there’s so much malfeasance, sloppiness, propaganda, and outright bias on display here that it’s a little overwhelming

So biased and sloppy even a French mime can spot it.

Creating their own 'reality' in Iraq is the MSM's last, desperate attempt to maintain the power they enjoyed during the era of monopolistic broadcasting ability.

I see Katie Couric is off to Iraq. She must be really desperate for ratings.

there’s so much malfeasance, sloppiness, propaganda, and outright bias on display here that it’s a little overwhelming

I feel cheated.

Bias in the MSM? Say it ain't so.

a monumental, heavily-sourced overview of the establishment media’s coverage

No question about that, and I'll have to make time to read it all.

However, it lacks nuance and didn't pass through the proper editorial layers and filter, did it?

If so, it should stand without correction.

The Media definately have chosen a side in this war, and it isn't the side of the USA.

OT, but the Taj Majal is now closed to tourists today because of (surprise!) Muslim riots.

re: #9 Darwin Akbar

OT, but the Taj Majal is now closed to tourists today because of (surprise!) Muslim riots.

Forgot the link:

[Link: www.msnbc.msn.com...]

For me, it started with Walter Cronkite.

re: #3 galloping granny

I see Katie Couric is off to Iraq. She must be really desperate for ratings.

Super - she can meet up with Anjolina Jolie (sp) and get the true scoop.

Everything that Harry Mudd tells you is a lie.

Do the American media have nails in their shoes holding them to the floors of the hotels?

Get off your asses.
Get off your phones.
Disconnect your lap-tops.
Get out of the hotels.

Gona watch this one....

..........Iran seizes ship carrying smuggled fuel to Dubai

Published: 08.29.07, 19:52 / Israel News

Iranian police seized a foreign-registered ship carrying 500,000 litres of smuggled fuel in the Gulf on Wednesday and detained 18 people on board, Iranian media said.

The ship, carrying gas oil, was bound for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and its crew were from Iraq, Indonesia and the Philippines, 18 foreign nationals were said to be detained. "This morning a big vessel in the waters of the Islamic Republic of Iran ... was identified and during inspections this this large consignment of gas oil was discovered," regional police chief Mansour Dashti told the Mehr News Agency.

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

Are we to include the print media in this trench coat? I started reading a newpaper for news in the 6th Grade. By the time I was in the 8th Grade we were including page 3 - which was the Editorial section. I now find that there is absolutely no difference between page 1 and page 3. Am I alone?

'Sharon Warned Bush: Hit Iran, Not Iraq'

(IsraelNN.com) According to a former top U.S. Administration official, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon tried to convince George W. Bush not to invade Iraq in 2001, and told him "Iraq is not the enemy, Iran is the enemy

[Link: www.israelnationalnews.com...]

Walmart Journalism. Cheap, Shoddily made, and present to you by minimum wage teenagers with bad hair cuts.

"but this is why so many of us are unhappy with the mainstream media."

...because, as it turns out, they are liars...

re: #3 galloping granny

I see Katie Couric is off to Iraq. She must be really desperate for ratings.

Ratings probably a side issue. The gal needs gravitas. Needs to be seen as more than a pretty face.

Don't worry. Katie will get this all straightened out.......

re: #14 MandyManners Mandy! Are you nuts? If they did that, not only is it possible they'll get shot, or kidnapped or - the most dreaded of them all for them - have to actually WORK!
I aways suspected you was a Union Buster!
LOL!

re: #3 galloping granny

I see Katie Couric is off to Iraq. She must be really desperate for ratings.

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OT but in the same vein, Dennis Prager is replaying his debate with Howard Zinn. Excellent takedown.

Have no fear, Katie is on the way!

re: #14 MandyManners

You forgot empty out the bong water.

On the subject of creating reality.

Lights, camera, martyr.

[Link: www.seconddraft.org...]

MSM = Manipulate, Smear, Mockery

re: #20 commander_vimes

re: #3 galloping granny

I see Katie Couric is off to Iraq. She must be really desperate for ratings.

Ratings probably a side issue. The gal needs gravitas. Needs to be seen as more than a pretty face.

The Queen of Perkiness, that's what Dean Barnett calls her.

/ya gotta say it with dean's boston accent

re: #15 storagemanager Hey, hi there my friend. Went to your link and didn't get anywhere near as much information out of it than you did (course, I AM rushing to get back to doing my chores - retired, my ass!) but do you have any info on where the ship was FROM?!

So, at what point does the msm become not so ms anymore? It HAS to be coming soon, right?

re: #26 rab3

re: #14 MandyManners

You forgot empty out the bong water.

And don't drink the bong water!

Kudos to Karl at Protein Wisdom. a most excellent post.

The pathetic guy from the Dallas Morning News was in Wal*Mart yesterday, trying to give away free newspapers. I didn't bite.

Die, MSM, die.

Well dip me in shit and roll me in crackers!
I'm shocked! Shocked! I tell ya!

OT:

Preemptive Dhimmitude at University of Michigan:

School to provide Muslim students with foot baths.

The foot baths, while benefiting Muslim students, are open for use by all students and will be located in two new unisex bathrooms that will be renovated on campus.

This is going to get GOOD!

Among the stories from Baqubah almost entirely missed by establishment media was the US military’s discovery of mass graves in a nearby village. Michael Yon photographed and videotaped Iraqi and US soldiers disinterring the remains of adults and children. The media generally ignored the story, even after Yon offered map coordinates, names of Iraqi and US Army officials, his photographs and videotape, and ultimately permission to use his reports free of charge.

What a noble act- the story was more important than Mr. Yon making money. That's journalistic integrity if you ask me, and it's sorely lacking in far too many msm outlets as this story clearly shows. How deplorable that even when offered it for free the msm didn't bother to report the atrocity in Baqubah- as though we didn't have the right to see the handiwork of the people our soldiers are fighting.

/spit

re: #38 Oh no...Sand People!

Unisex bathrooms in Mich...!?
That does it!
I'm Moving!

These people don't get it. It will be the death of their companies.

The media actually lost the Viet Nam War with a big push from Walter Cronkite. US troops took casualties. Surprise it was a war , but never lost any major military engagement.
General Giap who was the North Viet commander said in his memoirs that they were so battered in the Tet Offensive that they were prepared to sue for peace. They were amazed the way that the media spun it here.
It is happening again. The troops are being vilified and the enemy is being encouraged. All the head chopping & barbarity from the enemy? Never mind US troops put panties on a guys head.

re: #37 reloadingisnotahobby

Well dip me in shit and roll me in crackers!
I'm shocked! Shocked! I tell ya!

Now THATS one I haven't heard before.

I've heard 'butter my butt and call me a biskit', but never that.

re: #38 Oh no...Sand People!

Clean feet for Infidels!

re: #35 Ward Cleaver

The pathetic guy from the Dallas Morning News was in Wal*Mart yesterday, trying to give away free newspapers. I didn't bite.

I was offered a free nyt once. I told them I didn't have a pet bird.

re: #34 lowandslow

Kudos to Karl at Protein Wisdom. a most excellent post.

And just who is this Karl?

re: #36 Ward Cleaver

Or

re: #14 MandyManners

Do the American media have nails in their shoes holding them to the floors of the hotels?

Get off your asses.
Get off your phones.
Disconnect your lap-tops.
Get out of the hotels.

You forgot 'open your eyes'.

re: #43 Sponge

Hell !
I'm full of um!
And I'll be here all week!
And please tip the hamster's!

re: #22 realwest

re: #14 MandyManners Mandy! Are you nuts? If they did that, not only is it possible they'll get shot, or kidnapped or - the most dreaded of them all for them - have to actually WORK!
I aways suspected you was a Union Buster!
LOL!

One of the first things I was told my first week in J -school was that--if our own mothers told us that they loved us, we should get at least three other sources to confirm it.

re: #38 Oh no...Sand People!

These turdbuckets don't get it. They are putting the foot baths in unisex bathrooms. I am gonna go out on a limb and say that your average Muslim won't be washing his feet in the presence of a woman. Especially a non-believer.

Let the seething begin.

where is that pic of katie and her little cheer leading outfit.

#38 Oh no...Sand People!

UofM has sunk to a new low I see.

/Buckeye fan here giggling at snarling weasels!

When are they going to break ground for the Lloyd Carr Mosque?

re: #49 coquimbojoe

re: #14 MandyManners

Do the American media have nails in their shoes holding them to the floors of the hotels?

Get off your asses.
Get off your phones.
Disconnect your lap-tops.
Get out of the hotels.

You forgot 'open your eyes'.

And, ears.

Good news doesn't bleed, sell papers or get democrats elected.

re: #49 coquimbojoe

No there like Luke Skywalker with his blast helmet down listening to Obewan tell him use the force to write your story. And playing with their light saber.

re: #26 rab3

re: #14 MandyManners

You forgot empty out the bong water.

Nah. Keep it for the return to the hotel, after filing the story.

re: #44 Killgore Trout

re: #38 Oh no...Sand People!

Clean feet for Infidels!

I can't wait to read about the upcoming CAIR whine story about the induced horror of Abdul Abdul Abdul and his insecurities of performing ablutions to get his wudu on while being around the general college public...

re: #56 MandyManners

I'ld be happy if they just got their heads out of their asses.

Charles, perhaps you should extend an open invitation and secure a username and login for dissident frogman. He's no IowaHawk, but dawgone that was funny.

re: #32 Ward Cleaver

re: #26 rab3

re: #14 MandyManners

You forgot empty out the bong water.

And don't drink the bong water!

Precisely. You drain it through a sieve, dry it out then smoke it.

re: #64 xtraBilly (in the previous thread)

al-Sadr puts his army on hold

"We declare the freezing of the Mahdi Army without exception in order to rehabilitate it in a way that will safeguard its ideological image within a maximum period of six months starting from the day this statement is issued," al-Araji said, reading from a statement by al-Sadr.

Please...... does anyone have a link?

re: #37 reloadingisnotahobby

Well dip me in shit and roll me in crackers!
I'm shocked! Shocked! I tell ya!

I got a fit of the silly giggles!

The MSM is still reliving those "glory days" of Vietnam, Watergate, and hippy chicks. It aint cool to root for democracy...

re: #62 Endangered in MASS

re: #56 MandyManners

I'ld be happy if they just got their heads out of their asses.

Slave driver!

This is exactly the same stuff that has been going on in Israel for years.

Lazy reporters buy stories and pictures from reporters, or "stringers" who have ties with the local gunmen. Even if they wanted to show the truth and had no agenda, how long do you think they would last amid hamas, or in this case the "insurgents" if they weren't putting out the stories that they wanted?

re: #66 Ma Sands

Al-Sadr suspends militia activity in Iraq

re: #67 MandyManners

Must be the bong water.

re: #69 MandyManners

re: #62 Endangered in MASS

re: #56 MandyManners

I'ld be happy if they just got their heads out of their asses.

Slave driver!

LOL!

re: #64 MandyManners

re: #32 Ward Cleaver

re: #26 rab3

re: #14 MandyMannersYou forgot empty out the bong water.

And don't drink the bong water!

Precisely. You drain it through a sieve, dry it out then smoke it.

You sound experienced. I like that in girl.

My Barbie is no longer allowed to date this GI Joe

/i'd give credit to whoever linked that story but i don't recall who it was.

re: #71 lowandslow

Thank you.

OT
Since we all know how much the RoP loves dogs, I thought I'd post this from a friend's blog:

Time for me is short this morning (as usual), so I settled for the following e-mailed item from a dear friend's spouse. If you have read it before, I apologize. If not, perhaps it will become the catalyst for some deep thought in your day as it has mine...

Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a
ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's
owners Ron, his wife, Lisa, and their little boy,
Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were
hoping for a miracle.

I examined Belker and found he was dying of cancer. I
told the family we couldn't do anything for Belker,
and offered to perform the euthanasia procedure for
the old dog in their home.

As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they
thought it would be good for six-year-old Shane to
observe the procedure.

They felt as though Shane might learn something from
the experience

The next day, I felt the familiar catch in my throat
as Belker's family surrounded him. Shane seemed so
calm, petting the old dog for the last time, that I
wondered if he understood what was going on. Within a
few minutes, Belker slipped peacefully away.

The little boy seemed to accept Belker's transition
without any difficulty or confusion. We sat together
for a while after Belker's death, wondering aloud
about the sad fact that animal lives are shorter than
human lives. Shane, who had been listening quietly,
piped up, "I know why."

Startled, we all turned to him. What came out of his
mouth next stunned me. I'd never heard a more
comforting explanation.

He said, "People are born so that they can learn how
to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the
time and being nice, right?" The six-year-old
continued, "Well, dogs already know how to do that, so
they don't have to stay as long."

Live simply.
Love generously.
Care deeply.
Speak kindly.

Remember, if a dog was the teacher you would learn
things like:

When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.

Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.

Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your
face to be pure ecstasy.

Take naps.

Stretch before rising.

Run, romp, and play daily.

Thrive on attention and let people touch you.

Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.

On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.

On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady
tree.

When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire
body.

Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.

Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop when you have had
enough.

Be loyal. Never pretend to be something you're not.

If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.

When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close
by and nuzzle them gently.

Be always grateful for each new day

OT: South Korea to build city dedicated to robots

South Korea is planning to build "Robot Land," an industrial city built specifically for the robotics industry. It'll have all sorts of facilities for the research, development, and production of robots, as well as things like exhibition halls and even a stadium for robot-on-robot competitions. The $530 million project should get underway sometime in 2009, which means we should see our own robot city here in the States around 2013.

Science!

re: #71 lowandslow
Al Sad Sack told his boys to lay low because he realized that we are done dealing with the Sunni's and it is now time to train the guns on the Shiite's, much to the dismay of Maliki also. The Shiite insurgents are the only game left with their backing from Iran.

re: #30 realwest

re: #15 storagemanager Hey, hi there my friend. Went to your link and didn't get anywhere near as much information out of it than you did (course, I AM rushing to get back to doing my chores - retired, my ass!) but do you have any info on where the ship was FROM?!

Morning real....well I don't trust Iran....Iran could have hijacked that ship...only time will tell.

Brilliant. Excellent work in compiling all that information.

Still, that scrapes just the surface of the problems with the reporting from Iraq and on the GWoT in general. How many reporters are actually in Afgahnistan reporting on the situation there? I suspect that it's even fewer than those in Iraq, even as it remains a central front on dealing with al Qaeda and the Taliban who sheltered them. How many are in Pakistan able to report on the Islamists there?

Are we relying too much on stringers whose own interests in pushing an agenda overwhelm the facts? I think we most definitely are.

Are stringers being properly vetted to weed out those who are pushing an insurgent/terrorist agenda? Nope. Given the repeated signs that the media doesn't have a problem with agitprop being published, I'd say they probably don't know. I wouldn't go so far as to say that they all don't care that they're being used to further an anti-American agenda - but there are clearly some journalists out there who wouldn't have a problem with this.

The wire services are being used and/or complicit in journalistic misconduct - and can be held to account by an increasingly sophisticated group of readers - bloggers - who can pick apart inconsistencies, lies, omissions, and do the fact checking that simply doens't get done by the media elites who act as gatekeepers and push a narrative even as the story changes...

French Moonbat Sued for Comment

Quite an impresive piece of work. Great job Karl!

Don't think the MSM is desperate?

When the Center for Media and Public Affairs made a nonpartisan evaluation of network news broadcasts, it found that during the active war against Saddam Hussein, 51 percent of the reports about the conflict were negative. Six months after the land battle ended, 77 percent were negative; in the 2004 general election, 89 percent were negative; by the spring of 2006, 94 percent were negative.

Can't report the facts? Just scream: We're Losing! louder and more often.

re: #72 Endangered in MASS

re: #67 MandyManners

Must be the bong water.

*snicker*

re: #77 NoSubmission

"People are born so that they can learn how
to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the
time and being nice, right?" The six-year-old
continued, "Well, dogs already know how to do that, so
they don't have to stay as long."

Awww..... :)

re: #73 Oh no...Sand People!

re: #69 MandyManners

re: #62 Endangered in MASS

re: #56 MandyManners

I'ld be happy if they just got their heads out of their asses.

Slave driver!

LOL!

Well, sometimes too much is too much.

re: #74 rab3

My way-ward youth.

re: #77 NoSubmission OT
Since we all know how much the RoP loves dogs, I thought I'd post this from a friend's blog:
Very good and needs no intro. I'm sure we can all relate. Thank you.

The risks of remote journalism are amplified by the danger of groupthink.

I don't think the dangers of groupthink are limited to remote journalism- the dangers of groupthink are all around us- from Jamil Hussein to unindicted co-conspirators. Thankfully, there is a solution to msm groupthink- the blogosphere.

re: #86 Ma Sands

re: #77 NoSubmission

"People are born so that they can learn how
to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the
time and being nice, right?" The six-year-old
continued, "Well, dogs already know how to do that, so
they don't have to stay as long."

Awww..... :)

Those are words what six year old's believe when untouched and unfettered to be kids and innocent. Let's compare this to the indoctrination of the children in Islam...

re: #64 MandyManners

I tried that once on a lark, didn't think it would work. Boy was I wrong, talk about feeling like you have a hole in your head.

re: #75 Kirly

My Barbie is no longer allowed to date this GI Joe

/i'd give credit to whoever linked that story but i don't recall who it was.

Assholes. Just, assholes.

re: # 77 no submission
thank you for that post

re: #91 Oh no...Sand People!

re: #86 Ma Sands

re: #77 NoSubmission

"People are born so that they can learn how
to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the
time and being nice, right?" The six-year-old
continued, "Well, dogs already know how to do that, so
they don't have to stay as long."

Awww..... :)

Those are words what six year old's believe when untouched and unfettered to be kids and innocent. Let's compare this to the indoctrination of the children in Islam...

So true. That one got me right *here*.

People of New York State here is your tax dollars at work

(CBS/AP) TARRYTOWN, N.Y. Suicide prevention telephones have been activated on the approaches to one of the country's largest bridges in hopes that people intent on jumping to their deaths can be dissuaded by one last human voice.

More than 25 people have made fatal jumps from the Tappan Zee Bridge into the Hudson River in the past 10 years, the state Thruway Authority said.

The four phones -- two each on the Rockland and Westchester county sides -- provide direct links to the Lifeline suicide prevention hot line, which would connect callers to counselors at LifeNet or Covenant House, the authority said Tuesday. State troopers stationed in Tarrytown would be sent to the phones.

Look...the media has chosen sides on EVERY issue, not just the war. For example, look on the MSM sites today. There is a big story about a donor to the Clinton campaign who is a fugitive. Lead story everywhere except fox news is the anniversary of katrina and a reminder as to the problems...of course it was all Bush's fault. Seriously, check it out. Check out foxnews, then MSNBC and the Clinton News Network (CNN)...NO mention of Clinton fundraising...

re: #78 song_and_dance_man

Now how in allahell do you you know that? Are you a pre-cronic smoker? I did the weed 20+ years ago and know something about it.

It was just something we did. Recycling!

OT:

Just fired off this email to CNN:

This is in response to the story titled "Consumers shun adjustable rate mortgages." I am a mortgage broker and found this story alarming.

From the link to the article, you say:

"Consumers are shunning adjustable rate mortgages as interest rates skyrocket, according to a new report."

Then I went to the article and saw this:

Consumers are shunning adjustable-rate mortgages in droves as rates surged to levels not seen in over six years, data from an industry trade group showed Wednesday.

The Mortgage Bankers Association said borrowing costs on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped to the lowest level in weeks, but rates on one-year adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) surged to 6.51 percent from 5.84 percent in the week ended Aug. 24, its largest weekly jump on record and highest level since January 2001."

First of all conforming ARMs are not 'skyrocketing' as you would have people believe. I am offering today rates on 3/1 to 10/1 ARMs between 5.875% to 6.375%.

Second, one year ARMs are at 5.50% today, not surging to 6.51%.

Is it CNN's policy to report false infomation to the public for some sort of of unknown agenda?

MSM's problem is the same as someone who has been the victim of scam. They are in denial, they don't want to report it out of embarrassment, and the scammers count on that fact to allow them to continue to operate.

It's not an agenda anymore. This is a vendetta.

re: # 77 no submission
thank you for that post

re: #93 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #64 MandyManners

I tried that once on a lark, didn't think it would work. Boy was I wrong, talk about feeling like you have a hole in your head.

Waste not, want not.

re: #75 Kirly

When a studio makes a film as expensive as G.I. Joe will likely be, they want to know that as many people as possible around the world will want to see it.

Really? They won't be getting my money. What a load.

re: #94 MandyManners

Does this version of GI Joe have Kung Fu grip? Because if he doesn't, at least you Barbie won't have purple.... Oh, never mind.....

re: #97 g3n3r1c

Sounds like a good use of the money.

And on a different note. "I didn't mean it can I come back now" Ambassador of Peace and what again?

re: #100 NJDhockeyfan

OT:

Just fired off this email to CNN:

This is in response to the story titled "Consumers shun adjustable rate mortgages." I am a mortgage broker and found this story alarming.

From the link to the article, you say:

"Consumers are shunning adjustable rate mortgages as interest rates skyrocket, according to a new report."

Then I went to the article and saw this:

Consumers are shunning adjustable-rate mortgages in droves as rates surged to levels not seen in over six years, data from an industry trade group showed Wednesday.

The Mortgage Bankers Association said borrowing costs on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped to the lowest level in weeks, but rates on one-year adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) surged to 6.51 percent from 5.84 percent in the week ended Aug. 24, its largest weekly jump on record and highest level since January 2001."

First of all conforming ARMs are not 'skyrocketing' as you would have people believe. I am offering today rates on 3/1 to 10/1 ARMs between 5.875% to 6.375%.

Second, one year ARMs are at 5.50% today, not surging to 6.51%.

Is it CNN's policy to report false infomation to the public for some sort of of unknown agenda?

Um, yes...

re: #105 Slumbering Behemoth

And for the record, I was quoting the article Kirly linked, and not Kirly him/herself.

re: #98 cblesz

Don't forget Larry Craig's penis. Big news. Big, big news.

re: #97 g3n3r1c

Perhaps the money would have been better spent on a multi-year study of bridge related deaths and what the root causes of bridge related violence are.

I purpose a nationwide bridge moratorium until stricter bridge control laws can be passed and a 5 day waiting period before allowing anyone use of a bridge.

re: #93 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #64 MandyManners

I tried that once on a lark, didn't think it would work. Boy was I wrong, talk about feeling like you have a hole in your head.

Wait?! What is that? Is it a bird? Is it a Plane!? No wait...It's ST. COGNITO!^TM Patron Saint and Defender of the Indefensible MSM.

/Anytime the name MSM is invoked he is called...kind of like Batman with the BatSpotlight.

re: #106 coquimbojoe

re: #94 MandyManners

Does this version of GI Joe have Kung Fu grip? Because if he doesn't, at least you Barbie won't have purple.... Oh, never mind.....

I believe the word phrase is "Purple Nurple"

re: #100 NJDhockeyfan

I just got out of an ARM that started at 2.5% and within the last 3 months jumped to 9% with a maximum ceiling of 19%.

No thanks........

re: #115 rab3

re: #106 coquimbojoe

re: #94 MandyManners

Does this version of GI Joe have Kung Fu grip? Because if he doesn't, at least you Barbie won't have purple.... Oh, never mind.....

I believe the word phrase is "Purple Nurple"

Or something like that.......

re: #111 MandyManners

re: #98 cblesz

Don't forget Larry Craig's penis. Big news. Big, big news.

Its not that big

/anonymous source mode

re: #106 coquimbojoe

Have you seen my Barbie?

OT:

If I'm late with this one, please excuse:

Castro's Favorite President? Take ONE guess

re: #116 Sponge

I refinance to a fixed last year. ARMs were good for a while. Fixed rates arent bad right now.

re: #113 song_and_dance_man

It leaves a smaller foot-print on the fragile ecosystem.

re: #111 MandyManners

Oh, I know...that is another thing...the MSM is ALL OVER this story...but basically ignored the congressman who had hundreds of thousands of dollars in his freezer (projected to be from bribes)...

re: #119 MandyManners

re: #106 coquimbojoe

Have you seen my Barbie?

That was some chastity belt! The Noam Chomsky quote is guaranteed to kill the mood too.

re: #114 Oh no...Sand People!

Oops...I thought I had clicked on the right comment to post to...if it doesn't make sense...my bad...

PIMF.

re: #118 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

re: #111 MandyManners

re: #98 cblesz

Don't forget Larry Craig's penis. Big news. Big, big news.

Its not that big

/anonymous source mode

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Much ado?

re: #123 cblesz

re: #111 MandyManners

Oh, I know...that is another thing...the MSM is ALL OVER this story...but basically ignored the congressman who had hundreds of thousands of dollars in his freezer (projected to be from bribes)...

and ignored Feinstein who is implicated in funneling millions of dollars in government contracts to her husband's construction companies.

re: #120 red satellite

Saw that this morning. Wanna make a bet they don't run any ads showing Castro's endorsement...better yet, let's double the bet that the MSM buries that story of communist leader Castro endorsing Clinton-Obama?

re: #118 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

It can reach from on bathroom stall to the next. Whoowaaa.

re: #97 g3n3r1c

People of New York State here is your tax dollars at work
(CBS/AP) TARRYTOWN, N.Y. Suicide prevention telephones have been activated on the approaches to one of the country's largest bridges in hopes that people intent on jumping to their deaths can be dissuaded by one last human voice.

More than 25 people have made fatal jumps from the Tappan Zee Bridge into the Hudson River in the past 10 years, the state Thruway Authority said.

The four phones -- two each on the Rockland and Westchester county sides -- provide direct links to the Lifeline suicide prevention hot line, which would connect callers to counselors at LifeNet or Covenant House, the authority said Tuesday. State troopers stationed in Tarrytown would be sent to the phones.

Sounds like a good idea. Should have these on our city bridges too. I heard the Golden Gate Bridge in San Fran is a popular jumping point too. Sad.

National Geographic Channel last night, ran a re-run of The Final Report: Black Hawk Down.

They explained that the U.S. Congress urged President Clinton to withdraw the U.S. troops from Somalia...showing only two Republican senators (one being Bob Dole) in the clip.

How Outrageous!

They missed showing the Dhimicrats...The party of defeat and retreat! That has not changing since Vietnam!

MSM is trying to change historical fact into historical SPIN!

I take everything the media says with mountains of salt!

re: #123 cblesz

re: #111 MandyManners

Oh, I know...that is another thing...the MSM is ALL OVER this story...but basically ignored the congressman who had hundreds of thousands of dollars in his freezer (projected to be from bribes)...

As a rule, whores don't rat out other whores.

re: #75 Kirly

........................about time that "big entertainment" stops soaking the poor with their insane movie ticket and popcorn prices.
I think the government should tax the insane profits of these movie stars and film studios and use the money to help the average joe.
Like buying more drones and armored up humvees!

(Okay, and a few more Blackhawks!)

re: #91 Oh no...Sand People!

re: #86 Ma Sands

re: #77 NoSubmission

"People are born so that they can learn how
to live a good life -- like loving everybody all the
time and being nice, right?" The six-year-old
continued, "Well, dogs already know how to do that, so
they don't have to stay as long."

Awww..... :)

Those are words what six year old's believe when untouched and unfettered to be kids and innocent. Let's compare this to the indoctrination of the children in Islam...

I think that kid has a good grasp on life, looking at his words: "don't have to stay" .... :)

re: #121 NJDhockeyfan

Yeah. The only reason I got the ARM was because I thought I was going to have to relocate for work and it would be GREAT for a year then get out, but I ended up not moving, changing jobs and that thing spiked. Now I'm a bit upsidedown on the house because I've refinanced too many times and rolled the closing costs in each time.

/I'm with Stupid.......

re: #100 NJDhockeyfan

Heh... the numbers are what they say the numbers are. Who are you to claim otherwise. /THIS IS CNN - /Darth Vader

Seriously though, if the rates are increasing, then other products might look more attractive -including fixed mortgages, would they not? For those with good credit, they'll be able to find mortgages...

Those who don't - wont (or shouldn't?).

re: #87 MandyManners

You may call me a dreamer ...but I'm not the only one.

re: #124 coquimbojoe

I got it here.

re: #127 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

That's right...forgot about that one. The media has completely ignored it. God, I wanna puke.

re: #129 rab3

re: #118 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

It can reach from on bathroom stall to the next. Whoowaaa.

And to think they thought it was his hand moving under the stall. A gold ring...creepy.

re: #127 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

re: #123 cblesz

re: #111 MandyManners

Oh, I know...that is another thing...the MSM is ALL OVER this story...but basically ignored the congressman who had hundreds of thousands of dollars in his freezer (projected to be from bribes)...

and ignored Feinstein who is implicated in funneling millions billions of dollars in government contracts to her husband's construction companies.

There, fixed it for you.

Goodness is Mandy in the mushpot today? Everybody is responding to her, not that there is anything wrong with that. She is soaking up all the love!

re: #38 Oh no...Sand People!

OT:

Preemptive Dhimmitude at University of Michigan:

School to provide Muslim students with foot baths.

The foot baths, while benefiting Muslim students, are open for use by all students and will be located in two new unisex bathrooms that will be renovated on campus.

This is going to get GOOD!

The situation at U of M gets much worse than that. See: U of M's ties to racist professor Joel Kovel and his racist book "Overcoming Zionism"

re: #120 red satellite

OT:

If I'm late with this one, please excuse:

Castro's Favorite President? Take ONE guess

You may be late, but so am I: OBL also supported a democrat for president in 2004. /Why do the dems get such support from despots?

Not that anyone's going to read it, but here's the Weekly Standard's 27 page report (with an additional five pages of references) on the Iranian involvement in Iraq:

Iran's Proxy War against the United States and the Iraqi Government

Bookmark it for when LGF is down.

And to think that they want the fairness doctrine envoked? Why? They certainly do not need it...

re: #137 Endangered in MASS

re: #87 MandyManners

You may call me a dreamer ...but I'm not the only one.

I hope one day you will join me....

re: #141 coquimbojoe

I've got blisters on my fingers!

re: #130 NoSubmission

The phones are the cheaper alternative to building new fences that would discourage jumpers. And the TZB needs to be replaced because it's functionally obsolete and in poor condition (options are under consideration, but spending on a new fencing system isn't a good use of money at this point).

Also, consider the costs of having SAR go and try to recover the bodies. That's a considerable cost and risk to those crews. The phones are a bargain in comparison.

#120 Red Satellite

From your link:

Castro said his favorite U.S. president since 1959 was Jimmy Carter, another Democrat, because he was not an "accomplice" to efforts to violently overthrow the Cuban government.

Guess what ? I was sure about that...

Bumper sticker:

CASTRO SAYS: VOTE CLINTON/OBAMA

re: #114 Oh no...Sand People!

re: #93 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #64 MandyManners

I tried that once on a lark, didn't think it would work. Boy was I wrong, talk about feeling like you have a hole in your head.

Wait?! What is that? Is it a bird? Is it a Plane!? No wait...It's ST. COGNITO!^TM Patron Saint and Defender of the Indefensible MSM.

/Anytime the name MSM is invoked he is called...kind of like Batman with the BatSpotlight.

*Scratches head* Wait, was that a dig at me, or just a joke on the word 'lark'?

re: #114 Oh no...Sand People!

re: #93 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #64 MandyManners

I tried that once on a lark, didn't think it would work. Boy was I wrong, talk about feeling like you have a hole in your head.

Wait?! What is that? Is it a bird? Is it a Plane!? No wait...It's ST. COGNITO!^TM Patron Saint and Defender of the Indefensible MSM.

/Anytime the name MSM is invoked he is called...kind of like Batman with the BatSpotlight.

I've never said the media isn't biased. If I see someone make a comment I think is untrue, I'll sometimes say so -- but I've never said the media isn't biased. Quite the opposite.

I'm still reading the 'Protein Wisdom' entry at the moment. I agree with much of it. But I also notice that many of his backup sources on the ridiculousness of the modern American media -- and it is ridiculous in many ways -- are themselves mainstream media citations. So the media isn't monolithic, isn't one big factory burping out a single product. There are people within the industry who recognize its many problems -- one of the greatest of which is bias.

re: #148 MandyManners

re: #141 coquimbojoe

I've got blisters on my fingers!

Feel the love Mandy, feel the love.

re: #145 song_and_dance_man

Paul Rueben?

Make sure to send a link to this piece to all your favorite MSM writers, to show them what real, 21st century, web-enabled journalism is all about.

re: #94 MandyManners

Who's gonna play the double crossing Scottish arms dealer? The guy who played the head greens keeper in Caddy shack?

HGK: "Karl..I want ya to kill all the go(l)fers on the course!

Karl Spackler: "If I do that they'll lock me up and throw away the key...."

HGK: "Not the Golfers the gophers!"

Horror at the desert freakshow.

Burning Man an arson victim

How will they carry on?

re: #136 lawhawk

re: #100 NJDhockeyfan

Heh... the numbers are what they say the numbers are. Who are you to claim otherwise. /THIS IS CNN - /Darth Vader

Seriously though, if the rates are increasing, then other products might look more attractive -including fixed mortgages, would they not? For those with good credit, they'll be able to find mortgages...

Those who don't - wont (or shouldn't?).

There are still some subprime lenders out there but they have tightened up their guidelines as well. Also stated loans are getting harder to do ...especially Jumbo loans which have all gone up regardless of program. If you are self employed, you will have to prove income before long with anyone.

Regular confoming vanilla loans seem to be safe right now.

re: #125 Oh no...Sand People!

Ah, I thought there was something amiss, thanks for clarifying.

re: #130 NoSubmission

Couldnt they just put a bunch of beach balls in the river under the bridge?

re: #142 insanity police

re: #38 Oh no...Sand People!

OT:

Preemptive Dhimmitude at University of Michigan:

School to provide Muslim students with foot baths.

I see the footbaths as an attractive nuisance that will lead to violence.

What will happen when a Koran is found in the footbath? And when some drunken student pees or defecates into them? You know this will occur - somewhere.

Do we see campus suicide bombers exacting revenge?

re: #157 JammieWearingFool

Horror at the desert freakshow.

Burning Man an arson victim

How will they carry on?

WTF is the point of the burning man festival, anyway?

re: #156 Endangered in MASS

Eek. I've never seen the movie.

re: #82 lawhawk

How many reporters are actually in Afgahnistan reporting on the situation there? I suspect that it's even fewer than those in Iraq, even as it remains a central front on dealing with al Qaeda and the Taliban who sheltered them.

Good point. After all, it is the leftists whining about how Iraq is distracting us from really going after al-qaeda in Afghanistan- where the war on terror is really located. Yet the msm doesn't reinforce this point by giving it coverage worthy of the so-called central battlefront.

I'd guess that if you crunched the numbers, the coverage on Afghanistan would mirror the coverage of Iraq- less airtime as we win, fewer journalists on the ground, and the same issues with sources. I think some journos were "hoping" to relive Vietnam, the younger ones hoping to have their own- in Iraq or Afghanistan. Now they're trying to manufacture it since Vietnam it ain't.

I'm unable to post a link, so would someone be kind enough to post it.

thereligionofpeace.com

It's a frightening eye opener.

Thanks.

re: #161 ErisLDysnomia

re: #142 insanity police

re: #38 Oh no...Sand People!

OT:

Preemptive Dhimmitude at University of Michigan:

School to provide Muslim students with foot baths.

I see the footbaths as an attractive nuisance that will lead to violence.

What will happen when a Koran is found in the footbath? And when some drunken student pees or defecates into them? You know this will occur - somewhere.

Do we see campus suicide bombers exacting revenge?

What's next, changing the name to University of Madrassa?

re: #157 JammieWearingFool

I dunno. That picture might be NJDevilshockey fan.

[Link: bp2.blogger.com...]

/WE ARE THE DEVILS! THE DEVILS!

re: #94 MandyManners

re: #75 Kirly

My Barbie is no longer allowed to date this GI Joe

/i'd give credit to whoever linked that story but i don't recall who it was.

Assholes. Just, assholes.

i know! they always have to ruin everything! well, this is too far! barbie dating GI Joe is one of the fond memories of my childhood! they can shove their movie up their collective ass. show it in brussels and see how much money they get.

re: #110 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #105 Slumbering Behemoth

And for the record, I was quoting the article Kirly linked, and not Kirly him/herself.

thx but no worries.

kirly's a girl :-)

re: #162 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Saw that on Yahoo news last night, it made me laugh for quite a while. I could just picture the crestfallen faces of those asking 'Now what do we do'?

re: #133 hous bin pharteen

re: #75 Kirly

........................about time that "big entertainment" stops soaking the poor with their insane movie ticket and popcorn prices.
I think the government should tax the insane profits of these movie stars and film studios and use the money to help the average GI joe. Like buying more drones and armored up humvees!

(Okay, and a few more Blackhawks!)

there. fixed it for ya! :-)

re: #163 MandyManners

Caddy Shack? It's a classic. Do you golf?

re: #158 NJDhockeyfan

I'm finding that to be the case. Now, if I can only get a closing date nailed down....

re: #169 Kirly

thx but no worries.

kirly's a girl :-)

Duly noted. Any chance Kirly is an attractive, late 20s early 30s girl living in the central valley of California?

/Ok, I'll stop now.

re: #46 newsjunkie_ky

re: #46 newsjunkie_ky

re: #34 lowandslow

Kudos to Karl at Protein Wisdom. a most excellent post.

And just who is this Karl?

I can state with absolute authority that he is a covert lizard.

re: #173 lawhawk

re: #158 NJDhockeyfan

I'm finding that to be the case. Now, if I can only get a closing date nailed down....

It takes 2-4 weeks to close a loan. If it's taking longer than that, find a new mortgage company.

NOW can we question their patriotism?

re: #177 SonOfLiberty

What they are very patriotic the get up every morning and do the Pledge of allegiance on their prayer rug.

re: #174 Slumbering Behemoth

Good place to stop. I'm Kirly's man.

===

#165 Gardenia

www.thereligionofpeace.com

Many Lizards already know about this very well done site. So it's worth a re-linking.

===

NO
RETREAT,
R

That was a great article.

re: #179 Render

Congrats on finding a good gal. Dang, all the smart, decent women seem to be hitched. The only available women I seem to find are the angry ones with daddy issues; fun to play with, but definitely not relationship material.

re: #79 Killgore Trout

OT: South Korea to build city dedicated to robots

South Korea is planning to build "Robot Land," an industrial city built specifically for the robotics industry. It'll have all sorts of facilities for the research, development, and production of robots, as well as things like exhibition halls and even a stadium for robot-on-robot competitions. The $530 million project should get underway sometime in 2009, which means we should see our own robot city here in the States around 2013.

Science!

Westworld? Eastworld?

re: #182 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #179 Render

Congrats on finding a good gal. Dang, all the smart, decent women seem to be hitched. The only available women I seem to find are the angry ones with daddy issues; fun to play with, but definitely not relationship material.

No, not true. You just gotta look harder.

re: #176 NJDhockeyfan

It's not the bank that's giving the problems with the closing date - it's the sellers... they're dicking around. The bank was able to close tomorrow if we were to go according to our original date - but the sellers dont want to budge on some inspection items... so we're at an impasse.. ugh

re: #184 Ward Cleaver

I'm sure you're right, but I do live in the Soviet Republic of California. It's slim pickings here when it comes to attractive, conservative women who aren't already married. In my age group, that is. I guess I'll just have to look twice as hard.

Who'd thunk it. The msm lying, obfuscating, stetching the truth. And its not just the msm. The history channel ran a thing on 9-11 conspiracies. Luckily the wife got the remote so i didn't see it and have to buy a new tv after i perforated with .44 mag rounds.

re: #174 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #169 Kirly

thx but no worries.

kirly's a girl :-)

Duly noted. Any chance Kirly is an attractive, late 20s early 30s girl living in the central valley of California?

/Ok, I'll stop now.

aw, aren't you a sweety! i''m taken (Hi Rendie! ♥) but you'll find one just as sweet as you. you'll see!

re: #184 Ward Cleaver

re: #182 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #179 Render

Congrats on finding a good gal. Dang, all the smart, decent women seem to be hitched. The only available women I seem to find are the angry ones with daddy issues; fun to play with, but definitely not relationship material.

No, not true. You just gotta look harder.

just say, "who's your daddy?" haha

Magnificent work. I'm going to blog this right now.

re: #152 Cognito

I'm still reading the 'Protein Wisdom' entry at the moment. I agree with much of it. But I also notice that many of his backup sources on the ridiculousness of the modern American media -- and it is ridiculous in many ways -- are themselves mainstream media citations.

It's entirely intentional. People inclined to take issue with a critique of the MSM will have more difficulty doing so when the sources are MSM journos themselves. In addition, the distinction is made between reports from embeds (even MSM embeds) and "hotel journalism."

Would be interesting to see the reaction at the Leftist loon sites to this:

Israel urged US to attack Iran - not Iraq

WASHINGTON - Israeli officials warned the George W Bush administration that an invasion of Iraq would be destabilizing to the region and urged the United States instead to target Iran as the primary enemy, according to former Bush administration official Lawrence Wilkerson.

Wilkerson, then a member of the US State Department's policy planning staff and later chief of staff for secretary of state Colin Powell, recalled in an interview that the Israelis reacted immediately to indications that the Bush administration was thinking of war against Iraq. After the Israeli government picked up the first signs of that intention, said Wilkerson, "The Israelis were telling us Iraq is not the enemy - Iran is the enemy."

Wilkerson describes the Israeli message to the Bush administration in early 2002 as being, "If you are going to destabilize the balance of power, do it against the main enemy."

The warning against an invasion of Iraq was "pervasive" in Israeli communications with the US administration, Wilkerson recalled. It was conveyed to the administration by a wide range of Israeli sources, including political figures, intelligence, and private citizens.

[Link: www.atimes.com...]

re: #188 Kirly

Thanks for the encouragement, and congrats to you as well on finding a decent fella. From what I'm told they are just as rare. To be perfectly honest, though, I'm not actively seeking a 'love connection'. I'm just focused on finishing my degree and getting my life back on track. I've had a strange run of bad luck these past seven years or so, but I'm still here so I'll still be pressing forward.

re: #193 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #188 Kirly

Thanks for the encouragement, and congrats to you as well on finding a decent fella. From what I'm told they are just as rare. To be perfectly honest, though, I'm not actively seeking a 'love connection'. I'm just focused on finishing my degree and getting my life back on track. I've had a strange run of bad luck these past seven years or so, but I'm still here so I'll still be pressing forward.

aw! you'll be ok. we've all had ups and downs in the past and we'll all have them in the future. come into the lounge one evening and tell us all about it. what you're studying, what you're planning. lizards care!

re: #191 nocoolname

re: #152 Cognito

I'm still reading the 'Protein Wisdom' entry at the moment. I agree with much of it. But I also notice that many of his backup sources on the ridiculousness of the modern American media -- and it is ridiculous in many ways -- are themselves mainstream media citations.

It's entirely intentional. People inclined to take issue with a critique of the MSM will have more difficulty doing so when the sources are MSM journos themselves. In addition, the distinction is made between reports from embeds (even MSM embeds) and "hotel journalism."

Right. All of which goes to my point: The media is a big, sprawling thing, much of which is plagued with problems, and at least some of which is aware of it and trying to do right.

re: #194 Kirly

Thanks for the concern. I figure with my long and current down trend I'm in for a hell of an up swing, I just hope I'm ready for it. As far as telling y'all about it, that's just TMSI* (wouldn't want to give away my secret identity). Besides, I don't like revisiting old wounds or picking at fresh ones, I prefer to stay uncharacteristically positive.

Many years of happiness to you and render.

*Too Much Specific Information

re: #196 Slumbering Behemoth

I'm in for a hell of an up swing

that's the way to look at it! :-)

come to the lounge and visit sometime anyway.

I recall -- back in 2004 (?) -- military people complaining (not about mainstream media) but about communications, in general. An American military person noted that nothing could be done (of a significance nature) without Iraqis (secretly?) taking note, and spreading the word. Many Iraqis are illiterate, without cell phones, yet, "news" was conveyed -- through word of mouth. And this is not all that surprising -- Iraqis under Saddam lived under a hideous, barbarous, tyrannical regime and so surreptitious (spy?) communication networks formed (under Saddam's radar, of course). Many, many elements (after the fall of Saddam) in Iraqi society could benefit....including criminal ones. So, the moment anyone stepped off a plane at Baghdad airport -- they were sized up. (I recall reading how that so-called Christian "PeaceKeeper's Team" was kidnapped within hours of their arrival in Iraq.)

So, I have to laugh -- to plunk western "journalists" into Iraq -- what will you get? One of a number of sorts -- the "hotel" journalist (I believe it was CBC -- which btw did not send any "journalist" into Iraq at all -- which related the derogatory stories about these "hotel" journalists, revealing the rhyming nicknames for said "hotel" journalists, and how much they were disliked by the other journalists, etc.); the "in-the-field" journalists (the "stringers" -- again the ones the CBC gives a thumbs' up to, but who the CBC also notes are the ones most likely to be killed -- and many have been killed because they don't have the necessary military survival/support skills); the brave, in-the-field types supported by major networks (but not officially "embedded" -- those like Michael Ware who roam around freely); and the embedded journalists (these the CBC writes off as mere "propagandists" for the U.S. military). i think each one of these types of journalists adds to our knowledge of what's going on in Iraq -- but (as with anything) each also has its drawbacks.

I think that we are missing the point here..... The enemy is running a VERY ! persuasive and successful ad campaign against us..... We have to set up an agency comprised of patriotic ad people. There has to be a few out there who would rather sell America UP ... instead of out!
There is very little that is more powerful than the advertising agencies when they get down to it.
AD AMERICA .... it's time has come.....

ANGER.

Pure anger.

The DNC media are sloppy lying POS anti-US propagandists.

Fuck the modern democrat party and their surrogates in the press.
fuck them hard.

the modern democrat party and their ass-sniffing msm media tools are all JANE FONDA.

re: #15 storagemanager

Gona watch this one....

..........Iran seizes ship carrying smuggled fuel to Dubai
Published: 08.29.07, 19:52 / Israel News

Iranian police seized a foreign-registered ship carrying 500,000 litres of smuggled fuel in the Gulf on Wednesday and detained 18 people on board, Iranian media said.

The ship, carrying gas oil, was bound for Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and its crew were from Iraq, Indonesia and the Philippines, 18 foreign nationals were said to be detained. "This morning a big vessel in the waters of the Islamic Republic of Iran ... was identified and during inspections this this large consignment of gas oil was discovered," regional police chief Mansour Dashti told the Mehr News Agency.

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

Ok, we have Dinnerjacket's speech yesterday, the continual supply of arms to the Badr brigades and Al Qaeda, the firing on Iraqi kurd villages last week, 50 Quds force loose in Baghdad, firing between Shiites at the pilgrimage -- badr vs. badr, one the Iraqi southern stripe, the other Mookie's boys. Now we have Straits of Hormuz II.

Is it beginning to add up?

I happened to watch a program on a cable channel (it's called I-channel) featuring a panel discussion about Canada's role in the War on Terror.

One of the panelists was a spokesman for Canada's military. I think he did a brilliant job in explaining what Canada's role is in Afghanistan, etc. (He also, btw, discussed a naval mission called "Operation Apollo" which I had NOT heard about -- is that thanks to the MSM (such as the CBC) which is always harping on the presumed "failures"?) Operation Apollo protected the Sea of Oman and intercepted any fleeing Taliban from Afghanistan. It was a true success -- a "brilliant mission" -- but it went virtually unheard of in the MSM presses, here in Canada.

Anyway, it was an excellent program - no lies, no propaganda -- just the facts. I think we need more of these kinds of programs -- the ones without the "spin" ; without the hyped-up screaming...the hyperbole...

re: #38 Oh no...Sand People!

OT:

Preemptive Dhimmitude at University of Michigan:

School to provide Muslim students with foot baths.

The foot baths, while benefiting Muslim students, are open for use by all students and will be located in two new unisex bathrooms that will be renovated on campus.

This is going to get GOOD!

Can't wait for the reactions when drunk college kids staggering to their dorms start puking in them. Itty bitty pieces of peas and carrots.

re: #75 Kirly

My Barbie is no longer allowed to date this GI Joe

/i'd give credit to whoever linked that story but i don't recall who it was.

Can't wait for the Don't Ask Don't Tell Joe.

re: #104 MandyManners

re: #93 Slumbering Behemoth

re: #64 MandyManners

I tried that once on a lark, didn't think it would work. Boy was I wrong, talk about feeling like you have a hole in your head.

Waste not, want not.

Somehow I missed you there while scrolling through, but I completely agree with that sentiment, and not just relating to the, um, water. I have boxes and boxes of cables, connectors, adapters, etc. that I have had no use for but still refuse to get rid of. I just know the minute I throw them out I'll need one or three.

These turdbuckets don't get it. They are putting the foot baths in unisex bathrooms. I am gonna go out on a limb and say that your average Muslim won't be washing his feet in the presence of a woman. Especially a non-believer.

You're thinking of your old college days of communal bathrooms. Dollars to donuts it will be a private bathroom stall so that Mohammed can avoid the temptresses.

However, as other people have said, there's going to be alot of other crud entering those footbaths besides foot water.

BTW, anyone notice? Hillary is now distancing herself and returning Hsu's money. MSM has not said a peep about it....shocked!

re: #8 Iron Fist

The Media definately have chosen a side in this war, and it isn't the side of the USA.

I agree.

Worse, I would hate to find out that alphabet soup “news” outlets have been getting payola from enemy agents to promote their propaganda.

There have been far too many MSM stringers who just happened to on the scene of a terrorists attack. And, very few of these MSM stringers film successful raids by US troops. Something does not add up.

Unvelievable! I'ml in. Been reading here for more than a year and all of a sudden, "Registration is open"!

re: #209 Ledger1

"There have been far too many MSM stringers who just happened to on the scene of a terrorists attack. And, very few of these MSM stringers film successful raids by US troops."

I think the fault lies with the editors, the decision-makers, at the MSM news desks. It's their decision whether or not to pick up a story submitted by a stringer (a stringer, after all, is just a freelancer trying to sell his wares). So if a news corporation buys the work from a pro-insurgent propagandist and airs it on the nightly news -- whose fault is that?

Also, the stringers won't be filming the raids of US troops -- that's the job for the "embedded" reporters. (I believe that the reason why we don't see much of the work from the "embedded' reporters is because their work is written off as "propaganda" -- that's what the CBC, for example, has alleged...the work from "embeds" is "tainted." -- I don't believe this is an accurate or fair assessment -- an embedded journalists' work may or may not be too slanted...But, the point is that the standard refrain is that embeds are too skewed. Again it's a problem with the editorial desks at major "news" outlets -- the ABC , NBC, CBS executives, etc.)