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Comments

[Jeffersonian]

Dammit, I thought today was the 12th...done.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Bullshit. You just wanted your name first on the banner, you crafty bastard.

I, for one, am glad the graphic on top of the left nav is gone. That bluish bar moving up Lady Liberty's arm reminded me too much of that disaster movie where a wave of water takes out New York City. You know the one.

[Jeffersonian]

Wassn't that "The Day After Tomorrow"?

yes!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319262/

[Jeffersonian]

I'm not even trying to de-Sugarfree my links anymore. I'm a failure of a human being.

[Episiarch]

But you're a success at being whatever NutraSweet is! Some kind of outer space potato man, I think.

[Jeffersonian]

I can't even get that right. I'm going back to bed.

[NAAOSPM]

We at the National Association for the Advancement of Outer-Space Potato-Men do not take your cruel, racist, speciesist commentary lightly, Episarch.

You may expect a call from our attorneys on Monday.

[PIRS]

Do you mean the Roland Emmerich commedy "The Day after Tommorow"?

Oh, it wasn't supposed to be a commedy? Why was it so hillarious then? It was almost as funny as that 2012 movie.

[Episiarch]

You mean every Roland Emmerich movie?

[PIRS]

Yes, they are all hillarious!

[PIRS]

Roland Emmerich will be remembered in much the same was as Ed Wood.

[Episiarch]

Incorrect. I actually am fond of Ed Wood. That will never happen with Emmerich, or The Bay (cue evil music).

[Micheal Bay]

Spent my lunch drinking straight whiskey in a heavily guarded inner-city stone quarry. You ate a Lunchable & watched Maury again didn't you?

[Uwe Boll]

you guys suck

[Mr. FIFY]

Even worse than Plan 9 From Outer Space:

http://www.scifimoviepage.com/dvd/manos-dvd.html

Link goes to describe the MST3K version, but it's just as bad/funny a movie without the treatment.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Ha! The one of which I was thinking was directed by a chick and unusually boring for a disaster epic.

[Joshua Corning]

Central Kitsap wastewater treatment facility methane recapture facility in Washington state!?!?

Is that video geographically pinpointing my IP and targeting my Washington state residency?

If so that is awesome.

Anyway I already gave a week ago.

[Spiny Norman]

They did that cover with the aerial photo of your house (or in my case, the local UPS store), so you know they have the technology and lack of scruples.

[Parasite]

Why not let the fund-scrounging go on forever? You'll be just like my local PBS station. Schlock violinist Andre Rieu, anyone?

[Spiny Norman]

Or former California governor Gray Davis.

[Troll]

+1

That was going to be my post actually.

They got mine yesterday when they said "it's the last day".

Now I wonder if they'll ever tell us how much money they raised....

[Joe Zilch]

If the rent wasn't due I'd have given already. Instead the wife said I can have a subscription for Christmas which means no shirt and no book but better than nothing.

[capitol l]

Shhh! You hear that, I do. What is it? It's Matt Welch's stomach rumblin' and a grumblin'! Ain't had no breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Why?

The rent is TOO DAMN HIGH!

[AA]

Medical Marijuana, Prop 203, in my state of AZ, passed. I guess not all Marijuana props failed.

[?]

I guess not all Marijuana props failed.

"All?" What?

EIN PROP

[Hugh Akston]

This year's begathon seemed a lot shorter than last year's. Also a lot less successful.

If I had a job, I'd kick you guys a few bucks.

[0x90]

Thread randomness...

Describe what you see in this picture, Karl.

[Fist of Etiquette]

They have to know that real estate market is on the verge of virtual collapse.

[An Annoying Pedant]

I can remember when property in Ultima Online used to get sold on eBay for $500-$1000 a piece. Of course Origin didn't look too kindly on that practice and it was eventually shut down.

The first 4 years of WoW saw a lot of player character trading on the web. The more time invested on gearing a character increased the value on the "black" market. Blizzard didn't like that shit either but instead of being aggressively litigious they just made it easier for anyone to gear up a character.

These days, MMO companies have either monetized virtual items or turned sandbox areas into virtual economies tied to real ones. $650k, however, is insanity. I couldn't even tell if Entropia Universe allowed players to monetize virtual properties to bring in monthly revenue.

[Cuddly Soft Balls of Death]

OK, wait just a damned minute here.

I just saw Arianna Hoofington on the Judge Show. Am I to understand now that she is not, in fact, a character played by Zsa Zsa Gabor? I think the American and Hungarian people deserve a straight answer to this important question.

[Jeffersonian]

I'm pretty sure she's Greek, a slightly different flavor of Balkan bimbo.

[Tulpa]

It's been a bad financial year for libertarians. Also for shrubberers.

[miart]

I think it's just the beginning. Everyone should act and cut off this scourge.miere din bucovina

[Meg]

Make the pols cry--what a crock of shit. libertarians have all the impact of a chihuahua's fart in the Bronx zoo.

[Tulpa]

Oh, I could give you some flatus that'll make your lungs burn.

[AA]

So then when things get bad its not our fault? Cool.

[PIRS]

So that is why you are here trying to discredit us? If we do not have an impact why bother showing up?

[Max]

How the fuck can somebody else's opinion discredit you, you stupid shit? Your stupidity discredits you for all but your fellow stupid shits. They think you're cool.

[PIRS]

Notice I said "trying".

Max, it is pointless ad hominems that discredit you. You cannot hold your own in a debate. At least I have never seen you do so.

[Max]

Point out one time when I was debating you, you ignorant asshole.

[heller]

You're right Max. PIRS you should know better. Max is too stupid to even attempt debate. Instead, he can only yell inane phrases like a little child.

[P Brooks]

Did Max have a sex change operation?

[Jeffersonian]

From what to what?

[John Tagliaferro]

I sent over my anonymous contribution in the form of the finest gold bullion available in the gold marketplace. It was transported by my confidential courier, whom we can call GGL. He should have arrived at your palatial offices in Washington, DC driving his signature red Lingenfelter Corvette. Please acknowledge receipt with a post on this blog.

Sincerely,
JT

[Tulpa]

Getting into Suki's jewelry collection again, Mr Tagliaferro?

[BeltwayLurker]

This thread was a Stephen J. Cannell production.