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Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:37 | 1198099 slewie the pi-rat
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blythe has captured the raging attentions of the prep school metro male! 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:33 | 1198233 Bolweevil
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She said hard and long :)

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:36 | 1197873 mynhair
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Taking bets on Der F_ Hitler going into Syria.

Long live Libs!  Cuz if they disappear, who else will hang from lamp posts?

Where is the ODummer budget, anyway?

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:46 | 1197888 I am Jobe
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The mission is to liberate Libya of the Dictator and spread democracy and seek balanced power as they say. yeah right and I say pigs can fly. WTF, another losing war and who is going to pay for this crap. Once again it shows the USA Foreign Policy is fucked up and that of crap.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:01 | 1198142 AldousHuxley
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China is paying.

They need cheap oil.

Why do you think just a week after Hu Jin Tao's visit to US, then all of sudden war breaks lose. They gave Obama the go ahead signal = not sell dollars in trade for oil contracts.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:33 | 1198227 slewie the pi-rat
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you're saying this is cheaper?

and china gets the oil?  from libya?

we'll take that under advisement...

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:39 | 1197875 Greenspam
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To quote the great man...

In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.

 

Buy Gold !!!!!!

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:47 | 1198117 serotonindumptruck
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Firearms hold their value exceptionally well. So does ammunition and non-perishable foodstuffs.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:39 | 1197876 Segestan
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   50 factors launching Gold

By Jim Willie

http://www.kitco.com/ind/willie/apr192011.html

 

 Mr Willie does seem to have some good insight into the current crisis , but I think he will really see the light once the West falls. Good luck with those nice/safe third world hidding places.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:40 | 1197878 fireangelmaverick
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_termites


An army of termites munched through 10 million rupees ($222,000) in currency notes stored in a steel chest at a bank, police in northern India said Friday.

The bank manager discovered the damage when he opened the reinforced room in an old bank building on Wednesday, police officer Navneet Rana told The Associated Press.

 

I guess that means three more Femto Seconds of printing for Benny.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:54 | 1198124 serotonindumptruck
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"I guess that means three more Femto Seconds of printing for Benny."

How quickly can you type a 13 figure number and hit the enter key?

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:42 | 1197881 Muir
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Dick: Allan, you have invested your emotions in a losing stock, it was wiped out, it dropped off the board. Now what do you do Allan?Something with long term growth possibilitiesYou reinvest. Maybe in a more stable stock.

Allan: Who are you going to fix me up with, General Motors? 

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Play it again Sam (Alen)

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:45 | 1197886 mynhair
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Still searching for a link to the ODummer budget.  Seems to be "Words, just Words".

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:46 | 1197887 Machiavelli
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I've solved the problem of deontic restrictions (also known as Scheffler's paradox).

I just wanted to archive this statement in cyberspace so when my book comes out in 5-10 years and I'm a big celebrity in philosophy circles I can point to this comment to prove that I knew all a long how big was this idea. And yes I'm drunk.

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:49 | 1197895 I am Jobe
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Ok, my Friday is shot. I started drinking around noon in the name of Good Friday and the crappy economy. I have to spread good faith. Do I drink more or do I share the Wild Turkey. The conundrum.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:58 | 1198135 serotonindumptruck
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I'll take a draw off that bottle of Kicken' Chicken.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:48 | 1197897 cxl9
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"Today all the world is in mourning because one Jew died in the Orient" -- da Vinci

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:53 | 1198009 gwar5
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Da Vinci was always deeply conflicted because he was gay and Jewish, and was insanely jealous of Michaelangelo nearly his entire life but at the same time had a mad crush on him. He was never much of a writer for all his other talents.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:55 | 1197904 knowless
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http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=4344961

 

current bid $351 for a welder/generator. taking a chance on the quality I guess, pictures show it's seen a bit of use.. but who knows.

 

thread at the miller site about the series:

 

http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/communities/mboard/showthread.php?2...

 

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:53 | 1197908 sex4king
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Jim Rickards sticks by his comments

http://www.kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Entries/2011/4/17_J...

I dont see it...

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:58 | 1197916 PSEUDOLOGOI
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:56 | 1197918 destraht
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I just accidentally deleted one weeks work.  I'm furious and I blame Zerohedge.  You will be hearing from my attorneys.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 19:57 | 1197919 Yardfarmer
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I seem to hear all the laments of the Savior: Oh if at least man, for whom I AM in anguish and for whom I AM ready to embrace all, could only be grateful, would respond to the graces I obtain for him by my great suffering for him! If only he would esteem the value of the price I pay to ransom him from the death to sin, to bestow on him the true life of the sons of God. Ah, that love which grieves My Heart more cruelly than the executioners will tear my flesh!...Oh no! He sees man who does not know because he does not want to draw profit from it. He will even blaspheme this Divine Blood, and all more irreparable and inexcusable still, will turn it to his damnation. Only a few will profit by It, the greater number run the way of perdition And in the great distress of His Heart He continues to repeat "Quae utilitas in sanguine meo?"

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:00 | 1198146 serotonindumptruck
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If I'm going to worship a mythical entity, I choose Odin.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:02 | 1197924 mynhair
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Oh no!  Lindsay Lohan in jail?  Where will McBags get pics from?

(Is Spears out yet?  May need a Webcam fund)

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:03 | 1197926 stiler
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 I want to tell you a story about what happens to this rich guy named ScroogeMcBernak, who loves his money and doesn't love God, when he dies.

Uponn death his body, of course, goes into the grave and knows nothing. A lot of rich people turn out for the funeral, but they don't know where the hell he is. Meanwhile his soul has gone down, down into Sheol in the center of the earth, to the Netherworld of hopelessness. ("hell", a Teutonic word, isn't in the bible, but the idea of it is) Someone once wrote, "abandon hope, all you who enter here". There was McBernak, existing as a shadow tormented by the worm of his conscience.

Someone is speaking to him now in a thin, pained voice, as of years and years of suffering. "I’m the rich man in Jesus’ story about the rich man and Lazarus. Everyday Lazarus, a poor man, sat at my gate begging, he regrettably said. Lazarus died and went to Paradise. I died and came to this place, crying out to Abraham over in Paradise. I would have gone over there but for the great gulf fixed between us. He could still see in his mind’s eye the ‘poor’ Lazarus reclining, eating clusters of grapes.

Some suffering soul butted in, betwixt gasps of pain, that Lazarus wasn’t over there anymore. “Jesus…(sigh), when he was crucified, (argh) and died (ehiooh) came down here announcing to those on the hell side of Sheol that he overcame death. Yeah, he just shouted it, then lead captivity-- those on the Paradise side, up into heaven,” then his voice trailing hopelessly away, “leaving us here in Sheol.”

Now here was this man, alone, in darkness and tormented, without rest……

…..and here he is more than a thousand years later.

Suddenly he feels a tremendous surging as hell is vomited up and in the twinkling of an eye, resurrected! That’s right, he is in his body again, but not just his old body, but a new, glorious superhuman body of perfection.

But what’s this? “This is the second death”, said a voice that seemed to read his mind.

Scrooge McBernak’s joy is not to be, for before him looms a huge white throne he can barely see the top of. Heaven and earth are gone, they have fled away from this throne. Upon it is Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus) with his eyes a flaming fire, his feet like burnished brass.

Books are opened.

The Lamb’s book of life doesn’t have McB’s name in it, because it has been erased. Scrooge wants to run, but there is nowhere to run to. The other books, actually scrolls, are filled with all the works of every unbeliever in the universe, all the deeds of their lives. They are here to pay the redemption price for their own salvation, since they didn’t believe in Yeshua’s blood sacrifice, which would have satisfied God. God examines ScroogeMcBernak’s works.

“So among many other useless things, I see you did QE1, QE2, and QE3 with a few key strokes. Even though you knew it would bring down America, a very good country… gentile, not the apple of my eye—Israel…. but still very good. Why did you do this? Many had their lives changed for the worse because of the useless spending.”

“Ah, God, I…”, responded the undone McBernak.

Scrooge saw Hitler up ahead of him and Stalin. The Messiah’s countenance was sad and he said he was sorry,"What is, is.". Suddenly McBernak saw below him a gigantic lake of fire, glowing and molten white with heat rising in vapors.

“The second death, the second death,” he thought. I know I’ve heard of that somewhere.” He saw Antichrist and his false prophet in there already one thousand years looking non-the worse-for-wear, just feeling it. “Location, location, location!” as realtors, Hilter and Stalin were thrown in by an angel near the middle of the lake, “kerplunk” into the deepest depths, right next to the lawyers. While ordinary sinners were around the perimeter, suffering in agony, posessing glorified bodies, they could never die. Great and small, rich and poor were in it. They were each paying the price for their sins which would last for eternity.

There is the story of Scrooge McBernak. I hope you learn the lesson of this story and never, ever go there.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 00:15 | 1198403 Yardfarmer
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classic, stiler. well done.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:01 | 1197927 mynhair
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McLame spoke about more iShyte he knows nothing about.  Anybody care?

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:06 | 1197932 mynhair
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Why all you losers lament your savior, when he is in the WH in DC, baffles me.

A page missing in your Bibbles, perhaps?

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:10 | 1197946 doubleplusgood
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Silver spot closed at 47.72 and gold closed at 1,508.65 in overseas trading today, according to Bulliondesk.com

http://www.thebulliondesk.com/?Tab=7&site=1&lang=EN

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:51 | 1198001 mynhair
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Ye Fricking Hah!

Grease it up, Blythe!

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:16 | 1197952 Reptil
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Radioactive Radon daughters from fertilliser cause cancer in tobacco smoke !

Radon gas is also given off by phosphate fertilizers (since phosphate ores are rich in uranium). When tobacco crops are so fertilized, radon gas accumulates under the thick canopy of tobacco leaves, and tiny dust particles impregnated with radon daughters adhere to the sticky, resinous hairs on the underside of each leaf. When harvested, the tobacco contains high concentrations of radioactive lead-210 and polonium-210. Cigarette smokers breathe these radon daughters into their lungs with every inhalation.

Some of these radioactive particles lodge in the lungs of smokers, as confirmed by autopsies. Others enter the bloodstream along with oxygen and carbon monoxide. Radioactive deposits of this kind have been found in plaque removed from sclerotic arteries. Many researchers now believe these excessive concentrations of radon daughters are responsible for most of the 135,000 deaths each year in the U.S. from lung cancer, strokes and heart disease which the American Medical Association attributes to smoking.

http://www.ccnr.org/uranium_deadliest.html

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:38 | 1197982 gwar5
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Well played Crazy Horse......

American Indians have killed millions more pale faced white folks with their tobacco than Indians were ever killed by small pox or white interloping. So, Well played Pocohontas, Geronimo, Chief Joseph.....

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:02 | 1198286 SumSUN
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The natives did not fertilize their tobacco with radioactive chemicals.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 18:33 | 1199850 New_Meat
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SumSUN:

"The natives did not fertilize their tobacco with radioactive chemicals."

but they do so today.  amazing how the extra-government "reservations" have managed to flourish. 

A real boon to the cultcha'

- Ned

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:44 | 1198358 mt paul
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wonder how many randon daughters 

this partagas black gigantes....

has in the tobacco it's rolled from ..

hear they are rolled 

on the thighs of virgins ...

this is one  big bad smoking stick ..

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 20:59 | 1199963 ebworthen
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Stop it, you are making me crave a Maduro wrapped Churchill...

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:23 | 1197958 Bodmas
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The diminution of the MIT price project was the final nail in the coffin for me. I am now a fuly blown conspiracy theorist.

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:27 | 1197959 Reptil
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Nuclear Plant in Borssele (Netherlands) escaped from serious accidents because of pure luck (and no one opened their fucking mouth!)

Former Professor Electricitysupply Cees Andriesse said on the 26th of march in the Radio 1 program Argos, amongst other things, about a number of incidents in the Borssele plant: "We dodged a bullit and were saved by pure luck. Under slightly different circumstances a serious situation could have developed. That is unacceptable."

0__o

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:34 | 1197971 sumosamurai
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Donald Trump is a class 1 a-hole. He is corrupt and is not above using his wealth tp pay judges and city/county hacks to do dispicable acts as condeming your property so he can purchase it at 1/3 the cost so he can build a parking lot.

 

The Trump has no respect for private property. Woe to those that are not able ro defend themselves.

Read about this poor lady in in NJ.

http://patriotupdate.com/articles/donald-trump%E2%80%99s-eminent-domain-empire

 

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:33 | 1197973 Reptil
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I'd love to see how that toupee would burn.

just for the hell of it

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:22 | 1198195 serotonindumptruck
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I'd like to see the arrogant fuck-knuckle dance at the end of a rope.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:53 | 1198006 sumosamurai
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http://www.rightspeak.net/2011/04/mark-levin-destroys-donald-trump.html

 

Even more crap from this pinhead Trump.

I take that back. If he had a pin his toupee might stay in place. With all that money you'd think he'd invest in hair club for men. Oh wait.... he's not a real man!

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:04 | 1198016 SilverFish
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Donald Trump fingered me in the pants (touched my junk)  when i was just a little kid.(hence the paper bag of shame)

I wasn't supposed to tell anyone.

 

Fuck him.

 

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:34 | 1197972 Reptil
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Compact fluorescent lamps that are required by the EU (energy saving lamps) are poisionous and, when turned on (during normal use) give off carcinogens Fenol, Naftalene, Styrene, the german Alab Laboratory concludes "These carcinogens should be kept as far away as possible from human beings". The older filament lamps were banned by the EU (and various european governments) because of not environmentally friendly enough.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8462626/Energy-saving-light-bulbs-cont...

mother fuckers!

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 17:14 | 1199705 ebworthen
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ick!

Not to mention, that as soon as they get rid of incandescents in the U.S., the CFL manufacturers will simply engineer the bulbs to where they last 1000 hours like the old filament bulbs to increase their revenues.  Think of all that plastic, mercury, etc. in the landfill.  Wow, how green is that? 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:35 | 1197974 joebren
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AN INDULGENT PARODY OF   PRESIDENT OBAMA                                             

OBAMA IN HAWAII  - A DIARY

 

Christmas – 2010

 

I love coming to back to Hawaii, seeing my old school friends and golfing the world’s most scenic courses. I go for a swim in the morning, have breakfast, a short rest and then I’m off to a different golf course every day. What I life. Back in Washington I can’t swim in the ocean and usually wind up playing golf on the same course day after day. Golf gets my mind off the country’s problems. I need time to relax, time to think how best to use our nations resources and make meaning investments in the future. All I need is more money. I just want to raise taxes on those that can afford to pay –you know those earning over $250,000. God, those Republicans, you’d think I’d insulted their grandmother the way they howl. But I have a plan, I’ll give them some spending cuts ( with one of those opt out letters attached) and they’ll give me my tax (investment) money to spend. God, I felt great spending that first trillion dollars on health care. When I was growing up here in Hawaii I never thought I’d get my hands on a trillion dollars. Warren Buffett called and congratulated me. I talked to Warren for about twenty minutes and he said he’d be happy to pay more in taxes. I just love Warren.

 

 

I thought I'd share one of my favorite golfing photos with you. Look at that swing. I take lessons once a week, I won't tell you the golfers name, but he's a legend in the sport. He flies all the way in from Scottsdale, Arizona for my lesson, what a guy. With his help I've cut two strokes off my handicap. Got to go, time for golf.

 

 

TRUMP CALLS KRAUTHAMMER

I was watching Fox News today (don’t tell my base) and heard their ultra conservative panelist, Charles Krauthammer tell the viewers he’d gotten a call from Trump. To make a long story short, Krauthammer now believes Donald Trump is a serious candidate for the presidency in 2012. My first thought was –halleluiah!  I’ve been having some doubts about my re-election, but if Trump is out campaigning he’ll be doing more good for me than Soros and the Huffington Post put together. I might even send him a donation.

Memo to myself – 10 AM tomorrow –golf lesson.

http://josbren.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:01 | 1198008 gall batter
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received this in an email:  with link:  http://www.democracynow.org/2011/4/21/headlines/thousands_of_gallons_of_toxic_fluid_released_in_natural_gas_well_blowout
Youngsville, NY (April 21, 2011) - On Tuesday, at 11:45 pm, a major blowout occurred during a fracking procedure at a Chesapeake Energy-owned natural gas well in Bradford County, PA, spilling thousands of gallons of chemical-laced water into a nearby stream that flows into the Susquehanna River. Seven families have already been evacuated from the area, and officials have advised farmers against allowing livestock to drink from the surface water.
Despite concerted efforts of crewmembers, tainted water continued to flow from the site as recently as Thursday morning.
The blowout has left many unanswered questions, and public safety officials have said it will be days or even weeks before they are able to gather a better understanding of how this leak will affect surrounding areas.
News reports indicate serious environmental damage headed toward the Susquehanna River Basin, and Catskill Mountainkeeper has filed a FOIA request with EPA Region 3 for the release of further information.
The spill, which was caused by an equipment malfunction, occurred on the eve of the one-year anniversary of BP's Deepwater Horizon rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, and drills home the point that current drilling practices and procedures are simply not safe.
Existing regulatory processes for natural gas drilling have proven time and again to be woefully inadequate. Current procedure ensures not only that natural gas companies undergo almost no safety and procedural review, but also that these same companies are shielded from having to disclose information regarding the specifics of chemicals used during fracking operations - even though many of these chemicals have proven carcinogenic and radioactive.
With all of the budget cuts the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been facing over the last couple of years, it's hard to imagine how they might now have the resources to deal with the aftermath of this spill.
"The disregard the industry has demonstrated with regards to the oversight of their fracking operations is criminal," says Catskill Mountainkeeper Executive Director, Ramsay Adams. "We cannot stand by while big natural gas corporations - like Chesapeake - persist in the utilization and promotion of the same sorry, unsafe drilling practices, which once again here have proven to be unsafe.  The continued implementation of such methods endangers the health and sustainability of our lands, water, and community."


 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 20:56 | 1198013 Alcoholic Nativ...
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Open thread, why don't zerohedge have an irc #channel

try freenode

I'm always looking for that 0day.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:08 | 1198167 seek
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IRC channel, hell, they have their own server: chat2.zerohedge.com

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:00 | 1198015 mynhair
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When the SHTF, anyone know how much a reload will cost in gold or silver?

Need to know how much powder and primers to stock.  Already got Pb.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:04 | 1198024 SwingForce
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"Painting the Tape"
What Does Painting The Tape Mean?
An illegal action by a group of market manipulators buying and/or selling a security among themselves to create artificial trading activity, which, when reported on the ticker tape, lures in unsuspecting investors as they perceive an unusual volume.   
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/paintingthetape.asp
That was an old term used to describe the Ticker Tape when certain stock trades were orchestrated in sequence to give the "appearance" of something going on. It was usually a hoax, a sucker's play. Keep in mind, the tape was not in color- the tape wasn't even black & white, it was a 1" ribbon of paper with holes punched out to form letters and numbers. No charts, but that was then. Now we have color, charts, pattern recognition software, etc. "Painting the Charts" is more like it now, and The Fed is accused of rigging the markets, namely the S&P 500 E-Mini futures, and The Russell 2000 Futures. Perhaps its true, why wouldn't it be? The Benbernake is a student of the depression, what was the cause of it? STOCK PRICES CRASHED, oh, yeah, right they did. ChairSatan Benzelbub has taken this to a whole 'nuther level, distorting Elliott Wave interpretations along the way.  But so what? The higher they go, the farther the fall, if & when. And fall they will when the path of least resistance is down, when they run out of money to buy. The low volume means nobody else is buying, but when the selling starts there will be many sellers! For the mean time time, The Markets are RIGGED!

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:02 | 1198025 velobabe
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A M E R I C A

 is   run   by

 c r o_o k s

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:10 | 1198038 MrBinkeyWhat
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Tyler, I hope you got your "junk" silver at face value; have farm land; a tractor; stored food; guns/ammo; friends with skills; cause the Skrit is about to hit the fan.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:15 | 1198047 RobotTrader
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EBay price for Silver Eagles up to $56

http://www.24hgold.com/english/buy_sell_silver_coins.aspx?co_id=0

Live Chart of Monex buy/sell prices for silver eagles:

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:19 | 1198056 Hulk
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I'd gladly pay you tuesday for an Eagle today...

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 00:44 | 1198438 The They
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this is the first time ever robotrader hasn't been junked

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 02:54 | 1198532 Rick64
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Lol

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 05:38 | 1198608 jomama
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played y'all like a fiddle.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 05:42 | 1198610 Reptil
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hahahaha this made my morning

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:43 | 1198110 zen0
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What happened to the "nothing goes straight up or straight down" market wisdom?

Is that over now?

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:24 | 1199160 Escapeclaws
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log-periodic, anyone?

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:18 | 1198061 Teamtc321
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Hot off the Obummer Press:

Urgent new development in silver, leaders finally found the solution and are now trying to figure this issue out quickly to stop the dollar plunge and silver's sky rocketing price.  http://stk.ly/hvovXK

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 00:57 | 1198067 gordengeko
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Clark Kent is a transvestite.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:21 | 1198068 monopoly
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Am so glad Tyler and staff are taking a little time off. Well deserved.

Thank you Zero Hedge.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:29 | 1198086 Kassandra
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It's all been said before, but can you imagine people wearing a noose or a guilloitine around their necks as a sign of faith? Timing is everything.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:36 | 1198096 gordengeko
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I doubt whether nurses are virgins.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:47 | 1198114 gwar5
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Bang Dai-Ho: Hey, me like the open threads too!

Donald Trump: It's a tremendous success that you made it here, Ho.

Obama: I love all Asians, except the racist ones with engineering degrees and birth certificates. 

Palin: Let me give a Bang Dai-Ho a big hug, it's the common sense American thing to do.

Bang Dai-Ho: Oooh! Bang like the Mama Grizzly hugs very much -- Chitty Chitty Bang dat!

Michelle Obama: Well, in that case let me give Bang Dai-Ho a hug too! It's for all the Asian children and all the sustainable Chinese take-out restaurants with their delicious veggies.

Bang Dai-Ho: Oooh, Mama Sasquatches not so much the same as Grizzlies. Even the Bang Dai-Ho draw line at mythical creatures. Lookie the time now, is very late -- Bang must be sure to call cousin -- NoFo Qing-Wai.

 

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:49 | 1198115 Long-John-Silver
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2011 Silver Eagles are leaving Apmex at an astounding rate. 5357 in stock now. I fully expect Apmex will be sold out before Monday due to the closing Asia price at $47.713 while Apmex is quoting a  $46.86 spot price.

I can only imagine what's going to happen Sunday night when electronic trading opens @ 6:00 PM EST.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:50 | 1198120 mynhair
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Cherokee Silver Eagles?  Just askin....

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:05 | 1198145 Long-John-Silver
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American Silver Eagles. BTY; The number in Stock right now is 5257. 100 gone in 10 minutes!

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:17 | 1198183 mynhair
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That 100 was me.  Book it Dano!

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:52 | 1198268 Phillips Capital
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i got this message: "2011 1 oz Silver American Eagle (#59157) - We currently have 21768 in stock." 

they must have restocked somehow. 

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:51 | 1198377 Long-John-Silver
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I just checked and it came back 5233 in stock.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 13:46 | 1199353 Phillips Capital
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ALSO, as if it wasnt nice enough getting 2% off, you can get FREE SHIPPING by ordering it from mobile.apmex.com (on your phone). pretty amazing. 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:16 | 1198178 gwar5
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Onlygold.com now has 3-4 week wait for Silver Eagles.

No wait for Maples or Rounds. Periodic specials gold/silver coins. Special on bagged silver quarters at spot silver content right now. Opens back up Monday. They (always) pay shipping and insurance. Good people.

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:34 | 1198228 Phillips Capital
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I LOVE IT!!! this is like a perfect storm!! this inefficiency is going to cause even more physical shortage, and comex is going to really reflect that. wow. talk about propulsion!! monday is gonna be nuts!!

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:48 | 1198116 Johnk
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Good new interview with the CEO of First Majestic Silver fyi

http://commoditywatch.podbean.com/mf/web/8579z9/FR.mp3

 

 

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:47 | 1198118 mynhair
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 21:57 | 1198134 mynhair
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(Bought a HomeCheapo tile cutter, don't bug me, Dremeling the guide down to where it works)

Fukking Chinee iShyte.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:04 | 1198149 Long-John-Silver
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Tiling over your Silver and Gold hoard?

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:22 | 1198194 mynhair
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Just a closet, but what the Wif spent on it.....shoot me now.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:39 | 1198245 Long-John-Silver
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My wife wondered why I busted out the drywall in a closet and then replaced and painted it. She was like... nothing was wrong with it...WTF?

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:22 | 1198202 gwar5
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The one ounce Pamps make good stove back splashes. If you turn them horizontal they look like fancy imported custom subway tiles with individual serial numbers.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:03 | 1198155 jharry
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There are no rules.

"The Constitution?  It's just a piece of paper!"

I read that somewhere. 

 

 

 

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 09:06 | 1198781 rwe2late
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It's a quote attributed to GWBush.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:03 | 1198156 mynhair
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A tune to grind Chinee iSyte to fit by:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzVM6Q4YwAA&feature=related

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:20 | 1198159 AldousHuxley
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TesT
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:21 | 1198200 mynhair
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FaiL.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:10 | 1198164 mynhair
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:21 | 1198201 weyes1
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Another prospective game changer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jpMmjvMwvw

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 12:25 | 1199151 cosmictrainwreck
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Rusty, you remain the champion of Bring Forth Obscure Information (BFOI). That horserace you posted yesterday was a killer.... HA!

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 14:05 | 1199369 Rusty Shorts
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:30 | 1198221 mynhair
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Not Gold or Silver, but close.  Try something you have a shot at, next time.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:31 | 1198222 Muir
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http://www.lpsg.org/

Since 1999 the Large Penis Support Group has fostered discussions of penis size, sex with a large penis...

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Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:36 | 1198240 mynhair
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Those bouncing babies worry about size?

Get outta here....

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:50 | 1198261 bigdumbnugly
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ahem... just wondering... does my name come up often in these support group discussions?

i'd be honored to be on the 10 most wanted inches list. 

just need to do some fuzzy math first...

 

 

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:55 | 1198272 Muir
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http://www.lpsg.org/relationships-discrimination-and-jealousy/

 

The discrimination-and-jealousy forum was started as an attempt to calm the Ayn Rand followers, but feel free to use the link to send to any group personally hostile to you.

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you are welcome.

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Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:58 | 1198281 mynhair
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It would help if you quit bouncing those babies.  Rand had none.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:58 | 1198282 Teamtc321
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WTF,

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:05 | 1198297 mynhair
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Winning the Future!

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 13:09 | 1199276 hardcleareye
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http://www.mraverage.com/results.htm

See how you rank..... studies per condom manufactures...

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:41 | 1198244 Tunga
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Before Atlantis was destroyed by the mutual annihilation of the earths second moon which was really a death star that crashed both into Atlanta and left the worlds largest Titanium deposit just south of Saigon or Hoe Chi Min City; Narwhales were actually Unicorns. That's from the CIA fact book. 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:25 | 1198331 Aristarchan
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Well, that certainly explains Atlanta anyway.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:46 | 1198263 optimator
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I once knew an A-10 driver that got hit by a goose.

The goose smacked into the trailing edge of the wing.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 04:07 | 1198573 ebworthen
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Better to go slow and have a titanium bathtub seat/cockpit and a rotary 20mm than a stealth balsa wood civic of the sky.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 19:30 | 1198574 ebworthen
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Love that design...

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:51 | 1198265 Aristarchan
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You know, if you look across the foul landscape of what this country has coughed up as likely political candidates, then it appears we are probably doomed. I guess a Trump/Palin ticket for the GOP would just about make the nut.....pretty hard to separate the wheat  from the chafe on that one...more like trying to distinguish between fly-shit and black pepper.

And then I hear an Alaskan Airline plane was evacuated from what was determined to be white residue from toilet paper. I guess that makes us the fucking laughinstock of the world.

And, we have McCain running loose in Benghazi acting like McArthur on his second trip up the beach. At what point in time does that brain-dead old fart check himself into a rest-home in Scottsdale and retire in the throes of his Saguaro senility?

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 11:06 | 1198942 Hulk
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Acknowledged.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 22:54 | 1198269 mynhair
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:10 | 1198308 Rusty Shorts
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:19 | 1198314 mynhair
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Dog.

Where's that TU button?

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:04 | 1198270 Brevard Times
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Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:12 | 1198309 mynhair
Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:18 | 1198319 Brevard Times
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Sorry about that. Having problems editing posts tonight.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:18 | 1198324 mynhair
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Like junks aren't badges of honor.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:16 | 1198321 riley martini
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  Chect out the youtube video of the Seattle Resistance attacking the Fascist Bank Chase with bottles and paint.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:24 | 1198330 mynhair
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Byte me.  Seattle and Resistance?  Those scum are why I left...

(NiCastro forever!  Thanks for the bucks on my condo conversion.)

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:17 | 1198322 riley martini
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  Chect out the youtube video of the Seattle Resistance attacking the Fascist Bank Chase with bottles and paint.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:22 | 1198328 bugs_
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A great weekend to the zerohedge team and all you space monkeys!

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:27 | 1198335 mynhair
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Ok, ditto.  Was going to say something about those that watch from afar, but why spoil the moment.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 19:35 | 1199976 ebworthen
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Talk about paper fiat...

I'm pretty sure the termites couldn't eat gold, and that the bank could sell the gold for a profit.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:30 | 1198340 mynhair
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I leave you with my best ODummer shot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9m3GyDh6M8

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:32 | 1198343 Aristarchan
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I wonder where the first Inaugural ZH convention and costume party will be held?

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 11:05 | 1198944 Hulk
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I'll host it on the farm in a year...

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:32 | 1198344 vijayninel
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I would like to bring to peoples notice this news whose significance may not have been noticed http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1696562.ece

Last week the he BRICS countries decided to stop using US Dollar when tradign with each other.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:36 | 1198345 Cocktosen
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Another reason fiat paper currency is nothing but a piece of shit:

 

 

LUCKNOW, India – It was an all you can eat buffet at the bank.

An army of termites munched through 10 million rupees ($222,000) in currency notes stored in a steel chest at a bank, police in northern India said Friday.

The bank manager discovered the damage when he opened the reinforced room in an old bank building on Wednesday, police officer Navneet Rana told The Associated Press.

"It's a matter of investigation how termites attacked bundles of currency notes stacked in a steel chest," he said. The money was put in the chest in January.

The termites had damaged bank furniture and documents in the past.

The police have registered a case of negligence against bank officials in Barabanki, a town 20 miles (30 kilometers) southwest of Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh state capital. In India, police register a case before opening an investigation.

 

 

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:50 | 1198365 Rusty Shorts
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 - well, obviously it's one of the plagues -- LMAO

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 00:10 | 1198398 Aristarchan
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Hell, man...they have termites in India that eat through concrete....which is probably quite discriminating on their part, considering most of the  curries I have tasted.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 01:09 | 1198465 Bill DeBurgh
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Good thing you can't eat Gold?

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 04:09 | 1198572 e_goldstein
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on the bright side, they'll just print more!

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 09:53 | 1198843 falak pema
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Lucknow is known for its local cuisine, the best in India, harbinger of the Nababs of Awad days...the famed Kakori kebab...etc. Normally, the local termites had a feast from these left overs. Now, hard times...anything goes for the poor termites...they even stoop to eating paper...with Mahatma Gandhi's picture on it!

National indignation day!! There will be blood...Banksta blood!

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:34 | 1198346 Bob Sacamano
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Surely ZH staff is not observing Good Friday or Easter.  A seeming contradiction.

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:47 | 1198359 Aristarchan
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Not really, they are actually a cloister of quant monks with a bad attitude.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 19:39 | 1199979 ebworthen
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huh?

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:45 | 1198361 stitch-rock
Sat, 04/23/2011 - 01:39 | 1198507 penisouraus erecti
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Yeah, next time I want to puke, I'll chew on some chomsky

Fri, 04/22/2011 - 23:51 | 1198367 OuaisBla
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I'm in love.

This is an open thread no?

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 00:08 | 1198395 Aristarchan
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Only if you are in love with PM's. If you are talking about a flesh-and-blood thing, then you might want to scoot over to www.oprah.com, or maybe www.warmwethole.com. I would recommend the latter.

Sat, 04/23/2011 - 00:30 | 1198415 OuaisBla
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no no I'm taling about true love. The one that doesn't care about JPM short sheeze or GodMans whereabouts.

 

The True love that save the world.

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