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Kaylee ,'Out Of Gas'


Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Fred Pete - Feb 10, 2011 11:21:53 am PST #22213 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.

So, was the gist of Mubarak's speech, "Yeah, you know, I'm not going anywhere, kthxbai"?

That's the impression I have, though it was hard to hear the translation over the speech itself.

I think Mubarak is ex-president walking (and have since he replaced his cabinet), but this (if correct -- TB may very well be right) means it's going to be really, really ugly. Coming down to which way the military goes.


hippocampus - Feb 10, 2011 11:23:19 am PST #22214 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

JZ, I'm so thrilled for you!

Really fascinating piece. Oh so cyberpunk.

I'm still boggling that he actually wrote a 1-2-3 list that ended with Profit! Also quite a few other things.


Jesse - Feb 10, 2011 11:23:51 am PST #22215 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

HEY GUYS I HAD A GREAT IDEA: HOW ABOUT I STILL BE PRESIDENT

Heh.


JZ - Feb 10, 2011 11:24:44 am PST #22216 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.

HEY GUYS I HAD A GREAT IDEA: HOW ABOUT I STILL BE PRESIDENT

Heh.

Or, oh, shit. Please, please just leave.


Steph L. - Feb 10, 2011 11:24:49 am PST #22217 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

HEY GUYS I HAD A GREAT IDEA: HOW ABOUT I STILL BE PRESIDENT

Man, it's gonna get ugly. Someone needs to punch him in the head. Hard enough to remove him from office.


Gudanov - Feb 10, 2011 11:29:47 am PST #22218 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

It's amazing how many supervillains have advanced degrees...graduate schools should do a better job of screening those people out.

I just noticed your tag, Steph. I think you're overlooking that maybe going to graduate school turns you into a supervillain.


hippocampus - Feb 10, 2011 11:30:30 am PST #22219 of 30001
not your mom's socks.

HEY GUYS I HAD A GREAT IDEA: HOW ABOUT I STILL BE PRESIDENT

really. not on.


Tom Scola - Feb 10, 2011 11:33:43 am PST #22220 of 30001
hwæt

Everyone in Egypt feels exactly the same way that Noah felt at the ball pit yesterday.


Ginger - Feb 10, 2011 11:34:25 am PST #22221 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Ascend already, Mubarak.

So, garlic cloves (minced, sliced, chopped, whatever) for a cold: does it work?

Not so much. Hot pepper does, though.


Steph L. - Feb 10, 2011 11:37:05 am PST #22222 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I just noticed your tag, Steph. I think you're overlooking that maybe going to graduate school turns you into a supervillain.

Ha! Very possible! (It's really just a Sheldon quote from S2 of Big Bang Theory.)

So, garlic cloves (minced, sliced, chopped, whatever) for a cold: does it work?

Not so much. Hot pepper does, though.

Hmm. I have no hot pepper, but 2 heads of garlic. I've heard that eating a raw clove helps with a cold (and that if you don't want to have serious garlic breath, to just chop it in large pieces and swallow them rather than chew them). So I chopped a couple of cloves and swallowed them. I figure it can't hurt. (I hope that isn't my epitaph: "She thought the garlic couldn't hurt.")