All the slaps and bonks from Hoi Polloi...

Nyuk. Nyuk.

Open thread...
Not a cookie in sight!

Hey, it's a wrench thread!

I thought that dialogue was a secret taped conversation from the McCain campaign headquarters.

re: #3 jcm

Open thread...
Not a cookie in sight!

Bring on the cookie!

re: #3 jcm

Open thread...
Not a cookie in sight!

Ah... But beer has been sighted... Beer ho... ;)

Feliz Navidad, Happy Chanukkah and Festivus to all lizards. Hope you're able to enjoy our freedoms fully and healthily.

And happy hunting for the IDF.

re: #1 Charles

Whole lotta slappin going on.

I have enough TJ dark chocolate grahams for each an every lizard. Bring your own beverage.

Curly at his best

re: #7 doriangrey

Ah... But beer has been sighted... Beer ho... ;)

Christmas night tried a Double Arrogant Bastard Ale.
Dark, bitter, very good taste. Wicked kick later.

The cookie has been brought:

Speaking of the Three Stooges and politics:

Charles, there's a classic Stooges short where they're doing something (fixing the plumbing, one assumes) in a rich person's mansion; and when the Stooges show up, the millionaires are having a swimming pool party in the back yard, and one of the bathing beauties says, "Last one in the pool is a Republican!" and they all jump in. (This was filmed in the mid-'30s, if I recall). I thought it was a perfect encapsulization of the wealthy liberal hypocrite, even back then!

Anyone able to find this clip on YouTube or anywhere?

I'm glued to the tube, but already disgusted by the WP reporting on the Gaza op. The headlines always start with "205 dead". If the World happened to be honest, the headlines in a righteous world would read "Israel Strikes Back and Islamic Thug Garbage"..

my 2 cents...

re: #5 zombie

I thought that dialogue was a secret taped conversation from the McCain campaign headquarters.

* * *
Ouch Zombie--McCain's team was outgunned, outmanned, outfinanced, and out-bigoted by sexists and ageists and anti-USA propaganda.

Hey Mo! Hey Mo!

Get up and dance and do the Curly Shuffle.

re: #12 jcm

Christmas night tried a Double Arrogant Bastard Ale.
Dark, bitter, very good taste. Wicked kick later.

Heh heh heh, dont act like I didnt warn you... ;p

Tom Brady and Giselle Bundchen are reportedly engaged. And to think, I thought Brady would marry a regular gal.

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re: #14 zombie

That would be "A plumbing we will go"

Dinners canceled folks, on account of rain!

re: #19 Wyatt Earp

Tom Brady and Giselle Bundchen are reportedly engaged. And to think, I thought Brady would marry a regular gal.

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Although, to be fair, most "regular girls" don't wear dresses like these.

Stooges teach the alphabet...

My other favorite is the sword of Damocles falling pie.

re: #18 doriangrey

Heh heh heh, dont act like I didnt warn you... ;p

Arrogant Bastard landed as one my favorite beers. Curse you for mentioning it!
Great stuff! Double was even better, but that 10% ABV, knocked this light weight around. Serious buzz going.

re: #21 Wyatt Earp

Although, to be fair, most "regular girls" don't wear dresses like these.

* * *
Can we just rejoice men & women are marrying? I do.

re: #21 Wyatt Earp

Although, to be fair, most "regular girls" don't wear dresses like these.

Only because they cant fit into them... But oh they would if they could... ;)

re: #11 Desert Dog

Curly at his best

[Video]

awsome...entirely his own thing...

re: #23 jcm

Arrogant Bastard landed as one my favorite beers. Curse you for mentioning it!
Great stuff! Double was even better, but that 10% ABV, knocked this light weight around. Serious buzz going.

I got a case of it for my brother-in-law's birthday. Expensive, but well worth it!

re: #23 jcm

Arrogant Bastard landed as one my favorite beers. Curse you for mentioning it!
Great stuff! Double was even better, but that 10% ABV, knocked this light weight around. Serious buzz going.

"You're not worthy"

re: #24 alegrias

* * *
Can we just rejoice men & women are marrying? I do.

I can. Especially celebrities. Let's hope they actually STAY married.

I've been busy most of the day but I am glad Israel finally took some action. Any word yet on a statement from Obama?

re: #21 Wyatt Earp

Although, to be fair, most "regular girls" don't wear dresses like these.

Too bad. ;)

re: #21 Wyatt Earp

Cool. I wonder where she got the white duct tape.

re: #23 jcm

Arrogant Bastard landed as one my favorite beers. Curse you for mentioning it!
Great stuff! Double was even better, but that 10% ABV, knocked this light weight around. Serious buzz going.

Wait till you try their Smoked Porter or Ruination, or for that matter their Pale Ale or IPA... Man does Stone Brewery brew some goood stuff.

Strange, the one and only Web citation of the phrase "Last one in the pool is a Republican!" is that it is a quote coined by Edmund Reggie, Ted Kennedy's father-in-law! Weird.

re: #7 doriangrey

Ah... But beer has been sighted... Beer ho!... ;)

You called, Milord?

re: #30 Nevergiveup

I think he's waiting for McCain to say something first so he can parrot it.

Oh wait. The election is over.

Hmmm...

re: #14 zombie

Speaking of the Three Stooges and politics:

Charles, there's a classic Stooges short where they're doing something (fixing the plumbing, one assumes) in a rich person's mansion; and when the Stooges show up, the millionaires are having a swimming pool party in the back yard, and one of the bathing beauties says, "Last one in the pool is a Republican!" and they all jump in. (This was filmed in the mid-'30s, if I recall). I thought it was a perfect encapsulization of the wealthy liberal hypocrite, even back then!

Anyone able to find this clip on YouTube or anywhere?

That would be at 6:25 (Three Sappy People, 1939)

Powered Rifles to Fight Drug Cartels
—Ace

Not sure if he's a Republican, but if he's "in the closet," this is kinda like being arrested for whipping a male prostitute chained to his wall.

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

"The article also mentions he donated $25,000 to the family of a fallen Phoenix officer last year."

Seems like a good guy!

Scientific illiteracy all the rage among the glitterati

The Celebrities and Science Review 2008, prepared by the group Sense About Science, identifies some of the worst examples of scientific illiteracy among those who profess to know better – including top politicians.

re: #28 Racer X

"You're not worthy"

ROFL!

I guess not!

re: #37 Bloodnok

Darn that was quick. Video no longer available.

re: #36 wolfie

I think he's waiting for McCain to say something first so he can parrot it.

Oh wait. The election is over.

Hmmm...

I just hope they keep it up and make Hamas squeal for a truce. Kinda like in that scene from "Deliverance".

re: #28 Racer X

"You're not worthy"

I however, being a Nearly Practically Almost Famous Rock Star and a resident of San Diego County California AM... Muahaa muahaa muahaa... ;p

re: #39 Killgore Trout

Scientific illiteracy all the rage among the glitterati

Well I may be in the Navy, but you ain't getting me any ship that might fall off the edge of the earth.

re: #38 Nevergiveup

Powered Rifles to Fight Drug Cartels
—Ace

Not sure if he's a Republican, but if he's "in the closet," this is kinda like being arrested for whipping a male prostitute chained to his wall.

[Link: ace.mu.nu...]

"The article also mentions he donated $25,000 to the family of a fallen Phoenix officer last year."

Seems like a good guy!

He's a good guy, does a lot for charities here in PHX. I am not sure of his political outlook, but he always seems to donate to good causes...Cops, Toys for Tots, etc.

re: #41 BlueCanuck

Darn that was quick. Video no longer available.

I can't believe I knew which one it was in. I'm scared.

re: #45 Desert Dog

He's a good guy, does a lot for charities here in PHX. I am not sure of his political outlook, but he always seems to donate to good causes...Cops, Toys for Tots, etc.

It's just so rare to see Hollywood types making a "real" difference. Good for him.

re: #44 Nevergiveup

If you fall off the Turtle Stack there's no scientific knowledge can save you. Be very careful.

re: #41 BlueCanuck

Darn that was quick. Video no longer available.

Interesting. If you doubleclick the video it plays. Must be an embed thing (shoulda followed the whole thread last night).

re: #37 Bloodnok

That would be at 6:25 (Three Sappy People, 1939)

[Video]

This embedded video will work properly now if you reload the page...

re: #46 Bloodnok

Stuff like that doesn't scare me. We each are masters of our trivia.

re: #32 wolfie

Cool. I wonder where she got the white duct tape.

Probably from LGF. We need a lot of it to keep our heads from exploding after an Obama media love-fest.

re: #48 Killgore Trout

If you fall off the Turtle Stack there's no scientific knowledge can save you. Be very careful.

...oh, stacking! Now would that have helped these guys?

re: #20 Mich-again

That would be "A plumbing we will go"

Nope -- just skimmed through that whole one, and that scene wasn't in it.

Must have been a different episode. I can't say for sure they were plumbers in this one.

re: #39 Killgore Trout

Scientific illiteracy all the rage among the glitterati

Unfortunately, scientific illiteracy is not limited to "the glitterati", but extends to the majority of the "unwashed masses" as well. And, it's not just scientific illiteracy, but just about every area of knowledge. Americans can tell you who is winning on American Idol and what starlet is wearing the new dress, but they have trouble finding Iraq (let alone the USA) on a map. Forget about scientific knowledge. These are the same people lapping up "global warming" from charlatans like Algore like it's an undisputed fact.

Rabbis Howard, Howard and Fine will forever be known as the greatest of all slapstick comedians- no one ever came close, no one else ever will. All you have to see is the long object being carried by the Stooge in the middle and the joyous cry "Hey Moe!"

re: #35 hermit

You called, Milord?

I... Fetch me a beer...

re: #37 Bloodnok

That would be at 6:25 (Three Sappy People, 1939)

[Video]

That's it!

Thanks a million for finding it. I never would have been able to track it down.

re: #50 Charles

This embedded video will work properly now if you reload the page...

Charles, in the single comment popups, clicking on the video links prompts me to download the raw swf file. Is that just me?

re: #56 ayatollah ghilmeini

They are the masters of physical comedy...everyone else is a pretender. My grandfather loved them, my father, I love them, and now, my kids love to watch them...they are as timeless as they are funny.

re: #55 Desert Dog

Y'know, the other day I think I figured something out...Al Gore is the Martha Stewart of politics.

re: #55 Desert Dog

Unfortunately, scientific illiteracy is not limited to "the glitterati", but extends to the majority of the "unwashed masses" as well. And, it's not just scientific illiteracy, but just about every area of knowledge. Americans can tell you who is winning on American Idol and what starlet is wearing the new dress, but they have trouble finding Iraq (let alone the USA) on a map. Forget about scientific knowledge. These are the same people lapping up "global warming" from charlatans like Algore like it's an undisputed fact.

Just watch the evening news for the latest "scare."

re: #58 zombie

That's it!

Thanks a million for finding it. I never would have been able to track it down.

More Stooges and politics. Let us never forget the contentious Hammond Egger v. Abel Lamb Stewer primary of 1952.

re: #7 doriangrey

Ah... But beer has been sighted... Beer ho... ;)

Is it beer-thirty yet?

re: #61 hermit

Y'know, the other day I think I figured something out...Al Gore is the Martha Stewart of politics.

So why don't they arrest him already?

The One 'monitoring' Gaza strikes: spokesman

HONOLULU, Hawaii (AFP) — US president-elect Barack Obama is "monitoring" the deadly violence in the Gaza strip while he is on vacation in Hawaii, a spokesperson said Saturday.

Obama, who takes office on January 20, "is closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza," said his chief national security spokesperson Brooke Anderson.

re: #66 NJDhockeyfan

The One 'monitoring' Gaza strikes: spokesman

Whew! What a relief!

/

re: #55 Desert Dog

Unfortunately, scientific illiteracy is not limited to "the glitterati", but extends to the majority of the "unwashed masses" as well. And, it's not just scientific illiteracy, but just about every area of knowledge. Americans can tell you who is winning on American Idol and what starlet is wearing the new dress, but they have trouble finding Iraq (let alone the USA) on a map. Forget about scientific knowledge. These are the same people lapping up "global warming" from charlatans like Algore like it's an undisputed fact.

Yep - and its by no means confined to Americans.
Its precisely the same here in the UK. And they lap up everything from charlatans, not just globull warming but economics and politics as well.
They'd do anything just to avoid having to use the stuff in the space between their ears.

re: #64 Cathypop

Is it beer-thirty yet?

No, but it is 8 minutes till Beer-O-clock... ;)

re: #66 NJDhockeyfan

The One 'monitoring' Gaza strikes: spokesman

Yeah! So tell me another fairy tale.

re: #56 ayatollah ghilmeini

Rabbis Howard, Howard and Fine will forever be known as the greatest of all slapstick comedians- no one ever came close, no one else ever will. All you have to see is the long object being carried by the Stooge in the middle and the joyous cry "Hey Moe!"

I breezed through a biography of these guys at a bookstore one time...very interesting story...behind the scenes with their kids etc...have made a note to google up the Stooges...I watched them alot as a kid after school

re: #67 gclaghorn

Whew! What a relief!

/

I feel safer already... /S

re: #69 doriangrey

No, but it is 8 minutes till Beer-O-clock... ;)

Eight minutes and counting. Yippee!

re: #66 NJDhockeyfan

The One 'monitoring' Gaza strikes: spokesman

Finally doing the smart thing...
'till pulls his finger out of the wind and makes a statement.

re: #61 hermit

No, no, no!
(1) Martha Stewart occasionally offers useful, practical information.
(2) She's "paid her debt to society," as they say, whereas Gore has beaten the rap for his scams.

re: #55 Desert Dog
Here's the complete report...
CELEBRITIES AND SCIENCE (PDF)

I always forget how common the vaccine conspiracies are.

re: #73 Cathypop

Eight minutes and counting. Yippee!

Don't let it sneak up on you... ;p

re: #74 jcm

Finally doing the smart thing...
'till pulls his finger out of the wind and makes a statement.

Perhaps he is waiting on a consensus from his 300 foreign policy advisers?

re: #66 NJDhockeyfan

The One 'monitoring' Gaza strikes: spokesman

I bet he's chain-smoking with relief that he doesn't have to say or do anything right now, and I bet he is fervently hoping that it'll be all over by 20/01 ...

re: #78 Desert Dog

Perhaps he is waiting on a consensus from his 300 foreign policy advisers?

Or picking his nose.

re: #74 jcm

Finally doing the smart thing...
'till pulls his finger out of the wind and makes a statement.

This is the closest thing to voting 'present' as you can get.

re: #23 jcm

Arrogant Bastard landed as one my favorite beers. Curse you for mentioning it!
Great stuff! Double was even better, but that 10% ABV, knocked this light weight around. Serious buzz going.

jcm -

Camo (Black) Ice 24 oz Can - about $1.50/can, 10.5% abv, tastes like an average lager with cheap vodka as an "Octane Improver." Works for me, as required. Otherwise prefer Sam Adams.

-S-

re: #81 NJDhockeyfan

This is the closest thing to voting 'present' as you can get.

The less he does the better off we will be. Sad but true.

re: #78 Desert Dog

Perhaps he is waiting on a consensus from his 300 foreign policy advisers?

Who coincidentally are all desperately trying to find clean skivvies right now... ;O

re: #59 gclaghorn

Charles, in the single comment popups, clicking on the video links prompts me to download the raw swf file. Is that just me?

That will work now...

re: #57 doriangrey

I... Fetch me a beer...

*brings overflowing flagon heaped high with thick foam*

Your carbonated liquid granola, Milord. You'd get faster service if you called me "wench," y'know.

re: #85 Charles

That will work now...

It does! Thanks!

re: #76 Killgore Trout

Here's the complete report...
CELEBRITIES AND SCIENCE (PDF)

I always forget how common the vaccine conspiracies are.

I want to be like Demi Moore. I am going down "Leeches-r-Us" so I can detoxify!

re: #76 Killgore Trout

Here's the complete report...
CELEBRITIES AND SCIENCE (PDF)

I always forget how common the vaccine conspiracies are.

Yeah - the imagined risk, minuscule in the statistics, is always seen as being far worse than anything the disease can do.
Until the child gets the disease and dies.

re: #77 doriangrey

Don't let it sneak up on you... ;p

Beer-o-clock.TEE-HEEE

re: #82 Dr. Shalit

jcm -

Camo (Black) Ice 24 oz Can - about $1.50/can, 10.5% abv, tastes like an average lager with cheap vodka as an "Octane Improver." Works for me, as required. Otherwise prefer Sam Adams.

-S-

Obviously the choice of Sam Adams was an accident... Cause that other Shi'ite is evidence of a lack of beer sophistication. ;p

re: #64 Cathypop

Is it beer-thirty yet?

C-pop-

On the Right Coast - it is one minute to POUR.

-S-

re: #92 Dr. Shalit

C-pop-

On the Right Coast - it is one minute to POUR.

-S-

In Texas it is time

22:57 Jordan`s King Abdullah condemns Israeli raids on Gaza (Reuters)

22:50 Report: 780 Palestinians wounded in IAF Gaza Strip attacks (Haaretz)

22:08 Saudi Arabia urges U.S. intervention over Gaza (Reuters)

21:21 Rice: ceasefire should be restored immediately (Haaretz

Ah Saudi Arabia and Abdullah can go fuck themselves and Rice really should be looking for job since Jan 20th is coming up fast.

re: #86 hermit

*brings overflowing flagon heaped high with thick foam*

Your carbonated liquid granola, Milord. You'd get faster service if you called me "wench," y'know.

I was saving the "wench" for when my palate was particularly parched and needing serious attention... ;P

re: #88 Desert Dog

I want to be like Demi Moore. I am going down "Leeches-r-Us" so I can detoxify!

Well it's the only way to get rid of those foul humours.

/what's with these people going backwards in medical science? Next you know they will be exorcising the evil spirits causing the sickness.

/wait. . . . nebbermind. . . .

Check out these pictures...

IDF Releases Photos of Hamas Targets, Terror Training Facilities

(IsraelNN.com) The IDF on Saturday night released aerial photos of Hamas facilities targeted by IAF fighter pilots on Saturday in Operation 'Cast Lead.'

The photos show the military training facilities Hamas has developed in Gaza, where Israel forcibly evicted close to 10,000 of its Jewish citizens in August 2005 in hopes of establishing peace with its Palestinian Authority Arab neighbors.

Israeli embassies and installations around the world have increased their level of security, expecting possible terrorists attacks as a result of the IDF operation in Gaza. Extra security has been stationed at embassies, consulates and El Al offices around the world.

Police in Israel are also at their highest alert level, especially in cities with mixed Arab and Jewish populations. Police leave has been cancelled and shifts have been extended to 12 hours. Police sources said intelligence reports indicate that Hamas or Islamic Jihad will attempt a terrorist attack inside Israel in order to divert the attention of Gaza Arabs from Israel's successes against the terror bases.

re: #82 Dr. Shalit

jcm -

Camo (Black) Ice 24 oz Can - about $1.50/can, 10.5% abv, tastes like an average lager with cheap vodka as an "Octane Improver." Works for me, as required. Otherwise prefer Sam Adams.

-S-

Sam Adams is good. I like beers dark, bitter and chewy...

re: #91 doriangrey

You mean this sort of lack of sophistication?

Guinness=steak-in-a-glass w/ bread for foam

It's practically health food!

re: #96 BlueCanuck

Well it's the only way to get rid of those foul humours.

/what's with these people going backwards in medical science? Next you know they will be exorcising the evil spirits causing the sickness.

/wait. . . . nebbermind. . . .

Their backward science is sooo organic, ya know

re: #93 Cathypop

It's always time in Texas...Heh heh. We make the time for it...

re: #97 NJDhockeyfan

Check out these pictures...

IDF Releases Photos of Hamas Targets, Terror Training Facilities

I want to see the "after" pictures

re: #91 doriangrey

Obviously the choice of Sam Adams was an accident... Cause that other Shi'ite is evidence of a lack of beer sophistication. ;p

Dorian -

No Accident - I know my stuff, and about 15 years ago brewed my own, a lager at about 8 - 9 % abv. The Camo gives me "cred" where I live. 'Nuff said.

-S-

re: #101 Pietr

It's always time in Texas...Heh heh. We make the time for it...

That is why I love it here

BBL

re: #99 hermit

You mean this sort of lack of sophistication?

Guinness=steak-in-a-glass w/ bread for foam

It's practically health food!

ROTFLMAO... Aye... Tis mothers milk in a bottle... ;)

Eco-friendly fraud:

Starchy packing peanuts flunk a flush test

RALEIGH -- To Raleigh's thinking, that holiday gift from your tree-hugger friend contains a hidden danger: biodegradable packing peanuts -- menace to plumbing pipes everywhere.

Raleigh's public utilities crew tested the popular corn-starch packaging and discovered that, contrary to the advertising, they do not dissolve in water.

"They actually required agitation," said Dale Crisp, the city's public utilities director. "We were stirring vigorously, and even when we did so overnight, they did not completely dissolve."

www.newsobserver.com

re: #97 NJDhockeyfan

Those pics with people in nice neat rows...
Girl Scouts ready to pick up their allocation of cookies.

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re: #103 Dr. Shalit

Dorian -

No Accident - I know my stuff, and about 15 years ago brewed my own, a lager at about 8 - 9 % abv. The Camo gives me "cred" where I live. 'Nuff said.

-S-

DOH... Forced by peer pressure to suffer such swill... My condolences... ;(

re: #99 hermit

You mean this sort of lack of sophistication?

Guinness=steak-in-a-glass w/ bread for foam

It's practically health food!

ROFL!... There's a cat with taste!

I understand that the Pope has pronounced that Israel should find another way to deal with the missiles from Gaza, and has pontificated that the IDF operations are not worth the damage to the peace process.

I respectfully disagree with the Pontiff on both counts, and would simply point out that his advice is not only worthless but should also be an embarrassment to every thinking Christian.

re: #94 Nevergiveup

22:57 Jordan`s King Abdullah condemns Israeli raids on Gaza (Reuters)

22:50 Report: 780 Palestinians wounded in IAF Gaza Strip attacks (Haaretz)

22:08 Saudi Arabia urges U.S. intervention over Gaza (Reuters)

21:21 Rice: ceasefire should be restored immediately (Haaretz

Ah Saudi Arabia and Abdullah can go fuck themselves and Rice really should be looking for job since Jan 20th is coming up fast.

Given what you posted I'd say she is.

"I call upon you (Palestinians) to carry out a third intifada," Mashaal, who lives in exile in Damascus, told Al-Jazeera television in an interview.

[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

Why don't you come to Gaza and say that?

re: #107 sngnsgt

Eco-friendly fraud:

Starchy packing peanuts flunk a flush test

www.newsobserver.com

Why, the next thing you'll be telling me is my Prius is not as eco-friendly as I would like, and my natural hemp sandals do nothing to save Gaia, even if I smoke them

re: #66 NJDhockeyfan

The One 'monitoring' Gaza strikes: spokesman

Check out this statement;

As for talking with Hamas, the Islamist movement in control of Gaza, Obama said in the interview that it was "very hard to negotiate with a group that is not representative of a nation state, does not recognize your right to exist, has consistently used terror as a weapon, and is deeply influenced by other countries."

WTF? This is not the Obama I knew!

re: #96 BlueCanuck

Well it's the only way to get rid of those foul humours.

/what's with these people going backwards in medical science? Next you know they will be exorcising the evil spirits causing the sickness.

/wait. . . . nebbermind. . . .

Heh.
Not all backward medical treatments are useles, unsientific hogwash.

Lookit here!

But be warned - this is not for the squeamish, fainthearted or those just eating lunch!

So will the Iranian ship that was scheduled to dock in twelve days still make a port call in Gaza?

re: #108 jcm

Those pics with people in nice neat rows...
Girl Scouts ready to pick up their allocation of cookies.

///

I wish the picture was clearer, then we could see the flaming hoops

re: #109 doriangrey

DOH... Forced by peer pressure to suffer such swill... My condolences... ;(

Dorian -

Where I live is NOT Land 'o Lakes - It's Land 'o Laird's (Vodka, Gin and Rum.)
About 8-10 miles from "Scobeyville" - a/k/a Colts Neck

-S-

re: #107 sngnsgt

Eco-friendly fraud:

Starchy packing peanuts flunk a flush test

www.newsobserver.com

Gotta' eat 'em first...
DUH!

re: #106 doriangrey

ROTFLMAO... Aye... Tis mothers milk in a bottle... ;)

Couldn't stand beer until I lived in the UK and met stout...but, then -- I drank Guinness right at the factory. Mother's milk be damned! The nearer the source the more succulent the nectar.

In fact there was always rumor that pregnant women were advised to drink porter-stouts as they are rich in iron.

re: #97 NJDhockeyfan

Excellent!
IDF has really done their homework.

Amazing, isn't it, how many 'training camps' there are in Gaza ...

re: #120 jcm

Gotta' eat 'em first...
DUH!

good refuge

re: #117 Jim in Virginia

So will the Iranian ship that was scheduled to dock in twelve days still make a port call in Gaza?

Your assuming the port will still be there?

re: #116 yma o hyd

Heh.
Not all backward medical treatments are useles, unsientific hogwash.

Lookit here!

But be warned - this is not for the squeamish, fainthearted or those just eating lunch!

That's been known since WW1. Field surgeons discovered that soldiers with open wounds crawling with maggots never developed gangrene. There actually is a scientific reason for that too. They only eat the tissue that is dead and rotting. Before it gets a chance to infect the rest of the limb. Being bled by leeches has never stood up to scientific scrutiny. On the other hand analgesics were discovered in it's saliva and that had a use.

re: #110 jcm

Hey jcm! How you faring in our Winter Wonderland?!

re: #121 hermit

I drank Guinness right at the factory

Grrr. I think I hate you just a little bit now... ;p

Beer is thin bread, except for Guinness which is thick bread.

re: #124 Nevergiveup

Your assuming the port will still be there?

Something tells me that the ship will be returing to Iran soon

re: #122 yma o hyd

Excellent!
IDF has really done their homework.

Amazing, isn't it, how many 'training camps' there are in Gaza ...

Dude, there is only one training camp in Gaza... IT IS GAZA...

re: #119 Dr. Shalit

Reply to Self -

Also Applejack - which most of the "denizens" do not know exists, let alone what it is, here in the land of the "Battle of Monmouth Courthouse."

-S-

re: #122 yma o hyd

Excellent!
IDF has really done their homework.

Amazing, isn't it, how many 'training camps' there are in Gaza ...

If we had bugged out of Iraq, can you imagine how many "training Camps" would be there? How about them eggs Barney Frank?

re: #121 hermit

I know here in Canada in some wards they will give chemo patients a pint of Guiness a day for iron. To help build up those red blood cells.

/only way I found that out was my alky grandfather broke into the fridge and pilfered some.

re: #127 doriangrey

Grrr. I think I hate you just a little bit now... ;p

...I'm good with that :P

*keep in mind...I'm far from Dublin now, so I don't have it either!

re: #81 NJDhockeyfan

This is the closest thing to voting 'present' as you can get.

"The One" has been strangely silent for the past couple of weeks, Biden has dropped off of the radar and it looks like Michelle has been virtually muzzled. STFU seems to have become the byword(s) in the mythical "Office of the President-Elect".

re: #124 Nevergiveup

Your assuming the port will still be there?

Or the ship either...

re: #131 Dr. Shalit

Apple jack? Is that the leavings from frozen hard cider?

re: #126 hermit

Hey jcm! How you faring in our Winter Wonderland?!

The thaw is on!
Slushville!

My wife talked me into taking her to Alderwood yesterday... bargain hunting...
OMG what a freaking insane asylum!

re: #129 Cathypop

Something tells me that the ship will be returing to Iran soon

Only if the Iranians can find someone capable of deep sea salvage...

re: #133 BlueCanuck

I know here in Canada in some wards they will give chemo patients a pint of Guiness a day for iron. To help build up those red blood cells.

/only way I found that out was my alky grandfather broke into the fridge and pilfered some.

Before anyone tries this please check with your oncologist first. Trust me

re: #137 BlueCanuck

Apple jack? Is that the leavings from frozen hard cider?

No... It's distilled hard cider... ;)

re: #135 MacDuff

"The One" has been strangely silent for the past couple of weeks, Biden has dropped off of the radar and it looks like Michelle has been virtually muzzled. STFU seems to have become the byword(s) in the mythical "Office of the President-Elect".

When did he stop having daily press briefings?

re: #121 hermit

I'll still take my Tartan Bitter, tho many of my friends were partial to the McEwans Special Dark. If one got blitzed on the McEwans, they'd wake up thirsty as hell; that first drink of water would get 'em drunk all over again...LOL.

re: #127 doriangrey

Grrr. I think I hate you just a little bit now... ;p

True... that is cruel taunting punishment he is engaged in!

re: #133 BlueCanuck

Hey BlueCanuck! click my nic - and I have you to thank for posting me that link! I own that series of Blackadder and have considered that scene as my job description! Have even quoted it to some of the students! LOL THANK YOU!

re: #140 Cathypop

Of course. Maybe I wasn't clear, this was actually considered medicinal in the hospital itself.

re: #144 jcm

True... that is cruel taunting punishment he is engaged in!

cough cough... hermit is a she... I'm pretty sure... ;p

re: #135 MacDuff

"The One" has been strangely silent for the past couple of weeks, Biden has dropped off of the radar and it looks like Michelle has been virtually muzzled. STFU seems to have become the byword(s) in the mythical "Office of the President-Elect".

yes...as soon as any event of any significance arises they are off to the shadows...I'm not so sure what to think...except in Bidens case that is

re: #147 doriangrey

cough cough... hermit is a she... I'm pretty sure... ;p

Er... I hope... ;O

Well now that Israeli War Planes have found their way south, I'd say maybe it's time to readjust them GPS devices to the North West?

re: #133 BlueCanuck

Blue -

Have a question for you. Simi insists that an 80 year old relative in Canada, a WWII veteran, got a heart bypass operation under YOUR National Health, IN CANADA, within about a month. Is this normal procedure for all citizens or a special fast track for WW II vets? Pray tell enlighten me.

-S-

re: #145 hermit

ROFLMAO. Glad you liked it that much. My brother introduced me to Black Adder many years ago. He would drive around and call all the bad moronic drivers Baldricks.

/watching a couple of episodes and I heartily agreed with his assessment.

re: #147 doriangrey

cough cough... hermit is a she... I'm pretty sure... ;p

That makes it worse...
A taunt and a tease!
/ ;-P

re: #144 jcm

True... that is cruel taunting punishment he is engaged in!

Ahhh, jcm! The memories taunt me still - just wanted to share the misery! LOL

/and yeah,...it's really hermitte

re: #125 BlueCanuck

That's been known since WW1. Field surgeons discovered that soldiers with open wounds crawling with maggots never developed gangrene. There actually is a scientific reason for that too. They only eat the tissue that is dead and rotting. Before it gets a chance to infect the rest of the limb. Being bled by leeches has never stood up to scientific scrutiny. On the other hand analgesics were discovered in it's saliva and that had a use.

Leeches also have, iirc, an anti-coagulant in their saliva.

As for maggots, well, like so much else its an old-wives-tale (never mind WWI- until its been proven by modern evidence-based medical investigation.
Rightly so - see the famous placebo effect.

Btw - all those who only believe in NEw age crap and love their chinese herbal medicines because they,re so natural and so effective - time and again it has been shown that said medicines are full of modern chemicals, some very damaging, and that its these modern chemicals which actually ahve that fabulous healing effect.
Might as well see your doctor and get the proper stuff ...

re: #151 Dr. Shalit

Hard to say, a little from column A and a little from column B. If he was in Toronto it probably would have happened at Sunnybrook hospital.

re: #154 hermit

Ahhh, jcm! The memories taunt me still - just wanted to share the misery! LOL

/and yeah,...it's really hermitte

Well spank you very little... OK, well, maybe a whole lot... ;p

Hey jcm/JCM...how come your nic is sometimes UC and other time LC?

re: #121 hermit

I drank Guinness right at the factory.

So did I. And then I got fired. Seemed like there was a little problem with my manager and drinking on the job. I told him I had no trouble handling plutonium triggers with a little buzz going, but her didn't agree. Since I had the beer Guinness in one hand and the trigger in the other, he didn't really argue with me. It was more like trying to talk someone down off the edge of a building.

I left after a few hours. No Christmas bonus that year.

re: #130 doriangrey

Dude, there is only one training camp in Gaza... IT IS GAZA...

Right - so if the IDF gets rid of all those training camps, Gaza will naturally become Hamas-free.
I like it!

re: #114 Desert Dog

Why, the next thing you'll be telling me is my Prius is not as eco-friendly as I would like, and my natural hemp sandals do nothing to save Gaia, even if I smoke them

You'll need to buy a few carbon credits if you want to smoke those babys!

"Clash of Civilizations" author Samuel Huntington dies.

re: #97 NJDhockeyfan

Check out these pictures...

IDF Releases Photos of Hamas Targets, Terror Training Facilities

Alas, these are facts. Facts are of no use to these people; they expect to exhibit aggression and suffer no consequences. Suffering the consequences of their own aggression is seen as "war crimes". That's the template and no other views, no matter how documented, will be deemed acceptable.

Sad, tragic, but always predictable.

Love the Stooges

re: #157 doriangrey

Well spank you very little... OK, well, maybe a whole lot... ;p

*giggle* *giggle*
/runs away really slooowly

/Speeds up suddenly -- realizes that if goddessOTC shows up LGF is gonna need another hermit!

/ducks back into cave

re: #159 Walter L. Newton

So did I. And then I got fired. Seemed like there was a little problem with my manager and drinking on the job. I told him I had no trouble handling plutonium triggers with a little buzz going, but her didn't agree. Since I had the beer Guinness in one hand and the trigger in the other, he didn't really argue with me. It was more like trying to talk someone down off the edge of a building.

I left after a few hours. No Christmas bonus that year.

I hear Robert Oppenheimer like to host a few also. But then again he was a commie?
/ actually he wasn't, but that's for another discussion.

re: #158 hermit

Hey jcm/JCM...how come your nic is sometimes UC and other time LC?

Both work, I try to keep it upper case but sometimes type in lower case. I did notice the other day, I did log in with upper, but on the threads it was lower.

re: #148 albusteve

I think Biden might be laying low because of the Blagojevich mess in Illinois. No one is asking about the deal he cut to have his own Senate seat filled.

Israel needs about six ballistic missile submarines and about 9 fuel cell powered silent hunter/killer subs.

re: #168 Mich-again

I think Biden might be laying low because of the Blagojevich mess in Illinois. No one is asking about the deal he cut to have his own Senate seat filled.

Free coffee for life at any 7-11 courtesy of his "Indian" friends?

re: #132 Nevergiveup

If we had bugged out of Iraq, can you imagine how many "training Camps" would be there? How about them eggs Barney Frank?

You wouldn't have been able to walk in a straight line without hitting one after the other ...

What a stupid waste of human life - no food, no industry, no schools, no hospitals (except those brought and supported by outside aid agencies), but enough to teach men just one thing: to kill.
Not as defense of their own country, but as export article, a.k.a. jihadists.

re: #169 lifeofthemind

Israel needs about six ballistic missile submarines and about 9 fuel cell powered silent hunter/killer subs.

They have quasi-ballistic subs.

re: #165 hermit

*giggle* *giggle*
/runs away really slooowly

/Speeds up suddenly -- realizes that if goddessOTC shows up LGF is gonna need another hermit!

/ducks back into cave

/Blushes... That's not what I was suggesting...

Samuel P. Huntington of Harvard Dies at 81

[Link: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com...]

re: #141 doriangrey

No... It's distilled hard cider... ;)

Dorian -

Thanks for explanation. Local legend is that Gen./Pres. Washington liked the local stuff about as well as the stuff he made at Mt. Vernon. Laird's became a business in Scobeyville, (Colts Neck), in 1780 and the rest is History.

-S-

re: #150 Nevergiveup

Well now that Israeli War Planes have found their way south, I'd say maybe it's time to readjust them GPS devices to the North West?

Hexbollah and Iran both have been rather quiet...
Could it be that they are finally receiving a clear message from Israel in a language that is penetrating their thick, stupid, ugly skulls?

re: #176 Spare O'Lake

Hexbollah and Iran both have been rather quiet...
Could it be that they are finally receiving a clear message from Israel in a language that is penetrating their thick, stupid, ugly skulls?

I doubt it.

re: #150 Nevergiveup

Well now that Israeli War Planes have found their way south, I'd say maybe it's time to readjust them GPS devices to the North West?

Sir or ma'am, not a snark, but you need to check your directions. Unless you want the IDF to bomb Cyprus? (or Fwance?)

re: #172 Nevergiveup

They have quasi-ballistic subs.

They already have a couple of the German made Dolphin hunter-killer subs?

re: #45 Desert Dog

He's a good guy, does a lot for charities here in PHX. I am not sure of his political outlook, but he always seems to donate to good causes...Cops, Toys for Tots, etc.

Yeah, and he scores bevies of beautiful babes.

re: #162 The Sanity Inspector

"Clash of Civilizations" author Samuel Huntington dies.

He was 81 - he had a good innings.
R.I.P.

re: #176 Spare O'Lake

Could it be that they are finally receiving a clear message from Israel in a language that is penetrating their thick, stupid, ugly skulls?

Assuming the message could penetrate the skull, where would it land?

re: #178 Jim in Virginia

Sir or ma'am, not a snark, but you need to check your directions. Unless you want the IDF to bomb Cyprus? (or Fwance?)

And bombing Fwance would be bad why?

re: #168 Mich-again

I think Biden might be laying low because of the Blagojevich mess in Illinois. No one is asking about the deal he cut to have his own Senate seat filled.

plagerist...nepotist...
c'mon Joe!...stand up and take a bow!

Greetings & Salutations from Bleepin Illinois. How the bleep is everybody?

"It's our Super Bowl."

Though the Lions were 10½-point underdogs Friday, Fisher liked their chances and sounded surprisingly confident.

"I think we're going to shock a lot of people with a great game. I feel like we're going to win," he said. "Not to take anything away from Green Bay, but we're a great football team. I know the record doesn't show it, but I'm going to say it."

[Link: sports.espn.go.com...]

I wonder what this guy was drinking ( or smoking )?

re: #182 Mich-again

Assuming the message could penetrate the skull, where would it land?

Their assholes, cause obvious their assholes are connected directly to their skulls... ;p

re: #172 Nevergiveup

They have quasi-ballistic subs.

They can launch a handful of Sea Launched Cruise Missiles from their diesel boats. They really need more for a survivable and credible strategic capability.

re: #183 doriangrey

And bombing Fwance would be bad why?

It would be a terrible waste of good wine and cheese. And women with hairy legs.
On second thought...

re: #176 Spare O'Lake

Hexbollah and Iran both have been rather quiet...
Could it be that they are finally receiving a clear message from Israel in a language that is penetrating their thick, stupid, ugly skulls?

No.
They're re-grouping, and hoping that B0 will not replenish the arsenal the IDF have been using just now.
Biding their time ... unfortunately.

re: #162 The Sanity Inspector

"Clash of Civilizations" author Samuel Huntington dies.

He was a rare breed among academics in his field---an honest man.
Despite being a card-carrying Democrat and "liberal," in his scholarly work he dared to ask politically incorrect questions and called the shots the way he saw them.
For this reason, he was always worth reading.

RIP, Dr. Huntington.
May light perpetual shine upon him.

re: #185 opnion

Greetings & Salutations from Bleepin Illinois. How the bleep is everybody?

We're just bleepin wonderful. 65 here today.
Nyah!

re: #178 Jim in Virginia

Sir or ma'am, not a snark, but you need to check your directions. Unless you want the IDF to bomb Cyprus? (or Fwance?)

OOPS. your right. If it's an excuse I have already started drinking. Seems the wife made plans to go out with "Liberal" friends and they picked -get this- a vegetarian restaurant? I mean unless you can get a good steak, or Italian, why go out? So that would be North East then right?

re: #188 lifeofthemind

They can launch a handful of Sea Launched Cruise Missiles from their diesel boats. They really need more for a survivable and credible strategic capability.

We could loan 'em the Ohio SSGN-726...
154 cruise missiles...

The med is an awfully small pond for sub ops.

re: #177 Nevergiveup

I doubt it.

ngu -

Permanently Penetrating - NO - from what has been done. Temporarily, as in "HUDNA" - perhaps so - AND - will keep things quiet until the February, 2009 Israeli Elections. Thank G-d for small recompenses.

-S-

re: #162 The Sanity Inspector

"Clash of Civilizations" author Samuel Huntington dies.

RIP, heard him once. He had the rare but not unalloyed pleasure of seeing his theories validated by reality.

Watched the HBO/BBC production of House of Sadam last night.
If yo have not sen it, it is really well done. If you have HBO it is On Demand in four parts.
They actually depicted the Iraqui's hiding the WMD's & then getting them out of the country. That was surprising. Our troops come off pretty well.

re: #173 doriangrey

/Blushes... That's not what I was suggesting...

Ahhh, well then...it's all clear! Sorry if I took you to mean something else. Celibacy does tend to make one a little distractable when spanking gets mentioned. hehe

/Galahad the Chaste...

re: #188 lifeofthemind

They can launch a handful of Sea Launched Cruise Missiles from their diesel boats. They really need more for a survivable and credible strategic capability.

Yes but they are a small country after all. i believe those can and are nuclear tipped. And after all Obama is offering them a nuclear umbrella isn't he?
/ what ever obama is selling i ain't buying!

re: #193 Nevergiveup

OOPS. your right. If it's an excuse I have already started drinking. Seems the wife made plans to go out with "Liberal" friends and they picked -get this- a vegetarian restaurant? I mean unless you can get a good steak, or Italian, why go out? So that would be North East then right?

Syria or Iran? Or hit one first and hit Baby Assad on the way back.
Although Fwance still makes a good target.

US Atty asks panel not to subpoena Obama aides

CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois House committee investigating a possible impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich won't subpoena two incoming White House advisers, the committee chairwoman said Saturday, shutting down a request from the governor's attorney.

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Based on their outstanding performance on this mission, Syria and Iran's got to be a wee bit nervous.
Favorite Stooge scene:
Moe: Alright you muggs, fire at will.
Curly: Hey Moe, which one's will ?
Greetings from CO.

re: #193 Nevergiveup

OOPS. your right. If it's an excuse I have already started drinking. Seems the wife made plans to go out with "Liberal" friends and they picked -get this- a vegetarian restaurant? I mean unless you can get a good steak, or Italian, why go out? So that would be North East then right?

mexican
tex mex
new mexican...

from the sunny but chilly valley of the Rio Grande!

re: #201 sngnsgt

US Atty asks panel not to subpoena Obama aides

That will help Blago's defense. If he has any chance at one.

re: #198 hermit

Ahhh, well then...it's all clear! Sorry if I took you to mean something else. Celibacy does tend to make one a little distractable when spanking gets mentioned. hehe

/Galahad the Chaste...

I sooo resemble that poor chap... ;(

re: #192 Jim in Virginia

We're just bleepin wonderful. 65 here today.
Nyah!

The Chicago Area is melting. Lost our power last night for about 90 minutes. Water in the basement. Worse I had to replace the sump pump.
Now I am drying out the basement & I will have to get down there with bleach. 'Global Melting!"

re: #194 jcm

We could loan 'em the Ohio SSGN-726...
154 cruise missiles...

The med is an awfully small pond for sub ops.

right...FIX BAYONETS!

re: #203 albusteve

mexican
tex mex
new mexican...

from the sunny but chilly valley of the Rio Grande!

Yeah but there is meat in them right?

re: #193 Nevergiveup

OOPS. your right. If it's an excuse I have already started drinking. Seems the wife made plans to go out with "Liberal" friends and they picked -get this- a vegetarian restaurant? I mean unless you can get a good steak, or Italian, why go out? So that would be North East then right?

There's always seafood.

re: #193 Nevergiveup

Have another drink. It's vegan, y'no.

Newsflash #1: Portobello mushrooms are NOT, I repeat NOT, beef.

Newsflash#2: Iguana, rattlesnake, and frog legs indeed "taste like chicken," but tofu does NOT.

Time to start the pot roast! BBIAW!

Bush, Saudi King talk amid Israel-Gaza bloodshed

CRAWFORD, Texas (AFP) — Saudi King Abdullah told US President George W. Bush by telephone on Saturday that major countries must take action to halt Israel's attacks on Gaza, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported.

White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe had said earlier that the king had called Bush, who was preparing to usher in 2009 on his Texas ranch, to discuss "the Middle East" and had declined to offer further details.

But SPA reported that King Abdullah had discussed "the Israeli aggression against Gaza" and the "implications of continuing Israel's policies of blockade, occupation and torture against the Palestinian people all over the Occupied Territories."

The king also called for "the major countries to shoulder their responsibilities to stop this Israeli attack and save the lives of the innocent and remaining infrastructure in the Palestinian territories."

Abdullah made the call after a meeting in Riyadh with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas.

re: #211 hermit

Time to start the pot roast! BBIAW!

Your roasting a pot? dear girl please go out and get some real food... ;p

re: #208 Nevergiveup

Yeah but there is meat in them right?

generally

re: #212 NJDhockeyfan

Welcome to 'the show' Obama...be careful what you wish for.

re: #121 hermit

Couldn't stand beer until I lived in the UK and met stout...but, then -- I drank Guinness right at the factory. Mother's milk be damned! The nearer the source the more succulent the nectar.

In fact there was always rumor that pregnant women were advised to drink porter-stouts as they are rich in iron.

In 1988 when my twins were born, the pediatrician told me to have a pint of Guinness (the dark stuff) every day at 5 pm. He said to help with the breast feeding. I never knew why until now. I did exactly as I was told. My husband got in the habit too. . . in sympathy, I guess. . . .

re: #209 jcm

There's always seafood.

Yeah i asked my wife if it's like quasi and has seafood- she thinks not?

The IDF has begun mobilizing tanks to the Gaza area...
[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

re: #213 doriangrey

Or make brownies.

re: #193 Nevergiveup

Ask the waitress if they make anything that at least tastes like meat. With the right delivery that line could win you lots of new friends.

re: #218 jaunte

The IDF has begun mobilizing tanks to the Gaza area...
[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

Oh it's going to be a hot night in the ole town Gaza tonight...

re: #202 BigMoo

Moo -

Go like this. The longer the IAF/IDF can operate in Gaza, the better. Syria as a military power is a JOKE vis the Israelis. Iran risks the regime, question is - WILL THEY TAKE THAT RISK? So far they have been an irritating/cautious power. Do NOT suspect that will change.

-S-

re: #218 jaunte

Armor could be tough going in an urban environment...

re: #220 Mich-again

Ask the waitress if they make anything that at least tastes like meat. With the right delivery that line could win you lots of new friends.

Or they might spit in my food? Well i guess that would only be an improvement?

re: #218 jaunte

The IDF has begun mobilizing tanks to the Gaza area...
[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

well what'd ya know!...I wonder did they get the memo about Fallujah II?...rock and roll!...

re: #222 Dr. Shalit

Moo -

Go like this. The longer the IAF/IDF can operate in Gaza, the better. Syria as a military power is a JOKE vis the Israelis. Iran risks the regime, question is - WILL THEY TAKE THAT RISK? So far they have been an irritating/cautious power. Do NOT suspect that will change.

-S-

We can always hope that Iran makes a foolishly provocative act though...

re: #221 doriangrey

re: #223 BigMoo

The Hamas command and control has got to be pretty torn up right now.

re: #218 jaunte

The IDF has begun mobilizing tanks to the Gaza area...
[Link: www.ynetnews.com...]

A surge is coming!

:)

re: #227 jaunte

re: #223 BigMoo

The Hamas command and control has got to be pretty torn up right now.

No where near torn up enough though...

re: #225 albusteve

well what'd ya know!...I wonder did they get the memo about Fallujah II?...rock and roll!...

They wrote the Manuel. it's called Jenin 1.

re: #229 doriangrey

No where near torn up enough though...

Amen!

re: #222 Dr. Shalit

Very good points. That strike on the suspicious Syrian 'facility' a while back proved how inept the Syrians are-and potentially vulnerable the russian air defense technology might be. I'd love to see the Iranian people rise up (and they supposedly want to)-but the mullahs have all the weapons...

re: #223 BigMoo

Armor could be tough going in an urban environment...

long distance rubble makers...easier and safer than a D9 anyday and same effect...go IDF!

re: #223 BigMoo

Armor could be tough going in an urban environment...

Not if you flatten it before going in.

re: #223 BigMoo

Armor could be tough going in an urban environment...

True but unless Hamas has been getting EFPs from Iran about the only thing that can touch a Merkava is a really big IED, or a an M1A1.

Utah store has bone to pick with shoplifting dog

MURRAY, Utah (AP) -- A thief remains at large after pulling off a daring heist - in the pet food aisle.

Surveillance video at a supermarket in this Salt Lake City suburb caught a dog shoplifting, KSL-TV reported Wednesday.

The video showed the dog walking in the front door of Smith's Food & Drug in Murray, and heading straight to Aisle 16, the pet food aisle, where it grabbed a bone worth $2.79.

The thief wasn't even perturbed by a face-to-face confrontation with store manager Roger Adamson.

"I looked at him. I said 'Drop it!'" Adamson said. "He looked at me, and I looked at him, and he ran for the door and away he went, right out the front door."

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Lgf looks great on my sis-in-law's iPhone. Is there an easy way to scroll to thebottom of the comments though?

re: #230 Nevergiveup

They wrote the Manuel. it's called Jenin 1.

heh...good one

re: #229 doriangrey

Agreed !

re: #212 NJDhockeyfan

Bush, Saudi King talk amid Israel-Gaza bloodshed

NJDhf -

Ask "King Abdullah" what the "Magic Kingdom" is ready to DO about it. Don't know about you, I HEAR CRICKETS!

-S-

re: #228 NJDhockeyfan

A surge is coming!

:)

Yup, this is just the "Shock and Awe ©" part...

re: #235 jcm

Didn' their armor get chewed up by ATGM's a while back ?

Now the Germans are making sense...

Germany tells Hamas to halt rocket attacks

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has told Hamas to "immediately and definitively end its unacceptable rocket attacks against Israel". He urged the Jewish state to do everything to avoid civilian casualties.

re: #229 doriangrey

No where near torn up enough though...

all the more reason to get into the dirt...and I'll bet plenty if not all the IDF boys are itchin for a fight and frankly I hope Hamas steps up to the plate..talk is cheap

re: #241 doriangrey

Yup, this is just the "Shock and Awe ©" part...

Nothing says pwned like a Merkava sitting on the pile of rubble that was Pali HQ.

re: #235 jcm

True but unless Hamas has been getting EFPs from Iran about the only thing that can touch a Merkava is a really big IED, or a an M1A1.

Well they do have EFP's and had them before we went to Iraq ( which begs the question why we were so surprised- but that is for another day ) and Israel has "fortified" some of their tanks and other armored vehicles, but it does make them very heavy and not as mobile etc.

re: #243 NJDhockeyfan

Now the Germans are making sense...

Germany tells Hamas to halt rocket attacks

That sentiment will be redacted soon enough...

re: #227 jaunte

re: #223 BigMoo

The Hamas command and control has got to be pretty torn up right now.

jaunte -

AND - I predict that the world's smallest violin will shrink into a world of NANOTECCHNOLOGY at my home tonight.

-S-

re: #248 Dr. Shalit

jaunte -

AND - I predict that the world's smallest violin will shrink into a world of NANOTECCHNOLOGY at my home tonight.

-S-

Yup, you're going to need a scanning electron microscope to see it for sure... ;)

re: #248 Dr. Shalit

Reply to Self -

AND at the homes of Bill Gates and Mort Zuckerman as well - REMEMBER THE GREENHOUSES! That is all.

-S-

re: #224 Nevergiveup

There are lots of great vegetarian dishes. I prefer a 16 oz ribeye, but I occasionally like a dish without meat. A good example is the botana from a Mexican carry out in our rotation. Load it up an guacamole, cheese, sour cream, hot peppers and some habanero hot sauce. No meat. Still really good.

re: #246 Nevergiveup

Well they do have EFP's and had them before we went to Iraq ( which begs the question why we were so surprised- but that is for another day ) and Israel has "fortified" some of their tanks and other armored vehicles, but it does make them very heavy and not as mobile etc.

just keep the bad guys in front of you...problem solved

re: #248 Dr. Shalit