Yes, it’s Budweiser and yes, it’s the Super Bowl, and yes, they’re manipulating us, but it’s too cute to care.
Watch Budweiser’s Super Bowl XLVIII commercial following the special friendship between the Clydesdales and a puppy. #BestBuds budweiser.com
Music: Let Her Go by Passenger (c) 2012
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:54:36pm |
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lawhawk Wed, Jan 29, 2014 5:57:34pm |
Just how far down the rabbit hole are you willing to go?
Just ask Morpheus; he’ll answer in operatic fashion:
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Charles Johnson Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:00:06pm |
And by the way, here’s some .htaccess code to redirect specific pages to the HTTPS versions, and redirect everything else to HTTP.
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule (lgf-account-settings\.php|lgf-user-reg\.php|lgf-confirm\.php|lgf-login\.php)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} =on
RewriteRule (?!(lgf-account-settings\.php|lgf-user-reg\.php|lgf-confirm\.php|lgf-login\.php)$)^.*$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
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Norbrook Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:02:53pm |
Although I have no intention of buying Budweiser, since I have … some taste in beer left … I will admit that they do some really great commercials.
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dog philosopher Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:05:33pm |
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:06:56pm |
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:07:19pm |
Re-post from downstairs:
Word has reached me that the next round of episodes in the TV series Revolution will take place in none other than LUBBOCK TEXAS. One of the seekers in the stereotyped quest format has been told (by personified nano-tech no less) that the answers to all his questions can be found in Lubbock. He is instructed to look for a 75 ft concrete cowboy. There is no such structure in Lubbock, though there is one in Canyon, 100 miles away.
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Eclectic Cyborg Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:07:26pm |
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dog philosopher Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:11:38pm |
re: #7 Norbrook
Although I have no intention of buying Budweiser
it’s not too bad if you don’t have any other beer to drink for breakfast
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Feline Fearless Leader Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:13:08pm |
The one cat keeps pulling my squall jacket off the bench by the door and then crawling into it. I don’t think it’s that cold in the apartment.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:13:35pm |
US activists rap ‘military colonization’ of Okinawa
Over 100 prominent American activists have expressed solidarity with the Japanese people, who are against a US military base hosting thousands of US troops in Japans’ Okinawa Island. In a Wednesday statement, the activists, including the filmmakers Oliver Stone and Michael Moore, voiced their support for the residents of the island in their struggle for peace and dignity.
“Not unlike the 20th century US civil rights struggle, Okinawans have non-violently pressed for the end to their military colonization,” the statement said, adding, “We support the people of Okinawa in their non-violent struggle for peace, dignity, human rights and protection of the environment.”
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:16:16pm |
re: #12 Shiplord Kirel
Re-post from downstairs:
Word has reached me that the next round of episodes in the TV series Revolution will take place in none other than LUBBOCK TEXAS. One of the seekers in the stereotyped quest format has been told (by personified nano-tech no less) that the answers to all his questions can be found in Lubbock. He is instructed to look for a 75 ft concrete cowboy. There is no such structure in Lubbock, though there is one in Canyon, 100 miles away.
Well, if they’re going to be set in Lubbock one of the episodes will have to feature a smug wingnut “prepper” (whose supplies got his family through the Blackout) calling the heroine a ‘whore’ or a black character the n-word.
If there aren’t obnoxious wingnuts, it ain’t Lubbock.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:17:57pm |
re: #16 Killgore Trout
US activists rap ‘military colonization’ of Okinawa
Michael Moore once again shows himself to be the west end of a eastbound horse.
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Lidane Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:19:08pm |
I’m digging on the Jaguar Super Bowl ad:
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Lidane Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:21:26pm |
re: #12 Shiplord Kirel
Re-post from downstairs:
Word has reached me that the next round of episodes in the TV series Revolution will take place in none other than LUBBOCK TEXAS. One of the seekers in the stereotyped quest format has been told (by personified nano-tech no less) that the answers to all his questions can be found in Lubbock. He is instructed to look for a 75 ft concrete cowboy. There is no such structure in Lubbock, though there is one in Canyon, 100 miles away.
I KNEW IT. I knew that concrete cowboy wasn’t in Lubbock. I had the boyfriend swearing up and down it was there because they mentioned it on the show but none of my Google-fu could prove him right. I kept getting directed to Big Tex at the State Fair.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:29:15pm |
re: #18 Dark_Falcon
Oliver Stone’s a real gem too. He invented a whole new alternate history with the US as the root of all evil. Michael Moore’s just kind of a dope seeking publicity.
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Lidane Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:34:51pm |
re: #21 Killgore Trout
Bowling for Columbine would have been a fantastic film if Moore hadn’t inserted himself into the story.
He was making some really great points about the media culture of fear (“72 Things in Your Kitchen That Can Kill You! News at 11!”) and about the violent culture. Then he had to get stupid and do things like try to connect Lockheed Martin to Columbine because they’re in Littleton, and doing the KMart refund thing. He destroyed his own narrative.
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dog philosopher Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:36:04pm |
fun with polls:
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll Jan. 22-25, 2014
obamacare gooood 34%
obamacare baaaaad 48%
tea party goooood 24%
tea party baaaaaad 65%
tea party more double plus ungood than obamacare
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:36:15pm |
re: #21 Killgore Trout
Oliver Stone’s a real gem too. He invented a whole new alternate history with the US as the root of all evil. Michael Moore’s just kind of a dope seeking publicity.
I know. But Oliver stone did serve in Vietnam and that accords him a certain deference when speaking about matters military that I do not accord Michael Moore.
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:39:26pm |
Japan’s GDP is $5.96 trillion. Higher than India and Russia combined.
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Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:39:41pm |
re: #12 Shiplord Kirel
Re-post from downstairs:
Word has reached me that the next round of episodes in the TV series Revolution will take place in none other than LUBBOCK TEXAS. One of the seekers in the stereotyped quest format has been told (by personified nano-tech no less) that the answers to all his questions can be found in Lubbock. He is instructed to look for a 75 ft concrete cowboy. There is no such structure in Lubbock, though there is one in Canyon, 100 miles away.
I thought that show was cancelled because it was the LAMEST. SHOW. EVER.
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:42:46pm |
re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg
That was amazing!
Sidenote: The Matrix was released almost 15 YEARS AGO.
And most people still don’t realize Neo’s secret power was he was a wifi firewall.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:44:16pm |
re: #22 Lidane
Bowling for Columbine would have been a fantastic film if Moore hadn’t inserted himself into the story.
He was making some really great points about the media culture of fear (“72 Things in Your Kitchen That Can Kill You! News at 11!”) and about the violent culture. Then he had to get stupid and do things like try to connect Lockheed Martin to Columbine because they’re in Littleton, and doing the KMart refund thing. He destroyed his own narrative.
I used to like him when I was younger but eventually I started to see through his gimmick.
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:45:50pm |
re: #28 Killgore Trout
I used to like him when I was younger but eventually I started to see through his gimmick.
I actually thought “Canadian Bacon” had some really funny parts.
His other stuff? Meh.
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CuriousLurker Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:52:54pm |
re: #24 Dark_Falcon
I know. But Oliver stone did serve in Vietnam and that accords him a certain deference when speaking about matters military that I do not accord Michael Moore.
Heh, I’ve gotta admit I’m kinda fascinated by the way you assign what I’ve come to think of as “points”. It’s like you have this calculator in your head or…. maybe something more like one of those machines where you dump a bunch of coins in and they all get sorted nice & neat and the readout on the screen tells you exactly how much it’s all worth. Please note that I’m NOT laughing at you or mocking you—I just can’t figure out exactly how you tally things up.
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Lidane Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:55:23pm |
re: #28 Killgore Trout
I’ve only seen two films of his: Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11. He destroyed the first film by making himself a part of the story and pulling stupid stunts. The second film was just boring.
I haven’t bothered with anything else he’s done.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:57:06pm |
re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg
That was amazing!
Sidenote: The Matrix was released almost 15 YEARS AGO.
Thank you, nothing makes me feel young like realizing one of my favorite movies of all time is half as old as I am.
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:57:46pm |
re: #31 Lidane
I’ve only seen two films of his: Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11. He destroyed the first film by making himself a part of the story and pulling stupid stunts. The second film was just boring.
I haven’t bothered with anything else he’s done.
Dan Akroyd in Canadian Bacon
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HappyWarrior Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:59:20pm |
Haven’t seen anything of Moore’s since F-911. Felt like he grew or perhaps always was pretty self-righteous and I thought he was hypocritical given that he accused Clinton of waging the dog in Kosovo and yet he endorsed Wesley Clark for president in 2004 which was funny to me given the fact that he had criticized Gore as being too close to Bush in 2000 and here he endorsed someone with no ideological record and someone who was the closest the Clintons had to a candidate without formally having a candidate. I think Morgan Spurlock’s a more effective documentarian for the record. More thought provoking than Moore IMO.
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Eclectic Cyborg Wed, Jan 29, 2014 6:59:29pm |
re: #32 Targetpractice
Thank you, nothing makes me feel young like realizing one of my favorite movies of all time is half as old as I am.
Hey, that still makes you younger than I am!
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Targetpractice Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:00:25pm |
re: #35 Eclectic Cyborg
Hey, that still makes you younger than I am!
The LGF Old Folks Home for Elderly Geeks.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:00:32pm |
re: #32 Targetpractice
Thank you, nothing makes me feel young like realizing one of my favorite movies of all time is half as old as I am.
You know what’s embarrassing? 15 years later and I still haven’t seen all of it. It was all the rage. I just remember a friend brought it to a sleepover once or twice and me falling asleep. Maybe I need to finally see it now after all these years.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:02:10pm |
re: #37 HappyWarrior
You know what’s embarrassing? 15 years later and I still haven’t seen all of it. It was all the rage. I just remember a friend brought it to a sleepover once or twice and me falling asleep. Maybe I need to finally see it now after all these years.
Remember seeing it in theaters and being absolutely amazed. Now, I watch it on TV and feel depressed at how much of what once was “cutting edge” is now so overused it’s become cliche. Bullet time? Yawn.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:04:12pm |
And people gripe all the time about sequels, but what sequels? There’s only The Matrix, I don’t remember them ever making any sequels.
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HappyWarrior Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:04:20pm |
re: #39 Targetpractice
Remember seeing it in theaters and being absolutely amazed. Now, I watch it on TV and feel depressed at how much of what once was “cutting edge” is now so overused it’s become cliche. Bullet time? Yawn.
That actually gets me thinking about the Omaha Beach scene in Saving Private Ryan. Really original and cutting edge for its time but it became the template for every WWII game’s D-Day level.
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Belafon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:06:10pm |
re: #39 Targetpractice
Don’t blame the Matrix for that. Blame all the other movies. Except Shrek.
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:06:25pm |
re: #40 Targetpractice
And people gripe all the time about sequels, but what sequels? There’s only The Matrix, I don’t remember them ever making any sequels.
“So, we have electric cannons capable of killing the machines, but we won’t install them on our mechanized armor, and we’ll make sure the pilot is fully exposed while operating the suit.”
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:06:41pm |
re: #18 Dark_Falcon
The Okinawans have put up with a raft of crap, that much is certain. Ever take a look at a map of the place, US bases absolutely dominate, cut the island damned near in two with others pushed right up to the population centers. Fifty years ago the bases contributed 50% to the local economy, so the 20% of the land they took up was probably seen as a tolerable trade off. Now the bases’ contribution to the local economy is about 4 to 5 percent, and there’s a long history of violent crime and rapes of local girls perpetuated by US servicemen.
We’ve done a hell of a lot to wear out our welcome there. Moore might be an ass, but that’s independent of any sympathy he’s shown to the Okinawan position on this issue.
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Romantic Heretic Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:06:47pm |
re: #13 Eclectic Cyborg
That was amazing!
Sidenote: The Matrix was released almost 15 YEARS AGO.
A little story.
I’m an…eclectic…dresser. Very fond of black so I often look like a Goth gone to seed, without the make up.
I was walking along one day in one of my eclectic sets of clothes: Duster, jean shirt, jeans and cowboy boots. All in black of course.
One person walking towards me asks, “What’s it like in The Matrix?” in sort of a sneering tone.
Without breaking step I replied, “You tell me, copper top.”
He then got the oddest look on his face.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:07:48pm |
re: #43 Kragar
“So, we have electric cannons capable of killing the machines, but we won’t install them on our mechanized armor, and we’ll make sure the pilot is fully exposed while operating the suit.
“So how do we reload our awesome mechs?”
“We have runners who load ammo boxes through ports in the back.”
“In the middle of a battle with all sorts of flying robotic squids, you want guys in patchwork uniforms to roll boxes of ammo between mechs?”
“Yeah!”
“Are you fucking kidding me?!”
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:09:15pm |
re: #31 Lidane
I’ve only seen two films of his: Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11. He destroyed the first film by making himself a part of the story and pulling stupid stunts. The second film was just boring.
I haven’t bothered with anything else he’s done.
His first film Roger and Me was actually pretty well done. The short followup of it he did for HBO, called Pets or Meat is pretty goddamned awesome. I saw those two films when they came out, so BFC was a massive letdown.
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:09:16pm |
Chart: US Trade with China. pic.twitter.com/vXrAZl12dC— Gus (@Gus_802) January 30, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:09:54pm |
WTFITS
I know that wingnuts loves ‘em some batshit crazy memes, but can somebody explain this one? It makes no sense.
Gawker=Dog attacking Civil Rights protesters?
I mean Gawker sucks but WTF
#TCOT #TLOT #UniteRight #TeaParty #RKBA #NRA - @TheDemocrats: Then and Now. #LibCrib #UniteBlue #p2 cc: @johnjcook pic.twitter.com/52qygb6c7Y— Nick Chuckles (@NickChuckles) January 30, 2014
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:11:41pm |
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:13:00pm |
re: #50 Killgore Trout
Our insatiable consumption of Guy Fawkes masks and Che t-shirts.
Retail, Apple, consumer electronics, ASUS, Boeing components, etc.
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:13:31pm |
re: #49 Pie-onist Overlord
WTFITS
I know that wingnuts loves ‘em some batshit crazy memes, but can somebody explain this one? It makes no sense.
Gawker=Dog attacking Civil Rights protesters?
I mean Gawker sucks but WTF[Embedded content]
Well, without equating the two things or commenting on the pictures, publishing the names of handgun permit holders was a totally irresponsible, shit move.
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:13:38pm |
Chart: GDP - China, Japan and Russian Federation. pic.twitter.com/x7w4zOPw9Q— Gus (@Gus_802) January 30, 2014
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CuriousLurker Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:14:55pm |
Some days I really hate the news Twitter brings me. Indentured servitude, still happening in the 21st century: Abu Dhabi’s High Cost of Culture *SIGH*
Time to shut off the tubes and go to bed. G’nite, lizards.
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Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:15:03pm |
re: #52 goddamnedfrank
Well, without equating the two things or commenting on the pictures, publishing the names of handgun permit holders was a totally irresponsible, shit move.
Agreed: Gawker sucks, and that has to do with “Democrats” what exactly?
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:15:20pm |
Map: US Military Installations in Okinawa (shown in red). pic.twitter.com/kpYAjCGwpV— Gus (@Gus_802) January 30, 2014
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:15:37pm |
re: #46 Targetpractice
“So how do we reload our awesome mechs?”
“We have runners who load ammo boxes through ports in the back.”
“In the middle of a battle with all sorts of flying robotic squids, you want guys in patchwork uniforms to roll boxes of ammo between mechs?”
“Yeah!”
“Are you fucking kidding me?!”
And who the hell was the Operator for Cypher when he went to his meeting with the Agent?
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:18:44pm |
re: #50 Killgore Trout
Our insatiable consumption of Guy Fawkes masks and Che t-shirts.
Yes, thanks for pointing out the gretest threats to democracy: images of two long dead people on consumer goods.
Do you actually exist outside a Fawkes/Che/OWS obsession?
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:19:03pm |
List: US Military Installations (United States Forces Japan). pic.twitter.com/i1BOyjSpxC— Gus (@Gus_802) January 30, 2014
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:21:17pm |
re: #56 Gus
[Embedded content]
I wonder how seriously we thought of totally annexing Japan after the war. I’m pretty sure the idea was tossed around a bit.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:21:18pm |
re: #57 Kragar
And who the hell was the Operator for Cypher when he went to his meeting with the Agent?
I think my suspension of disbelief suffered a severe case of metal fatigue in Reloaded and collapsed with Revolutions. I understand that the Wachowskis wanted to make one sequel that would have been more tight story-wise, but in retrospect I figure it would have been just most of the glaring plot holes of the two sequels covered up with so much action that you wouldn’t stop to question the movie until you were halfway to the parking lot.
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:23:47pm |
re: #62 Killgore Trout
I wonder how seriously we thought of totally annexing Japan after the war. I’m pretty sure the idea was tossed around a bit.
I’m sure it was. There were several treaties affecting all of this after Japan surrendered 69 years ago. It’s an odd situation we’ve put ourselves in but it pays the bills for the defense contractors.
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Charles Johnson Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:24:16pm |
What I’ve been reading today: PHP: rfc:password_hash.
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:25:32pm |
re: #21 Killgore Trout
Oliver Stone’s a real gem too. He invented a whole new alternate history with the US as the root of all evil. Michael Moore’s just kind of a dope seeking publicity.
That’s a bullshit huge oversimplification of Stone’s view of history. Muddled, yes. But the US as root of all evil? No, not even close. A hell of a lot more complicated than that.
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Pie-onist Overlord Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:27:21pm |
New Republican poll result #p2 #tcot #uniteblue #lnyhbt #tlot #ccot #teaparty pic.twitter.com/4OAie2KpB8— Leyla (@MiamiLib) January 30, 2014
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:27:22pm |
re: #66 palomino
That’s a bullshit huge oversimplification of Stone’s view of history. Muddled, yes. But the US as root of all evil? No, not even close. A hell of a lot more complicated than that.
He should have stuck with Conan.
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:29:01pm |
List: Forward-deployed Seventh Fleet ships pic.twitter.com/BeSgMCp0r5— Gus (@Gus_802) January 30, 2014
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:31:13pm |
Map: US Military Bases Guam pic.twitter.com/cmbuSAhSFN— Gus (@Gus_802) January 30, 2014
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:32:28pm |
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:33:51pm |
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:35:50pm |
re: #72 Gus
Have any fun?
Yeah, we were just about 40 minutes south of Tokyo by train. I’d go up there all the time. Met my wife there.
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:36:52pm |
ICBM Bases (Silo Locations): Minot, Warren, and Malmstrom. Not checked. pic.twitter.com/JLY2CjY0Vl— Gus (@Gus_802) January 30, 2014
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:38:34pm |
re: #73 Kragar
Yeah, we were just about 40 minutes south of Tokyo by train. I’d go up there all the time. Met my wife there.
She Japanese?
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prairiefire Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:43:16pm |
re: #34 HappyWarrior
He’s married to a right wing gal of Asian heritage. Of course.
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:43:25pm |
re: #59 palomino
Yes, thanks for pointing out the gretest threats to democracy: images of two long dead people on consumer goods.
Do you actually exist outside a Fawkes/Che/OWS obsession?
Occasionally he get’s scared of a red under his bed.
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Mattand Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:44:37pm |
Saw Stone’s JFK when it was in the theaters. I walked out thinking “So. Ollie thinks the military and LBK performed a coup.”
Kinda soured me on watching any of his other films, although I have seen bits and pieces of The Doors on TV.
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:46:30pm |
re: #26 Pie-onist Overlord
I thought that show was cancelled because it was the LAMEST. SHOW. EVER.
Now that you mention it, the muskets alone would give it that dubious honor. I mean, do people really think you couldn’t make a repeating rifle without electricity? I guess they have never seen Chuck Connors as The Rifleman (similarly set where there is no electricity). Not to mention the idea that almost all modern guns would disappear in just 15 years. Hell, many preppers have enough ammo to last centuries, literally, and the guns will carry on as long as anyone wants them. That is not the only missing tech in the series either. Diesel engines are quite happy to run without electricity, and even hophead morons Hollywood screenwriters should know that are steam engines predate electricity, with all kinds of implications.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:47:12pm |
re: #80 Mattand
Saw Stone’s JFK when it was in the theaters. I walked out thinking “So. Ollie thinks the military and LBK performed a coup.”
Kinda soured me on watching any of his other films, although I have seen bits and pieces of The Doors on TV.
He still made some great movies but politically he’s a nut. Lots of military-industrial complex conspiracies and such.
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chadu Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:48:30pm |
re: #57 Kragar
And who the hell was the Operator for Cypher when he went to his meeting with the Agent?
Cypher had mentioned to Neo that after awhile, just by looking at the code, you could “see” what was going on in the Matrix.
So I assumed he was just “typing” it rather than “jacked-into” it… until he started talking about tasting the steak. (Dropped plot point, methinks.)
Also, you noticed that Cypher didn’t want to remember anything when he was dropped back into the Matrix and his real name is “Mister Reagan,” yes?
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:48:31pm |
I saw Roger and Me and later Bowling for Columbine. Wasn’t crazy about the latter.
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chadu Wed, Jan 29, 2014 7:50:23pm |
re: #63 Targetpractice
I think my suspension of disbelief suffered a severe case of metal fatigue in Reloaded and collapsed with Revolutions.
I am one of the few people who liked Reloaded and thought Revolutions totally sucked on ice.
Probably because I’m a tabletop RPG gamer, rather than a computer gamer or tabletop wargamer, but that’s just a theory.
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Shiplord Kirel Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:00:25pm |
My wife and I saw Stone’s JFK in the same Dallas theater where it had premiered a few days earlier. We were approached outside by a blonde TV reporter and her crew. She was asking people if the movie had changed their opinion about who had actually killed JFK. My 5’11” wife looked down at her with lordly disdain and, with no hesitation at all, said, “Why yes, I now think that Oliver Stone did it.” The segment did not air.
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:01:50pm |
re: #85 chadu
I am one of the few people who liked Reloaded and thought Revolutions totally sucked on ice.
Probably because I’m a tabletop RPG gamer, rather than a computer gamer or tabletop wargamer, but that’s just a theory.
Reloaded worked because it introduced a lot of interesting twists and characters, the Oracle is a program, the Merovingian, his weird henchmen, Persephone, the Keymaker, the Architect, Zion. It presented the beginning of a mythology that looked like it had promise, like the first couple seasons of LOST. Then, like LOST, it became clear that going in the writers had no real story arc concept at all and most of that mythology was meaningless.
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BongCrodny Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:07:54pm |
re: #26 Pie-onist Overlord
I thought that show was cancelled because it was the LAMEST. SHOW. EVER.
I can’t put much stock into that article because only 9 of the 10 dumbest things on TV were about Revolution.
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RealityBasedSteve Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:08:16pm |
I’m back. I now have a lot more desk space, only wires / power adapters / cables that are actually IN USE are behind the desk, and things are laid out nice and neat. I took the time to vacuum out the computer at the desk, the dust screens had built up a good amount, but that what they are there for. Inside looked good.
The other machine under the desk is from the long ago, when I was part of the public beta of Windows Home Server. It’s an Athlon II x2 , 2.8 gig with 4 gig of ram. Not a super machine, but I’ll probably blow it away, end up doing something with it. Any suggestions?
RBS
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:10:09pm |
re: #89 BongCrodny
I can’t put much stock into that article because only 9 of the 10 dumbest things on TV were about Revolution.
“SNIPER! Single file, one at a time gents.”
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:10:11pm |
re: #84 Gus
I saw Roger and Me and later Bowling for Columbine. Wasn’t crazy about the latter.
I was a fan up until Fahrenheit 911. Watching the movie I kept wondering “why wasn’t any of this stuff in the news”? I came home and started googling and discovered that most of it was various degrees of bullshit. Like anyone, I think he started out with good intentions but got sucked into his own gimmick. It was easy, his audience was mostly uncritical, and it made him a lot of money.
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:12:33pm |
re: #79 William Barnett-Lewis
Occasionally he get’s scared of a red under his bed.
My dad was like that. It’s why we had a bomb shelter built in 1962 in our backyard.
Ironically the only use it got was in the late 60’s and 70’s when his kids were hiding down there with girls, pot, beer and OMG rock music.
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chadu Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:12:51pm |
re: #88 goddamnedfrank
Reloaded worked because it introduced a lot of interesting twists and characters, the Oracle is a program, the Merovingian, his weird henchmen, Persephone, the Keymaker, the Architect, Zion. It presented the beginning of a mythology that looked like it had promise,
Egg-zactly what I was implying, but neglected to type. ;)
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:22:02pm |
Yeah, Michael Moore, what a fucking asshole.
Really, what kind of a total dick would support universal healthcare or a living wage or same sex marriage or lighter penalties for non-violent drug offenders?
And don’t get me started on Iraq. He looks like a fucking fool for opposing that magnificent triumph.
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:25:31pm |
re: #95 palomino
Yeah, Michael Moore, what a fucking asshole.
Really, what kind of a total dick would support universal healthcare or a living wage? And don’t get me started on Iraq. He looks like a fucking fool for opposing that magnificent triumph.
Its almost as if someone can be right about some things, wrong about others, and come across as a complete asshole while doing so.
Imagine that.
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Romantic Heretic Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:26:34pm |
re: #88 goddamnedfrank
Reloaded worked because it introduced a lot of interesting twists and characters, the Oracle is a program, the Merovingian, his weird henchmen, Persephone, the Keymaker, the Architect, Zion. It presented the beginning of a mythology that looked like it had promise, like the first couple seasons of LOST. Then, like LOST, it became clear that going in the writers had no real story arc concept at all and most of that mythology was meaningless.
My opinion of The Merovingian is that he was one of the previous iterations of The One. It explained his cynical and selfish attitude. Plus Monica Bellucci. Yum.
And when The Architect said to The Oracle, “What do you think I am? Human?” I shouted, in the theatre, “Yes! Only a human is stupid enough to believe they can make a perfect world!”
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:27:16pm |
Evening lizards!
How about a MM quote?
“Army Specialist Bradley Manning deserves a medal, not prison.”
~Michael Moore
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Kragar Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:27:56pm |
re: #97 Romantic Heretic
My opinion of The Merovingian is that he was one of the previous iterations of The One. It explained his cynical and selfish attitude. Plus Monica Bellucci. Yum.
And when The Architect said to The Oracle, “What do you think I am? Human?” I shouted, in the theatre, “Yes! Only a human is stupid enough to believe they can make a perfect world!”
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:29:44pm |
re: #96 Kragar
Its almost as if someone can be right about some things, wrong about others, and come across as a complete asshole while doing so.
Imagine that.
Yeah, sometimes people are complicated. And maybe they don’t deserve to be labeled traitors or un-American simply because some of their views differ from the norm.
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:33:25pm |
re: #92 Killgore Trout
I was a fan up until Fahrenheit 911. Watching the movie I kept wondering “why wasn’t any of this stuff in the news”? I came home and started googling and discovered that most of it was various degrees of bullshit. Like anyone, I think he started out with good intentions but got sucked into his own gimmick. It was easy, his audience was mostly uncritical, and it made him a lot of money.
Never saw it. Guess it’s because by the time that came out my live-in mate split. :D
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:33:44pm |
re: #98 NJDhockeyfan
Evening lizards!
How about a MM quote?
You’re right…he’s a complete fucking asshole. End of discussion. Your quote proves it. //
Now you can resume your context free cut-and-paste jobs about Obama the sexist. Please, continue your simple-minded hatchet work.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:36:37pm |
re: #101 Gus
Never saw it. Guess it’s because by the time that came out my live-in mate split. :D
I never saw it either. I think I have a DVD in a box somewhere collecting dust.
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funky chicken Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:38:55pm |
re: #16 Killgore Trout
They are both douchebags but I really don’t know why we have such a huge presence there, especially since the locals want us gone. Maybe I am naive, but I just don’t think we need to protect Japan from her neighbors. Yes, that includes China.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:41:13pm |
Total Biscuit reviews Insurgency
WTF Is… : Insurgency ?
Youtube Video
Looks pretty good. It’s been a long time since I bought a game.
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:42:35pm |
re: #105 funky chicken
They are both douchebags but I really don’t know why we have such a huge presence there, especially since the locals want us gone. Maybe I am naive, but I just don’t think we need to protect Japan from her neighbors. Yes, that includes China.
Thank you. The important issue is Okinawa and its people, not two old American filmmakers who happen to have taken a side in the debate. They’re a distraction, a sideshow.
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:43:44pm |
re: #103 NJDhockeyfan
I never saw it either. I think I have a DVD in a box somewhere collecting dust.
Mere possession of a Michael Moore DVD is proof of un-American activities.
You should take it outside and burn it immediately.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:47:36pm |
re: #105 funky chicken
They are both douchebags but I really don’t know why we have such a huge presence there, especially since the locals want us gone. Maybe I am naive, but I just don’t think we need to protect Japan from her neighbors. Yes, that includes China.
Agreed. The real issue of US bases in Japan is separate from Moore and Stone. They’d show up to close any us base anywhere (including the US) so their opinions on American imperialism don’t count much for me. I’m agnostic on our bases in Japan, it’s above by pay grade.
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:47:40pm |
re: #105 funky chicken
They are both douchebags but I really don’t know why we have such a huge presence there, especially since the locals want us there. Maybe I am naive, but I just don’t think we need to protect Japan from her neighbors. Yes, that includes China.
Ultimately, at least in the cold war’s theory, it is that you protect the nation by setting up places as far away as possible to be protected first. If you look at the various parts of The World War (28 June 1914 - 11 November 1918, 1 September 1939- 1 September 1945. 2 September 1945 - 9 November 1989) you’ll see that’s not a bad idea as far as the US is concerned. If you keep the bad guys as far away as possible, you have the least danger to the nation.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:48:18pm |
re: #108 palomino
Mere possession of a Michael Moore DVD is proof of un-American activities.
You should take it outside and burn it immediately.
What’s your fucking problem asshole? All your responses to me are always mean spirited bullshit.
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Gus Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:48:51pm |
Well, I started with my secret comment in #25. Japan needs to defend itself. But, we’re still doing this. Not much I can do about it. WW2 ended 69 years ago and here we are. It’ll be going on long after I die.
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:49:02pm |
re: #109 Killgore Trout
it’s above by pay grade.
WTF???
Oh, that’s right. You care so little about the nation that you refuse to vote.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:51:29pm |
re: #112 Gus
Well, I started with my secret comment in #25. Japan needs to defend itself. But, we’re still doing this. Not much I can do about it. WW2 ended 69 years ago and here we are. It’ll be going on long after I die.
Japan doesn’t have a very big military. They need us there for protection. If we left China would be licking their chops. Japan wont ask us to leave IMO.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:53:46pm |
Picture China: Lanterns in Beijing, Hong Kong culls chickens and more. http://t.co/PfRWWj4XeE (AFP/Getty) pic.twitter.com/N6Ve4u1LiH— WSJ China Real Time (@ChinaRealTime) January 29, 2014
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:53:52pm |
re: #111 NJDhockeyfan
What’s your fucking problem asshole? All your responses to me are always mean spirited bullshit.
I can tell you really want to have a serious discussion. The dead giveaway is calling me an asshole in the first sentence.
Here’s my fucking problem with you: most of your posts consist of nothing more than a cut-and-paste hatchet job like the “Obama administration is sexist” turd you dropped yesterday.
Just as bad is that after your initial post, you rarely bother to defend what you’ve asserted. Maybe you lack the knowledge, or the ability, or just the inclination to do so. But taking a stinky dump and then running away is bullshit cowardly ignorant behavior.
Does that answer your question?
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:54:54pm |
re: #109 Killgore Trout
Agreed. The real issue of US bases in Japan is separate from Moore and Stone. They’d show up to close any us base anywhere (including the US) so their opinions on American imperialism don’t count much for me. I’m agnostic on our bases in Japan, it’s above by pay grade.
I can’t argue with that.
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Jan 29, 2014 8:56:24pm |
re: #107 palomino
Thank you. The important issue is Okinawa and its people, not two old American filmmakers who happen to have taken a side in the debate. They’re a distraction, a sideshow.
To put it in perspective, if another country had military bases controlling 20% of Hawaii with a history of raping the locals, we’d be pretty damned vocal about it. In part this goes on because there’s a semi-colonial relationship between the Okinawans and the Japanese. For a long time it was difficult for them to find good jobs outside their own island, where one grew up, where they went to school and where their parents came from mattered. Until the 70’s it was very difficult for anyone to travel freely back and forth, and afterwards there was a pronounced mainstreaming effort on the part of the government, intent on discouraging any separate identity or expression of Ryokan customs. It’s only recently that Okinawans living in the northern islands have started to reassert themselves as being part of a distinct culture.
Point being, historically public opinion in Okinawa regarding the bases hasn’t carried any particular importance to the Japanese government.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:01:33pm |
re: #117 palomino
I can tell you really want to have a serious discussion. The dead giveaway is calling me an asshole in the first sentence.
Here’s my fucking problem with you: most of your posts consist of nothing more than a cut-and-paste hatchet job like the “Obama administration is sexist” turd you dropped yesterday.
Just as bad is that after your initial post, you rarely bother to defend what you’ve asserted. Maybe you lack the knowledge, or the ability, or just the inclination to do so. But taking a stinky dump and then running away is bullshit cowardly ignorant behavior.
Does that answer your question?
WTF??
If you hate me that much then just pass by my posts. I’m not here to please you. With that I’ll ignore you from now on and just talk with the grownups on here.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:04:51pm |
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:07:29pm |
re: #121 Killgore Trout
I’m not sure if they’re doing this right
projects.wsj.com
LOL!
I understand they also push back floods with water cannons.
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:07:47pm |
re: #120 NJDhockeyfan
WTF??
If you hate me that much then just pass by my posts. I’m not here to please you. With that I’ll ignore you from now on and just talk with the grownups on here.
I’ve tried numerous times over the last 5 years to engage you on your “cut, paste and run” posts. Usually there’s no response from you at all because your only goal is to poke a finger in others’ eyes and then run away.
You’re like the guy who gets a fight started and then leaves before he has to throw, or take, a punch.
It’s cowardly. If you’ve got a point, then make it…and back it up, defend it. Otherwise you’re verging on trollery. Like last nite when you dropped that little nugget about sexism in the WH and then responded to NONE of the dozens of people who responded because they found your post “interesting.”
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:10:19pm |
re: #122 NJDhockeyfan
LOL!
I understand they also push back floods with water cannons.
Here’s a nice urban beautification project.
projects.wsj.com
looks like the pop up ads I’ve been getting lately.
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William Barnett-Lewis Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:15:34pm |
re: #123 palomino
He tends to run away sooner when KT isn’t here.
People diss DF about his supposed tendency to avoid hard questions. But compared to these two?
No, DF is an honorable man. Would that others would learn from him.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:18:23pm |
re: #125 William Barnett-Lewis
Did someone call my name?
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:18:57pm |
re: #124 Killgore Trout
Here’s a nice urban beautification project.
projects.wsj.comlooks like the pop up ads I’ve been getting lately.
Some people get pretty creative with buildings. This rain organ is pretty cool.
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goddamnedfrank Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:20:01pm |
This is what the Japanese version of the Tea Party looks like:
Three members of Japan’s House of Representatives called on Glendale to remove an 1,100-pound statue honoring an estimated 80,000 to 200,000 “comfort women” from Korea, China and other countries who were forced into prostitution by the Japanese army during World War II.
The trio, Mio Sugita of the Hyogo Prefecture, Yuzuru Nishida of Chiba, and Hiromu Nakamaru of Hiroshima, are members of the Japan Restoration Party, a 1-year-old conservative political party that prefers a smaller central government, tax cuts and a hard-line approach to national security.
…
“The news that the statue was installed made a big noise in Japan,” Nishida said, as it describes the women as sex slaves. “That hurts Japan’s honor.”
…
But statue opponents, including the three Japanese politicians, say the women acted willingly and claim the estimated number of comfort women is greatly inflated.
In addition to calling for the Glendale statue’s removal, the Japanese politicians also said they wanted the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to revise its account of the comfort women system and for their colleagues in Parliament to retract an apology to comfort women made by Japanese officials in the 1990s.
It’s a shame that Japan tolerates this kind of shit from their government officials, but who are we to judge I guess.
There is a glaring difference though between how Germany has historically confronted its record of WWII atrocities and how the Japanese government has repeatedly sought to whitewash and downplay theirs. Nationally the Germans wallow in their own shame, to a degree that is at times almost embarrassing, whereas Japanese PMs keep visiting that war shrine and wondering what the big deal is.
I think a lot of this is the result of the atomic bombings, which gave the Japanese government a convenient cloak of victimhood - which in itself is kind of messed up considering the horrible discrimination the Hibakusha and their descendants have faced within their own country.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:20:05pm |
re: #126 Dark_Falcon
Did someone call my name?
Didn’t you hear? You and KT are tolerable. I run and hide!
Heh.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:21:09pm |
re: #127 NJDhockeyfan
Some people get pretty creative with buildings. This rain organ is pretty cool.
That’d be a fun project here in rainy Oregon but the racket would drive me crazy in a few weeks.
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klys Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:21:17pm |
re: #126 Dark_Falcon
Did someone call my name?
People just respect your willingness to engage and defend your views, even when we disagree with them. And your willingness to listen to facts and learn from it.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:22:09pm |
re: #102 palomino
You’re right…he’s a complete fucking asshole. End of discussion. Your quote proves it. //
Now you can resume your context free cut-and-paste jobs about Obama the sexist. Please, continue your simple-minded hatchet work.
Seriously though, NJDHF has a good point about Michael Moore. If you want to go after so of his other posts, that’s fine, but trying to block his shots against Michael Moore is like a skinny high school goalie trying to block a penalty shot by Patrick Kane.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:23:18pm |
re: #130 Killgore Trout
That’d be a fun project here in rainy Oregon but the racket would drive me crazy in a few weeks.
Especially if your bedroom window was right by next to it.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:27:38pm |
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
This is what the Japanese version of the Tea Party looks like:
It’s a shame that Japan tolerates this kind of shit from their government officials, but who are we to judge I guess.
There is a glaring difference though between how Germany has historically confronted its record of WWII atrocities and how the Japanese government has repeatedly sought to whitewash and downplay theirs. Nationally the Germans wallow in their own national shame, to a degree that is at times almost embarrassing, whereas Japanese PMs keep visiting that war shrine and wondering what the big deal is.
I think a lot of this is the result of the atomic bombings, which gave the Japanese government a convenient cloak of victimhood - which in itself is kind of messed up considering the horrible discrimination the Hibakusha and their descendants have faced within their own country.
This. This a thousand times!
The proper response to the Japanese lawmaker demanding the US remove a statue dedicated to the victims of Japan’s bad behavior:
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RealityBasedSteve Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:28:50pm |
re: #121 Killgore Trout
I’m not sure if they’re doing this right
projects.wsj.com
I’d bet that they are using the blowers to fan a back fire. But you’re right, it does look silly.
RBS
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:33:46pm |
re: #135 RealityBasedSteve
I’d bet that they are using the blowers to fan a back fire. But you’re right, it does look silly.
RBS
That’s just fanning the flames with those blowers. They would have better luck with just a garden hose.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:37:06pm |
Edward Snowden has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for revealing the “nature of modern surveillance.” http://t.co/Fij6NevNwE— CNN International (@cnni) January 30, 2014
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:37:36pm |
re: #135 RealityBasedSteve
I’d bet that they are using the blowers to fan a back fire. But you’re right, it does look silly.
RBS
It might be a controlled burn, clearing brush or something.
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:38:04pm |
re: #125 William Barnett-Lewis
He tends to run away sooner when KT isn’t here.
People diss DF about his supposed tendency to avoid hard questions. But compared to these two?
No, DF is an honorable man. Would that others would learn from him.
Exactly.
DF, most of the time anyway, actually wants to have a real conversation about issues with people who will likely disagree. I’ts hard not to have some respect for that.
But just dropping a load and then disappearing rather than engaging in a back and forth. That’s borderline trolling. I don’t think very highly of it, so I said as much.
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Killgore Trout Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:42:29pm |
I took a 3 month trip to China and Tibet about 10 years ago. I signed up for a guided tour but I was the only one to sign up. I had a personal guide and huge tour bus all to myself. China is like India, everywhere you look someone is doing something unrecognizable. I must have driven my guides bonkers always asking “what’s that guy doing?” How about that guy?” “why are those people over there?” etc. I think most of the time they just made up answers to pacify me.
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:42:39pm |
re: #132 Dark_Falcon
Seriously though, NJDHF has a good point about Michael Moore. If you want to go after so of his other posts, that’s fine, but trying to block his shots against Michael Moore is like a skinny high school goalie trying to block a penalty shot by Patrick Kane.
I don’t pay attention to hockey ball.
You’re gonna have to use a reference to a real American sport if you want me to get the analogy.
Yes, Moore was wrong to say that about Manning. But that wasn’t the point I was trying to make. It was a larger point about his absurd cut-paste-and-run posts.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:43:18pm |
re: #137 NJDhockeyfan
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I’m glad I’m going to be out most of the day tomorrow, because that’s going to make Glenn Greenwald even more insufferable than usual.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:44:14pm |
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:45:25pm |
re: #141 palomino
I don’t pay attention to hockey ball.
You’re gonna have to use a reference to a real American sport if you want me to get the analogy.
Too bad, because I’m watching the Chicago Blackhawks play the Vancouver Canucks. The Blackhawks lead 4-2 with 17:00 left in the 3rd period. Hockey is what’s on my mind tonight.
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palomino Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:48:50pm |
re: #144 Dark_Falcon
Too bad, because I’m watching the Chicago Blackhawks play the Vancouver Canucks. The Blackhawks lead 4-2 with 17:00 left in the 3rd period. Hockey is what’s on my mind tonight.
Sorry to hear that.
You’re a relatively young single man in a big city. Get out there and have fun before you get to be a married middle aged in a big city like me.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:49:11pm |
re: #142 Dark_Falcon
I’m glad I’m going to be out most of the day tomorrow, because that’s going to make Glenn Greenwald even more insufferable than usual.
I don’t know how my day tomorrow or even rest of this night is going to turn out. My daughter puked all over her bed a little while ago. She is in bed with mom for the rest of the night. Mom put a towel in front of her and a small trash can next to her in case she had to puke again. A few minutes ago she puked again…all over our new comforter. I not count on getting very much sleep.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:49:58pm |
re: #144 Dark_Falcon
Too bad, because I’m watching the Chicago Blackhawks play the Vancouver Canucks. The Blackhawks lead 4-2 with 17:00 left in the 3rd period. Hockey is what’s on my mind tonight.
I’m going to the NJD/Pred game Friday night. WooHoo!
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:54:01pm |
Incredible picture of #Oilers Ben Scrivens breaking the #NHL record for most saves in a shutout with 59! pic.twitter.com/HgVW0YzKJM— HockeyRumors&Trades (@HockeyRandT) January 30, 2014
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funky chicken Wed, Jan 29, 2014 9:59:27pm |
re: #115 NJDhockeyfan
Japan doesn’t have a very big military. They need us there for protection. If we left China would be licking their chops. Japan wont ask us to leave IMO.
Sorry, I don’t think China would invade Japan if we shut down all our bases on Okinawa. There isn’t any reason for the massive expenditure or antagonization of the Okinawans. I figure they understand threats they face better than we do anyway.
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jamesfirecat Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:00:28pm |
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
This is what the Japanese version of the Tea Party looks like:
It’s a shame that Japan tolerates this kind of shit from their government officials, but who are we to judge I guess.
There is a glaring difference though between how Germany has historically confronted its record of WWII atrocities and how the Japanese government has repeatedly sought to whitewash and downplay theirs. Nationally the Germans wallow in their own shame, to a degree that is at times almost embarrassing, whereas Japanese PMs keep visiting that war shrine and wondering what the big deal is.
I think a lot of this is the result of the atomic bombings, which gave the Japanese government a convenient cloak of victimhood - which in itself is kind of messed up considering the horrible discrimination the Hibakusha and their descendants have faced within their own country.
The word “honoring” in that report on the subject of “honoring comfort women” made me have to read it back over a few times/pick up context to realize it was more like “remembering” or “to keep people from forgetting about” and not a “whores, what great gals they were!” kind of thing….
I was very confuzzled…
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:01:20pm |
re: #146 NJDhockeyfan
I don’t know how my day tomorrow or even rest of this night is going to turn out. My daughter puked all over her bed a little while ago. She is in bed with mom for the rest of the night. Mom put a towel in front of her and a small trash can next to her in case she had to puke again. A few minutes ago she puked again…all over our new comforter. I not count on getting very much sleep.
Is there a semi-comfortable chair you could move into the bedroom and sleep in?
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funky chicken Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:03:19pm |
re: #146 NJDhockeyfan
Ugh, sounds like norovirus. Put the kid in quarantine and clean everything with bleach and maybe you and the wife won’t get it too. Stock up on ginger ale, sprite and saltine crackers just in case. Shudder.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:05:23pm |
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
There is a glaring difference though between how Germany has historically confronted its record of WWII atrocities and how the Japanese government has repeatedly sought to whitewash and downplay theirs. Nationally the Germans wallow in their own shame, to a degree that is at times almost embarrassing, whereas Japanese PMs keep visiting that war shrine and wondering what the big deal is.
Indeed, this is one of many issues that come between Japan and China, the latter of which has not forgotten or forgiven the crimes committed during Japanese Occupation. Japan refuses to apologize for or even acknowledge any war crimes. As you can tell from the attitude of these three ultra-rightist Japanese politicians, there is a lot of denialism and double-think regarding Japan’s wartime activities. Suggesting the “comfort women” came willingly is ludicrous, as any idiot would understand they were prisoners-of-war and had little choice in the matter. “Come fuck our soldiers, or die!”
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:07:30pm |
re: #152 funky chicken
Ugh, sounds like norovirus. Put the kid in quarantine and clean everything with bleach and maybe you and the wife won’t get it too. Stock up on ginger ale, sprite and saltine crackers just in case. Shudder.
And if you get ginger ale, buy Schweppes. In my opinion, its the best brand.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:08:18pm |
re: #151 Dark_Falcon
Is there a semi-comfortable chair you could move into the bedroom and sleep in?
No but would love to have one. Even if I did there isn’t any room for one. I would join them if I want so scared of getting woke up with a face full of vomit.
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:10:17pm |
re: #152 funky chicken
Ugh, sounds like norovirus. Put the kid in quarantine and clean everything with bleach and maybe you and the wife won’t get it too. Stock up on ginger ale, sprite and saltine crackers just in case. Shudder.
My wife is a nurse, She’s in charge of the medical treatments in the house. I’ll just follow behind and clean up afterward.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:11:27pm |
re: #146 NJDhockeyfan
I don’t know how my day tomorrow or even rest of this night is going to turn out. My daughter puked all over her bed a little while ago. She is in bed with mom for the rest of the night. Mom put a towel in front of her and a small trash can next to her in case she had to puke again. A few minutes ago she puked again…all over our new comforter. I not count on getting very much sleep.
funky chicken is probably right. Norovirus is highly contagious, so make sure the bedcovers and towel are washed thoroughly and aired outside if possible. Wash your hands often, and try to encourage your girl to sneeze or cough into the crook of her arm. Anything y’all touch will need to be wiped down, too.
Norovirus is what makes those cruise ship passengers sick every so often.
ADDENDUM: Oh, nurse is in the house! You’re in good hands.
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jamesfirecat Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:11:51pm |
re: #154 Dark_Falcon
And if you get ginger ale, buy Schweppes. In my opinion, its the best brand.
If you like that kind of thing…
I can not stand Carbonated drinks.
I am a lemonade man, but aside from one “Sals” in London over the course of my three weeks in Europe I could not find any place that sold uncarbonated lemonade, just a lot of Schwepps brand stuff.
There was a lot of good pizza at least…
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:12:27pm |
re: #154 Dark_Falcon
And if you get ginger ale, buy Schweppes. In my opinion, its the best brand.
We just made a bottle of Sodastream lemon-lime soda for her. I hope it works as good.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:14:09pm |
And Vancouver gets nasty and gets a penalty. The Blackhawks capitalize to score.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:14:28pm |
re: #159 NJDhockeyfan
We just made a bottle of Sodastream lemon-lime soda for her. I hope it works as goodl.
My mother’s soda of choice for sick people was 7-Up if Canada Dry was not around. But ginger tea would work fine, too, if carbonation is a problem. Ginger helps settle the stomach.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:17:36pm |
And that’ll do it as the Chicago Blackhawks end a losing streak in decisive fashion. Trailing by 2 goals early in the 2nd period, they delivered 4 unanswered goals by the end of that period. Joined by an empty net power play goal late in the 3rd period, that gives the Blackhawks a 5-2 win over their rivals the Vancouver Canucks.
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jamesfirecat Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:17:56pm |
re: #161 wheat-dogghazi
My mother’s soda of choice for sick people was 7-Up if Canada Dry was not around. But ginger tea would work fine, too, if carbonation is a problem. Ginger helps settle the stomach.
The one time I you super sick at college (got sick on Saturday and was still so sick I had to miss classes on Monday and Tuesday, honestly just walking down to the cafeteria put such a strain on my body that I threw up into a trash can once I got there, and onto the floor of my dorm building (the lobby of it basically) when I got back) the school medical staff gave me some Gatorade powder to help make sure I could drink some calories if nothing else.
I honestly love Gatorade anyway so that was a square peg in a square hole situation if ever there was one…
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:18:28pm |
re: #161 wheat-dogghazi
My mother’s soda of choice for sick people was 7-Up if Canada Dry was not around. But ginger tea would work fine, too, if carbonation is a problem. Ginger helps settle the stomach.
My kids love the Sodastream. It the best thing I have to give her tonight.
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wheat-dogghazi Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:18:54pm |
On a lighter note, today is New Year’s Eve here — the last day of the Year of the Snake. Tomorrow will begin the Year of the Horse.
I’m making chili in the slow cooker for dinner. It seems appropriate, for some odd reason.
[No, I am not using snake or horse meat. I know some wiseacre’s going to make some remark.]
[No noodles, either. Noodles in chili are of the Devil.]
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:20:14pm |
re: #164 NJDhockeyfan
My kids love the Sodastream. It the best thing I have to give her tonight.
Of course, that also means your family “supports Israeli apartheid”. So make sure to add some moonbat tears to your soda mixes.
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jamesfirecat Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:21:18pm |
re: #166 Dark_Falcon
Your post needs editing, James.
Clarified somewhat thnx for warning though I will admit its still a somewhat long rambly post.
But it’s after midnight here so that kind of thing happens, anyway where was I?
Oh yes, I needed a new heel for my shoe, so….
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:25:39pm |
re: #167 Dark_Falcon
Of course, that also means your family “supports Israeli apartheid”. So make sure to add some moonbat tears to your soda mixes.
Shit, now we have to boycott Scarlett Johansson!
Scarlett Johansson resigns as ambassador of humanitarian group Oxfam over SodaStream deal http://t.co/X1ISNvO1lU - @AP— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) January 30, 2014
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NJDhockeyfan Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:38:09pm |
Good night lizards! I have to get up early so I’m going to run and hide under the covers.
Here is Scarlett Johansson’s Super Bowl commercial.
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Dark_Falcon Wed, Jan 29, 2014 10:50:58pm |
re: #169 NJDhockeyfan
Shit, now we have to boycott Scarlett Johansson!
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She did the right thing. Oxfam is an overall force for good, but its wrong on Israel.
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Lidane Wed, Jan 29, 2014 11:51:39pm |
re: #63 Targetpractice
I think my suspension of disbelief suffered a severe case of metal fatigue in Reloaded and collapsed with Revolutions. I understand that the Wachowskis wanted to make one sequel that would have been more tight story-wise, but in retrospect I figure it would have been just most of the glaring plot holes of the two sequels covered up with so much action that you wouldn’t stop to question the movie until you were halfway to the parking lot.
I actually fell asleep in the theater during the second Matrix film. During the rave scene, no less. I think I woke up about 15-20 minutes to the end. I have never gone back to watch it, and have never seen the third movie.
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Single-handed sailor Thu, Jan 30, 2014 12:26:40am |
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Single-handed sailor Thu, Jan 30, 2014 12:54:31am |
We’ve got measurable rain in the SF bay area. 0.02” woohoo!
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 1:29:32am |
re: #149 funky chicken
Sorry, I don’t think China would invade Japan if we shut down all our bases on Okinawa. There isn’t any reason for the massive expenditure or antagonization of the Okinawans. I figure they understand threats they face better than we do anyway.
It is about strategic posture, maintaining bases at locations all over the globe to allow for refueling and logistical support wherever we choose to employ our military. (I was about to write “wherever we need to”, but realize that is a rather subjective criterion)
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 2:38:55am |
Brrrr! It is down to 7 deg this am. Was only supposed to slip to 15.
I have a throw wrapped around my legs since the computer is on the outside wall.
I see the snipers have been out tonight on the thread, also, but have settled down.
It’s all good; we’re all good. Hope we’re learning things from one another. : )
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 2:42:04am |
And…I should complain?
That awkward moment when #Euromaidan become a polar station. minus 23C in Kyiv today pic.twitter.com/fdKtHx76fH— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) January 30, 2014
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 2:49:18am |
Anyone steely enough to stand that cold must be an Iron Maidan
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 2:55:11am |
Lesya Orobets is an international lawyer and MP in the Ukraine Parliament and Inspiration for many in the Euromaidan movement. This happened in Parliament.
“Yesterday a Regions animal struck me in the upper chest. It was a powerful blow. This was the second time that was assaulted. The first time was 10 days ago when walking to the Maidan with 3 of my colleagues, we were stopped by 5 Berkut members, and they grabbed and broke my camera, pushed me toward the floor and beat my coworkers.” (Cont.)
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 3:04:16am |
In Ukraine, death and protest come with a history
Kiev, Ukraine — In the gray light of falling snow, hundreds of protesters left the encampment on Independence Square, trudged uphill and, after a brief halt in front of the Ministry of Interior, went on to the headquarters of the Security Service of Ukraine.
“They were demanding the release of one of the most popular organizers of the long-running protest here, Ihor Lutsenko, who had been abducted from a hospital 12 hours earlier, along with another man, Yuriy Verbytsky.
(snip)
“Forty-seven years earlier, at the height of Soviet power, a similar group had staged a similar demonstration in the same place — though in 1967, the imposing gray building housed not the Ukrainian security service, but the KGB.”
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 30, 2014 3:14:13am |
Morning, all. Woke to the noise of firemen putting out a house down the street. They’re earning their pay in these conditions. One aspect of this storm system in the South—our short-range weather forecasting has gone to hell. We are 10 degrees above the overnight prediction, and the rest of the week has been revised sharply upward. The low Saturday is to be 57. Part of the mess in Birmingham was caused by an error of about 50-100 miles in the storm track.
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Dr Lizardo Thu, Jan 30, 2014 3:21:32am |
Looks like winter’s over in Ostrava; tomorrow’s forecast high temp is about 42 F, with a low of 33 overnight. Looking ahead, highs in the low to mid 40s, with overnight lows near 32.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 3:23:29am |
Ukraine’s president Yanukovych takes sick leave amid calls for resignation
Has a nice palace to “recover” in, though.
No indication of how long Viktor Yanukovych will be on leave after statement on presidential website
How nice. Its est value $75—100M. Pure luxury and amenities galore, both inside the residence and in the surrounding acreage.
Check out how he surreptitiously acquired this palace.
“Viktor Yanukovych spent his entire working life as a government official, and his wife is a pensioner. Before he was elected president he received a Ukrainian MP’s salary, equivalent to up to $2,000 a month. He has no official income to explain this level of expenditure. To buy one door for his residence for $64,000, he would have had to put by three years’ worth of salary, without even allowing for living expenses.
“Admittedly, Yanukovych’s latest tax return put his income somewhat higher. It turns out that last year, on top of his salary, he received $2,000,000 from a Donetsk publisher for an as yet unpublished, and indeed unwritten, book of memoirs. Given that his previous foray into literature was a fiasco - he was accused of plagiarism and the book removed from the shelves - it is not surprising that this large fee was immediately interpreted as a means of laundering the president’s shadier sources of income.
“In Ukraine, which occupies 152-nd place (out of 182) in global corruption listings, such facts about Yanukovych do not even raise an eyebrow. Corruption is endemic in the whole power vertical, from traffic policeman to government minister. That is why there was no public outcry at ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko’s seven year prison sentence. Her reputation is as stained by corruption scandals as Yanukovych’s. “
One of the major complaints of the Euromaidan is the widespread corruption in the country.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 3:26:45am |
OTOH, Yanukovich could be lounging by the Black Sea in his other humble abode.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 30, 2014 3:28:03am |
re: #186 Justanotherhuman
OTOH, Yanukovich could be lounging by the Black Sea in his other humble abode.
Hey!! It’ll trickle down.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 3:41:50am |
The average monthly wage in Kiev, as of July, 2013, was $618.05 (conversion from Ukrainian Hryvnia to US Dollars). Outside the city, it was $409.91.
The average monthly wage in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, one of the provinces seized by the opposition, was $342.30.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 3:50:21am |
But Eddie knows best—Greenwald will tell you so.
US intelligence chief warns that Yanukovych likely to use force, illegal means to stay in power
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Jan 30, 2014 3:56:37am |
re: #188 Justanotherhuman
The average monthly wage in Kiev, as of July, 2013, was $618.05 (conversion from Ukrainian Hryvnia to US Dollars). Outside the city, it was $409.91.
The average monthly wage in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, one of the provinces seized by the opposition, was $342.30.
My Ukrainian friends tell me that prices for nearly everything are pretty high, so the ones who come to China to work buy a lot of stuff online (clothing, shoes, etc.) and ship it home.
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Dr Lizardo Thu, Jan 30, 2014 3:57:25am |
re: #188 Justanotherhuman
The average monthly wage in Kiev, as of July, 2013, was $618.05 (conversion from Ukrainian Hryvnia to US Dollars). Outside the city, it was $409.91.
The average monthly wage in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, one of the provinces seized by the opposition, was $342.30.
Couldn’t find a similar breakdown here in the Czech Republic, but I do know from observation that Prague - the capital - is certainly the most expensive area to live in. A studio, like the one I rent for $236/month (the price I pay includes all utilities) is about $491/month (not including utilities, which is an extra $120/month) for a similar-sized studio outside the Prague downtown core, and about $550/month ( + $120/month utilities) in Prague 1 and 2, so basically, an apartment is a good deal more expensive in Prague vs. Ostrava.
Everything else is pretty much the same, food, transport, etc.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:04:52am |
re: #191 Dr Lizardo
Couldn’t find a similar breakdown here in the Czech Republic, but I do know from observation that Prague - the capital - is certainly the most expensive area to live in.
Everything else is pretty much the same, food, transport, etc.
Bulgaria has not been getting much press but there has been a protest movement going on there for months, even years: has to do with an odd combination of the lowest wages and the highest electreicity prices in Europe, along with some enormous bonuses paid to the people who “regulate” the energy sector…
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Dr Lizardo Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:09:12am |
re: #192 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)
Bulgaria has not been getting much press but there has been a protest movement going on there for months, even years: has to do with an odd combination of the lowest wages and the highest electreicity prices in Europe, along with some enormous bonuses paid to the people who “regulate” the energy sector…
I saw a brief mention of it a couple of months ago in the Czech media, but that’s about it. It’s not getting a lot of coverage outside of Bulgaria.
BBL.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:10:34am |
re: #191 Dr Lizardo
Couldn’t find a similar breakdown here in the Czech Republic, but I do know from observation that Prague - the capital - is certainly the most expensive area to live in. A studio, like the one I rent for $236/month (the price I pay includes all utilities) is about $491/month (not including utilities, which is an extra $120/month) for a similar-sized studio outside the Prague downtown core, and about $550/month ( + $120/month utilities) in Prague 1 and 2, so basically, an apartment is a good deal more expensive in Prague vs. Ostrava.
Everything else is pretty much the same, food, transport, etc.
Yes, well rents are always higher in big cities.
Still, I simply don’t think too many “world leaders” are looking at the dissatisfaction, misery, and cost of living for the majority of people in the world. Trickle down isn’t working anywhere and it never will. It simply leaves behind the disaffected, impoverishment and failure.
This is the most important world wide problem we’re facing today, and it’s everywhere. It’s not your old “colonialism” or “imperialism”, it’s an entirely new phenomenon in which capitalists everywhere are driving down wages and people are scrambling to live.
For instance, migrant workers from Moldova and Belarus go into Ukraine to work on farms, as domestics, etc, while Ukrainians go out to EU countries to get a better wage, and that’s a situation happening everywhere. Because of globalization, people are not settled and in self-contained, self-sustaining countries anymore; you simply can’t make any money unless you’re willing to relocate. For most people, that’s impossible or simply not feasible.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:10:38am |
re: #193 Dr Lizardo
I saw a brief mention of it a couple of months ago in the Czech media, but that’s about it. It’s not getting a lot of coverage outside of Bulgaria.
BBL.
I only know about it from FB friends in Varna.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:12:21am |
re: #194 Justanotherhuman
For instance, migrant workers from Moldova and Belarus go into Ukraine to work on farms, as domestics, etc, while Ukrainians go out to EU countries to get a better wage, and that’s a situation happening everywhere. Because of globalization, people are not settled and in self-contained, self-sustaining countries anymore; you simply can’t make any money unless you’re willing to relocate. For most people, that’s impossible or simply not feasible.
And Germany is freaking out over the potential influx of millions of job-seekers from those very parts of the EU now that residency and visa regulations have been opened up.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:19:56am |
Ouch. Temp has fallen to 5 deg here in this part of NC.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:26:40am |
9 people dead in KY house fire.
Lots of fires in this kind of weather. Fire at a strip mall in NJ and this:
Massive 3-alarm Pikesville, Md., fire displaces 23, injures 2; fire crews working to extinguish
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:34:59am |
If you want what all the cool kids have, Part CCXI. The ads will be added later, you just know they will—FB can’t resist making tons more money and selling their lists.
Facebook Announces News Reader App ‘Paper’
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:38:24am |
re: #198 Justanotherhuman
9 people dead in KY house fire.
Lots of fires in this kind of weather. Fire at a strip mall in NJ and this:
Massive 3-alarm Pikesville, Md., fire displaces 23, injures 2; fire crews working to extinguish
Yep. My (still) stranded daughter also told of several fires among the cars stuck in Birmingham. I’m guessing that many of them might be cars that had pulled into high vegetation on the roadsides, then dried and ignited the weeds via their catalytic converters. Army regs prohibited vehicles with cat converters in ammunition storage areas for that reason.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:47:34am |
re: #200 Decatur Deb
Yep. My (still) stranded daughter also told of several fires among the cars stuck in Birmingham. I’m guessing that many of them might be cars that had pulled into high vegetation on the roadsides, then dried and ignited the weeds via their catalytic converters. Army regs prohibited vehicles with cat converters in ammunition storage areas for that reason.
My mahutenesteh (that’s Yiddish for my kid’s mother-in-law) runs a preschool in Birmingham. When all the parents were stuck on the road, she brought all the kids to stay at her house for the night.
My granddaughter was thrilled! She thought she was getting a surprise birthday party!
Some of the kids were scared, but my son’s mother-in-law baked cake & cookies, & said they were having a party.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 30, 2014 4:59:38am |
re: #201 Pie-onist Overlord
My mahutenesteh (that’s Yiddish for my kid’s mother-in-law) runs a preschool in Birmingham. When all the parents were stuck on the road, she brought all the kids to stay at her house for the night.
My granddaughter was thrilled! She thought she was getting a surprise birthday party!
Some of the kids were scared, but my son’s mother-in-law baked cake & cookies, & said they were having a party.
Sounds like the neighbor who is ‘sitting’ my grandson. They have three preschoolers, several others up to teenage sheltered there. Daughter2 has offered the dad, the only male adult, her empty place as a refuge from the refuge.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:02:30am |
re: #202 Decatur Deb
Sounds like the neighbor who is ‘sitting’ my grandson. They have three preschoolers, several others up to teenage sheltered there. Daughter2 has offered the dad, the only male adult, her empty place as a refuge from the refuge.
My mahuteneste is a big balabusta and entertains large groups of guests, so she has a big house and always has a lot of food available, and plenty of blankets and guest beds.
Meanwhile my son is up in Huntsville. They didn’t get the snow and ice, but the pipes in the house burst.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:18:34am |
Have wages changed very much over the years, actually? I remember in 1975 when I was attending comm college, an acquaintance had taken 2 yrs of computer programming and landed a job making $9500/yr. I almost regretted taking college transfer courses since I was only making about$40/wk PT, at $2.10/hr min wage in the admissions office. $9500/yr seemed like a fortune.
I converted those wages into 2014 amounts, and got $42,658 for the $9500, and $9.42/hr for the $2.10 in inflated dollars. Inflation was an average 3.93% and total inflation was 349% during that period.
What does an inexperienced programmer w/2 yrs of schooling start out these days? Anyone know? I went to work as a legal secy later that year and made $150/wk, with bonuses, iirc; that would have been $7800/yr, and the avg LS salary in Charlotte today is $28K, but adjusted for inflation mine would have been $35K. In checking ads, it seems corporate type LS make the most money, not those toiling away in criminal defense or civil practices. I’ve work for both and hated corporate—you learn much more working for individuals or small practices and have more responsibilities. We used to joke about corp law being “factories” In fact, some larger practices gave secys a “clothing allowance” because they wanted them dressing a certain way. In 1993, I was making $36K/yr as a paralegal, including bonuses; today I would be making $59K, adjusted for inflation.
Wages seem to be all over the place, though.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:28:07am |
What does an inexperienced programmer w/2 yrs of schooling start out these days? Anyone know?
The guy sitting in the cubicle right across from me would know—he is a new hire and this is his first job. But it would be rude (not to mention against policy) to ask.
CNN says it’s about $55K, but in Detroit it’s probably lower since we have a lower COL.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:31:49am |
I was making $50K 3 years ago. I had been unemployed for a couple of years and I took whatever I could get JUST TO GET BACK IN THE GAME.
Now I am making in the high 5 figures. Someone with my skills & experience could be making in the 6 figures if I was more aggressive about it, but I enjoy my job and my co-workers.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:37:12am |
re: #206 Pie-onist Overlord
I was making $50K 3 years ago. I had been unemployed for a couple of years and I took whatever I could get JUST TO GET BACK IN THE GAME.
Now I am making in the high 5 figures. Someone with my skills & experience could be making in the 6 figures if I was more aggressive about it, but I enjoy my job and my co-workers.
Well, adjusted for inflation, minimum wage should be at least $9.42 right now. And the Rs don’t want to raise it above $7.25/hr? You know they’ll fight it tooth and nail, even though it hasn’t gone up since 2009.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:40:24am |
Priorities.
The “golden toilet” represents corruption in the Ukraine. Well, you saw Yanukovych’s 2 obscenely luxurious palaces. $64K for one door. $100K for a chandelier, etc.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:43:18am |
re: #203 Pie-onist Overlord
My mahuteneste is a big balabusta and entertains large groups of guests, so she has a big house and always has a lot of food available, and plenty of blankets and guest beds.
Meanwhile my son is up in Huntsville. They didn’t get the snow and ice, but the pipes in the house burst.
Lousy about the pipes—we really don’t build for severe winters, just as you don’t find universal A/C in the North.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:44:44am |
re: #207 Justanotherhuman
Well, adjusted for inflation, minimum wage should be at least $9.42 right now. And the Rs don’t want to raise it above $7.25/hr? You know they’ll fight it tooth and nail, even though it hasn’t gone up since 2009.
HURR HURR!!!!11!! IF MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS GET PADE MOAR, THEY WON’T BE MOTIVATED TO BETTER THEMSELVES!!!!!!!
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:49:02am |
re: #208 Justanotherhuman
Priorities.
The “golden toilet” represents corruption in the Ukraine. Well, you saw Yanukovych’s 2 obscenely luxurious palaces. $64K for one door. $100K for a chandelier, etc.
More ostentatious than one of Mitt Romney’s vacation homes and less honestly earned as well.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:51:02am |
re: #210 Pie-onist Overlord
HURR HURR!!!!11!! IF MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS GET PADE MOAR, THEY WON’T BE MOTIVATED TO BETTER THEMSELVES!!!!!!!
I don’t know how accurate this is, but this is what this site shows for various IT jobs in Charlotte.
with a link here, showing low, “typical” and high ranges for computer programmer: payscale.com
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:54:39am |
We could spend more if we had more income…
US economy grew at 3.2 percent rate in Q4
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the October-December quarter on the strength of the strongest consumer spending in three years, an encouraging sign for 2014.
“The fourth-quarter increase followed a 4.1 percent growth rate in the July-September quarter, when the economy was boosted by a buildup in business stockpiles.
“The Commerce Department says that for 2013 as a whole, the economy grew a tepid 1.9 percent, below the 2.8 percent increase in 2012. Growth was held back last year by higher federal taxes and government spending cuts.”
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 5:58:23am |
re: #212 Justanotherhuman
I don’t know how accurate this is, but this is what this site shows for various IT jobs in Charlotte.
with a link here, showing low, “typical” and high ranges for computer programmer: payscale.com
OK I checked your links and I am satisfied that what I am making is typical for the industry here in MI, and I’m not making significantly less than my male co-workers.
I see that Sharepoint is a hot skill to have, I keep getting calls about it. They are offering $70/hr for Sharepoint developers in NYC and DC but I guess you’d need to make something like that just because of the COL in those places.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:05:46am |
HURR HURR!!!11!!! HOW DARE U BLAME CONSERVATIVES FOR NOT LIKING TEH CHEERIOS COMMERCIAL!!!11 IT WAS ALL TEH DEMOCRATZ MAKING TEH RACIST COMMENTS ON TEH YOUTUBES!!!11!!! DEMOCRATS IS ALL TEH REAL RACISTS HURR HURRRRRR
BUSTED: MSNBC Race-Baiters Quietly Edit Cheerios Article Smearing Conservatives http://t.co/YPRu7CtaCf via @gatewaypundit— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) January 30, 2014
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Dark_Falcon Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:12:56am |
re: #215 Pie-onist Overlord
HURR HURR!!!11!!! HOW DARE U BLAME CONSERVATIVES FOR NOT LIKING TEH CHEERIOS COMMERCIAL!!!11 IT WAS ALL TEH >DEMOCRATZ MAKING TEH RACIST COMMENTS ON TEH YOUTUBES!!!11!!! DEMOCRATS IS ALL TEH REAL RACISTS HURR HURRRRRR
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:14:18am |
Cheerios debate? Sounds like a tempest in a cereal bowl…but we must not offend anyone’s delicate sensibilities…
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Romantic Heretic Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:14:44am |
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
There is a glaring difference though between how Germany has historically confronted its record of WWII atrocities and how the Japanese government has repeatedly sought to whitewash and downplay theirs. Nationally the Germans wallow in their own shame, to a degree that is at times almost embarrassing, whereas Japanese PMs keep visiting that war shrine and wondering what the big deal is.
I think a lot of this is the result of the atomic bombings, which gave the Japanese government a convenient cloak of victimhood - which in itself is kind of messed up considering the horrible discrimination the Hibakusha and their descendants have faced within their own country.
Myself? I believe it’s the same mindset that led to the kamikazes, a code of honour known as bushido. Like all ethical codes it can be twisted to serve the ends of its adherents. It can be used as an excuse rather than a guideline.
Which is what is happening in this case. Rather than admit they fucked up big time they’re hiding behind a cloak of giri.
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:16:21am |
re: #214 Pie-onist Overlord
$70 an hour for Sharepoint? I’m in the wrong line of work… $70 an hour works out to a rather comfortable salary, even in NYC metro. 35 hours a week, 50 weeks, and that translates to a $122k salary.
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:16:51am |
re: #217 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)
Cheerios debate? Sounds like a tempest in a cereal bowl…but we must not offend anyone’s delicate sensibilities…
You Fruit Brute! /
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:19:17am |
re: #219 lawhawk
$70 an hour for Sharepoint? I’m in the wrong line of work… $70 an hour works out to a rather comfortable salary, even in NYC metro. 35 hours a week, 50 weeks, and that translates to a $122k salary.
Here in MI Sharepoint developers get average of $45/hr, which is also nice and much cheaper housing here.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:24:02am |
OK, so even if the minimum wage got raised to $10/hr, a lot of the raise would get eaten up by inflation anyway, right?
$7.25/hr should already be $8.04, since inflation is rather low. However, that’s just treading water, it’s not getting ahead by any means.
A raise to $10.10 would even kick some people off food stamps, Medicaid, etc, depending on the number of dependents and where they were located, although many would still be living in poverty. That’s an extra $2.85/hr, or $114/wk if you got 40 hrs (which really, most don’t). Still, that amount of money would make a big difference in people’s lives. A FT worker would increase his or her’s family income by $6K/yr. That could mean a rent payment for some. A person working for $7.25 FT is making $15,080/yr.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:27:21am |
re: #222 Justanotherhuman
OK, so even if the minimum wage got raised to $10/hr, a lot of the raise would get eaten up by inflation anyway, right?
$7.25/hr should already be $8.04, since inflation is rather low. However, that’s just treading water, it’s not getting ahead by any means.
A raise to $10.10 would even kick some people off food stamps, Medicaid, etc, depending on the number of dependents and where they were located, although many would still be living in poverty. That’s an extra $2.85/hr, or $114/wk if you got 40 hrs (which really, most don’t). Still, that amount of money would make a big difference in people’s lives. A FT worker would increase his or her’s family income by $6K/yr. That could mean a rent payment for some. A person working for $7.25 FT is making $15,080/yr.
HURR HURRRRRR!!!!1!!! RAISING TEH MINIMUM WAGE MEANS PRICES GO UP!!!111!! U WANT 2 PAY $40 4 A BURGER!!!!1!!!
Assholes like Tom Perkins and Peter Schiff threaten to do this because NO FREAKING WAY will they let the higher cost of human expenditures cut into their profit margin.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:28:11am |
The problem comes from thinking of human beings as EXPENSES.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:29:57am |
Happening today in Kentucky:
HB 1, which would raise KY's minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016, up in House Labor & Industry Committee at 10:00. #kyga14
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) January 30, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:32:16am |
Utah school threw out students' lunches right in front of them because they were in debt http://t.co/wtEpXZhbSt— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 30, 2014
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Please Proceed Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:34:41am |
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:34:55am |
WSJ endorses billionaire's complaint of rich being persecuted, call criticism of his Nazi analogies “Perkinsnacht” http://t.co/aIRsDdINhJ— Media Matters (@mmfa) January 30, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:39:34am |
re: #226 Pie-onist Overlord
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School systems should all provide free lunches for every child, regardless of ability to pay, and it should be in the school budget. No child should ever be humiliated by not receiving lunch because s/he can’t pay.
And for gawd’s sake, don’t serve them junk food. Most of them probably get enough of that elsewhere. Make nutrition an integral part of their learning experience. Take the soda machines out and let them drink water, milk or juice.
Most of that crap food and drink are contracts given to companies who know someone on the school board anyway.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:40:48am |
re: #229 Justanotherhuman
School systems should all provide free lunches for every child, regardless of ability to pay, and it should be in the school budget. No child should ever be humiliated by not receiving lunch because s/he can’t pay.
And for gawd’s sake, don’t serve them junk food. Most of them probably get enough of that elsewhere. Make nutrition an integral part of their learning experience. Take the soda machines out and let them drink water, milk or juice.
Most of that crap food and drink are contracts given to companies who know someone on the school board anyway.
HURR HURRRRR!!!11!! TEH KIDS WON’T EATS TEH MICHELLE OBAMA FOODS & TEH SCHOOLS HAS TO THROW IT ALL OUT!!!11!!!!! PRIVATE CATERERS HURR HURRRRR!!!11!!!
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:46:02am |
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:47:50am |
Oscars strip a nomination from a song in a movie, and the Washington Times tries to spin this as somehow being an anti-Christian move, since the movie was Christian themed.
Let’s just ignore that the film’s composer took advantage of his position to improperly sway other voters. Or that the film was so obscure in the first place that it was a head-turner when initially announced as a nominee.
Alone Yet Not Alone, the theme song from a little-seen film with the same title, was the headscratcher of nominations morning two weeks ago. Few had heard of it before it secured a coveted place among the top five movie songs of the year.
Now it’s out of the race completely as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rules that its composer, a former governor of the music branch and current member of its executive committee, took advantage of his leadership position to improperly lobby fellow members of the branch.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly’s Clark Collis after the nominations, Bruce Broughton acknowledged that he urged the members of his branch to consider the song, but insisted he had done nothing wrong.
“What happens is that the music branch of the Academy puts all the songs on a disc and I was concerned that this song would be really easy to overlook. So, yeah, I wrote some people and said, ‘Could you just take a look.’ That was literally the extent of the campaigning. I received in the mail songs from other films that were pressed and recorded CDs. We didn’t do anything like that at all.”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences didn’t think his actions were so innocent. In a meeting of its Governors Board on Tuesday night, the panel voted to rescind the Original Song nod for Alone Yet Not Alone — one of the few times in history the Oscars organization has yanked one of its nominations.
I’m frankly surprised we don’t have more of this kind of move, whether for the Oscars or other awards shows.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:48:18am |
re: #226 Pie-onist Overlord
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What motivation to parents have to better themselves if we don’t shame them and their czhildren?
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:48:36am |
re: #230 Pie-onist Overlord
HURR HURRRRR!!!11!! TEH KIDS WON’T EATS TEH MICHELLE OBAMA FOODS & TEH SCHOOLS HAS TO THROW IT ALL OUT!!!11!!!!! PRIVATE CATERERS HURR HURRRRR!!!11!!!
The HS my granddaughter attended allowed the local Pepsi franchise to put machines in the lobby and also gave a contract to a local pizza restaurant and had a kiosk for burgers right there in the cafeteria, too; of course, it was more expensive. Hardly any of the kids ate the regular food. It wasn’t as though these were poor kids, either; there was an upper income neighborhood it served and some of the kids actually drove expensive late model autos, BMWs, Mustangs, etc.
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:48:50am |
re: #231 Pie-onist Overlord
Yeah, that’s leading Drudge too. That and Coulter claiming that the Republicans are on suicide watch.
Batcrap crazy, they’ve all become.
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Ian G. Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:49:00am |
re: #128 goddamnedfrank
Nationally the Germans wallow in their own shame, to a degree that is at times almost embarrassing, whereas Japanese PMs keep visiting that war shrine and wondering what the big deal is.
Yes, and I think this is rather uncommon, honestly, and German society deserves a lot of Kudos for acknowledging it. Try to get the Turks to acknowledge the Armenian genocide, or many an American to acknowledge the evil of slavery or the Indian Wars.
I have a friend who is from Germany (although he’s been living in the US since high school). One time I all but had to say to him, “dude, you were born in 1981. Nazism is not your fault.”
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:49:37am |
re: #226 Pie-onist Overlord
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I wonder about the story - sure there are people who would like to do that but denying a child lunch like that is a violation of federal law and can lead to a several year vacation in Club Fed. I doubt the schools care to risk that.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:52:25am |
re: #237 William Barnett-Lewis
I wonder about the story - sure there are people who would like to do that but denying a child lunch like that is a violation of federal law and can lead to a several year vacation in Club Fed. I doubt the schools care to risk that.
No, I don’t doubt it. I had lunch w/my grandson when he was in middle school and if I had not been there, he wouldn’t have had lunch because he didn’t have enough money. I was told I had to pay for it.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:53:26am |
re: #237 William Barnett-Lewis
I wonder about the story - sure there are people who would like to do that but denying a child lunch like that is a violation of federal law and can lead to a several year vacation in Club Fed. I doubt the schools care to risk that.
It’s possible an overzealous wingnut was in charge. There will probably been an announcement of somebody getting fired.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:56:27am |
#PopeFrancis smiling face on the cover of the @RollingStone #UniteBlue #LibCrib #tcot #tlot pic.twitter.com/TTAPZ2DcLP— DemInPGH (@DemInPGH) January 30, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:08:09am |
Family Research Council thinks it's totally reasonable to compare anti-gay activists to slaves http://t.co/N42ZffFfVJ— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) January 30, 2014
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Dr Lizardo Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:09:19am |
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:09:39am |
This is pretty good with some background and current info on Ukraine.
9 questions about Ukraine you were too embarrassed to ask
Maps are excellent.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:10:28am |
re: #242 Dr Lizardo
A new zenith of assholery.
Thanks, Utah!
FReepers are all HURR HURR IT TEH TYPICAL DEMOCRATZ!!!11!!!
WTF
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Dr Lizardo Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:13:18am |
re: #231 Pie-onist Overlord
PLEASE PROCEED FREEPERS
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Heh.
I hope that some of kind of immigration deal goes through, not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but for an ulterior motive.
It’s obvious if you read FR or the Breitbrats that if immigration reform goes through, and most likely it will, though after the GOP’s primary season is over, the RWNJ’s will sit this November out, ostensibly to “teach the GOP a lesson”.
Please proceed, wingnuts. By all means, voice your displeasure by staying home. The rest of the country…..nay, the world….thanks you.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:16:22am |
re: #245 Dr Lizardo
Heh.
I hope that some of kind of immigration deal goes through, not simply because it’s the right thing to do, but for an ulterior motive.
It’s obvious if you read FR or the Breitbrats that if immigration reform goes through, and most likely it will, though after the GOP’s primary season is over, the RWNJ’s will sit this November out, ostensibly to “teach the GOP a lesson”.
Please proceed, wingnuts. By all means, voice your displeasure by staying home. The rest of the country…..nay, the world….thanks you.
Or, vote your “Pure Tea Party” 3rd party candidate.
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Joanne Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:20:16am |
re: #5 lawhawk
Just how far down the rabbit hole are you willing to go?
Just ask Morpheus; he’ll answer in operatic fashion:
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Awesome sauce!
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:23:27am |
re: #246 Pie-onist Overlord
Or, vote your “Pure Tea Party” 3rd party candidate.
This was the problem: the GOP missed the chance to control the message because they were too worried about being shouted down by a Tea Partier at a Town Hall Meeting.
Now it is a race to the bottom to see who can gain the most attention with the most outrageous statements and claims about women, gays, abortion, rape, religious freedoms, Sharia, Obama’s origins, etc…
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Dr Lizardo Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:24:17am |
re: #246 Pie-onist Overlord
Or, vote your “Pure Tea Party” 3rd party candidate.
Oh yeah, that works just as well.
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:25:00am |
Oh myyyyyy!
From a fan. No matter your politics, this is well played. pic.twitter.com/5vKWfaYEKz— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 30, 2014
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:25:29am |
I see today in the daily “First Read” article that Chuck Todd and company are saying that the GOP is talking hot rhetoric while the leadership is backing down on the debt ceiling, immigration, etc.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:28:59am |
Ukraine: Police ‘attack wrong protesters’
Ukrainian riot police have allegedly beaten up a busload of government supporters, after mistaking them for opposition activists.
A coach carrying pro-government demonstrators was stopped just outside Kiev and boarded by riot police, according to anti-government activist Dmitriy Belotserkovets. Despite the passengers shouting “we’re on the same side as you”, police proceeded to beat them up, he said.
Speaking to Russian news website Novy Region, Belotserkovets said the coach was attacked because its number plates were from western Ukraine, where many anti-government protesters have travelled from. The group was in fact from the Crimean city of Sevastopol.
Realising their mistake, the police allowed the bloodied demonstrators to continue on its way, Belotserkovets said.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:48:29am |
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:48:33am |
No wonder Yanukovych got “sick”.
Yanukovych threatened his rebellious majority to dissolve the parliament,Justice Minister Lukash confirms http://t.co/MBxPl84GZb #Euromaidan— Maxim Eristavi (@MaximEristavi) January 30, 2014
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:51:29am |
re: #253 Pie-onist Overlord
STAY CLASSY FREEPERS
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The GOP lost me entirely when they stopped trying to explain why their candidates were better, and focused almost entirely on how awful/evil/slutty/un-American their opponents were…
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:53:52am |
These groups are calling for a boycott of Girl Scout cookies and you won't believe why http://t.co/LFDvC39X2k pic.twitter.com/vdEeDoaTgJ— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 30, 2014
You can pry those Thin Mints from my cold, dead, hands.
The Girl Scouts don’t take a position on those hot button issues, but they want to honor women who take courageous positions and are standing by their constituencies. That’s more than enough to get the RTLers into a tizzy demanding a boycott of Girl Scouts and their annual cookie drives.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:56:42am |
re: #256 lawhawk
You can pry those Thin Mints from my cold, dead, hands.
The Girl Scouts don’t take a position on those hot button issues, but they want to honor women who take courageous positions and are standing by their constituencies. That’s more than enough to get the RTLers into a tizzy demanding a boycott of Girl Scouts and their annual cookie drives.
Noms on Shortbread cookie while drinking recently fetched coffee.
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Dr. Matt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:57:29am |
I don’t eat sweets, but I’ll have to buy a few boxes just to spite those boycotting fuckers.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Jan 30, 2014 7:59:28am |
re: #258 Dr. Matt
I don’t eat sweets, but I’ll have to buy a few boxes just to spite those boycotting fuckers.
A few of us here buy boxes via co-workers (acting as proxies for their children) and stockpile them for later in the year. And then occasionally an open sleeve of cookies will appear in the kitchenette for free consumption.
:)
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ObserverArt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:02:31am |
Is there something bad in the internet tubing these days?
I see there was a bit of bad blood going on last night here at LGF. I visit a few sports-related forums and I notice the last few days the snark is way up. Must be a full internet moon, or a bunch of folks showing theirs.
Outside that…morning. Looking for Columbus to hit 32° today. Hooray! Or, is that HooRaw?!
Just loaded a new anti-virus program too…so we’ll see how that goes. It can’t be any worse than the old one I was running that was taken over by Symantec and turned my machines (especially this XP one) into muck. I went with Bitdefender as it seemed to overall rate pretty well on an average of all the ratings sites. It seemed to be in the top 4 or 5 just about everywhere, and number 1 at a few too.
By the way…is the PC Magazine and their web site owned by Symantec?
Another day on paradise!
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:02:48am |
re: #225 Backwoods_Sleuth
Happening today in Kentucky:
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Hearing right now with public testimony;
Oh, the horror of how the rich will suffer if minimum wage is raised:
Wealthy restaurant owner Lee Greer near tears talking about his opposition to raising the minimum wage. #kyga14
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) January 30, 2014
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:03:57am |
re: #256 lawhawk
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You can pry those Thin Mints from my cold, dead, hands.The Girl Scouts don’t take a position on those hot button issues, but they want to honor women who take courageous positions and are standing by their constituencies. That’s more than enough to get the RTLers into a tizzy demanding a boycott of Girl Scouts and their annual cookie drives.
They sure know who to pick a fight with: single moms who raise kids while pursuing a higher education, schoolkids waiting for lunch and now Girl Scouts selling cookies…
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Dr. Matt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:04:11am |
re: #260 ObserverArt
Is there something bad in the internet tubing these days?
I see there was a bit of bad blood going on last night here at LGF. I visit a few sports-related forums and I notice the last few days the snark is way up. Must be a full internet moon, or a bunch of folks showing theirs.
Thanks Obama!
But seriously, what happened last night? Pissing match?
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:05:30am |
re: #262 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)
But remember, the GOP isn’t engaged in a war on women. It’s just going after those positions antithetical to the GOP core beliefs. That they happen to focus on women primarily is a side-effect. /////
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:07:06am |
re: #258 Dr. Matt
I don’t eat sweets, but I’ll have to buy a few boxes just to spite those boycotting fuckers.
I’m good with this, just hoping the mofo’s don’t trigger a contra-boycott of Brussels sprouts.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:09:12am |
re: #263 Dr. Matt
[wingnut]Thanks Obama![wingnut]But seriously, what happened last night? Pissing match?
It is tax computation season, y’know.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:10:35am |
re: #256 lawhawk
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This is going to sell more cookies. I will buy some. And I haven’t been a girl scout for over 60 yrs, but I learned a great lesson: “Be prepared”.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:11:22am |
re: #264 lawhawk
But remember, the GOP isn’t engaged in a war on women. It’s just going after those positions antithetical to the GOP core beliefs. That they happen to focus on women primarily is a side-effect. /////
Because a GOP core belief is that any woman not in the kitchen, bedroom, laundry room, kids’ room or church choir is out of place…
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:11:28am |
re: #262 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)
They sure know who to pick a fight with: single moms who raise kids while pursuing a higher education, schoolkids waiting for lunch and now Girl Scouts selling cookies…
But also: I wish progressive would stop Tweeting that NSFW photo of a woman’s lower body to illustrate NO JRRBS IN HEAR!!11!!
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:11:53am |
Happy Year of the Horse, everyone! It’s the Chinese New Year.
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Decatur Deb Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:13:34am |
re: #267 Justanotherhuman
GOP has updated that to “Be Preparing a Sammich”.
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Dr. Matt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:16:17am |
I love this!
‘Darwin Day’: Democrat proposes House resolution to celebrate the theory of evolution
Cue the ‘splody heads on the right……
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:16:40am |
re: #270 wheat-dogghazi
Happy Year of the Horse, everyone! It’s the Chinese New Year.
I gotta go drain my snake…
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:17:34am |
Meanwhile, in Syria
Shocking satellite images show devastation in Syrian districts that back opposition to Assad
US ‘concern’ at Syria weapons delay
The US is “concerned” that Syria is behind schedule in handing over its chemical weapons, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has said.
Mr Hagel told reporters in Poland he did not know the reason for the delay but said Damascus “need to fix this”.
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Bulworth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:19:51am |
re: #272 Dr. Matt
Christians oppressed, just like Nazi Germany….
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:21:14am |
re: #272 Dr. Matt
I love this!
‘Darwin Day’: Democrat proposes House resolution to celebrate the theory of evolution
Cue the ‘splody heads on the right……
What are the odds that someone on the right will complain that this is violative of their religious freedoms? I put it at 100%. Because they will inevitably make such a claim.
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Dr. Matt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:21:48am |
re: #275 Bulworth
Christians oppressed, just like Nazi Germany….
“This is anti-Christian legislation”
~Todd Fabulous Starnes
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:22:10am |
re: #261 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh…Greg Stumbo is Speaker of the House in Kentucky’s General Assembly.
Stumbo implies that Greer is lucky that he didn't testify under oath. Damn! #kyga14 #shotsfired
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) January 30, 2014
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ObserverArt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:22:18am |
re: #263 Dr. Matt
Thanks Obama!
But seriously, what happened last night? Pissing match?
Up thread…around posts# 100 or so. Nothing too bad, but added to some of the activity in the large Obama State of the Union, the last couple nights have been a little testy. Could be the weather. I’ve seen some back and forth here, but name calling isn’t usual as far as I can tell.
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:22:18am |
re: #274 Killgore Trout
Assad the younger is showing himself to be just like his dad - the Hama rules are still what passes for ruling in Syria. If you’ve got opposition, you crush them and destroy their homes, their communities, and their entire cities.
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wheat-dogghazi Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:22:34am |
re: #276 lawhawk
What are the odds that someone on the right will complain that this is violative of their religious freedoms? I put it at 100%. Because they will inevitably make such a claim.
Not to mention, teh atheists are coming to corrupt our children!
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:24:28am |
Stumbo says the anti-minimum wage testimony actually made his case for HB1. #kyga14
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) January 30, 2014
Stumbo says if paying people $1 more puts you out of business, you were probably going out of business soon anyway. #kyga14
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) January 30, 2014
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:25:40am |
Joe Sonka is having way too much fun live tweeting the HB1 minimum wage hearing…
WHEN WILL WAITRESSES QUIT OPPRESSING WEALTHY RESTAURANT OWNERS BY DEMANDING $3/HOUR??? #kyga14
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) January 30, 2014
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:26:09am |
re: #280 lawhawk
Assad the younger is showing himself to be just like his dad - the Hama rules are still what passes for ruling in Syria. If you’ve got opposition, you crush them and destroy their homes, their communities, and their entire cities.
I think he’s testing the waters to see how much he can get away with. I don’t think there’s much danger of international action.
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:27:06am |
GoDaddy says one of its employees was “socially engineered” by a hacker. What, did the hacker ask the employee for some selfies, or something?
Rare Twitter username ‘stolen’
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:28:23am |
re: #279 ObserverArt
Up thread…around posts# 100 or so. Nothing too bad, but added to some of the activity in the large Obama State of the Union, the last couple nights have been a little testy. Could be the weather. I’ve seen some back and forth here, but name calling isn’t usual as far as I can tell.
One of the parties had on-going messy health issues at home as later comments revealed. That would be a definite factor towards a shorter temper.
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:28:51am |
re: #282 Backwoods_Sleuth
Figure 35 hours a week per employee - a single employee getting a $1 bump would be $35 (before taxes).
A business that has say 20 employees would have to pay $700 more a week to employees. Over the course of a year, that’d be $36,400.
Some businesses may operate with razor thin margins, but if you’re that close to the margins that a $1 increase in the minimum wage, then you’re doing something wrong.
Mind you hiring and training new employees aren’t without costs as well - and if you have a higher wage, those people may be more willing to stick around and take more pride in their work, meaning higher efficiency and better work product.
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:31:01am |
re: #284 Killgore Trout
He knows he can pretty much do anything but drop chemical weapons on any of the opposition areas.
He can obliterate entire cities and communities with impunity. Because he’s already done it and gotten nothing more than a shrug from the international community.
Putin’s got his back and the US and NATO don’t have the stomach to get involved, and the opposition is full of Islamists with their own designs on creating a terror state of their own from which to carry on against Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, and Israel (that goes without saying).
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:32:02am |
re: #285 Justanotherhuman
GoDaddy says one of its employees was “socially engineered” by a hacker. What, did the hacker ask the employee for some selfies, or something?
Rare Twitter username ‘stolen’
I think the guy whose Twitter handle was stolen should go all @Hiroshima
(Read the article you will understand)
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:32:31am |
re: #288 lawhawk
He knows he can pretty much do anything but drop chemical weapons on any of the opposition areas.
He can obliterate entire cities and communities with impunity. Because he’s already done it and gotten nothing more than a shrug from the international community.
Putin’s got his back and the US and NATO don’t have the stomach to get involved, and the opposition is full of Islamists with their own designs on creating a terror state of their own from which to carry on against Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, and Israel (that goes without saying).
So it’s pretty much the standard Middle Eastern no-win situation for those interested in enlightened democracy and equal rights for all?
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:33:55am |
re: #287 lawhawk
Figure 35 hours a week per employee - a single employee getting a $1 bump would be $35 (before taxes).
A business that has say 20 employees would have to pay $700 more a week to employees. Over the course of a year, that’d be $36,400.
Some businesses may operate with razor thin margins, but if you’re that close to the margins that a $1 increase in the minimum wage, then you’re doing something wrong.
Mind you hiring and training new employees aren’t without costs as well - and if you have a higher wage, those people may be more willing to stick around and take more pride in their work, meaning higher efficiency and better work product.
You keep mentioning 35-hr week. Do NYer’s not do a 40-hr week? Is it because of the commute times?
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Bulworth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:34:49am |
re: #283 Backwoods_Sleuth
This guy must really hate America and job creators just like Hitler. //
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:35:50am |
re: #291 Pie-onist Overlord
You keep mentioning 35-hr week. Do NYer’s not do a 40-hr week? Is it because of the commute times?
The main problem here is that WE DON’T WANT THE GUMMINT TELLING US HOW MUCH TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES!!!.
any unpleasantness that follows is a direct result of said fact…
/
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:36:59am |
re: #293 Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light)
The main problem here is that WE DON’T WANT THE GUMMINT TELLING US HOW MUCH TO PAY OUR EMPLOYEES!!!.
any unpleasantness that follows is a direct result of said fact…
/
HURR HURR!!!11!!! WORKERS SHOULD BE PAID AS LITTLE AS THEY ARE DESPERATE ENOUGH TO ACCEPT!!!1!!!!!
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:38:27am |
re: #291 Pie-onist Overlord
You keep mentioning 35-hr week. Do NYer’s not do a 40-hr week? Is it because of the commute times?
Under full-time and therefore do not have to pay for mandatory benefits that accompany that status.
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Mattand Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:38:40am |
re: #256 lawhawk
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You can pry those Thin Mints from my cold, dead, hands.The Girl Scouts don’t take a position on those hot button issues, but they want to honor women who take courageous positions and are standing by their constituencies. That’s more than enough to get the RTLers into a tizzy demanding a boycott of Girl Scouts and their annual cookie drives.
I found out the hard way that some Republicans (particularly those playing on the God Squad) hate the Girl Scouts as much as they love the Boy Scouts. Still trying to figure out what the “lesbian agenda” is.
If you don’t want to buy the cookies, you can still just give the price of the box as a donation. I discovered this last year talking to one of the moms accompanying her kid door-to-door.
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Mattand Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:39:23am |
re: #291 Pie-onist Overlord
You keep mentioning 35-hr week. Do NYer’s not do a 40-hr week? Is it because of the commute times?
When I worked full time in Philly, the company I worked for did a 35 hour work week.
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ObserverArt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:39:32am |
re: #286 Feline Fearless Leader
One of the parties had on-going messy health issues at home as later comments revealed. That would be a definite factor towards a shorter temper.
Yeah, saw that. I hope his daughter is okay.
I have noticed he many times does post and doesn’t defend, but hey…that might be his style.
And I will take this opportunity to also give Dark_Falcon credit too, as others did up thread. He may post stuff that people cringe at, but so what. Many give him some static (me too, from time to time), but overall he will debate…even if he sticks to his guns! (///)
I always figure as long as you post a comeback, or a debate point it is still out there. They may not respond, but they still may have read it, and who knows…we all can learn from one another.
It’s a good community…and Charles run a great site.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:39:54am |
FWI: Lee Greer and family own the Cheddar’s restaurant chain, along with other restaurants.
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Teukka Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:40:05am |
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:41:26am |
re: #291 Pie-onist Overlord
40 hour week is standard in a lot of places, but I’m also taking into account FTEs - those employers who want to try and skirt the ACA rules on being considered a full time employee at 30 hours + a week.
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Mattand Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:41:38am |
re: #281 wheat-dogghazi
Not to mention, teh atheists are coming to corrupt our children!
I did my part yesterday by clearing the snow from my 85 year old neighbor’s driveway and sidewalk.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:42:39am |
AT HOME
Where to Eat If You Want to Support Restaurants That Pay Their Workers a Living Wage http://t.co/JF4Jx0ik54 #p2 #tcot #uniteblue #teaparty— Leyla (@MiamiLib) January 30, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:43:56am |
re: #287 lawhawk
Figure 35 hours a week per employee - a single employee getting a $1 bump would be $35 (before taxes).
A business that has say 20 employees would have to pay $700 more a week to employees. Over the course of a year, that’d be $36,400.
Some businesses may operate with razor thin margins, but if you’re that close to the margins that a $1 increase in the minimum wage, then you’re doing something wrong.
Mind you hiring and training new employees aren’t without costs as well - and if you have a higher wage, those people may be more willing to stick around and take more pride in their work, meaning higher efficiency and better work product.
If I can’t tip 20% (a lifelong habit—I waited tables years ago for a summer once as a second job), I just don’t go out to eat, and these days, I don’t go out all that much. I think the base rate is still the same $2.13 for wait staff now as it was back then.
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Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:45:39am |
re: #258 Dr. Matt
I don’t eat sweets, but I’ll have to buy a few boxes just to spite those boycotting fuckers.
Make it peanut butter sandwich cookies. I’ll gladly take them off your hands.
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Killgore Trout Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:46:11am |
re: #288 lawhawk
He knows he can pretty much do anything but drop chemical weapons on any of the opposition areas.
He can obliterate entire cities and communities with impunity. Because he’s already done it and gotten nothing more than a shrug from the international community.
Putin’s got his back and the US and NATO don’t have the stomach to get involved, and the opposition is full of Islamists with their own designs on creating a terror state of their own from which to carry on against Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, and Israel (that goes without saying).
Turkey just signed a new deal with Iran which I assume will also include cooperation in allowing Assad to carry on.
Iran, Turkey enjoy their best relations in history: Supreme Leader
The Leader made the remarks during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran.
Erdogan arrived in Tehran on Tuesday night for a two-day visit and held talks with senior Iranian officials on bilateral ties, trade relations, and a number of other regional issues.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:47:43am |
HB1 passes House Labor & Industry committee. #kyga14
— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) January 30, 2014
HB1 now heads to the house floor for debate.
The committee is now voting on HB191 to raise minimum raised for tipped employees.
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Ian G. Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:47:48am |
So for those of you who wallow in the fever swamps of wingnuttia, is the above causing any OUTRAGE! about how HOLLYWOOD HATES CHRISTIANS!?
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:48:36am |
well, apparently Mr. Greer’s tears of anguish were not convincing for the committee:
HB 191 raising minimum wage for tipped employees passes easily in House Labor & Industry committee. #kyga14— Joe Sonka (@joesonka) January 30, 2014
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ObserverArt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:49:06am |
re: #290 Feline Fearless Leader
So it’s pretty much the standard Middle Eastern no-win situation for those interested in enlightened democracy and equal rights for all?
Sad isn’t it. I’m not all that great at Middle Eastern history, but when you look at what they accomplished a long time ago with sciences, mathematics, architecture, etc., it is rather hard to understand where the wheels started to come off. I suspect it has to do with outside imperial influences, mixed with religious and tribal issues and it was toxic.
I know one thing, the US doesn’t have the cleanest of hands and it does seem sometimes the American people forget about that too.
Sure wish there was a reset button for the entire region.
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William Barnett-Lewis Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:49:34am |
re: #272 Dr. Matt
I love this!
‘Darwin Day’: Democrat proposes House resolution to celebrate the theory of evolution
Cue the ‘splody heads on the right……
I’m going to use this to pimp my new page on the paleorecreation of the A. Afarensis known as Lucy.
Read the article - it’s lots of fun.
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Mattand Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:51:25am |
re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth
well, apparently Mr. Greer’s tears of anguish were not convincing for the committee:
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Anguished conservative restaurant owners firing sub minimum wage workers to “show” everyone in 3, 2, 1…
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calochortus Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:53:41am |
re: #304 Justanotherhuman
Sometimes I go a bit higher at inexpensive restaurants. I mean the person bringing me the bean burrito with a side of rice for $5 has done as much work as the one bringing me the steak and whatever for $20. (Prices totally made up, but you get the idea.)
I also tend to tip the housekeeping staff at Motel 6 in nowheresville or whatever inexpensive hostelry we’re staying at. They probably need it.
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Targetpractice Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:54:24am |
re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth
well, apparently Mr. Greer’s tears of anguish were not convincing fo rhte committee:
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And now Greer will go to the press and declare that, despite his pleas, this went through, “forcing” him to fire employees to stay in business.
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Wendell Zurkowitz (slave of the waffle light) Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:56:20am |
re: #315 Targetpractice
And now Greer will go to the press and declare that, despite his pleas, this went through, “forcing” him to fire employees to stay in business.
I remember the pizza magnate warning us that ACA would force him to add 10 cents to the price of a pizza…enough to drive him out of business, I am sure…
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 8:56:48am |
GOP groups to drop $1.2M in Florida race
Read more: politico.com
“The three groups — American Crossroads, American Action Network and YG Network — will air TV ads and send mailers in the race for the House spot, which has been vacant since the October death of GOP Rep. Bill Young. American Action Network will be the first of the groups to begin hitting the St. Petersburg-area airwaves with TV commercials set to start airing next week.
(snip)
[Former FL Chief Financial Officer] “Sink is widely seen as the favorite in the contest, with high-name recognition and a deep campaign bank account. But Republican groups — who are eager to cast Sink as a stalwart supporter of President Barack Obama’s unpopular health care law — nonetheless see a chance to defeat her.
(snip)
“Sink has been getting assistance from several Democratic groups, including EMILY’s List and House Majority PAC.”
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:00:04am |
re: #313 calochortus
Sometimes I go a bit higher at inexpensive restaurants. I mean the person bringing me the bean burrito with a side of rice for $5 has done as much work as the one bringing me the steak and whatever for $20. (Prices totally made up, but you get the idea.)
I also tend to tip the housekeeping staff at Motel 6 in nowheresville or whatever inexpensive hostelry we’re staying at. They probably need it.
Yeah, I always leave at least a dollar at a sit down joint if the tip doesn’t come to 20%—even if it’s just a cup of coffee.
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Bulworth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:00:29am |
re: #308 Ian G.
I’m not aware of this song I’d never heard of from the movie I’d never heard of. Is it from a Christian movie?
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Dr Lizardo Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:00:45am |
re: #310 ObserverArt
Sad isn’t it. I’m not all that great at Middle Eastern history, but when you look at what they accomplished a long time ago with sciences, mathematics, architecture, etc., it is rather hard to understand where the wheels started to come off. I suspect it has to do with outside imperial influences, mixed with religious and tribal issues and it was toxic.
I know one thing, the US doesn’t have the cleanest of hands and it does seem sometimes the American people forget about that too.
Sure wish there was a reset button for the entire region.
The wheels started to fall off with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, creating a massive vacuum in the region, which was then exploited by the European powers. Add into that later developments such as the rise of Arab nationalism - mixed in with anti-Western political/religious sentiments - and you’ve got a pretty dangerous cocktail right there.
I’d say the wheels started to fall off as the Ottoman Empire wound down.
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:01:59am |
I just looked up HB 191. Here’s the summary:
Amend KRS 337.275 to raise the state minimum wage for tipped employees to $3 per hour; provide that, beginning July 1, 2015, and each year thereafter, this minimum shall be increased by the lesser of $0.95 or the amount necessary to bring the wage to 70% of the hourly minimum wage for non tipped employees.
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Bulworth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:02:04am |
re: #309 Backwoods_Sleuth
What’s gotten into these Kentucky legislators, raising the min wage? The state isn’t run by teabaggers?
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calochortus Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:04:33am |
re: #308 Ian G.
So for those of you who wallow in the fever swamps of wingnuttia, is the above causing any OUTRAGE! about how HOLLYWOOD HATES CHRISTIANS!?
Yes it is. Was there a question about that happening?
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Kragar Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:04:41am |
re: #319 Bulworth
I’m not aware of this song I’d never heard of from the movie I’d never heard of. Is it from a Christian movie?
Yes, and they broke the Academy Rules during the nomination process, so that proves its persecution!
/
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:04:59am |
re: #322 Bulworth
What’s gotten into these Kentucky legislators, raising the min wage? The state isn’t run by teabaggers?
Oh, the Senate is making up for that with SB8 to “create a new section of KRS 311.710 to 311.820 to require an ultrasound prior to an abortion; amend KRS 311.990 to provide a criminal penalty.” And there’s another Senate Bill requiring a 24-hour waiting period before an abortion so the woman “has time to pray about it.”
gaaaaaahhhhh…….
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jaunte Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:05:39am |
Rebranding fail number eleventy:
Okay @reince wants to pretend that RWers don't say racist shit about Black and Brown people. Man take that fake outrage and go sit down.
— V. Hussein Savage (@Kennymack1971) January 30, 2014
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:05:58am |
re: #319 Bulworth
See my 232 above for more background.
I think most people had no idea what the movie was about since it wasn’t exactly a wide release. Heck, it was barely a release at all - just enough to apparently get Oscar qualified for whatever was going to be submitted.
I doubt anyone knew it had something to do with a Christian theme, let alone that it had a song worthy of being nominated.
Then, the composer did stuff that apparently violated the AMPAS rules, which meant the nomination got revoked.
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Kragar Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:07:11am |
re: #327 lawhawk
See my 232 above for more background.
I think most people had no idea what the movie was about since it wasn’t exactly a wide release. Heck, it was barely a release at all - just enough to apparently get Oscar qualified for whatever was going to be submitted.
I doubt anyone knew it had something to do with a Christian theme, let alone that it had a song worthy of being nominated.
Then, the composer did stuff that apparently violated the AMPAS rules, which meant the nomination got revoked.
Just like Hitler!
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:07:22am |
RNC chair: I’m banning all staff from appearing on MSNBC http://t.co/drccJkqgD2— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 30, 2014
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Kragar Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:17:08am |
This is why Reince Priebus' outrage at MSNBC is phony beyond belief. http://t.co/rO01FieWyV— Danielle Candy Saga (@DCPlod) January 30, 2014
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Bulworth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:17:10am |
Well unless I walk to the bank in this frigid weather, all I’ve got is 85 cents in my pocket which isn’t enough to get a bag a chips from the vending machine for lunch.
I can’t begin to tell you how oppressive this is.
//
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Bulworth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:19:46am |
re: #327 lawhawk
Well, if the Wash Times said it was because it was a Christian movie then, you just gotta believe them. //
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Dr. Matt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:20:21am |
Apparently Reince has a short memory and forgot the outrage the bi-racial Cheerios commercial caused last year. Here’s a hint: the left wasn’t upset.
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calochortus Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:23:27am |
re: #336 Dr. Matt
Apparently Reince has a short memory and forgot the outrage the bi-racial Cheerios commercial caused last year. Here’s hint: the left wasn’t upset.
But they think anyone who was upset was a liberal. Seriously.
It seems liberals want to maintain race based division to strengthen their position. Every good conservative is part of a multi racial family and hence better than liberals.
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Bulworth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:25:09am |
re: #333 Kragar
Rush is a faithful American patriot who just happens to want America and its president to fail and who also hates most of America’s people. //
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:25:36am |
HURR HURRRRR OUTRAGE!!!11!!!!
Tell MSNBC's Advertisers to Stop Supporting Bigotry | Truth Revolt: http://t.co/dRC7qRljWz— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 30, 2014
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Lancelot Link Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:29:29am |
re: #332 Dr. Matt
I still can’t see his name without mentally replacing it with “Rebus Caneebus”
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Kragar Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:30:31am |
re: #340 Lancelot Link
I still can’t see his name without mentally replacing it with “Rebus Caneebus”
Rinsed Pubis
Prince Remus
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Dr. Matt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:31:06am |
Refresh my memory: Did Reince and the RNC boycott Fox after Glenn Beck said President Obama “has a deep-seated hatred for white people”?
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Kragar Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:31:29am |
And a GOP guy is on MSNBC right now.
Good work Reince
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wrenchwench Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:31:50am |
It's like that time conservatives boycotted Ebony magazine RT.@Reince Retweet and stand with us #boycottMSNBC #stoopid— GoBrooklyn (@GoBrooklyn) January 30, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:32:06am |
GOP elites looking to bounce people who tell the truth about homosexuality and Islam from the party. http://t.co/EkP05HpkLr— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) January 30, 2014
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makeitstop Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:32:37am |
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ObserverArt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:32:50am |
re: #320 Dr Lizardo
The wheels started to fall off with the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, creating a massive vacuum in the region, which was then exploited by the European powers. Add into that later developments such as the rise of Arab nationalism - mixed in with anti-Western political/religious sentiments - and you’ve got a pretty dangerous cocktail right there.
I’d say the wheels started to fall off as the Ottoman Empire wound down.
Yes. The Ottoman empire collapse surely. But there have been other empires go down and those too caused some bad times, but eventually some form of order did manage to come out of it. In the Middle East that hasn’t been the case.
So, was any progress or recovery from the Ottoman control prevented by the influences of Europeans so they could apply their puppetry, or was it a mix of the Europeans versus the tribal and religious all fighting over everything that there was never any real cooperation and it has gone like that all these years?
And that begs the question, who is the most responsible, and would anything change if let’s say, the outside influences go away. If the Europeans, US. UN, the Russians, the Chinese and others step away would the tribes and religious factions left ever work it out?
At least at that point it would be a chance for the people of the region to do it without outside backing and influence. But even that seems like it wouldn’t work. Or, is that what needs to be done, but it will take time to work out the order?
And would the other countries and UN ever allow it, because that may mean some nasty waring in places like Israel? I can’t see that happening. So, it the region screwed forever?
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:32:51am |
GOP elites will find themselves primaried by the Tea Party. Please proceed wingnuts.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:35:30am |
Mitt Romney Is the 2016 Republican Frontrunner http://t.co/TPQmKDHb6M Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!— Markos Moulitsas (@markos) January 30, 2014
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Bulworth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:36:53am |
re: #343 Kragar
He means two days after the Super Bowl in 2016
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Kragar Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:37:23am |
GOP's anger about racism at @msnbc is so great, it almost interrupted their efforts to prevent black people from voting.— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) January 30, 2014
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:39:16am |
You've got to be kidding. RT @Reince @MSNBC’s unacceptable offensive tweet is a pattern of noxious behavior. Boycott http://t.co/NkjjBwUA9C— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 30, 2014
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Kragar Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:40:31am |
Rios: Obama Has 'Otherworldly,' 'Supernatural Power' | Right Wing Watch http://t.co/GstunRPkER via @rightwingwatch— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 30, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:41:28am |
People who never watch MSNBC are boycotting MSNBC. It’s like that time when wingnuts boycotted Ebony.
.@MSNBC’s unacceptable, offensive tweet is one action in a pattern of noxious behavior. Join us in boycotting them. http://t.co/p263S0vagO— Reince Priebus (@Reince) January 30, 2014
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ObserverArt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:41:47am |
Anyone out there know a decent web site(s) that gives a good run down of Middle Eastern history. I wouldn’t mind having some reading material on the whole area…and I do not want to rely on Wiki.
Also, my library card has expired and I need to get that updated. Been too busy to re-register. Too much ‘net!
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Dr Lizardo Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:42:14am |
re: #347 ObserverArt
Yes. The Ottoman empire collapse surely. But there have been other empires go down and those too caused some bad times, but eventually some form of order did manage to come out of it. In the Middle East that hasn’t been the case.
So, was any progress or recovery from the Ottoman control prevented by the influences of Europeans so they could apply their puppetry, or was it a mix of the Europeans versus the tribal and religious all fighting over everything that there was never any real cooperation and it has gone like that all these years?
And that begs the question, who is the most responsible, and would anything change if let’s say, the outside influences go away. If the Europeans, US. UN, the Russians, the Chinese and others step away would the tribes and religious factions left ever work it out?
At least at that point it would be a chance for the people of the region to do it without outside backing and influence. But even that seems like it wouldn’t work. Or, is that what needs to be done, but it will take time to work out the order?
And would the other countries and UN ever allow it, because that may mean some nasty waring in places like Israel? I can’t see that happening. So, it the region screwed forever?
I’d say it was a mix of European interference combined with tribal/sectarian divisions that paved the way to what we’re seeing now. As to what can be done going forward, that’s a good question.
The Ottoman Empire finally collapsed less than a century ago, and that’s pretty recent, historically speaking. It took a long time for Europe to sort its self out after the collapse of the Roman Empire; the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages, etc.
The ME isn’t screwed forever - it’ll take awhile, but eventually, they’ll sort it out. Who knows? Maybe the Iranians or a combination of the Iranians and the Turks will be the masters of the region over the course of time. The Turks make no secret of their ambitions, which is essentially a re-imagined Ottoman Empire, but this time, as a confederation, like the European Union.
Looking that far ahead is above my pay grade. :)
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Please Proceed Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:45:10am |
re: #357 Dr. Matt
Remember the effective boycott of Monday Night Football….
Disneyworld almost went out of business after their boycott.
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ObserverArt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:45:14am |
Awww…Reince has a butt hurt.
What a way to improve the GOP there Priebus. Instead of debating it head-on, tuck and run.
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:47:17am |
Gee, it sure is hard to figure out why @msnbc might think the right would have trouble with bi-racial families. pic.twitter.com/YXF6UdWvMh— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 30, 2014
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makeitstop Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:49:01am |
re: #354 Pie-onist Overlord
People who never watch MSNBC are boycotting MSNBC. It’s like that time when wingnuts boycotted Ebony.
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Are boycot wuz 100% efecttiv!!1!ty
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Dr. Matt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:51:08am |
Reince once again proves that the right are politically correct cry babies.
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Kragar Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:52:51am |
@Kragar_LGF tell me truthfully the image doesn't work perfectly. Go on.— Lex (@LuthorCEO) January 30, 2014
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:53:02am |
Good for ScarJo!
Scarlett Johansson steps down as #Oxfam ambassador after #SodaStream Super Bowl ad kerfuffle http://t.co/iYB5443Fek— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 30, 2014
She had some great comments about SodaStream and how they employ both Israelis and Palestinians and that they provide full benefits to all their employees regardless of their nationality, religion, or gender.
And that any kind of boycott of SodaStream would end up hurting the very people that the BDS folks claim to support.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:55:52am |
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Charles Johnson Thu, Jan 30, 2014 9:58:03am |
The constant flood of overt racism from today's right is bad enough, but the *whining* when they're called out on it is insufferable.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 30, 2014
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jaunte Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:00:06am |
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lawhawk Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:00:37am |
re: #366 Charles Johnson
Calling them out on it makes you an oppressor. They’re oppressed!
It’s straight out of a Monty Python skit!
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Dr. Matt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:03:02am |
FLASHBACK (May 2013): Cheerios Commercial Featuring Mixed Race Family Gets Racist Backlash (VIDEO)
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:04:49am |
re: #369 Dr. Matt
FLASHBACK (May 2013): Cheerios Commercial Featuring Mixed Race Family Gets Racist Backlash (VIDEO)
HURR HURR!!!1!!! THAT WAS ALL TIME-TRAVELING DEMOCRATS FROM TEH 1860’S!!!11!!! ALL TEH RACISTS IS TEH TIME-TRAVELING DEMOCRATS!!!1!!!!11
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Ian G. Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:08:12am |
re: #364 lawhawk
Good for ScarJo!
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She had some great comments about SodaStream and how they employ both Israelis and Palestinians and that they provide full benefits to all their employees regardless of their nationality, religion, or gender.And that any kind of boycott of SodaStream would end up hurting the very people that the BDS folks claim to support.
Yes, we need A LOT more of economic developments like this if there’s ever to be a lasting solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Get people working together, and suddenly they seem rather human, just like you. Also, you’re probably not as likely to kill people who are your customers and creditors and suppliers.
The economic integration between the US and China is one reason why I don’t think World War III will ever erupt between us. Also, the EU paved the way for a continent that loved going to war to enter a period of unprecedented peace.
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Feline Fearless Leader Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:08:41am |
re: #356 Dr Lizardo
A lot depends on what you consider the “Golden Age” for that region, or at least a time when the area would be considered stable and progressive (or at least tolerant) in outlook, and pro-active towards developing the arts, architecture, and expansion of knowledge.
en.wikipedia.org
(If you go by the Arab Caliphate it potentially ended in the 1200s.)
en.wikipedia.org(metaphor)
(With the Ottomans it was probably the 16th century.)
Per the reason for collapse you can probably get a lot of argument about that. Loss of economic power, external threats, etc. I also saw a remark that you can’t really connect scientific/cultural progress to a religion, but it’s that a particular government/society chooses to pursue that course at that time and sort of brings the religion along with it.
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Mattand Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:08:44am |
re: #342 Dr. Matt
Refresh my memory: Did Reince and the RNC boycott Fox after Glenn Beck said President Obama “has a deep-seated hatred for white people”?
Three guesses as to the answer. Here’s a hint: it sounds like “know”.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:13:36am |
All the racist YouTube comments on the #Cheerios ad were posted through a Time Warp by 1860's Democrats. #msnbc #UniteBlue #lnyhbt #tcot— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 30, 2014
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Dr. Matt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:19:53am |
re: #373 Mattand
Three guesses as to the answer. Here’s a hint: it sounds like “know”.
Snow?
Blow?
Joe?
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:20:08am |
Well, well, well.
Look how Faux News is spinning that tweet.
” Cereal apologizers: MSNBC sorry for offensive Tweet about biracial family “
I was looking for that story about the horrible fire that killed 9 people in KY, 8 of them children. Look at the house—abject poverty, I’m sure.
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Political Atheist Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:22:03am |
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:22:16am |
re: #376 Justanotherhuman
Well, well, well.
Look how Faux News is spinning that tweet.
” Cereal apologizers: MSNBC sorry for offensive Tweet about biracial family “
I was looking for that story about the horrible fire that killed 9 people in KY, 8 of them children. Look at the house—abject poverty, I’m sure.
Let me guess. They couldn’t pay the heating bill and they were using an unsafe space heater.
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wrenchwench Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:23:02am |
They go all the way back to when the Anglos met the Saxons #MyRightWingBiracialFamily”— MarkMc (@nmmnboy) January 30, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:24:26am |
#MyRightWingBiracialFamily How dare you call me a racist! Look at how many negroes I own!— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 30, 2014
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Kragar Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:26:27am |
#MyRightWingBiracialFamily “Catholic is a race, right?”— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 30, 2014
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:27:03am |
HURR HURR YOU TEH REAL RACIST!!!1!!!!
@viciousbabushka <— Exactly the type of racism that exists on the left. Perfect example. #MyRightWingBiracialFamily— Brandon Crabtree (@bcrabtree14) January 30, 2014
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Backwoods_Sleuth Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:29:50am |
re: #378 Pie-onist Overlord
Let me guess. They couldn’t pay the heating bill and they were using an unsafe space heater.
No way to know the cause yet. There’s nothing left of the house and they’ve recovered only six bodies so far.
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jaunte Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:29:50am |
re: #382 Pie-onist Overlord
He is also a huge Baketball fan.
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:30:51am |
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ausador Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:32:00am |
I should know better by now than to read anything my cousin recommends, anyone with two framed pictures of Reagan hung in his house should not be trusted when it comes to reading recommendations.
His latest “you have to read this” is a thin volume published by an ex-Air Force Colonel that supposedly gives inside details into the special forces operations.
My major problem with this “groundbreaking book that witnesses and takes part in some of the most significant military events in U.S. history!” Is that it was written in the third person by what you would have to assume to be a teenager who insists upon calling himself “The Hawk!”
“The Hawk” was a desk jockey who possibly if he is to be believed worked on tasking the air missions to transport and support the special forces operations in multiple theaters of war from Vietnam to Afghanistan (a very old Hawk?).
The main subject of the narrative which one has to assume is a composite character is a special forces operator (The Raven!) who was already 23 when wounded and given the Distinguished Service Cross (anonymously, of course) in Laos during the Vietnam war.
According to the book 46 years later the same guy (The Raven!) is still leading ground missions in Afghanistan…
Not only that but I think that “The Hawk” is seriously interested in having babies fathered by “The Raven.”
I didn’t know who he was but the first minute I laid eyes on him I knew he was someone unique. Dressed in a black jumpsuit, black assault boots and an American flag attached with velcro to his sleeve, he stood on top of a berm overlooking an open field that stretched before him. His hair was dark and long, in concert with the relaxed grooming standards popular at the time, but it was his face that was so remarkable. He had the most striking blue eyes I had ever seen, like the deep blue of the Mediterranean sea….
etc, etc…blah, blah, blah…
Sigh…if this is the kind of crap rightwingers read then no wonder they are so effing stupid. I mean do the math, the author was only a baby during Nam and there is no way “The Raven” was even commanding much less leading a special forces team in Afghanistan at 69+ years old.
Arrrgh, asking me to read this shit goes way beyond simple “suspension of disbelief” and deep into “you’ll need a lobotomy to enjoy this” territory. :(
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Pie-onist Overlord Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:32:22am |
“STOP & FRISK” IS NOT “POLICE PROTECTION”!!!
NY's socialist mayor deliberately removes police protection from minorities. http://t.co/mwozmBiNpe— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) January 30, 2014
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Justanotherhuman Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:34:20am |
re: #378 Pie-onist Overlord
Let me guess. They couldn’t pay the heating bill and they were using an unsafe space heater.
They probably couldn’t afford to buy oil and at any rate, were probably using some kind of old oil heater. See the tank on the side of the house? And it’s a small house for 11 people. No mining anymore and people are extremely poor with nothing to replace it.
Either this
Or even this
Image: il_340x270.554080797_jnwm.jpg
I lived in houses when I was a kid that had both types.
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ObserverArt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:39:20am |
re: #366 Charles Johnson
The constant flood of overt racism from today’s right is bad enough, but the *whining* when they’re called out on it is insufferable.
I swear all of this is calculated.
They always - ALWAYS - do this seemingly to send a message to that funky base they play too.
And as I always ask and wonder, how do they think it helps them in anyway? No one in that party can be that stupid to do and say the stupid things they do. So, I still say they think it plays to the base and it will help them in the future somehow. How?
The only thing they do to try to bring in new people is pay lip service with stuff like Reince Priebus saying they are working to be a more open and inclusive party, and they do not have a war against women, etc.
Blow it up! There apparently is no one in that party capable of real political strategy.
Or, the worst fear…they are all driven by ALEC, the Kochs and other big business types and regular voters no longer count and they do not care about the presidency. And why wouldn’t they care about the presidency? Maybe they think with all of their dollars, gerrymandering and selling to the base in those gerrymandered districts they can keep the house and get the senate and can continue to block and democratic president.
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ObserverArt Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:41:43am |
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Romantic Heretic Thu, Jan 30, 2014 10:42:00am |
re: #284 Killgore Trout
I think he’s testing the waters to see how much he can get away with. I don’t think there’s much danger of international action.
Unfortunately there can’t be any international action, meaning troops on the ground, without breaking the law. A nation’s sovereignty is sacrosanct. Syria is still an independent nation, and Assad is its leader.
Sucks, but the alternative is worse. You have no idea how relieved I am that the U.S. invasion of Iraq was not used as an excuse by some nations to invade other countries. We could easily have slid back to the days before WWI, when nations tried to improve their security through alliances like The Central Powers and the Étente Cordiale did. Then something would happen, like an Austrian Arch-Duke being assassinated in Serbia, and the dominoes start to fall. This time around all the major powers will have WMD.
We’ve come a long way, and it wouldn’t be a good idea to go back.
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chadu Thu, Jan 30, 2014 6:44:45pm |
re: #353 Kragar
Responding to a caller who warned that “there’s a black cloud over our national capital” that is bringing down America, Rios said that there is a “spiritual” element to the political battle: “I do think what we’re facing here is otherworldly, there is a supernatural power to this president that I can’t—that I think most of us have picked up, those of us who believe in God and believe that there are other forces at work here, but we don’t know what God’s mind is on this.”
Hey, Ms. Rios, since you “don’t know what God’s mind is on this” why not try entertaining the idea that maybe God is behind the “supernatural power to this president”?
Oh, wait. That would mean that maybe, just possibly, you’re on the wrong side.
Huh.
No, I got it: God’s behind Obama, because Antichrist Prophecy Benghazi Arugula Alinsky. (Fixed that for you.)
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