I posted this thread link a few days ago but the headlines move so fast think some missed it

Its information about how WWI Germany helped forment Jihad to fight Britian and indirectly caused the death of Armenia Christans during WWI.

Includes video about the events and a column

[Link: willamos.myblogsite.com...]

I am here from the UN... investigating this thread for racism!

_{Pardon... could you please pass the caviar? Merci!}

This is all I learned in metaphysics.

"When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics."
Voltaire

Well, that may be a only a random quote, but I like it!

For the Troops: "until then"

[Link: www.clermontyellow.accountsupport.com...]

I found it...the Absolute Cheese...and it is right here in the Good Ole USA!

good afternoon folks

Trout, please. . . . .
Why is Man born only to suffer and die?

Can you cut the cheese and still have a whole piece?

Gorgeous day here in central Arkansas. Sunny and 80, and no rain forecast until next Thursday. I love this time of year!

re: #8 leboaz

read the book "the shack" =)

I am so proud I could bust. Some of you know that I am hopefully changing careers, going in to Law Enforcement. This morning I passed my agility and physical endurance tests with 100 points to spare. I did better than some candidates 20 years younger than me.

Pass the advil.

Finally Drudge has story on Kennedy! Gee !

re: #10 gop_patriot

Yeah if you like suddenly standing there by your self.

re: #12 rawmuse

Congrats!

re: #12 rawmuse

Congrats, My bottle is empty. Oldtimers disease y'know.

I'm sure this will be making the rounds:

Sen. Ted Kennedy, the last of three brothers who changed the American political scene in the 1960s, suffered a seizure while at the Kennedy family compound this weekend in Hyannisport, Mass., a spokeswoman for the senator said.

...so let me say that I wish Senator Kennedy well. Perhaps he should take this as a cue to excuse himself from the rigors of life in the United States Senate. I hope for his speedy recovery and long life, in a nice peaceful retirement out of the United States Senate.
His departure from the Senate now would be timely, a good idea, and actually can't happen soon enough.
But let us all extend our best wishes to Senator Kennedy in what we hope will be a lengthy and prosperous life as a private citizen... soon.

This seems like the head cheese to me.

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

Iv'e never had the nerve to try a cheese called The Stinking Bishop...

re: #3 rockdad

This is all I learned in metaphysics.

"When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics."
Voltaire

Abba Moses has answered correctly, for he said, "I don't know."
-The Paradise of the Holy Fathers. E. A. Wallis Budge, trans.

“I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap”
Spanish Proverb

/is this the same as having an open mind?

re: #6 TaterTot

I found it...the Absolute Cheese...and it is right here in the Good Ole USA!

I like Absolut Vodka.

re: #6 TaterTot

I am all for patriotism, but if the best cheese in the world is from the USA, the UN needs to investigate your taste buds for racism.

re: #12 rawmuse

Congratulations! Well done!

re: #12 rawmuse

Brilliant! Well done indeed!
Special applause for beating the young'uns - does that make me ageist?

re: #12 rawmuse

Go get um, the race doesn't always go to the young in years, but to the young in spirit.

re: #12 rawmuse

Congratulations!

::passes Advil, heating pad, and remote::

Sit down, put your feet up. :)

re: #12 rawmuse

Congratulations !

re: #11 blue_like_jazz

On my way to the bookstore.
Shall I get you a copy of 'The Sirens of Titan"?
:)

Cheese Shop Sketch

Whoo-Hoo! open thread!

This woman walks into local welfare office with her 15 kids. The social worker says if you are here to sign up..I'll need the names of all your kids.
The woman says all the boys are named Leroy and the girls are named Leighroy. Social worker says Why the same name?
The woman says it just makes everything much easier.. when I call them to eat , I only have to yell Leroy.., and when it time for bed or school , I just have to yell Leroy and they all come.
Social worker says that works for all, but what if you just want one of your kids to come ?
The woman says Then I just call them by their last names.

re: #12 rawmuse

We're proud of you, too!

Go ahead and bust! What a wonderful thing you've chosen to do.

re: #21 VegasRick

Absolut asshole, here.

Just add vodka !

A saying comes to mind:
"I am not as good as I once was, but I am as good once as I ever was"

re: #20 gettinby

“I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap”
Spanish Proverb

/is this the same as having an open mind?

Sounds like something a mouse would say.

re: #30 missouri boy

Ugh:)
/

True story:

In my fridge, there is a drawer containing many kinds of cheese. There is one particular brand of cheese that, whenever I reach for it, my Labrador comes running into the kitchen. She can be sound asleep, but seems to somehow know I'm reaching for that particular package.

It is uncanny, almost creepy the way she just knows..... could I have stumbled on the absolute cheese and don't even know it?

re: #34 VegasRick

Sounds like something a mouse would say.

LOL

/meek is my middle name.

re: #12 rawmuse

I am so proud I could bust. Some of you know that I am hopefully changing careers, going in to Law Enforcement. This morning I passed my agility and physical endurance tests with 100 points to spare. I did better than some candidates 20 years younger than me.

Pass the advil.

How wonderful! Congratulations! The community is so lucky to have you.

re: #21 VegasRick
I like Vodka Absolutely!

re: #33 rawmuse

A saying comes to mind:
"I am not as good as I once was, but I am as good once as I ever was"

Toby Keith!

re: #12 rawmuse

I am so proud I could bust. Some of you know that I am hopefully changing careers, going in to Law Enforcement. This morning I passed my agility and physical endurance tests with 100 points to spare. I did better than some candidates 20 years younger than me.

Pass the advil.

Hot bath with epsom salts.

re: #36 Yankee Division Son

Not sure.

But I am sure you have the smartest animal in the world (imho), as I have one, too.

I would hope that someday the politicians would let our labs meet them before we vote.

Would save us a LOT of time researching the politicians! LOL

re: #39 TaterTot

Gin was what brought me to the miserable existence I once led, glad to say it is now cranberry juice.

I'm partial to a nice Danish Havarti myself.

re: #21 VegasRick

I like Absolut Vodka.

Ah, yes. The Aztlan enthusiasts.

They'll never sell another bottle of that to me.

re: #14 jainphx

Yeah if you like suddenly standing there by your self.

?

You lost me.

re: #46 gop_patriot

Who passed the Cheese.

re: #22 Petero
I hear a knocking at the door...I think they are here already!

re: #42 gettinby

I totally agree!

I like Danish Havarti with caraway seeds, but just about any other type will do fine.

re: #21 VegasRick

I like Absolut Vodka.

I don't and here's why.

re: #12 rawmuse

Congratulations and Best of Luck!

re: #47 jainphx

Who passed the Cheese.

LOL! You're a guy, aren't you. ;)

/Plus I think you meant to respond to #9, but maybe not...

Congrats Rawmuse, wish you many productive and happy and safe years on the force.

I had to laugh that the UN is coming to judge the US on issues of fake discrimination allegedly perpetrated against the Obamanation (will they investigate the ageism and sexism that have been foisted by the Obamanation's minions against McCain and Hillary?) When the UN gets the perpetrators of antisemitic propaganda (paid for by its own monies) to stop printing the garbage, then we might take the UN, a hairs' breadth more seriously than a butt monkey. If I were Mayor Bloomberg (who unfortunately appears to be 90 percent up the arse of the UN) I would not give the rapporteur (UN for psychopathological liar) the time of day, or provide him with any police protection or other civil amenities. Oh to have Rudy at the helm, who would have escorted this creep out of the City, tout de suite, without a second thought.

re: #51 Macker

I don't and here's why.

I also have a few problems with some of their recent ad campaigns...
And there is lots of great vodka around..

re: #53 gop_patriot

Oh I'm sorry, your absolutely right forgive me. Women Do not pass the cheese.

I had a insight a few days ago as to why obama's "Diplomatic veiw" is so dangerous to the United States.

Its because its based on a misguided notion put forward by some like Ron Paul and others that its US military intervention that is causing Islamic Anger.

The left likes to argue that Islam would not hate the US if we would just simply stop attacking them and leave them alone. That poverty is what is the root cause of terrorism and that we can simply end it by ending poverty.

But take a closer look at the Jihadists and none of that stands the test of facts. For one Osama and thier ilk are not poor but from wealthy or upper class homes.

Further more Osama was upset at the US for having troops in Saudi Arabia. Yet these troops were on remote bases and not occupying Saudi Arabia. So why the anger ?

The truth is easier to understand but is missed by the left. The islamics dont hate the west for its military but for it counter culture to their belief systems.

Islam has strick rigid codes of conduct. Everything in the west runs counter to those code. Islam isnt threaten by the US's military its threated by the entire western way of life which competes with Islam.

So the Islamics try to keep the west out. But the internet and TV and all the interconnections between countries makes that near impossible to prevent. Thus the Islamics feel threated not so much Western Militarys as by western Ideals. Hence the great effort to limit young muslims to western exposure.

But the true final danger is that they can not fully limit it. They themselves use the Internet and cell Phones for Jihad. The very instriments that give them exposure to the west they themselves need to keep their beliefs spreading.

So that is they ultimate danger. The Islamics cannot allow a competing belief system survive because ultimately it means their own way is threatened beyond their control. And why ultimately they need to attack the west to prevent the "Rot" they see as threatening them. So in the ultimately final veiw diplomacy and talk can not work because that doesnt end the threat as the Islamics themselves see it.

re: #44 Charles

Good stuff, I love Brie en Croute also. MMMMMM

And the bleu cheese burger from Red Robin. LOL

re: #43 jainphx

I like cranberry juice absolutely too, but in moderation, of course!

re: #51 Macker

I don't and here's why.

I did not see that, guess it's back to Grey Goose or Bevedere.

re: #36 Yankee Division Son

Very discerning lab you've got - the ones I know would eat any cheese (and anything else).

My Big Dog loved standing next to me, peering into the fridge - he could hear the fridge door open even when asleep on the other side of the house.
He also knew straightaway where the fridge was, when we went self-catering, staying in cottages all over the British Isles.
He loved cheese - but, having a bit of lab in him somewhere in his ancestry, he ate everything, except gherkins and pickled onions. Oh - and he wasn't too sure about radishes ...

re: #60 VegasRick

I did not see that, guess it's back to Grey Goose or Bevedere.

Try some Tito's Handmade Vodka from Austin, Texas, and let Absolut know why.

Six retired Floridians were playing poker in the condo clubhouse when Fred loses $500 on a single hand, clutches his chest and drops dead at the table.
Showing respect...the other five continue playing standing up. Carl looks around and asks, "So, who is going to tell Fred's wife?"
They cut cards and Walter has the 2 of clubs and has to carry the news. The guys tell Walter to be descreet.
Walter says, "My middle name is descreet..I can handle it"
Walter goes to Fred's Apartment and knocks on the door. Fred's wife answers through the door and asks what he wants.
Walter declares: "Your husband just lost $500 in a poker game and he is afraid to come home."
"Tell him to drop dead!" yells the wife. "I'll go tell him." replys Walter.

re: #54 eaglewingz08

Hey, you know maybe this Doudou guy is on to something.
You know about the White man being blind to diversity.
But, every time I think about celebrating diversity , I realize that it is racist to notice any differences.

re: #60 VegasRick

Skyy Vodka's pr release on it was pretty funny:
[Link: www.businesswire.com...]

re: #59 TaterTot

Spent way to many days trying to find where I lived. Can't even remember to this day what I did. All in the past now.

re: #29 uncle_monkey

Love it...an all time favorite of mine along with the Dead Parrot Sketch.

re: #56 jainphx

I know I can be spacey sometimes, but I did not understand why having sunny weather and liking this time of year would leave me standing alone. I couldn't figure out what I was missing! ROFLMAO!

re: #12 rawmuse

I am so proud I could bust. Some of you know that I am hopefully changing careers, going in to Law Enforcement. This morning I passed my agility and physical endurance tests with 100 points to spare. I did better than some candidates 20 years younger than me.

Pass the advil.

Here you go! It's my secret bottle of those fancy Advil gel-caps!
I squirrel them away just for me because they're so expensive,
but I'm giving them to you because YOU DESERVE IT !

Ah, thanks. Much better now.

Trappist Monks make delicious cheese.

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re: #65 jaunte

Skyy Vodka's pr release on it was pretty funny:
[Link: www.businesswire.com...]

HA! Skyy it is, thanks jaunte, I hadn't seen that.

re: #44 Charles

I'm partial to a nice Danish Havarti myself.

Havarti is a table cheese that can be sliced, grilled, or melted.

Yum

/my personal favorite is Provolone..namely, with cheesesteak sandwiches.
//not invited to many wine and cheese-tasting parties.

re: #70 rawmuse

And there my friend is the secret you must keep. The young recover much faster, but the older are more able to say there all better with a smile.

re: #61 yma o hyd

Very discerning lab you've got - the ones I know would eat any cheese (and anything else).

My Big Dog loved standing next to me, peering into the fridge - he could hear the fridge door open even when asleep on the other side of the house.
He also knew straightaway where the fridge was, when we went self-catering, staying in cottages all over the British Isles.
He loved cheese - but, having a bit of lab in him somewhere in his ancestry, he ate everything, except gherkins and pickled onions. Oh - and he wasn't too sure about radishes ...

I had a 120 pound , male Golden Retriever.He was a savage & would eat almost anything with the exception of pickles.
I gave him a cheese burger.The dog takes it whole & woofs it down.
He finishes & spits out the pickle.Fascinating!

Well, gotta go for today, Lizards - wounded souls need consoling. Yeah - it was the world-famous FA* Cup final today, at Wembley, and the finalists were Portsmouth and Cardiff City.
Folks, we lost ... by one goal to nil ... there's wailing in Cardiff now, which means we all have to calm things down.
Seeya tomorrow!

*FA = Football Association (of Great Britain).

I changed my avatar just for the occasion.

re: #62 OldLineTexan

Tito's KICKS ASS! Better than imports twice the price. I've made many converts.

I also like Skyy (not love), but do love their response to the Absolut Reconquista Ad

re: #57 Bill Amos

Nice summary of the basic problem!

re: #72 gop_patriot

Agh! Beat me!

I love cheese of any kind except Stilton.

re: #70 rawmuse
Congrats! Do you attend a police academy type training program?

re: #67 TaterTot

Love it...an all time favorite of mine along with the Dead Parrot Sketch.

That's the first thing that popped in my head when I read cheese.
Those (two) are classics with Palin and Cleese. Maybe I'll pop those in the DVD player tonight.

re: #75 opnion

I had a 120 pound , male Golden Retriever.He was a savage & would eat almost anything with the exception of pickles.
I gave him a cheese burger.The dog takes it whole & woofs it down.
He finishes & spits out the pickle.Fascinating!

I don't know how dogs do that, but the sure can just eat whatever they want and never swallow the parts they don't like. My dog is famous for spitting out any pills we try to hide in cheese. My vet finally told me that the one thing they can't extract the pill from is - peanut butter. Works like a charm.

re: #75 opnion

I had a 120 pound , male Golden Retriever.He was a savage & would eat almost anything with the exception of pickles.
I gave him a cheese burger.The dog takes it whole & woofs it down.
He finishes & spits out the pickle.Fascinating!

Now that's funny!

/btw never feed onions to a dog, they're toxic. but you probably knew that. :)

Gorgonzola cheese is yummy. So is Asiago.

re: #85 gop_patriot

Toxic to who the dog or the nose.

re: #77 rightymouse

I changed my avatar just for the occasion.

Perfect! ROFLOL!