Thanks, Charles.

I've been waiting because I refuse to give cbs my business.

Custer's last stand?

2 DesertSage
Still standing! Nite.

Americans, including our government, have been unbelievably naive, stupid and arrogant about recognizing the effectiveness of the tools that the terrorists and jihadists have been using - the media, the internet, not to mention our very own institutions (judicial, educational, political, charitable, etc.).

If 9/11 didn't teach our leaders to understand what a small group of determined fighters can do, I don't know what will.

This CBS report is coming awfully late. Time to wake up folks!

The look on Scott Pelley's face when the General said "the press has no credentials here" was priceless. Yes Scott, they'll kill you too.

An actual good job by 60 Minutes.

Uh... good journalism. It's been a while since I broke out those two words. Lots of information based on facts, pulling no punches due to religious sensitivity. Jihad is what it is, an appeal to "true Islam" for lots of people, especially the young. And they can do it using traditioinal Islamic sources. Robert Spencer must be saying "Told ya!"

Of course it's easy to get the same story from online jihadis at Wordpress or Blogspot. It's the worst-kept secret in the world, just publicly denied by nearly everyone paid to think about it in government, the media, and law enforcement. At least the military is training a new generation of officers to get it. I've seen jihadi literature online at military training centers. So that part of the story I've personally verified.

Charles,

This is awfully close to a Flying Pig moment.

#2 DesertSage 3/4/2007 10:50PM PST

Custer's last stand?

My son asked if he was the only who thought someone named "Custer" should never be promoted above MAJ.

Just watched it. Pretty damn good. No wonder the LLL's think it's a Bush ploy.

Crossposting as an FYI/Archival purposes:

[Link: www.freerepublic.com...]

Now that I've watched this report, I really can't figure out the kos idiots' problem.

/other than they're idiots.

#11 Sharmuta 3/4/2007 11:19PM PST

Now that I've watched this report, I really can't figure out the kos idiots' problem.

/other than they're idiots.

Now your gonna have to go into rehab.

"How can a website convince someone to kill themselves?"

Wrong!

"How can a website convince someone to act out the dictates of the koran, and MURDER people?"

I think Aaron now holds the record as the most famous LGF commenter.

#14 zombie 3/4/2007 11:24PM PST

I think Aaron now holds the record as the most famous LGF commenter.

Probably the current leader on the fatwa board, too.

Good heavens! Have you read the comments?

It's good work you do, Aaron. Thank you.

11 Sharmuta

I can only chalk it up to mental disease on their part. I can't figure it out either.

UFO science key to halting climate change: former Canadian defense minister

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

You can't make this stuff up

12 American Soldier

Now your gonna have to go into rehab.

As long as it's not with Britney.

17 Highrise

I can only chalk it up to mental disease on their part.

I think you're on to something...kositis?

zombie (#14),

I think Aaron now holds the record as the most famous LGF commenter.

I think you need to amend that with, that we know of. ;-)

hmm...Lizard Lounge fall down, go boom

Jewels
I have a moonbat friend who not only believes in UFO's, he believes in a whole "Galaxy Federation" and I don't know how much drivel around that.
Moonbats are truly becoming insane. This guy is quite reasonable otherwise, which means he's becoming a schyzo; part of his world based in reality and another part in utterly non existing worlds.
It's like believing that science-fiction is real and making it part of your life. Incredible.

(I wanted to tell you this on the lounge, but I haven't been able to come back lol) I love Java.

Lizard Lounge is back online

#21 Jewels (AKA Julian)

Hmm...Lizard Lounge fall down, go boom

What? Cops raid the joint? You knew that roulette wheel'd get you guys in trouble...

J.D. (#16),

When you can't argue the facts, bang your shoe on the podium.

Spiny Norman (#24),

LOL.

Spiny
LOL Come yourself and place a bet.

Our Lady Ann of the Sharp Tongue
(above referring to Coulter per another poster on other link)
Wonder what Ann would say?

I know what she wouldn't say, she wouldn't say "We just need dialog with these people."

Since we can't control the Internet, can we blame the inventor, Al Gore?

If not, it appears again, that ONE and only ONE 'religion' is causing all the problems.

#25 Geepers

Did you read any of that?
There's just no hope for some of them. None at all.

It's kind of scary if you really think about it...

#27 MigueldowninMexico

LOL Come yourself and place a bet.

I was just catching up on Achewood before I hit the sack and I'm feeling a little snarky.

;^)

(Three or four shots of Longmorn helps, too...)

J.D. (#29),

Yeah I did. That whole thing about "slapping some sense into them" comes to mind.

Late.
Later, all.

#25 Geepers

J.D. (#16),

When you can't argue the facts, bang your shoe on the podium.

Of course, no MSM news item comment thread is complete without the ubiquitous, "I'm not an anti-Semite, but . . ."

Spiny
LOL That's funny! And cheers! ;)

J.D.
They are scary. I know some people here who are completely out of their minds. They create alternate realities and live them. Just as an example, there are I don't know, perhaps five million people who think that the President of Mexico is someone who is NOT the President LOL Sounds funny but it's tragic. They even want the actual President dead.
They are scary.

Bye, American Soldier!

Late.

True.

And book on Greek myth ain't reading itself.

'Night all.

Hold down the fort MigueldowninMexico.

Geepers
Good night and God bless you ;)

:-(

hello littleoldlady!
Why that face? Because of insomia?
{littleoldlady}

Miguelito! :-)

Nah. I'm here the usual time.

But everyone's abandoning ship...and I showered and everything!

littleoldlady
Ok then.
Hahahaha. You showered and all lol
Don't worry there will always be lizards around.
Besides, the lounge is not working well, so a few loungists might drop some comments ;)

Ho, ho! That explains your presence here! ;-)

My stupid little software problem from yesterday seems to have corrected itself today. Good thing, too. Because no way I could have fixed it myself. LOL.

littleoldlady
On top of that, I'm "one talkative Mexican" (ask Killian Bundy lol) so you can address me and get answers all the time. I'm from the chattering clases, you know? ;)

littleoldlady
I was busted :( lol
I was not on line yesterday so I didn't know about your problem, but I'm glad it's fixed whatever it was :)

"One talkative Mexican"

Well, if ever you need a sock puppet nic, there you go. :-)

Hahahaha littleoldlady. You're just right on! That'd be some nick hahaha.

People who want to talk will approach me and taciturn people will run away from me lol

/OTM
//hahahahaha

Mornin Lol, Miguel...everybody.

Lol, I haven't showered, that might be why the place cleared-out. The arrival of the great, one, unwashed mass. :-)

aboo
Hahahaha. You guys [bigoted word]s? lol
Hello there.

aboo-Hoo-Hoo! :-)

My nose is a bit stuffed up. And Miguel is too busy talking to notice.

Not to worry! ;-)

"the great, one, unwashed mass". LOL, that's good!

Anti-Putin riots in St. Petersburg. I don't know how far this can go, but it could put real pressure on Putin. I remember Garry Kasparov quite well, as a genius of chess, and I'm very glad of the stance he has taken lately.
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

Miguel,

The only ones challenging Putin are Bolsheviks and crooks.

I feel sorry for the Russians.

littleoldlady
Really? I didn't realized that. If that's the case you're so right: poor Russia.

On Friday, Mr. Kasparov, Mr. Kasyanov and Eduard Limonov, head of the National Bolshevik party, led a meeting of the United Civil Front opposition group in St. Petersburg. Mr. Limonov, whose party is aligned with the main liberal opposition, was arrested Saturday morning before the march. He said the group was close to nominating Mr. Kasyanov as its candidate for president in the 2008 elections.

Somebody posted the same story from a different source yesterday, I think. Kasyanov was identified with all sorts of shady business dealings.

Of course, that's kind of normal in Russia, isn't it?

Lol,

Please don't bring-up noses, sniveling...chest colds/virus'. There's a crud going-round here that's had me down almost 2 weeks, hell, I could go to Kos right-now and not smell a thing. It's really that bad. Nasty stuff.

littleoldlady
Thanks for the input. Yes things are going badly in Russia. Here I have an article of someone at odds with Putin being shot in the USA.

/Deflated in his hope to see Russia improve...

Shoot! Gorgot the link, sorry.
[Link: www.wtopnews.com...]

I also forgot it.

grrrrr

*hands aboo-Hoo-Hoo a box of tissues*

Is that what it is? I just thought because Daylight Savings Time is early this year, my Annual April Allergies kicked in early, too.

Sorry you're sick! :-(

littleoldlady
Are you on DST already? Here it is not until the first Sunday of April.

A website dedicated to "Set America free from dependency from oil" Interesting.
[Link: www.setamericafree.org...]

Miguel,

DST scheduled for March 11. Just in time for LGF Birthday Week. ;-) They say it will save energy. I dunno...

Re: The guy who was shot. I picture him in the ambulance on the way to the hospital yelling, "SEE?! I TOLD you so!"

Ugh...speaking of bugs, looks to be a rough market-day, the China-Asia Mkt Flu

Gunna have some testy folks, lots of'em, by days end. Doom & gloom, recession, depression, war, jihad...and of course it'll all be Bush's fault.

#51 littleoldlady

Miguel,

The only ones challenging Putin are Bolsheviks and crooks.

I feel sorry for the Russians.

Don't feel sorry for the Russians. They are just another example of what happens when people don't stand up and fight for their freedom. The West would do well to learn that lesson.

littleoldlady
That's right! Just in time for LGF Birthday Week lol

About that guy in the ambulance, I assure you that he was happy to have been shot at and come out alive. He has a huge proof in his hands now, the "I told you!" thing.

Well, I posted this on several threads last evening, where it was pretty much ignored, but it's worth one more shot.

Mikey,

talloldman worked on lots of the old carriers at the Navy Yard, back when. I think the Kennedy, too. I'll have to ask him (in an hour or so ;-)

littleoldlady

I bet he did.

Good morning!
"waving"

"Setting up coffee"

*waves to St. Pancake!* :-)

St Pancake
Good morning! :)

Monday, March 5, 2007
This day in history

1770 British troops fired on boys in Boston who had provoked them.
1781 British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond VA
1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
1845 Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US
1861 250 Federal troops are sent from New York to Fort Sumter
1895 French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
1896 German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovers x-rays
1919 National Socialist Party (Nazi) forms as German Farmers Party
1919 Spartacus uprising in Berlin state of siege
1927 Judge Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago & Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox
1933 Nazi Elections give control of the Reichstag
1933 Newly inaugurated President Franklin D. Roosevelt halts the trading of gold and declares a bank holiday.
1940 Katyn massacre resulting in the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs.
1943 In desperation due to war losses, fifteen and sixteen year olds are called up for military service in the German army.
1945 Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty" :D
1946 In Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill tells a crowd that "an iron curtain has descended on the Continent [of Europe]."
1953 Joseph Stalin dies disrupting plans for mass deportations of Russian Jews.
1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel"
1961 US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
1968 Dr Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law
1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle
1976 Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea"
1984 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that cities have the right to display the Nativity scene as part of their Christmas display.

Good morning again
Fruitcup-------------------------------------->

Fresh coffee---------------->
Sweet rolls-------------------->
Yoghurt---------------------------->
Cathead biscuits---------------------------->

Morning, Miguel!

Good morning, dead thread.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

WOWSERS! Thanks for the great breakfast, St. Pancake! :-)

#61 littleoldlady

DST scheduled for March 11

You mean the clocks "spring forward" one hour on March 11?

That's also spring break week around here.

Good morning, people.

Set your own uniform policy, schools are told

Mr Justice Silber, a High Court judge, dismissed the girl's claims, saying the veil prevented teachers from seeing the girl's facial expressions - a vital part of effective classroom communication.

Morning, Nonic

Oh, how I hate loosing an hour in March.

"grumble, grumble"

Say, I had a really depressing thought.........

This is one of today's mass readings:

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

“Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you;
a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,
will be poured into your lap.
For the measure with which you measure
will in return be measured out to you.”

Luke 6:36-38

What a kick in the head if that means the liberals actually have it right.

Iowahawk had his shot, now it's Mark Steyn's turn.

You are welcome, LoLady
It is Monday after all.
Unfortunatey, tis also the week prior to Spring Break, and the goobers will reflect that in their classroom performance this week.
Pressure to assimilate won't work, leader warns

Mr McCormack later told The Australian some Muslims exploited the West to "advance their own agendas".

He said the gap between Muslim and non-Muslim birthrates in Australia would only be exacerbated by immigration.

Kuwait seeks total ban on Israel

Poo.

Good morning nonic! :-)

DST

Great interview by Michelle Malkin of some Fox News guy. They make a scan of the Republican presidencial candidates (possible). [Link: hotair.com...]

St Pancake
Thanks for the fruitcup, just great ;)

Hi nonic :)

. Good morning wakeful minions!
Help yourselves to steaming hot Columbian coffee.
Check with St. Pancake regarding sweet rolls.
Fruit cup is on the sideboard. Confirm availability with littleoldlady.
Please remember that those who are tardy will not receive fruit cup.

Tumulus
LOL!
Thanks for the fruitcup also.

Guess I have to offer cubas libres around lol

Please remember that those who are tardy will not receive fruit cup.

Thanks for the update.

But, um...... Correct me if I am incorrect, but were you not tardy yourself?

Just sayin.......

#80 St. Pancake - thank you very much, good links.

The Islamic Council of Victoria spokesman Waleed Aly warned against pressuring Muslims to assimilate, saying they would only resist such moves.

Our Lady Ann of the Sharp Tongue (Peace Be Upon Her) might say: "if you don't want to assimilate, you're free to leave and we'd encourage you to do so."

#81 littleoldlady

Thanks.

Yesterday I got everybody's 2006 taxes done here (6 of us) and sent in my first quarterly payment for 2007. Was early on that, too.

Wanted to get the tax money out of my checking account since we had to do the FAFSA this week, too.

littleoldlady, you know about FAFSA, don't you?

If St. Pancake persists with the expanded breakfast menu, I'm going to start selling tickets.

/all donations to meannastyteenager's College Fund are very much appreciated...

Yes teacher, I saw Tumulus sneaking in throu' the back door! On top of that he/she sticked the tongue out at me!

/Can I have my B- changed to a B now? ;)

#87 nonic,

I sure do, and if I could finish my own #$^%*% taxes, I could finish that form as well!

/everyone and everything is conspiring against me!
//where did I put that tinfoil hat?!

Miguel
No Cuba Libre for me, please.
Would prefer a Mimosa.

Thanks!

littleoldlady
Here [Link: www.shout.net...]

89 MigueldowninMexico
Thanks for your news.
I will deal with that privately, out in the hallway.

Rules are rules....
Tardy, no fruitcup.
Period

Mimosas for the teacher!

/Maybe I'll bet a B+ :)

I'll get, not "I'll bet"
You don't bet with marks. Sorry.

An A+ for Miguel

B- for LoLady, Nonic, and Confuzed.

A 100 for Mikey, as I do not know his mood currently.
:0

. [Steps in front of the sideboard while studying pocket watch]

' Hmmmm ... March Fifth .... time to do inventory.....Let's see now - one ...... two .......'

86 Confuzed
YW

We have never seen such brazen immigrants before.

littleoldlady
This model is GREAT! [Link: www.moonbattery.com...]

99 MigueldowninMexico
Haha!

Teacher!
An A+! Smooooch!

Runs home to show Fido his good mark...

#92 Miguel,

Hey! I have a cousin who looks just like that! ;-)

St. Pancake,

B- ?! What did I do? :-(

littleoldlady
Great idea!

Check out this site for slang terms for money.
Lizards for MNT

Well, gang, I gotta go. Gotta “straighten up” a little and put a lot of things away.

I’m starting a new phase of life today, and I have to get ready.

For the first time ever, I have someone coming to clean my house.

This first visit they concentrate on scrubbing the bathrooms and the kitchen. After 30 years raising five sons, believe me, I’m looking forward to that, but I gotta get the counters all cleared off, you know?

I’ll tell ya tomorrow what it felt like to be a lady of leisure.

Bye.

meannastyteenager feels that the only word for money she needs to know is GIMME.

littleoldlady
B- ?! What did I do? :-(

Ummmm.
thinking, thinking.......
Appears teacher is playing favorites with male students?

"changing mark on LoLady's progress report to A-"

"accepting under the table bribe of chocolate from LoLady"

Bye nonic, God bless you :)
Congrats for the new life ;)

Good luck, Nonic!

"wishful thinking"
"sighing heavily"

Looks like thang's in the Mullah Terrortories© may be heating-up just a tad: General vanishes; Mossad/CIA blamed.

Arab newspapers are hinting that the Mossad and/or the CIA could be behind the disappearance of an Iranian general, Ali Reza Askari, who was last seen February 7 in Istanbul....

Askari is a former general in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and served in the cabinet of former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami.

littleoldlady
LOL Your cousin can look scary?

aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Interesting, and who the heck knows the truth?

nonic,

The definition of a balabusta: She cleans before the cleaning lady gets there. ;-)

A- is certainly better than B- !
/here's your chocolate...

"deftly grabbing chocolate"
running, before Miguel intervenes

Strange story

Egypt: Young man seeking to meet Israeli consul arrested

The London-based Arabic-language newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat reported that Mahmoud Khanafi has asked to meet with the consul in hope the consul could help him get a job in Israel, after all his attempts to find employment in Egypt failed. According to the security forces, the young man was mentally unstable and will remain in custody until his investigation is completed.

(Roee Nhmias)

I brought my own chocolate bar, teacher ;)
Tin Larin is it. A cookie filled with peanut butter, covered with chocolate. Delicious :) [Link: www.nestle.com.mx...]

From the St. Pancake Travel Bureau

Irish theme at Philadelphia Flower Show

Sounds very, very nice.

MigueldowninMexico
Yummy, sounds wonderful. :)

"stealing some from Miguel"
"tossing two to LoLady"

running, running

65 Mike C -

There were several commenters last night on the retirement of that great lady.

I know someone who served on her many years ago, and beams with pride every time he speaks of her. If the JFK was deployed to a specific area, you knew the US was ready for some serious business.

# 118 windybon

I saw 2 - eon and one other. Here, I mean.

I don't think I'm going to make it to the Flower Show. Way too busy. :-( I'm not in love with this year's theme anyway, unless the growing conditions are the same in Ireland as they are in Philadelphia.

I go to the show to get ideas for my garden.

littleoldlady
True, true

Thinking of growing something new this year?

71 St. Pancake -

1945 Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty" :D

I grew up watching Pepe LePew, always one of my favorites, but I did not realize he had been around since 1945.

St Pancake
LOL Be my guests ;)

Ok, the Best Debt Clock in the USA has been improved. Very interesting. [Link: www.optimist123.com...]

122 windybon
I always adored Pepe. Lol, he is wonderful.
Yeah, those guys have seemingly been around forever.

Bless 'em.

St. Pancake,

Step 1 is to get something that will keep the deer away. (Ordered two products that should be shipped this week).

I'm focusing on the Spring garden since we are doing a(n early) graduation party in mid-May. Lots of foxglove, astilbe, maybe a couple of new azaleas, caladium...the usual vegetable/herb stuff.

I have a lot to do because we sort of let things go for a couple of years. :-(

126 littleoldlady
Good luck with the party. Geesh......
I warned you last year about Senior year finances.

I'm about to rob a bank. (Like that woman-in-burkah did in Center City a while back. Wonder if they ever caught her...?)

Okay, now that I made myself nuts thinking about where the money's coming from, I guess I should get to work. ;-)

Good day, ALL!™

St. Pancake -

Cat with several Pepe LePews.

Ok I'm saying good-bye too. God bless everybody around :)

Good morning, Lizards.

Okay, I know there are more serious -life-and-death issues out there, but I'm seething now:

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Sienna Miller is talking about Pittsburgh again, this time in the London newspaper The Guardian. She told the newspaper she didn?t understand how people could be so upset about her comments.

"I understand the patriotism of that city, but really I don't think it was that big a deal. I had to meet the mayor live on TV and apologize. It was huge!" said Miller. "People are dying in Iraq and where is our focus, you know what I mean?"

Miller told Rolling Stone magazine how much she disliked Pittsburgh while filming the movie "Mysteries Of Pittsburgh" last fall.

She said she has a wonderful knack for putting her foot in her mouth -- the movie producers convinced her to apologize as damage control during the shoot.

Miss Miller, you insulted your hosts--that's why you needed to apologize. Should people stop saying "please" and "thank you" because "People are dying in Iraq and where is our focus, you know what I mean?"

The selfish, self-centeredness of Hollywood never ceases to astound me.

MOrning Goddess. That selfish self-centeredness is unfortunately not limited to Hollywood. "Manners" seem to have gone the way of the wind. I can't tell you how tired I am of hearing all about some 16 year old twit's sex-life in the supermarket parking lot because of the cell phone chained to the ear.

Mornin'
Anything out there I can rant against ?
All the fruit cup is soggy. What the Hell is goin' on ?

There is now a specifically made in France version of LAW & ORDER.

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

Are they just being snobbish or are they afraid of showing a judicial system that works most of the time?

Good Morning dead thread. Greetings from sunny middle Tennessee. 30 now going to 60 this afternoon. Had to take a break from the crappy weather in NoCentral Hellinois.

Good news everyone! I have succeeded in finding gainful employment. Start next Monday, so my (already sporadic) attendance will be even less frequent. Going to work in a cube farm for the first time, kinda looking forward to it. Regular hours, weekends off without having to wheedle them. Can't wait.

Somehow I've contracted "realwest syndrome." Found yesterday after some digging that the hard drive in my laptop is pooping out, so I'll be replacing that rather soon.

AP deceptive headline of the day:

Probe Opened Into British-Iraqi Raid

What? What did the British do wrong?

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's government opened a probe Monday into a British-Iraqi raid on a police intelligence headquarters in southern Iraq that captured an alleged death squad leader and found 30 prisoners with signs of torture.

The raid took place Sunday at the National Iraqi Intelligence Agency building in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles southeast of Baghdad.

Inside, troops discovered 30 prisoners with signs of torture and abuse, including one woman and two children, the British military said in a statement. It did not elaborate.

It's just not suprising anymore to see this sort of distortion coming from AP, and it always seems to be biased in an anti-coalition direction. Why is that?

As another example, this morning's story of the Baghdad bookmarket bomb blast by AP's Lauren Frayer ends with these comments:

South of Baghdad, a U.S.-Iraqi raid Sunday targeted rogue elements of al-Sadr's militia, the U.S. military said in a statement.

The military would not comment further, but a member of the Karbala provincial council, Hamid Kanoush, said his house was raided and his brother arrested. Kanoush also serves as a senior official in al-Sadr's political office in Karbala.

Five American helicopters hovered over his house as U.S. troops stormed inside, he said. They carried away his brother, Saad Kanoush, and destroyed furniture and pictures of al-Sadr.

Kanoush said he was not at home at the time, but that his family phoned him about the incident.

"I am a member of the provincial council and my activities are known by the public. If there a case against me, the Americans should have resorted to legal procedures, not terrorist acts against my family," Kanoush told The Associated Press.

Whether it's a local stringer or a Westerner writing the story, seems AP always has time to spread the anti-coalition propaganda.

Good morning, LGF!

"The enemies of freedom, using the gifts of freedom, to destroy freedom" -Oriana Fallaci

Good Morning Lizards.

If you hear a blood curdling scream about 5 pm today, it will be me. I've got an appointment with my accountant to do my personal taxes at 4:30 today. I figure about 5 we will have a bottom line and I will see how much the damage is. Oh well, its only money.

Sports Note.

In the last few seconds of yesterday's North Carolina - Duke basketball tilt, with NC cruising to a 14 point win, duke guard Gerald Henderson smashed an elbow into Duke player Tyler Hansbrough's face during a scramble for a rebound, causing much blood to flow. It was a hit job that would have make one of the Hanson brothers from the movie Slapshot proud.,It was an obvious attempt to send a message with an intentionally hard foul at the end of a lost game. Henderson was ejected and will have to sit out the first game of the comiing ACC tournament.

In the post-game intervies, Duke coach Mike Kryzewski wished Hansbrough well, defended his player, and then to blamed NC. coach Williams for the injury by saying:

"The game was over before that," he said. "I mean the outcome of the game, let's put it that way. That's unfortunate, too, that those people were in the game in that play. Maybe this wouldn't have happened."

In other words, Hansbrough had it coming cause he was still in the game, according to Coach "K".

Now, I've been watching Duke's Coach "K" leave his starters in for years at the end of games when they were blowing the other teams out. I watched Bobby Hurley, Christian Laettner, and others repeatedly fatten their stats in 20 point blow outs against weaker opponents, and Coach "K" had no problem with that when it was his players running up the score. Well, what goes around comes around Kryzweski, and the viewing public saw you and your players get in the gutter yesterday. The BooYaa Network may kiss your rear-end all the time, but the rest of the ACC saw what you are really all about. Shame on you, and I don't want to hear you cry when one of your players gets lit up next time you run the score up on the cupcakes you play half the year to get a big win total.

If college players are the same today as they were in my era, Henderson better have his head on a swivel next time he gets on a court against North Carolina.

And I hope Duke gets beat by 40 points in their first tournament game.

#137 upchuck

Good news everyone! I have succeeded in finding gainful employment. Start next Monday, so my (already sporadic) attendance will be even less frequent. Going to work in a cube farm for the first time, kinda looking forward to it. Regular hours, weekends off without having to wheedle them. Can't wait.

Congrats.

#14 zombie 3/4/2007 11:24PM PST

I think Aaron now holds the record as the most famous LGF commenter.

Joining late. Anyone know why?

Ummmmmmmmmmm....

Good morning, all...

Frost on the grass this morning. Damn global warming!

And then there was this professional screenwriter who went to a Left Coast writer's conference:

"I have a great idea for a movie," a woman said to me. "What's the market like for true stories about black lesbians in the 1880s?"

"I don't think studios are looking for scripts to fill that particular niche," I said, "but there's always a market for good stories that are told well."

"Oh," she said. "That's going to make it a lot harder to sell."

Groan...

134 galloping granny

Don't look at me. I don't even own a cell phone.

I remember the JFK and it is sad to see the old ships leave active service.It's also a reminder that time does march on.I was on the Enterprise in the early 70's and remember seeing her in the yards.

Illinois Governor is taking a big step towards socialism. Gov's plan: all insured in 3 years.

Gov. Blagojevich hopes every Illinois resident who lacks health insurance will voluntarily sign up for an affordable plan he announced Sunday.
But anyone who still doesn't have health insurance after three years would be required to get a policy, Deputy Gov. Sheila Nix said.

No one would go to jail. But uninsured residents probably would be fined, and "the likely collection would be through the tax system," Nix said.

Of course, if you are a socialistic lefty like Blagojevich, you have to work some income redistribution into the works:

Under Illinois Covered, all insurers who do business in Illinois would be required to offer an affordable, state-approved plan to any resident, regardless of the resident's health status.

Premiums would be free to residents living below the federal poverty level. The state would subsidize premiums for residents whose incomes are below 400 percent of the poverty level -- which comes to about $80,000 for a family of four.

Paid for how?

The $2.1 billion plan would be funded by a tax on employers who don't offer health insurance and by a new levy on business transactions called a gross receipts tax.

Look for Illinois employers to move out and start massive automation projects or contracting out work if this goes into law.

Lefties never learn.

#148 MandyManners 3/5/2007 04:54AM PST

134 galloping granny

Don't look at me. I don't even own a cell phone.

Are you 16 Mandy? :) Didn't think we had any that young around here.

3 wood,

I wondered to myself what Hansbrough was still doing in the game, but it didn't occur to me to blame him or Roy Williams for the flagrant foul. He was fortunate to be quickly ushered off the court, or I thought he was going to go after Henderson. The sight of you own blood can trigger fisticuffs.

Duke is going nowhere fast this year. They'll be a 5 or 6 seed at best come tournament time.

Hey Cubs fans. New manager Piniella already getting the picture this team is not what you would call real good. Get ready for a long year.

The team's new manager has seen too much Cubs of old in the early going. And he got especially irate when a perfect opportunity to show off the new-look Cubs to a WGN-TV audience back home turned into a perfect storm of bad pitching, mediocre hitting and another ugly finish -- against the White Sox of all teams -- Sunday at HoHoKam Park.

So far, the Cubs ar "Oh fer" spring training and got beat 13 - 2 by the White Sox yesterday.

But Piniella seems to have figured out the source of the problem:

''Our pitchers aren't pitching well, and our hitters aren't hitting very well,'' he said. ''Outside of that, we're OK.''

''I'm talking about everything,'' Piniella said on what needs work. ''We walked people [Sunday], and right after walks come the big flies. The ball carries well in Arizona, but it seems like it's only carrying for the other side right now.''

Get used to it, Lou. It's been that way for about 100 years now.

#152 Jammie

I wondered to myself what Hansbrough was still doing in the game,

NC State had some injuries on the bench and Hansbrough was just trying to finish the game out to give the bench a rest.

I have long felt Coach "K" is a two faced jerk. Yesterday showed it. Maybe the Eastern Seaboard Programing Network will stop kissing his fanny and ask him a hard question once in a blue moon in an interview. And color commentator Billy Packer was particulalry smarmy during the incident trying to explain it away.

It was a goon hit job, pure and simple.

HEY ..here's something to piss everyone off!

The Faggot's Revised Bible.

First, it will piss the left off,
because I just said faggot .....
and second..... they will think:
.....how dare "our" faggots read that horrible Bible
because as you know they own they rights to the "oppressed underclasses"

Third, it will piss off the right, because
how dare those faggots mess with the Bible

And finally, it pisses me off, because it's a big fat fucking disgusting lie of the Whores of Gramscian Churchianity:

The free Bible download contains all the text of the King James Version, as well as a new book entitled God's New Law, which describes a prophecy from the year 2000 that forgives homosexuality and fornication. This new book is meant to inaugurate the rebirth of mankind and the acceptance of gay marriage in God's kingdom.

[SNIP]

Fleming acknowledges that no man is to add to the book of life but the Father, but that God heard the cry for help from the submissive, and sent another son and prophet to lead the gay community to freedom. Fleming contends this new Bible contains scripture that has been prescribed by God, (what, GOD is a friggin' General Practitioner now?) and that, while the Bible has been validated through the generations, only now does man have the chaperone of the Father in Heaven to add new testimony to its pages.

AGGHHHH!

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

~ Very very famous ancient Jewish guy,
story related by Matthew, Chapter 5 17:20

/I think they should call it the "Andrew Sullivan Translation"

#150 3 wood

Lefties never learn.em>

Nope. Scape-goat businesses and the owners, demand "fair share and equal" parts of their "illgotten" wealth, redistribute what you grab (while lining their own pockets) and recycle same acqusations and promises next election. Demonize/criminalize anyone who speaks out against the socialist political hiearchy or finds ways around the confiscatory laws.

Ayn Rand was a prophet.

#139 taxfreekiller 3/5/2007 04:36AM PST

Ba Ba Zee,

More Democrats will sign on to the Ramos/Compena new trial, pardon, thing this week, the line in Las Vegas in not that good on Sutton staying out from under a very large bus sent from Washington DC.

Well ......that'll leave a mark.

Wolfe with Blisters.

Love it.

3 wood,

OK, I didn't realize UNC was short on the bench. I had just tuned in near the end of of the broadcast. At that stage of the game, both teams should just be playing out hte clock, but that is a bitter rivalry.

Well, it's almost tournament time. I need to start looking at who I like.

Good Morning Y'all from a COLD (30 degrees, going up to 60 degrees) but bright and sunny Charlotte!
How is everyone this morning?

#156 Buckeye Abroad

She didn't have to be a prophet, she saw it all happen right in front of her eyes.....All hail the October Revolution!

Good Morning.

{REAL}

#156 Buckeye Abroad - Good morning to y'all! Say, did you receive my e-mail from a couple of days ago?!

#161 {BabbaZee} - Hey there you! How are you doing this cold morning?
We're doing ok, but my poor mom has to go all the way into Charlotte for some serious damn dental work today, then to the dentist for evaluation tomorrow and then the hospital on Thursday for a "minor" proceedure. Naturally I'm going with her for all of it, but life's been a little tense around here this past week or so.

Hey Jammie. Did you see this? Cubs Zambrano guarantees Cubs will win the World Series this year.

Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano dominated for two innings in his spring debut Friday, then declared he will win the Cy Young Award he just missed winning last year.
''And besides that,'' he said, ''we will win the World Series, I guarantee you that.''

I think a drug test is in order for Zambrano

♪ Good morning {LGF} ♪ Another Monday and we've received a little more snow this morning. My cardinals visited my feeders this weekend and I think I even caught a glimpse of an early bird - a robin! So it's all good.

{St. Pancake} Morning, toots.

#163 realwest
Poor mom. But hey it's all fixable, so that's the good part!
And she has you to help her out.

#158 Jammie

Well, it's almost tournament time. I need to start looking at who I like.

Take University of Illinois off of your short list. If they even make it in, they will be a one and done.

I don't think Wisconsin will go real far either.

151 galloping granny

Are you 16 Mandy?

In my heart! (Now, if I just get my knees to go along with this.)

Well. Read some posts, got my blood pressure up 700 points, now it's time to leave.
See ya'll tomorrow.

#165 {Miss Trixie} Good morning and a big ole *smootch* to you! Sorry you've still got snowy weather, but it's pretty damn cold down here, too!
How are you doing? Doesn't a Robin preage the coming of Spring?

Yo Miss Trix, good morning

Mandy ~ I don't own a cell phone either

155 BabbaZee

How do these people reconcile with their actions with the last chapter of Revelation? We're not supposed to add to, or subtract from, the Word!

Monday morning blood boil.

USAID Cash to Hamas Schools

I'm seething.

172 BabbaZee

I had one during the divorce but, once it was final, I got rid of it as well as 275 lbs. of stupid man.

173

Gak! It's early.

Drudge is funny this morning.
Kentucky Fried Hillary

/she doesn't sound southern to me...sounds more like the Tatum O'Neal movie when she was a wild woman who didn't know English

Ack! It's too early to type. And cold. Morning lizards.

#160 BabbaZee

She didn't have to be a prophet, she saw it all happen right in front of her eyes.....All hail the October Revolution!

Yup. IIRC, the bolshiviks were a minority party during the time and siezed the initiative in typical brutish form.

#162 realwest

I did. Been traveling over the weekend and just catching up on my emails. Will reply tonight. Got into a nasty sunday afternoon verbal match with an irish lefty. Ugh. Scratch another house for future luncheon dates.

#173 MandyManners

They know not what they do.

Good Morning from the 7th circle of hell.

I see 3 wood is here trashing my beloved Cubbies. That is a sure sign of spring. :)

And what do you mean Wisconsin isn't going far this year?

#177 Lively

That went over about as well as my sad attempts at a british accent.

#179 Buckeye Abroad
Yup, and many of the the defeated menshoviks ended up being part of the founding of Israel.

#177 Lively 3/5/2007 05:40AM PST

Drudge is funny this morning.
Kentucky Fried Hillary

OOOO I can't WAIT for friggin' Ebonics Hillary.

Yo.

Good Morning, Lizards!

Another fun filled week of Grad work, compounded by a bad cold and the fact that my dear mother managed to break both wrists and her knee cap on Saturday.

/about ready to self medicate

Good Morning everyone!
A little lizard joke:

A koala is sitting up a gum tree ... smoking a joint

when a little lizard walks past and looks up and says,

"Hey Koala ! What are you doing?"

The koala says:

"Smoking a joint, come up and have some."

So the little lizard climbs up and sits next to the koala and they burn a few. After a while the little lizard says his mouth is 'dry' and is going to get a drink from the river. But the little lizard is so stoned that he leans too far over and falls into the river.

A crocodile sees this and swims over to the little lizard and
helps him to the side, then asks the little lizard:

"What's the matter with you?"

The little lizard explains to the crocodile that he was sitting smoking a joint with the koala in the tree, got too stoned and then fell into the river while taking a drink.

The crocodile says he has to check this out and walks into
the rain forest, finds the tree where the koala is sitting
finishing a joint, and he looks up and says "Hey you!"

So the koala looks down at him and says:

"Shiiiiiiiiiiit dude ... how much water did you drink?!"

Hi there MandyManners, JammieWearingFool , 3-Wood and DonkeyJawz! How are y'all doing this morning (other than COLD for DonkeyJawz, I mean!)?
Hey 3- Wood - whaddya think of Pinella as a manager? I think he's pretty sharp, but it's gonna be hard to see it with the team the Cubbies have this year. Oh well, I'm sure Cubs fans will still find them loveable! LOL!

#175 MandyManners
LOL!

/I just shed 275lbs. ff ugly fat! For my next trick, I'm gonna pull a boat with my teeth

#183 BabbaZee

Yup, and many of the the defeated menshoviks ended up being part of the founding of Israel.

I didn't know that. Thanks for the knowledge. I thought the defeated ended up like Lev Bronstein.

#179 Buckeye Abroad - Just verbal?!? LOL! I'm looking forward to your e-mail "tonight" - um, what time is it your time now?

#185 songbird
She fell and tried to break the fall by sticking her hands out, huh?

Poor thing. Ow.

O.T.

Any guesses on how many grammies this one will win?

[Link: www.lse.co.uk...]

#187 realwest

Mornin' to you too. It's cold, but I'm actually gonna have to work for a livin' this weekend. I'm loading up on caffeine before I load up and head out into the nose grinder. Someone alluded to daylight savings in an earlier post and scared the hell out of me. Thought I might have to fire myself should I be an hour late.

#186 BobbiLee - ROTFLMAO! Thanks for the chuckle!
How are y'all this morning? And where are you from?

#189 Buckeye Abroad
Some did, LOL

This weekend? Rather this week. I do not wake up well.

{realwest} Morning, darls *smooch* So sorry to hear about your mom and her dental problems. *momhugs*

#165 {Miss Trixie} Good morning and a big ole *smootch* to you! Sorry you've still got snowy weather, but it's pretty damn cold down here, too!
How are you doing? Doesn't a Robin preage the coming of Spring?

Yes, indeed it does and am I ready!

:D

{Babbalouey} Morning, toots and thanks!

:D

#185 songbird - Yo - hey watch that there self-medicating thingy so early this morning, anyway! What happend to your mom anyway?

Lively,

Call that Kentucky Fried Pantsuit. She'd talk jive like June Cleaver in Airplane if she felt it would get her a single vote.

Oh, and as for the Cubs, I said it a couple of weeks ago. I think they'll win at least 80 games and contend int he NL Central. Just a hunch.

If it doesn't pan out, forget I ever mentioned it. If it does work out, remember where you heard it first.

Not that any of it matters in the big scheme, as the New York Yankees will win at least 97 games and march to their 28th World Series title.

Or is it 27? I'm a bit fuzzy on the exact number right now. All I know is it's about three times as many as anyone else.

Throwing down the gauntlet to all you Sawx fans.

#181 Mama

The Cubs are 0 and 4, they have an ERA of about 10 so far for spring training, they got about 100 errors already and they could not hit me.

I think Wisconsin will be an early out in the Tournament. The Big Ten was soft this year and Wisconsin played a bunch of teams named Mercer, Pacific, Gardner-Webb and Delaware State this year. Classic early out.

#192 maddogg
None. It won't get any Oscars either, ;~p

#193 DonkeyJawz - LOL! Well look at it this way: if you fired yourself, couldn't you sue yourself for wrongful discharge?!

#185 songbird

compounded by a bad cold and the fact that my dear mother managed to break both wrists and her knee cap on Saturday

Sorry to hear that. Prayers go out to you and Mom.

{Bobbilee} Welcome to LGF, toots. Where are you?

{songbird} Your poor mom! Will she has someone to assist her as she heals?

#201 BabbaZee

Good mornin' to ye! Yeah, thats the exact number I figger it'll get, and about the same exposure too.

#199 Jammie

"Call that Kentucky Fried Pantsuit."

If it's the Hillary clip you're referring to, I thought it was more like a Kentucky Fried Pantload.

#186 BobbiLee
Wake and Bake, Lizards.

/

#202 realwest

"#193 DonkeyJawz - LOL! Well look at it this way: if you fired yourself, couldn't you sue yourself for wrongful discharge?!"

And if that doesn't get me caught in a vicious loop, I could always strike for higher wages and benefits.

Hey realwest and Miss Trixie:

I'm a Virginia lizard-Chesterfield County branch.

#185 songbird

I feel your pain. My daughter fell last week and shattered her leg. She has surgery tomorrow morning to repair it with a plate and 6 screws. I've been with here with her the whole time and I'm about ready to stick my head in the toaster.

And her computer sucks too.

Good Morning Lizards! It's still cold and windy in the Very Far Western Parts of Chicago. The wind makes it feel much colder than it actually is.

Just signed on to say Hi & give Ed the weather report for my part of the world, may be back later.

Have a great morning all!

I see 3 wood is here trashing my beloved Cubbies. That is a sure sign of spring.

You'd do well to back a team that doesn't revel in losing. The Cubs will be in last place by May. Astros are going to win the Central since the Cards did nothing to retool their aging lineup.

#205 maddogg
Good Morning oh ye dog of madness.

3 wood-

I have a feeling that I'm going to hate Pinella. They should have gone with Girardi.

DonkeyJawz,

Pantsuit is my name for her, but I like that.

I notice some new arrivals her, you among them. Welcome aboard.

For those who weren't present Saturday night, there was some chump named kevo who lasted all of five comments before Charles whipped out the banning stick on him.

Now he was a pantload.

177 Lively, went to the link and cringed at hearing Hillary's fake southern accent combined with her grating voice. If she gets elected, then I will have to listen to her every damn day. That thought is enough for me to join the Obama band wagon.(just kidding) On a personal note, I fell and hurt my back yesterday, so I am taking the day off and resting. I will be surfing LGF to keep from being bored, I will keep my posts relevant. It looks like a beautiful day, and our temperature is already up to 38 degrees. I do not look forward to staying in all day.

#212 Dirk the Delusional

You'd do well to back a team that doesn't revel in losing.

Bite your tongue, man. Die-Hard here. Been a fan since the days of Ernie Banks. Much to the detriment of my mental health.

Maybe THIS year! :)

Hey HEY!

#215 Jammie

Thank you very much :) Wish I'da born witness to the Saturday Night Beatdown. With all those trolls at the gate, some of them are bound to get through from time to time.

#187 realwest

whaddya think of Pinella as a manager? I think he's pretty sharp, but it's gonna be hard to see it with the team the Cubbies have this year. Oh well, I'm sure Cubs fans will still find them loveable! LOL!

Piniella's a good manager but he does not have much to work with here. Years of Dusty Baker making excuses and looking the other way has created a loser mentality on this club that will take several years to turn around. The Cubs minor league feeder system is barren, they have few talented young players, they picked up a few high priced free agents who now will likely just put up their feet and wait to cash paychecks.

I expect to see the Cubs sold within a year or so, I also expect to see Piniella managing elsewhere in the not too distant future. He will make it a matter of GM Hendry getting rid of the loser players or him, so Hendry will get rid of him. Losing is tolerated in on the north side. I guarantee 3 million people will show up at Wrigley to watch a bad team this year. Prior and Woods will be hurt again, the league will have caught up to lrfty starter Rich Hill (He does not have much stuff that I can see), and Zambrano can't do it all by himself. Their bullpen is improved, but I don't think that will matter much.

#190 realwest

Just verbal?!?

I have a thick skin and he's 60. He's lives in Cambridge, MA, and was back for a few days. Apparently he is a real pot stirrer within the family. Told him its hard to take anyone living in Cambridge, originally from a mono-ethnic country like Irleand, serious on racism. He also thought only white people can be racist -- just imploded from there. Tpyical lefty-- he hates "evil" America, but loves living there. After he couldn't back up his opinions he ended the discussion on "we will never agree philisophically so should just stop now."

Six hour time difference (1500 hrs here).

Morning Mama

#207
OMG, Babba, that is hysterical. How perfect!

3 Wood

The Cubs will be in the playoffs.
Just put your money on that.

/2067

#222 BobbiLee
LOL I may be forced to buy one, haha

#219 3 wood

Your killing my buzz, man.

#221 BabbaZee

Morning Babba. Want a muffin?

Waveland Avenue.

Nuff said.

A muffin?
Why sho' I do!

I was gonna ask if anyone on LGF saw Internet Haganah on '60 Minutes' last night, but I guess someone did.

#181 Mama

Sorry about your daughters leg. Tough deal, that.

Girardi will have a hard time ever getting a managing gig again. Did you see the story I posted last week about Girardi helping a opposition pitcher get his pitching motion fixed last year in the middle of the pennant race? You just don't do that.

The Cubs have to develop a decent minor league feeder system. They have no talent in their system. If you and little winger join me for a Peoria Chiefs game this summer (Cubs class A affiliate), you will see what I mean. You may get to see Prior and Woods pitch here, anyway.

#228 Babba

You are a mystical magical woman - HA!

What ?- can you pull rabbits out of your hat as well? LOL!

#209 BobbiLee -duh, ignoramous (and lazy to boot) here, but whereabouts in Virginia is Chesterfield County?
We got lizards in Alexandria, Shennadoah valley and down around Richmond, too!

#231 mama winger

[BLINK!]

{DonkeyJawz}

'blockquote.If it's the Hillary clip you're referring to, I thought it was more like a Kentucky Fried Pantload.

Pass the Windex, please.

{mamawinger} Good morning. Your poor daughter.

BobbiLee

I'm a Virginia lizard-Chesterfield County branch.

Hmm. I'm not familiar with that county but I have lived in Reston and visited several others counties.

I miss Virginia.

#230 3 wood

You may get to see Prior and Woods pitch here, anyway.

ACK! Yesterday we were watching the game, placing bets on how long before Wood gets a boo-boo. I went with 3 games, tops.

#231 Mama

#228 Babba

You are a mystical magical woman - HA!

Hey, let Babba manage the Cubs.

#225 Mama

#219 3 wood

Your killing my buzz, man.

So let me tell you about the World Championship the White Sox won in 2005...

#233 Babba

I hate my daughter's computer. This is what I get when I try to open your link:

Due to restrictions set in the Web Site Filter, you cannot open this Web page

/ Bunch of communists

#210 {mama winger} Geez, shattered her leg? And your poor dog's problems and to top it all off you're a Cubs fan?!
I be sending some prayers up right now!
On a somewhat more serious note, I did read about you're dog's problems and am glad, at least, that there's some sorta treatment available (I assume blood transfusions?)for her. And I am really sorry to hear about your daughter; what was she doing that she shattered her leg so bad they need to use a plate and six screws?
Very seriously - I sure wish you and yours all the best and will be sending up prayers for y'all!

#236 3 wood

salt in the wound, friend. salt in the wound.

:)

#237 mama winger
Try it here

Mama Winger,

I'm very sorry about your daughter's injury. I hope she heals quickly. Is she keeping her spirits up? I am glad that you have a computer handy so you are not entirely disconnected from the outside world.

Please send her my best!

#240 Babba

Nope. Still communists.

Currently, Drudge front page has a link to the queen and all her phoniness. Go check it out or click below.

Clinton panders with fake accent.

#234 Miss Trixie

:D Thank you, I get off a good one now and again.
As per you Virginians, my sis is a milwife living in Virginia Beach, although I have no clue what county that would be. I found her house on Google Earth though. She didn't tell me she had a swimming pool.

#242 mama winger
whores!

#220 Buckeye Abroad - Um, does that mean you're in Ireland now?! Good thing for him you've got a thick skin, man of sixty ought not be running his mouth unless he's prepared for some serious hospital time!
I do hope you'll get my e-mail and write to me; I called the number back later in the day after you called me and got some kinda recorded voice message in German and since I can't speak German, didn't leave a message! LOL!

The Oracle of Omaha, as Buffett is known, stands to make a tidy profit on his investment which he bought for $572 million. The stake was worth 1.23 trillion won ($1.31 billion) as of its Wednesday's closing share price, despite having slumped 5 percent that day as part of a rout of global stock markets.
South Korean public markets were closed on Thursday for a public holiday.
An official at POSCO told Reuters it did not know when Berkshire bought shares in its company.

I bet Buffett could sell them the Brooklyn Dodgers.

#235 mama

Yesterday we were watching the game,

How did 13 - 2 work for you?

#241 Bobbilee

Thank you for your kind thoughts!

My daughter is in a Master's Degree program for Nursing right now, and is in the middle of her Clinical Studies, which means a lot of hospital training. She is freaking out that she is missing important stuff. She is a MAJOR Type A personality - very driven and extremely ambitious. She is not taking this whole experience, er, well.

We take a lot of deep breaths and nod and smile . :)

Reading the Book of Job has also come in handy.

#243 FrogMarch

Clinton panders with fake accent.

Maybe she was drunk. I've found that the more I drink, the thicker my accent gets.

/giving the phony the benefit of a doubt

Bear Hug

The Israeli daily Haaretz quotes Shimon Peres, Israel ’s dovish vice-prime minister whose fine sensors never stopped detecting a desire for peace in Yasser Arafat, as saying “The United Nations is aware that weapons-smuggling from Syria to Hezbollah is continuing. Israel must exert pressure on Moscow so it stops supplying the Syrians with weapons.”

Peres’s statement comes just as Syria, reports Haaretz, “is close to concluding a large deal with Russia to procure thousands of advanced anti-tank missiles for the Syrian army.” This is particularly ominous since in last summer’s war, Hezbollah used Russian-supplied, Syrian-transferred antitank missiles against Israeli tanks, in some cases penetrating the armor of Israel’s highly touted Merkava Mark IV.

Although a subsequent study by the Israel Defense Forces found that only a small number of tanks were damaged, some of them minimally, by the missiles, Hezbollah and its many Middle Eastern admirers and spectators gained a psychological boost from the exploit.

After the war a high-level Israeli delegation showed the evidence of Hezbollah’s use of the missiles to Russian officials. Russia seemed to take heed and promised to reconsider its upcoming arms deals with Syria so the weapons would not again end up in Hezbollah’s hands. The problem is that Russia was lying and cheating.

[SNIP]

#248 3 wood

How did 13 - 2 work for you?

It's pretty early in the season for me to have to come down there and beat you up.

#250 Silhouette and
#243 FrogMarch
If you want to give her the benefit of the doubt, remember that she lived and worked in Arkansas, which is arguably part of the South; it's where she started her
criminal career with the Rose Law firm while Slick Willie was govenor.

#250 Silhouette

Maybe she was drunk. I've found that the more I drink, the thicker my accent gets.

Reminds me of the title of an old Joe Walsh album, The Smoker You Are The Player You Get.

By the way everybody, don't be surprised if the market takes another pounding today.

#246 realwest

Um, does that mean you're in Ireland now?!

I was until about 7am CET.

Have gun, will travel. ;)

#249 mama winger - "Reading the Book of Job has also come in handy."
Yup, nothing quite so comforting as reading up on the family tree!

#252 Mama

Good Morning One & All!

Hope everyone had a relaxing weekend.

3 wood
The Smoker You Are The Player You Get.

Holy Flashback batman!
But It's "the smoker you drink the player you get"

Dear Lizards!

This is a test. This is only a test. You may think that Alouette is able to access LGF, but this is only because I unplugged my router and connected this one computer directly to the Internet.

So it is not Comcast that is blocking my access to LGF, there is something going on in the Netgear router.

If anyone has any suggestions please EMAIL at the email address in my Lizard profile, because I'm re-connecting the router.

What's a router?

#258 {loppyd} Morning loppyd! How are you this beautiful, albeit COLD morning?

253 Realwest

Sure, but Ms Clinton doesn’t talk that way when she's in front her New York doners or her Hollywood pals, now does she?

That there is sum ridiculous pandering if I evah heard it.

... and her voice. I forgot to add: warning post 243 might make your ears bleed. eeeeee.

250 Silhouette

You're too kind!

Silhouette

Maybe she was drunk. I've found that the more I drink, the thicker my accent gets.

Me too. After a couple of beehs, my Bawston speak gets way thickah. Wicked freakin pissah.

{Head Loppy D!}

#257 me

I just did a smiley face. Got edited.

Also, the Joe Walsh album I mentioned earlier was The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get. It came out when I was in college.

For some reason, my recall of those years is a bit spotty.

I try very hard not to listen when Shrillary "speaks".....

It's like nails on a chalkboard.

Good morning from Virginia ya'll. Go Cubbies!

Maryland Lawmakers To Consider Muslim Embalming Exemption

Members of the Maryland General Assembly could vote later this session on a measure aimed at boosting the number of Muslims in the funeral industry.

A bill, approved by the House Health and Government Operations committee would provide an embalming exemption for Muslims learning the funeral trade.

Muslims traditionally bury their dead within hours. While the remains are ritually washed, they are not embalmed. That's led to a shortage of mortuaries staffed by trained Islamic personnel. Islamic law bans the practice of embalming.

Current Maryland law does not acknowledge the difference between Christian and Muslim burials. Applicants for morticians' licenses in the state are required to embalm and perform cosmetic work on at least 20 dead bodies during their apprenticeships.

Good morning. Here is an irritating article:

Ray Hanania: "Honor" Killings Not A Muslim Problem, Jews and Christians To It, Too.

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Good Morning to you! I'm groovy. It's cold here, but it's going to be downright frigid tomorrow. March is the worst month in New England, IMHO.

How's by you?

loppyd,

Hope everyone had a relaxing weekend.

Good morning Loppyd. I had a brutal 3 hour Krav Maga test on Saturday so a relaxing weekend wasn't in the cards.

What happened to the Digg tags? Were we banned or is there a boycott?

Good Morning all.

it is Monday... and therefore evil.