Here’s an open thread for Saturday morning, while I take care of a few non-blog items….
(Be back a bit later with a post on the latest claims made by the Breitbart camp followers, as they desperately try to deflect attention away from their idol’s irresponsible, reckless behavior with that infamous explicit photo of Rep. Weiner. This one will be fun.)
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 10:12:49am |
Enjoy your day...I've already taken a bike ride and beached the dogs and it's only 10am! I think I'll throw in a load of laundry and go test drive some cars next.
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hugh59 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 10:34:56am |
Got back from shul a little bit ago . Had a double shot of Old Crow bourbon at the schnapps table at the start of the kiddish lunch. Now the missus and I are going to take a nap. After some rest, I will continue to ignore politics by working on our house and on my old VW.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Sat, Jun 11, 2011 10:49:29am |
re: #3 hugh59
Got back from shul a little bit ago . Had a double shot of Old Crow bourbon at the schnapps table at the start of the kiddish lunch. Now the missus and I are going to take a nap. After some rest, I will continue to ignore politics by working on our house and on my old VW.
It is meant to be a day of rest. Naps are, in my book, practically a commandment.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Jun 11, 2011 10:50:19am |
hello Lizards...Man, Buck swept the entire bottom comments
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Henchman 25 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 10:54:46am |
re: #5 HoosierHoops
It happens when you try and defend the indefensible.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Jun 11, 2011 10:58:44am |
Long weekend here in Germany: Pentecost Sunday and Monday.
Funny, when I got here, I had to ask a dozen Germans just what they were celebrating before I found some to explain it to me, most of them just said "It's a day off, I really don't care".
Will be camping out in an apple orchard outside Frankfurt playing music.
They call it "Pfinsten" here, so we will be plaing a lot of stuff by the Pfingsten Trio.
And Bruce Pfingsteen.
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:01:28am |
Debbie Wasserman Shultz just called on Rep Weiner to resign... I don't think it'll change his mind, but nobody can say the Dem leadership isn't condemning the hell outta him.
[Link: miamiherald.typepad.com...]
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:04:08am |
re: #5 HoosierHoops
hello Lizards...Man, Buck swept the entire bottom comments
I was just noticing that.
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PhillyPretzel Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:06:58am |
re: #9 SanFranciscoZionist
It is amazing how someone can be so positively negative.
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Interesting Times Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:08:36am |
re: #5 HoosierHoops
hello Lizards...Man, Buck swept the entire bottom comments
What I find most repellent about him is the constant, passive-aggressive "poor little me" martyr act, as well as the endless barrage of comments that leave me thinking, wow, you really believe we're dumb enough to fall for that?
I just have a zero-tolerance policy for that kind of thing.
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elizajane Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:10:58am |
re: #7 ralphieboy
Long weekend here in Germany: Pentecost Sunday and Monday.
Funny, when I got here, I had to ask a dozen Germans just what they were celebrating before I found some to explain it to me, most of them just said "It's a day off, I really don't care".
Will be camping out in an apple orchard outside Frankfurt playing music.
They call it "Pfinsten" here, so we will be plaing a lot of stuff by the Pfingsten Trio.And Bruce Pfingsteen.
Isn't it strange? All those godless Europeans have tons of official religious holidays. In Holland almost nobody I know ever goes to church, not even for Christmas and Easter, yet they get TWO days off for things like the Assumption of the Virgin, and Pentacost. The only people my age who even know why these days matter are historians.
There is a problem, though, with these clustered holidays. All the odd religious ones, and the Queen's birthday, and Liberation Day, and May Day, all happen in a 6-week period between late April and mid-June. It is impossible to plan anything in these weeks without being tripped up by some holiday, so nothing gets done. The trash doesn't get picked up. As an anal, hard-working American who lives (sometimes) in a European city, all these things are incredibly annoying.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:13:19am |
re: #11 publicityStunted
What I find most repellent about him is the constant, passive-aggressive "poor little me" martyr act, as well as the endless barrage of comments that leave me thinking, wow, you really believe we're dumb enough to fall for that?
I just have a zero-tolerance policy for that kind of thing.
I'll bet the ladies find him irresistible. Especially after reading his opinions on the bottom comments list.
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Pip's Squeak Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:15:35am |
Pardon me, but in The Netherlands there is only one day off for Ascension Day (this year it was June 6) -- forty days after Easter -- and this celebrates not the assumption of Mary but of Christ.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:17:08am |
I just checked the wiki entry for the Al Qaeda dickhead who was killed today....
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed
Mohammed is suspected in Kenya of involvement in two attacks in Mombasa on November 26, 2002. One was the truck bombing of Paradise Hotel, in which 15 were killed.He also attempted bombings in the kaba and the hajj pilgrimage.When he was 13 years old he bombed his own family due to anger.
He was a very naughty boy.
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Political Atheist Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:17:33am |
re: #8 RanchTooth
Heh
I saw a poll--google ad wiener must resign, gee is the Koch boys buying that ad or did the dnc?
IPad blogging from the road going to mt palomar
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:18:57am |
re: #12 elizajane
The French are the worst. They just don't work in the summer. The entire country takes a vacation. I have no idea how they stay afloat economically.
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:19:26am |
From the side bar: What Frank says
Lets be realistic about this, the guitar can be the single most blasphemous device on earth! The guitar makes a stink noise. That's why I like it!!
Many of my friends and I think Zappa was always one of the most under rated guitarists of all time. He fired Henry Vestine once for smoking a joint who went on to play for Canned Heat..My favorite Blues/Boogie bands of all time..So thank you Frank
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:22:06am |
re: #8 RanchTooth
Debbie Wasserman Shultz just called on Rep Weiner to resign... I don't think it'll change his mind, but nobody can say the Dem leadership isn't condemning the hell outta him.
[Link: miamiherald.typepad.com...]
alot of dems want to see him go, less on principle and more for the shot to fill the void he leaves
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:23:28am |
re: #18 HoosierHoops
From the side bar: What Frank says
Lets be realistic about this, the guitar can be the single most blasphemous device on earth! The guitar makes a stink noise. That's why I like it!!
Many of my friends and I think Zappa was always one of the most under rated guitarists of all time. He fired Henry Vestine once for smoking a joint who went on to play for Canned Heat..My favorite Blues/Boogie bands of all time..So thank you Frank
he fired Lowell George for being to good, and a hell of a writer too
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RanchTooth Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:23:59am |
re: #20 albusteve
alot of dems want to see him go, less on principle and more for the shot to fill the void he leaves
I remember reading somewhere that due to redistricting, he may loose his seat anyway...
[Link: fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com...]
Problem solved without him even needing to be re-elected. I still think he's too well-liked to NOT be re-elected.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:26:16am |
re: #22 RanchTooth
I remember reading somewhere that due to redistricting, he may loose his seat anyway...
[Link: fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com...]
Problem solved without him even needing to be re-elected. I still think he's too well-liked to NOT be re-elected.
and don't think there isn't resentment that he was golden
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Interesting Times Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:26:17am |
re: #16 Rightwingconspirator
Remember about a year ago, when you talked about a documentary called "Earth 2100"? I saw it for myself recently, and don't think it was in the least bit over-the-top. If anything, a lot of its speculative fiction scenarios may turn out too optimistic :(
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Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:27:43am |
re: #12 elizajane
The Bavarians get the Assumption of the Virgin on August 15th, the rest of the country doesn't. But most Germans get:
Good Friday and Easter Monday
May Day (not a religious holiday, the European Labor Day)
Feast of the Ascension, moveable based on Easter, but always a Thursday
so most folks just take one of their 17+ days of vacation and make a four-day weekend out of it.
Corpus Christi -likewise a Thursday (Why do they name a holiday after a town in Texas, and why don't they celebrate the Feast of St. Lubbock?)
And Pentecost.
Then no holidays until October 3rd (Reunification Day), so the por folks have to bridge the gap with some of their remaining 20-odd days of vacation time...
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jvic Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:28:05am |
re: #3 hugh59
...Now the missus and I are going to take a nap...
Taking 'nap' literally & not as a euphemism:
10-15 minutes of unstructured meditation works as well for me as a 60-90 minute nap.
I never would have guessed this & realized it purely by chance. Nodding off one afternoon, I decided to deal with my meditation procrastination before napping. After the meditation timer buzzed, I was surprised to be no longer sleepy. As a rule, I don't need the nap even if I doze off during meditation.
It works for me. Others' results may vary.
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Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:29:09am |
re: #17 Killgore Trout
The French are the worst. They just don't work in the summer. The entire country takes a vacation. I have no idea how they stay afloat economically.
Because they actually buckle down and work productively when they are at work. Americans have learned to take their extra "vacation days" off in 15-20 minute increments over the course of the working day...
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:29:14am |
the Wallow fire has crossed into New Mexico...shitski
windy and single digit humidity, what a nightmare
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:29:56am |
re: #28 albusteve
the Wallow fire has crossed into New Mexico...shitski
windy and single digit humidity, what a nightmare
Fear not! It is 6% contained!
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:30:50am |
re: #28 albusteve
the Wallow fire has crossed into New Mexico...shitski
windy and single digit humidity, what a nightmare
Check out the photos.
Who could not love a firefighter?
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Sol Berdinowitz Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:30:58am |
re: #28 albusteve
That is some of the prettiest country in the world: have not been there since the mid-80's. I am saddened to hear about its demise...
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:31:07am |
re: #29 wrenchwench
Fear not! It is 6% contained!
that beast is liable to burn all the way to the west mesas above the river...it's freaking me out
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:31:20am |
re: #27 ralphieboy
Because they actually buckle down and work productively when they are at work. Americans have learned to take their extra "vacation days" off in 15-20 minute increments over the course of the working day...
I had a job offer to work in Paris. Very low pay but I would have taken it if I were a younger man. What a fantastic city.
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:32:20am |
re: #17 Killgore Trout
The French are the worst. They just don't work in the summer. The entire country takes a vacation. I have no idea how they stay afloat economically.
KT--made some zucchini wine. Recipe:
Grow lots of zucchini.
Hand excess over fence to neighbor. (Repeat as needed.)
Neighbor will soon hand back a nice Reisling.
Drink w/ neighbor.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:32:29am |
re: #30 wrenchwench
Check out the photos.
Who could not love a firefighter?
tough guys, and committed....they have been coming in from around the country
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:34:26am |
re: #32 albusteve
that beast is liable to burn all the way to the west mesas above the river...it's freaking me out
They are literally fighting fire with fire.
He said firefighters may eventually have to set ablaze 150,000 acres to burn off fuel in the forest in order to stamp out the flames.
Imagine: burning 150,000 acres (234 square miles) on purpose to keep things from getting worse.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:34:34am |
re: #31 ralphieboy
That is some of the prettiest country in the world: have not been there since the mid-80's. I am saddened to hear about its demise...
considering it will take a few generations to grow back...and it probably means the end of the 100 year old wool business that uses that area for summer grazing and shearing
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:35:34am |
re: #36 wrenchwench
They are literally fighting fire with fire.
Imagine: burning 150,000 acres (234 square miles) on purpose to keep things from getting worse.
they have no choice if things don't turn around fast...there is so little water to fight it with
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:35:50am |
re: #37 albusteve
considering it will take a few generations to grow back...and it probably means the end of the 100 year old wool business that uses that area for summer grazing and shearing
Nah. The sheep don't need the trees, and the grass is going to be GREAT (if they ever get any rain).
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:36:45am |
‘Iran caught 10 times trying to send arms to terrorists'
Iran has been caught red-handed in 10 different attempts in recent years to transfer weaponry to terrorists throughout the Middle East, including a recent case, in April, when a shipment of advanced missiles was caught en-route to Taliban forces in Afghanistan, according to a United Nations report obtained Thursday by The Jerusalem Post.
A strongly worded letter will sort this all out.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:37:29am |
re: #39 wrenchwench
Nah. The sheep don't need the trees, and the grass is going to be GREAT (if they ever get any rain).
hopefully you are right
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:38:24am |
re: #40 Killgore Trout
‘Iran caught 10 times trying to send arms to terrorists'
A strongly worded letter will sort this all out.
and 1000 times they didn't get caught...the perfect storm is brewing
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A Man for all Seasons Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:40:47am |
re: #41 albusteve
hopefully you are right
Napa Valley had a bad fires in the hills around 1974.. At night the entire valley glowed with flames every where you looked.. The worst was Atlas Peak fires..
It was terrifying
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:43:15am |
Pic of the day (nsfw)...
[Link: www.daylife.com...]
That'll give nightmares
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:49:55am |
More Wallow Fire photos. Some of the dramatic ones are of the backfires they set, because the other fire would be coming right at you. There are aerial photos of it.
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:54:32am |
"I'm here to save you, widdiw twee. I won't cut you down."
Image: 4deebd16c3c4a.image.jpg
That's Hotshot fire crew member Alex Horn, of Minneapolis.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:54:35am |
re: #12 elizajane
Isn't it strange? All those godless Europeans have tons of official religious holidays. In Holland almost nobody I know ever goes to church, not even for Christmas and Easter, yet they get TWO days off for things like the Assumption of the Virgin, and Pentacost. The only people my age who even know why these days matter are historians.
There is a problem, though, with these clustered holidays. All the odd religious ones, and the Queen's birthday, and Liberation Day, and May Day, all happen in a 6-week period between late April and mid-June. It is impossible to plan anything in these weeks without being tripped up by some holiday, so nothing gets done. The trash doesn't get picked up. As an anal, hard-working American who lives (sometimes) in a European city, all these things are incredibly annoying.
Once upon a time, before proper weekends and paid vacations, this kind of thing helped build in time off for workers.
Americans, of course, cannot figure out why Sundays spend sitting on a hard bench listening to a hellfire and brimstone sermon shouldn't be enough to get you charged up for the following six days.
It's a cultural difference.
//
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:55:12am |
for perspective...
the Great Fire of 1910
3 million acres
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:55:22am |
re: #15 Killgore Trout
I just checked the wiki entry for the Al Qaeda dickhead who was killed today...
Fazul Abdullah Mohammed
He was a very naughty boy.
A thirteen year old home bomber?
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What, me worry? Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:56:42am |
re: #20 albusteve
alot of dems want to see him go, less on principle and more for the shot to fill the void he leaves
DWS' statement goes to show what Democrats consider priority, even at the cost of one of our own, that we well cannot afford.
Besides, a re-election will surely favor a Republican. Weiner has tainted the name, or how fence-sitters might see it.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:57:48am |
re: #25 ralphieboy
The Bavarians get the Assumption of the Virgin on August 15th, the rest of the country doesn't. But most Germans get:
Good Friday and Easter Monday
May Day (not a religious holiday, the European Labor Day)
Feast of the Ascension, moveable based on Easter, but always a Thursday
so most folks just take one of their 17+ days of vacation and make a four-day weekend out of it.Corpus Christi -likewise a Thursday (Why do they name a holiday after a town in Texas, and why don't they celebrate the Feast of St. Lubbock?)
And Pentecost.
Then no holidays until October 3rd (Reunification Day), so the por folks have to bridge the gap with some of their remaining 20-odd days of vacation time...
May Day was actually celebrated in honor of the Virgin before it was a labor holiday, but after it was a Celtic fertility festival.
As for the feast of St. Lubbock--when would that be?
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:58:59am |
An odd one:
Image: 4deebd10b28d8.image.jpg
6/7/11- WALLOW FIRE-- Alex Verdugo, of Eager, comforts her dog sitting in the back her dad's truck filled with hunting trophies. Her family was evacuating to Show Low from the Wallow Fire. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Pat Shannahan)
A few years ago it was Show Low being evacuated, from what is (still for a few more days until the Wallow surpasses it) the largest fire Arizona ever had, the Rodeo-Chediski Fire.
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Killgore Trout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 11:59:08am |
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Bob Dillon Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:00:25pm |
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
The top leaders in the Democratic party called on embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner (D) to resign Saturday, a potential tipping point in the two-week long scandal involving the New York Democrat’s online liaisons.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:02:43pm |
re: #52 wrenchwench
An odd one:
Image: 4deebd10b28d8.image.jpg
A few years ago it was Show Low being evacuated, from what is (still for a few more days until the Wallow surpasses it) the largest fire Arizona ever had, the Rodeo-Chediski Fire.
I remember the Show Low fire....smoke all the way to ABQ....that is some beautiful country over there...a lot of White River rez burned down
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:03:51pm |
re: #54 Bobibutu
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
The top leaders in the Democratic party called on embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner (D) to resign Saturday, a potential tipping point in the two-week long scandal involving the New York Democrat’s online liaisons.
Shit. I'm going to lose a bet. I can't remember if it was $2 or $5, but I win if Weiner is still in office Monday morning.
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Bob Dillon Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:05:39pm |
re: #56 wrenchwench
Well, I'll pull for you thru Monday. Tuesday this guy needs to be history.
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wrenchwench Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:06:01pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:06:48pm |
I've been served another pay-your-rent notice. They're still referencing Oregon state law. I still don't live in Oregon.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:07:25pm |
re: #59 SanFranciscoZionist
I've been served another pay-your-rent notice. They're still referencing Oregon state law. I still don't live in Oregon.
PAY YOUR RENT!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:08:02pm |
re: #59 SanFranciscoZionist
is this a former residence?
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:08:19pm |
re: #51 SanFranciscoZionist
May Day was actually celebrated in honor of the Virgin before it was a labor holiday, but after it was a Celtic fertility festival.
As for the feast of St. Lubbock--when would that be?
IIRC, Catholics were very into May poles, while the hardcore English reformers were wild against it. A prohibition showed up in one of the New England colonies.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:10:22pm |
re: #52 wrenchwench
Here's a couple of pics from the French Fire (French Gulch, CA 2004) that took out my brother's house (located near the black smoke to the lower right of the ridgeline).
Image: 08154221_t607.jpg
Fire ran three miles from where it started in the valley up to his house in the first thirty minutes. Fingered up and down ridges along the town of French Gulch taking out 26 houses, 1 commercial and 76 out buildings...13,000 acres of forest too...one of our smaller forest fires, but still a nasty one.
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Alexzander Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:10:44pm |
I'm so excited for another Weiner/Breitbart discussion!
/
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:11:00pm |
re: #65 Alexzander
I'm so excited for another Weiner/Breitbart discussion!
/
weiner? i barely knew her
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:13:41pm |
re: #61 WindUpBird
is this a former residence?
No, this is my current residence, and the rent is late. I need to pay them, and will do so this afternoon. I just wish they would not hand-deliver threatening notices by hand on Saturday morning referencing other states legal codes. I've been here for six years by now. We have kept up on the rent.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:13:46pm |
re: #66 WindUpBird
weiner? i barely knew her
Eventually, we'll have to weiner off of this topic and start on more solid subjects.
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makeitstop Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:13:55pm |
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:15:20pm |
re: #65 Alexzander
I'm so excited for another Weiner/Breitbart discussion!
/
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:18:39pm |
re: #67 SanFranciscoZionist
oh I've been there *_* (didn't mean to make light)
and though I now live in a pretty okay understanding place, the fuckers running the show at my previous residence many years ago, oh man they just relished the opportunity to slap angry letters to the door, and yet when you actually needed anything, they were nowhere to be found
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Stanghazi Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:24:19pm |
TheFix The Fix
Weiner requests "leave of absence" while he seeks treatment. No resignation though. [Link: ow.ly...]
Treatment. Yeah.
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Stanghazi Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:25:21pm |
Johngcole John Cole
Just learned there is rehab for people addicted to sending dick shots over twitter. Who knew?
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allegro Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:26:05pm |
re: #75 Stanley Sea
Johngcole John Cole
Just learned there is rehab for people addicted to sending dick shots over twitter. Who knew?
LOL That's exactly what I was thinking after reading your first post about it.
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albusteve Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:26:07pm |
re: #75 Stanley Sea
Johngcole John Cole
Just learned there is rehab for people addicted to sending dick shots over twitter. Who knew?
send the addy to Darthstar
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:29:02pm |
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The Ghost of a Flea Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:29:05pm |
...He also attempted bombings in the kaba and the hajj pilgrimage...
And there's the money quote that lets you know these terrorists are full of shit when they call this "holy war." They'll discard the most basic tenets of Islam just to hurt and maim people who don't submit to them.
There may not be a "true" Islam that is wholly a religion of peace or war, but AQ, the Taliban, and their ilk are just waving about the Quran and Shariah as a cover for inflicting their base instincts on other people. Their piety is narcissism with a vapor-thin layer of theology over it.
Nutjob authoritarian death fetishists. Fuck 'em.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:29:30pm |
re: #75 Stanley Sea
Johngcole John Cole
Just learned there is rehab for people addicted to sending dick shots over twitter. Who knew?
Yeah, I just saw he was going to "seek treatment" (generic). I was wondering what sort of "treatment" he was seeking. So very glad to hear about this particular rehab!
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Decatur Deb Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:30:11pm |
re: #80 reine.de.tout
Yeah, I just saw he was going to "seek treatment" (generic). I was wondering what sort of "treatment" he was seeking. So very glad to hear about this particular rehab!
A year with the Trappists wouldn't hurt.
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darthstar Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:30:19pm |
re: #75 Stanley Sea
Johngcole John Cole
Just learned there is rehab for people addicted to sending dick shots over twitter. Who knew?
I wonder if they have free wifi...
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What, me worry? Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:31:37pm |
re: #80 reine.de.tout
Yeah, I just saw he was going to "seek treatment" (generic). I was wondering what sort of "treatment" he was seeking. So very glad to hear about this particular rehab!
Sex addiction?
At what point do we get to TMI?
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:31:47pm |
re: #80 reine.de.tout
Yeah, I just saw he was going to "seek treatment" (generic). I was wondering what sort of "treatment" he was seeking. So very glad to hear about this particular rehab!
Rehab for being a dumbass. Red Foreman runs it. You get his foot up your ass until you get with the program.
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jaunte Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:32:22pm |
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:33:01pm |
re: #83 marjoriemoon
Sex addiction?
At what point do we get to TMI?
Right about the time Weiner sent the first photo, I would think.
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reine.de.tout Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:33:29pm |
re: #84 SanFranciscoZionist
Rehab for being a dumbass. Red Foreman runs it. You get his foot up your ass until you get with the program.
ROFLMAO!
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Stanghazi Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:33:36pm |
I'm an egotistical idiot and I blew it treatment center. 20K a day.
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What, me worry? Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:34:30pm |
re: #86 reine.de.tout
Right about the time Weiner sent the first photo, I would think.
Oh we're way beyond that!
You watch, there's a sex tape with Paris Hilton, I just know it.
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SanFranciscoZionist Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:34:31pm |
re: #83 marjoriemoon
Sex addiction?
At what point do we get to TMI?
You know, there was a time when, as a society, we believed that addiction was a matter of weak will and moral failing, and we treated drunks and drug users accordingly.
Then we learned more about the human brain, and realized that addiction was in many cases a function of the brain, not something that could be treated by tough love alone.
Then we started discovering other addictions.
Now, I think we may be at a point where I'm ready to simply say, "Not sending dirty pictures over the Internet is simply a matter of willpower. Not everything that feels good and is bad for you is an addiction."
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jaunte Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:35:38pm |
re: #90 SanFranciscoZionist
"Are you Master of your Twitter Domain?"
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Interesting Times Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:37:15pm |
re: #88 Stanley Sea
I'm an egotistical idiot and I blew it treatment center. 20K a day.
No kidding. He knew damn well the wingnuts were stalking him, and gifted them a sex scandal on a silver platter. That kind of reckless stupidity - to play right into the hands of your enemies - may indeed make one unfit for higher office.
Hell, if you're going to do sleazy things, at least have the brains to do it in a way that won't make it so ridiculously easy to get caught...
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What, me worry? Sat, Jun 11, 2011 12:49:34pm |
re: #90 SanFranciscoZionist
You know, there was a time when, as a society, we believed that addiction was a matter of weak will and moral failing, and we treated drunks and drug users accordingly.
Then we learned more about the human brain, and realized that addiction was in many cases a function of the brain, not something that could be treated by tough love alone.
Then we started discovering other addictions.
Now, I think we may be at a point where I'm ready to simply say, "Not sending dirty pictures over the Internet is simply a matter of willpower. Not everything that feels good and is bad for you is an addiction."
hehe Agreed. Actually a little marriage counseling may not be a bad thing in this instance.
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The Ghost of a Flea Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:03:48pm |
re: #90 SanFranciscoZionist
You know, there was a time when, as a society, we believed that addiction was a matter of weak will and moral failing, and we treated drunks and drug users accordingly.
Then we learned more about the human brain, and realized that addiction was in many cases a function of the brain, not something that could be treated by tough love alone.
Then we started discovering other addictions.
Now, I think we may be at a point where I'm ready to simply say, "Not sending dirty pictures over the Internet is simply a matter of willpower. Not everything that feels good and is bad for you is an addiction."
The "reward system" of the brain--the dopaminergic neurons--are like a giant rabbithole of blurring the lines between mental state and physiological state. Social rewards like compliments trigger the very "get high" ganglia that narcotics like opium do; insults actually trigger ganglia that physical pain. Munchausen people inflict physical harm so they can receive social rewards. The trade we made for sapience was to open the door on some really effed-up wiring issues with our head-meat.
Whether any of this adds up to Weiner having a genuine therapeutic issue is a whole 'nother ball of wax. "Rehab" for those of affluence, has become a kind of secular atonement ritual...and, often as not, no real work is being done on the issues that sent them there. Hopefully Weiner's paying a therapist to lay out exactly how bad he screwed up and how to practice not being a lecherous dickhead.
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hugh59 Sat, Jun 11, 2011 1:37:30pm |
re: #26 jvic
Taking 'nap' literally & not as a euphemism:
10-15 minutes of unstructured meditation works as well for me as a 60-90 minute nap.
I never would have guessed this & realized it purely by chance. Nodding off one afternoon, I decided to deal with my meditation procrastination before napping. After the meditation timer buzzed, I was surprised to be no longer sleepy. As a rule, I don't need the nap even if I doze off during meditation.
It works for me. Others' results may vary.
Uh...literally. Unlike a certain Jewish (by birth...I have no idea if he is observant in any way) politician from Brooklyn, I keep my personal matters private.
I just got back from the auto parts store where I got some stuff for the old VW Bug. Funny thing. Yesterday I was underneath it changing the oil. I noticed a few spiders crawling underneath the car in the garage. I was wondering, "Why are these spiders attracted to my VW Bug?"
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