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So now that Obama's been elected...
2008-11-09, 3:17 PM #81
Just because it's in the red doesn't mean it doesn't receive more of nonholiday spending; i.e. since Toys R Us sells mainly nondurable goods, it would generally receive more spending year-round during a recession than sellers of durable goods, but this could still be not enough to cover their expenditures.
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2008-11-09, 3:17 PM #82
Originally posted by DrkJedi82:
i refuse to believe your lies ted
That is best, I don't want internet geeks taking advantage of my condition of distraught and fragile motherhood and attempting to woo their way into my genitalia. :colbert:

God knows enough men have already done that.
2008-11-09, 4:07 PM #83
Originally posted by Michael MacFarlane:
:saddowns:


That was directed at the whole thread.
nope.
2008-11-09, 4:15 PM #84
this is not one of my better days in the knowing-what's-going-on department
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2008-11-09, 5:18 PM #85
Originally posted by Ted Sandyman:
That is best, I don't want internet geeks taking advantage of my condition of distraught and fragile motherhood and attempting to woo their way into my genitalia. :colbert:

God knows enough men have already done that.


Uh. Who are you? And do we care?
2008-11-09, 5:59 PM #86
Originally posted by JM:
Uh. Who are you? And do we care?
Well I'll have you know I'm a longtime member of this forum. I came to this site when I learned my 11 year old baby was using internet for playing video games of extreme violence such as Jedi Knights amongst a community of juvenile deliquents. As a member of MAVAV and a mother of a special needs son I found it my duty to keep a wary eye and motherly clutch on my son and his joystick, and have done all I can short of banning him from this website to limit his violence time.

I have been met with countless sexual advances by the rabble on this website and NDSS forum, but I believe have defended myself admirably. I find threats of castration are often enough to disuade the sleazy internet cowards.

Thankfully my darling chooses not to post much on this website anymore
2008-11-09, 6:18 PM #87
Mal-informed political opinions translated into national defense commentary, based on fear mongering and idiotic red-scares makes BSG laugh. It seems Sarn got promoted to a more tactical role in the military since we last saw him.
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2008-11-09, 6:24 PM #88
Originally posted by Vin:
I wouldn't necessarily say that... Toys R Us is in the red the entire year until the day after Thanksgiving.


Aren't they going out of business?
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2008-11-09, 6:33 PM #89
Originally posted by JediKirby:
Mal-informed political opinions translated into national defense commentary, based on fear mongering and idiotic red-scares makes BSG laugh. It seems Sarn got promoted to a more tactical role in the military since we last saw him.


There are some high speed door kicking swabbies out there.

Like four.
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2008-11-09, 7:22 PM #90
Sorry, just to revisit this:

Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
1) you don't know who has nukes and who doesn't.

2) It doesn't really matter who has nukes. Whoever does have them will make sure they're aimed at us.

Also, whether or not they even hit is irrelevant. Once there's a nuke in the air, it will take a miracle to keep Russia from launching, and once Russia launches the US will follow suit.

Actually we have a pretty good idea.

And I think it does actually matter who has them.
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2008-11-09, 7:31 PM #91
Quote:
Well I'll have you know I'm a longtime member of this forum. I came to this site when I learned my 11 year old baby was using internet for playing video games of extreme violence such as Jedi Knights amongst a community of juvenile deliquents. As a member of MAVAV and a mother of a special needs son I found it my duty to keep a wary eye and motherly clutch on my son and his joystick, and have done all I can short of banning him from this website to limit his violence time.

I have been met with countless sexual advances by the rabble on this website and NDSS forum, but I believe have defended myself admirably. I find threats of castration are often enough to disuade the sleazy internet cowards.

Thankfully my darling chooses not to post much on this website anymore
:huh: Are you Freelancer?
2008-11-09, 7:38 PM #92
I think it's his mother.

Or Spe.
nope.
2008-11-09, 7:50 PM #93
Originally posted by Baconfish:
I think it's his mother.

Or Spe.


It's Dick Cheney.
2008-11-09, 7:50 PM #94
Originally posted by Ted Sandyman:
Well I'll have you know I'm a longtime member of this forum. I came to this site when I learned my 11 year old baby was using internet for playing video games of extreme violence such as Jedi Knights amongst a community of juvenile deliquents. As a member of MAVAV and a mother of a special needs son I found it my duty to keep a wary eye and motherly clutch on my son and his joystick, and have done all I can short of banning him from this website to limit his violence time.

I have been met with countless sexual advances by the rabble on this website and NDSS forum, but I believe have defended myself admirably. I find threats of castration are often enough to disuade the sleazy internet cowards.

Thankfully my darling chooses not to post much on this website anymore


Who the hell are you?
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2008-11-09, 8:25 PM #95
Originally posted by Ted Sandyman:
As a member of MAVAV and a mother of a special needs son I found it my duty to keep a wary eye and motherly clutch on my son and his joystick, and have done all I can short of banning him from this website to limit his violence time.


What were you doing clutching your mentally handicapped son's joystick?
2008-11-09, 8:27 PM #96
Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back.
2008-11-09, 9:09 PM #97
Originally posted by JM:
:huh: Are you Freelancer?


I was worried someone would try to equate me with this nut because he's obviously mentally handicapped when it comes to using pronouns. Also, I'd never misspell delinquent.
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2008-11-09, 9:26 PM #98
Originally posted by Baconfish:
[http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g16/Woodman_01/whaaambulance.jpg]


Call Whine-1-1!!!!!
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2008-11-09, 9:28 PM #99
Originally posted by mscbuck:
Call Whine-1-1!!!!!


lol
2008-11-09, 9:37 PM #100
In another thread, this woman named Ted referred to f-r-e-e-'-s mom as 'my mom'.

Therefore, Ted is Freelancer.

(Yes I realize it was the filter. But still.)
2008-11-09, 10:20 PM #101
So now that Obama's been elected...

2008-11-09, 10:23 PM #102
Just read thread title as "Now that Onimusha's been elected..."
2008-11-10, 12:14 AM #103
Originally posted by JM:
(Yes I realize it was the filter. But still.)


Oh yea! I forgot about that...
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2008-11-10, 12:16 AM #104
Quote:
I've spent so much time arguing politics on the interwebs that I can no longer distinguish feigned idiocy from the real thing.

For the record, I don't argue from a position of feigned idiocy. Actually, I believe BSG summed it up rather nicely, "Mal-informed political opinions translated into national defense commentary" though he misinterprets my underlying motives... and assumes I am ignorant, when in fact I am not ignorant. I am merely lazy. And further, I argue from a presupposition that the world *will* at some point come to an end in a hell and brimfire, biblical fashion.

This ultimately leads me to be rather zealous and to no longer care whether or not I sound well-researched or intelligent, and thus I formulate my arguments to capitalize on the production of thought, and the enjoyment of the reading, regardless of whether or not they are based in reality. And I inject such a high level of sarcasm into them that any who take me seriously are ridiculed for lacking a sense of humor, and the rest argue back with the same flippancy. But now that you find yourself going along, sit back and think. Isn't it fun being able to argue without having to spend hours in research and more hours carefully choosing your words so as not to be purposely misconstrued by your peers in order to facilitate their discredidation of your position. I for one approve.

Further, whoever this Ted is... I thoroughly approve. He/she/it seems to understand the underlying style of this thread, even though he/she/it's posts do not even reflect on the issue at hand. [Clap]
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2008-11-10, 12:20 AM #105
Oh and Wuss, I cannot view video on my Sidekick (amazing device's one major downfall), so I hope that wasn't important.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

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2008-11-10, 12:47 AM #106
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
And further, I argue from a presupposition that the world *will* at some point come to an end in a hell and brimfire, biblical fashion.

This ultimately leads me to be rather zealous and to no longer care whether or not I sound well-researched or intelligent, and thus I formulate my arguments to capitalize on the production of thought, and the enjoyment of the reading, regardless of whether or not they are based in reality.


We should be trying to prevent the apocalypse, not create one. The world needs a plan to remove religion completely, so we can move on already.

o.0
2008-11-10, 3:58 AM #107
Quote:
We should be trying to prevent the apocalypse...
then how come we elected Obama?

Quote:
not trying to create one.
there's a difference between causing something to happen and recognizing and warning about the inevitable.

And religion cannot be removed from the world. It is what makes us human. If you take away religion, we are nothing but animals. Besides which, there's that pesky business of human beings having souls...

Oh, however, it should be noted, I don't argue specifically from a "religious" perspective. I argue from a perspective of reality. I admit only that I have a presupposition that humanity will at some point end in a biblical scale apocolypse.
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

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2008-11-10, 4:00 AM #108
Your evidence for that is, what?
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2008-11-10, 4:30 AM #109
A technically black man in charge is not one of the seven signs, nor is he one of the horsemen of the apocolyse.

Assuming he isn't Secretly Ronnie Soak that is.
nope.
2008-11-10, 5:08 AM #110
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
And religion cannot be removed from the world. It is what makes us human. If you take away religion, we are nothing but animals.


http://forums.massassi.net/vb3/showthread.php?t=52260
2008-11-10, 5:17 AM #111
Did you actually read the article linked in that thread? They used religion as an excuse, not as a reason to kill her.
2008-11-10, 6:30 AM #112
hm, I saw "Islamist", "adultery", "stoning" and assumed they sentenced her to death under sharia
2008-11-10, 6:54 AM #113
So are you telling me that you logged on so you could spout your stupidities and then claim your infallable conviction is evidence enough, and that it feels good to just be right?

How self serving and pandering can Christians get? I am constantly amazed at how people can hijack their religion to say whatever they feel like saying with ultimate authority. If you can't convince people with obvious and clear logic that your opinion is right, shut up and sit down. I'm tired of arguing with people who cite their [lack of] religious knowledge as some kind of trump card. (and I know you don't know anything about your religion, I've talked to you about it several times. You only go in the direction your religious leaders like your father tell you to go. You have not read the bible, yet you make arguments with it.)

You are a sheep. I like you as a person, so I've never told you that, but you are a very self-serving sheep. You have several terrible values and opinions based only on your limited experiences, and when I've asked you to defend them, they amount to humorous rhetorical statements. Everyone laughs, and you continue believing your ignorant value without ever actually comparing it to others or testing it against real logic. How can you live like that?
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2008-11-10, 10:02 AM #114
Originally posted by Greenboy:
We should be trying to prevent the apocalypse, not create one. The world needs a plan to remove religion completely, so we can move on already.


um... if you are trying to bring about an apocalypse, then finding a way to "remove religion completely" is a great place to start. "religion" is not the problem, the abuse of power within it is.
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2008-11-10, 1:48 PM #115
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
For the record, I don't argue from a position of feigned idiocy. Actually, I believe BSG summed it up rather nicely, "Mal-informed political opinions translated into national defense commentary" though he misinterprets my underlying motives... and assumes I am ignorant, when in fact I am not ignorant. I am merely lazy. And further, I argue from a presupposition that the world *will* at some point come to an end in a hell and brimfire, biblical fashion.

This ultimately leads me to be rather zealous and to no longer care whether or not I sound well-researched or intelligent, and thus I formulate my arguments to capitalize on the production of thought, and the enjoyment of the reading, regardless of whether or not they are based in reality. And I inject such a high level of sarcasm into them that any who take me seriously are ridiculed for lacking a sense of humor, and the rest argue back with the same flippancy. But now that you find yourself going along, sit back and think. Isn't it fun being able to argue without having to spend hours in research and more hours carefully choosing your words so as not to be purposely misconstrued by your peers in order to facilitate their discredidation of your position. I for one approve.

Further, whoever this Ted is... I thoroughly approve. He/she/it seems to understand the underlying style of this thread, even though he/she/it's posts do not even reflect on the issue at hand. [Clap]


Hmm. No, I don't get it.
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2008-11-10, 2:00 PM #116
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2008-11-10, 2:09 PM #117
Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
and assumes I am ignorant, when in fact I am not ignorant [...] I argue from a presupposition that the world *will* at some point come to an end in a hell and brimfire, biblical fashion.

hello

Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
This ultimately leads me to be rather zealous and to no longer care whether or not I sound well-researched or intelligent, and thus I formulate my arguments to capitalize on the production of thought, and the enjoyment of the reading, regardless of whether or not they are based in reality.

You just admitted to being an idiot.

Originally posted by Sarn_Cadrill:
Isn't it fun being able to argue without having to spend hours in research and more hours carefully choosing your words so as not to be purposely misconstrued by your peers in order to facilitate their discredidation of your position.

backpeddle
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2008-11-10, 2:13 PM #118
Calvin & Hobbes ftw
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2008-11-10, 8:16 PM #119
Originally posted by wikipedia:
In January 2008, Pluto entered the sign of Capricorn and will not leave it finally until 2023. Each of the previous times Pluto entered the sign, major political events occurred such as:

* The ascent of Rome and later its decline,
* The birth of Christianity and later of the Protestant Church,
* The Vikings rising and falling,
* The Boston Tea Party, and
* The first black US president, Barack Obama.

:psylon:
2008-11-10, 8:27 PM #120
I looked that stuff up, Latis, and this is a very interesting read.

http://www.astrodynamics.net/Articles/Pluto-in-Capricorn.htm
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