Thanksgiving is less than a week away but here at The Planet, every Friday Night is a holiday from the week’s “adventures”.
As usual, we encourage members to give that other site the day off today though if you do go by there, please don’t hesitate to invite others there to join us today and tonight.
Right here at The Planet tonight, we will as always host a music thread to listen to and share lots of wonderful music videos with your friends and colleagues (as well as chat about anything and everything).
And also tonight, we’re excited to present the debut of “The Weekly Planet”, our live roundtable with humorous and thoughtful discussions of this week’s news, . It begins tonight at 7 pm PST on the page of the same name (which you’ll find under “Live Events” at the top of the page).
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http://planetpov.com/live-events/the-weekly-planet/
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Hope to see you there tonight, should be fun!
Argh! Sounds as though I missed a great discussion on the death penalty. Got in later than I expected last night; and then, when I checked in here, I seemed to be having technical problems that made everything slllloowwwwww dowwwwnnnn. Finally–poof–my planet vanished entirely. I took it as a sign that it was time to call it a day. Sigh.
And–wouldn’t you know–it’s back to work today. Sigh x 2.
Have a wonderful day (evening), all Planeteers…
A reminder that Morning Blog will be open for comments from 5am EST until 9am, when it will be moved to Speakers Corner for the day. Everyone is welcome, see you there.
The slowness has finally gotten to me, and I’ve a book to get back to.
Gute Nacht.
Me too. Good night.
Me three, good night all….sleep well.
Goodnight to both of you, the loading is slow.
Sweet dreams!
Gute Nacht Khirad. See you later.
Well, I’m out of here for the night. I’m getting slower than the server! Good night people.
Night Monk, talk to you soon, sleep well.
Well, I’m nodding off so I’m going to check out for tonight. Good night, everyone.
Evening all, I see I missed the debate, once again….can’t seem to stay awake, 12:15 pm here in a very dark CT….how’s everyone?
Doing well, hope you are too. You can always pop over there to skim through it.
I saw that, still a little confused on how you go on a live chat, maybe if I ever stay awake for the next one someone can walk me through it.
Hey did anyone see that Sister Sarah walked out in the middle of a book signing yesterday? the youtube video of the angry mob was posted at HP this afternoon.
Nope, missed that (I rarely visit HP anymore). Angry mob of Dems?
Chat is easy, it’s closed now but when it’s open there’s a text entry box like the ones here for comments to add chat comments.
Broke my Friday boycott, was bored this afternoon…here’s the link, not a word on MSM on it, gee wonder why?
Lawrence O’Donnell covered it filling in for KO. Kofinis couldn’t keep a straight face!
Also, the montage of all the comedy bits this week on late-night had me in stitches.
I managed to fully boycott HP today as I’ve done except for like 3-4 weeks now, except for two special-interest articles once when this site was down.
Hello, BDM.
Hey e’cat, how’s the skunk smell, has it dissipated much?
Hi BDM. Yes, it’s much better, though when I leave the house and come back it’s suddenly a lot more noticeable. I handled it better this time — last time it took weeks because I didn’t limit where the dogs could go and didn’t start treating them until the next morning (I didn’t have the right stuff). This time I knew what to do!
Friends suggested using a plain douche, the vinegar in it cuts the smell faster, then bathing them with regular dog shampoo.
Have it on hand, haven’t had to use it for over a year, but the young one, Win, chased one the length on the yard last week, didn’t spray him, thank god…he’s such a noodlehead, didn’t know what he was chasing, the big guy, Rudd, just laid on the porch, probably said to himself, “Been there, done that”!
Lucky you. I wonder why my knucklehead greyhounds didn’t remember that they got nuked in the face only a few months ago!
I have to laugh at your use of the term “noodlehead.” My ex BF used that to describe all the young white “rastafarians” (with dreadlocks) who live in the mountains around here during the summer.
“Noodlehead” or “Noodles”, for short, is none too bright, he’s young, 15 months…The Big Guy, Rudd, got blasted in the face last year, won’t go out after dark unless one of us is with him. We have to stand on the porch and clap our hands before he’ll come down. Smarter than the younger one!
and yes that is a great discription of white rasta’s! Blondes I supose…
Hello … is there anybody out there?
Yep, Welcome to the Planet, Benard!
Here, my friend.
Just us loons. Welcome to the Planet.
Hello….
I don’t know if any of you know Brownforall, a nice young guy but prone to emotional outbursts, but he came back as GuardianForever, a chick, and I hit on her, uh, him. Then, ladynaga figured it out and exposed him. Was I embarassed. LMAO.
I tried to create another sock but was unable to get it through. I guess there is a way to do that, but I haven’t figured it out. If I ever get banned, HP will rue the day. I have access to three computers and I’ll create hell for them.
I’ve created several extra sox. You just need a new email address. Monk says it doesn’t even have to be a real one. Was that the problem?
Yeah, I tried setting up Mr_Miyagi, but it didn’t get approved even though I used another email addy. I haven’t tried lately, maybe I did get it through. I’ll double check. But I guess that sock would have been a dead giveaway so maybe I’ll try another one.
OK, here’s my techniques. Work MOST of the time.
I start out clearing out my internet cookies, ect on the browser. This is having started on a neutral page, like my search engine (which isn
Brownforall was hard for me to figure out for the longest time.
Yeah, he seems a bit obsessive.
That would be the right word. There’s another who is a bit of a spaz, too – I’m totally blanking on names tonight, oh yeah GOPsteals. The ones with the bad spelling and grammar always embarrass me a bit, elitist that I am. Still, if they make a good point or have a decent rejoinder here and there, I’ll fan them. I think they’re nice guys all the same, but can become a little bothersome.
LOL. I’m an English major and this drives me crazy. I often correct the spelling of trolls just to be annoying. It’s a major effort for me to resist doing it to some of the leftie posters. There are some pretty bad ones! One guy I’m thinking of probably writes at about a third grade level — obviously sounding words out with *very* creative spelling. And these are pretty simple words too. Yikes.
OMG – is not that urge to correct them powerful?!!
I love mocking the righties with atrocious English with suggesting ESL classes – no offense to those in ESL!
LOL. That’s pretty good. I think I’ll use that one in future if you don’t mind!
I figured her out right away … because she was flirting with both AC and LadyNaga and BrownForAll always did that.
Tonight’s discussion was very interesting when discussing the death penalty and Osama. Though I would want him dead if he’s not already, I wouldn’t favor giving him the death penalty, life in prison instead.
Obama? Rush.
Why, whatever are you referring to, sir? Heh!
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Death penalty is a tricky issue for me. I think it degrades the society who uses it, but in some cases….just off the bastard! I’m thinking people like the BTK killer and Ramon Salcedo (if anyone from CA remembers him). I think Osama’s already dead but if we found him, I’d say keep him alive — that would be worse for him. I’m not sure how I feel about executing KSM.
I totally understand and have the same feelings about wanting the human monsters out there to be taken out, if anyone in my family was attacked, you know I would want blood.
But blood rage aside, I think it is a natural but destructive instinct with in us that just wants to kill, it’s more primal.
I think we need to fight that impulse if as a people, we want to move forward. The problem is, you can’t have a society that says no one has the right to take another’s life and have a death penalty.
Yes, this is true. I know you are right! But there are still times. …
I am genuinely torn about the death penalty. I’m not wild about it, not at all, but for some piece of scum like Joseph Duncan, yeah, there is a part of me that says, “screw it, kill him. He’s forsaken his right to exist…”
I dunno. It’s one of those things I can’t make up my mind about. See, I’m not a total bleeding heart liberal.
I’m with you and escribecat. I have an opinion of the head, and one of the heart. I also would describe myself as someone who is 99.9% against the death penalty, but for some – and when there is iron-clad evidence, I just don’t care. I don’t particularly push for their death, I think we might learn more from studying them, and with AQ types to deny them their martyrdom at the hands of the infidel is even more degrading to them… but… I totally know what you guys are saying. Plus, with dictators like Saddam, as it was in old times, it prevents them from ever regaining power. I know the Bolshevik argument isn’t particularly progressive of me, and hey, I’m not saying to go after the whole family, but exile, at the very least, is a tricky thing when dealing with a mass-murdering dictator, as is locking them up with a sentence any shorter than life. I know one short guy who came back from a small island to become emperor.
Good points. I was by no means in favor of the Iraq invasion, but I wasn’t sad to see the end of Saddam and his psychopathic sons — “Caligula and Nero.”
Ditto on all counts. 😉
I don’t think he should get the death penalty, that is what he wants, to go into AQ history as a martyr and symbol for future terrorists. He should get life without parole, then put into a max security slammer, isolated from the world for 23 hours a day, in a stark cell with nothing inside. Give him only one book to read, Going Rogue. That ought to make him nuts.
Cruel and unusual punishment indeed.
LOL. No, make him listen to it on tape! Her voice is incredibly grating.
LOL. Yeah, that’s a better idea. And feed him non beef bologna sandwiches every day, breakfast,lunch and dinner.
Saw her interview with Billo the clown tonight, what a vapid person and your right, the voice would be considered torture.
Do we still torture?
Thank god for the edit button, not quite awake!
Was he kissing her arse?
You might have the ACLU get involved on that!
I’m sorry I missed that part of the discussion. I have a direct example on why trying him is good for America. In the wake of post-election turmoil, Iran has recently sentenced five people to death, no names released, vague accusations like the “enmity towards God” (moharebeh ba-Khoda) thing, with no defense, in camera. Sorry, but nothing tells that regime to shove it up their ass like an open trial and the upholding of the TRUE American way – as the IRI is OBSESSED with Western hypocrisy. For anyone who doesn’t see that as plain as day, well, they have something stuck up their asses as well.
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I’m against the death penalty in principle, but I won’t shed any tears over a needle in KSM’s arm, either. This is one of those times, where while I could live with him suffering the rest of his days in supermax solitary easily, I’m not particularly opposed to state sanctioned murder for his level of atrocity. ‘Tis true that it’s a shame Obama has bloodthirsty ‘Murkans to assuage, preemptively undercutting them strategically, though. Lord knows we can never have a rational discussion about the visceral underpinnings of institutionalized vengeance.
Your point is right on the money!
America is in the same category of Iran and Iraq BECAUSE we still have a death penalty, the only industrialized democracy to have one.
No, I won’t be protesting if KSM is put to death but I don’t agree with it.
As you say, if we are trying to distinguish ourselves as civilized, having official state sanctioned killings ain’t the way to go.
Actually, you’re dead on (any pun so not intended) for bringing up the list of Death Penalty countries and our sorry position in it.
Whether or not we sentence him to death is not a concern to their hypocrisy barometer, though I’m sure its people would take notice.
Khirad — that is one of the best arguments I’ve seen in favor of a civilian trial for these guys — not just proving to the IRI but to the world — and to ourselves — that we are still a nation of laws and not hypocrites.
Yes, it just happened to dawn on me when on a thread dealing with the Iranian sentences earlier this week, but was meant to demonstrate a much larger point, as you say.
We often speak of our nation’s ‘moral standing’ in the abstract. It is useful to have a specific instance to drive it home.
Mea Culpa to all concerned, I missed it because the Panasonic guy coming to fix our fridge, informed me that I had to remove everything from said fridge. *hangsherheadinshame*
Promise to read all of it when he leaves and I have put everything back. *runsandhidesinacornerwhereAdLibcan’tfindher*
Aha! Found you!
Was it my bushy tail that gave me away?
That and your cat-like purr!
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
You just made the gang laugh!
Six kitties! I only have two greyhounds, one cat (lost one in August), a bunch of squirrels and swallows and bluejays dependent on me, and now one skunk.
LOL that sounds like a proper menagerie. I have 10 more outside and feed about 30 sparrows twice a day. No peace for the wicked I suppose.
Heh!
I was here, but getting the color wheel of doom which made me miss the event, though I was here doin’ tunes the whole time. Too many videos on a page can be downright gooey.
If you are talking about “the colour wheel of doom” you must be on a Mac right, it drives me potty.
I invited MonicaAngela to this site and she said she would stop by, Chernynkaya too. I hope they do come here; they are two of my favorites and have chafed at all the name calling which inhibits a deeper discussion.
It’s getting rarer and rarer that there is substantive discussions there; the trolls are increasing and making some really stupid statements. There are three types: the bloviators like drbillybob and Dave from Wisconsin, the outright provocateurs like Perfect Sense, and the crazy ones like Beejer.
I don’t consider Andrea Castillo, Ramirez or Flossy/GringoLingo to be trolls. I don’t have a problem with dissenters, and they don’t launch personal attacks. I sure don’t agree with them on anything, though.
But sometimes they create sox that they use to post from their “more vile” selves, like AC was posting as RonPaulWasRight — extremely nasty stuff against pro-choice women. The kind of stuff spewed by protesters outside of clinics. I used to think AC was all right but not any more.
Are you sure that was AC?
Positive! Zero doubt!
Pepe apparently has other evidence, but what confirmed it for me was that she fanned the PPOV facebook page with a picture of herself with John Stossel. The avatar for RPWR was John Stossel. Who the hell gives a shit about John Stossel?
Plus, she was also talking about how she was playing volleyball with John Stossel … and she lists on her FB page one of her political heroes is Ron Paul!
Is this person for real!?
Wow. I went to her Facebook page once, but I usually don’t dig as deeply as you guys.
I saw it because she fanned the PPOV facebook page.
Well, she’s a “fan” of the PPOV Facebook page. You don’t have to dig hard!
W E I R D.
AC’s only position on the Sotomayor nomination was making fun of the Justice’s looks.
Evening, KQ. How are you?
MonicaAngela did sign up and stop by, thanks for inviting her. Haven’t seen a comment by Chernynkaya yet.
I have no problem with anyone who wants to debate, just those who want to create unnecessary and childish conflict.
Amen to that.
Would love to see Cher here. They’re really insightful.
I have a lot of respect for her.
Beej is insufferable.
Coyote has settled down a bit the past week, or maybe it’s just me.
Gringo Lingo is a troll akin to DrBillyBob Dave from Hartfor/whatever, I agree on the rest though, their possible socks aside.
Hey, Khirad, how’s it going?
Not bad KK!
KK, but they *provoke* attacks, by saying provocative things, knowing full well that their bait will elicit a response, and they literally feed off that negativity. It’s all a game to make people angry and get people banned. I have seen both of them post some fairly odious stuff at times, not toward other posters, but odious nonetheless. AC in particular and Gringo are both good at this. Ramirez is just annoying. And Flossy is Gringo… (and maybe others)
The problem is people keep taking their bait..
… including me. 🙂
Yes, the are good at baiting, I’ll give you that. Rami is only mildly annoying IMO. Shows up, gives the mod GOP line and tucks out anymore.
I don’t know if you know MrHands, but he supposedly nailed, aargh, what’s that Truther’s name? – as Brad by nailing his IP address – even told me the software to do it myself, if I were that savvy. Anyone done that with the Jekyll & Hyde of Flossy & Gringo?
Khirad, I don’t get what you mean here. How did MrHands nail someone’s IP address?
If I were savvy enough I’d tell you. They had an add-on for Firefox and some other tool that allowed you to see the IP addresses like the Mods can. I thought they were kidding, but they sounded pretty serious about it and gave me a bunch of links including a YouTube tutorial. Look it up if you’re interested. In fact I should look into it myself. Just don’t copy their address in public. That’s what this guy kept telling MrHands to do: prove it. Clearly, he was no newbie… god what is that twits name?! Always writes stuff like “WAKE UP and see the TRUTH!!!” and has a thumbs-up-ing av.
[I had a double post here]
You’re not the only one, Pepe. But I’m getting better. I just hit reply, then push the space bar 3 – 4 times and a blank comment box shows up. More and more are doing this, sort of as a code so we don’t get baited into a banning. Sometimes I wonder if some of them aren’t planted there by HP themselves.
I pushed the flagged button a hundred times against TheLatestInHosiery and beej was banned yet again. I hated that avatar and was glad to get his foo foo kicked off.
I’m better than I used to be. Three or four months ago, I would blow a gasket over AC, but I learned to ignore her.
What got me banned is that “Ron Paul Was Right” said something that was virtually word for word identical to what AC had said earlier in the day, and I pointed it out. She flipped out over it, accusing me of stalking her and saying she was writing an e-mail to the moderater. Then she offed her RPWR account immediately. Then the next day, I’m on time out.
It was worth it to watch her have a meltdown like that! 😀
What I got in trouble for, really, though was calling Gringo all kinds of foul stuff in French. Really,. really foul, involving broken broomsticks, etc.
That’s interesting. I was wondering how you figured that out in the first place. Wish I had seen that! Smug little twit. I guess they must have brought in someone who speaks French.
I so regret missing that. Melt-downs are great entertainment.
Man, what is it with the weird double posting? I swear that’s not me. Some glitch with this computer, I think.
Hmm. Not seeing that.
That’s because I’m editing it. The post above was double-posted.
Pepe, you are absolutely right. For example, I saw a post aimed at glomtt, a delightful person who supports Obama:
“glomtt, Obama lies. He’s afraid of insulting anyone so he won’t make any decisions. Thoughts?”
The insults were something along those lines (I can’t remember exactly what but they pissed me off for sure). This post is blatantly designed to piss her off and respond with “fuck you,” which is all it merits. (This post was from AC.)
Yeah, she’s just toxic…
… anyone that enjoys literally reveling in that kind of negativity constantly has got something seriously wrong with them IMO…
I agree. It’s sick. The shrinks need to come up with a new name for it. “Perpetual Troll Syndrome” or something. Some of those others really do seem like serious cases — spooky serious.
I do like that description, “PTS”!
The real spooky headcases I avoid, there was this new I see that is definately a HP staffer…shelly-some numbers at the end I can’t remember…what a pain, up there with acapo.
My new thing now when I’m there is to keep throwing their statements back at them with questions like, “Why do they feel that way” or “Please explain your stance”. Scared Flossy off with that today with his silly blanket statements about how we libby feminist don’t like Sarah P.’s new kind of feminisism.
“New kind of feminism.” What’s that? “Bitchy Cheerleader?” Gawd.
I use the same method. I’m a fan of snark, but that’s all some of ’em have.
I have reason to believe “acapo” is also “Bluesmann” and “Henry Wolffe”
G’Night all
Night bitohistory!
Why am I getting a “you already said that message?”
Twitchy finger.
You already said that message.
Seriously, that usually happens when you click on the button again while a post is in the middle of posting.
Yeah, I didn’t realize I had clicked it already. Thanks.
Don’t wish two people Goodnight in a row, either.
BTW, my submit button takes forever to process the comment. Is that just me?
No, it’s going a bit slow for me too. We’re on a new server and it’s going to take some fine tuning to get it running ideally. Sorry about that, thanks for your patience!
Who is Rob S that you all are referring to? For the life of me, I cannot understand how I get away with all the foul language I use but others get banned for far less. Pepe, did you get an email suspending you? I don’t get it….I saw the French stuff, pretty funny, but nothing like I write sometimes.
He is the asshole who decided to banish KevenSeven.
He is a smug little asshole.
Did I mention that he is an asshole? Because he is an asshole.
Did he send you an email?
Oh, yeah. He warned me to take him seriously.
That was funny.
I don’t doubt it, but I have yet to have an encounter with the infamous arbiter of arbitrary injustice – though I’ve engaged in some heated exchanges – fingers crossed.
Yes, I got an e-mail. Rob S. is a moderator.
Do we have any proof that “Rob S” is a singular person? Or is this a generic “personalization” of whoever has the moderation power at any given time? Since there is no return e-mail, or so I believe I’ve been told, they could just be faking us all out.
But I’m continually pissed about the unfair and idiotic manner of their “moderation”. Troll shit that is as flagrantly abuse of people, our country, and the President gets left up and no one does anything about it, but then one of us post something fairly benign and it’s raptured and, in some cases, so are we. This is what has driven me away from any meaningful discussion there, it isn’t worth the effort. Besides, you can’t discuss with a troll. It never happens.
Here’s a little ditty.
Hello:
I’ve recently seen a comment from you instructing others on avoiding our word filters.
Would you be surprised to learn that both trying to avoid the word filter and telling others how to do so might be defeating our purpose in implementing such things? Further, would it surprise you to know that we don’t consider either trying to fool it yourself or telling others how to do so to be acceptable behavior?
We don’t.
I’ve noted your account & I’m letting you know right now you need to not repeat this behavior.
Thank You,
Rob S.
He sounds just a wee bit hostile.
Hi HITO: That is precious. Whoever received it. I’ll have to set up a sacrifice account from a remote location sometime and send in a feedback on such things, not in specific, but a general rant. And I’ll give them a “good” e-mail. I feel sad that they force people into such behavior by their acts and then complain because we react to it.
Bunch of fucking morons. I’m thinking that some internet publisher’s father was a colaborator in Greece. She sure acts like she has the genes.
As nasty as it was, it was nicer than the one below.
Especially since I emailed him about the situation.
Good night kids.
Night!
Hey Mr. Monk, how are you, has DevastationManor imploded? Don’t see it on “My Fans” any more.
Checked today, I seem to have accumulated a lot of unknowns lately, have no idea who they are, can’t keep up anymore!
No, it was working a little while ago. Don’t know what happened. Although I did push a few things today.
I just can’t keep up with everyone’s new socks. I need to be slapped in the face with a “Don’t you know me” before I figure them out, LOL!
I still see DevastationManor on my list. I think they have bugs in their software. The numbers go up and down inexplicably.
BDM: I currently have over 3 in active service, but am no longer making them aware to other people, with a few exceptions. And not in public forums. DM is my primary known one, and most people over there know I’m Felonious Monk with that one.
I can very writing styles, but often chose not to.
It’s just a game. As I put it here this afternoon, it’s now just an internet paintball camp over there.
Wow, that seems a little more personalized than the generic time out e-mail…
Hey HITO!
I must have racked up a lot of HuffPo Naughty Points then for all the hyphen usage I employed to avoid the censorship over there when I was a regular.
Quite a nasty peace of work isn’t he?
Has a few delusions of grandeur, this one on one style with the members and moderators was not in practice when I left in April this year.
I think we should start a collection to buy a six months supply of ExLax to see if he can’t be cured of what is ailing him.
Hey Kalima, how are you feeling? Hope better, my Dad had and older sister have RA, so far so good for me…just have a thyroid condition, which my doctor tells me is hereditary and connected to my family’s RA.
Hello BDM, I’ll be feeling better after my next trip to aspirate again I hope, my appointment is for Tuesday and I’ve asked for a steroid injection this time.
I have a friend who has suffered with Hashimoto’s disease since childhood, her medication makes her feel very bad at times. I hope that yours is somewhat under control. My RA is hereditary too on my mother’s side, I don’t hold it against them. 🙂
Thank you for asking.
I was diagnosed two years ago with Hashimoto’s disease, so far I’m not on any thyroid meds yet.
Seems to flair up when I’m stressed out, have had only three attacks since being diagosed. Meditation and a lot of walking on the beach with big dogs help.
I’m so very sorry to hear that, I think that my friend stopped taking her medication for many years, she has no insurance, had to stop working as she has chronic asthma too with a few attacks every week, so couldn’t afford to continue her treatment. Makes me mad as hell and I have a few American friends in the same boat.
Stress is bad for what I have too, I try to avoid it whenever I can. Take care.
Another thing is, EVERYONE does what they can to avoid the word filter.
I rarely make any effort any more to write thoughtful posts. Those just seem more likely to get scrubbed (more words?). I still think the “mods” are a bunch of interns getting drunk and messing with people’s heads.
I’m convinced that from the time you click on reply, a timer starts, and the longer it goes, the less likely your comment will be of surviving. It’s as if they don’t want any well conceived comments being provided.
But here’s my favorite:
Hello:
As far as I can tell–neither one of you is staff. I have no idea if either of you actually posted the others’ password or anything else. I have no idea what started your fight, and I don’t care. The next time I notice either of your accounts acting out, I will, at the very least, suspend your accounts.
Let’s play nice, shall we?
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This was sent to naga and I.
So, with that statement they are admitting that they do have staff posting, very interesting to say the least.
Hah. Good point. I didn’t piece that together… how would someone get someone else’s password?
Extremely interesting…how many are posting as trolls I wonder?
I’ve noticed lately that the little “in-group” when they start talking about socks always ends up saying “LadyNaga, you know so much about these things, who is this or that?” It’s as if they acknowledge something is up but refuse to see any further.
And the sheep shall be led to slaughter…