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And Now for Some Patty Griffin

Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:18:55 pm PDT

Here’s an outstanding version of “When It Don’t Come Easy,” from Patty Griffin’s Impossible Dream.

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And by the way, registration is open for a limited time.

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1 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:21:53pm
2 van helsing  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:21:58pm

Very nice. I've never had the venue all to myself.

3 van helsing  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:22:22pm

Happy to have TFK here, though.

4 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:25:19pm

Friday Night Tunes. Thanks!

5 saberry0530  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:25:41pm

Scurry about you little lizards. Are there any with "Gameybuttocks"?

6 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:26:01pm
7 Crimsonfisted  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:26:08pm

re: #1 taxfreekiller

H & C is doing the John Edwards story now.

I can't trust H and C after the Luntz Love Fest on the berlin speech yesterday. I need time.

8 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:27:00pm

Lord have mercy! That lady sings so sweet!

Never heard of her, before this.

Beautiful. I'm a fool for those hurting songs. Thanks, Charles.

9 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:27:02pm

I've never heard of her. I'm glad I have now. Very pretty. Solid.

10 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:27:49pm

re: #5 saberry0530

How do we know the difference?

11 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:28:52pm
12 saberry0530  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:29:02pm

re: #10 lori lane
BY their attitude, I guess!

13 freedomplow  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:29:23pm

Didn't do the Veep thread until after much consideration.

Conclusion...

Mike Pence

Video

More on Pence

14 IslandLibertarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:29:51pm

re: #10 lori lane

lori, you have the creepiest avatar.........

15 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:30:07pm

I guess Patty Griffin is classified as a country singer, no?

16 stevieray  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:31:11pm

More Iranian fauxtography?

h/t Hot Air

17 IslandLibertarian  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:31:56pm

re: #10 lori lane

the scary thing is, it looks familiar.......

18 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:33:18pm

That was lovely.

19 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:33:43pm

Gorgeous! THANK YOU, CHARLES.

Not only have I learned more about politics at LGF, I've learned more about music.

20 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:35:25pm

nice tune, awful plastic surgery.

21 Bobibutu  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:35:41pm

Yeah! Thx Charles.

22 Salamantis  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:36:25pm

Registration is open again, so soon? Charles must be running out of IDiotarians...;~)

23 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:36:44pm
24 Bobibutu  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:36:45pm

re: #19 MandyManners

Gorgeous! THANK YOU, CHARLES.

Not only have I learned more about politics at LGF, I've learned more about music.

It never frikkin ends ... huh?

25 Miss Trixie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:36:47pm

&#9834 &#9836 Good evening, {lizards!} &#9836 &#9834

And a great big Canadian welcome TCGTM to new hatchlings.

Remember to sweep up the shells and I'll take a chilled glass of a nice Aussie Shiraz.

Oh, and a nice big bowl of Nuts 'n' Bolts to nosh suits me just fine.

Thanksabunch! :D

26 hermeneutics  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:37:08pm

re: #20 Mr. Bingley

nice tune, awful plastic surgery.

Jeez, I was thinking she needed it.

27 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:37:25pm
28 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:38:12pm

For those who want something a little more -- what's the word? Brutish? -- than Patty Griffin, revert back to your caveperson nature with

Calabria 2007, by Natasja

29 Bobibutu  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:39:35pm

re: #28 zombie

For those who want something a little more -- what's the word? Brutish? -- than Patty Griffin, revert back to your caveperson nature with

Calabria 2007, by Natasja

we just listnin' right now.

30 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:40:07pm

re: #20 Mr. Bingley

re: #26 hermeneutics

Close your eyes, then.

Nice voice, who cares what she looks like?

Sheesh... We can't all look like Brittney.

31 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:40:50pm

Look how tight and stretched her face is; I'm 2 months older than her and really, enjoy your 40s, honey.

32 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:40:53pm

re: #27 taxfreekiller

she may not be a country singer, but she can have a pair of my boots

High praise, indeed.

33 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:41:48pm

#30 Last thing I would want anyone to look like is Brittney; why can't she just look like...herself?

34 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:42:24pm

re: #14 IslandLibertarian

awww it's a cute kitty lizard!

35 zombie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:42:53pm

re: #29 Bobibutu

we just listnin' right now.

You don't just listen. You must become one with the song.

36 hermeneutics  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:43:16pm

re: #33 Mr. Bingley

#30 Last thing I would want anyone to look like is Brittney; why can't she just look like...herself?

Agreed.

37 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:43:48pm

re: #31 Mr. Bingley

..."Look how tight and stretched her face is.."

Dude, who is looking at her face?

The lady sings sweet. What more do you want?

38 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:43:53pm

Why is this woman's appearance being disparaged? Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but ugly comes through even over an internet connection.

39 jamgarr  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:44:32pm

Hello In There

Youtube Video

40 Bobibutu  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:44:48pm

re: #35 zombie

You don't just listen. You must become one with the song.

OK ya got me ...

41 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:45:11pm

re: #37 WhiteRasta

..."Look how tight and stretched her face is.."

Dude, who is looking at her face?

The lady sings sweet. What more do you want?

women to stop getting themselves sliced up for no good reason, schmaybe?

42 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:45:19pm

re: #33 Mr. Bingley

#30 Last thing I would want anyone to look like is Brittney; why can't she just look like...herself?

Youtube Video

43 itellu3times  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:45:19pm

She very good.

44 MnMatty  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:47:02pm

I'm in! I feel like a member of the country club where I caddied but couldn't join because I'm Catholic.

45 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:47:03pm

More Patty Griffin here. Oh she country all right.

And, if I may say Sharmuta, she's looking pretty good to this traveller...

46 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:47:21pm

re: #37 WhiteRasta

..."Look how tight and stretched her face is.."

Dude, who is looking at her face?
The lady sings sweet. What more do you want?

Not me, I promise.

47 jamgarr  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:47:24pm

Blue

Youtube Video

48 tyree  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:48:01pm

Charles...
Patty Griffin?
Patty Griffin!
Thanks
And Thank you Patty, for sticking with the whole music thing, there.

49 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:48:03pm

re: #24 Bobibutu

It never frikkin ends ... huh?

Perfect end to a hectic week: ziti with a homegrown tomato and arugula sauce topped with toasted almonds, a huge romaine-and-red-onion salad with chunks of homegrown tomatoes and thin slices of cucumbers, crusty bread, followed by a long bubble bath and now, Patty Griffin and a nice tot of Basil Hayden's.

50 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:48:41pm

re: #41 Mr. Bingley

Women do that to satisfy men like you who cannot see past their work and insist on commenting about their looks and not their work.

51 David IV of Georgia  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:48:46pm

Quiet newbie hatchlings.....still haven't stabilized from Open Registration shock?

52 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:48:50pm

re: #44 MnMatty

I'm in! I feel like a member of the country club where I caddied but couldn't join because I'm Catholic.

Welcome aboard! Now, don't do anything stupid, mkay?
/

53 Pygmalienation  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:48:55pm

She looks as georgeous as her poetry reads and her voice sounds! Nice subdued ensemble arrangement to go with it as well.
So there!

54 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:49:48pm

re: #44 MnMatty

I'm in! I feel like a member of the country club where I caddied but couldn't join because I'm Catholic.

Welcome MnMatty. Remember, its a tough room.

55 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:50:29pm

re: #52 VegasRick

Welcome aboard! Now, don't do anything stupid, mkay?
/

He's a Minnesotan. How could you think he'd do anything stupid?

Nevermind...

56 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:50:36pm

re: #41 Mr. Bingley

women to stop getting themselves sliced up for no good reason, schmaybe?

Gee- maybe if so much focus wasn't put on women to be youthful and beautiful, women might feel less inclined to do that. But when people tell you your old and/or ugly, well- that can make women feel and do all sorts of things. In other words- why don't you lay off her!

57 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:51:08pm

re: #55 Noam Sayin'

He's a Minnesotan. How could you think he'd do anything stupid?

Nevermind...

That is F"ING Fuuunnnnyyyy!

58 snowcrash  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:51:27pm

re: #55 Noam Sayin'
Is that a new avatar? Very nice!

59 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:52:42pm

re: #50 WhiteRasta

Women do that to satisfy men like you who cannot see past their work and insist on commenting about their looks and not their work.

completely bassackwards, mcgee.

i like her work (which i did comment positively on) but am puzzled by why she, like sadly so many female entertainers, feel the need to go under the knife.

60 Miss Trixie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:53:03pm

re: #51 David IV of Georgia

Quiet newbie hatchlings.....still haven't stabilized from Open Registration shock?

I thought I'd intimidated them with the House Rules at my #25.

Huh.

61 jamgarr  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:53:14pm

Overtime

Youtube Video

62 itellu3times  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:53:17pm

[Link: www.newscientist.com...]

Seven reasons why people hate reason
23 July 2008
Special Report from New Scientist Print Edition.

Linguist Noam Chomsky talks about reason and exaggerated claims.
Penrose talks about when we need to sidestep reason
Bioethicist Tom Shakespeare talks about why reason doesn't tell a good story.

From religious fundamentalism to pseudoscience, it seems that forces are attacking the Enlightenment world view – characterised by rational, scientific thinking – from all sides. The debate seems black and white: you’re either with reason, or you’re against it. But is it so simple? In a series of special essays, our contributors look more carefully at some of the most provocative charges against reason. The results suggest that for all the Enlightenment has achieved, we still have a lot of work to do.

You can't actually read most of the articles without being a subscriber, but even the titles and intros are interesting, and you can always buy the hardcopy.

You can be sure much of the stuff is wrong, btw, but some of it may well be right.

63 ibmkeyboard  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:53:33pm

re: #49 MandyManners

Perfect end to a hectic week: ziti with a homegrown tomato and arugula sauce topped with toasted almonds, a huge romaine-and-red-onion salad with chunks of homegrown tomatoes and thin slices of cucumbers, crusty bread,


Shall I pour the wine- Madame?

Using my best English butler accent.

64 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:54:01pm

re: #58 snowcrash

Is that a new avatar? Very nice!

Funny you should mention that. I checked to see if it's within Charles's parameters. It's just under 14kb, so I saved it to an avatar folder. Might just have to bring it out once in a while.

65 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:54:22pm

re: #60 Miss Trixie

I thought I'd intimidated them with the House Rules at my #25.

Huh.

Yoos scarid dems.

66 Van Helsing  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:55:00pm

This [Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...] (snagged via Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler)

was just read by the author on H & C. I'm still laughing.

67 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:55:14pm

re: #56 Sharmuta

Gee- maybe if so much focus wasn't put on women to be youthful and beautiful, women might feel less inclined to do that. But when people tell you your old and/or ugly, well- that can make women feel and do all sorts of things. In other words- why don't you lay off her!

so me saying 'why oh why did she get plastic surgery' is the equivalent of encouraging her to get plastic surgery?

uh, ok.

68 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:55:25pm

re: #59 Mr. Bingley

For my said reason, above.

69 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:56:01pm

re: #59 Mr. Bingley

puzzled by why she, like sadly so many female entertainers, feel the need to go under the knife.

Maybe because there are assholes out there making women feel like they need to by calling them old or ugly.

70 David IV of Georgia  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:56:03pm

I had the privilege of working 14 hours today. All at time and a half, thankfully.

71 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:56:51pm

re: #67 Mr. Bingley

Passing snarky comments about her having had plastic surgery got my back up.

72 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:56:59pm

In case anyone makes videos, or has that perfect McCain ad in their head and would like to see it get exposure:

MediaCurves.com is sponsoring Ballads for Ballots 2008, a political music video contest, and will be awarding two prizes of $5,000 to the contestants selected as winners by MediaCurves.com viewers.

As a reminder, we have extended the deadline to August 25th...

To submit your video or view examples of some entries, please visit [Link: www.mediacurves.com...]

73 Miss Trixie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:57:35pm

re: #65 VegasRick

Yoos scarid dems.

Hahahahahahaha!

/tinkling laughter

//need a paper towel :P

74 Big Steve  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:57:53pm

Everyone......just hit a mark....down 50 lbs....just nipping below the bit 300. If I keep this up might have to change my user name.

75 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:58:44pm

re: #69 Sharmuta

Maybe because there are assholes out there making women feel like they need to by calling them old or ugly.

and this asshole, who is older than her, is saddened by her (apparently) getting the surgery.

76 Miss Trixie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 6:59:17pm

re: #74 Big Steve

Everyone......just hit a mark....down 50 lbs....just nipping below the bit 300. If I keep this up might have to change my user name.

Yee-hawwwwwwwwwwwww! Way to go! *mwah*

Good for you!

77 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:00:22pm

re: #74 Big Steve

Everyone......just hit a mark....down 50 lbs....just nipping below the bit 300. If I keep this up might have to change my user name.

Well done Big Steve. Do you work out?

78 David IV of Georgia  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:00:27pm

re: #74 Big Steve

Everyone......just hit a mark....down 50 lbs....just nipping below the bit 300. If I keep this up might have to change my user name.

I lost 10 lbs. on Monday. I also blacked out twice. I felt much better after drinking 10 lbs. of salty water. At least the hurricane cooled things down a bit.

79 snowcrash  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:00:29pm

re: #74 Big Steve
Wow, great job. What's your goal?

80 Killgore Trout  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:00:50pm

re: #70 David IV of Georgia

Consider yourself lucky. My last employer (a self proclaimed socialist) did not pay the legally required overtime pay.

81 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:00:52pm

Here is a real song!

Youtube Video

Mariano pitching in the bottom of the 9th- Yanks up 1-0 over bosux.

82 Pvt Bin Jammin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:01:31pm

She's great! Thanks, Charles.

83 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:02:16pm

re: #63 ibmkeyboard

Shall I pour the wine- Madame?

Using my best English butler accent.

I've Basil. No need for wine but, thank you any, Jeeves. Take the rest of the night off. No, the weekend. Toodles!

84 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:02:22pm

re: #73 Miss Trixie

Hahahahahahaha!

/tinkling laughter

//need a paper towel :P

solly.

85 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:02:27pm

re: #75 Mr. Bingley

Registered since: Oct 23, 2004 at 7:28 pm
No. of comments posted: 26

And you pop up - what?- just to rip on this woman's looks? LAME.

86 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:02:52pm

re: #64 Noam Sayin'

Funny you should mention that. I checked to see if it's within Charles's parameters. It's just under 14kb, so I saved it to an avatar folder. Might just have to bring it out once in a while.

My mom, the Yellow-Dog Democrat, would love to sport that on her car.

87 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:03:42pm

Da newbies be berry quiet.

88 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:03:46pm

re: #67 Mr. Bingley

Ah, don't get yer knickers in a twist.

89 Big Steve  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:04:19pm

re: #77 experiencedtraveller

Well done Big Steve. Do you work out?

I am 6'6" so 300 lbs isn't too awful. Yes do work out but not religiously, maybe 2 to 3 times a week. However was diagnosed with diabetes 8 months ago or at least something called incipient diabetes. So took out obvious sugar and no alcohol which was easy since I don't drink much. Otherwise pretty much eat what I like. Blood sugar running between 100 to 110 so that is about normal.

My wife has a rule....if I ever want to mess around behind her back, it has to be with only women born in the 50's and ones that will have sex with me. She was feeling pretty safe about item 2 until recently. I haven't even taken her up on this by the way.

90 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:04:29pm

re: #74 Big Steve

Everyone......just hit a mark....down 50 lbs....just nipping below the bit 300. If I keep this up might have to change my user name.

Petite Steve?

91 David IV of Georgia  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:04:37pm

re: #80 Killgore Trout

Consider yourself lucky. My last employer (a self proclaimed socialist) did not pay the legally required overtime pay.

You've spoken of this great humanitarian before. I'm sure he keeps a very dedicated and loyal workforce.

92 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:05:02pm

re: #86 MandyManners

Yep- its a keeper!

93 Reno911  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:05:16pm

Excellent choice Charles.

94 likesbrusselssprouts  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:05:48pm

i'm in! woo hoo, meow!

95 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:05:50pm

re: #85 Sharmuta

Registered since: Oct 23, 2004 at 7:28 pm
No. of comments posted: 26

And you pop up - what?- just to rip on this woman's looks? LAME.

ooooh, what a cracklin' command of logic and argumentative skill you possess!

That's so relevant, really.

96 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:05:53pm

Ohhhhhh sugar monkeys- youk puke got a single- one out in the 9th.

97 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:05:55pm

So Obama is running for president of the 'world' and touring all these foreign countries, does he or has he or will he speak a 'foreign' language?

Or just another case of the "do as I say, not as I do" liberal hypocrisy?

(Even this Idaho luddite speaks Bulgarian fluently and in the process of learning Tagalog...)

98 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:06:07pm

re: #88 MandyManners

Ah, don't get yer knickers in a twist.

Their not.

99 lawhawk  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:06:13pm

Someone ought to come up with a thank you note for Rep. Conyers (D-moonbat MI) for putting together yet another moonbat congressional circus with a committee hearing that was all but an impeachment talk in everything but name.

The usual suspects got to vent their spleens.

Even Cindy Sheehan was there. So was Bugliosi, who was busy peddling his book. So was Kucinich. And Hinchey.

100 Big Steve  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:06:32pm

re: #94 likesbrusselssprouts

i'm in! woo hoo, meow!

Be nice to Mandy. Revere your elders.

101 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:06:33pm

re: #98 Mr. Bingley

Their not.

hahaha, "they're" also not

102 Killgore Trout  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:06:41pm

re: #91 David IV of Georgia

I wouldn't know I've stopped doing business with him a few years ago. He always asks me why when I run in to him, I usually change the subject.

103 jamgarr  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:06:49pm

re: #94 likesbrusselssprouts

i'm in! woo hoo, meow!

Welcome!

104 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:07:02pm

Hey we just had 72 new rookies in last night?! Is this an everyday thing now? (Jealous)

105 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:07:05pm

Its feeding time!

106 Killgore Trout  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:07:11pm

re: #94 likesbrusselssprouts

Welcome.

107 theuglydougling  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:07:31pm

I'm in! I'M IN! Finally! After all these years of suffering constant near-misses of open registration...

Now where's the members-only bar? Or do I need my paddling first?

108 David IV of Georgia  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:07:32pm

re: #97 Oh no...Sand People!

So Obama is running for president of the 'world' and touring all these foreign countries, does he or has he or will he speak a 'foreign' language?

Or just another case of the "do as I say, not as I do" liberal hypocrisy?

(Even this Idaho luddite speaks Bulgarian fluently and in the process of learning Tagalog...)

Zdrave! Kak ce te? Az znaya malki Bulgarski.

109 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:07:44pm

Ahhhhh- be nice- Welcome lucky new Lizards!

110 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:07:58pm

re: #94 likesbrusselssprouts

i'm in! woo hoo, meow!

Tell us about yourself.

What brought you here?

111 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:08:04pm

re: #95 Mr. Bingley

And you're compassion is stellar.

112 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:08:07pm

re: #92 LEGION

Yep- its a keeper!

She's come up with a few on her own, and she's looking to have them made. Watch out: she's a pissed-off Democrat with no limit on her American Express, and she pays it off at the end of the month. She's BHO's worst nightmare.

113 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:08:23pm

re: #107 theuglydougling

I'm in! I'M IN! Finally! After all these years of suffering constant near-misses of open registration...

Now where's the members-only bar? Or do I need my paddling first?

You are buying the first 6 rounds.

114 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:08:26pm

re: #107 theuglydougling

Ummm- bar is over there and youse new guys get to BUY! :-)

115 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:08:39pm

"Your" even- so there- we're even.

116 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:08:54pm

re: #95 Mr. Bingley

ooooh, what a cracklin' command of logic and argumentative skill you possess!

That's so relevant, really.

*whackadawhack*

117 Big Steve  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:08:54pm

re: #107 theuglydougling

Its into the deep end for you. Why don't you try bitching to Charles off the bat about too many Evolution/Intelligent design posts. He really likes that. It will get you in good.

118 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:09:05pm

re: #107 theuglydougling

I'm in! I'M IN! Finally! After all these years of suffering constant near-misses of open registration...

Now where's the members-only bar? Or do I need my paddling first?

First round is on you.

A shot of Ouzo neat please.

119 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:09:20pm

re: #115 Sharmuta

"Your" even- so there- we're even.

indeed!

120 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:09:23pm

re: #107 theuglydougling

Welcome! Have a look around!

121 snowcrash  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:09:44pm

I do not believe this woman has had plastic surgery. In the opening interview she exhibits a high degree of facial mobility, deep nasolabial folds and no accompanying brow lift or eyelid reduction. She looks good to me. She has high cheekbones and a high bridged nose that lends the appearance of facial skin tautness. The criticism is unfounded in my opinion. Her music is beautiful too.

122 Killgore Trout  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:10:22pm

re: #107 theuglydougling

No paddling required. Read the disclaimer at the top of each thread and check the FAQ and you should survive. Good luck and welcome.

123 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:10:40pm

re: #98 Mr. Bingley

Their not.

I'm gonna' be nice and not get all pedantic on ya'.

124 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:10:48pm

re: #89 Big Steve

Wow. 6'6" about 300...You should really consider joining the local dojo for karate... Its an enjoyable workout especially for the stomach/abs/ etc and your natural size would give you tremendous momentum.

In a fight, size matters! Good luck.

125 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:10:48pm

re: #121 snowcrash

I do not believe this woman has had plastic surgery. In the opening interview she exhibits a high degree of facial mobility, deep nasolabial folds and no accompanying brow lift or eyelid reduction. She looks good to me. She has high cheekbones and a high bridged nose that lends the appearance of facial skin tautness. The criticism is unfounded in my opinion. Her music is beautiful too.

I'm pretty sure she did not get a boob job either.
/

126 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:11:08pm

Ahhhhh HAHAHAHAHAAAAA Streeeerike three! And da bozo bosux complains - thrown outta da game- 2 outs in the 9th!

127 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:11:11pm

re: #100 Big Steve

Be nice to Mandy. Revere your elders.

Why, you!

128 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:11:44pm

Thank you, Good music keeps the world sane, Love of music affirms the most human instincts. That is why the nihilists condemn it. Even though most of these musicians disagree with my politics I will defend their right to be wrong.

Any one heard this Lady? Amy Speace, Shed This Skin

Her fun song "Doublewide Trailer"

129 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:12:20pm

YEAAAAHHHHHHHHH-= STRIKE THREE- THE YANKEES WIN- THE YANKEES WIN- MARVELOUS MARIANO DOES IT AGAIN!

130 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:12:21pm

re: #111 Sharmuta

And you're compassion is stellar.

Oh, shit. I'm sputtering here.

131 Pvt Bin Jammin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:12:32pm

Welcome, hatchlings. I'll take a Bombay martini here, up, shaken not stirred.

132 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:12:45pm

re: #116 MandyManners

Will you post your "bong" picture again? I was at work and was leery of clicking on it there. You posted it a couple of days ago.

/only if it is handy.

133 David IV of Georgia  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:12:45pm

Whoever's buying, see if you can find a liter of domestic Astika beer, not the watery export nonsense.

134 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:13:11pm

J.D. Drew- hit the showers- one happy lizard here tonite folks- thanks fer putting up with me! :-)

135 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:13:15pm

re: #108 David IV of Georgia

Zdrave! Kak ce te? Az znaya malki Bulgarski.

v momenta na bolnitsata. Az ce 4yctvam kato che li imam rak. Skrub i muka na tretiat sviat! Buzikam ce, niamam rak. Samo bolon Sus Filipinskata grip.

For those of the English persuasion (don't care about grammar at the moment):
(At the moment in the hospital. I feel as if I have cancer. Pains and hurts of the third world. Just kidding, I don't have cancer. Only sick with the Philipino flu.)

136 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:13:26pm

I gotta run, see ya all later.

137 Miss Trixie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:13:38pm

re: #94 likesbrusselssprouts

i'm in! woo hoo, meow!

Well, I like Brussels Sprouts too as long as they're freshened and steamed with squeezed lime wedges, finished with butter, salt and peppered with coarse black pepper and served piping hot.

:D

138 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:13:48pm

re: #121 snowcrash

Who cares what she looks like? Fer crying out loud?

She sings sweet! That's what I care about.

Some of the greatest singers were not particularly good looking:

Janis Joplin.
Koko Taylor.
Leonard Cohen.
Etc.

Good grief!

139 pilgrimbill10  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:14:33pm

re: #87 VegasRick

Finally ! I'm in. This is a good day. First post is cool. Sure beats the h --- out of just being a lurker. pb10

140 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:15:04pm

re: #118 Syrah

First round is on you.

A shot of Ouzo neat please.

Ouzo? Bad memories of that stuff. AF party at a house at the base of Cheyenne Mountain many years ago. One of the guys had somehow brought back a few bottles of that stuff he picked up in Greece.

*shudder*

141 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:15:14pm

Derek Jeter? That guys gotta Edge.

142 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:15:22pm

Welcome all hatchlings!

Congratulations on the loss Big Steve. Good to hear.

143 VegasRick  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:15:30pm

re: #139 pilgrimbill10

Finally ! I'm in. This is a good day. First post is cool. Sure beats the h --- out of just being a lurker. pb10

pb10. I left the room. How did I do it?

144 Miss Trixie  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:15:48pm

re: #107 theuglydougling

I'm in! I'M IN! Finally! After all these years of suffering constant near-misses of open registration...

Now where's the members-only bar? Or do I need my paddling first?

See Mandy, she's got an awesome whacking paddle.

:D

145 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:16:13pm

Bingley and Sharmuta, sitting in a tree.

K-I-S-S-I-N-G!

First comes love, then comes marriage.

*rad*

146 theuglydougling  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:16:14pm

Alrighty then - drinks on me! Uh...but not ON me...you know what I mean. Well, moving along.

147 snowcrash  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:16:23pm

re: #138 WhiteRasta
No, no, no. I am refuting the earlier opinions that she had surgery. I never noticed her looks until someone else mentioned it. I seldom watch the video, just play it while I read the comments. I had to go back to see it.

148 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:16:29pm

good evening, i am extremely grateful to find like minded citizens in this mad, mad world. i hope i'm able to contribute ideas and comments as well as many of you do.

149 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:17:06pm

re: #140 MandyManners

White liquor is the work of Stan! ALL white liquor.....

150 Krampus  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:17:15pm

Thanks for the song Charles.

151 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:17:18pm

re: #107 theuglydougling

No, it's up to you to buy for all us long timers!

152 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:17:28pm

Yeah former Big Steve- good going- my spouse dropped 55- but after gastro bypass surgery. No good eating for the rest of life. Oh well, at least gonna be alive.

153 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:17:50pm

re: #132 Dolphin

Will you post your "bong" picture again? I was at work and was leery of clicking on it there. You posted it a couple of days ago.

/only if it is handy.

Bong? Oh, you mean the pot plants.

Hold on, please.

154 jaunte  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:18:04pm

Welcome new folks!
....
testing link:
[Link: babelfish.yahoo.com...]

155 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:18:05pm

re: #140 MandyManners

Thats too bad. Ouzo has been good to me. It's not for everybody.

I like it for sipping.

I have gotten drunk off of it. That was fun while I was drunk, but the next day was a little difficult.

156 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:18:32pm

Clever nicks on the newbies...

157 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:18:35pm

re: #148 willowone

Nice comment- you get a plus ding for it! Welcome aboard.

158 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:18:48pm

re: #114 LEGION

GMTA!

159 jamgarr  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:18:49pm

re: #139 pilgrimbill10

Finally ! I'm in. This is a good day. First post is cool. Sure beats the h --- out of just being a lurker. pb10

Welcome Bill

160 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:18:54pm

re: #148 willowone

good evening, i am extremely grateful to find like minded citizens in this mad, mad world. i hope i'm able to contribute ideas and comments as well as many of you do.

Great thing is, if you can't come up with any witty quips, Occasional Reader or a host of others will do it for you and you just laugh it up.

This is my mental refuge.

Welcome.

161 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:19:29pm

re: #138 WhiteRasta

Who cares what she looks like? Fer crying out loud?

She sings sweet! That's what I care about.

exactly right, and that's what i care about. be your self, don't try to look a certain way or a certain age or fit a certain cookie-cutter mold.

162 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:19:35pm

re: #6 taxfreekiller

Skelator says he hopes its nothing.
Ya, loon liberal, pass the hat for this silk suit commie atty.

Colmes would shill for Hitler if he was a dem.

163 Racer X  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:19:52pm

re: #149 WhiteRasta

White liquor is the work of Stan! ALL white liquor.....

I've had some pretty good tequila lately. Does that count?

164 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:20:03pm

re: #145 MandyManners

Bingley and Sharmuta, sitting in a tree.

K-I-S-S-I-N-G!

First comes love, then comes marriage.

*rad*

meeeeee-owwwwwww!

165 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:20:07pm

re: #1 taxfreekiller

H & C is doing the John Edwards story now.

And I switched the channel just before they started...too much of Girly Man is not healthy!

Did they actually have any video or photos to prove it? I think it is true, but they are going to have to show evidence...and his wife has terminal Ca of the breast. What a POS Silky Pony is. He really is a bastard.

166 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:20:13pm

re: #149 WhiteRasta

White liquor is the work of Stan! ALL white liquor.....

I tend to agree rasta, but a cold, quality chardonnay often performs well!

167 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:20:31pm

Thank You Legion. i will soon get used to the functions for this site, and hopefully be an asset to this forum. shakes off shells. looking for the broom.

168 jamgarr  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:20:44pm

re: #148 willowone


Welcome. You'll do fine.

169 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:21:35pm

re: #153 MandyManners

Don't worry about it! Was more curious.

170 David IV of Georgia  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:21:46pm

re: #135 Oh no...Sand People!

(At the moment in the hospital. I feel as if I have cancer. Pains and hurts of the third world. Just kidding, I don't have cancer. Only sick with the Philipino flu.)

Get well quickly.

171 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:22:09pm

re: #165 NY Nana

Hey Nana,

Is it Edwards' cheating, lying or 'skulking about' that really makes you mad?

172 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:22:32pm
173 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:22:41pm

re: #148 willowone

good evening, i am extremely grateful to find like minded citizens in this mad, mad world. i hope i'm able to contribute ideas and comments as well as many of you do.

Hello hatchling and welcome. You've come to the right place for anti-idiotarion conversation.

174 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:23:21pm

re: #165 NY Nana

And I switched the channel just before they started...too much of Girly Man is not healthy!

Did they actually have any video or photos to prove it? I think it is true, but they are going to have to show evidence...and his wife has terminal Ca of the breast. What a POS Silky Pony is. He really is a bastard.

I'm surprised Colmes didn't accuse McCain of doing the same.

175 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:23:45pm

re: #170 David IV of Georgia

Get well quickly.

Appreciate it. When I checked in here they asked how long I had had a fever. I said going off and on for 6 days...

The nurse said, "Only six?"

I was like...Do I need a full on spleen popping out my nose?

Either way. I think today should be the last day.

Praise (Insert Deity of Choice)!

176 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:23:52pm

re: #163 Racer X

No such thing as good Tequila, my friend.

(Vague) memories of throwing up in a flower bed, many years ago.....

177 Bob in Breckenridge  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:23:59pm

From the Times of London...All bow to the Obamessiah...

He ventured forth to bring light to the world

The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers

By Gerard Baker

And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.

When he was twelve years old, they found him in the temple in the City of Chicago, arguing the finer points of community organisation with the Prophet Jeremiah and the Elders. And the Elders were astonished at what they heard and said among themselves: “Verily, who is this Child that he opens our hearts and minds to the audacity of hope?”

In the great Battles of Caucus and Primary he smote the conniving Hillary, wife of the deposed King Bill the Priapic and their barbarian hordes of Working Class Whites.

And so it was, in the fullness of time, before the harvest month of the appointed year, the Child ventured forth - for the first time - to bring the light unto all the world.

He travelled fleet of foot and light of camel, with a small retinue that consisted only of his loyal disciples from the tribe of the Media. He ventured first to the land of the Hindu Kush, where the

Taleban had harboured the viper of al-Qaeda in their bosom, raining terror on all the world.

And the Child spake and the tribes of Nato immediately loosed the Caveats that had previously bound them. And in the great battle that ensued the forces of the light were triumphant. For as long as the Child stood with his arms raised aloft, the enemy suffered great blows and the threat of terror was no more.

From there he went forth to Mesopotamia where he was received by the great ruler al-Maliki, and al-Maliki spake unto him and blessed his Sixteen Month Troop Withdrawal Plan even as the imperial warrior Petraeus tried to destroy it.

And lo, in Mesopotamia, a miracle occurred. Even though the Great Surge of Armour that the evil Bush had ordered had been a terrible mistake, a waste of vital military resources and doomed to end in disaster, the Child's very presence suddenly brought forth a great victory for the forces of the light.

And the Persians, who saw all this and were greatly fearful, longed to speak with the Child and saw that the Child was the bringer of peace. At the mention of his name they quickly laid aside their intrigues and beat their uranium swords into civil nuclear energy ploughshares.

From there the Child went up to the city of Jerusalem, and entered through the gate seated on an ass. The crowds of network anchors who had followed him from afar cheered “Hosanna” and waved great palm fronds and strewed them at his feet.

In Jerusalem and in surrounding Palestine, the Child spake to the Hebrews and the Arabs, as the Scripture had foretold. And in an instant, the lion lay down with the lamb, and the Israelites and Ishmaelites ended their long enmity and lived for ever after in peace.

As word spread throughout the land about the Child's wondrous works, peoples from all over flocked to hear him; Hittites and Abbasids; Obamacons and McCainiacs; Cameroonians and Blairites.

And they told of strange and wondrous things that greeted the news of the Child's journey. Around the world, global temperatures began to decline, and the ocean levels fell and the great warming was over.

Part 2 below...

178 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:24:21pm
179 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:24:25pm

re: #176 WhiteRasta

No such thing as good Tequila, my friend.

(Vague) memories of throwing up in a flower bed, many years ago.....

Huh... I thought that was me.

180 David IV of Georgia  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:24:27pm

re: #149 WhiteRasta

White liquor is the work of Stan! ALL white liquor.....

Whew! You didn't say clear liquor or clear liquor that turns white when mixed with water. Anymore ouzo to be had? Mix mine with water.

181 Bob in Breckenridge  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:24:30pm

Part 2-

The Great Prophet Algore of Nobel and Oscar, who many had believed was the anointed one, smiled and told his followers that the Child was the one generations had been waiting for.

And there were other wonderful signs. In the city of the Street at the Wall, spreads on interbank interest rates dropped like manna from Heaven and rates on credit default swaps fell to the ground as dead birds from the almond tree, and the people who had lived in foreclosure were able to borrow again.

Black gold gushed from the ground at prices well below $140 per barrel. In hospitals across the land the sick were cured even though they were uninsured. And all because the Child had pronounced it.

And this is the testimony of one who speaks the truth and bears witness to the truth so that you might believe. And he knows it is the truth for he saw it all on CNN and the BBC and in the pages of The New York Times.

Then the Child ventured forth from Israel and Palestine and stepped onto the shores of the Old Continent. In the land of Queen Angela of Merkel, vast multitudes gathered to hear his voice, and he preached to them at length.

But when he had finished speaking his disciples told him the crowd was hungry, for they had had nothing to eat all the hours they had waited for him.

And so the Child told his disciples to fetch some food but all they had was five loaves and a couple of frankfurters. So he took the bread and the frankfurters and blessed them and told his disciples to feed the multitudes. And when all had eaten their fill, the scraps filled twelve baskets.

Thence he travelled west to Mount Sarkozy. Even the beauteous Princess Carla of the tribe of the Bruni was struck by awe and she was great in love with the Child, but he was tempted not.

On the Seventh Day he walked across the Channel of the Angles to the ancient land of the hooligans. There he was welcomed with open arms by the once great prophet Blair and his successor, Gordon the Leper, and his successor, David the Golden One.

And suddenly, with the men appeared the archangel Gabriel and the whole host of the heavenly choir, ranks of cherubim and seraphim, all praising God and singing: “Yes, We Can.”

182 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:25:05pm

re: #175 Oh no...Sand People!

PIMF: Praise (Insert Darwin or Deity of Choice)

/now I should be covered on all angles.

183 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:25:45pm

Did anyone else see this? (linked at Drudge). A ddiscussion/comparison about Obams's week vs. McCain's week....

For the most part, the side-by-side images weren't pretty:

_Obama meeting with leaders in Iraq, McCain on a golf cart in Kennebunkport, Maine, with the first President Bush.

_Obama before a sweeping Mideast landscape, McCain holding a news conference in a supermarket in Bethlehem - Pennsylvania, that is - and narrowly escaping an attack from a tumbling stack of apple sauce jars.

_Obama delivering his trip's keynote speech at Berlin's Victory Column, McCain eating bratwurst and chatting with reporters at a German restaurant in Columbus, Ohio.

McCain responds philosophically when asked about being overshadowed by his rival's overseas trip and outsize attention: "It is what it is."

McCain has inched ahead of Obama in Colorado, come within inches in Minnesota and narrowed the gap in Michigan and Wisconsin, according to Quinnipiac University polls of likely voters in these battleground states. The polls, taken for The Wall Street Journal and washingtonpost.com, showed voters in each state saying energy policy is more important than the war in Iraq.

[Link: apnews.myway.com...]

I read this and thought..... hmm.... complete phony vs. not-so-complete phony

184 Reno911  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:25:46pm

re: #128 lifeofthemind

I could not agree more. Music and the culture from which it originates, are inseparable. After growing up in Austin, TX, I lived a large part of my life overseas. The one thing I missed the most, was live American music (all genres, even rap). American music dominates the music market worldwide.

There is a reason for that artistic dominance, Freedom.

185 lawhawk  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:26:09pm

re: #165 NY Nana

The Enquirer felt it had sufficient goods to bring a criminal complaint against the hotel for its treatment of their reporters chasing after Edwards. And FoxNews confirmed that Edwards was there, as the Enquirer says.

There are also claims that the Enquirer also had photos or video of the encounter, which I figure it's holding for use at an opportune moment (though this would certainly count as one).

186 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:26:35pm
187 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:26:36pm

Sand people, exactly. i have been reading this site for a few mths, and decided this is the best forum i've lurked at.
Extremely well ran with interesting topics, and the most intelligent people on web.

188 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:26:47pm

re: #180 David IV of Georgia

Whew! You didn't say clear liquor or clear liquor that turns white when mixed with water. Anymore ouzo to be had? Mix mine with water.

Mixing Ouzo with water is almost a sin.

189 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:27:39pm

re: #187 willowone

Sand people, exactly. i have been reading this site for a few mths, and decided this is the best forum i've lurked at.
Extremely well ran with interesting topics, and the most intelligent people on web.

Well, shucks...

190 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:27:40pm
191 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:27:43pm

re: #132 Dolphin

Will you post your "bong" picture again? I was at work and was leery of clicking on it there. You posted it a couple of days ago.

/only if it is handy.

[Link: www.marijuana-picture.com...]

192 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:28:04pm

re: #175 Oh no...Sand People!

Never heard of Phillipino flu. I sounds nasty.

I had Dengue fever, twice and it was really miserable.....

193 Noam Sayin's Sock Puppet  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:28:30pm

re: #189 Noam Sayin'

Well, shucks...

She wasn't talking about you, Noam.

194 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:28:37pm

re: #149 WhiteRasta

White liquor is the work of Stan! ALL white liquor.....

That stuff knocked me on my butt that night.

195 jamgarr  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:28:48pm

re: #178 ploome hineni

angel


Sarah has a wonderful voice

/something about that Irish grace-note that just pushes my button

196 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:28:50pm

re: #167 willowone

When you get up to speed- come to the Lounge- I have a real blast in there myself- usually spend more time in there than out here. Heck- only been in a year- (tomorrow) and only hitting a 1000 comments- the next one!

197 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:28:55pm

re: #190 ploome hineni

agreed.....

198 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:29:13pm

Noam, a little stroking doesnt hurt, laughing.. hard being a new one on this block.

199 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:29:24pm

re: #155 Syrah

Thats too bad. Ouzo has been good to me. It's not for everybody.

I like it for sipping.

I have gotten drunk off of it. That was fun while I was drunk, but the next day was a little difficult.

I sip. I dont' chug.

200 Racer X  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:29:25pm

re: #176 WhiteRasta

No such thing as good Tequila, my friend.

(Vague) memories of throwing up in a flower bed, many years ago.....

Haha!

I used to feel the same way. I think I went 20 years without a drop. Then recently had some really good stuff. Cabo Wabo

201 lawhawk  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:29:36pm

re: #188 Syrah

There is one type of alcohol that is supposed to be mixed with water and a sugar cube - absinthe, so that you get the full historical effect (the clear liquids turning cloudy).

202 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:29:48pm

I doubt I'll catch up. I don't know if I'll try too hard.

203 David IV of Georgia  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:30:02pm

re: #188 Syrah

Mixing Ouzo with water is almost a sin.

True, but it turns white when you do so...

re: #149 WhiteRasta

White liquor is the work of Stan! ALL white liquor.....


204 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:30:02pm

Legion.
where woulkd one find the lounge? and do i have to buy all the liquor this evening?

205 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:30:20pm

re: #194 MandyManners

Men call that stuff "Pantie Remover"......

206 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:31:05pm

re: #191 MandyManners

Sweet, fancy moses...

207 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:31:12pm

re: #205 WhiteRasta

Some Men call that stuff "Pantie Remover"......

208 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:31:14pm

re: #201 lawhawk

There is one type of alcohol that is supposed to be mixed with water and a sugar cube - absinthe, so that you get the full historical effect (the clear liquids turning cloudy).

That is the one liqueur that worries me.

Have you tried it?

209 itellu3times  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:31:25pm

Danger, Taranto at work:

Most news reports put the attendance at Obama's big Berlin rally last night at 200,000. According to Rosenthal, however, "the estimates given by German public television ZDF actually during the event, however, were as many as 10 times lower"--which is to say, one-tenth as high:
ZDF began its special "Obama in Berlin" coverage [German video] at 6:45 p.m. Central European Time: only 15 minutes before the candidate's speech was scheduled to start. At the time, ZDF reporter Susanne Gelhard was out and about on the so-called "Fan Mile" between the Victory Column and the Brandenburg Gate. "The expectations were highly varied," she said in her live report, "from a few thousand up to a million. Those were the estimates. But, now, several tens of thousands have turned out." Barely five minutes before the speech was supposed to start, ZDF Berlin studio chief Peter Frey added, "We do estimate that 20,000 [literally, "a couple of ten thousand"] people have turned out."

What accounts for the discrepancy? Maybe when Obama himself showed up, the reporters mistook him for a zero.

210 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:31:33pm
211 Big Steve  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:31:49pm

Lizards. I should maybe wait for an open thread but I am going to bed soon. Normally I am not too serious but on this topic I am not smiling. Sometime in the next week the MSM will start going nuts to the fact that Texas is going to execute Jose Ernesto Medellin on August 5. Mr. Medellin will be the first of the 51 foreign nationals that were recently denied clemency due to not having been allowed to contact their government upon arrest and now will be executed. This is a highly political topic world-wide. However lost in the high minded debate of matters of state is the details of the crime Mr. Medellin actually committed.

Living in Houston at the time the crime took place and living close to the actual place, I want to make sure some of you do know the details. This story defies pejorative adjectives so I am purposely not using any in referring to Mr. Medellin.

The details of what happened are well described in the link below. However the description is graphic and I know that this warning doesn’t often stop people but in this case you really might have nightmares about this crime. So only read if you really want to be educated on this.
Ertman/Pena Murder Houston

One thing that has struck me as odd is that the government of Mexico is saying that Mr. Medellin was not informed of treaty rights to be able to contact his government at the time of his arrest and trial. Medellin had lived in the US since he was 9 at the time. However, and I looked this up, this crime was the biggest story in the Houston papers for weeks. Here is a link to a Houston Chronicle article from July 1, 1993 just a few days after the crime that clearly notes that Mr. Medellin was “Mexico born.” So where was the Mexican Consulate in Houston? Why did they not contact Mr. Medellin then?
Houston Chronicle July, 1993

When you read the description of what happened, you will realize that there was nothing the government of Mexico could have done even if they had taken any initiative to contact Mr. Medellin. They could have resurrected Daniel Webster to defend Mr. Medellin and a Harris county jury would have still given him a death sentence.

Anyway, as the debate starts to rage over the next two weeks and assuming Texas governor Rick Perry doesn’t want to get impeached, I suspect this execution will proceed. Just wanted to let my colleagues here be able to read up on some of the details.

212 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:31:51pm

re: #201 lawhawk

There is one type of alcohol that is supposed to be mixed with water and a sugar cube - absinthe, so that you get the full historical effect (the clear liquids turning cloudy).

i'll stick with wine or scotch, me thinks.

213 opnion  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:32:25pm

re: #148 willowone

good evening, i am extremely grateful to find like minded citizens in this mad, mad world. i hope i'm able to contribute ideas and comments as well as many of you do.

Everybody here is on work release & it is really working out. Welcome!

214 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:32:36pm

re: #144 Miss Trixie

See Mandy, she's got an awesome whacking paddle.
-------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------
Yes Mame' -may I have another? (panting heavily)

215 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:32:40pm

re: #207 WindHorse

Aaah, good point....Yes.

216 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:32:42pm

re: #184 Reno911

There is a reason for that artistic dominance, Freedom.

And places like France have to make laws mandating that a certain percentage of their entertainment must be French.

Because, one presumes, they cannot compete otherwise.

217 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:32:55pm

Sounds like it's time for me to mix myself a cocktail...

BRB

218 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:33:15pm

re: #207 WindHorse

What? That's what I use my teeth for.

219 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:33:40pm

re: #187 willowone

Sand people, exactly. i have been reading this site for a few mths, and decided this is the best forum i've lurked at.
Extremely well ran with interesting topics, and the most intelligent people on web.

One day I hope that intelligence will rub off on me...law of attraction or something. Either way, my argument / debate / rational / logic and thought process abilities and increased 20 fold since lurking and becoming a member. I can talk libs to oblivion and throw facts at them till they pray to Michael Moore for help.

220 itellu3times  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:33:48pm

re: #216 Silhouette

And places like France have to make laws mandating that a certain percentage of their entertainment must be French.

I remember the Mackenzie Bros (sp?) from the 1970s, when Canada insisted on Canadian content, hey hosehead?

221 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:34:01pm

JOHN EDWARDS AND HIS BABY MOMMA.

222 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:34:12pm

Ah, I'm so looking forward to tomorrow. Heading off to Cabela's to get a scope and sling for the AR-15, and it'll FINALLY be complete and ready to take to the range.

Still don't have the cash to get the Hello Kitty paint job for it, but it'll still be extremely cool. Yay! I love the 2nd Amendment.

223 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:34:25pm

re: #214 LEGION

See Mandy, she's got an awesome whacking paddle.
---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
Yes Mame' -may I have another? (panting heavily)

Hey! I was in line first. No cutting!

224 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:35:05pm

re: #171 experiencedtraveller

Is it Edwards' cheating, lying or 'skulking about' that really makes you mad?

All of the above....and that he was an ambulance chaser who channeled a baby who had CP. That is beneath contempt. My 8 year old granddaughter has mild CP, but does everything. She was a micro-preemie, weighting 1 lb. 8 oz at birth, who was born before week 25, and who lost her fraternal twin sister the next day. She also has a rare genetic condition. She had so many complications, and was given a 35 % chance of survival...she is the Energizer Bunny, and overcame it all.

Her daddy, my son, is a lawyer who would never even entertain the idea of suing. We all are just thankful to G-d that this delightful kid takes dancing lessons, and has been reading to the kindergarteners in her public school since she was in Grade 1. She was reading at age 3, just like her Dad. She is also at horseback riding day camp this summer.

So help me, I would spit in Edward's slimy face if I had a chance.

225 Sharmuta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:35:12pm

re: #145 MandyManners

*WHACK*

226 lawhawk  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:35:32pm

re: #208 Syrah

I tried it out in Scottsdale. It wasn't my normal fare as I usually drink beer or wine when out, but this was my first opportunity to try it.

I think the real thing about absinthe is the history and the ritualistic stuff, rather than the drink itself.

It tasted like a bland version of Sambuca - licorice flavored liquor, which makes sense since some of the same ingredients are used.

227 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:35:37pm

re: #205 WhiteRasta

Men call that stuff "Pantie Remover"......

Not the men I was with. Officers in the USAF.

(I've never felt the need to imbibe in alcholic substances to remove my panties, TYVM.)

228 Racer X  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:35:45pm

re: #191 MandyManners

Ahhh. Memories.

Mary Jane's Last Dance

229 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:35:47pm

re: #221 MandyManners

JOHN EDWARDS AND HIS BABY MOMMA.

Wait a minute. Ain't that Prince Charles' chick?

230 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:35:49pm

re: #203 David IV of Georgia

True, but it turns white when you do so...

So it does.

What the hell is that all about?

231 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:35:57pm

re: #206 Noam Sayin'

Sweet, fancy moses...

Contact high just looking at it.

232 snowcrash  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:36:06pm

re: #221 MandyManners
Camilla Parker Bowles?

233 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:36:26pm
234 opnion  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:36:32pm

re: #221 MandyManners

JOHN EDWARDS AND HIS BABY MOMMA.

That's her huh? Oooook.

235 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:36:32pm

re: #191 MandyManners

Hubby says - "Nice, if you are a smoker - that's what you want."

I wouldn't know - never seen it in that form. lol

Thanks for hunting it up for me.

I haven't seen Loopyd post in a while. I am going to attempt to go change my avatar. She will appreciate it if she is still around. It will stay until January 2009.

236 pilgrimbill10  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:36:50pm

D--n cleaning up th shells is a b----. pb10

237 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:36:57pm

re: #208 Syrah

That is the one liqueur that worries me.

Have you tried it?

I've had the American legal Absente brand absinthe. 110 proof, but no thujone (wormwood extract).

It's a very pleasant liqueur. I'd like to try the European version sometime.

238 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:37:01pm

re: #208 Syrah

That is the one liqueur that worries me.

Have you tried it?

Isn't it illegal in America? Didn't it drive certain poets insane in Europe ages ago?

239 lawhawk  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:37:02pm

re: #212 Mr. Bingley

That's my preference as well - wine, beer, or Johnny Walker (either mixed with ginger ale or neat).

240 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:37:15pm

re: #224 NY Nana

All of the above....and that he was an ambulance chaser who channeled a baby who had CP. That is beneath contempt. My 8 year old granddaughter has mild CP, but does everything. She was a micro-preemie, weighting 1 lb. 8 oz at birth, who was born before week 25, and who lost her fraternal twin sister the next day. She also has a rare genetic condition. She had so many complications, and was given a 35 % chance of survival...she is the Energizer Bunny, and overcame it all.

Her daddy, my son, is a lawyer who would never even entertain the idea of suing. We all are just thankful to G-d that this delightful kid takes dancing lessons, and has been reading to the kindergarteners in her public school since she was in Grade 1. She was reading at age 3, just like her Dad. She is also at horseback riding day camp this summer.

So help me, I would spit in Edward's slimy face if I had a chance.

A Little fact. The number of children born with CP did not go down thanks to his sleazy, money grubbing law suits. However, the number of C-sections performed went up.

241 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:37:17pm

re: #209 itellu3times

What is the point of Obama running all over Eurabia?

The Eurabians can't vote in a US election.

I don't get the point, campaigning in Eurabia.

Just feeding his ego?

242 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:37:41pm

re: #221 MandyManners

Ewwwwww- she has such BAD HAIR!

243 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:37:46pm

re: #232 snowcrash

Camilla Parker Bowles?

Just spat chewed-up, toasted almonds all over my waxed desk.

244 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:38:01pm

re: #229 experiencedtraveller

Wait a minute. Ain't that Prince Charles' chick?

Woooah! I bet she was really something before electricity.
(hat tip Rodney Dangerfield)

245 jamgarr  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:38:19pm

One Of The Boys

Youtube Video

246 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:38:19pm

re: #219 Oh no...Sand People!

Working on that same logic myself! I think it's working! '-)

247 Van Helsing  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:39:02pm

re: #209 itellu3times
What accounts for the discrepancy? Maybe when Obama himself showed up, the reporters mistook him for a zero.


That was good for a chuckle.

248 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:39:28pm

re: #239 lawhawk

That's my preference as well - wine, beer, or Johnny Walker (either mixed with ginger ale or neat).

i'll pretend i didn't just read 'ginger ale'

249 lawhawk  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:39:34pm

Attn Yankee fans:

Yanks made a 6 player trade with Pirates: Getting Nady and Marte for 4 minor leaguers, including Ohlendorf.

250 snowcrash  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:39:41pm

re: #243 MandyManners
Experienced traveller had the same thought first. My sympathies are with Elizabeth Edwards. Like she needs this kind of torture.

251 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:39:47pm

re: #211 Big Steve

Fuck him.

252 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:39:48pm

re: #224 NY Nana

....."So help me, I would spit in Edward's slimy face if I had a chance...."

Don't do that and dirty your spit.....

253 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:40:01pm
254 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:40:22pm

re: #221 MandyManners

This is just too rich.

255 lawhawk  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:40:24pm

re: #248 Mr. Bingley

Don't knock it unless you've tried it. Had one at a Johnny Walker event, and found it quite tasty.

256 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:40:32pm

i mean, mixing Dewars with something bubbly i can understand, but Johnny Walker?

257 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:40:35pm

re: #238 MandyManners

Isn't it illegal in America? Didn't it drive certain poets insane in Europe ages ago?

I think so, but I imagine that like Cuban Cigars, some things are always available for the right price.

258 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:40:40pm

re: #223 Hard Right

Hey! I was in line first. No cutting!

I'll give extra *whacks* to those who cannot maintain civility.

259 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:40:45pm

re: #204 willowone

Well, you and all the other newbies get to buy- and the Lounge is on the opening page- upper righthand corner.

260 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:41:08pm

re: #241 WhiteRasta

What is the point of Obama running all over Eurabia?

The Eurabians can't vote in a US election.

I don't get the point, campaigning in Eurabia.

Just feeding his ego?

He's trying to get the other 7 states to vote for him along with the 50.

261 lawhawk  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:41:23pm

re: #256 Mr. Bingley

Johnny Red is a mixing scotch - wouldn't do it with black, blue or green. Those are sipping scotches.

262 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:41:32pm

re: #224 NY Nana

((((((((((NY Nana))))))))))

263 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:41:37pm

re: #258 MandyManners

I'll give extra *whacks* to those who cannot maintain civility.

THHPPPPPPPPT! (shoves Legion)

264 LEGION  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:42:00pm

re: #249 lawhawk

Yep, watched the Great Victory tonight over the bo-sux! 1-0 win now- good players for the present playoff drive!

265 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:42:26pm

re: #226 lawhawk

I tried it out in Scottsdale. It wasn't my normal fare as I usually drink beer or wine when out, but this was my first opportunity to try it.

I think the real thing about absinthe is the history and the ritualistic stuff, rather than the drink itself.

It tasted like a bland version of Sambuca - licorice flavored liquor, which makes sense since some of the same ingredients are used.


It wasn't the same stuff that useta' drive folks insane, was it?

266 Cartman  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:43:42pm

I love open reg. I kind of play a little game guessing which hatclings will make it here, and which will fall by the wayside. I believe I have honed this meaningless skill down to having a margin of error at about plus or minus 15 percent.

267 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:43:54pm

re: #255 lawhawk

Don't knock it unless you've tried it. Had one at a Johnny Walker event, and found it quite tasty.

really? hmmm...

i was at a glen morangie tasting in manhattan a couple of years ago and it goes amazingly well with orange-flavored dark chocolate. who would've thunk it?

268 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:43:56pm

re: #265 MandyManners

It wasn't the same stuff that useta' drive folks insane, was it?

Actually it was believed that type of thing was caused by impurities in the process. By impurities I mean heavy metals. EEK!

269 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:43:58pm

Determining paternity of the potential John Edwards love-child should be easy.

What does its hair look like?

270 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:43:59pm

brbm

271 lawhawk  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:44:19pm

re: #265 MandyManners

Thujone is the ingredient that they say was responsible, but that's highly regulated these days.

272 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:45:16pm

re: #271 lawhawk

Thujone is the ingredient that they say was responsible, but that's highly regulated these days.

Thujone? I'll have to google that.

273 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:45:47pm

ah, johnny red is just a tad above dewars in my book, so that's much better; i was afraid you were talking black.

as for blue, green, burnt sienna and all those other colors, well, i'd rather have the single malts.

274 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:45:57pm

re: #256 Mr. Bingley

Scotch should only be mixed with ice.

Single Malt should be mixed with Burns. Only!

I must say, I am a fool for Laphroig.

Good thing it's so expensive, I only buy it at Christmas.

275 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:46:24pm

thujune is the extract of wormwood, i believe.

276 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:46:35pm

re: #259 LEGION

I see, dumping purse checking credit card limits
haha, i didnt realize i'd fall out of room and have to find my way back
here.

277 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:46:38pm

re: #211 Big Steve

Saying what this scumbag deserves would get me banned.

NOT executing this guy would be a crime.

Don't come to America illegally, rape and murder children, then bitch about your rights.

I'm sure Texas will do the right thing. Let us know when it happens so we can drink a toast to some small measure of justice for the victims.

278 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:47:47pm

re: #274 WhiteRasta

Scotch should only be mixed with ice.

Single Malt should be mixed with Burns. Only!

I must say, I am a fool for Laphroig.

Good thing it's so expensive, I only buy it at Christmas.

i adore laphroaig. you can sign up on their website and become a 'friend of laphroaig' and they will give you a 'deed' to 1 square meter of peat bog. kind of fun.

and silly.

279 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:47:51pm

re: #273 Mr. Bingley

ah, johnny red is just a tad above dewars in my book, so that's much better; i was afraid you were talking black.

as for blue, green, burnt sienna and all those other colors, well, i'd rather have the single malts.

I love single Malts. Chocolate malt is my favorite. Vanilla isn't so good. I don't really like shakes so much though. I haven't gotten as crazy as to try mixing chocolate and vanilla icecream yet so as to have a 'double' malt. Guess I'll have to stick to the single...

/ducks under desk.

280 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:48:12pm

re: #226 lawhawk

I tried it out in Scottsdale. It wasn't my normal fare as I usually drink beer or wine when out, but this was my first opportunity to try it.

I think the real thing about absinthe is the history and the ritualistic stuff, rather than the drink itself.

It tasted like a bland version of Sambuca - licorice flavored liquor, which makes sense since some of the same ingredients are used.

I checked out the Wikipedia on absinthe and while reading the part on the ritual mixing, I was struck with how it may have been the genesis for Douglass Adams' "Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster."

281 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:48:31pm

re: #275 Mr. Bingley

thujune is the extract of wormwood, i believe.

Here's the wiki link on thujone.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

282 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:49:11pm

re: #280 Syrah

I checked out the Wikipedia on absinthe and while reading the part on the ritual mixing, I was struck with how it may have been the genesis for Douglass Adams' "Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster."

Whoa, got me by 19 seconds.

283 Big Steve  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:49:18pm

re: #277 Palandine

Will do. I don't know why this crime has always bugged me all the way back to when it happened. It made me ashamed of being male.

284 The Shadow Do  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:49:20pm

re: #241 WhiteRasta

What is the point of Obama running all over Eurabia?

The Eurabians can't vote in a US election.

I don't get the point, campaigning in Eurabia.

Just feeding his ego?

A carefully blocked screen test. Will he get the part, I wonder?

285 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:49:24pm

re: #279 Oh no...Sand People!


/ducks under desk.

/kicks feet

286 stevieray  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:49:50pm

re: #241 WhiteRasta

What is the point of Obama running all over Eurabia?

The Eurabians can't vote in a US election.

I don't get the point, campaigning in Eurabia.

Just feeding his ego?

Like the old TV show "In search of..."

This week's episode: "Gravitas"

287 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:50:16pm

re: #278 Mr. Bingley

Funny you should mention that!

I was going to post this link:

[Link: www.laphroaig.com...]

288 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:50:57pm

re: #281 Hard Right

Here's the wiki link on thujone.
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

..."For many years thujone was thought to act on the cannabinoid receptors..."

been a long time since i acted on my cannabinoid receptors.

i think carter was still president.

289 freedomplow  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:51:25pm

The Obama campaign goes way beyond triangulation.

Be prepared for Obama to fly to ANWR and ocean rigs and declare we need to drill.

If McCain doesn't preempt, it will happen.

290 David IV of Georgia  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:51:50pm

re: #271 lawhawk

Thujone is the ingredient that they say was responsible, but that's highly regulated these days.

Thujone is also similar to Safrole from the sassafras tree, which is why it is impossible to get real root beer anymore. I think I'll make some sassafras tea tomorrow and thumb my nose at the USFDA.

291 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:51:59pm

Here, kitty kitty...

292 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:52:16pm

I heard somewhere, that Van Gogh was made crazy by absinthe.

293 RubyTuesday  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:52:23pm

Love Patty Griffin - she doesn't get enough air time.

294 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:52:29pm

re: #286 stevieray

Like the old TV show "In search of..."

This week's episode: "Gravitas"

My dad was telling me that according to a Gallup poll Obama has gone up by 7 points over McCain thanks to his BS tour of europe etc.

Are people really that stupid?

295 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:52:56pm

re: #287 WhiteRasta

Funny you should mention that!

I was going to post this link:

[Link: www.laphroaig.com...]

it's kind of fun to sign up for. they send you happy birthday notes and invites to tastings around the country.

and they offer 'deals' on buying bottles that you can only take advantage of if you live in the u.k.

rats.

i hope you can splurge on the 15 year old; it's much smoother than the 10 year old. still very very peaty, but much nicer.

296 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:53:11pm

re: #283 Big Steve

Similar case here in St. Louis some years back, but with gang bangers rather than illegals. 3 or 4 guys kidnapped two college girls from a bar, raped them, then threw them off a Mississippi River bridge to their deaths. 1 or 2 of 'em didn't get the death penalty because they were "juveniles" (but big enough 'men' to rape and kill women), and another one had his death sentence overturned because he was of below average intelligence.

Since then, Missouri has become a concealed carry state. If the state won't guarantee justice for the people, the people have to watch out for themselves.

297 little boomer  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:54:02pm

re: #264 LEGION

Yep, watched the Great Victory tonight over the bo-sux! 1-0 win now- good players for the present playoff drive!

Nice to see the Yankees try and regain their former glory-they were really good in the last century as I recall.

298 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:54:09pm

re: #289 freedomplow

this is the strangest. perhaps scariest election i have ever watched.
this man came out of the blue.
everyone is shilling for him and i can't figure out why.

299 freedomplow  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:54:41pm

That whole Maliki 16 month thing was just as much planned for as the Canadian free trade agreement set-up.

300 Big Steve  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:55:10pm

re: #292 WhiteRasta

I heard somewhere, that Van Gogh was made crazy by absinthe.

van Gogh had epilepsy. The onset of symptoms depressed him greatly. He discusses this in many, many letters he wrote. You might be thinking of Toulouse Lautreck.

301 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:55:20pm

re: #298 willowone

this is the strangest. perhaps scariest election i have ever watched.
this man came out of the blue.
everyone is shilling for him and i can't figure out why.

Fantasy over reality. People project what they want to see onto him.

302 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:55:41pm

re: #295 Mr. Bingley

Never tried the 15 year old one. I had a good year, so I might splurge this Christmas.

Thanks for the recommendation...

303 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:55:51pm

Ok, testing out new avatar. Then I will lurk for a bit and get off. Must get to bed, early morning tomorrow.

304 BigJohn  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:56:22pm

re: #273 Mr. Bingley

ah, johnny red is just a tad above dewars in my book, so that's much better; i was afraid you were talking black.

as for blue, green, burnt sienna and all those other colors, well, i'd rather have the single malts.

Jameson 12 straight up, with a cube or two of ice thank you. That's sippin.

305 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:56:24pm

re: #262 MandyManners

Thanks, Mandy.....I am so proud of my son. He is very ethical. Very. And my granddaughter? She never has felt that there is anything she can't do!

306 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:56:25pm

re: #291 Noam Sayin'

that made me laugh (and wheeze)!

Cheers!

307 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:56:34pm

re: #301 Hard Right

Seriously, the dude is , "all the people, all of the time."

Such a sellout.

308 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:57:01pm

re: #303 Dolphin

Ok, testing out new avatar. Then I will lurk for a bit and get off. Must get to bed, early morning tomorrow.

Hey a dolphin jumping out of the water. KAPOW!

309 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:57:22pm

re: #300 Big Steve

Thanks for that. My knowledge of art history is pathetic.

310 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:57:23pm

re: #301 Hard Right

but what is there to see once we've looked under the covers?
Seems to lack honor , seems to have a pitiful opinion of America.
Everything he speaks of is degrading or demeaning one group or another.

311 stevieray  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:58:22pm

re: #249 lawhawk

Attn Yankee fans:

Yanks made a 6 player trade with Pirates: Getting Nady and Marte for 4 minor leaguers, including Ohlendorf.

That's a damn good trade for the Yankees. Filled a couple of holes. I didn't think they'd be able to get a good outfielder until the off-season. Cool!

312 The Shadow Do  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:58:34pm

re: #298 willowone

this is the strangest. perhaps scariest election i have ever watched.
this man came out of the blue.
everyone is shilling for him and i can't figure out why.

He is The Great (not so) White Hope for the libs. They have been trying to sneak a Socialist into the big office for a long time. And this one is really sneaky! And really Socialist too.

313 jcm  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:58:43pm

Open reg!

Come on hatchlings step up and introduce yourselves!

314 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:59:23pm

re: #302 WhiteRasta

no problem. if you like peat you might also want to try lagavulin, which is another islay malt that's peaty but a bit smoother than laphroaig. another very peaty islay is aardbeck; it is laphroaig-esque in its kick.

315 Big Steve  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:59:35pm

re: #309 WhiteRasta

Mine too but I go to Amsterdam alot and when I have a free half day I always go to the van Gogh museum. They have several hundred of his paintings and you can walk right up to them on the wall. They also have his diaries and many of his letters. He was not the half crazed lunatic artist as he is depicted. In fact he was fluent in Dutch, German, French, and English. Many of his letters are in English.

316 Xplodeit  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:59:39pm

Welcome hatchlings.

317 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:59:42pm

re: #292 WhiteRasta

I heard somewhere, that Van Gogh was made crazy by absinthe.

What is absinthe?

318 Cartman  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:59:46pm

re: #298 willowone

this is the strangest. perhaps scariest election i have ever watched.
this man came out of the blue.
everyone is shilling for him and i can't figure out why.

Far too many Americans are no longer willing to take care of themselves. Obamalism offers them hope for the cradle-to-grave nanny state. A surrogate Mommy and Daddy all rolled up into one shiny package. The possibilities are intoxicating for these folks.

319 Oh no...Sand People!  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:00:02pm

I need to drink about another liter or 3 of water so I can get checked out this place.

Later lizards.

320 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:00:31pm

re: #307 Oh no...Sand People!

Seriously, the dude is , "all the people, all of the time."

Such a sellout.

If he wins it will be proof that people want fantasy over reality.
Wonder how they will like him when he screws the economy? The only thing that kept the economy from going south under the Clinton tax increase was the internet boom.

321 jcm  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:00:43pm

re: #317 Dolphin

What is absinthe?

The good stuff....

322 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:01:14pm

re: #314 Mr. Bingley

Thanks for that recommendation.

323 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:01:23pm

re: #304 BigJohn

Jameson 12 straight up, with a cube or two of ice thank you. That's sippin.

i don't know why, i've as much irish blood in me as scot, but i just can't drink irish whisky.

324 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:01:36pm

re: #312 The Shadow Do

as he has tos'd one group after another under the bus, typical whites, jews, blacks, military, grandmothers, our ideals.

does everyone voting for him have a case of battered wife syndrom?

325 Van Helsing  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:01:54pm

re: #318 Cartman

Far too many Americans are no longer willing to take care of themselves. Obamalism offers them hope for the cradle-to-grave nanny state. A surrogate Mommy and Daddy all rolled up into one shiny package. The possibilities are intoxicating for these folks.

And thinking is just too damn hard for them.

326 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:02:01pm

re: #310 willowone

but what is there to see once we've looked under the covers?
Seems to lack honor , seems to have a pitiful opinion of America.
Everything he speaks of is degrading or demeaning one group or another.

He's been manufactured by the media and the Dems. I think on the Dems' part it's--well, Gore and Kerry had long records that people examined and hated. Hillary Clinton has a long record that people have eamined and rejected. How about we try a good-looking, superficially eloquent young man with no record or background that people can examine? He's not Bush!

I have friends who claim to be for Obama. However, they are bright, thoughtful people. I think as the time come close, they'll reflect on this untested cipher with the terrible connections, and, in the privacy of the voting booth, do the right thing.

It will be as shocking to the media as 2000 and 2004 were, and they will be partly responsible for the riots that will ensue when Obama is "robbed" of his "inevitable" victory.

327 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:02:11pm

re: #317 Dolphin

The work of Stan......

328 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:02:22pm

re: #323 Mr. Bingley

i don't know why, i've as much irish blood in me as scot, but i just can't drink irish whisky.

Racist.

/

329 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:02:43pm

re: #310 willowone

but what is there to see once we've looked under the covers?
Seems to lack honor , seems to have a pitiful opinion of America.
Everything he speaks of is degrading or demeaning one group or another.

That's what is so disturbing. He's ragingly anti-American. He's far, far left, and he's close to being president. He will make the carter presidency look like pure genius.

330 The Shadow Do  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:02:57pm

re: #324 willowone

as he has tos'd one group after another under the bus, typical whites, jews, blacks, military, grandmothers, our ideals.

does everyone voting for him have a case of battered wife syndrom?

Of course not. There is HOPE!

331 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:03:35pm

one more, rasta. bowmore makes a whiskey, distilled on islay, that has a very nice peat fullness with a marvelous honey finish.

i, er, um, taste a lot.

332 Van Helsing  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:03:42pm

re: #330 The Shadow Do

Of course not. There is HOPE!

And CHANGE!
Couldn't help myself.

333 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:03:52pm

Forgive me..... but, what the fuck is this Junior Senator from Illinois doing in Europe anyway?

334 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:04:12pm

re: #326 Palandine

This reminds me of the same slathering of the media in getting the peanut farmer elected.

At least he was not Nixon.....

335 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:04:15pm

re: #174 Hard Right

I'm surprised Colmes didn't accuse McCain of doing the same.

Bet he will.

/And Skeletar must have at least 2 girlfriends on the side. Such charm! Such charisma!

336 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:04:22pm

re: #326 Palandine

paladine.
this is one of the things that distubs me the most, there Are indeed many bright people enamored of him, yet they don't see how he has battered his fellow americans.

337 Syrah  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:04:36pm

re: #333 WindHorse

Forgive me..... but, what the fuck is this Junior Senator from Illinois doing in Europe anyway?

Unfortunately, he is coming back.

338 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:04:39pm

re: #331 Mr. Bingley

A man after my own heart.......

339 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:04:47pm

re: #328 experiencedtraveller

Racist.

/

heh, no, just internally confused. the papist blood in me is constantly fighting with the prot blood...

340 The Shadow Do  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:04:54pm

re: #332 Van Helsing

And CHANGE!
Couldn't help myself.

We are the ones we have been waiting for!
/my favorite

341 jcm  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:05:05pm

re: #329 Hard Right

That's what is so disturbing. He's ragingly anti-American. He's far, far left, and he's close to being president. He will make the carter presidency look like pure genius.

That's change for ya'! Enough of the pro-American moderate presidents, let's try hard left for a CHANGE!

342 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:05:40pm

re: #330 The Shadow Do

Of course not. There is HOPE!

I tend to see the "Got Hope?" bumper stickers on the vehicles of men out here. The women tend to have just a plain Obama 08 sticker.
BTW, out here is Arizona.

343 Van Helsing  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:06:13pm

re: #340 The Shadow Do

We are the ones we have been waiting for!
/my favorite

We are the people our parents warned us about.
Jimmy Buffett

344 stevieray  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:06:55pm

Ugh... gotta reboot. I hope I make it back...

345 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:07:22pm
346 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:07:30pm

re: #321 jcm

Oh, the green stuff. Saw Anthony Bourdain drink that shit on one of his shows. Scary stuff.

A-side I like A. Bourdain. He is a little whacked on his political stances, but at least he is not the Bizarre Foods dude Andrew Zimmern. He is truly off in the brain.

347 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:07:43pm
348 solomonpanting  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:07:57pm

At least he wouldn't be accused of being a racist (or would he?).

349 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:08:01pm

re: #335 NY Nana

Bet he will.

/And Skeletar must have at least 2 girlfriends on the side. Such charm! Such charisma!

I've noticed liberal women tend to swoon soley over a male libs views regardless of how ugly they are.

re: #341 jcm

That's change for ya'! Enough of the pro-American moderate presidents, let's try hard left for a CHANGE!

Proof that not all change is good.

350 The Shadow Do  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:08:08pm

re: #342 Hard Right

I tend to see the "Got Hope?" bumper stickers on the vehicles of men out here. The women tend to have just a plain Obama 08 sticker.
BTW, out here is Arizona.

The men are hoping to get some of that Obama 08 woman stuff?
/working on an explanation

351 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:08:20pm

re: #338 WhiteRasta

A man after my own heart.......

i've got 20 some-odd different bottles of scotch in various states of drainage sitting in my cabinet. It's an expensive habit when you buy them, but considering how long a bottle can last it's much cheaper than a mistress...

352 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:08:43pm

re: #333 WindHorse

Forgive me..... but, what the fuck is this Junior Senator from Illinois doing in Europe anyway?

Things Obama Is Doing:
*Violating the Hatch Act
*Thanking Germans for winning the Cold War
*Bad-mouthing his country in a foreign land
*Leaving an enormous carbon footprint
*Sight-seeing in Berlin

Things Obama Is Not Doing:
*Speaking the second language he insists we peons speak
*Visiting injured troops
*Insisting we bring our troops home from that quagmire in the Balkans
*Impressing everyday Americans
*Answering many questions

353 BigJohn  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:08:52pm

re: #323 Mr. Bingley

i don't know why, i've as much irish blood in me as scot, but i just can't drink irish whisky.

I don't get it either. I love Irish Whiskey and like Tennessee sour mash, but I can't acquire the so-called acquired taste for Scotch..... and there's only about a bazillion flavors of Scotch.

354 nigella  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:09:03pm

I don't know how Hannity can stand to be on the same program with Colmes. He has to read everything he says off his notes.Makes me want to puke!

355 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:09:55pm
356 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:10:25pm

re: #353 BigJohn

I don't get it either. I love Irish Whiskey and like Tennessee sour mash, but I can't acquire the so-called acquired taste for Scotch..... and there's only about a bazillion flavors of Scotch.

yep. i went to college in virginia, and it's awfully hard to have fun there when you don't like bourbon. love scotch, can't stand bourbon. or cognac. blech.

357 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:10:31pm
358 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:10:40pm

re: #354 nigella

I've noticed Colmes is getting more air time. jeeze a double slap in the face.

359 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:11:08pm

re: #345 ploome hineni

it used to be made with wormwood

rotted the brain

That's what watching the MSM does.

re: #346 Dolphin

Oh, the green stuff. Saw Anthony Bourdain drink that shit on one of his shows. Scary stuff.

A-side I like A. Bourdain. He is a little whacked on his political stances, but at least he is not the Bizarre Foods dude Andrew Zimmern. He is truly off in the brain.

He's going to contract some horrible parasite or disease and die a painful death. I've heard about some State Dept. folks who were assigned to posts overseas and contracted parasites/diseases and literaly died slowly as a result.

360 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:11:10pm

re: #339 Mr. Bingley

heh, no, just internally confused. the papist blood in me is constantly fighting with the prot blood...

Remind me to invite you to my funeral :)

361 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:11:15pm

re: #342 Hard Right

I tend to see the "Got Hope?" bumper stickers on the vehicles of men out here. The women tend to have just a plain Obama 08 sticker.
BTW, out here is Arizona.

I saw a car today with two bumper stickers:
Obama '08
Worst President Ever

I lol'ed. I know the Worst President Ever is an anti-Bush sticker, but in hippie veritas. :)

362 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:11:35pm
363 nigella  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:11:38pm

Re: absinthe, it was the poison of choice of Tolouse Letrec also.I wonder if it stunts your growth?

364 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:11:40pm

I've just spent 20 or so minutes tracking down Petey who escaped from his NEW AND IMPROVED CAGE.

The Kid wants to get him a buddy. No problem. Hamsters seem to like being around other hamsters. I just don't wanna' get a hamster of the opposite sex. I've looked at Petey's crotch but, I still cannot figure it out.

Do I need a magnifying glass?

365 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:12:22pm

re: #345 ploome hineni

it used to be made with wormwood

rotted the brain

Sounds like Islam.

366 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:12:58pm

re: #351 Mr. Bingley

And it won't give you clap!

367 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:13:06pm

re: #364 MandyManners

Girl hamsters have bows on their heads and long eyelashes.

/I got all my learnin' from cartoons

368 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:13:26pm

re: #350 The Shadow Do

The men are hoping to get some of that Obama 08 woman stuff?
/working on an explanation

I'm thinking they are the whiny type who want something for nothing. They usually drive newer vehicles and not the cheap ones either.

369 nigella  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:13:30pm

Willowone, we must be fair and balanced after all. The media only ons 99% of the media, so the 1% left better be fair and show the other side right?

370 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:13:33pm

re: #184 Reno911

I could not agree more. Music and the culture from which it originates, are inseparable. After growing up in Austin, TX, I lived a large part of my life overseas. The one thing I missed the most, was live American music (all genres, even rap). American music dominates the music market worldwide.

There is a reason for that artistic dominance, Freedom.

Speace was in an artists cooperative 5 to 10 years ago or so called Urbanmusenyc. Most or all of them were of the left but they are good people and talented.
Amy Fairchild wrote a great song about 9-11 called Tuesday.
The non-group also had Jenny Bruce, Jo Davidson, and Karen Jacobsen. Rachael Sage, Sarah Lentz and Jennifer Marks. All girly music but at the time I'd have rather heard that at some club on Stanton Street or Hoboken than most of what people pay for.

371 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:13:54pm

re: #360 experiencedtraveller

Remind me to invite you to my funeral :)

i'll sing "finnegan's wake" in my best clancy brothers brogue!

but for god's sake don't die in a dry county.

372 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:13:58pm
373 nigella  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:14:00pm

PIMF "owns"

374 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:14:47pm

re: #359 Hard Right

I mean really, what is the purpose of his show? Gross factor? At least Bourdain has some entertainment factors.

The only time I really got pissed of at Bourdain was the show on the Texas Mexican show where he defended the illegal immigrants.

375 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:15:01pm

re: #366 WhiteRasta

And it won't give you clap!

or require a little blue pill.

376 GoJeepGo  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:15:02pm

re: #364 MandyManners

I've just spent 20 or so minutes tracking down Petey who escaped from his NEW AND IMPROVED CAGE.

The Kid wants to get him a buddy. No problem. Hamsters seem to like being around other hamsters. I just don't wanna' get a hamster of the opposite sex. I've looked at Petey's crotch but, I still cannot figure it out.

Do I need a magnifying glass?

From what I recall, mature male rodents are pretty easy to make out. Lots of pet stores now stock only one sex or the other, just to avoid any slip-ups.

377 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:15:16pm

re: #369 nigella

yes, i feel like we're tripping through the land of oz

378 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:15:31pm

re: #347 ploome hineni

Modigliani died of it

MOMA did Modigliani a few years back. It was a great exhibit. I thought he died of the 'Spanish Flu' ?

379 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:16:05pm

re: #361 Palandine

I saw a car today with two bumper stickers:
Obama '08
Worst President Ever

I lol'ed. I know the Worst President Ever is an anti-Bush sticker, but in hippie veritas. :)

Their stupidity is sometimes amusing.
I try to avoid those people on the road since they usually drive like shite. They seem to have the F**k everyone but me type attitude. In other words, typical leftist.

380 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:16:06pm

re: #376 GoJeepGo

From what I recall, mature male rodents are pretty easy to make out. Lots of pet stores now stock only one sex or the other, just to avoid any slip-ups.

maybe it's a MetroHampster?

381 nigella  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:16:17pm

Willowone, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore......

382 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:16:32pm
383 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:16:40pm

re: #375 Mr. Bingley

..."or require a little blue pill...."

At my age, that is my favorite recreational drug!

384 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:17:01pm
385 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:17:10pm

re: #381 nigella

i suppose i will have to lose my red shoes .

386 pat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:17:20pm

Excellent music

387 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:17:31pm

re: #374 Dolphin

I mean really, what is the purpose of his show? Gross factor? At least Bourdain has some entertainment factors.

The only time I really got pissed of at Bourdain was the show on the Texas Mexican show where he defended the illegal immigrants.

Bourdain's Saudi Arabia show was a taqqiya festival.

I still like him, though.

I like Zimmern's more "everyman" style.

/but shoot, that man's eaten every kind of testicle known to man and gets irretrievably grossed out by durian?

388 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:17:45pm

re: #258 MandyManners

I'll give extra *whacks* to those who cannot maintain civility.

no, please don't that will just encourage the reprobates...

/

389 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:18:10pm

re: #372 ploome hineni

you see a scrotum? feel between the back legs, mandy

it's a trick I learned

Hamster sexual harrassment!
When we were kids my brother and I had two females. They were fine together until they reached adulthood. Then they started to fight rather viciously. After treating multiple wounds on multiple occassions we separated them.

390 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:18:12pm

re: #185 lawhawk

Lawhawk,

You have no idea how much I want to see him have to explain it in public. I can only imagine what this is doing to his wife and kids.

Excellent points, BTW. Deep down? I wish that Obama had named him as his VP, and then have this break...I just wonder what the reaction would be.

Yes, IIRC, the magazine/scandal sheet (if I can call it that) was supposed to release either photos and/or video as proof a day or so ago.

391 joncelli  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:19:46pm

re: #74 Big Steve

That's awesome, Steve! Keep pushing until you reach your goal!

392 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:20:03pm

re: #364 MandyManners

I've just spent 20 or so minutes tracking down Petey who escaped from his NEW AND IMPROVED CAGE.

The Kid wants to get him a buddy. No problem. Hamsters seem to like being around other hamsters. I just don't wanna' get a hamster of the opposite sex. I've looked at Petey's crotch but, I still cannot figure it out.

Do I need a magnifying glass?

If my memory is correct... it requires some palpatating, to make the particular clue display itself (either version).

393 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:20:04pm

re: #383 WhiteRasta

..."or require a little blue pill...."

At my age, that is my favorite recreational drug!

hehehe, i don't want the extra couple of hours of frustration.

although those 4 hours they warn about in the ads do sound tempting...

394 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:20:48pm

re: #363 nigella

/Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

395 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:21:05pm

re: #393 Mr. Bingley

I should be so lucky!

396 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:21:17pm

re: #393 Mr. Bingley

hehehe, i don't want the extra couple of hours of frustration.

although those 4 hours they warn about in the ads do sound tempting...

Heard from a nurse what reversing that entails.
Worst case scenario-big needle to drain the blood. I feel faint just thinking about that.

397 nigella  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:21:20pm

Seriously re: Fox, I read over a year ago that Murdock, was going to go more Liberal, because I guess he thought he saw the handwriting on the wall and thought being too Conservative would cut into his profits. He even is donating to the "messiah." Can't tell if this is a wise move for him but I believe he was premature in this new direction. We will see.

398 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:21:31pm

re: #387 Palandine

Bourdain's Saudi Arabia show was a taqqiya festival.

I still like him, though.

I like Zimmern's more "everyman" style.

/but shoot, that man's eaten every kind of testicle known to man and gets irretrievably grossed out by durian?

I had a durian smoothie in SW Houston...the girl said it was made with real durian fruit. Strange, strange taste. Not to the level Bourdain described (of course, he was eating it straight from the rind with a spoon). Tinges of cigarette butt and distant diaper.

399 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:21:35pm
400 devil in baggy pants  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:22:21pm

re: #396 Hard Right

That's pretty funny considering your nic.

ha ha ha

401 Render  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:22:21pm

Mazzy Star - Disappear

R

402 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:22:27pm

re: #399 ploome hineni

.....then there was the time me and my neighbor tried to get our yorkies to make

my male yorkie was smaller/ahorter than the female

Hmmm, step ladder needed?

403 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:22:30pm

re: #390 NY Nana

Lawhawk,

You have no idea how much I want to see him have to explain it in public. I can only imagine what this is doing to his wife and kids.

Excellent points, BTW. Deep down? I wish that Obama had named him as his VP, and then have this break...I just wonder what the reaction would be.

Yes, IIRC, the magazine/scandal sheet (if I can call it that) was supposed to release either photos and/or video as proof a day or so ago.

The Republican's won't touch it, they can't with Newt Gingrich's history and Giuliani's marriages. Even though Rudy was the sick party. The LAT has buried this, officially. Wish we could get billboards up blasting them. Since Obama has no message to run against (Hope?, Change?) we have to go against his messengers.

404 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:23:19pm

re: #399 ploome hineni

.....then there was the time me and my neighbor tried to get our yorkies to make

my male yorkie was smaller/ahorter than the female

I have seen a Doberman mix female lie down to give a little schnauzer mutt a fair shot.

405 WhiteRasta  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:23:24pm

re: #396 Hard Right

The thought of where they were going to stick that needle would cure that problem for me....

406 GGMac  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:23:36pm

Evening everyone - happy Friday night, and is this going to be a drinking thread?

I've finally got an avatar, but it isn't showing by earlier comments - testing here/now.

It does appear on the profile page, however. Does anyone know why it isn't showing up by comments?


Oh, and yeah - the Obamahusseinness has become more than an asshat - still trying to discover an appropriate adjective for him, but so far language fails me.

A drinking thread is definitely in order - first round is on me and my avatar cohorts!

407 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:23:50pm
408 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:23:58pm

re: #400 devil in baggy pants

That's pretty funny considering your nic.

ha ha ha

I used to hang out on a site populated with lefties. They had many names for me, but none too original. You sort of touched on one of those names.

409 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:24:09pm
410 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:24:23pm

re: #400 devil in baggy pants

That's pretty funny considering your nic.

ha ha ha

BTW, I don't need that stuff yet.

411 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:24:27pm

re: #396 Hard Right

Heard from a nurse what reversing that entails.
Worst case scenario-big needle to drain the blood. I feel faint just thinking about that.

*gulp*

yowzer.

i'll stick with oysters.

412 GGMac  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:24:31pm

Woooooooooooot! There it is!

413 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:24:49pm

re: #397 nigella

i read an interesting article this evening i believe linked from LGF but here it is again if not on the media and their love affair with Mr.Obama
[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

414 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:24:56pm

re: #409 ploome hineni

bravo

/lol

Awww. That's funny. Was alcohol involved?

415 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:25:00pm

Hey all y'all - how is everyone doing tonight? I am, as usual, late to the party, what have I missed?

416 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:25:06pm

re: #398 OldLineTexan

I had a durian smoothie in SW Houston...the girl said it was made with real durian fruit. Strange, strange taste. Not to the level Bourdain described (of course, he was eating it straight from the rind with a spoon). Tinges of cigarette butt and distant diaper.

From what I've heard, it's pretty gross. I just had to laugh, though, that a guy who's eaten cow skin soup met his match with a fruit.

Someday I'm going to buy some frozen durian at the asian food store and see what all the hype is about.

417 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:25:15pm

re: #406 GGMac

lizard coitus interuptus?

418 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:25:40pm

re: #387 Palandine

Bourdain's Saudi Arabia show was a taqqiya festival.

I still like him, though.

I like Zimmern's more "everyman" style.

/but shoot, that man's eaten every kind of testicle known to man and gets irretrievably grossed out by durian?

Which man are you referring to? The last episode I watched of Bourdain's he was eating penis'.

His Beirut episode was a bit whacked also, but I found it interesting because he was experiencing something he was not expecting.

419 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:25:48pm
420 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:25:54pm

re: #415 realwest

Hey all y'all - how is everyone doing tonight? I am, as usual, late to the party, what have I missed?

World turned honest. Our side won.

421 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:26:01pm

re: #411 Mr. Bingley

*gulp*

yowzer.

i'll stick with oysters.

A little advice, avoid ED drugs called Caverject and Muse. Trust me on this.

422 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:26:50pm

re: #420 lifeofthemind
Wha? I can understand our side winning - but the World turned honest? That I don't understand at all!

423 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:26:52pm

re: #415 realwest

For one Mandy promised to spank bad boys more, based on the level of badness... might be counter productive?

424 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:26:55pm

re: #419 ploome hineni

with the dogs?

no

I am not a 'good'' drinker..puts me to sleep

LOL. Yes the dogs. Someone slip the Dobie some X?

425 tradewind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:27:12pm

re: #1 taxfreekiller

Wow...
I posted about t that the other night and then felt like I had done something sleazy.
Now I feel a little better about it.
Silky, we hardly knew ye.

426 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:27:18pm

re: #389 Hard Right

Then they started to fight rather viciously.

/Hamster Fight

427 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:27:58pm

re: #415 realwest

Hey all y'all - how is everyone doing tonight? I am, as usual, late to the party, what have I missed?

Good music
Obama dissing
Some baseball team from New York
Absinthe and other forms of fire water
Hamster sexing (not that kind, Mr. Gere)
The relative merits of Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern

A Friday night classic.

428 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:28:31pm

re: #414 Hard Right

Awww. That's funny. Was alcohol involved?

Not to my knowledge. The dobie mix belonged to a girlfriend's family. Her name was Sergeant and she treated me well. They had a large lot with no fence, and were in the practice of boarding her when she was in heat. Unfortunately, they were caught off guard. She whipped the tar out of the first dozen or so suitors, but then I am afraid she became a bit "loose", LOL.

429 GGMac  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:28:38pm

re: #417 slokat

lizard coitus interuptus?


ROFLMAO! You're killin' me! Cheeks hurt from laughing - upper set, that is -

430 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:29:06pm

re: #426 Killian Bundy

/Hamster Fight

They're so cute.
Heh. I expected a Matrix type hamster fight.

431 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:29:18pm

re: #418 Dolphin

Zimmern. Zimmern seems to be coerced into eating more testicles than any man I've seen.

/Palandine pitches one right over the plate.

432 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:29:18pm

re: #421 Hard Right

A little advice, avoid ED drugs called Caverject and Muse. Trust me on this.

whether needed or not i've never taken any of those pills, and i never will. if it works, hurray.

if not, i get some sleep.

433 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:29:37pm

re: #423 slokat
Well it might be counterproductive, but I suspect Mandy's definition of "bad" wouldn't match up with the boys who enjoy being spanked ideas of being bad!

434 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:30:11pm

re: #428 OldLineTexan

Not to my knowledge. The dobie mix belonged to a girlfriend's family. Her name was Sergeant and she treated me well. They had a large lot with no fence, and were in the practice of boarding her when she was in heat. Unfortunately, they were caught off guard. She whipped the tar out of the first dozen or so suitors, but then I am afraid she became a bit "loose", LOL.

Biological clock kicked in?
/

435 Dolphin  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:31:22pm

Ok, got to go. I believe this is the latest I have been on the Friday night drinking thread and I am laughing my ass off. Did not realize that it goes this far south this fast. LOL.

Have a great weekend all!

436 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:32:25pm

re: #434 Hard Right

Biological clock kicked in?
/

I believe so, or at least instinct.

437 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:32:50pm

re: #435 Dolphin

I thought it was rather tame so far.

438 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:33:28pm

re: #437 Noam Sayin'
HEY NOAM! How are you doing this fine evening?

439 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:33:38pm

re: "unusual" food

I was offered the bull penis and seahorse soup in Shanghai, but I went with the peppered venison. YUM.

440 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:34:06pm

re: #437 Noam Sayin'
Oh and btw, love the new avatar Noam!

441 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:34:25pm

Rat shit
Rat shit
Gitchie gitchie goo
we are the lizards
who the fuck are you?

442 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:34:30pm

re: #437 Noam Sayin'

I thought it was rather tame so far.

Pretty tame, although I am not wearing any pants.

/

443 USA  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:35:03pm

McCain's new combination punch
One
Two
is devastatingly effective in contrasting the man and the metrosexual. It is exactly the right combination.

This will help, too.

The Brits have seen through the Opacity of Hype. I predict a long, hot August for BO, after which he will be sacrificed in a Bonfire of this Vanity.

444 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:35:03pm

re: #442 OldLineTexan
Film at 11.

445 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:35:30pm

re: #441 pingjockey Uh, huh. Been imbibing a little tonight my friend?! LOL!

446 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:35:55pm

re: #441 pingjockey

Dang, we would have earned some major cheerleading demerits for that one.

/we weren't even allowed to hold hands while in uniform!

447 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:36:19pm

re: #432 Mr. Bingley

whether needed or not i've never taken any of those pills, and i never will. if it works, hurray.

if not, i get some sleep.

They aren't exactly pills.

Caverject

Muse

448 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:36:21pm

re: #443 USA
That article from the Times is just a hoot and devastating to boot.

449 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:36:47pm

re: #435 Dolphin

Ok, got to go. I believe this is the latest I have been on the Friday night drinking thread and I am laughing my ass off. Did not realize that it goes this far south this fast. LOL.

Have a great weekend all!

currently this is more west than south!

/

weet dreams!

450 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:37:04pm

Have they established yet what caused the gaping hole in the cargo hold of the Qantas plane, other than it couldn't have possibly, ever, remotely been terrorism?

451 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:38:30pm

re: #443 USA

I believe they did Gerards satircal splot on Fox also.
Quit funny wasn't it.

452 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:38:30pm

re: #447 Hard Right

They aren't exactly pills.

oh dude ouch!

453 USA  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:38:45pm

re: #443 USA

Ooops. video is here

454 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:38:55pm

re: #445 realwest No booze tonight. Just silliness.

re: #446 Silhouette Me and another guy who didn't play basketball came up with that one. We were football and baseball players. Kinda vertically challenged. So we worked in the orchard pruning or the saw mill pulling lumber on the green chain after school in the winter.

455 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:38:55pm

re: #407 ploome hineni

whatever was needed neither she nor I knew what to do

we were both on the floor staring at each other trying to 'help'

and my poor little doggie was exhausted

And she wanted to cuddle afterwards I bet. Poor little guy.

re: #436 OldLineTexan

I believe so, or at least instinct.

Maybe she had a thing for Schnauzers?

456 Killgore Trout  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:39:02pm

Hot Air headlines....
Obama Talks About Lifting a Child In Bangladesh From Poverty... John McCain Already Did

Barack Obama talks.
Barack Obama talks about lifting the child from Bangladesh from poverty.
John McCain already did it.

John and Cindy McCain adopted Bridget McCain... From Bangladesh.

Progressives stink.

457 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:39:16pm

ouch, quite*

458 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:39:44pm

re: #438 realwest

Hey, buddy. Drinking a mojito and not wearing pants.

re: #442 OldLineTexan

Who does?

459 solomonpanting  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:39:59pm

I was selected for jury duty this week and was dismissed as a juror after two days. Here's the case. I imagine slokat has heard of this, being in his neighborhood and all.

460 USA  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:40:06pm

re: #448 pingjockey

Take a look at this

Great stuff.

461 GGMac  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:40:17pm

re: #451 willowone

I believe they did Gerards satircal splot on Fox also.
Quit funny wasn't it.


Welcome to the Football Field, hatchling!

462 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:40:20pm

re: #456 Killgore Trout
Goddamn truth hurts don't it obambi?

463 jaunte  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:40:42pm

re: #450 Palandine

They say 'loose panel':

In this instance an outer skin panel close to the wing and adjacent to one of the forward cargo hold doors separated from the rest of the airframe. Pictures of the aircraft clearly show that this was a system failure rather than being caused by, for example, an internal or external explosion. The panel in question appears to have been ripped away cleanly by the passage of the wind over the skin of the aircraft.


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

464 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:41:16pm

re: #461 GGMac

thank you.

465 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:41:26pm

re: #452 Mr. Bingley

oh dude ouch!

I was a pharmacy tech and I always wanted to laugh when the wives would call in for alternatives to Viagra or Cialis. About half of them opted for those two ED meds. I never wondered why. Heh.

466 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:41:38pm

re: #447 Hard Right Uh, that there Caverject means you gotta stick a needle into your dick - count me out (not that I NEED any help, ya understand!)!
Geez, who could do that?

467 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:41:40pm

Has our local obambi apologist showed up today?

468 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:42:05pm

re: #447 Hard Right

Who the hell would want to have sex after either of those applications?

470 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:42:28pm

re: #463 jaunte

traveling at over 500 mph with a huge pressure differential will do that to a loose panel.

471 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:42:29pm

re: #450 Palandine

Have they established yet what caused the gaping hole in the cargo hold of the Qantas plane, other than it couldn't have possibly, ever, remotely been terrorism?

Yes.

The incident occurred during Obama's Berlin speech, which was EXACTLY on the other side of the Earth.

In layman's terms, the Suck Inversion (SI) created by the empty platitudes, tired rhetoric, and cookie-cutter anti-Americanism went right through the planet and snatched that panel right off the jet.

A langur was injured in a sensitive area, but has been supplied with Caverject and opposable thumbs while he heals. A butterfly was also destroyed, which will unfortunately bring about the Second Dinosaur Extinction in 2617.

472 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:43:12pm

re: #469 Killgore Trout
Saw that last night. Pretty funny.

473 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:43:33pm

Our recently adopted mutt looks for all the world like she is part lab and part chihuahua.

I was wondering how that worked exactly but now I have an image of how it may have worked, at least one way.

474 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:43:51pm

re: #458 Noam Sayin'

Point made.

475 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:44:01pm

re: #463 jaunte

Thanks!

476 Killgore Trout  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:44:12pm

re: #472 pingjockey

That;s downright hilarious. They got nothin'.

477 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:44:15pm

re: #458 Noam Sayin'
Uh huh. Noam ole buddy, ole friend of mine, that doesn't exactly convey a, uh, pretty image if y'all know what I mean.
Are you wearing your scooter helmet for protection just in case you should, ya know, slip or fall off your chair?

478 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:44:18pm

re: #471 OldLineTexan
Hahahaha! I am so glad I didn't have a snoot full of adult beverages.

479 jaunte  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:44:42pm

re: #475 Palandine

You're welcome; I was curious about that too, and then forgot to look.

480 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:45:38pm

re: #466 realwest

Uh, that there Caverject means you gotta stick a needle into your dick - count me out (not that I NEED any help, ya understand!)!
Geez, who could do that?

Celibacy sounds really good when that's the only answer. I actually had a few guys call up who loved that particular ED med. I had images of the guy clad in leather with a whip hanging out of his butt.

re: #468 Noam Sayin'

Who the hell would want to have sex after either of those applications?

Now you know why half the women who called picked one of those two meds.

481 stevieray  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:46:24pm

Yay! It worked! Got my Windows Media Player to work. Now I can watch Rush and Beck again.

482 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:46:29pm

re: #459 solomonpanting

I was selected for jury duty this week and was dismissed as a juror after two days. Here's the case. I imagine slokat has heard of this, being in his neighborhood and all.

Yes, I know of this case - don't agree/disagree about the root cause (too many loose ends on each side of the question), but highly disagree that it was transfered to LA for action.

On the east coast that would be like being arrested in NY, NY and having to appear in court in West Virginia

483 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:46:42pm

re: #479 jaunte

You're welcome; I was curious about that too, and then forgot to look.

I'll take Things Michael Jackson's Tailor Might Say for $200, Alex

484 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:47:23pm

re: #476 Killgore Trout
Apperentley the guy that busted this noticed Phoenix missles on the F-14s. We sold the Shah F-14s but not the Phoenix missle. The whole Iranian military website is over half models or fake planes. Hahahaha!
3 carrier battle groups would basically make the whole Iranian military poorly armed infantry in about 4 hours.

485 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:48:21pm

re: #477 realwest

I've stopped wearing the helmet almost entirely these days, except for commuting and some of my longer rides. My neighbor gives me a hard time about it because his wife makes him wear his helmet - even when he's just wheeling his Triumph around the block to put in the garage. They have kids. I understand.

Still chaps his hyde when he sees me take off down the alley in shorts, t-shirt, sandals and goggles.

486 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:48:59pm

Since no one was injured, I feel like less of a jackass for asking this:

Do you think, after one of those near misses or near disasters like this, that the airline provides you with a clean set of underwear before they turn you loose into the concourse? I know I'd need them--I recall a line from Bill Cosby about car accidents: "First you SAY it, then you DO it."

487 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:49:04pm

re: #484 pingjockey

Apperentley the guy that busted this noticed Phoenix missles on the F-14s. We sold the Shah F-14s but not the Phoenix missle. The whole Iranian military website is over half models or fake planes. Hahahaha!
3 carrier battle groups would basically make the whole Iranian military poorly armed infantry in about 4 hours.

And THEN what? Mountainous roads and IEDS? Dirty bombs?

488 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:49:22pm

re: #485 Noam Sayin'
You are askin' for it. I'd rather break a bone than get that much road rash! But, it is your hide!

489 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:49:23pm

re: #466 realwest

Uh, that there Caverject means you gotta stick a needle into your dick - count me out (not that I NEED any help, ya understand!)!
Geez, who could do that?

Well, SOMEONE'S actions prompted the warning on this set of precision screw drivers.

490 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:50:37pm

re: #487 experiencedtraveller
Nope, I think the mad mullahs get hung from some of those cranes they've been using to hang gays and women.

491 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:50:44pm

re: #485 Noam Sayin'

I've stopped wearing the helmet almost entirely these days, except for commuting and some of my longer rides. My neighbor gives me a hard time about it because his wife makes him wear his helmet - even when he's just wheeling his Triumph around the block to put in the garage. They have kids. I understand.

Still chaps his hyde when he sees me take off down the alley in shorts, t-shirt, sandals and goggles.

Here in AZ the EMTs call guys like you "organ donors". They say that the victims of motorcycle accidents usually die from massive head trauma. As a result their organs get harvested.

Not criticizing you, just hate to see you take an unecessary risk. Anti-idiotarians are in short supply.

492 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:50:55pm

re: #458 Noam Sayin'

Hey, buddy. Drinking a mojito and not wearing pants.

Are you wearing a tutu?

493 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:50:58pm

re: #489 Silhouette

Well, SOMEONE'S actions prompted the warning on this set of precision screw drivers.

That's for treatment of kidneyscrews.

494 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:51:22pm

re: #485 Noam Sayin'
Huh - don't the laws require you to wear a helmet when you ride your scooter or is your state more enlightened than NYS?!

495 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:52:03pm

re: #403 lifeofthemind

The Republican's won't touch it, they can't with Newt Gingrich's history and Giuliani's marriages. Even though Rudy was the sick party. The LAT has buried this, officially. Wish we could get billboards up blasting them. Since Obama has no message to run against (Hope?, Change?) we have to go against his messengers.

I just hope that enough people find this so reprehensible, even in the Demonratic party...to have an illegitimate baby with his mistress while the same wife who lost their son in an auto accident, and who went on to have a few younger babies, to provide Silky Pony a male heir, is so reprehensible that it dwarfs Newt and Rudy's perfidies...Newt did it to a wife with Ca of the breast, also, IIRC...but there was no baby involved.

And I keep getting a feeling, seriously, that something re Osama will come out, hopefully after the convention, that will destroy the poseur, who has about as much ability to be President as my almost-2 year old grandson...who shows more common sense already than Obama has in his entire life. He just is not presidential material, and the Demonrats really were insulting their own party by letting him run.

They offer Shrillary and Obama? The worst of the worst? And Shrill would bring Bubba into the equation...Michelle Obama is bad enough.

McCain is a decent man...not the best choice, but I am proud to vote for him. His VP is the most important appointment he can make pre-election.

I cannot put Rudy or Newt into the same class of evil and selfishness that Edwards is in, and I will bet there are a lot of Dems, female and male, who are also disgusted at just how low he has gone..reaching bottom and still sinking.

496 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:52:13pm

re: #493 OldLineTexan
What the Fuck? Over.

497 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:52:39pm

re: #493 OldLineTexan

That's for treatment of kidneyscrews.

First, kill all the lawyers...
Ok, not all, but some definitely have it coming.

498 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:52:47pm

re: #485 Noam Sayin'

Noam, you should always wear a helmet when riding your bike. Period!

499 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:53:07pm

re: #495 NY Nana
What, has some more info came out?

500 Thanos  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:53:39pm

Important piece on Russia-Sino Relations

When two states enter into alliance, the first thing they must do is stop treating each other as foes. There is a bit of wiggle room if the two states do not border each other as the United States and Soviet Union did not during World War II. But in cases of a shared land border, it is devilishly difficult to believe that those on the other side of the line have your back if they are still gunning for a piece of your backyard. If China and Russia are going to stand together against the United States — or really, anyone — in any way, shape or form, the first thing they have to do is stop standing against each other. And that is just about to happen.

There are still plenty of reasons to doubt the durability of this development. In terms of modern warfare, the islands are strategic irrelevancies, so their surrender is not exactly a huge gesture of trust. Achieving any semblance of economic integration between the two powers still would be more trouble and expensive than it would be worth, making any deepening of the bilateral relationship difficult. Russia’s demographic slide instills a perfectly logical paranoia in the Kremlin; Russians are outnumbered 7 to 1 by their “partner” in terms of population and 3 to 1 in terms of economic size — something that Russian pride will find far harder to accept than merely handing over some islands. There is no substitute to the American market for China. Period. Sharing Central Asia is simply impossible because both sides need the same resources to achieve and maintain their strategic aims. And neither power has a particularly sterling reputation when it comes to confidence building.

Yet while Moscow is known for many, many things, sacrificing territory — especially territory over which blood has been shed — is not on that list. Swallowing some pride to raise the prospect of a Chinese-Russian alliance is something that should not pass unnoticed. Burying the hatchet in the islands of the Amur is the first step on the improbable road to a warmer bilateral relationship, and raises the possibility of a coalition of forces with the geographic foundation necessary to challenge the United States at its very core.

Such a Chinese-Russian alliance remains neither natural nor likely. But, with the territory handover, it has just become something that it was not a week ago: possible.

501 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:54:05pm

re: #496 pingjockey

What the Fuck? Over.

Some people are apparently much more creative than is good for them.

502 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:54:27pm

Later folks. Going to go get my sci-fi fix. Dr. Who is about to come on. Later, oh and uh, mind the screwdrivers. :)

503 joncelli  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:54:47pm

re: #364 MandyManners

Male hamsters have humongous nuts relative to the rest of their bodies. Can't miss them. If it were male, you would know.

504 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:55:03pm

re: #487 experiencedtraveller Nah, we'd just need to give Kuwaiit the green light to invade Iran.
Geez, gimme a break would you please? I'm NOT suggesting a ground war in Iran would be a good idea, but I do like taking out their Command and Control, their "airforce", "navy" their anti-aircraft defenses, their anti-missle defenses and taking out a couple of their vaunted Iranian Revolutionary Guard Divisions.
Might get their fucking attention, ya know?

505 lori lane  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:55:18pm

re: #481 stevieray

You don't happen to have a Mac, do you? I can't get my video of Rush to work...

506 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:55:24pm

re: #500 Thanos

Important piece on Russia-Sino Relations

The last thing we need is for them to become busome buddies.
Maybe we can start the rumor that russia said china is fat.

507 pingjockey  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:55:31pm

re: #501 OldLineTexan
That looks likes one of those mangled english translations.

508 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:55:37pm

re: #501 OldLineTexan

Some people are apparently much more creative than is good for them.

Hhmm... & some of us are creative enough to be dangerous... in general.

;)

509 solomonpanting  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:55:53pm

re: #482 slokat

Yes, I know of this case - don't agree/disagree about the root cause (too many loose ends on each side of the question), but highly disagree that it was transfered to LA for action.

On the east coast that would be like being arrested in NY, NY and having to appear in court in West Virginia

It is a bit far, but I doubt if the cultural mores will be any less sympathetic to his case. However, the jury may be able to convict purely on whether he violated federal law. California allows medical marijuana, the Feds don't.

510 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:56:40pm

re: #507 pingjockey

That looks likes one of those mangled english translations.

I love Engrish.

511 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:56:50pm

re: #489 Silhouette GACK! I ask again, WHO would do such a thing and WHY?!
For me pain is about as anti-erotic as it gets.

512 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:56:51pm

Here is a graph that will provide you with needed perspective in the coming months, when the MSM touts each and every bank failure, in order to boost the "lousy economy" storyline they are selling.

Bank failures in 2008 are about normal for the past 10 years, and most of the rest of the century.

513 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:57:09pm

re: #467 pingjockey

Just looking for trouble, aren't you! ;) Now if it shows, it will be all your fault!

514 Thanos  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:57:58pm

re: #506 Hard Right

Russia is doing a lot of saber rattling lately, note the threat of Nuclear bomber runs to Cuba. I think they are looking for backing.

515 Colonel Panik  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:57:59pm

Well, tomorrow is that blogger meeting in Tempe AZ at Four Peaks Brewery at 3:00 that Macker was trying to turn into a gathering of AZ lizards. I invited any AZ lizards to join us before hand at High Noon at the Scottsdale Gun Club.

The invitation still stands. I'll cover your range fees, you pay for targets and ammo.

Bring your own shootin' irons, rent from the club or shoot mine.

Afterwards suds and blog talk in Tempe.

My nick is blue for this evening if you wish to RSVP. I'm going out for some sushi but I should be on the evening thread in about 2 hours.

516 willowone  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:58:28pm

goodnite, gut shabbos and so on. thank you for sharing the room with me tonight.

517 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:58:38pm

re: #508 slokat

Hhmm... & some of us are creative enough to be dangerous... in general.

;)

Saw the newspaper report years ago:

A man had over a pound of concrete and a broken lightbulb removed from his rectum.

A friend's mom is a nurse and I saw a polaroid of an x-ray she brought home. In the x-ray pic it clearly shows a glass Coke bottle lodged deeply in a man's rectum.

Some people have waaaaayyyy too much free time.

518 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:58:41pm

re: #498 DesertSage
Hey Sage - how are you doing tonight? I like your new avatar, too!

519 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 8:59:35pm

re: #515 Colonel Panik

Good shootin' to you all. I would be there if it wasn't for most of Texas and New Mexico being in my way.

520 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:00:11pm

re: #517 Hard Right

Nah, you got 'em all wrong. In each and every case, the object was simply lodged in the couch cushions and they didn't see it before they sat down.

521 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:00:45pm

re: #488 pingjockey

You are askin' for it. I'd rather break a bone than get that much road rash! But, it is your hide!

Ninety degree heat and 70% humidity with blue jeans and a long-sleeved shirt? Not even worth going out. I realize I increase my risk going nearly au naturale, but I'm not usually traveling more than 25 or 30 mph, anyway.

522 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:01:22pm

re: #515 Colonel Panik

Well, tomorrow is that blogger meeting in Tempe AZ at Four Peaks Brewery at 3:00 that Macker was trying to turn into a gathering of AZ lizards. I invited any AZ lizards to join us before hand at High Noon at the Scottsdale Gun Club.

The invitation still stands. I'll cover your range fees, you pay for targets and ammo.

Bring your own shootin' irons, rent from the club or shoot mine.

Afterwards suds and blog talk in Tempe.

My nick is blue for this evening if you wish to RSVP. I'm going out for some sushi but I should be on the evening thread in about 2 hours.

Awww damnit! I'll be barely be getting back from pulling targets at Usery Pass at that time. Then I have to meet someone after that. Grrrr.

523 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:02:25pm

re: #518 realwest

Hey Sage - how are you doing tonight? I like your new avatar, too!

Hey RW. We have to convince Noam to wear his helmet. It's really important!

I've seen a skull cracked open against a curb with brains hanging out, it's not a pretty sight.
I hope you're listening, Noam.

524 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:02:41pm

re: #504 realwest

NO realwest. I DO know. And you should know too. Some people here are advocating a half baked air strike on an entity of 80 million people that may already be nuclear armed.

We have 150,000 infantry in the theater.

You want to do what for what? To get someone's attention? Please....

525 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:02:43pm

re: #517 Hard Right
"Some people have waaaaayyyy too much free time." And waaaayyyy too much empty space between their ears!

526 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:02:55pm

re: #514 Thanos

Russia is doing a lot of saber rattling lately, note the threat of Nuclear bomber runs to Cuba. I think they are looking for backing.

Remember Red Dawn? Well Cuba has airliners that fly over parts of the U.S.
We need to keep an eye on Russia. They are quickly sliding back into tyranny.

527 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:03:55pm

re: #520 Silhouette

Nah, you got 'em all wrong. In each and every case, the object was simply lodged in the couch cushions and they didn't see it before they sat down.

The concrete was poured in while wet. 'Splain that one. :)

528 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:04:52pm

re: #509 solomonpanting

Wasn't thinking sympathy... how'd you like to have to travel four plus hours to a trial to prove your innocence?

Plus, how many peers of the defendant do you think they'll really find for the jury? I think this is a standard case of federal strong arming (or we don't care about your situation...).

I fought the IRS for ten years. My court dates were always sent to me the week after I was supposed to appear in San Francisco... with an attendant notice that I had failed to appear, and thus the judge ruled in the IRS favor. I fully understand how a bureaucracy functions in it's own best interests.

529 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:04:56pm

re: #492 DesertSage

Are you wearing a tutu?

I just figured I'd catch hell from you on that one. I switched back to a caipirinha. I had a little heartburn from my pizza and needed the fizz to help me belch. That's why I had a mojito.

Besides. I make a damn good mojito.

530 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:05:26pm

re: #521 Noam Sayin'

....bro'.... I was blithely riding my bicycle in 1999 down the road (my commute home) and it was raining.... and I came to a set of railroad tracks that sliced across the road at a really fine angle....

Next thing you know, that GD set of tracks came up and grabbed my front tire.

Three cracks in my helmet, at least three cracked ribs and several horn blaring cars later, I realized I was still alive.

Wear a fucking helmet.

That is all

531 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:06:15pm

re: #499 pingjockey

Apparently. I hope they nail him.

532 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:06:18pm

re: #515 Colonel Panik

Wish I was closer... sounds like fun! enjoy...

533 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:07:54pm

re: #527 Hard Right

The concrete was poured in while wet. 'Splain that one. :)

Give me a minute.

Uh, he needed a mold for his hemorrhoid study. He was cleaning his concrete injector when suddenly it went off. An old friend came in from out of town. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood!

It wasn't his fault!

534 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:08:26pm

re: #533 Silhouette

Give me a minute.

Uh, he needed a mold for his hemorrhoid study. He was cleaning his concrete injector when suddenly it went off. An old friend came in from out of town. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood!

It wasn't his fault!

And the light bulb?

535 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:08:31pm

re: #523 DesertSage

I hope you're listening, Noam.

I hear better without the helmet. That has to increase my odds just a little.

Seriously, if you saw where I ride you'd realize I'm not in that much danger. Besides, I've seen women riding around on their scoots and not wearing helmets.

536 Colonel Panik  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:09:15pm

re: #522 Hard Right

Awww damnit! I'll be barely be getting back from pulling targets at Usery Pass at that time. Then I have to meet someone after that. Grrrr.

I was thinking about Usery Pass, outdoor range is better for shooting the big iron but SGC is more centrally located (Macker is coming from North Central PHX) and I know some of the other PHX area Lizards are on the West Side.

Plus, if you want to do Usery in the summertime it's best to be out there early in the morning before it gets hot as I am sure you know.

537 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:10:28pm

re: #535 Noam Sayin'

I hear better without the helmet. That has to increase my odds just a little.

Seriously, if you saw where I ride you'd realize I'm not in that much danger. Besides, I've seen women riding around on their scoots and not wearing helmets.

Everyone else was doing it will ring hollow as an excuse to your loved ones.
In my neighborhood we've had THREE guys die while riding their motorcycles. They too liked to go without helmets.
Besides, it only takes one idiot motorist and some bad luck to kill you.

538 Silhouette  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:10:39pm

re: #534 Hard Right

And the light bulb?

His hemorrhoid got an idea?

539 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:10:49pm

Hey, I enjoyed Patty Griffin's singing. I'll have to remember her.

I love this woman's voice, Marcella Detroit, the one with the high voice:

Shakespeare's Sister "Stay"

Youtube Video

540 pat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:11:19pm

Russian bombers in Cuba will not go over well in Central and South America. And Cuba has not welcomed this news from the country that gave them up. It will promulgate the reconstruction of a Caribbean/ South Atlantic fleet if we have a normal President. Obama will try to surrender the country, but it will not go well. If Russia does that, expect a very large Iraqi air base, a new fleet with full marine invasion capabilities, new radar and anti-air deploys, and converted Boomers to move down to Mississippi and South Carolina. I think we have 4 or so we could convert to cruise missiles as we now have off China.

541 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:11:35pm

re: #529 Noam Sayin'

I just figured I'd catch hell from you on that one. I switched back to a caipirinha. I had a little heartburn from my pizza and needed the fizz to help me belch. That's why I had a mojito.

Besides. I make a damn good mojito.

noam, if you peel the limes the caipirinha is even better.

542 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:12:10pm

Noam?

Yeah, I remember Noam..... that dude was a funny guy.

He was a real dude....

So sad that he had to go out that way....

Damn.

543 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:12:33pm

re: #536 Colonel Panik

I was thinking about Usery Pass, outdoor range is better for shooting the big iron but SGC is more centrally located (Macker is coming from North Central PHX) and I know some of the other PHX area Lizards are on the West Side.

Plus, if you want to do Usery in the summertime it's best to be out there early in the morning before it gets hot as I am sure you know.

That's the down side to that location. SGC is a good middle ground since Ben Avery is a ways out there too.
They will be starting early tomorrow, but probably won't finish until at least 11:30. I'll be a crispy critter by then.

544 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:12:50pm

re: #530 WindHorse

You fell off your bicycle?

Bwahahahaha!

Just kidding. I broke my ankle on my bicycle racing my roommate home on the day OJ hacked his wife and Ron Goldman to death. I hit a patch of wet leaves as I was rounding a corner and the bike went out from underneath me. I foolishly put my foot down, not realizing I was traveling far too fast for that. Got a first-hand look at my ankle turning over. With my roommate long gone, I ended up walking home a mile on a broken ankle.

I stopped to pet a kitty along the way.

Not much alcohol was involved.

545 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:13:14pm

re: #538 Silhouette

His hemorrhoid got an idea?

Made me laugh. +1

546 DesertSage  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:13:33pm

re: #535 Noam Sayin'

I hear better without the helmet.

If you hear better......why aren't you listening?

First of all, it doesn't matter how fast you're going. What matters more is how fast the guy in the car that just ran the stop sign is going.
I'm not saying that you should wear full gear and a leather jacket, but for Gods sake man, put the brain bucket on! I want you around for a long, long time.

547 WindHorse  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:13:50pm

re: #544 Noam Sayin'

We may be related..... ?

:)

548 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:14:24pm

re: #524 experiencedtraveller Well let me put it to you this way:
a) Iran MAY have nukes, but since Israel still exists, I doubt it.
b) we DO have nukes and in theater, too.
c) Iran hasn't been in a war for over 25 years (and that was against the Iraqi's and even then they had to send 10, 11 year old children running through Iraq's minefields to "clear the way" for the Revolutionary guard).
d) Iran has been at war with the U.S. since 1979 when they invaded and took our territory - literally and they have continued that with arming Hezbollah to kill 250 US Marines in Beirut in 1983
e) they still at war with us as evidenced by the fact that they are still arming our enemies in Iraq and in fact have sent some of their special forces into Iraq to help the "freedom fighters" kill Americans - and we know this because we've caught some of 'em alive.
f) I am not advocating anything like a "half-baked" air strike; I want a full on air strike, cruise missles and anything else we can throw at em short of nukes - unless you're right and against all international espionage agencies and against the evidence that Israel is still standing, Iran has some nukes and uses 'em.
g) and most important, we can either take out their nuke developement facilities or, if they really are buried too deep, make sure that no one ever gets in or out again. Ever.

549 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:14:47pm

The cat, that ball-less and claw-less wonder, had Petey.

550 Dustyvet  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:14:49pm

Fauxtography: Iran touts military power with photos of … model airplanes

[Link: hotair.com...]

551 solomonpanting  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:15:03pm

re: #528 slokat

Sorry to hear of your travails.
Actually, many, if not a majority, of potential jurors sided with the state law. As I mentioned, they only have to be able to find the defendant violated federal law, and have to somwhow set aside their personnal views.

552 OldLineTexan  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:15:40pm

re: #549 MandyManners

The cat, that ball-less and claw-less wonder, had Petey.

!?!

553 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:15:53pm

Noam, back when I was in highschoo, they showed us a 150 pound dummy that was hurled at a red-brick wall at all of 20mph. It plowed thru the wall.

It takes little speed to make you an organ donor.

554 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:17:06pm

re: #544 Noam Sayin'

You fell off your bicycle?

I stopped to pet a kitty along the way.

Not much alcohol was involved.

To this day that kitty remembers you fondly. Well, if it were alive.

555 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:17:58pm

re: #534 Hard Right
They were looking for the coke bottle and trying to bust up the quick-set cement?

556 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:18:19pm

re: #541 Mr. Bingley

Funny post. I'll have to make another just to try it that way.

re: #542 WindHorse

I'm not that funny.

557 ggt  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:19:27pm

Good Evening Lizards! It was ok in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland this day.

I didn't hear anything about anything today.

How are you-all and how are the little hatchlings? Did they clean-up their shells, show a rudimentary understanding of the sarc tag, and make fresh coffee?

558 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:19:31pm

re: #535 Noam Sayin'
"Besides, I've seen women riding around on their scoots and not wearing helmets."
Just because Laurie's mother doesn't care and Laurie is a fool doesn't mean you should be too!
Seriously - wear the helmet!

559 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:19:33pm
560 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:19:37pm

re: #553 Hard Right

Noam, be careful around brick walls... and 150 pound dummies!

/

561 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:20:01pm
562 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:20:03pm

re: #555 realwest

They were looking for the coke bottle and trying to bust up the quick-set cement?

My theory is that they lacked a bottle opener and tried to improvise.
The cement? Trying to cure diarrhea

563 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:20:34pm

re: #556 Noam Sayin'

thanks. it really does cut out the bitterness from the skin.

caips are damned tasty; i had a few this evening before switching to the shiraz.

564 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:20:45pm

re: #495 NY Nana

I just hope that enough people find this so reprehensible, even in the Demonratic party...to have an illegitimate baby with his mistress while the same wife who lost their son in an auto accident, and who went on to have a few younger babies, to provide Silky Pony a male heir, is so reprehensible that it dwarfs Newt and Rudy's perfidies...Newt did it to a wife with Ca of the breast, also, IIRC...but there was no baby involved.

And I keep getting a feeling, seriously, that something re Osama will come out, hopefully after the convention, that will destroy the poseur, who has about as much ability to be President as my almost-2 year old grandson...who shows more common sense already than Obama has in his entire life. He just is not presidential material, and the Demonrats really were insulting their own party by letting him run.

They offer Shrillary and Obama? The worst of the worst? And Shrill would bring Bubba into the equation...Michelle Obama is bad enough.

McCain is a decent man...not the best choice, but I am proud to vote for him. His VP is the most important appointment he can make pre-election.

I cannot put Rudy or Newt into the same class of evil and selfishness that Edwards is in, and I will bet there are a lot of Dems, female and male, who are also disgusted at just how low he has gone..reaching bottom and still sinking.

Generally agree with your take on this but do not doubt the media feel empowered to bury it.

My take on this on Belmont Club, hope I don't get banned everywhere for cross posting.

Buy a billboard near the LA Freeway and put this on it:

His Wife Is Dying of Cancer

He Was With HIs Mistress

He Might Become Vice-President

The LA Times Did Not Think You Have The Right to Know.


No further explanation should be offered.

565 Macker  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:20:53pm

ATTENTION ARIZONA LIZARDS! There is a Bloggers' Get-Together on Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the Four Peaks Brewery at 1340 East 8th Street, Tempe, AZ.
Colonel Panik and I are gonna be there! What about the rest of the Phoenix Lizards!

566 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:21:25pm

re: #549 MandyManners

The cat, that ball-less and claw-less wonder, had Petey.

You mean... *belch*?

567 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:21:32pm

re: #563 Mr. Bingley

Shiraz or petite Shiraz?

568 Metal Man  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:08pm

I hear what everyones saying about helmets and their importance. Problem is that there are reasons people ride scooters/motorcycles and to ride at all is a risk that many would argue is stupid. I think Noam mentioned he wears a helmet but picks certain rides to go unprotected. For commuting I wear my helmet but a slow cruise to feel the true freedom of a hot summer day is worth a little risk.

569 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:15pm

re: #540 pat

Remember when Democrat Presidents were patriotic?

"To halt this offensive buildup, a strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated. All ships of any kind bound for Cuba from whatever nation and port will, if found to contain cargoes of offensive weapons, be turned back. This quarantine will be extended, if needed, to other types of cargo and carriers. We are not at this time, however, denying the necessities of life as the Soviets attempted to do in their Berlin blockade of 1948."
--John F. Kennedy
October 22, 1962

570 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:51pm

re: #567 slokat

greg norman 2005 shiraz

quite tasty

571 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:22:52pm

re: #565 Macker

ATTENTION ARIZONA LIZARDS! There is a Bloggers' Get-Together on Saturday, July 26, 2008 at the Four Peaks Brewery at 1340 East 8th Street, Tempe, AZ.
Colonel Panik and I are gonna be there! What about the rest of the Phoenix Lizards!

Crap. Let me know when you have the next one. Just don't make it on the 3rd or last weekend of the month. Darned UP shooting range (grumble, grumble, grumble)

572 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:23:08pm

re: #557 ggt Hey ggt! The hatchlings don't make coffee on the FNDT, they fetch the beer and whiskey!
How are ya tonight?

573 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:24:42pm

And Crazy on You, by Heart:

Youtube Video

574 MandyManners  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:25:11pm

re: #552 OldLineTexan

!?!

Petey is now free. Again.

So is the cat.

575 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:26:45pm

re: #574 MandyManners

Petey is now free. Again.

So is the cat.

Fed the cat Ipecac?

576 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:26:47pm

Huh, didja all know that there's an official open thread right over >!

577 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:06pm

re: #548 realwest

I am not advocating anything like a "half-baked" air strike; I want a full on air strike, cruise missles and anything else we can throw at em short of nukes -

To what end? Do you think the Iranian refuseniks will topple the tyrants and call for elections?

578 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:27:52pm

re: #573 Archimedes
LOVED HEART! Crazy on You is great and so is Barracuda! And many others.
Moving over a thread, hope to see ya there!

579 realwest  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:28:46pm

re: #577 experiencedtraveller To the end that Iran is no longer a military threat in the ME. Period.

580 Palandine  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:29:15pm

re: #559 ploome hineni

Whenever I hear about Obama's scumbag father, I'm reminded of this scene from Fight Club:

Tyler Durden: If you could fight anyone, who would you fight?
Narrator: I'd fight my boss, prob'ly.
Tyler Durden: Really.
Narrator: Yeah, why, who would you fight?
Tyler Durden: I'd fight my dad.
Narrator: I don't know my dad. I mean, I know him, but... he left when I was like six years old. Married this other woman, had some other kids. He like did this every six years, he goes to a new city and starts a new family.
Tyler Durden: Fucker's setting up franchises.

The junior senator from Illinois has MAJOR daddy issues

581 Archimedes  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:06pm

Renee Olstead is a young talent who can really sing. This is out of season, but "Christmas In Love" is sweetly sung:

Youtube Video

582 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:30:34pm

re: #580 Palandine

Whenever I hear about Obama's scumbag father, I'm reminded of this scene from Fight Club:

Tyler Durden: If you could fight anyone, who would you fight?
Narrator: I'd fight my boss, prob'ly.
Tyler Durden: Really.
Narrator: Yeah, why, who would you fight?
Tyler Durden: I'd fight my dad.
Narrator: I don't know my dad. I mean, I know him, but... he left when I was like six years old. Married this other woman, had some other kids. He like did this every six years, he goes to a new city and starts a new family.
Tyler Durden: Fucker's setting up franchises.

The junior senator from Illinois has MAJOR daddy issues

Someone please tell that a-hole I already have a daddy.

583 lifeofthemind  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:33:25pm

re: #559 ploome hineni

Obama's brother's mother lives in a council house in Britain

welfare housing, paid for by the government taxes

and her son, Barak's half vrother FLIES BACK ANF FORTH FROM KENYA to visit her.

the POS has enough money to travel and visit, but not enough money to support his mother

WHEN THE STUPID INFIDEL WILL

Obama Sr was not married to Barak's mother

The results of sexual conduct impact on the child. It is not a matter of right and wrong. No sane person wishes to punish or blame the child. Unfortunately the child has issues of anger and blame that can threaten society. That has been known for thousands of years. Denying that does not solve the problem. Obama and Jesse Jackson have the same emotional handicap of illegitimacy to deal with. In Obama's case it is worse because there are the added issues of race and the false marriage story he had to live with. The psychological effects of these events must be devastating for any child. America should not allow itself to be sacrificed as a stage for this man's therapy theater.

584 slokat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:34:22pm

re: #570 Mr. Bingley Cool they grow them all around my house... the Edna Valley is famous for that & Chardonnay

585 Mr. Bingley  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:42:41pm

yummy stuff.

586 experiencedtraveller  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:47:27pm

re: #579 realwest

To reiterate from yesterday: I want a democratic Iran at peace with itself and its neighbors. Air attacks won't provide that. Never have, never will. Therefore, we search for options.

If you think a war with Iran is a good idea, you better find your old combat boots. We will need a million men on the ground in the ME.

/good night....

587 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:53:59pm

re: #564 lifeofthemind

No further explanation should be offered.

That there is allegedly an illegitimate baby, who his girlfriend claims is the child of Andrew Young, who is black...DNA could be proof...is the part that Silky Pony will trip over.

The sign? If only. Fox may very well keep going with it, while the other networks say nothing, and the LA Times ignores. This is not going away. Eventually they, too, will carry the news. Here is an excellent article from Slate, of all places:

Why the Press Is Ignoring the Edwards "Love Child" Story:A double standard is at work.

And the wife with terminal breast cancer, and the younger kids? He really has very little wiggle room, if indeed he has any at all..

588 pat  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:58:52pm

re: #569 Palandine

Remember when Democrat Presidents were patriotic?

"To halt this offensive buildup, a strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated. All ships of any kind bound for Cuba from whatever nation and port will, if found to contain cargoes of offensive weapons, be turned back. This quarantine will be extended, if needed, to other types of cargo and carriers. We are not at this time, however, denying the necessities of life as the Soviets attempted to do in their Berlin blockade of 1948."
--John F. Kennedy
October 22, 1962

Absolutely!

589 solomonpanting  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 9:59:45pm

re: #587 NY Nana

Why the Press Is Ignoring the Edwards "Love Child" Story:A double standard is at work.

So Edwards is correct. There really are two Americas.

590 NY Nana  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:11:26pm

re: #589 solomonpanting

So Edwards is correct. There really are two Americas.

Yes...the one where he lives in this cabin in the woods, and where the rest of us live.

/He could have hid his mistress and illegitimate baby on the property, and no one would have been the wiser.

591 RememberSekhmet?  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:21:11pm

re: #396 Hard Right

Heard from a nurse what reversing that entails.
Worst case scenario-big needle to drain the blood. I feel faint just thinking about that.

Wouldn't the thought of a Hillary Clinton sex tape be cheaper, even if it is mor traumatic?

592 Omachka  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:23:35pm

Welcome all you newbies. Glad to have you here.

593 Hard Right  Fri, Jul 25, 2008 10:38:05pm

re: #591 RememberSekhmet?

Wouldn't the thought of a Hillary Clinton sex tape be cheaper, even if it is mor traumatic?

Nope. That's to induce vomitting when someone ingests poison.

594 taxfreekiller[deleted]  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 6:28:46am
595 experiencedtraveller  Sat, Jul 26, 2008 8:30:17am

re: #594 taxfreekiller

Then maybe we all go back to the sandbox together.

War is politics by other means. What are the political goals here?

We/someone replaces the mad mullahs or else it is all folly. I hear nobody talking about regime change. I hear talk of bombing 'supposed nuclear facilities'.

Machine shops are easily hid. Biological labs easier.

Air strikes, without a political foundation, will do nothing except provide the rational and motivation for unconditional response. And our infantry in Iraq will be the target.

No half wars!


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