Comments by severalspeciesof

Comment #273761 by severalspeciesof on October 29, 2008 at 8:38 am

I listen to Pink Floyd...

I must be...
*looks up*
oohhh wow, look at that pretty bird in the sky...
*crouches down, stealthly...*

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Comment #273756 by severalspeciesof on October 29, 2008 at 8:32 am

9503. Comment #273748 by alan baylis

Picked this up via crooks and liars:

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=71iNvPQXuk0&eurl=http://crooksandliars.com/

Is Joe the Plumber DP's relative? ;-)

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Comment #273752 by severalspeciesof on October 29, 2008 at 8:26 am

9500. Comment #273743 by al-rawandi

Save the fruit flies

Vote Palin.

Damnit al,

I just spewed coffee all over the computer screen... ;-)

Priceless...

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Comment #273733 by severalspeciesof on October 29, 2008 at 7:58 am

Tyler,

off topic: did you know Russia was in Europe?

Which one...
Eastern Europe or western Europe? ;-)

(and, as al-rawandi points out, strangely, Russia is on topic... ;-)

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #273718 by severalspeciesof on October 29, 2008 at 7:43 am

Tyler,

on topic: who knew Sarah Palin was a socialist?

Just look at Irate's avatar for the answer... ;-)

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Comment #273716 by severalspeciesof on October 29, 2008 at 7:41 am

I don't want to sound mean by holding that against it. I just have different views when it comes to animals political policies and philosophies.

This is weird, but Skylark seems to be taking a liking to you...

Maybe it's the toying with the mouse kind of thing... ;-)

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #273712 by severalspeciesof on October 29, 2008 at 7:37 am

9474. Comment #273591 by Philip1978

I find it interesting that your response to my question about Skylark asking you nicely to vote Obama was "I am a dog lover", personally my answer would have been - BLOODY HELL, its a talking cat! :)

Philip,

It's more of a mind meld thing with Skylark, that is if you dare to look into his eyes!

*Sarah Palin*

513 to go...

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Comment #273244 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 11:15 am

Gotta go...

*Sarah Palin*

625 more to go

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Comment #273242 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 11:13 am

Comment #273141 by al-rawandi

He felinopomorphizes you'

Yes, he does.

Sorry for the late response, as it seems that you have been afflicted with the ? disease, and I took it as a statement of fact...

*Sarah Palin*

only 7 days left...

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Comment #273240 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 11:01 am

MBC and righton,

Be extra careful there, doing stuff like that could end up burning you...

Unless you're joking, in which case...

nevermind...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #273233 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 10:46 am

This election is really getting weird...

I've just noticed on Yahoo's home page that the polls are now being tracked much like the Dow Jones...

I really wonder about the sanity of this all...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #273227 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 10:38 am

If they even let her talk about this...

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Comment #273224 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 10:37 am

MBC,

Wonder what Palin will say about this...

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Comment #273218 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 10:28 am

DP,

...The analogy was if we treated those men the way we treat taxes. It had nothing to do with what they make but the taxes they pay.

And you've just proved my point. We shouldn't be talking about taxes without acknowledging what they make 'total', or else we get the situation brought up in the video...

Yes, it's an analogy, but a misleading one...

and:

I am a dog lover.

Your loss... ;-)

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #273215 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 10:19 am

MBC Morgan,

Thanks for the link.

When I read that from Kaiserkriss, red flags should have gone up on my radar screen since, if it were true, the right-wing talking heads would have been all over that!...

*Sarah Palin*

640 to go...

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Comment #273205 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 9:54 am

mixmastergaz

However, I am optimistic that a healthy majority can, in fact, see right through the lies and deliberate distortions. In attempting to make Obama appear scary they've made themselves look scarier.

I'll second that...

Skylark will third(?) it...

*Sarah Palin*

644 to go...

417. Interview with Richard Dawkins on fairy tales and retirement

Comment #273199 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 9:39 am

I haven't had a chance to go through ALL the posts here, but the general consensus I gather is that this is all speculation, and some are saying that speculation is unproductive.

I disagree with that.

Speculation is a baby step to knowledge. It's a dangerous baby step if precautions are not taken, namely admission that it is speculation. But a direction can be at least taken here. The problem is 'What direction?'. It's a multi-layered situation that I think can only be chipped away at, with several hundred false starts and false negatives/positives in the way.

I also wonder what Richard's take is on his appearance on 'Dr Who', and if memory serves, wasn't his wife a 'side-kick' to 'Dr. Who'?

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Comment #273178 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 9:13 am

Comment #273167 by Tyler Durden

Wonder if Sarah Palin had any cats in her life?...

sso, there's a joke in there but I'm just not going there :)

And neither is Skylark...

Comment #273173 by Philip1978

Wonder if Sarah Palin had any cats in her life?...

Possibly in her gun-sights when moose season was finished?

Hmmm...

Always wondered what Skylark was running away from when I found him with his foot injury...

Nawww, can't shoot that far!!!

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Comment #273166 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 8:47 am

Comment #273161 by Philip1978

Highly apropos!!! and LOL!!!

Wonder if Sarah Palin had any cats in her life?...

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Comment #273157 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 8:37 am

Comment #273147 by Philip1978

I don't suppose Skylark could get DP to vote for Obama could he?

Skylark allows freewill when it pleases him... not sure if I could get him to do anything (it's a cat thing you know)...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #273151 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 8:27 am

mixmastergaz,

Just gone through Easy Star All-Stars rendition of Money on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVwQzB6JDSk

It's better than the countrified version (sorry Frankus)...

Thanks for the heads up on that!!!

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #273144 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 8:12 am

DP,

You're right, so I'll try to set it straight...

It's a bad analogy because not all pertinent information is given. It conveniently loses sight of the money actually being made by each of the ten drinkers, above and beyond the taxes.

The man paying the most in taxes also makes, percentage wise, much much more than all the others. It also loses sight of the fact that the richest man also has more tax break advantages than the others. In other words, while it's true that he may be paying the most in taxes (on paper), when he works the system the way it's set up: ability to divert income and the like, depreciation, etc. etc., after all is said and done, percentage wise, he may be paying less than the others (if he's smart enough).

*Sarah Palin*

Side note...

The confusion with taxes makes me wish for the day when Forbes ran for President on his flat tax platform...

Another can of worms...

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Comment #273135 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 7:54 am

al-rawandi,

Skylark's done his job on me... :-)

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Comment #273125 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 7:32 am

I bet Sarah Palin doesn't like Pink Floyd...

Another reason not to vote for her...

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Comment #273118 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 7:02 am

9324. Comment #273113 by mixmastergaz

I'll have to check into that...

Gotta go for a bit...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #273115 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 6:59 am

9313. Comment #272681 by DarwinsPitbull

This is a cool video explaining taxes set to a Pink Floyd song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDepCRY7AVc

No, it's a bad analogy (Edit: also not giving all information needed) used to confuse people using percentages vs. whole figures to obfuscate the actual situation.
Try again...

*Sarah Palin*
You at least had something with the letxa link...

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Comment #273110 by severalspeciesof on October 28, 2008 at 6:49 am

9255. Comment #272395 by Frankus1122,

Finally got to listen to "Rebuild the Wall"

I give it a big thumbs up and Skaylark gives it a five claw extension!

Funny too...

With the idea of remakes of Pink Floyd I dug out a CD done by vocomotion, redoing the "Dark Side of The Moon". It's all done with the human voice, no instruments or drums were used. Quite the listen. It's also Wizard of OZ compatible!

Go here to learn more: http://www.darksidevoices.com/

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #272432 by severalspeciesof on October 27, 2008 at 12:15 pm

Frankus

SSO,

You are the Pink Flyod guy, right'

A friend of mine put an album out awhile back called 'Rebuild the Wall'. He countrified 'The Wall'.

I think it is genius.

http://www.youtube.com/watch'v=dhpnB9-ClB4

What do you think'

Yes, I am the Pink Floyd guy.
I'll let you know what I think tomorrow, as the computer I am on right now has no volume (I'm at the public library) I might surprise everyone here and actually like it, as I have a Symphonic Orchestral (I think it's the London Symphonic, not sure) rendition of the Wall, and I like that...

but then you did say countrified...

can't wait...

*Sarah Palin*

[Edit: the library here won't even let me gain access to you tube so I can't even SEE the video... rats...]

Gotta run for now, 726 to go...

Root2squared,

cool scrolling/marquee stuff there. Skylark would go crazy if he saw that (He watches TV quite a bit and interacts with it...)

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Comment #272390 by severalspeciesof on October 27, 2008 at 10:40 am

Titania,

It’s OK, SSO, we’re talking about a pre-historic fart of a hominid ancestor.

Sarah Palin doesn’t believe in these prehistoric ancestors, so it is relevant to this thread.

Gotch'ya *winks eye and points*!!

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Comment #272386 by severalspeciesof on October 27, 2008 at 10:37 am

Tez,

Seeing that your feline friends are looking up to you...

All is well with Skylark...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #272371 by severalspeciesof on October 27, 2008 at 10:03 am

Tez says,

As for myself I am a sexy, sexy, man. Especially when I walk throughout my house dressed only in a pair of shorts smacking my flabby belly talking about how the silverback gorilla patrols his range.

I've just learned a bit too much 'bout you...

This may mean a demotion in god status...

I'll think about it...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #272328 by severalspeciesof on October 27, 2008 at 8:50 am

No *Sarah Palin* on the last post...

Reason?

wind equals Palin...

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Comment #272326 by severalspeciesof on October 27, 2008 at 8:47 am

Irate,

Once I get wind of something like this on RDNet, I never let it go.

*Snicker... Snicker... he he he..."

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Comment #272324 by severalspeciesof on October 27, 2008 at 8:44 am

Oohh, fantastic...

Now we're talking farts...

Next thing you know, we'll be talking about...

Oh, don't know...

Maybe armpit music... ;-)

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #272218 by severalspeciesof on October 27, 2008 at 5:58 am

Laurie,

Been gone for awhile, so I don't know if others have congratulated you on your fine avatar.

It most certainly made my Monday.

LOL

*Sarah Palin*

Sadly, I must go again for a short bit...

Less than 800 to go!!

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Comment #270393 by severalspeciesof on October 24, 2008 at 5:58 am

Impressive!

Gone a while and I see MPhil joined in for a bit. Keep up the good work...

just purrrring along...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #269805 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 10:56 am

8115. Comment #269798 by Tezcatlipoca

Reason accepted... you're excused.
I need new eyeglasses myself...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #269788 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 10:27 am

AIG?
Socialist Alaska?
Income tax - redistributed versus head tax?
Big Armies - EU vs US?
Turkey and Russia in Europe.

1) No idea what AIG has anything to do with what we are talking.

2) Does alaska own the oil companies? Thought so.

3) Taxes is whole different issues which I dont mind proving you wrong on.

4) So can I also count NATO as part of the US army?

5) Are you sciros twins?

This should be good...
Got my popcorn...

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Comment #269776 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 10:14 am

Ooo...

Less than 1900 to go...

Using idea from previous posts:

Mind meld... Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin...

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Comment #269761 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 9:46 am

Titania,

Tez and SkyLark, will frequent posters receive special prizes when we reach 10,000?

Being of feline god status, if you place trust in Skylark...
[Edit: Can't speak for Tezcat...]

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #269747 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 9:32 am

8072. Comment #269736 by Tezcatlipoca
Okay re 269703.

Tez,

Is your god status affecting your reading comprehension? ;-)
I asked what WE would do, not WHAT would happen...

Though on second thought...

Hey that's a brilliant Idea...

Ask ourselves, what will happen when the 10000 comment gets posted on this thread?

Tez, mea culpa on your reading comprehension, again, that's a brilliant idea...

move along now, you have your assignment...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #269731 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 9:15 am

8052. Comment #269713 by Tezcatlipoca
Re 269261

You going back over 400 posts ago? ;-)

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #269722 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 9:07 am

8049. Comment #269710 by mitch_486

I don't think anyone could see through muck that thick...

I was thinking more in terms of re-action...

Like, say, ohh... Declare the day it happens as Happy 10000 day, or get everyone in this thread to pop a champagne bottle, or drink a tea...

Or even declare Skylark as the one true feline god, all other gods are below him...

Something like that...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #269703 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 8:52 am

8037. Comment #269691 by mitch_486

On this thread the more comments the better as we are only about 1962 comments away from that special number of 10000!!

Anyone know just what the hell we'll do when that occurs?

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #269684 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 8:29 am

Sciros,

Pheww, glad you quickly changed your post. I thought I was losing it...

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #269682 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 8:20 am

DP,

When it comes to politics you really are a funny little bugger... aren'tcha?

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #269675 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 8:13 am

MBC Morgan,

... Palin lives in a world where everything is going to work out for the best so long as you really, really believe that it will, and in later episodes, have the right blood parasites.

Doesn't she also need to click her heels like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz?

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Comment #269670 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 8:07 am

Tez,

Those cinnamon buns would be right up Skylarks' alley!!

LOL

*Sarah Palin*

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Comment #269661 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 8:00 am

MBC Morgan,

Starting a Star Wars vs. Star Trek thing?

Hmmm...

Could be good for at least another two dozen comments...

Go for it...

Sarah Palin does look good as Princess Leia

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Comment #269651 by severalspeciesof on October 23, 2008 at 7:53 am

Titania,

No tribble blood in SkyLarks' family. It can cause a genetic regression to timidness that wouldn't be compatible with his feline deity status.

*Sarah Palin*