Source is Reuters or AP?

Step #1 - If it's posted by Reuters or AP & about Iraq or Lebanon, it's a fake.

Will we be discussing UFOs now?

Or you can ask the lizards at LGF.

Send in the Clones
Cloning—the copying and pasting of a region of an image—is a very common and powerful form of manipulation.

Gee, wonder where we saw that?

Oh, right, Adrian Hajj.

The easiest way to spot a fake photo is to go to Rueters.

Found this on the site as well: Photo Tampering Throughout History

re: #1 jcm

Source is Reuters or AP?

Beat me to it

Thanks for the new thread, Charles.

Thank you Charles for exposing today's film fakery practices some of us thought ended with the USSR's demise.

Real Life Example:
1. Real
2. Fake
3. Not far from the truth

Cool

method #6

look for the adnan hajj label

Scientific American is politically correct rag.....

Unlike Obama's first speech about Rev. Wright, this actually should be required reading.

/it involves a Palestinian or Arab stringer who has ties to: (1) Hamas; (2) Fatah; (3) Iraqi insurgency; (4) al Qaeda; (5) any Arab government.

And the folks above forgot AFP when complaining about AP and Reuters.

There quite a few more ways also such as focal length analysis of lens distortion. The focal length, size, and shape of a lens effects depth perception of objects in a scene. Any object added brings those features with it. 3D Scene recreation software can help find flaws in geometry of a scene or objects.

Looking forward to this Scientific American article:
5 ways to spot a fake
/Hint: Barry Hussein

re: #14 Dax

Scientific American is politically correct rag.....

They did use a campaign photo of Dubya's as their cloning example. Are they selling the old cabard "Bush lied"?

re: #11 EC Marm

Real Life Example:
1. Real
2. Fake
3. Not far from the truth

A picture on the innerwebz...
It must be real.
/

Interesting reading. Does this mean Obamas halo is not real?/

re: #14 Dax

Scientific American is politically correct rag.....

Other than two civil war era photos, every photo was manipulated by Socialists or the media.

"Fake Photo" is awfully broad and would include staged photos (pristine toys and Korans placed in debris, etc.). This would be better entitled "5 Ways to Spot an Altered Photo."

A lot of this seemed obvious, and yet, I think there are some editors out there for whom the whole article would be most enlightening. What is it again that they teach in journalism school?

I noticed that one of the comments (to the Scientific American article) asked why the authors of the article did not include halination...or those tell-tale halos which frequently occur...

Notice how, with all the innumerable examples of fauxtography by the left, the authors chose the one trivial example by Republicans (that Kos went ballistic about in 2004), "filling in" the audience in a photo used in a Bush ad with additional audience members. (Example #4.)

The fact that they chose that one photo convinces me the authors dwell in the leftosphere and know probably nothing at all about the 2006 Reuters/Lebanon photopalooza.

Real of Fake?

The eyes freaked me out.

re: #26 WrathofG-d

Real of Fake?

Fake.

some forms of dark room/ computer work on pics has always happened in professional photo's back in the film period almost none of them were developed straight in black and white development they were often dodged and exposed in different ways.

the point is what is the reason for the darkroom activity? to make a better pic. that shows what is really there or to create a fake image?
that is the issue here.

a photo isn't reality it is just a slice of that reality.

How about 5 ways to spot a Microsoft Word document

re: #28 MandyManners

^{It is a picture of the 3rd Holy Temple In Jerusalem on the Temple Mount in place of the disgusting dome...um of course its...oh never mind.}

re: #14 Dax

Scientific American is politically correct rag.....

Yes. It has become that way.

I knew about this article when it first came out because I started getting links from sites that linked to the SciFi article AND my Reuters "Photo Fraud" piece together. Such as this one:

Shuttertalk: How to spot a fake photo.

According to Scientific American, here's 5 ways to tell whether a photo has been doctored:
...
By the way, this is definitely worth a read - staged and manipulated photos in the media. Very thorough investigation and write up.
[Link: www.zombietime.com...]

...
How did you find this [zombietime link] ST?
The author seems amazingly informed about everthing going on in the news world, I wonder how he is able to keep track....
To bad he is hiding his identity, as he says himself, for good reason.
but I like knowing whose work it is I am reading.

Impressive, anyway.

re: #21 snowcrash

Interesting reading. Does this mean Obamas halo is not real?/

Of course is real. Chris Matthews says so.

/screw the MSM

If you see a photo of Barack H. Obama, and his ears are pinned back, it's probably fake.

how many photo's in playboy were real? altered photo's not a new thing at all.

re: #26 WrathofG-d

Real of Fake?

Real....
In eternity.
Will be... soon in time.

re: #35 yochanan

how many photo's in playboy were real? altered photo's not a new thing at all.

Product photos (playboy included) are all altered.

Wow, Zombie, sounds like somebody is trying to appeal to your ego to trick you out of your safe place.
Glad to see you won't fall for flattery or cajoling.
Your hiding your identity is your strength.

I love my Country more than I hate McCain.

I have to keep repeating that mantra.

re: #37 jcm

Product photos (playboy included) are all altered.

Boobs are products?

re: #32 zombie

They think you're a guy. Ha.

MCPs.

re: #38 mean Gene

No amount of trickery or flattery will convince to reveal myself!

re: #40 MandyManners

In a word, yes.

re: #40 MandyManners

Boobs are products?

It's not like it's a secret, Mandy.

re: #37 jcm

my point exactly.

re: #40 MandyManners

Boobs are products?

Tonight on How It's Made...

OT

My Siamese cat just had a hissy fit because I made it rain.

He's now sulking in the bedroom.

re: #36 jcm

How about this one: Real or Fake?

re: #16 lawhawk

/it involves a Palestinian or Arab stringer who has ties to: (1) Hamas; (2) Fatah; (3) Iraqi insurgency; (4) al Qaeda; (5) any Arab government

Is there any other kind of Pali/Arab stringer?

re: #40 MandyManners

Boobs are products?

You didn't see the products on that gal in the last thread?

re: #40 MandyManners

Boobs are products?

In playboy yes......
Of course I only read the articles.
/;-P

I know a photog who does food pics for one of the food mags. Hours setting up a shot, and the tricks to make food look good, then hours of touch up. If you wonder why your dish never looks like the pic... it's because it's not possible. Fashion mags, skin mags, the ads nothing is "as shot."

re: #51 ploome hineni

boobs are [beautiful] glands

There, fixed that for ya.

re: #51 ploome hineni

boobs are glrands

re: #52 redstateredneck

You didn't see the products on that gal in the last thread?

I remember an old guy in a news thing saying, and I quote: "I don't care if they're fake. I like them anyway."

I haven't done any real study on it, but it seems to me that Obama has been the opening page photo on newsites 2-1 to Hillary during this campaign, and 30-1 to McCain.

But what's more, it seems he is very, very often photographed from below, looking up. With the camera at his waist level, he looks like a father figure to us. And why is he always photographed looking up? I'm not talking campaign photos either.

Quick homepage look-see:

Foxnews - a car
MSNBC - McCain, pointing at us, mouth open, camera level with him.
Yahoo news - Obama, camera level with him, hugging people
CNN -Obama, camera looking slightly up
ABCNews - Obama, camera level (rotating w/a Hillary pic, no MCain)
CBS News - McCain and Obama, camera level, Obama looking up and lit from above
Google news - Obama- tiny pic, camera level

Obama 5, McCain 2

The consumer science interest mags have all gone commie, so we shouldn't be suprised that SciAm covers this issue like it's an obituary.

Apparently, they don't know the rule about useful idiots.

[Link: www.halabja.org...]

Don't go to that link if you aren't prepared to face unspeakable horror.

re: #60 ploome hineni

How many time have you "mowed her lawn"?

re: #49 WrathofG-d

How about this one: Real or Fake?

Real scale model?

re: #50 Endangered in MASS

Well, I forgot Hizbullah. And then there are Israeli-Arab stringers, who are sympathetic to the cause of the terrorists.

There is fauxtography (digital manipulation of images) and there is real photography of fake, staged scenes (Pallywood).

re: #60 ploome hineni

..one of my neighbors was a playboy centerfold

and she had a cover also

lol

none of us are interested in what she was covered with...

/ducks

:-D

If it's a photo of Jimmy Carter saying something that makes sense, you know it's a fake.

re: #39 newsjunkie_ky

I love my Country more than I hate McCain.

I have to keep repeating that mantra.

I'm going to write-in Ronald Reagan.

Breaking:
Rezko verdict scheduled for 3:45 p.m.

Geraldine Ferraro is becoming a Maggie Thatcher in my book recently.
Ms. Ferraro is fearless in her denunciation of democrat fakery & thuggery and disingenuousness.

I love this feisty new Ferraro; am so glad to see people refuse to drink the rotten fake "unity" koolaid the party apparatchiks & nomenklatura used to push the Obama train over the finish line.

(Just using ol' soviet terms, same as the new democrats)

If it's pic of Obama in Iraq, you know it's a fake.

re: #68 mean Gene

Breaking:
Rezko verdict scheduled for 3:45 p.m.

well..unless the jury was sequestered in Burma, I think we know what the verdict of this one's gonna be...

re: #67 DesertSage

I'm going to write-in Ronald Reagan.

* * *
You're a self-styled SAGE, why would you spoil your ballot and thereby help the other team...that's just dumb and depressed, not helpful as Rummy would have said.

re: #63 lawhawk

Righto. The Islamic dhimification of wire service relies on 5 things..no make that 7.

Let me start again....

re: #1 jcm

Source is Reuters or AP?

You beat me to the post.

That is the #1 way.

More news site checks

USA Today - Obama ( on politics page - Bush on front page)
BBC - Obama
NYT - bombed building
LA Times - drainage ditch
WaPo- Edwards, Hillary, Obama

re: #40 MandyManners

Boobs are products?

Try my product

-The video professor

re: #74 markx

You beat me to the post.

That is the #1 way.

Just don't say it's the first way....
Stinky would deleted it.
;-)

Neil Cavuto's Obamator guest is insane.

re: #76 Shug

Try my product

-The video professor

he makes boobs now? Goodie!
are the first ones free, just pay S & H?

re: #68 mean Gene

Breaking:
Rezko verdict scheduled for 3:45 p.m.

When Rezko leaves the court house...
Odds on his getting hit by a bus?

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has a Code of Ethics. They are supposed to abide by this code. Number Six states that photographers may not manipulate images so as to mislead the viewers. (Again, these are Press Photographers -- this doesn't apply, obviously, to artistic photographers -- artistic photographers with Playboy mag, Advertisers, etc, all use lots and lots of manipulation so as to sell a product, promote something, etc.)

re: #75 Silhouette

More news site checks

USA Today - Obama ( on politics page - Bush on front page)
BBC - Obama
NYT - bombed building
LA Times - drainage ditch
WaPo- Edwards, Hillary, Obama

NYT - bombed building
LA Times - drainage ditch

Very descriptive of those organizations.

re: #68 mean Gene

Breaking:
Rezko verdict scheduled for 3:45 p.m.

So they finally figured out the last of the 24 counts then. They were only stuck on one of them for a while.

re: #47 Catttt

Did he shake his back paw at you only once?

Is the Rezko verdict going to be announced at 3:45 Central time, or Eastern?

Also, will Fox be covering it?

re: #40 MandyManners

Sorry. SoftPron is a product.

re: #79 paxnhymn

the first boob is free. if you like it, you buy the second ( plus just pay the S & H )

go ahead.
try my product

Speaking of accuracy, fake boobs feel like vinyl cushions.

In today's world identifying the actual photo as "real or fake" is only the beginning.

1 "real or fake"

2 Real or Fake

3. Real or Fake

4. Real or Fake

5. Real or Fake

re: #58 Silhouette

I haven't done any real study on it, but it seems to me that Obama has been the opening page photo on newsites 2-1 to Hillary during this campaign, and 30-1 to McCain.

But what's more, it seems he is very, very often photographed from below, looking up. With the camera at his waist level, he looks like a father figure to us. And why is he always photographed looking up? I'm not talking campaign photos either.

Some of the Obama photos really look like Soviet propaganda posters; the same "heroic" pose, same angle, same look in the face...

Same failed ideas.

Change? They tried that back in 1918 in Russia.

re: #85 Intrepid

Is the Rezko verdict going to be announced at 3:45 Central time, or Eastern?

Also, will Fox be covering it?

Central.

Out of 12 sites: 1 McCain alone, 6 Obama alone

2 McCain total, 8 Obama total

Not making a point, yet. Just a snapshot in time.

re: #89 WrathofG-d

I love number four and the explanation. That asshole has little or no knowledge of metallurgy as oxidization such as rust can occur within hours...

o/t;

Not sure if this has been discussed or posted yet, but it seems the kid killed by the tiger at the SF zoo was drunk and stoned

re: #60 ploome hineni

what did she look like in real life?

re: #11 EC Marm

Real Life Example:
1. Real
2. Fake
3. Not far from the truth

4. Fake but accurate

re: #75 Silhouette

That's interesting. I noticed the same thing during his speech this morning. He looked like he was looking above the audience with his chin up. It was a weird angle - I was wondering if it was him or the camera angle.

re: #81 J.S.

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has a Code of Ethics. They are supposed to abide by this code. Number Six states that photographers may not manipulate images so as to mislead the viewers. (Again, these are Press Photographers -- this doesn't apply, obviously, to artistic photographers -- artistic photographers with Playboy mag, Advertisers, etc, all use lots and lots of manipulation so as to sell a product, promote something, etc.)

What about their editors?

re: #81 J.S.

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) has a Code of Ethics. They are supposed to abide by this code. Number Six states that photographers may not manipulate images so as to mislead the viewers. (Again, these are Press Photographers -- this doesn't apply, obviously, to artistic photographers -- artistic photographers with Playboy mag, Advertisers, etc, all use lots and lots of manipulation so as to sell a product, promote something, etc.) AP and Reuters

re: #89 WrathofG-d

In today's world identifying the actual photo as "real or fake" is only the beginning.

1 "real or fake"

2 Real or Fake

3. Real or Fake

4. Real or Fake

5. Real or Fake

Staged is whole other can-o-worms.

So Bill Clinton must be breathing a sigh of relief?

" See, Hillary, honey, those photos of me were photo shopped !

BTW- Todd Purdum may get sued. Gina Gershon's lawyer apparently asked for a retraction about Gina being a too-good " friend of Bill".

re: #69 alegrias
now if she had this fight when she ran as v.p. she might have won.

"Whew, what a relief!", residents of the Space Station said.

re: #100 Alouette

Yep! That is funny...(ok, tragic.)

Guilty on some.

re: #95 astronmr20

o/t;

Not sure if this has been discussed or posted yet, but it seems the kid killed by the tiger at the SF zoo was drunk and stoned

I'd rather have been drunk and stoned when killed by a tiger that wasn't kept in its enclosure than otherwise.

I'm wondering why his physical and mental state even matters? He's not the one who doomed himself to death.

The SF Chronicle can spin all they want at the behest of the city, but the central fact remains that substandard containment caused somebody to die. That's their problem, and unfortunately it was his, too. I hope the law suit brings millions.

rezko guilty on some counts waiting to find out how many?

re: #101 JCM

"Staged" violates Rule Number 2 of the NPPA's code of ethics...

Ray Nagin apparently sending hundreds of buses to Obama campaign HQ

good stuff

I'd really like for Dick Morris to shut up right now so we can get the scoop on the Rezko verdict.

Ok, Neil Cavuto heard me.

Guilty on six counts of mail fraud, so far. Verdicts still being read.

re: #107 really grumpy big dog Johnson

Please note that no tiger had ever escaped before.

I'm not particularly sympathetic, though the dead kid seems to have been the only decent person involved.

re: #108 yochanan

rezko guilty on some counts waiting to find out how many?

I'm listening to Roe Conn (WLS 890) right now it's 16 of 24 apparently.

If Rezko faces time in a "tough" prison, will he "flip" on some of his "buddies"? Heh.

so far rezko guilty on 16 counts

16 counts - not 6

Now guilty on 16 counts.

He's facing serious jail time, unless he has something he can offer on Gov. Begoiavic (sp?) or Obama.

Heh.

re: #117 yochanan

so far rezko guilty on 16 counts

16 more reasons not to trust Obama.

the cruption was more connected to gov blago rezko was obama's fund raiser

pardon him George!

/

Real.

Honest he is.

re: #107 really grumpy big dog Johnson

I'd rather have been drunk and stoned when killed by a tiger that wasn't kept in its enclosure than otherwise.

I'm wondering why his physical and mental state even matters? He's not the one who doomed himself to death.

The SF Chronicle can spin all they want at the behest of the city, but the central fact remains that substandard containment caused somebody to die. That's their problem, and unfortunately it was his, too. I hope the law suit brings millions.

The taunting of the cat doesn't count?

Agreed sub-standard containment is an issue. But the Cat was provoked. The city might have some grounds to contend the enclosure was adequate until the provocation occurred.

I would tend to put most of the burden on kid, under the influence, then provokes the cat.

Any chance of a pardon for Rezko?

re: #122 Shug

Well if he goes in in a couple months, and Obama becomes Pres, he could only serve a couple days.

re: #114 Dianna

Neither am I, all reports I have seen have the "kids" taunting the tiger. I was always taught that every cage has a door and unless you locked it yourself, you should treat the animals like the door is open.

Never could stand people who pick on others, they are bullies no matter the victim.

S

re: #118 mama winger

16 counts - not 6

They're still reading the verdicts, Mama - there might just be 24 guilties before it's done.

re: #125 zmdavid

Any chance of a pardon for Rezko?

He is more likely to be pardoned by George bush than BHO.

BHO throws people under the bus, he doesn't pardon them

re: #107 really grumpy big dog Johnson

Have a little pity on us SF homeowners who will ultimately pay the price for this mess. The tiger was provoked by these little punks. They were standing on the fence and chukking stones at it, for the love of pete. If the suit wins and the Zoo has to pay out millions, all it means is that the Zoo will close, my taxes will go up to pay for it, and these surviving punks will OD on crack in a week.

I wonder what would be the repercussions if Micheal Corleone had bought McCain's their house?

re: #128 Intrepid

They're still reading the verdicts, Mama - there might just be 24 guilties before it's done.

Cool ! :)

re: #125 zmdavid

not likely until after the election.

re: #122 Shug

Are they Fed. convictions or State? Can he stay out of jail until Jan. 20 on appeal?

re: #110 J.S.

"Staged" violates Rule Number 2 of the NPPA's code of ethics...

Yep, just noting that staged is pre-photo manipulation and editing is post-photo manipulation. Both with the intent of altering the impact and message of the image.

re: #129 Shug

He is more likely to be pardoned by George bush than BHO.

BHO throws people under the bus, he doesn't pardon them

He hasn't had that power...yet.

re: #54 jcm

In playboy yes......
Of course I only read the articles.
/;-P

I know a photog who does food pics for one of the food mags. Hours setting up a shot, and the tricks to make food look good, then hours of touch up. If you wonder why your dish never looks like the pic... it's because it's not possible. Fashion mags, skin mags, the ads nothing is "as shot."

Hubby has shot a lot of food photos for Lawrys and assorted other chain restaurants. The food you see on a menu is completely inedible. It's dyed, sprayed, fixed, preserved, lit, and then shot. The film was not fiddled with much, but the staging sure was!

re: #131 Nevergiveup

I wonder what would be the repercussions if Micheal Corleone had bought McCain's their house?

Fredo would've been taken hunting by Cheney, instead of fishing.

/

re: #134 zmdavid

Are they Fed. convictions or State? Can he stay out of jail until Jan. 20 on appeal?

Federal convictions. Blago is in deep shit.

re: #123 Catttt

Real.

Honest he is.

Oh yowsers, yes he is real.

I vote for him.

:-P

So let me get this straight:
Cubs +
Rezko --
Do I have this right?

no reason for bush to pardon rezko NONE WHAT SO EVER he is a democrat crook.

re: #113 Intrepid

I'd really like for Dick Morris to shut up right now so we can get the scoop on the Rezko verdict.

Ok, Neil Cavuto heard me.

Guilty on six counts of mail fraud, so far. Verdicts still being read.

Now taking bets in what paragraph, IF ANY, will Obama first be mentioned in the writeups about the conviction.

Compare and contrast to Libby's plamegate conviction stories that focused on the Cheney connection, with the VP mentioned in the headlines or the first sentence.

re: #98 seekeroftruth

That's interesting. I noticed the same thing during his speech this morning. He looked like he was looking above the audience with his chin up. It was a weird angle - I was wondering if it was him or the camera angle.

* * *
It's iconography, idol worship by fauxtographers!:

"...Especially in the West, a system of attributes developed for identifying individual figures of saints by a standard appearance and symbolic objects held by them;

Other features include the aureola and halo, also found in Christian and Islamic art, and divine qualities and attributes represented

from [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #124 JCM

The taunting of the cat doesn't count?

Agreed sub-standard containment is an issue. But the Cat was provoked. The city might have some grounds to contend the enclosure was adequate until the provocation occurred.

I would tend to put most of the burden on kid, under the influence, then provokes the cat.

The only pertinent fact is substandard containment. Imagine if the tiger killed your little girl who was throwing a screaming fit at the tiger exhibit? There are no mitigating factors.

re: #142 yochanan

no reason for bush to pardon rezko NONE WHAT SO EVER he is a democrat crook.

He might have some interesting information about a certain "community activist" though?

re: #139 Honorary Yooper

Federal convictions. Blago is in deep shit.

blogo will be tossed under the bus

re: #137 Russkilitlover

I really enjoyed a documentary I saw once where they needed a nice Thanksgiving turkey for a scene in a movie. They "browned" a frozen bird with a plumber's torch and PAM spray, then they sliced it carefully and cooked the meat inside the cut to look nice for the "carving". Meanwhile, the torch-browned turkey had been sprayed with polyurethane to make it appetizingly shiny.

So Obama picks JFK's daughter for his search group for VP?
Can you spell "PANDERING"?

Report: Palestinian Textbooks Portray Jews in Bad Light

With the usual AP swipe at Israel.

Mixed with anti-Semitic sentiments in the textbooks are genuine Palestinian complaints against Israel, including settlement building in areas Palestinians want for their future state, and the Israeli separation barrier, which swallows swathes of West Bank land. (and keeps the homocide bombers out)

re: #107 really grumpy big dog Johnson

I'd rather have been drunk and stoned when killed by a tiger that wasn't kept in its enclosure than otherwise.

I'm wondering why his physical and mental state even matters? He's not the one who doomed himself to death.

The SF Chronicle can spin all they want at the behest of the city, but the central fact remains that substandard containment caused somebody to die. That's their problem, and unfortunately it was his, too. I hope the law suit brings millions.

It might explain why he was apparently taunting the animal, but the Zoo was totally negligent in putting that animal in that enclosure. The teen just paid a higher price than the people that used to stare at the apes (a direct challenge in the wild) at the San Diego Zoo and get poo flung at them. (Those apes got pretty good at hitting tourists, I saw a couple of direct facial hits during my visits.) The apes are now in much better enclosures and separated from the crowds by very thick glass panels.

re: #137 Russkilitlover

Hubby has shot a lot of food photos for Lawrys and assorted other chain restaurants. The food you see on a menu is completely inedible. It's dyed, sprayed, fixed, preserved, lit, and then shot. The film was not fiddled with much, but the staging sure was!

My friend tells of the stuff they use as stand ins to last under the lights. A lot of the stuff gets a coat of varnish. He told me of big fight with one client who wanted to use the real product in the photos. My friend finally said fine, but you won't like the pictures. He re-shot the whole thing his way when the client saw the pics.

re: #95 astronmr20

An obvious operation of natural selection. Darwin Award material.

so far 16 convictions this is important.

Posted in the spinoff links as well:

Rezko found guilty on 16 charges

Tony Rezko — the high-flying developer and fast-food magnate who was once a major campaign fund-raiser for Gov. Blagojevich and Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama and one of the governor’s closest advisers — is now a convicted felon.

A federal jury in Chicago convicted Rezko this afternoon on 16 of 24 charges he faced in a political corruption trial that cast a harsh light on the Blagojevich administration.

GOTCHA SUCKA! BLAGO, YOU'RE NEXT!

re: #149 Nevergiveup

So Obama picks JFK's daughter for his search group for VP?
Can you spell "PANDERING"?

She came out for him long ago; it's that whole disgusting "Kennedy-esque" thing.

He has written a LOT of IOUs, and they will be called. Soros hungers.

I understand Obama in his appearance before AIPAC came out in favor of a "contiguous" Palestinian State? Has the genius ever seen a map of the Middle East? Just asking!

Can they ship Rezko back to Syria?

re: #158 J.S.

Can they ship Rezko back to Syria?

Why? I'd rather he rot in Marion.

re: #158 J.S.

Can they ship Rezko back to Syria?

Now boarding under the bus.

re: #143 Silhouette

Now taking bets in what paragraph, IF ANY, will Obama first be mentioned in the writeups about the conviction.

Compare and contrast to Libby's plamegate conviction stories that focused on the Cheney connection, with the VP mentioned in the headlines or the first sentence.

I say it will maybe get a paragraph at the end of the story, in smaller type than the rest of it.

If mentioned at all.

re: #156 OldLineTexan

She came out for him long ago; it's that whole disgusting "Kennedy-esque" thing.

He has written a LOT of IOUs, and they will be called. Soros hungers.

It should not be forgotten that the Current VP headed President Bush's search committee. Obama/Kennedy 08?

re: #113 Intrepid

I'd really like for Dick Morris to shut up right now so we can get the scoop on the Rezko verdict.

Ok, Neil Cavuto heard me.

Guilty on six counts of mail fraud, so far. Verdicts still being read.

no traction here. Federal mail fraud is a catch-all...this'll be gone in days...too bad.

re: #131 Nevergiveup

I wonder what would be the repercussions if Micheal Corleone had bought McCain's their house?

How dare you ! Just because Barry the Messiah came from the reputed cesspool that is Chicago machine politics does not mean Barry " dipped his beak "or got a taste. No doubt Barry levitated over all this political mess, with the halo over his head still intact.

Waiting for him to turn water into wine at the democratic convention.

re: #162 Nevergiveup

It should not be forgotten that the Current VP headed President Bush's search committee. Obama/Kennedy 08?

I wouldn't be surprised.

[Link: www.chicagotribune.com...]

good coverage here.

Not to change the subject but I think Megyn Kelly looks better when she wears something with a little more color. However I am still in love with her. And if she puts on those librarian glasses I may have some have to lust in my heart a bit.

re: #161 Intrepid

The Sun-Times linky up there had him in the first sentence!

re: #161 Intrepid

I say it will maybe get a paragraph at the end of the story, in smaller type than the rest of it.

If mentioned at all.

* * *
Karl Rove kept repeating it was Richard Armitage at the State Department that outed Valerie Pflame, but the press wanted to press the lie it was Cheney/Rove/Libby who did it.

Cowardly Richard Armitage, Colin Powell's number two, let the Administration suffer three years worth of lies, rather than admit he mentioned Valerie Pflame was silly Joe Wilson's wife, and the person who got her husband the silly assignment to go looking for yellow cake.

method #7: Check LGF to see if the experts here have produced an educated ruling.

re: #167 Nevergiveup

Not to change the subject but I think Megyn Kelly looks better when she wears something with a little more color. However I am still in love with her. And if she puts on those librarian glasses I may have some have to lust in my heart a bit.

OK, is she already holding the riding crop?

Here's the breakdown from RezkoWatch:

Breakdown of Counts

* Guilty on 12 of 15 counts mail/wire fraud

* Not Guilty on 1 count attempted extortion

* Guilty on 2 of 6 counts corrupt solicitation

* Guilty on 2 counts money laundering

re: #171 OldLineTexan

OK, is she already holding the riding crop?

Oh, my heart be still!

re: #162 Nevergiveup

It should not be forgotten that the Current VP headed President Bush's search committee. Obama/Kennedy 08?

* * *
Camelot/Carter II

or

SPAMALOT

Every time Dumbomba lies, his ears grow larger. Sure way to spot a liar. What do you mean, his ears are huge?

re: #168 OldLineTexan

The Sun-Times linky up there had him in the first sentence!

You're kidding me! Woot! Get that Obama name associated with a convicted felon, since Rez used to be Obama's fund raiser.

Heh. Heh heh.

re: #159 Honorary Yooper

Aleppo, Syria is his home town...(then again, i guess the Syrians would just let him loose). also hear that there were a lot of ties (Rezko, Obama, etc.) with an Iraqi billionaire "businessman" in the UK...

re: #172 Honorary Yooper

Here's the breakdown from RezkoWatch:

Breakdown of Counts

* Guilty on 12 of 15 counts mail/wire fraud

* Not Guilty on 1 count attempted extortion

* Guilty on 2 of 6 counts corrupt solicitation

* Guilty on 2 counts money laundering

So 17 is the lucky number? Anyone know a good bookie?

1. Was it taken by "Palestinians"?

/

re: #25 zombie

Notice how, with all the innumerable examples of fauxtography by the left, the authors chose the one trivial example by Republicans (that Kos went ballistic about in 2004), "filling in" the audience in a photo used in a Bush ad with additional audience members. (Example #4.)

The fact that they chose that one photo convinces me the authors dwell in the leftosphere and know probably nothing at all about the 2006 Reuters/Lebanon photopalooza.

I can't really fault them for using the Bush rally photo - it was faked, after all. But the Beirut photo by Adnan Hajj is a much more significant example of fakery.

re: #169 alegrias

Armitage always reminded me of Uncle Fester on the Adams family or Peter Boyle's Frankenstein character on Young Doctor Frankenstein.

re: #172 Honorary Yooper

yikes...money laundering? wow.

re: #182 J.S.

yikes...money laundering? wow.

Not a suprise. The Illinois Combine is la cosa nostra here.

re: #182 J.S.

yikes...money laundering? wow.

yeah, now that's a good one. That'll buy him all the federal rectal sex he can handle...

re: #38 mean Gene

Wow, Zombie, sounds like somebody is trying to appeal to your ego to trick you out of your safe place.
Glad to see you won't fall for flattery or cajoling.
Your hiding your identity is your strength.

I was meaning to ask zombie if s/he was tempted to say anything to the folks who put two of his/her photos on the pro-Israel display at the event in SF the other day.

"Hey, where did you get all those neat photos? Are those from that zombie website?"

I know that zombie is a disciplined soul, and said nothing, but I would be too weak to resist bringing up the subject. LOL.

Maybe this conviction of Rezko was what Hillary's been waiting for?

It's been fun, but now a 3 hour meeting beckons. Yessiree, we're really productive around here!

'bye

re: #181 Intrepid

Armitage always reminded me of Uncle Fester on the Adams family or Peter Boyle's Frankenstein character on Young Doctor Frankenstein.

How dare you sully the reputation of an American Classic like 'Young Frankenstein" with a pig like Armitage! Peter Boyle is rolling over in his grave.

Can someone please tell me if this is photoshopped?

re: #187 J.S.

Maybe this conviction of Rezko was what Hillary's been waiting for?

No idea, but I'm going to see if Drudge can get off his Obamism enough to cover it.

Sweet,

How does this help me spot a Nigerian scammer in an online personals ad?

Hehh....

re: #190 Ringo the Gringo

Can someone please tell me if this is photoshopped?

I don't notice anything, but then my head is in the toilet.

This was written in February of this year but very interesting about Obama. It's from the Asia Times. [Link: www.atimes.com...]

re: #190 Ringo the Gringo

Can someone please tell me if this is photoshopped?

Real.

re: #190 Ringo the Gringo

Can someone please tell me if this is photoshopped?

It shows reality.....

Drudge has it, but it's in black and small print in the upper left.

C'mon man, it deserves a fucking siren light.

re: #190 Ringo the Gringo

Can someone please tell me if this is photoshopped?

This is a 'shop. I can tell by the pixels, and by having seen quite a few 'shops in my time.

Speaking of Trials....

The Seattle Jewish Federation Shooting trial jury appears hung.

Naveed Haq jury to declare itself still deadlocked

Jurors are still unable to agree whether Naveed Haq is guilty in the 2006 shooting at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle -- and a mistrial now appears increasingly likely as attorneys plan to meet with the judge Wednesday afternoon.

The King County jury sent out word Wednesday morning that they remain deadlocked, as they indicated they were Monday, after another day and a half of struggling to reach consensus.

re: #190 Ringo the Gringo

Can someone please tell me if this is photoshopped?

Yeah, I think they photoshopped that Sheik Mohammed guy's face on top of Rosie.

re: #190 Ringo the Gringo

Can someone please tell me if this is photoshopped?

Possibly, but it could be real.

/

re: #190 Ringo the Gringo

Can someone please tell me if this is photoshopped?

If not it should be. :p

/off to find some brain bleach.

re: #202 JCM

Speaking of Trials....

The Seattle Jewish Federation Shooting trial jury appears hung.

Naveed Haq jury to declare itself still deadlocked

They really should have had this trial in a place like, oh I don't know, lets say Alabama!

re: #203 Alouette

Yeah, I think they photoshopped that Sheik Mohammed guy's face on top of Rosie.

Isn't it the other way around? Rosie's body on Sheik Mohammed face?
Geez, now I'm confused.

I'm just joking guys....

Every one knows that Rosie waxes her shoulders.

re: #202 JCM

These things amaze me. The guy was caught on camera, and by the police while in the Jewish Federation Building screaming "kill the Jews".

What could they be deadlocked on?

Maybe its whether the Jews deserved it, or if shooting Jews is still illegal.

re: #207 EC Marm

Isn't it the other way around? Rosie's body on Sheik Mohammed face?
Geez, now I'm confused.

Just think how confused Rosie's kids must get. Damn if I were their therapist, I could have retired years ago.

re: #172 Honorary Yooper

Here's the breakdown from RezkoWatch:

Breakdown of Counts

* Guilty on 12 of 15 counts mail/wire fraud

* Not Guilty on 1 count attempted extortion

* Guilty on 2 of 6 counts corrupt solicitation

* Guilty on 2 counts money laundering

HOW MUCH JAIL TIME

The LGF Spy now shows ratings. Cool.

re: #190 Ringo the Gringo

Can someone please tell me if this is photoshopped?

It looks like someone cast Rosie as Reverend Jim for a remake of Taxi.

re: #209 WrathofG-d
Wasn't their an insanity plea involved? That always makes it a little more complicated.

re: #202 JCM

Speaking of Trials....

The Seattle Jewish Federation Shooting trial jury appears hung.

Naveed Haq jury to declare itself still deadlocked

Leave it to a Seattle jury to struggle with the guilt or innocence of a murderer caught at the scene of the crime.

re: #213 Killgore Trout

What's the LGF spy...did I miss something?

re: #213 Killgore Trout
Wow ,that is great!

re: #213 Killgore Trout
Shows activity too, like when you post a link.

re: #209 WrathofG-d

These things amaze me. The guy was caught on camera, and by the police while in the Jewish Federation Building screaming "kill the Jews".

What could they be deadlocked on?

Maybe its whether the Jews deserved it, or if shooting Jews is still illegal.

The defense attorney has been selling the insanity defensive, it seems a few jurors are buying.

re: #202 JCM

What possible question could there be? He clearly said he was a terrorist and he attacked them becausae they were Jewish.

re: #221 JCM

The defense attorney has been selling the insanity defensive, it seems a few jurors are buying.

Not guilty by reason of Islamity

re: #209 WrathofG-d

the guy is a crazoid...hence, you know, not criminally liable...a nut bag...(that's my guess anyway).

re: #216 really grumpy big dog Johnson

Leave it to a Seattle jury to struggle with the guilt or innocence of a murderer caught at the scene of the crime.

I've been the first prospective juror tossed in two jury pools in Seattle.

re: #212 yochanan

HOW MUCH JAIL TIME

No idea, but I sure as hell hope he turns over Blago. Obama and Daley may be too much to hope for.

re: #190 Ringo the Gringo

Can someone please tell me if this is photoshopped?

It's a genuine photo of Sasquatch!

Danish editors face trial in Jordan

Eleven Danes have been summoned to appear before the Jordanian pubic prosecutor to answer charges of blasphemy and threatening the national peace. They include the cartoonist who drew one of the Mohammed cartoons and editors from 10 of the 17 newspapers that reprinted them.

The case is being brought under changes made to the Jordanian Justice Act in 2006.

The changes make it possible for Jordanian officials to prosecute crimes committed outside the country if it affected the people of Jordan by electronic means.

re: #217 Ringo the Gringo

spy
Spiffy, eh?

re: #192 taxfreekiller

Of Some Note on Rezko:

Both hands of the two party evil money cult got covered in cash.

That is the whole of the problem.

THE CROOK GO TO THE POWER IN ILL. ALL THE POWER IS DONK.

re: #215 EC Marm

Yes that was part of the defense, and without knowing the actual facts of his "sanity" I shouldn't opine....but.....with the other types of trials like this going "hung" my antennae go up, and I'm very skeptical.

re: #215 EC Marm

Wasn't their an insanity plea involved? That always makes it a little more complicated.

There was a huge effort by the defense to put insanity or a type of diminished capacity in front of the jury. I followed some of the trial but couldn't get into it that much.

And this Haq guy sure looked the part, as well.

re: #221 JCM

I know a couple other "insane" people that I guess should have used the insanity plea...while killing and intending to kill people.

What do you make of this?

Jet at Augusta airport belongs to Muslim prince

Someone is traveling in style.

A large jet arrived at the Augusta State Airport Tuesday morning.

The magnificent Bombardier, with an olive green and scarlet banner on the tail, was a pleasant and unusual surprise at the airport, Maine Instrument Flight President Bill Perry said.

“It’s one of the larger models that’s landed here,” Perry said.

The jet, registered as LX-PAK, belongs to His Highness Prince Karim al-Hussayni Aga Khan, according to the Web site [Link: www.planepictures.net,...] which identifies the aircraft as having the same registration number as the jet at the airport.

The jet’s formal name is listed as the Aga-Khan Bombardier BD-700 Global Express.

Best known as the Aga Khan, the prince has served as the spiritual leader of several million Muslims worldwide since 1957, his Web site said.

Though Maine Instrument Flight did not confirm the identities or number of people on board, Perry said the visitors are “from overseas. Honestly, I don’t know why they’re here.”

Perry also did not know when the visitors were leaving.

The plane is registered as being based in France, where the prince, 71, currently resides.

re: #235 WrathofG-d

I know a couple other "insane" people that I guess should have used the insanity plea...while killing and intending to kill people.

The nut of the defense arguments.

Or the other, outlined by Haq's defense team, of a man who suffered through an abusive childhood and increasingly paranoid teenage and college years, loathed his short stature and Muslim heritage and whose body and mind were reeling from a dangerous regimen of prescription medications when he entered a manic state and heard God telling him to go on a mission.

re: #202 JCM

Stranger still, the defense attorneys aren't claiming he's innocent either. They're pushing for an insanity plea.

Who is on that jury? CAIR staffers?

WHAT
GIVES,
R

re: #175 Raven1

Every time Dumbomba lies, his ears grow larger. Sure way to spot a liar. What do you mean, his ears are huge?

There ya go. Didn't you get the memo. Barry said that his ears are "off limits"
See he got teased as a kid & after the New World Order , he will not be teased again , or else.

re: #231 yochanan

THE CROOK GO TO THE POWER IN ILL. ALL THE POWER IS DONK.

It's member of both parties in Illinois. There's a reason why it's called the Combine.

re: #230 Killgore Trout

spy
Spiffy, eh?

Spiffy is just the word for it.

Thanks.

re: #238 Render

Stranger still, the defense attorneys aren't claiming he's innocent either. They're pushing for an insanity plea.

Who is on that jury? CAIR staffers?

WHAT
GIVES,
R

Claiming innocence would be tough, caught at the scene, murder weapon in hand. The only play the defense had was insanity, they caught a huge break when he judge tossed the confession.

CAIR Staff -- Seattle jury, 6 of one, half dozen of the other.

re: #237 JCM

Are you sure that wasn't a description of Mahmood Achmadinejad?

re: #235 WrathofG-d

I know a couple other "insane" people that I guess should have used the insanity plea...while killing and intending to kill people.

The big problem is that people carry around a mental health definition of insane/insanity and if they end up on a jury get confronted with the legal definition. Most intelligent folks can reconcile the two long enough to render a decision. But as we saw with the O.J. jury, getting intelligent people on a jury can be tough. In my opinion, insane people belong in mental health facilities. If they get well, then they serve the term in jail. Plus a few extra years.

INSANE AND GUILTY I can accept but lock um up in mental hosp.
insane and not quilty i can't accept esp in a murder case.
now if they were busted for running down a major street nakud as a j-bird would be different.

re: #48 ploome hineni

.....just heard NPR characterize some blog comments about Obama and his questionable spport for Israel as 'vitriolic'

is that the word they use when describing how the rev Wright describs America or the way Farrakhan describes JEws?

I am beyond disgusted

Nor is it how they would describe Father Phlegm, I imagine.

I never ever ever listen to NPR. It makes me too upset.

re: #246 yochanan

yochanan, it doesn't work that way...the verdict always reads: "Not guilty by reason of insanity." (it goes back to John Locke -- the mentally ill -- when they start hallucinating -- cannot be held criminally liable -- it's deemed that during a psychotic state, they are incapable of differentiating right from wrong -- it's like they're under some other "force" (?) -- ever seen a psychotic during a hallucination phase or off the meds? they're "not there" -- they're totally "out of it."

Sort of a slow deadish thread. Is there anyone around who can answer a technical question?

The screen on my daughter's laptop broke, so I ordered the appropriate part and I just finished changing it. The new screen works just fine - and everything was put back just like I found it, all screws in place, the bezel snapped in and screwed in place . . . everything in place nice and snug - but, I find I have 2 screws left over.

Should I take the whole thing apart and try to find where these go or just forget about it?

Good evening, :Lizards.

I look forward to hearing from many of you.....
Website Lets You Send a Post-Rapture E-Mail to Friends 'Left Behind'

If millions of Christians suddenly disappear from the face of the Earth as the opening act for Armageddon, Threat Level thinks most nonbelievers will be too busy freaking the hell out to check their e-mail. But if they do log in, now they can be treated to some post-Rapture needling from their missing friends and loved ones, courtesy of web startup YouveBeenLeftBehind.com.

For just $40 a year, believers can arrange for up to 62 people to get a final message exactly six days after the Rapture, that day when -- according to Christian end times dogma -- Christians will be swept up to heaven, while doubters are left behind to suffer seven years of Tribulation under a global government headed by the Antichrist.

re: #247 reine.de.tout

Nor is it how they would describe Father Phlegm, I imagine.

I never ever ever listen to NPR. It makes me too upset.

There is no Pravda in Izvestia, and no Izvestia in Pravda.

from Wiki:

"v Pravde net izvestiy, v Izvestiyakh net pravdy" (In the Truth there is no news, and in the News there is no truth).

It's all I can ever think of when I hear or consider the anti-American bile that is read oh-so-calmly on NPR. Like cobras on Prozac.

re: #246 yochanan

INSANE AND GUILTY I can accept but lock um up in mental hosp.
insane and not quilty i can't accept esp in a murder case.
now if they were busted for running down a major street nakud as a j-bird would be different.

I have long favored a Guilty but Insane type of ruling. Two questions; did the defendant commit the alleged acts, was the defendant competent to understand the consequence of his act.

re: #251 Killgore Trout

Can jews also sign up?

Wow, that adds another layer of complexyness to the spy, doesn't it?

re: #249 reine.de.tout

Sort of a slow deadish thread. Is there anyone around who can answer a technical question?

The screen on my daughter's laptop broke, so I ordered the appropriate part and I just finished changing it. The new screen works just fine - and everything was put back just like I found it, all screws in place, the bezel snapped in and screwed in place . . . everything in place nice and snug - but, I find I have 2 screws left over.

Should I take the whole thing apart and try to find where these go or just forget about it?

If they're the screws that hold the inverter board in place, you really need them.

PLEASE be careful with the inverter board - lethal jolts live in those.

/rebuilt hundreds of portables in the line of duty as a test engineer

re: #249 reine.de.tout

Sort of a slow deadish thread. Is there anyone around who can answer a technical question?

The screen on my daughter's laptop broke, so I ordered the appropriate part and I just finished changing it. The new screen works just fine - and everything was put back just like I found it, all screws in place, the bezel snapped in and screwed in place . . . everything in place nice and snug - but, I find I have 2 screws left over.

Should I take the whole thing apart and try to find where these go or just forget about it?

Is there any rattles or other issues? I wouldn't be too worried.

re: #251 Killgore Trout

You wont be hearing from me...so...........

Great to know you now.

re: #250 goddessoftheclassroom

Good evening, :Lizards.

Evenin', Goddess! How are things in the "of the Classroom" household today?

re: #261 taxfreekiller

boo

eek

re: #249 reine.de.tout

Sort of a slow deadish thread. Is there anyone around who can answer a technical question?

The screen on my daughter's laptop broke, so I ordered the appropriate part and I just finished changing it. The new screen works just fine - and everything was put back just like I found it, all screws in place, the bezel snapped in and screwed in place . . . everything in place nice and snug - but, I find I have 2 screws left over.

Should I take the whole thing apart and try to find where these go or just forget about it?

Do the instructions tell you how many screws to use?

re: #251 Killgore Trout

I look forward to hearing from many of you.....
Website Lets You Send a Post-Rapture E-Mail to Friends 'Left Behind'

LOL!

According to your article, the site is real, not fake or a joke.
I loved this that was in the article you linked to, from the site owner:

We do have customers. The site has seen a great deal of traffic. I think that most of the traffic is by angry non-Christians checking it out and venting on various blogs. I have read quite a few of these and politely answered some of them. I have taken some of their negative comments as constructive criticism and ordered a few changes on the site.

re: #266 reine.de.tout

Those non-Christians are always angry.

/not e-mailing after Rapture, Death, or winning the Lottery. Sorry!

re: #254 Nevergiveup

Good question. I know there is some variety of opinion about which side of things you guys end up on. I assume the guy's evangelical so he'll probably take your money but I can't guarantee you'll make it through the rapture.

re: #250 goddessoftheclassroom

How do?

re: #260 WrathofG-d

Heh.