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Either that or I want a Lady Gaga sparkin' bra.
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[gawker.com]
The only problem with putting the banksters in regular prisons is that the regular population makes friends with them and protects them in hopes of winning favors. (Don't know how much this happens... only have a few data points. We should try it with a huge group and see how it really works)
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[www.mcclelland.com]
'Day leave has been cancelled, since all the guards who'd escort us are needed to do security for the pope's visit. One of the inmates said, "Who the fuck does this pope think he is?" '
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That brings up the question that's been churning around in my febrile brain for a while now: Who's on top? We have the "establishment" in bed with the bad guys, but are is the establishment smart enough to control the brute force and threats of the bad guys they use/think they are using? (I guess we can't really draw a solid line between the two.. maybe it's a matter of who is willing to get their hands dirty, and who isn't? Who sits on the board at the Met versus who deals meth?)
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Which in every way he still is.
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Not sure why I'm trying to make distinctions... probably an ingrained prejudice.
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Anywho, here it is:
[baselinescenario.com]
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(any resemblance to figures living or dead would involve them admitting their wives are not fully human, but I'm still expecting to get sued anyway)
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Did you know when he was about 12 his dad climbed the huge, impressive staircase in the main hall, called the boys down to breakfast, and then threw himself from the second floor to the first, so the kids would find him?
Some day someone will write an opera about Conrad Black.
12/09/09
Screen dumps and PDF are your friends.
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Cheers. I used to be diligent about that, but then, I thought: "I'll just dedicate a hard drive and do it automatically." But then I didn't. But... very true. The post came back but there's no way to tell if it changed or not. We should have a system set up for the public good, audited by random, trustworthy folk, that collects all the published info and tracks changes. Google... want to do something useful? The wayback machine isn't reliable... things disappear from google cache... we need an easy, dependable way of making sure the nazis don't burn our books.
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Hmmm... in light of the post on the gambler on Gawker today, one wonders if we shouldn't look into all the high-rolling losers to see if they aren't laundering money.
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I realize this sounds like bullshit, but it's not. What can I say? I'm a weirdness magnet.
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Was he really talkative? I think I met him at the airport in Holland. I was sitting next to a fellow who turned his cd player up full blast to get a rise out of meand lit a cigarette in the no smoking area of the lounge. He told me he was from Israel (cant' remember where) and on his way back from Switzerland. He was very knowledgeable about exchange rates and geopolitics. About 5'7" and a little rotund, close-cropped hair. When I say talkative... I mean... wow.
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But we have to bring him loaves, fish and water (to change into wine) first.
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I've also seen people at the track do this and win. Definitely one of those bittersweet "Yay for you but ew you scrounge in racetrack gutters for a living all day long and god I need a drink now" moments.
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