1 Gang of One  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:23:24pm

Drink!

2 Silvergirl  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:24:16pm

Slap Chop is better.

3 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:25:21pm

re: #2 Silvergirl

Slap Chop is better.

In bed.

That's it, I'm done.

4 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:27:04pm

Much better Beck beat

5 Gang of One  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:27:18pm

He should've had a V8.

6 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:27:20pm

Glenn Beck Beats

...in bed.

7 Silvergirl  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:28:12pm

He provides a wealth of material for this kind of thing.

8 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:31:52pm

LMAO- this is hilarious.

9 philosophus invidius  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:32:05pm

I was hoping for the musician Beck.

10 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:32:07pm

Paranoid express- lolol

11 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:32:29pm

The Beck Beatbox

in bed.

12 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:32:43pm

re: #9 philosophus invidius

I was hoping for the musician Beck.

in bed

13 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:32:50pm

Talk to the spoon.

14 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:33:05pm

re: #6 JamesTKirk

Glenn Beck Beats

...in bed.

Beat me to it.

15 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:33:06pm

re: #9 philosophus invidius

I was hoping for the musician Beck.

#4

16 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:33:36pm

re: #14 MandyManners

Beat me to it.

In bed.

17 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:33:59pm

The video won't play for me.

18 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:34:13pm

Big softball

Glenn Beck is a screamer and a crier...

19 Silvergirl  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:34:47pm

re: #18 SasquatchOnSteroids

Big softball

Glenn Beck is a screamer and a crier...

Askin' for it, again!

20 philosophus invidius  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:34:51pm

I blame flashblock

21 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:35:45pm

re: #18 SasquatchOnSteroids

Big softball

Glenn Beck is a screamer and a crier...

In bed.

22 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:36:03pm

re: #19 Silvergirl

Askin' for it, again!

In bed.

23 Bagua  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:36:34pm

That video was well done.

24 Mr Pancakes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:36:46pm

Cool ... a Beck thread!

25 fish  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:38:01pm

Funny But I like this better: Barack Roll

26 NelsFree  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:38:25pm

Hello all,

If the video would play, I could comment on it. IN the meantime...

It won't play because I have Writer's Beckblock.
I can't see it because I used too much SunBeckblock.
I can't see the screen when I'm in bed...with whomever...

27 lostlakehiker  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:39:33pm

What does the studio boss say when he cancels the man's show?

The Beck stops here.

28 Silvergirl  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:39:53pm

re: #24 Mr Pancakes

Cool ... a Beck thread!


[Video]

I think this is more of a 600 Thread Count Egyptian Cotton Sheet sorta thing with all the "in bed" we have going.

29 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:39:54pm

That video actually does a pretty good job of highlighting not only the panic mongering, but manic-depressive mindset this man is in. First I thought it was funny, but now I find it a little disturbing. He needs to up his meds or something. Wow.

30 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:40:01pm

re: #25 fish

Funny But I like this better: Barack Roll

Hey fish. Long time no see here.

31 Gang of One  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:40:38pm

Aha! It's an imbedded video!

32 irongrampa  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:40:55pm

Okay, so why is this video pausing, with the small spinning wheel, then playing normally for a bit, then repeating the process? Only happens with Youtube.

33 BARACK THE VOTE  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:41:26pm

This is now officially my favourite Glen Beck mashup EVER!

"Quite honestly, I've done it with my own dog."

"If I show up dead in Thailand from auto-erotic asphyxiation, believe it!"

and my favourite:

"I'm telling you, we ain't gonna let these weasels get away with a damn thing."

34 Gang of One  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:41:40pm

re: #29 Sharmuta

That video actually does a pretty good job of highlighting not only the panic mongering, but manic-depressive mindset this man is in. First I thought it was funny, but now I find it a little disturbing. He needs to up his meds or something. Wow.

And my otherwise rational and sane parents think this guy is shizzle.
/I don't argue with them anymore.

35 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:42:10pm

What the Beck was that?

36 NelsFree  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:42:16pm

Okay,
Beck
Beck
Beck
Beck
Beck
May we go off-topic now?

37 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:42:53pm

re: #33 iceweasel

This is now officially my favourite Glen Beck mashup EVER!

"Quite honestly, I've done it with my own dog."

"If I show up dead in Thailand from auto-erotic asphyxiation, believe it!"

and my favourite:

"I'm telling you, we ain't gonna let these weasels get away with a damn thing."

Everyone of those is "in bed".

38 Gang of One  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:43:27pm

I'll have a Becks, please.

39 NelsFree  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:43:35pm

Okay, it's too much for me.
I just can't Beck it anymore.

40 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:44:12pm

re: #38 Gang of One

I'll have a Becks, please.

They're skunked.
Here, have a Michelob Ultra

41 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:44:23pm

Obligatory Beck

42 Gang of One  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:44:35pm

Beck to the Future.
/no, wait ...

43 Silvergirl  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:45:15pm

I didn't catch that one

"Quite honestly, I've done it with my own dog."

That's too far. The humor takes a dive.

44 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:46:06pm

re: #43 Silvergirl

I didn't catch that one


That's too far. The humor takes a dive.

must resist

45 Digital Display  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:46:32pm

I saw Beck in Chicago in 2007...My first and only time...
That boy haz skilzs! He is a monster on Guitar

46 irongrampa  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:46:35pm

re: #44 MandyManners


Go for it.

47 BARACK THE VOTE  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:46:39pm

re: #25 fish

Funny But I like this better: Barack Roll

I LOVE that!

This is my all time favourite Barack roll though: really well done!

48 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:46:45pm

re: #44 MandyManners

must resist

You weren't resisting in bed last night.

49 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:47:13pm

re: #29 Sharmuta

That video actually does a pretty good job of highlighting not only the panic mongering, but manic-depressive mindset this man is in. First I thought it was funny, but now I find it a little disturbing. He needs to up his meds or something. Wow.

He needs to learn how to dress himself, too.

50 BARACK THE VOTE  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:47:18pm

re: #43 Silvergirl

I didn't catch that one

That's too far. The humor takes a dive.

It's an actual quote of his. I don't know the context. Just weird.

51 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:47:26pm

re: #33 iceweasel

This is now officially my favourite Glen Beck mashup EVER!

"Quite honestly, I've done it with my own dog."

"If I show up dead in Thailand from auto-erotic asphyxiation, believe it!"

and my favourite:

"I'm telling you, we ain't gonna let these weasels get away with a damn thing."

"In a million years, I wouldn't click continue."

(in bed)

52 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:47:53pm

re: #44 MandyManners

must resist

Do I have to call you whats the word?

53 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:48:27pm

re: #49 wrenchwench

He needs to learn how to dress himself, too.

What? The lime green dress shirt didn't work for you? :p

54 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:49:11pm

Hilarious, the man quite clearly has issues.

My favourite mashups recently are the "auto-tune" gang who have done a few different ones, nr six is my favourite. Enjoy:

55 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:49:25pm

I think Beck needs to worry less about autoerotic "afixiation" and more about cumulative effects from repetitive small head injuries.

56 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:49:34pm

"Am I being punked?"

That's my favorite.

57 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:51:04pm

re: #40 SasquatchOnSteroids

They're skunked.
Here, have a Michelob Ultra Michelle Malkin Hot Flash

FTFY

58 BARACK THE VOTE  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:52:15pm

re: #48 JamesTKirk

You weren't resisting in bed last night.

Resistance is futile!

(in bed)

59 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:53:13pm

re: #48 JamesTKirk

*shaking head*

60 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:53:23pm

Oh dear me no.

61 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:54:03pm

Got 2 minutes into it, had to stop it.
The man is crazy.

62 fish  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:54:05pm

re: #30 Erik The Red

I still read often, I just try not to post much at work. But I am always around.

63 Gella  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:54:26pm

can't wait till Onion will make fun of Beck

64 kosher spear  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:54:45pm

The thing about Beck is that he is simply UNWATCHABLE! I recently tried again, but could only stomach it for 5 minutes. Seriously, he is like the Craig Ferguson of cable news (just my humble opinion, please don't flame).

He is the guy at the office who thinks he's funny but will never ever be even in a million years, you know, the "working hard or hardly working?" guy. But you can't tell him to eff off because he's the nephew of the boss.

I mean, even if I agreed with the things he says, I would be so embarassed to have him as my spokesperson. Yuck.

65 NelsFree  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:54:45pm

Must mow lawn. It has been stated.
BBL

66 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 2:58:15pm

re: #57 Cato the Elder

FTFY

Updinged for not going with Sarah Palins' Communications with Spirits.

He's finally realizing she's not going to return his calls.

*sniff*

//

67 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:00:30pm

Guesses for what The Onion will do to Beck?

I'm thinking something along lines like "Middle Aged White Millionaire Men the New Oppressed"

68 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:00:40pm

Am I the last Lizard on Earth?

69 BARACK THE VOTE  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:00:45pm

This is unsurprising: there are more torture documents, and we're not going to get to see them:

DOJ May Skirt Court Order on Interrogation Documents.

70 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:00:49pm

re: #2 Silvergirl

Slap Chop is better.

I'm not gonna love his nuts.

71 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:00:54pm

re: #61 reine.de.tout

Got 2 minutes into it, had to stop it.
The man is crazy.

I thought the lime green dress shirt really distracted from that. ///

72 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:01:25pm

re: #70 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I'm not gonna love his nuts.

In... oh I can't.

73 debutaunt  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:02:29pm

re: #63 Gella

can't wait till Onion will make fun of Beck

He's doing a fine job by himself.

74 BARACK THE VOTE  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:03:01pm

re: #67 HAL2010

Guesses for what The Onion will do to Beck?

I'm thinking something along lines like "Middle Aged White Millionaire Men the New Oppressed"

You reminded me of this:

Affluent White Man Enjoys, Causes Blues

75 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:03:38pm

re: #29 Sharmuta

That video actually does a pretty good job of highlighting not only the panic mongering, but manic-depressive mindset this man is in. First I thought it was funny, but now I find it a little disturbing. He needs to up his meds or something. Wow.

That reminds me of something Trent Reznor (NIN) once said. Something to the affect that if he ever went to a therapist and got help for his 'problems', that would be the end of his music career.

I image much the same could be said of Beck.

76 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:04:09pm

re: #45 HoosierHoops

How'd the welcome home party go? I waved & yelled "OohRah" as I passed Pendelton last night! Nic is blue...

77 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:04:36pm

re: #68 DEZes

No, you're not THE last...

78 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:05:44pm

re: #77 Floral Giraffe

No, you're not THE last...

Long time between posts, I was getting loney.

79 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:05:52pm

re: #68 DEZes

What are you talking about? You're not even from Earth.

80 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:06:01pm

re: #78 DEZes

Long time between posts, I was getting lonely.

pimf.

81 Cheechako  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:06:19pm

OT
Just returned from the Duck Derby. Donald and Daisy were under-performers for me. Just left me out in the pouring rain without winning anything.

Guess it's yellow, plastic duck for dinner. Anyone know what wine goes best with yellow, plastic duck?

82 Digital Display  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:06:21pm

re: #76 Floral Giraffe

How'd the welcome home party go? I waved & yelled "OohRah" as I passed Pendelton last night! Nic is blue...

Hi you! Thank you very much...You were on I-5? I'm so sorry for you..
*wink*
Life is sweet my friend

83 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:06:26pm

re: #79 Slumbering Behemoth

What are you talking about? You're not even from Earth.

Oh yeah.

84 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:07:44pm

re: #74 iceweasel

Hah, good stuff. The Onion is just amazing.

85 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:08:07pm

re: #83 DEZes

Oh yeah.

Damn, your Karma is out of this world !

86 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:09:11pm

re: #85 SasquatchOnSteroids

Damn, your Karma is out of this world !

Its not to shabby. ;)

87 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:09:49pm

Anyone seen PBJ lately?
I think she's near the fire OJoe's camera showed.
I'm worried about her...

88 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:09:50pm

re: #81 Cheechako

OT
Just returned from the Duck Derby. Donald and Daisy were under-performers for me. Just left me out in the pouring rain without winning anything.

Guess it's yellow, plastic duck for dinner. Anyone know what wine goes best with yellow, plastic duck?

I'm thinking of a nice vintage rioja

Or just a bottle of Whiskey to drown your sorrows.

89 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:09:58pm

re: #86 DEZes

Its not to shabby. ;)

in bed.

The blue pills do indeed work, huh ?

90 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:10:46pm

re: #89 SasquatchOnSteroids

in bed.

The blue pills do indeed work, huh ?

I took the blue and the red, quite the rush. ;)

91 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:11:31pm

re: #83 DEZes

Damn alien, you tuk mah jurb!
/

92 Cheechako  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:12:02pm

re: #88 HAL2010

I'm thinking of a nice vintage rioja

Or just a bottle of Whiskey to drown your sorrows.


That sounds good. I already have some quackers to go with the beverage.

93 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:12:32pm

Am I the only one who thought that Morpheus actually could have explained the matrix rather easily?

"It's a computer programme that makes you think you live in the late 20th century, but you dont, you're used for energy by evil robots (that are REALLY cool)."

No need for any pills, and it would have saved a lot of time.

94 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:12:54pm

re: #82 HoosierHoops

I was looking for some funny signs on the freeway.
Didn't see any :(

95 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:13:13pm

re: #91 Slumbering Behemoth

Damn alien, you tuk mah jurb!
/

Please take it back.
///

96 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:13:51pm

re: #93 HAL2010

Am I the only one who thought that Morpheus actually could have explained the matrix rather easily?

"It's a computer programme that makes you think you live in the late 20th century, but you dont, you're used for energy by evil robots (that are REALLY cool)."

No need for any pills, and it would have saved a lot of time.

That movie had all sorts of issues. The second was worse, and I didn't even bother seeing the third.

97 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:13:54pm

re: #94 Floral Giraffe

I was looking for some funny signs on the freeway.
Didn't see any :(

I always wanted to put one up that said lane ends in 10 feet.

98 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:14:15pm

re: #85 SasquatchOnSteroids

Damn, your Karma is out of this world !

Great person=great karma.

99 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:14:49pm

re: #96 JamesTKirk

The last two were awful, just awful.

100 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:15:19pm

Sleepers are still popping up at the end of the previous Beck threads to let me know I must be some kind of commie if I don't sing the praises of Glenn.

101 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:15:33pm

re: #97 DEZes

I always wanted to put one up that said lane ends in 10 feet.

Always wanted to put Wrong Way signs on both sides of my street.

102 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:15:47pm

re: #98 Erik The Red

Hmmm. Wonder what mine means...
Shameless begger?

103 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:16:02pm

re: #101 SasquatchOnSteroids

Always wanted to put Wrong Way signs on both sides of my street.

We are Gremlins?

104 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:16:47pm

re: #103 DEZes

We are Gremlins?

That's going so far back, my memory just broke.

105 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:16:49pm

re: #100 Charles

Sleepers are still popping up at the end of the previous Beck threads to let me know I must be some kind of commie if I don't sing the praises of Glenn.

If you don't hate the Fed you hate America.

Have I got the logic right?

106 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:16:59pm

re: #98 Erik The Red

Great person=great karma.

I get dinged by good people, that's all.
But thanks for the compliment.

107 Cheechako  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:17:38pm

re: #101 SasquatchOnSteroids

Always wanted to put Wrong Way signs on both sides of my street.


Had a street in my home town named Wong Way. That's where the Wong Family lived.

108 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:17:42pm

re: #100 Charles

Sleepers are still popping up

...in bed.

/I've created a monster, and it is us.

109 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:18:17pm

re: #107 Cheechako

Had a street in my home town named Wong Way. That's where the Wong Family lived.

Your going the Wong way! ;)

110 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:19:04pm

re: #102 Floral Giraffe

Hmmm. Wonder what mine means...
Shameless begger?

You need a pick me up, have a cookie and a ding.

111 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:19:11pm

re: #100 Charles

Bircher is as Bircher does. They have a special, magical eyesight that allows them to see hidden commies everywhere.

112 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:19:52pm

re: #111 Slumbering Behemoth

Bircher is as Bircher does. They have a special, magical eyesight that allows them to see hidden commies everywhere.

... in bed?

113 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:20:10pm

re: #110 DEZes

Iced Sangria as soon as the sun goes down!

114 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:20:36pm

re: #113 Floral Giraffe

Iced Sangria as soon as the sun goes down!

Can I come over?

115 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:20:50pm

re: #112 HAL2010

... in bed?

I believe it was a commie hiding under every bed back in the 50s.

116 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:21:30pm

To this gray-headed old fogy, Beck comes across as one of those asinine, frequently "small-town", used-car dealers who do their own TV commercials.

/I'd expect to find oatmeal in his (own) transmission

117 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:21:57pm

re: #100 Charles

Sleepers are still popping up at the end of the previous Beck threads to let me know I must be some kind of commie if I don't sing the praises of Glenn.

Maybe they're bored.

118 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:22:25pm

re: #112 HAL2010

... in bed?

No, not exactly in bed. Under the bed. That's where all the self respecting Reds can be found.

119 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:22:35pm

re: #114 DEZes

Sure, can you get here by then?
Frosty glasses already in the freezer!

120 austin_blue  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:22:39pm

re: #112 HAL2010

... in bed?

Well, yeah. It's a honeypot. Common recruitment tool.

121 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:22:54pm

re: #115 JamesTKirk

I believe it was a commie hiding under every bed back in the 50s.

I take it that .. you see .. comm .. un .. ists ... UNDER .. every bed

Captain?

122 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:22:58pm

re: #116 pre-Boomer Marine brat

To this gray-headed old fogy, Beck comes across as one of those asinine, frequently "small-town", used-car dealers who do their own TV commercials.

/I'd expect to find oatmeal in his (own) transmission

And banana peels in the rear axle.

123 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:23:29pm

re: #119 Floral Giraffe

Sure, can you get here by then?
Frosty glasses already in the freezer!

My hyper drive is broken. :(

124 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:23:45pm

re: #116 pre-Boomer Marine brat

To this gray-headed old fogy, Beck comes across as one of those asinine, frequently "small-town", used-car dealers who do their own TV commercials.

/I'd expect to find oatmeal in his (own) transmission

You know you'd buy a car from this guy!

125 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:23:50pm

BBL, stay scaly & cool!

126 BARACK THE VOTE  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:23:51pm

re: #105 HAL2010

If you don't hate the Fed you hate America.

Have I got the logic right?

Change it to 'wingnut logic' and you're good to go!

127 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:24:01pm

re: #121 HAL2010

I take it that .. you see .. comm .. un .. ists ... UNDER .. every bed

Captain?

Why do you think I'm constantly arranging for people who wear red to die??

128 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:24:06pm

I love it!!! LOL

129 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:24:12pm

re: #123 DEZes

My hyper drive is broken. :(

Is that what you kids are calling it these days ?

130 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:24:37pm

re: #129 SasquatchOnSteroids

Is that what you kids are calling it these days ?

As a matter of fact... yes. ;)

131 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:24:48pm

re: #123 DEZes

My hyper drive is broken. :(

Calling James T Kirk. Help on isle 9.

132 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:25:02pm

Do not buy your car here (NSFW language):

133 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:25:20pm

re: #100 Charles

Sleepers are still popping up at the end of the previous Beck threads to let me know I must be some kind of commie if I don't sing the praises of Glenn.

Imagine what they'd do if you posted a serious pictorial thread on St. Basil's Cathedral -- that glorious riot of onion-domes in Red Square. They'd absolutely come unglued!

134 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:25:21pm

re: #128 aboo-Hoo-Hoo

I love it!!!

...in bed

135 austin_blue  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:25:26pm

They are driving Teddy up to the Capitol. Live. The crowd is applauding like mad.

136 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:25:37pm

re: #127 JamesTKirk

Why do you think I'm constantly arranging for people who wear red to die??

I thought it was people who didn't wear nametags who died?

Or perhaps that was in Bond films ..

137 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:25:55pm

re: #123 DEZes

My hyper drive is broken. :(

In bed.

138 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:26:15pm

re: #131 Erik The Red

Calling James T Kirk. Help on isle 9.

You can borrow Scotty if you'd like.

139 MacDuff  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:26:20pm

re: #116 pre-Boomer Marine brat

To this gray-headed old fogy, Beck comes across as one of those asinine, frequently "small-town", used-car dealers who do their own TV commercials.

/I'd expect to find oatmeal in his (own) transmission

He's not much more than a self-promoting flamethrower who feels that the more outrageous he becomes, the more money he'll make.

And this, too, shall pass.

140 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:26:31pm

re: #138 JamesTKirk

You can borrow Scotty if you'd like.

...in bed

141 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:26:48pm

re: #139 MacDuff

And this, too, shall pass.

...in bed

142 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:27:17pm

re: #137 MandyManners

In bed.

Back to the library. ;)

143 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:27:49pm

Who started this?

You have unleashed a monster!

144 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:28:00pm

re: #124 jcm

(*grin* ... or Uncle Milt in the Muppet Movie!)

145 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:28:05pm

re: #132 JamesTKirk

Do not buy your car here (NSFW language):



Challenge pissing?

146 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:28:19pm

re: #143 HAL2010

I started it. In bed.

147 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:28:27pm

OK, I can put a stop to this.

Helen Thomas

148 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:28:36pm

re: #142 DEZes

Back to the library. ;)

And one thread weaves into the next thread. Perverts :)))

149 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:29:02pm

re: #147 SasquatchOnSteroids

OK, I can put a stop to this.

Helen Thomas

In your bed.

150 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:29:02pm

re: #147 SasquatchOnSteroids

OK, I can put a stop to this.

Helen Thomas

In be...

that was a close one

151 Kosh's Shadow  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:29:11pm

re: #141 JamesTKirk

...in bed

This shall pass ... in bed?
Who's the wee-wee?

152 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:29:18pm

re: #147 SasquatchOnSteroids

OK, I can put a stop to this.

Helen Thomas

Ewww...Ewww...

153 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:29:19pm

re: #145 MandyManners

Challenge pissing?

Yeah, you might have trouble with that.

154 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:29:29pm

re: #143 HAL2010

Who started this?

You have unleashed a monster!

In bed.

155 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:29:38pm

re: #149 JamesTKirk

In your bed.

My hyperdrive just broke.

156 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:30:04pm

re: #155 SasquatchOnSteroids

My hyperdrive just broke.

Yeah it did.

157 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:30:07pm

re: #148 Erik The Red

And one thread weaves into the next thread. Perverts :)))

In bed.

158 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:30:12pm

re: #111 Slumbering Behemoth

Bircher is as Bircher does. They have a special, magical eyesight that allows them to see hidden commies everywhere.

That's what I was thinking.

159 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:30:21pm

re: #151 Kosh's Shadow

This shall pass ... in bed?
Who's the wee-wee?

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

160 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:30:32pm

re: #142 DEZes

Back to the library. ;)

Col. Mustard.

161 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:30:32pm

re: #155 SasquatchOnSteroids

My hyperdrive just broke.

Get the hydrospanner. and a big bucket.

162 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:30:52pm

Barney Frank sucks

163 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:31:22pm

re: #160 MandyManners

Col. Mustard.

Call it anything you like my dear. ;)

164 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:31:23pm

re: #162 SasquatchOnSteroids

Barney Frank sucks

That is so correct on many levels.

165 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:31:33pm

re: #160 MandyManners

Col. Mustard.

Colonel Angus !

166 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:31:35pm

re: #162 SasquatchOnSteroids

Barney Frank sucks

DUH.

167 MacDuff  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:31:36pm

re: #138 JamesTKirk

You can borrow Scotty if you'd like.

re: #149 JamesTKirk

In your bed.

the very thought fused my dylithium crystals!

168 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:31:39pm

re: #161 DEZes

Get the hydrospanner. and a big bucket.

You who stole the bucket!

169 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:32:03pm

re: #165 SasquatchOnSteroids

Colonel Angus !

In my bed!

170 Gearhead  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:32:43pm

re: #162 SasquatchOnSteroids

Barney Frank sucks

...to the delight of some and the chagrin of others.

171 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:32:56pm

re: #168 HAL2010

You who stole the bucket!

It was unattended, so I abducted it.
/

172 wahabicorridor  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:34:06pm

John Pilger is hilarious. He thinks it's quite possible Obama was a CIA stooge.

Srsly

h/t Tim Blair

173 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:34:20pm

re: #171 DEZes

It was unattended, so I abducted it.
/

There is a very upset Walrus that you should apologise to. He's over there, next to the cat with a caption over his head. Don't ask how it got there.

174 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:35:35pm

re: #173 HAL2010

There is a very upset Walrus that you should apologise to. He's over there, next to the cat with a caption over his head. Don't ask how it got there.

hmmm, they are unattended too.

175 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:36:14pm

re: #172 wahabicorridor

Obama was a CIA stooge.

In bed.

176 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:36:36pm

re: #174 DEZes

The day basement kitteh comes for you you'll be sorry.

177 MacDuff  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:36:51pm

WARNING:

JamesTKirk and HAL2010 on the same board, at the same time, could very well rip a hole in the time-space continuum.

178 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:36:59pm

re: #175 JamesTKirk

In bed.

Okay, Helen Thomas and Obama in bed jokes need a warning.
/

179 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:37:41pm

re: #178 DEZes

Okay, Helen Thomas and Obama in bed jokes need a warning.
/

Obama and Helen Thomas.

In Barney Frank's bed.

//Did that rip a hole in the time-space continuum?

180 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:37:47pm

re: #178 DEZes

Okay, Helen Thomas and Obama in bed jokes need a warning.
/

WARNING:

I am one double click away from photoshop

181 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:37:59pm

re: #176 HAL2010

The day basement kitteh comes for you you'll be sorry.

I have freezer kitty on guard.

182 The Shadow Do  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:38:11pm

re: #135 austin_blue

They are driving Teddy up to the Capitol. Live. The crowd is applauding like mad.

Stand up, Ted, let 'em see you! Oh God love ya, what am I talking about...

183 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:38:31pm

re: #180 HAL2010

WARNING:

I am one double click away from photoshop

Do it. ;)

184 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:38:41pm

re: #180 HAL2010

WARNING:

I am one double click away from photoshop

I'm afraid I can't allow you to do that, Hal.

185 MacDuff  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:39:01pm

re: #179 JamesTKirk

Obama and Helen Thomas.

In Barney Frank's bed.

//Did that rip a hole in the time-space continuum?

It did in mine!

186 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:39:15pm

re: #179 JamesTKirk

Obama and Helen Thomas.

In Barney Frank's bed.

//Did that rip a hole in the time-space continuum?

No, but it just harshed my mellow.
Ouch.

187 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:39:35pm

re: #184 SasquatchOnSteroids

I'm afraid I can't allow you to do that, Hal.

Now that does rip a hole in the time-space continuum

188 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:39:41pm

re: #165 SasquatchOnSteroids

Colonel Angus !

[Link: www.fanpop.com...]

189 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:39:44pm

re: #182 The Shadow Do

Stand up, Ted, let 'em see you! Oh God love ya, what am I talking about...

OMG. LOLOLOLOL.

190 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:39:50pm

re: #174 DEZes

hmmm, they are unattended too.

Hey, look over there, it's unattended... my mortgage!

191 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:40:11pm

re: #163 DEZes

*blushing furiously*

192 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:40:17pm

re: #145 MandyManners

Challenge pissing?

That's right, Challenge Pissing!

193 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:40:35pm

re: #190 jcm

Hey, look over there, it's unattended... my mortgage!

Aliens dont abduct mortgages. ;)

194 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:41:19pm

re: #191 MandyManners

*blushing furiously*

You look good in red.

195 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:41:26pm

re: #193 DEZes

Aliens dont abduct mortgages. ;)

In bed.

196 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:41:53pm

Gonna' dish up The Kid's dinner. bbiab

197 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:42:06pm

re: #194 DEZes

You look good in red.

Wait, she's in red?!?

Mandy, you're beaming down with me right now to planet Suddendeath IV.

198 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:42:11pm

re: #195 SasquatchOnSteroids

In bed.

I may as well go make a few crop circles.
In bed.

199 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:42:48pm

re: #194 DEZes

You look good in red.

Bed.
FTFY

200 TheMatrix31  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:42:54pm

re: #179 JamesTKirk

Obama and Helen Thomas.

In Barney Frank's bed.

//Did that rip a hole in the time-space continuum?

Someone already ripped a hole in Barney Frank's time-space continuum.

201 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:42:55pm

re: #193 DEZes

Aliens dont abduct mortgages. ;)

*snap*

202 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:43:27pm

re: #192 Slumbering Behemoth

That's right, Challenge Pissing!

"Mr President, we've taken a sample of the urine that was written 'F*** the President' in the snow in the Rose Garden"

"It's Joe Bidens urine and Hillaries handwriting!"

203 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:43:32pm

re: #193 DEZes

Aliens dont abduct mortgages. ;)

No, but Obama's gonna pay it for you!

204 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:44:01pm

re: #201 jcm

*snap*

Poltergeists take the whole house, would that help?
Didnt think so.

205 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:44:14pm

re: #202 sattv4u2

"It's Joe Bidens urine and Hillaries handwriting!"

In Reverend Wright's bed.

206 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:44:19pm

Human Beatbox

207 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:44:53pm

re: #206 Sharmuta

And he looks a little like Harry Potter

208 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:45:16pm

Time for me to go...

209 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:45:24pm

re: #203 JamesTKirk

No, but Obama's gonna pay it for you!

Egad!

210 Truck Monkey  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:45:33pm

re: #207 Sharmuta

And he looks a little like Harry Potter

In bed.

211 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:45:35pm

re: #208 JamesTKirk

Time for me to go...

Warp 9?

212 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:45:48pm

re: #208 JamesTKirk

Time for me to go...

Up, up, and awaaay!

213 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:45:57pm

re: #208 JamesTKirk

Time for me to go...

to bed ?

214 MacDuff  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:46:07pm

re: #208 JamesTKirk

Time for me to go...

Live long and prosper.

215 Killgore Trout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:47:02pm

Lol. Very funny.

216 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:47:26pm

re: #158 Sharmuta

Here's the funny thing. Beck defenders come on this site saying that he is being attacked for telling the truth (troof is more like it), and get all pissy with LGF.

These Beck defenders are coming here, attacking Charles and LGF, because Charles has been exposing the truth about Beck's wacky conspiracy mongering, and his connections to, and promotion of, even wackier conspiracy mongers like Ron Paul and the John Birch Society.

The light of truth is not on their side, and they can't stand it when it's focused on them.

217 Killgore Trout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:47:41pm

Thread Hijack!

218 yesandno  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:47:41pm

re: #198 DEZes

I may as well go make a few crop circles.
In bed.

didn't know you were into scrapbooking.

219 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:48:36pm

re: #218 yesandno

didn't know you were into scrapbooking.

Neither did I.

220 Killgore Trout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:48:55pm

re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth

My favorite is the apologists who say, "Yeah, he's a little silly but he dares to tell the truth."

221 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:48:56pm

Aliens! Captured on film!

222 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:49:33pm

re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth

Here's the funny thing. Beck defenders come on this site saying that he is being attacked for telling the truth (troof is more like it), and get all pissy with LGF.

These Beck defenders are coming here, attacking Charles and LGF, because Charles has been exposing the truth about Beck's wacky conspiracy mongering, and his connections to, and promotion of, even wackier conspiracy mongers like Ron Paul and the John Birch Society.

The light of truth is not on their side, and they can't stand it when it's focused on them.

A few facts here, a few there. Nothing will stand in the way of the Beck-Brigade.

223 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:50:25pm

re: #217 Killgore Trout

Thread Hijack!

Call the Paulice.

224 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:50:29pm

This may get lost in the Beck-barfing, but I came in too late for the open thread.

Just learned that a great, though little-known, folksinger passed away last month -- and someone I once knew personally.

Johnny Collins' "Shanties & Songs of the Sea" is arguably the best, and the most accurately performed, album of shanties ever produced.

This is the closing track, Farewell Shanty, posted by someone on YouTube. (Three men, a capella, the way they were originally sung.)

RIP Johnny. I thought several times about e-mailing you, but never did. Now I can't, and I'm sorry.

225 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:50:54pm

re: #220 Killgore Trout

My favorite is the apologists who say, "Yeah, he's a little silly but he dares to tell the truth."

I've heard the same said of Alex Jones. I also like the "Why am I the only one talking about this"?

Another classic used by both Beck and Jones. The question answers itself, when you consider the source.

226 austin_blue  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:51:08pm

re: #221 jcm

Aliens! Captured on film!

[Video]

Raymond Scott soundtrack. Cool!

227 SasquatchOnSteroids  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:53:32pm

re: #224 pre-Boomer Marine brat

This may get lost in the Beck-barfing, but I came in too late for the open thread.

Just learned that a great, though little-known, folksinger passed away last month -- and someone I once knew personally.

Johnny Collins' "Shanties & Songs of the Sea" is arguably the best, and the most accurately performed, album of shanties ever produced.

This is the closing track, Farewell Shanty, posted by someone on YouTube. (Three men, a capella, the way they were originally sung.)

RIP Johnny. I thought several times about e-mailing you, but never did. Now I can't, and I'm sorry.

Nice song.

228 yesandno  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:53:53pm

re: #219 DEZes

Neither did I.

Well if you insist on doing it in bed, watch out for the scissors!

229 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:54:27pm

BBL Lizards.

230 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:54:34pm

re: #208 JamesTKirk

Time for me to go...

Beam me up Scotty.

231 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:55:45pm

re: #229 DEZes

BBL Lizards.

Later DEZes

232 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:56:04pm

re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth

Here's the funny thing. Beck defenders come on this site saying that he is being attacked for telling the truth (troof is more like it), and get all pissy with LGF.

These Beck defenders are coming here, attacking Charles and LGF, because Charles has been exposing the truth about Beck's wacky conspiracy mongering, and his connections to, and promotion of, even wackier conspiracy mongers like Ron Paul and the John Birch Society.

The light of truth is not on their side, and they can't stand it when it's focused on them.

Cockroaches don't like the light.

233 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:56:07pm

re: #227 SasquatchOnSteroids

Nice song.

The CD's simply great. (Johnny's the lead singer on that one.)

234 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:57:41pm

re: #232 Sharmuta

Cockroaches don't like the light.

And they can survive for over a week after their head is chopped off. As for cockroaches, they are just unpleasant.

235 yesandno  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 3:59:54pm

re: #221 jcm

Aliens! Captured on film!

Was Bugs an alien? He had no bellybutton...

Which is how they are going to determine if all those illegals are aliens after all...nope, they have bellybuttons...give them a vote.

236 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:02:51pm

re: #227 SasquatchOnSteroids

Nice song.

Heh ... I'm snatching up two of the remaining CDs, to give as gifts.

237 HAL2010  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:04:09pm

I need an eight hour reboot.

...

In bed.

238 Digital Display  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:04:46pm

The Hoopster is only 14 hours late.. My weekly movie review...
Music Within (2007) A hearing-impared veteran ( Ron Livingstone) becomes an advocate for the disabled. (drama) Adult situation.

The first thing you think of Livingstone is his part in Office space..As a comedian..Then in The Band of brothers 10 part series...
His part playing a deaf veteran is pure genius...I am very impressed with his acting and highly recommend this movie...

239 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:08:30pm

2 mics at the Human Beatbox Convention 2007

240 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:13:31pm

re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth

Here's the funny thing. Beck defenders come on this site saying that he is being attacked for telling the truth (troof is more like it), and get all pissy with LGF.

Here's the even funnier thing: When the libs engaged in wild conspiracy theories, they called it "speaking truth to power." And I'm willing to bet that back then a fair number of Beck knuckle-draggers recognized it as the crap that it is.

241 Killgore Trout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:14:29pm

Koskidz: The Man Behind The Defend Glenn Beck Web Site

The executive director of the USJF is Gary Kreep. His biography reveals that he is the general counsel to the racist, anti-immigration group, The Minutemen. He has been affiliated with the radical and violent anti-choice group, Operation Rescue. He was a California delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1976 and 1980.

Most recently Kreep has been a leader of the "birther" movement that seeks to nullify last November's election of the grounds that Obama is not a U.S. citizen. He has been one of the most vocal proponents of the birther myths going back to at least November 2008, when he tried to prevent California delegates to the Electoral College from casting their votes. He originally worked with birther queen, Orly Taitz, representing several clients, including Alan Keyes. He has since replaced Taitz as counsel to birther litigant "Rev." Wiley Drake. Drake is notable for publicly praying for the death of Obama. When a man like Drake selects you to represent him, over Orly Taitz, that is quite an endorsement.

Gary Kreep's bio also mentions that he was a member of Young Americans for Freedom...

The Southern Poverty Law Center took objection to the MSU chapter's actions and has included the organization on its hate group list for 2006 under the "general hate" category.
...
On October 26, 2007, around 50-75 people were involved in protesting a YAF event hosting Nick Griffin, chairman of the British National Party (BNP). Griffin who has been convicted with antisemitism and racism in the United Kingdom, was forced to do a Q&A after being continuously interrupted. [
242 TheMatrix31  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:16:04pm

re: #241 Killgore Trout

I find it ironic that the morons at DailyKos are pointing out the idiocy in others. Hey Kos, shut the fuck up.

243 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:18:15pm

Does anyone remember the Flute Beatboxing video of Peter and the Wolf?

Here's the same guy, Greg Pattillo, doing Inspector Gadget:

244 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:18:21pm

re: #241 Killgore Trout

Koskidz: The Man Behind The Defend Glenn Beck Web Site

Whoa doggies.

245 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:18:22pm

Beck is a genius!
People fail to understand him because he operates on several levels. It distresses me to see people here criticize that which they do not properly understand

246 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:19:37pm

"Gary Kreep?" Can that be for real?

247 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:20:02pm

re: #241 Killgore Trout

Koskidz: The Man Behind The Defend Glenn Beck Web Site

Good hunting.

248 SixDegrees  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:20:26pm

re: #245 swamprat

Beck is a genius!
People fail to understand him because he operates on several levels. It distresses me to see people here criticize that which they do not properly understand

It's difficult for ordinary people to lower themselves to the profound depths of stupidity, ignorance and paranoia Beck operates in.

249 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:21:44pm

Dingers who see nothing funny about Glenn Beck:

pepin, sventopia

250 austin_blue  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:21:45pm

re: #246 Charles

"Gary Kreep?" Can that be for real?

Yup:

[Link: investigatingobama.blogspot.com...]

251 Killgore Trout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:24:04pm

re: #246 Charles

"Gary Kreep?" Can that be for real?

I've never heard of him before but the Koskidz diary seems to check out so far.

252 The Shadow Do  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:24:13pm

re: #249 Charles

Dingers who see nothing funny about Glenn Beck:

pepin, sventopia

Dinger berries? Or is that buries.

253 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:24:15pm

Sesame Street

254 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:24:21pm

re: #245 swamprat

Beck is a genius!
People fail to understand him because he operates on several levels. It distresses me to see people here criticize that which they do not properly understand

Wait.
Not Beck. He's a moron. I was thinking about Jim Varney.
Earnest Saves Christmas was actually a very well done socio-political commentary on the human condition, but most people don't get it.

In bed.

256 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:26:55pm

re: #254 swamprat

Heh ... maybe you oughta ask Charles if your #245 can be edited with the proper name, otherwise it'll collect down-dings like flies on a cow-pie.

257 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:27:35pm

re: #249 Charles

Dingers who see nothing funny about Glenn Beck:

pepin, sventopia

I wonder what all these fans of Beck will think about the information in Kilgore's No. 241.

258 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:27:47pm

re: #256 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Heh ... maybe you oughta ask Charles if your #245 can be edited with the proper name, otherwise it'll collect down-dings like flies on a cow-pie.


All art has its price.

259 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:28:01pm

re: #256 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I had a feeling about swamps' first comment. Too sensible to be a Becker.

260 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:28:29pm

re: #258 swamprat

All art has its price.

LOL!

261 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:29:00pm

re: #249 Charles

Dingers who see nothing funny about Glenn Beck (in bed):

pepin, sventopia

Fixed.

262 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:29:43pm

re: #259 Sharmuta

I had a feeling about swamps' first comment. Too sensible to be a Becker.

Heh, yeah.
I sat here dumbfounded, trying to make sense of it in context.

263 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:30:05pm

re: #262 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I was waiting for the other shoe, which I got.

264 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:31:13pm

Swamprat has an interesting sense of humor, that I enjoy, so I knew it had to be a joke.

265 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:31:26pm

re: #261 Racer X
Hi Racer X! Uh, what means "pepin, sventopia"?

266 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:32:23pm

re: #265 realwest

Hi Racer X! Uh, what means "pepin, sventopia"?

Idjits. ;)

267 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:33:08pm

re: #265 realwest

Hi Racer X! Uh, what means "pepin, sventopia"?

Stealth dingers in love with Glenn Beck (in bed).

Hows is goin RW!

268 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:33:09pm

re: #263 Sharmuta

I was waiting for the other shoe, which I got.

(the thread's still very much alive, so I'll let the pun-sibilities pass.)

269 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:33:40pm

re: #266 DEZes
Hey DEZes, who's idiots?

270 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:34:11pm

re: #255 Killgore Trout


Upding for nicely engineered pun.

271 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:34:42pm

re: #267 Racer X
Ah. What? Sorry, I just don't keep up with Beck's non-sense and can't remember ever using Koz as a reliable source for much of anything.

272 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:34:49pm

re: #266 DEZes

Idjits. ;)

Is there something Freudian about IDjits?

273 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:35:49pm

re: #271 realwest

Ah. What? Sorry, I just don't keep up with Beck's non-sense and can't remember ever using Koz as a reliable source for much of anything.

Hey RW! Still building an ark or is everything under control?

274 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:36:00pm

re: #271 realwest

Ah. What? Sorry, I just don't keep up with Beck's non-sense and can't remember ever using Koz as a reliable source for much of anything.

There was a memo-
Kos and Huffpo = good
Fox News = bad

Konform!

275 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:36:49pm

re: #271 realwest

Ah. What? Sorry, I just don't keep up with Beck's non-sense and can't remember ever using Koz as a reliable source for much of anything.

Misinformation, perhaps?

Or, if you are low on froth and righteous indignation.

276 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:37:39pm

re: #269 realwest

Hey DEZes, who's idiots?

The stealth dingers,
How you doing Mr. Realwest?

277 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:38:07pm

re: #273 jcm

Hey RW! Still building an ark or is everything under control?

*gasp*
Are you calling him a Noah-count?

278 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:38:19pm

re: #255 Killgore Trout

Radical ‘Birther’ Kreep Launches DefendGlenn.Com

To deal with the constant influx of criticisms, the psychiatrist's advice for Beck was to take the perspective of "dealing with people who are addicted to drugs." Beck agreed, arguing that "alcoholics and drug-addicts" will "save this country."

Wow.

279 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:38:41pm

re: #272 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Is there something Freudian about IDjits?

Tis it a slip.

280 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:40:15pm

re: #278 Sharmuta

the perspective of "dealing with people who are addicted to drugs." Beck agreed, arguing that "alcoholics and drug-addicts" will "save this country."


Welcome back to the 60s'!

281 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:40:26pm

re: #273 jcm
Hey jcm - yep, FEMA came and gave us Hip-Waders!
LOL! Yeah, everything is ok here, thanks.
BTW, did ya get an e-mail from me today?

282 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:41:09pm

re: #279 DEZes

Tis it a slip.

Now egos backing off his post!

283 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:41:28pm

re: #281 realwest

Hey jcm - yep, FEMA came and gave us Hip-Waders!
LOL! Yeah, everything is ok here, thanks.
BTW, did ya get an e-mail from me today?

I did, was and am keeping an eye out.

284 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:41:32pm

Stunning op-ed from Russ Feingold. Way too much to quote and fisk; suffice it to say that the senator from Wisconsin is resurrecting the cut and run strategy:

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

I will make one comment: Russ, if you want to negotiate your way out of Afghanistan, it's best to do so from a position of strength (see Gorbachev, circa 1986).

285 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:41:49pm

re: #274 Racer X
And let's not forget that veritable fount of undisputedly reliable news, ThingProgress!
How are ya Racer X?

286 Killgore Trout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:42:11pm

re: #278 Sharmuta
No shortage of nuttiness.

287 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:43:31pm

re: #282 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Now egos backing off his post!

Could be on Beck and call.

288 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:43:36pm

re: #275 Desert Dog
Or, if you want to give that new Hazmat suit a spin!
And how are y'all doing Desert Dog?

289 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:44:12pm

re: #285 realwest

And let's not forget that veritable fount of undisputedly reliable news, ThingProgress!
How are ya Racer X?

I'm doin OK RW - getting smoked out right now. Plus its like 105˚ here so its not pleasant.

290 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:44:43pm

re: #241 Killgore Trout

Koskidz: The Man Behind The Defend Glenn Beck Web Site

Far be it from me to defend this Kreep (heh) but the Koskids' attempt to tar him with his YAF membership is a lie by omission. The linked wikipedia article fails to make it clear that YAF's national organization virtually ceased to exist around 2001. The individual chapters are very much local and independent entities that could push almost any agenda at the whim of whoever happens to be in charge locally. Conspiracy nuts and white supremacists have made a deliberate effort to gain control of local chapters in an effort to capitalize on the organization's past reputation.
Note that the sparse YAF national website has not been updated in more than a year. The goings-on in the one chapter at MSU just a couple of years ago have nothing to do with the organization as it was in the 70s and 80s when Kreep was a member.

291 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:44:48pm

re: #277 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*gasp*
Are you calling him a Noah-count?


Now THAT was cute! And quick, too! LOL!

292 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:46:46pm

re: #289 Racer X
Damn - hope y'all have an evac plan!
BTW, is the fire threatening the Mt. Wilson Observatory?

293 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:46:54pm

re: #282 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Now egos backing off his post!

In bed.

294 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:47:08pm

re: #286 Killgore Trout

His doctor friend- in trying to help him deal with name calling- turns around and calls Beck's critics a name: we're drug addicts! What a hypocrite.

295 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:47:52pm

re: #291 realwest

Now THAT was cute! And quick, too! LOL!

Heh ... my next would have been to ask if he was calling you Ararat.

/and was even trying to work one up using the Turkish name, Agri Dagi

296 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:49:08pm

re: #293 MandyManners

In bed.

I got in too late to catch the meaning of all these "in bed-ed" comments littering this thread.

:D

297 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:49:18pm

FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE

298 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:50:21pm

re: #290 Shiplord Kirel

Is that the same as YAF.org?

Famous for hosting Robert Spencer.

299 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:50:28pm

re: #296 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I got in too late to catch the meaning of all these "in bed-ed" comments littering this thread.

:D

Check out Kirk in the previous thread.

300 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:50:36pm

re: #288 realwest

Or, if you want to give that new Hazmat suit a spin!
And how are y'all doing Desert Dog?

Trying to keep cool...about ready to bbq some ribs and drink a cold one

301 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:50:38pm

re: #284 David Simon
Hey David Simon - where have I heard that name of
Richard Holbrooke before?
And am I correct that what Russ is suggesting is that rather than clear Afghanistan of the Taliban, then going after 'em in Pakistan if need be, we should give 'em Afghanistan BACK?!

302 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:50:39pm

re: #240 David Simon

Here's the even funnier thing: When the libs engaged in wild conspiracy theories, they called it "speaking truth to power." And I'm willing to bet that back then a fair number of Beck knuckle-draggers recognized it as the crap that it is.

Here's the even more funnier thing: Most of the folks that were "speaking truth to power" were those pushing the 9/11 truth movement. They were (and still are) Paulbot libertarians.

Glenn Beck is a Libertarian. He also speaks approvingly of and promotes Ron Paul and members of the John Birch Society. You do the math.

Hilarious, ain't it.

303 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:51:05pm

re: #296 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I got in too late to catch the meaning of all these "in bed-ed" comments littering this thread.

:D

Anything is funnier.

in bed

304 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:51:29pm

re: #295 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Heh ... my next would have been to ask if he was calling you Ararat.

/and was even trying to work one up using the Turkish name, Agri Dagi


Well at least you were spared that one!

305 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:52:04pm

re: #292 realwest

Damn - hope y'all have an evac plan!
BTW, is the fire threatening the Mt. Wilson Observatory?

Fire is far from my house - but the smoke is drifting this way. The fire is quite a ways away from the observatory as well.

306 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:53:31pm

re: #305 Racer X

Fire is far from my house - but the smoke is drifting this way. The fire is quite a ways away from the observatory as well.

So, this year it's: fire, earthquake, flood and mudslide?

307 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:55:15pm

re: #306 Desert Dog

So, this year it's: fire, earthquake, flood and mudslide?

Hush, we haven't had the earthquake, yet...
Besides, it's the normal cycle here!

308 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:55:29pm

re: #304 realwest

Well at least you were spared that one!

No, you guys were spared! For example, the huge gorge coming down the northeast face of Mount Ararat is named Ahora Gorge.

/of course, I nice guy like you wouldn't get the pun possibilities in that

309 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:56:19pm

re: #298 wrenchwench
Hey wrenchwrench - could be, but it's got a different name Young America's Foundation - which has just a sterling lead in video from that noted nutter, Ben Stein!

310 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:56:19pm

Bouree

311 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:56:44pm

re: #306 Desert Dog

So, this year it's: fire, earthquake, flood and mudslide?

This year?

Heck - those are the 4 seasons in SoCal.

312 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:57:43pm

re: #307 Floral Giraffe

Hush, we haven't had the earthquake, yet...
Besides, it's the normal cycle here!

I hope you don't get one of those.

I am a Californian by birth. I am actually a 5th generation Californian. Most of my family still lives up in the bay area. I was born in Concord and lived in Danville and Dublin. But, we moved to Denver when I was 6 and I grew up there. Now, I live smack dap in the middle of a desert.

313 unrealizedviewpoint  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:58:20pm

re: #284 David Simon

Stunning op-ed from Russ Feingold. Way too much to quote and fisk; suffice it to say that the senator from Wisconsin is resurrecting the cut and run strategy:

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

I will make one comment: Russ, if you want to negotiate your way out of Afghanistan, it's best to do so from a position of strength (see Gorbachev, circa 1986).

Afghanistan is a blood & treasure pit, and (probably) will be for decades. We've experienced the result when the extremist are left to run the place. Stay we must. Feingold's a moonbat.

314 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 4:59:46pm

re: #305 Racer X

Fire is far from my house - but the smoke is drifting this way. The fire is quite a ways away from the observatory as well.


Whew, glad to hear that it's far from your house AND far from Mt. Wilson!
Are the firefighters getting it under control yet? Those firefighters are some damn brave men - going into that inferno knowing that coming out for a breater means coming out to 105 degrees temps!

315 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:00:13pm

Wow. This is scary.

Justifiable homicide defense eyed in Roeder's case

and I found this comment and this mindset particularly chilling. No matter how one feels about abortion there is absolutely no justification for an atty (sworn to uphold the law) saying shit like this

It has been open season on unborn children for over 30 years. I think on abortionists there will be a bag limit,"

316 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:00:37pm

re: #309 realwest

Hey wrenchwrench - could be, but it's got a different name Young America's Foundation - which has just a sterling lead in video from that noted nutter, Ben Stein!

Thanks for the correction.

317 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:00:57pm

re: #312 Desert Dog

Someday we will have "the big one", but the little/medium ones we have regularly are still better than shoveling snow, IMHO.
I'm a native born Californian too!

318 itellu3times  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:01:31pm

The Beck Beat Box?
Boop-boop-be-doop.
Ladies and Gents,
Bozo Mangles The News!

/here's Glenn!

319 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:01:32pm

re: #314 realwest

Whew, glad to hear that it's far from your house AND far from Mt. Wilson!
Are the firefighters getting it under control yet? Those firefighters are some damn brave men - going into that inferno knowing that coming out for a breater means coming out to 105 degrees temps!

Local news coverage here.

320 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:01:45pm

re: #301 realwest

Hey David Simon - where have I heard that name of
Richard Holbrooke before?
And am I correct that what Russ is suggesting is that rather than clear Afghanistan of the Taliban, then going after 'em in Pakistan if need be, we should give 'em Afghanistan BACK?!

Heh, I think that's about right. Although he left out the part about trying to buy off the warlords (since it worked so well last time).

I guess pressuring Pakistan to drop its decades-old fued with India and focus on the real problem is out of the question, huh?

321 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:01:54pm

re: #298 wrenchwench

Is that the same as YAF.org?

Famous for hosting Robert Spencer.

No, that's the Young America's Foundation. It's a separate organization but something of a spin-off:

FAQ: Are you the former Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) organization?

The two groups are totally separate organizations. They have separate Boards of Directors, separate offices, and separate staffs.

Young America's Foundation is an educational organization that sponsors speakers on campus and in the community, provides activist resources and materials, holds conferences and seminars, and saved the Reagan Ranch. As a non-profit, educational foundation, it engages in non-partisan and non-political activities; all contributions are completely tax deductible.

Young Americans for Freedom, on the other hand, engages in more activist programs such as political training and programs and more partisan activities such as demonstrations and conventions. As such, contributions to Young Americans for Freedom are not tax deductible. Young America's Foundation's leadership includes individuals who were or are active in Young Americans for Freedom including one chairman and three national executive directors.

322 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:01:54pm

I have figured out a way to fund healthcare. A national swear jar! It might work something like this:

323 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:02:03pm

re: #315 Shug

*BARF*
I can't believe anyone said that! (except that it's a lawyer)

324 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:02:36pm

re: #323 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*BARF*
I can't believe anyone said that! (except that it's a lawyer)

a bag limit.
Disgusting.

as if shooting one or two is cool, but then you give somebody else a chance

325 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:02:36pm

re: #313 unrealizedviewpoint

Afghanistan is a blood & treasure pit, and (probably) will be for decades. We've experienced the result when the extremist are left to run the place. Stay we must. Feingold's a moonbat.

Feingold, et al can only think of getting the hell out of there. What happens afterwards is of little concern to them. I think Obama realizes we cannot just pull out. And, I hope he also realizes we will have to stay there for a while until things improve. (If they improve).

Disengagement may feel good to some on the left, but it is a risky maneuver and it will ultimately be bad for the USA. The same was and is true with Iraq now. I hope Obama had his team have the spine to deal with this. I am thinking they do not, but I will be pleasantly surprised if they do.

326 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:04:08pm

re: #321 Shiplord Kirel

Thanks. I was looking for that.

327 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:04:08pm

re: #322 Sharmuta

I have figured out a way to fund healthcare. A national swear jar! It might work something like this:




upding

OR ,, we could charge a quarter for every illiterate that has to say "like" in every sentence!

328 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:04:35pm

re: #323 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*BARF*
I can't believe anyone said that! (except that it's a lawyer)


Hey, lay off the lawyer bashing - or you'll get sued!
However in this mofo's case, I'd be pleased to defend you pro bono!
What a scumbag that guy is.

329 Digital Display  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:04:50pm

re: #317 Floral Giraffe

Someday we will have "the big one", but the little/medium ones we have regularly are still better than shoveling snow, IMHO.
I'm a native born Californian too!

I'm a native California boy...The whole thing about 10 inches of snow and an 1/8 mile driveway really sucks...Snow really sucks!
Welcome to Indiana

330 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:05:00pm

re: #327 sattv4u2

upding

OR ,, we could charge a quarter for every illiterate that has to say "like" in every sentence!

Like how?

331 Coracle  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:05:40pm

re: #310 Sharmuta

Bouree

[Video]

Mmmm. Jethro Tull is an all time favorite.

332 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:05:57pm

re: #330 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Like how?

Like, y'know ,,, it's, ,like ,,, okay to ,,like ,, say ,, like,,, stuff!

333 Ojoe  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:06:02pm

Dear citizens

It's me, President Wee wee

I have been reading the 1,000 page health care bill on vacation here.

I'm up to page 680 as I write, but I cannot remember the first part now & I have been drinking too much coffee.

I've decided the whole thing is a crock, and I also have decided to stick to enforcing existing laws per my constitutional job description, and not promote new laws.

Sincerely, typical mixed ancestry person.

///

334 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:06:12pm

re: #328 realwest

Hey, lay off the lawyer bashing - or you'll get sued!
However in this mofo's case, I'd be pleased to defend you pro bono!
What a scumbag that guy is.

*grin*
I just KNEW I was gonna get slammed for that!

335 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:06:52pm

re: #329 HoosierHoops

I'm a native California boy...The whole thing about 10 inches of snow and an 1/8 mile driveway really sucks...Snow really sucks!
Welcome to Indiana

4th generation Californian here. No way I'm moving anywhere that gets colder than my refrigerator.

California sucks! Tell your friends too.

LOL!

336 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:07:09pm

re: #334 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*grin*
I just KNEW I was gonna get slammed for that!

Hey, I did offer to defend y'all for free!

337 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:07:12pm

re: #332 sattv4u2

Like, y'know ,,, it's, ,like ,,, okay to ,,like ,, say ,, like,,, stuff!

I like it, y'know.

338 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:07:35pm

re: #327 sattv4u2

upding

OR ,, we could charge a quarter for every illiterate that has to say "like" in every sentence!


Than, after that, we could could charge those who make errors worse then "like"!

339 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:07:40pm

Hey, something just occurred to me. I'm reading on of Kurt Vonnegut's later novels, Galápagos, and he mentions acid rain.

Remember acid rain?

It was going to deforest all of North America and Europe. I remember being driven around the Black Forest in the early nineties and having it pointed out to me. There certainly were some sickly-looking trees, but on the whole der Schwarzwald still looked pretty green. And as far as I know it's still there.

But it's been a while since I can remember anyone talking about acid rain.

So did we fix the problem, or did it go away, or was it never that big a problem to begin with, or has it only been replaced by other problems, like yellow teeth and teenage Brazilian serial knife murderettes?

Just wonderin'.

340 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:07:40pm

re: #328 realwest

Hey, lay off the lawyer bashing - or you'll get sued!
However in this mofo's case, I'd be pleased to defend you pro bono!
What a scumbag that guy is.


everybody rips on lawyers, until they need one.
Then suddenly, they are the greatest thing ever!.

341 realwest  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:07:49pm

Well y'all I gotta go eat some dinner now - hope I get the chance to see you all down the road!

342 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:07:49pm

re: #329 HoosierHoops

I'm a native California boy...The whole thing about 10 inches of snow and an 1/8 mile driveway really sucks...Snow really sucks!
Welcome to Indiana

I do not miss the snow, ice, Alberta Clippers, blizzards, black ice, warming your car up because it's too damn cold, scraping the windshield, chains, shoveling or freezing my a** off.

That said, it's 115 here today, we have had temps over 100 everyday since June 14...I am ready for this desert heat to end. Oh well, only one more month of this and it's on to the excellent weather!

343 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:08:10pm

re: #302 Slumbering Behemoth

Here's the even more funnier thing: Most of the folks that were "speaking truth to power" were those pushing the 9/11 truth movement. They were (and still are) Paulbot libertarians.

Funny you should mention that. When Paul's candidacy was in its infancy, I was surprised at the number of libs I encountered who spoke favorably of him. (Of course, that changed the instant I pointed out that Paul is opposed to abortion.)

344 unrealizedviewpoint  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:08:18pm

re: #325 Desert Dog

Feingold, et al can only think of getting the hell out of there. What happens afterwards is of little concern to them. I think Obama realizes we cannot just pull out. And, I hope he also realizes we will have to stay there for a while until things improve. (If they improve).

Disengagement may feel good to some on the left, but it is a risky maneuver and it will ultimately be bad for the USA. The same was and is true with Iraq now. I hope Obama had his team have the spine to deal with this. I am thinking they do not, but I will be pleasantly surprised if they do.

I'm okay with Øbama's short term war decisions. It's the long term one's that are issue. Al qaeda's fighting the long term one...

345 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:08:20pm

re: #328 realwest

You're a cool dude, RW. I like that you can take lawyer jokes in stride, and sometimes throw in a few of your own. I think it shows character, and a certain strength of identity, that you don't the jokes personally.

How you doin', RW?

346 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:08:35pm

re: #337 pre-Boomer Marine brat

I like it, y'know.

doesn't ,,likem,mmcount when,,like mmm the word is used in it's,, like,, proper context!

347 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:08:36pm

re: #336 realwest

Hey, I did offer to defend y'all for free!

Yep, I saw the pro's bono offer, mon cher.

*ducking*

348 Killgore Trout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:08:41pm

re: #298 wrenchwench

Is that the same as YAF.org?

Famous for hosting Robert Spencer.

That's where I recognized the name from.

349 Altermite  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:09:00pm

re: #339 Cato the Elder

Hey, something just occurred to me. I'm reading on of Kurt Vonnegut's later novels, Galápagos, and he mentions acid rain.

Remember acid rain?

It was going to deforest all of North America and Europe. I remember being driven around the Black Forest in the early nineties and having it pointed out to me. There certainly were some sickly-looking trees, but on the whole der Schwarzwald still looked pretty green. And as far as I know it's still there.

But it's been a while since I can remember anyone talking about acid rain.

So did we fix the problem, or did it go away, or was it never that big a problem to begin with, or has it only been replaced by other problems, like yellow teeth and teenage Brazilian serial knife murderettes?

Just wonderin'.

Its been rectified in the US. There are lakes in the US where all the fish are dead, and a few places with sickly trees, but we caught it mostly in time.

China is currently suffering from it though- some of the dawn redwood forests are taking a hit.

350 BARACK THE VOTE  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:09:21pm

re: #333 Ojoe

Upding not because I agree, but because that was hilarious. And I loved "President Wee Wee"!

351 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:09:33pm

re: #347 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Yep, I saw the pro's bono offer, mon cher.

*ducking*

You too ?

or should I say U2?

352 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:09:46pm

re: #339 Cato the Elder

Hey, something just occurred to me. I'm reading on of Kurt Vonnegut's later novels, Galápagos, and he mentions acid rain.

Remember acid rain?

It was going to deforest all of North America and Europe. I remember being driven around the Black Forest in the early nineties and having it pointed out to me. There certainly were some sickly-looking trees, but on the whole der Schwarzwald still looked pretty green. And as far as I know it's still there.

But it's been a while since I can remember anyone talking about acid rain.

So did we fix the problem, or did it go away, or was it never that big a problem to begin with, or has it only been replaced by other problems, like yellow teeth and teenage Brazilian serial knife murderettes?

Just wonderin'.

Three words:

Global Warming.

353 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:10:20pm

re: #339 Cato the Elder

Acid rain went away as soon as a democrat became the president after Reagan.

354 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:10:36pm

re: #343 David Simon

Funny you should mention that. When Paul's candidacy was in its infancy, I was surprised at the number of libs I encountered who spoke favorably of him. (Of course, that changed the instant I pointed out that Paul is opposed to abortion.)

Right up to an including election day Paul had (and still does, btw) a HUGE liberal backing here in Atlanta

355 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:11:19pm

re: #339 Cato the Elder

Hey, something just occurred to me. I'm reading on of Kurt Vonnegut's later novels, Galápagos, and he mentions acid rain.

Remember acid rain?

It was going to deforest all of North America and Europe. I remember being driven around the Black Forest in the early nineties and having it pointed out to me. There certainly were some sickly-looking trees, but on the whole der Schwarzwald still looked pretty green. And as far as I know it's still there.

But it's been a while since I can remember anyone talking about acid rain.

So did we fix the problem, or did it go away, or was it never that big a problem to begin with, or has it only been replaced by other problems, like yellow teeth and teenage Brazilian serial knife murderettes?

Just wonderin'.

Stay away from the brown acid rain, man...

Actually, I seem to recall acid rain being tied to dirty smoke stacks and the chemicals spewing forth from them. I guess since the USA and Europe doesn't do much heavy industry any more, the acid rain has subsided? And, in India and especially China, they don't give a damn about no acid rain anyhow...

Where's Ludwig when you need him? After he calls me an AcidRain denier, he will 'splain it to us.

356 Coracle  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:11:27pm

re: #339 Cato the Elder

SO2, NOX scrubbing at coal-fired power plants and catalytic converters in cars have all been implemented to various degrees in the last couple decades and gone along way to reduce sources. SO2 is a big one, and much of the remediation can and does take place at the power plants themselves.

357 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:11:52pm

re: #346 sattv4u2

doesn't ,,likem,mmcount when,,like mmm the word is used in it's,, like,, proper context!

Yeah, fer sure, that there context is, y'know, ... like ... important.

/DAMMIT, satt, this is all YOUR fault ... GAH! ... :D

358 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:12:20pm

re: #327 sattv4u2

upding

OR ,, we could charge a quarter for every illiterate that has to say "like" in every sentence!

We're never going to get fucking healthcare if you're fucking sitting their talking like Mary Fucking Poppins.

359 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:12:48pm

re: #349 Altermite

Its been rectified in the US. There are lakes in the US where all the fish are dead, and a few places with sickly trees, but we caught it mostly in time.

China is currently suffering from it though- some of the dawn redwood forests are taking a hit.

What do you mean, "we caught it mostly in time". What did '"we" do? Were there brigades of us running around with aerosol cans of Anti Acid?

360 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:12:56pm

re: #339 Cato the Elder

So did we fix the problem, or did it go away, or was it never that big a problem to begin with, or has it only been replaced by other problems, like yellow teeth and teenage Brazilian serial knife murderettes?

The '80s ended, and people stopped doing this.

361 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:13:02pm

re: #335 Racer X

Welcome to California!
Now, Go Home!

362 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:13:05pm

re: #351 Shug

You too ?

or should I say U2?

Quiet, Sonny.

363 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:13:06pm

re: #358 Sharmuta

We're never going to get fucking healthcare if you're fucking sitting their talking like Mary Fucking Poppins.

ah, fuck it

364 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:13:44pm

re: #363 sattv4u2

That's like- so much better and shit.

365 Altermite  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:13:49pm

Also, acid rain was never as much of a problem in the US as it was in europe, since our industry has been less heavily packed together and the wind patterns carry a lot of our pollution away from the continent and inhabitaed areas

366 Digital Display  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:14:07pm

re: #342 Desert Dog

I do not miss the snow, ice, Alberta Clippers, blizzards, black ice, warming your car up because it's too damn cold, scraping the windshield, chains, shoveling or freezing my a** off.

That said, it's 115 here today, we have had temps over 100 everyday since June 14...I am ready for this desert heat to end. Oh well, only one more month of this and it's on to the excellent weather!

I hate the winter here...No I mean seriously hate Winter...
Some day We'll be back in California...Some day

367 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:14:09pm

re: #353 swamprat

Acid rain went away as soon as a democrat became the president after Reagan.

I dunno.
From the US Geological Survey, an article about acid rain dated last updated May 2009.

368 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:14:14pm

re: #360 Slumbering Behemoth

The '80s ended, and people stopped doing this.

I think that is just high on acid...not acid rain.

The big poofy hair...you had to love it!

369 Coracle  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:14:51pm

re: #356 Coracle

EPA's Acid Rain Program

It's already an allowance trading market.

370 Digital Display  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:14:54pm

re: #361 Floral Giraffe

Welcome to California!
Now, Go Home!

Aren't you a SoCAL girl?

371 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:14:55pm

re: #313 unrealizedviewpoint

Afghanistan is a blood & treasure pit, and (probably) will be for decades. We've experienced the result when the extremist are left to run the place. Stay we must. Feingold's a moonbat.

Iran must be dealt with as well (and sorry Russ, but I don't see a political solution). Hopefully, Syria falls in line.

372 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:15:29pm

re: #367 reine.de.tout

I dunno.
From the US Geological Survey, an article about acid rain dated last updated May 2009.

fixed.
crap.

373 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:15:37pm

Hello Gals 'n guys, Lizards and 'menschen'. How are y'all ?

I most probably have lost a friend today. We ran into each other, he was campaigning for the far left party 'Die Linke'. He ticked off so many communist, class-envy, conspiracy theories including trutherism, JFK-stuff, stolen election and to top it all off he complained about my neo-liberalism as being inhumane. So in fact what he did was to insult me but reacted extremely thin skinned when I even mentioned the smallest of his parties shortcomings.
So, yes I have lost a friend. Good riddance!

The crazy moon-battery is very strong in Germany.

374 Ojoe  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:15:41pm

re: #350 iceweasel

LGF the humor site in these dark times.

Typical dark humor

375 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:16:03pm

re: #365 Altermite

Also, acid rain was never as much of a problem in the US as it was in europe, since our industry has been less heavily packed together and the wind patterns carry a lot of our pollution away from the continent and inhabitaed areas

Spoken by someone who has never been to Dayton Ohio, Pittsbugh PA., Detroit Michigan, Lowell/ Lawrence Mass. etc etc

376 Altermite  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:16:27pm

re: #359 sattv4u2

What do you mean, "we caught it mostly in time". What did '"we" do? Were there brigades of us running around with aerosol cans of Anti Acid?

We, as in us people living in the US.

377 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:16:29pm

re: #373 callahan23

Hello Gals 'n guys, Lizards and 'menschen'. How are y'all ?

I most probably have lost a friend today. We ran into each other, he was campaigning for the far left party 'Die Linke'. He ticked off so many communist, class-envy, conspiracy theories including trutherism, JFK-stuff, stolen election and to top it all off he complained about my neo-liberalism as being inhumane. So in fact what he did was to insult me but reacted extremely thin skinned when I even mentioned the smallest of his parties shortcomings.
So, yes I have lost a friend. Good riddance!

The crazy moon-battery is very strong in Germany.


oh well.
you have a couple of thousand friends here.

378 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:16:35pm

re: #367 reine.de.tout

I dunno.
From the US Geological Survey, an article about acid rain dated last updated May 2009.

Rust Belt got it the worst. I am guessing the industrial areas of China are 10x worse right now. I know the air pollution from China travels across the Pacific...ugh...they need to clean up their act a little, eh?

379 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:17:21pm

re: #373 callahan23

Bummer dude, but you're probably better off losing that one.

380 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:17:34pm

re: #377 Shug

oh well.
you have a couple of thousand friends here.

Thanks a million!

381 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:17:35pm

re: #354 sattv4u2

Right up to an including election day Paul had (and still does, btw) a HUGE liberal backing here in Atlanta

Quite the phenomenon, isn't it? I chalk it up to Ross Perot syndrome.

382 Ojoe  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:17:55pm

re: #374 Ojoe

Typical dark humor

I might cross the street to avoid it.

383 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:18:36pm

re: #373 callahan23

Hello Gals 'n guys, Lizards and 'menschen'. How are y'all ?

I most probably have lost a friend today. We ran into each other, he was campaigning for the far left party 'Die Linke'. He ticked off so many communist, class-envy, conspiracy theories including trutherism, JFK-stuff, stolen election and to top it all off he complained about my neo-liberalism as being inhumane. So in fact what he did was to insult me but reacted extremely thin skinned when I even mentioned the smallest of his parties shortcomings.
So, yes I have lost a friend. Good riddance!

The crazy moon-battery is very strong in Germany.

Hey Cal23 you have plenty more mates over here. :)))

384 Altermite  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:18:43pm

re: #375 sattv4u2

Spoken by someone who has never been to Dayton Ohio, Pittsbugh PA., Detroit Michigan, Lowell/ Lawrence Mass. etc etc

I grew up in upstate ny. Still less packed together than europe was/is, and new england is the worst hit by acid rain, iirc.

385 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:19:12pm

re: #376 Altermite

We, as in us people living in the US.

And 'we" , as in us people living in the US, did away with this scourge of humanity how?

Again, Catos' point was that like killer bees, the impending (1970's) ice age, any number of "flu's". GLOBAL WARMING,,, Acid rain was THE thing that was supposed to wipe us out

386 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:20:00pm

re: #373 callahan23

Hello Gals 'n guys, Lizards and 'menschen'. How are y'all ?

I most probably have lost a friend today. We ran into each other, he was campaigning for the far left party 'Die Linke'. He ticked off so many communist, class-envy, conspiracy theories including trutherism, JFK-stuff, stolen election and to top it all off he complained about my neo-liberalism as being inhumane. So in fact what he did was to insult me but reacted extremely thin skinned when I even mentioned the smallest of his parties shortcomings.
So, yes I have lost a friend. Good riddance!

The crazy moon-battery is very strong in Germany.

With friends like that who needs enemas?

387 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:20:29pm

re: #373 callahan23

{Callahan}

German moonbats talk about the stolen election in the US? Don't they have enough of their own problems to complain about?

388 The Shadow Do  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:20:37pm

re: #339 Cato the Elder

Hey, something just occurred to me. I'm reading on of Kurt Vonnegut's later novels, Galápagos, and he mentions acid rain.

Remember acid rain?

It was going to deforest all of North America and Europe. I remember being driven around the Black Forest in the early nineties and having it pointed out to me. There certainly were some sickly-looking trees, but on the whole der Schwarzwald still looked pretty green. And as far as I know it's still there.

But it's been a while since I can remember anyone talking about acid rain.

So did we fix the problem, or did it go away, or was it never that big a problem to begin with, or has it only been replaced by other problems, like yellow teeth and teenage Brazilian serial knife murderettes?

Just wonderin'.

Mandated flue gas desulfurization at all coal burning power plants. No idea if the problem was as real or widespread or not. Always good to clean up though.

Just not a very sexy crisis - or mitigated.

389 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:20:38pm

re: #386 DEZes

With friends like that who needs enemas?

They are a pain in the ass.

390 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:20:56pm

re: #352 Racer X

Three words:

Global Warming.

What's the third?

391 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:21:04pm

re: #384 Altermite

I grew up in upstate ny. Still less packed together than europe was/is, and new england is the worst hit by acid rain, iirc.

HAvinmg grown up in Boston during that time I can assure you that my cars finish never had a problem!

(and that was supposed to be one of the 1st SYMPTOMS to show how bad it was)

392 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:21:30pm

re: #383 Erik The Red

Hey Cal23 you have plenty more mates over here. :)))

Thanks Erik, it's exactly the reason I came here and stayed. My haven of sanity and good 'n moral reasoning.

393 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:21:51pm

re: #390 Cato the Elder

What's the third?

"DUH"!

394 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:22:06pm

re: #385 sattv4u2

And 'we" , as in us people living in the US, did away with this scourge of humanity how?

Again, Catos' point was that like killer bees, the impending (1970's) ice age, any number of "flu's". GLOBAL WARMING,,, Acid rain was THE thing that was supposed to wipe us out

I've got some killer bees in my backyard. I cannot get rid of the little shits. I had a exterminator come out and kill a bunch of them, but they came back. Then, I hired a beekeeper to come and take them away. They came back again! They like my backyard, i guess. They are set up in several yards the beekeeper said. If we do not get all of them at once, they just keep coming back. There is a lot of orange trees around here...they are attracted to that. I will have to learn to live with them.

395 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:22:09pm

re: #343 David Simon

I can't imagine how a liberal would look at Uncle Ron favorably. He hangs with white supremacists and conspiracy mongers, and his political positions are so retrograde they are the antitheses of any thing that could be considered "progressive".

396 Altermite  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:22:25pm

re: #385 sattv4u2

And 'we" , as in us people living in the US, did away with this scourge of humanity how?

Again, Catos' point was that like killer bees, the impending (1970's) ice age, any number of "flu's". GLOBAL WARMING,,, Acid rain was THE thing that was supposed to wipe us out

I never heard that, but I suppose I'm a recent arrival on this planet compared to many.

I do know that acid rain is a real thing, and does damage foliage and crop yields by acidifying the soil (among other effects). That, in turn has several effects that aren't good for the plants.

I also know that acid rain in the US is not the problem it is in europe, and will likely never be the problem it is in china.

397 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:22:25pm

re: #392 callahan23

Thanks Erik, it's exactly the reason I came here and stayed. My haven of sanity and good 'n moral reasoning.

Move your ass this side, if you can.

398 Randall Gross  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:22:26pm

re: #389 Erik The Red

Colin O. Scopy agrees.

/ot: Cool new buttons Charles

399 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:22:29pm

re: #373 callahan23

Hello Gals 'n guys, Lizards and 'menschen'. How are y'all ?

I most probably have lost a friend today. We ran into each other, he was campaigning for the far left party 'Die Linke'. He ticked off so many communist, class-envy, conspiracy theories including trutherism, JFK-stuff, stolen election and to top it all off he complained about my neo-liberalism as being inhumane. So in fact what he did was to insult me but reacted extremely thin skinned when I even mentioned the smallest of his parties shortcomings.
So, yes I have lost a friend. Good riddance!

The crazy moon-battery is very strong in Germany.

Hang tough, callahan -- know who you want to be.

Until you know who you want to be, you're never going to get very far.
-- Lorraine Running Water (Bronco Billy)

400 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:22:50pm

re: #386 DEZes

With friends like that who needs enemas?

Yeah that guy definetly had that one colonic irrigation too many.
;-)
Hi DEZes!

401 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:22:52pm

re: #370 HoosierHoops

Taking the visiting kiddo to In & Out for a burger.
Later, Lizards!

402 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:23:14pm

re: #389 Erik The Red

They are a pain in the ass.

In bed.

403 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:23:14pm

LOL Killer Bees.

Mexican Killer Bees. Or Africanized.

Pick your racism.

I'm surprised they don't call it Chinese Global Warming to make the rednecks skeered.

404 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:23:54pm

re: #401 Floral Giraffe

Taking the visiting kiddo to In & Out for a burger.
Later, Lizards!

I'm so jealous. Haven't had one in 2 years.
Missing me some double double animal style

405 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:24:38pm

re: #402 Sharmuta

In bed.

OMG. Is everyone horny tonight. :)))

406 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:24:45pm

re: #400 callahan23

colonic irrigation.
Thats one I gotta remember.
How you doing Buddy?

407 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:24:50pm

re: #387 wrenchwench

{Callahan}

German moonbats talk about the stolen election in the US? Don't they have enough of their own problems to complain about?

They shopuld, they definitely should!
Hi {wrenchwench}!

408 Altermite  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:25:03pm

re: #391 sattv4u2

HAvinmg grown up in Boston during that time I can assure you that my cars finish never had a problem!

(and that was supposed to be one of the 1st SYMPTOMS to show how bad it was)

Really? Car finish damage?

The problem I would point to is the damage to plant roots and nodule formation, which does happen in response to acidity.

409 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:25:25pm

re: #405 Erik The Red

OMG. Is everyone horny tonight. :)))

Does a fat dog fart?

410 Coracle  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:25:38pm

re: #385 sattv4u2

... Acid rain was THE thing that was supposed to wipe us out

Acid rain was never going to be something that would wipe us out, but it was and can still be a threat to forests, agriculture, stonework, water tables, etc. It is largely mitigated at the source - something where a little expense goes a long way to solve the problem. It's not in the headlines today because a plan is in place and working.

411 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:25:38pm

re: #405 Erik The Red

OMG. Is everyone horny tonight. :)))

Tis' a lizard attribute!

412 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:25:58pm

re: #403 Cato the Elder

I don't get it. The species of bees know as "killer", for their highly aggressive nature compared to that of regular honey bees, come from Africa, do they not?

413 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:26:19pm

re: #403 Cato the Elder

LOL Killer Bees.

Mexican Killer Bees. Or Africanized.

Pick your racism.

I'm surprised they don't call it Chinese Global Warming to make the rednecks skeered.

They are saying here in AZ that all honeybees are "Africanized" now. The beekeeper that came to my house said that doesn't mean much. ALL bees will attack if you piss them off. The secret is to not piss them off. Bees are good bugs...we need more of them...just not in my backyard.

-NIMBY Desert Dog

414 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:26:41pm

re: #397 Erik The Red

Move your ass this side, if you can.

Yeah right I am already playin' the lottery. The green-card lottery that is. ;-)
I so much want to be in the land of the free!

415 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:26:42pm
416 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:27:13pm

re: #410 Coracle

Acid rain was never going to be something that would wipe us out, but it was and can still be a threat to forests, agriculture, stonework, water tables, etc. It is largely mitigated at the source - something where a little expense goes a long way to solve the problem. It's not in the headlines today because a plan is in place and working. people are making WAY more money off of Global Warming

ftfy

and yes, back "in the day", acid rain was the Global Warming of today

417 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:27:31pm

Oh my:

Oberlander says opponents used scare tactics the very first time the idea of national health insurance was broached — around 1915 — by tying would-be reformers to the nation's then-greatest international threat.

"They said that national health insurance was a plot by the German emperor to take over the United States," he says.

The next effort to remake the health system came during the late 1940s. This time the opposition, led by the American Medical Association, exploited the newest fears. "They said if we adopted national health insurance, the Red army would be marching through the streets of the U.S.; they said this was the first step toward communism," Oberlander says.

By the time the Clinton administration took on the health effort, the power of the American Medical Association was fading. But now a new opponent took its place — the health insurance industry. It ran ads using an ordinary looking couple, named Harry and Louise, to raise doubts among middle-class Americans about how the Clinton plan might hurt rather than help them.

Says Oberlander, "The opponents have changed over time; the tactic of relying on fear and scaring Americans has not."

After reading that overwrought prose, one could hardly blame you for thinking you'd stumbled across a Daily Kos "diary." Well, you're close:

[Link: www.npr.org...]

418 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:27:47pm

re: #415 DEZes

Yes is is.

*WHACK*

/oops! ... sorry Mandy

419 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:28:11pm

re: #409 DEZes

Does a fat dog fart?

Why does a dog lick it's ball's?

420 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:28:24pm

re: #411 jcm

So it is.

421 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:28:31pm

re: #419 Erik The Red

Why does a dog lick it's ball's?

cuz he can

422 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:28:31pm

re: #418 pre-Boomer Marine brat

*WHACK*

/oops! ... sorry Mandy

Who pulled your tail?

423 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:28:36pm

re: #419 Erik The Red

Why does a dog lick it's ball's?

because he can!

424 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:29:01pm

re: #419 Erik The Red

Why does a dog lick it's ball's?

Cause he can.

425 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:29:15pm

re: #419 Erik The Red

Why does a dog lick it's ball's?

Can I have some of those extra apostrophes? Cant ever seem to find one when its needed.

426 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:29:28pm

re: #413 Desert Dog

Better in your backyard, than in your house. In Florida, IIRC, they can build up huge hives inside whole walls.

427 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:29:33pm

re: #406 DEZes

colonic irrigation.
Thats one I gotta remember.
How you doing Buddy?

Fine thanks. All systems back to nominal. ;-)
How are you doing my friend?

428 Coracle  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:29:34pm

re: #416 sattv4u2

ftfy

and yes, back "in the day", acid rain was the Global Warming of today

Fixed it wrong. And no, it wasn't. It was locally serious in industrial/power plant areas, and the solution was easily found and relatively easily implemented.

429 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:29:45pm

re: #420 Slumbering Behemoth

So it is.

OMG, now that's funny.

430 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:30:30pm

re: #427 callahan23

Fine thanks. All systems back to nominal. ;-)
How are you doing my friend?

I am thinking about having an adult beverage or 3.

431 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:30:51pm

re: #426 Floral Giraffe

Better in your backyard, than in your house. In Florida, IIRC, they can build up huge hives inside whole walls.

They do that here too

432 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:30:58pm

re: #428 Coracle

Fixed it wrong. And no, it wasn't. It was locally serious in industrial/power plant areas, and the solution was easily found and relatively easily implemented.

Sorry , but I lived through the scare. It most certainly was. THE only difference was the degree (again, from the financial gain angle) that it was covered as opposed to GW

433 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:31:01pm

re: #420 Slumbering Behemoth

So it is.

ROFL!

434 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:31:12pm

re: #430 DEZes

I am thinking about having an adult beverage or 3.

Whatcha drinking tonight Dez?

435 unrealizedviewpoint  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:31:39pm

re: #410 Coracle

Acid rain was never going to be something that would wipe us out, but it was and can still be a threat to forests, agriculture, stonework, water tables, etc. It is largely mitigated at the source - something where a little expense goes a long way to solve the problem. It's not in the headlines today because a plan is in place and working.

I believe one of the big problems was diesel 18 wheelers. Mandated lead free emissions for new engines has been reality for a few years now.

436 Coracle  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:31:48pm

re: #432 sattv4u2

Sorry , but I lived through the scare. It most certainly was. THE only difference was the degree (again, from the financial gain angle) that it was covered as opposed to GW

Sorry, I lived through it, too. And you're wrong.

437 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:31:54pm

re: #425 Cato the Elder

Can I have some of those extra apostrophes? Cant ever seem to find one when its needed.

NO. THEY ARE ALL MINE. I OWN THEM. :)))'''

438 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:31:55pm

re: #420 Slumbering Behemoth

So it is.

I noticed Rodan is a bottom.
Not surprised

439 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:32:12pm

As much as I am not a fan of Glenn Beck's it disturbs the crap out of me that the main guys who seem to be targeting his advertisers are headed up by one of 0bama's "czars." Looks too much like the government targeting one individual for his inconvenient opinion.

440 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:32:12pm

re: #422 DEZes

Who pulled your tail?

You realize, of course, that your comment causes an obvious disconnect?

441 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:32:29pm

re: #434 Desert Dog

Whatcha drinking tonight Dez?

Nothing yet, thinking about the beer in the fridge.
St. Pauli girl.

442 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:32:31pm

re: #436 Coracle

Sorry, I lived through it, too. And you're wrong.

{sigh}

443 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:32:34pm

re: #438 Shug

LMFAO!

444 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:32:47pm

re: #430 DEZes

I am thinking about having an adult beverage or 3.

Good choice, I mean the 3.
;-)

445 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:33:03pm

re: #443 Sharmuta

LMFAO!

that one was for you Sharm

446 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:33:04pm

re: #439 RememberSekhmet?

No- the czar is not with the organization anymore.

447 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:33:12pm

re: #430 DEZes

I am thinking about having an adult beverage or 3.

Only 3. Finish the damn bottle/case.

448 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:33:19pm

re: #440 pre-Boomer Marine brat

You realize, of course, that your comment causes an obvious disconnect?

I broke your tail?

449 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:33:28pm

re: #438 Shug

I hadn't even considered that, Shug. You're awesome, thanks for that. I'll be whipping out that gif more often.

450 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:33:43pm

re: #445 Shug

Thanks, {Shug}. Give Jr. my love.

451 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:33:56pm

re: #425 Cato the Elder

Can I have some of those extra apostrophes? Cant ever seem to find one when its needed.


Shouldn't we use one for "his" ?
If his' isn't inherently possessive, I'm a toaster.

452 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:34:36pm

re: #439 RememberSekhmet?

If there is any truth to that what so ever, Beck needs to take legal action or STFU.

453 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:34:41pm

re: #441 DEZes

Nothing yet, thinking about the beer in the fridge.
St. Pauli girl.

Got some friends coming over this evening...got some Stone Ale, Fat Tire and a new one I found at the Asian market called "Lucky Lager"...I'll give you my review later...if I can still type. /

454 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:34:53pm

re: #412 Slumbering Behemoth

I don't get it. The species of bees know as "killer", for their highly aggressive nature compared to that of regular honey bees, come from Africa, do they not?

By way of Mexico, which is an actual country just like Luxembourg or Sri Lanka; and not, as the lib reaction to "Mexican" might lead one to suppose, a disease, a crime syndicate, or a bad neighborhood.

455 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:35:06pm

re: #417 David Simon

From the end of that:

Republicans insist that fear is not part of their strategy in trying to defeat the current health overhaul effort. "No one's trying to scare people with sound bites. I mean, you know, I've not done that, and I don't know any of the leaders in the House and Senate that have done that," Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele said on NPR earlier this week.

But that's not convincing to many political scientists like Oberlander, who say they're hearing a lot of what they consider to be deliberate scare tactics.

"Fear is crowding out the truth. And the truth ought to count for something in health care reform and American politics. And right now it doesn't," he says.

The current debate isn't yet over, but so far at least, biology has defeated logic every time.

Emphasis added. Because I think they are saying nothing has ever been accomplished through logic.

456 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:35:25pm

re: #453 Desert Dog

Got some friends coming over this evening...got some Stone Ale, Fat Tire and a new one I found at the Asian market called "Lucky Lager"...I'll give you my review later...if I can still type. /

Cool, enjoy the company and suds.

457 sattv4u2  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:35:43pm

re: #451 swamprat

Shouldn't we use one for "his" ?
If his' isn't inherently possessive, I'm a toaster.

could I please have a bagel?

458 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:35:56pm

re: #448 DEZes

I broke your tail?

No, referrring to the type of lizard which "loses" its tail when it's grabbed by a predator (then grows one back). Skinks, I think.

459 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:36:34pm

re: #458 pre-Boomer Marine brat

No, referrring to the type of lizard which "loses" its tail when it's grabbed by a predator (then grows one back). Skinks, I think.

I was thinking about the same type of lizards, they have a blue tail.

460 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:36:41pm

re: #454 Shiplord Kirel

Now you're confusing me. Can't we just call them "Really Mean Bees"?
/

461 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:36:52pm

re: #453 Desert Dog

Got some friends coming over this evening...got some Stone Ale, Fat Tire and a new one I found at the Asian market called "Lucky Lager"...I'll give you my review later...if I can still type. /

You need to try "Take her clothes off". I have heard it takes only two.

462 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:36:54pm

re: #458 pre-Boomer Marine brat

No, referrring to the type of lizard which "loses" its tail when it's grabbed by a predator (then grows one back). Skinks, I think.

Bluebellies out here do that...pretty cool trait

463 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:37:14pm

re: #446 Sharmuta

No- the czar is not with the organization anymore.

So the czar is not with colorofchange anymore, like Reverend Wright is no longer with Trinity UCC. Got it.

464 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:37:15pm

re: #460 Slumbering Behemoth

Now you're confusing me. Can't we just call them "Really Mean Bees"?
/

"Bees with Anger Issues"

465 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:37:41pm

re: #460 Slumbering Behemoth

Now you're confusing me. Can't we just call them "Really Mean Bees"?
/

Buzz kittens?

466 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:38:05pm

re: #461 Erik The Red

You need to try "Take her clothes off". I have heard it takes only two.

Don't need beer for that, mate! ;-)

467 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:38:12pm

OMG!
I just spotted an empty hammock out in my yard!
This bears investigating!

468 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:38:19pm

re: #465 Shiplord Kirel

Buzz kittens?

Sting kittens?

469 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:38:45pm

re: #468 DEZes

Sting kittens?

Hive kittehs.

470 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:39:07pm

re: #444 callahan23

BTW, just in case you didn't recognize it -- my quote up-thread from Bronco Billy lies at the core of the film. Eastwood has said, if he ever made a film in which he was trying to say something, Bronco Billy was it.

471 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:39:18pm

re: #465 Shiplord Kirel

Buzz kittens?

I get a completely different image in my mind when seeing the phrase "Buzz Kittens". The inside of my skull is extremely NSFW.

472 swamprat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:40:22pm

re: #457 sattv4u2

No soup
bagel for you!
Come back one year!

473 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:40:24pm

re: #469 wrenchwench

Hive kittehs.

Buzz, buzz! I think we have a winner. Good thing these controversial hive-dwellers didn't originate in Israel.

474 Randall Gross  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:41:12pm

re: #439 RememberSekhmet?

"were", get it right

475 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:41:12pm

re: #464 Desert Dog

"Socially Challenged Insects of Color"

476 itellu3times  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:41:19pm

SoCal fires starting to take houses up around La Canada, Flintridge, heading towards Glendale and Pasadena.

477 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:41:34pm

re: #399 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Hang tough, callahan -- know who you want to be.


Until you know who you want to be, you're never going to get very far.
-- Lorraine Running Water (Bronco Billy)

Some very wise words of wisdom, thanks.

478 wrenchwench  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:41:35pm

Adios, lizards. Don't lose yer tails!

479 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:42:52pm

re: #478 wrenchwench

Adios, lizards. Don't lose yer tails!

Lizards should never buy rocking chairs.

480 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:43:07pm

re: #463 RememberSekhmet?

Again I say, If there is any truth to that allegation, what so ever, Beck either needs to take legal action or STFU.

481 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:43:40pm

re: #451 swamprat

Shouldn't we use one for "his" ?
If his' isn't inherently possessive, I'm a toaster.

Thing is, no possessive pronoun uses an apostrophe.

My, mine
Your
His, hers, its

Our
Your
Their

Whose

Nouns use apostrophes + ess. Nouns that end in ess also, e.g. Charles, Charles's, Thomas, Thomas's, Kos, Kos's. Unless they are plural or classical/biblical, e.g. New York Times, New York Times', Jesus, Jesus'. Or end in two esses, like goodness, as in "for goodness' sake".

Cato's abbreviated rules of apostrophes. Please favorite. Donations of beer or vinho verde accepted.

482 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:44:08pm

re: #463 RememberSekhmet?

So the czar is not with colorofchange anymore, like Reverend Wright is no longer with Trinity UCC. Got it.

Interesting analysis from CSM:

[Link: features.csmonitor.com...]

483 Desert Dog  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:44:30pm

see ya later...BBQ time, Yeah!

484 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:45:01pm

re: #411 jcm

Tis' a lizard attribute!

You mean 'tis.

Tonight is apostrophe night!

485 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:45:07pm

re: #477 callahan23

Some very wise words of wisdom, thanks.

I have them on a rather aged Post-It note on the front of the microwave. (See my #470.) Your nic and avatar brought them to mind instantly when I saw your post about the lost friend.

486 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:45:14pm

re: #460 Slumbering Behemoth

Now you're confusing me. Can't we just call them "Really Mean Bees"?
/

I've got it! Let's call them Conservative Bees.

487 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:45:47pm

re: #478 wrenchwench

Adios, lizards. Don't lose yer tails!

Hasta luego {wrenchwench}
Stay scally 'n ectothermic.

488 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:46:07pm

re: #486 David Simon

I've got it! Let's call them Conservative Bees.

Kinda like bitter stingers.

489 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:47:28pm

re: #487 callahan23

Hasta luego {wrenchwench}
Stay scally 'n ectothermic.

We are definitely up to our Gilas in Monsters here!

490 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:48:59pm

re: #482 David Simon

I need read no further than the headline:

"Why the boycott against Glenn Beck will almost certainly backfire"

Nearly all boycotts have the reverse effect intended. TV show "Married: With Children" was slated to be canceled by Fox before the end of it's first season.

Some religious busy bodies mounted a boycott campaign against advertisers on the show, and generated enough buzz to save it from cancellation, and give it many successful seasons.

491 unrealizedviewpoint  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:50:33pm

re: #490 Slumbering Behemoth

I need read no further than the headline:

"Why the boycott against Glenn Beck will almost certainly backfire"

Nearly all boycotts have the reverse effect intended. TV show "Married: With Children" was slated to be canceled by Fox before the end of it's first season.

Some religious busy bodies mounted a boycott campaign against advertisers on the show, and generated enough buzz to save it from cancellation, and give it many successful seasons.

THANK GOD!
lol

492 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:50:42pm

re: #484 Cato the Elder

You mean 'tis.

Tonight is apostrophe night!

't'i's' !
ne'r ca' hay' 'nough!

493 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:50:56pm

re: #490 Slumbering Behemoth

I need read no further than the headline:

"Why the boycott against Glenn Beck will almost certainly backfire"

Nearly all boycotts have the reverse effect intended. TV show "Married: With Children" was slated to be canceled by Fox before the end of it's first season.

Some religious busy bodies mounted a boycott campaign against advertisers on the show, and generated enough buzz to save it from cancellation, and give it many successful seasons.


I remember Stephen Tyler of Aerosmith testifying before congress and he said " thanks for a few four letter words, and warning sticker from Tipper Gore, we're guaranteed to sell an extra million records"

494 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:50:57pm

re: #474 Thanos

"were", get it right

Yes ,'were," like Reverend Wright "was" the pastor of Trinity UCC. In other words, if you don't believe ties were maintained, I have a nice bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

It's one thing if ABCXYZPDQ DNC Hack founded and ran the org running the attacks. It's quite another if ABCXYZPDQ DNC Hack got tapped for a job with the 0bama Administration, and the org steps up attacks on an individual when that individual starts saying things about ABCXYZPDQ DNC Hack that give him a not-so-fresh feeling in his panties. If grumbling about ABCXYZPDQ DNC Hack is so beyond the pale for the Democrats, can't they ask Soros for more money to set up a "completely unaffiliated" organization to run the attacks on Beck? Or is a part and parcel of colorofchange's success lying in their ties to the czar in question?

495 snowcrash  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:52:39pm

re: #481 Cato the Elder
Nice public service announcement Cato. I forget the rules. Favorited. Diet Coke or 7Up?

496 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:53:22pm

re: #490 Slumbering Behemoth

I need read no further than the headline:

"Why the boycott against Glenn Beck will almost certainly backfire"

Nearly all boycotts have the reverse effect intended. TV show "Married: With Children" was slated to be canceled by Fox before the end of it's first season.

Some religious busy bodies mounted a boycott campaign against advertisers on the show, and generated enough buzz to save it from cancellation, and give it many successful seasons.

Yep, there's no such thing as bad publicity. And regrettably, political commentators and Hollywood actors are becoming one and the same.

497 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:53:22pm

re: #475 Slumbering Behemoth

"Socially Challenged Insects of Color"

LMAO.
They are the result of hybrids of the African honey bee with various European honey bees such as the Italian bee. Bred in Brazil and accidentally released into the wild in 1957.

498 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:53:28pm

re: #494 RememberSekhmet?

Sing it again, with more feeling...

If there is any truth to that allegation, what so ever, Beck either needs to take legal action or STFU.

499 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:55:08pm

Leaving for the evening, everyone have a good night.

For any late-comers who might be seriously interested in traditional sea shanties, see my #224 up-thread.

500 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:55:14pm

re: #496 David Simon

And regrettably, political commentators and Hollywood actors are becoming one and the same.

This has been true for many, many decades now. Perhaps it was always true.

501 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:55:39pm

The damndest thing is, I don't even watch or listen to Beck, and from what I have heard, he doesn't sound at all like my cup of tea. I'm just speaking from my SCA experience with a baron who sometimes had a problem governing what he said at times. Brass hats don't come off with a beer or two, and what you say while being Baron of the Barony of BlahBlah can be reasonably interpreted to be Thee Officiale Policye of the Barony of BlahBlah, not Baron Ironpants's unsolicited personal opinion.

502 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:55:42pm

re: #492 jcm

't'i's' !
ne'r ca' hay' 'nough!

Weel, if ye be sae flush, sheer the weelth!

re: #495 snowcrash

Nice public service announcement Cato. I forget the rules. Favorited. Diet Coke or 7Up?

Diet Coke, if you're gonna be a tightwad about it. ;^)

503 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:57:59pm

Speaking of bees, one of my favorite old-time science fiction stories is "The Council of Drones" by W.K. Sonnemann, first published in the October 1936 issue of Amazing Stories.
This involves a scientist who manages to swap minds with a queen bee, and follows his adventures as he rules the hive and comes to identify completely with the bees, rather than with his fellow humans, whom he comes to see as exploiters and enemies. The story is notable for the remarkable onomatopaiec quality Sonnemann gives to the bees' conversation, carried on by a kind of telepathy. The impression of a buzzing, rhythmic monotone is overwhelming when the bees "speak" but is achieved entirely by word choice and pacing.

504 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:58:06pm

re: #489 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Stay scally 'n ectothermic poikilothermic.
We are definitely up to our Gilas in Monsters here!

FTF meself ;-)

505 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 5:59:12pm

re: #497 callahan23

I knew that, I was just having fun with the bee stuff. But please, no cheese or kite stuff.

506 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:00:17pm

re: #503 Shiplord Kirel

The story is notable for the remarkable onomatopaiec quality Sonnemann gives to the bees' conversation, carried on by a kind of telepathy. The impression of a buzzing, rhythmic monotone is overwhelming when the bees "speak" but is achieved entirely by word choice and pacing.

That sounds cool, have a sample handy?

507 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:02:00pm

re: #496 David Simon

Yep, there's no such thing as bad publicity. And regrettably, political commentators and Hollywood actors are becoming one and the same.

As long as they spell your name correctly.

508 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:02:14pm

re: #499 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Leaving for the evening, everyone have a good night.

For any late-comers who might be seriously interested in traditional sea shanties, see my #224 up-thread.

Beautyful, thanks a lot.
'n have a nice night.

509 sparney  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:02:52pm

I agree the Beck is nuts, but i think its important that he at least drawd attention to some of absurd things the Obama administration is doing -- the mainstream media sure won't. Bush would never, ever, get away with it. His surge in ratings isn't anything to scoff at either...

510 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:03:35pm

re: #501 RememberSekhmet?

The damndest thing is, I don't even watch or listen to Beck, and from what I have heard, he doesn't sound at all like my cup of tea. I'm just speaking from my SCA experience with a baron who sometimes had a problem governing what he said at times. Brass hats don't come off with a beer or two, and what you say while being Baron of the Barony of BlahBlah can be reasonably interpreted to be Thee Officiale Policye of the Barony of BlahBlah, not Baron Ironpants's unsolicited personal opinion.

O'Reilly and Hannity love to kvetch about the number of IRS audits they were subjected to during the Clinton years. It's a hard thing to prove, and so it's probably best not to make an accusation.

511 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:03:43pm

re: #509 sparney

I agree the Beck is nuts, but

Drink!

512 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:04:47pm

re: #509 sparney

His recent surge in ratings still puts his viewership at less then 1% of the total U.S. population.

And I'll repeat what I said in another thread.

Birchers suck. People who promote Birchers suck. Beck promotes Birchers. Ipso facto, Beck sucks.

513 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:04:59pm

I keep wondering why this thread is so slow, then that it's Saturday night and I ain't got nobody...

514 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:05:39pm

re: #511 Sharmuta

Sleeper butt.

515 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:06:16pm

re: #513 Cato the Elder

I keep wondering why this thread is so slow, then that it's Saturday night and I ain't got nobody...

I bought a copy of Bolt, And I enjoyed it.

516 Killian Bundy  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:06:47pm

FWIW, I think this is what Beck was wound up about last week.

/AFAIK, Obama never has explained this bizarre statement

517 SixDegrees  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:06:51pm

re: #509 sparney

I agree the Beck is nuts, but i think its important that he at least drawd attention to some of absurd things the Obama administration is doing -- the mainstream media sure won't. Bush would never, ever, get away with it. His surge in ratings isn't anything to scoff at either...

The fact that there are millions of drooling idiots and millions of sideshow gawkers willing to tune in to Beck is hardly an endorsement of his idiocy.

As for the attention "drawd" to himself, Beck's stain is tainting the entire GOP. I just watched a commercial promoting health care reform; it paints the opposition as a bunch of knuckle dragging conspiracy freaks who spread hysterical lies and misinformation.

And the sad part about this is: they're right, if you're holding up Beck as an example.

I wonder how much Soros is paying him?

518 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:07:26pm

re: #509 sparney

I agree the Beck is nuts, but i think its important that he at least drawd attention to some of absurd things the Obama administration is doing -- the mainstream media sure won't. Bush would never, ever, get away with it. His surge in ratings isn't anything to scoff at either...

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519 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:07:30pm

re: #510 David Simon

O'Reilly and Hannity love to kvetch about the number of IRS audits they were subjected to during the Clinton years. It's a hard thing to prove, and so it's probably best not to make an accusation.

So at what point does one make an accusation? Especially against people as provably unprincipled as the folks running the Clinton and 0bama Administrations?

520 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:09:15pm

re: #515 DEZes

I bought a copy of Bolt, And I enjoyed it.

Seen it three times. My dog likes it, too.

Whoah! The reply/quote/etc. buttons just went all wonky!

521 SixDegrees  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:10:17pm

re: #519 RememberSekhmet?

So at what point does one make an accusation? Especially against people as provably unprincipled as the folks running the Clinton and 0bama Administrations?

Uh - I think he's referring to Hannity and O'Reilly being the target of the accusations.

Of course, neither of them would ever make up a story about an IRS audit. Would they?

522 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:10:36pm

re: #520 Cato the Elder

Seen it three times. My dog likes it, too.

Whoah! The reply/quote/etc. buttons just went all wonky!

After your review the other night I just went ahead and bought it, I will see it several times again. ;)

523 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:11:22pm

re: #516 Killian Bundy

FWIW, I think this is what Beck was wound up about last week.


[Video]

/AFAIK, Obama never has explained this bizarre statement

Now don't get all wee wee'd up!

Never has explained it, I think handlers told him he stepped in with that one, and just hoped it would go away.

524 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:11:33pm

re: #516 Killian Bundy

Bizarre indeed. Perhaps he was referring to the National Guard? The state police? In any event, clarification is in order. I'd like to see the whole tape to make sure that clip wasn't taken out of context.

525 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:11:44pm

re: #516 Killian Bundy

FWIW, I think this is what Beck was wound up about last week.


[Video]/AFAIK, Obama never has explained this bizarre statement

How could he explain such a stupid statement without sounding dumber. We already have a strong, civilian, national security force.

526 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:11:56pm
527 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:14:40pm

re: #525 Slumbering Behemoth

How could he explain such a stupid statement without sounding dumber. We already have a strong, civilian, national security force.

Several of them, actually.

528 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:15:37pm

re: #519 RememberSekhmet?

So at what point does one make an accusation? Especially against people as provably unprincipled as the folks running the Clinton and 0bama Administrations?

Well, let's see. "You're discriminating against me because I'm (black), (gay), (conservative), (insert grievance here)." I think you'd better have something more than an accusation to back up your charge, lest you end up looking like a fool.

529 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:16:20pm

re: #516 Killian Bundy

FWIW, I think this is what Beck was wound up about last week.


[Video]

/AFAIK, Obama never has explained this bizarre statement

That - is - just - scary.

530 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:16:40pm

re: #506 Slumbering Behemoth

That sounds cool, have a sample handy?

Have to transcribe. Here, the scientist, now a queen bee, first discovers his/her ability to communicate with the workers. The queen is addressed as "Masoul" and the workers as "Owo."

"The nectar is good, Masoul. The nectar is bounteous, Masoul. There is plentiful pollen. Let the life of the city wax strong, Masoul. Let us raise brood to raise more brood."
Sixth sense told me that I was being addressed by two workers, one an older bee with not many more days to live, and another younger bee. And, I reflected instantly, my name must be "Masoul." Probably I interpreted the meaning of the thought sense as such because I was the soul of colony, being the mother of all.
"More eggs you would have, Owo?" I said.
"More eggs in the empty shells. It is good to fill all empty cells with eggs of the Owo. But, O Masoul, be sparing of the eggs for the drone. Just a few of the drones. Our city is now beautiful with many drones. O Masoul, is it good?"
"It is good, Owo," I replied.

531 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:17:17pm

re: #526 reine.de.tout

Hm.
Secret letters reveal Labour’s Libyan deal?

Whole thing stinks...

In UK, doubts about Lockerbie bomber’s health prognosis

A Scottish opposition politician who also happens to be a physician specializing in the treatment of cancer, says that medical information provided to support the “compassionate release” by the Scottish government of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi does not in fact confirm that he has around three months to live.

Dr. Richard Simpson, a member of the Scottish Parliament, said that based on records provided, there is “significant doubt” about Mr. Megrahi’s prognosis. Libyan intelligence agent Megrahi, convicted of murdering 270 people in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103, was released after eight years in a Scottish prison so that he could have the comfort of being with friends and family in Libya in his final months. Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill justified the decision based on what he said was strong medical evidence that Megrahi has about three months to live and is dying of prostate cancer.

532 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:18:11pm

re: #529 callahan23

That - is - just - scary.

It's not scary, it's just plain dumb, and shows his (Obama's) disconnect with reality. The U.S. already has several strong, civilian, national security forces.

533 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:19:16pm

Here's a concept: Let Glenn Beck sink Glenn Beck---not stand by as Van Jones does it. Because this could be Beck being wrong, or this could be a proof of concept in targeting inconvenient media figures by the Administration, starting with one least likely to be missed.

534 Shug  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:19:19pm

re: #531 jcm

I think to be fair scotland should just lock up Kenny MacAskill to serve out al-maghris remaining life term

535 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:20:08pm

re: #530 Shiplord Kirel

Thanks Kirel. You didn't have to do that for me, but ya did. And it was cool.

536 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:20:11pm

re: #525 Slumbering Behemoth

How could he explain such a stupid statement without sounding dumber. We already have a strong, civilian, national security force.

You have to take the right pledge to belong to that force...

537 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:21:29pm

re: #535 Slumbering Behemoth

Thanks Kirel. You didn't have to do that for me, but ya did. And it was cool.

As a sometime anthologist and critic, I do that quite a bit so I'm used to it.

538 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:22:47pm

re: #526 reine.de.tout

Hm.
Secret letters reveal Labour’s Libyan deal?

Thanks for that find Reine.
I'll repeat my comment from the 20th:

Norway, Sweden and now Scotland added to the ever growing list of countries I am never, ever going to visit (again).
539 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:23:29pm

re: #536 jcm

You have to take the right pledge to belong to that force...

Also pretty silly, but I do not see how it relates to Obama's statement about strong, civilian, national security forces, and his complete ignorance of the fact that we already have several of them.

540 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:24:51pm

re: #532 Slumbering Behemoth

It's not scary, it's just plain dumb, and shows his (Obama's) disconnect with reality. The U.S. already has several strong, civilian, national security forces.

You are certainly correct.
What I was really about to say was that it is scary the way the 0 is thinking.

541 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:25:18pm

re: #539 Slumbering Behemoth

Also pretty silly, but I do not see how it relates to Obama's statement about strong, civilian, national security forces, and his complete ignorance of the fact that we already have several of them.

It doesn't just being seeing boogeymen everywhere!

It is a Beck Thread!

542 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:25:50pm

re: #533 RememberSekhmet?

Here's a concept: Let Glenn Beck sink Glenn Beck---not stand by as Van Jones does it. Because this could be Beck being wrong, or this could be a proof of concept in targeting inconvenient media figures by the Administration, starting with one least likely to be missed.

WE all know that Van Jones is an asshole. I don't think you're going to convince the fence sitters of that (or that his boss put him up to it) by instituting a campaign to prove something that's unprovable, but I wish you the best of luck with that strategy.

543 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:26:22pm

re: #533 RememberSekhmet?

Here's a concept: Let Glenn Beck sink Glenn Beck---not stand by as Van Jones does it. Because this could be Beck being wrong, or this could be a proof of concept in targeting inconvenient media figures by the Administration, starting with one least likely to be missed.

Couldn't trying to take one out be seen as a warning to others?

544 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:26:34pm

Lizards, I am gonna call it a night.
Thanks for the company.

545 Shiplord Kirel  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:27:07pm

re: #535 Slumbering Behemoth

Thanks Kirel. You didn't have to do that for me, but ya did. And it was cool.

Btw, that story appears in Damon Knight's anthology, Science Fiction of the 30s. It was an SF book club selection so copies are easy to find. There is some fascinating stuff there. Most SF from that period was crap but, as Theodore Sturgeon famously said, "90% of everything is crap." The inverse is that 10% is not crap and it is that 10% that Damon cherry-picked for the anthology.

546 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:27:29pm

re: #544 DEZes

Lizards, I am gonna call it a night.
Thanks for the company.

wEEt dreams DEZes. See you tomorrow. :))

547 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:27:37pm

re: #544 DEZes

Lizards, I am gonna call it a night.
Thanks for the company.

In bed.

548 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:27:55pm

re: #528 David Simon

Well, let's see. "You're discriminating against me because I'm (black), (gay), (conservative), (insert grievance here)." I think you'd better have something more than an accusation to back up your charge, lest you end up looking like a fool.

Okay, we have had over the years a good sample here, where Democrats and Republicans have alternated being in charge. Let's take their audit history, compared with other people in their income bracket who file taxes the same way they do. Audits should decrease with time as they and their accountants become used to one another and how money is spent. Do they? Is there a correlation between Democrats in charge and their audits, that has nothing to do with other factors, like a sudden rise in income, changing accountants, and the like?

549 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:27:58pm

re: #547 MandyManners

In bed.

You are relentless. ;)

550 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:29:08pm

re: #544 DEZes

Lizards, I am gonna call it a night.
Thanks for the company.

Sleep well m' friend!

551 DEZes  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:29:35pm

re: #550 callahan23

Sleep well m' friend!

I will, night all.

552 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:30:27pm

Same here, I completely forgot the hour.
It is 3:30am here, wow.
- - -
Gals 'n guys, Lizards and 'menschen'.
See y'all down the road.
I love you {Lizardim) - mostly. Really!

553 [deleted]  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:30:28pm
554 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:31:17pm

re: #552 callahan23

Same here, I completely forgot the hour.
It is 3:30am here, wow.
- - -
Gals 'n guys, Lizards and 'menschen'.
See y'all down the road.
I love you {Lizardim) - mostly. Really!

As always it has been a pleasure Cal23.

555 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:32:11pm

re: #537 Shiplord Kirel

As a sometime anthologist and critic, I do that quite a bit so I'm used to it.

In bed.

556 callahan23  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:32:12pm

re: #554 Erik The Red

As always it has been a pleasure Cal23.

Same! ;-)
Good night buddy.

557 Gus  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:32:24pm

re: #516 Killian Bundy

FWIW, I think this is what Beck was wound up about last week.


/AFAIK, Obama never has explained this bizarre statement

That came to my attention last year. In actuality that's just a sound byte and taken out of context from the full speech in which he said:

Obama, July 2, Colorado Springs, CO:

[As] president I will expand AmeriCorps to 250,000 slots [from 75,000] and make that increased service a vehicle to meet national goals, like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world, so that citizens see their effort connected to a common purpose.

People of all ages, stations and skills will be asked to serve. Because when it comes to the challenges we face, the American people are not the problem – they are the answer. So we are going to send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people. We'll call on Americans to join an energy corps, to conduct renewable energy and environmental clean-up projects in their neighborhoods all across the country.

We will enlist our veterans to find jobs and support for other vets, and to be there for our military families. And we're going to grow our Foreign Service, open consulates that have been shuttered and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy. We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set.

We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. We need to use technology to connect people to service. We'll expand USA Freedom Corps to create online networks where American can browse opportunities to volunteer. You'll be able to search by category, time commitment and skill sets. You'll be able to rate service opportunities, build service networks, and create your own service pages to track your hours and activities.

This will empower more Americans to craft their own service agenda and make their own change from the bottom up.

From this we can see that he specifies the USA Freedom Corps which is described in Wiki as follows:

The USA Freedom Corps was a body within the Executive Office of the President of the United States under George W. Bush, who as President served as its chair. Bush announced its creation in his State of the Union Address of January 29, 2002, and it was officially established on January 30, 2002, the next day. It described itself as a "Coordinating Council... working to strengthen our culture of service and help find opportunities for every American to start volunteering."

558 Gus  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:32:31pm

re: #516 Killian Bundy

FWIW, I think this is what Beck was wound up about last week.


/AFAIK, Obama never has explained this bizarre statement

Part 2

The USA Freedom Corps was started by George W. Bush. The Wiki article further informs us that:

In a commentary on the right-wing website NewsMax.com, Miguel A. Faria Jr. attacked the program as statist and collectivist, a "bureaucratic boondoggle" that might evolve into "compulsory service," and the name "USA Freedom Corps" as an instance of Orwellian Newspeak. Meanwhile, in a piece on the left-wing magazine American Prospect's site, Jeremy Lott critically linked the announcement of the Corps' creation to the controversial Operation TIPS, a program encouraging citizens to report 'suspicious activity'

Thus we see that there were similar concerns with the USA Freedom Corps for some time now and have been in existence for nearly 7 years.

559 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:34:35pm

re: #558 Gus 802

Thus we see that there were similar concerns with the USA Freedom Corps for some time now and have been in existence for nearly 7 years.

Yeah, but Obama added a civilian security force, just as well equipped and funded as the military, different from Freedom Corps.

Just bizarre.

560 ~Fianna  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:35:02pm

re: #481 Cato the Elder

Thing is, no possessive pronoun uses an apostrophe.

My, mine
Your
His, hers, its

Our
Your
Their

Whose

Nouns use apostrophes + ess. Nouns that end in ess also, e.g. Charles, Charles's, Thomas, Thomas's, Kos, Kos's. Unless they are plural or classical/biblical, e.g. New York Times, New York Times', Jesus, Jesus'. Or end in two esses, like goodness, as in "for goodness' sake".

Cato's abbreviated rules of apostrophes. Please favorite. Donations of beer or vinho verde accepted.

Upding for simplified avoidance of the dreaded grocer's apostrophe and for vinho verde. Vinho verde is amazing - and far too rare in my neck of the woods.

561 Gus  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:36:01pm

re: #559 jcm

Yeah, but Obama added a civilian security force, just as well equipped and funded as the military, different from Freedom Corps.

Just bizarre.

In the speech and it could have been simply stumbled words. It's now the end of August 2009 and haven't seen anything of its existence.

562 snowcrash  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:36:09pm

re: #553 taxfreekiller
Congrats tfk! Hotter 'n Hell 100 isn't for wimps. Hope I got the upcomma right .lol

563 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:36:50pm

re: #548 RememberSekhmet?

Okay, we have had over the years a good sample here, where Democrats and Republicans have alternated being in charge. Let's take their audit history, compared with other people in their income bracket who file taxes the same way they do. Audits should decrease with time as they and their accountants become used to one another and how money is spent. Do they? Is there a correlation between Democrats in charge and their audits, that has nothing to do with other factors, like a sudden rise in income, changing accountants, and the like?

Do you know the answers to those questions? Of course not, that information isn't public. So why speculate?

564 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:37:13pm

re: #541 jcm

Heh. I know when people first heard Obama's statement, a lot of people were all like "OMG! He wants to create a private army of Obamatroopers! Fascist!"

Which I think is completely the wrong take on it. It should have been more like:

"OMG! What a complete buffoon! Has he never heard of the FBI, CIA, DHS, NSA..." and so on.

But, some folks would rather get hysterical over crazy conspiracy theories. I know that you are not one of those folks, JCM.

565 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:37:20pm

re: #561 Gus 802

In the speech and it could have been simply stumbled words. It's now the end of August 2009 and haven't seen anything of its existence.

That's why I think his handlers told him to drop it, he stepped in it with that idea.

566 [deleted]  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:38:26pm
567 ~Fianna  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:38:38pm

re: #484 Cato the Elder

You mean 'tis.

Tonight is apostrophe night!

This is the other use of the apostrophe - Cato kindly covered possession. I will therefore cover omission -

'tis is a contraction - short for it is. The apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter(s).

'tis - it is.
don't - do not.
y'all - you all.

568 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:39:21pm

O/T:

Ugh, I really don't wanna take my last migraine pill before my new employer gives me the new health plan cards. But I can feel it coming...

Yeah, I need to update y'all--I was laid off for a month, got a temp gig with a contractor for a contractor for the state, then learned the local ISD has the slowest damn HR Department there is. Three weeks ago, I got a call from them that the job I applied for three months ago was mine---a district-level field support position fixx0ring teachers' computers. Fortunately when I gave my notice at the contractor, it was generally agreed I'd be stupid not to take the job. This past week was my first week at the school district. My health benefits (been without health insurance since December of last year) kick in Tuesday, but it may be well beyond that before I get the card and can pick up my Imitrex for less than an arm and a leg.

569 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:39:40pm

re: #560 ~Fianna

Upding for simplified avoidance of the dreaded grocer's apostrophe and for vinho verde. Vinho verde is amazing - and far too rare in my neck of the woods.

LOL - you just taught me a new one - grocer's apostrophe! Thanks.

I hope vinho verde stays underrated. Right now I can get a decent bottle at my local poisoner's for under ten bucks.

In fact, we should probably stop talking about it now... ;^)

570 Gus  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:39:55pm

re: #565 jcm

That's why I think his handlers told him to drop it, he stepped in it with that idea.

Which was the right thing to do. As Slumbering Behemoth points out we effectively already have civilian security forces such as the FBI, CIA, DHS, and the NSA.

571 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:40:52pm

re: #564 Slumbering Behemoth

Heh. I know when people first heard Obama's statement, a lot of people were all like "OMG! He wants to create a private army of Obamatroopers! Fascist!"

Which I think is completely the wrong take on it. It should have been more like:

"OMG! What a complete buffoon! Has he never heard of the FBI, CIA, DHS, NSA..." and so on.

But, some folks would rather get hysterical over crazy conspiracy theories. I know that you are not one of those folks, JCM.

I remember the speech, it was a definite WTF, he can't be serious. If he is we already have the alphabet soup, plus a internal civilian "military" runs right into posse comitatus. For certain, it was for such a bright guy he sure is dumb.

572 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:41:05pm

re: #566 taxfreekiller

Beck makes way too much money slinging shit. He would never leave that behind to run for any office.

573 ~Fianna  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:42:54pm

re: #518 Erik The Red

Karma: -1

sparney

(Logged in)
Registered since: Nov 27, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Last comment posted: 8/29/09 6:02:52 pm PDT

No. of comments posted: 1
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Ladies and germs we have a sleeper.

and one who can't spell, either. Drawd? Really? That's not even a word incorrectly used - it's just not a word.

574 What, me worry?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:43:00pm

re: #569 Cato the Elder

Seems like you guys may be interested in a Punctuation Hero.

575 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:44:19pm

re: #573 ~Fianna

and one who can't spell, either. Drawd? Really? That's not even a word incorrectly used - it's just not a word.

WTF???

576 Vicious Babushka  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:44:25pm

Good week Lizards.

Oooh, nice new little "reply" and "quote" buttons. Sweet.

577 [deleted]  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:46:56pm
578 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:47:30pm

re: #574 marjoriemoon

Seems like you guys may be interested in a Punctuation Hero.

OK, how the hell did you track down my real identity? I've been pretending to be a Yank pretending to be a Roman since I started posting here.

579 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:48:03pm

re: #575 Erik The Red

He wasn't talking about you, Red - the other guy. Spanker or whatever.

580 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:48:51pm

Some folks in England still have cojones...

Chase off robbers with sledgehammers with a chair and fire extinguisher.

581 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:48:56pm

re: #577 taxfreekiller

now to bed,

some dumb ass let a outside venue "punk rock band" play just across the street from where the tent campers who ride set up and sleep. and ya, ms tfk and I did the tent thing, the sob's play so loud you could not think.

we only got 4 hrs sleep last night.

The HHH executive committee and the dumb ass
WF city council who approved the permit are going to get one hell of a letter from ms tfk.

My friends who live in "the hood" have found the perfect counter to Tejano and Rap til 4AM: Bagpipes at 6AM.

582 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:49:39pm

re: #579 Cato the Elder

He wasn't talking about you, Red - the other guy. Spanker or whatever.

Oh. My bad. Thank's :)))

583 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:50:04pm

re: #579 Cato the Elder

He wasn't talking about you, Red - the other guy. Spanker or whatever.

Wanker I think...

584 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:51:07pm

re: #568 RememberSekhmet?

O/T:

Ugh, I really don't wanna take my last migraine pill before my new employer gives me the new health plan cards. But I can feel it coming...

Yeah, I need to update y'all--I was laid off for a month, got a temp gig with a contractor for a contractor for the state, then learned the local ISD has the slowest damn HR Department there is. Three weeks ago, I got a call from them that the job I applied for three months ago was mine---a district-level field support position fixx0ring teachers' computers. Fortunately when I gave my notice at the contractor, it was generally agreed I'd be stupid not to take the job. This past week was my first week at the school district. My health benefits (been without health insurance since December of last year) kick in Tuesday, but it may be well beyond that before I get the card and can pick up my Imitrex for less than an arm and a leg.

Have you thought of calling the manufacturer itself to ask if it has a program to help?

585 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:51:13pm

re: #582 Erik The Red

Oh. My bad. Thank's :)))

The " ' " is for you btw.

586 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:51:55pm

Charles, the new buttons keep going all which-a-ways on me. "Reply" goes down under the date, and "report" beneath and to the left of the karma. I'm using Leopard, latest version, (not Snow, yet), Firefox, latest, with NoScript (all scripts allowed for LGF).

Maybe you want to make the "reply/quote" buttons a bit smaller?

587 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:52:44pm

re: #573 ~Fianna

and one who can't spell, either. Drawd? Really? That's not even a word incorrectly used - it's just not a word.

"D" and "S" are next to each other on the qwerty keyboard.

588 What, me worry?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:53:11pm

re: #578 Cato the Elder

OK, how the hell did you track down my real identity? I've been pretending to be a Yank pretending to be a Roman since I started posting here.

I gots friends in high place's.

589 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:53:11pm

re: #586 Cato the Elder

Charles, the new buttons keep going all which-a-ways on me. "Reply" goes down under the date, and "report" beneath and to the left of the karma. I'm using Leopard, latest version, (not Snow, yet), Firefox, latest, with NoScript (all scripts allowed for LGF).

Maybe you want to make the "reply/quote" buttons a bit smaller?

Or make the date and time of comment smaller.

590 snowcrash  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:53:13pm

re: #573 ~Fianna
I knew what he meant. Do you want to scare off first time posters with spelling and grammar corrections? Or only new posters with opinions you don't share?

591 ~Fianna  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:53:15pm

re: #569 Cato the Elder

LOL - you just taught me a new one - grocer's apostrophe! Thanks.

I hope vinho verde stays underrated. Right now I can get a decent bottle at my local poisoner's for under ten bucks.

In fact, we should probably stop talking about it now... ;^)

Good point. :)

I just wish they'd import more of it. One of the "ideas in the fire" is wine importing.

Oh, to have a million lives.

While you're doing a grammar update for us, a handy reference for commas would help me out. I know I over-use them. One of my Lit professors confessed that she wasn't sure how to handle my comma usage... I never quite used them incorrectly and she could see why I did - I tend to mimic my speech pattern; if, when reading it aloud in my head, I take a quarter-pause, I put in a comma, so I'm never missing commas where they go, but I have some that are just extra.

592 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:53:27pm

re: #584 MandyManners

Have you thought of calling the manufacturer itself to ask if it has a program to help?

I may do that if it's too much longer before I get my cards. Just took my last pill.

593 ~Fianna  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:53:34pm

re: #576 Alouette

Good week Lizards.

Oooh, nice new little "reply" and "quote" buttons. Sweet.

I noticed those too. Nice design, Charles. :)

594 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:54:48pm

re: #592 RememberSekhmet?

I may do that if it's too much longer before I get my cards. Just took my last pill.

You might Google to see now, and call Monday if you can't find anything on their Web site.

596 ~Fianna  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:56:58pm

re: #581 RememberSekhmet?

My friends who live in "the hood" have found the perfect counter to Tejano and Rap til 4AM: Bagpipes at 6AM.

Joke time:

A proud Hamilton was accepted to study at Oxford down in England. He'd never been away from home before and was quite homesick. After a few weeks pass, he got a letter from his parents back home, asking how he was getting on down in England. He replied that his classes were fine, the weather was okay, food was tolerable, but that he wasn't getting on well with his classmates - the English were very strange. For example, he wrote, his dorm mate in the room to his left screamed all night long. The neighbors to the right pounded on the walls at all hours. As for himself, since he couldn't sleep and was homesick, he just played the pipes all night.

597 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:57:34pm

re: #590 snowcrash

I want to whack Beckians over the head with any available hammer.

598 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:58:10pm

re: #581 RememberSekhmet?

My friends who live in "the hood" have found the perfect counter to Tejano and Rap til 4AM: Bagpipes at 6AM.

Heh, perfect. When I lived in Downtown Chicago, some brats got their rich parents to buy the condo above me. They drove me nuts until I found the antidote: the ventilation system and Puccini at volume 10.

599 ~Fianna  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:58:17pm

re: #587 MandyManners

"D" and "S" are next to each other on the qwerty keyboard.

Fair point - or it could be a moby mocking "regular American's" speech.

That just struck me as someone being mocking.

600 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:58:37pm

re: #591 ~Fianna

Good point. :)

I just wish they'd import more of it. One of the "ideas in the fire" is wine importing.

Oh, to have a million lives.

While you're doing a grammar update for us, a handy reference for commas would help me out. I know I over-use them. One of my Lit professors confessed that she wasn't sure how to handle my comma usage... I never quite used them incorrectly and she could see why I did - I tend to mimic my speech pattern; if, when reading it aloud in my head, I take a quarter-pause, I put in a comma, so I'm never missing commas where they go, but I have some that are just extra.

My problem with commas is that the rules for comma usage changed sometime between the time I learned them and now.

I usually do just what you do - if there is a pause in my head, I'm likely to insert a comma.

601 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 6:58:49pm

re: #591 ~Fianna

Commas, now, there's a vexed subject. I'll see what I can do, but I'm idiosyncratic about them myself. At best.

602 ~Fianna  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:00:12pm

re: #590 snowcrash

I knew what he meant. Do you want to scare off first time posters with spelling and grammar corrections? Or only new posters with opinions you don't share?

Nope, just the posters who decide that their first post is going to be all Yay Glen!!! weirdness. Besides, as I explained to MM, there's something kinda mocking about the way the post is put together - read to me like someone pretending to be an "average Joe", if that makes any sense.

603 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:00:29pm
604 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:01:09pm

re: #603 reine.de.tout

Comma usage.

I'll read that and let you know if I approve, Reine.

605 Gus  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:01:25pm

Thousands cheer troops in Colo. Springs parade
By Dan Elliott

The Associated Press
Posted: 08/29/2009 02:23:11 PM MDT
Updated: 08/29/2009 02:35:49 PM MDT

COLORADO SPRINGS — Thousands of cheering, flag-waving people crowded onto sidewalks today to welcome military personnel back from Iraq and thank them for their service there and in Afghanistan.

An hour-long procession of soldiers from nearby Fort Carson and airmen from some of Colorado Springs' four Air Force installations tramped through downtown, many chanting marching cadences.

Interspersed among the units were military vehicles, fire trucks and bands — one playing "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." Seven gleaming white police motorcycles led the "Red, White and Brave Welcome Home Parade," and a lone streetsweeper brought up the rear. Vintage fighter planes roared overhead.

...

Click on "slide show" to see 10 images from the event.

606 snowcrash  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:03:28pm

re: #597 Cato the Elder
Hard to post a first comment. BTW, did you see where I called an apostrophe an "up-comma"? Heard that one in the clinic and liked it! lol
Think it will catch on?

607 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:03:43pm

re: #604 Cato the Elder

I'll read that and let you know if I approve, Reine.

hahahaha!
*wipes tears from eyes*

I would be happy if you could just condense it a bit. I don't have the energy to read it all. I'm thinking I should probably just do the best I can to avoid comma situations in the future. It's all way too complicated for me.

608 ~Fianna  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:03:44pm

re: #600 reine.de.tout

My problem with commas is that the rules for comma usage changed sometime between the time I learned them and now.

I usually do just what you do - if there is a pause in my head, I'm likely to insert a comma.

I think that's what I was taught, but maybe there's a New English?

609 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:04:48pm

Looked at GSK's site for Imitrex. They seem to be pushing folks towards Treximet. Don't get me wrong, that shiznit rules, but I found I get the same relief with 1 100 mg Imitrex, one liquid Aleve, and one solid Aleve. It's cheaper, and Imitrex is in everybody's formulary where Treximet is not.

610 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:04:49pm

re: #608 ~Fianna

I think that's what I was taught, but maybe there's a New English?

See:
re: #607 reine.de.tout

hahahaha!
*wipes tears from eyes*

I would be happy if you could just condense it a bit. I don't have the energy to read it all. I'm thinking I should probably just do the best I can to avoid comma situations in the future. It's all way too complicated for me.

611 Ojoe  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:08:09pm

re: #608 ~Fianna

There is a fascinating article on "punctuation" in the Brittanica.

canyouimaginetryingtogetalongwithoutitbutwritingcamebeforepunctuationor spacesbetweensords

ndsmtmsthylfttvwls

the last one is "and sometimes they left out the vowels."

612 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:08:34pm

re: #603 reine.de.tout

Comma usage.

Thanks for that helpful link. Let's see if I can apply what I've learned:

Van Jones, who's a motherfucking asshole, may or may not have been directed by his boss, Barack Hussein Obama, to tar and feather Glenn Beck.

613 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:08:56pm

re: #590 snowcrash

I knew what he meant. Do you want to scare off first time posters with spelling and grammar corrections? Or only new posters with opinions you don't share?

That poster's account is nearly two years old. It's a sleeper, or a sock, if this is it's first time posting. At least, that is commonly the case.

People here found it strange that I waited three days before making my first comment. Usually people can't wait to speak up when they hit a registration window, they said to me. My explanation? I was stinking drunk when I caught the registration window, and did not want my first post to be that of a rambling, incoherent drunk.

But nearly two years before making your first post? C'mon, something just don't smell right.

614 reine.de.tout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:09:14pm

re: #606 snowcrash

Hard to post a first comment. BTW, did you see where I called an apostrophe an "up-comma"? Heard that one in the clinic and liked it! lol
Think it will catch on?

I've heard it called "comma to the top".

615 Cathypop  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:11:43pm

re: #613 Slumbering Behemoth

That poster's account is nearly two years old. It's a sleeper, or a sock, if this is it's first time posting. At least, that is commonly the case.

People here found it strange that I waited three days before making my first comment. Usually people can't wait to speak up when they hit a registration window, they said to me. My explanation? I was stinking drunk when I caught the registration window, and did not want my first post to be that of a rambling, incoherent drunk.

But nearly two years before making your first post? C'mon, something just don't smell right.


Well at least you are an honest rambling, incoherent drunk!

616 snowcrash  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:12:26pm

re: #613 Slumbering Behemoth
Ok. I was nervous and hid mine in a fast moving presidential debate thread. No one noticed. I was very glad.

617 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:12:34pm

Later Lizards. Sleep tight. Stay scaly.

618 RememberSekhmet?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:15:00pm

I'm gonna log off, at least for a bit. Meds kicking in.

619 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:15:04pm

re: #608 ~Fianna

I think that's what I was taught, but maybe there's a New English?

English is where my conservatism finds full flower.

The Germans had a "spelling reform" a while back. Made some things a bit clearer, some less clear, ruined a few historical spellings, and fucked with the heads of a lot of older people.

If they try to do that here I'll go to the barricades. English bears its history in its spellings. For example, the words "thought" and "daughter" - often mocked by "simple English" proponents. They tell volumes about the history of pronunciation and also about our language's relations with, say, German. "Daughter" and "Tochter" are both daugthers of an Indo-European mother word that also gave birth to Greek ΘΥΓΑΤΗP. Turning it into "dawter" would rob us of that story.

620 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:16:28pm

The meltdowns just keep on comin'.

621 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:18:24pm

re: #615 Cathypop

I try to be, anyway.

re: #616 snowcrash

No reason to be nervous. Sure, you've gotta have thick scales to hang with this crowd, because at some point, someone is either going to challenge you or insult you, and you gotta be able to take your lumps if you say something stupid. But on the whole, it's a great crowd.

Just had another thought on the potential sleeper/sock. Deleted comments do not show up in your comment tally. If that person has been here two years, and only one comment is left standing, that could also say something a person.

622 Killgore Trout  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:18:28pm

Singing Kitties - by Joel Veitch - Rathergood

623 Cathypop  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:18:41pm

re: #620 Charles

The meltdowns just keep on comin'.


I may have a melt down at work but never here on LGF!

624 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:19:29pm

Just no cheese or kite melts, please!

625 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:21:33pm

L.A. fire map
Zoom out a bit on the map.

Mt. Wilson is off to the right.

Gonna be a long night in the fire zone. Good thing the winds are light.

626 itellu3times  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:21:50pm

re: #620 Charles

The meltdowns just keep on comin'.

Why isn't there an earth-shattering "boom"? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering "boom!"

628 itellu3times  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:23:24pm

re: #625 Racer X

L.A. fire map
Zoom out a bit on the map.

Mt. Wilson is off to the right.

Gonna be a long night in the fire zone. Good thing the winds are light.

Yah. Looks to me like very ineffective fighting, scattered use of air assets, from what I can see on teewee.

Good luck to any lizards threatened by fire or bothered by smoke.

629 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:24:06pm

re: #624 Cato the Elder

We have all kinds of stuff we could do (except cheese and kite related stuff).

630 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:24:15pm
631 Ojoe  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:24:52pm

re: #630 jcm

What a beautiful planet.

632 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:25:37pm

re: #625 Racer X

I'm glad the weather & winds are cooperating with the firefighters!

633 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:26:10pm

When Americans get bored in Iraq:

634 Racer X  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:26:27pm
635 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:28:52pm

re: #634 Racer X

It's a beautiful island. The boat ride out is insane!

636 Dancing along the light of day  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:29:22pm

re: #634 Racer X

Round trip fares are lower than I would have guessed. You could be there in a couple of hours!

637 snowcrash  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:29:31pm

re: #625 Racer X

638 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:31:00pm

Lullaby!

639 Cathypop  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:31:54pm

re: #630 jcm

Beautiful. Mega up-dings!

640 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:31:56pm

Okay, I'll play dueling beaches. The Baths in Virgin Gorda:

Image: The+Baths_+Virgin+Gorda+Island_+British+Virgin+Islands_+West+Indies.jpg

641 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:33:26pm
642 What, me worry?  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:33:51pm

re: #626 itellu3times

Why isn't there an earth-shattering "boom"? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering "boom!"

lol The Kaboom?

643 Cathypop  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:33:57pm

re: #640 David Simon

Okay, I'll play dueling beaches. The Baths in Virgin Gorda:

[Link: nature.wallpaperme.com...]


I could veg-out there for months. WOW!

644 MandyManners  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:36:47pm

re: #626 itellu3times

Why isn't there an earth-shattering "boom"? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering "boom!"

In bed.

645 Cathypop  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:38:08pm

re: #644 MandyManners
You got earth shattering booms in bed? Dam! I am so jealous!

646 jcm  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:38:57pm

Shi Shi Beach Olympic National Park.

Not a warm beach, but beautiful

647 pat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:40:22pm

I don't get any of this Beck Bashing. If we spent half the time we do Bashing Beck, on dissecting Olberman at least it would be some fun.

648 jaunte  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:40:34pm

Madeira

A steep walk down to the beach.

649 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:42:12pm

re: #648 jaunte

Madeira

A steep walk down to the beach.

The Canary Islands are on my list of must see places. Have you been there?

650 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:43:28pm

re: #647 pat

I don't get any of this Beck Bashing. If we spent half the time we do Bashing Beck, on dissecting Olberman at least it would be some fun.

What's not fun about "talk to the spoon"?

651 jaunte  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:43:33pm

re: #649 David Simon

No, I've been shopping around for a special place to take a vacation; I'd like to go to Madeira or the Canary Islands.

652 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:44:59pm

re: #647 pat

I don't get any of this Beck Bashing. If we spent half the time we do Bashing Beck, on dissecting Olberman at least it would be some fun.

Agreed Pat, but still, I don't want a nimrod like Beck representing conservatism.

653 right_on_target  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:46:43pm

re: #600 reine.de.tout

My problem with commas is that the rules for comma usage changed sometime between the time I learned them and now.

I usually do just what you do - if there is a pause in my head, I'm likely to insert a comma.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Look up the book ...

Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss


Leave out the comma in the above titled book and it has a new meaning.

654 pat  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:46:44pm

Bad news. Saudi butchers (now there's a nominal that has multiple uses) have trouble keeping up with the demand for young camel meat.
[Link: www.arabnews.com...]

655 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:47:34pm

re: #651 jaunte

No, I've been shopping around for a special place to take a vacation; I'd like to go to Madeira or the Canary Islands.

Go to Madeira. My wife's family is from there. They just spent 6 weeks there before coming to the US. I have been there 3 times. Great summer spot. You would not need more than 7 to 10 days to see the whole island. My wife also has family in the Canary Islands. I have never been there, but hear that it is nice.

656 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:49:10pm

re: #651 jaunte

No, I've been shopping around for a special place to take a vacation; I'd like to go to Madeira or the Canary Islands.

They're in the vicinity. I suggest doing both. (Then you can let me know if I should take the trip ;->)

657 jaunte  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:49:11pm

re: #655 Erik The Red

Based just on the photos I've seen on Flickr, it seems like an incredibly beautiful place. I understand the wine is good, too!

658 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:49:45pm

re: #651 jaunte

No, I've been shopping around for a special place to take a vacation; I'd like to go to Madeira or the Canary Islands.

If you are on facebook send me an email and I will addyou as a friend and you can see some great photos of Madeira.
My name is blue.

659 jaunte  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:52:08pm

re: #658 Erik The Red

Thanks for the generous offer, I'm not yet on facebook; can I ask you again in a few days? (Drinking now, working again tomorrow).

660 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:52:24pm

re: #614 reine.de.tout

I've heard it called "comma to the top".

In bed.

661 Erik The Red  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:53:55pm

re: #659 jaunte

Thanks for the generous offer, I'm not yet on facebook; can I ask you again in a few days? (Drinking now, working again tomorrow).

Anytime. :)

662 David Simon  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:57:28pm

re: #654 pat

Bad news. Saudi butchers (now there's a nominal that has multiple uses) have trouble keeping up with the demand for young camel meat.
[Link: www.arabnews.com...]

Sad to say, I'm not shocked by the butchery, but by the notion that I thought camel would be halal.

663 SanFranciscoZionist  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:59:23pm

"I don't care if you worship a spoon. Talk to the spoon."

664 Sharmuta  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 7:59:42pm

re: #663 SanFranciscoZionist

"I don't care if you worship a spoon. Talk to the spoon."

I loved that one.

665 Irenicum  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:05:01pm

OK, that video is hysterical! Or should I say hysterial. Since Bleck seems to not know when the letter c belongs in a word. Guess what's showing up on my latest facebook post!

666 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:07:01pm

re: #651 jaunte

No, I've been shopping around for a special place to take a vacation; I'd like to go to Madeira or the Canary Islands.

If it's beaches, babes and beauty - natural and man-made - you're after, might I recommend Dubrovnik?

George Bernard Shaw had this to say about it: "Those who seek paradise on Earth should come to Dubrovnik."

I was there for two weeks in the eighties. It is one of the few - if not the - only remaining completely walled cities in Europe. The only modern vehicles allowed are trash trucks and police/fire/ambulance.

There is a slanting stone sticking out of one of the walls inside the city. If you can stand on it for more than ten seconds, they will buy you drinks. I still remember that hangover.

I hear the gratuitous bomb damage done during the Yugo war (Dubrovnik had no strategic part in anything - the Serbs just bombed it to be dicks) is undetectable now.

And skinny-dipping is encouraged.

I bet you can stay twice as long there on the Adriatic for the same money you'd spend in the better-known places.

667 Irenicum  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:07:31pm

And the reference to the lack of the letter c comes from this blog entry. Once again, hysterical.

668 JamesTKirk  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:08:10pm

re: #306 Desert Dog

So, this year it's: fire, earthquake, flood and mudslide?

In bed.

669 jaunte  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:09:29pm

re: #666 Cato the Elder

That looks like a great spot too; thanks for the recommendation!

670 Irenicum  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:10:27pm

re: #666 Cato the Elder

That looks gorgeous! I always heard the Adriatic coast was amazing. This just confirms it.

671 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:20:11pm

re: #669 jaunte

That looks like a great spot too; thanks for the recommendation!

re: #670 Irenicum

That looks gorgeous! I always heard the Adriatic coast was amazing. This just confirms it.

And there are bonuses (

boni,

if you're me).

1) Adriatic seawater has a much higher salt content than almost anywhere on earth. In combination with rational doses of sunlight, this may fix any skin problems you might have that your clueless dermatologist can't handle.

2) You get to support a newish American ally.

3) The food is the absolute best of the Mediterranean diet.

672 [deleted]  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:24:17pm
673 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:35:34pm

re: #647 pat

I don't get any of this Beck Bashing. If we spent half the time we do Bashing Beck, on dissecting Olberman at least it would be some fun.

Perhaps you can help me remember something. When was the last time the GOP, republicans, or conservatives in general were associated with the over-the-top, blathering rhetoric of Kieth Olberman?

674 Charles Johnson  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:39:39pm

re: #672 Consevative Democrat

Take your Confederate general's icon and get off my website.

These are the kind of people who admire Glenn Beck.

675 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:39:53pm

re: #672 Consevative Democrat

There! my first post

You, sir, are a liar.

676 Slumbering Behemoth Stinks  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:41:59pm

re: #674 Charles

Aw geez. I probably shouldn't have linked his history of posts in my #675 then. Sorry.

677 prime_minister_of_sinister  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:47:05pm

Glenn Beck is nuts to the core...but he's worth his weight in gold in terms of entertainment value for the rational minded.

678 Cato the Elder  Sat, Aug 29, 2009 8:48:30pm

Cunsurvative Dumbocrud thought there was such a word as "sarcasim".

Well, I guess there is. That would be Jewish sarcastics.

Bye, Gomer!

679 Oh no...Sand People!  Sun, Aug 30, 2009 12:11:59am

This is actually kind of catchy. I like how he is DYNAMIC! Not just some boring empty suit...might as well get entertainment out of his suit. Sound effects, etc. Big kid. I like being a big kid too.

I. play. transformers.

Awwwee. Yeah.

680 hellosnackbar  Sun, Aug 30, 2009 8:47:58am

re #666 Cato the elder,
Dubrovnik is stunning,and the sailing amongst the Adriatic islands is terrific.
I saw Glenn Beck on Fox news for the first time some months ago;
and just dismissed him as a blowhard tendentious tw**t.
He's the John Pilger of the right!
Both have an irritating voice, both are narcisscists; and both are magnetically drawn to far fetched conspiracy theories.
If ratings are the only barometer of excellence;then he represents an unnattractive face of capitalism.
Tabloid tosh on tabloid TV.

681 hellosnackbar  Sun, Aug 30, 2009 9:08:37am

Good stuffv JCM,
It reminds me of a spotty bank clerk some years ago who,upon being confronted by a masked gunman demanding money told him to "Piss off".
The robber fled and was apprehended.
At the trial the judge complemented the 18yr old lad for his unflinching courage and awarded him£50 from public funds.


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