Good morning, Lizards!

"Personal Responsibility is not the way to solve racism!"

-some moonbat, from this debate about affirmative action in American colleges

/good morning

Morning goddess

Good morning goddess. welcome to the late night/early morning threads.

{Bubblehead II}
{BlueCanuck}

Hey, BlueCanuck, any news?

re: #5 goddessoftheclassroom

Nothing yet. Just hope everything is okay.

re: #2 laZardo

"Personal Responsibility is not the way to solve racism!"

-some moonbat, from this debate about affirmative action in American colleges

/good morning

I have one question, how do you "solve" racism?

About time! This thread is half an hour late!

/harumph

re: #7 Hengineer

...I don't know. o_O

re: #7 Hengineer

I have one question, how do you "solve" racism?

My personal belief? You can't, it will always exist in one form or another.

/just the way we as a species are wired.

Good morning, Lizards. What the hell am I doing up so early?

re: #11 infidelia

A job to go to maybe?

Ah, that's it! Took a couple days off!

I see the Celts still can't win one on the road. What's up with that?

re: #10 BlueCanuck

My personal belief? You can't, it will always exist in one form or another.

/just the way we as a species are wired.

People pre-judge by appearances, its a fact of life.

However you can minimize the overt racism by doing away with conventions and laws that use it. Now the only ones still left are the reverse-discrimination designed to give preferential treatment to the so-called minorities (In my home state of California I think Caucasians are now a minority).

re: #15 Hengineer

Or you could just hate all races (even your own) equally. This way you're technically not a bigot...

/works for me...

For I loved you even then.

Reminds me a bit of Jeremiah 1:5

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."

(Not from Obama's Jeremiah btw)

A tadpole and a fish? Kinky ... and possibly illegal.

re: #16 laZardo

Or you could just hate all races (even your own) equally. This way you're technically not a bigot...

/works for me...

Exactly.

I sometimes even hate myself, the ultimate in non-preferential treatment

re: #10 BlueCanuck

My personal belief? You can't, it will always exist in one form or another.

/just the way we as a species are wired.

Well, I don't think we can "solve" noticing that people look different from us.

We have abolished institutional discrimination, and culturally certain words, once very common, are now taboo.

We can endeavor to educate our children that these differences are inferiorities, and that all people deserve to be treated with respect BASED ON THEIR CHOICES AND BEHAVIOR.

Sadly, when a member of a particular race or ethnic groups behaves in a certain way, the reaction of some is, "See? That's a typical white person."

re: #18 Tigger2005

A tadpole and a fish? Kinky ... and possibly illegal.

They caught a seal hitting on a penguin the other day. Now that's kinky...

Lebanese army begins drive to restore order

Hezbollah's success so far has sapped the credibility of the Siniora government and its main patron, the United States, which has cast Lebanon as a fragile democracy endangered by the ambitions of Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian backers.

/typical al-reuters spin job.

re: #21 infidelia

They caught a seal hitting on a penguin the other day. Now that's kinky...

well the penguin was eating ice cream earlier and someone said "looks like you just blew a seal"

the penguin replied, nah its just ice cream.

More proof that the EU is a criminal enterprise

Brussels has proposed that all cars sold in Europe in 2012, whether European-made or not, should reach an overall objective of 120-130 grammes (4.2-4.6 ounces) of CO2 emitted per kilometre (0.6 miles), as opposed to an average of 160 grammes today.
But such is the genius of our central government that it is developed an even more imaginative scam. Knowing full well that its standards cannot be met, it is proposing that car manufacturers can continue selling "sub-standard" cars, but must pay a fine to the EU for each vehicle they make.
This starts in 2012 with a charge of €20 (30 dollars) per extra gramme of CO2 per car, with the penalties rising to €95 by 2015. By any account, this has the makings of being a nice little earner, and brings lawmaking to new heights: make laws that people cannot obey and then fine them for not obeying them. How long before New Labour latches on to this principle?

U.S. victims of attacks in Israel sue Swiss bank

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American victims of bombings and rocket attacks in Israel have sued Swiss bank UBS AG for more than $500 million, accusing the bank of helping fund the militants behind the attacks through dealings with Iran.

And the State Dept. will have this quashed in how many day?

re: #24 wahabicorridor

More proof that the EU is a criminal enterprise

Good Morning!

That sounds like a good old fashioned MA scam....

re: #26 loppyd

I guess the cute little birdies will begin to sing now that Europe. Open the window Cinderella.

Doesn't MA continue to tax your car for 8 years after you buy it?

Morning, Loppyd. Is this 20 mph "breeze" going to stop or what? Can't sit on the beach without freezing to death...

Neal Lawson should be taken out and shot - or why the UK is lost.

The condition of Britain demands not more individualism but greater collective identity and action. From Northern Rock and the credit crunch to the anxiety and insecurity of failing markets in housing, pensions and labour supply, the challenge of the modern democratic left is to devise the architecture that will enable democracy to flourish and the people to take back control of both the economy and the state. Our need to belong, to share, to cooperate, is an inextinguishable flame in all of us and it is the abiding purpose of the centre-left to modernise the form it takes.

Fashioning a new form of collectivism for the centre-left provides not just a practical programme for government but crucially a moral compass. It is the progressive belief that given the chance, the resources and space, people can take proper and full control of their lives. Ultimately the centre-left is driven by the belief that the accident of birth - whether good or bad - should not determine the quality of our lives. Instead we pool some of our liberty in an act of enlightened self-interest to ensure we all reach our full potential. Democracy is the means by which this cooperative deal is struck between us. But in making it we discover not just instrumental benefit but intrinsic satisfaction.

And now I'm off...........

re: #27 Widow'smight

I guess the cute little birdies will begin to sing now that Europe. Open the window Cinderella.

Doesn't MA continue to tax your car for 8 years after you buy it?

Yeah, it's called excise tax. They excise $ from your wallet.

re: #26 loppyd

Morning loppy - bye loppy

/prayers for the stepdad

re: #29 wahabicorridor

Neal Lawson should be taken out and shot - or why the UK is lost.

And now I'm off...........

Always the same "solution" from this lot: give up, give up, give up. Become one with the hive.

re: #30 infidelia

PA has it's share of taxes too, including one of the highest gasoline taxes in the country.

Is your Nic some type of Onion? I love Infidelia Onion Dressing.

re: #27 Widow'smight

I guess the cute little birdies will begin to sing now that Europe. Open the window Cinderella.

Doesn't MA continue to tax your car for 8 years after you buy it?

Good Morning!

$25 per thousand of the car's value for as long as you own it.

Something a bit light hearted for an otherwise dreary news day :)

Zero Gravity Water Bubble

re: #28 infidelia

Morning, Loppyd. Is this 20 mph "breeze" going to stop or what? Can't sit on the beach without freezing to death...

It's freezing! I have the heat on for crying out loud.

re: #31 wahabicorridor

Thank you! Have a good day, wahabi.

re: #34 loppyd

Wanna borrow my Pick-axe to mess up the body a little? Or, take it out muddin and leave it like that. You know, "Get a mud on the tires". I'm sure the BF ain't gonna mind that MUCH.

re: #32 infidelia

"Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."

re: #33 Widow'smight

PA has it's share of taxes too, including one of the highest gasoline taxes in the country.

Is your Nic some type of Onion? I love Infidelia Onion Dressing.

My nic's the result of happening to be listening to Beethoven when I discovered the register was open. Play on "Fidelio". Don't mind sounding like fave onion vidalia, though.

re: #36 loppyd

It's freezing! I have the heat on for crying out loud.

Took two days off so I could hang out on the beach. Hah. Even the seagulls are all over at the Danvers malls.

re: #41 infidelia

They are probably there for the higher end of scavenging.

/willing to bet there's a Mickey D's nearby.

re: #27 Widow'smight

I guess the cute little birdies will begin to sing now that Europe. Open the window Cinderella.

Doesn't MA continue to tax your car for 8 years after you buy it?

Even after 8 years you continue to pay excise tax for as long as you own the car - and sometimes for some time after you have gotten rid of it. To add insult to injury, if you are billed for excise tax for a car that you do not own, you must first pay the bill before you are allowed to dispute your responsibility for taxes on a vehicle you don't own.

re: #38 Widow'smight

Wanna borrow my Pick-axe to mess up the body a little? Or, take it out muddin and leave it like that. You know, "Get a mud on the tires". I'm sure the BF ain't gonna mind that MUCH.

You are sweet to offer, but my car isn't the problem. The Jeep is an '07 so it hurts extra when it's time to pay up.

Good morning, lizards.
46 degrees and partly cloudy along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

I have completed my coursework and my work hours have stabilized, so I am back on the morning thread.

Howz everyone?

re: #42 BlueCanuck

They are probably there for the higher end of scavenging.

/willing to bet there's a Mickey D's nearby.

Actually I think it's the Kelley's. These guys know quality.

re: #45 Irish Rose

Good morning, lizards.
46 degrees and partly cloudy along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

I have completed my coursework and my work hours have stabilized, so I am back on the morning thread.

Howz everyone?

Okay, now I know I need coffee. I read that as housework and was trying desperately to figure out what kind of a person could have all of her housework done by 5 in the morning. HAHAH.

Congratulations :)

re: #41 infidelia

Took two days off so I could hang out on the beach. Hah. Even the seagulls are all over at the Danvers malls.

Bummer!

So solly...

re: #45 Irish Rose

Good morning, just stumbling along myself waiting for the relief to show up.

re: #46 infidelia

Actually I think it's the Kelley's. These guys know quality.

Indeed their is. But if it's a warm roast beef sandwich you crave, you need to take yourself to Nick's Roast Beef in No. Beverly!

Hmmm, fairly slow news morning. All my RSS feeds are still old news.

/well old since I last checked.

re: #48 loppyd

Bummer!

So solly...

Thanks. I think I'll go see "Iron Man" tonight. Looks like a good pick-me-up.

How's your dad doing? Did they confirm the C-Dif?

re: #41 infidelia

Took two days off so I could hang out on the beach. Hah. Even the seagulls are all over at the Danvers malls.

What the matter to many needles on Rivier Beach

re: #40 infidelia

Music is good when you're thinking about food. It was ugly here yesterday, but Today the sun is shining and the birdies chirping. Me thinks my grass will make significant progress in it's upward mobility program.

re: #7 Hengineer

I have one question, how do you "solve" racism?

Government control and lots of money. Duh. The same way they want to solve all problems.

re: #53 BBev

What the matter to many needles on Rivier Beach

These gulls are further up the coast and the Kelley's outlet is "inland". The ones in Revere just stand across the street and watch for french frys to fall.

re: #52 infidelia

Thanks. I think I'll go see "Iron Man" tonight. Looks like a good pick-me-up.

How's your dad doing? Did they confirm the C-Dif?

He's my step-father, actually.....and he is doing much better. Able to eat again which means he's baaaaaaaaaaack! LOL

Yes, they did confirm it.

Thanks for asking!

re: #55 JamesTKirk

Hmmm, I think of the old saw when I hear that. Elephant: a mouse built to government standards.

re: #56 infidelia

These gulls are further up the coast and the Kelley's outlet is "inland". The ones in Revere just stand across the street and watch for french frys to fall.

Man I am so glad I got out there.

re: #24 wahabicorridor

And the car manufacturers will pass on that extra cost to the consumer, who will wonder why cars have gotten so expensive recently. The government and media will tell them that it is all the fault of the greedy Big Auto.

Well time to finish getting ready for work.

Hope everybody has a good day.

L8R

re: #61 Bubblehead II

Well time to finish getting ready for work.

Hope everybody has a good day.

L8R

Have a super tuesday!

re: #43 galloping granny

There must be a reason people live there. I noticed that MA doesn't have one Republican in the US house or senate. Course, the republicans are just Dumbo-lite for the most part.

We pay a 6% sales tax at the time of purchase, and that's it. 3.3% income tax, 6% sales tax on everything else except food and clothes.

Here's a gem though. You pay tax on seed and vegetable plants which you grow for food?

Glad there isn't a redneck tax.

re: #59 BBev

Man I am so glad I got out there.

You used to live in Revere?

My friend's Nonna lived there. I loved going to her house....never left hungry that's for sure!

re: #52 infidelia

Thanks. I think I'll go see "Iron Man" tonight. Looks like a good pick-me-up.

I'm debating seeing it again this weekend. It's a good movie, and I also want to try to see Captain America's shield in Tony Stark's workroom. They say it's there...

re: #63 Widow'smight

seeds are taxable and some veggie plants as well....lettuce plants are not as you can eat them and herb plants are the same.

Glad to here he's doing so much better loppyd.

re: #44 loppyd

My two 4x4s are 92 and 94, so they're probably not worth much. They run fine though, especially my 92 F250, purrs like a giant kitten.

Have a good one, BH.

Picked up a "National Enquirer" second time this year yesterday. They are still flogging this possible scandal involvng the Obamassiah and the murder of TUCC's gay choir master. Not as good as the Times finally asking whether or not he's an apostate in the eyes of the Islamists, but at this point I'll grasp at any straw.

I got nothing and am just along for the ride this morning.

Time to head in to the office.

BBL maybe.

Hope everyone has a great day!

re: #67 The Albatross

Glad to here he's doing so much better loppyd.

Thank you very much!

re: #66 loppyd

seeds are taxable and some veggie plants as well....lettuce plants are not as you can eat them and herb plants are the same.

If somebody is trying to charge you Mass tax on seeds you had better double check the law. Those used to be specifically exempt from tax. You can use food stamps to buy them.

Oddly enough, in MA shoelaces are taxable but baby oil is not. You figure that one out - I never was able to. There are several oddities like that.

re: #72 loppyd

Thank you very much!

Have a good one, loppyd. Keep an eye peeled for "Outlaw Sharia" if you go through the square.

re: #68 Widow'smight

My two 4x4s are 92 and 94, so they're probably not worth much. They run fine though, especially my 92 F250, purrs like a giant kitten.

my Outback is an 01 so this year won't hurt quite so much.

The BF almost got the F150 instead of the jeep. I loved it!

Gotta fly now....

re: #75 loppyd

my Outback is an 01 so this year won't hurt quite so much.

The BF almost got the F150 instead of the jeep. I loved it!

Gotta fly now....

'99 Forester I've had it 3 years and so far the only work it's needed is brakes. Using the rebate check to get the baby new shoes on all 4 wheels...

Uh oh. Dead thread...

re: #77 infidelia

Uh oh. Dead thread...

Kick it.

CODE BLUE, get the crash cart stat.

/now where did I put that car battery.

Good Morning Lizards. Here I sit in the airport after doing the Security perp walk. Bin Laden sits is his cave watching CNN with his Obama yard sign outside.

Morning all. Noticed that there are fresh comments on the obamarama-Israel thread!

re: #80 opnion

Heh!

Been there too. I'm just glad that Richard Reid didn't try to hide the bomb up his bum. Woulda been a little bit worse than taking your shoes off.

Surveillance camera footage shows the earthquake in the city of Chengdu, Sichuan Province China

Whoa.... I was really surprised at the duration.

re: #77 infidelia

Uh oh. Dead thread...

I sitting here at my deck designing a parking lot for the Laconia Bike week.

Anyone know of any job openings.

re: #82 BulgarWheat

Heh!

Been there too. I'm just glad that Richard Reid didn't try to hide the bomb up his bum. Woulda been a little bit worse than taking your shoes off.

Hillary had a snuke in her snizz.

Morning all. The DT seems to be deader than usual this morning, and the avitars are not working on my machine, anyone know what's up with that, or have I missed something?

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re: #85 JamesTKirk

JTK, big howdy back at cha!

re: #82 BulgarWheat

Heh!

Been there too. I'm just glad that Richard Reid didn't try to hide the bomb up his bum. Woulda been a little bit worse than taking your shoes off.

Ya know what? You just gave me a whole new perspective.
Not so bad really.

So, did anyone see this little tidbit yesterday?

Grandma Helps Stressed Troops; Sends Them Dolls Built to Take a Beating

My kneejerk response to this headline was a criticism towards those who would "infantize" our troops. But then I read the article.

"Army Staff Sgt. James Borchardt said that when tension rises in his tactical operations center in Iraq, he grabs his doll by the legs and beats the stuffing out of it.

"It made me laugh more than anything," he said in an e-mail. "I gave them to almost everyone in my unit."

Can't you just envision it?
Some grizzly officer with a five o'clock shadow in a tough zone somewhere, tired and stressed out... grabbing a goofy looking "stuffie" by the legs, hurling it around the room and beating the shit out of it while uttering a steady stream of profanity?

I like the concept.

I wonder how they hold up under target practice.

Kick it out - Boom Boom Satellites

re: #88 opnion

Yeah, also think how much money it saved us. The poor, clueless TSA folks would have demanded a lot more pay if they ended up on the wrong end of me.

I spray shoe deo (Dr. Scholls) before I go to the airport. No use gagging the poor TSA folks.

re: #86 1SG(ret)

I froze up on the main page this morning and had to reboot.... I got icons and seem to be running fine now. Could it be the new changes?

re: #83 The Albatross

See that one car? It moved backwards from it's space at least 2 feet.

Good morning all. Has everyone read Dershowitz's piece on Jimmah Carter and his Arab money supply?Why does Jimmy Carter hate the Jews? Because he loves Arab money!

Genetically modified human embryo stirs criticism

re: #92 The Albatross

Thanks, they are working for me now also. It seems every time I get back here there are new changes. I couldn't keep up last year, so I have no hope now I guess.
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On this date in 1965 the Rolling Stones released " I can't get no satisfaction". I was 6. And the Stones still go on tour!

The R kelly jury selection began yesterday (Bet he wishes that he could fly)
His defense atty is a high powered guy named Genson.
How long to play the race card? Why the first day. The defense is screaming because two African Americans were dismissed wiith premptory prosecution challenges.
A female called Kelly, 'A musical genuis", A male said ""because of delays ., Kelly could not get a fair trial"
Ok, three jurors seated, two of them African American.

re: #93 BlueCanuck

See that one car? It moved backwards from it's space at least 2 feet.

3 minutes, that's like forever for a quake. Usually they just seem like 3 minutes...

Anybody else see the tornado video where the 2 cars flipped up and high-fived each other?

re: #90 The Albatross

I remember them from Ridge Racer...

/RIIIIIIIIIDGE RAAAACERRRRR!

re: #97 pingjockey

On this date in 1965 the Rolling Stones released " I can't get no satisfaction". I was 6. And the Stones still go on tour!

Yep... and Jagger is ten times uglier than he was back then too.
Good clean living, I guess.

re: #91 BulgarWheat

Yeah, also think how much money it saved us. The poor, clueless TSA folks would have demanded a lot more pay if they ended up on the wrong end of me.

I spray shoe deo (Dr. Scholls) before I go to the airport. No use gagging the poor TSA folks.

I just wish that there was a little more common sence.
Eight year old blonde kids are a little outside of the profile.

re: #99 infidelia
Yah. Helluva video. Seems the gov't of Burma is using the cyclone to do a little population reduction. aid can come in but no aid workers.

re: #98 opnion

R Kelly, he preyed on a young, black girl. Where's the outrage of that. Child molestation is a heinous, unforgivable sin from my perspective.

I simply do not understand that line of thought. I just don't.

re: #101 Irish Rose
I'll bet if Keith Richards had known he was going to live this long he might have taken better care of himself!

re: #94 steveoh

A lot of universities on the West Coast are showered with East Asian money...but at least they (we?) generally appreciate the value of a proper Western education.

re: #105 pingjockey

At this point, if Keith quit smoking, drinking, and dope I'd wager he'd be dead in 6 months.

He's being artificially preserved, me thinks.

re: #104 BulgarWheat

R Kelly, he preyed on a young, black girl. Where's the outrage of that. Child molestation is a heinous, unforgivable sin from my perspective.

I simply do not understand that line of thought. I just don't.

Whoa, whoa! He is a "musical genius" Come on ! For all we know his father may have ignored him or something.

re: #107 BulgarWheat
Mwahaha! Did you see the Saturday nite live episode where Jagger did his Richards imitation? Hilarious. Richards speaks a language known only to Keith.

re: #104 BulgarWheat

They're only starting the trial now? o_O

/the parody's already pretty old...

re: #102 opnion

I just wish that there was a little more common sence.
Eight year old blonde kids are a little outside of the profile.

So is my 87 year old WWII disabled Veteran father in his flight jacket & walker, LOL. Last time he flew home they actually made the poor old guy take his shoes off (he can barely stand up!) and THEN they tried to steal an engraved lighter that has never had lighter fluid in it given to him as a souvenir decades ago that he wanted to take back to Florida. Luckily my sister was standing there and refused to give it to them.

re: #102 opnion

I just wish that there was a little more common sense.

Common Sense

re: #105 pingjockey

I'll bet if Keith Richards had known he was going to live this long he might have taken better care of himself!

It might just be that all the drugs are what kept him going this long...

re: #35 Bubblehead II

Science!

/trying my best KT imitation...

Keith Richards, now and then.

Ew.

re: #115 Irish Rose
Bloody scary!

re: #105 pingjockey

If there's ever a nuclear holocaust, the only things left on earth will be cockroaches and Keith Richards looking dazed.

/from some rock magazine of my bro's...

re: #111 galloping granny

So is my 87 year old WWII disabled Veteran father in his flight jacket & walker, LOL. Last time he flew home they actually made the poor old guy take his shoes off (he can barely stand up!) and THEN they tried to steal an engraved lighter that has never had lighter fluid in it given to him as a souvenir decades ago that he wanted to take back to Florida. Luckily my sister was standing there and refused to give it to them.

I saw tjhem hassle a guy in the Cleaerwater Airport. He had on a prosthetic , leg & they ere tugging on it.
The guy had to be 85, you know bermudas & black socks

&#9834 &#9836 Good morning, {lizards}! &#9836 &#9834

A beeeeYOOOOtiful day in the valley with plenty of sinshine and it's warming up. Coffee and Danish are on me so hep yoself.

:D

re: #118 opnion

I saw tjhem hassle a guy in the Cleaerwater Airport. He had on a prosthetic , leg & they ere tugging on it.
The guy had to be 85, you know bermudas & black socks

"Just wait'll some 85-year-old terrorist hides a bomb in his prosthetic leg, then we'll be saying 'I told you so'!"
-TSA morons

re: #111 galloping granny

So is my 87 year old WWII disabled Veteran father in his flight jacket & walker, LOL. Last time he flew home they actually made the poor old guy take his shoes off (he can barely stand up!) and THEN they tried to steal an engraved lighter that has never had lighter fluid in it given to him as a souvenir decades ago that he wanted to take back to Florida. Luckily my sister was standing there and refused to give it to them.

How's this for irony? The lighting in the photo is not so good. Note the *scarf* on the TSA employee....

re: #118 opnion

I saw tjhem hassle a guy in the Cleaerwater Airport. He had on a prosthetic , leg & they ere tugging on it.
The guy had to be 85, you know bermudas & black socks

That really should be outlawed! Do they ever actually hassle anyone at all that might actually be a terrorist?

re: #117 laZardo
That dazed look is his normal state. The whole bs with the TSA is bs. They only check about 10% of the luggage going on board! Into the cargo hold. They also keep busting illegals working in "secure" areas. Feh! The "punk" is now on Fox.