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mcleod commented on the blog post Congressional Floor Speeches Have Gotten “Dumber”
Except that it should have been ‘Fewer words…”, but he turned out OK though.
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mcleod commented on the blog post Late Night: FIRESTORMS of Controversy
“Issues”, used to replace “question, concern, or problem”. When I was hungry the other day, I mocked the usage by saying, “I have hunger issues”.
Oh, and “expresso”, too, also.
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mcleod commented on the diary post M20 NATO Summit Live Blog #NoNATO by John Washington.
I’m getting page not found 404′s for all the video links from Chicago. Anyone else having this problem or am I just being paranoid?
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mcleod commented on the blog post Sunday Talking Heads: Sunday May 20, 2012
Right. Not saying it’s something new, just that it’s getting worse.
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mcleod commented on the blog post Sunday Talking Heads: Sunday May 20, 2012
All true. And it’s not as if propaganda isn’t already spewed, like the determination that the anti-NATO arrestees are terrists. Glad that’s solved.
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mcleod commented on the blog post Sunday Talking Heads: Sunday May 20, 2012
As if the propaganda wasn’t thick enough already on Sunday mornings. Found the link:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mhastings/congressmen-seek-to-lift-propaganda-ban
Intro:
An amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences is being inserted into the latest defense authorization bill, BuzzFeed has learned.
The amendment would “strike the current ban on domestic dissemination” of propaganda material produced by the State Department and the Pentagon, according to the summary of the law at the House Rules Committee’s official website.
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mcleod commented on the blog post Sunday Talking Heads: Sunday May 20, 2012
Hope you’re right.
I read somewhere this morning about increasing the Pentagon propaganda budget (it’s only 4 billion per year now), but now I can’t find where I read it.
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mcleod commented on the blog post Sunday Talking Heads: Sunday May 20, 2012
Mornin’ kids. Non-mainstream voices are restricted to the innertubes. Something will have to be done about that someday, I suppose, but so far it hasn’t really been necessary, has it? As long as the Big Voice exists, we DFH’s can be easily ignored. I despair of changing this.
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mcleod commented on the blog post Why Does the Right Wing Hate Anti-Government Preaching?
(Raises hand) I know, I know….it’s because he’s a knicker.
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mcleod commented on the diary post Pull Up a Chair and Age With Me by Margaret.
“I honestly never thought I’d ever get old enough to seriously discuss this issue in the first person.”
You got that right. After all the damage done in the 60′s, 70′s, and 80′s…whoo boy. Let’s just say I scraped it down to the rind a few times.
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mcleod commented on the diary post Pull Up a Chair and Age With Me by Margaret.
Please do. Geezer solidarity.
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mcleod commented on the diary post Pull Up a Chair and Age With Me by Margaret.
Yeah, I can relate to the invisible stuff and “…that elderly gentleman…” references. As I told a friend recently, I’ve spent half my time wishing people would leave me alone and the other half wondering where everybody went.
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mcleod commented on the blog post Lakeside Diner
So if I punch Dimon in the nose, it’s OK because it happened in the past? Well OK then.
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mcleod commented on the diary post Pull Up a Chair by Ruth Calvo.
Nope, never had haggis, and no regrets there. There was a fair amount of hostility between the clans, too, not just the orange/green disagreements. I remember uncle Angus at his 94th birthday warning a guest, “careful, there’s a McDonald behind you.” Still sharp, he was.
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mcleod commented on the diary post Pull Up a Chair by Ruth Calvo.
100% Scottish here. Dad’s folks from Skye and Mull, mom’s folks Protestants from Glasgow. I don’t think I ever heard mom’s mom say the word Catholic without the word “goddamn” in front of it. Whenever there was a pipe band on TV, she would sit in front of it and cry. Pipe bands still give [...]
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mcleod commented on the blog post Our fastest growing export is Assclowns
Some enterprising hacker should insert a laugh track into corporate media “news” programs. I, for one, would be very impressed. Is such a thing possible?
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mcleod commented on the diary post Stimulating the Economy 2,717 Big Ass Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles at a Time by Lisa Derrick.
Ha! Good one.
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mcleod commented on the diary post Stimulating the Economy 2,717 Big Ass Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles at a Time by Lisa Derrick.
I believe you are correct. We can yak about it all we want. If someone actually attempts to DO something, they will silence/imprison/kill us.
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mcleod commented on the diary post Pull Up a Chair: Let’s Talk About Cars by demi.
Yep, there was one in Seattle in the early 60′s I think. Saw it a couple of times; it sounded amazing. Just idling it was a muted high whine, when it accelerated I just kept thinking it can’t get any higher, then it did.
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mcleod commented on the diary post Pull Up a Chair: Let’s Talk About Cars by demi.
True dat. I know one lady driver who’s about 5′ 2″, 90 lbs. and cute as a bug.
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