sex may be the ultimate survival skill

You're telling me!

Are we evolving beyond sex?

I sure hope not.

re: #2 Racer X

I sure hope not.

According to the statistics the libs are.

Sexy Time

San Francisco is devolving.

/is the birth rate negative yet?

from the stick insect (that mates nonstop for 10 straight weeks)

They call it the sticky insect after those 10 weeks.

re: #1 Sharmuta

sex may be the ultimate survival skill

Or death, if the husband comes home early.

Sex- can't live with it, can't live without it.

re: #2 Racer X

I sure hope not.

I am committing suicide if its true.

I'm not so sure about the evolution of sex. Look at some of the Zombietime reports.

No branches on the tree.

Sex is the absolute best, except for hunting.

Evolution of sex, is that anything like the history of porn?

What is this "sex" of which you speak? It does not sound polite at all.

Are we evolving beyond sex?

If that were ever to happen, then I imagine those living in the future would envy the dead.

re: #1 Sharmuta

You're telling me!

I'm doomed...

from sharks—among the first vertebrates to have intercourse—

But apparently sex isn't always necessary for sharks to reproduce..
Shark Gives "Virgin Birth" in Detroit
Hammerhead Shark Gave "Virgin Birth" in Omaha Zoo
Shark's virgin birth stuns scientists

Weird huh?

re: #11 maddogg

Sex is the absolute best, except for hunting.

You mean hunting for it?

re: #8 Sharmuta

Sex- can't live with it, can't live without it.

Yes, you can.

not via sex at all, but through genetic engineering?

A life with no sex?....No Thanks.

It really is not fair, the power that women have over men. They have more than half the votes and all the woo-woo...

re: #13 rawmuse

What is this "sex" of which you speak? It does not sound polite at all.

You must be married.

re: #18 MandyManners

Yes, you can.

True, but why bother?

re: #18 MandyManners

Yes, you can.

Well- maybe test tube babies, but I'm here because of sex.

re: #20 rawmuse

It really is not fair, the power that women have over men. They have more than half the votes and all the woo-woo...

and all our money too.

re: #21 maddogg

20 years, yes.

Hmmm....maybe it'll get the wife in the mood.

re: #17 LoFlyer

You mean hunting for it?

No, that kind of hunting is a pain in the ass, even if you find a likely subject, it gets even more complicated. With deer hunting, if its legal, you shoot! You don't have to spend money on it, and you don't have to be nice to it, and you aren't required to make a commitment.

From furry aliens to sex being a subject for the past tense channel.
A depressing way to end a rough day.

Well, its easy to see where this thread is heading....straight for the gutter.

re: #3 Mars Needs Neocons

According to the statistics the libs are.

Then they can die out like the Shakers.

More room for the rest of us.

re: #26 Ringo the Gringo

And if not then there always is the gorilla suit.

This is the way I remember it.

re: #26 Ringo the Gringo

Hmmm....maybe it'll get the wife in the mood.

In fact, optimism is a survival trait. For the species, of course. Not for the individual's sane equanimity.

#27 maddogg

re: #17 LoFlyer

You mean hunting for it?

No, that kind of hunting is a pain in the ass....

Obviously, you're doing something wrong...
:O

re: #16 Mich-again

She's lying.

Some asshole is really, really pissed that Stinky whacked him, and all his little sockpuppets too.

re: #26 Ringo the Gringo
Well, long as she doesn't see the bit about the stick insect (that mates nonstop for 10 straight weeks) or the macaques monkeys (about once an hour)!

re: #27 maddogg

From what I hear, deer hunters go deeper in the bush, they have bigger guns and they are known to eat what they bag.

re: #5 Killian Bundy

Read this and weep re the birth rate...it mentions LA and SF...among other places.

re: #34 solomonpanting

Obviously, you're doing something wrong...
:O

My Wife assures me that that kind of hunting will make me a eunuch. I think that was a threat....

In the history of life on earth, sex may be the ultimate survival skill, because the bottom line is: reproduce or die.

The overwhelming, major, most numero uno argument against same-sex marriage.

but through genetic engineering?

Prolly not.

re: #39 NY Nana

Yeah, we've been Making Love but not necessarily babies.

Ebay is like hunting and gambling at the same time.

Seeing as we are now in the gutter.

Automated Phone Sex
NSFW

_{don't click it.}

re: #43 ploome hineni

Wow, those are pricier than a utilikilt.

re: #36 Alouette

/How could you ever guess?

re: #11 maddogg

Sex is the absolute best, except for hunting.

Either I don't know how to hunt, or you aren't screwing right.

To hell with genetic engineering I prefer sex.

re: #47 ploome hineni

actually, married people have better sex, more often and are happier and live longer than unmarried people

You mean people that are married to each other, right?

Time for... The Man Song

re: #18 MandyManners

And- I know that, but why would you want to?

re: #42 rawmuse

/I gave at the office...4 kids.

But the 3 who are married each have an 'only'. Not by choice, though.

I used to think that each of the kids would have 3-4 of their own. But the 3 little grandkids? Priceless!

I am actually on vacation and heading into Gatlinburg tomorrow, and yes the hunt is definitely on my mind. How handy the Charles should present me with this thread. Somehow I don't think he intended for the thread head to down this track.....

Forty years and nine months ago, my parents had that.

re: #55 ploome hineni

re: #52 rawmuse

You mean people that are married to each other, right?

yes

Dang.

Are we evolving beyond sex?

If we are, I have absolutely no interest.

Sorry. I can deal with being wrong about the afterlife. I can accept being wrong about metaphysics. "Beyond sex", however, just strikes me as a bad idea.

re: #53 ploome hineni

maddog says

I know you are probably joking

but why would a woman go with a man like that?

unless she is a cretin with no self esteem

You realize you just proved my point, doncha?

One minute to go.

re: #61 Dianna

Then there are the 'voluntary human extinction' people.

F'n pessimists, what an insult to the Creator

re: #18 MandyManners

Yeah, but do you want to? Honestly?

My record was a bit over a year of celibacy (one does not count before first experience), and that was because I was so miserable after a break-up that I couldn't inflict myself on anyone else.

That's it. I'm officially old.

re: #61 Dianna

If we are, I have absolutely no interest.

Sorry. I can deal with being wrong about the afterlife. I can accept being wrong about metaphysics. "Beyond sex", however, just strikes me as a bad idea.

I would imagine that Humans will always be having sex, unless the genetically evolved humans elects to kill the less evolved normal sexed humans.

re: #24 Maximu§

Sorry, I'm the sugar mama. He's got all my money. And I bought him a car and a house, too!

re: #47 ploome hineni

unmarried women live longer than married women

Isn't that because they outlive their husbands?

re: #66 victor_yugo

That's it. I'm officially old.

Congrats! Beats hell out of officially dead!

re: #64 Ojoe

Yeah, they are, aren't they?

re: #67 LoFlyer

But first, they'd want to find out how sex was.

Then we'd have 'em right where we want them: outnumbered, surrounded, and thrilled about it.

If sex is overrated then rating is overrated.

re: #72 Dianna

But first, they'd want to find out how sex was.

Then we'd have 'em right where we want them: outnumbered, surrounded, and thrilled about it.

And of course the more evolved humans would look super-hot! Its a win-win situation. They get to learn about sex and we get to, well you get the picture......

re: #47 ploome hineni

But it's no fun whatsoever when the power goes out!

re: #47 ploome hineni
Actually unmarried women live longer than married men, too.
Cause they ain't married to women!

My period of greatest profligacy/unbridled hedonism/random spewing was definitely during the Gerald Ford administration. The music was the best then, too. After that, I know how salmon feel. Except that I did not die immediately afterward.

re: #78 realwest

You know why married men die before their wives?

_{Because they want to.}

re: #78 realwest

Actually unmarried women live longer than married men, too.
Cause they ain't married to women!

How long do married lesbians live?

re: #78 realwest

Maybe it just seems longer...

re: #76 LoFlyer

And of course the more evolved humans would look super-hot!

Actually, Lo, it might not be quite like that, with the EVOLVED humans devoid of sexual apparatus! (Remember, they's EVOLVED PAST any need for sex, hence have something NOT SEXY that ensures reproduction and replacement...)

/Department of Eeew, Yuck!

is a time coming when we will be able to seize control of our own evolution... not via sex at all, but through genetic engineering?

What a depressing statement.

re: #78 realwest

Hon, you married the wrong women.

I know, I know, but you did!

Evening guys, see ya in a couple of days!

re: #87 LoFlyer

Evening guys, see ya in a couple of days!

Hey, have fun in East TN. I sure did!

re: #83 rawmuse ROTFL!
No, actually unmarried women do live longer than married men.

re: #81 LoFlyer

To go by the couples I see? Forever.

And they have great gardens and very cheerful dogs.

Go figure.

re: #84 Carridine

Actually, Lo, it might not be quite like that, with the EVOLVED humans devoid of sexual apparatus! (Remember, they's EVOLVED PAST any need for sex, hence have something NOT SEXY that ensures reproduction and replacement...)

/Department of Eeew, Yuck!

How depressing, catch you later....

re: #39 NY Nana

I've often thought that the only way we are only going get over the racial tensions in when we a larger population of "multi-racial" people.

It's amazing how predjudice abates when grandparents and family members start seeing "their own eyes" staring back at them from a child that doesn't look look exactly like they do.

I didn't see where the article mentions mixed-race children --many of whom consider themselves and are "counted" demographically as the non-white. It's late, I could have missed that in the article.

re: #82 ploome hineni

I know, ploome, but I just couldn't resist.

re: #84 Carridine

At least 80% of sex takes place in the head. I can see this working out...well.

re: #86 Dianna I actually married two wrong women! LOL!
Ah, but then, ya know, I think back and remember the good times.......................................Ok, memories are over!

re: #21 maddogg

What is "marriage"?

re: #92 ggt

Coffee+cream colored people

moderate users of sunscreen

hard to detect tan lines

no more damn race card in politics

it could be nice...

re: #82 ploome hineni
"But married men were less likely to die than their single counterparts over a 10-year period, despite other health risks."
That's cause they have less sex than their single counterparts!

re: #94 Dianna

At least 80% of sex takes place in the head.

The rest is in the harness, while wearing the Little Bo Peep outfit. ;)
/ducks and runs...

re: #96 Macker

What is "marriage"?

Its when you bring your paycheck home and give it to a woman and she tells you you can't afford another gun, but a new couch and several pairs of women's shoes magically turn up.......

How crazy is Roseanne Barr? Did anyone read her blog on Jon Voight? She takes shots at Angelina Jolie too. It's in the links. Her mind must be swiss cheese.

re: #103 Archimedes

Swiss cheese is difficult to make, as cheeses go.

re: #100 ploome hineni
NO, dates don't usually have headaches!

The funny thing about all these costly TV programs is that any kid that grew up on a farm already knows more about the history of sex than all the "authorities" with their degrees. Especially if they were lucky enough to see the dog try to mount the goat.

re: #96 Macker

What is "marriage"?

"Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwing us hewe today. Mawwiage, that bwessed event, that dweam wiffin a dweam..."

One of Peter Cook's best-ever lines.

Well it's been, ah, grand I guess, but I gotta get some sleep now.
I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

Goodnight, all.

re: #98 realwest

Oh, nonsense!

Sex is more fun - for women - in a committed relationship, so they're willing to do it more often. Besides, guys the first time - no matter how adept in a general sense - will definitely be clumsy oafs on at least one thing.

Guys are much better after being trained.

re: #92 ggt
Agreed.

And when I visited for a couple months in the late '80s, Hawaii was a wonderful example PRIDE in place of racial prejudice: King Kamehameha Day (something like that) was celebrated throughout the islands, and high-schools would have their King Kam Day princes and princesses, kings & queens introduced to all, and the ones I witnessed were SPARKLING!

"Hi, I'm Shelley LaFuenza, of Swedish-Irish-African-Portuguese roots, and I'm proud to be Hawaiian!" *raucous, supportive cheering

"Hello, I'm Yee-leung Smith, of Spanish-Chinese-British roots, and I am also PROUD to be American!" *raucous, supportive cheering

And it continued for 45 minutes, with kids proudly sharing multi-rooted ancestry black, white, yellow, red, purple and everything but GREY! :D

re: #100 ploome hineni

why would married men have less sex?

they are impotent?

You're single, aren't you....

re: #99 rawmuse

Hmmm.

I haven't tried that...

/

re: #97 Ojoe

I don't know. They'd find a way . . . .

I live in a culturally diverse area of the country. The closest blue county to Chicago. We have a large minority population. Most of whom live her because they don't want to live in Chicago. The largest minority is the Hispanic population.

I see a lot of mixed-children. I see more good than bad.

re: #104 ploome hineni

I saw her at the supermarket with her latest cowboy

You live in her neighborhood?

re: #102 maddogg

I finally demanded parity. For each gun, I get the same $ amount in jewelry. Both have resale value. Since I didn't include the cost of ammo and range fees, I figured it was pretty reasonable.

re: #118 ploome hineni

Well, duh!

Chinese Marshall Arts Expert (CMAE): Good Heaving Heavy Body.

English Host: You're good at heaving heavy bodies?

CMAE: No, No. Good Heavening Heavybody!

English Host: Good Evening Everybody?

CMAE: Yes, yes, stupid Englishman.

I'm sorry, I know we've moved on to a new topic, but I'm still laughing about the frozen rubber monkey suit.

The more I think on it, the more I around to the side of the Georgia goobers who perpetrated the whole thing.

That is high humor, my friends.

"...mates nonstop for 10 straight weeks..."

Oh my lord, I miss that girl...

OT:
Rachel Maddow is looking for comments about her new show on MSLSD. I called the number listed on DailyKos' Keef Olberdouche's thread to offer my suggestion. The man(?)answering said it was too soon to call. I told him(?) that Madcow should find a man.

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with suggestions for her new show..
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Maybe she'll get the message that she's NOT an expert on anything other than carpet munching leftist spinning.
Call now! By all means, be respectful.

re: #119 ggt

Oh, dear.

We've got it mapped out: first, I get my .45 carbine, then he gets a Kimber of his very own (so he can stop borrowing mine). We haven't figured the next set of purchases after that.

But everything's interspersed with household purchases - like a reverse osmosis water system, and battery-storage solar, etc.

Jewelry is pretty, but you can't shoot with it, drink it, or eat it.

A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous
redhead sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he
sat down, but lacks the nerve to talk with her.

Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its
socket toward the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the
air, and hands it back.

'Oh my, I am so sorry,' the woman says as she pops her eye back
in place.


'Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you,' she says.


They enjoy a wonderful dinner together, and afterwards they go
to the theatre followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, she shares her
deepest dreams and he shares his. She listens.

After paying for everything, she asks him if he would like to
come to her place for a nightcap and stay for breakfast. They had a
wonderful, wonderful time.


The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the
trimmings. The guy is amazed. Everything had been SO incredible!
'You know,' he said, 'you are the perfect woman. Are you this
nice to every guy you meet?'


'No,' she replies. .





Wait for it. .




It's coming. .










The suspense is killing you, isn't it?









She says:

'You just happened to catch my eye.'

re: #77 Dianna

But it's no fun whatsoever when the power goes out!

I can be if it's battery operated.

Hi, I'm back. I had to jump off the Bigfoot thread. Got an emergency email from my only programming client. What in the world is he doing up at this time of night worrying about a data problem.

re: #126 Dianna

We went on a major household shopping binge last weekend. Replaced some furniture, some appliances. Threw out the old ones, set up the new ones.

It was verrrrrrrrrrry sexy. :)

re: #124 Clemente
Actually, Clemente, I had a relationship like that for 9 WEEKS, and after losing many pounds and gaining dark circles under my eyes, I was man enough to say, "I'm not man enough for YOU, Sweetie!" and wished her all the best WITHOUT ME in her life! :D

re: #118 ploome hineni

I live in a better neighborhood

:)

Well, if you live in a neighborhood where she isn't, that's almost by definition better. :D

re: #129 rawmuse

Oh!

Furniture is one of the few things I actually enjoy shopping for.

re: #126 Dianna

oh, honey, diamonds are forever. They are easy to clean and don't need fixing or ammo to sparkle. I don't have to drive them anywhere or worry about wearing them legally.

Can you tell, I'm just not into guns.

I love the 2nd Amendment and the history of the right to self-defense --I'm actually quite a geek about it.

But, give me diamonds.

re: #100 ploome hineni

why would married men have less sex?

they are impotent?

No, they are just tired. So tired.

re: #128 Walter L. Newton

What in the world is he doing up at this time of night worrying about a data problem.

The best time to program. No interruptions from stuffed shirt bosses wanting meetings, conference calls, etc.

Everybody's going to bed. Snivel.

I guess I should, too. It just has been so much fun to talk about gorilla suit hoaxes and sex. Even if not at the same time.

re: #134 rawmuse

actually, I think it's the married with younger children men that get less sex.

re: #127 ggt

LMAO...good one ggt

re: #133 ggt

To each, her own.

I knew for sure that the Male of the Species was a keeper when he presented me with a box of hollow-point ammunition for Valentine's Day.

re: #138 Dianna

If you want to borrow my Little Bo Peep outfit, just let me know.
And my .45 carbine too.
But, not at the same time.

re: #119 ggt

I finally demanded parity. For each gun, I get the same $ amount in jewelry. Both have resale value. Since I didn't include the cost of ammo and range fees, I figured it was pretty reasonable.

Yes, that is reasonable. I am mostly being facetious. Women feed me, clothe me, take care of me when I'm ill, and try to keep me out of trouble, and sometimes that ain't easy:)

re: #144 maddogg

My husband always justifies firearm purchases with: "It's an investment". Thus, my "resale" comment.

re: #140 ploome hineni

I said I should. Anyone who knows me regards that as an invitation to tempt me to stay up past my bedtime.

And to conflate many a thing.

Good night folks.

And remember...

...procreation is creation recreation.

re: #146 Dianna

And, you know, I just got here. You can't leave.

Russia weighs increasing military aid to Arab world

Syrian President Bashar Assad is scheduled to leave for Russia on Thursday for a two-day visit that has been described by analysts as important at a time when Moscow may be considering closer ties with the Arab world.

Syrian media have described Assad's visit to Moscow as "a working visit" to discuss closer ties in a variety of unspecified areas.

A number of reports in recent months have mentioned large arms deals between Russia and Syria, including advanced anti-aircraft missile systems. Russian and Syrian analysts have said that Israel's military assistance to Georgia has paved the way for a particularly successful visit for the Syrian president, whose country has taken a clear stance on the side of Moscow in the recent conflict in the Caucasus.

/well, as long as Russia is going to be helpful

re: #143 rawmuse

I think you can hang onto the Bo Peep outfit; it would be way too long for me, and subduing the Male of the Species to put him into it would sort of obviate the purpose...but I'd love to talk about trying out the carbine!

re: #136 victor_yugo

The best time to program. No interruptions from stuffed shirt bosses wanting meetings, conference calls, etc.

He is the stuff shirt program manager. He manages a team of consultants that service Kaiser. Kaiser through him a project in Jan. 2008 that required work on some legacy Visual FoxPro systems, which is one of my expertises.

Well, Kiaser doesn't even know that his firm is not working on this project. All correspondence comes from me, he reformats the emails and questions to look like they are from his team, and he passes it on to Kaiser.

They have spent at least twice the amount of money as they would have had to if I was just on the team, and I could deal with the Kaiser directly.

So, I'm always warning him that Kaiser can't get here from there, but a lot of communication gets muddled this way.

So, fires all the time, and payments showing up in my Paypal account.

But I don't like it this way. I'm too loyal to a project to just sit back and let them make mistake after mistake, and then pay out the nose for their mistakes.

But, what will be will be.

re: #142 Dianna

ah, I knew mine was a keeper when I met his dog.

Good ole' huntin' dawg.

re: #150 Killian Bundy

Just when I was starting to cheer up, too.

Man, I know, it's important, but...,

re: #124 Clemente

Oh my lord, I miss that girl...

Yes, but there's not a "howler" in the bunch.

re: #138 Dianna

I am thinking of the gorilla suit scene on the train in "Trading Places"
when you said that.

/funny as all get out.

First day of school tomorrow, I really need to go to bed. Kid needs me to drive him.

weet dreams all!

re: #151 Dianna

It's a beauty!

re: #154 ggt

My dogs like him, though he had to explain his dominance to the corgi twice.

re: #160 Dianna

My dogs like him, though he had to explain his dominance to the corgi twice.

Sounds typical for a Corgi.

re: #159 rawmuse

Very cool! I want one!

re: #142 Dianna

To each, her own.

I knew for sure that the Male of the Species was a keeper when he presented me with a box of hollow-point ammunition for Valentine's Day.

He's a lucky, lucky guy! Remind him, if you would...

/A lot! :)

re: #111 Dianna

Oh, nonsense!

Sex is more fun - for women - in a committed relationship, so they're willing to do it more often. Besides, guys the first time - no matter how adept in a general sense - will definitely be clumsy oafs on at least one thing.

Guys are much better after being trained.

Now, if the fingernails on the left hand of a male are trimmed down on the 3rd and 4th digit ... one can expect he has been significantly trained?

re: #161 ploome hineni

I'm a Soviet Studies girl. I know.

I'm practically frantic, and I'm trying to put it aside so I can sleep, that's all.

Ms. Rawmuse cemented the deal with a song that she sung to me whilst accompanying herself on the piano. That is when I said, yep, lifetime gig.

Here is what she played.

I wonder about where we are.

If Greece had been stronger, would we be ahead in terms of cultural evolution? Greece was never really strong. It was always city-states. It founded colonies in Sicily and other places. It had a huge influence on Rome. It only enjoyed real empire when a Macedonian, Alexander, extended Hellenistic culture far beyond Greece. But Athens, what we consider the epitome of Greek sophistication, did not accept Alexander, a Macedonian not really considered authentically Greek. And with Alexander's death, the Greek/Macedonian Empire was split apart, with the most successful possibly being the Ptolemaic that fell when Cleopatra committed suicide.

Then with the Romans, the West fell slowly over a period of hundreds of years, but historically it is pinned at 476 AD, despite that for decades before that the Western Roman Empire had ceased to be and was a puppet of invading Goths, some more appreciative of Rome than the Romans themselves. The Eastern Roman Empire (the "Byzantine Empire"), a completely Christian nation that gave rise to to the various Orthodox Churches, persisted until 1453 and fell to the Turks. It protected the rest of Europe from Muslim conquest on the eastern flank up to that point.

Would we be different or farther along culturally if Greece or Rome (intact or the West or the East) had persisted?

I don't know. Much happened in tumultuous Europe after that. The Renaissance (perhaps helped by Byzantines fleeing the Turks), the enlightenment and then the rise of modern science and technology.

Would science and technology and some cultural evolution occurred had these great civilizations not fallen? Yes, perhaps, or maybe what we consider the modern resulted because they fell and we wished to retrieve their glory.

At any rate, it is absurd that the level of discourse on a range of issues is so simplistic and stupid. Of course, we evolved. Of course, sex evolved from animals going at it to a huge part of our psyche. Without sex we wouldn't be here. We are friggin' animals - advanced animals, perhaps evolved because God willed it - but we are animals. With our bigger brains, we made sex into more than just going at it into a huge cultural affair. Duh!

This History Channel show would be something a few thousand years ago. Now, it's just so obvious.

re: #165 Bobibutu

Oooh.

Yes.

/panting.

re: #165 Bobibutu

Now, if the fingernails on the left hand of a male are trimmed down on the 3rd and 4th digit ... one can expect he has been significantly trained?

All of my fingernails are trimmed short. I'm multi-digi-lingual.

There seems to be a lot of female commentary on the History Channel Sex topic...

re: #167 rawmuse

Ms. Rawmuse cemented the deal with a song that she sung to me whilst accompanying herself on the piano. That is when I said, yep, lifetime gig.

Here is what she played.

Does she have a sister? ;-)

re: #173 Bobibutu

No, but her Mom is widowed. ;)

re: #169 Dianna

Oooh.

Yes.

/panting.

I may not know Martial Arts - however Tantra .....

re: #174 rawmuse

No, but her Mom is widowed. ;)

We must have another meet.

re: #175 Bobibutu

My Male is clearly in need of company.

Good night!

re: #170 Walter L. Newton

All of my fingernails are trimmed short. I'm multi-digi-lingual.

Walter, you are a multi piece of work.

Rug?

re: #178 Bobibutu

re: #179 rawmuse

This town is not big enough for 3 guys.

re: #155 Dianna

Just when I was starting to cheer up, too.

Man, I know, it's important, but...,

This nex one is going to involve secret, deployed space weapons versus massive, overkill nuclear arsenals. I sure hope our black budget has been sufficiently large over the past several decades.

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.

/Fred Thompson, as Admiral Josh Painter, The Hunt for Red October

re: #142 Dianna

To each, her own.

I knew for sure that the Male of the Species was a keeper when he presented me with a box of hollow-point ammunition for Valentine's Day.

How very touching! A lovely romantic gift indeed you must practice a great deal.

All I got was roses.

re: #180 ploome hineni

and you brush your teeth?

wow, lucky girls

Ah, yea, did someone say something? Now I'm covering my smile with my hand. I feel so self-conscience.

re: #181 Walter L. Newton

Hey, easy, or I will repost Heather...

re: #184 ploome hineni

Definite cover up. President of UIC should be contacted to prevent this from continuing a moment longer. I wrote and told him he would be complicit in this matter if he did not act at once.

re: #180 ploome hineni

and you brush your teeth?

wow, lucky girls

Philips Sonicare X 2 daily + sucking on cloves from time to time - great antioxidants.

re: #187 rawmuse

Hey, easy, or I will repost Heather...

Yea... yea... and I'll... I'll... I'll elipse you to death... ... ... ...

U.S. versus Russia and/or China.

/last one with working satellites wins and time is of the essence

re: #185 ploome hineni

In Chicago anything goes. The press will not push a story. Rezko is a non issue until sentencing. Even then it will get marginal attention. They've already cleared Obambi of any connection.
*spit*

re: #189 Bobibutu

Philips Sonicare X 2 daily + sucking on cloves from time to time - great antioxidants.

Coffee is my favorite anti-oxidant. 10 cups a day for better health

re: #184 ploome hineni

If the "I" is you I am profoundly impressed. Rock on.

Killian Bundy,

Was it "Taking Camel" who use to write post that seemed to last forever.

In fact, is a time coming when we will be able to seize control of our own evolution... not via sex at all, but through genetic engineering?

Yes, I think so. With our intelligence and compassion, we take an active role in the manipulation of our genetic pool.

Ironically, by advances in medicine which allow life for individuals who might have perished in another age we alter in a negative sense what genes are passed on. It has been argued in places that by such we weaken the species, but I think more importantly that it speaks to our goodness and altruism as people. And in time we will learn to clean these messes as well, allowing for individuals with genetic diseases to have offspring which inherit all the good bits that a billion years of slugging it out for survival built into their parents, and avoid the malady which the parent suffered against.

The important point here I think is that even this is a natural process. We are ourselves a part of nature, and with the intelligence which our species developed comes new opportunity and responsibility.

If God had intended birds to build airplanes, he would have given them bigger brains.

Good music for the amor.

re: #193 SpartanWoman

Coffee is my favorite anti-oxidant. 10 cups a day for better health

Any coffee after 2PM and I don't sleep that night.

My best friend sucks it down till 1AM and sleeps like a baby - tolerance I guess but the jitters I don't need.

Should be "Talking Camel."

re: #199 tommoon
Talking Kamel?

re: #195 tommoon

Was it "Taking Camel" who use to write post that seemed to last forever.

I have no idea.

/the possibility of a post-Olympic convergence is rattling across the globe, the financial markets are surely future spooked

re: #181 Walter L. Newton

re: #179 rawmuse

This town is not big enough for 3 guys.

Consider moving to Rossmoor - heh - girl boy ratio is about 40 to 1.

[Link: www.rossmoor.com...]

Of course the average age is 77.

re: #199 tommoon

Should be "Talking Camel."

For a second there, I thought you meant the ex-Fish!

re: #202 Bobibutu

Consider moving to Rossmoor - heh - girl boy ratio is about 40 to 1.

[Link: www.rossmoor.com...]

Of course the average age is 77.

At 20, I would fantasize about older women. At 55 now, too much older is scary. Funny how that works.

Gotta go back here one day. The nearest thing to the 1970s I will ever see again.

re: #205 rawmuse

Gotta go back here one day. The nearest thing to the 1970s I will ever see again.

Well, that was... ah... healthy.

I see this and the Monty Python "Penis" song comes to mind:

[Link: www.lyricsdepot.com...]

Related -

Top e mailed story at CNN - Cafferty: Is McCain Another George Bush?

Top e maied story at Fox News - 101 Days of sex: How One Married Couple 'Just Did It'

Life is more fun on the right.

re: #204 Walter L. Newton

At 20, I would fantasize about older women. At 55 now, too much older is scary. Funny how that works.

55 is the minimum age to get in here.

There are a lot of senior seniors and over 200 clubs for activities.

A significant number of younger gals in a 9400 housing unit gated community.

re: #205 rawmuse

Gotta go back here one day. The nearest thing to the 1970s I will ever see again.

Crikie - Asia awaits!

OT and all of that, but I have a hunch McCain will choose Mel Martinez as his VP nominee.

re: #209 Bobibutu

55 is the minimum age to get in here.

There are a lot of senior seniors and over 200 clubs for activities.

A significant number of younger gals in a 9400 housing unit gated community.

Are you a leasing agent for these folks? I don't want to move anywhere near SanFran, or in Ca. in general, I don't care if they supplied a woman in every unit... wait... hmmmm.... ok, what kind of deal can you come up with.

re: #209 Bobibutu

Do you all have "Hark Liquor and Handgun Night"?

re: #205 rawmuse

Gotta go back here one day. The nearest thing to the 1970s I will ever see again.

Way cool. Been damn near everywhere but SA.

re: #213 rawmuse

Do you all have "Hark Liquor and Handgun Night"?

Que.

OK, (mind now elevating from the gutter).

It has truly been sublime.

Oy, obrigado, amigos y amigas!

karmic_inquisitor

I didn't exactly warm up to McCain at the start, but I now see him as the best for our times. I saw Obama close and personal when he recently visited Hawaii. He reminds me of a 2nd Lt. trying to figure out what is going on in the environment that he has suddenly embraced.

re: #216 rawmuse

OK, (mind now elevating from the gutter).

It has truly been sublime.

Oy, obrigado, amigos y amigas!

bonne nuit et rêves doux

re: #216 rawmuse

OK, (mind now elevating from the gutter).

It has truly been sublime.

Oy, obrigado, amigos y amigas!

Sleep well RM.

And just cuz I haven't in a while, another random pic from about a year ago.

For a matter of fact... bonne nuit et rêves doux... to you all. I'm off.

re: #221 Walter L. Newton

For a matter of fact... bonne nuit et rêves doux... to you all. I'm off.

Ta.

Not tonight dear, I'm having haddock.

OT

Received this email today: smart article

The author of this email is Dr. Emanuel Tanay, a well-known and well respected psychiatrist.
A German's View on Islam

A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism. "Very few people were true Nazis," he said, "but many enjoyed the return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed my factories."
We are told again and again by "experts" and "talking heads" that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the spectra of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam.
The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history. It is the fanatics who march. It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide. It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire continent in an Islamic wave. It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor- kill. It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque. It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape victims and homosexuals. It is the fanatics who teach their young to kill and to become suicide bombers.
The hard quantifiable fact is that the peaceful majority, the "silent majority," is cowed and extraneous.
Communist Russia was comprised of Russians who just wanted to live in peace, yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20 million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant.
China's huge population was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a staggering 70 million people.
The average Japanese individual prior to World War II was not a warmongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across South East Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel, and bayonet.
And, who can forget Rwanda , which collapsed into butchery. Could it not be said that the majority of Rwandans were "peace loving"?
History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our posers of reason we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence. Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up, because like my friend from Germany, they will awaken one day and find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have begun.
Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late.
As for us who watch it all unfold, we must pay attention to the only group that counts, the fanatics who threaten our way of life.
Lastly, anyone who doubts that the issue is serious and just deletes this email without sending it on, is contributing to the passiveness that allows the problems to expand. So, extend yourself a bit and send this on and on and on! Let us hope that thousands, world wide, read this and think about it, and send it on - before it's too late.
Emanuel Tanay, MD

re: #223 So?

But it's not Friday yet.

re: #225 BlueCanuck

But it's not Friday yet.

Guess I'll have me some shaved fish then.

re: #217 tommoon

I saw Obama close and personal when he recently visited Hawaii. He reminds me of a 2nd Lt. trying to figure out what is going on in the environment that he has suddenly embraced.

Thing is that he isn't that young. He just hasn't done much in his life.

re: #224 So?

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs, Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was too late.

The "Peace-loving" XYZ is, I believe, a myth somewhat akin to the "nobel savage."

Tacit approval is still approval. Furthermore, homo sapiens is a species that is often violently territorial.

re: #221 Walter L. Newton

For a matter of fact... bonne nuit et rêves doux... to you all. I'm off.

....sorry, I'm an American. Alls I know how to say is Merci Bo-KOO!

re: #223 So?

Not tonight dear, I'm having haddock.

re: #227 karmic_inquisitor

Thing is that he isn't that young. He just hasn't done much in his life.

In the military we called them 90 day wonders ... not the guy I want leading me. Give me a battled hardened person who knows tactics and is aware of the final objective.

late night funnies:

[Link: blogs.wsj.com...]

read the comments

and, maybe not so funny, but amazing that they are this stupid:

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

Some Democrats Urge Delay in Building a U.S. Missile System in Eastern Europe

By ERIC LIPTON
Published: August 19, 2008
WASHINGTON — As the Bush administration speeds ahead with plans to construct a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, some Democrats in Congress want to put on the brakes, saying it has not been adequately tested.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was scheduled to be in Warsaw on Wednesday to sign an agreement on the missiles with Poland, which agreed to the basing of 10 interceptors last week, after the Russian attacks on Georgia. Justified as a defense against a missile attack on Europe by a rogue nation like Iran, the installation has provoked outrage from Russia.

Even before the agreement was reached, the Bush administration had proposed spending $712 million in the coming fiscal year to start digging silos in Poland; installing a related radar system in the Czech Republic, another former Soviet satellite that is now a NATO member; and buying initial parts for the first interceptor missiles.

But Democrats are now questioning all that spending as premature.

“Go ahead and move on with research and development,” said Representative Ellen O. Tauscher, Democrat of California, who is chairwoman of the House subcommittee that oversees the missile defense program. “But as far as putting holes in the ground in Poland, we are saying no.”

re: #231 funky chicken

late night funnies:

[Link: blogs.wsj.com...]

read the comments

and, maybe not so funny, but amazing that they are this stupid:

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

Some Democrats Urge Delay in Building a U.S. Missile System in Eastern Europe

By ERIC LIPTON
Published: August 19, 2008
WASHINGTON — As the Bush administration speeds ahead with plans to construct a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, some Democrats in Congress want to put on the brakes, saying it has not been adequately tested.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was scheduled to be in Warsaw on Wednesday to sign an agreement on the missiles with Poland, which agreed to the basing of 10 interceptors last week, after the Russian attacks on Georgia. Justified as a defense against a missile attack on Europe by a rogue nation like Iran, the installation has provoked outrage from Russia.

Even before the agreement was reached, the Bush administration had proposed spending $712 million in the coming fiscal year to start digging silos in Poland; installing a related radar system in the Czech Republic, another former Soviet satellite that is now a NATO member; and buying initial parts for the first interceptor missiles.

But Democrats are now questioning all that spending as premature.

“Go ahead and move on with research and development,” said Representative Ellen O. Tauscher, Democrat of California, who is chairwoman of the House subcommittee that oversees the missile defense program. “But as far as putting holes in the ground in Poland, we are saying no.”

Is it any wonder why the US has elected military men to lead us?

Elect those who are running now - some Marines!

re: #196 spaceman

Yes, I think so. With our intelligence and compassion, we take an active role in the manipulation of our genetic pool.

I think it's possible that reproduction will might move in this direction, however- people enjoy sex and will continue to partake of it. Unless, that is, it evolves into something less pleasurable.

This guy owns the Obama-Ayers story. He's quite a liberal guy, and a law professor. But he's done a lot of work on this story for at least 4 months. If you are bored some time, read all the articles listed on the right side of the page.

[Link: globallabor.blogspot.com...]

With that, good night :-)

Haddock is yummy!

re: #233 Sharmuta

I think it's possible that reproduction will might move in this direction, however- people enjoy sex and will continue to partake of it.

Indeed. I meant nothing more.

from the stick insect (that mates nonstop for 10 straight weeks) to macaques monkeys (about once an hour)...

hmmm

endurance or frequency?

....hafta ask my wife which one is preferable.

Maybe both?

re: #237 Canadhimmis

hmmm

endurance or frequency?

....hafta ask my wife which one is preferable.

Maybe both?

Yes.

Uhuhhuhuhuhuh you said vagina. [/beavis]

re: #236 spaceman

I just find the question from the History Channel to be a bit off. Ever see the movie Gattaca? While "designer babies" may become fashionable, maybe even the norm in the future, I think we're a long ways off from the desire and drive for sex to be removed from the human psyche. Humans evolving beyond sex? I just don't see it happening.

re: #211 MrPaulRevere

Funky Chicken, don't shoot the messenger, I'm just posting a hunch I have. I think all these trial balloons are misdirection, that's all.

The History Channel used to be great. What happened? Now its the 'action', 'bang', 'boom' reality tv channel for the 18-30 yr old male.

re: #244 NoSubmission

I agree. History channel has become a "wham, bam, thank you, ma'am" kind of channel.

Do random hook-ups advance the species?

Reproduction is one of the few reasons for our existence, really. And not just in that "go forth and multiply" bit. More like it's one of our inherent, inherited survival skills.

Missed it. Was John Edwards on the program?

Charles, this is an amusing post:

If you can take the statement

sharks—among the first vertebrates to have intercourse

without a grain of salt, you seem very innocently trusting (of untrustworthy folks) to me.

Of course, I can almost hear you telling us that this is a "proven" truth.

Proven? Hardly.

From the creationist viewpoint, different species began having intercourse at virtually the same time, as they were all created within the same week.

But, of course, we "anti-science" folks are easily mislead.

because the bottom line is: reproduce or die.

I dunno....is "survival" and "fear of death" really the bottom-line reasons why anyone has sex?

"It feels good" seems to trump all.

re: #248 gunjam

Charles, this is an amusing post:

If you can take the statement

"sharks—among the first vertebrates to have intercourse"

without a grain of salt, you seem very innocently trusting (of untrustworthy folks) to me.

Of course, I can almost hear you telling us that this is a "proven" truth.

Proven? Hardly.

From the creationist viewpoint, different species began having intercourse at virtually the same time, as they were all created within the same week.

But, of course, we "anti-science" folks are easily mislead.

If you indeed believe that all the species of the earth were created independently and as is within the span of a week some 6000 years ago, you indeed have been quite massively misled, since those particular myths have been empirically disproven via radimetric dating and artifactual retroviral DNA evidence, although I cannot vouch for how easily that misleading was effectuated.

I have replied to Amillennialist's most recent posts on the Delk thread.

re: #249 doubledip

I dunno....is "survival" and "fear of death" really the bottom-line reasons why anyone has sex?

"It feels good" seems to trump all.

Those who don't pass on their genes have no representation in the future. Sex feels good *because* of its biological necessity. We don't have to understand the underlying reason that we are bred like it for it to be effective at its true purpose.

Why do men enjoy breasts? It seems reasonable that the underlying reason is that they are useful for securing the health of our nursing offspring. Biology is clever though. All we have to know is "Booby Booby Booby Booby Booby".

oops, the above should read "that we are bred TO like it"

re: #240 Sharmuta

I just find the question from the History Channel to be a bit off. Ever see the movie Gattaca? While "designer babies" may become fashionable, maybe even the norm in the future, I think we're a long ways off from the desire and drive for sex to be removed from the human psyche. Humans evolving beyond sex? I just don't see it happening.

I think that we agree Sharmuta. My "yes" was in response to "is a time coming when we will be able to seize control of our own evolution... through genetic engineering", not to the "evolving beyond sex" statement.

"Are we evolving beyond sex? In fact, is a time coming when we will be able to seize control of our own evolution... not via sex at all, but through genetic engineering?"

Seems to be some confusion around. The point of that line was not that sex would be eliminated among humans, it's that reproduction will no longer be a factor in our evolution. Genetic engineering may do in one generation what would probably have taken hundreds of generation to do before.

re: #248 gunjam

Charles, this is an amusing post:

If you can take the statement

"sharks—among the first vertebrates to have intercourse"

without a grain of salt, you seem very innocently trusting (of untrustworthy folks) to me.

Of course, I can almost hear you telling us that this is a "proven" truth.

Proven? Hardly.

From the creationist viewpoint, different species began having intercourse at virtually the same time, as they were all created within the same week.

But, of course, we "anti-science" folks are easily mislead.

Fish are the earliest vertebrates, sharks have intercourse. What is wrong with that statement?

The creation example you state suffers a problems. Not only do many species have to start having intercourse at the same time, but many species had to reproduce without intercourse at the same time as well. Why all the different methods? Why do some sea animals lay their eggs on the sea floor while the male then fertilizes them without intercourse? Evolution offers a wonderful solution to the diversity of life.

re: #255 Basho

Seems to be some confusion around. The point of that line was not that sex would be eliminated among humans, it's that reproduction will no longer be a factor in our evolution. Genetic engineering may do in one generation what would probably have taken hundreds of generation to do before.

But is that really evolution? Wouldn't we be removing the random genetic mutation in favor of specified genetic manipulation? Might this actually prohibit the evolution of the human species, since we have no idea what sort of genetic mutation might occur and actually be of benefit for natural selection?

re: #256 Sharmuta

Well, it would be evolution. Evolution means change. It just won't be through natural selection. Same as the evolution of domesticated animals had nothing to do with natural selection but with selective breeding.

Perhaps a better term would be intelligent design, but I think that's been taken. Hah!

re: #257 Basho

LOL!

re: #258 tntb

That's a disgusting link.