But I digress, the only media you could really charge as being substantially biased is fox news. "Fair and balanced" indeed! they were designed by ultra conservatives as a propaganda tool for their personal agenda. Which is why you get folks like Sean Hannity. Media in general is biased, but not to the extremes most people seem to think. The Liberal Media Myth was propagated by fox news and other ultra conservative pundits to try to skew the media in their direction.
..And to think I let you use my shower...
Listen to me you liberal spinster. I am an independant and I watch FNC all the time. "Fair and Balanced" / "We report, you decide", Damn straight! Fox is the shiz; they always have analists from both sides of the isle and always keep it real. Maybe if you spent some time watching the channels instead of wiping your arse with tree leaves you'd know. SLAM
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Dave.....where ya been? Come on back brotha!
Hiya! ..Congrats!
EDH is cool, I only played it once tho. My collection still hasn't recovered from the ransack it took during deck construction. My general was Nath of the Gilt-Leaf and my buddy chose Tsabo Tavoc = (aka. The General Assassin)!
I've been doing ok. Just working and playing. Got The Incredibale Hulk (2008) tonight! I am currently waiting to get *****ed at by my parents before I slip it in. I won't get into that tho. I am missing my 4th foil Cryptic and my 4th foil Tarmo from my collection. Hurmm... I keep wanting to believe they are somewhere in my many accumulated stacks of cards from deck building and so forth, which they may very well be. Hell, the other day I found foil playsets of Muta and Colossi and said "What are you all doing here?" ..But despite my disorganization, foul play is still a possibility.
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Makin' sure the ladies are squeaky clean ..everywhere!!
Netdecking is piloting Magic.
Homebrew is creating Magic.
Are you a pilot or a creator??
Listen to me you liberal spinster. I am an independant and I watch FNC all the time. "Fair and Balanced" / "We report, you decide", Damn straight! Fox is the shiz; they always have analists from both sides of the isle and always keep it real.
Uh, no. Fox News is a conservative tank, dude. I dunno what offends me more, D coming out with the N-bomb like he's not Whitey Whitestone from Canuck, or you busting in Captain Naivity-style acting all offended on Fox News' behalf while silmultaneously thinking you're getting 1-Up on Daggs.
A quick Google for "Fox News Bias" will bring up a lot of interesting reads, but I'll point you to this one from Fair.Org, which seems pretty even-handed, all said + done - The Most Biased Name in News.
eds - it is a lot of words, but needfully so (providing examples + history of FauxNews *cough* ), but here's the meat towards the end;
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If anything, it is partly the disingenuous claim to objectivity that is corroding the integrity of the news business. American journalists claim to represent all political views with an open mind, yet in practice a narrow bipartisan centrism excludes dissenting points of view: No major newspaper editorial page opposed NAFTA; virtually all endorse U.S. airstrikes on Iraq; and single-payer health care proposals find almost no backers among them.
With the ascendance of Fox News Channel, we now have a national conservative TV network in addition to the established centrist outlets. But like the mainstream networks, Fox refuses to admit its political point of view. The result is a skewed center-to-right media spectrum made worse by the refusal to acknowledge any tilt at all.
It's true, Fox is complete garbage, and totally biased. I don't think I've ever watched it myself, but I've seen clips online, and almost nobody has told me they think it's fair/balanced.
"Edward" is akin to "Eds" or "Edit", just sillier.
The n-word comes from the lyrics to Fourth Branch by Immortal Technique, highly recommended. That man has talent, and spits it real yo etc.
Going to attend a meeting with Grampa's doctors at the hospital tomorrow, to decide his fate. I'm not sure what's worse, the responsibility, or having to get up at 8.
Last bit of news, my computer has had 4 bluescreens of death today, and several other error messages and very glitchy overall. I'm trying to back things up in case I'm headed for a catastrophic failure. If you don't hear from me, don't assume the govt finally got to me and decided to take me down. I'm probably just out buying a new computer (again) on a nearly maxed out credit card.
Daron....there are a couple of things you could do first. Go to TrendMicro and see if there is something there that can help you. If you don't thing it is a hardware failure then you can download hijack this and a couple of other programs to clean up your computer.
I have told Dave....on a nnumber of occasions that Fox News is probably the most unbalanced news source out there....next to MSNBC for the Left. It has even admitted, I believe, that it is more NeoCon than straight down the middle. I also told him that if he wants fair and balanced news he needs to watch BBC America. They tell it like it is. I think it's crazy that I have to watch a British News outlet to get accurate and thorough news about my own country. CNN suckd now....it has to compete for time with all the other 24-hours newsies. Funny, 24-hour news just means that I can find out what my favorite celeb is up to.....twenty-four hours a day! The news doesn't change that fast....why do we need a twenty-four hour feed? ...I'll go back to 24 now instead of spelling it out!:D
No cards yet.....still wondering if the recession really did snatch them up:sneaky:
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Well I appreciated it all the same. Even if you're bathroom is a conglomeration of tile, stank, and poop tainted kitty litter. Seriously, clean that box out once in a while.
Listen to me you liberal spinster. I am an independant and I watch FNC all the time. "Fair and Balanced" / "We report, you decide", Damn straight! Fox is the shiz; they always have analists from both sides of the isle and always keep it real.
Keeping it real? Seriously? You know I'm going to have to chime in with the others here in telling you that...well...your wrong. Check out who represents what. Those people from "the other side of the Isle" typically represent moderate conservatives. I grant you that compared to the regular extreme there seems to be a spectrum, but that artificial spectrum is far from the true political diversity that exists.
Do a little research on the topic. Ria's site is a good place to start but dig a little deeper. Do the research, then decide.
Oh, and I'm registered Independent too, so Pttttthhhhhhhhpppp :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
Maybe if you spent some time watching the channels instead of wiping your arse with tree leaves you'd know. SLAM
Ouch, that got me....Reeling from the pain of a blown ego. Lights dimming....world going dark....everything..black. oooohhh *puts back of my right hand to forehead and falls down a few pegs* Woe is me....woe is me. *Twitch....Twitch....* Eeeeeehhhhhhhh *cough...twitch...*
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Oh, and typically leafy annuals or biennials work better than tree leaves. They tend to be larger, furrier, and a bit thicker.
And I hope you're problem with the parents isn't too bad. I like them and your mom makes good bacon. Now that I think of it, your not suggesting that your parents have something to do with your missing foilies are you? Parents mad at you the same time cards go missing and thoughts of foul play? I'd blame the cats.:kitty::kitty:
If Daron doesn't respond we can all assume that he's locked away in Guantanamo Bay. Hey man, what can I say, thats terrorist talk is all that is and you know what we do with suspected terrorists, or those who are near suspected terrorists, or those who are around those who are near suspected terrorist. Besides, we have ways of making you confess. And I bet the government has something to do with those blue screens of death too. Hope you can get your comp fixed as opposed to getting a new one.
Now that I know your previous post had the direct quote of a song does make that post seem better. Thought you're anger towards America reached new heights.
Oh and good luck with your grandfather. I really hope he can pull out of it. Sucks to have to decide on that sort of thing.
Ria, Did you find that awesome coolout tish?
You know, I really dislike Nancy Grace too. I find her biased, judgmental, overly critical, and the fact that she's somehow affiliated with CNN makes me question the validity of anything CNN represents. It's just sad when you walk away from a news story because of the way its presented.
Okay, and now some more random pics:
I went on a Kayak trip on a river around Daniel Island just north of Charleston. Lots of reeds and expensive houses on river fronts and such. Course they call this a creek and not a river. Odd eh? I figured a creek is a water way I can hop over. Besides, these "creeks" are as wide as the green river at times. Anyway, I found these ruins of something and went exploring. You can see the planks of wood I coasted over and realize that it wasn't that deep. Also, rusted metal spikes hovered just below the water surface threatening to rip into any boats that came by. I hit one, but I was going slowly so no damage. Still, an eerie feeling all the same.
There were lots of birds on the ruins. Mostly sand pipers and stuff of that size, but several Pelicans. They were not scared of me at all and made funny poses while they stretched. Sadly I wasn't able to get a good photo of that. One stretch had the pelican turning that big throat thing inside out by pushing their long neck through it. Very weird looking. Then they would extend their head all the way up to stretch that pouch more. I laughed every time I saw it.
These are my Cousins, Hans and Becca. Well actually they are my Dad's cousin's kids. Which would make them something like cousins 3rd removed or something. They are above the water but notice how neither one is wet. Hans is 15 years old and talks trash and all that, but he chickened out in the end. Too bad as I wanted some action photos.
Becca is a bit obsessive about horses. She has horse dolls and loves them very much. So she takes riding lessons every Tuesday. There's more involved with it than I thought. they were doing trots and cantors and sitting cantors with turns and trotting jumps and cantor jumps and whatever. I've no idea. But there was a lot more than just riding.
Horse here is called Dakota.
My Great Cousin Tim, which I suppose is what the dad is since he is my dad's cousin and my dad's aunt and uncle are great aunts and uncles, is an architect and he designed this house. Not sure how much this river..er..creek front house is worth, but well over a million I'm sure. In fact just up the creek theres another house he's designed that is on sell by the owner for 7 million. The owner also pays $25,000 a month on the mortgage! Thats ten grand more than I make in a year!
***Official Rune Master and Rational Extremest of The Called***
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And I guess that I'm a lucky one for the truth of what I know. For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go. I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone. If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
What the hell does a person do to be able to afford $25,000 a month mortgage!?!?!?!?!?
"I sell people at $150,000 a person. If I'm able to sell one person a week I can live fairly comfortably for a couple of days. I hate it when I go 2 months without selling a person. Sometimes those damn people are just worthless and I put them under my dock and cut them to pieces with my boat propeller."
Has to be the truth.
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The dust kicks up outside the saloon as Jonny makes his way from two binger. seems everyone skipped town while I was drowning my happiness away in a bottle of cheap whiskey. Thank goodness for the ladies.
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I am making another GRobot, the one.
Funny story: I decided I'd do a Grobot Jesus, 'cos what's more than that? Then the site host decided to do some maintenence w/o backing up first, discovered hardware incompatibility, + baleeted the board. At first it seemed the whole forum was toast, but then they found the last backup - done in late May
Timely for my canvas theme, anyhow
I'm not anywhere near done, but I made a mock-up while I'm waiting for the current layer to dry, + boredom took over. The actual painting is empty around Dude, the lacy tihs is only there in my mind. Oh, + I inverted most of the colors 'cos it looks all foily + cool.
I decided I'd do a Grobot Jesus, 'cos what's more than that?
Pat Robertson? Jesus is too much forgiveness and love. is more "my way or else hell fire damnation and we'll kill you to prove it".
I forget about what the grobot things are.
So yesterday sucked. I decided to go on a hiking trail just north of here. First thing I do, take a wrong turn on the interstate. I figured this was one of those roads where I can take one on ramp or drive a little farther then take the other. Nope, each on ramp had its own private road separated by a quarter mile. I had to go over a long bridge before I could take a U-turn, there I filled up on gas, $2.75 a gal. Might seem good considering a week ago I filled up at $3.29 a gal, but I passed a place fifty miles north on the way down here that had it at $2.45 and I've heard rumors that it was $2.35 somewhere. But whatever, the gas light was blinking and I figured I should fill up. wouldn't you know that as soon as I got on the right road the gas was priced at $2.60. Figures.
So I promptly take another wrong turn heading south several miles before I get suspicious at the small income housing, check my hiking book, and figured things out. After a long U-turn I head North. Instructions say I take another right and pass a navy weapons base. Well I saw a sign that said, "Navy weapons base," So I take a right and follow the sign. Next thing I know I'm in a huge port with only big rigs driving by and no hiking trail in sight. U-turn. I get back on the main road and drive up a few more miles before I take the correct right. I drive down and everything is the navy weapons base. Seemed to be a huge installation. I look for a gravel road as described and never see one. Eventually I end up at a military checkpoint with guards suspiciously watching me. I tell them I need to make a U-turn...again...and ask where the blasted hiking trail is. Well They tell me and soon I find the trail head. Seems the trail is on military grounds and the sign for it wasn't clear. Road going in wasn't gravel either, it was paved and looked like every other road.
Finally I'm here. I get ready to hike it but find that both the map pamphlet provided and a large trail sign at the Trail head both say I need a military ID or a Patron's Pass before I hike. Not wanting to end up in Guantanamo Bay I hunt for the Outdoor Activity Center which provides said pass. It was about 2 miles back down the main road. I actually found that relatively easy and asked about the pass. It would cost $10 and I would have to fill out a detailed background check form. I was resigned to pay, after all I spent several hours and plenty of gas to get here....then they told me I would receive it in about a Month. O_o "You mean I can't hike now?" I asked. Nope was the answer. Unless I track down a military personnel and ask if they want to go hiking with me.
Fine. Not hiking then. Not like I'm even going near this state in a month. I decide I'll go to down town Charleston instead as I've heard great things about it. I get on the interstate and realize I got on wrong...again...and was heading back to my cousins place. %$#@ it! I just finished driving back and went to bed. Some days are just not meant to be.
Bah,
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And I guess that I'm a lucky one for the truth of what I know. For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go. I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone. If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
Pat Robertson? Jesus is too much forgiveness and love. is more "my way or else hell fire damnation and we'll kill you to prove it".
Isn't that what this parable is all about? Do for Jesus or He'll Bust Your Fat Head?
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[11] While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.
[12] He said: "A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return.
[13] So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. 'Put this money to work,' he said, 'until I come back.' [14] "But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, 'We don't want this man to be our king.'
[15] "He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
[16] "The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'
[17] " 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'
[18] "The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.'
[19] "His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.'
[20] "Then another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth.
[21] I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.'
[22] "His master replied, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
[23] Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?'
[24] "Then he said to those standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'
[25] " 'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!'
[26] "He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.
[27] But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring them here and kill them in front of me.' "
MtGRobot is the ingrown toenail of the MtG forum communities. There was contention about the lack of content on the front page, + I've been making paintings featuring the Grobot doing his thing - you can see :symr:, :symb:, + there.
Sorry your day was tish, yo. *sings* . . .the sun will come up. . . tomorrow. . .
So my parents are coming into town to stay at my Grandparents' this weekend. My brother and his family are coming too. (They live inland a few hours, same city as my parents.) Rob has a 5 year old boy and a baby girl. I've never got to meet her yet so that'll be nice. Not that babies are really worth meeting, but you know. So they'll be staying with Grama and the drama will start pouring out of that place, as my mother worries that Grama worries too much, and they'll get into some kind of tizzy, I just know it. My mother, ever since going through "recovery" (yes, from an addictions therapy place, although she's never been addicted to any substance), has been a mess to deal with. Always stopping you in mid sentence saying "you can't put your guilt onto me, I don't accept it, I can only take care of my own feelings, nobody else's" or some such therapy-babble. She's way harder to deal with. Really brainwashed by all the "recovery" she's done, imo. My other brother Chris, who lives with Grama and Grampa (well now just Grama because Grampa isn't well enough to come home), has been through recovery for alcoholism, so he'll deal with her. They have a kind of strained relationship because my mother is power hungry and my brother put up with her for years until he finally told her she can't kick him around anymore. Yeeesh, families. Glad I'm out here in my own place, won't have to deal with them all very much this weekend. Poor Grama will have to, though.
Hey Brian, did you check out any Immortal Technique? It's not my kind of music normally, but for rap it's actually not too bad. The lyrics are the best part, obv. I like almost all his themes, from questioning govt, bringing more freedom to the people, anti-corporation, anti-racism, anti-stupidity, anti-war, skepticism, anti-materialism, etc. The only thing about his music I don't like is he's religious. He doesn't rap about it, but he mentions it now and then. I can't completely agree with someone's entire belief structure when it includes worshiping an imaginary idea, and following ridiculous rules from an ancient book. Superstition and backwards thinking kinda undo my respect for anyone to some degree. Not that I'd disrespect anyone for believing what they believe, even if it's totally opposite from my beliefs, but I'd definitely take what they said with a grain of salt, knowing they aren't eating pork on Tuesdays without saying a particular phrase first, or whatever.
EDIT: Here are some more I.T. lyrics.
From Fourth Branch:
The voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish
A fake church called the prophet Muhammad a terrorist
Forgetting God is not a religion, but a spiritual bond
And Jesus is the most quoted prophet in the Qu'ran
They bombed innocent people, tryin' to murder Saddam
When you gave him those chemical weapons to go to war with Iran
This is the information that they hold back from Peter Jennings
Cuz Condoleeza Rice is just a new age Sally Hemmings
How could this be, the land of the free, home of the brave?
Indigenous holocaust, and the home of the slaves
Corporate America, dancin' offbeat to the rhythm
You really think this country, never sponsored terrorism?
Human rights violations, we continue the saga
El Savador and the contras in Nicaragua
And on top of that, you still wanna take me to prison
Just cause I won't trade humanity for patriotism
It's like MK-ULTRA, controlling your brain
Suggestive thinking, causing your perspective to change
They wanna rearrange the whole point of view of the ghetto
The fourth branch of the government, want us to settle
A bandana full of glittering generality
Fighting for freedom and fighting terror, but what's reality?
Read about the history of the place that we live in
And stop letting corporate news tell lies to your children
From Bin Laden:
I pledge no allegiance, *****, f*** the president's speeches
I'm baptized by America and covered in leeches
The dirty water that bleaches your soul and your facial features
Drownin' you in propaganda that they spit through the speakers
And if you speak about the evil that the government does
The Patriot Act'll track you to the type of your blood
They try to frame you, and say you was tryin' to sell drugs
And throw a federal indictment on niggaz to show you love
This s*** is run by fake Christians, fake politicians
Look at their mansions, then look at the conditions you live in
All they talk about is terrorism on television
They tell you to listen, but they don't really tell you their mission
They funded Al-Qaeda, and now they blame the Muslim religion
Even though Bin Laden was a CIA tactician
They gave him billions of dollars, and they funded his purpose
Fahrenheit 9/11, that's just scratchin' the surface
They say the rebels in Iraq still fight for Saddam
But that's ********, I'll show you why it's totally wrong
Cuz if another country invaded the hood tonight
It'd be warfare through Harlem, and Washington Heights
I wouldn't be fightin' for Bush or White America's dream
I'd be fightin' for my people's survival and self-esteem
I wouldn't fight for racist churches from the south, my *****
I'd be fightin' to keep the occupation out, my *****
You ever clock someone who talked s***, or looked at you wrong?
Imagine if they shot at you, and was rapin' your mom
And of course Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons
We sold him that s***, after Ronald Reagan's election
Mercenary contractors fightin' a new era
Corporate military bankin' off the war on terror
Uhh, uhhhhhhh, yo, yo. Yo. <------ that's my contribution
Yes, checkin' IT out. I don't usually go in for the hyper-aggressive tip, but at least the message is clear. I'm torn on the eye-for-an-eye philo; I know if it came to the wire where I'd stand, but I can't see living like that unless you had to. Guess that's where he's coming from though. . .
+ I'd argue that the lyrics aren't always the best part - dude throwns down quite a bit of sickness from the stuff I've listened to already. One track had this crazy ****ed-up scratching, I love that when it's used effectively. Lot of good beats + clever sampling, too.
The hip-hop scene in Oz is kind of ridiculous (both in that it is Huge As, as well as that it is difficult not to crack a smile when dude is all hard but w/ a clearly Aussie accent, I knoaw yawl diggit), I got a couple friends who would eat this up, + I'm sure Delana will like it, she's HARD CORE YO
eds - hey, mise'well return the favour, right? Check out Roots Manuva, if you haven't. Both Dub Come Save Me + Brand New Second Hand are awesome, they're stuck on my perpetual playlist. Fun, sometimes topical, often cheeky, always grooving, lyrical good times. *bounce, wriggle, bounce* <---(live w/ Gorillaz)
Downloaded a bongo full of manuva, planning to spin it dry. Thanks b.
Just back from a halloween costume party, I was myself in 20 years. You don't even want to know. But the ladies loved me! Sammy's working the night shift, I'm home alone now. Gonna wind down.
ALA prices are in the crapper. "Best" rare is Stoic Angel at $7. Even Sarkhan Vol has dropped down to $25 and is still the "best" mythic. Not much of a set.
* rancored_elf returns to find nothing has happened *
You get 'em, Charlie! Ziggy mostly just needs sparkly makeup + big hair, no? We have a jack'o'lantern rotting on our front porch ('relia couldn't hold out any longer so we carved one almost a week ago). . . Oz will succumb to Halloween
Yes, they've got to! It's such a cool holiday, if for nothing else than it's the only alternative we have to all the bright cheerful holidays. Variety is nice!
Well, see, they have no July 4th, no Halloween, no Thanksgiving. . . so the Christmas stuff comes out right after Valentine's Day. It's bloody ignorant. Celebrate All Hallow's Eve! Bring Out Your Dead! *candy*
Sorry sales are slow r_e; should I just send you the Grobot so if coffee is spilt on it, it is your problem?
Weirdness: someone contacted me on Skype to add as a contact, the only thing in the text box was "MTG". They're from Lithuania, which is cool, but I dunno recognize 'em. Hint: Stalking is frightening! Introduce yourself
also: Charlie, I was wrong, you need 2 more things to Go Ziggy:
I want to buy the Grobot Brian, in fact, please consider it sold. I hope you can wait a little while so I can find the most opportune time to send you the money. American dollar's going way up right now compared to most currencies (not sure why).
Cruel Ultimatum looks to be a big riser, who'd have thunk? I knew it was the best of that terrible cycle, but $5 and rising?
Cruel Ultimatum is the one card that provides a gigantic swing in momentum. It's like [cardKokusho, the Evening Star[/card]....except you don't to play two of them to get the ball rolling. The card actually has a deck built around it....that's why my Fae build runs Memory Plunder in the side!!:p
Charlie....Ziggy needs the sparkly platforms and a matching guitar slung over your shoulder as well......"Ziggy plays guitaaaaarrrr"
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I've already got pseudo-drainpipe jeans that I'm just rolling up a bit so they're even tighter, and I can get some very high red plastic boots. No idea what to wear on top though. Some kind of horrendously sparkly belt and a weird jacket or button down shirt I guess. And an eye patch, or lots of makeup.
I am tempted to actually get my hair done like Ziggy, but I don't think I can pull it off. A wig will suffice I suppose.
Is it sad that this is the first time I've seen cards of the new set. I can't even remember what the full name of the set is. Interesting cards, I see that they are doing something similar to Invasion when it comes to needing three color decks, and like scourge when it comes to larger creatures.
Sad that none of the cards I saw really sung to me. I'm not sure what to think about those colored artifacts either. Maybe I should seek out a FNM somewhere down the line and play a booster draft.
Take those criminals out with that Criminology Diggy. If you get stumped watch CSI and CSI: Miami. I hear bones and maybe munk might help too.
All this Anti-America talk and songs and whatever. Doesn't anger me really, just makes me a bit sad and frustrated. I mean I can't argue with the points of the song because they are true enough. We've never had the best foreign policies and we seem to be making the same mistakes over and over again. Putting Fidel Castro in charge, supplying Iraq with weapons, occupying the Philippines...all came back to haunt us and we did much more...never learn from it...and keep doing it.
And we prefer to not refer to the Native American extermination as a Holocaust. Sure thats what it was and if truth be known Hitler himself probably got some of his "final Solution" ideas from what we had already done....but comeon, there still exists a collective guilt about that and slavery and concentration camps and whatknot. I know it shouldn't be forgotten or pushed to the wayside as it kind of is, but what exactly do you want. Is there something you're demanding done now to right past wrongs or do people just want something to grab and Condemn us for? Germany had to wallow in an underlying self-shame and humiliation for near 60 years before public displays of national pride were really noticed. Was that enough?
Here's my position. My seasonal lifestyle has made it hard to call anyplace home. No reason to go back to where I was born and raised, Vegas isn't more than visiting family, and the other three states and two nations and random placed I've visited or lived in were okay in their own way but not home.
When it comes right down to it I am American and proud of it. Don't think for a second that I'm some ignorant mentally drained drone that simply swallows main stream propaganda then stumbles on my mindless way. I'm fully knowledgeable of what we've done, what we are doing, and am definitely pissed at the direction my great nation has gone. We may have fallen dramatically but we are not near the bottom and we are still a power in this world that must be reckoned with. If I can't be home in any one place I am glad to be able to call this great nation home and even after all I've said and done I still would not want to live permanently anywhere else. I can't say that I wont eventually abandon ship, but this nation will have to spiral a HELL of a lot farther down the crapper before that thought will seriously cross my mind!
Just wish a complete catastrophic collapse wasn't even a possibility...but in this day and age and our options for president...well we shall see....
Cheers,
Daggertooth
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And I guess that I'm a lucky one for the truth of what I know. For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go. I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone. If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
Listen to me you liberal spinster. I am an independant and I watch FNC all the time. "Fair and Balanced" / "We report, you decide", Damn straight! Fox is the shiz; they always have analists from both sides of the isle and always keep it real. Maybe if you spent some time watching the channels instead of wiping your arse with tree leaves you'd know. SLAM
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EDH is cool, I only played it once tho. My collection still hasn't recovered from the ransack it took during deck construction. My general was Nath of the Gilt-Leaf and my buddy chose Tsabo Tavoc = (aka. The General Assassin)!
I've been doing ok. Just working and playing. Got The Incredibale Hulk (2008) tonight! I am currently waiting to get *****ed at by my parents before I slip it in. I won't get into that tho. I am missing my 4th foil Cryptic and my 4th foil Tarmo from my collection. Hurmm... I keep wanting to believe they are somewhere in my many accumulated stacks of cards from deck building and so forth, which they may very well be. Hell, the other day I found foil playsets of Muta and Colossi and said "What are you all doing here?" ..But despite my disorganization, foul play is still a possibility.
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Homebrew is creating Magic.
Are you a pilot or a creator??
A quick Google for "Fox News Bias" will bring up a lot of interesting reads, but I'll point you to this one from Fair.Org, which seems pretty even-handed, all said + done - The Most Biased Name in News.
eds - it is a lot of words, but needfully so (providing examples + history of FauxNews *cough*
"Edward" is akin to "Eds" or "Edit", just sillier.
The n-word comes from the lyrics to Fourth Branch by Immortal Technique, highly recommended. That man has talent, and spits it real yo etc.
Going to attend a meeting with Grampa's doctors at the hospital tomorrow, to decide his fate. I'm not sure what's worse, the responsibility, or having to get up at 8.
Last bit of news, my computer has had 4 bluescreens of death today, and several other error messages and very glitchy overall. I'm trying to back things up in case I'm headed for a catastrophic failure. If you don't hear from me, don't assume the govt finally got to me and decided to take me down. I'm probably just out buying a new computer (again) on a nearly maxed out credit card.
Positive thoughts to your G-pa, D.
I have told Dave....on a nnumber of occasions that Fox News is probably the most unbalanced news source out there....next to MSNBC for the Left. It has even admitted, I believe, that it is more NeoCon than straight down the middle. I also told him that if he wants fair and balanced news he needs to watch BBC America. They tell it like it is. I think it's crazy that I have to watch a British News outlet to get accurate and thorough news about my own country. CNN suckd now....it has to compete for time with all the other 24-hours newsies. Funny, 24-hour news just means that I can find out what my favorite celeb is up to.....twenty-four hours a day! The news doesn't change that fast....why do we need a twenty-four hour feed? ...I'll go back to 24 now instead of spelling it out!:D
No cards yet.....still wondering if the recession really did snatch them up:sneaky:
Keeping it real? Seriously? You know I'm going to have to chime in with the others here in telling you that...well...your wrong. Check out who represents what. Those people from "the other side of the Isle" typically represent moderate conservatives. I grant you that compared to the regular extreme there seems to be a spectrum, but that artificial spectrum is far from the true political diversity that exists.
Do a little research on the topic. Ria's site is a good place to start but dig a little deeper. Do the research, then decide.
Oh, and I'm registered Independent too, so Pttttthhhhhhhhpppp :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:
Ouch, that got me....Reeling from the pain of a blown ego. Lights dimming....world going dark....everything..black. oooohhh *puts back of my right hand to forehead and falls down a few pegs* Woe is me....woe is me. *Twitch....Twitch....* Eeeeeehhhhhhhh *cough...twitch...*
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Oh, and typically leafy annuals or biennials work better than tree leaves. They tend to be larger, furrier, and a bit thicker.
And I hope you're problem with the parents isn't too bad. I like them and your mom makes good bacon. Now that I think of it, your not suggesting that your parents have something to do with your missing foilies are you? Parents mad at you the same time cards go missing and thoughts of foul play? I'd blame the cats.:kitty::kitty:
If Daron doesn't respond we can all assume that he's locked away in Guantanamo Bay. Hey man, what can I say, thats terrorist talk is all that is and you know what we do with suspected terrorists, or those who are near suspected terrorists, or those who are around those who are near suspected terrorist. Besides, we have ways of making you confess. And I bet the government has something to do with those blue screens of death too. Hope you can get your comp fixed as opposed to getting a new one.
Now that I know your previous post had the direct quote of a song does make that post seem better. Thought you're anger towards America reached new heights.
Oh and good luck with your grandfather. I really hope he can pull out of it. Sucks to have to decide on that sort of thing.
Ria, Did you find that awesome coolout tish?
You know, I really dislike Nancy Grace too. I find her biased, judgmental, overly critical, and the fact that she's somehow affiliated with CNN makes me question the validity of anything CNN represents. It's just sad when you walk away from a news story because of the way its presented.
Okay, and now some more random pics:
I went on a Kayak trip on a river around Daniel Island just north of Charleston. Lots of reeds and expensive houses on river fronts and such. Course they call this a creek and not a river. Odd eh? I figured a creek is a water way I can hop over. Besides, these "creeks" are as wide as the green river at times. Anyway, I found these ruins of something and went exploring. You can see the planks of wood I coasted over and realize that it wasn't that deep. Also, rusted metal spikes hovered just below the water surface threatening to rip into any boats that came by. I hit one, but I was going slowly so no damage. Still, an eerie feeling all the same.
There were lots of birds on the ruins. Mostly sand pipers and stuff of that size, but several Pelicans. They were not scared of me at all and made funny poses while they stretched. Sadly I wasn't able to get a good photo of that. One stretch had the pelican turning that big throat thing inside out by pushing their long neck through it. Very weird looking. Then they would extend their head all the way up to stretch that pouch more. I laughed every time I saw it.
These are my Cousins, Hans and Becca. Well actually they are my Dad's cousin's kids. Which would make them something like cousins 3rd removed or something. They are above the water but notice how neither one is wet. Hans is 15 years old and talks trash and all that, but he chickened out in the end. Too bad as I wanted some action photos.
Becca is a bit obsessive about horses. She has horse dolls and loves them very much. So she takes riding lessons every Tuesday. There's more involved with it than I thought. they were doing trots and cantors and sitting cantors with turns and trotting jumps and cantor jumps and whatever. I've no idea. But there was a lot more than just riding.
Horse here is called Dakota.
My Great Cousin Tim, which I suppose is what the dad is since he is my dad's cousin and my dad's aunt and uncle are great aunts and uncles, is an architect and he designed this house. Not sure how much this river..er..creek front house is worth, but well over a million I'm sure. In fact just up the creek theres another house he's designed that is on sell by the owner for 7 million. The owner also pays $25,000 a month on the mortgage! Thats ten grand more than I make in a year!
Cheers,
Daggertooth
For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go.
I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone.
If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
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"I sell people at $150,000 a person. If I'm able to sell one person a week I can live fairly comfortably for a couple of days. I hate it when I go 2 months without selling a person. Sometimes those damn people are just worthless and I put them under my dock and cut them to pieces with my boat propeller."
Has to be the truth.
The dust kicks up outside the saloon as Jonny makes his way from two binger. seems everyone skipped town while I was drowning my happiness away in a bottle of cheap whiskey. Thank goodness for the ladies.
Goes to mount his trusty steed and finds that he is gone as well.......
Funny story: I decided I'd do a Grobot Jesus, 'cos what's more
Timely for my canvas theme, anyhow
I'm not anywhere near done, but I made a mock-up while I'm waiting for the current layer to dry, + boredom took over. The actual painting is empty around Dude, the lacy tihs is only there in my mind. Oh, + I inverted most of the colors 'cos it looks all foily + cool.
Pat Robertson? Jesus is too much forgiveness and love.
I forget about what the grobot things are.
So yesterday sucked. I decided to go on a hiking trail just north of here. First thing I do, take a wrong turn on the interstate. I figured this was one of those roads where I can take one on ramp or drive a little farther then take the other. Nope, each on ramp had its own private road separated by a quarter mile. I had to go over a long bridge before I could take a U-turn, there I filled up on gas, $2.75 a gal. Might seem good considering a week ago I filled up at $3.29 a gal, but I passed a place fifty miles north on the way down here that had it at $2.45 and I've heard rumors that it was $2.35 somewhere. But whatever, the gas light was blinking and I figured I should fill up. wouldn't you know that as soon as I got on the right road the gas was priced at $2.60. Figures.
So I promptly take another wrong turn heading south several miles before I get suspicious at the small income housing, check my hiking book, and figured things out. After a long U-turn I head North. Instructions say I take another right and pass a navy weapons base. Well I saw a sign that said, "Navy weapons base," So I take a right and follow the sign. Next thing I know I'm in a huge port with only big rigs driving by and no hiking trail in sight. U-turn. I get back on the main road and drive up a few more miles before I take the correct right. I drive down and everything is the navy weapons base. Seemed to be a huge installation. I look for a gravel road as described and never see one. Eventually I end up at a military checkpoint with guards suspiciously watching me. I tell them I need to make a U-turn...again...and ask where the blasted hiking trail is. Well They tell me and soon I find the trail head. Seems the trail is on military grounds and the sign for it wasn't clear. Road going in wasn't gravel either, it was paved and looked like every other road.
Finally I'm here. I get ready to hike it but find that both the map pamphlet provided and a large trail sign at the Trail head both say I need a military ID or a Patron's Pass before I hike. Not wanting to end up in Guantanamo Bay I hunt for the Outdoor Activity Center which provides said pass. It was about 2 miles back down the main road. I actually found that relatively easy and asked about the pass. It would cost $10 and I would have to fill out a detailed background check form. I was resigned to pay, after all I spent several hours and plenty of gas to get here....then they told me I would receive it in about a Month. O_o "You mean I can't hike now?" I asked. Nope was the answer. Unless I track down a military personnel and ask if they want to go hiking with me.
Fine. Not hiking then. Not like I'm even going near this state in a month. I decide I'll go to down town Charleston instead as I've heard great things about it. I get on the interstate and realize I got on wrong...again...and was heading back to my cousins place. %$#@ it! I just finished driving back and went to bed. Some days are just not meant to be.
Bah,
Daggertooth
For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go.
I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone.
If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
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Sorry your day was tish, yo. *sings* . . .the sun will come up. . . tomorrow. . .
So my parents are coming into town to stay at my Grandparents' this weekend. My brother and his family are coming too. (They live inland a few hours, same city as my parents.) Rob has a 5 year old boy and a baby girl. I've never got to meet her yet so that'll be nice. Not that babies are really worth meeting, but you know. So they'll be staying with Grama and the drama will start pouring out of that place, as my mother worries that Grama worries too much, and they'll get into some kind of tizzy, I just know it. My mother, ever since going through "recovery" (yes, from an addictions therapy place, although she's never been addicted to any substance), has been a mess to deal with. Always stopping you in mid sentence saying "you can't put your guilt onto me, I don't accept it, I can only take care of my own feelings, nobody else's" or some such therapy-babble. She's way harder to deal with. Really brainwashed by all the "recovery" she's done, imo. My other brother Chris, who lives with Grama and Grampa (well now just Grama because Grampa isn't well enough to come home), has been through recovery for alcoholism, so he'll deal with her. They have a kind of strained relationship because my mother is power hungry and my brother put up with her for years until he finally told her she can't kick him around anymore. Yeeesh, families. Glad I'm out here in my own place, won't have to deal with them all very much this weekend. Poor Grama will have to, though.
Thought of a cool type 1 casual highlander deck idea. BRG, every single card destroys something. Pillage, Creeping Mold, Dark Hatchling, and so forth. Maybe even a Violent Ultimatum for the hell of it.
Sounds like you're surviving, at least, Chris.
Hey Brian, did you check out any Immortal Technique? It's not my kind of music normally, but for rap it's actually not too bad. The lyrics are the best part, obv. I like almost all his themes, from questioning govt, bringing more freedom to the people, anti-corporation, anti-racism, anti-stupidity, anti-war, skepticism, anti-materialism, etc. The only thing about his music I don't like is he's religious. He doesn't rap about it, but he mentions it now and then. I can't completely agree with someone's entire belief structure when it includes worshiping an imaginary idea, and following ridiculous rules from an ancient book. Superstition and backwards thinking kinda undo my respect for anyone to some degree. Not that I'd disrespect anyone for believing what they believe, even if it's totally opposite from my beliefs, but I'd definitely take what they said with a grain of salt, knowing they aren't eating pork on Tuesdays without saying a particular phrase first, or whatever.
EDIT: Here are some more I.T. lyrics.
From Fourth Branch:
The voice of racism preaching the gospel is devilish
A fake church called the prophet Muhammad a terrorist
Forgetting God is not a religion, but a spiritual bond
And Jesus is the most quoted prophet in the Qu'ran
They bombed innocent people, tryin' to murder Saddam
When you gave him those chemical weapons to go to war with Iran
This is the information that they hold back from Peter Jennings
Cuz Condoleeza Rice is just a new age Sally Hemmings
How could this be, the land of the free, home of the brave?
Indigenous holocaust, and the home of the slaves
Corporate America, dancin' offbeat to the rhythm
You really think this country, never sponsored terrorism?
Human rights violations, we continue the saga
El Savador and the contras in Nicaragua
And on top of that, you still wanna take me to prison
Just cause I won't trade humanity for patriotism
It's like MK-ULTRA, controlling your brain
Suggestive thinking, causing your perspective to change
They wanna rearrange the whole point of view of the ghetto
The fourth branch of the government, want us to settle
A bandana full of glittering generality
Fighting for freedom and fighting terror, but what's reality?
Read about the history of the place that we live in
And stop letting corporate news tell lies to your children
From Bin Laden:
I pledge no allegiance, *****, f*** the president's speeches
I'm baptized by America and covered in leeches
The dirty water that bleaches your soul and your facial features
Drownin' you in propaganda that they spit through the speakers
And if you speak about the evil that the government does
The Patriot Act'll track you to the type of your blood
They try to frame you, and say you was tryin' to sell drugs
And throw a federal indictment on niggaz to show you love
This s*** is run by fake Christians, fake politicians
Look at their mansions, then look at the conditions you live in
All they talk about is terrorism on television
They tell you to listen, but they don't really tell you their mission
They funded Al-Qaeda, and now they blame the Muslim religion
Even though Bin Laden was a CIA tactician
They gave him billions of dollars, and they funded his purpose
Fahrenheit 9/11, that's just scratchin' the surface
They say the rebels in Iraq still fight for Saddam
But that's ********, I'll show you why it's totally wrong
Cuz if another country invaded the hood tonight
It'd be warfare through Harlem, and Washington Heights
I wouldn't be fightin' for Bush or White America's dream
I'd be fightin' for my people's survival and self-esteem
I wouldn't fight for racist churches from the south, my *****
I'd be fightin' to keep the occupation out, my *****
You ever clock someone who talked s***, or looked at you wrong?
Imagine if they shot at you, and was rapin' your mom
And of course Saddam Hussein had chemical weapons
We sold him that s***, after Ronald Reagan's election
Mercenary contractors fightin' a new era
Corporate military bankin' off the war on terror
Uhh, uhhhhhhh, yo, yo. Yo. <------ that's my contribution
+ I'd argue that the lyrics aren't always the best part - dude throwns down quite a bit of sickness from the stuff I've listened to already. One track had this crazy ****ed-up scratching, I love that when it's used effectively. Lot of good beats + clever sampling, too.
The hip-hop scene in Oz is kind of ridiculous (both in that it is Huge As, as well as that it is difficult not to crack a smile when dude is all hard but w/ a clearly Aussie accent, I knoaw yawl diggit), I got a couple friends who would eat this up, + I'm sure Delana will like it, she's HARD CORE YO
eds - hey, mise'well return the favour, right? Check out Roots Manuva, if you haven't. Both Dub Come Save Me + Brand New Second Hand are awesome, they're stuck on my perpetual playlist. Fun, sometimes topical, often cheeky, always grooving, lyrical good times. *bounce, wriggle, bounce* <---(live w/ Gorillaz)
Going to Stevie Wonder tonight, super excited. Should be a lot of fun.
Just back from a halloween costume party, I was myself in 20 years. You don't even want to know. But the ladies loved me! Sammy's working the night shift, I'm home alone now. Gonna wind down.
ALA prices are in the crapper. "Best" rare is Stoic Angel at $7. Even Sarkhan Vol has dropped down to $25 and is still the "best" mythic. Not much of a set.
* rancored_elf returns to find nothing has happened *
Sorry sales are slow r_e; should I just send you the Grobot so if coffee is spilt on it, it is your problem?
Weirdness: someone contacted me on Skype to add as a contact, the only thing in the text box was "MTG". They're from Lithuania, which is cool, but I dunno recognize 'em. Hint: Stalking is frightening! Introduce yourself
also: Charlie, I was wrong, you need 2 more things to Go Ziggy:
- Snow-white tan + matching outfit
- Giant Cohones
Still. Do it to it!Cruel Ultimatum looks to be a big riser, who'd have thunk? I knew it was the best of that terrible cycle, but $5 and rising?
Charlie....Ziggy needs the sparkly platforms and a matching guitar slung over your shoulder as well......"Ziggy plays guitaaaaarrrr"
I am tempted to actually get my hair done like Ziggy, but I don't think I can pull it off. A wig will suffice I suppose.
Sad that none of the cards I saw really sung to me. I'm not sure what to think about those colored artifacts either. Maybe I should seek out a FNM somewhere down the line and play a booster draft.
Take those criminals out with that Criminology Diggy. If you get stumped watch CSI and CSI: Miami.
All this Anti-America talk and songs and whatever. Doesn't anger me really, just makes me a bit sad and frustrated. I mean I can't argue with the points of the song because they are true enough. We've never had the best foreign policies and we seem to be making the same mistakes over and over again. Putting Fidel Castro in charge, supplying Iraq with weapons, occupying the Philippines...all came back to haunt us and we did much more...never learn from it...and keep doing it.
And we prefer to not refer to the Native American extermination as a Holocaust. Sure thats what it was and if truth be known Hitler himself probably got some of his "final Solution" ideas from what we had already done....but comeon, there still exists a collective guilt about that and slavery and concentration camps and whatknot. I know it shouldn't be forgotten or pushed to the wayside as it kind of is, but what exactly do you want. Is there something you're demanding done now to right past wrongs or do people just want something to grab and Condemn us for? Germany had to wallow in an underlying self-shame and humiliation for near 60 years before public displays of national pride were really noticed. Was that enough?
Here's my position. My seasonal lifestyle has made it hard to call anyplace home. No reason to go back to where I was born and raised, Vegas isn't more than visiting family, and the other three states and two nations and random placed I've visited or lived in were okay in their own way but not home.
When it comes right down to it I am American and proud of it. Don't think for a second that I'm some ignorant mentally drained drone that simply swallows main stream propaganda then stumbles on my mindless way. I'm fully knowledgeable of what we've done, what we are doing, and am definitely pissed at the direction my great nation has gone. We may have fallen dramatically but we are not near the bottom and we are still a power in this world that must be reckoned with. If I can't be home in any one place I am glad to be able to call this great nation home and even after all I've said and done I still would not want to live permanently anywhere else. I can't say that I wont eventually abandon ship, but this nation will have to spiral a HELL of a lot farther down the crapper before that thought will seriously cross my mind!
Just wish a complete catastrophic collapse wasn't even a possibility...but in this day and age and our options for president...well we shall see....
Cheers,
Daggertooth
For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go.
I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone.
If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
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http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=3qu1l9k27l - This link won't help much
EDIT: Female sl:symg:ves gets SPANKED!!! (AGAIN!)
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