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Professor Woland

In no particular order:

Mahogany Prime, 801, Grey Plume, V Mertz, Spencer's

The Boiler Room isn't cheap but it's less than the others.

Professor Woland

I should be allowed to have my own drone. Or maybe a few rocket-powered grenades. Need to stay one step ahead of the criminals and keep check on the guvment. Also, how many criminals used to be "law-abiding citizens"...or were they all born as criminals? If you can afford said RPGs and dr...

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No. I need a fully automatic assault rifle with a 100 round drum magazine for hunting and home defense. Obviously. And since we need to be armed to protect ourselves from the government, I want an aircraft carrier like the one in my avatar. If you can afford it and can pay for all of the docking c...

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by making prostitution illegal the state has made the industry exponentially more exploitative, dehumanizing sex workers (making them even more likely to be victims of violence) and inserted itself into areas of human existence which no system of laws has the right to go. Â In much the same way that...

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I imagine Jim is like Ron Burgundy, sitting in a bar watching the weather forecast, lamenting his wretched fate.

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Drama in Regency. They put in a large piece of modern art on their property against the wishes of the rest of the neighborhood that voted and said they don't want it. Lawyers getting involved. Honestly, I like the 15 foot tall Big Chair sculpture. Because it distracts your eyes from the POS hous...

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Black Oak Grill will replace Portovino Ristorante which closed its doors July 3. That didn't last very long! Hmm...restaurant over-saturation maybe? Too little retail? Portovino's food was poor . I had hoped they would get better but they didn't. It's bad reputation was bad for the whole developmen...

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I hate when political types talk about families balancing their budgets "around the kitchen table." I hate "hubby". I hate "meme". I hate "utilize". Agree. Also hate seeing babies with "wheel of fortune" names (spin the wheel and add a consonan...

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MadMartin8 wrote:"Baby Bump"

"Preggers" "Preggo" or any similar substitute for pregnant.

Professor Woland

I hate when political types talk about families balancing their budgets "around the kitchen table." I hate "hubby". Â I hate "meme". Â I hate "utilize". Â Much like Jerry when I sneeze I would prefer someone say "you are so good looking" instead of ...

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I probably shouldn't make a joke about how her family had to point out she is actually crazy and not an actual conservative, but there you go. :;): It's getting harder and harder to tell these days. As a general rule (it certainly doesn't apply in every case) the modern left is the haven of people ...

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Raising Canes just announced a second Lincoln Location too. Announced on Memorial day in fact. IT will be downtown. Don't remember the exact address right now though. Linkin posted that earlier and I made a new thread for it in the Lincoln Section. They aren't run by creepy weirdos like Chic-Fil...

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We ate there last night. Â I had the pork clay pot. Â It was tasty.

Professor Woland

Big E wrote:Why can't I marry Ron Brown to a dude?

Given the Ted Haggard vibe Ron gives off, he might not really object if you did.

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Saigon Surface is related to Saigon. We were at Saigon earlier in April and they had a sign in the door that they would be closed briefly for some remodeling. From what the waiter told me, it was the kind of work that needed the place to be closed. I got the impression that they would be back ...

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That place is the definition of enigma. It's horrible when a great space is home to a lousy restaurant (Passport, Vivace, Rick's Boatyard, Omaha Prime). Â I'm not asking for the French Laundry or anything, or even fine dining, but if a place is going to occupy a space like that it would be nice if ...

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Yeahhh...please share...I remember the upper floors were mostly/all offices, but at least one 15th Street bay was a [cool] men's clothing store with lots of wood paneling and casework. Also, the Lobby(s...at least on the 15th Street side) were fairly impressive, with lots of brass and marble? terr...

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I ate at the Grey Plume on Saturday. Â Any talk of them struggling certainly didn't mesh with my experience. Â We ate early (6 PM) and when we got there the place was packed. Â Every time a party finished, the table was seated again within minutes. Â The food was excellent. Â We bought a really good...

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Good grief, we're talking about the collection of |expletive| raindrops... The government is systematically destroying the largest, most powerful voice and consumer class in this country. They have invaded sovereign nations under false pretenses, they have allowed Wall Street and big business to di...

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Good grief, we're talking about the collection of |expletive| raindrops... The government is systematically destroying the largest, most powerful voice and consumer class in this country. They have invaded sovereign nations under false pretenses, they have allowed Wall Street and big business to di...

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nativeomahan wrote:Globochem, thank you for the biggest laugh I have had in over a year. You are literally out to lunch.

"Literally out to lunch" at 7 in the morning? Â He must keep some weird hours.

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I'm like you though that I cant afford to go there more than two or three times a year. This is utter nonsense!!! Can't afford? Really!!? A visit to The Grey Plume can cost $100/couple. It can cost $200/couple. A night at a Creighton game is about the same. The same is true for a night at th...

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He ran against this very provision of the Patriot Act during the 2008 campaign----so the move is either brilliant or effng stupid. Regardless, he will at least suffer political outrage from the left and right in the short term. The guy's a Constitutional scholar, which is why I think there MIGHT ...

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I believe the entire Nebraska Congressional delegation voted for this bill. That is correct. The Senate voted 86-13 and the House was 283-136, likely making it veto-proof on re-vote (not sure how you factor "did not vote" on a veto override vote). The vote wouldn't have been so overwhelmi...

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What are their criteria? Â The three best restaurants in terms of how the food tastes are, in no particular order, V Mertz, The Grey Plume and The Boiler Room. Â There are a lot of great restaurants that deserved mention, Mark's, Dario's, Le Voltaire, the 801, and M's are just a few off the top of m...

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This basically codifies things that the Bush and Obama administrations have already done. Â That is not meant to trivialize it, it is an awful development, but it isn't unexpected. Â All power structures seek to achieve absolute power, the only thing that limits this is what the public is willing to...

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Vaclav Havel, RIP

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Christopher Hitchens, RIP.

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Even though I'm an atheist I think this is a pretty cool idea. Â Hopefully this becomes as much a point of pride for Omahans as Boys Town or the Zoo.

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I like Europe just fine, but I always roll my eyes at the notion that Europeans are more sophisticated and tolerant than Americans. Â Obviously neither group is monolithic, but Europe fetishists are really no different than flag wavy jingoists, they both see what they want to see.

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Not a Mosque but an Islamic Study Center, they are the more progressive Muslims, but do not have an Imam, yet. A mosque does not need to have an Imam to be a mosque. All it needs to be is a place for prayers. This thing even has a minaret, which looks so awesome. Omaha embraces multiculturalism wit...

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On a somewhat related side note, Mr. Francis who lives nearby might not be happy with this: I was totally with him for the first, what, 3 lines... Then.. just. wow. Once you see the whole "Rockefeller" thing, you know some zaniness is about to ensue. Â I'm surprised the Rothschilds were...

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Obama is an establishment hack. Â I knew he would be before he was elected. Â He might have been a marginally better choice than crazy John McCain, but anyone who expected any real improvements over Bush was delusional (the only area where he has been marginally better has been gay rights, and even ...

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I like the Moylan one the most. Â Call me crazy but I don't mind extreme architectural juxtaposition, it makes things more interesting. Â A city shouldn't be like your living room, where everything "goes together", part of the excitement of a city is how all sorts of different things (peop...

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The point I was trying to make, was that if you actually READ the First Amendment, it does not say anything about keeping any and all religion out of government. Freedom OF religion is NOT the same as freedom FROM religion, unless you think that "irrelegion" is a religion. Removing symbol...

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I would like to hear from any of the 40% of the respondents to this poll who said they will be voting for Obama. Why will you be voting for Obama in 2012? Mainly because I don't wish to see a far-right zealot in charge of the Executive Branch. I value freedom of religion. For those who say Obama is...

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I would like to hear from any of the 40% of the respondents to this poll who said they will be voting for Obama. Why will you be voting for Obama in 2012? People vote for aesthetic reasons even more than policy ones. Â It's rare anyone votes for a given candidate, they are typically voting against ...

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What? At this point, I don't think you're in the mood to be "enlightened". I'd be wasting my time. Buy a history book. That's a pretty good illustration right there. Some want to show evidence. Some want to 'enlighten.' I'm inclined to think evidence is on my side of the aisle. By ...

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The only one that makes sense is Ron Paul. If your issue is the economy - Ron Paul saw the crash coming and what caused it. He knows what to do to reverse it. He is also an economist. Anyone else will need economic advisers. Do want a student, or a teacher? If your issue is the war (looking at you,...

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Shall we start a discussion on the various candidates? I'm hoping this can be an intelligent discussion. We'll see, huh? Here's my not so humble opinion, kinda moot since I can't vote for the 'Pub race ... Cain: Scary Perry: Scary Bachmann: Cruella DeVille scary! Romney: Not as scary. Huntsman: S...

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