Tonight’s cover from the Lizard Collection is in incredible near-mint condition: Captain America #104, published in August 1968, the fifth issue of the resurrected Captain America series. This is an illustration Quentin Tarantino would appreciate — a circular firing squad by a mob of Red Skull cronies.
This book will soon be on the way to the CGC for grading.
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 5:52:46pm |
Does that guy in the wheelchair have a gun that fires directly over his head?
I guess there's no real reason not to, but I'd find that unnerving.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 5:53:01pm |
Hey look its the murder chair!
(Yes that's actually what they call it I know thanks to Scans-Daily...)
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 5:55:59pm |
Robot learns to flip pancakes
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Charles Johnson Sat, Jul 31, 2010 5:59:00pm |
re: #4 Killgore Trout
Robot learns to flip pancakes
[Video]
Watch out when the robots learn to swear when they miss.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 5:59:36pm |
re: #5 marjoriemoon
I love those robot learning videos. I always find myself rooting for them.
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Charles Johnson Sat, Jul 31, 2010 5:59:57pm |
re: #1 Obdicut
Does that guy in the wheelchair have a gun that fires directly over his head?
I guess there's no real reason not to, but I'd find that unnerving.
Stephen Hawking has one too.
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firstinla Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:01:56pm |
re: #1 Obdicut
I think that's where we get the phase: keep your head down.
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:04:48pm |
re: #10 firstinla
I feel bad for the guy whose weapon is a knotted bedsheet. I mean, you've got wheelchair gun, pistol, iron arm, evil laughter, rope, overdeveloped musculature-- and then one guy with a knotted bedsheet and a bad hat.
Maybe he just coincidentally escaped from prison and ran into the middle of this fight.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:05:36pm |
re: #4 Killgore Trout
Robot learns to flip pancakes
[Video]
Is the reason they have that modesty cover over the machine because it's a female robot?
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:06:14pm |
re: #11 Obdicut
I feel bad for the guy whose weapon is a knotted bedsheet. I mean, you've got wheelchair gun, pistol, iron arm, evil laughter, rope, overdeveloped musculature-- and then one guy with a knotted bedsheet and a bad hat.
Maybe he just coincidentally escaped from prison and ran into the middle of this fight.
Well if memory serves he's the Italian guy... so what do you expect?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:07:54pm |
re: #12 reine.de.tout
Is the reason they have that modesty cover over the machine because it's a female robot?
Maybe it's an apron.
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:10:45pm |
The state cannot take children away from a mother who tests positive for marijuana use without evidence that shows her drug use endangers the children, the Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled.
In a decision issued today, the court reversed a Marion County juvenile court ruling that the state Department of Human Services had jurisdiction over two children, a 19-month-old and a 6-month old. The state had argued that the mother's marijuana use "presented a reasonable likelihood of harm to her two children."
But the appeals court agreed with the mother's argument that the state failed to provide any evidence connecting her behavior with risk to the children.
Yay Oregon!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:11:43pm |
re: #14 Killgore Trout
Maybe it's an apron.
Yeah. Protecting its front might be needed to keep food out of servos.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:28:21pm |
re: #4 Killgore Trout
Sounds like pancakes that Lisa Douglas'd make.
That seems so simple, doesn't it? amazing.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:28:52pm |
re: #11 Obdicut
I feel bad for the guy whose weapon is a knotted bedsheet. I mean, you've got wheelchair gun, pistol, iron arm, evil laughter, rope, overdeveloped musculature-- and then one guy with a knotted bedsheet and a bad hat.
Maybe he just coincidentally escaped from prison and ran into the middle of this fight.
LOL
I wanted to post these during the ComicCon Phelps fiasco. My niece is a real ComicCon fan. She designs her outfits, hair, makeup, etc. She has an incredible talent. Currently a student at UoC in San Diego studying set design.
[Link: i258.photobucket.com...]
[Link: i258.photobucket.com...]
[Link: i258.photobucket.com...]
She also does a pretty sexy Captain Kirk.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:29:11pm |
re: #14 Killgore Trout
So... it is a woman robot.
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:31:39pm |
re: #18 marjoriemoon
That's a lot of talent, yeah. I used to be a techie in the theater-- doing lighting work. I really like theater stuff, though it'd be great if we could do it without all those actors.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:32:46pm |
re: #18 marjoriemoon
LOL
I wanted to post these during the ComicCon Phelps fiasco. My niece is a real ComicCon fan. She designs her outfits, hair, makeup, etc. She has an incredible talent. Currently a student at UoC in San Diego studying set design.
[Link: i258.photobucket.com...]
[Link: i258.photobucket.com...]
[Link: i258.photobucket.com...]
She also does a pretty sexy Captain Kirk.
She is amazing! She has a perfect face for make up. I will show those to my daughter tomorrow. She is a natural seamstress and I want to encourage her.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:33:58pm |
re: #21 Obdicut
That's a lot of talent, yeah. I used to be a techie in the theater-- doing lighting work. I really like theater stuff, though it'd be great if we could do it without all those actors.
I think she found her niche. She likes the theater, but behind the scenes. She has an intern position at a playhouse now and she's doing well.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:36:26pm |
re: #22 prairiefire
She is amazing! She has a perfect face for make up. I will show those to my daughter tomorrow. She is a natural seamstress and I want to encourage her.
Really great stuff.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:36:53pm |
re: #22 prairiefire
She is amazing! She has a perfect face for make up. I will show those to my daughter tomorrow. She is a natural seamstress and I want to encourage her.
She's 20 now, but has been doing this for years. She also makes fangs and sells them at ComicCon. I'm really proud of her because she's had some hyperactivity issues most her life. She's an intense person, but she has all these friends and fans now.
How old's your daughter? Send me an email. My nic is blue. I can show you more.
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:37:28pm |
re: #23 marjoriemoon
Cool. If she's looking for more stuff in the future, tell her to keep these people in mind:
[Link: www.serendipitytheatre.org...]
My friend Amanda is Artistic Director there, and she kicks ass.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:38:27pm |
re: #21 Obdicut
That's a lot of talent, yeah. I used to be a techie in the theater-- doing lighting work. I really like theater stuff, though it'd be great if we could do it without all those actors.
My aunt was in community, local theater. Actors~so dramatic! And crazy.
I think I would like directing./
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:38:31pm |
re: #26 Obdicut
Cool. If she's looking for more stuff in the future, tell her to keep these people in mind:
[Link: www.serendipitytheatre.org...]
My friend Amanda is Artistic Director there, and she kicks ass.
In Chicago? I'll send it to her.
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:41:33pm |
re: #28 marjoriemoon
Yeah.
This project that they're doing right now is really cool-- not so much focus on the set, but artistically interesting:
[Link: www.2ndstory.com...]
And Chicago is my favorite city in the US for theater, even more so than New York. So many great plays going on all the time.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:43:19pm |
re: #29 Obdicut
Yeah.
This project that they're doing right now is really cool-- not so much focus on the set, but artistically interesting:
[Link: www.2ndstory.com...]
And Chicago is my favorite city in the US for theater, even more so than New York. So many great plays going on all the time.
What does she need? I live near Chicago, and work downtown.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:43:41pm |
re: #29 Obdicut
Yeah.
This project that they're doing right now is really cool-- not so much focus on the set, but artistically interesting:
[Link: www.2ndstory.com...]
And Chicago is my favorite city in the US for theater, even more so than New York. So many great plays going on all the time.
Ah. I think she'll stay in S. Cal awhile, through school anyway.
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Mocking Jay Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:44:22pm |
Here's the Thor trailer, for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. Watch it while you can. Paramount's been taking it down left and right. I really don't understand why. Isn't that the point behind a trailer?
[Link: thefilmstage.com...]
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:44:45pm |
re: #30 Dark_Falcon
What does she need? I live near Chicago, and work downtown.
She doesn't need anything, she's just a good contact for anyone starting out in theater because she knows a lot of people and could probably help find internships for qualified people.
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Irenicum Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:47:43pm |
You guys gotta stop talking about Chicago. I'm gonna miss the Celtic Fest this fall and it kills me.
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Irenicum Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:49:34pm |
Of course up here in the North East we've got a pretty good Celtic scene going on as well. So I shouldn't complain. I do miss Chicago though. Very cool town.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:51:12pm |
re: #32 JasonA
Here's the Thor trailer, for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. Watch it while you can. Paramount's been taking it down left and right. I really don't understand why. Isn't that the point behind a trailer?
[Link: thefilmstage.com...]
Thor's pretty hot, isn't he.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:51:44pm |
re: #25 marjoriemoon
Thanks! My girl is 12. My mac does not accept the Entrouage email system used by LGF. Walter has my email and I can re-send it to him, if you would not mind emailing him.
I am very excited for your niece. She does have an intensity that comes through in the photos.
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:53:54pm |
re: #32 JasonA
Hrm. Two thoughts:
1. That's not the Thor I remember, at all. Kinda disappointing, really.
2. The fake armor and weapons look really fake.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:56:13pm |
re: #30 Dark_Falcon
What does she need? I live near Chicago, and work downtown.
Have you ever considered the theater? Backstage manager, sound, etc.?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:56:13pm |
re: #38 Obdicut
Hrm. Two thoughts:
1. That's not the Thor I remember, at all. Kinda disappointing, really.
2. The fake armor and weapons look really fake.
Anyone remember 'Adventures in Babysitting', and the little girl who's completely hung up on Thor?
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:57:10pm |
re: #37 prairiefire
Thanks! My girl is 12. My mac does not accept the Entrouage email system used by LGF. Walter has my email and I can re-send it to him, if you would not mind emailing him.
I am very excited for your niece. She does have an intensity that comes through in the photos.
Thanks :) Okies. If I see him, I'll ask him to send it to you, or mark my post and forward, if that works. She has 100s of photos of all kinds of characters.
I'd like to think her talent comes from our side of the family :) My grandad was a carpenter. Mom, Aunt, Cousins, all painters. I used to do a lot of stitching and sculpting.
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Mocking Jay Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:57:13pm |
re: #36 marjoriemoon
Thor's pretty hot, isn't he.
Er... I guess?
re: #38 Obdicut
Hrm. Two thoughts:
1. That's not the Thor I remember, at all. Kinda disappointing, really.
2. The fake armor and weapons look really fake.
Thor himself doesn't bother me so much. The armor does look like plastic though. On the plus side, the Destroyer looks sweet.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:57:54pm |
re: #39 prairiefire
He looks a little puny.
Yea, he does, doesn't he! There's a shirtless shot there that's pretty interesting!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 6:59:03pm |
re: #40 prairiefire
Have you ever considered the theater? Backstage manager, sound, etc.?
Not really. I did that in high school, but haven't done it since.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:02:41pm |
re: #45 Dark_Falcon
Even work as an extra for IATSE can pay well, and there are other theater options. I know the union work can be pretty sewn up with heredity hires. Obdi's friend might be somebody to talk to?
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MandyManners Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:07:09pm |
The Germans are about to bomb Pearl Harbor on AMC.
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Digital Display Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:09:08pm |
re: #48 MandyManners
The Germans are about to bomb Pearl Harbor on AMC.
Again? Hi Mandy! I had lunch today with an American Hero today..Ok I posted it 3 times already but I'm still walking on clouds..
Hope today finds you well
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:10:47pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:11:12pm |
re: #49 HoosierHoops
Again? Hi Mandy! I had lunch today with an American Hero today..Ok I posted it 3 times already but I'm still walking on clouds..
Hope today finds you well
No, I know the feeling. I once got to meet one of the medical students who organized the operation taking Danish Jews out of Denmark during the war.
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:12:41pm |
re: #45 Dark_Falcon
Not really. I did that in high school, but haven't done it since.
Heh. I volunteered for stage crew in high school so I could skip classes for rehearsals. I pulled the curtain.
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MandyManners Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:13:09pm |
re: #49 HoosierHoops
Again? Hi Mandy! I had lunch today with an American Hero today..Ok I posted it 3 times already but I'm still walking on clouds..
Hope today finds you well
I'm finer than just-spun cotton candy!
Who's the hero?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:14:16pm |
re: #48 MandyManners
The Germans are about to bomb Pearl Harbor on AMC.
Pretty poor movie, IMO. The battle sequences are good, but the story line is crap. Tora! Tora! Tora! was much better.
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MandyManners Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:15:21pm |
re: #54 Dark_Falcon
Pretty poor movie, IMO. The battle sequences are good, but the story line is crap. Tora! Tora! Tora! was much better.
Two words: Ben Affleck.
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Digital Display Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:16:14pm |
re: #53 MandyManners
I'm finer than just-spun cotton candy!
Who's the hero?
John Snow...Bronze metal recipient and the ex-dean of Climate studies at OU.. I paid for Lunch..I am so proud and so humble
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:16:43pm |
re: #54 Dark_Falcon
Pretty poor movie, IMO. The battle sequences are good, but the story line is crap. Tora! Tora! Tora! was much better.
All those subtitles drove me crazy.
From Here To Eternity is my fave.
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Spare O'Lake Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:21:10pm |
re: #41 SanFranciscoZionist
Anyone remember 'Adventures in Babysitting', and the little girl who's completely hung up on Thor?
DON'T F--- WITH THE BABYSITTER!
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:23:40pm |
re: #29 Obdicut
Yeah.
This project that they're doing right now is really cool-- not so much focus on the set, but artistically interesting:
[Link: www.2ndstory.com...]
And Chicago is my favorite city in the US for theater, even more so than New York. So many great plays going on all the time.
I remember reading the theater ads in the Chicago papers when I was a kid. It adds a lot of vitality to an already vital Mid-Western city.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:24:16pm |
re: #57 Spare O'Lake
All those subtitles drove me crazy.
From Here To Eternity is my fave.
I don't let subtitles bother me, you miss out on too much if it does.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:29:27pm |
re: #41 SanFranciscoZionist
Anyone remember 'Adventures in Babysitting', and the little girl who's completely hung up on Thor?
I saw that in the theater!
"Don't fuck with the black lords!
*babysitter brandishes knife*
"Don't fuck with the babysitter!"
(yes, that was from memory)
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:34:46pm |
A film where subtitles don't matter: La Belle et La bete
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:45:59pm |
re: #61 WindUpBird
I saw that in the theater!
"Don't fuck with the black lords!
*babysitter brandishes knife*
"Don't fuck with the babysitter!"
(yes, that was from memory)
"No one gets outta here without singing the blues."
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:49:00pm |
re: #63 SanFranciscoZionist
"No one gets outta here without singing the blues."
Thanks much for that, Elwood. :D
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:51:24pm |
re: #62 prairiefire
A film where subtitles don't matter: La Belle et La bete[Video]
Then there are shows where the subtitles greatly add to the enjoyment. For a while, I was addicted to a miniseries about the 47 Ronin that was playing on my local Asian-languages channel.
The line I have always remembered...spoken solemnly by a seventeenth-century samurai...is, "the lord and I are not on the same wavelength".
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:53:53pm |
re: #65 SanFranciscoZionist
There was some Japanese movie that had awesome translation that I watched a long time ago-- one dude saved another dude by some awesome swordplay, and then that other guy saved the first dude with a well-timed spear, and the first dude shouted, "Thanks for the quid-pro-quo!"
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:56:25pm |
re: #67 Obdicut
There was some Japanese movie that had awesome translation that I watched a long time ago-- one dude saved another dude by some awesome swordplay, and then that other guy saved the first dude with a well-timed spear, and the first dude shouted, "Thanks for the quid-pro-quo!"
Lol.
You should see the "professional" translated subs on some of my animes.
:/
Some are so bad, I rip em out and replace them.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:57:23pm |
re: #68 Varek Raith
Lol.
You should see the "professional" translated subs on some of my animes.
:/
Some are so bad, I rip em out and replace them.
The ones for the Ranma series, I thought, were very good.
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:57:30pm |
re: #68 Varek Raith
That made me think of "let me show you my animes", which made me think of this:
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:58:20pm |
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Sheila Broflovski Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:58:35pm |
One of the stalkers just tweeted that the movie "Salt" is "lefty jihadi propaganda."
I can't wait to see it.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:58:52pm |
Darn it. Maybe this one will work.
Lol
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:59:22pm |
re: #72 Alouette
One of the stalkers just tweeted that the movie "Salt" is "lefty jihadi propaganda."
I can't wait to see it.
Don't the stalkers think that every movie, with the possible exception of "Red Dawn" is lefty jihadi propaganda?
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:59:51pm |
re: #69 SanFranciscoZionist
The ones for the Ranma series, I thought, were very good.
The only thing worse than the english subs are the english dubs.
;)
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 7:59:55pm |
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:00:46pm |
Fracked up weekend.
Got to Houston last Thursday, and was in baggage claim when I tripped over somebody's laptop bag and hit the floor. Beat the shit out of my knees and left hand, 4 stitches in lip, right arm in splint. ER doc said it wasn't broken but had it looked at again when I got home, the bone is cracked, but it is a non dislocated fracture. Got a better splint and a sling and follow up in two weeks.
I still did my speech, but I looked like a train wreck. I'm on blood thinners, so I am bruised to high heaven. Was thinking about getting my bag, finding bus to hotel, and just wasn't watching where I was going - so it's all my own damn fault.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:02:17pm |
re: #77 SteveC
Fracked up weekend.
Got to Houston last Thursday, and was in baggage claim when I tripped over somebody's laptop bag and hit the floor. Beat the shit out of my knees and left hand, 4 stitches in lip, right arm in splint. ER doc said it wasn't broken but had it looked at again when I got home, the bone is cracked, but it is a non dislocated fracture. Got a better splint and a sling and follow up in two weeks.
I still did my speech, but I looked like a train wreck. I'm on blood thinners, so I am bruised to high heaven. Was thinking about getting my bag, finding bus to hotel, and just wasn't watching where I was going - so it's all my own damn fault.
Ouch!
Get some rest.
:)
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:02:29pm |
500 white people show up to big Tea Party diversity event Updated with video.
How has this tiny group of lunatics become a driving force in politics? This can't possibly last more than one election cycle. There just aren't enough people.
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Obdicut Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:02:50pm |
re: #77 SteveC
Holy crap, dude.
Take it easy. And don't beat up on yourself too much-- life took care of that already.
If you need a larf:
Great British comedy.
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:05:20pm |
re: #80 Obdicut
I'll save that until I feel better, laughing hurts right now. But thank you!
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Targetpractice Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:08:49pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:11:55pm |
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:13:54pm |
re: #82 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:13:59pm |
re: #79 Killgore Trout
500 white people show up to big Tea Party diversity event Updated with video.
How has this tiny group of lunatics become a driving force in politics? This can't possibly last more than one election cycle. There just aren't enough people.
Diversity FAIL.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:16:20pm |
re: #65 SanFranciscoZionist
Then there are shows where the subtitles greatly add to the enjoyment. For a while, I was addicted to a miniseries about the 47 Ronin that was playing on my local Asian-languages channel.
The line I have always remembered...spoken solemnly by a seventeenth-century samurai...is, "the lord and I are not on the same wavelength".
Talk about great captioning - I'm sure everybody's seen this, but I just saw it again recently - Birthday Greetings from Woodstock, Joe Cocker - You have to watch the captions.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:16:30pm |
re: #79 Killgore Trout
500 white people show up to big Tea Party diversity event Updated with video.
How has this tiny group of lunatics become a driving force in politics? This can't possibly last more than one election cycle. There just aren't enough people.
Here from the Fox affiliate in Philly (say that 10x fast :>). They managed to find one African American man to interview, but the crowd was completely white.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:18:16pm |
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:18:16pm |
Faced with the split second decision to either toss the grenade into a corner and run, or take the blast himself to save the life of his friend and possibly others in the immediate area of the ammo shed, he chose to sacrifice himself...As each precious, life-giving unit of blood was drawn from a troop, it was immediately taken around the corner to the operating room where it was infused, still warm, into the critically injured soldier on the table.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:19:25pm |
re: #79 Killgore Trout
500 white people show up to big Tea Party diversity event Updated with video.
How has this tiny group of lunatics become a driving force in politics? This can't possibly last more than one election cycle. There just aren't enough people.
Well, it does indicate that the white people in the Tea Party are in favor of diversity, even if they can't figure out how it works, so I guess that's something. They are trying.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:20:02pm |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:21:03pm |
re: #74 SanFranciscoZionist
Don't the stalkers think that every movie, with the possible exception of "Red Dawn" is lefty jihadi propaganda?
Everybody but them is part of the lefty jihad prog communist conspiracy.
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MandyManners Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:21:49pm |
re: #77 SteveC
Fracked up weekend.
Got to Houston last Thursday, and was in baggage claim when I tripped over somebody's laptop bag and hit the floor. Beat the shit out of my knees and left hand, 4 stitches in lip, right arm in splint. ER doc said it wasn't broken but had it looked at again when I got home, the bone is cracked, but it is a non dislocated fracture. Got a better splint and a sling and follow up in two weeks.
I still did my speech, but I looked like a train wreck. I'm on blood thinners, so I am bruised to high heaven. Was thinking about getting my bag, finding bus to hotel, and just wasn't watching where I was going - so it's all my own damn fault.
Uh, I think it's mainly the fault of the person who left it lying there.
(((Steve)))
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:22:45pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:22:51pm |
re: #92 reine.de.tout
Everybody but them is part of the lefty jihad prog communist conspiracy.
"There's no one left but thee and we, and we're not sure of thee."
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mich-again Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:24:15pm |
Didn't some of the original Tea partiers dress up as American Indians to conceal their real identity? That was a show of diversity. /
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:24:43pm |
re: #79 Killgore Trout
500 white people show up to big Tea Party diversity event Updated with video.
How has this tiny group of lunatics become a driving force in politics? This can't possibly last more than one election cycle. There just aren't enough people.
This sounds like the intro to a bad joke... "So 500 white guys walk into a bar..."
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:25:03pm |
re: #90 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, it does indicate that the white people in the Tea Party are in favor of diversity, even if they can't figure out how it works, so I guess that's something. They are trying.
My guess is that it's a rally so they went, not that the diversity theme necessarily drew them. Half the time, you can't understand the speakers at those rallies anyway.
There were apparently 8 African American speakers and 1 Latino speaker. We'll see if their presence draws more minorities to the fold. I'm guessing no.
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b_sharp Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:25:15pm |
I need some advice from you cat lovers out there.
Do I add salt before or after I add the meat to the grill.
Just kidding.
A couple of weeks ago I had to have my 16 year old cat put down because of cancer. Since then our other cat has been craving attention and acting lonely, so today we went out and picked up a kitten. In the several hours since we brought the little guy home, his eyes have watered up quite a bit - it looks like he has a cold.
We probably can't get him to the vet until Tuesday. Does anyone here have an idea what we can do for the little fellow to make him more comfortable?
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mich-again Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:25:43pm |
re: #77 SteveC
and was in baggage claim when I tripped over somebody's laptop bag and hit the floor.
Were you texting at the time?
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:26:09pm |
re: #90 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, it does indicate that the white people in the Tea Party are in favor of diversity, even if they can't figure out how it works, so I guess that's something. They are trying.
Like a bear trying to make an ant happy by dancing "with" it....
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:26:32pm |
re: #97 jamesfirecat
This sounds like the intro to a bad joke... "So 500 white guys walk into a bar..."
97 posts, that was the best yet lol
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:26:34pm |
re: #96 mich-again
Didn't some of the original Tea partiers dress up as American Indians to conceal their real identity? That was a show of diversity. /
Yes, but if the current Tea Partiers start dressing up like people who aren't white, this will only make things worse. Much, much worse.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:26:48pm |
re: #101 jamesfirecat
Like a bear trying to make an ant happy by dancing "with" it...
That's an odd way to put it.
:)
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:27:22pm |
re: #99 b_sharp
I need some advice from you cat lovers out there.
Do I add salt before or after I add the meat to the grill.
Just kidding.
A couple of weeks ago I had to have my 16 year old cat put down because of cancer. Since then our other cat has been craving attention and acting lonely, so today we went out and picked up a kitten. In the several hours since we brought the little guy home, his eyes have watered up quite a bit - it looks like he has a cold.
We probably can't get him to the vet until Tuesday. Does anyone here have an idea what we can do for the little fellow to make him more comfortable?
Sorry to say I haven't been doing that much to help the cats I have when they get sick, but my heart and prayers go out to both the spirit of your departed cat and hopes that your new kitten will pull through...
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:27:54pm |
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:28:30pm |
re: #96 mich-again
Didn't some of the original Tea partiers dress up as American Indians to conceal their real identity? That was a show of diversity. /
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:30:24pm |
re: #100 mich-again
Were you texting at the time?
I was just walking, and that proved to be too much of a challenge for me!
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:30:49pm |
re: #99 b_sharp
I need some advice from you cat lovers out there.
Do I add salt before or after I add the meat to the grill.
Just kidding.
A couple of weeks ago I had to have my 16 year old cat put down because of cancer. Since then our other cat has been craving attention and acting lonely, so today we went out and picked up a kitten. In the several hours since we brought the little guy home, his eyes have watered up quite a bit - it looks like he has a cold.
We probably can't get him to the vet until Tuesday. Does anyone here have an idea what we can do for the little fellow to make him more comfortable?
Do you know how old he is? Sometimes you see that if they're weaned too early. Mamma cat cleans their eyes when they're babies. Just keep them wiped with warm water. You probably don't need a vet really, but if it looks like it's chronic by Tues, it shouldn't hurt to check him. I'm guessing more of an eye infection than a cold if it's something chronic.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:31:10pm |
re: #98 marjoriemoon
My guess is that it's a rally so they went, not that the diversity theme necessarily drew them. Half the time, you can't understand the speakers at those rallies anyway.
There were apparently 8 African American speakers and 1 Latino speaker. We'll see if their presence draws more minorities to the fold. I'm guessing no.
They do seem to make a fairly consistent effort to get some racial diversity in their speaking panels, and I have to say, I approve of that. It's tokenism, sure, but as I said above, and not totally in snark, they are trying, and there are worse ways to try. I sense that many of the less problematic of them really don't understand why this movement isn't attracting a more diverse crowd, and would be happy to see black and Latino and Asian and NA and etc TPers show up.
That said, I doubt there's any way they can really sell this outside the base they've already discovered. The formula works, but it appeals to a fairly specific demographic, and that demographic is, among other things, overwhelmingly white.
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austin_blue Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:32:56pm |
re: #77 SteveC
Fracked up weekend.
Got to Houston last Thursday, and was in baggage claim when I tripped over somebody's laptop bag and hit the floor. Beat the shit out of my knees and left hand, 4 stitches in lip, right arm in splint. ER doc said it wasn't broken but had it looked at again when I got home, the bone is cracked, but it is a non dislocated fracture. Got a better splint and a sling and follow up in two weeks.
I still did my speech, but I looked like a train wreck. I'm on blood thinners, so I am bruised to high heaven. Was thinking about getting my bag, finding bus to hotel, and just wasn't watching where I was going - so it's all my own damn fault.
You tripped over someone's laptop?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:34:04pm |
re: #99 b_sharp
I need some advice from you cat lovers out there.
Do I add salt before or after I add the meat to the grill.
Just kidding.
A couple of weeks ago I had to have my 16 year old cat put down because of cancer. Since then our other cat has been craving attention and acting lonely, so today we went out and picked up a kitten. In the several hours since we brought the little guy home, his eyes have watered up quite a bit - it looks like he has a cold.
We probably can't get him to the vet until Tuesday. Does anyone here have an idea what we can do for the little fellow to make him more comfortable?
I know very little about cats, but I would make sure he's warm and hydrated. He may also just be freaking out about being moved. Back in college, one of my apartment-mates got a cat from the SPCA. He freaked, and stank--the friend who drove them home said her car smelled a scared cat for a week--and then he hid in various weird locations for days, and wouldn't go near us.
Could he just be having an allergic reaction to NEW PLACE, NEW PEOPLE!!?
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:34:07pm |
re: #95 SanFranciscoZionist
"There's no one left but thee and we, and we're not sure of thee."
Well, they tend to make exceptions for the "Correspondence Committee" (another blog run by those who left in the Great Flouncing) and some other right wing blogs, but they hold everyone here to be some sort of "Progressive". Yesterday, "Dorkus" AKA Rodan said that you supported Sharia law, SFZ.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:35:56pm |
re: #87 marjoriemoon
Here from the Fox affiliate in Philly (say that 10x fast :>). They managed to find one African American man to interview, but the crowd was completely white.
They are also using stock footage from the Palin appearance earlier this spring to make the crowd look larger. Notice the anti-Palin sign at 1:20. That's footage from a different rally.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:36:05pm |
re: #113 Dark_Falcon
Well, they tend to make exceptions for the "Correspondence Committee" (another blog run by those who left in the Great Flouncing) and some other right wing blogs, but they hold everyone here to be some sort of "Progressive". Yesterday, "Dorkus" AKA Rodan said that you supported Sharia law, SFZ.
They're a weird bunch.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:36:29pm |
re: #115 Killgore Trout
They are also using stock footage from the Palin appearance earlier this spring to make the crowd look larger. Notice the anti-Palin sign at 1:20. That's footage from a different rally.
BUSTED!
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:37:27pm |
re: #99 b_sharp
Gently wipe his eyes with a wet, warm dishcloth. Was he checked for worms, does he have his shots up to date?
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:37:33pm |
re: #111 austin_blue
You tripped over someone's laptop?
One of those pull along laptop bags that is low to the ground. Just stumbled over it. Two stutter steps and then face first into the floor.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:37:57pm |
re: #110 SanFranciscoZionist
They do seem to make a fairly consistent effort to get some racial diversity in their speaking panels, and I have to say, I approve of that. It's tokenism, sure, but as I said above, and not totally in snark, they are trying, and there are worse ways to try. I sense that many of the less problematic of them really don't understand why this movement isn't attracting a more diverse crowd, and would be happy to see black and Latino and Asian and NA and etc TPers show up.
That said, I doubt there's any way they can really sell this outside the base they've already discovered. The formula works, but it appeals to a fairly specific demographic, and that demographic is, among other things, overwhelmingly white.
Well, the Tea Party movement doesn't rally speak to minorities, in my view. That's why they don't have diversity. There's a reason why the leaders of their party are primarily old white guys and I'd say that speaks to Republicans in general.
But more power to them.
George Bush, btw, had one of the most diverse cabinets in history.
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austin_blue Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:38:21pm |
re: #115 Killgore Trout
They are also using stock footage from the Palin appearance earlier this spring to make the crowd look larger. Notice the anti-Palin sign at 1:20. That's footage from a different rally.
I am shocked (Shocked!) that Faux would do such a thing! Has this ever happened before?!?!?!?!?
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b_sharp Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:38:28pm |
re: #109 marjoriemoon
Do you know how old he is? Sometimes you see that if they're weaned too early. Mamma cat cleans their eyes when they're babies. Just keep them wiped with warm water. You probably don't need a vet really, but if it looks like it's chronic by Tues, it shouldn't hurt to check him. I'm guessing more of an eye infection than a cold if it's something chronic.
It does look like he was taken from the mother cat too early. We were told he sucks on shirts when being stroked.
I'll go warm up some distilled water.
Thanks.
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Targetpractice Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:38:50pm |
re: #99 b_sharp
I need some advice from you cat lovers out there.
Do I add salt before or after I add the meat to the grill.
Just kidding.
A couple of weeks ago I had to have my 16 year old cat put down because of cancer. Since then our other cat has been craving attention and acting lonely, so today we went out and picked up a kitten. In the several hours since we brought the little guy home, his eyes have watered up quite a bit - it looks like he has a cold.
We probably can't get him to the vet until Tuesday. Does anyone here have an idea what we can do for the little fellow to make him more comfortable?
Has he been sneezing or does his breathing seem labored? Does he seem lethargic, not moving much if at all? Is his nose dry or the nostrils filled with snot?
It might be a cold, but it could be something as innocuous as an allergy or adaptation to a new environment. Wait til Tuesday and if his eyes are still watering a lot, take him to the vet. Hell, might be best to take him anyway and make sure his vaccinations are all up to date.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:39:02pm |
re: #121 austin_blue
I am shocked (Shocked!) that Faux would do such a thing! Has this ever happened before?!?!?!?!?
lol
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:39:12pm |
re: #112 SanFranciscoZionist
I know very little about cats, but I would make sure he's warm and hydrated. He may also just be freaking out about being moved. Back in college, one of my apartment-mates got a cat from the SPCA. He freaked, and stank--the friend who drove them home said her car smelled a scared cat for a week--and then he hid in various weird locations for days, and wouldn't go near us.
Could he just be having an allergic reaction to NEW PLACE, NEW PEOPLE!!?
Heh our most recently adopted kitten who is now like 10 years old oh so threw up like three times on the car ride over....
That may have just been her REALLY not liking the car ride, but it also might have been her way of protesting being taken from her two other siblings who hadn't been adopted yet.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:39:37pm |
re: #113 Dark_Falcon
Well, they tend to make exceptions for the "Correspondence Committee" (another blog run by those who left in the Great Flouncing) and some other right wing blogs, but they hold everyone here to be some sort of "Progressive". Yesterday, "Dorkus" AKA Rodan said that you supported Sharia law, SFZ.
They've been trash talking her. They want to shame her to leave here. It's very boring and uninteresting. Least to mention, some of the stupidest crap I've ever read.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:39:55pm |
re: #122 b_sharp
It does look like he was taken from the mother cat too early. We were told he sucks on shirts when being stroked.
I'll go warm up some distilled water.
Thanks.
My huge, yellow tom cat was taken from his mom too early. He was really dependent on me.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:39:59pm |
re: #115 Killgore Trout
They are also using stock footage from the Palin appearance earlier this spring to make the crowd look larger. Notice the anti-Palin sign at 1:20. That's footage from a different rally.
NO WAY! lol I'll go look again.
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:40:08pm |
re: #121 austin_blue
I am shocked (Shocked!) that Faux would do such a thing! Has this ever happened before?!?!?!?!?
Many times, Grasshopper.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:40:26pm |
re: #115 Killgore Trout
They are also using stock footage from the Palin appearance earlier this spring to make the crowd look larger. Notice the anti-Palin sign at 1:20. That's footage from a different rally.
Didn't Jon Stewart already bust them for doing that once before?
Its like the line in Futurama?
"Why did you rob the same bank a second time?"
"Well that first time was only to feel the place out and rob it a little!"
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:41:15pm |
re: #115 Killgore Trout
They are also using stock footage from the Palin appearance earlier this spring to make the crowd look larger. Notice the anti-Palin sign at 1:20. That's footage from a different rally.
I don't get it "No Sarah Palin" signs?
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b_sharp Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:42:15pm |
re: #112 SanFranciscoZionist
I know very little about cats, but I would make sure he's warm and hydrated. He may also just be freaking out about being moved. Back in college, one of my apartment-mates got a cat from the SPCA. He freaked, and stank--the friend who drove them home said her car smelled a scared cat for a week--and then he hid in various weird locations for days, and wouldn't go near us.
Could he just be having an allergic reaction to NEW PLACE, NEW PEOPLE!!?
Possibly.
He adapted quite fast, he spent a couple of hours inspecting the house and annoying our other cat and then curled up against my wife for a nap.
When he woke up his one eye was sealed shut which apparently annoyed the hell out of him. He rubbed his eye until it would open. I tried to help but he didn't like that much.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:42:52pm |
re: #122 b_sharp
It does look like he was taken from the mother cat too early. We were told he sucks on shirts when being stroked.
I'll go warm up some distilled water.
Thanks.
Yea, he may never get rid of that suckling thing then, unfortunately. They've also been known to suck their paws. We have one who just drools when you pet her.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:43:29pm |
re: #132 b_sharp
Not a good sign. it sounds like an infection.
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austin_blue Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:44:02pm |
re: #120 marjoriemoon
Well, the Tea Party movement doesn't rally speak to minorities, in my view. That's why they don't have diversity. There's a reason why the leaders of their party are primarily old white guys and I'd say that speaks to Republicans in general.
But more power to them.
George Bush, btw, had one of the most diverse cabinets in history.
He did! He collected all of the smartest, most intellectual minority R's that he could to be in his original cabinet. Powell lasted until just after the difficulties began in Iraq. His second wife (self claimed) hung in there a lot longer. I assume they had something special, in an ethereal sense, between them.
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mich-again Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:44:51pm |
re: #119 SteveC
One of those pull along laptop bags that is low to the ground. Just stumbled over it. Two stutter steps and then face first into the floor.
According to the man handbook, at that point you are supposed to get up, dust yourself off and tell the onlookers that you meant to do that. Now if you walk right into something that doesn't move, like a column, the standard reply is. Who put that there?
Hope the injuries aren't too bad. The worst part is usually having to explain what happened 100 times ...
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:45:54pm |
re: #120 marjoriemoon
Well, the Tea Party movement doesn't rally speak to minorities, in my view. That's why they don't have diversity. There's a reason why the leaders of their party are primarily old white guys and I'd say that speaks to Republicans in general.
But more power to them.
George Bush, btw, had one of the most diverse cabinets in history.
Yeah, Bush did very well with diversity in his appointments and staff in general. I think it was something he personally thought was quite important. Being a Texan, I think, gave him some perspective there.
And yeah, I think basically, the Tea Party doesn't have a whole lot to appeal to most non-white communities in the States, and there are a lot of things about them that are undoubtedly off-putting to any who might be interested.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:45:56pm |
re: #126 marjoriemoon
They've been trash talking her. They want to shame her to leave here. It's very boring and uninteresting. Least to mention, some of the stupidest crap I've ever read.
It's extreme hostility and blogstalking. No one and nothing associated with Charles can do any good in their eyes. No self examination, just a certainty that since "Chuckles" booted them he must be a leftist ogre.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:46:34pm |
re: #122 b_sharp
It does look like he was taken from the mother cat too early. We were told he sucks on shirts when being stroked.
I'll go warm up some distilled water.
Thanks.
Yeah, the sucking behavior is common if they're weaned too early. Poor little dude. Where did you get him?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:47:44pm |
re: #126 marjoriemoon
They've been trash talking her. They want to shame her to leave here. It's very boring and uninteresting. Least to mention, some of the stupidest crap I've ever read.
So if I leave, where do they imagine I'm going to go?
OVER THERE?
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:49:04pm |
re: #132 b_sharp
Possibly.
He adapted quite fast, he spent a couple of hours inspecting the house and annoying our other cat and then curled up against my wife for a nap.
When he woke up his one eye was sealed shut which apparently annoyed the hell out of him. He rubbed his eye until it would open. I tried to help but he didn't like that much.
Hold him down by his scruff. It shouldn't take much. Or have someone hold him and wipe his eyes.
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Firstinla Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:49:54pm |
If you ever left LGF it would leave an incredibly great hole in this community. Your insights and experiences have been very helpful for me personally. I appreciate your being here.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:50:13pm |
re: #141 marjoriemoon
Eh, I'm so glad I just have kids now.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:50:20pm |
re: #140 SanFranciscoZionist
So if I leave, where do they imagine I'm going to go?
OVER THERE?
Over there, over there,
Send the word, send the word over there
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming
The drums rum-tumming everywhere.
So prepare, say a prayer,
Send the word, send the word to beware -
We'll be over, we're coming over,
And we won't come back till it's over, over there.
Probably not what you meant....
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:50:49pm |
re: #136 mich-again
According to the man handbook, at that point you are supposed to get up, dust yourself off and tell the onlookers that you meant to do that. Now if you walk right into something that doesn't move, like a column, the standard reply is. Who put that there?
Hope the injuries aren't too bad. The worst part is usually having to explain what happened 100 times ...
I think I failed the man test. I got my act together, got to the hotel, took a long shower and went to bed. Woke up in the middle of the night hurting all over and called 911.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:50:53pm |
re: #140 SanFranciscoZionist
So if I leave, where do they imagine I'm going to go?
OVER THERE?
You ain't goin no where baby :)
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:51:07pm |
re: #126 marjoriemoon
They've been trash talking her. They want to shame her to leave here. It's very boring and uninteresting. Least to mention, some of the stupidest crap I've ever read.
Oh, hey! Rodan's freaking out because I want to breed Conservatives. As though they were cattle! And I worship Obama as a 'diety', it seems.
The post has a 'Eugenics' tag.
These people are a little too literal-minded.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:51:07pm |
re: #142 Firstinla
If you ever left LGF it would leave an incredibly great hole in this community. Your insights and experiences have been very helpful for me personally. I appreciate your being here.
Aw, shucks, you shouldn't have!
///
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:51:39pm |
re: #140 SanFranciscoZionist
So if I leave, where do they imagine I'm going to go?
OVER THERE?
...
They haven't thought that part out yet.
/
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:51:57pm |
re: #135 austin_blue
He did! He collected all of the smartest, most intellectual minority R's that he could to be in his original cabinet. Powell lasted until just after the difficulties began in Iraq. His second wife (self claimed) hung in there a lot longer. I assume they had something special, in an ethereal sense, between them.
I never bought that, I think it was just a weird slip of the tongue.
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Digital Display Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:52:02pm |
re: #139 SanFranciscoZionist
Yeah, the sucking behavior is common if they're weaned too early. Poor little dude. Where did you get him?
I miss Winston so bad..Who knew I'd love a dog..
Every day the girl babysitting Winston is sending me an email every day from him and pictures of him romping in her garden...
I miss my little boy..Soon he will be in Oklahoma with Daddy
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Targetpractice Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:52:05pm |
re: #149 Varek Raith
...
They haven't thought that part out yet.
/
That presumes they think in the first place.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:52:34pm |
re: #142 Firstinla
If you ever left LGF it would leave an incredibly great hole in this community. Your insights and experiences have been very helpful for me personally. I appreciate your being here.
I think you are the poster who posted a wonderful homage to SFZ, am I right? About watching an old film, etc.?
I agree with all of your points.
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Firstinla Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:52:36pm |
Well, you too VR but I meant SFZ. You have your own specialness!
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:52:40pm |
re: #140 SanFranciscoZionist
So if I leave, where do they imagine I'm going to go?
OVER THERE?
I do believe they need to rethink that cunning plan!
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:53:06pm |
re: #155 Firstinla
Well, you too VR but I meant SFZ. You have your own specialness!
My ego is sufficiently inflated.
///
:)
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:53:17pm |
re: #140 SanFranciscoZionist
So if I leave, where do they imagine I'm going to go?
OVER THERE?
The things you learn about yourself!
"San Francisco Zionist is a sick Fascist individual. She talks about people as if they are disposable. She doesn’t say what to do about the Conservatives that currently exist. I would not like to imagine the fate she would have for us. This person has an evil Totalitarian mindset and is an example of Progressive thinking."
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:53:46pm |
re: #147 SanFranciscoZionist
Oh, hey! Rodan's freaking out because I want to breed Conservatives. As though they were cattle! And I worship Obama as a 'diety', it seems.
The post has a 'Eugenics' tag.
These people are a little too literal-minded.
It's moronic. They have no sense.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:53:49pm |
re: #144 jamesfirecat
Over there, over there,
Send the word, send the word over there
That the Yanks are coming, the Yanks are coming
The drums rum-tumming everywhere.
So prepare, say a prayer,
Send the word, send the word to beware -
We'll be over, we're coming over,
And we won't come back till it's over, over there.Probably not what you meant...
No, but that cheers me up. My father likes to sing that.
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Targetpractice Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:53:54pm |
re: #157 Varek Raith
My ego is sufficiently inflated.
///
:)
"Inflated"? By this point, it has its own gravitational pull.
//
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:54:01pm |
re: #158 SanFranciscoZionist
The things you learn about yourself!
"San Francisco Zionist is a sick Fascist individual. She talks about people as if they are disposable. She doesn’t say what to do about the Conservatives that currently exist. I would not like to imagine the fate she would have for us. This person has an evil Totalitarian mindset and is an example of Progressive thinking."
If I'd known you were sick, I'd have sent some chicken soup through the intertubes.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:54:38pm |
re: #152 HoosierHoops
I miss Winston so bad..Who knew I'd love a dog..
Every day the girl babysitting Winston is sending me an email every day from him and pictures of him romping in her garden...
I miss my little boy..Soon he will be in Oklahoma with Daddy
Hang in there!
(Dogs do get into your heart, don't they?)
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:54:50pm |
re: #158 SanFranciscoZionist
The things you learn about yourself!
"San Francisco Zionist is a sick Fascist individual. She talks about people as if they are disposable. She doesn’t say what to do about the Conservatives that currently exist. I would not like to imagine the fate she would have for us. This person has an evil Totalitarian mindset and is an example of Progressive thinking."
WHUT.
:/
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:55:13pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:55:22pm |
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freetoken Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:55:27pm |
EOA (Emerging OUTRAGE Alert):
The Justice Department has redesigned its website, apparently as part of a globalist plot:
Justice-website redesign goes globalist, dumps Old Glory
The United States Justice Department has launched a redesigned website, described by some as "Darth Vaderish" for replacing a waving flag banner with a black panel. But the biggest concern raised by critics is a quote posted at the top of the page attributed to a 1930s globalist.
The words are, "The common law is the will of Mankind issuing from the Life of the people."
According to U.S. House documentation, the quote is one of the multitude of statements engraved outside the Justice building in Washington. The full phrase is, "'The common law is the will of mankind issuing from the life of the people, framed through mutual confidence, sanctioned by the light of reason.''
According to the American Spectator, which has documented the controversy, some attorneys believed the quote was pulled or adapted from the writing of the 18th Century British jurist Sir William Blackstone, who "influenced not only British law, but also the American constitutional and legal system."
However, the report cites "other Department of Justice employees" who say the quote comes from British lawyer D. Wilfred Jenks, author of "The Common Law of Mankind" essays in the 1950s.
Jenks has been identified by multiple sources as a leader in the movement for "international law" during the 1930s. After World War II, he was part of a campaign to set up global workers rights. [...]
Well then... if the American Spectator has documented the controversy, then WND's headline and story must be true, no?
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:55:36pm |
re: #158 SanFranciscoZionist
The things you learn about yourself!
"San Francisco Zionist is a sick Fascist individual. She talks about people as if they are disposable. She doesn’t say what to do about the Conservatives that currently exist. I would not like to imagine the fate she would have for us. This person has an evil Totalitarian mindset and is an example of Progressive thinking."
Aww, your a wonderful example of progressive thinking. I can hardly understand the troglodyte verbiage.
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Firstinla Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:55:41pm |
re: #152 HoosierHoops
I've been away and you have already posted about this but did you ever go look at that house on stilts?
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:55:59pm |
re: #160 SanFranciscoZionist
No, but that cheers me up. My father likes to sing that.
I know it thanks to the complete history of America, Abridged....
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:56:35pm |
re: #158 SanFranciscoZionist
The things you learn about yourself!
"San Francisco Zionist is a sick Fascist individual. She talks about people as if they are disposable. She doesn’t say what to do about the Conservatives that currently exist. I would not like to imagine the fate she would have for us. This person has an evil Totalitarian mindset and is an example of Progressive thinking."
OK, let's clear things up. I AM KIDDING ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE BREEDING PROGRAM. IT JUST STRUCK ME AS FUNNY THAT THE ONLY PAIRING TO COME OUT OF THE BLOG WAS BETWEEN TWO LIBERALS.
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Sheila Broflovski Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:56:35pm |
re: #158 SanFranciscoZionist
The things you learn about yourself!
"San Francisco Zionist is a sick Fascist individual. She talks about people as if they are disposable. She doesn’t say what to do about the Conservatives that currently exist. I would not like to imagine the fate she would have for us. This person has an evil Totalitarian mindset and is an example of Progressive thinking."
WTF!!
I Googled myself, but I just got pages and pages of children's songs, Canadian football, cheese snacks and French helicopters.
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:56:37pm |
re: #158 SanFranciscoZionist
The things you learn about yourself!
"San Francisco Zionist is a sick Fascist individual. She talks about people as if they are disposable. She doesn’t say what to do about the Conservatives that currently exist. I would not like to imagine the fate she would have for us. This person has an evil Totalitarian mindset and is an example of Progressive thinking."
.... but she also has a wonderful singing voice! :)
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:57:21pm |
re: #167 freetoken
"The common law is the will of Mankind issuing from the Life of the people."
... I fail to see what's wrong with this quote.
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freetoken Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:57:52pm |
The WND article goes on:
At Free Republic was another comment: "The web site looks awful. Very dark and dreary. Almost Darth Vaderish."
Oh yeah, the aesthetics of a website can be determined by a comment at ... Free Republic!
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freetoken Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:58:14pm |
re: #174 Varek Raith
Dude, it's all part of the globalist plot. Did you not read the article?
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:58:25pm |
re: #171 SanFranciscoZionist
OK, let's clear things up. I AM KIDDING ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE BREEDING PROGRAM. IT JUST STRUCK ME AS FUNNY THAT THE ONLY PAIRING TO COME OUT OF THE BLOG WAS BETWEEN TWO LIBERALS.
LOLOLOLOLOL!
Is that where the nuts got it from?!?!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Targetpractice Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:58:51pm |
re: #171 SanFranciscoZionist
OK, let's clear things up. I AM KIDDING ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE BREEDING PROGRAM. IT JUST STRUCK ME AS FUNNY THAT THE ONLY PAIRING TO COME OUT OF THE BLOG WAS BETWEEN TWO LIBERALS.
Who's joking? We're working on the eugenics program as we speak. Granted, the conservative gene stock is a might..."wanting," but we're making excellent progress. We expect to have the first generation decanted within the next 6 months, a year at the most, so that we might work towards building a Grand Army of The Republic.
///
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:59:04pm |
re: #171 SanFranciscoZionist
OK, let's clear things up. I AM KIDDING ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE BREEDING PROGRAM.
Dad-gummit, I was looking to sign up for that.....!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:59:24pm |
re: #162 EmmmieG
If I'd known you were sick, I'd have sent some chicken soup through the intertubes.
Thanks, Emmie. I think I'll be all right, though.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:59:39pm |
re: #171 SanFranciscoZionist
OK, let's clear things up. I AM KIDDING ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE BREEDING PROGRAM. IT JUST STRUCK ME AS FUNNY THAT THE ONLY PAIRING TO COME OUT OF THE BLOG WAS BETWEEN TWO LIBERALS.
No one in their right minds would have taken what you said as euthanizing anyone. They do that to shame you, to make fun of you so you stop contributing here. They don't know how else to lash out because they have nothing else. So don't go changing your wonderful, smart and funny self.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 8:59:53pm |
re: #168 prairiefire
Aww, your a wonderful example of progressive thinking. I can hardly understand the troglodyte verbiage.
I'm not even a progressive!
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austin_blue Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:00:05pm |
re: #138 Dark_Falcon
It's extreme hostility and blogstalking. No one and nothing associated with Charles can do any good in their eyes. No self examination, just a certainty that since "Chuckles" booted them he must be a leftist ogre.
Hmmph. I've been on this board for three years. Originally, I ducked a lot. I had my ass kicked on a regular basis because I didn't toe the party line. I loathed the force feeding of bacon to Muslims (imagining how that played with Jews!). I loathed the concept of "transfer" of Palestinians, when the advocates made it different from ethnic cleansing, when it wasn't.
I support Israel in general, but not their more reactive policies.
I'm a traditional liberal. 'Nuff said.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:00:19pm |
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:00:20pm |
"Newsweek" and I are done, I will no longer be renewing my subscription. It has turned into a magazine by idiots for idiots with nothing but cover to cover 500 word essays on how the world could be so much better if only we were all smart enough to listen to them. If they are all so smart why are they stuck working for Newsweek? huh?
Their latest published facile, one-dimensional, rosy tinted, piece of crap is about keeping terrorists from getting nuclear weapons. Their solution? Total global nuclear disarmament, thats right, if every gave up their nukes then the terrorists couldn't possibly get any! Right?
How effing stupid do they think I am? Or maybe I should just be asking how stupid are they?
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Sheila Broflovski Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:00:44pm |
re: #175 freetoken
The WND article goes on:
Oh yeah, the aesthetics of a website can be determined by a comment at ... Free Republic!
The FreeRepublic website hasn't changed since 1999.
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freetoken Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:01:32pm |
re: #187 Alouette
The FreeRepublic website hasn't changed since 1999.
Obviously because it is aesthetically perfect and thus can't be improved upon.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:01:34pm |
re: #175 freetoken
The WND article goes on:
Oh yeah, the aesthetics of a website can be determined by a comment at ... Free Republic!
Heh, not to mention the Shrieking Harpy's page...
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b_sharp Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:01:58pm |
re: #118 prairiefire
Gently wipe his eyes with a wet, warm dishcloth. Was he checked for worms, does he have his shots up to date?
We just did that and he's been more active since. He's had all his shots and been dewormed.
He seems to actually like having his eyes cleaned with a cloth.
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Digital Display Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:02:03pm |
re: #169 Firstinla
I've been away and you have already posted about this but did you ever go look at that house on stilts?
Yes I did...I rejected it...I'll only be here 1 year...Then off to Singapore for 3 years...I'm just renting for 1 year here...I think it is a smart move on my part.
Overall I like Norman OK.. I'm going to the memorial Sunday afternoon.
I like it here
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:02:11pm |
re: #183 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm not even a progressive!
Any way out of the swamp is another progressive step out. I think categories can be too narrow, but I do like to pick and choose.
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Firstinla Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:02:44pm |
re: #186 ausador
If you're interested in a truly objective news magazine I'd recommend "The Week." Gives every possible perspective.
imho, of course
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:02:59pm |
re: #186 ausador
"Newsweek" and I are done, I will no longer be renewing my subscription. It has turned into a magazine by idiots for idiots with nothing but cover to cover 500 word essays on how the world could be so much better if only we were all smart enough to listen to them. If they are all so smart why are they stuck working for Newsweek? huh?
Their latest published facile, one-dimensional, rosy tinted, piece of crap is about keeping terrorists from getting nuclear weapons. Their solution? Total global nuclear disarmament, thats right, if every gave up their nukes then the terrorists couldn't possibly get any! Right?
How effing stupid do they think I am? Or maybe I should just be asking how stupid are they?
They've gone downhill. But are less overtly dumb about Israel than "Time". I let my subscription lapse...but the truth is, I like reading newsweeklies.
Anyone got any recommendations?
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Sheila Broflovski Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:03:19pm |
Some of the uglier websites, from a design standpoint:
Israellycool. I love you Aussie Dave but really, your blog format sucks.
Jerusalem Post. Everything is everywhere all at once.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:03:23pm |
re: #184 austin_blue
Hmmph. I've been on this board for three years. Originally, I ducked a lot. I had my ass kicked on a regular basis because I didn't toe the party line. I loathed the force feeding of bacon to Muslims (imagining how that played with Jews!). I loathed the concept of "transfer" of Palestinians, when the advocates made it different from ethnic cleansing, when it wasn't.
I support Israel in general, but not their more reactive policies.
I'm a traditional liberal. 'Nuff said.
Same here except that I got on after LGF had been through Crisis of Infinite Viewpoints and was focused chiefly on pointing out the dangers of overly radical conservatives, and when topics involving Israel come up I tend to just stay very, very quiet or not bother doing more than skimming (people probably noticed how I was only making about 10 posts a day during the entire cropped photos scandal)
So in short in reality I'm probably not much like you except that I am a liberal....
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:03:26pm |
re: #190 b_sharp
We just did that and he's been more active since. He's had all his shots and been dewormed.
He seems to actually like having his eyes cleaned with a cloth.
Well, that's good. Probably nice to have the gunk out.
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freetoken Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:03:27pm |
re: #186 ausador
Their latest published facile, one-dimensional, rosy tinted, piece of crap is about keeping terrorists from getting nuclear weapons. Their solution? Total global nuclear disarmament, thats right, if every gave up their nukes then the terrorists couldn't possibly get any! Right?
I take it you would not see eye to eye with "Rightwingconspirator", who put up a Pages entry on that.
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Targetpractice Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:04:10pm |
re: #185 Varek Raith
That's what you're programmed to think...
Oi! Ix-nay, IX-NAY! You wanna be the one to explain to Lord Rove why we had to put another sleeper down?
/
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b_sharp Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:04:18pm |
re: #123 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Has he been sneezing or does his breathing seem labored? Does he seem lethargic, not moving much if at all? Is his nose dry or the nostrils filled with snot?
It might be a cold, but it could be something as innocuous as an allergy or adaptation to a new environment. Wait til Tuesday and if his eyes are still watering a lot, take him to the vet. Hell, might be best to take him anyway and make sure his vaccinations are all up to date.
He's been sneezing and his nose is just a bit runny.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:04:25pm |
re: #122 b_sharp
It does look like he was taken from the mother cat too early. We were told he sucks on shirts when being stroked.
I'll go warm up some distilled water.
Thanks.
b-sharp -
I have grown cats that will still suck on things - two of them have a particular fondness for the bath rug in the bathroom for some reason This is not terribly unusual behavior.
your kitten has a cold, or some bacterial infection, or allergies. If eyes are still watering by Monday evening, do take him to the vet on Tuesday.
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:04:39pm |
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:04:49pm |
re: #147 SanFranciscoZionist
Oh, hey! Rodan's freaking out because I want to breed Conservatives. As though they were cattle! And I worship Obama as a 'diety', it seems.
The post has a 'Eugenics' tag.
These people are a little too literal-minded.
Well, at least you didn't just get called a "shape-shifting weasel". That's what MrPaulRevere just called Me, Walter, Gus, Kirel, and Lawhawk. Essentially, if you examine your beliefs and make any adjustments, you're a weasel or a RINO.
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Varek Raith Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:04:55pm |
re: #196 Alouette
Some of the uglier websites, from a design standpoint:
Israellycool. I love you Aussie Dave but really, your blog format sucks.
Jerusalem Post. Everything is everywhere all at once.
Lol.
Check out Tokyo TV's site.
XD
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Targetpractice Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:05:58pm |
re: #201 b_sharp
He's been sneezing and his nose is just a bit runny.
Well, then it might be a cold. Best keep him an eye on him and be ready to take him to the vet on Tuesday.
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:06:03pm |
re: #195 SanFranciscoZionist
They've gone downhill. But are less overtly dumb about Israel than "Time". I let my subscription lapse...but the truth is, I like reading newsweeklies.
Anyone got any recommendations?
re: #193 Firstinla
If you're interested in a truly objective news magazine I'd recommend "The Week." Gives every possible perspective.
imho, of course
I'm going to jump in with Firstinla and say THE WEEK. I read the Economist every so often, but that is DEEP. I have to read it several times and let it circulate in my puny little brain.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:06:31pm |
re: #194 prairiefire
Yes, Papa kitty, I'm sure he does.
Meaning, I think you have just adopted a furry son.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:06:38pm |
re: #183 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm not even a progressive!
If you post here, then you're a "Radical Progressive". Or so says Dorkus.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:07:00pm |
re: #204 Dark_Falcon
Well, at least you didn't just get called a "shape-shifting weasel". That's what MrPaulRevere just called Me, Walter, Gus, Kirel, and Lawhawk. Essentially, if you examine your beliefs and make any adjustments, you're a weasel or a RINO.
It seems they've had me down since forever as a seekrit prog.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:07:07pm |
Tea Party diversity gettin' funky (video).....
[Link: www.flickr.com...]
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:07:23pm |
re: #203 goddamnedfrank
We'll always have Prague.
My God, it makes me nervous just looking at that thing.
They had some apartment buildings that were similarly--creative--in Israel somewhere. Couldn't rent them out, they just looked too weird. Finally, the buildings became home to a bunch of extremely Orthodox families. Cheap rent, room for the kids, and the whole visual aesthetic thing is considered culturally unimportant, so they didn't mind that the building looked weird.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:08:01pm |
re: #190 b_sharp
We just did that and he's been more active since. He's had all his shots and been dewormed.
He seems to actually like having his eyes cleaned with a cloth.
Depending on his age, if you keep doing that for a week or so, it should stop tearing naturally, but you have to keep up with it. He can get an eye infection if it gets too clogged up or crusty.
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freetoken Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:08:15pm |
BTW, the competing OUTRAGE of the day floated by WND had to do with SEXUAL PERVERSION!
It's a rant against ... Alfred Kinsey. All these years later they are still ranting about Kinsey. Here's just a wee bit of the froth over there:
Big Pharma and Big Porn – emboldened by the academic cover Kinsey's work provided – conspire in a cycle of saturating society in images of perversion, creating debased addictions that soon render men impotent, then marketing to them anti-impotency prescriptions. Mass media delivers both the disease and "the cure," as was always the intent, reports "Sexual Sabotage."
Goodness. Male impotency is a conspiracy by "Big Pharma and Big Porn".
What will they think of next?
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:08:19pm |
Breitbart embraces some diversity.....
[Link: www.flickr.com...]
He looks real happy about it.
/
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Targetpractice Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:09:01pm |
re: #215 Killgore Trout
Breitbart embraces some diversity...
[Link: www.flickr.com...]
He looks real happy about it.
/
A gay conservative? I thought those were a myth?
/
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b_sharp Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:09:21pm |
re: #139 SanFranciscoZionist
Yeah, the sucking behavior is common if they're weaned too early. Poor little dude. Where did you get him?
The Humane Society. He and some siblings were found as strays. I don't know what happened with the mother but I suspect some ass just boxed them up and abandoned them where they would be found.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:09:38pm |
re: #196 Alouette
Some of the uglier websites, from a design standpoint:
Israellycool. I love you Aussie Dave but really, your blog format sucks.
Jerusalem Post. Everything is everywhere all at once.
It went from bad to worse, but it's still my #1 place for Israeli news.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:09:59pm |
re: #209 Dark_Falcon
If you post here, then you're a "Radical Progressive". Or so says Dorkus.
Well, OK. I'll see what I can do with that.
Do Radical Progressives dress any special way?
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austin_blue Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:10:01pm |
re: #197 jamesfirecat
Same here except that I got on after LGF had been through Crisis of Infinite Viewpoints and was focused chiefly on pointing out the dangers of overly radical conservatives, and when topics involving Israel come up I tend to just stay very, very quiet or not bother doing more than skimming (people probably noticed how I was only making about 10 posts a day during the entire cropped photos scandal)
So in short in reality I'm probably not much like you except that I am a liberal...
Most of the "Transfer" advocates had been "shuffled off to other blogs" by then. The remaining Jewish Cohort is more reasonable, thank ****.
There are racists in any ethnic group and any religion. I think CJ has done a great job in weaning them from this Board.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:10:12pm |
re: #210 reine.de.tout
It seems they've had me down since forever as a seekrit prog.
You're just too nice.
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freetoken Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:10:37pm |
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b_sharp Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:10:38pm |
re: #141 marjoriemoon
Hold him down by his scruff. It shouldn't take much. Or have someone hold him and wipe his eyes.
I held him and the wife wiped his eyes.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:12:35pm |
re: #211 Killgore Trout
Tea Party diversity gettin' funky (video)...
[Link: www.flickr.com...]
Well, there was at least one black person in the crowd, but whoever was doing that rap was white (though not nearly as good as Eminem).
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Sheila Broflovski Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:12:41pm |
re: #218 marjoriemoon
It went from bad to worse, but it's still my #1 place for Israeli news.
Their format sucks. I prefer YNet, even though they are a tabloid.
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:13:09pm |
re: #214 freetoken
BTW, the competing OUTRAGE of the day floated by WND had to do with SEXUAL PERVERSION!
It's a rant against ... Alfred Kinsey. All these years later they are still ranting about Kinsey. Here's just a wee bit of the froth over there:
Goodness. Male impotency is a conspiracy by "Big Pharma and Big Porn".What will they think of next?
Umm.... A lot of people with heart problems take Sildenafil
I know a 10 year old boy with his own prescription....!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:15:06pm |
re: #216 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
A gay conservative? I thought those were a myth?
/
Anyone here ever seen "The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green"? The movie, not the comic strip.
Ethan's ex is marrying a Log Cabin Republican pundit who writes books about being a gay conservative. Ethan is crushed. He shows up at the ex's house with candy, balloons, flowers and a stuffed animal, and starts singing their song outside when the ex won't let him in.
Turns out that he ex and his fiance are meeting inside with their wedding planner. Who is Ethan's mother.
This is not the funniest part of the movie. The funniest part of the movie is the deeply depressive chain-smoking real-estate agent, who, when asked about the plumbing in the house she's showing, screams "If you're going to keep asking all these fucking questions, you can just forget about it!!!!"
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:16:03pm |
re: #199 freetoken
Depends if he was for it or against it... ;)
Face facts, we aren't giving up our nukes, and neither is anyone else. Or should we trust, say, Pakistan or worse, North Korea when they say they gave them up? That Genie is out of the bottle we aren't going to be stuffing him back in any time soon.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:16:46pm |
re: #217 b_sharp
The Humane Society. He and some siblings were found as strays. I don't know what happened with the mother but I suspect some ass just boxed them up and abandoned them where they would be found.
Woman I went to college with found a kitten in a box in an alleyway in Berkeley. The box had been sealed with packing tape.
Some people should be killed, and, to clarify for the stalker blog, I don't mean conservatives, I mean people who seal kittens into boxes.
The kitten in question grew up to be a much-beloved and very spoiled cat, and almost clawed my eye out on one occasion. Happy ending!
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:16:50pm |
It seems that others are reading this thread, so I will now pose a question:
MrPaulRevere, if you are not my enemy, why did you insult me as you did?
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windsagio Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:17:26pm |
re: #229 ausador
Depends if he was for it or against it... ;)
Face facts, we aren't giving up our nukes, and neither is anyone else. Or should we trust, say, Pakistan or worse, North Korea when they say they gave them up? That Genie is out of the bottle we aren't going to be stuffing him back in any time soon.
Nonproliferation is the biggest joke in international politics.
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jamesfirecat Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:17:47pm |
re: #215 Killgore Trout
Breitbart embraces some diversity...
[Link: www.flickr.com...]
He looks real happy about it.
/
BAH!
Let me show you how a real conservative embraces diversity!
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windsagio Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:17:55pm |
also you guys are doing it again. You know they get a little thrill in their no-no area when you talk to them, right?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:19:03pm |
re: #218 marjoriemoon
It went from bad to worse, but it's still my #1 place for Israeli news.
It's a good source. JPost, Haaretz, and Ynet. I really need to improve my Hebrew enough to at least scan the Hebrew-language papers.
I did watch an Israeli movie last night. Good, but depressing as hell. I think I need to order "Arzit, The Paratrooper Dog" from Netflix. That looks fun. Anyone know if there are any good Israeli sitcoms out on DVD with subtitles? I keep hearing "Arab Labor" is great, and it has Mira Awad in it, but Netflix doesn't know when or if they'll have it.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:19:16pm |
re: #217 b_sharp
The Humane Society. He and some siblings were found as strays. I don't know what happened with the mother but I suspect some ass just boxed them up and abandoned them where they would be found.
Not necessarily. My g/f found a bunch of kittens "abandoned" by the mother, but most likely she was killed by a car or something. They all had eye gunk issues and one actually didn't survive. I didn't want to tell you that, but the infection was so bad, they had to put him down.
Then there was the asshole who pushed 6 little babies out of his car down the street from me. My yard man saw it and came running to my door, but he didn't get the license plate. I tried to find them homes, but ended up taking them to the H.S. The babies get adopted quickly.
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:19:25pm |
re: #234 windsagio
also you guys are doing it again. You know they get a little thrill in their no-no area when you talk to them, right?
So you're saying we touch them in their Special Place?
EWWW!
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windsagio Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:19:59pm |
re: #237 SteveC
Just wash your hands and it should be okay!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:19:59pm |
re: #221 austin_blue
Most of the "Transfer" advocates had been "shuffled off to other blogs" by then. The remaining Jewish Cohort is more reasonable, thank ***.
There are racists in any ethnic group and any religion. I think CJ has done a great job in weaning them from this Board.
Well, once we got rid of the avowed Kahanist, I felt as though the environment was a little safer for sanity.
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:20:03pm |
re: #212 SanFranciscoZionist
I like it, though I think the balcony is poorly executed.re: #220 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, OK. I'll see what I can do with that.
Do Radical Progressives dress any special way?
They ride in Segway mobs while wearing crocks without socks, and frontwards turned fanny packs, but they do so ironically.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:21:03pm |
re: #235 SanFranciscoZionist
What about "Jellyfish"?[Link: movies.yahoo.com...]
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windsagio Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:21:35pm |
re: #239 SanFranciscoZionist
The final frontier here is recognizing that any form of radicalism is essentially the same.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:21:50pm |
re: #225 Dark_Falcon
Well, there was at least one black person in the crowd, but whoever was doing that rap was white (though not nearly as good as Eminem).
I spotted two black guys, and one woman who might have been Latina, or Asian, or just dark.
They did all seem to enjoy the performance a great deal. Is Tea Party rap a thing now?
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Targetpractice Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:22:27pm |
re: #237 SteveC
So you're saying we touch them in their Special Place?
EWWW!
...*Begins scrubbing hands with an SOS pad and Lava Soap*
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:23:06pm |
re: #234 windsagio
also you guys are doing it again. You know they get a little thrill in their no-no area when you talk to them, right?
I know. I'll stop.
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SteveC Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:23:20pm |
re: #244 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
...*Begins scrubbing hands with an SOS pad and Lava Soap*
Ajax can't get that crap off!
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windsagio Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:24:07pm |
re: #245 SanFranciscoZionist
Well I shouldn't be a scold >>
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albusteve Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:28:38pm |
re: #247 windsagio
Well I shouldn't be a scold >>
they can't stop...but they don't admit it
the lure of confrontation is strong
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:28:48pm |
re: #241 prairiefire
What about "Jellyfish"?[Link: movies.yahoo.com...]
I'll check it out.
I watched "The Band's Visit", but what I didn't realize is that it's mostly in English and Arabic, so not so useful.
I started to watch "Late Marriage", but it didn't pull me. Last night I did watch "Or, My Treasure", which, as I said, is well-done, but killer sad.
"Or, My Treasure" is about a mother and daughter living in Tel Aviv. Mom's a hooker, and Or, her only child, does her best to keep her safe. I notice that the way I watch movies changes as I get older. A few years ago, I would have completely identified with the daughter. Now I find myself putting myself in the mom's shoes more. Interesting.
Part that just killed me, is when Or sleeps with the cute boy from the apartment next door, and his mother comes by to tell her to end it, because she clearly doesn't want her precious Ido involved with the zona's kid. Heartbreaking.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:29:14pm |
re: #237 SteveC
So you're saying we touch them in their Special Place?
EWWW!
Quoting just because this really needed to be repeated!
That was funny!
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windsagio Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:29:55pm |
re: #248 albusteve
Its what makes internet forums and blogs work.
Hell tho', I can give 'em all the conflict they want!
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:30:33pm |
re: #230 SanFranciscoZionist
Woman I went to college with found a kitten in a box in an alleyway in Berkeley. The box had been sealed with packing tape.
Some people should be killed, and, to clarify for the stalker blog, I don't mean conservatives, I mean people who seal kittens into boxes.
The kitten in question grew up to be a much-beloved and very spoiled cat, and almost clawed my eye out on one occasion. Happy ending!
What bothers me the most are the morons who talk against the ASPCA and HS as inhumane, but then leave animals out to fend for themselves so they starve and get injured. Taped in a box? I can't even imagine how horrifying to find something like that.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:30:35pm |
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b_sharp Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:31:28pm |
re: #230 SanFranciscoZionist
Woman I went to college with found a kitten in a box in an alleyway in Berkeley. The box had been sealed with packing tape.
Some people should be killed, and, to clarify for the stalker blog, I don't mean conservatives, I mean people who seal kittens into boxes.
The kitten in question grew up to be a much-beloved and very spoiled cat, and almost clawed my eye out on one occasion. Happy ending!
The cat we just had euthanized was only about 8 weeks old when we found her wandering on a busy main street the day after Halloween. She was black.
She was a well loved cat until her death. She had to be up against me all the time, including at night.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:31:54pm |
re: #252 marjoriemoon
What bothers me the most are the morons who talk against the ASPCA and HS as inhumane, but then leave animals out to fend for themselves so they starve and get injured. Taped in a box? I can't even imagine how horrifying to find something like that.
She heard a kitten crying, and went to investigate. If she hadn't heard the sound, or if a car had been going by, or if she weren't the sort of person who reacts to cat sounds...
I really, really dislike this woman, for a lot of personal reasons, but for rescuing the kitty, she is going to heaven, and I just have to accept that.
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windsagio Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:33:25pm |
re: #255 SanFranciscoZionist
Really gotta go to work but I'll check later: This the same woman from the evil wedding?
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:33:34pm |
re: #253 SanFranciscoZionist
Apparently this Hi-Caliber dude has something of a following.
LOSER!
[Link: www.poetv.com...]
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:33:36pm |
re: #254 b_sharp
The cat we just had euthanized was only about 8 weeks old when we found her wandering on a busy main street the day after Halloween. She was black.
She was a well loved cat until her death. She had to be up against me all the time, including at night.
Random factoid of the day: all you other Americans on the blog, were you aware that in England, black cats are a symbol of GOOD luck?
I don't know where we got the other thing from. Maybe it's German?
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b_sharp Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:34:08pm |
re: #236 marjoriemoon
Not necessarily. My g/f found a bunch of kittens "abandoned" by the mother, but most likely she was killed by a car or something. They all had eye gunk issues and one actually didn't survive. I didn't want to tell you that, but the infection was so bad, they had to put him down.
Then there was the asshole who pushed 6 little babies out of his car down the street from me. My yard man saw it and came running to my door, but he didn't get the license plate. I tried to find them homes, but ended up taking them to the H.S. The babies get adopted quickly.
I do not understand how people can do that. It is completely foreign to me.
I hate that it happens, big time.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:34:22pm |
re: #256 windsagio
Really gotta go to work but I'll check later: This the same woman from the evil wedding?
No, no, no. Just someone I knew in college. Our disputes have to do with when she kicked a mutual friend out of her coven for believing in Jesus...long story.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:35:40pm |
re: #260 SanFranciscoZionist
I enjoy your college stories. tTey would make a great graphic novel.
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:36:22pm |
re: #253 SanFranciscoZionist
Apparently this Hi-Caliber dude has something of a following.
Ouch, bad rhymes can damage your hearing. Here is the antidote:
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:36:25pm |
re: #257 marjoriemoon
LOSER!
[Link: www.poetv.com...]
Comment from my extremely white husband: "This is bad. This is very bad. This boy has no flow. Make him stop."
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:36:44pm |
re: #258 SanFranciscoZionist
Random factoid of the day: all you other Americans on the blog, were you aware that in England, black cats are a symbol of GOOD luck?
I don't know where we got the other thing from. Maybe it's German?
Santaria, a voodoo religion mixed with Catholicism, uses black cats in animal sacrifice rituals.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:37:24pm |
Two brothers on acoustic guitar. Avette Brothers "Bella Donna":
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:38:57pm |
re: #259 b_sharp
I do not understand how people can do that. It is completely foreign to me.
I hate that it happens, big time.
Me too. Both my mother's cats are from a litter that lost their mother. A family friend took the kittens in and raised them. That's being decent, but even taking then to the Humane society is acceptable. But to simply throw them out is utterly rotten.
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albusteve Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:38:58pm |
went racing today...real life cool stuff
noise, color, speed and very festive....nothing like it
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:39:45pm |
re: #264 SanFranciscoZionist
Comment from my extremely white husband: "This is bad. This is very bad. This boy has no flow. Make him stop."
I just read one of the comments at that site. And I really wish I hadn't :(
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:41:06pm |
And to those on other blogs who read my earlier post, I say that I read what you wrote. Not going to say any more about you till I think about it.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:43:04pm |
re: #269 marjoriemoon
I just read one of the comments at that site. And I really wish I hadn't :(
Yeah. Saw that one.
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albusteve Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:43:24pm |
re: #270 Dark_Falcon
And to those on other blogs who read my earlier post, I say that I read what you wrote. Not going to say any more about you till I think about it.
you've jumped the shark dude...maybe you should reconsider dragging that perverse shit over here...if you need to engage, why don't you do it personally?
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b_sharp Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:43:40pm |
re: #267 Dark_Falcon
Me too. Both my mother's cats are from a litter that lost their mother. A family friend took the kittens in and raised them. That's being decent, but even taking then to the Humane society is acceptable. But to simply throw them out is utterly rotten.
I believe there is a strong link between total disregard for animals and disregard for humans.
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albusteve Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:44:26pm |
re: #273 b_sharp
I believe there is a strong link between total disregard for animals and disregard for humans.
agreed...if you'd beat a dog, you'd beat a kid
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:45:36pm |
re: #260 SanFranciscoZionist
No, no, no. Just someone I knew in college. Our disputes have to do with when she kicked a mutual friend out of her coven for believing in Jesus...long story.
I used to post on the BeliefNet boards many, many moons ago. There was a Jewish Pagans board site that I thought was quite curious. I guess they do a whole Shekinah worship thing, Sephirot/Tree of Life/Qabalah (with a Q), etc. but totally miss the concept of monotheism.
Anyway, at the time I was checking them out, a rabbi was spending a good amount of time trying to understand their viewpoint and telling them, quite frankly, where they were wrong. They were not tolerant of him in the least and treated him like a troll, but he gave it a good college try.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:45:49pm |
re: #265 marjoriemoon
Santaria, a voodoo religion mixed with Catholicism, uses black cats in animal sacrifice rituals.
Which is why my parents, when they found a black cat up a tree and hungry, took it in. They knew that they couldn't advertise a lost black cat, because too many people would claim it for the wrong reasons.
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austin_blue Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:45:58pm |
re: #239 SanFranciscoZionist
Well, once we got rid of the avowed Kahanist, I felt as though the environment was a little safer for sanity.
The Kahanist and his acolytes! There were several. Adios Ben Hur among numerous others.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:47:11pm |
Shimon Peres said England was "deeply pro-Arab ... and anti-Israeli", adding: "They always worked against us." He added: "There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary."
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:47:12pm |
re: #274 albusteve
agreed...if you'd beat a dog, you'd beat a kid
How many years ago...18? I knew a woman who had divorced her husband because he had tried to kill their son by shaking him. Blinded the boy. He might be dead by now...he had major medical issues.
Before this, he had killed the dog.
I think you're right.
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:48:36pm |
Avett Brothers "10,000 Words"[Link: www.youtube.com...]
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:51:25pm |
re: #275 marjoriemoon
I used to post on the BeliefNet boards many, many moons ago. There was a Jewish Pagans board site that I thought was quite curious. I guess they do a whole Shekinah worship thing, Sephirot/Tree of Life/Qabalah (with a Q), etc. but totally miss the concept of monotheism.
Anyway, at the time I was checking them out, a rabbi was spending a good amount of time trying to understand their viewpoint and telling them, quite frankly, where they were wrong. They were not tolerant of him in the least and treated him like a troll, but he gave it a good college try.
There is a range of folks like that out there. Some of them are quite clear on what they are doing, and are fine. Some are bit aggravating.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:52:02pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:52:27pm |
re: #279 Walter L. Newton
Shimon Peres said England was "deeply pro-Arab ... and anti-Israeli", adding: "They always worked against us." He added: "There is in England a saying that an anti-Semite is someone who hates the Jews more than is necessary."
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
I wouldn't go so far as to say that Peres was wrong. Being Jewish in England is pretty weird.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:54:59pm |
re: #285 SanFranciscoZionist
I wouldn't go so far as to say that Peres was wrong. Being Jewish in England is pretty weird.
Damn... we agree on something.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:55:29pm |
re: #272 albusteve
you've jumped the shark dude...maybe you should reconsider dragging that perverse shit over here...if you need to engage, why don't you do it personally?
I'm dropping it for the night, Steve. And your point is well taken.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:55:30pm |
re: #286 Walter L. Newton
Damn... we agree on something.
It's happened before. It will probably happen again. Breathe into a paper bag if you get light-headed.
;)
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goddamnedfrank Sat, Jul 31, 2010 9:56:59pm |
re: #285 SanFranciscoZionist
Being Jewish in England is pretty weird.
Hell, being English in England already looks kind of awkward.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:00:03pm |
re: #289 goddamnedfrank
Hell, being English in England already looks kind of awkward.
Lox and crumpet is ok.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:00:14pm |
re: #285 SanFranciscoZionist
I wouldn't go so far as to say that Peres was wrong. Being Jewish in England is pretty weird.
The history isn't good.
I found this, an essay on English anti-Semitism by George Orwell but I don't know when it was written.
And then a record high in 2009.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:02:09pm |
re: #292 marjoriemoon
The history isn't good.
I found this, an essay on English anti-Semitism by George Orwell but I don't know when it was written.
And then a record high in 2009.
1945
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:02:58pm |
re: #292 marjoriemoon
The history isn't good.
I found this, an essay on English anti-Semitism by George Orwell but I don't know when it was written.
And then a record high in 2009.
From that Jpost article:
Denis MacShane, chairman of the 2006 Parliamentary Inquiry into Anti-Semitism; chairman of the European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Anti-Semitism; and author of Globalising Hatred: The New Anti-Semitism, said: “This sudden rise in anti-Semitic incidents should be a warning sign that hate against Jews is on the march.“But when the anti-Semitic BNP win seats as MEPs, when university campuses host preachers of anti-Jewish hate, or when a British ambassador says Jews should not serve on public inquires, why should we be surprised? The open hate of Israel fanned by jihadi Islamist ideologues is creating an unacceptable climate of fear for Jews. Politicians need to take the lead and say loudly and clearly that British Jews should not have to face intimidation and threats.”
Well whadya know.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:04:12pm |
Does the ongoing Gay Marriage debate sometimes make you confused? Is it difficult for you to keep up with all the arguments and counter-arguments at times? Now you can simply use our handy "simplified" flow chart of the debate to determine what the correct response is to most any statement...
///
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:06:13pm |
re: #292 marjoriemoon
The history isn't good.
I found this, an essay on English anti-Semitism by George Orwell but I don't know when it was written.
And then a record high in 2009.
I'm the Orwell fan here...
[Link: newton.acrossthebow.com...]
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:08:43pm |
re: #296 Walter L. Newton
I'm the Orwell fan here...
[Link: newton.acrossthebow.com...]
Oh hey, would you send me an email so you can pass mine over to prairiefire? Or just forward my email to her. She said she can't get it from the LGF link. My link is blue now.
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:12:51pm |
re: #297 marjoriemoon
Oh hey, would you send me an email so you can pass mine over to prairiefire? Or just forward my email to her. She said she can't get it from the LGF link. My link is blue now.
Er... that was a bit confusing.. I sent YOU her email address from ME... ok?
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:13:08pm |
re: #295 ausador
Does the ongoing Gay Marriage debate sometimes make you confused? Is it difficult for you to keep up with all the arguments and counter-arguments at times? Now you can simply use our handy "simplified" flow chart of the debate to determine what the correct response is to most any statement...
///
Oh that's good. "I'm not religious, but I still need a category of humans I can look down upon." lol
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What, me worry? Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:13:29pm |
re: #298 Walter L. Newton
Er... that was a bit confusing.. I sent YOU her email address from ME... ok?
Okie dokie. That works!
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prairiefire Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:13:38pm |
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:15:44pm |
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Walter L. Newton Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:16:07pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:16:37pm |
re: #304 Walter L. Newton
EIGHT hour shift... geeessshhh... I must be tired.
I was wondering if the supermarket was suddenly using medical residents as employees...
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:18:25pm |
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ClaudeMonet Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:20:27pm |
re: #21 Obdicut
That's a lot of talent, yeah. I used to be a techie in the theater-- doing lighting work. I really like theater stuff, though it'd be great if we could do it without all those actors.
I act and help on tech stuff. Whose side I'm on depends on which I'm currently doing./
Actually, I'm usually on the tech crew's side, as they get little credit and have less time to do their thing. Even when I'm acting, I go around muttering, "damn actors..." I tell my fellow actors, "You want to be seen? You want that platform to not collapse? You want that key prop to be where you can pick it up before your entrance? Keep mouthing off and none of that will happen".
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BryanS Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:21:38pm |
Taking nominations for tool of the year...
My duty is to save the world: Prince Charles believes he was born for a purpose
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:23:44pm |
re: #308 BryanS
Taking nominations for tool of the year...
My duty is to save the world: Prince Charles believes he was born for a purpose
He was born for a purpose: To continue the line of Windsor monarchs.
I'm serious. My parents and yours just wanted a baby. His wanted an heir.
Now, is he a weirdo? Well, yeah...
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ClaudeMonet Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:24:12pm |
re: #41 SanFranciscoZionist
Anyone remember 'Adventures in Babysitting', and the little girl who's completely hung up on Thor?
Yes, and just how hot Elizabeth Shue was. Yowza.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:25:36pm |
re: #308 BryanS
Taking nominations for tool of the year...
My duty is to save the world: Prince Charles believes he was born for a purpose
He's got plenty of ego, but little to justify it.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:26:48pm |
re: #311 Dark_Falcon
He's got plenty of ego, but little to justify it.
Castle dwellers are weird folks.
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BryanS Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:26:58pm |
re: #309 EmmmieG
He was born for a purpose: To continue the line of Windsor monarchs.
I'm serious. My parents and yours just wanted a baby. His wanted an heir.
Now, is he a weirdo? Well, yeah...
It will be interesting to see if anything changes after Queen Elizabeth. Will the next monarch stay mostly in the background of government like she has, or will they try to be more involved? If Prince Charles takes the throne, I have a feeling the monarchy will get one step closer to irrelevance.
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ClaudeMonet Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:29:40pm |
re: #97 jamesfirecat
This sounds like the intro to a bad joke... "So 500 white guys walk into a bar..."
...and the Asian guy behind them walked under it.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:35:26pm |
re: #310 ClaudeMonet
Yes, and just how hot Elizabeth Shue was. Yowza.
She didn't remotely look seventeen, but what the hell...
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ClaudeMonet Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:55:13pm |
re: #183 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm not even a progressive!
Never confuse an issue by bringing up facts.
re: #186 ausador
"Newsweek" and I are done, I will no longer be renewing my subscription. It has turned into a magazine by idiots for idiots with nothing but cover to cover 500 word essays on how the world could be so much better if only we were all smart enough to listen to them. If they are all so smart why are they stuck working for Newsweek? huh?
Their latest published facile, one-dimensional, rosy tinted, piece of crap is about keeping terrorists from getting nuclear weapons. Their solution? Total global nuclear disarmament, thats right, if every gave up their nukes then the terrorists couldn't possibly get any! Right?
How effing stupid do they think I am? Or maybe I should just be asking how stupid are they?
They think you're stupid enough to keep buying what they're selling. Newsweek was always fairly liberal, but now they've gone the Kumbaya route, hoping that rainbows, unicorns, and smiling young people of all ethnicities singing "I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing" on a hillside will protect us.
I know a fair number of people with that outlook. At least until they get robbed, mugged, etc. Wishing and hoping is good, but "long life through superior firepower" is better IMO.
re: #315 SanFranciscoZionist
She didn't remotely look seventeen, but what the hell...
I didn't care. In fact, I was glad she looked like she was of legal age--less guilt. Still felt guilty about drooling over some gal on a movie screen, but hey, when you're Jewish, guilt is your constant, invisible companion.
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Irenicum Sat, Jul 31, 2010 10:56:43pm |
Howdildoo there neighborrinos. Back from the beach. How's it shaking?
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aurelius Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:06:05pm |
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Irenicum Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:06:32pm |
OK kids, I clicked the extra seekrit all-knowing-eye to see who's online. Are we just talked out? Well, anyway, I had a great time at the beach with my friends.
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Mr. Crankypants Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:06:33pm |
I'm here..but for how long I can't say
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Irenicum Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:07:17pm |
re: #319 aurelius
A bunch are "here" but I suspect that may be a bit misleading.
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Mr. Crankypants Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:07:22pm |
I think there are people who just stay logged in even if they are afk.
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Mr. Crankypants Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:08:01pm |
I'm taking 2 benadryl in hopes of knocking myself out
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Irenicum Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:08:53pm |
re: #324 PT Barnum
Thanks sounds promising. I should do the same. I'm a chronic night-owler.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:30:14pm |
re: #320 Irenicum
OK kids, I clicked the extra seekrit all-knowing-eye to see who's online. Are we just talked out? Well, anyway, I had a great time at the beach with my friends.
I'm here. I just got back from the store.
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Irenicum Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:32:39pm |
re: #327 SanFranciscoZionist
I love my left coast friends.
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Irenicum Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:35:29pm |
I've been busy editing some poems. There's a local bookstore I just discovered that's having a poetry open mic night and I think I'm gonna go and read some of my own stuff.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:36:28pm |
re: #331 Irenicum
I've been busy editing some poems. There's a local bookstore I just discovered that's having a poetry open mic night and I think I'm gonna go and read some of my own stuff.
That sounds fun.
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Dark_Falcon Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:42:50pm |
I'm going to sign off for the night. As ever, this is a great blog and I have no intention of leaving it, nor of turning on those such as Charles who have done right by me since I've been here. Type to you all tomorrow.
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Irenicum Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:45:45pm |
re: #334 BigPapa
Haha. My geekitude is of a different magnitude. I'm old school. I love the poets of poetry past. My father was an English prof and my mom wrote poetry till she died. I guess I caught that bug. Glad I did.
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Irenicum Sat, Jul 31, 2010 11:48:14pm |
re: #335 Dark_Falcon
DF, have a good night. Not sure of the reason for why you wrote this, but I for one am glad you're here. You make this a better place.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:02:53am |
re: #339 Varek Raith
So much for sleep...
Sigh.
Morning.
Hi Varek. Can't sleep? Clowns will eat you? Got to go to work?
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simoom Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:03:44am |
Looks like the Temecula Valley Islamic Center protest was a bust for the bigots. While they seemed to have managed a small crowd (based on the photos) they were outnumbered by supporters:
[Link: www.latimes.com...]
A small group of protesters took over a patch of grass across from the Islamic Center of Temecula Valley on Friday for a vocal but relatively tame protest against a proposed mosque, though they were greatly outnumbered by supporters from area churches who were there to support the Islamic Center.The rally was held during the Islamic Center's Friday prayers and, at the urging of organizers, a few protesters brought their dogs, which many Muslims would consider an insult.
"This is America. This is a Christian country, this is not a Muslim country," said Zorina Bennett, 50, of Temecula, one of about 20 who attended the anti-mosque rally. "They are known terrorists. Read the Koran. They are trained to kill people from the time they're in their youth."
Bennett took her dog Meadow to the protest, knowing that many Muslims believe that the saliva of dogs is impure.
...
Leaders of the Temecula Islamic Center, operating in an industrial area of the southwest Riverside County city, said they have been dismayed by some of the allegations and objections to the new mosque because the organization has been in the city for more than a decade without incident.
But on Friday, they said, they were heartened by the strong show of support from people of all faiths and beliefs.
"This is much better than I could have even expected. It helps show that we are part of this community, that we belong here," said Hadi Nael, chairman of the Temecula Islamic Center.
I liked these photos from the event:
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Varek Raith Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:05:43am |
re: #340 SanFranciscoZionist
Hi Varek. Can't sleep? Clowns will eat you? Got to go to work?
My cat.
She caused a hell of a mess in the kitchen. Scared the crap out of me!
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Irenicum Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:07:14am |
re: #341 simoom
Yay. Bigots outnumbered! Never a bad thing!
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:07:31am |
re: #341 simoom
Looks like the Temecula Valley Islamic Center protest was a bust for the bigots. While they seemed to have managed a small crowd (based on the photos) they were outnumbered by supporters:
[Link: www.latimes.com...]
I liked these photos from the event:
Cute pictures.
Glad they got stared down.
I'm sure Meadow is a good dog. I wish her person did not take her to events like this.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:09:02am |
re: #341 simoom
Looks like the Temecula Valley Islamic Center protest was a bust for the bigots. While they seemed to have managed a small crowd (based on the photos) they were outnumbered by supporters:
[Link: www.latimes.com...]
I liked these photos from the event:
My mother wanted to know if there isn't some sort of ordinance against disrupting prayer services. I guess if they're outside, and the prayers are inside, they're not disrupting.
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Varek Raith Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:09:13am |
re: #341 simoom
Looks like the Temecula Valley Islamic Center protest was a bust for the bigots. While they seemed to have managed a small crowd (based on the photos) they were outnumbered by supporters:
[Link: www.latimes.com...]
I liked these photos from the event:
That middle picture...
"No rights for women, no rights for Mosques."
Really?
Idiot.
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freetoken Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:10:24am |
Continuing on with highlighting Japanese famous 1960's stars, with the singer actor Kazuo Funaki - from the movie 絶唱 (Zesshô) :
The youtube clip is pretty self explanatory, so you don't really need to understand the language.
This, like many of these movies, are not available in the US as far as I know.
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freetoken Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:13:58am |
"This is America. This is a Christian country, this is not a Muslim country," said Zorina Bennett, 50, of Temecula, one of about 20 who attended the anti-mosque rally. "They are known terrorists. Read the Koran. They are trained to kill people from the time they're in their youth."
I see Ms. Bennett has been well programmed.
Bennett took her dog Meadow to the protest, knowing that many Muslims believe that the saliva of dogs is impure.
It is pretty disgusting.
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Varek Raith Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:15:39am |
re: #348 freetoken
It is pretty disgusting.
Sheesh!
Will followers like her, no wonder God thinks we're dicks.
:/
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Kronocide Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:16:37am |
"This is America. This is a Christian country, this is not a Muslim country," said Zorina Bennett, 50, of Temecula, one of about 20 who attended the anti-mosque rally. "They are known terrorists. Read the Koran. They are trained to kill people from the time they're in their youth."
I'm sure she's read the Koran and is an expert. She obviously did not read the Constitution.
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ClaudeMonet Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:16:53am |
re: #348 freetoken
It is pretty disgusting.
Better to endure the "impurity" than to have no dogs around at all. I say that as someone who's never owned a dog.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:17:20am |
"Police officers admonish Fred Carlson, who earlier hurled obscenities at the supporters of the proposed mosque."
Good use of 'admonish'.
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Irenicum Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:17:39am |
re: #348 freetoken
It seems she's been programmed herself. I agree. Very disgusting. She has no concept of the American Constitution. What an anti-American bigot and asshole.
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ClaudeMonet Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:17:56am |
re: #349 Varek Raith
Sheesh!
Will followers like her, no wonder God thinks we're dicks.
:/
God knows the difference.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:19:57am |
re: #350 BigPapa
"This is America. This is a Christian country, this is not a Muslim country," said Zorina Bennett, 50, of Temecula, one of about 20 who attended the anti-mosque rally. "They are known terrorists. Read the Koran. They are trained to kill people from the time they're in their youth."
I'm sure she's read the Koran and is an expert. She obviously did not read the Constitution.
I'm sure she's read some articles on line based on Robert Spencer's work, though, which is almost like having read the Koran.
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Irenicum Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:20:53am |
Alright, I need to get back to my poetry. This stupid shit is too annoying.
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freetoken Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:22:05am |
re: #351 ClaudeMonet
I've not kept pets as an adult, and am not particularly fond of dogs.
The domestication of the dog is interesting, because recently it has been shown that domestic dogs truly are descended from wolves. Who was the first person to decide to adopt a wolf? Was it a pup?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:22:30am |
re: #352 SanFranciscoZionist
"Police officers admonish Fred Carlson, who earlier hurled obscenities at the supporters of the proposed mosque."
Good use of 'admonish'.
I see 'taqqiyah' on one sign.
"Sharia" repeatedly.
Flags.
And "Remember US? 'We the People?'"
Which makes no sense. "We the people" are nowhere defined as non-Muslims.
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freetoken Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:22:57am |
re: #355 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm sure she's read some articles on line based on Robert Spencer's work, though, which is almost like having read the Koran.
That's like saying one has become learned in American Black history by visiting Breitbart's websites.
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Kronocide Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:24:46am |
re: #355 SanFranciscoZionist
I'm sure she's read some articles on line based on Robert Spencer's work, though, which is almost like having read the Koran.
I don't know if she can understand what Spencer is even saying. More like a talk radio host.
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Irenicum Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:26:26am |
G'nite kids. My poetry and tomorrow beckons. As always, see ya on the other side.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:30:43am |
re: #357 freetoken
I've not kept pets as an adult, and am not particularly fond of dogs.
The domestication of the dog is interesting, because recently it has been shown that domestic dogs truly are descended from wolves. Who was the first person to decide to adopt a wolf? Was it a pup?
I adore dogs.
There's been a lot of theorizing about how dogs were domesticated. My sixth-graders read a novel called "Maroo of the Winter Caves", which is an adventure story about a stone-age family. The children find an orphaned puppy, and convince their parents to let them keep it by reminding them of a man they met at a tribal gathering who had a tame dog that helped him hunt. Some scholars theorize that it might have happened like that, puppies being taken in, or a lone wolf deciding to form an alliance with a human it ran across.
They also think it might have happened over a long period of time, as human hunters attracted scavengers to their camps. The piece of research I find most interesting is one that looks into the fact that apparently, out of all the world, only humans and domestic dogs understand pointing. Wolves don't, and chimps don't.
They theorized it might have something to do with how wolves were domesticated, so they worked for years with Siberian foxes. They brought the foxes in, and the only test for being in the program was that a researcher stuck and hand in the cage with them. If the animal attacked, it was out. If it showed fear, it was out. If it sniffed the hand, or seemed calm, it was in.
Then they mated the calm foxes with each other, and repeated the process.
Forty generations later (foxes have a short breeding cycle), they had foxes that were easily tamed, human-friendly, and understood pointing.
The suspicion is that we essentially did something like that with dogs, less intentionally and over a long period of time.
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freetoken Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:38:45am |
re: #362 SanFranciscoZionist
That fox story was in the news not too long ago.
The genetic evidence that dogs are just domesticated wolves looks now to be a sealed case. There was some question about whether other canids were the source, but the latest I saw sounded pretty firm that genetically they are wolves.
Wolves are interesting in that, before humans came to NA, the wolves won the contest for top predator, beating the saber tooth cat. The pack instinct is an evolutionary winner, as not only wolves but other species have shown.
I don't know if scientists will ever be able to determine exactly where the wolf was first domesticated. I suspect it was in the Levant during the last great glaciation, because it would have taken so many generations to make the domesticated animal that already shows up in the very earliest part of civilization.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:42:28am |
Allow me to strongly recommend "How To Speak Dog" and "How Dogs Think" by Stanley Coren, along with "Dogs: A Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior & Evolution" by Raymond Coppinger. Even if you're not a 'dog person', this is amazing stuff.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Sun, Aug 1, 2010 1:06:20am |
re: #365 SanFranciscoZionist
Don't have an unexpected CVA in your sleep or anything like that.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sun, Aug 1, 2010 2:48:45am |
re: #350 BigPapa
ZORINA!!!!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:05:04am |
Great. No post in 2 plus hours. Now I have to carry the load.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:06:56am |
re: #369 Cannadian Club Akbar
Great. No post in 2 plus hours. Now I have to carry the load.
There's no need to fear!
Underdog is here!
Today's Simpson's Quote:
Homer: "It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day."
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:12:31am |
re: #371 Cannadian Club Akbar
Watch this. PIE!!
It's like the Bat Signal!!!
In mankind's darkest hour just yell PIE and FBV will save the day!!!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:15:16am |
re: #372 rwdflynavy
It's like the Bat Signal!!!
In mankind's darkest hour just yell PIE and FBV will save the day!!!
Yes. But "Off to the Pie cave" doesn't really have a ring to it.
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:17:54am |
re: #362 SanFranciscoZionist
re: #364 negativ
re: #363 freetoken
On the subject of Dogs, one of my favorite subjects, I found this interesting:
Dog Training: Animal Experts Debunk the Alpha-Dog Myth
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
I'm not sure I buy their entire study since it seems they tailored it to fit a certain conclusion before it was even started...but still, interesting.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:20:22am |
re: #375 RogueOne
Navy, did you get that DroidX?
Morning Rogue!
Yes got it last week! It rocks! Still trying to figure it all out, but I'm hooked!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:23:01am |
re: #375 RogueOne
Navy, did you get that DroidX?
Weren't you ready to set your Droid on fire the first week you had it? Or was that some one else?
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:24:39am |
re: #377 Cannadian Club Akbar
Weren't you ready to set your Droid on fire the first week you had it? Or was that some one else?
The X is my first smart phone. I was just trying to get my hands on one!
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:26:08am |
re: #378 rwdflynavy
The X is my first smart phone. I was just trying to get my hands on one!
My phone is pretty smart. I call people, they answer. Sometimes.
/
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:33:51am |
re: #376 rwdflynavy
Morning Rogue!
Yes got it last week! It rocks! Still trying to figure it all out, but I'm hooked!
Congrats. I recommend this App to everyone:
[Link: www.probeez.com...]
It's very powerful app. It can make your phone do just about anything you can imagine or need based on a ton of different conditions including time/location/keywords in your calender, etc,etc... It's $4 but well worth it.
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:36:15am |
re: #377 Cannadian Club Akbar
Weren't you ready to set your Droid on fire the first week you had it? Or was that some one else?
No, that was me. When I bought it I didn't realize the extent I would have to tweak it. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, worked the way I wanted it to. I had come from a Blackberry and it took me about a week to get it set up like I needed. Now I'm a fanboy, I like to tweak which is why I like that settings profile app.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:41:15am |
re: #380 RogueOne
Congrats. I recommend this App to everyone:
[Link: www.probeez.com...]
It's very powerful app. It can make your phone do just about anything you can imagine or need based on a ton of different conditions including time/location/keywords in your calender, etc,etc... It's $4 but well worth it.
Thanks, Looks similar to this that I paid $4 for.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:42:22am |
Dig this...
[Link: sarasota.craigslist.org...]
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:48:31am |
They're showing "Oscar The Bionic Cat" on the Today show. pretty impressive.
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:52:56am |
re: #384 Cannadian Club Akbar
Is that modded or did it come straight from the factory looking like that?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 5:56:32am |
re: #387 RogueOne
Is that modded or did it come straight from the factory looking like that?
I have no idea. But would be cool to have for short jaunts to the store.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 6:00:54am |
re: #387 RogueOne
Is that modded or did it come straight from the factory looking like that?
cool.
[Link: www.theautomoto.com...]
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 6:07:13am |
re: #389 Cannadian Club Akbar
cool.
[Link: www.theautomoto.com...]
That could be handy if you didn't have a license or didn't mind looking like a tool driving it down the street.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 6:10:30am |
re: #390 RogueOne
That could be handy if you didn't have a license or didn't mind looking like a tool driving it down the street.
In Florida anything that comes from the factory ready to drive, you need a DL. And a scooter over 49 CC, you need a motorcycle license.
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 6:19:44am |
re: #391 Cannadian Club Akbar
In indiana anything over 49cc you need a license too, I hadn't noticed that 3 wheeler was 150cc. I wonder how they manage to get 83 mpg.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 6:24:22am |
re: #392 RogueOne
I live 1 mile from my grocery store. That thing would be perfect. (single, no kids)
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 6:28:26am |
re: #393 Cannadian Club Akbar
Yesterday my wife and I saw a very heavyset older man driving a tricked out old people 3 wheel scooters down the street. He looked like an old biker, like he might have been a member of a nursing home scooter gang.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 6:33:50am |
re: #394 RogueOne
Yesterday my wife and I saw a very heavyset older man driving a tricked out old people 3 wheel scooters down the street. He looked like an old biker, like he might have been a member of a nursing home scooter gang.
I am part of a nursing home scooter gang task force.
//
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RadicalModerate Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:01:00am |
From Friday's Washington Post:
This might be one of the dumbest articles I've ever read arguing against cutting defense spending. He actually tries to make a case saying that drawing down the size of the military during peacetime is a primary factor in starting of new wars. Seriously, there are so many fallacies in his argument that I don't even know where to begin.
Impact of past defense cuts should warn of risks
After World War I, our armed forces shrank from 2.9 million men in 1918 to 250,000 in 1928. The result? World War II became more likely and its early battles more costly. Imagine how Hitler might have acted in 1939 had several hundred thousand American troops been stationed in France and Poland. Under such circumstances, it is doubtful he would ever have launched his blitzkrieg. Likewise, Japanese leaders might have thought twice about attacking Pearl Harbor if their homeland had been in imminent danger of being pulverized by thousands of American bombers and their fleet sunk by dozens of American aircraft carriers.
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Spare O'Lake Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:23:18am |
re: #394 RogueOne
Yesterday my wife and I saw a very heavyset older man driving a tricked out old people 3 wheel scooters down the street. He looked like an old biker, like he might have been a member of a nursing home scooter gang.
Was it scooter Libby?
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:24:28am |
re: #397 RadicalModerate
I don't see him arguing that it's the primary factor in starting wars but more about deterrence and how we were able to respond to threats. I happen to think Mr. Boot is fair and generally pretty bright.
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:27:19am |
re: #350 BigPapa
Islamic terrorist groups like Hamas do train their kids to be terrorists from the cradle. But that isn't all Muslims. And that's not the groups involved in the Cordoba proposal in NYC or the Temecula project.
And heck, there's a mosque that has been operating a block away from the Cordoba proposal in NYC for years - and hasn't gotten any attention or any controversy despite being "in the shadow of Ground Zero".
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Gray Skies Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:31:39am |
Don't mean to change the subject, but how are any of you that are small business owners going to deal with the new 1099 reporting requirements that will be imposed by the health care reform legislation?
As I understand the new requirements, businesses will be required to complete 1099's for any "vendor" that sells them more than $600 goods and services. My husband has a small business, and this will be a horrendous thing to track.
Here is the link (hope it works):
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
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Spare O'Lake Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:35:45am |
re: #400 lawhawk
Islamic terrorist groups like Hamas do train their kids to be terrorists from the cradle. But that isn't all Muslims. And that's not the groups involved in the Cordoba proposal in NYC or the Temecula project.
And heck, there's a mosque that has been operating a block away from the Cordoba proposal in NYC for years - and hasn't gotten any attention or any controversy despite being "in the shadow of Ground Zero".
As a New Yorker, could you tell me whether there are any other community centres in the Big Apple which are 14 storeys tall?
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:36:18am |
re: #401 Gray Skies
Don't mean to change the subject, but how are any of you that are small business owners going to deal with the new 1099 reporting requirements that will be imposed by the health care reform legislation?
As I understand the new requirements, businesses will be required to complete 1099's for any "vendor" that sells them more than $600 goods and services. My husband has a small business, and this will be a horrendous thing to track.
Here is the link (hope it works):
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
How does you husband currently track 1099 payments for services. If you use even the simplest electronic account software, this is not hard to set up. You must already have some record of goods purchased.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:36:50am |
re: #402 Spare O'Lake
As a New Yorker, could you tell me whether there are any other community centres in the Big Apple which are 14 storeys tall?
What does the fucking size have to do with it?
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:37:00am |
re: #401 Gray Skies
Congress looks like they're going to be repealing those provisions because it would have resulted in a significant regulatory burden on small businesses. It was a flawed provision - but one that would have generated significant revenue to balance the health care bill's CBO score.
The problem is that eliminating the regulatory burden here means that revenue will have to be generated elsewhere.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:37:53am |
re: #401 Gray Skies
Don't mean to change the subject, but how are any of you that are small business owners going to deal with the new 1099 reporting requirements that will be imposed by the health care reform legislation?
As I understand the new requirements, businesses will be required to complete 1099's for any "vendor" that sells them more than $600 goods and services. My husband has a small business, and this will be a horrendous thing to track.
Here is the link (hope it works):
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
I doubt it's going to be a big deal. It looks like they're trying to fix it. Even if they don't fix it if it's a big enough of a hassle for small businesses then most people just aren't going to do it. The IRS isn't going to bother auditing millions of small businesses over paperwork on a $600 purchase. It's just not worth their time.
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Spare O'Lake Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:40:38am |
re: #404 Walter L. Newton
What does the fucking size have to do with it?
Legally, nothing. But we all know that emotionally, the fucking size definitely matters.
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lawhawk Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:43:18am |
re: #402 Spare O'Lake
The 92nd Street Y is about 12-15 stories on their main building, and 10-12 stories tall on their adjacent building. It's one of the largest in the City - and I'm not quite sure of the square footage (which dictates the real size of the buildings - not height), but the Cordoba proposal would not have the square footage of the 92nd Street Y.
The JCC of Manhattan has a 8-10 story building.
Both buildings have been cited as models for the Cordoba House proposal in bringing those kinds of services to Lower Manhattan.
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Spare O'Lake Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:45:23am |
re: #408 lawhawk
The 92nd Street Y is about 12-15 stories on their main building, and 10-12 stories tall on their adjacent building. It's one of the largest in the City - and I'm not quite sure of the square footage (which dictates the real size of the buildings - not height), but the Cordoba proposal would not have the square footage of the 92nd Street Y.
The JCC of Manhattan has a 8-10 story building.
Both buildings have been cited as models for the Cordoba House proposal in bringing those kinds of services to Lower Manhattan.
Thanks, that's very interesting.
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Gray Skies Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:47:03am |
re: #403 Walter L. Newton
He has a small remodeling business (small jobs, not major remodels). Since he does all work himself, he does not generally use others' services. But he does purchase lots of "goods" to do his jobs. He travels around our community and beyond for any job he can find. We are talking construction supplies, gas, restaurants, post office, etc. Must he obtain the Tax ID number of every gas station he stops at just in case he spends over $600 at any one station?
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:47:55am |
re: #407 Spare O'Lake
Legally, nothing. But we all know that emotionally, the fucking size definitely matters.
I'm going to tell you were I sit before I tell you where I stand. I don't like the idea of the mosque there. That's the end of that. And the people who want to protest it being there have the constitutional right to do so. And that's the end of that.
But, other than that, you seem to obsess on a daily basis about that mosque, to the point that you seem to have to find something new and clever to complain about almost every day. It's too close to ground zero, it's too tall, it's too this and that. You appear to me to be trying to find some mental-loophole that will convince everyone that even though the have as much right as ANYONE else in this country to build this damn thing, that you have some good reason it should. Next you'll be complaining you don't like the proposed color they are going to paint the place.
You don't seem satisfied to be able to state your opinion "I don't want it built" and leave it at that. You're constant litany of new and improved reasons it shouldn't be built sounds the the ramblings of a madman.
You may as well join the Geller/Spencer crazy brigade, they can use this sort of talent.
Give it a rest.
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cliffster Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:49:33am |
re: #405 lawhawk
It doesn't really matter to them now that they've already passed the bill, made their rich insurance buddies richer, and sold their ridiculous lies about reducing the deficit. Anyways this is a speck of an issue compared to others. The giant problems are problems for future congresses to deal with. Isn't that the way it goes?
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:49:34am |
re: #401 Gray Skies
Don't mean to change the subject, but how are any of you that are small business owners going to deal with the new 1099 reporting requirements that will be imposed by the health care reform legislation?
As I understand the new requirements, businesses will be required to complete 1099's for any "vendor" that sells them more than $600 goods and services. My husband has a small business, and this will be a horrendous thing to track.
Here is the link (hope it works):
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
re: #406 Killgore Trout
Dems, GOP maneuver on repeal
[Link: www.politico.com...]
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:51:54am |
re: #406 Killgore Trout
I doubt it's going to be a big deal. It looks like they're trying to fix it. Even if they don't fix it if it's a big enough of a hassle for small businesses then most people just aren't going to do it. The IRS isn't going to bother auditing millions of small businesses over paperwork on a $600 purchase. It's just not worth their time.
You would think but I just went through an audit over nothing. The company CPA took care of it but there are a lot of government employees that need to justify the existence of their position.
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Gray Skies Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:52:10am |
re: #405 lawhawk
I do hope it is repealed. I can see the government wanting to capture this revenue, but the effects on small businesses were not well thought out when the provision was crafted.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 1, 2010 7:53:21am |
re: #410 Gray Skies
He travels around our community and beyond for any job he can find. We are talking construction supplies, gas, restaurants, post office, etc. Must he obtain the Tax ID number of every gas station he stops at just in case he spends over $600 at any one station?
My guess is that if they want this to work it'll become customary for some sort of tax payer ID # to be on the receipt for goods purchased.
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Spare O'Lake Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:00:01am |
re: #411 Walter L. Newton
I'm going to tell you were I sit before I tell you where I stand. I don't like the idea of the mosque there. That's the end of that. And the people who want to protest it being there have the constitutional right to do so. And that's the end of that.
But, other than that, you seem to obsess on a daily basis about that mosque, to the point that you seem to have to find something new and clever to complain about almost every day. It's too close to ground zero, it's too tall, it's too this and that. You appear to me to be trying to find some mental-loophole that will convince everyone that even though the have as much right as ANYONE else in this country to build this damn thing, that you have some good reason it should. Next you'll be complaining you don't like the proposed color they are going to paint the place.
You don't seem satisfied to be able to state your opinion "I don't want it built" and leave it at that. You're constant litany of new and improved reasons it shouldn't be built sounds the the ramblings of a madman.
You may as well join the Geller/Spencer crazy brigade, they can use this sort of talent.
Give it a rest.
I was exploring one of the many objections to the mosque, namely its allegedly obtrusive size. I thought it would be interesting and useful to have information on its relative size to other community centres.
BTW I completely reject your moronic characterization and your creepy suggestion - but don't worry, I won't demand an apology.
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Gus Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:01:14am |
re: #417 Killgore Trout
My guess is that if they want this to work it'll become customary for some sort of tax payer ID # to be on the receipt for goods purchased.
So if I spend over $600 in printing from a particular print shop I'm going to need to have a 1099 filed?
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:05:07am |
re: #418 Spare O'Lake
I was exploring one of the many objections to the mosque, namely its allegedly obtrusive size. I thought it would be interesting and useful to have information on its relative size to other community centres.
BTW I completely reject your moronic characterization and your creepy suggestion - but don't worry, I won't demand an apology.
Good... I usually don't apologize for an opinion. And my opinion on this subject certainly doesn't have anything to do with my opinion of other points that I agree with you on. Does it?
You say "allegedly obtrusive size." First off, it is an existing building. I don't remember anyone complaining about the allegedly obtrusive size of the Burlington Coat Factory HQ in the past.
And what in New York City is not obtrusive size-wise? Have you ever been to NYC. Fourteen stories is small, like 7-11 small in comparison. Even small in NYC is an obtrusive size.
Get a gripe.
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Spare O'Lake Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:07:48am |
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:08:35am |
re: #419 Gus 802
So if I spend over $600 in printing from a particular print shop I'm going to need to have a 1099 filed?
I'm pretty sure you're already required to report the purchase. The only difference with the new law is that you'll need the printer's tax ID #. It doesn't look like they're going to keep that provision anyways so I wouldn't sweat it.
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Gus Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:11:26am |
re: #422 Killgore Trout
I'm pretty sure you're already required to report the purchase. The only difference with the new law is that you'll need the printer's tax ID #. It doesn't look like they're going to keep that provision anyways so I wouldn't sweat it.
OK We'll see what happens.
Frankly I'm tired of being freelance/contractor. I'm thinking of changing careers and becoming a hobo.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:13:55am |
re: #423 Gus 802
OK We'll see what happens.
Frankly I'm tired of being freelance/contractor. I'm thinking of changing careers and becoming a hobo.
I don't know what would happen to me if I ever got audited. Much of my business is very informal, deals are done verbally, no paper, no contracts, no receipts. The IRS could really fuck me if they wanted to. Luckily I don't make much money so they probably won't bother.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:14:03am |
re: #421 Spare O'Lake
Freudian slip much?
Fourteen stories tall is a underuse of property in NYC. They must be crazy.
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Obdicut Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:17:58am |
re: #423 Gus 802
Yay, that's the kind of inspirational speech I need before going off to start my own company!
Seriously, just figuring out whether to be sole proprietor or incorporated has been an endless amount of reading.
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RadicalModerate Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:18:01am |
Sorry about the delayed reply, had to eat breakfast...
re: #399 RogueOne
I don't see him arguing that it's the primary factor in starting wars but more about deterrence and how we were able to respond to threats. I happen to think Mr. Boot is fair and generally pretty bright.
Let's take his idea of pre-World War II deterrence then.
First of all, the United States had a strong isolationist bent in the years leading up to WWII, and it wasn't until after Pearl Harbor that mindset changed - and even then, there were factions that STILL didn't want to be involved. The last thing the US citizenry was interested in while struggling to get past the Great Depression was another involvement in a foreign war.
Secondly, Boot's preparedness ideas reads like a damn game of RISK. In case you forgot, Hitler invaded freaking Russia, who had a standing army of a few MILLION. His theories of having standing armies against a madman hellbent on world domination is simply foolish.
This doesn't even touch on whether Russia would have possibly aligned with the Axis nations in response to a country halfway around the globe having a military force in Poland and/or France, not to mention whether those countries would even WANT our forces there.
Consider this. Currently, twenty percent of the federal budget goes to military spending, and currently the US outspends every other nation in the world.
COMBINED, and he's saying that we should keep this pace going, even if it eventually bankrupts us.
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:19:34am |
re: #422 Killgore Trout
I'm pretty sure you're already required to report the purchase. The only difference with the new law is that you'll need the printer's tax ID #. It doesn't look like they're going to keep that provision anyways so I wouldn't sweat it.
It all depended on your corporation type and it only included service providers you paid more than $600/yr. Now it includes all vendors and all corporation types but you're right that it is going away.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:20:07am |
re: #410 Gray Skies
He has a small remodeling business (small jobs, not major remodels). Since he does all work himself, he does not generally use others' services. But he does purchase lots of "goods" to do his jobs. He travels around our community and beyond for any job he can find. We are talking construction supplies, gas, restaurants, post office, etc. Must he obtain the Tax ID number of every gas station he stops at just in case he spends over $600 at any one station?
You do not send 1099's to an Inc. Most large businesses (Home Depot etc.) are Inc.
The 1099's your husband should be concerned with is for any subcontracted labor he uses.
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Gus Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:21:34am |
re: #426 Obdicut
Yay, that's the kind of inspirational speech I need before going off to start my own company!
Seriously, just figuring out whether to be sole proprietor or incorporated has been an endless amount of reading.
I'm the last person to ask for business advice. The only thing I know is that most people say to incorporate.
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Mr. Crankypants Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:22:12am |
re: #429 Stanley Sea
You do not send 1099's to an Inc. Most large businesses (Home Depot etc.) are Inc.
The 1099's your husband should be concerned with is for any subcontracted labor he uses.
I work as an independent as well. They're only concerned with sole proprietors so that they can make sure that people aren't working off the grid (so to speak)
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:22:36am |
re: #429 Stanley Sea
You do not send 1099's to an Inc. Most large businesses (Home Depot etc.) are Inc.
The 1099's your husband should be concerned with is for any subcontracted labor he uses.
This new provision is not about labor, payments labor is already supposed to be reported on a 1099 for more than 600 dollars paid out for services, this new provision is for goods, if you purchase more than 600 dollars in good from a vendor in your everyday business expenses.
The part about goods is new.
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:24:58am |
re: #427 RadicalModerate
I think you're arguing a different point. I didn't see Boot arguing that having all those additional troops would have prevented any war, just that it could have.
I think you both have a point. We could use more troops, especially right now, but 20% of the annual budget is a pretty large number.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:25:10am |
re: #432 Walter L. Newton
This new provision is not about labor, payments labor is already supposed to be reported on a 1099 for more than 600 dollars paid out for services, this new provision is for goods, if you purchase more than 600 dollars in good from a vendor in your everyday business expenses.
The part about goods is new.
Got it. Does it still exclude Inc? Didn't say in the Yahoo article. That would certainly help. I'm trying to think of a supplier who isn't incorporated? (1/2 cup so far, no where near enough)
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Gray Skies Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:25:37am |
re: #429 Stanley Sea
I think there is a lot of confusion as to what the requirements apply to. Hopefully, it will be repealed and that will be the end of it.
Thanks for everyone's input!
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:27:40am |
re: #434 Stanley Sea
Got it. Does it still exclude Inc? Didn't say in the Yahoo article. That would certainly help. I'm trying to think of a supplier who isn't incorporated? (1/2 cup so far, no where near enough)
I didn't read it that close either, but I got the "goods" part. I guess technically since I sell jewelry, and report my income, if I buy over 600 dollars in rocks and silver from a local small shop (and I do spend that in a year), I guess I have to send him a 1099.
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RogueOne Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:29:01am |
Need to go play with the dogs and mow the grass, have a good afternoon everyone.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:31:34am |
OK, someone change the subject. Taxes /= Sunday morn.
I had the best soft shell crabs last night.
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Walter L. Newton Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:36:16am |
re: #438 Stanley Sea
OK, someone change the subject. Taxes /= Sunday morn.
I had the best soft shell crabs last night.
Let's not talk about taxes... there you go, harshing my buzz.
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Killgore Trout Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:38:17am |
Some impressive film of the fires in Russia...
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:38:24am |
re: #438 Stanley Sea
OK, someone change the subject. Taxes /= Sunday morn.
I had the best soft shell crabs last night.
My sons 4 closest friends showed up last night at about 7 pm (they were expected,,,, we're on vacation and they're staying with us the last 3 days here)
a mere 16 hours later, we have already gone through 16 hamburgers, 14 hot dogs, 2 lbs of potato salad, 2 lbs of macaroni salad, 7 lbs of BBQ chicken wings (all last night), an entire box of instant pancake mix, 7 liters of soda, almost 2 gallons of milk and half a gallon of OJ.
NOT to mention the various snack cakes, cookies, candies and 2 containers of ice cream
OY!!
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albusteve Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:39:22am |
re: #436 Walter L. Newton
I didn't read it that close either, but I got the "goods" part. I guess technically since I sell jewelry, and report my income, if I buy over 600 dollars in rocks and silver from a local small shop (and I do spend that in a year), I guess I have to send him a 1099.
if you pay state and federal taxes on a occasional piece of jewelry, you are more upstanding than me....exemplary citizenship
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:40:39am |
re: #441 sattv4u2
Do you shop at "The Pig" ??
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albusteve Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:41:14am |
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:41:40am |
re: #443 Stanley Sea
Do you shop at "The Pig" ??
Have my discount/ loyalty card on my keyring!
(and my son just got a new T-shirt-hat from there several days ago)
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What, me worry? Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:41:57am |
re: #441 sattv4u2
My sons 4 closest friends showed up last night at about 7 pm (they were expected,,, we're on vacation and they're staying with us the last 3 days here)
a mere 16 hours later, we have already gone through 16 hamburgers, 14 hot dogs, 2 lbs of potato salad, 2 lbs of macaroni salad, 7 lbs of BBQ chicken wings (all last night), an entire box of instant pancake mix, 7 liters of soda, almost 2 gallons of milk and half a gallon of OJ.
NOT to mention the various snack cakes, cookies, candies and 2 containers of ice cream
OY!!
Costco is your friend :)
Afternoon lizards!
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:43:41am |
re: #446 marjoriemoon
Costco is your friend :)
Afternoon lizards!
Yeah. We stocked up at SAMS Club a couple of days ago, but by this evening the cupboards will once again be bare
The boys are heading to the beach so I'll hit SAMS in awhile
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darthstar Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:45:06am |
Happy Birthday Jerry
Fare you well,
Fare you well,
I love you more than words can tell.
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul.
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SixDegrees Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:46:54am |
re: #438 Stanley Sea
OK, someone change the subject. Taxes /= Sunday morn.
I had the best soft shell crabs last night.
Mmmm. Crab veal.
I just got back from a store I rarely go to, where I found veal stock on the shelf. The same Kitchen Basics brand that provides chicken, vegetable and beef stock. But I've never seen veal stock before, anywhere. So I snagged a couple of quarts.
At the checkout, you would have though I had a couple quarts of meth, going by the glares from other customers. The clerk wasn't exactly cheerful, either.
Pretty soon, when I want veal I'll probably have to pull up to a corner in a bad neighborhood, give some guy with a cell phone my order and my cash, then drive across the street to take delivery.
And Michigan has extremely strict laws governing veal production, ensuring humane treatment. Around here, calves get treated as well as lamb - yet there's piles of lamb on the shelves.
Oh, well. Maybe I'll start making my own stock in the bathtub.
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albusteve Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:48:45am |
re: #448 darthstar
Happy Birthday Jerry
Fare you well,
Fare you well,
I love you more than words can tell.
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
to rock my soul.[Video]
easily one of their best ballads
RIP Jerry
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sattv4u2 Sun, Aug 1, 2010 8:51:18am |
re: #449 SixDegrees
At the checkout, you would have though I had a couple quarts of meth, going by the glares from other customers.
Next time, look at them and say
"What ,,, it's the only thing my (insert endangered species) will drink!!"
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ClaudeMonet Sun, Aug 1, 2010 11:01:31am |
re: #432 Walter L. Newton
This new provision is not about labor, payments labor is already supposed to be reported on a 1099 for more than 600 dollars paid out for services, this new provision is for goods, if you purchase more than 600 dollars in good from a vendor in your everyday business expenses.
The part about goods is new.
Exactly, and it would be a nightmare for small businesses (and large) that make large numbers of "small" purchases in the $600-$2000 range, or multiple purchases from small suppliers. As an accountant, my worst case scenario involves a few clients who are in the gold and silver business. Imagine trying to track the information for a small business that writes over 2000 checks a month, mostly in the $500 range. Hell, imagine just trying to GET the Social Security number and address from those selling to you.
Services are one thing; I don't mind the effort involved to create 1099-MISCs for the unincorporated service providers of my clients. But if you think I'm going to take (or have) the time or my clients will pay for my time to create thousands of them, you're way off.
This is a classic example of imposing regulations on businesses, especially small ones, without thinking of the burden it creates.
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