i'm horrified.
could this really be true?
am i that naive to think the us military wouldn't really allow this.. .
Well, I dunno about this particular story, but isn't it sort of documented, no, actually documented that random acts of brutality and rape occur in times of war???Wasn't there a thing about American Soldiers raping women and children in Vietnam?
How about soldiers raping young girls in Okinawa? In the past decade? In the past weeks? In Peacetime occupation use of a friendly base of operations?
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http://www.psi.dk/comic/page2.html
follow this link, folks, to a naive and feeble cartoon about how in a big bad world, jws are refreshingly honest, pure, holy, righteous, blah blah blah.......
If Herge was still alive, he'd sue the bastards!
The character with the missing wallet is a direct lift of 'Tintin', and the murderer looks like Captain Haddock.
Added after the fact: Sorry, Agharad, just saw your post above stating the same thing. Oops!
i am getting news from jws who have attended the district convention that the drama (which is pre-recorded and played to lip-syncing actors) has a demon-possessed woman with a ?demonic voice?.
can anyone confirm this?
it is said to be pretty creepy sound effect and many jws are uncomfortable when they hear it.
Actually, I saw this drama before, back in the 70's. It was better than the average drama, since it was based on the events of Paul's life as covered in Acts. Paul get's blinded on the road to Damascus, Paul get's to prove Jesus has more powerful magic than the Jewish magicians, Paul gets stoned, Paul excorcises demons, gets in trouble with the owner of the slave girl ("thanks for nothing, pal, now I'm broke because of you!"), etc.
The voice was done by weird echo-reverb-dual voice sound effects. This was better than the first time I saw this as a kid (creepy back then too!). What was really laughable was the sound effect for the scales falling from Paul's eyes; sounded like Tinker Bell sprinkling her magic pixie dust (no lie!).
So they screw up this drama by having Irving the Explainer give a 15 minute follow up talk afterward, covering all the main points and beating them to death. This is where I dozed off again.
Anyway, beats the standard dramas of late with a bunch of people sitting on a couch, waving there arms around like they were declaiming the works of Wm Shakespeare. (Ad agency execs have a term for this in TV commercials; it's called "Two C's in a K" (as a matter of fact, that's probably what they would call the number 3 and 4 talks where the sisters give the part....)).
Anyway, enjoyed the nap time I got from the assembly. And did you know that Sam Herd sounds a lot like the actor Wallace Shawn (that's Rex the Dinosaur from "Toy Story")
the cable service is showing each saturday old sid and marty kroft childern programs fromt the 1970s.
rember the "land of the lost"?
saw an episode with the green lizard men, the sleestaks!.
Too much Sleestaks and Chaka, the Monkey Boy, not enough dinosaurs!
And when Will started playing guitar in the last 3 minutes of the show, it was time to flip the channel over to Schoolhouse Rock.
Now, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, THAT was quality entertainment......(snore)
watch out mickey.
you may be the next victim of "shclocumentary.
in the interest of fairness, i was going to go see moore's movie.
You gotta admit, being able to recognize "Africanized bees" by their "longer appendages" was a funny Freudian slip.
sorry to beat a dead horse, but i need to confirm this.... just had email conversation with a friend who is going to the manchester convention this weekend.. made a joke about not buying sticky buns from the street vendors, being a mortal sin and all.. she replied, "what's wrong with buying from the vendors?
we have been encouraged to buy from on-site concessions.
" then she had to leave before i could this clarified.. .
Sorry to beat a dead horse, but I need to confirm this...
Just had email conversation with a friend who is going to the Manchester convention this weekend.
Made a joke about not buying sticky buns from the street vendors, being a mortal sin and all.
She replied, "What's wrong with buying from the vendors? We have been encouraged to buy from on-site concessions." Then she had to leave before I could this clarified.
Is this true? Are we dealing with two sets of scales here? (What am I saying? This never happened with the WTBS before....).
Anybody in Britain wish to confirm this?
so have you seen the film yet?
what was your impression of it?
here was mine: .
Saw it 4:30 PM on a Friday, it was packed! Not with Young Adult radicals either! It was definitely an older bunch, even elderly. My state is weird; majority Democrat, but always carries the Republican Candidate in every election. Maybe this year will be different.
There was a scene at a Senior's center where a very plain speaking lady pretty much summed up what liars Bush and his cronies are. When you lose the old folks as your constituency, and you are supposed to be the "conservative candidate", you gotta know you're doing something wrong!
The scenes of dead children really got to me (I have two little ones). The scenes with Lila were astounding cinema. My heart aches for her, and for the others who are losing sons, daughters, moms and dads.
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stumbled across this anecdote today.. only means anything if you are a lorenzo music or garfield fan.. .
http://will.blogging.la/archives/001365.phtml
Stumbled across this anecdote today.
Only means anything if you are a Lorenzo Music or Garfield fan.
From the comic strip "Dilbert":
Our company does not discriminate on the basis of race,sex,age, or religion...unless the religions are bizarre and unpopular ,and can be considered cults (and so may be freely discriminated against), or you are a short, fat, bald, ugly guy (and can be picked on without restraint), or are a nerd, smoker, or single person. Stupid people may now also be discriminated against, due to the failure of their lobbying efforts.
i saw that jt, the ex bethel heavy posted again.
i miss his thoughts.
also leander has some very interesting threads.......who would you enjoy seeing posting more often??
Metatron-This guy usually has the inside skinny....
