The flag’s been flying today above our logo, and I hope everyone is having a great Memorial Day; remember to give a thought for the soldiers who sacrificed everything for America, because this is their holiday.
And now, fried chicken, haricot verts with mushrooms, collard greens, and mashed potatoes and stuffing with fresh chicken gravy.
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Charles Johnson Mon, May 30, 2011 5:51:43pm |
And oh yeah ... fresh cranberry sauce with some kind of delicious stuff floating in it.
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MittDoesNotCompute Mon, May 30, 2011 5:55:21pm |
I grilled up some burgers and Hebrew National dogs to go with some Bush's baked beans and Lay's Tangy Carolina BBQ chips...damn tasty, if I do say so myself.
/it's good to be full...even as I am trying to shed a few more pound over the next few weeks
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 5:57:55pm |
We were driving up the 405 near the military cemetery, just in time for an overflight of 2 F-18's. That was inspiring. Saw these guys too just like every Memorial day. Some great vintage sound and music plays when you open the page.
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nines09 Mon, May 30, 2011 6:00:50pm |
Turnip greens with salt and vinegar and some pintos in sauce on fresh cornbread with a dot/dash slather of hot sauce of choice on some choice corn on the cob.
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Romantic Heretic Mon, May 30, 2011 6:03:01pm |
Our Remembrance Day is November 11, the day the War to End All Wars ended.
Too cold for barbecuing that time of year. I always attend a memorial of some description though.
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lawhawk Mon, May 30, 2011 6:03:12pm |
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. We've got the Navy and Marine Corps out here celebrating Fleet Week, and here's hoping that they were able to enjoy their Liberty and from what I saw in the City yesterday, NYers treated 'em splendidly (and the weather didn't hurt either).
I've been out and about the last few days, but if you are in the Hudson Valley, I'd urge you to check out the Storm King Art Center (you can see some of the larger sculptural pieces from the Thruway, which runs adjacent to part of the 500 acre campus. It's definitely worth it if you're a fan of sculpture or hiking.
Oh, and if Broadway is your thing - Avenue Q. Go see it. Funny like you wouldn't believe - and it has puppets with heart (and naked muppets to boot). If you've ever strugged with finding your purpose in life, you'd relate.
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freetoken Mon, May 30, 2011 6:06:25pm |
Memorial Day brought to mind the memory of my paternal uncles. When the US went to war in WWII my father and 6 of his brothers all volunteered (one too young and lied about his age to get into the USMC). All came back alive, though all were changed (with some bad side effects - war does that.) They're all gone now, but as a group of first born Americans (their parents were immigrants) they did their duty and served honorably. Worth remembering.
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 6:12:24pm |
re: #2 talon_262
Just pizza night here we spent a couple days away from info tech. No TV, no internet just beach, sand, seabirds and excellent company.
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Mark Winter Mon, May 30, 2011 6:12:48pm |
As a German, let me extend my thanks to all the American soldiers, who gave their life so that I could be born into a free and democratic society.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 30, 2011 6:13:33pm |
Burgers. Just burgers. Oh, and brownies.
I took my youngest, my daughter, and her BFF out to lunch after we went to my veteran grandfather's grave, and I can never eat a lot after a meal I eat out.
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Charles Johnson Mon, May 30, 2011 6:14:00pm |
re: #10 Mark Winter
As a German, let me extend my thanks to all the American soldiers, who gave their life so that I could be born into a free and democratic society.
Thank you for that, Mark.
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elizajane Mon, May 30, 2011 6:15:14pm |
Here in central California it is strangely windy and cold. I spent the day being a Field Marshall (!!) at the kids' "World Cup" soccer tournament, sitting out in the lashing wind. Couldn't even set my coffee cup down on the table or it would have blown over. Our team got slaughtered but my youngest daughter won TWO purple ribbons for good sportsmanship. Which is what counts, after all.
So now I'm cooking risotto with shrimp, spinach, saffron, cilantro, and goat cheese. Indoors. For the coach and her family.
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 6:15:22pm |
re: #10 Mark Winter
As a German, let me extend my thanks to all the American soldiers, who gave their life so that I could be born into a free and democratic society.
That's very kind of you to say. Glad to have you guys as friends and allies.
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PhillyPretzel Mon, May 30, 2011 6:16:17pm |
I got to go to work tomorrow. Good night to my fellow Lizards. G-d Bless all of our men and women in uniform; we do appreciate what you have done for your country.
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Charles Johnson Mon, May 30, 2011 6:16:59pm |
Wow - just noticed that there are 646 retweets on the Breitbart post. No wonder he's so tweezed.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 6:17:20pm |
Hey fellow lizards, happy Memorial Day. Got some good news and bad news out of NASA.
Bad news is we're not going back to the Moon, at least not in the near term.
Good news is that we're going to be making manned landings on asteroids and eventually a manned mission to Mars.
Better news is that we're going to be investing in private sector spacecraft to make possible American missions to the ISS, which might finally achieve the dream of economical space travel for the rest of us.
NASA's "Star Trek" Era: Unveils New Orion Spaceship for Manned Deep-Space Exploration
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 6:19:06pm |
Unselfishly, you left your fathers and your mothers, You left behind your sisters and your brothers.
Leaving your beloved children and wives, You put on hold, your dreams—your lives.
On foreign soil, you found yourself planted To fight for those whose freedom you granted.
Without your sacrifice, their cause would be lost But you carried onward, no matter the cost.
Many horrors you had endured and seen. Many faces had haunted your dreams.
You cheered as your enemies littered the ground; You cried as your brothers fell all around.
When it was over, you all came back home, Some were left with memories to face all alone;
Some found themselves in the company of friends As their crosses cast shadows across the land.
Those who survived were forever scarred Emotionally, physically, permanently marred.
Those who did not now sleep eternally ‘Neath the ground they had given their lives to keep free.
With a hand upon my heart, I feel The pride and respect; my reverence is revealed
In the tears that now stream down my upturned face As our flag waves above you, in her glory and grace.
Freedom was the gift that you unselfishly gave Pain and death was the price that you ultimately paid.
Every day, I give my utmost admiration To those who had fought to defend our nation.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, May 30, 2011 6:19:30pm |
Went boating. My ass came off the seat about 9 inches. Hit some wake, about 6 inches. I thought I broke something when it came together. Turns out I am just a puss. Sheesh.
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Charles Johnson Mon, May 30, 2011 6:21:19pm |
I'm thinking of removing the 'spinoff links' that accompany each post. It's extra overhead that's duplicated by the LGF Pages, and the logs show that not many people ever click those little disclosure triangles anyway.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Mon, May 30, 2011 6:21:24pm |
Talked to my FIL tonight about his Bronze Star that he earned in Korea in 1953. His humility wouldn't permit him to tell me what happened. But my wife made him pull out a news story of coverage of what he did. I swear, it read like something from Cracked.com's "Five Soldiers Who Made Rambo Look Like a Pu**y" article.
The newspaper account said, my father-in-law's battalion was pinned down and they couldn't get the wounded to medical attention. They asked for a volunteer to provide cover fire for the bazooka guy to take out a tank to clear a path.
My FIL volunteered. So they go running across an open are under fire. The bazooka guy was killed. FIL picks up the fucking bazooka and runs head on into the assault anyway. Gets 25 yards from the tank and blows it up.
Saved many lives that day.
5'8", 130 lbs when this happened.
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Summer Lovin' Torture Party Mon, May 30, 2011 6:21:46pm |
Let us all give thanks to the brave heroes that gave their lives for our freedom. And that includes all the people we disagree with, no matter how much we disagree with them.
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lawhawk Mon, May 30, 2011 6:24:10pm |
re: #16 Charles
Been out all weekend, so not exactly following the news. The Weiner kerfuffle is just odd - he claims someone hacked his account, which is plausible. Let's ignore that and think he was twittering a scantily clad torso and crotch shot to several people? Then we've got other assorted pile-ons with altered images?
That just doesn't seem like Weiner (that he'd send the photos).
Besides, he's married to Huma.
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lawhawk Mon, May 30, 2011 6:24:51pm |
re: #20 Charles
That makes sense - you have more formatting options with the pages link anyways - and they're pretty much interchangeable.
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Mark Winter Mon, May 30, 2011 6:25:29pm |
re: #14 Rightwingconspirator
That's very kind of you to say. Glad to have you guys as friends and allies.
It may not always look that way but although we are separated by an ocean we're on the same side, and days like these may help to remember that.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Mon, May 30, 2011 6:26:07pm |
re: #23 lawhawk
They could have tried to hack many poli accounts and just gotten lucky. I don't know the whole story.
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McSpiff Mon, May 30, 2011 6:26:50pm |
re: #10 Mark Winter
As a German, let me extend my thanks to all the American soldiers, who gave their life so that I could be born into a free and democratic society.
As a Canadian, I'd also like to extend my thanks to American and other allied service men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice. It may be clichéd, but freedom really isn't free.
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Mark Winter Mon, May 30, 2011 6:30:46pm |
re: #27 McSpiff
As a Canadian, I'd also like to extend my thanks to American and other allied service men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice. It may be clichéd, but freedom really isn't free.
My thanks go out to you Canadians as well who stormed the beaches of Normandy.
I know of several German veterans who meet with their former American, Canadian and British "enemies" in friendship.
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Summer Lovin' Torture Party Mon, May 30, 2011 6:31:09pm |
re: #27 McSpiff
It's never a cliche' to be thankful for the greatest gift. And thanks for inventing hockey!
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 30, 2011 6:31:22pm |
re: #17 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
I object to not going to the moon. There are natural resources there. Also, we know that if China gets there first, they will back out of the Outer Space Treaty.
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Obdicut Mon, May 30, 2011 6:33:48pm |
re: #27 McSpiff
As a Canadian, I'd also like to extend my thanks to American and other allied service men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice. It may be clichéd, but freedom really isn't free.
Canadians were there at Dieppe, at D-Day, at Scheldt. My friend Charles said "Canadians did more with less." Their bravery at Juno is legendary.
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Interesting Times Mon, May 30, 2011 6:34:59pm |
re: #20 Charles
I'm thinking of removing the 'spinoff links' that accompany each post. It's extra overhead that's duplicated by the LGF Pages, and the logs show that not many people ever click those little disclosure triangles anyway.
Or maybe you could make it a duplicate of the "Show Links" button - i.e. a quick way for people to see a list of all links posted by the commenters for a particular article, without having to open the article/comments themselves.
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freetoken Mon, May 30, 2011 6:37:43pm |
re: #20 Charles
I clicked on the little triangle the other night for the first time in a long time (and put up a quick link to an editorial.)
It does seem redundant with the Page capability. Yet it would still be nice to simply put up links to other sites' entries without confusing that with a 'real' Page. I get that the social media venues are for doing that sort of quickie "look here folks" routine, but it would be nice to have a handy index of relevant links available at a push of a button.
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 6:39:48pm |
re: #25 Mark Winter
True friends (like Germany & the US) need not fear disagreements. They are there is any close relationship. It's all good.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 6:44:44pm |
re: #30 ProLifeLiberal
I object to not going to the moon. There are natural resources there. Also, we know that if China gets there first, they will back out of the Outer Space Treaty.
It seems that our long-term goal is to slowly allow the private sector to make available the spacecraft necessary for low-Earth orbit and, eventually, lunar exploration. NASA's being tasked with taking us to the next milestone, the final goal being to get us to Mars.
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Obdicut Mon, May 30, 2011 6:49:51pm |
re: #35 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
We already have private sector able to reach low-earth orbit-- for unmanned missions.
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freetoken Mon, May 30, 2011 6:49:57pm |
re: #30 ProLifeLiberal
I'm skeptical that there is anything of such value on the Moon that it could pay for a space program to support the effort.
The original effort had value as it was about saving National Face on the world stage and reassuring everybody that we were #1.
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 6:52:10pm |
re: #37 freetoken
HE3 is why the moon is likely worth re visiting.
[Link: www.technologyreview.com...]
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Obdicut Mon, May 30, 2011 6:52:42pm |
re: #37 freetoken
The moon is pretty damn worthless in terms of materials. The only valuable elements are so dispersed you'd have to actually significantly deplete the mass of the moon to get at them. Asteroids, on the other hand, are chock full o' goodness.
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Summer Lovin' Torture Party Mon, May 30, 2011 6:53:52pm |
Memo to wingnuts: As much as you hate them, gays died serving their country so you could have your freedoms too. Think about it.
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Charles Johnson Mon, May 30, 2011 6:55:38pm |
11/302009 @lizardoid renounced #RW policies [Link: goo.gl...] He has spent time since exposing #RW hypocrisy. Curious why ppl hate on him?
I'm curious too. Why ppl hate on me?
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 6:57:25pm |
re: #39 Obdicut
The moon is pretty damn worthless in terms of materials. The only valuable elements are so dispersed you'd have to actually significantly deplete the mass of the moon to get at them. Asteroids, on the other hand, are chock full o' goodness.
The moon would be a natural stepping stone on the way. Why launch from earth when you can have a low gravity base and staging area? The moon and the la grange orbits like L3 will have traffic back and forth.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 6:59:42pm |
re: #17 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Hey fellow lizards, happy Memorial Day. Got some good news and bad news out of NASA.
Bad news is we're not going back to the Moon, at least not in the near term.
Good news is that we're going to be making manned landings on asteroids and eventually a manned mission to Mars.
Better news is that we're going to be investing in private sector spacecraft to make possible American missions to the ISS, which might finally achieve the dream of economical space travel for the rest of us.
NASA's "Star Trek" Era: Unveils New Orion Spaceship for Manned Deep-Space Exploration
How are they going to lift the capsule into orbit? Reinvent the Saturn V?
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freetoken Mon, May 30, 2011 6:59:57pm |
re: #38 Rightwingconspirator
Fusion - always 50 years in the future.
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Varek Raith Mon, May 30, 2011 7:02:15pm |
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BishopX Mon, May 30, 2011 7:02:36pm |
re: #23 lawhawk
Been out all weekend, so not exactly following the news. The Weiner kerfuffle is just odd - he claims someone hacked his account, which is plausible. Let's ignore that and think he was twittering a scantily clad torso and crotch shot to several people? Then we've got other assorted pile-ons with altered images?
That just doesn't seem like Weiner (that he'd send the photos).
Besides, he's married to Huma.
The tl;dr of the story is that one of the 200 or so people weiner follows on twitter is a young women from the pacific northwest. She's been harassed periodically by a Mr. Wolfe (@Patriotusa76) for several weeks. A tweet supposedly by Weiner containing a link to his yfrog account purporting to show his (covered) erect penis got posted, and then very quickly pulled, so fast in fact that the young woman it was directed at didn't even see it before it was pulled. Mr. Wolfe then claimed to have pulled the image out of his cache and handed it over to biggovernmnet.com.
DKos has a diary up claiming that the metadata associated with the pictures mr. Wolfe produced doesn't actually match the metadata from yfrog. You could get the link to the diary from the spinoff links function btw.
I think the first clear story we're going to hear about this is when Rep. Weiner files suit.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 7:03:11pm |
re: #36 Obdicut
We already have private sector able to reach low-earth orbit-- for unmanned missions.
Virgin Galactic's preparing the VSS Enterprise for commercial service beginning this year, with the VSS Voyager already in the works. If these prove successful, their next venture is point-to-point travel via the SpaceShipThree class, which would mean two-hour trips from London to Sydney.
Meanwhile, SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster and Dragon capsule are being funded by NASA to provide first cargo service to the ISS, then eventually crew transfer. Said capsule is also designed to be capable of surviving return trips from the Moon and even Mars.
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 7:03:26pm |
re: #45 freetoken
Given the relatively paltry efforts, of course. Damn oil kept getting cheap again and again. Oh and the nuclear fear mongers take their pound of flesh.
Plus how far away was Boeing when the wright brothers flew? About 50 years.
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windsagio Mon, May 30, 2011 7:04:11pm |
re: #39 Obdicut
There's also the travel costs and that whole 'getting out of a gravity well' problem. The moon is no earth or even mars, but its still a huge resource sink to get stuff off of.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 7:04:14pm |
re: #44 Dark_Falcon
How are they going to lift the capsule into orbit? Reinvent the Saturn V?
Not far off. Apparently they finally woke up to the reality that designing an entirely new booster was a waste of time and resources, when they had perfectly good tech from the Shuttle program just lying there. They're supposed to be working on a new heavy booster, reusing a lot of said tech.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 30, 2011 7:06:59pm |
everyday ppl
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 7:10:36pm |
re: #52 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Not far off. Apparently they finally woke up to the reality that designing an entirely new booster was a waste of time and resources, when they had perfectly good tech from the Shuttle program just lying there. They're supposed to be working on a new heavy booster, reusing a lot of said tech.
That's a good idea, and actually cost effective.
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Obdicut Mon, May 30, 2011 7:11:27pm |
re: #42 Rightwingconspirator
The moon would be a natural stepping stone on the way. Why launch from earth when you can have a low gravity base and staging area?
Why have any gravity whatsoever?
I'm no expert by any means, but it'd seem that a space station would be superior in every way, especially since, as less massive than the moon, it'd attract fewer meteorites.
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McSpiff Mon, May 30, 2011 7:14:53pm |
re: #28 Mark Winter
My thanks go out to you Canadians as well who stormed the beaches of Normandy.
I know of several German veterans who meet with their former American, Canadian and British "enemies" in friendship.
Sorry I had to duck out, but I can say that German veterans in Canada are entitled to much of the same treatment and care. As it should be.
To everyone else who replied, thanks as always for the kind words.
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goddamnedfrank Mon, May 30, 2011 7:19:36pm |
re: #57 Obdicut
Why have any gravity whatsoever?
I'm no expert by any means, but it'd seem that a space station would be superior in every way, especially since, as less massive than the moon, it'd attract fewer meteorites.
Gravity is good for long term living, retaining bone and muscle mass. The ability to dig into the moon is good for dealing with ionizing radiation / solar flares. It would also be much easier to build a space elevator on the moon, providing a stepping stone for building such a project on earth. Somebody else already mentioned the Helium 3.
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 7:23:55pm |
re: #10 Mark Winter
As a German, let me extend my thanks to all the American soldiers, who gave their life so that I could be born into a free and democratic society.
and you are very welcome....we try
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 7:26:16pm |
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 7:29:04pm |
re: #57 Obdicut
I look at it like this.
The moon has a critical force a station would have to manufacture. Gravity. Essential to humans and helpful in many manufacturing technologies.
For a station you have to bring every gram of every kind of mass to it. Structure & shielding are two things lunar soil can provide at least in large part. The moon may not be so barren after all. That's resources that do not have to be flown there. I would expect low gravity lunar bases to precede even geosynch (let alone L3) bases or colonies just in the more efficient technical progression.
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reine.de.tout Mon, May 30, 2011 7:30:22pm |
re: #10 Mark Winter
As a German, let me extend my thanks to all the American soldiers, who gave their life so that I could be born into a free and democratic society.
Very nice!
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reine.de.tout Mon, May 30, 2011 7:32:25pm |
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Obdicut Mon, May 30, 2011 7:34:34pm |
re: #59 goddamnedfrank
I think the helium 3 is so widely dispersed that there's no realistic way of harvesting it. There's lots of gold in seawater, too; there's no way of getting it out of seawater. Again, I'm not an expert, if I"m wrong I'd be happy to be shown so.
The ability to dig into the moon is good for dealing with ionizing radiation / solar flares.
That is the best answer I've yet heard.
Gravity is good for long term living, retaining bone and muscle mass.
I don't think the moon has enough gravity to make a significant difference, and space stations can be spun to give them apparent gravity without making them harder to launch from-- in fact, it makes them easier.
It would also be much easier to build a space elevator on the moon, providing a stepping stone for building such a project on earth.
That's far beyond my technological know-how.
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 7:35:00pm |
Oh my. Have you all seen this? Leonard Nimoy comes out of retirement. For this. Hilarious.
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Summer Lovin' Torture Party Mon, May 30, 2011 7:35:16pm |
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reine.de.tout Mon, May 30, 2011 7:36:11pm |
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 7:37:05pm |
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Varek Raith Mon, May 30, 2011 7:37:13pm |
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Daniel Ballard Mon, May 30, 2011 7:37:35pm |
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 30, 2011 7:38:23pm |
Imagine all the ppl
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Varek Raith Mon, May 30, 2011 7:39:31pm |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 7:42:20pm |
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freetoken Mon, May 30, 2011 7:42:46pm |
re: #70 Rightwingconspirator
Shameless dig for Shatner thrown in there. LoL.
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thatthatisis Mon, May 30, 2011 7:43:15pm |
re: #27 McSpiff
As a Canadian, I'd also like to extend my thanks to American and other allied service men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice. It may be clichéd, but freedom really isn't free.
In addition to the contribution of the Canadians to WWII, I will not forget how the Canadian Embassy in Iran hid many Americans when our embassy personnel were taken hostage by the Iranians. You saved their lives.
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goddamnedfrank Mon, May 30, 2011 7:44:17pm |
Ppl have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say. --Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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reine.de.tout Mon, May 30, 2011 7:45:07pm |
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 30, 2011 7:45:14pm |
Instadoucche is doubling down on Breitbart's bogus Weiner pics. What a dick.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 7:45:22pm |
re: #59 goddamnedfrank
Gravity is good for long term living, retaining bone and muscle mass. The ability to dig into the moon is good for dealing with ionizing radiation / solar flares. It would also be much easier to build a space elevator on the moon, providing a stepping stone for building such a project on earth. Somebody else already mentioned the Helium 3.
He3 mining would actually be part of the overall effort to mine the Moon for various minerals and materials useful here on Earth. That's actually a big part reason in favor of lunar colonization over space stations, as the materials we'd need for habitat construction are pretty much already there. It's just a matter of finding the necessary processes to get at them and getting a colony past the point where it can be self-sustaining.
As for moving materials back to Earth, the first few years would involve utilizing cargo craft of varying size and complexity, but eventually could be replaced by a mass driver that could shoot the materials or finished products from the lunar surface to Earth orbit.
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Charles Johnson Mon, May 30, 2011 7:46:02pm |
re: #82 Killgore Trout
Instadoucche is doubling down on Breitbart's bogus Weiner pics. What a dick.
And linking to the biggest creeps and racists of the wingnut blogosphere.
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CuriousLurker Mon, May 30, 2011 7:46:21pm |
Thank you also to the Canadian physician, Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, who left us a beautiful poem about remembrance of the fallen:
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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freetoken Mon, May 30, 2011 7:46:37pm |
re: #82 Killgore Trout
I've always wondered what his students think of him.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 30, 2011 7:47:55pm |
re: #84 Charles
And linking to the biggest creeps and racists of the wingnut blogosphere.
He went out of his way to avoid links exposing Breitbart's scam. Not a hint of skepticism.
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 30, 2011 7:49:14pm |
re: #86 freetoken
I've always wondered what his students think of him.
I wonder about the University e works for. he spends a lot of time blogging about how useless higher education is. That can't be good for business.
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 7:51:00pm |
re: #79 thatthatisis
In addition to the contribution of the Canadians to WWII, I will not forget how the Canadian Embassy in Iran hid many Americans when our embassy personnel were taken hostage by the Iranians. You saved their lives.
back in the Big One, the Canadians were mauled at Dieppe and never complained, then their tankers were pounded taking Cherbourg and I mean pounded...they never choked, they never backed up, they just hammered away until the Germans fled into the Falaise Gap, and all under the ultimate command of US Allied commanders....they were stout and unforgiving fighters and our GI's loved them....all hail to the fallen
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 8:03:17pm |
re: #89 albusteve
back in the Big One, the Canadians were mauled at Dieppe and never complained, then their tankers were pounded taking Cherbourg and I mean pounded...they never choked, they never backed up, they just hammered away until the Germans fled into the Falaise Gap, and all under the ultimate command of US Allied commanders...they were stout and unforgiving fighters and our GI's loved them...all hail to the fallen
Indeed.
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McSpiff Mon, May 30, 2011 8:05:16pm |
re: #90 Dark_Falcon
Indeed.
[Video]
With a deeply delicious sense of irony, UMG has blocked this video in Canada on copyright grounds.
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wee fury Mon, May 30, 2011 8:05:52pm |
Just finished watching Ridley Scott's new version of 'Gettysburg' on the History Channel.
It was good.
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laZardo Mon, May 30, 2011 8:08:46pm |
It's been reposted so many times, but you know this Memorial Day feels so good because WE GOT HIM.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 8:31:33pm |
And again Twitter is alive with insanity as the Blog of the Damned commences one of its periodic Twitterstalks of Charles. Dimbart and Idiotpundit are losing badly, so they jump in with obscene insults and bile spewing.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 8:38:59pm |
Apparently the meme going around about Weiner now is that his announcement of retaining counsel is further proof of his "guilt," because a "normal person" (like St. Sarah) would have immediately called up the cops to report that his Twitter account had been hacked. Instead, according to them, Weiner "lawyering up" is supposed to be proof that he's preparing for an legal ramifications of showing his clothed appendage over Twitter.
It's like any Breitbart smear: Throw shit against the wall, then film the shit slowly sliding down said wall, declaring failure to clean it up immediately proof of "guilt."
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 8:42:58pm |
re: #95 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Apparently the meme going around about Weiner now is that his announcement of retaining counsel is further proof of his "guilt," because a "normal person" (like St. Sarah) would have immediately called up the cops to report that his Twitter account had been hacked. Instead, according to them, Weiner "lawyering up" is supposed to be proof that he's preparing for an legal ramifications of showing his clothed appendage over Twitter.
It's like any Breitbart smear: Throw shit against the wall, then film the shit slowly sliding down said wall, declaring failure to clean it up immediately proof of "guilt."
Hell, these days it can be smart to lawyer up before calling the cops, especially with computer crimes (which can involve some murky legal waters).
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Summer Lovin' Torture Party Mon, May 30, 2011 8:43:20pm |
re: #82 Killgore Trout
Honestly, I'm glad. The more the public is exposed to the right-wing freakdom, the better. This Titanic is a lot of fun to watch.
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Bipartite Gnomenclature Mon, May 30, 2011 8:43:52pm |
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Mocking Jay Mon, May 30, 2011 8:43:53pm |
re: #95 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Apparently the meme going around about Weiner now is that his announcement of retaining counsel is further proof of his "guilt," because a "normal person" (like St. Sarah) would have immediately called up the cops to report that his Twitter account had been hacked. Instead, according to them, Weiner "lawyering up" is supposed to be proof that he's preparing for an legal ramifications of showing his clothed appendage over Twitter.
It's like any Breitbart smear: Throw shit against the wall, then film the shit slowly sliding down said wall, declaring failure to clean it up immediately proof of "guilt."
So it's now illegal to visibly "pitch a tent?"
Mark us all felons since junior high...
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Killgore Trout Mon, May 30, 2011 8:44:52pm |
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 8:46:48pm |
re: #95 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Apparently the meme going around about Weiner now is that his announcement of retaining counsel is further proof of his "guilt," because a "normal person" (like St. Sarah) would have immediately called up the cops to report that his Twitter account had been hacked. Instead, according to them, Weiner "lawyering up" is supposed to be proof that he's preparing for an legal ramifications of showing his clothed appendage over Twitter.
It's like any Breitbart smear: Throw shit against the wall, then film the shit slowly sliding down said wall, declaring failure to clean it up immediately proof of "guilt."
I am absolutely positive I could care less...just for the record...
a Peoples Magazine version of LGF is not my bag
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Irenicum Mon, May 30, 2011 8:47:19pm |
Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day today. My friends and I watched Master and Commander tonight. What a great reminder of how cool that film is on so many levels. And seems appropriate for the day. As others have said, please remember those who've sacrificed their lives for our freedom. And not all sacrifices were through death during war. My uncle, who flew bombing missions over Poland and Czechoslovakia and was shot down behind enemy lines and it took him two weeks to get back to his unit, had nightmares nearly every night for decades after the war. Our warriors can be wounded in more than one way. Remember and honor their service and sacrifice.
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 8:48:26pm |
re: #100 Killgore Trout
Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed
#6...
I wish I'd had a lot more money and stuff
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 8:48:55pm |
re: #96 Dark_Falcon
Hell, these days it can be smart to lawyer up before calling the cops, especially with computer crimes (which can involve some murky legal waters).
So far as I've been able to glean from the net, Twitter hacking is FBI territory. Nothing I've read so far seems to indicate that the local cops would have any jurisdiction. And considering the number of articles popping up on even a cursory search for "Twitter hacked," I'd say they've probably got a nice backlog going of such claims.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 30, 2011 8:49:01pm |
re: #103 albusteve
#6...
I wish I'd had a lot more money and stuff
It was interesting to see what wasn't on there.
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freetoken Mon, May 30, 2011 8:49:38pm |
re: #100 Killgore Trout
#1 - yeah, I've been working on that one for about 15 years, rebelling against what has been expected of me. Soon I hope to have sorted it out.
#2 - I've got that one covered, no problem :=)
#3 - Definitely used to be true, still is to some extent.
#4 - I could do better here.
#5 - Could improve here too.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 8:50:24pm |
re: #99 JasonA
So it's now illegal to visibly "pitch a tent?"
Mark us all felons since junior high...
My guess is they're hoping at least for him to be embroiled in a "sex scandal," if not full ethics investigation. Weiner's been a thorn in the GOP's side for awhile now, so there's hope amongst the wingnuts that this will "knock him down to size."
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darthstar Mon, May 30, 2011 8:50:51pm |
Took a nice 18 mile bike ride today...first ride of the season, so we kept it short...and made it all the better by using the Ritz Carlton, where we had Bloody Marys, truffle fries, clam chowder and burgers before the nine mile ride home. I think we may have started a new Memorial Day tradition. My grilled salmon came out okay...I think it was a little overcooked, but it was quite moist throughout, and it was a very fatty salmon...would have spawned well if it hadn't been caught.
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Mostly sane, most of the time. Mon, May 30, 2011 8:50:56pm |
Not on there:
I regret giving so much to charity
I regret having kids
I regret joking around; I should have been more serious
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 8:51:06pm |
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 8:51:23pm |
re: #100 Killgore Trout
Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed
Really read like they could be compressed into one regret: "I wish I'd lived a better life."
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jaunte Mon, May 30, 2011 8:51:53pm |
re: #109 EmmmieG
"I regret lying so often about having no regrets."
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darthstar Mon, May 30, 2011 8:52:23pm |
re: #103 albusteve
#6...
I wish I'd had a lot more money and stuff
I wish I was an Oscar Meyer weiner.
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 8:52:45pm |
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 8:53:17pm |
re: #104 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
So far as I've been able to glean from the net, Twitter hacking is FBI territory. Nothing I've read so far seems to indicate that the local cops would have any jurisdiction. And considering the number of articles popping up on even a cursory search for "Twitter hacked," I'd say they've probably got a nice backlog going of such claims.
Then maybe to FBI should step in:
FBI Agent: Your honor, after repeatedly having our investigation be delayed by insane 'advice' given to people we seek to question, we ask the court to impose an injunction on Andrew Breitbart and take judicial notice of the fact that he is an ass.
/kidding
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darthstar Mon, May 30, 2011 8:53:58pm |
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Bipartite Gnomenclature Mon, May 30, 2011 8:54:03pm |
re: #100 Killgore Trout
Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed
6. I wish I could have wiped my own ass without help.
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darthstar Mon, May 30, 2011 8:54:43pm |
re: #82 Killgore Trout
Instadoucche is doubling down on Breitbart's bogus Weiner pics. What a dick.
Total pecker-head.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 8:54:45pm |
re: #115 Dark_Falcon
Then maybe to FBI should step in:
FBI Agent: Your honor, after repeatedly having our investigation be delayed by insane 'advice' given to people we seek to question, we ask the court to impose an injunction on Andrew Breitbart and take judicial notice of the fact that he is an ass.
/kidding
That's just it, there's been no indication so far that Weiner hasn't given the FBI a ring on the matter. So far, the only "proof" that he hasn't done so is that A) he hasn't announced doing so and B) "patriot76" says the cops haven't come to bother him yet.
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 30, 2011 8:55:09pm |
re: #111 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Hey, I started my FO3 run I discussed a week or two ago. Took the name somebody suggested on here. Right now in the Pitt at Lvl.7. I made things hard for myself. In order to go there light, I left many weapons in Megaton. Including the Grenades. Which are useful in de-dangering the bridge. Whoops.
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darthstar Mon, May 30, 2011 8:57:42pm |
re: #115 Dark_Falcon
Then maybe to FBI should step in:
FBI Agent: Your honor, after repeatedly having our investigation be delayed by insane 'advice' given to people we seek to question, we ask the court to impose an injunction on Andrew Breitbart and take judicial notice of the fact that he is an ass.
/kidding
Make him a person of interest. Put him on a no-fly list. Freeze his assets pending an investigation. Bring people close to him in for questioning and imply that being associated with him goes on their record. Ignore his rants on the internet.
Isolate. Isolate. Isolate.
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Kragar Mon, May 30, 2011 8:58:16pm |
re: #120 ProLifeLiberal
Hey, I started my FO3 run I discussed a week or two ago. Took the name somebody suggested on here. Right now in the Pitt at Lvl.7. I made things hard for myself. In order to go there light, I left many weapons in Megaton. Including the Grenades. Which are useful in de-dangering the bridge. Whoops.
Yeah, but you get most of your stuff yanked by the gate guards anyways, and then get stuck having to lug it back.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 8:58:51pm |
"Lucious" Jackson
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 9:00:39pm |
re: #120 ProLifeLiberal
Hey, I started my FO3 run I discussed a week or two ago. Took the name somebody suggested on here. Right now in the Pitt at Lvl.7. I made things hard for myself. In order to go there light, I left many weapons in Megaton. Including the Grenades. Which are useful in de-dangering the bridge. Whoops.
Eh, my idea of "light" is having at least one weapon per fast-select spot, with one spot saved for stimpaks, as well as whatever gear I might need for various skills challenges. If drugs and ammo weren't weightless, I'd be seriously screwed.
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 30, 2011 9:01:09pm |
re: #122 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
True, but 5-8 grenades you have been useful to get rid of the mine and nuke cars. Which would get rid of the dogs.
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Mocking Jay Mon, May 30, 2011 9:01:51pm |
re: #120 ProLifeLiberal
Hey, I started my FO3 run I discussed a week or two ago. Took the name somebody suggested on here. Right now in the Pitt at Lvl.7. I made things hard for myself. In order to go there light, I left many weapons in Megaton. Including the Grenades. Which are useful in de-dangering the bridge. Whoops.
Meh. Just crawl softly. Not that hard.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 9:01:54pm |
re: #121 darthstar
Make him a person of interest. Put him on a no-fly list. Freeze his assets pending an investigation. Bring people close to him in for questioning and imply that being associated with him goes on their record. Ignore his rants on the internet.
Isolate. Isolate. Isolate.
Those are a bit too far. Doing that would cause him to be regarded as "Persecuted By The TYRANT OBAMA!!1". Better to just refute Dimbart and then ignore him till the next spew. Don't feed his hunger for a martyr cookie.
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Kragar Mon, May 30, 2011 9:02:23pm |
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 30, 2011 9:02:28pm |
re: #125 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
I'm usually even worse. I only have the Combat Shotgun, Assault Rifle, and Hunting Rifle going in. I took the concealed gun.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 9:02:52pm |
re: #120 ProLifeLiberal
Hey, I started my FO3 run I discussed a week or two ago. Took the name somebody suggested on here.
Bob?
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 30, 2011 9:03:52pm |
re: #127 JasonA
But it's a tradition to make everything on the bridge blow the hell up. :(
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sagehen Mon, May 30, 2011 9:04:42pm |
Are there Southerners at your house? That does not sound like a California and/or Hawaii menu.
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Kragar Mon, May 30, 2011 9:05:05pm |
Something that took some relearning after playing New Vegas for so long and switching back to FO3, do not use cars for cover.
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Mocking Jay Mon, May 30, 2011 9:05:08pm |
One thing that really bothered me about FO3: Taking the bad karma option at the very end had no benefit to your character whatsoever. None. You screw yourself over as you screw everyone else. Dumb dumb dumb.
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windsagio Mon, May 30, 2011 9:05:31pm |
re: #133 sagehen
makes me think, lady from Louisiana is BBQing a whole meal at work for the residents today, and they're saving me a whole heap of food. For once can't wait to go to work :D
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 30, 2011 9:05:42pm |
re: #131 Slumbering Behemoth
Considering it was a women playthrough, no. Saskia. I forgot who recommended the name.
I'm usually a higher level and better armed when I get to the Pitt.
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Bipartite Gnomenclature Mon, May 30, 2011 9:06:06pm |
Speaking of deathbed confessions...
My daughter works in a retirement home that frequently becomes a terminal care home. With some of the day to day things she does to help many seniors, such as feeding them, bathing them, changing diapers and wiping them off after defecating, I have to wonder why people want to live that long.
I have no desire to live so long I have to have help of that kind.
On a completely different note, I hope my American friends are having a memorable Memorial Day.
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Kragar Mon, May 30, 2011 9:06:07pm |
re: #137 ProLifeLiberal
Considering it was a women playthrough, no. Saskia. I forgot who recommended the name.
I'm usually a higher level and better armed when I get to the Pitt.
That was my suggestion.
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Mocking Jay Mon, May 30, 2011 9:06:36pm |
re: #137 ProLifeLiberal
Considering it was a women playthrough, no. Saskia. I forgot who recommended the name.
I'm usually a higher level and better armed when I get to the Pitt.
Just get all the iron ingots. You'll be plenty well-armed.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 9:08:05pm |
Memo to MrPaulRevere: I do not see Charles as any species of bigot, nor do I see him as crapping on my beliefs. I see his liberalism as at variance with what I believe, but I have never experienced any bigotry or disrespect from that man.
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 30, 2011 9:08:28pm |
re: #134 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Heh, I usually blow up every vehicle I come across. I love that area on the south edge of Washington D.C west of the river where there are 20+ cars in a traffic jam. :)
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Bipartite Gnomenclature Mon, May 30, 2011 9:08:31pm |
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 9:08:36pm |
re: #130 ProLifeLiberal
I'm usually even worse. I only have the Combat Shotgun, Assault Rifle, and Hunting Rifle going in. I took the concealed gun.
Yeah, I always take the concealed gun into the Pitt, because .32 is plentiful in the Steelyard, as is the unique .32 pistol, and I rely on sneak criticals for most of my kills.
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windsagio Mon, May 30, 2011 9:08:43pm |
re: #138 b_sharp
Its not quite the same, but its my experience from my own work that when you're in that kind of situation your standards of joy and interest change a bit.
Some of the people whose lives seem sheer hell to me are amongst the happiest I know.
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 9:09:57pm |
re: #138 b_sharp
Speaking of deathbed confessions...
My daughter works in a retirement home that frequently becomes a terminal care home. With some of the day to day things she does to help many seniors, such as feeding them, bathing them, changing diapers and wiping them off after defecating, I have to wonder why people want to live that long.I have no desire to live so long I have to have help of that kind.
On a completely different note, I hope my American friends are having a memorable Memorial Day.
there is no on/off switch...it takes however long it takes
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sagehen Mon, May 30, 2011 9:10:06pm |
re: #136 windsagio
makes me think, lady from Louisiana is BBQing a whole meal at work for the residents today, and they're saving me a whole heap of food. For once can't wait to go to work :D
I'm keeping it simple -- burgers with the works, and fresh fruit. Didn't even do ice cream this year.
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freetoken Mon, May 30, 2011 9:10:58pm |
re: #120 ProLifeLiberal
Hey, I started my FO3 run...
Fluorine trioxide is extraordinarily dangerous, and is used in some exotic compounds with rare metals, such as with technetium and rhenium. Be careful not to vaporize your block.
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Bipartite Gnomenclature Mon, May 30, 2011 9:11:43pm |
re: #145 windsagio
Its not quite the same, but its my experience from my own work that when you're in that kind of situation your standards of joy and interest change a bit.
Some of the people whose lives seem sheer hell to me are amongst the happiest I know.
Really? I'm afraid it's beyond my ken.
I have no intention of going that long.
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 30, 2011 9:13:04pm |
re: #144 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Though I do have a question. Where is the gun concealed?
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 9:13:07pm |
re: #149 b_sharp
Really? I'm afraid it's beyond my ken.
I have no intention of going that long.
your intentions have very little to do with dying
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thor1066 Mon, May 30, 2011 9:13:11pm |
dad was vet,WW2 Korea,Viet Nam[twice]His brother and brother in law did WW2.My brother spent six years on the SSN Omaha.My grandfather served in the Dublin Fussiliers in WW1. Wifes grandfather served in the Princeton Ambulance Corp.WW1.Her Dad,9th inftry div WW2.I never served,so what I do is go a few mile down the road the the Soldiers and Airmens home in DC.They for the most part are forgotten by all but the military,hundreds of flags in front of hundreds of stone.Many of the stones show places of birth from other countries,often birthdate unknown.You find them in cemetaries in vermont[lots of GAR]you find them in churchyards,dead for a hundred years.Almost forgotten,except for that small flag that shows up every year on this day.They lie just like they served,laid out in rows,rank and file.My memorial is to walk down the rows and read outloud the names,the service,DOB,DOD.I may be the only person remembering a Frank O Connor from county Galway who died in 1898
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 9:13:18pm |
re: #134 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Something that took some relearning after playing New Vegas for so long and switching back to FO3, do not use cars for cover.
That bit was silly. Silly, stupid, and nonsensical. Sometimes funny, though.
re: #137 ProLifeLiberal
Considering it was a women playthrough, no. Saskia.
"Bob" would have been better.
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 9:13:39pm |
re: #151 ProLifeLiberal
Though I do have a question. Where is the gun concealed?
Worse question: Where's the knife concealed if you take it?
*shudders*
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windsagio Mon, May 30, 2011 9:13:52pm |
re: #149 b_sharp
I guess I should add we're dealing with reduced capabilities here, which doesn't necessarily apply to end-of-life care.
But yeah, I knew a severely disabled, incontinent, wheelchair bound guy at work. He coudln't talk, and had terrible seizures, but what little he could communicate was often happiness.
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 30, 2011 9:15:07pm |
re: #155 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
That's even worse. Must hurt.
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laZardo Mon, May 30, 2011 9:16:26pm |
re: #151 ProLifeLiberal
Though I do have a question. Where is the gun concealed?
Depends. Is the person happy to see you?
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 9:16:50pm |
re: #156 windsagio
I guess I should add we're dealing with reduced capabilities here, which doesn't necessarily apply to end-of-life care.
But yeah, I knew a severely disabled, incontinent, wheelchair bound guy at work. He coudln't talk, and had terrible seizures, but what little he could communicate was often happiness.
there is a powerful message in there...the fact that you remember and admire him is profound...the zest for life and all that
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laZardo Mon, May 30, 2011 9:18:56pm |
re: #159 albusteve
there is a powerful message in there...the fact that you remember and admire him is profound...the zest for life and all that
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albusteve Mon, May 30, 2011 9:20:24pm |
re: #160 laZardo
Or, when life gives you lemons...
[Video]
after that last cartoon regarding killing OBL, I'm not prone to open your links
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ProGunLiberal Mon, May 30, 2011 9:29:19pm |
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Only The Lurker Knows Mon, May 30, 2011 9:29:41pm |
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windsagio Mon, May 30, 2011 9:29:51pm |
re: #159 albusteve
Its one of the things that you have to do if you want to survive in the job really.
Otherwise you don't last a week.
At risk of being terribly cliche', I've learned a LOT from the ~50 clients I've had since I started working healthcare.
The other thing (on a slight aside) is in general if people really don't want to live, they usually don't. And I don't mean suicide, I mean people that just... give up.
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windsagio Mon, May 30, 2011 9:31:05pm |
re: #165 windsagio
Like my Brother-in-law. His sister was dying of cancer, but made him promise to come to visit on her birthday. She made it to about 2 days after he visited.
Human will is a really fascinating thing.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 30, 2011 9:32:08pm |
Hey all, how come it feels like a Sunday night?
How is everyone?
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 9:36:18pm |
re: #167 ggt
Hey all, how come it feels like a Sunday night?
How is everyone?
I've had a big weekend and am ready for a big Tuesday.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 30, 2011 9:38:56pm |
re: #168 Dark_Falcon
I've had a big weekend and am ready for a big Tuesday.
Can't have a fat Tuesday tho, it's time has passed.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 9:40:27pm |
re: #169 ggt
Can't have a fat Tuesday tho, it's time has passed.
Can it be fat in terms of number sales? Because I think that as having a good chance to happen.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 30, 2011 9:42:00pm |
re: #170 Dark_Falcon
Can it be fat in terms of number sales? Because I think that as having a good chance to happen.
It can ALWAYS be fat in terms of sales. If you don't think that way, you won't sell.
In My Personal Experience.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 9:52:23pm |
re: #171 ggt
It can ALWAYS be fat in terms of sales. If you don't think that way, you won't sell.
In My Personal Experience.
Thank you for that.
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darthstar Mon, May 30, 2011 9:52:51pm |
Prepare to be shocked...yes, you, too, actually agree with the KKK (about Westboro Baptist Church, anyway)
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 9:56:02pm |
re: #174 darthstar
Prepare to be shocked...yes, you, too, actually agree with the KKK (about Westboro Baptist Church, anyway)
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
And then prepare to be shock to agree with Fred Phelps (at least in part) about the KKK. Both are grossly wrong, yet they're each right about the other's greatest flaw. That says a lot about psychological blind spots, doesn't it?
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darthstar Mon, May 30, 2011 9:56:53pm |
re: #175 Dark_Falcon
And then prepare to be shock to agree with Fred Phelps (at least in part) about the KKK. Both are grossly wrong, yet they're each right about the other's greatest flaw. That says a lot about psychological blind spots, doesn't it?
Yes indeed. Maybe they should just shack up together...
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darthstar Mon, May 30, 2011 9:57:27pm |
Okay...ten o'clockish...time for bed. See you all tomorrow, I suppose.
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Dark_Falcon Mon, May 30, 2011 10:02:19pm |
re: #177 darthstar
Okay...ten o'clockish...time for bed. See you all tomorrow, I suppose.
I need to get to bed too.
Goodnight, all.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 10:02:59pm |
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Targetpractice Mon, May 30, 2011 10:09:30pm |
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 30, 2011 10:09:43pm |
re: #174 darthstar
Prepare to be shocked...yes, you, too, actually agree with the KKK (about Westboro Baptist Church, anyway)
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
Lunacy makes strange bedfellows.
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MittDoesNotCompute Mon, May 30, 2011 10:11:14pm |
Here's something kind of neat...Ron Howard and Canon have teamed up on a promotion where the public submits photos and Howard picks eight of them to inspire a short film shot with Canon digital SLRs: Project Imagin8ion.
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Kragar Mon, May 30, 2011 10:13:37pm |
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Only The Lurker Knows Mon, May 30, 2011 10:14:14pm |
Hmmmm. Seemed to have missed Killgore. Well if you get this this, I am looking for advice on Drip Irrigation systems for Container Gardening. The Wife has set up 4 10 Gal pots with veggies (Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Lettuce) that need to be watered on a regular basis. Any suggestions?
Lizards, feel free to jump in if you have any experience with this type of system. I will check back in the morning.
Good Night and May The Deity Of Your Choice Smile Down Upon You.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 10:16:13pm |
re: #180 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
The orbital strike would give us certainty. The Thunderdome, followed by the gator pit, would give us a moment of satisfaction.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 10:25:02pm |
re: #183 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
"No, for the love of humanity".
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 10:38:45pm |
re: #184 Bubblehead II
Good Night and May The Deity Of Your Choice Smile Down Upon You.
I choose...
Oh, for fuck's sake! Whoever heard of a multiple choice question with over a million answers to choose from! I bet they're all wrong.
... I'll get back to you on that.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 30, 2011 10:42:17pm |
re: #187 Slumbering Behemoth
I choose...
Oh, for fuck's sake! Whoever heard of a multiple choice question with over a million answers to choose from! I bet they're all wrong.
... I'll get back to you on that.
Just choose:
Love.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 10:43:57pm |
re: #188 ggt
Just choose:
Love.
Please tell me that's another way of spelling "Beer".
"Tri-Tip", maybe?
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 30, 2011 10:52:32pm |
re: #189 Slumbering Behemoth
Please tell me that's another way of spelling "Beer".
"Tri-Tip", maybe?
Ben Franklin? said something along the same lines. . . .
"Beer is proof that God Loves us and wants us to be happy."
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 30, 2011 10:52:52pm |
re: #187 Slumbering Behemoth
I choose...
Oh, for fuck's sake! Whoever heard of a multiple choice question with over a million answers to choose from! I bet they're all wrong.
... I'll get back to you on that.
I think it's more of an essay answer.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Mon, May 30, 2011 10:54:35pm |
re: #191 SanFranciscoZionist
I think it's more of an essay answer.
THat's because you grew-up with Rabbis . . .
LOL
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 10:56:07pm |
I've been stuck in a Luscious Jackson groove since reading the downstairs post about Dhim Hoft.
The dim dummy (Dhimmi?) corrected that misspelling, BTW. Without notice or acknowledgment, it would seem.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 10:57:11pm |
re: #191 SanFranciscoZionist
I think it's more of an essay answer.
Spoken like a real teacher. ZING!
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SanFranciscoZionist Mon, May 30, 2011 11:24:27pm |
re: #193 Slumbering Behemoth
I've been stuck in a Luscious Jackson groove since reading the downstairs post about Dhim Hoft.
[Video]The dim dummy (Dhimmi?) corrected that misspelling, BTW. Without notice or acknowledgment, it would seem.
Technically, I don't know if you really need to note changing a misspelling on a blog post.
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Mocking Jay Mon, May 30, 2011 11:33:37pm |
re: #195 SanFranciscoZionist
Technically, I don't know if you really need to note changing a misspelling on a blog post.
Hell, Pam Geller should let us when she doesn't misspell anything...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Mon, May 30, 2011 11:37:18pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, May 31, 2011 12:07:36am |
re: #199 laZardo
So...anyone use Bitcoins?
Of course. Wait, that's when you rend bits of coin to use for buckshot, right?
/
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 31, 2011 12:20:48am |
Frogs are making one hell of a racket tonight. A male is sitting in the pond trying to entice his girlfriend out of the mint patch. She's thinking about it but has been unconvinced for the past hour. I'm expecting my first frog complaints. Everyone has enjoyed them so far but this may change things.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 31, 2011 12:22:36am |
We had a frog on our patio today. Strange for the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland. With all the rain, and newly created ponds, he may have gotten lost looking for new digs.
As he was a concern for the dogs, my husband gently moved him to path that would take him closer to a new pond.
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 31, 2011 12:24:33am |
re: #202 ggt
They use the rainy weather to migrate. Out here it happens in the fall.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, May 31, 2011 12:28:55am |
re: #201 Killgore Trout
Just admit it. You're filming amphibian pr0n. Don't lie.
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 31, 2011 12:35:06am |
That's a good idea. Maybe I'll grab the camera and go out to see if I can catch them in the act.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, May 31, 2011 12:40:00am |
re: #205 Killgore Trout
I've seen worse documentaries. Why not put the whole thing on record, like a kind of primer for others interested in doing the same. Could make a couple bucks. A PBS show?
Or not. Who knows?
Regardless, it seems pretty interesting.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 31, 2011 12:47:20am |
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 12:57:24am |
If you're doing amphibian pr0n, you have to start with the bottom feeders
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Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 31, 2011 12:59:38am |
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The Left Tue, May 31, 2011 1:13:27am |
Good morning from Scotland. And it is morning here too for a change. I'm not usually here this early. How's everyone doing?
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The Left Tue, May 31, 2011 1:14:30am |
re: #206 Slumbering Behemoth
I've seen worse documentaries. Why not put the whole thing on record, like a kind of primer for others interested in doing the same. Could make a couple bucks. A PBS show?
Or not. Who knows?
Regardless, it seems pretty interesting.
There's a documentary about cane toads in Austraila. It was pretty interesting!
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Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 31, 2011 1:20:03am |
WEll all,
I think I'll finally go to bed.
Have a good one all!
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mdey Tue, May 31, 2011 1:23:23am |
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 1:34:39am |
re: #216 iceweasel
We have those dead hours between 3-6 am EST it seems. What are you up to?
BRAINNNNSSSSS
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 1:37:01am |
mid-morning in Old Europe. I am working on tourist translations for the Rhineland.
All these adjectives to describe the region: "alluring", "enticing", "beckoning", "captivating"...
Makes me feel kinda slutty...
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mdey Tue, May 31, 2011 1:46:31am |
re: #216 iceweasel
just hanging around a little before bedtime. Seeing if anything is happening.
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The Left Tue, May 31, 2011 1:49:26am |
re: #220 mdey
just hanging around a little before bedtime. Seeing if anything is happening.
I'm still catching up on Weiner-gate. Looks like the wingnuts aren't backing down, still spinning madly away.
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 1:50:58am |
re: #221 iceweasel
I'm still catching up on Weiner-gate. Looks like the wingnuts aren't backing down, still spinning madly away.
Giggity!
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 1:53:01am |
waiting for the weiner to pop up before bedtime?
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freetoken Tue, May 31, 2011 2:01:33am |
Loud bang heard near Fukushima reactor, no radiation leak: Tepco
It was just Godzilla's infant child trying to break out of reactor #1, that's all.
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 2:33:33am |
Tepco produces public relations press releases. If you want information, have to rely on other sources. I suggest sending Andrew Breitbart into the reactor to report on what is going on there.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 3:50:00am |
It's so hard to believe in anything anymore. I mean, it's like, religion, you really can't take it seriously, because it seems so mythological, it seems so arbitrary...but, on the other hand, science is just pure empiricism, and by virtue of its method, it excludes metaphysics. I guess I wouldn't believe in anything any more if it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch.
-Steve Martin
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 3:53:36am |
re: #228 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
"Everybody should believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink!"
W.C. Fields ,,,(I think)
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 3:55:02am |
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 31, 2011 3:56:22am |
re: #231 sattv4u2
How goes the process?
Gotta work today and I jammed my back yesterday while boating. Hoping to get an email from my penguin masters when I get home.
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 3:58:16am |
re: #232 Cannadian Club Akbar
Gotta work today and I jammed my back yesterday while boating. Hoping to get an email from my penguin masters when I get home.
Any indication on what the pay is? How long of an assignment?
And most important have you gone blow-up-girlfriend shopping yet?
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 31, 2011 3:59:01am |
re: #233 sattv4u2
Any indication on what the pay is? How long of an assignment?
And most important have you gone blow-up-girlfriend shopping yet?
No, 6 months and I'm looking for twins.:)
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 3:59:45am |
re: #234 Cannadian Club Akbar
You are going to Antarctica? Really. Take a wind-breaker.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 31, 2011 4:00:49am |
re: #235 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You are going to Antarctica? Really. Take a wind-breaker.
I have a couple sweatshirts. Other than that, no cold weather gear.
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 4:03:36am |
re: #235 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
You are going to Antarctica? Really. Take a wind-breaker.
Where he's going, this is a "windbreaker"
[Link: inspiringyourkids.com...]
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 4:05:03am |
re: #238 sattv4u2
Oh, to be single and able to go on such a fucking adventure.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 31, 2011 4:06:37am |
re: #239 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh, to be single and able to go on such a fucking adventure.
They also have contracts with places in Texas, Colorado, Alaska and Hawaii.
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 4:08:25am |
re: #239 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Oh, to be single and able to go on such a fucking adventure.
What does single have to do with it
My wife "suggest" I go someplace on a daily basis, and where she wants me to go, I won;t need a windbreaker!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 4:10:50am |
re: #241 sattv4u2
I set 'em up? You knock 'em down.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 4:11:34am |
Seriously. Steve Martin gets swindled....
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Obdicut Tue, May 31, 2011 4:12:06am |
The civil trial against O'Keefe is being allowed to proceed.
[Link: www.courthousenews.com...]
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 31, 2011 4:12:54am |
re: #243 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Seriously. Steve Martin gets swindled...
that is why I stick with dogs playing poker.
/
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 31, 2011 4:14:15am |
re: #244 Obdicut
The civil trial against O'Keefe is being allowed to proceed.
[Link: www.courthousenews.com...]
I wonder if Andrew will foot the bill.
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 4:14:20am |
re: #243 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Seriously. Steve Martin gets swindled...
Really, never buy a painting unless it is on black velvet...
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Obdicut Tue, May 31, 2011 4:17:00am |
And Obama is putting the boot to those who would support Iran:
[Link: www.courthousenews.com...]
President Obama has issued an Executive Order authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to impose sanctions under the Iran Sanctions Act against foreign individuals or entities that invest in the Iranian energy sector.
United States firms and individuals are prevented from investing in the Iranian energy sector under an executive order issued by former President Bill Clinton in 1996 after Iran opened its energy sector to foreign investment through a "buy-back" program, which gives investors a return on their capital without granting them any equity.
According to a 2009 report from the Congressional Research Service, up to that point no firm or individual had ever been sanctioned under the act.
President Obama's order allows the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit U.S. financial institutions from making loans or providing credits to, or performing foreign exchange transactions for, firms investing in Iran's energy sector.
In addition, Treasury is authorized to block all assets of such firms or individuals that come into the jurisdiction of the United States.
The above bolded part sucks. I would be astonished if there were no US corporations that had done back-door investments in Iran. I hope they really hold anyone caught doing so to account.
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Obdicut Tue, May 31, 2011 4:17:52am |
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 4:17:53am |
Good morning, honcos. How did you all enjoy your long weekend?
I went swimming, baked a bunch of bread, and broke my toe.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 31, 2011 4:19:00am |
re: #250 Alouette
Good morning, honcos. How did you all enjoy your long weekend?
I went swimming, baked a bunch of bread, and broke my toe.
I broke a toe last week. Much better now.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 4:21:19am |
re: #249 Obdicut
This place would love a visit from you, I'm sure.
[Link: velveteria.com...]
Elvis should have had an album, "Elvis On Black Velvet".
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 31, 2011 4:22:33am |
re: #252 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Elvis should have had an album, "Elvis On Black Velvet".
Near the end it would have been called "Elvis on Red Velvet Cake".
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 4:23:01am |
re: #249 Obdicut
This place would love a visit from you, I'm sure.
[Link: velveteria.com...]
My mom had bullfighters on black velvet, and a Spanish seniorita holding a fan.
And do not forget the "slave girl in chains" motif...
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Obdicut Tue, May 31, 2011 4:23:27am |
re: #253 Cannadian Club Akbar
Near the end it would have been called "Elvis on Red Velvet Cake & and a handful of Quaaludes".
FTFY.
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Obdicut Tue, May 31, 2011 4:24:04am |
re: #254 ralphieboy
I saw one once that was Don McLean crying and in his tear you could see a reflection of Buddy Holly.
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Cannadian Club Akbar Tue, May 31, 2011 4:27:10am |
Alrighty. Gotta wash the boats. Hope I don't have to take out another one for a test drive today. The Horror!!! See ya'll this afternoon.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 4:28:03am |
When my wife and I married, my little brother gave us a set of black velvet paintings. Big one, two smaller ones... ships... I think the main color (IIRC) was blacklight blue.
For years, we would put them up when we knew he was coming. Then I finally told him.
He got a great deal on them though. The people were asking $150.00, he got the set for $30.00.
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 4:30:21am |
re: #256 Obdicut
I saw one once that was Don McLean crying and in his tear you could see a reflection of Buddy Holly.
That touches me deep inside...
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Obdicut Tue, May 31, 2011 4:30:53am |
re: #257 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
This might interest you:
[Link: understandingamericanpie.com...]
It's the most thoughtful and well-worked out discursion into the meaning of American Pie I've ever read.
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 4:40:45am |
re: #262 Obdicut
I remember as an eleven-year-old kid listening in rapt attention to an hour-long radio show that explained the song line for line...
But at this point, if I never hear the song again in my life, I will not miss it...
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sagehen Tue, May 31, 2011 4:49:21am |
Any literature geeks here?
One of the other blogs I hang out at, people are insisting that Longfellow's "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" is an allegorical call to arms for abolitionists.
I'd never heard that before. So... was this an obvious thing and my education was faulty? Or is it a non-traditional interpretation?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 4:54:25am |
re: #264 sagehen
Dunno. Longfellow made Paul Revere into a pop star with the poem. But the real ride was made by Israel Bissell.
According to "Assume the Position" with Mr. Wuhl, Israel Bissell sounded like a Jewish Vacuum Cleaner salesperson and wasn't possible to rhyme properly...
"Gather 'round children, while I give a little whistle;
While I tell y'all the story of Israel Bissell"...
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 4:56:43am |
re: #265 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Dunno. Longfellow made Paul Revere into a pop star with the poem. But the real ride was made by Israel Bissell.
According to "Assume the Position" with Mr. Wuhl, Israel Bissell sounded like a Jewish Vacuum Cleaner salesperson and wasn't possible to rhyme properly...
"Gather 'round children, while I give a little whistle;
While I tell y'all the story of Israel Bissell"...
I heard that the "real ride" was actually made by a woman.
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 4:58:19am |
Not to mention the 60's pop group, Israel Bisslel and the Dreidlers:
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 5:00:49am |
re: #267 ralphieboy
I saw what you did right there.
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Obdicut Tue, May 31, 2011 5:13:45am |
re: #266 Alouette
Well, Revere deserves to be honored because he'd built up a huge network of contacts. By the time it came to actually ride, it didn't matter who was doing it. But it was because of the groundwork that Revere had done-- he was, apparently, the original networker-- that the ride was successful.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 5:14:46am |
re: #270 Obdicut
Stupid Colonialists... too cheap to have freakin' cellphones.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 5:14:48am |
re: #270 Obdicut
Well, Revere deserves to be honored because he'd built up a huge network of contacts. By the time it came to actually ride, it didn't matter who was doing it. But it was because of the groundwork that Revere had done-- he was, apparently, the original networker-- that the ride was successful.
I can't remember where I read that the primary rider was a woman.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 5:15:52am |
re: #272 Alouette
I can't remember where I read that the primary rider was a woman.
It might even have been Cracked.com. For a humor site, they often have some very good historical and scientific trivia.
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Obdicut Tue, May 31, 2011 5:18:17am |
re: #273 Alouette
You might be thinking of this:
[Link: www.ushistory.org...]
You are probably referring to Sybil Ludington, who did not ride with Paul Revere in 1775. On 26 April 1777, Sybil, the 16 year old daughter of Patriot Colonel Henry Ludington, and her family in Fredericksburg, NY, were warned of an impending British attack at Danbury, CT (across the state line). Danbury was a supply depot for the Americans with approximately 200 or less Continental troops on guard. Col. Ludington was in charge of a militia unit. The militia unit was scattered about the area/surrounding community. Sybil mounted her horse and took a 40 mile ride throughout the countryside that late night, waking militia members as she went. The men were not able to save Danbury, however, eventually the troops were able to push the British back to their ships at Long Island, New York.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 5:18:44am |
re: #272 Alouette
I can't remember where I read that the primary rider was a woman.
Probably from some bra burning chick.
/
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 5:21:22am |
re: #275 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Probably from some bra burning chick.
/
They didn't wear bras in the 18th century. The foundational female undergarment was the corset. A brassiere would have given more freedom of movement, so---some bra-wearing chick.
/
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 5:33:38am |
re: #276 Alouette
Yeah... but they wouldn't have told you about it. You're young.
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Shropshire_Slasher Tue, May 31, 2011 5:41:44am |
I just wanted to say that I'm Rep. Anthony Weiner's girlfriend too, oh wait, old news, dammit.
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Surabaya Stew Tue, May 31, 2011 5:46:23am |
Hello Lizards,
Am a bit late for this, but I just wanted to pay tribute to my Maternal Grandfather, Robert Hendrickson, on this (day after) Memorial Day thread. Born in 1900, he lied about his age and volunteered to fight on the Italian Front in 1915! After being transfered to the Western Front in 1918, he was gasses and had his thigh pock-marked with shrapnel, for which he spent months in Hospital recovering.
I've been told by those know knew him, that I closely resemble him in habits and interests. Sadly, he died 6 years before I was born, so I never got to know him nor his great love of history (he had 1000's of books), antiques (he ran a landmark Greenwich Village shop for over 30 years), and politics (he was a traditional Northeast Republican with a highly individualistic streak). While I can't bring him back, this picture below from the classic 1949 "Greenwich Village: Today a& Yesterday" taken by Bernice Abbott will have to suffice.
A proud WWI Veteran and the Grandfather I never knew....
Here's to all of our Veterans, on this (belated) Memorial Day.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, May 31, 2011 6:05:43am |
Good Morning Lizards!
Rode in Rolling Thunder on Sunday, what an awesome sight. No I didn't see Sarah Palin, I wasn't interested in hearing her speak.
Yesterday, my middle son and I hiked Difficult Run in Great Falls NP. Beautiful route along the rocky cliffs of the Potomac.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 6:07:55am |
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iossarian Tue, May 31, 2011 6:11:03am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 6:14:30am |
re: #285 iossarian
I'm guessing he wasn't robbed very often.
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lostlakehiker Tue, May 31, 2011 6:18:11am |
re: #59 goddamnedfrank
Gravity is good for long term living, retaining bone and muscle mass. The ability to dig into the moon is good for dealing with ionizing radiation / solar flares. It would also be much easier to build a space elevator on the moon, providing a stepping stone for building such a project on earth. Somebody else already mentioned the Helium 3.
You can spin a space station. If it's too small for that, you can spin a two-mass system where the other mass is just a counterweight of some sort. Any fair-size space station would be massive enough to include a central "keep" that could hold its crew in an emergency.
What the moon is really good for is as a source of reaction mass. Set up a mass driver on the moon and fling packets of moon-dust into trajectories that can be captured at L5, and you've got your shielding material, for instance. You've also got reaction mass to burn. Throw some of that dust away, at a sufficiently high velocity, and you've changed your trajectory. Grind it small enough and it's harmless even if a fleck of it hits another space station or comes back around and hits the old one.
There's a goodly quantity of aluminum in moon dust. With solar furnaces in space, that could be extracted and then used for enlarging the space station. The whole idea is that once you've got a mass driver on the moon, (or on any sizable asteroid that can be parked in earth orbit), you don't have to lift near as much stuff from the earth. Crews, and key high-precision components, would be all that would be needed.
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Surabaya Stew Tue, May 31, 2011 6:20:07am |
re: #281 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
re: #284 Obdicut
Thank you all for your kind words!
re: #285 iossarian
Yeah, he had quite a collection of knifes and swords, including everything from an Aztec human sacrifice dagger, to a Athenian Greek Sword with Hercules on it, 18th century ceremonial foils, Ming Dynasty curved blades with silken embroidered sheaths....you name it!
What fund it must have been as a kid to hang out at his shop! My Mon and Aunt sure had a Dad who could really give off a vibe of destruction to any would-be suitor!
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Surabaya Stew Tue, May 31, 2011 6:27:04am |
re: #286 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I'm guessing he wasn't robbed very often.
Don't laugh, but until he was robbed in 1952 (3 years after this photo was taken) he had no rolling gates or alarms! That's how safe the Village used to be. After the robbery, he had his first heart attack, and when he returned to the business, downsized it by selling off all of his guns.
Family lore states that when a thief tried to gain access through a back window, my Grandfather set up a Bear Trap right under the window, which would have decapitated any future robber's limb! Only after it had been set up for a month, did my Grandmother talk him out of taking such measures.
Yeah, he came from a different place and time than the rest of us. An individual until the end. My God rest his agnostic soul. :-)
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iossarian Tue, May 31, 2011 6:27:11am |
re: #288 Surabaya Stew
re: #285 iossarian
What fund it must have been as a kid to hang out at his shop! My Mon and Aunt sure had a Dad who could really give off a vibe of destruction to any would-be suitor!
Ha! They must have loved that.
"Dad, please don't do the 'toying with the serrated knife' act this time?"
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Lidane Tue, May 31, 2011 6:35:29am |
You just can't make this stuff up:
Sarah Palin Explains Bus Tour: 'Not About Me' And 'Not A Publicity-Seeking Tour'
Yeah. Because people just randomly decide to get into a specially painted bus and drive cross-country to talk about freedom and the Constitution and stuff. It's not about publicity at all.
///
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Surabaya Stew Tue, May 31, 2011 6:37:34am |
re: #290 iossarian
Ha! They must have loved that.
"Dad, please don't do the 'toying with the serrated knife' act this time?"
Heh, for all his efforts, my Aunt eloped at 18! My Mom waited until she was 24 to escape to the Sorbonne, far away from Dad's blades of fury. They both loved him dearly though.
By the way, I can't remember what the serrated knife actually was used for, but I recall a good story behind it. Will have to ask my Aunt for details. Also, he never brought his blades home, but had a .38 strapped to him at all times, so that would have been quite threatening enough. (Interestingly enough, for a proud member of the NRA and big hater of the NYS Sullivan Laws, he never taught anybody in his family how to use a gun.)
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Daniel Ballard Tue, May 31, 2011 6:42:02am |
So the KKK is out there counter protesting the Westboro people...
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
Huh.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Tue, May 31, 2011 6:42:48am |
re: #294 Rightwingconspirator
So the KKK is out there counter protesting the Westboro people...
[Link: www.cnn.com...]Huh.
No, We are bigger Douchebags!...NO, WE ARE BIGGER DOUCHEBAGS!!!!...
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 6:43:15am |
re: #294 Rightwingconspirator
Now. There's a place the asteroid could hit.
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Daniel Ballard Tue, May 31, 2011 6:43:29am |
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lawhawk Tue, May 31, 2011 6:45:12am |
re: #295 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
That swordsman was pissed. He spent weeks training, and with Ford being sick during that part of the shoot, he and Spielberg decided to simply shoot 'em instead of having a full-on fight with the sword.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 6:47:39am |
re: #299 lawhawk
I had heard that Ford was sick, ad libbed the shot, Spielberg decided to keep the shot. Anyhoo... best (and most plausible) damn scene in the entire franchise.
Lead lined fridge... *spit*
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 6:49:40am |
re: #297 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I posted that before I saw where it was. I really don't want the asteroid to hit at Arlington (not that it matters where the asteroid hits).
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 6:50:09am |
re: #294 Rightwingconspirator
So the KKK is out there counter protesting the Westboro people...
[Link: www.cnn.com...]Huh.
OUR SHIELDS CAN'T WITHSTAND HATE OF THAT MAGNITUDE!
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 6:51:06am |
re: #297 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Now. There's a place the asteroid could hit.
*Presses red button*
6 mile wide planet killer on the way!
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Surabaya Stew Tue, May 31, 2011 6:54:51am |
re: #301 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I had heard that Ford was sick, ad libbed the shot, Spielberg decided to keep the shot. Anyhoo... best (and most plausible) damn scene in the entire franchise.
Lead lined fridge... *spit*
Speaking of lead lined fridges, I need to go back to bed! TTFN....
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 6:59:14am |
re: #304 Varek Raith
Where's the Kaboom? Where is the earth-shattering kaboom?
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 7:00:57am |
re: #306 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Where's the Kaboom? Where is the earth-shattering kaboom?
...
..
.
Dammit!
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 7:01:57am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:03:20am |
re: #301 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Checked Snopes, true story but no one knows eggzackery how it came about.
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 7:05:01am |
Ouch.
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reine.de.tout Tue, May 31, 2011 7:05:51am |
re: #292 Lidane
You just can't make this stuff up:
Sarah Palin Explains Bus Tour: 'Not About Me' And 'Not A Publicity-Seeking Tour'
Yeah. Because people just randomly decide to get into a specially painted bus and drive cross-country to talk about freedom and the Constitution and stuff. It's not about publicity at all.
///
What's really odd, is that apparently she is keeping her itinerary secret, so nobody knows where she's going to show up next. She posts vague clues, and then may or may not show up where people have gathered to see her. What the heck is that supposed to accomplish?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:06:42am |
re: #311 Varek Raith
"What is 'Where not to stand', Alex."
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 7:07:28am |
re: #315 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
"What is 'Where not to stand', Alex."
I'd so LMAO if I was in person...
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, May 31, 2011 7:09:06am |
re: #294 Rightwingconspirator
So the KKK is out there counter protesting the Westboro people...
[Link: www.cnn.com...]Huh.
Can't you just imagine the shades of all those good soldiers wanting to raise up and deal with both sets of sleazeballs?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:10:13am |
Well, I have to get in the shower and get dressed.
Let me leave you with a mental image... Slow motion... I step under the water and slowly begin to massage soap into my flab...
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 7:12:00am |
re: #318 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Your post should be deleted and you sent to the gulag.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:12:38am |
re: #319 Varek Raith
Enjoy. Slowly... increasing circles...
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iossarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:14:13am |
re: #313 reine.de.tout
What's really odd, is that apparently she is keeping her itinerary secret, so nobody knows where she's going to show up next. She posts vague clues, and then may or may not show up where people have gathered to see her. What the heck is that supposed to accomplish?
Like, viral interest, dude!
It's pitiful. I hadn't even heard about that "mystery" aspect of her Voyage of Vanity, but then I give not a shit about it, so I suppose that's not surprising.
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 7:18:56am |
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Ericus58 Tue, May 31, 2011 7:34:06am |
Alarm Clocks Blow up at Ikea Stores in Belgium, France and The Netherlands
[Link: www.myfoxdc.com...]
"BRUSSELS - Small explosives concealed in alarm clocks detonated at Ikea furniture stores in Belgium, France and The Netherlands, Belgian authorities said Tuesday.
The explosions in stores in the Belgian city of Ghent, Lille in northern France and Eindhoven in The Netherlands caused no damage or injuries.
"The information we have is that the explosions happened the same way in all locations, with booby-trapped alarm clocks that had been hidden exploding," according to An Schoonjans, spokeswoman for Ghent prosecutors."
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:35:36am |
Okay... I'm ready... Midway is on the teevee. Mr. Miagi is in Midway?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:37:16am |
re: #325 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Miyagi... oops.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:37:55am |
re: #324 Ericus58
What better way to show your angst with the world by blowing up crappy furniture stores.
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 7:37:59am |
re: #325 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Okay... I'm ready... Midway is on the teevee. Mr. Miagi is in Midway?
Yep.
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BongCrodny Tue, May 31, 2011 7:39:11am |
re: #262 Obdicut
This might interest you:
[Link: understandingamericanpie.com...]
It's the most thoughtful and well-worked out discursion into the meaning of American Pie I've ever read.
Late winter, 1977. Great Lakes, Illinois, Naval Training Center.
Yr. humble servant: fresh from flunking out of college, more than a little scared of just what I had gotten myself into.
One evening, maybe three or four weeks into the training, about 20 or so of us recruits, taking a smoke break in the shower room. Started talking about music. This being the 70's, of course the topic eventually got around to American Pie.
Someone started singing it, and a few others joined in, and eventually everyone else, and we sang the whole damn song right there and then.
American Pie has always been one of my favorite songs, and more than a little bit of the reason was that night in Great Lakes.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:40:35am |
Drudge has been having a helluva time lately posting stories about folks behaving badly. I've attributed it to racism.
But, look at his page right now. Something appears to be going on. Geeze.
This is starting to look coordinated.
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BongCrodny Tue, May 31, 2011 7:42:49am |
re: #324 Ericus58
Alarm Clocks Blow up at Ikea Stores in Belgium, France and The Netherlands
[Link: www.myfoxdc.com...]
"BRUSSELS - Small explosives concealed in alarm clocks detonated at Ikea furniture stores in Belgium, France and The Netherlands, Belgian authorities said Tuesday.
The explosions in stores in the Belgian city of Ghent, Lille in northern France and Eindhoven in The Netherlands caused no damage or injuries.
"The information we have is that the explosions happened the same way in all locations, with booby-trapped alarm clocks that had been hidden exploding," according to An Schoonjans, spokeswoman for Ghent prosecutors."
Who would be crazy enough to put a bomb in a cuckoo clock?
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 7:43:08am |
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abolitionist Tue, May 31, 2011 7:44:20am |
Headline may be somewhat sensationalist, but still..
Energy & Oil - Video:Yemen's economy collapses as fighting rages AFP
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 31, 2011 7:44:43am |
re: #330 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Drudge has been having a helluva time lately posting stories about folks behaving badly. I've attributed it to racism.
But, look at his page right now. Something appears to be going on. Geeze.
This is starting to look coordinated.
He's been doing that for a while now. He picks up the links from Stormfront and the Council of Conservative Citizens. The rash of incidents this week is probably because a lot of colleges are on spring break.
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lawhawk Tue, May 31, 2011 7:45:05am |
re: #331 BongCrodny
Someone who doesn't like Billy bookcases?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:45:46am |
re: #329 BongCrodny
I'm a total Karaoke nerd. But, American Pie is Karaoke poison. My list..
1. American Pie
2. Friends in Low Places
3. MacArthur Park
4. Endless Love (Duet)
5. Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Duet)
6. That fucking song by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow (Duet)
7. Hotel California
8. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
9. Anything Charlie Daniels or Lynyrd Skynyrd
10. The Streak
Some of these songs I actually like... but someone steps up to the mike... and "Hey! Now's a good time for a smoke break!"
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:47:01am |
re: #334 Killgore Trout
One of the stories alluded to coordination on Facebook.
I hope I am wrong, but it looks like something is happening.
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BongCrodny Tue, May 31, 2011 7:48:11am |
re: #332 Varek Raith
Wile E. Coyote.
I was going to go with The Penguin, but I'll get Chief O'Hara to dust for paw prints.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:48:40am |
re: #330 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
UPDATE: MIAMI 'WAR ZONE' DURING URBAN WEEKEND...
'I was scared for my life'...
Poet 'Da Real One' Gunned Down In Front Of Miami Poetry Cafe...
Violent crime explodes in Myrtle during Black Bike Week; 8-hour hell...
Rib Fest At Rochester beach turns rowdy...
Riot On Long Island...
Urban Melee In Charlotte...
Chaos causes DNC concern for convention...
Unruly urban crowd shuts down Nashville water park...
TEEN GANGS UNLEASHED ON BOSTON BEACH
Drudge's "Above the fold" right now.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 7:49:41am |
re: #336 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I'm a total Karaoke nerd. But, American Pie is Karaoke poison. My list..
1. American Pie
2. Friends in Low Places
3. MacArthur Park
4. Endless Love (Duet)
5. Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Duet)
6. That fucking song by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow (Duet)
7. Hotel California
8. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
9. Anything Charlie Daniels or Lynyrd Skynyrd
10. The StreakSome of these songs I actually like... but someone steps up to the mike... and "Hey! Now's a good time for a smoke break!"
#6 on the list: that is one of the most annoying, irritating songs ever.
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BongCrodny Tue, May 31, 2011 7:49:45am |
re: #336 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I'm a total Karaoke nerd. But, American Pie is Karaoke poison. My list..
1. American Pie
2. Friends in Low Places
3. MacArthur Park
4. Endless Love (Duet)
5. Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Duet)
6. That fucking song by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow (Duet)
7. Hotel California
8. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
9. Anything Charlie Daniels or Lynyrd Skynyrd
10. The StreakSome of these songs I actually like... but someone steps up to the mike... and "Hey! Now's a good time for a smoke break!"
I can easily see how every one of those songs would kill Karaoke Night.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:49:50am |
re: #334 Killgore Trout
I don't recall a rash like this in other years.
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 31, 2011 7:50:49am |
Instapundit is still promoting Breitbart's Wiener scandal this morning.
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Varek Raith Tue, May 31, 2011 7:51:22am |
re: #343 Killgore Trout
Instapundit is still promoting Breitbart's Wiener scandal this morning.
I'll take the high road on that one.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 7:52:03am |
re: #341 BongCrodny
I actually hosted for a while.
"I/We want to sing 1-10"!
"I'm Sorry. That disk is broken."
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 7:52:34am |
re: #334 Killgore Trout
He's been doing that for a while now. He picks up the links from Stormfront and the Council of Conservative Citizens. The rash of incidents this week is probably because a lot of colleges are on spring break.
TEEN GANGS UNLEASHED ON BOSTON BEACH
This one isn't, for sure
I have a friend who is a Mass State Trooper and I spoke with him late last night when I saw the story. It's been a gang related coordinated effort (through the internet) involving 14-18 year olds
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BongCrodny Tue, May 31, 2011 7:53:03am |
re: #345 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I actually hosted for a while.
"I/We want to sing 1-10"!
"I'm Sorry. That disk is broken."
Weepy ballads in the wrong hands....brrr.
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Mocking Jay Tue, May 31, 2011 7:54:33am |
re: #344 Varek Raith
I'll take the high road on that one.
Yeah. It feels rewarding to throw the little fish back, doesn't it? You know you could have it, but feh. You just don't need it.
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 31, 2011 7:55:35am |
re: #342 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I don't recall a rash like this in other years.
It's hard to tell. It might be a particularly ugly year but it might just be Drudge listing all the incidents together. If you scroll through Stormfront or CCoC on any given day you'd get the impression that blacks and Hispanics are rampaging through the streets killing random people. There might be something going on but I wouldn't make too much of Drudge's collection of headlines.
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 31, 2011 7:57:04am |
re: #346 sattv4u2
TEEN GANGS UNLEASHED ON BOSTON BEACH
This one isn't, for sure
I have a friend who is a Mass State Trooper and I spoke with him late last night when I saw the story. It's been a gang related coordinated effort (through the internet) involving 14-18 year olds
It seems like gang activity has been in decline over the past few years. Maybe there's a resurgence.
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Digital Display Tue, May 31, 2011 7:57:18am |
re: #336 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I'm a total Karaoke nerd. But, American Pie is Karaoke poison. My list..
1. American Pie
2. Friends in Low Places
3. MacArthur Park
4. Endless Love (Duet)
5. Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Duet)
6. That fucking song by Kid Rock and Sheryl Crow (Duet)
7. Hotel California
8. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
9. Anything Charlie Daniels or Lynyrd Skynyrd
10. The StreakSome of these songs I actually like... but someone steps up to the mike... and "Hey! Now's a good time for a smoke break!"
I went out to karaoke Friday night at the Moose club.. It was a blast..
Everyone had such fun
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Killgore Trout Tue, May 31, 2011 8:02:58am |
Wow, here's video of the Miami shooting
Miami Beach shooting on Memorial Day weekend 2011
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 8:04:42am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 8:08:03am |
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WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.] Tue, May 31, 2011 8:08:55am |
re: #336 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I can't believe Baby Got Back isn't on your karaoke hate list, that's my #1, my #2 is Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 8:09:09am |
re: #353 Killgore Trout
That doesn't look like a mob to me. That looks like a shooting took place while someone had a video camera on.
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lawhawk Tue, May 31, 2011 8:10:41am |
re: #350 Killgore Trout
Or maybe it's just that with a slow news cycle, incidents are getting blown out of proportion and are being reported. Coincidence, rather than anything more substantive linking them together. Then again, in this era of flash mobs, anything could be possible.
I think it's kids acting stupidly.
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 8:10:48am |
re: #353 Killgore Trout
Wow, here's video of the Miami shooting
Miami Beach shooting on Memorial Day weekend 2011[Video]
[Link: www.boston.com...]
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 8:11:16am |
re: #357 windupbird
I can't believe Baby Got Back isn't on your karaoke hate list, that's my #1, my #2 is Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
I have to keep my list to ten. I have a friend who does BGB very well, white guy. Journey songs can be done will by women, and one dude I've ever heard.
He is lead for a Journey Tribute Band, has Steve down perfect. My only criticism of him? It's an impression. I'd love to hear what he sounds like.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Tue, May 31, 2011 8:12:37am |
To work.
All the sweet cream icing, flowing down.
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William Barnett-Lewis Tue, May 31, 2011 8:14:31am |
re: #351 HoosierHoops
I went out to karaoke Friday night at the Moose club.. It was a blast..
Everyone had such fun
Last time I did karaoke was at my wife's 20 year HS reunion. I did "You Better You Bet" by The Who & was drunk enough to think it was fun. Still, easier to do them well than some little ballad.
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lawhawk Tue, May 31, 2011 8:15:33am |
Fareed Zakaria's take: Bibi doesn't want a peace deal.
My take: The Palestinians don't want to accept Israel's right to exist, making any deal proffered by the Israelis for naught (see prior deals offered by Israel to Abbas and Arafat). If Israel truly had a partner in peace, there'd be a peace deal in reach, but the Palestinians don't want to give up the ghost of right of return, demanding Israel relinquish control over the Old City and accept borders that put Israel in an indefensible position.
The Palestinians haven't fulfilled their obligations under Oslo, but want Israel to keep making concessions - negotiating with itself. Where is the Palestinian plan for peace under a 2-state solution? There is none.
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Daniel Ballard Tue, May 31, 2011 8:19:26am |
re: #359 lawhawk
Or maybe it's just that with a slow news cycle, incidents are getting blown out of proportion and are being reported. Coincidence, rather than anything more substantive linking them together. Then again, in this era of flash mobs, anything could be possible.
I think it's kids acting stupidly.
Let's remember how random events tend to cluster by some measure. Drudge is pushing the "long hot summer" news angle early.
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BongCrodny Tue, May 31, 2011 8:37:32am |
re: #330 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Drudge has been having a helluva time lately posting stories about folks behaving badly. I've attributed it to racism.
But, look at his page right now. Something appears to be going on. Geeze.
This is starting to look coordinated.
I note that after the "Race War 2011" headlines at the top, Drudge's *first* story after the banner reads "Obama cracks down on civil rights abuses by big-city police departments."
Get 'em scared, then get 'em pissed.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 31, 2011 8:39:53am |
Hey all!
How is the morning going for all of you?
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 8:49:41am |
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njdhockeyfan Tue, May 31, 2011 8:52:17am |
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lawhawk Tue, May 31, 2011 8:54:54am |
re: #365 Rightwingconspirator
It's similar to the old saw about how famous people die in 3s.
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garhighway Tue, May 31, 2011 8:55:25am |
re: #364 lawhawk
Fareed Zakaria's take: Bibi doesn't want a peace deal.
My take: The Palestinians don't want to accept Israel's right to exist, making any deal proffered by the Israelis for naught (see prior deals offered by Israel to Abbas and Arafat). If Israel truly had a partner in peace, there'd be a peace deal in reach, but the Palestinians don't want to give up the ghost of right of return, demanding Israel relinquish control over the Old City and accept borders that put Israel in an indefensible position.
The Palestinians haven't fulfilled their obligations under Oslo, but want Israel to keep making concessions - negotiating with itself. Where is the Palestinian plan for peace under a 2-state solution? There is none.
If you were to draw a Venn diagram of acceptable outcomes to the Israeli and Palestinian bodies politic, you would be drawing two circles with zero overlap. That isn't something we can fix.
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 9:00:15am |
re: #371 lawhawk
It's similar to the old saw about how famous people die in 3s.
Thats why when I was famous, as soon as a couple of friends died, I took a pass on my fame
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Slap Tue, May 31, 2011 9:02:15am |
re: #249 Obdicut
This place would love a visit from you, I'm sure.
[Link: velveteria.com...]
Speaking of black velvet paintings....They figure quite prominently in one of my all-time favorite comedies, the original In-Laws. Richard Libertini's banana-republic-dictator has a fondness for them....
I don't know squat about the remake. I still can't quite figure out why it was remade, but I imagine somebody thought they could make some bucks. Too bad. The original is, IMO, utterly inspired lunacy, featuring one of Alan Arkin's funniest performances. Truly worthwhile for anyone wanting to laugh.....
"I have FLAMES ON MY CAR...!!!!!!"
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 31, 2011 9:02:58am |
re: #364 lawhawk
Palestinian, Egyptian leaders discuss peace
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Egypt's military rulers have discussed Middle East peace efforts.
The official Middle East News Agency said Monday that Abbas thanked Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of Egypt's ruling Supreme Military Council, for Egypt's support of the Palestinians.
MENA said the Palestinians confirmed their readiness to restart peace negotiations with Israel based on U.S. President Barack Obama's May 19 speech stating Israel's pre-1967 lines as a starting point for new borders.
Pre-1967 borders as a starting point for peace? I wonder where they got a silly idea like that?
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Mocking Jay Tue, May 31, 2011 9:04:01am |
re: #375 NJDhockeyfan
Palestinian, Egyptian leaders discuss peace
Pre-1967 borders as a starting point for peace? I wonder where they got a silly idea like that?
From the American media?
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 9:04:58am |
re: #375 NJDhockeyfan
Palestinian, Egyptian leaders discuss peace
Pre-1967 borders as a starting point for peace? I wonder where they got a silly idea like that?
They got if from a lame, bonehdeaded, ideologically blindered interpretation of wht Obama said, which was basically the same thing that nearly every other President has said...
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 31, 2011 9:06:17am |
Muslim girl, 19, 'stoned to death after taking part in beauty contest'
A teenage Muslim girl was stoned to death under 'Sharia law' after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine.
Katya Koren, 19, was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home.
Friends said she liked wearing fashionable clothes and had come seventh in a beauty contest.
Her battered body was buried in a forest and was found a week after she disappeared.
Police have opened a murder investigation and are looking into claims that three Muslim youths killed her, claiming her death was justified under Islam.
One of the three - named as 16-year-old Bihal Gaziev - is under arrest and told police that Katya had 'violated the laws of Sharia'. Gaziev has said he has no regrets about her death.
Horrible.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 31, 2011 9:07:29am |
re: #377 ralphieboy
They got if from a lame, bonehdeaded, ideologically blindered interpretation of wht Obama said, which was basically the same thing that nearly every other President has said...
Bibi must have misunderstood it as well after repeating his stance during their meeting in the WH.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 9:07:42am |
re: #375 NJDhockeyfan
Palestinian, Egyptian leaders discuss peace
Pre-1967 borders as a starting point for peace? I wonder where they got a silly idea like that?
Associated Press...
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 9:08:37am |
re: #379 NJDhockeyfan
Bibi must have misunderstood it as well after repeating his stance during their meeting in the WH.
Understanding the obvious does not seem to be these people's strong point.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 9:08:59am |
re: #379 NJDhockeyfan
Bibi must have misunderstood it as well after repeating his stance during their meeting in the WH.
I'm still getting emails and Facebook posts from freaked-out family members.
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BongCrodny Tue, May 31, 2011 9:10:25am |
re: #374 Slap
Speaking of black velvet paintings...They figure quite prominently in one of my all-time favorite comedies, the original In-Laws. Richard Libertini's banana-republic-dictator has a fondness for them...
I don't know squat about the remake. I still can't quite figure out why it was remade, but I imagine somebody thought they could make some bucks. Too bad. The original is, IMO, utterly inspired lunacy, featuring one of Alan Arkin's funniest performances. Truly worthwhile for anyone wanting to laugh...
"I have FLAMES ON MY CAR...!!!"
"SERPENTINE!!!"
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lawhawk Tue, May 31, 2011 9:11:21am |
re: #375 NJDhockeyfan
Pre-1967 means 1948 lines. But considering that the Palestinians consider it the nabqa (disaster) for Israel's very creation, they see Israel as an anathema - and the terror groups (which are now part of the Palestinian Authority) don't recognize Israel's right to exist.
That is something that the diplomats would love to paper over, but which can't be overcome no matter how much those same diplomats would love to get their own Nobel Prizes.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 31, 2011 9:11:29am |
re: #381 ralphieboy
Understanding the obvious does not seem to be these people's strong point.
Obama must not have been very clear to Netanyahu about what he meant about the 1967 borders when they met.
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Gretchen G.Tiger Tue, May 31, 2011 9:16:43am |
Discussing borders is just space filler for the MSM. The issue of Israel's right to exist is THE only issue.
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 9:16:52am |
re: #385 NJDhockeyfan
Obama must not have been very clear to Netanyahu about what he meant about the 1967 borders when they met.
One cannot be clear and direct enough. But it does not seem to be sufficient
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 31, 2011 9:20:04am |
Work accident?
3 Palestinian gunmen killed in mysterious blast in Gaza
Three Palestinian gunmen were killed on Tuesday in a mysterious explosion in a military training base near Rafah in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources in Gaza said.
The sources said that the explosion occurred inside a training base belonging to the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, an alliance of armed groups in the Gaza Strip.
The three men were identified as Mahmoud al-Arqan, Ramzi Abu Harb and Yunsi Abu Naja.
Local journalists said that several other people were wounded in the blast, which also caused huge damage. Hamas policemen sealed off the area and launched an nvestigation into the circumstances of the explosion, they said.
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Shropshire_Slasher Tue, May 31, 2011 9:21:30am |
re: #388 NJDhockeyfan
I wondered if that's covered under workers comp?
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SpaceJesus Tue, May 31, 2011 9:23:32am |
NoDutyToRetreat [Moderator] 0 minutes agoI try not to brag online because there is no way that I can back up my claims but I am proud to state that I have never willingly feed/helped/aided on bIack. I eat steak as their children eat mud cookies.
If they want equality, tell them to be my equal.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 31, 2011 9:24:50am |
The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force.
The Pentagon's first formal cyber strategy, unclassified portions of which are expected to become public next month, represents an early attempt to grapple with a changing world in which a hacker could pose as significant a threat to U.S. nuclear reactors, subways or pipelines as a hostile country's military.
In part, the Pentagon intends its plan as a warning to potential adversaries of the consequences of attacking the U.S. in this way. "If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks," said a military official.
Heh.
Hello China, you getting the message?
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Lidane Tue, May 31, 2011 9:26:01am |
re: #306 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Where's the Kaboom? Where is the earth-shattering kaboom?
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Lidane Tue, May 31, 2011 9:30:54am |
re: #313 reine.de.tout
What's really odd, is that apparently she is keeping her itinerary secret, so nobody knows where she's going to show up next. She posts vague clues, and then may or may not show up where people have gathered to see her. What the heck is that supposed to accomplish?
It keeps the lamestream media on their toes, don'tcha know.
Seriously, though, the whole thing sounds stupid. Get a specially painted bus. Go on the road. Don't tell anyone where you're going except for a bunch of dumb clues. WTF?
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Mocking Jay Tue, May 31, 2011 9:31:59am |
re: #393 Lidane
Seriously, though, the whole thing sounds stupid. Get a specially painted bus. Go on the road. Don't tell anyone where you're going except for a bunch of dumb clues. WTF?
She's like a dumb Carmen Sandiego.
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Kragar Tue, May 31, 2011 9:32:33am |
re: #393 Lidane
Seriously, though, the whole thing sounds stupid. Get a specially painted bus. Go on the road. Don't tell anyone where you're going except for a bunch of dumb clues. WTF?
It sounds like a bad 70s movie, starring the kids from the Brady Bunch and the Partridge Family.
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Shropshire_Slasher Tue, May 31, 2011 9:35:05am |
re: #395 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I think it is a great idea, it's not like she is spending her money. My dream is to own a diesel RV and tour the US and Canada,
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 31, 2011 9:36:13am |
Promised donor aid not arriving: Palestinian PM
Speaking at a press conference with Japan's representative to the Palestinian Authority, Fayyad said the slow delivery of promised aid was putting pressure on the government.
"The financial crisis continues until now, to varying degrees, and has continued alongside the work of the Palestinian Authority since mid-2010," Fayyad warned, saying the government was facing a serious shortfall.
"We need to see an acceleration in the receipt of aid that has been committed," he added, stressing that the Palestinians "are not asking for anything more than what we need."
"In 2011, we have been receiving $52.5 million dollars a month from the Arab countries, which is much less than the amount they committed to deliver," he said.
The Palestinian Authority is largely reliant on foreign donors to make up its yearly budget. It also receives tax and tariff revenue that is collected by Israel and delivered periodically.
Maybe if they sold or created something other than bombs, rockets, suicide vests, and hate they wouldn't have to rely mostly on money from other counties.
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Kragar Tue, May 31, 2011 9:37:46am |
re: #398 NJDhockeyfan
Promised donor aid not arriving: Palestinian PM
Maybe if they sold or created something other than bombs, rockets, suicide vests, and hate they wouldn't have to rely mostly on money from other counties.
I was told it was a Free Palestine, no one said we had to buy anything.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 9:38:52am |
re: #398 NJDhockeyfan
Promised donor aid not arriving: Palestinian PM
Maybe if they sold or created something other than bombs, rockets, suicide vests, and hate they wouldn't have to rely mostly on money from other counties.
They're demanding money from Japan? Hey dumbasses, did you hear about the tsunami?
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McSpiff Tue, May 31, 2011 9:39:58am |
re: #398 NJDhockeyfan
Promised donor aid not arriving: Palestinian PM
Maybe if they sold or created something other than bombs, rockets, suicide vests, and hate they wouldn't have to rely mostly on money from other counties.
Hey, if it works for everyone else... Still pissed off that Pakistan hasn't been cut off.
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Lidane Tue, May 31, 2011 9:40:45am |
Speaking of people that are beyond parody:
Ted Haggard To Make Cameo In Pro-Abstinence Christian Sex Comedy
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albusteve Tue, May 31, 2011 9:41:05am |
re: #398 NJDhockeyfan
Promised donor aid not arriving: Palestinian PM
Maybe if they sold or created something other than bombs, rockets, suicide vests, and hate they wouldn't have to rely mostly on money from other counties.
either contain and babysit them or let em rot where they sit...pouring money into that black hole is the worst thing that can happen
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 9:42:37am |
re: #398 NJDhockeyfan
"We need to see an acceleration in the receipt of aid that has been committed," he added, stressing that the Palestinians "are not asking for anything more than what we need."
"In 2011, we have been receiving $52.5 million dollars a month from the Arab countries, which is much less than the amount they committed to deliver," he said.
Pay up, you foreign donors! Fayyad's secret Swiss bank account is nowhere near as large as Arafat's.
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Ericus58 Tue, May 31, 2011 9:45:12am |
re: #398 NJDhockeyfan
Promised donor aid not arriving: Palestinian PM
Maybe if they sold or created something other than bombs, rockets, suicide vests, and hate they wouldn't have to rely mostly on money from other counties.
After seeing how Gaza - which had viable growing operations and some manufacturing, a basis for a stable economy - promptly trashed and mismanaged by the Palestinians upon Israel's withdraw....
Not a plug nickle.
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shutdown Tue, May 31, 2011 9:45:40am |
re: #403 albusteve
re: #404 Alouette
Maybe if the PA and Hamas prioritized peace over armed conflict and anti-Semitism, they could build a functioning economy. They are sitting in the same geographic area as Israel, with the benefit of allegedly friendly neighbors, yet they cannot generate sufficient GDP to support their bloated bureaucracy. SIlly, and sad.
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sattv4u2 Tue, May 31, 2011 9:45:51am |
re: #404 Alouette
Pay up, you foreign donors! Fayyad's secret Swiss bank account is nowhere near as large as Arafat's.
OR
"We donated 52.5 million to the cause, and all we got was this lousy bomb vest!"
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albusteve Tue, May 31, 2011 9:46:47am |
you don't give a heroin to an addict, at the very same time telling them they must kick the habit
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 31, 2011 9:48:03am |
re: #313 reine.de.tout
What's really odd, is that apparently she is keeping her itinerary secret, so nobody knows where she's going to show up next. She posts vague clues, and then may or may not show up where people have gathered to see her. What the heck is that supposed to accomplish?
It's like Christmas. Everyone will run around being extremely patriotic, 'cause Sarah Palin might be coming to town.
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albusteve Tue, May 31, 2011 9:48:31am |
re: #406 imp_62
re: #404 Alouette
Maybe if the PA and Hamas prioritized peace over armed conflict and anti-Semitism, they could build a functioning economy. They are sitting in the same geographic area as Israel, with the benefit of allegedly friendly neighbors, yet they cannot generate sufficient GDP to support their bloated bureaucracy. SIlly, and sad.
put the money in a account with interest and then talk about incentives
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ProGunLiberal Tue, May 31, 2011 9:49:00am |
Al-Maliki of Iraq may not be in power much longer. From Wiki:
Adil Abdul-Mahdi, First Vice President of Iraq, resigns after Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki fends off critics who say he has not delivered on power-sharing promises.
Al-Maliki is massively Iranian influenced. The party that would step up in his coalition's place is not.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 31, 2011 9:49:11am |
re: #404 Alouette
Pay up, you foreign donors! Fayyad's secret Swiss bank account is nowhere near as large as Arafat's.
Since the border with Egypt is opening up there must be many more weapons for sale.
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Sheila Broflovski Tue, May 31, 2011 9:49:16am |
re: #406 imp_62
re: #404 Alouette
Maybe if the PA and Hamas prioritized peace over armed conflict and anti-Semitism, they could build a functioning economy. They are sitting in the same geographic area as Israel, with the benefit of allegedly friendly neighbors, yet they cannot generate sufficient GDP to support their bloated bureaucracy. SIlly, and sad.
There is no accountability. The leaders are just shoveling all that money into their own personal offshore accounts, a la Arafat. BTW whatever happened to all the billions that Arafat looted? Suha's shoe closet and bling box?
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shutdown Tue, May 31, 2011 9:50:05am |
re: #410 albusteve
Nobody is interested in a viable Palestinian state. One side is interested only in harming Israel, the in preventing such harm. Nobody gives a good goddamn about the Palestinian people, when it cones right down to it.
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Shropshire_Slasher Tue, May 31, 2011 9:50:56am |
In the movie Full Metal Jacket, the drill sargeant said in effect "God loves marines because marines keep heaven full of fresh bodies" I think the professional politicians like the dim witted one (Palin), because she makes the pols all look smarter. I dunno, when I was riding today it seemed like a good thing to post, I'm quite witty when there isn't a keyboard around.
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shutdown Tue, May 31, 2011 9:52:25am |
re: #413 Alouette
There is no accountability. The leaders are just shoveling all that money into their own personal offshore accounts, a la Arafat. BTW whatever happened to all the billions that Arafat looted? Suha's shoe closet and bling box?
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AK-47% Tue, May 31, 2011 9:52:57am |
I will repeat the quote from my nephew: "The Arabs are willing to fight the Israelis down to the last Palestinian."
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 31, 2011 9:52:59am |
re: #364 lawhawk
Fareed Zakaria's take: Bibi doesn't want a peace deal.
My take: The Palestinians don't want to accept Israel's right to exist, making any deal proffered by the Israelis for naught (see prior deals offered by Israel to Abbas and Arafat). If Israel truly had a partner in peace, there'd be a peace deal in reach, but the Palestinians don't want to give up the ghost of right of return, demanding Israel relinquish control over the Old City and accept borders that put Israel in an indefensible position.
The Palestinians haven't fulfilled their obligations under Oslo, but want Israel to keep making concessions - negotiating with itself. Where is the Palestinian plan for peace under a 2-state solution? There is none.
My take: I think the Palestinian long-range planning has moved to a one-state resolution, which gives them a continued incentive not to allow anything to work.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 31, 2011 9:54:49am |
re: #375 NJDhockeyfan
Palestinian, Egyptian leaders discuss peace
Pre-1967 borders as a starting point for peace? I wonder where they got a silly idea like that?
Probably from George Bush, except he used '1949 armistice lines' instead.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 31, 2011 9:55:45am |
re: #375 NJDhockeyfan
Palestinian, Egyptian leaders discuss peace
Pre-1967 borders as a starting point for peace? I wonder where they got a silly idea like that?
To be more serious, the Palestinians hated that speech, and are boiling with indignation at Obama. This is merely an attempt to refocus.
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NJDhockeyfan Tue, May 31, 2011 9:57:18am |
re: #420 SanFranciscoZionist
To be more serious, the Palestinians hated that speech, and are boiling with indignation at Obama. This is merely an attempt to refocus.
The Palestinians hate everything and everyone except death. Now there is something they can support.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, May 31, 2011 9:58:24am |
re: #400 Alouette
They're demanding money from Japan? Hey dumbasses, did you hear about the tsunami?
Japan gives a fortune in foreign aid.
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iossarian Tue, May 31, 2011 10:09:48am |
re: #418 SanFranciscoZionist
My take: I think the Palestinian long-range planning has moved to a one-state resolution, which gives them a continued incentive not to allow anything to work.
At this point the one-state "solution" seems as if it would be far more attractive to the Palestinians, yes.
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Guanxi88 Tue, May 31, 2011 10:33:38am |
...Und Mann findet Alles so Banal.
Feeling more than a bit nostalgic today, so, Ute Lemper Sings:
Allein in Einer Grossen Stadt and Lili Marleen, two standards from my misspent youth:
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