Stormy night in NYC tonight.

Scary lightning.

Well, said. I have known too many fools.

/^{_{and have been one myself on occassion.}}

Waaiitt a minute. I always heard that "there's NO rest for the wicked".

re: #4 jcw46

Waaiitt a minute. I always heard that "there's NO rest for the wicked".

When aphorisms collide!

Obama is portrayed as the new JFK. I wonder how he'd respond to a present-day Cuban crisis.

Ah, well, with this, then, I 'Hi' and 'Bye!' and I'll be back as K.

Gotta go home and write some modules for ESL Saturday.

bbiaw
if the elasmosaurus doesn't get me outside the *ahem!* 'museum'...

re: #2 Tarkus289
We haven't had a decent t-storm here in a while. Of course when we get t-storms, usually no rain and then forest fires. East slope of Cascades, Wa state.

Cool lightning tonight on the East Coast...

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

~C.S. Lewis

This could explain my preference for Hillary over Obama.

I think I would rather be governed by 100 people picked at random from the phone book than by our present Senate.

re: #10 Sharmuta
Sounds like the goddamn nanny state gov't the leftists want to foist on us.

re: #10 Sharmuta

Great quote, where's it from?

It was a dark and stormy night .....
Much sound of crashing, breaking glass and an unexplained whirring noise.
Ahem, we regret to inform that this post has been canceled until good taste prevails.

re: #9 PSGInfinity

had a front row seat.and only one power hit to interupt the show.(had to go ck. all the equipt.)

re: #10 Sharmuta

I do adore CS. He had some wonderful views on relativism too

re: #14 paradox42

Great quote, where's it from?

From CS Lewis, I thimk...

re: #12 rawmuse

That sounds like an interesting form of governence.

“Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy.”
G. K. Chesterton

re: #16 Boondock St. Bender

had a front row seat.and only one power hit to interupt the show.(had to go ck. all the equipt.)

We had a power hit too. Wasn't here, looks like it was minor.

re: #10 Sharmuta

Indeed.

Thanks for having me, folks! Good Night!
(Although I may hang around for a little while)

"Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live."
W. C. Fields

"Religion hinges upon faith, politics hinges upon who can tell the most convincing lies or maybe just shout the loudest, but science hinges upon whether its conclusions resemble what actually happens."
- Ian Stewart

Should he have his logo at the Western Wall?

re: #26 Typicalwhitey
That is bullshit!

Any lizards in the San Diego area? I'm actually in the States this week, and would love to meet up with anybody around. Thursday evening or possibly Friday evening is what (I think) I have available. I'll buy the beer.

re: #25 Racer X

as long as science does not become politicized.(great quote!by the by)

Didn't he help build the Western Wall?

"Obamas' a socialist and he will destroy the United States." - Nigella

re: #27 pingjockey

Think anyone will pick up on it?

re: #28 haakondahl
Be here early, like 6am PDT, Dorian Grey lives down there, don't know who else.

re: #26 Typicalwhitey

Should he have his logo at the Western Wall?

This man is hateful!

Right now it's 60 degrees f. here, directly above the center of the Earth.
Which happens to be near Detroit. No storms. Beautiful sleeping weather.

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

re: #32 Typicalwhitey
Don't count on the msm. They're all swooning.

There was some kind of incident at the Wall, I suppose it was discussed earlier, but I only read the bottom of the last thread.

re: #33 pingjockey

dorian won't respond,unless you act interested in buying one of his cd's though.(just kidding dorian)

Drudge has: "Politics hits the Wall" as a headline....developing

re: #38 Boondock St. Bender
Heh!

re: #34 SpartanWoman

This man is hateful!

I'm surprised his campaign staff didn't ask if they could get a fresh coat of paint on the wall for Obama's photo op.

{ Assume, etc. }

re: #37 Tarkus289

Putting his logo there just seems incredibly tacky.

It has been developing for over an hour, I'm curious.

re: #37 Tarkus289
Some one was shouting "Israel isn't for sale". Haven't had the news on though.

re: #39 Typicalwhitey

Drudge has: "Politics hits the Wall" as a headline....developing

Whoa. Now that is some hardcore pandering.

Running for President is pretty tacky too.

C'mon everybody! Get up and Dance To The Music!

re: #42 Typicalwhitey

having a logo period seems tacky.

Hes a politician not Mcdonalds or Nike.

re: #21 PSGInfinity

We had a power hit too. Wasn't here, looks like it was minor.

Rolling power outs on So. Cal for about 4 hours. Sorta a blink/blink.
As an aside, I was woken up this morning about 7 by two Cobra helicopters transiting the coast. The sound is unmistakable. But I'm sure they circled my block just to wake me up.

"Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest."
Mark Twain

re: #42 Typicalwhitey

How dare you question the great, wise, and benevolent BO. HEATHEN! REPENT NOW!

/sarc^infinity

re: #45 Cognito
Well he had to do something to placate the liberal Jewish vote after talking to murdering savages.

Tarkus 289, as long as you aren't bi-curious. A snide reference to South Park!

re: #42 Typicalwhitey

Putting his logo there just seems incredibly tacky.

Especially when myobama.com is a virtual sanctuary for anti-Semites and holocaust deniers.

re: #42 Typicalwhitey

Putting his logo there just seems incredibly tacky.

Worse than tacky. Cynical beyond belief.

I'm trying to think of a metaphor to describe the cynicism, but 'put his logo up at the Western Wall' pretty much defines the outer limit.

re: #52 paradox42

How dare you question the great, wise, and benevolent BO. HEATHEN! REPENT NOW!

/sarc^infinity

If McCain did this can you imaging the howls of protest from the MSM?

maybe the obamesiah will make it all better

I dont think this is true, but maybe when he is elected the planets will align to point at his aura...

/see prior notes

re: #48 pegcity

having a logo period seems tacky.

Hes a politician not Mcdonalds or Nike.

I disagree, he is indeed McDonalds or Nike or Taco Bell

re: #56 Cognito

your not even supposed to take pictures their let alone plaster your godamn stupid LOGO

re: #48 pegcity

lets hope this isn't the start of some disturbing new trend.

His arrogance is breathtaking!
The koskiddies are loving all his pics at the wall.
Puke.

re: #59 SpartanWoman

Hes a brand not a human.

He's got as much depth as a Starbucks phamplet on rainforests

re: #60 pegcity

your not even supposed to take pictures their let alone plaster your godamn stupid LOGO

I thought the photo ban was only on the Sabbath?

The logo is still ridiculous, regardless.

If he does meet with ahmadinejad, will their halos interact and blind us all?

re: #65 Tarkus289

If he does meet with ahmadinejad, will their halos interact and blind us all?

Hopefully they will interact and self-destruct

I'm beginning to think Obama is believing his own press.There is a possibility he may have gone overboard in his belief that he is the chosen one. Hopefully I'M right.

re: #64 Cognito

not sure, all i know is i got yelled at by a bunch of Hassids for taking pictures

waiting for the obama/halo photoshop.with the sun beaming down...and obama standing there as if he's the only reason it's there.

re: #57 Typicalwhitey

Indeed. It would be known as the the howls heard 'round the world.

I wonder if this is his first protester. He is used to people swooning not criticizing.

A pic of him at the Wall
The caption at kos: This is deep, I am moved. By the diarist. Freakin hilarious!

The people at the Wall aren't exactly a go-along-to-get-along sort of people. I suspect Obama had a harsh reception, there.

re: #72 Typicalwhitey

my god i have that exact same picture, so do i dunno millions of other people.

Typicalwhitey, I'm moved to.... to vomit!

Meanwhile, Obama's talking up the great contributions by "Mookie" hasn't caused the Iraqis to back off. Over in Diyala province, they are planning to move in on AQ and the Mahdi Army. 30,000 Iraqi soldiers. Go get 'em!

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

re: #74 pegcity

What?

That pic is so wrong.

re: #77 Typicalwhitey

a picture of me at the wall touching it, its not really that special everyone who vists takes the same picture.

re: #4 jcw46

Waaiitt a minute. I always heard that "there's NO rest for the wicked".

Well, since when do the wicked follow the rules?

re: #78 Tarkus289
From the looks of some of the blogs on his website, I am sure that left a little burn circle on his head!

Obambi is flatulent in many languages.

re: #28 haakondahl

Any lizards in the San Diego area? I'm actually in the States this week, and would love to meet up with anybody around. Thursday evening or possibly Friday evening is what (I think) I have available. I'll buy the beer.

I'm here, but not available on those days? In town for ComiCon?

re: #65 Tarkus289
what happens when two idiotarians come together? Is like matter and anti-matter? :)

re: #81 Typicalwhitey

They'll give him a pass.

Dem presidential hopeful Barack Obama, during a stop in Israel, in sisted that the U.S. hold direct talks with Iran, saying he would use “big sticks and big carrots” to persuade the country’s leaders not to develop nuclear weapons.

What a foreign policy genius.

/good thinking to hold the "massively ginormous sticks and the gigantically humongous carrots" in reserve

re: #84 pingjockey

what happens when two idiotarians come together? Is like matter and anti-matter? :)

It certainly could be!

Live long and prosper Pingjockey

re: #86 Killian Bundy
Big frakkin' sticks yes. No damn veggies though.

1 milligram carrot.
15 megaton Stick.

Good background music... Weezer's new song Everybody Get Dangerous

"Some of my friends did,
They were all just a little bit wicked."

re: #76 K~Bob

Iraqi security forces are massing more than 30,000 soldiers and police for an upcoming operation against al Qaeda and the Mahdi Army in the eastern province of Diyala, according to police and military officials.

The operation, which was expected to be launched this week, has been scheduled to kick off on August 1, an anonymous senior Iraqi military officer told AFP. "The operation is aimed at cleansing the region of insurgents, al Qaeda and militias who are still there," the officer said.

Gee, does anyone really think this is going to be a success now that an "anonymous senior Iraqi military officer" has spilled the beans to the media?

Hey, where did they all go?

Wow a close up of logo and pic of Obama

re: #87 SpartanWoman
Thank you. May your dilithium crystalbe fruitful.

Big sticks and big carrots....is that like a strongly worded letter from the UN?

re: #89 Tarkus289

screw the carrots, give up your nukes or you will see what it was like living in the 7th century you so worship.

Although I labor without cease
At Dumas père and Dumas fils,
Alas, I simply do not care
For Dumas fils or Dumas père.
-- Dorothy Parker

(I always have to look it up, but Jr. is best known for Camille, and Sr. for The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.)

re: #96 Throbert McGee
Ok, whatinhell is that avatar?

Obama incorrectly claims membership of Senate committee

Yeah opps.

CNN what a bunch of turds

re: #83 CyanSnowHawk

I'm here, but not available on those days?

? Huh? What the hell did I do that for?

re: #83 CyanSnowHawk

I'm here, but not available on those days? In town for ComiCon?

No, it's work. Sorry you can't make it. Lemme know if you can do it.

Ok, (this might have been posted, didn't see it) the Govenator decided to rattle the cages of the state employees union - state employees to be paid minimum wage until budget approved.

re: #67 nigella

I'm beginning to think Obama is believing his own press.There is a possibility he may have gone overboard in his belief that he is the chosen one. Hopefully I'M right.

Here's hoping that this backfires on him, big time.

re: #101 slokat
That is gonna cause an uproar. :)

re: #102 CyanSnowHawk

the Media does love to build people up only to tear em down.

But this time who knows.

Good lightning storms earlier tonight in the NC outer banks. But they've moved north.

Folks in Houston are getting a little pissy.

re: #104 pegcity
The media is too heavily invested in the obambi to tear him down.

Could Obama be the hidden imam?

re: #86 Killian Bundy

What a foreign policy genius.

/good thinking to hold the "massively ginormous sticks and the gigantically humongous carrots" in reserve

Didn't Carter try that?
IIRC it almost got him eaten by a rabbit.
// {;-)™

Finally a new thread, and I'm to pooped to post. Seems to be going that way as of late. Prime Time LGF used to be informatively diverse and fun, but not so much lately. Hopefully, this too shall pass.

re: #106 rawmuse
Anything done or said against obambi will be labeled racist. No free speech against the chosen one. Gaaaaaah!

re: #108 jcw46

Could Obama be the hidden imam?

You give him too much credit. Obama is not the problem. He's an empty suit. His controllers are who we need to fear.

Obama rides a V-22 from Ramadi to Amman.
[Link: www.defensetech.org...]

Why? When he had his gleaming 757 sitting at Baghdad Int'l Airport.

re: #96 Throbert McGee

Devolution!

(I much prefer pere.)

re: #108 jcw46
Is he wet? Did he just climb out of a well?

re: #51 cutestguy

But he is the Messiah! The Lord of Lords and Host of Hosts! Such a fitting place to put it!

/yeesh!

I'm surprised he didn't pledge to personally rebuild the Temple. Yeesh.

re: #104 pegcity

the Media does love to build people up only to tear em down.

But this time who knows.

It's so hard to read just what they are doing here, but I like that thought pegcity. It brings to mind a line from Dune, "Usul, we have wormsign the likes of which even god has never seen."

re: #91 Racer X

Gee, does anyone really think this is going to be a success now that an "anonymous senior Iraqi military officer" has spilled the beans to the media?

Hey, where did they all go?

This is how third world, particularly Arab military or police forces operate. Arrange a big show for the visiting Americans. Make lots of loud noises and be sure the troops look inspection ready. Somehow though the word always gets out and the targets slip away. Remember the Americans will one day leave and everyone else will remain. Nobody wants to get caught up in a blood feud. Besides everyone is really related to some degree and you can't hurt your Uncles Cousins Nephews In Laws Niece's husband. If that fails everyone is a Muslim and protected (except for the few who are not and who are targets). Like with canine packs a leader's aggression is used to compel signs of submission after which the threat recedes. Saddam violated this rule by actually going after people and communities. In that he showed himself more a student of the secular soviets than of the religious tribal culture of Iraq. AQI also violated the expected standard and lost the tribes.

re: #116 Pawn of the Oppressor
Cripes! Don't give him more ideas for pandering.

i remember when the media was convinced they had a kerry win in the bag as well.

The media loves to think they speak for all americans

Well, its getting late here in NY so I'm gonna have to sign off. Later lizards.

re: #110 Cartman

Seems to be going that way as of late.

Pick your spots bro. Your opinion is much appreciated.

re: #120 pegcity

i remember when the media was convinced they had a kerry win in the bag as well.

The media loves to think they speak for all americans

Sounds more like the unguarded thoughts that sneak out of our mouths when exceptionally inebriated.

re: #122 Mich-again

Thanks Mich, but the spots (topics) to pick from seem to grow fewer and farther between, at least for me.

re: #123 CyanSnowHawk

Bar talk

"Yeah id so do Obama, hes so hot"

"Um Katie were live on the Air"

Econ 101 from the Nuge

re: #9 PSGInfinity
Well some of that cool lightning hit a car in our parking lot, literally no more than about 75 feet from our ground floor apartement! The sound - BLAST actually, and the smell was astounding.
But even more astounding is that Duke Power kept the power going!

Despite Ben Stein's unpopularity here at LGF of late, I enjoyed his visit to Glenn Beck tonight. He was very quick to compare the giant 75,000 person stadium coronation of Emperor Obama with a classic '40s fascist rally, something I haven't heard outside the blogs before.

Have you noticed that the fawning journalists travelling with Obama cannot be heard? The questions they ask him aren't heard -- just his answers. Listeners, then, cannot tell if he really answered the question.

re: #126 rawmuse
Ted for VP!

re: #129 hermeneutics

Does the messiah permit questions?

re: #91 Racer X

Gee, does anyone really think this is going to be a success now that an "anonymous senior Iraqi military officer" has spilled the beans to the media?

Hey, where did they all go?

AQ and Mahdi guys drug their asses to Diyala to avoid getting killed in Sadr City and elsewhere. Iraqi Army isn't just lining up in Diyala at some starting line. They have undoubtedly cordoned off the area, and the locals (who hate both groups) will let 'em know where to go. They also have other assets in play. The Iraqi army is actually getting good at this stuff.

{ Assume, etc. }

re: #128 Lizard by the Bay
I like Ben. He just went off the rails a bit.

re: #118 lifeofthemind

This is how third world, particularly Arab military or police forces operate. Arrange a big show for the visiting Americans. Make lots of loud noises and be sure the troops look inspection ready. Somehow though the word always gets out and the targets slip away. Remember the Americans will one day leave and everyone else will remain. Nobody wants to get caught up in a blood feud. Besides everyone is really related to some degree and you can't hurt your Uncles Cousins Nephews In Laws Niece's husband. If that fails everyone is a Muslim and protected (except for the few who are not and who are targets). Like with canine packs a leader's aggression is used to compel signs of submission after which the threat recedes. Saddam violated this rule by actually going after people and communities. In that he showed himself more a student of the secular soviets than of the religious tribal culture of Iraq. AQI also violated the expected standard and lost the tribes.

This is one of the most culturally insightful explanations I have read ... "the leader's aggression is used to compet signs of submission."

I'm off to do other things, here's a macro shot taken this morning while trying to show one of my clients (building related not photo related) why I own different lenses. (Of course, now she's jonesing for a macro lens) Purpleness

'night all!

re: #4 jcw46

re: #4 jcw46

Waaiitt a minute. I always heard that "there's NO rest for the wicked".

I think that means that the wicked must always look over their back to protect themselves from being caught by those they have harmed, which is true.

Whereas the other one means that in performing wicked acts they occasionally take a respite, although I'm not sure if this is true.

So, perhaps they can co-exist.

re: #110 Cartman Hey Cartman my friend - don't sweat it, sometimes ya get a thread you really want to dig into, sometimes you get a thread that you just by-pass or read.
It's just happenstance which one ya get!

re: #113 RTLM

Obama rides a V-22 from Ramadi to Amman.
[Link: www.defensetech.org...]

Why? When he had his gleaming 757 sitting at Baghdad Int'l Airport.

/much better photo op

re: #108 jcw46

Could Obama be the hidden imam?

About as much chance of that as him being the antiChrist.

re: #138 Killian Bundy

i thought Obama hate new combat systems and wants america to fight with Sporks

re: #139 JeremyR

About as much chance of that as him being the antiChrist.

That's what? Fifty-fifty?

re: #139 JeremyR

About as much chance of that as him being the antiChrist.

Especially since the two are synonymous

re: #135 slokat

I'm off to do other things, here's a macro shot taken this morning while trying to show one of my clients (building related not photo related) why I own different lenses. (Of course, now she's jonesing for a macro lens) Purpleness

'night all!

I have no idea what a macro lens is, but your image of a flower is beautiful. Thanks for sharing it, Slo.

Bees would get pollen from that flower, you know!

Good nighty.

re: #118 lifeofthemind

This is how third world, particularly Arab military or police forces operate. Arrange a big show for the visiting Americans. Make lots of loud noises and be sure the troops look inspection ready. Somehow though the word always gets out and the targets slip away. Remember the Americans will one day leave and everyone else will remain. Nobody wants to get caught up in a blood feud. Besides everyone is really related to some degree and you can't hurt your Uncles Cousins Nephews In Laws Niece's husband. If that fails everyone is a Muslim and protected (except for the few who are not and who are targets). Like with canine packs a leader's aggression is used to compel signs of submission after which the threat recedes. Saddam violated this rule by actually going after people and communities. In that he showed himself more a student of the secular soviets than of the religious tribal culture of Iraq. AQI also violated the expected standard and lost the tribes.

This wasn't billed as secret. They had planned this as soon as they knew that's where the Mahdi leftovers were headed. The Iraqi army doesn't need to be secretive on big ops like this.

{ Assume the mop up is in progress. This is good news, folks. }

re: #136 Archimedes

I alway thought it meant that the wicked had a lot to do and little time to do it in.

re: #131 pegcity

Does the messiah permit questions?

Only staged questions. His answers may not correspond to the questions. We don't know.

re: #141 jcw46

That's what? Fifty-fifty?

re: #142 SpartanWoman

Especially since the two are synonymous

I guess Spartanwoman answered it for me ;-)

re: #139 JeremyR
I thought that the the hidden imam WAS the AntiChrist?!

re: #137 realwest

RealW - bit any spoons today? Remember, there is no spoon...
/
Actually, hope some one pulls, fixes, bonds, whatever your tooth soon!

...now I'm gone, for tonight. bye!

re: #128 Lizard by the Bay

Despite Ben Stein's unpopularity here at LGF of late, I enjoyed his visit to Glenn Beck tonight. He was very quick to compare the giant 75,000 person stadium coronation of Emperor Obama with a classic '40s fascist rally, something I haven't heard outside the blogs before.

Ben's support of that one issue does not really take away from his righteousness on many others. I was disappointed about "Expelled", but still believe he has his head on straight regarding politics and economics. And it doesn't hurt that my wife took $600 of his money.

re: #148 realwestI thought the hidden imam was in a well?

re: #142 SpartanWoman

Especially since the two are synonymous

Really? Hmmm, that's not how I've understood what I've read about both. Of course it would depend on the POV.

re: #150 CyanSnowHawk

your wife was on the Show?

crazy

Man, if I was on a Magical Messianic Mystery Tour of the Middle East I'd be totally stoked to ride in an Osprey.

"Hey you guys like this thing? Can we go faster? I wanna try out the door guns... Hell with it, can we go shoot up some Al Queda types? You guys know where the terrorists are, we can ditch the reporters and go tear some shit up, I promise I won't tell..."

I've been in this country since 1970 and I have never seen anything like the MSM's fawning over Obama.
I've seen plenty of bias. I've seen overt partisanship.
But nothing like this.

Creepy.

re: #26 Typicalwhitey

Should he have his logo at the Western Wall?

Ohfercryinoutloud!

Is there an old proverb about hubris? Pride comes before the fall?

I'm shocked. Although by this point, I shouldn't be.

re: #148 realwest

I thought that the the hidden imam WAS the AntiChrist?!

I thought the hidden imam was a childrens book, along the lines of "Where's Waldo."

re: #149 slokat Hey slokat thanks for the good wishes, but thanks even more for the beautiful photo you posted in #135.

re: #155 wolfie

and people wonder why leftists are so quick to allow these nutcases to become dicatators, because at the end of the day leftards love being told what to do.

Thinking doesn't agree with them.

re: #151 pingjockey

I thought the hidden imam was in a well?

I think "ah, well" occurred a lot in that compilation (Rush) showcasing Obama's stammerin' and stutterin'.

re: #148 realwest

I thought that the the hidden imam WAS the AntiChrist?!

See? Obama has as much chance of being the hidden imam as he does of being the antiChrist. Smooth words, people follow him in spite of his message.

re: #155 wolfie 1970?
That's the year I got out of the Army and started Law School! Where didja come from?

Hello fellow Lizards!
Well, it is time.
Tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM Pacific Time, I sit for the Series 7 Exam. I've toted around this big 600-page study guide since the end of January, and for over four months I've studies my ass off and fried some brain cells over the sheer amount of stuff I've had to absorb.
Now I get to see whether I remember 70% of it, for that's the score I have to get to pass.
What more can I say. It is time. Wish me luck.

re: #160 K~Bob
Hahaha, There was what, 7 minutes of that uh, um, crap. The man cannot speak off the cuff.

re: #2 Tarkus289

Scary lightning.

Now it's here in New Hampshire.

If he goes to Samarra, I'm headin' for the hills.

re: #163 Macker

good luck, im writing my Canadian securities course test on Aug 6.

I heard the series 7 is tough, you need what a 75 to pass vs a 60 on the CSC.

re: #153 pegcity

your wife was on the Show?

crazy

The very first episode they taped with Nancy as the co-host. It wasn't shown on schedule, but eventually made it to air. I was in the audience and Ben called me up to meet him after the taping when my wife pointed me out. Very nice guy in person.

re: #163 Macker
Good luck!

booga booga I believe in Intelligent Design, booga booga

re: #159 pegcity

and people wonder why leftists are so quick to allow these nutcases to become dicatators, because at the end of the day leftards love being told what to do.

Thinking doesn't agree with them.

You've got a point there.
But, Lord, it is a creepy thing to behold.

re: #155 wolfie

I've been in this country since 1970 and I have never seen anything like the MSM's fawning over Obama.
I've seen plenty of bias. I've seen overt partisanship.
But nothing like this.

Creepy.

I totally agree with you, Wolfie. Regarding the print media, though, maybe it is their last, big hope of relevance. If they can swing an election, then maybe they aren't as culturally insignificant as their circulation numbers suggest.

re: #168 CyanSnowHawk

thats so cool

re: #167 pegcity

Best of luck on that peg. It took me two tries to get it here in Ontario. Busted a lobe studying for the second try.

/55% first time 62% second.
//a pass is a pass.

re: #170 WitchDoctor

booga booga I believe in Intelligent Design, booga booga

Hey! It's the booga man.

re: #170 WitchDoctor
Stop it. Go to previous thread. Do not pass go. Get whacked by Mandy.

re: #159 pegcity
Yup, hence their propensity to wish for the Nanny State. You see evidence of it EVERYWHERE. No one will take personal responsibility for ANYTHING if they are Leftists (and frankly a surprising amount of Rightists fall into the same "it's not my fault" verbiage.
What the hell ever happened to the idea that I am (assuming one is a legal "adult") responsible for my own actions/inactions/words/silence?

re: #144 K~Bob

This wasn't billed as secret. They had planned this as soon as they knew that's where the Mahdi leftovers were headed. The Iraqi army doesn't need to be secretive on big ops like this.

{ Assume the mop up is in progress. This is good news, folks. }

Agreed, this is the good news mop up.

The purpose is to clean up and establish control more than to actually corner and kill specific Mahdists. If any insist on remaining and becoming martyrs then that will be their choice.

Thank you to hermeneutics for the kind words and good night all.

re: #163 Macker

Wish me luck.

May you pass the exam with flying colors, and go on to become a wealthy citizen!

re: #163 Macker

Hello fellow Lizards!
Well, it is time.
Tomorrow morning at 8:00 AM Pacific Time, I sit for the Series 7 Exam. I've toted around this big 600-page study guide since the end of January, and for over four months I've studies my ass off and fried some brain cells over the sheer amount of stuff I've had to absorb.
Now I get to see whether I remember 70% of it, for that's the score I have to get to pass.
What more can I say. It is time. Wish me luck.

My best to you, Macker. No one will care, after you pass, if you got a 70 or a 100, so just pass ... okay?

70% to pass here.

re: #156 Spiny Norman

Ohfercryinoutloud!

Is there an old proverb about hubris? Pride comes before the fall?

I'm shocked. Although by this point, I shouldn't be.

Suggest reading Mathew 24. When you see the Obama nation of Desolation standing in the holy place.....

re: #172 hermeneutics

i really fear for America if this guy wins, i think it will tear the country apart.

At least Bush was leader of a massive state and had experience, i wouldn't trust Obama to run a dairy queen.

re: #181 cutestguy

There's a Shakespeare quote (at least I think its the Bard) that says,

"Whom Gods destroy, they first make mad."

Obama is frakkin' nuts. Really.

There, fixed that for ya!

re: #162 realwest

1970?
That's the year I got out of the Army and started Law School! Where didja come from?

Bolivia! I came up here to go to college when I was sixteen.

(Which is mighty strange since I am only 39 ! cough...cough )

re: #184 pegcity

i really fear for America if this guy wins, i think it will tear the country apart.

At least Bush was leader of a massive state and had experience, i wouldn't trust Obama to run a dairy queen.

Or BE a dairy queen.

See you all or some of you all in the morning. Night all.

re: #163 Macker

I wish you good luck, though I believe you will not need LUCk at all!
May you be steady and clear-eyed!

re: #184 pegcity

i really fear for America if this guy wins, i think it will tear the country apart.

At least Bush was leader of a massive state and had experience, i wouldn't trust Obama to run a dairy queen.

America is tougher than that. An Obama win will cost us, but the Republic will survive. We do that, we're Americans.

re: #155 wolfie

I've been in this country since 1970 and I have never seen anything like the MSM's fawning over Obama.
I've seen plenty of bias. I've seen overt partisanship.
But nothing like this.

Creepy.

The fact that it is so over-the-top will turn off far more voters than it will attract. And that seems to be borne out: 49% think the Media is working to elect Obama

Oh, and this (because the subhead is hilarious):

Media in love with Obama?
Recent polls, McCain agree: Press is twitterpated

Twitterpated.

LMAO!

re: #184 pegcity

i really fear for America if this guy wins, i think it will tear the country apart.

At least Bush was leader of a massive state and had experience, i wouldn't trust Obama to run a dairy queen.

One can only hope, if he wins, that he's hampered by ordinary Americans who give him a resounding defeat, first in two years at the 2010 Congressional election, and then in 2012, when he seeks reelection. I can't imagine he'll do well enough in office to fool the majority of ordinary Americans.

re: #174 BlueCanuck

Best of luck on that peg. It took me two tries to get it here in Ontario. Busted a lobe studying for the second try.

/55% first time 62% second.
//a pass is a pass.

im doing it with Edward jones and they basically tell you exactly what's on the tests. We have alot of review tests and summerized notes cause that CSC book is so dense and impossible to know what the hell there talking about.

The damn Income statements and Balance sheets are killers though.

Did you do your IFIC?

re: #163 Macker
Hey Macker - GOOD LUCK! Though you won't need it if you've studied so hard!
Best wishes, anyway!

re: #192 Spiny Norman

twitterpated = worshipful.

And on that horrible note, good nighty all Lizards. Take care of yourselves.

re: #163 Macker

I'll wish you luck and confidence on your upcoming test. If you know it you will pass but second guessing that knowledge can bring you down.

re: #184 pegcity

i really fear for America if this guy wins, i think it will tear the country apart.

At least Bush was leader of a massive state and had experience, i wouldn't trust Obama to run a dairy queen.

If I could vote for GB again I would, so many people think he is stupid but I do not see him like that at all.

re: #194 pegcity

im doing it with Edward jones and they basically tell you exactly what's on the tests. We have alot of review tests and summerized notes cause that CSC book is so dense and impossible to know what the hell there talking about.

The damn Income statements and Balance sheets are killers though.

Did you do your IFIC?

Yeah, I did. Just waiting to activate my liscence now. I ignored the Income and balance sheets on my second attempt. Focused on a couple sections like types of funds and descriptions, personal responsibilty, and two others. That was enough to push me over the top.

re: #196 hermeneutics

twitterpated = worshipful.

And on that horrible note, good nighty all Lizards. Take care of yourselves.

I know what it means, but I've always thought it was a funny word. I just hadn't heard (read) it in years.

re: #192 Spiny Norman

The fact that it is so over-the-top will turn off far more voters than it will attract. And that seems to be borne out: 49% think the Media is working to elect Obama

Oh, and this (because the subhead is hilarious):

Media in love with Obama?
Recent polls, McCain agree: Press is twitterpated

Twitterpated.

LMAO!

Thanks for those links and your post. (And not just because it makes me feel more optimistic!)

re: #193 hermeneutics

The fact it's come this far is like some bad graphic novel.

The truth truly is stranger than fiction.

And thats what Obama is fiction.

re: #198 BBev

Hes not dumb, just a lousy speaker, but at least he can go 20 seconds without UH UH UH UH

re: #199 BlueCanuck

i think im gonna ignore it as well, skip em and come back to em if i have time.

Any tips on the test, are there lots of YTM questions?

re: #196 hermeneutics

twitterpated = worshipful.

And on that horrible note, good nighty all Lizards. Take care of yourselves.

twitterpated = besotted?

re: #196 hermeneutics

twitterpated = worshipful.

And on that horrible note, good nighty all Lizards. Take care of yourselves.

A delightful word it is! Goodnight, hermie!

re: #172 hermeneutics
Respectfully, the day when the print media could swing an election passed with the coming of CNN - not because CNN was, well, the Communist News Network, but because the arrival of CNN on the scene meant that other visual medial had to get going themselves, with more hours devoted to news than entertainment (though in politics one can easily make the argument that that was an easy switch).
Seriously, I'm beggining to doubt the Visual Media's ability to swing an election, especially THIS coming election. I know a lot of folks say they haven't made up their minds, but frankly I think they are lying through their teeth.

re: #203 pegcity

Hes not dumb, just a lousy speaker, but at least he can go 20 seconds without UH UH UH UH

The difference between Bush and Obama is that Bush has the answer he wants to give, he's just not good at conveying it. Obama has to go "uh uh uh" for half a minute because it takes him time to make up new bullshit.

re: #203 pegcity

Hes not dumb, just a lousy speaker, but at least he can go 20 seconds without UH UH UH UH

He is better then that he has protected America from any new attacks and has brought the war to the ones that want to kill us

re: #179 K~Bob

May you pass the exam with flying colors, and go on to become a wealthy citizen!

And then become my bestest friend!
LOL!

re: #207 realwest

when it comes down to it i think americans need security, and they know in their hearts this moron will destroy that, just remeber there have been no mass terrorist attacks in the US since 911, yes isolate incidents but under Obama who the hell knows, id give it a week

Pack of (30) giant Russian bears kill and eat 2 Russians.

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

A pack of enormous bears searching for food killed and ate two men at mines in Russia’s Pacific Kamchatka region and have kept hundreds of geologists and miners from reaching the mine, news agencies reported Wednesday.
A pack of up to 30 Kamchatka bears—which are similar to grizzlies—prowled around two mines of a local platinum mining company where they killed the two guards on Thursday, local officials were quoted by the Russian ITAR-Tass news agency as saying. About 400 company workers have refused to return to the mines for fear of the bears, which stand 10 feet tall on their hind legs and weigh up to 1,500 pounds, Interfax reported.

About 10 bears have also been seen near the village of Khailino sniffing fish remains and other garbage.

Village official Viktor Leushkin was quoted by ITAR-Tass as saying that a team of hunters will be dispatched to shoot or chase off the bears.
“These predators have to be destroyed,” Leushkin was quoted as saying. “Once they kill a human, they will do it again and again.”

Rampant fish poaching in the Kamchatka tundra often forces the bears to seek other sources of food, such as garbage. Bears frequently attack humans in the scarcely populated peninsula region.

/Now THAT is irony

re: #193 hermeneutics

One can only hope, if he wins, that he's hampered by ordinary Americans who give him a resounding defeat, first in two years at the 2010 Congressional election, and then in 2012, when he seeks reelection. I can't imagine he'll do well enough in office to fool the majority of ordinary Americans.

The Clintons' overreach led directly to the GOP winning control of the House for the first time in 40 years.

The question is: how much damage could Barry do in 2 years?

I guessing a lot. Even though McCain is a Big Government "moderate" Republican and could give us plenty of nonsense (Amnesty?), those 2 years of "free rein" is a risk we can't afford.

re: #211 pegcity

when it comes down to it i think americans need security, and they know in their hearts this moron will destroy that, just remeber there have been no mass terrorist attacks in the US since 911, yes isolate incidents but under Obama who the hell knows, id give it a week

Think Jimmy Carter

re: #187 wolfie Bolivia, really? WOW! Let's pass on that math issue, I just want to know if you ever visited the place where Butch and Sundance met their fate?!?

re: #214 BBev

well who knows without Carter then maybe there wouldn't have been Reagan, but i still think America and the world didn't need mr Peanut.

*I'm*

PIMFitty, PIMF, PIMF.

re: #213 Spiny Norman

The Clintons' overreach led directly to the GOP winning control of the House for the first time in 40 years.

The question is: how much damage could Barry do in 2 years?

I guessing a lot. Even though McCain is a Big Government "moderate" Republican and could give us plenty of nonsense (Amnesty?), those 2 years of "free rein" is a risk we can't afford.

Don't forget, as far as Dems go, Bubba was fairly central, and in his first two years he had a Congress led by an old guard Dem (Gephardt). The first two years of the most radical socialist ever in the White House aided by a Nancy Pelosi Congress is an untold disaster of epic proportions. San Francisco values will become American values, and the country we love could cease to exist. That is no exaggeration, much as I wish it were.

re: #216 pegcity

well who knows without Carter then maybe there wouldn't have been Reagan, but i still think America and the world didn't need mr Peanut.

Um, not likely. Reagan nearly beat Ford in the primaries and made a big impression in the process (I was old enough to notice). Even if Ford had beaten Carter, Reagan would have been elected in 1980, regardless.

You're absolutely right about something, though: the world certainly did not need deserve Mr Peanut.

PIMF: central = centrist

re: #209 BBev Hi BBev - great Post!
It's sorta ironic that, because Bush carried the fight to the enemy, never gave them any respite and pretty much shut down all of their hiding places and sanctuaries from which they would otherwise have recruited, trained, armed and then been able to coordinate attacks such as 9/11, most people now don't think terrorism is a threat to us.

re: #214 BBev

Think Jimmy Carter

Great. I was just going to say g'nite and sweet dreams to all the lizards, and now I will have images of Carter the Jew hater spinning round in my head!

I will apply some brain bleach, and if it doesn't help, I will seek you and find you! ;)

re: #216 pegcity

well who knows without Carter then maybe there wouldn't have been Reagan, but i still think America and the world didn't need mr Peanut.

I remember the 70's very well and I never want to live those times again. In the 70's there were the people that were saying how we could not do something and I'm am there person that says how we can do something, I do not want to live it again.

re: #219 Lizard by the Bay

Don't forget, as far as Dems go, Bubba was fairly central, and in his first two years he had a Congress led by an old guard Dem (Gephardt). The first two years of the most radical socialist ever in the White House aided by a Nancy Pelosi Congress is an untold disaster of epic proportions. San Francisco values will become American values, and the country we love could cease to exist. That is no exaggeration, much as I wish it were.

A bit of a quibble: during the election campaign he portrayed himself that way, but once in office, he lurched back to the Left (HillaryCare, anyone?)

It was a GOP Congress that forced his triangulating self back to the Center.

Army may go unpaid as sanctions dry up supply of paper for Zimbabwe banknotes

The Zimbabwean government is struggling to find enough cash to pay its workers, and more importantly the military, after it was forced to cut back on printing money because sanctions have severed its supply of banknote paper from Europe.

Officials involved in the printing say the regime fears the presses could be shut down altogether if further political pressure causes the withdrawal of software licences used to design and print notes.

Paper money is already in short supply because the state-run Fidelity Printers & Refiners in the capital, Harare, cannot keep up with demand created by the hyperinflation and rapid devaluation that causes notes to lose almost their entire value within weeks of being issued.

/ruh roh

re: #211 pegcity Well I've said this before out here and never received a single upding, but I'm gonna say it again - I firmly beleive, regardless of the polls and the media, that the "average" American, once in the solitude of the voting booth, will pull the lever for the candidate whom they trust the most.
Obviously there are exceptions: Dems who will always vote Dem, Repubs who'll always vote Repub and the like and this year Blacks will vote more than 90% for Obama - he's the first and may be the last chance they have to see a Black POTUS and frankly, as terrible as Obama is, I understand Black Americans voting for him. But the rest of the great masses will vote based on who they trust the most.
And this year it's McCain.

re: #223 NY Nana

Great. I was just going to say g'nite and sweet dreams to all the lizards, and now I will have images of Carter the Jew hater spinning round in my head!

I will apply some brain bleach, and if it doesn't help, I will seek you and find you! ;)

Oh, { { {Nana} } }, sweetie. You've just gotta do something about those visions!

Ambien, maybe?

heehee

re: #222 realwest

Hi BBev - great Post!
It's sorta ironic that, because Bush carried the fight to the enemy, never gave them any respite and pretty much shut down all of their hiding places and sanctuaries from which they would otherwise have recruited, trained, armed and then been able to coordinate attacks such as 9/11, most people now don't think terrorism is a threat to us.

Hey Real .. When history is written GB will be shown to be a true leader and a man of conviction. I have his bumper sticker on my truck and there it will stay till the last day of his term.

re: #226 Killian Bundy

Army may go unpaid as sanctions dry up supply of paper for Zimbabwe banknotes

/ruh roh

Ruh roh!

Do I detect the the scent of "military coup" on the breeze?

re: #215 realwest

No, I have not, but I have a couple of siblings who have!
They became famous down there only after the movie came out, BTW, but ever since have been regarded with a sort of amused affection.

Che Guevara, on the other hand, is still widely regarded as scum.
Even the current president (a Chavez man....UGH!) is very careful about that subject.

re: #223 NY Nana

Great. I was just going to say g'nite and sweet dreams to all the lizards, and now I will have images of Carter the Jew hater spinning round in my head!

I will apply some brain bleach, and if it doesn't help, I will seek you and find you! ;)

Ya thanks, you are one that I don't need afer me. I fear the IRS less then you :-)

re: #213 Spiny Norman
Spiny, I'm thinking for the first year Obama can get away with blaming bush 100%; second year blaming Bush maybe 50%, third year no one will believe our problems are Bush's fault. NO ONE.

re: #226 Killian Bundy

Army may go unpaid as sanctions dry up supply of paper for Zimbabwe banknotes

/ruh roh

Just use toilet paper - same difference.

re: #227 realwest

I can't upding that , RW.
I'm too superstitious!

It's like when Mr. Wolf was giving my brother (BIG Giants fan) all of these reasons why the Super Bowl would be a great game and NY could win. My brother didn't want to hear it, partly because he was bracing himself for defeat, and partly because he thought the prediction would be a jinx!

re: #233 realwest

Spiny, I'm thinking for the first year Obama can get away with blaming bush 100%; second year blaming Bush maybe 50%, third year no one will believe our problems are Bush's fault. NO ONE.

Real.. I like to keep my home at 72 and I want to eat anything I want, I don't need someone telling me or making me what I need. I work 12-14 hour days for a living, if Osama wins why would I do that. I will work 8 hour days and not deal with the tax burden that he Will impose on me.

re: #231 wolfie Hah! I served with the 8th Special Forces Group in Panama (note: I am not nor was I ever qualified to be Special Forces, just served with em) and two of the Old Guys (as we called them - but not to their faces) were in on the capture of Che. And the Bolivian Colonel who greased Che as he was lying in bed, handcuffed to the bed, was almost gunned down himself by the 12 members of the Special Forces A team.
BTW, they said they had NO TROUBLE finding Che, master guerilla warfare expert that he was, nor in taking out his remaining "soldiers".

re: #237 BBev

Ya I'm in the top 5%

re: #238 realwest

Realwest...........I started writing you an email tonight and my comp shut down. I will try again tomorrow, I think I have everything all set but will follow up with you.

Create your own Barrack Obama caricature

(For those like myself who ought to be asleep but aren't)

re: #238 realwest

Wow!

That Colonel martyred the stupid bastard when he should have rotted away in a Bolivian cell.

re: 4 soldiers charged with murder -

MSM is awful quick to out the names of the soldiers. The frenzies seize on this "story" smacks of the Haditha enthusiasm. Looks to me like another stab to besmirch the Troops.

And early 2007 at the full height of the Surge... Total bullshit - they (MSM) can roll it up and stick it up their asses.

/Interesting timing

re: #238 realwest

Che, the great guerillero (!), did not have or succeed in establishing the one essential thing: support from the community. The "peasants" did not find him or his cohorts amusing at all!
I can believe he was a sitting duck, especially for a group like the Special Forces!

re: #237 BBevOh yes you will - you work those hours because of who you are: dedicated to getting it right and if it takes 12 hours that's what it takes.
Besides, with the recession we're gonna have, WHOEVER is the president would have to be a monumental asshole (and yes, that even includes Obama) to RAISE taxes.
There isn't one recognized, legitimate economist out there who's gonna say yeah, people can't afford gas, people are truly struggling to make ends meet, NOW, so lets take more of their money.
Even Socialists have learned from France's example of what happens to socialistic, nanny state ideals when they kill the golden goose.

re: #240 BBev I'm eagerly awaiting my friend! But get it right before you send it - don't rush it on my account!

Oh dear! What am I doing up at this hour ?
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz Goodnight all!

re: #204 pegcity

Sorry about getting back to a little late. Work called. What is YTM?

re: #245 realwest

Oh yes you will - you work those hours because of who you are: dedicated to getting it right and if it takes 12 hours that's what it takes.
Besides, with the recession we're gonna have, WHOEVER is the president would have to be a monumental asshole (and yes, that even includes Obama) to RAISE taxes.
There isn't one recognized, legitimate economist out there who's gonna say yeah, people can't afford gas, people are truly struggling to make ends meet, NOW, so lets take more of their money.
Even Socialists have learned from France's example of what happens to socialistic, nanny state ideals when they kill the golden goose.

Ya your right but I guess I will have to work 16 hours a day if Osama wins.

re: #242 Racer X
Yep, that he did. It was Che's death that made him a fixture in the minds of certain people; had we simply captured him, put him in a Bolivian jail, there'd be no Che worship or T-shirts or flags.

re: #69 Boondock St. Bender

waiting for the obama/halo photoshop.with the sun beaming down...and obama standing there as if he's the only reason it's there.

"And then he had to ruin it by talking."
-Bruce Wayne about Clark Kent

re: #244 wolfie Precisely so wolfie. It's axiomatic that if you are going to win a guerrilla war, YOU MUST HAVE "THE PEOPLE" with you or at least not against you. The "Great Che" believed his own press clippings and instead of getting out of Bolivia while he could, thought he could harangue Bolivians into a revolution. He was wrong.

re: #250 BBev

Ya your right but I guess I will have to work 16 hours a day if Osama wins.

Nah, most people won't be able to find work at all.

Well all y'all it's been grand but I gotta get some sleep NOW! LOL!
I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you down the road!

Goodnight, all.

re: #255 realwest

Good night Real

re: #249 BlueCanuck

yield to maturity, calculating bond yields

re: #254 Neo Con since 9-11

Nah, most people won't be able to find work at all.

Not me. there is always work for evil real estate developers

re: #257 pegcity

A couple questions, but the math was fairly light on my exam. They recently lowered the amount of questions from 125 to 100. The rumour I heard was that MF brokers are declining in the province.

/BTW you're in Manitoba right?

re: #259 BlueCanuck

yah im assuming though its the same test as its through the CSI

re: #260 pegcity

There was a lot of KYC though. Mostly tied in with high risk funds and low risk. I came up with a mnemonic sorta of listing the level of risk of funds. Now, let me see if I can find it. :)

/might be at home some where on my desk.

All they found was the camera.

This guy is scum. Please put meon the jury, WMUR

The upcoming Obama Riot/Car Torch: Berlin

Via Drudge - [Link: www.dw-world.de...]

In the build-up to what is probably the most anticipated American campaign speech ever held on foreign soil, one of Berlin's main city magazines offered its readership cut-out American flags to wave at Barack Obama's planned address.

The presumed Democratic nominee plans to arrive in the German capital on Thursday morning. Not much of his agenda for the day has been made public, but he is set to speak at Berlin's Victory Column -- formally the main site of the Love Parade -- at 7PM local time.

Those who want to hear Obama live have been told to start arriving three hours earlier. Berlin authorities say that as many as a million people could attend. Four TV stations are broadcasting the entire speech, and the rest are scrambling to secure prime locations at the site.

Only around 13,000 Americans live in Berlin. So what is motivating Berliners and Germans in general to treat a Democratic presidential hopeful to such a royal welcome?

He's not Bush

/Calling all Soccer Hooligans

pimf/ me on

re: #261 BlueCanuck

Hah, it is at home but I remembered it. Money Mortgage Bonds Dividends Balanced Equity Index Specialty.

MMBDBfEIS. Great for a lot of questions.

re: #264 RTLM

The upcoming Obama Riot/Car Torch: Berlin

Via Drudge - [Link: www.dw-world.de...]

/Calling all Soccer Hooligans

WTF.. I do not want to be a European my family left there soooooo many years age and I keep reminding my family that is here that we in no way want to be like Europe

Wow and who has a claim on it? Arctic May Hold 90 Billion Barrels of Oil, U.S. Says

re: #267 BBev

It is an odd sort of cognitive dissonance some immigrants have. No memory of the hell that forced them from their home country. Probably worse in the 2nd and 3rd generations. Since what Grandma or Grandpa tells the grandkids stories of the hell that made them pick up and move. Even though they still can see the shithole that the old country is.