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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Really? Israel blew up nuke facilities before? You're just the knowledgable, big-brained kind of guy we need here. Are you sure you won't reconsider?

I believe he refers to the 1981 bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Tuwaitah. The reactor was a French-made Osirak-type reactor, capable of generating plutonium.

But I could be wrong.

Hank Chinaski

07-20-2006 05:21 PM

Walzer

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Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
I believe he refers to the 1981 bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Tuwaitah. The reactor was a French-made Osirak-type reactor, capable of generating plutonium.

But I could be wrong.

My boy! We don't need Chevy after all. We got a substitute equal of him right here!

Spanky

07-20-2006 05:22 PM

Walzer

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Originally posted by cheval de frise

(What is it that makes some people more politically-oriented than others, and desirous of butting heads on politics-related web pages?)

Serious psychological problem mainly derived from feelings of insecurity and an inability to integrate with society at large.

cheval de frise

07-20-2006 05:33 PM

Your google-fu is weak, grasshopper

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
wow! thanks! did anything else happen in, what did you call it.... Iraq- yeah,

did anything else happen in Iraq we might want to talk about here?

I can't read minds. And even if I could, I wouldn't start with yours. I prefer Plato's "Republic" to Rey's "Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat."* No offense.

If you're suggesting I go back and read months of posts to acquire an intimate sense of the board gestalt, it ain't gonna happen. Don't worry--I won't be around long, and I promise not to disrupt your careful work here.

You might want to parse that last clause closely.

CDF

* although both admittedly have their merits.

Anntila the Hun

07-20-2006 05:37 PM

Walzer

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Originally posted by Spanky
Serious psychological problem mainly derived from feelings of insecurity and an inability to integrate with society at large.

Are you talking about me? Because if you are, you'd better be careful, old man, or you may be next to get a white powder letter from me.

Unless, of course, you've bought a copy of my most recent book, "Godless", now #4 on the NYTimes bestseller list. Then you're okay.

Adder

07-20-2006 05:39 PM

Your google-fu is weak, grasshopper

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Originally posted by cheval de frise
Nope, thanks. On the other, try googling "Osirak." I'm sure there's a Wikipedia entry or something on it. Otherwise, you can rely on my hazy memory of the facts. In the early '80's, Israel bombed a nuclear reactor that the French helped build in Iraq, at a place called Osirak (sp?). I think it was supposed to be a light water reactor but Israel believed it could be used to enrich uranium. They took it out with an airstrike. The political repercussions were somewhat less than you might expect--or at least it seemed that way at the time.

I understand how this might have escaped your notice--I don't know how old you were back then. I'm also giving you the benefit of the doubt regarding your attention span and school curriculum. After all, some kids focus exclusively on eating paste and jamming the fat end of the crayon up their nose.

Resume-padding for a White House internship, as it were.

CDF

you may want to check your sarcasm detector. it doesn't seem to be working.

Hank Chinaski

07-20-2006 05:44 PM

Your google-fu is weak, grasshopper

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Originally posted by Adder
you may want to check your sarcasm detector. it doesn't seem to be working.

if Adder is calling whiff on you, it's maybe time for a sock change. I would have thought the "big-brained" thing would have been a tip off. Unless, does anyone know if he has Hydrocephalus?

cheval de frise

07-20-2006 05:45 PM

Walzer

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Originally posted by Sexual Harassment Panda
I believe he refers to the 1981 bombing of the Iraqi nuclear reactor at Tuwaitah. The reactor was a French-made Osirak-type reactor, capable of generating plutonium.

But I could be wrong.

Guess I should have checked before I posted....facts (and memory) are slippery things.

CDF

cheval de frise

07-20-2006 05:55 PM

Your google-fu is weak, grasshopper

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
if Adder is calling whiff on you, it's maybe time for a sock change. I would have thought the "big-brained" thing would have been a tip off. Unless, does anyone know if he has Hydrocephalus?

This isn't the first time Adder thought I had the sarcasm detector turned off. More accurately, it's saturated today after a series of ridiculous conference calls. Sarcasm deserves an appropriate response--dialed up in intensity and given back.* If I cross the line sometimes into being "snide," so sorry--deal with it. I think you're capable of an effective, funny riposte if you put some effort into it.

If not, whatever. I'm not going to lose my log-in and re-invent myself as "creamy_ass_face."

Speaking of which--where is patentgreedy, anyway?

CDF

* I thought you might still be smarting after our 'Brain' exchange the other night--I'm glad you let your anger go.

Hank Chinaski

07-20-2006 06:06 PM

Your google-fu is weak, grasshopper

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Originally posted by cheval de frise
This isn't the first time Adder thought I had the sarcasm detector turned off. More accurately, it's saturated today after a series of ridiculous conference calls. Sarcasm deserves an appropriate response--dialed up in intensity and given back.* If I cross the line sometimes into being "snide," so sorry--deal with it. I think you're capable of an effective, funny riposte if you put some effort into it.

If not, whatever. I'm not going to lose my log-in and re-invent myself as "creamy_ass_face."

Speaking of which--where is patentgreedy, anyway?

CDF

* I thought you might still be smarting after our 'Brain' exchange the other night--I'm glad you let your anger go.

Think of me as Israel and you as Hezbollah. You can do me no real harm, but if you insist on shooting random rockets into my space, then I will respond- and my repsonse will be disproportionate.

SlaveNoMore

07-20-2006 06:30 PM

Your google-fu is weak, grasshopper

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cheval de frise
I can't read minds. And even if I could, I wouldn't start with yours. I prefer Plato's "Republic" to Rey's "Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat."* No offense.

* although both admittedly have their merits.

I'd have to disagree with you on this one, bub.

Where do you stand on "The Fountainhead" versus "Babar the Elephant"?

cheval de frise

07-20-2006 06:31 PM

Your google-fu is weak, grasshopper

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Think of me as Israel and you as Hezbollah. You can do me no real harm, but if you insist on shooting random rockets into my space, then I will respond- and my repsonse will be disproportionate.

Ha! At your most delusional, I actually find you amusing. But at best...at the very best...you could aspire to be John Paul Jones aboard the Bonhomme Richard.

Like him, you have not begun to fight.

CDF

(and unlike him, I don't foresee you engaging in effective combat)

cheval de frise

07-20-2006 06:33 PM

Your google-fu is weak, grasshopper

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
I'd have to disagree with you on this one, bub.

Where do you stand on "The Fountainhead" versus "Babar the Elephant"?

I find them difficult to distinguish, frankly.

CDF

SlaveNoMore

07-20-2006 06:42 PM

Elephantine Ego

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cheval de frise
I find them difficult to distinguish, frankly.

CDF

Clearly then, you've never had a former girlfriend hit you in the head with a copy of "The Fountainhead"

Hank Chinaski

07-20-2006 06:43 PM

Elephantine Ego

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Clearly then, you've never had a former girlfriend hit you in the head with a copy of "The Fountainhead"