The Gods are angry in Iraq 4/25/2005 (788 hits)
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Submitted by Axolotl (View user info) at 2008-02-07 09:30:15 EST
At the bottom of this post is the series of pictures referenced by the title of the post. Here are some random links to relieve boredom in your day.
http://www.areweatwarwithiran.com/ - Answers if we are at war with Iran or not.
http://www.philosophicalmisadventures.com/ - The mistakes, issues, and flaws of major philosophers, such as racism, misogyny, and assumptions.
http://www.bobbyneeladams.com/age.html - Pictures of the same person at two different ages, melded together.
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/30593810.html - A craiglist post of the following:
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I chased you for 12 years around the world, and I still can't find you - m4w
Date: 2004-05-07, 2:06AM PDT
When I met you in 1990, you said that you'd marry the man who'd follow you around the world. We were just sophomores in high school, so I didn't know what to think. I thought it was just some school girl romantic fantasy. All I knew was that you were the girl for me. We were only 15 years old, but I had this feeling that you'd play a major role in my life. After we graduated from Aragon High School in San Mateo, you revealed to me that you were accepted to Berkeley, but you wanted to go to Germany for college. Remember that night we spent ice skating at Fashion Island? You said that you loved me, but you had to cut off all ties with to be able to move on. That was the last time I ever saw you. I said I'd wait for you, but you told me not to and to just move on...but I remember what you said sophomore year.
You were accepted at the University of Tübingen, Berlin. I left home for Berlin. For 4 years I looked for you. You made the impact you always did in Berlin. People heard of you, but didn't know where you were. Nobody helped me. I wasn't good enough for Tübingen, so I attended Technische Universität Berlin where I earned a degree. I am now fluent in German, a language I never intended to learn. After graduation, I returned to San Mateo thinking you returned as well. I called your mother on the summer after you graduated, she said you had left for grad school in Tokyo. I left again, this time, to Tokyo. Auf Wiedersehen.
Your father said you are studying business at Keio University in Tokyo. I looked all over Tokyo for you. From the morning rush at Shinjuku Station, to the last train on the Tozai-line bound for Nakano. You were never found. To make ends meet, I got a job at NOVA, then in 1998 I got a real job at DoCoMo. I fell in love with Japan and its culture. I learned the language, and I am now fluent. Another language I never intended to learn. I went to the graduate office at Keio University's school of business seeing if you were set to graduate. There you were, on the list. I was denied entry to the ceremony since I had no tie to anyone graduating. That was the closest I had ever come to seeing you since grad night back in high school. Two months after graduation, I resigned from DoCoMo. I recieved an email from your cousin (You know, Jerry's ex-girlfriend) saying you had gotten a job in Hong Kong. I left my friends, my job, my home, my fiance, and everything Tokyo gave me to search for you. I'm so sorry Mizuki. Kima wa itsumo kokoro no naka ni iru.
It was 1999, and I had just arrived in Hong Kong, and so did you. Six months later, I found out you had left Hong Kong because you didn't enjoy your new job. From Causeway Bay to Kowloon, there were traces of you, but never the real entity. Your father told me you went to India for training for a tech company, then were to be set up in London. I don't know if I searched for you for no reason, but then again, my searches have always been fruitless. I went to Seoul to take up a lucrative job offer at one of LG's sister companies, Hiplaza, Inc.
In late 1999, I had already been established in Korea. I worked for Hiplaza, then 3 years later, LG. For the first time, I was free of the feeling of having to look for you. I was in a place I knew you weren't It was like a dream. A world without you. The dream ended 3 months ago when I left LG. Now the curse of your existence has returned. An nyonghi jumuship siyo.
I'm now back in San Mateo. I haven't been here in the bay area since 1996. All my high school friends are either married, dead, or gone without a trace. I have nobody here but my dysfuctional family. Your brother said last month that you're still in London and will return to the bay area permanently this summer. I chased you around the world for 12 years, learned 3 languages, made quite an amount of money, just to meet you in the town where it all began. Fashion ISland isn't even there anymore, but the ice skating rink is still there.
I'm not German, I'm not Japanese, and I am not Korean, but I can say anything in those languages, but I can't say anything to bring you back. You made the biggest changes in my life without barely stepping foot into it. I don't know if I should thank you or hate you, but one thing I'm sure of, I miss you dearly. Your cousin told me what your brother couldn't bring himself to tell me. 3 hours ago I recieved an email saying the reason why you're coming back is because you want to have your wedding in San Francisco, and that it was your fiance's idea.
Fuck you.
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These pictures were taken on 4/25/2005 in Iraq, during a sandstorm.
User Reviews
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2008-02-08 20:40:26 EST (#)
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2008-02-08 20:40:16 EST (#)
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Submitted by iacobus (user info) at 2008-02-08 17:12:24 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by MyNameIsTim (user info) at 2008-02-08 07:45:15 EST (#)
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thats a tough story.
Submitted by HellRazer (user info) at 2008-02-08 06:14:37 EST (#)
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Why in the name of fuck would you fight over a country where shit like that happens? CANADA HAS OIL TOO!!!!
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2008-02-08 05:55:48 EST (#)
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Dude shoulda sent an e-mail. Nice pics.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-02-07 16:43:12 EST (#)
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oh, and i had to make several visits to the dentist because i used the water out of the faucets to brush my teeth and it really fucked them up. i had to have five cleanings before the bacteria samples the dentist took from my mouth were normal.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-02-07 16:38:48 EST (#)
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yeah, it would take me a couple days to cough it all out after a sandstorm and i've had recurring sinus infections ever since then. chain smoking didn't help matters, either. it was a seriously shitty year for my lungs.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2008-02-07 16:10:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2008-02-07 15:44:48 EST (#)
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Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:57:02 EST (#)
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I was THERE during that sandstorm!
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haha, that's AWESOME man! I showed these pictures to people in my computers class, and we debated how dangerous sandstorms were. It must be hard to breathe, right?
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I typically would cough shit up for about 2 days, especially if I went for a run after the air cleared. I usually got a sinus infection for about a week, but inhaling the chemically treated freshwater in the showers flushed out everything pretty fast.
I probably have some degree of calcified tissues from doing this, and surfing.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2008-02-07 15:45:56 EST (#)
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Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-02-07 12:31:26 EST (#)
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the craigslist guy probably didn't do all that for a girl.
his choices probably had a bunch of other factors.
he just likes to make it look that way.
it,s not that hard to find someone if you want too.
nice pics
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He sounds like either he's very stupid/ignorant, or he did it all for pity. But what a waste of his youth and his life over a girl, it's unbelieveable if it's true.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2008-02-07 15:44:48 EST (#)
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Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:57:02 EST (#)
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I was THERE during that sandstorm!
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haha, that's AWESOME man! I showed these pictures to people in my computers class, and we debated how dangerous sandstorms were. It must be hard to breathe, right?
Submitted by Linus (user info) at 2008-02-07 15:07:37 EST (#)
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+2 Front page.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-02-07 14:15:57 EST (#)
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i really need to post some of the pictures i took in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Submitted by GrinMan (user info) at 2008-02-07 14:05:20 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Lib (user info) at 2008-02-07 13:59:22 EST (#)
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Submitted by Ejryuu (user info) at 2008-02-07 12:55:52 EST (#)
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Best thing I've read all day.
Of course, it's the only thing I've read all day but still!
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2008-02-07 12:37:30 EST (#)
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This was at Al Asad, out west. These photos were taken from out near the KBR compound several years ago. Whoever the photographer was, they climbed up on top of one of the munitions bunkers or comm vaults on the northeast end of the base.
You can tell it's Al Asad because of the "bowl" everything is in with the bluffs way out there enclosing everything, and the strip of green palms and grasses in the wadi that drains through on the north side of the base, and opens to the west.. Hence the direction of the storm funneling down in.
Then again maybe I can tell it's Al Asad because I've been there too many fucking times.
see smaller pictures of another sandstorm at bottom of here http://www.ubersite.com/m/88377
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-02-07 12:32:12 EST (#)
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if i see any more news articles featuring americans moaning about tornados i will cry.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2008-02-07 12:31:26 EST (#)
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the craigslist guy probably didn't do all that for a girl.
his choices probably had a bunch of other factors.
he just likes to make it look that way.
it,s not that hard to find someone if you want too.
nice pics
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-02-07 12:13:06 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:55:40 EST (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:54:42 EST (#)
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i have pictures of sandstorms in Iraq that look just like this. and i took a video with one coming right at me. it's awesome.
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Have you ever killed a man and if so can you do a post about it please?
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sorry, i have never killed a man.
GodChicken- what base is that? is that in the Baghdad area? i don't recognize it. one time i was in a Predator ground station and saw this massive wall of shit sweeping across the land and i was like "holy shit, look at this sandstorm! it's the biggest one i've seen yet!". the guys were like "those are just clouds...". most people know that clouds are in the sky and not on the ground and don't usually move that fast. we went outside and saw a wall that looked just like the one in the pictures coming right at us. when those fucking things last for 3 days, it's absolutely miserable. you are hacking shit up for a couple days after.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2008-02-07 12:01:17 EST (#)
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i wasn't there for that sandstorm but I have witnessed many a sandyvagina storm here on uber
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:57:02 EST (#)
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I was THERE during that sandstorm!
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:55:40 EST (#)
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Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:54:42 EST (#)
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i have pictures of sandstorms in Iraq that look just like this. and i took a video with one coming right at me. it's awesome.
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Have you ever killed a man and if so can you do a post about it please?
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:54:58 EST (#)
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sorry, forgot to rate
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:54:42 EST (#)
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i have pictures of sandstorms in Iraq that look just like this. and i took a video with one coming right at me. it's awesome.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:40:30 EST (#)
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pretty cool pictures.
Submitted by ghola (user info) at 2008-02-07 11:30:00 EST (#)
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Those are great pictures.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-02-07 10:54:14 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by loopdeloo (user info) at 2008-02-07 10:21:28 EST (#)
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The chase is what keeps us going.
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2008-02-07 10:18:46 EST (#)
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Snoop Dogg on White Mysognists
In response to a recent scandal over the racist and misogynistic comments of a white American talk-show host, respected gender theorist Snoop Dogg (Doggystyle, The Doggfather) dismissed claims that his own philosophical position bears some similarity to the now retired (and disgraced) DJ. Dogg, known for thoughtful ruminations on gender issues For All My Niggaz and Bitches, Bitch Please, and I Miss That Bitch, made the following subtle distinctions to MTV in an apparently impassioned phone-in:
"It's a completely different scenario," said Snoop, barking over the phone from a hotel room in L.A. "[Rappers] are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about ho's that's in the 'hood that ain't doing shit, that's trying to get a nigga for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain't no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them muthafuckas say we in the same league as him."1
Back at PhilMis HQ, we be sipping on Gin and Juice in honour of Snoop, a Snoopman who a) is able to distinguish between collegiate basketball girls and "ho's that's in the 'hood" (you'd be surprised how many academic philosophers don't), and b) has obviously never heard of special pleading and is undoubtedly a better rapper for it.
Word.
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Oh god thank you Axolotl.
Submitted by Ltap (user info) at 2008-02-07 10:17:10 EST (#)
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Kicker of all ass. Period.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 10:14:14 EST (#)
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Immanual Kant was a dickhead. In fact it's remarkable just how few philosophers AREN'T dickheads.
Submitted by EkO (user info) at 2008-02-07 10:12:27 EST (#)
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Far out!
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2008-02-07 10:06:44 EST (#)
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Belle, you are as equally forgettable now as when you left. Please refrain from telling us about your reasoning behind your ratings because, quite frankly, we don't care.
Those pictures are incredible. That post is incredibly gay.
Submitted by Bellebrown (user info) at 2008-02-07 10:01:06 EST (#)
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Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 08:51:00 CST (#)
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Personally I need girls to leave me alone so I'm getting into drum funk.
You get another +2 because Berty just made me spit coffee out of my nose with that little snippet.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2008-02-07 10:00:26 EST (#)
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Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:53:58 EST (#)
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and thanks for the philosophical link.
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It's pretty strange the first one with Kant, where he says the blackness clearly means he's stupid. It was so accepted back then.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:51:00 EST (#)
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I thought it was your AMBITION to become a guido. I thought I was paying you a compliment.
Personally I need girls to leave me alone so I'm getting into drum funk.
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It might backfire. Girls might find drum funk so unique and out-of-the-ordinary that they crawl all over you, risking the tipping over of your wheelchair.
Submitted by Bellebrown (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:59:31 EST (#)
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Ive decided to be very mean about dishing out +2's since my return... because it seems to me that people are all too handy with the praise for wanky posts nowadays...
And besides, Im a bitch and it makes me laugh to ruin +2 streaks.
Regardless, this has pleased me... the story was good, even though you didnt write it - it was well worth the posting of the link here, but it really only deserves a +1 at best.
Same too with the are we at war site... the other link, I dont have the energy to explore properly :)
But...
Those pics are fucking incredible, and you get a +2 all for yourself for those alone.
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:53:58 EST (#)
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and thanks for the philosophical link.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:51:00 EST (#)
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I thought it was your AMBITION to become a guido. I thought I was paying you a compliment.
Personally I need girls to leave me alone so I'm getting into drum funk.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:46:53 EST (#)
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Berty, I'm not a guido at all ;(
I'm a proper young all American lad.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:39:53 EST (#)
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Hah! That's a funny story.
Where does a ratty guido like you get pictures like them, eh?
Submitted by Registered_S_O (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:36:44 EST (#)
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The story, and subsequent fuck you at the end left me feeling very satisfied.
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2008-02-07 09:31:16 EST (#)
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came out nice