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  • W wizardzz

    Rahm, the mayor, is going to run for President in '16. This allows him to meet every US-friendly leader from his current lowly position of mayor.

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    Lost User
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    wizardzz wrote:

    every US-friendly leader

    All this fuss then for 2 people?

    Why is common sense not common? Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert. Sometimes it takes a lot of work to be lazy Please stand in front of my pistol, smile and wait for the flash - JSOP 2012

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      Obama Is Kenyan[^] according to the publisher of his 1991 opus.

      --------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] English League Tables - Live

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      wizardzz
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      I know, that was my joke. Here is the mainstream ABC news link. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/born-kenya-obamas-literary-agent-misidentified-birthplace-1991/story?id=16372566#.T7Zu9uvY_o9[^] and this seals it for me: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/17/Obama-pamphlet-in-use-2007[^]

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      • W wizardzz

        Obama is not a Chicagoan, he passed through here.

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        wizardzz wrote:

        he passed through here.

        ...and picked up so many of our infamous political "maneuvers".

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        • W wizardzz

          Obama is not a Chicagoan, he passed through here.

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          charlieg
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          I stand corrected, and I apologize to all true Chicagoans. :)

          Charlie Gilley You're going to tell me what I want to know, or I'm going to beat you to death in your own house. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

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          • W wizardzz

            There has been sporadic protests all week involving under 100 people at each. So far, it hasn't gotten out of hand, yet. A small group having a "Fuck the Police" march and sit in on a major street ended up trashing garbage cans and dumpsters, to which citizens responded, not the police, apparently there were some fights, an 80 y/o resident took a sucker punch to the head. There has already been reports of bags of shit thrown at conservative radio stations, the Board of Trade, and the city's municipal headquarters. If they decide to target The Mercantile Exchange, well, I'm fucked as I'm next door to it-they have set up barriers (high fences / road construction) so the only access point to the CME is shared with my building. Time for a tetanus shot and keeping a poncho in my bag (which has become a nearly weaponless bugout bag). Apparently, the bad apples are enjoying tying up police resources with bomb scares, nearly constant, on bridges, that I have to cross. Oh and a rash of brick throwing off of overpasses onto cars that started just this week. Oh well, the strangest part of this is getting used to DHS everywhere, and now I know what their vehicle's markings look like. Oh and a fucking drone, now I know what they look like flying around. I really wish I could properly communicate how weird this all is- a helicopter just buzzed my building, while a fleet of 4 just whizzed by 2 blocks away. Sunday and Monday are the big days. Sunday I will be safely tucked away from the city, surrounded by food, ammo, and loved ones. Monday, if it looks bad I'll telecommute. I would like point out that there have been arrests, and almost all of them are out of towners/ out of staters. The biggest irony, or perhaps a warning of what is to come, is that the people most in fear of what is going to happen are the people that I know that were involved in the Occupy movement last year, but have chosen to stay out this year. I feel like they know where the movement might be headed. Ok, these choppers are buzzing every few minutes now. I guess 50 15 leaders + 50 heads of states + their traveling party = a lot of shuttling from the airport. For those keeping track, here are reports from both sides. Police: http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/[^] Mainstream, which in this town is basically run by the political machine (nothing to see here, move along):

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            TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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            Sounds like "Escape from New York".

            If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
            You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun

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            • W wizardzz

              There has been sporadic protests all week involving under 100 people at each. So far, it hasn't gotten out of hand, yet. A small group having a "Fuck the Police" march and sit in on a major street ended up trashing garbage cans and dumpsters, to which citizens responded, not the police, apparently there were some fights, an 80 y/o resident took a sucker punch to the head. There has already been reports of bags of shit thrown at conservative radio stations, the Board of Trade, and the city's municipal headquarters. If they decide to target The Mercantile Exchange, well, I'm fucked as I'm next door to it-they have set up barriers (high fences / road construction) so the only access point to the CME is shared with my building. Time for a tetanus shot and keeping a poncho in my bag (which has become a nearly weaponless bugout bag). Apparently, the bad apples are enjoying tying up police resources with bomb scares, nearly constant, on bridges, that I have to cross. Oh and a rash of brick throwing off of overpasses onto cars that started just this week. Oh well, the strangest part of this is getting used to DHS everywhere, and now I know what their vehicle's markings look like. Oh and a fucking drone, now I know what they look like flying around. I really wish I could properly communicate how weird this all is- a helicopter just buzzed my building, while a fleet of 4 just whizzed by 2 blocks away. Sunday and Monday are the big days. Sunday I will be safely tucked away from the city, surrounded by food, ammo, and loved ones. Monday, if it looks bad I'll telecommute. I would like point out that there have been arrests, and almost all of them are out of towners/ out of staters. The biggest irony, or perhaps a warning of what is to come, is that the people most in fear of what is going to happen are the people that I know that were involved in the Occupy movement last year, but have chosen to stay out this year. I feel like they know where the movement might be headed. Ok, these choppers are buzzing every few minutes now. I guess 50 15 leaders + 50 heads of states + their traveling party = a lot of shuttling from the airport. For those keeping track, here are reports from both sides. Police: http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/[^] Mainstream, which in this town is basically run by the political machine (nothing to see here, move along):

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              Chris Maunder
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              To allow full political discourse, and to allow regular programming to resume on The Lounge, I've moved this to the more appropriate Soapbox.

              cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                To allow full political discourse, and to allow regular programming to resume on The Lounge, I've moved this to the more appropriate Soapbox.

                cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                wizardzz
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                Censorship!@@!@ ;)

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                • W wizardzz

                  Actualy... We are shooting a shortfilm this weekend for an international contest. Might use some of this as backdrop.

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                  GenJerDan
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                  Did you make a decision on the NLE?

                  No dogs or cats are in the classroom. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                    Did you make a decision on the NLE?

                    No dogs or cats are in the classroom. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                    wizardzz
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                    No, I haven't purchased anything yet and I'm keeping my hands out of the editing for this run. If worse comes to worse we will use free trials for now. What was the one you advocated? One more thing to worry about is scoring, I have instruments and can play, but would like to score in real time.

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                    • W wizardzz

                      No, I haven't purchased anything yet and I'm keeping my hands out of the editing for this run. If worse comes to worse we will use free trials for now. What was the one you advocated? One more thing to worry about is scoring, I have instruments and can play, but would like to score in real time.

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                      GenJerDan
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                      Vegas. Which started out life as an audio recorder/editor, oddly enough. :p As far as I know it still does multitrack recording, but haven't used it for such, so have nothing to say about ease/quality. No matter what recorder/editor you use, you'd nee da multi-input card of some sort. (I have the M-Audio Delta 1010LT and like it well enough, though I've never used more than one input at a time. 8 unbal inputs (RCA) + 2 bal mic/line inputs (XLR))

                      No dogs or cats are in the classroom. My Mu[sic] My Films My Windows Programs, etc.

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                      • W wizardzz

                        Censorship!@@!@ ;)

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                        Chris Maunder
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                        10 points for naming the quote

                        Quote:

                        Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw him, Didn't you?

                        cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                          10 points for naming the quote

                          Quote:

                          Oh, what a giveaway! Did you hear that? Did you hear that, eh? That's what I'm on about! Did you see him repressing me? You saw him, Didn't you?

                          cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                          wizardzz
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                          Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

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                          • W wizardzz

                            Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

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                            Keith Barrow
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                            I think some watery tart threw a sword at him. I only came here to see the violence inherent in the system :sigh:

                            Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
                            -Or-
                            A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                              To allow full political discourse, and to allow regular programming to resume on The Lounge, I've moved this to the more appropriate Soapbox.

                              cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                              Julien Villers
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                              Chris Maunder wrote:

                              to allow regular programming questions to resume on The Lounge

                              FTFY :D

                              'As programmers go, I'm fairly social. Which still means I'm a borderline sociopath by normal standards.' Jeff Atwood 'I'm French! Why do you think I've got this outrrrrageous accent?' Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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                              • K Keith Barrow

                                I think some watery tart threw a sword at him. I only came here to see the violence inherent in the system :sigh:

                                Sort of a cross between Lawrence of Arabia and Dilbert.[^]
                                -Or-
                                A Dead ringer for Kate Winslett[^]

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                                Grindorin
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                                "It's only a flesh wound" FTW ;P

                                Semper Fidelis

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