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Wednesday Open Thread | 141 comments (141 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

this is my favorite.

Check out the detail.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 09:55:08 AM EST

i hate to be pessimistic, but i get afraider and afraider that this is what a lot more of the world is going to look like in the coming years.

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 09:58:53 AM EST
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Re: When it comes to art (4.00 / 2)

You seem to be losing your natural optimism, marco. That's not good. You're living in a land of opportunity... hope is essential for progress.

(Why am I writing this? Trying to convince myself I'd bet!)

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 10:01:32 AM EST
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Re: When it comes to art (4.00 / 5)

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 10:07:32 AM EST
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Re: When it comes to art (4.00 / 2)

What's wrong with the a "Don't Panic" towel ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 10:14:26 AM EST
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Re: When it comes to art (none / 1)

Have you seen the Dads army/MI5 colour coded terror threat level

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 10:21:21 AM EST
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OHMSS (4.00 / 4)

On Her Majesty's Semiotic Service.

Licensed to blog.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 10:14:57 AM EST
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How about this for some natural optimism (4.00 / 3)

Oh, and John McCain will win, despite what the polls may say.

Truth unfolds in time through a communal process.

by marco (cowannar at gmail punkt com) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 10:39:36 AM EST
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Re: How about this for some natural optimism (4.00 / 3)

And then he'll have a medical emergency and we'll have the first woman president: Sarah Palin!

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 10:56:51 AM EST
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Re: How about this for some natural optimism (4.00 / 2)

but sh'll look so good in mourning for the hero president who didn't survive his own election night celebration.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 at 11:00:55 AM EST
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