Where's Niki and Anthony?
POSTED BY: RionaEire
UPDATED: Monday, March 18, 2013 21:10
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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
I could start posting science stuff. I get a steady stream of various articles from a subscription to some magazines.
Yeah, post science stuff. I'll come back if you post science stuff. :)
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This has just turned into a "poor Niki" thread.....
Will she be missed as somebody who had a different opinion; as somebody for the hard core righties to "fight against"..... ?
Sure she will.
That's not why she's leaving.
She's not telling the truth at all about why she's done (at least for the short term) with the RWED.
Of course I can't say for sure what the real reason is, but I would venture a guess that here we are... nearly 6 years later, and America is even worse than all of those promises of hope and change that garnered 2 votes out of her.
4 additional trillion dollars in US debt with nothing to show for it......
Further, she might simply not even have the "free time" to be an active member anymore because their family needs a 5-income household with only two contributing members just not to get foreclosed on....
I could be wrong about all of that, but all I can do is speak from experience. As cheap as I am, gas is nearly at an all time high in my area, food costs 175% more than it did when I had a good job, and I'm making way less than 1/4 of what I made in 2009 when you include benefits (of which I have zero today).
I'm sure glad the DOW is doing better than ever before and the unemployment rate isn't abysmal.
I guess that hasn't "trickled down" to the masses yet.....
Keep enjoying your helicopter rides to Broadway with your clueless wife and kids on my dime Bammy.
Thanks for raising the National Debt by 30% in only 6 years, in the mean time.....
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Magons, another of those voices I will reeeely miss...if you and the other like you were around more, I'd be sorely tempted to stay...sigh... Or maybe, as Sky said, if there was more science stuff...or ANYTHING more interesting than what the thread list MOSTLY reads like today, and yesterday, and the day before, and, and, and...
For Rap: As a parting gift, I offer you a few husky "smilies". Of course I believe you're envious, and happy, and if we could completely avoid the subject of politics, you can believe I'd love to share the fun we have with you. Since I can't:
First, a shortened version of my new favorite trail, up on the Tam foothills. We run pre-dawn, so get to the halfway point at just around sun-up, and it's gorgeous. It's called Concrete Pipe Road because an old concrete water pipe runs under/along it; we hear the wild turkeys every day as we start up, and it's full of good sniffs and passing deer and a fearless, resident coyote, so it's the guys second-favorite run. It's between 40 minutes and an hour round trip, depending on how long we hang out at turn-around and how much I let them stop and sniff (and how warm it is = how fast they go!), but this is a condensed, 7-minute version so you can "come with" us. Both this one and the next, it's much darker than it appears, so maybe squint or wear sunglasses so you can 'feel' the pre-dawn light ;o) , and watch it full screen--that's the closest I can get to "giving" it to you:
THEIR favorite run is The Ponds, our series of four local water reclamation ponds (a favorite place for birdwatchers). There we often see one of the local coyotes, as well as occasionally deer, raccoons, dkunk (who ran in front of us once before dawn, causing me two broken toes!) rabbits and the cows in the pasture of the farm next door (which twice they slipped loose and 'played' with while I slogged through the mud behind them waiting for them to get tired...!). That's the place they think is exciting. THERE they go like balls of fire all the way out to the marsh. I'm gonna re-do the video, I've got a new videocam and am just learning how to work the software, but it's good enough for you to come along with--about 7 minutes of a 45-minute run:
This one is from this morning's run. The Northbay group runs at 8am (which is 9am this morning, with daylight savings). WE usually run half an hour or so before sunup. My guys did fine the first couple of runs with the Northbay group 'cuz the weather was COLD, but today they were embarrassing--they consider it too late and too warm, so tho' they started out on fire, they quickly refused to keep up, and at the end as you can see even with Jim ahead of us on his bike, they lagged behind HIM! Nothing would make Koch go any faster, tho' Tashi was willing, so I had to apologize for holding up the others. Damned huskies. Guess I'll meet up with them and learn new trails that way, then to back at our usual (pre-sunrise) time with Jim. Bah. Huskies!
Tho' it's only a half hour North, it becomes "cow country", small farms, suburban farmlets and ranches, verrrry flat! Very pretty too, lots of horses, cows, vineyards, farms...it's between a half hour and an hour's drive to the trailheads, so it costs some gas, but we only go on weekends--otherwise we'd be in rush-hour traffic going home.
And as a parting shot, here's a couple of giggles for you. This is how the guys greet Jim when he gets back from his morning run/bike ride...Tashi takes his "beard cleaning duties" very seriously, as you can see. (Notice the narrow section of bed which "belongs" to Jim; yes, that IS where he sleeps, and only there--when they don't push him completely off
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Lastly, is Six just ALWAYS that drunk, or what?! This guy thinks he knows me?? I love being called a liar by some tanked asshole who doesn't know shit about SHIT...but I guess I should expect no better. Actually bothered to read the post--silly me--what a loser! But he did actually manage to get my goat enough for me to say the following:
My leaving has nothing to do with any "failure" on the part of the people I voted for. I know full well they've done what they can, and I know exactly what kind of shape we'd be in if the fucking Republicans weren't absolutely, patently, and OPENLY bound and determined to run this country into the ground in the hopes of regaining power, after they spent eight years running it into the ground by mismanagement and an agenda to get as much as possible to the rich and corporate interests while screwing over the rest of us. We're in the state were in DESPITE the left, not because of them, and anyone with half a brain who's been paying attention knows it. Ironically, they HAVE managed to keep us from where we'd be if McCain or Romney had gained power, and there's hope yet, given they're working so hard at becoming unelectable, that we can still dig our way completely out of the hole they put us in. My lack of hope is because of the continuing inability by those in power to stop the right-wing fringe tea baggers and their grab for power in the Republican party; even the intelligent Republicans haven't been able to stop what they're doing to this country (little as they've tried) and it will only get worse as time goes on.
Jim and I are just dandy compared to the vast majority of the country. We worked hard and were pretty lucky. We own our own home and everything we have free and clear, and if we added up everything we've got in retirement, savings and the bank, would probably be up around a quarter of a million dollars; I will say that just once. We live cheaply, we don't want much, and we appreciate what we have; and even with that, we'll only be okay if nothing horrific happens and things don't get horrendously worse amazingly fast. Thank gawd we're as old as we are. WE'll probably be fine; it's the rest of my countrymen I weep for, those coming after who will be reaping the whirlwind of global warming and what people like Rap and Jong and Geez want to see happen to this country.
Yeah, he got my goat just that much; from what I've seen of him thus far, that should give Six immeasurable pleasure. I've never figured out why he wants attention from me so badly and I think he's some kind of freak for it bothering him so much that I don't think he's worth ANYONE's attention. So no, it's sure as hell not a "poor Niki" thread, it's quite the opposite. I've got life damned good and I know it and am grateful as hell for it, I'm not like Six, slathering some fan site anonymously with self-pity and self-aggrandizing twaddle. Drunks are pathetic; some drunks are more pathetic than others. This brainless dipsomaniac has absolutely no excuse.
And with that, I will bid you adieu, leave the rest of you to get whatever you can out of this place, and hopefully not return.
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Hey Niki,
It's getting late and I'm fading, so what could be a longer post will boil down to a few things:
1. Your dogs are ADORABLE! I'm 100% a cat person, but I do enjoy seeing happy dogs out and about, busy being happy dogs. Yours certainly are!
2. I know we all get caught up with the odd inconveniences of life, and I know you have as much as anyone, but I hope you appreciate how cool it is that your life involves taking dog-cart rides in a beautiful place at sunrise. I think it's pretty awesome.
3. Oh, Six. 
Six is just being Six. Still, I have no problem with you giving him a virtual punch in the nose for being a jackass, since ignoring these types clearly does not make them go away.
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First, as I've said, what I do here, what I 'show' of myself, is only a small part of who I am. It's false to claim that " all I have " is hate. We disagree, on some matters. Sometimes strongly. But not always. But there are times when agreements and compromise can be made. But not always. The NAZIS didn't 'sorta' start a world war. Slavery isn't a 'gray' area, is it ?
Not everything is a shade of gray. There are rights and wrongs. Some things are either black or white.
The Vids are great. I'll watch them , but not all at once, so there's something to look forward to , for a while, every time I come here.
Thanks.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
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I too, am one that, although never posted that much, have decided to distance myself from the PN thread hijack. Every time I log in here, it is just line after line of PirateNews bollocks. And I just can't be doing with it. Hi Nicki, by the way. And Bye.
Congrats to PN for ruining the site, and shame on the man in charge for doing absolutely nothing about it. A great site that has just become a waste of time. See ya.
With the grace of age, commander, we learn to accept.
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The NAZIS didn't 'sorta' start a world war.
Well even I'll admit it was either the Nazis or the Japanese, and they were kind of on the same side even though they were totally going to backstab each other for world domination later.
I guess it depends on if you count the under the radar skirmishes we were having with the Japanese for years before pearl harbour, or if only the invasion of Poland counts.
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Slavery isn't a 'gray' area, is it ?
Shit no.
Although I do wish there was less of a grey area around here in regards to genocide, civilian death, and blowing up planets. I've seen people take the Empire's side, and lemee tell you, after seeing artist conceptions of Alderaan, I'm pretty sure that the Empire is the biggest bunch of jerkasses this side of the Yuuzhan Vong.
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Originally posted by BYTEMITE:
Although I do wish there was less of a grey area around here in regards to genocide, civilian death, and blowing up planets.
You gotta draw a black and white line at genocide. You just gotta.
I'm pretty tolerant and understanding of most positions. But sometimes, evil is just evil.
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