Open thread,,,gang on...Lizards...:)

Matk Twain, one helluva great American.

Whiskey in hand, and youtube open......let's rock!

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

— Mark Twain

A fine example which I would do well to emulate more often.

/

FT reporting that Buffet's picking up Constellation for 50% of last week's share price.

I'm off to sleep. Stay well, lizards!

"You lose."

- Calvin Coolidge

I get criticized often at work for saying too little. My reply is that I learn a lot more when I keep my mouth shut.

Hay Yawl

re: #5 Irene NYC Which means he STILL ovepayed.
Goodnight Irene!

Well all y'all it's LATE here on the east coast and I desperately need some sleep, so I'm off to bed!
I hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you down the road!

Goodnight, all.

What happened to all the usual late night suspects?

re: #11 realwest

Goodnight!

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
-Mark Twain

Good job McCain, 3 days to go.

Relax, our National Debt is still

way

less than our one year GDP.

/the $183.1 billion current deficit sucks, but it's a yawner, we've got bigger (cough, spending) fish to fry in this world environment

Have you heard the joke about the woman who was staring so intently at a man at the checkout line, he asked her, "Have we met?" She replied, "Yes, I think you're the father of one of my children."

He thought of the only time he had ever been unfaithful and he whispered to her, "Were you that stripper at the bachelor party I did on the pool table with all my buddies watching, while your partner whipped me with limp celery?"

To which she replied, "No, I'm your son's teacher."

Fannie & Freddie funneled congressmen at least $11,848,193 according to opensecrets.com. Those congressmen & women should be called on to return that money to the tax payers. That would reduce the liability to the taxpayers by almost 15% of the $80 bailout. There may be more given to the D&R NC'S, I got a bit overwhelmed with the numbers.
Then there's the $25MILLION that Raines got through what appears to be fraud... can't we get any of that back?

We need more men like Tom Colburn.

re: #17 carefulnow

I'll have to remember that for work tomorrow. Oh wait, tomorrow's a vacation day which is the only reason I'm on at this time now.

Still a good joke though.

good night every one

Well, he's no Mark Twain, but here are two of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes:

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Douglas Adams

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

re: #3 WrathofG-d

Whiskey in hand, and youtube open......let's rock!

So whatcha listening to? :)

Today is talk like a pirate day.

Soooooo...

... I present:

Stuart Smalley's Daily Affirmations for the Inner Pirate

Monday:

"I'm going to rape and pillage today just for the heck of it because, gosh darn it, I deserve to have a good time."

Tuesday:

"I am not a fraud, a thief yes, but not a fraud."

Wednesday:

"I deserve all the loot and booty I can carry without feeling ashamed or being grandiose."

Thursday:

"I will express my feelings today. I will not hide them behind my eyepatch. My eyepatch is not a mask for my feelings, but rather a small swatch of leather that covers a hideous scar."

Friday:

"When I overtake that merchants vessel, I will not be playing those parent tapes in my head: "You wield a cutlass like a girl" . . . "Why can't you be more like Blackbeard's son?" . . . "Philosophy? What kind of major is that? It's useless!"

Saturday:

"Just because I indulge in wine and wenches does not mean I'm an alcoholic sex-addict like my father."

Sunday:

"If I must violently put down a mutiny today, it is not because I am a bad person or that I am not worthy of love; it is because my crew are a bunch of yellow-bellied, lily-livered sons-of-whores--and I am mean enough, ruthless enough, and dog gone it, people fear me."

transcribed by James R. Torrence

Arrrrrr...

re: #22 gop_patriot

Trying to find "Blue Fringe's" "flipping out", but its not on there. Trying to find some new calm good music too...not having much luck.

Did they catch the hacker? Last I heard it was some Dem politician's son. Maybe.

re: #25 Rancher

see previous LGF threads.

a. not hacked
b. yes D son.
c. yes "caught"

re: #18 HD Woman

Fannie & Freddie funneled congressmen at least $11,848,193 according to opensecrets.com. Those congressmen & women should be called on to return that money to the tax payers.

Noble idea but not going to happen. That money was spent long ago. The only way those Congress critters could pay it back is to take contributions even more corrupt than Fannie and Freddie.

re: #25 Rancher

Did they catch the hacker? Last I heard it was some Dem politician's son. Maybe.

Death by hanging.

re: #24 WrathofG-d

Trying to find "Blue Fringe's" "flipping out", but its not on there. Trying to find some new calm good music too...not having much luck.

I've been listening to calm music tonight also- the songs from Loreena McKinnett's "Book of Secrets", but on the live CD. :)

re: #25 Rancher

Did they catch the hacker? Last I heard it was some Dem politician's son. Maybe.

The problem I see there is, the hacker broke into a yahoo account. The email account that was used to "identify" the hacker? A yahoo account.

I may be wrong, but I smell misdirection.

ok screw it. I'm out of here. Comp is giving me trouble anyhow.

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
— Mark Twain

And an eloquent silence it was, indeed, Sir!

re: #16 Killian Bundy

Relax, our National Debt is still

less than our one year GDP.

/the $183.1 billion current deficit sucks, but it's a yawner, we've got bigger (cough, spending) fish to fry in this world environment

Things could be worse. We could be Russians
[Link: business.timesonline.co.uk...]

So much for the new-gotten oil billions. Very un-coolsky.

Didja see this match-o-matic on ABC? Pretty cute.

I got McCain 8-5, but it's tricky.

re: #23 The Other Les

Today is talk like a pirate day.

Soooooo...

... I present:

Stuart Smalley's Daily Affirmations for the Inner Pirate

Let's cut to the reason he'll theoretically never be elected.

/steady, steady, hold your fire

Any thoughts on Sarah Palin being booted from the anti-Ahmedinejad rally at the UN this coming Monday? Hillary Clinton was "blindsided" by Palin's being invited -- yeah, like Capt. Renault was "shocked" at finding gambling going on at Rick's. And then Jewish Democratic organizations succeeded in politicizing the event in the name of depoliticizing it. Disgusting.

re: #33 RTLM

Things could be worse. We could be Russians
[Link: business.timesonline.co.uk...]

So much for the new-gotten oil billions. Very un-coolsky.

/it's all about plying well with others, mostly us

...so Russia wanted a war. They got one.

Belligerent countries with the same GDP as the state of NJ should choose their battles more carefully.

(its the economics, Ivan Idiotsky)

re: #37 Killian Bundy

/it's all about plying well with others, mostly us

I'm all in favor of four-ply!

Good morning lizards

re: #36 stuiec

See this:

[Link: www.commentarymagazine.com...]

re: #34 itellu3times

I was 8-5 for McCain also.

re: #34 itellu3times

10-3 McCain. (But I think your warning helped.)

10-3 McCain for me, as well.

re: #23 The Other Les

Arrgh! Avast, ye scurvy lot! I say we first rape, then pillage!
Or is it the other way around...

re: #39 Carridine

I'm all in favor of four-ply!

Touche.

/hurricane typhoon standard, if you can get it

If Russia has all that oil revenue coming from Siberia, why the participation in the oil for food scandal (unless they were stockpiling)? How long have some of those oil rigs in Siberia been up and running?

re: #41 neocon hippie

Yes -- I'd seen that. Of course, the Democrats couldn't let Sarah Palin appear at this rally and be seen supporting Israel and standing strong against Iran -- too much risk that she'd dispel the myths about her being a Buchananite Israel-hater or a fundamentalist anti-Semite.

But I am hopeful that this bodes well for the GOP's chances with the Jewish vote this year: Oldest U.S. Voter Abroad Backs McCain.

re: #42 gop_patriot

Oof, should have been 9-4, looking back at the answers, apparently I clicked one wrong. Oh well. I shouldn't take quizzes at almost 2 in the morning! LOL

re: #46 Killian Bundy Just riffing, Kill, just along for the dance...

/Ike ate up mosta THAT grade... :D

re: #34 itellu3times

Didja see this match-o-matic on ABC? Pretty cute.

I got McCain 8-5, but it's tricky.

That is fun. I got 100% Johnny Mac.

Ninja Cat comes closer without moving

I laughed out loud at this one. :D

re: #34 itellu3times

Didja see this match-o-matic on ABC? Pretty cute.

I got McCain 8-5, but it's tricky.

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

McCain, by 11-2.

I didn't try to figure out who said what, I just picked the statement I agreed with the most. Except for a couple where I had to pick the one I disagreed with the least.

re: #50 Carridine

Just riffing, Kill, just along for the dance...

/Ike ate up mosta THAT grade... :D

/I suppose we could have a mutual deference contest, but the time zone lag sucks

re: #18 HD Woman

Fannie & Freddie funneled congressmen at least $11,848,193 according to opensecrets.com. Those congressmen & women should be called on to return that money to the tax payers. That would reduce the liability to the taxpayers by almost 15% of the $80 bailout. There may be more given to the D&R NC'S, I got a bit overwhelmed with the numbers.
Then there's the $25MILLION that Raines got through what appears to be fraud... can't we get any of that back?

We need more men like Tom Colburn.

As I understand it the Freddie/Fannie bailout consists, essentially, of a promise to back those organizations, and the promise is intended to allow them to operate. The $200 billion has not actually been spent, although it could be if things were to get worse at Fannie/Frieddie.

Is that correct?

re: #34 itellu3times

10-3 McCain...I got a little thrown off on immigration. Both statements were pretty close and my Argentine background may have played a role, although Argentines don't normally come here illegaly, as it's a pretty far swim.

re: #53 Meremortal

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

McCain, by 11-2.

I didn't try to figure out who said what, I just picked the statement I agreed with the most. Except for a couple where I had to pick the one I disagreed with the least.

Ditto.

re: #5 Irene NYC

Best investment I ever made was buying Berkshire Hathaway right after 9/11. I think I'll follow Buffets lead.

re: #34 itellu3times

Didja see this match-o-matic on ABC? Pretty cute.

I got McCain 8-5, but it's tricky.

It's fun but it's lame. The problem is that they focus on what the candidates SAY as opposed to their records (votes). What any politician running for office says is pretty much worthless.

re: #34 itellu3times

Didja see this match-o-matic on ABC? Pretty cute.

I got McCain 8-5, but it's tricky.

McCain 11-2 here. I knew I was going with Obama on one of 'em. On a few of them, I didn't like either choice.

I'm off to bed, but something for you night owls to appreciate if you haven't seen them: Your text to link...

Wow 11-2 towards McCain for me. I'd always thought of my self as a Reagan Democrat or a John Glenn Republican, with a strong Libertarian streak. Have the Dems moved so far left I moved so far left I oppose them on 90% of the issues or have I move that far to the right?

Pic of the day

re: #36 stuiec

Any thoughts on Sarah Palin being booted from the anti-Ahmedinejad rally at the UN this coming Monday? Hillary Clinton was "blindsided" by Palin's being invited -- yeah, like Capt. Renault was "shocked" at finding gambling going on at Rick's. And then Jewish Democratic organizations succeeded in politicizing the event in the name of depoliticizing it. Disgusting.

This site has a list of email addresses for the sponsoring organizations. I sent them an email but I don't think I should repeat it here. Not civil enough.

/morons

re: #30 suboptimal

Web proxy firm working with FBI to trace Palin e-mail hacker

Ramuglia is now in the process of importing more than 80GB worth of log data into a database for analysis. He said he's reasonably confident he can help authorities sift through the logs and trace access back to the originating IP address -- especially because the self-professed hacker has admitted using just one proxy service to access Palin's account.

Also:

Palin Hackers(s) Traced to Obama's Hometown of Chicago

According to an internet security expert located in San Francisco, Gabriel Ramuglia, the Palin email hackers were careless and left a digital trail. That trail leads directly to a server site in Chicago which happens to be the city where all of Obama’s men plot their daily moves. Mr. Ramuglia says that their electronic signature will be easily obtained from the server logs at that site.

PIMF
I added one to many "so far left I moved" too that post

re: #62 Neo Con since 9-11

Wow 11-2 towards McCain for me. I'd always thought of my self as a Reagan Democrat or a John Glenn Republican, with a strong Libertarian streak. Have the Dems moved so far left I moved so far left I oppose them on 90% of the issues or have I move that far to the right?

McCain is fairly moderate first of all, and second- yes. The dems have mnoved that far left.

re: #34 itellu3times

Didja see this match-o-matic on ABC? Pretty cute.

I got McCain 8-5, but it's tricky.

13 - 0 for McCain. Does that mean I am a despicable and reprehensible White Dude? What is my prize for being so far Right?

Digging in the Dirt.

New U.S. and Israeli government pending. We've lost the initiative and Iran is mocking the West, welcoming Ammajinidad to New York.

/Israel better get more border existence, because they're fixing to get overrun from multiple directions, all at once, from the river to the sea

re: #48 stuiec

Yes -- I'd seen that. Of course, the Democrats couldn't let Sarah Palin appear at this rally and be seen supporting Israel and standing strong against Iran -- too much risk that she'd dispel the myths about her being a Buchananite Israel-hater or a fundamentalist anti-Semite.

But I am hopeful that this bodes well for the GOP's chances with the Jewish vote this year: Oldest U.S. Voter Abroad Backs McCain.

Did you see that poll that showed jews in NY going for McCain something like 54-34? It was in the links yesterday.

Get your own Cray Computer 25k.

Count me in with 11-2 McCain....

re: #63 RTLM

Pic of the day

That is freaky!

re: #65 Rancher

It could just mean the ISP host servers are there.

Do a traceroute on you pc and your network traffic can go a lot of places. One of my connections goes out from Seattle down to San Jose to my destinations then backtracks.

Statement by John McCain on the 'Stop Iran' Rally
Summation:

"Governor Palin was pleased to accept an invitation to address this rally and show her resolve on this grave national security issue, regrettably that invitation has since been withdrawn under pressure from Democratic partisans. We stand shoulder to shoulder with Republicans, Democrats and independents alike to oppose Ahmadinejad's goal of a nuclear armed Iran. Senator Obama's campaign had the opportunity to join us. Senator Obama chose politics rather than the national interest."

re: #64 Spirit93

This site has a list of email addresses for the sponsoring organizations. I sent them an email but I don't think I should repeat it here. Not civil enough.

/morons

That seems kinda of like shooting themselves in the foot. What better publicity could they get?

Senator Obama chose politics rather than the national interest.

Senator MCCain was being kind.

The DNC and the Obama campaign is the reverse James Baker:

Screw the Jews. They'll vote for us anyway.

Just curious how many of you fellow 11-2 McCain ers gave your 2 votes to Obama on the subject of immigration?

re: #78 Neo Con since 9-11

Just curious how many of you fellow 11-2 McCain ers gave your 2 votes to Obama on the subject of immigration?

**raises hand**

But I cant remember the second one. Maybe they were both from that section.

re: #79 TheMatrix31

**raises hand**
.

Go to the front of the class. Maybe Sen McCain will listen

The letter sat unopened on the table by the door. It had been sitting there for nearly a week. Howard knew the return address and that is why it had sat for so long, untouched. That night, a cab pulled up in front of his ground floor apartment. Howard was in his pajamas, curled up in a ball on the couch, staring at the stuffed chipmunk on the mantle. He was suddenly startled by a knock at the door. A sense of fear and anticipation swept over him simultaneously. There was one person he wanted to see more than anyone else in the world,... the same person he never wanted to see again. If it was Susan, he would be furiously overwhelmed with joy and, at the same time, happy with his anger. He stood up and hesitated eagerly for the door...

re: #12 WrathofG-d

What happened to all the usual late night suspects?

we were waiting on our lawyers......

re: #81 StirUpTheBlog

Howard is a fool.....

Okay so I went back to take the test....the first one I agreed with Obama on was the immigration question regarding enforcement on the border and workplace. The second place was about gay marriage being up to the states.

re: #84 TheMatrix31

Okay so I went back to take the test....the first one I agreed with Obama on was the immigration question regarding enforcement on the border and workplace. The second place was about gay marriage being up to the states.

Ditto.

I'm busy planning my Fall offensive...

re: #81 StirUpTheBlog

I haven't seen the whole thing but it seems like a good bit of prose

re: #77 littleoldlady

Senator MCCain was being kind.

The DNC and the Obama campaign is the reverse James Baker:

Screw the Jews. They'll vote for us anyway.

And if their other policy is "screw the women, they'll vote for us anyways", who is that the reverse of?

re: #86 EIDE_Interface

I'm busy planning my Fall offensive...

I thought that was already underway for the last few weeks.

re: #88 Sharmuta

I dunno. But I'm fairly sure my head is going to explode before this election is over.

:-(

re: #90 littleoldlady

I dunno. But I'm fairly sure my head is going to explode before this election is over.

:-(

We can't have that! Who would serve us Fruitcup™ and make the brussel sprouts for Thanksgiving?

re: #90 littleoldlady

I dunno. But I'm fairly sure my head is going to explode before this election is over.

:-(

no brain, no pain...... have some fruit cup. %-)

/white smoke

re: #34 itellu3times

Didja see this match-o-matic on ABC? Pretty cute.

I got McCain 8-5, but it's tricky.

I just took the test: 13 McCain vs. 1 Obama. (Strangely, the only Obama quote I chose was the very first question, which, from the way it was worded, I thought was a trick question and voted against my gut instinct.) 13-1 is pretty convincing! but the thing is stacked -- they purposely chose hard-to-interpret quotes or vague positions in half the cases, just to confuse people.

re: #91 Sharmuta

re: #92 redc1c4

Oy. What a world...what a world...

There's your answer, Sharmuta. LOL!

I probably should make the brussels sprouts now, just in case I'm not around...

re: #34 itellu3times

Didja see this match-o-matic on ABC? Pretty cute.

I got McCain 8-5, but it's tricky.

I got 12-1 in favour of McCain.

re: #78 Neo Con since 9-11

Just curious how many of you fellow 11-2 McCain ers gave your 2 votes to Obama on the subject of immigration?

By question #2 I had "figured out" the test and knew without doubt who had said which one. But as for the immigration question, I disagreed with/knew they were lying in both cases, so it was a empty choice. So I just chose McCain to screw with their heads.

re: #59 Spirit93

It's fun but it's lame. The problem is that they focus on what the candidates SAY as opposed to their records (votes). What any politician running for office says is pretty much worthless.

Exactly. Also, they're focusing on a lot of (to me) peripheral issues. Gay marriage? Abortion? Gotta be frank: I don't freakin' care. I elect a president for one primary reason, and that is to protect this country. On that issue, McCain wins hands down. The culture wars stuff is irrelevant and off-topic to me. And, besides, the president really has little role in it.

10-3 McCain

That's the way I understand it to read at face value, but I'm not a Harvard lawyer. I've been trying to understand it better. There has been a lot of vandalism on those foreclosed inflated priced loans with less value after the bubble burst, before you even take into account the devastation left by an irresponsible borrower. From some of the anecdotal stories I've read, there could easily be more than $200 billion in lost asset value.

Am I paranoid if they're really after me?

re: #55 JustMyView

Exactly. Also, they're focusing on a lot of (to me) peripheral issues. Gay marriage? Abortion? Gotta be frank: I don't freakin' care. I elect a president for one primary reason, and that is to protect this country. On that issue, McCain wins hands down. The culture wars stuff is irrelevant and off-topic to me. And, besides, the president really has little role in it.

Palin/zombie 2012

re: #100 Neo Con since 9-11

Palin/zombie 2012

The first woman President, and the first genderless Vice President -- on the same ticket! Groundbreaking.

re: #85 Sharmuta

Ditto.

He fooled me with his fancy footstep there too!

You'll bring in the GBLTG (Gay,Lesbian,Bi sexual,Transgender, Genderless). Add me in as the AI (Alcoholic Insomniac) for SecDef and we can't lose.
And if I forgot to say it z. Excellent work in Denver

Try as hard as they might- the msm still can't find any real dirt on Palin:

Palin Attuned More to Public Will, Less to Job's Details

These jerks have to take every instance of anything and stretch it to make it some sort of issue. Screw them. Investigate 0bama like this, assholes!

re: #104 Sharmuta

Thanks, Goes in my Palin folder

re: #103 Neo Con since 9-11

You'll bring in the GBLTG (Gay,Lesbian,Bi sexual,Transgender, Genderless). Add me in as the AI (Alcoholic Insomniac) for SecDef and we can't lose.
And if I forgot to say it z. Excellent work in Denver

Actually, I'll bring in the full GLBTGQQQSINNNSPFSV (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,Transgender, Genderless, Queer, Questioning, Qwazy, Scrotum Inflating, Nullo, Naked, Nudist, Slave, Ponyplay, Furry, Straight Vanilla) community.

Wait -- I forgot the TTP (Total Toilet Pig) community! What was I thinking? We need every vote!

re: #106 zombie

Actually, I'll bring in the full GLBTGQQQSINNNSPFSV (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,Transgender, Genderless, Queer, Questioning, Qwazy, Scrotum Inflating, Nullo, Naked, Nudist, Slave, Ponyplay, Furry, Straight Vanilla) community.

you divider! you left out many honorable members of the community.

Sarah Quaylin? This guy never met a smear he didn't like.
[Link: tnr.com...]

Don't be so open minded that your brains fall out.

it's truly sickening that the obama campaign and hillary clinton forced Sarah Palin to be disinvited from the NYC protest against iran next week:

[Link: www.politico.com...]

this makes my blood boil and shows the dems are deathly afraid of Palin and also proves once again that dems place politics and the lust for power above everything else.

scumbags

re: #105 Neo Con since 9-11

Thanks, Goes in my Palin folder

Well here's another one:

Palin triggers feminism reversal

This article I like, though. Especially this part:

An Associated Press voter survey conducted Sept. 5 found that among white women, 65 percent said Mrs. Palin shared their values, compared with 46 percent who said the same of Mr. Biden. A new Newsweek poll revealed support for Mr. McCain among white females is 53 percent, compared with 37 percent who favor Mr. Obama.

53%? He's screwed.

re: #109 HD Woman

n00b warning

Gotta head to bed - weet dreams, lizard nation!

Game to pass the time....

re: #110 _RememberTonyC

Nice to see that the Dems can put aside their petty differences and stand up to a common adversary....

What? No, not Ahmedinejad. I'm talking about the Republicans, of course!

re: #106 zombie

Actually, I'll bring in the full GLBTGQQQSINNNSPFSV (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,Transgender, Genderless, Queer, Questioning, Qwazy, Scrotum Inflating, Nullo, Naked, Nudist, Slave, Ponyplay, Furry, Straight Vanilla) community.

Tell me if you ever want into some really goofy stuff and I'll help you sign up for a SL account and we can walk through what people fetishize at when they think they are anonymous. I'll bring them into the Republican coalition. ...but maybe we shouldn't.

re: #110 _RememberTonyC

This kind of childish stupidity/party over country has got to be having an effect. I would think this kind of BS would be like a cold wet slap in the face of a pretty large voting block.
Political limbo - how low can you go? Dem's win.

It's like SNL part duex! Noooo Mine! I lmao!

? what am I being warned about?
re: #112 redc1c4

n00b warning

That trail leads directly to a server site in Chicago which happens to be the city where all of Obama’s men plot their daily moves.

September surprise for the win!

re: #111 Sharmuta

Thanks I appreciate all Palin articles I get to help me make the case in her favor but the type is so small my poor eyes can't read a word of it. Does the WT wave a large type page

re: #120 Neo Con since 9-11

I don't know- but if you have Word, you could copy & paste the article and make te font size whatever you'd like.

re: #118 HD Woman

? what am I being warned about?

just pointing out to the rest of the LNDT where you stand.

no offense meant, but we get lot's of traffic here, and there's always someone trying to be slick.

re: #121 Sharmuta

I've done that I was just bitchin' about websites that won't let us control the our font size. I didn't mean to criticize you

re: #123 Neo Con since 9-11

Oh- I didn't think you were aiming that at me, Neo, but thanks for clarifying. It would be nice if news outlets especially allowed for font adjustments.

re: #124 Sharmuta

Oh- I didn't think you were aiming that at me, Neo, but thanks for clarifying. It would be nice if news outlets especially allowed for font adjustments.

You can always just hold down the "control" key and do the "widening" gesture on the trackpad. That magnifies the whole screen.

Well, I was trying to control my language and my redneck attitude, but that's not slick, it's respectful. I was reading lgf for a long time before catching the open registration. I bothered to register with this site because this site has a higher percentage of thoughtful posters with a rapier wit than I've seen on most sites. (nope, I'm not kissin a$$es, just a fact)

I thought that was just a heads-up, but I wanted to make sure. ;)
Howdy from Oklahoma!
re: #122 redc1c4

No, wait, I jut tested it -- it's better to place two fingers on the track pad; move them up is magnify, move them down is shrink.

re: #125 zombie

You can always just hold down the "control" key and do the "widening" gesture on the trackpad. That magnifies the whole screen.

I don't need font adjustments. I think I'm getting headaches from the msm for other reasons.

re: #125 zombie

What is a track pad? Can I do that with a mouse.

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Hi. Long time reader first time poster. I'm wondering when will McCain release a Obama/Black Liberation Theology/racism ad. That oughta wake a few folks up, especially the fence sitters. Second. When will McCain call Obama out on being in church when Wright gave the "G-d Damn America" sermon. In Obama's autobiography he clearly states he was in church when Wright gave those sermons.

re: #130 littleoldlady

The problem with having to be up late for two months is it gets to be a habit, and then you can't go back to sleeping reasonable hours.

So yes, I'll be glad to have a little fruitcup.

re: #126 HD Woman

First welcome to the community. I hadn't said that too you yet. When I first got here lizards challenged every thing I said. Much Like people are challenging you right now. It's the way we make sure your skin is thick enough to handle a difficult argument and your mind is quick enough to come up with an intelligent counter argument.

thelongblogger! :-)

Bon appetit!

re: #134 littleoldlady

Thank you, littleoldlady. Delicious, as usual.

And now I think I'll try and get some sleep.

re: #126 HD Woman

I always thought my wife was a High Deaf Woman too!

re: #129 Neo Con since 9-11

What is a track pad? Can I do that with a mouse.

Don't know. I think it only works on Mac laptops (which have trackpads -- flat areas for cursor moving). You could try holding down the mouse button and moving it upwards (while holding down the control key).

Now the 0bama campaign is saying McCain is lying again about the latest ad:

Obama's campaign says Raines is not an Obama adviser and that McCain's campaign knows it because Raines said so in an e-mail earlier this week to Carly Fiorina, a top McCain adviser. Obama's campaign provided The Associated Press with a copy of the e-mail.

"Carly: Is this true?" Raines asks above a forwarded note informing him that Fiorina was on television saying he was an Obama housing adviser. "I am not an adviser to the Obama campaign. Frank."

Obama's campaign says Fiorina did not respond.

McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said he was not aware of the e-mail to Fiorina, but noted that the Post reported on three occasions, between July 16 and Aug. 28, that Raines was advising Obama.

"If he was not advising, obviously someone somewhere along the way should have corrected the record," Rogers said.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said he has since asked the Post for a correction. Burton said Obama only met Raines once briefly at an event, and that Raines sought an introductory meeting with Obama Senate aide Mike Strautmanis. At that meeting, Burton said no advice was sought from or given by Raines, who also had served as President Clinton's budget director.

"This is another flat-out lie from a dishonorable campaign that is increasingly incapable of telling the truth," Burton said. "Frank Raines has never advised Senator Obama about anything—ever."

Interesting how 0bama wasn't outraged until it turned up in a campaign ad, but if the msm reported it they weren't. What a load of crap.

Thank you Sir or Lady,
I have a thick skin, don't have a filter on my mouth, but I got a bkspc key. re: #133 Neo Con since 9-11

re: #138 Sharmuta

Now the 0bama campaign is saying McCain is lying again about the latest ad:

Interesting how 0bama wasn't outraged until it turned up in a campaign ad, but if the msm reported it they weren't. What a load of crap.

Phony outrage!

Nope, she mighta been high and pretending to be deaf... makes it easier to stay married sometimes. ;)re: #136 akak

Greatings & Salutations Lizards of the Night. Unless it's not night where you are, then you are Lizards of, you know uh, whatever time, you know where you are.

Raines on his parade - looks like the bus was a little late on schedule.
This is not the man I knew?
This is not my beautiful house!
The same as it ever was!

Lizards

of

the

Night!

re: #143 HD Woman

Raines on his parade - looks like the bus was a little late on schedule.
This is not the man I knew?
This is not my beautiful house!
The same as it ever was!

Excellent!

re: #137 zombie

Gracias oh undead one. It doesn't seem too work on Windows I will try that on my Linux machine tomorrow.

MOSCOW — Russia's two main stock exchanges opened, then closed, then opened again Friday, the most extreme example of the volatility that is hitting the world's financial markets.

The MICEX and RTS had been closed since Wednesday after stocks plummeted. Within an hour of the reopening, prices were up so steeply that authorities stopped trading again, in line with exchange rules.

Trading restarted for a second time an hour after that, and stocks continued to climb.

MICEX, where most share trading takes place, was up 23.1 percent on the day, while the RTS rose 15.5

23% wow

re: #143 HD Woman

0bama is seething in the Raines?

re: #36 stuiec

Any thoughts on Sarah Palin being booted from the anti-Ahmedinejad rally at the UN this coming Monday? Hillary Clinton was "blindsided" by Palin's being invited -- yeah, like Capt. Renault was "shocked" at finding gambling going on at Rick's. And then Jewish Democratic organizations succeeded in politicizing the event in the name of depoliticizing it. Disgusting.

I think that you sumed it up. Whatever issues these organizations have, they still seem too interested in protecting the Democrats & the Obama Campaign.

re: #147 akak

I think it was down 17% when the Russkies shut down trading.

re: #148 Sharmuta

Now that's punny!

Somebody named Randi Kaye on CNN is trying to establish that Todd Palin has undue influence on governmental affairs. Part of the proof,"He is part Eskimo." Well that closes it for me.

re: #148 Sharmuta

0bama is seething in the Raines?

The Raines in Spain
Fall mainly in the Playns?

Obama Raines in the truth detectors and lets slip the lips of Biden, aka the toothless dog of BS.

Dem's are like a little kid just about to get a screwdriver into the electrical outlet. Their partisan BS is that shocking, I keep thinking they've reached bedrock, but they keep digging.
I think this [Link: www.iranian.ws...] deserves a bit more grown up response than, "You can't come to my party, cause, ya know, she don't like you so I can't be seen with you... "

Arrrg! The sun rises soon. I must boil some gruel and see if I can shiver me matey's timber.
G'day to ya all!

Ok, Obama at a rally yesterday said how happy he is that no Americans were injured due to the Embassy bombing in Yemen.
Wrong! An American woman from NY State was killed in the blast.
She was there to cosumate & arranged marriage.
Ok, when Obama said it everbody thought that there were no American casualties. My point is, don't you think if McCain had said what Obama said, that the Dems would childishly pounce on it?

Good morning, Lizards.

I heard on Paul Harvey's 'The Rest of the Story' that Mark Twain really HATED people and that's what made him so funny. He was the 19th century Larry David.

re: #156 goddessoftheclassroom

Good morning, goddess.

Hi, {Sharmuta}!

Senate Majority Leader on Economic Woes: 'No One Knows What to Do'

Yes. That's what Harry Reid said when the market was going through the floor the day before yesterday: [Link: blogs.abcnews.com...]

And what sort of leadership did the Democratic Congress show?

Democratic Congress May Adjourn, Leave Crisis to Fed, Treasury

[Link: www.bloomberg.com...]

Well, don't say 'Nobody', Harry. George Bush knew what to do! Showing the same gumption, resourcefulness and leadership that gave us The Surge, Bush and his team crafted a solution based on the Savings And Loan Bailout of the 80's. The market took off like a shot, giving the Dow its biggest one-day percentage gain in almost six years.

So how did the media react?

When Bush's solution made the market go up, the media got Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi in front of the television cameras a.s.a.p. just so we dumb peasants can see where the real leadership is coming from. The media manufactured a reality that the Democrats had anything to do with alleviating this crisis.

[Link: money.cnn.com...]

[Link: www.latimes.com...]

The real truth seems to be so-called Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac turned into cash machines for a corrupt Congress and their cronies. Cue Sarah Palin.

re: #159 goddessoftheclassroom

Any news on your play?

re: #155 opnion

Ok, Obama at a rally yesterday said how happy he is that no Americans were injured due to the Embassy bombing in Yemen.
Wrong! An American woman from NY State was killed in the blast.
She was there to cosumate & arranged marriage.
Ok, when Obama said it everbody thought that there were no American casualties. My point is, don't you think if McCain had said what Obama said, that the Dems would childishly pounce on it?

How many people were injured back in 1942 "when a bomb fell on Pearl Harbor?"

McCain would have caught hell for either of those, and many more.

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night, Lizard Nation!

Been reading up on what you all discussed - here's a little titbit regarding last night's thoughts on who might be interested to let the financial deluge break right now:
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
Then - Soros prepared for a few months, and was prepared to take financial losses for political gain ...
Now?
You decide ...

Good morning LGF.
It must be nice to have a government which is about to mortgage the nation's future in order to bail out a bunch of greedy gamblers, speculators and ponsy operators - including China, the EU and a bunch of ME oil sheiks.
If the objective is to give relief to the foreclosed homeowners, wouldn't it be a lot cheaper for the government to allow the markets to operate and then to simply buy up the subprime loans for the pennies on the dollar they are actually worth?

Mornin' everyone...and happy Friday...

Arrgh, it be Talk Like A Pirate Day me buckos.

Eye matey, hoist the foresail on the mizenmast and baten down the hatches.

Keep your powder dry and your balls waxed me heartys.

Prepare to be boarded!

re: #161 Sharmuta

Any news on your play?

We're doing Nothing But the Truth, based on the book by Avi. It looks at how a personal can be telling the truth but be misleading with the slant their bias gives.

re: #165 scottishbuzzsaw

Morning, Scotti!

re: #166 Birkenstock Cowboy

Shiver me timbers, etc., etc.

#162 NC State of Mind

Here's Obama talking about "the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor".

What does he know? He only lived there.

re: #167 goddessoftheclassroom

Sounds interesting- keep us posted.

7-6 McCain? What is going on?

Maybe Australia is further to the left than the US?

After all Australia has universal health-care and womb-to-tomb welfare. "Land of the long weekend" and all that.

re: #168 Sharmuta

Mornin' Shar...just finished reading the WT article you linked to...'muscular American feminism' indeed! I love it!

re: #168 Sharmuta

Eye, yer a pretty lass, don't you know. Come sit on my lap and I'll show ye my collection of eye patches.

re: #166 Birkenstock Cowboy

Arrgh, it be Talk Like A Pirate Day me buckos.

Eye matey, hoist the foresail on the mizenmast and baten down the hatches.

Keep your powder dry and your balls waxed me heartys.

Prepare to be boarded!

You're just going to have to wait until I finish my first cup of coffee...;>)

re: #165 scottishbuzzsaw

Mornin' everyone...and happy Friday...

Hiya,s cotti - is the sun up and out yet in your parts of the wood?

Here, its another lovely crisp and sunny autumn day.

03:30 on a foggy chilly coastal California morning.

I'd love a cup of coffee but I have to get some sleep soon.

re: #172 scottishbuzzsaw

I was so mad last night! This misogyny is disgusting.

re: #173 Birkenstock Cowboy

You are crackin' me up matey.

Spring has definitely sprung in Australia, although not quite time to put away the sweaters and the extra blankets yet.

re: #166 Birkenstock Cowboy

...and your balls waxed

I don't think so.

/Birkenstock Pirate

re: #175 yma o hyd

Hiya,s cotti - is the sun up and out yet in your parts of the wood?

Here, its another lovely crisp and sunny autumn day.

Good morning, yma! Good article on Soros...makes me want to slap him, though, at the very least!

Still dark and quiet in my neck of the woods..and the temps have risen back to summer-like highs. I miss New England autumn!

How is everything with you? How's Miss Dog?

re: #162 NC State of Mind

How many people were injured back in 1942 "when a bomb fell on Pearl Harbor?"

McCain would have caught hell for either of those, and many more.

THe MSM has decided that they are the media wing of the Obama Campaign & they now barely try to hide it.
No unfouded charge or speculation is to sleazy or absurd to miss serious discussion, if it is about Sarah Palin.
The real Obama bio & present are really ugly. Hey he himself wrote books
about it.

re: #177 Sharmuta

I was so mad last night! This misogyny is disgusting.

Sharmuta,

I was in a meeting last night reading LGF among other things and could tell your were really upset. I really hope they put that little Tennessee turd in jail for as long as possible.

John McCan absolutley has to win this election. I cannot look at these bastards for four years and remember all the despicable acts they willingly did to get there.

re: #177 Sharmuta

I was so mad last night! This misogyny is disgusting.

What the hell happened?!

Fox says the hacker is the congressman's son.

Good evening, Reptilia.

I JUST GOT MY ABSENTEE BALLOT IN THE MAIL.

Now... whom to tick...

re: #183 NC State of Mind

Sharmuta,

I was in a meeting last night reading LGF among other things and could tell your were really upset. I really hope they put that little Tennessee turd in jail for as long as possible.

John McCan absolutley has to win this election. I cannot look at these bastards for four years and remember all the despicable acts they willingly did to get there.

Yar! It be talk like a pirate day. Put the little bugger in irons!
Tie him to the mast! Yar, make him listen to Obama off of the teleprompter

re: #183 NC State of Mind

Good morning, NC. It not just this kid- the ap & abc blaming it on Sarah.... Validating that line of defense (it's the victim's fault) just makes me sick. But thank you for your concern. That's very sweet of you.

re: #167 goddessoftheclassroom

I remember that book. Is that the one about how the national anthem gets a teacher railroaded out of town?

Yar, Gretchen Carlson be talkin like a pirate on FNC.
Pretty wench, but she be not soundin like a pirate. Yar!

re: #191 opnion

Yar, Gretchen Carlson be talkin like a pirate on FNC.
Pretty wench, but she be not soundin like a pirate. Yar!

Wouldn't mind seeing her in fishnets, YARRRRRRRR....

re: #191 opnion

Yar, Gretchen Carlson be talkin like a pirate on FNC.
Pretty wench, but she be not soundin like a pirate. Yar!

For some reason my husband calls me an 'obstreperous wench' so it's always 'talk like a pirate day' around here...

re: #192 TheMatrix31

Wouldn't mind seeing her in fishnets, YARRRRRRRR....

Yar lad, you be truthin.

re: #181 scottishbuzzsaw

Good morning, yma! Good article on Soros...makes me want to slap him, though, at the very least!

Still dark and quiet in my neck of the woods..and the temps have risen back to summer-like highs. I miss New England autumn!

How is everything with you? How's Miss Dog?

Loving the sunshine, cool as it is - and Miss Dog pulled something in her back leg - she was after a squirrel! Short walks strictly on lead for that Madam!

Pity there are apparently no financially savvy bloggers digging into the Soros affair ...

Now I gotta do some shopping for my neighbour who isn't well at all.
Seeya all later!

yaaaar, me hardys. We need to find some big booty. No lads, not Michelle Obama, big booty. Yaaaar, I be talkin swag maties.

re: #64 Spirit93

You may find this interesting. I was preparing to send emails to these organizations, and I thought it would be good to include the pic of Sarah Palin's office that showed the small Israeli flag in the window. I went to Yahoo and searched images for "Palin Israel Flag" and initially got (only) two links to pictures, and these were only thumbnails. I then searched "Obama Israel Flag" and got two pages of pictures (note some of them were of burning American flags). I then went back and re-searched "Palin Israel Flag", not two minutes later, and the search returned ZERO images!

Question for Charles and anyone else who if familiar with how these search engines work: WTF happened?

By the way, I have the screenshot of my first "Palen Israel Flag" search from cache. Also, once I find the "office" picture I'm looking for the I'm sending the emails to these orgs. that disinvited Palen, urging them to "grow a pair" and do the right thing.

re: #196 opnion

yaaaar, me hardys. We need to find some big booty. No lads, not Michelle Obama, big booty. Yaaaar, I be talkin swag maties.

yaaar opnion, ye be at the rum agin?

re: #197 lookout

You may find this interesting. I was preparing to send emails to these organizations, and I thought it would be good to include the pic of Sarah Palin's office that showed the small Israeli flag in the window. I went to Yahoo and searched images for "Palin Israel Flag" and initially got (only) two links to pictures, and these were only thumbnails. I then searched "Obama Israel Flag" and got two pages of pictures (note some of them were of burning American flags). I then went back and re-searched "Palin Israel Flag", not two minutes later, and the search returned ZERO images!

Question for Charles and anyone else who if familiar with how these search engines work: WTF happened?

By the way, I have the screenshot of my first "Palen Israel Flag" search from cache. Also, once I find the "office" picture I'm looking for the I'm sending the emails to these orgs. that disinvited Palen, urging them to "grow a pair" and do the right thing.

Just to mention it, I notice that you spelled her name Palin and Palen. Could you have mispelled it on the second attempt?

I would have to miss the discussion of Soros last night!

re: #198 Typicalwhitey

yaaar opnion, ye be at the rum agin?

Matey, ye caught me. Yaaar!

re: #197 lookout

I punched up "Palin Israel" and got the image of Sarah's office with the flag.

re: #200 MandyManners

I would have to miss the discussion of Soros last night!

Wasn't here either. I wonder if anything new and interesting came out of it.

re: #197 lookout

I just searched "Palin Israeli flag" and got two images. One of the "helper search terms" it brings up as you start typing is "Palin is hot."

Can't argue that.

re: #199 pre-Boomer Marine brat

misspelled.
try this one (note the URL spelling in Yahoo when it loads)

The office picture I had seen with Palin incorrectly identifies the Alaska state flag as the Israeli one. I'm not sure if there's another flag in her office not in the shot, but the Alaska state flag is dark blue with a series of yellow stars forming the Big Dipper on it. Israel's is mostly white with a light blue star of david and a horizontal blue stripe above and below the star of david.

re: #205 jwb7605

misspelled.
try this one (note the URL spelling in Yahoo when it loads)

Yeah, I was being gentle. I'd already noticed and re-tried it. Got the same result you did.

BTW, the same search on Google Images turns up 60K+

Fox is gonna' talk about BHO's advisers who are FannieMae/FreddieMac woohoos.

re: #202 Sharmuta

When I came in, a bit ago, I noticed that you're still bouncing off the walls re Liberal female-against-Conservative female misogyny.

Were you able to sleep at all?
/concerned

re: #199 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Thanks - my bad. Thought there was some Yahoo conspiracy their for a minute (my spelling has always sucked).

re: #203 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Wasn't here either. I wonder if anything new and interesting came out of it.

I've looke but didn't see any links. However, Killian Bundy seems to be one making some right-on points about Soros' role.

re: #206 Fenway_Nation

The office picture I had seen with Palin incorrectly identifies the Alaska state flag as the Israeli one. I'm not sure if there's another flag in her office not in the shot, but the Alaska state flag is dark blue with a series of yellow stars forming the Big Dipper on it. Israel's is mostly white with a light blue star of david and a horizontal blue stripe above and below the star of david.

If it's the photograph I've seen, she has a small Israeli flag on her window.

re: #211 MandyManners

I've looke but didn't see any links. However, Killian Bundy seems to be one making some right-on points about Soros' role.

Thanks. I'll do a search and check out his posts.

re: #212 MandyManners

OK.....I didn't see it until one of those links highlited it with a little red circle. I think the first (and so far, only) image someone sent me showed the dual USA/Alaska flags in her office.

[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

Palin & the Israeli flag

re: #215 Sharmuta

Double whammy!

/lol

re: #212 MandyManners

Couldn't find a link for a picture, but this post from Hot Air has the image.

re: #215 Sharmuta

[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

Palin & the Israeli flag

Another Obama-McCain camp comparison:

McCain: Israeli flag is the veeps current office

Obama: Cuban flag with Che superimposed on it

Reason number 5,857,584...

Dinner. bbl.

/absentee ballot...gleeeee~

re: #215 Sharmuta

Thanks.

re: #193 scottishbuzzsaw

Arrrrgh.

LLL to the Portside rail. Right-minded Crew Topside to watch the puking commence. I'm certain some will end up on the Poopdeck...

New McCain ad

Is Soros making his move to fuck up our economy in order to get his man in the White House?

Obama's Top Ten Campaign Gaffes

I won't wear that pin on my chest..."

Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

— Mark Twain

If I sent this quote to my wife, do you think she would take the hint?

Then again, maybe that wouldn't be such a good idea :-)

Good morning Lizards!

re: #222 Typicalwhitey

New McCain ad

Another good one...

THE JOKE IS ON US!

We have spent many billions of dollars in support of the US Department of Energy (D.O.E.), yet not many people are able to remember the reason that the D.O.E. was formed, back in Democratic President Jimmy Carter's time:

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WAS FIRST INSTITUTED, TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.

AS OF 2008, THE D.O.E.'S BUDGET IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES.

Gee, it's a good thing nobody ever started any departments designed to lessen our dependence on politicians or financial institutions, or today we'd be up to our ass in useless lawmakers and failing banks.

Oh, wait....
.

re: #222 Typicalwhitey

New McCain ad

Bloody brilliant.

re: #228 Sharmuta

Bloody brilliant.

I don't know who is running their ad department but they are one sharp and quick group!

re: #222 Typicalwhitey

New McCain ad

democrats here in chicagostan and c(r)ook country have raised taxes at every level for example our current sales tax is now 10.5% it is part of the democrat religion that gov't spends your money better than you do.

re: #227 Tamron

THE JOKE IS ON US!

We have spent many billions of dollars in support of the US Department of Energy (D.O.E.), yet not many people are able to remember the reason that the D.O.E. was formed, back in Democratic President Jimmy Carter's time:

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WAS FIRST INSTITUTED, TO LESSEN OUR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL.

AS OF 2008, THE D.O.E.'S BUDGET IS AT $24.2 BILLION A YEAR. THEY HAVE 16,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND APPROXIMATELY 100,000 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES.

Gee, it's a good thing nobody ever started any departments designed to lessen our dependence on politicians or financial institutions, or today we'd be up to our ass in useless lawmakers and failing banks.

Oh, wait....
.

DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER

What a terrible day.

SEC temporarily bans short-selling to boost investor confidence

What a completely paradoxical statement. I hope this isn't the beginning of the fall of Western Civilization.

re: #229 Typicalwhitey

Did you put it in the spinoffs?

Yesterday, McCain said he would fire the SEC chairman....I suggest he be put on trial.

re: #211 MandyManners

I've looke but didn't see any links. However, Killian Bundy seems to be one making some right-on points about Soros' role.

There's this one from Killian

The book looks interesting, though historical (not contemporary).

There's an interesting quote from the author in the "Editorial Reviews" section -- prefaced "He characterizes the speculative spirit as one that...".

The Utopianism sounds very "captial-L Liberal" -- yearning for Freedom which is unconstrained by Responsibility.

re: #233 Sharmuta

Did you put it in the spinoffs?

I don't know how.
Feel free to do it if you like.

re: #235 pre-Boomer Marine brat

There's this one from Killian

The book looks interesting, though historical (not contemporary).

There's an interesting quote from the author in the "Editorial Reviews" section -- prefaced "He characterizes the speculative spirit as one that...".

The Utopianism sounds very "captial-L Liberal" -- yearning for Freedom which is unconstrained by Responsibility.

There's capitalism, and then there's outright rape for power and money.

Bill Clinton interview
Says McCain is a great man and it is a mistake to underestimate Palin.
Said the obama/biden ticket is "more right" on the issues.
Did not say that McCain/Palin were "wrong" on the issues.

Bill hates the "o" imo.

re: #236 Typicalwhitey

I don't know how.
Feel free to do it if you like.

OK- I'm distracted at the moment, but I will give you a spinoff lesson later! In the mean time, it's up in the spinoffs for Lizard enjoyment.

re: #177 Sharmuta

I was so mad last night! This misogyny is disgusting.

Shar, gathering from other comments, the misogyny you speak of is leftist female against conservative female?

re: #238 Typicalwhitey

Bill Clinton interview
Says McCain is a great man and it is a mistake to underestimate Palin.
Said the obama/biden ticket is "more right" on the issues.
Did not say that McCain/Palin were "wrong" on the issues.

Bill hates the "o" imo.

Wonder how much clout he has left outside of the PUMAs

I wanna' see Mike Kernell do the federal perp-walk.

re: #240 scottishbuzzsaw

No- it was from the msm. The ap & abc basically said it was Sarah's fault she got hacked. That's the sort of defense a rapist uses. I think Malkin's got an example from the ap. Disgusting.

re: #242 MandyManners

I wanna' see Mike David Kernell do the federal perp-walk.

The Tennesseean this morning.

Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are now toss up states according to RCP

re: #243 Sharmuta

No- it was from the msm. The ap & abc basically said it was Sarah's fault she got hacked. That's the sort of defense a rapist uses. I think Malkin's got an example from the ap. Disgusting.

Okay, got it...yes, it is disgusting...{Shar}

re: #238 Typicalwhitey

BJClinton has few other options outside 'damning Obangalore with faint praise!', Typical

I hope Judge Napolitano (sp?) on Fox doesn't hold his breath waiting for Tennessee to zealously prosecute David Kernell. The state was eaten up by Democrats when I lived there growing up and from what I can tell nowadays, it still is.

However, BHO is NOT popular there, the Fords have disgusted a lot of people and this Kernell trick is upsetting a lot of people.

I guess only a liberal woman could get away with saying this on National TV.....Palin Has Tits.....personally I will wait to see the evidence myself.

re: #34 itellu3times

I got McCain 8-5, but it's tricky.

Super! I really liked that quiz.

12-1 McCain. I got the gay marriage one "wrong"! Hehe.

re: #245 MandyManners

The Tennesseean this morning.

The comments there are not doing anything good for my blood pressure.

Guys, I'm possibly going to the Obama rally at the Univ of Miami (CG campus) today at 11:45 AM EST.

The thing is, I don't want to go...except for the "history" of it all. I've asked the readers of my blog to weigh in, and they are unanimous in saying I should.

Thoughts? Would you go, if you were in my place?

re: #253 vbspurs

yes.
I would enjoy a first person report without the media spin

re: #245 MandyManners

The Tennesseean this morning.

Investigators were waiting to speak with Gabriel Ramuglia of Athens, Ga., who operates an Internet anonymity service used by the hacker. Ramuglia said Thursday that he was reviewing his own logs and promised to turn over any helpful information to authorities because the hacker violated rules against using the anonymity service for illegal activities.

People don't understand the min we sign on we have a trail.

his trail led to the FBI.

lo.

re: #250 big steve

I guess only a liberal woman could get away with saying this on National TV.....Palin Has Tits.....personally I will wait to see the evidence myself.

I saw that live yesterday morning! Gretchen Carlson didn't know which way to look.

It reminded me of Doris Kearns Goodwin quoting LBJ on the Imus show, saying he called someone a c*cksucker. Imus almost lost it.

re: #245 MandyManners

The Tennesseean this morning.

At the end, they state

The break-in of Palin's private account is especially significant because Palin sometimes uses nongovernment e-mail to conduct state business. Previously disclosed e-mails indicate her administration embraced Yahoo accounts as an alternative to government e-mail, which could possibly be released under Alaska's Open Records Act.

But never mention that the hacker found nothing except personal correspondence. What responsible journalism.

Wow
kos daily poll:
Obama 49
McCain 42

He is making this shit up!

Good morning, Lizards.

Pirates. Arrr.

Fun facts;

1. The "Golden Age Of Piracy" only lasted about four decades, from the initial outbreak of piracy following the end of Queen Anne's War (between England and Spain) in 1690, when many privateers turned rogue, to the end of the era in 1730, with the hanging of "Calico Jack" Rackham, the last of the major pirates.

2. The "Spanish Main" was not the OPAREA of the majority of the "famous" pirates. The great Spanish treasure convoys belonged to the Elizabethan era- Sir Francis Drake's time. The treasure ships found in the West Atlantic at this time were mainly Portuguese, and coming out of Brazil. By the "Golden Age", there was far richer "booty" to be had in the Indian Ocean (raiding the treasure ships of various Indian potentates) and off the west coast of Africa (everything from gold and spices to slaves). Captain Kidd never even entered the Caribbean- the nearest he got was taking on water and a few recruits at St. Cristobal, in the Bermudas, enroute to the Cape of Good Hope to go to work off the coast of India.

3. Speaking of William Kidd, his "career" lasted 27 months, and he "took" a total of four "ships"- three of them fishing boats. He was sent out as a licensed privateer by the British East India Company to harass Indian shipping, with a duly-authorized letter of marque and a specially- built ship, the Adventure Galley (yes, it had oars and everything- handy in the light airs of the Indian Ocean).The one major prize he seized, the Quedagh Merchant (which he renamed the Adventure Prize after taking it over- because his own ship had been built with unseasoned timber, and was literally rotting under his feet) turned out to be the property of.... the British East India Company, his employers. He apparently didn't bother to read the ship's papers until after he'd killed its officers. (Needless to say, neither his former employers, or the British Crown, were amused by this.) The Royal Navy hunted him down, and he was hanged at Admiralty Dock (below the tide line, of course). While considered a "legendary" pirate today, in his own time, Kidd was considered a joke- while a competent ship-handler, he was definitely out of his depth as an independent operator.

3. The Greatest Pirate Of Them All was neither Kidd, nor Edward Teach aka Blackbeard. It was a fellow named Bartholomew Roberts, who in 30 months (from June 1719 to 10 Feb 1722) captured over 400 ships and ravaged commerce from the coast of Brazil to West Africa. His end came when a Royal Navy frigate, on cornering his ship, the Royal Fortune, fired its broadside right into same, and Roberts was killed by a blast of grapeshot. BTW, Roberts was the prototype of both "The Dread Pirate Roberts" in The Princess Bride, and Captain Jack Sparrow in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies.

(Of course, the real article would have eaten either of his fictional versions for breakfast and picked his teeth with their ribs. Arr, matey.)

Actually, I feel a bit like a pirate today, seeing as how I scored 100% John McCain on the ABC match thing.

Have to go. Have a great day, Lizards.

/time to keelhaul some idiots. arrr

cheers

eon

re: #254 Typicalwhitey

yes.
I would enjoy a first person report without the media spin

See, that's what everyone tells me, Typicalwhitey.

I KNOW that as we speak, the queues must be around the block at the Bank United Centre. One of my friends said she would go at 7 AM to ensure she gets in. I really wish they had not made this Open Admission, and only limited it to the Univ of Miami community (I still have my Cane Card ID).

Thanks for the opinion!

re: #252 Sharmuta

The comments there are not doing anything good for my blood pressure.

Don't read them!