I agree with Bruise's sentiments even if I don't agree with his choice of words.
The post is poorly done, uninformative, vague and doesn't alert of the video file behind it.
feh
I made up for this nasty behavior by doing needle-exchange, but what a shitty little cult the Grateful Dead spawned.
Last I checked kharma wasn't something *you* decided ;)
This long-time Dead fan thinks the "cult" is/was a beautiful thing that brought a lot of joy to his—and other's—life.
Thanks for the link, SMN. I have passed it on to my fellow Kool Aid drinkers who get together weekly to celebrate the life and music Jerry and his mates created. You know ... when we aren't lying in a gutter in San Francisco wishing assholes would stop bugging us.
I think Carlson was moving on anyway
Yep. "Let go" is not the same as fired, sacked, terminated, downsized, etc. It means they decided to not compete with the other stations who were enamoured with Carlson. And since CNN also announced that "Crossfire" was no longer going to run, it is pretty obvious why they didn't need Tucker around anymore.
I am a lefty, and even I generally liked Tucker. He often shows that he is reasonable, intelligent and honest. That is until he became an insufferable jerk during the election cycle. That may or may not have been his own doing. I would not be surprised if CNN (and all other stations/networks) .... ummm .... suggested to their politcal show hosts that they argue a bit more. That being said, Jon Stewart was right. The show was horrible, it served the public poorly, and it was divisive. Good riddence to it.
if you wanted to poison someone, why not use cyanide, arsenic, strychnine, antifreeze, etc?
One theory is that the guy was considered very good looking before the poisoning, and that perhaps his opponents where trying to make him look bad, literally, in order to bring him down. The added plus for his oppononets is obvious just by looking at this thread: They could try and paint him as an alcoholic. Killing him would have been way to obvious and could have brought about a sympathy vote. *shrug*
LONDON -- New tests show that Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko's blood contains the second-highest level of dioxin poisoning ever recorded in a human -- more than 6,000 times the normal concentration, according to the expert analyzing the samples.
Abraham Brouwer, professor of environmental toxicology at the Free University in Amsterdam, where the blood samples were sent for analysis, said they contained about 100,000 units of dioxin per gram of blood fat.
Brouwer and his team have narrowed the search from more than 400 types of dioxin to about 29 and are confident they will identify the poison by week's end. That could provide clues to its source.
Yushchenko, who faces Kremlin-backed Viktor Yanukovych in a repeat runoff on Dec. 26, has experienced pancreatitis and gastrointestinal pain, as well as severe backache. His face also has been pockmarked and disfigured by the poison.
Brouwer said the highest dose of dioxin recorded so far was in a woman in Vienna who was intentionally poisoned in the mid-1990s. Tests showed her blood had 144,000 units per gram of fat, and she survived.
Nearly everyone's blood contains some level of dioxin. The normal level is from 10 to 20 units per gram of blood fat.
I vote for "Fucktard." "Nigel Incubator Jones" is also appropriate in this situation. And while I realise these are friends of friends of friends, etc, ad nausem, it is really disgustingly opportunitistic of them to do this.
If they need the money that badly, perhaps they should have re-thought the whole procreation thing.
It does seem to be - how can I put this? - quite biased towards the right-wing.
I was just about to post "what is with all of the best design awards being offered to right-wing chicks with cartoonish avatar designs?"
Am I the only one disturbed by this, and the fact that the key had been in there for almost 15 years?
I am wondering what Spooky is smoking. 15 years? 1979-1981 is more like 23-25 years ago. ;)
But that too is the one thing I took away from this gross-out fest. What prompted Jerry to eat a key, if in fact he did so knowingly. And what was the key to? At that period of time, there were lots of accounts of police trying to set up the band by sending underage girls to their hotel rooms, hoping to use a "report" of an underage girl as a way of gaining entry to bust them for drugs. Was this a hotel key?
The key is the only thing that really picqued my interest.
Well, looks like I have been wrong for over 20 years. Every citation I am finding does indicate it was 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
I hope no vets get mad at me for being 11 minutes late each year. Sorry!
Anyone have a link to suport their views? I will look too, but I was taught from an early age that it was signed at 11:11 on 11/11 so that everyone would find it easy to remember.
I find it telling that we use "fuck" significantly more often that we use the word "apology"
I found this string (9220-9224) funny: "Apology, Senator, Depictied, Erica, Daft"
Caveat: Using a browser other than IE makes for some annoying javascript popups asking if you want to install an IE plugin or something. Happens as soon as you mouseover any image.
I second Adium. Lot of fun features. If you want a laugh set it up to speak your comments or the comments of the person with whom you are conversing. Hillarious.
I agree with HuronBob, and recommend Dreamhost. Unlimited email addresses at your domain, and a great webmail client that is also secure (https).
However, if you just want a gmail account, email me ;)
I agree with Bruise's sentiments even if I don't agree with his choice of words. The post is poorly done, uninformative, vague and doesn't alert of the video file behind it. feh
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
In "Jerry Garcia - great musician AND music instructor."
I made up for this nasty behavior by doing needle-exchange, but what a shitty little cult the Grateful Dead spawned. Last I checked kharma wasn't something *you* decided ;) This long-time Dead fan thinks the "cult" is/was a beautiful thing that brought a lot of joy to his—and other's—life. Thanks for the link, SMN. I have passed it on to my fellow Kool Aid drinkers who get together weekly to celebrate the life and music Jerry and his mates created. You know ... when we aren't lying in a gutter in San Francisco wishing assholes would stop bugging us.
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
In "Goodbye, Widget."
Condolences.
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
In "CNN fires Tucker Carlson"
I think Carlson was moving on anyway Yep. "Let go" is not the same as fired, sacked, terminated, downsized, etc. It means they decided to not compete with the other stations who were enamoured with Carlson. And since CNN also announced that "Crossfire" was no longer going to run, it is pretty obvious why they didn't need Tucker around anymore. I am a lefty, and even I generally liked Tucker. He often shows that he is reasonable, intelligent and honest. That is until he became an insufferable jerk during the election cycle. That may or may not have been his own doing. I would not be surprised if CNN (and all other stations/networks) .... ummm .... suggested to their politcal show hosts that they argue a bit more. That being said, Jon Stewart was right. The show was horrible, it served the public poorly, and it was divisive. Good riddence to it.
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
In "Christmas Goodies"
Most of those would require quite a powerful set of lungs ... or a built in fan ;)
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
In "Victor Yushchenko was NOT poisoned"
if you wanted to poison someone, why not use cyanide, arsenic, strychnine, antifreeze, etc? One theory is that the guy was considered very good looking before the poisoning, and that perhaps his opponents where trying to make him look bad, literally, in order to bring him down. The added plus for his oppononets is obvious just by looking at this thread: They could try and paint him as an alcoholic. Killing him would have been way to obvious and could have brought about a sympathy vote. *shrug*
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
From the Washington Post article titled "Extreme Dioxin Levels In Yushchenko's Blood." Emphasis mine:
Take off the tin foil hat, Nostrildamus.posted by terrapin 19 years ago
In "If I win, I'm picking Rutherford"
I vote for "Fucktard." "Nigel Incubator Jones" is also appropriate in this situation. And while I realise these are friends of friends of friends, etc, ad nausem, it is really disgustingly opportunitistic of them to do this. If they need the money that badly, perhaps they should have re-thought the whole procreation thing.
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
In "Puppies!"
SideDish: We appear to be neighbours, BTW. Want to watch my dog when I go out of town? ;)
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
Don't eat up all my bandwidth checking out the movies on the site, please ;) (thanks SideDish)
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
My dog is the cutiest in the world. Sorry, folks. Close the contest now. ;)
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
In "2004 Weblog Awards."
It does seem to be - how can I put this? - quite biased towards the right-wing. I was just about to post "what is with all of the best design awards being offered to right-wing chicks with cartoonish avatar designs?"
posted by terrapin 19 years ago
In "It's the Jerry Garcia Autopsy!"
Am I the only one disturbed by this, and the fact that the key had been in there for almost 15 years? I am wondering what Spooky is smoking. 15 years? 1979-1981 is more like 23-25 years ago. ;) But that too is the one thing I took away from this gross-out fest. What prompted Jerry to eat a key, if in fact he did so knowingly. And what was the key to? At that period of time, there were lots of accounts of police trying to set up the band by sending underage girls to their hotel rooms, hoping to use a "report" of an underage girl as a way of gaining entry to bust them for drugs. Was this a hotel key? The key is the only thing that really picqued my interest.
posted by terrapin 20 years ago
In "Don't forget 11 o'clock."
Well, looks like I have been wrong for over 20 years. Every citation I am finding does indicate it was 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. I hope no vets get mad at me for being 11 minutes late each year. Sorry!
posted by terrapin 20 years ago
Anyone have a link to suport their views? I will look too, but I was taught from an early age that it was signed at 11:11 on 11/11 so that everyone would find it easy to remember.
posted by terrapin 20 years ago
In "Word Count"
I find it telling that we use "fuck" significantly more often that we use the word "apology" I found this string (9220-9224) funny: "Apology, Senator, Depictied, Erica, Daft"
posted by terrapin 20 years ago
In "It's Diwali tomorrow."
Caveat: Using a browser other than IE makes for some annoying javascript popups asking if you want to install an IE plugin or something. Happens as soon as you mouseover any image.
posted by terrapin 20 years ago
In "Don't forget 11 o'clock."
It should be at 11:11 on 11/11. Not simply 11 o'clock.
posted by terrapin 20 years ago
In "curious George: IM clients for mac"
I second Adium. Lot of fun features. If you want a laugh set it up to speak your comments or the comments of the person with whom you are conversing. Hillarious.
posted by terrapin 20 years ago
In "Curious, George: Suggestions for email providers?"
I agree with HuronBob, and recommend Dreamhost. Unlimited email addresses at your domain, and a great webmail client that is also secure (https). However, if you just want a gmail account, email me ;)
posted by terrapin 20 years ago
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