Wait for the entire question before you hit your buzzer.
Wait for the entire question before you hit your buzzer.
Sorry, Alex.
(Vladimir Putin)
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Not the funny- needs Sean Connery…
If you don’t find anything on this site funny, then go away,
Finding liberal hypocricy funny-sort of.
Too bad you can’t be funny in the slightest. Trolls usually aren’t, though.
His intelligence attains the grand summation of molecular motion at absolute zero.
You’re giving him too much credit. LOL
Is that anything like geological speed?
As in, “swift as a rock”?
Nope, even slower. Zero degrees Kelvin is when molecular motion stops completely.
Suck to it, Trebeck!
Call me Borack…
What’s the difference between a mallard and your mother?
Nonono, it’s:
“What’s the difference between you and a mallard with a cold? One’s a sick duck… I can’t remember how it ends, but you’re mother’s a…” etc.
Jeopardy: World Leader Edition?
That’d be funny…
I just don’t understand the obsession with Putin. Sure, he’s a powerful and ruthless world leader; which leader of such a large country isn’t? He’s not particularly evil, or visionary, or…
Granted, if I had ovaries, I might see other attributes, but my glandular bias forbids.
Maybe not visionary, but I believe he has aspirations.
Putin is ex-KGB, skilled in martial arts, loves hunting and weapons, and is reported to be cold and unemotional. In short, he is the villain of every 1980s Cold War spy thriller, in the flesh.
Easy target? Also, you don’t normally get care trolls on a Putin lol going HOW DARE YOU MAKE FUN OF PUTIN HE IS SO NOBLE AND YOU ARE ALL JUST HATERS AND I HOPE YOU DIE AND GO TO HELL11!!11!!!!!ELEBENTY!
He actually is pretty evil. Have you ever read about the Russian apartment bombings of 1999?
I’m skimming the Wiki article on it. No one loves a conspiracy theory more than me, but I have to admit there’s probably just as much evidence Putin was involved in that as there is that Bush et al knew 9/11 was coming and did nothing to stop it.
Ahem.
Of course, I *believe* in the LIHOP theory of 9/11, so maybe I should consider your point more thoroughly, and despise Putin as much as I do Bush.
I saw a very informative documentary on the subject, called Disbelief. It was very convincing, I looked at the Wiki article and it didn’t really do the subject justice.
I admit, I find the subject intriguing. I luuuvs me a good conspiracy theory. It’s kind of a hobby… ooh, while searching for a reference I found out Jonathan Vankin and John Whalen have updated their fabulous book and I can now go out and get “The 80 Greatest Conspiracies Of All Time”!
Forgetting reality for a moment and playing out the Prez knew theory, let’s say Bin Laden sent the Whitehouse a fax on 9/10 saying four planes from certain airports would be hijacked and flown into buildings the next day.
Considering that overstayed visas hadn’t been enforced in years, that it was legal to bring a boxcutter onto an airliner, and getting onto an airplane still only requires that the name on the ticket match the name on a nonsecure ID, how does one stop 9/11:
A. Before the hijackers boarded?
B. After the planes were in the air?
C. Bonus Question – What would be the blowback from taking such action?
In the words of the recently debuted Goode Family tv show, “What would Al Gore do?”
Well, according to The Times of UK:
“Mohammed Atta and three other men who hijacked aircraft on September 11, 2001 were identified by the US Government as possible members of an al-Qaeda cell more than a year before the attacks, it was reported today.
A highly classified military intelligence unit prepared a chart showing likely al-Qaeda cells in the summer of 2000, which showed the names and photographs of the four men”
The FBI warned in May 2001 that Al Qaeda intended to launch attacks in London, Boston, and New York.
George Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence for the CIA from 1997 to 2004, said after the attacks that “The system was blinking red”, and received a report in August of 2001 of suspicious arabs who wanted to learn how to fly airplanes, but not how to land or take off.
Richard Clarke, counter-terrorism coordinator of the National Security Council from 1992 to 2003, couldn’t get a meeting with anyone in the administration to discuss his warnings of an imminent terrorist attack until after 9/11.
And during the summer of 2001, Bush, Cheney, Rice, and Rumsfeld stayed out of DC, NYC, and all other metropolitan areas identified as terrorist targets.
None of this is proof of the LIHOP theory, but when you take into consideration that Bush’s first biographer, Mickey Herskowitz (sp?) claims that Bush was looking for an opportunity to take the country into war, and that on 9/12, Richard Clarke says he was called in to discuss creating links between the 9/11 attack and Iraq, I find it makes a compelling case.
Of course, I *know* it’s not proof. It’s just convincing, to me.
With at least 20 hijackers built into the plan, some still on valid visas, al-Q was covered for the loss of four or more.
Yes, there was chatter, and many applied 20/20 hindsight to make inflated claims of expertise (Clarke being the least credible) after the fact, but remember, we’re already stipulating the hypothetical fax from Bin Laden on 9/10, taking knew or didn’t know out of the equation. We’re assuming that the date, the airports and at least some of the hijackers were known ahead of time.
To make the case of “letting” it happen, there needs to be a plausible scenario for stopping it from happening once the plan entered the operational phase.
So again, how to stop 9/11 before boarding/after takeover?
Your hypothesis is meaningless since the original supposition is that Al Quaeda’s plans were known long before the operational stage. Thanks for trying to play though.
(Not that I’m convinced of the LIHOP theory, it’s just that your argument is piss poor.)
You’re a sharp cookie on this one Czern. I don’t expect everyone to believe the LIHOP theory just because the evidence is in their faces (
), but it’s nice to see you understand the argument, even if it’s not convincing for you.
Sterno seems to get bogged down in the idea that there’s any significance in whether the plan was known on 9/10/01, rather than let’s say 2/27/93. Some folks confuse easily.
The point is that some of the known 9/11 hijackers, and who knows how many in “spare” cells that weren’t activated, had no “valid” cause to be questioned, deported, jailed or whatever.
So PM, jumping to your post below, you more or less agree that there were no realistic options once the planes were in the air, right?
Your answer to the challenge, if I’m reading correctly, is that to stop 9/11, Bush (or Clinton) could/should have rounded up, detained and questioned lots of Arabic/Persian looking dudes who might have been connected to al-Q, even though most were here on valid visas and committed no crimes until they slit their first throat on the morning of 9/11, correct?
Kinda, sorta plausible, but think about the full ramifications of what you apparently suggest.
That brings us to the bonus question.
Considering how batshit people went when on 9/12, Bush did what you apparently suggest, what would have happened, what would the blowback have been if, without having the lens of 9/11 to look through, if Bush (or Clinton) had gone out and rounded up dozens/hundreds of “suspected” al-Q off the streets of America for no apparent crime?
I’m stipulating to foreknowledge of most of the plan, and not making a relative value judgment between LIHOP, MIHOP, or Couldn’tDoSquatHOP, I’m just looking to hear how your theory fully plays out, and insisting that “letting” something happen implies having a viable method for stopping it from happening in the real world.
Generally, law enforcement will pick up individuals for questioning, then pursue leads and associations that develop. Members of the FBI wanted desperately to pick up several individuals for questioning and couldn’t get warrants due to interference at higher levels. You act like we were powerless to do anything, when really it was just basic police work.
Sure, if you wait until the planes are in the air, it becomes a lot harder, but that’s the bass ackwards way of stopping the attack.
That goes to having probable cause and all that rot too. I know my neighbor is a sex offender with a rap sheet longer than my arm, but just because of that, does it make it legal or right to get the police to detain him just because I saw him watching my daughter play in the street, just like three other families were watching her as they took a walk through the neighborhood? Hindsight truly is 20/20.
*whistles and looks vaguely in the other direction*
You know, it’s really amazing how many traffic violations the average driver commits if somebody might be paying attention….
*hides lead foot*
You miss my point…if, by any chance, you are on some type of speaking terms with someone in the law enforcement area and mention that you’re uncomfortable with the sex offender down the street, it’s quite possible that they could be ticketed, detained, or otherwise inconvenienced on a regular basis, perfectly legally.
Disclaimer: Not that I’m in any way promoting or condoning harassment, of course. Not at all…
I just can’t see the justification for jumping on every single piece of chatter about the incident. From what I understand, that type of chatter is pretty much par for the course, and stopping these guys wasn’t any more likely than stopping the ones who are just talking about it.
I just can’t see us as having stopped it with the information we had without closing down the country every five minutes.
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I dunno. I’m not privy to private intelligence information that the president and his advisers have, so it’s really silly of me to even comment
Lol…froo, I’m talking about your neighborhood perv, not the hijackers.
Dammit, you’re not allowing me to use a flawed premise to prove a point! I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling lawyers!!
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What I’m trying to say is that shutting down the country or going after every single threat made against us is as silly as harassing the local sex offender down the street. I guess. I’m sure if I actually had a sex offender down the street I’d be pretty nervous
You mean you don’t have a sex offender living next door? I can’t believe anything you say anymore. It’s like I don’t even know you…
@Froo: A lot of the people involved have said since that they had adequate probable cause; it isn’t necessary to arrest these people, just pick them up for questioning. You can be questioned for up to 24 hours without any charges being brought, and the FBI uses that tool pretty frequently. Several people wanted to do just that and received orders telling them to stand down.
Just to tie a couple threads together, I don’t see how picking these guys up for questioning would be an abuse of power, but large scale warrantless wiretapping of tens of millions of Americans wouldn’t be, but that’s just me.
This caption is fail. Putin apologizes to no one.
unless to lull them into a false sense of security before deploying the buzzers of death…?
sorry, linky
Oh my, bombs for every occasion! I was sure it had to be from the UK even before I heard them speak. Either than or Saturday Night Live. Just wait, some jackas5 will try this at home and burn down his house.
Close – Australian… but I will take that as a compliment
Oh, sorry Aussies, didn’t mean to slight you, and yes Meg that was a compliment. Bombs for every occasion indeed. Still chuckling.
At least you didn’t call her a Pom.. then it would have sounded like an insult.
Ah POMs aussies we’re all mates when it comes down to the crunch (you know nothing of the crunch! ‘nother link)
I would never take a suggestion that aussie comedy is british as a slight pc, Brit comedy in many ways is the original (and the best) but we do alright
I like both British and Aussie humour. I still put The Castle or The Nugget on from time to time for a laugh. I hardly ever miss RockWiz and catch Spic & Specs when I can.
LOL! Thanks Melet.. I love GNW and try and watch as often as I can. I must have missed this one though.. it’s a same too, Adam Hills is the funniest!
Sorry, I meant Meglet.
Older GNW was better – it used to be on the ABC and much much naughtier
glad you liked it though…
Melet works, like minime?
Still, anything with Adam Hills in it is worth watching. I love the Advance Australia Fair sung to Working Man’s Blues. Classic!
*sigh* i miss old GNW it is true, but i do love spicks and specks… quality every time.
and you’re totally right eddie, Adam Hills is awesomely funny and worth a watch, and better he seems to be a genuine nice-guy. and he’s cute
We need something here in Aus that is less stupidly offensive and funnier than the chaser but more deserving of a late night slot than spicks and specks… glass house never really worked and rove is a bit meh. maybe i should start attacking my pile of unread books and stop whining about the telly
or possibly get back to uni work and stop procrastinating by commenting on blogs.
And Paul McDermott looks exactly the same as he did 10 years ago…
i believe he’s been cryogenically frozenated and subsequently thawed, but the guy can still move like nobody’s business… he used to look so funny when he was with DAAS… serious monkey boy going on there
I do have to agree with you there. “Sorry” isn’t in Putin’s vocabulary.
In Soviet Russia, answer takes the form of a question.
That’s the only Soviet Russia question I can honestly say I enjoyed.
I’m rather proud of that one myself.
*pats czernobog on the back*
It was made of win.
Which is the point of Jeopardy so Merv Griffin was a communist??!?!?!?!
Who knew?
I knew there was a reason I liked Jeopardy so much (and it wasn’t Alex Trebek, that guy’s a douche).
“Not a fan of the ladies, are you, Trebek?”
“Suck it. Suck it long, and suck it hard.”
“I forgot how the rest of it goes, but your mother’s a whore.”
“I’ll take ‘The Rapists’ for $400, Alex.”
“the penis mighter for $200″
er… **mightier**
doh
Gussy it up however you want, Trebek. What matters is does it work? Will it really mighty my penis, man?
“That’sh not what your mom shaid lasht night, Alexsh.”
My favorite was “Anal Bum Cover”.
okay, it’s the only one I remember……
I still liked the interrupted joke. “…I can’t remember how it goes, but you’re mother’s a wh0re!” He’s so mean to Alex
Your. YOUR!!!! *goes to punish self*
I saw a recent one last Saturday where Will Farrell had come back to host the show and they did a Jeopardy skit. The category was “Catch These Men” and Sean said “Catch The Semen”. Followed by, I think, “That’s not what your mom said last night.”
wut………………
…..is up?
Wutai Shan: A range of mountains in northeast China between Taiyuan and Beijing, rising to 3,507.5 m (11,500 ft).
In Soviet Russia, the buzzer hits you.
In Soviet Russia, the answer questions you.
I like this Soviet Russia joke!
I’ve mentioned this before, but I wish I had the t-shirt that was given to me a military intelligence guy. On the front it had the hammer and sickle and said University of Moscow. On the back it said “We speak Russian so you don’t have to.” It was given to me at the height of the Cold War. To bad I wore it so often it got worn out.. *sigh*
Such things were meant to wear and enjoy!
I have a friend that would love such a t-shirt. Ever thought of doing an internet search to see if you can find it or something similar?
I did in the past and came up with nothing. I’d bet CF would have some contacts though!
No way, that involves shopping, which Charlie absolutely never does. I doubt he even knows what clothing size he wears.
i’ll take things i can kill you with in this room for 1 million alex
OK that was extraordinarily funny and oh so fitting!
Although, isn’t that more of a Chuck Norris meme, though?
There’s an idea for a celebrity Jeopardy show – Putin, Chuck Norris and Sean Connery. The answers would all be tough-guy stuff. Alex T would lose control of the show faster than he did when Jon Lovitt was on the celebrity version one time.
Final jeopardy *putin screws on silencer*
It wouldn’t be the entire question if it was Jeopardy, it would be the entire answer
I thought it was funny.
What you mean “putin form of question”?
WTF Why you always make the fun of my name?
“Don’t get mad, get Vlad!”
Suck it, Trebek!
did anyone stop to think that they give answers on jeopardy…not questions….?
Yes. Several times. Read the comments.
Why, when he can make seemingly earth shattering observations that put everyone in their place?!
Too true. Too true. And did you know that Putin is evil? Srsly!!!
Didn’t you know he was a rising Broadway star? Surely you heard about his most famous musical, “Putin on the Ritz”.
And the Jonas Brothers are the ghey, Bush is dumb, and Obama is a socialist muslim (psh, right).
Teh Jonas are not teh ghey! Not when one of them shows up in a sex dream the other night………
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I am truly ashamed of myself. You know how in dreams you know people as who they are in real life, but they don’t always look like what you KNOW they look like in real life? Apparently, my subconscious thinks my husband looks like a Jonas Brother……. I am so very, very ashamed……
My sister just finished showing me this Jonas Brothers video. Link.
Poor froo! Let me spin some damage control here…
Okay, got it. You’ve been working too hard and been running the kids around and your subconscious wanted to take you back to a time when you had less worries, like a teenager having a crush on a popular singer.
How’s that?
Hmm. After a little research, I’d have to disagree with your subconscious. I don’t see the resemblance. But remember, it’s always ok to have sex dreams about inappropriate people!
I once had a dream that I had sex with Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins. And this was after he got fat, shaved his head and went all goth. Not attractive! But the dream sex was hot, go figure.
I don’t think I can spin that one for you. I had a dream that I had sex with one of my coworkers that I couldn’t stand and he was also really unattractive. Really, really bothered me.
Fu(k, that’s terrible!
Здравствуйте. Вот меня, как консультанта из Белоруси, беспокоит вопрос о отношении к нам, так сказать к тем, кто только начинает свою карьеру… Ходят слухи, что в других странах в случае праздников, консультантов поздравляют, дарят подарки, а не обходятся банальной открыткой, как это делается у нас… Ведь это же воистину и приятно и понимаешь, что тебя хоть капельку, но уважают. Расскажите, как у Вас с этим?
In Soviet Russia…. oh…. skippit.