551. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275613 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 10:30 am

Anyone taking care of the fireworks?

552. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275603 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 10:28 am

Will it reset to 0000?

553. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275599 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 10:28 am

Sorry Titania - I thought you were writing like DP.

554. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275590 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 10:25 am

"Frankus, more liek teh energizer bunny, he just keeps going and going and going."

But given his last few posts, I think he's becoming unhinged and will end up muttering, "Nomad - sterilize," until his head explodes.

555. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275564 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 10:16 am

"Skylark commands that this pursuit to 10,000 stop immediately..."

Why?

Edit: Surely not because it's silly?

556. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275558 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 10:14 am

I wonder what it says in the Secret Service rule book about burning effigies?

557. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275555 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 10:12 am

LAST PAGE!!!

Flaming Palin.

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Comment #275541 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 9:52 am

"We're talking about republicans. Surely, they aren't big enough."

Ziiiinngg!! Nice one.;-)

559. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275526 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 9:21 am

"Have you seen the Youtube series God, Inc. by Francis Stokes?"

YES!

On this long a thread, it's probably inevitable that we end up quoting each other quoting each other. ;-)

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Comment #275522 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 9:13 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRQiF0N0Tas

No mention of tea drinkers except chai tea, but as a tea drinker myself I'm accustomed to being treated as a second-class citizen.

561. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275509 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 9:03 am

Somebody here at RD.net said a while ago that he or she was telling religious friends (?) that if Obama is the anti-christ they should vote for him to "get this thing moving along." LOL

562. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275506 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 9:00 am

outside the expressed Word of God

563. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275500 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 8:56 am

Steve - Wow! That Michael Golfarb is even slimier that the UK islamic school woman! "I think we all know who number two is." Say what??

564. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275481 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 8:34 am

DP - are these the rednecks you're going to join?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEKU-HGZvo4

565. Barack Obama Exposes The Bible

Comment #275448 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 7:40 am

The comments on the YouTube page are interesting - I looked at them again, and it seems that when the video was first posted 2 months ago, the commenters were all religious nut jobs arguing with each other. Recently, it seems a bunch of atheists (like us) have got wind of it (hmm, was that a pun?) and are posting much more entertaining comments!

566. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275442 by Caudimordax on October 31, 2008 at 7:35 am

...more broke people with guns and the government telling them they have to share whatever little wealth they have. Things might get ugly.

567. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275092 by Caudimordax on October 30, 2008 at 7:01 pm

Psst, Bonzai, they've always been underaged girls. But they're just graphics.

568. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #275089 by Caudimordax on October 30, 2008 at 6:57 pm

and Frank-ly I think it's about time.

569. Barack Obama Exposes The Bible

Comment #275084 by Caudimordax on October 30, 2008 at 6:44 pm

As for the redistribution of wealth, I would like to see the Wall Street types, who receive bonuses of several millions of dollars, be the prime target of this.

570. Barack Obama Exposes The Bible

Comment #274898 by Caudimordax on October 30, 2008 at 1:53 pm

Comment #274884 by 4horsefins

When you decide not to, you should be punished with starvation. This is Human Darwinian Evolution in my opinion.

571. Barack Obama Exposes The Bible

Comment #274741 by Caudimordax on October 30, 2008 at 10:57 am

Looking at the comments on YouTube, quite a few people were impressed by the video - but definitely not in the way the poster intended!

572. Richard Dawkins embarrassed after death and subsequent resurrection

Comment #274250 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 7:47 pm

Comment #274246 by Goldy

purrrrrr

Nicely done, Goldy - amazing how these people just blather on without taking any actual interest in the universe they inhabit?

(I've got a question mark and you don't! ;P)

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Comment #274245 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 7:37 pm

Comment #274243 by Sarmatae1

Hmmm - I think I liked that. But I'm still trying to work it out, sort of like "I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."

But I'm tired and slow right now.

Edit: Wait, wait, it's A, right? (or left)

574. Somalia: Rape Victim Executed

Comment #274240 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 7:24 pm

DP, if you ever get to read these threads, this is what a lack of government does to a country. This is what one is reduced to without taxes being paid.

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Comment #274233 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 7:16 pm

And just to add to the thread, I went to a local sushi place last week where the chef's choice (omakase) came arranged on a pile of pelletized ice covering a blue LED ice cube with a little bowl of dry ice and water lending a misty aura to the whole eerily glowing presentation. It was a little over the top. But the fish was good.

576. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #274231 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 7:12 pm

Comment #274228 by Goldy

Well I'm - uh - a bit older, and I still always do the dry-ice-in-the-sink thing. Hadn't thought about the soap though! Can't wait for the next shipment containing dry ice!

577. Somalia: Rape Victim Executed

Comment #274229 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 7:08 pm

To think that the "people" who carried out the stoning went home thinking they had done god's will ... really makes my blood boil.

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Comment #274224 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 6:57 pm

And here's a cocktail for the techno-geeks (and I use that term in the most worshipping way ;-))

Purple Haze Cocktail
Adapted from “The Hungry Scientist Handbook” by Patrick Buckley and Lily Binns (Collins Living, 2008)

Time: 2 minutes


About 2 cups food-grade dry ice chips

4 ounces gin

1 ounce crème de violette (violet liqueur) or crème de cassis

1 ounce lemon juice.


1. Place 8 to 10 chips dry ice in large martini shaker or other container. Add remaining ingredients. As soon as you do so, the mixture will start bubbling and spewing out gas. Cover loosely, and stir or swirl to chill through, at least 30 seconds. (Do not make container airtight.)

2. Strain into martini glass, add one small chip dry ice, and let bubble until completely dissolved. Serve.

Yield: 2 cocktails.

Note: Do not handle dry ice with bare hands; use spoon or tongs. Do not mix dry ice with regular ice. Do not put dry ice in mouth or touch with lips. Dry ice is available via distributors on dryiceinfo.com or at Chinatown Ice Cream Factory.

Edit: Is this helping the 10K drive? I could go on.

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Comment #274220 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 6:52 pm

Comment #274211 by Titania

Oh, well, it's CBS for Pete's sake;-)

Here's a recipe using Hendrick's from the (LIBERAL!!) NY Times, under the heading

A Deep Sip for Deep Thinkers

so just right for you

Punt-e-groni Adapted from I Sodi

1 3/4 ounces Hendrick’s gin

1 1/4 ounces Carpano Punt e Mes vermouth

1 ounce Campari

1 orange slice, for garnish

Combine the ingredients with ice in a rocks glass and stir. Garnish with the orange slice and serve.

Yield: 1 serving

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Comment #274086 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 3:37 pm

No, bacon is un-islamic.

Sarah Palin

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Comment #274032 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 2:14 pm

Klaatu - had just edited to include Bruce Campbell's masterpiece!

582. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #274028 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 2:09 pm

I noticed people responding to Klaatu barada nikto with comments about a band named Klaatu. Did nobody get the reference to "The Day the Earth Stood Still" or is it SO obvious that nobody bothered to mention it?

Edit: How come I seem to be graced with the much-sought-after question mark???

Edit: Or could be "Army of Darkness"

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Comment #274026 by Caudimordax on October 29, 2008 at 2:06 pm

goldy - LOL

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Comment #273508 by Caudimordax on October 28, 2008 at 7:45 pm

Edit: If she wins, I don't think there will be enough Jameson in the world to cushion the blow.

585. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #273495 by Caudimordax on October 28, 2008 at 7:27 pm

Laurie - It IS brilliant - and I think it has a much longer shelf life than the "quote" lesbian "quote" images. Please leave it up - it literaly makes me scream every time I see it!

Edit: I never thought I'dsay this, but I LOVE the flying eyeballs!

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Comment #273484 by Caudimordax on October 28, 2008 at 6:49 pm

Where'd Laurie go? I need to know where that new avatar came from - every time I look at it I just about die laughing. My husband had the same reaction. Just thinking about it makes me giggle.

587. Sarah Palin's War on Science

Comment #273325 by Caudimordax on October 28, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Squinky - I haven't seen your avatar in a while, but I had been wondering if it's a chew-toy, or perhaps the outer surface of a Mandelbrot set?

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Comment #273318 by Caudimordax on October 28, 2008 at 2:27 pm

Gregg - I'm dying to get myself a Kindle, too, but several tech-oriented friends have said to wait for the Kindle 2. Read the one-star reviews on Amazon.

Amazon reviews of Kindle

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Comment #273168 by Caudimordax on October 28, 2008 at 8:54 am

I've heard tyrants hate cats - and if Palin wanted to purge everyone from her government who didn't agree with her, I can't see her putting up with creatures who will ignore you if you express a sincere desire to cuddle them (except for my cats).

590. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #273121 by Caudimordax on October 28, 2008 at 7:10 am

2 - loved the fairy tales, and I really like Frankus' idea for using them. How DO you find the time to post here, maintain an entertaining website whilst also engaged in gainful employment? For myself, I am NOT, repeat NOT going to spend the whole day here again! But I will check back on progress towards 10K - it's a shoo-in before 11-4.

Laurie - near died from your new avatar! Edit: it recalls the heady days of the original Stick Figure Death Theater.

591. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #272415 by Caudimordax on October 27, 2008 at 11:23 am

2 - Thanks for rescuing me from the mire of websites explaining HTML! Gotta go paint.

592. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #272407 by Caudimordax on October 27, 2008 at 11:06 am

Why IS the marquee tag considered evil (like Sarah Palin - keeping on topic)?

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Comment #272404 by Caudimordax on October 27, 2008 at 10:59 am

2 - Good. I just got bored to death with he-who-must-not-be-named, and frustrated that I was spending so many hours here instead of painting.

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Comment #272399 by Caudimordax on October 27, 2008 at 10:55 am

2 - Impressive - most impressive (but you are not a Jedi yet).

Really, that's very cool!

595. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #267617 by Caudimordax on October 20, 2008 at 9:12 pm

Wow - you don't even get baseball.

G'night.

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Comment #267597 by Caudimordax on October 20, 2008 at 7:33 pm

DP - I don't think the righteous indignation thing is going to fly. After weeks of insulting posters here by smearing them with every conservative talk show stereotype, insisting that they hold views which they have repudiated, twisting their words to try to make them appear to be saying something indefensible, and doing it all in such a contemptuous, sneering way, I don't think you have much justification for claiming to be insulted.

1. I.e. (for instance) insisting that those who are concerned about upholding the rule of law want to give rights to terrorists. That's insulting.
2. (Speaking of the rule of law), insisting that those who support Obama are somehow abetting terrorism because Obama had an association with someone who, way back when, was behind things that were reprehensibl - which things Obama himself has repudiated. That's insulting.
3. Time after time accusing those who are not happy with McCain's choices of regarding Obama as "the messiah" in spite of their repeated assertions that they are not all that enthusiastic about Obama either. That's insulting.
4. Accusing people who believe that society should help those who CANNOT help themselves of being "whining" democrats who want to blame all THEIR problems on "somebody else." That's insulting.

Since some people on this thread felt compelled to share THEIR stories, which were anything but vague, and addressed some of the specific hardships which poor people face, I thought that your narrative was, in comparison, vague and seemed to be cashing in on stereotypes about "the immigrant experience."

So, yes, I absolutely suggested that you are a liar (although it seems to me that continuing to insist that people do not believe what they purport to believe is calling them "liars," it seems the liar thing is not going to be a slam-dunk argument).

Lastly, your reading skills seem to be as poor as your writing skills - I never attacked your parents, I attacked YOU for (as I speculated) LYING about your parents.

I probably should have addressed you directly, but your history of responding to direct confrontation is - hmmm - you've been pretty darn snarky.

Edit: edited to eliminate those annoying "quote" thingys.

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Comment #267595 by Caudimordax on October 20, 2008 at 7:29 pm

Caudi, for what it's worth, my family freely donates to the poor, whether through Kidney Foundation, AmVets, etc. I'd gladly give to 99 real "freeloaders" if it means 1 impoverished family has a happier day than usual.

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Comment #267221 by Caudimordax on October 20, 2008 at 10:54 am

Sciros - I asked those question because DP often makes use of salient exemplars when making his arguments and his vague history sounded like a combination of several different cliches. Other people on this thread gave details of their immigrant experience, details such as you did. I'm only sorry I wasn't able to stick around long enough for the answers last night or early this morning - answers which were pretty interesting in themselves. As a child of a very poor American mother and a non-English speaking immigrant father, I don't "smugly" ask these questions. Others have expressed a growing reluctance to take DP at face value.

Edit: I have to be somewhere, so I'll have to pick this up again later.

599. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #266890 by Caudimordax on October 19, 2008 at 8:36 pm

I've been thinking (always dangerous):

DP has given us this narrative about his parents who "came to this country not knowing a word of english and only having a couple of hundred bucks in their pockets."

When? With only a couple of hundred bucks, how did they get here? Cheap flight? Ship? Sneaking over the border?

He describes an apartment building with rapes in the hallways and drug dealing out in the open - but these are the sorts of things that take place in "the Projects," (like where my grandmother lived) and not where recent immigrants live. There may be a lot of bad things to say about Chinese, Vietnamese and Haitian ghettoes, but they are not the same as "the Projects."

Assuming they came here legally, how did they find a place to stay with "a couple of hundred bucks in their pockets?" They wouldn't qualify for "the Projects." How did they find jobs, not speaking English? (Since DP implies they were completely on their own, unlike most immigrants)

DP claims he had a wonderful role model in his parents who "busted there whole life to give me and my brother a better life." Apparently it wasn't that great a role model, since he didn't apply himself in high school. How did he graduate from high school (if he did) without being able to construct a sentence? (Pace, NCLB opponents, you're speaking to the choir.)

And, generally, people who have REALLY come from privation are usually (not always) appreciative of the help they got and compassionate towards others in the same situation.

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Comment #266859 by Caudimordax on October 19, 2008 at 7:21 pm

Hellene -

"I wonder why McCain didn't select General Powell for a running mate?"

Because McCain is being handled by the Rovians, and because Powell doesn't arouse "the base," i.e. frothing-at-the-mouth anti-abortion, anti-gay whack-jobs, which happen to be the constituency that Republicans absolutely need to win the election.