martinchill's Comments (503)

“poppies, son.

don't forget the poppies.”

“in the commercial, cusak says "do you see me panicking??!?"

after doing a flick like this, i see his career panicking.”

“we let our boat drift as it would
and felt that we were sailing in empty space
and riding on the wind
we were Light
as if we had forsaken the world
and all support,
like one who has become an immortal
and soars through space”

“"the logic of Douglas Wilson's argument"

*chuckle*”

“faith and $2.50 will buy you a cup of coffee.”

“can the good pastor provide ANY shred of evidence supporting his position?

given his senseless rant, i suppose not.”

“remind us again when the S&L scandal occurred?”

“love how you say corruption is as old as Eden, and then blame Clinton.”

“there should not even BE insurance companies in the first place.

HMOs for everybody!”

“interesting - is it due to the moon getting smaller or larger, or because we're not as cool as we used to be?”

“question for the smart folks - how much of the moon would have to be blown off to change its orbit? and if it got smaller, would it drift farther away from earth or be pulled closer?”

“asking, quasi-seriously, whether it will THROW OFF ASTROLOGY.­..

*chuckle*”

“Trojan is selling a new fingerbang toy that fits over the fingertip. checking their website - it's not available in alabama, mississippi, louisiana, georgia, or west virginia.”

“born there - lived there thirty years.

my advice - MOVE.”

“Just The Facts, But Get 'em Right

"According to Pew Research surveys, the public's assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades. Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate. In the initial survey in this series about the news media's performance in 1985, 55% said news stories were accurate while 34% said they were inaccurate.

26% of Americans now say that news organizations are careful that their reporting is not politically biased, compared with 60% who say news organizations are politically biased. And only 20% say that news organizations are independent of powerful people and organizations.

On several measures, Democratic criticism of the news media has grown by double-digits since 2007. Today, most Democrats say that the reports of news organizations are often inaccurate. 67% of democrats are also now more likely than they were in 2007 to identify favoritism in the media, saying that the press tends to favor one side rather than to treat all sides fairly, up from 54%."

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1341/press-accuracy-rating-hits-two-decade-low”

“yeah - but the avatar is apt.”

“"1) what progressives are you referencing"

~~

bill mahrer, for one!”

“at&t spied on us for cheney. good luck getting the govt to take them down anytime soon.”

“"But doesn't any collective belief eventually become a kind of truth? If enough people act as if something is true, isn't it indeed "true," not objectively, but in the sense that it will determine how they will behave?"

so says stephen colbert about truthiness and wikipedia.

if wikipedia says it's true, well then.....”

“"Many people think Yahoo! is as good as dead: The stock is off around 15 percent since its recent deal with Microsoft, and by more than half from when the Microsoft talks started. But in reality the company is now in a better position to stake out new ground, rather than fight with Google over stale turf."

~~

i like this... yahoo is just about down and out - which means they've got google and bing right where they want them, hey?”

“yahoo blows. simple as that.”

“i just put Leftoverture and Point of Know Return on my player today and was listening to them shuffled in with other stuff - new Mars Volta...

i won tickets to a show during the Monolith tour... went alone (i was fourteen) and sat fourth row-center.

laser lights... steve walsh had a cast on his arm and was doing handstands on his keyboards.

kansas is awesome.

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I'm on fire
Burning with the question in my mind
Strange desire
Seems there's nothing else for me to find
'Cause I've been here, and I've been there,
Seems like I've been everywhere before
I've seen it all a hundred times
Still I think there surely must be more”

“what happened in fallujah is among the lowest points of our human existence.”

“if the idea is to make a statement by not purchasing any goods, then the first day of holiday shopping after Thanksgiving, Black Friday, is the natural choice.

and every friday after that?

Let's-Stay­-Home-and-­Watch-Porn Fridays, anyone?”

“"Objectivist ethics may be based on rational egoism but still are driven by good or evil impetuses.­"

that's the essence of my comment in the first thread.

you probably could have made your points about capitalism and artistry without even bring rand into it.”