My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.

Jayne ,'Jaynestown'


Natter 69: Practically names itself.  

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.


Amy - Nov 08, 2011 5:57:51 am PST #5352 of 30001
Because books.

Yeah, that's what the foreign rights chick was worried about.

Can you do the presentation from home, too?


Tom Scola - Nov 08, 2011 6:07:33 am PST #5353 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

FDNY is reporting a suspicious package outside. They're telling us to move away from the windows on one side of the building. Not sure if it is OWS related.


Typo Boy - Nov 08, 2011 6:09:30 am PST #5354 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

"You're occupying a student lounge? With couches and heat and a coffee shop and a food court? Whatever."

Someone should tell those reporters that the point of occupying is not actually suffering. I've been to demonstrations outdoors in beautiful spring whether that included picnic food, plumbed bathrooms in the park, and performance by celebrity musicians. No one thought that made the demonstration less valid. Occupying even a very comfortable place sharing a space with dozens of others for days on end represents a hell of a lot more effort than that Sunday in the park which got a fair amount of coverage.


Sparky1 - Nov 08, 2011 6:12:32 am PST #5355 of 30001
Librarian Warlord

Stay safe, Tom.

My DH will be at OWS this afternoon doing a teach-in on the arms trade treaty.


le nubian - Nov 08, 2011 6:13:44 am PST #5356 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

The mainstream coverage of OWS is so infuriating to me. Is it so difficult to grasp that people are pissed, feeling powerless, and that this is what they want to do?

What else might you suggest?

Report what people are doing and saying. That would help.


Tom Scola - Nov 08, 2011 6:16:55 am PST #5357 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

All clear.


Amy - Nov 08, 2011 6:18:42 am PST #5358 of 30001
Because books.

Michelle Duggar is pregnant with her 20th child. If she carries to term, she will have been pregnant with all the children combined a total of 15 years. I don't even know what to say to that.


Tom Scola - Nov 08, 2011 6:19:04 am PST #5359 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

The mainstream coverage of OWS is so infuriating to me.

Heh.


sumi - Nov 08, 2011 6:19:25 am PST #5360 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!

Wow.

That's certainly something.


le nubian - Nov 08, 2011 6:29:29 am PST #5361 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Okay, so I am reading a UK news blog and reading the comments because they routinely make me laugh and laugh. I came across this comment:

I heard that he was caught swan upping in an inappropriate skiff.

And I just about died laughing. I had NO idea what this person was saying, but it sounded like a crazy euphemism for something.

I googled it and for heaven sake, "swan upping" is something real! Damn. Much less funny.