Carl Sagan has a lot worth reading
Sir? I'd like you to take the helm, please. I need this man to tear all my clothes off.
Zoe ,'Serenity'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
beth b - May 02, 2011 9:04:43 pm PDT #6632 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Atropa - May 02, 2011 11:33:52 pm PDT #6633 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh my goodness. I really want to just randomly, cryptically quote him on FB.
Randomly quote GLaDOS.
but you keep on trying until you run out of cake!
Zenkitty - May 03, 2011 1:38:02 am PDT #6634 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I don't believe in "a life for a life", and I don't even believe that planning and ordering the deaths of thousands of people and plotting thousands more to come makes a person unworthy of compassion, but I do believe it makes him worthy of being shot in the face. I don't wish a slow painful death on anyone, not even him, but I will note that better people have died worse deaths. Like flinging yourself from the top of a burning collapsing skyscraper. That's a worse death than a swift execution. I have compassion for bin Laden as a human being, but I have no sympathy, and a quick death is mercy enough.
Calli - May 03, 2011 2:01:39 am PDT #6635 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
not sorry he is dead. At this point I say "Kiss a nurse (of whichever gender you prefer) and get the hell out of Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen and Libya. And close most of the 800+ military bases we have around the world".
Yep, pretty much this.
brenda m - May 03, 2011 2:29:56 am PDT #6636 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I don't believe in "a life for a life", and I don't even believe that planning and ordering the deaths of thousands of people and plotting thousands more to come makes a person unworthy of compassion, but I do believe it makes him worthy of being shot in the face.
This.
I don't actually expect this to change much, but if it removes one boogeyman from the closet of irrational fears that is driving our security approach, then that's more than worth it too.
You know what else I've been curious about? What's the 10 year survival rate for a 70 year old with kidney disease in this country?
Jessica - May 03, 2011 3:55:51 am PDT #6637 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm going to try to find a link to Lara Logan on CBS's news special from Sunday night - she made some really excellent points on why bin Laden's death does still matter to taking down Al Qaeda, even if it feels to many Americans like an afterthought.
Short version: if we had the intel to get into that compound, we have the intel to get everywhere. And now they know it. Since terrorism only works if you can surprise people, this is a big fucking deal.
To answer people who claim Obama was just the lucky heir to Bush's policies, I present this post from Crooks and Liars. Bush gave up on bin Laden six months after 9/11 when he decided Iraq was more important.
flea - May 03, 2011 4:01:36 am PDT #6638 of 30001
information libertarian
Apparently there were also documents and records seized from the Abbottabad compound, so we now have even more intel than we did before Sunday.
Jesse - May 03, 2011 4:16:58 am PDT #6639 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In minor news, I was glad to see confirmation from Betsy H-P that Abbottabad was named after some white guy named Abbott.
amych - May 03, 2011 4:34:33 am PDT #6640 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
In minor news, I was glad to see confirmation from Betsy H-P that Abbottabad was named after some white guy named Abbott.
I guessed as much, since I'd heard it was a colonial station back in the day, but I'm strangely thrilled to see confirmation.
tommyrot - May 03, 2011 5:02:00 am PDT #6641 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
In Buenos Aires. Here are some menu items (translated into English).
- You Scream with Ecstasy While You Beg for Penetration
- Of Brazing Lips and Inflamed Desires
- I Tear Out Enjoyment from Your Warm Treasure with My Flaming Tongue
- You Indecently Drank the Eruption of My Pleasure
Huh. If I ever go to Buenos Aires, I'll have to check it out....