COLLECTIVE MADNESS


“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Our first Kenyan Muslim Communist Pope



I wonder what the Pope actually said to make Palin think he was a liberal. Was it his opposition to the legalization of cannabis, seeing that as part of pursuing "passing idols" ?

Maybe it was when the Pope participated in a pro-life march in Rome, and asked its participants to protect human life "from the moment of conception".

Was it when he said the confessional was "not a torture chamber but the place in which the Lord's mercy motivates us to do better." ?

Maybe it was when the Pope said women were "special" and fundamentally different from men, and that the spread of gay marriage was the work of the devil.

Perhaps it was when he said the "cult of money" was making people miserable, placing him squarely in the camp of such famous liberals as St. Paul, who told Timothy the love of money was the root of all evil.

Maybe it was when the Pope said the schools in Buenos Aires were teaching a "cock and bull story" when they hold that slavery has been abolished in the city, forgetting the clandestine sweatshops where immigrants are forbidden to leave, and girls are kidnapped to be forced into prostitution.

Perhaps Palin was suspicious of the Pope's condemnation of the profits made by traffickers who carry those desperate migrants in unsafe boats.

Or maybe the Pope, like Rudy Giuliani, is just too much in favor of law and order, like when he beatified Fr. Pino Puglisi, a priest killed on the orders of Cosa Nostra, and used the opportunity to condemn the mafia, who, after all, in the words of Don Barzini from the Godfather, are hardly communists.

162 comments:

  1. .

    Other than on a couple specific social issues the Catholic Church tends to be for the most part 'liberal' these days.

    However, face it, Palin would likely consider Genghis Khan a liberal. The women is a nitwit.

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    1. the "womEn" is a nitwit?

      Sounds like you are.

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    2. Sarah Palin Had a 'Fetish' for Black Men
      Once Snorted Coke Off an Oil Drum, Says Enquirer

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    3. Well using Rat's standards of stupidity..

      Hillary Clinton has been "doing" a black man for decades.

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    4. Quirk is just jealous of Todd.

      No chance at all to compete.

      What a stupid thread, Miss T.

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    5. But the one about Israel and Palestine, how novel, how exciting.

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    6. Agreed in that sense but this is not about the Pope it's hit piece on Sarah.

      There lieth the rubbeth.

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  2. That's what you get, Quirk, when you denigrate one of the chicks in Anonbob's spank bank.

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      Yea, as I remember it, she was really taken with him. Allowed him to buy one of her books.

      True love.

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    2. All The Details Of The Sarah Palin-Glen Rice Coitus You've Been Waiting For


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    3. http://deadspin.com/5841835/all-the-details-of-the-sarah-palin+glen-rice-coitus-youve-been-waiting-for

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    4. She was taken with me all right. Wanted to know all about my U of I sweater and my college career. Todd invited me to his igloo for drink. This is out back of the home in Wasilla. He and his eskimo bros go there to be alone once in a while. Men only.

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      He and his eskimo bros go there to be alone once in a while. Men only.

      :)

      Thank you for this.

      Quirk, I've met met Sarah's husband Todd, Quirk, you arin't no Todd, no Todd at all.


      I'll leave those 'manly pursuits' to you, Todd, and the other 'boys in the band'.

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    6. Anxiety Girl: Able to reach the wrong conclusion in a single bound.

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  3. There again, unless I really dig deep into what his messaging is, and do my own homework, I’m not going to just trust what I hear in the media.”

    She continued: "I'm kinda trying to follow what his agenda is. You know he came out with a couple of things in the media but again I'm not one to trust the media's interpretation of somebody's message but having read through media outlets," the former Governor of Alaska said.


    So she says SHE NEEDS TO DIG DEEPER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POPE ACTUALLY SAID, NOT INTERPRETED BY THE PRESS….

    Sounds intelligent to me, but I aint no quirk….

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      So she says SHE NEEDS TO DIG DEEPER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POPE ACTUALLY SAID, NOT INTERPRETED BY THE PRESS….

      Right. Thinking is hard.

      :)

      Perhaps, it would be simpler if she just had someone read it to her. (Having someone explain it to her would be an added bonus.)

      The girl is a moron.

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    2. Your dismissal of Palin's ability speaks more to your lack of judgement than her ability to understand what the main stream media reports.

      Palin's personal experience with the press was toxic to say the least.

      Now that we all have had time to watch the press be totally in the tank for Obama since his crowning it's not an unwise thing to say about finding out what some actually said.

      After all this thread as well has misquoted Palin.

      If she's as ignorant as you claim there would be no reason to slander her or make things up, as this thread has done.

      Think about it.

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    3. QUIRK IS MUCH SMARTER THAN rat the professed asshole BUT QUIRK IS NOT AS SMART AS DOUG, SAM, BOB, WIO, ALLEN AND A WHOLE HOST OF OTHERS. HE IS ON THE LEVEL OF ash, missy t, a couple of others. EVERYONE IS SMARTER THAN rat the professed professional asshole.

      I've known Quirk for a long long time. He's just jealous of Todd. I've seen this before several times.

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    4. .

      Your dismissal of Palin's ability speaks more to your lack of judgement than her ability to understand what the main stream media reports.

      ...to your lack of "judgEment"...

      Nitwit? Sounds like you are.

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    5. .

      Your dismissal of Palin's ability speaks more to your lack of judgement than her ability to understand what the main stream media reports.

      Again you assume shit right and left then come up with stupid ass remarks like those above. As an English major, you sir, are a major disgrace.

      My comments at the beginning of this stream addressed the only Palin comment T put up.

      http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1lLR79SIlyk/UoUJleDoPiI/AAAAAAAAALo/xm7wVVMWmdQ/s400/pope.png


      All the other crap is bullshit you dragged into the conversation, shit I could care less about since you didn't bother to put up a link to show its even related to T's quote.

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  4. Sarah ain't no castrating dyke. She LOOKS like a woman not a plumber or a staff sergeant.

    Became Governor of a state. Raised a family. Stayed married longer than most people.

    Didn't write a thesis on Sal Alensky like Hillary for her Doctorate degree.

    And she's good with a gun. I see why Quirk hates her.

    She's a real woman, Quirk prefers the bookish, pasty frigid types.

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    1. fter her graduation, Sarah returned to Alaska and worked on the sports desk of Anchorage television station KTUU. On weekends, she'd sometimes appear on camera, delivering sports reports during the 10:00 PM newscast.

      Her attitude toward people of color was evolving. In Anchorage, she even dated black men. A friend says, "Sarah and her sisters had a fetish for black guys for a while."

      Each year, over Thanksgiving weekend, the University of Alaska hosted a basketball tournament called the Great Alaska Shootout, featuring some of the country's best teams. In 1987, one of the top squads to visit Anchorage was the University of Michigan, led by six-foot-eight junior Glen Rice, number 41.

      Rice would lead Michigan to the NCAA Championship in 1989, appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated and setting a scoring record for the NCAA tournament that stands today. After graduating from Michigan as the school's all-time leading scorer, he starred in the NBA for fifteen years.

      Whether in her professional capacity as a sports reporter or simply as a basketball groupie who'd begun to find black men attractive, Sarah linked up with the Rice during the weekend tournament. One friend recalls, "They went out. I suspect it was more than that. I can't say I know they had sex, but I remember ,,,
      Sarah feeling pretty good that she'd been with a black basketball star."

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    2. .

      And what possible difference does it make that she dated a black guy except to some asshole racist?

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    3. .

      On the other hand, you have Idaho-Bob insulting plumbers and staff sergeants.

      I'd take Michelle Manhart over Sarah Palin any day of the week.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Manhart

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    4. I doubt that either lady would be interested in you.

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    5. .

      Probably not, but then I wasn't commenting on their preferences but mine.

      However, I was commenting on you in the previous post.

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    6. Just in from the lawyer's office.

      What the fuck are talking about Quirk?

      On this thread you are making the kind of 'sense' usually reserved to rats.

      You're just jealous cause you don't even begin to measure up to her husband.

      You on a sled dog race across Alaska?

      hootHootHOOT

      When you tell 'em to mush take Teresita with ya.

      We will see you both - maybe - in the next incarnation, cause you two wouldn't make 100 miles past the starting line.

      Miss T, I've met Sarah Palin. Miss T, you ain't no Sarah Palin.

      Quirk, I've met met Sarah's husband Todd, Quirk, you arin't no Todd, no Todd at all.

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      You're just jealous cause you don't even begin to measure up to her husband.

      and

      You on a sled dog race across Alaska?

      Do you even listen to yourself some times?

      Her husband? Dog sled races? Were you downing a few too many aperitifs over at the lady lawyers place?

      You dumb hick. Try sticking to the subject at hand.


      Miss T, I've met Sarah Palin.

      Right, and what did it cost you again, $23.50?

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    8. QuirkThu Nov 14, 06:34:00 PM EST
      Probably not, but then I wasn't commenting on their preferences but mine.
      However, I was commenting on you in the previous post.

      So sorry, I didn't understand it was yours or my preference in question.

      If that is the issue, I'd prefer Sarah. But like you, I doubt I'd cut the muster either.

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    9. Quirko -

      Oh, yeah, Quirk, slipped my mind - lawyer lady said not again, never again. I couldn't swing it with her Quirk, I tried hard. I tried real hard. She's not going represent you quo bono again. You'd have to pay the whole fee up front and IN CASH.

      Sorry, your 'bar tab' just done run out.

      bob

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    11. .

      So sorry, I didn't understand it was yours or my preference in question

      Once more you prove your inability to follow the blog stream. I was responding to Anonymous-Bob's comment to wit

      She LOOKS like a woman not a plumber or a staff sergeant.

      Try to keep up.

      If that is the issue, I'd prefer Sarah. But like you, I doubt I'd cut the muster either.

      Once again, you prove your inability to read and understand a simple declarative sentence. I spoke of preferences not of 'cutting the mustard'. However, in this case I will cut you some slack. I guy of your age can't really be blamed for trying to project his own inadequacies on to others.

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    12. It was twice the $23.50 cause I bought two books, as I was supportive of her campaign. She was so impressed with my education, looks, bearing, and elocution that she slipped five more into my backpack for free.

      She said "I hope to meet you again one day" as she shook then kissed my hand.

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    13. On my way out of the law office, lady lawyer screamed, "and tell that lazy dumb fuck of a beggar it's pro bono, not quo bono".

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    15. .

      Understandable, when English is a second language it's easy to get the words mixed up. I can see why you two get along so well, she can't speak well and you wouldn't understand it even if she did.

      She is a nice lady though. She keeps telling me that she is "pro boner," "pro boner".

      I just smile.

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    16. Once again, you prove your inability to read and understand a simple declarative sentence. I spoke of preferences not of 'cutting the mustard'. However, in this case I will cut you some slack. I guy of your age can't really be blamed for trying to project his own inadequacies on to others.


      Reading this blog is difficult... SO much to ignore and so little time..

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    17. Miss T, I've met Sarah Palin. Miss T, you ain't no Sarah Palin.

      Sarah would have to impress me a lot more before I'd agree to meet her.

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  5. Nice misleading headline….

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    1. Why do Republican men still like Sarah Palin, after a black man "had" her?

      http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130516044613AAyldGq

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      I liked this comment regarding the jerk who asked the question on Yahoo.

      "Innuendo and bias hate speech will get you no where in life. Your an
      annoyance and like a sad little lonely person. Your seeking attention
      through negative dialogue. Profiling you, is easy, I see your face
      on those we arrest everyday."


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    3. Because, unlike you, Republican men are not racists. Treat women with respect and do not judge who one loves.

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    4. Anon at Thu Nov 14, 06:31:00 PM EST, I agree with you.

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      Now Anonymous is agreeing with Anonymous in response to a comment by Anonymous.

      This place just keeps getting curioser and curioser.

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    6. Bob, if you can't detect slightly elliptical snark when you see it, then you and Palin are a match made in heaven.

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    7. Well she was made in heaven but not me so I don't think it would work out besides Todd would slay me with an ice pick.

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  6. There are no stars in the Obama cabinet today, men and women of independent stature and outlook. It was after a walk on the White House grounds with his chief of staff, Denis McDonough, that Mr. Obama called off the attacks on the Syrian regime that he had threatened.

    ...

    Valerie Jarrett, the president's most trusted, probably most powerful, aide, once said in admiration that Mr. Obama has been bored his whole life. The implication was that he is above things, a man alone, and anointed.

    Perhaps this moment—a presidency coming apart, the incompetent social engineering of an entire health-care system—will now claim Mr. Obama's attention.

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  7. On this day in 1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 1000 for the first time ever. It finished that day at 1003.16.

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    1. On this day in 2013, eight years after Peak Oil, gas reached the price of $2.99 at the Fred Meyers closest to me on highway 99.

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  8. Teacher: If I gave you 2 cats and another 2 cats and another 2, how many will you have?
    Johnny: Seven, Sir.
    Teacher: No, listen carefully... If I gave you 2 cats, and another 2 cats and another 2, how many will you have?
    Johnny: Seven, Sir.
    Teacher: Let me put it to you differently. If I gave you 2 apples, and another 2 apples and another 2, how many would you have?
    Johnny: Six.
    Teacher: Good. Now if I gave you 2 cats, and another 2 cats and another 2, how many would you have?
    Johnny: Seven!!! SIR!
    A very angry Teacher: Where in the hell do you get seven from?!?!?
    A very angry Johnny: Because,.... I've already got a fuckin' cat!!!

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  9. I guess you have always wondered who first uttered the phrase - "You've got to be shitting me."


    Well it just so happens it originated through the Father of America, way back when George Washington was crossing the Delaware river with his troops.


    There were 33 men in Washington's boat. It was extremely dark and storming furiously and the water was tossing them about.


    Finally, Washington grabbed Corporal Raymond Dicks and stationed him at the front of the boat with a lantern. He ordered him to keep swinging it, so they could see where they were heading.


    Corporal Dicks, through driving rain and cold, continued swinging the lantern back and forth, back and forth.


    Then a big gust of wind and a wave hit and threw the Corporal and his lantern into the Delaware. Washington and his troops searched for nearly an hour trying to find him, but to no avail. All of them felt terrible, for the Corporal had been one of their favorites.


    Sometime later, Washington and his troops landed on the other side, wet and totally exhausted. He rallied the troops and told them that they must go on.


    Another hour later one of his men said, 'General, I see lights ahead.'


    They trudged toward the lights and came upon a huge house.


    What they didn't know was that this was a house of ill repute, hidden in the forest to serve all who came.


    General Washington pounded on the door, his men crowding around him.


    The door swung open and much to his surprise stood a beautiful woman.


    A huge smile came across her face to see so many men standing there.


    Washington was the first to speak, 'Madam, I am General George Washington and these are my men. We are tired, wet, exhausted, and desperately need warmth and comfort.'


    Again, the Madam looked at all the men standing there and with a broad smile on her face said, 'Well, General, you have come to the right place.


    We can surely give you warmth and comfort. How many men do you have?'


    Washington replied, 'Well, Madam, there are 33 men - actually 32 of us without Dicks.'


    And the Madam said, 'You've got to be shitting me.'

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  10. Israel warplanes strike Gaza after militant mortar fire
    http://news.yahoo.com/israel-warplanes-strike-gaza-militant-mortar-fire-163308587.html

    Disturbing about this retaliation is its proportionality: two missiles fired by Hamas, 2 bombs dropped by Jews.

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    1. Oh no, not again, the non-Jew thread is now a Jew thread.

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    2. what were the weights of the respective explosives?
      that would be where proportionality would be found.

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    3. Even if the weights were identical, people would bitch because the Israeli rounds are precise and therefore capable of actuall hitting the targets on their threat summary, while the Palestinians just aim at the schools or synagogues and are lucky to hit them. It's not fair.

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    4. the 81mm Iranian HM15 mortar round weighs in at 52 pounds.

      the smallest weapons package available for the f16 is
      GBU-39/B: multipurpose, insensitive, penetrating, blast-fragmentation warhead for stationary targets; equipped with deployable wings for extended standoff range - Weight: 285 pounds (130 kg)

      two of each - Hamas 102 pounds - Israel 570 pounds
      not proportional, a five time difference of in magnitude of explosive.
      the proportionality of targeting, not even of a measurable scale

      don't be a bullshitter, it is unbecoming

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    5. There's a mitigating factor, the Israelis only target surface-to-surface missile sites (even if they were houses or schools an hour earlier) while the Pallies target houses and schools in the Negev which are not converted to missile sites.

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    6. if you wish to begin talking about the varied population densities of the impact areas, we can.
      the 81mm is an area weapon, falling into mostly empty ground.

      which ever weapons system is being used by Israel, hits in population centers.
      the size of Gaza and the population of it, there is not much empty space.

      we can see this in the extreme lack of proportionality in civilian casualties suffered by both sides.

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    7. Master Sun said in a war, the ideal situation is that all the casualties are suffered by the enemy and none by your own side. A mixture is less ideal.

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    8. no doubt, teresita, but it is not the non-proportionality that is at issue.
      it is the claim that there is proportionality that is a issue
      a claim that is pure bullshit.

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    9. Claiming proportionality, or any other misguided hasbara initiative, is a fool's errand.

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    10. Teresita RedingerThu Nov 14, 08:47:00 PM EST
      Oh no, not again, the non-Jew thread is now a Jew thread

      Teresita Redinger Thu Nov 14, 08:50:00 PM EST
      But the one about Israel and Palestine, how novel, how exciting.


      ...brilliant once again..."Ready"..."Fire, Fire, Fire"..."Aim"

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  11. "Here are some numbers I put together, based on Steven Kopits’ work:

    The cumulative increase in global crude oil (C+C) production, in the seven year period from 1998 to 2005, in excess of what we would have produced at the 1998 production rate of 67.0 mbpd (million barrels per day, EIA) was 6.3 Gb (billion barrels).

    Steven Kopits estimated that cumulative global upstream (oil related) capital costs were $1.5 Trillion in the seven years from 1998 to 2005. So, the total capital cost per cumulative barrel of increase in production from 1998 to 2005 (relative to 1998) was about $300 per barrel.

    Of course, the total upstream capital expenditures were used to both offset declines from existing production and to show a net increase in production, but I am primarily interested in the difference between the 1998 to 2005 increase in global crude oil production and the 2005 to 2012 increase in global crude oil production.

    The cumulative increase in the global crude oil (C+C) production, in the seven year period from 2005 to 2012 in excess of what we would have produced at the 2005 production rate of 73.6 mbpd (million barrels per day, EIA) was 0.3 Gb (billion barrels).

    Steven Kopits estimated that cumulative global upstream capital costs were $3.5 Trillion in the seven years from 2005 to 2012. So, the total capital cost per cumulative barrel of increase in production from 2005 to 2012 (relative to 2005) was about $11,700 per barrel.

    Or, a 133% increase in capital costs from the 1998 to 2005 time period to the 2005 to 2012 time period resulted in a 95% decline in the cumulative increase in crude oil production, from the first seven year period to the second seven year period.

    Another way to put it is that it cost the global industry 39 times as much money to add one barrel of increased cumulative production from 2005 to 2012, as they spent to add one barrel of increased cumulative production from 1998 to 2005.

    Of course, annual Brent crude oil prices rose at an average rate of about 15%/year from 1998 to 2012.

    And of course, we have seen a material post-2005 decline in Global Net Exports of oil."

    Copied word for word from Jeffrey Brown's comment on this thread:

    Peakoilbarrel

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    1. It bears repeating:

      On this day in 2013, eight years after Peak Oil, gas reached the price of $2.99 at the Fred Meyers closest to me on highway 99.

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    2. Money Shot:

      it cost the global industry 39 times as much money to add one barrel of increased cumulative production from 2005 to 2012, as they spent to add one barrel of increased cumulative production from 1998 to 2005.

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    3. Man falling from 100 Story Building, as he passes the 5th floor:

      "So Far, So Good" :)

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    4. Global industry innit North Dakota and Texas. I'm sure Venezuela and Russia are having troubles adding capacity though.

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    5. The number of wells needed to "maintain production" in the Bakken is up to 157/month.

      Eagle Ford a bit over 200, I believe.

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  12. Sibbarpsrevyn sent to me by longtime Norske friend of family.

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  13. Idaho Lawmaker Mark Patterson Smeared as “Rapist” For Standing Up Against Federal Gun Grab?


    An incredible story is developing in Idaho. It is a story of corruption, back room deals, huge amounts of taxpayer money hidden away from public view, a 41-year-old rape case just coming to light, and the character assassination of a State Representative who has attempted to break federal control over local law enforcement.

    IT ALL SURROUNDS GUN RIGHTS

    The story begins in the last Idaho legislative session during 2013 when State Representative Mark Patterson put a simple four-paragraph bill before the legislature. House Bill 219 blocks Idaho sheriffs and police from participating in firearms seizures by federal agents. The text of the bill is simple: if Idaho law enforcement assist federal agents in seizing lawfully owned firearms from residents of Idaho, those sheriffs and police will be guilty of a misdemeanor crime, resulting in a small fine and jail time.

    Patterson says the bill was drafted at the request of law enforcement officers who wanted protection against any Federal order for firearm confiscation. In fact, 40 of the 44 sheriffs in the state of Idaho put their support behind the bill, as did the NRA, Larry Pratt's Gun Owners of America, and the Idaho Fraternal Order of Police. However, the Idaho Sheriffs' Association (ISA) did not support the bill. Again, 40 of the state's 44 sheriffs supported the bill. Among those who did not was Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney, who happens to be the President of the Idaho Sheriffs' Association.

    PROTECTING FEDERAL DOLLARS

    During the legislative session, while Sheriff Raney publicly expressed his disagreement with House Bill 219, he was reportedly told by many other sheriffs not to use the ISA to try to stop 219 from becoming law. Sheriff Raney seemingly listened, and the ISA officially retained a "neutral" position on House Bill 219. However, while the ISA officially retained that position, Mike Kane, the lobbyist for the ISA, and Vaughn Killeen, the former Sheriff of Ada County and Executive Director of ISA, began lobbying the legislature to vote against 219.

    They did so while failing to comply with Idaho lobbying disclosure laws. Secretary of State Ben Ysursa required Killeen to register as a lobbyist (he had not been), and Kane was twice forced to amend his lobbying report, which originally contained no mention of 219.

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    1. WHY THE OPPOSITION TO 219?

      According to what Kane and Killeen were reportedly telling lawmakers, if Idaho were to pass this law, it could negatively affect the state's relationship with the Feds. According to what State Rep. Judy Boyle told the Idaho Statesman, Sheriff Raney himself complained "that the bill would dismantle local-federal cooperation and would cost local law enforcement valuable revenue under asset forfeiture laws for drug and gang cases."

      And so the lobbying was underway. It was State Rep. Patterson who exposed the illegal lobbying effort, but Patterson did not leave the issue there. After proving that illegal lobbying was taking place, he went a step further and demanded details on who paid for that lobbying.

      WERE TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZING LOBBYING EFFORTS?
      The issue of taxpayer money is intriguing. According to an IRS 990 report, the Idaho Sheriffs' Association is a non-profit, 501c3 organization that took in nearly $900,000 in revenue last year. Rep. Patterson wants to know how much of that money is public money and how much is private. But getting those numbers is very difficult because the organization is not required to publicly disclose that information.

      "They funnel millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars and they refuse to tell anyone what they do. They don't have to reveal publicly what they do with that money, but it is taxpayer money. There is no transparency and no accountability," says Rep. Patterson, who spoke to me by telephone.

      Clearly, the lines between public and private money here are blurred. For instance, each of the 44 sheriff's departments in Idaho has a line item in their budgets that helps to support the ISA. That money is taxpayer money. In addition, the DEA and other federal law enforcement contribute public money to the organization, which is treated as a private non-profit.

      Now, multiple organizations take in and use a mix of public/private dollars. For example, there is the Idaho Association of Counties, with revenue of $1.8 million dollars in 2010; or the Association of Idaho Cities; or the Idaho Association of Highway Districts; as well as non-profits that represent county commissioners, prosecutors, school boards, etc.

      The lobbying against House Bill 219 raised questions for Rep. Patterson about how taxpayer money is being used in Idaho, but it raises bigger questions for the US. Every state in our country has organizations similar to those in Idaho, but few people realize these are private non-profits that are using public money to support themselves, using a combination of public/private money to pay salaries, and even lobbying state legislatures in ways the public might not want.

      On May 22, 2013 Rep. Patterson sent a letter to the ISA and Sheriff Raney, demanding to see a list of what money was public and what money was private. On the very same day, Rep. Patterson was notified that the sheriff was looking into allegations that Patterson lied on his concealed carry permit application in 2007, and again during his renewal in 2012, by not disclosing a 41-year-old sexual assault case in which Patterson had been charged. This case was detailed in an Idaho Statesman news article on Sunday.

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    2. THE SEX ASSAULT CASE

      It was 1974 when a 20-year-old Mark Patterson was charged in Tampa, Florida with assault and forcible rape. Patterson had allegedly forced a 46-year-old mother of five from her car and into his apartment where he threatened to sic his Doberman pinscher on her if she did not yield to his sexual assault.

      Patterson was arrested, charged, and held in jail on the charges. After a short time in jail, Patterson took a plea deal for the lesser charge of assault with intent to commit rape in exchange for no jail time and no fine. It is called a "withheld judgment," which means that, under Florida law, the judge "withheld guilt" and Patterson was allowed to the leave the state with his father while serving five years probation. Two years into that probation, however, Patterson claims a private investigator was able to prove that the woman in question was lying about the incident. That is why after only two years, the probation came to an end.

      Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/11/idaho-lawmaker-mark-patterson-smeared-rapist-standing-federal-gun-grab/#k5ya4YklsIVee6Cb.99

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  14. Looks like Ben Swann has a nose for news.

    I told you fellas there was a story, up there in Idaho.
    That the rape story had real legs.

    It really does seem to have 'em.

    Is it a case of a rapist trying to hide his past, who 'forgot' he was a rapist or just a story of ...

    ... corruption, back room deals, huge amounts of taxpayer money hidden away from public view, a 41-year-old rape case just coming to light, and the character assassination of a State Representative who has attempted to break federal control over local law enforcement.

    You boys & girls will have to develop a "nose" for news.

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    1. Could be that a 'forgetful' politico did find some corruption and the Sheriff moved to shut the politico down.

      Two sets of wrongs, colliding in Idaho.

      The coparisons, analogies, ooooh!

      Improvisational Blogging, the hits just keep on rolling.

      This Palin shit, no one mentioned she is looking at a possible run for Senator, from Arkansas.

      You all just rehash the bangin' black men stories and twits about her twat.
      Worthless. Glad I was out today.

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    2. And you keep rehashing the Idaho shit to get Bob all spun up. Of course he will say this thread is the same thing, but if the porcine lipstick looks good, wear it.

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    3. Federal gun grabs, illegal lobbying by a representative of the Police Association.
      Rape and corruption. That is all good shit, Ms T.

      We have no poster named bob, or Bob, or Robert, or bobby.

      If one of those names turns up, we'll all see the sign-on.
      But until then, there is Farmer Fudd, the fuckin' misogynist fascist.

      But he does not post.
      Never has, not once.

      Doubt he even has a sign-on, yet.

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    4. .

      Nose for news?

      Son, you are one funny, dink. That is dink as in 'rinky dink' not as in 'dual income, no kids', and funny as in weird funny not ha-ha funny.

      The story has legs?

      I live in a suburb of Detroit. I can read stories like this every morning with my breakfast. What is the guy? A state senator or something like that? Detroit just had their ex-mayor, son of Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, sent away for 28 years for bribery and corruption. His best friend got 21 years, his dad got around 2 years, and various flunkies were sent up for numerous years. His mother lost her House seat over the scandals. I think there is still a lawsuit going that says the death of a stripper who was gunned down in here car was tied to secret party at the Manoogian Mansion after she got in a fight with the mayor's wife. All this trouble came to light after e-mails between Kwame and his chief of staff came to light describing their sordid affair. The investigation and trial have been going on for years now. They were supposed to be bringing him out of Milan prison today to face another trial to determine how many millions he owes the Feds.

      There's a story with legs.

      You need to get out more, son.

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    5. But that there are Republicans in Idaho, real Party men that have been elected that are rapists, that's a fact.
      By definition a rapist disrespects women.

      Yesterday some Anonymous poster said Republicans respect women.
      Some may, but some Republicans are rapists, we know so, there in Idaho.

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    6. There's a story with legs.

      AFP - Victims' rights advocates in New Zealand on Thursday condemned a defence lawyer who told a rape victim she should have "closed her legs" if she wanted to avoid having sex.

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    7. There is no Fedral money, taxpayer funds going unaccounted for, Q in that Detroit story.
      Does not touch on GUN CONTROL by the Feds.

      Your story is just violence by some kind of local official.
      Idaho is sex, guns and two elected officials using the law to snipe at each other.


      You just do not know news, Q.
      To much time working on cars, being a Luddite, not a publisher.

      The Federal money, the Sheriff targeting a law maker...
      That's news.

      The rape just makes it sleazy, too.

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    8. .

      How do you know that, rat?

      I'm not trying to defend the guy. Everyone involved in this affair sounds like a dick.

      However, according to the article, Two years into that probation, however, Patterson claims a private investigator was able to prove that the woman in question was lying about the incident. That is why after only two years, the probation came to an end..

      The guy could have been lying but so far you have provided no proof of that.

      .

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    9. We'll be kept updated on developments as concern the Idaho Republican rapist law maker and the Republican Sheriff that is out to get 'em ...
      I'm sure.

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    10. .

      Idaho is sex, guns and two elected officials using the law to snipe at each other.

      :)

      As I said, rat, you need to get out more; or possibly get a subscription to the Enquirer. You seem to live a pretty sheltered life down there in AZ.

      Let me know when your story makes it past the local Tea Party blog.

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    11. He plead guilty, in Florida, Q.
      That is a fact. He was given probation, the probation ended when he left the state, the conviction was not annulled.
      No Court discarded the plea, they just let him leave Florida.

      There was harm, there was a foul. He plead out, no matter what a PI found later.
      He still lied on the Conceal Carry permit.

      But elected officials do not need one, in Idaho. So he keeps the gun.
      The way he plead, in Florida, it was not a felony conviction.
      So no Federal regulation keeps him form having a weapon, legally.

      The Sheriff and Patterson going at it, over that Bill, 219, it is a real story unfolding.



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    12. .

      You just do not know news, Q

      Don't be silly, rat. I am very familiar with your type of 'news'.

      My wife has a subscription to the Enquirer. She also watches Ancient Aliens. So I keep up with your kind of 'news' on a pretty regular basis (whether I want to or not).

      .

      .

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    13. Patterson tries to clip the Sheriff's wings, make him and the other police in Idaho more accountable with regards Federal money ...

      The Sheriff digs up the dirt on Patterson, with regard the CCP application, Patterson lying by omission about the rape case in Florida, the Sheriff goes public with it, which was an inappropriate disclosure, one that has no real effect of a elected official ability to conceal carry in Idaho.

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    14. The Sheriff, head of the Police Fraternity in Idaho, the fraternity's lobbyist then moves against Patterson's proposal, but does so in violation of some rule, which the lobbyist discounts the appropriateness of, in this instance.

      It happens to have all the ingredients of a Fast & Furious, on a state level.
      The Federal money, millions of dollars, is the key to understanding the backstory

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    15. Ancient Aliens is not "News" it is "History"

      The show's network speaks to that.

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    16. If you think that Ancient Aliens is "News", Q, you REALLY do not have a nose for news.

      Did the 'Rat' gnaw it off?

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    17. The fellow with the Greek looking name, the one with the hair that stands straight up, he is a real kick.

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    18. .

      And before you were laughed at the only thing you wanted to talk about was,

      Yesterday some Anonymous poster said Republicans respect women.
      Some may, but some Republicans are rapists, we know so, there in Idaho.


      Everyone here knows what you are, rat, and what you are about.

      You views on this story, or at least the shit you are now trying to fling about it, has as much significance as you line on abortions in Israel. And your actual interest in it is comparable. To state it politely, you are simply full of shit.

      You call Kwame Kilpatrick's case the story of 'just violence by some kind of local official' when it involved corruption throughout every department in the entire city of Detroit, corruption, kickbacks, bribery, lying under oath, influence peddling, extortion, a mayor sent to prison for 28 years, numerous other flunkies sent away for years, hundreds of millions of phony contracts, all with the effect of accelerating a major city's fall into bankruptcy, the biggest municipal bankruptcy in US history.
      However, in your view, it is just a fart in the wind to a 'major story' in Idaho where some dick may lose his permit to carry because he lied on the application.

      Damn son, you need to gain some perspective.

      .



      Yesterday some Anonymous poster said Republicans respect women.
      Some may, but some Republicans are rapists, we know so, there in Idaho.

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    19. .

      If you think that Ancient Aliens is "News", Q, you REALLY do not have a nose for news.

      You and Anonymous are equivalent, at least in the sense that you both seem to lack the ability to read a simple sentence and understand its meaning.

      You need to break out your old McGuffey Reader and attempt to hone some basic reading skills.

      .

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    20. My perspective is just fine, Q.
      My objectives may be obtuse, but i don't think they should be.
      I've explained it enough times.

      You may not enjoy it, may not think it appropriate, but the hunt for Fudds, it is entwined, conjoined with Improvisational Blogging. So in each case, we will investigate a story and find the Fudd connection. Then exploit that connection to disrupt and perturb those outliers that refuse to conform to the Hegemonic standard of politeness.

      Fudds who really are racists and bigots. Radical racist sectarians that would place hundreds of millions of people at a disadvantage because of their religion, race, tribal background or ethnicity.

      The fact that he consistently and vehemently lies is no longer viewed as acceptable.That he is a misogynist and promotes it, after belittling and chasing off a couple of female posters, it is no longer acceptable. He is going to be dogged, dogged and dogged some more.

      I know the Fudd, and will push the buttons, enjoy the reactions.


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    21. Heh :)

      You don't seem to get it. Everyone thinks you are nuts.

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    22. We have had past threads on how the police in the US have been 'militarized'. How it was not really considered a 'good' thing by most of us.

      It would seem that the Sheriff in Idaho, and police all around the country are receiving the funds for the transition from the Feds and from property forfeitures. This Patterson was shining a light on the process.

      I do know that in Maricopa County, Sheriff Joe 'America's Toughest Sheriff' had a similar throwdown with some of the County Supervisors. The Sheriff used police powers to harass the Supervisors that voted against his budget proposals and policies.
      He coordinated the moves with the County Attorney.. I do not think that Federal funds were the issue. It was pure partisanship, on both sides.

      In Idaho, the rapist may be on to a national 'scandal', or at least an issue regarding Federal monies to focus upon, in regards to rolling back the militarization of the local police.

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    23. The overstepping by the Sheriff. The inappropriate disclosure of the legislators past criminal history to the newspaper ...

      It just may be an example of over reach by the Sheriff, and a garnering of more publicity than he had ever imagined possible.
      Have it expand from just an attempt to embarrass Patterson, to drawing a national spotlight on governmental 'Waste and Fraud'

      What drew my attention made the papers in Idaho and Florida, now even bloggers are picking up on the story. If it blows back on the Sheriff, I'd not feel bad. If it ruins Mr Patterson, I do not know him either. Doubt if I'd like him, if I did.

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    24. They may think i am nuts, Robert, but they all KNOW you are stupid, racist, misogynist piece of shit bigot.

      Delete
    25. "You call Kwame Kilpatrick's case the story of 'just violence by some kind of local official' when it involved corruption throughout every department in the entire city of Detroit, corruption, kickbacks, bribery, lying under oath, influence peddling, extortion, a mayor sent to prison for 28 years, numerous other flunkies sent away for years, hundreds of millions of phony contracts, all with the effect of accelerating a major city's fall into bankruptcy, the biggest municipal bankruptcy in US history."

      Whatever.

      Did anything really go wrong here?

      ...or is this just some race-baiting story cooked up by right wing Republicans?

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  15. The Benghazi attackers knew the location of the ambassador's safe room, but it was just a spontaneous protest of the You Tube video, so stand down.

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    1. How did they know he was there?

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    2. Why did the attackers wait until the Turkish envoy left the compound?

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    3. Why did the CIA vetted guards leave their positions?

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  16. Teresita RedingerThu Nov 14, 08:50:00 PM EST
    But the one about Israel and Palestine, how novel, how exciting.


    AnonymousFri Nov 15, 12:44:00 AM EST
    Agreed in that sense but this is not about the Pope it's hit piece on Sarah.

    There lieth the rubbeth.

    Reply

    Teresita RedingerThu Nov 14, 05:09:00 PM EST
    That's what you get, Quirk, when you denigrate one of the chicks in Anonbob's spank bank.

    Reply


    See there Miss T you use the word "denigrate" to describe your own thread.

    A hit piece on Sarah is all it is.

    Just a nasty mean spirited low intentionally harmful sadistic slanderous attack on innocence like your calling me a fat ass peckerwood.

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    1. When I have medical opinions that say explicitly I am only "well nourished" and don't mention me being a peckerwood at all.

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    2. If you would just call me a well nourished peckerwood I MIGHT be able to handle that.

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    3. I think Sarah has lost too much weight.

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    4. I knew she was a lightweight when she couldn't handle Katie frackin' Couric.

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    5. A hit piece on Sarah is all it is.

      And a well-deserved one it is. Inquiring minds wanna know what sources Palin used to base her allegation of the Holy Father's ideological impurity.

      COURIC: And when it comes to establishing your world view, I was curious, what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this — to stay informed and to understand the world?

      PALIN: I’ve read most of them again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media —

      COURIC: But what ones specifically? I’m curious.

      PALIN: Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years.

      COURIC: Can you name any of them?

      PALIN: I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news.

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  17. Panama EdThu Nov 14, 11:45:00 PM EST
    Ancient Aliens is not "News" it is "History"

    The show's network speaks to that.
    *****

    Jeee-s-u-s Chrrriisssttt!!

    Our professional asshole from Phoenix watches "Ancient Aliens".

    And calls it HISTORY!!


    Bwabwabwabwabwabwabciyughcouyghcoughbwabwahahahahhahhahahahhaha

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  18. Quirk Fri Nov 15, 12:01:00 AM EST
    Everyone here knows what you are, rat, and what you are about.

    You views on this story, or at least the shit you are now trying to fling about it, has as much significance as you line on abortions in Israel. And your actual interest in it is comparable. To state it politely, you are simply full of shit.
    *****

    Interesting perspective. Six or seven others here have held the same opinion for nearly a decade already.

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    1. “Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”

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    2. "I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right."

      attributed to:

      Mae West in one book, two journal articles, a videotape, and several newspaper articles;

      P.T. Barnum in two books and a motion picture biography;

      George M. Cohan in two books;

      Will Rogers in one magazine article and an electronic encyclopedia;

      W.C. Fields in one article.

      Mark Twain;

      Oscar Wilde.


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      “Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”

      Admittedly, the one area where you don't come up short.

      .

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    4. Yeah, but he measures from the center of his anus.

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  19. Poor sap has illegal aliens in his backyard and he's watching "Ancient Aliens".

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    1. Thing is, the aliens are walking south, because there's jobs in Mexico. Their economy has been growing 7% year over year.

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  20. By the way judgement/judgment can be spelled judgement or judgment.

    Our linguistics prof is on that killer Rossian vodka again.

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    1. .

      By the way judgement/judgment can be spelled judgement or judgment.

      Sure, if you want to be un-American as I have often suspected. The English and some of their old colonies use 'judgement' at times. But true blue, red-blooded, mom and apple pie, baseball loving, flag saluting Americans spell it judgment.

      Besides the operative point of my comment was that you were a nitwit. Nothing changes that you stinking Tory.

      .

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    2. Royalist, Sir.

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  21. Aaaahh, SHIT !!, I'm sorry --

    Syria: Al-Qaeda-linked jihadis apologize after cutting off head of wrong person

    Put this down under jihad comedy, the ji-ha-ha-d, except that, well, there is nothing to laugh about when one realizes that the victim's head cannot, unfortunately, be reattached. A culture of violence and hatred is inevitably going to claim innocent victims, including its own comrades in arms. "Al-Qaeda-linked rebels apologise after cutting off head of wrong person," by Richard Spencer for the Telegraph, November 14 (thanks to Daniel):

    Militant Islamist rebels in Syria linked to al-Qaeda have asked for "understanding and forgiveness" for cutting off and putting on display the wrong man's head.

    In a public appearance filmed and posted online, members of Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, one brandishing a knife, held up a bearded head before a crowd in Aleppo. They triumphantly described the execution of what they said was a member of an Iraqi Shia militia fighting for President Bashar al-Assad.

    But the head was recognised from the video as originally belonging to a member of Ahrar al-Sham, a Sunni Islamist rebel group that often fights alongside ISIS though it does not share its al-Qaeda ideology.

    After inquiries, an ISIS spokesman admitted he was Mohammed Fares, an Ahrar commander reported missing some days ago. This could not be independently confirmed, but in an earlier video of a speech by Mr Fares he bears a close resemblance to the severed head in the later video.

    The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, which monitors deaths in the Syrian conflict, and several activists on social media said that ISIS fighters misunderstood comments Mr Fares made referring to the Imams Ali and Hussein, the founding fathers of Shiism.

    An ISIS spokesman, Omar al-Qahtani, confirmed that Mr Fares had been injured and, thinking he had been captured by members of a Shia militia against which he was fighting, asked them to kill him in terms misunderstood by the ISIS members in fact taking him to hospital.

    It is thought he was wounded in the battle for Base 80, a military zone being fought over near Aleppo.

    In explaining the error Mr al-Qahtani made reference to a story in which Mohammed said Allah would forgive a man who killed a believer in error....

    Oh, well, that's a relief.

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    1. Why not Superglue it back on?

      ...oh, I forgot, it's not America over there.

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    2. Wouldn't work very well. You wouldn't be able to swivel your head.

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    3. Decapitate your Thanksgiving turkey. A mind is a terrible thing to baste.

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    4. Just make sure the non-swiveling head points away from Mecca, and encourage the revived patient to kneel frequently.

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    5. Oops:
      Toward Mecca.
      I was under the impression one's ass was to point toward Mecca.

      You could always glue the head on backwards so both the face and the ass "faced" Mecca.

      ...and Mooned.

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  22. Catching up with Uncle Bob, Kant, and the Better Poets --

    Quantum physics proves that there IS an afterlife, claims scientist
    Robert Lanza claims the theory of biocentrism says death is an illusion
    He said life creates the universe, and not the other way round
    This means space and time don't exist in the linear fashion we think it does
    He uses the famous double-split experiment to illustrate his point
    And if space and time aren't linear, then death can't exist in 'any real sense' either

    By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON
    PUBLISHED: 10:08 EST, 14 November 2013 | UPDATED: 11:47 EST, 14 November 2013


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2503370/Quantum-physics-proves-IS-afterlife-claims-scientist.html#ixzz2ki4IE0He


    'This means space and time don't exist in the linear fashion we think it does'

    Modes of human perception, categories of human understanding......

    Quirk has always understood this, thus his transcendent fearlessness in the face of death.....his greatest asset as our "Team Member #1"

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    1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lanza

      And this is why Whacky is so UNBELIEVABLY STUPID with his death threats.

      The only person he would be truly hurting would be his own self. You can get "deleted" that way.

      As someone said some time ago:

      Fear that which can kill the spirit, not that which can kill the body.

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    2. His books are to say the least extremely interesting.

      Is it possible Whacky could benefit from them?

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    3. Sounds outrageous, but........yes, maybe, just maybe.......WiO, for instance, thought so once......IIRC....that he might 'get it' one of these days.....

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    4. 'This means space and time don't exist in the linear fashion we think it does'

      There are four possible positions. Eternalists believe the past and present and future are equally real. They are Calvinists and the sorts of Christians who believe the book of Daniel or Revelation, if decoded, will tell us what will happen in the future.

      Possibilists believe the past and present are real, but the future is not (yet) real. They are Arminian, leaving room open for free will to exist. I adopt this position for the purpose of a science fiction novel I'm trying to cook up, involving time travelers who mess up the Watergate burglary to give Tricky Dicky something else to think about besides escalating the Yom Kippur War to World War III.

      Presentialists believe the past and future do not exist, only the present, in an eternal NOW that changes. This is the position of myself and St. Augustine. The future is wide open, and the only past which endures exists in physical records (subject to redaction) and human memories. Even human memories are not stored as complete records but as simple highlights which can trigger the brain to recreate the past at will. That is why three different eyewitnesses can have five different testimonies. Politicians and religious authorities know, like Santayana did, that to repeat the mistakes of the past they must control the teaching of history.

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    5. The fourth position is that neither the past nor the present nor the future are objectively real. This is liberalism.

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  23. "There's nothing in the bucket but life."

    bobbo

    (unless you get deleted)

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    1. Another bucket for monsieur ..

      *BARF!*

      .. and perhaps a hose.

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  24. "My wife has a subscription to the Enquirer. She also watches Ancient Aliens. So I keep up with your kind of 'news' on a pretty regular basis (whether I want to or not)."

    In an alternate Universe, that would bring me some solace.

    ...but in this World, I feel only pity.

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    1. Dr. Drew Pinsky's wife believes in Psychics.

      Adam Carolla believes she's NUTS!

      I leave it to the reader to discern where I stand.

      Delete
    2. "Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like `Psychic Wins Lottery'?" -- Jay Leno

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  25. Rufus IIThu Nov 14, 09:33:00 PM EST

    Money Shot:

    it cost the global industry 39 times as much money to add one barrel of increased cumulative production from 2005 to 2012, as they spent to add one barrel of increased cumulative production from 1998 to 2005.


    Rufus IIThu Nov 14, 09:35:00 PM EST

    Man falling from 100 Story Building, as he passes the 5th floor:

    "So Far, So Good" :)

    ---

    What has the great and wonderful Rufus done to reduce his reliance on oil, coal, and etc?

    Other than to spout a bunch of stuff about the wonders of Ethanol and buy a Flex Fuel Large Car?

    I'm 100 percent PV for electricity, Solar Water, and fill up the 98 Carolla's 11 Gal tank about 5 times a year.

    Pure Gas, thank you.

    (I think)

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    1. Rufus may sell, so that gives him license to remain a hypocritical sell-out.

      Delete
    2. ...Solar Water Vendors need not inquire within.

      Delete
    3. Meanwhile, his hero's healthcare reform, aka ACA, aka Obamacare, is enjoying a flawless rollout prior to an even more successful implementation.

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    4. FAIRY TALE...
      President thwarts Congress on Obamacare changes...
      HOWARD DEAN: What legal authority?
      Insurers: 'Fix' could raise costs...
      HHS Admits Obamacare Plans Cost More 'In Many Cases'...
      More Navigators Exposed in New Video...
      NYT: 'Crisis of Confidence'...
      Obama slams lobbyists, then hires one to help Obamacare...
      Krauthammer: Why Liberals Are Panicked...

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    5. HOWARD DEAN: What legal authority?

      Legal Authority: I don't need no stinkin legal authority!

      The Constitution is nuthin but a bunch of negative rights.

      Just ask Rufus.

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    6. California is requiring utilities to adopt certain impossible minimum requirements for solar energy as a percentage of their total input, or face a fine...this is going to result in sticker shock on the order of Obamacare.

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    7. PV versus Natural Gas or Hydro, not exactly attractive!

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    8. Cars now emit squat, but Dems in CA want to have still stricter regs.

      No matter the cost.

      Delete
  26. Playstation 4 is only 400 Dollars!

    I wonder what Sony's Profit Margin is on that disposable POS?

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    1. The alternative is Microshaft's Xbox One, which requires a Kinect to work. Germany calls the Kinect a surveillance device for the NSA. It has a camera and motion sensors. Some of these online XBox Gamers are going to accidentally send video of each other masturbating.

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    2. The alternative is to buy neither, and keep on masterbating.

      Must be hard w/o an electronic box.

      For some.

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  27. Other Obamacare Taxes.

    1.3 Million in some parts of California buys a 70 yr old small house.

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  28. 'FIX' COULD MAKE IT WORSE!
    More Navigators Exposed in New Video...
    NYT: 'Crisis of Confidence'...
    PURDUM: FUMBLE?
    Obama slams lobbyists, then hires one...
    KRAUTHAMMER: Why Liberals Are Panicked...
    Bachmann: I lost my insurance...
    Obamacare advocate poised to become next surgeon general...

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  29. "CIA SPYING ON AMERICANS' FINANCIAL DATA"

    Obama should pay some Navigators to observe and give guidance to the CIA.

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