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i likeThe Revolution: A Manifesto
Every election cycle we are treated to candidates who promise us "change," and 2008 has been no different. But in the American political lexicon, "change" always means more of the same: more government, more looting of Americans, more inflation, more police-state measures, more unnecessary war, and more centralization of power.
Real change would mean something like the opposite of those things. It might even involve following our Constitution. And that’s the one option Americans are never permitted to hear….
With national bankruptcy looming, politicians from both parties continue to make multi-trillion dollar promises of "free" goods from the government, and hardly a soul wonders if we can still afford to have troops in – this is not a misprint – 130 countries around the world. All of this is going to come to an end sooner or later, because financial reality is going to make itself felt in very uncomfortable ways. But instead of thinking about what this means for how we conduct our foreign and domestic affairs, our chattering classes seem incapable of speaking in anything but the emptiest platitudes, when they can be bothered to address serious issues at all. Fundamental questions like this, and countless others besides, are off the table in our mainstream media, which focuses our attention on trivialities and phony debates as we march toward oblivion.
This is the deadening consensus that crosses party lines, that dominates our major media, and that is strangling the liberty and prosperity that were once the birthright of Americans. Dissenters who tell their fellow citizens what is really going on are subject to smear campaigns that, like clockwork, are aimed at the political heretic. Truth is treason in the empire of lies.
There is an alternative to national bankruptcy, a bigger police state, trillion-dollar wars, and a government that draws ever more parasitically on the productive energies of the American people. It’s called freedom. But as we’ve learned through hard experience, we are not going to hear a word in its favor if our political and media establishments have anything to say about it.
If we want to live in a free society, we need to break free from these artificial limitations on free debate and start asking serious questions once again. I am happy that my campaign for the presidency has finally raised some of them. But this is a long-term project that will persist far into the future. These ideas cannot be allowed to die, buried beneath the mind-numbing chorus of empty slogans and inanities that constitute official political discourse in America.
That is why I wrote this book.
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Undead? They prefer to be called the 'living impaired.'
曖昧
"Scotty had promised us a remote location, beautiful scenery, the perfect place to get laid. And maybe it was, if your girlfriend was deaf, dumb, and blind and if you didn't mind seeing her transformed into some shrieking harpie-bitch from hell!"
Ah, there's nothing in my clipboard.
None. And no, Cowboy Bebop's dub is incredibly shitty. Ed's voice couldn't be more off, Spike's dialogs couldn't have been more butchered and Faye's voice was the same bored housewife that dubs all AMERIKAN anime
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[19:34] <Shan> Never argue with a physicist!
without it having an index file.
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要望ありがとう。
収納時にスペースキー再生が利かないのはバグです。ごめん。
ショートカットキーで画面変更は了解しました。
Everyone, please post faster!
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i never got banned, i just left
The male usually attaches itself to the pubescent female, but copulation does not take place until the female has moulted to the adult stage.
At best you can mock Scientologists, but you can't bring yourselves to do anything about the millions your country is killing around the world.
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I for one won't believe in any of this black hole nonsense until I actually see one.
ラストの盛り上がりは必聴。
● ラストまでの前フリが長すぎた。
○ 最初はロマンチックな雪景色、
しかし徐々にノイズが混ざってきて、後半の猛吹雪は大変なありさま。
ストーリーもとてもおもしろいし、聴いていてもおもしろい。さすがというべきか。
終わり方は静かで好印象。
○ テーマ的には反則だと思う。ずるいです、こんな突飛な発想ｗ
○ （オリジナリティ賞に関して）「そう来たか！」という感慨が湧いたのは
Agargaraさんの曲のみです。
● めちゃくちゃ長いので、お気に入りには入れがたかったです。
大好きな曲だけれど、最初の一分に求心力はないと思う。
○ 4:48からの盛り上がりは随一、コントラストきいてて大好き。
● 前半はまわりくどい前フリだったんだなー。
● 長すぎるから評価低め。
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Im looking for a tea set, it cant be nipon (thats japanese for japanese) or any asian country. It has to be a complete tea service (cups saucers milk and sugar dishes and of course the pot!) and fine china (bone not cheap ceramic). And it needs to be the same design as the Yamayurikais. Also It has to be about 10-20 bux. And you have to post pics of it first (i want to make sure its proper). And it would be nice if it came with matching tray (silver with handles). Oh! and it cant be made in asia or out of their materials. It needs to be high class. Also it would be nice if it was made in england. and not in irland or spain or whatever. I have found a tea service similar to the one im describing in ebay, but it didnt have the sugar and milk servers and i dont want to serve my guests with a missed matched set (it looks so not proper).
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Dude! You just completed the >_
I've always figured that the period after they declare they'll no longer support the product is that sweet spot when it will finally function predictably.
Derrick Quentin Northcott
As it stands, traffic from the Middle East and surrounding areas is being routed through various other cables in an attempt to remain online, but any more snips and we could be dealing with ping times eerily similar to those seen in 1993 (or much, much larger issues).
Be careful that you do not develop a case of Narutardism
"An operating system should be completely invisible," he said.
the author clearly has his tinfoil underpants and armadillo hat on.
Soon, you will be able to travel from London to Sydney in less time than it takes to negotiate security at the airport.
Lotsa people keep mentioning 'Google' 'Google''Google'. But I have one question, who and what the heck is Google?
Models the recording industry business practices perfectly... Rape, don't innovate.
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comp.protocols.tcp-ip.eniac
Films need to do this more, if only to piss off the people who have to feed it into the projector.
I'm not from jersey!
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You either lead, follow or get out of the way--Guess who's in the lead??
Apparently me because I can't hear a damned thing, lol
his job is pretty awesome, he gets payed to party and dance
Over the past few weeks, we have been receiving numerous complaints from employees about the slow performance of the Internet during business hours. These complaints are specifically regarding people's inability to effectively perform their jobs which include the need to access Google Apps (email, docs & spreadsheets, and calendar), remote servers, and certain websites necessary for research and problem resolution. Each time these complaints were received, investigation revealed that during these times other employees were streaming media that was clearly not work related.
As a reminder of what is clearly stated in the Employee Handbook, our policy pertaining to acceptable Internet usage is that gaming, [non work related] downloading, accessing interactive entertainment, and other ways that diminish your effectiveness or productivity or that of other employees is strongly discouraged.
Please note it is not our objective to single people out, nor is it our intention to prevent anyone from using the Internet for personal business that is sometimes necessary during business hours. However, everyone should be aware that as part of our ongoing IT preventative maintenance, Internet and bandwidth performance is regularly monitored. If someone is accessing a web site that is utilizing an inordinate amount of bandwidth, they may be asked to demonstrate the work related need for such usage.
Daddycool is a VIPPE Rwho owsn a SECRET area of VIP quality but he will onyl let u in if u PAY him enuogh ;)
Hmm, didn't have anything in my clipboard.
My brain hurts. Where's my lawyer, I need to sue someone for damaging my intellectual property!
Nothing kills a live session more than a request for an Adobe PDF viewer update request in the middle of a session. I got this one during a live presentation while playing a DVD. The DVD on the projector simply stopped. Going to the laptop, we discovered that despite the fact were in the field with no internet connection, Adobe needed our permission to get an update. The fact a PDF viewer has permission to stop the show by having Windows Vista stop it to ask permission for an update without a net connection convinced me that Vista is unsuitable for presentation and digital audio workstation applications.
Swedish police are probing a malodorous fermented flying fish incident in which an open can of local delicacy surströmming was launched through the bedroom window of a 52-year-old Motala man.
Sweden's The Local describes the result as "breakfast in bed with a cruel and unusual twist", and according to our correspondent Mike Richards that pretty well sums it up, since he categorises the smell of surströmming as akin to "composted gorgonzola in a Viking's jockstrap".
The cops are treating the piscine projectile launch as "property damage", and reckon they have a pretty good idea who was responsible.
For the record, surströmming comprises fermented Baltic herring which are brewed "in-the-can", allowing bacteria to work their magic and produce the distinctive odour.
The tins are apparently banned by some airlines, since they may pose an explosive risk. Mercifully, al-Qaeda is unlikely to avail itself of this property to down aircraft because, according to Mike, you have to be "clinically Swedish" to even look at a can of the stuff without fainting. ®
Bootnote
Nordic Blondes and Irish redheads get frisked pretty throughly. If they are very large breasted then we have to really check them over, make them get naked, take photos, oil them up and take more photos, etc...
"To initiate a war of aggression," said the judges in the Nuremberg trial of the Nazi leadership, "is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." In stating this guiding principle of international law, the judges specifically rejected German arguments of the "necessity" for pre-emptive attacks against other countries.
"To initiate a war of aggression," said the judges in the Nuremberg trial of the Nazi leadership, "is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." In stating this guiding principle of international law, the judges specifically rejected German arguments of the "necessity" for pre-emptive attacks against other countries.
was hoping it'd just finish itself off.
2: Isolated (starport X, Red zone, remove +DMs to TL from A/B/C starports (do NOT -4 for X).
Min TL is environmental TL minimum, TL can be > 8, society not interested in space travel or contact)3: Major social collapse (pop decrease by 1d6, roll starport as if pop 0, roll unmodified 1d6-1
for new TL. If TL is below environmental minimum, pop=0 and world is Barren) 4: Major environmental disaster (pop decrease by 1d3, if atm is 3/5/6/8 then atm is tainted to 2/4/7/9)
5: Ongoing Plague/War (pop decrease by 1d3, travel zone increase)
6: Recent starport downgrade (decrease starport by one step. minimum E)
7: Recent revolution (re-roll gov (on appropriate pop table) and law)
8: Recent starport upgrade (increase starport by one step. maximum A)
9: State of Emergency (increase law by 1d6)
10: Population increase (Pop+1, max A)
11: Recent Balkanization (gov 7, keep law, TL+1)
12: Technologically advanced (increase TL by 1d3)
Changes in Starport alter the TL (remove or add the difference in TL that is appropriate to the new starport), but have not had a chance to affect the population yet (so you can have a type A with pop 5, or a B with pop 3). Minimum TL is the environmental minimum unless otherwise stated.
Note that trade codes will be affected by these changes.
Yeah, in the same sense as when some hysterical woman shouts "Won't someone think of the children!" and Michael Jackson raises his hand to say "I am!"
"IT'S OUR FIRST NIGHT IN THE NEW HOUSE
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Visualization exercises
Here's a progressive, four-step visualization exercise to help you sharpen your skills. Don't force yourself to complete each step in only one session. It takes time to develop great skills.
Exercise 1: Get into a comfortable position, close your eyes and relax. Take a few deep breaths and clear your mind. Allow pictures to pop into your head. Choose one and hold it. Don't let anything else enter your mind. Concentrate solely on that picture. Hold the picture for as long as you can. When you let it go, end the session. When you can hold the picture for five minutes, move on to the next exercise.
Exercise 2: Choose a very simple physical object, like a pencil, book, etc. Hold it in your hands. Memorize all you can about it: How does it feel, where to the shadows fall, how does it feel in your hands. When you are ready, set the object down and close your eyes. Recreate the object with all the detail you can in your mind. Can you feel it in your hands? Do you see the shadows playing on it? When you can hold the image for five minutes, move on.
Exercise 3: This gets tricky. This time, you create an image that exists no where on this Earth. What would a plant look like that grew on a distant planet? Create that plant in your mind with as much detail as you can. What does it look like? How does it feel? What is it's texture? Look at it from all angles. Let the picture vanish. Now recall it and hold it for as long as you can. When you can hold it for five minutes, move on.
Exercise 4: Recall your made up plant from outerspace. Once you have a solid picture of it in your mind, open your eyes and "see" that plant in the physical world. Look around you, keeping that plant firmly in the center of your vision everywhere you look. Make it as real as you can, like you could reach out and expect to touch it. When you can hold this for five minutes, you are finished.
Being able to visualize energy as well as the expected outcome of our magickal workings is vital to success. Continue to visualize items to make them real in the physical world like in exercise 4. The easier it becomes for you, the longer you'll be able to hold an image and the quicker you will become at visualization.
If you are feeling ambitious, try this exercise for a moving visualization. When working with magickal energy, you will need to move it. It is a good idea to practice making an object move, fast, without losing any of its visual quality.
Exercise 5: Imagine an object, such as a hotwheels car or a train. Visualize it down to the last detail. Open your eyes and see that object. Now, without losing any detail, make the object move. Make it race across the floor, up the wall, across the ceiling, all over the room. Continue this exercise, building up to the point where you can keep your vision moving for 5 minutes.
man: Hey Sister, does the Catholic Church save bad girls?
nun: Why yes sir, the Catholic Church does indeed save bad girls.
man: Well, do you suppose you could save ONE FOR ME?
Well if you want to get down to the nitty gritty, everything is waves and empty space anyway, and yet Heisenberg's uncertainty principle asserts that this thing we call "empty space" is practically foaming at the mouth with spontaneous creation of particles and antiparticles at any one specific moment in time.
doesn't putting Heisenberg in anything make it sound all scientific and plausible?
for instance: The Heisenberg effect is the blue glow experienced when observing submersed reactors. It's actually called the Cherenkov effect, but Heisenberg sounded just as good.
SCIENCE: Heisenberg
The phenomenon was discovered by Nikola Tesla during high frequency research he conducted between 1888 and 1897.
YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO RE-POST THIS ANYWHERE:
Creds: got here in 1962, written for just about everybody, won the Writers Guild Award four times for solo work, sat on the WGAw Board twice, worked on negotiating committees, and was out on the picket lines with my NICK COUNTER SLEEPS WITH THE FISHE$$$ sign. You may have heard my name. I am a Union guy, I am a Guild guy, I am loyal. I fuckin' LOVE the Guild.
And I voted NO on accepting this deal.
My reasons are good, and they are plentiful; Patric Verrone will be saddened by what I am about to say; long-time friends will shake their heads; but this I say without equivocation...
THEY BEAT US LIKE A YELLOW DOG. IT IS A SHIT DEAL. We finally got a timorous generation that has never had to strike, to get their asses out there, and we had to put up with the usual cowardly spineless babbling horse's asses who kept mumbling "lessgo bac'ta work" over and over, as if it would make them one iota a better writer. But after months on the line, and them finally bouncing that pus-sucking dipthong Nick Counter, we rushed headlong into a shabby, scabrous, underfed shovelfulla shit clutched to the affections of toss-in-the-towel
summer soldiers trembling before the Awe of the Alliance.
My Guild did what it did in 1988. It trembled and sold us out. It gave away the EXACT co-terminus expiration date with SAG for some bullshit short-line substitute; it got us no more control of our words; it sneak-abandoned the animator and reality beanfield hands before anyone even forced it on them; it made nice so no one would think we were meanies; it let the Alliance play us like the village idiot. The WGAw folded like a Texaco Road Map from back in the day.
And I am ashamed of this Guild, as I was when Shavelson was the prexy, and we wasted our efforts and lost out on technology that we had to strike for THIS time. 17 days of streaming tv!!!????? Geezus, you bleating wimps, why not just turn over your old granny for gang-rape?
You deserve all the opprobrium you get. While this nutty festschrift of demented pleasure at being allowed to go back to work in the rice paddy is filling your cowardly hearts with joy and relief that the grips and the staff at the Ivy and street sweepers won't be saying nasty shit behind your back, remember this:
You are their bitches. They outslugged you, outthought you, outmaneuvered you; and in the end you ripped off your pants, painted yer asses blue, and said yes sir, may I have another.
Please excuse my temerity. I'm just a sad old man who has fallen among Quislings, Turncoats, Hacks and Cowards.
I must go now to whoops. My gorge has become buoyant.
Respectfully, Yr. Pal, Harlan Ellison
The Productivity of Technology is in Jeopardy
