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Q: Could you explain the significance of your personal trademark, which is the letter Q with an arrow through it pointing to the right?

Theodore Sturgeon: It means “Ask the next question.” Ask the next question, and the one that follows that, and the one that follows that. It’s the symbol of everything humanity has ever created, and is the reason it has been created. This guy is sitting in a cave and he says, “Why can’t man fly?” Well, that’s the question. The answer may not help him, but the question now has been asked.

The next question is what? How? And so all through the ages, people have been trying to find out the answer to that question. We’ve found the answer, and we do fly. This is true of every accomplishment, whether it’s technology or literature, poetry, political systems or anything else. That is it. Ask the next question. And the one after that.

— Theodore Sturgeon, interviewed by David Duncan

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1 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:44:04pm
2 jcm  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:44:24pm

42

3 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:44:26pm

John the Baptist Geometrist: All he ate was locus and wild honey.

4 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:45:02pm

He's' caviar to the general...

5 unreconstructed rebel  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:45:18pm

Change?

I got a quarter, two dimes, a nickel and four pennies. Does that help?

6 CIA Reject  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:46:06pm

"The greatest fool can ask more questions than the wisest man can answer".
--Some Wiseguy

7 Natasha  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:46:09pm

Ooooh! New open thread! The question I want to ask is: "Why, after seeing the facts, with their own eyes, do people still insist that socialism will work?"

8 Kragar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:46:31pm

I thought Obama and Gore said that the crisis is so bad we can't waste time questioning?

9 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:46:32pm
Q: Could you explain the significance of your personal trademark, which is the letter Q with an arrow through it pointing to the right?

It's the symbol of the Log Cabin Republicans?

10 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:46:38pm
11 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:47:02pm

re: #7 Natasha

Ooooh! New open thread! The question I want to ask is: "Why, after seeing the facts, with their own eyes, do people still insist that socialism will work?"

Because, like Romantics, they see life not as it is but how they think it should be.

12 Jetpilot1101  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:47:23pm

I guess we should trademark Obama's symbol; a big ZERO with an arrow going through it to the left.

13 eschew_obfuscation  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:47:42pm

Why?

14 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:47:46pm
The next question is what?

Idunno!

THIRD BASE!

15 CIA Reject  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:48:06pm

re: #7 Natasha

Ooooh! New open thread! The question I want to ask is: "Why, after seeing the facts, with their own eyes, do people still insist that socialism will work?"

They hope things will change this time?

Seriously though, I think the standard response is something like: well those fools were doing it wrong- we are much smarter, we'll get it right!"

16 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:48:16pm

re: #2 jcm

42

4 8 15 16 23 42

17 akak  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:48:40pm
Livni 'fed up' with 'pre-election game' about Jerusalem's importance

Think she's trying to lose.

18 dentate  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:49:02pm

re: #10 buzzsawmonkey

If he has a trademark with a "question Q" in it, he must be a Question Authority.

Do moonbats bow before him as before a god?

LOL THAT was one of your best!

19 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:49:13pm

re: #10 buzzsawmonkey

If he has a trademark with a "question Q" in it, he must be a Question Authority.

Do moonbats bow before him as before a god?

"Question authority" = crimethought; memoryhole post-1/20/09

20 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:49:27pm

re: #13 eschew_obfuscation

Why?

Why ask why?

21 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:49:55pm

$75 million for smoking cessation?

From Jake Tapper's blog:

In the name of transparency, here are the questions I asked at today's White House briefing.

TAPPER: Robert, on the stimulus package, the president yesterday told a closed-door meeting of House Republicans that there was spending in the bill that he didn't like. And, obviously, he took action calling Congressman Waxman to remove the part having to do with the birth control. Now, there is a $335 million provision about education for sexually transmitted diseases. There still is in the bill $50 million funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. And that's the House, and I understand your emphasis is in the Senate, but in the Senate there are earmarked projects as well: $70 million for a supercomputer for NOAA, $75 million for education for smoking cessation. President Obama can tell these Democratic senators and members of the House, "Take this stuff out of the bill." He obviously did so with Congressman Waxman. Why doesn't he do it for all these earmarks?

22 Kragar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:49:58pm

CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes

The CIA's station chief at its sensitive post in Algeria is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly raping at least two Muslim women who claim he laced their drinks with a knock-out drug, U.S. law enforcement sources tell ABC News.

Officials say the 41-year old CIA officer, a convert to Islam, was ordered home by the U.S. Ambassador, David Pearce, in October after the women came forward with their rape allegations in September.

My 2 cents. Barry and the Dem's will use this incident as an excuse to neuter and cull the CIA, no matter what the investigation uncovers.

23 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:50:07pm

re: #19 Occasional Reader

"Question authority" = crimethought; memoryhole post-1/20/09

Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.

24 Ben Hur  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:50:10pm

Because "Y" is a crooked letter.

25 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:50:13pm

re: #16 Walter L. Newton

4 8 15 16 23 42

Q: "What were the ages of Muhammad's wives"?

26 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:50:46pm

re: #17 akak

I hope that beyotch goes down.

27 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:50:52pm

re: #16 Walter L. Newton

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Hurley's numbers?

28 jcm  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:50:54pm

re: #16 Walter L. Newton

4 8 15 16 23 42

A lost soul I see......
;-P

29 eschew_obfuscation  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:51:13pm

re: #20 Honorary Yooper

Why ask why?

what?

30 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:51:14pm

re: #25 Occasional Reader

OUCH!

/fatwa fatwa get yer red hot fatwa on this thread

31 dentate  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:51:22pm

re: #21 loppyd

$75 million for smoking cessation?

From Jake Tapper's blog:
... $75 million for education for smoking cessation. President Obama can tell these Democratic senators and members of the House, "Take this stuff out of the bill." He obviously did so with Congressman Waxman. Why doesn't he do it for all these earmarks?

Is O himself, being a smoker, going to benefit? CONFLICT OF INTEREST, I say!

32 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:51:28pm

re: #21 loppyd

$75 million for smoking cessation?

From Jake Tapper's blog:

In the name of transparency, here are the questions I asked at today's White House briefing.

TAPPER: Robert, on the stimulus package, the president yesterday told a closed-door meeting of House Republicans that there was spending in the bill that he didn't like. And, obviously, he took action calling Congressman Waxman to remove the part having to do with the birth control. Now, there is a $335 million provision about education for sexually transmitted diseases. There still is in the bill $50 million funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. And that's the House, and I understand your emphasis is in the Senate, but in the Senate there are earmarked projects as well: $70 million for a supercomputer for NOAA, $75 million for education for smoking cessation. President Obama can tell these Democratic senators and members of the House, "Take this stuff out of the bill." He obviously did so with Congressman Waxman. Why doesn't he do it for all these earmarks?

How dare Tapper ask those questions.
/

33 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:52:01pm

re: #21 loppyd

Thus spoketh The One: I WON.

34 JacksonTn  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:52:13pm

Why? ...Because I said so!

(1 million times by my mother ...may she rest in peace)

35 Scion9  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:52:18pm

re: #7 Natasha

Ooooh! New open thread! The question I want to ask is: "Why, after seeing the facts, with their own eyes, do people still insist that socialism will work?"

Easy one. Socialism obviously does work. It is the people that live under it that always fail.

36 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:53:00pm

re: #29 eschew_obfuscation

what?

Damn. I tried to set up a funny from an old beer commercial.
Does no one have a sense of humor anymore?

37 Oh no...Sand People!  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:53:02pm

re: #12 Jetpilot1101

I guess we should trademark Obama's symbol; a big ZERO with an arrow going through it to the left.

It's symbolic of "Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies".

38 jcm  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:53:03pm

re: #21 loppyd

$75 million for smoking cessation?

From Jake Tapper's blog:

In the name of transparency, here are the questions I asked at today's White House briefing.

TAPPER: Robert, on the stimulus package, the president yesterday told a closed-door meeting of House Republicans that there was spending in the bill that he didn't like. And, obviously, he took action calling Congressman Waxman to remove the part having to do with the birth control. Now, there is a $335 million provision about education for sexually transmitted diseases. There still is in the bill $50 million funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. And that's the House, and I understand your emphasis is in the Senate, but in the Senate there are earmarked projects as well: $70 million for a supercomputer for NOAA, $75 million for education for smoking cessation. President Obama can tell these Democratic senators and members of the House, "Take this stuff out of the bill." He obviously did so with Congressman Waxman. Why doesn't he do it for all these earmarks?

Okay, fine, where is childrens' health care going to get funding if everyone stops somking?

39 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:53:07pm

re: #28 jcm

A lost soul I see......
;-P

"Island" there occasionally.

40 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:53:12pm

re: #32 Walter L. Newton

How dare Tapper ask those questions.
/

He presses Gibbs:

GIBBS: But, again, let's focus on the larger picture. Let's focus on the fact that we have $275 billion in tax cuts to put money directly into the pockets of hard-working Americans that will spend that money and get our economy moving again. Let's focus on the fact that there's $550 billion in spending that will put people back to work. But as we get focused on this number and that number, and 0.02 percent, and all this kind of stuff, understand what we've seen in just the last 48 hours: 70,000 people, since Monday, have gotten pink slips from the companies that they work for, right? The unemployment figures that came out just yesterday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found every state in the countries -- every state in the country saw job loss, every state in the country. The layoffs continue today with Boeing announcing an additional 10,000 jobs that will be shed over the course of the year.



TAPPER: But that's precisely my point. Wouldn't it better to take that $75 million, instead of sending it to a smoking cessation program, to send it to these people that are out of work?
41 jpkoch  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:53:14pm

Countin' my change now as I try to buy a pack of smokes. Let's see 10 cents for the tobacco farmer, and 50 cents for Pelosi; 2 cents for the Children (awwww), and 98 cents for trial lawyers....I think I'll take up chewing tobacky.

42 newsjunkie_ky  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:53:51pm

re: #21 loppyd

$75 million for smoking cessation?

From Jake Tapper's blog:

In the name of transparency, here are the questions I asked at today's White House briefing.

TAPPER: Robert, on the stimulus package, the president yesterday told a closed-door meeting of House Republicans that there was spending in the bill that he didn't like. And, obviously, he took action calling Congressman Waxman to remove the part having to do with the birth control. Now, there is a $335 million provision about education for sexually transmitted diseases. There still is in the bill $50 million funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. And that's the House, and I understand your emphasis is in the Senate, but in the Senate there are earmarked projects as well: $70 million for a supercomputer for NOAA, $75 million for education for smoking cessation. President Obama can tell these Democratic senators and members of the House, "Take this stuff out of the bill." He obviously did so with Congressman Waxman. Why doesn't he do it for all these earmarks?


I can't believe he actually asked this.

43 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:53:53pm

re: #34 JacksonTn

Why? ...Because I said so! (1 million times by my mother ...may she rest in peace)

And according to my ex-wife.

Me: And what's the magic word, honey?

Her: Now!

44 jcm  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:53:55pm

re: #39 Walter L. Newton

"Island" there occasionally.

When I get caught up on BSG DVDs I'm going to give Lost a try!

45 Kragar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:54:05pm

Benjamin Linus is the hero of the story.

46 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:54:20pm

re: #42 newsjunkie_ky

I can't believe he actually asked this.

see my 40...

47 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:54:59pm

re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Benjamin Linus is the hero of the story.

He is growing on me.

48 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:55:03pm

re: #42 newsjunkie_ky

I can't believe he actually asked this.

Jake Tapper just lost his White House press pass.

49 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:55:26pm

re: #10 buzzsawmonkey

If he has a trademark with a "question Q" in it, he must be a Question Authority.

Do moonbats bow before him as before a god?

Question Othority!

50 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:55:38pm

re: #48 Honorary Yooper

Jake Tapper just lost his White House press pass.

He's pretty good, especially when you consider who employs him.

51 Ben Hur  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:55:38pm

Kassam rocket fired from Gaza strikes Eshkol region

52 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:55:51pm

I read "locus" as "locust" and immediately had this image of hordes of locusts sweeping through the nation, devouring our wallets. In the lead, of course, was The Locust in Chief.

53 tfc3rid  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:56:16pm

Tapper may end up being thrown under the bus by the Obama thugs...

54 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:56:42pm

re: #38 jcm

Okay, fine, where is childrens' health care going to get funding if everyone stops somking?

Soda tax, candy tax, booze tax....that is what my Obama wanna be governor proposed today.

55 Salamantis  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:56:45pm

Why Should I Respect These Oppressive Religions?
[Link: www.independent.co.uk...]

RTWT

56 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:56:46pm
57 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:56:46pm

re: #50 loppyd

He's pretty good, especially when you consider who employs him.

I know. I just can't see President Zero tolerating him for long.

58 redstateredneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:56:56pm

re: #22 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes


My 2 cents. Barry and the Dem's will use this incident as an excuse to neuter and cull the CIA, no matter what the investigation uncovers.

Officials say the 41-year old CIA officer, a convert to Islam, was ordered home by the U.S. Ambassador, David Pearce, in October after the women came forward with their rape allegations in September.


He was just practicing his faith...what's the big deal?
/

59 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:57:00pm

re: #34 JacksonTn

Why? ...Because I said so!

(1 million times by my mother ...may she rest in peace)

In her memory and for all moms.

60 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:57:01pm

re: #45 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Benjamin Linus is the hero of the story.

I've been saying that since he appeared on the scene. It's a very interesting study in POV writing.

61 eschew_obfuscation  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:57:08pm

re: #36 Honorary Yooper

Damn. I tried to set up a funny from an old beer commercial.
Does no one have a sense of humor anymore?

I was just asking the next question.....forgot the commercial ;~)

62 nikis-knight  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:57:16pm

re: #22 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes


My 2 cents. Barry and the Dem's will use this incident as an excuse to neuter and cull the CIA, no matter what the investigation uncovers.

I wonder whether his defense will be that they deserved it because they spoke to a man, or they deserved it because they drank alcohol?

Either way, any offense should be punished much harsher when done by a representative of the US government. A spy or diplomat or soldier bringing disgrace on our country by acting so dishonorably should be tried for treason (and I'd say that no matter their religion!).

63 2-Drink Minimum  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:57:30pm

Q: When do I get my check?
A: ?

64 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:57:35pm

re: #16 Walter L. Newton

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Hike?

65 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:57:36pm

re: #54 loppyd

Soda tax, candy tax, booze tax....that is what my Obama wanna be governor proposed today.

Time to start smuggling in pop and candy from New Hampshire, eh?

66 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:57:37pm

Posted in the previous thread, and repeated here for those who missed it:

A YouTube user known as XCowboy2 has put together an excellent series of videos that dramatize John Galt's speech at the climax of the book! They're done as playlists (and are long, as you might imagine), so I can't properly post them as videos here on LGF, but here are the links to the videos. They're set to play one after another automatically:

"This is John Galt speaking . . . ." (version 1.0)
"This is John Galt speaking . . . ." (version 2.0)

67 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:57:42pm
68 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:57:55pm

re: #48 Honorary Yooper

Jake Tapper just lost his White House press pass.

Wait, Tapper is a journalist? I figured that was a transcript of some politicians arguing this out.

69 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:58:09pm

re: #56 buzzsawmonkey

Jimmy Carter declaring "no violation" in 5, 4, 3, 2....

It was a defensive rocket, you see.

70 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:58:14pm

re: #61 eschew_obfuscation

I was just asking the next question.....forgot the commercial ;~)

LOL!

It's a Bud Dry commercial.

Why ask why, drink Bud Dry.

71 jcm  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:58:21pm

re: #67 buzzsawmonkey

What is RTWT?

I've been seeing it a lot lately.

Read The Whole Thing

72 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:58:44pm

re: #67 buzzsawmonkey

What is RTWT?

I've been seeing it a lot lately.

Read the whole thing.

73 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:58:55pm

re: #65 Honorary Yooper

Time to start smuggling in pop and candy from New Hampshire, eh?

I already do my weekly fill up and a lot of shopping there as I work 5 miles from the border. I guess I'll add Twizzlers to the list.

74 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:58:59pm

re: #16 Walter L. Newton

4 8 15 16 23 42

re: #64 CyanSnowHawk

Hike?

You just LOST the ball.

75 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:59:00pm
76 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:59:13pm

re: #72 Occasional Reader

Read the whole thing.

I will, but what does RTHTY mean.

77 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:59:31pm

re: #71 jcm

Read The Whole Thing

Cool, more arcane acronyms to remember.

78 Natasha  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:59:32pm

re: #52 MandyManners

I read "locus" as "locust" and immediately had this image of hordes of locusts sweeping through the nation, devouring our wallets. In the lead, of course, was The Locust in Chief.

That is one great image, and very true. Actually, I'll go even further and say these commie hordes remind me of the Bugs from Starship Troopers. Mindless collectivist destructive insects.

79 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 12:59:33pm

re: #69 Occasional Reader

It was a defensive rocket, you see.

*SNORT*

80 Kragar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:00:04pm

re: #60 Walter L. Newton

I've been saying that since he appeared on the scene. It's a very interesting study in POV writing.

I missed half of the third season and most of the 4th, trying to catch up.

I think the Korean girl hired the lawyers for the paternity test to get Kate running so she could use her.

81 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:00:19pm

re: #77 Honorary Yooper

Cool, more arcane acronyms to remember.

Just use acronymfinder.com to look them up.

82 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:00:22pm

re: #74 gmsc

You just LOST the ball.

Anyone notice a big production error on the open shot of the first episode this season. The alarm clock read 8:15 but... ?

Answers from the LOST fans?

83 newsjunkie_ky  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:00:33pm

Haven't seen Widow'sMight recently. His is ok?

84 Jr ewing  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:00:52pm

Is this for real? O_O

Ahmadinejad's 'Jewish Family'

85 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:00:58pm

There's the next question, and then there's The Last Question.

86 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:01:46pm

re: #77 Honorary Yooper

Cool, more arcane acronyms to remember.

It's certainly a queer world we live in. NTTAWWT.

87 redstateredneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:01:50pm

re: #83 newsjunkie_ky

Haven't seen Widow'sMight recently. His is ok?


He doesn't post here any more.

88 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:01:55pm

Wow. More Jake Tapper:

Also Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined us at the top of the briefing. Here's what I asked him.

TAPPER: Mr. Secretary, during the transition, the co-chair of the transition for Mr. -- President Obama, John Podesta, said that the president would be overturning some of the executives orders and presidential orders President Bush had put in place about oil and gas exploration on federal lands. We have not seen any executive orders or presidential orders overturning them. And I'm wondering if they're pending and if you think it's wise to limit where the United States is able to explore for energy during a time of energy crisis where we're getting all our oil from abroad.

SALAZAR: The answer to that question is that there are a number of different regulations and actions that were taken by the Bush administration, some of them in the midnight hour as their term expired here, and we have all of those on the table, and we're taking a look at them. There are some which are bad and which need a new direction. There are probably some which will be kept in place. And so we are now in the process -- having now been in the Department of Interior's position, really, for only about a week -- taking a look at all of these regulations. On the more fundamental issue, which I think you're addressing, which is the approach to oil and gas development, it has to be done in the context of a comprehensive energy plan, and it also has to be done with the right kind of balance. There are places where it is appropriate to explore and to develop oil and gas resources, and there are places that are not appropriate. And so that's part of what we'll move forward with in the agenda of the Department of Interior.

89 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:02:17pm

re: #80 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I missed half of the third season and most of the 4th, trying to catch up. I think the Korean girl hired the lawyers for the paternity test to get Kate running so she could use her.

Buzz on the street. It was Sun or Ben. Either way, it will suit Ben's mission. Did you read my essay on Locke last season and my follow up after the season opener?

[Link: www.docarzt.com...]

90 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:02:37pm
91 newsjunkie_ky  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:02:50pm

re: #87 redstateredneck

He doesn't post here any more.

Well, shoot. I really liked him.

92 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:02:53pm

re: #70 Honorary Yooper

LOL!

It's a Bud Dry commercial.

Why ask why, drink Bud Dry.

I miss the Bud Ice penguin. Do-be-do-be-do...

93 jcm  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:03:10pm

re: #77 Honorary Yooper

Cool, more arcane acronyms to remember.

Start with A, there will be a test......
;-)

94 SasquatchOnSteroids  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:03:53pm

Q: Could you explain the significance of your personal trademark, which is the letter Q with an arrow through it pointing to the right?


It means my right hand man will bust my ass if I don't return his stuff I borrowed in pristine order.

95 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:04:03pm

re: #78 Natasha

That is one great image, and very true. Actually, I'll go even further and say these commie hordes remind me of the Bugs from Starship Troopers. Mindless collectivist destructive insects.

Bugs Mr. Rico, millions of 'em!

96 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:04:17pm

re: #80 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I think the Korean girl hired the lawyers for the paternity test


"Hired the lawyers"?! I thought this show was about a bunch of people stranded on a frickkin' island?!

97 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:04:20pm

re: #84 Jr ewing

Is this for real? O_O

Ahmadinejad's 'Jewish Family'

Well, RFE use to be both a news source and propaganda arm of the US government, so, it may be true, it may be well placed propaganda.

98 dentate  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:04:40pm

re: #84 Jr ewing

Is this for real? O_O

Ahmadinejad's 'Jewish Family'

The article gives absolutely nothing to support the claim, not a shred. Sounds more like an Armenian name to me, and the pre-conversion religion would have been Christianity. Still, there were many Jews in Persia and he would not be the first to turn on his own...

99 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:04:42pm

re: #95 CyanSnowHawk

Bugs Mr. Rico, millions of 'em!

Greatest movie ever made about killing giant space grasshoppers.

100 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:04:48pm

re: #92 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

I miss the Bud Ice penguin.

You really should get out more.

101 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:04:48pm

re: #96 Occasional Reader

"Hired the lawyers"?! I thought this show was about a bunch of people stranded on a frickkin' island?!

Lawyers are everywhere.

102 rightside  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:04:58pm

re: #88 loppyd

That's a whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing. Just like all of nobama's speeches.

103 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:05:12pm

re: #88 loppyd

Yeah, I can see Jake Tapper not being as welcome in White House much longer.

104 CIA Reject  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:05:33pm

re: #93 jcm

Start with A, there will be a test......
;-)

Cool- but for true mind-numbing acronyms you need to be the United States Department of Defense.

105 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:05:35pm

re: #78 Natasha

That is one great image, and very true. Actually, I'll go even further and say these commie hordes remind me of the Bugs from Starship Troopers. Mindless collectivist destructive insects.

Another good image. However, I don't think the Commie hordes' are mindless.

106 Randall Gross  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:05:48pm

Ted's also famous for saying "90 percent of everything is crap" which was followed by someone saying that the other ten percent was pure gold, followed by several sewer mining expeditions.

107 monkeytime  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:06:11pm

re: #58 redstateredneck

He was just practicing his faith...what's the big deal?
/

He will come to the US for a fair trail and the poor rape victims will get stoned to death. :>(

108 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:06:13pm

re: #96 Occasional Reader

"Hired the lawyers"?! I thought this show was about a bunch of people stranded on a frickkin' island?!

Yeah like 4 seasons ago.

109 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:06:25pm

re: #101 Walter L. Newton

Lawyers are everywhere.

And here I always thought those "headhunters" mentioned from time to time on "Gilligan's Island" were the real thing. Turns out, they were recruiting associates for the local franchise of Baker & McKenzie.

110 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:06:55pm

re: #102 rightside

That's a whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing. Just like all of nobama's speeches.

Oblahma

111 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:06:56pm
112 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:07:15pm

re: #104 CIA Reject

Cool- but for true mind-numbing acronyms you need to be the United States Department of Defense.

What's even more mind-numbing is that they pronounce them out rather than just use the letters. =:-0

113 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:07:17pm

re: #74 gmsc

You just LOST the ball.

No time for that show. Two weeks in a row I missed the new episodes of Galactica and had to watch them online on Sunday night so I could have something to discuss with my co-workers on Monday. Also currently reading Crichton's 'State of Fear.'

114 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:07:35pm

re: #103 Honorary Yooper

Yeah, I can see Jake Tapper not being as welcome in White House much longer.

He's ABC. Not going to happen. BWAAAAHAHAHAHA

115 unreconstructed rebel  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:07:36pm

re: #84 Jr ewing

Ya don't suppose the Powers That Be may be positioning themselves to take his sorry ass out?

116 Soona'  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:07:48pm

re: #40 loppyd

Or send it to the smokers to buy cigarettes. Not only would they be fullfilling their tax obligations, but would be helping so many in the tobacco industry keep their jobs. Stimulus!

117 dentate  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:08:21pm

re: #113 CyanSnowHawk

Also currently reading Crichton's 'State of Fear.'

Excellent book. In my estimation, the most important that the late Dr. Crichton ever wrote.

118 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:08:45pm

re: #93 jcm

Start with A, there will be a test......
;-)

Which reminds me, here's how that "IDK, My BFF Jill?" ad should've gone.

119 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:08:48pm

re: #108 loppyd

Yeah like 4 seasons ago.

So now it's all post-rescue litigation, eh?

120 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:08:51pm

re: #113 CyanSnowHawk

No time for that show. Two weeks in a row I missed the new episodes of Galactica and had to watch them online on Sunday night so I could have something to discuss with my co-workers on Monday. Also currently reading Crichton's 'State of Fear.'

"BattleStar Galactica," that's make believe. LOST is real.
/

121 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:08:54pm

re: #116 Soona'

Or send it to the smokers to buy cigarettes. Not only would they be fullfilling their tax obligations, but would be helping so many in the tobacco industry keep their jobs. Stimulus!

More money for the children!

122 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:09:03pm

re: #104 CIA Reject

Cool- but for true mind-numbing acronyms you need to be the United States Department of Defense.

it is sure a lot easier to type DFAS than it is to type this "defense finance & accounting service" over and over.

123 Spenser (with an S)  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:09:07pm

Beautiful new video by Mercy Me drawing parallels between our troops coming home and the day we finally come Home. Warning, light Christian content :)

124 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:09:27pm

re: #119 Occasional Reader

So now it's all post-rescue litigation, eh?

:) Some.

125 Kragar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:09:28pm

re: #99 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Greatest movie ever made about killing giant space grasshoppers.

Book was so much better. Stupid kids wearing BMX armor running as a mob is no way to fight a war.

126 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:09:37pm

re: #111 buzzsawmonkey

"The first thing we do, let's hire all the lawyers."

--Shakespeare, Inc.

Trickle-Down Theory makes hookers happy and rich!

127 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:09:43pm

re: #114 loppyd

He's ABC. Not going to happen. BWAAAAHAHAHAHA

Obama's like Richard M. Daley of Chicago. Dick Daley don't like no reporters askin' him tough questions.

I'm just waiting until Obama's inner Mayor Chucky comes out during a press conference.

128 jcm  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:10:05pm

re: #112 Honorary Yooper

What's even more mind-numbing is that they pronounce them out rather than just use the letters. =:-0

Navy ones are the best.... Partial words all mushed together.

129 Randall Gross  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:10:09pm

Theodore Sturgeon's novel "More Than Human" presaged The X-men.

130 CIA Reject  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:10:10pm

re: #112 Honorary Yooper

What's even more mind-numbing is that they pronounce them out rather than just use the letters. =:-0

I once worked on a project that produced a device called the Electrostatically Suspended Gyro Navigator, or ESGN. The software for this device was called EON, for ESGN Operational Navigation program. That's an acronym INSIDE of an acronym.

Only the US Navy could get away with something like that...

131 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:10:13pm

And don't forget about M-fields.

132 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:10:29pm

re: #117 dentate

Excellent book. In my estimation, the most important that the late Dr. Crichton ever wrote.

Yesterday I purchase "Foucoult's Pendulum." Looking it over, it appears that I may have to take a few months of from everything. Dense is not the word.

133 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:10:39pm

Image: NextQuestion.gif

134 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:10:56pm

re: #125 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Book was so much better. Stupid kids wearing BMX armor running as a mob is no way to fight a war.

"I say we take off and nuke Raid the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

(Also, apparently in the future Buenos Aires will look exactly like southern California)

135 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:11:07pm

re: #114 loppyd

He's ABC. Not going to happen. BWAAAAHAHAHAHA

Is he the one who got busted in Denver during the convention or is he the one with the pretty good blog?

136 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:11:25pm

re: #135 MandyManners

Is he the one who got busted in Denver during the convention or is he the one with the pretty good blog?

blog guy

137 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:11:28pm

M-fields create new paradigms so new creations are born out of the universal consciousness.

138 rightside  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:11:59pm

re: #130 CIA Reject


I can attest to that!

139 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:12:01pm

re: #132 Walter L. Newton

Yesterday I purchase "Foucoult's Pendulum." Looking it over, it appears that I may have to take a few months of from everything. Dense is not the word.

The hardest sledding is at the very beginning. It gets easier after about the first 80 - 100 pages or so.

140 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:12:04pm

So here I sit after a real long day watching the Pentagon News. Having a beer and day dreaming about sleeping with all the female military enlisted reporters. I am guessing that just lusting in my heart is not violation of the Code Of Military Justice, especially since Don't tell Don't ask is on it's way out?

141 CIA Reject  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:12:13pm

re: #122 Outrider

it is sure a lot easier to type DFAS than it is to type this "defense finance & accounting service" over and over.

Acronyms have a good purpose to be sure, but what I find interesting about them is that they become a whole new language, totally indistinguishable from English.

142 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:12:32pm

re: #135 MandyManners

Is he the one who got busted in Denver during the convention or is he the one with the pretty good blog?

The first was Asa Eslocker.

143 rightside  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:12:37pm

re: #133 Charles

Godzirra is better.

144 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:12:42pm

re: #127 Honorary Yooper

Obama's like Richard M. Daley of Chicago. Dick Daley don't like no reporters askin' him tough questions.

I'm just waiting until Obama's inner Mayor Chucky comes out during a press conference.

We've seen him get whiny and condescending. I am hoping for a finger-wagging meltdown.

145 jcm  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:12:48pm

re: #141 CIA Reject

Acronyms have a good purpose to be sure, but what I find interesting about them is that they become a whole new language, totally indistinguishable from English.

It defines those "in the know" and those outside!

146 J.S.  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:12:50pm

CNN "news" is reporting that Ahmadinejad is now demanding an apology from the United States...It's what appeasement brings on...Demands for further debasement.

I suspect the CNN dickwads are deliriously happy and pleased with the prospect.

147 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:12:56pm

re: #133 Charles

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

I see an annoying trans-dimensional being from Star Trek: The Next Generation, with a hard-on.

148 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:12:59pm

re: #134 Occasional Reader

(Also, apparently in the future Buenos Aires will look exactly like southern California)

That was odd on so many levels.

149 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:13:06pm

re: #137 So?

M-fields create new paradigms so new creations are born out of the universal consciousness.

I read that on a bubblegum wrapper once.

150 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:13:15pm

re: #136 loppyd

blog guy

Thanks!

151 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:03pm

re: #146 J.S.

CNN "news" is reporting that Ahmadinejad is now demanding an apology from the United States...

For what?

152 dentate  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:11pm

re: #147 Occasional Reader

I see an annoying trans-dimensional being from Star Trek: The Next Generation, with a hard-on.

You mean "Ask the Next Question"== The Q Continuum?

153 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:12pm

re: #140 Nevergiveup

So here I sit after a real long day watching the Pentagon News. Having a beer and day dreaming about sleeping with all the female military enlisted reporters. I am guessing that just lusting in my heart is not violation of the Code Of Military Justice, especially since Don't tell Don't ask is on it's way out?

If you lusted in your heart, that means you're not getting any dates.

154 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:14pm

Hypothesis of Formative Causation (Morphic Resonance)


By Scott Jeffrey

The Theory in a Nutshell

In the 1920s, an idea developed in contradiction to the mechanistic approach to biological development called morphogenesis. In this concept, all organisms have morphogenetic (form-shaping) fields surrounding and vibrating through them. For example, the tiny acorn contains the field of an entire oak tree, the field being responsible for organizing its structure and development. Also, if you cut a plant into many pieces, each piece can be repotted and grown into its own plant—from a tiny fragment, you can get a whole. (Sound familiar? See the Holographic Paradigm.) Cut a salamanders tail off, and it grows back as if the structure of the tail is encoded in the field of the salamander.

155 Natasha  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:28pm

re: #141 CIA Reject

Acronyms have a good purpose to be sure, but what I find interesting about them is that they become a whole new language, totally indistinguishable from English.

There is a big old list of them that I carry with me, because there is no way in hell I can remember them all.

156 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:33pm

re: #151 Occasional Reader

For what?

The tea in the harbor thing!

157 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:36pm

re: #141 CIA Reject

Acronyms have a good purpose to be sure, but what I find interesting about them is that they become a whole new language, totally indistinguishable from English.

FTFY

"Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding!"
-Hobbes (The tiger, not the philosopher)

158 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:40pm

re: #146 J.S.

CNN "news" is reporting that Ahmadinejad is now demanding an apology from the United States...It's what appeasement brings on...Demands for further debasement.

I suspect the CNN dickwads are deliriously happy and pleased with the prospect.

What exactly do we have to apologize for? Breathing? Oh and dickwads came up as misspelled on spell check, but shit that's how I'd spell it?

159 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:41pm

re: #150 MandyManners

Thanks!

I've had his blog bookmarked since the campaign.

160 rightside  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:49pm

And they call W the stupidest man alive.

161 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:53pm

re: #149 Walter L. Newton

It's been a while since I lived in Denver so my memory of Salazar is weak. I have an image of a limp dish rag but, could you provide some context?

162 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:14:58pm

re: #148 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

That was odd on so many levels.

Buenos Aires was also a strange choice for a first-strike by the bugs. "Foolish humans! Without tango, they'll be helpless! Bwaaahahahaa!"

163 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:00pm

Theoretical biologist Rupert Sheldrake used the concept of morphogenesis to develop an exciting alternative model to explain the habits of nature. According to Sheldrake’s Hypothesis of Formative Causation, each species has its own field, and within each organism is a composite of many fields. Within the human body, for example, there’s a field for the entire body, plus fields for each limb, muscle, organ, cell, etc., all the way down to the sub-cellular and molecular level. Each of these fields contains their own “memory,” derived from past, similar forms. For example, in a ten-year experiment started at Harvard University, rats were trained to escape from a water maze. Each new generation of rats learned to escape quicker. After ten years, the latest generation of rats could escape ten times faster than the original rats. Interestingly, rats of the same lineage in other areas of the world also escaped ten times faster, a phenomenon which cannot be explained by any localized instruments (unless the rats figured out how to communicate via email or instant messenger and we just haven’t found out :-).

164 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:02pm

re: #104 CIA Reject

Cool- but for true mind-numbing acronyms you need to be the United States Department of Defense.

I especially love the embedded acronyms.

I also love it when the company changes the intranet pages and hides the damn acronym lookup page, which they seem to do about every 6 months.

165 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:08pm

re: #158 Nevergiveup

What exactly do we have to apologize for? Breathing? Oh and dickwads came up as misspelled on spell check, but shit that's how I'd spell it?

dick wads is two words.

:)

166 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:11pm

re: #144 loppyd

We've seen him get whiny and condescending. I am hoping for a finger-wagging meltdown.

Wait. Obama will go into full Mayor Chucky mode.

167 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:15pm

Israel warns soldiers of prosecution abroad for Gaza 'war crimes'


[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]

168 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:16pm

re: #159 loppyd

I've had his blog bookmarked since the campaign.

Link, please?

169 dentate  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:28pm

re: #154 So?

Hypothesis of Formative Causation (Morphic Resonance)


By Scott Jeffrey

The Theory in a Nutshell

In the 1920s, an idea developed in contradiction to the mechanistic approach to biological development called morphogenesis. In this concept, all organisms have morphogenetic (form-shaping) fields surrounding and vibrating through them. For example, the tiny acorn contains the field of an entire oak tree, the field being responsible for organizing its structure and development. Also, if you cut a plant into many pieces, each piece can be repotted and grown into its own plant—from a tiny fragment, you can get a whole. (Sound familiar? See the Holographic Paradigm.) Cut a salamanders tail off, and it grows back as if the structure of the tail is encoded in the field of the salamander.blahblahblah

...then they discovered DNA.

170 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:48pm

re: #123 Spenser (with an S)

Beautiful new video by Mercy Me drawing parallels between our troops coming home and the day we finally come Home. Warning, light Christian content :)

Thank you so much for posting that.

(eyes glistening with tears)

171 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:48pm

re: #153 Walter L. Newton

If you lusted in your heart, that means you're not getting any dates.

Well since I'm married, I'm not suppose to. Has something changed that nobodies telling me?

172 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:51pm

Similarly, the stomach lining’s field is patterned after the forms of previous stomach linings, like the oak tree’s field is patterned by previous oak trees. Through the fields, by a process Sheldrake calls “Morphic Resonance,” similar fields are connected and in resonance with each other.

“Morphic Fields” can be applied to both form and behavior, including areas like beliefs, cultures, traditions, etc. In this context, Morphic Fields can be used to explain a kind of “collective memory” or patterned behavior exhibited in groups of animals, like flocks of birds and schools of fish, or various cultures sharing similar characteristics in different parts of the world.
Sheldrake’s concept of collective memory parallels Carl Jung’s postulation of a Collective Unconscious.

173 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:15:52pm

re: #165 loppyd

dick wads is two words.

:)

Shouldn't it be "dick-wads"?

174 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:16:29pm

re: #161 MandyManners

It's been a while since I lived in Denver so my memory of Salazar is weak. I have an image of a limp dish rag but, could you provide some context?

Which one Ken or John?

175 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:16:37pm

re: #147 Occasional Reader

It's always "aliens with hard-ons" with you, isn't it?

176 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:16:40pm

Calvin and Hobbes.

Heh.

177 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:16:49pm

re: #7 Natasha

Ooooh! New open thread! The question I want to ask is: "Why, after seeing the facts, with their own eyes, do people still insist that socialism will work?"

What I want to know is why the American people continue to believe the Democrats when the latter say they're not really socialists.

178 Charles Johnson  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:04pm

By the way, if you have your browser window set to a small size (on a laptop, for example), and click a user's icon to show the Profile, the dialog that pops up now auto-adjusts its height to the window height, and adds a scroll bar if necessary.

179 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:12pm

re: #175 Kenneth

It's always "aliens with hard-ons" with you, isn't it?

Now, there's a T-shirt slogan!

180 CIA Reject  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:15pm

re: #138 rightside

I can attest to that!

Hi Rightside! Good to see you.

181 opnion  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:19pm

re: #127 Honorary Yooper

Obama's like Richard M. Daley of Chicago. Dick Daley don't like no reporters askin' him tough questions.

I'm just waiting until Obama's inner Mayor Chucky comes out during a press conference.


Gotta happen & his wife will have a melt down too.

182 vxbush  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:43pm

re: #178 Charles

By the way, if you have your browser window set to a small size, and click a user's icon to show the Profile, the dialog that pops up now auto-adjusts its height to the window height, and adds a scroll bar if necessary.

Ah, bravo! We were only complaining about that a few days ago. Charles, you are the best.

183 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:44pm

re: #175 Kenneth

It's always "aliens with hard-ons" with you, isn't it?

Hey, YOU try getting abducted and "probed" by the Greys, and see if you turn out normal.

184 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:46pm

re: #117 dentate

Excellent book. In my estimation, the most important that the late Dr. Crichton ever wrote.

I am enjoying it greatly. His research to lay the groundwork for the fictional story is excellent.

/Mrs. Hawk read it first, and the only hint she gave me about the story was, "What did Martin Sheen ever do to Michael Crichton?"

185 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:46pm

The late physicist David Bohm posited a wonderful theory of the universe’s holographic nature. A hologram represents both a visible and an invisible image created by the interference patterns of a split beam of laser light (light of a single wavelength). Bohm called the visible “unfolded” reality (the one we can visually see, like the three-dimensional metallic image on a credit card) the explicate order and the invisible “enfolded” domain the implicate order. Although this “folded” domain is beyond measurement and conscious observation, the implicate order is more than just an abstract concept. The implicate order is an unobservable realm beyond the linear, space-time experience, similar to the concept of “phase space” discussed in Chaos Theory.

186 rightside  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:46pm

re: #180 CIA Reject


Hello! nice to see you too!

187 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:54pm

re: #174 Walter L. Newton

Which one Ken or John?

Ken, the new head of Interior.

188 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:17:57pm

re: #161 MandyManners

It's been a while since I lived in Denver so my memory of Salazar is weak. I have an image of a limp dish rag but, could you provide some context?

[Link: books.google.com...]

189 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:18:05pm

re: #154 So?

Hypothesis of Formative Causation. . . Cut a salamanders tail off, and it grows back as if the structure of the tail is encoded in the field of the salamander.


That's because the information necessary to create the tail de novo IS encoded in every cell of the salamander's body. . .its called "DNA", and you don't have to invoke magical energy fields to get there.

190 Kragar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:18:10pm

re: #134 Occasional Reader

"I say we take off and nuke Raid the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

(Also, apparently in the future Buenos Aires will look exactly like southern California)

I still want to know how a suit of 12" power armor that was supposed to be dropped from orbit in a torpedo and could use jump jets to cover miles in a jump got turned into dirt bike pads.

191 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:18:15pm

re: #168 MandyManners

Link, please?

Political Punch

192 jcm  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:18:42pm

This week we have a two-fer.

Stoopid Criminal of the Week
&
Stoopid Wrestler of the Week

The awards go to Jeff "Snowball" Monson.

The mixed martial arts fighter accused of spray-painting an anarchist symbol on the Capitol has pleaded not guilty in Olympia to malicious mischief.

KING-TV reports a Thurston County Superior Court judge ordered Jeff Monson to turn over his passport Tuesday while he awaits trial.

Prosecutors say the 37-year-old Olympia man spray-painted symbols and anti-war slogans on the Capitol last November. It cost $19,000 to clean off.

Monson, who fights under the nickname The Snowman, was charged after a picture of him and the graffiti was published in ESPN The Magazine.

He later told The Olympian it was a protest against the Iraq war and economic inequality.

193 J.S.  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:18:48pm

re: #151 Occasional Reader

Being in existence...(?) Actually 4 points (from BBC):

1) American support for the coup that unseated a democratically elected Iranian government in 1953
2) American backing for Saddam Hussein in the Iran-Iraq war
3) Support for the "Zionist regime" [Israel]
4) Launching the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq under the pretext of 9/11 - an incident as questionable as the Holocaust, he suggested.

According to the BBC Amad's tirade was more raging and full of vitriol (more so than most)...

194 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:18:56pm

re: #178 Charles

By the way, if you have your browser window set to a small size (on a laptop, for example), and click a user's icon to show the Profile, the dialog that pops up now auto-adjusts its height to the window height, and adds a scroll bar if necessary.

Ya know once ya have a buzz, your tech stuff just doesn't make all that much sense?
/

195 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:18:58pm

re: #173 MandyManners

Shouldn't it be "dick-wads"?

I think it's a matter of style. :)

196 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:19:08pm

re: #183 Occasional Reader

Hey, YOU try getting abducted and "probed" by the Greys, and see if you turn out normal.

Yep, I was waiting, I was waiting to see how long this was going to take before it turned into an anal probe thread.

197 UberInfidel67  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:19:22pm

re: #123 Spenser (with an S) I did not know there was a GodTube. I do like MercyMe though. My favorite song is "I Can Only Imagine". Thanks for that little gift : )

198 jcm  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:19:41pm

re: #160 rightside

And they call W the stupidest man alive.

Did he get his Onesself locked out?

199 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:19:45pm

re: #163 So?

Theoretical biologist Rupert Sheldrake used the concept of morphogenesis to develop an exciting alternative model to explain the habits of nature. According to Sheldrake’s Hypothesis of Formative Causation, each species has its own field, and within each organism is a composite of many fields. Within the human body, for example, there’s a field for the entire body, plus fields for each limb, muscle, organ, cell, etc., all the way down to the sub-cellular and molecular level. Each of these fields contains their own “memory,” derived from past, similar forms. For example, in a ten-year experiment started at Harvard University, rats were trained to escape from a water maze. Each new generation of rats learned to escape quicker. After ten years, the latest generation of rats could escape ten times faster than the original rats. Interestingly, rats of the same lineage in other areas of the world also escaped ten times faster, a phenomenon which cannot be explained by any localized instruments (unless the rats figured out how to communicate via email or instant messenger and we just haven’t found out :-).

I think the proper conclusion here is that the attention span of Harvard graduate students decreased linearly over the course of the ten year experiment.

Or maybe the maze floors just got slipperier after ten years of rats running over them!

200 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:19:52pm

re: #189 looking closely

That's because the information necessary to create the tail de novo IS encoded in every cell of the salamander's body. . .its called "DNA", and you don't have to invoke magical energy fields to get there.

is that why you're called "looking closely" ?

How does DNA know how to string itself together so to speak? From whence did this wisdom come?

201 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:19:58pm

re: #183 Occasional Reader

I try to avoid alien probes. Tinfoil hat & shorts!

202 nyc redneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:20:08pm

re: #21 loppyd

$75 million for smoking cessation?

From Jake Tapper's blog:

In the name of transparency, here are the questions I asked at today's White House briefing.

TAPPER: Robert, on the stimulus package, the president yesterday told a closed-door meeting of House Republicans that there was spending in the bill that he didn't like. And, obviously, he took action calling Congressman Waxman to remove the part having to do with the birth control. Now, there is a $335 million provision about education for sexually transmitted diseases. There still is in the bill $50 million funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. And that's the House, and I understand your emphasis is in the Senate, but in the Senate there are earmarked projects as well: $70 million for a supercomputer for NOAA, $75 million for education for smoking cessation. President Obama can tell these Democratic senators and members of the House, "Take this stuff out of the bill." He obviously did so with Congressman Waxman. Why doesn't he do it for all these earmarks?

this is our hard earned money. going down the drain.
we earn it. they take it.
using it to buy votes and spread the wealth around.
tax payers will only put up w/ so much.
then the system implodes because pols. and dead beats don't produce anything.

203 unreconstructed rebel  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:20:12pm

re: #196 Walter L. Newton

Yep, I was waiting, I was waiting to see how long this was going to take before it turned into an anal probe thread.

You want that with or without a sedative?

204 Randall Gross  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:20:21pm

re: #167 Dustyvet

Israel warns soldiers of prosecution abroad for Gaza 'war crimes'


[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]

Yes, the same sorts calling for prosecution of W now.

205 dentate  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:20:39pm

re: #193 J.S.

Being in existence...(?) Actually 4 points (from BBC):


According to the BBC Amad's tirade was more raging and full of vitriol (more so than most)...

And all that after the Obamas sent them such a NICE personalized Ramadan card last year....

206 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:20:50pm

re: #200 So?

is that why you're called "looking closely" ?

How does DNA know how to string itself together so to speak? From whence did this wisdom come?


Its called "evolution".

207 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:20:53pm

re: #173 MandyManners

Shouldn't it be "dick-wads"?

Will the dickwad expert please stand up.

208 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:21:07pm

Enter to win a free trip to Virginia


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People can enter the 40 Years of Travel Passions Sweepstakes to win one of 40 trips to Virginia sites, which focus on interests such as history, music and luxury. The Virginia Tourism Corp. says its sweepstakes is the largest vacation giveaway in state history.

The state tourism department will give away one trip a week, starting Feb. 20. The grand prize, a choice of one of four trips, will be awarded Nov. 23.

Enter at Virginia.org/40.

209 Oh no...Sand People!  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:21:27pm

re: #167 Dustyvet

Israel warns soldiers of prosecution abroad for Gaza 'war crimes'

[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]


Piss on the world.

210 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:21:28pm

re: #162 Occasional Reader

Buenos Aires was also a strange choice for a first-strike by the bugs. "Foolish humans! Without tango, they'll be helpless! Bwaaahahahaa!"

It was within the CEP. When you're talking a weapon firing bug pooh hundreds of millions of miles, hitting a rotating and moving target is quite difficult. /brain bug

211 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:21:30pm

Paris Hilton: Gordon Ramsay is Prime Minister of Britain

Paris Hilton, in London to launch her new television show, has said she thought Gordon Ramsay was the Prime Minister of Great Britain.


[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]

212 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:21:30pm

re: #188 Walter L. Newton

[Link: books.google.com...]

Was he a total putz? I don't seem to have any hard feelings about him.

213 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:21:30pm

re: #112 Honorary Yooper

What's even more mind-numbing is that they pronounce them out rather than just use the letters. =:-0

That varies with the acronym.

JSF, SCA, FBCB2, and JCR-V are just letters.
JTIDS is pronounced Jay-Tids.
SADL is pronounced Saddle.
BACN is pronounced Bacon.

214 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:21:31pm

re: #190 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I still want to know how a suit of 12" power armor that was supposed to be dropped from orbit in a torpedo and could use jump jets to cover miles in a jump got turned into dirt bike pads.

The money for the power armor suits was diverted for the re-sodding of Buenos Aires, per the Stimulus Bill of 2097.

215 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:21:49pm

re: #207 faraway

Will the dickwad expert please stand up.

Doesn't he live at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave now?

216 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:21:51pm

re: #191 loppyd

Political Punch

Thank you!

217 Spenser (with an S)  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:21:53pm

re: #170 goddessoftheclassroom

re: #123 Spenser (with an S)

Beautiful new video by Mercy Me drawing parallels between our troops coming home and the day we finally come Home. Warning, light Christian content :)

Thank you so much for posting that.

(eyes glistening with tears)

Most welcome, goddess. Even I, tough as nails (according to my nic, anyway) shed a tear.

218 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:22:10pm

re: #162 Occasional Reader

Buenos Aires was also a strange choice for a first-strike by the bugs. "Foolish humans! Without tango, they'll be helpless! Bwaaahahahaa!"

It was done to make the original book's point that the USA had expanded to a world government -- except that Heinlein's protagonist was not Argentinian, he was Filipino. The filmmakers switched it to Argentina so that they could cast white kids in the main roles.

219 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:22:48pm

re: #199 looking closely

I think the proper conclusion here is that the attention span of Harvard graduate students decreased linearly over the course of the ten year experiment.

Or maybe the maze floors just got slipperier after ten years of rats running over them!

You don't get it do you. Once a monkey on one side of the world learns that he can use a branch as a tool to collect ants by sticking it into a tree opening, some other monkeys thousands of miles away suddenly learn to do the same thing.

I guess...DNA has its own email system? Right. And monkeys can read.

220 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:22:49pm

re: #216 MandyManners

Thank you!

You are welcome! Enjoy.

221 J.S.  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:23:15pm

CNN is now playing the video of Ahmadinejad's rant..."zionists, uncultured, fabricated,..children, men women stop supporting them"

222 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:23:24pm

re: #206 looking closely

Its called "evolution".

That doesn't explain it.

223 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:23:56pm

re: #141 CIA Reject

Acronyms have a good purpose to be sure, but what I find interesting about them is that they become a whole new language, totally indistinguishable from English.

every occupation has it's own lingo, yes. If we were talking about the Intelligence and Security Command why not just say INSCOM? sure is easier, and everyone concerned knows what is being discussed. ;-)>

I was listening to a couple of iron workers one time and they left me so far behind, I had absolutely no clue what they were talking about with their jargon.

224 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:24:18pm

re: #125 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Book was so much better. Stupid kids wearing BMX armor running as a mob is no way to fight a war.

They really needed to do the full battlesuit. I love the way that Paul Verhoven managed to catch the flavor of Heinlein's world though.

225 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:24:21pm

re: #190 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I still want to know how a suit of 12" power armor that was supposed to be dropped from orbit in a torpedo and could use jump jets to cover miles in a jump got turned into dirt bike pads.

Because the CGI budget went to the bugs and the big spaceships, not to the individual soldiers.

In the wake of Iron Man, the individual mecha-suits would probably be back in.

226 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:24:27pm

re: #222 So?

That doesn't explain it.

Well, not to you, no.

227 rightside  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:24:29pm

re: #198 jcm


LOL, that's a window he's trying to walk through!

228 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:24:36pm

re: #191 loppyd

Jake Tapper could be the name of a Steven Seagal character.

229 dentate  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:24:36pm

re: #219 So?

You don't get it do you. Once a monkey on one side of the world learns that he can use a branch as a tool to collect ants by sticking it into a tree opening, some other monkeys thousands of miles away suddenly learn to do the same thing.

I guess...DNA has its own email system? Right. And monkeys can read.

Can you say URBAN LEGEND? Get me the original reference to where this supposed research was published, and you'll have my attention.

230 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:24:36pm

Oh, my.

I just looked outside. The snow is coming down sideways. This is not good.

231 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:24:38pm

re: #212 MandyManners

Was he a total putz? I don't seem to have any hard feelings about him.

Both brothers have been very well liked in Colorado. Both were respected by both sides here, but it was evident that Ken was starting to suck up to what he saw as a winning horse, because he started to act more left than he ever had, over the last year.

And of course, you know, it paid off.

232 redstateredneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:24:44pm

re: #207 faraway

Will the dickwad expert please stand up.

I don't think that one's gonna be in the AP Stylebook, although it should be.

233 joncelli  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:24:47pm

re: #183 Occasional Reader

Hey, are you calling me abnormal? Huh?

234 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:02pm

re: #221 J.S.

Let me know when Ahmadinejad starts going on about Harry Potter and the Secret Zionist Plot. I like that part!

235 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:08pm

Five day mail delivery coming ?

236 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:09pm

re: #195 loppyd

I think it's a matter of style. :)

Where's goddess when we need her?

237 SasquatchOnSteroids  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:13pm

re: #192 jcm

Why is it that every time an asshat with a spray can or a gathering of leftists takes place, they always leave the place a little uglier ?
Messy babies ?

238 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:28pm

So anybody else here hear that Obama is about to more or less cancel that missile shield in Poland and Czechoslovakia?

239 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:30pm

re: #227 rightside

LOL, that's a window he's trying to walk through!

But, of course, he did because he is the Messiah.

240 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:35pm

re: #236 MandyManners

Where's goddess when we need her?

Oooo. how can I help?

241 J.S.  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:35pm

You know, I wonder if Obama is embarrassed by Ahmadinejad's demand that America apologize "for the 60 years of crimes." Then, probably not, Obama is such a bloody joke -- G-d no, to think the whole world is laughing at the President of the United States!

242 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:37pm

re: #230 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh, my.

I just looked outside. The snow is coming down sideways. This is not good.

At least its not going UP. Then you would have some real issues.

243 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:45pm

re: #207 faraway

Will the dickwad expert please stand up.

*spew*

244 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:53pm

CAN ANYONE HOST ME ON FEBRUARY 19th?

Will fly anywhere.

245 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:25:57pm

re: #55 Salamantis

Why Should I Respect These Oppressive Religions?
[Link: www.independent.co.uk...]

RTWT

It always sucks when some asshole feels compelled to lump Orthodox Judaism and Evangelical Christianity in with rabid Islam, just in order to smirk about being a good little Robespierrean.

246 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:26:05pm

re: #211 Dustyvet

Paris Hilton: Gordon Ramsay is Prime Minister of Britain

Paris Hilton, in London to launch her new television show, has said she thought Gordon Ramsay was the Prime Minister of Great Britain.


[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]

I know who the PM of GB is, but I don't know who Gordon Ramsay is. So am I smarter than Paris Hilton? (I sure hope so.)

247 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:26:06pm

re: #242 Creeping Eruption

At least its not going UP. Then you would have some real issues.

LOL! Excellent point!

248 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:26:17pm

re: #244 WriterMom

CAN ANYONE HOST ME ON FEBRUARY 19th?

Will fly anywhere.

LOL

249 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:26:24pm

re: #134 Occasional Reader

"I say we take off and nuke Raid the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

(Also, apparently in the future Buenos Aires will look exactly like southern California)

That was intentional.

250 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:26:40pm

re: #175 Kenneth

I'm ok with that.

251 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:26:40pm

re: #238 Nevergiveup

So anybody else here hear that Obama is about to more or less cancel that missile shield in Poland and Czechoslovakia?

Yes, bye, bye Poland.

252 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:07pm

Infernal dryer buzzer's going off again. bbiaw

253 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:08pm

re: #211 Dustyvet

Paris Hilton: Gordon Ramsay is Prime Minister of Britain

Paris Hilton, in London to launch her new television show, has said she thought Gordon Ramsay was the Prime Minister of Great Britain.

[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]

The more amazing thing is that Paris Hilton believes we will believe her when she says she's only had two sexual partners ever.

254 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:12pm

re: #246 Occasional Reader

Potty-mouthed British chef and former soccer player.

255 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:13pm

re: #241 J.S.

You know, I wonder if Obama is embarrassed by Ahmadinejad's demand that America apologize "for the 60 years of crimes." Then, probably not, Obama is such a bloody joke -- G-d no, to think the whole world is laughing at the President of the United States!

didn't obama already apologize for the last 8 years?

256 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:15pm

re: #210 lawhawk

It was within the CEP. When you're talking a weapon firing bug pooh hundreds of millions of miles, hitting a rotating and moving target is quite difficult. /brain bug

Well, the Uruguayans are still in a snit that the brain bug didn't think Montevideo was important enough. (They're weird that way.)

257 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:24pm

re: #219 So?

Bullshit. I don't even believe the premise of this piece (eg that EVERY rat on the planet simultaneously improved in maze-running simultaneously). Its garbage.

But even assuming your second bit about monkeys is true, it means zero.

The fact that animal "A" in place "A" learns something and animal "B" in place "B" learns the same thing DOES NOT prove the existence of any kind of magical "field".

By analogy, if I learn how to program my VCR and Bob from Ottawa learns how to program HIS VCR, why do you need to invoke some "field effect" to explain this? Its ridiculous.

If there really WERE some sort of extra-dimensional awareness linking all animals of a species, then EVERYONE would know how to program VCRs!

258 dentate  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:34pm

re: #234 Kenneth

Let me know when Ahmadinejad starts going on about Harry Potter and the Secret Zionist Plot. I like that part!

Well, Daniel Radcliffe IS Jewish, after all.

259 UberInfidel67  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:36pm

re: #230 goddessoftheclassroom
Goddess there was an accident in front of my house just about a half hour ago. Snow falling in big chunks plus the snow that is on the rooftops is blowing off. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here.

260 Oh no...Sand People!  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:44pm

re: #238 Nevergiveup

So anybody else here hear that Obama is about to more or less cancel that missile shield in Poland and Czechoslovakia?

I hope he doesn't give up on China... oh wait...already happened.
/

261 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:45pm

By the way, just want to pass on a comment from the last thread. I finally got my answer to my question.

Avanti thinks that only about 1 percent of the stimulus package is pork or unnecessary.

re: #771 avanti

262 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:27:52pm

re: #242 Creeping Eruption

At least its not going UP. Then you would have some real issues.

Visit the Colorado Mountains (ski resort, maybe).
I have literally seen it snow UP.

263 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:28:04pm

re: #253 stuiec

The more amazing thing is that Paris Hilton believes we will believe her when she says she's only had two sexual partners ever.

She means, no more than two, at any given time.

264 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:28:05pm

re: #229 dentate

Can you say URBAN LEGEND? Get me the original reference to where this supposed research was published, and you'll have my attention.

It's out there. It's been known by biologists for decades now. If I had the time I go searching up links for you I would. But unfortunately, I don't at the moment. So believe what you will.

265 Golem Akbar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:28:09pm

re: #84 Jr ewing

Is this for real? O_O

Ahmadinejad's 'Jewish Family'


It's now Ahmadinejew . In Farsi.

266 J.S.  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:28:13pm

re: #255 Nevergiveup

It ain't enough. (How can Obama be so g.d. stupid?)

267 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:28:18pm

re: #221 J.S.

CNN is now playing the video of Ahmadinejad's rant..."zionists, uncultured, fabricated,..children, men women stop supporting them"

Every time Short Shit goes on the telly, it should be required that he have a clown with a seltzer bottle standing bottle standing next to him.

"A little song, a little dance, a bit of seltzer down his pants...!"

268 rightside  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:28:20pm

re: #213 CyanSnowHawk


WSN-7 = wizzin' 7

CIWS = see wiz

SPG-62 = spig 62

269 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:28:21pm

re: #211 Dustyvet

Paris Hilton: Gordon Ramsay is Prime Minister of Britain

Paris Hilton, in London to launch her new television show, has said she thought Gordon Ramsay was the Prime Minister of Great Britain.

[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]

I'd feel safer at night if he were. He'd make the jihadis cry. "You call this a f*cking falafel?! You f*cking sod!"

270 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:28:29pm

re: #254 WriterMom

Potty-mouthed British chef and former soccer player.

I love him.

"shut up you f*cking donkaay"

271 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:28:31pm

re: #222 So?

That doesn't explain it.

It does if you understand the concept of evolution.

EG: gradual improvement over long periods of time.

But for obvious reasons, many individuals find "magical thinking" far more simple to understand.

272 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:28:59pm

goddessoftheclassroom, here's a few more sites to help with your Ayn Rand/Atlas teachings:

The Capitalism Site (The tour is what I really want you to see!)
The Certainty Site

273 unreconstructed rebel  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:29:15pm

re: #253 stuiec

The more amazing thing is that Paris Hilton believes we will believe her when she says she's only had two sexual partners ever.

What? Like Bubba, she thinks fellatio is not sex?

274 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:29:20pm

re: #246 Occasional Reader

I know who the PM of GB is, but I don't know who Gordon Ramsay is. So am I smarter than Paris Hilton? (I sure hope so.)

Gordon Ramsay...Hell's Kitchen...

275 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:29:27pm

re: #228 MandyManners

Jake Tapper could be the name of a Steven Seagal character.

Or a 70s pr0n star.

276 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:29:29pm

re: #244 WriterMom

Yikes! Me too!

277 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:29:39pm
278 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:29:44pm

re: #235 avanti

Five day mail delivery coming ?

Why not? They have a hard enough time trying to get my mail delivered to me on six days. One less day for the USPS to fuck up the mail delivery.

There's a reason why I use FedEx and UPS for big letters and packages.

279 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:29:54pm

re: #244 WriterMom

CAN ANYONE HOST ME ON FEBRUARY 19th?

Will fly anywhere.

I like the picture - "Candians for 0bama". Hey, you can have him!

280 dentate  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:29:55pm

re: #264 So?

It's out there. It's been known by biologists for decades now. If I had the time I go searching up links for you I would. But unfortunately, I don't at the moment. So believe what you will.

Oh good lord. The eternal excuse of the credulous conspiracy theorist. Time aplenty to post rubbish, but no time to back it up.

You can't find the links, because they don't exist. This goes in the garbage can right alongside intelligent design.

281 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:29:57pm

re: #263 Kenneth

LOL.

282 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:30:05pm

re: #252 MandyManners

Infernal dryer buzzer's going off again. bbiaw

Using natural heat is a clever and innovative way to save on your utility bills. But doesn't the laundry come out smelling of brimstone?

283 rightside  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:30:06pm

re: #254 WriterMom

description is redundant.

284 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:30:21pm

re: #229 dentate

Can you say URBAN LEGEND? Get me the original reference to where this supposed research was published, and you'll have my attention.

Yeah, Its funny.

In December of 2007, I learned how to operate a Sony Playstation. . .undoubtedly because of field effect, there were others all over the globe who also spontaneously learned the EXACT SAME THING, at the EXACT SAME TIME.

Oddly enough, NONE of us communicated with the others.

Coincidence?

I think not.

285 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:30:21pm

re: #273 unreconstructed rebel

What? Like Bubba, she thinks fellatio is not sex?

Well from the poor quality video I saw, what she does hardly qualifies as sex in my opinion?

286 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:30:31pm

re: #235 avanti

Five day mail delivery coming ?

I wonder if there is any money for them in the stimulus bill? I mean, if you are doing a bad job at running your business, then you are automatically qualified to receive stimulus money. Hell, they are trying to give the auto industry a boost by buying a boat load of cars. That's a good idea, it will prevent the car companies and the unions from having to examine the way they are doing business and maybe fix something.

That was close.
/

287 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:30:38pm

re: #238 Nevergiveup

So anybody else here hear that Obama is about to more or less cancel that missile shield in Poland and Czechoslovakia?

Yep. Putin will love that. I see tanks rolling across the Polish plains again.

288 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:30:44pm

re: #265 Golem Akbar

It's now Ahmadinejew . In Farsi.

Jewish dinner jacket? Makes sense in a way - we had so many tailors amongst our people.

289 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:31:06pm

re: #258 dentate

OMG. I can't tell you how horrified I was when he had that nekkid play in Britain and there was a picture of him (chest only) in the paper and I thought-hmm...he's cute. I FREAKED MYSELF OUT.

290 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:31:30pm

I have no mouth and I must scream.

291 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:31:32pm

re: #261 Walter L. Newton

By the way, just want to pass on a comment from the last thread. I finally got my answer to my question.

Avanti thinks that only about 1 percent of the stimulus package is pork or unnecessary.

He didn't even bother replying to my post.

292 Racer X  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:31:49pm

re: #261 Walter L. Newton

By the way, just want to pass on a comment from the last thread. I finally got my answer to my question.

Avanti thinks that only about 1 percent of the stimulus package is pork or unnecessary.

While I believe about 99% is unnecessary (if we are truly in a serious financial crisis).

293 redstateredneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:32:15pm

re: #289 WriterMom

OMG. I can't tell you how horrified I was when he had that nekkid play in Britain and there was a picture of him (chest only) in the paper and I thought-hmm...he's cute. I FREAKED MYSELF OUT.

The picture I saw was of his bare ass.
It was cute, also. Shame, shame! I'm a dirty old woman!

294 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:32:18pm

re: #276 Kenneth

CAN ANYONE HOST ME AND KENNETH FOR THE DAY?

We're very nice, a lot of fun to have at parties, yadda yaddah.

HALP!

295 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:32:20pm

re: #290 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I have no mouth and I must scream.

Is this about Paris Hilton's video?

296 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:32:20pm

mandy and I are both slaves to laundry....

BBIAB

297 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:32:35pm

re: #264 So?

It's out there. It's been known by biologists for decades now. If I had the time I go searching up links for you I would. But unfortunately, I don't at the moment. So believe what you will.


Yetis are also "out there" and "have been known by biologists for decades".

298 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:32:58pm

re: #293 redstateredneck

Thank G-d I am not alone in this ahem, rather, unfortunate situation. LOL.

299 Moonbat Serenade  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:32:59pm

re: #252 MandyManners

Infernal dryer buzzer's going off again. bbiaw

Skittles tip # 317:

Hang laundry from your unicorn's horn. It will dry quickly as your unicorn prances amongst the woodland creatures. As an added bonus, all your laundry will smell like rainbows !

300 redstateredneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:33:00pm

re: #294 WriterMom

CAN ANYONE HOST ME AND KENNETH FOR THE DAY?

We're very nice, a lot of fun to have at parties, yadda yaddah.

HALP!

Come on down!

301 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:33:01pm

re: #257 looking closely

Bullshit. I don't even believe the premise of this piece (eg that EVERY rat on the planet simultaneously improved in maze-running simultaneously). Its garbage.

But even assuming your second bit about monkeys is true, it means zero.

The fact that animal "A" in place "A" learns something and animal "B" in place "B" learns the same thing DOES NOT prove the existence of any kind of magical "field".

By analogy, if I learn how to program my VCR and Bob from Ottawa learns how to program HIS VCR, why do you need to invoke some "field effect" to explain this? Its ridiculous.

If there really WERE some sort of extra-dimensional awareness linking all animals of a species, then EVERYONE would know how to program VCRs!

OK. Quick example then I have to run. Remember David Bannister the runner.
Up until 1940 or whatever year it was, nobody and I mean nobody was able to break the 4 minute mile. This went on on hundreds of years. Then one day, Bannister ran and broke the 4 minute mile. A new M-field was then created and soon thereafter many runners were breaking the 4 minute mile. It was no longer the huge barrier it had been. And don't tell me they started doing weights...

302 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:33:12pm

re: #263 Kenneth

She means, no more than two, at any given time.

That would show a decided lack of imagination in the one area in which I'd trust her to be both knowledgeable and creative.

303 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:33:15pm

re: #296 loppyd

mandy and I are both slaves to laundry....

BBIAB

That's good cuz I could use a couple of laundry slaves.

304 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:33:22pm

re: #296 loppyd

mandy and I are both slaves to laundry....

BBIAB

What's this laundry thing?

305 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:33:46pm

re: #303 Kenneth

I'm going to warn them about you.

306 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:33:56pm

re: #178 Charles

By the way, if you have your browser window set to a small size (on a laptop, for example), and click a user's icon to show the Profile, the dialog that pops up now auto-adjusts its height to the window height, and adds a scroll bar if necessary.

Hey thanks Charles.

307 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:34:03pm

re: #304 Nevergiveup

It's like so..WHATEVER!

308 unreconstructed rebel  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:34:03pm

Yo, Walter,

You were looking for an anal probe thread. Looks like this one is going Paris Hilton.

309 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:34:12pm

re: #298 WriterMom

WriterMom has become CougarMom

310 J.S.  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:34:28pm

re: #288 Creeping Eruption

If Ahmadinejew is true -- maybe Ahmad will have the same fate as Vladimir Zhirinovsky -- (there'll be a sudden abandonment by all his antisemitic racist backers).

311 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:34:39pm

re: #305 WriterMom

Mwahahaha...

312 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:34:47pm

re: #280 dentate

Oh good lord. The eternal excuse of the credulous conspiracy theorist. Time aplenty to post rubbish, but no time to back it up.

You can't find the links, because they don't exist. This goes in the garbage can right alongside intelligent design.

All that you say is true, but let me add another thing.

Links (or published papers) don't turn bullsh*t into truth.

The more incredible the theory, the stronger the proof necessary to accept it.

313 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:34:47pm

re: #307 WriterMom

It's like so..WHATEVER!

You are not similes!
;)

314 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:34:49pm

re: #308 unreconstructed rebel

Yo, Walter,

You were looking for an anal probe thread. Looks like this one is going Paris Hilton.

ewww . . .I wouldn't wish that on ANY probe.

315 Golem Akbar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:34:53pm

re: #288 Creeping Eruption

Jewish dinner jacket? Makes sense in a way - we had so many tailors amongst our people.


Funny. He doesn't look Persian...

316 vxbush  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:07pm

re: #304 Nevergiveup

What's this laundry thing?

It's what my husband does in the basement.

317 jorline  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:09pm

re: #123 Spenser (with an S)

Beautiful new video by Mercy Me drawing parallels between our troops coming home and the day we finally come Home. Warning, light Christian content :)

Excellent video...thank you and wish I had more updings for you.

318 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:09pm

re: #308 unreconstructed rebel

...and the difference would be?

319 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:15pm

re: #315 Golem Akbar

Funny. He doesn't look Persian...

...Not even his rug?

320 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:16pm

re: #309 Kenneth

No way. I am way too young to be a cougar! LOL.

321 Wilderstad  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:17pm

re: #219 So?

You might be interested in a book titled the "Intention Experiment"
[Link: www.theintentionexperiment.com...]

322 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:29pm

re: #272 gmsc

goddessoftheclassroom, here's a few more sites to help with your Ayn Rand/Atlas teachings:

The Capitalism Site (The tour is what I really want you to see!)
The Certainty Site

THANK YOU once again!

323 so.cal.swede  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:37pm

Why can't barack obama face the muslim threat?

324 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:41pm

re: #316 vxbush

That's what he tells you.

325 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:44pm

sorry his name was Roger Gilbert Bannister

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

326 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:35:51pm

re: #299 Moonbat Serenade

Skittles tip # 317:

Hang laundry from your unicorn's horn. It will dry quickly as your unicorn prances amongst the woodland creatures. As an added bonus, all your laundry will smell like rainbows !

I find the idea of my unmentionables being paraded around in the woods a bit disturbing..

327 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:36:02pm

re: #190 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I still want to know how a suit of 12" power armor that was supposed to be dropped from orbit in a torpedo and could use jump jets to cover miles in a jump got turned into dirt bike pads.

Face time for the actors and budget restrictions.

328 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:36:03pm

re: #291 jwb7605

He didn't even bother replying to my post.

Well, you noticed how his first post on this thread was neither a comment nor a question, just a link to a topic.

Now, after a few people comment on the topic, Avanti will jump in and make some obtuse comment, after gauging our responses, so he can be as annoying as he can.

It's his way of attracting attention without effort.

He answered my question on the other thread WAY after I posted it, when he was aware that the thread was basically dead.

Another tactic, so he can have the last word, without being challenged.

He was Navy, right? Any connection.

329 Creeping Eruption  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:36:18pm

re: #310 J.S.

If Ahmadinejew is true -- maybe Ahmad will have the same fate as Vladimir Zhirinovsky -- (there'll be a sudden abandonment by all his antisemitic racist backers).

I'd say just deserts, but he deserves so much more . . .

330 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:36:21pm
Let's focus on the fact that there's $550 billion in spending that will put people back to work.

I don't understand the connection. Is it something like this?

1. Spend $550,000,000.
2.
3. Create jobs.

331 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:36:25pm

re: #323 so.cal.swede

Dude! He's pretty much embodied it now.

332 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:37:04pm

re: #308 unreconstructed rebel

Yo, Walter,

You were looking for an anal probe thread. Looks like this one is going Paris Hilton.

Now that would be right up my alley.

333 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:37:17pm

re: #301 So?

OK. Quick example then I have to run. Remember David Bannister the runner.
Up until 1940 or whatever year it was, nobody and I mean nobody was able to break the 4 minute mile. This went on on hundreds of years. Then one day, Bannister ran and broke the 4 minute mile. A new M-field was then created and soon thereafter many runners were breaking the 4 minute mile. It was no longer the huge barrier it had been. And don't tell me they started doing weights...

Curious. The record is 3 minutes 43.13, at what point can we no longer shave a tenth of a second? When no improvement is possible?

334 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:37:25pm

re: #324 WriterMom

That's what he tells you.

Women do laundry?

/My father and I had to teach my mother how to add detergent, fabric softener, and set the washer and dryer.

335 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:37:28pm

re: #289 WriterMom

OMG. I can't tell you how horrified I was when he had that nekkid play in Britain and there was a picture of him (chest only) in the paper and I thought-hmm...he's cute. I FREAKED MYSELF OUT.

I saw Daniel Radliffe in Equus in London in April 2007. It was a terrific performance.

336 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:37:36pm

re: #328 Walter L. Newton

Well, you noticed how his first post on this thread was neither a comment nor a question, just a link to a topic.

Now, after a few people comment on the topic, Avanti will jump in and make some obtuse comment, after gauging our responses, so he can be as annoying as he can.

It's his way of attracting attention without effort.

He answered my question on the other thread WAY after I posted it, when he was aware that the thread was basically dead.

Another tactic, so he can have the last word, without being challenged.

He was Navy, right? Any connection.

I was Navy. He sounds like Air Farce to me.
(further replies will have to wait about 20 minutes ... gots a must do task)

337 Golem Akbar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:37:40pm

re: #319 gmsc

...Not even his rug?


Well, yeah, that...

338 UberInfidel67  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:37:51pm

re: #313 gmsc
Well not too long ago we were all Gazans. Can't we now all be similies?

339 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:37:55pm
340 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:38:01pm

re: #301 So?

OK. Quick example then I have to run. Remember David Bannister the runner.
Up until 1940 or whatever year it was, nobody and I mean nobody was able to break the 4 minute mile. This went on on hundreds of years. Then one day, Bannister ran and broke the 4 minute mile. A new M-field was then created and soon thereafter many runners were breaking the 4 minute mile. It was no longer the huge barrier it had been. And don't tell me they started doing weights...

LOL. . .

"M field"? I smell a "BS" field.

There is such a thing as a psychological barrier, you now.

Is there an "M field" EVERY SINGLE TIME any human athletic record is broken?

How man "M fields" did Mark Spitz create?
How about Michael Phelps?

Was there an "M field" when the first heavier-than-air airplane took off?

Is an "M field" the same as "chi" or "the force", by the way?

341 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:38:04pm

re: #322 goddessoftheclassroom

THANK YOU once again!

And once again, you are welcome.
:)

342 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:38:05pm

re: #335 goddessoftheclassroom

I think that's the nekkid play...right?

343 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:38:07pm

Iranian leader demands US apology

Uhmm... coming right up...

344 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:38:07pm

re: #330 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I don't understand the connection. Is it something like this?

1. Spend $550,000,000.
2.
3. Create jobs.

Reminds me of the Underpants Gnomes in South Park.

345 CIA Reject  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:38:15pm

Well, Kitty Reject is DEMANDING her dinner so I better go-

BBL

346 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:38:35pm

re: #330 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I don't understand the connection. Is it something like this?

1. Spend $550,000,000.
2.
3. Create jobs.

Nous sommes tous gnomes des sous-vêtements

347 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:38:40pm

re: #312 looking closely

All that you say is true, but let me add another thing.

Links (or published papers) don't turn bullsh*t into truth.

The more incredible the theory, the stronger the proof necessary to accept it.

I gave you a 20th century example. Live in your tiny cubicle and count your toes.

AND I DO HAVE TO GO....

348 Golem Akbar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:03pm

re: #339 Iron Fist

When I was a kid, the mail used to come twice a day. Now it is down to once a day. Soon it will be down to every other day. In time, it may be reduced to the same basic schedule that the Pony Express worked on, but without the coolness factor of actually riding a horse across country.

They term this "progress"?


When I was a kid, we didn't have spam. Now...

349 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:09pm

re: #342 WriterMom

I think that's the nekkid play...right?

Yes, it is.

350 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:09pm

re: #343 Kenneth

I'm sure Obama will arrange that ASAP.

351 vxbush  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:09pm

re: #334 Honorary Yooper

Women do laundry?

/My father and I had to teach my mother how to add detergent, fabric softener, and set the washer and dryer.

Yup. I can do it in a pinch, but he's better at it, just like he's a far better cook. But I'm in charge of cleaning, computers, and shoveling snow.

352 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:21pm

This is the female Lizard slave thread. I wanna stimulate the economy.

353 Kragar  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:22pm

re: #327 CyanSnowHawk

Face time for the actors and budget restrictions.

BAH! I'd rather get the book right.

They actually had a fairly good anime version put together of it in the mid 80s. Lots of Mecha.

354 So?  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:33pm

re: #333 Outrider

Curious. The record is 3 minutes 43.13, at what point can we no longer shave a tenth of a second? When no improvement is possible?

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE (born 23 March 1929) is an English former athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than 4 minutes. Bannister became a distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, before retiring in 2001. He was born in Harrow, England.

Goodbye

355 redstateredneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:34pm

re: #342 WriterMom

I think that's the nekkid play...right?


And she thought it was a terrific performance...

;-)

356 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:39pm

re: #338 UberInfidel67

Well not too long ago we were all Gazans. Can't we now all be similies?

No. Why not? It's like this . . .
;)

357 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:39pm

re: #349 goddessoftheclassroom

NEKKID PLAYS WITH GREAT PERFORMANCE THREAD!

358 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:48pm

re: #70 Honorary Yooper

I try and try but all the happens is that the ceiling spins..No way to drink BUD dry.

/

359 Soona'  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:51pm

re: #211 Dustyvet

Paris Hilton: Gordon Ramsay is Prime Minister of Britain

Paris Hilton, in London to launch her new television show, has said she thought Gordon Ramsay was the Prime Minister of Great Britain.


[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]

Paris: Well, like whoever he is, he's you know, hot.
/

360 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:52pm

re: #355 redstateredneck

GMTA

361 Kenneth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:39:55pm

re: #350 WriterMom

that was implied by the "uhmm"

362 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:40:06pm

re: #339 Iron Fist

When I was a kid, the mail used to come twice a day. Now it is down to once a day. Soon it will be down to every other day. In time, it may be reduced to the same basic schedule that the Pony Express worked on, but without the coolness factor of actually riding a horse across country.

They term this "progress"?

They are cutting their own throats. Already I pay about 90% of my bills on line. I do everything I can online. Anything really important that has to be mailed goes Fedex. I think the US Mail is gong the way of the NYT .

363 bellamags  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:40:11pm

I hate my f*cking printer.

364 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:40:19pm

re: #301 So?

Remember David Bannister the runner.
Up until 1940 or whatever year it was, nobody and I mean nobody was able to break the 4 minute mile. This went on on hundreds of years. Then one day, Bannister ran and broke the 4 minute mile.

That's because he turned into The Incredible Hulk.

365 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:40:25pm

re: #346 Occasional Reader

Nous sommes tous gnomes des sous-vêtements

Beau.

366 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:40:27pm

The real question is: Could I have done LESS work today? I don't think so.

367 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:40:28pm

re: #218 stuiec

It was done to make the original book's point that the USA had expanded to a world government -- except that Heinlein's protagonist was not Argentinian, he was Filipino. The filmmakers switched it to Argentina so that they could cast white kids in the main roles.

IIRC, Rico and his family lived in BA in the book. It was just where they lived. And he was Filipino. Spoke Tagalog as I recall.

368 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:40:32pm

re: #333 Outrider

Curious. The record is 3 minutes 43.13, at what point can we no longer shave a tenth of a second? When no improvement is possible?

No,
Its, when runners run out of "M fields".

By the way, I know as a fact that better nutrition, superior training methods (including altitude training), and performance enhancing drugs (including erythropoeitin, anabolic steroids, etc), have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING whatsoever do with ever improved performance in human athletic events.

Its all "M fields".

369 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:40:40pm

re: #333 Outrider

Curious. The record is 3 minutes 43.13, at what point can we no longer shave a tenth of a second? When no improvement is possible?

When man stops improving his body.

370 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:40:57pm

re: #357 WriterMom

NEKKID PLAYS WITH GREAT PERFORMANCE THREAD!

Oh, help! As soon as I hit "post this comment," I knew I should have written "terrific production."

371 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:41:03pm

re: #363 bellamags

I hate my f*cking printer.

Did you call the tech desk. Walter here. What happened?

372 redstateredneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:41:09pm

re: #360 WriterMom

GMTA

either that or dirty minds think alike...

373 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:41:24pm

re: #231 Walter L. Newton

Both brothers have been very well liked in Colorado. Both were respected by both sides here, but it was evident that Ken was starting to suck up to what he saw as a winning horse, because he started to act more left than he ever had, over the last year.

And of course, you know, it paid off.

Must be why I didn't dislike him a few years ago.

374 Basho  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:41:27pm

re: #178 Charles

By the way, if you have your browser window set to a small size (on a laptop, for example), and click a user's icon to show the Profile, the dialog that pops up now auto-adjusts its height to the window height, and adds a scroll bar if necessary.

WOOT! Finally! Been waiting for this update for a while =)

375 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:41:30pm

re: #370 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh yah yah sure sure like whatEVAAAAH!

376 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:41:52pm

re: #343 Kenneth

Iranian leader demands US apology

Uhmm... coming right up...

Standing by with bottle of seltzer water...:)

377 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:41:56pm

re: #228 MandyManners

Jake Tapper could be the name of a Steven Seagal character.

And the movie would be called 'Tapped Out!'

/Slow down everybody, I'm way behind on this thread.

378 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:41:56pm

re: #240 goddessoftheclassroom

Oooo. how can I help?

Is is proper to hyphenate "dick-wad"?

379 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:42:00pm

re: #363 bellamags

I hate my f*cking printer.

Well, that's your problem. Your printer's too busy acting like Bill Clinton and screwing around.

380 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:42:03pm

re: #372 redstateredneck

If the foo shits..

381 MisterCookie  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:42:04pm

Why are moonbats able to survive in reality?

382 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:42:05pm

re: #339 Iron Fist

When I was a kid, the mail used to come twice a day. Now it is down to once a day. Soon it will be down to every other day. In time, it may be reduced to the same basic schedule that the Pony Express worked on, but without the coolness factor of actually riding a horse across country.

They term this "progress"?

I can live with 5 days a week if it saves money, mail volume has been dropping for years with online bill paying an e-mail.
I have not received a real letter in weeks.

383 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:42:12pm

re: #371 Walter L. Newton

Did you call the tech desk. Walter here. What happened?

Are you in India?

384 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:42:24pm

re: #359 Soona'


Is Paris Burning?

/yet

385 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:42:30pm

re: #383 faraway

LOLOLOL

386 Dianna  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:42:43pm

re: #244 WriterMom

CAN ANYONE HOST ME ON FEBRUARY 19th?

Will fly anywhere.

Sure. San Jose, the weather's likely to be nice.

I'm blued, if you're serious.

387 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:42:49pm
388 Lively  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:42:52pm

re: #339 Iron Fist

When I was a kid, the mail used to come twice a day. Now it is down to once a day. Soon it will be down to every other day. In time, it may be reduced to the same basic schedule that the Pony Express worked on, but without the coolness factor of actually riding a horse across country.

They term this "progress"?

We've also gone back to using the Telegraph. Texting.

389 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:43:04pm

re: #354 So?

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE (born 23 March 1929) is an English former athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than 4 minutes. Bannister became a distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, before retiring in 2001. He was born in Harrow, England.

Goodbye

not sure of the relevance of that statement, nor the Goodbye quote.

I was merely asking a question I have ben curious about for a long time and this seemed a good point to bring it up. At what point can records no longer be broken?

390 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:43:09pm

re: #359 Soona'

More critically, has Gordon Ramsay been in Paris?

/snicker

391 unreconstructed rebel  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:43:15pm

Temperature's dropping, roads are icing. Time to skeedadle.

392 bellamags  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:43:26pm

re: #371 Walter L. Newton

Did you call the tech desk. Walter here. What happened?

I got one of those new HP officejet pro k5400, the kind that have the separate ink cartridges for each color, thinking it would be cheaper. Nope. $80 to replace all colors. Then when you replace a color, it doesn't automatically print out a test page. You have to open the top lid, then the ink door then it spits and sputters and clicks for 2 minutes.

393 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:43:29pm

re: #378 MandyManners

Is is proper to hyphenate "dick-wad"?

Only if you want it to be longer.

394 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:43:49pm

re: #386 Dianna

You're so sweet. But I think my husband and children might have a problem with me jetting away for the day just to avoid OBAMA RAYS OF LIGHT AND HOPE AND CHANGE.

395 redstateredneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:43:54pm

re: #383 faraway

Are you in India?

Hello, my name is Madhusudhana, but you can call me Bob.

396 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:00pm

re: #390 WriterMom

More critically, has Gordon Ramsay been in Paris?

/snicker

*WHOA...CRASH!*

397 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:04pm

re: #393 faraway

Is it getting hot in here?

398 Racer X  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:10pm

re: #323 so.cal.swede

Why can't barack obama face the muslim threat?

Rush is the greater threat.

399 Honorary Yooper  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:18pm

re: #381 MisterCookie

Why are moonbats able to survive in reality?

Because we've interferred with natural selection. Normally, these folks would try to make peace with the lions and the hyenas, and become pieces themselves.

400 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:26pm

re: #395 redstateredneck

Im dyyyyyyyyying lololol

401 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:29pm

re: #378 MandyManners

Is is proper to hyphenate "dick-wad"?

It's just one word; no hyphen.

402 Basho  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:37pm

re: #382 avanti

I can live with 5 days a week if it saves money, mail volume has been dropping for years with online bill paying an e-mail.
I have not received a real letter in weeks.

Agreed.
What we really need, though, is a network of pneumatic tubes to deliver all of our mail and packages...

403 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:49pm

re: #398 Racer X

can't stand looking in the mirror.
/

404 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:50pm

re: #377 CyanSnowHawk

And the movie would be called 'Tapped Out!'

/Slow down everybody, I'm way behind on this thread.

Or Double-Tap, which would be about tough martial arts cop Stephen Seagal and his identical twin brother who is on the run from drug dealers and... oh, you know the rest.

Stephen Seagal... now there is one fine actor.

/

405 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:51pm

re: #369 faraway

When man stops improving his body.

if in the future, the record is 30.45 seconds for the mile, can we then break it by running 30.448?

406 Lively  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:44:52pm

re: #395 redstateredneck

Hello, my name is Madhusudhana, but you can call me Bob.

My husband has been on the phone with him the last few nights trying to get tech support from HP. Not been helpful.

407 redstateredneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:45:19pm

re: #401 goddessoftheclassroom

It's just one word; no hyphen.

All right. Spoken by the expert.

408 Fenway_Nation  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:46:10pm

Well..the good news is that there's been an unprecedented interest in Human Rights in Cuba for the past seven or eight years.

The bad news is that the interest doesn't really reach too far beyond the Guantanamo Bay naval facility.

/those brown people are in good hands, the Castro family assures us.

409 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:46:37pm

re: #370 goddessoftheclassroom

Oh, help! As soon as I hit "post this comment," I knew I should have written "terrific production."

When we moved our theatre (Morrison Theatre Company) from Morrison Colorado, to Golden, and reopend as Miners Alley Playhouse, our first production was "The Elephant Man" which requires a topless scene, although the actress has her back to the audience, and is holding open her blouse.

We had to have the actress naked underneath the blouse, since our seating is on three sides, and anyone sitting to far around the edge on the left or right would have to really see a naked top.

When we did my adaptation of "1984," my script requires Winston and Julia to be totally naked in the last scene in act one, when they are arrested.

Nope, Golden was not ready for that much nudity. The director had them in their underwear. we argued about it, he won, although the actors WERE casted with knowledge that they might have to do the scene naked.

410 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:46:51pm
411 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:46:58pm

re: #398 Racer X

Rush is the greater threat.

Apparently the Republican "Leadership" thinks so also? Spit!

412 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:47:39pm

re: #406 Lively

My husband has been on the phone with him the last few nights trying to get tech support from HP. Not been helpful.

Peter Sellers as an Indian Doctor...:)

"Terrible heart Burn, I put to much curry in my corn flakes"

Youtube Video
413 Soona'  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:47:40pm

re: #299 Moonbat Serenade

Skittles tip # 317:

Hang laundry from your unicorn's horn. It will dry quickly as your unicorn prances amongst the woodland creatures. As an added bonus, all your laundry will smell like rainbows !

What do rainbows smell like? (I know. I know. Unicorn farts)

414 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:47:53pm

Digital TV Transition Extension Bill Dies in House

When I posted this on another board, I got the response:

I see the numbers were almost directly along party lines. Nice way to kick off post-partisanship, Congress.

I just responded:

"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."
- Howard Zinn

415 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:47:59pm

re: #290 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I have no mouth and I must scream.

What's wrong Mr. Anderson?

416 redstateredneck  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:47:59pm

Gotta run. Have a great rest of the day, {all y'all}!

417 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:48:08pm

re: #399 Honorary Yooper

Because we've interferred with natural selection. Normally, these folks would try to make peace with the lions and the hyenas, and become pieces themselves.

Ahhh... The Party of Pieces ™

418 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:48:14pm

re: #416 redstateredneck

Gotta run. Have a great rest of the day, {all y'all}!

later, red.

419 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:48:16pm

re: #389 Outrider

not sure of the relevance of that statement, nor the Goodbye quote.

I was merely asking a question I have ben curious about for a long time and this seemed a good point to bring it up. At what point can records no longer be broken?

The reference to the Bannister was a deliberate non-answer.

The question is a good one.

It comes down to, what are the limits of human performance?

There is a theoretical maximum effort that a human being can put out, based on muscle mass, aerobic capacity, and so forth. When that potential maximum is reached, you've hit the human limit.

I believe that if you look at world records in running, newer records are asymptotically getting closer. In other words it might be possible to project a theoretical maximum performance.

Of course the limits MIGHT be changable using performance enhancing drugs, or other enhancement technology, but that's sort of a separate question.

In a similar way, you might be able to enhance performance by selective breeding of human beings (like racehorses, for example), but for obvious reasons, this is considered utterly taboo, and possibly even evil.

Evolutionary pressures could achieve the same thing (eg if, for example, fast runners were rewarded genetically with increased offspring survival), but this would take a long time, and I don't realistically see those sorts of pressures being applied.

420 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:48:29pm

re: #338 UberInfidel67

Well not too long ago we were all Gazans. Can't we now all be similies?

No, but we can all be like similes.

421 Fenway_Nation  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:48:46pm

re: #413 Soona'

But all that rainbow-ey unicorn methane is contributing to global warming!

422 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:48:53pm

re: #413 Soona'

What do rainbows smell like? (I know. I know. Unicorn farts)

Fairy sweat?

423 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:49:00pm

re: #392 bellamags

I have all my ink cartridges refilled at Walgreens, really cheaper, but if you have a red, green, blue and black cartridge setup, it may not be cheaper.

424 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:49:26pm

Via Hot Air:

An exception, or the rule?


Do you recall that moment of Hope and ChangeTM when Barack Obama barred lobbyists from the federal government by executive order? By golly, Obama would clean up government and keep lobbyists out of policy-making positions, or else … he wouldn’t. For the second time in the eight days since signing the order, the Obama administration has plucked a lobbyist and put him in charge of the policy on which he’d lobbied:

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner picked a former Goldman Sachs lobbyist as a top aide Tuesday, the same day he announced rules aimed at reducing the role of lobbyists in agency decisions.

Mark Patterson will serve as Geithner’s chief of staff at Treasury, which oversees the government’s $700 billion financial bailout program. Goldman Sachs received $10 billion of that money.

425 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:49:34pm

Wouldn't unicorns smell like corn? One corn?

426 opnion  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:49:41pm

re: #323 so.cal.swede

Why can't barack obama face the muslim threat?


I don't think that he sees them as a threat. He believes that America is the problem, we "dictate" to Muslims etc.
My guess is that after his plans to remake America are completed , all problems will be solved. His hubris is boundless.

427 WriterMom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:49:52pm

re: #412 Dustyvet

Good time for NEEEPLE NEEPLE, Oh SHeet You're a Butter Face.

428 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:50:00pm

re: #392 bellamags

By the way, I have actually purchased HP printers at 39 dollars and when the ink ran out, purchased a new one. Really cheaper.

429 itellu3times  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:50:01pm

I dunno about asking the next question, but I suppose it's better than reasking the old question that's already been answered.

Refusing to take "yes" for an answer, is so irritating.

430 Neutral President  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:50:59pm

re: #381 MisterCookie

They surround themselves with people who think exactly like them ("I don't know anyone who voted for Bush!") and that group is in turn surrounded by adults who keep them protected from reality while never getting any acknowledgment or thanks... usually they get called Nazis or baby killers.

431 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:51:11pm

re: #428 Walter L. Newton

By the way, I have actually purchased HP printers at 39 dollars and when the ink ran out, purchased a new one. Really cheaper.

Had that happen with a Lexmark once, but only from Costco.

The non-Costco model had a mutant smaller cartridge included...Costco had the "normal" size.

432 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:51:11pm
433 bellamags  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:51:30pm

re: #423 Walter L. Newton

I have all my ink cartridges refilled at Walgreens, really cheaper, but if you have a red, green, blue and black cartridge setup, it may not be cheaper.

It is a magenta, black, yellow and cyan. And they seem to go out at the same time. Go figure. bastids.

434 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:51:41pm

re: #401 goddessoftheclassroom

It's just one word; no hyphen.

Thanks!

435 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:51:46pm

re: #421 Fenway_Nation

But all that rainbow-ey unicorn methane is contributing to global warming!

Not only that, but it's putting weird chemicals in our water that are bringing rainbows closer to the ground. It's a conspiracy!

Youtube Video
436 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:51:55pm

re: #406 Lively

My husband has been on the phone with him the last few nights trying to get tech support from HP. Not been helpful.

I had one call me this morning.

Him: Ckan I speak to Waltar Nuton.
Me: No.
Him: Why not.
Me. He doesn't want to speak to you.
Him: Ok (click)

What an easy job.

437 itellu3times  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:52:11pm

re: #392 bellamags

I got one of those new HP officejet pro k5400, the kind that have the separate ink cartridges for each color, thinking it would be cheaper. Nope. $80 to replace all colors. Then when you replace a color, it doesn't automatically print out a test page. You have to open the top lid, then the ink door then it spits and sputters and clicks for 2 minutes.

I like my Canon printer, separate colors, about $60 to replace them all, maybe twice a year even if you hardly print, the cleaning cycles use up a lot of ink. If you print a lot, especially photos that use a ton of ink, well, you'd just have to see.

438 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:52:13pm

re: #428 Walter L. Newton

By the way, I have actually purchased HP printers at 39 dollars and when the ink ran out, purchased a new one. Really cheaper.

Me too. Try the $29 Wal-Mart printer.

439 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:52:35pm

Last update - 23:33 28/01/2009

First Qassam since end of Gaza op hits Negev

By Amos Harel, Anshel Pfeffer and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies

Tags: Israel News, Hamas, IDF, Gaza

A Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck the Eshkol region in the western Negev on Wednesday, in the first Gaza rocket attack to hit Israel since a shaky cease-fire ended Israel's three-week offensive in the coastal enclave

Isn't George Mitchell in Israel?

440 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:52:37pm

re: #430 ArchangelMichael

They surround themselves with people who think exactly like them ("I don't know anyone who voted for Bush!") and that group is in turn surrounded by adults who keep them protected from reality while never getting any acknowledgment or thanks... usually they get called Nazis or baby killers.

I been called a baby killer in one form or another for 41 years...

441 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:52:56pm

re: #424 loppyd

Via Hot Air:

An exception, or the rule?

Anyone ELSE remember Obama promising to finance his campaign using public money, until it became politically expedient not to do so?

"This is not the Reverend Wright I know". .m.

Is Guantanamo bay still open or not?

Will there still be US troops in Iraq in 60 days (ie remember the "deadline" of pulling them out in March '09?).

The question isn't whether or not Obama doesn't live up to his political promises. . .empirically the answer is clearly not. . .the question is why people still believe that he will.

442 bulwrk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:53:04pm

re: #389 Outrider

I think what changed was the quality of the athlete,most Olympic athletes prior to 1940 were from the rich elite class of society and the "common man" was kept from competing.I find it hard to believe that there were not any Kenyans who could break the 4 minute mile prior to 1940.


Did you find out what the problem was with the car?

443 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:53:14pm

re: #432 Iron Fist

Possibly even evil? Wow. Kinda like cannibalism, I guess. One man's evil is another man's haute cuisine.

Yao Ming's parents were introduced by their basketball coaches. Both were stars in China. And look at him Yao...

444 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:53:14pm

re: #433 bellamags

It is a magenta, black, yellow and cyan. And they seem to go out at the same time. Go figure. bastids.

Yea, that would be 55 dollars across the street at Walgreens, 15 each for the colors, 10 for the black.

445 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:53:28pm
446 itellu3times  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:53:48pm

re: #430 ArchangelMichael

Say, LGF is being read in heaven?

What kind of bandwidth do you get up there?

447 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:53:57pm

Urban dictionary

dickwad
Commonplace reference to George W. Bush
448 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:53:58pm

re: #384 Viking6

Is Paris Burning?

/yet

She has medications for that.

449 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:54:16pm

re: #446 itellu3times

Say, LGF is being read in heaven?

What kind of bandwidth do you get up there?

G1

450 bellamags  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:54:26pm

re: #444 Walter L. Newton

Yea, that would be 55 dollars across the street at Walgreens, 15 each for the colors, 10 for the black.

Thanks for the tip. Will check it out.

451 Dianna  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:54:39pm

re: #394 WriterMom

Oh, I don't know about that - a sane wife and mom are worth a couple days sans same.

452 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:55:06pm

re: #448 stuiec

lol

453 loppyd  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:55:33pm

re: #441 looking closely

Anyone ELSE remember Obama promising to finance his campaign using public money, until it became politically expedient not to do so?

"This is not the Reverend Wright I know". .m.

Is Guantanamo bay still open or not?

Will there still be US troops in Iraq in 60 days (ie remember the "deadline" of pulling them out in March '09?).

The question isn't whether or not Obama doesn't live up to his political promises. . .empirically the answer is clearly not. . .the question is why people still believe that he will.

He's a lying sack of shite. What else can I say?

454 SasquatchOnSteroids  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:55:43pm

What...The....(censored).....

455 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:56:01pm

re: #427 WriterMom

Good time for NEEEPLE NEEPLE, Oh SHeet You're a Butter Face.

I'll see you that and raise you CHAIYYA, CHAIYYA.

Youtube Video
456 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:56:10pm

re: #448 stuiec

She has medications for that.

Announcer: Grocho, do you smoke after sex?


Grocho: No idea, I've never looked.

457 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:56:11pm

US seeks 'bold' UN action over Zimbabwe
Published: 01.28.09, 23:45 / Israel News
The United States wants the United Nations to take strong action to push Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to reach a power-sharing deal with the opposition, US officials said on Wednesday.

A State Department official said the Obama administration was pushing Zimbabwe's neighbors to use their influence over Mugabe but was also exploring UN Security Council action to help ease the economic and humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe. (Reuters)

Excuse me but didn't Obama say the USA wasn't going to "Dictate" to others anymore?

458 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:56:14pm

re: #447 faraway

Urban dictionary

Internet Dickwad Theory:

normal person + anonymity + audience = dickwad

459 Soona'  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:56:25pm

re: #392 bellamags

I got one of those new HP officejet pro k5400, the kind that have the separate ink cartridges for each color, thinking it would be cheaper. Nope. $80 to replace all colors. Then when you replace a color, it doesn't automatically print out a test page. You have to open the top lid, then the ink door then it spits and sputters and clicks for 2 minutes.

I'm starting to like my sputtering and clicking printer. Keeps the cats entertained for a long time.

460 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:56:43pm
Digital TV Transition Extension Bill Dies in House

Great news for the left I'd bet, Obama tried, but failed and the 6.5 million still waiting for their converter certificates will likely blame the right after the spin. I'm cool since I have cable and satellite and used my certificate for the garage TV.

461 J.S.  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:57:50pm

re: #457 Nevergiveup

Clarification -- Obama said the time for dictating to the Arab/Muslim world was over -- Thus, dictating to Israel, Kenya, African states, etc., perfectly ok...

462 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:57:51pm
463 LGoPs  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:58:13pm

re: #425 Silhouette

Wouldn't unicorns smell like corn? One corn?

Hominy? Oh, I don't know...as many as you want.

464 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:58:32pm

Has anyone noticed that the tim cans that still need to be opened with a can opener (you know, without the pop tops), have you noticed that if you use a manual can opener, the can has become so under manufactured that the can can't stand up to the can opener.

These cans from Kroger keep bending around the lip, or the can opener just keeps slipping and jumping, the paper label start shredding and it's just a general mess.

Or am I having a senior moment?

465 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:58:34pm

re: #454 SasquatchOnSteroids

What...The....(censored).....

That's an outfit intended to promote chastity among young men. It's based on the Polynesian God of Dweebs, Wiyuwoandateme. Word on the street is that it WORKS.

466 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:58:47pm

re: #432 Iron Fist

Possibly even evil? Wow. Kinda like cannibalism, I guess. One man's evil is another man's haute cuisine.


Not to get morally relativistic, but I don't think cannibalism is "evil" per se.

It depends on the circumstances.

Murder, obviously, is evil.

But, if you're already dead, and I'm otherwise likely to starve to death in some godforsaken place without food. . .well. . .I'd argue that the "evil" thing is to not do what I need to do to survive, so my kids can have a father, etc.

As to breeding people like racehorses, that's the remark that (rightfully) got "Jimmy the Greek" in trouble. I definitely see the likelihood of abuse there, but such activity doesn't HAVE to be "evil".

Can't professional athletes naturally fall in love and have really athletic children? If that happens, is it "wrong"?

What if its smart people having smarter kids? Etc.

467 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:58:56pm

re: #290 Who Watches the Watchmen?

I have no mouth and I must scream.

That Harlan Ellison is one sick freak.

468 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:59:20pm

EU shifts conditions for Palestinian unity government
Published: 01.28.09, 21:06 / Israel News
The European Union has made a gesture towards accepting a Palestinian unity government that could include Hamas, a move it hopes can help heal a rift between the Islamists and their Western-backed rivals, Fatah.

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, speaking to reporters in Jerusalem on Wednesday, used new language to describe the conditions under which the bloc would be prepared to work with a new coalition, should Hamas and Fatah manage to agree to one. (Reuters)

Once a weasel always a weasel.

469 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:59:20pm

re: #456 Dustyvet

Announcer: Grocho, do you smoke after sex?


Grocho: No idea, I've never looked.

Told you guys, that's why they keep the spare bathtub on the hill...to cool it off when it overheats...

470 CyanSnowHawk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:59:24pm

re: #404 Occasional Reader

Or Double-Tap, which would be about tough martial arts cop Stephen Seagal and his identical twin brother who is on the run from drug dealers and... oh, you know the rest.

Stephen Seagal... now there is one fine actor.

/

I've never seen someone able to convince me that he was an actor like Stephen Seagal has.

471 SasquatchOnSteroids  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:59:26pm

re: #465 OldLineTexan

That's an outfit intended to promote chastity among young men. It's based on the Polynesian God of Dweebs, Wiyuwoandateme. Word on the street is that it WORKS.

I can see why, you will never get laid wearin' that mess.

472 itellu3times  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:59:33pm

re: #460 avanti

Great news for the left I'd bet, Obama tried, but failed and the 6.5 million still waiting for their converter certificates will likely blame the right after the spin. I'm cool since I have cable and satellite and used my certificate for the garage TV.

Well, I intentionally waited to get the coupon until late in the game, wanted to let the boxes evolve (!), I'd be pissed if I waited so long and didn't get one. Must have been a near thing!

473 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:59:40pm

re: #443 OldLineTexan

Yao Ming's parents were introduced by their basketball coaches. Both were stars in China. And look at him Yao...

I didn't know that, but it certainly makes sense.
(See my last post on this).

474 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 1:59:57pm

re: #439 Nevergiveup

Last update - 23:33 28/01/2009

First Qassam since end of Gaza op hits Negev

By Amos Harel, Anshel Pfeffer and Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies

Tags: Israel News, Hamas, IDF, Gaza

A Qassam rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck the Eshkol region in the western Negev on Wednesday, in the first Gaza rocket attack to hit Israel since a shaky cease-fire ended Israel's three-week offensive in the coastal enclave

Isn't George Mitchell in Israel?

But it is NOT the first rocket since the IDF pulled out.

I guess it all depends on when the apologists date the "shaky" (cough: BROKEN: cough) ceasefire.

475 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:00:27pm

re: #464 Walter L. Newton

Has anyone noticed that the tim cans that still need to be opened with a can opener (you know, without the pop tops), have you noticed that if you use a manual can opener, the can has become so under manufactured that the can can't stand up to the can opener.

These cans from Kroger keep bending around the lip, or the can opener just keeps slipping and jumping, the paper label start shredding and it's just a general mess.

Or am I having a senior moment?

I don't know. We have some cans that the electric opener does that to, and I have to punt to the manual. I also have a P38 in the drawer (not a Walther) in case I have to really go back to the basics.

476 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:00:41pm

re: #471 SasquatchOnSteroids

Unless it is pity sex

477 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:00:44pm

re: #464 Walter L. Newton

Has anyone noticed that the tim cans that still need to be opened with a can opener (you know, without the pop tops), have you noticed that if you use a manual can opener, the can has become so under manufactured that the can can't stand up to the can opener.

These cans from Kroger keep bending around the lip, or the can opener just keeps slipping and jumping, the paper label start shredding and it's just a general mess.

Or am I having a senior moment?

I'll send you a P-38 Military can opener...:)

478 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:00:45pm

re: #464 Walter L. Newton

No can do.

479 Soona'  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:01:05pm

re: #422 Outrider

Fairy sweat?

Seriously folks. I hate to burst anyones fantasy bubble here, but rainbows smell like troll scrotum.

480 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:01:32pm

re: #475 OldLineTexan

I don't know. We have some cans that the electric opener does that to, and I have to punt to the manual. I also have a P38 in the drawer (not a Walther) in case I have to really go back to the basics.

I got my P-38 on my key ring...:)

481 ArmyWife  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:02:03pm

Good evening, fellow Honcos. what are we talking about?

482 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:02:05pm

re: #472 itellu3times

Well, I intentionally waited to get the coupon until late in the game, wanted to let the boxes evolve (!), I'd be pissed if I waited so long and didn't get one. Must have been a near thing!

The administration/congress under estimated demand and ran out of funding late.

483 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:02:20pm

re: #350 WriterMom

I'm sure Obama will arrange that ASAP.

Your post reminds me of my past.
I got out of the Navy and was confused to learn that I was apparently a baby killer.
Struggled through Gerald Ford, and then Jimmuh got elected.
It seemed like 4 years of apologies and givebacks (Panama Canal, etc)
The Iran hostage thing I just didn't get at all.
I figured the embassy would be toast, but we couldn't let it stand.

Then Reagan, and I began to regain some self-respect.

The difference between then and now is called the Internet.
Guys like that, nowdays, can easily find somebody to turn to, even if it's not face-to-face.

That means if Obama does apologize (ala Carter), the "silent majority" won't be quite as silent.

484 LGoPs  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:02:22pm

re: #475 OldLineTexan

I don't know. We have some cans that the electric opener does that to, and I have to punt to the manual. I also have a P38 in the drawer (not a Walther) in case I have to really go back to the basics.

I loved P38's. Swear I could open a can faster with a 38 than with an electric opener

485 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:02:44pm

re: #455 MandyManners

Maisey the Parrot is SCREAMING along with that song. It's so fucking funny.

Hey, I never remember the passenger breaking out in dance like that on the Erie Lackawanna from North Jersey to Hoboken?

I don't even remember babes dressed like that on the railroad.

India lots like a fun place.

486 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:02:45pm

re: #475 OldLineTexan

I don't know. We have some cans that the electric opener does that to, and I have to punt to the manual. I also have a P38 in the drawer (not a Walther) in case I have to really go back to the basics.


I used to just use my Swiss army knife (only stopped because of Ms. Closely).

I can probably open a can with one faster than many can with one of those lousy "twisty-squeezy" type can-openers.

487 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:02:45pm

re: #473 looking closely

I didn't know that, but it certainly makes sense.
(See my last post on this).

I read an article on him in a doctor's office last year or so...very detailed wrt his parents and his life in China.

Shanghai was COVERED with Yao corrugated standees advertising EVERYTHING...banks, yogurt, etc.

488 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:02:49pm

re: #481 ArmyWife

Good evening, fellow Honcos. what are we talking about?

slaves, sex, cans. same ole stuff.

489 gmsc  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:03:01pm

Dow Jones Change Today: Up 2.46%
My Portfolio Change Today: Up 6.00%!

490 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:03:06pm

re: #466 looking closely

Not to get morally relativistic, but I don't think cannibalism is "evil" per se.

It depends on the circumstances.

Murder, obviously, is evil.

But, if you're already dead, and I'm otherwise likely to starve to death in some godforsaken place without food. . .well. . .I'd argue that the "evil" thing is to not do what I need to do to survive, so my kids can have a father, etc.

As to breeding people like racehorses, that's the remark that (rightfully) got "Jimmy the Greek" in trouble. I definitely see the likelihood of abuse there, but such activity doesn't HAVE to be "evil".

Can't professional athletes naturally fall in love and have really athletic children? If that happens, is it "wrong"?

What if its smart people having smarter kids? Etc.

The two universal taboo are incest (immediate family, anyway) and cannibalism (killing people just to eat them).

Some societies ritualistically eat their deceased defeated foes or elders in order to ingest the admired qualities, but that's not the same thing as intentionally slaughtering human beings for their meat.

491 Moonbat Serenade  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:03:06pm

re: #480 Dustyvet

I got my P-38 on my key ring...:)

I carry one in my wallet, cause ya never know...

492 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:03:13pm

re: #460 avanti

Great news for the left I'd bet, Obama tried, but failed and the 6.5 million still waiting for their converter certificates will likely blame the right after the spin. I'm cool since I have cable and satellite and used my certificate for the garage TV.

Aren't you so clever.

493 looking closely  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:03:16pm

re: #484 LGoPs

I loved P38's. Swear I could open a can faster with a 38 than with an electric opener

I believe you.

494 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:03:39pm

re: #485 Walter L. Newton

Maisey the Parrot is SCREAMING along with that song. It's so fucking funny.

Hey, I never remember the passenger breaking out in dance like that on the Erie Lackawanna from North Jersey to Hoboken?

I don't even remember babes dressed like that on the railroad.

India lots like a fun place.

Does Maisey talk?

495 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:03:52pm

re: #425 Silhouette

Wouldn't unicorns smell like corn? One corn?

Why aren't hazmat suits made of corn and peas? Of all the substances known to mankind, those seem the most resistant to prolonged exposure to corrosive chemicals.

496 Soona'  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:04:18pm

re: #464 Walter L. Newton

Has anyone noticed that the tim cans that still need to be opened with a can opener (you know, without the pop tops), have you noticed that if you use a manual can opener, the can has become so under manufactured that the can can't stand up to the can opener.

These cans from Kroger keep bending around the lip, or the can opener just keeps slipping and jumping, the paper label start shredding and it's just a general mess.

Or am I having a senior moment?

Sit down, Walter. Relax a second. I'll call the nurse now.
//:)

497 vxbush  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:04:23pm

re: #482 avanti

The administration/congress under estimated demand and ran out of funding late.

No, too many people waited. Those of us who got them early were just fine.

/

498 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:04:35pm

re: #464 Walter L. Newton

Has anyone noticed that the tim cans that still need to be opened with a can opener (you know, without the pop tops), have you noticed that if you use a manual can opener, the can has become so under manufactured that the can can't stand up to the can opener.

These cans from Kroger keep bending around the lip, or the can opener just keeps slipping and jumping, the paper label start shredding and it's just a general mess.

Or am I having a senior moment?

Probably a senior moment. But you're right about the cans. :-)

499 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:04:40pm

re: #480 Dustyvet

I got my P-38 on my key ring...:)

If I put mine there, I would probably gouge my thigh with it. Plus, it would rattle against my church key and alert Charlie.

/

500 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:04:51pm

re: #457 Nevergiveup

The United States wants ...Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to reach a power-sharing deal

Call me crazy, but when I read that Mugabe stole the last elections, going so far as to murder the spouse of his opponent, the solution that pops into my mind isn't for Mugabe to share power.

501 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:05:07pm

re: #489 gmsc

Dow Jones Change Today: Up 2.46%
My Portfolio Change Today: Up 6.00%!

I'm hoping the 200 point gain today will continue after the house passage of the stimulus bill this evening, we'll see.

502 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:05:10pm

re: #493 looking closely

I knew a Marine that could open a Bud Can with his teeth faster than you could with a electric can opener. I may still have his number if you need it.

503 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:05:13pm

Exclusive: CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes
"Ugly American"? Spy Boss Allegedly Drugged Muslim Women, Made Secret Sex Videos

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

Officials say the 41-year old CIA officer, a convert to Islam,

504 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:05:54pm
505 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:06:03pm

re: #499 OldLineTexan

If I put mine there, I would probably gouge my thigh with it. Plus, it would rattle against my church key and alert Charlie.

/

Oh...I'll move mine into my cell phone case, it's real quiet in there...:)

506 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:06:11pm

re: #502 Viking6

I knew a Marine that could open a Bud Can with his teeth faster than you could with a electric can opener. I may still have his number if you need it.

I think I extracted his last few teeth last weekend?

507 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:06:31pm

re: #495 stuiec

Why aren't hazmat suits made of corn and peas? Of all the substances known to mankind, those seem the most resistant to prolonged exposure to corrosive chemicals.

Sufferin' succotash!

508 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:06:43pm

re: #497 vxbush

No, too many people waited. Those of us who got them early were just fine.

/

Yep, you snooze, you lose. Now they came up with more money, but no time.

509 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:06:46pm

re: #494 Dustyvet

Does Maisey talk?

Yes she does, but she knows only one word, really. I was just talking to her a few minutes ago, it went like this...

Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "Okay, shut up"
Maisey: What"

510 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:07:09pm

re: #506 Nevergiveup

Very possible but I wouldn't put it past him to gum the can to death.

511 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:07:30pm

re: #506 Nevergiveup

I think I extracted his last few teeth last weekend?

Last metel munching Marine I knew, was eating a duce and a half...:)

512 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:07:50pm

re: #501 avanti

I'm hoping the 200 point gain today will continue after the house passage of the stimulus bill this evening, we'll see.

Well don't worry, your Chairman Obama will probably have some money for you in the stimulus package.

513 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:08:17pm

re: #419 looking closely

The reference to the Bannister was a deliberate non-answer.

The question is a good one.

It comes down to, what are the limits of human performance?

(snip)

Evolutionary pressures could achieve the same thing (eg if, for example, fast runners were rewarded genetically with increased offspring survival), but this would take a long time, and I don't realistically see those sorts of pressures being applied.


I got curious when observing soldiers running. There was a dramatic difference in times of running mileage between 1972 and when I retired in 93. I routinely saw soldiers running 5 minute miles. And running under 11 minute two miles.

Even I as a smoker was running 13 minute two miles and could do marathons. It isn't unusual now days.

I was just wondering what the termination point was. Thanks.

514 bulwrk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:08:19pm

re: #502 Viking6

I used to open beer bottles with my teeth when I was young,I'm paying for that now though.

515 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:08:24pm

re: #509 Walter L. Newton

Yes she does, but she knows only one word, really. I was just talking to her a few minutes ago, it went like this...

Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "Okay, shut up"
Maisey: What"

Dude, you need to work that into a stage play!

516 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:08:43pm

re: #509 Walter L. Newton

Same with my dog

Me: How was your day?
Dog: Rough

517 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:08:54pm

re: #483 jwb7605

You should have ben at the GI Joe convention in New Orleans in 2006.

We shared a hotel with ICYPAAS (Int'l Conf. of Young People in Alcoholic's Anonymous). Saturday night is ALWAYS a costume-friendly event. In the elevator with us was a fairly serious-looking guy with a chest of fruit salad, as well as some guys in less-serious dress. In steps a couple of ICYPAAS; one made a crack about baby killers...turns out Mr. Serious was an Army Sgt with 20+ years. He made the politest offer to kill the kid in the elevator, the lobby, or the street. His choice.

518 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:09:06pm

re: #510 Viking6

Very possible but I wouldn't put it past him to gum the can to death.

I knew a woman who, with her teeth, could... er, never mind.

519 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:09:17pm

re: #515 jwb7605

Dude, you need to work that into a stage play!

Who's on first...

What?

520 opnion  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:09:20pm

re: #503 Nevergiveup

Exclusive: CIA Station Chief in Algeria Accused of Rapes
"Ugly American"? Spy Boss Allegedly Drugged Muslim Women, Made Secret Sex Videos

[Link: abcnews.go.com...]

Officials say the 41-year old CIA officer, a convert to Islam,

Weird story. Since he is a Muslim convert do the women have to be stoned for provoking his carnal desires?

521 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:09:28pm

re: #455 MandyManners

I just love the girl from that video.

522 eon  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:10:09pm

re: #280 dentate

Oh good lord. The eternal excuse of the credulous conspiracy theorist. Time aplenty to post rubbish, but no time to back it up.

You can't find the links, because they don't exist. This goes in the garbage can right alongside intelligent design.

Good afternoon, Lizards.

The Hundredth Monkey meme' has been a long-standing fraud in the humanities, appropriated whenever anyone wanted to urge "collective" responses to anything which ticked them off. Here's a link to a synopsis of its history;

The Hundredth Monkey

Or if you prefer, a similarly-devastating debunking of it can be found in the article "The Hundredth Monkey; Debunking The Spud-Dunking Monkey" by Ron Amundsen (Prof. Philosophy, Univ- HI), and "Of Myths & Monkeys; A Critical Look At Critical Mass" by Maureen O'Hara (Not the actress, a clinical psychologist) in the book The Fringes of Reason; A Whole Earth Catalog, edited by Ted Schultz (New York; Harmony Books, 1989, ISBN 0-517-57165-X).

In between the two in that book is a "response" by Lyall Watson, the supposed "scientist" who first postulated the meme' based on observations of the sweet-potato washing behavior of macaque monkeys on Koshima Island in the Japan chain, as described in his book Lifetide. IMHO, his "rebuttal" is New Age BS at its most erudite; that does not make it anything except BS.

This has been shown up as false repeatedly over the last three decades. But as Drax said to 007 in Moonraker, it "returns with the inevitability of an unloved season."

cheers

eon

523 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:10:16pm

re: #514 bulwrk

I tried but never could. No front teeth today either...due to high impact collison with an immovable object that wasn't a beer bottle.

524 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:10:26pm

re: #490 goddessoftheclassroom

The two universal taboo are incest (immediate family, anyway) and cannibalism (killing people just to eat them).

Some societies ritualistically eat their deceased defeated foes or elders in order to ingest the admired qualities, but that's not the same thing as intentionally slaughtering human beings for their meat.

Fijians used to eat their captives piece by piece, so that the captive's suffering was maximized. They'd often taunt the captive by offering him a piece of his own flesh.

On other South Pacific islands, ritual eating of the brains of deceased relatives (a sign of respect) led to the propagation of kuru, now called Crutzfeld-Jakob's Disease, the human equivalent of mad cow.

Ain't no party like a long pig party!

525 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:10:28pm

re: #501 avanti

I'm hoping the 200 point gain today will continue after the house passage of the stimulus bill this evening, we'll see.

Anyone here notice a basic selfish tendency to Avanti's politics? Fuck what happens to the country, my portfolio will still go up.

526 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:10:32pm

re: #460 avanti

Great news for the left I'd bet, Obama tried, but failed and the 6.5 million still waiting for their converter certificates will likely blame the right after the spin. I'm cool since I have cable and satellite and used my certificate for the garage TV.

IT'S NOT THE FAULT OF THE RIGHT! PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT THIS FOR AGES.

527 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:10:33pm

re: #516 faraway

Same with my dog

Me: How was your day?
Dog: Rough

Youtube Video
528 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:10:37pm

re: #523 Viking6

I tried but never could. No front teeth today either...due to high impact collison with an immovable object that wasn't a beer bottle.

Fist?

529 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:10:49pm

re: #517 OldLineTexan

You should have ben at the GI Joe convention in New Orleans in 2006.

We shared a hotel with ICYPAAS (Int'l Conf. of Young People in Alcoholic's Anonymous). Saturday night is ALWAYS a costume-friendly event. In the elevator with us was a fairly serious-looking guy with a chest of fruit salad, as well as some guys in less-serious dress. In steps a couple of ICYPAAS; one made a crack about baby killers...turns out Mr. Serious was an Army Sgt with 20+ years. He made the politest offer to kill the kid in the elevator, the lobby, or the street. His choice.

I'd offer to hold the man's coat and testify about how the youngster started it.

530 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:10:50pm

re: #518 Walter L. Newton

I think I saw that in a bar in Manila

531 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:11:04pm

re: #509 Walter L. Newton

Yes she does, but she knows only one word, really. I was just talking to her a few minutes ago, it went like this...

Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "Okay, shut up"
Maisey: What"

Parrot hearing aids are probably hard to come by...

532 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:11:04pm

re: #516 faraway

Same with my dog

Me: How was your day?
Dog: Rough

What does sand paper feel like?

Dog: Rough.

What is on top of a house?

Dog: Roof.

Who was the greatest baseball player?

Dog: Ruth.

(Stage manager throws so-called "talking dog" and owner out of the theater back door)

Dog: What, I should have said Dimaggio?

533 Dianna  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:11:23pm

re: #476 Viking6

Unless it is pity sex

You looked at the picture, right?

Trust me, there's not enough pity in any woman's heart. Particularly if she goes by the rule to never go to bed with anyone crazier than she is!

534 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:11:31pm

re: #464 Walter L. Newton

Has anyone noticed that the tim cans that still need to be opened with a can opener (you know, without the pop tops), have you noticed that if you use a manual can opener, the can has become so under manufactured that the can can't stand up to the can opener.

These cans from Kroger keep bending around the lip, or the can opener just keeps slipping and jumping, the paper label start shredding and it's just a general mess.

Or am I having a senior moment?

SHOOT YER CAN.

535 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:11:40pm

re: #507 Silhouette

Sufferin' succotash!

If you're suffering, I recommend Metamucil. Cushions the blow.

536 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:11:47pm

re: #521 Occasional Reader

I just love the girl from that video.

Yea, that would be a stretch, huh.

537 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:11:52pm

re: #438 faraway

Me too. Try the $29 Wal-Mart printer.

there seems to be a correlation between the cost of the printer and the cot of the cartridges. It seemed with those free or really cheap printers, they took a lot of expensive cartridge replacements.

When I got my HP printer for about $200, my print quality got better, I used less ink, the cartridges are cheaper. I am on my second cartridges in that many years.

Your results may vary. ;-)>

538 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:12:04pm

re: #512 Walter L. Newton

Well don't worry, your Chairman Obama will probably have some money for you in the stimulus package.

Actually, it's the Republicans that will get me the check with the tax cut they wanted. I checked, and no money to restore old Studebakers. :)

539 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:12:39pm

re: #524 stuiec

Fijians used to eat their captives piece by piece, so that the captive's suffering was maximized. They'd often taunt the captive by offering him a piece of his own flesh.

On other South Pacific islands, ritual eating of the brains of deceased relatives (a sign of respect) led to the propagation of kuru, now called Crutzfeld-Jakob's Disease, the human equivalent of mad cow.

Ain't no party like a long pig party!

I thought the Fijians story was just a legend--thanks for the correction.

540 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:12:42pm

re: #524 stuiec

They'd often taunt the captive by offering him a piece of his own flesh.

Which would also raise some delicated etiquette questions.

"Would like like a bit of your own stomach lining, accompanied with cornbread?"

"No thanks, I couldn't, I'm stuffed."

541 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:12:49pm

re: #485 Walter L. Newton

Maisey the Parrot is SCREAMING along with that song. It's so fucking funny.

Hey, I never remember the passenger breaking out in dance like that on the Erie Lackawanna from North Jersey to Hoboken?

I don't even remember babes dressed like that on the railroad.

India lots like a fun place.

I bet that's one reason it pisses off the Muslims.

542 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:12:50pm

re: #531 OldLineTexan

Parrot hearing aids are probably hard to come by...

Say what?

543 bulwrk  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:12:55pm

re: #523 Viking6


Ouch.

544 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:13:21pm

re: #525 Walter L. Newton

Anyone here notice a basic selfish tendency to Avanti's politics? Fuck what happens to the country, my portfolio will still go up.

Fuck what happens to Avanti, but I still want my portfolio to go up.
(a basic selfish tendency of my own)

545 eon  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:13:42pm

re: #464 Walter L. Newton

Has anyone noticed that the tim cans that still need to be opened with a can opener (you know, without the pop tops), have you noticed that if you use a manual can opener, the can has become so under manufactured that the can can't stand up to the can opener.

These cans from Kroger keep bending around the lip, or the can opener just keeps slipping and jumping, the paper label start shredding and it's just a general mess.

Or am I having a senior moment?

Use a MILSPEC P-51. It opens them without crumpling them. I get them for about fifty cents each at the local surplus store. They're about twice as long and wide as the earlier P-38, easier on your fingers.

/Just had Kroger ravioli for din-din, no problem opening the can with the '51

cheers

eon

546 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:13:50pm

re: #442 bulwrk

I think what changed was the quality of the athlete,most Olympic athletes prior to 1940 were from the rich elite class of society and the "common man" was kept from competing.I find it hard to believe that there were not any Kenyans who could break the 4 minute mile prior to 1940.

Did you find out what the problem was with the car?

we have ruled out AC, heater, and defroster. We have also ruled out leaks around the seals. we are now looking into any kind of leakage around the pedals and firewall?

547 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:14:06pm

re: #542 faraway

Say what?

Youtube Video
548 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:14:12pm

re: #529 jwb7605

I'd offer to hold the man's coat and testify about how the youngster started it.

HA!

I already had the memory of him tripping on the stairs SEARED into my memory.

549 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:14:13pm

re: #464 Walter L. Newton

These cans from Kroger keep bending around the lip

There is no can.

/Matrix dorm room bong-hit "philosophy"

550 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:14:14pm

re: #533 Dianna

You looked at the picture, right?

Trust me, there's not enough pity in any woman's heart. Particularly if she goes by the rule to never go to bed with anyone crazier than she is!

Isn't that guy a catcher for the Rockies?

551 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:14:22pm

re: #528 faraway
nope steering wheel in a 1964 Austin Healy 300. Had to cut my girlfriend out of the car with a torch. Hit by a 1969 Chrylser Imperial doing about 55 in a residental zone. She survived with no substantial injuries thank G_D

552 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:14:31pm

re: #490 goddessoftheclassroom

The two universal taboo are incest (immediate family, anyway) and cannibalism (killing people just to eat them).

Some societies ritualistically eat their deceased defeated foes or elders in order to ingest the admired qualities, but that's not the same thing as intentionally slaughtering human beings for their meat.

Is it the Yanonmomo (sp?) in South America who chop off their defeated opponents' penis, dry them out then string them on ropes so that they can blow through them in the direction of their next battle?

553 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:15:08pm

re: #536 Walter L. Newton

Yea, that would be a stretch, huh.

Hell, I'd even pay for her to have a seat inside the train. 'Cause that's the kind of guy I am.

554 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:15:27pm

re: #533 Dianna
Yep I looked and saw and thought of a moonbat that would actually think about it.

555 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:15:32pm

re: #525 Walter L. Newton

Anyone here notice a basic selfish tendency to Avanti's politics? Fuck what happens to the country, my portfolio will still go up.

DOW goes up, good, goes down, bad. Virtue Of Selfishness, remember. Great book.

556 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:15:38pm

re: #542 faraway

Say what?

That's how Walter taught Maisey the word!

557 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:15:46pm

re: #552 MandyManners

Is it the Yanonmomo (sp?) in South America who chop off their defeated opponents' penis, dry them out then string them on ropes so that they can blow through them in the direction of their next battle?

May I borrow your clue bat?
/

558 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:15:49pm

re: #521 Occasional Reader

I just love the girl from that video.

I love it all! The beat is intoxicating--I've never been able to sit still when I hear it.

559 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:15:53pm

re: #552 MandyManners

Is it the Yanonmomo (sp?) in South America who chop off their defeated opponents' penis, dry them out then string them on ropes so that they can blow through them in the direction of their next battle?

I remembered studying that tribe in Cultural Anthropology in college, but I do not remember that detail...

560 robdouth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:16:09pm

re: #520 opnion

Weird story. Since he is a Muslim convert do the women have to be stoned for provoking his carnal desires?

Muslim heads are exploding all over the Middle East as they have to choose from either protecting the muslim woman from the "Ugly American" or protecting the muslim man from the "unprotected piece of meat."

Oh whatever shall they do?

561 opnion  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:16:23pm

re: #524 stuiec

Fijians used to eat their captives piece by piece, so that the captive's suffering was maximized. They'd often taunt the captive by offering him a piece of his own flesh.

On other South Pacific islands, ritual eating of the brains of deceased relatives (a sign of respect) led to the propagation of kuru, now called Crutzfeld-Jakob's Disease, the human equivalent of mad cow.

Ain't no party like a long pig party!

Oh man & I thought that dancing in ther end zone was taunting.

562 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:16:26pm

re: #539 goddessoftheclassroom

I thought the Fijians story was just a legend--thanks for the correction.

There were quite a few contemporaneous accounts.

And a few years ago, the relatives of the only white missionary known to have been cannibalized in Fiji were invited to visit for an apology ceremony in the village where he was eaten.

New Guinea seems to be one place where cannibalism continues in a few remote pockets.

563 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:16:28pm

re: #479 Soona'

Seriously folks. I hate to burst anyones fantasy bubble here, but rainbows smell like troll scrotum.

never really had my head in a trolls crotch to know. ;-)>

564 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:16:55pm

re: #551 Viking6

nope steering wheel in a 1964 Austin Healy 300. Had to cut my girlfriend out of the car with a torch. Hit by a 1969 Chrylser Imperial doing about 55 in a residental zone. She survived with no substantial injuries thank G_D

Thank heaven, indeed. What a horrible experience.

And I feel bad about the car, too.

565 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:17:10pm

re: #544 jwb7605

Fuck what happens to Avanti, but I still want my portfolio to go up.
(a basic selfish tendency of my own)

You read Ayn's book too ?:)

566 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:17:37pm

re: #552 MandyManners

Is it the Yanonmomo (sp?) in South America who chop off their defeated opponents' penis, dry them out then string them on ropes so that they can blow through them in the direction of their next battle?

Yeah, well, but the US released photos of Saddam's check up. So clearly, WE'RE the barbarians.

567 opnion  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:17:37pm

re: #560 robdouth

Muslim heads are exploding all over the Middle East as they have to choose from either protecting the muslim woman from the "Ugly American" or protecting the muslim man from the "unprotected piece of meat."

Oh whatever shall they do?


They will choose both options, inshallah.

568 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:17:45pm

re: #556 OldLineTexan

That's how Walter taught Maisey the word!

Youtube Video
569 LGoPs  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:17:58pm

re: #540 Occasional Reader

Which would also raise some delicated etiquette questions.

"Would like like a bit of your own stomach lining, accompanied with cornbread?"

"No thanks, I couldn't, I'm stuffed."

Fijians were also very polite hosts. They'd often be heard telling their guests "You haven't had enough, would you like samoa"

570 Vicious Babushka  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:18:33pm

re: #244 WriterMom

CAN ANYONE HOST ME ON FEBRUARY 19th?

Will fly anywhere.

That's the week that my son is driving in from Toronto with 5 of his 6 kids. Maybe he can fit you in. We have an extra pack-n-play. Are you petite?

571 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:18:44pm

re: #553 Occasional Reader

Hell, I'd even pay for her to have a seat inside the train. 'Cause that's the kind of guy I am.

You'd not make her sit on your lap?

You're slippppppiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggggg.

572 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:18:49pm

re: #561 opnion

Oh man & I thought that dancing in ther end zone was taunting.

By the way, it turns out that the Hawaiians didn't eat Captain Cook. They just cut him up for trophies. And when the bigger chiefs found out what had happened, they ordered his parts collected and returned to his ship, hoping to avoid by that act the retribution of the British.

573 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:18:58pm

OOOH GOODY! ID Thread upstairs!
I'll lurk for a while.

574 eon  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:19:00pm

re: #552 MandyManners

Is it the Yanonmomo (sp?) in South America who chop off their defeated opponents' penis, dry them out then string them on ropes so that they can blow through them in the direction of their next battle?

Yanomami, actually. Their primary weapon is the blowgun, made from hardwood. Firing curare-tipped darts. Nasty stuff.

/If that doesn't get the job done, they continue the mission with the spearhead lashed to the business end of the eight-foot blowgun.

cheers

eon

575 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:19:06pm

re: #558 MandyManners

I love it all! The beat is intoxicating

Pretty much every cultural endeavor is improved by an undulating hottie in a skimpy outfit.

576 Dianna  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:19:17pm

re: #550 Walter L. Newton

Isn't that guy a catcher for the Rockies?

I don't know - how bad are the Rockies going to be this year?

577 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:19:30pm

Societies/cultures that never developed greed are still running around in loincloths blowing through dried penises and having Great-Uncle's brain as a ceremonial snack.

/

578 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:19:34pm

re: #564 goddessoftheclassroom

Thanks, I really do miss that car it was a red beauty. The girl and I parted company a few months later on good terms.

579 ArmyWife  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:19:39pm

re: #488 faraway

I figured as much. Oh look, I show up and new thread appears!

580 Quintus_Arius  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:20:06pm

The stimulus bill is wrong. Obama is slyly pretending to listen to the GOP and business leaders as if they might concur with this nonsense. If it causes economic chaos as it no doubt might, he can point to a bipartisanship failure. I hope the GOP doesn't cave.

Every member of congress that supports this bill is betting their reelection on it. As I said, a solid GOP is their ticket-to-ride.

581 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:20:08pm

re: #540 Occasional Reader

And then what do you do if you're really hungry, and you know this is the last food you're going to be offered?

582 opnion  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:20:10pm

re: #572 stuiec

By the way, it turns out that the Hawaiians didn't eat Captain Cook. They just cut him up for trophies. And when the bigger chiefs found out what had happened, they ordered his parts collected and returned to his ship, hoping to avoid by that act the retribution of the British.


Were the Hawaiians ever cannibals?

583 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:20:14pm

re: #556 OldLineTexan

That's how Walter taught Maisey the word!

What?

584 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:20:16pm

re: #557 jwb7605

May I borrow your clue bat?
/

I read it in Eli Sagan's Cannibalism: Human Aggression and Cultural Form.

585 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:20:17pm

re: #555 avanti

DOW goes up, good, goes down, bad. Virtue Of Selfishness, remember. Great book.

Yea, that would be fine, except all your other politics, as displayed on this blog, speaks of a person who really doesn't give two shits about anything but himself, what advantage some politician can give him, and a general lack of any moral bearing.

But, that's just IMHO.

586 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:20:24pm

Israel's chief rabbinate severs Vatican ties

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

As a Jew, I am disgusted with the views of that bishop, but I really think that you have to choose your battles more carefully. I am pretty sure others here might disagree with me but that is just how I feel.

587 robdouth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:20:41pm

re: #567 opnion

They will choose both options, inshallah.

It's classic Orwellian Double-speak. The Arab world has been doing it for years. Allah willing we will have another Holocaust (which was a fraud and faked for the benefit of the Joos)...

588 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:20:49pm

re: #559 goddessoftheclassroom

I remembered studying that tribe in Cultural Anthropology in college, but I do not remember that detail...

That's the kind of thing that would stick in your mind.

589 rightymouse  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:21:12pm

re: #509 Walter L. Newton

Yes she does, but she knows only one word, really. I was just talking to her a few minutes ago, it went like this...

Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "What"
Maisey: What"
Walter "Okay, shut up"
Maisey: What"

HAHAHAHA!

Maybe you could teach your bird to dance instead. :)

590 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:21:15pm

re: #588 MandyManners

That's the kind of thing that would stick in your mind.

I agree!

591 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:21:34pm

re: #566 Silhouette

Yeah, well, but the US released photos of Saddam's check up. So clearly, WE'RE the barbarians.

All cultures are the same!

592 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:21:39pm

re: #568 Dustyvet

[Video]

I use to use one of them in scouts, cam with the k rations I carried. They work fine. But where would I get them in public.

593 MJ  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:21:47pm

New State Department spokesman does not rule-out apologizing to Iran for past policies:

QUESTION: Secretary Clinton said yesterday that Iran has an opportunity to open dialogue with the U.S. And today President Ahmadinejad said that – he demanded that President Obama apologize for past U.S. crime before opening such a dialogue. What is your reaction?


MR. WOOD: Well, again, haven’t seen his comments, but I think it’s clear from what the Secretary said yesterday and what the President has said that we obviously are reviewing our policy toward Iran. We are certainly interested in having a dialogue with Iran. But with regard to those remarks from President Ahmadinejad, haven’t seen them. But I think we’ve been pretty clear, and the Secretary certainly was yesterday, in terms of how we plan to at least proceed with regard to dealing with Iran.


QUESTION: Do you think that would fit in well with the President’s comments, I think on Inauguration Day, that the U.S. would take – would be – would act with more humility worldwide?


MR. WOOD: That’s what the President said. He was very clear that this Administration is going to make diplomacy and dialogue the center. And I just don’t have anything more on –

QUESTION: But what the --


MR. WOOD: (Inaudible.)


QUESTION: But what President Ahmadinejad was saying was it’s nice to say that you want a dialogue with Iran, but not only, like – you know, he didn’t – obviously didn’t talk about his own policies, but he said that, you know, it can’t just be the tone, U.S. policy towards Iran had to change.


MR. WOOD: Well, I think what we want to see is improved behavior on the part of Iran internationally. We’re certainly interested in having a dialogue with the Iranian people. Americans are – have a lot of respect for Iran, its culture, and its people. But there are certain things that Iran knows it needs to do if it wants to get back into the good graces of the international community, particularly with regard to its nuclear program, in terms of its activities in supporting terror in the Middle East region. So Iran needs to take a number of steps before the international community is going to welcome it back into its good graces.

[Link: www.state.gov...]

The rest of the Iran questions have to do with policy but at no point does Robert Wood rule-out apologizing to Iran.

594 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:21:47pm

re: #584 MandyManners

I read it in Eli Sagan's Cannibalism: Human Aggression and Cultural Form.

OK, fine. How about a quart of brain bleach?

595 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:21:58pm

re: #585 Walter L. Newton


Hummm..."Greed is Great" - NOT

596 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:22:01pm

re: #574 eon

Yanomami, actually. Their primary weapon is the blowgun, made from hardwood. Firing curare-tipped darts. Nasty stuff.

/If that doesn't get the job done, they continue the mission with the spearhead lashed to the business end of the eight-foot blowgun.

cheers

eon

Now I thought I recalled reading somewhere that the famous Yanomami: The Fierce People anthrolopological study had turned out to be mostly bunk. Am I confusing it with something else?

597 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:22:26pm

re: #577 OldLineTexan

Societies/cultures that never developed greed are still running around in loincloths blowing through dried penises and having Great-Uncle's brain as a ceremonial snack.

/

"Greed is good"' Charlie Sheen, Wall Street.

598 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:22:33pm

re: #574 eon

Yanomami, actually. Their primary weapon is the blowgun, made from hardwood. Firing curare-tipped darts. Nasty stuff.

/If that doesn't get the job done, they continue the mission with the spearhead lashed to the business end of the eight-foot blowgun.

cheers

eon

At least I got the "Yano-" part correct!

599 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:22:39pm

re: #592 Walter L. Newton

I use to use one of them in scouts, cam with the k rations I carried. They work fine. But where would I get them in public.

Any military surplus joint, or good backpacking store.

600 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:22:43pm

re: #593 MJ

That's why it's called diplomacy.

/

601 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:22:58pm

re: #547 Dustyvet
YOU DID THAT JUST TO PISS WALTER OFF!
Didn't you!?
I'd be pissed!
I have a dog that won't talk! Just sings!
LOL

602 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:23:02pm

re: #575 Occasional Reader

Pretty much every cultural endeavor is improved by an undulating hottie in a skimpy outfit.

Only if it's not under a burkha.

603 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:23:10pm

re: #574 eon

Yanomami, actually. Their primary weapon is the blowgun, made from hardwood. Firing curare-tipped darts. Nasty stuff.

/If that doesn't get the job done, they continue the mission with the spearhead lashed to the business end of the eight-foot blowgun.

cheers

eon

Those little frogs are soooo pretty... and soooo deadly....

Which South American tribes used to collect their enemies' heads?

604 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:23:15pm

I too am hiding out in here. Bad voodoo in the next thread.

605 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:23:25pm

re: #598 MandyManners

At least I got the "Yano-" part correct!

The Yannimami torture their victims to death with awful music.

606 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:23:46pm

re: #589 rightymouse

HAHAHAHA!

Maybe you could teach your bird to dance instead. :)

Maisey is screeching again.

607 robdouth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:24:05pm

re: #603 stuiec

Those little frogs are soooo pretty... and soooo deadly....

Which South American tribes used to collect their enemies' heads?

But all cultures are equally good. We can't make judgements about the penis blowers...

608 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:24:27pm

re: #597 avanti

"Greed is good"' Charlie Sheen, Wall Street.

IT'S A FUCKING LINE FROM A MOVIE.

609 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:24:52pm

re: #593 MJ

If Obama grovels before Ahmadinejad... I just don't know what I'll do. Flee to Switzerland? I don't know.

610 MandyManners  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:24:54pm

Gotta' go before I bust my keyboard. bbl

611 faraway  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:24:55pm

re: #606 Walter L. Newton

Maisey is screeching again.

what?

612 Moonbat Serenade  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:25:00pm

re: #490 goddessoftheclassroom

The two universal taboo are incest (immediate family, anyway) and cannibalism (killing people just to eat them).

2 cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "Does this taste funny to you ?"

613 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:25:07pm

re: #608 MandyManners

IT'S A FUCKING LINE FROM A MOVIE.

Maybe but love is never having to say your sorry?

614 robdouth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:25:08pm

re: #605 OldLineTexan

The Yannimami torture their victims to death with awful music.

Yanni live at the A-crap-olis

615 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:25:28pm

re: #602 MandyManners

Only if it's not under a burkha.

Well, since "skimpy burkha" is kind of an oxymoron...

616 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:25:56pm

re: #613 Nevergiveup

Maybe but love is never having to say your sorry?

We all deserve to die, kid.

617 Dianna  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:26:07pm

re: #597 avanti

"Greed is good"' Charlie Sheen, Wall Street.

Michael Douglas, I think?

618 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:26:24pm

re: #597 avanti

"Greed is good"' Charlie Sheen, Wall Street.

You can have too much of a good thing, but greed /self-interest are integral to advancement in many ways.

If I am happy in the forest eating berries...

619 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:26:42pm

re: #617 Dianna

Yep, playing Gordon Gecko

620 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:27:04pm

re: #582 opnion

Were the Hawaiians ever cannibals?

Not as far as I know. But they sure liked war. War, war, war, all the time war. Kamehameha driving his enemies of the Pali cliffs on Oahu. The Molokai chiefs going at it. And then the range of capital offenses under the kapu system... you really had to watch yourself back then, to avoid getting a war club to your noggin.

621 rightymouse  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:27:08pm

re: #606 Walter L. Newton

Maisey is screeching again.

In the right key?

622 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:27:13pm

re: #599 OldLineTexan

Any military surplus joint, or good backpacking store.

You can get them on Ebay also...

623 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:27:29pm

re: #585 Walter L. Newton

Yea, that would be fine, except all your other politics, as displayed on this blog, speaks of a person who really doesn't give two shits about anything but himself, what advantage some politician can give him, and a general lack of any moral bearing.

But, that's just IMHO.

Well, you got me there. I didn't mind much care about his moral bearing or his ego, if he does right by the country.

624 Dianna  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:27:42pm

re: #619 Viking6

I'm relieved - I actually got it right!

625 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:27:46pm

re: #618 OldLineTexan


If I am happy in the forest eating berries...

... then you clearly haven't run into the Yanomami yet.

626 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:28:12pm

re: #622 Dustyvet

You can get them on Ebay also...

evilBay is for buying used sets of LOST DVDs, silly.

Now my daughter has all four seasons for me to watch.

627 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:28:21pm

re: #620 stuiec

Not as far as I know. But they sure liked war. War, war, war, all the time war. Kamehameha driving his enemies of the Pali cliffs on Oahu. The Molokai chiefs going at it. And then the range of capital offenses under the kapu system... you really had to watch yourself back then, to avoid getting a war club to your noggin.

Nonsense, only evil white people make war, everyone know that.

/

628 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:28:32pm

re: #611 faraway

what?

Walter: "Ok, shut up"

629 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:28:43pm

re: #624 Dianna

Not to worry. I think it was one of those movies that stick with you for a while.

630 itellu3times  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:29:01pm

re: #482 avanti

The administration/congress under estimated demand and ran out of funding late.

So did manufacturers and retailers, it's getting hard to even find a box right now.

631 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:29:12pm

re: #612 Moonbat Serenade

2 cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "Does this taste funny to you ?"

Turns out they started at opposite ends of the clown. After a few minutes, one asks the other, "How you doing over there?"

His friend says, "I'm having a ball!"

The first one says, "Well, slow down -- and dibs on the other one!"

632 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:29:42pm

re: #608 MandyManners

IT'S A FUCKING LINE FROM A MOVIE.

And Ayn Rand would agree. If everyone paid more attention to their own well being, the rest of us would not have to help.

633 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:29:55pm

re: #628 Walter L. Newton

Walter: "Ok, shut up"

what?

634 ArmyWife  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:30:13pm

re: #609 Occasional Reader

IF he does that, we can begin the count down for invasion. Do you see the ramifications for the military? They will be used to respond, but it will be a PC response. The result is more than I want to think about.

635 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:31:22pm

People call it "greed" when you want to keep your own money or earn more legally and ethically.

But here is a moral question, is it wrong to take government handouts (i.e., other people's money) to pay for things you don't need it?

636 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:31:43pm

re: #634 ArmyWife

IF he does that, we can begin the count down for invasion. Do you see the ramifications for the military? They will be used to respond, but it will be a PC response. The result is more than I want to think about.

Wait till he puts our military under the jurisdiction of that world court crap.
/maybe

637 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:31:49pm

Hey Walter -- Winston06 is upthread.
I know you like him ...

what?

638 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:32:00pm

re: #635 Silhouette

People call it "greed" when you want to keep your own money or earn more legally and ethically.

But here is a moral question, is it wrong to take government handouts (i.e., other people's money) to pay for things you don't need it?

This is why I do not have a converter box...I don't need one. Or the coupon.

639 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:32:21pm

re: #627 Occasional Reader

Nonsense, only evil white people make war, everyone know that.

/

Apparently white people are evil because they make war better than other people, due in large part to having better warmaking technology. And anyone else who makes war isn't evil, they're just trying to catch up with the white man.

640 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:32:24pm

re: #626 OldLineTexan

evilBay is for buying used sets of LOST DVDs, silly.

Now my daughter has all four seasons for me to watch.

Oh...:) I looking for a used copy of "Evil Roy Slade"


Roy's Teacher: Roy if you had 10 apples, and your neighbor took 6 away, what would you have.

Evil Roy: A dead neighbor and all 10 apples.

641 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:32:42pm

re: #638 OldLineTexan

This is why I do not have a converter box...I don't need one. Or the coupon.

Plus, why have a coupon? Just include them with the Government cheese!

642 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:32:44pm

re: #633 jwb7605

what?

Picture time, if you haven't seen her...

Image: DSCN1533.JPG

643 robdouth  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:32:46pm

re: #634 ArmyWife

IF he does that, we can begin the count down for invasion. Do you see the ramifications for the military? They will be used to respond, but it will be a PC response. The result is more than I want to think about.

I think this is a little bit hype. No country would be dumb enough for an overt invasion because none could defeat the American military might. They'll just stick to what they do best. Bitch in court, lull Americans to sleep and take over from within without firing a single shot.

644 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:32:48pm

re: #638 OldLineTexan

This is why I do not have a converter box...I don't need one. Or the coupon.

You were reading my mind.

645 LGoPs  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:33:07pm

re: #631 stuiec

Turns out they started at opposite ends of the clown. After a few minutes, one asks the other, "How you doing over there?"

His friend says, "I'm having a ball!"

The first one says, "Well, slow down -- and dibs on the other one!"

Very humerus......

646 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:33:24pm

I'd run a million yards
to dodge your poison-tipped darts
My Yano-maaaaammmi....

/Al Jolson

647 stuiec  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:33:51pm

re: #619 Viking6

Yep, playing Gordon Gecko

Too bad they couldn't cast the little guy from the GEICO commercials. I like him better than Michael Douglas.

648 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:34:08pm

And another Maisey the Parrot picture...

(getting a water spray bath on top of her cage)

Image: DSCN1557.JPG

649 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:34:45pm

re: #644 Silhouette

You were reading my mind.

No...you were very clear. I don't NEED it, as in I could scrape together $45 in a few weeks just by cutting back on the wife's beer.

/

650 reloadingisnotahobby  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:34:56pm

re: #642 Walter L. Newton
She's an African Green?
Can't scale her size!But very pretty bird!

651 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:34:57pm

re: #642 Walter L. Newton

Picture time, if you haven't seen her...

[Link: home.comcast.net...]

She looks like she's dancing!

652 Caboose  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:35:09pm
Youtube Video

In memory of the Space Shuttle Challenger that blew up at launch 23 years ago today. The sax in this piece was to be performed while in space by Ron McNair. I remember it like it was yesterday; one of my fellow Wang engineers told me that it happened and I thought that he was bulls#itting me.

653 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:35:20pm

re: #646 Occasional Reader

I'd run a million yards
to dodge your poison-tipped darts
My Yano-maaaaammmi....

/Al Jolson

Luckily, I do not ding down that kind of error...

654 MJ  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:35:21pm

re: #609 Occasional Reader

If Obama grovels before Ahmadinejad... I just don't know what I'll do. Flee to Switzerland? I don't know.

I've been reading these State Department briefings for several years now and don't recall a spokesperson as weak as this one seems to be. Granted, they've only been in office a few days but there isn't one policy that they feel comfortable in saying, "This is the policy of the US Government". It's disgusting.

655 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:35:25pm

re: #648 Walter L. Newton

And another Maisey the Parrot picture...

(getting a water spray bath on top of her cage)

[Link: home.comcast.net...]

"wet"


What...

656 ArmyWife  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:35:49pm

re: #643 robdouth

No one can beat our military's might as things stand now. What about when the defense budget is slashed? Or when their hands are tied in ways to collect intelligence? Or they can't respond appropriately when the intell they do get indicates a bad situation?

657 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:35:56pm

re: #643 robdouth

No country would be dumb enough for an overt invasion

WOLVERINES!

658 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:36:01pm

re: #635 Silhouette

People call it "greed" when you want to keep your own money or earn more legally and ethically.

But here is a moral question, is it wrong to take government handouts (i.e., other people's money) to pay for things you don't need it?

Yep, it is.

659 Soona'  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:36:23pm

re: #620 stuiec

Not as far as I know. But they sure liked war. War, war, war, all the time war. Kamehameha driving his enemies of the Pali cliffs on Oahu. The Molokai chiefs going at it. And then the range of capital offenses under the kapu system... you really had to watch yourself back then, to avoid getting a war club to your noggin.

But they're natives, one with nature and all the spirit gods and they loved each other all the time and they always smiled and they didn't have any garbage to throw out and....and....

660 rightymouse  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:36:27pm

re: #635 Silhouette

People call it "greed" when you want to keep your own money or earn more legally and ethically.

But here is a moral question, is it wrong to take government handouts (i.e., other people's money) to pay for things you don't need it?

If you went to your neighbor's house and took something that didn't belong to you and gave it to someone else, it's called theft.

What's the difference between that, compulsory taxation by government and distribution?

661 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:36:30pm

re: #652 Caboose

Youtube Video

In memory of the Space Shuttle Challenger that blew up at launch 23 years ago today. The sax in this piece was to be performed while in space by Ron McNair. I remember it like it was yesterday; one of my fellow Wang engineers told me that it happened and I thought that he was bulls#itting me.

I was in my first year of my first job with Lockheed at JSC...not a good day.

662 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:36:48pm

re: #648 Walter L. Newton

And another Maisey the Parrot picture...

(getting a water spray bath on top of her cage)

[Link: home.comcast.net...]

That bookcase to the right -- my wife had me build one almost identical to that two years ago for Christmas. Ours is oak.

663 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:38:00pm

re: #653 OldLineTexan

Luckily, I do not ding down that kind of error...

Feh. If buzzsawmonkey had written the exact same thing, it'd have 27 updings by now. I feel so... Jan Brady.

664 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:38:31pm

re: #656 ArmyWife

No one can beat our military's might as things stand now. What about when the defense budget is slashed? Or when their hands are tied in ways to collect intelligence? Or they can't respond appropriately when the intell they do get indicates a bad situation?

No one will still be able to beat us. It will just cost us more of the very best that we have to offer. The blood, lives, and well being of America's best.

665 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:38:55pm

re: #658 avanti

Yep, it is.

But you let we the taxpayers buy you a converter box when you admit you have cable and satellite.

666 Viking6  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:39:52pm

re: #647 stuiec

ROFLMAO

667 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:40:23pm

re: #662 jwb7605

That bookcase to the right -- my wife had me build one almost identical to that two years ago for Christmas. Ours is oak.

Mine is Oak Express.

That's my meteorite, mineral, artifacts and fossil collection.

P.S. All items are only 6000 years old.
/

668 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:41:06pm

re: #650 reloadingisnotahobby

She's an African Green?
Can't scale her size!But very pretty bird!

No, Red-lored Amazon. I've never heard of an African Green. African Grays.

669 ArmyWife  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:41:13pm

re: #664 Nevergiveup

I'm kind of found of one of those guys who will be put in more danger.

670 LGoPs  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:41:28pm

re: #656 ArmyWife

No one can beat our military's might as things stand now. What about when the defense budget is slashed? Or when their hands are tied in ways to collect intelligence? Or they can't respond appropriately when the intell they do get indicates a bad situation?

Good point. Many people don't realize that while it takes many years to develop and hone a miltary machine like we have, it can be dulled almost overnight.

Case in point: In 1945 we had arguably the most powerful and well trained miltary force in the world. 5 years later, in 1950, that same miltary suffered the debacle of Task Force Smith in Korea. Smith was the task force out of Japan that responded to the initial North Korean attack.
We recovered from that of course, but the point is that it takes but a little neglect to run down your military.

671 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:41:47pm

re: #663 Occasional Reader

Feh. If buzzsawmonkey had written the exact same thing, it'd have 27 updings by now. I feel so... Jan Brady.

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!

I would've picked on HIM, too!

672 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:42:18pm

re: #668 Walter L. Newton

No, Red-lored Amazon. I've never heard of an African Green. African Grays.

Norwegian Blue, pinning for the fjords...

673 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:42:51pm

re: #669 ArmyWife

I'm kind of found of one of those guys who will be put in more danger.

Yes Maam.

674 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:42:52pm

re: #669 ArmyWife

I'm kind of found of one of those guys who will be put in more danger.

Good Lord, don't let your husband read that!

/
/married twenty years

675 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:43:29pm

re: #665 Silhouette

But you let we the taxpayers buy you a converter box when you admit you have cable and satellite.

Because the government regulates the airwaves and they killed my garage TV by mandating the change to digital. I feel they could help offset he cost I incurred in buying a box. If they'd sent me a check, and I bought beer, I'd feel differently.

676 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:43:31pm

re: #670 LGoPs

Case in point: In 1945 we had arguably the most powerful and well trained miltary force in the world. 5 years later, in 1950

And of course we had done the same thing prior to World War II, and World War I. I sure as hell hope we don't make that mistake again. Because the next time could be the last.

677 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:44:28pm

re: #676 Occasional Reader

And of course we had done the same thing prior to World War II, and World War I. I sure as hell hope we don't make that mistake again. Because the next time could be the last.

The US has never been kind to standing armies in peacetime, as I read history.

678 ArmyWife  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:44:47pm

re: #674 OldLineTexan

I've been married 18 years. We got married when I was 19, he was 18.

679 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:45:20pm

re: #678 ArmyWife

I've been married 18 years. We got married when I was 19, he was 18.

You robbed the cradle?

680 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:46:13pm

re: #678 ArmyWife

I've been married 18 years. We got married when I was 19, he was 18.

My wife is a cradle-robber, too, LOL.

But I don't get the feeling she's all that fond of me any longer...

/

681 ArmyWife  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:46:26pm

re: #679 Nevergiveup

I did! He doesn't let me forget that year, either. When I turned 30, and he was 29? Brutal. So, I just refuse to get older.

682 MJ  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:47:02pm
Gore Delivers 'Inconvenient Truth' Lecture to Senate Committee
Former Vice President Asks Congress to Move Quickly to Stem Climate Change

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 28, 2009; 5:00 PM
Former vice president Al Gore urged lawmakers today to adopt a binding carbon cap and push for a new international climate pact by the end of this year in order to avert catastrophic global warming....


What it should say:

Former vice president Al Gore urged lawmakers today to adopt a binding carbon cap and push for a new international climate pact by the end of this year in order to avert catastrophic global warming. push the world economy into a global depression...

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

683 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:47:05pm

re: #677 OldLineTexan

The US has never been kind to standing armies in peacetime, as I read history.

Kind of hard to square with the Howard Zinn/Noam Chomsky "the US has historically been a mindless, militaristic killbot machine" position, isn't it?

684 LGoPs  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:47:29pm

re: #678 ArmyWife

I've been married 18 years. We got married when I was 19, he was 18.

God bless you for staying together. The Army can be hard on a marraige....believe me I know. I've always admired (and envied - in a good way) people that can make it through......

685 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:47:50pm

re: #681 ArmyWife

I did! He doesn't let me forget that year, either. When I turned 30, and he was 29? Brutal. So, I just refuse to get older.

I've been married 25 going on 26 years and my wife is one month older than me.

686 Occasional Reader  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:47:57pm

Gym!

687 eon  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:47:59pm

re: #603 stuiec

Those little frogs are soooo pretty... and soooo deadly....

Which South American tribes used to collect their enemies' heads?

Several, notably the Jovitos. The guys Indiana Jones ran into at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

/Yes, they were and are a real tribe in the Peruvian highlands.

cheers

eon

688 SummerSong  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:48:40pm

re: #433 bellamags

It is a magenta, black, yellow and cyan. And they seem to go out at the same time. Go figure. bastids.

I have switched my printer software to print only in black and white. It really saves me some ink and easy enough to change back, if I must have a color print.

689 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:48:43pm

re: #679 Nevergiveup

You robbed the cradle?

My wife was 25, I was 24. Men are much more mature for their age.

**taking small pill, now**

690 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:48:45pm

Israel foils Hizbullah attack in Europe


[Link: www.jpost.com...]

691 ArmyWife  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:48:48pm

re: #680 OldLineTexan

I'm sorry! I am very lucky, I know. He still gives me butterflies!

692 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:48:52pm

re: #679 Nevergiveup

You robbed the cradle?

It's a good choice.

Recall the joke:

A middle-aged accounting partner leaves his wife and runs off with his 18 year-old secretary. He writes her a goodbye letter, glaoting about his new sex life.

The abandoned wife writes back to him, wishing him all luck, and to inform him that she has shacked up with the 18 year-old pool boy.

She reminds him in the letter that 18 goes into 54 way more times than 54 can go into 18.

693 Hobbes  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:48:55pm

re: #501 avanti

I'm hoping the 200 point gain today will continue after the house passage of the stimulus bill this evening, we'll see.

More like "Pork" Bill.

694 LGoPs  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:49:24pm

re: #683 Occasional Reader

Kind of hard to square with the Howard Zinn/Noam Chomsky "the US has historically been a mindless, militaristic killbot machine" position, isn't it?

Dennis Prager said it best when he alluded that people like them have a proctologist's view of the US.

695 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:49:30pm

re: #683 Occasional Reader

Kind of hard to square with the Howard Zinn/Noam Chomsky "the US has historically been a mindless, militaristic killbot machine" position, isn't it?

It's easy. Both are blockheads.

696 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:49:59pm

re: #693 Hobbes

More like "Pork" Bill.

That's a nickname for Mr. Clinton I never heard before. ;)

697 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:50:15pm

re: #691 ArmyWife

I'm sorry! I am very lucky, I know. He still gives me butterflies!

Bless both of you, and a heart felt thanks...:)

698 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:50:27pm

re: #691 ArmyWife

I'm sorry! I am very lucky, I know. He still gives me butterflies!

That's sweet. I had a cat that used to give me dead mice.

699 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:51:13pm

re: #660 rightymouse

If you went to your neighbor's house and took something that didn't belong to you and gave it to someone else, it's called theft.

What's the difference between that, compulsory taxation by government and distribution?


“But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.”
-Bastiat-

700 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:51:20pm

re: #698 OldLineTexan

That's sweet. I had a cat that used to give me dead mice.

What is it with your timing, and my keyboards?...:)

701 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:51:39pm

re: #698 OldLineTexan

That's sweet. I had a cat that used to give me dead mice.

My wife gives me the bird sometimes?

702 Pietr  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:52:06pm

re: #678 ArmyWife

I've been married 18 years. We got married when I was 19, he was 18.

re: #679 Nevergiveup

You robbed the cradle?

If she did, so did my Missus. She was 20, and I was 19 (and an E4 in the AF, circa 1967).....My missus Bday is Feb while mine's Oct.....LOL.

703 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:52:24pm

re: #701 Nevergiveup

My wife gives me the bird sometimes?

We married sisters?

704 Quintus_Arius  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:52:26pm

re: #597 avanti

I believe that was Michael Douglas.

"Greed is Good" sounded bad but thinking of it as improving your product to gain market share softens it a bit.

705 ArmyWife  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:52:28pm

re: #685 Nevergiveup

I don't recommend getting married that young, and would kill my daughter if she even THOUGHT about it!

Speaking of, my soldier just walked in the door. Let me go say hi, I'll brb.

706 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:54:04pm

re: #700 Dustyvet

What is it with your timing, and my keyboards?...:)

I'm usually several posts behind OR and buzzsawmonkey, if that helps any...

707 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:54:17pm

re: #703 OldLineTexan

We married sisters?

Maybe there is something about us that brings it our in them? Go figure!

708 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:54:45pm

re: #706 OldLineTexan

I'm usually several posts behind OR and buzzsawmonkey, if that helps any...

LOL, I got most of the RC down...:)

709 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:54:53pm

re: #707 Nevergiveup

Maybe there is something about us that brings it our in them? Go figure!

Couldn't be...


/////////////////////////////////////

710 LGoPs  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:55:17pm

Wonder if there's mass casualties over on the next thread yet. Haven't seen any blood dripping over onto this one yet........
:)

711 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:55:25pm

re: #704 Quintus_Arius

I believe that was Michael Douglas.

"Greed is Good" sounded bad but thinking of it as improving your product to gain market share softens it a bit.

Yep, on second thought, it was Douglas, I think Charlie was in there somewhere.

712 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:56:29pm

re: #710 LGoPs

Wonder if there's mass casualties over on the next thread yet. Haven't seen any blood dripping over onto this one yet........
:)

I avoid those threads. I'll patch up the refuges who come over here, but I'm not going on any rescue missions.

713 rightymouse  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:56:46pm

re: #699 Outrider

“But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.”
-Bastiat-

Legal plunder and distribution also = communism.

714 [deleted]  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:57:05pm
715 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:57:19pm

re: #675 avanti

Because the government regulates the airwaves and they killed my garage TV by mandating the change to digital. I feel they could help offset he cost I incurred in buying a box. If they'd sent me a check, and I bought beer, I'd feel differently.

Ah, you feel entitled to it.

716 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 2:59:08pm

re: #712 goddessoftheclassroom

I avoid those threads. I'll patch up the refuges who come over here, but I'm not going on any rescue missions.

As for me, I just can't abide seeing the word "fundie".

717 avanti  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:00:12pm

re: #715 Silhouette

Ah, you feel entitled to it.

Yes, I do, they took away the airwaves I was using, and resold them.

718 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:00:32pm

My feelings are too easily hurt. Nothing worth saying or hearing, as far as I'm concerned.

719 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:02:22pm

re: #717 avanti

Yes, I do, they took away the airwaves I was using, and resold them.

I have to give you a point for that.

Also, many will have to increase the thickness of their tinfoil hats to attenuate these new higher frequencies...

720 Soona'  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:02:24pm

re: #712 goddessoftheclassroom

I avoid those threads. I'll patch up the refuges who come over here, but I'm not going on any rescue missions.

I'm back-threading. Didn't even post. Guess I'm just not emotional today.

721 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:02:26pm

re: #712 goddessoftheclassroom

I avoid those threads. I'll patch up the refuges who come over here, but I'm not going on any rescue missions.

Charles made the first post.
Apparently the downdingers couldn't even wait for comments to start.
opiemuyo, uncledick downdinged immediately.

Never heard of either of them.

Over 125 comments, and no meltdowns. People are beginning to wax poetic, though.

722 Dustyvet  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:02:48pm

Super Genius President Tries to Enter Oval Office Through Window

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

723 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:04:32pm

Upthread, Alouette posted this:

ETDS= Evolution Thread Derangement Syndrome
724 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:05:14pm

re: #718 goddessoftheclassroom

My feelings are too easily hurt. Nothing worth saying or hearing, as far as I'm concerned.

So, how are your school children?

725 Nevergiveup  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:06:31pm

Last update - 21:48 28/01/2009

Top U.S official: There's no way to stop Iran's nuclear program

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

Not now there ain't!

726 Pietr  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:07:37pm

re: #716 OldLineTexan

I got an Email from Newsmax-but don't know about posting it, since request #3 is to join a dudes' newsletter, OLTxn. But it deals with the new Tx Speaker of the House and Anti-illegal immigrant bills. Should I post it minus the newsletter info-with it-or forget it?

727 goddessoftheclassroom  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:08:54pm

re: #724 OldLineTexan

So, how are your school children?

They don't call me stupid and ignorant.

728 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:10:50pm

re: #726 Pietr

I got an Email from Newsmax-but don't know about posting it, since request #3 is to join a dudes' newsletter, OLTxn. But it deals with the new Tx Speaker of the House and Anti-illegal immigrant bills. Should I post it minus the newsletter info-with it-or forget it?

You could send it to Charles, I suppose.

729 OldLineTexan  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:12:10pm

re: #727 goddessoftheclassroom

They don't call me stupid and ignorant.

As well they shouldn't.

It's some world, isn't it?

/I have to go accomplish a few things. I look forward to "seeing" you another time.

730 Pietr  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:16:25pm

re: #728 OldLineTexan

You could send it to Charles, I suppose.

It is really only pertinent for those of us here in Texas, tho Charles might find a use for it. I've already sent him 3 links, but this is a newsletter-so no URL to send. Decisions, decisions....

731 NY Nana  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:26:56pm

My name is NY Nana, and I am also a cradle robber. I married NY Grampa 46 years ago, and I was born on Obomanation Day, while he was born on May 7 of the same year, 1938.

We have 4 kids and 3 grandkids, and this is what we got from our only daugher today, about our only 2-year old bandit grandson:

In the car just now, on the way home from Gan, Harry started chanting ***“baruch atah adonai eloheinu melech haolam, borei pree...” and stopped. I asked him what came next, and he said with a grin, “Harry!”

So I ate him.

(***Hebrew blessing for wine/grape juice)

Daughter was being a clown...said grandson grabbed the phone to talk to me. ;)

[Partly re-posted from a dead thread]

732 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:30:29pm

re: #731 NY Nana

My name is NY Nana, and I am also a cradle robber. I married NY Grampa 46 years ago, and I was born on Obomanation Day, while he was born on May 7 of the same year, 1938.

We have 4 kids and 3 grandkids, and this is what we got from our only daugher today, about our only 2-year old bandit grandson:

(***Hebrew blessing for wine/grape juice)

Daughter was being a clown...said grandson grabbed the phone to talk to me. ;)

[Partly re-posted from a dead thread]

and just in time to hit another dead thread. ;-)>

733 Pietr  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:32:20pm

re: #732 Outrider

and just in time to hit another dead thread. ;-)>

Yeah, Outrider, but some of us avoid the upthread and the carnage....:>))

734 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:32:22pm

Ya gotta love it, we're moving right along - House hurries to pass economic stimulus bill the 24' poop submarine sandwich

Moving with remarkable speed, the Democratic-controlled House lined up eagerly Wednesday to approve $819 billion in spending increases and tax cuts at the heart of President Barack Obama's economic recovery program. Republicans fought the bill as wasteful. "We don't have a moment to spare," Obama declared at the White House as Democrats hastened to do his bidding.
735 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:33:31pm

re: #733 Pietr

Yeah, Outrider, but some of us avoid the upthread and the carnage....:>))

yeah, it sometimes gets bloody in those threads.

736 Pietr  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:36:49pm

re: #731 NY Nana

See my #702 here, NYNana. Sheesh, you have 9 yrs TOE on me and my missus (TOE=Time On Earth)....I submit to the rank...LOL.

737 solomonpanting  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:39:29pm

Now that Obama wants to close GITMO, perhaps the inmates could be shipped to The Hague for war crimes trials. Even if they're not convicted they would either spend the rest of their lives being tied up in chaotic legal proceedings or else turn into suicide cases from being subjected to same.

738 jwb7605  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:40:37pm

re: #735 Outrider

yeah, it sometimes gets bloody in those threads.

Some idiot hijacked the thread and they're talking about the bailout bill now.

739 Pietr  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:42:57pm

re: #737 solomonpanting

An interesting idea-but it wouldn't work. We'd have to give Classified data in many cases, and the Hague and Europe in general have more sympathy for Islam than the USA. At least untill it's too late....

740 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:45:52pm

re: #738 jwb7605

Some idiot hijacked the thread and they're talking about the bailout bill now.

Like going to a fight and a hockey game breaks out.

741 solomonpanting  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:46:27pm

re: #739 Pietr

At least untill it's too late....

What was that headline the other day:

"Some climate European social change is irreversible for 1,000 years."

742 Pietr  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:47:05pm

re: #740 Silhouette

Seems that was posted in the overnight 'Hopen', IIRC......:>))

743 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:47:27pm

re: #738 jwb7605

Some idiot hijacked the thread and they're talking about the bailout bill now.

i posted the latest news -- but it had already been hijacked by then ;-)>

744 Silhouette  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:48:43pm

re: #742 Pietr

Seems that was posted in the overnight 'Hopen', IIRC......:>))

By you, by chance?

745 NY Nana  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 3:55:56pm

re: #732 Outrider

Everybody has to have at least one special talent! ;)

746 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 4:00:24pm

re: #745 NY Nana

Everybody has to have at least one special talent! ;)

I seem to have a talent leaning that way. Usually when I post a long comment or one I think is good. ;-)>

747 NY Nana  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 4:09:53pm

re: #736 Pietr

Well, Young'un, would you believe that NY Grampa was an SP4, in the Army, when we married? He was literally drafted the day after he graduated from CCNY....our oldest son is a military brat.

Oh, the hardship! ;) He was stationed at the now-defunct Boston Army Base, and since I am from Boston, we lived in an apartment, as the base had no housing, and thus were near my parents zt"l! We met in Brooklyn, when I was a nursing student there. We did move back to NY when daughter was born, and have lived here since. I was joking on a thread last week re not being able to talk with a Bahstahn accent any more no matter how hard I tried. No joke..it's true! And I have not driven a car since I was in my early 20's, as driving anywhere in the Greater Boston area is suicidal, so help me! Everything and anything that you may have heard re Boston drivers is true.

71? Ha! I am still 12 years old!

/Oh, oh...since NY Grampa is 70, can he be arrested for this?

748 NY Nana  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 4:10:46pm

re: #746 Outrider

Welcome to the Club! Think we should have a secret password?

749 Pietr  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 4:20:10pm

re: #744 Silhouette.

By you, by chance?

Nope-think it was Dusty or realwest.....it just lodged in memory....LOL.

re: #747 NY Nana

I was stationed at Ft Devens for a time, NYNana-so I understand. But New Jersey and NY was much worse, IIRC from my Ft Monmouth time. But at least I learned about "Roundabouts" before I ever went to England-tho I went thru the wrong way (in England) on my first try.....LOL. PS-NYPapap should be safe unless there is a complaint...:>))

750 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 4:34:20pm

re: #748 NY Nana

Welcome to the Club! Think we should have a secret password?

should certainly have one just for consistency.

751 Pietr  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 4:37:21pm

re: #750 Outrider

Outrider-you were Ops, not Maint, right? I mentioned I went thru training at Ft's Monmouth and Devens, but didn't know if you trained at either, and was curious....Cheers. And Passwords are always appropos.....:>))

752 NY Nana  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 4:40:30pm

re: #749 Pietr

Are we related? ;) NY Grampa was at Devens also, for 3 weeks.

Re drivers? Yes, NJ is awful...oldest son and his family live there. I hate it. And the NJTP? Feh! One of my son's mother in law says she hides under the dashboard as soon as the sign on the GWB says NJ!

NY drivers aren't that bad in our area (near the CT border) aren't all that bad, or maybe I am just used to them.

Ahh, London! The first time I was there, staying with friends, as daughter spent her junior year there, and ventured from the 'burbs into the West End on my own? I nearly was hit by a bus, as I looked the wrong way before crossing the road! A few Londoners grabbed me, and pulled me back! Now I can't go anymore...disabled, but it was actually funny..each time I went, when I came back (after a month staying with our friend), I would nearly get run over here!

Have you been back since a part of Oxford St. was pedestrianized? My husband would rent a car to make it easier for me, and it really was amazing..with the handicap tag, that is allowed in London, and the rest of England, we were able to drive all the way down the street. They also allow free parking, etc., as does Toronto.

I am of part English heritage..my maternal Granddad was an East Ender.

With the amount of Jew hate now? I would not go back if I were able to. It is not the London I knew. It hurts so much.

We can't do that in NYC! They require a special permit from a Board there.

753 NY Nana  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 4:51:37pm

re: #750 Outrider

Hmmm, /how about 'Rosebud'?

Youtube Video

BBL....

754 Pietr  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 4:56:11pm

re: #752 NY Nana

I haven't been back to England since I left in '84. London was in major renovation mode at that time, seems you had to walk under scaffolding almost everywhere, except for Piccadilly circus. Street changes and traffic blocking were well under way, IIRC-they were trying to make certain areas pretty much pedestrian only.
As to being related, I'm pure Pollock on Dads' side, Scottish/Irish/Dutch/Cherokee on my Moms'.....tho all of Moms' ancestors did start out on the Eastern seaboard of the US (I think the Cherokee were first tho, the rest arrived later...LOL).

755 ratherdashing  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 5:05:15pm

photos of Theodore Sturgeon:

[Link: www.physics.emory.edu...]

756 Outrider  Wed, Jan 28, 2009 6:04:48pm

re: #751 Pietr

Outrider-you were Ops, not Maint, right? I mentioned I went thru training at Ft's Monmouth and Devens, but didn't know if you trained at either, and was curious....Cheers. And Passwords are always appropos.....:>))

I was Ops and trained at Devens.


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