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Time Out for O/T – Vol. 15

SallyT, I just posted something to the Friday music thread for you. (and everybody else too)

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 3:17 pm

To follow up on the subject of “envy”…

I see MSM, and by contamination, a lot of other folks, confuse “envy” and “jealousy”.

Envy is when you want something that somebody else has (the Bible calls it “coveting”).

Jealousy is when you want other people to *not* have something you have.

Both can be said to elements of greed or avarice. But they are not interchangeable.

And yet, MSM (as well as “celebrities” and politicians) continue to mangle the language.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 1:50 pm

Don’t sell yourself short. Everyone has talents, interests, and experiences that “help the good fight”.

I look forward to seeing your comments in the future.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 1:41 pm

It’s a sarcasm piece. Pretty well done, IMO.

Check the name of the quoted newspaper and the “news service” in the first quote.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 11:30 am

Considering that I had to block AOL email addresses from my email, because of the amount of spam coming off their servers, I suspect (with near certainty) that AOL has no problem harvesting and selling email addresses.

I had sent numerous emails to AOL itself asking them to stop it, and they ignored me.

Few people are aware that most of the public email providers, like AOL, MSN, and Yahoo, were selling software to spammers specifically for the purpose of spamming their members. And they were doing it after CAN-SPAM was in effect.

ICQ, the internet chat program, advertised their software for spammers openly. ICQ was bought by Netscape, and we all know who bought Netscape.

People who play games on Facebook and have allowed Facebook to “import contacts from your email account” will find their contact lists have been harvested. We have a problem right now on Yahoo Messenger where that harvested information is being used to send out spam invites to what is purported to be an IQ test.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 11:22 am

Great article, I wish I had seen it at the time.

I noticed you never mentioned the Archbishops, the Frosts. They would be /so/ upset with you! 😉

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 3:02 am

Khirad, re: dragonsblood. I’m a heathen pagan (ordained, too!). And I was brought into it the right way, so I learned that stuff.

However, I have forgotten a lot of it. That happens as a solitary.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 1:35 am

If I responded to that, I could get into trouble. Rest assured, *you* are safe.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 1:33 am

Does this mean we have to call off the sacrifice?

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 1:18 am

I just deleted my HuffPo account. Suddenly, I had no replies to my previous comments, the whole box was missing. I’m afraid to see if that means my friends and fans have all been banned or dropped their accounts.

And might I say, it’s rather liberating to not have the fan/friend thing to worry about anymore?

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 1:15 am

That could be tricky. You have to get the incense right as well.

I know that myrrh is used with AT&T execs, and frankincense for military contractors.

But for WorldComm and Enron execs, I can never remember if it is supposed to be dragonsblood or sandalwood.

And you can use patchouli if you have both a Google exec and a Comcast exec, but what if you have one but not the other (Sergei just runs too fast).

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 1:12 am

The one for Arizona has the following options for Health Care:

– Repeal Obamacare! (saves umpteen billion dollars in state money)
– Put people waiting for ineffective, pointless organ transplants in front of a firing squad (saves umpteen billion dollars in state money, and millions from Jan Brewer’s own pocket!)
– Make pharmacies give out placebos for all government funded prescriptions (save umpteen billion dollars and creates millions of Big Pharma jobs – for machines)

etc.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 12:55 am

Now I am wondering if suggesting a betting pool widget be added to the site, on Help Desk, would bring down the wrath of the IT God.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 12:51 am

Which part? My snarky “translation” of the charges?

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 12:48 am

Redemption already did.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 12:46 am

Redemption, I lost AbbyRose like four times in the past month. And I am pretty sure she still loves me. 😉

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 12:45 am

The “South Park” jihadist has been sentenced.

http://gawker.com/#!5769706

Pretty harsh. He was convicted of not having a sense of humor or proportion, and got 25 years.

Some of the commenters are saying the sentence should have been reduced because, being 21, he shouldn’t be expected to act mature.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 12:42 am

We need to sacrifice a CEO to get into the good graces of AdLib again. 😛

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 12:39 am

Want to start a betting pool?

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 12:35 am

Did you mean this one?

https://www.youtube.com/v/3IbhimS5XdQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IbhimS5XdQ

Just replace “http” with “https”

Wait. It didn’t work. sigh.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 25, 2011 @ 12:31 am

That’s what I am told. I’m not banned. It’s just that most of my comments disappear immediately, and HP seems to be deleting people off my Fan list too.

And I got tired of trying to educate the ineducable, persuade the pathologically arrogant, and ignore those who think volume and quantity are better than logic and reason.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 24, 2011 @ 11:44 pm

Huh? What posted twice?

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 24, 2011 @ 11:16 pm

Westboro Baptist Church’s website hacked, Anonymous attributes it to “Jester” (I believe this may be J35t3r, who is a controversial figure in the “hack-tivist” community as an anti-jihadist)

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504784_162-20036043-10391705.html

You might not like to watch the video. Shirley is not as strident and obnoxious as she usually is… but that does not mean she isn’t strident or obnoxious. IMO, she came off even more pathetic than usual, which says a lot.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 24, 2011 @ 11:04 pm

Doing okay. Should be going to do a job tomorrow, for a few days, out of town. Hate to leave the guys to fend for themselves, but we need the money.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 24, 2011 @ 10:50 pm

That last graph, I would have preferred to see a column of percentage of income lost/gained.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 24, 2011 @ 10:48 pm

Very nice tool! Wish there were more options, though.

I admit I raised the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax (and I am a smoker), Sales & Use Tax (which I know tends to penalize the poor more), Premium Tax, and Corporate Tax.

I was then able to increase the Transportation budget.

Yeah, it would never fly. I am sure a bunch of people are putting state employees on furlough and cutting the budget everywhere to drop the income tax.

But listen to them scream when they want those government services or those offices to be open now.

While in California, the state (and many municipalities) put the workers on furlough on Fridays. I heard a lot of people complaining, a few months later, that “those lazy state workers” had forced the state to give them Fridays off. And you can’t tell them any different.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 24, 2011 @ 10:42 pm

squeezed, most great leaders rose up and became leaders because they got tired of waiting for someone else to do it. We all need to be leaders in our communities, for the causes we believe in.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 24, 2011 @ 10:14 pm

“Under Rep. Franklin’s bill, HB 1, women who miscarry could become felons if they cannot prove that there was “no human involvement whatsoever in the causation” of their miscarriage.”

In other words, they have to *prove* they are not guilty.

it would be nice to see some legal opinions on this bill.

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 24, 2011 @ 10:08 pm

I much prefer the company of dragons to neo-cons. They at least are polite and cultured when they burn your a–!

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 24, 2011 @ 10:04 pm

Does this mean they are not as thrilled with their Congressional candidate that beat out Russ for the seat?

» Posted By 2ndClassCitizenPundit On February 24, 2011 @ 10:00 pm

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