Jack Mangans Deadpan Unshow MMMMMM 49
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Deadpan mmmmmmeetup was last weekend. Lots of fun was to be had.
Thanks to all
(Dammit dammit dammit. Sorry, Randall.)
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Greasy Nipples:
Vanamonde (first comment of the week)
Cj
Lejon from Chandler
reaper
Lejon from Chandler
Ed From Texas
Ed From Texas
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Any advocate for nuclear power should be forced to live near a nuclear dump and feed their kids milk every day from local cows.
But seriously one of the the biggest problems with nuclear power is the highly radioactive waste generated and the NIMBY attitude by the general public.
As for energy, justa J0e makes an excellent point. In most of these discussions, it becomes a false dichotomy between nuclear and coal.
I can say that I was all for nuclear energy. Seemed to me to be a no-brainer. This guy does a really, really fantastic job of breaking down nuclear energy. If memory serves, it’s roughly 35 minutes or so.
http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr0521.mp3
Vanamonde: Indeed. The guy that does the above podcast episode lives near a power plant, and is therefore very motivated to learn about it. A take you don’t often hear.
I do recall reading somewhere that there could potentially be a way to utilize radioactive waste, but that seems to have gone the way of the flying car or Duke Nuke ‘em Forever.
Well said, Null.
And ok, sorry to go all political again. . . forget how you classify yourself, how you feel about Obama or any political party. . . . I think this shows what a pathetic, petty bunch you have representing the Republican party right now (assuming it’s true):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/gop-senators-refusing-to_n_511639.html?ref=fb&src=sp
How is that in the best interest of the country? Is this who we have to provide checks and balances for the Democrats? bah.
jack: Best interest of who? Screw that, it’s all a pissing contest now.
Pissing contest? You’re soaking in it!
OK, I will say nothing further political today, unless directly asked. It’s Bill Paxton Pinball for me, or nothing else.
We haven’t even covered The Gays yet, Jack. You can’t quit political now!
Jack, the funny thing is the less government does the happier I am with it. if they are not working they are not raising my taxes.
I have a gay story I will tell later. And involves politics and health care! The Trifecta!
Oh EssBee. I can’t hear you; I just hit the ball into the Twister ramp.
The nice thing about not being from this country is that I have not been indoctrinated in any of the party hyperbole. I’m neither conservative nor liberal. I am conservative on some issues, liberal on others.
One of the worst things to happen to this country was the acceptance of a two party system. It polarizes *all* debates. Every issue has to be divided into polar opposites: yes or no; us or them; I win, you lose. It’s idiotic since most issues can’t be dealt with in that way.
The only people that win in this kind of system are the politicians, lawyers, and lobbyists.
CP: Kingdom Come — Coldplay
ditto: You’ve been full of pith recently.
Dang. I hope that washes out.
CP: Brick Shithouse — Placebo
Wise words, ditto.
Van: Waste is no longer disposed of like it was many many decades ago. There are no more 55 gallon drums of waste being dropped off in people’s neighborhoods and a multi-billion dollar facility was built to store this waste in the middle of the dessert miles underground.
I say we switch this all to the fun topic of God instead. Make believe deities are far more entertaining :)
DAMN! da-damn damn!
and piss. :)
Thanks. It just makes me cranky.
JR: I still wouldn’t want to drink the milk, echoing Van.
CP: Partytime — Missy Elliott
Oh PU-LEEEESE Jack. Dontchu know its much more important to fume over Biden’s F-bomb than to take notice of Senator’s that arent working? Dontchu know!
So says Fox News and so I believe it.
CP: Your Racist Friend — They Might Be Giants
I thought the second offensive joke in Evo@11 was pretty funny. :)
CP: Another Man — John Mayall
CP: Deeper Well – The Wailin’ Jennys
Now this is a good laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZm47SrmuwM
Fuck everything else!!!!! THIS!!!!!!! http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/03/gladiators-vs-werewolves-ooh-wha-ah-ah-ah
I hope the werewolves win Lo.
Here is the bottom line on my opposition to Nuclear Power plants.
There is not one thing man has ever constructed that has not failed at some point.
There is not one piece of complicated “whatever” that is operated by humans … that humans haven’t eventual had “catastrophic failure” due to “operator error”.
Yes, Nuclear power is much safer than it has ever been but anyone who thinks one of these plants won’t eventually have a catastrophic failure is living in a world of fantasy and denial.
Everything, be it elevators or aircraft or breakfast cereals – at some point can (and have) go very badly.
So we do “loss/benefit assessments” and determine what we’re willing to give up for the upside. For fast transportation we are willing to give up a 100 or so lives lost every few years.
Hydro-electric power – maybe a hundred families lose their property forever and when a dam fails may a few dozen people are killed.
Coal power – well, up till now we are willing to sacrifice a dozen or so minors a year and few thousand black lung/cancer deaths spread through out the mining communities and those living down wind of plants … but spread over many many decades.
When a Nuclear power plant goes catastrophically wrong though … have any of you REALLY thought about what THAT loss will entail. I’m not even talking about the dozen employees who might die nearly emediatly. I think we’re more then willing to risk “red shirts” for “clean power”. Hey, even the families in the emediate area who may suffer long term illness and death. We are all willing to say “tough luck” to them in exchange for clean power …
What no one wants to talk about is the crippling effect to the nation’s economy when 300,000 and up (some of these plants are located quite near major US cities) taxpayers are suddenly turned into refugees.
Do you remember how it disrupted things when a half million people were dislocated from the gulf coast for a few weeks following Katrina?
Well this won’t be a few weeks. It will be permanent. They leave home with little or nothing and since their homes and property lay within the plume … they have No jobs and NO collateral for loans.
So that’s my beef. I don’t see Nuclear power as being any more likely to fail than a commercial airliner … but one eventually will and the cost to this country will be devastating.
I think anyone who just shrugs that off is being exactly like those who were told the the levees in N.O. couldn’t withstand a major Hurricane and ignored it as something that could only possibly happen someday.
it’s just a check our nation couldn’t cover.
CP: The Whole Night Sky – Christine Collister
Yeah I know it’s a Bruce Coburn song, but I love CC’s cover..made me a fan of hers.
I don’t know Christine Collister, Van.
JOe, I agree, agree, agree.
Van: I’ll have to check that out.
For the record: I’m not reading any more rants today. I’m going to have fun and enjoy myself.
That is all.
*Mutltey laugh*
Fail on Lo!!!
*MUTTLEY laugh*
ditto ditto.
ditto: Thanks for the detailed explanation. :)
GRR. RANT.
Let’s go get beer, Lo Pan!
Sorry EssBee… I cant read that
*Muttley laugh*
Fuckin A ditto… please?!?!?! Ill fly there if I have to. Tho Denver is lovely right now if you come here ;)
*Muttley laugh* (blame Van for reminding me of that*
CP: 29 Ways (To My Baby’s Door) – Robert Palmer
CP: Ace of Spades – Motorhead
I think theres a film called “69 Ways (To My Baby’s Back Door) but I could be wrong.
I think I will respond to things today using Twisted Sister lyrics.
Lo Pan: I would rather be in Denver right now, trust me. :)
CP: The Book of Love – Tracey Thorn
The great thing bout these storms is I got the whole day off of work.. then by 10am its clear and awesome out there. Yeah Spring-ish storms!
L Pn, Y r drty
ditto you better and you should!!!!!!
,m drty lrght.
wait since y is sometimes a vowel do we have to cut that out too?
ditto lets have a conversation using only Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot lyrics. Include a smattering of W.A.S.P FTW
ditto: “I thought the second offensive joke in Evo@11 was pretty funny. :)” – Agreed :)
As for nuclear power… you’re right. Progress sucks. Let’s go be Amish :)
Amish butts drive me nuts.
CP: I Don’T Want To Talk About It – Everything But the Girl.
I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF WRONG OR RIGHT
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
I JUST CAN’T SEEM TO GET THROUGH TO YOU
ditto, you’re an SMF.
Will you read a rant about having fun?
Alas the only WASP I recognise is from Stingray.
I’ll get my coat.
all caps = screaming hair
CP: Echo Beach – Martha and the Muffins
CP: Ghost Town – The Specials
Jack: “Go! Go, go, go, go, go!
Turn the power up
I’ve waited for so long so I could hear my favorite song so,
Let’s go!”
I think you are being incredibly disingenuous and belittling if you are saying that my POV is somehow “anti progress”.
Did I say we shouldn’t have elevators and aircraft and breakfast cereals?
I said we analyze gains vs. loss and in the case of Nuclear power the possible loss is not worth the possible benefits.
BTW: I will point out that I started this day by posting some delightful light and fun links. Really. I did.
Whos belittling who what where?
CP: Night Time Is The Right Time — Ray Charles
Van I have your coat.
“Oh it’s the price we gotta pay
And all the games we gotta play
Makes me wonder
if it’s worth it to carry on”
Erm..
“Bang your head.”
Colorado = awesome
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/03/apparently_the_klingon_code_of_honor_allows_for_kn.php
CP: I WOuldn’t Believe Your Radio – Stereophonics
I mean no ill will. To me, Nuclear power is safe, clean, efficient and has been proven safe for nearly 50 years. Coal power has claimed lives, destroyed the environment (via Global Warming, Global Climate Change, etc) and is highly inefficient and we need a viable alternative. I can do nothing about how you feel or what you believe and I wouldn’t seek to do so. We all have opinions.
I’m just trying to get out of the conversation and save bad feelings. Hence the ‘god’ joke and the Amish comment.
On that note, I need to re-watch The Wall and prepare to talk to Jack about Floyd. That’ll be far more fun.
Joe, you rock as a person even if we don’t agree on power :) That’s what makes the U.S. a great place to live and the Deadpan a great place to hang out. no hard feelings. Let’s go back to lighter topics.
CP: CLint Eastwood – Gorillaz
*exit stage left*
For me, Deadpan has felt a little intense this week. That’s not a judgment, just an observation.
A great friend of mine has a theory that has helped me a lot as I have worked hard on my sobriety. It’s had broader implications for me recently. The theory is that everyone is doing the best that he/she can. I buy it.
CP: Atonement — Lucinda Williams
CP: Connection – Elastica
I wanna Rock!
CP: Happiness — The Weepies
Ok, does anybody know what song the line:
“Don’t ask me what I think of you, I might not give you answers that you want me to.”
comes from?
Got it:
Oh Well – Fleetwood Mac
Van: Oh Well — Fleetwood Mac
Which is currently CPing.
Agreed. Thanks for pointing this out, EssBee.
These are tumultuous political times, with the government taking big risky steps and radical forces getting far too much attention in the news, issuing unfunny threats and overblown doomsday predictions at the stability of our way of life. We’re all entitled to feel a little bit freaked out right now.
This is a great place for smart, rational people to have smart, rational discussions, but it’s also always been a place of stress-escape too.
Everyone:
Deep inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 7, release slowly for 8. (Don’t keep doing this or you’ll pass out)
Whether it’s Peter Green or Lindsay Buckingham, that’s a great song, Van.
*thud*
ditto, what do you wanna do with your life?
CP: Ballroom Blitz – Sweet
CP: Me, Myself, and I – L7
CP: Romeo and Juliet – Dire Straits
Chick Rock
A – Aimee Mann
B – The Be Good Tanyas
C – we’ll come back to C
D – Dixie Chicks (I know “rock?”)
E – Erykah Badu
F – Foxy Brown (officially no longer “rock” still chicks, though)
G – Gloria Estefan
H – coming back to H
I – Indigo Girls
J – Janis Joplin
K – KT Tunstall
L – L7
M – M.I.A.
N – Natalie Merchant
Next time I’ll remember… type up big post… take a deep breath… come back 5 minutes later… change the post to FUCK!… and let it be. :) Conflicting opinions usually end up butting heads and I never intended to do that.
I keep typing more and more and deleting it. I need to relax :)
FUCK!
I feel much better now. Joe! I love you man!
O – …
P – Pink
Q – Queen Latifah
R – . . .
S – Sleater-Kinney
T – Tegan & Sara
U – Ulali (obscure?)
V – (female members of) The Velvet Underground
W – . . ..
CP: Romeo and Juliet – Matt Nathanson
X – …
Y – Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs (Karen)
Z – …
1,009
CP: Don’t Stop Believing – Journey
There was a female member of X.
W – Wham? (sorry sorry)
C- Kim Carnes?
I think the J0e/JR discussion was intense, but not hostile.
CP: Without A Leg To Stand On — Buckingham Nicks
Wham! I KNEW someone was gonna bring up The Gays today. Dammit, Jack.
CP: Keep on Loving You – REO Speedwagon
Right, off to play some Perfect Dark on the 360..that’s the redo of the N64 version.
Have fun, Van! I’ll grab that you-know-what tonight and will send you a message when I do it.
CC(ooking): pork fried rice
Man, you kids have been rocking the bar today.
Van, you’ll appreciate this:
I clicked your link to see ZP savage Bad Company 2….
…the 15 second ad that ran before the review – Bad Company 2.
Bet they really got their money’s worth out of that one.
That was a long gap between you-know-what and pork fried rice.
So – I’m heading home to look at options for tonight’s show, but I actually have almost nothing in the way of audio files. I have some stuff I can read, but it may be a short episode. We’ll see.
This is as intense as I can muster for today:
http://epicwinftw.com/2010/03/24/epic-win-photos-this-is-epic/
I guess I’ll hold off on my story, then.
Yeah, I <3 my shift key, ya'll!
That is epic!
Ed, why are you trying to stir up trouble with that pic??
Jack: Perhaps I can find you in Skype and we’ll make comedy gold :)
If’n youll allow me to finish off your list, EssBee-
C- Cat Power
H- Hooverphonic
O-Otep
R- Rosemary Clooney (fuck you, she rocks)
W- Wata
X- X-Ray Spex
Z- Zen Dog
Admittedly I had to look up “Z”. Ah well… not bad still. Musac lists am fun.
Punk with a bit of twang. I like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TALGmlQnDM&feature=player_embedded#
Weird video.
reaper and I are different.
Dark Knight is the only movie I’ve seen in the theater twice.
Jack, please say something political? Please?!
Van & EssBee – I wouldn’t drink the milk, regardless. My boobs are already big enough, thank ye kindly.
3 out of 5 parts of the Deadpan MMMMMeetup audio that I recorded will be uploaded by the end of tonight. I’m too tired to sit and wait for the other two parts to upload, so I’m going to bed. Night, Pan!
Does Ace of Base have a song called Motorhead? ‘Cuz that’d be funny.
Have finally caught up… just in time to still be behind again…
So, here goes:
I’m all about the global nuclear warming trend that Wierd Al has prevented by refusing to allow committees to stay engaged on capital hill with his overt Darth Vader balloon homage to Zardoz in the night skies preventing Lost by snowing down on Colorado.
Perhaps I skimmed a bit too quickly.
I wonder if i’ll have the last post before the new ep goes up…. then I will have had firsties… and lasties…
Nah… I’m not that lucky
Almost there…..
In the meantime:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/3YPX5CL
Well, I’m in no hurry.
Posted!