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By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 08:02:22 PM EST
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For some reason, the comments got really ugly here today. I've read and cleaned two threads, but am turning my attention now to other things...like Survivor and Nurse Jackie. Please stop attacking each other.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

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    Horatio (5.00 / 2) (#1)
    by Upstart Crow on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 08:48:50 PM EST
    Given Jeralyn's comments, I feel like Horatio, making my entrance during the last part of the last act, after Laertes, Claudius, Gertrude and Hamlet are dead.

    And the rest is silence...

    Me, too (none / 0) (#7)
    by gyrfalcon on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 09:38:46 PM EST
    I missed all the excitement.  Last time I checked in, it was a very, very sleepy day with few comments.

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    Me too.... (none / 0) (#8)
    by ruffian on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 09:41:08 PM EST
    Must have gone nuts while I had dinner

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    It wasn't really (5.00 / 2) (#10)
    by Spamlet on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 09:52:18 PM EST
    out of the ordinary, by recent standards. It's just too bad that lately what's ordinary is so often really ugly.

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    we drafted Tebow (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by TheRefugee on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 09:28:36 PM EST
    and a WR.  

    Well, Elway isn't going to have competition in the car sales market from Tebow.  But Focus on the Family gains a spokesperson.

    I feel bad for our friend MileHi... (5.00 / 1) (#19)
    by kdog on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 08:06:29 AM EST
    first the Rockies go christian-crazy, now the Broncos draft Baby Jesus 3 rounds too soon...thats gonna set the franchise back.

    I'm so glad the Jets prefer degenerates...with the addition of Santonio Holmes, Big Sean Ellis has somebody new to blaze with...Gang Green, literally:)

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    The Broncos-Raiders games (none / 0) (#20)
    by ruffian on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 08:20:10 AM EST
    will be exciting, that's for sure!

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    Exactly what I thought (none / 0) (#5)
    by ruffian on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 09:34:58 PM EST
    Great example of how the NFL is more of a business than a sport. He'll be successful there even if he never takes a snap.

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    The Broncos (none / 0) (#11)
    by Makarov on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 10:12:17 PM EST
    The Broncos spent more for Tebow (2nd, 3rd, and 4th) than the Redskins did on Donovan McNabb (2nd and conditional 4th in 2011).

    That's pretty....hilarious I think. Cutler for Orten last year. Marshall gone for a late pick this year. And...Tim Tebow?

    But hey, whatever they think they need to do to win the worst division in football (AFC West).

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    Looks like I'm going (none / 0) (#12)
    by brodie on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 10:36:57 PM EST
    to have to go back to rooting against the Broncos again.  The Cowboys, the Broncos, and whichever team Ben Roethlisberger is playing for.  

    Too bad, but I guess he was bound to be drafted somewhere.  And as someone noted, he'll get a friendly welcome from the Focus on the Family crowd and then there are all the possibilities for bible-thumping proselytizing talks downstate in front of the AF cadets, if they still encourage that sort of thing.

    Doubt however the very strict NFL will allow him to paint those biblical cites on his eye blacking.  And I wonder how his teammates will react if he tries to play Mr Holier Than Thou Christian Fundamentalist with them.  Apart from the 25% or so of NFLers who think God had something to do with their touchdown or sack, I suspect most players will want to tell the guy to just shut up and play.

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    I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with winning (none / 0) (#17)
    by ruffian on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 07:37:42 AM EST
    and everything to do with marketing.

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    Given (none / 0) (#21)
    by Makarov on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 11:54:26 AM EST
    the NFL's revenue sharing model, I'm pretty sure you're completely wrong. Denver's share of Tebow jersey sales are roughly the same whether he plays for him or any other team.

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    Focus on the Family (none / 0) (#14)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 06:54:50 AM EST
    got Tebow, they'll be thrilled.  Not that I was heading to a Bronco game any time soon, but you can just leave it off the calendar now.  It's bad enough when the Promise Keepers take over Mile Hile for a weekend of Christian Condemning the Slut at Home Completely Nonsexual Dude Hugging.  I can't sit next to screaming Focusers, I have other choices :)

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    The one day I decide to actually work (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by coast on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 09:43:28 PM EST
    and not look at TL and things get exciting.  Figures.

    If I missed any (none / 0) (#2)
    by Jeralyn on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 08:56:42 PM EST
    please email me with the thread and comment, rather than post it here.

    Last Year's (none / 0) (#3)
    by CoralGables on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 09:19:41 PM EST
    25th pick received a guaranteed 7.35 million. Timmy is a rich man today.

    Survivor was good (none / 0) (#6)
    by ruffian on Thu Apr 22, 2010 at 09:38:03 PM EST
    I think Parvati may have won herself another million with that move

    Glad I missed it (none / 0) (#13)
    by shoephone on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 01:45:57 AM EST
    I think I'm burned out on that kind of "excitement."

    Oy (none / 0) (#15)
    by Militarytracy on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 07:05:28 AM EST
    So I chaired my first dog show yesterday and muddled through.  Thank God nobody bit anything or anyone, I was getting down to the wire and had only had vehicles parked in fire lanes.  SUCH LUCK!  Right before Best in Show though, I realized that I had not run into our BIS judge all day.  She was to have judged some rare breeds too that didn't garner an entry so she was only judging BIS.  I had never met her in person though and she isn't supposed to watch the judging of groups, so she should have been in the hospitality room....but she wasn't.  I almost fainted.  A long time member of Montgomery Kennel Club found her ringside breaking the rules and then everything was fine, but the talk of the evening became nothing but about how ashen my face can become and how many times I can hug Montgomery Kennel Club members named Frank....sheesh.  So glad to provide the entertainment though.  Wish me luck today, I show against a professional handler that was a TOTAL JERK yesterday and made my blood boil from the sidlines.  He was telling old ladies to get out of his way all day and he wasn't using his indoor voice.  I came home and groomed and coached Auburn for about four hours before crashing into bed at midnight.  Now I must go and kick his completely rude a$$ or only go down in the history of this cluster as the ashen one.

    How embarrassing: (5.00 / 1) (#16)
    by dead dancer on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 07:24:51 AM EST
    To have ones butt kicked by the ashen faced one!

    Hope all worked out with Othello :)


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    Best of luck MT!!! (5.00 / 1) (#18)
    by ruffian on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 07:43:13 AM EST
    that sounds like a tough environment. Glad your husband has been home to give you urban combat pointers!

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    Palin Attacks Pentagon (none / 0) (#22)
    by squeaky on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 04:19:22 PM EST
    Sarah Palin dipped a toe into the explosive politics of religion today, blasting the Army'd decision to disinvite Franklin Graham, Billy Graham's son, from an official ceremony because he has called Islam "a very violent religion.

    Ben Smith

    I guess she is not courting the Muslim vote...

    What is she running for? (none / 0) (#23)
    by Inspector Gadget on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 04:50:54 PM EST
    I guess she is not courting the Muslim vote...

    I can think of hundreds of good reasons for the Army to not have Franklin Graham speaking at an official gov't ceremony....and am glad they found one.


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    Spokesperson for Wingnuttia (none / 0) (#24)
    by squeaky on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 05:09:19 PM EST
    And POTUS, if she can garner enough support.

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    Seems to me she's fizzling out fast (none / 0) (#33)
    by Inspector Gadget on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 10:40:45 PM EST
    by the time pols start announcing candidacy she will poll at the bottom of the list.

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    Doubt It (none / 0) (#34)
    by squeaky on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 11:01:14 PM EST
    She will be a key player, wherever she winds up. Anyone that can outdo Bush in populist appeal, regular Joe or Jane, and fall in line 100% with the Republican agenda will be player.

     

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    Obama #1 (none / 0) (#25)
    by squeaky on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 05:12:44 PM EST
    PARIS (AFP) - US President Barack Obama and the Dalai Lama are the world's two most popular leaders, according to a poll conducted in six countries and released on Friday.

    Obama won 77 percent backing, one percentage point higher than in November, in the poll conducted by Harris Interactive for France24 and Radio France-Internationale.

    The Tibetan spiritual leader was at second place at 75 percent, followed by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at 62 percent.

    Pope Benedict XVI was the seventh most popular leader with 36 percent support

    link

    Of the two, the D. L. is definitely more (none / 0) (#27)
    by observed on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 06:43:30 PM EST
    overrated.
    Billionaire ex-god king versus democratically elected leader of the most powerful country in the world? No contest.


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    Whatever You Say (none / 0) (#28)
    by squeaky on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 06:57:30 PM EST
    Your opinion is in the minority, big time.

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    Ah, so you think the DL is ahead of Obama? (none / 0) (#29)
    by observed on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 07:06:50 PM EST
    Interesting.
    Billionaire religious despots merit no respect from me. If the people of Tibet want him as their leader, fine, and they certainly should have that choice, but I accord the DL no more respect than I do the younger Reza Pahlavi, deposed ruler of Iran. No bowing towards  "woo--woo" mystics from me.


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    I thought you might agree with me that (none / 0) (#30)
    by observed on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 07:11:55 PM EST
    Obama merits more approval than the DL, which is why I made the comment. Really, it's a no-brainer ,to me.
    Obama has probably done more good in 1 year than the DL in 50.

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    I Am A Big Fan (none / 0) (#31)
    by squeaky on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 07:16:43 PM EST
    Of the Dalai Lama.  I would vote him number 1 way before Obama.

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    and what an uninspiring criterion: (none / 0) (#32)
    by observed on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 07:19:34 PM EST
    I should follow the crowd?
    Plenty of people revere JPII also.
    I won't list all the reasons that he is horribly vile, but his campaign against condom use, including the totally false slogan "Condoms cause AIDS" used in Africa, puts him in company with Charles Taylor in terms of deaths caused.
    JPII was a moral monster ---necessarily, because hew as head of the RCC.

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    More Death Threats (none / 0) (#26)
    by squeaky on Fri Apr 23, 2010 at 05:55:33 PM EST
    I am sure that the signing of a draconian anti immigrant bill, has emboldened these freaks:

    U.S. Democratic Rep. Raúl Grijalva is closing his Tucson and Yuma offices today at noon because of what he said were multiple death threats and threats of violence.

    Police are stationed outside his Tucson office, according to a statement from spokesman Adam Sarvana.

    Sarvana said the office received "some pretty scary calls," including two from the same person, he said, "who threatened to go down there and blow everyone's brains out then go to the border to shoot Mexicans."

    Grijalva staffer Ruben Reyes said the office has been flooded with calls all week about Senate Bill 1070. About 25 percent are "very racist" in nature, Reyes said, characterizing some as "telling that tortilla-eating wetback to go back to Mexico."

    via digby

    Wonder if the police "protecting" Rep Grijalva are asking darker skinned people to see their papers, as now Arizona is an official police state.

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