251. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #263965 by Tezcatlipoca on October 13, 2008 at 12:27 pm

Since the Grand Wizard was mentioned...

http://wearerespectablenegroes.blogspot.com/

252. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #263249 by Tezcatlipoca on October 10, 2008 at 12:40 pm

3995 posts to go....

excellent *cackles*

253. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #263056 by Tezcatlipoca on October 10, 2008 at 6:58 am

Re 263048

That's my line...

254. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #262794 by Tezcatlipoca on October 9, 2008 at 12:47 pm

4205 (approximately) posts to go...the thread must not die...

-edit- made post(s) plural...

255. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #262679 by Tezcatlipoca on October 9, 2008 at 8:23 am

Perhaps Chavez in his Israel/Jew spewings is trying to cater to evangelicals, catholics or Iran? Pure speculation on my part but as it is latin america I wonder how much of that garbage is populist b.s. (edit) -to appeal to a christian base-

256. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #262423 by Tezcatlipoca on October 8, 2008 at 1:43 pm

re 262391

Yes, with either a nice painted woodcut sign in the yard, over the doorway or mounted on an arch over the drive.

ps. 4433 posts to go until the big 10k...

257. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #262402 by Tezcatlipoca on October 8, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Here's a link to an article that highlights some of the recent concerns.

Judge orders release of Chinese-born detainees

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/717020.html

258. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #262393 by Tezcatlipoca on October 8, 2008 at 12:32 pm

Al,

that's when you go for the insanity defense...

;)

259. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #261750 by Tezcatlipoca on October 7, 2008 at 9:55 am

Well,

I just received a group email from one of my Primos, endorsing John Howard as an example the type of leader "America" needs.

Any information beyond what I got from wiki?

260. Leading geneticist Steve Jones says human evolution is over

Comment #261647 by Tezcatlipoca on October 7, 2008 at 7:31 am

Could we be experiencing punctuated equalibrium?

261. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #260972 by Tezcatlipoca on October 6, 2008 at 8:50 am

To add my .02 I'd like to add the Michigan State University, where Obama(Palin's debate opponent's running mate...see how it all ties in...) spoke at last Thursday, is a fine public university. It would be even better if we got a bit more state funding.

p.s. Al, that loss to UC-Berkeley was a fluke, a fluke I tell ya'.

262. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #259260 by Tezcatlipoca on October 3, 2008 at 7:39 am

I'm going to have to go somewhere and read the text versions of what Palin said last night. If I had dvr I would have had to rewind and play on multiple occastions and I still probably wouldn't have understood her mangling of the language. It was entertaining sitting at the bar drinking bourbon and coke, yelling at the squakbox playing the audio.

263. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #258766 by Tezcatlipoca on October 2, 2008 at 10:47 am

I was listening to the Couric interview of Palin on NPR and they had an audio clip of Palin not being able to answer what print media she read. I almost drove my car into a ditch yelling at her to just answer the damn question. Juneau Times? Anchorage Picyune? Washington Times? WTF! She can read can't she?

7 hours 11 minutes. I'm all aquiver in anticipation.

ZZZzzzzzzzz...

264. Have-a-go deaths are never a waste

Comment #258659 by Tezcatlipoca on October 2, 2008 at 9:06 am

Actually it was to light up the addresses on the mailboxes while I was dropping of "pies" while paying my way through school. It did come in handy three weeks ago when I got a flat tire...

265. Have-a-go deaths are never a waste

Comment #258624 by Tezcatlipoca on October 2, 2008 at 8:10 am

I have a 4d cell maglite in my car because I'm afraid of the dark...

266. Those fanatical atheists

Comment #258152 by Tezcatlipoca on October 1, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Nice Pics Dr Zara. That impromptu picnic on the back of the Mercedes had me thinking about grabbing the passport and scheduling some "me" time in the Alsace/Rhineland Pfalz areas...

-edit-and of course in the one picture Xena is concentrating on a dog biscuit. I've seen that look of concentration every evening as I dole out a beef basted meaty bone to Cookie.

267. Texas university scientists criticize attempts to water down evolution instruction in public school science classes

Comment #258010 by Tezcatlipoca on October 1, 2008 at 10:43 am

Hmm,

I think I'd take Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson (Death Hunt) vs Jesse Ventura...

268. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #257981 by Tezcatlipoca on October 1, 2008 at 10:04 am

SSO... I don't believe those dreams are appropriate for this forum before 9pm...

however, it's after 9pm somewhere! Carry on...

p.s. Sarah Palin, debate, 31 hours...

269. Those fanatical atheists

Comment #257945 by Tezcatlipoca on October 1, 2008 at 9:26 am

I wondered what it was all about. Thank Skylark SSO recapped.

270. Sherri Shepherd, Bill Maher Spar Over God: Bill Tells Sherri She Should Go To Psych Ward

Comment #257910 by Tezcatlipoca on October 1, 2008 at 8:39 am

re 257904

There is a cartoon strip called "Prickly City" where they have already sort of garbage pailed her in Monday and Tuesday's strips.

-correction- It was the Sept 23rd-26th strips.

http://www.gocomics.com/pricklycity/2008/09/26/

271. Texas university scientists criticize attempts to water down evolution instruction in public school science classes

Comment #257907 by Tezcatlipoca on October 1, 2008 at 8:36 am

Oh, I love my rosie child
You got the way to make me happy
You and me, we go in style
Cracklin rose, youre a store bought woman
You make me sing like a guitar hummin
So hang on to me, girl
Our song keeps runnin on

p.s. those of us here in the states refer to Branta hutchinsii as "Canadian Geese" btw... hahaha

-edit- there's a bunch of those at "the lake" as well...

-edit2-maybe not. apparently I've confused Branta hutchinsii with Branta canadensis. (This seems to happen a lot...)

272. Texas university scientists criticize attempts to water down evolution instruction in public school science classes

Comment #257891 by Tezcatlipoca on October 1, 2008 at 8:20 am

Occasionally there are Loons on the lake my parent's cottage sits next to in Michigan. The minor league baseball team in Midland is called "The Loons".

273. Sherri Shepherd, Bill Maher Spar Over God: Bill Tells Sherri She Should Go To Psych Ward

Comment #257876 by Tezcatlipoca on October 1, 2008 at 8:04 am

The candy cane creates a dichotomy only until "tutti fruiti" is encountered. In which case the multiple colors show the candy cane dichotomy to be false. Purist may argue, however, that the only true candy cane is a peppermint red and white candy cane. This led to the great candy cane schism of 1982...

-edit- typo

-edit2- not to mention the candy cane vs ribbon candy debate on which initiated the stripe dichotomy...

274. Those fanatical atheists

Comment #257862 by Tezcatlipoca on October 1, 2008 at 7:53 am

Surely the spurned infinitly powerful beings not mentioned would be Quetz or myself...

It's a shame we're only brought up when it involves human sacrifice or such...*sigh*

275. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #257856 by Tezcatlipoca on October 1, 2008 at 7:48 am

34 hours until the big debacle...I mean spectacle...

-edit- I await the addition of approximately 5800 comments to this thread with much anticipation... ;)

-edit2- added approximately to mollify the pedant kitty... ;)

276. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #257484 by Tezcatlipoca on September 30, 2008 at 1:29 pm

How's this for on topic? Do y'all think this thread will hit 10,000 after Thursday's spectacle?

;)

277. Atheism could be science's contribution to religion

Comment #254946 by Tezcatlipoca on September 26, 2008 at 1:02 pm

re 254939

While I do not have letters to add to the end of my name I do have the "good sense" to be able to spot logical fallacies on occasion.

278. Pope: Religion has a place in politics

Comment #254123 by Tezcatlipoca on September 25, 2008 at 11:41 am

Wasn't Sarkozy divorced and then remarried? I sure hope his popeness didn't give President Sarkozy the host!

279. Catholic maternity wards 'face closure' if abortion law passes

Comment #253493 by Tezcatlipoca on September 24, 2008 at 1:41 pm

A question I have with the 8 1/2 month question would be if removed would it have to be terminated? (early myself) Theoretically I would give the mother preeminence (I hope this is the right term) but if we are talking about a fetus that far along then is the discussion about termination of pregnancy or of the fetus?

-edit-how would we remove the fetus. Does it go up for adoption etc etc...hope this clarifies.

-edit2-would this consideration remove the original question being a false dichotomy... ;)

280. Zehirli Yilanlar, Kaygan Yilanbaliklari ve Harun Yahya

Comment #252558 by Tezcatlipoca on September 23, 2008 at 10:52 am

Oh my, banned for sure now...

281. Look Who's Irrational Now

Comment #252538 by Tezcatlipoca on September 23, 2008 at 9:42 am

I think that in her desperate tue quo que attack the writer misses the 900 pound gorilla in the room that religion is intrinsically full of superstition and riddled with psuedo science.

-edit- repeating other posters but I read the drivel the wsj "writer" spewed forth and had to type or the vein pulsating on my forehead may have burst...

282. Have We Ever Faced An Enemy More Stupid Than Muslim Terrorists?

Comment #248961 by Tezcatlipoca on September 17, 2008 at 9:10 am

Al-(re 248946)

kindly stay out of my file when you are in. There's a bit about "freedom writing" with cans of spray paint and a bit of Xicano stuff...quite boring actually.

move along, nothing to see here *whistles*

283. Saudi OKs Killing 'Immoral' TV Execs

Comment #246502 by Tezcatlipoca on September 12, 2008 at 11:46 am

It's obviously a result of American foreign policy...by way of Mercury, Apollo, military satellites etc etc.

;p

-edit- I also blame the Rothchilds, The Vatican, The Gettys, and Colonel Sanders before he went tits up.

-edit2- it's peak oil obviously

284. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #246400 by Tezcatlipoca on September 12, 2008 at 9:21 am

I don't think there is anything wrong with the criticisms either. It is just when you use a "what about x, its as bad or worse than y" type of discussion that it becomes a tu quoque fallacy. At least that is my understanding of what a tu quoque anyways.

-edit-though as examples of policy hypocrasy then it wouldn't be tu quoque. Anyways, I'm trying to get a handle on the whole logical fallacy topic in between being on the job, a homeowner (and the endless "projects" that entails) and getting an adequate amount of sleep... ;)

-edit2- Hello twp I'm glad you survived. Definately sic your attack dogs on the hummer owner. 20 years after the truck pulled in front of my motorcyle I have acquired the super power of being able to detect shifts in barymetric pressure by the flairing up of arthritis. *I was poolside for the mystery men interviews but sadly I didn't make the team...sigh!*

285. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #246394 by Tezcatlipoca on September 12, 2008 at 9:14 am

does a serbia/kosovo, russia/georgia/south ossetia abkhazia discussion end up being a variation of a tu quoque fallacy? An observation about the argument form itself as I know jacks**t about those regions excepting what I've caught on cnn in passing.

286. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #245797 by Tezcatlipoca on September 11, 2008 at 12:32 pm

Let them endorse from the pulpit...right after they let the IRS do some auditing and figure out how much their establishments are going to owe in income and property taxes.

287. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #245712 by Tezcatlipoca on September 11, 2008 at 10:59 am

According to survey I am a left leaning libertarian. I mention various holidays like Talk Like a Pirate day and Groundhog Day and Festivus etc to attempt incite my co-workers (Mostly women aged 50 ) to participate in a potluck. (I usually also point out the arbitrary nature of "holidays" at the same time)A ground hog shaped cheese ball is nothing to be trifled with...except with a ritz or triscuit.

-edit-re 245706

288. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #245704 by Tezcatlipoca on September 11, 2008 at 10:35 am

So,

Last year Sarah Palin took her kids out trick o treatin'. One of the kids was dressed as a pirate. They go to the neighbor's house and yell out "trick or treat!" and the neighbor comes to the door. He looks at the pirate kid and says, "if you are a pirate where are your buccaneers?" and the pirate kid replies, "under my buckin hat!"

p.p.s. In response to an earlier query about where one keeps the firearms... my ammo box, the 30-06, the smith and wesson 9mm and the high point 9mm are locked in the footlocker. Hopefully Cookie (the dog) can buy me 30 seconds in case of emergency.

;)

p.s. Talk like a pirate day is Friday, September 19th.

-edit- i go to lunch and y'all are on guns and I come back and it's federalism etc... ;p

289. 'Big Bang' experiment starts well

Comment #245307 by Tezcatlipoca on September 10, 2008 at 1:48 pm

But the prayer obviously worked! ;p

290. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #245277 by Tezcatlipoca on September 10, 2008 at 1:19 pm

Damn! I didn't know Palin had crabs that big. Pass the butter!

p.s. I have a bolt action 30.06...but it hasn't been out of the closet in 2 or 3 years.

*insert joke here* badoom ching!

291. Devolution in Education

Comment #244775 by Tezcatlipoca on September 9, 2008 at 12:40 pm

post 90..."That's circular reasoning!!!"

post 91- "I can give you a reason why life and intelligence might be considered as evidence for God. It comes from analogy. All living things and all intelligence observed on Earth are derived from living things or sources of intelligence."

now that's circular reasoning.

edit-tautology yes?

292. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #244759 by Tezcatlipoca on September 9, 2008 at 12:26 pm

I'd like to get my hands on the sumbitch who installed the plastic hot water lines to my friends guest bathroom in his newly constructed home. The icy cold shower I unintentionally took Sunday morning warranted someone getting a beating. The bathroom sink had hot water though...

-edit-you haven't lived until you've sent a snake down the cleanout port! Ugh...

293. Devolution in Education

Comment #244733 by Tezcatlipoca on September 9, 2008 at 11:36 am

-edit- i misread

-edit2-strawman. Abiogenesis.

294. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #244725 by Tezcatlipoca on September 9, 2008 at 11:16 am

How much for just a Bradley? I heard their chain guns (using the depleted uranium ammo) were knocking out T-62s

-edit-need the extra space to carry the gang and supplies to the tailgate...

295. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #244719 by Tezcatlipoca on September 9, 2008 at 11:01 am

Al-

you're not trying to pawn off that warsaw pact junk on us are ya?

-edit- I see haha yahoo's troll has a new incarnation.

-edit2- my tongue is bleeding...must not hit softball from comment below...

296. Biologists on the Verge of Creating New Form of Life

Comment #244613 by Tezcatlipoca on September 9, 2008 at 8:51 am

Obviously shows the need for a designer...

snark!

297. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #244602 by Tezcatlipoca on September 9, 2008 at 8:29 am

I can believe he had quite the experiences in Greeley. It's a combination cattle/college town. A friend's father taught at the university there. My friend's sister was the subject of the poem "Why am I so Brown" by Trinidad Sanchez. He wrote it for her because she tried to bleach her skin when she was in elementary school.

-edit- Univ. Northern Colorado

298. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #244595 by Tezcatlipoca on September 9, 2008 at 8:15 am

Al-

did Qutb ever say if he was upwind or downwind of the stockyards in Greely? P yew!!! It probably influenced his writings... ;)

299. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #244588 by Tezcatlipoca on September 9, 2008 at 7:48 am

Whoa Nelly!

I went right through a bag of bugles. Quite salty. Now I need a beverage.

300. Palin: average isn't good enough

Comment #244186 by Tezcatlipoca on September 8, 2008 at 12:24 pm

Al-re flute and trombone...alleged ignorance is no defence... lmao...but I think without a google search (not done at work!!!) these idioms are lost on those not raised in the ample bosom of 'merican culture.

Bob & Tom's Cleveland Steamer song comes to mind.