Onion: Every Potential 2040 President Unelectable Due to Facebook
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austin_blue Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:23:45pm |
You know, that would be funny if it doesn't turn out be true.
Did I mangle syntax as badly as I think I just did?
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Achilles Tang Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:29:26pm |
I think we should just go back to royalty and appoint/draft Jeb Bush as president, and after whatever offspring he has.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:31:31pm |
By then, hopefully, the cleanness of a candidate wont matter. Otherwise, it's Liberty University peeps running the US.
Happily, ill be dead.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:37:02pm |
Susan Sarandon whips it all the way out:
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Lidane Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:38:49pm |
OK. This is awesome, and a defiant "fuck you" to an evil douche:
Thousands gather in Oslo to sing song Anders Breivik hates
Up to 40,000 Norwegians have staged an emotionally charged singalong in Oslo near the court building where Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for the murder of 77 people in a protest organisers said showed he had not broken their tolerant society.
"It's we who win," said guitar-strumming folk singer Lillebjørn Nilsen as he led the mass singalong and watched the crowd sway gently in the rain. Many held roses above their heads, and some wept.
The protest followed several days of defiant testimony from Breivik, who has admitted killing his victims but denied criminal guilt.
The crowd chose to sing Children of the Rainbow, a song that extols the type of multicultural society Breivik has said he despises and one he dismissed during the trial as Marxist propaganda.
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Gus Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:45:24pm |
re: #6 Lidane
OK. This is awesome, and a defiant "fuck you" to an evil douche:
Saw that this morning. Here's the Pete Seeger version:
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Charles Johnson Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:45:45pm |
re: #6 Lidane
It's looking like Breivik is not going to be declared insane, which isn't good news. If ruled insane he could be locked up for life -- but if the court says he's not crazy he could be released within his lifetime.
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:47:31pm |
re: #9 Charles Johnson
Again, he could be, but he won't
He will be Forvared into the deepest pits of hell. He will be the Norwegian equivalent of Charles Manson.
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Varek Raith Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:50:32pm |
I have no facebook page...
That makes me the de facto President-Elect in 2040.
MUHAHAHA
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:53:28pm |
re: #11 Varek Raith
I have a Facebook, but nothing embarrassing. Because I don't drink or do horribly stupid shit.
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Obdicut Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:57:46pm |
re: #13 ProGunLiberal
I have a Facebook, but nothing embarrassing. Because I don't drink or do horribly stupid shit.
You are, however, on record calling for the unrestricted bombing of cities in Argentina that would kill thousands and thousands of civilians, including children.
So there's that.
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:59:48pm |
re: #14 Obdicut
This is true. I would not want me in a position of power. Because I know I have a mild issue with disproportionate response.
I know I tend to take the "respond in kind" concept that extra 5 steps too far.
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Hawaii69 Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:02:29pm |
Current crop is achieving that without Facebook....
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Sheila Broflovski Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:05:03pm |
re: #5 Charles Johnson
Susan Sarandon whips it all the way out:
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ZOMFG!!!
For the first time in my life IT career, WMD has helped me get a job making (practically almost) the same money that WM make!
I would totally not know this if the BM African Immigrant co-worker did not tell me his "Coming To America" story (and he still makes more money than I do!)
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sagehen Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:14:09pm |
re: #13 ProGunLiberal
I have a Facebook, but nothing embarrassing. Because I don't drink or do horribly stupid shit.
I've done *tons* of stupid shit.
But I've never been stupid enough to post photos of it.
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Lidane Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:17:38pm |
re: #18 sagehen
I've done *tons* of stupid shit.
But I've never been stupid enough to post photos of it.
I'm just happy that most of my stupid shit took place before the Internet became a big thing and before everyone had smartphones with cameras.
I've been careful in what I post on FB. There are a few photos of me out with my grad school friends, but nothing humiliating at all.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:20:53pm |
re: #11 Varek Raith
I have no facebook page...
That makes me the de facto President-Elect in 2040.
MUHAHAHA
I have no Facebook either. But my "friends" would go for the buck in a second and spill all my fun times. No Prezzy for me!
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ProGunLiberal Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:23:18pm |
re: #18 sagehen
And I make sure I don't do tremendously stupid shit around other people.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:23:36pm |
My greenhouse is already producing more food than I can eat. I've been kind of reluctant to give it to neighbors because of the crappy unsolicited cookies and cakes I'll receive in return. I was just talking to a neighbor down the block with a similar dilemma with too many duck eggs. Negotiations went well. God I love this town and the hippies that infest it. Free duck eggs!
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Varek Raith Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:24:07pm |
re: #22 Killgore Trout
My greenhouse is already producing more food than I can eat. I've been kind of reluctant to give it to neighbors because of the crappy unsolicited cookies and cakes I'll receive in return. I was just talking to a neighbor down the block with a similar dilemma with too many duck eggs. Negotiations went well. God I love this town and the hippies that infest it. Free duck eggs!
Commie.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:25:01pm |
re: #23 Varek Raith
Commie.
If duck eggs are thrown at your house tonight I had nothing to do with it.
/
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:26:01pm |
ot I live in a house of many. All my Tupperware be gone. Fucking sad. I'll be back after I figure out which household bowls I'm going to procure to take my leftovers (awesome salmon btw) to work.
:(
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b_sharp Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:35:15pm |
If you meet a RWNJ in a dark alley, jump up and down and make plenty of noise. Although they are easy to scare, playing dead could be a grave mistake.
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Obdicut Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:42:06pm |
re: #26 The Little Brown Spots on a Banana Peel
That's why I dress like this.
Image: epic-fail-photos-poorly-dressed-the-buffalo-bill-of-stuffed-animals.jpg
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b_sharp Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:43:16pm |
re: #27 Obdicut
That's why I dress like this.
Image: epic-fail-photos-poorly-dressed-the-buffalo-bill-of-stuffed-animals.jpg
A dark alley would be the only appropriate place to wear that.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:43:58pm |
re: #12 Gus
Thousands of Norwegians in Youngstorget Square singing Pete Seeger's "My Rainbow Race"
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Good sentiment but the song is hogwash. "World where – every sister and every brother – shall live together – like small children of the rainbow," can be filed under 'never going to happen', not till Jesus returns. But it's what you'd expect from Peter Seeger.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:45:57pm |
re: #13 ProGunLiberal
I have a Facebook, but nothing embarrassing. Because I don't drink or do horribly stupid shit.
You're like me, PLL: Neither of us is liable to end up in trouble because of relatively normal types of scandal. If we end up in trouble, it would be because your temper or mine finally boiled over and we went and did something really bad.
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b_sharp Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:47:05pm |
re: #30 Dark_Falcon
You're like me, PLL: Neither of us is liable to end up in trouble because of relatively normal types of scandal. If we end up in trouble, it would be because your temper or mine finally boiled over and we went and did something really bad.
Rule #1: Never piss into the wind while dressed in a suit.
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Lidane Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:48:20pm |
re: #29 Dark_Falcon
There's nothing wrong with songs that are optimistic and hopeful.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:49:33pm |
D_F dissed Pete Seeger. Dude he IS America. Wow
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b_sharp Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:50:47pm |
re: #32 Lidane
There's nothing wrong with songs that are optimistic and hopeful.
There's nothing wrong with dreaming of an idyllic utopia as a goal to work toward as long as a practical recognition of reality is in the mix.
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b_sharp Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:52:52pm |
If you meet a LWNJ in a dark alley, just ignore it and it will go away. However do not look it in the eye or you'll be buried in hand-out pamphlets.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:53:11pm |
re: #33 Stanley Sea's rule of law
D_F dissed Pete Seeger. Dude he IS America. Wow
No, he's an American. His way of seeing the world is very different than mine and he does not speak for me.
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Lidane Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:55:00pm |
re: #34 The Little Brown Spots on a Banana Peel
There's nothing wrong with dreaming of an idyllic utopia as a goal to work toward as long as a practical recognition of reality is in the mix.
Oh sure. And there was plenty of recognition of reality in songwriters like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. It's absurd to suggest that they just lived in utopia, especially if you read their lyrics.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:55:07pm |
re: #35 The Little Brown Spots on a Banana Peel
If you meet a LWNJ in a dark alley, just ignore it and it will go away. However do not look it in the eye or you'll be buried in hand-out pamphlets.
It depends on the barking of the moonbat. If it accuses 'the 1%' just ignore it. If it starts accusing you personally of some sort of 'class treason', get out your pepper spray.
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Amory Blaine Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:57:28pm |
re: #37 Lidane
Oh sure. And there was plenty of recognition of reality in songwriters like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. It's absurd to suggest that they just lived in utopia, especially if you read their lyrics.
At age 19, Guthrie met and married his first wife, Mary Jennings, with whom he had three children,[13] Gwendolyn, Sue, and Bill, all of whom would later die prematurely. With the advent of the Dust Bowl era, Guthrie left Texas, leaving Mary behind, and joined the thousands of Okies who were migrating to California looking for work. Many of his songs are concerned with the conditions faced by these working class people.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:58:05pm |
re: #37 Lidane
Oh sure. And there was plenty of recognition of reality in songwriters like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. It's absurd to suggest that they just lived in utopia, especially if you read their lyrics.
Guthrie, however, was for a good while Stalin's shill. He sang for 'peace' until the start of Operation: Barbarossa and only after the Soviet Union was attacked did he call for US entry into WWII.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:58:32pm |
re: #36 Dark_Falcon
No, he's an American. His way of seeing the world is very different than mine and he does not speak for me.
Do you like rock music? Pop music? Because most of them "artists" are goddang libruls too, just not as direct and articulate about it in their music as Seeger. While you're at it, you better throw anything you own by Springsteen, Dylan, the Beatles, etc etc. in the garbage as well.
"Imagine all the people..." (Does that disgust you too?)
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Daniel Ballard Thu, Apr 26, 2012 7:59:26pm |
re: #22 Killgore Trout
Damn. Love mah fresh veggies. You have it, I'd buy it but just not practical...
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b_sharp Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:00:21pm |
re: #43 Daniel Ballard
Damn. Love mah fresh veggies. You have it, I'd buy it but just not practical...
I hate my veggie garden, but I love my neighbour's.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:01:19pm |
re: #41 palomino
Do you like rock music? Pop music? Because most of them "artists" are goddang libruls too, just not as direct and articulate about it in their music as Seeger. While you're at it, you better throw anything you own by Springsteen, Dylan, the Beatles, etc etc. in the garbage as well.
"Imagine all the people..." (Does that disgust you too?)
Just because he does not speak for me, does not mean I think Seeger 'disgusting'. One can like some songs by an artist (including those songs from a left-wing viewpoint) while disliking some others.
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freetoken Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:01:26pm |
Ode To A Loquat On A Rainy Afternoon
By chance or fate I stumbled upon thee
sitting high in your tree, clear for all
to see your colors limned, freshly bathed by
your heavenly shower.
That tree - established there by a loving owner
or perchance an accident, by malicious act of a passing jay,
do you know?
How could other this way traveling
have passed you by?
Did they not see your beauty,
or did they mistake you for a lemon?
Are you mellow? Are you sweet?
Like an apple will you be, or like a pear?
One seed, two seeds, three, or more?
Eternal questions these will not be, for
Once you were part of that tree,
But from now evermore you will be part of me.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:01:46pm |
re: #40 Dark_Falcon
Guthrie, however, was for a good while Stalin's shill. He sang for 'peace' until the start of Operation: Barbarossa and only after the Soviet Union was attacked did he call for US entry into WWII.
At which point many Republicans (America Firsters) were still opposed to US entry into the war.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:01:58pm |
re: #43 Daniel Ballard
Damn. Love mah fresh veggies. You have it, I'd buy it but just not practical...
You'll be hard pressed to outbid the duck eggs. Pork perhaps, but even that's a close competition.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:03:41pm |
re: #45 Dark_Falcon
Just because he does not speak for me, does not mean I think Seeger 'disgusting'. One can like some songs by an artist (including those songs from a left-wing viewpoint) while disliking some others.
But you talk about Seeger in a way that makes him sound dangerous to American values. Do you feel the same about Springsteen (who idolizes Seeger's music and activism)?
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Amory Blaine Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:03:42pm |
Grilled up some ribeyes and baked potatoes. Yum.
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b_sharp Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:04:50pm |
re: #50 Amory Blaine
Grilled up some ribeyes and baked potatoes. Yum.
Better than potato eyes and baked ribs.
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Lidane Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:06:31pm |
re: #40 Dark_Falcon
Guthrie, however, was for a good while Stalin's shill. He sang for 'peace' until the start of Operation: Barbarossa and only after the Soviet Union was attacked did he call for US entry into WWII.
You're thinking of Pete Seeger. Woody Guthrie lobbied to be a USO performer instead of being conscripted as a soldier and ended up serving in the Merchant Marines.
Pete Seeger repudiated Stalin, BTW.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:07:16pm |
re: #49 palomino
But you talk about Seeger in a way that makes him sound dangerous to American values. Do you feel the same about Springsteen (who idolizes Seeger's music and activism)?
If I gave off that impression, I apologize. I think Seeger and Springsteen to be often wrong, but not dangerous.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:07:52pm |
re: #29 Dark_Falcon
Good sentiment but the song is hogwash. "World where – every sister and every brother – shall live together – like small children of the rainbow," can be filed under 'never going to happen', not till Jesus returns. But it's what you'd expect from Peter Seeger.
Your optimism for the human race is infectious. Inspirational really.
I'm guessing your response to the "I have a dream" speech in 1963 would have been "What a bunch of hogwash, none of that stuff MLK is talking about can happen until Jesus comes back." And you would have been very wrong.
Seeger's song embodies the same sentiment as MLK's speech.
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SanFranciscoZionist Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:08:57pm |
re: #45 Dark_Falcon
Just because he does not speak for me, does not mean I think Seeger 'disgusting'. One can like some songs by an artist (including those songs from a left-wing viewpoint) while disliking some others.
Let's just say that I would never sing "Rainbow Race" of my own free will. Except to affront Breivik, in which case I would sing loud and proud.
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Lidane Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:11:10pm |
re: #56 SanFranciscoZionist
Let's just say that I would never sing "Rainbow Race" of my own free will. Except to affront Breivik, in which case I would sing loud and proud.
It's not a song I'd go out of my way to sing, but I can appreciate the sentiment, and as a fuck you to a fanatic like Breivik, it works brilliantly.
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Mocking Jay Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:11:14pm |
Wait, there's a higher probability for a Jesus appearance than there is for racial harmony?
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:11:32pm |
re: #47 palomino
At which point many Republicans (America Firsters) were still opposed to US entry into the war.
True. That's an area we haven't gone into much on this blog, American sentiment on entry into World War II prior to Pearl Harbor.
I suppose I'd answer by pointing out that many of those who were pro-war were segregationist Southern Democrats, making it possible to say that FDR was only able to get Lend-Lease passed with the support of raving racists.
But there remains the fact that I think Lend-Lease was the right policy and that America-First was wrong.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:12:34pm |
re: #57 Lidane
It's not a song I'd go out of my way to sing, but I can appreciate the sentiment, and as a fuck you to a fanatic like Breivik, it works brilliantly.
That's a fact, and Brevik richly deserves the 'fuck you'.
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b_sharp Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:13:09pm |
re: #58 Assemble!
Wait, there's a higher probability for a Jesus appearance than there is for racial harmony?
It confused me too.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:14:20pm |
re: #52 Lidane
You're thinking of Pete Seeger. Woody Guthrie lobbied to be a USO performer instead of being conscripted as a soldier and ended up serving in the Merchant Marines.
Pete Seeger repudiated Stalin, BTW.
No, I know who I'm talking about. Woody Guthrie was a Communist.
And I was aware that Seeger repudiated Stalin.
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funky chicken Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:14:41pm |
I'm sending this to both my kids. Thanks for the heads-up. Although I'm not sure they know about The Onion yet. It's a conundrum.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:15:56pm |
re: #59 Dark_Falcon
True. That's an area we haven't gone into much on this blog, American sentiment on entry into World War II prior to Pearl Harbor.
I suppose I'd answer by pointing out that many of those who were pro-war were segregationist Southern Democrats, making it possible to say that FDR was only able to get Lend-Lease passed with the support of raving racists.
But there remains the fact that I think Lend-Lease was the right policy and that America-First was wrong.
At the time, the Dems had huge majorities in both houses, so everything they did was supported by raving racists since the future Dixiecrats made up about one-third of the party. Now they're your party's problem, I'm glad to say.
As for Seeger, the fact remains that he came to support the war at about the same time as most Americans, who were hardly chomping at the bit in 1939 to jump back into a world war just 20 years after the last one. So that hardly makes Seeger anomalous in any way in US history.
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Lidane Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:16:20pm |
re: #62 Dark_Falcon
Woody Guthrie also died back in the 60's, long before I was born. I'm not going to get bent out of shape over his politics from the 30's and 40's. Given his experiences in Dust Bowl, being a Communist likely made sense to him at the time.
The Cold War is over. It's been over for over 20 years now. I'm not going to care if someone was a Communist back when my mother was a child.
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goddamnedfrank Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:16:22pm |
re: #29 Dark_Falcon
Good sentiment but the song is hogwash. "World where – every sister and every brother – shall live together – like small children of the rainbow," can be filed under 'never going to happen', not till Jesus returns. But it's what you'd expect from Peter Seeger.
It's weird. You seem to recognize the link to Jesus, in that Seeger is simply repeating Jesus's teachings, but somehow in order for this message not to be "hogwash" Jesus has to return. I don't get that. What's the point of even being a Christian then if you don't think the world He wanted His followers to at least try create is even attainable by man? Is it just about using His sacrifice to attain the ecclesiastical white out of one's sins, or is there also some obligation to spread the Word for sake of creating worldly good?
I'll admit this is coming from the outside, but what you're saying just seems so self contradictory.
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Kragar Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:19:25pm |
"Obama wins support of the lazy by promising no new jobs."
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:21:55pm |
re: #66 goddamnedfrank
It's weird. You seem to recognize the link to Jesus, in that Seeger is simply repeating Jesus's teachings, but somehow in order for this message not to be "hogwash" Jesus has to return. I don't get that. What's the point of even being a Christian then if you don't think the world He wanted His followers to at least try create is even attainable by man? Is it just about using His sacrifice to attain the ecclesiastical white out of one's sins, or is there also some obligation to spread the Word for sake of creating worldly good?
I'll admit this is coming from the outside, but what you're saying just seems so self contradictory.
Perfection can't be attained by Man, but you still have to continually try to make things better. I'm Christian because I think other people can ultimately get into such a place in Heaven. I really don't think I'll be allowed in. My sins are too great, and I lack most ability to love (instead I act out of a sense of duty and a sense of justice).
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:26:15pm |
So it's naive and unrealistic to strive for a rainbow race, as Seeger sang about.
But it makes perfect sense to hope that the GOP will become a more moderate party in the near future? Let's see: 2006--GOP loses badly, then moves further right; 2008--GOP loses badly again, moves further right again; 2010--GOP wins big, and...continues moving to the right. I'd contend that Seeger's rainbow race is no more a fantasy than a remotely centrist GOP.
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austin_blue Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:26:54pm |
re: #40 Dark_Falcon
Guthrie, however, was for a good while Stalin's shill. He sang for 'peace' until the start of Operation: Barbarossa and only after the Soviet Union was attacked did he call for US entry into WWII.
DF:
A little history is useful. Guthrie and Seeger came into their own during the 30's and 40's, a time when unions significantly increased their power and established the modern middle class in the US. Working hours, child labor, health care and pensions rules were established.
Since the 70's, unions have been attacked by the right. The fact that you have neither a pension plan nor medical insurance is reflective of that fact.
Are you a winner or a loser in this game?
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:27:49pm |
re: #70 Dark_Falcon
Perfection can't be attained by Man, but you still have to continually try to make things better. I'm Christian because I think other people can ultimately get into such a place in Heaven. I really don't think I'll be allowed in. My sins are too great, and I lack most ability to love (instead I act out of a sense of duty and a sense of justice).
So you see yourself going to Hell?
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freetoken Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:28:57pm |
re: #66 goddamnedfrank
Bart Ehrman, in the conclusion of his latest book:
[...] Jesus would not recognize himself in the preaching of most of his followers today. He knew nothing of our world. He was not a capitalist. He did not believe in free enterprise. He did not support the acquisition of wealth or the good things in life. He did not believe in massive education. He had never heard of democracy. He had nothing to do with going to church on Sunday. He knew nothing of social security, food stamps, welfare, American exceptionalism, unemployment numbers, or immigration. He had no views on tax reform, health care (apart from wanting to heal leprosy), or the welfare state. So far as we know, he expressed no opinion on the ethical issues that plague us today: abortion and reproductive rights, gay marriage, euthanasia, or bombing Iraq. His world was not ours, his concerns were not ours, and—most striking of all—his beliefs were not ours.
Jesus was a first-century Jew, and when we try to make him into a twenty-first-century American we distort everything he was and everything he stood for. Jesus himself was a complete supernaturalist. He believed in the Devil and demons and the forces of evil at work in this world. He knew little—possibly almost nothing—about the workings of the Roman Empire. But what little he knew, he considered evil. He may have considered all government evil unless it was a (future) theocracy to be run by God himself through his messiah. He certainly was no proponent of our political views, whatever our views happen to be.
These forces of evil were asserting their control over the world with increasing vehemence. But Jesus thought that God would soon intervene and destroy them all to bring in his good kingdom on earth. This would not come from human effort—expanding democracy, building up national defense, improving the educational system, winning the war on drugs, and so on. Human effort counted for nothing. It would come from God, when he sent a cosmic judge to destroy the present order and to establish God’s kingdom here on earth. [...]
Painfully straightforward. Point is, the Jesus of history is no more the Jesus of Pete Seeger than he was the Jesus of GWB.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:29:08pm |
re: #38 Dark_Falcon
It depends on the barking of the moonbat. If it accuses 'the 1%' just ignore it. If it starts accusing you personally of some sort of 'class treason', get out your pepper spray.
backwards b will solve all your probs
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:33:15pm |
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austin_blue Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:34:22pm |
re: #70 Dark_Falcon
Perfection can't be attained by Man, but you still have to continually try to make things better. I'm Christian because I think other people can ultimately get into such a place in Heaven. I really don't think I'll be allowed in. My sins are too great, and I lack most ability to love (instead I act out of a sense of duty and a sense of justice).
The wonderful thing about Christianity is the concept of redemption. An honest acceptance of the Lord cleanses the slate of all past actions, no matter how vile. The horrible thing about Christianity is the concept of redemption. An honest acceptance of the Lord cleanses the slate of all past actions, no matter how vile.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:35:39pm |
re: #72 austin_blue
Pension plans weren't abandoned because of "attacks from the right", they were abandoned because they became unaffordable, and unions requesting ever larger pensions is a part of why they became unaffordable.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:37:28pm |
re: #76 Dark_Falcon
Probably.
You're a Christian who sees himself going to hell.
I'm an agnostic who sees himself going to heaven (if it exists).
Something seems amiss.
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goddamnedfrank Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:37:38pm |
re: #70 Dark_Falcon
Perfection can't be attained by Man, but you still have to continually try to make things better. I'm Christian because I think other people can ultimately get into such a place in Heaven. I really don't think I'll be allowed in. My sins are too great, and I lack most ability to love (instead I act out of a sense of duty and a sense of justice).
This seems like a long winded way of saying you aren't a good Christian because you simply don't want to be, which is fine if you'd just own it. However all this talk of what you "lack" is really about what you're unwilling to change - the behaviors you're addicted to in spite of identifying them as antithetical to a righteousness existence. Nobody's is carved in stone. If you actually like who you are and don't want to change that's one thing, but the whole passive resignation routine comes off as sadly self pitying.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:40:52pm |
re: #76 Dark_Falcon
Why do you think you're going to hell? Are you a strict Calvinist who believes he wasn't fortunate enough to be one of the predestined Elect. Or did you do something (many things?) too horrible to mention here.
I'm not being facetious. I'm curious...give me a hint. (It's not everyday that I converse with someone who sees himself as condemned to hell.)
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:45:06pm |
re: #81 palomino
Why do you think you're going to hell? Are you a strict Calvinist who believes he wasn't fortunate enough to be one of the predestined Elect. Or did you do something (many things?) too horrible to mention here.
I'm not being facetious. I'm curious...give me a hint. (It's not everyday that I converse with someone who sees himself as condemned to hell.)
I don't see myself as 'condemned', not yet anyways. But I do believe in the odds, and I don't think my getting into Heaven is the way the smart money bets.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:48:19pm |
re: #83 Dark_Falcon
I don't see myself as 'condemned', not yet anyways. But I do believe in the odds, and I don't think my getting into Heaven is the way the smart money bets.
C'mon. Give me a hint why.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:55:37pm |
re: #84 palomino
C'mon. Give me a hint why.
Nothing horrible, only the small cruelties I know I sometimes inflict. I fight them as best as I can, but am not at all sure I'll win. I don't intend to give up, though.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:57:53pm |
re: #86 Lidane
I can't decide if this is brilliant or sad. Either way, I laughed:
Heh.
It's all in good fun. And as problematic as the Stars and Bars are, they were not put on that car out of any malicious intent.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Apr 26, 2012 8:58:27pm |
re: #85 Dark_Falcon
Nothing horrible, only the small cruelties I know I sometimes inflict. I fight them as best as I can, but am not at all sure I'll win. I don't intend to give up, though.
I'm really not sure that we get zinged for unintentional things that are just part of life.
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Lidane Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:00:15pm |
re: #87 Dark_Falcon
It's all in good fun. And as problematic as the Stars and Bars are, they were not put on that car out of any malicious intent.
I'm not worried about the Stars and Bars. It's a General Lee.
What I'm laughing about is the fact that they painted a Smart car to look like a General Lee. That's like giving a Prius a camo paint job for when you go hunting.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:00:35pm |
re: #85 Dark_Falcon
Nothing horrible, only the small cruelties I know I sometimes inflict. I fight them as best as I can, but am not at all sure I'll win. I don't intend to give up, though.
If the "small cruelties" in life are the ticket to Hell, then most of us are screwed.
I just can't believe in a God that would send a majority of humanity to an eternal sea of fire (or however one envisions the Bad Place.)
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Digital Display Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:02:29pm |
re: #84 palomino
C'mon. Give me a hint why.
No one can answer the question you posed..
How will God Judge us? Will He judge on a curve? Is it all or nothing?
Will a man that cheats on his wife suffer eternity in Hell the same as Hitler who was responsible for 50 million deaths and 6 million of His people?
This is a line most of us seek..I strive to be a good man as we all should do.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:02:56pm |
re: #90 palomino
If the "small cruelties" in life are the ticket to Hell, then most of us are screwed. I just can't believe in a God that would send a majority of humanity to an eternal sea of fire (or however one envisions the Bad Place.)
It's my understanding, I don't mean it for anyone but me. I don't know how others see their actions, or how the Lord will judge them. All I know is how I see my actions, and I try to improve them.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:04:24pm |
re: #89 Lidane
I'm not worried about the Stars and Bars. It's a General Lee.
What I'm laughing about is the fact that they painted a Smart car to look like a General Lee. That's like giving a Prius a camo paint job for when you go hunting.
Not everyone can afford a Charger. I'm OK with someone wanting to emulate a favored TV show, even if the car they have is is too small for me to get into.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:04:26pm |
re: #85 Dark_Falcon
Nothing horrible, only the small cruelties I know I sometimes inflict. I fight them as best as I can, but am not at all sure I'll win. I don't intend to give up, though.
If you expect to writhe in eternal torment over some lame-assed imperfections, you must think your god is a bit of a shit-head. Find a better god, go live a life of service to god's beloved wretches, or just drop the whole dumb thing. Any way you come out ahead.
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Kragar Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:06:56pm |
re: #68 The Little Brown Spots on a Banana Peel
???
It was one of the newsfeed items on the bottom of the Onion.
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:08:09pm |
re: #89 Lidane
I'm not worried about the Stars and Bars. It's a General Lee.
What I'm laughing about is the fact that they painted a Smart car to look like a General Lee. That's like giving a Prius a camo paint job for when you go hunting.
I have a photo of a deer I'd gotten earlier that day with it's head hanging out of our Prius' trunk. Works just fine as a hunting vehicle.. ;)
(I thought about linking but, nah... )
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:08:32pm |
re: #91 HoosierHoops
No one can answer the question you posed..
How will God Judge us? Will He judge on a curve? Is it all or nothing?
Will a man that cheats on his wife suffer eternity in Hell the same as Hitler who was responsible for 50 million deaths and 6 million of His people?
This is a line most of us seek..I strive to be a good man as we all should do.
Right, but if someone believes he is going to hell--as DF does--there's usually a reason why, i.e., something he did or didn't do that was so bad it deeply offended God. I was simply asking for some description of that. That's not an unanswerable question.
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austin_blue Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:08:55pm |
re: #78 Dark_Falcon
Pension plans weren't abandoned because of "attacks from the right", they were abandoned because they became unaffordable, and unions requesting ever larger pensions is a part of why they became unaffordable.
That's bullshit. It was a corporate decision in the allocation of profits to shareholders. If dividends had been decreased, pensions would have been fully funded.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:10:14pm |
re: #98 austin_blue
That's bullshit. It was a corporate decision in the allocation of profits to shareholders. If dividends had been decreased, pensions would have been fully funded.
The unions had their part to play, and in any case what happened wasn't really political.
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austin_blue Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:11:30pm |
re: #99 Dark_Falcon
The unions had their part to play, and in any case what happened wasn't really political.
Dude, in 2012, it's *all* political.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:13:54pm |
re: #98 austin_blue
That's bullshit. It was a corporate decision in the allocation of profits to shareholders. If dividends had been decreased, pensions would have been fully funded.
As much as I hate the term when used by the right, what you're responding to could be labeled class warfare. If it exists, it's a two-way street. And in this case the working class is demonized, because they benefited from unions.
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Digital Display Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:15:50pm |
re: #97 palomino
Right, but if someone believes he is going to hell--as DF does--there's usually a reason why, i.e., something he did or didn't do that was so bad it deeply offended God. I was simply asking for some description of that. That's not an unanswerable question.
I understand..
I was adopted into a very strict Catholic Family when I was 12.. I come from very modest means as a cast-off. Heck by the time I was 14 I was sure I was going to Hell..) Those Catholics sure can make you feel guilty..
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:16:00pm |
Heh. Husband just pointed out that since he has never been on facebook, it won't disqualify him.
What will disqualify him is that he is an engineer, and has no political sense.
If he thinks something is stupid, he says so bluntly. He expects things to make sense. He doesn't really attend pity parties, but he'll help you with a solution if you will accept it.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:16:29pm |
re: #100 austin_blue
Dude, in 2012, it's *all* political.
But it wasn't political when the events that set the change in retirement systems in motion occurred.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:18:32pm |
re: #102 HoosierHoops
I understand..
I was adopted into a very strict Catholic Family when I was 12.. I come from very modest means as a cast-off. Heck by the time I was 14 I was sure I was going to Hell..) Those Catholics sure can make you feel guilty..
The trick was just to avoid falling pianos until you made it to Confession on Saturday.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:19:57pm |
OT: All-white killer whale spotted off Russia
The world's only known all-white male killer whale has been spotted in the Pacific Ocean off Russia, scientists announced Monday.
The orca, dubbed "Iceberg" by the scientists, was spotted swimming with a pod of 12 others. Iceberg has a 6.5-foot-high dorsal fin and is at least 16 years old, according to a blog post by Erich Hoyt, co-director of the Far East Russia Orca Project.
Check out a photo gallery of albino creatures
The pod was spotted by scientists from universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg in the waters around the Commander Islands off the Kamchatka Peninsula. The area is part of a marine reserve.Hoyt wrote that two other white orcas have been seen in area, but that Iceberg is the first fully grown male.
“In many ways, Iceberg is a symbol of all that is pure, wild and extraordinarily exciting about what is out there in the ocean waiting to be discovered,” Hoyt said in a statement.
Being an albino is a bit less dangerous when you're an apex predator that lives in a family group.
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austin_blue Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:20:40pm |
re: #101 palomino
As much as I hate the term when used by the right, what you're responding to could be labeled class warfare. If it exists, it's a two-way street. And in this case the working class is demonized, because they benefited from unions.
Of *course* the working class is benefitted by unions. Hey, Charles, is membership in the AFM good or bad?
For She Who Must Be Obeyed, it is undeniably good. (Oh, and on the Local website, she is a couple of names below Willie Nelson.)
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:27:42pm |
re: #107 austin_blue
Of *course* the working class is benefitted by unions. Hey, Charles, is membership in the AFM good or bad?
For She Who Must Be Obeyed, it is undeniably good. (Oh, and on the Local website, she is a couple of names below Willie Nelson.)
Private sector unions are neither inherently good nor inherently evil. They are human institutions, and like the corporations employing their members they are susceptible to human folly, but are capable of greatness as well.
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palomino Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:30:11pm |
re: #102 HoosierHoops
I understand..
I was adopted into a very strict Catholic Family when I was 12.. I come from very modest means as a cast-off. Heck by the time I was 14 I was sure I was going to Hell..) Those Catholics sure can make you feel guilty..
Amen. I went to Catholic high school after attending a strict evangelical school in Texas for K-3. A full hour of church every day there. Fundamentalists teaching young earth creationism, liberally dishing out corporal punishment in an all white school. They even fired our music teacher because she taught us the Bob Dylan song "Blowin' in the Wind", even though it was 10 years after the song came out. Couldn't stand the place and talked my parents into letting me leave for public school.
Then I was told by a priest when I was 15 that if I looked at porn and masturbated, I was going to hell. I've had no real use for organized religion since then.
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freetoken Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:37:52pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:38:19pm |
re: #110 SpaceJesus
it's horrible and it's absolutely true
*sob*
I'm so sorry, but I didn't think you wanted the rest of the pie.
I'll only take my share next time.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:39:54pm |
re: #111 freetoken
The albino killer whale?
Iceberg the Killer Whale is indeed horrible if you're PETA. Do you know how many Sea Kittens he eats in a year?
/Must I?
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:46:24pm |
From the 'Stars Without Makeup' files, we have these photos of Amanda Seyfriend in Beverly Hills. In her case, her beauty is natural, and only enhanced by makeup at times, not simply a creation of styling.
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Apr 26, 2012 9:56:31pm |
Between a fish eating whale and a Hollywood actress, my posts seem to have killed the thread.
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abolitionist Thu, Apr 26, 2012 10:22:41pm |
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Kragar Thu, Apr 26, 2012 10:57:53pm |
Bryan Fischer: Even gays say I was right: Grenell hire was all about homosexuality
It turns out that I was dead right that Mitt Romney's hire of a homosexual activist was all about homosexuality, not foreign policy.
How do I know? Gay activists are saying so, and so is ABC. So there. Told you so.
ABC's has a feature piece today with this title: "Mitt Romney's Appointment of Gay Aide Richard Grenell Signals New Attitude." New attitude about what, pray tell?
ABC says that Grenell's sexual preference for men was not an issue "until a gay-bashing radio host at the American Family Association wrote in his blog that by appointing Grenell, Romney was telling the so-called pro-family community to 'drop dead.'" That would be me.
Then ABC laments, "CNN amplified that message from Bryan Fischer by inviting him on for an interview," in which I said, "The homosexual agenda represents the single-greatest threat to religious liberty and freedom of association in America today."
You can ask the faith community in Hutchinson, Kansas about that statement, by the way. The city council there is about ready to order churches to host gay weddings regardless of the First Amendment and all that rot about freedom of religion.
Fox’s Starnes Misinforms About Kansas Non-Discrimination Ordinance
In reality, the ordinance includes specific exemptions for religious organizations that don’t offer their services to the general public. According to an official Hutchinson Human Relations Commission (HRC) FAQ Sheet (which Starnes even links to in his article):
Religious based groups, non-profit institutions controlled by religious associations or societies and non-profit private clubs that are not open to the public are exempt from the requirements of Chapter 3 now and would continue to be exempt should the proposed amendment become law. There is an exception to this exemption, if any of these groups open their services to the general public.
For example, if a church has a parish hall that they rent out to the general public, they could not discriminate against a gay couple who want to rent the building for a party. If the church only rents the building to their parishioners, they can continue to do so. [emphasis added]
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Kragar Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:00:27pm |
Wingnuts are so boring when you can catch them in a flat out easily disproved lie with less than a minute of research.
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engineer cat Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:27:28pm |
re: #119 Kragar
Wingnuts are so boring when you can catch them in a flat out easily disproved lie with less than a minute of research.
but rush has trained them to defend themselves against facts with a large collection of canned wisecracks
works for them, somehow...
The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.
- george orwell
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Kragar Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:34:57pm |
re: #120 engineer cat
but rush has trained them to defend themselves against facts with a large collection of canned wisecracks
works for them, somehow...
The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.
- george orwell
A wingnut could tell me good morning and I would be forced to double check what they meant by that.
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AK-47% Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:38:26pm |
re: #22 Killgore Trout
My greenhouse is already producing more food than I can eat. I've been kind of reluctant to give it to neighbors because of the crappy unsolicited cookies and cakes I'll receive in return.
Our neighbors used to just come and toss vegggies over the fencefor us. I would look out the window and see Irma coming over with a handful of zuchhinis and yell "Incoming!"
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:40:52pm |
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AK-47% Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:44:15pm |
re: #78 Dark_Falcon
Pension plans weren't abandoned because of "attacks from the right", they were abandoned because they became unaffordable, and unions requesting ever larger pensions is a part of why they became unaffordable.
But executive recompensation packages in the milions even for failing companies was not abandoned...because "we need to attract the best and the brightest"...
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:46:40pm |
Seriously?, I thought we put this to rest earlier in the day-well yesterday by my clock.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:50:08pm |
re: #126 Expand Your Ground
But executive recompensation packages in the milions even for failing companies was not abandoned...because "we need to attract the best and the brightest"...
Yes, the argument (DF's) is valid, but in light of the desparages we are currently experiences, it holds little weight.
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:52:51pm |
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AK-47% Thu, Apr 26, 2012 11:54:17pm |
There as the famous scene in which a Detroit executive showed a UAW executive his new fully automoted production line and boated "And not a single one of those workers is a union member".
To which the UAW boss replied, "And not a single one of them is going to buy one of your cars, either!"
Henry Ford understaood that principle when he paid his workers nearly double the going rate for his day.
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freetoken Fri, Apr 27, 2012 12:56:23am |
Let me take this opportunity to mourn, again, at the downward spiral of the documentary/science/natural history programming of the BBC the past couple of years.
The latest show to set off my alarm bells is Divine Women. I've only watched the first part of the first episode, but in that part the host/author presents a highly contorted, and IMO inaccurate, presentation of relevant information about Gobekli Tepe.
The truth of what that site was all about, both originally and how it changed over time, is a matter of heated academic discussion. But the BBC host paints the story in, shall we say, a typical feminist (dare I use that word?) historical revisionism.
IOW, the host appears to be on a quest to de-patriarch religion, to return religion to its matriarchal roots.
Now, no doubt the major Western religions are very patriarchal in nature, but that hardly gives one carte blanche to start making sweeping statements about the past in order to correct a perceived wrong.
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AK-47% Fri, Apr 27, 2012 1:17:06am |
re: #134 freetoken
Let me take this opportunity to mourn, again, at the downward spiral of the documentary/science/natural history programming of the BBC the past couple of years.
The latest show to set off my alarm bells is Divine Women. I've only watched the first part of the first episode, but in that part the host/author presents a highly contorted, and IMO inaccurate, presentation of relevant information about Gobekli Tepe.
The truth of what that site was all about, both originally and how it changed over time, is a matter of heated academic discussion. But the BBC host paints the story in, shall we say, a typical feminist (dare I use that word?) historical revisionism.
IOW, the host appears to be on a quest to de-patriarch religion, to return religion to its matriarchal roots.
Now, no doubt the major Western religions are very patriarchal in nature, but that hardly gives one carte blanche to start making sweeping statements about the past in order to correct a perceived wrong.
I have noticed an overall decline in the qualtiy of British TV programming since I was first exposed to it in the early 90's. But it's still better than German TV programming.
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freetoken Fri, Apr 27, 2012 1:24:21am |
re: #136 Expand Your Ground
I have noticed an overall decline in the qualtiy of British TV programming since I was first exposed to it in the early 90's. But it's still better than German TV programming.
Which is better than American programming, broadly speaking, substantively speaking. American TV almost universally has great production values, but the content is all too often vapid.
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researchok Fri, Apr 27, 2012 1:25:46am |
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AK-47% Fri, Apr 27, 2012 1:30:02am |
It wasn't the beeb, but I think I experienced the nadir of bad TV in Britain: after "Big Brother" cam a show (hosted by an otherwise fairly talented Russel Brand) in which people sat around and talked about what they had jsut seen in BB.
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researchok Fri, Apr 27, 2012 1:32:58am |
Canadian radio and TV is still pretty good.
Minnesota NPR broadcast some terrific programming, As it Happens, etc.
There was a TV series, Nature of Things, hosted by David Suzuki that was outstanding.
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researchok Fri, Apr 27, 2012 1:39:40am |
Here is the PRI page for As t Happens.
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freetoken Fri, Apr 27, 2012 1:43:21am |
re: #139 researchok
File Not Found
Works for me.
Are you sure it's not your browser which is choking on the flash plug-in?
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dragonath Fri, Apr 27, 2012 1:48:44am |
re: #136 Expand Your Ground
"Divine Woman"... is it wrong that I immediately thought of John Waters?
Deutsche Welle is pretty good stuff, for news.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 1:49:49am |
re: #146 researchok
Works for me.
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 27, 2012 2:28:16am |
re: #29 Dark_Falcon
Good sentiment but the song is hogwash. "World where – every sister and every brother – shall live together – like small children of the rainbow," can be filed under 'never going to happen', not till Jesus returns.
Way to get real, DF/
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 2:32:45am |
Ermey is a stupid wingnut.
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 27, 2012 2:38:22am |
re: #134 freetoken
The latest show to set off my alarm bells is Divine Women. I've only watched the first part of the first episode, but in that part the host/author presents a highly contorted, and IMO inaccurate, presentation of relevant information about Gobekli Tepe.
Will have to watch this now. One thing to note is that with more channels , such as BBC4, they are making a more documentaries than they used to from a wider variety of academic sources, some of them on the contentious side.
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Obdicut Fri, Apr 27, 2012 2:48:10am |
re: #152 Aye Pod
Armed shark agrees.
Image: fashion-fail-poorly-dressed-hop-in-the-van-no-time-to-explain.jpg
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 27, 2012 2:48:31am |
re: #151 I'm a Mavrik!
Ermey is a stupid wingnut.
[Embedded content]
Bands estates should really check before they give permission for their songs to be played - "Are you going to have some terrible band murder the song and then have some drooly old wingnut walk on stage and deliver a stupid anti-Obama rant in the middle of it? Just checking..."
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 3:14:27am |
re: #155 Obdicut
Yah, great covers. Started as a "medieval music" band IIRC.
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Obdicut Fri, Apr 27, 2012 3:58:26am |
re: #156 I'm a Mavrik!
Yep. Which is impressive in and of itself. That little girl has an amazing natural rhythm.
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 27, 2012 4:07:43am |
re: #134 freetoken
Just watched the show and I thought it was ok, actually. It may not present an entirely orthodox view on everything it touches, but I think there is an understanding with this kind of programme that what is being presented is one academic making the case for their particular take.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 5:35:10am |
re: #150 Aye Pod
Way to get real, DF/
Morning. I'm still laughing here. I shall now proceed to continue to practice my new found non-violence. ;)
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Decatur Deb Fri, Apr 27, 2012 5:38:26am |
re: #151 I'm a Mavrik!
Ermey is a stupid wingnut.
[Embedded content]
RLE knows at some level that he is a cartoon character. Since he's not active duty, under the UCMJ, he is free to express it.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 5:51:49am |
That's not the kind of song I want to hear while watching war movies!
//
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 5:56:07am |
Holy shit...Jesus came by last night? I hope he kicked Pete Seeger's ass.
//
That's some pretty scary shit upthread. DF should get a job working for the Romney campaign.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 5:58:01am |
re: #165 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)
Holy shit...Jesus came by last night? I hope he kicked Pete Seeger's ass.
//That's some pretty scary shit upthread. DF should get a job working for the Romney campaign.
We'll only live together in peace and harmony and all as brothers and sisters until the End-Times comes and Jesus makes his return!!!!!
//
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:00:12am |
re: #166 Gus
We'll only live together in peace and harmony and all as brothers and sisters until the End-Times comes and Jesus makes his return!!!
//
I hope he's wearing a camo outfit with the sleeves ripped off...anything less than that and his followers are likely to reject him as being a pussy for waiting so long.
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:02:40am |
re: #165 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)
Holy shit...Jesus came by last night? I hope he kicked Pete Seeger's ass.
//That's some pretty scary shit upthread. DF should get a job working for the Romney campaign.
Scary? I don't agree with DF, but I have a hard time seeing it as scary in any way shape or form. He is far more consistant and honest about his beliefs than most. And really, since I've been here, he's moderated a considerable bit as well. I'd rather be around him than around Mittens.
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:03:11am |
re: #166 Gus
We'll only live together in peace and harmony and all as brothers and sisters until the End-Times comes and Jesus makes his return!!!
//
I deal in hard mythological prophesies, I'll have no truck with airy fairy nonsense like 'hope'. Obama discredited that word anyways...
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:03:25am |
re: #168 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)
I hope he's wearing a camo outfit with the sleeves ripped off...anything less than that and his followers are likely to reject him as being a pussy for waiting so long.
The singing of the song was also a response to Anders Breivik who said of Lillebjoern Nilsen that does a cover of that song, “he is a good example of a Marxist who infiltrated the cultural sector; he writes music that is used to brainwash children.”
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:05:57am |
re: #170 Aye Pod
You just wait! I still have yet to reveal everything I know of Pete Seeger from this here dossier!
//
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:07:57am |
re: #169 William Barnett-Lewis
There's consistent and then there's this....it's more a caricature of consistency...an online persona that is too extreme to be real. Sam the Eagle from the Muppet Show was more flexible...and believable.
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:08:36am |
re: #164 Gus
That's not the kind of song I want to hear while watching war movies!
//
Maybe this would be more appropriate
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:09:36am |
re: #171 Gus
The singing of the song was also a response to Anders Breivik who said of Lillebjoern Nilsen that does a cover of that song, “he is a good example of a Marxist who infiltrated the cultural sector; he writes music that is used to brainwash children.”
Yes, and I thought the 40,000 people singing the Nilsen cover was beautiful. I hope Breivik is mocked to his grave by everyone he meets along the way...if he survives his 20 year sentence.
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:10:05am |
re: #169 William Barnett-Lewis
I believe DF is a lot better than some of the right wing baggage he still lugs around.
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:15:09am |
re: #177 Gus
Those little soldiers were tough, but they were no match for a half cup of dad's green dot powder from his reloader and a can of mom's VO-5 Hair Spray and a lighter.
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iossarian Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:15:58am |
re: #167 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)
It's le chat, but el gato is sleeping on the dog's bed.
No, no, "the chat". As in "sing, dance, chitty-chat".
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:16:17am |
re: #178 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)
Those little soldiers were tough, but they were no match for a half cup of dad's green dot powder from his reloader and a can of mom's VO-5 Hair Spray and a lighter.
You may find this hard to believe, but I managed to singe my eyebrows off...twice...when I was a kid.
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CuriousLurker Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:16:43am |
Drive-by comment:
London evacuation, apparent hostage crisis. Live feed via Sky News.
Michael Green, strapped gas canisters to his back before entering the office of an HGV firm on Tottenham Court Road. #London
— Ruwayda Mustafah (@RuwaydaMustafah) April 27, 2012
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:17:27am |
re: #179 iossarian
No, no, "the chat". As in "sing, dance, chitty-chat".
Okay...I thought it was Spancaise.
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Interesting Times Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:19:41am |
Hey, kids, remember when the Wingnut-o-sphere went batshit crazy over Obama's gangsta, homeboy fist bump?Uh oh ... s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhance...— CC (@canadiancynic) April 27, 2012
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:19:51am |
re: #181 CuriousLurker
Drive-by comment:
London evacuation, apparent hostage crisis. Live feed via Sky News.
[Embedded content]
Quick! They're probably running a background check on Ruwayda Mustafah! ;)
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BeenHereAwhile Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:20:22am |
re: #107 austin_blue
Of *course* the working class is benefitted by unions. Hey, Charles, is membership in the AFM good or bad?
For She Who Must Be Obeyed, it is undeniably good. (Oh, and on the Local website, she is a couple of names below Willie Nelson.)
IIRC, when our studio was pumping out platinum albums (1970s), a session musician cost (per AFM rules) approx $125.00 for three sides.
It was OK, as that was considered the cost of doing business, and ensured that one could make a living as a session musician.
Wonder (seriously) what the same cost today.
Our small record company VP (who had worked for Polygram) told me that the AFM collected 10% off the top from the music industry, and his words at that time, "and you know the US music industry is a $10 billion industry. You do the math. And the AFM has never been audited. No one knows what they do with the money."
I don't mean this to be a knock on the AFM.
Make of it what you will.
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:20:27am |
re: #178 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)
Those little soldiers were tough, but they were no match for a half cup of dad's green dot powder from his reloader and a can of mom's VO-5 Hair Spray and a lighter.
I put all mine in the drying cupboard one time. Next day I went to get them there was nothing left but strings of melted plastic hanging from the grate.
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:22:05am |
re: #183 Interesting Times
[Embedded content] Image: enhanced-buzz-30819-1335490061-10.jpg
That's just how mormons exchange bodily fluids.
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:23:52am |
re: #183 Interesting Times
[Embedded content] Image: enhanced-buzz-30819-1335490061-10.jpg
And it looks like Mitt is giving birth, too.
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Obdicut Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:26:42am |
re: #181 CuriousLurker
That he's talking to cops is a good sign.
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:28:25am |
re: #181 CuriousLurker
Drive-by comment:
London evacuation, apparent hostage crisis. Live feed via Sky News.
[Embedded content]
The BBC's page on this: [Link: www.bbc.co.uk...]
The Metropolitan Police said the man had a grievance against the company.
The office building houses news website The Huffington Post UK.
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lawhawk Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:30:31am |
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area - NASA's bringing the Shuttle Enterprise to NYC this morning; it's preparing to take off from Dulles as I write:
[Link: abclocal.go.com...]
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:33:19am |
re: #191 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area - NASA's bringing the Shuttle Enterprise to NYC this morning; it's preparing to take off from Dulles as I write:
[Link: abclocal.go.com...]
That poor Shuttle...they're treating it like an Irish Setter.
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:37:53am |
First flying sharks and now hovering bears...we're so fucked...until jesus comes.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:39:10am |
re: #191 lawhawk
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area - NASA's bringing the Shuttle Enterprise to NYC this morning; it's preparing to take off from Dulles as I write:
[Link: abclocal.go.com...]
The Statue of Liberty flyby will be awesome. I wonder if it will overfly ground zero or if that is still off limits even for this flight.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:40:37am |
re: #193 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)
First flying sharks and now hovering bears...we're so fucked...until jesus comes.
Take 32! Can you do it again with more feeling?
//
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:41:02am |
re: #190 Aye Pod
The BBC's page on this: [Link: www.bbc.co.uk...]
He's been identified...
Snipers, explosive experts and a police negotiator are attending a potential hostage situation at Tottenham Court Road in central London.
There are reports that four people have been taken hostage by a man, named as Michael Green, at a building in one of the busiest parts of the capital.
The 50-year-old is reported to be angry he did not get an HGV Licence and had a grudge against someone in the building over the matter.
Mr Green stormed into Shropshire House, which houses Advantage HGV, about midday saying he had nothing to live for.
He is said to have a gas cannister tied to him and reportedly threatened to blow himself up.
Police were called when Mr Green was throwing computers, furniture and paper from the fifth floor of the building.
The police negotiator has made contact with Mr Green, but objects were still being thrown from the window will they were communicating.
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lawhawk Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:42:10am |
re: #194 Daniel Ballard
It's supposed to do a flyby of both the WTC and Intrepid museum along the Hudson River, doubt it will fly directly over the WTC site (1WTC would be just about the same height as the flyby (1500 feet versus about 1300 feet (including the cranes at 1WTC)).
In any event, I'm hoping to get away from work for a few minutes to catch and photograph it. If I do, then I'll be posting them to my blog...
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:44:37am |
re: #197 lawhawk
Good luck, looking forward to the pictures.
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prairiefire Fri, Apr 27, 2012 6:53:06am |
Bill Clinton's campaign video for Obama:[Link: politicalwire.com...]
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:06:50am |
Pete Fornatale, a Pioneer of FM Rock, Dies at 66
Pete Fornatale, a disc jockey who helped usher in a musical alternative to Top 40 AM radio in New York in the late 1960s and early 1970s, presenting progressive rock and long album tracks that AM stations wouldn’t touch and helping to give WNEW a major presence on the still-young FM dial, died on Thursday in Manhattan. He was 66...
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Lidane Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:21:46am |
Grover Norquist hath spoken. Let's see how many Republicans follow:
Club For Growth To GOP: Let Student’s Interest Rates Spike
Reflecting divisions within the congressional GOP, the conservative group Club for Growth is warning Republicans to vote against any measure that would keep student loan interest rates from doubling a few weeks from now – even one sponsored by their own leaders.
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:27:35am |
re: #203 Lidane
Grover Norquist hath spoken. Let's see how many Republicans follow:
So lower taxes are a good thing since people keep more of their money, but lower interest rates on student loans, letting people keep more of their money, are bad.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:28:46am |
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:29:23am |
re: #176 Aye Pod
I believe DF is a lot better than some of the right wing baggage he still lugs around.
That's probably a very good way to put it, thank you.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:32:20am |
The situation in London has been safely resolved. Man arrested.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:33:23am |
This is getting worse by the day.
Secret Service probing foreign hard-partying allegations going back to 2000
(CBS News) WASHINGTON - The Secret Service sex scandal is getting wider.
The dispute over payment to a prostitute in Cartagena, Colombia, by a Secret Service agent has triggered new charges of hard partying and impropriety by agents around the globe.
Two weeks after the incident in Cartagena, the Secret Service is working to quickly wrap up that portion of the scandal, but the U.S. government is investigating reports of unprofessional behavior and rule-breaking by agents in four countries, going back 12 years.
On Capitol Hill, there are growing demands for an outside agency to take over the probe.
Seattle CBS affiliate KIRO-TV reported Thursday that Secret Service agents visited a strip club in El Salvador -- by the vanload -- in advance of President Obama's trip there in March 2011.
The Secret Service is looking into that report and some others, including accusations that Secret Service personnel traveling in 2009 with former President Clinton partied at strip clubs on a visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, and that agents and White House staffers went to a Moscow night club known for its sexually charged atmosphere prior to Mr. Clinton's trip to Russia in 2000.
The new allegations come soon after a hearing Wednesday in which senators were assured that the Colombia scandal was an isolated incident.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:36:27am |
The Sky News feed is showing the space shuttle flying over NYC. Major coolness.
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:36:40am |
re: #208 NJDhockeyfan
This is getting worse by the day.
Secret Service probing foreign hard-partying allegations going back to 2000
Can't say I'm really surprised. The idea that the recent event was a one-off occurrence was pretty risible.
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lawhawk Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:41:36am |
The Shuttle Enterprise Over the WTC
I might get another crack as it comes back down the Hudson River for its final approach towards JFK.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:43:54am |
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lawhawk Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:50:12am |
re: #212 NJDhockeyfan
I got an even better shot on the return pass... gonna post that one momentarily.
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Lidane Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:53:46am |
re: #204 Simply Sarah
So lower taxes are a good thing since people keep more of their money, but lower interest rates on student loans, letting people keep more of their money, are bad.
Yep. How dare people use federal student loans to pay for their education.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:54:15am |
Trayvon Martin case: sparks of racial violence appear
Police report isolated incidents of blacks attacking whites in the name of 'justice for Trayvon Martin.' The incidents are rare, but they indicate frustrations in the African-American community.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:54:32am |
Let me get this straight Greta Van Sustern is bringing Lindsay Lohan to the WHC Dinner but has a moral offense to Louie C.K?— Meghan McCain (@McCainBlogette) April 26, 2012
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lawhawk Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:56:10am |
And now - the shuttle return pass over the World Trade Center...
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:58:14am |
re: #218 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)
I like Meghan McCain...bright
girlyoung woman.
As I think I've said before, I need to write a script for this.
/
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:59:16am |
re: #217 lawhawk
And now - the shuttle return pass over the World Trade Center...
Awesome! Got a good shot there in the middle especially.
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 7:59:34am |
re: #219 Simply Sarah
As I think I've said before, I need to write a script for this.
/
Reload...I fixed it. Thanks for the catch...I guess it's because I'm getting older I see women in their 20s as girls.
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lawhawk Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:01:38am |
re: #220 Simply Sarah
Yeah, that's the money shot. It definitely helped to have the new camera I've been using - Canon 60D. Much faster than my old xTi for stuff like this.
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:02:45am |
re: #221 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)
Reload...I fixed it. Thanks for the catch...I guess it's because I'm getting older I see women in their 20s as girls.
I may be many things, but a girl is not one of them. That comes out sounding a bit odd, doesn't it?
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:03:42am |
Okay...time to shower and go deal with the Russians (contractors visiting...demanding more 'fun' work for their team while admitting the team isn't technical enough for the 'fun' stuff). Learning how to say 'No' with a smile.
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lawhawk Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:04:44am |
More photos (not by me):
[Link: gothamist.com...]
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:06:20am |
re: #215 Killgore Trout
It's pathetic with all the violent attacks happening. The MSM should be reporting comments and interviews from people like Bill Cosby instead of race baiters like Sharpton and Jackson.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:08:21am |
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CuriousLurker Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:09:09am |
re: #217 lawhawk
And now - the shuttle return pass over the World Trade Center...
Great shots, but e gad...my stomach just did a very nasty flip-flop...visceral reaction to the sight of an airplane near the buildings... I thought I'd gotten over that. Apparently not.
I really HATE those assholes for what they did.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:09:30am |
re: #226 NJDhockeyfan
It's pathetic with all the violent attacks happening. The MSM should be reporting comments and interviews from people like Bill Cosby instead of race baiters like Sharpton and Jackson.
The MSM has been terribly irresponsible with this story.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:11:33am |
re: #226 NJDhockeyfan
It's pathetic with all the violent attacks happening. The MSM should be reporting comments and interviews from people like Bill Cosby instead of race baiters like
Sharpton and JacksonSean Hannity and Tucker Carlson.
FTFY
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CuriousLurker Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:11:45am |
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:12:04am |
re: #229 Killgore Trout
The MSM has been terribly irresponsible with this story.
Sharpton and Jackson's faces get higher ratings. It's all about the money. Journalism is dead.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:14:55am |
re: #229 Killgore Trout
The MSM has been terribly irresponsible with this story.
Yeah. It's all the "lamestream" media's fault that George Zimmerman murdered Trayvon Martin. Let's ignore ALEC and the National Rifle Association. Go for the easy target. Blame the media!!111ty.
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:15:16am |
re: #222 lawhawk
Yeah, that's the money shot. It definitely helped to have the new camera I've been using - Canon 60D. Much faster than my old xTi for stuff like this.
Gotta admit I'd probably have gotten out my Nikon F2 & 200/4 and a roll of Ektar 100 for a shot like that because my digital (an Oly E-PL1) while very nice would probably not be fast enough for a shot like that. Perhaps with my Nikkor-P 105/2.5 though since it wouldn't have to focus - hyperfocal it at f/16 and be there...
Good work!
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:15:23am |
re: #233 NJDhockeyfan
Sharpton and Jackson's faces get higher ratings. It's all about the money. Journalism is dead.
Yep. It's all Sharpton's and Jackson's fault.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:20:49am |
re: #238 Gus
When in doubt, blame the black guys.
I give credit to Bill Cosby but I'm blaming the black guys. Got it.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:20:59am |
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lawhawk Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:21:07am |
re: #236 William Barnett-Lewis
I was working with my trusty Tamron 28-300 VR 3.5-5.6 at around 150-200mm. Since there was little time to plan/set the shot (and I had scouted it this morning), I missed the closer approach to 1WTC in favor of the sightline I took. Frankly, I thought it would be a bit higher to catch it above the WFC altogether, but it was a pretty damned impressive sight to behold in any case.
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Lidane Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:23:21am |
re: #233 NJDhockeyfan
Journalism has bigger problems than whatever you think Sharpton and Jackson are doing.
We had an White House stenography pool instead of a press in the run up to the Iraq War and we are given the dumbed down versions of Time and Newsweek and other magazines in this country. You have to go outside the United States to find anything resembling actual news reporting. That has fuck all to do with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and everything to do with the 24-hour news cycle which has turned news into entertainment.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:24:44am |
re: #243 Lidane
Journalism has bigger problems than whatever you think Sharpton and Jackson are doing.
We had an White House stenography pool instead of a press in the run up to the Iraq War and we are given the dumbed down versions of Time and Newsweek and other magazines in this country. You have to go outside the United States to find anything resembling actual news reporting. That has fuck all to do with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and everything to do with the 24-hour news cycle which has turned news into entertainment.
I can't argue with that.
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Varek Raith Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:24:58am |
re: #241 lawhawk
I was working with my trusty Tamron 28-300 VR 3.5-5.6 at around 150-200mm. Since there was little time to plan/set the shot (and I had scouted it this morning), I missed the closer approach to 1WTC in favor of the sightline I took. Frankly, I thought it would be a bit higher to catch it above the WFC altogether, but it was a pretty damned impressive sight to behold in any case.
Sounds like a piece of artillery.
/
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:26:03am |
re: #239 NJDhockeyfan
I give credit to Bill Cosby but I'm blaming the black guys. Got it.
Sorry. Seems like this is the millionth time you've tried to blame this on Sharpton and Jackson.
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Eventual Carrion Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:28:43am |
re: #223 Simply Sarah
I may be many things, but a girl is not one of them. That comes out sounding a bit odd, doesn't it?
That's no women, that's my wife!
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Interesting Times Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:28:49am |
GOP: Government small enough to fit in your status updates!
HUFF POST: Republicans Block Bid To Shield Social Media Passwords From Employers: dems.me/JKqfVX— DCCC (@dccc) April 27, 2012
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Lidane Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:29:57am |
re: #249 Interesting Times
What possible reason could they have for blocking that? WTF.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:30:31am |
re: #246 Gus
Sorry. Seems like this is the millionth time you've tried to blame this on Sharpton and Jackson.
With Sharpton calling for an escalation of civil disobedience I can't resist put him at the top of the list.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:31:32am |
re: #251 NJDhockeyfan
With Sharpton calling for an escalation of civil disobedience I can't resist put him at the top of the list.
Civil disobedience is a call for violence?
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Interesting Times Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:33:04am |
re: #250 Lidane
What possible reason could they have for blocking that? WTF.
It creates a gap between their lips and the wrinkled asses of their corporate masters.
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allegro Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:33:10am |
re: #235 Gus
Yeah. It's all the "lamestream" media's fault that George Zimmerman murdered Trayvon Martin. Let's ignore ALEC and the National Rifle Association. Go for the easy target. Blame the media!!111ty.
And the fact that it was the media attention that resulted in any action being taken at all. Perfect? Nope. Effective? Absolutely.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:33:26am |
Fox's Michelle Malkin labels activists campaigning against #ALEC's corrupt special interests "little lynch mobs" bit.ly/Ke8Izc— Media Matters (@mmfa) April 26, 2012
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:33:30am |
re: #250 Lidane
What possible reason could they have for blocking that? WTF.
I can't understand that either. It's none of an employer's fucking business what's inside someone Facebook account. I am one of the few without one.
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Eventual Carrion Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:33:30am |
re: #225 lawhawk
More photos (not by me):
[Link: gothamist.com...]
Is that an escort jet in the one shot?
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:34:10am |
re: #241 lawhawk
I was working with my trusty Tamron 28-300 VR 3.5-5.6 at around 150-200mm. Since there was little time to plan/set the shot (and I had scouted it this morning), I missed the closer approach to 1WTC in favor of the sightline I took. Frankly, I thought it would be a bit higher to catch it above the WFC altogether, but it was a pretty damned impressive sight to behold in any case.
Very nice work to get it given the speed it was moving as well.
My own photography this morning was rather more mundane. Some B&Ws of a "usual suspect" bridge that I'll miss once we move up north and a few cliche flowers. No shuttles here in flyover, alas.
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Varek Raith Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:36:06am |
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:36:51am |
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:36:58am |
Douche bag Teabaggers suddenly discover that Ayn Rand was an atheist:
After Previously Praising Her, Paul Ryan Now Disses Ayn Rand: 'I Reject Her Philosophy' adf.ly/7qcBg #SkyRSSNetwork— Think Progess Feed (@ThinkProgressFD) April 26, 2012
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allegro Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:38:13am |
re: #243 Lidane
Journalism has bigger problems than whatever you think Sharpton and Jackson are doing.
We had an White House stenography pool instead of a press in the run up to the Iraq War and we are given the dumbed down versions of Time and Newsweek and other magazines in this country. You have to go outside the United States to find anything resembling actual news reporting. That has fuck all to do with Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and everything to do with the 24-hour news cycle which has turned news into entertainment.
Your mention of Time reminded me of yesterday's Digby and her reporting of Colbert's brilliant bit at the Time 100 thingie...
Of course, all of us should be honored to be listed on the TIME 100 alongside the two men who will be slugging it out in the fall: President Obama, and the man who would defeat him, David Koch.
Give it up everybody. David Koch.
Little known fact -- David, nice to see you again, sir.
Little known fact, David's brother Charles Koch is actually even more influential. Charles pledged $40 million to defeat President Obama, David only $20 million. That's kind of cheap, Dave.
Sure, he's all for buying the elections, but when the bill for democracy comes up, Dave's always in the men's room. I'm sorry, I must have left Wisconsin in my other coat.
I was particularly excited to meet David Koch earlier tonight because I have a Super PAC, Colbert Super PAC, and I am -- thank you, thank you -- and I am happy to announce Mr. Koch has pledged $5 million to my Super PAC. And the great thing is, thanks to federal election law, there's no way for you to ever know whether that's a joke.
Read the whole thing. Balls of steel, indeed.
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:40:02am |
re: #261 Gus
Douche bag Teabaggers suddenly discover that Ayn Rand was an atheist:
[Embedded content]
He got smacked, really hard, by the Bishops & the Jesuits the other day. THAT's the only reason he's back peddling on his worship of her. Mind, he's probably still got an altar & candles set up in his bank vault /// but he'll have to be more careful hiding it or his Republican acceptable church will toss him.
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Lidane Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:40:12am |
re: #261 Gus
“Two novels can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.”.
Heh.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:41:23am |
Talking with Zimmerman's lawyer now about why he just learned Zimmerman has $200,000 and isn't broke @AC360 8p, 10p— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) April 27, 2012
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Lidane Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:41:55am |
re: #263 allegro
I still have Colbert's bit from the White House Correspondents Dinner on my iPod. Brilliant and brutally funny.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:42:04am |
That contradicts their claim during the bail hearing that they were broke.
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allegro Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:43:19am |
re: #269 Gus
That contradicts their claim during the bail hearing that they were broke.
Since $200,000 probably pays less than a week's worth of legal council, he soon will be broke.
/not a defense, just an observation
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:45:06am |
re: #250 Lidane
What possible reason could they have for blocking that? WTF.
This is just my reaction.
My employer has an interest in my life for 40 or up to 60 hours a week while I'm working. he has every right to my work emails, texts etc. That's it. No more.
We have the rest of my life to consider. My private life. The part I get to be the gatekeeper of. My boss and my co workers might not be invited. My privacy matters.
Do I want my Facebook to be a part of my review or promotion prospects? What if my lifestyle is one my boss would not like? He need not know what company I choose to keep. My boss has no more right to my Facebook than he does to my front lawn. He can see what's in plain view, but entering is up to me.
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iossarian Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:47:09am |
re: #250 Lidane
What possible reason could they have for blocking that? WTF.
Regulation of what corporations can do = bad.
It's the Republican way.
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gwangung Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:47:54am |
re: #254 allegro
And the fact that it was the media attention that resulted in any action being taken at all. Perfect? Nope. Effective? Absolutely.
Media attention that was initiated and sustained by Sharpton and Jackson.
There wouldn't BE any attention paid to Zimmerman except for Sharpton and Jackson.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:48:24am |
re: #272 iossarian
Regulation of what corporations can do = bad.
It's the Republican way.
Authoritarianism.
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:49:14am |
re: #272 iossarian
What of our privacy?
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allegro Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:51:51am |
re: #275 Daniel Ballard
What of our privacy?
Yeah, what of it, sucker? You work for us, we OWN you! You think you have a life? Hahahaha!
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allegro Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:52:12am |
re: #276 allegro
Yeah, what of it, sucker? You work for us, we OWN you! You think you have a life? Hahahaha!
Oops, I forgot my wingnut tags.
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Eventual Carrion Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:52:55am |
re: #276 allegro
Yeah, what of it, sucker? You work for us, we OWN you! You think you have a life? Hahahaha!
You move 16 tons
and what do ya get ...
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:53:34am |
re: #276 allegro
Yeah, what of it, sucker? You work for us, we OWN you! You think you have a life? Hahahaha!
If you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to worry about!
//Bush years.
//
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allegro Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:53:41am |
re: #278 RayFerd
You move 16 tons
and what do ya get ...
Upding for Ernie Ford ref. I loved that guy.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:54:22am |
re: #280 allegro
Upding for Ernie Ford ref. I loved that guy.
Ernie Ford? I thought that was Tom Jones.
//
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Varek Raith Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:55:13am |
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:55:17am |
re: #276 allegro
Yeah, what of it, sucker? You work for us, we OWN you! You think you have a life? Hahahaha!
Oh and about your Klout score.... Sorry no promotion for you. You don't tweet enough to rate it.
///
WTF? Next I'll have to buy ads at Yelp so they don't screw my reputation.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:56:10am |
re: #282 Varek Raith
If you have nothing to hide then you have nothing to worry about!
//Bush years.
//
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iossarian Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:56:12am |
re: #275 Daniel Ballard
What of our privacy?
You think the Republicans (other than Luap Nor) care about individual privacy?
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William Barnett-Lewis Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:58:27am |
re: #250 Lidane
What possible reason could they have for blocking that? WTF.
Getting back to the good old days of pre-union Ford when Henry micromanaged his workers lives for them, that's all.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 8:59:01am |
Flight crew just came on stage. #Enterprise #intrepidshuttle m. twitter.com/CSMuncyPhoto/s…
— C.S. Muncy (@CSMuncyPhoto) April 27, 2012
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allegro Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:01:35am |
re: #287 Gus
I'm still not believing that Houston didn't get one of the retired shuttles. That seems so wrong.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:03:38am |
re: #288 allegro
I'm still not believing that Houston didn't get one of the retired shuttles. That seems so wrong.
Houston! We've got a problem.
//
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:03:46am |
re: #285 iossarian
You think the Republicans (other than Luap Nor) care about individual privacy?
I'm not going to pretend to read their minds for motives. But some examples exist. CISPA
GOP freshmen help derail Patriot Act extension
But then we get votes like this. I can only shake my head. I think you have seen enough of my Pages on this to see where I stand. Like the patriot act should be restricted to anti terror work only. And the FBI should need a warrant to tap my phone,email or GPS my car.
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:04:27am |
You ever have one of those moods where you simultaneously feel like you want to run 10 miles and also want to take a nice nap? Yeah, that's me right now.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:05:09am |
re: #291 Simply Sarah
You ever have one of those moods where you simultaneously feel like you want to run 10 miles and also want to take a nice nap? Yeah, that's me right now.
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allegro Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:05:28am |
re: #291 Simply Sarah
You ever have one of those moods where you simultaneously feel like you want to run 10 miles and also want to take a nice nap? Yeah, that's me right now.
Hey, I know! You run the ten miles and I'll take the nice nap. Win-win.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:10:46am |
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Decatur Deb Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:15:38am |
re: #271 Daniel Ballard
This is just my reaction.
My employer has an interest in my life for 40 or up to 60 hours a week while I'm working. he has every right to my work emails, texts etc. That's it. No more.We have the rest of my life to consider. My private life. The part I get to be the gatekeeper of. My boss and my co workers might not be invited. My privacy matters.
Do I want my Facebook to be a part of my review or promotion prospects? What if my lifestyle is one my boss would not like? He need not know what company I choose to keep. My boss has no more right to my Facebook than he does to my front lawn. He can see what's in plain view, but entering is up to me.
That's all true. You should put it on your resume.
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:18:33am |
re: #295 NJDhockeyfan
Whenever I see someone getting, to quote Sarah Palin, 'all wee-weed up' over videos from suicide bombers, I have to say, "Who gives a fuck? Stupid asshole's dead now."
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:27:47am |
re: #297 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)
Whenever I see someone getting, to quote Sarah Palin, 'all wee-weed up' over videos from suicide bombers, I have to say, "Who gives a fuck? Stupid asshole's dead now."
It's a propaganda tool used to help gain support and recruitment for the terrorist organization. That's who gives a fuck.
Luckily there are some geeks out there doing great work against their website.
Taliban Website Hacked As Afghan Cyberwar Heats Up
Unidentified hackers have broken into the main website of the Afghan Taliban, replacing the usual militant claims of victories with images of executions carried out by the militants and messages condemning violence in English, Arabic, and Pashto.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the Reuters news agency that the Al-Amara website was broken into twice on April 26 and blamed Western intelligence agencies.
A NATO spokesman declined to comment on the claim.
Heh.
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Shropshire_Slasher Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:30:45am |
I like Jack Black but not the best picture
[Link: www.nypost.com...]
I think he is humgry
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Shropshire_Slasher Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:35:16am |
An example of domestic terrorism
[Link: www.timesunion.com...]
I think he may have handled the mercury a little bit too much, cuz he is NUTZ! or mad as a hatter?!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:35:19am |
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:36:23am |
re: #301 ggt
Hey all!
Image: 523914_10150687417541430_61915636429_9826551_236400782_n.jpg
How goes it?
It's Friday, it's beautiful outside, and I woke up alive one more day.
Life is good :)
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:36:49am |
re: #301 ggt
Hey all!
Image: 523914_10150687417541430_61915636429_9826551_236400782_n.jpg
How goes it?
It goes. Plus it's a Friday, so that's a plus.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:37:09am |
re: #291 Simply Sarah
You ever have one of those moods where you simultaneously feel like you want to run 10 miles and also want to take a nice nap? Yeah, that's me right now.
NO
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:38:39am |
re: #283 Daniel Ballard
Oh and about your Klout score.... Sorry no promotion for you. You don't tweet enough to rate it.
///WTF? Next I'll have to buy ads at Yelp so they don't screw my reputation.
So, how does one find out their Klout Score?
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lawhawk Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:38:52am |
re: #300 Tommy's cone of shame
Probably nuts even before playing with mercury. Guy was a right wing wackaloon - had copies of the Turner Diaries and other assorted items; the attack against Albany Medical Center was apparently in response to billing issues he had:
When Albany Police and FBI agents searched his home and car in Ulster County last month, they found two containers filled with mercury — one from a dental supply company — 21 guns and about 50 knives. Officers found "The Turner Diaries," a novel associated with domestic terrorism, and a swastika on his wall. They also found correspondence with Albany Med that described Kimber's complaints and concerns over medical bills and treatment he received at the hospital in December 2010.
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:45:00am |
Game of Presidents.
Image: 552960_10150851010294276_508939275_11713916_751332677_n.jpg
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:46:34am |
re: #306 ggt
So, how does one find out their Klout Score?
To note, Klout is a California-based company that checks people's "online influence" using its own algorithm with user data from big social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, just to name a few. The higher your Klout score on their system, the better it is for your social "status".
What if I am not on any of those? Would that make my Klout number zero?
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:47:41am |
So, last night I shared some of my jello with Old Man Dog.
All I can say is that it WAS SO FUNNY. I don't have the vocabulary or the literary talent to accurately describe it.
Something between, "oh, Mom, thanks for the food" & "Wait, it doesn't melt, it doesn't crunch, it's sweet and kinda wet--Well, Mom's eating hers . .I just don't know ."
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:48:08am |
re: #309 NJDhockeyfan
What if I am not on any of those? Would that make my Klout number zero?
probably less than zero . .
LOL
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:50:15am |
Is there any way to look at a list of all name changes since the feature was introduced? I've got a sneaking suspicion that a full half of them are Sergey and clearly that calls for further research!
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:51:37am |
re: #312 Simply Sarah
Me and b_sharp. We're a team of nickshifters!
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:51:46am |
re: #310 ggt
So, last night I shared some of my jello with Old Man Dog.
All I can say is that it WAS SO FUNNY. I don't have the vocabulary or the literary talent to accurately describe it.
Something between, "oh, Mom, thanks for the food" & "Wait, it doesn't melt, it doesn't crunch, it's sweet and kinda wet--Well, Mom's eating hers . .I just don't know ."
Heh. My ketten, Zoe, has noticed me eating kohlrabi leaves in the greenhouse and decided to eat them too. Last night I crawled into bed to discover she spent her day picking kohlrabi leaves and putting them on my bed. Very sweet.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:52:21am |
re: #310 ggt
I bet he begged it out of you too.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:52:30am |
re: #314 Killgore Trout
Heh. My ketten, Zoe, has noticed me eating kohlrabi leaves in the greenhouse and decided to eat them too. Last night I crawled into bed to discover she spent her day picking kohlrabi leaves and putting them on my bed. Very sweet.
What a good friend!
One needs nice kohlrabi leaves to sleep comfortably.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:52:43am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:52:58am |
re: #314 Killgore Trout
Heh. My ketten, Zoe, has noticed me eating kohlrabi leaves in the greenhouse and decided to eat them too. Last night I crawled into bed to discover she spent her day picking kohlrabi leaves and putting them on my bed. Very sweet.
OK, now eat bacon...///
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:53:32am |
re: #313 I'm a Mavrik!
Me and b_sharp. We're a team of nickshifters!
Oh yeah! I almost forgot about c_natural. You two are probably 80%, at least.
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:53:51am |
re: #314 Killgore Trout
Heh. My ketten, Zoe, has noticed me eating kohlrabi leaves in the greenhouse and decided to eat them too. Last night I crawled into bed to discover she spent her day picking kohlrabi leaves and putting them on my bed. Very sweet.
That's great. I used to have a cat that left dead mice in my bed.
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BeenHereAwhile Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:56:08am |
re: #210 Simply Sarah
"re: #208 NJDhockeyfan
This is getting worse by the day.
Secret Service probing foreign hard-partying allegations going back to 2000
Can't say I'm really surprised. The idea that the recent event was a one-off occurrence was pretty risible."
Secret Service partying with ladies other than their significant others after going off duty was occurring in the 1970s, but to the best of my knowledge, it involved groupies and not prostitutes.
Why pay for sex, when it was available for free.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:56:42am |
re: #320 NJDhockeyfan
That's great. I used to have a cat that left dead mice in my bed.
Why did you eat dead mice in front of your cat? //
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:57:28am |
re: #322 I'm a Mavrik!
Why did you eat dead mice in front of your cat? //
Al Sharpton told him to.
//
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:57:45am |
re: #321 BeenHereAwhile
"re: #208 NJDhockeyfan
This is getting worse by the day.
Secret Service probing foreign hard-partying allegations going back to 2000
Can't say I'm really surprised. The idea that the recent event was a one-off occurrence was pretty risible."
Secret Service partying with ladies other than their significant others after going off duty was occurring in the 1970s, but to the best of my knowledge, it involved groupies and not prostitutes.
Why pay for sex, when it was available for free.
I don't like it when people party to that extent on my money. Off Duty or On.
Is it hypocritical to think that my tax dollars (if they were on duty or out of the country on an expense account) should be involved in prostitution.
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:58:39am |
re: #320 NJDhockeyfan
That's great. I used to have a cat that left dead mice in my bed.
When I lived in Arizona I had a cat that used to do that with geckos. I was really stumped because she was an indoor cat and I couldn't figure out where she was getting them from. I came home one day and saw her paw sticking out from a gap under the front door just flailing around aimlessly fishing for passing geckos.
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:58:50am |
re: #321 BeenHereAwhile
"re: #208 NJDhockeyfan
This is getting worse by the day.
Secret Service probing foreign hard-partying allegations going back to 2000
Can't say I'm really surprised. The idea that the recent event was a one-off occurrence was pretty risible."
Secret Service partying with ladies other than their significant others after going off duty was occurring in the 1970s, but to the best of my knowledge, it involved groupies and not prostitutes.
Why pay for sex, when it was available for free.
Well, perhaps the groupies are just for when they're here in the States. When outside the country, I suppose they need other options.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:59:20am |
re: #323 Gus
Al Sharpton told him to.
//
Not an excuse. Al Sharpton telepathically tells me to do scary stuff each 15 minutes. And I don't do most of it! ///
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 9:59:35am |
EPA official apologizes for use of word 'crucify'
Carney denied that. He said Armendariz's comments were "inaccurate as a representation of, or characterization of the way that the EPA has operated under President Obama."
Oil and gas production on federal lands and waters have increased since Obama took office, he said.
Later Thursday, Republican Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued a statement saying the administration was "more worried about aggressively advancing its radical agenda (than) fostering job growth and expanding our economy."
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:00:43am |
Romney rescues capsized boaters
Jul 06, 2003
Waltham — Gov. Mitt Romney rode to the rescue over the weekend during a vacation trip -- using his Jet Ski to help pluck a New Jersey family and their dog out of Lake Winnipesaukee after their boat sank.
...The governor pulled the two younger women aboard his three-seater Jet Ski and zoomed back to shore, while his sons helped the mother of the family onto their vehicle.
In the middle of the rescue, the governor actually took a dunking himself -- thrown off the Jet Ski as one anxious boater scrambled aboard and tipped the craft off-balance.
The rescuing Romneys also managed to snatch the family dog, McKenzie, from a watery grave -- grabbing the Scottish terrier first because it was the only passenger without a lifejacket.
"It looked like it wasn't going to last much longer," said Josh, who held the waterlogged pooch on the ride back to shore.
With Josh and Craig hovering nearby, the three men treaded water until the governor returned and made two more trips to ferry them back.
Wait a minute, I thought Mitt hates dogs. This must be a fabricated story!
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NJDhockeyfan Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:01:46am |
re: #322 I'm a Mavrik!
That are great wrapped in bacon ;)
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:01:57am |
re: #327 I'm a Mavrik!
Not an excuse. Al Sharpton telepathically tells me to do scary stuff each 15 minutes. And I don't do most of it! ///
Not true. Everyone knows Eat mice in front of your cat. that subliminal messaging works almost 99 percent Eat mice in front of your cat. of the time. This has been proven time and time again in either laboratory settings Eat mice in front of your cat. or through commercial Eat mice in front of your cat. advertising whether it be on radio or television. It even Eat mice in front of your cat. works in the print medium.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:02:27am |
re: #329 NJDhockeyfan
The Seamus story is not about hatred, but about cluelessness, most of all. That said, kudos to Romney for this incident.
| 333 |
Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:03:13am |
Video in question regarding the EPA.
IMHO, Non-troversy.
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:03:31am |
re: #322 I'm a Mavrik!
Why did you eat dead mice in front of your cat? //
And how does he hold their little legs?
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:03:57am |
re: #324 ggt
I don't like it when people party to that extent on my money. Off Duty or On.
Is it hypocritical to think that my tax dollars (if they were on duty or out of the country on an expense account) should be involved in prostitution.
Has it been determined that they were actually treating this as a travel/"business" expense? I admit to not really following this story all that carefully, beyond the fact that apparently they weren't doing anything actually illegal in those countries. I mean, there are obviously other things involved that make the actions a problem but I'm curious.
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Sheila Broflovski Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:03:58am |
re: #332 I'm a Mavrik!
The Seamus story is not about hatred, but about cluelessness, most of all. That said, kudos to Romney for this incident.
I'm reminded of that scene in "The Contender" where the governor is fishing under a bridge and someone drives off the bridge.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:05:51am |
re: #335 Simply Sarah
Has it been determined that they were actually treating this as a travel/"business" expense? I admit to not really following this story all that carefully, beyond the fact that apparently they weren't doing anything actually illegal in those countries. I mean, there are obviously other things involved that make the actions a problem but I'm curious.
We shall see as it unfolds. I have a feeling that the first "scandal" was legal and off the tax-payer books. With the plethora of stuff that seems to be being uncovered . . . .
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:06:45am |
re: #338 ggt
We shall see as it unfolds. I have a feeling that the first "scandal" was legal and off the tax-payer books. With the plethora of stuff that seems to be being uncovered . . .
And, of course, there's a rather large difference between something being legal and something being proper.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:07:36am |
re: #339 Simply Sarah
And, of course, there's a rather large difference between something being legal and something being proper.
I think being out-of-the country on assignment with the POTUS counts as being on my dime.
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:07:59am |
re: #340 ggt
I think being out-of-the country on assignment with the POTUS counts as being on my dime.
Fair enough!
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:11:04am |
re: #29 Dark_Falcon
Good sentiment but the song is hogwash. "World where – every sister and every brother – shall live together – like small children of the rainbow," can be filed under 'never going to happen', not till Jesus returns. But it's what you'd expect from Peter Seeger.
Premise A: never going to happen.
Premise B: not till Jesus returns.
Conclusion: Jesus will never return.
:P
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:11:59am |
re: #342 I'm a Mavrik!
Premise A: never going to happen.
Premise B: not till Jesus returns.
Conclusion: Jesus will never return.
:P
We have a winner!
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Amory Blaine Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:15:56am |
re: #261 Gus
Douche bag Teabaggers suddenly discover that Ayn Rand was an atheist:
[Embedded content]
He's a fucking liar:
"The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand," Ryan said at a D.C. gathering four years ago honoring the author of "Atlas Shrugged" and "The Fountainhead." ...
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:16:41am |
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Kragar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:20:45am |
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Amory Blaine Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:20:49am |
Stole this comment:
“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.”
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:21:06am |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:21:17am |
Sorry Lizards, you are going to have to change your summer travel plans ;0
Netherlands judge backs cafe cannabis ban
Protesters in Amsterdam smoked marijuana joints as they campaigned against the proposed banA judge in the Netherlands has upheld a new law to ban foreign tourists from entering cannabis cafes.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:22:16am |
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:23:02am |
re: #346 Kragar
Barton: Solution to Concerns About Muslims in Congress is to Convert them to Christianity
Ah! That makes sense.
//
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:23:53am |
re: #350 ggt
Sorry Lizards, you are going to have to change your summer travel plans ;0
Heh, I'll be in Amsterdam soon. Then again, I never inhaled nor do I intend to start ;)
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:24:22am |
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lawhawk Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:25:18am |
Detroit Tigers' Delmon Young arrested in NYC for aggravated harassment and allegedly using an anti-Semitic slur. Was taken to Roosevelt Hospital for intoxication.
Young has previously been known for throwing a baseball bat an ump after disagreeing on a called strike 3.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:25:54am |
Am I the only one to find this ad creepy?
[Link: tpc.googlesyndication.com...]
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:26:10am |
I think Brat Puppy has turned a corner. He seems, the past couple of days, to enjoy standing still and having his ears scratched.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:26:38am |
re: #358 I'm a Mavrik!
Am I the only one to find this ad creepy?
[Link: tpc.googlesyndication.com...]
Yeah, the barbed wire in the background is a bit --dystopian?
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:27:03am |
re: #357 lawhawk
Detroit Tigers' Delmon Young arrested in NYC for aggravated harassment and allegedly using an anti-Semitic slur. Was taken to Roosevelt Hospital for intoxication.
Young has previously been known for throwing a baseball bat an ump after disagreeing on a called strike 3.
Gibson syndrome is spreading?
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:27:37am |
re: #329 NJDhockeyfan
Romney rescues capsized boaters
Jul 06, 2003Wait a minute, I thought Mitt hates dogs. This must be a fabricated story!
Maybe he ate it later.
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wrenchwench Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:27:47am |
re: #360 ggt
Yeah, the barbed wire in the background is a bit --dystopian?
Not to mention the threat to freedom in the foreground.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:27:55am |
re: #359 ggt
I think Brat Puppy has turned a corner. He seems, the past couple of days, to enjoy standing still and having his ears scratched.
The name is a misnomer then!
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:28:17am |
re: #351 ggt
OK, whats the deal with the death 'O's" on that Google Page?
It's an homage to Starcraft, nevermind what Kragar has to say on the matter...
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:28:45am |
re: #364 I'm a Mavrik!
The name is a misnomer then!
We'll wait a few more days before we make that decision. . . .
:0
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:29:54am |
re: #365 Assemble!
It's an homage to Starcraft, nevermind what Kragar has to say on the matter...
I NEVER mind Kragar
:0
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Kragar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:30:30am |
re: #365 Assemble!
It's an homage to Starcraft, nevermind what Kragar has to say on the matter...
Yeah, its a homage to lazy people who enjoy cheap imitations of cool things, like he said.
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Kragar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:31:32am |
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:31:44am |
re: #367 ggt
I NEVER mind Kragar
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Indeed. I never mind even my own business, why would I mind anyone else? /
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:33:40am |
re: #368 Kragar
Yeah, its a homage to lazy people who enjoy cheap imitations of cool things, like he said.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:34:14am |
Whenever I see "Kragar" this always comes to mind.
don't know why.
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:35:28am |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:36:11am |
I DON'T EVEN what to know why comes to mind when people see "ggt".
DON'T TELL ME.
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:36:58am |
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:40:28am |
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Kragar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:48:26am |
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Daniel Ballard Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:49:15am |
re: #356 ggt
Heh. Good article. Part of my job is color matching. But in 14k or 18k gold, which costs more than $1000 per ounce. "oops" is a very expensive word at my work.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:50:05am |
Bolton derp!
Bolton: Students laughed when Biden said "Obama has a big stick" because they don't trust him on nat'l security thkpr.gs/IEqTlt #notwhy— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) April 27, 2012
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Lord Baron Viscount Duke Earl Count Planckton Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:51:55am |
re: #381 Gus
Uh Mr. Bolton. They laughed because they were thinking penis.
Your explanation does not seem plausible. Why would the students think of Bolton? /
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:54:53am |
Duh-e:
BOLTON: But I thought the best part of it was at one point, trying to appropriate yet another Republican president, Biden said, ‘you have to speak softly and carry a big stick.’ And then he said, ‘I promise you, President Obama has a big stick.’ And the audience broke out laughing, which is some measure of their belief about how assertive Obama is on behalf of our interests internationally.
VAN SUSTEREN: Yes, it’s — apparently, that’s also going to — that’s made a couple — a lot of — a lot of jokes, too, on the Internet. It is — apparently, that is something that’s not going to go away, at least for a while, for Vice President Biden, that remark.
BOLTON: Yet another one.
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:55:00am |
re: #380 Gus
But I thought the best part of it was at one point, trying to appropriate yet another Republican president, Biden said, ‘you have to speak softly and carry a big stick.’
Haven't they disowned Teddy by now?
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:55:49am |
re: #384 Assemble!
Haven't they disowned Teddy by now?
Yep. Or at least they should have. Maybe they haven't gotten the memo like with Ayn Rand.
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wrenchwench Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:56:15am |
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CuriousLurker Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:56:48am |
OT Drive-by:
Wayyy cool live video feed, nice quality!
Check This Out! #NOAA Ship #Okeanos Explorer Live Video Feeds on YouTube: youtube.com/user/oceanexpl…
— NOAA, Ocean Explorer (@oceanexplorer) April 27, 2012
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:59:15am |
re: #381 Gus
Uh Mr. Bolton. They laughed because they were thinking penis.
Probably my favorite Obama picture.
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wrenchwench Fri, Apr 27, 2012 10:59:20am |
re: #387 CuriousLurker
OT Drive-by:
Wayyy cool live video feed, nice quality!
[Embedded content]
Wow, what planet is that?
/
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CuriousLurker Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:00:30am |
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wrenchwench Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:02:32am |
re: #390 CuriousLurker
Amazing critters down there! O_o
Yeah, I thought they saw a rock, and they zoomed in and it has pretty pink tentacles!
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:04:44am |
You know, some might attack Bolton for cynically twisting the crowd's reaction and interpretation of Biden's words to better fit his narrative. I will stand up in his defense and argue that John is innocent, and really is that clueless.
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wrenchwench Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:05:35am |
re: #393 Assemble!
You know, some might attack Bolton for cynically twisting the crowd's reaction and interpretation of Biden's words to better fit his narrative. I will stand up in his defense and argue that John is innocent, and really is that clueless.
Clueless, yes. Innocent, not so much.
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:08:37am |
re: #394 wrenchwench
Clueless, yes. Innocent, not so much.
I was half-joking, but I really don't think he saw the humor that the audience did. I'm not saying he didn't find it funny, I'm saying he didn't see it at all.
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wrenchwench Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:09:45am |
re: #396 Assemble!
I was half-joking, but I really don't think he saw the humor that the audience did. I'm not saying he didn't find it funny, I'm saying he didn't see it at all.
Come on, you were wholly joking. And rightly so, and I agree with you.
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wrenchwench Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:10:44am |
re: #396 Assemble!
I was half-joking, but I really don't think he saw the humor that the audience did. I'm not saying he didn't find it funny, I'm saying he didn't see it at all.
And I thought you were b_sharp. Damn those changeable nics!
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:12:20am |
Be funny if they came across bin Laden's chewed up corpse...except he was dumped in a different gulf.
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Kragar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:12:35am |
Fox News Analyst Apologizes For Sandra Fluke Comment
Regret my tweeted question caused a stir. I certainly & unequivocally apologize to Sandra & anyone else I offended. Not my intention.
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:13:23am |
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Mocking Jay Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:14:25am |
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CuriousLurker Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:14:57am |
re: #391 wrenchwench
Yeah, I thought they saw a rock, and they zoomed in and it has pretty pink tentacles!
There was an incredible red jellyfish swimming past when I first started watching. This could become a major time-sucker. //
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Simply Sarah Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:15:06am |
Woo! My friend's game has finally been released on Steam.
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Kragar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:15:37am |
You probably have never heard of New Mexico politician Michael Wiener. Neither had a Seattle photographer when he ran into him one night last month in a Philippines sex district.
Wiener was spending time in the Angeles City red light district when he apparently stopped a photographer on the street to take a picture of him posing with a quartet of scantily clad women in an area well known as a hub of prostitution.
It turned out, however, the photographer was not just some American tourist taking in the sights. He was a professional photographer named John Keatley, who was in the country documenting the sex tourism industry.
Now, the Bernalillo County commissioner and ex-state senator is facing questions about what exactly he was doing there after the photographer posted the photos online along with a description of the encounter.
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darthstar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:16:13am |
Okay...time to scoot off to the pool for a swim, then a lunch meeting with a former colleague and a few of his new co-workers...apparently he's been talking shit about me and now their VP wants to talk to me in person.
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wrenchwench Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:17:23am |
re: #401 Kragar
Fox News Analyst Apologizes For Sandra Fluke Comment
Regret my tweeted question caused a stir. I certainly & unequivocally apologize to Sandra & anyone else I offended. Not my intention.
If her intention was not to offend, then she's even stupider than I thought. And her intention must have been something even worse...
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:18:13am |
Hey, medical and academic types.
I'm late with this paper. There was a particular twist I couldn't answer. I wrestled mightily with it. And I finally found a paper that answered my questions.
Unfortunately, it's the case study we're working on. THE EXACT ONE. All the fake names and details are the same.
Is it polite to simply reference this paper without mentioning that it's the same case?
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wrenchwench Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:19:10am |
re: #405 CuriousLurker
There was an incredible red jellyfish swimming past when I first started watching. This could become a major time-sucker. //
I hate it when those jellyfish become timesuckers.
Off to work for a bit.
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Obdicut Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:22:52am |
re: #410 SanFranciscoZionist
I really think it'd be best to acknowledge it was the same case study. It's material that it is.
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Kragar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:23:43am |
re: #412 Gus
Safeway then a nap or nap then Safeway? I must decide.
Split the difference. Take a nap at Safeway.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:24:40am |
re: #379 Daniel Ballard
Heh. Good article. Part of my job is color matching. But in 14k or 18k gold, which costs more than $1000 per ounce. "oops" is a very expensive word at my work.
I worked at a paint store in college --back before computer color matching. You mixed the paint, but a finger dob on a piece of paper and dried it with a hair dryer. I got to where I could match in 3 or less tries.
It was fun.
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Gus Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:25:17am |
re: #414 Kragar
Split the difference. Take a nap at Safeway.
Hmm. That might be the way to go. Get one of the scooters, fall asleep while doing donuts in the middle of an aisle.
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Kragar Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:26:45am |
re: #416 Gus
Hmm. That might be the way to go. Get one of the scooters, fall asleep while doing donuts in the middle of an aisle.
Seems like the bakery would be the best place for donuts.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, Apr 27, 2012 11:28:04am |
re: #387 CuriousLurker
OT Drive-by:
Wayyy cool live video feed, nice quality!
[Embedded content]
How freakin' cool!
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Fri, Apr 27, 2012 3:09:38pm |
re: #226 NJDhockeyfan
It's pathetic with all the violent attacks happening. The MSM should be reporting comments and interviews from people like Bill Cosby instead of race baiters like Sharpton and Jackson.
We know how afraid you are of black people who don't mimic white people on sitcoms!
let it all out, it's okay
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