What? No announcement about our new button? I suppose that will come later....

re: #1 vxbush

What? No announcement about our new button? I suppose that will come later....

probly gangin thins up for major nounsment.

La la la la...all alone in here...

re: #1 vxbush

What? No announcement about our new button? I suppose that will come later....

Once the new features are added.

Guild Wars: Simply Enfuego for Guild heads.

Thank You Vets. I hope you have a great Memorial Day.

Oh. [looks around sheepishly]

Hi there, unrealizedviewpoint. Hope you are well today.

New Button? Dammit, no one ever tells me anything.

re: #1 vxbush

What? No announcement about our new button? I suppose that will come later....

He must just be checking to see if we are paying attention

Hmmmm...

They're not italicized on this thread.

Well, re lost the ''report" line, so is it related?

Help me think out loud here for a minute.

I'm gearing up to start work on my "Obama Rumor, Obama Fact" page, and I need some feedback on some possible formats.

WHAT IT WILL BE

An analysis of all the "rumors" about Obama, one rumor at a time. I will either debunk the rumor, or confirm it, or assess its likelihood of being true. It will be basically in a question-and-answer format. The rumors/questions will be very short, but the answers to each rumor might become very long if massive documentation is required. How long? I don't know yet. How many "rumors" will be discussed? I also don't know yet. What will happen is that information and new rumors will constantly be added to the analysis as the campaign accelerates.

My question is: How shall I organize all this information?

POSSIBLE FORMATS

1. Everything all together on one page. This is how I did my "Red Cross Ambulance Hoax" report, and my "Taxonomy of Fraud" report. It has the disadvantage of being big and unwieldy and hard to load. It has the advantage of everything all being to together on one page, in one handy all-purpose Obama-crushing location. And if everything's all on one page, it encourages readers to just keep scrolling to find more and more shocking facts they weren't aware of before. This would be its own page hosted on zombietime.

2. Have a main "Index" page that simply lists all of the rumors -- click on a rumor and it takes you to a separate page that only answers that specific rumor. Each of these individual rumor pages will of course have links back to the main page and to the "previous" and "next" rumors. The advantage is that each page is itself easy to load and small; and that each rumor is linkable-to as a distinct fact. The disadvantage is that everything is broken up and readers may not necessarily see all the other rumors/facts if they just look at that one page and then close the window and go away. These would all be hosted on zombietime.

3. Just like "2" above, except that I start a new blog devoted to just this topic. Each rumor will be its own blog "page." Advantages: memorable URL, dedidcated site; allows comments and feedback from readers, which will increase the flow of information; can maintain the veneer of neutrality by not being on a known right-wing-neo-con knuckledragger site like zombietime. Disadvantages: Unknown new site will lack history and track record and have less credibility; if it gets heavily linked, the free blog site may not be able to take the traffic; allows comments, which will be overwhelmed by trolls and Obama-bots.

4. Just like "3" above, except that I make it be on zomblog, with all the attendant advantages and disadvantages outlined in "2" and "3" above.

5. Slack off, go smoke a doobie, and let Obama lead us off the cliff into socialism.

Which option should I choose? Or some other option I haven't thought of? Your thoughts?

re: #10 Ward Cleaver

Hmmmm...

They're not italicized on this thread.

What's not italicized?

I'd click the new button, but I am afraid it might turn me into a moonbat!

How about a picture, Charles? Maybe the beach, with some supertankers in the background?

Oh, joy!

re: #7 vxbush

Oh. [looks around sheepishly]

Hi there, unrealizedviewpoint. Hope you are well today.

I waz in curner, ya didn't Cme?
I's good. U?

re: #11 mean Gene

Yes. The "report" link has now become an exclamation point button.

re: #11 mean Gene

Well, re lost the ''report" line, so is it related?

Yes, it's replacing that. The idea is to make it possible to report a post, or promote it (like if you think it's thread-worthy).

re: #14 Nevergiveup

I'd click the new button, but I am afraid it might turn me into a moonbat!

we thought you already WERE a moonbat !

(sorry ,,, j/k)

re: #17 unrealizedviewpoint

Not bad. May have a broken toe. Otherwise, life's good.

oh it's a report key!

re: #20 sattv4u2

we thought you already WERE a moonbat !

(sorry ,,, j/k)

My wife has called me worse. A LOT worse.

re: #12 zombie

#3 and #4 seem to be the best options. There's a blog out there called ObamaWTF that keeps a list of Obama's documentable lies. It's 43 and counting.

/#5 never hurt though.

Zombie, I really like the #1 idea.
The other day I was looking for fauxtography examples and found that many, many links had died since 2006's Lebanon war fauxtography clusters.
I'd rather see the quotes right up on your page than click a link a year from now and see a ''the page you are looking for no longer exists.''
And, God forbid Obama gets elected there'll be a whole lot of missing pages, don't you think?

re: #12 zombie

One additional "disadvantage" of option #1 is that having everything on one page can lead to some confusion for SOME OF US (moi!) as to where one item ends and the next one begins. I like your option #2.

re: #12 zombie

Something somewhere between #2 and #5.

Leaning towards #2, cuz it sounds funnier (and I liked the layout of the Wahmbulance Report).

WHO IS
THE NEW
#2?,
R

re: #1 vxbush

What? No announcement about our new button? I suppose that will come later....

Hopefully, and maybe a revision of the "reply" and "quote" buttons as well.

re: #12 zombie

Snopes uses the index idea with an icon that shows the status of that rumor. You might want to do something similar (although, for all I know, that's where you got this idea). That way, I can look in one place and see the status quickly and only read more if I need to.

It seems like a dream....Obama has half the country hypnotized

I... I wish you could swim
like dolphins... dolphins can swim

Afternoon All,
Did you all see that Texas had its ass handed to it by the appeals court over the mass removal of those FLDS kids?

re: #12 zombie

1. Everything all together on one page...because it is a heavy 1,2 punch for those coming on who still don't get how dangerous this man is. if you can't sundue them, overwhelm them.

re: #16 MandyManners

Oh, joy!

Or, Ode to Joy

re: #12 zombie

Zombie, I like Option 2. Definitely put it on a different domain from zombietime (for traffic management), but link to zombietime.

McCain Dumps medical records on holiday weekend !

As Americans kick off the first holiday weekend of the summer Friday, Sen. John McCain will release 400 pages of his medical records to a handpicked group of reporters who can neither photocopy nor keep the documents, illustrating the sensitivity the campaign places on the 71-year-old candidate's age and health.

McCain releases Medical Records

Lt. for Life! LfL Snort!

re: #12 zombie

Help me think out loud here for a minute.

Paste tastes funny!

-R. Wiggums

that's subdue

re: #12 zombie

I like #2, because it's much easier to navigate through

re: #35 CapeCoddah

Afternoon All,
Did you all see that Texas had its ass handed to it by the appeals court over the mass removal of those FLDS kids?

How so?

re: #35 CapeCoddah

Afternoon All,
Did you all see that Texas had its ass handed to it by the appeals court over the mass removal of those FLDS kids?

Well, it was a state appeals court. Not the Feds.

re: #12 zombie

#3 - The goal is eyeballs, and certainly the veneer of neutrality will help gain them.

re: #37 experiencedtraveller

re: #16 MandyManners

Oh, joy!

Or, Ode to Joy

Or, Odo Joy

re: #12 zombie

You should make it a KOS Diary

re: #37 experiencedtraveller

Soothing. Thank you.

For anyone following the Swedish Power Plant story, here's the latest news:

Two men arrested in an explosives scare yesterday at a the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Sweden have been released, but the prosecutor's office has said that suspicions against them remain.

re: #47 Occasional Reader

Or, Odo Joy

LOL!

zombie,

can you do number 2 and smoke a doobie with out being led off the cliff?

re: #44 MandyManners

How so?

Here's a link at the Dallas Morning News site, with links to the documents. It's three Republican justices in Austin.

re: #51 MandyManners

Mandy, I axed you a question on a previous thread, but don't think you sawr it; why won't you ever go near an airport again?

re: #12 zombie

#5. Except the parts about electing Obama and going off the cliff...

re: #50 gman

For anyone following the Swedish Power Plant story, here's the latest news:

Plant?

Zombie -

FWIW try a new site along the lines of Snopes.

Do both McCain and Obama.

Link to items on it via ztime and zblog.

Others will link too.

And then do option 5.

re: #53 Ward Cleaver

Here's a link at the Dallas Morning News site, with links to the documents. It's three Republican justices in Austin.

Thanks.

re: #12 zombie

Do #2 and say 'see next page' at the bottom.
Great work Zombie! I look forward to seeing this.

re: #46 unrealizedviewpoint

#3 - The goal is eyeballs, and certainly the veneer of neutrality will help gain them.

I just wanted to vote twice for #3.

re: #50 gman

Lutherans!

re: #47 Occasional Reader

re: #37 experiencedtraveller

re: #16 MandyManners

Oh, joy!

Or, Ode to Joy

Or, Odo Joy

I think Charles had to limited the run-on quotes due to technical issues but some of them were a real hoot.

Could there be a pop up box where lizards could run on?

re: #56 MandyManners

Plant?

The one and only Robert Plant

Charles
Where is that ID video you mentioned ?

re: #6 P. Aaron

Thank you.

9th Infantry Division Veteran

Vietnam 1967-68

re: #64 experiencedtraveller

re: #47 Occasional Reader

re: #37 experiencedtraveller

re: #16 MandyManners

Oh, joy!

Or, Ode to Joy

Or, Odo Joy

I think Charles had to limited the run-on quotes due to technical issues but some of them were a real hoot.

Could there be a pop up box where lizards could run on?

Too many Burma Shave posts. Took up too much space.

re: #63 cygnus

Lutherans!

Of course, why else would they be released right away.

Man found naked in pond with gators arrested for missing court date

re: #1 vxbush

What? No announcement about our new button? I suppose that will come later....

SORRY I CLICKED THE NEW BUTTON WHICH REPORTED YOUR POST

OOPS.

LOL

re: #26 mean Gene

Zombie, I really like the #1 idea.
The other day I was looking for fauxtography examples and found that many, many links had died since 2006's Lebanon war fauxtography clusters.
I'd rather see the quotes right up on your page than click a link a year from now and see a ''the page you are looking for no longer exists.''
And, God forbid Obama gets elected there'll be a whole lot of missing pages, don't you think?

None of the internal links will die. The whole site will be under my control. And, as with my Ambulance report, I will extensively cite every external link so that if it disappears, I'll still have the citation.

re: #43 gman

I like #2, because it's much easier to navigate through

I like the "Previous" and "Next" links. Maybe put the rumor titles for the previous and next ones on each page, like:

"Next: Obama is a Muslim"

re: #25 Honorary Yooper

Thanks for the link to Obama WTF -- bookmarked.

Better late than later, McCain rejects the endorsement from the shudder-inducing Reverend John Hagee.

It still renders whatever vetting process used by his campaign when seeking endorsements questionable, at best.

But at least a little bit of McCain's pandermonium has flipped. Or is that flopped?

re: #70 NJDhockeyfan

Man found naked in pond with gators arrested for missing court date

He was on a date with the gators instead.

re: #34 Occasional Reader

Don't the dolphins sing in that song?

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.

re: #70 NJDhockeyfan

Man found naked in pond with gators arrested for missing court date

In November 2006, he made national headlines when deputies rescued him from the jaws of a large alligator in Lake Parker, located west of Saddle Creek Park near Lakeland. Apgar was naked and told his rescuers he had taken drugs.

My guess is that he is still taking them.

re: #73 Ward Cleaver

I like the "Previous" and "Next" links. Maybe put the rumor titles for the previous and next ones on each page, like:

"Next: Obama is a Muslim"

"Next; Obama is a henpecked husband"

Button, Button, who's got the button?

re: #55 experiencedtraveller

#5. Except the parts about electing Obama and going off the cliff...

After smoking a spliff.

re: #70 NJDhockeyfan

Can he be referred to as "The Master-Gator?"

re: #79 sattv4u2

"Next; Obama is a henpecked husband"

I'll bet she's a serious nag.

re: #80 Salem

Button, Button, who's got the button?

Obama is dreaming about The Button

re: #70 NJDhockeyfan

Man found naked in pond with gators arrested for missing court date

This guy looks like Sgt. Peterson, the cop who killed his wives.

wasn't the exclamation point angled about 10 minutes ago?

Would some one explain the 'heart' and '!' buttons? what do they do?

i think the '!' is the report button but what is the "heart" do? i don't have a clue

re: #79 sattv4u2

"Next; Obama is a henpecked husband"

"Next: Obama just wants to finish his waffle."

re: #84 LeftJustAintRight

Obama is dreaming about The Button

The giant red candy-like button?

re: #86 bosforus

wasn't the exclamation point angled about 10 minutes ago?

no ,,, now sit up straight

re: #83 Ward Cleaver

I'll bet she's a serious nag.

She's the type that gives nags a bad name.

I ate a big lunch and now I'M DRINKING SOME APPLE JUICE!

Take that, Obama & the DNC.

The heart is to save it to your favorites

re: #70 NJDhockeyfan

you'd think that was a good excuse

re: #85 unrealizedviewpoint

This guy looks like Sgt. Peterson, the cop who killed his wives.

His peterson the gators?

/get it?

re: #85 unrealizedviewpoint

This guy looks like Sgt. Peterson, the cop who killed his wives.

I wish. No gators in NE Illinois.

re: #87 yochanan

saves comment to your favorites

re: #92 Ojoe

I ate a big lunch and now I'M DRINKING SOME APPLE JUICE!

Take that, Obama & the DNC.

Did you get permission from other countries ?

re: #92 Ojoe

I ate a big lunch and now I'M DRINKING SOME APPLE JUICE!

Take that, Obama & the DNC.

From a juice box?

#12 zombie

I vote for #2 and have to laugh at the lizard who asked if you could do #2 (no pun intended), smoke a doobie AND be led off the cliff....

re: #89 Ward Cleaver

The giant red candy-like button?

Yeah
With GPS to Israel
F-ing Obama Hussein

Hope all have a great,safe Memorial Day Weekend!
Thank you Veterans!
In the past thirty years , this holiday weekend has always been a very introspective time!
Not because of it's National meaning but because of having been hit by a car on Memorial Day in 1978.
My near death and years of recovery fade to nothing when remembering the WILLING sacrifices made by the thousands
of our very best,the armed forces!
In the past 15-20 years,seeing what has happened to this country and around the world ,we could never thank our vets enough.
It humbles me!
God you and God bless America

re: #90 sattv4u2

no ,,, now sit up straight

Nah, takes too much effort.

re: #79 sattv4u2

"Next; Obama is a henpecked husband"

The Muslim thng could be. Henpecked husband? No doubt

re: #98 sattv4u2

Nope. No permission.

Burp.

re: #97 bulwrk

i have favs? were?

re: #87 yochanan

Would some one explain the 'heart' and '!' buttons? what do they do?

i think the '!' is the report button but what is the "heart" do? i don't have a clue

The "!" button appears to be the new "report" button.

The heart button was explained awhile back - you can set up a list of your favorite '"stuff" from LGF. To access your favorites, look in the upper left corner of the screen near where you sign in; once you have some favorites saved, you get to them thru there. You can even label your faves, so if you have a lot, you can find them quickly.

God bless America

Land of the full

re: #106 yochanan

i have favs? were?

At the top under your name

re: #107 reine.de.tout

Beat me by 5 seconds
LOL

re: #30 taxfreekiller

my name is john kerry i'm a vietnam vet
i'm here to tell you how much better things could get
if you just let me be the king instead of that guy bush
i'm a softer kind of fascist when shove comes to push
you know you've gotta love my presidential style
my presidential face and my presidential smile

so vote for me! john kerry!
see the softer side of tyrrany
vote for me! john kerry!
get rid of tweedle-dumb
bring in tweedle-dee!

you can ask my wife and kids i'm the king of the waffles
i'd be the best waffler in the whole oval office
i waffled on gay marriage and i waffled on iraq
i'll waffle on cafta and the patriot act
i'm a real clever guy, yeah my strategy is strong
if i never take a side, how can i go wrong?

so vote for me! john kerry!
see the softer side of tyrrany
vote for me! john kerry!
get rid of tweedle-dumb
bring in tweedle-dee!

well bush is a republican and i'm a democrat
our policies are just the same but who cares about that?
the most important thing is the illusion of change
so you can feel like you're involved while the status-quo's maintained
for you the working class things will probably stay the same
but won't it be nice to have a new guy to blame?

so vote for me! john kerry!
see the softer side of tyrrany
vote for me! john kerry!
get rid of tweedle-dumb
bring in tweedle-dee!

you've got to know, you're more to me than just a statistic
and i know you want democracy but come on, let's be realistic

so don't blame me. my hands are tied
i've gotta keep my corporate customers satisfied and in order to do that we've gotta keep you all in line
waving the flag and the dollar sign
you've got a television to supply you with your thrills
so take some propaganda and a few sleeping pills
if you ever wake up we'll know what must be done
but for now the ballot box is cheaper than the guns
[ The John Kerry Song Lyrics on [Link: www.lyricsmania.com...] ]

re: #99 Ward Cleaver

From a mason jar.

re: #106 yochanan

in your account

re: #81 Ward Cleaver
I'd prefer a fine Barolo but to each his own :)

re: #86 bosforus

wasn't the exclamation point angled about 10 minutes ago?

Since only Stinky has such power to wield a bat. Charles probably doesn't want it to be a bat.

ok got it
deff not geek material here.

re: #35 CapeCoddah

I posted it 2 hours, 24 minutes ago under Breaking news...

Figured You Out
Some music for everyone

re: #115 buzzsawmonkey

Lots of food there too.

re: #12 zombie

If you do not pick #5, you are RACIST.

Seriously, I'd pick #2.

Good luck!

Hi, all! Anyone want some strong winds? We've had quite enough, thanks!

re: #114 experiencedtraveller

I'd prefer a fine Barolo but to each his own :)

This meal would be perfect with that wine.

re: #70 NJDhockeyfan

Man found naked in pond with gators arrested for missing court date

Courting gators can't be good for your health.

re: #122 Empire1

Very windy Northern Calif.

re: #115 buzzsawmonkey

strange very strange

re: #124 JCM

Courting gators can't be good for your health.

Those things should come with warning labels, like cigarettes.

OT Obama

re: #115 buzzsawmonkey

Mmmmmm. Donuts.

re: #124 JCM

Courting gators can't be good for your health.

Cars are safer.

re: #128 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Those things should come with warning labels, like cigarettes.

You volunteering to apply the first warning label?
;-P

Dizzy yet?

re: #131 NJDhockeyfan

Cars are safer.

Gives new meaning to "Auto-eroticism"

Activist goes to court to ask that Bush be arrested at convention

Long-time Minneapolis peace activist and sometime-gadfly Ed Felien asked a Hennepin County District Court judge on Thursday to compel the county attorney to arrest President Bush when his plane lands for the GOP convention in September.

Felien, a former Minneapolis City Council member, said Bush should be investigated and prosecuted for murder because of troop deaths in Iraq, conspiracy to fix oil prices and conspiracy to distribute drugs by controlling the opium trade in Afghanistan.

/Minnesota moonbaticus

re: #123 NJDhockeyfan

This meal would be perfect with that wine.

RED WINE WITH CHICKEN BURGERS!?! Nice! ;)

Even Metal Bands are Moonbats
If Everyone Cared

re: #128 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Those things should come with warning labels, like cigarettes.

Them teeth look like pretty clear warning labels to me. Just saying.

re: #126 A Kiwi Infidel

Careful with slurs for members of the ROP - Stinky doesn't like them

Did I miss something? When the little ! mark appear to the right? What is it for?

re: #140 maddogg

click it and see.

re: #139 Kosh's Shadow

I was just stating the facts. How that can that be interpreted as a slur unless Stinky is a...................OMG!

re: #140 maddogg

Did I miss something? When the little ! mark appear to the right? What is it for?

Press that if you haven't gotten your zionist check by the 15th of each month.

re: #140 maddogg

Did I miss something? When the little ! mark appear to the right? What is it for?

Don't Push it!

re: #126 A Kiwi Infidel

I was driving to work today and I got to thinking about how the moo-slums claim the Jews are descended from apes and pigs. If they state this as fact, in much the same way as they declare the earth is flat then why do they send suicide bombers to kill Jews? Wouldnt that mix their bits with those of the Jews they kill and, therefore, "defile" themselves?

I'm just sayin................

Applying logic to Islam?

re: #140 maddogg

Did I miss something? When the little ! mark appear to the right? What is it for?

Lizards must be good drivers. They're so observant.

re: #141 reine.de.tout

Gotcha.

re: #138 Nevergiveup

Them teeth look like pretty clear warning labels to me. Just saying.

That reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Principle Skinner becomes a PI in New Orleans. The crime boss, Mr. Big, slips an alligator into his bedroom. But it was just a warning gator, as the teeth were corked.

re: #140 maddogg

I think it's the "Bat" Actually I was told that it's the new, improved REPORT Button.

re: #115 buzzsawmonkey

Sex! Exercise! Art Deco! Charlotte Greenwood!

This is what made Hollywood great.

They filmed my dream!

re: #140 maddogg

Did I miss something? When the little ! mark appear to the right? What is it for?

/it's the new report button

re: #144 JCM

Don't Push it!

What, you want I should press the RED BUTTON?

Just another open thread...

Nay, an exceptional open thread ...

}:)     [Ya gotta believe!]

re: #151 Killian Bundy

/it's the new report button

Oh crap... and when are the new reports due?!

[checking Outlook calendar]

re: #125 Ojoe

So's Delaware. Was trying to work in the garden today, but gave up when I couldn't even keep my hat on, and anything much lighter than my tools kept trying to blow across the yard. Tomorrow's supposed to be almost as bad, but the weekend looks possible, at the moment.

re: #152 maddogg

What, you want I should press the RED BUTTON?

Just an ordinary harmless little RED BUTTON!

_{you know you want to push it}

re: #156 JCM

Just an ordinary harmless little RED BUTTON!

_{you know you want to push it}

My wife is good at pushing buttons.

re: #157 Nevergiveup

My wife is good at pushing buttons.

Isn't that the wife's job?
Kids can be good at it too!

Good evening, Lizards (well, in five minutes).

zombie, smoke a doob and do all of them

I don't press buttons unless I know exactly what they do, or know it won't cause catastrophic failure. (pressed a red button on the control of a CNC lathe once, it actually had "press" stamped on the button. It discharged a large capacitor through the control and fried it. It was only supposed to be pressed to drain the capacitor for safety after the control had been powered down).

Ohhh! A tattle tail button!

re: #159 goddessoftheclassroom

{Goddess!}

re: #159 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, Lizards (well, in five minutes).

The goddess is in!

{GotC}

How was school today?

re: #162 vapig

Ohhh! A tattle tail button!

The SNITCH button.

Damn, I pressed it!

re: #162 vapig

Ohhh! A tattle tail button!

Can also be used for good!

re: #12 zombie

3. Just like "2" above, except that I start a new blog devoted to just this topic. Each rumor will be its own blog "page." Advantages: memorable URL, dedidcated site; allows comments and feedback from readers, which will increase the flow of information; can maintain the veneer of neutrality by not being on a known right-wing-neo-con knuckledragger site like zombietime. Disadvantages: Unknown new site will lack history and track record and have less credibility; if it gets heavily linked, the free blog site may not be able to take the traffic; allows comments, which will be overwhelmed by trolls and Obama-bots.

I'd suggest a page on Zombietime with a few teasers that all link to the newer blog. After November it'll be easier to toss out the separate blog if no longer needed. Disable comments by unregistered users and follow the LGF registration model.

'Night Lizards.

re: #12 zombie

I would go for option 2. This way every rumor can be extensively covered without overwhelming the reader with a monstrous multi-chapter novel of Obama's dirty laundry. Some rumors may require extensive coverage, and this way you will have more room to breathe.

Simply provide conspicuous referral buttons on each sub-page.

Just my 2c

re: #165 unrealizedviewpoint

Is it snitching when your reporting a troll or sockpuppet? Or something really vile?

re: #88 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

"Next: Obama just wants to finish his waffle."

Previous Page: Obama is the Messiah
Current Page: Obama is the Second Coming
Next Page: Obama is the Mahdi

re: #166 maddogg

Damn, I pressed it!

Uh! Oh! We have four minutes.

re: #171 vapig

Is it snitching when your reporting a troll or sockpuppet? Or something really vile?

Snitching at LGF is an encouraged practice. This ain't no drug gang. No worries.

{vapid}
{jcm}

I got some good news today: my principal is recommending to the school board that I be appointed drama director at the junior high. I've waited 10 years for this chance!

Tomorrow is the my classes' final exam. They'd better be ready...

Obama / ? 08 !

re: #172 nikis-knight

Mahdi? Is that like their 12th hidden imam?

re: #175 goddessoftheclassroom

{vapid}
{jcm}

I got some good news today: my principal is recommending to the school board that I be appointed drama director at the junior high. I've waited 10 years for this chance!

Tomorrow is the my classes' final exam. They'd better be ready...

WOOT!

re: #175 goddessoftheclassroom

*wild applause*

re: #175 goddessoftheclassroom

Great for you !

re: #159 goddessoftheclassroom

Welcome back Goddess.

Update:

We have a name for the UK bomber...

A man arrested in connection with an explosion at a restaurant in Exeter was a recent convert to Islam and may have been radicalised, police have said.

Devon and Cornwall police said Nick Reilly, 22, who was arrested at the scene at the city's Giraffe restaurant, was a vulnerable individual with a history of mental illness.

He is currently in police custody being treated for non-life threatening but serious facial wounds sustained in the blast.

"Our investigation so far indicates [Mr] Reilly, who has a history of mental illness, had adopted the Islamic faith," Deputy Chief Constable Tony Melville told a news conference.

"We believe despite his weak and vulnerable illness he was preyed upon, radicalised and taken advantage of."

re: #135 Killian Bundy

The Great State of Minnesota...Home of the Mall of America, The Land Of the Liberal Loon, and 10,000 treatment centers...

re: #175 goddessoftheclassroom

{vapid}
{jcm}

I got some good news today: my principal is recommending to the school board that I be appointed drama director at the junior high. I've waited 10 years for this chance!

Tomorrow is the my classes' final exam. They'd better be ready...

Congratulations goddess!

Barry is now in Florida trying to 'reassure" jewish voters.
Hmmm, CNN does not say what he needs to resaaure them about.
Whatever could it be?

Notice: [Link: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com...]

CNN has the comments turned off already for both that story and the next one, regarding Obama's difficulty wooing Jewish voters in Florida.

Maybe they're starting to catch on! I won't hold my breath though...

OK, I've just tallied up the votes for my "How do I organize my Obama page" question in comment #10 above. The results are:

Option 2: 10 votes
Option 3: 4 votes
Option 1: 2 votes
Option 5: 3 votes
Option 4: 1 votes

Looks like Option #2 is going to win the nomination...

re: #182 NJDhockeyfan

history of mental illness.

Are you implying being Islamic is the same as being crazy ?
I believe you

re: #182 NJDhockeyfan

So when's is Code Stinko gonna' protest the RoP for recruiting the mental disabled?

What I might do is option #2, and then also add a smidgen of option #3 or 4: Put up blog posts and allow people to comment on them.

re: #182 NJDhockeyfan

"Our investigation so far indicates [Mr] Reilly, who has a history of mental illness, had adopted the Islamic faith,"

But I repeat myself...

re: #187 zombie

OK, I've just tallied up the votes for my "How do I organize my Obama page" question in comment #10 above. The results are:

Option 2: 10 votes
Option 3: 4 votes
Option 1: 2 votes
Option 5: 3 votes
Option 4: 1 votes

Looks like Option #2 is going to win the nomination...

Wait, wait, I from King Co. Washington, I just found some more ballots!
/

re: #175 goddessoftheclassroom

Way to go, Goddess! Good wishes surround you. :)

re: #190 JCM

So when's is Code Stinko gonna' protest the RoP for recruiting the mental disabled?

Mentally disabled...makes him one of them.

re: #175 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh CONGRATS, Goddess! I'm so happy for you! 10 years is a long wait - but it'll be worth it! I'm sure of it!

I've been at my new job for about a month now and I just got shanghai'd by the head honcho. I started on Monday - not as bad as I thought it was gong to be. In fact, this might work out just fine!

I must have missed out on a thread or comment by Charles on the exclamation point next to the heart after each post. What does it do? Thanks!

re: #182 NJDhockeyfan

Poor kid.

Later, Lizards.

re: #175 goddessoftheclassroom

So will your drama group be performing "My Name Is Rachel Corrie"?

I didn't think so.

re: #197 Psaturn

I pushed it and the cat was ejected out of my recliner...:)

re: #197 Psaturn

I must have missed out on a thread or comment by Charles on the exclamation point next to the heart after each post. What does it do?

Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light. Total protonic reversal.

re: #182 NJDhockeyfan

Why are they always "lone loons" and "mentally ill?" Why can't it just be - islam?

Zombie, I took a look at your poll, I would say both, one for general with links for deeper discussion and the other diagrammatical. Giving a person choice for either.

re: #200 Dustyvet

I pushed it and the cat was ejected out of my recliner...:)

Luckily for me, I don't have a cat!

re: #201 Occasional Reader

Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light. Total protonic reversal.

Wow! Copacetic!

When I pushed the new button my dog immediately brought me an ice cold Budweiser.

Barry is in Boca Rotan, talking tough about Hamas & Iran & swearing that he will support Israel.
He took questions for about 45 minutes. Wirth the exception of only one question , they were all very pro Barry.
The "deviant" questioner was shouted down.
His people missed one.

re: #199 Mich-again

ROTFL!

OMG, that's so funny!

" ! " is the "WTF" button.

re: #206 Mich-again

When I pushed the new button my dog immediately brought me an ice cold Budweiser.

When I pushed the new button Shriners in little cars circle the parking lot.

re: #175 goddessoftheclassroom

{vapid}
{jcm}

I got some good news today: my principal is recommending to the school board that I be appointed drama director at the junior high. I've waited 10 years for this chance!

Tomorrow is the my classes' final exam. They'd better be ready...

Congrats ,,,,

I nominate Goddess to take care of some of the DRAMA in here !

re: #206 Mich-again

The dog brings to each person what he most desires.

Or she.

re: #210 NJDhockeyfan

See comment No. 212.

Apparently you all think total protonic reversal is some kind of joke. IT'S NOT.

CAUTION ,,,, do NOT push Red Buttons

re: #207 opnion

Barry is in Boca Rotan, talking tough about Hamas & Iran & swearing that he will support Israel.

Who was his warm-up band today? Lawrence Welk? The Shmenge Brothers, Bobby Vinton?

re: #211 sattv4u2

OH, but then Lizards would have to do as I told them. I don't think that's going to happen!

re: #189 buzzsawmonkey

I think "may have been radicalised" is pitching it low. The bomb sort of shows that.

Tells you what they think of moderates.

re: #214 Occasional Reader

Apparently you all think total protonic reversal is some kind of joke. IT'S NOT.

ahh ,,, but thats where you're wrong ,,, we all think total protonic reversal is deadly serious

we think YOU"RE the joke !

(j/k ,, that was too easy!)

Dhimmitude in Nippon as told in the English Lanquage version of the Mainichi Shinbun (aprrox trans: Morning News):

Shipments of popular anime stopped due to offensive scene

A leading publisher has stopped shipments of DVDs of popular animation "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" and relevant volumes of the book after discovering that one of the scenes could offend Muslims.

Shueisha Inc. and animation company A.P.P.P. Co. said a scene in Episode 6 of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" depicted the Quran in an inappropriate way.

In the scene, Jojo's enemy is shown dropping a book that contains some text from the Quran. The Quran does not appear in the same scene in the original cartoon book, but the staff of the animation company added the Arabic text to the book without knowing that the text was part of the Quran, according to Shueisha.

The companies announced on their Web sites on Thursday that they have stopped shipments of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" Episode 6 DVDs and the relevant volumes of the books.

"We would like to express our sincerest apologies to Muslims for these incidents. We will work harder to learn more about Islam and Muslims and to avoid giving misconceptions," said the two companies on their Web sites.

The companies will not retrieve the products that have already been published.

"Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" is a popular manga series published by Shueisha that has sold over 70 million copies.

(Mainichi Japan) May 22, 2008

re: #210 NJDhockeyfan

When I pushed the new button Shriners in little cars circle the parking lot.

I so want one of those little cars.

re: #12 zombie

I like option number two most, with the first part of option five as a personal reward/incentive for completing the task or a large portion of the task.

re: #201 Occasional Reader

I've always been a little unclear on that whole "good/bad" thing.

So, what is the real answer to the exclamation button ?

Is it safe to click on it?

More on the mentally ill Islamist...

He said: "Our investigation so far indicates Reilly, who has a history of mental illnesss had adopted the Islamic faith.

"We believe despite his weak and vulnerable illness he was preyed upon, radicalised, and taken advantage of.

"Bomb disposal experts attended the scene and made safe two explosive devices. These are being forensically examined."

Reilly was last night under police guard and thought to be undergoing treatment at the Royal Devon and Exeter hospital.

Last night neighbours of Mr Reilly said that he changed his name last year through deed poll to Mohammed Rasheed and described him as “naive and easily led”.

Daniel Turner, 20, a neighbour, said that Mr Reilly’s nickname is the “Big Friendly Giant” but that he had been “brainwashed”.

Mr Turner said: “He is mentally ill and he probably has the mental age of a 10-year-old.

“He changed his name to Mohammed Rasheed about a year ago at a registry office.

“He was brainwashed into becoming a Muslim by local men. He can’t think for himself.

“Nicky is schizophrenic. We call him the BFG but he obviously met up with the wrong people.”

re: #223 Dianna

I've always been a little unclear on that whole "good/bad" thing.

It's really more of a guideline than a rule.

re: #216 Mich-again

Who was his warm-up band today? Lawrence Welk? The Shmenge Brothers, Bobby Vinton?

Bobby Vinton is huge at the Florida Retirement communities.
But don't you think that Barry would have somethig edgier. I'm thinking Yousef Islam, the former Cat Stevens. I bet a Jewish group would just love him!

Leave it to The Onion to put this funny of a spin on the latest from the Clinton camp.

re: #206 Mich-again

If that happens to me, it means my dog has 1) learned to open the refrigerator (bad) and 2) developed the ability to teleport (very, very bad).

One of my dogs has a low and evil sense of humor.

re: #137 LeftJustAintRight

They ain't "metal," not even close.

POSERS,
R

re: #224 Psaturn

It replaces the word "report".

I'm going to end up with a bunch of offensive stuff saved to favorites, I just know it.

re: #72 zombie

You're good, Zombie, you're really good.
Then I don't care which of the other ones you choose.
You seem to have a knack for making things easy to read and find no matter what.
Once I get past your front page, that is.

re: #231 Dianna

It replaces the word "report".

I'm going to end up with a bunch of offensive stuff saved to favorites, I just know it.

Huh... would it still be there if it was deleted...?
Probably not.

re: #226 Occasional Reader

"Hello?" *Points at self* "Pirate, remember?"

re: #229 Dianna

If that happens to me, it means my dog has 1) learned to open the refrigerator (bad) and 2) developed the ability to teleport (very, very bad).

It would also mean your dog has a taste for mediocre beer. Time to upgrade to a Belgian Barge Dog.

Metal!

/and quite likely moonbats as well

Sign of the times: a couple of doves just got into a major fight on my patio.

re: #234 Dianna

"Hello?" *Points at self* "Pirate, remember?"

Isn't it wonderful that we're classically educated?

Off to the gym...

re: #233 nikis-knight

Then I could treat my favorites folder as where I keep score?

re: #225 NJDhockeyfan

More on the mentally ill Islamist...

"....naive and easily led.."
Yeah, isn't that exactly what all imams look for when human bombs are on the agenda?

re: #237 Catttt

Do you know what they were fighting about? Do they work for the BBC or the WAPO?

I just know I'm going to accidentally hit that exclamation point and get ejected from my chair. Must take care. /

re: #220 dmandman

It looks like Mr. Spencer saw the same article and made some very cogent comments: href="[Link: digg.com...] target="_blank">Japanese Dhimittude

re: #214 Occasional Reader

Apparently you all think total protonic reversal is some kind of joke. IT'S NOT.

I don't. I saw Galaxy Quest. ;-)

re: #230 Render

Oh, and hear hear!

Now it would seem, sir, that it is you who are in my head.

/

re: #230 Render

They ain't "metal," not even close.

POSERS,
R

Who are they? I can't see YouTube at work.

re: #235 Occasional Reader

Chelsea (black mutt with the evil sense of humor) likes beer, period. She even likes doggie beer - defined as the mats of grass left after mowing, which after a day in the sun, ferment.

re: #237 Catttt

Sign of the times: a couple of doves just got into a major fight on my patio.

That's not so bad. Doves treat my deck like a motel.
You really don't want to see that.

I am going to click the "bat" on this post. I will find out if time travel is possible, once and for all.

re: #214 Occasional Reader

Apparently you all think total protonic reversal is some kind of joke. IT'S NOT.

So....what? It's like a badish thing?

re: #231 Dianna

It replaces the word "report".

I'm going to end up with a bunch of offensive stuff saved to favorites, I just know it.

Thanks Dianna! That saves me from reporting other people unnecessarily...

LOL...

It appears that this newly enhanced report button is active when one NOT logged-in. I'm almost sure (not really) you had to be logged-in to report a comment to Stinky.

re: #248 opnion

I have been known to tell mating pigeons to get a room as I pass them on the sidewalk.

re: #241 madisonsfriend

Probably not reporters. They were fighting over birdseed.

They're gone now. Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal have brought the kids for dinner. :)

I clicked the bat and just got two phones calls asking me to be the VP.

re: #249 madisonsfriend

I am going to click the "bat" on this post. I will find out if time travel is possible, once and for all.

The Vulcan Science Directorate has determined time travel is an impossibility.

re: #254 Catttt

I've got a number of birds' nests in my back yard. The chicks just graduated from thrumming demandingly at their parents to cheeping.

YEARGHH! METAL!

/y'all had to go and get me started, dinchya?

I clicked the bat and Scotty tried to beam me up!

re: #12 zombie

List the rumors on a front page, with color coding to indicate your judgment of how likely it is to be more or less true.

Or, a number, scale of 1 to 10 or something. Or, a little bar, : if probably false, :::::::::: if probably true.

Then, links to supporting evidence for the conclusion, or a discussion of what you did to probe the rumor, assuming no reliable supporting evidence emerged.

Also, links to other sites if they came to a conclusion on the same rumor.
Maybe, one link takes you to confirming sites, the other, to sites where disconfirming evidence, or denials, what have you, may be found.

This will be a difficult project, because you have to be mostly right, and very cautious in those cases that you cannot be sure that you've got it right.

One seriously wrong call messes with the overall credibility of the site, of your "brand", and of blogdom in general.

Now, do you feel better?

Night Lizards.

Remember, don't push the button!

Off for home. Take care!

Good night/bye. Bubblehead II and Dianna!

re: #235 Occasional Reader

Are you suggesting I give up my fine American brew for some stinky Euro mudwater. No thanks!

re: #258 Slumbering Behemoth

Et tu, brute?

Now I get to link something too. :)

re: #266 Catttt

My turn...

Carnivore - Race War

BROOKLYN
1990,
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