Pigs Fed, Hogs Slaughtered
 

Senate Committee is now investigating the RIAA for its heavy handed subpoenas:

"Coleman said he feared that the RIAA was being too heavy-handed in its pursuit of Internet music pirates. Coleman chairs the Senate's permanent subcommittee on investigations.

"The industry seems to have adopted a 'shotgun' approach that could potentially cause injury and harm to innocent people who may have simply been victims of circumstance or possessing a lack of knowledge of the rules related to digital sharing of files," he said.

Coleman asked the RIAA for, among other things, copies of its subpoenas issued to Internet providers and description of its safeguards against targeting innocent people.

full text: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ic_internet_dc

There goes whitey, always lookin' for another handout.
 

Black Church Offers Money to Lure Whites

"For the month of August, whites who go to Greenwood Acres Full Gospel Baptist Church in Shreveport, Louisiana, will get $5 an hour on Sundays and $10 an hour on Thursdays, Bishop Fred Caldwell told Reuters on Thursday."

"Caldwell said his budget is limited to several thousand dollars and for now the offer will go only to whites. Hispanics, Asians and other ethnic groups will have to wait."

Gay marriage and the Pope.... Whaaaaaa????
 

To add a footnote, Tres Chic Lingerie closed a year or two ago. I don't think the classy name helped business any up in the 'burbs - the parking lot was always empty.

-TL

Pigs Fed, Hogs Slaughtered
 

Damned straight. There are many people who genuinely believe that rich recording artists are the ones putting that stuff out there to download for free, and they should not be targeting innocent people like us--er, them.

Coltrane on Running
 

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Coltrane on Running
 

Cela est le meilleur vous pouvez faire? L'afro-américain, s'il vous plaît. Beaucoup d'excuses des caractères Chinoiss.

Gay marriage and the Pope.... Whaaaaaa????
 

We don't have sex-ed here in Texas. It might cause people to do the sex to each other and we wouldn't want that.

-T(unless it is with first cousins, then it is legally a-ok.)L

Gay marriage and the Pope.... Whaaaaaa????
 

I'm starting to think you live so far east that you think you're in TX but you're really in AR. Maybe you could be ArkTex. ArkTec. Hmmmm.

(Insulting the Great State of Texas and its inhabitants?? Carpetbagger.)

Coltrane on Running
 

fucker.

TM

Gay marriage and the Pope.... Whaaaaaa????
 

Where was the insult? You have a problem with cousinsex?

Carpetbagger.

Go Canada!!
 

Winnipeg — Saskatchewan's government has tried everything to get the U.S. border opened to its beef: pleading, cajoling and even threatening a ban on foreign beef.

Now a researcher for the ruling New Democratic Party has resorted to name-calling, in a memo that described U.S. President George W. Bush as "Shrub."

Titled, "Re: petition to President Shrub," the bulletin on NDP caucus letterhead was distributed this week to members of the legislature, candidates for Saskatchewan's coming election and MPs in Ottawa. Media outlets received the memo by mistake.

"We were just appalled," said Elwin Hermanson, leader of the opposition Saskatchewan Party, who received the bulletin yesterday. "On the stupid meter, this seems to go off the scale."

The memo encourages recipients to distribute copies of a petition that Premier Lorne Calvert launched on Tuesday as a protest against the U.S. beef ban. It explains the shrubbery reference as a "dismissive nickname for President Bush."

The government distanced itself from the memo, promising a review of how it got drafted and whether there should be disciplinary action against the caucus staffer who wrote it.

(Even so, this is a pretty weak-ass insult)

Angelina upset about nipple loss. And she's not alone.
 

Only in repressed societies like ours.
:shame:

Go Canada!!
 

As someone whose stepfather ran for the Ontario legislature as an NDP candidate, let me tell you that some of these guys are pretty far out there. But why, if Alberta is so hard core conservative, is Saskatchewan run by the NDP.

Go Canada!!
 

Man, the bars up north are gonna be hoppin' tonight.

Angelina upset about nipple loss. And she's not alone.
 

If it is that upsetting, here is a tutorial on how to draw the nipples back in.

And Keep Going Cananda !!!
 

Pop sensation Justin Timberlake - used to receiving admiration from music fans worldwide - was pelted with rubbish as he performed on stage in Toronto this week.

The 22-year-old star dodged water bottles and other flying objects during the SARS benefit concert on Wednesday (July 30), wincing uncomfortably at the audience's obvious hostility.

"This will be over before you know it," Timberlake told the crowd, before performing a mini-set of 'Cry Me A River', 'Senorita' and 'Rock Your Body' and then making way for heavier acts including The Guess Who and AC/DC.

Go Canada!!
 

That's a fascinating question you pose, str8, which I'm sure at one time or another every member of this board has thought long and hard about. :)

But I'll try to answer. Oil and wheat, my friend. Oil and wheat. Different universes.

(I realize they have cows in common, but I don't think it's a factor)


Edited to note that I am pleased that I unintentionally managed to work "long and hard member" into a post about Saskatchewan.

Capetbagging
 

Wrong-o - I heart Texas and most of its inhabitants, exclusive of the eagle-like mosquitos, my neighbor with the nasty biting dog, and Tom Delay.

Don't you remember our Marriage-in-Texas discussion not so long ago? - it was a reference.

I should add that I am neither married to my first cousin nor do I recommend it. All my first cousins are girls anyway and as we know, they don't allow that sort of thing here.

-T(FWIW - The fetus will be the first native Texan in the family, but I've been here long enough)L

Gay marriage and the Pope.... Whaaaaaa????
 

So it's OK for cops, judges and legislators to promote dildos, but not laypeople? Interesting...

AdL

Angelina upset about nipple loss. And she's not alone.
 

Because, as discussed so many many times on this and the old board, many men seem to get fixated on them and/or think that it's a sign that the woman is sexually attracted to some person in her presence, which of course must be him. This causes them, regardless of ickiness level, to try to talk to the woman because obviously she is just a step away from hauling him behind the nearest tree/door and fucking his brains out.

It's not a taboo, it's self-protection.

Capetbagging
 

How could you not know insulting AR and/or OK and calling people Yankees is an old Texas tradition? What are you, an Aggie? ;)

Capetbagging
 

My husband is from OK and if I wasn't so busy laughing at him all the time for that myself it might bother me that the entire State of Texas apparently feels the same way -- and y'all don't even know him personally and are probably underestimating his Okieness.:D

Capetbagging
 

Aggie?!?!?! Ewww - take that back! Besides, everyone knows where I went to school and Aggie I ain't. Yankee I ain't, either - but I confess I married one (some here might suggest that is actually worse than the first-cousin thing).

I do make fun of AR on a regular basis, but it's hardly sport when they can't defend themselves.

-TL :P

Gay marriage and the Pope.... Whaaaaaa????
 

I'm still trying to figure out what a bona fide legislative purpose is. I can only guess that they're all trying these devices out in order to test the hypothesis and confirm their finding that they're wrong, wrong, wrong.

Go Canada!!
 

The only thing this could possibly prove is that there is at least one Canadian wonk who reads year-old Doonesbury comic strips. And has no qualms about plagarizing same.

Coming soon in reprisal, a communique from the U.S. Cattlemen's Assn denouncing Prime Minister Charlatan of Canada.

P (if Cheritien is still PM, that is) D

Gay marriage and the Pope.... Whaaaaaa????
 

but oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh so right.

Angelina upset about nipple loss. And she's not alone.
 

It IS a sign of sexual attraction and it IS a sign that the girl wants to haul us out to depose us, right guys?

Hair flip = do me
Biting lip = do me
Leg crossed and bouncing = do me
"Sure you can buy me a drink" = do me
"Thanks for dinner" = do me
Accidental eye contact = do me
Being in the same room = do me
Existing = do me

Go Canada!!
 

I thought Doonesbury was plagiarizing Molly Ivins.

P(who gives a crap, it's still accurate)J

Can this marriage be saved?
 

Having dealt wtih such people a fair bit in a former life, I think there is probably not too much to worry about in reality. I wouldn't let my guard down or anything, but from their perspective you are already headed for a worse punishment than you can possibly imagine, so why should they bother? They would rather be smug in the knowledge that your skin will melt for eternity in the firey brimstone of hades than act in such a way as to hasten your arrival. Eternity is a long time and hell is really hot; it'll keep.

Take every precaution you can, by all means. But 999,999 times of of a million these folks are all bark and no bite.

-balt(did she call you a fornicator? that's my favorite)assoc

Actual Fashion Question
 

So I'm at Starbucks this morning and there is this woman in line. She is older, but not old. I would estimate her age to be late late 40's - early 50's. She is well dressed in a suit with a skirt, has pointy pointy toed shoes with spike heels (note to you women with larger feet - pointy toed shoes make your feet look much longer and call attention to your enormous feet - avoid them if you're larger than a size 7.)

Anyway, along with the expensive suit and shoes, this woman is wearing a tacky ankle bracelet. Not that any ankle bracelet isn't tacky (IMHO) but this one looked like that fake silver crap you get at Claires.

Question - at what age should you stop wearing ankle bracelets and toe rings? Meaning - at what point does it look pathetic - like I'm trying to look young but I'm obviously not.

My answer - anyone over the age of 25 should stop this shit. Any thoughts out there?

Actual Fashion Question
 

What was her bag like?

Edited to add, oh, right, ankle bracelets--I think anyone who looks remotely sexually appealing can do say a slender gold ankle chain, but leave the hippy-dippy stuff to the kids. but not with business attire, that slut.

Actual Fashion Question
 

Black squarish Kate Spade - medium size, thin over the shoulder straps. A shiny but not patent leather sheen.

Actual Fashion Question
 

Methinks anything over about 18 while at work or similar establishment. Anything under 30 (give or take) is fine if you're at the beach or a barbeque, etc. I wouldn't wear either at any age if I wanted to be taken seriously.

-TL

Actual Fashion Question
 

Exactly - I half expected to see a cartoonish tattoo right above it.

Actual Fashion Question
 

Toe rings? I would like to thank whatever higher power there is for letting that little trend slip by me unnoticed. Toe rings? WTF? Wouldn't the toe-cheese buildup be horrendous. ;)

Pigs Fed, Hogs Slaughtered
 

Do these people also believe in the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny? Or believe that stores put postcards and magazines near the front of the store because they want you to just take them on your way out?

Bitch, please.

Actual Fashion Question
 

If the tattoo on the ankle has faded to a uniform dark green, it's definitely time to ditch the anklet.

Actual Fashion Question
 

Have no fear, my 16yo "Little Sister" already passed hers down to her younger sister, so even among the teeny-boppers, the trend has passed.

-T(damn I'm posting a lot today)L

Pigs Fed, Hogs Slaughtered
 

There's no Easter Bunny?! You lying piece of crap!

Actual Fashion Question
 

Ugh, they sell them at every damn street fair/arts and craps fair I have ever been to. Perhaps you don't do the crap fairs. They have them now so that they're elastic pieces of crap, not just rings anymore.

Don't know about the toe-cheese - I've never worn one - I can't imagine anything more uncomfortable.