Houshphandzadeh wrote:Men in Black 3

Pretty sure Men in Black II or MIIB if you prefer was the worst movie I've ever seen in theaters.

That was the first movie I went to with my high school girlfriend where we just made out the whole time and didn't watch any of the movie

Houshphandzadeh wrote:

got mad weapons

aint tryin to hear that

you dont wanna see my hand where my hip be at


he was the only rapper my mom didnt mind me listening to. parents DO understand.

Asked for Big Willie Style for Christmas one year and my dad refused to let us have it

no philly pride for your dad

jerseyhoya wrote:That was Wednesday though

I've been too busy to catch up with things every day. I also thought it was very strange that it wasn't mentioned since NJ politics and fiscal stuff often comes up and Christie is a possible future POTUS candidate.

pacino wrote:Ive decided to ignore anything president obama says during the campaign season since there's no reason to think he'll back it up with being strong or with action. I'm just going to judge him on results; imagine that. Ill still have to vote for him but he's not getting my money this time.

I ddint remember voting for a republican.

Who'd have thought consistently going out of your way to shit on your "base" might have a demotivating effect?

isnt ny in the financial crapper? what's he going to run on?

pacino wrote:isnt ny in the financial crapper? what's he going to run on?

I haven't the foggiest. He's the Chauncey Gardiner of recent American politics. I guess if he can be said to have a political identity, it's probably similar to Huntsman's.

Looks like it's all over bar the inevitable infighting in Libya. Saif al Islam detained and due to stand before ICC soon. African Union may be offering gadaffi a place in exile.

the whole mediterranean is becoming freer and freer. i love it

Anybody else think Huntsman might leave the Republicans and run as an independent?

He's clearly not crapping himself in fear of Limbaugh and Norquist. He already can claim pretty plausibly to have put country over party by virtue of his most recent job. There's a ton of money sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone who "understands business" in some way other than donning kneepads for it. And there's a vast space in the center of the electorate by virtue of the Republicans' endless rightward lurch and the damage to Obama's credibility as a leader.

I honestly think if he announced in December that he was going indy, he'd be leading the polls by March, and even could win.

pacino wrote:the whole mediterranean is becoming freer and freer. i love it

did you miss the bit where egypt is still under the control of a military government who have been resisting all calls for further change and only put mubarak on trial when it all nearly kicked off again?

Peace comes dropping slow.

im more looking at the long-term. i think italy will finally be free of berlusconi soon enough, which can only be good

Monkeyboy wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:That was Wednesday though

I've been too busy to catch up with things every day. I also thought it was very strange that it wasn't mentioned since NJ politics and fiscal stuff often comes up and Christie is a possible future POTUS candidate.

I thought "poor New Jersey" was probably referring to the big toll hikes on the Hudson River crossings which were agreed to on Thursday, but I guess I was wrong and PiP is better at reading minds than I am.

Fitch was the third of the three ratings agencies to downgrade New Jersey's debt this year. I didn't think it was very strange that no one noted it in this thread when S&P and Moody's downgraded the debt in February and April. I didn't think it was very strange that no one noted it in the first 24 hours this time either. New Jersey has a lot of debt and unfunded liabilities, more than just about every other state in the country. Christie has done a good bit to rein in some of the future liabilities and the present growth of spending, but hasn't been able to contribute enough to the pension fund in the state budget. The state has done a lot to get its fiscal house in order in the past two years, but it still needs to do more.

dajafi wrote:Anybody else think Huntsman might leave the Republicans and run as an independent?

He's clearly not crapping himself in fear of Limbaugh and Norquist. He already can claim pretty plausibly to have put country over party by virtue of his most recent job. There's a ton of money sitting on the sidelines waiting for someone who "understands business" in some way other than donning kneepads for it. And there's a vast space in the center of the electorate by virtue of the Republicans' endless rightward lurch and the damage to Obama's credibility as a leader.

I honestly think if he announced in December that he was going indy, he'd be leading the polls by March, and even could win.

Not unless he's convinced the nominee will be Bachmann or Palin (or Perry if he hates him too). Or if he wants to try and help Obama get reelected (which I guess is possible, but I don't think its likely).

Wizlah wrote:Looks like it's all over bar the inevitable infighting in Libya. Saif al Islam detained and due to stand before ICC soon. African Union may be offering gadaffi a place in exile.

I wonder if Strong Democracy author Ben Barber will continue to defend his former paymaster now that he has no money.