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Frownland 11-15-2019 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 2090745)
You didn't answer the question. I wasn't surprised.
Carry on with your pointless dissertation.

Got em!

The Batlord 11-15-2019 08:12 PM

At least JWB asked difficult questions. Chula is just a US government stooge.

Chula Vista 11-15-2019 08:17 PM

Q: Do you like apples or oranges?
A: What's the point, they're both associated with rot.
Q: That wasn't the question.
A: I won't bring myself down to choosing between which ultimate rot is better.
Q: You could have simply said cucumbers.
A: Now we're talking. Ding Dong. I miss OH!

Frownland 11-15-2019 08:23 PM

A more appropriate analogy

Batlord: The fruit industry is monopolized and people have no problem with that because it means that they get fruit for cheaper.
Chula: Do you like apples or oranges?
Batlord: What's the point, they're both associated with corporatization.
Chula: That wasn't the question.
Batlord: I won't bring myself down to choosing between your irrelevant false dichotomy.
Chula: You could have simply said a random non-sequitur.
Batlord: Ok boomer.

Chula Vista 11-15-2019 08:46 PM

One question. If all US ambassadors serve at the president's pleasure, why didn't Trump just recall Yovanovitch and say that due to a policy change she was being re-assigned.

Instead him and his key-stone cops decide to smear her with stupid conspiracy theory claims. And to do it with threats attached.

Are they simply just that stupid?

The Batlord 11-15-2019 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 2090754)
Q: Do you like apples or oranges?
A: What's the point, they're both associated with rot.
Q: That wasn't the question.
A: I won't bring myself down to choosing between which ultimate rot is better.
Q: You could have simply said cucumbers.
A: Now we're talking. Ding Dong. I miss OH!

I mean what is your alternative that I should support? I don't support American imperialism but I also don't support crazy Montana militias. Or North Korea. Or ISIS. What are my options to support?

Frownland 11-15-2019 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 2090767)
One question. If all US ambassadors serve at the president's pleasure, why didn't Trump just recall Yovanovitch and say that due to a policy change she was being re-assigned.

Instead him and his key-stone cops decide to smear her with stupid conspiracy theory claims. And to do it with threats attached.

Are they simply just that stupid?

They're Americans, so you've got a good chance of that being a yes.

Chula Vista 11-15-2019 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2090768)
I mean what is your alternative that I should support? I don't support American imperialism but I also don't support crazy Montana militias. Or North Korea. Or ISIS. What are my options to support?

Not asking for any endorsements from you about anything. Just asked where you'd rather live in 2020.

The Batlord 11-16-2019 03:21 AM

If I had dual citizenship you'd be telling me to love America or go back where I came from.

Oh and Denmark. Denmark sounds nice.

Chula Vista 11-16-2019 07:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2090808)
If I had dual citizenship you'd be telling me to love America or go back where I came from.

STFU - you know me better.

Denmark wasn't a choice but if we're talking dreams gigs?

Sardinia!

#2 would be the Azores.

Chula Vista 11-16-2019 08:09 AM

Yikes!
https://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/...a-facebook.jpg

https://keyassets-p2.timeincuk.net/w...P910726012.jpg

Anteater 11-16-2019 08:16 AM

I'll take the island life for $500.

Frownland 11-17-2019 04:19 AM

Lizzo sued by Postmates driver she claimed stole her food

If I stole Lizzo's food and she found out, I would fear for my life.

Psy-Fi 11-17-2019 08:17 AM


Frownland 11-17-2019 04:33 PM

I find that it works best when I rub it on my asshole.

Lisnaholic 11-17-2019 05:30 PM

Rock celebs have signed a guitar to help raise money for Fairport Convention/Fotheringay guitarist Jerry Donahue, who is ill:-


Frownland 11-17-2019 05:40 PM

Not familiar with the guy but it's cool to see Richard Thompson getting cred in the form of being on there. It's a shame that our medical system makes things like this necessary though.

Frownland 11-17-2019 05:43 PM

Kanye Announces Nebuchadnezzar Opera

The absolute madman. I'd be down to see it live but I bet it's stupid expensive.

Anteater 11-17-2019 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2091217)
Kanye Announces Nebuchadnezzar Opera

The absolute madman. I'd be down to see it live but I bet it's stupid expensive.

My future POTUS. :pimp:

....and that play looks legitimately rad.

Lisnaholic 11-18-2019 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2091216)
Not familiar with the guy but it's cool to see Richard Thompson getting cred in the form of being on there.

^ Yes, RT's guitar playing is underrated but as a fellow-member of Fairport, it's good that his sig is there.

Most surprising signature to me is coincidentally right next to RT's: the once popular Joe Brown. Is it really this guy, after all these years:-



According to the search function, he has never been mentioned on MB, so he must deserve some kind of obscurity award too. Did you catch that, search engine? I said Joe Brown. Put that in your files!

Psy-Fi 11-18-2019 05:19 AM

^ Joe Brown was the only name on there that I had to look up.

Jeff Beck, Richard Thompson, and Albert Lee are probably my top 3 favorite living guitarists (in that order) and all of them signed that guitar.

Lisnaholic 11-18-2019 05:35 AM

^ You did better than me then. Three names I don't recognise: Tony Iommi, Richard Digance and Martin Barre.
Biggest surprise were the two former Beach Boys: I'm guessing they were passing through England at the time?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 2091248)
Jeff Beck, Richard Thompson, and Albert Lee are probably my top 3 favorite living guitarists (in that order) and all of them signed that guitar.

^ You should put in a bid at the auction then!

Psy-Fi 11-18-2019 06:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic (Post 2091251)
Biggest surprise were the two former Beach Boys: I'm guessing they were passing through England at the time?

^ Yeah, those two names surprised me as well.

I've met Albert Lee a couple of times and he already signed an item of mine, so I've already got one out of the 3. I'm going to see him again in January, so I could bring a guitar with me and get it signed if I wanted to.

I've seen Richard Thompson a couple of times and haven't met him yet but I think there's a pretty good chance of it happening at some point.

I've also seen Jeff Beck a couple of times but, with his star status, the chances of meeting him seem rather slim at best.

If I get crazy lucky on a winning lottery ticket before the auction, I'll definitely put in a bid. Otherwise, that guitar is gonna go waaay out of my price range. :(

Lisnaholic 11-18-2019 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 2091255)
I've met Albert Lee a couple of times and he already signed an item of mine, so I've already got one out of the 3. I'm going to see him again in January, so I could bring a guitar with me and get it signed if I wanted to.

I've seen Richard Thompson a couple of times and haven't met him yet but I think there's a pretty good chance of it happening at some point.

I've also seen Jeff Beck a couple of times but, with his star status, the chances of meeting him seem rather slim at best.

If only you'd started earlier, with a bit of persistance, you too would've had a guitar worth a fortune by now.

The Batlord 11-19-2019 04:43 PM

Every day we stray further from God but closer to Doctor Octopus.

grindy 11-19-2019 11:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chula Vista (Post 2090632)
EDIT III: Sonland will contact the FBI and ask for protection within the next 48 hours if not sooner. I'll eat my words if wrong.

So...

Plankton 11-20-2019 10:37 AM

Behold!

Chicago Goes 1 Day Without a Shooting

The Batlord 11-20-2019 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2091500)

https://i.makeagif.com/media/8-31-2015/Tzk7GG.gif

Plankton 11-20-2019 03:33 PM

Bullet falling from the sky kills Houston man

The Batlord 11-20-2019 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2091530)

https://i.makeagif.com/media/8-31-2015/Tzk7GG.gif

Plankton 11-20-2019 03:46 PM

you killed my joke

The Batlord 11-20-2019 03:49 PM

And hopefully another Houston man.

Plankton 11-20-2019 03:52 PM

He shouldn't have gotten in the way of the bullets natural flight path. Wtf is wrong with people.

Psy-Fi 11-21-2019 07:41 AM

Utah woman fights charge after kids see her topless at home

Frownland 11-26-2019 09:09 PM

Papa John's ex-CEO says in viral interview that he ate more than 40 pizzas in 30 days

Very impressive, Papa

The Batlord 11-29-2019 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2092572)
I can believe it, but it's still alarming

investigation into Amazon's internal record keeping on injuries:

https://www.revealnews.org/article/b...=pocket-newtab

this is confirmed with everyone I've ever talked to who used to work for the company, they work you until it physically damages your body, then they let you go for not meeting the quota and shuffle someone else in

Quote:

Amazon officials declined repeated interview requests. Instead, company spokesperson Ashley Robinson provided a written response to some of Reveal’s questions. Robinson said Amazon’s injury rates are high because it’s aggressive about recording worker injuries and cautious about allowing injured workers to return to work before they’re ready.

“We know that by making a conservative choice to not place an injured associate back into a job, we are elevating restricted and lost time rates as a company, but with the intent to benefit the associate,” Robinson wrote.
https://media.tenor.com/images/5016e...fd2d/tenor.png

Frownland 12-01-2019 07:49 AM

Germany is removing the only known energy source that can put a dent in gas dependency

WWWP 12-01-2019 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2092262)

The day of reckoning is coming.

The Batlord 12-01-2019 02:46 PM

It's a pretty big if that actual clean energy is a viable replacement at all. You can't just necessarily replace something like oil that completely revolutionized human civilization.

WWWP 12-01-2019 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor (Post 2092886)
jerking off to nuclear is stupid too

omg this is giving me flashbacks of the tech bro i dated


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