I’m coding away, getting the revamped LGF Pages indexes ready to launch, so here’s a no-frills open thread for a working Wednesday.
Oh, OK … I’ll throw in a cool time-lapse video of an amazingly empty Seattle.
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 1:49:34pm |
For those who missed it, I present chap rap
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Charles Johnson Wed, Oct 24, 2012 1:50:10pm |
In other news about the new servers, I discovered the cause of the connection errors many have reported happening every night around 11 pm Pacific time.
It's the cPanel backup script installed by default on the new server -- every night, it does an automatic "OPTIMIZE TABLES" operation in addition to backing up the data. On some of our larger tables (like the comments, for example) this can take a long, long time, and the table has to be locked while it's being optimized. This was definitely the cause of the errors.
We'll get it sorted out so it won't be a problem any more.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:00:22pm |
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
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Mocking Jay Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:02:03pm |
re: #4 darthstar
3 wood skids free for the taking.....
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:04:21pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
Heh. I got a cat! Feline Overlord defense against the zombies.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:04:46pm |
Trying to kill another hour before I start drinking in preparation for tonight's World Series game. Any ideas? Maybe I should scan my tickets and post them online and see if I can get to the gate before some other asshole prints them out and uses them. That could be fun.
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:05:47pm |
re: #5 Mocking Jay
Wood skids might be useable, can bludgeon with them or sharpen them to use as stakes.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:06:24pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
Large sectional here
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:06:40pm |
I see Michael Skakel got denied. . .Your text to link...
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Charles Johnson Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:06:49pm |
We're getting Reddit-lanched again... to a Page posted in June...
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:07:02pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
"I have a weed eater and some weights and a tub of stained glass I need to get rid of."
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:07:10pm |
re: #9 Page 3 in the Binder of Women
Large sectional here
You can take the cushions and build a fort.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:08:22pm |
I'm just going to cover myself in mulch so I look like I just emerged from the grave...then I can party with the Zombies...Romney Style.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:09:09pm |
re: #12 Kragar
"I have a weed eater and some weights and a tub of stained glass I need to get rid of."
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
You could probably sell that stained glass to Reine...
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:09:35pm |
re: #14 darthstar
I'm just going to cover myself in mulch so I look like I just emerged from the grave...then I can party with the Zombies...Romney Style.
Or layer it on top of the moat to fool the zombies into trying to walk across it.
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kirkspencer Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:09:55pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
a closet door...
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:12:45pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Hrm. An old empty steamer trunk... Basis of a trap, methinks...
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Targetpractice Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:14:27pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
Free treated lumber from 6' fence
The ultimate weapon: A board with a nail in it!
//
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wrenchwench Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:14:38pm |
an amazingly empty Seattle
Big improvement, actually. Which I guess you can say about anywhere, until you get lonely.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:14:48pm |
re: #18 William Barnett-Lewis
Rake is my weapon of choice. . .
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:17:13pm |
re: #21 DisturbedEma
Rake is my weapon of choice. . .
I've been called a rake once or twice...okay, forty-seven times, but who's counting!
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Digital Display Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:17:50pm |
re: #7 darthstar
Trying to kill another hour before I start drinking in preparation for tonight's World Series game. Any ideas? Maybe I should scan my tickets and post them online and see if I can get to the gate before some other asshole prints them out and uses them. That could be fun.
GO Giants! My whole life I've been a Giants fan and thought until 2010 that I would never see them win a World Series. I cherish the memories of going to Candlestick with pops and watching Stretch or the Count.
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iossarian Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:18:29pm |
re: #22 darthstar
I've been called a rake once or twice...okay, forty-seven times, but who's counting!
Yes, but is there progress?
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blueraven Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:18:48pm |
re: #11 Charles Johnson
We're getting Reddit-lanched again... to a Page posted in June...
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
MarjorieMoon!
Those pesky wimins again.
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wrenchwench Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:20:22pm |
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:21:36pm |
re: #22 darthstar
In my trashy reading stage I read the V.C. Andrews book series named Flowers in the Attic and Dawn- she used the term "rake" quite a bit
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:21:52pm |
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:22:38pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Free golden retriever mix (Buhl)
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:23:53pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
Two Rhode Island Red Roosters.
Fuck yeah!
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:24:42pm |
re: #21 DisturbedEma
If my rake breaks, I will unleash my honey badger:)
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:25:59pm |
re: #30 Only The Lurker Knows
Free golden retriever mix (Buhl)
That'll help...go cuddle the zombies to (re)death.
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wrenchwench Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:26:11pm |
re: #31 goddamnedfrank
Two Rhode Island Red Roosters.
Fuck yeah!
Nice.
They are tall and lanky with some real room to grow and they will be magnificent when they are fully mature.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:26:23pm |
re: #31 goddamnedfrank
Two Rhode Island Red Roosters.
Fuck yeah!
If I wanted to see a cock-fight I'd go to a Republican fundraiser.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:27:04pm |
Man, I sure hope women are ovulating on election day.
What? Omahgaw. What?!/ CNN on lady voters: "When women are ovulating, they 'feel sexier,' and therefore lean more toward liberal attitudes."— Deborah (@RobertaSaidThat) October 24, 2012
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makeitstop Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:27:56pm |
Empty juice pouches from school...
What the hell am I supposed to do with those? I'm dead.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:28:21pm |
Handy dandy rape chart via @averyoslo #rapepublican #p2 #waronwomenlockerz.com/s/255833821— Rick Strandlof (@RickStrandlof) October 24, 2012
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:29:03pm |
re: #35 darthstar
If I wanted to see a cock-fight I'd go to a Republican fundraiser.
The actual symbol of the Democratic Party is the rooster, not the later cartoon donkey.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:29:05pm |
re: #37 makeitstop
Empty juice pouches from school...
What the hell am I supposed to do with those? I'm dead.
Fill them with gasoline and make ineffective firebombs.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:29:39pm |
re: #39 Decatur Deb
The actual symbol of the Democratic Party is the rooster, not the later cartoon donkey.
We went from being a cock to an ass? Now that's progress!
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Kaessa Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:29:40pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
Free dirt with free delivery!
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Digital Display Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:29:47pm |
Open Thread.. It's too bad I didn't go into politics..As your next President
I promise to kick anybodies ass that tries to hurt us. ( Isn't that better than a 90 minute debate?)
I promise to ban all Geico commercials for one year. ( would be trending at 90% )
I promise a Basketball in every pot.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:29:54pm |
re: #37 makeitstop
Empty juice pouches from school...
What the hell am I supposed to do with those? I'm dead.
Free oak tree. That'll work.
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iossarian Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:31:41pm |
re: #39 Decatur Deb
The actual symbol of the Democratic Party is the rooster, not the later cartoon donkey.
Thanks grandpa.
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:32:07pm |
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:32:33pm |
Well the dryer has just buzzed, signaling two things. 1. Time to go fold/hang cloths and 2. Laundry is done for the week. YEA!
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The Mountain That Blogs Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:32:47pm |
Ooh, a 700-watt microwave. That might actually be helpful.
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iossarian Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:33:05pm |
My zombie defense: HUNTING DOGS!
I have 2 mt.curr pups 6 months old they are brindle and white. They are ready to get started hunting. 1 male 1 female they need a good home they are out of good hunting parents.I have to many dogs they need to go
THEY ARE READY TO GET STARTED
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:35:05pm |
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ReamWorks SKG Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:37:20pm |
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:38:13pm |
re: #51 ReamWorks SKG
Bad news, folks:
[Link: www.forbes.com...]
You now have to pay sales tax on lap dances in NY.
Yes, but at least it raises more than just revenue.
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iossarian Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:39:15pm |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:39:37pm |
Zombies?
I have a remote control. I can turn-off those f--kers.
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makeitstop Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:39:50pm |
re: #40 darthstar
Fill them with gasoline and make ineffective firebombs.
I briefly had that idea, and checked myself when I realized firebombs would do nothing against zombies.
I picked Boise, Idaho. That'll teach me.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:40:08pm |
re: #52 darthstar
Yes, but at least it raises more than just revenue.
What is done with the sacred . . . . aftermath?
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:40:10pm |
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Obdicut Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:40:23pm |
re: #31 goddamnedfrank
Two Rhode Island Red Roosters.
Fuck yeah!
Image: 530785_10151147813652917_334887989_n.jpg
My result:
FREE MEN"S HAIRCUT at Upscale grooming salon (Midtown East)
I can make this work. I'll just assume that's where I'll be when the outbreak occurs. Even though a hair salon is in a very insecure building, I think most people have overlooked the benefits of broken glass as barracades in defending against the zombies. Instead of waiting for them to break through the windows, break them yourselves, and gather the glass into choke points on the stairs. Zombies won't be able to climb over the glass without slicing themselves into ribbons.
And in the salon, you have a lot of flammable materials to build into weapons. This being Manhattan, the density of zombies will be high but supplies will be all around us too. Starting location probably matters more than starting weapon.
Edit: Also, I'll look hot, and beautiful people make it to the end of the movie more often. So there.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:41:51pm |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:42:10pm |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:42:30pm |
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erik_t Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:42:55pm |
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:44:07pm |
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:45:11pm |
re: #62 erik_t
Fake. I can tell from the pixels.
Make that really, really fake, actually.
It's a fake ovulation?
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:45:38pm |
re: #62 erik_t
Fake. I can tell from the pixels.
Make that really, really fake, actually.
I sent the full-sized pic to the printer...and ordered an extra couple of cases of paper and colored toner.
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blueraven Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:45:46pm |
EXCLUSIVE: New @time poll of likely Ohio voters: Obama leads Romney, 49% to 44%. | ti.me/RDzZkx— TIMEPolitics (@TIMEPolitics) October 24, 2012
Our new Nevada poll finds Barack Obama leading 51-47. 2 weeks ago we found Obama leading 51-47. No momentum either way: publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/10/o...— PublicPolicyPolling (@ppppolls) October 24, 2012
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:46:55pm |
re: #65 darthstar
I sent the full-sized pic to the printer...and ordered an extra couple of cases of paper and colored toner.
I would love to have a mural of that on my ceiling.
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:47:54pm |
re: #58 Obdicut
Image: 530785_10151147813652917_334887989_n.jpg
My result:
FREE MEN"S HAIRCUT at Upscale grooming salon (Midtown East)
I can make this work. I'll just assume that's where I'll be when the outbreak occurs. Even though a hair salon is in a very insecure building, I think most people have overlooked the benefits of broken glass as barracades in defending against the zombies. Instead of waiting for them to break through the windows, break them yourselves, and gather the glass into choke points on the stairs. Zombies won't be able to climb over the glass without slicing themselves into ribbons.
And in the salon, you have a lot of flammable materials to build into weapons. This being Manhattan, the density of zombies will be high but supplies will be all around us too. Starting location probably matters more than starting weapon.
Also, on the flip side if you do get turned you'll make one fantastic looking zombie. Win win.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:48:14pm |
Crud. Boys 3T-4T clothing. I'm going down. I don't even get the 3T-4T boy as an accomplice.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:48:46pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:49:52pm |
Um, actually women do tend to feel sexier when we're ovulating. This is because Mother Nature really, really wants us to have babies.
Mother Nature doesn't care if you're in a good relationship, if you're financially stable, if you're a grown up emotionally. She wants babies. She's like that.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:50:45pm |
Romney campaign standing behind Mourdock despite rape comments. on.msnbc.com/RktgMR— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) October 24, 2012
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:51:21pm |
Really strange story...
Woman kicks over abortion protestors signs outside planned parenthood, male protestor shoves woman. Woman goes home and comes back with father, father knocks male protestor down and punches him repeatedly in face. Father ends up with seven stab wounds, daughter with one in the hand. Police arrive during scuffle and break it up but announce that no arrests have been made or charges filed. Father goes to hospital with "serious injuries."
And that Planned Parenthood clinic does not even do abortions, it only gives referrals.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:51:39pm |
Amen.
This God who intends rape to happen is a fucking asshole.— Joshua Holland (@JoshuaHol) October 24, 2012
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:53:57pm |
re: #70 darthstar
Not while you're ovulating.
oooh, I didn't think of that.
I wouldn't put it in the bedroom. Dining room.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:54:22pm |
re: #71 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Um, actually women do tend to feel sexier when we're ovulating. This is because Mother Nature really, really wants us to have babies.
Mother Nature doesn't care if you're in a good relationship, if you're financially stable, if you're a grown up emotionally. She wants babies. She's like that.
Yeah, but does it change the way we vote?
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:55:24pm |
re: #76 ggt
oooh, I didn't think of that.
I wouldn't put it in the bedroom. Dining room.
Whew...I was starting to feel like General Ackbar there...
Image: General-Ackbar-Its-a-Trap.jpg
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:55:29pm |
re: #37 makeitstop
Empty juice pouches from school...
What the hell am I supposed to do with those? I'm dead.
Fill them with acid and throw them like water balloons?
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Obdicut Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:56:02pm |
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:56:21pm |
re: #72 darthstar
[Embedded content]
So I'm sure Mitt won't mind being linked to Mourdock's bullshit sexism then. Nah, knowing that dick, he'll complain even though he's still supporting Mourdock tooth and nail just like he's doing with his "friend" Steve King.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:56:24pm |
re: #79 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
Fill them with acid and throw them like water balloons?
Spent any time on Pinterest.com?
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:57:03pm |
Found a neat website while digging for Democratic roosters:
Seniors for a Democratic Society. SDS. Where have I heard that before...
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:57:10pm |
re: #79 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
Fill them with acid and throw them like water balloons?
That's a waste of good acid.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:57:39pm |
re: #80 Obdicut
Goddamn, that horrifying.
Yeah you're telling me. What the hell is it with Republican candidates and rape? Is it really so hard for them to say rape is wrong period?
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:57:42pm |
re: #84 darthstar
That's a waste of good acid.
Seriously...a bunch of hallucinating zombies...wouldn't that be scary?
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:57:42pm |
re: #36 darthstar
Man, I sure hope women are ovulating on election day.
Drugs, baby. Time that shit however we want to.
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Lidane Wed, Oct 24, 2012 2:58:25pm |
What a blockhead:
Are Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang too mean for today's kids? Good grief!
As Halloween nears, many families will gather around the old television set for the annual viewing of “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” But, one dad says it’s time to retire the classic cartoon because of its taunting messages and unkind words.
“The show is riddled with the kids calling each other stupid, dumb, and blockheads. There is continous teasing and bullying. Charlie Brown is supposed to be the hero, instead he is kicked and demeaned at every turn, even by the adults giving out candy,” Buzz Bishop, otherwise known as DadCamp, wrote at Babble.com recently.
Bishop argues that apart from a sense of nostalgia for parents, the Charlie Brown specials have nothing of value to offer today’s kids. He finds the shows’ acceptance of schoolyard teasing to be antiquated. And, as the father of young kids, he finds the constant use of words like “stupid” “dumb” and “blockhead” to be a bad message for those little ears. “Charlie Brown is always an outsider, the cool kids continue to play tricks, and nobody is ever held to account. In an era of hashtags like #RIPAmandaTodd, these types of attitudes are no longer appropriate,” Bishop wrote.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:00:31pm |
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:00:47pm |
re: #89 Lidane
What a blockhead:
Are Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang too mean for today's kids? Good grief!
You'll find no one who hates bullying more than I but this is stupid. You want to limit bullying? Teach kids from a young age that it's not ever acceptable to pick on someone because they're different.
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iossarian Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:01:35pm |
re: #86 HappyWarrior
Is it really so hard for them to say rape is wrong period?
Actually, I think it is hard for them, because they don't really believe it. Or at least, they believe that a significant proportion of rapes are actually instances of women making unreasonable accusations after the fact.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:02:13pm |
re: #86 HappyWarrior
Yeah you're telling me. What the hell is it with Republican candidates and rape? Is it really so hard for them to say rape is wrong period?
They are trying to justify their own behavior. Nothing more, nothing less.
These people have deep, deep, very repressed issues.
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A Mom Anon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:02:31pm |
re: #89 Lidane
I think Peanuts are the least of our worries in relationship to bullies.
I'd suggest everyone watch the documentary film"Bully",most of the adults in the schools in this film are total freaking morons,willfully not bothering to see what's happening and making all kinds of excuses. Fix that shit,then maybe I'll worry about cartoons.
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Obdicut Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:02:43pm |
re: #89 Lidane
And that's real life. The kids get picked on, their lives get screwed up, and adults rarely make it better.
Another person who can't tell the distinction between representing something and promoting something.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:03:00pm |
re: #93 ggt
They are trying to justify their own behavior. Nothing more, nothing less.
Yeah the constant finger shifting when they get called on it or making themselves out to be victims a la Akin is quite telling.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:04:01pm |
re: #95 Obdicut
And that's real life. The kids get picked on, their lives get screwed up, and adults rarely make it better.
Another person who can't tell the distinction between representing something and promoting something.
I will say there is a big difference between my son and his friends from Montessori School and the kids that went to Parochial and Public schools.
The Montessori kids seem to think before they act more consistently. The difference get's noticed by strangers even.
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Lidane Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:04:13pm |
What the fuck are these people drinking and/or smoking?
GOP Rep Says Strike On Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Would Not Be An Act Of War
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said on CNN last night that neither he, nor the Iranians, would consider an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities an act of war.
Rogers said that he believed there are options “short of war” that could prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and, strangely, CNN host Erin Burnett wondered if bombing suspected nuclear weapons facilities would be an option that is “short of war.” While Rogers at first appeared taken aback by Burnett’s odd question, he then went a bit further, saying definitively that such an attack would indeed be “short of war” and the Iranians would see it that way too.
What the fuck, GOP?
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danarchy Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:04:21pm |
re: #90 Sheila Broflovski
Heh, cute kid, looks really happy too. Probably cause he is not wearing any pants. I think people tend to be happier when they are pantsless. Once society says "you are too old to run around without pants" everything starts going downhill.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:05:22pm |
re: #95 Obdicut
And that's real life. The kids get picked on, their lives get screwed up, and adults rarely make it better.
Another person who can't tell the distinction between representing something and promoting something.
The absolute WORST THING that an adult can say to a bullied kid who asks for help: "When they laugh at you, laugh with them!"
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:05:32pm |
re: #99 danarchy
Heh, cute kid, looks really happy too. Probably cause he is not wearing any pants. I think people tend to be happier when they are pantsless. Once society says "you are too old to run around without pants" everything starts going downhill.
Depends on the pants. I'm big on yoga pants, or runner's or bikers shorts. No underwear needed.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:05:38pm |
re: #99 danarchy
Heh, cute kid, looks really happy too. Probably cause he is not wearing any pants. I think people tend to be happier when they are pantsless. Once society says "you are too old to run around without pants" everything starts going downhill.
I'm guessing she took this picture.
I'm guessing he's happy because he's at Grandma's.
Grandma's job is to love you and think you are perfect and feed you ice cream for dinner.
What's not to like?
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iossarian Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:06:04pm |
re: #98 Lidane
What the fuck are these people drinking and/or smoking?
GOP Rep Says Strike On Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Would Not Be An Act Of War
What the fuck, GOP?
Sure. Drop some bombs on Iran. They won't see it as an act of war. Just part of the rough and tumble of international diplomacy!
People vote for these people to hold high office. Unbelievable.
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darthstar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:06:36pm |
Okay folks...my friend just texted me to say she's on her way...time to start shutting down so I can walk the two blocks to AT&T Park...but there are bars between my office and the ballpark, and they must be visited. These things are important.
Let's go Giants!
(Last time Barry Zito faced the Tigers he threw six shut-out innings and the Giants won 15-3...but that was in Detroit...so who knows what will happen tonight)...
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:06:37pm |
re: #99 danarchy
Heh, cute kid, looks really happy too. Probably cause he is not wearing any pants. I think people tend to be happier when they are pantsless. Once society says "you are too old to run around without pants" everything starts going downhill.
I am pretty sure he is wearing a diaper.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:06:57pm |
re: #98 Lidane
What the fuck are these people drinking and/or smoking?
GOP Rep Says Strike On Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Would Not Be An Act Of War
What the fuck, GOP?
Takes a special amount of delusion to think that the Iranians or even their allies wouldn't have some reaction to that. So sick of the Republican Party and their elected officials having a childish mindset when it comes to war and peace. You want with Iran, fine but man up and admit that it won't be a walk in the park. Sheesh, you'd think we'd learn something after Iraq but nope. Instead we have the House Chairman of the Intelligence committee claiming that Iran would take being attacked as not being an act of war.
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A Mom Anon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:07:29pm |
re: #90 Sheila Broflovski
Aww,baybeeeee! That much adorable in one place should not be legal.
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:07:42pm |
re: #79 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
Fill them with acid and throw them like water balloons?
Wouldn't holy water work better? Assuming you're a believer, that is...
I remember a great X-Men comic where they were battling a vampire and Colossus tried to use a cross against it and failed because he was an atheist. Meanwhile Kitty's Star of David turned old toothy away because she was a believer.
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Obdicut Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:08:12pm |
re: #100 Sheila Broflovski
The absolute WORST THING that an adult can say to a bullied kid who asks for help: "When they laugh at you, laugh with them!"
I also think telling kids that bullies are really cowards who will back down if anyone stands up to them is stupid as fuck. Many bullies are bullies because violence is normal to them, they get knocked around at home by their dads or moms, and they're not going to be at all scared by some kid 'standing up to them'. Moreover, they often just have three or four guys jumping one kid, so it really doesn't matter.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:09:08pm |
re: #109 Obdicut
I also think telling kids that bullies are really cowards who will back down if anyone stands up to them is stupid as fuck. Many bullies are bullies because violence is normal to them, they get knocked around at home by their dads or moms, and they're not going to be at all scared by some kid 'standing up to them'. Moreover, they often just have three or four guys jumping one kid, so it really doesn't matter.
Well, there was that one Australian video.
If your bully is a short little kid, and you are really big, you have a chance.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:10:40pm |
re: #109 Obdicut
I also think telling kids that bullies are really cowards who will back down if anyone stands up to them is stupid as fuck. Many bullies are bullies because violence is normal to them, they get knocked around at home by their dads or moms, and they're not going to be at all scared by some kid 'standing up to them'. Moreover, they often just have three or four guys jumping one kid, so it really doesn't matter.
I never had much problem with bullies. I think cause I'm an only child I just never understood childhood interpersonal behavior and therefore never bought into it.
I remember a couple of times a kid would try to intimidate me (looking back) and I just didn't get it. I think it kinda wierded them out.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:11:32pm |
re: #102 Mostly sane, most of the time.
I'm guessing she took this picture.
I'm guessing he's happy because he's at Grandma's.
Grandma's job is to love you and think you are perfect and feed you ice cream for dinner.
What's not to like?
He was here two weeks ago but back home now. I sent him and his daddy Tigers shirts to celebrate the ALCS championship. GO TIGERS!
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palmerskiss Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:11:57pm |
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:12:30pm |
I was more a victim of verbal bullying than physical bullying. I guess that's part of being on the autistic spectrum but fairly big in size. I was honestly touched when my youngest brother told me he stood up for a kid being picked on because of his Asperger's.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:12:49pm |
re: #98 Lidane
He's correct. It's not like it hasn't happened before.
Iranian Official Says Blasts Targeted Nuclear Sites 2012
There have also been various cyber attacks, etc. Not all attacks are going to lead to all out war. There will probably be more attacks in the future too.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:13:19pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
I really don't think that this is going to do me much good against zombies...
Maybe they will trip over it while I run away?
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:13:56pm |
I just hope we get a good World Series. I like and respect both of these teams so I won't be upset regardless of winner but I like watching good baseball and hope we get it this series. Last year's Game Six between Texas and St. Louis was one of the best games I've ever watched.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:14:15pm |
Would full-spectrum lighting work against Zombies?
Don't they only come out at night or stay in the dark?
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palmerskiss Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:14:17pm |
re: #99 danarchy
Heh, cute kid, looks really happy too. Probably cause he is not wearing any pants. I think people tend to be happier when they are pantsless. Once society says "you are too old to run around without pants" everything starts going downhill.
lol in my pregnant state i'm pretty sure everyone is happy if i remain "pants aligned"
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iossarian Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:14:20pm |
Got to get out of here - great evenings all round!
And ... GO TIGERS!
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Obdicut Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:15:58pm |
re: #115 Killgore Trout
Your interpretation would make sense if his statement would be about whether such a strike would lead to all-out-war. However, that's not what he said.
Your Try-Too-Hard-Itis is really acting up.
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Someone Please Beam Me Up! Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:16:44pm |
My weapon against zombies? Blue-eyed very cute kittens... and their mother. I assume the mother will take out the zombies to protect her kittens... and I'll be hiding behind them, so I'll be fine too.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:16:58pm |
Threat of war seems to be the new Cold War.
It can be as effective as actual war.
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:17:38pm |
re: #115 Killgore Trout
Just because an incident does not start a war does not mean that it was not an act of war.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:17:43pm |
Serious question --I should know this. .
what kind of dog breed was the Hound of the Baskervilles?
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:17:53pm |
re: #123 ggt
Threat of war seems to be the new Cold War.
It can be as effective as actual war.
Of course. We talked quite a bit about this in International Relations class when I was in CC.
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EmmaAnne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:17:57pm |
re: #100 Sheila Broflovski
The absolute WORST THING that an adult can say to a bullied kid who asks for help: "When they laugh at you, laugh with them!"
The best way (in my opinion). Work out with your kid whether it makes sense for you to intervene or not (usually the kid won't want you to if it is just verbal). If not, game out some responses. Bullies tend to say the same things over and over, so you kind of know what is coming. And your kid know you are on their side and don't think less of them for being picked on.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:19:32pm |
re: #124 William Barnett-Lewis
Just because an incident does not start a war does not mean that it was not an act of war.
Or that there would be no international fall out from it. I understand and agree with why people don't want Iran going nuclear but the attitude the hawks have on this subject should be reason for honest concern given how very wrong they were about Iraq too.
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Lidane Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:20:09pm |
re: #124 William Barnett-Lewis
Just because an incident does not start a war does not mean that it was not an act of war.
Yeah, pretty much.
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Lidane Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:21:20pm |
re: #128 HappyWarrior
Or that there would be no international fall out from it..
Especially considering that two of Iran's biggest allies are China and Russia.
We can't just carpet bomb Tehran or Iran's nuclear sites with impunity and expect others to just roll over and not react. It's delusional to think otherwise.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:22:03pm |
When my cousin was bullied by being sexually harassed in middle school, her mom pulled her out of school to give her some time off.
When her niece was bullied the same way--parents knew to save the evidence, went in and had the kid given a detention.
Save the evidence (notes, bruises, etc.)
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:23:06pm |
re: #130 Lidane
Especially considering that two of Iran's biggest allies are China and Russia.
We can't just carpet bomb Tehran or Iran's nuclear sites with impunity and expect others to just roll over and not react. It's delusional to think otherwise.
Precisely.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:24:01pm |
re: #114 HappyWarrior
My 12 year old son seems to not quite understand when people make fun of him, he is in the middle of the spectrum, it is his siblings that get angry. My 14 year old rarely gets angry, but when the kid next door told him his brother was retarded, my son tried to explain what autism is, the neighbor kid took a swing, my son reacted in kind, and the neighbor's mom heard what her son said so once she got him up, she herded him into the house. . .another neighbor was trying to get my son to walk in the road, my then 15 year old took care of that, he thought the kid did not know what he was doing, when the neighbor told my son he was "just messing with the 'tard" my son schooled him and told his mom. . .so hard to be a parent at those times. . .
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:26:24pm |
re: #133 DisturbedEma
My 12 year old son seems to not quite understand when people make fun of him, he is in the middle of the spectrum, it is his siblings that get angry. My 14 year old rarely gets angry, but when the kid next door told him his brother was retarded, my son tried to explain what autism is, the neighbor kid took a swing, my son reacted in kind, and the neighbor's mom heard what her son said so once she got him up, she herded him into the house. . .another neighbor was trying to get my son to walk in the road, my then 15 year old took care of that, he thought the kid did not know what he was doing, when the neighbor told my son he was "just messing with the 'tard" my son schooled him and told his mom. . .so hard to be a parent at those times. . .
Sometimes it was tough for me to know if people were making fun of me or not especially when I was younger. To this day, I admit, I have trust issues. Sorry for what your son goes through. It's not easy. I am just glad that my two younger brothers have by and large tried to understand me for who I am though my middle brother was a bit of a dick when I first got diagnosed but we had been having conflict for years.
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:26:37pm |
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:26:39pm |
re: #125 ggt
Serious question --I should know this. .
what kind of dog breed was the Hound of the Baskervilles?
Bloodhound, Bloodhound/Mastiff cross, Galician Barn Dog? Nobody really knows for sure as Doyle never really said. They were big and mean. Does anything else matter?
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ProGunLiberal Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:27:04pm |
I have an update of Bani Walid. It has fallen.
Casualties:
32 killed, 244 Injured on the Misratan Side.
26-35 killed, 103+ Wounded in Bani Walid.
I also have information on what the Misratans and their friends are going to do to the small city.
The Colonel said that the Army met little resistance and said that they are shelling the city. A local said that the Army is entering the city with bulldozers demolishing houses
So they seem to want to go with the Carthage Option.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:28:58pm |
re: #134 HappyWarrior
My Precious is lucky in siblings, they just treat him like a little/older brother. My 22 year old can be a bit douchey to him, but that is more because things like helping him in the bathroom gross him out, while my 10 year old has no such qualms. . .weird.
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Kaessa Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:29:23pm |
re: #127 EmmaAnne
The best way (in my opinion). Work out with your kid whether it makes sense for you to intervene or not (usually the kid won't want you to if it is just verbal). If not, game out some responses. Bullies tend to say the same things over and over, so you kind of know what is coming. And your kid know you are on their side and don't think less of them for being picked on.
My youngest son is on the autism spectrum (PDD-NOS) and got picked on a lot growing up. Gaming out responses was the best thing we ever figured out. He gained a lot of confidence by having a snappy comeback ready, and by his Junior year in high school he was making a lot of friends. I only had to make one trip to the principal's office to intervene while he was in high school.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:29:38pm |
I certainly wasn't an angel either. I should clarify. I still feel guilty about how I treated this one girl. Even more so knowing later that she too had Asperger's. I think when I was younger even though I had no official diagnosis of Asperger's, I so wanted desperately to be "normal" and fit in. To some degree, that's still true today but I feel more comfortable with myself than I did in the past. No longer the shy and nervous boy. Still on the shy side but I've grown more outgoing and confident especially since I turned 18 and later 21. May sound tacky but being able to go to bars helped for me but I'm a big time social drinker too.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:30:46pm |
re: #134 HappyWarrior
Where Precious is on the spectrum, he is pretty trusting, too much so in some cases, it is a worry. Plus he has no sense of danger, and my greatest fear lies in his safety. . .
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:31:01pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:31:27pm |
re: #136 Only The Lurker Knows
Bloodhound, Bloodhound/Mastiff cross, Galician Barn Dog? Nobody really knows for sure as Doyle never really said. They were big and mean. Does anything else matter?
Irish Wolfhound?
I'm trying to think of hounds that would have been bred at that time.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:32:05pm |
re: #125 ggt
Serious question --I should know this. .
what kind of dog breed was the Hound of the Baskervilles?
Mastiff.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:32:28pm |
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:32:38pm |
re: #141 DisturbedEma
Where Precious is on the spectrum, he is pretty trusting, too much so in some cases, it is a worry. Plus he has no sense of danger, and my greatest fear lies in his safety. . .
I'm trusting with people who I feel have shown sincere kindness to me. In the past, I had a lot of paranoia about people being nice to my face but laughing at me behind my back. Totally irrational fears. Your son's different from me because I'm ultra cautious when it comes to danger. Used to hate going on roller coasters heh and stuff like that. I'm more of a risk taker now though.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:33:10pm |
re: #140 HappyWarrior
I think everyone has those kinds of regrets, but as I was totally picked on in school, I can honestly say there is no one I wish ill on today, and just hope they did not end up with children that get picked on. The guilt, if it were me, would be so hard to take. . .
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:33:55pm |
My parent's house has a Romney sign to the right of the door and an Obama sign to the left. I'm going to sneak over and put a Ron Paul sign up.
XD
Good evening.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:34:29pm |
re: #146 HappyWarrior
Well, it helps when you have time to see things in life, you just needed to see more to be able to do more
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Kaessa Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:34:33pm |
re: #141 DisturbedEma
Where Precious is on the spectrum, he is pretty trusting, too much so in some cases, it is a worry. Plus he has no sense of danger, and my greatest fear lies in his safety. . .
This sounds like my son. By the time he got into high school, he was much better at recognizing personal danger. He's still WAY to outgoing for my comfort, and trusts much to easily. But fortunately for him, so far it's just led to him having a lot of friends.
Good luck with yours! Childhood with one of these kids is a challenge. :)
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:34:38pm |
re: #148 Varek Raith
My parent's house has a Romney sign to the right of the door and an Obama sign to the left. I'm going to sneak over and put a Ron Paul sign up.
XD
Good evening.
Virgil Goode. Because Virginia's Uncle Crazy needs love too.
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Targetpractice Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:34:53pm |
re: #148 Varek Raith
My parent's house has a Romney sign to the right of the door and an Obama sign to the left. I'm going to sneak over and put a Ron Paul sign up.
XD
Good evening.
Speaking of Romney signs, I've noticed a couple sprout up suddenly in the last couple days. Guess some "undecideds" finally made up their minds.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:35:31pm |
re: #145 ggt
I knew you would know!
but Mastiff's aren't hounds.
It's been decades since I read the story, but it was some breed of huge dog, not specifically a type of "hound" and a mastiff would have fit the description best.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:36:18pm |
re: #149 DisturbedEma
Well, it helps when you have time to see things in life, you just needed to see more to be able to do more
Thinking about it. In high school, I think I was desperate for people to like me but I was afraid to show my real self. So I had a reputation of being a quiet guy. Still do as I said but much more willing to come out of my shell so to speak now. I've done stuff in the past seven years that I never thought i would do.
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:36:25pm |
re: #143 ggt
Irish Wolfhound?
I'm trying to think of hounds that would have been bred at that time.
Could be. I just did a quick Google and most of the results I came up with were conjecture because as I posted, Doyle never really stated a breed or gave a definitive description of the hounds.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:36:43pm |
re: #139 Kaessa
I am hoping Precious will be able to have that kind of set up. He is in 7th grade, but he has me read Blue's Clues and Yo Gabba Gabba books every night, he is dressing up like DJ Lance Rock and going trick or treating. . .not quite like his peers at all. He still watches the Wiggles and listens to their music. . .all while his voice changes and he's getting hairy legs!
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:37:25pm |
re: #154 HappyWarrior
May you continue to challenge yourself:) Good for you:)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:38:04pm |
True confession: My son is big, strong, and clueless about how he impacts people. When he gets bored, his fallback is to pick on younger siblings.
He's not homeschooled because I fear he will be bullied. Nope. I hope to have him civilized by high school, when he will be going into school.
Did you know that studies have shown that in the long-term spectrum, bullies tend to be as negatively impacted as their victims? They never develop good interpersonal skills.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:38:15pm |
re: #157 DisturbedEma
May you continue to challenge yourself:) Good for you:)
My next goal is to get into the Foreign Service. Man I would love that. I love traveling to new places and having new experiences.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:39:49pm |
re: #159 HappyWarrior
Indeed, very exciting option for you to look forward to in your life:)
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Kaessa Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:40:22pm |
re: #156 DisturbedEma
I am hoping Precious will be able to have that kind of set up. He is in 7th grade, but he has me read Blue's Clues and Yo Gabba Gabba books every night, he is dressing up like DJ Lance Rock and going trick or treating. . .not quite like his peers at all. He still watches the Wiggles and listens to their music. . .all while his voice changes and he's getting hairy legs!
Hehe.. mine, at nearly 19, still loves watching cartoons. He's an unashamed Brony, and has a dozen MLP t-shirts that he wears as often as possible. Not like the other kids at all (or his older siblings), but I wouldn't trade him for anything. He's an awesome kid.
His current thing is "when can I grow a beard", we have to check and see how patchy his face is when he lets the stubble grow in for a few days.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:40:32pm |
re: #158 Mostly sane, most of the time.
He's not homeschool because he will be bullied?
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:40:46pm |
Afternoon Lizardim. It's been a hectic couple of weeks in the wild north country, and there is the looming specter of snow for those of us in the Twin Cities area. Forecasts vary, but the likelihood is far from remote. This fish has a new ride to work, courtesy of my previous daily driver dropping an axle in a very un-fixable manner. How are things among the Lizardim?
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Daniel Ballard Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:40:59pm |
re: #158 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Speaking of bullies... NYPD is getting sued. Heh, my first Occupy related Page in a while.
"I joined this lawsuit because as a working journalist I’ve been arrested, thrown to the ground, hit with batons and yelled at by the NYPD while doing my job on assignment."
[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:41:38pm |
re: #162 Kaessa
Just noticed yesterday that Precious has upper lip hair- my 18 year old is jealous:)
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:42:54pm |
re: #164 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
What now? Twin Cities like Minnesota???
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:43:01pm |
re: #163 DisturbedEma
He's not homeschool because he will be bullied?
One of my reasons for homeschooling him (only one) is because I fear he will bully others. He's big, and in the past he has been really obtuse about how his behavior impacts others.
He's getting more mature, obviously, which is the point. The point of being right there (he's in three classes with other kids and I teach two of them) is so that I can see what he's doing and help him see how it impacts others.
"When you do/say this, it makes this person feel this way."
Actually, I think we're past the worst of the danger but still, I don't believe in middle school.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:43:18pm |
re: #169 DisturbedEma
What now? Twin Cities like Minnesota???
Not like there are that many Twin Cities in the United States, but yes.
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:43:27pm |
Romney bragging about getting unprecedented funds from the government for the SLC Olympics.
SHOCKING @MittRomney footage: 'I'm a big believer in getting money where money is, & it's in Washington' [Link: t.co...] @moveon
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:43:54pm |
re: #170 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Ah, ok, your post that I replied to says he's not homeschooled because of bullies. . .
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:44:10pm |
re: #172 Joanne
Romney bragging about getting unprecedented funds from the government for the SLC Olympics.
Yeah I've heard about this. My how times change. Guy makes my head hurt thinking about the pretzel logic he uses.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:44:18pm |
The other reason for homeschooling him is that I think we can do better at home than in a classroom with 34 other kids. Yes, in Oregon the numbers are that bad.
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Aligarr Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:44:31pm |
Wow dont know what happened to the Trump reward thread but I 'll try this again .To see what Trump really is all about check out this video .It's short and to the heart [of the matter ] .
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:44:45pm |
re: #171 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
I know but I wanted to confirm as I live in the state next to you, to the east, and we tend to get your weather:)
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:45:15pm |
re: #177 DisturbedEma
I know but I wanted to confirm as I live in the state next to you, to the east, and we tend to get your weather:)
Aha. I didn't know Wisconsin had any rational folks.
*ducks*
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:45:43pm |
re: #158 Mostly sane, most of the time.
True confession: My son is big, strong, and clueless about how he impacts people. When he gets bored, his fallback is to pick on younger siblings.
He's not homeschooled because I fear he will be bullied. Nope. I hope to have him civilized by high school, when he will be going into school.
Did you know that studies have shown that in the long-term spectrum, bullies tend to be as negatively impacted as their victims? They never develop good interpersonal skills.
I was confused:)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:46:49pm |
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:49:03pm |
Interesting how some of the social issues related to kids on the spectrum are so similar to the kids with ADHD.
My oldest is so awkward and trusting.
I don't want him to have to go through the crap that I went through.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:50:00pm |
re: #178 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
:) no problem, we all know how much more rationale you west folks are. . .especially when it comes to Brett Favre. . .
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:50:34pm |
re: #180 Mostly sane, most of the time.
I get it now, read it over again and it now makes sense as you wrote it
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kirkspencer Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:50:44pm |
On growing up with bullies... I'm over 50, and to this day there is one then-young man I cannot recall without a combination of rage and fear.
Two years of harassment from a young man from a wealthy family, the eldest son, met daily by both parents. The harassment was verbal and physical. The few times he was caught, his punishment amounted to being turned over to his family - who would frequently then purchase something for him that he would be flaunting the next day.
It's true that many bullies are the victims of poor circumstances at home. Though they form the bulk, however, there is another group that causes me even greater concern. Those are the sociopaths. The ones who do it solely because it's fun, for the joy of proving they're smarter and better than everyone else.
As you can tell, I believe today that most of these are at least in part developed because that's how they're taught. Regardless of the wrong, they are defended by their parents and families - told, in word and deed, that they were correct to do what they did.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:50:48pm |
re: #182 DisturbedEma
:) no problem, we all know how much more rationale you west folks are. . .especially when it comes to Brett Favre. . .
Well, in our defense, we did try to get rid of the Vikings. It's not our fault the legislature kept trying until the NFL got their way.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:51:22pm |
re: #181 Reverend Mother Ramallo
Interesting how some of the social issues related to kids on the spectrum are so similar to the kids with ADHD.
My oldest is so awkward and trusting.
I don't want him to have to go through the crap that I went through.
If I recall, Asperger's usually means you have ADHD so that makes sense. I was on Ritalin and later Concerta.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:51:41pm |
re: #181 Reverend Mother Ramallo
I was bullied for being overweight, having a Jew fro, and being Jewish in that order
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:52:23pm |
re: #185 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
And for such a sweet deal for tax payers//////
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:52:53pm |
re: #188 DisturbedEma
I was bullied for being overweight, having a Jew fro, and being Jewish in that order
I was bullied for being short and skinny, having [n-word] hair, mainly by the J.A.P. crowd of mean girls.
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:53:33pm |
re: #175 Mostly sane, most of the time.
The other reason for homeschooling him is that I think we can do better at home than in a classroom with 34 other kids. Yes, in Oregon the numbers are that bad.
Idiot Luna wants to do the same thing here in Idaho.
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:53:37pm |
re: #188 DisturbedEma
I was bullied for being overweight, having a Jew fro, and being Jewish in that order
Fros are bad, mmkay?
:P
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:54:32pm |
re: #189 DisturbedEma
And for such a sweet deal for tax payers//////
Yeah, needless to say, most of the ordinary voters I know aren't terribly thrilled about the whole thing. But, I'm sure it'll be well-attended when it opens.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:54:38pm |
re: #192 Varek Raith
they were in the early 80s when we were killing the ozone layer with hair spray fumes. . .could not feather my hair, which was a crime:)
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Artist Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:55:29pm |
I was bullied for being the awkward, quiet guy, and often I was treated as if I weren't even human, being referred to as "it".
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:55:33pm |
re: #193 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
Just goes to show how the business model is so good for the tax payer, and that Mitt will do the same thing on a national scale. . .oh wait. . .shit:)
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:55:41pm |
re: #187 HappyWarrior
If I recall, Asperger's usually means you have ADHD so that makes sense. I was on Ritalin and later Concerta.
I know that at one point they were considering adding ADHD to the spectrum.
Changed their minds though.
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:56:39pm |
I had the advantage of towering over any potential bully in HS.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:57:05pm |
If I was bullied, I missed it.
This is entirely plausible.
I was skinny, weird-looking, and bookish, so I ought to have been.
I just don't remember it.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:57:11pm |
re: #195 Artist
My 26 year old was that guy too- he found a core group of friends and 3 years ago was the best man/emcee for his friend. My sweet shy first born owned the place:)
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:57:28pm |
re: #198 Varek Raith
I had the advantage of towering over any potential bully in HS.
My father was never bullied. He was 6' by the eighth grade.
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ProGunLiberal Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:57:46pm |
re: #187 HappyWarrior
Same here. ADHD is a secondary issue to mine. Asperger's is the primary diagnosis.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:58:21pm |
re: #195 Artist
I was bullied for being the awkward, quiet guy, and often I was treated as if I weren't even human, being referred to as "it".
I was bullied for being the new kid and a nerd. Didn't help that when I came in, I was short. I grew quickly, both in maturity and in physical size, and by the time everyone else grew out of their immature middle school phase, we managed to reach an unsteady peace.
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:58:22pm |
re: #201 Mostly sane, most of the time.
My father was never bullied. He was 6' by the eighth grade.
Yep, I was 6' in sixth grade.
6'4" by HS.
My knees didn't take to kindly to that.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:59:16pm |
re: #199 Mostly sane, most of the time.
once I hit high school, I had become a jock who loved to read and joined the debate/forensics peeps, who remain friends of mine today. If I was bullied in hs it was not as bad as what I had in middle school- hated middle school, blech
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aagcobb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:59:37pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
I got a big screen t.v. which needs an $80 tube. If I can replace the tube, maybe these are the kind of zombies my kids turn into when the t.v. is on.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 3:59:55pm |
Supper time because my Precious says so:) later all
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:00:53pm |
Went to the doctor.
Good news, liver problems are not hepatitis or other known liver diseases.
Bad news, still not sure exactly why the numbers were off on my physical, so I have to go in for an ultrasound.
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:01:00pm |
re: #206 aagcobb
I got a big screen t.v. which needs an $80 tube. If I can replace the tube, maybe these are the kind of zombies my kids turn into when the t.v. is on.
I got: SCRAP for free
tv's computers printers air conditioners
MUST TAKE ALL
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danarchy Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:01:20pm |
re: #145 ggt
I knew you would know!
but Mastiff's aren't hounds.
From the book:
In mere size and strength it was a terrible creature which was lying stretched before us. It was not a pure bloodhound and it was not a pure mastiff; but it appeared to be a combination of the two--gaunt, savage, and as large as a small lioness. Even now in the stillness of death, the huge jaws seemed to be dripping with a bluish flame and the small, deep-set, cruel eyes were ringed with fire. I placed my hand upon the glowing muzzle, and as I held them up my own fingers smouldered and gleamed in the darkness.
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JamesWI Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:01:24pm |
They just keep on outing themselves:
Video: Josh Mandel Confirms That He Does Not Support Exceptions For Abortion Even in Rape Cases - progressohio.org/blog/2012/10/v… via @progressohio
— ProgressOhio (@ProgressOhio) October 24, 2012
Though in Mandel's case, at least it's not like he has anything to lose, as there's no way he was going to win.
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Targetpractice Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:02:16pm |
re: #208 Kragar
Went to the doctor.
Good news, liver problems are not hepatitis or other known liver diseases.
Bad news, still not sure exactly why the numbers were off on my physical, so I have to go in for an ultrasound.
So, this means I can't have your computer?
//
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:02:46pm |
re: #212 Targetpractice
So, this means I can't have your computer?
//
It means it's a new form of xenomorph.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:03:29pm |
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:04:51pm |
re: #208 Kragar
Went to the doctor.
Good news, liver problems are not hepatitis or other known liver diseases.
Bad news, still not sure exactly why the numbers were off on my physical, so I have to go in for an ultrasound.
"Cause of Death: Typo."
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:06:07pm |
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:06:17pm |
re: #215 Decatur Deb
"Cause of Death: Typo."
Um, actually my father tried to enlist in the Navy during Vietnam and was declared dead.
He was actually dead by typo.
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:06:50pm |
re: #210 danarchy
From the book:
In mere size and strength it was a terrible creature which was lying stretched before us. It was not a pure bloodhound and it was not a pure mastiff; but it appeared to be a combination of the two--gaunt, savage, and as large as a small lioness. Even now in the stillness of death, the huge jaws seemed to be dripping with a bluish flame and the small, deep-set, cruel eyes were ringed with fire. I placed my hand upon the glowing muzzle, and as I held them up my own fingers smouldered and gleamed in the darkness.
Thanks. In My #136 it was hypothesized that they were a potential cross breed between these two breeds.
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:07:09pm |
re: #218 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Um, actually my father tried to enlist in the Navy during Vietnam and was declared dead.
He was actually dead by typo.
Did he keep the status for tax purposes???
:)
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Obdicut Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:07:36pm |
re: #215 Decatur Deb
"Cause of Death: Typo."
About five years ago I had a bored, lazy doctor tell me my blood pressure was 150/100. I was an out-of-shape smoker and believed her. Got it redone a few months later-- 122/80. Not perfect, but obviously not in 'you gonna die' territory.
The funny part was she didn't even give me any advice about what would have been alarmingly dangerous blood pressure. She didn't even mention it. It was just on my report when I got home.
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:08:31pm |
Oh they tried to bully me, but I have a low frustration tolerance, and a short fuse.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:08:39pm |
re: #221 Obdicut
About five years ago I had a bored, lazy doctor tell me my blood pressure was 150/100. I was an out-of-shape smoker and believed her. Got it redone a few months later-- 122/80. Not perfect, but obviously not in 'you gonna die' territory.
The funny part was she didn't even give me any advice about what would have been alarmingly dangerous blood pressure. She didn't even mention it. It was just on my report when I got home.
Blood pressure depends on so many circumstances it's not even funny. I have hereditary high blood pressure and I have gotten several different readings on the same day.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:08:53pm |
re: #220 Varek Raith
Did he keep the status for tax purposes???
:)
He got it cleared up, but by then the doctors had gotten a good look at his back and classified him out of the navy.
They were right about his back. About every fifteen years he has a major back operation and is now legally disabled.
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aagcobb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:10:33pm |
re: #209 Varek Raith
I got: SCRAP for free
tv's computers printers air conditionersMUST TAKE ALL
If there is a tube in your scrap, we've got those zombies licked!
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:10:36pm |
re: #218 Mostly sane, most of the time.
Um, actually my father tried to enlist in the Navy during Vietnam and was declared dead.
He was actually dead by typo.
Someone in the Army hit a wrong code for "Hearing Loss" on a report form, making a bunch of civilian employees "Deceased". When I went to check out the massacre, the installation commander introduced me to his eleven "Zombies".
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:11:16pm |
re: #224 Mostly sane, most of the time.
He got it cleared up, but by then the doctors had gotten a good look at his back and classified him out of the navy.
They were right about his back. About every fifteen years he has a major back operation and is now legally disabled.
Ouch.
My dad had operation a few years ago for a herniated disk. That must suck.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:11:59pm |
re: #227 Varek Raith
Ouch.
My dad had operation a few years ago for a herniated disk. That must suck.
He's had three of those. He was 6'2" when I was a kid. He isn't, now.
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Romantic Heretic Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:14:38pm |
re: #4 darthstar
Reposting from downthread because...ZOMBIES!
Choose your weapon for surviving the Zombie Apocalypse...I got mulch.
Little known fact. Zombies are good dancers.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:26:17pm |
re: #223 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
Blood pressure depends on so many circumstances it's not even funny. I have hereditary high blood pressure and I have gotten several different readings on the same day.
sorry about the bp, but upding again for nic
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:27:54pm |
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:31:13pm |
MT @marvswife Todd Akin’s militia ties exposed [Link: t.co...] via @Salon AKIN IS CERTIFIABLY INSANE! ULTRA RELIGIOUS RIGHT NUT
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:33:55pm |
I take back what I said this morning about the DMV (although it was a joke). In and out in 20 minutes. Patty and Selma say hello.
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:34:16pm |
Phyllis Schlafly: "Don't Celebrate United Nations Day"
Today is United Nations Day, and that's not a day to celebrate. It's a good day to reflect on the many United Nations treaties that we are constantly urged to sign and ratify, all of which would be hurtful to American sovereignty, American freedom, and American common sense.
I am happy to say that the Republican Party Platform adopted at the Convention in August took a strong stand against ratification of those hurtful treaties. Here are the UN treaties specifically listed as having a harmful impact on American interests and even on the American family.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:35:17pm |
re: #232 Joanne
I don't know how to embed tweets on an iPhone. This'll have to do.
ya, if anyone knows the way to imbed from mobile iphone/android or from ipad where "details" doesnt appear below the tweet......
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:35:42pm |
Mitt never met a bankruptcy he didn't like.
Quick way to make a buck.
//
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SpaceJesus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:36:49pm |
Sudan is talking about attacking Israel because Israel probably just blew up a weapons factory there.
[Link: www.guardian.co.uk...]
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:38:08pm |
re: #115 Killgore Trout
He's correct. It's not like it hasn't happened before.
Iranian Official Says Blasts Targeted Nuclear Sites 2012There have also been various cyber attacks, etc. Not all attacks are going to lead to all out war. There will probably be more attacks in the future too.
The common denominator between all the attacks you cite is that they're deniable, leaving no real trace of the actual perpetrator. Hard to pull that off with an overt airstrike targeting all their nuclear facilities at once.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:38:45pm |
re: #231 Page 3 in the Binder of Women
sorry about the bp, but upding again for nic
Haha, I came up with this one some weeks ago during a discussion about Captain Douchecanoe. Gus kindly provided me with the avatar and we were off to the races.
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erik_t Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:40:39pm |
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Gus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:42:00pm |
So. How 'bout that Donald Trump. Imagine if you bribed His Royal Holy Highness King Bush the II during the great Christian Crusade against Iraq back in the 00's?
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:43:19pm |
Donald Trump just demanded to see Judge Reinhold's law degree.
Retweeted by Latin Romney
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:43:43pm |
re: #243 Gus
So. How 'bout that Donald Trump. Imagine if you bribed His Royal Holy Highness King Bush the II during the great Christian Crusade against Iraq back in the 00's?
TRUMP IS A PLANT!!!ELEVENTY!!!
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:43:53pm |
re: #240 goddamnedfrank
The common denominator between all the attacks you cite is that they're deniable, leaving no real trace of the actual perpetrator. Hard to pull that off with an overt airstrike targeting all their nuclear facilities at once.
Cloaking devices.
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:44:30pm |
re: #243 Gus
So. How 'bout that Donald Trump. Imagine if you bribed His Royal Holy Highness King Bush the II during the great Christian Crusade against Iraq back in the 00's?
I missed it .
What did he do?
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Gus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:44:58pm |
re: #244 Page 3 in the Binder of Women
Donald Trump just demanded to see Judge Reinhold's law degree.
Retweeted by Latin Romney
Gotta admit that folks on the left are handling it pretty calmly. Which is more than I would expect if someone did something to one of their high Priests in the Party of God. Oops I meant GOP.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:45:01pm |
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:45:07pm |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:45:21pm |
re: #248 Gus
Gotta admit that folks on the left are handling it pretty calmly. Which is more than I would expect if someone did something to one of their high Priests in the Party of God. Oops I meant GOP.
Don't apologize for the truth.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:46:25pm |
I love you. Sign this contract. If we divorce in 5 years you only get a little money. This is true love.
/
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:48:05pm |
re: #250 Sheila Broflovski
You missed Donald's Noon Bombshell?
Yep.
Started drawing. Lost track of time.
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:48:16pm |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:49:03pm |
re: #256 Varek Raith
Dear Trump,
Here's 2 dollars. Go away for a few decades.
Here's a quarter. Call someone who cares. I hear Orly Taitz is taking calls now that she's finished bamboozling the judge in Indiana.
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Cheechako Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:50:56pm |
re: #248 Gus
Gotta admit that folks on the left are handling it pretty calmly. Which is more than I would expect if someone did something to one of their high Priests in the Party of God. Oops I meant GOP.
GOP = God's Own Party
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:51:38pm |
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:52:26pm |
re: #239 SpaceJesus
Sudan is talking about attacking Israel because Israel probably just blew up a weapons factory there.
[Link: www.guardian.co.uk...]
"The US imposed economic, trade and financial sanctions against Sudan in 1997, citing the government's support for terrorism, including its sheltering of Osama bin Laden in Khartoum the mid-1990s."
Israel, Can we give you some Drones?
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:53:24pm |
re: #259 Reverend Mother Ramallo
Wow.
He's a huge ass.
Which, there's nothing new about that, he's just finding newer and bigger ways to display his assishness.
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:54:42pm |
re: #260 Only The Lurker Knows
"The US imposed economic, trade and financial sanctions against Sudan in 1997, citing the government's support for terrorism, including its sheltering of Osama bin Laden in Khartoum the mid-1990s."
Israel, Can we give you some Drones?
Iran's path to the sea!
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:55:50pm |
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Charles Johnson Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:56:58pm |
re: #232 Joanne
I don't know how to embed tweets on an iPhone. This'll have to do.
What you need to do is get the URL for the individual tweet's page.
In iPhone Safari, tap once on the tweet to open it in its own page, then tap and hold on the tweet's timestamp. A menu pops up showing the URL, with an option to Copy it. Do that, then paste it into an LGF comment box.
In the Twitter app, there's a '...' button that has an option to copy the tweet's URL.
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:58:10pm |
re: #261 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
Which, there's nothing new about that, he's just finding newer and bigger ways to display his assishness.
I was expecting something more.
That was kind of lame.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:58:42pm |
re: #260 Only The Lurker Knows
"The US imposed economic, trade and financial sanctions against Sudan in 1997, citing the government's support for terrorism, including its sheltering of Osama bin Laden in Khartoum the mid-1990s."
Israel, Can we give you some Drones?
We buy (bought) some of our early ship-borne drones from Israel.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:59:29pm |
re: #245 Cannadian Club Akbar
Every time I see eleventy I think of this book I read as a kid where the stereotypical dim cheerleader, confused about font and spacing issues in the high school paper, writes a completely messed up sports page headline that says eleventy. . .twice:)
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:59:30pm |
re: #254 Gus
[Link: www.politico.com...]
I'd love for Obama to match the $5 million if Trump releases his financial records
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 4:59:47pm |
re: #265 Reverend Mother Ramallo
I was expecting something more.
That was kind of lame.
Honestly, I wasn't. I heard about it on the radio morning show I listen to on the way in to work, and I thought to myself, "There's nothing that Trump could possibly have that would be any big deal."
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:00:45pm |
re: #268 Kragar
Oh snap, or just say, I'll do it for free, if you give up those fiscals:)
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:03:41pm |
i watch reality tv. this is one of the kids from real housewives. im quite proud of him
Remember when the Joker threatened to blow up a hospital if Batman didn't expose his true identity? Trump def got this idea from that.
Christopher manzo
8 hours ago
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wrenchwench Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:03:45pm |
Attention you wimmins! GOP loves you! (@laloalcaraz toon) pocho.com/remember-ladie... via @pochodotcom— Dennis Wilen (@voidmstr) October 24, 2012
It's right here:
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:04:16pm |
re: #268 Kragar
I'd love for Obama to match the $5 million if Trump releases his financial records
Donald 'I can't run casinos profitably in Atlantic City' Trump.
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:06:20pm |
Joke time:
Jackson had been a mailman for 30 years and was on his last rounds before retiring. As he approaches one of the last houses, the wife is waiting at the door in sheer lingerie. She takes him inside and they spend the afternoon having sex and when they are done, she hands him a dollar. Confused, Jackson asked what was going on.
"Well, I told my husband you were retiring and I thought we should do something nice and he said 'Fuck him, give him a dollar'".
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Cheechako Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:08:46pm |
re: #275 Kragar
Joke time:
Jackson had been a mailman for 30 days and was on his last rounds before retiring. As he approaches one of the last houses, the wife is waiting at the door in sheer lingerie. She takes him inside and they spend the afternoon having sex and when they are done, she hands him a dollar. Confused, Jackson asked what was going on.
"Well, I told my husband you were retiring and I thought we should do something nice and he said 'Fuck him, give him a dollar'".
I'll bet a lot of people would like to retire after 30 days.
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Gus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:10:22pm |
Oh boy. Looking around today. I'm not sure if I'm in the USA or some country in the Middle East. Later.
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:11:20pm |
re: #279 Gus
Oh boy. Looking around today. I'm not sure if I'm in the USA or some country in the Middle East. Later.
It's not Sharia if you're doing it for Jesus.
/
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:11:53pm |
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:14:45pm |
re: #262 Varek Raith
Iran's path to the sea!
Don't really see that. Did you miss a Sarc tag or am I missing something?
Being serious here. How do they connect?
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Cheechako Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:14:57pm |
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:17:02pm |
re: #283 Only The Lurker Knows
Don't really see that. Did you miss a Sarc tag or am I missing something?
Being serious here. How do they connect?
Being totally sarcastic.
:)
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:18:02pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:18:33pm |
Hi all. Long tiring day of Indian Summer here in Chicago. 78 degrees outside and I had to wear my interview suit. I was unpleasantly warm, but still did well on the second of my two interviews. The first wasn't a good job for me.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:19:46pm |
re: #286 DisturbedEma
Hey, her daughter got kicked off DWTS early, so Sarah Palin had to find another way to get her moment in the spotlight.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:19:46pm |
re: #287 Dark_Falcon
Hi all. Long tiring day of Indian Summer here in Chicago. 78 degrees outside and I had to wear my interview suit. I was unpleasantly warm, but still did well on the second of my two interviews. The first wasn't a good job for me.
Good luck with that. :) Don't worry about the Indian summer - winter is coming here tomorrow, which means it should be at your doorstep just in time for the weekend.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:20:04pm |
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Cheechako Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:21:08pm |
re: #286 DisturbedEma
I think we've been misspelling Sara's last name. The correct spelling is Sara Phailin.
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freetoken Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:23:00pm |
Your ancestry is... complex:
Extremely Rare Interbreeding Events Can Explain Neanderthal DNA in Living Humans
Considering the recent experimental discovery of Green et al that present-day non-Africans have 1 to 4% of their nuclear DNA of Neanderthal origin, we propose here a model which is able to quantify the genetic interbreeding between two subpopulations with equal fitness, living in the same geographic region. The model consists of a solvable system of deterministic ordinary differential equations containing as a stochastic ingredient a realization of the neutral Wright-Fisher process. By simulating the stochastic part of the model we are able to apply it to the interbreeding ofthe African ancestors of Eurasians and Middle Eastern Neanderthal subpopulations and estimate the only parameter of the model, which is the number of individuals per generation exchanged between subpopulations. Our results indicate that the amount of Neanderthal DNA in living non-Africans can be explained with maximum probability by the exchange of a single pair of individuals between the subpopulations at each 77 generations, but larger exchange frequencies are also allowed with sizeable probability. The results are compatible with a long coexistence time of 130,000 years, a total interbreeding population of order 104 individuals, and with all living humans being descendants of Africans both for mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosome.
[...]
That last line means that if you follow your family tree back on either the purely maternal line or purely paternal line you won't run into a Neanderthal.
However, all those other ancestors in your tree (assuming you don't have ancestry completely from those living south of the Sahara) have, here or there - and the paper indicates roughly every 77 generations as most probable - a Neanderthal showing up.
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ninja cat Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:23:28pm |
re: #286 DisturbedEma
I think the fact that she has to post her views of world politics on her FB page says it all.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:24:03pm |
re: #292 freetoken
Your ancestry is... complex:
Extremely Rare Interbreeding Events Can Explain Neanderthal DNA in Living Humans
That last line means that if you follow your family tree back on either the purely maternal line or purely paternal line you won't run into a Neanderthal.
However, all those other ancestors in your tree (assuming you don't have ancestry completely from those living south of the Sahara) have, here or there - and the paper indicates roughly every 77 generations as most probable - a Neanderthal showing up.
So that's the explanation for Todd Akin!
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:24:15pm |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:24:20pm |
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:24:26pm |
re: #292 freetoken
Your ancestry is... complex:
Extremely Rare Interbreeding Events Can Explain Neanderthal DNA in Living Humans
That last line means that if you follow your family tree back on either the purely maternal line or purely paternal line you won't run into a Neanderthal.
However, all those other ancestors in your tree (assuming you don't have ancestry completely from those living south of the Sahara) have, here or there - and the paper indicates roughly every 77 generations as most probable - a Neanderthal showing up.
Early hominids are easy.
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:24:31pm |
re: #283 Only The Lurker Knows
Don't really see that. Did you miss a Sarc tag or am I missing something?
Being serious here. How do they connect?
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:24:40pm |
re: #291 Cheechako
Indeed, I can't believe that I ever found her worthy of my vote. Sheesh, it's like the Walk of Shame, only with votes!
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freetoken Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:24:52pm |
re: #294 Dark_Falcon
See, my whole point is to defend the Neanderthals, who have a bad rap purely for creationist reasons.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:24:56pm |
re: #287 Dark_Falcon
Hi all. Long tiring day of Indian Summer here in Chicago. 78 degrees outside and I had to wear my interview suit. I was unpleasantly warm, but still did well on the second of my two interviews. The first wasn't a good job for me.
Good!!!
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:25:35pm |
re: #299 DisturbedEma
Indeed, I can't believe that I ever found her worthy of my vote. Sheesh, it's like the Walk of Shame, only with votes!
Yeah, I kinda feel you there. She seemed like a smart lady, until she opened her fat mouth. I even used to find her mildly attractive.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:25:41pm |
re: #295 Page 3 in the Binder of Women
I feel dirty for voting for her in 2008. . .
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ProGunLiberal Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:27:22pm |
re: #294 Dark_Falcon
There is not a enough ice to heal that burn. Have you seen the page from today?
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:27:26pm |
re: #293 ninja cat
I think the fact that she has to post her views of world politics on her FB page says it all.
oh, she was on Greta spouting same. Pray to the devil Murdoch that they dont renew her contract.
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Cheechako Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:28:39pm |
re: #299 DisturbedEma
Same here. I voted twice for her...Gov and VP. But now my eyes and mind have been opened. Never again. Even for dog-catcher.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:29:01pm |
re: #302 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
I felt she represented my class status, and I was really offended by the scorn heaped on her about not getting her passport until she was in her 30s (like me) that she majored in a soft subject in college (like me) and her public university education (like mine) and a child with special needs (like mine)
So glad she did not win, no wait, RELIEVED, I have great respect for John McCain, but this nut job? Feh!
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:30:04pm |
re: #307 Cheechako
Same here. I voted twice for her...Gov and VP. But now my eyes and mind have been opened. Never again. Even for dog-catcher.
i hear her latest gig/grift is a fitness video....
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:30:04pm |
re: #305 ProGunLiberal
There is not a enough ice to heal that burn. Have you seen the page from today?
Just posted a comment on it now.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:30:27pm |
re: #309 Page 3 in the Binder of Women
The shake weight?? :)
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aagcobb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:30:57pm |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:31:26pm |
re: #308 DisturbedEma
At the time I was still a hard-right conservative, fresh from the hard-right Bush administration which felt to me like a dream come true. I thought she represented real conservative values and would be a good foil to McCain's known moderate tendencies. Well, I was right, but I really did not know what I was wishing for.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:32:33pm |
re: #309 Page 3 in the Binder of Women
i hear her latest gig/grift is a fitness video....
She actually said she was writing a fitness book. 'Writing' meaning "My name is going to be on the cover of the book someone who actually knows about fitness is going to write."
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:33:29pm |
re: #285 Varek Raith
Being totally sarcastic.
:)
Thanks. Spent time looking at world maps trying to figure out the WTF.
Though IF Sudan had a strong Navy, they could pose a threat. Somalia has also been detrimental to commercial traffic as well. But that threat has, so far been neutralized because they have no central Government.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:35:55pm |
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wrenchwench Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:38:07pm |
A few years ago, my brother who lives in Bogota came to visit me. He burned a CD of Colombia and Panamanian music for me, and the song in this tweet is on it. I had no idea what it was about until I poked around for information in the #Colon tag and followed a link to an article in English. (Also, a friend of mine had a colonoscopy today, and the same tag applies. I know, TMI.)
Anyway, cool song whether you understand it or not.
A salsa protest song and images from #Colon #Panama fight against sale of free zone land youtu.be/W0ozENivrEw 3 killed, gov suspends sale— Randy Archibold (@rcarchiboldNYT) October 24, 2012
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:38:11pm |
re: #313 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
I really respected McCain and he was the reason I voted for the ticket. I can honestly say that if he were running now, I would vote for Obama, based on where I believe we need to be as a nation.
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Reverend Mother Ramallo Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:40:31pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:43:47pm |
The guy who tried to shoot up the Family Research Council's HQ in August has been charged with terrorism:
A grand jury charged suspect Floyd Corkins II, 28, with seven District of Columbia offenses in the August 15 shooting at the Family Research Council, the U.S. Attorney's office said in a statement.
Corkins, of Herndon, Virginia, is the first person charged under a local 2002 anti-terrorism law, the statement said.
A former volunteer at a Washington gay and lesbian community center, Corkins is alleged to have shot a guard at the Family Research Council, which lobbies against same-sex marriage.
He told the guard, "I don't like your politics" before pulling a pistol from a backpack and opening fire, according to court documents.
The new charges include committing an act of terrorism while armed, attempted murder while armed, aggravated assault while armed, and weapons charges.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:43:53pm |
um, lamb chops tonight. salivating.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:43:56pm |
re: #319 Reverend Mother Ramallo
As odd as the female shake weight ads are, the one for men comes off kind of pornographic in that the guy using it kind of acts like he's having an orgasm and then says something like "whew, I'm done"
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:44:30pm |
re: #320 Dark_Falcon
The guy who tried to shoot up the Family Research Council's HQ in August has been charged with terrorism:
scary
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:44:35pm |
re: #320 Dark_Falcon
The guy who tried to shoot up the Family Research Council's HQ in August has been charged with terrorism:
Please don't read the comment for this article. They're insane.
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Only The Lurker Knows Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:46:21pm |
Night Lizards. May The Deity Of Your Choice Smile Upon You.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:46:46pm |
re: #318 DisturbedEma
I really respected McCain and he was the reason I voted for the ticket. I can honestly say that if he were running now, I would vote for Obama, based on where I believe we need to be as a nation.
I think guys like McCain and Mitt could be fine presidents. Their real problem is the nutty core of the party. Even issues like "Fiscal Responsibility", which could be big winning issues for Republicans, gets bogged down in social conservatism, impossibly unsustainable tax policies and general bullshit. Dems have managed to keep a core of decent proposals on issues like healthcare reform alive for quite some time. It gives the party something to work towards. What do the Republicans have? outlawing abortion and prayer in schools? The core they've been clinging to died a long time ago and they're left rudderless. Decent guys like McCain and Mitt are saddled with an impossibly stupid agenda.
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freetoken Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:48:04pm |
re: #317 wrenchwench
The music (not the lyrics) is extremely well known, being one of the biggest "salsa" hits of all time, by Joe Arroyo.
Rebelión:
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:48:28pm |
re: #326 Killgore Trout
Neither one of them strike me as men who would stand up to the rabid nonsense in their party.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:49:26pm |
re: #326 Killgore Trout
I would disagree in that I don't think Mitt, in any political environment, would be a suitable president. He is simply too elitist.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:49:54pm |
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:50:27pm |
Time to start the bedtime rituals. . .safe travels through time and space fellow Lizards:)
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kirkspencer Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:50:35pm |
re: #320 Dark_Falcon
The guy who tried to shoot up the Family Research Council's HQ in August has been charged with terrorism:
I don't object. But I'm less than amused that a lot of others who've met pretty much the same criteria haven't been charged with domestic terrorism.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:51:27pm |
re: #332 Page 3 in the Binder of Women
I know, right? Whew, that's enough, you can almost hear the baowwm chicka bauw bauw music:)
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alpuz Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:51:39pm |
Man, the last Thompson ad against Baldwin in Wisconsin is brutal. What a straight up piece of shit.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:51:41pm |
re: #326 Killgore Trout
Occupy Wall Street leads church to cancel Halloween party
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A historic Manhattan church has canceled its annual Halloween celebration due to an ongoing standoff with remnants of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Trinity Church, an Episcopalian congregation located where Wall Street meets Broadway, usually invites neighborhood children to watch classic silent films such as "Frankenstein" and "Dracula."
The church is breaking the tradition this year due to Occupy protesters and the homeless camping on the sidewalk outside, the latest casualty in an ongoing standoff.
After being evicted from a park near Wall Street last year, Occupy Wall Street activists sought permission to set up a camp on a vacant lot owned by the church.
Trinity had been an early ally of the movement, distributing blankets to protesters and opening its doors for the group's strategy meetings.
When the church denied the group's request, the relationship soured. Activists "took control" of the lot, protester Jack Boyle said. One activist opened a fence with bolt cutters and dozens of people poured in, resulting in arrests.
In response, a group of Occupy activists camped out in front of the church and vowed to stay until one of the men arrested was freed.
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wrenchwench Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:52:13pm |
re: #328 freetoken
The music (not the lyrics) is extremely well known, being one of the biggest "salsa" hits of all time, by Joe Arroyo.
Rebelión:
[Embedded content]
I'm pretty salsa-ignorant. No wonder it sounded so familiar.
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:52:18pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:52:28pm |
re: #334 kirkspencer
I don't object. But I'm less than amused that a lot of others who've met pretty much the same criteria haven't been charged with domestic terrorism.
Different laws, and in some cases their motive wasn't political.
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kirkspencer Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:53:15pm |
re: #329 DisturbedEma
Neither one of them strike me as men who would stand up to the rabid nonsense in their party.
A minor difference. I think McCain might want to stand up to them but would be overrun. Mitt, I believe, agrees with them. Pay attention to what he says behind closed doors when exposed. For that matter, look hard at his open statements. Red Meat for the right is blunt. Moderate Mince for the center is vague and riddled with qualifiers.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:53:53pm |
re: #331 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
I would disagree in that I don't think Mitt, in any political environment, would be a suitable president. He is simply too elitist.
but but he's gonna be a job creator.
Truth is, whoever is POTUS next will proudly hold that title because of recovery underway.
3 branches of govt - average voter has no comprehension.
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Daniel Ballard Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:56:44pm |
Hey just got a few snapshots of Marine 1 on the way to Burbank for Jay Leno. Nothin great it was a ways off and I rushed. Kinda cool anyway
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:56:47pm |
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 5:58:15pm |
Test
The fraudster who was named Texas GOP "precinct chair of the year" and other tales of real voting chicanery nationalmemo.com/helping-republ... #truefraud— Joe Conason (@JConason) October 24, 2012
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bratwurst Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:02:11pm |
Mitt Romney offered $5 million to any Republican candidate "who can keep his rape views to himself until November 8."— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) October 25, 2012
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:02:18pm |
re: #331 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
I would disagree in that I don't think Mitt, in any political environment, would be a suitable president. He is simply too elitist.
And inconsistent. Dude stands for nothing and believes in state's rights to officially enforce bigotry.
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:07:55pm |
re: #331 Douchecanoe and Ryan Too
I would disagree in that I don't think Mitt, in any political environment, would be a suitable president. He is simply too elitist.
It's not his elitism. It's that he's a lying douche who couldn't give a shit about Us People.
Thanks Charles! I figured out how to get the URL in my fav app Tweets for iOS. Best twitter app! Woot!!
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:08:44pm |
What can possibly go wrong?
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freetoken Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:11:27pm |
Coming soon to a womb near you - Human 2.0:
Scientists create embryos with genes from 2 women, 1 man
Scientists in Oregon have created embryos with genes from one man and two women, using a provocative technique that could someday be used to prevent babies from inheriting certain rare incurable diseases.
The researchers at Oregon Health & Sciences University said they are not using the embryos to produce children, and it is not clear when or even if this technique will be put to use. But it has already stirred a debate over its risks and ethics in Britain, where scientists did similar work a few years ago.
The British experiments, reported in 2008, led to headlines about the possibility someday of babies with three parents. But that's an overstatement. The DNA from the second woman amounts to less than 1 percent of the embryo's genes, and it isn't the sort that makes a child look like Mom or Dad. The procedure is simply a way of replacing some defective genes that sabotage the normal workings of cells.
The British government is asking for public comment on the technology before it decides whether to allow its use in the future. One concern it cites is whether such DNA alteration could be an early step down a slippery slope toward "designer babies" — ordering up, say, a petite, blue-eyed girl or tall, dark-haired boy.
[...]
I say - Go Forth and Provoke!
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:11:47pm |
re: #350 Varek Raith
What can possibly go wrong?
As long as the plant is properly built and the fracking properly done it should be fine. Might make sense even, since many power plants have rail spurs leading to them.
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:13:43pm |
re: #352 Dark_Falcon
As long as the plant is properly built and the fracking properly done it should be fine. Might make sense even, since many power plants have rail spurs leading to them.
Except the whole 'causes earthquakes' part.
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Charles Johnson Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:15:02pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:15:24pm |
re: #351 freetoken
Coming soon to a womb near you - Human 2.0:
Scientists create embryos with genes from 2 women, 1 man
I say - Go Forth and Provoke!
Hoo lordy! When Brayn Fischer hears about this on he may actually openly declare war on science. This is the kind of thing that seems cetain to enrage traditionalists. On a saner note, I can also see it creating legal problems in terms who is to be legally considered the child's parents.
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:17:30pm |
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freetoken Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:17:41pm |
re: #355 Dark_Falcon
The concept of "parent" for Human 2.0 isn't about genetic source, but who raises and takes care of the young.
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freetoken Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:20:17pm |
Here's the original article in Nature:
DNA-swap technology almost ready for fertility clinic
and the actual paper:
Towards germline gene therapy of inherited mitochondrial diseases
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:21:26pm |
re: #359 freetoken
The concept of "parent" for Human 2.0 isn't about genetic source, but who raises and takes care of the young.
The law does not reflect that fact, however. It was not written with such technologies in mind and will not be able to keep pace with them, due to other matters holding priority for state legislatures, partisan clashes, and just plain fear of change in so fundamental a matter as parenthood.
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:23:13pm |
RT @chrisharrisks: If Mourdock is Romney's choice for the Senate, who would he choose for the Supreme Court? #terrifying— Micheal Stinson (@Symbolman) October 24, 2012
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Digital Display Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:26:52pm |
The wheel of death keeps spinning around and round
Database connections are treating me like a clown
setting here alone on this Island looking for you
If it wasn't for the Giants I'd have nothing left to do
That wheel keeps spinning round and round
The wheel of death keeps spinning round
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allegro Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:27:08pm |
I've always thought McCain was a decent man who unfortunately sold out much of that decency for ambition. I see no decency in Romney by my definition. He's a narcissist whose only interest is the dollar, uncaring about the real lives of people his businesses have destroyed. Even his family struggles to say anything positive about the man. It's all status, wealth, and power.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:29:53pm |
re: #364 allegro
I've always thought McCain was a decent man who unfortunately sold out much of that decency for ambition. I see no decency in Romney by my definition. He's a narcissist whose only interest is the dollar, uncaring about the real lives of people his businesses have destroyed. Even his family struggles to say anything positive about the man. It's all status, wealth, and power.
Yep. Honestly I've struggled to find anything likable about Romney.
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MittDoesNotCompute Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:30:22pm |
re: #363 Digital Display
The wheel of death keeps spinning around and round
Database connections are treating me like a clown
setting here alone on this Island looking for you
If it wasn't for the Giants I'd have nothing left to do
That wheel keeps spinning round and round
The wheel of death keeps spinning round
Still having issues right now?
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:32:35pm |
re: #365 HappyWarrior
Yep. Honestly I've struggled to find anything likable about Romney.
His hair is just the right length.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:33:41pm |
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alpuz Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:33:48pm |
re: #354 Charles Johnson
Stop pointing out these minor inconveniences. It's all about jobs, jobs & jobs.
Watched it all go down here in Wisconsin. Special 'laser like focus' session on job creation turned into a social issue right wing orgasm. It was right-wing porn in HD.
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Digital Display Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:34:33pm |
re: #366 MittDoesNotCompute
Still having issues right now?
yea..I was spinning for a while. Charles is working on stuff
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:35:01pm |
re: #369 alpuz
Stop pointing out these minor inconveniences. It's all about jobs, jobs & jobs.
Watched it all go down here in Wisconsin. Special 'laser like focus' session on job creation turned into a social issue right wing orgasm. It was right-wing porn in HD.
Maybe this crap would go away if the TPGOP would just get laid.
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Cheechako Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:35:10pm |
re: #363 Digital Display
The wheel of death keeps spinning around and round
Database connections are treating me like a clown
setting here alone on this Island looking for you
If it wasn't for the Giants I'd have nothing left to do
That wheel keeps spinning round and round
The wheel of death keeps spinning round
Happens to me quite often. I find that I have to refresh and then scroll back to catch up.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:36:01pm |
re: #371 Decatur Deb
Maybe this crap would go away if the TPGOP would just get laid.
Plenty of prostitutes for that.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:36:57pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:37:22pm |
re: #371 Decatur Deb
Maybe this crap would go away if the TPGOP would just get laid.
There's a limit to how much angst sex can cure, you know.
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alpuz Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:37:29pm |
re: #371 Decatur Deb
Unfortunately, it's apparently easier to bluff a state, or nation, about their actual agenda than actually getting laid. Which explains a lot.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:37:29pm |
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Cheechako Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:38:48pm |
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:40:06pm |
re: #379 Big Joe
5-0 Giants
Yeah wow. Fourth straight game apparently where a GIants pitcher has knocked in a run. Talk about supporting your cause.
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compound_Idaho Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:40:22pm |
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freetoken Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:40:25pm |
Hey, MittMentum is still with us:
As key Senate races get tighter, Republicans’ hopes rise
In the battle for control of the U.S. Senate, there are now at least eight critical contests in which polling shows essentially a dead heat, encouraging Republicans’ hopes that they may yet snag the chamber, which very recently seemed beyond their reach.
Some of the GOP boost is coming from the top of the ticket in the form of Mitt Romney, whose recent surge in the polls seems to be helping Republican candidates across the country.
[...]
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JamesWI Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:41:16pm |
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Obdicut Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:41:27pm |
re: #326 Killgore Trout
Why do you ignore that Mitt said he'd be delighted to ban all abortion, and has a record number of vetoes as governor of Mass?
Why do you cling to the idea of a moderate Mitt Romney? Is it just in defense of your Occupy-Hipster-Ideological-Non-Voter persona?
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Obdicut Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:42:55pm |
re: #375 Dark_Falcon
There's a limit to how much angst sex can cure, you know.
You obviously didn't get to know Jeanine Baxtula.
/memories
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erik_t Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:45:14pm |
re: #351 freetoken
Coming soon to a womb near you - Human 2.0:
Scientists create embryos with genes from 2 women, 1 man
I say - Go Forth and Provoke!
I, for one, welcome our new trihuman overlords.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:45:24pm |
re: #378 Cheechako
FIFY
Uh, I'd check that. Many, possibly most, prostitutes in the US are quite thoroughly controlled by pimps and slavers.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:46:29pm |
re: #385 Obdicut
You obviously didn't get to know Jeanine Baxtula.
/memories
Not going near that one, uh uh. Wouldn't be prudent.
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Cheechako Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:48:06pm |
re: #387 Dark_Falcon
Uh, I'd check that. Many, possibly most, prostitutes in the US are quite thoroughly controlled by pimps and slavers.
O.K. Fact check. Can I see your supporting data? Or, is this info from personal experience?
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:48:18pm |
re: #384 Obdicut
Why do you ignore that Mitt said he'd be delighted to ban all abortion, and has a record number of vetoes as governor of Mass?
Why do you cling to the idea of a moderate Mitt Romney? Is it just in defense of your Occupy-Hipster-Ideological-Not-Voter persona?
Then there's this:
Romney campaign adviser Bay Buchanan told Buzzfeed's Chris Geidner, "Governor Romney also believes, consistent with the 10th Amendment, that it should be left to states to decide whether to grant same-sex couples certain benefits, such as hospital visitation rights and the ability to adopt children."
Mitt Romney is bigoted dogshit.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:49:07pm |
re: #351 freetoken
Coming soon to a womb near you - Human 2.0:
Scientists create embryos with genes from 2 women, 1 man
I say - Go Forth and Provoke!
"Oh brave new world, that has such people in it,"
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alpuz Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:49:50pm |
So I'm sitting here hearing 'two wrongs don't make a right' as support for the right-wing's stance on rape victims not having an abortion.
Really? So, raping a women and impregnating her is the equivalent of aborting said baby that results from the rape? That's the spin?
If I hear make lemonade from lemons in the context of women being raped I'm gonna throw a punch. I'm a knuckle dragger in that way.
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Oct 24, 2012 6:57:42pm |
re: #392 alpuz
So I'm sitting here hearing 'two wrongs don't make aright' as support for the right-wing's stance on rape victims not having abortion.
Really? So, raping a women and impregnating her is the equivalent of aborting said baby that results from the rape? That's the spin?
If I hear make lemonade from lemons in the context of women being raped I'm gonna throw a punch. I'm a knuckle dragger in that way.
The GOP isn't for rape, they're just for increasing the odds of reproductive success of rapists.
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Sheila Broflovski Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:01:20pm |
I'm watching South Park instead of the World Series.
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aagcobb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:04:21pm |
re: #396 Sheila Broflovski
I'm watching South Park instead of the World Series.
Panda just hit his third homer
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:04:39pm |
re: #396 Sheila Broflovski
I'm watching South Park instead of the World Series.
Good call.
Watching Alias.
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Charles Johnson Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:05:11pm |
Anyone who votes for a party that does things like this needs to have a check up from the neck up.
Pennsylvania Bill Would Reduce Welfare Benefits for Women Who Cannot Prove They Were Raped.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:09:28pm |
re: #389 Cheechako
O.K. Fact check. Can I see your supporting data? Or, is this info from personal experience?
Just what I've read on CNN. I have no personal experience in such matters.
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:10:29pm |
re: #399 Charles Johnson
Anyone who votes for a party that does things like this needs to have a check up from the neck up.
Pennsylvania Bill Would Reduce Welfare Benefits for Women Who Cannot Prove They Were Raped.
I saw that earlier and was absolutely floored. This is the GOP. People don't matter. They're sociopaths who ejaculate at suffering. I keep saying they can't get worse, but the do. How much lower can they go? Hanging poor people in town squares or office pools on date/times of death for little Johnny who had the misfortune to be born to poor parents? Sick, sick fucks.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:11:07pm |
re: #36 darthstar
Man, I sure hope women are ovulating on election day.
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Yes, I always wait to see if I feel sexy on election day before deciding who to vote for.
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MittDoesNotCompute Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:15:19pm |
re: #402 SanFranciscoZionist
Yes, I always wait to see if I feel sexy on election day before deciding who to vote for.
Not that there's anything wrong with you feeling sexy before stepping out for any reason, mind you...
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aagcobb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:15:23pm |
re: #399 Charles Johnson
Anyone who votes for a party that does things like this needs to have a check up from the neck up.
Pennsylvania Bill Would Reduce Welfare Benefits for Women Who Cannot Prove They Were Raped.
Shamefully, one of the sponsors of this misogynistic bill is a Democrat.
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aagcobb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:17:46pm |
I noticed that, in order to facilitate rapists in giving God's little gifts to women, Mourdock doesn't want insurance to cover contraception at all.
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MittDoesNotCompute Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:24:11pm |
re: #404 aagcobb
Shamefully, one of the sponsors of this misogynistic bill is a Democrat.
Despite the fact that low-income women who give birth to children would logically need increased assistance to care for their larger family, Pennsylvania lawmakers — State Reps. RoseMarie Swanger (R), Tom Caltagirone (D), Mark Gillen (R), Keith Gillespie (R), Adam Harris (R), and Mike Tobash (R) — don’t want their state’s welfare program to provide additional benefits for that newborn. If a woman gives birth to a child who was conceived from rape, she may seek an exception to this rule so that her welfare benefits aren’t slashed, but only if she can provide proof that she reported her sexual assault and her abuser’s identity to the police:
Did a little research on Mr. Caltagirone; his district lies in Berks County, which, from what I can tell, tends to run heavily Republican in elections (even though there's more registered Democrats).
Why am I not surprised?
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aagcobb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:25:36pm |
re: #408 MittDoesNotCompute
We have a lot of DINOs in rural Kentucky as well.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:29:47pm |
More voter intimidation and fraud in Florida...
People in 28 counties are getting fake letters supposedly from elections supervisors telling them that they are not eligible to vote due to concerns about their citizenship. The letters even have the names and contact info for the elections supervisors correct and look like official state mailings.
The FBI, Postal Service agents, and the Florida Secretary of State's office are trying to find out who is responsible...my guess would be...not democrats!
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:31:12pm |
re: #410 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
More voter intimidation and fraud in Florida...
People in 28 counties are getting fake letters supposedly from elections supervisors telling them that they are not eligible to vote due to concerns about their citizenship. The letters even have the names and contact info for the elections supervisors correct and look like official state mailings.
The FBI, Postal Service agents, and the Florida Secretary of State's office are trying to find out who is responsible...my guess would be...not democrats!
I say let's wait and find out. This is clear fraud and so would have a very high risk factor for the persons doing it.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:33:07pm |
re: #410 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
More voter intimidation and fraud in Florida...
People in 28 counties are getting fake letters supposedly from elections supervisors telling them that they are not eligible to vote due to concerns about their citizenship. The letters even have the names and contact info for the elections supervisors correct and look like official state mailings.
The FBI, Postal Service agents, and the Florida Secretary of State's office are trying to find out who is responsible...my guess would be...not democrats!
Seems many were addressed to Republicans. Because some letters asked for SSAN and other information, it might all be about extortion of ID for profit, using the vote as a hostage.
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sagehen Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:33:43pm |
re: #125 ggt
Serious question --I should know this. .
what kind of dog breed was the Hound of the Baskervilles?
In the Cumberbatch/Freeman version, i's a drug-induced hallucination, not a real dog at all. The one Henry Knight sees is larger than any existing breed, with sharper teeth, longer claws and red eyes.
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Obdicut Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:33:59pm |
re: #400 Dark_Falcon
Just what I've read on CNN. I have no personal experience in such matters.
According to a friend of mine who works with sex workers, the internet has been really, really liberating for prostitutes, in that it's very easy for them to post ads and exchange information about bad tricks. A lot of them don't rely on pimps anymore, but you're entirely right that there is still far too much slavery in the US. A lot of immigrants especially are trapped into literal sex slavery.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:35:02pm |
re: #399 Charles Johnson
Anyone who votes for a party that does things like this needs to have a check up from the neck up.
Pennsylvania Bill Would Reduce Welfare Benefits for Women Who Cannot Prove They Were Raped.
Yeah yikes. What the hell is wrong with them.
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dragonfire1981 Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:36:00pm |
re: #410 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
More voter intimidation and fraud in Florida...
People in 28 counties are getting fake letters supposedly from elections supervisors telling them that they are not eligible to vote due to concerns about their citizenship. The letters even have the names and contact info for the elections supervisors correct and look like official state mailings.
The FBI, Postal Service agents, and the Florida Secretary of State's office are trying to find out who is responsible...my guess would be...not democrats!
Cate said a "significant majority have gone to Republican voters, but not exclusively. We've got Democrats who received the letters, we've got independents. We're telling everybody to be on the lookout."
Hmmm...
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allegro Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:38:06pm |
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:40:09pm |
re: #411 Dark_Falcon
I say let's wait and find out. This is clear fraud and so would have a very high risk factor for the persons doing it.
I'm a bit freaked out by the ads in Maricopa AZ that only in Spanish give the wrong date to vote.
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prairiefire Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:40:59pm |
What a wonderful San Fransisco Irish tenor!
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HappyWarrior Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:42:13pm |
Sandoval's in special company: Reggie Jackson, Albert Pujols, and Babe Ruth. Two Hall of Famers and one future HoFer. Doubt he gets a pitch to hit the rest of the game and you can bet the Tigers' pitchers will be extra careful with him the rest of the series.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:45:18pm |
re: #417 dragonfire1981
Hmmm...
The problem is democrats are already being blamed for this in the comments at the usual wingnut haunts...
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dragonfire1981 Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:47:35pm |
re: #422 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
The problem is democrats are already being blamed for this in the comments at the usual wingnut haunts...
I wonder would Republicans have done this on purpose to frame Democrats for it?
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:47:41pm |
re: #410 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
What's interesting about thus is that white, republicans are getting the letters.
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DisturbedEma Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:47:50pm |
re: #407 aagcobb
Like I said, the only way this moves from the attacking the rape victim to attacking the criminal who rapes a woman who then becomes pregnant will be when the issue of child support rears its ugly head. . .as a way of addressing how poor women how have been raped, had the baby from that rape, and lose assistance, why we'll just make the rapist pay child support from prison. . .seems legit. . .NOT
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MittDoesNotCompute Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:48:05pm |
re: #410 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
More voter intimidation and fraud in Florida...
People in 28 counties are getting fake letters supposedly from elections supervisors telling them that they are not eligible to vote due to concerns about their citizenship. The letters even have the names and contact info for the elections supervisors correct and look like official state mailings.
The FBI, Postal Service agents, and the Florida Secretary of State's office are trying to find out who is responsible...my guess would be...not democrats!
re: #411 Dark_Falcon
I say let's wait and find out. This is clear fraud and so would have a very high risk factor for the persons doing it.
re: #412 Decatur Deb
Seems many were addressed to Republicans. Because some letters asked for SSAN and other information, it might all be about extortion of ID for profit, using the vote as a hostage.
re: #417 dragonfire1981
Hmmm...
We're talking Florida here and, since the Tampa FBI office is involved here, a part of central (and perhaps some of south) Florida at that.
Here's a theory: I bet that whoever is doing this was targeting Cuban-Americans/Hispanics, seeing as Florida has a large Cuban diaspora (Cuban-Americans, IIRC, tend to go GOP, while other Hispanics lean more towards the Dems).
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:48:23pm |
re: #422 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
So the perdify of the Democrats continues onward; watch for them to use this as an excuse to get the courts to overthrow the Fla ballots.
These people are not intelligent enough to realize that this will motivate more conservatives to come out and vote than would have otherwise. Keep it up, you tards. You are poking a bear with a stick. You are about to lose a limb.
Expect the left to use any and all tactics to screw with the voting process. Be on the lookout.
FBI? Really FBI? Do you really think this government agency is trust worthy as they sit and watch this terroist in the White House destroy our country? The FBI guys are full fledged traitors!!!!!!!!
etc, etc, etc....
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MittDoesNotCompute Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:49:06pm |
re: #424 Joanne
What's interesting about thus is that white, republicans are getting the letters.
We're talking central (and maybe parts of south) Florida here; Republicans down there aren't always lily-white.
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engineer cat Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:49:10pm |
what's all this i hear about vote tampa-ing?
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:49:23pm |
re: #419 Page 3 in the Binder of Women
I'm a bit freaked out by the ads in Maricopa AZ that only in Spanish give the wrong date to vote.
Shit like that can't happen by accident, especially in Arpaio country. It's simply impossible for a county's official voter registration card to innocently get the date wrong in the Spanish translation. That was absolutely deliberate.
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:49:56pm |
As Foodborne Illnesses Skyrocket, GOP Slashes Funds For Food Safety
Even though President Obama signed into law the Food Safety Modernization Act — giving the Food and Drug Administration wider power to stop foodborne illness outbreaks before they start — the number of Americans who become sick or die because of contaminated food has increased 44 percent over the last two years, according to a new report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
This adds up to about 48 million people getting sick. But Republicans have threatened to defund the law that helps curb salmonella outbreaks. Meanwhile, the FDA remains unable to implement the reforms because of underfunding:
But while some parts of the law have been enacted, the vast majority of the law’s regulatory framework remains in limbo, sitting in the White House Office of Management and Budget, with no clear timetable for implementation.“In February, the president’s budget requested $4.5 billion for the Food and Drug Administration. But budget proposals in both the Senate and the House fall below this target, coming in $600 (million)-$700 million below full funding, which the Office of Management and Budget has called ‘harmful’ to food safety regulations,” the Public Interest Research Group says. [...]
Instead of improving, the problem of foodborne outbreaks is getting worse, the report says.
“When comparing 2010 infection incidences with national health objective targets … the only incidence rate that meets the target goal was the incidence of infection with E. coli O157,” the report says. “The incidence of salmonella was three times the 2010 national health objective target, which is especially alarming, as salmonella causes the majority of hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne disease.”
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aagcobb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:52:37pm |
Panda's slacking off, his fourth hit was merely a single.
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:52:53pm |
I hadn't thought of phishing. That makes sense if they're targeting middle and upper middle class older people (who tend to be GOP). It could be an identity theft scheme.
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allegro Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:53:32pm |
re: #425 DisturbedEma
Like I said, the only way this moves from the attacking the rape victim to attacking the criminal who rapes a woman who then becomes pregnant will be when the issue of child support rears its ugly head. . .as a way of addressing how poor women how have been raped, had the baby from that rape, and lose assistance, why we'll just make the rapist pay child support from prison. . .seems legit. . .NOT
The only concern about children after they are born is which little bastards are receiving assistance that the GOP wants to eliminate.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:54:44pm |
re: #426 MittDoesNotCompute
re: #411 Dark_Falcon
re: #412 Decatur Deb
re: #417 dragonfire1981
We're talking Florida here and, since the Tampa FBI office is involved here, a part of central (and perhaps some of south) Florida at that.
Here's a theory: I bet that whoever is doing this was targeting Hispanics, seeing as Florida has a large Cuban diaspora (Cuban-Americans, IIRC, tend to go GOP, while other Hispanics are more towards the Dems).
The Republican Party of Florida chairman, Lenny Curry, got one of the letters. His name sure does not seem Hispanic, cuban or otherwise.
weird???
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Kragar Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:55:12pm |
Yesterday, a 22-year-old woman kicked an anti-abortion protester’s sign as she made her way into an Oregon-area Planned Parenthood clinic, and the protester pushed her in response. The woman returned with her father, who instigated a physical confrontation with the protester — later identified as 54-year-old Christopher R. Tolhurst — which resulted in Tolhurst repeatedly stabbing the man. The Oregonian reports that he remains in the hospital recovering from seven stab wounds to the abdomen.
A spokesperson for Planned Parenthood for Southwestern Oregon explained to the Associated Press that the clinic that inspired the violent confrontation only provides health services, such as contraception and cancer screenings, and doesn’t perform any abortion services. Nevertheless, residents of the neighborhood confirmed that Tolhurst regularly harasses the clients who visit the health clinic:
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:55:21pm |
re: #434 Joanne
I hadn't thought of phishing. That makes sense if they're targeting middle and upper middle class older people (who tend to be GOP). It could be an identity theft scheme.
Yup. If someone wants to discourage you from voting, they don't need to ask you to open a correspondence w/ sensitive info.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:57:47pm |
re: #437 Kragar
Yep, strange story there...
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dragonfire1981 Wed, Oct 24, 2012 7:59:32pm |
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engineer cat Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:00:24pm |
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Gus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:00:28pm |
The Casualties - Rebel: youtu.be/JbWM8Szfbzk via @youtube #NoRomney #NoNeocons #NoRepublicans— Gus (@Gus_802) October 25, 2012
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prairiefire Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:02:13pm |
Oh, my gosh. This season has got to end.Image: th.jpeg
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:02:45pm |
re: #424 Joanne
What's interesting about thus is that white, republicans are getting the letters.
Exactly. I think DD had it right; This looks more like a scam than a political tactic. There's no major concentration of the letters towards any party affiliation and it asks for personal information. My guess is identity thieves, not political operatives.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:04:11pm |
re: #438 Decatur Deb
Yup. If someone wants to discourage you from voting, they don't need to ask you to open a correspondence w/ sensitive info.
But they aren't asking for correspondence back, none of the articles I have read claim that. They say you have 15 days to show documentation at the elections office or be removed from the polls...
TAMPA (FOX 13) -
Travis Horn says he hasn't missed a vote in 18 years. He's been active in Bay Area politics and has a law degree. But a phony letter that claimed he can't vote still threw him for a loop.
"I'd like to think I'm a sophisticated voter, but this is a really sophisticated -- most intricate I've seen," he said, holding the letter. "They went to trouble to really lay this out well."
Somebody is trying to scare a lot of lawfully registered voters from casting a ballot using letters that claim to come from the supervisor of elections office.
The letters claim the recipients are suspected foreigners who must submit original documents to prove their citizenship or they will be purged from the voter rolls.
"And it says if you turn out to vote, here are the penalties, and it lays it out for you," Horn continued. "Pretty disturbing."
The letters were sent from Seattle and are now landing in mailboxes across Florida, and apparently only Florida.
One went to the city council president in Jacksonville. Another went to Lenny Curry, the chairman of the state Republican Party.
Construction manager John Deangeles got the same letter at his home in Naples. He fears it could intimidate seniors and others who may not sniff out the ruse.
"Maybe on the fence to vote one way or other, and they say they're not going to mess with it, not going to risk it," he said.
At first, it appeared as if the letters were only going to Republican voters like Travis Horn. But the Pinellas County Elections Office told us they're going out to Democrats as well.
Of eight voters who say they got this letter in Pinellas, four are Republicans, three are Democrats. One is non-partisan.
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Gus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:04:20pm |
Jake Tapper: "You can actually feel the Mittmentum now, as this crowd did today while listening to Gov Romney emote." twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/...— The Obama Diary (@TheObamaDiary) October 25, 2012
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engineer cat Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:06:41pm |
Obama says tight race not a surprise
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:07:19pm |
re: #447 Gus
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Lol...I doubt that is representative of the majority, but funny anyway.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:13:14pm |
re: #446 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
But they aren't asking for correspondence back, none of the articles I have read claim that. They say you have 15 days to show documentation at the elections office or be removed from the polls...
Hmmm...I may be wrong....
this Fox link shows the letter and it does have a second sheet to fill out with information...but they don't say what you were supposed to do with the form. You would think that they would warn people that it was a phishing scam if it were asking you to mail that sheet to someone...beats me.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
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Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:14:05pm |
re: #446 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
It almost sounds like a very weird GOTV protest or ploy.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:15:07pm |
re: #446 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
But they aren't asking for correspondence back, none of the articles I have read claim that. They say you have 15 days to show documentation at the elections office or be removed from the polls...
"Potentially from the federal side we're looking at either civil rights violations or we're looking at voter fraud," said Dave Couvertier with the FBI Tampa Office.
The letter also warns recipients they could be purged from the voter rolls if they don't respond within 15 days."
[Link: www.wtsp.com...]
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prairiefire Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:15:44pm |
Apparently, we are now raising a nation of wussies. My daughter's gaggle of friends have to go to the park in the daylight, not for the Halloween Haunt. Cuz it's too scary for 15 year olds? WTH?
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Big Joe Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:17:03pm |
'Benghazi attack suspect' dies in Cairo shootout
A man suspected of involvement in an attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi last month has been killed in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, officials say.
According to the Egyptian officials the suspect was cornered in a flat in Madinet Nasr early on Wednesday morning. He threw a bomb at the security forces, but it bounced back into the flat.
An exchange of fire with the security services then began and went on for several hours, local media reports say.
The suspect's burnt body was found in the property, along with weapons and explosive materials, officials say.
One possibility is that the suspect was trying to make his way to the Sinai peninsula, which has become a magnet for militants from across the region, the BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo reports.
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Page 3 in the Binder of Women Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:20:15pm |
re: #455 prairiefire
Apparently, we are now raising a nation of wussies. My daughter's gaggle of friends have to go to the park in the daylight, not for the Halloween Haunt. Cuz it's too scary for 15 year olds? WTH?
The murdered girls at the top 3 stories. I gotcha.
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Gus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:23:14pm |
re: #451 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
Lol...I doubt that is representative of the majority, but funny anyway.
I don't care about their feelings.
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Mich-again Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:24:51pm |
I hope 100 years from now Americans will thank us for building a renewable energy infrastructure, not curse us for f-ing the place up so bad— J M Sute (@71LesPaul) October 25, 2012
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Mich-again Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:28:44pm |
re: #455 prairiefire
Apparently, we are now raising a nation of wussies. My daughter's gaggle of friends have to go to the park in the daylight, not for the Halloween Haunt. Cuz it's too scary for 15 year olds? WTH?
My 14 yo daughter had a callback for an audition for an ICP music video yesterday. Kind of the polar opposite of "park in the daylight". ha
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ozbloke Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:29:45pm |
Has this be posted?
Obama lampoons Trump over conspiracy reboot
US president Barack Obama has lampooned Donald Trump, saying the real estate tycoon's feud with him dated back to "when we were growing up together in Kenya".
Mr Obama ribbed the flamboyant mogul during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, after Mr Trump revived the right-wing conspiracy theory that alleges the president was not born in the United States.
"This all dates back to when we were growing up together in Kenya," Mr Obama joked, after dashing to California to record the show as part of a 40-hour campaign sweep through eight states.
"We had constant run-ins on the soccer field, he wasn't very good and resented it," said Mr Obama, who was born in Hawaii the son of a white American mother and Kenyan father.
"When we finally moved to America, I thought it would be over," the president said, with a beaming grin, and admitted he had never actually met Mr Trump.
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Gus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:31:57pm |
Just because you think you're side is winning doesn't mean you're winning. Just because you surround yourself with people that agree with you doesn't mean the whole world agrees with you.
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SpaceJesus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:34:25pm |
Nate Silver has Obungler back up above 70%
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prairiefire Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:35:07pm |
re: #463 Mich-again
My 14 yo daughter had a callback for an audition for an ICP music video yesterday. Kind of the polar opposite of "park in the daylight". ha
So awesome! I hope she breaks a leg./ With a call back, she could get an agent, if she has not already.
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:37:07pm |
Colbert has just dropped a $1,000,000 proposition on Trump. It's pretty grim.
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prairiefire Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:38:17pm |
re: #463 Mich-again
Yo, do you mean Insane Clown Posse video?
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Targetpractice Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:38:59pm |
re: #466 SpaceJesus
Nate Silver has Obungler back up above 70%
You mean Obama has momentum? Inconceivable!
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Mich-again Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:40:20pm |
re: #470 prairiefire
Yo, do you mean Insane Clown Posse video?
Yeah, those guys. I'm a youtube fan of theirs, but I''m no juggalo.
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Gus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:42:32pm |
re: #467 Dark_Falcon
Make me.
Free and open discussion. Ask yourself that question. Destro could as well.
[Laughs]
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:43:28pm |
re: #471 Targetpractice
You mean Obama has momentum? Inconceivable!
///
Yeah, he has momentum. It's downward momentum, but still momentum.
/heh.
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prairiefire Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:44:46pm |
re: #472 Mich-again
Yeah, those guys. I'm a youtube fan of theirs, but I''m no juggalo.
I would be very careful who of that crowd I would allow to photo my daughter. Just saying. Please don't take as a reflection on you!
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SpaceJesus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:47:21pm |
re: #471 Targetpractice
He's trending back up in VA and OH.
Romney is evening the national vote by running up the score in the South where he leads by like 30 points.
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Targetpractice Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:48:10pm |
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:50:25pm |
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:50:29pm |
PDF of the fake letter here and of the fake voter eligibility form, there is no (phishing) address to send the eligibility form to on either one. The letter just says to send it to the elections office, I guess you would have to look up the address yourself.
This isn't phishing, just an attempt to prevent people from voting by making it a hassle and making them think they have to clear this with the elections office before they vote. Along with warning them they could be prosecuted if they don't.
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engineer cat Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:50:56pm |
re: #476 SpaceJesus
He's trending back up in VA and OH.
Romney is evening the national vote by running up the score in the South where he leads by like 30 points.
is obama trending up in VA? - where do you see it?
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:51:08pm |
re: #447 Gus
Sounds like Tapper had a Happy Ending right there at the rally.
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:51:15pm |
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SpaceJesus Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:52:13pm |
re: #482 engineer cat
Nate Silver just moved it to light blue
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:52:33pm |
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engineer cat Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:52:51pm |
re: #476 SpaceJesus
He's trending back up in VA and OH.
Romney is evening the national vote by running up the score in the South where he leads by like 30 points.
i will be happy to call him President of Alabama
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Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:53:24pm |
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Decatur Deb Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:53:25pm |
re: #481 Tiny Alien Kitties are Watching You
PDF of the fake letter here and of the fake voter eligibility form, there is no (phishing) address to send the eligibility form to on either one. The letter just says to send it to the elections office, I guess you would have to look up the address yourself.
This isn't phishing, just an attempt to prevent people from voting by making it a hassle and making them think they have to clear this with the elections office before they vote. Along with warning them they could be prosecuted if they don't.
Suppressing both Dems and Repubs. RON PAUL!!1!
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Targetpractice Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:54:42pm |
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engineer cat Wed, Oct 24, 2012 8:56:12pm |
re: #486 SpaceJesus
Nate Silver just moved it to light blue
hmmm hmmm hmmm it seems nate the great is using way fresher numbers than mr real clear politics
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Varek Raith Wed, Oct 24, 2012 9:00:16pm |
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Joanne Wed, Oct 24, 2012 9:00:20pm |
re: #487 Dark_Falcon
Like fucking magnets?
No. Like my uterus. Magic! You should see the shit it shuts down!
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