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The housing market is so ridiculous right now, I mean the Bay Area is expensive, but you can kind of justify it, but a place like Sacramento has 4 Bedroom Houses going for $450,000+ I mean, wtf? At least the Bay Area is desirable.
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Redskins offensive line pushed around the Steeler's starting defensive line, like they were little girls. The Hogs are back. Also, Ben looked horrible.
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Well I already stated in another thread that Dead & Breakfast is being screened here tonight and tomorrow night.....
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A soldier from Contra.
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No Taco Johns out here but... Jimboys > Taco Bell......that's for damn sure.
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U.S. concedes ground to Islamists on Iraqi law
NoCalMike replied to NoCalMike's topic in Current Events
I also get a kick out of the fact that our mission to "bring democracy" to Iraq has swiftly been changed to "train the Iraqis, so they can bring democracy to Iraq" The expectations just keep getting lower and lower. -
7 Police Officers Sue Over Hair Drug Tests
NoCalMike replied to EdwardKnoxII's topic in Current Events
Sounds fishy........something is up here. -
I like her, this news sucks. "covered in track marks"
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It starts playing at the indy theater next week...and it is on my list of must-sees.
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I have to seriously question if you even saw the match? Convincingly selling an opponents offense is one thing, but HBK was acting like an ass, and making the entire match look unbelievable which actually hurts the match. Bouncing all over the place like a mexican jumping bean from a mere punch or kick is not good selling, it is childish antics, trying to sabatoge a match or just make it a comedy match.
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http://www.dandbfilm.com/ Anyone heard of it? It is screening this Friday & Saturday at the local indy theater in town. I think I will give it a look-see.
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Actually Mike, the guy is a fuckass. I mentioned this to my wife and while we don't agree about Pat Robertson shooting off at the mouth like he did, she did say Chavez is a pretty brutal bastard who pretty much has intimidated his way to the top. She knows some people who left Venezuela because he's such an ass. He is one of those people that makes people who speak out against him "disappear" all of a sudden. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well I wasn't trying to suggest he was a good person, but I was just giving reasons why he might be popular among peasants. I hardly know a thing about him, besides what the information you just shined on the subject....
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This is why I am seeing Suffocation/Crytopsy/Cephallic Carnage instead of Ozzfest........ Iron Maiden > Ozzfest
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Fuck Hogan. Vince is an idiot for giving another wrestler creative control. This report still makes me happy though. At least now I know HBK didn't choose to lose himself because he really respected Hogan (HBK is pretty much the opposite of what Hogan is) or because he wants to make everyone look better than him to make up for his past or some shit. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, especially in this stage in Hogan's career, where the fans only like him for nostalgia pops, Hogan winning or losing in 2005 does NOTHING positive or negative for his career, so Hogan should be glad Vince lets him back in just to show up and pimp his new tv show.
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U.S. concedes ground to Islamists on Iraqi law
NoCalMike replied to NoCalMike's topic in Current Events
You mean Iraqi Democratic rule via Iran Infiltration. -
Trauma SE: It will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine.
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Isn't gas only 12 cents a gallon there? He is also running 70% approval ratings, and has been democratically elected three times.
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I'll give it a listen after work tonight.
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I watched this PPV with Dangerous_A, Darthtiki, Ced, and another former TSM poster, and DA has it right, all of us at the house were kind of miffed at the beyond stupid overselling HBK was doing through the entire match, and it really hurt the match IMO. It seemed apparent someone was pissed off about the match, the finish, the payoff, or something because HBK was overdoing it and acting like a jackass through the entire match. Not to say the fact that Hogan's in-ring ability also probably severly hampered what HBK could normally do in the ring, but it just seemed obvious HBK was mad about something that night.
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Have you seen the indy flick "The ballad of Jack & Rose"? she was gold in that.
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The only thing I question was the guy passing up "Beth from the book store" especially when she was in the bath, "warming herself up" for him. Other then that fucking hilarious.
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Once again Nature weeds out the stupid.
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Again, all of these are Jay's opinions and are not associated with me. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How could you be shocked at anything when your posts consist of "suck my dick" as a response?
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050820/ts_nm/...HNlYwMlJVRPUCUl BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. diplomats have conceded ground to Islamists on the role of religion in Iraq, negotiators said on Saturday as they raced to meet a 48-hour deadline to draft a constitution under intense U.S. pressure. ADVERTISEMENT U.S. diplomats, who have insisted the constitution must enshrine ideals of equal rights and democracy, declined comment. Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish negotiators all said there was accord on a bigger role for Islamic law than Iraq had before. But a secular Kurdish politician said Kurds opposed making Islam "the," not "a," main source of law -- changing current wording -- and subjecting all legislation to a religious test. "We understand the Americans have sided with the Shi'ites," he said. "It's shocking. It doesn't fit American values. They have spent so much blood and money here, only to back the creation of an Islamist state ... I can't believe that's what the Americans really want or what the American people want." Washington, with 140,000 troops still in Iraq, has insisted Iraqis are free to govern themselves but made clear it will not approve the kind of clerical rule seen in Shi'ite Iran, a state President Bush describes as "evil." U.S. ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has been guiding intensive meetings since parliament averted its own dissolution on Monday by giving constitution drafters another week to resolve crucial differences over regional autonomy and division of oil revenues. Failing to finish by midnight on August 22 could provoke new elections and, effectively, a return to the drawing board for the entire constitutional process. But a further extension may be more likely, as Washington insists the charter is key to its strategy to undermine the Sunni revolt and leave a new Iraqi government largely to fend for itself after U.S. troops go home. Facing public discontent with his handling of Iraq, President Bush raised the specter of more September 11- style attacks if U.S. troops do not fight in places like Iraq. "They (U.S. troops) know that if we do not confront these evil men abroad, we will have to face them one day in our own cities and streets," he said in his weekly radio address. An official of one of the main Shi'ite Islamist parties in the interim government confirmed the deal on law and Islam. It was unclear what concessions the Shi'ites may have made, but it seemed possible their demands for Shi'ite autonomy in the oil-rich south, pressed this month by Islamist leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, may be watered down in the face of Sunni opposition. "UNITY OF IRAQ" Sunni Arab negotiator Saleh al-Mutlak also said a deal was struck which would mean parliament could pass no legislation that "contradicted Islamic principles." A constitutional court would rule on any dispute on that, the Shi'ite official said. "The Americans agreed, but on one condition -- that the principles of democracy should be respected," Mutlak said. "We reject federalism," he repeated, underlining continued Sunni opposition to Hakim's demands. Hundreds demonstrated in the Sunni city of Ramadi on Saturday, echoing Mutlak's views. He urged Sunnis, dominant under Saddam Hussein but who have largely shunned politics and, in some cases, taken up arms in revolt, to vote in an October referendum to back a constitution. Other Sunni leaders are also encouraging their followers to register for the referendum, in part to ensure they can block the constitution if they chose to oppose it down the road. If two thirds of voters in at least three of Iraq's 18 provinces vote no in October's referendum, the constitution is rejected. The Kurdish negotiator rushed to make clear his outrage at a deal on Islam: "We don't want dictatorship of any kind, including any religious dictatorship. "Perhaps the Americans are negotiating to get a deal at any cost, but we will not accept a constitution at any cost," he said, adding that he believed Shi'ite leaders had used the precedent of Afghanistan to win the ambassador's support. Khalilzad, who has said there will be "no compromise" on equal rights for women and minorities, helped draft a constitution in his native Afghanistan that declared it an "Islamic Republic" in which no law could contradict Islam. It also, however, contained language establishing equal rights for women and protecting religious minorities. LOCKED IN TALKS About a dozen senior leaders, representing the Shi'ite Islamist-led government, secular Shi'ite former prime minister Iyad Allawi, Kurds and Sunnis, were in talks on Saturday. Sunni leaders say they are resigned to the Kurds maintaining their current autonomy in the north -- though not to the Kurds extending their territory into the northern oilfields -- but said they would not tolerate an autonomous Shi'ite region. Ethnic tensions in the northern oil city of Kirkuk spilled on to the streets on Saturday as hundreds of Arabs demonstrated against federalism -- code for Kurdish ambitions to annex Kirkuk -- and gunmen shot up the office of a Kurdish political party for the second time in a month, wounding three guards. In Baghdad, a U.S. soldier was killed when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb. South of the capital, a tribal sheikh was kidnapped in the latest sign of tribal tensions. Many tribes cut across sectarian lines, with Sunni and Shi'ites members.
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That's the difference between you and I, then. And we can agree to disagree, that isfine, but what I won't tolerate is her being called treasonous and a traitor to the country.