Love these guys!

iCaramba !

re: #1 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Wait! Can't get the video to work!

Reload, grasshoppers, reload.

re: #3 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Wait! Can't get the video to work!

same here...

Watching now.

This is so God damn funny.

I watched a few seconds (last thread) and got completely fished in.

I just called apple to buy one of these. They had no idea about the wheel

I got a new iPod today... god plz forgive me

Microsoft created a square wheel

Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.

Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.

Gahh!

re: #12 Sharmuta

Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.

Beat me to that line!

everything is just a few hundred clicks away.

I already have that feature!

Hilarious.

And I've been to my share of MacWorlds.

Oh. Okay. Thanks!

8 GB for 2,600$

That is pretty funny.

re: #19 Shug

lol

Shiny!

re: #19 Shug

8 GB for 2,600$

IOW, standard Apple pricing model.

"Everything is just a few hundred clicks away."

Hysterical!

Sorry!

I didn't even include the half dozen links about creationism/evolution in this pile.

Only 45 minutes for an e-mail, and the system will finish a sentence for you.

I see a Windoze infringement suit coming!

really Apple is helping people become more stupid?

The funniest part was the "predictive sentences" that the software displays after the first few letters. "The aardvark wants to kill me"...etc.

Actually, the Onion's faux-interface and faux software display was extremely slick. I want to hire their humorists/graphics-technicians to design a real product!

Charles: I assume you are prepared for what may come.

Both sides fight Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the Internet

Tuito's assessment is that hacker attacks will only increase. "The aim will be harassment, a battle for morale."

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

"Truly unbreakable unless dropped or hit."

Heh.

"or just dicking around"
/too damn funny

The Onion is the best.

re: #28 winston06

really Apple is helping people become more stupid?

No: real Apple products are indeed extremely ergonomic.

Recently I had the "opportunity" to use a Windows computer for a couple hours. Gaaaaaaaah! I wanted to commit suicide after the first 15 minutes. By the two-hour mark I was an emotional rag doll.

re: #28 winston06

Quote your post. Add a sarc tag.

Brilliant! Those folks at the Onion are at the very top of the satire heap.

re: #33 zombie

Recently I had the "opportunity" to use a Windows computer for a couple hours. Gaaaaaaaah! I wanted to commit suicide after the first 15 minutes. By the two-hour mark I was an emotional rag doll.

You must have been trying to reformat something in Word.

re: #35 Jimmah

Brilliant! Those folks at the Onion are at the very top of the satire heap.

Really puts SNL to shame.

re: #28 winston06

really Apple is helping people become more stupid?

I *click click* r *click click* e *click click* s *click click* e *click click* m *click click* b *click click* l *click click* e *click click* t *click click* h *click click* a *click click* t *click click* s *click click* t *click click* a *click click* t *click click* e *click click* m *click click* e *click click* n *click click* t *click click* !r *click click* e *click click* s *click click* e *click click* m *click click* b *click click* l *click click* e *click click* t *click click* h *click click* a *click click* t *click click* s *click click* t *click click* a *click click* t *click click* e *click click* m *click click* e *click click* n *click click* t *click click* ! *click click*

_{I resemble that statement!}

Hilarious.

re: #35 Jimmah

Brilliant! Those folks at the Onion are at the very top of the satire heap.

I remember when the Onion was printed on a...(what was it called)...a paper surface. Using... uh... did they call it ink?

Everything is just a few hundred clicks away

This will be a hit in Euroland...the ease of typing will match Europe's current productivity.

No offense to our Euro-Lizards.

The content of the email the guy is supposedly trying to type for 45 minutes is incredible

re: #35 Jimmah

Brilliant! Those folks at the Onion are at the very top of the satire heap.

OldLineTexan on the previous thread posted:

I don't get my political views from TV, but many young proto-honcos think The Daily Show is reliable news.

Given the choice, I'd go with the Onion. The Onion has a way of pointing out the obvious defect in the logic, and doesn't try to actually convince you.

I-5 in WA State closed due to flooding.

Crap.

I post this on the downstairs thread and get pwned by this one.

Figures.

How many people would place a cd/dvd on that and assume it would run?

I still have an iPod in its original packaging. 1 year old, never used. Any bids?

re: #48 Killgore Trout

Yes. I will take $100.00. You pay the shipping.

re: #48 Killgore Trout

I still have an iPod in its original packaging. 1 year old, never used. Any bids?

$20!

re: #48 Killgore Trout

I still have an iPod in its original packaging. 1 year old, never used. Any bids?

I'll give you my nude Ernest Borgnine photos and my collection of used bandages

Too funny. Although after my miserable malware experience over the past few days, I honestly might consider switching to a Mac.

/Love my iPod but that's as far as it goes.

re: #49 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

You Bastard!

Aw, dicking around is for Vista.

re: #41 Age Of Freedom

Everything is just a few hundred clicks away

re: #24 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

"Everything is just a few hundred clicks away."

Hysterical!

re: #12 Sharmuta

Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.

re: #12 Sharmuta

Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.

re: #16 Shug

I already have that feature!

Everything is just a few hundred clicks away.

*whispers* Is this the code to get on the zionist check mailing list?

re: #35 Jimmah

Brilliant! Those folks at the Onion are at the very top of the satire heap.

I agree, but, as with all satire, you have to have a certain warped sense of humor to appreciate it. For example this, IMHO, is one of the funniest stories out there...

Just my warped opinion

like I posted on the last thread........a time stealing data trap..............
.............but shinier..........

re: #49 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Done. I'll even wipe the dust off the packaging before I ship.

re: #50 Sharmuta

You're outbid.

re: #48 Killgore Trout

I still have an iPod in its original packaging. 1 year old, never used. Any bids?

Which model/size? My old one has gone belly-up.

I think the key word in the bid was "take."

re: #60 jaunte

I think the key word in the bid was "take."

He's really a SNEAKY bastard.

re: #30 Opinionated

Charles: I assume you are prepared for what may come.

Both sides fight Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the Internet

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

Yep. Prepared, we are.

re: #60 jaunte

I think the key word in the bid was "take."

So I'm still in the lead with $20?

re: #59 OldLineTexan

I wasn't aware there are different flavors. It's an iPod and Idon't have a use for it.

re: #40 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I remember when the Onion was printed on a...(what was it called)...a paper surface. Using... uh... did they call it ink?

I can't remember that far back, but I can remember when it was text and pictures only. The first thing I read from the Onion, was a piece called "New study shows sexism rampant in nature". Another faveourite of mine from years ago was a piece about a Larouche table at a university burning down, setting Larouchies on fire in the process, and the emergency services not being called until it threatened a nearby cash dispensing machine.

re: #62 Charles

Yep. Prepared, we are.

Info-wars.

re: #63 Sharmuta

I think you're the lucky winna.

Of course this Mac will never get stolen in Detroit because there's no hubcaps on the wheel.

I'll bet the Lion's used these for all team correspondence...thus the word never got out how god awful they were.

re: #67 jaunte

I think you're the lucky winna.

Mind your own damn business.

re: #56 CIA Reject

I agree, but, as with all satire, you have to have a certain warped sense of humor to appreciate it. For example this, IMHO, is one of the funniest stories out there...

Just my warped opinion

I love that one. The all time classic, of course, is the post-9/11 "Terrorists Surprised to Find Selves in Hell."

re: #64 Killgore Trout

I wasn't aware there are different flavors. It's an iPod and Idon't have a use for it.

Yeah, there's several models and the values vary accordingly. Shuffle, Nano, Classic, Touch. Actually fun devices if you like to listen to music "on the go" so to speak.

re: #65 Jimmah

OH GOSH! I SAW THAT!

re: #63 Sharmuta

So I'm still in the lead with $20?

Sorry, I think ernest Borgnine in the buff is worth a little more than 20 dollars

Wait wait wait I've got the perfect line...

"Everything is just a few hundred clicks away"

GENIUS! PURE GENIUS!

re: #66 jcm

Info-wars.

OK, so Charles is Yoda. Which one of you guys is Dooku?

/

Repost:

I am late to the party so sorry if this has already been posted. Here is the link for Charles' interview with Dennis Prager today.

It begins just after the 30:00 minute mark.

re: #74 Occasional Reader

heard it.

Kilgore, I'll give you 1000 shares of Enron stock for your iPod

re: #47 Opinionated

How many people would place a cd/dvd on that and assume it would run?

One more?

re: #48 Killgore Trout

I still have an iPod in its original packaging. 1 year old, never used. Any bids?

How about trading it for an original Telly Savalas album titled "Who Love's Ya Baby"?

re: #68 jorline

Of course this Mac will never get stolen in Detroit because there's no hubcaps on the wheel.

I'll bet the Lion's used these for all team correspondence...thus the word never got out how god awful they were.

I use this. Report it missing, it phones home the next time it connects to the internet. They can remotely wipe the drive at the time also.

re: #64 Killgore Trout

I wasn't aware there are different flavors. It's an iPod and Idon't have a use for it.

I'm curious, why not?

re: #72 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Jimmah

OH GOSH! I SAW THAT!

Kewl! I used it in anger against an actual Larouchie I was at 'war' with at the time. He called me a sick individual....lol.

Gee, what a surprise. Iran's thugs are meeting with Hamas thugs in Damascus. Oh, to be a fly on that wall (tied in with GPS coordinates and JDAMs at the ready). /

re: #81 jcm

I use this. Report it missing, it phones home the next time it connects to the internet. They can remotely wipe the drive at the time also.

Me likey if they add some sort of offensive feature. I like skunk spray, personally. Or a Sony battery. Whatever.

re: #64 Killgore Trout

I wasn't aware there are different flavors. It's an iPod and Idon't have a use for it.

I use my iPod every day. I listen to Mark Levin as I go to sleep every night without commercials.

Sad news...
An average person could use this Mac and still beat my speed typing skills on a keyboard.
*sigh*

I love tech threads!
Imagine the world today if when Bill G. & Steve B. From Microsoft had that meeting with Jobs and Waz. Then the Ego's exploded and the rest is history.

Night folks. Started the drinking thread waaaaaaaaaaaaaay to early.

re: #75 OldLineTexan

OK, so Charles is Yoda. Which one of you guys is Dooku?

/

Not knowing who or what "Dooku" is, let's me know I do have a life...........just a hundred clicks away.

re: #65 Jimmah

I can't remember that far back, but I can remember when it was text and pictures only. The first thing I read from the Onion, was a piece called "New study shows sexism rampant in nature". Another faveourite of mine from years ago was a piece about a Larouche table at a university burning down, setting Larouchies on fire in the process, and the emergency services not being called until it threatened a nearby cash dispensing machine.

Falling Down Laundry Chute And Breaking Neck Remains America's No. 548,221 Killer

Alzheimer's Sufferers Demand Cure For Pancakes

Are two of my favorites...

re: #78 Shug

Kilgore, I'll give you 1000 shares of Enron stock for your iPod

Oh yeah? Well I'LL give Killgore an Illinois U.S. Senate seat for it.

re: #87 jorline

Sad news...
An average person could use this Mac and still beat my speed typing skills on a keyboard.
*sigh*

Aw, c'mon. The best I ever do is four-fingered "typing", and I have scraped by for years.

re: #84 lawhawk

Gee, what a surprise. Iran's thugs are meeting with Hamas thugs in Damascus. Oh, to be a fly on that wall (tied in with GPS coordinates and JDAMs at the ready). /

That's unpossible! Everyone knows that Shiites and Sunnis could never ever cooperate in terrorism, not a bizillion years!

/

re: #48 Killgore Trout

I still have an iPod in its original packaging. 1 year old, never used. Any bids?

How about 10 rubles?

re: #30 Opinionated

Charles: I assume you are prepared for what may come.

Both sides fight Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the Internet

[Link: www.haaretz.com...]

All those hosting service providers in the Gaza strip should be seeing a traffic increase. Oh wait, they don't have any, their service providers are in Israel and the United States. I'm sure every house in the strip has high speed access with the billions of infrastructure dollars that have been pumped into the 2 mile wide bunghole over the last 60 years.

To reduce energy, screen goes black after 4 seconds

Nooo! Don't give enviro-autocrats any ideas.

re: #70 doppelganglander

I love that one. The all time classic, of course, is the post-9/11 "Terrorists Surprised to Find Selves in Hell."

Yes, that was a classic- but Iowahawk gave 'em a real run for the money with his "Guest Commentaries" by the "Zarkman".

re: #91 CIA Reject

Although other deadly mishaps have increased during the first half of 2008—most notably shooting oneself in the head after mistaking a handgun for a telephone, which jumped four spots to the No. 548,219 most common cause of death—

ROLF!

re: #93 OldLineTexan

Aw, c'mon. The best I ever do is four-fingered "typing", and I have scraped by for years.

Hey, OLT

lmao...I'm a two fingered pecker!

re: #56 CIA Reject

I agree, but, as with all satire, you have to have a certain warped sense of humor to appreciate it. For example this, IMHO, is one of the funniest stories out there...

Just my warped opinion

Um, I'm watching my mother in law disappear from Alzheimers.
Don't quite see the humor.
The Apple thing, very much so!

re: #98 CIA Reject

Yes, that was a classic- but Iowahawk gave 'em a real run for the money with his "Guest Commentaries" by the "Zarkman".

Iowahawk runs rings around The Onion. His STORIES are funny, not just his HEADLINES, you see.

re: #100 jorline

Hey, OLT

lmao...I'm a two fingered pecker!

Hey! how's things?

re: #100 jorline

Hey, OLT

lmao...I'm a two fingered pecker!

Try the Biblical Method...Seek and Ye Shall Find.

People who still use keyboards standing in the way of progress.

I don't know why you post all this MAC stuff. There are more important issues going on and it is divisive.

/ / / / / /

re: #86 freedombilly

I use my iPod every day. I listen to Mark Levin as I go to sleep every night without commercials.

Get off my phone you big dope!

Love, Levin!

re: #91 CIA Reject

Falling Down Laundry Chute And Breaking Neck Remains America's No. 548,221 Killer

Alzheimer's Sufferers Demand Cure For Pancakes

Are two of my favorites...

Not crazy about the latter one.
One of their better headlines (quoting from memory): "Porn-Jaded Public Demands New Orifices To Look At"

.........and the add campaign..........
"Buy This Computer, Or We'll Shoot This Dog!"
/the funniest covers the NL ever had.

re: #103 HoosierHoops

Hey! how's things?

Hi, Hoopster.

I'm well, how about you?

Just finished watching Duke with my son...now it's pro bball, he loves the Nuggets.

Lizards, don't forget to give Michael Yon a vote if you so desire

re: #109 IslandLibertarian

.........and the add campaign..........
"Buy This Computer, Or We'll Shoot This Dog!"
/the funniest covers the NL ever had.

That is funny!

re: #110 jorline

Hi, Hoopster.

I'm well, how about you?

Just finished watching Duke with my son...now it's pro bball, he loves the Nuggets.

I don't follow basketball, but Carmello Anthony is out 5 weeks with a broken hand. (Sports page of today's paper).

re: #106 Racer X

I don't know why you post all this MAC stuff. There are more important issues going on and it is divisive.

/ / / / / /

Nothing is more important that converting all to using a Mac on a stack of turtles!

re: #107 jcm

Get off my phone you big dope!

Love, Levin!

Thank me very much!

re: #106 Racer X

I don't know why you post all this MAC stuff. There are more important issues going on and it is divisive.

/ / / / / /

If you don't support MAC, I guess you're part of that other tribe.

re: #108 Occasional Reader

Not crazy about the latter one.
One of their better headlines (quoting from memory): "Porn-Jaded Public Demands New Orifices To Look At"

How about "Local Area Highway Learns It Was Adopted" and "Burger King Set To Unveil New Low-Fat Cashier"?

re: #101 redshirt

Um, I'm watching my mother in law disappear from Alzheimers.
Don't quite see the humor.
The Apple thing, very much so!

I'm sorry to hear it. I lost my aunt to Alzheimer's.

re: #110 jorline

Hi, Hoopster.

I'm well, how about you?

Just finished watching Duke with my son...now it's pro bball, he loves the Nuggets.

That's great..haven't seen ya for awhile...
You realize this may only be the only time in our lives we see Dickie V. call a pro game..Socka! Brilliant PR move by ESPN.
It's like listening to Vince Scully call a Raiders game.

re: #116 Occasional Reader

If you don't support MAC, I guess you're part of that other tribe.

Pffftttt... I go high class.

re: #113 jwb7605

I don't follow basketball, but Carmello Anthony is out 5 weeks with a broken hand. (Sports page of today's paper).

I know, my son was bummed out. Personally I could care less about pro bball, I prefer college sports...a lot less ego.

re: #102 Occasional Reader

Nah. Iowahawk has good ideas but has a tendency to ramble on too long after the point has been made. IMO.

re: #113 jwb7605

I don't follow basketball, but Carmello Anthony is out 5 weeks with a broken hand. (Sports page of today's paper).

Mello invested in a racing team here at the track.. He really likes racing have has received very positive feedback from the locals.
/Wish he played for the Pacers.

re: #101 redshirt
re: #108 Occasional Reader

Not crazy about the latter one.
One of their better headlines (quoting from memory): "Porn-Jaded Public Demands New Orifices To Look At"

Yes, I hesitated to share that one as it might offend, and I apologize for any offense as that was not my intent. But then again the "Porn-Jaded public" headline is not something that I would consider amusing either.

That's what I like about The Onion: they are "Equal Opportunity Offenders"

re: #109 IslandLibertarian

.........and the add campaign..........
"Buy This Computer, Or We'll Shoot This Dog!"
/the funniest covers the NL ever had.

Wasn't that a MAD Magazine cover from like eons ago? ("Buy This Magazine or We'll Shoot This Dog")

re: #118 doppelganglander

I'm sorry to hear it. I lost my aunt to Alzheimer's.

My father-in-law lost his whole family to Alzheimer's- HIS

re: #119 HoosierHoops

That's great..haven't seen ya for awhile...
You realize this may only be the only time in our lives we see Dickie V. call a pro game..Socka! Brilliant PR move by ESPN.
It's like listening to Vince Scully call a Raiders game.

I'm not a big Vitale fan, baby...I'd rather hear Scully.

re: #121 jorline

I know, my son was bummed out. Personally I could care less about pro bball, I prefer college sports...a lot less ego.

You know what the deep dark secret about pro ball is?
No matter what happens the first three quarters.. It doesn't matter. Nobody plays after the first quarter..
It could be 100 to 50 to start the 4th..and with 2 minutes to go it's like 123-120.

re: #125 CIA Reject

Wasn't that a MAD Magazine cover from like eons ago? ("Buy This Magazine or We'll Shoot This Dog")

National Lampoon.....

re: #124 CIA Reject

re: #108 Occasional Reader

Yes, I hesitated to share that one as it might offend, and I apologize for any offense as that was not my intent. But then again the "Porn-Jaded public" headline is not something that I would consider amusing either.

That's what I like about The Onion: they are "Equal Opportunity Offenders"

Not offended by any means. Maybe someday I will be able to laugh about it. Beats the alternative!

At 1:09 in the video:

    The ass asked for a better absinthe.

Discuss.

I'm guessing that like all my other mac purchases I'll end up with Microsoft input devices attached.

/really, who wants to command-left click when they could just right click?

re: #100 jorline

Hey, OLT

lmao...I'm a two fingered pecker!

Must ...not...reply......Oh hell is that length or girth....

re: #128 HoosierHoops

You know what the deep dark secret about pro ball is?
No matter what happens the first three quarters.. It doesn't matter. Nobody plays after the first quarter..
It could be 100 to 50 to start the 4th..and with 2 minutes to go it's like 123-120.

lol I agree Hoopster. If I watch pro bball it's the last two minutes.

re: #124 CIA Reject

re: #108 Occasional Reader

Yes, I hesitated to share that one as it might offend, and I apologize for any offense as that was not my intent. But then again the "Porn-Jaded public" headline is not something that I would consider amusing either.

That's what I like about The Onion: they are "Equal Opportunity Offenders"

DING! (Or, upding!) When during the week after 9/11 I read The Onion I was not in the mood for any humor at all. And it put a smile on my face. It actually helped confirm for me that we were going to be okay. And I will never forget the headline of that first post-9/11 issue after Jerry Falwell said that God was punishing the United States for our sins: "Jerry Falwell: Is this guy a dick or what?"

re: #129 jcm

National Lampoon.....

Ah, yes- that's itre: #130 redshirt

Not offended by any means. Maybe someday I will be able to laugh about it. Beats the alternative!

I lost an aunt to Alzheimer's, I am sorry for your loss and apologize if my attempt at humor has caused you any pain.

I watched it a second time with the volume down to read the news crawl at the bottom...hilarious

re: #123 HoosierHoops

Mello invested in a racing team here at the track.. He really likes racing have has received very positive feedback from the locals.
/Wish he played for the Pacers.

which team Hoop? By the way I shared a cabin during hunt season with the lead mechanic for Panther racing....Nice guy...

re: #133 Marvo76

Must ...not...reply......Oh hell is that length or girth....

Go ahead, Marvo...I posted the comment for wisecracks. Actually I thought Mandy would have a heyday with it...lol

re: #82 Occasional Reader

For the house and the car I have satellite radio. I rarely even listen to my CD collection anymore. When I'm out enjoying myself fishing or working in the garden I like the sounds of the river or the slugs screaming for mercy as I kill them.

re: #123 HoosierHoops

Mello invested in a racing team here at the track.. He really likes racing have has received very positive feedback from the locals.
/Wish he played for the Pacers.

The only thing I know about Carmello Anthony is that he was busted for DWI right after he joined the Nuggets.

He publicly apologized (of course), but I got the feeling he was sincere. He hasn't been in trouble since.
He didn't mind shares minutes with the "high profile" players, and passes the ball off when it needs to be passed off.

He seems to be a decent guy and a team player. That says a lot about the modern sports figure.

re: #135 freedombilly

DING! (Or, upding!) When during the week after 9/11 I read The Onion I was not in the mood for any humor at all. And it put a smile on my face. It actually helped confirm for me that we were going to be okay. And I will never forget the headline of that first post-9/11 issue after Jerry Falwell said that God was punishing the United States for our sins: "Jerry Falwell: Is this guy a dick or what?"

LOL!

I think it is an interesting, and reassuring, trait that Americans tend to laugh at adversity.

re: #84 lawhawk

Gee, what a surprise. Iran's thugs are meeting with Hamas thugs in Damascus. Oh, to be a fly on that wall (tied in with GPS coordinates and JDAMs at the ready). /

A target of opportunity?

bbiaw

I heard that the original iPhones are going for a pretty penny on eBay.
Because they are hack-able.

re: #136 CIA Reject

I lost an aunt to Alzheimer's, I am sorry for your loss and apologize if my attempt at humor has caused you any pain.

Dude, not at all, don't give it a second thought.
South Park recently introduced a kid with Diabetes.
My son was diagnosed with type 1 last summer.
He thought it was the funniest thing he had ever seen!
Laughter is good, it comes when it comes.

re: #139 jorline

I have to watch myself, in high school a buddy and I were like Hawkeye and trapper John, always coming back on thing folks said and coming within an inch of getting our a$$es beat or slapped for not thinking first....I never grew out of it...LOL

re: #140 Killgore Trout

For the house and the car I have satellite radio. I rarely even listen to my CD collection anymore. When I'm out enjoying myself fishing or working in the garden I like the sounds of the river or the slugs screaming for mercy as I kill them.

Beer bait, the slugs die happy.

re: #138 Marvo76

which team Hoop? By the way I shared a cabin during hunt season with the lead mechanic for Panther racing....Nice guy...

You know I'll have to check.. He had a really pretty car with Melo painted in green on the side.. He was on the local media alot and he is a really well mannered super star..great personality..smart..and he does alot of Charity work...I like the guy

re: #148 jcm

Beer bait, the slugs die happy.

Fish bait, the slugs die wet.

I just re-read my last post.
Sense make it didn't much.
Good night, and good luck.

re: #111 greenmiler

Lizards, don't forget to give Michael Yon a vote if you so desire

Looks like a commanding lead for the commander of front line news. Thanks for the link.

Going through the Onion Archives...

I liked this one.

More coming...

There are also reports of Israel opening up a new front in the south of Gaza, near the Egyptian border, with eyewitness reports of Israeli tanks heading towards Khan Younis.

The Israeli military, which had warned of an overnight bombing campaign, confirmed that strikes were taking place in the Egyptian border city of Rafah.

Israel is trying to destroy hundreds of tunnels between Egypt and Gaza, which it says are being used to ferry weapons and rockets to Hamas fighters.

~Sky News

re: #146 redshirt

Dude, not at all, don't give it a second thought.
South Park recently introduced a kid with Diabetes.
My son was diagnosed with type 1 last summer.
He thought it was the funniest thing he had ever seen!
Laughter is good, it comes when it comes.

Agreed- laughter is a tonic, and one that I personally could not live without.

That is as long as I am laughing WITH people and not AT them.

Good news: Michael Totten is now crushing Juan Cole.

Israellycool is al;so ahead of Cole.

[Link: 2008.weblogawards.org...]

Israel is busy pounding the heck out of Rafah's tunnel complex. That's good.

What's bad is that Israel keeps warning Palestinians in the area that they're about to attack - lessening the chances that they're going to hit the terrorists responsible for operating the tunnels, hitting the weapons caches, and alerting Hamas to the possibility that they can set up a Qana or another school incident.

re: #156 JammieWearingFool

Great news! Have to wait awhile to vote tonight. Has not been 24 hrs. Hope you are still in the lead.

re: #156 JammieWearingFool

Good news: Michael Totten is now crushing Juan Cole.

Israellycool is al;so ahead of Cole.

[Link: 2008.weblogawards.org...]

I voted for Michael. He's a treasure.

re: #156 JammieWearingFool

Good news: Michael Totten is now crushing Juan Cole.

Israellycool is al;so ahead of Cole.

[Link: 2008.weblogawards.org...]

Juan Cole meet Memory Hole

re: #120 jcm

Pffftttt... I go high class.

There's a Heckler in every crowd.

re: #157 lawhawk

Israel is busy pounding the heck out of Rafah's tunnel complex. That's good.

What's bad is that Israel keeps warning Palestinians in the area that they're about to attack - lessening the chances that they're going to hit the terrorists responsible for operating the tunnels, hitting the weapons caches, and alerting Hamas to the possibility that they can set up a Qana or another school incident.

But without the warnings, civilian casualties would skyrocket and nonsensical world opinion would heat up like in '06. As long as they can keep the civilian casualties to a minimum or at least expose Hamas as directly responsible for said casualties, they can continue to weed them out and kill them. Nobody seems too hasty to have them stop killing Hamas members.

re: #154 NJDhockeyfan

~Sky News

Mini Arclight with the F-15Es! That'll fix the tunnels.

Why doesn't Israel blow up the walls between Gaza and Egypt?
I would love to see the aftermath of that.

re: #122 Jimmah

Nah. Iowahawk has good ideas but has a tendency to ramble on too long after the point has been made. IMO.

We'll have to disagree on that.

re: #158 Pvt Bin Jammin

Great news! Have to wait awhile to vote tonight. Has not been 24 hrs. Hope you are still in the lead.

I'm on my work laptop and just voted for all my favorites again.

Next thing I'm going to do is ask why the hell I'm working at this hour and then go to bed.

/always another deadline...

re: #156 JammieWearingFool

Good news: Michael Totten is now crushing Juan Cole.

Israellycool is al;so ahead of Cole.

[Link: 2008.weblogawards.org...]

Something quite odd about my category (best small blog, which by definition would have much smaller audience). We've got twice the number of voters there than in your own category. I just wonder how much traffic that rumproast gets (no stats on that site). Just a real curious situation... I'm wondering where the traffic is coming from...

re: #124 CIA Reject

But then again the "Porn-Jaded public" headline is not something that I would consider amusing either.

What, did you have a bad experience with porn or something?

And, of course, since no lead is ever big enough, you know the drill.

[Link: 2008.weblogawards.org...]

Thank the gods I quit Apple just in time. I'd go NUTS supporting that!

re: #164 redshirt

Why doesn't Israel blow up the walls between Gaza and Egypt?
I would love to see the aftermath of that.

Hamas has done that... Twice.
Hamas invaded Egypt. Twice.

Egypt wants nothing to do with Gaza. Being a chapter/offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood will do that.

My boss just asked me if I'd go to Salt Lake City, UT for a couple of weeks.

Where is Salt Lake City?

re: #172 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My boss just asked me if I'd go to Salt Lake City, UT for a couple of weeks.

Where is Salt Lake City?

Middle of nowhere. Beautiful place.

re: #170 RememberSekhmet?

Thank the gods I quit Apple just in time. I'd go NUTS supporting that!

Tech Support for Apple Wheel

The H-Dog is gone but The Onion still has this classic.

Totally OT, BUT

I just got preliminary acceptance of my office on a house in Las Vegas! A few details need to be hammered out over the next week or so, but barring any issues, I AM A HOMEOWNER!

re: #172 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My boss just asked me if I'd go to Salt Lake City, UT for a couple of weeks.

Where is Salt Lake City?

Next to the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains.

It's in You-tarrrr (phonetically).

re: #173 rawmuse

I said yes immediately. Never been there. Immediately began questioning my sanity.

re: #27 jwb7605

Only 45 minutes for an e-mail, and the system will finish a sentence for you.

Like me on my phone trying to text to my kid. I spend most of the time deleting what the stupid thing fills in. This vid is funny because its so true.

re: #176 acwgusa

Totally OT, BUT

I just got preliminary acceptance of my office on a house in Las Vegas! A few details need to be hammered out over the next week or so, but barring any issues, I AM A HOMEOWNER!

Ummm, errr, you gonna be needin' a bailout?

/

re: #172 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My boss just asked me if I'd go to Salt Lake City, UT for a couple of weeks.

Where is Salt Lake City?

Just say No.

re: #172 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My boss just asked me if I'd go to Salt Lake City, UT for a couple of weeks.

Where is Salt Lake City?

It's right next to salt Lake

re: #166 JammieWearingFool

Glad you got to vote again! LOL Are you from Cook County?

Sorry you had to work late. I just finished but am on the west coast.

re: #178 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

If you have any prejudices agin Mormons, now would be a good time to lose them.

Another one bites the dust (or should, anyway): Toyota sold more Camrys than Chrysler sold all passenger cards combined.

re: #178 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I said yes immediately. Never been there. Immediately began questioning my sanity.

I didn't think that was in question any longer.

/I would go.
//Then again, I want to go back to China

re: #168 Occasional Reader

What, did you have a bad experience with porn or something?

I believe that pornography has a caustic effect on society by trivializing human sexuality and therefore is no joking matter.

Even so if The Onion wants to make fun of it I am not going to be offended by it, I just won't think it's funny.

That''s what I meant by "Equal Opportunity Offender" in my original post.

"I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it"
--Some Famous Guy who I can't remember at the moment.

re: #172 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My boss just asked me if I'd go to Salt Lake City, UT for a couple of weeks.

Where is Salt Lake City?

Right next to a big salt lake.

Many lizards will be happy to know that Watts up with that is leading in the Best Science Blog category. I voted for PZ Meyers but others might feel differently.

WOW I'm going to $2600 for a computer that runs about 60% of the programs in the world. It's only 8 GB and and barely upgradeable think I'll stick with PC at least I can work on it and fix it.

re: #171 lawhawk

Hamas has done that... Twice.
Hamas invaded Egypt. Twice.

Egypt wants nothing to do with Gaza. Being a chapter/offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood will do that.

I know Egypt doesn't want to deal with Gaza, that's why I think Israel should do it.
Do it, have cameras on scene to show how Egypt deals with it.
Yoni the Blogger was on Hugh Hewitt the other day and he said the Egyptians were machine gunning the refugees swarming in from Gaza.
A little of that might take some of the "Humanitarian" pressure of of Israel.

re: #172 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

I love the mountains, and SLC is the gateway to some of the most awesome places in the country - from Zion and Bryce to Capitol Reef and Moab. If you're a skier/snowboarder, it's a powerhound's dream.

I love vacationing there, and wish I could spend still more time...

re: #187 CIA Reject

"I may not agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it"
--Some Famous Guy who I can't remember at the moment.

I cant remember the guy either but I am definitely not going to lay down my life for some moron to dick around on the internet. //

re: #176 acwgusa

Totally OT, BUT

I just got preliminary acceptance of my office on a house in Las Vegas! A few details need to be hammered out over the next week or so, but barring any issues, I AM A HOMEOWNER!

Congratulations! It's a great time to buy. The Las Vegas market in particular is tanking.

I put the WWF right up there with Hamas.

Except WWF uses second-rate actors.

re: #184 rawmuse

If you have any prejudices agin Mormons, now would be a good time to lose them.

I thought there were a lot of Shakers in Salt Lake City.

re: #172 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

My boss just asked me if I'd go to Salt Lake City, UT for a couple of weeks.

Where is Salt Lake City?

Utah

Best Buy to sell used iPhones

[Link: www.bizjournals.com...]

re: #190 dancingbear1564

WOW I'm going to $2600 for a computer that runs about 60% of the programs in the world. It's only 8 GB and and barely upgradeable think I'll stick with PC at least I can work on it and fix it.

You've just inadvertently created a wonderful ad for Mac.

re: #176 acwgusa

Totally OT, BUT

I just got preliminary acceptance of my office on a house in Las Vegas! A few details need to be hammered out over the next week or so, but barring any issues, I AM A HOMEOWNER!

Gratz! You get a good rate?

re: #193 kansas

I cant remember the guy either but I am definitely not going to lay down my life for some moron to dick around on the internet. //

Heh, I'm sure the Famous Guy lived before the internet...

re: #194 doppelganglander

Congratulations! It's a great time to buy. The Las Vegas market in particular is tanking.

I know. The house I put the offer on was a ridiculous size for the offer.

re: #196 Bloodnok

I thought there were a lot of Shakers in Salt Lake City.

They used to have a roaring punk scene.

re: #184 rawmuse

If you have any prejudices agin Mormons, now would be a good time to lose them.

What are these "Mormons" of which you speak?

re: #196 Bloodnok

I thought there were a lot of Shakers in Salt Lake City.

Quit with the puns, or I'll call umami!

re: #196 Bloodnok

I thought there were a lot of Shakers in Salt Lake City.

A very energetic populace, too; no slugs.

I just realized, I'm going to be broke for the next 30 years. Tax that, Obama!

re: #195 OldLineTexan

I put the WWF right up there with Hamas.

Except WWF uses second-rate actors.

You hate the World Wildlife Fund that much?

Apropos to nothing but Salt Lake City, here is fun movie about that locale.
"The World's Fastest Indian"

re: #204 fat bastard vegetarian

What are these "Mormons" of which you speak?

They are a group who, while living in Missouri, found religion through their lord and savior Roger Smith and moved to Detroit to make cars. Later they moved to Utah...oh wait, wrong Smith.

re: #205 lawhawk

Quit with the puns, or I'll call umami!

That gets an upding because I had to look it up.

re: #176 acwgusa

Totally OT, BUT

I just got preliminary acceptance of my office on a house in Las Vegas! A few details need to be hammered out over the next week or so, but barring any issues, I AM A HOMEOWNER!

Celebratory music

re: #183 Pvt Bin Jammin

Glad you got to vote again! LOL Are you from Cook County?

Sorry you had to work late. I just finished but am on the west coast.

Had some other business to tend to this afternoon, so I'm just playing catch-up as tomorrow I have a long morning meeting and then a long business lunch to follow. Meaning I'll be back working again tomorrow night.

Sigh.

At least all the work was done from home today. Have to commute tomorrow. Pushing hard for more telecommuting but since I manage a large group and always have meetings, office presence is usually mandatory.

re: #208 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

You hate the World Wildlife Fund that much?

That drowning polar bear commercial was just on.

I cannot abide that kind of propaganda. It's insulting.

re: #204 fat bastard vegetarian

What are these "Mormons" of which you speak?

A fierce, warlike tribe of natives. Their gatherings at the Tabernacle where they all sing are the stuff of legend.

re: #215 OldLineTexan

That drowning polar bear commercial was just on.

I cannot abide that kind of propaganda. It's insulting.

LOL, I was thinking you meant the old WWF, the wrestlers, didnt realize you really meant them.

The second rate actors thing threw me off

My town is crawling with mormons right now. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

re: #176 acwgusa

Totally OT, BUT

I just got preliminary acceptance of my office on a house in Las Vegas! A few details need to be hammered out over the next week or so, but barring any issues, I AM A HOMEOWNER!

If you work with contractors, take my advice, everything will take twice as long as they say, and DON'T SIGN ANYTHING until the job is done.

re: #184 rawmuse

If you have any prejudices agin Mormons, now would be a good time to lose them.

How could anyone be prejudiced against this.....

re: #167 lawhawk

I just wonder how much traffic that rumproast gets (no stats on that site). Just a real curious situation... I'm wondering where the traffic is coming from...

The traffic comes from Google when people search Rumproast looking for a recipe.

re: #209 rawmuse

Apropos to nothing but Salt Lake City, here is fun movie about that locale.
"The World's Fastest Indian"

Good movie.

re: #196 Bloodnok

I thought there were a lot of Shakers in Salt Lake City.

I lost my sugar in Salt Lake City.

How many sides does it take to have a truce? Two. Yet, everyone is focusing on Israel and how it is supposedly agreeing in principle to the idea of a truce. Hamas hasn't even bothered stopping fire from its last hudna, let alone the 3 hour break in the action today, and couldn't bother responding to questions since they were in the middle of reloading for the next barrage of kassams against Israel.

Yet, Israel will be blamed when this latest diplomatic effort falls flat.

I understand that Israel is trying to play the diplomatic game by agreeing to a truce in principle if Hamas meets certain conditions (knowing full well that Hamas can't or wont). Yet, the media and the diplomats will ignore the good faith efforts and slam Israel regardless of the outcome.

Israel's only viable option is to defeat Hamas, and that means killing their leaders and destroying their weapons caches and the ability to resupply. The sooner the better, because Hamas has the media working overtime to get Israel to stop.

re: #204 fat bastard vegetarian

You might bring your own booze too, I hear they don't sell very much in the area LOL...

re: #222 Mich-again

The traffic comes from Google when people search Rumproast looking for a recipe.

... or, something.

Anyway, good Nytol.

re: #219 Jimmah

My town is crawling bicycling with mormons right now. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course.

FTFY

re: #167 lawhawk

Something quite odd about my category (best small blog, which by definition would have much smaller audience). We've got twice the number of voters there than in your own category. I just wonder how much traffic that rumproast gets (no stats on that site). Just a real curious situation... I'm wondering where the traffic is coming from...

I think it was on Ace, but someone mentioned Wonkette or some such site was directing traffic to certain categories.

I never heard of some of these sites winning big in certain categories. Looks like ballot stuffing. By the same token, libs might be showing up in my category and wondering who the hell I am.

OK, night all.

re: #221 jcm

This is going to sound whacked, but I know personally the man that designed and built the great organ for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Talk about a feat of engineering.

re: #224 SurferDoc

I lost my sugar in Salt Lake City.

Ah, youth.

re: #228 ploome hineni

You mean I got my bris for nothing? 10% off? /dang...

re: #231 rawmuse

This is going to sound whacked, but I know personally the man that designed and built the great organ for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Talk about a feat of engineering.

The organ, the acoustics in that building. All incredible.

re: #213 JammieWearingFool

Hope it slows down for you after tomorrow.

Nice that you get to telecommute on occasion. I always telecommute, my office is at home. Nice but not exciting at all.

re: #231 rawmuse

This is going to sound whacked, but I know personally the man that designed and built the great organ for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Talk about a feat of engineering.

That's awesome!

re: #189 Killgore Trout

Well, I'm not particularly thrilled to see that blog get the nod... I voted for Bad Astronomy as I believe it tries to stay more focused on science and not get caught up in politics (as some of the other ones do.)

I went to my first and only Mac User's Group almost 20 years ago. People were getting up and "witnessing" how they had been PC (DOS) users but were reborn in the spirit of the GUI. This was long before even Windows NT came on the scene.

My moonbat relatives are all Mac users, but I prefer to stay on the dark side.

re: #234 lawhawk

think calamari......LOL

The Mohammad episode of South Park is on.

re: #235 jcm

Spectrum analysis. That is what you need to get the acoustics right in a sound chamber. Otherwise, certain notes (frequencies) sound louder than others. Some can even self propagate, and you get a sort of feedback of a natural kind.

re: #243 NJDhockeyfan

The Mohammad episode of South Park is on.

Do they have that episode in the online archives?

re: #244 buzzsawmonkey

You...unspeakable...bastard

re: #229 OldLineTexan

They tried to convert me when I was a kid. They gave me an ocarina for attending one of their clandestine back-yard prayer meetings. Then our parents got wind of it and shooed them away. They still seem to be very much on a mission in this part of the world.

re: #246 David IV of Georgia

Do they have that episode in the online archives?

Every episode is on the official website!

anybody here ever here of an animated segment called Y.A.A.F.M>? Reginald has an excellent take on muslims after the cartoon about mohammed .....

re: #226 Marvo76

You might bring your own booze too, I hear they don't sell very much in the area LOL...

I am an avid fan of the TV show Intervention. There seems to be a surprisingly large number of alcoholics and addicts in Utah. Maybe there's truth to the theory that allowing alcohol to young people in moderation prevents abuse later on.

re: #225 lawhawk

and the ability to resupply

The tunnels have to be destroyed. Maybe they should just dig a deep trench and pour a ratwall.

re: #220 rawmuse

If you work with contractors, take my advice, everything will take twice as long as they say, and DON'T SIGN ANYTHING until the job is done.

When we had work done before we moved in, we negotiated a schedule of payments based on work done. The contractor made sure everything was done right so he could get paid.

re: #244 buzzsawmonkey

Only PC thing about you, I bet.

Heh.

I have never used a mac, a freind tells me that it is the best for graphics, but since as an artist I draw only flies, it never interested me....

re: #248 Jimmah

They tried to convert me when I was a kid. They gave me an ocarina for attending one of their clandestine back-yard prayer meetings. Then our parents got wind of it and shooed them away. They still seem to be very much on a mission in this part of the world.

They never will talk to me—I'll try to keep them talking forever. Then I'll invite them to my house for more punishment. Jehovah's Witnesses don't like me either.

re: #245 rawmuse

Spectrum analysis. That is what you need to get the acoustics right in a sound chamber. Otherwise, certain notes (frequencies) sound louder than others. Some can even self propagate, and you get a sort of feedback of a natural kind.

I was reading an article while back on some of the new techniques for building concert halls. Made me all the more impressed with the designers who did it before the science and got it right.

I still like gregorian chants in cathedral with all the odd acoustics those buildings provide.

Well, this multi billion dollar bailout investment went through the crapper.

Analysts Suggest Chrysler Can't Turn Around Company

Things were so bad last year that a single Toyota model, the Camry/Solara midsize car, outsold the entire fleet of Chrysler LLC's passenger cars.

"Basically they're done," said Aaron Bragman, an auto analyst with the consulting company IHS Global Insight in Troy, Mich. "There is no real possibility of turning this thing around as an independent company in my opinion."

So much for our automobile ROI.

re: #255 buzzsawmonkey

That last joke...can't type...

Mr. Garrison teaching Muslim sensitivity course now.

re: #252 Mich-again

The tunnels have to be destroyed. Maybe they should just dig a deep trench and pour a ratwall.

I think they should breed special boars that can clean out the tunnels, and make the terrorists in them unclean at the same time.
They'll just boar the tunnels right out.

re: #250 Marvo76

anybody here ever here of an animated segment called Y.A.A.F.M.? Reginald has an excellent take on muslims after the cartoon about mohammed .....

Y.A.A.F.M. Muslims