Icky

Hit the E-stop button and lock out those robots.

I, not robot !

is it true McCain is up 10% in new gallup? 54 - 44

ignoring the rules in our robots.txt file

_{do not} ignore thE RULZ!

Charles, would you be willing to let us know the IP addresses of the robots?
A couple of us had fun a previous time seeing where they came from.
Now, what is the ip address of Skaro?

re: #4 rasachema

is it true McCain is up 10% in new gallup? 54 - 44

Yes! [Link: www.pollingreport.com...]

We see spam and bot floods often on Sunday evenings.

Tell the crawlers Sarah Palin has a hunting license for them- with no limit.

We are always grateful master.

OT my avatar is now invisible (using Firefox 3.0, as usual).

re: #11 noshariaincanada

and magically, it's visible again. What gives?

did anyone catch keith dobermann on the NBC NFL pregame show with Dan Patrick tonight? It was so ... so ... 1997!

The robots are taking over? Oh noes?

re: #7 Sol Roth

thank God! :0)

McCain/Palin 08!

So McCain/Palin is up 10 - now we know why the NYT is hyperbolic

Not to sound too stupid, but what is the purpose of web robots?

If you can tell they're robots, maybe all they should get from the site is "Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!"

re: #13 _RememberTonyC

did anyone catch keith dobermann on the NBC NFL pregame show with Dan Patrick tonight? It was so ... so ... 1997!

As a Christian, I am not supposed to hate but Olbermann makes me break out into a rash

re: #13 _RememberTonyC

did anyone catch keith dobermann on the NBC NFL pregame show with Dan Patrick tonight? It was so ... so ... 1997!

I boycott any football shows with Olberant. Hes nothing but a political hack and doesn't belong in any football coverage. There should be a wall of separation between deranged ranting political operatives and NFL coverage.

New Obama ad up in the DC market. It's the "houses" ad except it includes the line "John McCain defines middle class as anyone making less than 5 million a year".

That is not taking a quote out of context.
That is not seizing upon a gaffe.
That is not political theater.

It's bald face lying.
The blogosphere has to start the pushback on the outrageous lie being peddled by Obama.

It's not on Youtube yet, (because Obama will have egg on his face when he has to explain himself) but keep an eye out. The first chance there is someone has to confront Obama on his lie.

IT's A BOY!

No.

/SHE'S A WITCH!

re: #21 Mich-again

I boycott any football shows with Olberant. Hes nothing but a political hack and doesn't belong in any football coverage. There should be a wall of separation between deranged ranting political operatives and NFL coverage.

When they pass the fairness Doctrine, I am going to demand that Limbaugh sit next to Olberman

Drudge Report is showing that Olbermann is out....

re: #20 wright1

I used to work with dobermann, and let me tell you something. If anyone is deserving of your scorn, it is he.

Damn bots, there's one over there, hand me the fly swatter!

re: #25 bnichols10

Drudge Report is showing that Olbermann is out....

THERE IS A GOD!

re: #25 bnichols10

Drudge Report is showing that Olbermann is out....

gay ?

MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... from Drudge....man its gonna hit the fan now...

This is interesting.

Drudge reports...

MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... David Gregory will anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night.... Developing...

Chris Matthews out too

Not that Gregory is a lot better but he will give the pretense of being fair - say what you want about O'Reilly but he pushed hard for this.

re: #25 bnichols10

really? i watch dobermann sometimes because i am hoping for an "on air" Howard Beale moment. Fans of the movie "Network" will know what I mean :)

Reposting from previous thread, I am always late to everything!

In the new poll, taken Friday through Sunday, McCain leads Obama by 54%-44% among those seen as most likely to vote. The survey of 1,022 adults, including 959 registered voters, has a margin of error of +/— 3 points for both samples
McCain leads Democrat Barack Obama by 50%-46% among registered voters, the Republican's biggest advantage since January and a turnaround from the USA TODAY poll taken just before the convention opened in St. Paul. Then, he lagged by 7 percentage points.

[Link: [Link: www.usatoday.com...]...]

re: #18 Shug

Not to sound too stupid, but what is the purpose of web robots?

Web robots are actually little programs designed to catalog what's on the internet, often by annoyingly sucking up huge amounts of bandwidth as they download entire websites. This causes the websites to dramatically slow down. That's what I remember hearing—feel free to correct me if anything I've said is off.

Now this doesn't mean these idiots won't be contributors but at least they will be consider analysts and not anchors

re: #32 Shug

Chris Matthews out too

Tingle Tingle, Not a Star...

re: #31 slapleather

Drudge reports...

MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... David Gregory will anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night.... Developing...

Looks like Obama will have 302 foreign policy advisors now.

MSNBC finally figured out it has an image problem and demotes the two worst offenders.

On that good news, I'm shuffling off. Hasta manana!

re: #36 David IV of Georgia

Ok that's helpful.

But what benefit is gained from doing this ? marketing ?

Monkey vs. Robot

re: #25 bnichols10

Drudge Report is showing that Olbermann is out....

Not out on the street, unfortunately.

MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... David Gregory will anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night.... Developing...

re: #34 _RememberTonyC

Eventually ratings and money have to take priority I guess.

Overbite out.

Softball Matthews out.

Hmm...very interesting indeed.

Guess the NYT, WaCompost, Dallas Morning News, LA Times, etc will have to pick up the slack.

Olby & Matthews out? Couldn't happen to a nicer pair of dipsticks.

It is a good night: NYT is imitating the National Enquirer, McCain up by 10 and Olberdufus and Tingles are on the bench.

re: #24 Shug

When they pass the fairness Doctrine, I am going to demand that Limbaugh sit next to Olberman

That would be a short pre-game show. Olberman would blow a gasket right off the bat and have to be carted off set.

I looked at MSNBC during commercials from Fox and every damn time they went to Olbermann he said something demeaning about Gov. Palin.

Every frakken time!

Musta got some emails from hell to have gotten that done.

LMAO AT OLBERDUMMY!

re: #8 Max Darkside

We see spam and bot floods often on Sunday evenings.

are you saying I might not even be talking to real people right now? *sigh*

I can hear the conversation...

"Keith, you've been on the air all these years. The ratings have come in, you just finished behind the Public Access Show "What Time Is It?". It's time for you to go.

Take Chris with you, he'll need a ride."

re: #46 Sharmuta

Olby & Matthews out? Couldn't happen to a nicer pair of dipsticks.

Only to be replaced by David Gregory's hair!

/Red Eye joke, just as bad

Te Kooks from Kos are not going to be happy. Yoda has been demoted.

re: #50 politicalinsomniac

are you saying I might not even be talking to real people right now? *sigh*

That is comedic genius.

Oddly, I, Robot is playing on FX right now.

Hmm...

re: #49 Typicalwhitey

I looked at MSNBC during commercials from Fox and every damn time they went to Olbermann he said something demeaning about Gov. Palin.

Every frakken time!

Musta got some emails from hell to have gotten that done.

LMAO AT OLBERDUMMY!

is olbermann still blubbering over the 'inappropriate' RNC 9/11 tribute?

Olberman, straight to Air America.

Hundreds of people will hear him daily

Levin will love this - he calls it countdown to no ratings

re: #44 bnichols10

I think when he openly mocked fellow employee Joe Scarborough on MSNBC a week or two ago, that got the attention of the suits at 30 Rock.

... because somebody had to...

Peaceful inner struggle just got more unpleasant......

Tactical Laser Could Work Like Long-Range Napalm

For simplicity, I'll assume flesh has similar properties to water. The heat capacity of water is about 4.2 joules per gram per degree centigrade. The heat of vaporization (the energy needed to turn water at boiling point to steam) is 2261 joules per gram.

So if the beam stays on the same spot of the target for a full two seconds –- which is a very long time under the circumstances –- it would in theory boil off a disc around one centimeter deep. In real life, the laser would be much less effective, as smoke and steam would rapidly degrade the effectiveness of the beam. Also in real life, the energy is likely to be focused at the center of the beam. And flesh is not water. And nobody is going to hand around being lasered that long… But we're just trying to get a general idea of orders of magnitude here.

re: #55 Noam Sayin'

Oddly, I, Robot is playing on FX right now.

Hmm...

It's a real shame the movie wasn't based on the book.

Olbermann is still there, just not in the anchor chair. How long he'll stay around is another question.

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet on this or another thread but did anyone catch the opening monologue on the MTV aArds by that a-hole british comedian? Half of his comments were about how horrible the Republicans are and how terrible the last 8 years have been under Bush. It wasn't just a snide comment but the "jokes" went on and on and on. I don't remember his name but what a tool.

re: #32 Shug

Chris Matthews out too

HA! -- doing my best Chris Matthews impersonation. :)

re: #30 MrPaulRevere

MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... from Drudge....man its gonna hit the fan now...

Hey guys, how's all that partisan stuff working for you?

I don't trust this news on Olberman and Mathews. Watch for them to start doing stories on Obama. Completely fair and accurate (yeah right), and they can do more effective hatchet jobs on McCain and Palin from the field.

Interesting story.

We just closed our production of Noel Coward's "Hayfever" today, and in two weeks we open Ron Cowan's "Summertree."

Summertree is a memory play, going back and forth in the life of a young man, as he sits underneath his favorite tree in his backyard.

It is not until far into the show, we realize that the boy has been killed in Vietnam, and we are seeing memories of this young man from the point of view of his Mom, Dad, childhood friend and girlfriend.

Of course, the show examines war and death, but not in the typical screaming, in your face, one sided “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” mode.

This week, at a rehearsal, the 19 year old star of the show, Jeff Haas, a very good up and coming regional actor, nominated a number of times for best actor awards, announced that he has enlisted in the army and will head off for boot camp after the 6 week run of the show.

Life imitates Art.

Walter in Golden, Co.

re: #64 sleepyone

I forgot to say that it's on right now.

Olbermann and Matthews can tour in The Odd Couple.

re: #47 wright1

It is a good night: NYT is imitating the National Enquirer, McCain up by 10 and Olberdufus and Tingles are on the bench.

And the Fed moved on Frannie and Freddie....

Market futures up 2% in after hours trading...

One night, dobermann is going to self immolate live on TV. You may think I am being sarcastic, but I am not. He is THAT crazy.

re: #68 Walter L. Newton

Tell him thanks from all of us.

w00t! I got double-digit ding-downs for a spinoff link on the previous thread.

Meanwhile you got Chris Wallace giving Axelrod a free pass while going after McCain's camp - and, Kondrake basically called Palin a nut. So, while it is great that MSDNC has been exposed, Fox should try a little harder at being fair & balanced

re: #68 Walter L. Newton

So it goes. Wish him good luck and buy him a copy of The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius

re: #68 Walter L. Newton

Dude; Love it when you "Story Post".

Matthews and Olbermann are out? For real?

re: #75 wright1

Meanwhile you got Chris Wallace giving Axelrod a free pass while going after McCain's camp - and, Kondrake basically called Palin a nut. So, while it is great that MSDNC has been exposed, Fox should try a little harder at being fair & balanced

Mort did WHAT?

Matthews can now begin his senate run

re: #72 _RememberTonyC

One night, dobermann is going to self immolate live on TV. You may think I am being sarcastic, but I am not. He is THAT crazy.

When Olbermann talks I get this furrowing feeling running up my leg...

re: #72 _RememberTonyC

One night, dobermann is going to self immolate live on TV. You may think I am being sarcastic, but I am not. He is THAT crazy.

I almost believe it, he's such a drama queen. And when I say drama queen, I mean "frumpy high school freshman that can't get a date to the first dance of the year" drama queen.

/no offense to frumpy high school freshman that can get a date to the first dance of the year.

Say it ain't so! Tom Brady is out for the year.

re: #79 OldLineTexan

Check out Newsbusters - I forgot the derogatory line he used but it was something like she is a crazed conservative.

re: #82 baxtrice

keith dobermann is such a loser ... he couldn't get laid in a female prison with a fistful of pardons ...

Damn Cylons!

re: #83 ciaospirit
Shame.

Shit! Olbermann is on halftime on NBC.

Looks a little uncomfortable.

re: #41 Shug

Ok that's helpful.

But what benefit is gained from doing this ? marketing ?

Marketing is one reason. Reputable websites and browsers try to do this without being obtrusive or annoying. They do this so that they will have up to date lists of websites to link to search terms. So when you type in "bot" in their search box they can show you the 2 million webpages that contain "bot" in them. The worst bots are from copyright infringers and people who wish to get their own copy of a website to use for nefarious reasons who just bulk download entire websites.

Oh shit, here we go. Venezuela to host Russia navy exercise in Caribbean

re: #26 _RememberTonyC

I used to work with dobermann, and let me tell you something. If anyone is deserving of your scorn, it is he.

Really? Any inside news?

I used to listen to the Dan Patrick radio show when it had Rob Dibble as his side kick. It was very entertaining, but then they got rid of Rob and put on Keith Olberdork. I tried for a while, but finally had to stop listening. He thought he knew everything, but knew absolutely nothing.

Look for Olbermann to be leaking like sieve all week to his pinko buddies.....I can see him now, stomping on his cell phone after he got the call....

I'll tell ya, considering the latest Gallup poll results and accolades regarding B Jindal's organizational savvy vis à vis Gustav, I haven't felt so good about the future of Conservatism for several years. The tension just slides away like meat falling from a boneless Thanksgiving turkey - Let’s keep it up, folks!

I heard Fox News is showing a live shot of semi full of Ritalin heading over to Daily Kos headquarters.

re: #76 Killgore Trout

So it goes. Wish him good luck and buy him a copy of The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius

Ahhh.... dear Marcus Aurelius...

"A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions."

and

"Begin - to begin is half the work"

Great stuff. True philosopher king.

I ate a bunch of chocolate donuts and am surfing LGF. I was at the checkout and the gossip rag counter was so biased for "Obama & family" against Sarah's "family secrets".

Gotta get kindling to burn with sumpthin' I guess.

re: #85 _RememberTonyC

keith dobermann is such a loser ... he couldn't get laid in a female prison with a fistful of pardons ...

Tried to post witty comeback and disgusted myself.

*eww* need...brain...bleach...

They finally let the vinegar out of Olberdouch's bag? Suh-weeeet...

re: #91 Archimedes

Like Dan Patrick just a little less than I like Bob Costas (the best IMHO EVER).

Like "Bathtub Boy" a whole bunch less than either of them.

re: #73 jaunte

Tell him thanks from all of us.

I will. And I will pass on to the Lizards any links to any stories that may get generated from this interesting interection of theatre and reality.

For sure our local drama critics will be all over this.

Walter in Golden, Co.

And on Saturday's Beltway Boys, Morte Kondracke referred to Palin, McCain's VP running mate, as "that Wacko Right-winger". So much for 'fair and balanced' from the liberals at FOX News. [Even Worse]

can we get Olberman off Sunday Night football too ?

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an outspoken critic of Washington, has said in recent weeks that Russian ships and planes are welcome to visit the South American country.

"If the Russian long-distance planes that fly around the world need to land at some Venezuelan landing strip, they are welcome, we have no problems," he said on his weekly television show last week.

It would be unfortunate if something were to happen while your guests aircraft are parked at your facility. My associates and I can offer insurance against such a misfortune.

re: #102 Shug

can we get Olberman off Sunday Night football too ?

PULEEEEZZE!?

Tom Brady ACL injury, reported on SNF. Out for season

An entire football season is turned on it's head in one day

re: #91 Archimedes

he was so rude and condescending, he used to make young female production assistants cry. one time he mocked the work of one of them on the air and the young lady was apoplectic. I pulled him into a conference room and ripped him a new one. he ended up apologizing, but I told him to apologize to HER and I walked out. you cannot believe what an ass hole he is. and I am sure he will melt down on the air some night. Maybe the night of 11/4/08.

re: #81 politicalinsomniac

When Olbermann talks I get this furrowing feeling running up my leg...

really? he makes it hurt when I pee

re: #76 Killgore Trout

So it goes. Wish him good luck and buy him a copy of The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius

Very good idea. For a matter of fact, I have a copy which I will pass on to him. Jeff is an avid reader. Currently he is working as a certified auto mechanic, dresses like a "biker," yet has all the tenderness and empathy to take on some amazing acting roles.

re: #90 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Oh shit, here we go. Venezuela to host Russia navy exercise in Caribbean

Russia has a navy?

But seriously, we should have taken out Venezuela the day after Russia invaded Georgia. Cuba, too.

re: #106 _RememberTonyC

By all means, tell us more.....

re: #50 politicalinsomniac

are you saying I might not even be talking to real people right now? *sigh*

Buzz... click. Whirrr....

re: #77 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Dude; Love it when you "Story Post".

I guess you mean my long winded posting? LOL.

re: #110 MrPaulRevere

it's gonna be a chapter in my book :)

re: #109 Tigger2005

Russia has a navy?

But seriously, we should have taken out Venezuela the day after Russia invaded Georgia. Cuba, too.

There's a downside to this somewhere, but I don't see it.

re: #95 experiencedtraveller

Ahhh.... dear Marcus Aurelius...

"A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions."

and

"Begin - to begin is half the work"

Great stuff. True philosopher king.

I like the long versions because the wording is so non-habitual -- sticks in the mind.

"Every man is worth just so much as the things about which he busies himself."

re: #90 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Saves us the trouble of having to travel half-way around the globe to observe them.

Thanks, Hugo!

re: #109 Tigger2005

A Russian booze cruise to the very small Caribbean...

You know its bad at msnbc when Jon Stewart asks Brian Williams "Does MSNBC have to be the Lohans?"(huffpo link sorry)

re: #95 experiencedtraveller

I'm still on the fence between Stoicism and Zen. I have a long vacation coming up and have compiled my reading. I'll let you know how it turns out.

re: #93 Talking Stick

I'll tell ya, considering the latest Gallup poll results and accolades regarding B Jindal's organizational savvy vis à vis Gustav, I haven't felt so good about the future of Conservatism for several years. The tension just slides away like meat falling from a boneless Thanksgiving turkey - Let’s keep it up, folks!

Always have faith in your values. Just b/c the media, hollywood and academia tell you it's dead, look around you and ask yourself what would fix the problem, conservatism or socialism? In a liberal society, does exercising your liberty work or asking the government to assume your liberty work? In the darkest of times, I believe in myself because my G-d created me in his image (not to be too preachy).

re: #112 Walter L. Newton

Not being sarcastic. Take the compliment and move on.

re: #109 Tigger2005

Russia has a navy?

But seriously, we should have taken out Venezuela the day after Russia invaded Georgia. Cuba, too.

Maybe we could create a new Bermuda Triangle just off the coast of Venezuela.
Hugo: Vladimir, I don't know what happened to your ships. There was this strange fog and then, nothing.
(Yes I know the Bermuda Triangle is a bunch of bs)

re: #114 David IV of Georgia

There's a downside to this somewhere, but I don't see it.

Taiwan

re: #114 David IV of Georgia

There's a downside to this somewhere, but I don't see it.

I thought we should have taken our Canal back, also.

re: #108 Walter L. Newton

Awesome.

re: #113 _RememberTonyC

One guaranteed sale already my friend!

Obama == 2 Face

I believe the 2nd Amendment is a right that I can take away

re: #124 Tigger2005

I thought we should have taken our Canal back, also.

But jimmy c. gave that away free and clear. We wouldn't want to be Indian givers would we? (Apologies to all the Welshmen offended by this.)

re: #102 Shug

can we get Olberman off Sunday Night football too ?

Agreed, can't be worse press for NBC. I just pass on MNF as long as he is there.

re: #121 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Not being sarcastic. Take the compliment and move on.

I'm sorry. I didn't think you were being sarcastic at all. I was making fun of myself for my long posts. I did see it as a compliment, really, and thank you.

OMG, a robot invasion! Can a Munchkin Invasion be far behind?!?

McCain leads 54%-44% among most likely to vote. Buried in paragraph eight of the USAToday article.

re: #115 HelloDare

I read Aurelius' work too young and couldn't comprehend it. Later, I studied him from a historical perspective as he was an important Roman Emperor. Wasn't until later still that I re-read his Meditatations and comprehended (a little!) of this great work of stoic philosophy.

re: #132 Biff

McCain leads 54%-44% among most likely to vote. Buried in paragraph eight of the USAToday article.

And really, they're the ONLY ones that count and will be counted. Rock the Vote ....

re: #20 wright1

As a Christian, I am not supposed to hate but Olbermann makes me break out into a rash

I'll take up the slack for you. I hate him enough for the two of us.

re: #28 wright1

THERE IS A GOD!

AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN (at the risk of offending anyone)--Thank you, God!

This just seems appropriate for the thread, and maybe others. Are We Not Men?

re: #128 David IV of Georgia

But jimmy c. gave that away free and clear. We wouldn't want to be Indian givers would we? (Apologies to all the Welshmen offended by this.)

I don't consider Jimmy C. a real American, or an actual President for that matter, so that deal is null and void.

We don't need any more wars till we get Iraq and Afghanistan straightened out. Afghanistan is more problamatic than Iraq, with a large drug trade supplying funding for Al Quaada. One possible solution is that there is a drug shortage in developing nations. Legalize opium production and sell the product to drug companies to sell to the developing nations.

re: #128 David IV of Georgia

Love this line (heard it from a comedian, forgot who)...

You know what I hate more than anything? Indian givers.

No. Wait, I take that back....

re: #127 celtic templar

Obama == 2 Face

I believe the 2nd Amendment is a right that I can take away

Malignant narcissism.

What Does Michael Moore Think about Ike ?

re: #118 snowcrash

You know its bad at msnbc when Jon Stewart asks Brian Williams "Does MSNBC have to be the Lohans?"(huffpo link sorry)

I saw some of that clip last night.
The look on Brian Williams face as he said "We're really going to do this, aren't we?"

Basically saying "we are that stupid over there".

re: #131 Clutch

OMG, a robot invasion! Can a Munchkin Invasion be far behind?!?

Please, no Tribble invasion!

Good Evening Lizards! How are things in your part of the world tonite?

re: #119 Killgore Trout

I'm still on the fence between Stoicism and Zen. I have a long vacation coming up and have compiled my reading. I'll let you know how it turns out.

My .02 figures you are on the zen side. But I am frequently wrong.

Enjoy your vacation. Nothing refreshes like time away from the routine.

re: #105 Shug

Tom Brady ACL injury, reported on SNF. Out for season

An entire football season is turned on it's head in one day

In more ways than one! He's my hubby's fantasy football team QB- drat the luck 8-(

re: #138 Tigger2005

I don't consider Jimmy C. a real American, or an actual President for that matter, so that deal is null and void.

You'll note that I respectfully gave him his correct title and properly wrote out his name paying attention to case. Senile is the best compliment/excuse I can give for him. He does a nice job of converting food to fertilizer, methane and carbon dioxide.

re: #145 ggt

Great. Drudge has a developing story that Olbermann and Mattews are out as anchors.

re: #145 ggt

Good Evening Lizards! How are things in your part of the world tonite?

dark.
good chance for light tomorrow morning, though.

Thanks for asking!

Hmm, Russians in the Caribbean. Maybe Fidel's kicked the bucket?

Who is Tom Brady?

re: #133 experiencedtraveller

I haven't read much. Just little pieces here and there. The last of the Good Emperors.

For all that I dislike Jimmy Carter for, allowing Panama to take control of the canal made a lot of sense because it was going to become a political hot potato because of Panamanian unrest over the US owning the canal. Now Panama is funding a third and larger set of locks for the canal to increase the capacity of the canal. The US actually started work on a third set of locks but WWII intervened and the locks were never completed.

re: #152 MandyManners

Who is Tom Brady?

are you TRYING for a downding?
:)

re: #152 MandyManners

Who is Tom Brady?

He's right up your alley

I have to tell you--I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR KO AND CM getting canned. ;-)

Last week, I crafted a two page handwritten letter listing all the reasons why no one is watching NBC any longer. I related how my former warm and fuzzy feelings about NBC (including Tim Russert) had plummeted--and even sent a copy of some correspondence I had with Russert several years ago. I used the handwritten form because I wanted to underscore my "amateur" status--not a form-letter protest type of thing. I also knew that they might think it radioactive or full of that nasty white Johnson & Johnson's baby powder. Of course, I only sent it Thursday (but from Philadelphia, so it can't take THAT long for first class missive to get to its destination) So, perhaps my letter was the spark. heh! I'm looking forward to their response: " Dear __________ We looked into the matter and we were shocked, shocked, at such blatant bias! We have taken action to end this terrible practice and Mr. Matthews and Mr. Olberman will be sent to their rooms and their allowances docked."
woo hoooooo!

re: #151 RememberSekhmet?

I'll raise ya an Il

re: #145 ggt

Good Evening Lizards! How are things in your part of the world tonite?

Extremely sad! A 10th grade drummer that plays drums in my community jazz band died while playing drums in his church this evening. He had a history of heart problems. He was the neatest kid and a fantastic percussionist.

re: #106 _RememberTonyC

he was so rude and condescending, he used to make young female production assistants cry. one time he mocked the work of one of them on the air and the young lady was apoplectic. I pulled him into a conference room and ripped him a new one. he ended up apologizing, but I told him to apologize to HER and I walked out. you cannot believe what an ass hole he is. and I am sure he will melt down on the air some night. Maybe the night of 11/4/08.

You were more inside than I would have guessed. Makes sense from what I've seen on the outside looking in that he would be that way.

re: #151 RememberSekhmet?

Hmm, Russians in the Caribbean. Maybe Fidel's kicked the bucket?

From your mouth to G-d's ear.

re: #157 katemaclaren

The mother of all dings to ya!

re: #114 David IV of Georgia
They only have enough gas to get there- one way. That's where Football Face comes in. Gotta get home somehow.

re: #149 MandyManners

Life as we know it will never be the same

:0

re: #152 MandyManners

Who is Tom Brady?

A great QB, almost as good as Elway.

Olbermann's replacement.

re: #152 MandyManners

Who is Tom Brady?

#10 in Maize and Blue.

re: #150 jwb7605

It's good that some things are the same all over and reliable. What would we do without the sun.

re: #152 MandyManners

Peter's uncle?

re: #19 Kosh's Shadow

If you can tell they're robots, maybe all they should get from the site is "Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!"

re: #159 musicman

Extremely sad! A 10th grade drummer that plays drums in my community jazz band died while playing drums in his church this evening. He had a history of heart problems. He was the neatest kid and a fantastic percussionist.

Sorry to hear of the loss. Our prayers to the family and friends!

re: #93 Talking Stick

I'll tell ya, considering the latest Gallup poll results and accolades regarding B Jindal's organizational savvy vis à vis Gustav, I haven't felt so good about the future of Conservatism for several years. The tension just slides away like meat falling from a boneless Thanksgiving turkey - Let’s keep it up, folks!

I was only 14 when Reagan was elected, and it was the greatest feeling of my short life after 4 years of miserable Carter malaise. Reagan was like a blast of fresh air reinvigorating the country with belief in itself and the power of freedom. Without someone like him I dread to think of where we would be today.

I think it's time for bed. Another long week doing something I hate.

Suppose maybe Gregory will be a little better.

A lot better if they kept him high

re: #140 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Love this line (heard it from a comedian, forgot who)...

You know what I hate more than anything? Indian givers.

No. Wait, I take that back....

I think that was Steven Wright.

re: #159 musicman

That is sad. so sorry

NYT...they are out!

re: #165 Archimedes

A great QB, almost as good as Elway.

Which one? Peyton or Eli?

re: #171 loflyer

Much thanks.

re: #169 ggt

Peter's uncle?

LOL!

re: #142 Shug

What Does Michael Moore Think about Ike ?

Adlai Stevenson would have run the Lefty Leviathan out of his Party before Ike had to say anything.

re: #162 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Thank you, thank you very much!
(in my best Elvis voice--which is hard since I'm not a guy)

re: #156 Shug

He's right up your alley

He bowls, too?

re: #168 ggt

It's good that some things are the same all over and reliable. What would we do without the sun.

I trade e-mails with my son -- he's over in Okinawa, Iwo Jima, or someplace in that vicinity.
It's light over there now, I think.
I attribute that to global warming. ;)

Killgore's vacation reading (for those who give a shit)........
The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius

Essential works of Stoicism

Walden and Civil Disobedience

Nothing Special: Living Zen

Everyday Zen

The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion (even though Mr. Spencer hates me I'm stil lbuying his book)

Choke

Stranger Than Fiction

re: #184 jwb7605

could be, but I'm inclined to blame the cat.

re: #185 Killgore Trout

No Danielle Steele?

NYT: MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat

The change — which comes in the home stretch of the long election cycle — is a direct result of tensions associated with the channel’s perceived shift to the political left.

Liars. There has been no shift to the political left. They have been there all along.

What we actually "perceived" was a shift to outright insanity.

re: #177 gordan the fisherman

The change — which comes in the home stretch of the long election cycle — is a direct result of tensions associated with the channel’s perceived shift to the political left.

Perceived? The MSM can't cover each other's asses anymore...these bunglers will be next.

re: #177 gordan the fisherman

NYT...they are out!

The change — which comes in the home stretch of the long election cycle — is a direct result of tensions associated with the channel’s perceived shift to the political left.

Yeah- "perceived shift" because it was, you know, hardly visible.

re: #177 gordan the fisherman

NYT...they are out!

The change — which comes in the home stretch of the long election cycle — is a direct result of tensions associated with the channel’s perceived shift to the political left.

"Perceived"? My Grandmother can discern the bias and she passed away over thirty years ago.

Olbermann is a lock for the Fiske.

re: #178 MandyManners

Which one? Peyton or Eli?

?
Eli Elway.
I thought everybody knew that.
He's a cousin to John Elway.
Tom Brady is the secret father.
//

re: #85 _RememberTonyC

keith dobermann is such a loser ... he couldn't get laid in a female prison with a fistful of pardons ...

I believe that I read somewhere that Keith doesn't ever have to worry about getting laid. Seems "little Keith" is permanently hangered.

re: #185 Killgore Trout

The Truth About mohammed is a good book.

re: #192 Mich-again

Olbermann is a lock for the Fiske.

He already won it.

re: #194 Truck Monkey

I believe that I read somewhere that Keith doesn't ever have to worry about getting laid. Seems "little Keith" is permanently hangered.

No wonder he's unhinged

re: #157 katemaclaren

I have to tell you--I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR KO AND CM getting canned. ;-)

Last week, I crafted a two page handwritten letter listing all the reasons why no one is watching NBC any longer. I related how my former warm and fuzzy feelings about NBC (including Tim Russert) had plummeted--and even sent a copy of some correspondence I had with Russert several years ago. I used the handwritten form because I wanted to underscore my "amateur" status--not a form-letter protest type of thing. I also knew that they might think it radioactive or full of that nasty white Johnson & Johnson's baby powder. Of course, I only sent it Thursday (but from Philadelphia, so it can't take THAT long for first class missive to get to its destination) So, perhaps my letter was the spark. heh! I'm looking forward to their response: " Dear __________ We looked into the matter and we were shocked, shocked, at such blatant bias! We have taken action to end this terrible practice and Mr. Matthews and Mr. Olberman will be sent to their rooms and their allowances docked."
woo hoooooo!

Good for you - to quote Sean Hannity - "You are a Great American."

too bad obermann and matthews will still be hanging around as 'analysts'...

Nevermind the damn robots. The world is gonna end on Wednesday. ;)

re: #195 Sharmuta

The Truth About mohammed is a good book.

good as in factual, or good as in entertaining?
... I suppose both is an option ...

Great. This is good news, but we've moved two cups of leftist water from the ocean that is the MSM. Two cups of stagnant stinking scummy water sure, but not a lot of difference will result.

Add me to the list that would really like to watch football tonight but, no.

re: #195 Sharmuta

re: #195 Sharmuta

The Truth About mohammed is a good book.

Very Good Book - an eye opener

I am watching for the diary he will post at the kos website.

I think they are the only ones who watch him anyway.

re: #196 Sharmuta

He already won it.

Has there been a back to back yet?

re: #99 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Like Dan Patrick just a little less than I like Bob Costas (the best IMHO EVER).

Like "Bathtub Boy" a whole bunch less than either of them.

I'm from St. Louis, which is where Costas cut his teeth. I always liked him. However, I guess his liberalism has worn on my the last few years, so I'm not the fan I used to be. Still like him, just not so much any more.

re: #30 MrPaulRevere

MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... from Drudge....man its gonna hit the fan now...

DUmmies are PISSED!

re: #188 Mich-again

NYT: MSNBC Takes Incendiary Hosts From Anchor Seat

Liars. There has been no shift to the political left. They have been there all along.

What we actually "perceived" was a shift to outright insanity.

But, they'll stay as analysts? Phooey.

The article on Drudge is a fluff piece - these jokers should be excoriated for what they do every night under the banner of journalism

Gov. Palin rumors updated.
[Link: explorations.chasrmartin.com...]

re: #197 sandspur

No wonder he's unhinged

No wonder he is so mad at us. All those liberal babes dying to get into his pants and his equipment is down.....

re: #191 solomonpanting

"Perceived"? My Grandmother can discern the bias and she passed away over thirty years ago.

isn't it obvious that "perceived" is just a typo? it should have read "blatant"

re: #185 Killgore Trout

Thoreau's Walden Pond is spectacular. A must read every few years.

"to brag as lustily as chanticleer in the morning, standing on his roost, ..."

and

"It is never too late to give up your prejudices."

re: #207 kevinmumaw

DUmmies are PISSED!

David Gregory is just as much a tool as Olbermann.

#172 Tigger2005
I'm 61, Tigger, but I felt the same way. Life is a quite a ride. Faith, hope and keeping an eye on the birdie make it all worthwhile, but cliff hangers sure do keep the cell walls flexing - staying in the game is better than Disneyland!

re: #205 Mich-again

IIRC the rules are only one win allowed. I was going to nominate alan colmes for the Fiskie and Penn & Teller for the Fallaci.

re: #185 Killgore Trout

Killgore's vacation reading (for those who give a shit)........
The Golden Book of Marcus Aurelius

Essential works of Stoicism

Walden and Civil Disobedience

Nothing Special: Living Zen

Everyday Zen

The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion (even though Mr. Spencer hates me I'm stil lbuying his book)

Choke

Those look okay, I guess, but you really need to add something more erudite to the mix.

re: #68 Walter L. Newton

What a lovely story, thanks for sharing.

Alright... who has a strong stomach and will go see what the KosKids and DU say about Keith and Chris?

/ dive on that grenade for your fellow lizards!

Olberman is now a Million dollar a year analyst? For less money I'll analyze the whole network, and Charles Manson for good measure. Sign me up.

re: #195 Sharmuta

I'm looking forward to it.

re: #187 MandyManners

No Steven King either.

Latest Gallup numbers:

In the new poll, taken Friday through Sunday, McCain leads Obama by 54%-44% among those seen as most likely to vote.

Unbeliveable. BHO's in a full-scale collapse.

re: #207 kevinmumaw

I salute your bravery!

Still nothing about Matthews/Olbermann over at Puffington Host.....denial is a very powerful emotion.

I'm corrected 4 MIllion a year. Sheesh and no one watches that network. What do the shareholders and Board of GE say about this?

re: #215 Talking Stick

Keith is about the only guy who speaks truth to power and now he's going to be "removed." Methinks this is just part of the Pukes strategy to steal the election yet again.

Rove is such a magnificent bastard.

re: #213 experiencedtraveller

I haven't read Walden since I was 19 (I'm re-reading the same copy) but in hindsight Thoreau was a wuss. He spent a year at Walden and that's supposed to be a big deal. I could do a year in a federal prison too. It's not really that impressive. I wonder how I'll feel about it the second time through.

re: #200 Cartman

Nevermind the damn robots. The world is gonna end on Wednesday. ;)

Now is the Time for the End of the World:

re: #223 Cicero05

Latest Gallup numbers:

Unbeliveable. BHO's in a full-scale collapse.

BOOYAH!

re: #214 bellamags

He is a tool but he disguises his biases - Olber-dufus just expels his bile on the air.

re: #219 stevieray

[Link: www.democraticunderground.com...]

it's an awesome display of kicking and screaming.

Going upstairs? _______>

re: #228 Killgore Trout

I kinda grown into the same impression of Thoreau myself. I used a different word: coward.

re: #223 Cicero05

Latest Gallup numbers:

Unbeliveable. BHO's in a full-scale collapse.

And we all have front-row seats to watch the train wreck.

re: #232 kevinmumaw

[Link: www.democraticunderground.com...]

it's an awesome display of kicking and screaming.

Yikes that site gave me the c-r-e-e-p-s

re: #68 Walter L. Newton

Walter You always have the coolest stories.

re: #226 lifeofthemind

I'm corrected 4 MIllion a year. Sheesh and no one watches that network. What do the shareholders and Board of GE say about this?

Fairness Doctrine, anyone?

[Link: www.collectiblestoday.com...]

I brought this up in the last thread too. Saracudas glasses are HOT!

re: #232 kevinmumaw

and it was like a million voices all creamed out in terror

re: #232 kevinmumaw

[Link: www.democraticunderground.com...]

it's an awesome display of kicking and screaming.

More fodder for Raging Moonbat Theater, I hope!

re: #194 Truck Monkey

I don't know about "little keith," but he doesn't drive a car. So he always had to bum rides to work (never from me). And while the younger employees were eager to help out a big star like keith, some of them told me he never even offered them any gas money. he is a bad guy.

Killgore, nothing with vampires or zombies?

yeah "creamed" its even more creepy .... and sticky

re: #236 politicalinsomniac

And we all have front-row seats to watch the train wreck.

Hard for me to see it that way when looking at the Electorial Map.

re: #210 hazzyday
The National Enquirer consistently characterizes the affair story as “incredible.” Check it out. I assume this is their way of publishing sleaze and avoiding a lawsuit.

Hollis French, the guy ramrodding the “ethics investigation” is a Democrat and an Obama spokesman. See, e.g: [Link: my.barackobama.com...]
emilybokar/gGxsmH

His “Special Investigator” and his wife are long time associates of the replaced DPS Commissioner dating to when he was with the Anchorage PD. [Link: my.barackobama.com...]

that was a comment from that site. and Obama page has gone missing

re: #228 Killgore Trout

I am not overly concerned with the criticism of HDT spending only one year in the woods, sneaking into town, cheating etc etc... Just enjoy the work as it is written. It is a fine read.

"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust."

re: #90 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Oh shit, here we go. Venezuela to host Russia navy exercise in Caribbean

They're after the other Georgia!

}:)     [Note to self: pick up extra ammo this week ... ]

re: #191 solomonpanting

"Perceived"? My Grandmother can discern the bias and she passed away over thirty years ago.

But she's still voting for 0bama. All the dead vote for 0bama.

re: #246 Born Again Republican

Hard for me to see it that way when looking at the Electorial Map.

Not yet. But soon.

re: #248 experiencedtraveller

I know a certain college graduate that spends most of his days smoking pot and playing video games in his mom's basement. A lot of what he writes on his myspace page sounds a lot like HDT.

I've been rethinking my impressions of HDT a lot lately.

Get your hands off LGF, you damn, dirty bots!

re: #253 ggt

Got a link?

re: #219 stevieray

Alright... who has a strong stomach and will go see what the KosKids and DU say about Keith and Chris?

/ dive on that grenade for your fellow lizards!

Okay. I'll do it. First, I have to don hazmat suit. Down an Immodium and gird my loins.

re: #255 experiencedtraveller

to the college graduate? know I can't do that--privacy issues with family. I think it's the "grand, profound" pot induced bullshit that has me wondering more and more about HDT. Perhaps it was just that he was the "first" to notice the obvious in the so-called mundane happenings of the world and write it down that makes us take notice.

The college graduate isn't as good of a writer, but the concepts are the same.

re: #257 ggt

Aye privacy issues...

I tend not to analyse authors so much. It generally grinds them all down to the mundane. I like to let the book stand on its own.

/Its probably a simplistic approach...

Charles, I hope I'm not breaking any rules here. Please forgive me my trespasses if I did.
Well, my dumpster diving at the Daily Kos, didn't yield much--no mention of KO or CM--that I could find. What a strange site--it's hard to navigate and what the hell--diaries? Here's the current flava. This diary was teed-up on the home page and was very long-winded. I thought it was rather funny that he begins one of his early paragraphs like this:

"Some will say I am talking out of my ass. I’m not a woman, so what do I know? True enough. I do not pretend to come close to understanding the daily frustrations and fury and resentment that sexism imposes on our society. But I do know how sexism shaped and constrained my mother, how, in some of the same ways in a different era, it shaped and constrained my wife, and how it continues to shape and constrain my daughter.

Born into deep poverty, her sister and herself victims of incest, an unwed mother at 14 and again at 16, my mother faced the triple whammy of classism, sexism and racism. Yet she found the strength as a single mom before that term had appeared in the sociology texts to leave her roots and move halfway across the country, hiring out first as washer and ironer of other family’s clothes, then moving to a low-paying clerk’s job which barely paid the bills while she managed to enhance her 8th-grade education with a GED. She married a man who emotionally and financially supported her goals of attending the business school of a university at the dawn of the 1960s, when, unlike today, older non-traditional students (she was 32) were rare and ridiculed."

Good Lordy. The dawn of the 1960s? Sounds like the earth's crust was still cooling...and yet...and yet--oooooh--I was in college then. So, bottom line--I don't think anyone's told them about KO and CM.

Hello? Hello? Can you hear me? Thread dead? Wow. Now I know what space travel on the space-time continuum must be like for the returning flight crew.

re: #259 katemaclaren

Gave you an up-ding for the effort! I find those places to infuriating to spend much time there.

re: #218 twincitiesgirl

re: #238 Typicalwhitey

Thanks, both of you for the compliments.

"Web Robots"

We used to call them "spiders".

They might have one or more of the following missions:

Down-load the site for a search engine (That is how Google, et al know what is where--"indexiong, that is called).

Down-load the site for an archive ("wayback machine").

Search the site for email addresses to and to the millions or opt in addresses CD.

Search the site for vulnerable software to be penetrated (to make a zombie serving a botnet master).

Search the site for weak passwords and such for malware installation for you to get when you download a page.

And other, mostly evil stuff.

re: #61 Killgore Trout

In the laser lab in the university where I got my degree in physics, there was this sign on the wall: "Do not look into laser beam with remaining eye."

The lab had a continuous-beam laser that could burn a hole through a wooden 2x4 (thinnest direction) in a few seconds. Megawatt laser? Not at all. Kilowatt laser? Nope. 10 watts.

I frequently used a 1-milliwatt He-Ne laser to make holograms. When I put my hand into the beam, I could feel the heat.

Any practioner of peaceful inner struggle who gets scanned with a 100-kilowatt laser is going to abruptly become very peaceful indeed.

re: #68 Walter L. Newton

"Life imitates Art."

I hope not too closely.

Heroin addicted elephants. Now I've seen everything!

Good morning Lizards