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Charles, you have just photographed a rare phenomenon known as a "sun dog."
It seems the sun is indeed a bit off to the right of the photo, which is compatible with the 22-degree rule. Sun dogs are always 22 degrees away from the actual sun, parallel to the horizon.
Nope. That was some kind of lenticular cloud formation focusing the sun-- looked like that in the sky.
Actually, you don't specifically need lenticular clouds to get sun dogs -- just any kind of cloud or haziness will do. And it has to be cold up there -- the effect comes from ice crystal reflections, unlike the liquid water that produces normal rainbows.
Lenticular clouds have a different look that is very distinct - -I don't see one in your photo.
I once saw a really amazing sun dog in Denver (not the most recent time I visited at the convention, but years earlier). It was intensely colorful and so bright you could hardly even look at it -- which is one of the reasons why they're called "sun dogs," because they're sometimes seemingly almost as bright as the sun. The person I was with couldn't believe it was real.
WASHINGTON - A Democratic congressman compared Caroline Kennedy to Sarah Palin, saying the would-be senator hasn't proved she has the "guts and the gumption" to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton.
There irony is, there are few people in the country more different from Sarah Palin than is Caroline Kennedy.
Very nice, the bummer is that with even the best digital camera you don't get "full spectrum" hue in shots like these without a filter or something. I'm betting it was more colorful than the photo lets on.
What sins a person has, unless it directly affects me, is between him, his priest, and God. And his priest is absolutely forbidden to discuss such things. I've got enough problems—why should I worry about someone else?
Zombie's correct. It's a Sun Dog. The interesting thing about atmospheric optical phenomena is the orientation of the rainbow. I can't remember the rule, but if the rainbow is due to ice it's one way, and if it's due to water it's the other.
Be careful when shopping at Home Depot. This is a "heads up" for men who may be regular Home Depot customers like me.
Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don't be naïve enough to think it couldn't happen to you, or to your friends.
Here's how the scam works:
Two very hot 20 something girls come over to your car or truck in the parking lot as you are unloading your shopping cart into your trunk or the bed of your pickup truck. They both start wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, with their breasts almost falling out of their skimpy T-shirts. It is impossible not to look.
When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say, “No”, and instead they ask you for a ride to another Home Depot. Of course you agree, and they get in the backseat. On the way, they start undressing in your car or the cab of your truck. Then one of them climbs over into the front seat and starts performing oral sex on you, while the other one steals your wallet.
I had my wallet stolen on November 4th, 9th, 10th, twice on the 11th, 12th, 19th, 20th, and 30th. Also on December 1st and 4th, twice on the 8th, 16th, three times this Saturday and very likely again this week.
Zombie's correct. It's a Sun Dog. The interesting thing about atmospheric optical phenomena is the orientation of the rainbow. I can't remember the rule, but if the rainbow is due to ice it's one way, and if it's due to water it's the other.
Somebody hep me!
If it's ice, it's a 22 degree circle around the sun. If it's water, it's 42 degrees around the point directly opposite the sun, i.e. with the sun at your back.
Zombie's correct. It's a Sun Dog. The interesting thing about atmospheric optical phenomena is the orientation of the rainbow. I can't remember the rule, but if the rainbow is due to ice it's one way, and if it's due to water it's the other.
Somebody hep me!
Well, the rainbow must be gay! I mean, why else do they use it for their symbol?
Wow! It really could be foolery to your mind as a Alien ship...to the imaginative and those inclined to believe it would look like a saucer.
Beautiful photo.
Well what about multiple rainbows - where the first one has red on the outer part of the arch and violet on the inner section of the arch - and the second rainbow is "backwards". I've seen a tertiary rainbow, but don't recall the color sequence.
Well what about multiple rainbows - where the first one has red on the outer part of the arch and violet on the inner section of the arch - and the second rainbow is "backwards". I've seen a tertiary rainbow, but don't recall the color sequence.
I have two problems with Rick Warren,One, he is a Celeberty clergy & two he got his big break on Oprah, like Doctor Phil & The President Elect.
The thread below about Warren at the MPAC convention was very educational (to me anyway).
I'm just thinking acts such as an 8-yr-old girl being sold into marriage in Saudi Arabia is something Warren may not be aware of, among other evil practices.
Burger King's quest to find a "whopper virgin" — someone who has never tried their signature hamburger — and then administer an on-the-spot comparative, taste test against its top competitor has some critics questioning the fast food giant's new ad campaign.
"Here they are spending millions of dollars, going around the world trying to find hamburger illiterate people ... and an agricultural organization can't even raise 1/30 of the funds it needs in order to end hunger on the planet," said Eric Holtz-Giminez, executive director of Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy in Oakland, Calif.
It's a [expletive deleted] television commercial and I bet the people even got paid. Geez.
oprah tends to support a lot of mediocrity. (and i'm trying to be polite.)
She does, & she has incredible bias. She actually now has the nerve to complain that Sarah Palin will not jump to book on her show, while she is traking other bookings.
Oprah helped to stack the deck for Obama & played unfair. I hope that Palin snubs her in total.
The thread below about Warren at the MPAC convention was very educational (to me anyway).
I'm just thinking acts such as an 8-yr-old girl being sold into marriage in Saudi Arabia is something Warren may not be aware of, among other evil practices.
If he isn't aware, he should be. He should know what is going on in the world.
If he is aware but is so anxious for "dialogue" that he's willing to overlook it - then shame on him.
The thread below about Warren at the MPAC convention was very educational (to me anyway).
I'm just thinking acts such as an 8-yr-old girl being sold into marriage in Saudi Arabia is something Warren may not be aware of, among other evil practices.
Ya know he probably is a good guy, but he has made a business out of salvation. He is more of a celeberty than anything. I think that it is unlikely that he is unaware of some of the evil in Islam, he just has his own agenda & that is promoting Rick Warren.
Okay...I've learned my lesson: Never, NEVER announce your engagement during a "Gays and Scouting Thread". So, only because I love being the Center of Attention, I'm going to try this again...
Dear Lizards: I am engaged to be married! Yay me!
The future Mrs. yitzy is currently politically apathetic, but I hope to convince her to follow the Way of the Lizard soon.
Okay...I've learned my lesson: Never, NEVER announce your engagement during a "Gays and Scouting Thread". So, only because I love being the Center of Attention, I'm going to try this again...
Dear Lizards: I am engaged to be married! Yay me!
The future Mrs. yitzy is currently politically apathetic, but I hope to convince her to follow the Way of the Lizard soon.
HOW CAN YOU GET MARRIED WHEN WE HAVE A GAY SCOUTING CRISIS!
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Congrats when the big event going to take place.
I wish I could be happy aboout it, but this has been going on for days now and I have to clean my driveway just to get out. I bet I've removed a good 4ft of snow.
Okay...I've learned my lesson: Never, NEVER announce your engagement during a "Gays and Scouting Thread". So, only because I love being the Center of Attention, I'm going to try this again...
Dear Lizards: I am engaged to be married! Yay me!
The future Mrs. yitzy is currently politically apathetic, but I hope to convince her to follow the Way of the Lizard soon.
She does, & she has incredible bias. She actually now has the nerve to complain that Sarah Palin will not jump to book on her show, while she is traking other bookings.
Oprah helped to stack the deck for Obama & played unfair. I hope that Palin snubs her in total.
i do too.
sarah needs to do what's in her best interest.
why should she come running when the oprah snaps her fingers?
oprah had her chance. she chose to protect her lightworker.
I'll bet the Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy in Oakland, Calif. offices have air conditioning, carpet, a coffee maker, a refridgerator, etc. They spend money on that and yet there are people without food in this world!
And I wonder if Eric Holtz-Giminez has any luxuries at home beside bare subsistance living?
i do too.
sarah needs to do what's in her best interest.
why should she come running when the oprah snaps her fingers?
oprah had her chance. she chose to protect her lightworker.
Isn't that cute. Yitzy thinks he understands apathy. He isn't even married yet.
Now you stop! You're only supposed to smile and congratulate. Same as when they're first kid approaches. Just smile and congratulate or the human race will disappear!
Okay...I've learned my lesson: Never, NEVER announce your engagement during a "Gays and Scouting Thread". So, only because I love being the Center of Attention, I'm going to try this again...
Dear Lizards: I am engaged to be married! Yay me!
The future Mrs. yitzy is currently politically apathetic, but I hope to convince her to follow the Way of the Lizard soon.
You must convince her that the way of the Lizard is the path to enlightenment, Grasshopper.
Now you stop! You're only supposed to smile and congratulate. Same as when they're their first kid approaches. Just smile and congratulate or the human race will disappear!
If he isn't aware, he should be. He should know what is going on in the world.
If he is aware but is so anxious for "dialogue" that he's willing to overlook it - then shame on him.
exactly, if he doesn't know, he is not doing his job.
there should be universal outrage by all civilized people abt. this practice of pedophile "marriage" taking place at the behest of islam.
who cares if the moslems are made uncomfortable if this is brought up.
they should be full of concern and shame.
What really frosts the opponents of the Whopper Virgin ads is that seeing people used to chewing raw whale blubber or drinking liquified yak fat saying, "Gee, this is a lot better" is going to make it a lot more difficult for them to cram raw whale blubber and liquified yak fat down our throats in the interest of Saving the Planet.
The loony I saw complaining about these ads asserted that these are not "meat-eating" people, and their digestive systems are so sensitive to meat that feeing them these burgers is "toxic" to them.
They're real. I think they are brilliant. Don't Kave King!
I've only seen the Inuit one, and personally, I thought that particular one was in pretty bad taste. Why? Because, in reality, the last remaining traditionalist Eskimos have mostly been lured away from their aboriginal culture precisely by things like Burger King Whoppers and other fast food, with an attendant rise in obesity, diabetes, poor health, and an overall destruction of their millennia-old way of life. It's not just an ad -- that scene has been played out thousands of times in reality, with unfortunate results. And it seems like Burger King is bragging about destroying traditional cultures.
The people who made that ad campaign are simply tone-deaf to how they are perceived.
There's another strange aspect to the commercials' concept.
Why should you trust the advice of someone who has never tasted that kind of food before? No one would try to sell sushi that way.
Ya know he probably is a good guy, but he has made a business out of salvation. He is more of a celeberty than anything. I think that it is unlikely that he is unaware of some of the evil in Islam, he just has his own agenda & that is promoting Rick Warren.
Probably.
Can't help but think of the old Steve Martin movie 'Leap of Faith' though. LOL
I don't like the ads either, but the Whopper is closer to traditional Inuit diet than most things they eat nowadays. It was traditionally 100% meat and fish during winter, and was highly vitamin deficient.
I've only seen the Inuit one, and personally, I thought that particular one was in pretty bad taste. Why? Because, in reality, the last remaining traditionalist Eskimos have mostly been lured away from their aboriginal culture precisely by things like Burger King Whoppers and other fast food, with an attendant rise in obesity, diabetes, poor health, and an overall destruction of their millennia-old way of life. It's not just an ad -- that scene has been played out thousands of times in reality, with unfortunate results. And it seems like Burger King is bragging about destroying traditional cultures.
The people who made that ad campaign are simply tone-deaf to how they are perceived.
So are you saying you want them to stay just the way they are, even if they want to change?
With all due respect. If I were an Inuit in 1850, and someone brought the modern world to me, I, personally would greatly appreciate it.
Nothing about that way of life looked fun to me.
Oh, I'm no PC-defender of all "primitive" cultures. I fully admit that most pre-civilizational cultures weren't a lot of fun, and often had terrible value systems (Carthaginians, Aztecs, Yanomamo, etc.). But when there are only a handful left, they're like an endangered species, and we probably shouldn't make a joke about wiping out the last of them, as these ads seem to do.
Whether or not we would enjoy being old-skool Inuits, it is their way of life, and it's kind of cringe-worthy to see a corporation making light of what many people consider a sad tragedy -- the final extirpation of traditionalist cultures.
Look, I know all the jokes about women not being interested in sex. What's funny is that not all that long ago, women's insatiability was the standard for jokes.
So, trust me, this is about how men handle sex, not women!
So are you saying you want them to stay just the way they are, even if they want to change?
Well, that's a very deep question -- gets into the whole Kipling-esque "White Man's Burden" thing (not that I'm necessarily "white" or a "man"). Is it the responsibility of advanced societies to bring "primitive" peoples up to our way of living (as was believed up until fairly recently); or is it our duty to preserve, as in amber, the last remnants of a dying culture? Because we have so much more awareness and power, we can easily manipulate what these people think they "want." It's not such an easily answered question.
Being the sentimental nostalgic that I am, I tend to fall into the "preserve the endangered species" camp, just on general principles.
To all who wonder if I am a native Basque speaker, I plead guilty to being a "Basque wannabe". I married a gal whose grandmother immigrated from Mendata in the Basque province of Bizkaia in the early 1900's; she landed in Boise, Idaho where she met and married a French immigrant from southern France. They had 5 kids and operated a Basque boarding house in Boise for a number of years. My wife's Dad was one of the 3 sons. My wife is really into Genealogy in a big way and has gathered information on thousands of relatives, many of them living in Spain. We have been to Spain several times and have visited with some of her relatives, and even saw the ancestral home where her Grandmother was born. They are great, friendly people, and are thrilled to find out how their relatives in the US are doing. Boise is home to many Basques; they have a "Basque Center" and museum, and every 5 years they stage a "Jaialdi" festival which features Basque music, dancing, athletic events, and other cultural things. People from all over the US attend. and large numbers of people from the Basque Country (Euskal Herria) in Spain come and participate. The last one I attended, a competition called Soka Tira (tug-of-war) was held between Basque athletes and football players from the Boise State University football team (naturally the Bascos won!).
Anyway, I have been learning a little Basque (Euskara) over the years. It's a language much older than the Indo-European family of languages (Germanic, Italic, Celtic, Greek, Balto-Slavic, Indo-Iranian, Armenian, etc.) and was once spoken over a much larger area than it is today (northern Spain and southern France). There are less than a million Basque speakers in the "old country" today, but there are quite a few young people learning the language, both here and overseas.
Look, I know all the jokes about women not being interested in sex. What's funny is that not all that long ago, women's insatiability was the standard for jokes.
So, trust me, this is about how men handle sex, not women!
Dianna, I don't discount what you are saying & really I am just having some fun , but it is true that the way to stop many women from having sex is to marry them. I'm just sayin.
I must say, I find the notion of "preserving" a culture a bit off-putting.
I think people who want to change should be able to. I know that means that the kids will run for the bright lights, and the traditional culture dies, but...I only believe in individuals, anyway. I don't much care for discussions of traditional "culture" conducted by people who are ensconced in the greatest comfort.
The Hmong villagers of Chiang Mai Province in Thailand eat a well-balanced diet. They raise pigs and other livestock, grow cabbage, tomatoes and corn. A typical meal might consist of rice with spicy minced pork sauce and soft-boiled vegetables. Unlike the vast majority of meat production in the United States, their animals are not genetically cloned and raised in pens at the expense of the animal's health and, arguably, the consumer's, but pastured outdoors on a healthy, natural diet.
So, "what happens if you take remote Chiang Mai villagers who've never seen a burger, who don't even have a word for 'burger' and ask them to compare Whopper versus Big Mac in the world's purest taste test?" the new campaign from Burger King asks.
Well, for one thing, vomiting, diarrhea, and with extended use, Type 2 diabetes, obesity and vitamin deficiency (i.e. the impact of the American diet on Greece). But most of all, you get a classic story of American corporate colonialism, sickly masked in that all-too-proud illusion of goodwill.
/yep, The Whopper, Destroyer of Ancient Civilizations
Dianna, I don't discount what you are saying & really I am just having some fun , but it is true that the way to stop many women from having sex is to marry them. I'm just sayin.
Damn. That's worrisome.
I guess I'll just keep my Male living in sin, then!
So you want them to stay the same for you? I understand your feelings on wanting to preserve these cultures.These however are not endangered species these are human beings. It seems your argument is don't offer a whooper to these people because they might like it and then they will stop eating whale.
Well, that's a very deep question -- gets into the whole Kipling-esque "White Man's Burden" thing (not that I'm necessarily "white" or a "man"). Is it the responsibility of advanced societies to bring "primitive" peoples up to our way of living (as was believed up until fairly recently); or is it our duty to preserve, as in amber, the last remnants of a dying culture? Because we have so much more awareness and power, we can easily manipulate what these people think they "want." It's not such an easily answered question.
Being the sentimental nostalgic that I am, I tend to fall into the "preserve the endangered species" camp, just on general principles.
historically on a grand scale the profit margin accounts for a great deal regarding the decision to preserve one culture or another...maybe the white mans burden is the weight of is gold...pretty cynical I guess
In Fairbanks you can easily tell the Inuit kids who grew up in coastal villages from those who grew up in towns or cities. The village kids have pop bottle bottom glasses, are short, and have bowed legs. The Town kids have no glasses, or light prescription, are 6" to a foot taller, and have better teeth.
Oh, I'm no PC-defender of all "primitive" cultures. I fully admit that most pre-civilizational cultures weren't a lot of fun, and often had terrible value systems (Carthaginians, Aztecs, Yanomamo, etc.). But when there are only a handful left, they're like an endangered species, and we probably shouldn't make a joke about wiping out the last of them, as these ads seem to do.
Whether or not we would enjoy being old-skool Inuits, it is their way of life, and it's kind of cringe-worthy to see a corporation making light of what many people consider a sad tragedy -- the final extirpation of traditionalist cultures.
Malaria and starvation are a "way of life" for a lot of pre-civilization cultures too. Should we not attempt to wipe out malaria because only a few people who aren't here in the USA suffer from it? I say if Burger King wants to hand out a couple burgers to perennially half starved hunter-gatherers more power too 'em.
I don't like the ads either, but the Whopper is closer to traditional Inuit diet than most things they eat nowadays. It was traditionally 100% meat and fish during winter, and was highly vitamin deficient.
Its hard to grow anything when it is -40 degrees F, the wind is blowing 30 knots and is dark. Having spent a lot of time on the North Slope and the west coast of Alaska in winter, I am in awe that they were able to survive at all.
/yep, The Whopper, Destroyer of Ancient Civilizations
You're a little late on the thread -- we're already discussing this very topic!
And yes, I'm the one arguing the moonbat side, that maybe it's not such a clever thing to make light of purposely destroying traditionalist cultures.
I'm not really worked up over this issue, as I'd only ever seen one of the ads once, but if forced to render my opinion, I would agree that I think they were in pretty bad taste.
So you want them to stay the same for you? I understand your feelings on wanting to preserve these cultures.These however are not endangered species these are human beings. It seems your argument is don't offer a whooper to these people because they might like it and then they will stop eating whale.
If you want to see the joys of aboriginal culture simply visit Indian Reservations.
THe incidence of diabetes, alchoholism, drug abuse & teenage suicide is appaling.
I would advise any young person to get loans if necessary, go to college & don'[t go back. That may sound harsh, but the pathology there needs to be avoided.
There is an excellent Basque restaurant called Epi's in Meridian, Idaho (just west of Boise). The serve their food family-style, just like my wife remembers at the Delamar, the Basque boarding house which her grandparents ran in Boise. The food is GREAT!
If you want to see the joys of aboriginal culture simply visit Indian Reservations.
THe incidence of diabetes, alchoholism, drug abuse & teenage suicide is appaling.
I would advise any young person to get loans if necessary, go to college & don'[t go back. That may sound harsh, but the pathology there needs to be avoided.
I think that is more a symptom of long term welfare.
But is that aboriginal culture, or the sad residue?
My experience in the village...sad residue. Alaska's native people are proud of their heritage (and rightfully so in my opinion) and they are making a real effort to bring it back to their young people.
I'm just a goofy old white guy, but I have had the opportunity to go to fish camp and go caribou hunting, and it seems to me they have it together when they are out gathering food.
Its hard to grow anything when it is -40 degrees F, the wind is blowing 30 knots and is dark. Having spent a lot of time on the North Slope and the west coast of Alaska in winter, I am in awe that they were able to survive at all.
it's not such a clever thing to make light of purposely destroying traditionalist cultures.
/it's one taste test between two hamburgers, it's not like they're herding them into camps and making the entire population eat the damn things at gunpoint
So you want them to stay the same for you? I understand your feelings on wanting to preserve these cultures.These however are not endangered species these are human beings. It seems your argument is don't offer a whooper to these people because they might like it and then they will stop eating whale.
It is very easy to tempt tribal people away from their traditional way of life. Hell, the missionaries to Hawaii even convinced most Hawaiians to abandon the hula, as the missionaries had deemed it "un-Christian." After a century or two, the Hawaiians said, "Hey, wait a minute -- you tricked us, the hula was an important component of our culture! We can be Christian and still do the hula if we want!" Luckily, a few people still remembered how to do it, and it was re-born as a story-telling form. But thousands of times around the world, similar cultural artifacts and behaviors were forgotten -- because we convinced the "primitives" that it wasn't good for them.
Whoppers and other fast food have been carefully designed to be delicious and addictive, over decades of taste-testing. But they can be bad for you. Of course if you offer a Whopper to a teenage Eskimo, they're gonna want it. How could they not? But if left unchecked, this trend would lead to cultural homogenization around the world. (Which, in fact, is already happening, if the McDonald's in Paris and the KFC on Tianenmen Square are any indication).
I watched this movie last night, after my gig.
I thought it was outstanding. Great scenery, wonderful child actors, and a captivating score, with full orchestra plus a heavy metal band. It is subtitled, an apparent Russian production. For the guys we have full contact battle scenes with massed armies on horseback. For the ladies, a love story that can't be beat.
rawmuse sez, check it out.
Alaska's native people are proud of their heritage
I'm proud of my heritage, of ancestors who made their own soap, created a country, and crossed an ocean in leaky wooden ships.
But that doesn't mean I'm going to continue to live like they did. Electricity, cable, computers, and readily available inexpensive food are also part of my culture.
/it's one taste test between two hamburgers, it's not like they're herding them into camps and making the entire population eat the damn things at gunpoint
I have to go with you on that. It is a taste comparison , not an attempt at genocide.
This has to be a total weenie answer, but there has to be a way to preserve the good while bringing comfort, nutrition and medical care in. I think a lot of kids of those cultures would be more than willing to learn languages, traditions, history, crafts, and so on, as long as they could also be prosperous and comfortable.
So, the Inuit can eat fruits and veggies while learning their language, participating in their traditions, and so on. The catch (speaking as a parent) is a way to make it seem cool. You'll find no shortage of young men willing to learn the haka.
Actually there used to be a Burger King in Kotzebue, AK (Check Google Maps to find Kotzebue) a number of years ago. Fortunately, not enought people ate there and it went out of business.
I'm proud of my heritage, of ancestors who made their own soap, created a country, and crossed an ocean in leaky wooden ships.
But that doesn't mean I'm going to continue to live like they did. Electricity, cable, computers, and readily available inexpensive food are also part of my culture.
A lot of people in the villages in Alaska have computers, cable TV and most of the "modern conveniences" you are used to. The big difference is you can't go whale hunting or subsistence fishing.
I'm not saying all is well there, but it is a lot better than it used to be.
Nobody is forcing all these quaint aboriginals to eat Whoppers on a regular basis.
Speaking of force, in Bermuda, the state is forcing people in the other direction. They have outlawed chain restaurants. (There is one legacy KFC) So now everyone can feel a little superior that the Bermudian culture is "preserved," the free choice of the people be damned.
City officials are finally admitting what others have been saying for years: San Francisco is attracting huge numbers of homeless people from all over. Thousands of transient people, arriving from other counties, states and even countries, are overwhelming the city's homeless system.
A lot of people in the villages in Alaska have computers, cable TV and most of the "modern conveniences" you are used to. The big difference is you can't go whale hunting or subsistence fishing.
I'm not saying all is well there, but it is a lot better than it used to be.
Yes it is. There are still honey buckets in Barrow though, and spending the night riding herd at the NSB Jail's drunk tank / detox wing as I have a few nights is a like a visit to hell.
Malaria and starvation are a "way of life" for a lot of pre-civilization cultures too. Should we not attempt to wipe out malaria because only a few people who aren't here in the USA suffer from it?
Short lives are part and parcel of the traditional way of life. That's exactly correct. Dogooderism is also cultural imperialism. Building hospitals and using DDT and digging sewers -- those are our values. It has been shown many times over in anthropological studies that "improving" the lives of hunter-gatherer tribes with modern conveniences inevitably has all sorts of corrosive side-effects we can't predict. Sometimes just building a hospital causes the collapse of a traditional way of life, because that particular tribe has no way to cope with or feed all the old people that now survive past 35.
I say: allow these tribes to throw in the towel and enter the modern world if they want on their own initiative, but if they prefer to stay "backward" -- let 'em. And don't force ourselves on them, whether it be capitalsit fast food outlets or moonbat dogooder projects.
Very fun place. They poured our daughter a big glass of that red table wine when she was about 13, LOL, I let it go. When we went outside she witnessed her first real snowstorm. She was hilarious trying to catch the snowflakes.
We go to the Santa Fe now because my brother-in-law's ex hangs out at Loui's.
I get the feeling that is not a Kumbaya type of thing.
A high school in Salt Lake City had a heavily-Polynesian football team. They started a tradition of starting their games with the haka. The league ruled they had to stop because it constituted intimidation. They decided to keep the tradition and take the penalty.
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama, faced with a deteriorating economy, is expanding his stimulus package with a goal of creating or saving 3 million jobs over two years, a transition aide said last night.
The new target, revised from 2.5 million jobs he previously announced, came at the suggestion of Christina Romer, Obama’s pick to head the Council of Economic Advisers, during a Dec. 16 meeting with the president-elect’s top economic advisers, the aide said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Romer said the short, medium and long-term economic forecasts have worsened since Obama outlined the plan on Nov. 22, the aide said.
Obama, who takes office Jan. 20, is making job creation his first priority as government reports suggest unemployment will grow further in the worst economy since World War II. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC will shutter about 59 factories over the next month as sales plunge. GM and Chrysler will get $13.4 billion in emergency government loans to stay afloat.
“We’ve got to begin to stem this bleeding here, and begin to stop the loss of jobs and the creation of jobs,” Vice President-elect Joe Biden said on ABC’s “This Week” program today.
“The day we’re sworn in, the thing that we have to worry about is the further collapse of this economy,” Biden added. “No president raising his right hand will ever have been in the position by the time he says ‘I so swear’ and drops his hand, will he have such an immediate urgent obligation of consequence since Franklin Roosevelt.”
Oh please.
Ronald Reagan inherited a much worse economy from Jimmy Carter.
Also, the Thai eat rice products and have very little access to wheat products. Pretty much the entire burger is something they are not used to eating. Chaing Mai is a tourist town and there are or were at least six different hill tribe groups in the area.
I'm proud of my heritage, of ancestors who made their own soap, created a country, and crossed an ocean in leaky wooden ships.
But that doesn't mean I'm going to continue to live like they did. Electricity, cable, computers, and readily available inexpensive food are also part of my culture.
I think that the whole concept of the Noble Savage may be overdone.
You have to factor in starvation's, incessant tribal warfare, human sacrifice etc. European hands aren't clean but I do see all of this idealizing of aboriginal cultures as a back door slap at our own.
Sometimes just building a hospital causes the collapse of a traditional way of life, because that particular tribe has no way to cope with or feed all the old people that now survive past 35
Something about that made me think about Social Security shortfalls.
A high school in Salt Lake City had a heavily-Polynesian football team. They started a tradition of starting their games with the haka. The league ruled they had to stop because it constituted intimidation. They decided to keep the tradition and take the penalty.
The beautiful, worthwhile, and enduring parts of cultures tend to survive. It's the ugly that gets left behind. In that video I posted if you took those kids and placed them next to their parents you would see an average of a foot or better in height, and much better health.
The biggest problem with the white man's culture is booze, they haven't built up the evolutionary tolerances to it that we have. In villages when a fifth of anything is opened they toss the lid in the trash, soda-pop is called "mix" and beer is called "pop".
If you want to see the joys of aboriginal culture simply visit Indian Reservations.
THe incidence of diabetes, alchoholism, drug abuse & teenage suicide is appaling.
I would advise any young person to get loans if necessary, go to college & don'[t go back. That may sound harsh, but the pathology there needs to be avoided.
The life on Reservations is not "aboriginal culture". In fact, quite the opposite: it's what happens AFTER a traditional culture has been destroyed by modern western things like alcohol, white sugar, fast food, etc.
Before Columbus, there was no alcoholism in the New World, because there was no (or almost no) alcohol. And diabetes was either extremely rare or totally absent, because there was no processed sucrose in the diet.
The reservations are a good example of what happens when traditional ways of life are wiped out.
Unfortunately, some people in our culture have made the ugly parts a money making venture and continue to play the victim card to line their own pockets. Guilt is a powerful emotion and works far to often on those who are ignorant. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and their ilk should be ashamed of themselves.
Short lives are part and parcel of the traditional way of life. That's exactly correct. Dogooderism is also cultural imperialism. Building hospitals and using DDT and digging sewers -- those are our values. It has been shown many times over in anthropological studies that "improving" the lives of hunter-gatherer tribes with modern conveniences inevitably has all sorts of corrosive side-effects we can't predict. Sometimes just building a hospital causes the collapse of a traditional way of life, because that particular tribe has no way to cope with or feed all the old people that now survive past 35.
I say: allow these tribes to throw in the towel and enter the modern world if they want on their own initiative, but if they prefer to stay "backward" -- let 'em. And don't force ourselves on them, whether it be capitalsit fast food outlets or moonbat dogooder projects.
I doubt Burger King kidnapped the lady in the commercial.
Sometimes just building a hospital causes the collapse of a traditional way of life, because that particular tribe has no way to cope with or feed all the old people that now survive past 35.
Huh?
You pay them tax free cash money, give them every other type of assistance, and you wonder why we have more of them?
I don't know what bothers me more about my home town, that, or the fact that our Transportation and Parking manager makes almost as much money as the President of the United States.
I loved it when he was asked about the "go f*ck yourself" incident, and his response to Biden's remark about him being the "most dangerous vice president in history".
/it's one taste test between two hamburgers, it's not like they're herding them into camps and making the entire population eat the damn things at gunpoint
I realize that. I'm just saying that the ad campaign seems to me to be in bad taste, because they're making light of a real-world process (the homogenization of cultures) that many people, myself included, see as tragic.
I'm not claiming that the ad campaign is itself responsible, or Burger King in particular -- just commenting on the overall trend over the last few centuries.
I loved it when he was asked about the "go f*ck yourself" incident, and his response to Biden's remark about him being the "most dangerous vice president in history".
It's obviously a Sylph, an half-invisible dragon-like alien on the side of Troof who helps cleanse the air of the New World Order's mind-controlling chemicals in "chemtrails" dispensed by special nozzles hidden inside the engines of commercial airliners.
Look, I know all the jokes about women not being interested in sex. What's funny is that not all that long ago, women's insatiability was the standard for jokes.
So, trust me, this is about how men handle sex, not women!
Women were covered up in the Middle East due to their sexuality and men being afraid. IMHO
Dianna, I don't discount what you are saying & really I am just having some fun , but it is true that the way to stop many women from having sex is to marry them. I'm just sayin.
When sex is great, it makes no sense that women wouldn't want to enjoy.
Let's all take a moment to honor the founder of Kwanzaa
In 1971 Karenga, Louis Smith, and Luz Maria Tamayo were convicted of felony assault and false imprisonment for assaulting and torturing over a two day period two women from the US organization, Deborah Jones and Gail Davis. A May 14, 1971 article in the Los Angeles Times described the testimony of one of the women: "Deborah Jones, who once was given the Swahili title of an African queen, said she and Gail Davis were whipped with an electrical cord and beaten with a karate baton after being ordered to remove their clothes. She testified that a hot soldering iron was placed in Ms. Davis's mouth and placed against Ms. Davis's face and that one of her own big toes was tightened in a vise. Karenga also put detergent and running hoses in their mouths, she said."
Titans! ! ! woot woot woot 31-14
best defense in the league phfffttt!
steeler fans go chew a towel
espn can kiss my ass
we can win the superbowl and it will still be yeah but...
Nobody is forcing all these quaint aboriginals to eat Whoppers on a regular basis. Nobody is opening Burger Kings on the veldt or in the Gobi Desert.
Oh really?
If McDonald's is opening franchises on the Veldt, which in fact they are, you can bet your bottom dollar Burger King is on the Veldt too. (My Google Fu in weak today.) There are also McDonald's in northern China on the fringes of the Gobi desert, the Burger King (according to that link) hasn't penetrated that far.
Yet.
So, in fact, there are American fast-food franchises on the Veldt and in the Gobi Desert.
A high school in Salt Lake City had a heavily-Polynesian football team. They started a tradition of starting their games with the haka. The league ruled they had to stop because it constituted intimidation. They decided to keep the tradition and take the penalty.
Like I said, celebrate Juneteenth. I'm sure good food gets involved, and the ending of legal slavery* in this country is something we can all be happy about.
*my children may choose to disagree that legal slavery has been ended, especially in view of the inches of snow in my driveway that I will not personally shovel
There is something disrespectful in that commercial. And laughable, if you think about it: "Hey! Eat this salty greasy halfpound sandwich with salty, oil-soaked carbohydrates, and be a Fat Ass Like Me!" Makes me cringe on more than one level, not the least is embarrassment.
No such thing as Happy Kwanzaa! It's a phoney socialist holiday concocted out of thin air by a criminal in 1966.
Speaking of Kwanzaa, I haven't heard much about it in recent years. Seemed like it came on strong in the late 90's but has petered out for the most part.
I celebrate Christmas with a side order of Festivus.
I think it's funny that most people assume tribal cultures eat low calorie, low salt, low salt diets. Ever had Yak Butter tea? It's just salt water and greasy fat. Which is fine if you're working in the field all day. The problem comes when the get office jobs and satellite TV.
Titans! ! ! woot woot woot 31-14
best defense in the league phfffttt!
steeler fans go chew a towel
espn can kiss my ass
we can win the superbowl and it will still be yeah but...
You see the Titan players stomping a terrible towel at the end of the game?
Think that kind of stuff to put in a video loop in a potential play-off opponents locker room is foolish.
I think it's funny that most people assume tribal cultures eat low calorie, low salt, low salt diets. Ever had Yak Butter tea? It's just salt water and greasy fat. Which is fine if you're working in the field all day. The problem comes when the get office jobs and satellite TV.
OT: so do you place any credence in the work of Weston Price?
I am here to defend the dignity of the whopper and the MacDonald #1 (Big Mac with fries, large please).
Do not offer me monkey on a stick or dog en pilaf.
Good night and God bless.
The Kid wanted to watch some football with his grandfather instead of seeing Santa's cousin so I took the afternoon off to go visit and ride around to see the Christmas decorations.
I think it's funny that most people assume tribal cultures eat low calorie, low salt, low salt diets. Ever had Yak Butter tea? It's just salt water and greasy fat. Which is fine if you're working in the field all day. The problem comes when the get office jobs and satellite TV.
Traditional food is usually pretty disgusting, I'll give you that. Blubber, grubs -- blechh.
You see the Titan players stomping a terrible towel at the end of the game?
Think that kind of stuff to put in a video loop in a potential play-off opponents locker room is foolish.
hey, all those steeler fans come into our house waving those things
and NOBODY but NOBODY gave us a snowball's chance in hell of winning the game...I'm ok wit dat. just glad he didn't wipe his a** with it :0
No video, but you prompted me to go and look it up. Here's the corrected version:
BYU performs the haka, starting in 2005.
Highland Rugby, a U19 club, which is in Utah, performs the haka.
The high school football team is actually Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon (where I live, which is why I was confused.) Here's a link from the Oregonian, but it looks like they took the video out.
I wasn't there but I think there may have been another way to put down human sacrifice without wiping out an entire civilization. Then again, if it was kill or be killed, I don't see much choice.
hooker
"prostitute," often traced to the disreputable morals of the Army of the Potomac (American Civil War) under the tenure of Gen. "Fighting Joe" Hooker (1863), and the word probably was popularized by this association at that time. But it is said to have been in use in North Carolina c.1845 ("If he comes by way of Norfolk he will find any number of pretty Hookers in the Brick row not far from French's hotel."). One theory traces it to Corlear's Hook, a disreputable section of New York City. Perhaps related to hooker "thief, pickpocket" (1567), but most likely an allusion to prostitutes hooking or snaring clients. Hook in the figurative sense of "that by which anyone is attracted or caught" is recorded from 1430; and hook (v.) in the figurative sense of "catch hold of and draw in" is attested from 1577; in reference to "fishing" for a husband or a wife, it was in common use from c.1800. All of which makes the modern sense seem a natural step. The family name Hooker (attested from c.975 C.E.) would mean "maker of hooks," or else refer to an agricultural laborer who used a hook (cf. O.E. weodhoc "weed-hook").
He sounds like a nut to me. I'm pretty sure most of the scientific community would disagree with him.
Some of his conspiracy theories are popular in right wing circles: Soy is making kids 'gay'
He sounds like a nut to me. I'm pretty sure most of the scientific community would disagree with him.
Some of his conspiracy theories are popular in right wing circles: Soy is making kids 'gay'
I think he is pretty much of a nut as well. My sister swears by him but then again her kids teeth are rotting out of their skulls.
Hooker, from A Dictionary of Slang ,Jargon and Cant
[Link: books.google.com...]
Upon closer inspection, the publishing date of that book is 1889, which means that a reference prior to the American Civil War is still needed for Shug to prevail.
I wasn't there, either, but I don't see how the Spanish could have done away with the practice without wiping out the culture. Human sacrifice was too firmly rooted in the culture to end it through education and peaceful persuasion.
Somewhat like was the case about slavery in the pre-Civil War South. Leading by example was going nowhere against the Southern Culture.
the Aztec were in the way...sacrifice helped justify extermination with regard to the quest for the Holy Peso
Upon closer inspection, the publishing date of that book is 1889, which means that a reference prior to the American Civil War is still needed for Shug to prevail.
A really really old hooker told me I was great! And huge!
Slavery is also a fact in many primitive cultures. It has been that way from at least the dawn of civilization. Should we leave the quaint customs of more primitive civilization alone? The Aztecs practiced human sacrifice. It was one of the official reasons the Spanish wiped their culture out.
Today, of course, the Spanish are called monsters by the Left, but was it really wrong to put human sacrifice down?
Why?
I fully aware of all those points. In fact, I know more about his horribleness of most primitive cultures than almost anyone.
However, what I'm talking about is 2009. Not 1512. Back then, these noxious cultures were very large, and were viable rivals to "civilized" cultures. If the Spanish had not wiped out Aztec culture, we might very well have an "Azteca" nation extant where Mexico stands today, still carving out people's hearts, etc.
But those days, for the most part, are now long gone. What I'm speaking of are the tiny remnant of now-almost-extinct cultures, that neither have any real power, nor practice many of their most egregious customs. Native Americans, like the Cheyenne, for example, would often torture captives to death in horrible ways. They don't do that any more. The Mohicans don't scalp people. And "Indios" in Mexico don't commit human sacrifice. So it's no longer really the case that we'd be rescuing these people from a horrible society. At this stage, they're almost museum pieces.
Yes, there are a couple of "primitive" cultures -- Arab-dominated Islam, I'm looking at you -- that continue to have a great deal of power and still keep many of their most evil practices. And in those cases, yes, I have no problem dropping a big Cultural Imperialism daisy-cutter over the Middle East, and stopping that shit once and for all.
But if, a hundred years from now, the only remnant of Arab cultures was a couple bands of nomads living in tents, with no money and no power, then yes, my nostalgia would once again kick in and I'd advocate for preserving this last remnant, just for history's sake. Sort of like saving the last vial of smallpox, just to have it on file.
Upon closer inspection, the publishing date of that book is 1889, which means that a reference prior to the American Civil War is still needed for Shug to prevail.
There appears to be multiple references on line to the pre-Civil War usage of "Hooker" so I think that Shug wins this one.
Turkey refused to sign a European Union-led declaration presented last week at the United Nations calling all states to take steps to stop the criminalization of homosexuality. The move contradicted Turkey’s commitments to the EU to promote human rights for all without any discrimination.
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Co-sponsored by France and the Netherlands, the declaration urged all states "to take all the necessary measures, in particular legislative or administrative, to ensure that sexual orientation or gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties, in particular executions, arrests or detention."
Ramazan Baydan, owner of the Istanbul-based Baydan Shoe Company, has been swamped with orders from across the world, after insisting that his company produced the black leather shoes which the Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi threw at Bush during a press conference in Baghdad last Sunday.
Baydan has recruited an extra 100 staff to meet orders for 300,000 pairs of Model 271 - more than four times the shoe's normal annual sale - following an outpouring of support for Zaidi's act, which was intended as a protest, but led to his arrest by Iraqi security forces.
Orders have come mainly from the US and Britain, and from neighbouring Muslim countries, he said.
One bright spot for the Detroit Lions fans out there. Since they have the 1st draft pick locked up for next spring, they won't have to wait on draft day to find out who they are taking.
Meanwhile in Sweden they are going the overtolerance route - there's something like a case to stop Churches from performing marriages if they won't peform gay marriages. Trust the Europeans to get things exactly wrong.
But if, a hundred years from now, the only remnant of Arab cultures was a couple bands of nomads living in tents, with no money and no power, then yes, my nostalgia would once again kick in and I'd advocate for preserving this last remnant, just for history's sake. Sort of like saving the last vial of smallpox, just to have it on file.
Sort of an Islamist Jurassic Park, very cool. We could run a sort of tram around it and put out an infidel or two for bait. Great photo ops and potentially a real money maker!
I fully aware of all those points. In fact, I know more about his horribleness of most primitive cultures than almost anyone.
However, what I'm talking about is 2009. Not 1512. Back then, these noxious cultures were very large, and were viable rivals to "civilized" cultures. If the Spanish had not wiped out Aztec culture, we might very well have an "Azteca" nation extant where Mexico stands today, still carving out people's hearts, etc.
But those days, for the most part, are now long gone. What I'm speaking of are the tiny remnant of now-almost-extinct cultures, that neither have any real power, nor practice many of their most egregious customs. Native Americans, like the Cheyenne, for example, would often torture captives to death in horrible ways. They don't do that any more. The Mohicans don't scalp people. And "Indios" in Mexico don't commit human sacrifice. So it's no longer really the case that we'd be rescuing these people from a horrible society. At this stage, they're almost museum pieces.
Yes, there are a couple of "primitive" cultures -- Arab-dominated Islam, I'm looking at you -- that continue to have a great deal of power and still keep many of their most evil practices. And in those cases, yes, I have no problem dropping a big Cultural Imperialism daisy-cutter over the Middle East, and stopping that shit once and for all.
But if, a hundred years from now, the only remnant of Arab cultures was a couple bands of nomads living in tents, with no money and no power, then yes, my nostalgia would once again kick in and I'd advocate for preserving this last remnant, just for history's sake. Sort of like saving the last vial of smallpox, just to have it on file.
great post but you pretty much lost me on the 'last vial of smallpox just to have it on file".
it is so frightening to think abt. those vials, waiting frozen, to be opened by the wrong people.
also some of those viruses have been weaponized and the result is a very lethal plague called 'black pox' w/ a 90% kill rate.
far greater than the old fashioned run of the mill small pox that usually killed only 40%.
scary, especially considering much of our population has never been vaccinated.
great post but you pretty much lost me on the 'last vial of smallpox just to have it on file".
it is so frightening to think abt. those vials, waiting frozen, to be opened by the wrong people.
also some of those viruses have been weaponized and the result is a very lethal plague called 'black pox' w/ a 90% kill rate.
far greater than the old fashioned run of the mill small pox that usually killed only 40%.
scary, especially considering much of our population has never been vaccinated.
Who is in control of this "stuff?"
/Great...another major concern I didn't know about.
well, i'm going to a small gather to celebrate hannukah w/ some friends.
they also do the winter solstice and i'll bring the christmas cheer.
have a great evening everyone.
I was thinking of the Led Zeppelin song and the line that goes "We are your Overlords..." and applying it to the Multi culti marxists just as a for fun contrast. (see Immigrant Song)
But if, a hundred years from now, the only remnant of Arab cultures was a couple bands of nomads living in tents, with no money and no power, then yes, my nostalgia would once again kick in and I'd advocate for preserving this last remnant, just for history's sake. Sort of like saving the last vial of smallpox, just to have it on file.
But we keep that last vial (2 vials actually) of small pox securely locked in
a vault. We don't infect a small group of people just so we can feel nostalgic about the days when that disease did kill people. That's essentially what we do if we intentionally keep modern life away from indigenous cultures. If Burger King destroys the Inuit way of life it will be because the individual Inuit decide that they prefer not starving if their last hunt was unsuccessful or drowning because their canoe overturned while looking for whales in a sudden blizzard.
I don't really see where that is a problem. It is certainly not as much as walling them off in a kind of cultural zoo where they are essentially forced to live the primitive life without allowing them the option of modernizing.
In my comment #229 above, I address this very point:
I say: allow these tribes to throw in the towel and enter the modern world if they want on their own initiative, but if they prefer to stay "backward" -- let 'em. And don't force ourselves on them, whether it be capitalsit fast food outlets or moonbat dogooder projects.
I'm no advocate of forcing them to stay backwards. I just don't think we should necessarily try to "modernize" them either. Let them decide. Without too much undue influence.
By the way, the Chinese government does maintain some of these "cultural zoos" for tourists, areas where ethnic minorities are encourged to keep the old customs -- basically to entertain visitors. It's the kind of thing only a totalitarian government would do.
ironically Ford Field is a very cool stadium...a sweet piece of urban architechture...they dont deserve it tho or the Super Bowl...long wide sheets were hung over blown out ghetto buildings to hide them...Detroit is a mess to say the least
Last week Gordon Brown announced a date for Britain’s withdrawal from Iraq. Most troops will be back in time for a spring general election. The prime minister posed with soldiers and expressed his sorrow over yet more fatal casualties in Afghanistan. He did not dwell on Britain’s humiliation in Basra, nor mention that this is the most inglorious withdrawal since Sir Anthony Eden ordered the boys back from Suez.
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If a fair-minded account of the Iraq war is written, credit should go to President Bush for rejecting two years ago the report by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group that called for force reductions. He defied conventional wisdom and ordered a troop surge instead. It has been an extraordinary success and, unlike Britain, the Americans will not withdraw in defeat. During debates in Washington, British forces’ ignominious withdrawal to barracks was cited to argue that the United States could not contemplate being humbled in a similar way. In the end Bush was not a quitter. Blair “cut and ran”.
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The fault does not lie with our fighters. They have been extremely brave and as effective as their orders and their equipment would allow.
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It raises questions about the stamina of our nation and the resolve of our political class. It is an uncomfortable conclusion that Britain, with nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, aircraft carriers and the latest generation of fighter-bombers, is incapable of securing a medium-size conurbation. Making Basra safe was an essential part of the overall strategy; having committed ourselves to our allies we let them down.
I think it's funny that most people assume tribal cultures eat low calorie, low salt, low salt diets.
So do I. My second favorite leftist misconception - global warming is number one (and as I write this it's minus 4 in Chicago) - is that meat is used only as a condiment in tribal cultures.
When Dante Culpepper comes out of retirement and starts for your team, you got problems.
Big Bill Ford...what a senile old laughingstock...no GM...no coach...no players but plenty of fans at 80$ a pop...it's a scheme to make some cheap money and I think the League should step in...imo
Here's an old blog article from 2001 that doesn't make me feel confident (and I don't know how credible it is). Scrolling down to (3) - last vials are in US and Russia. The disease is definitely one we need to maintain eradication - not pretty.
Big Bill Ford...what a senile old laughingstock...no GM...no coach...no players but plenty of fans at 80$ a pop...it's a scheme to make some cheap money and I think the League should step in...imo
We had the same situation with the Black Hawks for many years. The owner would put no money into them and would not sign their better players to keep them around.
And the Bears went for many years with no GM to save money. That's why the signed Dave Wannestadt to be coach, they thought he was a good talent evaluator. My pet Lab is a better evaluator of talent than Wannie was.
I wonder why it's important to even keep any of it?
Because as long as it may be out there somewhere, we may need the stock with which to do research in the future, to aid in fighting an attack or natural outbreak.
One has to weigh the risk, albeit tiny, that our material would get out by accident or intentionally, against the risk of not having any way to learn anything new if the need arises.
Right now, we are prevented from doing any research on smallpox by international treaty.
Thanks for posting that. Bush not only rejected the bad advice from the ISG, but the bad advice from Abizaid and Casey as well. And he had the good sense to replace the ineffective Casey with David Patreus.
We had the same situation with the Black Hawks for many years. The owner would put no money into them and would not sign their better players to keep them around.
And the Bears went for many years with no GM to save money. That's why the signed Dave Wannestadt to be coach, they thought he was a good talent evaluator. My pet Lab is a better evaluator of talent than Wannie was.
I feel for the Detroit fans.
of course...as a sportsman you have to...but there is a deep running indifference in Detroit that should be addressed by the NFL...it's bad for the league to let this thing continue...yet i've been saying that for decades...William Clay Ford is not fit for ownership...his son maybe...Detroiters are some tough ombres and they will never quit on the Lions even as the team scoffs them...
At least the Lions don't sell out anymore so they are blacked out.
But the problem is deeper than just greed. They spend the same amount on player salaries as all the other teams. And I'm sure when they fired Matt Millen, they paid him too. Its not about being cheap. Its about being incompetent.
In the far North Solstice has a bit more meaning; it is the divisor, boundary, or terminus between heat, light, and life as opposed to cold, dark, and death. Winter solstice is the longest night, but also the time when the daylight comes back, when minutes of it start gaining daily
terminus :
n 1: a place where something ends or is complete [syn: end point
, endpoint, termination, terminus]
2: the ultimate goal for which something is done [syn:
destination, terminus]
3: (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved
out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a
boundary marker in ancient Rome [syn: terminus, terminal figure
, term]
4: either end of a railroad or bus route
5: station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or
goods [syn: terminal, terminus, depot]
Yes I visited some of them. I couldn't figure out if the the people actually lived in the Yurt village or if they just just showed up to work there every morning. I tried to ask but they didn't really understand the question. I kinda got the impression it was like colonial Williamsburg.
At least the Lions don't sell out anymore so they are blacked out.
But the problem is deeper than just greed. They spend the same amount on player salaries as all the other teams. And I'm sure when they fired Matt Millen, they paid him too. Its not about being cheap. Its about being incompetent.
excactly...it's a pretent environment over there...nobody has a clue
At least the Lions don't sell out anymore so they are blacked out.
But the problem is deeper than just greed. They spend the same amount on player salaries as all the other teams. And I'm sure when they fired Matt Millen, they paid him too. Its not about being cheap. Its about being incompetent.
I was listening to WDFN post game coverage today, and the guys who were at Fraud Field said that even in the 3rd quarter, the lemmings were lined up at the Roan& More store buying merchandise.
Colonial Williamsburg...one of my all time favorite places...I played Geo Washington there at the courthouse...had to prosecute a dispute over wayward hogs in the town...great fun...impromtu and all the tourists were in stiches when myself and the 'defendent' argued and expressed democracy!
LONDON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Dollar interbank rates extended
their falls in Europe on Friday in a sign money market
conditions were improving and Japanese overnight rates fell
sharply after the Bank of Japan cut its policy rate.
The interbank cost of borrowing three-month dollar, euro and
sterling funds eased on Friday, according to the latest daily
fixing from the British Bankers' Association.
The spread of three-month London interbank offered rates
over Overnight Index Swap rates for dollar and sterling narrowed
but widened for euro. [ID:nLJ102329]
The Bank of Japan cut its key rate to 0.10 percent from 0.30
percent and said it would step up outright buying of Japanese
Government Bonds and temporarily buy commercial paper outright
to help an economy already in recession. [ID:nT108858]
The action mirrored thinking in the United States, where the
Federal Reserve earlier this week indicated it would also put in
place such quantitative easing measures.
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet,
however, sounded a cautious note late on Thursday about the
prospect of so-called quantitative easing. [ID:nLI404316]
But the ECB still has ammunition left for rate cuts next
year, as its key rate stands at 2.5 percent.
The difference between lower US interest rates and higher European rates is a large reason why the dollar has depreciated a bit lately
I was listening to WDFN post game coverage today, and the guys who were at Fraud Field said that even in the 3rd quarter, the lemmings were lined up at the Roan& More store buying merchandise.
Because as long as it may be out there somewhere, we may need the stock with which to do research in the future, to aid in fighting an attack or natural outbreak.
One has to weigh the risk, albeit tiny, that our material would get out by accident or intentionally, against the risk of not having any way to learn anything new if the need arises.
Right now, we are prevented from doing any research on smallpox by international treaty.
Hmmm...my cynicism (called old age) is thinking that research still goes on.
It's a powerful worry to me, however, to think that the bad guys are doing everything possible to get ahold of this.
You should read Choke written by the same guy who wrote Fight Club. It's about a sex addict who's day job is a historical reenactor. You might get a kick out of it.
Evening sports fans. I see a few threads down, or is it up? I can't keep that straight, that our host has done an improvement to the individual comments views, surprised he doesn't have a thriving business franchising the template model engine that he uses.
Colonial Williamsburg...one of my all time favorite places...I played Geo Washington there at the courthouse...had to prosecute a dispute over wayward hogs in the town...great fun...impromtu and all the tourists were in stiches when myself and the 'defendent' argued and expressed democracy!
Went there several times when I was in the Navy and in port in Norfolk. I also loved that place. Of course a lot of that had to do with the close proximity of collage girls, though I also really loved the history too.
You should read Choke written by the same guy who wrote Fight Club. It's about a sex addict who's day job is a historical reenactor. You might get a kick out of it.
"self impregnation by a holy relic"?...Holy Socks!...
I do love living museums tho...
Went there several times when I was in the Navy and in port in Norfolk. I also loved that place. Of course a lot of that had to do with the close proximity of collage girls, though I also really loved the history too.
I hear that both Florida and Oklahoma were given the opportunity to face the Lions and both politely declined, saying they didn't want to back into a BCS championship.
//kinda
I'm also surprised that LGF never gets mentioned on those top 10 lists for blog design.
Yes, I can understand people who object on ideological grounds, they have a right to and I'll defend their right to, but purely as a piece of industrial design this is impressive.
100 years from now, historians will look back at this time in history and thoroughly skewer Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and the rest of the democrat fraud machine. We have to live through it, thankfully our great-grandkids will only have to read about it.
On this day in History, 1944, an ill equipped 101st Airborne became surrounded by the enemy and trapped in Bastogne.
David McCullough: [voice-over] The 101st dug itself into the fields and forests around Bastogne. Its job was to hold the town. To the far north, SS tankers had broken through and they were searching frantically for gas reserves. Americans kept a fragile grip on St. Vith, but in the soft middle, the Germans had split the line wide open.
On the 21st, the first day of snow, Bastogne was surrounded. Heavy clouds grounded the American bombers. C-47's loaded with supplies sat on runways, unable to reach the town.
Bob Dunning, Private, 101st Airborne: We weren't what you call well prepared to go into a winter situation. I mean, we had a supply of normal combat fatigue-type things, but that's about all we had. Gloves and things like that we didn't have. Footwear was mainly we needed. We had combat boots that had the buckles on the side. We had those and we needed something to cover them because they were-- we had worn those through Normandy and Holland, a lot of them, and they were worn pretty thin, see? Some of us had even cut holes in them for air where we'd impregnated those things with that gook we used to put on them to waterproof them, see?
And your feet would sweat in those things, so we'd cut holes in those. Well, that was a stupid thing to do going into Bastogne because the snow would get in there and like that. We had limited ammunition and that was one of the things, too, that we lacked, was ammunition. We just didn't have time to get supplied full ammo.
David McCullough: [voice-over] Bastogne needed relief. General Patton's army was a hundred miles to the south. George S. Patton had a sense of history and the will to make himself a place in it. He was already preparing his main chance -- an attack that could propel him into Berlin. When he got wind of the German breakthrough, he feared Ike and Bradley were going to steal away his troops to plug holes in the Ardennes, but it didn't take him long to recognize an opportunity for glory. He told Ike he could pivot most of his attack force within 48 hours and sent word to Bastogne his army was on its way.
100 years from now, historians will look back at this time in history and thoroughly skewer Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and the rest of the democrat fraud machine. We have to live through it, thankfully our great-grandkids will only have to read about it.
I wonder if there will be anything left of this country by then...when I was growing up, I always assumed things would be better...now, as my children get older, I am not sure if it will be better for them, and forget about their kids.
The USA is amazing though...we always seem to bounce back, bigger and better than before.
The USA is amazing though...we always seem to bounce back, bigger and better than before.
Well said. I think the US will still be around 100 years from now. The beauty of our system is that eventually, the party in power oversteps their bounds and gets thrown out of office. In this case, it looks like the democrats will do it in record time. I'm not one for predictions but I don't think Obama gets more than 4 years.
I must say, I find the notion of "preserving" a culture a bit off-putting.
I think people who want to change should be able to. I know that means that the kids will run for the bright lights, and the traditional culture dies, but...I only believe in individuals, anyway. I don't much care for discussions of traditional "culture" conducted by people who are ensconced in the greatest comfort.
Thank goodness my grandparents ran away from their traditional culture as soon as they were old enough to do so. One of them was only 17 years old.
My father was one of the earliest hi-tech people from that culture.
I cannot come to a good decision on this. On the one hand, primitive cultures have a lot going for them.
On the other hand, I think of an episode of Anthony Bourdain's "No Reservations" where he went to Namibia. It ended with him spending some time with the Bushmen. They hunted for a boar, which did not die easily, and they gave him the best part--the rectum, still with excrement in it.
Now, Bourdain's a true believer liberal but even this gave him pause, and he ended by wondering if these people wouldn't be better off if they WEREN'T leading their traditional lifestyle.
Give me the Whopper any day, but still, I find it hard to make those ethical decisions. I know if I were eating boar rectum and considering it a delicacy, I'd rather be pverty-stricken in the West.
Well said. I think the US will still be around 100 years from now. The beauty of our system is that eventually, the party in power oversteps their bounds and gets thrown out of office. In this case, it looks like the democrats will do it in record time. I'm not one for predictions but I don't think Obama gets more than 4 years.
I've come up with a plan on how to spend the next 4 years. I'm gonna catch Tourrette's Syndrome and spend my time swearing my head off at liberals...and when they object and claim that they are offended I will declare that I have a disability and how dare they judge me...
How's that sound?...
/
Everyone will be here next Sunday! The weather has been a problem. So we will just hope that we are not hit with another storm. And we have all the gifts here for the little guys to open.
I took a lot of heat when I was in college for taking my text books with me on the road trips and studying on the bus. I was told I was not a "team player".
I also got told that I was making my team mates look bad cause I was actually going to class.
I took a lot of heat when I was in college for taking my text books with me on the road trips and studying on the bus. I was told I was not a "team player".
I also got told that I was making my team mates look bad cause I was actually going to class.
Give new meaning to the term 'dumb jock'...not you but to the mindset...
Kinda dumb unless they score a big-ass contract with a major league team.
:)
The aroma...mmm. ;) My daughter makes it in the crockpot we gave her for a Hanukka gift last year. She said she didn't need one, but now she won't let go.
Give new meaning to the term 'dumb jock'...not you but to the mindset...
Kinda dumb unless they score a big-ass contract with a major league team.
:)
Oh there wer a lot of dumb jocks. That's why I quit palying after 2 years. I knew I would never make it Pro, so it was time to get serious and get the sheepskin.
That and I got tired of being shot full on painkillers so I could play. The things you do when you are 19. I'd have a knee so sore I could hardly walk. One shot the magic juice in the knee joint and I could play both ends of a double header and steal 3 bases.
One final thing about the Basques-they have a story to tell about the purported difficulty in learning how to speak the language: Long ago Satan came to the Basque country to tempt the Basques. He eventually outwore his welcome. The Basques chased him across a bridge; the devil fell and struck his head and the blow to his cranium knocked the only two words of Basque he had managed to learn out of his head: "bai" and "ez" ("yes" and "no").
He's pretty awesome. Can't do an American accent to save his life--I was glad he didn't even try in "Nell"--which is one of my chick-flick guilty pleasures.
/Palandine can't do a Catholic Northern Irish accent either...
I took a lot of heat when I was in college for taking my text books with me on the road trips and studying on the bus. I was told I was not a "team player".
I also got told that I was making my team mates look bad cause I was actually going to class.
And are you now the starting inside linebacker for the Steelers with a $12 Mil contract?
I thought not. LOL
The family was from Arkansas. The Dad (Dink) was a furniture salesman in San Bernardino, but back in the way-back-when he used to play 'bones' or 'spoons' in a minstrel show. To relive the golden days of yesteryear he would, from time to time, force his children to accompany him (Ronnie on guitar, Kenny on trombone) in a living room replay of a minstrel routine called "Lazy Bones."
The kids often found this to be an inconvenience, as they were fascinated by, and constantly perfecting new techniques for, The Manly Art Of Fart-Burning. Kenny explained to me that it was scientific - that it demonstrated (this is a real quote) "Compression, ignition, combustion and exhaust." -- Kenny & Ronnie Williams (later immortalized in "Let's Make The Water Turn Black").
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