Good luck, Charles! Knock 'em dead!

8,646 online...

The right-wing noise machine revs up!

/sarc

Now 8,810 online...

9,068...

The west coast people are settled in at "work"...

9,310...

re: #2 Charles

8,646 online...

What's the record?

9,555...

re: #6 Charles,

Let's go for 10,000 :-)

The warp core is melting, Cap'n!
We canna take much more...

re: #7 NJDhockeyfan

What's the record?

I saw over 12,000 online once when Drudge Report linked. Then we crashed.

9,744...

I don't suppose the ID/evolution debate will come up. I don't mean to cause trouble but I'm an amoral atheist.

LGF navel-gazing mode operative.

Prepare for auto-destruct.

10,232...

10,421...

tick tick tick...

Someone ought to have AEDs standing by for the hamsters.

Over the top!

I can't access the other threads, so in case no one's seen it:

Here is the exact original Iran photo, pre-Photoshop.

What happened was one of the missiles failed to fire, and was left standing on the ground -- ruining the glorious scene, so they 'Shopped in a copy of the missile on the left spewing the smoke of the missle on the right.

Sorry if this has already been posted.

11,001...

Holy cannoli!

THE SURGE IS WORKING!

/I remember when 2,500 online would crash LGF...

11,166 ...

re: #19 zombie

I can't access the other threads, so in case no one's seen it:

Here is the exact original Iran photo, pre-Photoshop.

What happened was one of the missiles failed to fire, and was left standing on the ground -- ruining the glorious scene, so they 'Shopped in a copy of the missile on the left spewing the smoke of the missle on the right.

Sorry if this has already been posted.

I'm waiting for when their nuclear missile turns around and gets Amadmanonjihad.

Rush can wait.

So, Charles is on Prager and being syndicated nationwide, while Buchanan is brokered on something called the Political Cesspool, on a short stick out of a cornfield outside Memphis. Point-set-match.

We'll be crashing any moment at this rate, although I hope I'm wrong.

All across the world people are looking to Iran...
...and pointing and laughing!

11,554...

re: #26 Sharmuta

We'll be crashing any moment at this rate, although I hope I'm wrong.

fasten your seat belt, or should we parachute?

ITS OVER 9,000!

/DBZ

re: #28 Charles

11,554...

This is like watching Mythbusters wait for a soda bottle/Dry ice bomb to explode.

Here we go, 1:30 by Eastern time. Waiting for Charles.

11,796...

re: #29 nyc redneck

fasten your seat belt, or should we parachute?

if all the regulars left lgf for a few minutes it could give some people a chance to see it for the first time maybe

Boss in on next!

12,168...

The Lizards are behind ya!

12,331...

i'm ducking out for a few. got the headphones on though, break a leg, charles!

12,521...

OT:
Sami al Arian in deportation hold after judge orders release from jail.

Under a plea agreement which resolved a terrorism-support case against Al-Arian in 2006, the government agreed to deport him expeditiously once he finished serving his criminal sentence in that case. An earlier trial in that case, held in federal court in Tampa, Fla., resulted in some acquittals for Al-Arian while jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on other charges.

After pleading guilty, Al-Arian was called to appear before grand juries in Virginia investigating a web of Islamic charities, including a think tank, the International Institute for Islamic Thought. Al-Arian refused to testify before the panels, asserting that his plea agreement precluded the government from forcing his cooperation. However, two appeals courts have rejected that argument. Al-Arian spent more than a year in jail for civil contempt for defying the grand juries. His 57-month criminal sentence was put on hold repeatedly while he was jailed for contempt, but the criminal sentence ran out in April.

Al-Arian has insisted he is being persecuted by Justice Department officials sore over the disappointing result of the Tampa trial. Last year, he went on a hunger strike for 57 days and lost over 40 pounds, according to his supporters.

Mr. Turley said Mr. Kromberg acknowledged that some of the questions the government wants to ask Al-Arian pertain to issues raised at his Florida trial. Al-Arian's lawyers fear such a tactic would be an attempt to retry the Florida case by eliciting denials that could become the basis for perjury charges.

Get ready here comes another crash.....
For those who might not know: Fallback LGF

Anybody know the frequency in Chicago?

12,844...

zombie gets the shout out!

...tinkerings in the digital era.........?

Dennis is on 710 AM here in CO - and 710 AM isn't anything like the 850 AM blowtorch. 710 comes in ok in Denver - but nowhere else. So I can't get it. arg!

I take it I missed it? What you talk about? (I'll have to dl it later.)

With a British accent...Never mind.

The take on MSM ought to be interesting. LGF is one of the few players that deals with the MSM on a 'real time' basis

re: #49 nikis-knight

Erm, I meant what did you talk about; it was a typo, I swear I wasn't channeling Different Strokes.

...tinkerings in the digital era.........?

How about exposing forged documents designed to sway a presidential election, and the resulting career end of Dan Rather?

tinkerings.........sheeeeeeesh!

12,777 online

Charles called me "a guy" on the air!

I swear, Charles does not know my gender!

Linguistic convenience only.

As for the mention -- I hardly deserved it!

/hides in embarrassment

Im listening right now :) Hi Charles!

oh wait - if I crank the volume to a million -I get fuzzy Dennis and Charles.

Excellent interview. re: #49 nikis-knight

I take it I missed it? What you talk about? (I'll have to dl it later.)

Yes, it is over. It was about 2-3 minutes long. Charles explained where to spot the wrong missile and how he found out the discrepancies.

Charles, you definitely need to mirror the front end for LGF.

BTW, there is another interview about the photoshoped images from last middle east war. They are also talking about the al-Dura case.

When you get to 13,000...sell!

Haakon, "LGF Navy" I love it. Salamander class?

Former CIA Agent in Iran Comes In from the Heat

Must read article, with interview.

12401

Have we peaked?

re: #61 Kenneth

Former CIA Agent in Iran Comes In from the Heat

Must read article, with interview.

Agreed. We should have a thread on it.

Ha! We worked in literal creation.

Err- I meant "He".

re: #55 zombie

Charles called me "a guy" on the air!

I swear, Charles does not know my gender!

Linguistic convenience only.

As for the mention -- I hardly deserved it!

/hides in embarrassment

Heh. I call everybody "guy."

re: #65 Sharmuta

Ha! We worked in literal creation.

I liked Charles's knowing little chuckle at that.

Good going, Charles. But now you'd better watch out for overworked hampsters...

What, didn't want to use the term "head popping" to describe the Kossacks?

Charles has resisted waterboarding!
Whatta man!
*bow down*

Great job, Boss.

re: #68 Fat Jolly Penguin

Yeah, I cringed when he brought it up.

Hairballs to the walls Hamsters!

Good job, Charles!

re: #55 zombie

As for the mention -- I hardly deserved it!

/editorial comment

re: #55 zombie

Charles called me "a guy" on the air!

I swear, Charles does not know my gender!

Linguistic convenience only.

As for the mention -- I hardly deserved it!

/hides in embarrassment

Let those who will believe it believe it. It adds another layer of anonymity.

Yes, good job Charles, you're getting to be an old pro at this.

All the guys in my knitting club agree.

wow, flipped to prager while driving and heard charles, cool.

12,045
Hopefully we're on the downhill side.
Hamsters seem to be keeping up now.

re: #55 zombie

Charles called me "a guy" on the air!

I swear, Charles does not know my gender!

Linguistic convenience only.

As for the mention -- I hardly deserved it!

/hides in embarrassment

We all know that Zombie is the fourth gender (undead). It's so obvious...

Congratulations!

re: #77 pre-Boomer Marine brat

As for the mention -- I hardly deserved it!

/editorial comment

Well, someone else emailed Charles to alert him to the original problem. That person (whoever they were) deserved more of a mention than me! All I did was find the un-Photoshopped photo, after the fact. Plus someone else make the comparison gif. I'm a minor figure in this!

Building up to Blogasm.....

For those who missed the broadcast, every hour of Prager's show is archived on townhall.com within a few hours of show's end. I'm looking forward to hearing it that way.

re: #82 Golem Akbar

We all know that Zombie is the fourth gender (undead). It's so obvious...

I'm fairly certainly claiming that there are only four genders is a hate-crime where zombie is.

Just glada tht Prager was not able to uncover our plan for Lizrad World domination. Shhh

Damn. I check my RSS feeds in the morning. I wish I would have known this, I would have tuned into Prager.

The site's getting more responsive now, after the first surges subsided.

Still over 11,000 people online, and our page views today are already over 100K.

re: #86 neocon hippie

Thanks for the info. His interview cut out on me about 3/4 of the way through.

re: #74 Rogue198

Hairballs to the walls Hamsters!

Love it! rotating title material?

When I couldn't bring up LFG's this morning here in the east, I just smiled, knowing it was the Iranian Jihad Missiles Fauxtography scandal.

You'd think that one editor at even one newspaper would be looking to catch fake pictures.....but Nooooooooooo......

re: #63 buzzsawmonkey

Four times the population of Hazelhurst, Mississippi.

Or two and a half time the population of Benson, Arizona!

Can we get a transcript, for the tiny percentage of people that have speakers that stopped working yesterday? :D

Somebody may have already posted this.

The NYT on the Iranian Photo Fraud.

Let us not suppose that because of this incident, we can ignore the real threat from the mad mullahs.

re: #87 nikis-knight

I'm fairly certainly claiming that there are only four genders is a hate-crime where zombie is.

Yes, we're up to 17 genders now.

If the acronym of your gay activist group has fewer than 25 letters, you become the subject of a hate-crime innvestigation.

"Hi! Would you like to sign a petition? The members of LGBTTIQNMTFFTMCDGQDKDQAI are trying to raise awareness of indifference!"

"You're under arrest! You left off Gender-Queers!"

"No we didn't! Look again -- LGBTTIQNMTFFTMCDGQDKDQAI is Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transsexuals, Transvestites, Intersex, Questioning, Nullos, Male-To-Females, Females-To-Males, Cross-Dressers, Gender-Queers, Drag-Kings, and Drag-Queens Against Indifference. See -- we've got Gender-Queers in there."

"Yeah? Well, I just counted and your acronym is only 24 letters long, so you must have left off someone, thereby damaging their self-esteem! This is serious crime. Book 'em Joe."

re: #90 Charles

The site's getting more responsive now, after the first surges subsided.

Still over 11,000 people online, and our page views today are already over 100K.

Who is linking to you? Where is all the traffic coming from?

re: #84 zombie

Won't argue, but you're sill a valuable resource.

re: #90 Charles

The site's getting more responsive now, after the first surges subsided.

Still over 11,000 people online, and our page views today are already over 100K.

The surge is working! I was against it before I was for it.

Wow, it took me forever to get on here!

...What's up with FoxNews.com saying that the NYTimes Blog "The Lede" broke this fauxtography scandal (blog posted at 9:16AM)?

Hmph.

re: #93 DistantThunder,

Pretty much, if it passes muster for any one MSM outlet, the other MSM outlets never question it. Anymore, it wouldn't surprise me if the NYT did a story on Bat Boy.

Layers and layers of fact checkers, don't you know.

re: #96 Syrah

Somebody may have already posted this.

The NYT on the Iranian Photo Fraud.

Someone in the comment section mentions LGF.

#
227.
July 10th,
2008
10:51 am

Don’t thank the press for discovering this. It was discovered by a blogger at Little green footballs. He was insturmental in figuring out the Dan Rather document too.

— Posted by Brian

From The Anchoress:

Americans did not need to speak French to save that nation…twice.

Americans did not need to speak German to save the lives of our vanquished German enemy over a long, brutal winter with the Berlin Airlift. (Less glamorous than a photo-op, true.)

Americans did not need to speak Polish or any other language to liberate concentration camps.

Americans did not need to speak anything but the language of honor and compassion to bring aid and comfort to a tsunami-torn land.

Americans did not need to speak Arabic or Urdu to take down a tyrant and liberate his people from the scourge of terrorist insurgents, or to help them to form a democracy that - if you read papers outside of the US - seems to be stabilizing in just a few years.

Americans did not need to speak any of the African languages to help foment real change in a land where people die from mosquito bites, and from an epidemic plague of AIDS.

re: #98 zombie

Worthy of monty python, that.

re: #96 Syrah

Somebody may have already posted this.

The NYT on the Iranian Photo Fraud.

No mention of LGF.

re: #104 Syrah

Ah, you beat me to it... probably others have too. ;)

re: #105 jill e

My grandpa in France in WW1: The Americans would say "Barn Door Manure" to the French, as a facsimile of "Boun Jour M'iseur".

I have probably mis-spelled the French.

If the hamsters are giving you dirty looks that means they have too much time on their hands and have the capacity to provide more work/bandwidth for the lizard minions. /

I'm able to access the thread, but it's in extremely basic form -- no fancy graphics.

Is this a overload-response mode? If so, I like it. Cuts down on the outbound data packets.

MSN is running with it too but also crediting the NYT:

[Link: photoblog.msnbc.msn.com...]

re: #96 Syrah

Somebody may have already posted this.

The NYT on the Iranian Photo Fraud.

Ooooh!

Interestingly, the NY Times does not credit LGF for this, even though they link to this earlier LGF Fauxtoshop Iran scandal, so obviously they must have read LGF to research the article.

I think it was a hint of guilt on the NY Times' part. They didn't want to say they got the info for the missile 'Shop scandal from LGF, so they threw Charles a bone by linking to an earlier exposé.

Tsk tsk tsk on the NY Times!

re: #108 MJ

No mention of LGF.

There are a few

#
152.
July 10th,
2008
10:25 am

Kudos to the NYT for publishing this. I hope it makes the print edition.

Kudos also to blogs such as Little Green Footballs which helped to break the story yesterday.

This isn’t the first time that Iranian news agencies have faked and photoshopped images as part of their propaganda campaign. This is, of course, what non-democratic states do to puff themselves up, so we shouldn’t be surprised. But too often in the past the international press agencies such as AP, AFP and Reuters have published images without critical review.

There is an old saying in the news business: “if your mother says she loves you, check it out!” Particularly when dealing with less-reliable or opaque news sources, images should be checked rigorously prior to publication.

I hope this article in The Lede is the start of a more critical appraisal of images being pushed to news agencies. It can only help the quality of the news, and the reputation of newspapers.

— Posted by Steve White

"Nullos"?

re: #115 zombie

Ooooh!

Interestingly, the NY Times does not credit LGF for this, even though they link to this earlier LGF Fauxtoshop Iran scandal, so obviously they must have read LGF to research the article.

I think it was a hint of guilt on the NY Times' part. They didn't want to say they got the info for the missile 'Shop scandal from LGF, so they threw Charles a bone by linking to an earlier exposé.

Tsk tsk tsk on the NY Times!

I agree. That's how it looks to me too. They threw me a bone and linked to an earlier post, but didn't want to credit me for breaking the story.

Charles sounded more knowledgable and articulate than 3/4's of the guests Prager typically has. And he knows so much about so many topics of relevance to Prager's audience.

Shouldn't Dennis and Allan consider making him a more frequent (if not regularly scheduled) commentator?

[Link: www.Joo-Tube.com...] wonders ...

re: #111 lawhawk

If the hamsters are giving you dirty looks that means they have too much time on their hands and have the capacity to provide more work/bandwidth for the lizard minions. /

Dare we claim that l*zy h*mst*rs have been ripping us off? (I don't want to come right out and say it. They may have a way to retaliate.)

re: #108 MJ

No mention of LGF.

In the passage "Does Iran’s state media use Photoshop? The charge has been leveled before" they link to Charles (an earlier scandal) as a point of comparison.

re: #113 buzzsawmonkey

Why am I reminded of KOYANNASQATSI?

HOYANNASQATSI was of course the version filmed at Georgetown U.

re: #117 Occasional Reader,

That would be Barack [No Middle Name] Obama after Jesse Jackson gets through with him.

re: #116 Syrah

There's no credit in the story itself...only in the comments.

re: #121 buzzsawmonkey

It's a deliciously nutty confection.

We start making nullos by ripping the nuts off the obama tree...

re: #90 Charles

The site's getting more responsive now, after the first surges subsided.

Still over 11,000 people online, and our page views today are already over 100K.

I can't do the codes, but you ought to call your site: LGF (inc.). Then release an IPO.

re: #124 Iron Fist

I dinged you down for beating me. (Bastard.)

Charles might I suggest tribbles as a possible hamster replacement? You'll find that tribbles possess a degree of scalabilty much greater than that of hamsters. I know that there are claims of trouble with tribbles but those are greatly exaggerated.

re: #127 Golem Akbar

Then release an IPO.

Is that anything like an LGBTTIQNMTFFTMCDGQDKDQAI?

/

re: #119 Joo-Tube

yes.

re: #117 Occasional Reader

"Nullos"?

You don't want to know.

re: #133 zombie

You don't want to know.

My curiosity got the better of me, so I googled it.

Gah.

That's just plain mental illness. Sorry, none of this "whatever floats your boat/let a thousand flowers bloom" crap. Those people need help.

re: #134 buzzsawmonkey

Why anyone would want to do that absolutely stumps me.

They're just jealous of my natural genderlessness, so they try to create the effect through surgery.

Either that, of they never got over a childhood sexual attraction to their Ken doll.

re: #134 buzzsawmonkey

Why anyone would want to do that absolutely stumps me.

You know what they say, all that is geld does not glitter.

re: #135 Occasional Reader

My curiosity got the better of me, so I googled it.

Gah.

That's just plain mental illness. Sorry, none of this "whatever floats your boat/let a thousand flowers bloom" crap. Those people need help.

Here's a nice picture of a real nullo.

It's not X-rated because nothing's there!

And yes, I also believe it is a form of mental illness.

re: #138 zombie

Here's a nice picture of a real nullo.

I'll pass, thanks.

#139 buzzsaw:

I will go out on a limb and agree with you.

You really knocked that ball out of the park!

Any chance the segment that you were on can be put up for all to hear? Unfortunately, I was unable to listen but would like to. Would this break Prager rules if it was posted?

(Alternate version: Eunuched that ball out of the park!)

Careful Charles, those hamsters can bite....

The thread has really degenderated.

re: #117 Occasional Reader

"Nullos"?

Nullo.

(Not safe for work, as you migh imagine)

re: #148 Spiny Norman
Nevermind. Zombie was much too quick.

re: #144 buzzsawmonkey

It's going, it's going, it's

Whoops, sorry, didn't mean to cut your post off.

Cut it out, you guys.

re: #151 buzzsawmonkey

The vision of a specially-funded--"endowed"

They're supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Listened to you on Praeger, Charles. Its great that he gives you the credit you deserve on this issue. Congrats!

With all these people watching, I guess I will have to be very careful what I type.

Eitherway, again, very well done.

I know it is not cool to ask for a "hattip" but what does it take to get an on-air mention? ;)

re: #154 WrathofG-d

If it was you who sent the original suspicion of a faked photo to Charles:

I hereby transfer my on-air mention to you!

Seriously, you (or whoever it was) deserved it more than me! I just had good timing -- I sent the original photo to Charles about two minutes before he went on air, so it was fresh in his mind.

Interview with a Nullo.

o_O

re: #155 zombie

If it was you who sent the original suspicion of a faked photo to Charles:

I hereby transfer my on-air mention to you!

Seriously, you (or whoever it was) deserved it more than me! I just had good timing -- I sent the original photo to Charles about two minutes before he went on air, so it was fresh in his mind.

No it wasn't me. I had nothing to do with this Iranian missle thing. I was just looking for some street cred. (I don't want to take credit for something I had nothing to do with)

Now if only Charles had mentioned your site...that would have been awesome for you. Eitherway, its great to hear LGF and Zombie on a progam I listen to almost every morning. Keep up the good work everyone.

btw: Charles mentioned that the actual photo is on the net (and he has a copy). Why wouldn't he put it also on the front page?

re: #155 zombie

Can anybody imagine Littlegreenfootballs.tv with 24 x 7 coverage of lizard issues...

Charles, is there someway and place to save your interviews on LGF, so that future generations of lizards and their hatchlings may in inculcated with LGF wisdom?

Might there be someway to determine & identify who was the lucky 10,000 viewer? If they're registered, shouldn't they get a lizard tee-shirt or coffee mug or mouse pad? -- I am assuming - meaning that I'm making an ass of myself and not anyone else - that these items are or will soon be available to Lizards everywhere...

Is there a link to listen to a replay of the interview?

Mr. Johnson? I'm from the Teamsters. I'm here to organize the hamsters...

aargh! I can't believe I had to miss it for a stupid work meeting. I would think my colleagues would know better.

re: #161 ploome hineni

You're right! In reviewing the post, I plead low blood sugar, and a decided tongue-in-cheek.

The fist two paragraphs were intended to be humorous. My bad!

However, having Charles sell tee-shirts, coffee mugs, etc to his profit, isn't a bad idea. Lord knows, the bill for hosting must be quite large... bandwidth costs money. Not to mention a little bit trying to the folks at HostingMatters.

re: #138 zombie

Here's a nice picture of a real nullo.

It's not X-rated because nothing's there!

And yes, I also believe it is a form of mental illness.

Gaaaaaahhhhh!
Excuse me while I go strap on my armor-plate athletic cup.