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  Once again, it's that ime of year...
Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 05-04-2018, 11:03 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (3)

   

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  With friends like these, who needs Democrats?
Posted by: robkelk - 05-04-2018, 11:57 AM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (1)

Giuliani went on Fox News to defuse Trump's legal drama. He inflamed it instead, experts say

Quote:No, not that Fox News interview. The second, possibly more incriminating one with Fox & Friends the morning after.

If Wednesday was bad, legal experts and campaign-finance watchdogs warn that Thursday's televised appearance was even more legally damning, strengthening the case that President Trump broke campaign finance laws.

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  It must be nice to have money
Posted by: robkelk - 05-03-2018, 01:51 PM - Forum: General Chatter - Replies (26)

Today, gas in Vancouver is US$7.83 per US gallon.

Canadians are buying twice as many new trucks, vans, and SUVs as we are new small fuel-efficient cars.

It must be nice to have the money to buy a larger vehicle than needed and buy the extra fuel it needs to go the same distance as a car, especially at the higher price being charged for the fuel.

Go figure.

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  Have It All
Posted by: robkelk - 05-02-2018, 07:06 AM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play - Replies (2)

It's rare that we find a song that grants blessings without invoking any of the Powers.

"Have It All", by Jason Mraz

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  I see we're missing a couple of images
Posted by: robkelk - 05-01-2018, 07:19 PM - Forum: Forums - Replies (4)

Bob, I notice that the Spoiler function on the forum is looking for two images that don't appear to exist: www.accessdenied-rms.net/images/collapse_collapsed.png and www.accessdenied-rms.net/images/collapse.png (At least, they're missing if one uses the default theme.) We just need a couple of 20px×20px images for these, but I thought I'd ask whether you already have images kicking around somewhere before seeing what I could make.

EDIT: And how do I turn off link parsing in a post? I didn't set those as links.

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  The Poor Don't Have a Prayer
Posted by: DHBirr - 04-28-2018, 12:42 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (4)

Praying that those who "continue to struggle" (i.e., those who aren't rich) will not be made “losers under new tax laws” counts as unacceptably political speech.  You heard it from Ayn-Rand-acolyte Paul Ryan first, ladies and gentlemen.
(Edited to correct a punctuation error that slipped past first reading)

A reader comment on the linked article, with the handle carlos_netanyu:

Quote:News flash,...Christian priest gets fired for being Christ-like .
IN the age of Trump, who needs the Onion.

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"Oh, my people had many gods. There was Conformity, and Authority, and Expense Account, and Opinion. And there was Status, whose symbols were many, and who rode in the great chariot Cadillac, which was almost a god itself. And there was Atombomb, the dread destroyer, who would some day come to end the world." — Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen, H. Beam Piper

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  A Hero Comes Home
Posted by: Disruptor - 04-28-2018, 09:53 AM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play - Replies (2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay3bMas0AXs

Idina Menzel Lyrics

"A Hero Comes Home"
(from "Beowulf" soundtrack)

Out of the mist of history 
He'll come again 
Sailing on ships across the sea 
To a wounded Nation 

Signs of a saviour 
Like fire on the water 
It's what we prayed for 
One of our own 

Just wait 
Though wide he may roam 
Always 
A hero comes home 
He goes where no one has gone 
But always 
A hero comes home 

Deep in the heart of darkness sparks 
A dream of light
Surrounded by hopelessness 
He finds the will to fight 

There's no surrender 
Always remember 
It doesn't end here 
We're not alone 

Just wait 
Though wide he may roam 
Always 
A hero comes home 
He goes where no one has gone 
But always 
A hero comes home 

And he will come back on the crimson tide 
Dead or alive 
And even though we know the bridge has burned 
He will return 
He will return 

Just wait 
Though wide he may roam 
Always 
A hero comes home 
He knows of places unknown 
Always 
A hero comes home 

Someday they'll carve in stone 
"The hero comes home" 

He goes and comes back alone 
But always 
A hero comes home 

Just wait 
Though wide he may roam 
Always 
A hero comes home





Since this song is newer than the ones than Doug has heard on his journey,   It's pretty obvious what this one will do.

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  When money is speech, bribery is just eloquence
Posted by: SilverFang01 - 04-25-2018, 07:08 AM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (3)

Mulvaney, Watchdog Bureau’s Leader, Advises Bankers on Ways to Curtail Agency

Quote:“For the reasons explained above, we now conclude that independent expenditures, including those made by corporations, do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption.” — Justice Anthony Kennedy, Citizens United v. FEC.

How he could say that with a straight face eludes me.

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  They are like ISIS going after ancient monuments.
Posted by: SilverFang01 - 04-24-2018, 01:51 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (6)

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt: Delete Decades Of Science In The Name Of 'Transparency'

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  Is "Asperger" a dirty word now?
Posted by: robkelk - 04-23-2018, 03:27 PM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun - Replies (2)

CBC Radio: Dr. Hans Asperger alleged to have collaborated with a Nazi euthanasia program - which included two of his own patients.

The article also says that Dr. Asperger never joined the Nazi Party, but he did join the "German Physicians' League" which was affiliated with the party.

Expecting the syndrome's name to be changed in five... four... three...

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