Lizard meet/party - Lizards and mates.

Sat. the 26th of Oct. 11 am - 3 pm

Walnut Creek, CA 94595

Locals and Nomads welcome.

BYOB and a pot luck if you wish.

Bring what ever food you wish to cook.

World class kitchen available. BBQ grills. Picnic area.

Heated swimming pool. Bring you suits. Changing rooms etc. available.

We have the ground floor of a 1930s Mansion/museum and outdoor patio reserved.

If it rains we have indoors - if not we have both.

My Halloween treat - so no cost to you.

Email for directions and location - secure, private, gated/guarded community.

I read the news today

re: #1 Bobibutu

Gak! 25th Oct. Correction.

I wanna go!

I'll have to wait for the Midwest meet n' greet, I guess.

The Palin Song

(with apologies to Judy Garland)
(Sung to the tune of The Trolley Song)
(From the musical Meet Me in D.C.)

Sarah:
With my drop-dead figure
and my drop-dead looks
and my hair piled high upon my head

I'll get the Presidency,
White House residency
when John McCain drops dead!

Vote vote vote go the rednecks
Plop plop plop goes McCain
Me me me in the White House!
Then you liberals will start to feel pain

You'll worship God
We'll pray in schools
I'll teach that Darwin and Copernicus were fools
Your one-night stands
will have a price
You'll catch motherhood along with the crab lice

Democrats:
With his left-wing mantra
and his light brown skin
He's the One we've dreamt of all our lives

We're not about to let some
MILF like you upset him
So darling out come the knives!

Lie lie lie go the bloggers
Smear smear smear goes the press
Down down down goes your polling

As election day nears we will play on the fears of the left!
We will leave you bereft!

Sarah:
Don't you count on it
I stole your meme, I'm a dream, I'm the cream of the crop!
All the way to the top!

Jackie vs. Obama

Jackie Mason '08 Vlog 54 Obama and the Economy

Funny how it works out. That was meant for the other thread.... Seems to fit though.

re: #4 Irish Rose

I wanna go!

I'll have to wait for the Midwest meet n' greet, I guess.

I don't have an answer for you other than you are most welcome and expect a miracle ... ya never know.

Speaking of Mark Twain quotes ...
'Man is the only animal who blushes, or has reason to do so.'
(or words to that effect)

One of his best: 'Neither life nor property is safe when Congress is in session.' (or was that Will Rogers?)

Folks grab the vasoline and get a grip on your ankles. I fear, Pelosi, Dodd, Schumer, and Frank are going to have at us hard and heavy. After all is said and done, the MSM will make it crucial that the Republicans are held to blame.

May you live in interesting times. -Votaire

TTFN

re: #9 buzzsawmonkey

Good one, zombie!

I felt guilty putting the onus on you (I suggested you take it on), so I decided I should just do it myself.

Actually, the whole thing came to me as I was trying to fall asleep, staring at the ceiling, so I jumped up and wrote it down.

The scanning of each syllable is so perfect, I amazed even myself!

good night every one from Banff, Alberta, Canada ;-)

Good morning/afternoon/night from Sydney, Australia.

Signing off from the Puget Sound region.

Goodnight people.

As for the economic crisis that will rage in and out of control Monday and beyond, . . .

Don't Panic.

But don't lose sight of the exits either.

What's up with polls now?

Sheese 1220 - nite all.

A youtube video from a conservative five percenter explaining his support for Mccain/Palin.

That youtube video about him professing his reasoning is pretty funny.

I just watched the Burning Down The House video. Wow. I posted THAT on my page.

I am trying to post a link and it is directing me to pick a catergory from the menu when I hit submit. Can someone clue me in to where this menu is?

re: #18 TheMatrix31

Burning Down the House id downright damning and must go viral.

And here's a good reason why that video needs to go viral:

While Out Campaigning Obama Bashes McCain (Back in DC Working) For Acting "Katrina-Like" on the Financial Crisis

What a prick.

re: #19 Ackomanyuki

I am trying to post a link and it is directing me to pick a catergory from the menu when I hit submit. Can someone clue me in to where this menu is?

Just above the "Link Address"
It's a drop-down box.

re: #19 Ackomanyuki

The drop down menu is next to the "submit" button.

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I'm thinking now's a good time to sneak off before LoL shows up and makes me want to stay!

G'nite, {Lizards}!

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re: #22 Sharmuta

Thanks, I just sorted it out.

re: #23 LeePro

Just wanted to say goodnight.

Thought this video might be appropriate considering the revelations we've seen in the YouTube videos concerning the economic crisis

re: #26 TheMatrix31

Come on- the cover is so much better.

re: #17 Ackomanyuki

A youtube video from a conservative five percenter explaining his support for Mccain/Palin.

That is GREAT! That needs to be seen by every black Obama supporter. He is laying down the TRUTH!

re: #27 Sharmuta

Ahahaha! I'd forgotten how much I love that video. Saved it. :)

I propose that the bailout package limit executive severance packages to a new pair of work boots and cab fare to the Brooklyn Bridge.

That way, they will have two options for doing the right thing.

re: #17 Ackomanyuki

A youtube video from a conservative five percenter explaining his support for Mccain/Palin.

That's the guy who smacked down Diddy!

re: #27 Sharmuta

Come on- the cover is so much better.

"This video is not available in your country". Is it Alien Ant Farm's cover?

re: #32 MagnaniomousCoward

Yes.

re: #28 zombie

That is GREAT! That needs to be seen by every black Obama supporter. He is laying down the TRUTH!

I posted a link. Ding it up!

re: #34 Ackomanyuki

I posted a link. Ding it up!

Where is the link? I don't see it in the spinoffs for this thread.

Syria says Islamist bomber behind deadly blast

(Zoinks!)

Are: #34 Ackomanyuki

I posted a link. Ding it up!

Ah, OK, I found it in the "link viewer" and dinged it up there. But I can't figure out how it's there and not here! Doesn't matter, I guess.

I would tend to prefer the AAF version as well, but figured you guys would like the original better.

re: #37 zombie

A

Ah, OK, I found it in the "link viewer" and dinged it up there. But I can't figure out how it's there and not here! Doesn't matter, I guess.

Great, I was just posting directions. It looks like the third item down at present.

The link title for anyone else interested is: Video: BTW I'm Voting McCain Palin

Officials: 5 killed in northern Lebanon explosion

The security officials said the car packed with explosives was parked on the side of a road and detonated by remote control as the bus drove in the Bahsas neighborhood on the southern entrance to the northern port city of Tripoli.

They said the explosives used were mixed with metal balls to maximize casualties.

The blast, which tossed the car about a dozen yards, occurred during the morning rush hour, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

I think this bombing and the one in Damascus was by Hezbollah.

(not a diversion)

re: #40 RTLM

pimf - [Link: www.breitbart.com...]

In the spirit of Open Thread...

There better damn well be an October Surprise with all these unaddressed issues that Obama is mired in.

If Dukakis could lose for grinning like the tank-scooting moron he was then what the hell is wrong with the muckrakers for the GOP nowadays?

/short rant off

So what's good progressive rock these days...

re: #31 Sharmuta

That's the guy who smacked down Diddy!

If you haven't seen it: another one by him

A fight breaks out between Darth Barack and one of the common folk, when Obama demands his vote, and is told no!
political satirical kung fu light saber fun!

I love it! In one part, "Barack" gets out of breath while fighting, and the guy says "oh I'm sorry, are you out of breath? Do you need a breathalyzer? Or an inhalator?" ROFLOL!

Whoa! How long has this open thread been here?

re: #45 Fenway_Nation

About two hours or so.

re: #43 EIDE_Interface

So what's good progressive rock these days...

I would go with Muse.

re: #47 TheMatrix31

I would go with Muse.

I was thinking the same thing... Great minds think alike!

Well I just posted a comment on the official McCain page at YouTube for the latest ad. I fully expect to be cursed and called names, and get lots of thumbs down votes, because it seems that more leftists post comments there than Republicans. Oh well, I hope I can handle the rejection...

Everyone needs to go give it 5 stars, anyway. :)

A few of my favorites from them;

City of Delusion

Map of the Problematique

Muscle Museum

Dark Shines

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

re: #1 Bobibutu

Lizard meet/party - Lizards and mates... My Halloween treat - so no cost to you.

Wow... ok. I prefer flying Frontier unless of course you get a better deal with some other airline.

re: #50 TheMatrix31

A few of my favorites from them;

City of Delusion

Map of the Problematique

Muscle Museum

Dark Shines

All great of course. I love Citizen Erased - it's their prog epic. It reminds me a bit of Pink Floyd.

Kind of a crap-tastic day in the NFL- my team didn't even play and I'm pretty sure I took a beating in the football pool (what would be the odds everyone else did worse than me?)

Between the rabbit ears, Sattelite TV and XM radio, I was flipping between all kinds of baseball games today. So the AL Central might not be decided 'til Tuesday night? So be it- I've kinda dug the one-game playoff (granted Bucky Dent was a wee bit before mytime) and last year's between the Rockies and Padres was classic.

Kinda funny how the Yankees/Red Sox went to extra innings at Fenway before Van Every won it w/ a walk-off 2-out base hit and hardly anyone seemed to give a damn after what happened with the Brewers, Mets, White Sox and Twins today. I mean, I'm sure it looked great about this time last year when they were scheduling Yanks/BoSox to finish off the regular season.....

re: #51 littleoldlady

Hi, good to see you! Are you busy getting ready for the holiday?

/Rosh Hashana begins Tuesday, right?

re: #52 Walter L. Newton

LOL

re: #54 Fenway_Nation

Kind of a crap-tastic day in the NFL- my team didn't even play and I'm pretty sure I took a beating in the football pool (what would be the odds everyone else did worse than me?)

Between the rabbit ears, Sattelite TV and XM radio, I was flipping between all kinds of baseball games today. So the AL Central might not be decided 'til Tuesday night? So be it- I've kinda dug the one-game playoff (granted Bucky Dent was a wee bit before mytime) and last year's between the Rockies and Padres was classic.

Kinda funny how the Yankees/Red Sox went to extra innings at Fenway before Van Every won it w/ a walk-off 2-out base hit and hardly anyone seemed to give a damn after what happened with the Brewers, Mets, White Sox and Twins today. I mean, I'm sure it looked great about this time last year when they were scheduling Yanks/BoSox to finish off the regular season.....

Too bad for me, the Braves have been out of contention for two months now.

Last year's Rockies/Padres was unbelievable. I don't expect the same from White Sox/Twins. Just too hard to have such another awesome game.

But October is just, classic. Thank God it's almost here.

re: #56 gop_patriot

LOL

That you. I just woke up to pee. Saw that there were some Lizards still awake... hi.

So, the day went sumthin like dis....

Shoplifting dude reached to da waist-band and a rent-o-cop with da three-50-seven loaded wit da wad-cutters drew down and ....shot da dude in the....arm. Fact is, that a wad-cutter from a 3-50-7 makes small hole on entry but carries an acre or so of flesh out the exit! so the arm has a sort of Panoramic view through it if ya know what I say.. Now this poor illegal dude is brought unto my saving grace, and it is noted that the back side of said arm is missing MAJOR physical properties.. the uniformed officer says, "If ya want the rest of it, we'll have to scrape it off at least 3 cars in the parking lot of the 99 cent store.

"Q" "Why was he shop-lifting?

"Q" Why is there a rent-o-cop packing a 3-50-7 with wad-cutters in the parking lot of a 99 cent store ?

"Q" Why is OBAMA a candidate for CIC?

THE WORLD WANTS TO KNOW........

re: #56 gop_patriot

LOL

"That you" s/b "Thank you" Maybe I should go back to bed before I wake up?

I can't sleep so I made some signs to put in my car tomorrow, if I can fit them in the back window:

1. Democrats caused the economic crisis by forcing banks to issue bad loans and ignoring corruption and bad management at

2. Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. Barack Obama took more money from FM & FM in 4 years than other senators took in 10!

3. Two crooked former administrators at FM & FM are or have been Obama campaign advisors! Bush tried to fix problems in 2003 and McCain

4. tried to fix them in 2005 but Democrats did not cooperate! Democrats, Obama, and Socialism are not the solution!

5. Real reform, sensible regulation, and letting free markets & capitalism work is! McCain/Palin '08!

Can anyone suggest any additions or corrections (within reason)?

re: #58 Walter L. Newton

Hi Walter.

I didn't think of the whole "treat" thing. Guess I'll be flying out too. ;)

re: #57 TheMatrix31

Last year's Rockies/Padres was unbelievable. I don't expect the same from White Sox/Twins. Just too hard to have such another awesome game.

But October is just, classic. Thank God it's almost here.

Expect the unexpected.

re: #58 Walter L. Newton

Well, not too many, I thought I'd killed the thread there for a minute. I'm good at that.

Btw, how are you recovering from your surgery?

re: #61 Tigger2005

Wow- you going to fit all that in your car window?

re: #62 Sharmuta

Hi Walter.

I didn't think of the whole "treat" thing. Guess I'll be flying out too. ;)

Kewl, old Bobi is going to take a big hit on this one.

re: #36 RTLM

Syria says Islamist bomber behind deadly blast

(Zoinks!)

shocka! who would have guessed that?

/

re: #55 gop_patriot

gop! :-)

Tonight, actually. As usual I'm way behind schedule, plus my computer decided that today was the day to begin an arm wrestling competition.

/I don't think I'm winning... :-(

re: #65 Sharmuta

Wow- you going to fit all that in your car window?

Yeah, I may not be able to see out the back very well, but how else am I going to get the whole message across?

Buffalo Bills are 4-0. I think they're going back to the Super Bowl. Maybe they'll meet the Cowboys again - but this time they'll win.

re: #69 Tigger2005

Yeah, I may not be able to see out the back very well, but how else am I going to get the whole message across?

Billboard?

re: #70 EIDE_Interface

Buffalo Bills The only NFL Team with a New York State Mailing Address are 4-0. I think they're going back to the Super Bowl. Maybe they'll meet the Cowboys again - but this time they'll win.

Thought I'd clean that up a little.

re: #71 littleoldlady

Billboard?

LOL I don't have the cash to rent billboard space and by tomorrow I doubt I'll be able to get one on credit ...

re: #64 gop_patriot

Well, not too many, I thought I'd killed the thread there for a minute. I'm good at that. Btw, how are you recovering from your surgery?

Ok. Althought, two days after the operation, I was all swollen up, and black and blue down to the scrotum, so I went into the acute car clinic and the nurse tells me "That's pretty normal... you'll be ok."

I told her I have a a lot of surgery in the past, including hernia surgery, and I have never bruised up like this betore.

A few days later I had my first "official" follow up visit. The nuse looked at me and said "That's not normal, but you'll be ok."

Yea, idiots. A lot of the bruising is vanishing (although my balls are still black, is that TMI) and I still have a lot of swelling.

I probably got some intern practicing. Managed care, gotta love it.

just got back from Insane Diego.....
Fear & Agent Orange were great, as was GFI.

Dr. Know, OTOH, sucked pretty much. high point was some kick droping off the balcony into the mosh pit......... what a fool

re: #69 Tigger2005

Yeah, I may not be able to see out the back very well, but how else am I going to get the whole message across?

Armed insurection?

Thanks for the Fruitcup, {lol}.

re: #76 Walter L. Newton

Armed insurection?

If you got my back, let's go for it.

re: #69 Tigger2005

Promote this link?

Maybe it would help my typing if I turned on the lights? Nah... then I would have to wake up.

re: #61 Tigger2005

Have you thought about getting one of those magnetic signs custom-made? Then again, you'd still have to boil it down to a few key sentences to make it have any immediate impact.

/Must be nice being a liberal...one's oh-so-nuanced-and-complex worldview seems to fit quite nicely on a simplistic platitude-laden bumper sticker.

re: #74 Walter L. Newton

Ok. Althought, two days after the operation, I was all swollen up, and black and blue down to the scrotum, so I went into the acute car clinic and the nurse tells me "That's pretty normal... you'll be ok."

I told her I have a a lot of surgery in the past, including hernia surgery, and I have never bruised up like this betore.

A few days later I had my first "official" follow up visit. The nuse looked at me and said "That's not normal, but you'll be ok."

Yea, idiots. A lot of the bruising is vanishing (although my balls are still black, is that TMI) and I still have a lot of swelling.

I probably got some intern practicing. Managed care, gotta love it.

better you than me.......

(and no, i *don't* want to feel your pain %-)

re: #81 Fenway_Nation

Have you thought about getting one of those magnetic signs custom-made? Then again, you'd still have to boil it down to a few key sentences to make it have any immediate impact.

/Must be nice being a liberal...one's oh-so-nuanced-and-complex worldview seems to fit quite nicely on a simplistic platitude-laden bumper sticker.

mine w*rks pretty well: "BITE ME!"

%-)

Sharmuta! :-)

re: #82 redc1c4

better you than me....... (and no, i *don't* want to feel your pain %-)

Actually, that has been the high side of all this, I haven't had much pain at all. I have a high pain tolerance anyway.

re: #68 littleoldlady

Tonight, actually. As usual I'm way behind schedule, plus my computer decided that today was the day to begin an arm wrestling competition.

/I don't think I'm winning... :-(

Ack, sorry to hear about your computer! I sure hope it starts running smoothly again.
And sorry you're behind schedule. Story of my life.

Interesting..... but i never saw this on the news.

Did I miss the fruit cup?

re: #86 gop_patriot

Thanks and thanks.

/I may have to start praying a little early... ;-)

re: #87 redc1c4

Interesting..... but i never saw this on the news.

Truth Squad this.

Ace cracks me up.

re: #51 littleoldlady

sorry late for fruit. What!, no pineapple? Morning, maam.

ok, back to bed.

re: #92 Walter L. Newton

G'night, Walter. See you in Cali!

re: #74 Walter L. Newton

Ok. Althought, two days after the operation, I was all swollen up, and black and blue down to the scrotum, so I went into the acute car clinic and the nurse tells me "That's pretty normal... you'll be ok."

I told her I have a a lot of surgery in the past, including hernia surgery, and I have never bruised up like this betore.

A few days later I had my first "official" follow up visit. The nuse looked at me and said "That's not normal, but you'll be ok."

Yea, idiots. A lot of the bruising is vanishing (although my balls are still black, is that TMI) and I still have a lot of swelling.

I probably got some intern practicing. Managed care, gotta love it.

What were you operated on for?

re: #92 Walter L. Newton

Weet dream, Walter.

Mel! :-)

re: #54 Fenway_Nation

I feel for you. But my Chargers took the Raiders down in the hood. Not saying it was pretty though.

re: #74 Walter L. Newton

Yikes.

I guess if it's going away, it's not too serious. And I can't imagine that you'd let them brush you off if you thought it was serious. ;) Hope it heals up completely, and soon.

I have to scoot in a minute. No time to read the previous thread. Can anyone give me a quick summary? Was there Lizard consensus?

/and how screwed are we?

You all please go take a look at this -

There are a dozen or more on the same theme by the same "theme" by the same guy. Outright lies that Sarah Palin is against Jews, etc. All linked in as "related" to the neat video pasted up top.

re: #20 Sharmuta

Well, if the 0ne's gonna use Katrina anaolgies, I guess there's nothing left to do but stand back and admire 0bama's William Jefferson-like handling of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

re: #99 littleoldlady

I have to scoot in a minute. No time to read the previous thread. Can anyone give me a quick summary? Was there Lizard consensus?

/and how screwed are we?

Little, we are screwed enough that it really makes little difference "how much."

re: #99 littleoldlady

I have to scoot in a minute. No time to read the previous thread. Can anyone give me a quick summary? Was there Lizard consensus?

/and how screwed are we?

Oh, not as bad as people think.

:)

re: #54 Fenway_Nation

and last year's between the Rockies and Padres was classic.

OH. and just so we remember.... Holland still hasn't touched the plate.

re: #100 galloping granny

This guy has uploaded 50 videos, and they all have almost the same title. I think there are only about 3 original videos there, he just keeps uploading them over and over. What a freak.

Oh, and I've noticed that on the official McCain ad videos, most of the 'related videos' are ANTI McCain. At least the ones I've watched. I don't know how they set it up, maybe they change or rotate, and I got a bad rotation. Haven't checked Obama's official channel/ads to see if the 'related videos' are anti-Obama yet.

re: #79 Sharmuta

Promote this link?

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

OK, I tried reducing it to 3 signs:

1. Democratic social engineering policies caused our economic crisis. Bush & McCain tried to prevent it in 2003, 2005, & 2007.

2. The same party that caused the problem is now taking credit for the emergency fix that may not even work!

3. The TRUTH about our economic crisis that Democrats & the media are not telling you: (youtube link)

re: #97 Mel Lono

The NFL awards style points now?

I made it a point to take in as much baseball on the XM radio as I could. Given the nature of the sports broadcast biz and what happened to Skip Caray last month, for all I know, this could be the last time I had a chance to listen to a Harry Kalas, Milo Hamilton or Dave Niehaus call the play-by-play live.

granny! :-)

RTLM! :-)

Okay. No consensus. ;-)

Shanah Tovah, y'all!
May You Be Written and Sealed for a Good Year, Full of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity!

Good day, ALL!™

re: #75 redc1c4

So did you hide in the back, away from the scary people, or were you right up in it? :)

re: #104 Mel Lono

OH. and just so we remember.... Holland still hasn't touched the plate.

Holliday?

That's OK. Barrett never had the ball anyways.

re: #12 winston06

very nice place, great to look at but a bit pricey went through there by train a few times the train stops there for 2 hours.

re: #110 Fenway_Nation

Holliday?

That's OK. Barrett never had the ball anyways.

The story gets better as we age.

re: #105 gop_patriot

This guy has uploaded 50 videos, and they all have almost the same title. I think there are only about 3 original videos there, he just keeps uploading them over and over. What a freak.

Oh, and I've noticed that on the official McCain ad videos, most of the 'related videos' are ANTI McCain. At least the ones I've watched. I don't know how they set it up, maybe they change or rotate, and I got a bad rotation. Haven't checked Obama's official channel/ads to see if the 'related videos' are anti-Obama yet.

What is this - some kind of effort to appear "fair and balanced" you think?

re: #108 littleoldlady

granny! :-)

RTLM! :-)

Okay. No consensus. ;-)

Shanah Tovah, y'all!
May You Be Written and Sealed for a Good Year, Full of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity!

Good day, ALL!™

AND YOU AND YOURS L.O.L.

re: #106 Tigger2005

OK, I tried reducing it to 3 signs:

1. Democratic social engineering policies caused our economic crisis. Bush & McCain tried to prevent it in 2003, 2005, & 2007.

2. The same party that caused the problem is now taking credit for the emergency fix that may not even work!

3. The TRUTH about our economic crisis that Democrats & the media are not telling you: (youtube link)

Awesome! And this way you might be able to still use your window.

re: #108 littleoldlady

granny! :-)

RTLM! :-)

Okay. No consensus. ;-)

Shanah Tovah, y'all!
May You Be Written and Sealed for a Good Year, Full of Good Health, Happiness and Prosperity!

Good day, ALL!™

And to you too Little. Have a wonderful day.

re: #106 Tigger2005

Where's Fox Mulder when we need him? The Truth is out there.........

Good morning, Lizards!

re: #118 goddessoftheclassroom

Good morning, Lizards!

Morning Goddess. Getting ready for school? What's on the plate today for the kiddies?

re: #118 goddessoftheclassroom

Good morning- I hope you had a nice weekend.

{galloping granny}
{Sharmuta}

Today I'm reviewing/introducing grammar concepts to 9th graders--one of my FAVORITE things to teach!

My weekend was meh, but it got better.

I just found this from a big ad linked on the front page (top left no less!) at Ynetnews - maybe some of you folks can use something here -
[Link: www.rjchq.org...]

re: #110 Fenway_Nation

So, since the NL West sucks this year (never a dodger fan), I'm a Cubs fan now. What say you?

re: #121 goddessoftheclassroom

{galloping granny}
{Sharmuta}

Today I'm reviewing/introducing grammar concepts to 9th graders--one of my FAVORITE things to teach!

My weekend was meh, but it got better.

Grammar - do you use a prepared curriculum or do your own?

re: #102 galloping granny

Little, we are screwed enough that it really makes little difference "how much."

I refuse to accept that we HAVE to accept being screwed. Americans need to make up their minds that they are not going to take it anymore. We've found it too easy, while times were good or at least not too bad, to let our elected officials get away with murder. If we don't get fully involved in the political process en masse and hold these people accountable, this is what we're going to get. There is a disturbing willingness to give in to despair and hopelessness on this blog, as if people have just given up on democracy and representative government. The bad things about this bill can be changed, fixed, or even removed, even AFTER it has been signed into law, but it will take strong and sustained effort from ALL of us to accomplish this.

As I said on a previous thread, our fathers, grandfathers, great and great-great grandfathers left their farms, businesses, homes, and families to fight and DIE for this country. Yet many of us seem to think it's just too HARD to fight the liberals, the spread of socialism & entitlements, and the culture of corruption and inertia in Washington, when the enemy is not even shooting at us (yet).

re: #112 Mel Lono

The story gets better as we age.

Especially when the setting moves to the 2007 World Series. Red Sox made it so that it never came down to a solitary play at the plate.

Morning Lizards!

Shana Tova to Jewish scaly ones!

re: #117 Sharmuta

Where's Fox Mulder when we need him? The Truth is out there.........

Fox Mulder would blame it on the aliens and the Cigarette Smoking Man ...

re: #123 Mel Lono

So, since the NL West sucks this year (never a dodger fan), I'm a Cubs fan now. What say you?

Oddly enough, I thought the large crimson 'B' that served as my avatar and my screen-name might be a giveaway to where my loyalties lie.

re: #124 galloping granny

Grammar - do you use a prepared curriculum or do your own?

The core concepts for 9th grade are complex sentences with noun, adjective, and adverb clauses: defining, identifying, and creating them. However, since there's been NO continuity in our District's grammar instruction, I start with a comprehensive review to "spackle the cracks," so to speak. I wrote the review myself based on what the 11th graders in the SAT Prep class didn't know,

re: #113 galloping granny

What is this - some kind of effort to appear "fair and balanced" you think?

I wonder! I'm heading to bed now (good Lord it's 5 in the morning), but I might check around YouTube tomorrow, to see what they consider "related videos".

Goodnight, y'all, hope everyone has a great day tomorrow. :)

re: #128 Tigger2005

Fox Mulder would blame it on the aliens and the Cigarette Smoking Man ...

0bama smokes...... coincidence? I think not!

re: #125 Tigger2005

I refuse to accept that we HAVE to accept being screwed. Americans need to make up their minds that they are not going to take it anymore. We've found it too easy, while times were good or at least not too bad, to let our elected officials get away with murder. If we don't get fully involved in the political process en masse and hold these people accountable, this is what we're going to get. There is a disturbing willingness to give in to despair and hopelessness on this blog, as if people have just given up on democracy and representative government. The bad things about this bill can be changed, fixed, or even removed, even AFTER it has been signed into law, but it will take strong and sustained effort from ALL of us to accomplish this.

As I said on a previous thread, our fathers, grandfathers, great and great-great grandfathers left their farms, businesses, homes, and families to fight and DIE for this country. Yet many of us seem to think it's just too HARD to fight the liberals, the spread of socialism & entitlements, and the culture of corruption and inertia in Washington, when the enemy is not even shooting at us (yet).

Now there I could not agree with you more. I just don't think there is any point in trying to quantify how much or little our "representatives" are screwing us over these days. Things have become nasty enough down in DC (and lots of other places too) that quantifying is something like being a little bit pregnant.

One lizard posted last night that he just isn't going to take it anymore. When he goes into the voting booth he is not going to be voting for many incumbents - maybe none at all.

re: #131 gop_patriot

I wonder! I'm heading to bed now (good Lord it's 5 in the morning), but I might check around YouTube tomorrow, to see what they consider "related videos".

Goodnight, y'all, hope everyone has a great day tomorrow. :)

G'night patriot. That would be good if you could.

re: #132 Sharmuta

0bama smokes...... coincidence? I think not!

LOL! Good Monday morning, Shar, and thanks for the spew...how are you today?

OK one more thing before I go. Check your Cadbury chocolates!

Cadbury Recalls Chinese-Made Chocolates, Safety in 'Doubt'

HONG KONG — British chocolate maker Cadbury said Monday tests have "cast doubt" on the safety of its Chinese-made products and ordered a recall, the latest foreign company affected by China's tainted milk scandal.

Tests "cast doubt on the integrity of a range of our products manufactured in China," Cadbury said without elaboration in a statement issued from its office in Singapore.

Yikes.

re: #130 goddessoftheclassroom

The core concepts for 9th grade are complex sentences with noun, adjective, and adverb clauses: defining, identifying, and creating them. However, since there's been NO continuity in our District's grammar instruction, I start with a comprehensive review to "spackle the cracks," so to speak. I wrote the review myself based on what the 11th graders in the SAT Prep class didn't know,

Good for you! (At least your district still has grammar instruction!)

re: #129 Fenway_Nation

Yeah, you're the wild card again. Good Karma. I'm a NL guy so I had to pick a team.

re: #136 gop_patriot

OK one more thing before I go. Check your Cadbury chocolates!

Cadbury Recalls Chinese-Made Chocolates, Safety in 'Doubt'

Yikes.

Cadbury is made in China now? Sheesh - who knew?! Of course Hershey's is moving to Mexico so maybe I shouldn't be too surprised.

re: #135 scottishbuzzsaw

Morning, Scotti- I'm good. How are you?

re: #138 Mel Lono

NL....well, I have a C.C. Sabathia autographed baseball and I got Gabe Kapler's autograph earlier this year- almost got J.J. Hardy's autograph, too, but he bolted to stand on the infield with his teammates as soon as the PA announcer asked everyone to stand for the anthem.

Plus....as someone who had been waiting awhile for good things to happen, you gotta admit that 26 years between playoff appearences is a long time.

It's no 1908, but still.

re: #139 galloping granny

Might be for the Cadbury that's distributed in Hong Kong.

re: #140 Sharmuta

Morning, Scotti- I'm good. How are you?

I'm doing well, sweetie...catching up on the Bailout detail thread...and wondering who has cursed us with "May you live in interesting times." Very interesting indeed...

Did you have a good weekend?

re: #142 Fenway_Nation

Might be for the Cadbury that's distributed in Hong Kong.

Oh, that's true. It never even crossed my mind that Cadbury would be selling chocolates in Hong Kong. :( Coffee must be in order - apparently I am pretty obtuse this morning.

re: #109 gop_patriot

So did you hide in the back, away from the scary people, or were you right up in it? :)

backstage...... (i *am* a scary person.%-)

re: #143 scottishbuzzsaw

My weekend wasn't too bad. Thanks for asking.

Good morning all. And yes, coffee may be a cure for obtuseness. At least I hope to hell it is.

re: #141 Fenway_Nation

Always laugh at the Dodgers fans when they bring out the last series pennant. What have they done lately? Even a Padres fan can get a rise out of that, just don't call me in the morning. We're golfing.

Good Morning Lizard Nation.
Well, we have our bail out. According to 60 Minutes last night, Pelosi is the heroine, who protected the public from evil Republicans..

{Lucius Septimius}!

Good morning! How are you?

re: #146 Sharmuta

My weekend wasn't too bad. Thanks for asking.

You linked to 'Highway to Hell' in that thread?! LOL!

Hershey's not using cocoa butter in many products.

re: #152 MandyManners

Hershey's not using cocoa butter in many products.

If it's not made with cocoa butter, it's not called "chocolate".

re: #152 MandyManners

Hershey's not using cocoa butter in many products.

That explains why Hershey bars have tasted so nasty of late. I noticed last spring when we started keeping them in the house for S'mores that Hershey barely tasted like chocolate anymore.

re: #150 goddessoftheclassroom

I"m doing ok. Starting Thucydides today in one class; they also have drafts due, so I have a lot of reading to do for the next few days.

How are things up your way?

re: #153 MandyManners

If it's not made with cocoa butter, it's not called "chocolate".

Nope. Sure isn't.

Peter Paul hasn't used it in decades IIRC.

MLB playoff tems are all set except the AL Central.
The White Sox & Twins are like the Undead, they just refuse to die.
Sox down a half game, play Detroit in a make up. If they win ,a one game play in with the Twins in Chicago.

re: #155 Lucius Septimius

I"m doing ok. Starting Thucydides today in one class; they also have drafts due, so I have a lot of reading to do for the next few days.

How are things up your way?

School is going well.

The thing I used to hate most about drafts is that many students didn't make a real effort because they expected me to correct all their mistakes.

Now I give them a rubric checklist of what I'm grading, I check drafts for a thesis statement, supporting topic sentences, and a conclusion and then leave them to it.

College, of course, is very different, The most excruciating thing I remember is my theatre professor READING my paper aloud to me during a conference. Nonetheless, that was a very effective approach, and one of the many advantages of attending a very small college!

re: #158 goddessoftheclassroom

I use a rubric check-list as well -- it has definitely streamlined the process.

I had a professor in college who made us make appointments to pick up our midterms. We sat down and he went through each question I got wrong and asked "why did you write that?"

It was excruciating.

re: #147 Lucius Septimius

Good morning all. And yes, coffee may be a cure for obtuseness. At least I hope to hell it is.

You and me both. It has served me well over the years. One of my daughters is working 60 hours a week and going to college full time to boot - as a physics major no less. When she bemoaned her lack of sleep yesterday I told her that there was a reason that I drank coffee by the gallon from an IV drip when I was doing that: 45 minutes sleep between 2:25 and 3:00 am. LOL

British chocolate maker Cadbury said Monday that tests have "cast doubt" on the safety of its Chinese-made products and ordered a recall, the latest foreign company affected by China's tainted milk scandal.
Meanwhile, two U.S. food makers were investigating Indonesian claims that high traces of melamine were found in Chinese-made Oreos, M&Ms and Snickers.

Thank God they didn't put lead in those products.

My high school figure is already hurting.

We will soon be living in a pretty bad neighborhood. Russia is going to build a nuclear reactor for Venezuela.
We don't have to be concerned though, Chavez says it is just for peaceful use. So, all is well. Uh huh, all that oil & Hugo needs nuclear power.

re: #158 goddessoftheclassroom

School is going well.

The thing I used to hate most about drafts is that many students didn't make a real effort because they expected me to correct all their mistakes.

Now I give them a rubric checklist of what I'm grading, I check drafts for a thesis statement, supporting topic sentences, and a conclusion and then leave them to it.

College, of course, is very different, The most excruciating thing I remember is my theatre professor READING my paper aloud to me during a conference. Nonetheless, that was a very effective approach, and one of the many advantages of attending a very small college!

I don't suppose you would like to pass over that rubric? I'll trade you for the best little guide to logical argument I've come across :)

/A Rulebook for Arguments. Cheap and short. I liked it so well and all of my kids (who are either in college themselves or write for a living) borrowed it so much I went back and ordered a half dozen more copies.

re: #162 opnion

You can already hear it.

If the U.S. would have talked nicely to Mr. "I smell sulfur" Chavez, this would have not happened.

The Democratic foreign policy brief is simple:

Preemptive surrender will bring peace.

/grabs fruit cup and coffee, grumbles

re: #162 opnion

We will soon be living in a pretty bad neighborhood. Russia is going to build a nuclear reactor for Venezuela.
We don't have to be concerned though, Chavez says it is just for peaceful use. So, all is well. Uh huh, all that oil & Hugo needs nuclear power.

Like I said last night, not to worry. Money crisis will be off the news cycle by Wednesday and Russia was steaming nuclear vessels into our ocean. That is John McCain's bailiwick.

re: #148 Mel Lono

You're a Padres fan- you might appreciate this. I went to all three games of that Red Sox/Padres series at PetCo last year. I had an armload of stuff that I brought with me on the off chance that I might get some of it autographed. As I parked the car, I was listening to the Padres pre-game show and heard that Tony Gwynn was filling in for the regular hosts. I didn't give it much thought until I walked by one of the hotels by the Convention Center. There was the radio station's banner and sure enough, they were doing the pre-game show live from the hotel's bar. While waiting for a commerical break, I dug around a little and pulled out a Rawlins baseball that Tony autographed for me when he wasn't on the air.

Turns out it was the only autograph I was able to get that weekend- Padres or Red Sox.

Study shows that" the irreligious and the members of more liberal Protestant denominations, far from being resistant to superstition, tend to be much more likely to believe in the paranormal and in pseudoscience than evangelical Christians."

This was interesting:

Surprisingly, while increased church attendance and membership in a conservative denomination has a powerful negative effect on paranormal beliefs, higher education doesn't. Two years ago two professors published another study in Skeptical Inquirer showing that, while less than one-quarter of college freshmen surveyed expressed a general belief in such superstitions as ghosts, psychic healing, haunted houses, demonic possession, clairvoyance and witches, the figure jumped to 31% of college seniors and 34% of graduate students.

re: #164 unclassifiable

You can already hear it.

If the U.S. would have talked nicely to Mr. "I smell sulfur" Chavez, this would have not happened.

The Democratic foreign policy brief is simple:

Preemptive surrender will bring peace.

/grabs fruit cup and coffee, grumbles

Probably. Obama blamed the Russian invasion of Georgia, on the US setting a "Bad Example" in Iraq.

re: #161 ibmkeyboard

Thank God they didn't put lead in those products.

My high school figure is already hurting.

Oh boy! I guess all the kiddies will be getting little cans of playdoh or cute pencils at our house this Halloween.

/So glad the daughter is allergic to chocolate!

re: #163 galloping granny

Here are my grading standards.

re: #162 opnion

We will soon be living in a pretty bad neighborhood. Russia is going to build a nuclear reactor for Venezuela.
We don't have to be concerned though, Chavez says it is just for peaceful use. So, all is well. Uh huh, all that oil & Hugo needs nuclear power.

Just hope they don't let the Three Stooges operate it like in Chernobyl.

When do the centrifuges start spinning?

re: #165 galloping granny

Like I said last night, not to worry. Money crisis will be off the news cycle by Wednesday and Russia was steaming nuclear vessels into our ocean. That is John McCain's bailiwick.

Barry will need another bracelet. This time he should memorize the name.

re: #170 Lucius Septimius

Here are my grading standards.

Super! Thanks Lucius. Do you mind if I print out a copy for the kiddo?

Italian bloggers are up in arms at a court ruling early this year that suggests almost all Italian blogs are illegal. This month, a senior Italian politician went one step further, warning that most web activity is likely to be against the law.

The story begins back in May, when a judge in Modica (in Sicily) found local historian and author Carlo Ruta guilty of the crime of "stampa clandestina" – or publishing a "clandestine" newspaper – in respect of his blog. The judge ruled that since the blog had a headline, that made it an online newspaper, and brought it within the law’s remit.

The penalties for this crime are not onerous: A fine of 250 Euros or a prison sentence of up to two years. Carlo Ruta was fined and ordered to take down his site, which has now been replaced by a blank page, headed "Site under construction", and a link directing surfers to his new site. Hardly serious stuff – except that he now has a criminal record, and his original site has disappeared.

The offence has its origins in 1948, when in apparent contradiction of Article 21 of the Italian Constitution guaranteeing the right to free expression, a law was passed requiring publishers to register officially before setting up a new publication. The intention, in the immediate aftermath of Fascism, may have been to regulate partisan and extremist publications. The effect was to introduce into Italian society a highly centrist and bureaucratic approach to freedom of the Press.

A further twist to this tale took place in 2001, with the realisation that existing laws were inadequate to deal with the internet. Instead of liberalising, the Italian Government sought to bring the internet into the same framework as traditional print media. Law 62, passed in March 2001, introduces the concept of "stampa clandestina" to the internet.

SNIP

re: #169 galloping granny

Oh boy! I guess all the kiddies will be getting little cans of playdoh or cute pencils at our house this Halloween.

/So glad the daughter is allergic to chocolate!

I wish mine were.
We just checked a Dollar General candy bar,

Made In China.

sheeesh!

re: #173 galloping granny

No problemo.

Most of the info in there comes from many years of reading papers, as well as my own student experience. Nearly all of the comments in the "composition" section are based on comments I received on papers.

re: #160 galloping granny

45 minutes sleep between 2:25 and 3:00 am. LOL

You mean you're so accelerated by the coffee that you get 45 minutes sleep in a 35 minute interval?

re: #174 MandyManners

Italian bloggers are up in arms at a court ruling early this year that suggests almost all Italian blogs are illegal. This month, a senior Italian politician went one step further, warning that most web activity is likely to be against the law.

SNIP

Reason 24, 973 to be so very grateful that I was born and live in the United States of America!

re: #169 galloping granny

Oh boy! I guess all the kiddies will be getting little cans of playdoh or cute pencils at our house this Halloween.

/So glad the daughter is allergic to chocolate!

Kids just love a scoop of ice cream in their trick or treat bags!

re: #178 galloping granny

Reason 24, 973 to be so very grateful that I was born and live in the United States of America!

As soon as Barry Hussein is elected, that benefit will cease to exist. Count on it.

re: #168 opnion

Probably. Obama blamed the Russian invasion of Georgia, on the US setting a "Bad Example" in Iraq.

Eeeeek. This guy is truly scary.

re: #177 Moe Katz

You mean you're so accelerated by the coffee that you get 45 minutes sleep in a 35 minute interval?

That too - though inability to function as yet is a product of lack of caffeine. I'm not motivated enough to get out of the chair.

/That heavens it was you who caught my lousy addition and not the kiddo! I guess I had better get a move on before I start teaching math. Usually works best if you actually know something about what you're teaching.

re: #181 Moe Katz

Eeeeek. This guy is truly scary.

He thinks that we need to be punished & Michelle agrees.

Time to get ready to go to work. Long day ahead of me.

Later, all.

re: #180 Lucius Septimius

As soon as Barry Hussein is elected, that benefit will cease to exist. Count on it.

I'm hoping that the signs of rebellion I keep seeing and hearing are going to result in an awful lot of incumbents out on their ears and a big surprise for Barry concerning his moving plans.

re: #182 galloping granny

That too - though inability to function as yet is a product of lack of caffeine. I'm not motivated enough to get out of the chair.

/That heavens it was you who caught my lousy addition and not the kiddo! I guess I had better get a move on before I start teaching math. Usually works best if you actually know something about what you're teaching.

I've actually been admiring your intellect on these early morning posts, this glitch notwithstanding. Pity we're on different cycles.

re: #183 opnion

He thinks that we need to be punished & Michelle agrees.

There was some sort of collective guilt thing with Carter too. The result may be similar national acts of self-abasement.

re: #174 MandyManners

I'm sure that hag Sgrena's Il Manifesto rag would be exempt if it had a blog.

re: #186 Moe Katz

I've actually been admiring your intellect on these early morning posts, this glitch notwithstanding. Pity we're on different cycles.

Why thank you! My cycle tends to change some with the season so maybe we'll run into each other more often.

re: #187 Moe Katz

There was some sort of collective guilt thing with Carter too. The result may be similar national acts of self-abasement.

Yeah, Carter somehow thought that we needed some sort of weird cleansing. Instead of solving problems, he liked to lecture.
The Obamas seem to be another degreee. There are racial & class warfare components.

re: #189 galloping granny

Why thank you! My cycle tends to change some with the season so maybe we'll run into each other more often.

Let's hope so. I just woke up because my nose got too stuffed up from this sinus cold. I'll be heading back to bed for now.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Sunday his Republican rival John McCain deserves no credit for helping to forge a tentative agreement on the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street.

With about 90 percent of voters against this bailout,

I guess McCain should appreciate comments like that.

re: #183 opnion

He thinks that we need to be punished & Michelle agrees.

My husband and I, over the weekend, were trying to remember the last time the liberal/left acted in America's best interest...we went back a few decades and came up empty handed.

re: #193 scottishbuzzsaw

My husband and I, over the weekend, were trying to remember the last time the liberal/left acted in America's best interest...we went back a few decades and came up empty handed.

Maybe all of the way back to FDR?

My take on Obama -

He's like a used car salesman who is trying to sell you a car that isn't quite right and he lies through his teeth in the process.

re: #192 ibmkeyboard

With about 90 percent of voters against this bailout,

I guess McCain should appreciate comments like that.

That is a good way to look at it.

If you do not feel good about the bailout, buck up,
Nancy Pelosi calls it a 'Buy in." See, thats better.

I hope Gov. Palin jacks up Biden on economics and the DNC's role in this crisis.

Howdy my Lizard friends.

re: #188 Fenway_Nation

I'm sure that hag Sgrena's Il Manifesto rag would be exempt if it had a blog.

I have no idea what that's about.

Jesus Christ ... I know this guy is selling something, but this is such scary shit I nearly crapped my pants.

Since first warning my subscribers to follow the smart money fleeing the dollar more than three years ago, the greenback has lost 40% of its value against gold. Now I am issuing a Four-Point Storm Warning Alert: Make Preparations Now, or Face Becoming A Pauper Overnight!
National bankruptcy and financial chaos are here. The politicians are preparing a draconian emergency response which will loot your assets and seriously undermine your freedom...
You need a plan. NOW!
We face a financial implosion of the American Dream on a scale that truly dwarfs the gas shock and out-of-control inflation of the '70s...
...the Savings and Loan failures of the '80s and '90s...
...or any other financial crisis our nation has faced since the Great Depression itself!
You know big trouble is brewing when top federal Comptroller General (David Walker) recently quit in frustration because as our government's top accountant had warned in vain – the nation's finances are going over a cliff and no one is acting to stop it...
...or a recent finding by the Congressional Budget Office that the federal insolvency crisis is so deep every U.S. household would have to cough up half-a-million dollars each just to save the federal government from bankruptcy! (And, as I show you shortly, the financial debt leverage of U.S. consumers themselves is even more scary.)
Now the word "Depression" is a strong term. But the "D-word" is exactly what's being bandied about by a surprising number of experts. Read on, because I name names!
Look Who Also Sees a
"Perfect Economic Storm" Building
A significant number of former high-level U.S. officials share my alarm that a "perfect storm" of financial woes are finally starting to catch up with the U.S. economy.
Unfortunately, because so many of these former insiders are no longer in a position of authority, the mainstream financial media rarely quote their blunt statements about dark storm clouds building over our economy.
For example, Former Treasury official (and now columnist) Paul Craig Roberts, recently said "Financially the U.S. is not an independent country... the U.S. is bankrupt."
Very recently, former Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Paul Volcker stunned conferees of the prestigious New York Economic Club with this comment about the emerging dollar and bankruptcy crisis, "You don't have to predict it. We're in it."
High-profile international capital giants such as Barclays Capital are now advising their elite clientele to "batten down the hatches for a worldwide financial storm." Departing from its typically diplomatic tone, Barclays Capital added that the U.S. Federal Reserve has allowed the inflation genie out of its bottle and let its credibility fall "below zero."
My name is Lee Bellinger, publisher of the monthly financial, health, and taxation intelligence advisory Independent Living. In my two decades of publishing discreet information about government threats to your liberty, health, and prosperity, never have we produced as important a document as my best-selling new mega-manual, The National Bankruptcy Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Invest Wisely, Live Comfortably, and Retire Worry-Free During the Coming Inflationary Depression.

re: #195 Crux Australis

My take on Obama -

He's like a used car salesman who is trying to sell you a car that isn't quite right and he lies through his teeth in the process.

Funny, that's the first thing that came to my mind when he stepped onto the national stage...

re: #193 scottishbuzzsaw

When has the liberal/left ever done anything in their own countries interest?

It seems to be a global epidemic unfortunately.

re: #203 Crux Australis

When has the liberal/left ever done anything in their own countries interest?

It seems to be a global epidemic unfortunately.

Yes, it does. Very similar to how the progressive/fascist movement in the early 20th century was a world-wide event...this is not comforting.

re: #199 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Howdy my Lizard friends.

Good morning, FBV...how are you today?

re: #201 Tigger2005

Hey Tigger. Where is this available?

re: #205 scottishbuzzsaw

Good morning, FBV...how are you today?

Still a little "groggy". Dog didn't seem to have any problem going right back to sleep. Me? Sitting on the couch with you, so I must be fine.

From a link up top that is at best disturbing -

The administration tells us that the government is going to make money for the taxpayers on this deal. Really? I think, by most measures, that is called socialism. It has failed every time it has been tried. Capitalism fails when it evolves toward socialism. I would defy anyone to show me a financial deal in which the federal government bought property cheaper from a ready willing and able seller or sold property for more than a ready, willing and able seller could have than a private entity.

[Link: www.humanevents.com...]

Would you believe that 2 networks in Australia are televising the VP debate. They aren't televising the Presidential debates.

I wonder why not?

re: #201 Tigger2005

Link?

Killgore's Vacation update (for those who give a shit).....
Still in Mauririus having a nice time. I stopped my another mosque today in Grand Bai. Very large, very new, very loud call to prayer. There was a little kiosk out front so I stopped to look. They had a pile of DVD sermons from Khalid Yasin for abot $3 each. I picked out a few ("Issues deviding the Ummah" and "Islam and the Media"). When I went to give the guy his money he said, "not for you" and took the DVDs from me.

Other than that the Mauritians are mostly Hindu, very shy and practical buisiness like people. Friendly, helpful but not overly polite ass kissers. The fish are freshand women are slim, beatiful and modest.

I have the Nipple Song stuck in my head.

re: #210 MandyManners

Hey Mandy! Whodathunk Tigger was a big shot publisher?

re: #209 Crux Australis

Would you believe that 2 networks in Australia are televising the VP debate. They aren't televising the Presidential debates.

I wonder why not?

Gov. Palin.

re: #211 Killgore Trout

Why did he take them from you? Because you don't "look" Muslim?

Have a great and safe time!

re: #211 Killgore Trout

Keep safe Kilgore. Come back to us.

re: #211 Killgore Trout

Wow! Not for infidels! What a wonderful religion of tolerance!

re: #211 Killgore Trout

And of course some of us give a shit.

re: #216 Sharmuta

Wow! Not for infidels! What a wonderful religion of tolerance!

Perhaps he thought KT looked a bit, uh, shall we say, "un-terrorist".

re: #211 Killgore Trout

Killgore's Vacation update (for those who give a shit).....
Still in Mauririus having a nice time. I stopped my another mosque today in Grand Bai. Very large, very new, very loud call to prayer. There was a little kiosk out front so I stopped to look. They had a pile of DVD sermons from Khalid Yasin for abot $3 each. I picked out a few ("Issues deviding the Ummah" and "Islam and the Media"). When I went to give the guy his money he said, "not for you" and took the DVDs from me.

Other than that the Mauritians are mostly Hindu, very shy and practical buisiness like people. Friendly, helpful but not overly polite ass kissers. The fish are freshand women are slim, beatiful and modest.

I have the Nipple Song stuck in my head.

How very strange. Too bad there isn't someone you can send down to buy those DVDs for you.

/I wonder what is on them the guy is trying to hide?

Uh, thanks KT. Now I have the "Nipple Song" stuck in my head too. That is hysterical!

re: #211 Killgore Trout

Khalid Yasin's a Twoofer.

There has been no evidence that has surfaced, no bona fide irrevocable, irrefutable evidence that had been surfaced that showed that there is a group called al-Qa'ida that did the September 11 bombings. I'm of the opinion there was a rogue operation that took place. Now, to go beyond that would say I would have to have some evidence, which I don't... An operation that took place with the complicity of some very sophisticated entities other than some middle aged, Middle Eastern guys on an airplane, or being orchestrated by someone in a cave in Iraq with a walkie-talkie.[11]

Regarding the collapse of the World Trade Center following the impacts from the Aircraft, Yasin stated that "We now know that the way that the World Trade Center fell the way that those buildings fell — they seem like they fell from internal explosive charges, the same way it's done in a construction site."[11]

Maybe I've missed him but, I had not idea who this American was.

re: #151 scottishbuzzsaw

You linked to 'Highway to Hell' in that thread?! LOL!

Hell Yes!

re: #206 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Hey Tigger. Where is this available?

It was from GOPUSA Business E-mail List.

[Link: store.americanlanternpress.com...]

re: #219 galloping granny

How very strange. Too bad there isn't someone you can send down to buy those DVDs for you.

/I wonder what is on them the guy is trying to hide?

I wonder if there's a bell-boy wanting to make a tidy tip.

re: #214 MandyManners

I'm pretty sure he knew what I was looking for in those DVD's. I didn't recognize the name at the time (I had to google when I got back to the house). Now I'm really sorry he wouldn't sell them to me. I strongly suspect the Mosques here are Wahabi funded.

re: #224 MandyManners

I wonder if there's a bell-boy wanting to make a tidy tip.

I did find the "Islam and the Media" DVD on Youtube.

re: #210 MandyManners

Link?

Mandy, closest link I could find...

re: #221 MandyManners

I think we've had threads on him before and I think he was featured in the first "Undercover Mosque" episode.

re: #223 Tigger2005

It was from GOPUSA Business E-mail List.

[Link: store.americanlanternpress.com...]

Wait a minute. Tigger? You not Lee Bellinger?

re: #225 Killgore Trout

Send someone to buy them for you!

re: #226 galloping granny

I did find the "Islam and the Media" DVD on Youtube.

Let me guess: The Jooos control the media?

re: #230 MandyManners

I'm not sure it's worth it. The videos are probably available online for free.

re: #231 Killgore Trout

Let me guess: The Jooos control the media?

It is pretty long - cut up in parts - so I haven't listened to it.

re: #220 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You're welcome.
;)

re: #232 Killgore Trout

I'm not sure it's worth it. The videos are probably available online for free.

Well, I'm stubborn enough to resort to Lucy-levels to get something when I'm refused.

So, I just sent my sister who thinks she wants to vote for Obama this link - [Link: www.barackobamatest.com...]

re: #229 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Wait a minute. Tigger? You not Lee Bellinger?

Seriously, I thought you have made that post of of desperation. Thought you had gone "Jim Cramer" on us.

Morning all. Looks like a lovely day here in the DC 'burbs. Weekend rains are gone, sun is rising.
Lucius! Long time no see. How are the kiddos?

QUESTION: Why does the recently passed housing bill have a hidden provision requiring that ALL credit card transactions in the US, be reported to the IRS?

H.R. 3221, the “Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008,” passed the House on July 23, 2008 by a vote of 272-152. On July 26, 2008 the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 72-13. The President signed the bill on July 30, 2008.

Hidden deep in Senator Christopher Dodd's 630-page Senate housing legislation [HR 3221] is a sweeping provision that affects the privacy and operation of nearly all of America's small businesses.

As FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey commented: "This is a provision with astonishing reach, and it was slipped into the bill just this week. Not only does it affect nearly every credit card transaction in America, such as Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express, but the bill specifically targets payment systems like eBay's PayPal, Amazon, and Google Checkout that are used by many small online businesses. The privacy implications for America's small businesses are breathtaking."

From the Senate Bill Summary:

Payment Card and Third Party Network Information Reporting. The proposal requires information reporting on payment card and third party network transactions. Payment settlement entities, including merchant acquiring banks and third party settlement organizations, or third party payment facilitators acting on their behalf, will be required to report the annual gross amount of reportable transactions to the IRS and to the participating payee.

Reportable transactions include any payment card transaction and any third party network transaction. Participating payees include persons who accept a payment card as payment and third party networks who accept payment from a third party settlement organization in settlement of transactions.

A payment card means any card issued pursuant to an agreement or arrangement which provides for standards and mechanisms for settling the transactions. Use of an account number or other indicia associated with a payment card will be treated in the same manner as a payment card. A de minimis exception for transactions of $10,000 or less and 200 transactions or less applies to payments by third party settlement organizations.

The proposal applies to returns for calendar years beginning after December 31, 2010. Back-up withholding provisions apply to amounts paid after December 31, 2011. This proposal is estimated to raise $9.802 billion over ten years.

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re: #190 opnion

Yeah, Carter somehow thought that we needed some sort of weird cleansing.

"Cleansing" reminds me of colonoscopy prep, and the fact that some people pay for spa treatments that include that

re: #239 Tamron

the bill specifically targets payment systems like eBay's PayPal, Amazon, and Google Checkout that are used by many small online businesses. The privacy implications for America's small businesses are breathtaking.

Wow! Why is this the government's business? How much tax money will be used to keep track of this? How many trees will die for the paper-work?

re: #201 Tigger2005

Uh, respectfully, we're already over the cliff and in mid-air. The only question right now is, how hard a landing will it be?

That fear-monger is WAY too late. The only thing that could have avoided this was a degree of self-denial, self-discipline, and fiscal integrity not encouraged in consumer societies.

Time to pay the piper after a long collective binge. The good news: we can and will do it!

I looks like Pres. Bush got some sleep this weekend. He looked like shit last week.

re: #242 quickjustice

Uh, respectfully, we're already over the cliff and in mid-air.

I'm reminded of Calvin and Hobbes in their red wagaon.

To the tune of

"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home."

Be it ever so crumbly;
There's no place like Rome.
Nero He was the ruler;
And the palace was his home.
But, he liked to play with matches;
And for a fire he yearned.
So he burned Rome to ashes;
And fiddled while it burned.

Bugs Bunny was a freakin' Nostradamus. And we've got a freakin' pile of Neros.

re: #243 MandyManners

It's tough to keep all the balls in the air. He finally got Iraq right, only to have the economy tank. He's not personally to blame, but we all were distracted from the economy by the furious fight over the Iraq insurgency and the rosy reports coming out of the financial press.

Right-wing parties make big gains in Austria

If we have to re-invade these pricks again I'm really gonna be pissed.

Well the early markets are dumping out anyway.

Looks like a hard fall is going to happen, folks.

Best advice I can give is take the long run view, keep working if you can, don't go into anymore debt, and hang on.

I still think some of the downfall could be softened if the eliminated the "mark to market" requirement.

Also, if the FDIC would raise the insurance limit on deposits to $1 that should stop some of the cash run going on against the banks.

But at this point, with all the bad news and all the screwing around by Congress and finger pointing, you have a stampede going on.

Good luck and hang in there.

This whole mess is playing into Obama's playbook. He comes across as" I told you the GOP isn't capable of handling the economy". In the meantime, we have McCain unable (for what reason I can't image) to attach the democrats for their hand in this. He needs to yell loud and clear. Start naming names, McCain or you are toast!
what is he waiting for? If he makes a big enough stink, the MSM will have to show it and maybe, just maybe, the truth can trickle out.

I mean to raise the FDIC insurance to $1 million

ACORN on Fox. James Perry calls it corrupt and that it will benefit from the crisis that it helped create.

When will Fox mention BHO and his representation of ACORN?

re: #246 quickjustice

It's tough to keep all the balls in the air. He finally got Iraq right, only to have the economy tank. He's not personally to blame, but we all were distracted from the economy by the furious fight over the Iraq insurgency and the rosy reports coming out of the financial press.

It must be the toughest job in the world.

re: #248 3 wood

Well the early markets are dumping out anyway.

Looks like a hard fall is going to happen, folks.

Best advice I can give is take the long run view, keep working if you can, don't go into anymore debt, and hang on.

I still think some of the downfall could be softened if the eliminated the "mark to market" requirement.

Also, if the FDIC would raise the insurance limit on deposits to $1 that should stop some of the cash run going on against the banks.

But at this point, with all the bad news and all the screwing around by Congress and finger pointing, you have a stampede going on.

Good luck and hang in there.

If this is going to happen anyway maybe they should just skip the bailout. . . . yeah, right.

THE UNKNOWN 20 TRILLION DOLLAR COMPANY
by Flemming Funch
2003-10-30

There is a busy little private company you probably never have heard about, but which you should. Its name is the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. See their website. Looks pretty boring. Some kind of financial service thing, with a positive slogan and out there to make a little business. You can even get a job there. Now, go and take a look at their annual report. Starts with a nice litte Flash presentation and has a nice message from the CEO. And take a look at the numbers. It turns out that this company holds 23 trillion dollars in assets, and had 917 trillion dollars worth of transactions in 2002. That's trillions, as in thousands of thousands of millions. 23,000,000,000,000 dollars in assets.

As it so turns out, it is not because DTCC has a nice website and says good things about saving their customers money that they are trusted with that kind of resources. Rather it is because they seem to have a monopoly on what they do. In brief, they process the vast majority of all stock transactions in the United States as well as for many other countries. And - and that's the real interesting part - 99% of all stocks in the U.S. appear to be legally owned by them.

In the old days, when you owned stocks you would have the stock certificates lying in your safe. And if you needed to trade them, you needed to get them shipped off to a broker. Nowadays that would be considered very cumbersome, and it would be impractical to invest via computer or over the phone. So the shortcut was invented that the broker would hold your stocks instead of you. And in order for him to legally be able to trade them for you, the stocks were placed under their "street name". I.e. they're in the name of the brokerage, but they're just holding them in trust and trading them for you. And you're in reality the beneficiary rather than the owner. Which is all fine and dandy if everything goes right. Now, it appears the rules were then changed so the brokers are not allowed any longer to put the stocks in their own name. Instead, what they typically do is to put the stocks into the name of "Cede and Company" or "Cede & Co" or some such variation. And the broker might tell you that it is just a fictitious name, and will explain why it is really more practical to do that than to put it in your name.

The problem with that is that it appears that Cede isn't just some dummy name, but an actual corporation that DTCC controls. And, well, if you ask anybody about this, who actually knows about it, they will naturally tell you that it is all a formality. To serve you better, of course. And, well, maybe it is. DTCC seems like a nice and friendly company. It is a private company, owned by the same people (major U.S. banks) who own the Federal Reserve Bank. And if they all stick to their job, and just keep the money and your stocks flowing smoothly, I'm sure that is all well and good. But if somebody at some point should decide otherwise, and there's a national U.S. emergency and/or the U.S. government becomes unable to pay its debts, well, they might just not give you your stocks back. Because legally they own them. Something to think about.

(Reminder: This article was written in 2003)
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Fox is the only one on the TV that is talking about ACORN, and just like the web...we are preaching to the choir. It will take something "newsworthy", like a press statement from McCain or someone that can pull the critical media's attention.

Hummm...maybe someone like Sarah? Let her loose, John!

re: #249 Beach Lover

This whole mess is playing into Obama's playbook. He comes across as" I told you the GOP isn't capable of handling the economy". In the meantime, we have McCain unable (for what reason I can't image) to attach the democrats for their hand in this. He needs to yell loud and clear. Start naming names, McCain or you are toast!
what is he waiting for? If he makes a big enough stink, the MSM will have to show it and maybe, just maybe, the truth can trickle out.

Maybe he is waiting to get people on records with their vote. Especially Barry, who announced he was leaving DC and didn't intend to vote unless they needed him. That was early yesterday or the night before.

Late yesterday Nancy Pelosi stated that those who had conflicts of interest with this legislation should not vote.

Leaving us with only two choices -

1.) Barry didn't bother to cast a vote, therefor he admits that he has conflicts of interest in the matter (now there is some ammunition!)

2.) Barry has to vote up or down and take the responsibility for his vote. No coming back later shoving the responsibility off to someone else.

Win/win by the way I see it.

re: #252 MandyManners