March 07, 2006
Still More Muslim Outrage
When will it end?
From The Wesleyan Argus:
'Death to the infidels who have committed this blasphemy against Allah!' shouted Lebanese Imam Rahim al-Safaar to a teeming crowd of enraged supporters. 'How dare they challenge the unrivaled supremacy of Jack and Ennis's torturous and passionate love! And that Ryan Phillipe, what a bi-yatch! Maybe you can put Reese's Oscar between your legs and pretend you've got a johnson! Seriously, did you guys see Cruel Intentions? He is so gay! But in that creepy ambiguous manipulative way, not in the repressed-cowboy way. Die, blasphemous scum!'
Then on a more serious note,
there's this.
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They touch the
rat temple and I'll head over and start knocking some heads together!
Posted by: Victor at March 08, 2006 02:21 AM (Hfd2P)
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nice handlebar on that "lady of the rats" sheesh.
Posted by: annika at March 08, 2006 06:31 AM (fxTDF)
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I wish I could quit you.
BTW, the Wesleyan's film commentary genius went to the Hugo & Annika school of film study. Socialist Realism is with us still.
Posted by: Casca at March 08, 2006 06:52 AM (y9m6I)
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You mock the rat temple, annika? Do you *know* what happens to those who dare mock the rat temple?
Posted by: Victor at March 08, 2006 09:59 AM (L3qPK)
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February 26, 2006
Jimmy Carter's Attacker Resurfaces
. . .
in Norway.
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Must be part of an international conspiracy...are you sure it isn't Bush's fault...?
Posted by: BobG at February 26, 2006 09:41 AM (lSsTA)
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Monty Python, redux?
Who wrote that article, Eric Idle?
Posted by: shelly at February 26, 2006 02:44 PM (BJYNn)
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Must have been a fraternity pledge requirement...
Or it just wanted to pass on a little in-your-face so they knew who ran that portion of the territory.
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February 25, 2006
Bizarre Incident
"...the clerk handed the item back to the man and saw what she thought was a severed penis...
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...the microwave will be discarded."
Story here.
Via commenter, Radical Redneck.
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Yep, those Clinton voters are a strange breed.
Posted by: Casca at February 26, 2006 07:13 AM (2gORp)
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FNS - Well at least Crystal got my talking points. Juan Williams unmasks his idiocy once again by defending the intellect and veracity of Congress. If it wasn't for affirmative action, he'd be driving a bus somewhere.
Posted by: Casca at February 26, 2006 08:43 AM (2gORp)
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January 24, 2006
Another Crazy Dream I Had
Along the lines of
my weird Tom Cruise dream, I had another crazy dream last night. Bea Arthur, Betty White and Estelle Getty were in it. They formed a rap group, calling themselves the Insane Bingo Posse. They had a huge following, much like the Dead or Phish used to have. All young people too. Somehow I found myself watching them at Shoreline Amphitheatre with my old friends from high school. Weird huh? I blame it on the dip from last night. We had some chips. We had some leftover sour cream. We were hungry. So we decided to make some dip. There was a package of Lipton onion soup mix in the back of the pantry that was about five years old. But I figured, hey, soup mix don't go bad right?. So we mixed up some dip, and ate it with a bowl of Tostitos. It wasn't bad. However, among other side effects that I won't go into, which also occurred during the middle of the night, I had that crazy dream.
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I remember some old movie with Slim Pickens, he was supposed to be catching cattle rustlers, When the ranchers asked him how he was doing he would just talk about his dreams.
"There I was standing on top of the pyramid with the Pharoah, and there was all these slaves jus a bowin and a scrapin..."
I always wondered if he was realted to T.Boone Pickens, the oil barron. They sort of look and sound alike.
Posted by: Kyle N at January 25, 2006 03:16 AM (XDUsp)
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Rancho Deluxe, 1975, a classic, "...what I want to know... was I royalty or just a commoner?"
All star cast, Jimmy Buffet wrote the soundtrack and sings Livingston Saturday Night in the bar scene, Sam Waterston when he was young. The great line of the movie is Slim Pickens', "All real large scale crime is an inside job. When you're dealin' with people, ya gotta be people."
This is definitely an under rated gem. Another movie that just wasn't sold properly.
Posted by: Casca at January 25, 2006 06:25 AM (y9m6I)
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What the hell was in that dip??? Last post, you wrote about adding David Gilmore to the Gilmore Girls. This post, Golden Girls doin' Insane Bingo Posse. Go any further with the free association and someone's gonna wanna drug test you.
So, if you would've added tequila to the mix, how much freakier would the experience have been?
Posted by: ElMondoHummus at January 25, 2006 08:04 AM (xHyDY)
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I loved your Tom Cruise dream. That one made me laugh so hard!
Posted by: Sadie at January 25, 2006 07:47 PM (xV63t)
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January 20, 2006
Trivia
- Ninety-six percent of all candles sold are purchased by ANNIKA.
- About one tenth of ANNIKA is permanently covered in ice.
- The patron saint of ANNIKA is Saint Eugenie.
- A cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are individually known as ANNIKA!
- Olive oil was used for washing ANNIKA in the ancient Mediterranean world.
- New Zealand was the first place to allow ANNIKA to vote.
- Some birds use ANNIKA to orientate themselves during migration.
- The Church of Scientology was founded in 1953, at Washington D.C., by ANNIKA.
- Bananas don't grow on trees - they grow on ANNIKA.
- ANNIKA has three eyelids.
Via Dawn.
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I'm a big fan of extra virgin olive oil (tops in monosaturated fats).
What happened to content?
Posted by: will at January 20, 2006 12:11 PM (GzvlQ)
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Donald Duck's middle name is Matt!
The only Englishman to become Matt was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Matt from 1154 to 1159!
The deepest part of Matt is over 35,000 feet deep.
In Eastern Africa you can buy beer brewed from Matt!
If you lie on your back with your legs stretched it is impossible to sink in Matt!
Reindeer like to eat Matt.
The colour of Matt is no indication of his spiciness, but size usually is.
The ace of spades in a playing card deck symbolizes Matt.
Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than Matt.
68 percent of all UFO sightings are by Matt.
All completely true. And mostly disgusting.
Give her a break, Will. She's a law student.
Posted by: Matt at January 20, 2006 12:30 PM (10G2T)
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It's all true too:
Ten Top Trivia Tips about Casca!
1. It is bad luck to walk under Casca!
2. On average, women blink nearly twice as much as Casca.
3. Japan provides over thirty percent of the world's Casca supply.
4. According to the story, Pinocchio was made of Casca!
5. If you break Casca, you will get seven years of bad luck!
6. If you toss Casca 10000 times, he will not land heads 5000 times, but more like 4950, because his head weighs more and thus ends up on the bottom.
7. Scientists believe that Casca began billions of years ago as an enormous ball of dust and gas.
8. When provoked, Casca will swivel the tip of his abdomen and shoot a jet of boiling chemicals at his attacker!
9. Casca is 1500 years older than the pyramids!
10. Casca was originally called Cheerioats!
Posted by: Casca at January 20, 2006 03:12 PM (2gORp)
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Ten Top Trivia Tips about Kyle!
1. Kyle was invented in China in the eleventh century, but was only used for fireworks, never for weapons.
2. Kyle is the world's tallest woman.
3. Influenza got its name because people believed the disease was caused by the evil "influence" of kyle!
4. Kyle is picked, sorted and packed entirely in the field!
5. Kyle has four noses.
6. The only planet that rotates on its side is kyle.
7. Tradition allows women to propose to kyle only during leap years.
8. Louisa May Alcott, author of 'Little Kyle', hated kyle and only wrote the book at her publisher's request!
9. Grapes explode if you put them inside kyle!
10. The average human spends about 30 days during their life in kyle.
Posted by: Kyle N at January 20, 2006 03:53 PM (YvOkU)
Posted by: Kyle N at January 20, 2006 03:55 PM (YvOkU)
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Kyle, your number ten is just disgusting. Someone else is going to have to do sixty to keep the numbers right.
Posted by: Casca at January 21, 2006 11:15 AM (2gORp)
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Okay, I give. WHICH tenth of you, dear Annie, is covered in ice???
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January 06, 2006
Help Kyle Find His Spaceman
I'm worried about you Kyle.
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Looks like a character out of one of the early Japanese movies...did he try Japan?
I've never seen anything like that, except we used to have those figures with elastic and beads that would bend, sit down, etc.
Kyle, get a life.
Posted by: shelly at January 07, 2006 05:16 AM (6mUkl)
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Well, they were really really small, only about an inch tall, with round bases, they were neat toys and came in all colors. some had rifles.
Posted by: kyle n at January 07, 2006 05:25 AM (29m9c)
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Now, now, one man's foolishness is anothers epiphany. I'll keep my eyes open Kyle, lol.
Posted by: Casca at January 07, 2006 09:04 AM (2gORp)
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We had those toys with elastic and beads that would bend and sit. They were kept in a bag of "car toys", to amuse us on trips, and we thought they were pretty boring. I wish we had had a small army of 1" spacemen with guns. We could've set up intergalactic wars that stretched all over the back seat and the floorboards - if the resulting
warfare sound effects didn't drive our father crazy.
Posted by: gcotharn at January 07, 2006 10:01 AM (Pzodr)
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was that Major Matt Mason's martian friend?
Posted by: tigger at January 07, 2006 10:12 AM (W3UlN)
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Probably the most damaging thing that I ever did to Casca-2 was to buy him hundreds and hundreds of little green army men, along with companys of tanks, and batteries of artillery. Man I'd wipe them out in the yard eveyr saturday with the lawn mower.
Posted by: Casca at January 07, 2006 12:08 PM (2gORp)
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The '60's had the greatest kids toys. We had gaint spring loaded bazokas that would shoot a rock harder than a kid could throw. We had noisy tanks and guns of all types, and best of all we had Lawn Darts!
Posted by: kyle n at January 07, 2006 01:05 PM (29m9c)
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Kyle, I've done some Googling around on this and have found lots of vintage spacemen/Martian figurines. But with your artwork as my exemplar it's hard to know if any given kind is
the kind. Did they definitely have distinct antennae?
Posted by: Matt at January 07, 2006 02:01 PM (17HcF)
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Yes, and they were as I said before, very tiny.
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Kamen Rider?
http://incolor.inetnebr.com/stuart/riders/krs1.jpg
Posted by: reagan80 at January 08, 2006 04:11 PM (K9tdw)
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Kyle, thinking really hard, I'm pretty sure these might've been cereal premiums. I had something similar when I was a kid, and that's where I remember getting mine.
Posted by: Victor at January 09, 2006 10:46 AM (L3qPK)
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Take a look at the one on the left(you'll have to modify the address a bit--annie wouldn't let me post it):
(see-gee-eye).ebay.com/I-D-ID-CEREAL-TOY-PREMIUMS-MARTIANS-ALIENS-X5-VINTAGE_W0QQitemZ6027988898QQcategoryZ19079QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Posted by: Victor at January 09, 2006 10:49 AM (L3qPK)
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close, but not quite. the ones I remember had very flat and perfectly round bases. Also, they were brown, yellow, and two shades of green, might have had other colors as well.
Posted by: kyle n at January 09, 2006 02:35 PM (DFg6U)
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Kyle, you weirdo, have you checked the mirror?
Posted by: shelly at January 09, 2006 05:03 PM (6mUkl)
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I'm pretty sure these aren't the ones but, funnily enough,
I had these when I was a kid! (It must've been the mid-70s.) I had completely forgotten them until I saw the pictures just now. As with Victor's link, you'll have to replace the "cee-gee-eye" with the appropriate letters:
http://cee-gee-eye.ebay.ca/lot-of-plastic-toy-space-soldiers-martians-VG-condition_W0QQitemZ6028797818QQcategoryZ1187QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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November 27, 2005
A Weird Dream i Had
Remember that
Seinfeld episode where Jerry wrote down a joke he dreamed up in the middle of the night? Then he couldn't read what he had written and when he finally figured it out, it wasn't funny at all. That happens to me too.
Like last night, for instance. i had this dream about a new Tom Cruise movie called The Last Chiropractor. The promo was something like:
[cue announcer's voice]
Years of sleeping on Japanese bamboo mats have led Tom Cruise to his greatest role as...
...The Last Chiropractor!
[cue Tom Cruise's voice]
"You don't know the history of myofascial release therapy, I DO!"
[cue announcer's voice]
In the face of musculoligamentous sprain/strain...
In the sacroiliac of One Man...
Lies the Soul of a Warrior.
Once he risked his life for honor and country, but now his world has changed. Subluxation has replaced full cervical range of motion, and in the place of freedom and valor, he only finds chronic radiating pain, especially at levels C5-6 and L5-S1.
Thrust now into harsh and unfamiliar territory, with his life and perhaps more important, his spine, in the balance, the troubled American soldier finds himself at the center of a violent and epic struggle between the soft tissues of his neck and back, with only his sense of honor and a thorough knowledge of flexion/distraction technique to guide him.
Tom Cruise is...
...The Last Chiropractor!
Crazy huh? i'm telling you, i really did have a dream about that shit.
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Posted by: reliapundit at November 27, 2005 11:00 PM (4J7so)
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I think its pretty funny. You have to stop eating chocolate before you go to bed.
Posted by: Kyle N at November 28, 2005 03:19 AM (z8CvC)
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Kyle, it's pizza that gives you bad dreams...unless annika had a chocolate pizza with Milwaukee's Best. That would explain her dreaming about Tom Cruise.
annika, you've got to stop living like a college student.
Posted by: Victor at November 28, 2005 05:41 AM (L3qPK)
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Interesting; bizarre, but interesting...
Posted by: BobG at November 28, 2005 07:34 AM (mI5rq)
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I've actually had a Seinfeld moment where I wrote down something I thought was brilliant in the middle of the night, and when I read it the next day it made no sense. I think it had to do with Santa Claus and unicorns and some kind of horror-time loop twist or something.
I wonder if, for the sequel, Tom will consider the life of a
re-denturing specialist.
Posted by: The Law Fairy at November 28, 2005 10:30 AM (XUsiG)
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Lol. The Seinfeld references are myriad. Re-Denturing... re-gifting... anti-dentite.
Posted by: annika at November 28, 2005 11:31 AM (zAOEU)
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Alfred Hitchcock used to tell a story like that. It went something like this:
**ahem**
A Hollywood screenwriter told a friend of his that was frustrated because he would occassionally wake up in the middle of the night with a great story idea, but by morning he'd completely forgotten what it was.
"It just happened again last night," he lamented.
But the writer's friend had an idea. He told the screenwriter to keep a pad and pencil at his bedside. That way, when he awoke with a great idea in the middle of the night, he could write it down.
The writer took that advice and a few nights later the writer woke up with a great story idea. He remembered that he had the pad and pencil and wrote it down.
When he woke up he remembered that he'd had a great story idea in the middle of the night, but he couldn't remember what it was. But then he remembered that he'd written it down! Hurriedly he went back to the pad to see what he'd written, and there he saw last night's brilliant idea for a story:
boy meets girl.
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November 18, 2005
Happy Birthday Harriet (The Interview)
You may have read about this.
Harriet the turtle, the world's oldest living animal, turned 175 on Tuesday.
What an incredible accomplishment, when you think about it. Harriet must have an amazing perspective on the world and history, because she's seen it all.
Harriet watched the industrial revolution happen, the rise of nationalism and the Revolutions of 1848. She must have followed the American Civil War with interest. Was she worried when she heard about the Russian Revolution? Did she think Hitler might really take over the world? Imagine her relief when Imperial Japan was turned away from Australian shores, or when the Cold War ended.
What would Harriet say about global warming? Were there any el ninos when she was a little girl on Galapagos? What was Charles Darwin like? Was he a talkative man? Did he believe in God? What are her opinions on the art movements she's seen come and go: romanticism, impressionism, expressionism, dadaism, surrealism, cubism, modernism, post-modernism and even post-post-modernism?
Does Harriet have any plans for the next 175 years? i hear she's in good health. Is she optimistic about her future, or ours? Is Steve Irwin a goofball all the time, or is that just an act?
There's so many questions i could ask Harriet, i decided to see if i could track her down via the magic of the internet. What follows is the exclusive annika's journal interview i tried to conduct with Harriet in a Yahoo! chatroom. Unfortunately i wasn't able to keep her online very long, but you know how it is in chatrooms.
more...
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X CUZE ME? Harriet, the oldest at 175? Clearly, the media has yet to discover the dinosaur holed-up in the Palisades.
Posted by: Casca at November 18, 2005 09:15 PM (qBTBH)
Posted by: Sarah at November 19, 2005 12:50 PM (19546)
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I got a crawfish named Louis who is 220 years old.
BTW its a crawfish not a crayfish or a crawdad.
I'm gonna eat him when I turn 100.
Posted by: kyle at November 19, 2005 01:23 PM (ngySd)
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This post causes me to pine for the days of lore, when less than a million people were online and almost everyone you met was an intelligent soul. I began on Compuserve's "CB Simulator" back in 1984. You captured the essence of the Yahoo! Chatroom perfectly. Is there anyplace where intelligent chat still exists? (e-mail privately if there is such a place.)
I've longed for a "new WWW" called the "QQQ" which requires passing a basic IQ test in order to login.
Posted by: Nixon1971 at November 21, 2005 06:08 AM (j48IV)
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For once, I'm eagerly awaiting your MNF pick.
Posted by: Victor at November 21, 2005 11:27 AM (L3qPK)
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November 05, 2005
Dateline NBC
i hope you saw Dateline NBC last night. If the subject matter wasn't so disturbing and serious, i'd say it was one of the funniest hours of television
ever.
Basically, NBC's Chris Hansen did an elaborate sting operation to catch child predators, who try to hook up with kids over the internet. They arranged for the predators to meet the "kids" at a house, then they filmed Hansen confronting the sickos.
Freakin funnier than shit.
One of the dudes was a doctor, and another was a rabbi who worked with kids! The rabbi at least dressed up for his date, but one dude showed up naked. That was the funniest scene. The creep was waiting butt naked on a stool in the kitchen, thinking a 13 year old boy was about to come downstairs. Then Chris Hansen walks out and he's all "'sup freak, here's a towel." And the dude's like "whaaaaa?" It was great.
It got better. 12 hours after that perv was totally humiliated on camera, he was back on the internet, and got stung again. He went to meet another fake kid at a McDonald's the very next day and there was Hansen, shaking his head. The guy was like, "dude, i was just getting something to eat." Then later he's all "Yeah, I got a problem. I'm seeing a shrink."
By the time they were done, Dateline caught 19 perverts in this sting operation, and the DA is looking into it. Hopefully they'll all land in jail. Too bad they didn't catch them in Vegas though, because i think the mayor there would have some ideas on an appropriate punishment. Have you heard what he wants to do to taggers?
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The first criminals Giuliani went after in cleaning up NYC was taggers. It announced to the criminals and the people, that the law was coming back to the city. So the mayor of Las Vegas has the right idea but I would cut something else off those bastards.
Posted by: Jake at November 05, 2005 07:39 AM (r/5D/)
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Two nights in row for a pedophile? No wonder these guys have to be locked up for life.
Posted by: Jake at November 05, 2005 07:40 AM (r/5D/)
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"Pederast, he's a freakin' pervert dude."
Posted by: Casca at November 05, 2005 09:16 AM (qBTBH)
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I actually caught that show; I almost never watch that crap, but it caught my eye and I thought it was really funny, although not so for the perverts.
Reminded me of the old Greek proverb "Little boys throw rocks at frogs in a pond for sport, but for the frogs, it is not sport, but a cruel game of life and death."
Too bad this wan't the cops, I would have liked to see those guys do the perp walk out in cuffs and a raincoat over their heads. Especially the fucking Rabbi, who headed a YOUTH congregation.
Posted by: shelly at November 05, 2005 01:26 PM (6mUkl)
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Oh, and I hasten to add that I have noticed that Casca has dummied up about OSU and USC of late...
Posted by: shelly at November 05, 2005 01:28 PM (6mUkl)
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I was just being polite, since I thought you were dead.
Posted by: Casca at November 05, 2005 05:18 PM (qBTBH)
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How respectful.
Well, I see that OSU has finally revealed its offense. A day late and a dollar short, as we say.
Doesn't look like anyone will beat Penn State, but I'd say OSU's bowl chances just improved this weekend with Cal and UCLA both eating it and VT looking like Beamer sucked a lemon or something.
Next week Cal will have another loss and on December 3 UCLA will have one as well.
Like I said, it'll be Texas and SC on January 4 at the Rose Bowl. I think I'll stick around until then.
Posted by: shelly at November 06, 2005 03:52 AM (6mUkl)
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Well, hang in there. We need your vote.
Posted by: Casca at November 06, 2005 09:45 AM (qBTBH)
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Hey, that's not you! The tatoo is wrong.
Posted by: Victor at November 06, 2005 10:43 AM (l+W8Z)
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I am not a pedophile, I am a 46 year old woman who despises pedophilia and the perverts who commit such acts. IÂ’m coming into this situation thinking itÂ’s a good thing to get these guys off the streets, but the part of me which is actually reasonable questions the constitutionality of this type of operation, especially one which is based on the "threat" of pedophilia. A person never commits the act, just shows up at a place (the promise sexual favors known or unknown, i.e. the fake child in many cases did not even discuss what they would do when they got to the house, only arranging a "meet" and "we can take it from there")
Believe me, it is utterly stupid for one of these guys to show up at the house, it's inexcusable on their part, however, if you’re going to arrest these men the premise and the legality behind this operation in itself becomes inexcusable. It is entrapment almost any way you look at it, but I guarantee the proponents of this operation would find one aspect (protecting our children against a potential threat) and run with it totally negating the honesty and the integrity our law enforcement community boasts about itself at every opportunity. On one level, what arresting these men says to me is just because these are pedophiles, we need to stoop almost to their level and lie to them to capture them! Sure it makes for good TV, these "potential" pedophiles are embarrassed in front of millions of people, but honestly that is where it should end, arrests should constitutionally not be made for the mere fact that no crime was committed, Jesus, they weren't even given the chance to even try to commit a crime, just say cheese your on MSNBC, oh and we have the cops outside waiting for you! It's just low, and lowering yourself to catch people who were totally enticed to come to the house to be arrested should worry “reasonable” lawmakers, but I don't expect people with IQ's less than 60 to comprehend that idea (namely many police officers involved in this sting and especially Chris Hansen who was a failure in every other position he has ever held and is reduced to shows like this to get ratings, you are not Geraldo, you are not Nancy Grace *thank god* you are Chris Hansen L.V.P., least valuable player at MSNBC).
I know, people would argue we must catch them before they have the chance to do it to kids. But would you like it if someone on the internet entrapped your family member or friend and his life is ruined because he merely thought of having sex with a child...
I fear we will live in a society much like the one seen in Minority Report, but without cars that fly and no Tom Cruise (which might not be so bad) and I don't want to go to jail because I feel like killing someone, or I feel like stealing from a place because I am dirt poor... same deal here, no one wants to go to jail because they were thinking about having sex with a child.
To say the majority of human beings don't have some desire to do something illegal is asinine, and conversely most people are smart enough not to be lured into a situation where they could actually carry out that illegal act. But the key words there are lured and smart. FACT these men are lured to the house, FACT they are undoubtedly dumb enough to fall for it. But to jail them for their stupidly, especially when no crime has taken place should itself be illegal or at least recognized as irregular in the grand scheme of our first rate legal system here in America.
No need to refute anything I just said, IÂ’ve thought of all the angles but have no time to write them.
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I keep watching the replays of this and it is enfuriating me on how proud MSNBC is over this, they think they are doing GOOD in this world, much like Nancy Grace. The truth is, I've seen operations like this one different stations long before Chris Hansen got this bright idea, and each time the entrapment (which is illegal) is justified by saying "oh well, they are going to hurt our kids"
It's not an evil arguement, and it's not one that I would fight against, it's just wait and see, once we start bending the law to suit our needs, people will take advantage, it's happened before and it will happen again; these idiots are setting bad precedents and if you REALLY want to protect your kids, don't let them sit unattended at an unfiltered "window to the world" i.e. the internet.
Jesus, even if you knew your kid wouldn't be abducted, would you set him down in the middle Times Square for an hour unattended, would you let him frollick through the streets of Amsterdams Red Light District alone? Definitely NOT! Then don't let them use the internet alone if you are SO concerned about their safety. This leads me to the underlying point here, whether Chris Hansen will admit it or not: this operation underscores most peoples inablity to take responsibility for their own children; which translates into Chris Hansen language, "so let's go out and entrap anyone who might do them harm someday, drug dealers, pedophiles, rapists, black men, let's entrap them all!"
why? Because God, Jesus and George Bush all know the American people are in love with the illusion that they are being protected and as long as the illusion of being protected is up, the Lemmings will carry out their daily lives unfettered. Chris Hansen may not know it, but he is spearheading (by his own volition) our country's descent down an extremely slippery slope of throwing people in jail who might have committed a crime, much like our friends Stalin, Hitler, and Saddam did on a regular basis; *SARCASM BEGINS HERE* I'm glad we can distance ourselves from them, thanks Chris Hansen for keeping Facism alive and well in America, I had almost given up hope that our country wouldn't entrap people and ruin their lives over something they didnt do yet, or might not even have done AT ALL! Ponderous...
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I have a Grandson currently in jail awaiting transfer to a place for counseling. He pleaded guilty, as his Mom--as most Moms would do-- hired a private lawyer for him, and he didn't want her to have to sell or heavily morgage her place for him.
He was arrested in an Internet Predator Sting when he pulled up to a Wal-Mart store to meet the supposed "girl". I don't know what the police thought would happen in a Wal-Mart, but-----.This jail is charging him $65.00 a day, and they are not allowing him to work. He has been waiting for a month already. 30 days X $65.00 = $2500+ so far, not counting the lawyer and other costs.
His story, with pictures, has been in our local paper twice, the large area paper twice, and the large paper where it happened 3 times I think. Twice for sure, so his reputation ruined should be punishment enough as he was a young man with an upcoming career and very well thought of in town. By the way, his girlfriend of 4 years is waiting for him too, and her family also supports him.
The family knows he would not DO anything to the extent there was a 'get-to-gether- as a show of support just before he had to report to the jail. One person remarked " I have been to a farewell party for some friends going on a cruise, but this is the first I have been to for some-one going to jail !!!".
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October 20, 2005
annika's journal Exclusive
SENATE - MIERS LOTTERY LINK UNCOVERED
Okay stay with me on this. Harriet Miers was on some lottery commission, right? And pretty soon she'll need a bunch of senators to vote for her so she can get on the Supreme Court, right? And some people who are against her nomination are Republicans, right? And yesterday, a Republican senator won $853,492 in the Powerball lottery, right? See where i'm going with this?
i demand an investigation. i'm not saying there's been any wrongdoing, i'm just saying that these facts raise questions.
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Me, I question the timing. I've always wanted to say that. Who knew that sounding like Pat Leahey can be so much fun?
I guess I'll dub this "powerballgate", but only because I enjoy saying "powerball" so much.
God Bless America.
Posted by: skippystalin at October 20, 2005 08:45 PM (ohSFF)
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yes, yes. the timing is very suspicious.
Posted by: annika at October 20, 2005 08:55 PM (+KU1E)
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The local Fox affiliate did a little story about it. Sen. Gregg said he had contacted his wife who told him not to spend it. They interviewed another woman who suggested he should donate it to hurricane relief; when told the senator's wife was in control of the bucks, she replied, "Oh, a female's in charge. That's OK."
Betcha the local Prada store is gonna get hit.
Hard.
Posted by: Victor at October 21, 2005 09:53 AM (L3qPK)
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And what with no sales tax up in New Hampshire, either...how conveeeenient. ;-)
Posted by: Dave J at October 21, 2005 11:13 AM (8XpMm)
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Let's just indict her now and forget the investigation. It's what the media would want.
Posted by: Mark at October 21, 2005 12:50 PM (Vg0tt)
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How much you wanna bet he got the numbers from Rove?
Posted by: MarkD at October 21, 2005 02:08 PM (X9njN)
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How many nooses can a repuke buy (steal) with $853,492?
Posted by: Kimmitt at October 22, 2005 06:57 PM (7XTy8)
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Haw haw haw. Good one Kimmitt. Never let it be said that you guys don't have an amazing wit.
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September 28, 2005
Is GB Russia?
This sounds like a joke.Tony Blair is facing a possible police investigation over an alleged slur against the Welsh.
. . . [T]he Prime Minister repeatedly referred to them as 'f****** Welsh'.
It is said to have happened while he was watching the disappointing results of the Welsh Assembly elections in 1999.
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North Wales Police said: 'A complaint has been received and is being reviewed.
'We will be seeking the advice of the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to the content of the statement of complaint.'
The CPS is expected to apply standard tests before deciding whether an investigation is viable and worthwhile.
The tests include whether an investigation would be in the public interest and whether there would be a reasonable chance of conviction.
This is a fucking joke right? It's illegal to say fucking Welsh in Great Britain. i knew they were a tolerant sort of people, but i was unaware that the Taliban had taken seats in Parliament. Someone please tell me this is an Onion story that got posted on Sky News by mistake.
If using the word fuck in reference to a Welshman is a crime, why isn't Elizabeth Taylor in jail?
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I think the word was used often in connection with Tom Jones.
Posted by: MarkD at September 28, 2005 04:54 PM (X9njN)
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Nah, in Russia you can say anything you want about anyone, as long as they're not in power.
The immortal lines of Flanders & Swann spring to mind:
The English, the English, the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.
The rottenest bits of these islands of ours
We've left in the hands of three unfriendly powers
Examine the Irishman, Welshman or Scot
You'll find he's a stinker, as likely as not.
The Scotsman is mean, as we're all well aware
And bony and blotchy and covered with hair
He eats salty porridge, he works all the day
And he hasn't got bishops to show him the way!
The English, the English, the English are best
I wouldn't give tuppence for all of the rest.
The Irishman now out contempt is beneath
He sleeps in his boots and he lies through his teeth
He blows up policemen, or so I have heard
And blames it on Cromwell and William the Third!
The English are noble, the English are nice,
And worth any other at double the price
The Welshman's dishonest and cheats when he can
And little and dark, more like monkey than man
He works underground with a lamp in his hat
And he sings far too loud, far too often, and flat!
And crossing the Channel, one cannot say much
Of French and the Spanish, the Danish or Dutch
The Germans are German, the Russians are red,
And the Greeks and Italians eat garlic in bed!
The English are moral, the English are good
And clever and modest and misunderstood.
And all the world over, each nation's the same
They've simply no notion of playing the game
They argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won
And they practice beforehand which ruins the fun!
The English, the English, the English are best
So up with the English and down with the rest.
It's not that they're wicked or natuarally bad
It's knowing they're foreign that makes them so mad!
For the English are all that a nation should be,
And the flower of the English are Casca (Annika)
Casca (Annika) and Me!
Posted by: Casca at September 28, 2005 05:29 PM (qBTBH)
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Brilliant! (Drinks sloppy Irish beer)
Posted by: Kyle N at September 28, 2005 05:35 PM (RobwQ)
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And if Blair is convicted, Prince Charles will administer the punishment and hit him over the head with a dead albatross.
Posted by: Ontario Emperor at September 28, 2005 10:43 PM (V6D5w)
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The EU has hate speech codes. You cannot say anything derogatory about any class of people even if what you say is true. Most American universities have the same speech codes.
These hatred laws are used to stifle dissent against the government and are the main reason for existence. For instance:
1. A group of Brits demonstrated against the proposed EU constitution in Brussels. They were charged with a hate crime.
2. The second largest party in Belgium was outlawed using hate crime laws because they spoke against unlimited Muslim immigration.
3. In France, you can be jailed for criticizing the President.
Is the EU Russia? If you mean Russia under Stalin, then the answer is yes.
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That is because long ago the Europeans lost all desire to even continue to exist. They have negative reproduction, they will not fight their enemies, they are ashamed of their own culture. In short, they will soon be in the ashheap of history.
Posted by: Kyle N at September 29, 2005 03:29 PM (CkwDS)
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I wonder...
There is a beautiful line by Whittaker Chambers. In 1955 Chambers wrote, “It is idle to talk of preventing the wreck of Western Civilization, it is already a wreck from within. That is why we can do little more now than snatch a fingernail of a saint from the wrack, or a handful of ashes from the fagots, and bury them secretly in a flower pot against that day, ages hence, when a few men begin again to dare to believe that there once was something else, that something else is thinkable, and need some evidence of what it was, and the fortifying knowledge that there were those who, at the great nightfall, took loving thought to preserve the tokens of hope and truth.”
I have lived through darker days than now, and doubtless will again. When I was looking this line up, I found it quoted by Ronald Reagan in an anecdotal obituary of RR with him quoting the line before he was elected President. Those were very dark and hopeless days. I suppose the point is that God always leaves a remnant, and there is surely one in Europe, no matter the foolishness of the masses.
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Perhaps, but I certainly cannot see it. At least in Western Europe. Now Eastern Europe is another matter.
Posted by: Kyle N at September 29, 2005 06:13 PM (CkwDS)
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If you're under 30, it's hard to know how dominant the left was here in the 1960's and 1970's. It's worth remembering that Europe is still dominated by their old media, and the peculiarities of their cultures.
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September 25, 2005
Breaking News
MOTHER NATURE IS A RACIST
"Rita's victims wealthier than Katrina's"
Via Associated Press, the people who brought you "Black folks are looters."
Developing...
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Well, those black folk said they were not looting, but you know how they lie!
Posted by: Kyle N at September 25, 2005 04:50 AM (futkC)
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Malcolm Muggeridge observed that, "God must surely have a sense of humor, how else could He stand the eternal soap opera of human existence."
Could there be two more macabre scenes than the dead old people in the nursing home in NO, and the dead old people fried in the bus fire along the highway in Texas? Was it The Clash who sang, "Should I stay or should I go?"
Posted by: Casca at September 25, 2005 06:46 AM (qBTBH)
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Oh yeah, that fucker George Bush is killing old people now. Can the rest of us be far behind? I'm thankful that Ronald Reagan has finally stopped eating babies.
Posted by: Casca at September 25, 2005 06:48 AM (qBTBH)
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It also proves that God believes it is a sin to be poor.
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September 20, 2005
Ooops
Was it just me, or did anyone else hear Hugh Hewitt let a bad word slip out on the radio this afternoon?
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Posted by: Victor at September 20, 2005 07:04 PM (l+W8Z)
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Yeah; but he says "bigger" in relation to government all the time
seriously I did hear it. wondered if I misheard for a sec but upon reflection he used a naughty word. Well not terribly naughty, but non-family show friendly to be sure.
Posted by: Publicola at September 20, 2005 07:55 PM (vC8Ev)
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Mutherfucker! Who the fuck is gonna believe that?
Posted by: Casca at September 20, 2005 09:18 PM (qBTBH)
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I like him even better now.
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September 04, 2005
Uncanny
Weird, huh?
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If you knew more about her, you'd realize just how unfair that is to the deer. ;-)
Posted by: Dave J at September 04, 2005 10:04 PM (8XpMm)
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LOL
Here's a rule of thumb for you. There is a direct relationship between the length of time one political party dominates a geographical area, and the quality of the people who run that party. Inevitably, the ballot box stuffers and their vote counting friends rise to the top and stay. Look at any Dem stronghold for proof.
Posted by: Casca at September 05, 2005 06:16 AM (qBTBH)
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Blanco looks more like the Toad Master in "Kung Fu Hustle".
Posted by: reagan80 at September 05, 2005 06:40 AM (Foo1V)
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Oh deer that is too funny!
Posted by: The Angle of Repose at September 05, 2005 11:03 AM (FNfV2)
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That's one petrified governor.
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September 03, 2005
Did He Just Say That?
Richard Simmons, bless his heart, said the following on Larry King Live just now:
"New Orleans is the Venice, Italy of the world."
Now that's good comedy.
P.S. i want to like Celine Dion, i really do, but her personality makes that impossible.
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Yeah, Richard. New Orleans has gondola drivers too.
Posted by: Mark at September 04, 2005 01:47 AM (qI3ib)
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Yep, in his case, they are called "Polers".
Posted by: shelly at September 04, 2005 03:24 AM (M7kiy)
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Well it could be, after all Detroit is the Naples of North America.
Posted by: Casca at September 04, 2005 08:43 AM (qBTBH)
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Detroit is the armpit of the world. Well, just one; the other is Cleveland.
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Since I happen to be intimately familiar with both towns, I'll only quibble in this respect. Detroit, and Naples I daresay are the armpits of an overly-ripe whore, whereas Cleveland is that of a pubescent lass.
The truth is that Detroit is the asshole of North America. I always carry a couple extra mags and an extra battery for the radio when I visit.
Posted by: Casca at September 04, 2005 03:52 PM (qBTBH)
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Well, if Cleveland is THAT, what, exactly is Youngstown?
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Oh, Y-town, the home of spectacular NFL failure Maurice Claret, is a carbuncle.
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July 18, 2005
Just Plain Weird
From
The Sacramento Bee:
Woodland police have arrested a man discovered skinning a pit bull, his hands drenched in blood, law enforcement officials said.
Officers called to the scene Saturday found transient John Hummer, 47, alongside a Woodland gas station skinning the dog with a knife, said Sgt. Davis of the Woodland Police Department.
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The dog was dead at the scene and already partially skinned, he added.
Animal control officers collected the body and determined that the dog had several puncture wounds and had died within the previous hour, said Davis.
The dog had no collar and the owners are unknown, according to Davis.
Hummer was charged with maliciously and intentionally killing a dog, a felony, and booked into the Yolo County Jail, Davis said.
i'm no fan of pit bulls, but that's just freaky. There's some real weirdos in this part of California. i wonder if he was going to make himself a coat?
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Pit bulls are evil, but intentionally manipulating the carcass of any animal is a great sign of mental imbalance.
"Land of fruits and nuts" indeed.
Posted by: Mark at July 18, 2005 03:12 PM (Vg0tt)
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That bum coulda got at least a couple of dollars at the nearest Korean resturant.
Posted by: Kyle at July 18, 2005 04:17 PM (7Re84)
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Sheesh, you mean you don't knife pitbulls, skin them and eat their livers raw? Shit everyone does it down here when it gets over 100 degrees?
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Eeek! I'm not a big fan of pit bulls either, but gah. That is
too freaky.
On the brightside, maybe he's like the freak in
Silence of the Lambs and decided he'd try it out on pit bulls first. Good thing he's in custody.
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I wonder if there is more to it than what they are saying? Because if he was a transient I don't see why he wouldn't kill and eat a dog? If he has a way to cook it, it would be a lot better than digging through trash cans for spoiled food. If I were homeless I'd eat a dog before I would beg for food or money that's for sure.
Now if he was just mutilating it and playing with the body parts that is an entirely different story.
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Damn! You're getting some interesting readers around here Anni. I'm making chili, and in honor of this story, and Andy's views on self-reliance, I'm going to name it "Anni's Dead Dog Chili". I just need to find a pitbull.
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i ate a pit bull liver once
with some fava beans and a nice chiaaanti
f-f-f-f-f-f-f-ffff
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LMAO, you made my liver hurt!
Posted by: Casca at July 18, 2005 09:54 PM (qBTBH)
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I oppose the death penalty, save for cretins like this fellow. As a former pit owner, I'm in the "no bad pit bulls, only bad pit bull owners" camp...
Posted by: Hugo at July 19, 2005 03:30 PM (uQK+G)
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How's about a death penalty for pit bulls?
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July 14, 2005
Just One More Reason To Love The Space Program...
...multi-use
technology?
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i'd be too embarrassed to buy a vibrating razor. i can't imagine putting a shaky piece of sharp metal on my delicate parts anyway. i do however, love my
toothbrush. Like the copy says: "more . . . action in every stroke."
Which reminds me of a Dame Edna bit i heard once. She was talking about her gyno, who had retired because he got old and his hand began to shake, which she added "is not really a bad thing in a gyno..."
Posted by: annika at July 14, 2005 08:10 PM (Wugvc)
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Mweh! This give a whole new meaning to the term "vibrational loads testing"!
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My better judgment tells me to drop this subject -- in fact, my better judgment screamed at me not to raise the subject in the first place -- but I can't help pressing on just a little further.
"i can't imagine putting a shaky piece of sharp metal on my delicate parts anyway."
Like most modern razors, the M3 Power has detachable blades.
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Don't Tell Me...
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werewolves don't exist.
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"He's the hairy-headed gent, who ran amok in Kent.
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair."
"Well I saw Lon Chaney walkin' with the Queen,
doin' the Werewolves of London."
Posted by: Jason O. at July 14, 2005 01:43 PM (2CAKL)
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Send a pussy to do a dickheads job.
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Santorum-Fart Update
Again, Santorum's
an idiot.
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I actually don't think he's an idiot, but some of the stances he takes on issues shows a contortion of reason by fringe ideological axioms and heuristics.
Misguided might be a better term.
Posted by: will at July 14, 2005 10:36 AM (GzvlQ)
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He's both a genuine conservative and a genuine knob. I'd like to thank him for putting me in the position of having to agree with Ted Kennedy. That is, if by "thank" I actually mean "bitchslap". Tomato, to-mah-to, that sort of thing.
Posted by: physics geek at July 14, 2005 12:57 PM (Xvrs7)
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What's the Statute of Limitations on his crime. Since the quote is 3 years old, it smacks of a PR campaign, perhaps by his opposition in Pa. or one of their supporters. Having been around a bit myself, I can tell you Boston has its own signature, just as San Fran or NYC. I didn't find what he said, long ago, so far off base.
Posted by: Lonetown at July 14, 2005 04:17 PM (yc0gA)
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Eh, you young punks, wait til you're forty and have some sense. Santorum is fabulous. A true conservative, articulate, presidential timber one day. They're just trying to get a few rounds in his ass while he's young.
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July 13, 2005
Was A Sheriff's Helicopter Shot Down?
Breaking news here in Sacramento.
A County Sheriff's helicopter crashed near Lake Natoma in Folsom. Channel 13 reports that the media has been excluded from the scene and that it is being considered a "crime scene."
According to Channel 10:
Multiple witnesses say the copter was flying low over the Lake Natoma area when popping sounds were heard and flames were spotted shooting from the craft's engines. The copter's tail appeared to break up in mid-air before the craft hit a hillside on the north side of Lake Natoma and rolled down the hill.
Weird.
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Has there been any more news on this?
Posted by: Victor at July 14, 2005 01:19 PM (L3qPK)
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no word on the cause of the crash. it's looking more like an accident to me.
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