I will not abuse that button.

This thread will not be reported to the authorities.

I reported myself yesterday. I thought that way my name would show up on the Zionist Check list. AND speaking of ZIONISM- JUNE 1, on the National mall, is the Israel birthday celebration. Come on down and look for me.

Something was just wrong, I could not log into the thread

Altough I don't think I ever posted from work before.

Hey, how come front page posts don't have "!" buttons?
/

I did not have sex with that button!

what is the red heart/green heart? I just clicked myself(maybe now the check willcome?)

Hey Charles, any plans to change comment searching to be able to rank or search by rating?
So I could look at which of my comments had the most "+"'s, or see the highest rated comments from the last week, etc.

The entire scheme of the newly enhanced report feature is just too cool.

Does this mean no more nekkid women links?

*sob*

re: #8 madisonsfriend

what is the red heart/green heart? I just clicked myself(maybe now the check willcome?)

look four links down from the logout button to access your stored favorites, signified by the green heart.

I also think a troll graveyard (suggested the other day) would be pretty cool.

re: #13 Creeping Eruption

I also think a troll graveyard (suggested the other day) would be pretty cool.

I think it should be called "The Stupids" in honor of erstwhile troll Sandrine.

By the way, after you click the red heart and it turns green, you can get to your favorites page simply by clicking the green heart again.

Once a heart is green, it's a link your 'My Favorites' page.

That's great

re: #13 Creeping Eruption

I also think a troll graveyard (suggested the other day) would be pretty cool.

I got the boot hill

re: #15 Charles

By the way, after you click the red heart and it turns green, you can get to your favorites page simply by clicking the green heart again.

Once a heart is green, it's a link your 'My Favorites' page.

Fantastic!
Learned something new today, again ...

Thanks.

Very cool feature. Sorry Charles, I just sent you a recommend on my own comment, but I just HAD to try it out.

Exclamation!

re: #1 MandyManners

I will not abuse that button.

Are there others you do abuse?

;)

Very nice. There should be a spot for giving the reason for the report, though. That could be both interesting and entertaining.

Graveyard?

It's just a big pile of well chewed and marrowless bones bleaching in the run-off of nitrogen gas.

TOOTH
PICKS,
R

Marcus Luttrell '08!

re: #1 MandyManners

I will not abuse that button.

Show the kid...
This button.

OT:

I am going to leave you all with a great song from my favorite band: Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Get Away

An improvement-a-day keeps the demons away.

re: #24 Roger

Marcus Luttrell '08!

His M-14 for veep....
(those who read the book will get it)

Read the book.
Lone Survivor

I just recommended my own link, as well. While I certainly think my link was a good one (yes, I'm blatantly pimping my own link) ... I'm not sure if I should be allowed to report or rec my own link. Or comment for that matter. Seems like it's way to easy to abuse just like probably just did.

Cool feature though!

If Charles is ever tempted to create a "troll graveyard", I suggest a high-heeled boot with many straps and chrome for the icon.

Great job. This blog is light years ahead of anything else. And I love that a "hobbiest" blogger like myself can get hundreds of hits on a post that resonates with the community.

re: #30 Dianna

If Charles is ever tempted to create a "troll graveyard", I suggest a high-heeled boot with many straps and chrome for the icon.

An S&M Troll Graveyard?

re: #28 jcm

We would have strong leadership and a strong nation again. I do hope folks with experience in the military campaigns will find their way into political life.

jcm, I laughed and cried over his M-14 (and the rest of the book) while reading Lone Survivor.

Charles, you are working wonders again, thanks for all of the great work.

Thanks Charles for your nifty geek work!

re: #32 eschew_obfuscation

I just like the implication of both booting and domination aimed at trolls.

I have got to get some lunch, then back to work.

re: #36 Dianna

O.K.....now you're turning me on ;~)

re: #33 Roger

We would have strong leadership and a strong nation again. I do hope folks with experience in the military campaigns will find their way into political life.

jcm, I laughed and cried over his M-14 (and the rest of the book) while reading Lone Survivor.

A movie is in the works. If they stick to the book it will be HUGE!

re: #38 eschew_obfuscation

O.K.....now you're turning me on ;~)

Careful, the squirrel packs a tommy gun.

re: #39 jcm

Best news all day! Thanks! I hope they do. It will blow all the Hollywierd anti-American movies out of the watermountains.

LOS ANGELES - California state lawmakers are considering an unusual idea to solve the state's huge budget shortfall: Tax pornography.
Impose a 25 percent tax on the production and sales of pornographic videos -- the vast majority of which are made in southern California.
It is likely that porn-makers would simply pass the cost along to consumers by making pornographic materials more expensive.
Many economists believe that pornography is an industry with inelastic demand -- meaning market conditions typically don't affect consumers' desire for the product. In other words, it is believed that most porn consumers would continue to buy regardless of how much it cost.

I dont know what porn tax is,
but I would know it when I saw it.

Phallic symbol?

HILLARY RAISES ASSASSINATION ISSUE

Hillary Clinton today brought up the assassination of Sen. Robert Kennedy while defending her decision to stay in the race against Barack Obama.

"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it," she said, dismissing calls to drop out.

/yikes!

re: #44 Killian Bundy

Hillary Clinton today brought up the assassination of Sen. Robert Kennedy while defending her decision to stay in the race against Barack Obama.

"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it," she said, dismissing calls to drop out.

Sounds like a threat BHO should take note of...

re: #44 Killian Bundy

Egad. What could she possibly have been thinking?

re: #44 Killian Bundy

I read that too and in reading it, I saw the context...she was not implying anything, just giving an example with Robert Kennedy who was assassinated in June...as an example why she should keep running...

She is saying it is not over till it is over...

re: #28 jcm

His M-14 for veep....
(those who read the book will get it)

Read the book.
Lone Survivor

Excellent book!

Lead in for my tip for LGF's today. For those of you that like to listen to books on tape/cd/download to your iPods, [Link: www.audible.com...] is running their semi-annual half price sale this week. I got two that have been on my “wish list” for half off.

Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present (Unabridged)
By: Michael B. Oren $12.24

Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left (Unabridged)
By: Jonah Goldberg $10.49

From what I see there are 400 or so titles on sale.

She was just trying to compare herself to RFK.

re: #44 Killian Bundy,

You have to watch the Hildabeast. People who've crossed her have come to a bad end before.

[/sarc?]

re: #50 Iron Fist

Coincidences all.

OT - Overblown scare headline of the day

Killer app: Game consoles contain hazardous chemicals
Don't eat your Xbox, says Greenpeace
By Ben Silverman
The next casualty in the console war might be you.

Those eveeeeel chemicals? Well, PVC and phthalate plasticizers. Boogidy boogidy!

Oooooo! ! ! --Charles is working in the spinoffs! --maybe the search-for-one's-own-comments search-function will get re-established! :)

(I realized today that, the number of comments in such a search of the regular front-page-comments does include those made in the spinoffs, though not yet the spinoff comments themselves.....)

#44 killian bundy

Clearly Hillary was pointing out that in past years primaries went on longer, and 1968 was the horrible year that a crazed palestinian Sirhan Sirhan ended the political career of Robert F. Kennedy in California after that state's primary in June.

Why Hillary kissed Arafat's wife or anyone related to that inciter of violence a la Sirhan Sirhan, requires the willing suspension of disbelief.

re: #44 Killian Bundy

Wasn't that the plot of the first "24"?

re: #44 Killian Bundy

HILLARY RAISES ASSASSINATION ISSUE

/yikes!

Obama,

If Hillary asks you to go duck hunting,
make sure you wear a bullet proof vest.

re: #47 Psaturn

I read that too and in reading it, I saw the context...she was not implying anything, just giving an example with Robert Kennedy who was assassinated in June...as an example why she should keep running...

She is saying it is not over till it is over...

Ok
If thats what you want to believe

Hillary is suggesting Obama have a Vince Foster moment? The only thing with a shorter shelf life than a Clinton enemy, is a Clinton friend who has lost their usefulness.

re: #44 Killian Bundy

Just another gaffe --this campaign has been rife with such..........at least on the Democratic side..... :)

What does she have up her sleeve?

I will feel sorry for all the libs and dems that hung her out to dry if she wins this by stealing or other natural disaster

re: #57 ibmkeyboard

Obama-

If Hillary asks you to go duck hunting,
make sure you wear a bullet proof vest.

and helmet.

LGF:......CHANGE !

re: #61 Peacekeeper

What does she have up her sleeve?

gnarly pubic hair?

Imagine, if you will, the shrieks of outrage if a Republican had said something like that (re. #44).

I wonder how the Krazy Kos Kidz are taking it?

re: #57 ibmkeyboard

Obama,

If Hillary asks you to go duck hunting,
make sure you wear a bullet proof vest.

Don't walk like a duck.
Don't talk like a duck.
Don't quack.
Stay away from duck blinds.

re: #62 LeftJustAintRight

I will feel sorry for all the libs and dems that hung her out to dry if she wins this by stealing or other natural disaster

I'd go with the convenient airliner crash on this one.

re: #47 Psaturn

I read that too and in reading it, I saw the context...she was not implying anything

That's not the point. Let's try this:

"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember what just happened to Senator Kennedy.

Sorry, it shows an appalling lack of taste and good judgement.

re: #62 LeftJustAintRight

I will feel sorry for all the libs and dems that hung her out to dry if she wins this by stealing or other natural disaster

The blood will flow freely through the streets of DC!

re: #61 Peacekeeper

What does she have up her sleeve?

Armpit hair, in Braids with pearls and bangles.

re: #69 David Simon

Sorry, it shows an appalling lack of taste and good judgement.

Are cancerous brain tumors contagious ?
/Hillary

re: #69 David Simon

Sorry, it shows an appalling lack of taste and good judgement.

She's trying to say in '68 the process was still ongoing in June.
She used horrible references and choice of words.

re: #53 Silhouette

Sorry, my Wii is way too much fun for me to give up just because Greenpeace tells me to.

/SUPER MARIO GALAXY! Blows my mind every time I play it.

re: #15 Charles

By the way, after you click the red heart and it turns green, you can get to your favorites page simply by clicking the green heart again.

Once a heart is green, it's a link your 'My Favorites' page.

Who knew! A cornucopia of riches !

Charles, you're killing us with kindness..

re: #71 maddogg

Armpit hair, in Braids with pearls and bangles.

Brain Bleach! Brain Bleach! Brain Bleach! Brain Bleach!

re: #76 jcm

Brain Bleach! Brain Bleach! Brain Bleach! Brain Bleach!

Payback for that damn fart button!

re: #65 Roger

gnarly pubic hair?

With nits...

re: #78 ted,

The fleas of a thousand camels...

re: #78 ted

With nits...

The deadliest catch!

re: #3 madisonsfriend

I reported myself yesterday. I thought that way my name would show up on the Zionist Check list. AND speaking of ZIONISM- JUNE 1, on the National mall, is the Israel birthday celebration. Come on down and look for me.

We'll be able to recognize you by the scarf you aren't wearing.

Trail of Tall Tales: Barak Obama

I'll bet the bloggers could add much to this list...

re: #69 David Simon

Sorry, it shows an appalling lack of taste and good judgment.

This late race is driving her ding batty.

/and she knows she is about to get pushed under the bus.

My wife just said-
beware a woman scorned!

re: #44 Killian Bundy

I believe she was referring to herself. Robert Kennedy was behind and still running in June?

[Link: www.vanityfair.com...]

/Also I believe she remembers things by association. Sorta like the sniper fire incident

The removal of a candidate by obviously foul means should seriously shake one's faith in their party.

But then we are taking about Democrats. They may not react in normal way.

re: #77 maddogg

Payback for that damn fart button!

ROFLMAO!

I do not know why Obama and Hillary and McCain are so juiced up about this election.
We all know Bush is gonna pull a Chavez and appoint himself King of America for life.

/sarc

re: #74 Fat Jolly Penguin

If PVC is that "deadly," we're all in a heap of trouble. Color me skeptical.

re: #73 jcm

She's trying to say in '68 the process was still ongoing in June.

Yes, that's how I read it.

She used horrible references and choice of words.

That was my point.

re: #70 TrollBot PrtoType Six

The blood will flow freely through the streets of DCDenver!

re: #87 LeftJustAintRight

I do not know why Obama and Hillary and McCain are so juiced up about this election.
We all know Bush is gonna pull a Chavez and appoint himself King of America for life.

/sarc

Nah. He'll just engineer another massive catastrophe on November 3 and suspend all elections for the duration of the crisis.

/you know there'll be some moonbat who think I'm serious

re: #84 cont./em>

What sHrillary fails to mention is campaigns didn't start 2 years before election back then...

re: #88 Silhouette

If PVC is that "deadly," we're all in a heap of trouble. Color me skeptical.

I still haven't gotten my head around the whole second-hand smoke issue.....if it's so frickin' deadly.....why aren't all the baby boomers dead?

South Park=Colorado
Dem Convention=Colorado
I see a pattern here and just can't put my finger on it

Do you think TV viewers will be able to tell a difference ?

re: #91 Fat Jolly Penguin

September 4, 2008

Terrorist nuke is detonated in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota during the final night of the Republican National Convention.

I put up $100 that this would happen. No one has taken up the bet.

re: #94 LeftJustAintRight

South Park=Colorado
Dem Convention=Colorado
I see a pattern here and just can't put my finger on it

Do you think TV viewers will be able to tell a difference ?

They'll nominate Cartman.

re: #95 The Other Les

September 4, 2008

Terrorist nuke is detonated in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota during the final night of the Republican National Convention.

I put up $100 that this would happen. No one has taken up the bet.

I'll take it.....that's the surest way to elect a republican I can think of.

Comment by Tavares
May 23rd, 2008 at 12:54 pm

Though I am an Obama supporter, I think all three sections were relatively trite. And most everyone knows about the big controversies...is someone not going to vote for someone because he or she couldn’t recall a magazine read at age 9 correctly?

I will be so glad when the general election officially starts–it seems like news networks are making up stuff and calling it “news” because, well, there really isn’t anything new to talk about.
Obama Tales

re: #40 jcm

Careful, the squirrel packs a tommy gun.

I love to read sentences that have never been written before!

re: #96 The Other Les

They'll nominate Cartman.

Obama will send a condolence message to HRC>T

re: #88 Silhouette

Greenpiss just wants us all to be miserable and hateful, like they are.

They seem to hate everything.

Miserable bastards.

Go get a job and stop conning old ladies and school kids out of their money.

G-d, I despise them.

re: #74 Fat Jolly Penguin

Anyways, too, the Wii should be exempt because Wii Fit, Smash Bros, etc => get fitter => eat less => mitigate global warming...

re: #99 debutaunt

That's a big Squirrel.

re: #44 Killian Bundy

HRC just articulated the reason why BHO will not ask her to join the ticket. He wasn't so worried about RFK's legacy as that of JFK.

What a loon she is. I hope that if nothing else she has now lost all support for any more political campaigns...for anything!

HRC just go away. You are an embarassment to yourself and everything you touch.

re: #88 Silhouette
If PVC is that "deadly," we're all in a heap of trouble. Color me skeptical.

re: #93 eschew_obfuscation
I still haven't gotten my head around the whole second-hand smoke issue.....if it's so frickin' deadly.....why aren't all the baby boomers dead?

Not to worry, just give them a little more time.
(It's very slow acting.)

re: #95 The Other Les

Hmmm.....when you supposition something like that about my back yard, it is scary.

Just sayin'.....

re: #102 wii42

Anyways, too, the Wii should be exempt because Wii Fit, Smash Bros, etc => get fitter => eat less => mitigate global warming...

Hey....have you tried the new balance board yet......the wife's interested.

re: #97 eschew_obfuscation

I'll take it.....that's the surest way to elect a republican I can think of.

You're on.

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

"Al Qaeda is backing him, said Helena **** of Fort Lauderdale (Incorrect.)"

At no point in this two page article does the NYSlimes mention that Hamas has openly endorsed BHO and is openly operating phone banks from the Gaza Strip on his behalf.

WE
SEE
YOU,
R

re: #105 TrollBot PrtoType Six

Not to worry, just give them a little more time.
(It's very slow acting.)

Heh. It's 100% fatal after 120 or so years, I've heard.

re: #49 Peacekeeper

She was just trying to compare herself to RFK.

OK PK. You made me do my 'cringe-face'.

re: #107 eschew_obfuscation

Hey....have you tried the new balance board yet......the wife's interested.

Wii has a balance board...
Checking it out. My wife's a Physical terrorist ahh, therapist.

re: #108 The Other Les

Guys, this is disgusting.

Hey Boss, do ya think you could rig up a reporting function for the weather? maybe an automatic e-mail to Al Bore that reads "BS!"

not sure how balmy it is down in the South Bay, but up here in the Valley it's fricken November........ cold, wet & windy. Memorial Day weekend should be mid-80's, sunny with a light breeze. instead i've got the house closed up, had to relight the heaters for HRH & the cats, and the dinner party tomorrow will be indoors.... WTF did i clean the patio & all the furniture for?

/"global warming" my ass

re: #96 The Other Les

They'll nominate Cartman.

which would be a significant improvement over the other choices currently offered.

re: #106 Ma Sands

Hmmm.....when you supposition something like that about my back yard, it is scary.

Just sayin'.....

Logically it is the worst possible time and place to do it.

I really don't believe that the GOP could put up an alternate candidate and replace all the office holders present at the convention in two months.

I think that such an event would hand the election to BHO or Hillary and firmly lock up the Congress in Democrat hands.

re: #95 The Other Les

September 4, 2008

Terrorist nuke is detonated in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota during the final night of the Republican National Convention.

I put up $100 that this would happen. No one has taken up the bet.

Now that would really fry my ass!
I live on the bluff less the a mile from the river center...

re: #91 Fat Jolly Penguin

Nah. He'll just engineer another massive catastrophe on November 3 and suspend all elections for the duration of the crisis.

/you know there'll be some moonbat who think I'm serious

If you posted that on Daily Kos there would be cries of agreement.

Is Mandy here? I've got a link for you Mandy, if you can hear me:

[Link: www.blogger.com...]

re: #107 eschew_obfuscation

I've been on it for only about 5 mins so far (only had it a couple of days now since the 5/21 release) - I think it's going to work for me just as an incentive to do some other stuff besides running, plus it tracks your efforts..

Downside - it's a one-user-at-a-time deal, natch, so one kid isn't interested at all in giving up any of his Mario Kart time to let me or the other kid who's interested use it.

But bottomline I think it will be worth it for me.

re: #114 Point Blank

Guys, this is disgusting.

Yes. I know.

But I do believe in looking at worst case scenarios.

re: #118 TrollBot PrtoType Six

Now that would really fry my ass!
I live on the bluff less the a mile from the river center...

I live in Northeast Minneapolis.

I plan on being out of town.

re: #126 ploome hineni

I am here. :)

re: #126 ploome hineni

where is everyone today?

Looks like Minneapolis ;~)

re: #126 ploome hineni

where is everyone today?

It's Friday.

re: #126 ploome hineni

where is everyone today?

Stuck actually working.

Slow news day
Did Wright ,Obama and Hillary take the day off ?

re: #132 LeftJustAintRight

Slow news day
Did Wright ,Obama and Hillary take the day off ?

Suspension of play due to lack on interest

re: #131 ploome hineni

Well, I coulda been.....'til The Other Les disturbed my tranquility.....

/ :)

re: #129 The Other Les

It's Friday.

Before a three day weekend.

Decoration Day.
A remembrance of those who have given the last full measure.

re: #132 LeftJustAintRight

Slow news day
Did Wright ,Obama and Hillary take the day off ?

Well it's usually fish on Friday so podophagy is right out.

re: #134 Ma Sands

Well, I coulda been.....'til The Other Les disturbed my tranquility.....

/ :)

I'm sorry.

re: #138 The Other Les

I forgive you.

re: #137 The Other Les

Well it's usually fish on Friday so podophagy is right out.

You made up that word didn't you.....come on ......admit it!

It's not in Merriam Webster

re: #140 eschew_obfuscation

You made up that word didn't you.....come on ......admit it!

It's not in Merriam Webster

I'm guessing at the spelling.

Given the prevalence of foot in mouth incidents in this election year I'm surprised that no one else has used it yet.

re: #140 eschew_obfuscation

You made up that word didn't you.....come on ......admit it!

It's not in Merriam Webster

Keep looking, it's right next to SROCFORRDXARI.

re: #142 Occasional Reader

Keep looking, it's right next to SROCFORRDXARI.

IA! IA! CTHULHU SROCFORRDXARI!

re: #49 Peacekeeper

She was just trying to compare herself to RFK.

What, she did Marilyn, too?

re: #135 ploome hineni

Hello, ploome!
What does schvach mean?

With the discussions of Hllary, Obama, and the foot in her mouth, I just visions of Hillary and Obama having a race in the desert in cars out of Mad Max.
Hillary was chasing Obama and trying to knock his car into a ditch.
They were dressed the part as well.
BRAIN BLEACH!

yay friday!

re: #143 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

IA! IA! CTHULHU SROCFORRDXARI!

MY GOD, SOMEONE GIVE THAT MAN THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER!

Re: Reference to RFK's assassination

Billary are the Roger Stone of the democratic party, what's not to like?
They will be bangin' poor Obambi behind the scenes for the entire election if Hills isn't VP. Sleepy John may even win because of them.

And Bill is even talking up Chelsea as a future Presidential candidate. This is a democratic family that takes after the Corleones. Richardson will be taken out on the boat like Fredo if Hills is the 2012 nominee.

re: #143 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

IA! IA! CTHULHU SROCFORRDXARI!

IA! IA! CTHULHU FHTAGN!

re: #144 Occasional Reader

What, she did Marilyn, too?

EUUUUUUUUUUUU!

re: #143 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

IA! IA! CTHULHU SROCFORRDXARI!

sdksdfoerio fvmngbpepreki.......SDIDIIIISLLLEOOKIR9994~~~!

WEOEIIR9993 ...SSSOOO666!

I cannot believe how fast and thick links are being added this afternoon, up in the spinoffs! --about as fast as comments down here.....

re: #150 The Other Les

Careful! Nyarlathotep, or Obama as we currently know him, might show up.

And it was then that Nyarlathotep came out of Egypt. Who he was, none could tell, but he was of the old native blood and looked like a Pharaoh. The fellahin knelt when they saw him, yet could not say why. He said he had risen up out of the blackness of twenty-seven centuries, and that he had heard messages from places not on this planet. Into the lands of civilisation came Nyarlathotep, swarthy, slender, and sinister, always buying strange instruments of glass and metal and combining them into instruments yet stranger. He spoke much of the sciences - of electricity and psychology - and gave exhibitions of power which sent his spectators away speechless, yet which swelled his fame to exceeding magnitude. Men advised one another to see Nyarlathotep, and shuddered. And where Nyarlathotep went, rest vanished; for the small hours were rent with the screams of a nightmare.

...

th' hell?

re: #149 offendi

Richardson will be taken out on the boat like Fredo if Hills is the 2012 nominee.

So there's an upside....

re: #154 Kosh's Shadow

[second attempt]

Nyarlathotep, swarthy, slender, and sinister

But clean and articulate, don't forget that.

re: #154 Kosh's Shadow

Careful! Nyarlathotep, or Obama as we currently know him, might show up.

So then who is Shub-Niggurath?

ploome hineni 5/23/08 1:58:53 pm reply quote 0

where is everyone today?

Trying to sell their yahoo stock in after hours trading........don't yahoo woohoo

totally a little off the topic of an awesome addition to the comments, but can someone send me a link to where the oil companies profit is only like 5% of the money they make off the gas we buy? Anyone? I have a moonbat arguing with me over email saying that Oil companies have record profits... HELP!

re: #157 wrenchwench

But there will be sooooo many more. You don't cross the

Corleone's Clintons.

re: #159 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So then who is Shub-Niggurath?

Check out the cast.

[Link: www.macguff.fr...]

I think this thread has intersected with one in another dimension......I don't speak whatever language is now being used

(will someone please translate this post for me?.....TIA....e_o)

How does the rating system work? A few days ago, I was trying to give people's comments positive ratings, and I was getting odd responses when I hit the plus sign. Sometimes the number on the comment would go up by one, which is what I expected; other times, it would go up by more than one. What's the deal?

re: #159 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

So then who is Shub-Niggurath?

Soros?

re: #164 eschew_obfuscation

I think this thread has intersected with one in another dimension......I don't speak whatever language is now being used

(will someone please translate this post for me?.....TIA....e_o)

Embrace obfuscation!

re: #165 JustMyView

How does the rating system work? A few days ago, I was trying to give people's comments positive ratings, and I was getting odd responses when I hit the plus sign. Sometimes the number on the comment would go up by one, which is what I expected; other times, it would go up by more than one. What's the deal?

Probably added all other plusses that people gave it since the last time you refreshed the score.

re: #165 JustMyView

How does the rating system work? A few days ago, I was trying to give people's comments positive ratings, and I was getting odd responses when I hit the plus sign. Sometimes the number on the comment would go up by one, which is what I expected; other times, it would go up by more than one. What's the deal?

If the number increases by more than one after you click it, that means someone else clicked the plus symbol, in between the time you loaded the page and the time you clicked the icon.

re: #166 Kosh's Shadow

Soros?

Soros is more of a Azathoth. Blind Idiot God surrounded by hordes of sycophants seeking to gain his favor be catering to his every whim.

re: #165 JustMyView

other times, it would go up by more than one. What's the deal?

That means you knocked off someone else's hanging chad.

One more little tweak - if you click the 'report' icon, the comment you're reporting turns red to remind you what you're on about.

Hanging chads... ah, the memories.

re: #170 Charles

Thanks and to others who responded too.

re: #178 ploome hineni

if two people give the same comment a positive rating at the same time, the rating goes up by two

if three people...by three

Yes, but what about if by four people?
/

I'm up in Angel Fire, NM, at the site of a Vietnam Veteran's memorial. Interestingly, the memorial was built by a grieving father after his son's death. A private memorial. Made by a father's hands. Build with his own, private savings. And now run by the government.

A block down the road from the memorial, Vietnam vets annually gather in a make-shift tent city. Today the weather is frigid and horrible and ice crystals and slush make roads dangerous. Still, veterans, many on motorcycles, are here in huge numbers. Some of them may also be here because Red River, a town about ten miles away, hosts a concurrent gathering of motorcyclists -- sorta like Sturgis, but not as big.

American flags line the one road that winds through these mountains. Nearer to the memorial are POW and service flags. Even the tent city is surrounded by flags. Grey-bearded vets on motorcycles and in motor homes are gathering in spite of the horrible weather. On their bikes are flags.

I'm amazed by the strange and pleasant mingling of oldster motorcycle groups, veterans and some younger tough-lookin' guys. It reminds me of a poorly thought-out dinner party at which people who dislike each other are inexplicably seated next to each other -- but in this case, it works. Observing it, I think it works because the vets are so universally respected, particularly by the younger, more urban "toughs."

Just thought I'd share this.

Can we get NYMEX to organize our post rating futures?

re: #179 bosforus

Yes, but what about if by four people?
/

"Thou shalt not count to four..."

re: #179 bosforus

Yes, but what about if by four people?
/

Five. Just to throw you off.

re: #185 ploome hineni

Use your toes. And be reminded: Sticky lizard toes may be the key to a self-cleaning adhesive.

re: #155 Occasional Reader

Be careful, Morse Code might be lurking.

re: #47 Psaturn

I read that too and in reading it, I saw the context...she was not implying anything, just giving an example with Robert Kennedy who was assassinated in June...as an example why she should keep running...

She is saying it is not over till it is over...

She's saying she's staying in the race in case BHO gets whacked.

re: #126 ploome hineni

Just back from lunch.

re: #165 JustMyView

Cheater!

re: #190 Dianna

Just back from lunch.

Nuts!

/just a little squirrel joke....

re: #187 ploome hineni

I had to make is simple for the view from wherever

I know, I was just havin' fun with it.

Having discovered my Grandfather's diary, I uncovered His long-hidden and terrible secret.

I now understand why He, the founder of our lineage, remained silent for so long, to hide the ugle and shameful truth!

He, the Father of my Father, He who covered our Name with glory, was a Democrat...

[Link: www.macguff.fr...]

re: #179 bosforus

Yes, but what about if by four people?
/

Ploome is incorrect. It doesn't have to occur at the same time. It will register however many ratings have occurred since you opened the page.

re: #189 Crepuscular Prick

She's saying she's staying in the race in case BHO gets whacked.

I wonder if they called the wedding off? I scoff whenever I hear talk of Hillary as Veep.

re: #189 Crepuscular Prick

She's saying she's staying in the race in case BHO gets whacked.

Why would she expect that?

I should think it more likely to encounter a manifestation of the Spanish Inquisition.

What's the point of these ratings? Do people scroll to read only the positively rated ones? Or is Charles going to roll up the top-rated comments for us to read?

/I'm a little slow here

re: #173 Charles

gak.

Much short term memory loss going on around here?

COUGH,
R

re: #161 sarah

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

The link above might be helpful, but both things are true. That is, only a small percentage (about 8% according to the article above) of the dollars the oil companies take in is profit, but the companies are still making record profits because they're taking in a lot of dollars. Eight percent of $10 is more than 8% of a dollar.

re: #195 The Other Les

He, the Father of my Father, He who covered our Name with glory, was a Democrat...

[Link: www.macguff.fr...]

You think that's bad? My ancestors were Tories during the revolutionary war and fought for the south in the civil war. Not sure about my grandpa's party affiliation but he was a WWII vet, which is good enough for me.

re: #161 sarah

totally a little off the topic of an awesome addition to the comments, but can someone send me a link to where the oil companies profit is only like 5% of the money they make off the gas we buy? Anyone? I have a moonbat arguing with me over email saying that Oil companies have record profits... HELP!

You might try this from the national center for public policy research

re: #198 The Other Les

NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION

Back after dinner...

Celebrating both my children's birthdays!

;D

re: #173 Charles

One more little tweak - if you click the 'report' icon, the comment you're reporting turns red to remind you what you're on about.

Red is the appropriate color:-)

Swiped from TigerHawk's blog, the best explanation yet I've seen why Hillary won't be Veep.

While I believe -- on little more than gut -- that Hillary Clinton would be a better president than Barack Obama, I also believe that Obama would be insane to let the Clintons -- they come as a pair -- into his campaign or administration in any way, shape, or form. Indeed, nothing would more completely prove that Obama lacks the judgment necessary to be president than selecting Hillary as his running mate. Whatever one thinks of the Clintons, this much is virtually incontestable: The Clintons are too powerful to control, too ambitious to control themselves, and too untrustworthy to appease.

He nailed it (them).

re: #192 wolfie

Dapper Squirrel gently re-latches her violin case.

re: #200 Render

gak.

Much short term memory loss going on around here?

COUGH,
R

All those sugar substitutes.

re: #203 bosforus

With that track record I would guess Republican. They were mostly isolationist until the attack on Pearl Harbor.

re: #197 ec marm

Where's Wright's hand?

re: #199 godfrey

I think it's just for fun. Though I think some of us get a lot of ego gratification out of up-dings.

re: #197 ec marm

I wonder if they called the wedding off? I scoff whenever I hear talk of Hillary as Veep.

I think I just lost my appetite.
When I have no appetite, I don't feel like cooking.
When I don't feel like cooking, my kids get soup and PBJS.
THAT LINK IS NOT HELPING MY CHILDREN!

re: #214 coquimbojoe

Where's Wright's hand?

Under Bill's dress. Oh, and MO has never had a body like that! I call photoshopped!

re: #216 wolfie

Bill looks pretty good in a dress.

re: #199 godfrey

What's the point of these ratings? Do people scroll to read only the positively rated ones? Or is Charles going to roll up the top-rated comments for us to read?

/I'm a little slow here

When I read a funny or interesting comment, I like to upding to let the person know I appreciated the comment.

re: #216 wolfie

Do you think that was Hillary's expression at her own wedding?

re: #216 wolfie

I think I just lost my appetite.
When I have no appetite, I don't feel like cooking.
When I don't feel like cooking, my kids get soup and PBJS.
THAT LINK IS NOT HELPING MY CHILDREN!

That ,,, and the thought that Bill has a better bustline then Hillary. But she makes up for it in the thighs dept.

re: #219 debutaunt

I sort of toss them out like cookies. Spread the joy.

re: #223 ploome hineni

Ploome! I thought you were ignoring me. Where's my upding? My ego, it lies in ruins!

Still wish we had a lol button. up dings for humor.

re: #227 snowcrash

I agree. It would save a lot of typing.

re: #220 godfrey

Do you think that was Hillary's expression at her own wedding?

Pretty much!

re: #224 ploome hineni

.45 carbine. Nice wood stock.

re: #217 VegasRick

Under Bill's dress. Oh, and MO has never had a body like that! I call photoshopped!

His right hand?

re: #226 godfrey

Ploome! I thought you were ignoring me. Where's my upding? My ego, it lies in ruins!

Talk about having your ego in ruins;

Minor league player traded for........10 bats.

[Link: msn.foxsports.com...]

re: #232 VegasRick

Hahahahahahahahahah!

small independent baseball leagues notoriously try to draw fans with promotions like "vasectomy night"

"Tubal ligation night" didn't work?

re: #227 snowcrash

Still wish we had a lol button. up dings for humor.

Maybe another for GMTA when we simply want to express agreement with a particularly good point

re: #234 ploome hineni

My ego, it is restored!

What do you want for dinner?

re: #232 VegasRick

Talk about having your ego in ruins;

Minor league player traded for........10 bats.

[Link: msn.foxsports.com...]

the bats could not be reached for comment

Night all. Have a great weekend & don't forget what it's about.

Gee, how much does the government get per gallon?

re: #240 ploome hineni

sushi

/yellow tail

you know what the southerners I live around call Sushi ,,,,,

BAIT !

re: #241 Silhouette

Gee, how much does the government get per gallon?

'bout 18 cents

re: #241 Silhouette

Gee, how much does the government get per gallon?

Roughly 11%....

re: #242 ploome hineni

Enjoy them while you can. Next year you probably won't be able to get them.

Hillary as VP is insanity for Obama. But I will give this to Hillary, where Obama exudes wimpiness, Hillary shows iron nerves and determination. She is betting the farm that she will make it to the convention and the "Clinton machine" will coerce enough delegates to vote her as the Democrat nominee. We have all seen the Clinton machine in action, and know how powerful it is. I wouldn't be surprised to see Hillary as the nominee for president and Obama her running mate. The only real opposition to Clinton is the media. 90 percent have thrown in for Obama and the bias is obvious to all Americans. Keep it up MSM, your day (downfall) is coming!

re: #241 Silhouette

Gee, how much does the government get per gallon?

18.4 cents.

re: #241 Silhouette

Gee, how much does the government get per gallon?

There's an article on this in today's USA Today.

re: #244 sattv4u2

'bout 18 cents

Here it around 38 cents. But that isn't counting the taxes to the gas station owner, which realistically are iin there somewhere. Taxes to the guy driving the truck. To the worker at the refinery. To the owners of the refinery. And so on.

re: #248 jcm

18.4 cents.

Federal tax, state tax may vary.

re: #241 Silhouette

re: #244 sattv4u2

'bout 18 cents

Barack said he was against suspending the tax for the summer becuase it would only amount to pennies a day ,,, tell THAT to Savage as he must goes thru 300 gallons a day !

re: #241 Silhouette

Gee, how much does the government get per gallon?

Too damn much.

So, 8 cents to the company = bad, 40 cents to state = perfectly legitimate.

/I'm ready for my degree from Berkeley

re: #247 LoFlyer

Fort Marcy Park isn't big enough.

re: #256 Silhouette

So, 8 cents to the company = bad, 40 cents to state = perfectly legitimate.

/I'm ready for my degree from Berkeley to run a socialist country

re: #258 sattv4u2

to run a socialist country

My first act as dictator will be to add garlic powder to salt and pepper as the basic table spices. Those sets will now always come in three: one white, one black, one beige.

re: #257 The Other Les

Fort Marcy Park isn't big enough.

Never heard of it!

re: #259 Silhouette

My first act as dictator will be to add garlic powder to salt and pepper as the basic table spices. Those sets will now always come in three: one white, one black, one beige.

you're discriminating against Asians

re: #230 Dianna

Really? I have one as well. Called a Marlin Camp .45

re: #256 Silhouette

The gov't is like the mob taking their cut. They do the same to tobacco companies.

re: #259 Silhouette

My second act would be to put those little packets of hot pepper flakes on every pizza dish.

re: #235 godfrey

Hahahahahahahahahah!

"Tubal ligation night" didn't work?

Breast enlargement night is big!

re: #259 Silhouette

My first act as dictator will be to add garlic powder to salt and pepper as the basic table spices. Those sets will now always come in three: one white, one black, one beige.

I'm writing you in on the next ballot I see.

re: #265 VegasRick

"Botox night" was met with icy stares.

re: #259 Silhouette

re: #264 godfrey

My second act would be to put those little packets of hot pepper flakes on every pizza dish.

you can't ,,, no taste or spice allowed in socialism

re: #254 ploome hineni

West Coast salmon fishing ban weighed

Federal fisheries managers on Friday took the initial step toward imposing what could be the strictest limits ever on West Coast salmon fishing amid a precipitous drop in fish returning to California's Sacramento Valley.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council unanimously adopted three options for sport and commercial fishing off the Pacific Coast, including an unprecedented complete shutdown of fishing off California and Oregon.

The article is a little old. It passed.

re: #264 godfrey

My second act would be to put those little packets of hot pepper flakes on every pizza dish.

I agree.

godfrey for Vice Dictator!

re: #197 ec marm

I wonder if they called the wedding off? I scoff whenever I hear talk of Hillary as Veep.

I dinged ya' up and hearted ya'.

re: #262 rawmuse

It's one of my fantasy guns. Currently, I'm the proud owner of two .45 handguns, but - before we moved - I didn't have room for a gun safe for long guns.

Now I have a secure home, a good gun safe, and no money with which to purchase the much-desired carbine. Or get my Male a Kimber of his own.

re: #260 LoFlyer

Never heard of it!

Fort Marcy Park

The park is perhaps best known in recent history for being the place where the body of former deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster was found following his death on July 20, 1993. Some have argued that Foster's death was a politically-related murder, but several official investigations ruled the death a suicide.

re: #271 ploome hineni

is this the booB thread?

I did my part!