THE THREAD!!!

[scott64]

ORIGINAL: USS America

I moved from Rochester, MN.  [:)]

With 54 degree temps this morning, I'm wearing shorts and flip flops.  [:D]

I lived in Rochester Mn for a few years [X(]

[alaviner]

ahh ... bourbon on the rocks

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[comte]

Good Morning Everybody [:)]

[Wolfpack_MatrixForum]

Good Morning Tithe

[Wolfpack_MatrixForum]

and bars. Visited a friend there back in the mid 90s. She was living in a old mining town south of Missoula. Anaconda I think. 7000 people in the town and 50+ bars. Or so was I told. Seemed to hold up on my brief tour through town as thats all I seemed to see!

I also helped drive this same friend from Montana to NC a couple years later. What a beautiful drive!

ORIGINAL: Mynok


What you should think of are bison, art, and cowgirls. All are in abundance there. [:D]

[DuckofTindalos]

Rainy Saturday Tithe...

[BrucePowers]

Good morning T[:)]

[stuman]

Happy Saturday everyone. It is 78 degrees outside, sunny' perfect day to do a bit of yardwork, a bit of exercise, and in general just have fun. I hope all is well with all of you [:)]

[USSAmerica]

Quick, pre-hockey practice, pre-U2 concert tailgating, pre-jamming out with a stadium full of fans - Tithe.  [&o][&o][&o]

It is a beautiful day. [8D]

[DuckofTindalos]

How big a story is this whole blackmail business with David Letterman in the States? Seems a bit outlandish to us watching it from afar...

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

How big a story is this whole blackmail business with David Letterman in the States? Seems a bit outlandish to us watching it from afar...

It's received a fair amount of coverage, in the "news of the weird" vein , but that probably has more to do with a slow news period then anything else. Plus, if combined with the Roman Polanski story , seems to indicate a growing "hollywood vs. the rest of us" feeling. Most people I talk to about the stories have after years of stories of Hollywood scandals and excesses can only ask "is there anything that those pond scum won't sink to? And consider themselves justified because they are SPECIAL?". [:(]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Terminus

How big a story is this whole blackmail business with David Letterman in the States? Seems a bit outlandish to us watching it from afar...

What is that all about (didn't hear about it until now)?


Leo "Apollo11"

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Terminus

How big a story is this whole blackmail business with David Letterman in the States? Seems a bit outlandish to us watching it from afar...

What is that all about (didn't hear about it until now)?


Leo "Apollo11"

Here's a link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091003/ap_ ... VybWFuaXN0


Basically : Letterman has been sleeping with members of his staff. A CBS network producer (Letterman's network) tried to blackmail Letterman for $2 million not to spill the evidence to the press and Letterman's wife. Letterman wen't to the police and the blackmailer has been arrested and indicted.

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Terminus

How big a story is this whole blackmail business with David Letterman in the States? Seems a bit outlandish to us watching it from afar...

It's received a fair amount of coverage, in the "news of the weird" vein , but that probably has more to do with a slow news period then anything else. Plus, if combined with the Roman Polanski story , seems to indicate a growing "hollywood vs. the rest of us" feeling. Most people I talk to about the stories have after years of stories of Hollywood scandals and excesses can only ask "is there anything that those pond scum won't sink to? And consider themselves justified because they are SPECIAL?". [:(]

It doesn't seem to me that the Letterman and Polanski stories can be compared.

Polanski drugged a 13-year old girl, took naked photos of her and then had sex with her. That's reprehensible, but it's also interesting that the victim herself, who was paid a $500,000 settlement out of court, doesn't want him to be prosecuted for it now.

The Letterman thing seems to have been several instances of consenting adults having relations. Letterman has always seemed like a bit of a dawg to me.

[AW1Steve]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

ORIGINAL: Terminus

How big a story is this whole blackmail business with David Letterman in the States? Seems a bit outlandish to us watching it from afar...

It's received a fair amount of coverage, in the "news of the weird" vein , but that probably has more to do with a slow news period then anything else. Plus, if combined with the Roman Polanski story , seems to indicate a growing "hollywood vs. the rest of us" feeling. Most people I talk to about the stories have after years of stories of Hollywood scandals and excesses can only ask "is there anything that those pond scum won't sink to? And consider themselves justified because they are SPECIAL?". [:(]

It doesn't seem to me that the Letterman and Polanski stories can be compared.

Polanski drugged a 13-year old girl, took naked photos of her and then had sex with her. That's reprehensible, but it's also interesting that the victim herself, who was paid a $500,000 settlement out of court, doesn't want him to be prosecuted for it now.

The Letterman thing seems to have been several instances of consenting adults having relations. Letterman has always seemed like a bit of a dawg to me.

The problem with the Letterman angle is that in his show he constantly makes fun of people who do the same thing as he did. Do as I say , not as I do.


As far as combining the two stories, it's simply two more of the seemingly endless sordid stories that come out of the entertainment industry. People are simply sick of these morons and their continuous nonsense. Yet you can't watch the news without stories of Paris , etc. [X(]

[DuckofTindalos]

Apparently not sick enough.

[Grollub]

Good evening gents.

[Grollub]

Temperature is 27C. Sitting on the balcony. Starry night overhead. Crickets in the bushes. Beer in hand. Just sank the Soryu SE of Lunga. LIFE IS GOOD!! [:D]

[DuckofTindalos]

Boooooh...