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Post by djAdvocate on Dec 3, 2014 21:58:44 GMT -5
i can't remember the name of the game show, now. sorry if my cultural reference was too obscure. Jeopardy?
thanks, GEL. i have not watched TV in almost 20 years now. the memories are starting to fade. and to that, i say, AMEN.
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Post by billisonboard on Dec 3, 2014 21:58:56 GMT -5
i can't remember the name of the game show, now. sorry if my cultural reference was too obscure. Jeopardy?
It wouldn't be that accurately.
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Post by billisonboard on Dec 3, 2014 22:00:07 GMT -5
It is the substance, not the style, that is unclear. whatever. nothing is more painful than having to explain a joke, bro. Oh, it was a joke.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 3, 2014 22:01:40 GMT -5
It wouldn't be that accurately. I understood it. What can I say? My mind works in mysterious ways and most times it's a mystery to me also.
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Post by billisonboard on Dec 3, 2014 22:05:22 GMT -5
It wouldn't be that accurately. I understood it. What can I say? My mind works in mysterious ways and most times it's a mystery to me also. Yeah, when I first saw it I thought it was like Jeopardy but I focused on maybe it was an attempt to make a valid point. Didn't realize it was just a joke.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 3, 2014 22:06:29 GMT -5
I wonder if Alex Trebek is really smart or if he's just fed lines.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Dec 3, 2014 22:21:49 GMT -5
After reading the answers to the questions for a couple of decades now, he has to have retained some of that knowledge.
He is quite an intelligent man, after all.
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Post by billisonboard on Dec 3, 2014 22:38:26 GMT -5
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He is quite an intelligent man, after all. Wait a minute. Trebek graduated from Lisgar Collegiate Institute in 1957 before graduating from Toronto's Malvern Collegiate Institute in 1958, and later the University of Ottawa with a degree in philosophy in 1961. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Trebek#Early_life Major in Philosophy? YM'ers would question his intelligence.
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Post by EVT1 on Dec 3, 2014 22:43:49 GMT -5
Trebek is no dumbass- but I doubt he would be a Jeopardy champion.
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Post by zibazinski on Dec 3, 2014 22:48:39 GMT -5
Think of the time he graduated. He got a good education when you went to college to expand your knowledge. I bet he's smart.
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Post by djAdvocate on Dec 3, 2014 22:52:04 GMT -5
It wouldn't be that accurately. I understood it. What can I say? My mind works in mysterious ways and most times it's a mystery to me also. might be why we get along ok.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 3, 2014 22:59:31 GMT -5
Trebek is no dumbass- but I doubt he would be a Jeopardy champion. lol...then Trebek and I have something in common! I wouldn't ever be one either.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 3, 2014 23:01:34 GMT -5
I understood it. What can I say? My mind works in mysterious ways and most times it's a mystery to me also. might be why we get along ok. Great minds.... You, me and Trebek.
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Post by Green Eyed Lady on Dec 3, 2014 23:03:26 GMT -5
My mind is telling me right now that it's just a matter of time before somebody gets pissed that we are off topic.
I'll take "Blame GEL" for 200, Alex.
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Post by truthbound on Dec 4, 2014 7:17:02 GMT -5
Five seconds? Bless your heart. The cop came out of the door shooting. Just to clarify, I said "car enters the frame" and "kid hits the ground". Those are clearly observable on the video. The video, without sound, does not show "shooting". That being clarified, I do not disagree with your assessment. No sound is necessary. The video shoes what happened. Car arrives. Door opens. Flashes occur. Kid goes down.
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Post by djAdvocate on Dec 4, 2014 10:59:29 GMT -5
quite excellent, and quite succinct. here is half of it: Except, of course, that privilege is not a direct function of income or education. The inability — or, more aptly, the unwillingness — of Mr. Reilly and others of his ilk to get this, to understand what privilege is and how it works, is an ongoing source of exasperation for your humble correspondent. The good news is, O’Reilly and his ilk can now educate themselves for the price of a couple mouse clicks.
With the first click, they should play video of Joseph Houseman, a 63-year-old white man who, back in May, stood with a rifle on a street in Kalamazoo. When police arrived, he refused to identify himself, grabbed his crotch, flipped them the bird and cursed. They talked him down in an encounter that lasted 40 minutes. Houseman was not arrested. The next day, he got his gun back.
With the second click, O’Reilly should play video of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy who, last month, was playing with a realistic-looking toy gun in a Cleveland park. When police arrived, an officer jumped out of the car and shot him at point-blank range. There was no talking him down. Indeed, the entire encounter, from arrival to mortal wounds, took about two seconds. Read more here: www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article4249431.html#storylink=cpy
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Dec 5, 2014 15:19:14 GMT -5
Cop was "immature": Records from the Independence Police Department obtained by CNN include comments from a supervisor detailing what they called "a pattern of lack of maturity, indiscretion and not following instructions," a "dangerous loss of composure during live range training" and an "inability to manage personal stress." "I do not believe time, nor training, will be able to change or correct these deficiencies," Independence Deputy Chief Jim Polak wrote in a November 2012 memo. www.cnn.com/2014/12/04/justice/cleveland-police-officer-timothy-loehmann/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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Post by djAdvocate on Dec 5, 2014 17:48:33 GMT -5
Cop was "immature": Records from the Independence Police Department obtained by CNN include comments from a supervisor detailing what they called "a pattern of lack of maturity, indiscretion and not following instructions," a "dangerous loss of composure during live range training" and an "inability to manage personal stress." " I do not believe time, nor training, will be able to change or correct these deficiencies," Independence Deputy Chief Jim Polak wrote in a November 2012 memo. www.cnn.com/2014/12/04/justice/cleveland-police-officer-timothy-loehmann/index.html?hpt=hp_t2sounds like more than immaturity to me. sounds like a personality problem.
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