Watch this one in full-screen HD if you can.

Modern dancers are built, yo.

Very cool.

I think some of the scenes were reversed, but I am still impressed with the ability of dancers to move the parts of their bodies with precision.

Got a very cool new feature for LGF Pages authors coming soon -- a personal "dashboard" that lets you see all your posts, easily edit them, etc.

Mesmerizing. Reminds me that we can use CGI art to enhance human performance and acting, but not replace it.

re: #5 Aceofwhat?

Mesmerizing. Reminds me that we can use CGI art to enhance human performance and acting, but not replace it.

So you say, Meatboy.

Where’d All The Income Growth Go? To The 1 percent!

CBO found that, between 1979 and 2007, after-tax income grew by 275 percent for the top 1 percent of households. That dwarfs income growth for middle and lower income households over the same time frame — nearly three decades during which the rising tide vaulted yachts and cruise ships, but barely nudged house and tugboats.

Specifically:

CBO finds that, between 1979 and 2007, income grew by:

* 275 percent for the top 1 percent of households,
* 65 percent for the next 19 percent,
* Just under 40 percent for the next 60 percent, and
* 18 percent for the bottom 20 percent.

re: #5 Aceofwhat?

Mesmerizing. Reminds me that we can use CGI art to enhance human performance and acting, but not replace it.

We can make it bigger, better, stronger, smarter and better looking!

/:)

On on the other end of the scale in terms of production costs:

re: #9 Obdicut

I went to Purdue,

so embarrassing.

re: #7 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

But it'll really work this time! If we just make the hard decisions and reform Medicare, it'll really work. Honest.

_{And if we don't, the liberals win...}

re: #7 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Where’d All The Income Growth Go? To The 1 percent!

Hey, income grew, so that rising tide worked! What, did you expect the government to make you rich overnight? You gotta get out there and earn it! What, do you think all those guys on Wall Street got cut a check by Congress?

Well, I have to try to accomplish something, again.

bbl

re: #7 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Not a real shocka, right? Wealth is strongly correlated with intelligence. Most people who are smart enough to get rich are probably smart enough to get richer.

re: #14 Aceofwhat?

What?

First of all, wealth doesn't correlate strongly with intelligence. If you think so, please provide some support for that claim.

Second of all, this is a new thing. Either viewed in absolute terms, or in terms of velocity, the situation has changed radically over the last 20 years.

An infinite progression of this is undesirable, to say the least.

re: #15 Obdicut

What?

First of all, wealth doesn't correlate strongly with intelligence. If you think so, please provide some support for that claim.

Second of all, this is a new thing. Either viewed in absolute terms, or in terms of velocity, the situation has changed radically over the last 20 years.

An infinite progression of this is undesirable, to say the least.

I apologize for being imprecise. Income correlates strongly with intelligence. Wealth is not the same as income.

re: #16 Aceofwhat?

I apologize for being imprecise. Income correlates strongly with intelligence. Wealth is not the same as income.

Opportunity correlates strongly to income. Blocking opportunities for others means more for yourself.

re: #16 Aceofwhat?

I apologize for being imprecise. Income correlates strongly with intelligence. Wealth is not the same as income.

Again: Support for that? Any?

And again-- you're kind of missing the point. The problem is that the divide between the wealthy and the rest is growing. Middle and working class incomes, in real terms, are stagnating. That is bad for everyone. It's bad for capitalism. It's bad for the wealth of the nation.

And don't you think that the actual environment that this is taking place in might have something to do with the results?

re: #18 Obdicut

Again: Support for that? Any?

And again-- you're kind of missing the point. The problem is that the divide between the wealthy and the rest is growing. Middle and working class incomes, in real terms, are stagnating. That is bad for everyone. It's bad for capitalism. It's bad for the wealth of the nation.

And don't you think that the actual environment that this is taking place in might have something to do with the results?

What good does a company producing goods and services provide if no one can afford to buy the goods or services?

re: #15 Obdicut

Second of all, this is a new thing.

Not according to what this dollar bill told me.

re: #18 Obdicut

Again: Support for that? Any?

And again-- you're kind of missing the point. The problem is that the divide between the wealthy and the rest is growing. Middle and working class incomes, in real terms, are stagnating. That is bad for everyone. It's bad for capitalism. It's bad for the wealth of the nation.

And don't you think that the actual environment that this is taking place in might have something to do with the results?

Seriously? This is old news.

[Link: researchnews.osu.edu...]

Even better, if incomes of the top percent are rising but not their wealth, they're not successfully hoarding it from the rest of us.

re: #21 Aceofwhat?

Heh. Oh boy.

This means the average income difference between a person with an IQ score in the normal range (100) and someone in the top 2 percent of society (130) is currently between $6,000 and $18,500 a year.

Compare that rate of difference with the actual change in income for the various claves, Ace. Does it add up?

Do you think all of this can be explained because the top 2% income earners earn on average between $6,000 and $18,500 a year more than the norm? Is that what actually occurs?

You're comparing a static average with a rate of change.

Last I checked, it was significantly easier for someone making $500k a year to hire a competent accountant to cover their investments than someone making $50k a year.

re: #21 Aceofwhat?

Even better, if incomes of the top percent are rising but not their wealth, they're not successfully hoarding it from the rest of us.

By the way, their wealth is increasing. So...

re: #7 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Where’d All The Income Growth Go? To The 1 percent!

I don't know if those figures are inflation-adjusted or not; if they aren't, the bottom 60 percent has had their incomes SHRINK when accounting for inflation over the past 30+ years.

Not good at all...

Turns out the massive increase in income for the top percentage of income in the US is all explained because they make between $6,000 and $18,500 more a year than the average person.

re: #22 Obdicut

Heh. Oh boy.

Compare that rate of difference with the actual change in income for the various claves, Ace. Does it add up?

Do you think all of this can be explained because the top 2% income earners earn on average between $6,000 and $18,500 a year more than the norm? Is that what actually occurs?

You're comparing a static average with a rate of change.

It's an average, not a scalpel. Please infer what should have already been intuitive to you: most people with high incomes are smart. Most people with low incomes are either [not] smart or young.

Oh, wait, you mean we forgot to talk about whether income increases by age as well as by income bracket? We should probably talk about that! Lotsa middle-class folks at 25 are better-off at 45, etc. That tidbit is on wikipedia if you need it.

Also, average income correlates strongly with education. That's different than intelligence, but still explains a lot.

re: #26 Obdicut

Turns out the massive increase in income for the top percentage of income in the US is all explained because they make between $6,000 and $18,500 more a year than the average person.

So what you're saying is that the definition of "average" = "almost exactly the same number across a large distribution"?

Funny, when i graph a PDF, i get this big curve with all of this area underneath. Wonder what that's about.

re: #27 Aceofwhat?

oops. edit = "not smart or young". pimf.

re: #27 Aceofwhat?

It's an average, not a scalpel. Please infer what should have already been intuitive to you: most people with high incomes are smart. Most people with low incomes are either smart or young.

I'm assuming you wrote that wrong. And no, that's not what the study you linked says, at all.

Oh, wait, you mean we forgot to talk about whether income increases by age as well as by income bracket? We should probably talk about that! Lotsa middle-class folks at 25 are better-off at 45, etc. That tidbit is on wikipedia if you need it.

And this matters because...?

Also, average income correlates strongly with education. That's different than intelligence, but still explains a lot.

We're not really talking about average income, though. we're talking about the disparity between the average and the extreme outlier.

Ace, do you realize that for your argument to work, the top 1% wouldn't just have to be smart-- they'd have to be getting smarter-- and at a geometric rate? The rate of change is increasing. Do you think they're becoming more and more intelligent?

Do you get that you cannot explain the difference in income between the top 2% and the average income in terms of it being between $6,000 and $18,500 greater? I assume you do get that. So that top 2% of intelligent people and that top 2% of income earners are not the same population, right?

re: #28 Aceofwhat?

So what you're saying is that the definition of "average" = "almost exactly the same number across a large distribution"?

Funny, when i graph a PDF, i get this big curve with all of this area underneath. Wonder what that's about.

Yeah. See above.

I'm sorry, Ace, but really, for your claim to work, the high income earners would have to be getting more intelligent by the year. In significant amounts. Things are changing. What you're talking about doesn't explain that rate of change. I don't know why you think it does.

re: #30 Obdicut

Ace, do you realize that for your argument to work, the top 1% wouldn't just have to be smart-- they'd have to be getting smarter-- and at a geometric rate? The rate of change is increasing. Do you think they're becoming more and more intelligent?

Not what I'm saying at all. Someone who's smart enough to have figured out how to make a high income is probably likely to figure out how to make even more next year.

Not rocket surgery.

re: #27 Aceofwhat?

It's an average, not a scalpel. Please infer what should have already been intuitive to you: most people with high incomes are smart. Most people with low incomes are either [not] smart or young.

Oh, wait, you mean we forgot to talk about whether income increases by age as well as by income bracket? We should probably talk about that! Lotsa middle-class folks at 25 are better-off at 45, etc. That tidbit is on wikipedia if you need it.

Also, average income correlates strongly with education. That's different than intelligence, but still explains a lot.

I am making 30% less now than I was making 10 years ago, at the same type of job, and with 10 years more experience.

re: #32 Aceofwhat?

Not what I'm saying at all. Someone who's smart enough to have figured out how to make a high income is probably likely to figure out how to make even more next year.

Not rocket surgery.

But that's not what the study you linked says, is it?

re: #30 Obdicut

Ace, do you realize that for your argument to work, the top 1% wouldn't just have to be smart-- they'd have to be getting smarter-- and at a geometric rate? The rate of change is increasing. Do you think they're becoming more and more intelligent?

The rate of change doesn't seem to be increasing at all. The second derivative of the blue line is...

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

yup

re: #34 Obdicut

But that's not what the study you linked says, is it?

Let's slow down and talk about what "geometric increase" does and doesn't mean.

re: #32 Aceofwhat?

Not what I'm saying at all. Someone who's smart enough to have figured out how to make a high income is probably likely to figure out how to make even more next year.

Not rocket surgery.

Didn't think one had to be smart to kiss ass. Or to inherit control of daddy's business. Guess I'm just not that smart, even with an IQ of 133.

re: #33 Alouette

I am making 30% less now than I was making 10 years ago, at the same type of job, and with 10 years more experience.

Exactly the danger of taking an average and implying that everyone toes the line. An average only describes so much.

The most intelligent people I know in terms of IQ and education are far from the top earners. Their focus is elsewhere besides chasing dollars. Intelligence and money simply do not equate - people are much more complex than that. Especially the most intelligent and educated people.

re: #37 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Do you play three dimensional chess?
/

re: #35 Aceofwhat?

Well, on that graph it's flatter than others. But even then-- the study that you're citing shows a small difference in the income between people with average and top 2% intelligence. It's a very, very modest difference. It is very, very obviously insufficient to explain the increasing wealth disparity between the middle class and the ultrawealthy.

Do you get that? You cannot cite a study saying that a 130 IQ correlates to an advantage of $6,000 to $18,500 a year in income and say it explains the graph you just posted. The numbers don't add up, do they? the difference in income of the top 2% and the average income isn't $6,000 to $18,500, is it?

re: #40 Slumbering Behemoth

Do you play three dimensional chess?
/

Only with my Vulcan science officer.

/

re: #37 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Didn't think one had to be smart to kiss ass. Or to inherit control of daddy's business. Guess I'm just not that smart, even with an IQ of 133.

Do you honestly think you've described the majority of high-income folks?

re: #43 Aceofwhat?

Do you honestly think you've described the majority of high-income folks?

Do you honestly think that every member of the top 1% is possessed of a genius-level IQ or higher?

re: #39 allegro

The most intelligent people I know in terms of IQ and education are far from the top earners. Their focus is elsewhere besides chasing dollars. Intelligence and money simply do not equate - people are much more complex than that. Especially the most intelligent and educated people.

Very true. No one is saying that intelligence is a guarantor of income. Hard work, luck, circumstances, etc. all play a part. However, poorly educated folks who don't have a good work ethic and aren't terribly intelligent probably have a more difficult time figuring out how to increase their income beyond the rate of inflation. Is that such a controversial statement?

Well I heard Perry on NPR on my way home, speaking somewhere, and DUDE, the guy just doesn't come across with any semblance of intelligence.

Oh yeah, he got rich from his sweetheart deals as a pol.

CEOs that lay off workers earn more

Chief executives of the 50 firms that laid off the most workers since the onset of the economic crisis earned 42% more than the average pay for an S&P 500 company, according to a study released Wednesday.

Bow down before their superior intellects! 9_9

Note that the numbers are carried from 1979. A more recent-focused study might show even more radical short-term changes.

re: #36 Aceofwhat?

Let's slow down and talk about what "geometric increase" does and doesn't mean.

I'm not sure why we're slowing down. You haven't gotten anywhere. But whether the increase is geometric or arithmetic, your numbers simply don't add up. The difference in income indicated by IQ that you cited does not correlate with the actual difference in income between the top 2% and the average income.

You do admit that, right?

Continuing on this vein... I know several people whose IQ is off the scale. It cannot be measured. They often have trouble functioning among the "normies" frankly so they most certainly are not among the big money makers which takes a whole different set of skills and abilities.

re: #44 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Do you honestly think that every member of the top 1% is possessed of a genius-level IQ or higher?

Nope. I think that the majority of them are smart enough to have figured out how to make a good income. Lots of small-business owners in that group, like my father, who started with nothing.

re: #42 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Heh. For a short time here there was this really obnoxious person who bragged about their IQ relative to the stupid people they were constantly burdened with, and how epically awesome they were at 3D chess. You can imagine how long that one lasted.

I was just using that to pull your leg a bit.

re: #51 Aceofwhat?

Nope. I think that the majority of them are smart enough to have figured out how to make a good income. Lots of small-business owners in that group, like my father, who started with nothing.

There are very few small business owners in the top 1%. Very, very, very, very few.

re: #51 Aceofwhat?

Nope. I think that the majority of them are smart enough to have figured out how to make a good income. Lots of small-business owners in that group, like my father, who started with nothing.

Personally, I think you're mistaking intelligence for smarts. I've learned in my life that are just as many geniuses who make truly stupid mistakes as there are dumbasses who luck across goldmines.

But if your argument is that smarts is the key to higher wages, then wouldn't the GOP's efforts to hamper public education, with the ultimate goal of eliminating it altogether, be seen as one geared towards denying folks the tools to become part of the 1%?

re: #49 Obdicut

I'm not sure why we're slowing down. You haven't gotten anywhere. But whether the increase is geometric or arithmetic, your numbers simply don't add up. The difference in income indicated by IQ that you cited does not correlate with the actual difference in income between the top 2% and the average income.

You do admit that, right?

Oh, sure. I'm saying that i know of a few rich people who got lucky. I know of much larger number who worked to get where they are (too bad i know OF most of them rather than KNOW them...i need more rich friends).

But do you think that the top 10% earners from the 130+ IQ group earn a lot more than the top 10% earners from the 100 IQ group? Most likely. That's how PDF's work.

re: #40 Slumbering Behemoth

Do you play three dimensional chess?
/

Probably not...he'd have to have an IQ of 167 for that.

///

re: #55 Aceofwhat?

But do you think that the top 10% earners from the 130+ IQ group earn a lot more than the top 10% earners from the 100 IQ group? Most likely. That's how PDF's work.

Yes. That's probably true.

Has fuck-all to do with what we were talking about, though. The 275% increase in income for the top 1% since 1979 is not because they're the top 1% of intelligence. The correlation between IQ and income does not explain the growth in disparity of income.

re: #52 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh, yeah. And IIRC, she also blamed testosterone for all the world's misery. A real charmer, that one.

re: #53 Obdicut

There are very few small business owners in the top 1%. Very, very, very, very few.

re: #53 Obdicut

There are very few small business owners in the top 1%. Very, very, very, very few.

You're probably right...i tend to think about the top 10% when we wax philosophical on this topic.

re: #47 publicityStunted

CEOs that lay off workers earn more

Bow down before their superior intellects! 9_9

Yeah, they're smart enough to fire people.
/

re: #59 Aceofwhat?

When people talk about the top 1%, you tend to think of the top 10%?

Well, you may have identified the root of your problem on the topic, then.

re: #7 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Where’d All The Income Growth Go? To The 1 percent!

Unfortunately Americans don't care. The brainwashing begins as soon as the child is brought home from the hospital and planted in front of the great corporate brainwashing machine, television. Most American's would rather remain passive about this income inequality while dreaming and fantasizing that they will one day be one of the 1 percent. Hence the importance of gambling and lottery in this great American scam. This amongst other influences such as drama and feel good Hollywood movies.

re: #58 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh, yeah. And IIRC, she also blamed testosterone for all the world's misery. A real charmer, that one.

Oh, annefrance, how you've become a perpetual LGF punchline...

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One thing you notice when reading the history of the last 200 years is just as many geniuses, known for their inventions and ideas that revolutionized the world, died penniless and in pauper's graves. You also will notice that many of the most successful businessmen in history owed their wealth to gambles that paid off.

re: #60 makeitstop

That Netflix dude is still making very good money. And if he does get fired, he'll get a nice compensation package. And he'll probably get hired somewhere else, too. Failure really isn't a problem for executives. For some reason.

re: #60 makeitstop

Yeah, they're smart enough to fire people.
/

And now one's running for president. Isn't that right, Mitt?

re: #57 Obdicut

Yes. That's probably true.

Has fuck-all to do with what we were talking about, though. The 275% increase in income for the top 1% since 1979 is not because they're the top 1% of intelligence. The correlation between IQ and income does not explain the growth in disparity of income.

Lucky for me that i didn't say such a thing. I said they were smart, which I infer because (a) duh and (b) it's generally understood that high-income earners are likely to be smart.

Which is not the same thing as saying that smart people are likely to be high-income. But I apologize if i was unclear on that point.

re: #62 Gus 802

Unfortunately Americans don't care. The brainwashing begins as soon as the child is brought home from the hospital and planted in front of the great corporate brainwashing machine, television. Most American's would rather remain passive about this income inequality while dreaming and fantasizing that they will one day be one of the 1 percent. Hence the importance of gambling and lottery in this great American scam. This amongst other influences such as drama and feel good Hollywood movies.

Oh. And religion, alcohol and drugs.

re: #64 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

The true economic value of an invention is inestimable. Someone like Pasteur has contributed more to the wealth of the world than can even be calculated.

BRB, gotta run to the store.

re: #65 Obdicut

That Netflix dude is still making very good money. And if he does get fired, he'll get a nice compensation package. And he'll probably get hired somewhere else, too. Failure really isn't a problem for executives. For some reason.

Case in point: Meg Whitman.

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Darren Wesley Huff, of Dallas, Ga. , waits in his truck for a verdict to be returned in his federal trial on two firearms charges, including a charge of causing a civil disturbance, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 in Knoxville, Tenn. Huff has described himself as a member of the Georgia militia and Oath Keepers, a part of the so-called "birther" movement that disputes President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship. Before his arrest, he told the FBI and authorities in Tennessee that he was going to Madisonville to support Walter Fitzpatrick in trying to arrest local officials.

Derp.

re: #69 Obdicut

The true economic value of an invention is inestimable. Someone like Pasteur has contributed more to the wealth of the world than can even be calculated.

True, but the ones who usually attain that wealth monetarily do so by being better pitchmen than their rivals.

re: #63 talon_262

Many have flamed out here achieving much, much less. Maybe she could put that on her resume. (--- pretend there's an accent mark there)

re: #61 Obdicut

When people talk about the top 1%, you tend to think of the top 10%?

Well, you may have identified the root of your problem on the topic, then.

Ok. But things change. The people most likely to join the top percent are the people in the top ten percent, right?

I want to occupy Hollywood. It's amazing how many actors get paid to sleepwalk through awful movies. Makes Wall Street managers look downright cherubic.

re: #72 Gus 802

guilty

re: #69 Obdicut

The true economic value of an invention is inestimable. Someone like Pasteur has contributed more to the wealth of the world than can even be calculated.

Think if Tim Berners Lee patented the internet.

re: #72 Gus 802

I read about him a bit ago. I think 2 convictions. Looking at like 5 years. Or whatever.

re: #67 Aceofwhat?

Lucky for me that i didn't say such a thing. I said they were smart, which I infer because (a) duh and (b) it's generally understood that high-income earners are likely to be smart.

Which is not the same thing as saying that smart people are likely to be high-income. But I apologize if i was unclear on that point.

What you actually said, in response to the news that the top 1% of income earners had increased their share of income by a massive amount:

Not a real shocka, right? Wealth is strongly correlated with intelligence. Most people who are smart enough to get rich are probably smart enough to get richer.

You're saying, there, that it's not shocking that the top 1% of people increase their share of the national income by a much higher proportion, because income is strongly correlated with intelligence. But you don't actually mean that income strongly correlates with intelligence-- all you actually cited was that intelligence has a correlation with a small degree of relative increase in income. It does not, at all, explain that graph that you were responding to.

re: #75 Aceofwhat?

Ok. But things change. The people most likely to join the top percent are the people in the top ten percent, right?

That's pretty much a truism. So what?

re: #78 Cannadian Club Akbar

I read about him a bit ago. I think 2 convictions. Looking at like 5 years. Or whatever.

Gun charge might be the biggest. But the court thing is a really big thing.

Hey Gus, when are we gonna go all 1968 on folks? I swear they are salivating for it.

(read the threads today)

re: #75 Aceofwhat?

Ok. But things change. The people most likely to join the top percent are the people in the top ten percent, right?

I want to occupy Hollywood. It's amazing how many actors get paid to sleepwalk through awful movies. Makes Wall Street managers look downright cherubic.

Hollywood actors produce something. It may be shit but they are the product. Wall Street managers just push money around.

A physics friend of mine recently convinced me to watch AMC's The Walking Dead. OK... he was right. The show rocks. I got caught up with the first six episodes on Netflix over the past couple of days. And I just watched the first episode of season 2.

For people who like the zombie apocalypse genre, this is a must see, and honestly for those who don't, they will likely like it too.

re: #81 Gus 802

Gun charge might be the biggest. But the court thing is a really big thing.

[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

re: #84 LudwigVanQuixote

A physics friend of mine recently convinced me to watch AMC's The Walking Dead. OK... he was right. The show rocks. I got caught up with the first six episodes on Netflix over the past couple of days. And I just watched the first episode of season 2.

For people ho like the zombie apocalypse genre, this is a must see, and honestly for those who don't, they will likely like it too.

That's me. And I'm loving it. Peeps at work think I'm crazy, I tell them about it.

re: #82 Stanley Sea

Hey Gus, when are we gonna go all 1968 on folks? I swear they are salivating for it.

(read the threads today)

Nothing will happen. Americans are going to continue to get screwed for another 500 years. If it even lasts that long.

re: #73 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

True, but the ones who usually attain that wealth monetarily do so by being better pitchmen than their rivals.

Very true. Or by not being Xerox. "Hey, look, I invented a computer." "Aw, that's not our business, shut up."

re: #80 Obdicut

That's pretty much a truism. So what?

So that's why i often slip into thinking about more than just the one percent in just such a conversation. You asked...

re: #84 LudwigVanQuixote

A physics friend of mine recently convinced me to watch AMC's The Walking Dead. OK... he was right. The show rocks. I got caught up with the first six episodes on Netflix over the past couple of days. And I just watched the first episode of season 2.

For people who like the zombie apocalypse genre, this is a must see, and honestly for those who don't, they will likely like it too.

Yup. Watch it with the Mrs. every week.

re: #84 LudwigVanQuixote

A physics friend of mine recently convinced me to watch AMC's The Walking Dead. OK... he was right. The show rocks. I got caught up with the first six episodes on Netflix over the past couple of days. And I just watched the first episode of season 2.

For people ho like the zombie apocalypse genre, this is a must see, and honestly for those who don't, they will likely like it too.

10 Ways Zombies Became A $5 Billion Industry: 24/7 Wall St.
[Link: www.huffingtonpost.com...]

I'm not sure why so many physics guys love the zombie genre. I think it's because it presents an interesting series of challenges and problems.

I know I've had an effect on my little niece. She's four. She commented that her dad likes "icky" Zombie movies too.

I asked her...

"And if zombies were real, they aren't of course, Zombies come from? Voodoo? Toxic waste? Virus or mutant disease?"

And she said "You don't want me to say any of those!"

"Oh" I asked... What do you think I want you to say?

She smiled really big...

"It doesn't matter! Shoot 'em in the head and don't get bitten!"

re: #84 LudwigVanQuixote

They streamed the pilot episode for free when they got started. Truly amazing. I think I may have to head to Blockbuster to see if I can rent the first season. Gawd, I hate Blockbuster.

re: #83 recusancy

Hollywood actors produce something. It may be shit but they are the product. Wall Street managers just push money around.

Okay. So if WS managers pushed money around and also occasionally took a dump in a box and sold it, we'd be ok with it? I think that your viewpoint is common, but I also find it oddly specific. Like saying "hey, i really can't stand this one particular group of overpaid folks, but these other wastes of space are cool".

Dropping a public dookey doesn't seem to be any better justification for high income than moving money around. So i'm thinking about occupying Hollywood. Wonder if I'll get fired...

and on "public dookey", i gotta log off. thanks for the debate, all. hope to be able to log on again in less than a month...

re: #94 Aceofwhat?

I think some of the special dislike for the financial industry comes from people seeing that they appear to have eliminated most of their own risk from their business, and passed it on to everyone else.

re: #86 Stanley Sea

re: #93 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #90 Aceofwhat?

Yeah it is addictive. Well acted, well written, not overwrought and plunges you straight into the mix. I really like the show and the sub themes. The scene with the women washing the clothing was brilliant in many ways (where Earl or whatever his name is gets a beat down).

In a lot of ways it is to the zombie genre what the new BSG was to the old BSG.

re: #4 Charles

Got a very cool new feature for LGF Pages authors coming soon -- a personal "dashboard" that lets you see all your posts, easily edit them, etc.

That will really be great on news event Pages-Updates as events unfold. Rockin' stuff Charles.

re: #4 Charles

Got a very cool new feature for LGF Pages authors coming soon -- a personal "dashboard" that lets you see all your posts, easily edit them, etc.

Nice!

re: #75 Aceofwhat?

Ok. But things change. The people most likely to join the top percent are the people in the top ten percent, right?

I want to occupy Hollywood. It's amazing how many actors get paid to sleepwalk through awful movies. Makes Wall Street managers look downright cherubic.

Last time I looked Hollywood did not bankrupt this nation.

re: #92 LudwigVanQuixote

I'm not sure why so many physics guys love the zombie genre. I think it's because it presents an interesting series of challenges and problems.

I know I've had an effect on my little niece. She's four. She commented that her dad likes "icky" Zombie movies too.

I asked her...

"And if zombies were real, they aren't of course, Zombies come from? Voodoo? Toxic waste? Virus or mutant disease?"

And she said "You don't want me to say any of those!"

"Oh" I asked... What do you think I want you to say?

She smiled really big...

"It doesn't matter! Shoot 'em in the head and don't get bitten!"

She's got it right. Just don't forget the double-tap.

re: #94 Aceofwhat?

Okay. So if WS managers pushed money around and also occasionally took a dump in a box and sold it, we'd be ok with it? I think that your viewpoint is common, but I also find it oddly specific. Like saying "hey, i really can't stand this one particular group of overpaid folks, but these other wastes of space are cool".

Dropping a public dookey doesn't seem to be any better justification for high income than moving money around. So i'm thinking about occupying Hollywood. Wonder if I'll get fired...

Yes, I'd be ok with it. If someone wants to buy that dookey in a box then go right ahead. They would have produced something and the producer would be getting paid for their product.

re: #4 Charles

Trying to get me to to quit Blogger are you?

I accomplished something.

What are you-all debating now?

re: #101 b_sharp

She's got it right. Just don't forget the double-tap.

She is frighteningly smart. I am very proud of her. She plays games with her parents on road trips like "logarithms and exponents." By this summer, her mom, my sister wants me to have a lesson plan ready for her to get her ready for trig and complex numbers. I'm confident we can (if she still enjoys doing it) get her through calculus by the time she is six.

re: #105 LudwigVanQuixote

She is frighteningly smart. I am very proud of her. She plays games with her parents on road trips like "logarithms and exponents." By this summer, her mom, my sister wants me to have a lesson plan ready for her to get her ready for trig and complex numbers. I'm confident we can (if she still enjoys doing it) get her through calculus by the time she is six.

You've got a phenom on your hands, take care of her.

re: #105 LudwigVanQuixote

She is frighteningly smart. I am very proud of her. She plays games with her parents on road trips like "logarithms and exponents." By this summer, her mom, my sister wants me to have a lesson plan ready for her to get her ready for trig and complex numbers. I'm confident we can (if she still enjoys doing it) get her through calculus by the time she is six.

We used to play the license plate game.

re: #105 LudwigVanQuixote

Oh, speaking of complex equations, I figured you'd appreciate this ^_^

re: #108 publicityStunted

Oh, speaking of complex equations, I figured you'd appreciate this ^_^

oh, I need a url for that!

re: #92 LudwigVanQuixote

She's four and gets the "double tap". Awesome!

When my daughter was five she told me, "Daddy? I made up a game. It's called 'Stop, Drop, and Roll'. All you need it a book of matches and a floor."

Odd one, she.

I get back from the store and find I missed a zombie discussion. Curses!

re: #109 ggt

oh, I need a url for that!

Here you go.

A bit late--science on IQ and income:

[Link: ideas.repec.org...]

From the abstract:
With data from well documented national surveys in the U.S., this paper is able to make a simple but fundamental argument: IQ level per se, holding all other personal characteristics constant, has negligible net effect in determining one’s income level and thus should not be used as the proper measure of the ability we want to quantify in the wage-determining process, i.e., the very ability to earn income.

I'm not to sure about this daily dose of kitteh!

re: #112 publicityStunted

Here you go.

thank you very much!

FBV and Hoops here? (and any others in Chicago, Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska) I'm on a national account for the construction co I work for and we have jobs going in your towns soon. I think of you whenever I see the paperwork. Just a little LGF connect fyi.

re: #116 Stanley Sea

FBV and Hoops here? (and any others in Chicago, Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska) I'm on a national account for the construction co I work for and we have jobs going in your towns soon. I think of you whenever I see the paperwork. Just a little LGF connect fyi.

What'cha buildin?

re: #114 ggt

I'm not to sure about this daily dose of kitteh!

Cats are kinda weird when they do that. (I love cats)

re: #117 ggt

What'cha buildin?

US Cellular remodels.

re: #118 Stanley Sea

Cats are kinda weird when they do that. (I love cats)

I keep thinking he is softening the dog up to get him to do something evil for him.

re: #108 publicityStunted

Oh, speaking of complex equations, I figured you'd appreciate this ^_^

one dollar and 0.2 cents... I love it!

re: #121 LudwigVanQuixote

one dollar and 0.2 cents... I love it!

We were expected to solve it?

I was told there would be no math.

re: #106 b_sharp

You've got a phenom on your hands, take care of her.

Well, I am just the uncle in this case. But yes, we all love her and the whole family expects that she is going to be someone amazing.

re: #113 Decatur Deb

A bit late--science on IQ and income:

[Link: ideas.repec.org...]

From the abstract:
With data from well documented national surveys in the U.S., this paper is able to make a simple but fundamental argument: IQ level per se, holding all other personal characteristics constant, has negligible net effect in determining one’s income level and thus should not be used as the proper measure of the ability we want to quantify in the wage-determining process, i.e., the very ability to earn income.

Ahhh...IQ is utterly flawed as a measure, even of "intelligence" except as the broadest measure.

If someone is well below 100, yes they are likely not too swift. If someone is over 120, yes they are probably clever.

But in the end, the numbers are meaningless except as a raw and flawed guide.

After all, Feynman only ever got a 124. So how many twits do you know who have above that, and how many of those are anywhere close to the same league as Feynman, let alone smarter?

re: #116 Stanley Sea

FBV and Hoops here? (and any others in Chicago, Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska) I'm on a national account for the construction co I work for and we have jobs going in your towns soon. I think of you whenever I see the paperwork. Just a little LGF connect fyi.

I'm about to go on a huge tour all across the US for interviews myself. I estimate I'll be home for about 3 nights over the entirety of November. Gonna be a blast.

re: #121 LudwigVanQuixote

one dollar and 0.2 cents... I love it!

I don't think the caption is quite right... e^(i*pi) is -1. that is Euler's theorem.

However the sum if from zero is 2 and if from 1 is 1

re: #124 LudwigVanQuixote

Ahhh...IQ is utterly flawed as a measure, even of "intelligence" except as the broadest measure.

If someone is well below 100, yes they are likely not too swift. If someone is over 120, yes they are probably clever.

But in the end, the numbers are meaningless except as a raw and flawed guide.

After all, Feynman only ever got a 124. So how many twits do you know who have above that, and how many of those are anywhere close to the same league as Feynman, let alone smarter?

Then perhaps we should posit the "Fiscal Quotient". After all "FQ" seems to be what we hear from Wall Street.

Occupy Antartica!!

re: #127 Decatur Deb

Then perhaps we should posit the "Fiscal Quotient". After all "FQ" seems to be what we hear from Wall Street.

Ahh the fiscal quotient... and how well are those Wall Street types running the economy? How well does their math work out? In the real world, 2+2 is always 4.

re: #122 ggt

We were expected to solve it?

I was told there would be no math.

IT's actually a little hard to read from the photo.

if it is e^ 2 pi makes a big difference compared to e^ i*pi

re: #129 LudwigVanQuixote

Ahh the fiscal quotient... and how well are those Wall Street types running the economy? How well does their math work out? In the real world, 2+2 is always 4.

Let me spell that 1 percenter value better: "FuQu".

re: #125 Renaissance_Man

I'm about to go on a huge tour all across the US for interviews myself. I estimate I'll be home for about 3 nights over the entirety of November. Gonna be a blast.

Good luck!

re: #124 LudwigVanQuixote

Ahhh...IQ is utterly flawed as a measure, even of "intelligence" except as the broadest measure.

If someone is well below 100, yes they are likely not too swift. If someone is over 120, yes they are probably clever.

But in the end, the numbers are meaningless except as a raw and flawed guide.

After all, Feynman only ever got a 124. So how many twits do you know who have above that, and how many of those are anywhere close to the same league as Feynman, let alone smarter?

Creativity and "street smarts" are not measured.

Both play a big part in being both happy and successful. (IMHO)

re: #130 LudwigVanQuixote

IT's actually a little hard to read from the photo.

if it is e^ 2 pi makes a big difference compared to e^ i*pi

ok

re: #133 ggt

Creativity and "street smarts" are not measured.

Both play a big part in being both happy and successful. (IMHO)

Absolutely! I agree completely. But even with what the IQ is supposed to measure, mathematical, scientific, pattern recognition and logical reasoning skills, it just doesn't do the job that many think it does.

Again, 124 is above average, but not that high. Yet, Feynman was arguably one of the smartest people to have ever lived.

re: #135 LudwigVanQuixote

Absolutely! I agree completely. But even with what the IQ is supposed to measure, mathematical, scientific, pattern recognition and logical reasoning skills, it just doesn't do the job that many think it does.

Again, 124 is above average, but not that high. Yet, Feynman was arguably one of the smartest people to have ever lived.

124 is medium high, IMHO. It's a good number for functionality in the world. If that even means anything.

I know plenty of people with super high IQ's that can't punch their way out of a paper bag.

re: #124 LudwigVanQuixote

Ahhh...IQ is utterly flawed as a measure, even of "intelligence" except as the broadest measure.

If someone is well below 100, yes they are likely not too swift. If someone is over 120, yes they are probably clever.

But in the end, the numbers are meaningless except as a raw and flawed guide.

After all, Feynman only ever got a 124. So how many twits do you know who have above that, and how many of those are anywhere close to the same league as Feynman, let alone smarter?

My IQ has been taken 7 times, from grade 2 on up. I've scored from 124 to 147, with a mean of 133.

When it comes to money and math, I'm an idiot. For everything else, there are bricks in the centre of our bay that are brighter.

IQ is just a general indicator of the ability to do well in an IQ test.

re: #119 Stanley Sea

US Cellular remodels.

The Joan? Are you rebuilding the Joan?

(Chicago joke)

Judge Blocks North Carolina Anti-Choice Law Forcing Doctors To Describe Fetus To Patient Before An Abortion

DAMN YOU THIRD BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT!!!

re: #127 Decatur Deb

Then perhaps we should posit the "Fiscal Quotient". After all "FQ" seems to be what we hear from Wall Street.

FQ them too, dude.

re: #131 Decatur Deb

Let me spell that 1 percenter value better: "FuQu".

F^EC^K M^E

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re: #137 b_sharp

IQ is just a general indicator of the ability to do well in an IQ test.

Which is how I feel about all tests.

Really, like in sports, all that matters is that you hit-the-home run on game day.

REALITY CHECK!!!

Sitting here with my 74 year old landlord (Filipino, worked for Starkist in San Diego for years and years) Showed him the Occupy Antarctica photo - he goes, YES, I'M FOR THAT! He supports the Occupy movement.

re: #1 Charles

Watch this one in full-screen HD if you can.

Very nice..the ultra-slow motion of the dancers really lets you see what they can do with their bodies.

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re: #129 LudwigVanQuixote

Ahh the fiscal quotient... and how well are those Wall Street types running the economy? How well does their math work out? In the real world, 2+2 is always 4.

Or 10.

re: #138 ggt

The Joan? Are you rebuilding the Joan?

(Chicago joke)

No flipping clue.

It's come to this.
One Hot Survey question on a snap poll about the 21012 POTUS race. You have two choices for President, who would you chose between Obama and a garden Gnome ? Gnome 97%
Obama 3%

re: #147 Stanley Sea

No flipping clue.

US Cellular Field --Joan Cusak used to be the spokesperson . . . .

as opposed to Comisky

re: #143 Stanley Sea

Did you know that the demotion of Pluto from being a planet was led by large institutional powers?

OCCUPY PLUTO!!

I haven't gotten one thing on my list for today crossed-off.

*sigh*

re: #133 ggt

Creativity and "street smarts" are not measured.

Both play a big part in being both happy and successful. (IMHO)

I always thought the expression "physical intelligence" was feel-good BS until I saw slow-motion film of Pele on the field.

re: #142 ggt

Which is how I feel about all tests.

Really, like in sports, all that matters is that you hit-the-home run on game day.

All that matters is you do well in what you enjoy and make enough money to pay all the bills.

I have never focused on making money.

re: #148 avanti

It's come to this.
One Hot Survey question on a snap poll about the 21012 POTUS race. You have two choices for President, who would you chose between Obama and a garden Gnome ? Gnome 97%
Obama 3%

Fortunately all the TPGOP's garden gnomes refused to run.

Been a while since I had an IQ test, couldn't tell you my score. I know when I took my ASVAB I got a 133. Anything over 115 qualified you for just about every job in the military.

133 GT score that is.

re: #149 ggt

US Cellular Field --Joan Cusak used to be the spokesperson . . .

as opposed to Comisky

Wow, love Joan Cusak and the Sox. Didn't know the field was US Cellular. All I know about the Co. is the CEO is a female. Yeah.

re: #155 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Been a while since I had an IQ test, couldn't tell you my score. I know when I took my ASVAB I got a 133. Anything over 115 qualified you for just about every job in the military.

I aced the ASVAB when I took it...probably shouldn't have hung up on all those recruiters...I could have made the military beautiful.

re: #155 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Been a while since I had an IQ test, couldn't tell you my score. I know when I took my ASVAB I got a 133. Anything over 115 qualified you for just about every job in the military.

My old man qualified for everything except nuke school the first time he tested, straight out of high school, only to qualify when he reenlisted. Decided not to go because of the wash-out rate.

Speaking of Power.

WSJ & Bloomberg -- Congress has a License to Steal

Insider Trading for Congress Critters is neither against the law or their own ethics rules.

Remember, they also have the automatic right to carry a concealed weapon when they take office.

I am so disgusted.

All lizards have an IQ of 133.

It's a law or something.

re: #152 Decatur Deb

I always thought the expression "physical intelligence" was feel-good BS until I saw slow-motion film of Pele on the field.

My Pilates teachers are former classical dancers. Can't balance a checkbook, but are absolutely brilliant when it comes to the body and movement. They have innate knowledge that a physical therapist would die for.

re: #157 darthstar

I aced the ASVAB when I took it...probably shouldn't have hung up on all those recruiters...I could have made the military beautiful.

I walked in off the street. My recruiter asked me if I had taken the test before. I hadn't but he was taking another guy across town to take it that same day. He asked if I wanted to study a few weeks, but I said no, I could always take it again later, lets see how I did. They got me into the test about 1 minute before it started. They said I missed 1 question, knowing me it was in the math section.

re: #160 b_sharp

All lizards have an IQ of 133.

It's a law or something.

You know, there is a variant of 10 points up or down. So, Lizards could be between 123 and 143.

re: #123 LudwigVanQuixote

Well, I am just the uncle in this case. But yes, we all love her and the whole family expects that she is going to be someone amazing.

She is already someone amazing. Please make sure she doesn't get pushed too hard. She needs to be a little girl too!
*smooch*

Oh, my.

Wait until you get a look at what was in Darren Huff's possession at the time of his arrest.

Dude's got interesting, umm, hobbies.

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Borrowed that.

re: #165 makeitstop

Oh, my.

Wait until you get a look at what was in Darren Huff's possession at the time of his arrest.

Dude's got interesting, umm, hobbies.

nut driver?

re: #167 Gus 802

Borrowed that.

I was about to say you have way too much time on your hands.

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are you really that bored?

re: #168 ggt

nut driver?

Socket wrench.

re: #170 ggt

are you really that bored?

Bored? Why not Zoidberg?

(V)(;,,;)(V)

re: #170 ggt

are you really that bored?

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re: #168 ggt

nut driver?

You need a well-lubricated impact wrench to fix your transmission. Good thing he had the manual on DvD.

re: #172 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Bored? Why not Zoidberg?

(V)(;,,;)(V)

Simple, yet subtly simple.

re: #172 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Bored? Why not Zoidberg?

(V)(;,,;)(V)

I have no idea.
Why not Cthulu?

Good grief, Hello Kitty has visited LGF.

re: #174 Decatur Deb

You need a well-lubricated impact wrench to fix your transmission. Good thing he had the manual on DvD.

Kinky!

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re: #165 makeitstop

Oh, my.

Wait until you get a look at what was in Darren Huff's possession at the time of his arrest.

Dude's got interesting, umm, hobbies.

He got caught with that? What, it was in his truck? LOL

I drove teachers bat-shit. Tested really high, but during math/grammar I had the equivalent of the 'thousand yard stare'.

Nothing sunk in. And to make it better? I gave up easily.

I was a terrible student.

This means I can start playing Christmas music.

re: #177 freetoken

Good grief, Hello Kitty has visited LGF.

and it hurts the eyes.

re: #155 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Been a while since I had an IQ test, couldn't tell you my score. I know when I took my ASVAB I got a 133. Anything over 115 qualified you for just about every job in the military.

133 GT score that is.

I hope they changed the tests, my Navy GCT was 67.

re: #180 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I drove teachers bat-shit. Tested really high, but during math/grammar I had the equivalent of the 'thousand yard stare'.

Nothing sunk in. And to make it better? I gave up easily.

I was a terrible student.

No amount of intelligence can create interest, or desire.

re: #181 freetoken

This means I can start playing Christmas music.

Please, don't. For the love of God, don't. Think of the children!

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re: #177 freetoken

Good grief, Hello Kitty has visited LGF.

I got a (free) Hello Kitty ATM card. I want to be REMEMBERED when I purchase something.

re: #186 Stanley Sea

I got a (free) Hello Kitty ATM card. I want to be REMEMBERED when I purchase something.

THE HORROR!

re: #181 freetoken

This means I can start playing Christmas music.

No, no, no, no, no!

I've worked retail too long. I've heard it all over and over and over.

Please no, I pray to Bob, no!

re: #176 ggt

I have no idea.
Why not Cthulu?

ok

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re: #180 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I drove teachers bat-shit. Tested really high, but during math/grammar I had the equivalent of the 'thousand yard stare'.

Nothing sunk in. And to make it better? I gave up easily.

I was a terrible student.

You sound like my long-lost twin. I could ace tests, but I'd hide in the back of the room and read while class was going on. On top of that, I just absolutely couldn't be asked to do homework.

"He has so much potential" is something my parents got used to hearing after about 4th grade.

Oh boy

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Andy Rooney in serious condition: The 92-year-old writer develops serious complications following surgery.... bit.ly/rS78yR p #P2

re: #191 Stanley Sea

Oh boy

USRealityCheck US Reality Check
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Andy Rooney in serious condition: The 92-year-old writer develops serious complications following surgery... bit.ly/rS78yR p #P2

:(

re: #186 Stanley Sea

LOL! Around the block, there is a custom mercedes done in hello kitty, from the exterior paint, to the seat covers, steering wheel, mirrors, etc. It's just funny! *waves*

We must be bored.

If you want something to read, here is Mullah Mohler's latest response to those who are criticizing him (and the entire fundamentalist establishment) for contributing to the marginalization of Christianity due to his (and others) refusal to accept that which is plainly obvious:

Total Capitulation: The Evangelical Surrender of Truth

re: #193 Floral Giraffe

LOL! Around the block, there is a custom mercedes done in hello kitty, from the exterior paint, to the seat covers, steering wheel, mirrors, etc. It's just funny! *waves*

Not funny,

it's worse than pornography.

re: #193 Floral Giraffe

LOL! Around the block, there is a custom mercedes done in hello kitty, from the exterior paint, to the seat covers, steering wheel, mirrors, etc. It's just funny! *waves*

I want the Hello Kitty diamond necklace. Just to show massive excess.

And yes, I support Occupy. Just blows the Marxist/Communist/Hippie meme doesn't it!

re: #181 freetoken

This means I can start playing Christmas music.

Raining here and it's going to turn into snow. Supposed to be down in the teens on Thursday. Sucks.

re: #194 freetoken

omg, such victims.

re: #190 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

As the years went on, I did learn one thing in High School.

Was a great place to pick up chicks and get laid.

re: #188 ggt

No, no, no, no, no!

I've worked retail too long. I've heard it all over and over and over.

Please no, I pray to Bob, no!

Thankfully, my manager's just as sick as I am of endless Christmas tunes and has the decency to wait until after Thanksgiving before putting the latest mix tape of Christmas tunes on. You can only hear so many variations of "Jingle Bells" before insanity sets in.

re: #194 freetoken

We must be bored.

If you want something to read, here is Mullah Mohler's latest response to those who are criticizing him (and the entire fundamentalist establishment) for contributing to the marginalization of Christianity due to his (and others) refusal to accept that which is plainly obvious:

Total Capitulation: The Evangelical Surrender of Truth

“Christians have long been called ‘People of the Book.’ The label is especially appropriate for evangelicals. But the Book is thousands of years old, written in obscure languages, from a mysterious and incomprehensible time and place.”

I thought People of the Book were Jews, Christians & Muslims --no?

re: #194 freetoken

We must be bored.

If you want something to read, here is Mullah Mohler's latest response to those who are criticizing him (and the entire fundamentalist establishment) for contributing to the marginalization of Christianity due to his (and others) refusal to accept that which is plainly obvious:

Total Capitulation: The Evangelical Surrender of Truth

"Beware of the person of one book."

"Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice."

"The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false. "

- Thomas Aquinas, Noted commie liberal proggie

re: #176 ggt

I have no idea.
Why not Cthulu?

There is just not enough Cthulu on LGF

re: #197 Gus 802

Raining here and it's going to turn into snow.

Ahem... you make a good straight-man...

Celtic Woman:

re: #202 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

"Beware of the person of one book."

"Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice."

"The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false. "

- Thomas Aquinas, Noted commie liberal proggie

And my Favorite:

"That than which nothing greater can be conceived"

Learned it in Logic class in college.

bbiab

Have to accomplish something, again.

All I can possibly add is ouch.

What health care problem?

re: #203 LudwigVanQuixote

There is just not enough Cthulu on LGF

Allow me to assist:

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Just in time for Halloween:

How Revolutionary Tools Cracked a 1700s Code

Discovered in an academic archive in the former East Germany, the elaborately bound volume of gold and green brocade paper holds 75,000 characters, a perplexing mix of mysterious symbols and Roman letters. The name comes from one of only two non-coded inscriptions in the document.

Kevin Knight, a computer scientist at the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California, collaborated with Beata Megyesi and Christiane Schaefer of Uppsala University in Sweden to decipher the first 16 pages. They turn out to be a detailed description of a ritual from a secret society that apparently had a fascination with eye surgery and ophthalmology.

Also: The Copiale Cypher

re: #208 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Allow me to assist:

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This one is still my favorite.

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It is an unfortunate fact that every man who seeks to disseminate knowledge must contend not only against ignorance itself, but against false instruction as well. No sooner do we deem ourselves free from a particularly gross superstition, than we are confronted by some enemy to learning who would set aside all the intellectual progress of years, and plunge us back into the darkness of mediaeval disbelief.

H.P. Lovecraft

In a letter to the Providence Evening News, September 5 1914

re: #210 makeitstop

This one is still my favorite.

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Why settle for the lesser evil?

re: #210 makeitstop

This one is still my favorite.

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I've got your ultimate cosmic horror right here

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re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I've got your ultimate cosmic horror right here

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Win.

re: #213 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

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re: #215 negativ

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re: #215 negativ

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LOL

I love Hello Kitty. I still have the compact mirror at bought at the Sanrio store in San Fran 30 years ago.

I see that Buchanan posted the video today, of him with James Edwards during the recent interview. PaleoPat must be really proud of that moment.

You guys have warmed my heart! You Shoggoth snogging elder god dreamers who know the dark and eldritch things that walk openly amongst us!

And for that I bring you, the dark lord's talk show!

This is episode 1, later episodes have Xenu as a guest and Cthulu manning the suicide hotline.

That should have been "audio", not "video".

And for the record... I am still convinced that Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachman are the two cultist girls from The Dunwich Horror

re: #219 freetoken

I see that Buchanan posted the video today, of him with James Edwards during the recent interview. PaleoPat must be really proud of that moment.

He merely seeks the allegiance of the masses to the elder gods. He is a dark servant after all...

Owling is the new planking.

Please adjust your interwebs accordingly.

re: #173 Gus 802

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re: #177 freetoken

Good grief, Hello Kitty has visited LGF.

Poor Picard...

*cough*

re: #197 Gus 802

Raining here and it's going to turn into snow. Supposed to be down in the teens on Thursday. Sucks.

No snow expected here for at least a week and I'm waaay north of you.

Former Soviet Citizen Confronts Antisemitism at Occupy Wall Street NY

re: #224 Obdicut

Owling is the new planking.

Tie dye is the new pantaloons

And just to prove that he's on a role, PaleoPat posted another essay today lamenting the demise of America and faulting the usual suspects. And part of his article is praising review of his new book, a review written by one Jack Hunter, a secessionist and supporter of the Confederacy.

The Townhall commenters don't even blink, and there are comments over there that are probably paralleled at VDARE (which is trumpeting the same article.)

re: #94 Aceofwhat?

Okay. So if WS managers pushed money around and also occasionally took a dump in a box and sold it, we'd be ok with it? I think that your viewpoint is common, but I also find it oddly specific. Like saying "hey, i really can't stand this one particular group of overpaid folks, but these other wastes of space are cool".

Dropping a public dookey doesn't seem to be any better justification for high income than moving money around. So i'm thinking about occupying Hollywood. Wonder if I'll get fired...

I think it's insane what people get paid in Hollywood, but to the best of my knowledge, I have never been asked to make up the difference when one of their big summer blockbusters flops.

re: #228 Killgore Trout

Former Soviet Citizen Confronts Antisemitism at Occupy Wall Street NY

[Video]
"I want the end of Israel as a colonial state"
/Good luck with that

All of the evil of the world has descended on Wall street, we have to do something about it!

I know, let's organize an anti-OWS demonstration.
We can hold it in New York.

re: #228 Killgore Trout

Former Soviet Citizen Confronts Antisemitism at Occupy Wall Street NY

[Video]
"I want the end of Israel as a colonial state"
/Good luck with that

Video not working for me. Do you have a direct link?

re: #148 avanti

It's come to this.
One Hot Survey question on a snap poll about the 21012 POTUS race. You have two choices for President, who would you chose between Obama and a garden Gnome ? Gnome 97%
Obama 3%

Think about how awesome it would be if the POTUS was a garden gnome. Think of the PICTURES.

re: #233 blueraven

Video not working for me. Do you have a direct link?

Sorry, Liveleak embedding is impossibly buggy for some reason. Try this....
[Link: www.liveleak.com...]
It's the second link down.

re: #209 negativ

Just in time for Halloween:

How Revolutionary Tools Cracked a 1700s Code

Also: The Copiale Cypher

ooh, I want to see the illuminations!

It's an interest of mine.

re: #232 b_sharp

All of the evil of the world has descended on Wall street, we have to do something about it!

I know, let's organize an anti-OWS demonstration.
We can hold it in New York.

Will there be drum circles? I ain't showing up to shit without a drum circle.

re: #235 Killgore Trout

Sorry, Liveleak embedding is impossibly buggy for some reason. Try this...
[Link: www.liveleak.com...]
It's the second link down.

Some dumb tart with an Infitada sign. Same old shit.

re: #227 b_sharp

No snow expected here for at least a week and I'm waaay north of you.

Can I have some.

I want to kill, I said, KILL, I mean KILLLLL the allergy buggers.

re: #228 Killgore Trout

Do you have a direct link for that? For some reason I can't play the liveleak embed.

re: #237 Killgore Trout

Will there be drum circles? I ain't showing up to shit without a drum circle.

We'll also be singing Kumbaya and cooking Smores.

re: #241 b_sharp

We'll also be singing Kumbaya.

Not me, I went to RC school, I've sung enough.

re: #235 Killgore Trout

Sorry, Liveleak embedding is impossibly buggy for some reason. Try this...
[Link: www.liveleak.com...]
It's the second link down.

I don't know who made that video. Whoever is talking is right of course. However, the host on Liveleak is some right wing nutjob with a bunch of anti-Obama videos.

re: #240 Alouette

See #235, there's no way to provide a direct link. The embed code freaks out.

re: #238 Killgore Trout

Nevermind, got it. Dumb intifada chick totally pwn3d by the Russian guy.

re: #241 b_sharp

We'll also be singing Kumbaya.

Hippie!
/where's my club?

re: #244 Killgore Trout

Except it seems the Russian guy is something of a wingnut.

re: #246 Killgore Trout

Hippie!
/where's my club?

You probably left it in your Vanagon.

Herman Cain, what the fuck?!?!