quantumeffect
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Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994
He would have been 101 years old this year.
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batsbrew
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 11:31:09
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quantumeffect
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 13:40:11
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So, how do you really feel about him?
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 14:05:09
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What I fail to understand is why any scandal of note since his notorious faux pas automatically seems to get the suffix "gate" added to it. I've never been able to see the reason, other than inexcusably lazy journalism. If similar scandals were described as "Watergate-esque" or some other awkward description I would get it, but just to add 'gate' doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Or am I missing something? The press over here were recently presented with the perfect opportunity to display the total absurdity of this practise in the matter of the police officers who accused Tory MP Andrew Mitchell of calling them "plebs" when they refused to allow him to ride his bicycle through the gates leading into Downing Street. Most chose not to label the affair 'Gategate', or even the slightly more amusing 'DowningStreetgate', but instead used the derogatory word he was alleged to use to come up with the ridiculous "Plebgate". In fact, thinking about it, the absurdity of this convention means that to be strictly accurately applied, "DowningStreetgate" should have really been termed "DowningStreetgate gate". As this is all Nixon's fault, I'm much in agreement with Batsy's impressions of the man 
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 14:12:42
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Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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quantumeffect
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 14:43:08
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I’ve always interpreted the suffix ”-gate” to imply not only a scandal, but more importantly, an active cover-up and not just simply a denial. [edit] - spelling
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 14:44:33
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Yes, I agree Dave.
But I don't understand what a 'gate' has to do with a cover-up. Other than it's part of the name of the infamous hotel.
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 15:02:26
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Have you ever known the media to use logic and make sense Steve?
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quantumeffect
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 15:20:48
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I simply don’t have the intellectual horsepower to make sense of anything the media does.
On a side note, it is also Jimmy Page’s B-Day. He turns 70. I wonder if there is any relationship between Richard and Jimmy having the same birth date … possibly an Aleister Crowley.
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 15:21:06
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craigb
Have you ever known Bapu to use logic and make sense Steve?
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 15:23:02
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Reminds me of BapuPostingGate...
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 15:24:02
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craigb
Reminds me of BapuPostingFloodGate...
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 16:16:05
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It just proves that the cover-up is worse than the actual crime.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot--hey, who the hell are you guys? X2(X3 pending hardware upgrade), Emulator X2, E-mu 1212M, Virtual String Machine
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Re: Happy B-Day Tricky Dick
2014/01/09 16:41:52
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Time for all of you to head over to Beyond My DAW!
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