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kikichanelconspiracy
12/03/08

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"See you latah, sinners!" is my new sign-off.

Who's the girl in the cap and yellow t-shirt? She looks so damn familiar, but I can't quite figure out who it is and it's driving me nuts.
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squirrelcop
12/03/08

@kikichanelconspiracy: @CerebralMagpie: Alicia Silverstone, no?
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Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
12/03/08

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I liked the years when our ambassador was Carol Moseley Brown. Can we have her back, please?
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HallieMarie
12/03/08

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I am hopelessly in love with Neil Patrick Harris. No man in my life will ever measure up to that standard of awesome.
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TheFormerJuneBronson
12/03/08

@HallieMarie: Since I was fifteen. No question about it.
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Le Sighing My Way Through Life
12/03/08

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Every time I see NPH I think, "He's not gay, right? Not really. Just a little bit gay. The way that emo guy in undergrad was just trying it out to be 'interesting', right? Please?" Whoever NPH's boyfriend is, you better treat him right or I'm going to figure out how to replace you.
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Mav
12/03/08

@TheCityGirl: I totes have a picture of me and NPH from when he did Assassins of us on his motorcycle. I got a kiss too.

/raving fangirl

sorry, I have so few stories to brag about, had to use this one.
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hellosunshine
12/03/08

@Mav: LUCKY. Man. Barney Stinson is brilliant.
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Jamie Sommers
12/03/08

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I'm surprised no one here has brought up Ed Rendell's latest bout of foot-in-mouth-near-open-mic. I'd have figured this site to be all over that.
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vamusical
12/03/08

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Oh good, Oprah's entourage is coming to dc for inauguration too. As if there already weren't 8 bajillion people coming and making everyone around here freak out.
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CrankyOldBroad
12/03/08

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You are totally missing out on the pseudo banana republic bullshit we Canadians are currently being treated to.
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Annabellie
12/03/08

@CrankyOldBroad: It's great! Canadian politics just got exciting for the first time in, oh, I'd say ten million years. Are you going to watch Harper's speech tonight?
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CrankyOldBroad
12/03/08

@Annabellie: Wouldn't miss it. He's on a righteous rampage.
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littlemissvan
12/03/08

@CrankyOldBroad: Ahem, see my comments from yesterday... Welcome to Parliamentary democracy! This is how it works, and a coalition of parties that received over 60% of the vote is not a coup!
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PilgrimSoul
12/03/08

@littlemissvan: he's such a little weasel.
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Annabellie
12/03/08

@littlemissvan: But it's so much fun to pretend that meek little Stephane Dion is involved in coup.

Oh God Harper's on my TV right now, smarming it up. He makes my skin crawl.
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littlemissvan
12/03/08

@PilgrimSoul: No, he is a dead fish, you can tell by his eyes. However, I am a little pissed that he is doing his stupid talk thing at 7pm eastern time. I NEED to see Peter Mansbridge covering this and I'm stuck at work!
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Annabellie
12/03/08

@littlemissvan: Okay, I'll give you a play by play. Harper is opening his eyes super wide and talking really slowly in an attempt to be sincere, but is coming off as really condescending. He said what a great job he's going to do in these difficult economic times, and then said how shitty the coalition is.

Peter Mansbridge says it was interesting, but there was nothing new in the broadcast. Oh and he just said that it's a big deal in Quebec that Harper refuses to use the word separatist in his French speeches, although he does in English.
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CrankyOldBroad
12/03/08

@CrankyOldBroad: Meh, well that was totally anti-climactic. And now we get to hear from Stephan Dion and my colossal headache trying to interpret wtf he said will begin.
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Annabellie
12/03/08

@CrankyOldBroad: Yeah, as Don Newman said, it was just Harper using his quiet voice to say exactly the same thing he's been yelling around the house of commons all week.
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CrankyOldBroad
12/03/08

@Annabellie: He totally missed his window of opportunity. Fuckwad.
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Annabellie
12/03/08

@CrankyOldBroad: I thought Dion's speech went pretty well, though. Except for how it seemed like he was being filmed with a webcam and his face was out of focus a lot...
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Emily Brilliant
12/03/08

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Oh look... another bits and pieces post!

When did the paragraph go out of style?
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PilgrimSoul
12/03/08

@Emily Brilliant: they have been doing this every day for as long as I've been here. what's your beef? the workday is done, have a cocktail and chill.
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anonymiss
12/03/08

@PilgrimSoul: its not done for me :(
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PilgrimSoul
12/03/08

@anonymiss: (it's not done for me either.)
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Miss Scarlett
12/03/08

@Emily Brilliant: What is wrong with bullets? I would rather have this style and get a quick headline then read more if I want. The only think that would be better is numbering. I love numbering.
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Lymed
12/03/08

@Scarlett in the hall with a revolver.: What would be better than numbering is symbols as bullets. One could be a star, and another a heart, and another a triangle and, for those really good links, a rainbow!
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peanutbutterspoon
12/03/08

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That video made my day immensely better.
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Eeva
12/03/08

@peanutbutterspoon: John C. Reilly! Alison Janney! Neil Patrick Harris!

It's like the clip's makers reached into my brain and picked out the people I would most like to see run around onstage singing, and then made those people run around onstage, singing.
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ucelluccia
12/03/08

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You tell 'em, Doogie Howser.
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stacyinbean
12/03/08

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That thing about the Mumbai terrorists and the drugs is FUCKED UP.
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anonymiss
12/03/08

@stacyinbean: yet scarily clever
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NeonOlive
12/03/08

@anonymiss: From *ahem* personal experience... I call bullshit. Sounds like a wild rumor to me. And the kind of propaganda that fuels support for the war on drugs.
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anonymiss
12/03/08

@NeonOlive: i have personal experience too, and if someone gave me coke and lsd, i could fight for days on end with no food or sleep, no doubt. and india doesnt really have a reason to lie about finding syringes on the terrorists bodies and finding drugs in their systems after the autopsies, not as much of a reason as the US would, at least.
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NeonOlive
12/03/08

@anonymiss: I understand people's reactions and experiences can differ widely, but I haven't seen any good sources reporting this (the site linked to above suggests that the use of drugs has not been confirmed). I'd be interested in seeing some, though, if you have found any.

I can imagine an escalation/combination of the war on terror & the war on drugs. And that's a scary thought.
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anonymiss
12/03/08

@NeonOlive: i followed the links through to Boing Boing, then from there to some UK news sources that quoted the stuff about the syringes and autopsies. i also dont think this could add any more fuel to the war on drugs than has already existed regarding heroin-->afghanistan-->the taliban/al qaeda
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NeonOlive
12/03/08

@anonymiss: hey thanks, I just found those. I'm less skeptical about coke than I am about the lsd. It will be interesting to see what other reports come out on this topic.

Re: the war on drugs & the war on terror

It's messy and I don't want to jack the thread more than I have. But opiates are a different problem/recreational experience than coke and/or lsd, so it's a little weird and dystopian to imagine a world where they are all linked to terrorism.
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Lymed
12/03/08

@NeonOlive: There was a federally funded ad a few years ago with the message that if you do drugs you are supporting terrorism. There has already been one link made.
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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
12/03/08

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I bet there are tons of Republicans wearing diapers they are shitting so much over the Hillary nomination for SoS. Usually they only wear diapers when their gay lovers spank them, or when they reach a Helms level of decrepitude.
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Crabby Cakes
12/03/08

@BrutallyHonestBabes: I hope this works...

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BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
12/03/08

@Crabby Cakes wants some Dance Biscuits.: *snort* I'm impressed!
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keldo
12/03/08

@Crabby Cakes wants some Dance Biscuits.: Okay I love the 2 actors in that clip. Humor has no age limits, people!
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Crabby Cakes
12/03/08

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OMG, the MN race is gonna make me lose my mind. EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND, someone else is claiming they are ahead.
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applejuice
12/03/08

Holy crap, Nate Silver over at 538.com called before the vote that Franken would win by 27 votes! It is getting freakily close to his tally.

I call shenanigans on his math genius "I'm soooo good at fomulas" spiel. Dude has a time machine. He'll win the lotto next.
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Crabby Cakes
12/03/08

@applejuice: Did you see the bit on The Daily Show the other night where John Oliver meets the King guy who has the CNN magic wall and John is convinced that King is like MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE and he's all freaked out and running around?

THAT is how I feel about Nate Silver. He's freakily smart... TOO smart.
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Lymed
12/03/08

@Crabby Cakes wants some Dance Biscuits.: I just got a CNN news alert that Animal from the Muppets is now in the lead for the MN senate seat. Go Animal!
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applejuice
12/04/08

@Crabby Cakes wants some Dance Biscuits.: I did see that! You are right, totally freaky.
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