June 12, 2012
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Yeah we're racist, dog-eat-dog capitalists who allow super-income inequality, don't have national healthcare or free universities, let people live in the streets and keep too many people in prison, bla bla bla. So we suck.
But...when you compare us to other first world countries on the OECD Better Life index, it turns out that all the other countries suck a lot more than we do.
On these kind of rankings I always suspect the US gets cheated in healthcare since the scoring is heavily weighted on how 'free' medical care is. But notice that you never hear about Americans going off to Canada or France or the UK in order to get better medical treatment.
Marine Week and Marine Derangement Syndrome at DU
So apparently it's Marine Week in Cleveland and everyone is pretty happy about this - well except for a writer at Democratic Underground who really doesn't like the Marines or anything they do.
"Trust us, children . . . using one of these to blow the beJAYsus out of sovereign nations that never threatened one American citizen is a noble and just sacrifice your country's willing to make for your educations and futures."
So What Does Human Flesh Taste Like?
Like veal...maybe. The problem is that human flesh connoisseurs tend to be crazy and/or liars or very remote which makes their accounts unreliable.
Seabrook noted that, in raw form, human meat looks like beef, but slightly less red, with pale yellow fat. When roasted, the meat turned grayish, as would lamb or veal, and smelled like cooked beef. As for the taste, Seabrook wrote, "It was so nearly like good, fully developed veal that I think no person with a palate of ordinary, normal sensitiveness could distinguish it from veal."
That's Mrs. Sinclair Lewis to You
After Lewis Sinclair won the Nobel Prize in 1930 he was deluged with fan letter including one from a woman who offered to become his secretary, adding, "I'll do everything for you-and when I say everything I mean everything."
His wife, Dorothy, responded to the offer this way:
My dear Miss:My husband already has a stenographer who handles his work for him. And, as for "everything," I take care of that myself-and when I say everything I mean everything.
Dorothy Thompson
(Mrs. Sinclair Lewis to you.)
The current legality of betting online for Americans is somewhat murky, but here's how it works. Back a few years ago I did a lot of betting on baseball. I probably couldn't have made a living off of it but I did make enough money to make it worthwhile. Hockey is another sport that has lots of good wagering potential.
Can you name them all?
Okay some of these must be jokes but most aren't...which is scary. More here.
The Yahoo AoSHQ group. You know the way.
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Posted by: Jay Guevara at June 12, 2012 05:52 PM (BFUfB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 05:55 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Barb the Evil Genius at June 12, 2012 05:56 PM (VENdg)
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Posted by: Lauren at June 12, 2012 05:57 PM (hNLFW)
Posted by: steevy at June 12, 2012 05:57 PM (Xb3hu)
So, I'm reading this book called "History of the World in 100 Objects" by the director of the British Museum, I've griped about it on the Sunday book thread, about how part of it is interesting and part of it is political correctness run amok (The followers are Islam are a mostly peaceful and benevolent people who invented just about everything ever). But, I almost threw the book across the room last night when the chapter about an Indonesian object started with "When a young Barack Obama arrived in Indonesia he was probably amazed to see..."
WTF?? Why, what purpose on God's green earth did the director of the British Museum have in including Barack Obama's name? None, it has no place in this type of history book. Asshole.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 05:58 PM (RZ8pf)
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Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 05:58 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 12, 2012 06:00 PM (Jls4P)
Posted by: chazmartel at June 12, 2012 06:00 PM (R6lsP)
Posted by: Meghan McCain at June 12, 2012 06:01 PM (9F2c1)
Posted by: steevy at June 12, 2012 06:01 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 06:02 PM (Z9EHQ)
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Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:04 PM (bxiXv)
I'll just remind her it's impolite to talk with her mouth full.
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 06:05 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at June 12, 2012 06:05 PM (JKNDp)
***
Seeing as Europeans fight racially motivated, genocidal wars on a regular basis, it does seem odd that they are concerned about American "racism".
Hell, they just killed 100,000 of each other in the former Yugoslavia based on ethnic distinctions no one outside of Europe could even identify...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2012 06:06 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 12, 2012 06:06 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: steevy at June 12, 2012 06:06 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:06 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 06:07 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: Jean at June 12, 2012 06:07 PM (WnnBz)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 12, 2012 06:08 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: David at June 12, 2012 06:08 PM (e8kgV)
***
I'm not so sure about that...
http://tinyurl.com/czo9syz
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2012 06:08 PM (AUeaU)
Erin Gray - another beautiful woman from my teen years... those skin tight outfits from Buck Rogers.... FAP!!!
Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 12, 2012 06:09 PM (Jls4P)
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 06:09 PM (fVgpT)
Posted by: dagny at June 12, 2012 06:09 PM (WCAIB)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2012 06:10 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:10 PM (bxiXv)
I'm really surprised that no one has remade Buck Rogers yet. It seems like it would be an easy remake to do.
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 06:10 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 12, 2012 06:10 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 12, 2012 06:11 PM (niZvt)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 12, 2012 06:12 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: steevy at June 12, 2012 06:12 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:12 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 06:12 PM (RZ8pf)
Seriously? That's effed up.
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 06:12 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 12, 2012 06:12 PM (niZvt)
While I have never tasted human flesh, the smell of burnt human hair smells pretty distinctive (and bad). So shave it first.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 12, 2012 06:13 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 12, 2012 06:14 PM (Jls4P)
Posted by: Grey Fox, crouched in his mountain fastness at June 12, 2012 06:14 PM (S3S9I)
Yes. But The Gipper ousted that pos.
Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 12, 2012 06:14 PM (a4CUi)
Well, Lynda Carter gets clothes at Neiman's Tyson's Corner wears them and returns them smelly.
There may be a niche market opportunity there.
Posted by: jinx the cat at June 12, 2012 06:15 PM (vFiJr)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:15 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:15 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: buzzion at June 12, 2012 06:16 PM (GULKT)
Interesting. I don't know if a darker Buck Rogers would work. Perhaps, but I don't need nihilism in all of my scifi shows.
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 06:16 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: steevy at June 12, 2012 06:16 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 12, 2012 06:16 PM (kRURw)
Those bastards at google are the only ones that seem to be able to do it correctly.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2012 06:17 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 06:18 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: steevy at June 12, 2012 06:18 PM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 10:15 PM (bxiXv)
I hope you are not including the Stargate Universe writers in that group.
Posted by: buzzion at June 12, 2012 06:18 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 06:20 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: dagny at June 12, 2012 06:21 PM (WCAIB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:21 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:21 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Guy who wonders if he's accidentally banned at June 12, 2012 06:22 PM (M0x8v)
Posted by: Madamemayhem at June 12, 2012 06:22 PM (iRgZG)
Posted by: BourbonChicken at June 12, 2012 06:22 PM (hftE2)
There's no better sign that the ONT is going to be a rollicking ball of fun, none, than a discussion about which Stargate writers should be involved in a hypothetical remake of an old TV show.
/s...love you guys, but that has to be the thread equivalent of SIDS
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 12, 2012 06:23 PM (kRURw)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:23 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 06:23 PM (RZ8pf)
I don't care what people claim to remember seeing, IT NEVER HAPPENED!
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 10:21 PM (bxiXv)
So am I...except to you morons on this board...
Posted by: The Barbed Cock of Satan at June 12, 2012 06:23 PM (Jls4P)
It's only fair after all.
I can link if anyone cares.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 12, 2012 06:23 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 06:24 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 12, 2012 06:24 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2012 10:10 PM (AUeaU)
-------------------------They use their own little definition - "cannibalism" means eating humans for nutrition, whereas "anthrophagy" means eating them for fun and profit other than the protein, I think. Cute little twist on the English language, almost as cute as the wikipedia article I read recently that, in a discussion about the fate of captives taken by Native Americans, was making a distinction between torturing captives to death (nonexistant, evidently) and ritual execution of prisoners (which involved torturing them to death). Evidently it was mistake for Europeans call the practice of ritually burning and dismembering a prisoner by inches over several days as "torture."
Posted by: Grey Fox, crouched in his mountain fastness at June 12, 2012 06:24 PM (S3S9I)
My father's name was Buster. No he wasn't named for Buster Crab. http://tinypic.com/r/2licwp3/6
He was named after Buster Keaton. http://tinypic.com/r/2rq0w3q/6
Could have been worse though. Our last name could have been hymen.
Posted by: Ohio Dan at June 12, 2012 06:24 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:25 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Dr. Johnny Fever at June 12, 2012 06:25 PM (AiZkN)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:25 PM (R5yLq)
Roseanne Barr comes to mind
Posted by: kbdabear at June 12, 2012 06:26 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: navycopjoe at June 12, 2012 06:26 PM (xoPDv)
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 10:24 PM (fVgpT)
I thought it was DUCK DODGERS in the 24 1/2 century
Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 12, 2012 06:26 PM (Jls4P)
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 06:27 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 06:27 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:27 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 06:27 PM (Z9EHQ)
The French. Ha-ha.
I worked for a very large French company for many years, and then our small part was sold to another company that was by law a European company, but is more oriented to the US. The CEO of our company is from another European country, but constantly makes fun of the French when he is in the US. He speaks flawless English and his impersonations of French dialect are hilarious.
We aren't the only ones that enjoy making fun of the French.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at June 12, 2012 06:27 PM (sJTmU)
The only bright spot is thinking about how squirmingly embarassing that stuff is going to be to the people who wrote it, 146 days from now.
Posted by: Trimegistus at June 12, 2012 06:28 PM (oKeNi)
Not uncommon for people writing this kind of chex-mix o' history to attempt writing intros tying in a more current reference, as a kind of populist "hook." And what else are you going to think off the top of your head for Indonesia? "The Year of Living Dangerously?" So I wouldn't fault him for that...unless he chose to include said item solely for the purpose of inserting that hook, and I wouldn't be surprised if he did.
Posted by: sistrum at June 12, 2012 06:28 PM (AyryN)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:28 PM (R5yLq)
I think I scared myself.
Posted by: irongrampa at June 12, 2012 06:28 PM (SAMxH)
Play nice all.Posted by: teej at June 12, 2012 06:28 PM (AiZkN)
It's only fair after all.
I can link if anyone cares.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 12, 2012 10:23 PM (ccXZP)
Believable in its incredible stupidity. The 9 Euro / hr. janitor who works 30 hours a week is certainly only 1/20 the value of a CEO who works 90 hours a week. No matter your opinion on high level execs, they run their asses off and earn a good chunk of their money, especially those outside the Fortune 500. France can say goodbye to their best executives, who will soon be moving to corporate boards in other countries.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 12, 2012 06:28 PM (kRURw)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 12, 2012 06:29 PM (oipCQ)
You know how there's that aphorism that history is written by the winners? I feel like history is being re-written by the losers. I mean, to a certain extent some of the thinking has to evolve, and new discoveries shed new light on historical events, but what I hate is imbuing noble and kind behavior on disappeared cultures when we know good and well that they were brutal.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 06:29 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Filly at June 12, 2012 06:29 PM (ebG9b)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:30 PM (bxiXv)
Gravity was not kind to Linda carter
Shame""
If you're talking about her boobehs, gravity was never kind to her. I seen a topless shot of her years ago and those babies were pointing to china back then.
Posted by: Berserker at June 12, 2012 06:30 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at June 12, 2012 06:30 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:31 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 06:31 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Filly at June 12, 2012 10:29 PM (ebG9b)
Oh that is just cruel. And true.
Posted by: buzzion at June 12, 2012 06:31 PM (GULKT)
"There is no limit to what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit."
Ronald Reagan
(then compare and contrast to a certain Osama bin Laden killer of note)
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 12, 2012 06:31 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: jinx the cat at June 12, 2012 06:31 PM (vFiJr)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 12, 2012 06:32 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Ohio Dan at June 12, 2012 06:32 PM (JKNDp)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:33 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 06:33 PM (Rhie+)
Is Globish an assignment for work or school? There are surely better better books on English.
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 06:34 PM (fVgpT)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 12, 2012 06:34 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: steevy at June 12, 2012 06:34 PM (Xb3hu)
I know, but I'd prefer it be on the Firefly side as opposed to the Stargate side, if I have to choose.
And agree about no Star Trek.
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 06:34 PM (sy0Uv)
The Next Generation and all that followed was horrible, no doubt about it. The original series, when seen now, seems pretty terrible - but for it's time it was actually pretty good compared to most of the crap that made it on TV.
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 10:33 PM (R5yLq)
Do not dis DS9. "In the Pale Moonlight" rules.
Posted by: buzzion at June 12, 2012 06:35 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:35 PM (R5yLq)
PGiS - the worst is yet to come. Wait until your son is in high school, and falls under the influence of the claptrap that is pumped out there.
My son had to read parts of Howard Zinn's book on American History because his sophomore American history teached (a Naval Academy grad) thought it was a great book. Howard Zinn was a commie, and there is no doubt about that. It made me mad every time he had to read parts of that book and write some essay about it.
It was a teachable moment (that year), and ultimately his history teacher came off as a buffoon, but that sort of nonsense has an effect on a kid's pysche.
Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at June 12, 2012 06:35 PM (sJTmU)
I've seen Duck Rogers in the 24 1/2 century
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 10:24 PM (fVgpT)
Lemme guess: George Lucas written and directed.
Chuck Jones. Turn in your...cartoon card.
Posted by: fluffy at June 12, 2012 06:35 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:35 PM (bxiXv)
There may be a niche market opportunity there.
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Indeed. http://tinyurl.com/28l3he [snopes.com]
Posted by: Anachronda at June 12, 2012 06:35 PM (1c58W)
Posted by: MACHINES FOR SALE at June 12, 2012 06:35 PM (oKeNi)
Posted by: navycopjoe at June 12, 2012 06:36 PM (KZ5KD)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:36 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 12, 2012 06:36 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: Museisluse at June 12, 2012 06:37 PM (q2H2p)
I'm not that far from Gulf Shores AL but I have to work this weekend. I work most weekends.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 12, 2012 06:37 PM (ccXZP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 06:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 12, 2012 06:38 PM (niZvt)
Yeah, the Toy is my Mopar, I barely broke the time, it was 11.951 at 117. We used the 3.91:1 gearset to get there. Gonna stop now, it's getting barely streetable in it's present form, so I'll calm it down a bit.
Project Ford is done, if I can ever get the cut-in cut-out voltage on the regulator stabilized. Pictures if somehow I can conquer the process of uploading them, each time has been an abysmal failure.
Posted by: irongrampa at June 12, 2012 06:39 PM (SAMxH)
nope. when your son gets into highschool make him read this for an hour every day.
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 10:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Her son seems like he might be one coming home and bitching about his idiot teachers that know nothing.
Posted by: buzzion at June 12, 2012 06:39 PM (GULKT)
"Re-Electing Obama is like backing up the Titanic so you can hit the iceberg again"
Posted by: kbdabear at June 12, 2012 06:40 PM (Y+DPZ)
Evenin' fellow reprobates!
Amazing what's in the $5 dvd bin at Wally World!
> Serenity
> The Thing
> Shaun of the Dead
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 12, 2012 06:40 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 12, 2012 06:40 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 06:40 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 12, 2012 06:41 PM (oipCQ)
It's only fair after all.
I can link if anyone cares.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 12, 2012 10:23 PM (ccXZP)
All that means is a man was killed by another man, which is fact, and wasn't really in contention. Homicide does not always equal murder, so nothing surprising.
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 12, 2012 06:41 PM (kRURw)
Posted by: jinx the cat at June 12, 2012 06:41 PM (vFiJr)
Hmmm, T habit boobs and she's getting up there....
Do they make bras with 1" steel plate?
Posted by: navycopjoe at June 12, 2012 10:36 PM (KZ5KD)
Go to daily motion - there is a 30 second clip from "Bobbi Joe and the Outlaw" that shows her boobies...
Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 12, 2012 06:42 PM (Jls4P)
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 12, 2012 06:42 PM (nonzP)
Posted by: navycopjoe at June 12, 2012 06:42 PM (KZ5KD)
Posted by: cicero (@cicero) at June 12, 2012 06:42 PM (7ppar)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 06:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 06:42 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Peaches at June 12, 2012 06:43 PM (kpCLl)
Everything there will either kill you or kill you and then eat you.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 06:43 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:43 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 06:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: cicero (@cicero) at June 12, 2012 06:43 PM (7ppar)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 10:42 PM (Z9EHQ)
You'll get nothing and you will like it, mr. got in by the skin of his teeth. 
Posted by: Peaches at June 12, 2012 06:44 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 06:44 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 06:44 PM (Rhie+)
Zulu.
And Lucas was being suggested as a director for a remake of Duck Dodgers..., fluffy.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 06:45 PM (nrW1y)
The legal definition of homicide is the killing of a human being by another. Which this clearly is.
It does not necessarily mean a crime has been committed.
Posted by: GnuBreed at June 12, 2012 06:45 PM (ccXZP)
It was a ripoff of Babylon 5. Not kidding, Straczynsky sent his material to Paramount, they turned him down, and while he was coming up with funding they came out with DS9, with many similarities.
yeah well I didn't have any stations that kept a consistent syndication schedule with Babylon 5, like DS9 had.
Posted by: buzzion at June 12, 2012 06:46 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 06:46 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 06:46 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: irongrampa at June 12, 2012 10:43 PM (SAMxH)
You've never skated on the thin-ice portion of the pond, darling irongrampa. Big hug!!!
Oh, wait, did I misconstrue? Was that dirty? I don't do dirty . . .
Posted by: Peaches at June 12, 2012 06:46 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 12, 2012 06:46 PM (kRURw)
Posted by: lowandslow at June 12, 2012 06:47 PM (GZitp)
Posted by: MTF at June 12, 2012 06:48 PM (5PkZK)
Posted by: Justamom at June 12, 2012 06:48 PM (Sptt8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 06:48 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 06:48 PM (nrW1y)
And Lucas was being suggested as a director for a remake of Duck Dodgers..., fluffy.
I was told there would be no reading comprehension.
Posted by: fluffy at June 12, 2012 06:48 PM (4pSIn)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:48 PM (R5yLq)
Firefly was a great show, it just was totally the opposite of what Buck Rogers is. Dark, emo, complex, haunted pasts, gritty and dingy... if they make a new Firefly, just don't *call* it Buck Rogers. Call it Firefly.
I guess the main thing is that while Firefly was dark at times, it never seemed to take itself seriously the way Stargate or Star Trek did. That's the key thing that I'd want to keep.
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 06:49 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 06:50 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: elizabethe at June 12, 2012 06:50 PM (nmG+W)
Posted by: StPatrick_TN at June 12, 2012 06:50 PM (kRURw)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:51 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 10:42 PM (Rhie+)
According to you Anthony Weiner is out?
I see some disagree will Ace weight in?
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 12, 2012 06:51 PM (nonzP)
Posted by: Museisluse at June 12, 2012 10:37 PM (q2H2p)
I feel sure a Texas jury will find it a justifiable homicide!
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 12, 2012 06:52 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 06:52 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 06:52 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: indigo child at June 12, 2012 06:53 PM (xXhWA)
Posted by: mr_jack at June 12, 2012 06:53 PM (TMG3G)
Posted by: Museisluse at June 12, 2012 06:54 PM (q2H2p)
Posted by: elizabethe at June 12, 2012 06:55 PM (nmG+W)
My entry
The sewage pipe that Tim Robbins crawled through in Shawshank Redemption #MoreAppealingThanObama2ndTerm
Posted by: kbdabear at June 12, 2012 06:55 PM (Y+DPZ)
Again, homicide is simply the dispatching of one person by another. Not to be confused with murder in all it's many degrees. This knowledge was put to me by none other than an LAPD homicide detective, so I'm pretty sure it's correct.
Posted by: Peaches at June 12, 2012 06:55 PM (kpCLl)
I hope Simon Pegg and Nick Frost haven't lost their screenwriting magic. I love Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
Posted by: Ben at June 12, 2012 06:55 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: Underground Vulgarian at June 12, 2012 06:56 PM (oipCQ)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 10:52 PM (Rhie+)
I am also partial to "pooter," although not in the way some of you pervs are now thinking.
Posted by: Peaches at June 12, 2012 06:56 PM (kpCLl)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:56 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: East Bay Jay at June 12, 2012 06:57 PM (7v8o1)
Hence "justifiable homicide" is a meaningful term whilst "justifiable murder" is not!
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 12, 2012 06:57 PM (i3+c5)
Hannity didn't let his Democrat guest move the goal posts like that. (But he didn't let the man get a word in edgewise either.)
You're stuck there. If you don't want him to move the goalposts you cannot let him get a word in edgewise once it becomes apparent that is his intention.
Posted by: buzzion at June 12, 2012 06:57 PM (GULKT)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 06:58 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 06:59 PM (fVgpT)
Posted by: elizabethe at June 12, 2012 06:59 PM (nmG+W)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 07:00 PM (Z9EHQ)
The original BSG Viper was based on a Nazi jet fighter that saw a little deployment just as the war was ending for Germany. This meant there were existing model kits that could be modified to make the motion control models for the show.
Posted by: epobirs at June 12, 2012 07:01 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Aslan's Girl at June 12, 2012 07:01 PM (KL49F)
I know. However, I guess I'm biased because by the last few seasons and certainly with the spin offs it had become too much like Star Trek for my taste.
BTW, Buck Rogers is actually pretty dark when you look at the materiel. In the comics America is occupied and the inhabitants are reduced to gangs living in the woods, while the TV series had Earth devastated by a nuclear war and reduced mostly to radioactive wastelands filled with mutants.
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 07:02 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at June 12, 2012 07:03 PM (GkwjL)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 07:04 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 07:05 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 07:05 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 11:02 PM (sy0Uv)
Either scenario - which would be different from America following an Obama re-election in what way, exactly?
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 12, 2012 07:05 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: f2000 at June 12, 2012 07:06 PM (FcMtg)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 12, 2012 07:06 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 07:07 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: The Robot Devil at June 12, 2012 07:07 PM (GkwjL)
Either scenario - which would be different from America following an Obama re-election in what way, exactly?
They had hope.
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 07:08 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 12, 2012 07:09 PM (tKFT6)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 07:09 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: yankeefifth at June 12, 2012 07:09 PM (Z9EHQ)
It's true, navycopjoe's first words to my kid were to stay away from his daughter.
Yeah, I don't have to wait until high school for the crap, they just finished up a project exploring how the settlers in WA ruined the Native Americans. I said to my son "did you add something at the end about how the Native Americans are having the last laugh with their casinos and fireworks stands." he just rolled his eyes.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 07:09 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: MCPO Airdale at June 12, 2012 07:10 PM (tYaDf)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 12, 2012 07:11 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 07:11 PM (fVgpT)
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 11:11 PM (fVgpT)
His cake? Primo chooms, dude!
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at June 12, 2012 07:13 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at June 12, 2012 07:13 PM (bMLFV)
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 11:11 PM (fVgpT)
A good set of files for Holder & the DoJ crowd.
Posted by: Hrothgar at June 12, 2012 07:13 PM (i3+c5)
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 11:11 PM (fVgpT)
The cake is a lie!!
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at June 12, 2012 07:14 PM (tKFT6)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 07:14 PM (RZ8pf)
Ex-Lax.
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 07:15 PM (sy0Uv)
Do you know how long it took to make?
I'll never have that recipe again...
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 07:16 PM (sy0Uv)
"Let not your heart be troubled."
Exactly what the fuck is that supposed to mean?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at June 12, 2012 07:16 PM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 07:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: 19K - B5Dr. Nick at June 12, 2012 07:17 PM (4qU0l)
Also picked up The Last Starfighter - 25th Anniversary Edition from the bargain bin.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 12, 2012 11:16 PM (4q5tP)
Love that movie.
Posted by: buzzion at June 12, 2012 07:18 PM (GULKT)
***
Is that all you could think about? Really?
She wore short skirts some of the time too you know.
http://tinyurl.com/lye4bw
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2012 07:18 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: 19K - B5Dr. Nick at June 12, 2012 07:18 PM (4qU0l)
Posted by: Modgi at June 12, 2012 07:19 PM (3xuDv)
And Obama who is the one who actually signed it into law in January 2009 as well as having voted for it as a "Senator" in 2008.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 07:20 PM (nrW1y)
***
Is that all you could think about? Really?
She wore short skirts some of the time too you know.
http://tinyurl.com/lye4bw
She was a model before doing Buck Rogers... pulling down 6 figures at the time...
Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 12, 2012 07:20 PM (Jls4P)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 07:20 PM (RZ8pf)
That scene where they melt the dude's head used to scare the crap out of my when I was a kid.
Posted by: Ben at June 12, 2012 07:20 PM (UvdzB)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 07:21 PM (d6TfZ)
There are new comic series from publisher Dynamite, The Bionic Man and The Bionic Woman ('The Six Million Dollar Man' name is tied up and couldn't be used.) being scripted by Kevin Smith. He put a lot of thought into what made sense and what didn't int he original TV shows and what limitations were no longer a factor.
At one point in an early issue it is remarked that the cost of the project to rebuild Steve Austin is running about $6 Million a DAY. Also, he loses the intact left arm because it leaves him dangerously unbalanced, with a framework running throughout his body to hold it all together rather than expect him to apply full power through an arm attached to mere flesh.
The Bionic Woman spinoff started more recently and gave her some added abilities in keeping with the more spy-oriented theme.
Posted by: epobirs at June 12, 2012 07:22 PM (kcfmt)
***
Why not try out the shaved head look?
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2012 07:23 PM (AUeaU)
Posted by: somebody else, not me at June 12, 2012 07:23 PM (nZvGM)
Partially correct. Closing widely available lines are generally unbeatable. However, lines open and then move as the market drives them to their efficient point. It's the market that is doing a good job predicting the outcome, not the bookie. The key is to bet either 1) rogue lines - the market has moved to Lions -3, but you can get Lions -2.5 2) betting the lines before they settle at the efficient point.
Also, keep in mind that its a myth that books try to balance action. They frequently shade lines to take advantage of squares (obviously while trying to stay within risk mgmt tolerances). The classic case is "public teams" - teams like the Cowboys and the Yanks are so popular that books know they can shade those lines and the fanboys will still bet their team. Sharps will take advantage of books who shade too much. Also, local bookies tend to be a joke - very easily exploitable. Niche sports and prop bets are also frequently beatable with a little database work and some statistical training.
I've made my living betting sports for 5+ years and my biggest problem is finding books to take my action. Many of my accounts are in friends' names because I've been cut off. There is lots of volatility so emotional control, an understanding of stats, and sufficient cash reserves are necessary in order to keep from self-destructing.
Posted by: steve_in_hb at June 12, 2012 07:23 PM (qrMR9)
That would depend on how long you wanted the bolt, wouldn't it?
Posted by: comatus at June 12, 2012 07:23 PM (ZOlM3)
Yeah, I editorialized a bit. I said O was blaming Bush. I think it more accurate to say he was blaming all who are notobama.
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 07:24 PM (fVgpT)
/changes title to Big Decision Guy
Posted by: some French executive at June 12, 2012 07:25 PM (g/sgb)
Also, this is a test to see if I'm banned by the new spam filter.
Posted by: XBradTC at June 12, 2012 07:25 PM (yVIqn)
Got to remember that it was a top secret government project... probably ran by one of Barry's distant ideological cousins...
Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 12, 2012 07:25 PM (Jls4P)
***
Well, duh.
Hey, you gonna finish that hot dog or just keep taking him for a walk?
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 12, 2012 07:27 PM (AUeaU)
She's also one of them "white Hispanics"... just like George Zimmerman!
Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 12, 2012 07:27 PM (Jls4P)
Posted by: mr_jack at June 12, 2012 07:27 PM (TMG3G)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 07:28 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 07:29 PM (piMMO)
B - Bridge on the Rive Kwai
C - Casablanca
D - Downfall
E - ?
F - Full Metal Jacket
G - Great Escape
H - Heroes of Telemark
I - ?
J - ?
L - Kelly's Heroes
L - Letters from Iwo Jima
M - ?
N - ?
O - Operation Petticoat
P - Platoon )not Patton?!)
Q - ?
R - ?
S - Saving Private Ryan
T - Thin Red Line
U - U-571
V - Valkyrie
W - Where Eagles Dare
X - ?
Y - ?
Z - Zulu
Posted by: butch at June 12, 2012 07:29 PM (nK2Sx)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 07:31 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 07:31 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Stark Dickflüssig at June 12, 2012 07:32 PM (0XbWx)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 07:32 PM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: mr_jack at June 12, 2012 07:33 PM (TMG3G)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 07:33 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 07:35 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: 18-1"
I've considered it. For her, I mean. (Kidding, kidding...)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 07:35 PM (d6TfZ)
Was a finalist for the Capt. Janeway role in Star Trek: Voyager.
Turned down the lead for Goodbye, Columbus due tot he sex sceenes while her then husband was serving in Vietnam.
Posted by: epobirs at June 12, 2012 07:35 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 07:36 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 07:37 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 07:39 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: katya, the designated driver at June 12, 2012 07:39 PM (bMLFV)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 11:37 PM (d6TfZ)"
I'm past that age, and I don't.
Posted by: ChrisP at June 12, 2012 07:39 PM (626PS)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 07:40 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: XBradTC at June 12, 2012 07:40 PM (yVIqn)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 07:41 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 07:41 PM (R5yLq)
Pussy, Vagina, that str8 twat
How to push that to number one?
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 07:41 PM (fVgpT)
{shudders}
Posted by: Cyn"
I've heard (no kidding) that the flesh from the palms of the hands is the most tender. I guess cannibals would really like fappers, so watch that there, people.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 07:42 PM (d6TfZ)
****
Correcting myself.... It's Linda Gray
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 07:43 PM (piMMO)
What's next? Dogs and cats living together?
The Splitters help heal the rift?
Hatfields and McCoys intermarrying?
Posted by: XBradTC at June 12, 2012 07:43 PM (yVIqn)
Posted by: Jeff B. at June 12, 2012 07:43 PM (ogWsV)
Is that the Sly Stallone soccer one? The picture makes it look like rugby.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 12, 2012 07:44 PM (g/sgb)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 12, 2012 07:44 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: XBradTC at June 12, 2012 07:45 PM (yVIqn)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 07:45 PM (R5yLq)
Actually, it is far, far worse then that.
A big part of the cause of the mortgage meltdown was the redlining scare of the 90s, where the government-lawyer complex forced the banking industry to open the gates on giving loans to people who were likely to default on them.
One of those scumbag lawyers who sued the mortgages companies? Barack Obama.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 12, 2012 07:45 PM (AUeaU)
Wow, I'd have actually liked that. Every time that actress opened her mouth my mangerines sucked up into my body cavity.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 12, 2012 07:46 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at June 12, 2012 07:47 PM (eHwT1)
***
Dude, why would you want to ruin good meat like that? Pussies are dis-gust-ing.
Give me a good weiner, IYKWIMAITYD any old day.
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 12, 2012 07:48 PM (AUeaU)
Ask Detective Columbo about that!
And, yes, Victory was the Stallone soccer POW film. I saw it in the theatre when I was a teen.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 07:49 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 07:50 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: Parking Lot Bozo at June 12, 2012 07:50 PM (hR1D0)
J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5 made a comment in the 90's about being glad Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer's, or something along those lines.
My 15 yo brother started mocking him as a horrible writer, saying he stole B5 ideas from DS9. They went back and forth for a while, it was hilarious. Straczynski, after losing the battle of wits, finally blocked my brother from responding to his posts.
Back to lurking.
Posted by: Lurker at June 12, 2012 07:51 PM (UPoZk)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 07:52 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 12, 2012 07:52 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid"
I'm afraid of the medicinal route. We have a pro coming in tomorrow to do a treatment that involves olive oil, whatever the hell that will do.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 07:53 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: johnd01 at June 12, 2012 07:53 PM (js5jY)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 07:53 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: Lurker"
I had a good friend who submitted a script to Babylon 5, but the script was rejected. A couple of seasons later, he watched an episode that was remarkably similar to the script he sent in. He protested, but in vain. Needless to say, he never did that again.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 07:55 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 07:55 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 12, 2012 07:55 PM (Rhie+)
Posted by: johnd01"
What an insightful thing to say. Discuss.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 07:56 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: licked at June 12, 2012 07:56 PM (eC9YO)
Posted by: 513-T at June 12, 2012 07:58 PM (mfWu+)
Posted by: butch at June 12, 2012 07:58 PM (nK2Sx)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 07:59 PM (R5yLq)
Ah, OK. Pretty much all I remember is the bicycle kick.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 12, 2012 07:59 PM (g/sgb)
Posted by: butch at June 12, 2012 08:00 PM (nK2Sx)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid"
I know, right? The first thing I thought when Sheryl Crow was diagnosed with a brain tumor was "Gee, hope they can help her. What a horrible thing."
No, I'm no saint (far from it) but I just don't think it's cool to wish horrible stuff on others. I believe in karma. What you dish out will eventually come back to you.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 08:01 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 08:02 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 08:02 PM (piMMO)
RT @iowahawkblog: Issa: where are the documents? Holder: My dog ate them. Issa: Where's your dog? Holder: the president ate him.
Posted by: kbdabear at June 12, 2012 08:03 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: indigo child at June 12, 2012 08:04 PM (xXhWA)
Posted by: booger at June 12, 2012 08:05 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: licked2 at June 12, 2012 08:05 PM (eC9YO)
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 08:06 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: licked2 at June 12, 2012 08:06 PM (eC9YO)
Posted by: Sinclair Lewis at June 12, 2012 08:07 PM (C8mVl)
I'm always amazed by the inability of some people to cook the basics.
Posted by: Alex at June 12, 2012 08:07 PM (sy0Uv)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 12, 2012 08:08 PM (JMmQ9)
Leno just asked them why it took so long to do a new Dallas and they said that there were offers but they just weren't right, such as when the studio wanted to remake Dallas with John Travolta playing J.R.
They really don't even try anymore, do they?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 08:09 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: AltonJackson"
Good God! 12 hours!! Holy crap, at least the pesticides would be faster!
That's it, it's the oven for me. Wish me luck.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 08:10 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: licked2 at June 12, 2012 08:12 PM (eC9YO)
Posted by: booger at June 12, 2012 08:12 PM (HI6wa)
****
I watched a chef a few years ago that said he tests his students' ability by making them cook an egg. He said that if they can't cook a proper egg, they lack the basic skills to be a chef.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 08:12 PM (piMMO)
-J
Posted by: I'm just joshin... at June 12, 2012 08:13 PM (I65om)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 12, 2012 08:14 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 12, 2012 08:14 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 12, 2012 08:15 PM (g/sgb)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 12, 2012 08:16 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:16 PM (R5yLq)
So I'm minding my own business listening to Rostropovich on youtube when a link comes up that says: open another tab for "RainyMood".
I did and of course now I'm listening to the most excellent sound of rain typing this.
So morons go to RainyMood.
Interesting stuff.
Posted by: Journolist at June 12, 2012 08:16 PM (QWOh7)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 12, 2012 08:16 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 08:17 PM (fVgpT)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:18 PM (R5yLq)
How anyone can claim to be a tech guru who has never been able to figure that out is a mystery. We had a forum in the mid-90s which managed it. AOSHQ moves up to the '90s!
Also automatic parsing of paragraphs instead of clumping everything in one giant block is pretty basic tech that pixy never mastered.
Next you need to bring the site design into the 21st century. This design reminds me of the old "redbrain" site.
Posted by: babygiraffes at June 12, 2012 08:19 PM (ugVfs)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 12, 2012 08:19 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 08:19 PM (d6TfZ)
There is a harmonic piece being played in the background that I can't make out on RainyMood.
Posted by: Journolist at June 12, 2012 08:20 PM (QWOh7)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 12, 2012 08:20 PM (g/sgb)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 12, 2012 08:20 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 13, 2012 12:18 AM (R5yLq)
eh, when I was a cook, I ran across "cooks" who screwed up poached eggs
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 08:22 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: AltonJackson at June 12, 2012 08:22 PM (JMmQ9)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 08:23 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 08:23 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:24 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 12, 2012 08:25 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:25 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: AltonJackson"
No link, it's on my Dish network on KETH, the religious channel. Two guys on a set taking calls.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 08:26 PM (d6TfZ)
Just rewatched all 10. I was thinking Unending could have been a 2 parter with it's finally time to declassify the Gate so the Asgard could run around Earth saying goodbye.
I always want to see the Expand part of the 4Es.
Posted by: DaveA at June 12, 2012 08:26 PM (NqmTy)
Posted by: Margarita not Cruella DeVille at June 12, 2012 08:27 PM (C8mVl)
Posted by: Margarita not Cruella DeVille"
Because you're helpful? Or maybe just because you're still awake? She probably really trusts you.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 08:29 PM (d6TfZ)
Er, point of order Ace.
Fraud from Americans scamming health care in Canada is a huge problem, esp in border cities. It's so bad you're no longer allowed to use your govt issued health care card with photo as a valid ID for anything useful.
Posted by: StopShouting at June 12, 2012 08:29 PM (1Jpw8)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:29 PM (R5yLq)
Tell her to check the White House kitchens.
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 12, 2012 08:30 PM (g/sgb)
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 12, 2012 08:31 PM (r4wIV)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 13, 2012 12:25 AM (R5yLq)
boiling water and one person scrambled it before he put it into the pot
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 08:31 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 08:32 PM (d6TfZ)
Was Barry in the neighborhood? Maybe he wanted some Rover Adobo or a Beagle Burger?
Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 12, 2012 08:32 PM (Jls4P)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:33 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: jonsten at June 12, 2012 08:33 PM (fVgpT)
Posted by: Waterhouse at June 12, 2012 08:33 PM (g/sgb)
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 13, 2012 12:31 AM (piMMO)
nothing worse than seeing a cook have his scrambled eggs come back twice before having to take him out of his misery. Dumb ass kept cooking them to completion in the pan. He got fired for doing it (it's a breakfast and lunch diner)
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 08:34 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:34 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: jonsten at June 13, 2012 12:33 AM (fVgpT)
need to water down that salt unless you're weird and like KFC style seasonings
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 08:35 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid"
As long as we leave the lights on for ya!
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 08:35 PM (d6TfZ)
This is me testing to see if I'm banned.
A girl told me today she's never heard or Robocop. I can understand if you've never seen Robocop, but you've never heard of Robocop? What the fuck is up with that?
Posted by: Z Ryan at June 12, 2012 08:36 PM (tsC/8)
Posted by: The Dude"
I didn't learn to cook until I lost 80 lbs. Now I'm pretty handy in the kitchen, but I could always stand to learn more.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 08:36 PM (d6TfZ)
http://tinyurl.com/d39duzo
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 08:37 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:37 PM (R5yLq)
I, looks like Saddam to me.
J, is a sniper who looks like he's blowing a bubblegum bubble so that leaves out the Russian Front film; and it doesn't fit letter-wise for the sniper from Saving Private Ryan.
N, an American WW2 G.I.
Q, 18th century civilian or a soldier without a (tricorne) hat. Any chance the AWI Mel Gibson flick started with a Q in British and/or Euro release? Or an Alamo or an American irregular in the Mexican War flick as it looks like he's got a hair queue (ponytail).
X, reminds me of a Mexican officer type because of the peaked cap. I don't think the Japanese had peaked caps like that for officers as well as the small moustache and goatee looking a bit full for a Japanese.
Y, an American sergeant in a greatcoat so maybe Bulge related? The hairstyle doesn't ring a bell for me about the actor.
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 08:38 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: Margarita not Cruella DeVille at June 12, 2012 08:39 PM (C8mVl)
As for omlettes, my pans have other plans.
So I guess I should just tell the rest of the family that I'm done cooking for the rest of my born days. We'll starve, I guess.
Posted by: Derak at June 12, 2012 08:39 PM (VEhDR)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:40 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: zeera at June 12, 2012 08:40 PM (XtxRN)
The crack of 11 a.m. when I get up for
Posted by: president o'bumbles at June 12, 2012 08:41 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: Margarita not Cruella DeVille"
Well, it's easy for me to say, but go help her out, if you feel you need to. Good things happen to good people. (Karma, again).
But, even if you opt out of the late-night dog hunt, I'll bet you're still a good person, or she wouldn't have called you in the first place.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at June 12, 2012 08:42 PM (d6TfZ)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 08:43 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 08:48 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:48 PM (R5yLq)
****
I wish I could remember which chef it was, but what you mentioned was one of the things he looked for.
He looked for them to be overcooked, undercooked, and salted prematurely and, IIRC, not over-beaten before cooking.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 08:48 PM (piMMO)
Fried, poached, boiled, baked or scrambled?
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 13, 2012 12:16 AM (GE1+K)
Pry boy pooch? http://ml.42.org/nick-fun/msg00385.html
Posted by: cthulhu at June 12, 2012 08:48 PM (kaalw)
Yep, spam filer works.
Posted by: Captain Choom! at June 12, 2012 08:49 PM (mreo+)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 12, 2012 08:50 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 08:50 PM (nrW1y)
195 How much clothes do we need on for the new registration pics?
Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at June 12, 2012 10:42 PM (nonzP)
The guys get shirts, but the ONT is a pants-free zone.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 10:46 PM (bxiXv)
----
count me in
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 12, 2012 08:51 PM (3Zo6I)
Posted by: StuckOnStupid at June 12, 2012 08:54 PM (R5yLq)
Posted by: Museisluse at June 12, 2012 10:37 PM (q2H2p)
I feel sure a Texas jury will find it a justifiable homicide!
--- i fully expect the jury will pool their stipends to buy him a nice gun to save on bruised knuckles next time.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 12, 2012 08:54 PM (3Zo6I)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 08:57 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 12, 2012 08:57 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: jbarntt at June 12, 2012 09:02 PM (UNFot)
Posted by: booger at June 12, 2012 09:05 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 12, 2012 09:08 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: SGU at June 12, 2012 09:10 PM (WYIyY)
Posted by: booger at June 13, 2012 01:05 AM (HI6wa)
Bleah.
I like my scrambled eggs to have been hit hard enough to have some browning -- and to have enough herbs in 'em to look like something cooked, instead of some half-congealed ovum.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 12, 2012 09:10 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: andycanuck at June 12, 2012 09:11 PM (nrW1y)
Posted by: Professor Obtuse at June 12, 2012 09:13 PM (YfVqC)
Posted by: Professor Obtuse at June 13, 2012 01:13 AM (YfVqC)
didn't even think of that but yep, that's it. Bad movie though
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 09:16 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: 19K - B5Dr. Nick at June 12, 2012 09:17 PM (4qU0l)
I like my scrambled eggs to have been hit hard enough to have some browning -- and to have enough herbs in 'em to look like something cooked, instead of some half-congealed ovum.
But that way knocks all the egg flavor out and you're really just tasting herbs, i like the egg/butter taste better and if it's done right they're not congealed at all, they're silky.
Posted by: booger at June 12, 2012 09:17 PM (HI6wa)
Posted by: sistrum at June 12, 2012 09:17 PM (AyryN)
Posted by: Grumpy the Younger at June 12, 2012 09:22 PM (jts1f)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 09:24 PM (bxiXv)
I like my scrambled eggs to have been hit hard enough to have
some browning -- and to have enough herbs in 'em to look like something
cooked, instead of some half-congealed ovum.
But that way knocks all the egg flavor out and you're really just tasting herbs, i like the egg/butter taste better and if it's done right they're not congealed at all, they're silky.
Posted by: booger at June 13, 2012 01:17 AM (HI6wa)
The reason I tossed it out there was basically to point out that there are a zillion ways to cook eggs -- and a lot of different tastes to satisfy. If the chef had said, "cook me scrambled eggs four different ways, and write proper menu descriptions of each", it would have impressed me more.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 12, 2012 09:25 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: Theresa at June 12, 2012 09:27 PM (UiaWo)
Posted by: MikeTheMoose Lite! 98% Anger Free! at June 12, 2012 09:30 PM (GE1+K)
Posted by: 19K - B5Dr. Nick at June 12, 2012 09:33 PM (4qU0l)
Posted by: Polliwog, Teahada hobbit at June 12, 2012 09:35 PM (CQ1cz)
Posted by: Berserker at June 12, 2012 09:37 PM (FMbng)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 12, 2012 09:39 PM (2fe76)
She passed several hours ago, in my arms, while at home.
I'm torn between the sadness of losing her, and the great happiness of knowing that God allowed for us to take care of her at home full time, instead of being forced to place her in a facility as the Alzheimers took hold of her.
Being homebound around the clock, to provide family care is one of the things that brought me to the head Ewoks little internet community here. And you Morons have no idea of the impact and connection to reality that this community of commentors has provided me through the years.
I want to thank you all for that.
VIA
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 12, 2012 09:39 PM (GQHyA)
Posted by: 19K - B5Dr. Nick at June 12, 2012 09:39 PM (4qU0l)
My favorite breakfasts, however, are on football Sundays, eaten during kick off of the early game: eggs over medium, yellow grits with onions, crispy corned beef hash.
Yum!
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 09:40 PM (piMMO)
Posted by: Professor Obtuse at June 12, 2012 09:42 PM (YfVqC)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 12, 2012 09:42 PM (2fe76)
Posted by: 19K - B5Dr. Nick at June 12, 2012 09:42 PM (4qU0l)
All the very best to you and yours at this difficult time.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at June 12, 2012 09:46 PM (piMMO)
Nah, probably not.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 11:09 PM (bxiXv)
Voyager, with Captain Hillary Clinton?
Fuck that!
That show was good for the first season, maybe first two seasons, but after it was consistently shitty. Fucking terrible writing week in and week out. The only way it got through seven seasons was on so many painful gimmicks.
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 09:48 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 13, 2012 01:42 AM (2fe76)
you should track down a copy of Roujin Z if you fell that way
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 09:48 PM (tw6Ar)
I just jumped in to see if I was fake-banned or something, without reading any other comments.
Posted by: K~Bob at June 12, 2012 09:49 PM (+F3bN)
Posted by: justaguy at June 12, 2012 09:49 PM (LOJaC)
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 01:49 AM (4ixH5)
always been sad how quick that movie was forgotten after it's release
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 09:52 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 12, 2012 09:52 PM (sRUq2)
When my grandfather had his final illness, I was about 3000 miles away and due to visit in 5 weeks. I kept getting "it's a little thing"; "he's in the ICU"; "don't know what happened"; "this sort of thing looks bad".....and, finally, just said "screw it" and flew out there on a redeye. On the morning I arrived at the ICU, my grandmother called them from Emergency downstairs to say she'd be missing her regular morning visit.......whereupon the clouds parted, a light shined down from above, and I knew I had Done The Right Thing.
So much of life is confusing, masked, or conflicted -- but sometimes you just know......and it sounds like you do. You have my condolences for your very great loss, but stand tall in your sadness because you have made a real difference for good.
Posted by: cthulhu at June 12, 2012 09:56 PM (kaalw)
Posted by: The Political Hat at June 12, 2012 09:58 PM (sRUq2)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 12, 2012 10:02 PM (2fe76)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 13, 2012 02:02 AM (2fe76)
umm Roujin Z was an indictment against people stuffing old people into a room and leaving them alone
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 10:05 PM (tw6Ar)
Posting Tests....
"Sorry!"
2.5 overall for the semester...you will have to re-do poly-si in the fall.
Your bad.
Posted by: Richard at June 12, 2012 10:07 PM (0jyYB)
WTF?? Why, what purpose on God's green earth did the director of the British Museum have in including Barack Obama's name? None, it has no place in this type of history book. Asshole.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at June 12, 2012 09:58 PM (RZ8pf)
I'm reading a book about Rome's wars with Parthia (Iraq and Iran) from 90 BC to 250 AD or so. You guessed it - its all about the poor Parthians and Rome's bad intelligence in the wars.
At one point she says that Crassus did not gather intelligence. In the next sentence she says that he spent a year gathering intelligence. The sentence after that she says his problem was he did not gather intelligence.
No surprise that the book was written in the 2004-6 timeframe.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 12, 2012 10:07 PM (TJHom)
Posted by: 19K - B5Dr. Nick at June 12, 2012 10:08 PM (4qU0l)
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 10:11 PM (4ixH5)
Breath EASY M+M's
The Master of this ship does so and see's the changes...and hopes.....
for now...
Posted by: Richard at June 12, 2012 10:13 PM (0jyYB)
No surprise that the book was written in the 2004-6 timeframe.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 13, 2012 02:07 AM (TJHom)
Or maybe they releied on an ancestor of Joe Wilson to gather intelligence?
Joeinus Wilsonicus.
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 10:14 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 12, 2012 10:14 PM (2fe76)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 13, 2012 02:14 AM (2fe76)
it's just Otomo's (Akira creator) thoughts on how Japan was treating seniors in the 80's and a bit updated for the film
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 10:17 PM (tw6Ar)
Too much touchy/feeley/internal political, not enough checking out and exploring the cool Ancient starship they just happened to be freaking STUCK ON. Hello? Your set IS the fucking story arc, ride it hard. Its big, its interesting, its cool. The writers must have been on crack to take the show in the directions they did. Atlantis made the same mistake of not exploiting the wonders of the city itself more. There had to be a hundred episodes worth of "wow" that never were written because some pinhead writers couldn't imagine what might be behind a hundred thousand or more unopened door knobs, instead opting to flog the Wraith (really just a slightly more nasty Ga'ould surrogate) and replicator horses again.
The ambiance seemed like they were trying to rip off BSG, which was a mistake from day-1.
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 12, 2012 10:21 PM (OfMej)
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 10:23 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 02:23 AM (4ixH5)
if you want some good old fashioned cheesy fun, SG-1 is pretty good. I do have to admit to always seeing it as a lesser of b sci-fi shows
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 10:26 PM (tw6Ar)
http://tinyurl.com/d65sf56
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 10:26 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 10:27 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 02:26 AM (4ixH5)
the cases on them sucks horribly though, it scratches the shit out of the discs
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 10:27 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: tired at June 12, 2012 10:29 PM (PF6zV)
Posted by: AlaskaGal at June 12, 2012 10:29 PM (2fe76)
Posted by: The Dude at June 13, 2012 02:27 AM (tw6Ar)
It's tricky, but it can be done safely. Just have to handle them like a fucking premature newborn baby.
My Star Wars and Aliens blurays use similar packaging. I feel like I'm defusing a bomb pulling them out. Too fast and BOOM game over, man.
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 10:31 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 02:31 AM (4ixH5)
no, they are a shit ton worse. Hell, if it wasn't for the Toy Story Ultimate boxset, it would be the worst packaging I've ever come across
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 10:38 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 10:40 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 02:39 AM (4ixH5)
the Toy Story box set? Yeah, it's slots carved out of rough foam with no protection for the discs.
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 10:40 PM (tw6Ar)
The big problem with exploring either of the shows' environment is introducing new maguffins to complicate future stories. You end up with the constant "but why didn't they use the thingy from Episode X?" syndrome that in turn means tons of time given over to the characters asking and answering the question themselves.
Heck, on SGU it wasn't clear they even got around to inventorying all of the crates in the area they held. I expected one of them to contain a First Contact kit to teach Ancient to anyone vaguely humanoid and another to be the complete schematics and operating guide for the ship. Plus a source listing of the BIOS.
Posted by: epobirs at June 12, 2012 10:41 PM (kcfmt)
>>>Democrat John Lehman has officially unseated Republican Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) in the 21st District recall election that will determine the makeup of Wisconsin's state Senate.
The Racine County Board of Canvassers met Tuesday morning to certify the results of the June 5 election and found that not only did Lehman win, but he also increased his margin of victory by 55 votes.
Wanggaard has yet to concede and campaign officials say they have received allegations of voter fraud voting irregularities.<<<http://tinyurl.com/75bj55q
Posted by: Badger of Honey at June 12, 2012 10:42 PM (Lg3Dl)
Wy-21 also got redistricted out and the new district will likely flip back to the repubs.
Tough luck Lehman. Sucks to be you.
Posted by: GMB at June 12, 2012 10:49 PM (kPe9l)
Posted by: pat at June 12, 2012 10:50 PM (UFxap)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 10:50 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 02:58 AM (4ixH5)
355 plus the two direct to dvd movies
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 11:05 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 11:05 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 11:06 PM (4ixH5)
Never heard of it.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 13, 2012 03:05 AM (bxiXv)
You mockin' me, boy?
Posted by: Charlie Gibson at June 12, 2012 11:07 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: GMB at June 12, 2012 11:08 PM (kPe9l)
Posted by: GMB at June 13, 2012 03:08 AM (kPe9l)
that show died way before that though when they flash forwarded
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 11:10 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 11:11 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: epobirs at June 13, 2012 03:06 AM (kcfmt)
I always forget about the cartoon
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 11:11 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 11:11 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 11:16 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Katie Couric, America's Sweetheart at June 12, 2012 11:17 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Dude at June 13, 2012 03:10 AM (tw6Ar)
I agree somewhat. Over all it was an ok story. Way too female centered and Colonel Tigh was black dammit!!
Please excuse me for my vehemence. My application to join the New Caprica Police Department was rejected.
Posted by: GMB at June 12, 2012 11:18 PM (kPe9l)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 13, 2012 03:16 AM (bxiXv)
Eh?
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 11:18 PM (4ixH5)
Always wanted to see zombies at the Olympics.
Posted by: Robert at June 12, 2012 11:23 PM (4ixH5)
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 11:23 PM (tw6Ar)
Posted by: GMB at June 12, 2012 11:26 PM (kPe9l)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 11:30 PM (bxiXv)
Posted by: The Dude at June 12, 2012 11:31 PM (tw6Ar)
Don't see how, unless they ignore the Caprica series. Establishing the roots of Cylon consciousness in recreated dead humans twisted the whole thing. It came down to two dead teenage girls throwing tantrums.
Posted by: epobirs at June 12, 2012 11:34 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: GMB at June 12, 2012 11:37 PM (kPe9l)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 12, 2012 11:52 PM (bxiXv)
I've gotten pretty disgusted in recent years with this pattern. Half the anime coming out of Japan these days is rife with it. Here, we get stuff like Lost and BSG.
One of the reasons Fullmetal Alchemist is head and shoulders above most anime and even most fantasy series in general is the author had a real end in mind that tied up the major threads and delivered a sense of completion. There could be more stories in this world but the one we needed to know in total was delivered.
Posted by: epobirs at June 12, 2012 11:57 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: GMB at June 13, 2012 12:07 AM (kPe9l)
Great series, loved it, one of my alltime faves!
Watching FA: Brotherhood (complete series volume 1) right now on bluray. Up to episode...22?
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 12:08 AM (4ixH5)
Mind you I'm still under the impression anime is still a dying business in Japanaland.
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 12:15 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 13, 2012 12:19 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: GMB at June 13, 2012 04:07 AM (kPe9l)
I'm of the opinion that The Simpsons high water mark was the who shot Mr. Burns story followed by a gradual decline. Anything from season 12 on is completely unwatchable shite.
It got renewed through season 25, right? Good gravy...well more than half of this series is a giant turd. It's sad that this show can be thought of as one of the best American animations as well as one of the worst.
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 12:22 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 13, 2012 04:19 AM (bxiXv)
So solly, you no rike prentifur panties and tentacres?
Posted by: Some jackoff manga-ka at June 13, 2012 12:26 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Pope Z the Nth at June 13, 2012 12:35 AM (fiXQh)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 13, 2012 12:42 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Pope Z the Nth at June 13, 2012 04:35 AM (fiXQh)
Because we would still exist if they left.
We want them to leave us alone, they want us to *not exist*.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 13, 2012 04:42 AM (bxiXv)
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I suggest stapling their genitals to their foreheads. I like to avoid acting rash.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 12:45 AM (ufJKx)
Because the lefty mission is international. Citizen of the world thing ya know? Got to make everybody and everywhere equally miserable.
Posted by: GMB at June 13, 2012 12:45 AM (kPe9l)
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 13, 2012 12:57 AM (bxiXv)
Posted by: Pope Z the Nth at June 13, 2012 04:35 AM (fiXQh)
Do you know how hard it is to get a mocha latte frappacinno and a mani-pedi in Outer Mongolia? Like, all they do is ride horses over there!
Posted by: Scumbag Lefty at June 13, 2012 01:02 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Akak at June 13, 2012 04:57 AM (Hsjd3)
I have a list.
Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at June 13, 2012 04:57 AM (bxiXv)
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somehow I suspect it includes far more that are naughty than nice, or you have a plan to convert the stragglers.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 01:02 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 05:06 AM (nsV+W)
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immediately stop reading this thread.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 01:08 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 05:06 AM (nsV+W)
I have heard that hanging out here will turn you into a moron. So thats not the answer.
Posted by: GMB at June 13, 2012 01:08 AM (kPe9l)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 01:14 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 01:18 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 01:18 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: GMB at June 13, 2012 01:20 AM (kPe9l)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 01:20 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 05:20 AM (nsV+W)
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if you think with your dick raising your intelligence is usually not a problem. but if it stays raised for more than 4 hours immediately seek medical attention.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 01:21 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 05:21 AM (nsV+W)
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what is yours is ours and what is ours is mine.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 01:22 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: GMB at June 13, 2012 05:20 AM (kPe9l)
Think he's hiding out with Redd Fox and Elvis.
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 01:23 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 05:21 AM (nsV+W)
Envy, rage, class warfare, enslavement, regressive taxation.
Those last two really get my goat.
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 01:25 AM (4ixH5)
Posted by: Immor(t)al Sock at June 13, 2012 01:26 AM (1agxt)
so the value is economic fairness
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 01:29 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 01:34 AM (nsV+W)
so the value is economic fairness
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 05:29 AM (nsV+W)
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their view of fairness is they get to own all of their own life and part of yours, too. slavers never change, they just change their sales pitch. they wouldn't know 'fair' if it jumped out their chest alien-style.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 01:36 AM (ufJKx)
if its fairness then making everyone rich is fair
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 01:40 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 01:42 AM (nsV+W)
this is their rhetoric
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 01:45 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 01:45 AM (4ixH5)
tehdave - give Bebop another chance. Try episode five, "Ballad of Fallen Angels" - the finale of that is something that John Wu would envy. Or check out "Waltz for Venus," or "Sympathy for the Devil" and see if it doesn't win you over.
Of course, I got a kick out of Big O, so your mileage may vary.
Posted by: A. Pendragon at June 13, 2012 01:46 AM (wJliR)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 05:40 AM (nsV+W)
I gotcha.
Posted by: Robert at June 13, 2012 01:52 AM (4ixH5)
I suppose his core value is leisure time. Why is he useful to the democratic party.
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 01:54 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 05:42 AM (nsV+W)
591 the stat that comes out so often is the disparity between the poor and the rich--this is their rhetoric
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 05:45 AM (nsV+W)
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I really don't give a flying shit how they lie to themselves. Your life is made up of the hours, minutes, and seconds between your birth and your death. Either you own the time of your life or someone else does. People who will not support the concept that each person should own the time of their life are slavers at heart.
I have zero interest in the mental gyrations they put themselves through to justify their shit.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 01:54 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 01:57 AM (nsV+W)
I suppose his core value is leisure time. Why is he useful to the democratic party.
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 05:54 AM (nsV+W)
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if you need to achieve 50% +1 to get power, why wouldn't you try to get the voting block of the unfocused, lazy, greedy, and/or stupid? Best bet on planet earth. Babies are born that way every time and have to be trained to be anything different.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 02:00 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 02:01 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 02:05 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 06:01 AM (nsV+W)
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run a simple test. Would you support a policy whether it was being done 'by you,' 'for you,' or 'to you?' If yes, that individual policy could be deemed to represent someone's values. If no, then it is just more bullshit with a sales pitch.
Let's take every leftist value and change it from done 'by them' or 'for them' to 'done to them' and see for yourself. I am pretty sure I know how it will come out.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 02:05 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 02:12 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 02:14 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 13, 2012 02:17 AM (niZvt)
596
One guy does fuck all, lives like a lump and produces and achieves nothing.
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Who? SCoaMF?
Posted by: Up, Up With People at June 13, 2012 02:17 AM (iYvMQ)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 13, 2012 02:19 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 06:12 AM (nsV+W)
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That is what they say, but not what they do. The government accepts any donation they want to make. They could pay their up to their entire net worth in taxes right now if they were not lying about this topic.
Since they are are not doing what they say, I will remain skeptical about this smokescreen.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 02:20 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 06:14 AM (nsV+W)
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do you mean 'what lie do conservatives tell themselves so their ego can remain unbruised while they act like assholes?'
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 02:22 AM (ufJKx)
the left wants to morph from income equality to environmental stasis
no more human growth as opposed to infinite human growth
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 02:22 AM (nsV+W)
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 02:24 AM (ufJKx)
I just wanted to type that.
Oh, and Scott Walk has a new fan club too.
Posted by: sTevo at June 13, 2012 02:35 AM (VMcEw)
Posted by: tehdave at June 13, 2012 06:27 AM (nsV+W)
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slavers never change, they just change their sales pitch.
Once people realize they are mortal, they understand they cannot get more time unless they get it from other people. Slavery is the process of extending your enjoyable time by forcing someone else to do your drudgery. We will never be rid of the desire of people to have slaves.
Here is the wiki (apologize, but it is close enough for this discussion) timeline for abolition movements worldwide. http://tinyurl.com/ytc6cm
Now, if you are curious, look up the dates of the Communist Manifesto, totalitarianism, fascism, socialism, etc, etc, etc. and compare it to the abolition timeline. Every time slavery is suppressed, a new sales pitch arises to try to convince people that they should not have the title to the time of their own life.
Posted by: jc at June 13, 2012 02:37 AM (ufJKx)
Posted by: CoolCzech at June 13, 2012 02:39 AM (niZvt)
Posted by: Bob Saget has not been banned yet at June 13, 2012 05:18 AM (SDkq3)
Posted by: echo at June 13, 2012 05:26 AM (4Ob4F)
Posted by: TrueNorthist at June 13, 2012 05:45 AM (3Aixx)
Thirty-five years happened, I guess.
She and Lynda still look classy, though. Just compare them, Laura Bush, and -- as somebody else mentioned -- Morgan Fairchild to our current, boob-belt-wearing FLOTUS. The difference will instantly be apparent to the meanest intelligence.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 13, 2012 06:28 AM (exvgC)
I'm afraid of the medicinal route. We have a pro coming in tomorrow to do a treatment that involves olive oil, whatever the hell that will do.
the oil smothers and kills the adult lice. wash it out with dawn dish soap and rinse with vinegar. leave the vinegar on the hair for at least an hour. wash and condition hair with a coconut oil shampoo and conditioner. comb out the nits on a daily basis and voila' head lice problem over. keep using the coconut shampoo and conditioner and you shouldn't (fingers crossed) have the problem again.
Posted by: Madamemayhem at June 13, 2012 11:13 AM (iRgZG)
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