He really meant The Onion. I asked.
Mal: Can I come in? Inara: No. Mal: See? That's why I usually don't ask.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
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.
Volans - Nov 11, 2012 8:39:39 am PST #426 of 30001
move out and draw fire
le nubian - Nov 11, 2012 8:42:54 am PST #427 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
What Kalshane said.
Raq, I think that there are some questions raised about his military leadership. By all accounts, there are areas in which he excelled, but as I understand it there are some tactical problems with his leadership that probably could be discussed thoroughly.
Nevertheless, the way he conducted this matter does speak to some judgment issues that may reveal some deeper issues that the US public may not know/ever know about.
le nubian - Nov 11, 2012 8:43:06 am PST #428 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Damn Raq.
le nubian - Nov 11, 2012 9:29:03 am PST #429 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
found an article about Broadwell:
Apparently she had some poor judgment too. For someone supposedly as well-traveled as she was, why she was not aware of dressing standards in Afghanistan is beyond me. I know this and I have never been to the Middle East.
Jesse - Nov 11, 2012 9:35:41 am PST #430 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
"The Onion broke this story two months ago, but the mainstream media covered it up to protect Obama prior to the election."
That...is fantastic.
I also found this moderately-spoilery comment from Monday's Homeland recap on Vulture to be ironically relevant:
Thanks to Homeland, how many cheating Washington mates are going to use, “I’m working for the CIA” as an all-purpose alibi? It sounds so much better than “I’m working late at the office.” And you can’t press too hard because of “national security.”
DavidS - Nov 11, 2012 9:41:45 am PST #431 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Did y'all see Ann Hathaway on SNL doing her impression of Claire Danes character from Homeland? I can't vouch for its accuracy but it was funny.
Volans - Nov 11, 2012 9:45:51 am PST #432 of 30001
move out and draw fire
On a totally other topic, has anyone here used TaskRabbit, or is anyone a TaskRabbit? Thoughts? I'm thinking about posting for help wi craigslisting stuff.
Stephanie - Nov 11, 2012 9:47:06 am PST #433 of 30001
Trust my rage
I know we don't have facts, but I thought it was Broadwell who sent threatening emails to the other woman from Petreaus' account? Or something like that?
I don't really get why he resigned either. I read somewhere that he was doing well at the CIA and better than one might expect of a general. I mean, was sending emails dumb, sure, but why did he have to resign?
Jesse - Nov 11, 2012 9:48:42 am PST #434 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Did she do a lot of overly wide craxyeyes?
DavidS - Nov 11, 2012 9:54:33 am PST #435 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
On a totally other topic, has anyone here used TaskRabbit, or is anyone a TaskRabbit?
Javachick has used it and liked it.
I want to know who the other other woman was in the P4 scandal. She had to be somebody pretty high up that she warranted and FBI investigation over harassing email.