NASA’s Earth Observatory has released a high resolution image (10MB) of the Gulf of Mexico, showing the frighteningly gigantic scale of the oil spill disaster.
Click for enlarged detail(Hat tip: Thanos.)
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 21, 2010 10:58:18am |
Why does it get cropped when I embiggen it?
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Charles Johnson Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:00:36am |
re: #1 JasonA
Why does it get cropped when I embiggen it?
Because it's a detail showing the section fouled by oil. There's a link to the full image too, but be warned that it's very large.
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Racer X Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:00:58am |
No seriously, that frikkin thing is big and nasty. Damn.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:01:28am |
This makes me want to cry.
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Racer X Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:02:37am |
Click the large image link and scroll around for reference. Nasty stuff out there in the water.
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:02:51am |
Well, shouldn't the oil rejuvenate the gulf? I mean, after all, Oil of Olay is used to rejuvenate the skin...
/ ^ 100.
(awaiting the barrage of "too soon")
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:04:05am |
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Kragar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:05:36am |
Everytime someone complains about a shakedown, makes an excuse or starts pointing fingers, they should be smacked upside the head, grabbed by the scruff of their neck and made to stare at this picture until they get a fucking clue. Now is not the time for that shit.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:06:54am |
Shouldn't NASA apologize to BP for such an attempt to blackmail it?
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Fozzie Bear Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:08:07am |
This is the cost of an oil based economy. The monetary cost is nothing compared to this.
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What, me worry? Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:08:38am |
As if it could get no worse, hurricane season is here.
...Saying a few prayers for a quiet season...
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Baier Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:11:45am |
re: #1 JasonA
Why does it get cropped when I embiggen it?
It's hosted by Reuters and cropped to get rid of the knife.
/
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SpaceJesus Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:12:01am |
re: #17 marjoriemoon
As if it could get no worse, hurricane season is here.
...Saying a few prayers for a quiet season...
flaming hurricanes?
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darthstar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:12:13am |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:13:02am |
re: #20 SpaceJesus
flaming hurricanes?
Wait till the hurricane gets into the spill area then set it on fire with your laser vision.
/
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SpaceJesus Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:13:43am |
re: #22 Dark_Falcon
Wait till the hurricane gets into the spill area then set it on fire with your laser vision.
/
i don't know if i hate the south that much
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:14:16am |
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Fozzie Bear Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:14:27am |
Even if we had a hurricane of swirling fire, some oil industry shill would be claiming it's a natural phenomenon, nothing to worry about.
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What, me worry? Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:14:36am |
re: #20 SpaceJesus
flaming hurricanes?
I don't know that they would be flaming. Maybe closer to Miami... or Key West actually :p
Oily hurricanes seem quite yucky tho.
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Donna Ballard Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:14:43am |
I see that pic and I just shake my head. Ya know I thought I had see just about everything living here in Los Angeles, but every now and then things like this happen and I'm left astounded by whats going on. B.P. has a lot to answer for, and I don't know how were going to get out of this one especially when you see the left overs from the Exxon Valdez spill. Alaska is still cleaning up that mess and that was 20 years ago! *sigh* What is this world coming to?
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:15:17am |
re: #25 Fozzie Bear
Even if we had a hurricane of swirling fire, some oil industry shill would be claiming it's a natural phenomenon, nothing to worry about.
Well, there are billions of gallons of oil on this planet that aren't on fire!
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Donna Ballard Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:15:19am |
re: #17 marjoriemoon
As if it could get no worse, hurricane season is here.
...Saying a few prayers for a quiet season...
Amen!
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OldnGrumpy Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:17:28am |
N.Korean radiation leak detected
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
DPRK reports leak from fusion experiment.
I'm no expert ,but radioactive Xenon gas is not a by-product of nuclear fusion,tritium gas yes.
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Tumulus11 Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:17:32am |
. Human greed and carelessness now visible from space.
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darthstar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:19:44am |
re: #30 OldnGrumpy
N.Korean radiation leak detected
Probably just excess steam caused by the friction of the soccer ball bypassing their goalie so many times during their game with Paraguay.
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:22:56am |
re: #32 darthstar
Probably just excess steam caused by the friction of the soccer ball bypassing their goalie so many times during their game with Paraguay.
Oh, SNAP!
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OldnGrumpy Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:23:41am |
Could be the sign of a reactor accident,the Yongbyong reactor is a graphite core reactor similar to Chernobyl.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:24:02am |
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Daniel Ballard Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:25:27am |
The big version is well worth the wait. I'll download it and make a color inversion. Sometimes that helps to see what is what.
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tdg2112 Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:25:30am |
Guess they found it. A few weeks ago I got 10 minutes of Rush and he was declaring "They're looking all over for the oil, and they can't find it!"
Well, I guess they found it. Bet he still can't see it though.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:25:37am |
re: #34 OldnGrumpy
Could be the sign of a reactor accident,the Yongbyong reactor is a graphite core reactor similar to Chernobyl.
Way to brighten up my morning, dude!
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:25:47am |
re: #34 OldnGrumpy
Could be the sign of a reactor accident,the Yongbyong reactor is a graphite core reactor similar to Chernobyl.
Leave it to Li'l Kim to turn an impoverished country into something even worse.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:25:58am |
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Summer Seale Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:26:18am |
re: #1 JasonA
Why does it get cropped when I embiggen it?
Dinged for the cromulent usage of the word "embiggen".
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:26:47am |
re: #37 tdg2112
Guess they found it. A few weeks ago I got 10 minutes of Rush and he was declaring "They're looking all over for the oil, and they can't find it!"
Well, I guess they found it. Bet he still can't see it though.
I wouldn't mind ducking Rush in the oil a couple of time. He's got hands, he can clean himself off. Unlike a pelican.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:27:28am |
re: #39 MrSilverDragon
Leave it to Li'l Kim to turn an impoverished country into something even worse.
An impoverished country that glows in the dark?
//I know people who were living in the Chernobyl area when it went. Eeech.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:29:19am |
re: #34 OldnGrumpy
Could be the sign of a reactor accident,the Yongbyong reactor is a graphite core reactor similar to Chernobyl.
Hopefully, they get it back under control. Something like that could cause chaos up there.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:30:09am |
re: #42 SanFranciscoZionist
I wouldn't mind ducking Rush in the oil a couple of time. He's got hands, he can clean himself off. Unlike a pelican.
Some photos are repeated before you get to the end, just to let you know.
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Batman Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:30:10am |
Let us bow our heads and pray that when the Invisible Hand of the Market speaks to us we will hear it and have the courage to do as it says. Amen.
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darthstar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:30:19am |
re: #37 tdg2112
Guess they found it. A few weeks ago I got 10 minutes of Rush and he was declaring "They're looking all over for the oil, and they can't find it!"
Well, I guess they found it. Bet he still can't see it though.
Well, compared to the ring Rush leaves in the bathtub, this is nothing.
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albusteve Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:30:49am |
something tells me that the eastern Gulf is done for...this thing is beyond the realm of fixing...you can tell your grand kids you were there when it went down, and for them, they will never have known what it was before
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:31:20am |
re: #43 SanFranciscoZionist
An impoverished country that glows in the dark?
Well, maybe they're trying to improve satellite photos of their country?
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OldnGrumpy Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:31:53am |
re: #43 SanFranciscoZionist
An impoverished country that glows in the dark?
//I know people who were living in the Chernobyl area when it went. Eeech.
Let's not just to conclusions,that is only one possible explanation,another possibility is the gas is from a nuke bomb test.
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darthstar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:32:56am |
re: #45 reine.de.tout
Some photos are repeated before you get to the end, just to let you know.
Five. I made it through five slides before I had to stop.
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darthstar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:33:44am |
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Nimed Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:34:12am |
Wow, what a depressing image.
If anybody needs a little cheering up, you can always go here. It's been doing wonders for me all morning.
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darthstar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:35:10am |
re: #54 Nimed
Wow, what a depressing image.
If anybody needs a little cheering up, you can always go here. It's been doing wonders for me all morning.
I'm bummed about the Swiss game. They held on so well with only 10 men, and then had a shot on goal to equalize in the 88th minute that should have gone in.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:35:33am |
re: #45 reine.de.tout
Some photos are repeated before you get to the end, just to let you know.
Oh God. The pelicans really upset me.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:35:58am |
re: #46 nonsense
Let us bow our heads and pray that when the Invisible Hand of the Market speaks to us we will hear it and have the courage to do as it says. Amen.
No, no, Andy Schlafly has moved on to the Invisible Hand of Marriage.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:36:39am |
re: #50 OldnGrumpy
Let's not just to conclusions,that is only one possible explanation,another possibility is the gas is from a nuke bomb test.
Oh, that'd be MUCH better. Thanks!
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:37:09am |
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
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albusteve Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:38:07am |
it's too big and it's too late....how many miles of booms are there?, are they preventing more oil from reaching shore?, where are the skimmers and tankers?, what effect are they having?, how many people are on the beaches helping?....does anybody have any answers?, is there any effort at all yet?
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Nimed Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:38:09am |
re: #55 darthstar
I'm bummed about the Swiss game. They held on so well with only 10 men, and then had a shot on goal to equalize in the 88th minute that should have gone in.
I haven't seen the highlights on that one yet. I'm sort of indifferent to the result itself -- would like both Switzerland and Chile to do well.
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OldnGrumpy Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:38:10am |
re: #58 SanFranciscoZionist
Oh, that'd be MUCH better. Thanks!
Better they use em up testing than drop them on S.Korea,Japan or USA
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Digital Display Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:38:11am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
Effen awesome! Congrads!
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:38:21am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
Congratulations!
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cliffster Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:38:24am |
re: #50 OldnGrumpy
Let's not just to conclusions,that is only one possible explanation,another possibility is the gas is from a nuke bomb test.
don't jump to gloomy conclusions yourself. it could be as simple as a missile armed with a nuclear bomb was fired and detonated.
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Summer Seale Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:38:33am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
Woot congratulations! =)
I'm moving to France this August for my job. I got promoted. Yay! =)
(I'll still be on LGF, just during weirder times I guess).
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albusteve Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:38:49am |
re: #56 SanFranciscoZionist
Oh God. The pelicans really upset me.
yes indeed....very disturbing images
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darthstar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:39:01am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
Congratulations!
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cliffster Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:39:23am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
awesome, DF. rock on
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Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:39:35am |
When a continental US beach is named "number 1 in the world", it's usually Panama City. They're getting their first significant tar balls now. Next is the St. Joseph peninsula, then the oyster beds at Apalachicola Bay.
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OldnGrumpy Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:39:41am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
Exxxcellent,congrats
I hope I can find work soon also.
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Digital Display Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:39:44am |
re: #67 Summer
Woot congratulations! =)
I'm moving to France this August for my job. I got promoted. Yay! =)
(I'll still be on LGF, just during weirder times I guess).
That's awesome Summer! Best of luck!
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CuriousLurker Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:39:55am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
Congrats!! :o)
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darthstar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:40:00am |
re: #67 Summer
Woot congratulations! =)
I'm moving to France this August for my job. I got promoted. Yay! =)
(I'll still be on LGF, just during weirder times I guess).
Trés Bien!
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Firstinla Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:40:11am |
re: #41 Summer
Dinged for the cromulent usage of the word "embiggen".
Cromulent? I tried three dictionaries and didn't find that word. What does it mean?
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Lidane Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:40:24am |
*sigh*
What a depressing picture. Every BP apologist should have that photo burned into their retinas until they get a goddamned clue about what they're trying to excuse away.
I can't even wrap my head around this right now. I think I'm going to distract myself with the Spain-Honduras match.
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avanti Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:40:31am |
Do you believe the POTUS told a Kyl that he would not secure the border to keep it as a bargaining chip or that Kyl lies to some Tea Partiers ?
"Earlier we reported that Senator Jon Kyl had publicly claimed during Tea Party Town Hall meeting, that President Obama had privately told the Arizona Senator that the administration was effectively not securing the U.S. border with Mexico so as to gain the necessary political leverage to enact immigration reform. Kyl’s account of this private conversation in the Oval Office has since been harshly rebuked by the White House, claiming “the President didn’t say that and Senator Kyl knows it.” Kyl’s spokesman has already countered the WH rebuke.
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer released the following response to the Kyl’s accusation:
“The President didn’t say that and Senator Kyl knows it. There are more resources dedicated toward border security today than ever before, but as the President has made clear, truly securing the border will require a comprehensive solution to our broken immigration system.”
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Nimed Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:40:46am |
Does anybody know the scale of the picture / area that it covers?
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Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:40:58am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
Very good. Are you cleaning pelicans? (That's the new Census Worker niche.)
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:41:08am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
Congratulations, DF! Way to go!
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:41:13am |
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Nimed Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:41:21am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
Alright!
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:41:48am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
WOO HOO!
Congratulations!
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:41:51am |
re: #80 Decatur Deb
Very good. Are you cleaning pelicans? (That's the new Census Worker niche.)
SMACK!
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darthstar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:42:01am |
re: #82 Dark_Falcon
re: #64 abolitionist
re: #65 Alouette
re: #67 Summer
Thanks. It will probably limit my being here to mostly evenings and weekends, but it'll be worth it. If I can succeed at it, I'll finally be on the career track I've wanted to be on.
Your absence (for this good reason) will be welcome during working hours.
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:42:40am |
re: #76 Firstinla
Cromulent? I tried three dictionaries and didn't find that word. What does it mean?
It's a made up word from The Simpsons, just as "embiggen" is. Supposedly it means "acceptable in a positive manner". YMMV.
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Summer Seale Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:42:44am |
re: #76 Firstinla
Cromulent? I tried three dictionaries and didn't find that word. What does it mean?
I can't see why. Cromulent is a perfectly cromulent word which is part of an embiggened vocabulary.
You must have moved here from Shelbyville or something. =)
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Nimed Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:43:42am |
re: #86 darthstar
Your absence (for this good reason) will be welcome during working hours.
Not that there aren't plenty of other good reasons.
/
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albusteve Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:44:21am |
re: #78 avanti
Do you believe the POTUS told a Kyl that he would not secure the border to keep it as a bargaining chip or that Kyl lies to some Tea Partiers ?
"Earlier we reported that Senator Jon Kyl had publicly claimed during Tea Party Town Hall meeting, that President Obama had privately told the Arizona Senator that the administration was effectively not securing the U.S. border with Mexico so as to gain the necessary political leverage to enact immigration reform. Kyl’s account of this private conversation in the Oval Office has since been harshly rebuked by the White House, claiming “the President didn’t say that and Senator Kyl knows it.” Kyl’s spokesman has already countered the WH rebuke.
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer released the following response to the Kyl’s accusation:
“The President didn’t say that and Senator Kyl knows it. There are more resources dedicated toward border security today than ever before, but as the President has made clear, truly securing the border will require a comprehensive solution to our broken immigration system.”
might as well drop the legalese and go with the pretense that illegals are now legal, and the border will stay open permanently...I'm getting tired of the whole issue...let the Mexicans and all the rest pour over here as they please, at least that's the reality of it...any plan short of that is for morons and racists
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Digital Display Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:44:35am |
re: #84 Floral Giraffe
WOO HOO!
Congratulations!
*waves*
I twisted my ankle..Laid up today...Hope you are well
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Kragar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:45:04am |
Supreme Court upholds terrorism support law
In a victory for the Obama administration, the justices voted, 6-3, to reverse a ruling by a U.S. appeals court that declared parts of the law unconstitutionally vague.
The law barring material support was first adopted in 1996 and strengthened by the USA Patriot Act adopted by Congress right after the September 11 attacks. It was amended again in 2004.
The law bars knowingly providing any service, training, expert advice or assistance to any foreign organization designated by the U.S. State Department as terrorist.
The law, which carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison, does not require any proof the defendant intended to further any act of terrorism or violence by the foreign group.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:45:26am |
re: #88 Summer
I can't see why. Cromulent is a perfectly cromulent word which is part of an embiggened vocabulary.
You must have moved here from Shelbyville or something. =)
Nah, he's not the cousin marrying kind. :D
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EdDantes Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:46:03am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just joined here. Add my congratulations.
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reine.de.tout Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:46:12am |
re: #92 HoosierHoops
*waves*
I twisted my ankle..Laid up today...Hope you are well
Have you had your date yet?
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:47:36am |
re: #95 EdDantes
I just joined here. Add my congratulations.
Done. The bill will be in the mail shortly. To expedite the process, you can just post your bank account information here and we'll take care of the rest.
/
Welcome!
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wrenchwench Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:48:03am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
Very good news. I heard an NPR report over the weekend stating there are 6 to 12 applicants for every opening in the Chicago area. You're a winner!
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:48:09am |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
Good... and this bunch are giving you everything straight? You know me, I just have to say it, take a close look at what ever they put in front of you on Tue.
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abolitionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:49:09am |
re: #79 Nimed
Does anybody know the scale of the picture / area that it covers?
Try here; scroll a bit, and match the coastlines.
Deepwater Horizon Location of Block MC252
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Nimed Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:49:54am |
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EdDantes Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:50:24am |
re: #97 MrSilverDragon
Thank you. My bank account information will be posted pending advice from my attorneys. :)
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Firstinla Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:51:43am |
re: #88 Summer
I can't see why. Cromulent is a perfectly cromulent word which is part of an embiggened vocabulary.
You must have moved here from Shelbyville or something. =)
If nothing else I've embiggened my otherwise cormulent vocabulary.
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Digital Display Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:52:16am |
re: #96 reine.de.tout
Have you had your date yet?
A Sunday Lunch date with the Doggies playing in the park..It was a really hot day and we sat under a tree and talked..
She is a lovely Woman reine...I told her I was moving this summer...It really sucked but I owed her that...She is really awesome..An Executive Admin..
Sometimes life really sucks reine..
/
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Big Steve Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:52:16am |
Just want you to know that we just posted this very picture at the Roberts Unified Area Command (this is the central command center for the spill).
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Nimed Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:52:30am |
re: #100 abolitionist
Try here; scroll a bit, and match the coastlines.
Deepwater Horizon Location of Block MC252
Thanks!
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:52:40am |
re: #76 Firstinla
Cromulent? I tried three dictionaries and didn't find that word. What does it mean?
Simpsons reference. It means 'legitimate', but in a snarky kind of way, since the word itself is not legitimate.
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Summer Seale Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:53:14am |
re: #103 Firstinla
If nothing else I've embiggened my otherwise cormulent vocabulary.
Cromulent. But updinged for trying to move with the spirit of Jebediah Springfield. =)
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Digital Display Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:53:32am |
re: #101 Nimed
Just don't say you were wounded in back in 'nam. Overall gullibility on this one has sharply declined recently.
I don't know nothing about nam! I was a kid
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Firstinla Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:56:05am |
re: #108 Summer
By the way, I really enjoy your Sarah Palin posts. They always brighten my day.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:56:19am |
re: #99 Walter L. Newton
Good... and this bunch are giving you everything straight? You know me, I just have to say it, take a close look at what ever they put in front of you on Tue.
I'll make sure they do. They will be giving me an offer letter to sign. I'll make certain I get a copy. Your concern is appreciated, since I know it to be genuine. This firm, though, I'm pretty sure is on the level. I'll keep my eyes open, though.
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jamesfirecat Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:56:29am |
re: #108 Summer
Cromulent. But updinged for trying to move with the spirit of Jebediah Springfield. =)
Its the tale of Jebediah Springfield, whip them horses let those wagons roll! That a people might embiggen America, that a man might embiggen his soul! His soul!
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Summer Seale Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:57:05am |
re: #110 Firstinla
By the way, I really enjoy your Sarah Palin posts. They always brighten my day.
Thank you! Been kinda busy RL and online lately to write any more of them recently, but I will keep trying to channel her whenever I may find time. =)
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jamesfirecat Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:58:48am |
re: #113 Summer
Thank you! Been kinda busy RL and online lately to write any more of them recently, but I will keep trying to channel her whenever I may find time. =)
Be careful, as you gaze into the intellectual abyss, the intellectual abyss gazes into you!
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:58:50am |
re: #92 HoosierHoops
You have a couple of mails from me.
Sorry about the ankle.
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Firstinla Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:59:40am |
re: #113 Summer
You "try" to channel her? I thought it was some kind of mystical charism!
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Daniel Ballard Mon, Jun 21, 2010 11:59:56am |
Is the rig at the center of the detail view?
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Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:01:51pm |
re: #113 Summer
Thank you! Been kinda busy RL and online lately to write any more of them recently, but I will keep trying to channel her whenever I may find time. =)
Better hurry. When she starts to fade they'll be nothing left but the smile and a pair of weird glasses.
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:01:52pm |
re: #112 jamesfirecat
Its the tale of Jebediah Springfield, whip them horses let those wagons roll! That a people might embiggen America, that a man might embiggen his soul! His soul!
They were just looking for a place to worship freely, govern justly, and grow vast fields of hemp for making rope and blankets.
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avanti Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:01:53pm |
re: #91 albusteve
might as well drop the legalese and go with the pretense that illegals are now legal, and the border will stay open permanently...I'm getting tired of the whole issue...let the Mexicans and all the rest pour over here as they please, at least that's the reality of it...any plan short of that is for morons and racists
I was just curious if we had anyone here thought Obama would make such a statement as Kyl claimed. If true, I'd agree with many of the right wing blogs that it could well be a impeachable offense. To say you are not securing the border in order to gain a political bargaining chip certainly rises to that level.
BTW, I don't believe Kyl and hope the WH will call him out. Even if you think the POTUS would risk national security in that matter, would he be stupid enough to tell a GOP congressman ? I feel it's far more likely Kyl thinks Obama would do that and shared it with the tea party folks.
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jamesfirecat Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:03:51pm |
re: #119 MrSilverDragon
They were just looking for a place to worship freely, govern justly, and grow vast fields of hemp for making rope and blankets.
And marry our cousins!
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Summer Seale Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:04:05pm |
re: #119 MrSilverDragon
They were just looking for a place to worship freely, govern justly, and grow vast fields of hemp for making rope and blankets.
And, lest ye forget, plant a very much loved lemon tree! (As opposed to Shelbyville beets).
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albusteve Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:04:58pm |
re: #120 avanti
I was just curious if we had anyone here thought Obama would make such a statement as Kyl claimed. If true, I'd agree with many of the right wing blogs that it could well be a impeachable offense. To say you are not securing the border in order to gain a political bargaining chip certainly rises to that level.
BTW, I don't believe Kyl and hope the WH will call him out. Even if you think the POTUS would risk national security in that matter, would he be stupid enough to tell a GOP congressman ? I feel it's far more likely Kyl thinks Obama would do that and shared it with the tea party folks.
all that is nit picking...the feds do not want to secure the border, in brazen defiance of the Constitution and public opinion...all the rest is fluff, and for sure BO does not want it secured, he doesn't need to say so
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:06:12pm |
re: #121 jamesfirecat
And marry our cousins!
While the post amuses me, I can't, in good conscience, upding that post... so I'll upding 112 instead.
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Digital Display Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:06:20pm |
re: #115 Floral Giraffe
You have a couple of mails from me.
Sorry about the ankle.
Hi You! If you only were here with a video camera...I stepped out of the pool and slipped on the wet steps and twisted my ankle..
You know there were lots a really bad words said very loudly.. I'm not proud of it..But I'm not saying it didn't happen ..LOL
Hope you are well and will email you tuesday...I'm going to hobble into my cube...
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jamesfirecat Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:07:44pm |
re: #124 MrSilverDragon
While the post amuses me, I can't, in good conscience, upding that post... so I'll upding 112 instead.
Would it help if you knew that I'm just quoting the show?
Jebediah Springfield: People, our search is over! On this site we shall build a new town where we can worship freely, govern justly, and grow vast fields of hemp for making rope and blankets.
Shelbyville Manhattan: Yes! And marry our cousins.
Jebediah Springfield: I was- wha... what are you talking about, Shelbyville? Why would we want to marry our cousins?
Shelbyville Manhattan: Because they're so attractive. I... I thought that was the whole point of this journey.
Jebediah Springfield: Absolutely not!
Shelbyville Manhattan: I tell you, I won't live in a town that robs men of the right to marry their cousins!
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:07:57pm |
re: #125 HoosierHoops
LOL!
You sayed home to watch the Lakers Parade, confess it now...
;)
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:08:37pm |
re: #127 Floral Giraffe
GAH!
Stayed.
PIFW
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:08:41pm |
re: #123 albusteve
all that is nit picking...the feds do not want to secure the border, in brazen defiance of the Constitution and public opinion...all the rest is fluff, and for sure BO does not want it secured, he doesn't need to say so
The cheapest solution is to the border problem is to just tank the US economy so that illegals have no more incentive to come here and nobody has any money to buy illicit drugs imported from Mexico.
When we are all snorting home-made meth and fighting over sub-minimum sage jobs, it will be the Mexicans who have to secure their border...
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EdDantes Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:09:17pm |
re: #102 EdDantes
Thank you. My bank account information will be posted pending advice from my attorneys. :)
The law firm is Dewey, Cheatam and Howe. (it's an old joke but I tell it well).
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OldnGrumpy Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:09:50pm |
Grrr age-ism sucks
Just got called to notify me that I was turned down for a job because they were looking for someone younger.
Dammit I'm only 52 and have worked in a construction related job so I'm in good physical condition.
That crap pisses me off
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jamesfirecat Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:10:13pm |
re: #130 EdDantes
The law firm is Dewey, Cheatam and Howe. (it's an old joke but I tell it well).
Mine is Robbem Blinde & Runne
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:10:21pm |
re: #126 jamesfirecat
Would it help if you knew that I'm just quoting the show?
Heh, I know you were quoting the show. Just... marrying cousins... it's just so wrong...
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Daniel Ballard Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:11:11pm |
re: #131 OldnGrumpy
Grrr age-ism sucks
Just got called to notify me that I was turned down for a job because they were looking for someone younger.
Dammit I'm only 52 and have worked in a construction related job so I'm in good physical condition.
That crap pisses me off
Illegal too I think!
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Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:11:19pm |
re: #131 OldnGrumpy
Grrr age-ism sucks
Just got called to notify me that I was turned down for a job because they were looking for someone younger.
Dammit I'm only 52 and have worked in a construction related job so I'm in good physical condition.
That crap pisses me off
If you want to pursue it, it's probably also illegal.
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Firstinla Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:11:49pm |
re: #133 MrSilverDragon
Heh, I know you were quoting the show. Just... marrying cousins... it's just so wrong...
Didn't FDR marry cousin?
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:12:03pm |
re: #122 Summer
And, lest ye forget, plant a very much loved lemon tree! (As opposed to Shelbyville beets).
I think those were turnips, not beets. It's actually a shame that Shelbyville hasn't been used lately for a episode. It might do well if done right.
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Summer Seale Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:12:30pm |
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:12:32pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:12:33pm |
re: #133 MrSilverDragon
Heh, I know you were quoting the show. Just... marrying cousins... it's just so wrong...
My great grands on one side were first cousins.
I have only the usual number of eyes.
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Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:12:41pm |
re: #133 MrSilverDragon
Heh, I know you were quoting the show. Just... marrying cousins... it's just so wrong...
"If she's not good enough for her own folk, she's not good enough for us."
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Summer Seale Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:13:03pm |
re: #138 Dark_Falcon
I think those were turnips, not beets. It's actually a shame that Shelbyville hasn't been used lately for a episode. It might do well if done right.
I think you're right. It's been a while since I've seen that episode. =)
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OldnGrumpy Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:13:11pm |
re: #134 Rightwingconspirator
Of course they didn't word that way,so they have an out.
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sattv4u2 Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:14:02pm |
re: #141 SanFranciscoZionist
My great grands on one side were first cousins.
I have only the usual number of eyes.
but you DO sit on a rickety bridge, legs dangling over, playing a banjo!!
PADDLE FASTER ,, I HEAR BANJO MUSIC
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jamesfirecat Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:14:12pm |
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albusteve Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:14:55pm |
re: #129 ralphieboy
The cheapest solution is to the border problem is to just tank the US economy so that illegals have no more incentive to come here and nobody has any money to buy illicit drugs imported from Mexico.
When we are all snorting home-made meth and fighting over sub-minimum sage jobs, it will be the Mexicans who have to secure their border...
a reasonable conclusion, seems to me
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Kragar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:15:34pm |
re: #141 SanFranciscoZionist
My great grands on one side were first cousins.
I have only the usual number of eyes.
Yeah, but they're both on the same side!
/
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sattv4u2 Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:15:37pm |
There's nothing intrinsically wrong with MARRYING a 1st cousin, I guess
Having offspring together,,, thats a whole 'nother issue!!!
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:15:40pm |
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Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:16:17pm |
re: #148 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Yeah, but they're both on the same side!
/
Quit floundering for punch lines.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:16:31pm |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:16:52pm |
re: #145 sattv4u2
but you DO sit on a rickety bridge, legs dangling over, playing a banjo!!
PADDLE FASTER ,, I HEAR BANJO MUSIC
SQUEAL LIKE A PIG!
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:17:28pm |
re: #146 jamesfirecat
Charles Darwin and his wife were first cousins.
Einstein married his first cousin.
Alouette's parents are first cousins once removed.
I DO NOT have 3 eyes!
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Daniel Ballard Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:17:44pm |
re: #146 jamesfirecat
Charles Darwin and his wife were first cousins.
Incredible irony there. Just speeding up the natural selection at home?!
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:17:59pm |
re: #149 sattv4u2
There's nothing intrinsically wrong with MARRYING a 1st cousin, I guess
Having offspring together,,, thats a whole 'nother issue!!!
Almost fourteen/
second cousin/
minor lady/
stranger to warm water...
(with apologies to John Denver)
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Digital Display Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:18:47pm |
re: #127 Floral Giraffe
LOL!
You sayed home to watch the Lakers Parade, confess it now...
;)
LOL
I can hardly walk...Everything would be fine except the part when you know you have to go pee..I can wait longer.. Go pee..I can wait longer..I swear I can!
You know what the issue is..It's not really the twisted ankle...I can deal with that.. When I fell i scrapped off the bottom skin of my left foot..Raw as a M*therf*cker.. It really hurts to walk..I'm walking on the raw side with gauze..
The bottom of my toes are raw.. ouch ouch..Gotta go pee..Ouch..ouch
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jamesfirecat Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:20:11pm |
re: #155 Rightwingconspirator
Incredible irony there. Just speeding up the natural selection at home?!
Hey if getting Knights of Round in FF VII has taught me anything, it's that sometimes you want to keep good genes within the family...
On the other hand....
[Link: www.vgcats.com...]
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EdDantes Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:20:40pm |
re: #131 OldnGrumpy
I lost my job at HP. There were seven managers in my department. 4 were replaced (including me). 4 were over 40. 3 were over fifty, including me. It has nothing to do with abilities. It is the last (in my opinion) area where discrimination is allowed. I did not pursue it because I thought it was futile.
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Nimed Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:22:25pm |
re: #149 sattv4u2
There's nothing intrinsically wrong with MARRYING a 1st cousin, I guess
Having offspring together,,, thats a whole 'nother issue!!!
Biologically speaking, it's not that risky. Plenty of species manage to survive just fine in spite of frequent sibling offspring.
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Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:22:36pm |
re: #159 EdDantes
I lost my job at HP. There were seven managers in my department. 4 were replaced (including me). 4 were over 40. 3 were over fifty, including me. It has nothing to do with abilities. It is the last (in my opinion) area where discrimination is allowed. I did not pursue it because I thought it was futile.
It's not allowed, and a strong pattern is enough to put the company on the defensive.
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Kragar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:22:51pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:23:19pm |
A couple of things to point out about this photo.
1. Please do take the time to click the link and look at the full hi res photo from NASA. The extent of the polluted zone extends much further south than you might expect - and even the NASA photo crops to the south.
2. The noticeable thick swirls in the gulf are merely especially high concentrations of the oil and dispersant mixture. All that water that should be blue, but isn't, has a surface layer of oil on it. All that greyish area is oil. You are looking at a polluted zone overall that is on the surface, substantially larger than the state of Florida.
3. Notice a dimpling in the middle of the layer. You are seeing to different large scale flows. The Southern whirl is the more important one in the long term. Notice that in the full picture, it extends further South than the tip of Florida and that it will be carried into the Atlantic. In the next few (1-6, depending on where you are) months, this will affect the mid Atlantic and the entire US eastern seaboard.
4. This is only the oil on the surface layers. There is vastly more oil that is contained in plumes beneath the surface.
5. The consequences in short term economic cost to lost fishing and use of beach fronts will be in the billions. However, that is insignificant compared to the long term depression of global food supply and long term ecological damage.
6. The largest part of the ecological damage will be accelerated ocean anoxia over large regions of the sea. As microbes eat the oil, they burn dissolved oxygen in the water. This may sound like good news at first. However, fish need to breathe too. That is what their gills are for. As oxygen is sucked out of the water multi-cellular life suffer mass deaths. That means that our already dwindling fisheries, will not be coming back anytime soon. Perhaps after truly massive clean up attempts - that we do not yet know how to do, we can re-seed the affected regions. That, however is a very long term and multi-billion dollar proposition. It is nearly certain that we have caused the extinction of some species.
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Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:23:54pm |
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sattv4u2 Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:24:16pm |
re: #160 Nimed
Biologically speaking, it's not that risky. Plenty of species manage to survive just fine in spite of frequent sibling offspring.
Perhaps
But I KNOW my cousins
I KNOW their genes!
I AIN'T taking the chance !!!
:)
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EdDantes Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:25:12pm |
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sattv4u2 Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:25:16pm |
K kiddies
Out again for round two of the "Honey Do" list
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Firstinla Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:25:31pm |
re: #139 Summer
Thanks, again. Not only have I embiggen my cormulent vocabulary, but I have now seen the Simpsons for the first time. I still won't buy a TV.
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wiffersnapper Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:25:35pm |
As depressing as the photo is, the hi-res shot is really cool.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:25:55pm |
re: #159 EdDantes
I lost my job at HP. There were seven managers in my department. 4 were replaced (including me). 4 were over 40. 3 were over fifty, including me. It has nothing to do with abilities. It is the last (in my opinion) area where discrimination is allowed. I did not pursue it because I thought it was futile.
Get in line... I was a full time programmer for 30 years, in 2005 I got laid off, after 13 years at the National Renewable Energy Labs (a DOE lab). I was 52. I'm 57 now, still haven't found a full time programming job. Did some off and on contract work, and still work from home occasionally for Kaiser.
I been told off the record, "ageism" all the way. So now, I work part time as a cashier at a large supermarket chain up here in the Rocky Mountains... enjoying the job a whole lot, nice people, and I am such a pussycat working with the public... but I still wouldn't mind getting back in my career. I still apply, over 500 apps in 5 years, but rarely ever even a phone interview.
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Daniel Ballard Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:25:59pm |
re: #163 LudwigVanQuixote
Hmmm this is probably awkward to describe but where the heck is the site of the leak?
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:26:27pm |
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:26:54pm |
re: #166 sffilk
YUK!!!
So, that's either a laugh, or an exclamation of disgust... care to elaborate?
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Firstinla Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:27:32pm |
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sattv4u2 Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:27:54pm |
re: #174 MrSilverDragon
So, that's either a laugh, or an exclamation of disgust... care to elaborate?
could be "HELLO" in his/her dialect!
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:27:57pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:28:04pm |
re: #172 Rightwingconspirator
Hmmm this is probably awkward to describe but where the heck is the site of the leak?
Pretty far North in the photo - near the thickest "spaghetti" swirls.
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:28:58pm |
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Reginald Perrin Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:29:00pm |
re: #102 EdDantes
Thank you. My bank account information will be posted pending advice from my attorneys. :)
You don't need to use your own lawyer, as a member of LGF you are entitled to free legal services from the esteemed Boston legal offices of Dewey Cheatem and Howe. They advise that you post the banking info before making any more comments.
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Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:29:32pm |
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Nimed Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:29:51pm |
re: #154 Alouette
Alouette's parents are first cousins once removed.
I DO NOT have 3 eyes!
Oh, come on. 12.5% of shared genetic material (on average). Did you really expect to get a 3rd eye from that? Please get a hold of your sense of entitlement.
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Vicious Babushka Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:31:37pm |
re: #171 Walter L. Newton
Get in line... I was a full time programmer for 30 years, in 2005 I got laid off, after 13 years at the National Renewable Energy Labs (a DOE lab). I was 52. I'm 57 now, still haven't found a full time programming job. Did some off and on contract work, and still work from home occasionally for Kaiser.
I been told off the record, "ageism" all the way. So now, I work part time as a cashier at a large supermarket chain up here in the Rocky Mountains... enjoying the job a whole lot, nice people, and I am such a pussycat working with the public... but I still wouldn't mind getting back in my career. I still apply, over 500 apps in 5 years, but rarely ever even a phone interview.
Same here, my last full-time job was a contract at Ford Motor Co. in 2007. I'm 60.
I have the Zionist Mall, but sales are down from last year. I don't think it has anything to do with the BDS, people just aren't spending. Buy Israeli products!
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MrSilverDragon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:33:43pm |
re: #182 Nimed
Oh, come on. 12.5% of shared genetic material (on average). Did you really expect to get a 3rd eye from that? Please get a hold of your sense of entitlement.
I laughed very loudly from that, to the point that the rest of the office here is asking me "what's so funny?". +1 to you! On that note, y'all have a great evening, hope to chat tomorrow!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:35:16pm |
re: #154 Alouette
Einstein married his first cousin.
Alouette's parents are first cousins once removed.
I DO NOT have 3 eyes!
First cousins once removed have 50% more uncommon genetic material than first cousins.
While still a little closely related, it is not even close to the dangers of first cousins marrying.
As to Einstein's taste in women, his long time friend and colleague Abraham Pais, also a Nobel Laureate in physics, wrote:
"Einstein liked his women common and sweaty. The more common and the more sweaty, the better." Al, may have been one of the greatest geniuses in history, but he did not have exceptional relationship skills or taste.
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Four More Tears Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:35:35pm |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:35:42pm |
re: #171 Walter L. Newton
Get in line... I was a full time programmer for 30 years, in 2005 I got laid off, after 13 years at the National Renewable Energy Labs (a DOE lab). I was 52. I'm 57 now, still haven't found a full time programming job. Did some off and on contract work, and still work from home occasionally for Kaiser.
I been told off the record, "ageism" all the way. So now, I work part time as a cashier at a large supermarket chain up here in the Rocky Mountains... enjoying the job a whole lot, nice people, and I am such a pussycat working with the public... but I still wouldn't mind getting back in my career. I still apply, over 500 apps in 5 years, but rarely ever even a phone interview.
Happened to my dad, too. He got a retirement package from BP, and a good thing too. He was already about 60 and no one would hire him.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:35:46pm |
re: #163 LudwigVanQuixote
And, this was COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE.
It's sounding like shortcuts were taken, and bad decisions made.
It's sickening.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:35:47pm |
re: #185 MrSilverDragon
I laughed very loudly from that, to the point that the rest of the office here is asking me "what's so funny?". +1 to you! On that note, y'all have a great evening, hope to chat tomorrow!
No third eyes, just inherited immune deficiencies and recessive traits, like hemophilia, remember Tsarevich Alexander, the product of inbreeding between Tsar Nicholas and his second cousin, Alexandra of Hesse-Darmstadt?
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darthstar Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:36:13pm |
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:36:22pm |
re: #186 LudwigVanQuixote
That's funny.
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Daniel Ballard Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:37:29pm |
re: #178 LudwigVanQuixote
Thanks. Maybe under that cloud. Weather sat image-So the fleet is not visible. But just awful; how can that be anything but devastating? And a bunch of methane released.
Love to see a really high res shot like 1 meter resolution released. See the fleet from above.
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Decatur Deb Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:41:13pm |
re: #193 Rightwingconspirator
Thanks. Maybe under that cloud. Weather sat image-So the fleet is not visible. But just awful; how can that be anything but devastating? And a bunch of methane released.
Love to see a really high res shot like 1 meter resolution released. See the fleet from above.
I suspect a lot of us live in the frame of that hi-res photo. My town is under cloud cover in the upper right quadrant.
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Walter L. Newton Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:42:45pm |
re: #188 Dark_Falcon
Happened to my dad, too. He got a retirement package from BP, and a good thing too. He was already about 60 and no one would hire him.
Well... my wife at the time, who was use to me making about 86,000 a year... wasn't happy with the programming job I got in two months after being laid off... it only paid 43,000 a year... so within 7 months she decided to boogy... I had to take an early out on the retirement package I had from the Lab... and it eat most of that up trying to get reestablished in an apartment, furniture and so on... and then I had to dip into it off on on for the last 5 years between the piddlely little jobs I had... ergo... no personal retirement funds...
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:42:45pm |
Later, Lizards.
Be well!
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webevintage Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:43:05pm |
re: #183 Alouette
Same here, my last full-time job was a contract at Ford Motor Co. in 2007. I'm 60.
I have the Zionist Mall, but sales are down from last year. I don't think it has anything to do with the BDS, people just aren't spending. Buy Israeli products!
Summer is normally a bit slower then the rest of the year for vintage clothes but this is the worst June I (and my competitors) have ever had.
April and May ended up being pretty good and then things just tanked.
Sales and traffic are way down and my international sales (which are normally about 1/2 my business) are almost non-existent.
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EdDantes Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:44:23pm |
re: #171 Walter L. Newton
Considering our litigious society, are we, the over fifty society, too adverse to legal action because of our upbringing? I mean are we too willing to suck up adversity, accept ownership of misfortune, even internalize it as if it were our fault (although we know it is not so) rather than seek legal remedies? I had as a model my dad who did not rail against misfortune but did what he could to minimize its effects.I don't know.
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:45:48pm |
re: #189 Floral Giraffe
And, this was COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE.
It's sounding like shortcuts were taken, and bad decisions made.
It's sickening.
Ohh shortcuts were not just taken, multiple critical red flags that should have halted production were ignored. The story seems very very solid that BP execs wanted the oil NOW and ordered people against their better judgement to do utterly stupid things despite the obvious red flags.
And let's be clear about the obvious red flags:
1. Chunks of a critical sealing ring had come up the pipe. This was a mission critical piece of equipment that was known to have failed.
2. The other parts of emergency shut off were either broken completely, or mis-configured. The mis-configured part was attached to a dead power supply.
3. Rather than using three concrete plugs, they drilled with two before releasing pressure and draining out the mud. The plugs that were in place were sub-standard anyway.
The important thing to take from this is that corporations with a model of maximal greed for this quarter's bottom line have no incentive to regulate themselves. We have seen this abused again and again in recent times. This however, is only the most dramatic and catastrophic failure of this sort. The GOP mantra that corporations will act responsibly with the public trust and do not need to be regulated is completely false. It was always stupid. Enron and the SNL crisis were not sufficient. However, there is now very graphic and catastrophic damage that we have not even begun to feel the full sting of as evidence, that believing such things is utterly stupid and the cost is in terms of lives and livelihoods. The GOP still does not really care so much about that. After all, Barton, Bachman, Palin, Inhofe and others would rather line their pockets than protect Americans.
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Sol Berdinowitz Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:46:07pm |
re: #186 LudwigVanQuixote
"Einstein liked his women common and sweaty. The more common and the more sweaty, the better." Al, may have been one of the greatest geniuses in history, but he did not have exceptional relationship skills or taste.
No, Albert had a good nose for potential breeding parters.
There was a study that showed how human "pheremones" work: those people whose smell we find the most attractive are the ones who have immune characteristcs that compliment ours, leading to healthier offspring.
I often look back and wonder how my ex and I even got together, much less stayed together long enough to have four kids, but one thing I recall is that she never smelled bad to me.
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Dancing along the light of day Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:46:10pm |
re: #186 LudwigVanQuixote
Einsteins son in law was David Fairchild, a world explorer of plants.
Wonderful books of his travels.
He introduced many of the fruits & vegies we enjoy, to the US.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:46:49pm |
re: #193 Rightwingconspirator
Thanks. Maybe under that cloud. Weather sat image-So the fleet is not visible. But just awful; how can that be anything but devastating? And a bunch of methane released.
Love to see a really high res shot like 1 meter resolution released. See the fleet from above.
Such shots exist, but, over that scale are terabyte files. I have seen such shots, but you won't see them blogged.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:47:52pm |
re: #195 Walter L. Newton
Well... my wife at the time, who was use to me making about 86,000 a year... wasn't happy with the programming job I got in two months after being laid off... it only paid 43,000 a year... so within 7 months she decided to boogy... I had to take an early out on the retirement package I had from the Lab... and it eat most of that up trying to get reestablished in an apartment, furniture and so on... and then I had to dip into it off on on for the last 5 years between the piddlely little jobs I had... ergo... no personal retirement funds...
Yikes. That's an unhappy course of events. I'm glad things have since gotten somewhat better for you, Walter.
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, Jun 21, 2010 12:47:53pm |
re: #190 ralphieboy
No third eyes, just inherited immune deficiencies and recessive traits, like hemophilia, remember Tsarevich Alexander, the product of inbreeding between Tsar Nicholas and his second cousin, Alexandra of Hesse-Darmstadt?
You need several generations, normally, to get to that stage.
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Donna Ballard Mon, Jun 21, 2010 1:15:30pm |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
I just got off the phone with the company I interviewed with last week. I got the job! I fill out the paperwork tomorrow and start on Wednesday.
I know this is a bit late but... CONGRATULATIONS!
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sffilk Mon, Jun 21, 2010 1:39:47pm |
re: #174 MrSilverDragon
So, that's either a laugh, or an exclamation of disgust... care to elaborate?
Disgust!
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Mon, Jun 21, 2010 1:40:04pm |
re: #3 Charles
Because it's a detail showing the section fouled by oil. There's a link to the full image too, but be warned that it's very large.
Actually, you are only closing in on the most dense swirls. All the water that is that grayish color instead of blue is fouled by the oil. That region extends far far to the south and east and west compared to your zoom in. It even extends further south than this NASA photo.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, Jun 21, 2010 1:41:53pm |
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Gus Mon, Jun 21, 2010 4:52:13pm |
For Sale: Gulf of Mexico Needs work and TLC. Great collectors item.
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