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dhex Breeder
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Redeye .
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:23 am Post subject: |
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dhex wrote: | http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2125398/posts
now these guys get four years on the cross. have fun! |
wow, those posts move sooooo fast.
no point in arguing
these people respect logic less than college students _________________ I felt sheer anarchic joy when I ran over my first pedestrian. |
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: |
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it's almost like a twitter account for the stupidest pile of nonsense you could throw together.
shorter version: twitter. _________________
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:22 am Post subject: |
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i had a conversation during the wedding i was at last week (woo!) about like, life and shit after the wedding because it was all rollergirls and these weird guys from western pennsylvania and apparently i'm "an optimist" because "i never worked retail."
perhaps this is true. i don't know, having never worked in retail. i went straight from manual labor to offices. admittedly we'd all been drinking but i think about some of the less optimistic people i know and bingo toodly, they all worked in retail. well actually that's not entirely true, i know a very pessimistic person who always worked in creative fields.
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:27 am Post subject: |
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some brief thoughts on suits - names really do matter, tailoring is a must and syms is the place to hit if you're in the city. i paid 250 bucks for a simple black ralph lauren suit (52 tall jacket) and maybe another 30 total for tailoring. even a hugo boss suit in that size was only 400 bucks, which is incredibly cheap. i know someone in the wedding party who got a similar hugo boss suit for nearly 1000 from a department store. _________________
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Redeye .
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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Nader frames it in a bitter way
grouchy old man
Didn't his own foundation try to get rid of him?
Of course, idiots can't read. or won't.
He didn't actually call Obama Uncle Tom. _________________ I felt sheer anarchic joy when I ran over my first pedestrian. |
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Dracko .
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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Redeye wrote: | Nader frames it in a bitter way
grouchy old man
Didn't his own foundation try to get rid of him?
Of course, idiots can't read. or won't.
He didn't actually call Obama Uncle Tom. |
I think the point of this video is that Fox News have no fucking dignity, let alone any real allegiance, and no one should listen to them, ever. _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:50 am Post subject: |
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jesus fuckin' christmas, ralph...ralph? raaaalph? _________________
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dhex Breeder
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seryogin JRPG Kommissar
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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I've bought plenty of shit from SYMS in the past. I'll get my next suit there, probably, though I was there looking for a sport coat recently and couldn't find anything I liked. _________________
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dhex Breeder
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Redeye .
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe luring a kid next to an explodable car...
hmmmm
Can't wait for that Construction Kit
People are giddy with anticipation.
Just a little while longer and we can start killin KIDS!
Wheeeeeee! _________________ I felt sheer anarchic joy when I ran over my first pedestrian. |
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ryan .
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Having a hard time working myself up over that.
Although I did lock down a hotel and kill all but one - she seemed to have vanished - with my trusty pistol and flamer. Look at me like that, will you! _________________ Come to me, Mordel. We shall depart. |
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:14 am Post subject: |
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for some the ability to shoot digital children is their rosebud.
though i suppose we should only worry if they start putting on operas starring the untalented. _________________
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dhex Breeder
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:10 am Post subject: |
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http://www.pentadact.com/index.php/2008-10-24-far-cry-2-impersonation-of-a-buddy#comment-37628
huh.
i'm sitting on a backlog of games i cannot touch or just got stuck on. world of goo...stuck on level 3. mask of the betrayer, same story. (i really suck at dnd games)
i should start another clear sky game as it now works, but i don't have it in me. same with far cry 2.
and yet i'm seriously considering picking up fallout 3 simply because everyone else says the ugly aspects are worth getting past. _________________
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:32 am Post subject: |
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protip of protips: if you're involved in a pre-tax investment instrument like a 401k, and in particular you receive matching funds, i realize you've probably gotten pounded over the last few months/year. sure, it sucks, i guess.
however - and i've heard this fucking twice now - do not say "it'd be better off in a mattress" because that is stupid and proves you can't even do basic math with a calculator.
mattresses do not lower your tax bill.
mattresses do not receive matching funds.
mattresses are not subject to a variety of strategies beyond "do not set on fire".
mattresses are not LONG TERM INVESTMENT VEHICLES YOU FUCKING IDIOTS!
yes yes you've seen some losses. you have 30+ years to recover from it.
durr durr durr _________________
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Dracko .
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Hey, I worked with a pretty brilliant chef who was mellow as fuck and he's doing okay.
But he was Eastern European. so I guess he's used to it lolololol _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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Swimmy .
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dhex wrote: | http://pushingback.com/blogs/pushing_back/archive/2008/11/06/44960.aspx |
Balko's push back is pretty great. 200 comments thus far, way more than he usually gets on his blog. _________________
"Ayn Rand fans are the old school version of Xenogears fanboys."
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Redeye .
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Run On Guns _________________ I felt sheer anarchic joy when I ran over my first pedestrian. |
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:08 am Post subject: |
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yeah my gun nut friends are complaining about both high ammunition prices and racism from the older folks resulting from this. it's not entirely unwarranted, especially in the reclassification of certain guns that may follow (making them either astronomically expensive or extremely hard to get, or both), but it's definitely driven by paranoia as well. _________________
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:48 am Post subject: |
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http://sec.online.wsj.com/article/SB122610558004810243.html?mod=article-outset-box
Quote: | Back in the '70s, conservative intellectuals loved to talk about "radical chic," the well-known tendency of educated, often wealthy liberals to project their political fantasies onto brutal revolutionaries and street thugs, and romanticize their "struggles." But "populist chic" is just the inversion of "radical chic," and is no less absurd, comical or ominous. Traditional conservatives were always suspicious of populism, and they were right to be. They saw elites as a fact of political life, even of democratic life. What matters in democracy is that those elites acquire their positions through talent and experience, and that they be educated to serve the public good. But it also matters that they own up to their elite status and defend the need for elites. They must be friends of democracy while protecting it, and themselves, from the leveling and vulgarization all democracy tends toward. |
that's the bingo graf. _________________
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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dhex wrote: | it's almost like a twitter account for the stupidest pile of nonsense you could throw together.
shorter version: twitter. |
For some reason I quoted this exchange and the "stupidest pile of nonsense you could throw together", a turn of phrase that has been rattling in my brain since. _________________ =/ \(<D)_/
==/\/ >_ kirkjerk.com |
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Dracko .
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Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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Educate yourself about LSD! _________________ "This is the most fun I've ever had without being drenched in the blood of my enemies!" |
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:50 am Post subject: |
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i know the nra needs evil to stay in ducats, but gun control is losing ground in america. it may take a few more years and a few more heller-esque decisions, but it ain't the 1980s anymore. that part of the kultur war, like the perfidy of homosexuals, was decided a long time ago. _________________
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Dracko .
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Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2008 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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Was Your Education Worth It?
Where =number of years in your higher education
Where =school debt on a scale of 1 to 10
(1 being one last payment and it's all paid off and 10 being I can't believe I owe $10,000 for my art degree)
Where =job unhappiness on a scale of 1 to 10
(1 being I wish I didn't have a family so I could dedicate all my time to my job and 10 being I hate waking up because I know work is waiting)
Where =necessary diploma on a scale of 1 to 10
(1 being my political science degree has really helped me with my trash collecting and 10 being why won't they let me cut people open without a medical degree)
Where =the number of lifetime relations on a scale of 1 to 10
(1 being I was a science major with a cool chemistry kit and 10 being I was in a sorority/fraternity)
Where =environmental maturity on a scale of 1 to 10
(1 being your mom still helps pay the bills and 10 being you pay her bills)
If is=1 or greater, then congratulations, your education was worth it.
Quote: | In my old life, I had a friend who always said, "You meet some version of everyone you will ever encounter in high school."
Today, it's shocking to me that he never wondered why that is. |
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:51 am Post subject: |
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that's an interesting start, though it leaves out things like future potential (which could be split into, say, earning potential and "other" - a nebulous category that could include opening future paths for longer term studies, future careers, etc) as well as perhaps a variable for cultural prestige/power as it relates to the degree-conferring institution.
i designed my life around being debt-free, and all else flows from that. _________________
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, i've seen that around. i've been progressively less amused by the whole "picking on an unrelated third party because i didn't pay my bills" folks since i heard chocolate jesus and captain foreverwar both promise to make sure no homeowners ever lost value, like, ever. that's when i knew i was totally fucked, and stupid for even bothering with my zero-debt lifestyle.
on the other hand i look forward to some really great deals on secondhand consumer electronics and music gear in q3 and q4 2009.
in unrelated news:
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/europes-strangest-theme-park/2948
whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh _________________
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Is the matter of being taxed in your home state new? For years my relatives who won big gambling filed New Jersey returns for their Atlantic City vacations. _________________ Signature:
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dhex Breeder
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 7:55 am Post subject: |
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not at all. it's this:
Quote: | Denmark's tax agency is called SKAT. Denmark, like the United States, does tax gambling winnings. For casino gambling (which is where I believe this will be classified) the tax rate is 45% on the first 4 million Danish Kroners; it's 75% on income above that. Today $1 is worth 5.88907 DKK; Mr. Eastgate won 53,899,250.70 DKK before taxes. Mr. Eastgate will owe about 39,224,438 DKK in tax ($6,660,545). Put another way Mr. Eastgate will keep 14,674,813 DKK ($2,491,871) of his winnings—just 27.23% of his prize. Yes, he faces an effective tax rate of 72.77%. Ouch. |
damn! it's good to be the state! _________________
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Of course, this had to happen
It's not even a good game. _________________ I felt sheer anarchic joy when I ran over my first pedestrian. |
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