Propeller Week In Review: August 15, 2008 »

Posted By JamesMarcus 1 year, 4 months ago in News

A Russian soldier patrols the street on August 14, 2008 in Gori, Georgia. Russia have started to hand over regional control around the city of Gori to Georgian forces. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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This week, Propeller members sounded off about the war in Georgia, and locked horns over John Edwards's extracurricular activities. There were also lively conversations about Islam, hair loss, and the late, great Isaac Hayes. (I'm talking about Shaft!)

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James Marcus is a writer, translator, critic, and editor. He is the author of Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot-Com Juggernaut and ...

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STONERS1 year, 4 months ago

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Another great WIR, Thanks James....

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  JamesMarcus1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  You are one hell of a speed demon, STONERS! Anyway, thanks, I'm glad you liked it. The video at the end must be seen to be believed.
  
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    STONERS1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    LMAO!!! I hadnt watched the video yet, made my comment first then went back and watched the video, excellent- thank you....;~]
    
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    Alexia1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    I must, must, must have those boots.
    
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  JamesMarcus1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  Next week, I guess :).
  
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  JamesMarcus1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  To be honest, I used to have quite a lot of hair myself. Check it out:
  
  http://staugustinian.wordpress.com/category/why-not-try-intraview-3-james-marcus/
  
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    TimALoftis1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    now that's a 'Head Of Hair'
    
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    monte-g1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    lol....wow what a difference.
    
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    Shadowolf1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    ...What's the name of that Bellamy Brothers song???
    
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Will13131 year, 4 months ago

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by the way.. WELCOME BACK JAMES... hope you had a nice vacation...

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  JamesMarcus1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  Hey, many thanks, the Western air was very rejuvenating.
  
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    ind061 year, 4 months ago
    
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    Of course it was, it was NORTHWEST air! The best air ever!
    
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pc251 year, 4 months ago

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Welcome back James

love the YouTube clip

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  abntv1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  behave
  
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    HannibalBarca1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    And right you are; except in baseball, IMHO...lol
    
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  Shadowolf1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  ...I concur...but bring BirdDog back and dump AutoMan, not Goppy...
  
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  JamesMarcus1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  Thanks a million, ranch. As for Goppy and OnionHead--you'd start missing them after about ten minutes.
  
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    CactusAnnie1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    If you need to dump someone it might just be Neophile!!! He has been abusing certain members for a very long time. A lot of folks do not understand why he did not go along with his alter ego, eradicator a long time ago.
    
    And now, you go to check your Netscape mail account (which I have had since the early 90s) and the AOL story's they cycle through in the "AIM today" , click on one and it takes you through straight to a Neophile Propller story, how is that for cheating the system?
    
    He knows how to erase negs on his comments, I have watched it happen late at night. And don't pull the old "he can't do that" , yes he can and he does. You have had a major abuser around here in that one. An abusive propeller employee.
    
    BRING BIRDDOG54 BACK!! If he will come....
    
    By the way, JamesMarcus, he DID try to email you, but seems to have also been blocked from your email.
    
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Mdiar1 year, 4 months ago

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Thanks for the mention :D

Good WIR, quite a few things have happened during the Olympics so far.

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    Mdiar1 year, 4 months ago
    
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    I watched both... Serbia filed a protest on that one, but after video analysis it was determined the touch pad was correct. It was epic... very epic.
    
    Currently watching the United States play Spain in basketball, the US is leading, 29-16.
    
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  JamesMarcus1 year, 4 months ago
  
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  If you'll tell me what reality metrics are, I'll be happy to answer your question. As for my ramblings in the PNW--we drove up the Columbia Gorge from Portland, then peeled off at Hood River to Parkdale. After spending the night at a trailhead littered with shell casings and empty Tecate cans, we hiked up to Elk Cove on the north side of Mount Hood. Very beautiful, also chilly, with the trail frequently disappearing under big snow fields. FYI, we saw no elk. Just one deer, apparently lost, and some jittery voles and frogs. Have you spent much time out there?
  
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I don't get all these countries which has to start something like a war. Well USA started the war in IRAQ and now Russia did some army activities in Georgia. Why the hell people need fights!! Fights and wars = dead people and disorder in the world. People want peace and quite not dead members of their families.

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Thanks James, personally i think the video at the end of the WIR, tribute to Isaac Hayes, was great. Nice touch to the WIR as well.
RIP Isaac and Bernie!

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