Where do you come up with these great quotes?

See yez from home!

Obama-mania. MSM fanaticism.

What will we ever do, if BHO throws the over night thread under the bus....

Still got that new thread smell....

So which catridge had more stopping power- 10mm or 41AE?

"there is no present-day politician that I see as more sympathetic and admirable than Hitler"E.M. Cioran
While expressing his approval for the Night of the Long Knives — "what has humanity lost if the lives of a few imbeciles were taken"
E.M. Cioran

He knew something about tyrants

FWIW, I'm open overnight, too.

re: #1 Typicalwhitey

Where do you come up with these great quotes?

I think I read that quote in a fortune cookie. Anyone notice that fortune cookies don't tell your fortune anymore? The give advice. But I guess "advice cookies" doesn't have the same name recognition.

I don't exactly subscribe to that statement as really meaningful. Some of the USA's founding fathers are considered Fanatics by today's standards and many have died for the cause. I have also fought for my country and laid my life on the line. I guess that makes me a monster also.

re: #4 slokat

What will we ever do, if BHO throws the over night thread under the bus....

If he's dumb enough to throw me under the bus, he'll never see his muffler bering again.

re: #8 Bob in Breckenridge

Hhmm "Advice Teller" sounds like you are paying your mom to tell you how to run your life....

Thanks to a Lizard who will remain nameless, I now have Primus on the brain.

re: #5 Fenway_Nation

Still got that new thread smell....

So which catridge had more stopping power- 10mm or 41AE?

I'm partial to the 500 S&W.

:)

for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

re: #10 TrollBot PrtoType Six

the oiled muffler bearing, or the sealed muffler bearing?
//

“Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them”

Voltaire

Hey, I think I found the Obama campaign song!

re: #11 slokat

Hhmm "Advice Teller" sounds like you are paying your mom to tell you how to run your life....

I wish it was that easy.

/The good ol' days!

re: #9 Egfrow

I don't exactly subscribe to that statement as really meaningful. Some of the USA's founding fathers are considered Fanatics by today's standards and many have died for the cause. I have also fought for my country and laid my life on the line. I guess that makes me a monster also.

Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

re: #15 slokat

the oiled muffler bearing, or the sealed muffler bearing?
//

No preference, I enjoy munching on either type.
// {;-)™

re: #9 Egfrow

I don't agree with much of anything E.M. Cioran wrote, he was a self described "Hitlerist"

re: #9 Egfrow

I don't exactly subscribe to that statement as really meaningful. Some of the USA's founding fathers are considered Fanatics by today's standards and many have died for the cause. I have also fought for my country and laid my life on the line. I guess that makes me a monster also.

I think the quote is referring a fanatic being one who kills for the idea...

re: #17 RememberSekhmet?

Hey, I think I found the Obama campaign song!

You mean it's not the Who's "Magic Bus"?

re: #8 Bob in Breckenridge

...and who'd watch the "Wheel of Advice"?

re: #14 psaturn

I dunno who said it, but:

"He who lives by the sword, gets shot be he who doesn't."

:D :D :D :D

re: #25 NomadOfNorad

I dunno who said it, but:

"He who lives by the sword, gets shot be he who doesn't."

:D :D :D :D

Here here!

re: #21 Neo Con since 9-11

I don't agree with much of anything E.M. Cioran wrote, he was a self described "Hitlerist"

Wow...you are right!

And also:

Although Cioran was never a member of the group, it was during this time in Romania that he began taking an interest in the ideas put forth by the Iron Guard - a far right organization whose nationalist ideology he supported until the early years of World War II, despite allegedly disapproving of their violent methods.

re: #8 Bob in Breckenridge

One last riff to prove the point you made a bout Advice Cookies...

Does anyone hire a "Soldier of Advice"?

Hackers break into Hamas website

A ring-wing Israeli group hacked into websites of organizations and activist groups Thursday, including those of the armed wing of Hamas, Izzadin Kassam, and left-wing Israeli organizations. The group of hackers, calling themselves the 'Extremist Zealots,' boasted that they had broken into numerous sites.

Izzadin Kassam's site displayed a blank white screen and Hebrew text notifying of a technical error.

The websites of Arab Israeli political party Balad, and left-wing activist groups 'Hagada Hasmolanit' and 'Occupation' featured a black background with an Israeli flag, and the emblem of the 'Extremist Zealots' group, similar to that of Meir Kahane's Kach movement.

/with screenshots

"Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone renounced violence forever? I could then conquer the whole stupid planet with just a butter knife."

--Anonymous

I am deeply thankful for all of the brave men and woman who have served, and those who gave their lives for our freedoms.

The idea of freedom is a good one, and worth fighting and dying for.

Damn - I hadn't thought about or listened to George Carlin ii the last several years. Now that he's gone I'm thinking about and listening and missing him a lot.

It was the same fpor me with Charles Schulz.

re: #30 NomadOfNorad

That might have been Marvin Martian....

But truly, if no one will fight the bully gets his way.

So true...... another gem from the funniest man in the world.........
Someone should send a copy to the Times-Picayune, although Nagin probably wouldn't get it.
[Link: iowahawk.typepad.com...]

"They change the skies but not themselves, those who travel over the seas."---Homer, I believe.

"Wherever you go, there you are."---a wise Muppet.

re: #16 Dustyvet

“Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them”

Voltaire

Sounds an awful lot like "voted for, before voted against" to me!

5-4 Supreme court judges are fanatics.

"Academics are a herd of independent thinkers."

--Anonymous

re: #36 LeePro

“Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them”

Voltaire

Sounds an awful lot like "voted for, before voted against" to me!

Sounds a lot like a certain four and sometimes five Supreme Court "Justices".

The four and a half leftist kooks.

re: #28 slokat

One last riff to prove the point you made a bout Advice Cookies...

Does anyone hire a "Soldier of Advice"?

There's the msm and Wesley Clark.

We need some Yogi Berra quotes....................

"Wherever I'm at, that's the place to be."

- some fool who can make a party outta nuthin'.

Obam's new Seal.

/Michael Ramirez

re: #11 slokat

Hhmm "Advice Teller" sounds like you are paying your mom to tell you how to run your life....

re: #18 Bob in Breckenridge

I wish it was that easy.

/The good ol' days!

Reminds me of one afternoon years ago... had to "remind" my mom (R.I.P.) that I was 54 and she could stop "teaching me" now.

If there was a best out of nine tournament and you one 5-4 they'd call you the champion, not say it was a split decision, let's here from the losers...

/just my observation.

issue never should've had to go to SCOTUS in the first place, hurray for checks & balances!

It seems that anyone who stands up and wants to support the constitution in it's true context is labeled as a fanatic or an extremist.

I'm tired one = won

goodnight!

"Men use thought only as authority for injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts."
--Voltaire

re: #46 Egfrow

"A right is not what someone gives you, it's what no one can take from you."
--Ramsey Clark

Over $1M donated in care packages in today's telethon. UstreamTV had only a few glitches, there were about 2,500 to 3,000 concurrent viewers of the video stream while I watched, and 1,000 in the chat room.

Congratulations, an internet first!

re: #49 NomadOfNorad

Ramsey Clark, Always speaks without regard to morality his definition is surely not mine. His version of rights are 'do what ever you want.'

re: #4 slokat

What will we ever do, if BHO throws the over night thread under the bus....

over turn the bus..... %-)

CHARLIE DANIELS ON OBAMA

Guns and Church

Since I identify with the people who fall into Barrack Obama's elitist description about people of faith who keep firearms I'm not very happy with Barrack Obama's recent remarks.

He said something to the effect that us rednecks cling to our guns and our religion when we get frustrated and I would like to take umbrage to these remarks. My faith goes much deeper than his superficial explanation and I love my guns even when I'm not frustrated.

And I am not by myself. I was going to church and shooting guns before Mr. Obama was even born and come from a long line of good people who have been doing it for generations.

To me this latest Obama blunder only helps reveal the depth of condescension the far left wing of the Democrat party has for the folks out here in flyover country.

Mr. Obama's remarks are insulting to a lot of folks. It's kind of like Abraham Lincoln said, 'God must love the common people because he made so many of them'.

His remarks make me think that Obama doesn't know the people of this country very well. I'm sure he knows the jet set and the Hollywood bunch, the limousine liberals and the save the whales, kill the babies crowd, but does he think that the ordinary people don't count? Does he think that they're so stupid that they don't know who he's talking about when he says these things? Does he think their opinions aren't important? Apparently.

How can a man stand in front of America and tell people what he wants to do for them and have so little respect for a whole segment of the population. In fact, a very large segment. Does that mean that he would only represent the high-minded liberal ideals of the far left and ignore the rest of us?

What kind of Commander and Chief would he make if he doesn't respect the very people who make up the lion's share of the armed forces.

You may say I'm over reacting, but I'm getting sick and tired of him making these elitist statements and saying that he had been taken out of context or some other flimsy excuse.

After his wife's remark about not being proud of this country and his pastor's statements calling America the U.S.K.K.K.A. and his own statement about not wanting his daughter punished with a baby, it makes me wonder what kind of a man Obama really is and what kind of a president he'd make.

Would he be an antigun advocate pushing the effort to take the firearms out of innocent citizen's hands? Would he not respect the religious beliefs of America, not taking them into account in his agenda?

I really don't know much about the man and neither does America. He basically came from out of nowhere and as the facts come out little by little, they don't make a particularly confident picture.

I have a great fear that if our military gets broken by another president, this time we're not going to have time to fix it again and what that spells for America, I don't even want to contemplate.

Oh well, I guess I'll grab my gun and go to church.

Pray for our troops.

re: #28 slokat

One last riff to prove the point you made a bout Advice Cookies...

Does anyone hire a "Soldier of Advice"?

Great point!

re: #5 Fenway_Nation

Still got that new thread smell....

So which catridge had more stopping power- 10mm or 41AE?

what are you pushing down the barrel? FMJ? JHP? SJHP? etc.....

re: #52 redc1c4

Hey red. It's poker night. In case I'm caught napping.

re: #51 Egfrow

(But he did such a fabulous job for Saddam).

"Fire....BAD!"

-Frankenstein

I have an existential map, it has "you are here" written all over it.
--Steven Wright

re: #12 Slumbering Behemoth

Thanks to a Lizard who will remain nameless, I now have Primus on the brain.

po' Primus...... they won't have much room to play.

/white smoke %-)

Does anyone, except Bush, believe that OPEC is interested in lowering oil prices or futures?

"You can't change* film with a kid on your back".
-Roger Miller

*Drink!

re: #56 Mel Lono

Hey red. It's poker night. In case I'm caught napping.

lucky you.... i generally have to wait for weekend mornings.

/or were you talking about cards? %-)

"A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers."
--Henry Louis Mencken

Nice package!

/warning - shrinkage.

re: #41 StudSupreme

We need some Yogi Berra quotes....................

"Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded"

re: #43 Killian Bundy

Obam's new Seal.

/Michael Ramirez

awesome.

A quote that goes way over my head:

"po' Primus...... they won't have much room to play."

-redc1c4

Wahcu talkin' 'bout, Red?

re: #63 redc1c4

lucky you.... i generally have to wait for weekend mornings.

/or were you talking about cards? %-)

Morning wood is always good.

A woman goes to her boyfriend's parents' house for dinner. This is to be her first time meeting the family and she is very nervous.

They all sit down and begin eating a fine meal. The woman is beginning to feel a little discomfort, thanks to her nervousness and the broccoli casserole. The gas pains are almost making her eyes water. Left with no other choice, she decides to relieve herself a bit and lets out a dainty little fart.

It wasn't loud, but everyone at the table heard the poot. Before she even had a chance to be embarrassed, her boyfriend's father looked over at the dog that had been snoozing at the women's feet, and said in a rather stern voice, "Ginger!" The woman thought, "this is great!" and a big smile came across her face.

A couple minutes later, she was beginning to feel the pain again. This time, she didn't even hesitate. She let a much louder and longer fart rip. The father again looked at the dog and yelled, "dammit Ginger!" Once again the woman smiled and thought, "yes!"

A few minutes later the woman had to let another one rip. This time she didn't even think about it. She let rip with a fart that rivaled a train whistle blowing. Again, the father looked at the dog with disgust and yelled, "dammit Ginger, get away from her before she shits on you!"

re: #67 gop_patriot

{gop} ! ! !

Haven't seen you lately! How are you?

re: #66 rawmuse

You should always go to other people's funerals. Otherwise they won't come to yours.

re: #70 Racer X

A woman goes to her boyfriend's parents' house for dinner. This is to be her first time meeting the family and she is very nervous.

They all sit down and begin eating a fine meal. The woman is beginning to feel a little discomfort, thanks to her nervousness and the broccoli casserole. The gas pains are almost making her eyes water. Left with no other choice, she decides to relieve herself a bit and lets out a dainty little fart.

It wasn't loud, but everyone at the table heard the poot. Before she even had a chance to be embarrassed, her boyfriend's father looked over at the dog that had been snoozing at the women's feet, and said in a rather stern voice, "Ginger!" The woman thought, "this is great!" and a big smile came across her face.

A couple minutes later, she was beginning to feel the pain again. This time, she didn't even hesitate. She let a much louder and longer fart rip. The father again looked at the dog and yelled, "dammit Ginger!" Once again the woman smiled and thought, "yes!"

A few minutes later the woman had to let another one rip. This time she didn't even think about it. She let rip with a fart that rivaled a train whistle blowing. Again, the father looked at the dog with disgust and yelled, "dammit Ginger, get away from her before she shits on you!"

ROFLMAO!

re: #70 Racer X

ROFL!

Yogi Berra on jazz music

This one is one of my faves.

re: #41 StudSupreme

We need some Yogi Berra quotes....................

re: #66 rawmuse

"Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded"

"You can't think and hit at the same time."
--Yogi Berra

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious. Yogi Berra

re: #71 LeePro

Ohhh, just getting over a very serious reaction to antibiotic. :/ Went to the ER two days in a row because my throat was closing. covered with hives, it was really bad. today's the first day that I can even type, my hands were too swollen and i felt too bad. started Sat. night. gaah they are going away but keep trying to come back; dr said this could go on for another week or two. :(

how are you? :)

Yogi- "90% of the game is half mental."

re: #68 Slumbering Behemoth

A quote that goes way over my head:

"po' Primus...... they won't have much room to play."

-redc1c4

Wahcu talkin' 'bout, Red?

you said they were on your brain..... i was making a nasty crack about it's size.

/in good fun, of course. %-)

re: #79 Bob in Breckenridge

Yogi- "90% of the game is half mental."

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.
Yogi Berra

"All the great jazz players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Some would kill for it."

Yogi- Steve McQueen looks good in this movie. He must have made it before he died.

re: #75 rawmuse

Yogi Berra on jazz music

This one is one of my faves.

Hilarious!
Jazz, to me, sounds like when the orchestra is tuning up before the real concert.

It is a lot to wade through, but there is some real cognitive dissonance showing up at this bo.com comment thread.

"Out of curiosity, what is going on with folks today? Did I miss something? People are up in arms about the 2nd amendment ruling. People are up in arms about the FISA court thing (well, telecom civil immunity part) and people are just generally cranky. "

and

"Gun rights are a wedge issue and it will be successfully used against Democrats because it is always effective. I know the topic very well and I agree with Obama's statement on this ruling but it is backpedaling defensive and that always loses."

and

"If Sen. Obama represents "Change we can believe in," then why does he willingly accept telecom immunity for violators of the 4th amendment? Sen. Obama spoke about filibustering this bill if telecom immunity was present, and now he is betraying a promise he made? Be a leader, Sen. Obama! A leader takes a stand on principles! We do not need another politician! Do not dismiss the 4th amendment of the Constitution. Thank you,"

These are some of the voices. Many others on the thread just tell everyone else "donate!"

As time goes on and Obama weakens in their eyes they will lose some enthusiasm for him. That will undermine turnout, which is the only factor producing big poll numbers for him.

Hung Chow calls in to work and says, Hey, boss I not come work today, I really sick. I got headache, stomach ache and my legs hurt. I not come work.

The boss says, You know Hung Chow, I really need you today. When I feel like this I go to my wife and tell her give me sex. That makes everything better and I go work. You try that.

Two hours later Hung Chow calls again: Boss, I do what you say and I feel great. I be at work soon. You got nice house.

re: #82 rawmuse

Who was that? Doesn't sound like a Yogi quote... :D

re: #78 gop_patriot

Ohhh, just getting over a very serious reaction to antibiotic. :/ Went to the ER two days in a row because my throat was closing. covered with hives, it was really bad. today's the first day that I can even type, my hands were too swollen and i felt too bad. started Sat. night. gaah they are going away but keep trying to come back; dr said this could go on for another week or two. :(

how are you? :)

anaphylaxis, based upon they symptoms and my personal experience...... what did they give you, and did they at least tell you to not take any more of the antibiotic? did you contact your pharmacy & primary care giver/prescriber?

btw: out of professional curiosity, what was the antibiotic?

/been there, done that x3.

Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?" To this, Yogi replied, "Surprise me."

I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it. (When asked what he would do if he found a million dollars.)

re: #87 NomadOfNorad

Yogi. yes.

re: #87 NomadOfNorad

Who was that? Doesn't sound like a Yogi quote... :D

[Link: www.hotsound.com...]

not hard to come up with this stuff

re: #78 gop_patriot

Sounds like me with any kind of cephalosporin. I was manning the queue monitoring desk at work when the reaction hit. I was getting too hot, and next thing I knew, I was on the floor and surrounded by paramedics.

Dumbass HMO doctor prescribed a cephalosporin after I told him I don't react well.

re: #85 karmic_inquisitor

Missed one (maybe the best) :

BHO,

Yet another issue where you ride the fence and wait to see what the response to your comments are.

As an Illinois senator from the Chicago area, your views on this and other issues are well known.... despite what you say.

My stomach is churning. It isn't from the deep dish pizza I just downed. It's from the stuff that comes from you.

Obama's act will wear thin with his whacko base - the whacko base that caucused for him and bought him a nomination.

After that you peel off a good % of the Hillary supporters and McCain is the next POTUS.

re: #84 LeePro

Hilarious!
Jazz, to me, sounds like when the orchestra is tuning up before the real concert.

i'm not that fond of jazz (except Dixieland) either...... but then again, i don't particularly like classical either.

/barbarian

re: #78 gop_patriot

Ohhh, just getting over a very serious reaction to antibiotic. :/ Went to the ER two days in a row because my throat was closing. covered with hives, it was really bad. today's the first day that I can even type, my hands were too swollen and i felt too bad. started Sat. night. gaah they are going away but keep trying to come back; dr said this could go on for another week or two. :(

how are you? :)

OMG! ! ! That's AWFUL! Will pray - HARD! My daughter had a reaction to penicillin when she was an infant. Scary as shit!

I am fine. Dental work in coupla weeks. Ugh.

re: #80 redc1c4

you said they were on your brain..... i was making a nasty crack about it's size.

/in good fun, of course. %-)

OH! And I didn't even catch it. Double-zing!

Curse you, Red! I'll get you if it's the last thing I do.
/

I'd say he's done more than that. (When asked if first baseman Don Mattingly had exceeded expectations for the current season.)

good morning from a dreary ,cloudy Corcaigh..........excellent quote at the top

re: #95 redc1c4

i'm not that fond of jazz (except Dixieland) either...... but then again, i don't particularly like classical either.

/barbarian

Red - You gotta do New Orleans before you die. Just don't stay longer than 3 days or the odds will start running against you.

re: #93 RememberSekhmet?

Sounds like me with any kind of cephalosporin. I was manning the queue monitoring desk at work when the reaction hit. I was getting too hot, and next thing I knew, I was on the floor and surrounded by paramedics.

Dumbass HMO doctor prescribed a cephalosporin after I told him I don't react well.

if you tell your pharmacy, they will screen for it in the future. also ask when you get your meds, and insist that you speak with a pharmacist. it's your right, at least here in CA.

you're luck to be alive, as am i. my allergy is due to w*rk place exposure, as are 2 of my reactions.

re: #100 Mel Lono

Red - You gotta do New Orleans before you die. Just don't stay longer than 3 days or the odds will start running against you.

been there, done that, more than once. Preservation Hall Jazz band is plyaing here in the Valley sunday night, if you're interested. 2H6 told me we're going. %-)

People usually get what is coming to them, unless it has been mailed
--anonymous

re: #101 redc1c4

if you tell your pharmacy, they will screen for it in the future. also ask when you get your meds, and insist that you speak with a pharmacist. it's your right, at least here in CA.

you're luck to be alive, as am i. my allergy is due to w*rk place exposure, as are 2 of my reactions.

Yeah, that was many moons ago, and every doc I go to gets the no-cephalosporins-I-so-effing-mean-it lecture ever since.

I'm about to fall over, y'all. Niters!

re: #99 mahatma coat

good morning from a dreary ,cloudy Corcaigh..........

Here in northern California, we're living under thick atmospheric blanket of choking smoke. It's absolutely bizarre. The sun was deep red, still high in the sky, at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and by 6:30 or so -- still over two and a half hours before actual sunset -- the sun simply disappeared behind impenetrable layers of haze. Open any window and door, and the acrid smell of fire burns your nostrils. My smoke alarm has gone off twice already just from the air!

This has been going on for almost a week. Tomorrow is supposed to be even worse.

And yet there is no fire within 50 miles of where I currently am. It's the cumulative smoke of reportedly over 1000 smallish fires all over the state.

It's certainly one of the strangest "meteorological" periods I've ever witnessed around here.

There's no political dimension to any of this. Shocking, I know! Just a lot of smoke.

re: #88 redc1c4

anaphylaxis, based upon they symptoms and my personal experience...... what did they give you, and did they at least tell you to not take any more of the antibiotic? did you contact your pharmacy & primary care giver/prescriber?

btw: out of professional curiosity, what was the antibiotic?

/been there, done that x3.

yep. i'm allergic to penicillin, demerol and now cipro. because it wasn't *immediate* anaphylaxis, like when i took penicillin, but came on slowly, i was taking diphenhydramine (benadryl) for the first day. That night it got very bad and went to ER, they gave me more diphenhydramine, a steroid, and epinephrine. Went home, after observation for a few hours with a prescription for a dose pack of steroids. got a little better, then it happened again a day later. same thing, so got a scrip for an epi pen, and they made me an appointment with an allergy specialist the next day, he put me on prednisone and zyrtec, in addition to yucca supplements and continued diphenhydramine. Made A HUGE DIFF and now i'm getting well. yay.

when i get back home, (i'm still in memphis because I was too sick to drive home) i'll alert my pharmacy and drs.

sucked to be me for the last few days. the hives were maddening.

re: #102 redc1c4

hmmm on my way back from Acton that night.

“The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.” ~ Carl Gustav Jung

/are you listening, BHO ?

re: #93 RememberSekhmet?

Sounds like me with any kind of cephalosporin. I was manning the queue monitoring desk at work when the reaction hit. I was getting too hot, and next thing I knew, I was on the floor and surrounded by paramedics.

Dumbass HMO doctor prescribed a cephalosporin after I told him I don't react well.

Yikes! I took cephalo-something just a coupla weeks ago. No reaction for me, but yikes anyway!

re: #106 zombie

I am practically despondent over it. I love the outdoors, but I can't hack it lately. My dog misses our 4 mile hikes. It definitely is a bad time here.

re: #97 Slumbering Behemoth

OH! And I didn't even catch it. Double-zing!

Curse you, Red! I'll get you if it's the last thing I do.
/

Need any help?

/

re: #104 RememberSekhmet?

Yeah, that was many moons ago, and every doc I go to gets the no-cephalosporins-I-so-effing-mean-it lecture ever since.

don't tell them "i don't do well"..... use the medical code word "anaphylactic reaction" *that* should do the trick.

106 zombie........I guess a bit of cloud isn't much to complain about 'but going hillwalking today and a bit of sun would have been nice.

re: #93 RememberSekhmet?

Scary! my penicillin reaction was pretty fast like that, but it just so happened that my mom, always prepared with her first aid kit, had diphenhydramine on her and gave me about 50mgs immediately. The doctor said it saved my life, we were way out on the beach (didn't used to put warning labels on meds about reactions to the sun) and hospital was miles away. :/
Glad you're OK!

re: #96 LeePro

(((LEE))) thanks so much, i wanted to come online and ask for prayers but the most I could manage was just to sort of lurk for a minute. :/ really, i was pathetic. miserable. Give me the good old flu any day over an allergic reaction. UGH

Praying for your dental stuff, that it will be easy and you'll recover very well. :)

Liberals: Liberals are trapped in a "vortex" of inner emotional turmoil from which logic and reality appear with aching appeal as tiny lights at the end of a very long tunnel . . .
---R. Heinlein

Maybe the reason the Obama people hide his real Birth Certificate is because the Doctor noted that he could cry and laugh at the same time.
/he has no principals. none

re: #106 zombie

that's awful. hope they get the fires out soon.

re: #107 gop_patriot

yep. i'm allergic to penicillin, demerol and now cipro. because it wasn't *immediate* anaphylaxis, like when i took penicillin, but came on slowly, i was taking diphenhydramine (benadryl) for the first day. That night it got very bad and went to ER, they gave me more diphenhydramine, a steroid, and epinephrine. Went home, after observation for a few hours with a prescription for a dose pack of steroids. got a little better, then it happened again a day later. same thing, so got a scrip for an epi pen, and they made me an appointment with an allergy specialist the next day, he put me on prednisone and zyrtec, in addition to yucca supplements and continued diphenhydramine. Made A HUGE DIFF and now i'm getting well. yay.

when i get back home, (i'm still in memphis because I was too sick to drive home) i'll alert my pharmacy and drs.

sucked to be me for the last few days. the hives were maddening.

You're HERE?!?!?

W'll, dayum then!
Isn't there something I can do?
Anything?

You at parents' or girlfriend's?

Well, I'm bailing now before the matchsticks propping my eyelids open finally snap...

Night, lizards. Sweet dreams! :D

re: #119 LeePro

You're HERE?!?!?

W'll, dayum then!
Isn't there something I can do?
Anything?

You at parents' or girlfriend's?

I'm good, thank you! (((HUG))) :) that's awesome of you to offer; believe me, I would have absolutely called you if i needed more help.

fortunately, i have the parents, and in-laws. friend is a nurse, between them all I'm getting great care. Dh and two older kids went home, dh, and son had to work, dd went to camp for the weekend. i'm here with the 5 year old and the grandparents are doting on him, he's loving the attention.

lol i have had NO pride for a few days, just was about to go out of my mind. really, it made me nuts. you wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere near me. ROFL

re: #86 Racer X

The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man around that they offered a standing $1000 bet. The bartender would squeeze a lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of juice out would win the money. Many people had tried over time (weight-lifters, longshoremen, etc.) but nobody could do it.

One day this scrawny little man came into the bar, wearing thick glasses and a polyester suit, and said in a tiny squeaky voice " I'd like to try the bet" After the laughter had died down, the bartender said OK, grabbed a lemon,
and squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to the little man.

But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as the man clenched his fist around the lemon and six drops fell into the glass. As the crowd cheered, the bartender paid the $1000, and asked the little man "what do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a weight-lifter, or what?" The man replied "I work for the IRS."

/sneak attack!

Emile Cioran has many zingers attributed to him:

A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.

God - a disease we imagine we are cured of because no one dies of it nowadays.

In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world.

re: #107 gop_patriot

yep. i'm allergic to penicillin, demerol and now cipro. because it wasn't *immediate* anaphylaxis, like when i took penicillin, but came on slowly, i was taking diphenhydramine (benadryl) for the first day. That night it got very bad and went to ER, they gave me more diphenhydramine, a steroid, and epinephrine. Went home, after observation for a few hours with a prescription for a dose pack of steroids. got a little better, then it happened again a day later. same thing, so got a scrip for an epi pen, and they made me an appointment with an allergy specialist the next day, he put me on prednisone and zyrtec, in addition to yucca supplements and continued diphenhydramine. Made A HUGE DIFF and now i'm getting well. yay.

when i get back home, (i'm still in memphis because I was too sick to drive home) i'll alert my pharmacy and drs.

sucked to be me for the last few days. the hives were maddening.

double check with your doc, but you're likely to be allergic to all "floxins" from now on..... make sure everyone (doc, pharmacists, family members) knows, and those that "can't remember" have it in writing so they can hand it over if you're unconscious or the ilk. allergy tags are a good idea too.

too bad about the Demerol though.... %-)

and from personal experience do *NOT* take caffeine in any form while you're on the steroids.....

/got a lot done that day. %-)

re: #118 gop_patriot

that's awful. hope they get the fires out soon.

we're going to burn from now until the rains, if any, come this fall.....

re: #121 gop_patriot

I'm good, thank you! (((HUG))) :) that's awesome of you to offer; believe me, I would have absolutely called you if i needed more help.

fortunately, i have the parents, and in-laws. friend is a nurse, between them all I'm getting great care. Dh and two older kids went home, dh, and son had to work, dd went to camp for the weekend. i'm here with the 5 year old and the grandparents are doting on him, he's loving the attention.

lol i have had NO pride for a few days, just was about to go out of my mind. really, it made me nuts. you wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere near me. ROFL

Right! Pride has no place in the sick-room! Best to sit back and let others do for you for a change!

Still wish there was something... you know... chicken soup? ...something! (Nana would be so proud!)

I am happy that you're on the mend. Will still pray...

re: #108 Mel Lono

hmmm on my way back from Acton that night.

they're playing here at 6PM.

email me if you want more details..... did i give you my cell #?

re: #122 Slumbering Behemoth

LOL!

"Fear... those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them." - "The Name of the Rose", Umberto Eco

[Thomas Babington Macaulay] has the journalist's air of being a specialist in everything, of taking in all points of view and being always on the side of the angels: he merely annoys a reader who has the least experience of knowing things, of what knowing is like. There is not two pence worth of real thought or real nobility in him.

C.S. Lewis, 1923

re: #124 redc1c4

thanks, i'll ask the pharmacist. definitely buying some tags now. sheesh, how dorky. but necessary.

don't mind not taking demerol, they subbed morphine for it. ;) have been drinking mostly water and decaf iced tea. i've showed everyone how to use the epi pen, too. hope we never need it of course. and that stuff BURNS when it goes in. shot, no prob. medicine, OUCH. :/

re: #125 redc1c4

In case anyone missed it, here is the image of the day from the 25th showing the smoke from the fires over California. If you have the bandwidth recommend downloading the 250m resolution image.

re: #126 LeePro

:) you rock. i actually tried to email you to let you know i was here, but my email didn't set up properly on this computer. ugh. felt to bad to keep working on it, gave up and logged off. going to work on that tomorrow.

oh, I had the southern version of chicken soup tonight for getting well; commissary barbecue courtesy of my mother in law! that's probably what started healing me. ;)

re: #131 freetoken

that's amazing. were most of the fires caused by lightning, or were they deliberately set? looks too green in the northern part of the state to be burning!

are any fires near you?

re: #133 gop_patriot

nevermind, read the caption on the first page, duh. ;)

The fires are mostly by lightning.

re: #135 rawmuse

:) how are you, rawmuse? And slumbering, you still here? hope y'all are doing well.

I am fine, except for the aforementioned smoke. Ms. Rawmuse is off in the midwest visiting her mom. I am here with the pets. Cedar Falls is where the missus is going.

re: #132 gop_patriot

:) you rock. i actually tried to email you to let you know i was here, but my email didn't set up properly on this computer. ugh. felt to bad to keep working on it, gave up and logged off. going to work on that tomorrow.

oh, I had the southern version of chicken soup tonight for getting well; commissary barbecue courtesy of my mother in law! that's probably what started healing me. ;)

Magic potion! And very cool M.i.L.!

I gotta go now............. q-w-e-r-t-y—face is not attractive!

You have my phone #...

G'nite {gop} and all my {Lizard faves}!

Goodnight Lizards! Here is hoping that tomorrow is a better day.

re: #133 gop_patriot

I'm way down south...

The news wires attribute the fires to lightning strikes. A very dry soil combined with low humidity at the bottom of the troposphere keeps the rain (falling from the cooler air several thousand feet above) from hitting the ground. However, the electrons don't give a damn and lightning strikes anyway.

California is in a serious drought condition and likely to get worse.

re: #112 LeePro

He burned me good. At the rate I am going, I need all the help I can get.

/tell 'em he's ugly and his momma dresses him funny!
//I got nuthin'.

re: #137 rawmuse

well i hope the smoke doesn't get any worse. can't be good for you. :/ Hope your wife has a nice trip seeing her mom. :)

re: #133 gop_patriot

that's amazing. were most of the fires caused by lightning, or were they deliberately set? looks too green in the northern part of the state to be burning!

are any fires near you?

lightning...... it maybe green, but it's a very *dry* green. not only that, but years of preventing the minor brush fires that would clear out deadwood & undergrowth in the name of "protecting the forrest" have left everything vulnerable to firestorms that burn *everything*, including the top soil.

it's the same problem we have down south: the hills are designed to burn every couple years, but we don't let it happen, so when they *do* burn, you're guaranteed a disaster.

re: #127 redc1c4

I think it's on the martini list

re: #106 zombie

Having done it twice in the last 4 years, my recommendation is to get an air purifier if you can get your hands on one. Doesn't have to be big - a small one will do if you have everyone sleep in the same room.

Makes sleep more bearable. When the smoke lifts it will linger in the house and "airing out" by opening the windows doesn't do much.

For anyone in a rural area near the fires, get a generator - you will probably need it.

re: #140 freetoken

they call that dry lightning where I live. lol

re: #143 redc1c4

oh yeah, i read about that the last time it burned out there. stupid liberal policy. thanks greenies. Sheesh.

re: #140 freetoken

I'm way down south...

The news wires attribute the fires to lightning strikes. A very dry soil combined with low humidity at the bottom of the troposphere keeps the rain (falling from the cooler air several thousand feet above) from hitting the ground. However, the electrons don't give a damn and lightning strikes anyway.

California is in a serious drought condition and likely to get worse.

kinda hard to get "below median" here with rainfall in the summer, since it never does.... maybe they mean it's likely to be extra hot?

/that'd suck.

re: #144 Mel Lono

I think it's on the martini list

that's what i member, but at my age.....

anyway, it's a free show, at the park, with an $8 charge for parking.....

might be worth it to leave Acton a skosh early, and hang a right on the 118 to Topanga..... i'll be the fat bastard in the Hawaiian shirt & shorts with the cute blond. gimme a call if you want to link up.

(well, one of them, anyway. %-)

BTW, on the overnight (electronic) trading, dead Texas dinosaur squeezin's are going for over $140/bbl on the front month, and over $141 the following two months.

Up up and away...

Time for my date with Craig. no Tivo here. Night all.

re: #136 gop_patriot

Oops, missed that. Still here, somewhat. Doin' well enough not to complain. You?

Flirting with $141 and $142 now... for being dead those Texas dinos certainly have a lot of life in them...

re: #148 redc1c4

But no booze or BBQ at the venue, heh?

re: #151 Slumbering Behemoth

Doing much better now, see my #78 for the backstory. :p

glad you're well. are you near the fires? (you're in CA aren't you?)

re: #152 freetoken

Flirting with $141 and $142 now... for being dead those Texas dinos certainly have a lot of life in them...

no worries: Congress has said they will address the issue and resolve it.

/white smoke (lots of it %-)

re: #153 Mel Lono

But no booze or BBQ at the venue, heh?

there's a BJ's just a few blocks over (decent beer) or i could do up some Q and we'll sneak in the booze. i haven't found any *really* good BBQ anywhere in the Valley.

Well, I'm exhausted. Goodnight. It was good to 'see' everyone again, i was going through LGF withdrawals. :)

talk to y'all later

re: #157 gop_patriot

Well, I'm exhausted. Goodnight. It was good to 'see' everyone again, i was going through LGF withdrawals. :)

talk to y'all later

best wishes....... and talk to your doc & your pharmacist.

re: #154 gop_patriot

Re: your #78...Shit, that's awful. Cheers to a quick recovery!

Yup, near the fires. Near enough to see a hazy sky that is comprised of nothing but smoke. The air is thick with it. The eyes, nostrils, and throat burn from it. Still, the morons let their children play outside despite the warnings.

re: #159 Slumbering Behemoth

Re: your #78...Shit, that's awful. Cheers to a quick recovery!

Yup, near the fires. Near enough to see a hazy sky that is comprised of nothing but smoke. The air is thick with it. The eyes, nostrils, and throat burn from it. Still, the morons let their children play outside despite the warnings.

natural selection.....

Mc Cain's problem?...... one of them, anyway.

/ah lurves this comic

the bat signal revised

since no one's looking, i'll just mosey on over to the fridge and fix up tonight's fruit cup for LoL...... it must warm her heart no end to know that people like me care enough to help out. %-)

/white smoke

Heh heh heh, since this is an open thread. I give you my answer to the threat of global warming caused by cattle. :)

/call me Igor and fire up the grill.
//drive by posting maybe, depends on red's shenanigans.

re: #163 redc1c4

Since the dead Texas dino squeezin's are still pulling > $141/bbls you might want to extra-spike it tonight.

re: #163 redc1c4

Nice thing about smoke? it makes a great target for a fire mission battery.

/incoming.

re: #166 BlueCanuck

Nice thing about smoke? it makes a great target for a fire mission battery.

/incoming.

Correction. Shot over. :)

re: #164 BlueCanuck

Beef prices have not risen significantly over the past year, unlike most food items (many of which are up dramatically.)

According to some, the story is that the cattle ranchers are dumping their stock now as the cost of feed/care is too high, thus the glut of beef on the market. If that is so, then enjoy it now because in the near future the price could skyrocket.

re: #168 freetoken

Please, don't burst my bubble.

/still stoking the coals for the half cow in my imagination.

re: #162 redc1c4

Heh, I do so love the "ur doin it rong" kinda stuff.

re: #166 BlueCanuck

Nice thing about smoke? it makes a great target for a fire mission battery.

/incoming.

go ahead and hit the smoke.....

/Firefinder & MLRS %-)

re: #167 BlueCanuck

Correction. Shot over. :)

just stay right where you are..... you have incoming mail at that position.

(never heard of shoot & scoot? too late now....... %-)

"SPLASH!"

re: #170 Slumbering Behemoth

Heh, I do so love the "ur doin it rong" kinda stuff.

fail blog is funnier n' hell too, IMHO.

re: #172 redc1c4

I blames teh internets.

/got distracted by the evil that is face book.

//also I forgot to designate who my FOO was.

re: #168 freetoken

Buy as much as practical, FREEZE IT, and enjoy through several months of skyrocketing beef prices! Nummm....

re: #174 BlueCanuck

I blames teh internets.

/got distracted by the evil that is face book.

//also I forgot to designate who my FOO was.

as long as they're a fighter, your Foo will be okay.

/or at least popular %-)

re: #175 Karridine

Buy as much as practical, FREEZE IT, and enjoy through several months of skyrocketing beef prices! Nummm....

or buy th cheap, tough cuts no one likes, and BBQ them......

yum! (but now i'm hongree...... %-)

re: #177 redc1c4

or at least use a good pot roast recipe.

/damn up this late may as well see what happens at fruitcup time.

re: #173 redc1c4

No doubt...my personal favorite.

Oh, so, sad.

re: #178 BlueCanuck

or at least use a good pot roast recipe.

/damn up this late may as well see what happens at fruitcup time.

the usual: double vision, incoherence, tracers and various color shifts, and that's just LoL.....

you'd make pot roast instead of BBQ? you're a barbarian.

re: #180 redc1c4

*sigh* no space for a proper BBQ pit. the travails of not owning a home, and living in a vertical development.

re: #179 Slumbering Behemoth

No doubt...my personal favorite.

Oh, so, sad.

and i meet people who make me think it's likely true.

(and then there are the ones that can barely read at all, let alone for comprehension. %-)

re: #177 redc1c4

Oooh, YAS! That hits the spot! One of the reasons I stayed in Thailand is because of the widespread use of charcoal cooking of beef, pork and chicken, day after day... its ALWAYS 'summer vacation!'

***
Just got here, and now I gotta go... buy groceries etc at The Mall... I might as well be in Poughkeepsie!

CUL, Lizards!

re: #181 BlueCanuck

*sigh* no space for a proper BBQ pit. the travails of not owning a home, and living in a vertical development.

have you considered a Weber Smokey Mountain?

they turn out contest winning Q (assuming you have the chops), take up very little room, and will hold a temp for hours without minding.

/i love mine %-)

re: #184 redc1c4

thanks for the tip. hearted. Just need a balcony now to place it. :)

/but don't underestimate the power of a good pot roast.

//would still take Q over pot roast anyday though.

Police Union Standing By Mexican Militia Reports

[Link: kfyi.com...]

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------->
Help yourselves!

re: #187 littleoldlady

Three cheers for the fruitcup...

Did you see my link upstairs about the food prices? You are being very generous in providing us with fruit... If you wish to be more frugal you might need to turn to beef.

re: #185 BlueCanuck

thanks for the tip. hearted. Just need a balcony now to place it. :)

/but don't underestimate the power of a good pot roast.

//would still take Q over pot roast anyday though.

not even a balcony? you po' bastid...... i don't suppose i should mention i have 3 smokers, 1 charcoal, 1 propane and 1 NG grill, all in their purpose built pagoda out by the pool?

/sympathy, but no hugs
(the whole cootie issue, don't 'cha know %-)

freetoken! :-)

I picked a bad year to give up meat... ;-)

/you really don't have to tell me anything about food prices.
//even dog and cat food went up AT LEAST 30%

re: #187 littleoldlady
Morning littleoldlady, thanks for the cup of goodness. And now I must be going.

re: #189 redc1c4

Tease, rub in your wealth of foodie cookery. Will you accept a dap?

Who's here?

Karridine! :-)

red! :-)

BlueCanuck! :-)

I thought you weren't working again until Sunday?

re: #187 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------------->
Help yourselves!

your late & it tastes funny...........

/at least it's free! %-)

I am way off the mark, and going further off.

Here, are, some roasts.

/ignore the canned laughter...

G'nite Lizards.

re: #192 littleoldlady

BlueCanuck! :-)

I thought you weren't working again until Sunday?

Ummmm, not working. Stayed up late. :(

Slumbering is going to slumber? ;-)

re: #195 BlueCanuck

Habit, eh? ;-)

re: #191 BlueCanuck

Morning littleoldlady, thanks for the cup of goodness. And now I must be going.

re: #189 redc1c4

Tease, rub in your wealth of foodie cookery. Will you accept a dap?

a little dap 'll do ya? i'm thinking "not".

/too old to be hip & too kool to try. %-)

re: #195 BlueCanuck

Ummmm, not working. Stayed up late. :(

no GF tonight?

re: #193 redc1c4

Better late than...

/hmm. what's worse than being late?

I'm lucky that BlueCanuck was here tonight.

Well folks, I am now off to bed. Scary thing is I am going early. Have fun and see you all next timi

re: #200 littleoldlady

Better late than...

/hmm. what's worse than being late?

I'm lucky that BlueCanuck was here tonight.

for all the good it did...... %-)

good morning all................................Friday, it is 5 O'Clock +/- here

re: #203 smokefire

good morning all................................Frida y, it is 5 O'Clock +/- here

who waits until 5?

/i don't even wait for fryday....... %-)

'Night, Blue! :-)

re: #203 smokefire

good morning all................................Frida y, it is 5 O'Clock +/- here

Yeah! Same here!

/we must be in the same place! ;-)

re: #205 littleoldlady

East Coast, New England, the "quiet corner" of CT.

You have got to see this...........................

[Link: cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com...]

re: #206 smokefire

....................I will stick to my jeans, work uniform, sweats, and the occasional shorts. Thats right I'm one of those clinging to my guns, church, and conservative ideals.

re: #206 smokefire

Opportunist!

/sheesh
//shorts, sandals, MAN BAG!?

re: #206 smokefire

East Coast, New England, the "quiet corner" of CT.

You have got to see this...........................

[Link: cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com...]

came up null on my end..... some sort of weird East Coast thing?

re: #209 redc1c4

some sort of weird East Coast thing

Nope. Just plain weird.

/as if YOU on the Left Coast should talk...

Morning yawl.

Just headed to bed, thought I'd stop by and say Howdy.

BC! :-) :-) :-)

Hi LoL, always a pleasure to see you.

Munching on a few strawberries before crawling under the covers.

re: #213 Birkenstock Cowboy

How've you been?

re: #210 littleoldlady

Nope. Just plain weird.

/as if YOU on the Left Coast should talk...

the link didn't w*rk for me, so i couldn't say....

besides: i'm the only normal person i know. %-)

re: #216 redc1c4

Okay. THAT'S scary!

Mostly good lately. The normal aches and pains associated with my profession. My back has been holding up well and other then a mild ear infection I seem to me in general good health.

Oh, my.

Charles Krauthammer rips Obama a new fundamental orifice.

The money quote:

The truth about Obama is uncomplicated. He is just a politician (though of unusual skill and ambition). The man who dared say it plainly is the man who knows Obama all too well. "He does what politicians do," explained Jeremiah Wright.

When it's time to throw campaign finance reform, telecom accountability, NAFTA renegotiation or Jeremiah Wright overboard, Obama is not sentimental. He does not hesitate. He tosses lustily.

Why, the man even tossed his own grandmother overboard back in Philadelphia -- only to haul her back on deck now that her services are needed. Yesterday, granny was the moral equivalent of the raving Reverend Wright. Today, she is a featured prop in Obama's fuzzy-wuzzy get-to-know-me national TV ad.

Not a flinch. Not a flicker. Not a hint of shame. By the time he's finished, Obama will have made the Clintons look scrupulous.

Perhaps time for some archeology news...

Ancient painted coffins found

Published: Friday, 27 June, 2008, 01:21 AM Doha Time
CAIRO: A team of Egyptian archaeologists has discovered several painted wooden coffins, including some dating back to the 13th century BC rule of pharaoh Ramses II.

“These coffins were found in the tombs of senior officials of the 18th and 19th dynasties,” near Saqqara, Zahi Hawass, the director of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities said yesterday.

“Some coloured unopened coffins dating back to the 6th century BC were found as well as some coffins dating back to the time of Ramses II,” who ruled from 1279 to 1213 BC, he said.

According to some accounts Ramses II is the Pharaoh of the Exodus.

re: #218 Birkenstock Cowboy

Diving, right?

/still slightly coffee deprived this morning
//hope my remembering function is functioning!

re: #221 littleoldlady
Correct, I work underwater doing hull services. Physically demanding work but it keeps me in good shape.

re: #217 littleoldlady

Okay. THAT'S scary!

then my w*rk here is done....

L8r!

/nap time %-)

re: #222 Birkenstock Cowboy

DIVER DAN :-)

/yeah, I'm old... :-/

'Night, red.

re: #224 littleoldlady

Hilarious

re: #226 Birkenstock Cowboy

WOW. I don't remember it being THAT good. ROTFL!

Alrighty then. Time to hit the rack.

Goodnight Yawl

'Night, BC! :-)

Hope to see you again soon!

I need to get to work.

/I don't WANT to get to work, but I need to...

Good day, ALL!™

Barack Obama said he is glad the Supreme Court has bolstered the second amendment's legal power but stressed that its ruling

does not mean the end of gun control.

Be sure to wear your FLIP FLOPS when you go to the beach!

you are cute when you talk out both sides of your mouth.
/don't eat redneck crackers.

Morning Lizards.

N. Korea destroys nuclear reactor tower

PYONGYANG, North Korea (CNN) -- North Korea on Friday destroyed a water cooling tower at a facility where officials acknowledge they extracted plutonium to build nuclear weapons, according to a CNN producer on the scene.

/but not until they got what they REALLY wanted.

On Thursday, North Korean officials turned over to China a 60-page declaration, written in English, that details several rounds of plutonium production at the Yongbyon plant dating back to 1986.

In it, North Korea acknowledges producing roughly 40 kilograms of enriched plutonium -- enough for about seven nuclear bombs, according to the U.S. State Department.

North Korea on Friday destroyed a water cooling tower at a facility where officials acknowledge they extracted plutonium to build nuclear weapons

Its all Bush's fault.

re: #232 Bubblehead II

Interestingly enough :

This Day in History

The Dinnerjacket introduces his wife

She's a first lady, so it's probably a Prada burqa

re: #235 hans ze beeman

The Dinnerjacket introduces his wife

She's a first lady, so it's probably a Prada burqa

I believe that's The Emperor of Star Wars fame.

re: #235 hans ze beeman

The Dinnerjacket introduces his wife

She's a first lady, so it's probably a Prada burqa

Bwah.

/today I will make her tour and clean the Iranian out house.

Gaza truce broken yet again as 2 mortar shells hit w. Negev

One of the shells landed near Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in the Sha'ar Hanegev region, while the other hit an open area. No one was wounded and no damage was reported.

/But it's not the fault of Hamas. They can't control the other groups *SPIT*

re: #234 SasquatchOnSteroids

and the official NORK mouth piece says we started it.

Interesting article on Obama's choice of music. If you look in the comments, on a website dedicated to MUSIC, Obama supporters are bashing Israel.

[Link: www.rollingstone.com...]

later

anyone else having to work Fridays?

high price of fuel creates 4 day work week.

in your dreams.

/we need a southern union.

Some of the quotes in this article are just....WHAT!?

Gun ban ruling has Chicago thinking it's next

The British Labour Party takes another hit.

Gordon Brown’s anniversary ruined by Henley disaster

It was certainly a gory night for Labour. Fifth place in a by election with just three per cent of the vote is not the sort of way Gordon Brown would wish to mark his first anniversary as Prime Minister.

A little over a thousand people voted Labour and even two tiny parties - the Greens and the BNP - beat them. In the last election Labour was a distant third here with 6,862 votes.

re: #241 ibmkeyboard

later

anyone else having to work Fridays?

high price of fuel creates 4 day work week.

in your dreams.

/we need a southern union.

I switched to a 4-day work week @ month ago.
In my case, though, my son is out of school and I chose to have 3-day weekends. The fuel savings are a bonus, but my employer pays 1/2 my fuel for the week anyhow. 84 mile round trip, negotiated a couple of years ago.

Time to go.
Have a good day.

I think Gov. Palin would be a great choice for VPOTUS

I guess with the destruction of the North Korean
nuclear tower, we won't hear many talking points concerning
Bush's failed North Korea policy. Iraq is off the table now, too.
It was funny the dems said Bush's Iraq policy was failed because
it was unilateral.(it wasn't). Bush's North Korean policy was failed
because is was multi-lateral and we weren't involved enough.
But, people have short memories.

re: #247 NonNativeTexan

Remember Kerry in a debate saying he would have one on one talks with the NOKs? Bush basically replied it was a stupid idea, we have to have everyone on board and freeze them out.

Bush was right Kerry. Suck on it

Thank godness Kerry lost. What a dark day in the US that
would have been.

re: #249 NonNativeTexan

Hey Bud, just you and me. Who you wanna talk smack about?

re: #247 NonNativeTexan

Yep, and it'll all be gas and housing.

I'll ralph if they bring out the old It's The Economy, Stupid slogan again. Like they know how to do anything but run it into the ground.

Gotta take mini-me to the doctors for his shots, c ya's.

Whoever else ain't here, of course..

re: #252 NonNativeTexan

Whoever else ain't here, of course..

I'm here and listening. Watch those North Koreans carefully folks. They have destroyed a cooling tower for PR purposes, but I haven't seen the reactor itself dynamited yet. The cooling tower can be quickly built again if desired.
But hey this is a start, and I hope they are sincere, and Pres. Bush wins the argument, again, heh.

re: #253 HDrepub

I'm here and listening. Watch those North Koreans carefully folks. They have destroyed a cooling tower for PR purposes, but I haven't seen the reactor itself dynamited yet. The cooling tower can be quickly built again if desired.
But hey this is a start, and I hope they are sincere, and Pres. Bush wins the argument, again, heh.

In the tyrant world, saving face is a big deal. So, Kim Is Ill being
humbled is a good thing.

re: #235 hans ze beeman

The Dinnerjacket introduces his wife

She's a first lady, so it's probably a Prada burqa

Good Morning. These people are nuckin futs. Cute nose.

I got a reply to one of my blog post that I think is a real eye opener. I had mentioned the often denied claim that environmental extremists would like to reduce the population to around 400,000,000. Well I guess I miss read that because this guy thinks 6,000,000 is about the best we can do, oh and try not to hurt any frogs on the way out.

Thanks for the plug, even if you do disagree. I don't think I count as a movement, however. I think the post of mine to which you link is pretty original and not based on readings in a movement.

As for limiting the population, just be sure to understand these important things about me.

1) I do not support any legislation to actually limit human numbers.
2) I support programs that have the effect of voluntarily limiting numbers, such as educating women and getting them into the workforce.
3) I do not claim to know where the actual limit will be. This is something that, since we will not likely limit our numbers voluntarily, will be limited by planetary resources.

If I am right, and we do not take action to limit our numbers voluntarily, we are in for some very painful times during The Great Human Die-Off, which will be carried out by nature, ruthlessly.

Also, I feel, based on my own admittedly non-scientific observations, that the number of humans left when the population stabilizes will not be as high as 400 million. I think that, by my calculations, 300 million is a number we know to be unsustainable. Perhaps 60 million is sustainable. Perhaps 6 million is sustainable.

Perhaps our large brains will prove to be counter to survival and the species will simply go extinct.

If so, it would be my hope to minimize the damage to other species on the way out. We have already caused a mass extinction greater than the one that killed off the non-avian dinosaurs 65.3 million years ago. Let's hope we can stop ourselves from creating a mass extinction of the proportions of the Permian/Triassic extinction 250 million years ago.

Since we're already in a mass extinction, it makes sense to pay attention to the observed fact that large warm-blooded species fare very poorly in mass extinction events. Humans are a large warm-blooded species.

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.
— E. M. Cioran

IMO this is total bullshit, hardly worthy of being called a philosophical observation. Monsters are not necessarily fanatics and they are certainly corruptible. More importantly a whacko who is killed for his beliefs is not in the same moral league as a whackjob who kills for his. And we all know there are good monsters and bad monsters.
Good morning LGFers.

#256 gw

Zero population growth is another bad idea for the western world.
Turns out, the way we are going, zero pop growth is turning
into zero population.

re: #256 gwillie

Hey, die-off! Always a popular subject around here....

While I have astounding prognostication abilities, there still are paths into the future that are occluded from my eyesight.... among them the future human population on this planet.

We have a high probability of continuing our warfare ways, which means we could have sudden huge die-offs... or not.

For the year 2100 I could believe anything from that 6,000,000 figure to one considerably higher (say 10 billion.)

Doubt that many of us will live to the year 2100 to be sure, though.

re: #256 gwillie

woops I forgot to block quote the lefties reply, I'm sure you're all smart enough to know where he starts his rant, second paragraph.

re: #259 freetoken

Every man woman and child on the planet earth could stand in an 8 square foot spot and fill up an area about half the size of Rhode Island.

re: #235 hans ze beeman

The Dinnerjacket introduces his wife

She's a first lady, so it's probably a Prada burqa

Boy, she's a cutie, isn't she.

Good morning folks. 73 degrees as the sun also rises over Chambodia. Another hot steamy one today, and I ain't talking cheesecake.

Zero population growth? My Darwinian fitness is a healthy 1.75, so I'm cool.