Mar 05 2010

Open Thread

Got some breaking news off my email news feeder thing:

2 police officers shot at Pentagon entrance.

Latest update:

Chris Layman, a spokesman for the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, said the suspect walked up to the main entrance of the Pentagon at 6:40 p.,m. and opened fire. He hit two officers, both of whom have injuries that are not life-threatening. The officers fired back, and the suspect was hit. His injures are more serious.

Layman declined to speculate on a motive.

In other news, Docudharma has 3 2 essays with “Pussy” (or some variation thereof) in the title and one with “Autistic AIG Wankers.”  I don’t know what this means.  Perhaps there’s a meteorological event I missed.

Open thread!  Thread away Garth!

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    • TMC on March 5, 2010 at 02:15
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    and the impending change of season.

    After all the Mets won today.

    • Edger on March 5, 2010 at 02:16
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    I’ll remove it…

  3. seriously. I dont know if theres a legit legalistic reason for media saying this like this (probably is) but… “suspect shot (victim)”…

    No. The Bad Guy(Gal) did shoot someone. The Police are looking for…. questioning… have apprehended… a person they suspect did it (whatever), that would be “The Suspect”. But we do not “suspect” someone got shot/killed, that we know for sure.

    :-/

    • Edger on March 5, 2010 at 02:29
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    all the insecure kids did their best to say any words that would upset or get a rise out of anyone they could.

    They were kind of cute in a pathetic sort of way, mostly…

  5. and linguistic talent if you ask me. Speaking as somebody who put Kitty in their essay title.

  6. decide to use a specific word in essay titles one day.

    We could have a Butternut Squash day or a something like that.

    I should add one grave issue we have not discussed today is the trend toward “skinny leg” leg jeans. Being forced to wear those could provoke a revolution among all women over 16.

  7. and did what I usually do with questionable trend items: buy them cheap and used on ebay.

    I noticed shoulder pads are back and some 80’s hairstyles. I am disturbed by this.

  8. that are not so laden with emotional or despicable ism’s.

    One of my faves of Captain Jack’s:

    Jack Sparrow: Send this pestilent, traitorous, cow-hearted, yeasty codpiece to the brig.

    • Edger on March 5, 2010 at 03:23
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    I’ve been informed by email that I am…

    …among the lucky selected winners of the- US – Green -CardEmail ballotlotteryprogram of the 2009/10 edition .

    Details.

    This e-mail ballot visa- lottery- program was innovated last year December by- USAFIS, This is the 2nd edition of the program and its designed to be held every year, the aims and objectives of the program is to give free- visa’s to- citizens of developing countries around the world who wishes to travel to -U.S and start a new life and work.

    In this innovated program, no – registrations were being made or required as the program was being conducted through – computer draw system of e-mail random extractions from world-wide- registered- websites.

    I wonder who’s biting on this stuff?

    • Edger on March 5, 2010 at 03:23
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    I’ve been informed by email that I am…

    …among the lucky selected winners of the- US – Green -CardEmail ballotlotteryprogram of the 2009/10 edition .

    Details.

    This e-mail ballot visa- lottery- program was innovated last year December by- USAFIS, This is the 2nd edition of the program and its designed to be held every year, the aims and objectives of the program is to give free- visa’s to- citizens of developing countries around the world who wishes to travel to -U.S and start a new life and work.

    In this innovated program, no – registrations were being made or required as the program was being conducted through – computer – draw- system of e-mail random extractions from world-wide- registered- websites.

    I wonder who’s biting on this stuff?

  11. I’ve been mixing it up over at you-know-where. My new theory is that the Obama supporters are, in reality, righties. Not wingers, just people who would have been more comfortable in the old Republican Party. People who really don’t believe in the things that the Democratic Party has stood for and so they’re unconcerned that…well, you all know what’s been going on.

    Anyway, I’m in a snappy mood tonight and will head back over there to see if I can get in a good discussion, just for the exercise, but I thought I’d stop in here, take a deep breath, before going back.

    Ok…..

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