Video: Conan O'Brien Breitbarts Julia Roberts

Video: Conan O’Brien Breitbarts Julia Roberts

The Andrew Breitbart technique goes mainstream

Charles Johnson

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Kragar Fri, May 13, 2011 5:22:04pm

I love when nouns become verbs

Obdicut Fri, May 13, 2011 5:22:33pm

re: #1 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I love when nouns become verbs

I call that 'verbing'.

Kragar Fri, May 13, 2011 5:32:33pm

More proof that the end times are upon us.

Duke Nukem forever can now be pre-purchased.

Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, May 13, 2011 5:32:55pm

I have a deep-seated fear of people with freakishly huge mouths like Julia Roberts. Like Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler, I suspect they're Not Of This Earth.

Youtube Video

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 5:34:41pm

re: #3 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Party at Albusteve's!

Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, May 13, 2011 5:34:47pm

re: #3 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

More proof that the end times are upon us.

Duke Nukem forever can now be pre-purchased.

Image: duke-nukem-forever-pre-order-receipt-slash-000.jpg

Note the date on the receipt:

08-10-2001

I sorta hope they delay it again, just for laughs.

Mocking Jay Fri, May 13, 2011 5:42:00pm

re: #6 negativ

Mocking Jay Fri, May 13, 2011 5:43:59pm

re: #7 JasonA

Huh. My post didn't show up. I said:

Oh my God! I thought only we New Yorkers had sales tax that high!

Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 5:44:09pm

re: #6 negativ

Image: duke-nukem-forever-pre-order-receipt-slash-000.jpg

Note the date on the receipt:

08-10-2001

I sorta hope they delay it again, just for laughs.

I'm almost tempted to go in on release day, before the local Gamestop opens, and see how many guys my age or older are there, yellowed reserve slip in hand. Then go online that night and watch the reviewers take turns tearing it a new one.

Killgore Trout Fri, May 13, 2011 5:44:42pm

Bretbart's gimmick is going to get old eventually. It's easy to edit these videos and even though the wingnuts still blindly believe them eventually they're going to get tired of being duped. It's only a matter of time. His entire career is based on bogus videos. It won't last.

Killgore Trout Fri, May 13, 2011 5:46:54pm

re: #9 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

I'm almost tempted to go in on release day, before the local Gamestop opens, and see how many guys my age or older are there, yellowed reserve slip in hand. Then go online that night and watch the reviewers take turns tearing it a new one.

What's worse is the game probably isn't going to be very good and will most likely suck. Whoever owns the rights is probably just pushing out some garbage to capitalize on the almost decade long joke.

Kragar Fri, May 13, 2011 5:48:29pm

re: #9 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

I'm almost tempted to go in on release day, before the local Gamestop opens, and see how many guys my age or older are there, yellowed reserve slip in hand. Then go online that night and watch the reviewers take turns tearing it a new one.

I'm going to go in and ask when the new Battletoads is due out.

darthstar Fri, May 13, 2011 5:50:20pm

These are video games?

Killgore Trout Fri, May 13, 2011 5:50:34pm

Not from The Onion......
Abortion debate stokes end-of-session tensions

State Rep. Tishaura Jones, a St. Louis Democrat, offered an amendment to the bill that said "all male children shall have a vasectomy before the age of twelve."
....
State Rep. Nick Marshall, a Platte City Republican, offered an amendment to Jones' amendment, changing the language to say "all male children of Democrats" shall have a vasectomy "unless they renounced the Democrat party by affidavit signed and verified."

Charles Johnson Fri, May 13, 2011 5:51:01pm

Been playing Portal 2 and it's really fun. Some very tough puzzles to figure out.

Killgore Trout Fri, May 13, 2011 5:51:13pm

re: #13 darthstar

These are video games?

It's all the rage. there's an arcade in almost every mall these days.

darthstar Fri, May 13, 2011 5:52:12pm

re: #16 Killgore Trout

It's all the rage. there's an arcade in almost every mall these days.

Guarantee me Missile Command and Defender and I'll bring a shitload of quarters.

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 5:53:08pm

re: #16 Killgore Trout

It's just a fad. Some other goo-gaw or what-not will come out and the kids will forget all about this vidja game nonsense.

Killgore Trout Fri, May 13, 2011 5:54:40pm

re: #15 Charles

Been playing Portal 2 and it's really fun. Some very tough puzzles to figure out.

I posted a link last night of Easter eggs and spoilers. There are some very interesting plot points that I missed while playing the game. I think it's very cool that the developers actually hid some very interesting story lines instead of beating their audience over the head with it. Read up on the game after you're finished playing. I found it really interesting.

Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 5:54:44pm

re: #11 Killgore Trout

What's worse is the game probably isn't going to be very good and will most likely suck. Whoever owns the rights is probably just pushing out some garbage to capitalize on the almost decade long joke.

I'm pretty sure that Gearbox (company that bought the rights from 3D Realms and is releasing it) did so more out of the desire of the fandom to see the game finally released than any real belief that it's going to be the best damned game ever. To quote a prominent game reviewer:

"I just hope 3D Realms understands that if this doesn't turn out to be history's greatest contribution to human culture and the cure for at least one type of cancer then I and every other reviewer on earth are going to saw its bollocks off."

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 5:57:10pm

re: #19 Killgore Trout

Sooner or later they're gonna reveal that the initial incident at Black Mesa was the result of corporate sabotage carried out by an agent of Aperture. Maybe.

Linden Arden Fri, May 13, 2011 5:58:27pm

re: #4 negativ

I have a deep-seated fear of people with freakishly huge mouths like Julia Roberts. Like Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler, I suspect they're Not Of This Earth.

[Video]

Strange. When I was a young kid I has a huge crush on Carly Simon - thought she was gorgeous mouth and all.

She was mysterious too. And 'You're So Vain' is classic.

Kragar Fri, May 13, 2011 6:00:16pm

re: #15 Charles

Been playing Portal 2 and it's really fun. Some very tough puzzles to figure out.

Holding out for the 3 new DLC updates for New Vegas.

Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 6:01:06pm

re: #23 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Holding out for the 3 new DLC updates for New Vegas.

Seen the trailer for Honest Hearts yet?

Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, May 13, 2011 6:01:13pm

re: #9 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

I'm almost tempted to go in on release day, before the local Gamestop opens, and see how many guys my age or older are there, yellowed reserve slip in hand. Then go online that night and watch the reviewers take turns tearing it a new one.

The only reviews worth the time are those by Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation.

And he's already reviewed Duke Nukem Forever.

Kragar Fri, May 13, 2011 6:01:43pm

re: #24 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Seen the trailer for Honest Hearts yet?

Holding out to avoid spoilers

albusteve Fri, May 13, 2011 6:02:00pm

re: #22 Linden Arden

Strange. When I was a young kid I has a huge crush on Carly Simon - thought she was gorgeous mouth and all.

She was mysterious too. And 'You're So Vain' is classic.

written about her not so friendly buddy.....
Mick Jagger

albusteve Fri, May 13, 2011 6:04:27pm

re: #25 negativ

The only reviews worth the time are those by Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation.

And he's already reviewed Duke Nukem Forever.

too frantic for me....have to pass

sod Fri, May 13, 2011 6:05:00pm

re: #17 darthstar

Guarantee me Missile Command and Defender and I'll bring a shitload of quarters.

When I was a kid, my friend's mom's boyfriend finished their basement, ran cable down there and as if that wasn't enough, put in a Missile Command machine.

It was awesome.

Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 6:05:08pm

re: #25 negativ

The only reviews worth the time are those by Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation.

And he's already reviewed Duke Nukem Forever.

Yeah, only downside is that Yahtzee, as he has lamented on more than one occasion, is hampered by the Aussie gov't's almost draconian restrictions on video game imports. Somehow, I get the impression that he's gonna be almost forced to smuggle in a copy of DNF through the black market in order to play it.

Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, May 13, 2011 6:06:44pm

re: #11 Killgore Trout

What's worse is the game probably isn't going to be very good and will most likely suck. Whoever owns the rights is probably just pushing out some garbage to capitalize on the almost decade long joke.

The sad thing is, it doesn't matter how good it is. It will get trashed, regardless, simply because of its legendary status as vaporware.

Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, May 13, 2011 6:07:58pm

re: #22 Linden Arden

Strange. When I was a young kid I has a huge crush on Carly Simon - thought she was gorgeous mouth and all.

She was mysterious too. And 'You're So Vain' is classic.

Pfft. You probably thought that song was about you.

lazardo Fri, May 13, 2011 6:11:24pm

Didn't Stephen Colbert pioneer the technique?

Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 6:16:55pm

re: #31 negativ

The sad thing is, it doesn't matter how good it is. It will get trashed, regardless, simply because of its legendary status as vaporware.

It'll get trashed like all games that get overhyped, the trashing will just be extra-nasty because of the long waiting period on this one. Valve is looking forward to the same treatment, if and when it ever decides to release Half 2: Episode 3.

Mocking Jay Fri, May 13, 2011 6:17:59pm

re: #34 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

It'll get trashed like all games that get overhyped, the trashing will just be extra-nasty because of the long waiting period on this one. Valve is looking forward to the same treatment, if and when it ever decides to release Half 2: Episode 3.

Anyone else remember Daikatana? Oooboy.

Charles Johnson Fri, May 13, 2011 6:19:58pm

Sarah Palin just retweeted this -- a crazy blogger's post that says liberals can't possibly be true patriots because they don't love this country with a blind unquestioning love. Good grief.

Twitter / @Sarah Palin: Oh, you captured it!Love o ...

Oh, you captured it!Love of country...MT"@streeterryan: @JonahNRO wrote very Chestertonian Goldberg today on patriotism [Link: bit.ly...]

It's Chestertonian!

Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 6:20:05pm

re: #35 JasonA

Anyone else remember Daikatana? Oooboy.

Yeah, John Romero never quite picked himself up after that one, did he?

albusteve Fri, May 13, 2011 6:22:19pm

re: #36 Charles

Sarah Palin just retweeted this -- a crazy blogger's post that says liberals can't possibly be true patriots because they don't love this country with a blind unquestioning love. Good grief.

Twitter / @Sarah Palin: Oh, you captured it!Love o ...

It's Chestertonian!

if you discipline your children, it's proof you don't care for them
same thing

laZardo Fri, May 13, 2011 6:23:37pm

re: #34 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

It'll get trashed like all games that get overhyped, the trashing will just be extra-nasty because of the long waiting period on this one. Valve is looking forward to the same treatment, if and when it ever decides to release Half 2: Episode 3.

"What about the game, Duke? Was it any good?"
"Yeah, but after twelve fucking years it better be."

Kragar Fri, May 13, 2011 6:24:05pm

re: #35 JasonA

Anyone else remember Daikatana? Oooboy.

Are we all still John Romero's bitches?

Charles Johnson Fri, May 13, 2011 6:24:31pm

We're finding out where Sarah Palin gets her news.

Mocking Jay Fri, May 13, 2011 6:25:14pm

re: #41 Charles

We're finding out where Sarah Palin gets her news.

"Sarah, which Twitterers do you follow?"
"All of 'em!"

albusteve Fri, May 13, 2011 6:25:46pm

the GOP digs this tune, but they don't know why

Youtube Video

albusteve Fri, May 13, 2011 6:26:59pm

re: #40 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Are we all still John Romero's bitches?

only if you have to kill Flying Pigs once on a while...so yeah

Kragar Fri, May 13, 2011 6:30:11pm

re: #41 Charles

We're finding out where Sarah Palin gets her news.

Do tell.

albusteve Fri, May 13, 2011 6:33:21pm

wow....after an overwhelming response, Ill post some more Dan

Youtube Video

bite it

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:36:52pm

Hey all!

I'm so out of the popular culture thing. I can't tell if you all are talking about a movie or a videogame.

I agree with the big mouth thing. Looks freaky.

HOw is everyone?

Obdicut Fri, May 13, 2011 6:37:26pm

re: #36 Charles

G.K. Chesterton is not someone that whackjobs should cite in support of themselves.

"It is true that there is a thing crudely called charity, which means charity to the deserving poor, but charity to the deserving is not charity at all, but justice."

"There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less."

"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."

"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."

And last:

"Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions."

That one is my personal favorite.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:37:45pm

The more BORING a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being GOOD PARENTS -- because they have a TAME CHILD-CREATURE in their house.

Charles, we really need a way to up-ding Frank!

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:38:36pm

"Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions."

Obdicut, I agree!

Obdicut Fri, May 13, 2011 6:40:14pm

G.K. Chesterton also really liked athiests because he felt that they took the topic of God very seriously.

He was a weird and brilliant dude. A lot of fun.

For anyone who's read the Sandman series of graphic novels, the character of Fiddler's Green is based on Chesterton.

Page 3 in the Binder of Women Fri, May 13, 2011 6:41:15pm

Steve - drive by, but I just heard the most fantastic bob marley story on NPR/BBC. See if you can find - it just played. Oh it was sit on your car till it's over NPR.

Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 6:43:01pm

re: #48 Obdicut

G.K. Chesterton is not someone that whackjobs should cite in support of themselves.

And last:

That one is my personal favorite.

These are the same people who worship at the altar of Ayn Rand, yet never seem to reach that part in her diatribes where she makes clear her disgust with religion and charity of any kind.

albusteve Fri, May 13, 2011 6:44:39pm

re: #52 Stanley Sea

Steve - drive by, but I just heard the most fantastic bob marley story on NPR/BBC. See if you can find - it just played. Oh it was sit on your car till it's over NPR.

he did a lot of outstanding stuff, and a peaceful guy too
post it if you can

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 6:45:00pm

re: #36 Charles

Sarah Palin just retweeted this -- a crazy blogger's post that says liberals can't possibly be true patriots because they don't love this country with a blind unquestioning love. Good grief.

Twitter / @Sarah Palin: Oh, you captured it!Love o ...

It's Chestertonian!

I never realized this, but my mother never really loved me. If she did, she wouldn't have nagged me to finish my homework or told me off when I was rude or selfish.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:45:47pm

re: #53 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

These are the same people who worship at the altar of Ayn Rand, yet never seem to reach that part in her diatribes where she makes clear her disgust with religion and charity of any kind.

I know! I learned a lot from Rand, mostly the difference between selfishness and rational self-interest. Which was useful to me.

I never thought of her as fitting any political label.

What I don't get about the Atlas Shrugged movie is the blatant unmarried sex--main strong female character actually wanting sex even. Wingnuts must have turned themselves inside and out accepting it.

Charles Johnson Fri, May 13, 2011 6:47:09pm

re: #48 Obdicut

G.K. Chesterton is not someone that whackjobs should cite in support of themselves.

Palin and her fellow travelers live in a world in which nobody ever checks this kind of stuff.

Kragar Fri, May 13, 2011 6:48:53pm

re: #57 Charles

Palin and her fellow travelers live in a world in which nobody ever checks this kind of stuff.

Context is nothing.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:49:12pm

re: #51 Obdicut

G.K. Chesterton also really liked athiests because he felt that they took the topic of God very seriously.

He was a weird and brilliant dude. A lot of fun.

For anyone who's read the Sandman series of graphic novels, the character of Fiddler's Green is based on Chesterton.

I've never read Chesterton. I know I should, but am not really interested in theology right now.

I'm on a Rome kick. Have Robert Graves, I Claudius in my cue for Audible.

Except for the concept of urban sewage removal and the baths, I've decided that living in Rome pretty much sucked. Even for the wealthy. I need ALL my modern ammenities, civil rights and food safety.

reine.de.tout Fri, May 13, 2011 6:50:02pm

re: #49 ggt

The more BORING a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being GOOD PARENTS -- because they have a TAME CHILD-CREATURE in their house.

Charles, we really need a way to up-ding Frank!

I must have been a terrible parent then, because my kid was not tame by any stretch of the imagination, and is still . . . well-loved but difficult, let me put it that way.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:50:20pm

re: #58 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Context is nothing.

Which one was it that referenced a military battle that was completely wrong --Michelle Bachman?

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 6:50:33pm

re: #48 Obdicut

"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."

Well, true in both cases, although some people get worn down enough to leave either, or both.

The exact quote that the 'right or wrong' folks are always mangling is: "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right."

The idea that one loves a country more when one is absolutely blind to its faults is insane. It's also a rather transparent lie, since the Palinites are always bitching and moaning about everything that's gone wrong with the country, and talking about how they want to fix it up and make it like it should be, but would never dream of saying that their complaints about America losing her way mean they love her the less.

Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 6:52:35pm

re: #14 Killgore Trout

Not from The Onion...
Abortion debate stokes end-of-session tensions

They ought to have a "Dumbest State Legislator" award. The monthly "winner" would be barred from public office for life.

Mocking Jay Fri, May 13, 2011 6:52:55pm

For those interested, Farscape, the whole damn series, is streaming live on Netflix. For those not interested... I don't like you.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:53:23pm

re: #62 SanFranciscoZionist

"My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."

Well, true in both cases, although some people get worn down enough to leave either, or both.

The exact quote that the 'right or wrong' folks are always mangling is: "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right."

The idea that one loves a country more when one is absolutely blind to its faults is insane. It's also a rather transparent lie, since the Palinites are always bitching and moaning about everything that's gone wrong with the country, and talking about how they want to fix it up and make it like it should be, but would never dream of saying that their complaints about America losing her way mean they love her the less.

I try to be reasonable. Like, My President whether or not I voted for him. Regardless of whether or not I voted for the office holder, he won the election and I will stand with the election results.

I would just hope that My Country, right or wrong means that we are able to acknowledge and learn when we are wrong. It's just that the blame is ALWAYS on the other "side of the aisle" and I'm damed tired of it.

albusteve Fri, May 13, 2011 6:53:38pm

re: #60 reine.de.tout

I must have been a terrible parent then, because my kid was not tame by any stretch of the imagination, and is still . . . well-loved but difficult, let me put it that way.

I never measured my parenting compared to anybody...parents that need to have a problem...you do what you have to do and learn along the way

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 6:54:08pm

re: #61 ggt

Which one was it that referenced a military battle that was completely wrong --Michelle Bachman?

Bachmann, IIRC, complimented the people of New Hampshire on Concord and Lexington.

She also, IIRC, screamed something about this being just like the charge of the Light Brigade on mike at some Tea Party event, which is less an historical error, and more of a WTF? moment.

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 6:54:36pm

re: #63 Dark_Falcon

They ought to have a "Dumbest State Legislator" award. The monthly "winner" would be barred from public office for life.

Sadly, I expect they would immediately get a TV show.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:55:01pm

re: #63 Dark_Falcon

They ought to have a "Dumbest State Legislator" award. The monthly "winner" would be barred from public office for life.

legislation ad absurdum?

someone, help me with the latin.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:55:25pm

legislation reductio absurdam?

Decatur Deb Fri, May 13, 2011 6:56:28pm

re: #59 ggt

I've never read Chesterton. I know I should, but am not really interested in theology right now.

I'm on a Rome kick. Have Robert Graves, I Claudius in my cue for Audible.

Except for the concept of urban sewage removal and the baths, I've decided that living in Rome pretty much sucked. Even for the wealthy. I need ALL my modern ammenities, civil rights and food safety.

He's not all about theology--this is fairly cool, about pre-Christian England:

[Link: www.gutenberg.org...]

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:56:35pm

re: #67 SanFranciscoZionist

Bachmann, IIRC, complimented the people of New Hampshire on Concord and Lexington.

She also, IIRC, screamed something about this being just like the charge of the Light Brigade on mike at some Tea Party event, which is less an historical error, and more of a WTF? moment.

That's right, Charge of the Light Brigade. Something I should be able to remember. Thanks.

Fact checking is not a Tea Party strong point.

Obdicut Fri, May 13, 2011 6:56:45pm

re: #59 ggt

Chesterton wrote a lot of stuff other than theology. He is surreal beyond belief in many ways.

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

Set in a phantasmagoric London where policemen are poets and anarchists camouflage themselves as, well, anarchists, his 1907 novel offers up one highly colored enigma after another. If that weren't enough, the author also throws in an elephant chase and a hot-air-balloon pursuit in which the pursuers suffer from "the persistent refusal of the balloon to follow the roads, and the still more persistent refusal of the cabmen to follow the balloon."

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:57:36pm

re: #71 Decatur Deb

He's not all about theology--this is fairly cool, about pre-Christian England:

[Link: www.gutenberg.org...]

I'm still on the major fiction escapism train.

Did he write any fiction?

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 6:58:29pm

re: #73 Obdicut

Chesterton wrote a lot of stuff other than theology. He is surreal beyond belief in many ways.

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

Wait, I did read that.

Yes, it was very bizarre. I had to re-read lots of it.

Decatur Deb Fri, May 13, 2011 7:00:51pm

re: #74 ggt

I'm still on the major fiction escapism train.

Did he write any fiction?

The "Father Brown" series of somewhat cutesy mysteries--Tom Bosley played him on TV.

albusteve Fri, May 13, 2011 7:03:21pm

Chesterton is like Ambien to some people

Obdicut Fri, May 13, 2011 7:07:27pm

re: #76 Decatur Deb

I just want to see Palin and other Tea Party whackjobs start quoting this:

"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."

Chesterton did not like rich people. At all.

"Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it."

The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.

Mocking Jay Fri, May 13, 2011 7:09:55pm

re: #78 Obdicut

How UnAmerican!

Oh. He wasn't American? Nevermind...

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 7:13:30pm

re: #76 Decatur Deb

The "Father Brown" series of somewhat cutesy mysteries--Tom Bosley played him on TV.

Were the books better than the show?

Decatur Deb Fri, May 13, 2011 7:15:13pm

re: #80 ggt

Were the books better than the show?

"The Flying Nun" was better than the show.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 7:17:30pm

Speaking of raising children.

What's wrong with being a plumber?

Mike Rowe of Discovery's Dirtiest Jobs Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

worth sharing.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 7:18:25pm

re: #81 Decatur Deb

"The Flying Nun" was better than the show.

ha!

I think I've listened to a lot of Father Brown short stores on Classic Tales Podcast. Most were pretty simple, although some nice humor.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 7:23:21pm

Right now, American manufacturing is struggling to fill 200,000 vacant positions. There are 450,000 openings in trades, transportation and utilities. The skills gap is real, and it's getting wider. In Alabama, a third of all skilled tradesmen are over 55. They're retiring fast, and no one is there to replace them.

From my link above. If these figures are correct, why aren't they being tauted by the MSM? Why aren't they an election issue?

Perhaps the skills needed for the jobs described need to taught at Universities in order to be accepted.

Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 7:25:32pm

re: #68 SanFranciscoZionist

Sadly, I expect they would immediately get a TV show.

That might be one of the benefits, since the public might get in the habit of voting for people who don't DERP.

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 7:25:51pm

We send our kids to college and they can't find jobs and have to import skilled labor?

Digital Display Fri, May 13, 2011 7:27:37pm

Halftime with the Thunder game..Up by ten..Either way..Can I rant some? I never rant..
The refereeing in the NBA is the worst of all sports..I am so effen pissed..For many years it has been considered by many corrupt..I'm not saying it's corrupt tonight..( Who knows...Some refs went to Jail) You just don't see this in other sports.. How many times when you see a crappy call the Refs make up the call on the other end?
Look If I am driving the lane and pass the ball and someone steps in front of me is that a offensive foul? I don't have the ball..Effen effen effen.. Lousy hometown calls..It's not a charge..But wait..They call a ticky tacky call at the other end to make up for that..
This just isn't right..I like college ball better...
Sorry I feel better..Effen Refs

Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 7:28:30pm

re: #87 HoosierHoops

Halftime with the Thunder game..Up by ten..Either way..Can I rant some? I never rant..
The refereeing in the NBA is the worst of all sports..I am so effen pissed..For many years it has been considered by many corrupt..I'm not saying it's corrupt tonight..( Who knows...Some refs went to Jail) You just don't see this in other sports.. How many times when you see a crappy call the Refs make up the call on the other end?
Look If I am driving the lane and pass the ball and someone steps in front of me is that a offensive foul? I don't have the ball..Effen effen effen.. Lousy hometown calls..It's not a charge..But wait..They call a ticky tacky call at the other end to make up for that..
This just isn't right..I like college ball better...
Sorry I feel better..Effen Refs

Lotta money to be made in professional sports. legally and illegally

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:28:59pm

re: #82 ggt

Speaking of raising children.

What's wrong with being a plumber?

Mike Rowe of Discovery's Dirtiest Jobs Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

worth sharing.

Definitely worth sharing. You should dig this one as well.

Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American Labor

The man is very well spoken.

Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 7:29:59pm

I'm thinking a "Twitter Strawman" would be a good D&D/LGF Crossocer evil NPC. Something weak but dangerous if set ablaze by burning stupid. I intend it as a backhand to the Stalkers. What does everyone think?

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:30:33pm

re: #84 ggt

From my link above. If these figures are correct, why aren't they being tauted by the MSM? Why aren't they an election issue?

Well, you do remember what happened to the last plumber the MSM made famous, right?
/

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:31:29pm

re: #90 Dark_Falcon

I'm thinking a "Twitter Strawman" would be a good D&D/LGF Crossocer evil NPC. Something weak but dangerous if set ablaze by burning stupid. I intend it as a backhand to the Stalkers. What does everyone think?

I think you're a nerd. But a lovable nerd.

Amory Blaine Fri, May 13, 2011 7:32:34pm

Just FYI. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin just announced he's retiring at the end of his term in '12.

Killgore Trout Fri, May 13, 2011 7:33:21pm

re: #82 ggt

Speaking of raising children.

What's wrong with being a plumber?

Mike Rowe of Discovery's Dirtiest Jobs Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

worth sharing.

I did a page about that last night. interestingly, I also heard an interview with michio kaku on the radio today and he said pretty much the same thing. Auto workers, service industry, manufacturing, etc are all going to be replaced with computers and robots soon. Construction, plumbers, carpenters, are the jobs of the future.

Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 7:33:52pm

re: #92 Slumbering Behemoth

I think you're a nerd. But a lovable nerd.

"My other car is the TCS Midway"

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:35:05pm

re: #94 Killgore Trout

Construction, plumbers, carpenters, are the jobs of the future.

Not to mention skilled robot repairmen.

SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 7:36:05pm

re: #91 Slumbering Behemoth

Well, you do remember what happened to the last plumber the MSM made famous, right?
/

He ended up reporting on the Middle East crisis, I think.

//Look, Joe was not a typical plumber. Most of them, you know, plumb, and save political commentary for blogs and their friends.

Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 7:36:06pm

re: #95 Varek Raith

"My other car is the TCS Midway"

"What happens in New Vegas, stays in New Vegas."

Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 7:36:59pm

re: #93 Amory Blaine

Just FYI. Herb Kohl of Wisconsin just announced he's retiring at the end of his term in '12.

Kohl's a good egg. I hope A Republican replaces him, of course, but he has been a good Senator.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:38:02pm

re: #98 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

"What happens in New Vegas, stays in New Vegas."

But that's only due to limited world map size. What happened in New Reno got spread all over the west coast.

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Decatur Deb Fri, May 13, 2011 7:38:09pm

re: #86 ggt

We send our kids to college and they can't find jobs and have to import skilled labor?

That's so our kids can tell the skilled laborers how to do their jobs, if the kids took Spanish.

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Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 7:38:23pm

re: #92 Slumbering Behemoth

I think you're a nerd. But a lovable nerd.

I play Classic Battletech. Of course I'm a nerd.

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Decatur Deb Fri, May 13, 2011 7:38:53pm

re: #99 Dark_Falcon

Kohl's a good egg. I hope A Republican replaces him, of course, but he has been a good Senator.

Scott Walker might be available.

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 7:39:14pm

re: #100 Slumbering Behemoth

But that's only due to limited world map size. What happened in New Reno got spread all over the west coast.

Including, in my playthrough, three mafia dons innards. Nothing quite like backstabbing the guy who's paying you big bucks to backstab his rivals.

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laZardo Fri, May 13, 2011 7:39:24pm

Speaking of nerds, here's an actual "review" of a Gundam fanfiction, unedited and by a user named "tensho zabuza":

hey, this is a piece of **. I was throwing up the entire time i read this garbage, I hope you choke and die. To disgrace the late prince Robin Williams Tribute to a board games and the roaring 50s is blasphemy. nay heresy. Not only have you dishonored Robin williams, but you have Dishonored your family. Now, The VERY IDEA of putting GUNDAM into this universe IS ** RETARDED. you fail as a writer, a reader, a fan of anime, and a ** HUMAN BEING for being this utter incompetent, ** choke and die. Gundams are the shiznet boitch. I remember the first time i watched

I haven't read the actual fanfiction, but I can safely say it's not as wantonly stupid-funny as the comment unless it's deliberate.

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 7:42:30pm

re: #105 laZardo

Speaking of nerds, here's an actual "review" of a Gundam fanfiction, unedited and by a user named "tensho zabuza":

I haven't read the actual fanfiction, but I can safely say it's not as wantonly stupid-funny as the comment unless it's deliberate.

Psycho Gundam fan is psycho.

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ProGunLiberal Fri, May 13, 2011 7:42:34pm

re: #99 Dark_Falcon

Sorry, not going to trust a Republican to do what is best for the nation. Their policies have brought us ruin.

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Decatur Deb Fri, May 13, 2011 7:43:46pm

Chesterton on workers, and soldiers, and politicians:

The men that worked for England
They have their graves at home:
And bees and birds of England
About the cross can roam.

But they that fought for England,
Following a falling star,
Alas, alas for England
They have their graves afar.

And they that rule in England,
In stately conclave met,
Alas, alas for England,
They have no graves as yet.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:44:28pm

re: #104 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Including, in my playthrough, three mafia dons innards. Nothing quite like backstabbing the guy who's paying you big bucks to backstab his rivals.

Playing all sides against the middle. That part of the game was definitely inspired by "A Fist Full of Dollars".

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bratwurst Fri, May 13, 2011 7:44:31pm

re: #87 HoosierHoops

The refereeing in the NBA is the worst of all sports..

I don't know about that...watch any pro wrestling lately? How do those guys keep their jobs?
/

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:47:44pm

re: #104 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Including, in my playthrough, three mafia dons innards. Nothing quite like backstabbing the guy who's paying you big bucks to backstab his rivals.

Oh, BTW, you fucked up. You let one live.

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 7:48:00pm

re: #109 Slumbering Behemoth

Playing all sides against the middle. That part of the game was definitely inspired by "A Fist Full of Dollars".

Of course, in my case, I exploited a game loophole by making a harrowing journey through 3/4 of the game, grabbing up the best armor and weapons before I'd even reached level 5, then proceeded to play the game normally.

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 7:48:47pm

re: #112 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Of course, in my case, I exploited a game loophole by making a harrowing journey through 3/4 of the game, grabbing up the best armor and weapons before I'd even reached level 5, then proceeded to play the game normally.

Tsk tsk tsk

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Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 7:50:12pm

re: #103 Decatur Deb

Scott Walker might be available.

Not gonna happen. I found out Kohl was retiring on CNN's "Political Ticker" from my phone. Sadly, it also had the comments, and those were ugly. A Sample:

ConservaFASCISTS

Good luck for any republican trying to take this seat. You guys dug yourselves a hole in Wiscinsin.
May 13, 2011 10:53 am at 10:53 am |
Democrat Class Warfare - Destroying the economy, destroying the country

Didn't want to go down to defeat with all the other Democrat Senators and Obama in 2012. Good move. I expect many more to make the same decision.
May 13, 2011 11:01 am at 11:01 am |
gt

KOHL a man of few words .... and less political accomplishment... he wont be missed....
May 13, 2011 11:02 am at 11:02 am |
derpydoo

Good. 1 less Dumbocrat.
May 13, 2011 11:03 am at 11:03 am |

johnmenacherjr

Man i will miss Herb what a guy and was never bought! Down with Walker and his stooges!
May 13, 2011 12:16 pm at 12:16 pm |

It's still better than Fox, but that's not saying much.

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laZardo Fri, May 13, 2011 7:50:14pm

A warning, the Philippine House of Representatives will resume their session on the Reproductive Health Bill next week.

If passed, the bill will make contraceptives available to poor families that request it. It does not legalize abortion, but the local Catholic Church is still up in torches and pitchforks mode about it. They have already threatened to excommunicate our President for supporting it, causing him to relent to "I'll enter dialogues about it".

If at any time I get antsy at certain political demographics, it's gonna get real ugly.

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freetoken Fri, May 13, 2011 7:50:28pm

re: #94 Killgore Trout

Construction, plumbers, carpenters, are the jobs of the future.

Skilled trades will always be in demand (though income obviously varies from time to time.)

Machinists, welders, woodworkers of all types, masons, etc. are needed. Not day laborers who get put in those jobs short time and often do sub-quality work (which I've seen around here quite a bit), but rather people who spend their lives perfecting a particular craft.

The problem I see, and this is one of my favorite soap boxes, is that Americans as consumers are too willing to settle for low quality. Low quality service and low quality products.

Low quality food, too.

Speaking of which, are you aware of the latest BBC series on the Gardens of Italy, by Monty Don?

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 7:51:14pm

re: #113 Varek Raith

Tsk tsk tsk

Now now, there's a difference between cheating and exploiting.

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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 7:51:21pm

re: #89 Slumbering Behemoth

Definitely worth sharing. You should dig this one as well.

Dirty Jobs' Mike Rowe on Lamb Castration, PETA, and American Labor

The man is very well spoken.

Fan fucking Tastic!

Slumbering, thank you for posting. I made a pages on it, gave you credit and posted on my facebook.

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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 7:52:35pm

re: #94 Killgore Trout

I did a page about that last night. interestingly, I also heard an interview with michio kaku on the radio today and he said pretty much the same thing. Auto workers, service industry, manufacturing, etc are all going to be replaced with computers and robots soon. Construction, plumbers, carpenters, are the jobs of the future.

We should do a page every day. Keep it in the forefront.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:52:49pm

re: #116 freetoken

If I got a do-over, I would love to either be a stone mason or a blacksmith.

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Killgore Trout Fri, May 13, 2011 7:53:07pm

re: #116 freetoken

Speaking of which, are you aware of the latest BBC series on the Gardens of Italy, by Monty Don?

I haven't but I'll keep an eye out for it. I'm a Monty Don fan, I might be the only one.

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 7:53:34pm

re: #117 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Now now, there's a difference between cheating and exploiting.

That's ok. I remember getting power armor at level 2 in FO2.

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freetoken Fri, May 13, 2011 7:53:47pm

I dare anyone to go out and try to find someone who can make you a pair of shoes.

Years ago I tried, around here in SD. From my research I found 1 guy in Tijuana who supposedly could (but I didn't go with him). None in SD county. Supposedly there was a guy up in Hollywood who made shoes for the famous.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:54:05pm

re: #118 ggt

Aw, you're too sweet. *smooch*

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 7:55:01pm

re: #111 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh, BTW, you fucked up. You let one live.

Eh, I got the ending I aimed for. If I'd killed all four dons, the city would have fallen apart.

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laZardo Fri, May 13, 2011 7:55:27pm

re: #123 freetoken

I dare anyone to go out and try to find someone who can make you a pair of shoes.

I did, on a field trip to Marikina back in middle school.

/Imelda singlehandedly kept the city in business. ;P

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 7:55:29pm

re: #125 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Eh, I got the ending I aimed for. If I'd killed all four dons, the city would have fallen apart.

...
So?
/eeevil

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freetoken Fri, May 13, 2011 7:55:48pm

re: #121 Killgore Trout

I haven't but I'll keep an eye out for it. I'm a Monty Don fan, I might be the only one.

By all means look for it. Monty describes the historical significance of gardens in 4 regions of Italy, with examples mostly from the Renaissance and later but originates with Hadrian and includes 20th century examples.

Gardens were serious business.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:56:48pm

re: #123 freetoken

I dare anyone to go out and try to find someone who can make you a pair of shoes.

Years ago I tried, around here in SD. From my research I found 1 guy in Tijuana who supposedly could (but I didn't go with him). None in SD county. Supposedly there was a guy up in Hollywood who made shoes for the famous.

Now wait one damn minute! I thought little elves were responsible for making shoes. Or was it child labor? I forget.
/

I doubt you could find anyone my age or younger who even knows what a cobbler is.

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 7:57:08pm

re: #127 Varek Raith

...
So?
/eeevil

Because I'm inflicted with those horrible curse called a conscience, such that I feel bad even when the people I'm dicking over are fictional.

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freetoken Fri, May 13, 2011 7:57:17pm

re: #126 laZardo

Yeah, but you're in the PI, where the local citizens still work with their hands. Here, we just tweet.

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Decatur Deb Fri, May 13, 2011 7:57:47pm

re: #120 Slumbering Behemoth

If I got a do-over, I would love to either be a stone mason or a blacksmith.

That's what retirement is for. Start practicing.

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 7:58:06pm

re: #130 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Because I'm inflicted with those horrible curse called a conscience, such that I feel bad even when the people I'm dicking over are fictional.

I nuked Megaton.
Anyone dumb enough to build a town around an active nuke deserves it.
/even more eeevil

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 7:58:11pm

re: #127 Varek Raith

...
So?
/eeevil

On one play through, I wiped out every city except New Reno and The Den. I even got Vic to kill his own daughter.

Mwahahahahaha!

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 7:58:37pm

re: #129 Slumbering Behemoth

Now wait one damn minute! I thought little elves were responsible for making shoes. Or was it child labor? I forget.
/

I doubt you could find anyone my age or younger who even knows what a cobbler is.

Of course I know what a cobbler is! It comes in all kinds of flavors, like apple, blackberry, and peach.

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freetoken Fri, May 13, 2011 7:58:53pm

re: #129 Slumbering Behemoth

I doubt you could find anyone my age or younger who even knows what a cobbler is.

And furthermore, I doubt anyone you age or younger knows that a person who makes shoes is not called a "cobbler" :-)

_{_{It is left as an exercise for the student to find the real name of said craftsmen.}}

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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 7:59:13pm

re: #120 Slumbering Behemoth

If I got a do-over, I would love to either be a stone mason or a blacksmith.

I'd love to learn silver and goldsmithing. I don't have the strength for big stuff, like most smithies do. But I like jewelry and lot and most of my hobbies are fine, micro work.

I was a wall paper hanger for a while. I loved it, but the body didn't hold up.

The only problem with the trades is that many wear out the body. One has to have a good plan B. You can make a good buck for the first 25 years, but you have to have planned and saved to finance Plan B.

THe upside is that people in middle age are choosing to retrain and reeducate themselves now for totally different careers. There doesn't seem to be the barriers there used to be. A friend of mine just finished nursing school. AT 45 she is an RN and has a whole new life.

How cool is that?

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:00:15pm

re: #130 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Because I'm inflicted with those horrible curse called a conscience, such that I feel bad even when the people I'm dicking over are fictional.

That's not a conscience, that's sappy sentimentality for a bunch of ones and zeros. Say, what brand of panties do you wear?

/just teasing bro

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Obdicut Fri, May 13, 2011 8:00:23pm

re: #128 freetoken

My favorite Italian garden:

Image: boboli_1.jpg

Image: 035-Path%20in%20Boboli%20Gardens.jpg

Image: boboli_garden_florence_italy.jpg

Image: boboli_hill.jpg

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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 8:00:45pm

re: #123 freetoken

I dare anyone to go out and try to find someone who can make you a pair of shoes.

Years ago I tried, around here in SD. From my research I found 1 guy in Tijuana who supposedly could (but I didn't go with him). None in SD county. Supposedly there was a guy up in Hollywood who made shoes for the famous.

The rich and famous used to always have their shoes custom made. Often women would have two pairs of the same shoe, so if one got dirty during the evening, she could change it.

I think you'd have to go to Italy or somewhere to the places where leatherworking crafts are still alive.

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 8:01:53pm

re: #133 Varek Raith

I nuked Megaton.
Anyone dumb enough to build a town around an active nuke deserves it.
/even more eeevil

Have you never seen Beneath The Planet of the Apes? You could have blown up the whole world!

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:02:04pm

re: #136 freetoken

And furthermore, I doubt anyone you age or younger knows that a person who makes shoes is not called a "cobbler" :-)

_{_{It is left as an exercise for the student to find the real name of said craftsmen.}}

YOU LIE! Or Webster's does. Either way, I am completely disillusioned now. :[
/

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 8:02:05pm

re: #138 Slumbering Behemoth

That's not a conscience, that's sappy sentimentality for a bunch of ones and zeros. Say, what brand of panties do you wear?

/just teasing bro

I always take out BoS patrols.
What a bunch of pansies.

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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 8:03:09pm

Textile crafts are still alive. Lots of spinners and weavers out there. Hard on the shoulders and back tho.

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 8:03:25pm

re: #133 Varek Raith

I nuked Megaton.
Anyone dumb enough to build a town around an active nuke deserves it.
/even more eeevil

I also fired the death ray on the mothership Zeta.
A Texas sized chunk of Canada went up in ash.

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Obdicut Fri, May 13, 2011 8:03:34pm

re: #136 freetoken

My friend Vinnie was a shoemaker. A Vietnam vet, too.

He was kind of beat up, and a little wild. Had a voice on him like Tom Waits had been gargling salt. But I really liked the guy, he was a total sweetheart. He was a customer at the bar I bartended at and, while a lush, got happier the drunker he got, which is far preferrable to morose or violent.

Anyway, I decided to introduce him to my mom when she visited me there.

And of course, my mom just said "Hi, Vinnie." He'd been her shoemaker for the past five years, and the only person she'd trust to repair her Italian leather bags.

It was nifty having two of my worlds meat like that.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:04:06pm

re: #132 Decatur Deb

That's what retirement is for. Start practicing.

Well, I did spend some time as a glass blower and missionary.

_{inside joke for the meth addicted crowd}

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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 8:04:26pm

Actually, shoes could be fun to make.

I think you'd need a carpenter or blacksmith to first make a last of your own foot. Then you could make your own shoes. It'd be fun to play with anyway.

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Decatur Deb Fri, May 13, 2011 8:04:35pm

re: #144 ggt

Textile crafts are still alive. Lots of spinners and weavers out there. Hard on the shoulders and back tho.

That's why we have to get rid of those Big Brother child-labor laws. God made those fingers tiny for a reason.

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 8:04:39pm

re: #145 Varek Raith

I also fired the death ray on the mothership Zeta.
A Texas sized chunk of Canada went up in ash.

Whoops.

Youtube Video

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laZardo Fri, May 13, 2011 8:05:09pm

re: #141 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Have you never seen Beneath The Planet of the Apes? You could have blown up the whole world!

//

I did that in RogueTrip.

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 8:05:11pm

re: #145 Varek Raith

I also fired the death ray on the mothership Zeta.
A Texas sized chunk of Canada went up in ash.

Did you also drop the nuke on the Citadel at the end of the Broken Steel missions?

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:05:58pm

re: #137 ggt

I'd love to learn silver and goldsmithing. I don't have the strength for big stuff, like most smithies do. But I like jewelry and lot and most of my hobbies are fine, micro work.

Have you seen Walter's work? I happen to think it's quite good.

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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 8:07:07pm

re: #149 Decatur Deb

That's why we have to get rid of those Big Brother child-labor laws. God made those fingers tiny for a reason.

Girls used to learn to spin as soon as they could sit-upright. Takes a lot of time and little fingers to make a enough skeins to have a new sweater or blanket.

Lots of old drawings show the little girls (actually every girl) with a distaff. Boys chopped firewood and girls spun.

Very time consuming. I tried it, but the shoulders couldn't do it. I did find it soothing, rather therapuedic tho.

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Gretchen G.Tiger Fri, May 13, 2011 8:07:40pm

Have a great evening all!

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:08:30pm

re: #143 Varek Raith

I always take out BoS patrols.
What a bunch of pansies.

That was the best part about being evil in that game. High level loot from stupid do-gooders who think they can take ya in random encounters. Arcanum was like that as well.

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 8:11:18pm

re: #152 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Did you also drop the nuke on the Citadel at the end of the Broken Steel missions?

Yep.
Orbital strike for the win!
Boy, were they pissed at me.

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 8:12:22pm

re: #157 Varek Raith

Yep.
Orbital strike for the win!
Boy, were they pissed at me.

And I bet you shot Desmond in Point Lookout too...wait, that's not really evil, considering how much of an asshole he was. Hmm, give me a second, I'm sure there's an evil turnout somewhere in that DLC...

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:12:51pm

re: #150 Varek Raith

They had it coming. Shit, I didn't know you could do that.

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Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 8:17:35pm

re: #159 Slumbering Behemoth

They had it coming. Shit, I didn't know you could do that.

Varek loves orbital strike a bit too much.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:18:14pm

re: #160 changomo

Try harder, ass.

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laZardo Fri, May 13, 2011 8:19:00pm

re: #150 Varek Raith

Whoops.

[Video]

Looks like you hit Harper's house. No biggie.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:19:56pm

re: #161 Dark_Falcon

Varek loves orbital strike a bit too much.

Yeah, it's a crutch. It will be his undoing, mark my words.

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freetoken Fri, May 13, 2011 8:20:30pm

re: #142 Slumbering Behemoth

YOU LIE! Or Webster's does. Either way, I am completely disillusioned now. :[
/

In 20th century America that term became used, but because people only went to shoe stores to buy retail and thus the specific terms were lost.

Soft shoes (i.e., made of leather, not the wooden sandals and similar objects) were made by cordwainers, while traditionally cobblers fixed shoes by attaching new soles, etc.

The difference lay primarily in that the cordwainer knows how to make a last, the necessary tool for a shoe manufacture.

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 8:20:56pm

re: #164 Slumbering Behemoth

Yeah, it's a crutch. It will be his undoing, mark my words.

I think I found your location.
Image: Orbital_Strike_by_ukitakumuki.jpg

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Charles Johnson Fri, May 13, 2011 8:21:32pm

Tedious flouncer is tedious.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:22:33pm

re: #165 freetoken

I uh... I knew that. I was just testing you to see if you knew it.
//also, how do you like this bridge?

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freetoken Fri, May 13, 2011 8:23:03pm

There was one school for cordwainers in the US, which I discovered years ago, and IIRC it was up in the NW. Perhaps it is still in business.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:23:41pm

re: #166 Varek Raith

I think I found your location.
Image: Orbital_Strike_by_ukitakumuki.jpg

That's what you think. I left that "clever" tracking device of yours in you mom's house. PWND!

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:28:14pm

re: #167 Charles

Seriously. He could have just posted a link to the story if it was that fucking important to him. But of course, that wasn't the point.

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 8:30:30pm

re: #171 Slumbering Behemoth

Seriously. He could have just posted a link to the story if it was that fucking important to him. But of course, that wasn't the point.

This is what I found.
[Link: www.wbko.com...]

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laZardo Fri, May 13, 2011 8:31:09pm

Actual comment on Facebook:

Husbands have as much right on the issue of contraception and abortion. Women do not have an exclusive right on the thing.

BRB, I have to go punch something.

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Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 8:31:40pm

re: #170 Slumbering Behemoth

That's what you think. I left that "clever" tracking device of yours in you mom's house. PWND!

You didn't know? It's me on the bridge of that Super Star Destroyer, Varek put me in charge of her when you commissioned. I'm much smarter than Admiral Piet, and I was able to figure out what you'd done. I couldn't take you out, but I was able to locate an Ewok colony. Varek will be pleased.

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Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 8:32:54pm

Seems I have some work to do this evening after all. Charles just clubbed a troll. Looks like Troll Roast is back on the menu. I'll go get the grill going.

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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 8:33:10pm

re: #114 Dark_Falcon

Not gonna happen. I found out Kohl was retiring on CNN's "Political Ticker" from my phone. Sadly, it also had the comments, and those were ugly. A Sample:

It's still better than Fox, but that's not saying much.

Oh, that's positively civil talk, these days.

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 8:34:14pm

re: #171 Slumbering Behemoth

Seriously. He could have just posted a link to the story if it was that fucking important to him. But of course, that wasn't the point.

No, of course not, it's the usual whine about how Charles has "changed." By which they mean they're pissed that, with the exit of Bush, he didn't join them in the donning of white sheets to "criticize" Obama or call for the nuking of Mecca.

Oh well, no great loss.

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Charles Johnson Fri, May 13, 2011 8:36:01pm

re: #172 Varek Raith

This is what I found.
[Link: www.wbko.com...]

I saw the story. It wasn't even close to being terrorism, it was just some guy freaking out on a plane flight, which happens more than most people realize. I've been on two flights in which someone lost it, and had to be restrained in a straitjacket.

I guess I was supposed to do the "booga booga" thing like every other wingnut blogger, or I've "changed."

Might as well face it, they're addicted to fear.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:36:08pm

re: #172 Varek Raith

An off duty police officer subdued the 43 year old Robert Hersey and he was arrested after the plane landed safely.

Well, with a name like that, it was clearly an Islamic Jihadist plot.

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Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 8:37:09pm

re: #171 Slumbering Behemoth

Seriously. He could have just posted a link to the story if it was that fucking important to him. But of course, that wasn't the point.

No, the point was to hate on "Daddy" before joining the Stalkers. What story was it, anyway?

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CuriousLurker Fri, May 13, 2011 8:37:45pm

re: #55 SanFranciscoZionist

I never realized this, but my mother never really loved me. If she did, she wouldn't have nagged me to finish my homework or told me off when I was rude or selfish.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Love doesn't mean you never criticize or rebuke when you see the object of your affection misbehaving or heading down the wrong path.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:37:57pm

re: #174 Dark_Falcon

I couldn't take you out, but I was able to locate an Ewok colony.

You call that "evil"? That's a fricking public service. Do-gooder.

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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 8:38:13pm

re: #120 Slumbering Behemoth

If I got a do-over, I would love to either be a stone mason or a blacksmith.

The weird thing is, when I was getting out of high school, I was interesting in training for a trade. I really hated academics, and I like the idea of having a job where you actually did something. I was thinking about housefitting trades, mostly, maybe painting.

I was absolutely shut down by parents, teachers, everyone. It was so stupid it didn't even bear thinking about. I was SMART. I was a GIRL. I was MIDDLE CLASS. (My father said that with the fury of the newly arrived, and my college counselor with total ignorance--woman asked me if I would need to apply for financial aid. Jesus Christ, I was at a public high school in San Francisco, what did she THINK?) I would go to college, get an English degree, get some kind of a job and....MAGICAL PROFIT!!!

If I had it to do again, I'd tell myself to do it. I probably would have ended up getting a degree in the end, but crap, especially given how I had no idea how to market myself in and after college, I bought one hell of an expensive qualifier for grad school.

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Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 8:38:31pm

re: #177 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

No, of course not, it's the usual whine about how Charles has "changed." By which they mean they're pissed that, with the exit of Bush, he didn't join them in the donning of white sheets to "criticize" Obama or call for the nuking of Mecca.

Oh well, no great loss.

Possibly a sock puppet. We'll have to watch and see.

[waves to the Stalkers]

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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 8:39:01pm

re: #123 freetoken

I dare anyone to go out and try to find someone who can make you a pair of shoes.

Years ago I tried, around here in SD. From my research I found 1 guy in Tijuana who supposedly could (but I didn't go with him). None in SD county. Supposedly there was a guy up in Hollywood who made shoes for the famous.

I run with the SCA. I know some people who can make shoes.

Granted, they've been out of fashion since the 1300s, but these guys know how to make them.

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Varek Raith Fri, May 13, 2011 8:39:03pm

re: #172 Varek Raith

This is what I found.
[Link: www.wbko.com...]

Jackasses on a plane.
Terrorism? Hardly.

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 8:40:31pm

re: #178 Charles

I saw the story. It wasn't even close to being terrorism, it was just some guy freaking out on a plane flight, which happens more than most people realize. I've been on two flights in which someone lost it, and had to be restrained in a straitjacket.

I guess I was supposed to do the "booga booga" thing like every other wingnut blogger, or I've "changed."

Might as well face it, they're addicted to fear.

It's that one-track mind thinking that we see so often in wingnuts. Guy who goes nuts onboard a plane and tries to do something that could potentially bring it down? Obviously got to be an Islamic terrorist, because who else would hijack a plane, a white guy?

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Our Precious Bodily Fluids Fri, May 13, 2011 8:40:38pm

re: #52 Stanley Sea

Steve - drive by, but I just heard the most fantastic bob marley story on NPR/BBC. See if you can find - it just played. Oh it was sit on your car till it's over NPR.

This?

[Link: www.npr.org...]

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Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 8:41:16pm

re: #186 Varek Raith

Jackasses on a plane.
Terrorism? Hardly.

A fool and his freedom are soon parted.

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Obdicut Fri, May 13, 2011 8:41:16pm

re: #186 Varek Raith

Well, this might be utterly failed terrorism:

And then an Yemeni national allegedly tried to enter the cockpit.
Police say he rammed the door with his shoulder while shouting "allah akbar," "God is great."

But maybe he just wanted the pilots to know that hey, god is great.

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funky chicken Fri, May 13, 2011 8:41:43pm

re: #31 negativ

The sad thing is, it doesn't matter how good it is. It will get trashed, regardless, simply because of its legendary status as vaporware.

I thought LGF was an English-only site.
/

No clue what you guys are talking about, and what is "vaporware?"

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laZardo Fri, May 13, 2011 8:42:32pm

re: #191 funky chicken

I thought LGF was an English-only site.
/

No clue what you guys are talking about, and what is "vaporware?"

From English Wiki...

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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 8:43:09pm

re: #154 ggt

Girls used to learn to spin as soon as they could sit-upright. Takes a lot of time and little fingers to make a enough skeins to have a new sweater or blanket.

Lots of old drawings show the little girls (actually every girl) with a distaff. Boys chopped firewood and girls spun.

Very time consuming. I tried it, but the shoulders couldn't do it. I did find it soothing, rather therapuedic tho.

Drop spindle spinning is quite fun. And yes, in a lot of communities, women and girls did it with every spare moment from dawn to dusk. There is one delicious bit of medieval illumination that shows a woman working a drop spindle during sex, which I suppose is the equivalent of watching TV, or going on playing Tetris while he knocks himself out.

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Charles Johnson Fri, May 13, 2011 8:43:22pm

re: #187 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

It's that one-track mind thinking that we see so often in wingnuts. Guy who goes nuts onboard a plane and tries to do something that could potentially bring it down? Obviously got to be an Islamic terrorist, because who else would hijack a plane, a white guy?

It was all over the wingnut blogs a few days ago; Pamela Geller was shrieking about it. I don't know why these people still expect me to join in when the idiots start singing.

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CuriousLurker Fri, May 13, 2011 8:43:46pm

re: #73 Obdicut

Chesterton wrote a lot of stuff other than theology. He is surreal beyond belief in many ways.

[Link: www.amazon.com...]

Ooh, the Kindle version is free. Thanks!

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, May 13, 2011 8:44:19pm

re: #187 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

It's not just a mentality, it's a way of life. Anything that registers louder than a mouse fart simply must be and Islamic terrorist plot.

"Loud bang just heard near the local stadium. What do you mean possible construction accident, it was near a stadium? Wake up people! Duh!"

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Targetpractice Fri, May 13, 2011 8:48:19pm

re: #194 Charles

It was all over the wingnut blogs a few days ago; Pamela Geller was shrieking about it. I don't know why these people still expect me to join in when the idiots start singing.

By this point, I don't think they actually do, they just seem to get off on needling you about what they view as "hypocrisy," namely that you still claim to be against Islamic terrorism, but aren't joining them at jumping at every shadow.

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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 8:49:29pm

re: #186 Varek Raith

Jackasses on a plane.
Terrorism? Hardly.

I'm not entirely sure that the guy who reportedly shouted 'Allahu akbar' while trying to get into the cockpit wasn't, at least in his own mind, a terrorist. The family thinks he's having a nervous breakdown, and the court's asked for a psych eval. There's certainly no evidence that he was part of a plot at this time, he seems to have just gone completely nuts.

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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 8:49:57pm

re: #187 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

It's that one-track mind thinking that we see so often in wingnuts. Guy who goes nuts onboard a plane and tries to do something that could potentially bring it down? Obviously got to be an Islamic terrorist, because who else would hijack a plane, a white guy?

Brown dudes do it for ideology. White dudes just want the money.

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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 8:53:21pm

re: #190 Obdicut

Well, this might be utterly failed terrorism:

But maybe he just wanted the pilots to know that hey, god is great.

Some friends of mine hand out pro-Israel literature in Berkeley, at UC. They've had all sorts of reponses, including, famously, one guy who stood in front of the table and screamed "Allahu akbar!" over and over at them.

WHen I heard this, I had to comment that I totally agree with the sentiment ITSELF, but when someone's screaming it in your face in such a setting, it's probably not meant to be a religious statement. Or friendly, in any way.

They've also had a guy who lifted his shirt to reveal a big swastika tattooed on his belly, assorted flyer grabbers...it's Sproul Plaza. What can one do?

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Dark_Falcon Fri, May 13, 2011 8:54:25pm

re: #199 SanFranciscoZionist

Brown dudes do it for ideology. White dudes just want the money.

Time was, that wasn't true. The Baader-Meinhoff gang of Communist terrorists carried out a number of hijackings in the 1970's.

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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 8:56:37pm

re: #196 Slumbering Behemoth

It's not just a mentality, it's a way of life. Anything that registers louder than a mouse fart simply must be and Islamic terrorist plot.

"Loud bang just heard near the local stadium. What do you mean possible construction accident, it was near a stadium? Wake up people! Duh!"

My favorite was the freak-out over the guy--a Turk? can't recall--who got up on the altar in St. Peter's and started dancing. I think it may have been a modified moonwalk.

The security team ran over and explained that it is not allowed to moonwalk on the altar, and so the guy got down and let them lead him out.

Pam had a whole elaborate thing about how this was a clear-cut case of Muslim triumphalism, back in the day, when Muslims sacked a Christian city, the first thing they did was moonwalk on the Cathedral altar...it was insane.

The guy was clearly a little touched.

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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, May 13, 2011 8:59:47pm

re: #201 Dark_Falcon

Time was, that wasn't true. The Baader-Meinhoff gang of Communist terrorists carried out a number of hijackings in the 1970's.

Should have sarc tagged that.

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steve_davis Sat, May 14, 2011 8:17:22am

re: #59 ggt

I've never read Chesterton. I know I should, but am not really interested in theology right now.

I'm on a Rome kick. Have Robert Graves, I Claudius in my cue for Audible.

Except for the concept of urban sewage removal and the baths, I've decided that living in Rome pretty much sucked. Even for the wealthy. I need ALL my modern ammenities, civil rights and food safety.

Watch the Jacobi version from the early 70's. There's an immense amount of t&a. Not quite Caligula uncut t&a, but surprisingly more than the R version. Rumor has it that bin Laden had I Claudius the miniseries on his IPhone.

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William of Orange Sat, May 14, 2011 5:41:36pm

I don't know if you have the same problem as I have, the videolink is not appearing on screen.

[Link: teamcoco.com...]

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