Another nice feature.

LGF: A full service site!

The tweaking never ends.this looks like a great idea.

Awesome ! Looking forward to reading the best of the best comments.
Thanks Charles!

Are we allowed to say first if we get the top spot, Charles ? :)

Now, truly, every ding counts.

Nice. But Charles, how long until we can do that on each thread, and choose the level of significance (votes) we want?

/feature creep

Ahh the DNC gasbags are back from stuffing their faces.

"If nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve."

LOL! How can we expect Democrats to run this country when they can't even run a primary?

Very nice new feature! The poster who wrote that Obama did not have spiritual relations with that pastor really missed out. He had something like 80 +dings.

re: #5 Sharmuta

Now, truly, every ding counts.

Except those from Michigan and Florida.

So when and where is this pro-Israel event in DC tomorrow?

I nominate Carl Levin for a top ten comb- over.

re: #7 Boondock St. Bender

Ahh the DNC gasbags are back from stuffing their faces.

Are they? I just see C-SPAN playing tape from earlier in the day.

Drive by post:

STS-124 to launch at 5:02 PM EDT.

I've finally gotten a chance to catch my breath and check out the new feature.

I get down on the ground and grovel in gratitude at the almighty King of Code! I have been begging for a feature like this for at least a year, if not longer.

At last! My dream come true! I can stop throwing virgins into the volcano.

THANK YOU OH MIGHTY ONE!

re: #7 Boondock St. Bender
They're gonna have indigestion figuring out how their candidate will spin this in the fall:
[Link: rightwingnuthouse.com...]

I don’t think there’s any doubt now that Obama has spent a good part of his political career dabbling in radical leftist politics. When did he change his mind and come back to the mainstream? It appears his candidacy for the US Senate convinced him he could get farther without the radicals as he could with them. It is there that he dropped associations with Woods Foundation, ACORN, and probably said goodbye to Ayers, Dohrn and that other radical friend, Rashid Khalidi whose wife’s Arab American Action Network received $70,000 in grants from Woods.

re: #4 mama winger

Are we allowed to say first if we get the top spot, Charles ? :)

I almost slipped up and started talking trash, but caught myself in time.

re: #5 Sharmuta

Now, truly, every ding counts.

I want to play with my ding...

re: #16 zombie

I've finally gotten a chance to catch my breath and check out the new feature.

I get down on the ground and grovel in gratitude at the almighty King of Code! I have been begging for a feature like this for at least a year, if not longer.

At last! My dream come true! I can stop throwing virgins into the volcano.

THANK YOU OH MIGHTY ONE!

Heh. That's what I should be doing: groveling. But darn it, I want my feature, too!

[Link: www.nasa.gov...]

Woops.

re: #16 zombie

I've finally gotten a chance to catch my breath and check out the new feature.

I get down on the ground and grovel in gratitude at the almighty King of Code! I have been begging for a feature like this for at least a year, if not longer.

At last! My dream come true! I can stop throwing virgins into the volcano.

THANK YOU OH MIGHTY ONE!

Where the hell do you find virgins over there?

re: #15 FishFearMe

Beat me to it. I was thinking the same thing. NASA TV.

I'm going to change the 'Latest Comments' feature to use this same Javascript interface, instead of that antiquated drop-down menu.

After following that thread yesterday that got Irene NYC on to the list, I vote a big yes on the Top Ten.

re: #15 FishFearMe

Drive by post:

STS-124 to launch at 5:02 PM EDT.

Watching on the NASA channel.
$80 a month and all I watch are Cspan, NASA, Fox, and a little local news.
Sheesh!

If i hear one more jack-ass proclaim "we have to get back to the real issues like fuel prices(our own fault)and mortgage foreclosures(the fault of people writing checks their asses couldn't cash) i'm gonna put something through the t.v.(being forced to watch cnn)

Now if you can make a bottom ten deleter . . .

re: #24 Charles

Yes!

re: #24 Charles

I'm going to change the 'Latest Comments' feature to use this same Javascript interface, instead of that antiquated drop-down menu.

Drink!

re: #21 FishFearMe
Thanks, I saved it.

This place is cool.

OT: I hadn't read Brave New World in ages, so I got a copy from the library and just finished rereading it. What a strange, odd book. Folks are claiming (on the back cover) that "it was so prescient," but I think there are a lot of areas in world where they would repudiate that.

The whole purpose, as I envisioned it, it to provide a reward system for outstanding comments, so people will strive to leave the best/most insightful/wittiest/most devatating comment, and earn a top spot on the "Best Comments" list! The end result: better comments on LGF overall.

Combined with the delete stick and the banning stick, this will lead to the best comments section on the web! (Well, it already is the best comments section -- but it widen the gap between us and the competition!)

Sort of an Adam Smith approach to comments: Each person striving to be the best leads to a better comment environment for all!

re: #27 Boondock St. Bender

Not to say energy shouldn't be a major issue, mind you. Stop watching! All you really need is LGF.

re: #16 zombie

At last! My dream come true! I can stop throwing virgins into the volcano.

Ah, so that's what zombies do when they are not stalking moonbats!

I thought you had to have hope and change to drink. Or is that just my local version?

re: #14 vxbush

apparently cnn jumped the gun(their in-house gas bags are still flapping their gums)

re: #27 Boondock St. Bender

If i hear one more jack-ass proclaim "we have to get back to the real issues like fuel prices(our own fault)and mortgage foreclosures(the fault of people writing checks their asses couldn't cash) i'm gonna put something through the t.v.(being forced to watch cnn)

You have to face reality, it's all Bush's fault.

re: #34 zombie

I just come here for the jokes.

:)

re: #26 mean Gene

Don't feel bad. I pay about the same and FishFearMeFearsMe (my wife) controls the remote! But I DO get to enjoy high speed internet.

re: #35 Cap'n DOC

The two guys i work with have it on(trying to tune it out)

re: #40 mama winger

Me too. And I enjoy a good Cognito roast occasionally.

re: #37 LittleRed1

I thought you had to have hope and change to drink. Or is that just my local version?

I might be doing it wrong...

re: #38 Boondock St. Bender

apparently cnn jumped the gun(their in-house gas bags are still flapping their gums)

Ah. I don't have cable, so watching C-SPAN on the web will have to do for me. I watched a bit earlier and then decided to finish the book.

What's fascinating to me in Huxley's book is there is no discussion of politics at all.

re: #40 mama winger

I just come here for the jokes.

:)

I just come here because I am a joke.

re: #46 JamesTKirk

I just come here because I am a joke.

Ah, but you also get all the chicks, so it evens out.

re: #10 snowcrash

Very nice new feature! The poster who wrote that Obama did not have spiritual relations with that pastor really missed out. He had something like 80 +dings.

* * *
Obama had a twenty year relationship with the unholy Trinity, and twenty years in the militant-cy.

re: #47 vxbush

Ah, but you also get all the chicks, so it evens out.

Just the green ones.

re: #46 JamesTKirk

And I thought you were only here so you could fire the Photon Torpedos...

re: #22 JamesTKirk

Where the hell do you find virgins over there?

Well, in Bay Area terms, "virgin" is just a cosplay costume you put on. There are no actual virgin virgins, just people who dress up as virgins to better flirt and engage in sex-play.

That's the best I could do. The hard part was finding the volcano! I had to drive all the way up to Lassen for that.

re: #50 Cap'n DOC

And I thought you were only here so you could fire the Photon Torpedos...

No, that's Sulu's job. He's not here, but I'm offering to sit in the chair.

re: #9 sngnsgt

LOL! How can we expect Democrats to run this country when they can't even run a primary?

* * *
Maybe enough Americans & democrats will agree with your observation.

re: #27 Boondock St. Bender

I do have a problem with speculators driving up the price of oil only because I know when the bottom falls out and they lose their ass, they'll show up in Washington looking for a bailout.

re: #39 sngnsgt

well of course,we all know that.....and cheney got his evil weather machine working again(it's raining,ruining a wonderful saturday)

/

re: #53 alegrias

* * *
Maybe enough Americans & democrats will agree with your observation.

You would think people would analyze the way the campaigns are run themselves, as it is a marker of how the White House will be run if that candidate gets in office. And yet, no one ever seems to comment on that.

re: #47 vxbush

Ah, but you also get all the chicks, so it evens out.

Don't tell Mrs. Kirk that.

re: #55 Boondock St. Bender

well of course,we all know that.....and cheney got his evil weather machine working again(it's raining,ruining a wonderful saturday)

/

I've been waiting for the anticipated deluge all day and haven't got squat yet. I just know the second I go to fire up the grill and cook my salmon the skies will open up.

re:# 59. Boondock, Can you ship some of your liquid sunshine out to western TX? We're having a bit of a drought (again. as usual).

This is what I mean by "virgin" in San Francisco terms.

re: #50 Cap'n DOC

And I thought you were only here so you could fire the Photon Torpedos...

With the women, it's my futon torpedo that they're interested in...

re: #52 vxbush

Ah yes - But the Cap'n has to give the order!

re: #34 zombie

The whole purpose, as I envisioned it, it to provide a reward system for outstanding comments, so people will strive to leave the best/most insightful/wittiest/most devatating comment, and earn a top spot on the "Best Comments" list! The end result: better comments on LGF overall.

Combined with the delete stick and the banning stick, this will lead to the best comments section on the web! (Well, it already is the best comments section -- but it widen the gap between us and the competition!)

Sort of an Adam Smith approach to comments: Each person striving to be the best leads to a better comment environment for all!

Perhaps it will result in more voting (dinging), as well. Speaking for myself, voting has been inconsistent. Previously, I might repond to a post or even tag it as a favorite, but did not always ding it. I will get with the game, which, as Charles says, is afoot.

re: #54 Mich-again

of course they will.And it will drop out.once one of the larger producers opens the spigot a lil wider.

re: #60 zombie

This is what I mean by "virgin" in San Francisco terms.

Um. Yeah. Forgive me, but I wouldn't mind a few of those ending up in a volcano.

re: #55 Boondock St. Bender

well of course,we all know that.....and cheney got his evil weather machine working again(it's raining,ruining a wonderful saturday)

/

One way or another, it's those evil Re-thuglicans fault, Bush being the first to screw it up.

More SF-style virgins.

re: #58 JammieWearingFool

I'm in middlesex county(carteret)we got a good downpour around 2pm..starting to look threatening again.

re: #67 zombie

More SF-style virgins.

Not nearly as scary as I expected.

Are ya'll talking about the Democrat thingy that Pelosi said she'd have to stratighten out?

re: #51 zombie

Well, in Bay Area terms, "virgin" is just a cosplay costume you put on. There are no actual virgin virgins, just people who dress up as virgins to better flirt and engage in sex-play.

That's the best I could do. The hard part was finding the volcano! I had to drive all the way up to Lassen for that.

* * *
Instead of tossing endangered virgins--what should be a protected species--,

Why not toss moonbats into the La Brea tar pit? They'd become a renewable resource!

re: #66 sngnsgt

One way or another, it's those evil Re-thuglicans fault, Bush being the first to screw it up.

I was listening to a rebroadcast of History Detective earlier today, and they were talking about President McKinley and how hated it was, being seen by the anarchists as in bed with the capitalists and producers.

How little has changed.

re: #59 LittleRed1

This rain is falling on dirty jer-z i really don't think you guys want it.

re: #68 Boondock St. Bender

I'm in middlesex county(carteret)we got a good downpour around 2pm..starting to look threatening again.

Had a little drizzle around 11:30 this morning, but that's it.

BBL.

I'll bet a week's salary that the Lizard Master rewrote every song at least 30 times when he was a ft troubador.

re: #66 sngnsgt

so evil,so powerful,so bumbling(the dems like it both ways)

Oh-oh.

Popularity contest.

I am not sure about this new feature.

I hope we are not too vain here.

re: #77 Ojoe

Oh-oh.

Popularity contest.

I am not sure about this new feature.

I hope we are not too vain here.

I hope we don't see it as that, but more as an impetus to spur us on to greatness. But not personal greatness, but corporate greatness.

Uh, right.

/looking for something better to post

re: #70 MandyManners

Are ya'll talking about the Democrat thingy that Pelosi said she'd have to stratighten out?

we were ,, a couple of threads ago. Some of us were watching it live and commenting. It was absurd. I commented that these are the people that want to lead this country? It was like 2 little kids fighting over what seat they wanted in the car for the long trip!

re: #63 Roentgen

Perhaps it will result in more voting (dinging), as well. Speaking for myself, voting has been inconsistent. Previously, I might repond to a post or even tag it as a favorite, but did not always ding it. I will get with the game, which, as Charles says, is afoot.

Gah! The game is afoot? I thought it was at hand. I'm gonna need cleats instead of a glove :/

re: #54 Mich-again

I do have a problem with speculators driving up the price of oil only because I know when the bottom falls out and they lose their ass, they'll show up in Washington looking for a bailout.

* * *
Supposedly conservative folks from fly-over country taking ethanol subsidies is also just not right.

Everyone wants free stuff from the other taxpayer. Everyone wants a handout. What happened to our pride in self-sufficiency...

re: #72 vxbush

I was listening to a rebroadcast of History Detective earlier today, and they were talking about President McKinley and how hated it was, being seen by the anarchists as in bed with the capitalists and producers.

How little has changed.

No much, they're just in different beds with the same wrong people.

/Bill Clinton reference

re: #77 Ojoe

Oh-oh.

Popularity contest.

I am not sure about this new feature.

I hope we are not too vain here.

You're so vain, you probably think this comment is about you, don't you, don't you?

Interesting: a caller to C-SPAN called today's rules committee "a chance to watch democracy in action."

Wow. I have a great desire to reach through my computer speakers and throttle someone.

re: #77 Ojoe

I don't think so. As we see now, I think good comments will continue to get a lot of dings.

re: #83 JamesTKirk

LOL

Great song.

About Mick Jager, IIRC.

re: #77 Ojoe

We're gonna form alliances too. If you're in the Lizard Wizards, you have to ding up every other wizard, and ding down all those in the Greenie Meanies, since they are your mortal enemies. Likewise, those belonging to the Coastal Cuties will ding up each other's posts, but ding down any members of the Mountain Mammas. Etc.

It's a jungle in here.

/

re: #84 vxbush

Interesting: a caller to C-SPAN called today's rules committee "a chance to watch democracy in action."

Wow. I have a great desire to reach through my computer speakers and throttle someone.

it was more like "stupidity in action"
Lets make a rule, all agree on it, then when we don;t like the outcome, whine until the rules committee agrees to hear us demand that the rule we agreed about need CHANGE

I ding you, you ding me

press my button ring my bell

re: #87 Silhouette

LOL Ha Ha

re: #86 Ojoe

LOL

Great song.

About Mick Jager, IIRC.

I didn't think it was ever confirmed for sure.

We don't know who Alanis' "You Ought Know" is about, either.

re: #86 Ojoe

I heard it was warren beatty...just how many self important jerks was this woman involved with?

Back to yard work

BBL

re: #84 vxbush

Interesting: a caller to C-SPAN called today's rules committee "a chance to watch democracy in action."

Wow. I have a great desire to reach through my computer speakers and throttle someone.

* * *
INaction is the operative word.

Like watching the UN debate how to let Myanmar & China let millions starve or die!

Like them debating how to sanction evil countries & get a cut from the oil for food scam!

I don't get it, when it opens the thread and jumps to the comment, I see a rating of zero. Even refreshing the page doesn't help.

IE6sp2

Frankly, I think it ought to open a new tab/window and just list the top ten comments out of context, with another click required to jump to the comment/thread in context.

re: #91 JamesTKirk

The smart money is betting on the fat guy fron "full house".which brings too many disturbing things to mind.....(guys old enough to be her grandfather)

I don't understand any of what you do Charles, but I've been to different blogs and yours is the easiest to get around in. Easy is good. Thank you for all that you do.

re: #86 Ojoe

I heard it was warren beatty

It was about Beatty. Jagger sang backup on the song.

re: #86 Ojoe

LOL

Great song.

About Mick Jager, IIRC.

Here I had recalled it being about Warren Beatty.
Weird.

re: #84 vxbush

Interesting: a caller to C-SPAN called today's rules committee "a chance to watch democracy in action."

Wow. I have a great desire to reach through my computer speakers and throttle someone.

SHOOT YOUR SPEAKERS!

When does NASA remove that little tip cap from the shuttle so it can take off?

re: #101 mean Gene

When does NASA remove that little tip cap from the shuttle so it can take off?

hopefully, before the countdown hits "0"

re: #101 mean Gene

When does NASA remove that little tip cap from the shuttle so it can take off?

seriously though, it's only moments before takeoff

The suspense it killing me!

Is there a NASA launch or something today?

re: #52 vxbush

No, that's Sulu's job. He's not here, but I'm offering to sit in the chair.

Don't ask him now. He just got married--to some dude.

re: #104 mean Gene

The suspense it killing me!

how do you think the astronauts feel? Especially if they stop the countdown for something!

4 minutes from now.

Why, yes. I have had my head up my butt. Why do you ask?

re: #105 MandyManners

Is there a NASA launch or something today?

T-minus 4 mins.

re: #105 MandyManners

Is there a NASA launch or something today?

yes mandy ,, a shuttle is bringing a new toilet to the spacestation

Lunch, I mean launch in under 4 minutes, damn America's great!

re: #111 sattv4u2

yes mandy ,, a shuttle is bringing a new toilet to the spacestation

Couldn't they just pee off the dock?

re: #109 MandyManners

Why, yes. I have had my head up my butt. Why do you ask?

[Link: www.chron.com...]

There goes the ''beanie cap!"

re: #103 sattv4u2

there it goes(the cap that is)

Ooh they just took off this thingy.

re: #107 sattv4u2

All this stuff built by the lowest bidder?

re: #113 MandyManners

Couldn't they just pee off the dock?

they could, but then the environMENTALists would have a fit with us despoiling space

re: #118 BignJames

All this stuff built by the lowest bidder?

I TOLD them to go with Haliburton !

Space shuttle in 20 seconds...

re: #114 sattv4u2

[Link: www.chron.com...]

I don't believe that for a second. They're obviously installing something to make spying on moonbats easier.

MORE TINFOIL, PLEASE!

Godspeed, people.

10...

GO DISCOVERY !

USA !

That NEVER gets old!

re: #111 sattv4u2

yes mandy ,, a shuttle is bringing a new toilet to the spacestation

* * *
Wasn't it a Russian crapper that failed in the first place?

re: #122 MandyManners

I don't believe that for a second. They're obviously installing something to make spying on moonbats easier.

MORE TINFOIL, PLEASE!

It's the new RONCO SPY/TOILET !

5 miles up... 1000 mph...

1000 MPH!

re: #126 Boondock St. Bender

That NEVER gets old!

Amen

Ok. So who's going to be the comment whore?

re: #132 Egfrow

Ok. So who's going to be the comment whore?

I can be one or the other !

Boosters off!

We used to know all the astronauts' names. Our family named a dog "Apollo" because Apollo space missions were cool.

Excellent launch.

3200 MPH ,,,,,,, let them try that on InterState 285 around Atlanta at Rush hour !

The Kid watched it with me. He said, "Big deal. Wanna' come out and see me crash my bike?"

re: #138 MandyManners

The Kid watched it with me. He said, "Big deal. Wanna' come out and see me crash my bike?"

Well, sure. Blood and guts always get more coverage than fantastic vistas of Earth.

re: #108 mean Gene

Thanks for posting. Would have missed it otherwise. What a beautiful day and launch!

Pieces keep flying off, I've seen two.

Launches still scare me. I guess I'll never forget Challenger.

Three.

There are no space shuttles in Islam.

/they're not in the Koran

"I have to pee"

"I told you to go before we left the launch pad. You know there's not another rest stop for 85,000 miles !"

Fun new feature, Charles. I enjoyed the comment by Boxy_Brown:
"Potted Plant '08". LOL Would have missed it otherwise.

List of other countries that could pull off anything like the space shuttle:

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Science!

re: #144 Killian Bundy

Mo invented the space shuttle....remember that winged horse?

re: #141 mean Gene

i wonder if that stuff was ice off the main fuel tank.

re: #147 sngnsgt

List of other countries that could pull off anything like the space shuttle:

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Well, all the countries of Europe got together and tried to go to Mars like we, just one country, did.

Uh, maybe we shouldn't talk about that mission. I'm sure they'll do better next time.

re: #147 sngnsgt

List of other countries that could pull off anything like the space shuttle:

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I don't know about that. Some of those IslamoFascists are coming close when they have their accidents and blow themselves up while bomb making

re: #147 sngnsgt

List of other countries that could pull off anything like the space shuttle:

Jhimmi Carter says the Soviet Union has one.

I submit that we should, in the interest of equal time, install a widget entitled, "Bottom 10 Comments." Because at least then I'll have a fightin' chance. ;)

re: #150 Boondock St. Bender

i wonder if that stuff was ice off the main fuel tank.

That's what usually falls off, given the liquid propellant is quite cold.

Enjoy it while you can.

/Lord Obama be taking your space exploration away

re: #154 Cognito

I submit that we should, in the interest of equal time, install a widget entitled, "Bottom 10 Comments." Because at least then I'll have a fightin' chance. ;)

I'll do my best to help you out with that.

re: #154 Cognito

I submit that we should, in the interest of equal time, install a widget entitled, "Bottom 10 Comments." Because at least then I'll have a fightin' chance. ;)

We don't want to highlight the worst, making it easier for others to cherry-pick nasty and unrepresentative comments.

Wheres the moonbat protests there complaining about all the fossil fuel the shuttle is "wasting" ?

LOL! Go Discovery!

re: #147 sngnsgt

List of other countries that could pull off anything like the space shuttle:

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* * *
Obama would never challenge another country to a space race.

Thank God Kruschof only had Sputnik, monkeys & dogs in his space program, while Kennedy had Werner Von Braun, captured during World War II from Germany.

re: #154 Cognito

I submit that we should, in the interest of equal time, install a widget entitled, "Bottom 10 Comments." Because at least then I'll have a fightin' chance. ;)

You would be the odds on favorite, 1/5.

Sorry, OT, but seekeroftruth put this up in the spinoffs, and my head is going to explode.

Obama says his ears too big for Rushmore

MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama paid an unscheduled late-night visit to Mount Rushmore Friday, visiting the national memorial at closing time and joking that his ears were too big to ever be included in such a display.

Asked by a reporter if he ever envisioned himself carved into the mountain, he said, "I don't think my ears would fit. There's only so much rock up there."

I cannot envision any achievement Obama could even consider an accomplishment that would make him a candidate for any honor mush less Mount Rushmore. Someone, anyone, any democrat, anywhere - please name us one accomplishment Barack Obama has performed that makes him worthy of praise. Please tell us what future potential accomplishment Barack Obama talks to, that may, just may, be worthy of any honor.

Maybe we need read his resume again, but from what I've read, Barack Obama's resume is somewhat scant when it comes to accomplishments.

MPACUK declares LGF Category 4 Islamaphobes ...
Categorizing American Islamophobes

Category 4: The Fringe

Examples: LGF, Joe Kaufman, Jewish Task Force
Main Motivation: Racism

Congratulations.

A little Sinatra.

re: #156 Killian Bundy

Enjoy it while you can.

/Lord Obama be taking your space exploration away

You know, in your heart, that a solid sex education program for pre-schoolers is much more important in the long term interest of humanity.

So one of their tasks is to bring a new part for a Russian toilet? There's a joke or two in there somewhere. I'll refrain.

re: #163 unrealizedviewpoint

Oh, so he can talk about his ears, but WE can't?

Hey. I made it.(barely) heh,heh.

re: #158 Silhouette

We don't want to highlight the worst, making it easier for others to cherry-pick nasty and unrepresentative comments.

No, no, I was just being facetious.

re: #164 Killgore Trout

MPACUK declares LGF Category 4 Islamaphobes ...
Categorizing American Islamophobes

Congratulations.

We ain't no fucking fringe!

re: #167 MrArchieBunker

So one of their tasks is to bring a new part for a Russian toilet? There's a joke or two in there somewhere. I'll refrain.

I knew that would flush you out

re: #168 Dolphin

Oh, so he can talk about his ears, but WE can't?

Of course. You are not worthy to speak of the ears. Only the Obamassiah may.

Pakistan's Nuclear Scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan says he was forced to confess passing nuclear secrets to North Korea, Libya and Iran!

The US made me do it!

(In today's WashPost, but on the last page of section 1)

re: #136 Charles

Excellent launch.

How long have those folks been holding it?

re: #167 MrArchieBunker

So one of their tasks is to bring a new part for a Russian toilet? There's a joke or two in there somewhere. I'll refrain.

I knew that would flush you out
Of course, now, they'll have a handle on it !

re: #168 Dolphin

he has ears?

/

I want to play among the stars

re: #178 sngnsgt

I want to play among the stars

beats playing amongst those with SARS

[Link: ap.google.com...]

Congresswoman nervous as husband goes to space

By MARCIA DUNN – 1 hour ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — With her husband in command of space shuttle Discovery and on the verge of launching, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wanted to set the record straight.

She wasn't there as a member of Congress. She was there "strictly as the spouse" — the new wife of commander Mark Kelly — and just as excited and nervous as any of the other astronauts' family members.

"We've been married six months, and the space program is relatively new to me," she said Saturday.

"I couldn't be prouder."
....

Neato.

re: #164 Killgore Trout

MPACUK declares LGF Category 4 Islamaphobes ...
Categorizing American Islamophobes

Congratulations.

I'm not racist. I'm just drawn that way.

Typical White Rabbit.

re: #163 unrealizedviewpoint

On Obama's behalf, it appears to have been the reporter, not him, that floated the idea, and Obama blew it off with a joke.

The reporter, I have no doubt, is a full-believer in the Obamessiah, and is already seeing him there. I hope it wouldn't just be, to the reporter, because Obama's great "accomplishment" would be being the first African-American president.

We were watching a special on WWII this morning and my husband made a comment that the mass' worshiping Hitler reminded him of the Barak crowds. I agreed.

Congratulations to NASA for another successful mission launch.

Awesome!

Go Discovery!

re: #180 mean Gene

For the first time in her life?

re: #180 mean Gene

[Link: ap.google.com...]

Congresswoman nervous as husband goes to space

By MARCIA DUNN – 1 hour ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — With her husband in command of space shuttle Discovery and on the verge of launching, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wanted to set the record straight.She wasn't there as a member of Congress. She was there "strictly as the spouse" — the new wife of commander Mark Kelly — and just as excited and nervous as any of the other astronauts' family members.

"We've been married six months, and the space program is relatively new to me," she said Saturday.

"I couldn't be prouder."
....

Neato.

Yeah, that's great. But being the skeptic I am, how long until she gets pulled to enter laws to increase funding to NASA and starts playing on heart strings for her husband?

re: #164 Killgore Trout

MPACUK declares LGF Category 4 Islamaphobes ...
Categorizing American Islamophobes

Congratulations.

That's from that moron Umar Lee; they're just re-publishing it.

When you're spending time to make up lists of your Zionist enemies and their motivations, it's a sign that you may need a shrink.

re: #165 MandyManners

A little Sinatra.

I LOVE Sinatra!

re: #164 Killgore Trout

MPACUK declares LGF Category 4 Islamaphobes ...
Categorizing American Islamophobes

Do they have an "ideological' category, or do we just have to settle for being racists?
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re: #182 Silhouette

On Obama's behalf, it appears to have been the reporter, not him, that floated the idea, and Obama blew it off with a joke.

The reporter, I have no doubt, is a full-believer in the Obamessiah, and is already seeing him there. I hope it wouldn't just be, to the reporter, because Obama's great "accomplishment" would be being the first African-American president.

Is that you Cognito? What did you do with Silhouette?

re: #180 mean Gene

and A DEM to boot. Congrats Rep Giffords, and God Speed to your husband.

(see,, they're correct, we here at LGF are mean ! )

So, Michelle O - does the launch of a Space Shuttle make you proud? At all?

re: #184 Sharmuta

Congratulations to NASA for another successful mission launch.

Drink. Well done.

re: #185 Racer X

Awesome!

Go Discovery!

American steel rules.

re: #195 Pullus Iulius

American steel rules.

That's because fire can't melt it.

Sigh. My 24 hours are up and my reign of dominance on the Top 10 list has expired.

I think I'll start drinking now.

On the upside, I can ogle Julie Banderas.

re: #193 Racer X

So, Michelle O - does the launch of a Space Shuttle make you proud? At all?

no. it makes her sad that cooporate America is cashing in from NASA contracts while poor innocents in America are dying in the streets

re: #197 JammieWearingFool

Sigh. My 24 hours are up and my reign of dominance on the Top 10 list has expired.

I think I'll start drinking now.

On the upside, I can ogle Julie Banderas.

Just turn the sound down.
That's got to be, pound for pound the dumbest female on TV.

Every time we launch a shuttle up I get goose bumps. Every time.

re: #154 Cognito
I helped you to meet your goal.

I'm starting to give the Javascript "pseudo-links" their own styles, to distinguish them from the real links that actually load a page.

They'll now show up in green, with a different hover effect than the real links...

re: #171 MandyManners

We ain't no fucking fringe!

Racist!

re: #191 unrealizedviewpoint

Come on, I trashed the reporter. ;-)

I called him/her hopelessly biased, treating Obama as a god, and then went on to hint the reporter was racist.

(Did end up defending Obama in the process...but hey, I've defended FRANCE in a post before.)

Launch replays up now for any who missed it.

So they got the new Russian toilet pump on board before launch, right? Also an extra case of paper towels and 409 cleaner, I hope.

re: #203 Killgore Trout

Racist!

Fingist!

bbl

re: #205 Sharmuta

Launch replays up now for any who missed it.

Can you link please, FOX will not open for me.

re: #201 snowcrash

I helped you to meet your goal.

Huh. All right.

re: #199 mean Gene

Just turn the sound down.
That's got to be, pound for pound the dumbest female on TV.

Bite your tongue, dude.

She's got a degree.

re: #208 VegasRick

Can you link please, FOX will not open for me.

Sure!

re: #211 Sharmuta

Sure!

Thank you!

re: #206 itellu3times

So they got the new Russian toilet pump on board before launch, right? Also an extra case of paper towels and 409 cleaner, I hope.

And some Ozium. Pee-yeew.

re: #208 VegasRick

Can you link please, FOX will not open for me.

security guards out front won't let you in, huh?

re: #212 VegasRick

You're welcome!

OK, the margaritas are ready, the sun's back, and it's grill time.

re: #101 mean Gene

When does NASA remove that little tip cap from the shuttle so it can take off?

At the T-2 minutes point. The "beanie" is there to remove the oxygen gas that accumulates as some of liquid oxygen boils off after fueling.

re: #208 VegasRick

re: #214 sattv4u2

security guards out front won't let you in, huh?

you DO look like a shady character !

That control room looked a little too male dominated and Eurocentric for my taste. I say we need a control room that looks like America. /sarc

re: #214 sattv4u2

security guards out front won't let you in, huh?

They are afraid that I might beat up skelator.

re: #204 Silhouette

Come on, I trashed the reporter. ;-)

I called him/her hopelessly biased, treating Obama as a god, and then went on to hint the reporter was racist.

(Did end up defending Obama in the process...but hey, I've defended FRANCE in a post before.)

:) roundbout shot at our resident reporter, tis all.

re: #188 Charles

Ah, he's this guy! I didn't make the connection. He also has pics of Obama on his Flikr page. Heh.

re: #222 unrealizedviewpoint

:) roundbout shot at our resident reporter, tis all.

Imagine that.

Need a hobby?

re: #217 Opilio

At the T-2 minutes point. The "beanie" is there to remove the oxygen gas that accumulates as some of liquid oxygen boils off after fueling.

On our last tour, the guide told us that one person has the job of watching the launch pad area with special goggles looking for heat sources, because one of the gases burns in an invisible flame, one that is very hot. Because it is invisible, it would be possible to have a fire that no one sees, and a worker who walked into it would be killed instantly.

re: #224 Cognito

Imagine that.

Need a hobby?

You failed to end with your usual:
Can we now get back to the topic?

re: #221 VegasRick

They are afraid that I might beat up skelator.

hell. Someone could blow him a kiss and he'd keel over

re: #142 Sharmuta

Launches still scare me. I guess I'll never forget Challenger.

I was in school when that happened. People still made a big deal out of the space program back then, so my whole school was in the gym/auditorium watching it live.

The shock was palpable, you could have heard a pin drop from a mile away.

When I click on the "top 10 comments" I get the exact same thing as if I clicked on "permalink"

anyone know if Tom Hanks is on this shuttle mission, or is he still trapped on that island alone ?

re: #230 sattv4u2

anyone know if Tom Hanks is on this shuttle mission, or is he still trapped on that island alone ?

well ,, alone and with Wilson

whaaahhh ,,, I always get my best material off when the thread is dead !

re: #230 sattv4u2

anyone know if Tom Hanks is on this shuttle mission, or is he still trapped on that island alone ?

I heard he is sharing an apartment with some guy, and they both cross-dress.

NTTAWWT.

nevermind, I figured it out

re: #233 Silhouette

I heard he is sharing an apartment with some guy, and they both cross-dress.

NTTAWWT.

Did he ever RUN thru the FOR(R)EST then ?

re: #193 Racer X

So, Michelle O - does the launch of a Space Shuttle make you proud? At all?

no, she's not concerned w/ such things. she can't imagine how it would help her children/

re: #225 Silhouette

On our last tour, the guide told us that one person has the job of watching the launch pad area with special goggles looking for heat sources, because one of the gases burns in an invisible flame, one that is very hot. Because it is invisible, it would be possible to have a fire that no one sees, and a worker who walked into it would be killed instantly.

My guess is that would me a hydrogen flame. At launch, there's about 120 tons of liquid hydrogen in the external tank, and some of it is always venting off as it slowly warms (liquid Hydrogen boils at -423° F.) The light produced by a hydrogen flame is mostly ultraviolet, and therefore nearly invisible to the human eye.

I think the venting hydrogen gas is also the reason for the "sparklers" that you see lit beneath the Shuttle about 10 seconds before launch. At that point, they want any accumulated hydrogen to burn off before the main engines ignite.

re: #34 zombie

The whole purpose, as I envisioned it, it to provide a reward system for outstanding comments, so people will strive to leave the best/most insightful/wittiest/most devatating comment, and earn a top spot on the "Best Comments" list! The end result: better comments on LGF overall.

Combined with the delete stick and the banning stick, this will lead to the best comments section on the web! (Well, it already is the best comments section -- but it widen the gap between us and the competition!)

Sort of an Adam Smith approach to comments: Each person striving to be the best leads to a better comment environment for all!

A rising tide sinks all crappy comments.

re: #199 mean Gene

Just turn the sound down.
That's got to be, pound for pound the dumbest female on TV.

* * *

Mean Gene, I disagree. At least she's not making dumb leftist comments.

re: #206 itellu3times

So they got the new Russian toilet pump on board before launch, right? Also an extra case of paper towels and 409 cleaner, I hope.

* * *
In Russian toilet, toilet sprays you.

In space with less gravity, not sure the spills go where you can wipe them.

re: #111 sattv4u2

yes mandy ,, a shuttle is bringing a new toilet to the spacestation

Does anyone watch Dead Like Me ?

re: #165 MandyManners

A little Sinatra.

The flute adds so much!

TOTALLY AWESOME.