Ahead of the eagerly anticipated new Bond movie comes this list of the best and worst Bond theme songs. More on star Daniel Craig here . Open thread for matters both weighty and trivial...
McCain is campaigning for GA Senator Saxby Chambliss ahead of the probable runoff election Dec 2 against challenger Jim Martin. Chambliss ran an ad against Cleland in 2002 that McCain at the time described as "worse than disgraceful" and "reprehensible." Make of this what you will.
Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson
110% larger in inflation-adjusted dollars than it was in 1980
I hate no sources of data, even if it's not misleading, because whose to say that year wasn't cherry picked?
"You know, when I was your age I'd hit the ball right over that tree...of course, when I was your age that pine tree was only 3 feet tall."
I wonder how much the War on Drugs has cost the government.
All it does
On the Radio sub-Limbaugh's compete with the top dawg. If you click on the link you can garner a smattering of what goes out on the airwaves of right wing radio. (Not for the feint of heart.)
This isn't healthy dialogue if you ask me. I know nobody asked me. The contempt show for all things democratic, or liberal is way way over the top. The target of the hate is often just regular citizens.
The smears ran the gamut, both in the context of the 2008 election, as Media Matters noted in the previous report, and beyond. Immigrants, female politicians (and women in general), the LGBT community, the poor and homeless, minorities, progressives, unions, college students, and even autistic children were targets of these radio personalities' invective.
"The World is Not Enough" by Garbage should be high on the best of list and they don't even list it. And Crowe's "Tomorrow Never Dies" wasn't that bad.
I noticed it in passing. I've been too busy trying to find work to spend much time and energy on politics, recently.
I don;t think the Navyis the real villain of this story, though. They seem willing to make compromises on the issue. It's Bush who has been insisting that things proceed as they have regardless of the consequences. Maye Obama will reverse that once he's in office.
A British woman is divorcing her husband after discovering his online alter-ego was having an affair with a virtual woman in the fantasy world of Second Life, media reported on Friday.
Heh...
"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR
They met online in a chat room....met and married "in real life" (double heh) in 2005, and evidently had a fabulous wedding in Second LIfe as well....then she catches him in an online infidelity in SL and instigates divorce because of pixel sex.
I want to laugh, but have to caveat it though. I'm such an internet baby; but I've learned that the things that have been going on in chat rooms for years apparently dwarf anything I've seen in Second Life. SL just adds the cartoons.
Oh, and I used "heh" once and got accused of being into Gor....you aren't hiding anything, are you, Ender? ;-)
"The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." --R. Heinlein
Pretty funny! I've never gotten into those crazy chatrooms for meeting people. I used chatrooms for politics though which was lots of fun. Do people still say "cyber"? heh
"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR
You should login, if only to to keep Prime's account awake.
Also, Soj has ventured to YouTube. In his own style, of course; not with the pixel audience, but from the performer's perspective. Here's a great one : This particular video is in response to someone who said he was faking it, which of course pissed him off, thus the overdose of attitude. His other videos are pretty good too.
Baldi sold the Damned, for a tidy sum -- $800 I think -- and has since made a name for himself as psychadelically colored tiny bird and a giant snail racer. I've opened a store, selling furniture, making pennies, but I had the land and the stuff, so why not. I'm still helping the Republican Party group when I can; next project there is to develop a newbie center on their sim. The Dems kicked me out as impure, and have since imploded completely. The Obama group seemed to have a good time through the election, though. Hung out with Cat at the McCain HQ during the election; tons of people there from both sides of the aisle. Oh, and I'm da queen of a Tiny Empire of about 250 avatars--a mpog within SL, full of ambition, greed, interpersonal clashes: no shortage of drama there.
Yes. It's still as insane as it sounds ;-)
On a sadder note, I heard Soj say something about Rosie, and from that I inferred that she lost her fight with cancer.
EDIT: Ok, I figured out links, now embed is confusing me... Here's the link
"The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." --R. Heinlein
But it still beats TV hands down. I think I went more than year with less than four hours of watching any kind of TV. Turned it back on the other day, because god knows one cannot survive without popular culture ;-) Same inane, boring stuff though. I don't think I missed much.
Besides, you've got the girls. Entirely too much going on for you to be on the PC or in front of the TV!
"The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." --R. Heinlein
Big showings all over the state are scheduled today for those who are against Proposition 8.
The funniest argument I've seen is from those religious folk who are appealing to the "It was voted on & decided so you should just live with the will of the majority and stop trying" statements. Yea, these are many of the same folks that will never stop trying to illegalize abortion. Funny how that works.
The economic boycotts are starting to have their effect. Several businesses & individuals are now poorer & look to be in deep sh*t & these folk are complaining about how "unfair" it is that they are being discriminated against by such intolerant people. Well, I think deciding where to spend ones money is a personal decision that boycotting those you don't agree with is perfectly OK. I don't agree with any of the violence or threats though. But picketing is certainly OK.
I'm hoping the State Supreme Court throws out the mess. There's 2 avenues of that happening. One is that one amendment can't contradict another & Prop 8 contradicts the equality clause. The other is that an Amendment that slightly modifies an existing law can be installed with only a majority vote, an amendment which wholly modifies an existing law needs both a majority popular vote & a majority in both the Assembly & Senate & then has to be signed by the Governor.
Peter Schiff , president of EuroPacific Capital, economic adviser to the Ron Paul campaign and Austrian-based economic thinker was right. Plain and simple. Opposing commentators....Left and Right...laughed at him. Schiff has been the token whipping boy for economic debates with clueless status quo pushers. Silly experts...like Stein. Any time I wonder if an Austrian-based bias to understanding the economy is dogmatic or off the mark, I just watch Schiff and realize it's spot on.
...we the people were told to "learn to live with it".
Now after, we, the people, have spoken, yet once again, we are now being threatened and outright abused!
Enough is enough!
Prop 8 Trickle Down Effect: Opponents Boycott Restos
A reader just queried: "Why are all of my gay friends boycotting El Coyote? I'm trying to find something on the news...did they donate to yes on 8? Halp!" One quick search and, yes, apparently there is a call to boycott El Coyote because someone affiliated with the restaurant donated $100 in support of Prop 8, according to the official donors list (support and opposition). Marjorie Christoffersen, is only peripherally associated with the restaurant (she is a niece of the original owners and donated her own money, not the restaurant's), and that "El Coyote has always been a friend of the gays." "NO on Prop 8" protests snarled traffic in several business districts over the last week, so this may be the new tactic that could really cripple business, especially in these down times.
Shady!
El Coyote is an awesome establishment! It's a great place, with very cool people, and this whole thing is a PERFECT example of how out of whack and unfair these extremist idiots are!
WE THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT GAY MARRIAGE - LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT!
Underlying all arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. ~M. Friedman
I suspect they think they are an oppressed minority fighting for their rights. I further suspect that they are correct. Whether or not you believe they are being oppressed or having their rights taken away will obviously color your reaction. Personally, other than that one guy yelling at the end, it seemed like a rather civil gathering. Compared to some of the civil rights protests of the 60's, this is a Cleaver family picnic!
That said, I think this particular boycott is a bit misguided. I can see if the owners had donated to Yes on 8, but a single manager? (And yes, according to what I have read she is a manager, which I would not characterize as "only peripherally associated with the restaurant.")
But that said, a boycott is simply a personal expression of the power of capitalism, and they have every right to boycott if they so wish.
We are the environment. There is no distinction. What we do to the earth we do to ourselves. —David Suzuki
Comments :
GA Sen election
McCain is campaigning
for GA Senator Saxby Chambliss ahead of the probable runoff election Dec 2 against challenger Jim Martin. Chambliss ran an ad against Cleland in 2002 that McCain at the time described 
as "worse than disgraceful" and "reprehensible." Make of this what you will.
Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson
New Report from CATO
Is it time to close the National Money Hole?
In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris,
Did you know...?
The US budget is 110% larger in inflation-adjusted dollars than it was in 1980?
Wow. I had no idea it was that much bigger.
here
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BTW, I saw that video the other day. Hilarious. The stereotypes were played to a T. hehehe
Wow, that is impressive.
n/t
I'm the Bugs Bunny of Swords Crossed!
-4 Strongly Disagree - 0 Meh - Strongly Agree +4"Boudreaux" Can people with French names be trusted?
I hate no sources of data, even if it's not misleading, because whose to say that year wasn't cherry picked?
"You know, when I was your age I'd hit the ball right over that tree...of course, when I was your age that pine tree was only 3 feet tall."
I wonder how much the War on Drugs has cost the government.
All it does
In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris,
I understand that, Brutus. BUT, in all fairness,
he was simply reprinting a letter he sent to newspaper.
Nonetheless, it shouldn't be that hard to verify.
That said, being that he showed it online, he could have shown the CBO or whatever source for that number. I agree.
What they are saying
On the Radio
sub-Limbaugh's compete with the top dawg. If you click on the link you can garner a smattering of what goes out on the airwaves of right wing radio. (Not for the feint of heart.)
This isn't healthy dialogue if you ask me. I know nobody asked me. The contempt show for all things democratic, or liberal is way way over the top. The target of the hate is often just regular citizens.
The Republican big tent.
I'm only half stupid
The problem with stereotypical rhetoric
is when that rhetoric substututes as accepted reality.
Hat tip to Cafe Hayek
And yes, Roberts is right, Bush has indeed lost the right to say this
.
That list is crap
"The World is Not Enough" by Garbage should be high on the best of list and they don't even list it. And Crowe's "Tomorrow Never Dies" wasn't that bad.
I came. I saw. I posted.
Veni, Vidi, Bitchy.
Dance into the Fire, the Fatal Sound of broken dreams.
Duran Duran - View to a Kill is probably my favorite.
I guess the compiler's of the list don't like Manson and have a craving for KD Lang.
In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris,
That's true
Off topic, but did you see that SCOTUS ruled for the Navy in the sonar-might-hurt-whales case you wrote about last year?
Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson
Yeah
I noticed it in passing. I've been too busy trying to find work to spend much time and energy on politics, recently.
I don;t think the Navyis the real villain of this story, though. They seem willing to make compromises on the issue. It's Bush who has been insisting that things proceed as they have regardless of the consequences. Maye Obama will reverse that once he's in office.
I came. I saw. I posted.
Veni, Vidi, Bitchy.
Second Life story
UK couple in real-life divorce over virtual affair
Heh...
"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR
Curiouser and curiouser
They met online in a chat room....met and married "in real life" (double heh) in 2005, and evidently had a fabulous wedding in Second LIfe as well....then she catches him in an online infidelity in SL and instigates divorce because of pixel sex.
I want to laugh, but have to caveat it though. I'm such an internet baby; but I've learned that the things that have been going on in chat rooms for years apparently dwarf anything I've seen in Second Life. SL just adds the cartoons.
Oh, and I used "heh" once and got accused of being into Gor....you aren't hiding anything, are you, Ender? ;-)
"The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." --R. Heinlein
heh pixel sex
Pretty funny! I've never gotten into those crazy chatrooms for meeting people. I used chatrooms for politics though which was lots of fun. Do people still say "cyber"? heh
"To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it." AR
Are you still hanging out in SL, Purple?
I haven't been there in ages.
I survived the Bush Administration
Yes
You should login, if only to to keep Prime's account awake.
Also, Soj has ventured to YouTube. In his own style, of course; not with the pixel audience, but from the performer's perspective. Here's a great one
: This particular video is in response to someone who said he was faking it, which of course pissed him off, thus the overdose of attitude. His other videos are pretty good too.
Baldi sold the Damned, for a tidy sum -- $800 I think -- and has since made a name for himself as psychadelically colored tiny bird and a giant snail racer. I've opened a store, selling furniture, making pennies, but I had the land and the stuff, so why not. I'm still helping the Republican Party group when I can; next project there is to develop a newbie center on their sim. The Dems kicked me out as impure, and have since imploded completely. The Obama group seemed to have a good time through the election, though. Hung out with Cat at the McCain HQ during the election; tons of people there from both sides of the aisle. Oh, and I'm da queen of a Tiny Empire of about 250 avatars--a mpog within SL, full of ambition, greed, interpersonal clashes: no shortage of drama there.
Yes. It's still as insane as it sounds ;-)
On a sadder note, I heard Soj say something about Rosie, and from that I inferred that she lost her fight with cancer.
EDIT: Ok, I figured out links, now embed is confusing me... Here's the link
"The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." --R. Heinlein
Oh no.... Rosie died? Awful....
I just haven't wanted to get immersed in it again. Trying to have a "real life" out here now. ;-)
I survived the Bush Administration
I hear you
But it still beats TV hands down. I think I went more than year with less than four hours of watching any kind of TV. Turned it back on the other day, because god knows one cannot survive without popular culture ;-) Same inane, boring stuff though. I don't think I missed much.
Besides, you've got the girls. Entirely too much going on for you to be on the PC or in front of the TV!
"The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." --R. Heinlein
Believe it or not
You can give up SL without choosing to watch more TV. :)
I came. I saw. I posted.
Veni, Vidi, Bitchy.
The Left
Such moralists ;-)
"The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire." --R. Heinlein
Embedding youtubes
If you're using the default wysiwyg editor, try clicking on "Source" before pasting in the embed code. Here's the video you linked:
Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson
Prop 8 just won't go away here in CA.
Big showings all over the state are scheduled today for those who are against Proposition 8.
The funniest argument I've seen is from those religious folk who are appealing to the "It was voted on & decided so you should just live with the will of the majority and stop trying" statements. Yea, these are many of the same folks that will never stop trying to illegalize abortion. Funny how that works.
The economic boycotts are starting to have their effect. Several businesses & individuals are now poorer & look to be in deep sh*t & these folk are complaining about how "unfair" it is that they are being discriminated against by such intolerant people. Well, I think deciding where to spend ones money is a personal decision that boycotting those you don't agree with is perfectly OK. I don't agree with any of the violence or threats though. But picketing is certainly OK.
I'm hoping the State Supreme Court throws out the mess. There's 2 avenues of that happening. One is that one amendment can't contradict another & Prop 8 contradicts the equality clause. The other is that an Amendment that slightly modifies an existing law can be installed with only a majority vote, an amendment which wholly modifies an existing law needs both a majority popular vote & a majority in both the Assembly & Senate & then has to be signed by the Governor.
Yes. He was right. Watch the video
Peter Schiff
, president of EuroPacific Capital, economic adviser to the Ron Paul campaign and Austrian-based economic thinker was right. Plain and simple. Opposing commentators....Left and Right...laughed at him. Schiff has been the token whipping boy for economic debates with clueless status quo pushers. Silly experts...like Stein. Any time I wonder if an Austrian-based bias to understanding the economy is dogmatic or off the mark, I just watch Schiff and realize it's spot on.
When the CA. Supreme Court usurped the will of the people...
...we the people were told to "learn to live with it".
Now after, we, the people, have spoken, yet once again, we are now being threatened and outright abused!
Enough is enough!
Shady!
El Coyote is an awesome establishment! It's a great place, with very cool people, and this whole thing is a PERFECT example of how out of whack and unfair these extremist idiots are!
WE THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT GAY MARRIAGE - LEARN TO LIVE WITH IT!
Underlying all arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. ~M. Friedman
WHO DO THESE PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY ARE!
Don't like their politics, or personal beliefs, fine. Don't eat there, but that's where it ends.
This is crazy.
And Gays want to label Yes on 8'ers close minded! HA!
Underlying all arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. ~M. Friedman
Who do they think they are?
I suspect they think they are an oppressed minority fighting for their rights. I further suspect that they are correct. Whether or not you believe they are being oppressed or having their rights taken away will obviously color your reaction. Personally, other than that one guy yelling at the end, it seemed like a rather civil gathering. Compared to some of the civil rights protests of the 60's, this is a Cleaver family picnic!
That said, I think this particular boycott is a bit misguided. I can see if the owners had donated to Yes on 8, but a single manager? (And yes, according to what I have read she is a manager, which I would not characterize as "only peripherally associated with the restaurant.")
But that said, a boycott is simply a personal expression of the power of capitalism, and they have every right to boycott if they so wish.
We are the environment. There is no distinction. What we do to the earth we do to ourselves. —David Suzuki
People used to think the death of "yellow" people was good
THERE'S A SHIFTING MORAL ZEITGEIST
In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris,