better shopping experience for you and all of our customers, we’d like to get your feedback.
Please click on the link below to complete our brief survey.
Thanks for your participation.
The survey my wife filled out is not pretty.
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:51:55am |
re: #126 Vicious Babushka
The consulate workers are a bunch of assholes. I remember when I went to get the U.S. citizenship application for my son. An old lady in line ahead of me was a Holocaust survivor who needed to know why she wasn’t receiving her Social Security check, which she lived on. She didn’t speak much English, I translated for her and helped her fill out the forms. The consulate clerk was a total ASSHOLE to her!
Some consulate workers are assholes. Some I’ve dealt with have been gems. Kinda the same regardless of business.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:52:43am |
re: #128 NJDhockeyfan
FTD sux. Send one of those fruit baskets cut to look like flowers.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:54:14am |
re: #129 kirkspencer
Some consulate workers are assholes. Some I’ve dealt with have been gems. Kinda the same regardless of business.
The ones I have dealt with in Jerusalem, the ones my daughter has dealt with in Jerusalem, the ones my son had to deal with in Moscow, WERE ALL ASSHOLES. My son in Canada has not had any problems.
Low-level government bureaucrats are generally assholes.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:55:45am |
re: #130 Vicious Babushka
FTD sux. Send one of those fruit baskets cut to look like flowers.
I usually send her the chocolate covered strawberries. She loves them.
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:56:56am |
re: #129 kirkspencer
Some consulate workers are assholes. Some I’ve dealt with have been gems. Kinda the same regardless of business.
Thankfully the ones at the consulate in Saigon weren’t. International adoption can be a really big pain otherwise. It helped that our agency knew how to cross all the t’s & dot the i’s to keep them happy. The exit interview for the couple ahead of us took well over an hour because they didn’t have something right. Ours was mostly 5 minutes of small talk once she saw our agency’s name on the paperwork.
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Bulworth Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:57:34am |
re: #125 Lidane
Glenn Beck says progressives support drug legalization so you won’t resist when they take your money, like in Cyprus: bit.ly/11fog0m
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 20, 2013
Damn, foiled again!
I always a little worried about the mass drug legalization vaccination mandate anyway. I mean, if we got high would WE know if someone was taking or money?
/
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 8:58:37am |
re: #133 William Barnett-Lewis
Thankfully the ones at the consulate in Saigon weren’t. International adoption can be a really big pain otherwise. It helped that our agency knew how to cross all the t’s & dot the i’s to keep them happy. The exit interview for the couple ahead of us took well over an hour because they didn’t have something right. Ours was mostly 5 minutes of small talk once she saw our agency’s name on the paperwork.
It wasn’t even so much that the consulate clerk was an asshole to me, but he was so insulting and condescending to the old lady Holocaust survivor that really pissed me off.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:00:32am |
Scotland may allow Jedi to perform marriage ceremonies
The Force is strong with the Jedi in Scotland. The Free Church of Scotland is pushing a bill that would grant those who have literally made “Star Wars” a religion the power to perform marriage ceremonies.
The BBC reports that the Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill would apply to other nonreligious groups such as the Flat Earth Society and the Jedi Knights Society, aka Temple of the Jedi Order.
And while it may sound like a joke to most, the Jedi religion is quite popular in some parts of Europe. In England, it is the second-most popular “alternative religion,” with more than 175,000 people listing themselves as Jedi in the 2012 nationwide census.
“Our current consultation covers not only the introduction of same-sex marriage but also the detail of important protections in relation to religious bodies and celebrants, freedom of speech and education,” a Scottish government spokeswoman said.
“At the moment, marriage ceremonies by bodies such as humanists have been classed as religious, even though the beliefs of such organizations are nonreligious.”
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Bulworth Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:01:03am |
Obama still destroying Amercia. Don’t be fooled by the growing DOW. It’s all part of SatanObama’s plan to take away our stocks and money. //
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:02:00am |
Fox News host: Iraq War was ‘the smartest thing George Bush did. He restored confidence in America.’ (VIDEO) bit.ly/XpzmwS— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) March 20, 2013
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:07:01am |
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:10:32am |
Pretty!
This image shows a giant star-forming region in the southern sky known as the Carina Nebula (NGC3372), combining the light from 3 different filters tracing emission from oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red). The color is also representative of the temperature in the ionized gas: blue is relatively hot and red is cooler. The Carina Nebula is a good example of how very massive stars rip apart the molecular clouds that give birth to them. The bright star near the center of the image is Eta Carinae, which is one of the most massive and luminous stars known. This picture is a composite of several exposures made with the Curtis Schmidt telescope at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:15:28am |
B-52 bombers fly over South Korea, once again demonstrating the depth of the alliance twitter.com/usembassyseoul…— U.S. Embassy Seoul(@usembassyseoul) March 20, 2013
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FemNaziBitch Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:18:21am |
God People just came to my door. I told them “not today”.
They seemed very disappointed.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:19:13am |
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:20:43am |
THERE’S NO LAW THAT SAYS YOU CAN’T OWN YOURSELF AS A SLAVE, JUST SOMEONE ELSE. DERP.
Must be immoral to work for yourself since there’s no “minimum wage” or even “living wages” for the self-employed. #tcot #tgdn #yal #gop— DTTS (@TYCapitalism) March 20, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:25:38am |
DERP. FAIL. What a bucket of stupid.
RT @que_apesta: Funny how they lower the flag half staff for Whitney Houston. But the US Marines got nothing and liked it.sighs. #TGDN— Melissa (@MelissaRNMBA) March 20, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:26:06am |
HAV MOAR DERP FAIL.
If one of the Rabbis presents #ObamaInIsrael with a prayer shawl, I sure hope he doesn’t kneel on it at the Wailing Wall #tcot #TGDN— Bryan Ridenour (@youthpastorbry) March 20, 2013
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:26:53am |
Report: Cantor Turned Down Israel Invite From Obama livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/report-c… via @pemalevy— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) March 20, 2013
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:27:34am |
Yeah, this:
Would just like to see the guys who sold the invasion of Iraq get .01% the grief Lindsay Lohan does.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) March 20, 2013
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Bulworth Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:30:03am |
re: #144 Vicious Babushka
THERE’S NO LAW THAT SAYS YOU CAN’T OWN YOURSELF AS A SLAVE, JUST SOMEONE ELSE. DERP.
Must be immoral to work for yourself since there’s no “minimum wage” or even “living wages” for the self-employed. #tcot #tgdn #yal #gop
— DTTS (@TYCapitalism) March 20, 2013
Also, too: tweeting under the TGDN hashtag does not equal self-employment.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:30:47am |
Tweeting to TGDN does not always protect from TwitterGulag.
@bnpiper I’m not completely out. Using a backup account. ; )— AdolfJoeBiden (@Bidenshairplugz) March 20, 2013
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Bulworth Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:34:22am |
re: #150 Vicious Babushka
Tweeting to TGDN does not always protect from TwitterGulag.
@bnpiper I’m not completely out. Using a backup account. ; )
— AdolfJoeBiden (@Bidenshairplugz) March 20, 2013
Oh noess!
But neither George Soros nor LGF can stop the might force of Multiple Twitter Accounts! Freedom!
//
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:35:56am |
Apollo F-1 engines recovered from Atlantic ocean floor by Bezos Expeditions
A space history project led by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos has exciting news out today. Apollo mission F-1 engines have been recovered from deep beneath the surface of the Atlantic ocean, as the “F-1 Recovery Project” years in the making successfully concludes.
“We’re excited to be bringing a couple of your F-1s home,” Bezos said to NASA.
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:36:47am |
re: #145 Vicious Babushka
DERP. FAIL. What a bucket of stupid.
What half mast for Whitney? and which marines did NOT get half mast?
Not just derp, but lies.
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:38:31am |
re: #149 Bulworth
Also, too: tweeting under the TGDN hashtag does not equal self-employment.
If you’re not earning at least minimum wage - if not living wage - while self-employed you’re either going out of business or getting assistance.
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:39:41am |
re: #148 Lidane
Yeah, this:
Two words. Dixie Chicks. I have yet to see the public hatred and spew against conservatives that I saw when they spoke out.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:40:06am |
re: #154 kirkspencer
If you’re not earning at least minimum wage - if not living wage - while self-employed you’re either going out of business or getting assistance.
Or you’re working at a regular job while you try to launch your startup.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:42:15am |
re: #153 kirkspencer
What half mast for Whitney? and which marines did NOT get half mast?
Not just derp, but lies.
Apparently Gov. Christie ordered flags in NJ lowered for Whitney Houston because she was from NJ and very popular. Wingnuts for some reason like to blame this on Obama. This story has morphed because the wingnuts were all umgebroyzelt there was no national flag lowering for Chris Kyle (the guy who was shot at a gun range).
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:45:50am |
re: #137 Bulworth
Obama still destroying Amercia. Don’t be fooled by the growing DOW. It’s all part of SatanObama’s plan to take away our stocks and money. //
Fattening up the capitalists for the kill, is he?
/
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CuriousLurker Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:49:19am |
re: #150 Vicious Babushka
VB, can you (or anyone) explain to me what this structure inside a synagogue is for? Does it face Jerusalem?
I ask because it reminds me of the minbar (pulpit) in a mosque, which always faces Mecca.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:50:43am |
re: #159 CuriousLurker
VB, can you (or anyone) explain to me what this structure inside a synagogue is for? Does it face Jerusalem?
I ask because it reminds me of the minbar (pulpit) in a mosque, which always faces Mecca.
That is the Aron Kodesh (the Holy Ark) where the Torah scrolls are kept. Yes it must always face Jerusalem.
The Aron Kodesh is not the same as the bimah (pulpit), which is the red-covered structure in front of the Aron.
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CuriousLurker Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:51:04am |
re: #160 Vicious Babushka
That is the Aron Kodesh (the Holy Ark) where the Torah scrolls are kept. Yes it must always face Jerusalem.
Thanks!
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:55:26am |
Dropkick Murphys singer punches out Nazi at New York show
Why take the skinheads bowling when you can punch them out?
That’s the philosophy Dropkick Murphys singer/bassist Ken Casey took during a recent show at New York’s Terminal 5 when a so-called skinhead displayed a Nazi salute onstage.
The incident took place during the band’s song “Skinhead on the M.B.T.A.,” a tribute to the blue collar punks of Boston which routinely includes a stage invasion during the band’s riotous live shows.
“As the band kicked into T.N.T. by AC/DC some moron started seig heiling (the nazi salute) in time to the beat,” blog Rocks Off recounted. “”Ken Casey noticed this and ran right over to the guy, smashed him in the face, took off his bass and hit him with that and then jumped on him and all out chaos ensued. We could only assume from our vantage point that said nazi got his ass kicked. About 30 seconds later Ken emerged from the pileup with his shirt torn and made his way back to the front of the stage. He strapped on his bass and said into the microphone ‘Nazis are NOT F**KING WELCOME at a Dropkick Murphys show.’”
Watch the whole thing go down below because, honestly, who doesn’t love seeing a Nazi get punched out?
LOL
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:58:01am |
re: #117 wheat-dogghazi
Finally, an abstinence plan that actually works!
It is funny that the topic of teenage abstinence was oddly absent from the Steubenville rape discussion…
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 9:59:59am |
re: #163 Sol Berdinowitz
It is funny that the topic of teenage abstinence was oddly absent from the Steubenville rape discussion…
ABSTINENCE IS ONLY FOR THE GIRLS!1! BOYZ ARE ALWAYS GOING TO SEW THERE WILD OATES!
So if all the girls are abstinent, then who are the guys going to get it on with? Each other?
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:04:32am |
re: #164 Vicious Babushka
I seriously had a Ron Paul type libertarian explain to me that it made sense for women to have the obligation to be abstinent because they suffered more from pregnancy, so enlightened self-interest meant they had much more responsibility to prevent it.
Then he told me you should film all your sexual encounters to prevent rape allegations.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:05:36am |
re: #165 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
I seriously had a Ron Paul type libertarian explain to me that it made sense for women to have the obligation to be abstinent because they suffered more from pregnancy, so enlightened self-interest meant they had much more responsibility to prevent it.
Then he told me you should film all your sexual encounters to prevent rape allegations.
I’ll bet he thinks that most rape accusations are made up because “the bitch changed her mind after being a tease”
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:07:02am |
re: #164 Vicious Babushka
So if all the girls are abstinent, then who are the guys going to get it on with? Each other?
Yeah, that’s always been part of the issue. it’s the virgin/whore dichotomy: boys will hang with the whores then marry the virgins. good boys will quit seeing the whores then, but if they slide well, they can recover. Girls, on the other hand, are one or the other forever; whoredom cannot be redeemed. Single parenthood is not only a just punishment but is one of the permanent marks by which the “virgins” and boys will know the whores.
Part of the parallel to this is the “you can’t rape a whore” meme. It’s just another one of the deserved punishments.
Let’s face it, that’s part of the reason for such resistance to not just Roe v Wade but Griswold. How dare the whores remain hidden? How’s a boy to find release when he wants it if he can’t find a whore - he’s going to be tagged for rape by mistakenly grabbing a ‘good girl’.
I can’t spit enough to express my disgust.
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BongCrodny Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:07:11am |
re: #128 NJDhockeyfan
The survey my wife filled out is not pretty.
Just remember, “The customer is always wrong.”
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:08:11am |
STAY CLASSY TGDN
Pic: Obama is what you get when you allow idiots, illegals, and welfare recipients to VOTE! #tcot #TeaParty #TGDN twitter.com/UlyssesRN/stat…— UlyssesRN (@UlyssesRN) March 20, 2013
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Gus Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:09:10am |
Derp.
Obama greeted by Palestinian protesters: “You promised hope and change-you gave us colonies and apartheid”: slate.me/XZ64Jn— Slate (@Slate) March 20, 2013
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:16:08am |
Right-wing alternate reality, part infinity:
Fox’s Oliver North still argues that Iraq had WMD when the U.S. invaded. That lie was put to rest long ago: mm4a.org/YXAU47— Media Matters (@mmfa) March 20, 2013
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Bulworth Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:18:51am |
re: #171 Lidane
Right-wing alternate reality, part infinity:
Fox’s Oliver North still argues that Iraq had WMD when the U.S. invaded. That lie was put to rest long ago: mm4a.org/YXAU47
— Media Matters (@mmfa) March 20, 2013
Iraq shipped their WMD to Syria Sudan while U.S. military surrounded Iraq and we didn’t notice because dirty hippy protesters distracted us./
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Joanne Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:20:27am |
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Romantic Heretic Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:21:08am |
re: #129 kirkspencer
Some consulate workers are assholes. Some I’ve dealt with have been gems. Kinda the same regardless of business.
When we had to replace my wife’s passport, two days before she had to go back to Louisiana, the consulate here in Toronto was a wonderful help.
Due to our agoraphobia both of us were inches away from freaking. The staff helped keep us calm and helped us contact my parents for the money we’d need.
I’m giving the U.S. consulate here in Toronto a big shout out and thank you.
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:22:12am |
re: #173 Joanne
I wonder how that GOP outreach is going?
That is the crux of the bisuit here: the GOP cannot distance itself too far from these people without alienating its “base”, but in doing so, it manages to alienate the majority of voters out htere who are not total shit-for-brains.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:22:37am |
re: #174 Romantic Heretic
When we had to replace my wife’s passport, two days before she had to go back to Louisiana, the consulate here in Toronto was a wonderful help.
Due to our agoraphobia both of us were inches away from freaking. The staff helped keep us calm and helped us contact my parents for the money we’d need.
I’m giving the U.S. consulate here in Toronto a big shout out and thank you.
My son who lives in Toronto, unlike my other kids, did not experience any problems when claiming U.S. citizenship for his born-in-Canada children.
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Bulworth Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:23:10am |
re: #173 Joanne
No outreach needed; just more ‘less government’ like voter ID’s, welfare drug tests, and abortion laws. /
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:23:27am |
re: #172 Bulworth
Iraq shipped their WMD to
SyriaSudan while U.S. military surrounded Iraq and we didn’t notice because dirty hippy protesters distracted us./
heh. You also missed the “we found them, but the DFHs forced us to ignore them because they were labeled as pesticides. And sitting in factories and warehouses several miles from stored munitions. And while condensed weren’t weaponized. But we found them anyway.”
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:24:45am |
13-year-old called ‘whore’ after Connecticut football players charged with sexual assault
The 13-year-old victim of an alleged sexual assault has been called a “whore” and bullied by athletes and students after two Connecticut football players were charged for the crime.
The Register Citizen on Wednesday reported that Edgar Gonzalez and Joan Toribio, both 18, had been arrested on charges of felony second-degree sexual assault and other crimes.
School officials told the paper that the incident was not an indication of deeper problems within the school’s culture.
“If you look at crime statistics these things happen everywhere and we’re not any different than any other community,” Torrington High School Athletic Director Mike McKenna said.
But The Register Citizen found evidence on social media that “dozens” of athletes and students had antagonized the girl, accusing her of “ruining the lives” of the football players.
“I wanna know why there’s no punishment for young hoes,” one student tweeted.
“You destroyed two people’s life,” another wrote.
One person posted a screen grab of an SMS message: “U should shout out the 8th grade hoes from torrington fucking juniors & seniors.”
“Idk what’ more sad,” the person wrote on Twitter. “The young ass hoes or the creeps fuckin these young ass hoes! Shouts out to Torrington CT!”
Fucking subhuman scum
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:25:06am |
Obama leaves on his trip w/o doing his job again of coming up w/ a budget, ugnores his duties #tcot #tgdn— Ed(@EDinCali) March 20, 2013
Isn’t coming up with a budget a Legislative power? WTF.
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Romantic Heretic Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:25:23am |
re: #158 Feline Fearless Leader
Fattening up the capitalists for the kill, is he?
/
Nah. they’re part of the evil plan.
When most of America’s wealth is in the hands of capitalists they will then remove it from the country. In the ensuing panic the Anti-Christ will impose sharia law.
Don’t ask how I know this. But I have my sources. ///
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:26:03am |
re: #179 Kragar (Antichrist )
13-year-old called ‘whore’ after Connecticut football players charged with sexual assault
Fucking subhuman scum
Just another example of our fetishization of athletes over everyone else.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:26:04am |
Ohio attorney general on charging Steubenville harassers: We’re sick of the victim being victimized
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) defended his decision to keep protecting the 16-year-old victim in the rape case that became an international flashpoint after she was assaulted in Steubenville, Ohio, in August 2012.
“We’re sick and tired of the victim being victimized,” DeWine told Today Show host Savannah Guthrie. “We have to protect the victim. We’re gonna take whatever action it takes to protect this young lady.”
Two 16-year-old girls are in custody for allegedly threatening the victim following the March 17 conviction of two Steubenville High School football players, Trent Mays and Ma’Lik Richmond, for attacking the victim.
“Freedom of speech is fine, First Amendment is wonderful,” DeWine said. “But these two individuals crossed the line. You cannot, under Ohio law, threaten to kill someone. We’re not gonna tolerate it and we’re not gonna put up with it.”
Even though the trial is over, DeWine said, the victim and her family are still being hurt.
“Imagine going through a rape and then having to see things on the internet that are totally obnoxious,” he said. “Now, not only that but she is threatened and her life is threatened.”
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Charles Johnson Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:26:27am |
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:27:41am |
re: #180 Lidane
Isn’t coming up with a budget a Legislative power? WTF.
BECAZ NOT HAVIN A BUDGET AN RUNNIN TEH COUNTRY INTO TRILLIONZ AN TRILLIONZ OF DEBT IZ DESTROYIN ARE FUTURE!111!!!! AND FIRE UP THEM FRACKIN MACHINES, THARS NO GLOBULL WARMIN AL GORE SUX!!!!1111
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:27:56am |
re: #182 Lidane
Just another example of our fetishization of athletes over everyone else.
I’d favor chemical castration as a requirement to play sports. Let them focus more on the game which is so important to them.
/.5 sarc
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:28:19am |
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:28:37am |
re: #186 Kragar (Antichrist )
I’d favor chemical castration as a requirement to play sports. Let them focus more on the game which is so important to them.
/.5 sarc
Steroids can have that side effect.
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:29:00am |
re: #179 Kragar (Antichrist )
13-year-old called ‘whore’ after Connecticut football players charged with sexual assault
Fucking subhuman scum
This:
“If you look at crime statistics these things happen everywhere and we’re not any different than any other community,” Torrington High School Athletic Director Mike McKenna said.
Is NOT A DEFENSE. It is actually an indicator of the extent of the problem.
And good for the Ohio AG, Kragar (Antichrist ).
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:29:13am |
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:30:19am |
The Ohio AG has been really on the ball about Steubenville.
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:32:04am |
re: #190 kirkspencer
This:
Is NOT A DEFENSE. It is actually an indicator of the extent of the problem.
And good for the Ohio AG, Kragar (Antichrist ).
“we’re not any different than any other community,”
Yes, and not much different than New Delhi, either.
I am sure that these guys who warn us about Sharia would have nothing against implementing the practice of requiring four female winesses to balance out the testimony of one male.
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:32:16am |
re: #189 Vicious Babushka
Steroids can have that side effect.
Yeah. Thing is when you get down to it, rape isn’t about sex. It’s a sexually based attack, but it’s about power and privilege. “I own you. I can do what I want to you. My contempt, let me show it.”
Steroids enhance this.
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Mattand Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:33:01am |
re: #183 Kragar (Antichrist )
Ohio attorney general on charging Steubenville harassers: We’re sick of the victim being victimized
I’m stunned that the OH AG is a Republican and is actually sticking up for a rape victim.
Instead of the traditional Republican way of dealing with rape victims: blaming them and hinting that God is punishing them.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:33:07am |
re: #195 kirkspencer
Yeah. Thing is when you get down to it, rape isn’t about sex. It’s a sexually based attack, but it’s about power and privilege. “I own you. I can do what I want to you. My contempt, let me show it.”
Steroids enhance this.
CMIIW but don’t steroids impede performance?
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:34:22am |
Herp derp:
Obama bans West Bank Jews of Ariel University from speech in Israel bit.ly/11aKu7q #tcot #tlot #tgdn— Wacko Bird+?+(o_o) (@exposeliberals) March 20, 2013
Link goes to a nutter blog that cites Dim Hoft as their source.
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:35:41am |
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:36:00am |
re: #192 Kragar (Antichrist )
The Ohio AG has been really on the ball about Steubenville.
If I was a prosecutor or attorney general and I had those kids under my purview I would be finding every fucking thing I could to throw at them and any adults who had any knowledge of the situation and I would be goddamn encouraging (if it’s legal) a civil suit.
I would take a good hard look at the 18 year old seniors too. I really doubt, if this happened, that this is the only time that something like this happened. And they can be tried as adults.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:36:05am |
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:36:33am |
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kirkspencer Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:37:24am |
re: #197 Vicious Babushka
CMIIW but don’t steroids impede performance?
Performance, yes. but I’m going to repeat myself: rape is not about performance of sex. rape is about physical dominance and power.
Note, just for a glimpse, that the legal crime for which those two are facing punishment is not “rape”. It is “digital penetration.” They were recorded using their fingers, not their penises. But it’s defacto rape anyway.
See also the term “Roid rage” for another glimpse.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:37:27am |
re: #198 Lidane
Reality:
The US Embassy said it was not boycotting Ariel University, located in the eponymous settlement deep inside the West Bank, but rather was only offering tickets to the speech to schools with which it has a partnership.
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:38:37am |
re: #201 Vicious Babushka
My guess is Las Vegas.
That’s a good guess because it was settled by Mormons, who made nice wide roads like that.
But California is bigger, so it improves my chances. Plus, I think they had palm trees earlier.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:38:52am |
re: #193 Gus
Guess the place.
Could also be Israel, but probably not since the structure in the background is not Middle Eastern.
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Gus Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:39:21am |
From
MT Photos when #LA was wide-open landscape bit.ly/ZIwkph via @laassubject— LA Times Photography (@latimesphotos) March 20, 2013
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:40:02am |
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Varek Raith Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:41:04am |
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:41:43am |
re: #208 Gus
From
LA was pretty much a backwater until the motion picture industry set up there. Why they chose Los Angeles: because Thomas Edison was demanding royalties from every commercial use of his invention, the moving picture camera! Since Edison was in New Jersey, the movie producers moved as far away from him as they could go!
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blueraven Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:42:02am |
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Eclectic Cyborg Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:42:30am |
CNN’s Roland Martin: GOP has power in the states where it matters
So while Democrats salivate at the prospect of winning the White House in 2016, Republicans continue to lay the groundwork for taking over the state houses and gubernatorial mansions, and building a formidable team of next-generation politicians to dominate there and in the White House.
In fact, many Republicans have told me they couldn’t care less about Washington, because legislation with real impact is being proposed and passed in the states. That’s why you’ve seen groups quietly backing initiatives on the state level and bypassing the hot lights and screaming media in Washington.The real battles on same-sex marriage, abortion, education, spending, labor unions, and, yes, the Affordable Care Act are happening state by state. And Democrats are being caught flat-footed because they ignored the admonition of former Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean to create a 50-state party, and instead, created a party that cared more about Congress and the White House.
Think about it: Obama won Ohio, Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Mexico and Nevada, all states with GOP governors. So clearly voters in those states chose the Republican alternative in statewide elections, but when it came to the presidency, said “No thanks.”
I’m not buying for a second this silly notion that the GOP will have a Damascus Road experience and drastically change. It’s not going to happen. There will be some movement on the national level, but Republican grass-roots organizers are very well aware that the message the GOP is selling statewide is a winning formula.
Trust me, Republicans are concocting other pieces of legislation to bring change on the state level, regardless of what’s happening in Washington.
The political adage “All politics is local” has not changed.Maybe more of my brothers and sisters in Washington need to get outside the Beltway, hit the road and discover the far more expansive America that is happening outside Washington, Maryland, Virginia, New York and New Jersey. If they do, they’ll find out that the conventional wisdom is pretty much worthless.
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blueraven Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:43:10am |
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:43:17am |
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:43:53am |
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Bulworth Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:43:55am |
re: #200 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut
If I was a prosecutor or attorney general and I had those kids under my purview I would be finding every fucking thing I could to throw at them and any adults who had any knowledge of the situation and I would be goddamn encouraging (if it’s legal) a civil suit.
I would take a good hard look at the 18 year old seniors too. I really doubt, if this happened, that this is the only time that something like this happened. And they can be tried as adults.
And possibly ruin the careers of these ‘good’ students and budding football superstars?! ////
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:44:07am |
Now there is a wonderful approach for showing your employees how much you value them.
:p
Oh wait, it’s CVS. How they feel about their employees is already relatively well known.
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:46:29am |
re: #221 Gus
See. Beverly Hills really did have hillbillies way back.
Western at Pico:
Image: western%20at%20pico%20CHS-6416-thumb-600x474-45388.jpg
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:47:36am |
Farah: ‘Dangerous and Totalitarian’ Gays Seek ‘the Active Recruitment of Children’
Joseph Farah writes today that lawmakers in California and New Jersey who are pushing limits on ex-gay therapy are “promoting sexual anarchy” and “child abuse.” The virluently anti-gay WorldNetDaily editor warns that the “homosexual lobby” is “dangerous and totalitarian in nature” and seeks the “the active recruitment of children into aberrant sexual lifestyles.”
Dangerous and Totalitarian? Recruiting children into a aberrant lifestyle?
Doesn’t he mean modern Evangelism?
The only way Evangelicals can increase their numbers is by active recruitment into the lifestyle. No one is born Christian.
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chadu Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:47:46am |
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Lidane Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:47:59am |
Wingnut math:
REMEMBER=Obama=Muslim=Muslim Brotherhood=Sharia Law = Man = 1/2 woman. AND YOU IDIOT ZOMBIE DEMS OWN IT. @gop #tcot #tgdn #TEAPARTY— fordgt40 (@nobamanoway) March 20, 2013
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:48:10am |
Disneyland the year it opened:
Image: disney%20oc%20archives-thumb-600x451-45395.jpg
Look at all those orange groves!
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Bulworth Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:49:01am |
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:49:23am |
GOOD THING SHE HAS A MAN TO SUPPORT HER! WHAT WOULD LUCY TELL A SINGLE MOTHER?
I have had it “all”. I stayed home with my 4 darling children for a career. Often heard this at parties “What do you ‘do’?” #tcot #tgdn— LucyKnows (@LucyKnows1) March 20, 2013
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Gus Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:49:25am |
re: #224 chadu
Los Angeles?
Si, Beverly Hills.
MT Photos when #LA was wide-open landscape bit.ly/ZIwkph via @laassubject— LA Times Photography (@latimesphotos) March 20, 2013
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:49:45am |
re: #228 Vicious Babushka
GOOD THING SHE HAS A MAN TO SUPPORT HER! WHAT WOULD LUCY TELL A SINGLE MOTHER?
Never mind, they wouldn’t get invited to the parties that she attends.
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Kragar (Antichrist ) Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:50:18am |
Rick Wiles: ‘The Man in the White House Is a Devil from Hell’
End Times broadcaster Rick Wiles of TruNews has found more “proof” to bolster his case that President Obama is a demon: The History Channel’s “The Bible” miniseries. Reacting to charges that the character depicting Satan looks similar to Obama, Wiles believes “God guided the hand of the makeup artist and blinded the eyes of everybody on the movie set while it was being recorded” so that they wouldn’t see the resemblance.
But then, Wiles claims, God “removed” the “spiritual blinders” once “the program was broadcast nationally on the History Channel.” He concludes that this is yet another “clue” from Heaven that “the man in the White House is a devil from Hell.”
Someone needs to let Rick know that Satan looking like Obama is just a liberal lie because they hate the Bible.
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Gus Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:51:02am |
Image: 2005-11-01-1339-39_edited.jpg
Before urban development filled the Los Angeles Basin and the adjacent inland valleys, Southern California was once a much wilder place. Archivist Gail Stein of the Beverly Hills Public Library submitted this ca. 1890s photo. In it, Edson A. Benedict clutches a rifle. Behind him is the landscape of a Coldwater Cañon that looks much different from the exclusive residential community of today.
“Benedict was one of the first settlers in the future city of Beverly Hills. Benedict Cañon is named after him.” Stein explains. “This image provides a view of the terrain after the Ranchero era and before the beginning of the development of the city.”
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:51:10am |
My mom lives in downtown Fullerton. She had an orange tree in her yard from the grove that was replaced by development. I have the last orange from it, dried to the size of a golf ball. I call it The Last Orange From Orange County, a bit hyperbolic, but not much.
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:51:39am |
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chadu Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:53:10am |
re: #235 wrenchwench
lol
Does your browser accept Eskimo Pies?
No, the EPoIP technical standard hasn’t gotten out of committee yet! ;)
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:53:37am |
re: #212 Vicious Babushka
LA was pretty much a backwater until the motion picture industry set up there. Why they chose Los Angeles: because Thomas Edison was demanding royalties from every commercial use of his invention, the moving picture camera! Since Edison was in New Jersey, the movie producers moved as far away from him as they could go!
I heard anothe story that they had originally settled on Flagstaff, Arizona: it has a sunny climate and brilliant scenery being near Monument Valley and Sedona, but the crew sent to scout the site arrived in the midst of the three-week rainy season in the summer and decided to move on.
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Vicious Babushka Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:54:34am |
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wrenchwench Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:55:05am |
re: #238 Sol Berdinowitz
I heard anothe story that they had originally settled on Flagstaff, Arizona: it has a sunny climate and brilliant scenery being near Monument Valley and Sedona, but the crew sent to scout the site arrived in the midst of the three-week rainy season in the summer and decided to move on.
Flagstaff also at 7,000 ft. and has months of being snowed in.
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gwangung Wed, Mar 20, 2013 10:56:49am |
re: #214 Eclectic Cyborg
CNN’s Roland Martin: GOP has power in the states where it matters
50 States strategy.
And the Republicans are being successful at it.
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sagehen Wed, Mar 20, 2013 11:58:01am |
re: #212 Vicious Babushka
LA was pretty much a backwater until the motion picture industry set up there. Why they chose Los Angeles: because Thomas Edison was demanding royalties from every commercial use of his invention, the moving picture camera! Since Edison was in New Jersey, the movie producers moved as far away from him as they could go!
half right — they were intending to set up the movie biz in Arizona… but it was raining when their train pulled into the station in Phoenix. So they decided to keep going.
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
William Lewis
Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
Rightwingconspirator
Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
Detroit Local Powers First EV Charging Road in North America The road, about a mile from Local 58's hall, uses rubber-coated copper inductive-charging coils buried under the asphalt that transfer power to a receiver pad attached to a car's underbelly, much like how a phone can be charged wirelessly. ...
Backwoods Sleuth
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
