A Concise History of the Fauxtography Blogstorm in the 2006 Lebanon War
Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:04:03 pm PDT
A great piece by Stephen D. Cooper: A Concise History of the Fauxtography Blogstorm in the 2006 Lebanon War - American Communication Journal.
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Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:04:03 pm PDT
A great piece by Stephen D. Cooper: A Concise History of the Fauxtography Blogstorm in the 2006 Lebanon War - American Communication Journal.
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Render Wed, May 21, 2008 9:05:58pm |
whoa whoa whoa!
I just got back.
BLOG
POST
BLAST,
R
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Globular Cluster Wed, May 21, 2008 9:06:44pm |
If only there were more professors like Cooper.
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MandyManners Wed, May 21, 2008 9:08:27pm |
That was the summer of my arrival here.
REUTERS, YOU SUCK DONKEY.
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Kosh's Shadow Wed, May 21, 2008 9:08:40pm |
re: #3 Globular Cluster
If only there were more professors like Cooper.
He'd never make it at Hahvahd or Chomsky's MIT. He actually thinks.
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Globular Cluster Wed, May 21, 2008 9:16:16pm |
re: #6 Kosh's Shadow
He'd never make it at Hahvahd or Chomsky's MIT. He actually thinks.
The Harvard journalism school is a disgrace. Not much different than Columbia's. I recall a professor appearing on PBS regarding the NY Times hit piece on McCain (his non-existent "affair"). The Harvard professor was defending the Times.
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Fenway_Nation Wed, May 21, 2008 9:21:20pm |
One can always hope that show of force by Hezbollah last week was simply the photographer trying to remove (large quantites of ) dirt under difficult lighting....
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bosforus Wed, May 21, 2008 9:26:48pm |
re: #5 MandyManners
That was the summer of my arrival here.
REUTERS, YOU SUCK DONKEY.
Same here, except it took me a year to finally register! Next time I try to register at a site that has selective registration I'll be sure to have already thought of a screen name to avoid a repeat of my panic attack when I finally caught an open registration.
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gop_patriot Wed, May 21, 2008 9:28:19pm |
Wow, that's an amazing article. Concise, indeed! I haven't even gone through it all yet. Fantastic.
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JimmyTheClaw Wed, May 21, 2008 9:37:57pm |
what a night
why do i have to keep correcting "point out truth" the msm oh well i only pissed off a few kool-aid drinkers at the private club i drink at
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jaunte Wed, May 21, 2008 9:38:19pm |
Reposting from the Eurofascists thread:
I have to make a comment about MacGregor's spinoff link upstairs:
My business partner, who has spent the last 15 years or more with a cell-phone near his head, has had two brain surgeries recently to remove "schwannomas," and is now deaf in one ear. Read the whole thing, and be warned. Use the cell sparingly.
Acoustic neuromas, also called schwannomas, are a non-cancerous tumor that develops on the nerve that connects the ear to the brain. The tumor usually grows slowly. As it grows, it presses against the nerves responsible for hearing and balance. Radiosurgery is usually the standard treatment.
Signs and symptoms of acoustic neuromas may include hearing loss, usually gradual — although in some cases sudden — and occurring on only one side or more pronounced on one side, ringing (tinnitus) in the affected ear, dizziness (vertigo), loss of balance, facial numbness and tingling. The tumor also may press on the brainstem and in rare cases, it may grow large enough to compress the brainstem and be life-threatening.
[Link: [Link: www.cancermonthly.com...]...]
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 9:40:44pm |
I simply must say congratulations to Charles, zombie, Rusty and the other bloggers involved in all this.
While I certainly was aware of much of this through LGF and Charles' efforts to get the truth out into the light of day, and especially zombie's truly excellent work in assembling, analyzing and presenting a great deal of the bloggers work, until I read this article by Mr. Cooper I still didn't appreciate the nature and the incredible extent of these exercises in journalistic dishonestly and deceit.
Again, congratulations to Charles, zombie, Rusty, all of the other bloggers involved and especially to Mr. Cooper for synthesizing so clearly the events that occurred and the manifest lying and cover up's by not just the Mainstream Media, but especially the SOURCES (AP, AFP, Reuters) of the MSM's information. That these perfect examples of journalist perfidy - really first covered by Charles and especially after zombies' excellent pieces, continued and were, only partially and grudgingly accepted by those news sources speaks VOLUMES about the lack of ANY journalistic ethic's or mores.
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right_on_target Wed, May 21, 2008 9:41:08pm |
The news wire services need to wise up.
EVERYBODY has access to computers and can clearly see when photos and documents have been altered. EVERY digital camera comes with almost production photo studio software so people have learned a lot fixing Uncle Joe's snaggle tooth, Aunt Emma's red eyes and getting rid of the tree growing out of Grandpa's head.
Maybe they need to go back to pen/ink drawings and dream up their own propaganda.
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Neo Con since 9-11 Wed, May 21, 2008 9:41:08pm |
con·cise (kn-ss)
adj.
Expressing much in few words; clear and succinct.
Excellent and thorough the article was. At 16,000 words, concise it was not.
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jaunte Wed, May 21, 2008 9:43:36pm |
re: #24 ploome hineni
Sounds like you might want to get that checked!
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pat Wed, May 21, 2008 9:44:55pm |
Juante, that does not sound well, re ear phones, does it? (pun intended (sometimes they are just missed, sigh))
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 9:46:53pm |
re: #21 right_on_target Um, with all due respect, while I obvioulsy do have access to computers and the net, I can't always tell when a photo has been fooled around with or digitally altered. Thank God for people like Charles and Zombie and Rusty Shackelford who in fact can see or at least "sense" that something is wrong with a photograph.
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 9:48:50pm |
re: #26 jaunte Thanks juante! It's easy to summarize that which has been presented so clearly (though I must confess I had to read Mr. Cooper's article twice to really get the summation correct)!
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pat Wed, May 21, 2008 9:49:02pm |
I will confess to a miniscule part. After Charles did his photo analysis, the first time, I contacted Michelle Malkin, late at nite. She went nuts on it. Lead story in minutes. She thanked me. She likes Charles.
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jaunte Wed, May 21, 2008 9:50:05pm |
re: #27 pat
I have to say, I'm not a scientist or a doctor, and my knowledge of "schwannomas" is only by knowing my business partner. but he is a heavy cell-phone user, and he did have to have surgery twice. He is a sailor. If he had just (by chance) done any scuba diving, the doctors say the tumor would have killed him at depth, because it had weakened his eardrum and made a passageway into his brain that seawater could have entered.
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 9:50:28pm |
re: #30 pat You know, I haven't really been to Michelle's site in quite a while, does she have LGF on her blogroll?
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jaunte Wed, May 21, 2008 9:53:12pm |
re: #32 realwest
She has a "Buzzworthy" column on the right side of her site, but no permanent blogroll I can see.
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ophidian Wed, May 21, 2008 9:54:19pm |
The author also has a book "Watching the Watchdog: Bloggers As the Fifth Estate." The summary on Amazon notes that the book touches on Rathergate.
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Killgore Trout Wed, May 21, 2008 9:56:53pm |
re: #34 ophidian
Interesting. Looks like we have a lizard here.
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pat Wed, May 21, 2008 9:59:22pm |
jaunte, I am concerned only as a runner. Ipod. only 12 people have my cell # and I don't know how to use it any way.
RW, I have no idea, Michelle attracts a different group than LGF. Let us say that Mandy, Trigger Girlie, Ginn, Bebe Boobs Destroy, tfk, song and dance, etc would be considered abnormal. Here?......they are the gang.
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right_on_target Wed, May 21, 2008 10:00:09pm |
re: #28 realwest
Sorry,
Didn't mean to demean anyone in the general public but I meant to emphasize to the Wire services that THEY should realize the public in general are wise-ing up because of progress in technology.
That's one of the great things about this blog and a few others is that
the moderators TEACH.
But I don't know which course Charles is on now, Fauxtography 101, 102 or 110.
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tradewind Wed, May 21, 2008 10:00:19pm |
To the false disseminator Charles of the small green imperialist/infidel game ball made of skin of the pig /spit/ and his evil minions:You people have no idea how hard you are making my life as I struggle to adjust to my new gig as Syrian Information Minister, dammit....
You should all be committing suicide at the Cedars by the hundreds, I am quite certain of this.....
PBUH, Mohammed S'ayd Ali, Aka Baghdad Bob
Former Iraqi Information minister
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Intrepid Wed, May 21, 2008 10:00:37pm |
I read through the first inch or so (as noted by the lil' scroll button on the right) but I will save it to go back and read it all later. It is a scholarly work, and one that is most appreciated for its recognition of the true journalistic work of those who debunk the "work" (spit) of those who are supposedly "real" journalists.
In this internet age, the term "journalist" has changed indeed.
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BlueCanuck Wed, May 21, 2008 10:01:58pm |
Well, that was quite a read. Very well written and documented.
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ophidian Wed, May 21, 2008 10:02:50pm |
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least Wed, May 21, 2008 10:05:12pm |
Unfortunately, the MSM has a deep, deep, DEEP memory hole.
I predict that this story will get not the coverage it should. And I'm confident that those who should read about it and learn from it - won't.
Be vigilant, Leezards!
('cause they sure won't)
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jaunte Wed, May 21, 2008 10:05:17pm |
re: #36 pat
I think ipod through the earbuds is no problem. Radio waves through the skull is a problem...
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Intrepid Wed, May 21, 2008 10:05:55pm |
re: #36 pat
jaunte, I am concerned only as a runner. Ipod. only 12 people have my cell # and I don't know how to use it any way.
RW, I have no idea, Michelle attracts a different group than LGF. Let us say that Mandy, Trigger Girlie, Ginn, Bebe Boobs Destroy, tfk, song and dance, etc would be considered abnormal. Here?......they are the gang.
There is definitely a narrow scope of viewpoint on MM's site, but sometimes I get good insight from them. They have a troll or two, but they all join together to trounce them soundly.
Her focus often runs toward illegal immigration issues, and general critique of the Republican party. I've seen LGF headlines on her rotating blogroll - that's how I came to read here, back a number of months ago.
Michelle sure can whip out the zingers against idiocy, I must say.
/grateful to MM's site for leading me to lizardia!
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slokat Wed, May 21, 2008 10:06:27pm |
re: #35 Killgore Trout
How about a slew of slow ol' lizards?
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gop_patriot Wed, May 21, 2008 10:06:38pm |
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lummox Wed, May 21, 2008 10:07:16pm |
The MSM lies and distorts, yawn.
That's the msm's good point.
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pat Wed, May 21, 2008 10:07:28pm |
NYNana, LOL. (all my home computers are down except this old iMac).
Did you read my articles at 1000 Papercuts?
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Intrepid Wed, May 21, 2008 10:08:18pm |
re: #37 right_on_target
The great thing I've seen here is that Charles starts the lessons, and the lizards continue on with the instructions! I've learned heaps from being here.
Hope to continue learning!
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 10:08:21pm |
re: #35 Killgore Trout Well, not new exactly, but someone whom I trust will post more often that he/she has to date!
Oh, and my apologies to Dr. Cooper for calling him Mr. instead of Doctor.
Hey Killgore, did you read the two customer reviews - pretty damned good!
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Intrepid Wed, May 21, 2008 10:10:39pm |
re: #44 jaunte
I think ipod through the earbuds is no problem. Radio waves through the skull is a problem...
Except for hearing loss - watch out for the volume on your IPod!
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:11:13pm |
Wow, zombietime is mentioned extensively in this chapter. I'm an object of academic analysis!
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pat Wed, May 21, 2008 10:11:25pm |
Of course I love Michelle, or would not mention that she personally thanked me. She is as polite as she is pretty.
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jaunte Wed, May 21, 2008 10:11:31pm |
re: #50 slokat
I didn't see one in the article; take my caution as a sample of one, but it's serious enough I thought I should post it. Here's the link to the article:
[Link: www.cancermonthly.com...]
This study did not say that cell phone use leads to brain tumors, only that long-term use may increase one’s statistical risk of certain brain tumors. In addition, it should be noted, that other studies have concluded that there is no connection between cell phones and increased risk of cancer. This issue is far from resolved. But for those heavy cell-phone users who want to err on the side of caution, it may be wise to use one of the various non-RF devices (such as headphones) that can place some distance between a cell phone and the user’s brain.
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ophidian Wed, May 21, 2008 10:12:00pm |
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ophidian Wed, May 21, 2008 10:13:20pm |
re: #57 ophidian
Good find! (I couldn't find much of anything on that website.) That page also links to an (audio) interview about the book.
Which, of course, is broken.
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Psaturn Wed, May 21, 2008 10:13:45pm |
I read that article...it ends with commentary about Zombie...
Zombie is FAMOUS!
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pat Wed, May 21, 2008 10:13:52pm |
#54 zombie ,no doubt curious as to why the undead are so interested in war and the fauxtography thereof...
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Psaturn Wed, May 21, 2008 10:14:38pm |
re: #54 zombie
Wow, zombietime is mentioned extensively in this chapter. I'm an object of academic analysis!
Yeah! Will you let the author take your picture and show to the whole world?
Just kidding!
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right_on_target Wed, May 21, 2008 10:15:06pm |
re: #47 gop_patriot
Read the syllabus for each one of his courses. You'll get an idea about the professor.
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Intrepid Wed, May 21, 2008 10:15:24pm |
re: #54 zombie
Wow, zombietime is mentioned extensively in this chapter. I'm an object of academic analysis!
With all your work, how could you not be mentioned?
Be ready for scholarly folk to come and dig through your work!
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NY Nana Wed, May 21, 2008 10:15:47pm |
re: #49 pat
NYNana, LOL. (all my home computers are down except this old iMac).
Did you read my articles at 1000 Papercuts?
Ouch! No, I didn't...in the spinoffs or the blog?
/I have Macaphobia...my daughter and son in law both have Macs, and I have yet to use theirs in the 4 years they are married!
The 20-month old thinks he is sending me emails...hilarious! Yipes! He will be 22 months old in a week.
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:16:58pm |
I still feel guilty as hell about all this because my "Taxonomy of Fraud" chapter is still half-finished after all this time; and I wasted many days working on the supra-directory of which the ambulance report was originally just a small subset, but never got around to finishing any of it. Look at this tragic page:
THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTIONas of December 28, 2006
We hope to have it online sometime in January. Check back then. It will be worth the wait!
Until then, you can see the previous version of the report that will soon updated here by visiting the zombietime Reuters Photo Scandal page.
You should see the half-finished report that was gonna go there. A thing of beauty. Alas, I now accept that i will never finish it. There's simply not enough time in the day.
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 10:17:16pm |
re: #48 lummox You are of course correct, but what I found fascinating was how the MSM's only real "sources" of news in the ME (I do NOT count "journalists" hiding in the hotel bars in the Green Zone), that is, Reuters, AP and AFP, were the ones guilty of distorting and lying and covering up - not just to us, but to the very MSM itself.
Mind you I'm not excusing the MSM - any source needs to be checked and especially sources with photographs, where the MSM all would seem to have photography "editors" who ought to be able to see this bullshit and either don't or choose to ignore it.
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Intrepid Wed, May 21, 2008 10:18:22pm |
re: #55 pat
Of course I love Michelle, or would not mention that she personally thanked me. She is as polite as she is pretty.
And she rose highly in my esteem when Geraldo Rivera said he would spit on her if he saw her!
Which led to her not being on Bill O'Reilly's show anymore, since Bill didn't stand up to Geraldo for his statement.
Anyone who pisses off Geraldo in such a way gets my respect.
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redc1c4 Wed, May 21, 2008 10:20:36pm |
re: #54 zombie
Wow, zombietime is mentioned extensively in this chapter. I'm an object of academic analysis!
you're probably the author..... %-)
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 10:21:55pm |
re: #47 gop_patriot Great find! Dr. Cooper is apparently very well trained in dealing with matters such as the one he wrote upon and there is a half hour or so audio clip of his being interviewed which I WILL listen to tomorrow when I can turn on the speakers!
Thanks!
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ophidian Wed, May 21, 2008 10:22:41pm |
re: #59 ophidian
re: #70 realwest
Although the web link does not seem to work, the podcast is still on iTunes (search for tcs). Interview is with Ed Driscoll (who, of course, has also interviewed Charles and a variety of other interesting people).
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:23:15pm |
re: #69 redc1c4
you're probably the author..... %-)
Oh yeah, that's right, I've got that professor gig in Kansas....
...I've got so many identities, even I lose track of them all!
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Killgore Trout Wed, May 21, 2008 10:25:03pm |
re: #52 realwest
Hey Killgore, did you read the two customer reviews - pretty damned good!
It looks very interesting. I've bookmarked it but I'm not sure if I'll ever get around to reading it. I'm way behind on my reading.
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:26:25pm |
The truth is, I really am that absent-minded. Once, in college, I signed up for a required class, went for two sessions, then completely forgot about it and never went again -- the entire thing just slipped right out of my mind. Weird, hunh? Luckily, I found out the next semester that I had been automatically dropped, since the prof assumed I meant to withdraw from the class and had just neglected to tell him. Saved my ass from getting an F.
I took it again the following year, to great embarrassment.
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pat Wed, May 21, 2008 10:26:37pm |
65 NYNana. I posted 2 little articles at Death By 1000 Papercuts, (google) they are a few days old. And since i do not really have a computer can not do more for a while. One was obama Fitness, The other On Turkey Torture, those are key words I think. I would like your opinion.
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Intrepid Wed, May 21, 2008 10:26:55pm |
re: #72 zombie
Oh yeah, that's right, I've got that professor gig in Kansas....
...I've got so many identities, even I lose track of them all!
Hey, a zombie's gotta make a buck somehow! A tenured college gig can pay decent bucks, even if it is in Kansas!
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 10:27:25pm |
re: #54 zombie Yes, indeed you are the object of academic analysis! And it's truly well done analysis of some truly special work on your part! Indeed your work was prominently and heartily congratulated on #20 above!
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lostlakehiker Wed, May 21, 2008 10:27:41pm |
What is most interesting here is that an academic even dares to act like an academic and use logic and evidence in this politically fraught realm.
This is good academic work, to be sure. But it's also courageous.
Battlefield courage isn't the only kind. It takes courage, of sorts, to put a career at risk when one could quietly walk on by on the other side and no one would ever notice that you'd chickened out.
Although the author studiously avoids concluding that the photojournalism in question is systemically fraudulent, he assembles so much evidence that the conclusion is pretty much inescapable. He also credits the blogosphere with a degree of rationality. Well, yes, but that is a daring observation.
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NY Nana Wed, May 21, 2008 10:28:30pm |
re: #65 NY Nana
The
2021-month old thinks he is sending me emails...hilarious! Yipes! He will be 22 months old in a week.
Note to me: your math sucks!
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 10:28:54pm |
re: #71 ophidian Thank you! And hey - seriously - I hope you can come out on LGF more often!
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:29:05pm |
re: #78 realwest
Yes, indeed you are the object of academic analysis! And it's truly well done analysis of some truly special work on your part! Indeed your work was prominently and heartily congratulated on #20 above!
I saw that! Now you've got me blushing.
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Racer X Wed, May 21, 2008 10:30:31pm |
re: #74 zombie
Once, in college, I signed up for a required class, went for two sessions, then completely forgot about it and never went again -- the entire thing just slipped right out of my mind. Weird, hunh?
Weed?
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slokat Wed, May 21, 2008 10:30:57pm |
...Blushing Zombies
I think I saw that band once in the 80's?
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NY Nana Wed, May 21, 2008 10:31:25pm |
re: #75 pat
I will google them...if I can still see straight!
My email is blue if you should need it.
Good luck with the computer mess. My Dell (rhymes with Hell for a reason) scares me a lot!
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Intrepid Wed, May 21, 2008 10:32:01pm |
re: #80 NY Nana
Note to me: your math sucks!
NY Nana - is he the one who keeps sending out all those angels hugging teddy bears w/scriptures mass e-mails, with an encouragement to send it to 10 of your closest friends?
I swear, if I get another one of those I'm gonna scream!
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 10:33:29pm |
re: #82 zombie Well heck, it's the least I can do for you - LGF Operative and proprietor of zombietime, who has given us all significant insights through not only your work cited in Dr. Cooper's article, but in so many other pieces of work. Can't thank you enough - now STOP blushing! LOL!
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slokat Wed, May 21, 2008 10:33:58pm |
Y'all were doing theme songs the other day... I'm partial to this one Zombie
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wolfie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:34:57pm |
re: #72 zombie
Oh yeah, that's right, I've got that professor gig in Kansas....
...I've got so many identities, even I lose track of them all!
re: #77 Intrepid
Hey, a zombie's gotta make a buck somehow! A tenured college gig can pay decent bucks, even if it is in Kansas!
Marshall University is in bitter, clingy, typical white West Virginia ! A fine month for WVA, I'd say!
Don't know why Obama doesn't like them. They have a Waffle House on practically every corner.
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:35:17pm |
re: #83 Racer X
Weed?
Nope. No drugs involved. My main problem was that I was taking way too many classes and juggling way too many other life responsibilities simultaneously. I look back now and wonder hell in the hell I did it. I basically never slept for a couple years.
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ophidian Wed, May 21, 2008 10:35:20pm |
re: #81 realwest
Thanks. I am a long-time lurker (and I do lurk quite a bit), but I don't have time to post much. In fact, it's time for bed; I'll need to read the paper later.
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 10:37:06pm |
re: #79 lostlakehiker
Good post - really. I hadn't frankly thought about that until you made that comment.
Thanks a lot!
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:37:13pm |
re: #89 wolfie
Marshall University is in bitter, clingy, typical white West Virginia !
Well that explains it! No wonder I lost track of that job. I was looking in the wrong state.
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Psaturn Wed, May 21, 2008 10:37:35pm |
re: #89 wolfie
Wow...I saw quite a few Waffle House in Florida. I did not get a chance to go but my friends did. They said it was awful.
Oh well.
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:38:45pm |
re: #87 realwest
My work is not done until I stop Obama from getting elected. Which is exactly what I plan to do.
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redc1c4 Wed, May 21, 2008 10:40:33pm |
re: #96 zombie
My work is not done until I stop Obama from getting elected. Which is exactly what I plan to do.
you racist!
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Intrepid Wed, May 21, 2008 10:42:57pm |
re: #89 wolfie
Marshall University is in bitter, clingy, typical white West Virginia ! A fine month for WVA, I'd say!
Don't know why Obama doesn't like them. They have a Waffle House on practically every corner.
Dang, Wolfie - you've got me hankering now for an order of hash browns w/cheese and onions, with a side of toast!
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Winslow Wed, May 21, 2008 10:42:58pm |
He analyzes media fraud;
She leaves her readers overawed.
It spells the propagandists’ doom,
By blogging in its living room.He now uncloaks the Red Cross hoax;
She lays it bare with masterstrokes.
It’s zombietime, let forth a yell!
That tireless zombie infidel!
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 10:44:07pm |
re: #51 Intrepid Well I can honestly say, after having been here since, iirc, December of 2003 - before registration - that there hasn't been a week go by that I haven't learned something new and valuable out here (well, except when I had the misfortune of missing LGF for about six weeks total due to hospitalizations). Indeed, I'm very tempted to say that it's rare that a day goes by when I don't learn something of value out here.
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wolfie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:45:20pm |
re: #95 Psaturn
Wow...I saw quite a few Waffle House in Florida. I did not get a chance to go but my friends did. They said it was awful.
Oh well.
Well, the waffles are a little bit rubbery.
Oh, all right. They are very rubbery.
But the sausage is pretty good and the jukeboxes always have at least a couple of vintage George Jones & Merle Haggard songs.
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 10:45:37pm |
re: #96 zombie Now that's the best news I've heard all week! GO for it!
And if y'all need a little research help or anything, my nic's in blue!
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:46:01pm |
re: #99 Winslow
Quite accurate -- except I blog from my hot tub, not my living room!
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DesertSage Wed, May 21, 2008 10:46:19pm |
Obama, his Socialist agenda and his Marxist stormtroopers need to be stopped!
We need to get it together...because there's something in the air!
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Killian Bundy Wed, May 21, 2008 10:47:03pm |
Burning missionaries' New Testaments in Israel?
/hmm . . .
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:47:27pm |
re: #102 realwest
Now that's the best news I've heard all week! GO for it!
And if y'all need a little research help or anything, my nic's in blue!
When the time comes, I'll be asking a lot of people -- you included -- for help!
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kay1212 Wed, May 21, 2008 10:48:55pm |
The article is excellent. My congrats to all involved. I am inordinately and ridiculously proud to be the kay1212 that Charles so kindly hat tipped for using "fauxtography" to mean fake photos as noted in the first footnote in the article.
[What actually happened was my painters had just finished some columns in my entryway and I still had faux painting on my mind. When I was reading the amazing coverage in LGF and the obviously altered photos, the phrase was obvious and popped out. Still...I am honored to have played the tiniest bit part in the great media oversight team, led by Charles Johnson, that is LGF.]
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wolfie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:50:24pm |
re: #98 Intrepid
Dang, Wolfie - you've got me hankering now for an order of hash browns w/cheese and onions, with a side of toast!
Lord, I almost forgot about those! When I was pregnant w/ my 2nd kid I was seriously addicted to those hash browns. I used to sneak over there in the middle of the night to get 'em. Really! All the waitresses knew me by name and would put on a little extra cheese and butter. :D
Haven't eaten since then....over 15 years ago!
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realwest Wed, May 21, 2008 10:51:31pm |
Well all y'all it's really late again for me and again I have a bunch of chores to get done tomorrow, so I'm going to get some sleep!
I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you down the road.
Goodnight, All.
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Psaturn Wed, May 21, 2008 10:51:58pm |
re: #106 zombie
When the time comes, I'll be asking a lot of people -- you included -- for help!
Feel free to ask for my help too!
The area I can help is the Christian theology aspect, specially with United Church of Christ / Liberation Theology / Rev. Wright...
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DesertSage Wed, May 21, 2008 10:52:02pm |
It seems like a dream....Obama has half the country Hypnotized.
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Psaturn Wed, May 21, 2008 10:53:03pm |
re: #107 kay1212
The article is excellent. My congrats to all involved. I am inordinately and ridiculously proud to be the kay1212 that Charles so kindly hat tipped for using "fauxtography" to mean fake photos as noted in the first footnote in the article.
[What actually happened was my painters had just finished some columns in my entryway and I still had faux painting on my mind. When I was reading the amazing coverage in LGF and the obviously altered photos, the phrase was obvious and popped out. Still...I am honored to have played the tiniest bit part in the great media oversight team, led by Charles Johnson, that is LGF.]
Wow! So YOU are the one that came up with the term !
Nice to meet ya!
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Clemente Wed, May 21, 2008 10:55:56pm |
Them were interesting times.
Meh. I do wish Dr. Shackleford would correct his attribution for the F-16 enlargement with the red highlights - it was our own Middle_Earth, of course.
Still, fond memories of MSM follies.
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zombie Wed, May 21, 2008 10:57:33pm |
re: #107 kay1212
The article is excellent. My congrats to all involved. I am inordinately and ridiculously proud to be the kay1212 that Charles so kindly hat tipped for using "fauxtography" to mean fake photos as noted in the first footnote in the article.
[What actually happened was my painters had just finished some columns in my entryway and I still had faux painting on my mind. When I was reading the amazing coverage in LGF and the obviously altered photos, the phrase was obvious and popped out. Still...I am honored to have played the tiniest bit part in the great media oversight team, led by Charles Johnson, that is LGF.]
The coiner of "fauxtography"! A legend walks among us!
Your (nick)name will now go down in history.
We are not worthy!
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kay1212 Wed, May 21, 2008 10:57:53pm |
re: #115 Psaturn
Nice to meet you too. I'm normally a lurker. I usually reach a thread after several hundred comments are already posted. Still....I rarely miss a day. There is so much to learn.
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kay1212 Wed, May 21, 2008 10:59:01pm |
re: #117 zombie
Zombie, your work is amazing and I bow in admiration. I am not worthy.
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NY Nana Wed, May 21, 2008 10:59:35pm |
re: #86 Intrepid
Not guilty! ;) He types in some sort of code that I have yet to break! I have them saved, and am thinking of sending them to the Secret Service or Mossad.
He is innocent, I tell you!
/I get all the boring spam.
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NY Nana Wed, May 21, 2008 11:02:31pm |
re: #114 DesertSage
Thanks, Sage! You know how much I ♥ you, in a Grandmotherly way! You just did a mitzvah, and I am falling asleep! ;)
G'nite, all.
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wolfie Wed, May 21, 2008 11:03:46pm |
re: #112 slokat
...result from google for Zombie in a Hot Tub
Omigod! We finally have a picture of zombie! :O
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NY Nana Wed, May 21, 2008 11:06:45pm |
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Killian Bundy Wed, May 21, 2008 11:10:54pm |
2 arrested as explosives seized at nuclear plant
Sweden - Two people were arrested Wednesday after a worker was stopped at the entrance of a Swedish nuclear plant with a bag containing traces of an explosive which has been used in terror attacks.
. . .
"They told us a welder who was going to perform a job there had been stopped in a random security check. He had been carrying small amounts of the highly explosive material TATP," Karlsson said.
Well gee, where's the reporting been on this?
/nothing to see here I guess, move along
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astronmr20 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:11:37pm |
re: #36 pat
jaunte, I am concerned only as a runner. Ipod. only 12 people have my cell # and I don't know how to use it any way.
RW, I have no idea, Michelle attracts a different group than LGF. Let us say that Mandy, Trigger Girlie, Ginn, Bebe Boobs Destroy, tfk, song and dance, etc would be considered abnormal. Here?......they are the gang.
Why? The Ipod gives off no RF. Headphones have no RF.
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astronmr20 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:13:35pm |
re: #126 Killian Bundy
There have been a few posts of this in the spinoff links... looks pretty scary.
And yes.. haven't see it picked up yet. However I have a feeling Charles is holding onto it and giving it the 'old 48-hour rule.
Also, no names of suspects yet, if you know what I mean.
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Psaturn Wed, May 21, 2008 11:16:45pm |
re: #128 astronmr20
Yeah...it is always a good idea not to jump on bandwagon until you know the facts...
It is curious that they would not describe the alleged law breaker at all...could they be native Swede? Maybe one of those Baden Baden gang?
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charolais Wed, May 21, 2008 11:17:33pm |
Off topic, sorry. Who can help me find a picture, I thought I saw it here on LGF yesterday.
It was of the defendant in a knifing case in Frankfurt, who had stabbed a rabbi and nearly killed him. His sentence, given last Monday, was only three and a half years, and so he was photographed laughing it up hysterically with his homies outside the courthouse.
Taken with an extreme wide angle lens, almost a fisheye.
If anyone can help me find that photo, I'd be much obliged,
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DesertSage Wed, May 21, 2008 11:18:27pm |
Obama must be defeated!
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least Wed, May 21, 2008 11:18:27pm |
re: #105 Killian Bundy
Very accurate picture of "religion vs relationship"
Very accurate picture of zeal without knowledge: USAT article has a quote from an Israeli who says that such book burning is a "commandment"
I have searched The Tanakh and couldn't find such a commandment.
I did, however, find this in Isaiah: "This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me"
However, in Gaza, the ROP burns Christian books and shoots Christians - an example of extreme zeal and practicing what is preached.
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wolfie Wed, May 21, 2008 11:19:40pm |
re: #126 Killian Bundy
Residue of the stuff on his hands?!
Egads.
A story to keep an eye on, that's for sure.
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bosforus Wed, May 21, 2008 11:20:16pm |
re: #126 Killian Bundy
If anything, it will be reported as another reason why we shouldn't go nuclear.
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astronmr20 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:21:01pm |
re: #134 bosforus
If anything, it will be reported as another reason why we shouldn't go nuclear.
Exactly. By the same people who tell us there is no terrorist threat!
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pat Wed, May 21, 2008 11:21:02pm |
#127 Astro, because the causation implies the exterior ear, sound as opposed to RD. A build up of protective tissue would likely be the exact response of the body to recognized stimulae. There is almost no research on unobservable biologic interaction to radiation, radiowaves, microwaves etc. And most of such studies are selective.
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Edward Halper Wed, May 21, 2008 11:21:47pm |
My thanks to all who were involves in uncovering these photo frauds.
We need to remember that these shams are the ones that can be uncovered because the photos contain evidence of being doctored. The vast majority of the reporting that comes out the region cannot be investigated in this way. We can surmise that these phony reporters thought that could get poorly doctored photos past the news agencies because they they had experience getting sham stories past the news agencies.
What's happened to journalism?
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Killian Bundy Wed, May 21, 2008 11:22:50pm |
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astronmr20 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:24:57pm |
re: #136 pat
#127 Astro, because the causation implies the exterior ear, sound as opposed to RD. A build up of protective tissue would likely be the exact response of the body to recognized stimulae. There is almost no research on unobservable biologic interaction to radiation, radiowaves, microwaves etc. And most of such studies are selective.
Yes, the research in regards to RF affecting human tissue is spotty (it didn't stop the Europeans for enacting ridiculous restrictions and practices, though). However the only known problematic effect of noise by your ear is either hearing loss or tinnitus.
By the way, I'm an RF engineer (:
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bosforus Wed, May 21, 2008 11:25:10pm |
re: #135 astronmr20
Exactly. By the same people who tell us there is no terrorist threat!
They'll kill two birds with one stone with this story by ignoring the terrorism angle.
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astronmr20 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:26:20pm |
re: #138 Killian Bundy
Surprised the crap out of me too... Even with the MSM being the MSM, makes no sense to me that this has not been picked up by many more news outlets... even if it's somewhat of a false alarm.
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gop_patriot Wed, May 21, 2008 11:27:50pm |
re: #130 charolais
This probably isn't the one you're talking about, but it does show the defendant's friends laughing as they lead him away from the courtroom. It's the 2nd picture, click the arrow under the first picture of the Rabbi who was stabbed to get there.
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Killian Bundy Wed, May 21, 2008 11:28:09pm |
re: #132 least
However, in Gaza, the ROP burns Christian books and shoots Christians - an example of extreme zeal and practicing what is preached.
Well, there's that.
/it just seemed kind of extreme for Israel, Christian missionaries pass their books out, that's what they do, they don't force anyone to accept them in the first place
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redc1c4 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:29:01pm |
re: #124 wolfie
Omigod! We finally have a picture of zombie! :O
i'm pretty sure putting a zombie in a hot tub would wind up looking like this.
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wolfie Wed, May 21, 2008 11:29:43pm |
re: #132 least
Very accurate picture of "religion vs relationship"
Very accurate picture of zeal without knowledge: USAT article has a quote from an Israeli who says that such book burning is a "commandment"I have searched The Tanakh and couldn't find such a commandment.
I did, however, find this in Isaiah: "This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me"However, in Gaza, the ROP burns Christian books and shoots Christians - an example of extreme zeal and practicing what is preached.
I realize I may be a bit paranoid about this, but I almost find this story annoying. I appreciate USAT reporting on it, and it is dismaying. Yet I can't help but think that , if it had happened anywhere but Israel, we wouldn't be hearing about it at all.
There is a great deal of violence against Christians in Africa and Asia now, but the MSM ignores 90% of it.
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Intrepid Wed, May 21, 2008 11:30:11pm |
re: #110 wolfie
Lord, I almost forgot about those! When I was pregnant w/ my 2nd kid I was seriously addicted to those hash browns. I used to sneak over there in the middle of the night to get 'em. Really! All the waitresses knew me by name and would put on a little extra cheese and butter. :D
Haven't eaten since then....over 15 years ago!
Hee - I'm guessing your teen is doing well, regardless of his/her gestation meal?!
Gotta love Waffle House - they are open 24/7.
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kay1212 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:30:20pm |
re: #137 Edward Halper
My thanks to all who were involves in uncovering these photo frauds.
We need to remember that these shams are the ones that can be uncovered because the photos contain evidence of being doctored. The vast majority of the reporting that comes out the region cannot be investigated in this way. We can surmise that these phony reporters thought that could get poorly doctored photos past the news agencies because they they had experience getting sham stories past the news agencies.
What's happened to journalism?
I think the same thing that has happened to Wall Street, mortgage lenders, and others. They are lazy. And sometimes, they have an overriding agenda. My own skill set is in the finance area and I've uncovered many things by slogging through SEC filings that are purposely obtuse. So let's all continue to support Charles and Zombie and others when the truth needs ferreting out. Keep digging lizards.
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redc1c4 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:31:01pm |
everything you might want to know about TATP.
i especially like how they give ways to make it with commonly available ingredients......... WTF were they thinking?
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wolfie Wed, May 21, 2008 11:33:16pm |
re: #144 redc1c4
i'm pretty sure putting a zombie in a hot tub would wind up looking like this.
Blasphemy against the undead! Blasphemy, I say!
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astronmr20 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:34:10pm |
re: #148 redc1c4
everything you might want to know about TATP.
i especially like how they give ways to make it with commonly available ingredients......... WTF were they thinking?
Notice how the article says "use in crime," rather than "use in terrorism," or "use in murder."
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Fenway_Nation Wed, May 21, 2008 11:35:43pm |
re: #148 redc1c4
everything you might want to know about TATP.
i especially like how they give ways to make it with commonly available ingredients......... WTF were they thinking?
Not enough 'workplace accidents' in Gaza lately?
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BlueCanuck Wed, May 21, 2008 11:37:04pm |
re: #144 redc1c4
i'm pretty sure putting a zombie in a hot tub would wind up looking like this.
Oh great, now you have ruined my appetitte for soups and stews. Bad red, very bad red.
/only reason for the down ding. :p
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Killian Bundy Wed, May 21, 2008 11:38:17pm |
re: #134 bosforus
If anything, it will be reported as another reason why we shouldn't go nuclear.
Well, then were going to be energy [expletive deleted] in the long run.
/nuclear plants are actually really hard targets for terrorists on foot, child's play for the B-2 or F-22
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redc1c4 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:42:13pm |
re: #149 wolfie
Blasphemy against the undead! Blasphemy, I say!
what? it's vegetarian in the *best* Bay Area tradition...... %-)
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Killian Bundy Wed, May 21, 2008 11:43:23pm |
re: #148 redc1c4
i especially like how they give ways to make it with commonly available ingredients......... WTF were they thinking?
I didn't see that or I would have reported it. Chemical or electrical bombmaking links/tips aren't particularly appreciated by Charles.
/your call
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redc1c4 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:44:31pm |
re: #152 BlueCanuck
Oh great, now you have ruined my appetitte for soups and stews. Bad red, very bad red.
/only reason for the down ding. :p
you're just mad because someone took a picture of you going out to get the paper..... you look a bit cold. %-)
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BlueCanuck Wed, May 21, 2008 11:45:27pm |
re: #156 redc1c4
yeah, I forgot my longjohns that day.
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abolitionist Wed, May 21, 2008 11:46:07pm |
re: #130 charolais
Off topic, sorry. Who can help me find a picture, I thought I saw it here on LGF yesterday.
It was of the defendant in a knifing case in Frankfurt, who had stabbed a rabbi and nearly killed him. His sentence, given last Monday, was only three and a half years, and so he was photographed laughing it up hysterically with his homies outside the courthouse.
Taken with an extreme wide angle lens, almost a fisheye.
If anyone can help me find that photo, I'd be much obliged,
Don't know about the wideangle/fisheye part, but look here, and just below the 1st pic, and click to view next [2nd] image.
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
[Link: www.cnn.com...]
(Same 2 pics both places.)
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astronmr20 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:46:10pm |
re: #155 Killian Bundy
Relax.
It's a wiki. And splodeydopes know where to find 'splodin instructions anyway.
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Racer X Wed, May 21, 2008 11:46:14pm |
Let's Say Thanks - in support of our troops.
Program sponsored by Xerox to send a printed postcard to U.S. military personnel stationed overseas. Easy to do and free.
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redc1c4 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:46:40pm |
re: #155 Killian Bundy
I didn't see that or I would have reported it. Chemical or electrical bombmaking links/tips aren't particularly appreciated by Charles.
/your call
read the "Accidental Byproduct" section.... it's not completely spelled out, but there's enough info there for someone to try, either for fun or maliciously, and if they had some chemistry training......
/especially if you read a few other articles for different hints.
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charolais Wed, May 21, 2008 11:47:20pm |
re: #142 gop_patriot
thank you for the quick response, but that isn't the one I was looking for... in the meantime I also found [Link: www.bild.de...] , however that is also not the one of the Afghan-born perp laughing it up hysterically.
As I said, it was an extreme wide angle photograph. Strange. I could almost swear I saw it here first.
Thank you again.
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wolfie Wed, May 21, 2008 11:47:25pm |
re: #154 redc1c4
what? it's vegetarian in the *best* Bay Area tradition...... %-)
LOL !
Hmm........an excellent question to examine in philosophy class.
Would a zombie be classified as meat or veggie?
I say meat. They're the walking dead, y'no.
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astronmr20 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:47:38pm |
re: #158 abolitionist
Those pics REALLY make me want to smack those smiles off their sick faces.
/sorry... that shit enrages me. I mustn't let it, but it really does.
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wolfie Wed, May 21, 2008 11:48:57pm |
re: #156 redc1c4
you're just mad because someone took a picture of you going out to get the paper..... you look a bit cold. %-)
Ah, yes. Canada in August!
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Killian Bundy Wed, May 21, 2008 11:52:30pm |
re: #159 astronmr20
Relax.
It's a wiki. And splodeydopes know where to find 'splodin instructions anyway.
Probably at least 20% of Lizards know how to make improvised explosives and most of the rest could easily find it online.
/that doesn't mean Charles likes the information linked or reproduced on LGF, just sayin', I recall one thread on basic circuits that drew deletions and an admonishment
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redc1c4 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:54:26pm |
i found a link to a page that purports to be how to make TATP.....
also, since i googled to find it, i'm sure i'm now on a list somewhere.
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victor_yugo Wed, May 21, 2008 11:57:15pm |
re: #154 redc1c4
what? it's vegetarian in the *best* Bay Area tradition...... %-)
In well-trained hands, tofu is quite delicious. It's one of the few things I miss about the Bay Area.
Fresh Choice on Mountain View's El Camino Real has the best vegetarian menu I've ever had, bar none. I always enjoyed spending my hard-earned ca$h there. If you go, check out the roasted garlic soup.
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wolfie Wed, May 21, 2008 11:57:50pm |
re: #164 astronmr20
I'd like to smack the judge first.
You plunge a knife into someone's abdomen and it's not attempted manslaughter?
Self-defense?! A strong young man like that?
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gop_patriot Wed, May 21, 2008 11:59:07pm |
re: #167 redc1c4
Oh, please, red. Your name's probably been on "a list" for years- with at least four check marks, and 2 notations beside it. ROFL ;)
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redc1c4 Wed, May 21, 2008 11:59:54pm |
re: #168 victor_yugo
In well-trained hands, tofu is quite delicious. It's one of the few things I miss about the Bay Area.
Fresh Choice on Mountain View's El Camino Real has the best vegetarian menu I've ever had, bar none. I always enjoyed spending my hard-earned ca$h there. If you go, check out the roasted garlic soup.
that's a long drive for a snack: i live in LA.
besides, i'm a firm believer in the 4 basic food groups:
red meat
alcohol
caffeine
stress
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redc1c4 Thu, May 22, 2008 12:00:46am |
re: #170 gop_patriot
Oh, please, red. Your name's probably been on "a list" for years- with at least four check marks, and 2 notations beside it. ROFL ;)
well, Santa *does* leave me coal every year........ %-)
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Pawn of the Oppressor Thu, May 22, 2008 12:01:08am |
re: #74 zombie
The truth is, I really am that absent-minded. Once, in college, I signed up for a required class, went for two sessions, then completely forgot about it and never went again -- the entire thing just slipped right out of my mind. Weird, hunh? Luckily, I found out the next semester that I had been automatically dropped, since the prof assumed I meant to withdraw from the class and had just neglected to tell him. Saved my ass from getting an F.
I took it again the following year, to great embarrassment.
This actually describes a recurring bad dream of mine. Every so often I dream that I didn't really graduate college because there was a class I flat-out forgot to attend. In the dream, I usually find out by looking at my schedule and realizing that I've neglected to attend some very important class. At this point I usually wake up, as the sick feeling of anxiety and being left behind is strong enough to disturb me into consciousness.
The roots of this anxiety are very real, as it took me seven years and attendance at three different post-secondary institutions in two different states to finally wrap up a Bachelor's (my post-high school life was a bit complicated).
I've always envied my friends who went right from high school to a nice neat four years of college, complete with dorm life, off-campus apartments, friends, partying, and girls, and right into a career relevant to their area of study.
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redc1c4 Thu, May 22, 2008 12:01:47am |
re: #170 gop_patriot
BTW: you just had your LGF birthday..... dancing rodents!
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Pawn of the Oppressor Thu, May 22, 2008 12:06:39am |
re: #117 zombie
The coiner of "fauxtography"! A legend walks among us!
Your (nick)name will now go down in history.
We are not worthy!
He's in interesting company. I always got a laugh out of the way Saddam Hussein actually contributed to the English language, by giving us the phrase "mother of all (fill in the blank)". There are many other recent examples but that's the one that always comes to my mind.
I'm a bit disappointed my word "Mohammicide" didn't take off. (Mohammicide is when someone is killed by a Muslim for criticising or poking fun at their "prophet").
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wolfie Thu, May 22, 2008 12:09:06am |
re: #168 victor_yugo
In well-trained hands, tofu is quite delicious.
So is possum!
(VERY well-trained, though.)
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Killian Bundy Thu, May 22, 2008 12:10:31am |
McCain Gets It On Latin America
All on one IBD editorial page, plus a cartoon. This is what the capitalist movers and shakers on the U.S. economy will be reading today.
/the communist/socialists will be reading the NYT, daily America in a nutshell
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wolfie Thu, May 22, 2008 12:12:47am |
re: #175 Pawn of the Oppressor
Mohammicide is a very good one!
Some lizard.....I think it was scaramouche.....came up with Wahabilicious for anything a fanatic Muslim would find delightful. I like that one.
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 12:13:49am |
re: #174 redc1c4
Ha, I missed it, par for the course this month.
I have 3800+ comments, over 2 years- you've been here since last September and have almost as many. I don't think I commented very much at all until recently. I was intimidated at first. LOL
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really grumpy big dog Johnson Thu, May 22, 2008 12:15:30am |
I've read the whole article, and it's just a great comprehensive analysis of the entire issue. I greatly respect his very complimentary portrayal of the cross-checking of facts and notable self-restraint exhibited by those bloggers who were reporting on this stories. It was in sharp contrast to his implied message about the damage to mainstream credibity this has incurred.
We are the big dogs now. Let's not go chew up every chihuahua out there, but let's not back down from injustice either. It's was too easy to become complacent, like what I'm afraid that much of the American voting public has become. Because if they had been paying the kind of attention that we have to this election, things would be very different right now.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, May 22, 2008 12:19:37am |
re: #178 wolfie
Mohammicide is a very good one!
Some lizard.....I think it was scaramouche.....came up with Wahabilicious for anything a fanatic Muslim would find delightful. I like that one.
Seetheapolooza remains a favorite of mine.
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 12:20:19am |
re: #180 really grumpy big dog Johnson
It's was too easy to become complacent, like what I'm afraid that much of the American voting public has become. Because if they had been paying the kind of attention that we have to this election, things would be very different right now.
Well said.
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Killian Bundy Thu, May 22, 2008 12:20:34am |
Potato-Potatoe, What About Obama Gaffes?
MICHELLE MALKIN get's an IBD byline.
/I just can't believe Obama will survive the next five months and get elected
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victor_yugo Thu, May 22, 2008 12:23:12am |
re: #171 redc1c4
red meat
alcohol
caffeine
stress
No, no no no no....
It's:
sugar
salt
grease
caffeine
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wolfie Thu, May 22, 2008 12:25:09am |
re: #182 Fenway_Nation
Seetheapolooza remains a favorite of mine.
:D !
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 12:26:41am |
re: #185 victor_yugo
No, no no no no....
It's:
sugar
salt
grease
caffeine
And you got it wrong it's:
Caffeine
Carbs
Sugar
Salt
/gamers four food groups.
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victor_yugo Thu, May 22, 2008 12:31:50am |
re: #187 BlueCanuck
And you got it wrong it's:
Caffeine
Carbs
Sugar
Salt
/gamers four food groups.
Sugar is carbs!
That's like saying
Solar,
notIs Nuclear!
/thanks, whoever posted that months ago
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zombie Thu, May 22, 2008 12:33:58am |
No no no, the four basic food groups are:
kombucha
xylitol
wasabi
acai
Where have you people been?
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Psaturn Thu, May 22, 2008 12:34:18am |
re: #184 Killian Bundy
Potato-Potatoe, What About Obama Gaffes?
MICHELLE MALKIN get's an IBD byline.
/I just can't believe Obama will survive the next five months and get elected
Well there are quite a few voters who think Obama represent change and a change for the positive.
Of course many people could not believe that the US voted in President Bush in the last election, specially folks in the large cities such as San Francisco and NYC.
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Psaturn Thu, May 22, 2008 12:36:07am |
re: #189 zombie
No no no, the four basic food groups are:
kombucha
xylitol
wasabi
acaiWhere have you people been?
Boy, you must have been living in the Bay Area too long!
LOL
Do you really like Kombucha? I think it tastes nasty.
I tried raw milk kefir...the texture and the taste was enough for me to gasp....
My roommate said after trying it, "you got to be kidding!"
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Intrepid Thu, May 22, 2008 12:36:39am |
re: #191 gop_patriot
LOL! Where I live, it's
pork barbecue
biscuits
iced sweet tea
buttah;)
Yep, that's me too. Although I try to throw in a salad or two in the mix.
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Psaturn Thu, May 22, 2008 12:38:09am |
re: #191 gop_patriot
Over here in the Southern California desert it is:
Fish tacos
Tostada salad
tortilla chips and pico de gallo salsa
smoothie
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really grumpy big dog Johnson Thu, May 22, 2008 12:39:24am |
re: #183 gop_patriot
Well said.
I could have said it better, too, if it wasn't so damn late. I get lazy and avoid preview, but even when I do, I still make sentence construction gaffes and use words poorly. It's not my normal mode, but my malfunction mode sometimes gets the better of me.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 12:39:33am |
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redc1c4 Thu, May 22, 2008 12:41:22am |
re: #187 BlueCanuck
And you got it wrong it's:
Caffeine
Carbs
Sugar
Salt
/gamers four food groups.
and here i thought you're list would read
Tim Hortons
Back Bacon
Molsen's
Poutine
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redc1c4 Thu, May 22, 2008 12:42:41am |
re: #196 BlueCanuck
LOL, okay you got me. Hmmm, guess I can't use starches either.
/thinking hard
stand by for explosion!
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Neo Con since 9-11 Thu, May 22, 2008 12:43:45am |
Four food groups:
Bombay Sapphire Gin
Earl Gray
Catch Eucalyptus
Fruit cup--->
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 12:49:19am |
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redc1c4 Thu, May 22, 2008 12:50:12am |
re: #200 gop_patriot
LOL!
/what's catch eucalyptus?
hard on the hands if they use too big a chunk!
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 12:50:52am |
re: #197 redc1c4
Only during the playoffs, and only with Canadian teams.
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 12:51:48am |
Cheesesteaks
Scrapple
Tastykakes
Okay, fruitcup.
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Neo Con since 9-11 Thu, May 22, 2008 12:52:23am |
re: #200 gop_patriot
LOL!
/what's catch eucalyptus?
Finest tasting, least lethal tobacco product currently made. It tastes like a tic tac but it helps you quit smoking
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redc1c4 Thu, May 22, 2008 12:52:37am |
there's something wrong with the DSL line, as i keep getting intermittent time out issues that self resolve in a few minutes.
besides, we're supposed to be going to Hollyweird for music gig tomorrow night, so i prolly should get some extra sleep.
L8r!
/PS: let me know how big the Blue Cannuck explosion is %-)
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 12:52:55am |
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 12:53:28am |
re: #205 redc1c4
Goodnight, red. :) Have fun tomorrow night!
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Fenway_Nation Thu, May 22, 2008 12:53:29am |
re: #202 BlueCanuck
Only during the playoffs, and only with Canadian teams.
So in other words, they hardly see the light of day.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 12:54:15am |
re: #205 redc1c4
/PS: let me know how big the Blue Cannuck explosion is %-)
I don't know, but it may measure in micro-tonnes.
/not that worked up.
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abolitionist Thu, May 22, 2008 12:54:16am |
re: #162 charolais
thank you for the quick response, but that isn't the one I was looking for... in the meantime I also found [Link: www.bild.de...] , however that is also not the one of the Afghan-born perp laughing it up hysterically.
As I said, it was an extreme wide angle photograph. Strange. I could almost swear I saw it here first.
Thank you again.
Ok, found it: [Link: www.faz.net...]
Found the link in the comments at JihadWatch: [Link: www.jihadwatch.org...]
Here is a picture of this §%?!§§?%$! just after trial:
[Link: tinyurl.com...]
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Sharmuta Thu, May 22, 2008 12:54:34am |
re: #203 littleoldlady
Cheesesteaks
Scrapple
TastykakesOkay, fruitcup.
And Gamey Troll Buttocks!
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zombie Thu, May 22, 2008 12:55:04am |
re: #192 Psaturn
Do you really like Kombucha? I think it tastes nasty.
Actually, I really really like kombucha. I find it extremely refreshing. This company makes/distributes the best kombucha in the US, in my opinion. But when I get a chance, I'll shop at a great Ukrainian corner market in San Francisco and stock up on authentic Ukrainian kvass, kombucha-style. Yeah baby.
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 12:55:08am |
re: #203 littleoldlady
Scrapple! Just today I was checking prices for Habbersett, which is shipped on dry ice. Yummmm.
Hello lol :)
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 12:55:10am |
re: #208 Fenway_Nation
So in other words, they hardly see the light of day.
Oh, you wound my national pride. Unfortunately I am not a good Canadian. Don't watch hockey.
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 12:59:10am |
Sharmuta! :-)
Not too much difference between scrapple and gamey buttocks.
Sprite! :-)
You ordered scrapple on purpose?!
/I thought it's only what they give you with eggs at the diner - whether you ask for it or not.
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Killian Bundy Thu, May 22, 2008 1:01:16am |
re: #206 Sprite
Unfortunately, I believe Obama will end up bamboozling his way into the White House.
/I'm not so sure, here's five jawdropping links with five months to go, we've only just begun
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 1:05:24am |
re: #216 littleoldlady
You bet! I was raised on scrapple 'n eggs in the south. My Mom was from Philadelphia.
I've ordered Habbersett from California to Idaho for the last almost 30 years :)
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 1:06:29am |
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 1:08:10am |
re: #219 gop_patriot
Cause I'd never heard of scrapple. ;)
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 1:09:03am |
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 1:10:37am |
re: #217 Killian Bundy
It's a shame to waste such a beautiful song on him.
If the American public was aware of your links/the truth, I might agree with you. However, the MSM will never allow it to be disseminated.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, May 22, 2008 1:13:04am |
re: #215 BlueCanuck
Oh, you wound my national pride. Unfortunately I am not a good Canadian. Don't watch hockey.
For what its worth, that four-letter network in Connecticut is looking more and more like they want the NHL back. They have none other than Don Cherry on staff as a commentator.
/You know....the Don Cherry that put together a very moving tribute to the fallen Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan the same weekend FOX's The Simpsons took it upon themselves to demean American servicemen and women ON VETERAN'S DAY!
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charolais Thu, May 22, 2008 1:13:08am |
re: #211 abolitionist
THat's it! Good detective work abolitionist! 23 years old, already a record as long as his arm, and a hero in the eyes of his homies!
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Killian Bundy Thu, May 22, 2008 1:13:46am |
re: #221 littleoldlady
would you eat it in a box?
/would you eat it with a fox?
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 1:14:00am |
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Neo Con since 9-11 Thu, May 22, 2008 1:15:22am |
re: #226 Killian Bundy
/would you eat it with a fox?
Would you eat it off a c.... [Deleted]
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 1:18:05am |
re: #221 littleoldlady
What is it, like homemade Spam? :X
OK I just looked it up, that's interesting. I can't laugh too hard though, some people down here eat chitlins. GAAAGGGG You can just imagine what they smell like when they're cooking. An African-American friend of mine told me once that her uncle made them over at her house regularly. She would leave and stay with friends the day he'd start the batch and not come home for two days. LOL
/Just for the record, I've NEVER eaten chitlins. I'm a city girl, and never even saw one until I was in my 20s.
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Killian Bundy Thu, May 22, 2008 1:18:56am |
re: #227 littleoldlady
There. You see? "Hog offal"
/the American equivalent of haggis, only haggis is illegal in the U.S.
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Hengineer Thu, May 22, 2008 1:19:02am |
Congrats to Zombie and Charles, both getting multiple mentions! =-)
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 1:21:25am |
re: #229 gop_patriot
Just like when my mother comes to my house and makes stuffed cabbage. I have to go outside, mostly because she starts cooking before I have enough coffee in me not to get nauseated by the smell.
/good thing she doesn't show up in the winter! ;-)
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Intrepid Thu, May 22, 2008 1:23:24am |
re: #229 gop_patriot
What is it, like homemade Spam? :X
OK I just looked it up, that's interesting. I can't laugh too hard though, some people down here eat chitlins. GAAAGGGG You can just imagine what they smell like when they're cooking. An African-American friend of mine told me once that her uncle made them over at her house regularly. She would leave and stay with friends the day he'd start the batch and not come home for two days. LOL
/Just for the record, I've NEVER eaten chitlins. I'm a city girl, and never even saw one until I was in my 20s.
Hey, in Bangkok folks eat congee loaded with pig intestines for breakfast. It doesn't smell nice, though, I must say.
/experience
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 1:25:46am |
re: #224 Fenway_Nation
Don Cherry is a national icon, and hero of many males in this country.
/he of the loud ties, and high collars.
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 1:26:37am |
Here's the way to cook scrapple and love it:
Lightly dust 1/4 inch slices of 'the King of breakfast meat' in flour. Saute in a bit of oil on medium high until nicely browned. Serve with ketchup, fried eggs and grits.
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 1:29:37am |
re: #233 Intrepid
Eeeww! For breakfast! :p
It's funny, what we in the U.S. call ethnic food (Thai, Indian, Mexican) in no way represents what the average person in those countries eat. You go on vacation, and get a big shock. LOL
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Hengineer Thu, May 22, 2008 1:32:28am |
re: #236 gop_patriot
Eeeww! For breakfast! :p
It's funny, what we in the U.S. call ethnic food (Thai, Indian, Mexican) in no way represents what the average person in those countries eat. You go on vacation, and get a big shock. LOL
I can vouch for the Mexican...its funny though, what so many Americans consider Mexican food is so flat-out make-believe anyway.
Give me "Street Tacos" (warmed corn tortillas with a bit of carne asada and some onions grilled together) any day.
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 1:32:42am |
I love cabbage, too. Bubble and squeak! Must be me Irish genes..
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Fenway_Nation Thu, May 22, 2008 1:35:49am |
re: #234 BlueCanuck
Don Cherry is a national icon, and hero of many males in this country.
/he of the loud ties, and high collars.
And former Boston Bruins coach....even tho' it was before my time, he needs little introduction.
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 1:35:59am |
re: #232 littleoldlady
Stinky! Yes, I can imagine not being able to open the windows because it's so cold would be a problem if your house smelled like cooked cabbage! I like sauerkraut but my family protests the smell if I cook it, so I don't. lol
re: #237 Sharmuta
Glad you posted that, I missed her comment! Just read right past it, I hate it when I do that. ;)
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 1:36:28am |
Well, I'm exhausted, and am heading to bed. :) Hope y'all have a nice overnight and morning, talk to you later!
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Hengineer Thu, May 22, 2008 1:37:41am |
re: #242 gop_patriot
Well, I'm exhausted, and am heading to bed. :) Hope y'all have a nice overnight and morning, talk to you later!
later patriot!
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Render Thu, May 22, 2008 1:37:43am |
*scrapple?*
*chitlins?*
cough...
Any place around here I can get a hot fresh plain bagel with (Phillie) creme cheese and lox to go with my Fruitcup?
2
MUCH
2
ASK,
R
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Hengineer Thu, May 22, 2008 1:38:20am |
re: #244 Render
*scrapple?*
*chitlins?*
cough...
Any place around here I can get a hot fresh plain bagel with (Phillie) creme cheese and lox to go with my Fruitcup?
2
MUCH
2
ASK,
R
what the heck is lox?
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 1:38:52am |
re: #243 Hengineer
later patriot!
Goodnight, stay safe. (((Hengineer)))
:)
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 1:39:04am |
re: #236 gop_patriot
Hmmmmm. Hello gop, pleased to meet you.
I must disagree. I lived in San Diego for 10 years and went on many, many trips to Mexico.
The Mexican (at least..not speaking for Thai or Indian) food we're treated to in the U.S. is bona fide fabulous and authentic. Even here in Idaho, one of the local restaurants is owned by people who had other restaurants in San Diego....and who are from Mexico.
Absolutely wonderful.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 1:39:07am |
re: #246 Hengineer
what the heck is lox?
Liquid Oxygen? ;)
/thinly sliced smoked salmon actually.
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gop_patriot Thu, May 22, 2008 1:39:19am |
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 1:39:45am |
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Render Thu, May 22, 2008 1:40:37am |
re: #246 Hengineer
You don't wanna know...
*on second thought*
It's really horrible and creepy, you wouldn't like it.
CAN I
HAVE
YOUR
SHARE?,
R
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 1:41:29am |
Here's an update on the TATP scare in Sweden. Still no nationality identifier.
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Hengineer Thu, May 22, 2008 1:41:49am |
re: #248 Sprite
Hmmmmm. Hello gop, pleased to meet you.
I must disagree. I lived in San Diego for 10 years and went on many, many trips to Mexico.
The Mexican (at least..not speaking for Thai or Indian) food we're treated to in the U.S. is bona fide fabulous and authentic. Even here in Idaho, one of the local restaurants is owned by people who had other restaurants in San Diego....and who are from Mexico.
Absolutely wonderful.
Sprite I'm referring to Tex-Mex and the "pre-packaged" "taco set" dinners you can by in the Grocery store. That contain those "taco shells"....
I agree Some of the better Mexican places I've been to are on the east side of my hometown (Bakersfield, California), where all the latinos live.
Heck in the southeast, is a big Mexican Market (you can get freshly made corn tortillas and thinly sliced Carne Asada steak)
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Hengineer Thu, May 22, 2008 1:42:18am |
re: #252 Render
You don't wanna know...
*on second thought*
It's really horrible and creepy, you wouldn't like it.
CAN I
HAVE
YOUR
SHARE?,
R
gladly?
/not much of a seafood/fish eater
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Killian Bundy Thu, May 22, 2008 1:42:53am |
re: #244 Render
Any place around here I can get a hot fresh plain bagel with (Phillie) creme cheese and lox to go with my Fruitcup?
/sorry, this morning we're having a rat barbecue, it's eat what you catch only
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 1:44:48am |
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Hengineer Thu, May 22, 2008 1:47:23am |
re: #257 Sprite
Exactly, Hengineer. Pleased to meet you, too.
Are you familiar with puffy tacos?
not sure what you meant by puffy tacos?
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Intrepid Thu, May 22, 2008 1:47:51am |
re: #249 BlueCanuck
Liquid Oxygen? ;)
/thinly sliced smoked salmon actually.
If that's what it is, the Lox seems like it wants me to eat it. No holds barred.
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Render Thu, May 22, 2008 1:48:11am |
re: #251 littleoldlady
re: #256 Killian Bundy
That's it. I'm calling for delivery.
===
"Yes, thats Little Green Footballs."
"L"
"I"
"T"
"Yes. Little Green Footballs is the name."
"Under the Denver Airport."
"Yes, under."
""Follow the nitrogen tubes and the cigar smoke until you find the pile of troll bones."
CLICK,
R
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 1:52:39am |
re: #261 Render
Don't forget to put it on your Zionist Express, business expenses you know.
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 1:53:44am |
re: #260 Intrepid
Intrepid! :-)
It's an acquired taste, and probably better if you start with limited quantities.
/on a bagel with cream cheese, a slice of onion, a bissel tomato...
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 1:54:08am |
re: #259 Hengineer
Deep fried, flour tortillas.....which puff up in the process and are formed into taco shapes with a spoon while in the oil. Lovely!
re: #256 Killian Bundy
Dang, Killian! Lost my appetite for scrapple and puffy tacos with that one.
I suppose I'm grateful that I'm able to view those youtubes at all. A year ago I could not have....
Sweet night, Lizards :)
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Hengineer Thu, May 22, 2008 1:56:45am |
re: #265 Sprite
Deep fried, flour tortillas.....which puff up in the process and are formed into taco shapes with a spoon while in the oil. Lovely!
re: #256 Killian Bundy
Dang, Killian! Lost my appetite for scrapple and puffy tacos with that one.
I suppose I'm grateful that I'm able to view those youtubes at all. A year ago I could not have....Sweet night, Lizards :)
Ah, I'm very much a fan of Corn tortillas for tacos, I LOVE their flavor.
Anyways, gotta run, back to work!
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Intrepid Thu, May 22, 2008 1:58:58am |
re: #264 littleoldlady
Intrepid! :-)
It's an acquired taste, and probably better if you start with limited quantities.
/on a bagel with cream cheese, a slice of onion, a bissel tomato...
Does it help if I'm used to sushi? Or is the taste so different? Or texture?
Bagel and cream cheese makes lox taste sweet? Do you add onion to that sweet taste?
Must admit, I could go for a bagel and cream cheese right about now!
(must be in need of fruitcup!)
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 1:59:59am |
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*™
Fruitcup (etc.) is on the buffet ------------------------->
Help yourselves!
/I can't help it!
//NOW I'm hungry.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, May 22, 2008 2:02:50am |
re: #269 littleoldlady
So hungry I jumped the gun. ;-(
The Fruitcupitron 3000 would never have made a mistake like that.
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Intrepid Thu, May 22, 2008 2:04:13am |
re: #269 littleoldlady
So hungry I jumped the gun. ;-(
Yep, by one second. If we were muslim, you'd probably be in really big trouble.
SO glad we're not! Wee! Fruitcup....
Thanks LOL!
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Sharmuta Thu, May 22, 2008 2:05:06am |
re: #270 Fenway_Nation
The Fruitcupitron 3000 would never have made a mistake like that.
Blasphemy! We don't need no stinkin' Fruitcupitron!
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 2:05:46am |
re: #270 Fenway_Nation
But, but, if we automated fruitcup littleoldlady wouldn't be able to put that special touch on it.
/besides red could probably monkey around with the innards easily
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Render Thu, May 22, 2008 2:06:38am |
re: #269 littleoldlady
No you didn't.
When you use Zionist Express, it gets there before you hang up the phone.
OR
MONEY
BACK,
R
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 2:07:38am |
re: #268 littleoldlady
Loved your fruit cup (as always) and buffet. Hey, I'm not Kosher, but I'm a caterer, too. Would be honored to feed you and yours any day.
G'night.
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Sharmuta Thu, May 22, 2008 2:08:47am |
Automated fruitcup! The very thought makes me cringe.
/Now I'm going to have nightmares for a week.
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Intrepid Thu, May 22, 2008 2:09:14am |
BTW, who actually signs our Zionist checks? The only one I can think of who is qualified is Bibi Netanyahu. Is anyone else able, or ABLE?
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 2:09:54am |
re: #267 Intrepid
Lox and other fish (see link in #268) are smoked raw. I don't think it's a matter of making them taste "sweet". They're strong flavored, you really don't need to eat a lot of it to get the taste (which is a good thing, because you wouldn't BELIEVE how expensive the stuff is!), and the bagel, etc. just adds to the experience. ;-)
There's an array of Jewish style fish to choose from - regular lox (salty), Nova lox (unsalty), kippered salmon, whitefish, whitefish salad, sable, smoked carp, sturgeon...what am I leaving out?
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 2:11:54am |
'Night, Sprite! :-)
Sharmuta,
No Fruitcupitron without a linen dispenser! ;-)
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Intrepid Thu, May 22, 2008 2:12:44am |
re: #279 littleoldlady
Lox and other fish (see link in #268) are smoked raw. I don't think it's a matter of making them taste "sweet". They're strong flavored, you really don't need to eat a lot of it to get the taste (which is a good thing, because you wouldn't BELIEVE how expensive the stuff is!), and the bagel, etc. just adds to the experience. ;-)
There's an array of Jewish style fish to choose from - regular lox (salty), Nova lox (unsalty), kippered salmon, whitefish, whitefish salad, sable, smoked carp, sturgeon...what am I leaving out?
Shrimp? Hee.
/sorry
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 2:13:17am |
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Killian Bundy Thu, May 22, 2008 2:13:25am |
re: #279 littleoldlady
There's an array of Jewish style fish to choose from - regular lox (salty), Nova lox (unsalty), kippered salmon, whitefish, whitefish salad, sable, smoked carp, sturgeon...what am I leaving out?
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Sharmuta Thu, May 22, 2008 2:14:29am |
re: #280 littleoldlady
Sharmuta,
No Fruitcupitron without a linen dispenser! ;-)
LOL!
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 2:15:55am |
And you're welcome, lol. It's a Southern thing, I guess?....
Nothing much has really changed, eh?
Just thought I'd check in on the late night crew.
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 2:16:05am |
re: #284 Killian Bundy
NO! NO! NO!
/good news! I'm not hungry anymore... :-/
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 2:19:06am |
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Render Thu, May 22, 2008 2:19:31am |
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 2:21:26am |
re: #290 Render
Horrible, horrible of you.
MAKE MINE
TO GO,
R
Yeah, far, far away.
/the further the better.
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Intrepid Thu, May 22, 2008 2:22:34am |
re: #289 BlueCanuck
I like shrimp, a lot.
/*sigh* I could never go kosher.
Yeah, me neither. Love shrimp and crab and clam too much. Oh, and pork.
OH! And cheeseburgers.
sigh
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 2:23:23am |
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Intrepid Thu, May 22, 2008 2:24:08am |
re: #292 littleoldlady
So do I.
Aumm, I'm tellin'! Wait, who do I tell?
/confused
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 2:27:02am |
re: #287 Sprite
And you're welcome, lol. It's a Southern thing, I guess?....
Nothing much has really changed, eh?Just thought I'd check in on the late night crew.
That is to say: I offered/said I'd be honored to cater for you and yours. No thank you in response! Where are your manners? Where I come from, that's...
It's just like you've always treated me, lol. You may provide fruitcup, but you aren't awfully nice, in my book.
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 2:31:45am |
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Intrepid Thu, May 22, 2008 2:41:31am |
re: #298 littleoldlady
I've never been able to satisfy you, Sprite.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OFFER!
Sometimes folks need a Tefilat HaDerech as they make their way through the internet, LOL.
/wiki
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 2:49:55am |
re: #300 Intrepid
That is a beautiful prayer. You do not know that I was married to a Jewish man, apparently.
I send that prayer to you and lol, too.
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 2:56:34am |
Okay, I'll admit it. I have...problems. I'm terrible at multi-tasking. Plus I'm a slow typer. And trying to keep up and answer 10 people at once is sometimes way more than I can handle, especially when we're talking about food.
So I apologize to one and all if I've inadvertently skipped over a message or two.
/mea culpa
//mea maxima culpa
///I'm...you know...not nice.
////trying to learn to live with that...
And a BIG thank you to those who have forgiven me and not pointed out my failings.
Now I have to get to work.
Good day, ALL!™
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littleoldlady Thu, May 22, 2008 2:57:38am |
Oh wait. I can't leave yet...
THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYER, SPRITE!
*p00f!*
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Sprite Thu, May 22, 2008 2:57:57am |
re: #302 littleoldlady
Sending love, lol. Please don't work too hard.
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Sharmuta Thu, May 22, 2008 2:59:45am |
re: #305 godfrey
Hey, who ate all the maraschino cherries?
*burp* I dunno......
*looks innocently around*
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godfrey Thu, May 22, 2008 3:00:45am |
Sharm! I like Cooper's article. I thought it'd be work to get through this early in the morning, but it isn't. How is everyone?
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godfrey Thu, May 22, 2008 3:05:25am |
Richard North has a nice short reflection on the fauxtography scandal here.
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godfrey Thu, May 22, 2008 3:12:38am |
In case you think the world is moving too swiftly, take heart in knowing that some things never change: Khyber Pass Still Dangerous.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, May 22, 2008 3:13:25am |
(godfrey)
Six days left...wow, it's going too fast!
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godfrey Thu, May 22, 2008 3:15:31am |
Soon you'll enter summertime, which is One Long Prep.
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Sharmuta Thu, May 22, 2008 3:18:42am |
re: #314 godfrey
Soon you'll enter summertime, which is One Long Prep.
And let's be sure not to confuse preparations with preconditions.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 3:19:04am |
good morning goddess, counting down the days to summer vacation I see.
/I miss school :)
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jdow-antijihad Thu, May 22, 2008 3:19:41am |
Astoundingly good piece. And as a report it does not reach any conclusions. It leaves that up to the reader. As a compilation it is pretty damning to Reuters, AFP, and AP. I revisited Zombies three magnum opuses (opi if you speak Latin). Visit them and note the options presented for possible reasons for the Reuters errors. Indeed, it's probably a confusion of all of them jumbled together with a huge dose of systematic bias thrown in.
News media are supposed to report. But power corrupts. The siren song of power, the power to manipulate minds, makes it very hard for people who, themselves, are very biased to pass up the opportunity to manipulate the publics' minds "for their own good." Megalomania by any other name....
{^_^}
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Jim in Virginia Thu, May 22, 2008 3:20:58am |
Morning all. It's cloudy, cool, 50 or so here in the DC 'burbs. Someone pass the global warming please.
A couple WSJ links for today:
Henninger: Hillary's concession speech
Rove: Obama's troubling foreign policy instincts
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opnion Thu, May 22, 2008 3:23:12am |
Good Morning all. Apparently Hillary is not yet willing to negotiate her terms of surreder. Let the anomosity grow!
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Jim in Virginia Thu, May 22, 2008 3:24:20am |
re: #320 godfrey
Fer sure, I got your Maple syrup right here.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 3:25:39am |
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, May 22, 2008 3:26:08am |
{Sharmuta}
{BlueCanuck}
I'm mega-stressed because I'm trying to get both the last issue of the newspaper and the literary magazine ready for publishing. I'm also waiting to hear whether I'm going to get an assignment I REALLY WANT, but I don't even know when I'll know. If I get it, I'll need to pack up everything and move to another classroom as well as do some "handover" training.
I don't deal well with unknowns...
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 3:30:52am |
Morning all. Did you notice the story posted up above about Unlawful Command Influence in the Haditha Marines case? This is a big, big win for the Haditha Marines!
[Link: www.worldnetdaily.com...]
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:31:46am |
Good morning all. 53 degrees as Eos begins to get embarrassed recalling her tryst with Orion. Hope all are well today.
re: #323 goddessoftheclassroom
I don't deal well with unknowns...
Who does? My life seems to be nothing but unknowns.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 3:32:19am |
re: #323 goddessoftheclassroom
{Sharmuta}
{BlueCanuck}I'm mega-stressed because I'm trying to get both the last issue of the newspaper and the literary magazine ready for publishing. I'm also waiting to hear whether I'm going to get an assignment I REALLY WANT, but I don't even know when I'll know. If I get it, I'll need to pack up everything and move to another classroom as well as do some "handover" training.
I don't deal well with unknowns...
Deep breaths goddess.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:34:24am |
re: #323 goddessoftheclassroom
I was on the newspaper throughout High School -- I ended up as editor in chief and did a pretty good job, even though the adviser and I had a difficult relationship. She favored the managing editor, mainly because (unbeknownst to me) she was a Lesbian and trying to recruit her. She failed, but it made my life miserable for a while.
In the end the newspaper adviser left her husband and infant son to take up with the sports editor. I guess she had more success with her than with the managing editor.
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opnion Thu, May 22, 2008 3:35:25am |
re: #324 galloping granny
Morning all. Did you notice the story posted up above about Unlawful Command Influence in the Haditha Marines case? This is a big, big win for the Haditha Marines!
[Link: www.worldnetdaily.com...]
Murtha will no doubt offer a humble apology & resign in disgrace.
Hmmmm, guess not.
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Sharmuta Thu, May 22, 2008 3:36:50am |
re: #323 goddessoftheclassroom
Don't stress yourself- it's bad for your health, and rarely helps accomplish anything.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 3:37:05am |
re: #328 opnion
Murtha will no doubt offer a humble apology & resign in disgrace.
Hmmmm, guess not.
Unfortunately. At the very least his fellow congresspeople should publicly censure him.
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opnion Thu, May 22, 2008 3:39:56am |
re: #330 galloping granny
Unfortunately. At the very least his fellow congresspeople should publicly censure him.
Not likely. Have you noticed how they like to refer to each other as "My good friend." I kind of think that they all know where each others skeletons are
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, May 22, 2008 3:40:35am |
re: #327 Lucius Septimius
I took over the paper from a 10-year, award winning veteran adviser who retired. She was a tremendous help to me--I'd call her at 8 AM, 7 AM her time now, with questions.
I can be patient and calm with many unknowns, but waiting for a decision that will impact me is horrible.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:40:51am |
re: #329 Sharmuta
Don't stress yourself- it's bad for your health, and rarely helps accomplish anything.
Ditto. Though there is something oddly comforting about feeling stressed, especially if you're an adrenalin junky.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, May 22, 2008 3:41:22am |
re: #329 Sharmuta
Don't stress yourself- it's bad for your health, and rarely helps accomplish anything.
So right and so wise. I need to let go and let God.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:42:01am |
re: #332 goddessoftheclassroom
If I might ask, what would be the other assignment?
(I love the subjunctive -- it fits my current, shall we say, mood)
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Jim in Virginia Thu, May 22, 2008 3:42:15am |
re: #322 BlueCanuck
From Ontario or Quebec?
/gotta be Canadian for the great flavour.
Vermont. Made in the USA! Sorry, BC.
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Jim in Virginia Thu, May 22, 2008 3:43:27am |
re: #323 goddessoftheclassroom
{Sharmuta}
{BlueCanuck}I'm mega-stressed because I'm trying to get both the last issue of the newspaper and the literary magazine ready for publishing. I'm also waiting to hear whether I'm going to get an assignment I REALLY WANT, but I don't even know when I'll know. If I get it, I'll need to pack up everything and move to another classroom as well as do some "handover" training.
I don't deal well with unknowns...
Change is good. You go first.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:43:37am |
re: #336 Jim in Virginia
Vermont. Made in the USA! Sorry, BC.
Uh oh -- fires begin to flare, I fear.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 3:43:54am |
re: #331 opnion
Not likely. Have you noticed how they like to refer to each other as "My good friend." I kind of think that they all know where each others skeletons are
Yes, I have noticed that. You are exactly right.
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Jim in Virginia Thu, May 22, 2008 3:45:18am |
Lucius, how is your brood? Your youngest doing well?
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 3:45:29am |
re: #336 Jim in Virginia
Vermont. Made in the USA! Sorry, BC.
If it is any consolation to Blue Canuck, we used to be part of what is now Canada, before we were the Hampsire Grants, before we were the independent Republic of Vermont (pre USA). . . . Quebec though.
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Jim in Virginia Thu, May 22, 2008 3:46:10am |
re: #338 Lucius Septimius
Uh oh -- fires begin to flare, I fear.
You're in an alliterative mood also.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, May 22, 2008 3:46:35am |
re: #335 Lucius Septimius
If I might ask, what would be the other assignment?
(I love the subjunctive -- it fits my current, shall we say, mood)
{Lucius Septimius}
Taking over the drama department from a retiring teacher. I've earned it, I have the seniority, and I have the credentials, but until it's official, I can't count on it.
YOU, sir, need some down time and R&R with your Lovely Bride. Farm out the kids to relatives or friends and get away to a B&B or something for a couple days.
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Jim in Virginia Thu, May 22, 2008 3:47:25am |
Sigh. Must head off to oppress the masses and foul the environment. Have a great day all.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 3:47:36am |
re: #336 Jim in Virginia
Vermont. Made in the USA! Sorry, BC.
Meh, whatever your taste. Got to support our respective economies. :)
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:52:02am |
re: #340 Jim in Virginia
L. Quartius Rufus is doing fine -- sleeping through the night, sort of (got me up at 5, which was ok; better than the 4:30 wake-up calls I've been getting this week) and getting more interesting. We still have a couple of months before he "wakes up," but he seems like he's going to be a good kid. What's funny is how he responds to his siblings -- his next older brother he adores -- as soon as he sees him he smiles. He and his sister have a more contentious relationship, though she tries to be nurturing the jealousy comes out at time. He doesn't really seem to respond to his oldest brother, which is funny in a way since oldest boy's primary job seems to be to stir up everyone else.
I'll stop now -- get me talking about my kids and I could go on forever.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:52:28am |
re: #343 goddessoftheclassroom
I'd like that but frankly I'm the last person in the world she wants to spend any time with nowadays.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:52:54am |
re: #344 Jim in Virginia
Sigh. Must head off to oppress the masses and foul the environment. Have a great day all.
Good on ya! Nature is a Mother, after all.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:53:29am |
Now I'm starting to feel like tfk ....
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, May 22, 2008 3:54:25am |
re: #347 Lucius Septimius
I'd like that but frankly I'm the last person in the world she wants to spend any time with nowadays.
Which is why you must. Get out the iron...
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:54:30am |
re: #351 BlueCanuck
Si!
Oh well, I'll never get to 10K if I'm shy about posting when no one's reading.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, May 22, 2008 3:55:19am |
I'm getting the, "Mooooooooom," (drawn out to several syllables), so I've got to go.
God bless and keep us all.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 3:55:27am |
re: #352 goddessoftheclassroom
... and not the wood?
Trust me; I've made the suggestion, but it hasn't elicited a positive response.
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goddessoftheclassroom Thu, May 22, 2008 3:57:39am |
re: #355 Lucius Septimius
... and not the wood?
Trust me; I've made the suggestion, but it hasn't elicited a positive response.
Keep trying. Maybe talk to her doctor in case there are some postpartum issues? I don't want to be a busy-body, but I can't help to try to look for possible solutions when someone I care about is hurting.
Ok, I'm off.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 4:05:26am |
re: #358 BlueCanuck
Not yet, but it's teetering.
How're things with you Blue?
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 4:09:00am |
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 4:11:13am |
re: #359 galloping granny
Okay, been riding a whirlwind it feels like. Undergoing a sever lack of sleep here.
/parts are worth the lack.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 4:13:55am |
re: #362 BlueCanuck
Okay, been riding a whirlwind it feels like. Undergoing a sever lack of sleep here.
/parts are worth the lack.
I hate times like that. Then when things calm down I am usually bored out of my mind.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 4:15:08am |
From yesterday's BotW:
What kind of man supports Barack Obama? The Associated Press reports that James Yee, a former Muslim Army chaplain at Guantanamo Bay who was accused of spying, has been chosen as an Obama delegate to the Democratic National Convention.
Yee was not prosecuted on those charges. The AP states that he was "cleared," but a 2004 New York Times editorial said otherwise:
In dropping the prosecution last week, the military refused to clear Captain Yee, contending that it had acted only because of ''national security concerns that would arise from the release of the evidence.''Last year, the Middle East Media Research Institute aired a clip of an interview Yee gave to Syrian television. Blogger Charles Johnson has a transcript. Yee claimed that the Koran "was being desecrated in Guantanamo in many different ways." Yee acknowledged that he did not actually witness any of the purported desecration; he merely took the detainees' word for it.
What kind of man supports Barack Obama? The kind of man who goes on TV in an Arab country ruled by a hostile authoritarian regime and participates in propaganda that seems designed to inflame anti-American sentiment.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 4:16:00am |
re: #363 galloping granny
I hate times like that. Then when things calm down I am usually bored out of my mind.
I crave boredom -- I wish I had the opportunity to taste, if only for a short while, sweet delicious boredom.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 4:17:39am |
re: #363 galloping granny
Ah, but some parts of the ride are exhilirating. the rush of the wind, the heights you reach. You only have to worry about the dismount.
/I am sure I can find a wicked witch to land on. ;)
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 4:19:09am |
I'm married to a the sexiest vegetarian in the world; that said, I never thought I'd see the term "sexy" applied to this person (from BotW):
"People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has posted its online ballot to determine 2008's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity," reports the Chicago Tribune's Mark Caro:
Just give PETA your name and e-mail address (which wouldn't happen to be the point, now, would it?), and you can vote among more than 180 sexy vegetarians listed to succeed 2007's sexy-veg winners Carrie Underwood and "Tonight Show" bandleader Kevin Eubanks . . .Did we mention these vegetarians are sexy? We're talking Alicia Silverstone, Tobey Maguire, Naomi Watts, Casey Affleck, Christie Brinkley, Andre 3000, Natalie Portman, Joaquin Phoenix, Chelsea Clinton . . . the list goes on.
Hey, hold on a second. Chelsea Clinton? The same Chelsea Clinton whose mother loves nothing more than to grab a shotgun, blast some animals and eat them is a vegetarian? To put it another way: Hillary Clinton, who won the votes of huge majorities of Appalachian animal-lovers (in the gustatory sense, of course), raised a vegetarian?
This is a scandal. It calls into serious question Mrs. Clinton's credentials as a hunter, or at least her ability as a spokesman for hunters. So let's give Barack Obama a boost among carnivorous Montanans and South Dakotans: Click here and vote for Chelsea.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 4:19:17am |
re: #365 Lucius Septimius
I crave boredom -- I wish I had the opportunity to taste, if only for a short while, sweet delicious boredom.
I could stand sweet delicious boredom for about 15 minutes.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 4:19:45am |
re: #366 BlueCanuck
"Oh she's just mad because someone dropped a house on her sister ..."
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 4:21:44am |
re: #369 Lucius Septimius
*snigger* But I never got that impression.
/besides looking for one close to home. ;)
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 4:21:49am |
re: #368 galloping granny
I could stand sweet delicious boredom for about 15 minutes.
Live in my house for a while and you'd take more than 15 minutes ...
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 4:23:58am |
re: #371 Lucius Septimius
Live in my house for a while and you'd take more than 15 minutes ...
I raised 4 kids of my own and two nephews part time with a couple of dogs, 3 cats and assorted kittens and puppies. As a single mother. Working and doing university at the same time when they were in their early teens. I suspect I would find your house relatively calm :)
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Tigger2005 Thu, May 22, 2008 4:28:44am |
Great analysis, but one thing I don't like about it is the way he gives the media some credit for "admitting" errors.
The media deserves no credit for anything. None. They have completely abandoned journalistic ethics and basic morality. They have capitulated to the enemies of Western civilization and are now working for them. None of these fauxtography scandals can be excused, not one. The media long ago gave up any pretense of fact checking and accuracy in favor of sensationalism and editorializing. They should not need bloggers to fact check their asses. And the bloggers are revealing, not laziness or sloppiness, but a deliberate campaign of deception.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 4:36:09am |
re: #373 Tigger2005
Great analysis, but one thing I don't like about it is the way he gives the media some credit for "admitting" errors.
The media deserves no credit for anything. None. They have completely abandoned journalistic ethics and basic morality. They have capitulated to the enemies of Western civilization and are now working for them. None of these fauxtography scandals can be excused, not one. The media long ago gave up any pretense of fact checking and accuracy in favor of sensationalism and editorializing. They should not need bloggers to fact check their asses. And the bloggers are revealing, not laziness or sloppiness, but a deliberate campaign of deception.
And "admitting errors" after repeatedly denying what any 10 year old that can run a graphics program can plainly see and a photo has run on the front page of half the newspapers nationwide is inexcusable.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Thu, May 22, 2008 4:36:44am |
re: #367 Lucius Septimius
My wife is married to the sexiest vegetarian in the world!
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 4:38:08am |
re: #375 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Good morning to you! How are things at the other end of the ATL?
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Bubblehead II Thu, May 22, 2008 4:43:13am |
re: #373 Tigger2005
"They have completely abandoned journalistic ethics and basic morality."
Yep, they would rather air the Dirty Laundry.
Top of the morning to tou Lizards! and how is everyone this morning?
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Bubblehead II Thu, May 22, 2008 4:44:59am |
Top of the morning to tou YOU Lizards!
PIMF! and on the first post of the day, no less... need another cup of coffee.
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laZardo Thu, May 22, 2008 4:46:56am |
re: #378 Bubblehead II
Hope tank is running on empty, but then again it's been like that for some time. Cynicism burns a lot more efficiently and creates less greenhouse emissions. (:
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 4:48:19am |
re: #381 laZardo
You been hanging around red again?
/or maybe it's contractual obligation.
//each shift needs at least one cynic.
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Ma Sands Thu, May 22, 2008 4:49:27am |
re: #380 Bubblehead II
Hey! That's what it's FOR --to correct it before you post.....you are funny....and certainly DO need a cup of coffee --or maybe it is me who does..... :)
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 4:51:09am |
re: #383 Ma Sands
Hey! That's what it's FOR --to correct it before you post.....you are funny....and certainly DO need a cup of coffee --or maybe it is me who does..... :)
I just started a pot.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 4:51:56am |
re: #384 galloping granny
I just started a pot.
Tease. I dare not have any at this time of day. Interferes with my sleep.
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laZardo Thu, May 22, 2008 4:52:05am |
re: #382 BlueCanuck
It's hard not to hang around something you can't change. ;)
/blame the managers at the International Cynics Union Local 327. They blame my insomnia on the employers.
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Ma Sands Thu, May 22, 2008 4:52:57am |
re: #384 galloping granny
(Me, too.....and it's GOOD --Arabica....want some? :)
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Ma Sands Thu, May 22, 2008 4:54:46am |
re: #385 BlueCanuck
Hmmm.....you must be pretty young....when you've gotten to my great age, and have drunk as many pots per day as I do.......it won't affect sleep, or give the shakes......it'll just be for good, good enjoyment..... :)
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 4:55:42am |
re: #387 Ma Sands
(Me, too.....and it's GOOD --Arabica....want some? :)
Sure, I'll trade you. I love good coffee and try lots of different varieties, but invariably I come back to good old Eight O'Clock, ground espresso superfine. Gives it an almost chocolate flavor.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 4:56:28am |
re: #388 Ma Sands
The trouble is I usually need it the most right now. Unfortunately bedtime is in 1 hour or so. Therefore real bad for good zzzz's. Don't know if it's about age or not, just what it does to me.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 4:56:30am |
re: #385 BlueCanuck
Tease. I dare not have any at this time of day. Interferes with my sleep.
Are you getting ready to go to bed?
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Bubblehead II Thu, May 22, 2008 4:56:55am |
re: #384 galloping granny
I just make it by the cup. Folgers coffee singles. Don't particularly like it, but until the good stuff finishes brewing at 1230, I have to live with it.
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Ma Sands Thu, May 22, 2008 4:57:13am |
re: #389 galloping granny
Well, c'mon over --my teacher son got me up way early, bringing me a new rake and grass seed.... :)
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 4:57:15am |
re: #372 galloping granny
I raised 4 kids of my own and two nephews part time with a couple of dogs, 3 cats and assorted kittens and puppies. As a single mother. Working and doing university at the same time when they were in their early teens. I suspect I would find your house relatively calm :)
Very likely, though my oldest one is really worth about five kids sometimes and about three most of the time.
I still look forward to having nothing in particular to do.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 4:57:50am |
re: #391 galloping granny
In a way yes, almost done work.
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BlueCanuck Thu, May 22, 2008 4:58:27am |
Well time to go folks, see you all next time.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 4:58:30am |
re: #389 galloping granny
Sure, I'll trade you. I love good coffee and try lots of different varieties, but invariably I come back to good old Eight O'Clock, ground espresso superfine. Gives it an almost chocolate flavor.
I'm with you -- I love Eight O'Clock. Drinking my second cup right now.
At my dad's shop we drank Navy coffee from the PX. God awful stuff, but it did keep you warm, awake .... and regular.
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Widow'smight Thu, May 22, 2008 4:58:47am |
re: #388 Ma Sands
I'm sure you were great at all your ages princess.
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Ma Sands Thu, May 22, 2008 4:58:55am |
re: #390 BlueCanuck
I 'spect last night's tragedy of Steven Curtis Chapman's family was talked about this morning already.....?
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 5:00:12am |
You guys should go look at the picture of the "stranded polar bear" on a chunk of ice in the water" at the top front of Foxnews! What a hoot this is. Apparently the gorbull warming/save the polar bear crowd do not realize that polar bears can swim! (For miles if need be.)
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greatdane Thu, May 22, 2008 5:00:57am |
A 200 page article about photographs, without a single photograph. Academics.
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Ma Sands Thu, May 22, 2008 5:01:19am |
re: #403 galloping granny
:) Thank you for making me laugh. Needed that.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 5:01:53am |
re: #394 Lucius Septimius
Very likely, though my oldest one is really worth about five kids sometimes and about three most of the time.
I still look forward to having nothing in particular to do.
My eldest nephew was like that. You would have him by the seat of his pants dragging him bodily out of one total disaster bound to kill him or blow up the house and before you even let go the kiddo would have thought up a dozen more things to get into. I used to call him a little devil on jet powered roller skates.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 5:02:40am |
re: #402 Ma Sands
You know what? I like you. :)
Widow's mite is well worth liking :)
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 5:02:48am |
re: #403 galloping granny
Apparently the gorbull warming/save the polar bear crowd do not realize that polar bears can swim! (For miles if need be.)
But if the water is too warm they might, um, uh ... y'know ... get tired or sumthin? Or depressed? That's the ticket ... depressed because there isn't enough snow to help them feel in tune with their environment. All that white is self-affirming for the polar bears, and when there isn't enough white stuff around to reassure them about their polar-bear-ness, they become alienated from their surroundings and begin to perish from a sense of anomie.
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Ma Sands Thu, May 22, 2008 5:04:21am |
re: #408 Lucius Septimius
Ah, you oughta write children's books! You're good. :)
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 5:04:42am |
re: #397 Lucius Septimius
I'm with you -- I love Eight O'Clock. Drinking my second cup right now.
At my dad's shop we drank Navy coffee from the PX. God awful stuff, but it did keep you warm, awake .... and regular.
I just heard the gurgle, so I should be able to indulge momentarily. Assuming the coffee cream did not disappear.
I could only wish my Navy dad had made Navy coffee. He took to instant rather well. I hated coffee until I went to live in Germany and my landlady would invite me down for coffee every afternoon.
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Widow'smight Thu, May 22, 2008 5:04:49am |
re: #402 Ma Sands
Same to you girl, and that Galloping Granny is perty darn sweet too.
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ConservativeAtheist Thu, May 22, 2008 5:05:14am |
Been doing a bunch of research lately regarding global warming, and I just ran across a web site I found rather unbelievable. If there are any Aussies posting, I'd love to hear your comments on the state of the Australian Broadcasting Company. If this is any indication, the US mainstream media may have some catching up to do to sink quite this low. Telling kids at what age they should die to stop contributing to global warming. Unbelievable. My kids should have died at age 1.5 according to these buffoons.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 5:06:02am |
re: #410 Ma Sands
Ah, you oughta write children's books! You're good. :)
About anomie? Hmmmm ... now that's a novel idea ... children's books about alienation and Unheimlichkeit.
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laZardo Thu, May 22, 2008 5:08:38am |
re: #408 Lucius Septimius
We should initiate a mass bongo drop just in case...
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 5:09:07am |
re: #409 Lucius Septimius
What does he do now?
Now he is a contractor. He is very talented at it and loves what he does, but it makes me kind of sad. He was the single most mechanically brilliant human being I have ever met as a child. Before he could walk he was disassembling my father's manual alarm clock - and could put it back together again. Never got any academic encouragement though, and neither the school nor his parents emphasized his natural math skills. I've always felt that he was born to be the next Thomas Alva Edison or similar and missed the boat.
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Widow'smight Thu, May 22, 2008 5:10:38am |
re: #414 Lucius Septimius
You know one think I never understood. If the Polar ice caps melting supposed cause the ocean levels to rise ......
Why is it Water occupies more volume than as a solid than a liquid?
Maybe it's all those Peeing Polar Bears that are meltin the ice.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 5:12:15am |
re: #415 laZardo
We should initiate a mass bongo drop just in case...
That and some black turtle necks and berets.
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Ma Sands Thu, May 22, 2008 5:12:46am |
re: #416 galloping granny
You are, with that mind set (think "heart" :) --still his urge-er.....don't give up; there is still time "until the last breath is drawn" --it was meant for something, and you will be that good part of it, the one who never gave up believing in him..... :)
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 5:12:54am |
re: #419 Widow'smight
Maybe they all took that "when should you die" test and decide to just pack it in for the good of Gaia.
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Bubblehead II Thu, May 22, 2008 5:12:54am |
Petraeus faces Senate on Central Command job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, praised for curbing violence in Iraq, seeks to persuade senators on Thursday he can handle the task of heading the U.S. military in the entire Middle East and beyond.
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 5:13:07am |
re: #419 Widow'smight
You know one think I never understood. If the Polar ice caps melting supposed cause the ocean levels to rise ......
Why is it Water occupies more volume than as a solid than a liquid?
Maybe it's all those Peeing Polar Bears that are meltin the ice.
This is just another one of those really bad "scientific facts" that make "global warming" so much BS.
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 5:14:08am |
re: #416 galloping granny
Smart creative people are often difficult to deal with, especially as kids when it's hard to keep them directed on anything.
My oldest also has the misfortune of having the most charming and gifted little brother in the world -- no really; it makes it tough on him.
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ConservativeAtheist Thu, May 22, 2008 5:14:15am |
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laZardo Thu, May 22, 2008 5:16:15am |
re: #420 Lucius Septimius
And hair (fur?) gel. If only that rotten Bush junta would let the UN in to do so...
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rightside Thu, May 22, 2008 5:18:56am |
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Ma Sands Thu, May 22, 2008 5:19:15am |
re: #426 Lucius Septimius
I've seen that line of thought discussed by home educators: they have studied the phenomenon and found that every last bit of the wildness, when not squashed & sat upon by every adult in the child's life, was corralled by himself as he grew, into the most useful piece of the whole, in making him wonderfully, imaginatively productive.....
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doriangrey Thu, May 22, 2008 5:20:42am |
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Lucius Septimius Thu, May 22, 2008 5:21:21am |
re: #431 Ma Sands
I just wish the wildness could be directed towards something productive -- mostly it comes out in stirring up his siblings and inventing things to be upset about.
This morning it was "when does my golf season begin." Ummm, we have never played golf, we can't afford it, I don't have time, there isn't a course with a membership fee of under 50K anywhere within a two hour drive, and you already know all of this.
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doriangrey Thu, May 22, 2008 5:22:58am |
re: #433 Lucius Septimius
I just wish the wildness could be directed towards something productive -- mostly it comes out in stirring up his siblings and inventing things to be upset about.
This morning it was "when does my golf season begin." Ummm, we have never played golf, we can't afford it, I don't have time, there isn't a course with a membership fee of under 50K anywhere within a two hour drive, and you already know all of this.
ROTFLMAO.................... Poor Lucius, yer kid is trying to turn into a snob....... Good luck with that..........
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 5:23:28am |
re: #426 Lucius Septimius
Smart creative people are often difficult to deal with, especially as kids when it's hard to keep them directed on anything.
My oldest also has the misfortune of having the most charming and gifted little brother in the world -- no really; it makes it tough on him.
Sometimes people try to keep smart, creative children directed on the wrong thing. Kids like that often process information at many times the rate an average person can and it is not unusual to see them multitask at several seemingly impossible things at once. Boredom is the number one enemy of this kind of brilliance. While they are young they might comply with what they see as busywork, but by the time they are teens you meet their challenge or they just give up and drop out - literally and figuratively.
If he is hard to keep directed then you need to find something more challenging for him. Canned curriculum almost never works. Also bear in mind that there is little harder in this world than being good at many things. Involve him in choosing for himself what he wants or thinks he needs to learn and be ready to explain just exactly WHY he needs to learn to do something.
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doriangrey Thu, May 22, 2008 5:26:16am |
re: #433 Lucius Septimius
I just wish the wildness could be directed towards something productive -- mostly it comes out in stirring up his siblings and inventing things to be upset about.
This morning it was "when does my golf season begin." Ummm, we have never played golf, we can't afford it, I don't have time, there isn't a course with a membership fee of under 50K anywhere within a two hour drive, and you already know all of this.
Heh heh heh give him a lawn mower and tell him his golf season starts just as soon as he earns the money for a membership...
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galloping granny Thu, May 22, 2008 5:26:22am |
re: #433 Lucius Septimius
I just wish the wildness could be directed towards something productive -- mostly it comes out in stirring up his siblings and inventing things to be upset about.
This morning it was "when does my golf season begin." Ummm, we have never played golf, we can't afford it, I don't have time, there isn't a course with a membership fee of under 50K anywhere within a two hour drive, and you already know all of this.
Ah - now you see, the solution to this is easy. Rather than giving him the answer that he did, you should have set him to finding out where to play golf, how much lessons cost, how much membership costs, how much the clubs costs, greens fees and just how he was going to earn that money, since his allowance wouldn't cover it.
NEVER give a brilliant child a straight answer unless it is life or death or a personal discussion. Make him work for it!
