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[ratboycom]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Maybe... I'm still under the impression that the entire "Federal State of Emergency" exercise was staged by FEMA to inure people to living in a police state. I mean, how suspicious is it that the 30 or 40 "anarchists" flew in from Oregon the day before, were allowed to cause property destruction throughout the downtown corridor by the local, state, and federal authorities on hand, without a hand being raised and comprised exactly 0% of the 600 people arrested (in what was later to be ruled a violation of their 4th Amendment rights) These same well known protesters, were allowed to fly into Washington DC, where they were allowed to start a similar problem unhindered by law enforcement during the WTO/World Bank meetings in 2000.

This of course, while peaceful demonstraters were being gassed, shot at, beaten, and arrested and taken to a FEMA internment camp at Sand Point where they were denied access to lawyers for over a week. The city instituted a 50 block "no protest zone" where if you were doing anything as minor as wearing a sticker, pin, gas mask, or verbally protesting or assembling, you were gassed, pepper sprayed, beaten, beanbagged, handcuffed, and taken away. This went on for a week or more.

My personal favorite WTO moment happened the day after the riots though, when a phalanx of heavily armed riot cops and armored personnel carriers drive through a largely residential neighborhood filled with college kids, bohemian artist types, and most of Seattle's gay and lesbian community, tear gassing and shooting rubber bullets at anyone they can see, driving them away from their homes and businesses because they "appeared to be protesting".

A particularly poignant moment was when a lady who was driving her car, turned the corner, only to be faced by 20 riot cops with tear gas grenade launchers and long nightsticks. She stopped, unsure of what to do. One officer tapped on her window acting like he was going to tell her something, so she rolled down her window to ask what was going on, and he decided to open up a fire extinguisher sized bottle of pepper spray point blank in her face.

I remember that lady getting sprayed (didnt king 5 or somebody catch video of it?). Pretty fucked, all of it. I really wish I was old enough to go protest, one of my HS teachers was there/arrested for protesting. He had some stories, man.

 

[Homme]

This is how the US Army recruits ?

 

[StreetLaw]

Sick wiffle baller:

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

That was great. I watched a bit of that game.

Plus, I have some sort of strange attraction to Team USA's goalkeeper Hope Solo. She (like many other female athletes) has a tendency to look mannish on occasion. But even then, she's like a hot man, with boobs. Which makes me a little confused.

Anyways... I think she's pretty hot. And she lives in Seattle!

Oh, holy cow! She looks a bit like Sina Schielke, (German Sprinter) in her younger days. Which is to say they both are quite hot.

(Insert lame joke about trying to score on her)

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by Thomas

Oh, holy cow! She looks a bit like Sina Schielke, (German Sprinter) in her younger days. Which is to say they both are quite hot.

(Insert lame joke about trying to score on her)

Are you kidding me? Hope Solo?

What a name... Parents must have been Star Wars fans...

Anyway, here's a good performce of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Mikhail Pletnev.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90MuP...elated&search=

The other parts are there also in the associated videos.

A really beautiful performce of O mio babbino caro given by Maria Callas:



nice performance by netrebko; great acting and great singing:

 

[Connemara]

completely ridiculous Japanese pitcher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzpoj...elated&search=

 

[JetBlast]

Anyway, here's a good performce of Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Mikhail Pletnev.

Absolutely unbelievable. That has to be up there with Wagner's Adagio for Strings as one of the most sublime pieces of music ever written.

JB

 

[Saucemaster]

Originally Posted by JetBlast

Absolutely unbelievable. That has to be up there with Wagner's Adagio for Strings as one of the most sublime pieces of music ever written. JB
Uh... do you mean Barber, or are you talking about the Adagio for Clarinet and Strings (which, IIRC, wasn't actually written by Wagner)? Or is this a Wagner piece I'm unfamiliar with or have forgotten?

 

[Eason]

Cerebral Lawlsey

 

[GQgeek]

football bloopers and a gay referee:

ronaladhino doing some crazy-ass ****:

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by Eason

Cerebral Lawlsey

I IZ IN UR PARTY, EATING UR CUPCAKES

 

[Reggs]

Kevin Everett moves his arms and legs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Kmj...p%3Ft%3D508210

 

[Violinist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXf3w...elated&search=

This is outrageously funny.

 

[graphix]

3.14 Apple Pi

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1777870

 

[Manny Calavera]

This is really old and has probably been posted but...Bush being a ******* idiot: