I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Bush presidency: FIERY WRECK!
OMG, my first second ever. Does that make me third?
Heh. Yes it does.
Wow. Stupid as far as the eye can see.
Great googlie mooglie!
6th?
Sewing the seeds...'06 style
Flag Waving Banned at Colorado School
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - Dozens of high school students protested a temporary school policy forbidding students from displaying the U.S. flag - as well as flags from other countries - amid racial tensions following immigration rallies.
Skyline High School Principal Tom Stumpf said American flags were brazenly waved in the faces of Hispanic students and in one case a Mexican flag was thrown into the face of another student.
``When it involves the American flag and its abuse in vilifying other people, we simply will not tolerate it,'' Stumpf said. ``They were using the symbol derisively as misguided patriotism.'' Students were warned about the policy Friday and several were suspended, although Stumpf would not provide details. Then, about 100 students protested during lunch time. I'm getting suspended for it and personally I think that's uncalled for,'' he said. ``If this country means freedom, then why can't we fly our own flag? It's ridiculous...'
Longmont is only a few miles but a world away from Boulder.
Even money that dark raincloud off to the west is gonna open up as I try to hoof it across town for dinner.
*shakes fist at dark raincloud*
As I posted in the thread below Jill Carroll is now reputdiating her statements made in Iraq. Seems that she decided to play along with her captors until she was out of their hands.
Hands up on how many wingnuts will now tender their apologies.
Idiots.
Guess what I'm wearing?
Hey, Gummo.
I did not pick the movie. TKK did.
Do you and Mrs. G. want to come, btw?
Who woulda thunk Accountability Office Finds Itself Accused
A senior Congressional investigator has accused his agency of covering up a scientific fraud among builders of a $26 billion system meant to shield the nation from nuclear attack. The disputed weapon is the centerpiece of the Bush administration's antimissile plan, which is expected to cost more than $250 billion over the next two decades.
Who could have ever predicted that missle contractors would be corrupt?
Guess what I'm wearing?
Beret and black turtleneck.
Even money that dark raincloud off to the west is gonna open up as I try to hoof it across town for dinner. -watertiger
But dollface, hoofing it keeps yer gams great!
Hands up on how many wingnuts will now tender their apologies.
Oh, oh, pick me, pick me! I know the answer! PICK ME!
Hands up on how many wingnuts will now tender their apologies
I predict . . . . NONE!
res,
what are you guys seeing?
Kenosha, Are you still out there? I will meet you down there at 7:20 PM.
Guess what I'm wearing?
White boots?
But dollface, hoofing it keeps yer gams great!
And the buttocks firm!
(NB: when reading this, please pronounce it as "bu-TOCKS")
tigre ... this.
Wanna come with?
Guess what I'm wearing?
Slutty Catholic Girl
I hope a white collared shirt, a short wool skirt, black stockings, no panties and no bra. And your long, dark hair is pulled back and tied with a ribbon.
Would you like help carrying your books?
But dollface, hoofing it keeps yer gams great!
Ummm, Great Gams!
All in favor say Aye!
Tried to watch SKY CAPTAIN earlier
(thanks to the free Showtime weekend).
A huge bag of gas, IMHO.
Can I 'site-pimp' on an open thread? I've started a movie review site:
Pix of the Flix
Wanna come with?
Alas, I already promised my friend Carly that I'd see "V" with her. Dinner at Zen Palate . . . aiyee, sooner than I thought.
Where the hell did the day go?
Busted!
Tried to watch SKY CAPTAIN earlier
(thanks to the free Showtime weekend).
A huge bag of gas, IMHO.
Very disappointing movie. The previews looked so great, but it was all visual effects and no script.
Can I 'site-pimp' on an open thread? I've started a movie review site:
NO PLAGURISING!
Spork an I are holding off on V so we won't miss SS Doomtrooper tonight...
I don't think anyone could have predicted the rabidly misogynistic response of the wingnuts to Ms. Carroll's failure to have her head lopped off.
I don't think anyone could have predicted the rabidly misogynistic response of the wingnuts to Ms. Carroll's failure to have her head lopped off.
Anything short of "They were inhuman *animals*!" is pretty much unacceptable, I believe.
"Spartacus" is on one of the Spanish stations here right now.
Gotta go take my daughter to be rewarded for making Strait A's on her report card.
You guys know me so well....
Spork an I are holding off on V so we won't miss SS Doomtrooper tonight...
I'm assuming I'll be home in time for the last hour of it.
I'm assuming I'll be home in time for the last hour of it.
I hope you won't be too lost without the exposition.
Tried to watch SKY CAPTAIN earlier
(thanks to the free Showtime weekend).
A huge bag of gas, IMHO.
Pretty much.
Rent the DVD, though - it has a documentary about the creator, and the six minute or so film he made in his garage with a computer. Really, that version is fucking fascinating!
"Spartacus" is on one of the Spanish stations here right now.
res ipsa loquitur
"Soy Sparticus"
I'm assuming I'll be home in time for the last hour of it.
watertiger | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 5:32 pm | #
Sci-Fi reruns it at 1am.
Why am I still with him? He makes me laugh.
7:20 in front of the IFC Center (Waverly goddamit) ?
Tried to watch SKY CAPTAIN earlier
(thanks to the free Showtime weekend).
A huge bag of gas, IMHO.
Very disappointing movie. The previews looked so great, but it was all visual effects and no script.
Eli
I expected to not like it and ended up thinking it was kinda cool (though by no means a masterpiece). I think, in my case, anyway, my expectation of a film usually affects whether I end up liking it or not. If I get too excited about a particular movie coming out, I'm almost invariably disappointed. The ones I like are usually the ones that sneak up and surprise me.
Gotta go take my daughter to be rewarded for making Strait A's on her report card.
Obviously Dad didn't help her in spelling class! 
Heh. There's a Yankee(?) fan who puts on a Michael Myers mask every time the Yankees bring Mike Myers in to pitch...
I don't think anyone could have predicted the rabidly misogynistic response of the wingnuts to Ms. Carroll's failure to have her head lopped off.
Can we have a list of the bloggers/faux pundits who bitched at her?
I would really like someone to take names here.
"Soy Sparticus"
focus | 04.01.06 - 5:33 pm | #
Ever see the Spanish language Dracula
filmed on the same sets as the Lugosi
version?
"Soy Dracula."
Doesn't quite have same ring to it.
This Jill Carroll thing has me pissed off. I'd like to see how that Imus cretin would act if HE ever got taken.
Actually, I'd pay money to see his hostage video.
I expected to not like it and ended up thinking it was kinda cool (though by no means a masterpiece). I think, in my case, anyway, my expectation of a film usually affects whether I end up liking it or not. If I get too excited about a particular movie coming out, I'm almost invariably disappointed. The ones I like are usually the ones that sneak up and surprise me.
This is usually true. I ended up not minding Waterworld or Postman because I *expected* them to be total unwatchable crap. And Battlefield Earth was just hilarious.
Star Wars Episode I may be one of the exceptions - completely irredeemable.
"Soy Dracula."
Doesn't quite have same ring to it.
Heh. It kinda sounds like he would have to drink vegetarian fake blood or something.
7:20 in front of the IFC Center (Waverly goddamit) ?
I think it's actually on 6th Avenue at West 3rd. That old Cineplex Odeon.
Yes. 7:20. Too late?
(I think I do have the Spanish Dracula lying around here somewhere, but haven't watched it...)
Ever see the Spanish language Dracula
filmed on the same sets as the Lugosi
version?
"Yo no bebo... vino."
I ended up not minding Waterworld or Postman because I *expected* them to be total unwatchable crap.
I liked Waterworld because of Jeanne Tripplehorn's stunt butt and Postman just because of Olivia Williams in general.
I liked Waterworld because of Jeanne Tripplehorn's stunt butt
I like to call them "bubble doubles".
That book about the huge scary dog
that kills members of the Baskerville
family?
My idea.....
Guess what I'm wearing?
Slutty Catholic Girl
Why does it matter? You'll be taking it off in a minute anyway.
what the hell is it with this Spanish shit?
Does anyone have a clue what this means? If pie thinks she's running me out again she's sadly mistaken...
Jenny, Are you in France?
res ipsa loquitur
res -
No, I'm not in France. But today I wish I was!!!
Closer than you think, res.
pie | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 5:27 pm | #
I like to call them "bubble doubles".
Good term.
I like the rest of Tripplehorn, too. But I liked her choice of double.
Star Wars Episode I may be one of the exceptions - completely irredeemable.
My wife and I turned off the DVD before the first hour was up. Absolutely unwatchable.
We saw "Attack of the Clones" in the theatre. A little better, but all that CGI scenery gave me a headache. Still haven't seen Episode 3...
This is usually true. I ended up not minding Waterworld or Postman because I *expected* them to be total unwatchable crap. And Battlefield Earth was just hilarious.
Star Wars Episode I may be one of the exceptions - completely irredeemable.
Eli
Oh, I actually went out of my way to see Waterworld. I had heard so much about how awful it was going to be, and what a money-losing disaster it was sure to be (before it was even released), that I had to see for myself. And sure enough, it was bad, but there are much, MUCH worse movies out there.
Like Phantom Menace. One we were all looking forward to. I remember sitting there watching it, thinking, are they fucking serious with this shit? I really was wondering if perhaps they had rushed it into theaters without finishing it (editing, effects, etc.)
I feel like I have my own personal "ted" here in the form of "pie".
Tena, I know what it feels like to be stalked.
Pie, leave me the fuck alone.
Sky Captain is a pulp adventure.
Don't think about it as anything other than a dime novel from e Depression era brought to life as a movie.
It sure beats the hell out of the Doc Savage movie!
Of course, if Paltrow could ACT, the movie would have been MUCH better.
(I think I do have the Spanish Dracula lying around here somewhere, but
haven't watched it...)
Eli | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 5:38 pm | #
It's actually slightly more cinematic
than the Lugosi.
Of course, it doesn't have Lugosi.
We saw "Attack of the Clones" in the theatre. A little better, but all that CGI scenery gave me a headache. Still haven't seen Episode 3...
The action/wordy boringness mix was a little better, but still definitely not a good movie. And the romantic stuff with Anakin and Amygdala was just embarrassing.
Episode 3 was pretty good, though - it was actually recognizable as a Star Wars movie.
Guess what I'm wearing?
A beret? A jock strap?
And Battlefield Earth was just hilarious.
That one, I haven't even dared to watch yet. The Scientology connection freaks me out too much.
Episode 3 was pretty good, though - it was actually recognizable as a Star Wars movie.
So I hear... just haven't gotten around to seeing it.
" I'm getting suspended for it and personally I think that's uncalled for,'' he said. ``If this country means freedom, then why can't we fly our own flag? It's ridiculous...'
focus"
Flag-wavers of all stripes going nuts. It's time to forget flags, we live in an international community in which, like it or not, all people are ABSOLUTELY EQUAL. That is our strong suit.
No point in allowing anyone or anything to divide us against ourselves any longer. Only the msm gains from such conflict, and why feed the egos (and pockets) of THOSE fools?
NTodd,
Earlier we took a vote and decided to have Eschacon at chez Todd.
That one, I haven't even dared to watch yet. The Scientology connection freaks me out too much.
Watch it. Seriously. Just remember it's a comedy and you'll be fine.
Of course, it doesn't have Lugosi.
steve simels
bella lugosi's dead.
sorry, hate movies, love that bauhaus tune.
We saw "Attack of the Clones" in the theatre. A little better, but all that CGI scenery gave me a headache. Still haven't seen Episode 3...
I wish Lucas would've just combined III with the climactic battle scenes from II, fleshed it out more, chopped it into 3 parts, and had that be the prequels. Oh, and get a different fucking actor for Annakin. And have somebody else write the dialog. And find a better director.
the really sad aspect of this site- its always the same people...... the same opinions....... the same crap.....
Jenny from the Blog, it'll be okay.
Just relax.
QL ... I could set up that Noo Yawka thing. Maybe we could do a pot luck dinner chez res.
pie, you're revolting.
So I hear... just haven't gotten around to seeing it.
Episode 3 had pretty much all the stuff that everyone wanted to see from the trilogy. The first two... not so much.
BATTLEFIELD EARTH?
A masterpiece, compared to the horror
that was HOWARD THE DUCK.
pop that cootchie
Major Payne
A masterpiece, compared to the horror
that was HOWARD THE DUCK.
Lea Thompson. Panties.
7:20 is fine! I have to catch a train now!
This Jill Carroll thing has me pissed off. I'd like to see how that Imus cretin would act if HE ever got taken.
Actually, I'd pay money to see his hostage video.
geegirl
Yup, it's mighty odd. FLAG IT!
Is this blogwhore
(__) Reasonable?
(__) Unreasonable?
(__) Noticeable?
(__) Pleasantly annoying?
(__) Intriguing in a little-boy cum Russell Crowe way?
Oh, and get a different fucking actor for Annakin. And have somebody else write the dialog. And find a better director.
Can we do something about those posters while we're at it? And the butter on the popcorn tastes a little off...
res - that would be nice. I'll bring strawberries pickled in whiskey.
Okay, someone clue me in. What's with JftB and pie?
Oh, are we all blogwhoring now?
'Cuz I have photos...
Hands up on how many wingnuts will now tender their apologies
They'll find a way to justify it by sundown, I trust. As for a list, Think Progress has quite a few names.
*JPod at NRO
*Jonah Goldberg
*That batshit crazy Jeff Goldstein
*Orrin Judd at BrothersJudd - also batshit nuts
*The Don Imus producer..
*Paul Mirengoff at PowerLine
Those names, off the top of my head.
Think Progress may have more.
BTW, I'm old enough to have seen the "real" first three Star Wars films in their original release. When they talked about "The Clone Wars," the conception in my mind had absolutely nothing to do with the faceless horde of helmeted drones that appeared in "Attack of the Clones."
You're not Jenny from the Blog.
I can't remember how she finally used to post.
JftB?
Hopefully, she is in France and enjoying her life there.
the really sad aspect of this site- its always the same people...... the same opinions....... the same crap.....
Harry Ballzak
Courtesy flush, asshole.
Can we do something about those posters while we're at it? And the butter on the popcorn tastes a little off...
dave™©
Or just end the whole mess with those dancing teddy bears and call it a night?
eli - your photos of New York just about blew me away. I could hardly believe they were taken in my city. Good stuff.
eli - your photos of New York just about blew me away. I could hardly believe they were taken in my city. Good stuff.
WHERE ARE THE WHITE WOMEN?
I was promised white women.
WHERE ARE THE WHITE WOMEN?
I was promised white women.
Sky Captain is a pulp adventure.
Don't think about it as anything other than a dime novel from e Depression era brought to life as a movie.
I think that's why I liked it. It was kind of bizarro. I wasn't really aware (while watching) of it being mostly animation, although for that matter so were most of the Star Wars prequels.
BTW, I'm old enough to have seen the "real" first three Star Wars films in their original release. When they talked about "The Clone Wars," the conception in my mind had absolutely nothing to do with the faceless horde of helmeted drones that appeared in "Attack of the Clones."
Frankly, it never even occurred to me that we would ever see them. I figured it was just an offhand remark to flesh out a fictional history.
But no, I certainly didn't picture it having anything to do with proto-stormtroopers.
Eli, I like the "Light thingies" one.
BTW, I'm old enough to have seen the "real" first three Star Wars films in their original release. When they talked about "The Clone Wars," the conception in my mind had absolutely nothing to do with the faceless horde of helmeted drones that appeared in "Attack of the Clones."
I saw the originals when they were released as well. I *did*, however, think of the clones as faceless hordes--always imagined they were precursors to stormtroopers.
eli - your photos of New York just about blew me away. I could hardly believe they were taken in my city. Good stuff.
Aw, thanks.
It's a big city.
Actually, I think the real worst movie
ever made is TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH
ME.
Every frame of it positively drips
toxic
contempt for its audience.
I suspect David Lynch is probably a
very vile and hateful man.
Eli, I like the "Light thingies" one.
Thanks. The B&W version just kinda grew on me.
A masterpiece, compared to the horror
that was HOWARD THE DUCK.
Another one I missed. Any camp/entertainment value, or just plain bad?
I saw the originals when they were released as well. I *did*, however, think of the clones as faceless hordes--always imagined they were precursors to stormtroopers.
Not before I did!!!!
.
"Begun, this Clone War has."
*rolls eyes*
"Hands up on how many wingnuts will now tender their apologies"
None. Their stock-in-trade, as usual, is all about creating the 'flak' of useless conflicts. If we refuse to go there, they lose.
They fear the spontaneous unity of reasonable people more than anything else in the world. They fear the notion that all people are equal.
But no, I certainly didn't picture it having anything to do with proto-stormtroopers.
Eli
Who are all Boba Fet. Or Boba Fet's dad, or whatever the fuck that was all about. Tossing red meat to the fanboys, I guess that was.
I suspect David Lynch is probably a
very vile and hateful man.
Like you couldn't tell from The Angriest Dog In The World.
They fear the notion that all people are equal.
Oh, yes. You've hit the nail on the head.
One other observation about the clones: Amazing how the stormtroopers could have been cloned from such a resourceful badass as Jango Fett, and yet turn out to all be completely ineffectual pussies who can't shoot straight.
They fear the notion that all people are equal.
In their world, some people are more equal than others.........
.
For bad movies. it's hard to beat "Red Dawn" or the all time most hilarious bad flick - "Staying Alive".
Oh so bad - you could die from laughing.
One other observation about the clones: Amazing how the stormtroopers could have been cloned from such a resourceful badass as Jango Fett, and yet turn out to all be completely ineffectual pussies who can't shoot straight.
Still need training. And copies are never as good as the originals.
They fear the notion that all people are equal.
Hence their perpetual war against the equaldoers.
later, muchachos et muchachas.
Still need training. And copies are never as good as the originals.
I think they actually became *less* competent by Episode IV. I think the Empire made the mistake of cloning the clones instead of keeping samples from the original.
I'm totally not a geek, I swear.
yeah, i'm going with the light thingies.
good pic.
I saw the originals when they were released as well. I *did*, however, think of the clones as faceless hordes--always imagined they were precursors to stormtroopers.
Really? I always assumed the clones would be evil replicas of Alliance figures controlled by the Empire.
And how could you have seen the originals when they were first released? Did you have a telescope coming out of your mother's womb???
Any chance Lou Dobbs will just stay in Mexico? I've had enough of him.
Thanks, charley!
Also, Vader and Obi Wan forgot how to lightsaber-duel between episodes 3 and 4. Stupid old codgers.
Red Dawn is hilarious. I remember seeing it in the theater, and the audience was composed of screaming, howling young males. I was a young male as well, but I remember being distinctly unsettled by the audience reaction around me. The were fucking loving the movie, far more than I was.
For bad movie enjoyment, you can't beat Showgirls. When Elizabeth Berkely vomits in the first ten minutes or so for no apparent reason, you know you're in for a hell of a ride!
Flags and "Support the Troops"!!!!!
Duhhhhh! As if anybody doesn't.
Hands up on how many wingnuts will now tender their apologies
---
That's not how they work. They will say they were simply pointing out that no one in her right mind would have said what she said. Because she was being coerced, she was not in her right mind.
Ergo, they were right all along. We were the ones who were duped into taking her remarks at face value.
Will they get away with rewriting history?
Didn't Al Gore say he invented the internet?
For bad movie enjoyment, you can't beat Showgirls. When Elizabeth Berkely vomits in the first ten minutes or so for no apparent reason, you know you're in for a hell of a ride!
"I'm erect. Why aren't *you* erect?"
Simels!
Out this morning at my favorite re-sale shop, on the wall is a beautifully framed display - on one side, the front page of Rolling Stone with the archtypical Brian Wilson story and on the other, the Brian Wilson solo album jacket (dunno if the record was in it), signed. $495. A deal. Really handsome.
I think they actually became *less* competent by Episode IV. I think the Empire made the mistake of cloning the clones instead of keeping samples from the original.
Eli
Well, the early Xerox technology improved with experience.
The lame Mel Brooks Star Wars parody was pretty unwatchable.
I'm totally not a geek, I swear.
Eli
Oh of course not. [she turns her head and covers her mouth so he won't hear her snickering]
Well, the early Xerox technology improved with experience.
Rmj,
Actually, I think the real worst movie
ever made is TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH
ME.
Every frame of it positively drips
toxic
contempt for its audience.
I came across something about that on the internets recently (can't quite remember where), and it turns out lots and lots and lots of the script that was filmed ended up cut out - the parts that actually told the story.
Apparently, most everyone from the TV show was originally in the movie, and all got snipped - some sort of copyright thing or something...
Oh of course not. [she turns her head and covers her mouth so he won't hear her snickering]
I'm not! I'm a sensitive-yet-manly artist!
For bad movies. it's hard to beat "Red Dawn" or the all time most hilarious bad flick - "Staying Alive".
-----
My wife and I walked out of King Kong in the middle after about 25 minutes of nothing but CGI effects and no dialog.
I loved LOTR but I think Peter Jackson needed someone to tell him enough was enough on Kong.
I don't know if I want to spend $10 on it now, but from what I hear Basic Instinct 2 might just be bad movie heaven.
Actually, I think the real worst movie
ever made is TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH
ME.
Every frame of it positively drips
toxic
contempt for its audience.
Couldn't have been worse than the TV show.
I loved it at first. Positively loved it. Still have the soundtrack. That first episode, when the principal breaks down on the school PA announcing the death, broke my heart. And then it got weirder and weirder...
...and then it fell apart.
Kind of like "Dune," which clearly was never meant to be a movie, because every version of it sucks, but Lynch's version is worst of all.
I'm totally not a geek, I swear.
Eli
Oh, that's a shame. I really dig gigs.
I don't know if I want to spend $10 on it now, but from what I hear Basic Instinct 2 might just be bad movie heaven.
On an earlier thread I asked when it would be coming to Sci-Fi Saturday.
Then again, based on the bootleg trailer, the Sci-Fi version might only be 15 minutes long...
GWPDA:
Wow. Very cool.
I don't know if I want to spend $10 on it now, but from what I hear Basic Instinct 2 might just be bad movie heaven.
Buzz Bomb
I hear it's all about seeing Sharon Stone naked, 14 years later.
Which may or may not be a good thing.
The lame Mel Brooks Star Wars parody was pretty unwatchable.
Yeah, that was a big disappointment. Esp. considering "Hardware Wars" had already done it better, and at a fraction of the cost.
However, I'd like to edit out everything but the "Dark Helmet" scenes. Rick Moranis was hilarious!
The lame Mel Brooks Star Wars parody
Druish Princess? The Schwartz? "Ďs this the Temple of Doom?" "It ain't temple Beth El" Pizza the Hut? Moichendizing? Candy with a tail? I loved it.
Really? I always assumed the clones would be evil replicas of Alliance figures controlled by the Empire.
Yeah, I always assumed they would be disposable troops. Not copies of Boba's dad, though.
And how could you have seen the originals when they were first released? Did you have a telescope coming out of your mother's womb???
Easy: I was born in 1969.
Oh, that's a shame. I really dig gigs.
Well, geekdom is a relative kind of thing...
Couldn't have been worse than the TV show.
I loved it at first. Positively loved it. Still have the soundtrack. That first episode, when the principal breaks down on the school PA announcing the death, broke my heart. And then it got weirder and weirder...
...and then it fell apart.
Yeah, my feeling exactly. After about the fifth episode, it looked like they had no idea where they were going with it and just started stalling for time.
Apparently Lynch admitted to this later.
However, I'd like to edit out everything but the "Dark Helmet" scenes. Rick Moranis was hilarious!
I see your Schwartz is bigger than mine!
I don't know if I want to spend $10 on it now, but from what I hear Basic Instinct 2 might just be bad movie heaven.
At TDSWJS taping this week, they showed a clip followed by dead silence and then pained applause prompted by the director.
Easy: I was born in 1969.
So that's the secret to your powers!
Soy Spartacus is people!
I hear it's all about seeing Sharon Stone naked, 14 years later.
A couple months back, Walter Neff posted a trailer to it that was non-stop sex. Everyone assumed it was going to go straight to DVD.
A couple months back, Walter Neff posted a trailer to it that was non-stop sex. Everyone assumed it was going to go straight to DVD.
Sharon has kept in shape.
(Sharon is also not right in the head)
I'm referring to Sharon *Stone* in that first comment, of course...
Don't buy the hype on "Inside Man".
There are continuity errors that you could drive several semis through.
I'm just at a loss for the great reviews it's been getting.
Anyone else see it?
And Battlefield Earth was just hilarious.
That one, I haven't even dared to watch yet. The Scientology connection freaks me out too much.
IMHO, Battlefeild Earth, the novel was very good. What made it a really bad movie was the input of John Travolta.
The novel was WAY,Way longer than the movei. It would just not end. The movie was about one third of the story.
Easy: I was born in 1969.
Back when the earth was cooling, we thought that was a good year to graduate from high school.
Unfortunately, Vietnam was smoking.
(Sharon is also not right in the head)
This is true, but she is an absolute knockout. Long, long, LONG gorgeous legs, among other attributes.
A couple months back, Walter Neff posted a trailer to it that was non-stop sex. Everyone assumed it was going to go straight to DVD.
dave™©
What I can't figure is, the first one was the apotheosis of Joe Eszterhaus (which was fine; anything to get rid of him).
So this one is for Sharon? If it means we don't have to see her again, then it will have been worth it, I suppose.
GWPDA:
Wow. Very cool.
steve simels
Either it means nothing to somebody - in which case it'll get knocked down pretty soon - or it's heartbreaking and only on the market as a result of poverty - in which case it'll get knocked down pretty soon. Want me to keep an eye on it?
After about the fifth episode, it looked like they had no idea where they were going with it and just started stalling for time.
Apparently Lynch admitted to this later.
IIRC, there was originally only supposed to be four or five episodes. Then ABC loved the movie so much, they tacked on a couple more. Then the ratings went through the roof and they asked for still more. Lynch and Frost went along for the ride...
It was embarrasing to see Sharon Stone on the Daily Show. Jon didn't know what to make of her. It wasn't a flattering interview.
I was born in 1969.
I thought you were much younger, for some reason...
IIRC, there was originally only supposed to be four or five episodes. Then ABC loved the movie so much, they tacked on a couple more. Then the ratings went through the roof and they asked for still more. Lynch and Frost went along for the ride...
I've heard the second season wasn't so bad, which would make sense, because they would have had more time to actually come up with a plot. But I was so disgusted by the first season, I didn't bother.
Kind of like "Dune," which clearly was never meant to be a movie, because every version of it sucks, but Lynch's version is worst of all.
Word.
I was thinking of rereading the entire series again.
I'm not! I'm a sensitive-yet-manly artist!
Eli
Seriously - the "light thingies" shot is beautiful.
Wooooooo-hoooooo!
Heh. A shar-pei named "Raisin".
GWPDA:
I'd love to but it, kiddo, but given my straitened
financial circumstances currently it
would be an unconscionable
extravagance on my part even if the
price comes down some.
Thanks for thinking, though....
Seriously - the "light thingies" shot is beautiful.
Thanks!
I was born in 1969
Checking around - yes, yes, nearly everything I own is older than that.
I was born in 1969
Punk!
Don't buy the hype on "Inside Man".
There are continuity errors that you could drive several semis through.
That's too bad... I wanted to see that one!
The second season of "Twin Peaks"
had its moments.
The Weasel Riot episode was actually
hysterically funny.....
Going to meet the Liberal Elitist a/k/a "The Kenosha Kid."
A good evening to you all.
The other movie I didn't understand the reviews for was "History of Violence".
On some peoples top ten lists so of course you have to rent to check it out but the plot was DOA and went nowhere.
Eli - If he hadn't been adopted he was going to have to come home with me and Arthur.
We were going to rename him Worf, tho.
Checking around - yes, yes, nearly everything I own is older than that.
GWPDA,
But not our computers.
Sharon Stone looks like a million bucks and she's a classic Hollywood-style dingbat. It's a trip to see her - every time I know she's going to say something gloriously idiotic.
I swear I just saw some quote from her where she was almost in tears quoting Mister Rogers.
And there was that moment, where she went to Israel and had a press conference. Saw it on The Daily Show. Guffawed for ten minutes.
Maybe it's just me, though.
And for bad, BAD movies - I forgot "Showgirls". Jaw-droppingly bad.
I was born in 1969
That makes me almost old enough to be your father.
Get offa my lawn!
Now I feel better.
I thought you were much younger, for some reason...
That's not uncommon, whether you know me IRL or virtually. I can't imagine why...
'glitter'
We were going to rename him Worf, tho.
You were planning to sic him on the Borg?
today i read a story in the gaurdian about IVAW. i just have to say that Jill is lucky she still has her head.
the story those boys were telling was not a winning hearts and minds story.
and that's another thing, the violence bred by violence. hell i'm 20, i see my mate blown up by an IED and i'm gonna wax a haji, gook, whatever. maybe i wouldn't, but i ain't 20 and this is just typing. i'm also not a racist asshole, but that's a pretty typical american attitude.
america sits back and lets, lets, bush continue this cycle of murder.
i sit here think'n should i or shouldn't i post this, but america, that's you and me, we are the vampires.
So am I the only one who doesn't think Sharon Stone is a beauty goddess? At this point, she looks to me like that redhead on "Desperate Housewives" - same plastic sheen on the face.
And was is it here or somewhere else that I read the comment about her wearing a wig in "BI2" that covered the tape pulling her face tight? MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-OW!
We were going to rename him Worf, tho.
You were planning to sic him on the Borg?
Eli
Errrrg, yes, err, there were some plans, come to think....
The Producers is on!
That's not uncommon, whether you know me IRL or virtually. I can't imagine why...
It's those apple cheeks! Ya just gotta pinch them!
The British actor who stars opposite Stone is an interesting actor. He starred in a series on BBC America last winter. It's hard to describe, but it was a mystery musical, which sounds awful. And it gets worse - they lip-synched most of the music. But it worked somehow. He played a petty gangster in a seaside English town who was trying to turn his video game parlor into a casino. He was good; he was very good actually.
So am I the only one who doesn't think Sharon Stone is a beauty goddess?
I thought she was wicked hot in Total Recall. She oddly didn't do anything for me in Basic Instinct, but then I'm partial to brunettes...and Jeanne Tripplehorn was in it!
today i read a story in the gaurdian about IVAW. i just have to say that Jill is lucky she still has her head.
I think she'd agree with you.
As for the "vengeance" angle: seems perfectly reasonable to me. Violence breeds violence, and usually it's just a matter of exhaustion and destruction that ends it. "Victory" is usually a chimerical concept, unless you're willing to supplant the natives or something.
And that's a helluva job, too.
The Producers is on!
To be followed by "Duck Soup" and "Bank Dick"!
Sharon Stone looks like a million bucks and she's a classic Hollywood-style dingbat. It's a trip to see her - every time I know she's going to say something gloriously idiotic.
Lucky Ducky - 6:19 pm
Apparently not a dingbat
Sharon Stone's intelligence also gets a lot of press. She has a high IQ and even passed MENSA's rigid entry exams with flying colors, joining the world's inteligencia elites
So am I the only one who doesn't think Sharon Stone is a beauty goddess? At this point, she looks to me like that redhead on "Desperate Housewives" - same plastic sheen on the face.
Take her or leave her. Basically, she's not my type.
That, and I'm getting old.
america sits back and lets, lets, bush continue this cycle of murder.
There's not enough hue and cry.
Okay, there's not enough from Congress.
Sharon Stone's intelligence also gets a lot of press. She has a high IQ and even passed MENSA's rigid entry exams with flying colors, joining the world's inteligencia elites
Mensa doesn't have rigid entry exams.
Sharon Stone wore a fifteen dollar
Gap t-shirt to the Oscars and looked
better than any other woman there.
I rest my case.
Sharon Stone's intelligence also gets a lot of press. She has a high IQ and even passed MENSA's rigid entry exams with flying colors, joining the world's inteligencia elites
Hmmm
The ability to pass a set of tests which measure a certain and narrow kind of reasoning, and to speak sensibly in public, can clearly be mutually exclusive, and one does not necessarily compensate for the other.
Evening, all.
Viva Bobo's World!
...now pardon me while I purge.
NYMary:
Hi, mom!!!!!
Evening NYMary.
I like Sharon Stone
[ducks]
We lost the Vietnam war as the US government defined it.
We're most certainly losing this war (whatever this war is) for the same reason.
Nim - we already had our privy members removed in an early thread.
NYMary - yay!
scout - heehee!
Good evening, NYMary - how is the Queen of Liberal Mountain this evening?
We lost the Vietnam war as the US government defined it.
We would've won the way if it hadn't been for those meddling kids!
Nim - we already had our privy members removed in an early thread.
Is that why I feel so light headed?
"Nim - we already had our privy members removed in an early thread."
Figures. Gotta get up pretty early in the morning to stay ahead of you freaks.
Jon Stewart really slipped up by not asking Stone if she had to do Keigel exercises to get in shape for Basic Instinct 2.
NTodd...how's it going slow hand.
Anyone watching Basketball and who are ya cheering for?
Zogby is getting weirder and weirder. The most recent poll wants to know whether I favor lumberjacks or meterosexuals, love handles or washboard abs. Oh, and what I think about immigration.
I am not making this up.
Ah, I see it was an actual Atrios thread.
I think that's the first time I've done that. Go me!
We lost the Vietnam war as the US government defined it.
We're most certainly losing this war (whatever this war is) for the same reason.
pie
No, no, no. The ARVN stood up, and we stood down.
'Course, they stood up trying desperately to reach the helicopters, but....
The other movie I didn't understand the reviews for was "History of Violence".
On some peoples top ten lists so of course you have to rent to check it out but the plot was DOA and went nowher
The movie wasn't what I thought it would be, but I hadn't realized it was based on a graphic novel. I ended up liking it because it really was a live action graphic novel. At least it played that way to me.
Wooooooo-hoooooo!
GWPDA
that black and white pic on the left looks just like my dog. arizona has amazing animal rescue techs. trained to do vet work right on the spot. animal planet did a special on them last night.
Zogby is getting weirder and weirder. The most recent poll wants to know whether I favor lumberjacks or meterosexuals, love handles or washboard abs. Oh, and what I think about immigration.
I am not making this up.
...Well?
Zogby is getting weirder and weirder. The most recent poll wants to know whether I favor lumberjacks or meterosexuals, love handles or washboard abs. Oh, and what I think about immigration.
I am not making this up
NYMary that deserves one of those Jon Stewart head shake things.
Zogby is getting weirder and weirder. The most recent poll wants to know whether I favor lumberjacks or meterosexuals, love handles or washboard abs. Oh, and what I think about immigration.
Oh yeah, I got one from them today that asked what was sexier on a woman and related stuff. Jean and a t-shirt, man.
Well, fuck. I missed my chance to explain my theology, including demonstrations, to Fred Fucking Phelps because the retard pseudochristian chickened out and was a noshow at the funeral for SFC Christopher Robinson this afternoon, who was killed in Afghanistan last Saturday. Thank goodness, for Robinson's family and friends which seemed to include everyone in law enforcement for ten counties in all directions.
And the Patriot Guard Riders were on the job, too.
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92.../
riders22ul.jpg
-
Ah NYMary - are the wee ones allowing you any sleep these days.
I wish I'd get call from polls
Tena,
We're fine. Had a family outing today, but we're home now and I have a glass of populist merlot.
steve,
I have a new Album You Need post: let me know if you want me to include it in the package of stuff I'm prepping for you.
No, no, no. The ARVN stood up, and we stood down.
'Course, they stood up trying desperately to reach the helicopters, but....
Can I interest you in an ARVN M-16? Never been fired and only dropped once...
I've always liked Sharon Stone for a totaly oddball reason, she and I have the exact same birthday, 3/10/1958.
I wish I'd get call from polls
The Zogby one's their interactive dealio. I'll send you the signup if you want...
Tom Delay's pollsters called here once a couple of years ago. I think I answered every question with "Tom Delay sucks goat cock" - at least I tried to.
Funny, they never have called again.
NYMary, Sean is ruddy?
"pseudochristian" - like that term. also suggests quasi-christian.
ql, Yes and no. Rosie's taken to night waking. Not surprising, but dismaying. We're working on it.
And Eli, I said meterosexuals and love handles. And no, we don't need the military to guard the border, and a Mexican flag doesn't make a person traitorous.
I'll send you the signup if you want...
NTodd, Slow Hand
Oooh please do
Sharon Stone's intelligence also gets a lot of press. She has a high IQ and even passed MENSA's rigid entry exams with flying colors, joining the world's inteligencia elites
Hmmm | 04.01.06 - 6:25 pm |
Be so good as to carry across everything we have ever said or suspected about Mensa, which, brilliantly enough, means Table.
and a Mexican flag doesn't make a person traitorous.
NYMar
They really asked that?
And Eli, I said meterosexuals and love handles.
Well, semi-woohoo, I guess...
The Zogby one's their interactive dealio. I'll send you the signup if you want...
I've stopped dong them recently. Something about football or another inane subject.
Sharon Stone's intelligence also gets a lot of press. She has a high IQ and even passed MENSA's rigid entry exams with flying colors, joining the world's inteligencia elites
She's still a world class dingbat. I don't care if her IQ triples Dubya's.
Wait - she could do that and still only hit Vince Young's Wonderlic number.
She may be smart but she can be seriously whacked or bipolar or something. Had to get the line she spouted, while in Israel, sitting right next to Simon Peres:
"People just are sitting there going, like, 'I don't care what she's saying, I don't care what she's saying, I just want to know, does she get naked in the movie? Is she naked? Nude nude nude naked Do I see her boobies? I don't care what she's saying, I don't care, I don't care, is she naked?' So let's just get through to that...YES!" [...]
And I called my publicist, who's this great, Jewish woman..."
I mean, seriously. You can't make this stuff up.
scout - you've got mail.
pie,
They've also developed an overweening interest in my lack of interest in NASCAR.
"If LSU is the Lone Ranger, then Simone Augustus is Tonto."
WhoTF writes this stuff???
NTodd...Got it
and a Mexican flag doesn't make a person traitorous.
NYMar
They really asked that?
Mine asked that too. Nothing about metrosexuals, though.
and a Mexican flag doesn't make a person traitorous.
NYMar
They really asked that?
scout prime
Well, you know, we're not supposed to fly Mexican flags, or any foreign flag.
Except to represent that it reveres the American flag, and wants to grow up someday and be just like it.
Or something. This is one I honestly don't understand at all.
Rosie's taken to night waking. Not surprising, but dismaying. We're working on it.
try some classical music or one of her favorites
pie,
He's getting beter. The whites of his eyes still look cloudy, but he's pinker by the day. And we got to get rid of the damn belt, which is good.
We knew that about Sharon, everyone knows it about Condi, but what we fear is it may be true of Natalie. That would be like a loss.
NYMary:
I'd love a copy of "Phaseshifter."
I vote that for the moment, NYMary imports Rorschach as Rosie's Nanny. He doesn't require sleep and can be available when Rosie wakes up, NYMary gets to have some sleep - everything happy and glorious!
a Mexican flag doesn't make a person traitorous.
Does too. As Lou Dobbs says, we should not be focusing on what divides us, but rather what unites us.
Such as our shared hatred of wetbacks.
I suppose.
Mine asked that too. Nothing about metrosexuals, though.
Well, you're a boy.
Are meterosexuals by definition male?
And on that note, batses--
Off to quaff elitist Chardonnay
yada yada yada.
Hopefully, I'll be back in time to
join you liveblogging SS DOOM TROOPER.
scout - you've got more mail.
The whites of his eyes still look cloudy, but he's pinker by the day
Hope you're in the pink, too, darling.
Or something. This is one I honestly don't understand at all.
Rmj, Wandering Aengus | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 6:41 pm |
Lower if on the same pole or at equal height if on its own. There is a not followed bit about nonstate flags being lower but this clearly isn't followed with America's numerous corporate flags often aligned with those representing outsourced-to countries.
Thers...good ol Lou Dobbs. He must be in pig heaven with all this attention on his issue
Rosie's taken to night waking. Not surprising, but dismaying. We're working on it.
Electroshock and a Skinner box worked on me.
I vote that for the moment, NYMary imports Rorschach as Rosie's Nanny. He doesn't require sleep and can be available when Rosie wakes up, NYMary gets to have some sleep - everything happy and glorious!
Unless there's something in Ror's tits besides martinis light on the vermouth, there's a bit of a problem there.
NTodd...Thank You!
Or something. This is one I honestly don't understand at all.
Rmj,
I don't get the American hang up on flags. Do people just hang their national flag next to their doors in other countries? And then there are the ones who have both the American and the Texas flag.
I find it one of the strangest things about life in this country.
Brasied lupins in lupin sauce. Yum!
And no, we don't need the military to guard the border, and a Mexican flag doesn't make a person traitorous.
NYMary
Read Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men and tell me the border, at least in Texas, can even be guarded by the military.
We'd need a whole new draft just to get started.
Just seen on NBC Evening News: Josh Bolton being free hand by BushBoy to bring new blood into administration, and among those said to leaving Little Scottie McC and John Snow (think I forgot one).
BushCo does go through Treasury Secretaries pretty fast. Any of the recent ones keep any professional status after all their kowtowing to non-facts and total loyalty?
Unless there's something in Ror's tits besides martinis light on the vermouth, there's a bit of a problem there.
Thers, Paterfamilias |
Alas, true. Even boloved "Dada" dosn't really do it for her these days.
But when she climbed on top of her little brother to be next to me, I really did have to stop her.
I find it one of the strangest things about life in this country.
Tena | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 6:45 pm |
If allowed to touch the ground, the American flag is systematically disassembled (separate the union, canton or blue corner from the fly or stripes, then separate the stripes from eachother) and then burnt. This is totally unlike European flags, which are dipped and made to fold graciously onto all sorts of earth in respect to the dead, passing leaders, victors or guests. The idea that a flag should not touch the earth sounds perfectly natural until you learn that it's the other way around.
Tom Delay's pollsters called here once a couple of years ago. I think I answered every question with "Tom Delay sucks goat cock" - at least I tried to.
(It's funny because it's true.)
Thers...good ol Lou Dobbs. He must be in pig heaven with all this attention on his issue
He's lost his mind. That thing on the Daily Show, where he came out against St Patrick's Day, was pretty strange.
If he really wants everyone to drop everything about themselves that "divides us and not unites us," he needs to focus on religion before ethnicity. Nothing about my Irish ancestry really requires me to deny that, f'rinstance, gays should not have the same basic rights as every other American. The Catholicism, on the other hand...
Why does Lou Dobbs hate the Pope?
An area of law for our budding lawyers to consider:
"Stephanie Nichols-Young, President of the Animal Defense League of Arizona, has been named the Arizona Animal Welfare League's Pet Person of the Year for her invaluable contributions to animal law in the state of Arizona. She will be recognized at AAWL's "An Evening to Paws" on April 1st at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas. The gala's proceeds will go directly toward supporting AAWL's mission of caring for homeless dogs and cats - a cause that is near and dear to Nichols-Young's heart.
Originally from Kansas, Nichols-Young moved to Tucson to attend college. She received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Arizona. As a young attorney she heard about a national organization called the Animal Legal Defense Fund. That got her interested in animal law and now Nichols-Young heads one of only six state bar sections in the country for animal law. The bar section promotes the "study and understanding of laws, regulations and court decisions involving animals." "
Evening Edition: the flaw in Mr. Bush's inherent powers claim.
Not as funny as the penis-unicorn but I have to pass this one on. Make sure to try the Blair link too, it may be funnier.
among those said to leaving Little Scottie McC
jawbone
Oh what will Holden say?
He'll have to break in a whole new guy.
We'd need a whole new draft just to get started.
Zogby did specify "National Guard," which made me smirk a bit.
I find it one of the strangest things about life in this country.
Tena
I was showing a (young) German pastor (female, too!) my church many years ago. She was frankly disturbed by the presence of the American flag in the sanctuary (I was, too, but lacked the power to remove it). She understood it in the context of her country's history, as you can imagine.
Her "escort," a man of my father's generation, said the flag reminded him of those who had died "for freedom." I think this sounded painfully familiar to her, and not at all comforting.
I endured a small race riot in my high school over a flag (the Confederate flag, it was "Robert E. Lee" high school), and I've never honored or even saluted a flag since.
Off for dinner and what not.
And no, we don't need the military to guard the border, and a Mexican flag doesn't make a person traitorous.
NYMary
Read Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men and tell me the border, at least in Texas, can even be guarded by the military.
We'd need a whole new draft just to get started.
Rmj, Wandering Aengus | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 6:47 pm | #
Well, we'd have to pull them out of Iraq first. And that we assuredly mustn't do.
Such as our shared hatred of wetbacks.
Thers, Paterfamilias
Brown it's the new Black.
Zogby did specify "National Guard," which made me smirk a bit.
NYMary
Yeah like there's a whole lot of them around equiped and ready to go
didn't sharon stone suffer a stroke?
eccentric and genius sorta go hand in hand, no?
I find it one of the strangest things about life in this country.
Makes perfect sense to me.
It's a hell of a lot easier to get emotional about a piece of symbolic cloth than it is to actually read and understand, say, the Bill of Rights.
Zogby did specify "National Guard," which made me smirk a bit.
Which do you find sexier, National Guard or Reserves?
Dear Jonah,
Eat shit, you sociopathic wad of fuck.
Jesus F Christ...
...Following Jonah, JPunk laments the price of genius.
Gah!
The car dealers on the freeways here seem to compete for who can fly the largest Texas or US flag.
It's weird. Sometimes I think they imagine their military installations, of something.
He's lost his mind. That thing on the Daily Show, where he came out against St Patrick's Day, was pretty strange.
I thought that was totally unhinged.
Which do you find sexier, National Guard or Reserves?
Nothing's hotter than a stop-lossed man.
"Their"?
Good grief.
Time to hang up the keyboard for the night.
Unless there's something in Ror's tits besides martinis light on the vermouth, there's a bit of a problem there.
Thers, Paterfamilias
I'd think that'd be something to bring up in the job interview, don't you?
Now Jonah apologizes.
Been nice if he'd kept his mouth shut to begin with
Nothing's hotter than a stop-lossed man.
I think that's a ZZ Top song.
NYMary:
Hi, mom!!!!!
steve simels
couldn't have said it better myself. which is why i domene... oh, however you spell that punks name. just want to say i wasn't beating up on you about jazz the other nite. it's not like i know much about jazz anyway, but it is quintessentially american. no jazz, no rock and roll.
Nosferatu
This was the first film of the production company Prana-Film GmbH; it was also the last as they declared bankruptcy after Bram Stoker's estate—acting for his widow, Florence Stoker—sued for copyright infringement (plagiarism) and won. The court ordered all existing prints of Nosferatu destroyed,...
i did like that movie.
The Producers is on!
To be followed by "Duck Soup" and "Bank Dick"!
dave™© | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 6:24 pm | #
What channel!
RMJ,
It was like that in Florida, too. I once felt compelled to explain to a foreign student I was meeting at the airport the weird relationship between car dealerships and huge, huge flags.
Nothing's hotter than a stop-lossed man.
I think that's a ZZ Top song.
Eli
Girls don't like boys, girls like stop-lossed Guardsmen?
The car dealers on the freeways here seem to compete for who can fly the largest Texas or US flag.
Jeeze, I wonder what the psychological underpinning for that is.
No offense taken, charley.
(But Shhhhh! My oll-tray is ere-hay!)
and a Mexican flag doesn't make a person traitorous.
NYMar
I wonder why the patriotism question never comes up when some clown waves a Confederate battle flag?
Unless there's something in Ror's tits besides martinis light on the vermouth,
That which I call chili, is simmering on the stove.
GWPDA, Hows that chicken coming along?
Hi NYMary, nice to see you!
The car dealers on the freeways here seem to compete for who can fly the largest Texas or US flag.
Always confuses me as I think there's a Perkins Restaurant under those flags.
It was like that in Florida, too. I once felt compelled to explain to a foreign student I was meeting at the airport the weird relationship between car dealerships and huge, huge flags.
NYMary
I swear they're (got it right!) the length of a semi, and the width of three semi's.
I try to imagine the engineering that goes into the flag pole.
I wonder why the patriotism question never comes up when some clown waves a Confederate battle flag?
Well, it's the Confederate States of *America*, innit?
I endured a small race riot in my high school over a flag (the Confederate flag, it was "Robert E. Lee" high school), and I've never honored or even saluted a flag since.
There must be a Lee Junior High in every town in Texas. There's one in my hometown, but I didn't go there.
I want to grab those idjits who revere that flag by the throat and say "You embarrass me. Stop it."
Eli--what's the preScifi Original Picture picture?
Just seen on NBC Evening News: Josh Bolton being free hand by BushBoy to bring new blood into administration, and among those said to leaving Little Scottie McC and John Snow (think I forgot one).
BushCo does go through Treasury Secretaries pretty fast. Any of the recent ones keep any professional status after all their kowtowing to non-facts and total loyalty?
Speaking of flags, there was something very disturbing that I was apparently the only one to notice. Does anyone else remember the flags Public Storage used to have? They were red/orange, with a white circle in the middle, and an interlocking black P S in the middle.
They looked uncannily like a Nazi flag with a P S instead of a swastika.
I wonder why the patriotism question never comes up when some clown waves a Confederate battle flag?
Good point. There's a fair few rednecks up here who fly confederate flags: they have to be batshit insane. I mean, they don't even have the "heritage" argument. It's upstate New York, for pete's sake.
Eli--what's the preScifi Original Picture picture?
Manticore.
Turner Classic Movies.
CHicken's done, UNE! Onward other resucitations - currently, still blood lite.
Just seen on NBC Evening News: Josh Bolton being free hand by BushBoy to bring new blood into administration, and among those said to leaving Little Scottie McC and John Snow (think I forgot one).
Long as W doesn't have to do it, his hands are clean.
There must be a Lee Junior High in every town in Texas. There's one in my hometown, but I didn't go there.
Bobby Hill goes to Tom Landry Junior High.
What channel!
TCM!!!
Eli--was Manticore worth it? I can't remember.
Which do you find sexier, National Guard or Reserves?
i don't know, but navy seals train in these weird short shorts.
Eli--was Manticore worth it? I can't remember.
Not really, no.
I can't pretend to be surprised, but it's certainly telling that no one in the Bush-bashing Blogosphere has had the guts to even mention this morning's discovery of yellow cake in Baghdad.
There's a fair few rednecks up here who fly confederate flags: they have to be batshit insane.
Thanks for that - though I hate it that those clowns are everywhere. At least it makes the point I've tried to make in the past - batshit insanity isn't confined to the South. In a way, I almost wish it was. It might be easier to deal with.
Rmj, Wandering Aengus | Homepage | 04.01.06 - 6:52 pm |
There is a myth about Texas getting to fly its flag at equal height with the national one because it was once a state, but (1) this is never demonstrated because usually the state flags are separate or equalled raised, (2) California was also once a state but has no corresponding myth, and (3) almost no states give a fuck for former states. (here "states" was used to signify nation states.)
i don't know, but navy seals train in these weird short shorts.
jello
Navy Seals rock!!
/Katie Couric
Onward other resucitations - currently, still blood lite.
That'll pass. You're a strong girl.
That'll pass. You're a strong girl.
UnitedNegroEmerates
I kept clotting. Took a lot longer than it should have done, but we agreed that they were going to squeeze me dry.
Not really, no.
How nice, a question answered in advance!!!!
.
Hey, guys, got room for another commenter? I think John at AmericaBlog has completely jumped the shark with the whole McKinney thing. He's banning people left and right, and the original post itself was a real piece of work. Anyway, I'm sort of homeless now. Can I crash here? Just for a few days?
Bobby Hill goes to Tom Landry Junior High.
NYMary
I love that, too - it's one of the funniest things about the King of the Hill. Hank actually worships Tom Landry more than he does Jesus.
Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble,
how those geese and ganders squabble!
Cluck, cluck, quack, quack, quack,
ducks and chickens answer back.
Woof, woof, bark, bark, bark,
puppies romp around and lark.
Moo go the cows, and bull goes moo,
oh what a hull-a-ba, hull-aba-loo.
The horse cries neigh and the sheep goes baa-a-a,
squeak goes the trailer on the farmers car.
the piglets are squealing, grunt, grunt goes the sow.
"miaow," wails black pussy,
"miaow," what a row,
there's such a commotion, how can a cat sleep?
Via Kos, the blog to end all blogs!
With the noise of the dogs and the cows and the sheep
and the hens and the ducks
and the ganders and geese.
And the squeak of the trailer that's needing some grease,
with the moo of the bull and the neigh of the horse
and the shrieking of the piglets to make matters worse.
But - it's no use complaining, for nobody hears,
so I'll hide in the loft and stuff hay in my ears.
Up there, warm and cosy in my coat of fur,
I'll practise my solo, "miaow, purr, purr, purr.
Handball is our saviour.
There is a myth about Texas getting to fly its flag at equal height with the national one because it was once a state
A republic. Then a state. Then part of the Confederacy. Then a state again.
Usually I see the state flag flown equal to the US flag. There is actually something in the US Code about this, I think (as well as burning a US flag that touches the ground), but it has no criminal or civil enforcement provisions. US law is flat weird about flags.
Hey, guys, got room for another commenter?
Welcome home, yasonyacky. You used to hang around here quite a bit.
I can't pretend to be surprised, but it's certainly telling that no one in the Bush-bashing Blogosphere has had the guts to even mention this morning's discovery of yellow cake in Baghdad.
Not surprising, due to the fact that the IAEA had inventoried and catalogued some 550 tons of the stuff in Iraq, long before the whole "yellowcake from Africa" bullshit started being floated by the Chimp-in-Chief.
Too bad they didn't have any centrifuges, hmmm?
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Thanks for that - though I hate it that those clowns are everywhere. At least it makes the point I've tried to make in the past - batshit insanity isn't confined to the South. In a way, I almost wish it was. It might be easier to deal with.
Yeah, the Confederate flags in upstate NY really point up an obvious fact that typically gets ignored: we don't have a north/south divide in the US, or a red/blue divide, it's much more crucially urban/rural.
Bobby Hill goes to Tom Landry Junior High.
NYMary
Ah, but did you know that "LuAnn Platter" is a plate at Luby's, the quintessential Texas cafeteria?
Yasonyacky | 04.01.06 - 7:04 pm | #
Didn't you used to post here, anyway? I recognize the nym from somewhere.
Holy Heathens Batman, W was right, there was yellow cake in Bagdad.
I discovered this on a widely read and influential blog that I just now discovered.
This challenges my worldview, and I will now go to the corner to contemplate my wrongheadedness.
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sure Yasonyacky. welcome aboard.
Via f'd gaijin,
what's called? MONORAIL!
what's it do? MONORAIL!
Ha, if you read the AP story he "reprints", you will see that either its an April Fools Joke or he is was dumb motherfucker.
Now Jonah apologizes.
He does? This is what I see at the Corner:
On Thursday morning, I put up these words on this blog: "It's wonderful that she's free, but after watching someone who was a hostage for three months say on television she was well-treated because she wasn't beaten or killed -- while being dressed in the garb of a modest Muslim woman rather than the non-Muslim woman she actually is -- I expect there will be some Stockholm Syndrome talk in the coming days." For writing these predictive words, which were entirely accurate, I've been pilloried all over the blogosphere. Weird, especially in light of Jill Carroll's statement today, which was an effort to address and quiet precisely the kind of talk I predicted would take place.
He was proved fucking right!
If i'm ever in a room where someone metions finding wmd in iraq,
I'll kill em' on the spot.
it's much more crucially urban/rural.
Exactly, Thers. It's in the mountain west, too.
Tena:
Thanks. I got very discouraged by the sheer volume of trollage, and it seemed to just sap my strength. But I've never experienced anything like what's going on over at Ablog right now. A whole lot of latent racism reared its ugly head yesterday and today in that post and its subsequent comments. Believe it or not, the comments are still going strong, two full days and 10 or so more posts later. It will easily go down as John's most commented on post ever.
Anyway, thanks again for the welcome!
Y
Dear Jonah,
Eat shit, you sociopathic wad of fuck.
you know, needed to be repeated.
I think John at AmericaBlog has completely jumped the shark with the whole McKinney thing. He's banning people left and right, and the original post itself was a real piece of work.
How odd.
Missed this whole thing.
My general rule is that sane people realize that 95% of what happens on the Internets is not worth getting all that upset over, and that another 4% is best ignored. Atrios only seems to ban the relaining 1%.
I've always respected John, but never really posted there. Anyway, pull up a chair, sit a spell.
I kept clotting. Took a lot longer than it should have
I hope that you are properly hydrated!
Oooooooh Chekotay from voyager and the blair witch chick. I think that this is gonna kick ass.
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Not surprising, due to the fact that the IAEA had inventoried and catalogued some 550 tons of the s--
You fucking liberals give me a pain in the ass!
Try reading the story! It's irrefutable!!!
Ah, but did you know that "LuAnn Platter" is a plate at Luby's, the quintessential Texas cafeteria?
I did not.
One of my fave King of the Hill jokes about LuAnn: Peggy tells her "You're not trailer trash, just because you grew up in a trailer and your mom's in prison."
it's much more crucially urban/rural.
Exactly, Thers. It's in the mountain west, too.
And Pennsylvania...
I can't pretend to be surprised, but it's certainly telling that no one in the Bush-bashing Blogosphere has had the guts to even mention this morning's discovery of yellow cake in Baghdad.
April Fool's!
NTodd ...I read something else. Maybe it wasn't Jonah
I really hate having to explain jokes...
Didn't you used to post here, anyway? I recognize the nym from somewhere.
Bas-O-Matic - yes, I did. Trolls just took it out of me (plus being unemployed - never fun). Back to my good old self, back to my good old blog.
Hah, you want predictive? Look for John McCain to speak out on Jill Carroll's behalf. You do what you have to do to survive. If the right had no qualms about smearing McCain for his POW "statements" under duress, how can anyone be surprised that they would soul-rape Jill Carroll.
This challenges my worldview, and I will now go to the corner to contemplate my wrongheadedness.
Wouldn't you like to come over and run my new electric lawnmower instead? There's lots of seedheads in the grass just now and they make Arthur sneeze. It'd be a real favor - and maybe you could contemplate your wrongness while you helped?
OK here's the Jonah I read...
In all sincereity: good for her. I take Carroll at her word and hope nothing but the best for her. I'm sure it was a terrible ordeal and I think, barring some major revelation, this should put an end to the criticism of her. Leave her be. I'm sorry for suggesting that she might have believed what she said. I hope there will be some apologies coming from those who did believe what she said.
Wherever is Tena? Nice piece on Miyazaki at Japan Focus.
Scuse me, that was JPod. Here's Jonah:
The same name-calling screachers who insisted that I was an ass for not taking everything Jill Carroll said at face value, are now emailing me to call me an ass because it now looks like I was right to be skeptical. They insist I should apologize for "judging" her. This strikes me as absurd. If you go back and read what I've posted, I said that Carroll's statements didn't scan. It now looks like she was coerced into making those statements -- though we still need to know a lot more. If that's the whole story, that's fine with me. I don't think anyone can fairly begrudge someone saying what they feel they must under such trying circumstances in order to survive. But, most of the lefty emailers -- and many bloggers -- took her initial statements at face value. I didn't. So far, it seems to me that I was right and they were wrong. I see no need to apologize. It seems to me the apologies should be coming from them.
We should apologize for his shooting us in the face.
He was proved fucking right!
NTodd, Slow Hand
Motherfucker.
Of course he was.
I think John at AmericaBlog has completely jumped the shark with the whole McKinney thing. He's banning people left and right, and the original post itself was a real piece of work.
Read that this morning. The two news links provided with the entry did not support the inflammatory rhetoric at all. Lots of embellishment, too, about McKinney's actions, that neither news account related.
Thought it very odd. Somebody clearly doesn't like McKinney, I thought.
He was proved fucking right
Except for the "Stockhol Syndrome" thing, about which he was fucking wrong, obnoxiously so.
Myself, I just kept quiet beyond saying it was great she was free, and saying the wingnuts were weird for going after her like she was the last Pringle in the can.
I'm just a FREAK.
Eric Foner's 'Forever Free' is wonderful: a brief (
Thanks. I got very discouraged by the sheer volume of trollage, and it seemed to just sap my strength
That hasn't changed much. But the fact that thread reguarly rum to over 500 comments and beyond make reading through an entire thread impractical. So unless one is actually here, it's not as noticable.
Oh, scout, now I see it. I did a quick scan of his update with her statement and the apology stuff read like the same shit below.
Seedheads don't produce new grass.
oops. sorry about dbl post.
(How did that happen? It was still sitting there, thought I hadn't posted it...)
Thought it very odd. Somebody clearly doesn't like McKinney, I thought.
I think McKinney is an Official Designated Monster, like Chavez or Moore.
Eric Foner is a known plagiarist.
Excuse me, I'm a Christian. I'm a big guy. I live ten miles from Jill Carroll's parents. I will beat the shit out the first Young Brownshirt on the UofM campus I hear dissing on Jill Carroll. I mean it. If y'all hear anything like that you'll know it was me. I'm not fucking around.
I'm just a FREAK.
You're on the lunatic left, the fringe, a wacko...
(haloscan ate most of my post--a reprise)
Eric Foner's 'Forever Free' is a wonderful, brief (
Stupidizing people. Remind you of anyone?
I think John at AmericaBlog has completely jumped the shark with the whole McKinney thing. He's banning people left and right, and the original post itself was a real piece of work.
And it's not an April Fool's thing?
And Pennsylvania...
In the summer of 1999 we were driving through rural Pennsylvania, and we passed a ramshackle general store with a sign outside, spraypainted on plywood and propped up on cinderblocks:
"Y2K SPECIAL! DISCOUNT GENERATORS AND SHOTGUN'S."
what's it do? MONORAIL!
kei & yuri |
is it the bullettrain that has the magnets?
haloscan keeps eating my posts...will try again in 10 min.
I'd like to see proof of Foner's plagiarism...
sigh
Speaking of jokes, Slashdot has been a riot today.
I esp. liked this.
How odd.
Missed this whole thing.
My general rule is that sane people realize that 95% of what happens on the Internets is not worth getting all that upset over, and that another 4% is best ignored. Atrios only seems to ban the relaining 1%.
I agree with your rule. I'm not going to rehash the whole thing here, because it sucks, and I'm sure nobody wants to hear it. I'm just bummed it turned into an IP-banning, comment-deleting fest. John is still commenting every five to ten minutes, trying to defend his original post.
anyway, thanks.
Wherever is Tena? Nice piece on Miyazaki at Japan Focus.
kei & yuri
Oh I love it!!! Thank you - that is such a keeper.
{{mwah}}
MYMary - I love King of the Hill. I used to watch it and I quit and I miss it. I don't even know if it's still on - is it?
It's phillip foner that is the plagiarist.
Shut your yap, Mr. Podhoretz
Fucking brilliant.
not eric foner.
WalterNeff...love your blog
let's try one more time: Foner's 'Forever Free' is an excellent, brief reminder of the realities of slavery, reconstruction, and the sellout of progress by 1876.
The confederate flag has no more honor, and should be no more welcome, than the swastika. Germany has arguably done better facing Naziism than we have facing racism, slavery and Jim Crow.
It'd be a real favor - and maybe you could contemplate your wrongness while you helped?
A copy of me is coming through the ip tunnel as I write.
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Tena,
We get it in syndication on weekday evenings, and before The Simpsons on Sundays.
dave™©: I really hate having to explain jokes...
It'd been so much funnier if it were something not so unsurprisingly plausible, though, you have to admit!
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And it's not an April Fool's thing?
If it's an April Fool's joke, he's dragged it out WAYYYYYY too long, and it was never funny in the first place (the original post, by some lights, smacked of racism and sexism, and was very dismissive of the Congresswoman in general). Honestly, when I first read it, I thought it was something he was quoting from Rush Limbaugh or RedState or something, it was that vitriolic. If he ends up going "April Fool's!!!", it will seriously be one of the least appropriate April Fool's jokes ever.
John is still commenting every five to ten minutes, trying to defend his original post.
Yasonyack
On the original post's comment thread or most recent post?
Eric Foner is a professor at Columbia, and arguably the leading historian of the Reconstruction. As far as I know, nobody has leveled any charge of malfeasance whatever against him.
jack: thanks for the correction
owls
It'd been so much funnier if it were something not so unsurprisingly plausible, though, you have to admit!
I liked the note they found at the end...
I love Walter's blog too, scout.
It's so very handsome, just like WalterNeff.
And it's not an April Fool's thing?
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what blogger would ban commentators for an april fools joke?
Tena...yes it is. very smart
Tena...yes it is. very smart
the wingnuts were weird for going after her like she was the last Pringle in the can.
HA! funniest line of the day, so far.
On the original post's comment thread or most recent post?
Scout Prime - sorry, I wasn't clear. On the original post's comment thread. Yeah. It's like that.
Maybe John A is coming down with some flu or something--he really seems off his usual tone and temper. Agree the McKinney entry was over the top. It if it was "shark jumping" OTT, does that mean his blog is downhill from now on? Hope not--he's done some really good stuff and made some excellent TV appearances. Has been a good spokesman for the left blogosphere.
Billmon burned out, went dark, and not posts only sporadically--hope that's not happening with Aravosis. Still miss Billmon....but I feared for him as his posts were so complete, complex, detailed and he managed the comments. Don't know how he did it.
真They are coming for you, 真
over your house 真.
真Black Helcopters 真
真 真 真 真 真 真 真 真
oatmeal worn lightly smells
A copy of me is coming through the ip tunnel as I write.
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UnitedNegroEmerates
Great! I'll pick some tomatoes and we can have a nice steak and tomato salad when we're thru!
Shut your yap, Mr. Podhoretz
Fucking awesome. I just linked to that post. Smarter than what I would've said to JPod, although maybe I should add his latest BS...
what blogger would ban commentators for an april fools joke?
A foolish one.
the wolf howls at midnight.
NYMary - that's when I used to watch it - Sunday night before the Simpsons. I'm going to have to start watching again.
Hey - you know The Neptunes and their atmospheric instrumentals?
Phillip Foner stole from various unpublished phd dissertations.*
Great! I'll pick some tomatoes and we can have a nice steak and tomato salad when we're thru
WooooHooooo!!
I hope that the second generation copy arrives intact!
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ProfWombat--Foner's a very reputable academic. I'd certainly demand to see strong evidence before anyone dares utter 'j'accuse.'
Jack--just shup up
Yasonyacky,
You might be interested in this thread over at Gilliard's. Lots of debate about the Americablog post, including some other banned posters.
NYMary -
Thanks. I'll check it out. Sad, sad day at Ablog.
We should apologize for his shooting us in the face.
At least that sumbitch can blame his DNA. How odd though, that he didn't mentioned the people who probably asked him just to shut the hell for five seconds and let the woman have a free breath.
And God bless you, Walter Neff.
That was hilarious.
I long thought MENSA was an organization of guys who sympathized with PMS-stricken women.
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