Yep. ‘nuf said.
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Watched some Sununu clips this morning. Hilarious.
We don’t have MSNBC and the Lame-streams don’t have the guts to go toe to toe with him, so we rarely see him. -
I’ve discovered a possible therapy for Bob42 in hopes of countering the effects of an American culture drenched in the feminist, psychotherapeutic victimology that acts to neutralize testoterone at every level.
I know these measures are drastic, but this chemotherapy certainly couldn’t hurt.
Man up, Bobby !Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout is an assertive foreign-style stout, slightly viscous, with a deep brown color. It has equally deep flavors of chocolate syrup, Kahlua, and espresso, along with a palpable level of alcohol and a savory umami-like note.It finishes dry and roasted with a fast-fading hop bite.
The beer is 7% ABV and has 3 BPBs. That’s balls per barrel. -
That’s metrosexual to you buddy!
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Ummmmmm—-
slightly viscous, with a deep brown color
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#2 – ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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#2 – TP can you guestimate the actual viscosity?
I mean is it more like Mobil1 Synthetic 20w/50?
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…and a savory umami-like note
Hey, leave my mommy out of this!
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Maybe a dash of nutmeg—-
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Umami /uːˈmɑːmi/, a savory taste, is one of the five basic tastes, together with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty. Umami is a loanword from the Japanese umami meaning “pleasant savory taste”.
Odd that Japan recognized this taste when the West did not. Wikipedia does not mention MSG but I wonder if there is a connection.
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…and a savory umami-like note
Hey, leave my mommy out of this!
Yo mama is so ugly that she made obama lose hope.
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I just watched the Sununu evisceration of Andrea Mitchell and have to say it was very amusing. At one point she gets so wissed that she throws her pen down. Would that most Rs would treat the press in a similar fashion and call BPH on the false premises, ridiculously leading questions and outright lies/disinformation.
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Good morning Hamsters. Plenty of ground mist and 65 just before Sunrise, with an expected high around 90. Not open window weather; one more day before the cold front arrives.
Shazaam, the unemployment rate miraculously dives to 7.8% two days after Romney took Obama to the woodshed in the debate. Ya think Chicago had anything to do with it?
Ya think the Secretary of Labor did some bending on command? Of course those citizens who are only dimly aware they’re alive will lap it up, as well as the Obama robots–which includes most of the media. 🙁
Noo Yawk Times has an article blaming Jim Lehrer for the Obama debacle in the debate.
He lost control of the proceedings, bad Jim. Must admit this is not quite as insane as AlGore’s contention that it was the Mile High Altitude that did it to Obama, but when you gotta grasp at straws there’s no King’s X for one of your own in the blame hunt. 🙂 -
Texpat, if you’re buying, I’m trying.
Maybe you could get a case or two for some of the irrational hypersensitive authoritarians around here so they could “man-up” up and offer a serious answer to a simple question:The cheerleaders have the exclusive privilege, officially endorsed by the school, of creating/holding that banner as the players take the field. Would you still support them if they chose to display a quote from the Quran?
Today’s Texas republicans claim to be all for the constitution–Until it gets in the way of their dominionist agenda. Then, it and people who support it and unbiased religious freedom are subjected to various venomous insults from their closed reptilian brains.
On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate [or a high school football game?] than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God’s name on one’s behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both.
Four of the republican primary hopefuls insisted that god told them to run for office. The republican base considers this delusion to be an asset, or even a requirement for office. I think it’s just plain crazy.
I’m frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in “A,” “B,” “C” and “D.” Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
I miss Darren. At least he is honest enough with himself to admit that his claims of authority over others, and his desire to impose them on others via government force, are given to him by his God. I like that about Darren, even though we disagree on most everything else. He is an honorable man.
Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise.
Mission accomplished, religious right-wingers. You own the republican base. Verily I say unto you, GOP means “God’s Own Party.” Be proud.
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You use your bong water for coffee this morning?
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It appears that Bobozo and his ilk insist that the bottom of the absurd “slippery slope” is the actual goal for all with whom they disagree. Anyone of faith is automatically suspect, any claim of objective moral truth automatically puts all further positions as feints to achieve the bottom of the slope. But we are the ones who paint with the broad brush.
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#14 Reuse, recycle, repurpose — It’s eco-friendly!
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I wonder if there’s an agreement cheerleaders have to sign relinquishing their constitutional rights once they make the squad.
As to your silly NIGYYSOB question, sure, if the cheerleading squad is predominantly Muslim and they want to put a verse from the koran on a banner, I don’t give a rat’s ass (unless it’s one of the “death to the infidels” verses). There are examples of such things happening. There’s a predominantly Muslim high school in Michigan where the football players routinely pray in Arabic and have the exclusive privilege, officially endorsed by the school, of taking the field in uniform. Funny you and your ACLU wussy buddies don’t have a problem with that. No, you just hate Christians. You know, the religious people that DON’T go around chopping heads off and throwing acid in the face of their daughters in the name of Jesus.
You are an elitist, theophobic, heterophobic, left-wing, authoritarian nutjob CotR Cultist trying to force everyone to accept your irrational libertine dogma as normal. Well, you’re not normal. You’re abnormal. You will always be abnormal. -
I wanna see the gymnastical gyrations of cheerleaders in full Muslim gear! 🙂
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French Christians get into near-riot over some “religious” art.
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I wanna see the gymnastical gyrations of cheerleaders in full Muslim gear! 🙂
perv
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Hamous, I do have a problem with that.
Funny you and your ACLU wussy buddies don’t have a problem with that. No, you just hate Christians.
If knowing the benefits of separating gods and government constitutes hate, you’d be right. But you’re not. You’re just being your same ole you; hypersensitive, intolerant, defensive, duplicitous, self-righteously authoritarian, and completely wrong. But at least you’re consistent.
Now this is just plain silly:I wonder if there’s an agreement cheerleaders have to sign relinquishing their constitutional rights once they make the squad.
Perhaps you’d care to list the constitutional rights that are being taken away from those poor persecuted young ladies. Specify the article or amendment that enumerates them, please.
No publicly funded school has the right to favor or endorse a specific religion, even if a majority of the students in the area do. This is called separation of church and state and it is the foundation of our exceptional nation with its secular government–A system of self governance with checks, balances, and limited authority that you and other frothy mouthed rabid dominionists despise because it impedes your goal of creating a totalitarian state. -
#20 – how would any pervdom be possible in that “circum’ “stance” ?
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……..I never saw a football team that was an entire school population………….DOH!™
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Would you please elaborate, Katfish.
complete STRAWMAN Bob
Are you suggesting (as hamous has) that the dominionism I describe doesn’t exist, and has not had significant influence of the republican party since the 1960s? There is proof in abundance that such is the case.
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On a lighter note, praise the Lord and pass the bong! We’re winning the war on
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I’ve grown weary of your elitist rhetoric, Bobo. Listening to you belittle all Christians day after day, month after month, with such absurd characterizations you’d think we’re burning homosexuals at the stake, installing chastity belts on all women and girls, and forcing everyone in America to recite the 10 Commandments and the Lord’s Prayer before and after every public event. People like you will not be satisfied until all traces of Christianity are erased from our public consciousness. I’m here to tell you it’s never going to happen. I’ll be holding a mirror up to you when you post your hate-filled screeds.
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This is called separation of church and state and it is the foundation of our exceptional nation with its secular government
Bob you are a liar! This phrase appears exactly nowhere in any of our foundational documents. It is the favorite of God hating libterdnozzles like yourself because it gives you license to reject any form of morality that impedes your secular humanist pagan inclinations.
The fact of the matter is that an overwhelming majority of the signers of the Declaration and those who voted to adopt the Constitution were devout Christians and a significant portion of them were ordained ministers. It is utterly absurd that they would devise a system of governance that would be devoid of recognition of THE CREATOR and his basic teachings of morality. To suggest otherwise is simply a lie. -
This is called separation of church and state and it is the foundation of our exceptional nation with its secular government
Perhaps you’d care to specify the article or amendment to the Constitution that establishes this separation, please.
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For the record, I’ve searched and searched and have been unable to find any mention of “Danbury Baptists” anywhere in the Constitution or its amendments.
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I thought that we were also guaranteed the freedom to practice our religion?
I thought that the we were protected from a government-sponsored religion, as was exercised in England at the time of the beginning emigration to America? Wasn’t that the main reason for the Pilgrims? For the following waves of settlers? At some point, the reason became a search for wealth and land in the new country, but originally, this country was settled by people looking to be able to practice their own faith without persecution.
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Let me rephrase – not “government sponsored”. “Governmentally enforced” might be a better description.
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Lowery says he doesn’t personally support the president because he’s not addressing issues important to the black community. He said he was explaining that to Raymond when the Obama campaign official told him, “You know what? I know everything about you.”
Lowery says Raymond added, “We’ve been watching you, and since you don’t support Obama, we’ll deal with you,” before hanging up.
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now we’re back to the difference between “of” and “from” apparently
Bob the strawman is obvious to anyone (perhaps even my kindergarten attending Granddaughter)…………………when and IF some cheerleading squad and football team want to blast through a banner writtenin Arabic praising Allah – call me and I’ll say it’s AOK (provided that “pass interference” doesn’t result in any beheadings or C-4 explosions)
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How long can TBO block this next scandal?
According to the Washington Examiner, “a taxpayer watchdog group conducted a nine-month investigation” and uncovered “thousands of cases of credit card solicitations and donations” to the Obama campaign. Many of those donations have allegedly come from overseas and may be in violation of federal election laws.
National outlets are preparing stories on the matter, and the Obama campaign has been trying to block those stories from being published. [emphasis mine]
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And in August, the Obama campaign raised $25 million from people donating $200 or less. In addition, while the September figures are not yet known, “more than 2 million people” had donated $25 or less as of August to the Obama campaign.
Under Federal Election Commission (FEC) regulations, campaigns have to make their “best efforts” to collect information about contributors who donate $50-$200, but those who donate less than $200 do not have to be publicly disclosed.
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And as the Examiner noted, the Obama campaign in 2008 was hit with a similar scandal in which the campaign let donors use “largely untraceable prepaid credit cards that could potentially be used to evade limits on how much an individual is legally allowed to give or to mask a contributor’s identity.” -
The thing that is scrupulously avoided in the freedom of religion phrase in the first amendment is that “religion” and “denomination” were used interchangeably in the language of the day. When I was growing up, the interchangeability was still there, as the overwhelming assumption was that all were basically Christian. The issue that was being dealt with in the First Amendment phrase was Christian Denomination, not Christian vs secular humanism vs islime vs wicca etc, etc, etc.
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Why can the cheerleaders in question not freely exercise their religion, Mr. Freely Associating Member Of A Group Of Like-Minded Individuals?
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Hamous, recently I said that you reminded me of Pat Robertson. I should apologize for my error. You remind me of David Barton and John Hagee having gay sex while channeling the spirit of Jerry Falwell.
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So this is the response:
You remind me of David Barton and John Hagee having gay sex while channeling the spirit of Jerry Falwell.
/wearing clown suits singing show tunes.to this question:
Perhaps you’d care to specify the article or amendment to the Constitution that establishes this separation, please.
I fail to see the connection between the question and the response. What I do see, however, is an insulting (fill in blank with appropriate derogatory descriptions) attempting to justify his unjustifiable positions.
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Bob –
Could you please change the channel? Even I am getting tired of this argument. You won’t change, we won’t change. I have the patience of Job, but you have utterly worn me out. You may thrive on opposition and irritation, but I don’t. Go away, or find something else to discuss.
Maybe quilting – the big quilt show is coming up. The art and history of women (and a few very gifted men) taking pieces left over from parts of their lives to create pieces of beauty and utility. Or the utter artistic ability of today’s quilters to make incredible pieces of textile art.
Or maybe the price of beans in China. Or the consequences of early drinking on the brain development in teenagers. Or why crickets chirp. Or why leaves are shaped the way they are on whatever tree species you deign to choose.
I don’t give a damn. Just quit trying to convince us that you are so much smarter than we are because we acknowledge a power greater than ourselves. -
Word of the day:
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#38 If you didn’t know that I was referring to the establishment clause then you may lack sufficient competence to participate in a debate on its application to the lawsuit against Kountze ISD.
Here are the facts in the matter:
The ISD said they could not use Bible verses on the paper banners.
The Cheerleaders sued, and are represented by attorneys from Liberty Institute
Yesterday the judge extended the TRO so the kids could use their already painted banner at tonight’s game. (I’m cool with that.)
I don’t know who is footing the legal bill for the ISD, but I’m pretty sure I know how the case will turn out–A big waste of time, breath, and money. -
But, but, but, but the cheerleaders are fighting for their liberty!!!!!!!!1!!1!!!!11!!!
And I would have thought that since this is such a serious case of the State coercing people into a religion, the banners should have been immediately burned lest some unfortunate citizen be forced into adherence to a religion at the tip of a spear. -
Tedtam, I think all the hamsters are smart people, just a bit extreme at times. This perks my curiosity.
But you’re right, it’s time to move on. There’s a Romney Rally this afternoon and I need to find my Big Bird costume to wear to the protest. -
#38 If you didn’t know that I was referring to the establishment clause then you may lack sufficient competence to participate in a debate on its application to the lawsuit against Kountze ISD.
Look A$$-CLOWN, I completely understood (as well as everyone else here) that you were attempting to refer to the establishment clause, I was quite clearly pointing out that you do not understand what it says. Try to grasp this truth: The phrase separation of church and state does not friggin appear in the establishment clause, nor the Declaration, nor anywhere else in the Constitution.
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Bob, if you’re going to be an ass, please put on some panties and cover yourself up.
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My apologies to Hammy’s Grammy.
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If you didn’t know that I was referring to the establishment clause then you may lack sufficient competence to participate in a debate on its application to the lawsuit against Kountze ISD.
C’mon, you bullying, elitist snob, answer the question. Where in the establishment clause does it mention separation of church and state? Explain to us ignant rubes how high school cheerleaders writing words on a banner violates the establishment clause.
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I suppose that I should also apologize to Grannymous for violating a blog monkey rule; I called the guy a derogatory name; that it is true is beside the point.
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Let me guess. It’s in the penumbra.
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I suppose that I should also apologize to Grannymous for violating a blog monkey rule; I called the guy a derogatory name; that it is true is beside the point.
Bobolicious, except for a brief respite, has been calling all of us derogatory names on a daily basis with impunity for a couple of years now.
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Penumbra. Perfect.
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I’m reminded of a time, on LST I think, when Texpat and I slowly explained to Darren that the 4th amendment did establish a right to privacy even though the exact phrase isn’t in it. I think the same logic should apply here. The courts will decide this case, and it should be interesting.
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Color me less than surprised!
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Shannon, it’s a shame there wasn’t a dog carrier strapped to the top of that car.
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Tedious: That which wears out Tedtam.
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Hamous, recently I said that you reminded me of Pat Robertson. I should apologize for my error. You remind me of David Barton and John Hagee having gay sex while channeling the spirit of Jerry Falwell.
Well here, let me channel Jules, then:
Say [dominionist/authoritarian/****phobe/or any of your other favs] again. Say [dominionist/authoritarian/****phobe/or any of your other favs] again, I dare you, I double dare you m@#$%^&*!@#r, say [dominionist/authoritarian/****phobe/or any of your other favs] one more G!@@#$n time! -
…Texpat and I slowly explained to Darren that the 4th amendment did establish a right to privacy…
In your dreams, mofo.
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#56 mharper
Tedious: That which wears out Tedtam.
So, excessive tediousness would be teditamious? Or tedtamious?
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#54 Katfish
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assaholism: The affliction from which Bobo suffers.
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Um, Sarge – would your hammock have prevented this?
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#60 – Ya THINK??????????
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Meanwhile, the US has lost track of some Syrian chemical weapons, which probably never existed in the first place, unless there’s a Democrat in office.
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From the comments on the above:
Losing track of weapons seems to be a recurring theme with this administration. At least the DOJ didn’t sell these to Syria, right? No, I’m actually asking.
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#57 OK, I’ll play by the rules and not say those forbidden words.
Hamous, recently I said that you reminded me of Pat Robertson. I should apologize for my error. You remind me of David Barton and John Hagee having gay sex while channeling the spirit of Jerry Falwell.
…while Ted Haggard did meth and watched them from the closet.
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I think I hear a buzzing sound….
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#62 TT
Um, Sarge – would your hammock have prevented this?
No trees in the Arctic, therefore no hammocks. Amazing that man survived the attack.
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Change of topic: What do y’all think about the loose seats problem afflicting American Airlines? News story comments are darn near unanimous in believing it is airlines union workers sabotaging the planes. The AA announcement that it is gunk in the seat tracks is derided as CYA story.
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#62 – OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Frat dude in Tennessee overindulges on the fruit of the vine via what is likely the best method to actually consume Franzia brand wine. Also spreads awareness of technique via his lawyer, who uses the term several times in short press statement.
Be aware that “Mr. Broughton [the frat dude] denies each and every allegation whatsoever that has been infered that he may have been a gay man. He is a straight man.”
Glad we cleared that up.
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#70 mharper42
Union.
AA has the only B757’s that have that problem out of the over 1,000 that have entered service? Those seats can’t be that different than those on the other several thousand airliners that have been in service over the past 40-50 years.
The need to pull the license(s) of the A&P mechanics who certified that those seats were correctly installed and the last maintenance guys that were in the cabins of those planes. -
I’m pretty sure anyone named Zander is gay by default.
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Um, Sarge – would your hammock have prevented this?
No trees in the Arctic, therefore no hammocks. Amazing that man survived the attack.
Precisely. Not camping where there are no trees means not camping where Polar Bears live.
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Last night S.O. and I went to see a 50th Anniversary showing of Lawrence of Arabia. I have now seen every classic movie I have always wanted to see on the big screen.
My parents regarded me as being too young to see the movie in 1962—they thought it too violent (OK , my mother did). When the restored version was in theaters in the ’80s, I didn’t go to see it because I considered it “one of my parents movies” and I was too cool to go see it. Up to that point I had only see clips shown at various times on TV. I finally rented it at some point and realized the error of my ways.
S.O. had never seen it either. Whille it kept us up late (4 1/2 hours starting at 7:00 PM on a school night), it was worth every bit of it. Not even letterbox on a wide screen plasma does it justice.
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Hmm, fellow Hamsters, today’s blog appears to have gone rudderless in terms of intellectual content from some quarters. It does show promise as a cure for insomnia however. 🙂 🙁
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#76 Sarge
Ben Hur -
#77 adee
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#76 Sarge
Spartacus
Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Dr. Zhivago
Barry Lyndon (movie is ok, but the scenery is great)
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Longest Day. Particularly the Ouistreham Casino battle tracking shot.
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I’m sorry, I know I posted this last night, and some of you have probably already seen this, but it’s too good not to watch for my third time:
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I found this joke in the comments on another link to Sununu talking to Andrea Mitchell — “Obama is lazy”:
President Obama walks into the Farm Neck Golf Club on Martha’s Vineyard. He tells the golf pro behind the counter that he wants to do 18 and he is going to need a caddy. The golf pro informs him that the country club is running a promotion of an experimental robot caddy built by a Massachusetts based start-up Tech Company that was given a grant from the state to create jobs. The President’s senior advisor, Valerie Jarrett, leans over to whisper in Obama’s ear, Just think of all the jobs you’ll be creating by simply golfing! I will get MSNBC’s camera in here NOW!! The President agrees and takes out the robot. While on the golf course the robot caddy tells the President the wind speed, distance, even how hard to hit which club. He has the best game of his life. The next time the President goes to the country club, he tells the golf pro that he wants to do 18 holes and that he wants to get one of the robot caddies. He informs the President that they don’t have the robot caddies anymore. The President, all upset, tells him how great they were and asks him what happened. The golf pro tells him that members were complaining that the sun would reflect off their metallic material and into their eyes. The President asks him why they didn’t just paint the robots black? The golf pro said that they did, but the next day, 3 of them didn’t show up and the other 3 robbed the pro shop.
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oh the brutality of the stereotype.
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Hmmm, I thought Pyro would post “hater”.
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racist
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stereotypes come into existence (and persist)
because of the frequency of occurrence. Ifn it weren’t common it would not be a stereotype.
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Colbert on the debate:
It’s like Obama wasn’t even there. He hasn’t done this poorly since he debated Clint Eastwood.
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Well, this may not totally explain the numbers, but it is interesting.
The first economist at BLS who gave seems to be a hard-core Democrat. That’s not an issue – until questionable numbers like today’s show up. Then there’s number two.
What the article leaves out is – this is two out of how many? If it’s 2 out of 3, then there’s a bias issue. If it’s 2 out of 40, then we need to know if there are other likely left-leaners that might be in a position to massage the numbers. And have any of them shown such inclinations in the past?
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#89 TT: Just like most of the LSM and most of the long term non elected govt employees, they are overwhelmingly D in orientation. As Ds they are known liars and have no moral compass, which is why they can support things like partial birth abortion, paying drunks SS Disability, and teenage mothers ever greater dollars for each additional child born out of wedlock. This used to not be common knowledge, that knowledge is penetrating ever deeper into the VMG and they are looking much more closely than they used to.
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Highest one month jump in 29 years.
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#76 Sarge: Big screen movies:
Out of Africa (chick flick but great scenery)
Dragon Heart (kind of a chick flick but the big screen adds to the effect.)
The ten commandments (Charlton Heston prolly played Moses better than anyone)
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Monty Python & the Holy Grail
High Anxiety
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IN the Hamous vein, you can’t forget:
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Not theologically correct, and Robin Williams is a political twit, but this movie has incredible cinematography – versions of heaven and hell:
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Hmmm. Latest polls show some movement and it’s not looking good for the LLMD. Rahmbo! Where are you when the emperor needs you? Bring back some of that Chicago magic. Make him a nice suit of clothes.
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#95 That was a depressing as hell movie. Ranked right up there with another Robin Williams movie, The Fisher King.
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Definites, will put on the list:
Ben Hur
Spartacus
The ten commandments
Already done seen on the bitg screen:
Dr. Zhivago
Out of Africa
Dragon Heart
2001: A Space Odyssey
Braveheart
Doesn’t make any difference (for me) if big or small screen:
Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
High Anxiety
Blazing Saddles
Napoleon Dynamite
Don’t know enough about it except that Ryan O’Neal is in it:
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hunnert!
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The Shining
The book scared the pee out of me. Night was approaching, and I was alone in the upstairs unit of an old duplex. I’ve never seen the movie, though if its half as scary as the book, it should be truly pee-producing on the big screen.
I don’t know that I’ve ever read that fast, before or since. I wanted to get through it before I was alone in the dark. Christine was another scary book, but I’ve never seen the movie. -
Barry Lyndon??? Holy cow, Wagonburner. That one’s at the very top of my list for worst movie I’ve ever seen. Ever. I can’t think of a movie that even comes close to it in terms of awfulness. I had to see that for some stupid class my freshman year of college (round one). It’s been over 30 years and I’m STILL pissed that I’ll never get those FOUR hours of my life back.
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Obama: “We don’t believe that anybody is entitled to success in this country. But we do believe in opportunity.”
WTH? What is opportunity but a chance to succeed? And since when does American NOT believe in being successful? And if no one is allowed to be successful, when is TBO turning over all of his millions to the disenfranchised peeps of his? -
John Derek’s remake of Tarzan was awful but at least you had Bo Derek to look at. Barry Lyndon makes Tarzan look like Citizen Kane.
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Worst movie ever has to be The Producers with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. Perhaps the Beverly Hillbillies is tied for the worstest of the worst.
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Worst movie ever has to be The Producers with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel. Perhaps the Beverly Hillbillies is tied for the worstest of the worst.
Obviously you haven’t endured Barry Lyndon.
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Worst movie ever has to be The Producers with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel
You sir, are a Philistine.
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I tried to watch The Producers. Holy crap, that didn’t last long. I may use the DVD for a coaster or something.
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Serioulsy.
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Obviously you haven’t endured Barry Lyndon.
No I have not and now it will be on the list of do not watch movies. Thanks for the warning.
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Surprisingly, Hamous and I share a couple of faves when it comes to movies. No theatrical bucket list is complete without at least one Kevin Smith flick, even if it’s Chasing Amy, but I recommend Dogma or Clerks. The writer/director recently recalled working with George Carlin:
The first time I met George Carlin was May of 1997 at the Conan O’Brien show, back when they used to shoot it in New York City. I was there to promote CHASING AMY and when I found out Carlin was gonna be on the same show, I nearly shit myself. He’d always been a hero and a role model to me, so I brought a DOGMA script along in hopes of asking Curious George to play Cardinal Glick – the marketing maven behind the Buddy Christ.
But shortly before the show, Brenda – George’s wife of 36 years – lost her battle with liver caner. Ever the professional, George kept his Conan booking, but you could tell he was heartbroken. I didn’t bug him with DOGMA that night.
I’d meet the master again a month later at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles. He’d already read DOGMA and we were grabbing lunch to talk about whether or not he wanted to be in it. He said he was into it but had one request.
George asked if Cardinal Glick could have a bandage on his finger, which would hide George Carlin’s wedding band. Because, he said, he wasn’t ready to take it off just yet.
I miss his mind.Me too.
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Breitbart:
If you break that down, it works out to over $50 million a year “Sesame Street” is taking in from all that merchandising.
Yep, that one-percenter Big Bird makes about four times what Mitt Romney does annually and yet Barack Obama still wants you and I to still carry his freight. -
So Big Bird has been a success? But we can’t have that!
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I’d rather watch a marathon consisting of:
The Thing With Two Heads
Glen or Glenda
Plan 9 From Outer Space
The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant
Jaws: The Revenge
Tarzan
Pure Country
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Maybe my memory of BL is shaped by who I saw it with. 😉
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Here’s one for the big screen.
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The corp for public broadcasting, NPR, Natl endowment for the arts, should all be zero’d out. These entities have been used as a bludgeon against Rs, Conservatives, and Christian faith for far too long.
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Maybe my memory of BL is shaped by who I saw it with.
I saw it with the love of my life. It was so bad she broke up with me.
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79 WB,
Ahem, in the case of #72 College = Colossal Waste of Money on a student whose IQ is probably the same as his shoe size–If he survives the high blood alcohol level with a few intact brain cells to rattle together. Alcohol poisoning is not good for living things. -
Sarge: Bridge on the River Kwai. I also really like Planet of the Apes.
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Mark Levin linked this on FaceBook:
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/10/05/do-men-go-to-obama-campaign-events/
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No men at JugEars rallies? No surprise at all. Big difference between being male and being a man.
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If he survives the high blood alcohol level with a few intact brain cells to rattle together. Alcohol poisoning is not good for living things.
That which does not kill you will only make you stronger.
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Nice drop in the unemployment stats from the household survey from 8.1 to 7.8, the steepest drop since December of 2010 (9.8 to 9.4).
Nobody talks much about the 0.5% increase in December of 2008, must have been a fluke. 😉
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For the record, I’ve searched and searched and have been unable to find any mention of “Danbury Baptists” anywhere in the Constitution or its amendments.
Second that, I was unable to find it either.
Just to ensure I was using the search engine correctly I looked up ‘freedom to practice any religion” That didn’t make it either, guess we’ll have to rely on the Supreme Court’s interpretations.
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Some tweets from after the debate…
Ann Coulter @AnnCoulter
MSNBC on the debate: ROMNEY LIED! LEHRER SUCKED! THE SUN WAS IN OBAMA’S EYES!
Dennis Miller Show @DennisDMZ
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It appears folks are getting the message
The overall Top Moment across all networks was the discussion about Governor Romney’s plan to pull funding from PBS at 9:27:44 pm ET.
Big Bird’s popularity has shot up with invites from all the talk shows
“Saturday Night Live,” Jimmy Fallon, Piers Morgan, the “Today” show and “Good Morning America” all asked for appearances from the “Sesame Street” character on Thursday after he was unexpectedly thrust into the presidential campaign by Mitt Romney.
Not being political, he’ll turn them down.
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I think I will retire from the blog for the evening. Shabbat Shalom, Y’all.
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#115 Wagonburner:
Kubrick always had a great eye for production design, color, composition and cinematography. His storytelling skills were far more uneven. As a film director he’s terribly overrated. (BTW – if you think Barry Lyndon is bad, try Eyes Wide Shut. I’d rather be waterboarded than watch that movie again.
Sarge – for a big screen revival my suggestions would include (in no particular order):
How the West Was Won
Saving Private Ryan
The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
The African Queen
Robin Hood (1938 version with Errol Flynn directed by Michael Curtiz)
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I want know how they wrote the little m logo on each cell in the honeycomb. Or the letter w for the aggies. 😉
Bees at a cluster of apiaries in northeastern France have been producing honey in mysterious shades of blue and green, alarming their keepers who now believe residue from containers of M&M’s candy processed at a nearby biogas plant is the cause.
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Please, oh please make Sesame Workshop a campaign issue! Please tell the American people that Big Bird will go extinct without federal funding.
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As a film director he’s terribly overrated. (BTW – if you think Barry Lyndon is bad, try Eyes Wide Shut. I’d rather be waterboarded than watch that movie again.
That one’s in my top ten worst list. The soundtrack alone could drive one insane. I agree Kubrick is overrated. He had a few good films. I liked The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. Dr. Strangelove was good. Other than those I found his big hits (2001, Clockwork Orange) to be, what’s the word of the day, oh yeah, tedious.
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#131 Hummus
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Here’s Breitbart’s story on the sudden change in unemployment figures.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/05/Suspicion-Falls-on-Labor-Secretary-Solis-as-Jobs-Numbers-Questioned -
Crime wave in Clear Lake.
I just read a notice sent to me earlier that within the last 48 hours the Shipley’s on El Dorado and the Denny’s on Bay Area were robbed at gunpoint. In addition a UHCL student was robbed at the Armand Place apartments. -
Well, I for one think that our HNP has a really, really great Energy Policy.
Southern Californians are paying the highest prices in the nation currently. And experts say that pain at the pump will last a little while longer.
One station in Calabasas is charging the highest rate in LA County — nearly $6 for a gallon.
Reporting for CBS2 and KCAL9, Amanda Burden went to the station and called it a virtual ghost town.
She said cars peeled in but peeled right out when they saw the sign for $5.79 a gallon for regular. Said one customer, “I can’t believe this! $5.79 a gallon? Oh my God!”
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The New Yorker?!?! Naw NOT the New Yorker! Can’t be!
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Everybody has to make a profit
The differential for wholesale gasoline fell 55 cents on Friday in the Los Angeles spot market, possibly signaling an end to a week-long price spike, said a West Coast refined products trader.
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#137 Dave
That’s beautiful if they really run it! -
mharper42
#137 Dave
That’s beautiful if they really run it!My thoughts perzactly!
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The Romney’s have Oprah over for lunch.
The Republican power couple welcomed the media mogul into their roomy New Hampshire holiday home on Lake Winnipesaukee, to talk about family, religion, food and, of course, politics.
Casually dressed in jeans, with the top button of his shirt undone, the presidential nominee even took it upon himself to pack Ms Winfrey a doggie bag for the road, as they finished off in the kitchen.No doubt a little Seamus intended for the President when she visits him at the White House.
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Uh Oh, fighting words from the mayor.
“As I travel I am often asked by people why we don’t turn Buffalo Bayou Park into a River Walk. The answer is that the River Walk is a cement ditch… there’s no nice way to put it.”
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About the OC pix, I still use my Pickett Slide Rule Occasionally, but I don’t need it for my work much anymore, back in the day I could blow the doors off the young whippersnappers with their HP’s & TI’s. 😉
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Ms Adee, if you’re still about, ask what your Hubby thinks about this slide rule; PICKETT COLLINS C19-T Microwave Transmission SLIDE RULE 1965.
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I remember my “smart” brother showing me how to use his slide rule in junior high. I might remember how to use basic functions, but don’t ask me to send anyone to the moon with it. I’d be lucky to add up my shopping totals.
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#146, Tedtam a slide rule is easy and fast, as long as you have an idea of where to put the decimal point, it will always give you the right numbers, 1,2,3, or 9,8,7, but is it 123? 1.23? 123,000? 😉
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There should be some special devious punishment for anyone who robs a Shipley’s Donuts.
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I’m surprised the cops didn’t arrest him right then and there.
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Ba Dum Bum 🙂
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Having thought about it some, I’m now adding another couple of movies to my “want to see on the big screen” list: The Searchers and The Magnificent Seven. What others would be good?
I love movies, unfortunately time does not allow much time for it now and most of the new stuff is crap. I would include “The Wild Bunch” and for a great suspense movie, chiller, scary all of the above I recommend “Wait until Dark” with Audrey Hepburn.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062467/
That is a great movie.
I also like “Defending your Life”. It’s Morron Streyp but I like the concept.
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I know I am the only one up, I need to sleep as it’s been a long day but I don’t want tomorrow to start at three am. Saw this on Istapundit
http://nalert.blogspot.com/2012/10/helicopter-parents-vs-free-range-kids-q.html
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TexCan:
You are not alone. Interesting find for good people who are parenting, but there are so many unfit parents these days… -
In my work I talk to lot’s of “kids”, which means under 40. So many of them want to be their kids friends, not the parent and are afraid of letting their kids outside it depresses me. The bogey man was out there when I grew up and is no worse now then at that time. The media is creating a culture of fear. Which of course the government can fix.
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Obumma Sheist SuperFarce held a news conference a few minutes ago and stated the reason he did so poorly in the debate was because his brain was invaded by the…
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Super Dave #144
Spouse is retired for the night, so I’ll ask him in the morning. I found two of his Pickett slide rules in the desk, one a Model 902-T Simplex Trig that is 1.25″ wide and yellowed like ivory. The other is a Microline 120 that seems to be white plastic and is just shy of 2″ wide. There is an instruction booklet for one of them, which from its folded size looks to belong to the larger one as it fits in that one’s quite simple and utilitarian case. The ivory colored one has a lovely leather case with an attached loop, and it is obviously the older one. It probably dates from his high school days (1955-1959). 🙂 I think he might also have one at the office or in his computer case. He uses one occasionally at home or at the office, much to the amazement of his younger colleagues in the office. -
I only have one slide rule left – a Pickett Model N4-ES Vector Log Log Speed Rule. I worked for a solid week to earn enough money to buy it when I was in High School. 4 months after I made the purchase (along with a leather case with a belt loop!) my parents surprised me with a Christmas present: a brand new 5 function (it did square roots too) electronic calculator.
The next summer I was working again – to get the money to buy a TI SR-50.
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