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Some of the stinkiest BS ever to come out of the GOP started with the financial crisis. I listened to one Republican congressman after another give a speech on the floor about how no one should be playing the blame game. That from the masters of the blame game? How many times have you heard "Its Clinton's fault!" Its Hillary! And the imbecile accusation (and book) that 9/11 was Clinton's fault. Now suddenly for the first time in decades they don't want to play the blame game. I'll bet they don't. And now this imbecile talk: "Republicans blamed Pelosi's scathing speech near the close of the debate - which attacked Bush's economic policies and a "right-wing ideology of anything goes, no supervision, no discipline, no regulation" of financial markets - for the vote's failure. "We could have gotten there today had it not been for the partisan speech that the speaker gave on the floor of the House," Minority Leader John Boehner said. Pelosi's words, the Ohio Republican said, "poisoned our conference, caused a number of members that we thought we could get, to go south." Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., the whip, estimated that Pelosi's speech changed the minds of a dozen Republicans who might otherwise have supported the plan. That was a remarkable accusation by Republicans against Republicans, said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman of the House Financial Services Committee: "Because somebody hurt their feelings, they decided to punish the country." " From see here Its really pathetic when people embarrass themselves and don't even realize they're doing it. more >>

started by Quest on September 29 2008. It has 33 replies, and SAW made the most recent one at 09:50 PM on 10-15-2008.

Politics
And the crowd goes wild...

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started by calvin on October 14 2008. It has 5 replies, and SAW made the most recent one at 09:41 PM on 10-15-2008.

Politics
nothing about this seems to be a good thing

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started by calvin on October 15 2008. It has 1 reply, and Quest made the most recent one at 06:05 PM on 10-15-2008.

Sports Talk
A news story you haven't seen in 100 years.

October 15, 1908 : The Chicago Cubs win the World Series, defeating the Detroit Tigers 2-0 in Game 5 yesterday. Orval Overall allowed the Tigers only three hits. Johnny Evers, the Cubs’ second baseman, scored in the first inning on a single by Frank Chance, the manager and first baseman, and had an R.B.I. double in the fifth. “The Chicago team, according to the critics and the results, showed superiority in every department of the game in the series as a whole, although this superiority was not so apparent on the day that Detroit batted a victory off [Chicago pitcher Jack] Pfeister’s curves. . . . Throughout the series Chicago’s batting was opportune. The occasions were rare when with men on bases a Chicago batsman was not able to produce the needed hit.”

started by DSF on October 15 2008. It has no replies yet. Reply?

Game Zone
Portal

rocks. ROCKS!!!!! more >>

started by DSF on January 07 2008. It has 13 replies, and DSF made the most recent one at 08:24 AM on 10-15-2008.

Politics
By now you've heard ...

John McCain chose Alaskan governor Sarah Palin as his running mate this morning. Some say it's a ploy to siphon off the disgruntled Clinton supporters, a key constituency that Obama needs to win in November. If so, do you think it'll work? more >>

started by DSF on August 29 2008. It has 37 replies, and thantos made the most recent one at 12:02 AM on 10-15-2008.

Crunchland
The Ultimate Ego

Saw a book on the store stand the other day by Bill O'Reilly called a "A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity!". You have one guess what the book is about --Yes its about himself. LOL. What you would you all say if I put a post up claiming I was a bold fresh piece of humanity? (btw, he's big into phone sex).

started by Quest on October 14 2008. It has no replies yet. Reply?

Crunchland
A whining reporter or bad staff?

What do you guys think about this? It's basically a bitch fest that Obama's campaign is unorganised, chaotic and pretty much unsympathetic to the needs of others. On the other hand, McCain's group knows what they are doing and knows that the press is trying to do a job. This mirrors what some of you guys have told me in the past. Does this fore shadow how bad the first year is going to be for Obama? more >>

started by Badbill on October 08 2008. It has 12 replies, and SAW made the most recent one at 08:11 AM on 10-14-2008.

Politics
McCain's Comeback Strategy:

Sarah Palin really needs to stop whining about the supposed William Ayers-Obama connection. When Ayers was a member of the terrorist group "Weather men underground", Obama was a child. After that the two barely knew each other. Let's talk about more interesting connections --like the fact that Palin's husband was a member of an ultra-conservative group that wanted Alaska to succeed from the Union! I love my country and the thought of fragmenting the USA or breaking it apart in any way is incredibly unpatriotic. The level of hypocrisy Palin has displayed reaches new heights! more >>

started by Quest on October 07 2008. It has 17 replies, and SAW made the most recent one at 08:00 AM on 10-14-2008.

Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Why does my font change in posts?

Often when I post a message the font increases when I hit submit, what am I doing wrong? I end up having to edit all of them. Not complaining, just curious. Thanks. more >>

started by calvin on October 12 2008. It has 1 reply, and DSF made the most recent one at 02:38 PM on 10-12-2008.

Game Zone
Warhammer Online

If you've grown weary of repeating and rerepeating the quests in Azeroth, now's your chance to try questing in a new world in Warhammer Online. I've been playing it since the open Beta, and have come to appreciate some of the subtle improvements over World of Warcraft. For example, gone are the endless, maddening, grinding quests, where you end up killing monster after monster to collect 10 whatevers. In Warhammer, if you're supposed to collect 10 whatevers, it means you need to kill 10 of the creatures who would be carrying it. No grinding, hoping the whatevers will drop. Also, your minimap can help you quickly accomplish the quests you've got, by indicating with an amorphous red blobby shade where to go to accomplish your quest. In the time I've been playing, I've only needed to resort to an online resource once to help me solve a quest -- in WoW, it's practically required to keep a browser open to thottbot or alakazahm. Probably the best thing about the game is how integrated PVP is into the game play. In WoW, if you wanted to join in on an PVP game, you needed to travel to a city and find the battlemaster and then queue up for the PVP arenas. In Warhammer, there's a button on your minimap. Click it, and you're in the queue. You can even join as a level 1 player, right off the bat (not that I recommend that.) But, more than that, the zones all have PVP areas and related quests. Apparently, every foe you kill contributes to the overall dominance of your race in a given zone. One subtle but welcomed change over WoW is that on any particular server, players are forced to choose a side. You can't play both sides of the fence -- you can create 10 or so avatars on any given server, but they all have to be either Chaos or Order. So there's no more people hopping on to a Horde alt to spy on and listen to the city chatter and trashtalking, then logging on to their Alliance alt and report back. This isn't to imply that Warhammer is perfect. It's not quite as polished as WoW. It's still a little rough around the edges. For example, sometimes when you attack a foe with your ranged weapon, the animation indicates that they're far away from you, when they suddenly blip right next to you. Yesterday, I had to relog because my avatar had somehow contorted itself so the torso was facing one way, and the legs were facing another way. One very troubling thing about Warhammer are the gold spammers. Apparently there's some hook that allows a gold spammer to send whispers to all the players on the server, regardless of whether you've set that player on your /ignore list. They are relentless, spamming every minute or so. They're working hard to try to close up the gaps that allow them to do it, but they haven't closed it yet.

started by DSF on October 06 2008. It has no replies yet. Reply?

Politics
Picken's plan

Does anyone else find him full of ····? Am I the only one who remembers he practically bankrolled the swiftboaters in 2004? And I should trust him now? more >>

started by calvin on October 04 2008. It has 2 replies, and Samurai made the most recent one at 09:29 AM on 10-06-2008.

Raves
There is still beauty in this world

A True Image from False Kiva more >>

started by Jo on October 03 2008. It has 4 replies, and qa cat made the most recent one at 02:06 AM on 10-05-2008.

Tell Me Something I Don't Know
Dental & Medical Tourism

I just got back from Costa Rica where I had some major dental work done. Dentists here in US wanted over 10K but the dentist down there did the whole thing for 4K. The dentist was excellent --better than the majority of dentists I've seen here in the US. With very careful planning you could keep travel cost at a little over a thousand and Costa Rica is a great eco-vacation spot. Apparently this whole dental & medical tourism trend is growing. more >>

started by Quest on September 30 2008. It has 9 replies, and Quest made the most recent one at 02:22 PM on 10-03-2008.

Crunchland
Things to look forward to

2009 Terry Gilliam directs Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus 2010 Tim Burton will be directing Alice in Wonderland more >>

started by Jo on September 30 2008. It has 1 reply, and qa cat made the most recent one at 12:17 AM on 10-03-2008.

Television & Pop Culture
Spaced

So I was thinking of ordering the British series Spaced but I've never seen it. Anyone here familiar with the series? I like pop culture. I like Pegg and Frost and Wright. And sadly, I'm more than amused when I see a "Hawk the Slayer" reference. more >>

started by Galatea on August 01 2008. It has 4 replies, and Galatea made the most recent one at 11:56 AM on 10-01-2008.

Crunchland
The First Debate

I thought McCain did better than I expected he would, but Obama still won the night. Obama looked controlled and intelligent, while McCain fundamentally looked defensive. The real loser of the night was George Bush. Ouch. Even more important, it was great to finally see a REAL debate where the candidates were permitted and encouraged to go back and forth and respond point by point! That was very refreshing. more >>

started by Skyline on September 26 2008. It has 6 replies, and calvin made the most recent one at 10:11 AM on 10-01-2008.

Sports Talk
Are they going to do it again?

If the Mets cannot make the playoffs this year I am so over them. So over them. Well, maybe just until April 2009 but I can assure you I will be pissed at them in between now and then. Bastards. more >>

started by calvin on September 24 2008. It has 6 replies, and Keevan made the most recent one at 02:37 PM on 09-30-2008.