The Rick Perry Brain Freeze Syndrome strikes again in an interview with the Des Moines Register, as he forgets the name of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, then attacks the “8 unelected judges” on the Supreme Court, which has 9 judges.
Youtube VideoYoutube VideoRick Perry is the new heir to the throne of Dan Quayle.
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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, Dec 9, 2011 2:50:58pm |
I fully expect that in his next video he'll reassure us that he's not a witch.
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windsagio Fri, Dec 9, 2011 2:51:33pm |
re: #1 albusteve
leadership...this is our leadership
well it's not my leadership.
Seems to be a 'south' thing >>
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 9, 2011 2:52:23pm |
Heh.
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Targetpractice Fri, Dec 9, 2011 2:52:36pm |
To the sane voters of Texas, I offer my humble condolences and my couch to any who wish to claim refugee status.
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recusancy Fri, Dec 9, 2011 2:52:58pm |
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wrenchwench Fri, Dec 9, 2011 2:58:20pm |
He looks realllly tired. Someone should get him some maple syrup.
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Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Fri, Dec 9, 2011 2:58:32pm |
It would be funnier if it wasn't for the fact he wants to be president. As someone recently said "Evolution isn't real, just look at the republicans running to be president"
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albusteve Fri, Dec 9, 2011 2:59:24pm |
re: #9 wrenchwench
He looks reallly tired. Someone should get him some maple syrup.
maybe he does patches
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aagcobb Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:04:25pm |
Or, as Quayle might spell it, Perry is the hair to his throne.
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blueraven Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:05:09pm |
Hey Perry. Herman Cain called, he left a message for you:
Rick, it's 9-9-9!
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darthstar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:06:09pm |
Noone could have predicted a newspaper would have a video camera.
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darthstar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:06:40pm |
re: #9 wrenchwench
He looks reallly tired. Someone should get him some maple syrup.
He was dressed for being in the paper.
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Talking Point Detective Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:08:36pm |
Stunning.
Even though you know he's an idiot. Even though you know that he doesn't have a clue as to what he's talking about. Even though you know that he's only memorized what he's supposed to say to garner votes, and isn't actually saying what he believes (which is why he makes such obvious gaffes when he forgets what he's memorized), it's still stunning to see how vacuous are these Republican Party candidates. Not that Gingrich is any less odious as a candidate, but at least he can articulate an argument.
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jaunte Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:10:18pm |
“Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.” - Albert Einstein
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albusteve Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:10:36pm |
re: #18 Talking Point Detective
Stunning.
Even though you know he's an idiot. Even though you know that he doesn't have a clue as to what he's talking about. Even though you know that he's only memorized what he's supposed to say to garner votes, and isn't actually saying what he believes (which is why he makes such obvious gaffes when he forgets what he's memorized), it's still stunning to see how vacuous are these Republican Party candidates. Not that Gingrich is any less odious as a candidate, but at least he can articulate an argument.
we knew that...but thanks anyway
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albusteve Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:12:25pm |
re: #19 jaunte
“Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.” - Albert Einstein
"lying has to do with your state of mind"
Eric Holder
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EdDantes Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:15:42pm |
"It's not a lie if you believe it yourself"
George costanza
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Talking Point Detective Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:16:05pm |
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Varek Raith Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:16:31pm |
"If I don't see it, it's not illegal!"
-Homer Simpson
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albusteve Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:18:27pm |
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darthstar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:18:53pm |
"Ask Osama bin Laden..."
--President Barack Obama
That's kind of become my favorite quote lately...
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:20:56pm |
Just checking in.
How is it going for you so far this FNDT?
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Summer Lovin' Torture Party Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:22:01pm |
Dear America,
I want to apologize for Rick Perry being governor of the state of Texas.
Sincerely,
Me.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:22:40pm |
re: #28 Kid A
Dear America,
I want to apologize for Rick Perry being governor of the state of Texas.
Sincerely,
Me.
No need to apologize, unless you voted for him.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:23:34pm |
Today's quota of kitteh!
This one is really cute.
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darthstar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:24:53pm |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:27:02pm |
re: #29 ggt
No need to apologize, unless you voted for him.
Meh. I still apologize for Michele Bachmann from time to time. Sometimes it just assuages my sense of shame and humiliation for being from the same state as her.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:27:07pm |
Stuff like this wouldn't bother me if he otherwise seemed knowledgeable.
And Newt is still the farthest one out there on the Supreme Court, if you ask me, what with his "Oh, congress can just say 'this law is double-plus good' and then the Supreme court can't undo it" thing.
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Varek Raith Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:27:56pm |
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Targetpractice Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:28:09pm |
OT:
Seems VA State Police finally identified the shooter in yesterday's tragedy at VA Tech. Ready for a new twist?
BLACKSBURG, VA --
State Police named the suspect in the Virginia Tech shootings as 22-year-old Ross Truett Ashley, of Partlow.Virginia State Police have identified a Spotsylvania County man as the subject responsible for the murder-suicide that occurred Thursday (Dec. 8, 2011) on the Virginia Tech campus. Investigators have confirmed that Ross Truett Ashley, 22, of Partlow, Va., took his own life approximately a half-hour after fatally shooting a Virginia Tech Police Officer. Ashley also had a local residence in the 1000 block of East Main Street in Radford, Va.
At this time, there remains no prior connection or contact between Ashley, who was enrolled part-time at Radford University, and the Virginia Tech Officer he killed. State police investigators are continuing their work to establish a motive in the killing and to recreate Ashley’s movements in the days and hours leading up to the murder-suicide.
Ashley has been identified by Radford City Police as the individual responsible for the theft of a white 2011 Mercedes SUV from a real estate office in the City of Radford on Dec. 7, 2011. The Mercedes was stolen at gunpoint at approximately 11:25 a.m. Wednesday from Gilbert Real Estate in the 600 block of Calhoun Street. A male entered the business armed with a handgun and demanded the keys to an employee’s vehicle. No one in the real estate office was injured. The subject got away in the SUV, which was located the next day (Dec. 8) on the Smart Road at Virginia Tech. At the time of the armed robbery, Radford City Police had issued a multi-state “Be On the Lookout” (BOL) for the stolen vehicle. When Blacksburg Police responded to a call of an abandoned vehicle on the Smart Road on Dec. 8, they immediately notified Radford City Police of its recovery.
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Lidane Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:28:54pm |
re: #29 ggt
No need to apologize, unless you voted for him.
I'm so glad I have never, ever voted for this jackass. He's an embarrassment to the state of Texas.
I just wish Molly Ivins and Ann Richards were still alive to see this. They'd have a field day with all this Perry fail.
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freetoken Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:30:14pm |
Rick Perry is the new heir to the throne of Dan Quayle.
I wonder if Dan minds stepping down?
Seriously, I wonder how the people in Texas view their governor when he makes all these really idiotic mistakes. Now, people speaking publicly often misspeak, and during an exhausting job like campaigning I'm sure tiredness sets in. Yet, Perry's performance has bee so lacking I'm beginning to wonder how he campaigned for governor.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:31:46pm |
I just pages Posted this.
Direct Link.
Government tested AIDS drugs on foster kids Involving 7 states since the 1980's.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:32:37pm |
The time came to take action; I could take no more and had reached the end of my patience.
I contacted the manufacturers and asked why there is no raspberry hot chocolate in my stores.
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freetoken Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:33:08pm |
Speaking of tiredness, down in Durban the diplomats pulled an all-nighter. The final face-saving document(s) should be out any minute now, but they will be quite limp. For example:
Climate change conference in trouble as China rejects proposals for new treaty
China's chief negotiator says proposals on final day of Durban talks were unacceptable as they would lead to the end of the Kyoto protocol
Likely all that will be agreed upon is that in the future there should be another legally binding treaty re: climate change.
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aagcobb Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:33:14pm |
re: #29 ggt
No need to apologize, unless you voted for him.
I did not vote for Rand Paul, so I will not apologize for him being the Junior Senator from Kentucky.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:33:31pm |
re: #39 EmmmieG
The time came to take action; I could take no more and had reached the end of my patience.
I contacted the manufacturers and asked why there is no raspberry hot chocolate in my stores.
ABSOLUTELY!
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Summer Lovin' Torture Party Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:33:44pm |
re: #36 Lidane
I'm so glad I have never, ever voted for this jackass. He's an embarrassment to the state of Texas.
I just wish Molly Ivins and Ann Richards were still alive to see this. They'd have a field day with all this Perry fail.
I wish I could wake Ivins from the dead and say "Molly, for all of humanity, would you pen just one more for us?"
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Lidane Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:33:50pm |
re: #37 freetoken
Perry's performance has bee so lacking I'm beginning to wonder how he campaigned for governor.
He's a Republican in a deeply red state who ran as a good ol' boy and appealed to the moran vote. He also refuses to debate his opponents.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:34:07pm |
re: #41 aagcobb
I did not vote for Rand Paul, so I will not apologize for him being the Junior Senator from Kentucky.
Don't worry about that. We hold you personally responsible for the Creation Museum...
/// j/k
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Varek Raith Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:34:20pm |
re: #39 EmmmieG
The time came to take action; I could take no more and had reached the end of my patience.
I contacted the manufacturers and asked why there is no raspberry hot chocolate in my stores.
I'll get the torches!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:34:50pm |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:35:04pm |
re: #44 Lidane
He's a Republican in a deeply red state who ran as a good ol' boy and appealed to the moran vote. He also refuses to debate his opponents.
And now we see the reason why. Every time he opens his mouth, the derp flows freely.
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aagcobb Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:35:53pm |
re: #44 Lidane
He also refuses to debate his opponents.
As we now know, not debating was the smartest move of his political career. He might still be the GOP frontrunner if he had refused to participate in the presidential debates.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:36:39pm |
re: #49 aagcobb
As we now know, not debating was the smartest move of his political career. He might still be the GOP frontrunner if he had refused to participate in the presidential debates.
The devil you don't know?
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Charles Johnson Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:38:07pm |
re: #40 freetoken
Speaking of tiredness, down in Durban the diplomats pulled an all-nighter. The final face-saving document(s) should be out any minute now, but they will be quite limp. For example:
Climate change conference in trouble as China rejects proposals for new treaty
Likely all that will be agreed upon is that in the future there should be another legally binding treaty re: climate change.
Has there been any real news from Durban? I've been checking, but so far I haven't seen anything worth posting.
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aagcobb Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:38:21pm |
re: #50 ggt
The devil you don't know?
He could have just said that he wasn't going to be filtered through lamestream media "gotcha" questions, and was going to take his campaign directly to the people instead. It couldn't have been a worse strategy than actually participating in the debates.
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darthstar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:38:34pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:48:37pm |
Do I have to watch the video to tell if he understands that our founding fathers intended for the judges to be appointed, not elected?
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 9, 2011 3:52:24pm |
re: #53 darthstar
Adjust sausage size pieces a bit and trim them and you can go giant microbe.
[Link: www.giantmicrobes.com...]
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freetoken Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:02:22pm |
re: #51 Charles
Has there been any real news from Durban? I've been checking, but so far I haven't seen anything worth posting.
Not really. A Greenpeace led attempt to protest in the halls outside the rooms in which the informal meeting (but really where all the action apparently happens) led by the President of the COP17 (South Africa) was being held. He and about 40 others were kicked out... all without the use of pepper spray (heh).
A couple of minutes ago the COP17 President released the latest working text of proposed changes to the Kyoto Protocol and other actions that could be done:
[Link: unfccc.int...]
While the US didn't ratify the KP, the above has become what I'd call the diplo-hot-potato. That is, so many nations have their diplomatic face wrapped up in continuing the KP that any attempt to not continue it is not possible by the COP as it would then appear they would have failed.
All of this is necessary because the commitments by the nations under the KP expire at the end of 2012, and at least three nations (Russia, Canada, Japan) now using KP have said they won't submit to a second commitment period.
So now it has all become a face-saving measure to make sure there is a continuation of the KP, all the while everyone understands it is actually an insufficient instrument to address climate change.
This then sucks all the wind out of efforts by various nations to create a new legal instrument that would hopefully bring in the US. But as my link earlier explains, that was derailed by China as the only possible way the US would sign up to an agreement is if China was treated equivalently (i.e., required to limit its emissions), and by default any new agreement would (in practice) supersede the KP over time.
So they've all wrapped themselves into a giant gordian knot, where the US (along with some others) won't go ahead with the KP, while others won't go ahead without the KP.
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Shiplord Kirel Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:02:41pm |
Sheesh! It's kind of a convention to claim your political enemies are senile or demented, but I am really, honestly, becoming concerned about Governor Perry's neurological health. Alzheimer's and dementia are terrible afflictions and I literally wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. At 61, Perry is very young for either (and younger than I am, as a matter of fact) but could he be exhibiting early symptoms? I know our medical Lizards can't diagnose from a video but do any of you have an opinion on the possibility?
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freetoken Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:05:34pm |
Oh, and the UN extended the meeting through Saturday, so it's going to run over even longer than last year.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:07:25pm |
Brace yourselves for a strongly worded letter....
UN Receives Request to Condemn U.S. Drone Flights over Iran
The United Nations acknowledged on Friday receiving Iran's request to condemn U.S. drone flights over its territory as "acts of aggression."
The spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Martin Nesirky, told Xinhua that "I can confirm that a letter to the secretary-general has been received from the Iranian permanent representative (Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee), " "We don't have any comment."
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Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:12:30pm |
Cain would have gotten the number right at least:
9, 9, 9,
Anyway what a train wreck, all of it, R and D both.
I do hope some big improvement will send all this twerpism to the trash can.
Only God knows what it will be ...
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darthstar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:13:20pm |
re: #59 Shiplord Kirel
Perry's a fuckin' tard.
Seriously, though...I think he's just an incurious person (much like Bush, though I think Bush is actually smarter than Perry) who was promoted by smart people because he is predictable and easy to control--pass this legislation, stand by this principle, remember Jesus loves you--so he makes the perfect Governor.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:13:23pm |
Second Major Labor Group Condemns Occupy Movement’s Planned West Coast “Solidarity” Port Shutdown
While the Council notes that it supports many of the claimed goals of the Occupy movement, “the call to shut down operations at the Port of Oakland, where many of our unemployed workers and newly-indentured apprentices have recently been able to get back to work, makes no sense.” Jeff Smith, president of ILWU Local 8 in Portland, told the Portland Tribune that his members will not honor the Occupiers’ picket lines: “This is a third-party strike. We have to go to work.”
There has been some internal dissent within the ranks of the Occupy movement, but the realization that they will be actively fighting against the very people they claim to support does not yet appear to be widespread.
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Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:13:26pm |
re: #62 Killgore Trout
The drone on the news looks like a fiberglass mock up if you ask me.
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freetoken Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:14:44pm |
Oh, and Bratfart is running the headline:
OBAMA DELEGATE HECKLED AT DURBAN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
The only problem is Todd Stern is an employee of the State Depart and represents the US, not Obama. And, the "heckling" is but a brief item in that news compilation, and watching it live it seemed Stern and the whole COP took it rather in a good manner.
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darthstar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:15:58pm |
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Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:16:08pm |
re: #44 Lidane
"moron" except "moran" is kind of appropriate, like "nictarines" for nectarines, I've seen that one.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:17:20pm |
re: #68 darthstar
First it was Tinky Winky...now it's Tinky Winky AND Richard Simmons.
Brain bleach, please.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:18:05pm |
re: #66 Ojoe
The drone on the news looks like a fiberglass mock up if you ask me.
There seems to be a lot of speculation going around but most of the serious analysts seem to think it's real.
I thought this was interesting: Exclusive: first high-resolution close-up pictures of the stealth drone in Iran. With signs of belly landing
It's nice to see some people out there are looking into this.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:20:58pm |
Some more discussion of the drone pics: Captured U.S. stealth drone: let’s analyze the latest pictures. Real robot with few foam parts? Last hope: a trojan horse
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:23:17pm |
Image: 3-2-remarks.jpg
Left wing looks like it's held on with duct tape
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:25:07pm |
re: #73 Killgore Trout
Image: 3-2-remarks.jpg
Left wing looks like it's held on with duct tape
Could it have come off in landing?
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:25:24pm |
re: #73 Killgore Trout
Image: 3-2-remarks.jpg
Left wing looks like it's held on with duct tape
Heh. Sure that's not the Xmas special at the Tehran Toys-R-Us?
;)
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darthstar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:27:56pm |
re: #73 Killgore Trout
Image: 3-2-remarks.jpg
Left wing looks like it's held on with duct tape
That's a big marzipan sculpture!
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:29:21pm |
re: #74 EmmmieG
Could it have come off in landing?
The blog post makes a good point that it's a pretty clean break, Possibly cut off to make transportation easier. They're also displaying it on a basketball court, maybe they had to cut it to fit it through the door.
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Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:30:45pm |
If the drone is real, what if there is a little two week timer in it, wired to an explosive charge, and the timer starts running when the drone for any reason goes out of US control?
I'd have put that into the design if I were in charge of the conceptual design.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:30:50pm |
I like this theory....
There’s one last possibility (let’s say an American “hope”): the drone is real but it was deliberately sent and made crash in Iran as a sort of trojan horse, carrying malware or other Stuxnet-like viruses. A bit far fetched but intriguing.
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jaunte Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:31:11pm |
re: #72 Killgore Trout
It doesn't look like it's painted the usual USAF gray color.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:31:46pm |
re: #78 Ojoe
If the drone is real, what if there is a little two week timer in it, wired to an explosive charge, and the timer starts running when the drone for any reason goes out of US control?
I'd have put that into the design if I were in charge of the conceptual design.
I thought the same thing. It should have a self destruct function.
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Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:33:01pm |
re: #81 Killgore Trout
I can't believe that the real ones don't.
I'd clear out of that building if I were those guys.
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Targetpractice Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:33:05pm |
re: #81 Killgore Trout
I thought the same thing. It should have a self destruct function.
You'd think that, if this truly is a CIA bird, that would be something that happen automatically. Say, within the first few hours or days.
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Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:34:09pm |
re: #83 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
That alone makes me think it is a fake.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:35:17pm |
re: #83 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
You'd think that, if this truly is a CIA bird, that would be something that happen automatically. Say, within the first few hours or days.
Explode and release a bunch of leaflets telling the Iranians to surrender?
Or possibly just coupons for Starbucks.
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darthstar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:35:58pm |
re: #81 Killgore Trout
I thought the same thing. It should have a self destruct function.
It does...like I said, it's made of marzipan. Iranians love that shit. Tonight, when the guard watching the drone takes one little taste, that will start a chain reaction. By morning there will be nothing left but some of the licorice that makes the window.
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Obdicut Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:41:11pm |
re: #84 Ojoe
Every system is fallible. You probably don't want to put a self-destruct on your multi-million-dollar drone that's too easily triggered.
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Targetpractice Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:41:31pm |
re: #85 oaktree
Explode and release a bunch of leaflets telling the Iranians to surrender?
Or possibly just coupons for Starbucks.
I'm thinking something like a small explosive or thermite charge, that would destroy all the internal components if the drone should lose contact with its operators for an extended period of time.
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goddamnedfrank Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:44:59pm |
re: #87 Obdicut
Every system is fallible. You probably don't want to put a self-destruct on your multi-million-dollar drone that's too easily triggered.
Take the following with a grain of salt:
The most frightening prospect raised by what appears to be a largely intact Sentinel is that the Iranians’ second claim about how they brought it down ― by hacking into its controls and landing it themselves ― might be true, said a US intelligence official, who spoke only on the basis of anonymity because the RQ-170 is part of a Secret Compartmented Intelligence (SCI) program, a classification higher than Top Secret.
Hacking Claim
The official said the possibility that the Iranians or someone else hacked into the drone’s satellite communications is doubly alarming because it would mean that Iranian or other cyber-warfare officers were able to disable the Sentinel’s automatic self-destruct, holding pattern and return-to-base mechanisms.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:46:06pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:48:34pm |
Hell, yah know.
How's the world lizards? Had our office Christmas party today. They got a gourmet taco truck to come (excellent) & we said fuck it, we're old school, and had margaritas in the office. It was really fun!
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:48:58pm |
re: #90 Stanley Sea
Uh, ewe? And how in the he'll?
I presumed it was uncooked spaghetti strands pushed through pre-drilled holes in sausage (kielbasa maybe) which was then boiled to cook the spaghetti and the sausage.
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William of Orange Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:49:53pm |
Wow! This explained it for me.
Blaming both sides, Ratigan loses it.
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bratwurst Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:57:42pm |
Some positive economic news to report: the unemployment rolls in my state will soon be shrinking by one! This teacher is about to return to the classroom after 4 months on the sideline.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:58:04pm |
re: #92 oaktree
Why thank you!
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jaunte Fri, Dec 9, 2011 4:58:37pm |
Scotusblog:
Texas election maps blocked, for now
The Supreme Court, working late on a Friday, agreed to rule on the constitutionality of three redistricting plans for the two houses of the Texas legislature and its 36-member U.S. House of Representatives delegation, and put on hold temporarily a U.S. District Court’s interim maps. The Court ordered expedited briefing, and set a hearing on the cases for Jan. 9 at 1 p.m. The Justices’ action gave Texas much of what its lawyers had sought in their challenge to the three-judge trial court’s temporary maps, which were to be used for the 2012 election cycle. The Court’s order is here. It raises the strong possibility of a major new ruling on the power of federal judges to draw up redistricting plans while a state legislature’s own maps are under challenge in court.
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SidewaysQuark Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:02:43pm |
"Unelected judges" as a pejorative? Seriously? The Supreme Court is SUPPOSED to be "unelected".
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William of Orange Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:06:03pm |
Fox blundered again......
Foxnews busted for using Greek riot footage, showing it as Russian protests!
If this was a rare mistake, it would be humorous. Sadly it's a pattern.
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engineer cat Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:06:50pm |
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Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:07:24pm |
Canadian Unions also opposing the Moonbats blockading ports
Labour unions oppose Occupy protests at B.C. port facilities Monday
Unions and labour organizations, like the British Columbia Federation of Labour, which represents about 50 affiliated unions and 550,000 members, say that while they may support the Occupy movement's greater objectives, they don't support the port protests.
"The BC Federation of Labour does not support this action, or any action by the Occupy Vancouver group at Vancouver area ports that seeks to prevent our members from carrying out their assigned duties and working safely," the federation said in a news release.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:07:57pm |
re: #98 SidewaysQuark
"Unelected judges" as a pejorative? Seriously? The Supreme Court is SUPPOSED to be "unelected".
The word is "appointed." Seriously, I had thought these issues more or less settled with Justice Marshall.
(Who was a Randolph, like Thomas Jefferson, Peyton Randolph, Charles Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Robert E. Lee, and John Randolph.)
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jaunte Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:09:06pm |
www.hollywoodreporter.com...]>Lowe's caves to pressure from Florida Family Association, pulls ads from TLC reality show All-American Muslim.
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engineer cat Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:12:11pm |
"Unelected judges"
n how about those unappointed governors?
| 107 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:13:56pm |
Let's see
moonbat protestors on one hand
old people on blogs with safe settled lives dissecting pictures of Palestinians on the other
yep, I'm on the side of the moonbat protestors
| 108 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:15:08pm |
Windupbird, Since you downdinged the article about unions opposing the port shut down would you like to convince me the port closures are a good idea even though the workers oppose it? I'm not bothered by the downding but I just haven't seen a good defense of OWS actions that hurt workers.
| 109 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:15:54pm |
re: #107 WindUpBird
Let's see
moonbat protestors on one hand
old people on blogs with safe settled lives dissecting pictures of Palestinians on the other
yep, I'm on the side of the moonbat protestors
Ah, OK. I'll take that as your defense. Just asking.
| 110 |
Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:17:01pm |
re: #89 goddamnedfrank
A sophisticated design would even have a mock self destruct charge that could be "deactivated," the doing of which would arm a hidden one on a long delay timer.
The CIA should hire me.
| 111 |
albusteve Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:17:26pm |
closing ports is a terrible idea...almost embarrassing
| 112 |
Lidane Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:18:13pm |
re: #105 jaunte
LAME. They should tell the haters to fuck off instead.
| 113 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:18:44pm |
re: #111 albusteve
closing ports is a terrible idea...almost embarrassing
Like the permanent camps in urban parks, I think it's poorly thought out and self destructive tactic.
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Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:19:57pm |
re: #96 jaunte
Districts should be rectangles except where abutting natural features that are also state boundaries.
This would make politicians more accountable to the common good by far.
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Digital Display Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:20:04pm |
re: #111 albusteve
closing ports is a terrible idea...almost embarrassing
They think they are hurting the 1%.. What they will do is hurt the 100%
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:20:12pm |
re: #96 jaunte
Scotusblog:
Texas election maps blocked, for now
From a quick look over in Wikipedia on apportionment and the Constitution I don't see anything preventing Congress from taking away the mapping process from the state legislatures and imposing a set of standards that could essentially end gerrymandering. And I think there are SC decisions and Congressional apportionment standards already in place indicating their ability to impose controls.
Not to mention the House's stated power "Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business," in Section 5 which is a pretty solid basis for Congress having ultimate control of how it's membership is elected.
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albusteve Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:20:20pm |
re: #113 Killgore Trout
Like the permanent camps in urban parks, I think it's poorly thought out and self destructive tactic.
throwing away the PR war...didn't these geeks learn anything from MTV?
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:20:56pm |
re: #102 engineer dog
i think it's now polling 2nd in the race for the GOP nomination
Preferably served with cantaloupe.
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jaunte Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:21:30pm |
re: #116 oaktree
I don't think Congress really wants to end gerrymandering.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:22:07pm |
re: #107 WindUpBird
Let's see
moonbat protestors on one hand
old people on blogs with safe settled lives dissecting pictures of Palestinians
yep, I'm on the side of the moonbat protestors
Going personal is a terrible idea.
It causes people to discount your ideas, and think you're just getting emotional instead.
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albusteve Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:22:16pm |
re: #115 HoosierHoops
They think they are hurting the 1%.. What they will do is hurt the 100%
it's not about ports, it's about the relationship between DC and WS
| 122 |
Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:24:10pm |
re: #119 jaunte
I don't think Congress really wants to end gerrymandering.
No it doesn't. It allows them to run the country as their private little club. It will take a constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering.
We need one. A rectangular district amendment.
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jaunte Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:24:39pm |
re: #112 Lidane
More:
Companies pull ads from Muslim reality TV show
The FFA contends that 65 of 67 companies it has targeted have pulled their ads, including Bank of America, the Campbell Soup Co., Dell, Estee Lauder, General Motors, Goodyear, Green Mountain Coffee, McDonalds, Sears, and Wal-Mart.
| 125 |
aagcobb Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:30:31pm |
re: #123 jaunte
More:
Companies pull ads from Muslim reality TV show
The FFA contends that 65 of 67 companies it has targeted have pulled their ads, including Bank of America, the Campbell Soup Co., Dell, Estee Lauder, General Motors, Goodyear, Green Mountain Coffee, McDonalds, Sears, and Wal-Mart.
We wouldn't want anyone to get the impression that Muslims are, you know, people, like Americans are./
| 126 |
Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:31:31pm |
re: #122 Ojoe
No it doesn't. It allows them to run the country as their private little club. It will take a constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering.
We need one. A rectangular district amendment.
Well, at least Wyoming is already compliant.
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Varek Raith Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:31:45pm |
re: #123 jaunte
More:
Companies pull ads from Muslim reality TV show
The FFA contends that 65 of 67 companies it has targeted have pulled their ads, including Bank of America, the Campbell Soup Co., Dell, Estee Lauder, General Motors, Goodyear, Green Mountain Coffee, McDonalds, Sears, and Wal-Mart.
Chicken shits.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:32:29pm |
re: #125 aagcobb
We wouldn't want anyone to get the impression that Muslims are, you know, people, like Americans are./
Logically, you just stated that cocker spaniels are mammals like dogs are.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:32:53pm |
re: #120 EmmmieG
Well, we are all kinda personal here, and it was a bad deal. That we witnessed. Don't know how to sugar coat it.
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aagcobb Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:36:06pm |
re: #128 EmmmieG
Logically, you just stated that cocker spaniels are mammals like dogs are.
Since when do wingnuts use logic. There are "real Americans", who are christian, like country and western music, and get sunburns. Then there are scary brown people./
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engineer cat Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:36:26pm |
re: #122 Ojoe
No it doesn't. It allows them to run the country as their private little club. It will take a constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering.
We need one. A rectangular district amendment.
this measure is unfair to rhomboids!
| 132 |
Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:37:53pm |
re: #131 engineer dog
Can you tesselate the plane with just rhomboids? I think so.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:38:52pm |
re: #131 engineer dog
this measure is unfair to rhomboids!
Left-leaning ones, or right-leaning ones?
:)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:41:56pm |
re: #132 Ojoe
Can you tesselate the plane with just rhomboids? I think so.
You can tessellate lizards, too, and regular hexagons.
Just an observation.
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Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:43:04pm |
re: #134 EmmmieG
M.C. Escher could have drawn some fabulous districts.
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ProGunLiberal Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:44:09pm |
re: #122 Ojoe
In a few states, that won't work (Hi Maryland).
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:44:11pm |
re: #134 EmmmieG
You can tessellate lizards, too, and regular hexagons.
Just an observation.
Can't tesselate the US with hexagons - that will make it too easy for the Russians Chinese North Koreans to invade.
| 139 |
Lidane Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:46:31pm |
re: #127 Varek Raith
Chicken shits.
Seriously. Total chicken shits, giving in to anti-Islam nutjobs. WTF.
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Ojoe Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:46:46pm |
re: #137 ProLifeLiberal
Yes, in the East with small states it won't be perfect, thought he denser population there would help somewhat.
BBL
| 142 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:49:47pm |
re: #123 jaunte
More:
Companies pull ads from Muslim reality TV show
The FFA contends that 65 of 67 companies it has targeted have pulled their ads, including Bank of America, the Campbell Soup Co., Dell, Estee Lauder, General Motors, Goodyear, Green Mountain Coffee, McDonalds, Sears, and Wal-Mart.
Corporations are racist people too!
| 143 |
albusteve Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:50:12pm |
a blues masterpiece
Animals
House Of The Rising Sun
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:51:15pm |
Maybe the new trend will be corporate sponsored cross-burnings
you know, you can stick a Bank of America logo on the side of your crucifix before setting it alight in a brown person's lawn, get some of that ad revenue
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:52:17pm |
re: #143 albusteve
we actually covered this with my band in high school (which contrasted strangely with the detuned grunge-blues stuff we were doing, hah)
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:55:19pm |
re: #139 Lidane
Seriously. Total chicken shits, giving in to anti-Islam nutjobs. WTF.
All the bigots kept demanding: where are our moderate Muslims? Well, here they are on a media silver platter. But the goalposts are moved. Because the whole bottom line was staunch bigotry based in a bizarre fear mentality.
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Kragar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:56:54pm |
Romney Admits All His Income Comes From Investments, Which Helps Him Pay A Low Tax Rate
Romney won’t release his tax returns, so it’s impossible to tell with complete precision what his tax rate actually is. However, during an interview today with the editorial board of the Des Moines Register, Romney said that all of his income is from interest, dividends and capital gains, meaning that the CTJ analysis of his tax plan likely has a lot of truth to it, if it doesn’t overestimate how much he paid:
My own calculation is, if that were the case, for anybody, no taxes on interest, dividends, and capital gains, I would have paid no taxes in the last ten years, because all my income is from dividends, interest, and capital gains.
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Digital Display Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:58:22pm |
re: #145 WindUpBird
we actually covered this with my band in high school (which contrasted strangely with the detuned grunge-blues stuff we were doing, hah)
We did also.. Easy to play and fun to sing.. Did you know that the words to Amazing grace work perfect to the House of the rising sun? Ironic huh?
Try it
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Decatur Deb Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:59:01pm |
re: #149 HoosierHoops
We did also.. Easy to play and fun to sing.. Did you know that the words to Amazing grace work perfect to the House of the rising sun? Ironic huh?
Try it
| 151 |
windsagio Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:59:04pm |
re: #148 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
It's like the situation with my mom, she's converting some of her investments to generate !$2000/month income.
Being a careful person, she asked her accountant what % she should put aside for taxes, and was told 11%... and that's without much interest in tax shelters.
Investment income is ludicrously undertaxed.
| 152 |
Linden Arden Fri, Dec 9, 2011 5:59:41pm |
Fox News all pissy about Pam Anderson playing the Virgin Mary in --- something.
Man, am I behind.
Pam as the Virgin Mary is something worth looking into.
| 153 |
windsagio Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:01:53pm |
re: #152 Linden Arden
Fox News all pissy about Pam Anderson playing the Virgin Mary in --- something.
Man, am I behind.
Pam as the Virgin Mary is something worth looking into.
I want to know the context, its just got to be insane.
| 154 |
Achilles Tang Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:02:00pm |
re: #79 Killgore Trout
I like this theory...
I like that too, as a fantasy. I cannot believe that the US would not have a self destruct in these things for a worst case scenario. It is not so much Iran that worries me. It is giving this to China, Russia and N Korea, and anyone else who will pay.
As commented elsewhere, it looks like the wings may have broken off and been reattached, and the bottom is covered because it is damaged.
These flying wings are not inherently stable without active controls so I imagine it may have lost power and belly flopped into the ground at fairly low speed, and I see that Iran suggests they may have compromised the remote control electronically, perhaps with Chinese help if true?
Whatever the truth I think someone should lose their job for letting this happen.
| 155 |
albusteve Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:04:46pm |
re: #145 WindUpBird
we actually covered this with my band in high school (which contrasted strangely with the detuned grunge-blues stuff we were doing, hah)
it's an ancient song...everybody should work it up
| 156 |
Kragar Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:05:49pm |
| 157 |
windsagio Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:06:57pm |
| 158 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:07:07pm |
re: #152 Linden Arden
Fox News all pissy about Pam Anderson playing the Virgin Mary in --- something.
Man, am I behind.
Pam as the Virgin Mary is something worth looking into.
Oh this just made my night.
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albusteve Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:07:56pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:08:36pm |
re: #153 windsagio
I want to know the context, its just got to be insane.
Sorry, hide your eyes. She's going to fuck god. In 3D, cause that's how movies are made these days.
Ha
| 161 |
Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:10:01pm |
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windsagio Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:10:38pm |
re: #161 Stanley Sea
Honestly the first thing that came to mind was some kind of a bustier >
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ramex Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:12:11pm |
Perry must not understand how horribly divisive prayer in public schools would be, and his suggestion for that one loser kid to sit aside off in a corner like some sort of dunce of old is cruel. He wants a holy war in the classroom.
| 164 |
WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Dec 9, 2011 6:50:37pm |
re: #151 windsagio
It's like the situation with my mom, she's converting some of her investments to generate !$2000/month income.
Being a careful person, she asked her accountant what % she should put aside for taxes, and was told 11%... and that's without much interest in tax shelters.
Investment income is ludicrously undertaxed.
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