Skip the film versions and the book, the semaphore version is the only way to go.
The Kenosha Kid |
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12.15.07 - 6:32 pm | #
You're building squat by being an ass.
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12.15.07 - 6:32 pm | #
Avoid I am Legend. Save your $$ and rent The Omega Man instead.
Nutter
Skip all 3 film versions; read the original story.
Rmj, Anticipating Parousia
Skip reading original story, view Simels' cave painting.
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12.15.07 - 6:32 pm | #
"Published: December 14, 2007 2:55 PM ET
WASHINGTON The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission held firm yesterday against pressure from senators who want him to delay a vote next week on a new media-ownership rule.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was joined by his four fellow commissioners for an oversight hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, where the bulk of the questioning was directed at Martin and his media-ownership plan.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., at one point asked the chairman “will you agree today” to postpone the vote. Martin responded, “No.”"
Angelina Jolie's porn twin Lanny Barbie takes it up the pooper.
lipreader |
12.15.07 - 6:33 pm | #
I'm building an ass by doing squats.
I'm building squat by sitting on my ass.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:33 pm | #
refresh my memory, rmj: who wrote it?
chicago dyke, bitch
Richard Matheson. I think he also wrote "He Who Shrank," another favorite of mine from that era.
Rmj, Anticipating Parousia |
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12.15.07 - 6:33 pm | #
His daughter wrote the ET. They like Jesus metaphors at the Matheson house.
Rox |
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12.15.07 - 6:34 pm | #
Governors to Bush Junta: Bite us.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 6:35 pm | #
Juno was written by a stripper.
The Kenosha Kid |
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12.15.07 - 6:35 pm | #
I recommend reading nothing but the Bible.
are there any reviews?
focus |
12.15.07 - 6:36 pm | #
Atrios linked to Fox. I am just saying.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 6:36 pm | #
Governors to Bush Junta: Bite us.
I hope they used protection...
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:36 pm | #
Repost...
well actually none of us would be around if things had been altered by so much as a second or two-------
One of the biggest axes I have to grind is with "the universe is 'fine-tuned', therefore god exists" argument. It's all based on the premise that if an event has a very low probability of occurring, it must be "special" and therefore must have a miraculous origin.
The fact of the matter is that everything, from the completely mundane to the profound, is a product of low probability events. They aren't special. They are the norm. It couldn't be otherwise.
Using "fine-tuning" arguments, I could use the fact that I took a shit at 10:37 AM as evidence for the existence of god.
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12.15.07 - 6:36 pm | #
I guess I owe JeffCO a coke with some backwash in it...
Only if I can pick whose it is.
JeffCO |
12.15.07 - 6:36 pm | #
Okay, "Miss March" is just totally uncalled for.
SteveLG |
12.15.07 - 6:36 pm | #
Hecate, i would be oh-so-much happier about this were i not convinced that in a year or so, the Xtian fundies will have campaigned abstinence-only back into being.
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Cynicus |
12.15.07 - 6:37 pm | #
Using "fine-tuning" arguments, I could use the fact that I took a shit at 10:37 AM as evidence for the existence of god.
Richard
All arguments for existence fail, ultimately.
Logic cannot be used to prove existence. Tricky for history to do more than prove identity, for that matter.
Rmj, Anticipating Parousia |
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12.15.07 - 6:37 pm | #
Okay, "Miss March" is just totally uncalled for.
SteveLG
At least he's definitely alive.
Arkenor |
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12.15.07 - 6:37 pm | #
You mean Lazarus Long's grandfather?
Rmj, Anticipating Parousia
Life is short, the years are long.
Steve Simels is 802,701 years old. Anyone here older?
Then he's the leader.
David Derbes, hittin' page 40 |
12.15.07 - 6:38 pm | #
You gotta be fuckin me...
"WASHINGTON - The controversy over destroyed CIA interrogation tapes is shaping up as a turf battle involving the courts, Congress and the White House, with the Bush administration telling its constitutional coequals to stay out of the investigation.
The Justice Department says it needs time and the freedom to probe the destruction of hundreds of hours of recordings of two suspected terrorists. After Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused congressional demands for information Friday, the Justice Department filed late-night court documents urging a federal judge not to begin his own inquiry.
The administration argued it was not obligated to preserve the videotapes and told U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy that demanding information about them "could potentially complicate the ongoing efforts to arrive at a full factual understanding of the matter.""
One of the biggest axes I have to grind is with "the universe is 'fine-tuned', therefore god exists" argument.
I really, really hate those. They've driven me crazy (shut the fuck up) ever since I read a book purporting to be a "scientific case for the existence of Dog." It was crap and exactly what you'd expect from scientific illiterates so desperate to prove to you that their Dog can beat up your Cosmos.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:39 pm | #
You so rock. I admire you and NTodd and quiltlady so much. Others, too, of course, but you guys are such great and consistent activists. You inspire me.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 6:40 pm | #
"The number of states refusing federal money for "abstinence-only" sex education programs jumped sharply in the past year as evidence mounted that the approach is ineffective."
About time!
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 6:40 pm | #
Diablo Cody can write a screenplay, and pose as Miss October, and never ever let you forget you're a man.
The Kenosha Kid |
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12.15.07 - 6:40 pm | #
Proving a belief isn't as important as the effect of a belief.
Econ 102 |
12.15.07 - 6:40 pm | #
Okay, "Miss March" is just totally uncalled for.
she looks a tad forlorn ...
focus |
12.15.07 - 6:40 pm | #
I await your instructions, Lord.
lipreader |
12.15.07 - 6:40 pm | #
COT, Juno you are killing me, don't ya?
racymind |
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12.15.07 - 6:41 pm | #
Okay, "Miss March" is just totally uncalled for.
SteveLG
He's prettier than Ann Coulter.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 6:41 pm | #
Doncha know I found three bottles of Inferi misplaced on the shelf shortly after you left.
Hide them in the back room! I'll come get them next week!
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 6:41 pm | #
Proving a belief isn't as important as the effect of a belief.
Econ 102
What standard of proof would be employed in "proving" a "belief"?
Rmj, Anticipating Parousia |
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12.15.07 - 6:41 pm | #
Steve Simels is 802,701 years old. Anyone here older?
Duo milia annorum sum natus.
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Cynicus |
12.15.07 - 6:41 pm | #
I see the Know It All trool is still here.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 6:41 pm | #
All arguments for existence fail, ultimately.
I wrote a wicked cool paper for my Nature and God class frosh year that attacked Anselm's argument. I was pissed at the prof, one of my faves, not because of the grade (an A-), but because he didn't like the forumulation of the ontological argument I used. He was right, but I still think my approach was strong (and he intimated that he agreed). For 20 years I've meant to revisit it and tweak the argument, but I'm pretty fucking lazy.
Which proves my Dogz exist.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:42 pm | #
evidence mounted that the approach is ineffective.
Sadly, no one explained to the children the least risky way to mount evidence.
JeffCO |
12.15.07 - 6:42 pm | #
He's prettier than Ann Coulter.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
but his penis is smaller...
(I can't believe I just said that)
racymind |
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12.15.07 - 6:42 pm | #
I once found a watch on the beach.
Explain that!
I lost my watch.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:42 pm | #
Hide them in the back room! I'll come get them next week!
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Joo gots it.
I got myself a bottle of the Chartogne-Taillet and am chillin' it down as I type. I'll live blog it later this evening.
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12.15.07 - 6:43 pm | #
The administration argued it was not obligated to preserve the videotapes and told U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy that demanding information about them "could potentially complicate the ongoing efforts to arrive at a full factual understanding of the matter.""
Let us shed a tear for poor Franz Kafka / Bushite bullshit, it has surpassed ya.
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Cynicus |
12.15.07 - 6:43 pm | #
He's prettier than Ann Coulter.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch
but his penis is smaller...
(I can't believe I just said that)
racymind
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 6:43 pm | #
am instructed to report that Arthur would very much like these Booda dollies or, one of these guys. He really likes these guys.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholiast
Okay, I'm on dialup. GO below. Arthur wants you to.
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GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholiast |
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12.15.07 - 6:43 pm | #
I once lost a watch on the beach.
Dude, you stole my watch?
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:43 pm | #
I lost track of time.
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12.15.07 - 6:44 pm | #
the Xtian fundies will have campaigned abstinence-only back into being.
Congress, yes, our Democratically-controlled Congress, is doing its damndest to help them. But they've figured out that it's now a state-by-state battle. And, in a lot of states, the fact that that shit is a waste of time and money will doom it. Sure, they'll have a day when the teacher does a lesson on, "or, you could just not have sex," but it won't be, as it is now, the whole enchilada.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 6:44 pm | #
Doncha know I found three bottles of Inferi misplaced on the shelf shortly after you left.
Hide them in the back room! I'll come get them next week!
Assuming I get to DC sometime this week, I sure will be thirsty...
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:44 pm | #
Oh, cool! I love live blogging! I expect you to sound more like CoT as the evening goes on.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 6:45 pm | #
"What standard of proof would be employed in "proving" a "belief"?"
You just stated that existence cannot be proven by logic, so it seems somewhat futile to try. What's more important, at least in my view, is how does a belief have an effect. Believing in God, for example, provides tangible, positive benefits in the lives of many people. It can also have obvious negative effects. The belief, and its effects, are independent of the reality - whether God exists or not. If God exists, one's belief or nonbelief has no effect on his existence. Same as if God doesn't exist.
Econ 102 |
12.15.07 - 6:45 pm | #
I got nothin
bill
That's not stopping the rest of us.
lipreader |
12.15.07 - 6:45 pm | #
I'm a card-carrying physicist. Some days I believe in a deity, and some days not. It seems to me that if there is a deity, and if she/he/it wants human beings to believe out of faith, then she/he/it is going to be sure that there is no way to prove or disprove her/his/its existence.
All so-called "proofs" of the existence or non-existence of a deity seem to me nonsense. On the other hand, the nutty designs that some biological systems show today and have shown in the past seem to me very strong arguments against "intelligent design". It's certainly possible to believe in the existence of a creator without believing she/he/it takes minute care of every last detail. On the other hand, intelligent design presumes a creator.
David Derbes, hittin' page 40 |
12.15.07 - 6:45 pm | #
Um...
Miss March?
watertiger
Karen Hughes should demand a recount.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 6:45 pm | #
Congress, yes, our Democratically-controlled Congress, is doing its damndest to help them. But they've figured out that it's now a state-by-state battle. And, in a lot of states, the fact that that shit is a waste of time and money will doom it. Sure, they'll have a day when the teacher does a lesson on, "or, you could just not have sex," but it won't be, as it is now, the whole enchilada.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
Why do the states hate our 30% approved of President?
Can't they see he has the Presidential seal? And his mama loves him like a rock?
Assuming I get to DC sometime this week, I sure will be thirsty...
You'd better get down here; CodePink is counting on you. And we can definitely take care of that thirst thing.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 6:46 pm | #
Miss March?
Yeah, but only because I was wicked drunk the whole month.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:46 pm | #
Know It All Boy just doesn't stop, does he?
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 6:46 pm | #
I have to agree with econ 102. I don't believe Bush is president, but the effect is real.
lipreader |
12.15.07 - 6:46 pm | #
Um...
Miss March?
watertiger
I slid my HaloScan comments panel over to the right... I suggest everyone else do the same.
SteveLG |
12.15.07 - 6:47 pm | #
Yeah, but only because I was wicked drunk the whole month.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana
Don't blame the alcohol, or the month
racymind |
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12.15.07 - 6:47 pm | #
How about we send copies of "Knocked Up" to Jessica Alba?
FS |
12.15.07 - 6:48 pm | #
Who is Jessica Alba?
lipreader |
12.15.07 - 6:48 pm | #
The belief, and its effects, are independent of the reality - whether God exists or not. If God exists, one's belief or nonbelief has no effect on his existence. Same as if God doesn't exist.
Econ 102
You truly have a gift for stating the obvious and understanding nothing. Existence is, by definition, independent of perception (or, in this case, belief). But existence is a phenomenological concept that cannot be "proven" within the bounds of logic. Logic, in turn, cannot establish anything, only that the reasoning used to reach a conclusion based on premises is a valid conclusion.
Any argument for the existence of anything necessarily presumes the existence it seeks to prove. And existence itself is never established; at best only identity can be established.
But the question is: how does one "prove" a "belief." Strikes me as a contradiction in terms, that's all.
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12.15.07 - 6:49 pm | #
I slid my HaloScan comments panel over to the right... I suggest everyone else do the same.
SteveLG
Weird, but it is an improvement. I was truly troubled.
bill |
12.15.07 - 6:49 pm | #
You'd better get down here; CodePink is counting on you. And we can definitely take care of that thirst thing.
Thirst will be big after all the snacking pink!
Ahem.
I talked to the House Mom (well, actually, her backup since she's out of town) and she told me to hurry up! Still trying to get Congress to not wimp out and go on recess, but she says it ain't looking good. I most likely will not get out of here tomorrow, so hopefully Monday.
It's okay if I don't get to do too much this time. It's mostly an icebreaker (for me) and a chance to make contact and network. And pick up hippie chicks.
February should be more active.
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12.15.07 - 6:49 pm | #
I slid my HaloScan comments panel over to the right... I suggest everyone else do the same.
SteveLG
...the ONLY good thing about dial-up is that I can my Accelerator options up to "Full Blast" so the picture is blurred almost out of existence...
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12.15.07 - 6:50 pm | #
Miss March?
I just refreshed the page.
Would you rather see Deadeye in his underwear?
pie |
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12.15.07 - 6:50 pm | #
NTodd, if you;re ever on your way to D,C, stop in on your way down. I'm in Hagerstown, Md. would be great to meet you. I'd go to D.C. but being under hospice care says it all...Rick
rick |
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12.15.07 - 6:50 pm | #
Don't blame the alcohol, or the month
He, uh...she looked good from the gutter.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:50 pm | #
Since my earlier blogwhore was (kinda) on point, I believe that I am entitled to another. I have a cat.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 6:50 pm | #
Miss March?
I just refreshed the page
And if I hadn't, I'd be a happier man today....
Rmj, Anticipating Parousia |
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12.15.07 - 6:51 pm | #
Of course, nothing can ever be proven with 100% certainty. "Proof" is shorthand for degree of certainty or high probability. There's also a difference between proof by some formal standard and essential universal acceptance of a concept.
This is why one will probably never be able to "prove" global warming, certainly not in the time needed to deal with it. It's better just to focus on effects (and potential effects), the probability of them, and what to do about them.
Econ 102 |
12.15.07 - 6:52 pm | #
Since my earlier blogwhore was (kinda) on point, I believe that I am entitled to another. I have a cat.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator
My 13 year old Blue is the exact same color.
But she only weighs 6 pounds.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 6:52 pm | #
Atrios is messing with my head.
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12.15.07 - 6:52 pm | #
NTodd, if you;re ever on your way to D,C, stop in on your way down. I'm in Hagerstown, Md. would be great to meet you. I'd go to D.C. but being under hospice care says it all...Rick
Rick! I remember you from our (abortive) action discussions this summer. Haven't seen you around. Hope all is okay.
I'm learning the area geographically a lot more. Down there for FDIC and USPTO gigs, as well as the activist shit, quite a bit so I can definitely navigate your way sometime.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:52 pm | #
"You truly have a gift for stating the obvious and understanding nothing."
Oh, you just want to be nasty. I thought you were hoping for a discussion.
Econ 102 |
12.15.07 - 6:53 pm | #
Just watched the Keith O interview with Bill Moyers again - he really kicks Tweety in the crotch. I don't see those two working together again.
Karatist Preacher |
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12.15.07 - 6:53 pm | #
Sumpin's wrong with me computer. i have refreshed several times now, and it's still October here.
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Cynicus |
12.15.07 - 6:53 pm | #
Of course, nothing can ever be proven with 100% certainty. "Proof" is shorthand for degree of certainty or high probability. There's also a difference between proof by some formal standard and essential universal acceptance of a concept.
This is either very bad Hume or very misconstrued Kant.
This is why one will probably never be able to "prove" global warming, certainly not in the time needed to deal with it. It's better just to focus on effects (and potential effects), the probability of them, and what to do about them.
Econ 102
Is this supposed to mean something?
Rmj, Anticipating Parousia |
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12.15.07 - 6:53 pm | #
Would you rather see Deadeye in his underwear?
pie
I'd rather see Deadeye buried in shit up to his ears.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 6:53 pm | #
I really, really hate those.
God must exist because the odds of X happening is 10 raised to the power of minus 40 or some even smaller number. Well, if you follow ANY chain of events, and multiply the probabilities together, you'll always get a tiny number, always. By the same argument that these folks use to make the case that life needed a divine intervention, I can argue that my farting just now was a miracle.
Unless the probability is exactly zero, no miracles need be invoked.
Richard |
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12.15.07 - 6:54 pm | #
Oh my, went away to fix and eat dinner, come back to find Miss (Mister) March. Someone read my comment on the earlier thread. Good on you.
There are some leftover beer-battered fried shrimp and fresh creamed corn if anyone is hungry. Sorry, we ate all the cole slaw.
mer |
12.15.07 - 6:54 pm | #
Is this supposed to mean something?
Rmj, Anticipating Parousia
No.
But then again, nothing he says does.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 6:54 pm | #
Juno looks good and was written by Diablo Cody, formerly one of the best writers in the blogosphere. Kudos to her for gettin over. We have no desire to see Wes Anderson with ovaries and are waiting feverishly for There Will Be Blood with Daniel Day-Lewis.
However, notice also that the RIAA, when they are not grinding up children for snacks, is desperately trying to get out of revealing just how they go about finding out who downloads what.
kei & yuri |
12.15.07 - 6:54 pm | #
Sumpin's wrong with me computer. i have refreshed several times now, and it's still October here.
No...
No, there's nothing 'wrong' with your computer...
Jack K, The Grumpy Forester |
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12.15.07 - 6:54 pm | #
Of course, nothing can ever be proven with 100% certainty.
Failed Logic 102, did ya?
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:54 pm | #
I'd go to D.C. but being under hospice care says it all...Rick
Rick! I remember you from our (abortive) action discussions this summer. Haven't seen you around. Hope all is okay.
I'm guessing all is not "okay".
lipreader |
12.15.07 - 6:55 pm | #
I got myself a bottle of the Chartogne-Taillet and am chillin' it down as I type. I'll live blog it later this evening.
You can liveblog drinking a bottle of wine?
My how times have changed.
I'm going to check that out in "Liveblogging Monthly: The Connoisseur's Magazine."
Culture of TrÜth |
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12.15.07 - 6:55 pm | #
Sumpin's wrong with me computer. i have refreshed several times now, and it's still October here.
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Cynicus
This is either very bad Hume or very misconstrued Kant.
His categorical imperative ran into his principle of induction and ended up producing Jon Swift on crack.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:55 pm | #
Not only is Econ 102 pedantic and pretentious, but his gravatar is too.
kei & yuri |
12.15.07 - 6:56 pm | #
NTodd, it could be better, but I have all the morphine i want. only problem is i;m housebound at this stage of the illness. thanx for comeback tho..appreciated muchl. Rick
rick |
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12.15.07 - 6:56 pm | #
This is why one will probably never be able to "prove" global warming, certainly not in the time needed to deal with it. It's better just to focus on effects (and potential effects), the probability of them, and what to do about them.
Econ 102
But you'll believe every story about an invisible cloud being.
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12.15.07 - 6:56 pm | #
Of course, nothing can ever be proven with 100% certainty. "Proof" is bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark the probability of them, and what to do about them.
Econ 102
Duh. Rick's had health issues for quite some time. Which is why I said "okay" instead of "good."
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 6:58 pm | #
Did I state that I believe in God or don't believe in global warming?
Could anyone reading this possibly give a flying fuck?
No. Not a chance in hell.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
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12.15.07 - 6:58 pm | #
Did I state that I believe in God or don't believe in global warming?
Econ 102
Oh. My mistake. You're the first wingnut atheist.
Gomez |
12.15.07 - 6:58 pm | #
Finished YeT?
racymind
Very nice.
pie |
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12.15.07 - 6:59 pm | #
n fact, he may be a victim of the church's ex-gay reparative therapy program. Having failed to find heterosexuality through Jesus it appears that Murray was booted out of the youth program and out of the church. Crushed by this rejection and overwhelmed by rage and despair thanks to the curse of homosexuality, Murray went on a killing spree that ended with himself.
Bjorn,
Why am I not surprised? Speaking of shit that doesn't work. .. .
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 6:59 pm | #
RIAA Protests Oregon AG Discovery Request
Posted by Zonk on Friday December 14, @10:36PM
from the tough-pill-to-swallow dept.
Businesses Music The Courts
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The RIAA is apparently having an allergic reaction to the request by the State Attorney General of Oregon for information about the RIAA's investigative tactics. The request came in Arista v. Does 1-17, the Portland, Oregon, case targeting students at the University of Oregon. Not only are the record companies opposing the request (pdf), they're asking the Judge not to even read it. (pdf)"
kei & yuri |
12.15.07 - 6:59 pm | #
n fact, he may be a victim of the church's ex-gay reparative therapy program. Having failed to find heterosexuality through Jesus it appears that Murray was booted out of the youth program and out of the church. Crushed by this rejection and overwhelmed by rage and despair thanks to the curse of homosexuality, Murray went on a killing spree that ended with himself.
Crushed by this rejection and overwhelmed by rage and despair thanks to the curse of homosexuality, Murray went on a killing spree that ended with himself.
Being gay isn't a curse.
Being a fundie is a curse.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 7:00 pm | #
Thanks. Your affinity for slanties has me slightly , uh, arou... I'd better be quiet now.
racymind |
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12.15.07 - 7:00 pm | #
don't think i'm ever going to meet anyone in person...sad...you've been a great bunch to lurk over...most diversified.educated and all around nuts...Rick
rick |
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12.15.07 - 7:01 pm | #
Reparative therapy can be pretty vicious and brital. I'm not surprised it pushed someone over the edge.
Arkenor |
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12.15.07 - 7:01 pm | #
"find heterosexuality through Jesus"
Takes bigotry and hatred to a whole new level.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 7:01 pm | #
Not only are the record companies opposing the request (pdf), they're asking the Judge not to even read it. (pdf)"
Well, if it works for CIA Inc., then it ought to work for Sony Inc, n'est-ce pas?
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Cynicus |
12.15.07 - 7:01 pm | #
Is this true? I hadn't heard.
I think that puppethead brought that up a few days back.
But yeah, I'd be surprised zero.
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12.15.07 - 7:01 pm | #
Being gay isn't a curse.
Being a fundie is a curse.
Terry C -
Being a gay fundie makes you a cursed Republican.
lipreader |
12.15.07 - 7:01 pm | #
"Not only is Econ 102 pedantic and pretentious, but his gravatar is too."
--kei & yuri
But the gravatar is a nice touch. I don't have killfile in Safari, so now when I see the gravatar, I don't bother even to read the first word. Thanks, econ.
mer |
12.15.07 - 7:01 pm | #
NTodd, it could be better, but I have all the morphine i want. only problem is i;m housebound at this stage of the illness. thanx for comeback tho..appreciated muchl. Rick
Oooh, NTodd's Pa's Wife loved the morphine, although they limited how much her clicker could give out at some high threshold.
Anyway, hang in there, d00d, and thanks for your vibes past and present. I'll do my damndest to get your way this trip--I honestly don't know what to expect this time around, but I can prolly swing it.
When I switched to this computer I might have lost your e-mail. Can you send me a message to pax@pritsky.net?
Peace.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 7:01 pm | #
You can read his writings at Huffcrimeblog, or you could a couple days ago. Very upset about the standard complaints on fundyism.
kei & yuri |
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12.15.07 - 7:01 pm | #
Is this true? I hadn't heard.
Yes, heard it here the other night. Ted Haggard's ex-church, too.
Wonder how ol' Ted is doing.
pie |
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12.15.07 - 7:02 pm | #
Why am I not surprised? Speaking of shit that doesn't work. .. .
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 12.15.07 - 6:59 pm | #
It often does work - if your goal is to produce a zombie. The trouble from the church's point of view is when all that tortured rage and unhappiness got focused on them instead of immigrants and blacks and out gays.
rootless-e, former |
12.15.07 - 7:02 pm | #
The writer (Diablo Cody) is Minnesota's best export. And the pussy ranch blog ain't bad either.
Diablo |
12.15.07 - 7:03 pm | #
Being a gay fundie makes you a cursed Republican.
lipreader
A self-hatin' one at that.
Terry C - Democratic Bitch |
12.15.07 - 7:03 pm | #
At fark-- Memo from the principal's office: "Our kids are dumb and poor, so lower your expectations accordingly. If you start passing more students, you'll get a $3,000 bonus"
kei & yuri |
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12.15.07 - 7:03 pm | #
Your affinity for slanties has me slightly , uh, arou... I'd better be quiet now.
Racy, would you like some fresh brewed Irish coffee?
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 7:03 pm | #
n fact, he may be a victim of the church's ex-gay reparative therapy program. Having failed to find heterosexuality through Jesus it appears that Murray was booted out of the youth program and out of the church. Crushed by this rejection and overwhelmed by rage and despair thanks to the curse of homosexuality, Murray went on a killing spree that ended with himself.
"Yeqah, well, we were winning the war on Teh Gaii when the Godless liberals stabbed us in the butt, er, back!"
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Cynicus |
12.15.07 - 7:03 pm | #
Reinhold Niebuhr was right.
Econ 102 |
12.15.07 - 7:03 pm | #
will do NTodd. Rick
rick |
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12.15.07 - 7:03 pm | #
Thanks. Your affinity for slanties has me slightly , uh, arou... I'd better be quiet now.
*sigh* I'm loving them tonight, apparently.
pie |
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12.15.07 - 7:04 pm | #
don't think i'm ever going to meet anyone in person...sad...you've been a great bunch to lurk over.
rick,
Can you email me at hecate demetersdatter at hotmail dot com? I will do my damndest to get up there in the next week or so, w/ or w/o NTodd.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 7:04 pm | #
saw golden compass. we liked it pretty much. The religion stuff is not all that subtle.
About?, he asked with trepidation.
Rmj, Anticipating Parousia |
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12.15.07 - 7:05 pm | #
Water is wet. Unless it's very cold ice.
Or a solvent.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 7:05 pm | #
"Oh. My mistake. You're the first wingnut atheist."
I'm a "wingnut"? News to me.
Econ 102 |
12.15.07 - 7:05 pm | #
Reinhold Niebuhr was oh damn now we're asleep.
kei & yuri |
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12.15.07 - 7:05 pm | #
Memo from the principal's office: "Our kids are dumb and poor, so lower your expectations accordingly. If you start passing more students, you'll get a $3,000 bonus"
Having spent years in public education, I believe every word of that except for the $3000 part. More like, a $30 gift certificate
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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12.15.07 - 7:06 pm | #
Water is wet. Unless it's very cold ice.
Or a solvent.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana
Where is agave, anyway?
lipreader |
12.15.07 - 7:06 pm | #
About?, he asked with trepidation
better you should ask with a shillelagh ready to swing.
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Cynicus |
12.15.07 - 7:06 pm | #
TROY, Ohio -- Inmates at the Miami County Jail in Troy are under orders to paint the cellblocks pink to test the sheriff's theory that the color will have a pacifying affect on prisoners.
Sheriff Charles Cox said he's entering the academic debate over the color pink's calming abilities.
kei & yuri |
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12.15.07 - 7:07 pm | #
TROY, Ohio -- Inmates at the Miami County Jail in Troy are under orders to paint the cellblocks pink to test the sheriff's theory that the color will have a pacifying affect on prisoners.
Sheriff Charles Cox said he's entering the academic debate over the color pink's calming abilities.
kei & yuri
Fuckers who broke into my house spent some time there on their way to prison.
lipreader |
12.15.07 - 7:08 pm | #
Rick, Hecate - ACKnowledged.
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 7:09 pm | #
Did you go out to dinner last night?
pie |
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12.15.07 - 7:09 pm | #
Sheriff Charles Cox said he's entering the academic debate over the color pink's calming abilities.
Why do I doubt that Sherrif Cox will be publishing many peer-reviewed papers on the matter?
Arkenor |
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12.15.07 - 7:09 pm | #
ok Hecate, just give me a second...kinda slow...Rick
rick |
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12.15.07 - 7:09 pm | #
Reinhold Niebuhr was right.
Econ 102 | 12.15.07 - 7:03 pm | #
Just the kind of blanket statement I've come to expect from you. Right about what......you really need to get a grip.......
Shared Humanity |
12.15.07 - 7:10 pm | #
"Where is agave, anyway?"
--lipreader
And smalfish?
I miss them both. And others.
mer |
12.15.07 - 7:10 pm | #
They did a study back in the sixties where they told one set of teachers that their students were dumb as rocks and told another they were gifted. The allegedly gifted students received measurably greater attention and performed better.
kei & yuri |
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12.15.07 - 7:10 pm | #
"are under orders to paint the cellblocks pink to test the sheriff's theory that the color will have a pacifying affect"
"failed gay reparative therapy program"
Could there possibly be a connection?
bill |
12.15.07 - 7:10 pm | #
I've known many a time when a little "pink" would soothe my nerves.
lipreader |
12.15.07 - 7:10 pm | #
"BTW, they're painting the cell bars purple."
Man, they all are going to on suicide watch.
EkCenTriK |
12.15.07 - 7:11 pm | #
Hey now, purple is a good dolour!
Arkenor |
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12.15.07 - 7:11 pm | #
Where is agave, anyway?
He called me a dick one night, told me to delete his pic from the Atriots album, and stormed off.
I have the effect on people. No, really. Shocking, I know...
NTodd, Beaten by Dana |
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12.15.07 - 7:11 pm | #
Crushed by this rejection and overwhelmed by rage and despair thanks to the curse of homosexuality, Murray went on a killing spree that ended with himself.
This is depressing on so many levels, from the psychological damage done to people like him by religious fundamentalism, to the future violence and repression against gays that this event will no doubt be used to try and justify. This is Reichstag fire stuff.
Richard |
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12.15.07 - 7:11 pm | #
Did you go out to dinner last night?
Yep. Had the chicken parmesan w/ spaghetti and a Summit Extra Pale Ale.
Later, we met up with some friends (one who lives in NOLA) and I had some bubblejack Pale Ale. Terrific. Hoppiest beer around.
All and all, an okay b-day.
Zap Rowsdower |
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12.15.07 - 7:12 pm | #
"They did a study back in the sixties where they told one set of teachers that their students were dumb as rocks and told another they were gifted. The allegedly gifted students received measurably greater attention and performed better."
So now that those kids have been given a detail simulation of office politics, the conclusions are?
EkCenTriK |
12.15.07 - 7:12 pm | #
I'm going to check that out in "Liveblogging Monthly: The Connoisseur's Magazine."
Culture of TrÜth
You ARE the magazine, CoT.
(bows)
(we are not worthy)
(we are not worthy)
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12.15.07 - 7:12 pm | #
Evening, rational people.
I see I stumbled into a philosophical discussion, one I am ill-equipped to enter.
Instead, I'll just blogwhore and warn you that in a few minutes I'll be putting up a critter for your edification.
Drunk driver might have attracted a bit less attention to himself if he wasn't the fire chief, especially if he wasn't driving the fire truck up and down the street with the lights and siren blaring
kei & yuri |
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12.15.07 - 7:12 pm | #
I'm not going to say this again. You know and love Arthur. It's Christmas. Honor your responsibilities, eh?
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GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholiast |
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12.15.07 - 7:19 pm | #
My birthday begins at midnight when
I will turn fucking fifty years old.
Nancy Willing |
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12.15.07 - 7:20 pm | #
NTodd is a pacifist. I can respect that.
trifecta |
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12.15.07 - 7:21 pm | #
I will turn fucking fifty years old.
Nancy Willing
Wouldn't your rather turn, fucking, fifty years old?
trifecta |
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12.15.07 - 7:22 pm | #
Arthur still may get a toddler for christmas.
trifecta |
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12.15.07 - 7:22 pm | #
"My birthday begins at midnight when
I will turn fucking fifty years old."
Happy Birthday!
Doing something grand to celebrate the moment?
Econ 102 |
12.15.07 - 7:23 pm | #
"None of them are female -- or hot -- or from the past year."
Oh, I didn't realize there were qualifiers.
Econ 102 |
12.15.07 - 7:24 pm | #
I have a party in my honor to attend, fucking may be an option! It is a racy crowd.
Nancy Willing |
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12.15.07 - 7:24 pm | #
Arthur still may get a toddler for christmas.
trifecta
That's okay. We've got lots of soft, downy stuff to line his crib. And Arthur is certified "non-bite-followthru" which is a good thing. That means that he will nip the little Nipper the way he should go, without actually, you know, nipping him.
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GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholiast |
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12.15.07 - 7:28 pm | #
kewl, i never leave the house so just drop in when it's convenient for you folks. i'm always here and never busy. you're welcome any time night or day. if ya need a place to stay while in the area i've got a spare room whith 2 recliners
so cut down on hotel costs. Rick