Meet your new thread, same as the old thread.

[Diane_Keaton]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
are we still talking about mortgage-backed securities?

If this is a mortgage backed security, then I reckon we are

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
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When ENQUIRER reporters contacted Young in person at his home on Dec. 12, he became furious — and denied he was Andrew Young.

He also denied knowing "any Rielle Hunter," yelling at the top of his voice: "You don't even know who I am!" But when his wife called him "Andrew," he shot her a dirty look.

An enraged Young called police, demanding our reporters be arrested for trespassing. Officers from the Chatham County (N.C.) Sheriff's Department responded, questioned everyone and made no arrests.

This Andrew Young sounds like he has the same personality as an Andy Young I once knew. That Andy Young is not a politico and does not live in NC, but maybe there is a lot to be angry about if your parents name you Andrew Young.

[Hank Chinaski]

http://www.vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=63682

[Replaced_Texan]

This is a fucked up election. (spree: youtube)

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
This is a fucked up election. (spree: youtube)

Is Slave still pushing Fruitcake for President?

[LessinSF]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Is Slave still pushing Fruitcake for President?

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...rpc=22&sp=true (Huckabee tied with Rudy nationally)

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
http://www.vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=63682

I feel like there is slime dripping from my computer. Sighh.

But we protect their rights too.

S_A_M

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by LessinSF
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...rpc=22&sp=true (Huckabee tied with Rudy nationally)

The never ending Republican search for someone worse than Bush.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
http://www.vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=63682

Your evidence is irrefutable.

If this is offered in anything but complete jest, you forfeit all rights to criticize Ty for citing blogs.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Your evidence is irrefutable.

If this is offered in anything but complete jest, you forfeit all rights to criticize Ty for citing blogs.

You couldn't spot the Hank post on that? It slaps you in the face like a fish.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by LessinSF
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...rpc=22&sp=true (Huckabee tied with Rudy nationally)

This country is doomed.

I wonder about these "faith" voters. They never articulate what they're thinking and I think the media is misinterpreting them. The faithless seem to think the faithful have no interest in empiral or even anecdotal data or applying scientific or logical scrutiny to any of their beliefs.

But I'm not sure that's what these faithful sorts believe. I think they believe that the ultimate solutions to problems are unknowable, and that their "hunches" are infused with a deeper, but unarticulable knowledge about what they see. They look at all the candidates and are overwhelmed with all the different pieces of information and kneejerk to this folksy, but highly dangerous rube based on the fact that he offers them certainty, which they view as an indication that he, like them, is guided by an indescribable wisdom.

In other words, they're not anti-science so much as believers that they have the better quantum of scientific understanding of the world around - that "faith" is a base of knowledge, just a passive sort the person buying into it will never understand. I think they think they're smarter than logical, rational or scientifically inclined types. And they have the results to prove it - the faithful tend to be happier than everybody else. They benefit from ignorance of what's around them which feeds the notion they have everything figured out. They're not kooks, they're accidental existential snobs.

I used to pity them, but I'm beginning to see them more and more as a cult following that half-scientific contrarian slop Malcolm Gladwell pimped in "Blink," only with a Jesus Freak spin added to it.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
You couldn't spot the Hank post on that? It slaps you in the face like a fish.

if you are trying to call me racist, do it flat out, but realize you'll have crossed a line. I didn't even look at any of it when I posted (it's from lgf), but now that I've read the first page of comments, I do like this : Fuck you hippie, you are the system.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
if you are trying to call me racist, do it flat out, but realize you'll have crossed a line. I didn't even look at any of it when I posted (it's from lgf), but now that I've read the first page of comments, I do like this : Fuck you hippie, you are the system.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish here?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
You couldn't spot the Hank post on that? It slaps you in the face like a fish.

I didn't even look. The slur in the second post slapped me in the face early, so I stopped reading.

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I didn't even look. The slur in the second post slapped me in the face early, so I stopped reading.

Damn. Then you won't get my "What exactly are you trying to accomplish here", since it was posted repeatedly down below.

You do know that all of a sudden a whole bunch of "racialists" are seeing that someone here has linked to their blog and are heading over here for the recruitment drive?

Thanks, Hank.