Video Bentley chase, close to ending at: http://media.myfoxla.com/live/2/

Darwin, hey I've heard of him!
Isn't he a monkey's uncle or something?

///

It's deeply moving to me, personally, to know all of Life is tied together, related. We are all a part of something larger, and magnificent, and awesome, and humbling.

re: #2 jcm

Darwin, hey I've heard of him!
Isn't he a monkey's uncle or something?

///

Josiah Wedgwood's grandson.

re: #1 gmsc

Video Bentley chase, close to ending at: http://media.myfoxla.com/live/2/

I heard it was high jacked by a starlette in trouble Reese something or other.

re: #5 jcm

I heard it was high jacked by a starlette in trouble Reese something or other.

...and that she stabbed someone.

(That part's important)

When I view all beings not as special creations, but as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the Cambrian system was deposited, they seem to me to become ennobled.

— Charles Darwin

They seem to me to become fossilized.

(It took me 5 comments on the last thread to realize I was talking to myself.)

re: #3 Sharmuta

Very noble sentiment. However the notion that Helen Thomas and I have a common ancestor is troubling indeed.

re: #8 MrPaulRevere

Very noble sentiment. However the notion that Helen Thomas and I have a common ancestor is troubling indeed.

Hell, cave mates at least.

re: #7 Walter L. Newton

They seem to me to become fossilized.

(It took me 5 comments on the last thread to realize I was talking to myself.)

I once had the first 9 comments on a thread with 10 comments.
Charles deleted the whole thread...

re: #8 MrPaulRevere

Very noble sentiment. However the notion that Helen Thomas and I have a common ancestor is troubling indeed.

Aliens, I blame aliens...

re: #10 jcm

I once had the first 9 comments on a thread with 10 comments.
Charles deleted the whole thread...

But I loved seeing all the green, and my name highlighted. I love the spotlight.

re: #8 MrPaulRevere

Very noble sentiment. However the notion that Helen Thomas and I have a common ancestor is troubling indeed.

Helen Thomas for you, Bill Clinton for me.

re: #5 jcm

NBC doesn't think it's a celebrity.

One dollar that it will end in cuffs at 1:45 AM LOL

hmmm, the noble cockroach?

re: #12 Walter L. Newton

But I loved seeing all the green, and my name highlighted. I love the spotlight.

Well you are a thespian...

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

re: #14 Pvt Bin Jammin

NBC doesn't think it's a celebrity.

One dollar that it will end in cuffs at 1:45 AM LOL

You could've stopped that post after the first 3 words, and it would still be true.
;)

re: #10 jcm

I once had the first 9 comments on a thread with 10 comments.
Charles deleted the whole thread...

what an intelligent design!

re: #11 jcm

She is revolting, referring to 'so called terrorists' and equating Israel and Iran. Its a good thing I wasn't around for the press conference thread.

re: #16 jcm

Well you are a thespian...

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Barrymore once said "I am jealous of the audience. They are the ones who have the pleasure of watching me up here."

re: #14 Pvt Bin Jammin

NBC doesn't think it's a celebrity.

One dollar that it will end in cuffs at 1:45 AM LOL

Does CA believe in the PIT maneuver? They seem to let these drag on forever.

re: #5 jcm

I heard it was high jacked by a starlette in trouble Reese something or other.

Witherspoon?

/white smoke

re: #20 Walter L. Newton

Barrymore once said "I am jealous of the audience. They are the ones who have the pleasure of watching me up here."

Great Line!

re: #21 jcm

Does CA believe in the PIT maneuver? They seem to let these drag on forever.

it's "Sweeps Week"...

Since this driver is still inside the car...they might take off again.

Google Map of the area where the car is parked

re: #13 Sharmuta

Helen Thomas for you, Bill Clinton for me.

And now we all get to share Barry H.

re: #26 gmsc

Google Map of the area where the car is parked

Shit, that's right outside my apartment.

re: #26 gmsc

Google Map of the area where the car is parked

just down the road a short piece from my place.

re: #27 FurryOldGuyJeans

But I'm also related to Sophia Loren, and Raquel Welsh, so That evens the score.

re: #29 redc1c4

just down the road a short piece from my place.

Great - this guy has probably tried Red's fruitcup. This won't be pretty.

re: #22 redc1c4

Witherspoon?

/white smoke

JCM, you missed your cue . . .

re: #21 jcm

Does CA believe in the PIT maneuver? They seem to let these drag on forever.

Don't they, though? Seriously, they are stopped and I am betting they are going to bring in the "psychological team" which is why I am going for 1:45 AM and it will probably be later than that if any of you all want to bet a dollar. LOL
It's off TV now and we have Jay Leno.

re: #30 Sharmuta

But I'm also related to Sophia Loren, and Raquel Welsh, so That evens the score.

I find you more intriguing. You have a brain, of that I am sure, and you know how to use it. ;)

re: #8 MrPaulRevere

Very noble sentiment. However the notion that Helen Thomas and I have a common ancestor is troubling indeed.

The way she talks reminds me of Aunt Bethany from Christmas Vacation.

"Is your house on fire Clark?"
"Dont throw me down Clark"
"Are we at the airport Clark?"
"When did you move to Florida?"

re: #34 FurryOldGuyJeans

*blush*

re: #22 redc1c4

Witherspoon?

/white smoke

I think that was a play on words - knife - witherspoon...

Ms. Wtherspoon is NOT a starlet! She is an actress - and a lady.

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

Shit, that's right outside my apartment.

you're kidding, right?

re: #29 redc1c4

Can you go check it out to see what happens.!?/

re: #21 jcm

Does CA believe in the PIT maneuver? They seem to let these drag on forever.

They were talking about the use of the PIT earlier. They don't know whether this is armed, and the last thing you want in that circumstance is to have such a person facing you directly.

They suggested their first course of action would be spike strips.

re: #22 redc1c4

Witherspoon?

/white smoke

No I think she high jacked it using her knife...

*rimshot*

re: #37 Cattt

I think that was a play on words - knife - witherspoon...

Ms. Wtherspoon is NOT a starlet! She is an actress - and a lady.

no? really?

/ / / /

re: #35 ArchangelMichael

That's a classic clip, the actress even looks like her.

re: #41 jcm

No I think she high jacked it using her knife...

*rimshot*

Shit, that scared Maisey off her perch. She was sleeping. It really neat how they can hit the bottom of the cage and climb right back up to her perch. They are really flexible.

re: #39 Pvt Bin Jammin

Can you go check it out to see what happens.!?/

i've algebra class first thing in the AM... i'm going to bed shortly

re: #44 Walter L. Newton

Shit, that scared Maisey off her perch. She was sleeping. It really neat how they can hit the bottom of the cage and climb right back up to her perch. They are really flexible.

What scared Maisey off her perch? What? WHAT?
;)

Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin!

You changed the world forever with your brilliant theory explaining the mechanism of evolution.

And happy random day in your life, Charles Johnson!

You may save "conservatism" in the future by helping to ostracize pseudo-science from the self-defeating Republican Party.

re: #44 Walter L. Newton

Shit, that scared Maisey off her perch. She was sleeping. It really neat how they can hit the bottom of the cage and climb right back up to her perch. They are really flexible.

Sorry, Maisey!

re: #47 zombie

Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin!

You changed the world forever with your brilliant theory explaining the mechanism of evolution.

And happy random day in your life, Charles Johnson!

You may save "conservatism" in the future by helping to ostracize pseudo-science from the self-defeating Republican Party.

Too bad they couldn't be more like self-sealing stem bolts.

Let's hear Ann Coulter say that 3 times fast!

that's it: i'm for bed, and maybe the teacher will show up this time...

helluva a way to start the semester, by blowing off the first class.

re: #40 gmsc

They were talking about the use of the PIT earlier. They don't know whether this is armed, and the last thing you want in that circumstance is to have such a person facing you directly.

They suggested their first course of action would be spike strips.

If the chase isn't insane, just waiting may be better.

re: #47 zombie

Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin!

You changed the world forever with your brilliant theory explaining the mechanism of evolution.

And happy random day in your life, Charles Johnson!

You may save "conservatism" in the future by helping to ostracize pseudo-science from the self-defeating Republican Party.

Here in Vegas, February 10th reminds us of the MGM (now Bally's) fire that killed 8 and injured 198 back on this day in 1981.

Another interesting February 10th event - Adolf Hitler gave his first speech after becoming "Reichskanzler" on this date in 1933.

I'm out of here too.

Night all.

re: #54 jcm

I'm out of here too.

Night all.

Good night, jcm!

re: #45 redc1c4

i've algebra class first thing in the AM... i'm going to bed shortly

Bless your heart, Red. I was such an Algebra dummy, you would not even believe it. I kind of caught on to Geometry. If I ever need a tutor, I'll look you up.

Nite. All the best tomorrow.

re: #53 gmsc

Here in Vegas, February 10th reminds us of the MGM (now Bally's) fire that killed 8 and injured 198 back on this day in 1981.

Another interesting February 10th event - Adolf Hitler gave his first speech after becoming "Reichskanzler" on this date in 1933.

Luckily, Darwin (and Lincoln) was born on February 9 (both in 1809).

re: #53 gmsc

Here in Vegas, February 10th reminds us of the MGM (now Bally's) Las Vegas Hilton fire that killed 8 and injured 198 back on this day in 1981.

Another interesting February 10th event - Adolf Hitler gave his first speech after becoming "Reichskanzler" on this date in 1933.

re: #51 redc1c4

re: #54 jcm

Sleep well the both of you. Best of luck in class tomorrow red.

re: #42 redc1c4

no? really?

/ / / /

Yes, said Cattt, as she sipped tea with her pinkie claw in the air.

re: #56 Pvt Bin Jammin

Bless your heart, Red. I was such an Algebra dummy, you would not even believe it.

All you need to know is x = x . Everything else is just is rephrasing of that one basic equation.

re: #57 zombie

Wasn't Lincoln born on February 12th?

have a good night lizards

Does anybody know when we can expect to hear something about the Israeli election?

re: #26 gmsc

Google Map of the area where the car is parked

According to Google Maps, traffic at this intersection is "slow" right now.

Yeah, I bet.

re: #62 ArchangelMichael

Wasn't Lincoln born on February 12th?

D'oh! I was fixated on the "1809" part of the date, and got temporarily bamboozled. They were both born on Feb. 12, 1809, OF COURSE!

Well, due to my humiliating blunder, at least I was the first to wish them both a happy birthday! Beat everyone by three days!

/whew. Saved my cookies that time.

re: #61 zombie

I was the weirod student. I could get the answer but had trouble showing the work. The last day of school this witchy teacher we had gave her college final to us for "fun" (not to me). She announced that one of the students came close and it was me (the class dumbell). She called me to the board and I had trouble repeating what I just did. LOL Geometry just made more sense to this dummy.

I found the so cal chase again. The Bentley is still at a standstill.

I just got out of jail, so I lost track of what day it was. The concept of "time" becomes blurry in solitary confinement.

re: #68 zombie

I just got out of jail, so I lost track of what day it was. The concept of "time" becomes blurry in solitary confinement.

Just got out of jail, Gracie?

re: #68 zombie

Did they nab you for eating brains?

Hmmm . . . the sound just dropped out on the car chase.

re: #68 zombie

I just got out of jail, so I lost track of what day it was. The concept of "time" becomes blurry in solitary confinement.

OMG are you serious. Were you hanging out in Berkeley with the weirods?

re: #71 gmsc

Hmmm . . . the sound just dropped out on the car chase.

Reloading brought the sound back.

re: #67 Pvt Bin Jammin

I was the weirod student. I could get the answer but had trouble showing the work. The last day of school this witchy teacher we had gave her college final to us for "fun" (not to me). She announced that one of the students came close and it was me (the class dumbell). She called me to the board and I had trouble repeating what I just did.

That was exactly the way I was in language class. I could translate whole paragraphs of very difficult text at a glance, just sight-reading -- but when called upon to define any individual word, or to explain the grammar, i didn't have the slightest clue. I just had the odd ability to "grok" the overall sense without knowing any of the specifics -- very similar to your "skill" at algebra.

re: #68 zombie

"I ran outta gas. I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from outta town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake, a terrible flood, locusts."

LMAO @ this car chase.

This guy HAS to be Armenian or Persian.

re: #76 TheMatrix31

LMAO @ this car chase.

This guy HAS to be Armenian or Persian.

BTW, I'm Armenian.

CHP being relieved - Metro moving in on the car.

re: #76 TheMatrix31

LMAO @ this car chase.

This guy HAS to be Armenian or Persian.

This is boring.

/trow the flash bangs and get on with it

re: #71 gmsc

The car chase is going to go on all night. They are bringing the psychologists fore sure. I am changing my one dollar bet to 5:45 AM for the cuffs. Got to clean it up in time for rush hour.

The news team has shut down, and now we're listening only to the helicopter crew.

re: #68 zombie

I just got out of jail, so I lost track of what day it was. The concept of "time" becomes blurry in solitary confinement.

There was no sarc tag? Really?

re: #69 gmsc

re: #70 Sharmuta

re: #72 Pvt Bin Jammin

OMG are you serious. Were you hanging out in Berkeley with the weirods?

Nah. I was just fishing around for a viable justification for my forgetting what day it was. I have been totally out of the loop for five days (check my comment history -- nada, didn't even have internet access). Where I was felt like jail, at least.

re: #74 zombie

We were probably smart and didn't realize it.

re: #79 Killian Bundy

This is boring.

/trow the flash bangs and get on with it

You'd think a car chase in Univeral City, taking place right outside Universal Studios, would have better production values.
;)

Heh...was I right or what?

DJ Khaled.

re: #76 TheMatrix31

LMAO @ this car chase.

This guy HAS to be Armenian or Persian.

As the L.A.lizards can tell you, there is now an Armenian TV station in Los Angeles. And yes, it looks Armenian, too. Lotta bell pants and five-o'clock shadows.

re: #83 zombie

Gotcha. I was concerned for a bit. More of a selfish, "Great, now we don't get the 'zombie' insights.' as opposed to, 'Boy I hope Zombie is O.K.'...
/

re: #87 zombie

As the L.A.lizards can tell you, there is now an Armenian TV station in Los Angeles. And yes, it looks Armenian, too. Lotta bell pants and five-o'clock shadows.

Heh, Zombie. My parents watch some ridiculous Armenian soap opera every night. It's not even in our own dialect of Armenian, so it drives me freakin' crazy.

Judging by that last gulp, the helicopter pilot is either getting sleepy or his muscles are tightening up.

re: #83 zombie

I can't take it when I can't get online. Might as well be in jail.

Glad you are back. I had some huge computer problems where my dsl would drop off, lasted two weeks. It stopped as quickly as it started but drove me nuts. I am thinking, now, that it was my ATT.

Nite, Zombie, and the lizards. I have a long day tomorrow.

re: #91 Pvt Bin Jammin

I can't take it when I can't get online. Might as well be in jail.

Glad you are back. I had some huge computer problems where my dsl would drop off, lasted two weeks. It stopped as quickly as it started but drove me nuts. I am thinking, now, that it was my ATT.

Nite, Zombie, and the lizards. I have a long day tomorrow.

Night.

And also, later all.

re: #90 gmsc

Judging by that last gulp, the helicopter pilot is either getting sleepy or his muscles are tightening up.

It's sleepy.

re: #89 TheMatrix31

Heh, Zombie. My parents watch some ridiculous Armenian soap opera every night. It's not even in our own dialect of Armenian, so it drives me freakin' crazy.

Do they live in L.A.? Or are they watching it broadcast from actual Armenia?

re: #83 zombie

Been there, so I can relate. Once I was roughing it in the sticks for a few days, came home, went to bed, woke up in the morning and Florida was being leveled by Hurricane Andrew. I thought, "Damn! Where the hell did that come from? Where have I been?" when I realized, I was out of the loop for days on end. Harder to get back in the loop than it is to fall out of it.

A police officer came upon a terrible wreck where the driver and passenger had been killed.
As he looked upon the wreckage a little monkey came out of the brush and hopped around the crashed car. The officer looked down at the monkey and said "I wish you could talk."
The monkey looked up at the officer and shook his head up and down.
"You can understand what I'm saying?" asked the officer.
Again, the monkey shook his head up and down.
"Well, did you see this?"
"Yes," motioned the monkey.
"What happened?"
The monkey pretended to have a can in his hand and turned it up by his mouth.
"They were drinking?" asked the officer.
"Yes."
"What else?"
The monkey pinched his fingers together and held them to his mouth.
"They were smoking marijuana?"
"Yes."
"Now wait, you're saying your owners were drinking and smoking before they wrecked."
"Yes."
"What were you doing during all this?"
"Driving" motioned the monkey.

re: #92 Oh no...Sand People!

Nite.

I love all of you lizards.

re: #97 Pvt Bin Jammin

Nite.

I love all of you lizards.

'Nite, PBJ!

re: #95 Sharmuta

Unfortunately,I just learned that Obama is still president. Damn. I was hoping it was all just a bad dream.

re: #94 zombie

Do they live in L.A.? Or are they watching it broadcast from actual Armenia?

We all live in LA, and aren't Armenians from Armenia. Chances are, if you hear something bad about Armenians, it's probably the Armenians from Armenia.

As for the broadcasted soap opera, I'm pretty sure it's filmed over there but I have no idea. I can't stay in the room long enough to ask any questions.

A few weeks back at the local library I ran across an interesting book that tied together history, microbiology, ecology, jurisprudence, theology and epidemiology, entitled Justinian's Flea - The First Great Plague and The End of the Roman Empire. A couple of paragraphs on pages 203/4, dealing with the science of understanding about the bacterium Y. pestis that causes bubonic plague, stood out for me since they dealt directly with something constantly being mentioned here at lgf:

Both advocates of Darwinian selection and their opponents are prone to cite the most benign adaptations as support for their respective positions. Favorite examples of the creationist side -- those why style themselves proponents of intelligent design or ID -- are must attracted to such complex structures as the human eye or the falcon's wing, adaptations whose intermediate forms seem to confer no real evolutionary advantage, and therefore have been created ex nihilo. The bacterial equivalent, among ID proponents, is the remarkable organic motor that the tiny organisms use as a propulsive device, the flagellum.

One of the leading lights of ID, Michael Behe, regularly cites the flagellum, a collection of more than forty separate parts including a rotor, bearings, and a spiral-shaped "propeller" that hooks onto one of the outer rings. The engine for the propeller is, like everything invented by bacteria, a triumph of physical chemistry: When a positively charged proton moves across the bacterial membrane, the charge causes the ring to turn, which in turn spins the propeller at speeds of up to 15,000 rpm. Because -- in the view of ID, anyway -- the flagellum's components are only useful as a propulsion device once all the pieces are present, it is a challenge to natural selection; a propeller without an engine, or a bearing to turn, is just so much protein. The "irreducible complexity" of the flagellum, goes this theory, is unmistakable evidence of a designing intelligence.

The weakness -- one is tempted to write "irreducible weakness" -- of intelligent design is the assumption that the component parts of the flagellum (or the eye, or wing) have always had only a single purpose, a purpose that can only be fulfilled with a complement of other parts. One can only wonder what ID makes of the Type III secretion system, a sort of multiple launch artillery system found on the outside of the Y. pestis cell membrane, since the same proton pump that drives the flagella in motile bacteria also serves as the delivery system that the bacterium uses to batter down the walls that protect their victims...and both pumps share a common ancestor.

That bacteria in general, and Y. pestis in particular, have developed such a sophisticated siege engine, using the same parts that can be used to build an outboard motor, is actually testimony to the power of natural selection rather than design.

re: #8 MrPaulRevere

Very noble sentiment. However the notion that Helen Thomas and I have a common ancestor is troubling indeed.

No relation. Helen Thomas' evolved directly from Dictyostelium discoideum.

My apologies if this came up before, but how insecure does 0bama have to be to stack the deck even more in his favor by issuing White House press credentials to Ed Schultz and a 'reporter' from the Huffington Post?

re: #98 gmsc

Take care, Nevada. ;)

re: #99 zombie

Unfortunately,I just learned that Obama is still president. Damn. I was hoping it was all just a bad dream.

This is worse than a bad dream, because eventually you do wake up.

This is more like a prolonged and freaky acid trip.

There's some crosstalk on the helicopter's radio frequency.

Probably one of those independent guys with a camera in his car that listens to all the radio and news reports to get footage.

What is with the flashlight at the helicopter?

re: #100 TheMatrix31

As for the broadcasted soap opera, I'm pretty sure it's filmed over there but I have no idea. I can't stay in the room long enough to ask any questions.

Yeah, I was wondering where that station got all its programming. I was curious if there was a full-fledged Armenian-language TV studio on Hollywood Blvd., with a whole sub-culture of Armenian actors amidst the "regular" Hollywood crowd -- or were the shows all imported?

One of life's great mysteries.

Hey, everyone is picking on the Huffington Post but you can learn really neat things over there. Today I learned from "former congressional speechwriter and Obama campaign worker" John Santore that Hamas and Hizbullah are not really just terrorist organizations because they have "terrorist" and "humanitarian" wings.

/yes, sarc

re: #102 HelloDare

No relation. Helen Thomas' evolved directly from Dictyostelium discoideum.

And here I would have guessed it was Yersinia pestis.

re: #107 zombie

Yeah, I was wondering where that station got all its programming. I was curious if there was a full-fledged Armenian-language TV studio on Hollywood Blvd., with a whole sub-culture of Armenian actors amidst the "regular" Hollywood crowd -- or were the shows all imported?

One of life's great mysteries.

They probably all stink anyway. Literally AND figuratively.

re: #103 Fenway_Nation

My apologies if this came up before, but how insecure does 0bama have to be to stack the deck even more in his favor by issuing White House press credentials to Ed Schultz and a 'reporter' from the Huffington Post?

That was Ed Schultz! He's a maniac. Didn't know that was Ed Schultz. I made a joke a few threads back about Obama taking a question from The Weather Underground. This is nuts.

re: #109 FurryOldGuyJeans

And here I would have guessed it was Yersinia pestis.

I know what that is without looking it up. Bubonic Plague, right?

re: #108 tokyobk

Hey, everyone is picking on the Huffington Post but you can learn really neat things over there. Today I learned from "former congressional speechwriter and Obama campaign worker" John Santore that Hamas and Hizbullah are not really just terrorist organizations because they have "terrorist" and "humanitarian" wings.

/yes, sarc

Kinda like the 'military' and 'humanitarian' wings of Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel?

re: #112 HelloDare

I know what that is without looking it up. Bubonic Plague, right?

If you know what it is without looking, why are you asking what it is? ;)

Was that not a first when he called on The Huffington Post reporter? I cant recall any President calling on on a 'reporter' from a web only venue.

re: #103 Fenway_Nation

My apologies if this came up before, but how insecure does 0bama have to be to stack the deck even more in his favor by issuing White House press credentials to Ed Schultz and a 'reporter' from the Huffington Post?

Obama is a thin skinned pussy. Nothing less, nothing more. If he had spent some time in the military like Bush and McCain and less time hanging out with guys bombing the Pentagon maybe he would have some intestinal fortitude. He is by far the most thin-skinned pansy to serve during my lifetime. Its no wonder Russia, Iran, and North Korea are starting to walk all over him.

re: #113 Fenway_Nation

I wish people who hated Israel would just admit it as their starting premise instead of just making things up.

At HuffPo, nobody assumes that America supports Israel out of ideological kinship. Its naturally the Zionist Lobby controlling American politicians. A veritable madhouse.

re: #115 MrPaulRevere

Was that not a first when he called on The Huffington Post reporter? I cant recall any President calling on on a 'reporter' from a web only venue.

They were all prearranged questions and reporters. Heard that on the radio from an advisor.

re: #114 FurryOldGuyJeans

Wasn't sure. I always thought it would make a great name for a character in a novel. I have it written down somewhere along with a couple other names. Can't remember them now but I'd probably remember them if I saw them again.

re: #115 MrPaulRevere

The best joke of the night about that was (paraphrasing)

"Mandy Manners LGF

President 0bama- do you think republicans who voted for you instead of John McCain are fucking happy now?"

re: #118 logboy

Did Jennifer Loven have her knee pads on?

re: #101 FurryOldGuyJeans

Another good example of that is the lung. Early ID proponents claimed the mammalian lung was irreduceably complex, and the oxygenation of blood couldn't have co-evolved with a lung system bit by bit, since the circulatory suystem and the lung system would have to emerge fully formed to be of any use to each other

But then, of course, it was discovered that the early lung was originally a "flotation bladder" organ used by primitive proto-fish to stay afloat and to go up and down in the water -- it had nothing to do with oxygenizing the blood, at first. But little by little, this "side effect" become predominant and allowed the creatures to get oxygen from the air, as opposed from the water -- voila, we get land creatures.

Go to [Link: www.abc7.com...] for a live stream of this standoff.

At one point, this guy had a gun to his head.

re: #120 Sharmuta

Here's the original

Zombie,

I posted this a couple threads back. What do you think?

Thought experiment:

There's a 180-foot tall sculpture of Charles Darwin in a sandstone cliff.
Would creationists blow it up?

(I was prompted to amended it to be American non-Muslim creationists.)

re: #122 zombie

Preaching to the choir, Zombie. I just found it interesting in a book about history and epidemiology that there was a quick side-route into ID for a few paragraphs.

re: #117 tokyobk

I wish people who hated Israel would just admit it as their starting premise instead of just making things up.

At HuffPo, nobody assumes that America supports Israel out of ideological kinship. Its naturally the Zionist Lobby controlling American politicians. A veritable madhouse.

I thought it was those eeevil Christian zealots who had a hard-on for the end of the world by rounding up the world's jews into one geographically compact, easy-to-nuke nation-state.

When I view all beings not as special creations, but as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the Cambrian system was deposited, they seem to me to become ennobled.

— Charles Darwin

"A lineal descent ennobles the generalest being."
- Jebediah Darwin

re: #121 MrPaulRevere

Did Jennifer Loven have her knee pads on?

No but Donald Trump did. I swear every time the guy is asked a question about anything political he does two things:

1. Takes a swipe at Bush for being "a terrible President with no brains".
2. Praises Obama to no end for being the savior to our poor country.

I can't tell who wants to give Obama a blow job worse. Donald Trump or Chris Matthews?

re: #129 logboy

I think the two will have a slappy fight to see who gets to service O first.

re: #118 logboy

I'm not surprised to hear that. What's the fucking problem, juggy? Afraid Chrissy Matthews and Keith 0lberdouche might break with tradition and ask a difficult question of you?

re: #129 logboy

No but Donald Trump did. I swear every time the guy is asked a question about anything political he does two things:

1. Takes a swipe at Bush for being "a terrible President with no brains".
2. Praises Obama to no end for being the savior to our poor country.

I can't tell who wants to give Obama a blow job worse. Donald Trump or Chris Matthews?

Tough to decide. I suggest a Blow Off.

re: #125 HelloDare

Sorry, I'm really bad at predicting people's behavior.

re: #131 Fenway_Nation

As bad as he is at giving prepared answers to prearranged questions, the man is totally FUBARed when going off teleprompter.

re: #123 TheMatrix31

Go to [Link: www.abc7.com...] for a live stream of this standoff.

At one point, this guy had a gun to his head.

Thanks for the new link - the helicopter-only one was getting dull.

By the way, anyone here remember the bogus Talon News 'scandal' a few years ago?

Wonder how come that was such a big deal in 2005, but HuffPo being represented in the White House press pool will probably get hardly a mention outside of the blogosphere?

You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations — these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit — immortal horrors or everlasting splendours.
— C.S. Lewis

The police are saying this is not a person of significance.

Of course, that doesn't eliminate Congressional democrats.
;)

Is this guy in the car a celebrity?

Well, he is NOW!

re: #142 ploome hineni

why are my posts being chopped?

Are you violating the hamsters again? ;)

re: #140 gmsc

The police are saying this is not a person of significance.

Of course, that doesn't eliminate Congressional democrats.
;)

Bentley with Illinois plates, wondering if Blago is accounted for?

re: #146 ploome hineni

the relationship was consensual

/shaddup

Make me!

/ I wield a mean cane and wicked walker.

Is the guy in the car Tom Daschel's driver?

I'm going to feel really bad if Reese Witherspoon winds up being involved in this somehow.

Good morning Lizards.
I'm off to get my Krembo.

re: #149 gmsc

I'm going to feel really bad if Reese Witherspoon winds up being involved in this somehow.

And yet what about the knife?

LMAO Illinois license plates...

ITS BLAGO!

re: #152 FurryOldGuyJeans

And yet what about the knife?

No- with her spoon!

re: #154 TheMatrix31

LMAO Illinois license plates...

ITS BLAGO!

If only...:)

re: #151 ploome hineni

/who looks for a date on Craigslist?

Two lizards that I know of. Walter, who you should know, and a new lizardette.

re: #155 Sharmuta

No- with her spoon!

How did you get that scoop?

re: #153 ploome hineni

lol

let me plugin the pacemaker

/then you better watchit

Oh, so THAT is the way it is, eh? Time for my arthritis meds, then! ;)

re: #156 Dustyvet

If only...:)

if only if only
the wood pecker sighs
the bark on the trees was as soft as
the sky . . .

re: #158 gmsc

How did you get that scoop?

Looked underneath the potato?

"They see me parkin',
They hatin',
Because they all think I'm parkin' dirty . . ."

re: #162 ploome hineni

well...gak

/shirley they jest?

They both sounded very serious.

re: #158 gmsc

How did you get that scoop?

From some runaway dish.

re: #166 ploome hineni

how do you spell

FUCKING INSANE?

Nah, that's Furry...

re: #8 MrPaulRevere

Helen Thomas is so old she refers to the Battle of Hastings as the 'big one'.

re: #168 ploome hineni

although, I why should I be surprised?

a blog is like a city bus...anything can get on

/now I need my anxiety medication

You're right, I got on.

re: #169 MrPaulRevere

Helen Thomas is so old- she had Jesus sign her high school yearbook.

re: #172 ploome hineni

she doesn;t remember the Battle of Hastings

War of the Roses?

The Bentley is surrounded by armored cars!

Extraction. [Link: media.myfoxla.com...]

re: #173 Fenway_Nation

Helen Thomas is so old- she had Jesus sign her high school yearbook.

Nah, she was best buds with Khufu.

Lawyers for Fairey acknowledged that the artist used the photograph. But they said he transformed the literal depiction into a "stunning, abstracted and idealized visual image that creates powerful new meaning and conveys a radically different message."

I stumbled upon this one. Must remember to use it in a sentence sometime.
Obama's Image

re: #179 ploome hineni

the second Crusade?

At least she wasn't Helen of Troy.

Here we go. ..

re: #179 ploome hineni

the second Crusade?

She crossed the Alps with Hannibal...

She's so old, she remembers the day the rocks had finally cooled.

This is like the OJ chase a little.

Initially, there was some confusion. The police were ordered to look for a slow-moving Bronco, so they were all looking for John Elway.

Helen Thomas is so old, she's receding at nearly the speed of light.

re: #186 Sharmuta

She's so old, she remembers the day the rocks had finally cooled.

She has the original rock.

re: #184 Dustyvet

She crossed the Alps with Hannibal...

How else was Hannibal going to get them elephants over the Alps. They were trying to hide from her.

re: #186 Sharmuta

Her ears are still ringing from the Big Bang...

/That's how old Helen Thomas is

Uh oh . . .

re: #192 Fenway_Nation

Tsk tsk. There was no sound from the big bang. But a funny quip nonetheless.

re: #196 Sharmuta

Tsk tsk. There was no sound from the big bang. But a funny quip nonetheless.

Maybe not in this dimension.

re: #192 Fenway_Nation

Her ears are still ringing from the Big Bang...

/That's how old Helen Thomas is

The part they don't tell you about in the Bible: Before god created the universe, Helen Thomas asked some pointed questions about the project.

Helen Thomas IS the missing link.

Apparently they stormed the vehicle. Stream came back for like, two minutes.

If the Cult of Obama couldn't get any worse along comes the NYTimes with many women dream of having sex with Obama.

re: #190 FurryOldGuyJeans

How else was Hannibal going to get them elephants over the Alps. They were trying to hide from her.

Atilla's wife came to the front of the tent as he left for the wars, waved and blew him a kiss, and said bye Hun...:)

re: #198 gmsc

The part they don't tell you about in the Bible: Before god created the universe, Helen Thomas asked some pointed questions about the project.

"Are you going to give Israel the bomb"?

re: #201 FurryOldGuyJeans

If the Cult of Obama couldn't get any worse along comes the NYTimes with many women dream of having sex with Obama.

Some women dream of having sex with convicts...or so I've heard.

re: #202 Dustyvet

Atilla's wife came to the front of the tent as he left for the wars, waved and blew him a kiss, and said bye Hun...:)

Considering that Attila died while celebrating his wedding to his latest wife, if she had been Helen wouldn't you have offed yourself?

re: #201 FurryOldGuyJeans

GAH! Why did I read that?!

re: #199 Sharmuta

Helen Thomas IS the missing link.

Yeah, but for which speicies? I definitely don't want her in my gene pool. It's shallow enough as it is.

re: #201 FurryOldGuyJeans

If the Cult of Obama couldn't get any worse along comes the NYTimes with many women dream of having sex with Obama.

The author wrote "Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety" Hey, keep your madness to yourself.

re: #206 FurryOldGuyJeans

Considering that Attila died while celebrating his wedding to his latest wife, if she had been Helen wouldn't you have offed yourself?

Suicide by elephant?

re: #207 Sharmuta

GAH! Why did I read that?!

Fucking insane and depressing, ain't it?

re: #208 BlueCanuck

Yeah, but for which speicies? I definitely don't want her in my gene pool. It's shallow enough as it is.

Three Toed Sloth?

re: #211 FurryOldGuyJeans

Fucking insane and depressing, ain't it?

I was going to go with insane and creepy.

re: #211 FurryOldGuyJeans

Maybe they think they can change him.

re: #210 Dustyvet

Suicide by elephant?

One accounts says chronic nosebleed while another says stabbed by one of his wives.

The Seattle Police received a 911 call about a man seen trying to siphon gas from a parked motorhome. Police arrived at the scene to find an ill man curled up next to a motorhome near a pool of spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline but apparently had put his siphon hose into
the motor home’s blackwater (sewage) tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges, as justice had been duly served.

Everyone is milling about, and the ambulance has brought the stretcher out.

re: #219 gmsc

Everyone is milling about, and the ambulance has brought the stretcher out.

This is from: http://media.myfoxla.com/live/2/

re: #220 ploome hineni

stabbed in the nose by one of his wives

/simple

Why'd she pick his nose.

re: #222 gmsc

Why'd she pick his nose.

Easier than picking his ass.

For all my surviving friends out there.
It’s funny how the worm turns.
Here’s why…………
According to today’s regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, or even maybe the early 70’s probably shouldn’t have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, […]

OK, the ambulance drivers aren't working on the guy, and they don't seem to be in any rush.

re: #222 gmsc

Why'd she pick his nose.

Remember, you can pick your friends and pick your nose. But you can't pick your friends nose.

/ducks and covers.

re: #225 Dustyvet

For all my surviving friends out there.
It’s funny how the worm turns.
Here’s why…………
According to today’s regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, or even maybe the early 70’s probably shouldn’t have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, […]

I was a preemie that was adopted. I really shouldn't have survived since I was an unwanted clump of cells.

re: #227 BlueCanuck

Remember, you can pick your friends and pick your nose. But you can't pick your friends nose.

/ducks and covers.

But did you pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?

Morning night Lizards.

A father asked his 10 year old son if he knew about the birds and the bees.

"I don't want to know!" the child said, bursting into tears. "Promise me
you won't tell me."

Confused, the father asked what was wrong.

“Oh dad," the boy sobbed, "when I was 6 I got the' There's no Santa'
speech. At 7, I got the 'There's no Easter Bunny' speech. When I was 8, you
hit me with the 'There's no tooth fairy' speech. If you tell me that
grown-ups don't really shag each other, I'll have nothing left to live for."

re: #230 FurryOldGuyJeans

But did you pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?

Nah, they weren't the right size or fit.

He's been loaded into the ambulance, and the ambulance is still sitting there.

I'd say there double checking that he's died, but are pretty sure nonetheless.

re: #234 gmsc

He's been loaded into the ambulance, and the ambulance is still sitting there.

I'd say there double checking that he's died, but are pretty sure nonetheless.

Franco, eh?

re: #230 FurryOldGuyJeans

Popeye Doyle?

Fascinating Biology Facts ...

The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is
the male sperm.

It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.

One human hair can support 3 kg (6 lb).

The average man's penis is three times the length of his thumb.

Human thighbones are 20x stronger than concrete.

A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.

There are about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.

Women blink twice as o ften as men.

The average person's skin weighs twice as much as the brain.

Your body uses 300 muscles to balance itself when you are standing still.

If saliva cannot dissolve something, you cannot taste it.

Men who read this are probably still busy checking their thumb.

Looks like they're clearing the car, seeing what they can find.

Wow! Look at all the vehicles beyond the tape!

...and even that parking lot is full this time of the night!

(Oh, wait - that's a car lot.)
;)

Yesterday in Washington, the secret service arrested a man who climbed over
the White House fence.

The secret service told the man "Get back here Mr. President, you still have 1438 days left"

re: #236 BatGuano

Popeye Doyle?

Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, yup.

re: #242 Erik The Red

Yesterday in Washington, the secret service arrested a man who climbed over
the White House fence.

The secret service told the man "Get back here Mr. President, you still have 1438 days left"

0bamaclock

re: #240 gmsc

Wow! Look at all the vehicles beyond the tape!

That's ridiculous.

That's all she wrote on the Bentley chase!

re: #240 gmsc

Wow! Look at all the vehicles beyond the tape!

re: #245 TheMatrix31

That's ridiculous.

That's L.A.

re: #248 FurryOldGuyJeans

That's L.A.

I hate this place. With an extreme, immense passion.

Doesn't this look like the close-up shots they had in the car?

re: #238 Erik The Red

Men who read this are probably still busy checking their thumb.

lol

re: #250 gmsc

Doesn't this look like the close-up shots they had in the car?

For sure it's gotta be him.

The driver is/was DJ Khaled, a Miami-based rapper.

DJ Khaled

I was testing the children in my Newfoundland Sunday school class to see if
they understood the concept of getting to Heaven.

I asked them, 'If I sold my house and my car, had a big garage sale and
gave all my money to the church, would that get me into Heaven?'

'NO!' the children answered.

'If I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything
neat and tidy, would that get me into Heaven?'

Again, the answer was, 'NO!' By now I was starting to smile.

Hey, this was fun! 'Well, then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to
all the children, and loved my husband, would that get me into Heaven?' I
asked them again.

Again, they all answered, 'NO!' I was just bursting with pride for them.

Well, I continued, 'then how can I get into Heaven?'

A six-year-old Newfie boy shouted out, 'YOU GOTTA BE F*CKIN' DEAD!'

Living Will Form

I, ___, being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means.

Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead politicians who couldn’t pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it.

Nor in the hands of lawyers/doctors who are interested simply in running up the bills. If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to ask for at least one of the following:

Bloody Mary
Margarita
Scotch and soda
Martini
Vodka and Tonic
steak
lobster or crab legs
the remote control
bowl of ice cream
the sports page
chocolate
or sex

…it should be presumed that I won’t ever get better.

When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my appointed person and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes and call it a day.

At this point, it is time to call a New Orleans Jazz Funeral Band to come do their thing at my funeral, and ask all of my friends to raise their glasses to toast the good times we have had.

Signature: ___
Date: ___

I also hear that in Ireland they have a Nursing Home with a Pub. The patients are happier and they have a lot more visitors.

A chicken farmer went to a local bar... sat next to a woman and ordered a
glass of champagne.

The woman perks up and says, "How about that? I just ordered a glass of
champagne, too!"

"What a coincidence," the farmer says, "This is a special day for me, I'm
celebrating."

"This is a special day for me too, I'm also celebrating!" says the woman.

"What a coincidence," says the man. As they clinked glasses the farmer
asked, "What are you celebrating?"

"My husband and I have been trying to have a child, and today my
gynaecologist told me that I'm pregnant!"

"What a coincidence," says the man .. "I'm a chicken farmer, and for years
all my hens were infertile, but today they're finally laying fertilized
eggs."

"That's great!" says the woman, "How did your chickens become fertile?"

"I used a different cock," he replied.

The woman smiled and said, "What a coincidence..."

Rapper DJ Khaled, dead of suicide after long police pursuit.

re: #256 Dustyvet

Ah, the voice of reason.

re: #254 gmsc

DJ Khaled

Wiki lists him as being Palestinian. Maybe Teleprompter Jesus wasn't throwing the Israelis to the wolves fast enough for his taste...

An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to get a stay
of execution for a client who was due to be hanged for murder at midnight.
His last minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed and he was
feeling worn out and depressed.

As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife started on him
about, 'What time of night to be getting home is this? Where have you
been?' 'Dinner is cold and I'm not reheating it'. And on and on and on.

Too shattered to play his usual role in this familiar ritual, he went and
poured himself a shot of whiskey and headed off for a long hot soak in the
bathtub, pursued by the predictable sarcastic remarks as he dragged himself
up the stairs.

While he was in the bath, the phone rang.

The wife answered and was told that her husband's client, James Wright, had
been granted a stay of execution after all. Wright would not be hanged
tonight.

Finally realizing what a terrible day he must have had, she decided to go
upstairs and give him the good news.

As she opened the bathroom door, she was greeted by the sight of her
husband, bent over naked, drying his legs and feet.

'They're not hanging Wright tonight,' she said. To which he whirled around
and screamed, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WOMAN, DON'T YOU EVER STOP?

So many changes were made to DJ Khaled's Wikipedia page, they had to lock it!

Adult Resignation

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.

I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year old again.

I want to go to McDonald’s and think that it’s a four star restaurant.

I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make ripples with rocks.

I want to think M&M’s are better than money because you can eat them.

I want to lie under a big tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer’s day.

I want to return to a time when life was simple.

When all you knew was colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes,
but that didn’t bother you, because you didn’t know what you didn’t know and you didn’t care.

All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.

I want to think the world is fair.

That everyone is honest and good.

I want to believe that anything is possible.

I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.

I want to live simple again.

I don’t want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and loss of loved ones.

I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, justice, a kind word, truth, peace, dreams, love, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.

So….here’s my checkbook, my wallet, my car-keys, my credit cards and my 401K statements.

I am officially resigning from adulthood.

And if you want to discuss this further, you’ll have to catch me first, cause,

“Tag! You’re It.”

…Author Unknown

An elderly couple, still very loving after all these years, is shocked when
the woman's doctor says she has a heart condition that could kill her at
any time. She is to avoid stress, eat right, and never, ever have sex
again-the strain would be too much.

The couple reluctantly try to live by these rules. Both get really frisky
over time, however, and the husband decides he'd better sleep downstairs on
the couch to guard against temptation.

This works for a few weeks, until late one night when they meet each other
on the stairs-she's coming downstairs, he's heading up.

"Honey, I have a confession to make," the woman says, her voice quavering.
"I was about to commit suicide."

"I'm glad to hear it, sweetie," the man says, "Because I was just coming
upstairs to kill you!"

Why Parents (Grandparents) Drink

The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper.

“Hello.” “Is your daddy home?” he asked.

“Yes,” whispered the small voice.

May I talk with him?”

The child whispered, “No.”

Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, “Is your Mommy there?”

“Yes.”

“May I talk with her?”

Again the small voice whispered, “No.”

Thank you Dianne Fischer!

Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, “Is anybody else there?”

“Yes,” whispered the child, “a policeman.”

Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee’s home, the boss asked, “May I speak with the policeman?”

“No, he’s busy”, whispered the child.

“Busy doing what?

“Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman,” came the whispered answer.

Growing more worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through the ear piece, the boss asked, “What is that noise?”

“A helicopter” answered the whispering voice.

“What is going on there?” demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive.

Again, whispering, the child answered, “The search team just landed the helicopter.”

Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss asked,

“What are they searching for?”

Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle: “ME.”

Ironically, one of DJ Khaled's best known videos, "We takin' over", features him in a car chase:

re: #266 gmsc

I'm not sure if that's irony of self-fulfilling prophecy.

Heh..."we takin' over"...I guess the message doesn't change much, eh?