Never said you didn't have to the right to. No need to get so excited because you got to say "god dammit."
And let them say what they like. I'm sure Xeo's smart enough to notice if someone's kissing his ass. Either way, Nelrith is in no way breaking any rules if he so chooses to post such a thing.
Rogue
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Originally posted by ShuyinWait.... It's over!? I was soooo pumped because I thought it just started. I absolutely loved the Vampire Chronicles. A vampire musical would have definatily been my cup of tea.
Yeah, I had only just heard of it yesterday. I would so have been down for seeing as well, but it's on the wrong coast for me.
That's the thing about living in L.A. Although a lot of things are unique to here and stay here, you gotta wait a long, long time for anything that comes off of Broadway or anything that's off-Broadway. And even in that, you still have to hope that what you wanted to see was popular enough to tour.
Come on! Music by Elton John? That's gotta be good for something. An extended performance, a tour... something. Probably have to wait for the Tony Awards to come around.
Rogue
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I tried to avoid watching any and all 9/11-themed TV series and movies this year, but the other night when Zabuza and I got home late at night, he flipped to "The Path to 9/11," and that little streak ended. I wasn't really pleased to watch it, far from it, I'd rather put 9/11 and all of the memories, conspiracy theories and bullshit patriotism* behind me. So after 10 minutes I had reached the point where I just needed to change the channel or walk out of the room a lot.
Either way, several entertainment sites have criticized "Path" as "shockingly ficticious" and "a load of crap."
A couple of them, including VH1's Best Week Ever blog, have directed readers to this video:
Anyone see anything and how was it?
*Yesterday, I had attended a 9/11 firefighers ceremony in Long Beach, in front of this one man's house. It was moving and many people broke into tears, but then they brought out this group of girls to sing. There were verses that went something like the "firefighters died to defend our democracy" or "our country is free and blessed and pure" and other such lines. I swear, wherever Bush was at the time, he must have creamed his pants.
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Originally posted by Kite Fly You know ammo should be expensive. It makes killing things/people harder. Why? Because people don't want to waste money on shooting the wrong person or deer.
As said by Chris Rock.
Heh, I was just about to say that I remember Chris Rock doing a bit on that, then I noticed the last part of your post.
From his Bigger & blacker sketch:
"Everybody is talking about gun control. Got to control the guns. Fuck, that, I like guns. If you've got a gun, you don't need to work out! Cause, I ain't working out. I ain't jogging. No, I think we need some bullet control. I think every bullet should cost five thousand dollars. Five thousand dollars for a bullet. Know why? Cause if a bullet cost five thousand dollars, there'd be no more innocent by-standers. That'd be it. Some guy'd be shot you'd be all 'Damn, he must've done something, he's got fifty thousand dollars worth of bullets in his ass!' And people'd think before they shot someone 'Man I will blow your fucking head off, if I could afford it. I'm gonna get me a second job, start saving up, and you a dead man. You'd better hope I don't get no bullets on lay-away!' And even if you get shot you wouldn't need to go to the emergency room. Whoever shot you'd take their bullet back. 'I believe you got my property!?' "
Rogue
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Backlash Against Stingrays Since Irwin's Death
By MERAIAH FOLEY, AP
SYDNEY, Australia (Sept. 12) - At least 10 stingrays have been killed since "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin was fatally injured by one of the fish, an official said Tuesday, prompting a spokesman for the late TV star's animal charity to urge people not take revenge on the animals.
Irwin died last week after a stingray barb pierced his chest as he recorded a show off the Great Barrier Reef.
Stingray bodies since have been discovered on two beaches in Queensland state on Australia's eastern coast. Two were discovered Tuesday with their tails lopped off, state fisheries department official Wayne Sumpton said.
Sumpton said fishermen who inadvertently catch the diamond-shaped rays sometimes cut off their tails to avoid being stung, but the practice was uncommon. Stingrays often are caught in fishing nets by mistake and should be returned to the sea, Sumpton said.
Michael Hornby, the executive director of Irwin's Wildlife Warriors conservation group, said he was concerned the rays were being hunted and killed in retaliation for Irwin's death.
"It may be some sort of retribution, or it may be fear from certain individuals, or it just may be yet another callous act toward wildlife," he said.
He said killing stingrays was "not what Steve was about."
"We are disgusted and disappointed that people would take this sort of action to hurt wildlife," he said.
Stingrays are usually shy, unobtrusive fish that rummage the sea bottom for food or burrow into the sand.
They have a serrated spine up to 10 inches long on their tails, which they can lash when stepped on or otherwise frightened.
The spines emit toxins that can kill many small creatures and cause excruciating pain in humans. Few people have died from the poison, but the spines can badly tear flesh and the wounds are prone to infections, including tetanus.
Hornby said people should treat stingrays with caution, but "there is still no need to ... kill or mutilate these important animals."
I highly doubt this is sheer coincidence. This is very absurd.
Rogue
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What Does Your Car Color Say About Your Personality and Car Insurance Premiums?
Do people with red cars really get more speeding tickets than those with blue cars? Do car insurance companies use the color of your car to determine your rates? Do certain colors increase your chance of an accident? What does the color of your car SAY about your personality?
How Fast IS that Red Car? According to the web site Colormatters.com there may be some truth the urban legends surrounding car color and speeding tickets� at least anecdotally.
Visitors to that site say that when they drive red cars they seem to get more speeding tickets. Although there seems to be no official statistics kept for such things, and the police aren�t talking about it, the stories reinforce the urban legend that many have heard.
In general, driving the speed limit is usually a good idea no matter what color car you drive. If you keep your red car at or near the limit, the chances you will get a ticket are much smaller. In fact, they are probably exactly the same as the guy next to you driving the speed limit in his purple car.
Color and Personality In Great Britain there was actually some research done that suggested that the colour (they really like that spelling for some reason) of your car says something about your personality type. And accordingly, based on your personality type, your likeliness to be involved in an accident (in the U.K. at least). That research showed that black cars are twice as likely to be involved in crashes as cream-color cars. Whether this is true in the United States is unclear.
Here is what it said about certain car colors (listed in order of most dangerous to least)*
Black cars denote an aggressive personality or someone who's an outsider or rebel.
Silver cars indicate someone who's cool, calm and slightly aloof.
Green cars can often be chosen by people with hysterical tendencies.
Yellow cars signify someone who is idealistic and novelty loving.
Blue cars are chosen by the more introspective, reflective and cautious driver.
Gray cars represent those who are calm, sober and dedicated to their work.
Red cars denote those who are full of zest, energy and drive and who think, move and talk quickly.
Pink cars are chosen by gentle, loving and affectionate drivers.
White cars represent status-seeking extrovert drivers.
Cream cars are the least likely to be involved in accidents and denote self-contained and controlled owners.
The Color of Money What about the car insurance rates question? Does your car insurance company use color to determine your premium? The answer is� no.
Some people have suggested that insurers use the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to determine the car color and use that information, in part, to set the rate for each car. But the fact is that car color is not one of the details encoded into a VIN number. So technically, unless they ASK you the color of your car when you buy your car insurance policy, they really have no idea what color it is. And thus has no affect on your rate.
Additionally, according to an article in the Chicago Sun-Times in 2005, despite the mistaken belief by 25% of drivers that color affects your car insurance rates, it really has no effect on your insurance at all. Factors like year, make, model, body type (of the car, not YOU), and engine size are taken into consideration along with the driver�s personal information.
So, if you want that little red sports car, go right ahead and get it. Does it mean you are full of zest, energy and drive and think, move and talk quickly? Only you can answer that.
The fact is, if you keep the speed of that little red number somewhere around the posted limit, stop at red lights, yield to oncoming traffic, and make your cell phone calls when you are stopped, you will probably do a lot more for your car insurance rates than any color ever could.
For more on car insurance savings see our 10+ Tips to Help You Save on Car Insurance article
*Quoted from the �Fun at Work� blog by Robin Thompson who quoted from an article in the June 20th 2005 edition of the Register-Herald in Beckley, West Virginia.
Heh, and Zabuza drives a white car.
I've never really known many of these to be true, but I suppose they're much more true if you actually were the one to pick your car's color or buy the color you liked. If you were given the car or bought it used, I suppose this doesn't hold water so much.
Rogue
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Reading through this thread makes me feel like I'm standing next to someone dragging a bunch of nails down a chalk board. It's deviated so far from the original topic that there is no point to keeping it open.
Look, this place (like everyone and everything) isn't perfect, but we're here and that's all that matters. End of story.
Rogue
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Yeah, both of my parents used to drive silver cars ('til one died and they bought a white car). The thing is, they never chose the colors for any of these cars. I don't think they EVER chose the color of their cars since they always buy used from someone and not off a lot or anything or in the case of the silver Benz, it was inherited after my grandmother died.
I think the type of car you buy more closely dictates your personality than your car's color. Though, as mentioned before, my parents drove silver cars, they are also driving and obsessed with buying Volvos (these cars are like tanks and most people who drive them are far from reckless with them).
I'm sure if you have a cream-colored Porsche, the fact that it's a Porsche pretty much out-weighs whatever color you decide to paint it.
The article also left out purple for a possible color. I knew quite a few people who drive purple cars, including my busy-body lesbian neighbor.
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The fact that you bought a Porsche (or any car built for speed for that matter as Porsche was ONLY an example), by choice, can mean one of several things. 1) You're in a mid-life crisis and needing to prove something to yourself and the rest of the world. 2) You're trying flaunt or compensate for something, which also can accomodate a mid-life crisis. 3) You want to go fast.
It's a high profile car. Granted there are drivers out there who want these cars who drive responsibly, but whatever color you paint a sportscar, it probably won't negate the fact that you may drive dangerously with it (MAY, not that you will, but might).
The last few accidents I have seen along the freeways here have involved at least one sportscar (Mustang, Porsche, Lotus, and Jaguar lately, ironically they tend to be with pick-ups and SUVs).
Rogue
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�50 fine for putting rubbish in litter bin
Nick Britten
Daily Telegraph 10 March 2006
A MAN has been issued with a �50 fine for "misusing'' a litter bin
by putting rubbish in it.
Andrew Tierney put two pieces of junk mail in a street bin and was
stunned when a letter arrived two weeks later from his local council
saying that he had committed an offence by putting "domestic refuse'' in
a public bin.
Mr Tierney, 24, was leaving his house for work when he bumped into
the postman on his doorstep. He looked at his post as he went to
his car, and put the two pieces of junk mail in a bin attached to
a lamppost outside his terraced home in Hinckley, Leics.
Yesterday he said he would take the matter to court rather than
pay up.
He said: "I've been fined for doing the right thing. I could have
easily chucked those letters on the ground, but I put them in the bin.
"What has happened is a joke. The council is barmy. I never
thought you could get a fine for putting rubbish in a bin -
that's what they are there for.''
The fixed-penalty notice advised Mr Tierney, a warehouse worker:
"Domestic refuse from your property was dumped into a street litter bin.''
Mr Tierney said: "To me 'domestic refuse' is household stuff like
potato peelings and tin cans.''
A Hinckley and Bosworth borough council spokesman said junk mail
constituted "household waste'', which "has a separate
collection''.
"Our litter bins are there to keep streets tidy, as they enable
the public to deposit small amounts of litter. They are not
provided for household waste.''
Julie Price, the local councillor for the area, said she would ask
the authority to put warning signs on bins if handing out such
"severe'' penalties became the norm.
"It seems very severe. I would prefer it if there was a warning
first before issuing the fine. But the council thinks this
particular bin is one of the hotspots in town where there has
been a lot of household refuse dumped.''
It is not known whether a witness reported Mr Tierney or if
council workers search bins for domestic refuse.
Riiiiight. Comments?
Rogue
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Originally posted by Yahoo! NewsSenate panel defies Bush on terror
By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer
38 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - A rebellious Senate committee defied President Bush on Thursday and approved terror-detainee legislation he has vowed to block, deepening Republican conflict over terrorism and national security in the middle of the election season.
Republican Sen. John Warner (news, bio, voting record) of Virginia, normally a Bush supporter, pushed the measure through his Armed Services Committee by a 15-9 vote, with Warner and three other GOP lawmakers joining Democrats. The vote set the stage for a showdown on the Senate floor as early as next week.
In an embarrassment to the White House,
Colin Powell � Bush's first secretary of state � announced his opposition to his old boss' plan, saying it would hurt the country. Powell's successor, Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice, jumped to the president's defense in a letter of her own.
All this played out after Bush started his day by journeying to the Capitol to try nailing down support for his own version of the legislation � and by issuing a threat to the maverick Republicans.
"I will resist any bill that does not enable this program to go forward with legal clarity," Bush said at the White House.
The president's measure would go further than the Senate package in allowing classified evidence to be withheld from defendants in terror trials, using coerced testimony and protecting CIA and other U.S. interrogators against prosecution for using methods that may violate the Geneva Conventions.
"The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism," Powell, a retired general who is also a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote in his letter.
Powell said Bush's bill, by redefining the kind of treatment the Geneva Conventions allow, "would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk."
Firing back, White House spokesman Tony Snow said Powell was "confused" about the White House plan. Later, Snow said he probably shouldn't have used that word.
"I know that Colin Powell wants to beat the terrorists, too," he said.
The administration also produced its own letter from Rice. She wrote that narrowing the standards for detainee treatment as Bush has proposed "would add meaningful definition and clarification to vague terms in the treaties."
In addition, CIA Director Michael Hayden wrote a letter to his employees saying he has asked Congress "to help define our responsibilities so that we and the
Department of Justice can judge the appropriateness of any procedures we would propose to use" while questioning terrorism suspects. He said Bush's bill did that.
In the committee vote, Warner was supported by GOP Sens. McCain of Arizona, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Susan Collins of Maine. Warner, McCain and Graham had been the most active senators opposing Bush's plan. The vote by the moderate Collins underscored that there might be broad enough GOP support to successfully take on Bush on the floor of the Republican-run Senate.
As the battle mushrooms, it threatens to undermine campaign season assertions by the administration that it has shown a steady hand on security matters and that Republicans should be trusted over Democrats on such issues.
Bush still has many congressional allies, including House and Senate leaders and conservatives, who want to align themselves with the president's tough stance on interrogation and prosecution. The House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday passed a bill that supports the administration's position by 52-8.
But that support is not universal. Rep. Steve Buyer (news, bio, voting record), R-Ind., said he told Bush during the president's visit that he should heed the military's top uniformed lawyers, who have previously opposed some provisions of the president's plan.
Buyer and other Republicans are expected to align themselves with McCain, who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war during Vietnam. Last year, he overcame Bush's objections to pass legislation banning cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of detainees.
Leaving his closed-door meeting with the House GOP caucus, Bush said he would "continue to work with members of the Congress to get good legislation." He complimented a House bill but did not mention the Senate version.
"I reminded them that the most important job of government is to protect the homeland," he said. Bush was accompanied by Vice President Dick Cheney and White House political adviser Karl Rove.
The White House also released a letter to lawmakers signed by the military's top uniformed lawyers. Saying they wanted to clarify past testimony on Capitol Hill in which they opposed the administration's plan, the lawyers wrote that they "do not object" to sections of Bush's proposal for the treatment of detainees.
Two congressional aides who favor McCain's plan said the military lawyers signed that letter after refusing to endorse an earlier one offered by the Pentagon's general counsel, William Haynes, that expressed more forceful support for Bush's plan.
The aides spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Asked if Haynes had encouraged them to write the letter, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said, "Not that I'm aware of."
Another Bush bill would give legal status to the administration's warrantless wiretapping program. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill on a party-line vote Wednesday, but it is stalled in the House amid opposition from Democrats and some Republicans concerned that the program violates civil liberties.
And the Republican senators vying for the lame duck's position are starting to distance themselves from his initiatives. Go figure.
Rogue
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Originally posted by Yahoo! NewsMarshals Arrest Bounty Hunter 'Dog' Chapman
Federal marshals arrested bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and two relatives early Thursday morning at his home on Oahu.
The arrest involves Chapman's capture of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster three years ago in Mexico. Luster was wanted in connection with a series of rapes.
Mexican authorities arrested Chapman, his son Leland and brother Timothy on kidnapping charges. Bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico.
The high-profile case launched Chapman into celebrity. Chapman now has his own reality TV series on the A&E cable channel.
Chapman's publicist, Mona Wood, released a statement to the media on Thursday morning.
"This is obviously a very upsetting time for the Chapman family. Duane "Dog the Bounty Hunter" Chapman is a true modern-day hero. He arrests the bad guys -- he is definitely not one of them. He shall be vindicated," Wood said in the statement.
Mexican immigration authorities issued an alert for Chapman and two relatives after they failed to show up in court. The judge released them on bail on the condition they show up every Monday to check in with the court, according to Mexican authorities shortly after Chapman left the country.
Honestly this is rather absurd. I suppose they could have tried to extradite Luster, but I doubt that would have worked. I mean, how unfair is it that a repeated rapist can run into Mexico so the police can't get him like some kid playing freeze tag and then purposely running into the "out-of-bounds" area, and then not allowing bounty hunters after him?
Why would Mexico make bounty hunting illegal?
I never really watched Dog's show, though I did see an episode once. He has a few interesting tactics to catching criminals.
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Is it just me or is a pattern developing in the matter of slightly-ironic news when it comes to cable TV stars?
Steve Irwin -- Animal Planet star killed by animal while filming.
Dog the Bounty Hunter -- A&E star arrested for illegal bounty-hunting in Mexico.
I hate to be a cynic, but as these things usually come in threes, let's all speculate wildly about what the next breaking news to hit the web will be. This is just for fun and I do not wish anyone harm or bad luck.
Matt Stone and Trey Parker -- (Comedy Central) Get taken out by a normally peaceful Buddhist over remarks said in the latest installment of South Park, despite the fact that Matt and Trey attack everyone equally, though Jews and Christians more than others.
Adam and Jamie (The Mythbusters) -- (Discovery Channel) While trying to prove a fan-submitted myth wrong, Adam and Jamie quarrel over why Adam never cleans up the workshop after a project and Jamie finally just forgets to tell Adam to get behind the protective barrier during the last test of the myth in which they simply blow up the workshop altogether.
Anyone else have others? They don't have to be detailed.
For the record, I'm a HUGE fan of Matt and Trey and Mythbusters.
Riiiiight. Comments?
