Uh, Senator Obama

Testing 1, 2, 3?

Just like clock-work. I log-on and either realwest goes to bed, or Charles opens a new thread.

Sometimes it's nice to be predictable, or does this mean I have hidden powers? ;)

re: #2 ggt

If so your powers are on loan from the One.

re: #2 ggt

Just like clock-work. I log-on and either realwest goes to bed, or Charles opens a new thread.

Sometimes it's nice to be predictable, or does this mean I have hidden powers? ;)

I just think you have a touch of something about you. ;)

Good morning ggt, and other fellow lizards. How goes the fight tonight?

I most likely would not do well with power. Slow typing tonight, sudden case of carpel tunnel.

Give him power?

If you want to test his character, give him adoration!

And, on that basis, brainwizard73 ... BHO flunks!

re: #3 brainwizard73

Well, strictly speaking, all power comes from the ONE, just not the one on Earth. ;)

re: #4 BlueCanuck

You mean, I'm touched. There may be a case for that.

The fight goes well, I finally got on antibiotics and am awake, breathing easy and headache free. Too bad it's the middle of the night, but I am thankful for small favors.

How you-all doin'?

Ah yes - a blast from the past.

A reminder of the good old days, when "French intellectual" was a compliment.

re: #6 RedPepper

Give him power?

If you want to test his character, give him adoration!

And, on that basis, brainwizard73 ... BHO flunks!

True we don't even need to give him power to see the character. Although there have been warning signs in the past that should have tipped us. I just wonder with so many people thinking they have heard enough of Obamania whether HRC actually has the guts to try to beat him at the convention on a vote. If she doesn't think he can win, she should...then again, I am hoping for a McCain electoral college landslide, so I might have a bias.

Is this quote like the curse of the lottery?
We all dream of all the good we could do with the money but allot of those who win do little good and end up miserable.
We all still dream but winning is the ultimate test of ones beliefs.

So when does the second half start?

re: #8 thelongblogger

A reminder of the good old days, when "French intellectual" was a compliment.

Or, at the very least, not an oxymoron.

re: #9 brainwizard73

“I have a dream that the day will come when my children will be judged not on the color of their skin but on the content of their character.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Character.

Fine with me, Martin!

And that is why I will not be voting for Barack Obama.

re: #13 RedPepper

Some men are born with character.

Some men inherit character.

Some men develop character.

Some men...marry character.

The Shrew has character coming out her ears...maybe Barack didn't think he was genuine enough so he found the Shrew.

Hey! Everybody's up here in this thread!

Repost from the last:

Well, Georgia pulled their troops from South Ossetia.

The stated reason for Russia's involvement is gone.

If Russian doesn't stand down now, they cede their already thin claim to the moral highground... and any legitimacy as a "peacekeeper".

Some men are characters ...

re: #15 stevieray

More here.

Alright, that is enough of that. I have to put a kid back in bed. Good night and (unless you are Al Franken) good luck!

Here's a current event application of tonight's quote--goodnight all.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

John Edwards said as much on the Nightline interview, the only part where he was somewhat honest. He said he had reached a place in life where he thought he could do whatever he wanted and didn't really consider the effect it would have on others. Basically confessing to be a self-serving narcissistic b*stard. Too bad we would never had heard those words if he wasn't forced to admit what he did.

re: #2 ggt

Just like clock-work. I log-on and either realwest goes to bed, or Charles opens a new thread.

Sometimes it's nice to be predictable, or does this mean I have hidden powers? ;)

could you please hide Austin Powers?

re: #19 twincitiesgirl

Isn't it a good thing he bowed out of the race for the Democrat nomination. Well good for him at least. Just imagine if he was still in the running when all this mess blew up.

Power

re: #21 BlueCanuck

I want you to listen to me. I’m going to say this again ; I did not have sexual love relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky Ms. Hunter. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time : never ! These allegations are false ; and I need to go back to work for the American people on my resumé. ~ Captain Two Americas.

re: #23 RedPepper

Well they are both democrats. So they probably both have speech writers in common. :D

re: #24 BlueCanuck

That's not all they have in common ...

Any update on the situation in Georgia? The NBC nightly news was on waaaaay off in the background with the sound off....all I learned was that Bernie Mac is dead.

From VIEW FROM THE PORCH:

Further ruminating on South Ossetia...

...has led me to believe that the U.S. military has completely spoiled the media.

A whole generation of journalists and pundits has grown to maturity believing that war is a precision affair, with special safe zones like hospitals and places of worship where the enemy can yell "Not it! Olly olly oxen free!"; where bombs only hit bad guys and the exceptions to that rule are worth a circular firing squad of finger-pointing and a cashiered officer; where women and children are safe, "collateral damage" is something to worry about, and rape is a prosecutable offense; where invading armies are trailed by a thundering herd of engineers, civil affairs, and military police and JAG types, anxious to rebuild infrastructure, put up schools, and keep the troops in line.

This is not how war works. This is an aberration, a relatively recent Anglo-American twist on warfare brought to its current fine pitch only by the might of American technology and taxes that allow us to blow up a crude hand-built donkey cart carrying a couple of AK-47's with a $250,000 computerized satellite-guided bomb. And then worry about the wrath of the ASPCA for hurting the donkey.

Nowhere else, nowhen else, has war ever been fought like that. When the Russians go into South Ossetian towns, raining dumb bombs on civilian and soldier alike, that's the way war is and has been for the entire history of the human species. The French even have a special phrase for when nuns get blown up by indiscriminate rocket fire and babies are charred by napalm and the invading army rapes their way through a village: C'est la guerre.

Such is war.

Think about that the next time you rail at America's "brutal, fascist war machine".

Maybe we shouldn't be too hasty with our assumptions...I have it on good authority that the stork brought the baby.

re: #26 Fenway_Nation

....all I learned was that Bernie Mac is dead.....all I learned was that Bernie Mac is dead.

I heard that too. Sad news. I thought he was a hoot.

Rest In Peace, Bernie Mac.

re: #19 twincitiesgirl

I will never understand why so many men in the course of history have jeopardized everything they have worked to build their entire lives -- for a spasm between the legs.

Is it just because I'm a woman?

Is it too much to wish for that someone will get a good picture of Lord Obama making the Obama Signal?

/that'd be just as good as riding a tank or windsurfing like a metrosexual

Whoaaa...

[Link: heartlesslibertarian.blogspot.com...]

re: #30 American Jewess In Jerusalem

I will never understand why so many men in the course of history have jeopardized everything they have worked to build their entire lives -- for a spasm between the legs.

Is it just because I'm a woman?

it's the difference between being tempted and being stupid.

i'm tempted on a daily basis, but i'm not that stupid. i'd hate to die from being shot with my own gun(s). %-)

the last words i'd hear: "lemme see, how do i reload this one?....."

re: #28 King of Hearts

Rielle Hunter shoulda done herself a favor and kept the stork.

/& the baby ... just not the baby-daddy !

re: #28 King of Hearts

Mom!

re: #29 RTLM

They had a clip playing from one of those Ocean's crapfests.....probably not how he wanted to be remembered. Or maybe I'm just projecting my low opinion on the Ocean's movies onto the late Mr. Mac.

Red Sox looked pretty good in the Chicago homestand of the hosiery series. I figured this would be the first real test for Boston in the Jason Bay era. It's one thing to go 6-1 against the Kansas City Royals or depleted Oakland A's. I knew the [former] division-leading White Sox would present more of a challenge.....

The spotlight shining on Georgia and Chinese Muslims is too much for al Qaeda... they want their headlines back! Link.

re: #29 RTLM

Made me sad. I liked Bernie.

Call me a racist, but when I hear of a black man dying at an early age, I think high blood pressure was involved or it's complications.

Please, Lizards, if your doctor gives them to you, take your meds!

re: #34 RedPepper

Rielle Hunter shoulda done herself a favor and kept the stork.

/& the baby ... just not the baby-daddy !

too bad she slept with the dork.

/white smoke %-)

re: #38 ggt

Made me sad. I liked Bernie.

Call me a racist, but when I hear of a black man dying at an early age, I think high blood pressure was involved or it's complications.

Please, Lizards, if your doctor gives them to you, take your meds!

who has a doctor?

re: #30 American Jewess In Jerusalem

It's about power, not sex.

re: #37 stevieray

The spotlight shining on Georgia and Chinese Muslims is too much for al Qaeda... they want their headlines back! Link.

sunday morning? must have been the Catholics.....

/

re: #40 redc1c4

ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!

Please take care of yourselves.

re: #41 ggt

It's about power, not sex.

that's rape. sleeping around is mostly about sex, with some power/ego boosting added.

/IMHO, of course.

re: #33 redc1c4

LOL!

re: #30 American Jewess In Jerusalem

For me as a man the spasm is an after thought. It's the hunt and the competition that makes me truly stupid.

re: #43 ggt

ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!

Please take care of yourselves.

i'd need a j*b with insurance. i can't go down to the local ER or anywhere else, since i'm a SWM of native birth. all the free programs are for the "less fortunate". since i was born with the keys to the vault, i get jack.

/i could drop 20-30 points if i quit reading political/news blogs. %-)

Obama ad firm mistakenly puts the wrong Larry on an Obama campaign button.

(Larry Craig of Idaho)
Link
Pic

I would want a refund.

re: #44 redc1c4

Wonder how Ms. Hunter felt about having sex with someone who is prettier than she is?

/

re: #49 cutestguy

Well, you won life's lottery, you see. haha

it could be worse: i could have joined the Air Force..... ;-P

/insult to injury %-)

Even though Georgia withdrew all their troops from South Ossetia, which is technically still part of Georgia, Russia continues to escalate.

Now blockading Georgia's Black Sea ports. Link.

I think Russia has already lost the public opinion war. Most folks think this is about oil and reasserting Russian control over former Soviet republics. The continued escalation only confirms that suspicion.

Does anyone watch the show RedEye on FOX News Channel? You need to stay up late to see it (2am ET), but it's pretty funny.

Alright. Time to try to sleep again. G'nite.

re: #50 RedPepper

Wonder how Ms. Hunter felt about having sex with someone who is prettier than she is?

/

in the file photos from the campaign, she's definitely MILF material....

she probably did him.

"squeal like a pig John, squeal!"

/brain bleach for all hands %-)

re: #38 ggt

Made me sad. I liked Bernie.

Call me a racist, but when I hear of a black man dying at an early age, I think high blood pressure was involved or it's complications.

Please, Lizards, if your doctor gives them to you, take your meds!

Oh, now, don't drink the PC Kool-Aid! It is definitely not racist to acknowledge risk factors in any medical condition, and ethnicity is a risk factor in many. Hypertension is more common among black people. Sickle cell anemia is almost exclusively a black disease, but it is also associated with higher survival rates against malaria since sickled red blood cells are not conducive to parasites. Middle aged white women like me are at risk for gall bladder disease more than any other group. Ashkenazi Jewish woman are more at risk for breast cancer than any other group, and so on and so forth.

This, from Wikipedia, states that blacks are at higher risk for symptomatic sarcoidosis, the lung condition that afflicted Bernie.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #44 redc1c4

I still think it has to do with Power --the power to have risen to a level in which one can live above the rules. Kingly power.

More like, "Hey, look what I can do!"

re: #31 Killian Bundy

Is it too much to wish for that someone will get a good picture of Lord Obama making the Obama Signal?

/that'd be just as good as riding a tank or windsurfing like a metrosexual

I thought that was the symbol of the Almighty Bunghole.

re: #57 American Jewess In Jerusalem

"sarcoidosis"

You mean that's a real diagnosis? All this time I thought it was some made-up word they repeated over-and-over on House. Just after they do a spinal tap and cut open some poor patients brain, they say, must be "sarcoidosis"!

/

re: #53 _RememberTonyC

While I got you on here, TonyC, what do you think of the Jason Bay/ post-Manny Red Sox?

re: #55 redc1c4

Did John Edwards serve in the Navy ?

(I'm thinking of the joke ...)

------------------------------------

A Marine and a sailor were sitting in a bar one day arguing over which was the superior service. After a swig of beer the Marine says, 'Well, we had Iwo Jima.'

Arching his eyebrows, the sailor replies, 'We had the Battle of Midway.”

'Not entirely true', responded the Marine. 'Some of those pilots were Marines, in fact, Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was named after a Marine pilot killed at the Battle of Midway.'

The sailor responds, 'Point taken.'

The Marine then says, 'We Marines were born at Tunn Tavern!'

The sailor, nodding agreement, says, 'But we had John Paul Jones.'

The argument continued until the sailor comes up with what he thinks will end the discussion. With a flourish of finality he says, 'The Navy invented sex!'

The Marine replies, 'That's true, but it was the Marines who introduced it to women.'

------------------------------------

(that joke ...)

re: #63 ploome hineni

the basic function of all things alive, is to reproduce

"Life is sexually transmitted."

re: #58 ggt

I still think it has to do with Power --the power to have risen to a level in which one can live above the rules. Kingly power.

More like, "Hey, look what I can do!"

no argument.... i was referring to the power issue with rape, which is a somewhat different facet of the issue.

re: #64 RedPepper

"Life is sexually transmitted terminal disease."

fixed that for ya. %-)

HURRRRRRRRRGH.

/goooood afternoon, y'all...

re: #67 laZardo

HURRRRRRRRRGH.

/goooood afternoon, y'all...

0100 here..... i was going to bed early tonight.

/damn LNDT's..... %-)

re: #67 laZardo

HURRRRRRRRRGH.

/goooood afternoon, y'all...

hey laZardo..what's going on?

I'm off to bed,

weet dreams all!

i *really* need a shave & a shower before i hit the rack..... BIAB.

(please don't try to visualize that, btw. %-)

re: #62 RedPepper

And the police after action report states, "and that's when the fight started."

re: #50 RedPepper

Wonder how Ms. Hunter felt about having sex with someone who is prettier than she is?

/

DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNNNNNNNNER

re: #71 redc1c4

i *really* need a shave & a shower before i hit the rack..... BIAB.

(please don't try to visualize that, btw. %-)

Thanks, I was doing okay until you brought that last bit up. :p

re: #30 American Jewess In Jerusalem

I will never understand why so many men in the course of history have jeopardized everything they have worked to build their entire lives -- for a spasm between the legs.

Is it just because I'm a woman?

No, it's because the deconstructionist and physical interpretation misses the entire point. You might choose to see things that way because you're a woman and you don't understand, or you get satisfaction out of reducing the male Cheater to a simple physical phenomenon, but that's not for me to say. ;)

It's not about a "spasm" (we can do that on our own time), it's about conquest. It's not rational, and the impulse that drives us in that direction is built right into the very fabric of our beings. I think it might be the same impulse that drives us to compete and acquire food, or at least, it works at that level.

Everybody is different, and there are a lot of factors at work, but men are weak. Statistics say a lot of men are weak in that way, as a matter of fact.

I would imagine that for a cheater, on some level it becomes a contest with himself, to see if he can get away with it, and to see if he can keep spearing that antelope, so to speak. It feels good to be desired and if you're a borderline over-the-hill, effeminate hack sleazeball bullshit peddler like Edwards, maybe the only way you can feel validated as a male is to acquire women.

re: #69 HoosierHoops

Lazy Sunday...gonna be writing this "artistic manifesto" for my Art History class and my profile should give you an idea of what's gonna be in it.

Not that continuously insisting that humans aren't really "higher" than animals didn't have its consequences...

/too much exposure to LGF can change you... (;

re: #76 laZardo

Lazy Sunday...gonna be writing this "artistic manifesto" for my Art History class and my profile should give you an idea of what's gonna be in it.

Not that continuously insisting that humans aren't really "higher" than animals didn't have its consequences...

/too much exposure to LGF can change you... (;

where did you get my picture?
I think there is a privacy issue involved here..
/

re: #77 HoosierHoops

IN YOUR DREAMS

re: #78 yochanan

IN YOUR DREAMS

LOL
how is everything today yochanan?

re: #71 redc1c4
Shouldn't this be the post where you pop white smoke?

re: #77 HoosierHoops

Uh...it's the FBICINSA's special ECHELON monitoring program?

/ [:

re: #79 HoosierHoops

ITCHY AND SCALY

re: #82 yochanan

ITCHY AND SCALY

heh
It's 4:30am and i'm still watching the olympics..
gawd, I'm ate up with it

The news on the radio said Bernie Mac died of pneumonia.

Soviets Russians continue to bomb Georgia.

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

re: #84 UncleSam

Wow had to go check since he was so young.

RIP Bernie Mac.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
— Albert Einstein

This one has a not suitable for minors warning.

re: #30 American Jewess In Jerusalem

I will never understand why so many men in the course of history have jeopardized everything they have worked to build their entire lives -- for a spasm between the legs.

Is it just because I'm a woman?

Rose Castorini : “Why do men chase women?”
Johnny Cammareri : ”Well, there’s the Bible story ... God ... God took a rib from Adam and made Eve. Now maybe men chase women to get the rib back. When God took the rib, he left a big hole there, where there used to be something. And the women have that. Now maybe, just maybe, a man isn’t complete as a man without a woman.”
Rose Castorini : “But why would a man need more than one woman?”
Johnny Cammareri : “I don’t know. Maybe because he fears death?”
Rose Castorini : “That’s it! That’s the reason!”
Johnny Cammareri : “I don’t know!”
Rose Castorini : “No! That’s it! Thank you! Thank you for answering my question!”

(Enter Cosmo Castorini)

Rose Castorini : “Cosmo. I just want you to know, no matter what you do, you’re gonna die just like everybody else.”
Cosmo Castorini : “Thank you, Rose!”

~~ from the 1987 film Moonstruck

re: #74 BlueCanuck

Thanks, I was doing okay until you brought that last bit up. :p

so instead, *you* brought the last bit up....... %-)

/dibs on the big pieces!

This is funny.

Holy crap, a fuel station blew up about an hour ago here in Toronto! Still getting details on it.

re: #80 Metal Man

Shouldn't this be the post where you pop white smoke?

too predictable.....

/white smoke

re: #83 HoosierHoops

heh
It's 4:30am and i'm still watching the olympics..
gawd, I'm ate up with it

people still watch the Olympics?

/who cares?

re: #92 BlueCanuck

A possible Shell gas station, multiple fires and such. Just the information that's been released so far. Time to check out the sat maps of the area. (Keele and Wilson)

re: #91 The Other Les

I liked the comment...

"The author does not want to be polonium-poisoned, so he'll remain neutral."

re: #93 redc1c4

I figured out of courtesy in case someone accidentally looked your way:)

(Waiting for Fruit Cup ...)

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

re: #30 American Jewess In Jerusalem

I will never understand why so many men in the course of history have jeopardized everything they have worked to build their entire lives -- for a spasm between the legs.

"That's another added bonus when facing predators – if you can keep reproducing, you're set," she said. "It's the stuff of evolution."

RedPepper! :-)

All good things come to those that wait...

Fantastic Contraption Game.

Guaranteed hours of fun for the insomniac.

Good Lord!

Two days in a row. Thank you again, littleoldlady.

And now I better go to bed...

re: #99 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

thanks.. I'm starving!
good morning btw

re: #101 littleoldlady

RedPepper! :-)

All good things come to those that wait...

LoL!

Follow me, forsaking all others, and I will lead you to the promised Fruitcup.

/Thank you, lol ...

re: #92 BlueCanuck

Great...so oil will probably be back to $120+ per barrel first thing Monday.

re: #103 thelongblogger

Two days in a row

You or me? ;-)

'Night, thelongblogger! :-)

HoosierHoops! :-)

re: #106 Fenway_Nation

Further news update: Apparently it was a propane depot. I was checking the map and can't locate it. There was no fuel depots in the area, only two gas stations at the intersection. The majority of the area is residential.

Morning littleoldlady, thanks for the fruitcup.

Soviet Russian propaganda.

At about 1:30 in the video we see the Soviet standard image of children greeting Russian paratroopers with flowers.

BlueCanuck! :-)

I hope that explosion isn't anywhere near you....

re: #109 BlueCanuck

Further news update: Apparently it was a propane depot. I was checking the map and can't locate it. There was no fuel depots in the area, only two gas stations at the intersection. The majority of the area is residential.

ya..you know that sign that says no smoking?
I'm thinking somebody didn't read it

re: #99 littleoldlady

FRUUUUUUUIT CUUUUUUUUUUUP!

/ {lol}

re: #112 littleoldlady

It's abou 10 to 20 km north west from me.

(6 to 12 miles)

laZardoooooooooooo! :-)

re: #115 BlueCanuck

Thanks for the translation into American. ;-)

I also hope no one got hurt!

Almighty Supreme Being Allah Arrested in West Hartford, CT.

[Link: fox61.trb.com...]

Members of the East Central Narcotics Task Force arrested a West Hartford man was arrested after a short chase in South Windsor Thursday evening.

According to police, Almighty Supremebeing Allah, 35, of 119 Elmhurst St. West Hartford refused to stop for a marked cruiser and was detained about a mile down the road after the initial stop.

He was charged with Reckless Driving, Disobeying an Officers Signal, Interfering with an Officer, Criminal Attempt/Sale of Cocaine Criminal Attempt/Possession of Cocaine.

Police say Allah was held on a $260,000.00 bond and will be in Manchester Superior Court on Friday.

re: #115 BlueCanuck

Okay did a direction map check and the location is exactly 15.9 km from where I am by following the streets (9 miles).

re: #117 littleoldlady

So do I. I am going to call a friend who is in the area. Tried his landline, now going to try his cell.

re: #118 RTLM

Almighty Supreme Being Allah Arrested in West Hartford, CT.

Has CAIR been heard from, yet?

re: #119 BlueCanuck

Okay did a direction map check and the location is exactly 15.9 km from where I am by following the streets (9 miles).

important question: which way is the wind blowing....

/downwind hazard

re: #122 redc1c4

WSW at Lester B. Pearson airport. So I am good for now. :) They are currently evacuating the surronding neighborhood.

re: #123 BlueCanuck

WSW at Lester B. Pearson airport. So I am good for now. :) They are currently evacuating the surronding neighborhood.

hey Blue..that is a kewl avatar..What is that a picture of?

And there's a Low Pressure cell currently located over Central Ontario so the winds won't change much. Just heard on the radio that there's explosions going off at the rate of 20 seconds. No dying down right now.

re: #124 HoosierHoops

A couple more of the sculpture here. It's located by the North York Performaning Arts Centre here in Toronto.

Massive explosion shook us out of bed just before 4 a.m. Not many details yet, but there's a report that a propane depot blew up. Just heard on the radio that things are still exploding and the fire is spreading.

re: #127 scaramouche

Morning scaramouche. Felt it all the way downtown here. How far from Keele and Wilson are you?

re: #126 BlueCanuck

A couple more of the sculpture here. It's located by the North York Performaning Arts Centre here in Toronto.

I need to visit Toronto sometime...My favorite city in North america is Montreal..the place rocks... lov the F1 race there

Map of Wilson/Keele area

Morning folks......

Georgia civilian death toll 1500

I need to visit the Rogers Center when the Blue Jays are hosting the Red Sox....would twoonie Tuesdays be out of the question?

/Lord knows they already kicked Boston's ass on a Flashback Friday

re: 128 Blue Canuck

Good morning to you too. I'm not far from Yorkdale Shopping Centre--close enough so that my house shook (initially, I thought a lightning bolt had score a direct hit). I can see the huge billow in the sky outside.

re: #129 HoosierHoops

I need to visit Toronto sometime...My favorite city in North america is Montreal..the place rocks... lov the F1 race there

you need to get out more......

personally? I love LA.

/all those illegal immigrants & new yorkers can't be wrong! %-)

re: #118 RTLM

Police Commissioner Jesus H. Christ declined to comment.

Report on radio: it was a propane refinery.

re: #136 scaramouche

Just heard that myself.

re: #134 redc1c4

you need to get out more......

personally? I love LA.

/all those illegal immigrants & new yorkers can't be wrong! %-)

I played college ball in California.. I am not fond of LA..
I was in Oceanside in May at a beachhouse...never once drove north.. :)
regards

re: #136 scaramouche

Wow....um....that's alot more propane than a propane dealership (with propane and propane accesories) I'm guessing.

/Channeling Hank Hill

How close is it to the freeway? good this is on sunday driving in toronto sucks to begin with.

re: #138 HoosierHoops

I love LGF ;)

re: #134 redc1c4

Ah, to live and die...

I'd probably get shot for yearning to go back where I left my heart. If you know where I mean. (;

You should see the adulation being given to Uh-bama in Hawaii. Figures. He's right at home with the other racist, leftwing, peabrains that inhabit this hellish state
An idiot on an island of idiots......how fitting.

re: #140 yochanan

It's about 200 - 300 meters north of the 401 I think. They have the surronding exits for that area shut down.

re: #143 restitutor orbis

You should see the adulation being given to Uh-bama in Hawaii. Figures. He's right at home with the other racist, leftwing, peabrains that inhabit this hellish state
An idiot on an island of idiots......how fitting.

I've never heard Hawaii called a hellish state before..
a case of rock fever my friend?

re: #138 HoosierHoops

I played college ball in California.. I am not fond of LA..
I was in Oceanside in May at a beachhouse...never once drove north.. :)
regards

too bad: we throw a mean party.

alternatively, we could have driven down and taken you to see my friend's punk band.

last time i stayed at a beach house down there, it was on Pendelton through the MWR people....

re: #142 laZardo

Ah, to live and die...

I'd probably get shot for yearning to go back where I left my heart. If you know where I mean. (;

maybe you'd just be falling down...... %-)

re: #144 BlueCanuck

the freeway system in Toronto is really bad given the size of the place and the amount of auto traffic.

North York explosions:

[Link: community.livejournal.com...]

re: #149 RTLM

broken link

re: #149 RTLM

Thanks for the link. Can't see anything from the ground floor lobby I am stuck in. :/

/still chained to my desk.

Said to be on Murray Rd: [Link: maps.google.ca...] next door to the Jewish cemetary where some members of my close family (including my dad) are buried. Hope they're okay (since they can't be evacuated).

The link is busted thru this direstion -

Pic 2

He Was Always A Fake

In campaign focus groups, people would say something about him was "too perfect," that there must be "something wrong with him." A YouTube clip of him obsessing over his hair captured what so many felt: He was more concerned with appearances than anything else.

Could not agree with you more, Kirsten.

One question though.

I don't recall hearing this from one of you lovely ladies of the left before he was caught. How come you didn't deign to make your take on Edwards known until now? Or are you suggesting that you only just wised up?

OK, I guess that's two questions. I lied.

re: #131 loveguru

Morning folks......

Georgia civilian death toll 1500

The military escalation resulted from the ``lack of a neutral and effective peacekeeping force operating under an appropriate UN mandate,'' Obama said in an e-mailed statement, backing the deployment of international peacekeepers in Georgia's breakaway states.

Million barrels of oil shipped per day.
Black sea port closed off and now controlled by Russia.

Obama and the United Nations will/could have saved us all.
The man is a genius and will come.

re: #149 RTLM

Here's a better link to a whole group of them.

Damn - this is hard

Pic 2 again

(worked in preview)

re: #145 HoosierHoops

Hands down, worst state in the union. Alright place to visit, but you don't want to live here.......

Shit wrapped in sunshine.

re: #154 RedPepper

great read...thanks

are those orange trucks cement trucks and north of them the gas tanks?

re: #147 redc1c4

Trust me, these days I get so tempted whenever I go into a McDonalds... [:

re: #155 ibmkeyboard

Million barrels of oil shipped per day.
Black sea port closed off and now controlled by Russia.

Obama and the United Nations will/could have saved us all.
The man is a genius and will come.

he us just proving that he can't lead.... his foreign policies will be disastrous .... he is not even worth Jimmy carter.

/...and all I wanted was to watch the friggen Olympics on DVR.

(I never get anything)

"Large-scale evacuation" underway.

had a friend who lived in north toronto high rise i bet this woke him up.

re: #152 scaramouche

Said to be on Murray Rd: [Link: maps.google.ca...] next door to the Jewish cemetary where some members of my close family (including my dad) are buried. Hope they're okay (since they can't be evacuated).

"w*king round the clock, rescue w*rkers have so far recovered more than 1500 bodies, and that count is expected to climb throughout the day as efforts continue......"

/MSM

I'm still fumbling my way around this whole stocks/commodities market thing, but I'm guessing with the situation in Georgia oil will be up considerably when the markets open Monday (since the market has been supposedly reacting to things like fires in Turkey or a hasty attack on a pipeline in Nigeria).

If this explosion in Toronto is half the doozy that Blue and Scaramouche are describing, watch for natural gas to go up as well as stocks for not just Amerigas, Suburban Propane or Ferrellgas but also some of the Canadian Royalty Trusts that specialize in natural gas (not sure which ones do that off the top of my head).

/just speculation on my part....

re: #152 scaramouche

Said to be on Murray Rd: [Link: maps.google.ca...] next door to the Jewish cemetary where some members of my close family (including my dad) are buried. Hope they're okay (since they can't be evacuated).

i don't see any propane tanks in that photo... just the cement plant.

IMHO, of course. %-)

Sunrise Propane

TORONTO — A series of explosions at a propane depot early Sunday forced police to evacuate a residential area in the city's northwest.

"It was just a tremendous explosion and blew all the windows out of the house, just blew the house up, and I just managed to get out of there in time," said Robert Helman, who lives across the street from the facility, which he identified as Sunrise Propane.

Helman, who was covered in cuts and bruises, said when he went outside, he saw a "huge fireball" followed by "multiple explosions."

He said when he ran a "wave of a heat" followed him.

The first explosion sounded like a loud thunderclap and could be heard at least seven kilometres away.

It was followed by a series of more muffled explosions.

Clouds of black smoke could be seen billowing hundreds of metres into the air.

re: #168 redc1c4

north of the cement plant are a bunch of tanks in rows.

re: #159 HoosierHoops

You are most welcome.

Like your avatar. Reminds me of some footage from the 1992 version of The Last of the Mohicans.

Thumbs up!

re: #156 BlueCanuck

That cloud of smoke brings back too many painful memories.

Hope my Canadian family members are all ok.

re: #169 RTLM

HOLY CANNOLI! :-(

re: #173 littleoldlady

HOLY CANNOLI! :-(

cannoli with fruit cup WHO KNEW

re: #167 Fenway_Nation

Up $7.50/bbl on (electronic) trading to almost $123, from below $115 at close of trading Friday.

Significantly reduced US demand had led to the lower oil prices....

One thing to keep in mind is that the electronic off hour trading is highly dynamic, compared to the pit trading.

re: #167 Fenway_Nation

Oh.. and on the Propane explosion... I'd expect that to affect propane prices (rather than NatGas prices.)

US propane stocks are well below normal for this time of year: July Propane Build Lowest Since Early 1990's

re: #175 freetoken

Thanks....as it stands, I seem to be able to only keep track of precious metals trading after the markets close...

re: #170 yochanan

north of the cement plant are a bunch of tanks in rows.

those are trailers...... that's *not* a refinery, near as i can tell.

re: #172 little blessing

Do you now which major intersection they are close too? I could give you and idea of how they are affected.

/and good morning

VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE BLASTS HUGE.

Here come the Russian columns.

Pic

/Great news all over the place.

re: #177 Fenway_Nation

Right now, we are at the only time in the week when oil is not traded (in person or on an exchange) worldwide. So only trades are online/electronic.... in just a little while trading will resume in the Far East (being it will be Monday morning there.)

late, tired, empty glass.....

and we bid you good night.

L8r!

/white smoke

Another photo

re: #183 redc1c4

late, tired, empty glass.....

and we bid you good night.

L8r!

/white smoke

good night sleep well

re: #181 RTLM

Here come the Russian columns.

Pic

/Great news all over the place.

the one good thing is they are road marching their AFV's, which means they will be in crap mechanical shape at the end.

lower availability, higher need for maintenance and spare parts to keep them going and to repair the deadlines, which means even more drag on the log tail...... IOW: vulnerable.

re: #179 BlueCanuck

No use, I'm afraid. Not far from Bathurst or something like that. (The big street that stretches from the north to the south)

I just spoke to another ex-pat friend of mine who is a Canadian from Toronto and she said they should be ok. She went to school with my cousins so she knows where they live.

/you mean good evening

re: #180 yochanan

[Link: network.nationalpost.com...]

VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE BLASTS HUGE.

omg that blast was huge @ the 1:50 mark

Could someone please wake up the Ceeb? It's almost 6:30 am and there's still nada on its site.

re: #171 RedPepper

His avatar is a shrink-down version of one of the FREE graphics that come with Windoze when installed on a compute, Pepperr...

The explosion at 1.50 in this vedio lights up the whole sky HUGE FIREBALL AND THUNDER

re: #182 freetoken

Just to correct myself... electronic trading is closed at this time... until a few more hours. However, the NYMEX trading did continue electronically (as always after the 3PM close) long enough for the news to get out about the oil pipeline bombing attempt... and thus registered a sharp up tick in prices.

Yes, it will be interesting to seem what will happen when the trading resumes.

BTW, the uptick in prices were for the CLV8 contract... which is for the month following the next.

re: #183 redc1c4

Night red, and we already have enough smoke here thank you.

/at least not in my neighbourhood yet.

re: #190 Karridine

His avatar is a shrink-down version of one of the FREE graphics that come with Windoze when installed on a compute, Pepperr...

Not only that..but it was the only picture on my laptop that was under 32k in size..
I don't know graphics or art...So maybe someday somebody will help me do an original avatar for LGF.

re: #187 little blessing

Okay, if they are near Bathurst then they are at least four to five km's from the location. I live along that street too, and I know the area it's located in. Hmmm, interesting sky right now. May have to take some pictures.

BBiaB.

Well, for all you cousins across the Big Pond, winning a gold medal at Olympic games comes natural.
But for us in Wales, although part of 'Team GB', its different.
So just now we're extremely happy - make that: over the moon! - that our own Nicole Cook won the first gold medal for the team, the 200st in GBs Olympic history - and she's Welsh, yeehah!
Mind - the weather definitely suited her, she's used to that sort of stuff!

re: #194 HoosierHoops

Well, there's always Windoze PAINT...

But better to borrow a friend's PhotoShop or some other graphic program, Hoops...

re: #196 yma o hyd

Congrats on your first gold metal!

/Aussie gals let us down.
//on to the soccor

This was linked to on Hot Air:
[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]
Choice quotes:

Earlier this week, China said 16 policemen were killed in an attack by Islamist separatists in Xinjiang.

Seven militants and a security guard have been killed after a series of bombings in China's north-western region of Xinjiang, state media says.

China has spoken in the past of what it calls a terrorist threat from Muslim militants in Xinjiang, but it has provided little evidence to back up its claims, correspondents say.

I wonder what kind of evidence the BBC requires. This is one time that I wouldn't begrudge the Chinese government a few hefty 'human rights violations'.

re: #198 little blessing

soccer

Spell check!

re: #196 yma o hyd

"We did it, it was perfect. It's a dream come true," said Cooke.

"I want to thank all the people who have been there from the start. I have worked so hard, I am so happy."

Congrads to you and your country.. I am happy for ms. cook
What a wonderful feeling it must be to win gold for your country

A friend Stateside asked me yesterday if Thailand has ANY Olympic hopes, and I answered truthfully: men's boxing and women's weightlifting... and maybe an obscure longshot or two...

re: #197 Karridine

Well, there's always Windoze PAINT...

But better to borrow a friend's PhotoShop or some other graphic program, Hoops...

I tried windows paint once.. It wasn't pretty..
I really have no artist talent..at all.
I got a buddy that says he'll help me...but I don't think he knows crap either....:)

re: #201 HoosierHoops

"We did it, it was perfect. It's a dream come true," said Cooke.

"I want to thank all the people who have been there from the start. I have worked so hard, I am so happy."

Congrads to you and your country.. I am happy for ms. cook
What a wonderful feeling it must be to win gold for your country

Thanks!
It was nail-biting at the end - I was jumping up and down and screaming!

What a sporting year for our tiny country: Grand Slam in Rugby, World champ in Boxing - thats Joe Calzaghe, and now this!
Must be something to that Chinese superstition that '8' is a lucky number - its certainly been a lucky year for us so far.
Now if David Davies can win gold in the 1500 freestyle ...

re: #202 Karridine

Better than the Philippine Olympic Team hopes. :P We only got the boxers, no women's weightlifters. Hell, pretty much all the other athletes are past their prime, and we had to hire a pro boxer as flagbearer to raise morale.

re: #205 laZardo

Better than the Philippine Olympic Team hopes. :P We only got the boxers, no women's weightlifters. Hell, pretty much all the other athletes are past their prime, and we had to hire a pro boxer as flagbearer to raise morale.

Don't feel bad LaZardo.. we had to hire the NBA to try and wn hoops gold..shameless
hey L..read my #203..you are our resident artist..what am i to do for an avatar that is original and cool?

re: #206 HoosierHoops

Your avatar isn't from the indiana i know.

re: #207 yochanan

Your avatar isn't from the indiana i know.

its from a place called 'Windows XP' any suggestions?
/besides a picture of cornfields

re: #208 HoosierHoops

how about the gary state bird 'the rusty stove pipe'

re: #206 HoosierHoops

At least the NBA is the best league in the world, and it's an actual league. Pro boxing here's more of a show event than real competition. Hell, I admire the Dream Team for at least being homegrown and hometrained, and having good team cohesion.

Most of the athletes here have to be sent abroad to train. As for team sports, I find it stupefying that basketball is the country's national obsession when most of our players can't reach past Yao Ming's navel.

/tragic.

re: #209 yochanan

how about the gary state bird 'the rusty stove pipe'

your killing me!
:)

once went to the dunes national park which unlike most national parks is in the middle of a old steel mill.

re: #206 HoosierHoops

As for that avatar...I could try cropping that "picture" of you. (;

re: #203 HoosierHoops

Hoosier, try THIS or THAT

re: #210 laZardo

Well my friend bball is a global sport...It's only going to get bigger and better...

re: #214 Karridine

Hoosier, try THIS or THAT

bad linkies
page cannot be displayed error

re: #215 HoosierHoops

Besides which, at least you didn't hire the Harlem Globetrotters. q:

I know what I did wrong, Hoosier, try this and that...

re: #213 laZardo

As for that avatar...I could try cropping that "picture" of you. (;

That would be friggin awesome..just call me handsome!
:)

re: #217 laZardo

Besides which, at least you didn't hire the Harlem Globetrotters. q:

Did you know the globetrotters have a draft every year?

re: #30 American Jewess In Jerusalem

The chemicals that make a man want to tame Wall Street or hold elected office, or just get the corner office or letters after his name, are the same that make him want that spasm teixt the legs and in the brain. They can be tamed, but they go together.

Hoops, I like THIS one....

re: #222 Karridine

It works... sheesh!

:D

re: #215 HoosierHoops

israeli b-ball is crap we have chicago high school teams that could beat them the futball is much better.

re: #222 Karridine

Hoops, I like THIS one....

I like it too..can i use it?

re: #225 HoosierHoops

I like it too..can i use it?

With my best wishes, of course! I created it for YOU, just now! :D

re: #220 HoosierHoops

To be honest, that picture was actually that end result of a guy transforming into a lizard that I drew up after reading about that leaking nuclear sub. XD Oh well, it could work.

As for the Globetrotters, I guess they just want to try to look more "competitive." q:

/dinner, BBL

re: #226 Karridine

With my best wishes, of course! I created it for YOU, just now! :D

thank you grasshopper

re: #228 HoosierHoops

nononononono.... aargh! That's Carradine... no relation a tall, Hoops!

Testing avatar

Crap..charles said to see changes clear your cache..
I know how to spend it..but not clear it

tried changing my avatar i don't have a clue how to do it i think it was an accident that i got it to work the first time.

Hold down Shift, and click on the Refresh icon, of your browser

re: #227 laZardo

OT:

Hey LaZardo, don't know if you caught this the other night but I live in Pasig and work in Ortigas Center. We should meet up sometime.

test

re: #118 RTLM

Almighty Supreme Being Allah Arrested in West Hartford, CT.

I guess the war is over now, once we've captured their top guy.

Good morning, LGF.

re: #236 Dar ul Harb

got a link to that?

re: #235 HoosierHoops

Not yet, Hoops...

re: #235 HoosierHoops

Did you upload the new graphic to your Account on LGF?

re: #235 HoosierHoops

Gee whiz, HH, I didn't mean to stir things up by complimenting you about your avatar.

Are you drinking Regular, or Decaf ?

re: #236 Dar ul Harb

This must mean Bin Laden's really dead, or we'd have found him already. After all, up until now, nobody could even prove Allah really existed, and we caught him!

re: #241 Dar ul Harb

Maybe he's a body double ...

re: #240 RedPepper

Gee whiz, HH, I didn't mean to stir things up by complimenting you about your avatar.

Are you drinking Regular, or Decaf ?

hahaha it's cool.. I've been up all night watching the olympics..
Decaf isn't even in the discussion...Probably should take a nap.
I normally swim laps at 6am every morning....feeling just a tad bit guilty right now..

re: #239 Karridine

Did you upload the new graphic to your Account on LGF?

yes..gonna try again
freaking lazy hampsters

re: #243 HoosierHoops

All nighter here also. One thing has just led to another ...

Right now I'm trying to figure out why my (audio) CD player is suddenly having read errors.

Isn't technology fun !

/

test
( don't make me come over there hamsters)

re: #246 HoosierHoops

hamster version of 'magic chicken'?

re: #234 Oh no...Sand People!

(back from dinner)

HFS. o: Didn't know that.

re: #242 RedPepper

You just gotta wonder what Allah was doing in West Hartford, CT with a bunch of cocaine, though. Raising money for the next big attack, I guess.

Must be getting hard for him to find competent help these days.

re: #248 laZardo

Just moved here in June. Hot...sweaty...hot...humid...rainy.

re: #247 yochanan

hamster version of 'magic chicken'?

LOL
last week i was going to lunch and said i was oing for the blacken chicken when somebody posted the magic chicken link.
/ i ended up ordering the tuna melt
:)

re: #249 Dar ul Harb

You just gotta wonder what Allah was doing in West Hartford, CT with a bunch of cocaine, though.

Looking for a hot six-year-old, perhaps ?

re: #250 Oh no...Sand People!

You'll get used to it after a while. >_> The rain brings some pretty cool breezes but there's so much roadwork going on around my college these days that one time the only places I could walk through were ankle-deep.

re: #251 HoosierHoops

That's why it isn't a always a good idea to take a look in the kitchen to see whats cooking. Some times ignorance is bliss.

re: #252 RedPepper

Looking for a hot six-year-old, perhaps ?

Nah, you're getting Allah confused with Mohammed. But it's understandable, considering that whatever it was ol' Mo wanted to do, Allah would always back him up.

If Allah's looking for anyone right now, I'd say it's the Mahdi.

re: #255 Dar ul Harb

Or his lawyer.

Hoosier, check in your browser's Tools/Options menu... there's a place there for clearing your cache... Or on the Tools menu itself, something like "Clear Private Data"...

That story is a comedy gold mine, I think...

re: #253 laZardo

True. I don't sweat as bad now...

Well, later all. Gotta multi task my productivity.

re: #255 Dar ul Harb

Nah, you're getting Allah confused with Mohammed.

They always seemed to me to have the same interests, frankly.

In fact, you could almost say that they often seem to be the same guy.

But that's just my impression, I could be wrong ...