Bildwasser
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Chips with gravy? My gag reflex is working overtime. I don't remember that
being a school meal, thank goodness. I do remember those little undercooked
rectangular pizzas with the cheese floating in little circles on top of the sauce.
It's really hard to ruin pizza. I might make up a big mess of spaghetti with
lots of sauce and Parmesan cheese for Christmas. Yummy.
C'mon now, everybody knows the name of the song is Happy Xmas (War Is Over).
Here's a tune from John's better half, Listen,The Snow Is Falling:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO36ZW2eJcY
Stocking stuffer: After the Cowboys came back after being down by two touchdowns,
they lost in OT. Sweet.
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Dr. Hasenpfeffer's experiment in retro medicine, trying to substitute
snakes for leeches, came to an ignominious end.
"Wow Enid, this is just so Freudian."
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To each their own, but when it comes to some sloppy gravy on french
fries I'm with Sam Goldwyn--Count me out.
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True that. We have to pay attention to what's going on around us. The details
of climate change are way above my pay grade, so I can only go by the current
scientific consensus. I suppose the paradox is that if we have to wait a long time
to see if the theories about ACC/AGW are correct, it may be too late to do much
about it.
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I think there's a happy medium between trying to account for every factor that
goes into causing something and just giving up and coming up with some
simplistic explanation. We likely won't know everything that went into Lanza's
decision to do what he did, yet realize it likely had very little to do with watching
Dancing With the Stars or being overly enthusiastic about the latest smartphone
app. At the end of the day, things can't always be explained fully.
The hoods from The Blackboard Jungle somehow passed through American culture
rather harmlessly and are probably lounging around the pool somewhere, listening
to soft jazz, and collecting their Social Security checks. Cool, daddy-o.
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Yes, nobody could deliver a short, swift verbal gut kick like Friday, especially
in the last line. Of course he had the advantage of being able to slap the cuffs
on you too.
I haven't seen the 1960s Dragnet in years. I seem to remember that it used to
be on the USA channel every evening, but that was a long time ago. There was
the infamous Blue Boy episode. I also remember one where Friday attended
a night school course and one of the students bragged about smoking grass,
and, sure enough, I think Friday arrested him for having some. If only he had
kept his big mouth closed. Dumb da dumb dumb.
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No sting at all. This is the superficial, over-simplified, sky is falling mantra
that's been in play for...well a very long time. It used to be zip guns, comic
books, rock music, etc. that were going to bring young people and perhaps
the whole U.S. down. Now it's video games, reality TV, and smartphones that
will do the trick. But the world just keeps on spinning around, just as it always
has, despite what the doom mongers say.
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Well, the inevitabilities of old age are one kind, based on the experience
of how natural physical processes work. But that is different from a political
inevitability. So while it may be inevitable that eyesight will degrade, it is
not inevitable that a separate sales tax on soda will inevitably lead to its
eventual banning.
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Overbooking--it's been around longer than you think.
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But if Georgie was there it might have taken the Indians so long to cut off
his huge heinie, that perhaps Custer would have gained time and the whole
course of history would have been changed, or maybe not.
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We were alerted by narcotics that a man was seen smoking marijuana
outside a home in Cucamonga. When we arrived, all seven inhabitants were
dead including a baby drowned in a bathtub. Pot--it's a killer. Dum da dum
dum. Dum da dum dum dum. I love the 1960s version of Dragnet. Hilarious.
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I suppose that theoretically anything is possible, but the idea that the U.S.
will turn into the Soviet Union, gradually or not, is highly, highly improbable.
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I thought your original point was that freedoms are lost through a gradual,
step by step process, and before you know it you can't buy a soda of any
size, and that this process was similar to what took place in the Soviet
Union in the 1920s and 1930s, though the freedoms lost were much more
significant. And if something is inevitable that makes it sound like a sure
thing. I don't think that cigs or sodas being banned are anywhere near
inevitable.
The problem with ancient Greece, or at least ancient Athens, was that while
it was a more direct form of democracy, the number of people who were allowed
to participate was restricted. Only free males of a certain age could participate,
which left a lot of people out of the process. As for there being less freedom
now in the U.S. then when it was founded, remember that slavery existed
when our country was founded and it lasted for another 75 years, and after
that there was another hundred years of segregation. It's hard to see how we
could be less free than when there was slavery and segregation. Back in the
good old days when people didn't live in such close proximity and less was
known about pollution, one could get away with doing things that didn't impinge
on one's neighbors, so if you wanted to dump garbage and all manner of things
in a river, who cared. Today things are different and what we do is more likely
to infringe on somebody else, thus more regulations. Some rules will go overboard,
as they usually do, but in the main they're likely a good thing.
I'd guess that people who grew up under a totalitarian system like the Soviet
Union are a lot more wary about government regulation, even rather minor
government regulation, than those who grew up in a democratic system, who
realize that some regulation is necessary, and know that it's not likely that
these regulations are the first step toward an oppressive regime.
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Hank Willaims sez My Bucket's Got A Hole In It.
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Huxley College soon regretted the day they gave the Baxter twins a
dodge ball scholarship.
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The problem with the slippery slope argument is that it takes things for granted
that are not sure to happen. Cigs were, after a long time, found to be hazardous
to a person's health, and warnings were put on cig packs and ads. I doubt there
are many places, if any at all, where it is illegal to smoke cigs in a free standing
home, though there are a few places where it is not allowed in apartment buildings
or condos.
Soft drinks are similar to cigs, though less hazardous to one's health. Drinking too
many sugary drinks isn't good for you, that's why some folks are against them, but
there is little regulation of soft drinks presently, and it's doubtful they will be outlawed
in the future. Cigs are much more harmful than soft drinks, but they haven't been out-
lawed and there are no signs that they will be.
The idea that the U.S. in 2012 is somehow akin to the Soviet Union is rather far-
fetched and just doesn't pass the common sense test.
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Lee "Scratch" Perry is Having a Party.
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I don't really have a list of three favorite Jimi Hendrix songs, but those are
all good. I'll just add, in no particular order, The Wind Cries Mary, Bold As
Love, Red House, Burning of the Midnight Lamp, and Crosstown Traffic.
There are a lot more good ones too.
I remember reading somewhere that Hendrix, who was insecure about his
singing voice, felt that if Dylan could do it, so could he.
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"Don't worry, baby. Dr. Feelbetter just called and your bennies will be here
first thing in the morning."
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience with their groovy, far out rendition of
Like A Rolling Stone.
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Monty's Dating Do's and Dont's
5. Don't blow your nose on your date's blouse/shirt.
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The part about the well regulated Militia seems, for whatever reason, to be
downplayed and the Supreme Court recently upheld the Second Amendment
as allowing the individual ownership of firearms. I doubt there will be little
new legislation, except something that nibbles around the edges of the issue.
Perhaps back in the late 18th century, people with rifles could have held off
the government, today that's not very likely.
Apparently his mother became interested in target shooting and likely self-
defense, so she had the right to have those guns. It wasn't very smart to
introduce her son, since she knew he had some behavioral problems, to
those weapons.
As that American philosopher and convicted murderer H. Rap Brown said,
"Violence is as American as cherry pie."
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Courtney Love channeling her inner Scarlett O'Hara, Never Go Hungry.
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"Just tell me one thing honey, what's that Brent guy have that I don't?"
(couldn't resist).
"You can keep everything baby. The only thing I want back is my tin foil
lobster."
OT: A moment of silence and prayer
in General Discussions
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I don't know if there's an actual percentage, but at this time, the scientific
consensus leans heavily toward AGW/ACC. There are scientists who
disagree, but currently they are in the minority. Of course the consensus
might change in the future. I don't see any reason to think there is some
dark conspiracy or a go along to get along ethic among AGW/ACC
proponents. It will likely be many decades before we will see whether
the predictions of AGW/ACC come to fruition. Time will tell, and it will
likely be a relatively long time.
If I remember The Scarlet Claw correctly, Miles Mander had good reason to
fear for his life.