I really hope that McCain gets a bill done TODAY

An open thread, yet the suject of the previous thread weighs quite heavily on my mind.

McCain to the rescue.

The present bill is a fucking disaster. Welfare for deadbeats and big companies. Let the collapse begin. And let Bill Clinton, the most economically challenged President since Carter, explain his legislation.

re: #2 Fenway_Nation

That code pink stuff was nasty.

I honestly think that a bill is in the works without all the pork such a Reid added.
I think there will be a bill done today and McCain will be triumphant at the debate.

re: #4 pat

I did not have relations with that economy.

Some other quotes attributed to Bob Hope:

I have to much money invested in sweaters.

... and particularly relevant to today's news:

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

I love to go to Washington - if only to be near my money.

re: #4 pat

I heard audio of him trying to disown the current clusterfuck earlier this morning....and throwing BHO under the bus in the process. Truth be told, it was a hoot- although I'm not sure which part was more hootier.

re: #9 Fenway_Nation

Doesn't take much for Bill Clinton to lie. Air and water mostly.

Thanks for the Bob Hope line, Charles, makes me feel better already.

We have always worked hard and done everything right and here we are with our damn AIG IRA and our WAMU checking and savings feeling like wicked stepchildren and getting the bailout. We've never gone for the refi's or anything, fixed rate, anything we have done. I feel like a welfare recipient.

Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, & over these ideals they dispute & cannot unite--but they all worship money. - Mark Twain

Anybody ask Pelosi how that whole democrat congress thingy is working?

/but it's for the children.

Who is dumber? Pelosi or Reid? I can not even find a commie who thinks these idiots have normal intelligence.

re: #14 pat

LOL

If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. - Sir Winston L.S. Churchill, June 1941

or if you prefer:

"It isn't the sum you get, it's how much you can buy with it, that's the important thing; and it's that that tells whether your wages are high in fact or only high in name." - Mark Twain

re: #14 pat

Who is dumber? Pelosi or Reid?

Boxer or Klobuchar.

/still not sure who'd win that contest

Ya know what this bill needs? Escorts!

I know of lot of money people who are now for Obama. If the house falls, let it fall on him they say. And these are normally rational people I am talking about, men in high places. This is some scary shit.

No Deal

re: #20 rawmuse

I know of lot of money people who are now for Obama. If the house falls, let it fall on him they say. And these are normally rational people I am talking about, men in high places. This is some scary shit.

Don't pay attention to chicken littles.

Was digging around in my closet looking for my shotgun shells,and found and OLD pair of penny loafers.One still had a penny in it.Tomorrow i may be richer than some stock holders.

Uneasy night...

Possible Catalyst/Solution to MANY PROBLEMS:

McCain calls a press conference, to "...announce the 73-Word Report."

Works on, aiming to get a financial relief bill for America; MSM broadcast cryptic "73-Word Report"...

Press conference time comes up, and McCain addresses the 'journalists' and videotapers and reporters:

"This Report has 73 Words total, including this introduction. We cannot pass this bill to rescue legitimate American financial institutions in trouble BECAUSE Mr Obama, Mr Raines and Mr Frank were instrumental in helping Democrats set up this problem, and are obstructing efforts now to deal with this problem. For full details, Mr and Mrs America, go to [Link: [Link: www.DoubleDealingDems.com...]...] and download your PDF. Any words missing and you know the news media have twisted this Report."

End of Press Conference
The PDF is downloaded by millions, and the MSM gets its damned grip on truth BROKEN.

re: #23 Oldasdirt

Was digging around in my closet looking for my shotgun shells,and found and OLD pair of penny loafers.One still had a penny in it.Tomorrow i may be richer than some stock holders.

I'll give you $20 for those shoes!

re: #19 Wyatt Earp

Ya know what this bill needs? Escorts!

go figure, Singapore canes people for dropping gum on the street, but they allow hookers at the racetrack?! Lowest crime rate on Earth so i guess you cant argue with that...

Hi all:
NY Nana is having a problem with this damn Dell/Hell computer. She loves to listen to a number of radio stations on the computer. Lately most of them will not play. When we right clicked on the player that opened but did not play, and clicked properties, they all say Windows Media Player. I therefore called Dell non-support as Media Player was installed by them. Dell support had me allow the technician to see our computer. After a bunch of fiddling for about 15 minutes he said that he knew what the problem was but as the computer was out of warrantee I would have to pay immediately to have him do the repair: $269 for 1 years service (4 calls), $69 for the one call, or $15 per month. I politely told him to shove it.

Does anyone have any idea how to correct this problem? I am not sure if this started when Windows Media Player 11 was installed. Do you think that we should un-install Media Player and then re-install?

It seems to me that we have had more concern and debate on the issue from congress on Global Warming than we have with this Bailout which is about zero.

re: #27 JeremiahRight

go figure, Singapore canes people for dropping gum on the street, but they allow hookers at the racetrack?! Lowest crime rate on Earth so i guess you cant argue with that...

One of the most bizarre stories I have read in a long time. I wonder if some of the escorts come with restrictor plates?

re: #28 NY Grampa

You make sure that she knows Pat says she should be in bed sleeping. lol

Im sure most have seen this,but just in case,,best movie line ever.

re: #31 pat

NY Nana is waving at you from the couch! She says 'good-night'.

Now if we can just get her to get of the couch and go to bed!

re: #30 Wyatt Earp

One of the most bizarre stories I have read in a long time. I wonder if some of the escorts come with restrictor plates?

do you think they run on Kumho tires?

re: #28 NY Grampa

Hi! Tell Nana good night from me too. And I don't see how it could hurt to uninstall and reinstall, though I'm no geek.

re: #28 NY Grampa
"I politely told him to shove it."
LOL I don't blame you. You know, does AOL ever help? I get a lot of help from my Earthlink. They even put the Firefox on for me.

re: #26 Wyatt Earp

You really dont want them.I promise.

re: #35 Sharmuta

NY Nana just waved good-night to you on her way to get ready for bed.

my mom asked me what i was giving up for Lent one year when i was a kid.....

i said "Being Catholic"

nothing wrong with being Catholic, it just wasn't for me.

re: #38 NY Grampa

Good night, you two. Sweet dreams.

re: #34 JeremiahRight

do you think they run on Kumho tires?

Bwahahahahaha! Well played!

re: #36 Pvt Bin Jammin

I actually have gotten help from AOL, but since the have gone all offshore, closing their Canadian help center, they are getting very bad.

Do Sikh kids get to wear the kirpan (ceremonial dagger) in any American school boards as they do in Canada?

re: #41 Wyatt Earp

thank you sir, and with that I bid you all a fond farewell, until Black Friday when we can do this all over again!

re: #42 NY Grampa

I actually have gotten help from AOL, but since the have gone all offshore, closing their Canadian help center, they are getting very bad.

I get good help from Bell Sympatico in Quebec by using the French line. If you select English you get India. The French help is here, and it's decent.

re: #42 NY Grampa

I know what you mean. I got one guy from the Sacramento area on Earthlink, all the rest were out of country. One time it took about five hours to get me up and running. LOL I was a basket case.

This woman is 44 years old and has had five kids? She has the body of a 25-year-old. A "healthy" 25-year-old.

I'm either jealous or lustful, depending on my gender.

re: #47 zombie

This woman is 44 years old and has had five kids? She has the body of a 25-year-old. A "healthy" 25-year-old.

I'm either jealous or lustful, depending on my gender.

You could also be lesbian...

Any inclinations for the debate being on or off tomorrow?

re: #43 Moe Katz

Do Sikh kids get to wear the kirpan (ceremonial dagger) in any American school boards as they do in Canada?

First off, I doubt there are any Sikhs on school boards in America.

Second of all: if there were, why wouldn't they be able to wear the ceremonial dagger? A school board meeting doesn't have a cockpit that can be highjacked.

Hell, in certain states, I wouldn't be surprised if people wore their guns to school board meetings.

re: #47 zombie

This woman is 44 years old and has had five kids? She has the body of a 25-year-old. A "healthy" 25-year-old.

I'm either jealous or lustful, depending on my gender.

You could be bi and be both jealous and lustful.

re: #47 zombie

And she is about to be a GILF!

re: #47 zombie

This woman is 44 years old and has had five kids? She has the body of a 25-year-old. A "healthy" 25-year-old.

I'm either jealous or lustful, depending on my gender.

She makes Nancy Pelosi look like she's had plastic surgery.

re: #48 Moe Katz

You could also be lesbian...

re: #51 Cygnus

You could be bi and be both jealous and lustful.

Or, I could be a bi lesbian who'd a post-op transsexual! Like Bob Hope in the quote that started this thread, might as well keep all bases covered.

re: #53 Oldasdirt

She makes Nancy Pelosi look like she's had plastic surgery.

Nancy Pelosi is entirely held together by plastic surgery. She's had at least two operations, and probably plenty more.

re: #54 zombie

Or, I could be a bi lesbian who'd a post-op transsexual! Like Bob Hope in the quote that started this thread, might as well keep all bases covered.

Hi Zombie!

Would a bi lesbian who'd a post-op transsexual be a full 360 back to a fine lady again?

Hunter - Obama TV ad

Obama's response? Suppress it

The NRA's response?

New NRA Ad - Defend Freedom, Defeat Obama

/not going well for Obama and his legal letter writing team lawyers

re: #55 zombie

Nancy Pelosi is entirely held together by plastic surgery. She's had at least two operations, and probably plenty more.

I know.Thats why she allways looks like she just turned around and saw Reagan's ghost.

re: #56 Max Darkside

Hi Zombie!

Would a bi lesbian who'd a post-op transsexual be a full 360 back to a fine lady again?

Humans who are bi will date "anything that walks"; but as a bi zombie, I date "anything that staggers."

Is Romero's recent remake of "Living Dead" worth bothering with?

My bad, it's not a remake that Romero did last year.

re: #57 Killian Bundy

Hunter - Obama TV ad

Obama's response? Suppress it

The NRA's response?

New NRA Ad - Defend Freedom, Defeat Obama

/not going well for Obama and his legal letter writing team lawyers

Ooooh, I like that new ad. Very effective.

Gotta be honest, I never gave much thought to the NRA in my life, aside from the vague impression, back in my moonbat days, that they were "gun nuts." But in this election cycle, they're an ally I'll gladly have (especially in Ohio and Pennsylviania).

Damn,I just woke up from this terrible nightmare that our banking system was about to collapse,and the demon-crates were trying to fix it.Man,am i glad I'm awake now.

re: #62 zombie

You're welcome!

re: #60 Moe Katz

Is Romero's recent remake of "Living Dead" worth bothering with?

Truthfully, I have little to no interest in "movie zombies." My name is a reference to actual Haitian voodoo reanimated corpses.

Folklore, not screen gore.

re: #62 zombie

Ooooh, I likeI never gave much thought to the NRA in my life, aside from the vague impression, back in my moonbat days, that they were "gun nuts." But in this election cycle, they're an ally I'll gladly have (especially in Ohio and Pennsylviania).

Especially if they're not shooting at you.

re: #65 zombie

Truthfully, I have little to no interest in "movie zombies." My name is a reference to actual Haitian voodoo reanimated corpses.

Folklore, not screen gore.

That sounds scarier than the movies.

Well, good-night all. Thanks for the comments.

re: #68 NY Grampa

Good night and good luck with the media player.

My guilty conscience grows...

re: #70 EIDE_Interface

If you have a guilty concience for four hours or more, call your doctor. Do not take if you've had a history of heart problems or high blood pressure...

No goodnight for me. I'm stuck on third shift this week. Happily, this is my Friday. Yay!

Has anyone watched the video of Palin being protected from witchcraft over at Hot Air? How bad is it?

re: #73 Killgore Trout

Has anyone watched the video of Palin being protected from witchcraft over at Hot Air? How bad is it?

/don't you want to be protected from witchcraft?

re: #74 Killian Bundy

Not really.

re: #74 Killian Bundy

I want to be protected from Palin

-hating moonbats everywhere!

re: #73 Killgore Trout

Has anyone watched the video of Palin being protected from witchcraft over at Hot Air? How bad is it?

Linky, please.

re: #75 Killgore Trout

Not really.

/you sure?

re: #76 Karridine

I want to be protected from Palin

Too late.

/and you don't even live in this country

re: #74 Killian Bundy

I think my Metlife policy covers witchcraft.

re: #78 Cygnus

Video: Visiting pastor prays over Palin for protection from witchcraft

I'm still on dial up so I can't watch.

re: #78 Cygnus

Linky, please.

/Sarah Palin Witch Hunting Pastor Returns to Wasilla, at least he doesn't eat 'em

Peggy Noonan criticizes Palin again

Frankly I'm sick and tired of these GOP has-beens trashing Palin.

Bob Hope....i miss the man. Even before he died. He just went off into his own world. He was so loveable and witty. I doubt there will ever be anyone like him.

re: #85 porkchop

There won't... he had a heart of gold, sparkling wit, gentle good humor and broad intelligence, all for the entertainment of fellow humans and support to the troops who put their lives in harm's way to protect America!

re: #81 Fenway_Nation

I think my Metlife policy covers witchcraft.

/you'd think Couric or Gibson would have asked her about it

Mark Levin lays the smackdown on Bill O'Reilly

Oh yeah! Thanks for the memories !

re: #82 Killgore Trout

Video: Visiting pastor prays over Palin for protection from witchcraft

I'm still on dial up so I can't watch.

/lots of invocation of Jesus, it's all evangelical Christian, no dinosaurs

re: #90 Killian Bundy

/lots of invocation of Jesus, it's all evangelical Christian, no dinosaurs

He didn't say "god damn America", so no smoking gun there.

re: #50 zombie

Second of all: if there were, why wouldn't they be able to wear the ceremonial dagger? A school board meeting doesn't have a cockpit that can be highjacked.

I think Moe Katz in his #43 was asking about American "school boards" in the same sense that we in the US would say "school districts". (Not sure but it makes sense that way ;-).)

Apparently Canadian schools are forced by a court ruling to allow male Sikh students to carry ceremonial daggers to school with them, with the predictable problems now happening. Multiculturism is the gift that keeps on giving.

Moe, I doubt very much that any US school districts anywhere are real thrilled to have kids running around school with 13" kirwans. Some districts are so far into the "zero tolerance for weapons" bit that they've been known to suspend kindergartners for having water pistols, nailfiles, empty cartridge cases.... We're at the other end of the spectrum I guess.

re: #92 Sylvester_T_Cat

I think Moe Katz in his #43 was asking about American "school boards" in the same sense that we in the US would say "school districts". (Not sure but it makes sense that way ;-).)

Apparently Canadian schools are forced by a court ruling to allow male Sikh students to carry ceremonial daggers to school with them, with the predictable problems now happening. Multiculturism is the gift that keeps on giving.

Moe, I doubt very much that any US school districts anywhere are real thrilled to have kids running around school with 13" kirwans. Some districts are so far into the "zero tolerance for weapons" bit that they've been known to suspend kindergartners for having water pistols, nailfiles, empty cartridge cases.... We're at the other end of the spectrum I guess.

Paper clips can be awesome weapons...

Some frickin' Orwellian Sh*t going on here in Missouri!

Working with local law enforcement, Team Obama has sent in a "Truth Squad" to "target" and prosecute ANYONE broadcasting anything Obama deems to be "untrue."

It's won't stop with Radio or T.V., oh no! Us bloggers are next on the chopping block!

Here's a link to my post on this:

DoctorBulldog.wordpress.com

re: #92 Sylvester_T_Cat

I think Moe Katz in his #43 was asking about American "school boards" in the same sense that we in the US would say "school districts". (Not sure but it makes sense that way ;-).)

Apparently Canadian schools are forced by a court ruling to allow male Sikh students to carry ceremonial daggers to school with them, with the predictable problems now happening. Multiculturism is the gift that keeps on giving.

Moe, I doubt very much that any US school districts anywhere are real thrilled to have kids running around school with 13" kirwans. Some districts are so far into the "zero tolerance for weapons" bit that they've been known to suspend kindergartners for having water pistols, nailfiles, empty cartridge cases.... We're at the other end of the spectrum I guess.

Syl, I phrased that badly. It may be 'districts' in Canada, too. I was basically wondering, yes, if the zero tolerance policies so common in the US would preclude the sort of thing we've seen in Canada. Thanks.

In certain urban areas in Canada we now have, ummm, minority kids packing heat. I guess we'll end up with metal detectors, armed guards, and the whole catastrophe eventually.

re: #96 Moe Katz

In certain urban areas in Canada we now have, ummm, minority kids packing heat. I guess we'll end up with metal detectors, armed guards, and the whole catastrophe eventually.

The solution is to live as far away from them as possible.

re: #97 EIDE_Interface

The solution is to live as far away from them as possible.

Yes, the exodus from Toronto to the farther suburbs is well under way.

Well, not one green arrow to be found worldwide in the middle of our night. Dow futures down 190, expect that to at least double before the closing bell rings.

Who are these political assclowns that are costing you money day in and day out?

/weekends coming up, hope you can put gas in your car

re: #55 zombie

Nancy Pelosi is entirely held together by plastic surgery. She's had at least two operations, and probably plenty more.

She should sue for malpractice.

re: #99 Killian Bundy

/weekends coming up, hope you can put gas in your car

/and get some cash in your pocket.

Good morning nightshift!

Mark Levin tore Bill O'Reilly a new one![Link: www.breitbart.tv...]
Can't we all just get along? LOL

re: #102 HD Woman

Good morning nightshift!

Mark Levin tore Bill O'Reilly a new one![Link: www.breitbart.tv...]
Can't we all just get along? LOL

I already mentioned it in #88.....

re: #88 EIDE_Interface
You're way ahead of me as usual. :)

No panic here, just a very clean, very pure desire to calmly get my arms COMPLETELY around what has happened to our Country's Financial markets over the last 13 days. I know that most of you think that this is an impossible goal given the complexity of the STREET, but right before us at this very moment emitting flat screen light and an ability to communicate with nano-second key strokes is this marvel of the 21st century! We can collect information to guide our decisions and our opinions... and most important (at least for the time being) we can share this information with each other.

For instance,

"QUESTION" (In the future, to save time I will just say Q?)

Q? What seems to be the most obvious vector for the current state of this Country's financial system. Was it a specific event within the stock-market , if so, what was the trigger to this event? Was it a series of triggers and if so what movement by individual firms or statements by individuals within each firm triggered a specific series of events?

See, with these lap-tops and PC's WE have the ability to de-construct a goodly amount of time-line to where we find ourselves at this moment. And we NEED to before this next election. I have some hunches as to what this all means, but in all honesty, it sounds like a couple of chapters from a Clancy novel. This is serious shit, I refuse to launch into the stratosphere on something so life changing to the nation as a whole. I have truly enjoyed this site Mr. Johnson and the fine lizards that people it. Thanks for allowing me to post here even after the 3rd glass. But folks, we have work to do and damn little time to do it in.

I sense a great danger close to America, but I am not afraid.

I am respectfully,

The Night watch

Goin to sleep lizards.

re: #25 Karridine
That link doesn't work for me. Is it still active?

re: #101 littleoldlady

/and get some cash in your pocket.

Did you mean Brass in Pocket?

/or Hand in my Pocket?

re: #94 Doctor Bulldog

Some frickin' Orwellian Sh*t going on here in Missouri!

Working with local law enforcement, Team Obama has sent in a "Truth Squad" to "target" and prosecute ANYONE broadcasting anything Obama deems to be "untrue."

It's won't stop with Radio or T.V., oh no! Us bloggers are next on the chopping block!

Here's a link to my post on this:

DoctorBulldog.wordpress.com

That is downright frightening! Whatever happened to Freedom of the Press? Does that not apply in Missouri?

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

Before I dive into the threads below, I got to tell you that the reporting of yesterday's derailment of the bail-out plan was reported in such a way by the BBC that I sent them a complaint.
Here it is:

"In BBC Breakfast this morning, and again in a photo on your World News page about the U.S.A. bail-out plans, you report and show in striking preference photos of the candidate of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama.
The candidate of the Republican Party, John McCain, only gets a brief mention and is not shown.

This is blatantly one-sided reporting, especially since it was the Democratic Party which has for years hindered President Bush from dealing with this issue.
Even more unfair is that there is no mention that John McCain's proposed legislation two years ago was derailed by the Democrat Congress.

I am not an American citizen and live here in the UK - but if I can find out these things, then your journalists in the USA should be able to.
After all - this was reported on FOX News in the USA yesterday, not to mention in various blogs. I do assume that your reporters are familiar with using the internet!

Blatant one-sided reporting is not what one usually associates with the BBC - I am stunned that this is going on to such an extent that a candidate for the election of President of the USA, namely John McCain, might as well not exis as far as the BBC is concerned..
Shame on your reporters, editors and producers!"

Fuming in Wales...
(No, I didn't sign off with that, but it describes my condition!)

re: #110 yma o hyd

What's the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scottish crofter?

yma o hyd! :-)

Jagger goes, "Hey, you, get offa my cloud" and the Scottish crofter goes, "Hey, McLeod, get offa my ewe."

re: #110 yma o hyd

Good morning :) As far as the BBC goes, they and all too many "news organizations" - properly read propaganda organs - are firmly convinced that no election is necessary and that Barrak Hussein Obama is already POTUS. And they are even rigging the polls.

re: #113 Moe Katz

I'm positive you killed that thread with that one, Moe.

re: #114 galloping granny

Complete with the 'Stupid Americans' lamentation should the 0ne lose on Nov. 4th.

re: #25 Karridine

It appears that McCain was temporarily out maneuvered by the dems.

[The Belmont Club quotes Politico]

It was McCain who had urged Bush to call the White House meeting but Democrats made sure Obama had a prominent part. And much as they complained later of being blindsided, the whole event turned out to be something of an ambush on their part—aimed at McCain and House Republicans. “Speaking professionally,” said one Republican aide, “They did a very good job.” When Bush yielded early to Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D- Nev.) to speak, they yielded to Obama to speak for the assembled Democrats. And it was Obama who raised the subject of the conservative alternative and pressed Paulson on what he thought of the idea. House Republicans felt trapped—squeezed by Treasury, House Democrats and a bipartisan coalition in the Senate. And while McCain spoke surprisingly little after asking for the meeting, he conceded that it appeared there were not the votes for the core Paulson plan without major changes.

[The Belmont Club quotes ABC]

Paulson walked into the room where Democrats were caucusing after today’s meeting at the White House and pleaded with them, “Please don’t blow this up.” Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chair of the House Financial Services Committee was livid saying, “Don’t say that to us after all we’ve been through!” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “We’re not the ones trying to blow this up

[Wretchard notes the bottom line is extortion by the dems]

Who you gonna call? Who you gonna believe? Bailout anyone? A crisis creates an incredible opportunity to play partisan politics. ‘Want me out of the way? Buy me off.’

The shape of things to come

I suspect we are seeing a well planned financial ambush by the dems. They want to scorch the country financially to win the election.

Well since we're all going to die anyway, I'm installing XPSP3, because Window update gas been bugging me for over a month now.

What do I care?

/can't be worse than Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi managing my investments

Windows is creating a "system restore point".

/nothing good can come of that

re: #116 Fenway_Nation

Complete with the 'Stupid Americans' lamentation should the 0ne lose on Nov. 4th.

You know, I am damned sick of that "stupid Americans" meme. We are smart enough to feed half the world. Smart enough to land man on the moon. Smart enough that every major cure for every disease and virtually all modern drugs have come from our shores. Smart enough to put a telephone in every hand and a TV in every living room as well as a car in every garage. Smart enough to put a computer on every desk top and in the hands of every school child. Smart enough to invent modern production methods. Smart enough to build the Panama Canal. Smart enough to cure polio on dimes collected by housewives and pennies collected by children. Smart enough to fund the rebuilding of the entire economy of Europe after World War II.

When Europe manages to accomplish anything other than periodic universal destruction by way of internecine warfare then they might have something to talk to us "Stupid Americans" about. In the meantime, they should shut the hell up and start footing the bill for their own defense.

Is fruitcup an investment that can appreciate in value? What if we have a fruitcup-heavy portfolio?

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*™

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

It's taking minutes, installing lots of files.

/hopefully, I'll be back after it's done

re: #118 Killian Bundy

Well since we're all going to die anyway, I'm installing XPSP3, because Window update gas been bugging me for over a month now.

What do I care?

/can't be worse than Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi managing my investments

You are a brave man. I have heard bad things about SP3.

Just dropped in for fruitcake cup. Can't sleep with the fate of the modern financial world on the brink of collapse.

re: #122 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*™

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

Did you make coffee too, or do I have to bring my own?

re: #121 Fenway_Nation

Is fruitcup an investment that can appreciate in value? What if we have a fruitcup-heavy portfolio?

Fenway! :-)

APPLESAUCE FUTURES!

/can't be any worse than what we've got now...

re: #125 Mel Lono

Just dropped in for fruitcake cup. Can't sleep with the fate of the modern financial world on the brink of collapse.

Unless you have zillions riding on it you might as well sleep now. After all, it is us "Stupid Americans" who have to foot the bill.

re: #120 galloping granny

Thanks granny,

Your the Best.

re: #127 littleoldlady

/can't be any worse than what we've got now...

Worse than hard-earned taxpayer money going to ACORN?

re: #124 galloping granny

You are a brave man. I have heard bad things about SP3.

It's "finishing installation".

/taking way too long

re: #122 littleoldlady

Opps- I misdinged I was so excited for fruitcup!

granny! :-)

Okay, okay. I'll share my coffee.

/the "every man for himself" philosophy didn't work out too well...

re: #131 Killian Bundy

It's "finishing installation".

/taking way too long

This is Microsoft you are talking about.

re: #122 littleoldlady

Thank you, LoL. Delicious, as always.

Okay, it's done.

/hopefully see you after a reboot

re: #133 littleoldlady

granny! :-)

Okay, okay. I'll share my coffee.

/the "every man for himself" philosophy didn't work out too well...

Thanks much little. I am cranky this morning. Got informed last night that I have to drive 200 miles or so this morning and sit around and wait for about 4 hours. I am not enthused to say the very least.

re: #128 galloping granny
Sorry, sarc/ button was off. Who called me a "stupid American" by the way?

Sharmuta! :-)

Isn't it nice that Charles invented correctable dings? ;-)

Mel! :-)

Killian! :-)

Nightwatch! :-)

LGF! :-)

O.K,

I love fruit-cup, but why never no Ambrosia? (even with the spell-check, it still don't look right) maybe thats why...

re: #139 littleoldlady

No- I didn't ding the wrong way- I dinged the wrong post.

re: #137 galloping granny

At least you don't live in Atlanta

/where you wouldn't be able to get the gas to get home...

re: #136 Killian Bundy

If not, nice knowing you....

re: #138 Mel Lono

Sorry, sarc/ button was off. Who called me a "stupid American" by the way?

See #116 and #120

re: #142 littleoldlady

Serious, Ike put that hard a hit on supplies?

re: #142 littleoldlady

At least you don't live in Atlanta

/where you wouldn't be able to get the gas to get home...

This is very true. I hear Tennessee is no better. Plenty of gas here in New Enland and the price has been steadily dropping for a month or so now. Not even a blip for the hurricanes. Though I think that may have something to do with President Bush's order wiping out all of the individual state designer gas requirements. (About time that happened. Too bad it is temporary.)

re: #145 Nightwatch

There was (still is?) an inexplicable lack of gas in certain Southern states, as well as a seemingly random spike in prices in some areas.

Ike? Maybe. I dunno.

RoP continues its peaceful inner struggle....
German police seize terror suspects on KLM flight

-- German police commandos grabbed two terrorist suspects from an Amsterdam-bound flight early Friday before the plane took off from Cologne, police said.

A 23-year-old Somali man and a 24-year-old German born in Somalia were arrested before the KLM flight left the airport, North Rhine-Westphalia state police said.

....
Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper, citing police sources, said the two had been under observation for months and a suicide note was found in their apartment saying that they wanted to die for the "jihad" or "holy war."

re: #145 Nightwatch

Serious, Ike put that hard a hit on supplies?

No - rumours and a run on the tank put that hard a hit on supplies.

re: #115 littleoldlady

I'm positive you killed that thread with that one, Moe.

I was hoping to revive it, actually, with a McCain-like stroke of the unexpected.

What is worse SP3 or Ad Aware?

re: #151 akak

What is worse SP3 or Ad Aware?

What does one have to do with the other?

re: #136 Killian Bundy

Okay, it's done.

/hopefully see you after a reboot

Back.

/seems pretty hairless

re: #147 littleoldlady

Gotta wonder, here on the left coast we have two MAJOR refineries north and south of my home, yet we still pay some of the highest $$ pr gal.

re: #151 akak

What is worse SP3 or Ad Aware?

It's all good.

/what's your problem?

[Link: www.electiontaxes.com...]

Now we can all see what the bottom line of an 0bama Presidency would be.

re: #154 Nightwatch

Gotta wonder, here on the left coast we have two MAJOR refineries north and south of my home, yet we still pay some of the highest $$ pr gal.

That is because over there on the left coast, ordinary gasoline like most people use just won't do. You have designer gasoline with special requirements.

re: #150 Moe Katz

I was hoping to revive it, actually, with a McCain-like stroke of the unexpected.

Note to the drama queens in Washington:

I'm getting way too old for all of these "unexpecteds".

/Cardiologist Conspiracy!

re: #156 Sharmuta

[Link: www.electiontaxes.com...]

Now we can all see what the bottom line of an 0bama Presidency would be.

Does it take into account the huge jump in mandatory deductions that are not labeled "taxes" that some of Obama's plans like universal health care would entail? Or will those just be slipped in under the radar like that mandatory Medicare tax was some years back?

re: #149 galloping granny

did you mean run on the BANK?:}

the frustration

installation problems with SP3, and Ad Aware has the nasty problem of freezing 2/3 of the way thru a scan.

Plus I have to do both on 4 computers.

re: #158 littleoldlady

Note to the drama queens in Washington:

I'm getting way too old for all of these "unexpecteds".

/Cardiologist Conspiracy!

Stocks in drug companies making anxiolytics and antidepressants are probably not following the general market trend at the moment.

re: #156 Sharmuta

[Link: www.electiontaxes.com...]

Now we can all see what the bottom line of an 0bama Presidency would be.

/post something we don't already know or couldn't readily guess, if we weren't all on anti-psychotic drugs

re: #146 galloping granny

Plenty of gas here in Houston. Of course, that might be because our economy was basically on hold for two weeks waiting to get power back. Don't use much gas if you don't have a job with power to go to.

re: #160 Nightwatch

did you mean run on the BANK?:}

No, I meant run on the tank. A scenario that some of us remember very well from the 70's. Rumours get started about running out of gas because of this or that, so people drag every car they own down and fill it up to the brim, resulting in huge lines and a complete emptying of the storage tanks at the gas station. Leaving no gas to sell until supplies are renewed - and each of those underground tanks can hold an entire gas tanker's worth of gas.

re: #157 galloping granny

I very much hope that GW puts a ball point pen through the heart of that one(I hear the distant swearing of BABS from the cliffs of her Malibu XANDU) sarc/very on

re: #161 akak

the frustration

installation problems with SP3, and Ad Aware has the nasty problem of freezing 2/3 of the way thru a scan.

Plus I have to do both on 4 computers.

I am not going to install SP3. If you are having problems with AdAware then I would consider the possibility of a worm/trojan/virus that does not want to leave. I got the first infection I have had in a couple of decades a couple of weeks back - Virtumundo, came in on an IWin game that is supposed to be "safe" - and the thing took me 6+ programs and three days to clean out.

re: #165 galloping granny

We had that on the Wednesday and Thursday before Ike hit. I'm guilty. I was in line for 35 minutes with the truck and almost an hour with the car. Had to put premium in the car because that was all they had left. Lots of folks getting gas for their generators as well.

re: #166 Nightwatch

I very much hope that GW puts a ball point pen through the heart of that one(I hear the distant swearing of BABS from the cliffs of her Malibu XANDU) sarc/very on

He did right before the hurricanes struck. Unfortunately, the ban is only temporary. Yeah, California costs the rest of us quite some little bit of money because ya'll are so doggoned "special" out there with your "special" cars and "special" gas. BABS should jump off the cliff.

re: #156 Sharmuta

[Link: www.electiontaxes.com...]

Now we can all see what the bottom line of an 0bama Presidency would be.

Is this the link you posted?

/because that's wahtc ame up under IE7/XPSP3

re: #168 axegrinder

We had that on the Wednesday and Thursday before Ike hit. I'm guilty. I was in line for 35 minutes with the truck and almost an hour with the car. Had to put premium in the car because that was all they had left. Lots of folks getting gas for their generators as well.

Makes a very good argument for "Be Prepared." Gas, flashlights, batteries and food can be darned hard to find in an emergency.

re: #167 galloping granny

I am not going to install SP3. If you are having problems with AdAware then I would consider the possibility of a worm/trojan/virus that does not want to leave. I got the first infection I have had in a couple of decades a couple of weeks back - Virtumundo, came in on an IWin game that is supposed to be "safe" - and the thing took me 6+ programs and three days to clean out.

I have Norton, McAfee & AVG running on 4 computers (not each) 2 networks and no viruses are showing up.

I think it's a common problem after looking at their support forum?

re: #165 galloping granny

Let me tell ya about getting up at OH-DARK-30 to gas up my Dad's and my MOM's car on the EVEN days during the peanut farmer's pathetic reign.

Then being in the military and watching DAY 233+++ of the Iranian hostage crisis(many TV sets in the BEQ were destroyed by flying beer cans!) Being in the military during his stint as CIC.............sucked!

re: #172 akak

I have Norton, McAfee & AVG running on 4 computers (not each) 2 networks and no viruses are showing up.

I think it's a common problem after looking at their support forum?

Antiviruses only pick up viruses for starters. Worms/trojans are not viruses and most antivirus program will not detect them. I had an antivirus running on this machine when I got infected. Comodo. Replaced that.

Norton and McAfee are not worth the discs that you buy them on. AVG is now bloatware that takes a huge amount of RAM to run and slows down the internet greatly by prescanning every page you look at. Antiviruses are generally only as good as their definitions are up to date, so in many cases your update from an hour or two ago might very well miss some new iteration of something. I prefer an antivirus that has an heuristic function - operates on the principle that if it looks like a duck and acts like a duck, it is a duck until proven otherwise.

I replaced AVG with Comodo when AVG went to 8.0 and I could barely load a page. When I got Virtumundo, I went looking for a more reliable antivirus, one that did not take a gig of space and an entire 512 MB of RAM just to operate. I ended up with ESET - tiny footprint, has everything you need then some. Still on the 30 day trial but I will likely buy this one.

Dow futures down 150.

need to nap for three hours

re: #173 Nightwatch

OH-DARK-30

must be Navy. Thanks sailor. Coast Guard here.

re: #173 Nightwatch

Let me tell ya about getting up at OH-DARK-30 to gas up my Dad's and my MOM's car on the EVEN days during the peanut farmer's pathetic reign.

Then being in the military and watching DAY 233+++ of the Iranian hostage crisis(many TV sets in the BEQ were destroyed by flying beer cans!) Being in the military during his stint as CIC.............sucked!

I remember the days all too well. The unemployment lines that went round the block, the $2 limit on gas purchases that were barely enough for some folks to move the car from one line to the next (luckily we had one of the first 250 Pintos sold in this country and $2 would fill the tank, which was then good for about 450 miles). Not pretty.

re: #174 galloping granny

I have been led to understand that a simple router(?) is all the protection we really need and so much cheaper(OOPPS!) wrong word around Mr. Bill's clan....%)

re: #178 Nightwatch

I have been led to understand that a simple router(?) is all the protection we really need and so much cheaper(OOPPS!) wrong word around Mr. Bill's clan....%)

NO, no no no no! I have a router. Two actually. One to interface with the internet and another to provide a wireless LAN. That does nothing for your email or stuff embedded in pages you visit or things you download. You NEED an antivirus. And a software firewall.

Pretty happy with Kaspersky anti-virus. I make the bootable cd-rom from it and use it to scan the hard drive if I'm in any doubt---the trojans can't load if you're booting from another drive. Kaspersky doesn't load the system down too badly and it learns from experience so as to consume fewer resources when checking something repeatedly.

By the way, this system is SP3 and runs just fine. SP3 is basically just a roll-up of a lot of individual security fixes, AFAIK. It's still basically SP2.

re: #180 Moe Katz

Pretty happy with Kaspersky anti-virus. I make the bootable cd-rom from it and use it to scan the hard drive if I'm in any doubt---the trojans can't load if you're booting from another drive. Kaspersky doesn't load the system down too badly and it learns from experience so as to consume fewer resources when checking something repeatedly.

Virtumundo copies itself onto the other drives. (So it will also be in that special segregated compartment where your XP backup files are.) And writes itself into the registry. It loads - period. And it is hell in a handcart to get rid of. Of course it is a trojan, not a virus.

re: #177 galloping granny

Gotta tell you, just 3 doors down with spider webs anchoring the frame to the driveway and a root-beer brown paint job just so GONE from the left coast sunlight,(did I mention 4 flat tires, yet an IMMACULATE body) is none-other than a frozen in time FORD PINTO! Kinda alittle freaky that the son of the owner who died what...6 years ago just leaves it there yet has gardeners keeping up the look of the place yet he doesn't live there.
Just comes by about once a month to check the mail-box and never a hello or nothing.

Wow. If you folks haven't read this, do - well worth a read.
[Link: www.americanthinker.com...]

re: #179 galloping granny

Not to worry, Knights along the ramparts armed with heavy pull crosbows and claymores for the real nasties.

Gotta tell ya though, Mainframe Tech talk on an open thread is kinda like "Loose Lips...

watch yer six.."}

re: #112 littleoldlady

yma o hyd! :-)

Top of the morning to you, littleoldlady!

At least the sun is shining ...

re: #183 Nightwatch

Gotta tell you, just 3 doors down with spider webs anchoring the frame to the driveway and a root-beer brown paint job just so GONE from the left coast sunlight,(did I mention 4 flat tires, yet an IMMACULATE body) is none-other than a frozen in time FORD PINTO! Kinda alittle freaky that the son of the owner who died what...6 years ago just leaves it there yet has gardeners keeping up the look of the place yet he doesn't live there.
Just comes by about once a month to check the mail-box and never a hello or nothing.

How strange. Our particular Pinto was made in Germany and had a Porsche engine. I don't remember what German Ford was calling the model, but we had rented one for a summer tour with my parents while we were there. Dad worked for Ford at the time and when US Ford decided to give Pinto a whirl over here we got one of the first few they brought over as a trial balloon. Boy that was one heck of a car.

All the guys in their big honkers would pull up to my little roller skate at the light and rev up that great big V8 engine - and I would leave them in the dust. The looks I would get were priceless.

/Yes, yes, Granny has a lead foot. Someday I will be old and rich and drive a little red Vette. :)

re: #185 Nightwatch

Not to worry, Knights along the ramparts armed with heavy pull crosbows and claymores for the real nasties.

Gotta tell ya though, Mainframe Tech talk on an open thread is kinda like "Loose Lips...

watch yer six.."}

Ye gods - I haven't heard anyone mention a mainframe in lo these many years. I did quite like the VAX. And the internet was so much more fun when you printed out Yahoo on green & white striped paper and had to wade through reams of the stuff to find the link you wanted. :)

re: #113 Moe Katz

Huh - didn't know the Scots were also targets of sheep-shagging jokes ...
Its usually the Welsh who are subjects of such jokes - and we do not take kindly to that!

Leeks at dawn, matey!

re: #182 galloping granny

Virtumundo copies itself onto the other drives. (So it will also be in that special segregated compartment where your XP backup files are.) And writes itself into the registry. It loads - period. And it is hell in a handcart to get rid of. Of course it is a trojan, not a virus.

Give Kaspersky a try, they have a one-month free trial, and it's a top-rated program. Very light on system resources.... Trojan Horses are a subclass of viruses, and extremely hard to get rid of, I agree.

re: #189 yma o hyd

Huh - didn't know the Scots were also targets of sheep-shagging jokes ...
Its usually the Welsh who are subjects of such jokes - and we do not take kindly to that!

Leeks at dawn, matey!

That joke has a sort of provenance: Rod Stewart is said to have found it extremely funny and to have gone telling it to everyone he knew.

Good morning, Lizards.

re: #190 Moe Katz

Give Kaspersky a try, they have a one-month free trial, and it's a top-rated program. Very light on system resources.... Trojan Horses are a subclass of viruses, and extremely hard to get rid of, I agree.

I'll take a look at it at any rate.

re: #192 goddessoftheclassroom

Good morning, Lizards.

Morning Goddess - how's things?

{galloping granny }

Things are good! I'm having a great year at school. I can't remember--has your granddaughter read Avi's Nothing But the Truth? We're doing the play version in November.

re: #189 yma o hyd

Huh - didn't know the Scots were also targets of sheep-shagging jokes ...
Its usually the Welsh who are subjects of such jokes - and we do not take kindly to that!

Leeks at dawn, matey!

Scots don't take kindly either...especially before they've finished their first cups of coffee...

re: #184 galloping granny

Interesting read. Thought about forwarding it to my Jewish Dem friends, but I think they'd still miss the point.

re: #195 goddessoftheclassroom

{galloping granny }

Things are good! I'm having a great year at school. I can't remember--has your granddaughter read Avi's Nothing But the Truth? We're doing the play version in November.

No, she hasn't. I've had one or two from Avi for free reading for her, but they weren't quite her cup of tea. This year we are doing science fiction. Currently Jurassic Park, looking at the science behind "bringing back the dinosaurs."

She is very enthusiastic this year too.

re: #191 Moe Katz

That joke has a sort of provenance: Rod Stewart is said to have found it extremely funny and to have gone telling it to everyone he knew.

Thing is, while jokes told amongst a tribe can be screamingly funny, they can become quite hurtful when told by 'outsiders' who, moreover, belong to a tibe which is eprceived as supressors.

Thus, these sheep jokes are severely frowned upon in Wales because they're usually told by the English and used as a means to denigrate and belittle Walians, especially as there are more sheep in Wales than humans ...

What the Scots do amongst themselves - huh, the poor things carry a heavy burden, what with long hours of darkness and Nessie ... we forgive our Celtic Brethren!

re: #197 Mel Lono

Interesting read. Thought about forwarding it to my Jewish Dem friends, but I think they'd still miss the point.

It is exceedingly strange to me how soon so many in the Jewish community have forgotten. I used to be completely unable to comprehend how virtually the entire Jewish community of Europe could fail to see Hitler's grand plans and how that would apply to them, how they could keep passing things off for so long. More recently just how that inability happened has become quite clear.

re: #199 yma o hyd

What the Scots do amongst themselves - huh, the poor things carry a heavy burden, what with long hours of darkness and Nessie ... we forgive our Celtic Brethren!

Et tu, Brute?

re: #196 scottishbuzzsaw

Scots don't take kindly either...especially before they've finished their first cups of coffee...

See - its the non-Celts who are the culprits!

How are you today? Sun shining already?
Its a glorious Autumn morning here again.
Miss Dog found a wonderful, brand new tennis ball in the park today. It is black and yellow, like yin and yang! She loves it!

German Police Seize Suspects on Plane

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

Excerpt:

BERLIN — German police boarded a Dutch airliner Friday at Cologne-Bonn airport and seized two suspected terrorists who had been under surveillance for several months, police told German news organizations.

A special unit of German officers arrested the two men at 6:55 a.m. local time and, in a related operation, found apparent suicide notes at their apartment, a police spokesman was quoted as saying. The men were not identified by name but were said to be a 23-year-old Somali and a 24-year-old German of Somali descent.

Michaela Heyer, a police spokeswoman, said that, contrary to initial reports, the airplane was not stormed by police. “The arrest was entirely unspectacular,” she said. There was “no indication” that either man was carrying explosives or weapons.

The police boarded the plane shortly before it was to take off and took the two men into custody. They were “suspected of wishing to participate in jihad and possible attacks,” she said. She declined to give further details because the investigation was continuing.

re: #192 goddessoftheclassroom

Good morning, Lizards.

Good morning, Goddess!

re: #187 galloping granny

In high school, one of my casual friends who also happened to be a long-haired, madman about hot-rods FREAK! He used his daddy's welding torch to implant a COBRA 427 into a cobalt blue Pinto with some Frankenstein esk M-22 rear-end and a special order B&M shifter.
When he dumped the clutch in front of school this beast would spin 360s like a pit-bull on crack! Totaled it in the parking lot of the Foster's Freeze less than a month after bringing that monster to life.(He walked away from it ) Took out 5 or 6 parked cars and his dad got stuck with the bill.

That was the last hybrid he ever got to build.:)

re: #192 goddessoftheclassroom

Morning M' LADY

(Bows @ waist)

re: #198 galloping granny

No, she hasn't. I've had one or two from Avi for free reading for her, but they weren't quite her cup of tea. This year we are doing science fiction. Currently Jurassic Park, looking at the science behind "bringing back the dinosaurs."

She is very enthusiastic this year too.

This one is a "documentary novel"--the story is told via memos, letters, radio reports, and newspaper articles. It's a great way for kids to see how bias and spin can affect what people see as truth.

re: #205 Nightwatch

In high school, one of my casual friends who also happened to be a long-haired, madman about hot-rods FREAK! He used his daddy's welding torch to implant a COBRA 427 into a cobalt blue Pinto with some Frankenstein esk M-22 rear-end and a special order B&M shifter.
When he dumped the clutch in front of school this beast would spin 360s like a pit-bull on crack! Totaled it in the parking lot of the Foster's Freeze less than a month after bringing that monster to life.(He walked away from it ) Took out 5 or 6 parked cars and his dad got stuck with the bill.

That was the last hybrid he ever got to build.:)

ROFLMAO! I was a little better to mine. Though I did know a guy that needed roller skates on the rear bumper of his.

re: #202 yma o hyd

See - its the non-Celts who are the culprits!

How are you today? Sun shining already?
Its a glorious Autumn morning here again.
Miss Dog found a wonderful, brand new tennis ball in the park today. It is black and yellow, like yin and yang! She loves it!

Sun hasn't risen yet...still o'dark thirty...not sure I'm speaking to you...but I'm very glad Miss Dog is happy with her new ball...;>)

re: #207 goddessoftheclassroom

This one is a "documentary novel"--the story is told via memos, letters, radio reports, and newspaper articles. It's a great way for kids to see how bias and spin can affect what people see as truth.

I'll take a peek at it then. We're doing introductory logic/reasoning this year.

re: #200 galloping granny

It is exceedingly strange to me how soon so many in the Jewish community have forgotten. I used to be completely unable to comprehend how virtually the entire Jewish community of Europe could fail to see Hitler's grand plans and how that would apply to them, how they could keep passing things off for so long. More recently just how that inability happened has become quite clear.

Yes - and the even more troubling aspect of this is that some of them did see it, did warn, but were totally disregarded.
He was one of them ...

I think its to do with an unwillingness to read or listen to those who do not share the same perceived political outlook - left-leaning in Germany, conservative in the USA.

re: #201 scottishbuzzsaw

Et tu, Brute?

Its just a bit of fun between Celts (Irish included) - having a laugh amongst ourselves!
Non-Celts don't understand and need to be told off when they try to butt in!

Arrrr, morning mates! Bob Hope was a classy guy, unlike Jane Fonda, Hope always supported the troops. God bless him!

Thank you all for the exchanges, it's been fun.

I must head to sleep, the eyes dodroop])

Gotta go folks. Have to be out the door in 5 minutes and I am still in PJ's. Have a great day.

re: #209 scottishbuzzsaw

Sun hasn't risen yet...still o'dark thirty...not sure I'm speaking to you...but I'm very glad Miss Dog is happy with her new ball...;>)

Yep - at least she's now showing more interest in playing!
That heart medication seems to have made her put on weight, horrors, and thus she's slowed down a lot.
Vet told me to chivvy her on - so I've put her on a diet and am kicking butt, figuratively speaking: seems to work ...

BBL - quick trip to the shops for some neccessities, and then another lovely romp in the park with Miss Dog.
Wish I could send you our beautiful autumn weather - not a cloud in the sky!
We're all making the most of it, storms predicted for next week ...

Yaaar, here is some music to wake up the lizards, Coldplay

re: #217 yma o hyd

BBL - quick trip to the shops for some neccessities, and then another lovely romp in the park with Miss Dog.
Wish I could send you our beautiful autumn weather - not a cloud in the sky!
We're all making the most of it, storms predicted for next week ...

Enjoy!

What would be the worst thing you could wish on that bastard Omar Bakri Mohammed, leader of Al Muhajiroun?

Drowning beer?
Choking on pork rinds?
Son converting to Judaism?
Daughter becoming a stripper?

It's all fun and schadenfreude until someone cops an honour killing.

re: #220 uptight

What would be the worst thing you could wish on that bastard Omar Bakri Mohammed, leader of Al Muhajiroun?

Drowning beer?
Choking on pork rinds?
Son converting to Judaism?
Daughter becoming a stripper?

It's all fun and schadenfreude until someone cops an honour killing.

Arrr, the buxom lass is living life on the edge! Hope she doesn't end up in the obits any time soon!

Have a great day, Lizards!

In addition to the Prayer List, I'm praying that our leaders will be guided by wisdom, not selfishness.

re: #220 uptight

What would be the worst thing you could wish on that bastard Omar Bakri Mohammed, leader of Al Muhajiroun?

Drowning beer?
Choking on pork rinds?
Son converting to Judaism?
Daughter becoming a stripper?

It's all fun and schadenfreude until someone cops an honour killing.

Actually - considering Paul McCartney just defied the DEATH THREAT made against him by Omar Bakri Mohammed, it hasn't exactly been a good day for the Islamofascist!

re: #223 uptight

Actually - considering Paul McCartney just defied the DEATH THREAT made against him by Omar Bakri Mohammed, it hasn't exactly been a good day for the Islamofascist!

Yaaar, good for Paul! Band on the run!

Dutch Government: Fitna cause for Netherlands as "Preferred Target" of Islamic terrorists.

Cologne, Germany - German police commandos boarded a plane at Cologne airport just before it took off for Amsterdam and arrested two terrorist suspects Friday morning, police said.

A 23-year-old Somali man and a 24-year-old German man born in Somalia were arrested before the KLM flight left the airport, a spokeswoman for North Rhine-Westphalia state police said.

Police spokeswoman Katharina Breuer told The Associated Press that officers boarded the plane at 6:55 a.m. (0455 GMT) and arrested the men without incident. She said authorities do not suspect the men planned to abduct the flight.

Germany's top-selling Bild newspaper, citing police sources, said the two had been under observation for months and a suicide note was found in their apartment saying that they wanted to die for the "jihad" or "holy war."

Earlier this month, the Dutch government's anti-terror chief warned that the country remains one of the top targets for Islamic terrorist groups because of publicity surrounding a lawmaker's anti-Islam film.

The National Coordinator for Combating Terrorism said in a report the film "Fitna" by lawmaker Geert Wilders has made the country a "preferred target."

What a stupid statement.

Call it what it is: An averted suicide plane hijacking.

Haar, BBL mates, time for breakfast but I have the day off, so I will return after I finished breakfast and a staff meeting. Yo Ho!

re: #47 zombie

It simply isn't fair, is it? I looked like a tank after I had both my girls. I lost it fairly quickly with the first one (but not as quickly as Sarah!) - I still have a bit of pregnancy weight to lose from the second one. She is now 10.

re: #226 loflyer

Haar, BBL mates, time for breakfast but I have the day off, so I will return after I finished breakfast and a staff meeting. Yo Ho!

Is it still "Talk like a Pirate Day?!"

Off to work to see how this is affecting our Business Leaders. I predict a stressful day of creating "what if" scenarios....

Wet, dark day in the Philly suburbs to go along with today's bad news. I think McCain's gamble got ambushed by the Democrats and now he's got to debate Obambi from a position of weakness. This is only going to make things worse in the polls, too. 39 days until election day, one debate tonight and 4 more to go. I'm not feeling good about this.

re: #228 scottishbuzzsaw

Is it still "Talk like a Pirate Day?!"

Nope, lo just got caught in a Yaaar loop. It will self repeat until his brain reboots.

re: #231 Panhandler

Nope, lo just got caught in a Yaaar loop. It will self repeat until his brain reboots.

Mornin' Panhandler...how are you today?

re: #232 scottishbuzzsaw

Mornin' Panhandler...how are you today?

Just fine maam. The BSA ran like a clock yesterday and I still have money in the bank. Yourself?

Good Morning, Lizard nation.
"Deal or no deal?" Our intrepid leaders are still at it.
Barney Frank & Dodd trying to fix the problem? Like bank robbers installing the new security system.
Schumer said that he thinks that "Over the years, Freddie & Fannie have done a fantastic job!" Honest, he said that.

re: #200 galloping granny

It is exceedingly strange to me how soon so many in the Jewish community have forgotten. I used to be completely unable to comprehend how virtually the entire Jewish community of Europe could fail to see Hitler's grand plans and how that would apply to them, how they could keep passing things off for so long. More recently just how that inability happened has become quite clear.

Before we get too smug here, can anyone remember a couple of salient details that prevented the Jews from getting out of harms way, i.e. most of them didn't have the money to leave, and even if they did, where exactly would they have gone, since most countries - including the United States - would not let them in.

Not to worry, though. You would be surprised how many people in the survivor community have a bag packed, cash (or gold) on hand, passports ready, and dual citizenship - just in case.

re: #233 Panhandler

Just fine maam. The BSA ran like a clock yesterday and I still have money in the bank. Yourself?

Glad you enjoyed your ride...I'm doing well, thank you, but still absorbing the news from yesterday...this roller coaster of an election cycle has me a bit disoriented...otherwise, it's Friday, and that's always a good thing.

Macca takes the stage in Tel Aviv

re: #236 scottishbuzzsaw

There is a good chance that things will be hammered out today. The longer the wait, the worse the heartburn. The thinking threads I've been on all night generally reach the conclusion that the Paulson/Dem bailout will not go forth. They say look more for a McCain loan setup with the profits from same going back into the Treasury, and no ACORN gimmie like Reid/Pelosi tried to stick in. Also say goodbye to the student loan/carloan boondoggle and Reid's Oil shale ban.

Good morning LGF friends.

I have to get ready for work this morning, but I wanted to drop in for a minute and tell you to watch for an alternative deal on this bail-out thingy.

Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) is a fantastic fiscal conservative who is working with others like him for an alternative that makes sense. He is ranking minority member on the Finance and Banking Committee. (that may not be the actual official name - I can't recall) He is against this original bailout plan.

Some people ask - who can I trust in Washington ? I trust Paul Ryan. He is a good man, a good representative, a strong conservative family man and a Christian. He even has called me at home when I have had questions or concerns. He was wonderful to me when Little Winger was deployed the first time.

I trust him and if he comes out with a plan I would take a good look at it.

Take a deep breath and have a good day.

FNC has a panel of pundits on right now.
Mark Green of "Air America" said that McCain has no busines coming back to DC because he has missed so many votes during the campaign.
Ed Cox, a McCain state chair, said that the senator is putting country first.
Kirsten Powers, rolled her eyes & said, "Oh please"
Where to begin?

Not worried. Does anybody have an extra fingernail I can chew?

re: #241 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Not worried. Does anybody have an extra fingernail I can chew?

My dog's nails are in need of a trim...will that do?

re: #242 scottishbuzzsaw

Let me think on that. G'morning!

re: #19 Wyatt Earp

This stuff writes itself, don't it?

The owner’s name is Prince Wong? Hmm, I figured it would be King Wang.

LOL. Here I thought it was gonna be about the Presidential race.

re: #243 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Let me think on that. G'morning!

Mornin'...:>)

Cross-posted from an earlier thread:

ACORN is an organized criminal enterprise designed to steal elections through organized fraud. Obama, who is an alumnus of the organization, wants to grow it into a communist "advocacy" group for poor people, supported by taxpayer dollars. In fact, he likely will use ACORN as the foundation for his "community service" mandates for our young people.

Can everyone spell "communist indoctrination" through youth organizations? That's how appalling this proposal is, and the GOP already has set a horrible precedent by agreeing to earlier government payments to ACORN.

re: #240 opnion

FNC has a panel of pundits on right now.
Mark Green of "Air America" said that McCain has no busines coming back to DC because he has missed so many votes during the campaign.
Ed Cox, a McCain state chair, said that the senator is putting country first.
Kirsten Powers, rolled her eyes & said, "Oh please"
Where to begin?

Let me see if I got this right, McCain and Obama campaign and miss votes. FM &FM go belly up, causing a freeze in any kind of credit availability and McCain says he's heading back to get an oar in. Reid says we don't want you here. Obama says that he doesn't see where he can be of any help so he's gong to continue to get ready for the debate but "If you need me, call me." 4 hours later Bush tells Obama "Get your ass back here, you're the titular head of the Democratic Party" They all meet with Bush. McCain defers to Graham since he's been doing all the spadework. Pelosi/Reid pass to Obama who proceeds to turn the meeting into a shouting match. There is some sort of nuance I seem to be missing.

Good interview on FNC with Bill Sammon.
He is saying that the Dems ran to the mics sceaming "We have a deal"
prematurely, only to set up McCain to take the fall.
McCain arrives & volla! No deal.
There never was one ,but now the Dems are saying that the deal that never existed fell apart becuse of McCain.

re: #247 Panhandler

SOMEBODY forgot to ask the conservative Republicans in the House what they thought.

/think Sleeping Beauty and an uninvited witch.
//there's your nuance...

They could have ignored them, taken a vote and won. HOWEVER, if the whole thing was a bust then Republicans could blame Democrats. They need some kind of consensus.

re: #247 Panhandler

Let me see if I got this right, McCain and Obama campaign and miss votes. FM &FM go belly up, causing a freeze in any kind of credit availability and McCain says he's heading back to get an oar in. Reid says we don't want you here. Obama says that he doesn't see where he can be of any help so he's gong to continue to get ready for the debate but "If you need me, call me." 4 hours later Bush tells Obama "Get your ass back here, you're the titular head of the Democratic Party" They all meet with Bush. McCain defers to Graham since he's been doing all the spadework. Pelosi/Reid pass to Obama who proceeds to turn the meeting into a shouting match. There is some sort of nuance I seem to be missing.

I think that you summed it up quite nicely.

re: #248 opnion

Thanks for bringing that up opnion, I knew I'd left something out of my time line in my screed in #247.

re: #240 opnion

The alphabets, the op eds and the front pages all seem to have received the same talking points - I'm guessing from Soros, since he's got the bandwidth - and are in categorical agreement that McCain is the monkeywrench in the deal, that McCain is being a drama queen, that McCain is afraid to debate, and that 0 the Golden Child is showing real presidential leadership with his venal lust for and single minded obsession with power. Haven't we learned from cop dramas that when all the suspects have the identical story, something's up?

A=Actual
C=Communist
O=Organization
R=Right
N=Now

re: #252 Pullus Iulius

Put them in seperate sealed rooms for a couple of days and then start asking questions. Use the old trick of "So and So down the hall said you pulled the trigger, this is your only chance to get your side of the story out and save yourself" The "It wasn't me, they set me up!" stories will make for great ad fodder regardless of what the Dems/MSM try to cook up.

Anybody seen this yet? 2 Terrorist Suspects arrested on KLM flight...

Here is another winner for you....

[Link: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...]

ACORN is on Fox again. The fraud.

"Obviously ACORN is working on behalf of Barack Obama."

They just said BHO was their chief attorney.

re: #258 Thoughtcrime

Big time winner there. The general populace will look at this and think " What the heck are they trying to cover up?" The concensus will be that while there might an untruth in the mix, what about the truths?