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  1. MrRant

    Disturbing

    I'm sure you would.........
  2. Click here for the info.
  3. Check the Things you Need on Your PC thread pinned at the top and download Spybot and/or Ad-Aware and run those and see if that fixes the issue.
  4. MrRant

    Mourning's career over

    I must have missed.
  5. MrRant

    Mourning's career over

    EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- New Jersey Nets center Alonzo Mourning is leaving basketball again because the kidney disease he's had for three years is worsening and he needs a transplant. The announcement Monday came just a few months after Mourning, 33, signed a four-year contract with the Nets believed to be worth $22 million. The four-time All-Star sat out all of last season and large portions of two of the last three years because of the life-threatening kidney ailment, focal glomerulosclerosis. The team said Mourning, who was in his 12th NBA season, needs a transplant "in the near future" and that a nationwide search is under way for a prospective donor. "Alonzo is a true champion and a very courageous athlete who attempted to defy the odds with his comeback to the NBA," Nets president Rod Thorn said. "Unfortunately, his medical condition will not allow him to continue his basketball career." Dr. Gerald Appel of Columbia University Medical Center said Mourning's kidney function has deteriorated rapidly in recent weeks. "It is no longer medically safe for him to play basketball," Appel said. "Although he still feels well, the chemical imbalances in his blood make it dangerous for him to play." Mourning played in 12 games for the Nets this season, averaging a disappointing 8 points and 2.3 rebounds in 17.9 minutes. His career averages were 20.3 points and 9.8 rebounds per game coming into this season. On Saturday, Mourning had a season-high 15 points in the Nets' 81-80 loss to the Toronto Raptors. Two days earlier, he got into a heated exchange with teammate Kenyon Martin, who made light of Mourning's disease. "I have overcome all I have overcome to come back and play this game for one reason, and that's to win," Mourning said afterward. Mourning previously played for the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat. The disease was detected in 2000, while Mourning was with the Heat. The diagnosis came shortly after the 6-foot-10 center helped the U.S. team win the gold medal at the Olympics. The disease attacks the tiny filters in the kidney that remove waste from the blood. That makes the kidney spill protein from blood into the urine. The resulting kidney damage can lead to kidney failure, which requires dialysis or a transplant. "It's a sad day in anyone's life when they can on longer do what they love, especially when they have no control over their situation," Heat president Pat Riley said in a statement. "Alonzo had been the cornerstone of the Heat organization for eight years and continues to be a role model in the Miami community."
  6. Just go to Network in the Control Panel and you should see a option for Network Login.... select Windows Login.
  7. Oh Jesus Christ.....
  8. I've found Democratic debates to be somewhat similar to watching cheese age.
  9. This Seadawg sounds like one baaaddd mother...
  10. Saturday, June 26, 2055 I'm going to outlive Sass by almost 3 months. Take that bitch.
  11. Everyone should pick up A Few Good Men if they don't already have it. It's too good of a movie.
  12. By your selection of un-manly colors it must say something about how intouch you are with your feminine side.
  13. MrRant

    Help with PC

    Do you hear the HD spinning? If not then the HD is probably about to bite the dust.
  14. The Hexisexual Lover
  15. Comedy Central. Sunday 11/30 - 11:00PM. Watch it or record it. Edit for correct day.
  16. MOSUL, Iraq - Iraqi teenagers dragged two bloodied U.S. soldiers from a wrecked vehicle and pummeled them with concrete blocks Sunday, witnesses said, describing the killings as a burst of savagery in a city once safe for Americans. Another soldier was killed by a bomb and a U.S.-allied police chief was assassinated. The U.S.-led coalition also said it grounded commercial flights after the military confirmed that a missile struck a DHL cargo plane that landed Saturday at Baghdad International Airport with its wing aflame. Nevertheless, American officers insisted they were making progress in bringing stability to Iraq (news - web sites), and the U.S.-appointed Governing Council named an ambassador to Washington — an Iraqi-American woman who spent the past decade lobbying U.S. lawmakers to promote democracy in her homeland. Witnesses to the Mosul attack said gunmen shot two soldiers driving through the city center, sending their vehicle crashing into a wall. The 101st Airborne Division said the soldiers were driving to another garrison. About a dozen swarming teenagers dragged the soldiers out of the wreckage and beat them with concrete blocks, the witnesses said. "They lifted a block and hit them with it on the face," said Younis Mahmoud, 19. It was unknown whether the soldiers were alive or dead when pulled from the wreckage. Initial reports said the soldiers' throats were cut. But another witness, teenager Bahaa Jassim, said the wounds appeared to have come from bullets. "One of the soldiers was shot under the chin and the bullet came out of his head. I saw the hole in his helmet. The other was shot in the throat," Jassim said. Some people looted the vehicle of weapons, CDs and a backpack, Jassim said. "They remained there for over an hour without the Americans knowing anything about it," he said. "I ... went and told other troops." Television footage showed the soldiers' bodies splayed on the ground as U.S. troops secured the area. One victim's foot appeared to have been severed. The frenzy recalled the October 1993 scene in Somalia, when locals dragged the bodies of Marines killed in fighting with warlords through the streets. In Baqouba, just north of Baghdad, insurgents detonated a roadside bomb as a 4th Infantry Division convoy passed, killing one soldier and wounding two others, the military said. In Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt confirmed the Mosul deaths but refused to provide details. "We're not going to get ghoulish about it," he said. The savagery of the attack was unusual for Mosul, once touted as a success story in sharp contrast to the anti-American violence seen in Sunni Muslim areas north and west of Baghdad. In recent weeks, however, attacks against U.S. troops have increased in Mosul, raising concerns the insurgency is spreading. Simultaneously, attacks have accelerated against Iraqis considered to be supporting Americans — such as policemen and politicians working for the interim Iraqi administration. On Sunday, gunmen killed the Iraqi police chief of Latifiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad, and his bodyguard and driver, American and Iraqi officials said. No further details were released. The assassination occurred one day after suicide bombers struck two police stations northeast of Baghdad within 30 minutes, killing at least 14 people. Gunmen on Saturday also killed an Iraqi police colonel protecting oil installations in Mosul. In Samara, about 75 miles north of Baghdad, Iraqi police said six U.S. Apache helicopter gunships blasted marshland after four rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the American military garrison at the city's northern end. One Iraqi passer-by was killed in the air attack, police said. In Kirkuk, 150 miles north of Baghdad, a bomb exploded at an oil compound, injuring three American civilian contractors from the U.S. firm Kellogg Brown & Root. The three suffered facial cuts from flying glass, U.S. Lt. Col. Matt Croke said. KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton, also has a significant presence at Baghdad's Palestine Hotel, which was rocketed by insurgents Friday, wounding one civilian. "We all know that Americans are being threatened," Croke said. Kimmitt told reporters in Baghdad that witnesses saw two surface-to-air missiles fired Saturday at a cargo plane operated by the Belgium-based package service DHL as it left for Bahrain. The plane was the first civilian airliner hit by insurgents, who have shot down several military helicopters with shoulder-fired rockets. DHL and Royal Jordanian, the only commercial passenger airline flying into Baghdad, immediately suspended flights on orders of the coalition authority. Despite the ongoing violence, U.S. officials insisted the occupation was going well. "If you look at the accomplishments of the coalition since March of this year, it has been enormous," Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in Tikrit. Pace is touring Afghanistan (news - web sites) and Iraq. Also Sunday, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said veteran Washington lobbyist Rend Rahim Francke was appointed Iraq's ambassador to the United States. Francke, an Iraq native who has spent most of her life abroad, led the Iraq Foundation, a Washington-based pro-democracy group, and has helped plan Iraq's transition from Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s rule. The appointment will renew the diplomatic ties between Washington and Baghdad severed in 1990 when Saddam invaded Kuwait. ------------------------------- Too bad we can't be just a brutal and line up the Iraqis and start shooting them 1 per hour until they gave up the ones that did this.... and then just shoot those that did on the spot. That would be my way of dealing with this type of thing. Let them know of the supreme consequences for fucking with us.
  17. Marks Czech down on his list.
  18. MrRant

    Bad Santa

    Depends on the age of the kid. If I saw someone telling my daughter that Santa wasn't real when she was still at the age to believe in him then I would beat the ever loving fuck out of them. Ho, Ho, Ho motherfucker.
  19. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut - Widescreen Ronin - Widescreen The Score - Widescreen Trading Places - Widescreen Flashdance - Widescreen Ferris Bueller's Day Off - Widescreen A Few Good Men - Special Edition, Widescreen Prizzi's Honor - Widescreen A Chorus Line - Widescreen Y Tu Mama Tambien - Widescreen, Subtitled Showgirls - Widescreen Dangerous Minds - Widescreen Clueless - Widescreen Ghost - Widescreen The Wedding Planner - Widescreen National Lampoon's Van Wilder - Widescreen The Sweetest Thing - Widescreen Grosse Pointe Blank - Widescreen Stripes - Widescreen The Birdcage - Widescreen Legends of the Fall - Special Edition, Widescreen First Blood - Special Edition, Widescreen Basic Instinct - Special Edition, Widescreen The Doors - Special Edition, Widescreen Requiem For A Dream - Widescreen, Unrated Some decent stuff in the list. Good for stocking stuffers or cheap presents. Bolded items are ones I think people should pick up.
  20. Steps you should take: 1. Clean out your cache and cookies 2. Unplug modem from power and turn computer off. 3. Plug power back to modem and when the lights go back to normal for your modem then start up the computer.
  21. Huh... meant to do the wink smilie. Sorry about that.
  22. You don't REALLY need me to rant about vitaligo, do you? Ever seen the clip to the song 'They Don't Really Care About Us'? Video proof that Jackon's condition is legit. UYI I'd like to see that, since other cases I have heard of only include little patches of skin on the arms or legs. Secondly, the man is gonna die soon, I hate to be morbid, but as I said earlier, I predict suicide, either before jail, or while he is incarcerated. Thirdly, God damn, that mug shot is the creepiest thing I have seen in a while. Fourthly, check out this shit. Tell me you don't feel awful for the guy. Jackson's Surgery History Already posted. Behind the times little man.
  23. http://anomalies-unlimited.com/Jackson.html Interesting is all.
  24. If you'd just suffered a huge family tragedy, would you want pesky David Spade to show up as a long-lost relative? ABC apparently thinks so. The acerbic comedian is the latest high-profile addition to the post- John Ritter cast of 8 Simple Rules, signing on to do a handful of episodes on the sitcom. Thursday, the Alphabet network confirmed the guest casting but said nothing was yet known about the exact character Spade would be playing, only he would be "a member of the Hennessy clan." The show has undergone radical changes following Ritter's sudden death in September. After ABC decided to continue the show sans the star, it shortened the title from 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter to, simply, 8 Simple Rules, and brought in TV vets James Garner (news) and Suzanne Pleshette (news) to play the estranged parents of Katey Sagal (news)'s widowed Kate Hennessy. Then, executive producer Flody Suarez, who helped develop 8 Simple Rules, was dumped from the show this week, according to Daily Variety, for "different managment opinions" with fellow producer Tom Shadyac. Shooting on the sitcom is currently on hiatus for the Thanksgiving holiday, but will resume in December. Garner--the sort of relative you would like to have in a crisis--is set to film at least two more episodes as the gruff but kindly granddad. It is not clear whether Pleshette will be returning as his trouble-making ex-wife Kate's mom. Spade, meanwhile, will likely shoot two or three episodes in mid-December for broadcast during February sweeps. An SNL graduate, Spade earned an Emmy nomination for playing snarky Dennis Finch on NBC's 1997-2002 sitcom Just Shoot Me. His recent big-screen credits include Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star and Joe Dirt. More than 20 million viewers tuned in for the first post-Ritter episode, a critically lauded episode in which the Hennessy brood dealt with the surprise death of their dad. Since then, as the mood has shifted from tragedy back to comedy, ratings have slipped for the Tuesday night program. This week's show, the third to air sans Ritter, averaged 11 million viewers and was actually beaten in its 8 p.m. slot by the first half-hour of CBS' Navy NCIS, which pulled in an average of 12.4 million fans. Still, 8 Simple Rules did win in the advertiser-important adults 18-49 demo, beating Navy NCIS by 56 percent and NBC's Whoopi by 27 percent, and its average of 11 million viewers this season is still a smidgen ahead of last year's 10.9 million. We'll just have to wait and see if drop-in Spade, whether uncle, cousin or step-nephew twice removed, can push the numbers up even more.
  25. It removes that stuff.
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