The Al Realpolitik Institute of Sulfur Mining & Extraction

[Miles]

Pryor's magical last name is propping him up.

He had the same last name 2 months ago, last I checked.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Yes, and I have also filmed them.

Still surprised you're considered the forum's creep?

[Simfan34]

Game of Thrones has more likable characters.

[windjammer]

Paul Krugman annihilates the right-wing denial of Obamacare's successes:  http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/on-the-liberal-bias-of-facts/

Krugman presents no economic data.

As if you presented any.

[Deus Naturae]

Of course many scientists avoid getting involved directly in religious controversy and some do believe in God, but since science has historically been attacked by religious people, I think that it entirely appropriate for scientists to be critical of religion. Religion should not have the special protection that it has.

Atheists are to history what Baptists are to biology.

[IceSpear]

Leave the forum.

Maybe I should start a thread announcing I will leave, and then come back tomorrow.

[Sol]

Turns out that democracy wins the day and those unions have been routed!

You are the most ridiculous person on this board since opebo was banned.

[Gustaf]

I don't think you understand what "racism" means (or what a lot of other things mean).

I understand racial issues as well as you understand Marxism. Which means I'm a self declared scholar on race in America.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

More useful purposes like what?

Some have suggested a cut in personal income tax rates. Some have suggested a fast train between 2 cities in the Central Valley. Some have suggested a repair of our roadways. It turns out that the government education industry complex devours enough resources to cover all of the above in some manner.

Mental care for the mentally ill? It would be beneficial for you.

[Simfan34]

Story-wise, Wozzeck is fairly straightforward and predictable, if not a little dumb at points.  Berg made a good decision to cut out extraneous material that does not advance the dramatic focus.  But musically, it is amazing.  Every time.  And opera is always 90% about the music anyways.

I always see Wozzeck at the Met when it's around because James Levine (the child-molester extraordinaire) is quite good at it.

Oh, of course. Going to an opera for the plot is like going to see Transformers or something for the plot. Atonality isn't usually my thing, last I was there was for Cosi fan tutte, no not usually my thing at all- my favorite Schoenberg piece is Verklarte Nacht, which surely says something about my taste.

Berg's music is not atonal.

Well, twelve-tonal, whatever you want to call it. It certainly is unusual. Which is what Berg exactly wanted us to think of it.

Wozzeck was written before dodecaphonic music came into being in the Schoenbergian sense, with tone-rows and derivations and best of all, hexachordal inversional combinatoriality, etc., etc.  I don't know what twelve-tonal means; I presume that this is the layman's term for dodecaphonic.

The musicologists always use the asinine phrase "free atonality" to describe a work like Wozzeck written before the dodecaphonic system was developed by Schoenberg, but as a practical matter, Berg utilizes a number of different tonal centers in Wozzeck that grow out the various motifs and leitmotifs that are emphasized, specifically the interval relationships like the tritone and the minor third.

The shallowness of my thought is particularly apparent when I make the reference to Transformers.

[IceSpear]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/02/11/minn-gov-wants-flavored-cigarettes-banned/

alright in my book.

Your book is about as good a read as Twilight.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The only thing that pops into my mind, is stuff involving Santa Claus. I was disappointed when my older brother filled me in on that one, at about age 5.

When I was 5, some kid on the bus told me Santa Claus wasn't real and it was my parents. I went home and told my mom that and she replied, "Do you really think we would spend all that money on you?".

That convinced me Santa had to be real for a few more years.

[Badger]

The only thing that pops into my mind, is stuff involving Santa Claus. I was disappointed when my older brother filled me in on that one, at about age 5.

When I was 5, some kid on the bus told me Santa Claus wasn't real and it was my parents. I went home and told my mom that and she replied, "Do you really think we would spend all that money on you?".

That convinced me Santa had to be real for a few more years.

More of a Goldmine candidate than for the Sulpher Burn, but enjoyable reading nonetheless.

[Sol]

You must be logged in to read this quote.

Do you think so? I see. That is concerning. I suppose you are a recognized expert on complete and total smug self-satisfaction, so perhaps I should take you at least somewhat seriously on this.

[Simfan34]

Excellent. Any blow against bro-dom is worthwhile.

Just because you're a f#cking geed who probably couldn't get a bid from my neighbors next door (a disgrace to the phrase "fraternity") doesn't mean you can take a metaphorical piss on those that might actually enjoy their lives. It would, however, be interesting to hear your actual opposition to people being productive, taking leadership roles, having to learn codes of conduct, running an organization, and all the other things that come with being part of such an organization. Due to your status as one who will likely spend the majority of their waking hours in a basement on a computer, I wonder why you yourself would not long for something greater.

In any case, this is a great miscarriage of justice, the likes of which has not been seen since--probably--Roe v. Wade. They can all go to Hell.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I'd rather you just empty-quote me to express your agreement with me (and I hate empty-quoting) than elaborate on my point with nonsense like whatever that was.

[Mechaman]

Admittedly, this is a pretty good burn:

Nobody has yet to explain exactly how and why Hillary and Bill are "interchangeable", "two sides of the same coin", etc. It is just constantly stated as a fact. Hillary of course was involved in her husband's presidency. How exactly does that make her identical to him?

They are both "new Democrat" corporatists with horrible foreign policy records.

This isn't an explanation using empirical evidence of how they are identical. It's just stating an opinion as fact by including buzzwords. You forgot "neoliberal" though.

[RogueBeaver]

Developments in this most recent scandal are coming-in very rapidly.

Keep up with the latest here.

This site is well-known for its Cochran bias.

Reality is well-known for its Cochran bias.

[Joe Republic]

And in those ten years the entire Northwest sans Pennsylvania  have followed their lead, along with several others.

Not by the will of the people, though. By the will of judges legislating from the bench

I mean it's bad enough that the legislators legislated from the legislature in NH, VT, RI, NH, DE, DC, IL, MN, and HI, but the voters had to join them in ignoring the will of the people in ME, WA, and MD, and sort of MN.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

While a Sandoval/Walker ticket could cause her serious problems, it is far from the only potential nightmare ticket from her perspective.  Rubio/Portman would be pretty rough for her too.

Rubio wouldn't be a tough candidate for anyone, much less Hillary.

Because she does so well against 40-something freshman minority senators from big states.

[free my dawg]

ATTN: Cory

Please post a recently dated photograph of yourself so that we may conduct a phenotypic evaluation to determine whether you qualify for genetic amelioration.  Failure to comply within the next seven days will result in your liquidation.
 
Much love

U.S. Department of Eugenics
Southeastern Office

#rekt

[Napoleon]

The strangest thing about NYE's timeline is how TX Conservative Dem has become a devoted follower of it.

I wouldn't be surprised

Okay, what will it take for you guys to stop annoying/harassing me... I'd like to able to post in relative peace and calm..

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[Antonio the Sixth]

It's Einzige, but credit where it's due...

You. Are. A. Nitwit.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

bit long, but perfect:

The results of this poll are bad enough, but the there's this:

I'd give Democrats maybe a 55% chance of holding the Senate

Opinions don't belong here.

This whole thread is based on people's opinions of what is an "absurd, ignorant, or bad" post.

No it isn't. This whole thread is based on a near-universal consensus of what makes a post "absurd, ignorant, or bad". For instance, repeatedly alleging that a Senator won an election because of the votes of felons with no basis in fact is absurd, ignorant, and bad. Assuming that party platforms from 150 years ago bear any relevance on today's political landscape is absurd, ignorant, and bad. Saying that Democrats have about a 55% chance of holding the Senate isn't absurd, ignorant, or bad. One is a reasonable prediction based on an intelligent analysis of the Senate races that could very well turn out to be a good prediction. The other two are absurd and bad conclusions based on willful ignorance of the facts.

TL;DR: stop posting in the deluge.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Never heard the quote before, so I probably don't get the joke.

It isn't a joke you uncultured nitwit.