"I don’t care if they’re cookies or fruit and cake. What I want to know is how my unopened sleeve of Fig Newtons ended up like this. - Cee Bee
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The Therory of Fig Juice Adhesion. ;) - Robert Hafer
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song? - J. Abdul-Qahhar
Guards, remove Fig Newton number 4 to the re-education facility! - Slippy Lane
Screwup at the Newton packing factory. - Morton Fox
lucille ball was working on the fig newton packing line.... - .LAG
I know you didn't do it this way. But a cool trick is to stack up something really high, take a picture of it, then turn the photo 180 degrees to make it look like it's hanging in mid-air. LOL - Ken
The "Ad libidinem" blog http://adlibidinem.com features different erotic photographers (but all of it's pictures were NSFW), so I pulled out this blue beauty... - Mitchell Tsai
"Classic Nike trainers can drive some really bizarre and fascinating art pieces. Take, for example, this collaborative project between design agency Defill and Milcke. Using fruits and vegetables, the project makes sculptural versions of sneakers, and the result, honestly, kind of works. The textures are, dare we say, far more interesting than some real releases." - Cee Bee
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a very understandable Freudian slip... hello Hanoi Hilton?... empathy people. shows you what kind of dude he is. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
at least he stopped with the "my friends" for at least 2 seconds. That is really grating on my nerves. - Mark O'Neill
I don't see how anyone could politicize the slip... "My Fellow Prisoners" ...the dude has been through a lot. - AnotherⓃⓄⒶⒽ
I don't see how anyone could *personalize* the slip. Post-traumatic stress disorder makes it understandable. But politically, PTSD is an issue worth discussing if he wants to be President. - Bruce Lewis
A commenter called "crabwalk" in The Nation story about this video wrote: "Somebody has to get to one of his rallies and hold up a giant queen of hearts." - R. "Maverick" MacKinnon
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The bad is, the more you talk about this dickhead, the more he gets popularity. Just forget this old grandpa and write something about Obama. - Ryo
An excellent show that in no way should be associated with McCain. Who are you? I am number 2. Who is number 1? You are number 6. I am not a number I am a free man! Be seeing you. - AJ Kohn
I don't know -- I think McCain's whole campaign might be based on that episode of "The Prisoner." It featured the sudden, inexplicable appearance of an idiotic woman whose grasp of English was somewhat impaired -- hellooo? remind you of anyone? -- but she's really this scheming manipulator who turns out to be... The Real Number 2. "My fellow prisoners," indeed. [two-fingered salute] Be seeing you. - Karim
This is ridiculous. I'm glad he is ok! - Aaron Hood
Wow. I can only think it is going to get worse the closer we get to the vote. - Bored
I feel horrible this incident took place, but it's a relief (sorry) that it happened abroad and not in the U.S. - Mona N.
We have to ban t-shirts. They're dangerous. Seriously, this has more to do with the fact that the gunman is clearly a stark-raving lunatic than it has to do with the clothes this man was wearing. - Mattb4rd
imagine how much that shirt will be worth if Obama wins?? - Steven Hodson
Reminiscent of that one movie for change... V for Vendetta. - Brandon
politics are dangerous..obama should give this guy a shout out if he wins in his inauguration speech when he's thanking his supporters. something along the lines of "People were literally shot down for me!" - genieyclo
I'm just thankful that at least on FriendFeed, even if we DO disagree, most are amicable. - Mona N.
This is irresponsible journalism, in my opinion. I don't see anywhere in that article where the gunman shot him because of the t-shirt. He said he hated [racial slur], but the guy he shot is black. The victim seems to be making an assumption for a story. With the volatile nature of the campaign right now and McCain/Palin feeding into people's bigotry and racism, these stories only make it worse. /rant over. :-) - Trish R
This happened abroad... but other which way, until the assailant gave an official statement as to why he shot the man, yes. The headline and article is misleading. - Mona N.
I can't believe one moronic commentator to this article had the audacity to say "free speech comes with a heavy price sometimes(sp)". What does that actually mean? The guy was minding his business, his civil and human right as a individual on this planet. And along comes this [adverb noun] with his pretentious opinions on the order of race.Ugh,disgusting. - Terence Washington
Actually Terrence, as Trish pointed out, this is a case of irresponsible journalism since there's no official that Obama's t-shirt was indeed the cause of the shooting. And it's also my fault for posting it. But this is a perfect example of why you shouldn't believe everything you read. ;) - Mona N.
Perhaps some of the racist slurs that the lunatic shouted were specifically directed at Obama. However, I suspect this guy would have been just as agitated by a Bob Marley t-shirt. - Ontario Emperor
For his remembrance we vote for Obama ! - Farhad Jafari
I'm not a fan of Obama. But this is plain sick and annoying. That was a flat out hate crime and people like that make me sick. I'm glad he is okay. The one true great thing about United States is we have freedom. Sadly he didn't enjoy it that day. - Shawn aka ringking
word up. can't justify that kind of BS. dude needs somem mental counseling if he's still hung up. and if he is, he's not fit to govern. i'd prefer him to exorcise his psychological demons before he takes the office of president - Cee Bee
My dad is a Viet Nam vet and I have never EVER heard him say "gook". McCain's racism & hatred are not what I want people to think of when they thing of the POTUS. - Clay Newton
clay, that was the same thing i said back in 2000 when mccain used the term. my father most certainly has used racist terms for white people, but i have never heard him use this term and he's a viet nam vet too. - Faboo Mama
So I wasn't the only one who saw it then. Saw nobody on Twitter mention it. - Zach Flauaus
there was nothing wrong with what he said - he was trying to be cute by saying "that one" and pointing. there's plenty other things to pick on mccain about :) - Allen Stern
of course there is something wrong with referring to someone as "that one." it shows condescension and a lack of respect. - Cee Bee
LOL By tomorrow everybody will be screaming that it was racist! - Dawn
by itself it may not be racist, but mccain isn't exactly in the clear when it comes to racism, ya know. why bring that up if you don't think it's racist? no one else mentioned it in this thread - Cee Bee
Coming from the guy who calls people of Oriental descent "gook", you'll pardon me if I don't give him the benefit of the doubt. - Steven "Snake" Perez
It's definitely nasty, contemptuous, disrespectful, and disdainful. That's enough. Wouldn't shake his hand. In short. McCain may be a hero, but he's not a mensch. - Michael Hussein Markman
just shows the audience bias of CNN. I bet on FNC the polls would show otherwise. Motto=doesn't mean shit. - David Risley
Because neither of them won. Obama said we need to force the Afghani government to work with us. And did you hear what he said about the economy? I'm not saying Mc Cain was perfect, but some of things Senator Obama said was clearly irresponsible. For the polls to show that large of a gap scares the crap out of me, because they are not listening... - Mona N.
i was looking for a poll on FOX but i saw a stupid poll instead - see http://elections.foxnews.com/ go to Question of the Day: Is Barack Obama's relationship to Bill Ayers troubling to you? WTF?! - ~C4Chaos
If the FNC polls show otherwise, then yes, there is some audience bias. At FNC. - Shawn Farner
Frankly I just hate the whole win:lose mentality of this language. It's not a football game, you morons. (You = America. Not my friends on this thread.) Also agree with Mona that it's just way skewed, especially considering neither of them clearly outdid the other. - Anthony Citrano
By this point in the election, people's minds should be made up anyhow. Not surprising that more and more people are rooting for Obama. - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble
@Mona - it certainly does give one pause and it reveals that most of Obama's support doesn't have (and never did have) anything to do with anything he actually says. He is simply a candidate people project their hopes on... he is the perfect man to take on an unpopular incumbent. It will be interesting to see how that holds up when he actually has to start doing things and going on the record. - Soulhuntre
But..but...Drudgereport says the exact opposite! - cmiper
why overreact to an online poll? partisan sites push people to vote in them. cbs poll of their 400 undecideds 39%, Obama, 29% McCain 35% a draw. - Faboo Mama
the question on the CNN poll is: "Who fared better in Tuesday's presidential debate?" not exactly who is the *winner*. but in your own perception and judgment, who did better between Obama and McCain? who did explain the answer and responded to the questions better. there is an answer to that question. and most people who answered the polls point to Obama. - ~C4Chaos
I don't remember Obama ever specifically saying he would force anyone to do anything.. I do remember him saying "if they don't want to, then we will do it ourselves." If I remember correctly from the last debate, Obama stressed dialogue and facing difficult politicians, while McCain was all 'i'm not going to invite my enemies over for tea.'... instead it seems he'll be a coward about it and hide while he sends others out to do the dirty work. - mortisha
for sure both candidates stretch the truth, yet again (http://bit.ly/445mIN). looking forward to fact checking this debate. - ~C4Chaos
that was quick. here's one Fact Check already - Fact Check: Did Obama get second-most money from Freddie and Fannie? http://bit.ly/221z24 - ~C4Chaos
final results on CNN poll - http://bit.ly/4qbZKs - "Fifty-four percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released 30 minutes after the end of the debate say that Obama did the best job Tuesday night, with 30 percent saying McCain performed better." - ~C4Chaos
While she may not be into all my passions, she takes an interest and always encourages me. I'm very lucky, and I remind myself of that every day :) - John Worthington
:) being married is great. (well, you know, it *can* be, anyway.) - edythe
More experienced? Even after Obama wins the election? - Robert Haas
He can't open that can of worms directly with Obama....can you say political suicide? - Alex "Chameleon" Scoble
Thanks for the grammer check John. Glad you had something to add. - Carroll Sturm
Given how easilya nd casually the Obama campaign tosses off charges of racism it's better he doesn't get in the middle of it. Plenty of other stuff to hit him on. - Soulhuntre
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most liberal, almost a billion in earmarks, money from foreign countries for his campaign like 34 million, - Carroll Sturm
I love how "liberal" is a now a bad word. Because "conservative" has been working out so well for so many... - Ernie
john, why'd you retract? sounded like a good rec. - edythe
I couldn't properly express the feeling I get when reading about a town I've lived in for a decade without sounding elitist. I'll just say that since I started commuting to San Jose, I really appreciate the environmentally friendly, easy going lifestyle that Santa Cruz provides - John Cozen
i know very little about Santa Cruz. Most of what I know comes from Nick, actually. - edythe
I work there. Overall, it's a great town. - Rodfather
@edythe: It is tiny compared to LA :) There's a certain vibe to it I call 'the flavor of Santa Cruz'. It's also one of the top clean air cities. 3 central coast cities are on there at #12, #14, & #15 http://money.cnn.com/magazines... @Larry: Yes - Rodfather
So was this funny at all? Did it seem like an actual NYT piece at all (with a slant)? (I wrote it... if that was not obvious...) - Ňicķ
wow, this article severely misrepresents how awesome santa cruz is. it seems more like a punchline than an actual thriving community according to this article. that's ok though, the less tourists know the better. - The Millionizer
oh and none of the headshops have owners even closely resembling the one you characterized, maybe you were thinking of the haight? - The Millionizer
Ummm, yeah, it's a joke article dude. You know, writing about shopping for a bong in the new york times....that's like, um, the joke. How come no one seems to get this concept? The whole point was to make a satirical NYT piece... - Ňicķ
I mean, "we got coffee at the local hipster coffee bar and discussed the nature of the previous night’s drunken karaoke bacchanal"... NYT style language but slightly twisted. Is that not funny? I find it funny. But of course I wrote it, sadly, perhaps I'm the only one who needs to get it. - Ňicķ
I thought it was some blog thing NYT was doing haha. The story doesn't seem far from the truth going to like Venice for bong shopping. - Rodfather
Well I'm glad it at least sounded legitimate. I was attempting to be wry... ;-) - Ňicķ
With no Internet and no 24 hour place, I just watched the Original Star Wars Trilogy again. I love love LOVE all three and can't BELIEVE it was made in the 70's / 80's. Blows any Sci-fi out of the water, seriously. - Mona N.
I can't. But watching all three back to back FTW. My heart still pounds thinking of scenes from the movies. Every character, every scene, the special effects, cinematography, the soundtrack, to feeling emotion from droids. DROIDS! Just a beep or sounds combined with their slight movements make me feel waht they feel. Vader - is such a complex character and I can feel what he's feeling by the slight tilt of his helmet too. Lucas is genius. - Mona N.
I'm annoyed that Episodes I-III weren't done better. Did anyone notice how the Anakin in Episodes I-III (forgot the actor's name) looks like the Anakin that showed his face at the end of Return of the Jedi? - Mona N.
in Episode I, I can't remember the kids name, but in II, and III it was Hayden Christenson. - Joe Pierce
Mona, they changed it to Hayden with the re-release. The original guy (who played Vader) was there before hand. DO NOT WANT... Since Anakin was back to the light, should be his spirit at time of death... - John Worthington
Wrong thread. You are tainting this pure thread, Joe! ;) - Mona N.
I'm supposed to be watching and forming thoughts on Strait-Jacket, but now all I want to do is pull out Star Wars and pull an all nighter. - Joe Pierce
Empire Strikes Back -- is the best of the Trilogy... hands down. bc i like the snow. ;) - Brandon
I was just trying to help maintain balance, there is no light without a dark you know. - Joe Pierce
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