Thursday Afternoon Music: Tommy Emmanuel, ‘Tall Fiddler’
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This performance of “Tall Fiddler” by Tommy Emmanuel is completely ridiculous. And by ridiculous, I mean mind-boggling. The fastest wrist in the west.
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:18:11pm |
What’s that thing covering the hole in his guitar?
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SixDegrees Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:22:10pm |
re: #1 The Sanity Inspector
What’s that thing covering the hole in his guitar?
It’s a sound hole cover. It helps reduce feedback when the instrument is amplified.
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:23:05pm |
re: #1 The Sanity Inspector
I think it calls his freaking spaceship to take him home after the concert. Or at least that seems more likely than that being a real human!
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Charles Johnson Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:25:30pm |
re: #1 The Sanity Inspector
What’s that thing covering the hole in his guitar?
As 6° said — it’s a sort of rubber plug that covers the soundhole and helps avoid feedback. It comes with the Maton Guitars AP Pickup System, which is what Tommy uses, I believe.
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darthstar Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:27:10pm |
re: #6 Charles
As 6° said — it’s a sort of rubber plug that covers the soundhole and helps avoid feedback. It comes with the Maton Guitars AP Pickup System, which is what Tommy uses, I believe.
They should make Bob Weir use one every time he reaches for his acoustic. He’s the king of feedback when it comes to playing live…at least on his acoustic. I just want to shout, “Stop facing your amplifier, Bobby!”
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:35:27pm |
Before she was apprehended, the 37-year-old Siddiqui was on the FBI’s “10 Most Wanted” list.
According to Siddiqui’s federal indictment (below), she had in her possession handwritten notes referring to a “mass casualty attack,” notes about making “dirty bombs,” chemical and biological weapons, and listed different locations in the United States, including the Empire State Building, the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, the Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street, and the Statue of Liberty. The indictment also maintains that she had a computer ‘thumb drive’ in her possession with information about different ‘cells,’ ‘attacks,’ and ‘enemies.’
Siddiqui received her undergraudate degree from MIT, and did graduate work in neurosicence and biology at Brandeis University near Boston.
SNIP
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webevintage Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:35:44pm |
This just in:
Scott Brown sworn in, Wall Street tanks…
/
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:36:24pm |
re: #8 MandyManners
That went a lot faster than I thought.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:38:33pm |
A little food interlude with the music…
#1: The Worst Sandwich in America
Cheesecake Factory Grilled Shrimp & Bacon Club
1930 calories
24 g saturated fat
2,965 mg sodium
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:40:40pm |
re: #10 Obdicut
That went a lot faster than I thought.
So did Roeder. Maybe people are fed up with murderous scum.
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webevintage Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:42:46pm |
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:44:16pm |
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:45:01pm |
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:45:38pm |
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:50:11pm |
re: #16 MandyManners
Link?
“This is a verdict coming from Israel, not America.”
[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:51:31pm |
re: #9 webevintage
This just in:
Scott Brown sworn in, Wall Street tanks…
/
not Bush!?! how refreshing…
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:55:55pm |
For something completely different:
Here’s a website by a man who thinks he’s smarter than Hawkings, Newton, and Einstein combined.
[Link: www.youstupidrelativist.com…]
Warning: Embedded sound. Blink tag. Popping graphics. Extreme stupidity.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:56:34pm |
re: #17 brookly red
“This is a verdict coming from Israel, not America.”
[Link: www.foxnews.com…]
In court, Siddiqui veiled her head and face with a white scarf and often sat slumped in her chair. She openly sparred with the judge and her own lawyers, insisted she could single-handedly bring peace to the Middle East and lashed out at witnesses in tirades that got her kicked out of the courtroom.
Why do I get the feeling that she would nuke Israel to accomplish this?
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prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 3:59:14pm |
re: #13 webevintage
Hi, Webevintage. Do you sell to theater costume designers? “Grey Gardens” is the hot thing for Regional theater this year. The production needs a lot of vintage clothing.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:01:28pm |
re: #21 MandyManners
In court, Siddiqui veiled her head and face with a white scarf and often sat slumped in her chair. She openly sparred with the judge and her own lawyers, insisted she could single-handedly bring peace to the Middle East and lashed out at witnesses in tirades that got her kicked out of the courtroom.
Why do I get the feeling that she would nuke Israel to accomplish this?
Personally I feel that since she shot the soldier in a military compound in Afghanistan, while in the custody of the military in Afghanistan, she should have been tried by the military… in Afghanistan.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:04:29pm |
re: #23 brookly red
Personally I feel that since she shot the soldier in a military compound in Afghanistan, while in the custody of the military in Afghanistan, she should have been tried by the military… in Afghanistan.
From what I’ve read, she shot at soldiers but she didn’t connect. But, still, I agree that she shouldn’t have been tried here.
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:04:43pm |
re: #19 brookly red
not Bush!?! how refreshing…
Holy Cow! does anyone understand that without the General Theory Of Relativity that GPS would not work? The difference between the speed of the Satellite and the speed you are driving in your car is a elegant formula that proves that Einstein was a freaking stud..(although he was pretty goofy looking)
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:06:50pm |
That was amazing! I want to share it with a friend of mine, but the URL at the end isn’t a real URL, or at least it won’t let me cut and paste.
Hey Lizards!
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:07:45pm |
re: #20 Obdicut
For something completely different:
Here’s a website by a man who thinks he’s smarter than Hawkings, Newton, and Einstein combined.
[Link: www.youstupidrelativist.com…]
Warning: Embedded sound. Blink tag. Popping graphics. Extreme stupidity.
Hey you..I meant to quote you but somehow quoted Brooky..
?He is probably thinking what the Hell?
Sorry
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Velvet Elvis Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:08:34pm |
I like guitar players so fast they make youtube get choppy.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:08:37pm |
re: #27 HoosierHoops
Hey you..I meant to quote you but somehow quoted Brooky..
?He is probably thinking what the Hell?
Sorry
resistance is futile…
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abolitionist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:11:48pm |
re: #25 HoosierHoops
Holy Cow! does anyone understand that without the General Theory Of Relativity that GPS would not work? The difference between the speed of the Satellite and the speed you are driving in your car is a elegant formula that proves that Einstein was a freaking stud..(although he was pretty goofy looking)
Not that I’m an expert on either, but might you mean Special Theory of Relativity?
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:13:18pm |
/Is it just me or dose it get really quiet here whenever the market tanks?
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:13:55pm |
re: #30 abolitionist
Not that I’m an expert on either, but might you mean Special Theory of Relativity?
I am not a science major, I thought it was just the “Theory of Relativity”.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:14:16pm |
re: #31 brookly red
/Is it just me or dose it get really quiet here whenever the market tanks?
Is that the reason?
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:14:54pm |
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:15:28pm |
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:16:38pm |
re: #35 ggt
What was that… .correlation/causation …
/:)
/the crow principal? I don’t know but it sure is quiet…
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:16:52pm |
re: #30 abolitionist
Not that I’m an expert on either, but might you mean Special Theory of Relativity?
Oh Crap…Oh Well…
Maybe I got it mixed up..( I blame the Science Channel)
Trust me..There has never been a soul on the face of the Earth that ever posted anywhere or any time that said the Hoopster is a genius!
I try to keep up
*wink*
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:17:23pm |
re: #27 HoosierHoops
Heh. He’s a good competitor to Timecube guy, in arrogance, insanity, and aggressively bad website design.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:17:41pm |
re: #21 MandyManners
In court, Siddiqui veiled her head and face with a white scarf and often sat slumped in her chair. She openly sparred with the judge and her own lawyers, insisted she could single-handedly bring peace to the Middle East and lashed out at witnesses in tirades that got her kicked out of the courtroom.
Good lord, thats unusually crazy, even by terrorist standards >>
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:18:08pm |
re: #37 brookly red
/the crow principal? I don’t know but it sure is quiet…
Crows have principals? I didn’t know they went to school.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:21:21pm |
re: #40 windsagio
insisted she could single-handedly bring peace to the Middle East
Good lord, thats unusually crazy, even by terrorist standards >>
/it’s almost up to candidate standards…
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:22:28pm |
re: #42 brookly red
Rimshot!
that was good tho’.
/I hear that the republicans are gonna fix the deficit when they take over congress in 2010 ;)
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:22:39pm |
re: #40 windsagio
Good lord, thats unusually crazy, even by terrorist standards >>
She’s not crazy. She’s meaner than a pit of vipers.
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:23:09pm |
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:23:43pm |
Glenn Beck and Michelle Bachman want to educate your children…..
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:23:45pm |
re: #43 windsagio
Rimshot!
that was good tho’.
/I hear that the republicans are gonna fix the deficit when they take over congress in 2010 ;)
I will be happy if they can just stop the bleeding…
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:24:27pm |
re: #46 Killgore Trout
They certainly are a good demonstration of certain lessons.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:24:31pm |
re: #44 MandyManners
I’m not sure sane people argue with the judge and their own lawyers., let alone the thing about bringing peace to the middle east single handedly. She caa be crazy and an evil terrorist :p
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:25:18pm |
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:25:27pm |
re: #47 brookly red
Sadly nobody in either party has the will or desire to do that :p
/they just want to spend it on different things!
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:25:53pm |
figurative question:
If this country & Europe, literally, went bankrupt what would that do to the rest of the world?
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:26:16pm |
re: #49 windsagio
I’m not sure sane people argue with the judge and their own lawyers., let alone the thing about bringing peace to the middle east single handedly. She caa be crazy and an evil terrorist :p
Redundant.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:26:22pm |
re: #51 windsagio
Sadly nobody in either party has the will or desire to do that :p
/they just want to spend it on different things!
the joke is on them… no jobs, no taxes!
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:27:02pm |
re: #52 ggt
figurative question:
If this country & Europe, literally, went bankrupt what would that do to the rest of the world?
Jordyptians would dance and give out candy to the kids.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:28:14pm |
re: #52 ggt
In some ways the question doesn’t make any sense. We have immense value in our country, in our goods, our infrastructure, etc. We’re nowhere near to owing what we’re worth.
What can happen, what did happen before, is that our credit, the available money in the economy, can become tied up in toxic assets and frozen, unable to move.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:28:36pm |
re: #52 ggt
figurative question:
If this country & Europe, literally, went bankrupt what would that do to the rest of the world?
The Iranians when referring to the great satan have a saying… if they are cold we are dead.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:28:37pm |
re: #53 MandyManners
true enough :)
That article just screams ‘psychotic break’ to me tho’… And its a scary thought, its a really unfortunate outlet for people who are muslim that go crazy.
.. I guess Maj. Hassan was the same thing. I don’t like that trend (if it is one) because its almost totally unpredictable.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:30:16pm |
re: #56 Obdicut
What can happen, what did happen before, is that our credit, the available money in the economy, can become tied up in toxic assets and frozen, unable to move.
I think I am wondering . .
—if we HAD to stop all foreign aid including charitable conributions.
—if individuals/corporations couldn’t pay the interest on loans to overseas banks/individuals
—if we quit buying stuff from other countries.
I realize a lot of this couldn’t happen in a “black and white” manner, but what would such a squeeze do to the rest of the world?
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:30:43pm |
re: #58 windsagio
true enough :)
That article just screams ‘psychotic break’ to me tho’… And its a scary thought, its a really unfortunate outlet for people who are muslim that go crazy.
.. I guess Maj. Hassan was the same thing. I don’t like that trend (if it is one) because its almost totally unpredictable.
I don’t buy that terrrorists are people who “go crazy”.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:31:32pm |
re: #59 ggt
the US is still the largest economy in the world, and we fuel almost all the other countries’ trade balances.
Lets just say it’d be bad :P
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:32:23pm |
re: #60 MandyManners
I don’t buy that terrrorists are people who “go crazy”.
and it’s not just muslims. I remember a few weeks ago a Lizard posted the list of inmates at SuperMax —they were mostly muslims and aryan white nationalists.
Mostly young men who probably needed either a swift kick in the ass or got too many swift kicks in the ass at some point.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:32:26pm |
re: #59 ggt
Most places, like China, would be nearly immediately completely devastated. Without the flow of capital— so much of which goes through the US, most financial deals would be impossible, most… it’s hard to think about, partially because it’s impossible to do.
Are you asking what would happen if we couldn’t pay, or if we chose not to pay?
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:32:56pm |
re: #61 windsagio
the US is still the largest economy in the world, and we fuel almost all the other countries’ trade balances.
Lets just say it’d be bad :P
Yeah, I know. The implications are too much for my feeble mind. The Economics of it is beyond me.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:33:37pm |
re: #60 MandyManners
I didn’t say all, I’m thinking of a small minority. People like this lady and Hassan.
Like I said, its scary because its harder to predict. It breaks all our mental profiles.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:34:37pm |
re: #63 Obdicut
Most places, like China, would be nearly immediately completely devastated. Without the flow of capital— so much of which goes through the US, most financial deals would be impossible, most… it’s hard to think about, partially because it’s impossible to do.
Are you asking what would happen if we couldn’t pay, or if we chose not to pay?
because I don’t think we’d get to the point where we wouldn’t pay.
If it was so bad that naturalized citizens weren’t sending money back to their families in their home country. If it was that bad …?
Good question. It would have to be couldn’t pay.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:35:06pm |
re: #62 ggt
and it’s not just muslims. I remember a few weeks ago a Lizard posted the list of inmates at SuperMax —they were mostly muslims and aryan white nationalists.
Mostly young men who probably needed either a swift kick in the ass or got too many swift kicks in the ass at some point.
no, some are indoctrinated from birth…
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:35:56pm |
re: #65 windsagio
I didn’t say all, I’m thinking of a small minority. People like this lady and Hassan.
Like I said, its scary because its harder to predict. It breaks all our mental profiles.
It seems so crazy to us. We have lived generations not knowing starvation or real poverty. I don’t think we can understand the mindset of different cultures with wide class disparities.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:37:24pm |
re: #62 ggt
and it’s not just muslims. I remember a few weeks ago a Lizard posted the list of inmates at SuperMax —they were mostly muslims and aryan white nationalists.
Mostly young men who probably needed either a swift kick in the ass or got too many swift kicks in the ass at some point.
They’re in there for terrorism?
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:37:43pm |
re: #68 ggt
It seems so crazy to us. We have lived generations not knowing starvation or real poverty. I don’t think we can understand the mindset of different cultures with wide class disparities.
Osama was not poor… the Christmas Bomber was not poor.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:37:47pm |
re: #66 ggt
If it was so bad that naturalized citizens weren’t sending money back to their families in their home country. If it was that bad …?
I don’t know any figures on that. I think it’d be significant, but I don’t really know.
Good question. It would have to be couldn’t pay.
Yeah. And that would be nearly impossible. It’d take the rest of the world surpassing us in technology and trade. It’d take our educational standards on science being reduced to smoking wreckage and politicians openly supporting theocratic ideals that move our Republic farther away from healthy scientific inquiry. It’d take our citizens being unwilling to sacrifice benefits or raise taxes.
Oh, wait.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:38:00pm |
re: #65 windsagio
I didn’t say all, I’m thinking of a small minority. People like this lady and Hassan.
Like I said, its scary because its harder to predict. It breaks all our mental profiles.
Hassan’s not crazy. He’s meaner than a pit of vipers.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:38:19pm |
re: #68 ggt
Most terrorists are middle-class.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:38:28pm |
re: #67 brookly red
no, some are indoctrinated from birth…
You are also right. Public school does a different type of indoctrination—but it does tend to weed out the “all or nothing” mentality —those kids are targeted by the social worker etc. It’s the kids that never get to regular school or are secluded in bad home school situations or strange religious schools that never get the attention they need.
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:38:40pm |
I just set up my new HDTV.
So many channels, so little time.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:39:05pm |
re: #68 ggt
It seems so crazy to us. We have lived generations not knowing starvation or real poverty. I don’t think we can understand the mindset of different cultures with wide class disparities.
Major Hasan didn’t know starvation or poverty.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:39:12pm |
re: #69 MandyManners
They’re in there for terrorism?
yeah. I think it was posted on a thread in which we talked about the Hate Map from the Southern Poverty Law center.
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Racer X Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:39:22pm |
WORST FIRST DATE EVER!
If you didn’t see this on the Tonight show, I hope you’re sitting down when you read it. This is probably the funniest date story ever, first date or not!!!
Jay Leno went into the audience to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had. The winner described her worst first date experience.
She said it was midwinter…Snowing and quite cold… and the guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City , Utah .
It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all, and had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon.
They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte. They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of nowhere!
Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a while. Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point here she told him that he had better stop and let her go beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car.
They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and started. In the deep snow she didn’t have good footing, so she let her butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself.
Her companion stood on the side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation.
Upon finishing however, she soon became aware of another sensation. As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car’s fender. Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal.
It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem, due to the extreme cold. Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment, she answered her date’s concerns about’ what is taking so long’ with a reply that indeed, she was ‘freezing her butt off’ and in need of some assistance!
He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose themselves, they assessed her dilemma. Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem.
Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal! Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her free. So, as she looked the other way, her first time date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender.
As the audience screamed in laughter, she took the Tonight Show prize hands down. Or perhaps that should be ‘pants down. ‘And you thought your first date was embarrassing. Jay Leno’s comment…’This gives a whole new meaning to being pissed off.’
Oh and how did the first date turn out? He became her husband and was sitting next to her on the Leno show.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:39:41pm |
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:39:57pm |
re: #72 MandyManners
He strikes me as crazy. If he just wanted to do some domestic terrorism he could have been much more effective (see:mumbai rail station shootings). This was more ‘guy shoots up the post office’ with an islamic frosting.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:40:05pm |
re: #77 ggt
yeah. I think it was posted on a thread in which we talked about the Hate Map from the Southern Poverty Law center.
All those Aryan brothers have committed acts of terrorism?
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:40:23pm |
re: #70 brookly red
Osama was not poor… the Christmas Bomber was not poor.
It’s not poverty, per se. It just seems that the wide disparity between the classes in the ME countries scews (sp?) the value system somehow.
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:40:33pm |
re: #74 ggt
ggt: You know you live in Indiana when you drive past a kid walking on the side of the road with a sweatshirt and gym shorts on..
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:40:50pm |
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:41:35pm |
re: #50 MandyManners
And, spiders.
Spiders are OK. They keep your house free of other bugs. The only spider I will kill in my house are black widows and brown recluse. All others I leave alone.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:41:45pm |
re: #80 windsagio
He strikes me as crazy. If he just wanted to do some domestic terrorism he could have been much more effective (see:mumbai rail station shootings). This was more ‘guy shoots up the post office’ with an islamic frosting.
I’m not gonna’ argue this with you.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:41:55pm |
re: #74 ggt
You are also right. Public school does a different type of indoctrination—but it does tend to weed out the “all or nothing” mentality —those kids are targeted by the social worker etc. It’s the kids that never get to regular school or are secluded in bad home school situations or strange religious schools that never get the attention they need.
re: #74 ggt
You are also right. Public school does a different type of indoctrination—but it does tend to weed out the “all or nothing” mentality —those kids are targeted by the social worker etc. It’s the kids that never get to regular school or are secluded in bad home school situations or strange religious schools that never get the attention they need.
you are judging by American standards… learning to kill the decedents of pigs & monkeys is the regular school in some places.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:41:59pm |
re: #83 HoosierHoops
I have no idea what that means, but the description made me laugh ;p
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:42:24pm |
re: #85 Blueheron
Spiders are OK. They keep your house free of other bugs. The only spider I will kill in my house are black widows and brown recluse. All others I leave alone.
The only good spider is a dead spider.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:43:08pm |
re: #82 ggt
It’s not poverty, per se. It just seems that the wide disparity between the classes in the ME countries scews (sp?) the value system somehow.
There are wide disparities in classes everywhere. How many Buddhist terrrorists are there?
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:43:26pm |
re: #76 MandyManners
Major Hasan didn’t know starvation or poverty.
I know. I still think there is something in the cultural mindset that is whacky in the ME countries that have the wide disparity in the classes. But India has it too and they don’t produce terrorists.
I know I am not making sense. But most American’s have never even seen how many people live over there. It is so different.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:45:30pm |
re: #91 ggt
I think its probably alot of things, just focusing it down to the class gap is probably a disservice.
I think it really comes down to the fact that they’ve been taught and shown that its an acceptable way to deal with things.
Oh, also, somebody above had a link showing that most terrorists hadn’t known poverty or something like that, I’d be interested to read any supporting documents, ‘cuz I’d never heard that.
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:45:36pm |
re: #88 windsagio
I have no idea what that means, but the description made me laugh ;p
Whoops.. It’s colder than hell here.. Deathly cold.. And to watch a kid walking down the street with gym shorts on made me laugh a lot..
It’s like those guys in zero degrees football games with no shirts on…Crazy
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:45:41pm |
re: #81 MandyManners
All those Aryan brothers have committed acts of terrorism?
I think that legally, yes, it was considered terrorism. I’d have to spend more time than I have right now to locate the list.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:46:19pm |
re: #91 ggt
I know. I still think there is something in the cultural mindset that is whacky in the ME countries that have the wide disparity in the classes. But India has it too and they don’t produce terrorists.
I know I am not making sense. But most American’s have never even seen how many people live over there. It is so different.
I Wiki’ed.
There have been many terrorist bombings in Mumbai since 13 co-ordinated bomb explosions killed 257 people and injured 700 on 12 March 1993.[19] The 1993 attacks are believed to be retaliation for the Babri Mosque demolition.[20]
On 6 December 2002, a blast in a BEST bus near Ghatkopar station killed two people and injured 28.[21] The bombing occurred on the tenth anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya.[22] A bicycle bomb exploded near the Vile Parle station in Mumbai, killing one person and injuring 25 on 27 January 2003, a day before the visit of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India to the city.[23] On 13 March 2003, a day after the tenth anniversary of the 1993 Bombay bombings, a bomb exploded in a train compartment near the Mulund station, killing 10 people and injuring 70.[24] On 28 July 2003, a blast in a BEST bus in Ghatkopar killed 4 people and injured 32.[25] On 25 August 2003 two bombs exploded in South Mumbai, one near the Gateway of India and the other at Zaveri Bazaar in Kalbadevi. At least 44 people were killed and 150 injured.[26] On 11 July 2006, seven bombs exploded within 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai.[27] 209 people were killed,[28] and over 700 injured.[29] According to Mumbai Police, the bombings were carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba and Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).[30][31]
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:47:13pm |
re: #91 ggt
I know. I still think there is something in the cultural mindset that is whacky in the ME countries that have the wide disparity in the classes. But India has it too and they don’t produce terrorists.
I know I am not making sense. But most American’s have never even seen how many people live over there. It is so different.
there are millions of dirt poor Africans that would never think that the answer to their problems was to blow up an airliner.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:47:32pm |
re: #87 brookly red
you are judging by American standards… learning to kill the decedents of pigs & monkeys is the regular school in some places.
Gosh, it’s been a long day. I think that was my original statement, or at least what I wanted it to be.
WE can’t understand why the terrorists act the way they do because we have only our own standards to go buy.
Does that make sense?
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:48:30pm |
re: #90 MandyManners
There are wide disparities in classes everywhere. How many Buddhist terrrorists are there?
I am totally lost in my own explanation now. I need to sign off and take a nap.
Have a great evening all!
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:49:09pm |
re: #58 windsagio
true enough :)
That article just screams ‘psychotic break’ to me tho’… And its a scary thought, its a really unfortunate outlet for people who are muslim that go crazy.
.. I guess Maj. Hassan was the same thing. I don’t like that trend (if it is one) because its almost totally unpredictable.
I had the pleasure of attending a seminar at the local Jewish Federation Center. One speaker was a local police lieutenant who is on the local terrorism task force say there are 30 terrorists training camps operating under the protection of our Constitution in this country this very day.
There were 32 but two were shut down.
They are closer than either you or I realize.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:49:42pm |
re: #98 ggt
Gosh, it’s been a long day. I think that was my original statement, or at least what I wanted it to be.
WE can’t understand why the terrorists act the way they do because we have only our own standards to go buy.
Does that make sense?
no they think the way they do because they are deliberately taught to think that way, non of this is an accident, none of this occurs naturally.
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FemNaziBitch Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:49:43pm |
re: #93 HoosierHoops
Whoops.. It’s colder than hell here.. Deathly cold.. And to watch a kid walking down the street with gym shorts on made me laugh a lot..
It’s like those guys in zero degrees football games with no shirts on…Crazy
Hoops, I went out the other day in jeans and a short sleeve shirt. When you’ve grown-up with the cold, you acclamate (sp?) very quickly.
Now, I’m off.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:51:13pm |
re: #100 Blueheron
Did he explain what the hell he meant?
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:51:29pm |
re: #59 ggt
I think I am wondering . .
—if we HAD to stop all foreign aid including charitable conributions.
—if individuals/corporations couldn’t pay the interest on loans to overseas banks/individuals
—if we quit buying stuff from other countries.I realize a lot of this couldn’t happen in a “black and white” manner, but what would such a squeeze do to the rest of the world?
Who gives a rat’s patooty.////
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Racer X Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:52:02pm |
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:53:04pm |
re: #103 Obdicut
Did he explain what the hell he meant?
I thought it was clear. These people are like militias and they are operating in the Western states running training camps for their ‘members’.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:53:18pm |
re: #100 Blueheron
well people say all kinds of things :p
That kind of thing is different than getting through say, MIT. Beyond that the people I’m talking about acted crazy.
Why is this concept so hard to accept?
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:55:29pm |
re: #97 brookly red
there are millions of dirt poor Africans that would never think that the answer to their problems was to blow up an airliner.
Interesting observation and I think you have put your finger on something. Poor people don’t blow up airliners. Most of the bad guys people come from well to do homes.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:55:30pm |
re: #106 Blueheron
Ah, militias. Okay. That makes sense.
Sorry, I thought he meant al-queda or some other foreign terrorist training camps.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:56:33pm |
re: #106 Blueheron
I thought it was clear. These people are like militias and they are operating in the Western states running training camps for their ‘members’.
Home-grown or imports?
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:56:46pm |
re: #109 Obdicut
yeah, the implication was that it was islamic terrorist training sites. This makes a fair deal more sense.
Its too bad that speeches don’t need subtitles >>
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:57:50pm |
re: #111 windsagio
yeah, the implication was that it was islamic terrorist training sites. This makes a fair deal more sense.
Its too bad that speeches don’t need subtitles >>
There were at least two. One was (is?) in Dover, Tennessee, and the other was in up-state New York, IIRC.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:59:24pm |
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:59:27pm |
re: #107 windsagio
well people say all kinds of things :p
This lieutenant I am referring to was on the detail guarding President Bush at the elementary school on 911.
He knows his subject.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 4:59:50pm |
re: #112 MandyManners
note I’m not implying you’re not right, either.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:00:09pm |
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:01:15pm |
re: #114 Blueheron
which means he’s an expert on terrorism? ‘cmon!
Under the expanded definition, it makes some sense, but people are so eager to take things at face value.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:01:56pm |
re: #113 windsagio
fair enough, 2 isn’t 30 tho.
Have links? Sounds like an interesting read.
I learned about them here a few years ago. I have a link to the one in Dover somewhere among my 2,300 links. Hold on.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:02:24pm |
re: #118 MandyManners
damn, now I feel bad. I was just being lazy >>
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Silvergirl Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:02:39pm |
Have you already seen the video or commented on Obama’s pronunciation of corpsman as “corpse-man”? Twice. I guess it doesn’t quite make up for all those incidents of nucular, but it’s a start. :-)
I’m sure he’ll make the correction. The teleprompter needs to spell phonetically.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:02:59pm |
re: #111 windsagio
yeah, the implication was that it was islamic terrorist training sites. This makes a fair deal more sense.
Its too bad that speeches don’t need subtitles >>
He WAS talking about terrorist training camps!
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:04:36pm |
re: #118 MandyManners
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com…]
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:04:42pm |
re: #121 Blueheron
you missed a word.
Militia types and the islamist type are 2 different things, with different MO’s and goals.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:06:17pm |
thanks Mandy. I tried to google it and couldn’t get any good sources. That stratfor one seems okay tho >
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:08:30pm |
re: #122 MandyManners
Mandy, that Hagmann guy has a pretty shady reputation. I’m not sure he’s a good person to go to for accurate information.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:09:22pm |
I can’t find the one about Dover, Tennessee.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:09:35pm |
re: #121 Blueheron
He WAS talking about terrorist training camps!
I found this link. It’s Hannity but you can do your own research following up on some of the people cited.
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:09:50pm |
re: #130 Obdicut
Mandy, that Hagmann guy has a pretty shady reputation. I’m not sure he’s a good person to go to for accurate information.
I got it here.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:09:50pm |
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:10:48pm |
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:11:53pm |
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:12:36pm |
re: #137 brookly red
true, but if they’re not doing anything illegal, our hands are kind of tied.
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:12:41pm |
re: #133 MandyManners
I am pretty damn certain that the same Hagmann used to be a UFO ‘investigator’.
I have to run now, so I can’t confirm. Sorry.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:13:16pm |
re: #140 Obdicut
oh dude you’re right!
He was on Art Bell all the time back in the halycon days of “Coast to Coast AM” (the new host blows)
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Spare O'Lake Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:13:30pm |
Good Evening LGF.
What’s shakin’ and what’s bakin’?
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:14:04pm |
re: #140 Obdicut
And I think he’s a birther, too.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:14:08pm |
re: #139 windsagio
true, but if they’re not doing anything illegal, our hands are kind of tied.
true that.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:14:24pm |
re: #142 Spare O’Lake
we’re talking about how many terrorist training camps there are in the US.
Also, Mandy and I are being civil to each other :)
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Racer X Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:14:49pm |
Cheers! Brits toast new shatterproof pint glass
Soon Britons will be able to get smashed at the pub while their pint glasses won’t.
The shatterproof pint glass was proudly unveiled by the government on Thursday. Officials swore the country would save billions in health care costs by coming up with a glass that doesn’t double as a lethal weapon.
But noticeably, no officials were talking about reforming the British binge drinking culture at the root of the problem.
There are about 87,000 alcohol-related glass attacks each year, with many resulting in hospital visits, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said as he introduced the two prototype shatterproof pint glasses.
“Glassing causes horrific injuries and has a lasting and devastating impact on victims and their families,” Johnson said. “I hope these designs will help bring an end to such attacks.”
Two types of shatterproof technologies are in the works: one has a thin bio-resin coating on the inside that strengthens it, and the other bonds two thin layers of glass together in the same way as car windshields. Both are difficult to break and keep the shards together if they do fracture, rendering them useless as weapons.
Half of all violent assaults in Britain are alcohol-related and it has become common for drinkers to smash glasses and use them as weapons, he added.
“You are five times more likely to be involved in a violent incident if you are in or around a licensed bar,” he said. “There is a clear correlation.”
The government estimates that “glassing” attacks cost the National Health Service roughly 2.7 billion pounds ($4.3 billion) per year.
In the North London neighborhood of Camden, where heavy drinking bouts are commonplace, bartender Mirjam Linzie said the staff at the Elephants Head pub would welcome safer glasses.
“One time there was a big fight and 50 pints were smashed in one minute,” she said. “One man smashed a glass over another one’s head. One person’s eye was popping out. It was a bloodbath. There was glass raining. People were hiding behind the counter.”
[Snip]
Science!
er,
Healthcare!
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:14:53pm |
re: #124 windsagio
you missed a word.
Militia types and the islamist type are 2 different things, with different MO’s and goals.
They operate out in the woods like militia types and are Islamic. Our law enforcement are watching them closely. Whether you believe that or not it’s up to you. Personally I pay attention.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:15:07pm |
re: #144 brookly red
I’m presuming (hoping) that they have covert surveillance out the ass on any place like that, especially if its not like 100 miles up a dirt road in Montana.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:15:25pm |
re: #139 windsagio
true, but if they’re not doing anything illegal, our hands are kind of tied.
That’s right.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:16:04pm |
re: #146 Racer X
brilliant!
They can still be weapons, but a concussion is much better than arterial bleeding :)
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:16:17pm |
re: #148 windsagio
I’m presuming (hoping) that they have covert surveillance out the ass on any place like that, especially if its not like 100 miles up a dirt road in Montana.
one would hope.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:17:12pm |
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:18:10pm |
re: #152 windsagio
/steps on a landmine
That’d be a reason for a domestic wiretapping program ;)
one would think ;)
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:18:17pm |
re: #134 windsagio
Its fine, I believe you ;)
2 is alot more reasonable than 30.
Keep your head in the sand we will watch your rear end for you. :))
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:19:29pm |
re: #20 Obdicut
For something completely different:
Here’s a website by a man who thinks he’s smarter than Hawkings, Newton, and Einstein combined.
[Link: www.youstupidrelativist.com…]
Warning: Embedded sound. Blink tag. Popping graphics. Extreme stupidity.
Marquee tags are the new blink tags :D
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Buck Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:19:34pm |
re: #68 ggt
It seems so crazy to us. We have lived generations not knowing starvation or real poverty. I don’t think we can understand the mindset of different cultures with wide class disparities.
It aint poverty…. The Islamic leaders of terror come from many different economic backgrounds…
I wonder if we can find something else that the leadership of Islamic terror have in common…?
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prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:20:25pm |
re: #146 Racer X
They are going to need them. Those Brits can really drink. I think it was 20/20 that showed some footage of drunken Brits falling about. One guy fell off while sitting on a car and landed right face down on the pavement.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:20:32pm |
re: #154 Blueheron
we wanna play it that way? Find a good source for the ‘30 islamist camps’.
If its just ‘30 camps’ that’s much more possible.
And make it a good source.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:21:29pm |
re: #141 windsagio
oh dude you’re right!
He was on Art Bell all the time back in the halycon days of “Coast to Coast AM” (the new host blows)
WHERE IS THE WAVERIDER
If you have a problem, and if no one else can help, and if you can find him, maybe you can hire…
THE WAVERIDER
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Racer X Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:21:54pm |
Lets spend more!
House agrees to $1.9 trillion more debt
The House on Thursday voted to allow the government to go $1.9 trillion deeper in debt - or about $6,000 more for every U.S. resident.
The measure, approved 217-212, would raise the cap on federal borrowing to $14.3 trillion. That’s enough to keep Congress from having to vote again before the November elections on an issue that is feeding a sense among voters that the government is spending too much and putting future generations under a mountain of debt to do it.
Already, the accumulated debt amounts to roughly $40,000 per person. And the debt is increasingly held by foreign nations such as China.
Passage of the bill will send it to President Barack Obama, who will sign it to avoid a first-ever, market-rattling default on U.S. obligations.
“I can’t think of a more reckless or irresponsible act. Defaulting is not an option,” said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. “If the United States defaults, investors will lose confidence that the U.S. will honor its debts in the future.Democrats barely passed it through the Senate last week over a unanimous “no” vote from GOP members present.
Heh, the party of “NO!” strikes again!
To help win passage, Democrats are also adopting - in a vote later Thursday afternoon - budget rules designed to curb a spiraling upward annual deficit - projected by Obama to hit a record $1.56 trillion for the budget year ending Sept. 30. The new rules would require future spending increases or tax cuts to be paid for with either cuts to other programs or equivalent tax increases.Most other benefit programs - including Medicaid, Social Security and food stamps - would be exempt from such cuts, and Republicans said that the rules lack teeth.
“In place of real fiscal discipline, it offers a phony pay-as-you-go rule that is more loopholes and exceptions and does nothing to tackle our government’s long-term structural deficit,” said Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas.
Skeptics say lawmakers also will find ways around the new rules fairly easily. Congress, for example, can declare some spending an “emergency” - a likely scenario for votes later this month to extend jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed.
And, indeed, there already are exceptions to the new rules, such as for extending former President George W. Bush’s middle-class tax cuts past their expiration a year from now. That would add $1.4 trillion to the federal debt over the next decade.
But some new White House initiatives, such as doubling the child care tax credit for families earning less than $85,000, also would have to live within the rules, as would continuing subsidies for laid-off workers to buy health insurance - unless lawmakers make another exception.
And the rules also mean that two years from now, lawmakers would have to raise taxes to pay for continuing lower tax rates on large inheritances and to protect millions of middle-class taxpayers from feeling the bite of the alternative minimum tax.
“We will have the will and we will have the discipline,” promised House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.The so-called pay-as-you-go rules have been a mantra with conservative “Blue Dog” Democrats in the House, who insisted they wouldn’t vote to raise the debt ceiling without them. “We don’t have a choice,” said Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn. “We are on an unsustainable march toward a fiscal Armageddon.”
Obama’s budget projects the government’s debt doubling to $26 trillion over the next decade. It offers few solutions for seriously closing the gap other than promising to appoint a bipartisan commission to come up with a plan to address the problem.
—-
The bill is H.J. Res. 45.
26 Trillion.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:22:24pm |
re: #148 windsagio
I’m presuming (hoping) that they have covert surveillance out the ass on any place like that, especially if its not like 100 miles up a dirt road in Montana.
Heck Windsagio the 911 terrorists lived and played in my little town so I guess I am more attentive about the subject than most.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:22:32pm |
re: #156 Buck
its different from what the Irish leaders of Catholic terror had in common :P
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:24:15pm |
re: #163 Racer X
Eeh, I’m a lefty but Clinton got lucky.
Well, in fairness, he was also like the perfect Republican, down to the affairs ;)
//
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:24:56pm |
re: #158 windsagio
we wanna play it that way? Find a good source for the ‘30 islamist camps’.
If its just ‘30 camps’ that’s much more possible.
And make it a good source.
Define good source. I did post a link but I guess it wasn’t a good source ?
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:26:23pm |
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Racer X Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:27:20pm |
re: #164 windsagio
Eeh, I’m a lefty but Clinton got lucky.
Well, in fairness, he was also like the perfect Republican, down to the affairs ;)
//
Heh.
John.
Edwards.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:28:28pm |
re: #154 Blueheron
Keep your head in the sand we will watch your rear end for you. :))
If we’re talking about kooky paranoid American militia types, backwoods racists, sure, I can believe there’s a lot of little groups playing Red Dawn Cosplay in the woods. Dozens, maybe hundreds. Most are pointless and impotent and not really much of a threat.
I’d really like a source for this quote though:
One speaker was a local police lieutenant who is on the local terrorism task force say there are 30 terrorists training camps operating under the protection of our Constitution in this country this very day.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:28:48pm |
re: #165 Blueheron
looking through that page (I actually found that exact article when I was looking it up too), no thats not a good or reputable source.
Look at his ‘vital links’, those are usually telling.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:29:12pm |
re: #163 Racer X
I miss Clinton.
I don’t miss what he helped do to deregulate financial institutions. Which Obama is trying to fix, and is getting shat on for it.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:29:52pm |
re: #171 WindUpBird
again, a perfect Republican. Except for that dalliance with healthcare reform, but they whipped him back into line pretty quick :p
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:30:04pm |
re: #170 windsagio
looking through that page (I actually found that exact article when I was looking it up too), no thats not a good or reputable source.
Look at his ‘vital links’, those are usually telling.
Where’s the link? :D Does it go to crazytown?
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:31:20pm |
re: #173 WindUpBird
here are the links:
Canada Free Press
The Tom Bauerle Show
The Pat Campbell Show
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
The Bob Davis Show - WLS AM Chicago
the site is:
Homelandsecurityus
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:32:30pm |
Went to grocery store… big storm about to hit… gonna file that under “bad idea”.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:32:40pm |
re: #172 windsagio
again, a perfect Republican. Except for that dalliance with healthcare reform, but they whipped him back into line pretty quick :p
yep! Lately we’ve had Republican presidents who run as Democrats, and Republican presidents who run as Republicans. Obama is actually a moderate Dem who ran as a Democrat, so of course WE’RE ALL DOOMED SOCIALISM OH JEEZ
Who was it that said “We’re fucked” in the SOTU thread? That was about when i decided I needed to leave because it was getting too angry and irrational.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:33:22pm |
re: #176 WindUpBird
you have to admit they were kinda right, if for the wrong reason :P
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:34:34pm |
re: #174 windsagio
Ahahahaha COAST TO COAST
let’s interview this bearded gentleman who is attempting to make a ziggurat out of tin foil so he can cuss out God for ruining his beach vacation. “Sir? Could you put down your tesla coil and answer some questions about the terrorist threat?”
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:34:37pm |
re: #169 WindUpBird
re: #154 Blueheron
Keep your head in the sand we will watch your rear end for you. :))
If we’re talking about kooky paranoid American militia types, backwoods racists, sure, I can believe there’s a lot of little groups playing Red Dawn Cosplay in the woods. Dozens, maybe hundreds. Most are pointless and impotent and not really much of a threat.
I’d really like a source for this quote though:
One speaker was a local police lieutenant who is on the local terrorism task force say there are 30 terrorists training camps operating under the protection of our Constitution in this country this very day.
His name is LT.John Kost, Counter Terrorism Specialist, Sarasota Sheriffs Office.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:36:09pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:36:16pm |
I listened to “Coast to Coast” for about a half hour once.
People take it seriously?
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:36:55pm |
re: #177 windsagio
you have to admit they were kinda right, if for the wrong reason :P
Everybody panic! *cue Drudge sirens*
There’s that occasional moment here where a lot of the posters sort of merge into Devastator and stomp around for a while. That’s when I take the opportunity to log off and go buy a six-pack. and then i come back when it chills out and we go back to talking about Bob Dylan.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:38:08pm |
re: #181 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I listened to “Coast to Coast” for about a half hour once.
People take it seriously?
Yes. yes they do.
They take Alex Jones seriously, which makes Coast to Coast sound like NPR.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:38:44pm |
re: #181 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Its not as good as it was in the old days. Its less contrails and time travel, which makes it less fun ;)
example: Area 51 pilot calls Art Bell
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Gus Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:39:46pm |
re: #174 windsagio
here are the links:
Canada Free Press
The Tom Bauerle Show
The Pat Campbell Show
Coast to Coast AM with George Noory
The Bob Davis Show - WLS AM Chicago
the site is:
Homelandsecurityus
That site was started by a Douglas J. Hagmann. That means UFOs, aliens, and Bigfoot aren’t far behind.
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CarryOn Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:40:03pm |
Awesome.
Love it! He’s infectious! I mean his happy attitude!
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:40:16pm |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:41:18pm |
re: #186 CarryOn
I love watching him play as much as listening to him.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:41:23pm |
re: #180 windsagio
I read some of the other pages too, one of them did a segment on ‘why I won’t give any money to Haiti’.
re: #179 Blueheron
And Joe Arpaio is an expert on law enfocement and immigration. He must be, he’s a Sheriff!
Well actually I would think he knows more about the subject most people…
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:42:32pm |
re: #170 windsagio
looking through that page (I actually found that exact article when I was looking it up too), no thats not a good or reputable source.
Look at his ‘vital links’, those are usually telling.
Dude dude!
That Northeast Information Network thing? They don’t just LINK to Coast to Coast. Their “expert”, Hagmann, is a GUEST on Coast to Coast. And Debbie Schlussel is furious at him for plagarising her wingnuttery. Lol.
Blueheron, please don’t believe everything you hear from sherrifs. :/
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:42:40pm |
re: #180 windsagio
I read some of the other pages too, one of them did a segment on ‘why I won’t give any money to Haiti’.
re: #179 Blueheron
And Joe Arpaio is an expert on law enfocement and immigration. He must be, he’s a Sheriff!
re: #189 brookly red
Well actually I would think he knows more about the subject most people…
Watch out Red the snark brigade will be on you.
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Gus Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:43:04pm |
re: #187 windsagio
oh Hagmann STARTED The site? I missed that.
Case in point tho’ ;)
Yeah, it’s pretty funny. He sets up a website with an official looking logo. Calls himself the “director.” Director of what? He’s just a private investigator.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:43:32pm |
re: #185 Gus 802
That site was started by a Douglas J. Hagmann. That means UFOs, aliens, and Bigfoot aren’t far behind.
Guests on coast to coast! Let’s listen to them about terrorism!
Also, let’s interview the guys from Slipknot, hear what they have to say on the financial crisis.
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simoom Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:43:53pm |
re: #166 Racer X
26 Trillion.
AYFKME?
Almost entirely due to skyrocketing health care costs (medicare, medicaid and a couple trillion more from the prescription drug benefit).
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:44:13pm |
re: #191 Blueheron
Watch out Red the snark brigade will be on you.
Your source is not credible.
Sorry.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:44:29pm |
re: #191 Blueheron
Watch out Red the snark brigade will be on you.
as long as the Sheriff ain’t coming round…
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:44:33pm |
re: #190 WindUpBird
Dude dude!
That Northeast Information Network thing? They don’t just LINK to Coast to Coast. Their “expert”, Hagmann, is a GUEST on Coast to Coast. And Debbie Schlussel is furious at him for plagarising her wingnuttery. Lol.
Blueheron, please don’t believe everything you hear from sherrifs. :/
Can I believe that Atta lived not more than 2 miles from me? Can I believe he played a round of golf with a friend of mine a week or so before 911?
Geez let it go.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:44:43pm |
re: #192 Gus 802
Yeah, it’s pretty funny. He sets up a website with an official looking logo. Calls himself the “director.” Director of what? He’s just a private investigator.
Who’s the private dick who gets all the tin-foil-bikini-wearing chicks?
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:45:35pm |
re: #197 Blueheron
I can understand you wanting to defend your friend. You liking him simply doesn’t make him right.
Find some reputable evidence, and I’ll gladly apologize to your friend ;)
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:46:00pm |
re: #197 Blueheron
Can I believe that Atta lived not more than 2 miles from me? Can I believe he played a round of golf with a friend of mine a week or so before 911?
Geez let it go.
This blog places a high premium on sourcing information. Its founder broke that Dan Rather story, after all.
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Gus Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:46:10pm |
re: #193 WindUpBird
Guests on coast to coast! Let’s listen to them about terrorism!
Also, let’s interview the guys from Slipknot, hear what they have to say on the financial crisis.
Looks like he’s also a frequent guest on Steve Quayle’s “Q-Files.”
He is a frequent guest on several AM talk radio venues such as Coast to Coast AM and on Steve Quayle’s “Q-files” shortwave and internet broadcasts. He frequently appears as a talk show guest with Steve Quayle in tow.
Also see:
Steve Quayle, a.k.a. “Stephen Quayle™” (note the trademark) hosts a website that mainly deals with angels, giants and alleged terrorist threats.
Quayle wrote some book called, “Aliens and Fallen Angels: The Sexual Corruption of the Human Race.”
Uh huh.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:46:19pm |
re: #195 WindUpBird
Your source is not credible.
Sorry.
Okay. He seemed like he knew what he was saying.
I know another officer who guarded Bush here in Florida. Boy I get around don’t I? :))
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:46:26pm |
re: #196 brookly red
see, I know you’re a big guy and can take some guff Brookly :p
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:46:39pm |
re: #196 brookly red
as long as the Sheriff ain’t coming round…
Buford T Justice is in hot pursuit of the Bandit!
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:47:22pm |
re: #202 Gus 802
man, if you had to choose doing the nasty with an alien or a fallen angel, which would you choose?
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:47:38pm |
re: #200 windsagio
I can understand you wanting to defend your friend. You liking him simply doesn’t make him right.
Find some reputable evidence, and I’ll gladly apologize to your friend ;)
Thank you Sagio. That is very good of you and I mean that. :)
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prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:48:01pm |
re: #203 Blueheron
So, you hang out with burly safety officers?/
How’s the delightful grand baby?
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CarryOn Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:48:12pm |
re: #201 WindUpBird
This blog places a high premium on sourcing information. Its founder broke that Dan Rather story, after all.
Is that true?? Wow.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:48:23pm |
re: #202 Gus 802
Quayle wrote some book called, “Aliens and Fallen Angels: The Sexual Corruption of the Human Race.”
Uh huh.
AWESOME.
I want that book. I want it now.
[Link: www.amazon.com…]
OFFSPRING OF THE GODS. And it’s spiral bound!
God I love a good kook.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:49:02pm |
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Gus Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:49:04pm |
re: #206 windsagio
man, if you had to choose doing the nasty with an alien or a fallen angel, which would you choose?
Probably an angel. After seeing the movie Alien…
/
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:49:06pm |
re: #204 windsagio
see, I know you’re a big guy and can take some guff Brookly :p
but I did not shoot the deputy…
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:49:07pm |
re: #201 WindUpBird
This blog places a high premium on sourcing information. Its founder broke that Dan Rather story, after all.
Yup. You are absolutely right. I should have cornered him and asked for his source.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:49:10pm |
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Gus Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:49:58pm |
re: #211 WindUpBird
AWESOME.
I want that book. I want it now.
[Link: www.amazon.com…]
OFFSPRING OF THE GODS. And it’s spiral bound!
God I love a good kook.
Get better. Some of Hagmann’s older “work.”
Helicopter Image Sparks Controversy, Onslaught of E-Mails!111!111
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:49:59pm |
re: #215 brookly red
man I was thinking about how to reference that song for a while, I couldn’t get it in..
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:50:11pm |
re: #206 windsagio
man, if you had to choose doing the nasty with an alien or a fallen angel, which would you choose?
/ever been clubbing in NYC?
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Racer X Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:50:16pm |
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:51:23pm |
re: #219 windsagio
man I was thinking about how to reference that song for a while, I couldn’t get it in..
it does seem to fit, no?
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:51:52pm |
re: #223 brookly red
as in “I shot the sheriff’s credibility”? ;)
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Spare O'Lake Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:53:02pm |
I went into town
For one last round
And I gambled my ticket away
Now the big steel rail
Won’t carry me home…
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:53:11pm |
re: #216 Blueheron
Yup. You are absolutely right. I should have cornered him and asked for his source.
You don’t have to corner him, just go “hmm!” and look it up. I google stuff constantly, because I’m afraid of being caught saying something that’s demonstrably false. I’m sort of paranoid about it, actually. I honestly don’t want to get on your case and make you feel bad, I just get frustrated at misinformation, and it comes out as snark.
And for the record I have many many liberal friends, more liberal than myself, who have laid all kinds of batshit insane stuff on me. Chemtrails, food-poisoning conspiracies, quackery, homeopathy, ear candles, reiki, 9.11 turthers, you name it. I hang out with a lot of weirdos, and they’re good friends. I just quiety disbelieve a lot of their wackiness. It;s fun to hear the wackiness over pints of beer. It’s good bar talk. But I know it’s nuts.
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Silvergirl Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:53:34pm |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:54:04pm |
re: #220 brookly red
/ever been clubbing in NYC?
heehee upding :D
We have some good club nights in Portland, but it’s a smaller town, we don’t have the 24hourpartypeople culture that the Ny scene does.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:54:22pm |
re: #227 WindUpBird
I can think of one of your friends that believes all of those things >>
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:54:45pm |
re: #230 windsagio
I can think of one of your friends that believes all of those things >>
SHHHHHHHHH
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:55:31pm |
re: #224 windsagio
as in “I shot the sheriff’s credibility”? ;)
not what I had in mind… I still think that the average sheriff knows more about law enforcement than the average civilian. Its
a silly notion I know.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:55:45pm |
re: #227 WindUpBird
You’re a better (wo)man than I am. I have a very short “Shut the fuck up” fuse… I am waaay more polite on the interweaves.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:56:17pm |
re: #229 WindUpBird
heehee upding :D
We have some good club nights in Portland, but it’s a smaller town, we don’t have the 24hourpartypeople culture that the Ny scene does.
an alien angel in the act of falling can be pretty darn hot…
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prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:57:09pm |
re: #227 WindUpBird
I can add Tiger’s Milk, royal jelly, some kind of green algae I don’t remember the name of, Goji juice, pressure point massage to open your chakras…I know there’s more.
I was raised by curious liberal women who have chased down every cure for happiness that they came across.
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Stanley Sea Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:57:16pm |
re: #227 WindUpBird
I have had ear candling done. It was the best thing for my sinuses believe it or not. :-)
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:58:15pm |
re: #232 brookly red
That’s why I used “Sheriff Joe”. :p
About law enforcement they likely know more, but about nationwide terrorism, its not so likely. Anyways, a sheriff is just as likely to have nutty ideas about an emotionally charged issue like terrorism as anyone else.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:58:39pm |
re: #208 prairiefire
So, you hang out with burly safety officers?/
My Mama didn’t raise dumb children you know :))How’s the delightful grand baby?
She is the delight of my life :)) Thank you for asking.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:59:11pm |
re: #233 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You’re a better (wo)man than I am. I have a very short “Shut the fuck up” fuse… I am waaay more polite on the interweaves.
I’m a guy. :D
Well, here’s the thing, it’s harmless, because they’re people I otherwise have lots in common with. If someone believes in a conspiracy theory, and they’re already a friend of mine, there’s no point in me arguing it with them, I’ll just make them angry and defensive and possibly harm my friendship, which isn’t based on that anyhow.
When you’re an artist, and you hang out with other artists, you become immune to the wild things artists believe. If all my friends had to share my politics and skepticism, i would have no friends, hahaha :D
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 5:59:50pm |
re: #236 Stanley Sea
I have had ear candling done. It was the best thing for my sinuses believe it or not. :-)
I’m talkig about the people who believe it has MYSTICAL PROPERTIES ooWEEEOOO and so forth :D
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:00:26pm |
Hows this brookly;
I’m not a big fan of ‘automatic trust of authority figures’.
/although, ‘automatic hate of authority figures’ is almost as bad…
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:00:37pm |
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Gus Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:00:57pm |
re: #140 Obdicut
I am pretty damn certain that the same Hagmann used to be a UFO ‘investigator’.
I have to run now, so I can’t confirm. Sorry.
Here’s something from 1999…
Hagmann Investigative Services, Inc. - Links of Paranormal Interest
As a professional investigator, I obviously like mysteries, including the unexplained. Did you ever wonder about our origins and some of the “larger” mysteries in life? What about the present “New Age” movement?
A really interesting book I have recently read concerning the genre of UFO’s, unexplained phenomena, and related topics which provides extremely logical explanations based in Biblical and Christian terms is “Alien Encounters” by Chuck Missler and Dr. Mark Eastman. This book is written from a literal Biblical perspective and in my humble opinion, makes a great deal of sense in the explanations of all things paranormal.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:01:19pm |
re: #235 prairiefire
I can add Tiger’s Milk, royal jelly, some kind of green algae I don’t remember the name of, Goji juice, pressure point massage to open your chakras…I know there’s more.
I was raised by curious liberal women who have chased down every cure for happiness that they came across.
Cure for happiness! hee!
Reminds me of my favorite quote from the hilarious youtube series Yacht Rock:
Dude from the band Toto: “According to this, the root chakra is my taint. That means she totally wants to fuck me.”
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:01:20pm |
re: #242 windsagio
Hows this brookly;
I’m not a big fan of ‘automatic trust of authority figures’.
/although, ‘automatic hate of authority figures’ is almost as bad…
fair enough… is a Sheriff is elected ?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:01:42pm |
re: #239 WindUpBird
I thought you were of the “dudeage” variety, but, you know what happens when you assume. The second mouse gets the cheese.
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jaunte Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:01:45pm |
re: #237 windsagio
Sheriff John Kost has been working on anti-terrorism issues with schools in particular since 2001, so he’d be likely to fall on the extra-cautious side of the question, especially after Beslan.
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:01:59pm |
re: #233 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You’re a better (wo)man than I am. I have a very short “Shut the fuck up” fuse… I am waaay more polite on the interweaves.
You frigging Rock Veggie…
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ryannon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:02:05pm |
re: #182 WindUpBird
Everybody panic! *cue Drudge sirens*
There’s that occasional moment here where a lot of the posters sort of merge into Devastator and stomp around for a while. That’s when I take the opportunity to log off and go buy a six-pack. and then i come back when it chills out and we go back to talking about Bob Dylan.
Yeah, ok
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:02:24pm |
re: #246 brookly red
haha, extra word (sorry I lose points for that).
On the other hand, Obama was elected too, and I know how you feel about that :P
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:02:32pm |
re: #247 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I know it, i keep mistaking guys for girls and vice versa here.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:03:04pm |
re: #250 ryannon
hahaha you win at the internets, that’s insane. :D Has that been posted to Jalopnik?
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Stanley Sea Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:03:37pm |
re: #241 WindUpBird
I’m talkig about the people who believe it has MYSTICAL PROPERTIES ooWEEEOOO and so forth :D
Dang, well I was ripped off then!
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:04:08pm |
re: #251 windsagio
haha, extra word (sorry I lose points for that).
On the other hand, Obama was elected too, and I know how you feel about that :P
well I will admit he knows more about running a country then the average person, I am not happy about that but it is what it is.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:04:23pm |
re: #255 Stanley Sea
Dang, well I was ripped off then!
You need to align your bodily humors into the seven pointed star of…something :D
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:05:39pm |
re: #257 WindUpBird
You need to align your bodily humors into the seven pointed star of…something :D
you need pizza & beer…
the first consultation is free.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:06:14pm |
re: #256 brookly red
Fair enough :P
The whole thing comes down to hearing something that seems wrong and wanting supporting documentation… and that’s not an unreasonable thing.
You can’t automatically believe anything you hear on the web, especially not third-hand accounts >>
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:06:44pm |
re: #247 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I thought you were of the “dudeage” variety, but, you know what happens when you assume. The second mouse gets the cheese.
I think we should have an open thread and, for those who want to, self-identify as male or female.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:06:50pm |
re: #245 WindUpBird
almost missed it: + for Yacht Rock reference.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:07:31pm |
re: #260 The Sanity Inspector
I think we should have an open thread and, for those who want to, self-identify as male or female.
I’m a boy.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:07:45pm |
re: #260 The Sanity Inspector
we totally should!
One of the things that used to drive me crazy was having this long, carefully sourced post totally thrown aside by “You called so and so he, thats a woman”.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:07:54pm |
re: #227 WindUpBird
You don’t have to corner him, just go “hmm!” and look it up. I google stuff constantly, because I’m afraid of being caught saying something that’s demonstrably false. I’m sort of paranoid about it, actually. I honestly don’t want to get on your case and make you feel bad, I just get frustrated at misinformation, and it comes out as snark.
And for the record I have many many liberal friends, more liberal than myself, who have laid all kinds of batshit insane stuff on me. Chemtrails, food-poisoning conspiracies, quackery, homeopathy, ear candles, reiki, 9.11 turthers, you name it. I hang out with a lot of weirdos, and they’re good friends. I just quiety disbelieve a lot of their wackiness. It;s fun to hear the wackiness over pints of beer. It’s good bar talk. But I know it’s nuts.
For what it’s worth, you and Windie have gone up in my eyes tonight and I will check my friends also. As you say they can come up with some yarns :)
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:08:21pm |
What young man, going out into the world full of ardour and passion, does not say to himself: “The impulses of my heart are the voice of Nature, which is never mistaken. The institutions that stand in my way are man-made and are only arbitrary conventions to which I have never given my consent. In trampling these institutions underfoot, I shall have the double pleasure of satisfying my inclinations and of believing myself a hero”
— Frederic Bastiat, 1848
Proof that the 60s are older than they seem.
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prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:08:42pm |
re: #250 ryannon
That sounds pretty close to a tornado siren.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:09:26pm |
re: #266 The Sanity Inspector
I’m funny that way, I’m the only person I know who’s become far more liberal as they aged.
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Racer X Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:10:03pm |
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:10:29pm |
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:11:37pm |
re: #263 windsagio
we totally should!
One of the things that used to drive me crazy was having this long, carefully sourced post totally thrown aside by “You called so and so he, thats a woman”.
Okay, I’ll go first.
teletype printer sound effect:
The Sanity Inspector
male
middle-middle aged
married, two kids
6’6”, looks like a cross between Abraham Lincoln and Mr. Bean
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:12:16pm |
re: #260 The Sanity Inspector
I think we should have an open thread and, for those who want to, self-identify as male or female.
This has been talked about for years.. All Charles needs to do is have a check box in your profile. Male or Female… you click it baby…
Not that I really thinks it matters.. There are good souls on the Internet..Does it matter what sex you are?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:12:18pm |
re: #271 windsagio
This place is a Sausages factory!
How do you make a leper sausage? Put a sock at one end of a wind tunnel; a leper in the other.
I’M OUTRAGED! MY FATHER WAS A LEPER.
(pre-emptive)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:13:02pm |
re: #273 HoosierHoops
When I ask you what you are wearing, I’d like to know if you’re a dude.
/
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:13:21pm |
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:14:12pm |
/actually I strongly suspect that some well known ‘women’ on here really aren’t, but I can’t prove it :p
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Silvergirl Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:14:48pm |
re: #274 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
How do you make a leper sausage? Put a sock at one end of a wind tunnel; a leper in the other.
I’M OUTRAGED! MY FATHER WAS A LEPER.
(pre-emptive)
Very timely. I am at this moment watching a video about Father Damien (Damian?) of Molokai.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:15:21pm |
re: #278 windsagio
/actually I strongly suspect that some well known ‘women’ on here really aren’t, but I can’t prove it :p
/digital drag… oh my.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:16:49pm |
re: #280 brookly red
if you’ve ever played any MMO’s its freaking common. probably 80% of the ‘women’ are, well, ‘men’.
Also an old truism. If someone online wants to talk dirty to you, and you’re not paying for it, they’re probably men.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:16:53pm |
re: #248 jaunte
Sheriff John Kost has been working on anti-terrorism issues with schools in particular since 2001, so he’d be likely to fall on the extra-cautious side of the question, especially after Beslan.
Yes Jaunte he said that also. He said after Beslan our law enforcement agencies are hyper vigilant for either an organized group or a lone wolf going after soft targets like schools and houses of worship.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:17:46pm |
re: #281 windsagio
if you’ve ever played any MMO’s its freaking common. probably 80% of the ‘women’ are, well, ‘men’.
Also an old truism. If someone online wants to talk dirty to you, and you’re not paying for it, they’re probably men.
uhhh, Ok if you say so…
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Glenn Beck's Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:18:51pm |
re: #278 windsagio
I’m extremely, almost frighteningly male.
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jaunte Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:19:52pm |
re: #282 Blueheron
I couldn’t find a definitive link on the training camps issue, but I can understand why he would want everyone to be cautious, given the possibilities he has to consider in his work.
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:19:57pm |
re: #273 HoosierHoops
This has been talked about for years.. All Charles needs to do is have a check box in your profile. Male or Female… you click it baby…
Not that I really thinks it matters.. There are good souls on the Internet..Does it matter what sex you are?
Hoops, I would make a strong argument against doing that, unless there were also a checkbox for ‘decline to state’ or something.
Women on the internet, possibly especially in the political blogosphere, attract far more kinds of abusive behaviours than men. I don’t even we should have the 3 boxes but it should be left up to each individual to decide what they wish to reveal. Because the only people likely to feel the need to select ‘decline to state’ would be female. Case in point: blogger digby at hullabalo. I always knew she had to be a she, simply because she never wanted to state her gender. (until recently)
Used to be the case that new posters here, especially ones with divergent views, would come in for an unwarranted amount of personal interest. And while the regged posters are cool, way more people read here than those that comment. I would vote no on this.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:20:25pm |
re: #283 brookly red
I spent a few years pretending to be a woman (and no, I refused to do or talk about anything dirty, altho a TON of people asked me to), so I know about these things :P
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:21:37pm |
re: #287 windsagio
I spent a few years pretending to be a woman (and no, I refused to do or talk about anything dirty, altho a TON of people asked me to), so I know about these things :P
TMI :)
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:22:01pm |
re: #288 brookly red
It wasn’t on purpose! You kind of fall into these things sometimes >>
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Racer X Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:22:17pm |
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jaunte Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:23:32pm |
Driving home tonight listening to the radio, I found that I have a chance to pay $20 to go see a bunch of motivational speakers at the Toyota Center Feb. 8, including General Colin Powell, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, Zig Ziglar, Rick Belluzzo, Tamara Lowe, and Lou Holtz.
I’m torn between interest in seeing a lot of the speakers and not wanting to help reward someone who quit elected office without finishing her term.
[Link: www.houstontoyotacenter.com…]
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:24:09pm |
Err on a different subject,
I’m trying to decide if its fair to call Interpol too derivative of Joy Division
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:24:25pm |
re: #289 windsagio
It wasn’t on purpose! You kind of fall into these things sometimes >>
/And the coloured girls go
Doo do doo do doo do do doo..
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:24:44pm |
Futuristic prom rave murder sparkle cable installation.
(Third one down.)
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:26:03pm |
re: #294 MandyManners
That’s a freaking wonderful dress.
I’d describe it as ‘halfway between Judy Jetson and the 5000 fingers of Dr. T’
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:26:42pm |
re: #293 brookly red
/And the coloured girls go
Doo do doo do doo do do doo..
Shaved his legs and then he was a she…
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:26:48pm |
re: #286 iceweasel
Hoops, I would make a strong argument against doing that, unless there were also a checkbox for ‘decline to state’ or something.
Women on the internet, possibly especially in the political blogosphere, attract far more kinds of abusive behaviours than men. I don’t even we should have the 3 boxes but it should be left up to each individual to decide what they wish to reveal. Because the only people likely to feel the need to select ‘decline to state’ would be female. Case in point: blogger digby at hullabalo. I always knew she had to be a she, simply because she never wanted to state her gender. (until recently)Used to be the case that new posters here, especially ones with divergent views, would come in for an unwarranted amount of personal interest. And while the regged posters are cool, way more people read here than those that comment. I would vote no on this.
You make a fine augument Ice..
Overall.. I know exactly who is a woman and who is a man here….So it is moot..
But on the Internet..If I was a woman.. I’d cut every man’s nuts off If I had too and wouldn’t even blink…
I don’t mess with Internet Woman.. They will mess you up! *wink*
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Silvergirl Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:27:52pm |
re: #291 jaunte
Driving home tonight listening to the radio, I found that I have a chance to pay $20 to go see a bunch of motivational speakers at the Toyota Center Feb. 8, including General Colin Powell, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, Zig Ziglar, Rick Belluzzo, Tamara Lowe, and Lou Holtz.
I’m torn between interest in seeing a lot of the speakers and not wanting to help reward someone who quit elected office without finishing her term.
[Link: www.houstontoyotacenter.com…]
Go, but wear a big sign around your neck in all caps, EFFIN’ RETARDED QUITTER!
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:28:20pm |
re: #291 jaunte
Driving home tonight listening to the radio, I found that I have a chance to pay $20 to go see a bunch of motivational speakers at the Toyota Center Feb. 8, including General Colin Powell, Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, Zig Ziglar, Rick Belluzzo, Tamara Lowe, and Lou Holtz.
I’m torn between interest in seeing a lot of the speakers and not wanting to help reward someone who quit elected office without finishing her term.
[Link: www.houstontoyotacenter.com…]
Maybe so but you will get to hear the others speak. I would go.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:29:07pm |
re: #297 jaunte
Worthwhile?
Since you asked? Nope.
Lots of sales pitches for stuff… more pitch than speech.
The one I went to was “like that”.
I’d go to another one for 20.00 with that star power.
Zig Ziglar was one of the big guns for my. The rock star of salespeople.
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:30:32pm |
re: #299 HoosierHoops
You make a fine augument Ice..
Overall.. I know exactly who is a woman and who is a man here…So it is moot..
But on the Internet..If I was a woman.. I’d cut every man’s nuts off If I had too and wouldn’t even blink…
I don’t mess with Internet Woman.. They will mess you up! *wink*
Ha! Well, anyone who wants to mess up Hoops has to get by me. :)
And many others, I’m sure! Who doesn’t love the Hoopster!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:30:37pm |
re: #302 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Ever wished you could just repost?
Mine was more sales related… hence, they pimped like nobody’s business.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:31:38pm |
re: #303 jaunte
I would like to see Giuliani and Powell.
Guliani wasn’t all that impressive when I saw him speak for a local Congressman. He is also surprisingly short. Did you know that?
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:31:43pm |
re: #305 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I’d kill for an ‘edit’ function >>
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darthstar Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:32:52pm |
Oy…craziness…got a friend bringing me 46lbs of lamb, only I need to go pick it up in the city. Still, it’s farm fresh and humanely raised (until the butchering part)…so it should be good.
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Jeff In Ohio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:33:11pm |
re: #303 jaunte
I’d pay $20 for that if it was jello wrestling and there was a guarantee there would be a big make out scene at the end.
:::end stripper nightmare.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:33:48pm |
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:34:36pm |
re: #310 darthstar
Oy…craziness…got a friend bringing me 46lbs of lamb, only I need to go pick it up in the city. Still, it’s farm fresh and humanely raised (until the butchering part)…so it should be good.
Nooo Draaaaaath.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:35:54pm |
re: #310 darthstar
Oy…craziness…got a friend bringing me 46lbs of lamb, only I need to go pick it up in the city. Still, it’s farm fresh and humanely raised (until the butchering part)…so it should be good.
Oh you lucky person. Real honest to gosh lamb is so tasty. What we get in the supermarkets is really mutton.
I love to make lamb chops, humus, cous cous and chopped tomatoes and cucumber.
Or roasted lamb stuffed full of garlic. I am making myself drool and it isn’t my lamb! :))
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jaunte Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:35:56pm |
re: #311 Jeff In Ohio
Let’s see…
The GET MOTIVATED Seminar is an action-packed, fun-filled, explosive, exciting, inspiring, skill-building business event that is world famous for its mega-watt superstar speakers and spectacular stage production.
Well, action-packed and spectacular stage production might cover that, but they’re not so specific…
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:36:30pm |
re: #304 iceweasel
Ha! Well, anyone who wants to mess up Hoops has to get by me. :)
And many others, I’m sure! Who doesn’t love the Hoopster!
I emailed Nikki with me with Blue Hair for the Super Bowl.. She posted it on her Facebook page.. I’ll email you this weekend..
/
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:36:39pm |
re: #315 Blueheron
Oh you lucky person. Real honest to gosh lamb is so tasty. What we get in the supermarkets is really mutton.
I love to make lamb chops, humus, cous cous and chopped tomatoes and cucumber.
Or roasted lamb stuffed full of garlic. I am making myself drool and it isn’t my lamb! :))
didn’t we do sheep once today?
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:37:16pm |
re: #310 darthstar
Oy…craziness…got a friend bringing me 46lbs of lamb, only I need to go pick it up in the city. Still, it’s farm fresh and humanely raised (until the butchering part)…so it should be good.
Damn, I’m jealous. I don’t eat much beef anymore. If I’m going to have red meat I stick with lamb. Just has more taste to me. Enjoy.
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Jeff In Ohio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:37:44pm |
re: #316 jaunte
There’s nothing more motivating then chicks in bikinis, covered in jello, making out. Throw in some Kentucky, and your halfway to Pornville.
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:37:45pm |
re: #317 HoosierHoops
I emailed Nikki with me with Blue Hair for the Super Bowl.. She posted it on her Facebook page.. I’ll email you this weekend..
/
Yay! Hoops with blue hair!
Sent you an email earlier…
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:38:29pm |
re: #314 Jeff In Ohio
Opening a kabob stand?
one of the hardest things about going meatless is no Gyros…
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:38:45pm |
re: #320 Jeff In Ohio
That’s halfway?
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:38:48pm |
re: #320 Jeff In Ohio
There’s nothing more motivating then chicks in bikinis, covered in jello, making out. Throw in some Kentucky, and your halfway to Pornville.
Doesn’t do nothing for me.//
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:38:50pm |
re: #320 Jeff In Ohio
My image was of Colin Powell and Rudy Guliani wrestling in jell-o and making out.
Not so appetizing >>
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jaunte Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:39:16pm |
re: #320 Jeff In Ohio
There’s nothing more motivating then chicks in bikinis, covered in jello, making out. Throw in some Kentucky, and your halfway to Pornville.
Google Maps:
Did you mean:
62860 Pronville, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas de Calais, France
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Silvergirl Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:39:20pm |
Oh good. Just two updings on the retarded comment. Much better.
Don’t forget, March 3 is Day to Spread the Word to End the Word.
Special Olympics, Best Buddies and supporters from across the world will unite in support of a grassroots movement challenging the use of an outdated word that must be recognized for its hurtful impact on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). On March 3rd, Spread the Word to End the Word awareness day will commence - engaging schools, organizations and communities by raising the consciousness of society about the dehumanizing and hurtful effects of the word “retard(ed),” and encouraging everyone to stop using the R-word by signing our pledge and encouraging their friends and families to do the same.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:40:01pm |
re: #322 brookly red
one of the hardest things about going meatless is no Gyros…
and yes it is acceptable to put Gyro on pizza…
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:40:21pm |
re: #325 windsagio
Hey! I paid good money for that dinner I almost lost there…
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:40:27pm |
re: #327 Silvergirl
“Testing” a blog for PCness. Is this really what we’ve come down to?
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Silvergirl Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:41:06pm |
re: #331 windsagio
“Testing” a blog for PCness. Is this really what we’ve come down to?
Horrid. Just horrid.
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:41:11pm |
re: #328 Jeff In Ohio
Any pinhole cam developments?
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Jeff In Ohio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:41:21pm |
re: #326 jaunte
I was thinking more Black Gnat.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:42:03pm |
re: #327 Silvergirl
Oh good. Just two updings on the retarded comment. Much better.
Don’t forget, March 3 is Day to Spread the Word to End the Word.
/uhhh, no “r” word…
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Jeff In Ohio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:42:35pm |
re: #333 Rightwingconspirator
Any pinhole cam developments?
Waiting for some sunshine. We’ve had one day in 3 weeks and it was 15 degrees out. Need the sunshine. I WANT THE SUN TO SHINE!
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:44:12pm |
re: #336 Jeff In Ohio
One day? Ugh. I just landed a commercial gig today, saving for a 7d. Really small product- Earring backs!
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:45:30pm |
Silvergirl:
No seriously, what was the point of that exercise?
You used a word that you yourself claim to find uacceptable, in order to catch people, not even USING the word you hate so much, but approving of the post in which the word was used.
There aren’t words I’m willing to use on here to describe how wrong that is.
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Jeff In Ohio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:45:36pm |
re: #325 windsagio
My image was of Colin Powell and Rudy Guliani wrestling in jell-o and making out.
Not so appetizing >>
I started out with that image. Then I remembered my old drummers, um, er, uh x-wife, who is a stripper and does jello wrestling and just released her first ‘lesbian’ porn flick, and it was all down hill from there.
The good news on that is it saving him (the drummer, can’t speak for Rudy) a lot of lawyer fees in the custody battle. He spent $5 on the video and that was all he needed to bring to court.
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Jeff In Ohio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:47:20pm |
re: #337 Rightwingconspirator
One day? Ugh. I just landed a commercial gig today, saving for a 7d. Really small product- Earring backs!
That’s a hell of a camera.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:48:12pm |
re: #286 iceweasel
Hoops, I would make a strong argument against doing that, unless there were also a checkbox for ‘decline to state’ or something.
Women on the internet, possibly especially in the political blogosphere, attract far more kinds of abusive behaviours than men. I don’t even we should have the 3 boxes but it should be left up to each individual to decide what they wish to reveal. Because the only people likely to feel the need to select ‘decline to state’ would be female. Case in point: blogger digby at hullabalo. I always knew she had to be a she, simply because she never wanted to state her gender. (until recently)Used to be the case that new posters here, especially ones with divergent views, would come in for an unwarranted amount of personal interest. And while the regged posters are cool, way more people read here than those that comment. I would vote no on this.
You’re right about the abuse. Take the stalkers for instance: With me or Killgore they just use conventional insults. But when its been you or Sharmuta being attacked the attacks are often in the realm of violent or sexual fantasies. It sees that when some men get angry at woman on the net, they unleash their misogyny and spew attacks that seem to be themed “Know Your Place!”. Chauvinism is alive and well on the net, though not at LGF.
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Lidane Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:50:32pm |
Wow. They really do eat their own:
Club For Growth Targets Gingrich
The conservative Club for Growth is hitting back at former House Speaker Newt Gingrich for criticizing the small government group during an appearance in Utah for Republican Sen. Bob Bennett. The Club is actively working to defeat Bennett, who is seeking re-election in November.
Several Republicans are challenging Bennett from his right flank as he seeks a fourth term, largely because of his vote in favor of the Wall Street bailout in 2008. While the Club has said they will oppose Bennett, they haven’t said which candidate they will support instead.
But Bennett has the backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee - which as a rule supports Republican incumbents - and on Wednesday Gingrich showed up in Salt Lake City to lend a hand.
“I wish the Club for Growth would spend as much time and energy to defeat liberal Democrats as they do dividing Republicans,” Gingrich told a crowd at Bennett’s formal campaign launch, according to the Deseret News. “I try to defeat liberal Democrats. I don’t spend much time trying to defeat Republicans.”
That prompted the influential conservative group to take a shot at Gingrich for backing “ultra-liberal” Dede Scozzafava in last year’s special election in New York’s 23rd district. The moderate Scozzafava quit the race after being harangued by conservative activists who supported Doug Hoffman. Democrat Bill Owens eventually won the race.
“Newt has proven time and again that he will support any Republican, regardless of policies and principles,” said Club president Chris Chocola in a statement. “That’s his right, but the Club for Growth PAC puts principles over party,”
“Newt was wrong about New York-23, and he’s wrong about Utah,” Chocola continued. “And pretty soon, Bennett will wish Newt never gave him the kiss of Dede.”
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:51:01pm |
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for
that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents
on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with
barely so much as a nod of the head.
— Quentin Crisp
We want to create a sort of linguistic Lourdes, where evil and misfortune are dispelled by a dip in the waters of euphemism.
— Robert Hughes
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:51:52pm |
re: #321 iceweasel
Yay! Hoops with blue hair!
Sent you an email earlier…
I’m about a thousand emails behind..
You know what sucks? Taxes when you live in Singapore..I’ve been talking to the legal dept with our Company.. There is some shit that goes down when they convert your paycheck to local currency and you have to pay taxes in USD.
They offer Tax lawyers..Thank God!
I’m soon to be an expatriot
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:52:46pm |
re: #341 Jeff In Ohio
I have some ideas on exploiting the SLR advantages over regular video cameras. I think I can exploit the macro lens for some amazing jewelry video for advertising and even process video, like casting, setting stones etc. My studio might get more traction.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:52:53pm |
re: #317 HoosierHoops
I’m STILL hoping you send it to Reine, who can send it to me.
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:53:01pm |
re: #342 Dark_Falcon
You’re right about the abuse. Take the stalkers for instance: With me or Killgore they just use conventional insults. But when its been you or Sharmuta being attacked the attacks are often in the realm of violent or sexual fantasies. It sees that when some men get angry at woman on the net, they unleash their misogyny and spew attacks that seem to be themed “Know Your Place!”. Chauvinism is alive and well on the net, though not at LGF.
Yep. There’s a great piece by Joan Walsh about what happened to tech blogger Kathy Sierra: (highly recommend)
Men who hate women on the Web
On the lighter side, there’s this, which I always used to post whenever some troll would chastise me in terms like “Know Your Place”:
Women! Know Your Limits!
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HoosierHoops Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:54:36pm |
re: #348 Floral Giraffe
I’m STILL hoping you send it to Reine, who can send it to me.
I got you covered Floral..We will do the cell phone pic’s….
/there ought to be a law! *wink*
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Jeff In Ohio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:55:16pm |
re: #347 Rightwingconspirator
I have some ideas on exploiting the SLR advantages over regular video cameras. I think I can exploit the macro lens for some amazing jewelry video for advertising and even process video, like casting, setting stones etc. My studio might get more traction.
I would think the glass is better, but don’t know to much about video.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:55:59pm |
re: #343 Lidane
Club for Growth Decline = Epic Fail (and I used to be a supporter of them. Live and learn.)
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:56:13pm |
re: #349 iceweasel
We all have the ability to establish our anonymity. We get to stay way back behind a fake story and deceptive avatars, or just lay it out there. No need for a checkbox. Besides its fun to try to piece the puzzle of personality together as we see more posts.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:57:27pm |
re: #349 iceweasel
LOL! I never watched that one before, but I’m glad I finally did! It’s a scream!
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celticdragon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:58:05pm |
Hey gang. If none of you have seen it, this advert from England is possibly the most emotionally wrenching and beautiful one and half minutes I have ever seen.
[Link: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com…]
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 6:58:42pm |
re: #354 Dark_Falcon
LOL! I never watched that one before, but I’m glad I finally did! It’s a scream!
Heh. I used to always post it to Mullah Buzzsaw and others. It would have been useful to whip out on the troll who called me ‘a very difficult girl’ recently. h/t Jimmah for introducing me to it!
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:00:54pm |
re: #351 Jeff In Ohio
Depending on what we compare to-Wildly better glass, a larger chip, better color and DOF control.
*inhales*
Only news cameras can come close.
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:01:10pm |
re: #349 iceweasel
Yep. There’s a great piece by Joan Walsh about what happened to tech blogger Kathy Sierra: (highly recommend)
Men who hate women on the WebOn the lighter side, there’s this, which I always used to post whenever some troll would chastise me in terms like “Know Your Place”:
Women! Know Your Limits![Video]
But then there’s nothing unique about commenters turning on the blog host. Steven den Beste gave up current events blogging altogether several years ago because, says he, his commenters kept crapping at him about what he posted. I think he’s an anime blogger now.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:01:17pm |
re: #353 Rightwingconspirator
We all have the ability to establish our anonymity. We get to stay way back behind a fake story and deceptive avatars, or just lay it out there. No need for a checkbox. Besides its fun to try to piece the puzzle of personality together as we see more posts.
/first rule of the witness protection program… stay of the internet!
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Jimmah Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:01:17pm |
re: #292 windsagio
Err on a different subject,
I’m trying to decide if its fair to call Interpol too derivative of Joy Division
Interpol? Aren’t they part of New (World) Order?
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:03:32pm |
re: #355 celticdragon
Hey gang. If none of you have seen it, this advert from England is possibly the most emotionally wrenching and beautiful one and half minutes I have ever seen.
[Link: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com…]
It’s something of a gut check, which the Brits always do better. US public service ads always pull their punches.
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Jeff In Ohio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:03:41pm |
re: #357 Rightwingconspirator
Depending on what we compare to-Wildly better glass, a larger chip, better color and DOF control.
*inhales*
Only news cameras can come close.
Can’t lose with any of that. I’m still happy with my ancient D1.
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celticdragon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:04:00pm |
re: #352 Dark_Falcon
Club for
GrowthDecline = Epic Fail (and I used to be a supporter of them. Live and learn.)
Same here.
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laZardo Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:05:11pm |
re: #358 The Sanity Inspector
But then there’s nothing unique about commenters turning on the blog host. Steven den Beste gave up current events blogging altogether several years ago because, says he, his commenters kept crapping at him about what he posted. I think he’s an anime blogger now.
“Men who hate women on the web.”
MAKES PERFECT SENSE. :D
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celticdragon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:05:24pm |
re: #361 Dark_Falcon
It’s something of a gut check, which the Brits always do better. US public service ads always pull their punches.
Indeed. I was openly crying at the end. US public service spots have never done that to me.
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:05:34pm |
re: #358 The Sanity Inspector
But then there’s nothing unique about commenters turning on the blog host. Steven den Beste gave up current events blogging altogether several years ago because, says he, his commenters kept crapping at him about what he posted. I think he’s an anime blogger now.
Of course that’s not unique, but there is something unique about the way women are treated. Especially in areas that are typically very male-dominated on the net; tech, politics, etc. The Walsh piece gives more detail on that.
LGF has a somewhat higher percentage of female commenters than the average political blog so far as I am aware, excepting only those political blogs that are specifically feminist blogs. So it’s a friendlier environment imo. We have many active and vocal female commentators for a political blog: higher than average.
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:05:37pm |
re: #310 darthstar
Oy…craziness…got a friend bringing me 46lbs of lamb, only I need to go pick it up in the city. Still, it’s farm fresh and humanely raised (until the butchering part)…so it should be good.
That reminds me, I have a leg of goat in the freezer I need to do something with. Any suggestions?
Got a goose, too, but that I can handle :) Nom nom nom ;)
William
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:06:03pm |
Let us meditate upon the wisdom of St. Frank Zappa:
Once upon a time, a record company had A&R people who would take a chance, make a decision, use their gut reaction, sign a group, and see what they could do with it. That was, whoa, a long time ago. It’s not that way anymore. All decisions about who get signed and what happens to the record are made by these drooling little midrange accountants. And everything is based on the numbers games in there. The taste of the accountants is what is ruling the mass media. It’s all just the dollars and cents of exchange. If you wanna make music that you believe in, the chances of doing it on a major label basis are nil, because they’re all so frightened. Everybody’s there trying to protect their job. And it’s easier to look like a wise executive by saying no to something if it’s just the most minutely fringe-oid in terms of content.
The horrible part of it is the artists who are feeding this ecological chain stop making music they believe in and start making product that they know will be airable. And they change the style of what they’re doing to fit within the narrow framework that is the contemporary accepted norm for suitable, radio-sounding music. And anything that comes outside of that norm doesn’t go on the air, you don’t hear about it, you don’t know about it. Right now there’s probably hundreds of artists in the United States making great sounds and great music. You’ll never hear it. You’ll never find out about it.
Aww, Frank. Why couldn’t you have stuck around long enough to see the Internet?
Note: Frank Zappa in the early 1980s was advocating a system that is pretty much exactly what iTunes is today. The technology of the day just wasn’t up to the task.
A PROPOSAL FOR A SYSTEM TO REPLACE ORDINARY RECORD MERCHANDISING
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Jeff In Ohio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:06:44pm |
re: #360 Jimmah
I think Low-Life was on my turn table for most of 1985. What a great record.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:07:34pm |
re: #355 celticdragon
Hey gang. If none of you have seen it, this advert from England is possibly the most emotionally wrenching and beautiful one and half minutes I have ever seen.
[Link: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com…]
Speaking of strange yet effective commercials… Struggle.
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laZardo Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:07:37pm |
re: #355 celticdragon
Hey gang. If none of you have seen it, this advert from England is possibly the most emotionally wrenching and beautiful one and half minutes I have ever seen.
[Link: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com…]
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:08:25pm |
re: #362 Jeff In Ohio
My first was a D-30, the one when Canon grabbed film bodies off the shelf and essetially re purposed them for digital. Coolest gift I ever got from Dragon_Lady. She traded her older race gun for it.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:08:55pm |
re: #367 wlewisiii
That reminds me, I have a leg of goat in the freezer I need to do something with. Any suggestions?
Got a goose, too, but that I can handle :) Nom nom nom ;)
William
goat tacos…
For Two
3/4 pound of shaved meat (Easiest to do when frozen, shave with a slicer or a knife until you have thin slices.)
1 medium onion
5 peppers from sweet to hot sliced in very thin small strips
10 cloves of garlic (pureed with some olive oil in the food processor)
6 small flour tortillas
Salt
The topping
2 chopped ripe tomatoes
1 sweet onion
A big bunch of cilantro
Wrap your tortillas in some foil and warm in the oven. Saute the onion and peppers together until they are caramelized. Lay the thin slices of goat in the skillet, salt and cook just until done. Dump all the garlic in at the last minute to glaze the whole mass and divide into the warm tortillas topping the the tomato, onion, cilantro mixture.
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Jimmah Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:09:16pm |
re: #355 celticdragon
Hey gang. If none of you have seen it, this advert from England is possibly the most emotionally wrenching and beautiful one and half minutes I have ever seen.
[Link: andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com…]
One of the all time top five public information films, from 1969: Leaky Pipes
The punchline is unforgettable :
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ryannon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:09:40pm |
re: #292 windsagio
Err on a different subject,
I’m trying to decide if its fair to call Interpol too derivative of Joy Division
Besides being a much better group, the lead singer of Joy Division had nostrils.
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celticdragon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:10:20pm |
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laZardo Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:10:55pm |
re: #360 Jimmah
Interpol? Aren’t they part of New (World) Order?
[Video]
That’d be one bizarre love triangle.
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:11:21pm |
re: #349 iceweasel
Favorited, to read later!
*waves*
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Jeff In Ohio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:11:31pm |
re: #372 Rightwingconspirator
My first was a D-30, the one when Canon grabbed film bodies off the shelf and essetially re purposed them for digital. Coolest gift I ever got from Dragon_Lady. She traded her older race gun for it.
She’s a keeper!
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:11:57pm |
re: #366 iceweasel
Of course that’s not unique, but there is something unique about the way women are treated. Especially in areas that are typically very male-dominated on the net; tech, politics, etc. The Walsh piece gives more detail on that.
LGF has a somewhat higher percentage of female commenters than the average political blog so far as I am aware, excepting only those political blogs that are specifically feminist blogs. So it’s a friendlier environment imo. We have many active and vocal female commentators for a political blog: higher than average.
True that. It’s also moderated closely, with misogynist assholes deleted. And even while they were letting their freak flags fly (before the ban hammer fell) the men here did not enable them. When Osama bin Asshat (a banned poster) went on his ‘fembot’ rant, Salamantis, Bagua, Jimmah, Talon, and I all teamed with ice to take the troll down. The women are the key to keeping those sorts of trolls out, but the men here do their part too by insisting on the high standards set by Charles. Every does their part and thus the trolls are vanquished!
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laZardo Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:12:02pm |
re: #366 iceweasel
I just go by these three rules:
1. The men are men.
2. The women are men.
3. The children are FBI agents.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:13:04pm |
re: #367 wlewisiii
You could also try a Caribbean classic Curry Goat.
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:13:16pm |
re: #361 Dark_Falcon
It’s something of a gut check, which the Brits always do better. US public service ads always pull their punches.
It is so peaceful but effective.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:13:29pm |
re: #373 brookly red
My god, do you have any idea HOW MUCH garlic is contained in TEN CLOVES? If this is a recipe for two, I’m guessing the two you’re thinking of are the last two humans on earth, trying desperately to ward of an invasion by a race of extraterrestrial Victorian vampires.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:13:51pm |
re: #376 celticdragon
Sorry to hear that, CD.
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prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:14:47pm |
Frickin filthy possum on my back deck eating the bird food I put out.
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:14:56pm |
re: #373 brookly red
goat tacos…
For Two
3/4 pound of shaved meat (Easiest to do when frozen, shave with a slicer or a knife until you have thin slices.)
1 medium onion
5 peppers from sweet to hot sliced in very thin small strips
10 cloves of garlic (pureed with some olive oil in the food processor)
6 small flour tortillas
SaltThe topping
2 chopped ripe tomatoes
1 sweet onion
A big bunch of cilantroWrap your tortillas in some foil and warm in the oven. Saute the onion and peppers together until they are caramelized. Lay the thin slices of goat in the skillet, salt and cook just until done. Dump all the garlic in at the last minute to glaze the whole mass and divide into the warm tortillas topping the the tomato, onion, cilantro mixture.
I once had goat. It was at a Sephardic bar mitzvah in Jerusalem, many years ago. I can’t remember what it tasted like except that it was hot, hot, hot! (and smelled awesome)
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laZardo Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:15:03pm |
re: #385 negativ
My god, do you have any idea HOW MUCH garlic is contained in TEN CLOVES? If this is a recipe for two, I’m guessing the two you’re thinking of are the last two humans on earth, trying desperately to ward of an invasion by a race of extraterrestrial Victorian vampires.
That is legendary.
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Political Atheist Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:15:44pm |
re: #387 prairiefire
My Coon cat freaks at a whiff of scent. She goes utterly nasty feral at first sight. Instakiller.
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:15:57pm |
re: #378 Floral Giraffe
Favorited, to read later!
*waves*
Hey honey! What’s up?
Jimmah has changed his avatar; you can see two kitties (ours) who aren’t doing anything nasty, but appear to have interesting reading habits…
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:16:04pm |
re: #385 negativ
My god, do you have any idea HOW MUCH garlic is contained in TEN CLOVES? If this is a recipe for two, I’m guessing the two you’re thinking of are the last two humans on earth, trying desperately to ward of an invasion by a race of extraterrestrial Victorian vampires.
Roast meat skewered on a cross.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:16:04pm |
re: #385 negativ
My god, do you have any idea HOW MUCH garlic is contained in TEN CLOVES? If this is a recipe for two, I’m guessing the two you’re thinking of are the last two humans on earth, trying desperately to ward of an invasion by a race of extraterrestrial Victorian vampires.
hey I figured if you eat goat you you could handle it… you can use less but no cheese on got. no,no, y no!
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celticdragon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:16:27pm |
re: #374 Jimmah
One of the all time top five public information films, from 1969: Leaky Pipes
The punchline is unforgettable :
[Video]
LMAO! Funny as hell :D
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:16:48pm |
You guys are making me wish there was some place to buy some decent goat around here. I’ll have to ask the local butcher about that.
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laZardo Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:16:56pm |
re: #392 Alouette
Roast meat skewered on a cross.
“This steak tastes like wood.”
“It is wood.”
“Oh good then it’s not just me.”
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:17:32pm |
re: #376 celticdragon
That was disturbing. My spouse has cerebral palsy. She would identify with that.
celticdragon, would your spouse appreciate any levity on the subject? This is a standup comic with CP:
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Jimmah Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:18:05pm |
re: #394 celticdragon
LMAO! Funny as hell :D
Shame on that family for allowing a pipe to burst. What kind of idiots are they?/ lol
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:18:09pm |
re: #382 Killgore Trout
You could also try a Caribbean classic Curry Goat.
I’ll second a vote for that. Never cooked it myself, but it’s damn tasty!
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Dancing along the light of day Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:18:27pm |
re: #391 iceweasel
Those are some seriously cute kitties!
I like all the white on the chest & face, punctuated with a black blotch on the nose!
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:18:31pm |
My new 42” HDTV is awesome!
The problem is that when I set it up, it scanned all the cable channels but not in listing order. My Comcast remote won’t work, only the new TV remote works.
I’ll have to call Comcast tech support, but for now I have it set on wide screen for the SB. W00t.
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Vicious Babushka Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:19:10pm |
re: #396 laZardo
“This steak tastes like wood.”
“It is wood.”
“Oh good then it’s not just me.”
This STAKE tastes like wood.
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PT Barnum Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:19:29pm |
re: #401 Alouette
My new 42” HDTV is awesome!
The problem is that when I set it up, it scanned all the cable channels but not in listing order. My Comcast remote won’t work, only the new TV remote works.
I’ll have to call Comcast tech support, but for now I have it set on wide screen for the SB. W00t.
Getting my direct TV upgraded to HD next week….two woots…
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:20:33pm |
re: #400 Floral Giraffe
Those are some seriously cute kitties!
I like all the white on the chest & face, punctuated with a black blotch on the nose!
They’re so adorable! They were his but now they’re ours. I miss them!
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celticdragon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:20:41pm |
re: #386 Slumbering Behemoth
Sorry to hear that, CD.
I appreciate that. It’s one of things that what you and I take for granted (like walking or holding a coffee cup) are things that she has a very hard time doing. Sometimes I will wake up to find that she is having spastic convulsions at night, though that is blessedly rare.
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prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:21:13pm |
re: #402 PT Barnum
Hey, P.T.
Husband just shook a stick at filthy possum and he ambled off. Looked like a little furry pig, not afraid of us at all.
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Silvergirl Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:21:30pm |
re: #338 windsagio
Silvergirl:
No seriously, what was the point of that exercise?
You used a word that you yourself claim to find uacceptable, in order to catch people, not even USING the word you hate so much, but approving of the post in which the word was used.
There aren’t words I’m willing to use on here to describe how wrong that is.
I had to eat dinner. Not ignoring your question.
I wouldn’t take it so seriously. In my mind, I see nothing wrong with taking the pulse on a subject. Wasn’t it only the last couple days that Walter got updings in the teens for it? It boggles my mind to see that acceptance, and makes me believe we’re adults with the minds of little goofy kids who don’t realize the weight of our words.
Sorry for your upset.
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darthstar Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:21:33pm |
re: #367 wlewisiii
That reminds me, I have a leg of goat in the freezer I need to do something with. Any suggestions?
Got a goose, too, but that I can handle :) Nom nom nom ;)
William
Slow roast it…olive oil, 5salt, pepper, rosemary…about 250-275 degrees for three hours…keep it covered with foil and have some water in the pan (but put it on a rack so it’s above the liquid). Serve with rice or cous-cous with crumbled feta, and whatever vegetable works for you.
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reine.de.tout Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:21:34pm |
re: #391 iceweasel
Hey honey! What’s up?
Jimmah has changed his avatar; you can see two kitties (ours) who aren’t doing anything nasty, but appear to have interesting reading habits…
Those are some really cute kittehs in Jimmah’s avatar. I had trouble seeing the book title (very old eyes), but finally managed to enlarge the photo enough … but the kitties are precious.
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:21:42pm |
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:22:19pm |
re: #382 Killgore Trout
You could also try a Caribbean classic Curry Goat.
And the rest get’s this treatment. Thanks!
William
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PT Barnum Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:22:32pm |
re: #408 prairiefire
Hey, P.T.
Husband just shook a stick at filthy possum and he ambled off. Looked like a little furry pig, not afraid of us at all.
When I was laid up with a broken leg 15 years ago, I lived in a mobile home…unfortunately, it was also not all that air tight. Had a baby possum get into my house. I trapped it with a glue trap and a rice cake. Animal Control got rid of it for me.
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celticdragon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:22:40pm |
re: #397 The Sanity Inspector
celticdragon, would your spouse appreciate any levity on the subject? This is a standup comic with CP:
[Video]
I will have her watch when she gets in from work. Thanks! :)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:22:57pm |
Another odd commercial, this one for McDonald’s: Are we there yet?
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Jimmah Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:23:02pm |
My all time favourite public service film is still “Dark and Lonely Water”. It could even be posted as a slightly sick ‘warning’ to newly registered posters…lol
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:23:03pm |
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:23:18pm |
re: #387 prairiefire
Frickin filthy possum on my back deck eating the bird food I put out.
I own one of these:
Sadly, though it’s mammal-proof, it’s not dove proof—they eat almost as much as squirrels.
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Silvergirl Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:23:46pm |
re: #414 PT Barnum
When I was laid up with a broken leg 15 years ago, I lived in a mobile home…unfortunately, it was also not all that air tight. Had a baby possum get into my house. I trapped it with a glue trap and a rice cake. Animal Control got rid of it for me.
Must know more.
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The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:24:10pm |
Goat recipes?
Cripes, I ain’t eatin’ no goats. Just ain’t. No dogs neither.
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:24:26pm |
re: #385 negativ
My god, do you have any idea HOW MUCH garlic is contained in TEN CLOVES? If this is a recipe for two, I’m guessing the two you’re thinking of are the last two humans on earth, trying desperately to ward of an invasion by a race of extraterrestrial Victorian vampires.
Good line, but seriously there is no such thing as too much garlic. If you think you’ve put in too much you’ve only put in half of what you should :)
William
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:24:56pm |
re: #411 reine.de.tout
Those are some really cute kittehs in Jimmah’s avatar. I had trouble seeing the book title (very old eyes), but finally managed to enlarge the photo enough … but the kitties are precious.
Thanks! Jimmah just took a pic for me because of the way they were sitting; I laughed at the Obama bio in the background- thought it was funny. :)
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:25:42pm |
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PT Barnum Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:25:50pm |
re: #420 Silvergirl
Must know more.
Bought a glue trap for rats…opened it up so that it was flat and laid the rice cake on top. Came out to see the possum sitting there with a rather aggravated look on it’s face. I put a milk crate over it so it couldn’t get away…the animal control officer destuck it and took it somewhere else, I hope…
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PT Barnum Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:26:11pm |
re: #423 wlewisiii
Good line, but seriously there is no such thing as too much garlic. If you think you’ve put in too much you’ve only put in half of what you should :)
William
Keeps away the vampires…
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:26:39pm |
re: #422 The Shadow Do
Goat recipes?
Cripes, I ain’t eatin’ no goats. Just ain’t. No dogs neither.
Good, I can have your helpings then?
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celticdragon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:26:41pm |
Back to studying for my chem midterm. See you tomorrow :)
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laZardo Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:27:10pm |
re: #419 The Sanity Inspector
I own one of these:
[Video]Sadly, though it’s mammal-proof, it’s not dove proof—they eat almost as much as squirrels.
Really says something about the peace lobby, don’t you think? q:
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:27:30pm |
re: #430 celticdragon
Back to studying for my chem midterm. See you tomorrow :)
Good luck! Take care
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Blueheron Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:27:58pm |
re: #410 darthstar
Slow roast it…olive oil, 5salt, pepper, rosemary…about 250-275 degrees for three hours…keep it covered with foil and have some water in the pan (but put it on a rack so it’s above the liquid). Serve with rice or cous-cous with crumbled feta, and whatever vegetable works for you.
droooooolll
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:28:19pm |
Of course this commercial never fails to make me laugh.
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:28:55pm |
re: #423 wlewisiii
Good line, but seriously there is no such thing as too much garlic. If you think you’ve put in too much you’ve only put in half of what you should :)
William
ever have Spanish garlic soup? yum!
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:29:24pm |
re: #408 prairiefire
Hey, P.T.
Husband just shook a stick at filthy possum and he ambled off. Looked like a little furry pig, not afraid of us at all.
We get those around here, too. Sometimes they get in holes in local trees and set up shop in the spring. A large hole in a tree is a good place for possums to give birth and they can have several babies at once.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:29:35pm |
re: #409 Silvergirl
I just don’t like the underhandedness of it :p
and in an alternative interpretation, maybe people just don’t actually find the term offensive, unless pressured and harangued by people on the subject.
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:30:14pm |
re: #421 PT Barnum
must not respond..must not respond…
There are zillions of newly arrived Mexicans in my area. Some of them have to be told that some of their customs don’t translate well to their new home. Like slaughtering goats in their back yards.
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:30:16pm |
re: #410 darthstar
Slow roast it…olive oil, 5salt, pepper, rosemary…about 250-275 degrees for three hours…keep it covered with foil and have some water in the pan (but put it on a rack so it’s above the liquid). Serve with rice or cous-cous with crumbled feta, and whatever vegetable works for you.
Almost missed this idea. Sounds like a nice way to serve it up too.
Thanks!
William
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:31:28pm |
re: #441 Silvergirl
heh thanks, I do get a bit ranty sometimes >>
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The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:31:34pm |
Had a customer out to dinner. Steak house. High brow. Client called the waiter over to complain after taking a bite - “this steak tastes like goat”
Waiter: “I’ll take this back to the kitchen”
Waiter (5 minutes later): “Chef says no way, he wants to know what goat tastes like.”
Client (loudly): “I know goat, this tastes like goat. Go ask the chef to describe what it feels like when he cums.”
END OF CONVERSATION
Client had the chicken entree insteadre: #429 Slumbering Behemoth
Good, I can have your helpings then?
Had a customer out to dinner. Steak house. High brow. Client called the waiter over to complain after taking a bite - “this steak tastes like goat”
Waiter: “I’ll take this back to the kitchen”
Waiter (5 minutes later): “Chef says no way, he wants to know what goat tastes like.”
Client (loudly): “I know goat, this tastes like goat. Go ask the chef to describe what it feels like when he cums.”
END OF CONVERSATION
Client had the chicken entree insteadHad a customer out to dinner. Steak house. High brow. Client called the waiter over to complain after taking a bite - “this steak tastes like goat”
Waiter: “I’ll take this back to the kitchen”
Waiter (5 minutes later): “Chef says no way, he wants to know what goat tastes like.”
Client (loudly): “I know goat, this tastes like goat. Go ask the chef to describe what it feels like when he cums.”
END OF CONVERSATION
Client had the chicken entree instead
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:31:44pm |
re: #436 brookly red
ever have Spanish garlic soup? yum!
IceWeasel, ever go to a certain Spanish seafood place on w.23rd? just curious…
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Jimmah Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:32:18pm |
re: #424 iceweasel
Thanks! Jimmah just took a pic for me because of the way they were sitting; I laughed at the Obama bio in the background- thought it was funny. :)
The Obama bio was purely fortuitous I should add- hadn’t even noticed it was there till after I took the pic…lol
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The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:32:32pm |
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:33:50pm |
re: #443 The Shadow Do
man I just reread Kitchen Confidential and Waiter Rant back to back.
The joke aside (and it was funny :D), somebody’s askin’ for some floor-hockey with his entree’.
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PT Barnum Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:34:01pm |
re: #446 The Shadow Do
Doberman or Pomeranian?
I’ll have mine with Canadian Barkin’, Pupperoni, and Muttzarella.
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prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:34:04pm |
re: #437 Dark_Falcon
Shudder…On a sunny day at the start of December, I went outside and cleaned the front windows. I noticed something had dug under the concrete slab of a little front porch we have and was crawling in and out. I could see the fur marks in the dirt. Hubby just said he wondered if that possum was the creature.
While the possum was munching, Hubby wedged some bricks over the opening.
Shudder
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The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:34:45pm |
re: #443 The Shadow Do
Boy, did I ever F that up. Not sure how. Preview is my Demise.
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:35:12pm |
re: #444 brookly red
IceWeasel, ever go to a certain Spanish seafood place on w.23rd? just curious…
Nope! Any good?
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PT Barnum Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:35:22pm |
re: #448 PT Barnum
I’ll have mine with Canadian Barkin’, Pupperoni, and Muttzarella.
Canadian Barkin…woof eh?
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jaunte Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:35:32pm |
re: #450 The Shadow Do
I bet that chef was pissed after the third time.
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windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:35:53pm |
re: #449 prairiefire
buried alive?
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The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:37:00pm |
Funny Australian commercial:
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:37:13pm |
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prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:37:16pm |
re: #454 windsagio
Well, since it was sitting in the flower pot eating bird seed, it wasn’t under the porch. They are nocturnal, so….
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:40:48pm |
re: #272 The Sanity Inspector
Windupbird
male
bird
early 30’s
entangled
5’11”, skinny nerdy longhair, lives in heavy metal concert shirts and hoodies, bears resemblance to “Jay” from Jay and Silent Bob fame when wool cap is worn, often seen air-drumming in his VW to “Blood and Thunder” when stopped at traffic lights
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Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:40:53pm |
re: #456 brookly red
No? they have garlic soup & all things Spanish… I recommend.
Cool, I’ll check it out. Thanks. Maybe when Jimmah is back over here; we have a list of places to go. I’m taking him to Katz’s for matzo ball soup— just found out he loves it.
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:41:04pm |
When I was a wee lad in Perryton, TX**, my best friends (two Mexican brothers whose parents may or may not have been legal) one day suddenly had a goat in their back yard.
This particular night, I was hanging out with them as I did nearly every day, and we were probably discussing various places around town we could go that featured structures suitable for use lofty intellectual concepts such as cool bike-riding places we hadn’t yet fully explored. You know, lots of hills to jump, etc.
Much to my shock one night their dad came outside and tackled the goat, and shoved a huge knife into its throat. It seemed to take an awfully long time to stop screaming and trying to stand up. I hadn’t realized that the goat was food. I just figured it was an unusual and somewhat impractical pet.
They ate most of the goat.
There’s no moral to this story; it’s just my random recollection.
** I was whelped in Small Town America. It was, on balance, a fucking nightmare, and I remain deeply suspicious of people who assert that small towns are cozy little idyllic havens of wholesome, neighborly live-and-let-live goodness.
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The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:41:49pm |
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brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:42:03pm |
re: #462 iceweasel
Cool, I’ll check it out. Thanks. Maybe when Jimmah is back over here; we have a list of places to go. I’m taking him to Katz’s for matzo ball soup— just found out he loves it.
you know the place I mean… the lobster joint. you will approve.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:43:07pm |
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MandyManners Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:43:15pm |
Michael Westen could con Osama out of the mountains.
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prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:43:23pm |
re: #463 negativ
I used to feel like I was suffocating when we went to Circleville. I like it alright now when we go to decorate the graves.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:43:37pm |
| 470 |
Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:43:51pm |
re: #465 brookly red
you know the place I mean… the lobster joint. you will approve.
I don’t know it, actually. Not offhand. It wouldnt have occurred to me to go to W 23rd for Spanish food, either, I have to say. :)
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:43:53pm |
re: #462 iceweasel
Cool, I’ll check it out. Thanks. Maybe when Jimmah is back over here; we have a list of places to go. I’m taking him to Katz’s for matzo ball soup— just found out he loves it.
Always a favorite in New York and Chicago, and also a favorite soup of my mother.
| 472 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:44:17pm |
re: #463 negativ
** I was whelped in Small Town America. It was, on balance, a fucking nightmare, and I remain deeply suspicious of people who assert that small towns are cozy little idyllic havens of wholesome, neighborly live-and-let-live goodness.
A friend of mine, her father grew up in very small town California, and because he was one of the only hippie-musician type of the town (and also had a habit of being friends with minorities, which was a no-no) had the unique of experience of being dragged behind a pickup truck by the jock-thug types of the town.
American as apple pie!
| 473 |
zoidberg Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:44:23pm |
The fastest wrist in the west.
My wrist is pretty fast too - except I don’t play guitar :)
| 474 |
windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:45:57pm |
re: #463 negativ
If you wanna ruin your day some time, look up the statistics for underage drug and alcohol abuse in small towns.
| 475 |
brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:46:08pm |
re: #470 iceweasel
I don’t know it, actually. Not offhand. It wouldnt have occurred to me to go to W 23rd for Spanish food, either, I have to say. :)
OK, not the one by the Chelsea hotel… the other one one block east on the uptown side.
| 476 |
Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:46:34pm |
re: #471 Dark_Falcon
Always a favorite in New York and Chicago, and also a favorite soup of my mother.
I’ve never made it but I have a good recipe somewhere. I promised Jimmah I’d learn. :)
| 478 |
Spare O'Lake Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:47:10pm |
re: #473 zoidberg
My wrist is pretty fast too - except I don’t play guitar :)
Please don’t think me rude if I decline to shake your hand.
| 479 |
Jimmah Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:47:18pm |
re: #462 iceweasel
Cool, I’ll check it out. Thanks. Maybe when Jimmah is back over here; we have a list of places to go. I’m taking him to Katz’s for matzo ball soup— just found out he loves it.
Love the matzo soup - can’t wait for that. The standard of all genres of cuisine in NYC is excellent, generally. With one exception, as you know :)
I’m thinking about freezing a curry from an Indian Restaurant here in Glasgow - ie a ‘proper’ Indian curry, and bringing it over with me, taking it to one of those ‘Indian restaurants’ in Manhattan, and giving it to the chefs and saying “Take this, study it, and learn from it.”
| 480 |
Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:48:39pm |
re: #475 brookly red
OK, not the one by the Chelsea hotel… the other one one block east on the uptown side.
Are we playing a little ‘does iceweasel know manhattan’ game, brookly?
Because if I wanted Spanish food I’d be going to loisaida or spanish harlem, and if I wanted lobster I’d be going to the mermaid inn probably. So if you have a restaurant rec, make it. Otherwise, fuck off.
| 481 |
brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:51:06pm |
re: #480 iceweasel
Are we playing a little ‘does iceweasel know manhattan’ game, brookly?
Because if I wanted Spanish food I’d be going to loisaida or spanish harlem, and if I wanted lobster I’d be going to the mermaid inn probably. So if you have a restaurant rec, make it. Otherwise, fuck off.
no I just don’t want to shill for Francisco’s… [Link: franciscoscentrovasco.com…]
have a nice lobster & the n tell me to fuck off K?
| 482 |
Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:51:46pm |
re: #481 brookly red
no I just don’t want to shill for Francisco’s… [Link: franciscoscentrovasco.com…]
have a nice lobster & the n tell me to fuck off K?
Thanks.
| 483 |
zoidberg Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:51:57pm |
re: #478 Spare O’Lake
Don’t worry, i use my left hand - makes it feel like someone else is doing it :)
| 484 |
Eclectic Infidel Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:52:11pm |
re: #11 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
A little food interlude with the music…
#1: The Worst Sandwich in America
Cheesecake Factory Grilled Shrimp & Bacon Club
1930 calories
24 g saturated fat
2,965 mg sodium
Doesn’t even leave room for an 8 oz glass of water.
| 485 |
The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:52:28pm |
re: #463 negativ
Small Town
I did a tour myself. It is a nice microcosm for study if you step back and look at it. Glad I was there myself.
| 486 |
Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:52:49pm |
re: #484 eclectic infidel
I just found that crazy.
| 487 |
brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:53:04pm |
re: #482 iceweasel
Thanks.
hey you updinged garlic soup i figured you would like this place… food transcends politics…
| 488 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:53:07pm |
re: #481 brookly red
have a nice lobster & the n tell me to fuck off K?
Fuck off, I don’t eat bottom feeding insects!
/teasing with the f/o
| 489 |
goddamnedfrank Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:53:13pm |
re: #347 Rightwingconspirator
I have some ideas on exploiting the SLR advantages over regular video cameras. I think I can exploit the macro lens for some amazing jewelry video for advertising and even process video, like casting, setting stones etc. My studio might get more traction.
Have you heard of the Mumford Microsystems Time Machine? A couple years ago I bought one with a whole mess of sensors (vibration, laser and crossed beam laser, ballistic, optical interrupt, microphone, and flash timer) and they’ve been just the best studio toys ever. Pro tip - if you’re going to buy one get the optional shutter jack, let’s you trigger the shutter and flash with separate sensors, the pre-triggering helps avoid shutter lag on +/- microsecond scale events (bullet time.)
| 490 |
The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:53:24pm |
| 491 |
Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:53:45pm |
re: #481 brookly red
no I just don’t want to shill for Francisco’s… [Link: franciscoscentrovasco.com…]
have a nice lobster & the n tell me to fuck off K?
Have to admit my budget usually runs more to lobster bisque or a lobster roll, though. Mermaid Inn can do the later if you’re in that neighbourhood. :)
| 492 |
brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:53:55pm |
re: #488 Slumbering Behemoth
Fuck off, I don’t eat bottom feeding insects!
/teasing with the f/o
more for me :)
| 493 |
prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:54:14pm |
re: #481 brookly red
Is that a recent menu? I guess so. Great prices for Manhattan, IMHO.
| 494 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:54:44pm |
Pilaf for the pom, au jus for the dobbie.
| 495 |
brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:54:55pm |
re: #491 iceweasel
Have to admit my budget usually runs more to lobster bisque or a lobster roll, though. Mermaid Inn can do the later if you’re in that neighbourhood. :)
you NEED a six pounder…
| 496 |
Dark_Falcon Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:55:02pm |
re: #481 brookly red
no I just don’t want to shill for Francisco’s… [Link: franciscoscentrovasco.com…]
have a nice lobster & the n tell me to fuck off K?
Not much Spanish food around my area. We do have some Mexican Seafood restaurants, but my favored Seafood place is Bob Chinn’s in Wheeling. The portions are large, the quality high, the service good, and the prices moderate. Its not a fancy place, but its truly first rate.
| 497 |
Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:55:07pm |
re: #487 brookly red
hey you updinged garlic soup i figured you would like this place… food transcends politics…
I guess soup is a lot more in line with my budget, manhattan rents being what they are! Cheers.
| 498 |
brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:55:18pm |
re: #493 prairiefire
Is that a recent menu? I guess so. Great prices for Manhattan, IMHO.
yes… current
| 499 |
The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:55:26pm |
| 500 |
Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:55:30pm |
re: #463 negativ
** I was whelped in Small Town America. It was, on balance, a fucking nightmare, and I remain deeply suspicious of people who assert that small towns are cozy little idyllic havens of wholesome, neighborly live-and-let-live goodness.
I’m thinking of moving to a small town. I’m pretty nervous about it.
| 501 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:55:48pm |
| 502 |
Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:56:37pm |
re: #495 brookly red
you NEED a six pounder…
I do! I havent even had proper lobster in years— that place Hurricane Island on the UES before it shut years ago. The owners had it flown in daily; was great.
| 503 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:56:46pm |
re: #500 Killgore Trout
I’m thinking of moving to a small town. I’m pretty nervous about it.
In Oregon? I’d be pretty nervous about it too.
| 504 |
Eclectic Infidel Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:56:56pm |
re: #376 celticdragon
Quick question…did you used to comment on a blog called Blonde Sagacity?
| 505 |
brookly red Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:57:02pm |
re: #500 Killgore Trout
I’m thinking of moving to a small town. I’m pretty nervous about it.
there gonna get cha…
| 506 |
The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:57:11pm |
re: #500 Killgore Trout
I’m thinking of moving to a small town. I’m pretty nervous about it.
You will love it or you will hate it. Ain’t no in between. I recommend renting before buying.
| 507 |
windsagio Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:57:38pm |
re: #503 Slumbering Behemoth
Its fine unless you have kids.
I’d never raise a kid in a truly small town.
| 508 |
prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 7:57:53pm |
re: #500 Killgore Trout
You’ll be fine. Be polite to everyone at first, if you can. I think it is just worse for kids trying to fit in. I was always the city, hippie kid with crazy ideas. Like not trying to get $10.00 bounty for a coyote paw or some such thing.
| 509 |
The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:01:11pm |
A little early 70s sonic overload to bid you good night:
I wrote that [solo] out note for note about a week before we
recorded it. And that is one of the only times I have ever done that.
I wanted it to sound like someone driving in a fast car, for it to be
one of those songs you would listen to while speeding. And I wanted a
very definite Bach sound, which is why I wrote it out—and why I
played those very rigid arpeggios across that very familiar Bach
progression—Dm, Gm, Cmaj, Amaj. I believe that I was the first
person to do that so obviously on the guitar, and I believe that
that’s why it stood out and why people have enjoyed it so much.
[Keyboardist] Jon Lord worked his part out to mine.
Initially, I was going to play my solo over the chords he had planned
out. But I couldn’t get off on them, so I made up my own chords and
we left the spot for him to write a melody. The keyboard solo is
quite a bit more difficult than mine because of all those 16th notes.
Over the years, I’ve always played that solo note for note—again, one
of the few where I’ve done that—but it just got faster and faster
onstage because we would drink more and more whiskey. Jon would have
to play his already difficult part faster and faster and he would get
very annoyed about it.
— Ritchie Blackmore re: #483 zoidberg
| 510 |
Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:01:18pm |
re: #506 The Shadow Do
You will love it or you will hate it. Ain’t no in between. I recommend renting before buying.
Luckily I’m a recluse so it’s not like it’s going to hurt my social life.
| 511 |
The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:01:54pm |
You will not be welcomed in a small town. You are foreign as can be. It will take a lot of patience or a lot of I-don’t-care to deal with it. So says Mr. Smalltown Do.
| 512 |
Jimmah Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:05:01pm |
re: #500 Killgore Trout
I’m thinking of moving to a small town. I’m pretty nervous about it.
Make sure the locals aren’t all hiding some kind of weird communally shared secret before you move.
| 514 |
The Sanity Inspector Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:07:58pm |
Don’t be stunned if they turn out to be perfectly fine folks, not at all the racist, unemployable meth-heads of proggy legend.
| 515 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:08:45pm |
re: #511 The Shadow Do
You will not be welcomed in a small town. You are foreign as can be. It will take a lot of patience or a lot of I-don’t-care to deal with it. So says Mr. Smalltown Do.
If I ever moved to a small town, it would be precisely to become a hermit and never talk to anyone and live in a gigantic walled compound with laser fencing and night-vision cameras. Assuming I won Powerball or something.
Oh and I need a fleet of supercars. And a panic room, with a secret tunnel portal that leads outside the building. And a tower. And a pet giraffe. Yeah!
| 516 |
Killgore Trout Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:09:39pm |
| 517 |
The Shadow Do Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:09:48pm |
re: #515 WindUpBird
If I ever moved to a small town, it would be precisely to become a hermit and never talk to anyone and live in a gigantic walled compound with laser fencing and night-vision cameras. Assuming I won Powerball or something.
Oh and I need a fleet of supercars. And a panic room, with a secret tunnel portal that leads outside the building. And a tower. And a pet giraffe. Yeah!
Just so.
| 518 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:10:15pm |
re: #516 Killgore Trout
That movie is one of my favorites :D
| 519 |
Spare O'Lake Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:10:50pm |
re: #500 Killgore Trout
I’m thinking of moving to a small town. I’m pretty nervous about it.
This should set your mind at ease.
| 520 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:11:19pm |
re: #517 The Shadow Do
Just so.
I’d need to hire a guy to sit at home with a headset and a rack of computers and closed circuit cameras and sort of be the Bonnie to my Michael Knight.
| 521 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:12:21pm |
re: #512 Jimmah
Make sure the locals aren’t all hiding some kind of weird communally shared secret before you move.
He’s in Oregon, he’s not moving to the island from Wicker Man! :D
| 522 |
Dancing along the light of day Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:14:24pm |
re: #512 Jimmah
Make sure the locals aren’t all hiding some kind of weird communally shared secret before you move.
In Oregon? They ALL are.
| 523 |
Dancing along the light of day Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:15:08pm |
re: #515 WindUpBird
If I ever moved to a small town, it would be precisely to become a hermit and never talk to anyone and live in a gigantic walled compound with laser fencing and night-vision cameras. Assuming I won Powerball or something.
Oh and I need a fleet of supercars. And a panic room, with a secret tunnel portal that leads outside the building. And a tower. And a pet giraffe. Yeah!
AHEM.
I am not a pet!
;)
| 524 |
Why I Never! Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:15:30pm |
| 525 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:15:49pm |
If I ever decide to move to a small town, I’d want to move to Perfection.
| 526 |
Jimmah Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:18:40pm |
re: #521 WindUpBird
He’s in Oregon, he’s not moving to the island from Wicker Man! :D
I’ve seen the movies about small towns in the mid-west. There’s never anything strange going on, and no-one ever saw nothing. :D
| 527 |
mich-again Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:26:09pm |
| 528 |
First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:26:12pm |
You’re the ol’ lady from the society pages
From a small town somewhere I used to be
You owned the paper and a bunch of other stuff
That didn’t appeal to me
OL’ LADY, OL’ LADY
OL’ LADY, OL’ LADY
OL’ LADY, OL’ LADY
OL’ LADY, OL’ LADY
The hospital plans (yer brother drew ‘em all)
You ran the paper ‘n the Charity Ball
Every day on the third or fourth page
There you was … you was quite the rage
Somehow, you was all kinda cheap ‘n wrong
Just like in a lotta small towns
Where folks like you
Hang around too long
And pass out jobs to yer relatives ‘n such
So you all keeps a lot, ‘cept but nobody else
Ever gets too much … to speak of …
So what? What can you say?
So long as the trash gets picked up
So long as the trash gets locked up
Just so the trash don’t stack up
Some day you won’t be on page three
Or page four anymore
OL’ LADY, OL’ LADY
OL’ LADY, OL’ LADY
OL’ LADY, OL’ LADY
OL’ LADY, OL’ LADY
By the grace of God you had a son
He’s the one and only one
He grew up and by and by
He came to be a Beautiful Guy
| 529 |
mich-again Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:28:28pm |
re: #515 WindUpBird
If I ever moved to a small town, it would be precisely to become a hermit and never talk to anyone and live in a gigantic walled compound with laser fencing and night-vision cameras. Assuming I won Powerball or something.
Oh and I need a fleet of supercars. And a panic room, with a secret tunnel portal that leads outside the building. And a tower. And a pet giraffe. Yeah!
You could just move to the UP in michigan to disappear and you could skip all that surveillance stuff cause no one will even notice or care you’re there.
| 531 |
prairiefire Thu, Feb 4, 2010 8:35:42pm |
re: #529 mich-again
My gosh, upper Michigan is so beautiful. We stayed in a guest house on the property that was owned by a Chicago gangster, deceased. My dad heard a moose thunder across the yard one night. So pretty and it smelled like pine everywhere.
| 532 |
Right Brain Fri, Feb 5, 2010 4:38:27pm |
What’s up with these B-list guitarists that show up on this web site. Put up a tape of El Viejin, or Paco de Lucia, or Tomatito, or Vicente Amigo, or Moraito, or Jason McGuire, A-list guitarists each of whom have multiple high-selling albums out, who can spellbind an audience for 2 hours playing the most involved edge music of our time. These others that appear here are novelty acts playing major chords in duple time with a pick, boring. Its second year stuff. Lets move on to prime time with more serious musicians.
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