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Between this and Heat, I am now convinced anybody who wants to set as film in LA should either... a). hire Michael Mann or... b). make the director they hire watch this movie and Heat. On a side note, anybody have a clue what the music that was playing the first time we see Ruffalo's detective character.?

Ah, shit. Hey, it's a rare move at least! *goes back to drawing board*

Yeah, if you want to just mess around and book The Big Boss Man and Kamala to feud over the WWE Title, then keep EWR. If you want an insanely detailed sim, go with TEW. In my opinion, it's only a step or three below CM, which is the gold standard for sims.

Actually, San Fran really doesn't have a machine. Yeah, there's a powerful Democratic Party, but that's mostly because conservatives think its Sodom and Gamorrah all rolled into one and has since the late 50's. I mean, the two biggest contenders were a Democrat and Green for Christ sakes.

Smarks Board Name: jesse_ewiak Wrestlers Name: David Cross Height: 6' 5" Weight: 277 lb. Hometown: Oil City, PA Age: 26 Face/Heel: Face Stable: N/A Ring Escort: N/A Weapon(s): nada Quote: Looks: GENERAL: Cross is a decent enough looking guy with shoulder length black hair and dark green eyes. He's ruggedly handsome, with a very good physique, not that Cross is really looking to attract the ladies. Long scar above his right eye, cause unknow. Also, small tatoo of a 'cross in the heart' with 'Joan' on his right arm in tribute to his mother. ATTIRE: Wears blue jeans, plain white t-shirt along with a small cross around his neck. Completes the ensamble with a well worn leather jacket. NOTE: Cross and jacket given to him by now deceased parents. Not responsible for death or dismemberent if you steal 'em. Ring Entrance: Cue the creepy beginnng to 'Back on Earth' by OZZY~ as David walks out to the ring, focused on the ring as the crowd cheers and the small bit of pyro goes of behind him. Cross enters the ring, absent mindely slapping hands. Funyon stuff Cross takes off his leather and cross, and sets them aside, then stares at his opponent across the ring. Stats: ¯¯¯¯¯ Strength: 6 [suprisingly strong, can suplex 350 pounders easy] Speed: 3 [Agile and quick reacting, but not too fleet once in the air.] Vitality: 7 [Extensive training and just pure stubborness leaves him with a 2nd and 3rd wind] Charisma: 4 [Good enough in one on one conversation, but not that great at getting 20,000 to support him through words instead of actions.] Style: A powerhouse Angle-lite suplex/takedown artist with a bit of martial arts training in his past. Generally likes a build of chain wrestling escalating to suplexes and his finishers on opponents. About as good a flier as The Undertaker on a bad day, but if pissed, can brawl from here to Yemen and back. Doesn't cheat, but will used a cheater's weapons against him (ie. Big Boot into chair opponent is holding.) Signature moves: In order they're most often used EVERY MATCH Yazuka Kick - Can be finisher if hit at the right moment, comes out of nowhere Short Arm Lariato- Pulls opponent right into his arm stiffly. - KO Blow to set-up Black Mass Spinebuster - Arn Anderson style - main transistion move. Choke Slam - Quick and hard, no holding people up for 30 seconds. JUST ABOUT EVERY... Sweep Kick into a Crossface - Remnants of David's martial arts past. Brainbuster - Regular or Top Rope kids... Explodah~ Half Nelson Suplex STF Common moves: Forearms and kicks Basic Amateur Takedowns Big Boot DDT's, all creeds and colors Bellly-to-Belly ; overhead and regular Gutwrench Suplex Lariat German Suplex La Majistral - Surprise move Fisherman's Suplex Kick to the gut -> High Knee -> Crescent Kick combo Top Rope Clotesline Spear Jumping Bulldog Rare moves: Again, in order of most used... NO HANDS PLANCHA OF DOOM~ - Pulled out as an absolute last ditch desperation move Steiner Screwdriver - 'Holy Grail' - See above Top Rope Release German - Pulls out against people he hate's... Finishers: Black Mass: Goes into a quick powerbomb, but when the opponent is in the 'rana position drops and hits a pitch-perfect spinebuster. Very stiff, and his usual finish for anyone 300 lbs. or under. 'Holy Trinity': Usually called just The Trinity Sequence, it's German, then a Dragon, then a Straightjacket suplex. Used as the finisher against guys he cant get up for the Black Mass or as a backup if the Black Mass fails Notes: Cross knows martial arts...but not a lot. Generally just enough to give hus kicks some more power and helps his agility a bit. Bio: David Cross was born David Tadwell on a small farm in a rural area of northwestern Pennsylvania called Corry. He had a simple, rural life. Fishin' on the stream, playing with buddies on the next farm, helping his Mom & Dad on the farm, going to school & church, all that. All that changed when David was twelve, when his parents got in a car wreck. His Aunt took him in, but David was never the same. He became more insular and introverted. Even as he hit his growth spurt and played Defensive Line for the local high school team, he wasn't the typical 'jock.' He'd be more likely to have his nose in a book, or watching TV, than going to a party. That helped when he graduated. Usually, a country boy from the middle of nowhere wouldn't get into a top-flight university, but a 3.7 GPA, a 1270 on his SAT's, plus being 8th all time on the state sack record gave him a full ride to Florida State. But, the good times wouldn't last for long... In his second game, David's knee gave out. Simple freak accident. But his football career was done for. In a heavy depression, he sought out a new career. That's when promoter Frank Gray comes in. Gray was running a small Florida indy, CCW. David went to a show, was noticed by the wrestlers, and after hearing his story, Frank began training him. After nearly a year of training at the Gray Training School in Satellite Beach, Florida, he began his wrestling career. He chose the name David Cross as a tribrute to a cross his Mom gave him when he was seven.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ampaign_jobs_dc Unhappy Workers Should Take Prozac --Bush Campaigner Thu Jul 29, 1:50 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A campaign worker for President Bush (news - web sites) said on Thursday American workers unhappy with low-quality jobs should find new ones -- or pop a Prozac to make themselves feel better. "Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?" said Susan Sheybani, an assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry Holt. The comment was apparently directed to a colleague who was transferring a phone call from a reporter asking about job quality, and who overheard the remark. When told the Prozac comment had been overheard, Sheybani said: "Oh, I was just kidding." While recent employment growth has buoyed Bush's economic record, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) has argued the new jobs are not as good as those lost due to outsourcing in recent years. Nearly 1.1 million jobs have been lost since Bush took office in January 2001.

A better twist....it's all a reality show! In other words, the elders are all in on it, but the kids and generations beyond don't know any better. Set it a few decades into the future and there you go. Or not. After all, I'm sitting here in my room living with my Mom and Night has 500 quadtrillion dollars. *Shrug* :-)

TBH, I thought it was funnier that the assitiant was that stupid to say something like that in the same room as a reporter. Usually, it's the Democrat's doing stuff like that. :-)

No Military experience to be honest. If there wasn't a 9/11, well, Bush would probably be a sitting duck and Gore would've been renominated. But if he hadn't run, and Edwards had....easy nomination win.

Yes, that mainsteam media that had Ralph Reed and Zell Miller on right after Edward's speech. I bet CNN won't be having Dean or Pelosi on to rebut Cheyney or Ahrnold.

Just ignore Mike on this point. He's somehow doesn't understand Obama is going to be a US Fucking Senator at the age of 42, which isn't exactly being a porter or chauffer. Also, Al Sharpton is a black preacher. By law, he has to give a good speech. :-)

Any chance of somebody hosting this somewhere so all us lurker/brief SJLers can take a listen?

you wanted em.... http://www.michaelmoore.com/warroom/f911no...index.php?id=16

I'm pretty sure in MJ's first All-Star game which was his rookie year I'm 95% sure, the veterans all froze him out so he couldn't get the ball during the game. Thus, it being generally accepted Jordan told the Olympic Committie to take him or Isaish. Which leads to the moral of the story....don't fuck with Michael Jordan. :-)

Shamlessly stolen from emergingdemocraticmajority weblog, which Mike and Vyce aren't going to read anyway...so if you want, add 5 points to the numbers to account for evil liberal tilt! Can There Be Such a Thing as Too Much Bad News for President Bush? I didn't think so. So, rather than feeling guilty for piling on, let's take a peek at the new CBS News/New York Times survey. Here are the key findings. 1. Bush's favorable/unfavorable rating is net negative for their fifth survey in a row (going back to the beginning of April). 2. Kerry-Edwards beats Bush-Cheney by 5 points (49-45), including an 8 point lead among independent voters. Note that this 49-45 lead is the identical result that CBS News obtained in their overnight poll after Kerry selected Edwards as his running mate, suggesting that the Edwards bounce has some staying power. 3. Bush's overall approval rating is net negative (45 percent approval/48 percent disapproval) for their fourth survey in a row, going back to late April. His 45 percent rating, while a slight improvement over his late May and late June ratings, keeps him well into the danger zone for incumbents. 4. Right direction/wrong track is at 36/56, essentially unchanged since their last survey about three weeks ago. 5. His approval rating on foreign policy is his worst ever at 39/55, as is his rating on handling the campaign against terrorism (51/43). (Note: this latter trend contradicts a recent Post finding suggesting an improvement in Bush's rating in this area.) His approval rating on the economy is still going nowhere fast and, at 42/51, has still failed to reach the exalted heights of mid-February, when his economic rating reached 44/50. And his approval rating on Iraq is 37/58, practically a carbon copy of his dismal ratings in their late June and late May polls. 6. The Democrats have a 9 point advantage in the generic congressional contest, consistent with the Democracy Corps poll I covered on Friday. 7. John Edwards has a net +22 in his favorability rating, while Dick Cheney is now at -9, his worst rating ever. 8. For the first time, a majority (51 percent) says we should have stayed out Iraq, rather than we did the right thing by taking military action (45 percent). And the highest number ever (62 percent) says the result of the war with Iraq wasn't worth the loss of life and other costs of attacking Iraq. 9. With all the brouhaha in the Senate about the gay marriage constitutional amendment, the number who think gays should be allowed to either marry or form civil unions continues to climb--from 55 percent in March, to 57 percent in May to 59 percent in this latest survey. 10. The highest number ever (60 percent) think the US should not attack another country unless the US is attacked first. 11. The Democrats have an 8 point advantage in party ID without leaners and a 14 point advantage with leaners. Shades of the much-maligned Los Angeles Times poll. This party ID advantage, if it holds, gives the Democrats a built-in advantage on election day, which the Republicans then have to try to desperately counter by maximizing turnout of their base.

I think even Mike would say they're not great poll numbers. I posted them because they're basically the latest polls out. I just figured you guys didn't want to slog through a ton of stuff over at the NYT site, so I posted up an analysis. It's not like I didn't expect Mike or you to rip it. :-) I don't really think Kerry or Bush will win in a landslide. It'll be close, and whoever wins will likely end up with 280-290 EV's and probably a split Congress. Am I liberal? Hell yeah, but it's not like the conservatives don't post every time some poll or something says Bush is ahead.

Is Bush as handsome as Clark Gable and tough as John Wayne in your reality too, Mike?

Well, I figured there was no way you guys would go to anything involving the New York Times, but if you want a link to the poll... http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2004...P5hbg7WBH0SP/VA

By the way, continuing the circular left v. right v. left flame war... Debunking the 59 Deceits.... http://delaware-dem.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/6/1942/00222 http://anton-sirius.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/6/125810/5754 http://anton-sirius.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/7/35821/91470 http://anton-sirius.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/7/175530/4378 http://anton-sirius.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/8/18424/43142 http://anton-sirius.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/9/1339/05561 http://anton-sirius.dailykos.com/story/2004/7/10/153142/328

Or they could go by the rule of law instead of shooting people IN police custody. Just a wacky, radical thought.

Well, I'm glad the rule of law is working perfectly there. It's not like they were in police custody or anything...

Courtesy of dailykos.... But of course, since this guy was the one who helped break the My Lai massacre....evil lying liberal, right?

Also, Obama's going to be the keynote speaker at the convention. In 1988, a certain Arkansas governor was. Obama also was up fifteen points on Ryan before the whole sex scandal broke out.

Well, if they're willing to bring up Soros, we can bring up Scafie.

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