On hearing Bush use the word "appeasement", Messiah Obama suffers case of the vapors; smelling salets used to revive candidate.
"He looked like a pile of my grandma's pink doilies, all mixed together," said one onlooker.
Lubyanka |
05.16.08 - 10:58 pm | #
Atrios must be high.
Mr French |
05.16.08 - 10:58 pm | #
Police say Dallas minister caught in Internet sex sting
BRYAN, Texas — A minister at a Dallas-area megachurch was charged with online solicitation of a minor after police said Friday he was caught in an Internet sex sting.
Undercover officers posing as a 13-year-old girl communicated with 52-year-old Joe Barron of Plano for about two weeks. The online conversations were sexual in nature, police said.
On May 6, Barron suggested meeting the girl in person. He eventually made the nearly 200-mile drive to Bryan on Thursday, when he was arrested. Police said they found a web-cam and condoms in his car.
Barron remained in Brazos County Jail on Friday on a $7,000 bond. Police were unsure if he had an attorney.
Barron is a minister at Prestonwood Baptist Church, one of the largest churches in the country with 26,000 members and 40 ministers. Mike Buster, executive pastor, said in a statement that the church had no record or knowledge of previous improprieties or saw any inappropriate behavior in the 18 months Barron was on the church staff.
Ba'al |
05.16.08 - 11:01 pm | #
Atrios must be high.
Mr French | 05.16.08 - 10:58 pm | #
The worst part is that it's better than 95% of the music vids he posts.
Gilly Gonzylon |
05.16.08 - 11:02 pm | #
I made it 37 seconds into that video. Anybody brave enough to beat my record?
Suxketh, it does.
helena handbasket |
05.16.08 - 11:02 pm | #
That's more like it!
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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05.16.08 - 11:02 pm | #
The executive pastor of a Baptist church is named Mike Buster? That's nearly Dickensian in its appropriateness, right up there with Dusty Foggo...
ProfWombat |
05.16.08 - 11:02 pm | #
Anybody brave enough to beat my record?
I liked it, but what do I know?
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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05.16.08 - 11:03 pm | #
meanwhle, behold the Obama Campaign's National Security Poster Boy:
The troll, so distraught over his tiny, useless penis, forgets how to spell "salts", rendering his attempted troll as useless as his penis.
Chris Tucker |
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05.16.08 - 11:03 pm | #
The worst part is that it's better than 95% of the music vids he posts.
That was worse than the time I had to give Hitler a sponge bath!
Peter Griffin |
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05.16.08 - 11:05 pm | #
I saw the couple on Bill Moyer's Show and was surprised at the woman's observation that she thought that Hillary had not been given a fair shake at being the nominee.
From my perspective, I cannot see this (But I am not seeing through her eyes) Is this belief widely held?
In a nutshell my perception is that Hillary had her choice of people and chose poorly. She failed to recognize that the world had shifted and that the old system she was used to, while still good enough, could be outflanked by something more nimble.
But I did not perceive this as a sexual discrimination thing. I see it more of an "Old guard" v the "New guard" sort of thing.
DWD - S☮S |
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05.16.08 - 11:05 pm | #
Phila, yes, I am pretty dadgum old, t'is true. It just ain't my cuppa, ya know?
helena handbasket |
05.16.08 - 11:05 pm | #
BRYAN, Texas — A minister at a Dallas-area megachurch was charged with online solicitation of a minor after police said Friday he was caught in an Internet sex sting.
True story - in the previous comments thread, I posted something along the lines of, "So... no Republicans caught in sex scandals this week?"
I knew it was impossible.
r€nato, sprung |
05.16.08 - 11:06 pm | #
if you saw the first 30 seconds you pretty much saw the whole thing.
r€nato, sprung |
05.16.08 - 11:06 pm | #
Prestonwood Baptist Church
two or three miles from my home.
it is so huge you can see it from the freeway, several miles away
it has an enclosed area of shops in it.
we call it the baptodome, or alternatively, six flags over jesus.
another one bites the dust.
Henry Flower |
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05.16.08 - 11:07 pm | #
Now, is that statement made with tongue so far in cheek it requires surgical removal, or am I just so musically tasteless I fail to see the sheer genius in that...piece of shit?
Meanie-meanie, tickle a person |
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05.16.08 - 11:07 pm | #
Phila, yes, I am pretty dadgum old, t'is true. It just ain't my cuppa, ya know?
helena handbasket | 05.16.08 - 11:05 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
No need to explain it to me. It's Atrios who'll be deeply wounded!
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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05.16.08 - 11:07 pm | #
if you saw the first 30 seconds you pretty much saw the whole thing.
r€nato, sprung
They have shop teacher Elvis impersonators now?
geor3ge |
05.16.08 - 11:07 pm | #
I saw the couple on Bill Moyer's Show and was surprised at the woman's observation that she thought that Hillary had not been given a fair shake at being the nominee.
That is sad delusion. Hillary almost won the nomination on Super Tuesday. Her idiot advisors just didn't have a Plan B.
puppethead |
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05.16.08 - 11:08 pm | #
are you sure that is not Weird Al?
r€nato, sprung |
05.16.08 - 11:08 pm | #
'Six Flags Over Jesus' is just wonderful...
ProfWombat |
05.16.08 - 11:08 pm | #
six flags over jesus
Heh.
Pretty much fits every megachurch in the country.
geor3ge |
05.16.08 - 11:08 pm | #
Haven't you heard? They're not teaching shop any longer; they have to find some other line of work, those shop teachers.
r€nato, sprung |
05.16.08 - 11:09 pm | #
Hey, I think it IS Weird Al!!!
helena handbasket |
05.16.08 - 11:09 pm | #
Alas, Steve Goodman's great song 'Vegematic', which offers as a prize an all expenses paid weekend for three at Six Flags Over Burbank, is unavailable on Youtube...
ProfWombat |
05.16.08 - 11:10 pm | #
The Devil made me do it.
Geraldine |
05.16.08 - 11:12 pm | #
Why, 'cause she had competition?
Makes no sense at all.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint
But this woman was an intelligent (Law professor at Berkely) and well-spoken and successful person.
If SHE believes this, then her view must be respected. But, as I said, I am at a loss to explain it. But my equipment doesn't match and I am willing to accept that it might be my fault.
And because the lady is not a "Nut" her opinion is important to all of us and must be both respected and an attempt made to address the situation to her satisfaction - though that might not be possible.
DWD - S☮S |
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05.16.08 - 11:13 pm | #
these dance steps are hard.
watertiger, elbreikindance |
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05.16.08 - 11:13 pm | #
I saw the couple on Bill Moyer's Show and was surprised at the woman's observation that she thought that Hillary had not been given a fair shake at being the nominee.
The same people who loudly proclaimed that kumbaya wimp obama would never be able to compete as well as rough tough tested and vetted hillary are now complaining that she was not treated well.
As if Democrats get good press.
rootless-e, moon man |
05.16.08 - 11:14 pm | #
I am so listening to Little Feat from 1976 on Wolfgang's.
Here's another link for the Linotype and Adobe versions. http://www.fonts.com/findfonts/d....htm?
pid=242607
Though this last link seems to be loading really slow, though it's not stopped yet.
Doug |
05.16.08 - 11:16 pm | #
Was Maria Echaveste the guest on Moyers, with Chris Edley?
Apostate |
05.16.08 - 11:16 pm | #
Why, 'cause she had competition?
Affirmative. Go to Talk Left for the screechy details.
Ba'al |
05.16.08 - 11:16 pm | #
Come on, the guy rhymes reggaeton with maricon - the boy's got skillz!
dan mcenroe |
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05.16.08 - 11:18 pm | #
Lubyanka, any American with an IQ higher than a gnats knows full well that Bush has not only embolden our enemies for 5 years with his failed foreign policy but there is indisputable evidence that links Bush's failed foreign policy to record number of recruits for terrorist groups such as Al Qaida, The Taliban and Hamas.
It must really suck to be you, knowing that your intelligence level is lower than that of a annoyng, little f**king insect.
Uncle Fester Lurks |
05.16.08 - 11:18 pm | #
That Colbert. He funny.
(o'really not so much).
helena handbasket |
05.16.08 - 11:18 pm | #
Albanians may have found a new villain to blame for the frequent power cuts that have been blighting their lives.
The country's main electricity company says a cat chasing a mouse caused a 72-hour blackout in parts of the capital, Tirana
mrs. ibrahim al-jafaari |
05.16.08 - 11:20 pm | #
I'm hot and cranky and I have guests, so I'm outta here.
Don't know what I'd do without you folks.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
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05.16.08 - 11:22 pm | #
Don't know what I'd do without you folks.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint
Pay for fonts?
dan mcenroe |
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05.16.08 - 11:23 pm | #
Uncle blodge is in da house!
How is one and all?
Uncle Blodge, Urban Teacher |
05.16.08 - 11:23 pm | #
I wonder if our idiot in chief held hands with King Abdullah while frolicking thru flower gardens today. No doubt little Georgie will be having sex with child sex slaves tonite at the Kings palace.
Uncle Fester Lurks |
05.16.08 - 11:24 pm | #
Jack Nicholson was in Broadcast News? I don't remember that.
Apostate |
05.16.08 - 11:24 pm | #
Did I mentioned I saw Henry Rollins in Trader Joe's the other night?
Gilly Gonzylon |
05.16.08 - 11:24 pm | #
At this point I really think it is in our interest to find out WHY these things drove us apart so that we might bring us together for the final push. It is one thing to join hands and sing Kumbaya around the campfire but it would be better if we all knew the words, you know?
And I have a complaint for teh Obama Camp as well.
It has always been my experience in dealing with racism that the answer to it is NOT to ignore it and hope it goes away or accept it and hope it will not harm you. These two answers are the worst things you can do.
Hatred for racial reasons (or sexual preference reasons) is rooted in ignorance. As long as the wall of ignorance are erected and unchallenged, the belief is as well. Choosing to not campaign in Kentucky or to cede West Virginia to Clinton is NOT in your interest, Barack.
Go to these places and introduce yourself. Show them you are not what they fear and might actually be something they could love. They are not going to come to you. That is the truth.
DWD - S☮S |
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05.16.08 - 11:24 pm | #
Jack Nicholson was in Broadcast News? I don't remember that.
Apostate
Cameo as an anchor - he only appeared on a monitor.
dan mcenroe |
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05.16.08 - 11:25 pm | #
Jack Nicholson was in Broadcast News? I don't remember that.
Apostate | 05.16.08 - 11:24 pm | #
He's such a Christian Slater rip off!
Gilly Gonzylon |
05.16.08 - 11:25 pm | #
Uncle Fester: Gannon/Guckert remains rather a, er, loose end...
ProfWombat |
05.16.08 - 11:25 pm | #
The country's main electricity company says a cat chasing a mouse caused a 72-hour blackout in parts of the capital, Tirana
I found something out, and I don't think I was supposed to have.
It goes all the way to the top.
Thers |
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05.16.08 - 11:26 pm | #
Phila, Pizen Sarpint,
I used to collect typefaces. I checked my font files. (I have two of them. I have about everything BUT the one you require, sorry. You need an Illuminated typeface like the Book of Kells? How about a bloody one? or Dracula? )
DWD - S☮S |
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05.16.08 - 11:27 pm | #
Oh, I know where to find it. I just don't know where to get it for free.Oh, I know where to find it. I just don't know where to get it for free.
Try here, I seemed to get it in TrueType.
puppethead |
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05.16.08 - 11:27 pm | #
well geez thers don't keep us in the dark you tease!
r€nato, sprung |
05.16.08 - 11:27 pm | #
Did I mentioned I saw Henry Rollins in Trader Joe's the other night?
Gilly Gonzylon
Did he tear your mind out? Did he burn your soul?
I've been to two of his spoken word shows now. He is a damned funny guy.
geor3ge |
05.16.08 - 11:27 pm | #
Thers, I want to go to sleep. Hit us with the big news/punchline already!
dan mcenroe |
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05.16.08 - 11:27 pm | #
Did I mentioned I saw Henry Rollins in Trader Joe's the other night?
I've been to two of his spoken word shows now. He is a damned funny guy.
geor3ge | 05.16.08 - 11:27 pm | #
I was gonna tell him "Hey, now I have material for a spoken word show!", but I chickened out. Bok bok.
Gilly Gonzylon |
05.16.08 - 11:29 pm | #
It goes all the way to the top.
Mt. Everest is in Colorado?
Apostate |
05.16.08 - 11:29 pm | #
This has to go to the lawyers -- it's big.
Thers | Homepage | 05.16.08 - 11:28 pm | #
Maureen Dowd is crazy?
Dick Nixon was a crook.
rootless-e, moon man |
05.16.08 - 11:29 pm | #
DWD - S☮S -- I saw that, too. I wish she had been more specific about her assertions. I know about the poor press she got, some instances of gender bias, but not all pervasive like she seemed to be saying.
I started out with Edwards with some ambivalence, then switched after he dropped out to Obama, who I've ended up liking a lot.
So maybe since I wasn't a Clinton supporter, I didn't see all the ways she wasn't given an fair shake . . .
.
Sparkle Plenty |
05.16.08 - 11:30 pm | #
It goes all the way to the top.
Mt. Everest is in Colorado?
Sizzilean is not, in fact, meatier. Bacon does not have to move over.
geor3ge |
05.16.08 - 11:30 pm | #
I've been to two of his spoken word shows now. He is a damned funny guy.
geor3ge
Saw him open for the Beastie Boys right after The End of Silence came out. I think the Beastie Boys were touring for Paul's Boutique. Fantastic night. Ears rang for three days afterwards. After day two, that gets a little scary...
dan mcenroe |
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05.16.08 - 11:31 pm | #
Obama is Prince?
I'm scouring your website for a hint?
rootless-e, moon man |
05.16.08 - 11:32 pm | #
That is what I was trying to say. I do not agree with her assertions. But I was surprised with the vehemence that she used to describe her feelings about them. It was as if she were convinced that the reason that Hillary is NOT the nominee is that it was, somehow, wrested from her by the press and the politicians in charge of the process because Hillary is a woman.
I find her stated belief to be a bit frightening. For if she honestly believes that then she will never be as forcefully for Barack as she would be if she believed that he had won without the interference of the "Boys' Club."
DWD - S☮S |
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05.16.08 - 11:34 pm | #
Sizzilean is not, in fact, meatier. Bacon does not have to move over.
It is not butter.
r€nato, sprung |
05.16.08 - 11:34 pm | #
I found something out, and I don't think I was supposed to have. It goes all the way to the top. Thers
Pfft, I already knew Angelina's having twins.
JeffCO |
05.16.08 - 11:35 pm | #
Interesting little bit of fallout from the Prestonwood Baptist minister story:
Of course if you camera is out of warranty, and getting wonky with a spotty sensor, this is a good way for it to die honorably, in battle, instead of dying in bed.
Doug |
05.16.08 - 11:37 pm | #
Its Bacon!!! Or was that Kibbles and Butts..er Bits?
Rev Ted Haggard |
05.16.08 - 11:38 pm | #
I'll be grabbing it from UKNova, and enjoying Terry Wogan's commentary, including ever-greater disdain for the Balkans patching up their difficulties by voting douze points to each other.
pseudonymous in nc |
05.16.08 - 11:42 pm | #
Dennis Richmond! Is Elaine Corral (sp?) still on the air?
The Kenosha Kid |
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05.16.08 - 11:42 pm | #
In sports news tonight, CLEVELAND -- LeBron James scored 32 points -- 19 in the second half -- and the Cleveland Cavaliers forced a decisive and fitting finale to this home-sweet-home playoff series with a 74-69 win Friday night over the Boston Celtics, who have gone from regular-season road kings to postseason road kill. - 11:32 pm
Well, this is interesting. As I discussed with Youngest DWD earlier. The Pistons are perfectly capable of looking inept and terrible at home or on the road: it don't mean much to them either way. (But they can also look as good as any team in NBA History so . . . .)
DWD - S☮S |
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05.16.08 - 11:42 pm | #
Uh oh - good looking black guy a few days from retirement? His daughter's not getting married too, is she? I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest he stay away from Mel Gibson.
JeffCO |
05.16.08 - 11:44 pm | #
So if you wanna check out one good-looking black guy...
If I'm that handsome when I retire, I'll consider my life well lived.
geor3ge |
05.16.08 - 11:44 pm | #
It's time for Atrios to make his tax return public.
sand |
05.16.08 - 11:44 pm | #
Thers obviously can't get his lawyers on the phone at this hour, so I'm calling it a night. Don't let the tectonic plates shift too violently - I'm cranky when I wake up.
not only was he the best-looking news anchor in the Bay Area, he was also the smartest and most talented. Retires next week
Dennis Richmond -- yes! I remember him from when we lived out there. A very appealing guy. The years have flown by too fast.
Capital J |
05.16.08 - 11:44 pm | #
Go to these places and introduce yourself. Show them you are not what they fear and might actually be something they could love. They are not going to come to you. That is the truth.
DWD - S☮S
He's one step ahead of you.
Tomorrow heading to Roseburg, OR, KKK capital of this area back in the day. Loggers and mill workers galore, except they've been pissed at the spotted owl loving hippies for 20 years as their jobs disappeared. Only .2% black. Belly of the beast, baby.
ErinPDX |
05.16.08 - 11:44 pm | #
My Overlord/Ungax Vote Tallies:
States won-0
Districts won-0
Delegates won-0
Superdelegates won-0
Popular Vote-420
And yet I struggle onward...
...Kang shall not defeat me again!!!
Kodos, Overlord And Ungax Of R |
05.16.08 - 11:45 pm | #
It is unbearably hot in los angeles...and i have no ac.
Maggie |
05.16.08 - 11:45 pm | #
Actually, I'm kind of scared for my safety, and my family's.
If you don't hear from me tomorrow -- well, I don't know...
Thers |
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05.16.08 - 11:47 pm | #
JeffCo, i think the date of nwesch will be sat sept 6.
ErinPDX |
05.16.08 - 11:47 pm | #
"I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest he stay away from Mel Gibson."
He might just want to hold it for a few days. Maybe stay on a low residue diet. Or make arrangements with the neighbors.
EkCenTriK |
05.16.08 - 11:49 pm | #
"Haven't you heard? They're not teaching shop any longer"
Sad but true. Many of my school districts have cancelled shop and home ec because of Chimpy.
They're drilling kids on math and reacing all day long so their school doesn't get shut down by that goddamned No Child Left Behind bullshit.
Chimpy and the Repukes want to destroy the public schools.
HULK |
05.16.08 - 11:49 pm | #
What are you talking about, Thers? That was a disturbing post.
MP |
05.16.08 - 11:49 pm | #
JeffCo, i think the date of nwesch will be sat sept 6. ErinPDX
Hmmm what about Joe Cocker?
EkCenTriK |
05.16.08 - 11:49 pm | #
thers being coy is like phila carrying a nudibranch around in his mouth and only letting us see the part that is between his lips.... or something like that.
leibniz leibkins ♘☮ |
05.16.08 - 11:50 pm | #
What's the minimum necessary voice range to carry a tune?
A half tone
-Phillip Glass.
leibniz leibkins ♘☮ |
05.16.08 - 11:51 pm | #
What about Jarvis Cocker?
JeffCO |
05.16.08 - 11:53 pm | #
Dennis Richmond! Is Elaine Corral (sp?) still on the air?
No! She disappeared under kinda mysterious circumstances... at one point, she thought she was going to become a movie star. Not sure what she's up to now...
thers, write up what you know, what you guess, what you suspect, and any supporting evidence.
Mail it out. Now.
At worst you write the recipients back tomorrow and say "never mind," pleading drunkenness or bacon poisoning or whatever.
Having said as much as you have, light is your best protection.
Xan |
05.16.08 - 11:54 pm | #
Afternoon, all.
Just a drive-by --
anything irksome I should know about?
steve hussein simels |
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05.16.08 - 11:55 pm | #
Well, my speakers are about dry, and just in time for the antidote to that Eurodreck.
How many bands you know of have a lead bass player? Yeah, me, too. Annie Haslam is what does it for me, though. Bestest voice in prog rock ever...
Meanie-meanie, tickle a person |
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05.16.08 - 11:56 pm | #
Afternoon? You skip time zones on us, simels?
How was the movie marathon?
geor3ge |
05.16.08 - 11:56 pm | #
I wouldn't say "stolen." I peed it right back out...
NTodd, Poseur |
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05.16.08 - 11:56 pm | #
Bob Schieffer's campaign manager is Dick Wadhams.
He's a genuine Dickwad.
HULK |
05.16.08 - 11:56 pm | #
Afternoon, all.
Just a drive-by --
anything irksome I should know about?
Yes... your watch seems to be broken. It's not afternoon. (Or are you in Hawaii?)
Capital J |
05.16.08 - 11:57 pm | #
yeah it could be the Tragedy Troll but they are usually more direct..."OMG i just heard from X that Y has been in an awful accident" etc. And if phony they at least went to the trouble to swipe the gravatar. At worst *I* have to write back and say "never mind."
Xan |
05.16.08 - 11:57 pm | #
anything irksome I should know about?
steve hussein simels
But /stands close.. direct, /stands back .. and conscise.. /stares intently.. says much with minimum of effort...
ellroon bitterful |
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05.16.08 - 11:59 pm | #
Well, much as I'd like to find out how the Thers mystery plays out, it's time for me to turn off this fiendish contraption and consider getting some sleep. Goodnight, all.
Capital J |
05.17.08 - 12:00 am | #
But /stands close.. direct, /stands back .. and conscise.. /stares intently.. says much with minimum of effort...
ellroon bitterful | Homepage | 05.16.08 - 11:59 pm | #
I don't think it's finished the hat.
geor3ge |
05.17.08 - 12:00 am | #
Sources said Corral had repeatedly expressed her dissatisfaction that Richmond introduces the lead news story each night. One of those sources said, ``It was obvious Elaine was not going to be satisfied unless she supplanted Dennis.''
Who knew they had a whole Hillary/Obama thing going on?
The Kenosha Kid |
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05.17.08 - 12:01 am | #
You could do worse than a Ham Sandwich.
JeffCO |
05.17.08 - 12:01 am | #
Hmmm... let me clean my glasses...
ellroon bitterful |
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05.17.08 - 12:02 am | #
Well, much as I'd like to find out how the Thers mystery plays out
I'm guessing it was Col Mustard with a lead pipe in the rectory.
JeffCO |
05.17.08 - 12:02 am | #
Did you guys watch Rachel Madow on Countdown?
Notice anything really different?
Utterly no mention of Hillary.
None.
Not one peep.
ellroon bitterful |
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05.17.08 - 12:03 am | #
Is Thers being threatened?
Doug |
05.17.08 - 12:03 am | #
There's a really weird story behind all that, I'm guessing...
She decided that rather than play a dignified, attractive, middle-aged woman, she wanted to be a 20 yr old sex symbol?
The Kenosha Kid |
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05.17.08 - 12:03 am | #
I'm guessing it was Col Mustard with a lead pipe in the rectory.
That was Col Mustard with his finger in the electric socket in the bathroom...
ellroon bitterful |
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05.17.08 - 12:05 am | #
Hmm, pointillist troll.
geor3g
no, no - it's some sort of crude language, it's trying to tell us something ... (of course i mean: .. .)
Merle H., Golden bug |
05.17.08 - 12:05 am | #
Good midnight. I'm reading about orcs.
Echidne |
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05.17.08 - 12:05 am | #
She decided that rather than play a dignified, attractive, middle-aged woman, she wanted to be a 20 yr old sex symbol?
She "starred" in a self-financed movie of "Turn of the Screw". It was going to be her ticket to stardom.
Utterly no mention of Hillary. None. Not one peep. ellroon bitterful
Worked to get Edwards to go away.
JeffCO |
05.17.08 - 12:06 am | #
Yeah, Hillary has virtually disappeared. My guess is it is part a herd mentality to anoint Obama, part her lack of $$$ and part the star power of Obama filling arenas.
leibniz leibkins ♘☮ |
05.17.08 - 12:06 am | #
Sure, nothing, but nothing, says boffo big box-office in show biz like Henry James...
ProfWombat |
05.17.08 - 12:07 am | #
Good midnight. I'm reading about orcs.
Echidne
Don't lose the ring! And don't trust Boromir.
ellroon bitterful |
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05.17.08 - 12:07 am | #
There is no 'top' to go to in america.
bub |
05.17.08 - 12:07 am | #
Oh Atrios...
Decemberists to Rock with Barack on the Waterfront Sunday
Political calls are one of the exempted categories under the Federal Do-Not-Call list. (Polling calls for political or scientific purposes are another.) If Oregon's specific state law is tighter they really might not have been aware of it, esp. if the calls originated in another state as they most likely did.
still a bad move on the part of whever they contracted with to handle the matter.
Xan |
05.17.08 - 12:08 am | #
We don't have enough age-appropriate middle-age sex symbols.
My lovely wife and I were watching the DVD of "Mary Hartman" last week.
It's too hot to bake, but we have plenty of fresh, ripe strawberries.
You've stolen all the heat. I went out tonight in a woolen sweater and my winter coat and that was just about enough.
Echidne |
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05.17.08 - 12:10 am | #
Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, Ret., is on the Charlie Rose Show. I recall he seemed pissed at the time the Boosh gang handed him the bag and pushed him out the window.
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05.17.08 - 12:10 am | #
Age appropriate sex symbols?
You have heard of Helen Mirren and Charlotte Rampling, have you not?
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:10 am | #
Not exactly smokin' hot, but Studs Terkel is 96 today and still fucking cool!
JeffCO |
05.17.08 - 12:15 am | #
It's too hot to bake, but we have plenty of fresh, ripe strawberries.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
I had a strawberry Italian ice earlier this evening. It was very good.
MP |
05.17.08 - 12:15 am | #
Sallyh,
Here in "Godforsaken" Michigan, the weather has just turned lovely and will stay that way until the Witch of November comes stalking once more.
Now, the trees have burst with life and are shedding their winter drabness with the most amazing displays of color. The dogwoods are blooming, the tulips are out, and the daffodils are everywhere. The grass has turned green and has already been shorn once and needs another trim in most cases.
Spring air has the most wonderful fragrance and texture: it smells of the new and sings of life.
Today we graced 70 and tomorrow will be about the same with light winds, bright sun, blue skies, and small waves on the azure blue waters of Lake Michigan. . . .
DWD - S☮S |
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05.17.08 - 12:16 am | #
sallyh: it's the y-chromosome in him.
It's usually the case that some gorgeous woman opens her mouth to act or speak and instantly loses the bulk of her appeal. Rampling does quite the opposite. Same for Helen Mirren.
ProfWombat |
05.17.08 - 12:16 am | #
I'm freezing, but very cheerful. I don't do well in heat anyway, though having lower heating bills would be nice.
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05.17.08 - 12:18 am | #
Left Hegelians
+ 2.1.1 David Strauss
+ 2.1.2 Bruno Bauer
+ 2.1.3 Ludwig Feuerbach
+ 2.1.4 Karl Neuwerck
+ 2.1.5 Arnold Ruge
+ 2.1.6 Max Stirner
o 2.2 Younger Members
+ 2.2.1 Karl Marx
+ 2.2.2 Friedrich Engels
+ 2.2.3 August von Cieszkowski
+ 2.2.4 Karl Schmidt
+ 2.2.5 Edgar Bauer
That's a distinguished group of folks.
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05.17.08 - 12:19 am | #
Not exactly smokin' hot, but Studs Terkel is 96 today and still fucking cool!
But John Philip Law, star of "The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming" and "Space Mutiny" is dead at 70.
Molly Ivors |
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05.17.08 - 12:20 am | #
Erin,
Knock 30 degrees off that for us.
Molly Ivors |
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05.17.08 - 12:22 am | #
But John Philip Law, star of "The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming" and "Space Mutiny" is dead at 70.
"An angel doesn't make love, an angel is love!"
The Kenosha Kid |
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05.17.08 - 12:22 am | #
the only reason the Celtics lost tonight was so I could watch game 7 at my friends on Sunday, on the High Definition Thingamajiggy.
mrs. ibrahim al-jafaari |
05.17.08 - 12:22 am | #
I loved Morley Schafer's interview w/ Helen Mirren on 60 Minutes. You could see him fall a little in love with her right there on the tv screen.
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Sparkle Plenty |
05.17.08 - 12:23 am | #
Turned the heat off last month. Have good So. exposure to the sun, so even when the night temps drop to the upper 30's, it stays near 60 inside. The big sycamores are leafing out, so will have shade for all but 3 hrs. during the high summer.
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05.17.08 - 12:23 am | #
John Philip Law, star of "The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming" and "Space Mutiny" is dead at 70.
He did a turn as Sinbad, too - and appeared on "The Young and the Restless."
But John Philip Law, star of "The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming" and "Space Mutiny" is dead at 70.
Molly Ivors
And that really cheesy, THE LOVE MACHINE.
(God, why do I remember shit like this?)
DWD - S☮S |
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05.17.08 - 12:24 am | #
Evenin' all,
Just back from seeing my hero Little Bobby Zimmerman in lovely Woosta, MA.
My "DFH" t-shirt shall henceforth be my default concert-going wear.
Old Wavy Gravy-looking dude standing next to me: "I gotta ask, what does that stand for?"
I tells him.
"That is soooo cool!"
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05.17.08 - 12:24 am | #
Dave, that sounds delicious
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:25 am | #
Night, for real
DWD - S☮S |
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05.17.08 - 12:25 am | #
"An angel doesn't make love, an angel is love!" The Kenosha Kid
I still haven't gotten over seeing Willie Nelson's boobs in Barbarosa.
JeffCO |
05.17.08 - 12:26 am | #
ProfWombat, I'm guessing that lust never dies in the y-chromosome type, at least not until death.
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05.17.08 - 12:26 am | #
(God, why do I remember shit like this?)
I remember the name of a favorite cat food for a pet in the 1970s. I had a student walk up to me today and couldn't recall his name. Fucking neurons!
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05.17.08 - 12:26 am | #
One prevalent problem in nursing homes is elderly men getting aroused and hitting on female nurses. One theory is that there is a lack of cortical inhibition.
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05.17.08 - 12:29 am | #
Our A/C is on the fritz, and now the cable modem is acting up.
"Scotty, report to the bridge at once."
MP |
05.17.08 - 12:29 am | #
One theory is that there is a lack of cortical inhibition.
Wow, it's tough having a Y.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:29 am | #
(God, why do I remember shit like this?)
It's a curse. I think of all the differential calculus I could remember if I could forget The Facts of Life. But then this wouldn't be funny.
Molly Ivors |
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05.17.08 - 12:29 am | #
That's it! The student's name was Morris!
leibniz leibkins ♘☮ |
05.17.08 - 12:30 am | #
Morris shilled for Tender Vittles.
Molly Ivors |
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05.17.08 - 12:31 am | #
Molly, when I consider all the trivial shit I can think of and all the important shit I can't...
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:31 am | #
Hey, my kitties in my parents' house loved Tender Vittles!
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:31 am | #
89 outside
84 inside
basement probably 75
ErinPDX
...ah, the value of altitude and non-heat-absorbing volcanic soils...
65 outside (after a high of 97)
75 inside (with all the windows open and FSM knows how many barrels of oil being consumed by the window fans blowing air into the house...)
Jack K., the Grumpy Forester |
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05.17.08 - 12:31 am | #
I still remember all the ditties I was taught in Swedish and English classes...
Robert Kennedy jr on Letterman. Is there something wrong with him? He walks and talks and acts kinda funny. What's the deal with this guy?
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05.17.08 - 12:32 am | #
It's a curse. I think of all the differential calculus I could remember if I could forget The Facts of Life.
Molly could do a Fourier transform like it was nobody's business.
JeffCO |
05.17.08 - 12:32 am | #
One theory is that there is a lack of cortical inhibition.
Bwahahahahahhahahhah!!!!
A patient having a massive MI tried to pull me into bed with him one afternoon.
Boy were the cardiologists in yhe room pissed! (They both had a thang for me.)
It's the Y.
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05.17.08 - 12:32 am | #
Well, I'm 58. DWD once got it just right. He said it's still lovely, it's still there, but it doesn't run your life the same way. But he said it better...
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05.17.08 - 12:33 am | #
I remember the name of a favorite cat food for a pet in the 1970s
Had a German Shepard in the late 70's early 80's, mixed Bolo canned food with his dry food. Bolo smelled better than some of the dinners I cooked for the family. I am an excellent cook, just that dog food smelled just like a good roast beef sandwich.
1Watt, Lysenkoist |
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05.17.08 - 12:33 am | #
ProfWombat, perhaps some chocolate for the strawberries? I have extra dark.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:33 am | #
But John Philip Law, star of "The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming" and "Space Mutiny" is dead at 70.
He played the title role in "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad".
Richard |
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05.17.08 - 12:36 am | #
Jack K., the Grumpy Forester
sticking out tongue
too hot to trot here
ErinPDX |
05.17.08 - 12:36 am | #
I'm constantly amazed by the remarkably disconnected, crazy things I remember that are of no utility at all: 50 year old singing commercials, odd bits of lyrics and poetry, the way something tasted one day...
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05.17.08 - 12:37 am | #
I heard RFK Jr speak about his work on cleaning up the Hudson River. Very impressive. He and Seeger and others turned it from a cesspool back into a beautiful waterway (for the most part).
leibniz leibkins ♘☮ |
05.17.08 - 12:37 am | #
ProfWombat, to use a technical term from a neuroscientist who never fails to make me laugh, "brains are freaky."
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:38 am | #
Conan Doyle had Holmes ignorant of the planets in the Solar System; they'd take up needed space in the Great Man's finite memory...
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05.17.08 - 12:38 am | #
Robert Kennedy jr currently co-hosts Ring of Fire on Air America Radio with Mike Papantonio, despite suffering from spasmodic dysphonia, a disorder that makes speech difficult and causes the voice to sound quavery.
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05.17.08 - 12:39 am | #
I finally got around to seeing "Iron Man".
Very enjoyable. Robert Downey Jr. was great, and I found Gwyneth Paltrow to be quite fetching as a redhead.
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05.17.08 - 12:40 am | #
I'm constantly amazed by the remarkably disconnected, crazy things I remember that are of no utility at all: 50 year old singing commercials, odd bits of lyrics and poetry, the way something tasted one day...
Color me improust!
JeffCO |
05.17.08 - 12:42 am | #
Richard, I'm trying to convince Monsieur to take me this weekend, unless we get some time with the baby. Could happen.
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05.17.08 - 12:42 am | #
I'm constantly amazed by the remarkably disconnected, crazy things I remember that are of no utility at all: 50 year old singing commercials, odd bits of lyrics and poetry, the way something tasted one day...
ProfWombat | 05.17.08 - 12:37 am | #
welcome to hell. at least you can verbalize those unremarkable things that fuck with your brain...
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05.17.08 - 12:43 am | #
Color me improust!
The smallest one was Madeline..."
Molly Ivors |
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05.17.08 - 12:44 am | #
sticking out tongue
too hot to trot here
ErinPDX
I really do understand, Erin; can't resist the "nya nya" sometimes, though. I lived just across the river in Battleground, at the base of Silver Star Mountain, and Amboy for 9 years (and in the Eugene/Oakridge for another 4). Anything above about 90 degrees just sucks in the Willamette Valley. I really do symathize with what you are dealing with right now after the nasty cold wet spring we just had...
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05.17.08 - 12:44 am | #
Molly, both my daughter and my niece loved Madeleine.
I actually never minded reading the books to them.
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05.17.08 - 12:44 am | #
featured on the programmer's menu for this evening:
1 (one) bag of mr. nature trail mix from the vending maching
1 (one) glass of milk intended for coffee
1 (one) microsoft .net virtual machine that randomly changes the order of callbacks depending on clockspeed
Didn't notice this yesterday, but Joe Biden actually called it bullshit:
Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), piling on to Democratic complaints about President Bush’s speech in Israel today:
“This is bullshit, this is malarkey. This is outrageous, for the president of the United States to go to a foreign country, to sit in the Knesset ... and make this kind of ridiculous statement.”
Speaking before the Knesset, Bush said that “some people” believe the United States “should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along."
Jack K, at least here it's dry. We had the Santa Anas blowing earlier. They've died down now. This is good; the Santa Anas bring fire.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:45 am | #
The smallest one was Madeline..." Molly Ivors
Molly, so was that actually Thers being all mysterious earlier?
JeffCO |
05.17.08 - 12:46 am | #
Tacitus, Monsieur's work partner and friend is wrestling with clockspeed issues at the moment. He considered his day 'ugly.'
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:46 am | #
David Brooks on PBS says Obama can't carry the Scots-Irish vote.
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05.17.08 - 12:46 am | #
Ohmygawd-- Andy Kaufman actually did fake his death and still walks among us!
Born-again noob |
05.17.08 - 12:47 am | #
Molly, so was that actually Thers being all mysterious earlier?
Yes, he's all excited about the Dark Secrets he has to Reveal.
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05.17.08 - 12:48 am | #
Didn't notice this yesterday, but Joe Biden actually called it bullshit
Most of what the GOP says bears an uncanny resemblance of things passed.
JeffCO |
05.17.08 - 12:49 am | #
Thers says I should tell you I'm Afraid.
Also, that we must Go In to Hiding.
And that he is Not Kidding.
Molly Ivors |
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05.17.08 - 12:50 am | #
One theory is that there is a lack of cortical inhibition.
Another theory is that there is a lack of nearby wife inhibition.
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QuentinCompson, Negatory |
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05.17.08 - 12:50 am | #
Molly: well, you guys take care...
ProfWombat |
05.17.08 - 12:51 am | #
But I just wandered in to say hi, and to play on my new laptop.
Have a lovely evening, you gorgeous people. **mwah!!**
Molly Ivors |
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05.17.08 - 12:51 am | #
Tacitus, Monsieur's work partner and friend is wrestling with clockspeed issues at the moment. He considered his day 'ugly.'
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 05.17.08 - 12:46 am | #
today, monsieur's work parter and i are united in the brotherhood of victims of non-determanacy plus multi-threading
The Betsy-Tacy-Tib series by Maud Hart Lovelace.
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05.17.08 - 12:51 am | #
Very enjoyable. Robert Downey Jr. was great, and I found Gwyneth Paltrow to be quite fetching as a redhead.
Richard | Homepage | 05.17.08 - 12:40 am | #
I read "felching". Damn. Now I'll probably miss it.
Gilly Gonzylon |
05.17.08 - 12:52 am | #
Thers says I should tell you I'm Afraid. Also, that we must Go In to Hiding. And that he is Not Kidding. Molly Ivors
Courage. /Dan Rather
JeffCO |
05.17.08 - 12:52 am | #
Another theory is that there is a lack of nearby wife inhibition.
Generally considered a force more powerful than gravity.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:52 am | #
Henry, I read all of those books! I loved them!
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere |
05.17.08 - 12:53 am | #
There is actually a BTT listserve for interested parties, Sallyh.
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05.17.08 - 12:54 am | #
Henry - One last observation about "8 and 1/2" - That rocket they were building is a symbolic homage to Guido's penis.
Gilly Gonzylon |
05.17.08 - 12:55 am | #
Charlie Rose also has a 1998 interview etc with Robert Rauschenberg.
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05.17.08 - 12:55 am | #
Thers says I should tell you I'm Afraid. Also, that we must Go In to Hiding. And that he is Not Kidding. Molly Ivors
Trust Noone.
Sleep During The Day. Travel At Night.
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05.17.08 - 12:55 am | #
Bush said that “some people” believe the United States “should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along."
ProfWombat | 05.17.08 - 12:45 am | #
waited all day for someone to pick up on that part of w's lame ass quote...
'as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along.'
where to begin...
at the end of w's reign of terror, that's where.
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05.17.08 - 12:56 am | #
Bush said that “some people” believe the United States “should negotiate with terrorists and radicals..
The infamous, all-purpose fib for anything... "some people".
The President of the United States, sounding like a dimwit from Fox News.
Not like that is a new thing, just more so.
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05.17.08 - 1:01 am | #
Jack K, at least here it's dry. We had the Santa Anas blowing earlier. They've died down now. This is good; the Santa Anas bring fire.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
...the lack of Santa Ana's is a truly good thing. I was afforded some opportunities back in my youth to have some all-expenses-paid trips to California during Santa Ana fire events. There are some things that it is good to be too old to be able to do anymore...
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05.17.08 - 1:02 am | #
The President of the United States, sounding like a dimwit.
Truncated your assertion.
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Dude, is that Sean Penn?
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