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Wednesday Afternoon Open

Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:59:58 pm PDT

Children, behold the Chimpanzee:
He sits on the ancestral tree
From which we sprang in ages gone.
I’m glad we sprang: had we held on,
We might, for aught that I can say,
Be horrid Chimpanzees to-day.

Oliver Herford

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1 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:01:05pm

OPEN!

2 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:01:41pm

OPEN!

3 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:01:56pm

The opening reminds me about what the ape at the zoo said when he heard about evolution:
"Does that mean I'm my keeper's brother?"

4 Sharmuta  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:02:26pm

Indeed- they have some horrible behaviors.

5 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:02:38pm

re: #3 Kosh's Shadow

Doh! Kosh, you were supposed to put in the third "OPEN!"

6 kansas  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:02:43pm

Ru Roh. Another evolution thread coming. How long til it hits 1000 comments?

7 Mich-again  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:02:59pm

I think chimpanzees evolved from humans.

8 wrenchwench  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:03:14pm

That was my first post with Windoze XP, which may be hell for some, but the only comparison I have is to Windoze 98, so I'm in heaven (or will be when I get Java working.)

9 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:03:20pm

Oh yes, a Wednesday afternoon thread. Anyone else using sum ff v3?

10 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:03:31pm

re: #3 Kosh's Shadow

The opening reminds me about what the ape at the zoo said when he heard about evolution:
"Does that mean I'm my keeper's brother?"

Ape named Ape got put in a zoo?

11 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:03:39pm

McCain calls for 45 new Nuke plants.

He is the man.

12 Charles  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:03:40pm

Usually, the quotes on these threads are auto-generated, but I admit I did pick this one.

Heh.

13 transient  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:04:09pm

How long until "OPEN!" goes the way of "FIRST!"

14 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:04:30pm

re: #9 carbon footprint

Oh yes, a Wednesday afternoon thread. Anyone else using sum ff v3?

Installed it this morning. Seems to be working well.

15 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:04:43pm

re: #11 faraway

McCain calls for 45 new Nuke plants.

He is the man.

Yes! Please. And fast track them so they take 30 mos. rather than 30 years. Come on, we can do it.

16 kansas  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:04:51pm

re: #12 Charles

You been stirring it up lately. What's up?

17 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:05:03pm

re: #7 Mich-again

I think chimpanzees evolved from humans liberals.

That would explain the poo flinging.

18 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:05:15pm

re: #14 CyanSnowHawk

Agreed, installed yesterday for the Record. It works great with LGF.

19 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:05:21pm

Hey, if you guys think you came from a monkey, who am I to stop you:)

20 astronmr20  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:05:27pm

re: #8 wrenchwench

That was my first post with Windoze XP, which may be hell for some, but the only comparison I have is to Windoze 98, so I'm in heaven (or will be when I get Java working.)

I have pity for you!

21 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:05:46pm

re: #11 faraway

McCain calls for 45 new Nuke plants.

He is the man.

I'll take the giant mutated Begonia.

22 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:05:54pm

re: #19 faraway

Hey, if you guys think you came from a monkey, who am I to stop you:)

Ummm, I came from my mom.
/

23 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:07:10pm

Crikey!

If you were a Winnie the Pooh character (I only hate Winnie the Pooh slightly more than I hate Barney the Condescendentsore), what Winnie the Pooh character would you be and why?

24 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:07:13pm
25 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:07:23pm

Man, took some claritin for my allergies and I've been groggy for the last 2 hours

26 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:07:41pm

re: #17 Hard Right

That would explain the poo flinging.


and the public masturbation...

27 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:07:55pm

re: #20 astronmr20

I have pity for you!

I preferred XP over 98, but waited for SP1 before upgrading. Won't touch Vista with a 10' pole yet.

28 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:08:14pm

re: #25 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Man, took some claritin for my allergies and I've been groggy for the last 2 hours

Washing it down with a six pack may have something to do with that.
/

29 Abu Al-Poopypants  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:08:17pm

re: #7 Mich-again

I think chimpanzees evolved from humans.

Sounds like a Charlton Heston movie.

30 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:08:22pm
31 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:08:52pm

Obama is going to be busy trying to keep up with old man McCain.

Yesterday: Drilling.
Today: 45 nuke plants.
Tomorrow: ?

Shock and Awe.

32 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:08:55pm

re: #26 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

and the public masturbation...

And again someone mentions the Kennedys.

33 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:09:30pm

re: #19 faraway

Hey, if you guys think you came from a monkey, who am I to stop you:)

Well, some think I'm the son of pigs and monkeys.

34 WrathofG-d  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:10:29pm
35 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:10:32pm

re: #28 Hard Right

Washing it down with a six pack may have something to do with that.
/

I wish, still at work. Luckily today I just have to babysit some scripts we have running, so was able to cat nap some while they run.

36 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:10:32pm

re: #23 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Crikey!

If you were a Winnie the Pooh character (I only hate Winnie the Pooh slightly more than I hate Barney the Condescendentsore), what Winnie the Pooh character would you be and why?

Tigger, because I can do the laugh.

I used to do it a lot when Mrs. Hawk was pregnant. When little Hawk hatched, he would always turn towards me when I did it.

37 kansas  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:10:34pm

re: #23 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Crikey!

If you were a Winnie the Pooh character (I only hate Winnie the Pooh slightly more than I hate Barney the Condescendentsore), what Winnie the Pooh character would you be and why?

I'd be Al Geeyore a big gaseous windbag who was getting rich off a scam I was running involving honey credits.

38 LEGION  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:10:56pm

Liberal demorats are chimps. Oww oww oww drilling for oil won't do any good right away so don't do it- that's like saying going to school for an education won't get you a CEO position right away so why bother going to school? Demorats are dumb chimps and should be locked away in cages so their poo flinging doesn't annoy us!

39 WriterMom  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:11:05pm

Joan Rivers Drops F-Bomb on Live British TV.

Apparently, she is 'very f*cking sorry' about the whole thing.

40 transient  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:11:42pm

re: #34 WrathofG-d

LOL!

41 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:11:47pm

re: #35 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I wish, still at work. Luckily today I just have to babysit some scripts we have running, so was able to cat nap some while they run.

Zyrtec knocks me out, but not Claritin. Maybe you should try Zyrtec?

42 kansas  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:12:16pm

re: #31 faraway

Obama is going to be busy trying to keep up with old man McCain.

Yesterday: Drilling.
Today: 45 nuke plants.
Tomorrow: ?

It'll be interesting to see how Obama mangles his response and how the media try to cover for him. I'm not sure how he can stay viable with his more taxes no oil positions.

43 Alouette  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:12:40pm

Many years ago I listened to a series of lectures by a Rabbi (Avigdor Miller OB"M) that were very anti-evolution. At the same time we also had subscriptions to National Geographic and Scientific American.

I don't agree with everything the Rabbi said, nor do I agree with everything that I read in Nat Geo and Sci Am, but I am very glad to have learned critical thinking skills.

44 DistantThunder  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:12:43pm

Secret World of the Chimpanzee

This two-hour offering from "National Geographic Explorer" is all about apes. The first segment, "Secret World of the Chimpanzee," looks in on a society of chimps in a West African rain forest. The program emphasizes the tool-making abilities and cooperative tendencies of "our nearest cousins," but the activity that is likely to stay in your mind is a chimpanzee ambush of a little monkey and the subsequent feast. The narrator seems pleased that the chimps share the meat. Tell it to the monkey.

45 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:13:17pm

re: #34 WrathofG-d

The New Alliyah Sticker

Many updings.
I sent the link to a rabbi who really, really dislikes Obama

46 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:13:34pm

re: #41 Hard Right

Zyrtec knocks me out, but not Claritin. Maybe you should try Zyrtec?

I had taken some generic stuff this morning and was fine, but forgot to bring it in. Coworker let me get a claritin and 30 minutes later ZZZZZZZZZZ. Just wearing off now.

47 David Simon  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:13:36pm

Heh. Al Gore's "eco-friendly" home:

After the Tennessee Center for Policy Research exposed Gore’s massive home energy use, the former Vice President scurried to make his home more energy-efficient. Despite adding solar panels, installing a geothermal system, replacing existing light bulbs with more efficient models, and overhauling the home’s windows and ductwork, Gore now consumes more electricity than before the “green” overhaul.

Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month –1,638 kWh more energy per month than before the renovations – at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year, according to the Energy Information Administration.

[Link: tennesseepolicy.org...]

48 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:13:51pm

Obama: We will redeploy all the nuke plants that we currently have to Okinawa.

49 Alouette  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:14:33pm

re: #45 Kosh's Shadow

Many updings.
I sent the link to a rabbi who really, really dislikes Obama

Here is an Obama sticker for your rabbi.

50 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:14:34pm

re: #44 DistantThunder

Somebody call CETA (Chimps for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

51 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:14:59pm

re: #47 David Simon

Heh. Al Gore's "eco-friendly" home:

[Link: tennesseepolicy.org...]

Yes, the man converted over to windmills, solar panels, hamsters on wheels and still uses more energy than before.

52 Alouette  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:15:29pm

re: #50 CyanSnowHawk

Somebody call CETA (Chimps for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)

Shouldn't that be AETH (Animals for the Ethical Treatment of Humans)?

53 Dianna  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:15:38pm

Last time today: Anyone who wants to come to a lizard get-together July 26th, send me an email, and I'll give you the details.

54 Cygnus  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:16:14pm

re: #7 Mich-again

I think chimpanzees evolved from humans.

No, they evolved from Berkeley tree-sitters.

55 quickjustice  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:16:19pm

Where's my tire and my banana?

56 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:16:22pm

re: #48 faraway

Obama: We will redeploy all the nuke plants that we currently have to Okinawa.

Obama will send them to Iran.
(As opposed to shipping them a few nuclear weapons, in a state where they will rapidly disassemble themselves upon delivery)

57 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:16:23pm

re: #52 Alouette

Shouldn't that be AETH (Animals for the Ethical Treatment of Humans)?

Only if they were trapping and eating people.

58 Kosh's Shadow  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:17:01pm

re: #49 Alouette

Here is an Obama sticker for your rabbi.

That one's frightening. And yes, I can read the Hebrew

59 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:17:28pm

re: #53 Dianna

Last time today: Anyone who wants to come to a lizard get-together July 26th, send me an email, and I'll give you the details.

I'm so faraway:)

60 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:17:41pm

re: #46 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I had taken some generic stuff this morning and was fine, but forgot to bring it in. Coworker let me get a claritin and 30 minutes later ZZZZZZZZZZ. Just wearing off now.

My desk looks like a pharmacy inside. I should start charging for stuff.
Used to take pseudoephedrine. Talk about being wired. Better than caffeine. My sinuses were also completely clear. The down side is it can make you irritable and you just crash when it wears off.

61 alegrias  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:17:45pm

From last thread:

OT, Oh, Charles, Mugabe atrocity alert

Zimbabwe: wife of Harare's MDC mayor killed
By Peta Thornycroft in Harare

Last Updated: 1:36PM BST 18/06/2008
The body of the wife of Harare's mayor has been discovered hours after she was abducted with her four-year-old son in the latest raid targeting Zimbabwe's senior opposition figures.
Abigail Chiroto, 27, was kidnapped yesterday by armed men who then petrol bombed the house she shared with her husband, Emmanuel Chiroto, the recently elected mayor of Harare and a member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. The cause of death was not immediately revealed.

The discovery of her blindfolded body close to the couple's house north of Harare came as South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, arrived today for previously unannounced talks with President Robert Mugabe.

Officials gave no details of the ...."

[Link: [Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]...]

* * *
Raila Odinga of Kenya has the courage to say something's rotten in Zimbabwe.

62 DistantThunder  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:17:49pm

Apes of Wrath - yes, this really is the title of the article

The attack came without warning. One of the males charged toward us, hair on end, looking twice as large as my small female and enraged. As he rushed by he picked her up, hurled her to the ground, and pummeled her. She cringed and screamed. He ran off, rejoining the other males seconds later as if nothing had happened. It was not so easy for the female to return to normal. She whimpered and darted nervous glances at her attacker, as if worried that he might renew his assault.

In the years that followed I witnessed many similar attacks by males against females, among a variety of Old World primates, and eventually I found this sort of aggression against females so puzzling that I began to study it systematically-something that has rarely been done. My long-term research on olive baboons in Kenya showed that, on average, each pregnant or lactating female was attacked by an adult male about once a week and seriously injured about once a year. Estrous females were the target of even more aggression. The obvious question was, Why?

In the late 1970s, while I was in Africa among the baboons, feminists back in the United States were turning their attention to male violence against women. Their concern stimulated a wave of research documenting disturbingly high levels of battering, rape, sexual harassment, and murder. But although scientists investigated this kind of behavior from many perspectives, they mostly ignored the existence of similar behavior in other animals. My observations over the years have convinced me that a deeper understanding of male aggression against females in other species can help us understand its counterpart in our own.

......

Jane Goodall provides us with a compelling example of how males use violence to get sex. In her 1986 book, The Chimpanzees of Gombe, Goodall describes the chimpanzee dating game. In one of several scenarios, males gather around attractive estrous females and try to lure them away from other males for a one-on-one sexual expedition that may last for days or weeks. But females find some suitors more appealing than others and often resist the advances of less desirable males. Males often rely on aggression to counter female resistance. For example, Goodall describes how Evered, in "persuading" a reluctant Winkle to accompany him into the forest, attacked her six times over the course of five hours, twice severely.

Sometimes, as I saw in Gombe, a male chimpanzee even attacks an estrous female days before he tries to mate with her. Goodall thinks that a male uses such aggression to train a female to fear him so that she will be more likely to surrender to his subsequent sexual advances. Similarly, male hamadryas baboons, who form small harems by kidnapping child brides, maintain a tight rein over their females through threats and intimidation. If, when another male is nearby, a hamadryas female strays even a few feet from her mate, he shoots her a threatening stare and raises his brows. She usually responds by rushing to his side; if not, he bites the back of her neck. The neck bite is ritualized-the male does not actually sink his razor-sharp canines into her flesh-but the threat of injury is clear. By repeating this behavior hundreds of times, the male lays claim to particular females months or even years before mating with them. When a female comes into estrus, she solicits sex only from her harem master, and other males rarely challenge his sexual rights to her.

It gets better.

63 Spider Mensch  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:17:55pm

re: #51 carbon footprint

Yes, the man converted over to windmills, solar panels, hamsters on wheels and still uses more energy than before.

deep fat fryers use lots of electric.

64 Render  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:18:21pm

re: #53 Dianna

Where?

SHORT
RANGE,
R

65 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:18:39pm
66 scottishbuzzsaw  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:18:56pm

re: #23 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Eeyore because he's always cheerful and the life of the party. No, wait...

67 Dianna  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:19:18pm

re: #59 faraway

It's all right. I admit, it would tickle me pink to have a bunch of out of town lizards and barflies in my house, but there's a limit to how many people we'd have beds for.

68 alegrias  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:19:18pm

re: #51 carbon footprint

Yes, the man converted over to windmills, solar panels, hamsters on wheels and still uses more energy than before.

* * *
Al Gore could step on a treadmill & do his jowls & wattles & the rest of us a favor.

69 DistantThunder  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:20:44pm
As a final example, consider orangutans. Because their food grows so sparsely, adult females rarely travel with anyone but their dependent offspring. But orangutan females routinely fall victim to forced copulation. Female orangutans, it seems, pay a high price for their solitude.

Some of the factors that influence female vulnerability to male sexual coercion in different species may also help explain such variation among different groups in the same species. For example, in a group of chimpanzees in the Tai Forest in the Ivory Coast, females form closer bonds with one another than do females at Gombe. Tai females may consequently have more egalitarian relationships with males than their Gombe counterparts do.

Such differences between groups especially characterize humans. Among the South American Yanomamoe, for instance, men frequently abduct and rape women from neighboring villages and severely beat their wives for suspected adultery. However, among the Aka people of the Central African Republic, male aggression against women has never been observed. Most human societies, of course, fall between these two extremes.

How are we to account for such variation? The same social factors that help explain how sexual coercion differs among nonhuman primates may deepen our understanding of how it varies across different groups of people. In most traditional human societies, a woman leaves her birth community when she marries and goes to live with her husband and his relatives. Without strong bonds to close female kin, she will probably be in danger of sexual coercion. The presence of close female kin, though, may protect her. For example, in a community in Belize, women live near their female relatives. A man will sometimes beat his wife if he becomes jealous or suspects her of infidelity, but when this happens, onlookers run to tell her female kin. Their arrival on the scene, combined with the presence of other glaring women, usually shames the man enough to stop his aggression.

Even in societies in which women live away from their families, kin may provide protection against abusive husbands, though how much protection varies dramatically from one society to the next. In some societies a woman's kin, including her father and brothers, consistently support her against an abusive husband, while in others they rarely help her. Why?

70 lurking faith  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:21:51pm

re: #17 Hard Right

re: #7 Mich-again

I think chimpanzees evolved from humans liberals.

That would explain the poo flinging.


I was going to correct that to "devolved," but decided it was more accurate as it stands.

71 songbird  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:22:11pm

All that fuss and he doesn't even want the job!

Smart man, that.

72 Boondock St. Bender  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:22:48pm

re: #54 Cygnus

lol,...whats the story with them.(saw some quick footage,and the msm did it's usual good job at informing and educating.)

73 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:22:55pm

re: #71 songbird

All that fuss and he doesn't even want the job!

Smart man, that.

He's a VP tease.

74 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:23:05pm

re: #68 alegrias

I met Mr. Albert Gore in 1988 when he was running for president. He struck me as a handsome, articulate man at that time. WTF happened between 1988 and now?

75 alegrias  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:23:11pm

re: #65 buzzsawmonkey

Can anyone establish whether or not the Amy Brundage who is currently an Obama spokesperson, formerly a staffer for John Kerry, is related to the famed Olympic Committee antisemite Avery Brundage?

* * *
Buzzsaw, don't know but it's an unusual name.

PS, Brundage fired those two American athletes who did the raised fisted BP salute, with heads down, at the 1968 Olympics while on the medal stand.

Brundage stripped them of their medals too! (In my book, a cool thing to do for dissing your country who sponsored you)

from the wiki entry

76 Dianna  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:23:18pm

re: #64 Render

San Jose, California.

77 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:23:46pm

re: #74 carbon footprint

I met Mr. Albert Gore in 1988 when he was running for president. He struck me as a handsome, articulate man at that time. WTF happened between 1988 and now?

You saw the real Al.

78 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:24:00pm
79 Cygnus  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:24:26pm

re: #76 Dianna

San Jose, California.

D'oh! Too far to go. We need a Lizardpalooza in Western WA.

80 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:24:56pm
81 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:25:10pm

re: #78 buzzsawmonkey

It's too bad that Jindal converted to Catholicism from Hinduism. With Ganesh on our side, the US economy would be flying high.

Until Vishnu came along....or does Obama fill that role?

82 Dianna  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:25:41pm

re: #79 Cygnus

I empathize.

83 Little Boomer  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:25:43pm

re: #74 carbon footprint

I met Mr. Albert Gore in 1988 when he was running for president. He struck me as a handsome, articulate man at that time. WTF happened between 1988 and now?

You are 20 years smarter!

84 Cygnus  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:25:44pm

re: #81 Hard Right

Until Vishnu came along....or does Obama fill that role?

I think he could be a good Kali.

85 kansas  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:25:45pm

re: #74 carbon footprint
Lost the election to Bush and believed all that crap about how he actually won. Never recovered and has been in a downward spiral since. He did, however figure out a way to make a lot of money conning the public.

86 songbird  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:25:45pm

re: #78 buzzsawmonkey

It's too bad that Jindal converted to Catholicism from Hinduism. With Ganesh on our side, the US economy would be flying high.

An elephant god on the Republican side! It's a winner!

87 alegrias  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:25:50pm

re: #74 carbon footprint

I met Mr. Albert Gore in 1988 when he was running for president. He struck me as a handsome, articulate man at that time. WTF happened between 1988 and now?

* * *
Same here, the following year.

Gore got in with a bad crowd. Drank the coolaid. Became the third wheel at the WhiteHouse. Frustrated.

88 lurking faith  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:26:10pm

re: #60 Hard Right

My desk looks like a pharmacy inside. I should start charging for stuff.
Used to take pseudoephedrine. Talk about being wired. Better than caffeine. My sinuses were also completely clear. The down side is it can make you irritable and you just crash when it wears off.


I love that stuff. I don't crash; in fact frequently I feel better for a couple of DAYS from one dose, just because it clears my sinuses so effectively that it takes a long time before they fill up again.

I try to avoid it because I know it's not exactly the safest thing to take, but sometimes nothing else will do the job.

89 maddogg  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:26:44pm

Wednesday.....hump day.....

(mebbe I'll get lucky tonight...)

90 Render  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:27:39pm

I'm on the Right Coast. If I head that far West, I'm stopping in Arizona.

CUZ
I
CAN,
R

91 Ojoe  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:28:22pm

Behold the duck
It does not cluck
A cluck it lacks
It quacks

...

Ogden (G)Nash

92 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:28:48pm

re: #90 Render

I'm on the Right Coast. If I head that far West, I'm stopping in Arizona.

CUZ
I
CAN,
R

And we know why, eh. ;-)

93 alegrias  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:28:56pm

re: #78 buzzsawmonkey

It's too bad that Jindal converted to Catholicism from Hinduism. With Ganesh on our side, the US economy would be flying high.


* * *
No need for Ganesh Now!

Spielberg, India Firm Near
Deal to Ally With DreamWorks
By LAUREN A.E. SCHUKER and MERISSA MARR
June 18, 2008; Page A1

The principals of DreamWorks SKG are close to a deal with one of India's biggest entertainment conglomerates to form a new movie venture, according to people familiar with the situation, a move that would give director Steven Spielberg the cash to finance his DreamWorks team's departure from Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures later this year.


Associated Press
Movie moguls Jeffrey Katzenberg, left, and Steven Spielberg watch the NBA finals last week. Mr. Spielberg's DreamWorks SKG is in talks with Reliance, a move that would give the director the cash to regain his independence.
Mumbai-based Reliance ADA Group would provide Mr. Spielberg and company with $500 million to $600 million in equity, moving them one step closer to ending one of Hollywood's most contentious and closely watched battles. In Reliance, the DreamWorks team also would have an unusual and ambitious partner in the film business: an Indian firm with interests in telecommunications, financial services and entertainment that wants to build a media empire by financing Hollywood ...

[Link: online.wsj.com...]

94 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:29:00pm

re: #62 DistantThunder

Apes of Wrath - yes, this really is the title of the article


......

Jane Goodall provides us with a compelling example of how males use violence to get sex. In her 1986 book, The Chimpanzees of Gombe, Goodall describes the chimpanzee dating game. In one of several scenarios, males gather around attractive estrous females and try to lure them away from other males for a one-on-one sexual expedition that may last for days or weeks. But females find some suitors more appealing than others and often resist the advances of less desirable males. Males often rely on aggression to counter female resistance. For example, Goodall describes how Evered, in "persuading" a reluctant Winkle to accompany him into the forest, attacked her six times over the course of five hours, twice severely.

Sometimes, as I saw in Gombe, a male chimpanzee even attacks an estrous female days before he tries to mate with her. Goodall thinks that a male uses such aggression to train a female to fear him so that she will be more likely to surrender to his subsequent sexual advances. Similarly, male hamadryas baboons, who form small harems by kidnapping child brides, maintain a tight rein over their females through threats and intimidation. If, when another male is nearby, a hamadryas female strays even a few feet from her mate, he shoots her a threatening stare and raises his brows. She usually responds by rushing to his side; if not, he bites the back of her neck. The neck bite is ritualized-the male does not actually sink his razor-sharp canines into her flesh-but the threat of injury is clear. By repeating this behavior hundreds of times, the male lays claim to particular females months or even years before mating with them. When a female comes into estrus, she solicits sex only from her harem master, and other males rarely challenge his sexual rights to her.

It gets better.


Wow..for a second there I thought the article was about Muzlim marriage customs. It's a good thing I went back and read it more carefully.

95 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:29:29pm

A thread where apes evolved from men?

IT'S A MADHOUSE! A MAAADHOUUUSE!

96 jamgarr  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:29:59pm

If you haven't voted in the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest here's the link:

[Link: www.cartoonbank.com...]

The winning caption gets published so please lets make sure that it gets done right.

97 WrathofG-d  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:30:38pm
98 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:30:56pm

re: #77 Hard Right

Yes, at a campaign event in a restaurant I worked at in college. I remember being impressed by him then. But I was also 23 and in college so who know? By the way, I have become quite plump in twenty years as well. : (

99 Ojoe  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:30:58pm

re: #95 Occasional Reader

Some think men evolved from bears.

Be Back Much Later.

100 bosforus  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:31:00pm

re: #95 Occasional Reader

A thread where apes evolved from men?

IT'S A MADHOUSE! A MAAADHOUUUSE!

[Link: www.rrcc.edu...]
One of these was handed down to me from my grandpa.

101 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:31:12pm

re: #94 The Pulchritudinous Patriot

Wow..for a second there I thought the article was about Muzlim marriage customs. It's a good thing I went back and read it more carefully.

It's interesting when you place it in that context, isn't it.

102 jamgarr  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:31:16pm

re: #94 The Pulchritudinous Patriot


attractive estrous females

rrrrrraaaaaaarrrrrrrrrr!

103 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:31:57pm

re: #96 jamgarr

If you haven't voted in the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest here's the link:

[Link: www.cartoonbank.com...]

The winning caption gets published so please lets make sure that it gets done right.


seethe!

/

104 jcm  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:32:08pm

re: #69 DistantThunder

Even in societies in which women live away from their families, kin may provide protection against abusive husbands, though how much protection varies dramatically from one society to the next. In some societies a woman's kin, including her father and brothers, consistently support her against an abusive husband, while in others they rarely help her. Why?

Does the society in question regard females as individuals, deserving respect, or property?

105 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:32:15pm

re: #96 jamgarr

"Why now officer, the Deity that raped me was a pedophile with a beard."

106 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:32:46pm

re: #105 carbon footprint

"Why now officer, the Deity that raped me was a pedophile with a beard."

Darn it! Not "now" but "no". Argh

107 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:33:41pm

re: #96 jamgarr

If you haven't voted in the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest here's the link:

[Link: www.cartoonbank.com...]

The winning caption gets published so please lets make sure that it gets done right.

Voted for the thrid one, about the face of #6. :-)

108 jamgarr  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:34:36pm

re: #107 Honorary Yooper

Voted for the thrid one, about the face of #6. :-)


Ding, Ding, Ding!

109 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:34:53pm

You people have not even evolved from lizards. Look at your sticky little web hands.

110 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:35:05pm

re: #97 WrathofG-d

point 1 for G-d

Maybe not. The interpretation is Sea of Reeds, not Red Sea, and chariot wheels could have gotten there very easily either by shipwreck, or by being dumped off a ship.

111 NJDhockeyfan  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:35:12pm

re: #107 Honorary Yooper

Voted for the thrid one, about the face of #6. :-)

Me too.
heh.

112 eschew_obfuscation  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:35:58pm

re: #62 DistantThunder

Apes of Wrath - yes, this really is the title of the article

......

Jane Goodall provides us with a compelling example of how males use violence to get sex. In her 1986 book, The Chimpanzees of Gombe, Goodall describes the chimpanzee dating game. In one of several scenarios, males gather around attractive estrous females and try to lure them away from other males for a one-on-one sexual expedition that may last for days or weeks. But females find some suitors more appealing than others and often resist the advances of less desirable males. Males often rely on aggression to counter female resistance. For example, Goodall describes how Evered, in "persuading" a reluctant Winkle to accompany him into the forest, attacked her six times over the course of five hours, twice severely.

Sometimes, as I saw in Gombe, a male chimpanzee even attacks an estrous female days before he tries to mate with her. Goodall thinks that a male uses such aggression to train a female to fear him so that she will be more likely to surrender to his subsequent sexual advances. Similarly, male hamadryas baboons, who form small harems by kidnapping child brides, maintain a tight rein over their females through threats and intimidation. If, when another male is nearby, a hamadryas female strays even a few feet from her mate, he shoots her a threatening stare and raises his brows. She usually responds by rushing to his side; if not, he bites the back of her neck. The neck bite is ritualized-the male does not actually sink his razor-sharp canines into her flesh-but the threat of injury is clear. By repeating this behavior hundreds of times, the male lays claim to particular females months or even years before mating with them. When a female comes into estrus, she solicits sex only from her harem master, and other males rarely challenge his sexual rights to her.

It gets better.

Maybe this is where Mobombed got some of his ideas?

113 Just Above Average  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:36:13pm

OT and Apes aside, MSNBC is covering the memorial service for Tim Russert. It's a great tribute and somewhat of a 'Roast'. Apparently Luke doing the seating chart put Obama and McCain side by side. I think Tim would have liked that idea

114 jcm  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:36:32pm

re: #110 Honorary Yooper

Maybe not. The interpretation is Sea of Reeds, not Red Sea, and chariot wheels could have gotten there very easily either by shipwreck, or by being dumped off a ship.

Or planted by a Darwinist!
/
*ducks and runs*

115 Killian Bundy  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:37:00pm

Man gets death sentence for blasphemy

A PAKISTANI man has been sentenced to death for blasphemy after he defiled the Muslim holy book and used derogatory language to refer to the Prophet Mohammad, a police official said.

/it's . . . a Muslim day in the neighborhood, a Muslim day in the neighborhood

116 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:37:04pm

re: #113 Just Above Average

OT and Apes aside, MSNBC is covering the memorial service for Tim Russert. It's a great tribute and somewhat of a 'Roast'. Apparently Luke doing the seating chart put Obama and McCain side by side. I think Tim would have liked that idea

Probably uncomfortable for Obama being that he is such a pussy.

117 WrathofG-d  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:37:11pm

re: #110 Honorary Yooper

There are ALWAYS other reasons for everything.

118 SusanL  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:38:45pm

re: #116 carbon footprint

Probably uncomfortable for Obama being that he is such a pussy.

No kidding, you can just see John McCain with his wink and his thumbs up saying hello "my friend" to him can't you.

S

119 Just Above Average  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:39:10pm

re: #116 carbon footprint

You're right. Obama does look a little pale//

120 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:40:29pm

re: #113 Just Above Average

OT and Apes aside, MSNBC is covering the memorial service for Tim Russert. It's a great tribute and somewhat of a 'Roast'. Apparently Luke doing the seating chart put Obama and McCain side by side. I think Tim would have liked that idea

McCain is used to sitting next to Communists.

121 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:40:54pm

re: #110 Honorary Yooper

I cannot tell a lie, Sheriff Opie; I put that chariot wheel underneath that sea.

122 shibumi  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:41:01pm

Very OT:

Was there ever a consensus on the birth certificate Obambi released through Kos? Dealing with family stuff and missed a few days, so I'm kind of out of the loop.

123 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:41:05pm
124 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:41:07pm

Open evolution thread!

125 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:41:35pm

re: #118 SusanL

No kidding, you can just see John McCain with his wink and his thumbs up saying hello "my friend" to him can't you.

S

Exactly. I KNOW that Obama is afraid of McCain. McCain is a man. Obama is a metrosexual, spoiled brat. Obama is going to have to do some great acting when the two of them are debating. It would not surprise me if McCain pulls him aside sometime and says: "Listen you little sh1t, I will ficking chew your pansy ass and spit the remains down your G Damned neck.

126 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:05pm

re: #119 Just Above Average

Haha...wait, did you say "pale". That's an outrage!1!

127 jcm  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:06pm

re: #124 Killgore Trout

Open evolution thread!

Open Creationism Thread!

128 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:15pm

re: #123 buzzsawmonkey

If Vishnus were horses, beggars would ride.

The same old fears.
Visnhu were here.

129 Just Above Average  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:26pm

re: #120 faraway

McCain is used to sitting next to Communists.

And Obama isn't? Ouch

130 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:27pm

re: #124 Killgore Trout

Open evolution thread!

There is no Intelligence in this discussion ;P

131 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:33pm
132 VegasRick  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:35pm

re: #116 carbon footprint

Probably uncomfortable for Obama being that he is such a pussy.

Okay. Since you brought it up.

[Link: thestoneoftear.blogspot.com...]

You evolution folks agree with obambi, so you've got that going for you, which is nice.

133 bosforus  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:44pm

re: #130 Conservative in Liberal Hands

By design.

134 opnion  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:50pm

I love how Obama referred to Russert as 'My Friend." How well could they really have known each other, since the lightworker is new to the national scene?

135 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:55pm

re: #122 shibumi

It seems like a legit version printed by the state lately, but not the original from 1961.

My questions however:
1. Where is the embossed state seal?
2. Where is the "Date of Issue"

136 Boondock St. Bender  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:42:56pm

re: #125 carbon footprint

easy there,obama is going to be debating john mccain,not r lee ermey.

137 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:43:16pm

re: #128 Occasional Reader

The same old fears.
Visnhu were here.

Gah[nesh]. I mean, "Vishnu".

138 jcm  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:43:46pm

re: #130 Conservative in Liberal Hands

There is no Intelligence in this discussion ;P

Dave, this conversation can serve no purpose anymore. Goodbye.

139 jamgarr  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:44:01pm

re: #128 Occasional Reader

The same old fears.
Visnhu were here.


No, living in a fishbowl.

140 Just Above Average  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:44:28pm

re: #126 carbon footprint

Haha...wait, did you say "pale". That's an outrage!1!

I'm a newbie and that was an official attempt at humor, but I am not familiar with
!1! Guidance please

141 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:45:03pm

re: #127 jcm

No turtles for you.

142 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:45:25pm

McCain better hurry and have a pic made with some Muslim chicks today.

143 WrathofG-d  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:46:02pm

there is not a spot where G-d is not

144 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:46:02pm

re: #136 Boondock St. Bender

easy there,obama is going to be debating john mccain,not r lee ermey.

Now that WOULD be funny.

"You look like the type who would meet with a dictator without preconditions, and then have the courtesy to give him a reach-around! DO YOU HEAR ME, CANDIDATE GOMER PYLE?"

145 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:46:13pm
146 eschew_obfuscation  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:46:32pm

re: #137 Occasional Reader

Gah[nesh]. I mean, "Vishnu".

Gezundheidt!

147 jamgarr  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:47:01pm

re: #145 buzzsawmonkey

I'm mocking turtles, all the way down.

I like their soup. (and their necks)

148 Boondock St. Bender  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:47:24pm

re: #142 faraway

eh,muslim chicks,ninjas,someone in a gimp suit...whatever.

149 eschew_obfuscation  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:47:35pm

re: #145 buzzsawmonkey

I'm mocking turtles, all the way down.

Do they repeat everything you say?

150 shibumi  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:47:42pm

re: #135 faraway

It seems like a legit version printed by the state lately, but not the original from 1961.

My questions however:
1. Where is the embossed state seal?
2. Where is the "Date of Issue"

This is what I read recently, addressed some of the same questions you have:

questions about obama birth certificate

The above site is interesting, but not always completely accurate. Reminds me of debka. That's why I asked. : )

151 opnion  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:47:52pm

re: #147 jamgarr

I like their soup. (and their necks)


Turtle burgers are good. had one in the Cayman Islands.

152 Boondock St. Bender  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:47:58pm

re: #144 Occasional Reader

That would be priceless!

153 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:47:58pm

Male Homosexuality Can Be Explained Through A Specific Model Of Darwinian Evolution, Study Shows

An Italian research team, consisting of Andrea Camperio Ciani and Giovanni Zanzotto at the University of Padova and Paolo Cermelli at the University of Torino, found that the evolutionary origin and maintenance of male homosexuality in human populations could be explained by a model based around the idea of sexually antagonistic selection, in which genetic factors spread in the population by giving a reproductive advantage to one sex while disadvantaging the other.

154 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:47:59pm

re: #88 lurking faith

I love that stuff. I don't crash; in fact frequently I feel better for a couple of DAYS from one dose, just because it clears my sinuses so effectively that it takes a long time before they fill up again.

I try to avoid it because I know it's not exactly the safest thing to take, but sometimes nothing else will do the job.

I used to love Psuedoephedrine. Unfortunately, I develop a tolerance to it rather quickly and I have to take larger doses. 60mg is also supposed to last 4-6 hours. It lasts maybe 3.5 on me.
It's actually fairly safe from what I've seen. Now, Ephedra almost put me in the hospital. It's real easy to OD on the stuff. Drinking caffeine with it can put you over the safe zone.

155 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:48:01pm
156 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:48:11pm

re: #146 eschew_obfuscation

Gezundheidt!

I used to love asking a former Japanese girlfriend what was the largest island in Japan. "Honshu." Gezundheit! Worked every time.

157 jcm  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:48:55pm

re: #141 Killgore Trout

No turtles for you.

Whaaaa! How can I get to paradise without the turtle to convey me!
That's soooo mean!

158 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:49:07pm
159 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:49:26pm

re: #150 shibumi

The state seal must be on the front. I have seen many, many birth certificates.

160 jcm  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:49:27pm

re: #145 buzzsawmonkey

I'm mocking turtles, all the way down.

Mock turtle necks all the way down!
Softer landing that way....

161 jamgarr  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:49:28pm

re: #151 opnion

Turtle burgers are good. had one in the Cayman Islands.


Nothing like some good mock turtle soup chased down by some mock apple pie! Yum!

162 WrathofG-d  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:49:30pm

Is there a particular reason why the California Court's decision to start allowing Homosexual marriage hasn't been discussed at LGF yet?

163 jcm  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:50:01pm
164 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:50:08pm
165 jaunte  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:50:32pm

re: #153 Killgore Trout

Next: Darwin blamed for Folsom Street Fair.

166 faraway  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:50:42pm

re: #163 jcm
So, now you guys evolved from gay monkeys. haha

167 WrathofG-d  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:50:48pm

re: #164 buzzsawmonkey

That joke was "in bad taste" and "below the belt".

168 Charles  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:50:52pm

re: #162 WrathofG-d

Is there a particular reason why the California Court's decision to start allowing Homosexual marriage hasn't been discussed at LGF yet?

It has. I posted about it more than a week ago, when the decision was announced.

169 K~Bob  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:51:06pm

Charles,

Would Anthropogenic Global Warming articles be too off-topic for LGF links?

Here, for example is a link I would post regarding that old phrase, "it ain't the heat so much, as it is th' humidity."

A Window on Water Vapor and Planetary Temperature

{ Assume the, ...and stuff }

170 mardukhai  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:51:23pm

30 nuclear power plants in three months...

Sounds a bit ambitious. But at least get the financing and engineering in order. And do what the French do (yeah, they had a good idea), they perfected a power plant design, and stuck with it. We custom-built ours, and had a lot of problems with cost and breaking in.

171 WrathofG-d  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:51:31pm

re: #168 Charles

Oh right. Had forgotten that.

172 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:51:33pm
173 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:52:27pm

re: #165 jaunte

Next: Darwin blamed for Folsom Street Fair.

It's kind of analogous to the Galapagos. Sort of. In a way.

174 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:52:47pm

re: #167 WrathofG-d

That joke was "in bad taste" and "below the belt".

You sound spitting mad. (sorry)

175 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:53:05pm
176 WrathofG-d  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:53:13pm

re: #174 Hard Right

not really but the jokes were a bit hard to swallow.

177 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:53:54pm

re: #166 faraway

So, now you guys evolved from gay monkeys. haha

The "Missing Link" will henceforth be known as "Onnnne... singular sensation, every time he stands erect..."

[heh, I said "erect"]

178 jaunte  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:54:19pm

re: #175 buzzsawmonkey

That was no finch, that was a nuthatch.

179 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:54:35pm

re: #175 buzzsawmonkey

Both are isolated gene pools.

There's an Andrew Sullivan/HMS Beagle joke in here somewhere.

180 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:54:56pm

re: #176 WrathofG-d

not really but the jokes were a bit hard to swallow.

Nuts to you.

181 Lawrence Schmerel  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:55:04pm

I don't believe humans have chimpanzee ancestors.

Chimpanzees and humans might have a common ancestor, but I don't believe humans evolved from chimpanzees.

But what do I know? I am a sleestak.

182 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:55:15pm
183 yochanan  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:55:59pm

donk congresscriters now say NATIONALIZE OIL that going to work

YEAH RIGHT

184 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:56:43pm

re: #183 yochanan

donk congresscriters now say NATIONALIZE OIL that going to work

YEAH RIGHT

Yeah, give control to the idiots that created the problem in the first place.

185 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:57:10pm
186 A Kiwi Infidel  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:57:36pm

re: #34 WrathofG-d

The New Alliyah Sticker

Well, I hope people heed the warning before the exit gates are locked.

187 Conservative in Liberal Hands  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:57:46pm

re: #183 yochanan

Agreed! What will happen when, Royal Dutch Shell, for instance, stops selling in the USA. Nationalize what? The retail outlets? EPA calling...

188 A Kiwi Infidel  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:58:35pm

re: #97 WrathofG-d

point 1 for G-d


Excellent.

189 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:58:46pm

Hey, if the government can run the oil industry as well as it's run Amtrak...

190 shibumi  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:59:09pm

re: #170 mardukhai

30 nuclear power plants in three months...

Sounds a bit ambitious. But at least get the financing and engineering in order. And do what the French do (yeah, they had a good idea), they perfected a power plant design, and stuck with it. We custom-built ours, and had a lot of problems with cost and breaking in.

That would get the Saudi's panties in a bunch!

191 A Kiwi Infidel  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 1:59:40pm
192 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:00:06pm

re: #170 mardukhai

30 nuclear power plants in three months...

Sounds a bit ambitious. But at least get the financing and engineering in order. And do what the French do (yeah, they had a good idea), they perfected a power plant design, and stuck with it. We custom-built ours, and had a lot of problems with cost and breaking in.

Part of the reason they are custom built is due to regulations and endless lawsuits from NIMBYs and enviro-nuts.

193 A Kiwi Infidel  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:00:10pm

re: #190 shibumi

That would get the Saudi's panties in a bunch!

Do they wear panties? Just askin

194 Render  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:00:26pm

So...

I finally got around to ripping the only two Led Zeppelin CD's (ok five) I own to my PC.

The BBC Sessions (1999) and How The West Was Won (2003).

I notice that both CD's give the proper writing credits to the many blues artists Zeppelin had ripped off along the way.

Later this evening I'll take a peek at the vinyl Zep I have, (all up to Presence), but I don't think those credits are mentioned on any of those albums.

I know this has been discussed here before, when did Jimmy Page have his honesty epiphany?

FORGOTTEN
LEGIONS,
R

195 K~Bob  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:00:33pm

re: #185 taxfreekiller

#169

this is better

Global Fraud has a special thread used on its zipper, the thread broke and Al Gore fell out.

...but he was too small to notice?

{ Assume the usual. }

196 buzzsawmonkey[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:00:33pm
197 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:01:05pm
198 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:01:32pm

re: #194 Render

So...

I finally got around to ripping the only two Led Zeppelin CD's (ok five) I own to my PC.

The BBC Sessions (1999) and How The West Was Won (2003).

I notice that both CD's give the proper writing credits to the many blues artists Zeppelin had ripped off along the way.

Later this evening I'll take a peek at the vinyl Zep I have, (all up to Presence), but I don't think those credits are mentioned on any of those albums.

I know this has been discussed here before, when did Jimmy Page have his honesty epiphany?

FORGOTTEN
LEGIONS,
R

Right after some very large "lawyers" paid him a visit.
/

199 WrathofG-d  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:01:51pm

re: #183 yochanan

donk congresscriters now say NATIONALIZE OIL that going to work

YEAH RIGHT

So wait, we are supposed to allow drilling for oil, against the will of the Congress for over 5 (or so) years, then put it into the hands of the people that were forbidding it? What...so they can go back to (a) doing nothing or (b) making it illegal to drill again?

200 yochanan  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:03:29pm

re: #189 Occasional Reader

IF THE GOV'T RUNS OIL LIKE IT RUNS AMTRAK GET YOUR BIKE

and not the kind that takes gasoline

201 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:04:48pm

re: #132 VegasRick

Uh, don't see your point. Please clarify.

202 Killian Bundy  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:05:04pm

Bill the kitten is 1.5 pounds of utter chaos. He's got Bob, the older cat, effectively terrorized.

/thank God he can only go full bore for about an hour at a time before he needs to crash again

203 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:05:58pm

re: #189 Occasional Reader

Or how 'bout that postal service.
(I know, some of you may work for the USPO and if you do, I sincerely apologize.)

204 eschew_obfuscation  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:06:22pm

re: #190 shibumi

That would get the Saudi's panties in a bunch!

I'm not real clear on how that would work.......we only get between 2% and 10% of our electrical power from oil. I doubt the Saudis would notice.

205 CatsPaw  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:06:30pm

Just on Neil Cavuto: dems want to nationalize oil refineries. I thought Maxine Waters was off her rocker when she suggested it to oil execs a couple weeks ago, but now I see that this is going to be pushed by others of the party. Obama supporters backing the idea.

206 CatsPaw  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:08:04pm

re: #202 Killian Bundy

Ooh, that guy looks mean!

207 turn  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:09:01pm

Abiogenesis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_life

The question shouldn't be how we got here, but where we are going from here.

208 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:10:10pm
209 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:10:12pm

re: #140 Just Above Average

Haha, it is l33t speak. Google it. Nerdy interwebz stuff.

210 K~Bob  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:11:15pm

re: #192 Hard Right

Part of the reason they are custom built is due to regulations and endless lawsuits from NIMBYs and enviro-nuts.

Hey, I'm all for building more nukes. But I wish folks would separate the power grid problems from the transportation ones. We use a tiny amount of petroleum in power generation. So, for the purposes of the discussions on oil, nukes barely matter.

Another thing: nukes "supplant" power generation. They don't eliminate the need for coal or hydro plants entirely.

We need to drill. Now is good. Hell, I'd bet even with Google Earth, few people could find an oil well in ANWR. Drill several!

Besides, we can still invent our way out of dependence on oil for transportation. That way we get back to making more stuff out of plastic!

{ Now nukular cars, especially flyin' cars, well, that'd be somethin'. }

211 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:11:59pm

re: #136 Boondock St. Bender

Well, if I am wrong I will be the first to admit it, but I truly believe McCain's going to sweep the floor with him in the debates and townhall events. The speeches are another story. Ouch.

212 Boondock St. Bender  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:12:37pm

re: #194 Render

When enough people called them on it.


ONLY ONE OF
MANY.


hey that was fun!

213 Killian Bundy  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:14:43pm

re: #206 CatsPaw

Ooh, that guy looks mean!

He's 3/4 Exotic, they all look like they're pouting. Actually, he's incredibly friendly.

/Bob just isn't used to Bill's stratospheric level of friendliness and "play"

214 Boondock St. Bender  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:14:45pm

re: #211 carbon footprint

he should be able to.mcCain has to keep obama of balence early.and make him go into areas not prepared for.

215 carbon footprint  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:17:31pm

re: #214 Boondock St. Bender

I hope. And the more "uhs" and "ums" that Obama utters/stutters will make him appear worse for wear.

216 Dianna  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:18:06pm

re: #202 Killian Bundy

Kittens are terrors. I've seen hundred pound dogs cower in fear from half a pound of kitten.

217 Taqiyyotomist  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:18:22pm

Extreme Irony from the Boss, B. Hussein O. Supporter.

Magic - Bruce Springsteen

Magic

I got a coin in your palm
I can make it disappear
I got a card up my sleeve
Name it and I'll pull it out your ear
I got a rabbit in the hat
If you wanna come and see
This is what will be
This is what will be

I got shackles on my wrists
Soon I'll slip and I'll be gone
Chain me in a box in the river
And rising in the sun
Trust none of what you hear
And less of what you see
This is what will be (This is what will be)
This is what will be

[Instrumental]

(I'll cut you in half)

I got a shiny saw blade (a shiny saw blade)
All I need's a volunteer
I'll cut you in half
While you're smilin' ear to ear
And the freedom that you sought
Driftin' like a ghost amongst the trees
This is what will be
This is what will be (This is what will be)

Now there's a fire down below
But it's coming up here

So leave everything you know
Carry only what you fear
On the road the sun is sinkin' low
Bodies hanging in the trees
This is what will be (This is what will be)
This is what will be

----
Wow.
-Taq

218 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:18:57pm
219 jcm  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:20:34pm

re: #202 Killian Bundy

Bill the kitten is 1.5 pounds of utter chaos. He's got Bob, the older cat, effectively terrorized.

/thank God he can only go full bore for about an hour at a time before he needs to crash again

Oh God! that look....
"If I had hands, I'd rule the WORLD! BAWHAHAHAHA!

220 Killian Bundy  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:20:34pm

re: #216 Dianna

Kittens are terrors. I've seen hundred pound dogs cower in fear from half a pound of kitten.

/they have zero fear

221 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:20:42pm

re: #218 taxfreekiller

Of Some Note on the Democrats, Obama and the 5 loon liberals on the supreme court.

All worried about these islamic ones of terror.

They say they are for minority rights, they claim the ones of terror are "persons" so they come under the Constitution......

YO, DEMOCRATS

RAMOS AND COMPEAN ARE THEY PERSONS OR NOT...........?

YOU KNOW MEXICAN AMERICANS LOCKED UP BY YOUR NO. ONE BAD GUY GEORGE BUSH AND NOT A PEEP....

WHATS THAT ALL ABOUT,
YO ,, LA RAZA YOU GOONS GIVING OBAMA AND DEMOCRATS A PASS ON THAT,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

That's easy. It's math.

Two Americans that probably don't support La Raza, vs. 20 million Mexicans that will if they're told/paid to do so.

222 CatsPaw  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:20:52pm

re: #213 Killian Bundy

Kinda looks like Winston Churchill

223 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:21:50pm

re: #220 Killian Bundy

/they have zero fear

Cats are the gangbangers of the animal kingdom.

224 Hard Right  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:23:29pm

re: #210 K~Bob

Hey, I'm all for building more nukes. But I wish folks would separate the power grid problems from the transportation ones. We use a tiny amount of petroleum in power generation. So, for the purposes of the discussions on oil, nukes barely matter.

Another thing: nukes "supplant" power generation. They don't eliminate the need for coal or hydro plants entirely.

We need to drill. Now is good. Hell, I'd bet even with Google Earth, few people could find an oil well in ANWR. Drill several!

Besides, we can still invent our way out of dependence on oil for transportation. That way we get back to making more stuff out of plastic!

{ Now nukular cars, especially flyin' cars, well, that'd be somethin'. }

They also forget that we have a huge need for plastics. In fact, the oil companies make more money off that than oil!

225 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:25:05pm

re: #224 Hard Right

They also forget that we have a huge need for plastics. In fact, the oil companies make more money off that than oil!

I would like to see more nuke electric plants. Then I can have that electric car for short trips. That much less oil needed.

Also, cheap electricity could be used in the frozen North for heating, freeing up oil.

226 Dianna  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:28:32pm

re: #220 Killian Bundy

Favorite moment, from long ago: Xena was about 14 weeks, and sitting in the hall. Chauma, the 3/4 wolf of the house, who was very jealous, stood over her, opened her mouth and brought it down over Xena.

I gasped.

Chauma swiveled her eyes to me, and very, very slowly, opened her jaws and lifted her head.

Xena just looked around her, shook herself, then did the shoulder butt to Chauma.

No fear at all.

227 UFO TOFU  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:37:17pm

OT, sorry if this has already been posted:

After the Tennessee Center for Policy Research exposed Gore’s massive home energy use, the former Vice President scurried to make his home more energy-efficient. Despite adding solar panels, installing a geothermal system, replacing existing light bulbs with more efficient models, and overhauling the home’s windows and ductwork, Gore now consumes more electricity than before the “green” overhaul.

[Link: tennesseepolicy.org...]

Bummer.

228 K~Bob  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:45:27pm

re: #225 OldLineTexan

I would like to see more nuke electric plants. Then I can have that electric car for short trips. That much less oil needed.

Also, cheap electricity could be used in the frozen North for heating, freeing up oil.

I'm guessing cheap electricity would probably not make much diff north of say, the 60th parallel. Cheaper oil would be cheaper to "distribute" than cheap electricity. Unless everyone gets their own "Mr. Fusion". With such a low pop density there, they could burn oil all they want and never make a dent on the greenhouse gas density.

{ Assume the usual emoticons. I'm harmless. }

229 littleO  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:45:45pm

Oh my, Is there no end to your wrath.
If I was not nearly in tears, I'd laugh.
For all who adore science above all else,
Would degrade us all to the purposes of self.
Decline from all the worship of the Devine One,
Over the browsings and meanderings of some,
Brings all to the dependance of mans' own thought,
And woe to the beauty that He has brought.

230 yochanan  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:55:21pm

i believe people will heat there homes the cheapest way possible

231 ex-liberal  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:57:06pm

THE ATHEIST AND THE RABBI

PBS film critic and columnist Michael Medved has shared this anecdote
out of his Jewish heritage:

A few years ago, Rabbi Jacob Karmenetzky made a trip to Israel accompanied
by his teenage grandson. Ironically, these two deeply religious people
were seated in the airplane next to a prominent Israeli socialist leader
and outspoken atheist.

On the flight, the cynical atheist traveler couldn't help noticing the way
the teenage boy attended to the needs of his aged, bearded grandfather. He
got up to get the old man a glass of water, helped him remove his shoes and
put on some slippers, and otherwise demonstrated that the rabbi's comfort
represented his primary concern.

At one point, as the boy got up for yet another errand on behalf of the old
man, the atheist could contain himself no longer. "Tell me something," he
asked the rabbi. "Why does your grandson treat you like some kind of a
king? I have a grandson, too, but he wouldn't give me the time of day."

"It's very simple," the old man replied. "My grandson and I both believe
in a God who rules the universe and created all things, including the first
man. That means that in the boy's eyes, I'm two generations closer to the
hand of God Himself. But in the eyes of your grandson, you're just two
generations closer to a monkey."

232 yochanan  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 2:58:06pm

re: #227 UFO TOFU

OT, sorry if this has already been posted:

After the Tennessee Center for Policy Research exposed Gore’s massive home energy use, the former Vice President scurried to make his home more energy-efficient. Despite adding solar panels, installing a geothermal system, replacing existing light bulbs with more efficient models, and overhauling the home’s windows and ductwork, Gore now consumes more electricity than before the “green” overhaul.

[Link: tennesseepolicy.org...]

Bummer.


ROFLMAO FUNNY

233 Dainn  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 3:09:08pm

re: #218 taxfreekiller

Of Some Note on the Democrats, Obama and the 5 loon liberals on the supreme court.

You count more liberals than I do.

234 Kulhwch  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 3:14:27pm

re: #19 faraway

Hey, if you guys think you came from a monkey, who am I to stop you:)

Chimps are actually Hominids, not monkeys.

}:)     [There I go again, shooting facts everywhere ... ]

235 Dainn  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 3:17:33pm

re: #192 Hard Right

Part of the reason they are custom built is due to regulations and endless lawsuits from NIMBYs and enviro-nuts.

I wonder what the modern energy / environmental debate would look like if so many anti-war protesters in the 70s didn't seamlessly switch to "no nukes." Nuclear power has zero carbon footprint, no particulate matter (that stuff that makes our Los Angeles sunsets so beautiful), and a waste product that can be contained (there is no plutonium in the steam).

How many cases of asthma, lung cancer, COPD, and other maladies could have been avoided if we had transitioned over to nuclear power during the last 30 years, instead of not building a single plant?

Here's to hoping that nuclear power can make a comeback.

236 Dainn  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 3:20:45pm

re: #19 faraway

Hey, if you guys think you came from a monkey, who am I to stop you:)

Technically, we evolutionists believe we (everything) evolved from blue-green algae. Chimps are just are closest cousin that survives.

237 CatsPaw  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 4:07:06pm

re: #234 Kulhwch

Chimps are actually Hominids, not monkeys.

}:)     [There I go again, shooting facts everywhere ... ]

hominid |ˈhäməˌnid|
noun Zoology
a primate of a family ( Hominidae) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from modern Latin Hominidae (plural), from Latin homo, homin- ‘man.’

chimpanzee |ˌ ch imˌpanˈzē; -pənˈzē; -ˈpanzē|
noun
a great ape with large ears, mainly black coloration, and lighter skin on the face, native to the forests of western and central Africa. Chimpanzees show advanced behavior such as the making and using of tools. • Genus Pan, family Pongidae: the common chimpanzee ( P. troglodytes) and the bonobo.

238 realwest  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 4:46:02pm

test

239 SnakeFarm  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 8:01:56pm

re: #236 Dainn

Technically, we evolutionists believe we (everything) evolved from blue-green algae. Chimps are just are closest cousin that survives.

You can't even account for the complexity of the information required to produce glue-green algae.

In the near future , evolutionism will come to be known as a late twentieth century cult that formed in response to a temporary lack of information. It will be known as a cult because of the obstinacy of its disciples in the face of contradictory evidence.

240 SnakeFarm  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 8:02:59pm

re: #239 SnakeFarm

OR blue-green algae! :)

241 Sco  Wed, Jun 18, 2008 8:08:15pm

re: Palestinian Car Swarms

Here is the latest.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Recalling FAUXtography, THIS is what a car that gets hit by a missile looks like, not those BS Lebanese intact ambulances.


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