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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:26 PM Original message |
G8 summit: Gordon Brown has eight-course dinner before food crisis talks |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. mmm tasty..(nt) |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. Later he proved he was a Large " Bag of Fart " ( N/T) |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. And they arrived in ethanol-powered limos. nt |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
74. Draining the food supply as much as possible and polluting the planet even more than regular gas. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. I hate the decadence of the diplomatic world. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Let them eat cake...nt |
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Tutonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Yellow Cake? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Let them eat canned vegetables and hot dogs. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
63. And then, it will be: |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. No doubt * was clamoring "What's for dinner?" as soon as he arrived. n/t |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. "Whad'ya mean there's no barbeque sauce?" or |
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Scairp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
31. Plus there was no ketchup bottle on his table |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. How long ago was it when all he could do was talk about a pig roast? |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
71. Yes..and what's to drinky *hic* drinky? eh? |
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LSdemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. FYI, the Telegraph is pretty much a tool of the British right wing, almost equivalent to Fox "News" |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Unfair to single Brown out, of course. Here's The Guardian: |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. It's a British paper, so it's natural for them to single out Brown |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. a "supreme of chicken" ????? |
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AmyCamus (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. It's boiled chicken and broth. |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. A "suprême" of chicken (or duck or pheasant or turkey) |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. In all fairness, |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
76. Yeah. You really believe that was the case? |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
10. Should he have thrown the food back into his hosts' faces? I mean, really. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Maybe they should try fasting as a show of solidarity to those in want. nt |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
65. Or serve tuna sandwiches and Ruffles. n/t |
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sourmilk (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. Too funny!!! |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. tax dollars at work and people wonder why I am all for reducing the right govmt spending |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Let them eat leftovers... nt |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
17. pigs feeding at the trough, as usual. Great fodder for cartoonists |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ernie Kovacs |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. Wonder if the torygraph would have made any noise had the conservatives been in charge? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Should have had a bowl of rice and some of those "dirt cookies" that |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. One could do an awesome protest of the G8 around the idea: "Eat what the poor eat" |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Excellent suggestion |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. did the dialogue end after |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. Notice how the "world leaders" including our own never eat American Beef |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 05:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Kobe beef is supposed to be the best in the world |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
72. Yes...that's lovely...I wish the "rest of us" could always by "Massaged Beef." |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. *My* arrogance? |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. First thread I've rec'd in about 3 weeks. |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
69. I'm shocked the African leaders weren't pressed into service |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
34. Britain's Brown tells families to stop wasting food to help calm price rises |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Gordon Brown has eight-course dinner before food crisis talks |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Yes, and one with a very "exclusive" guest list |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Maybe the Western World is screwn with the kind of world leaders...ahem.... |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
60. WTF? Don't invite the African leaders to your 8 course meal & diplomacy reigns-sarcasm |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. Don't forget the 6 course lunch meal prior to the 8 course dinner... |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. The people have no food? Tell them to stop wasting cake! |
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hooraydems06 (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. When I went to my junior high graduation dance formal... |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. don't kid yourself |
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hooraydems06 (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
78. Um, yeah but my point is that not as many people are as well-off... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Someone help me out here...... |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Well, it is a Politician's band aid approach of sorts. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
58. It's fairly typical New Labour insanity. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Perhaps a Lot of Their Food is Inedible |
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hooraydems06 (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
79. Which apparently never stopped them... |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Well, there's nothing wrong with |
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Bear down under (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. .....an average of 420 pounds (US$832) per household?? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. It is hard to believe that the copy editor did not flag that mistake |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #43 |
66. I might send this to my Technical Editing teacher. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
70. I am a copy editor and we are not paid to do math. n/t |
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kevinbgoode (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. we should take up a collection. . . |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. No doubt there are some Vikings at a local diner |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. I'm watching my grandkids this summer... |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. You and me both. |
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Tutonic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Enjoy it now Gordo! Cause you're days are numbered. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. clean those plates! |
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sakura (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
51. It will be interesting to see if a prolonged economic downturn (depression) has an effect |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #34 |
54. There's plenty of waste, but that's not the reason people are |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. It's pretty much the same as saying "Finish your dinner! There are |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Food, at least to some extent, is fungible.. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. The locked dumpster policy is absolutely immoral |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. the waste comes after it's bought, harvested, planted. |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Exactly. (n/t) |
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T_i_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
67. I actually agree with Gordon Brown on this one! |
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Infinite Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
62. The U.N. does need some revamping. They can eat cold sandwiches and milk. That's better than many |
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Wabbajack_ (669 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
64. Uncessary Demand? |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
73. "In other news, the needle has snapped off the Irony Meter". |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
77. G. ate. And ate and ate and ate. It's good to be king. |
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skoalyman (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-09-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Too bad someone didn't spike his food with laxative |
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