Shire Network News Relaunches

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Shire Network News is back with an attractive new website and new podcasts.

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1 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:45:43am

Will they have to break for second breakfast and elevensies?

2 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:48:45am

Nice looking!
Wow!

3 Erik The Red  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:51:28am

re: #1 EmmmieG

Will they have to break for second breakfast and elevensies?

Aragorn: Gentlemen, we do not stop till nightfall.
Pippin: What about breakfast?
Aragorn: You've already had it.
Pippin: We've had one, yes. What about second breakfast?
Merry: I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip.
Pippin: What about elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he?
Merry: I wouldn't count on it.

4 stanlef  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:52:26am

Glad to see 'em back!

5 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:52:56am
6 Randall Gross  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:53:35am

Speaking of which you really need to update their RSS headline feed in the sidebar...

7 lawhawk  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:55:28am

Well, they'll have their hands busy reporting on Mordor and Isengard.

8 Nevergiveup  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:56:06am

re: #7 lawhawk

Well, they'll have their hands busy reporting on Mordor and Isengard.

Is that the White House and the State Department?

9 Occasional Reader  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:56:09am

I can't wait to read the Op/Ent page.

Of course, most pieces will have some variation on the theme "musn't be hasty".

10 Kosh's Shadow  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:56:36am

This just in:
Sauron has reappeared.
Bands of marauding Orcs have left Mordor and are attacking nearby towns.
More at 11.

11 Honorary Yooper  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:57:35am

re: #10 Kosh's Shadow

This just in:
Sauron has reappeared.
Bands of marauding Orcs have left Mordor and are attacking nearby towns.
More at 11.

Isn't that just Obama and the IRS?
/heavy sarc

12 iLikeCandy  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:57:49am

Oh for heaven's sakes. They don't know the difference between it's and its.

13 Occasional Reader  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:58:54am

re: #12 iLikeCandy

Oh for heaven's sakes. They don't know the difference between it's and its.

[slaps forehead]

14 iLikeCandy  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:58:59am

"Now in it's fourth year . . ."

15 subsailor68  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:59:33am

re: #10 Kosh's Shadow

This just in:
Sauron has reappeared.
Bands of marauding Orcs have left Mordor and are attacking nearby towns.
More at 11.

LOL! Reminded me of the old news joke:

Video editors on strike!

Slides at 11.

16 Ford_Prefect  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 8:59:48am

re: #10 Kosh's Shadow

This just in:
Sauron has reappeared.
Bands of marauding Orcs have left Mordor and are attacking nearby towns.
More at 11.

You have that all wrong. The poor Orcs are just misplaced and frustrated and those evil Elves are killing them ruthlessly.

17 Kosh's Shadow  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:00:45am

re: #16 Ford_Prefect

You have that all wrong. The poor Orcs are just misplaced and frustrated and those evil Elves are killing them ruthlessly.

Yes, those Elves moved in and destroyed their happy lives, forcing the poor orcs to camps, well army camps, in Mordor.

18 wiffersnapper  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:01:48am

yay!

19 albusteve  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:02:30am

re: #12 iLikeCandy

Oh for heaven's sakes. They don't know the difference between it's and its.

me neither...give us the skinny

20 Occasional Reader  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:05:11am

re: #16 Ford_Prefect

You have that all wrong. The poor Orcs are just misplaced and frustrated and those evil Elves are killing them ruthlessly.

Have you seen the conditions in Mordor? Trapped behind the "Black Gate" Apartheid Wall, the Mordorstinians are subject to a slow genocide, crammed together on a tiny strip of land (you can see from one side of it to the other!), with no natural resources (besides lava) and a forbidding natural enviornment; while the Elves, Hobbits and Men enjoy lush, wide-open green spaces. Terribly unfair.

21 Kosh's Shadow  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:07:56am

re: #20 Occasional Reader

Have you seen the conditions in Mordor? Trapped behind the "Black Gate" Apartheid Wall, the Mordorstinians are subject to a slow genocide, crammed together on a tiny strip of land (you can see from one side of it to the other!), with no natural resources (besides lava) and a forbidding natural enviornment; while the Elves, Hobbits and Men enjoy lush, wide-open green spaces. Terribly unfair.

Of course, the MSM (Mordor-Sauron Media) will never tell you that every place the orcs go, they make miserable. Mordor was a green, lush paradise until the orcs came.

22 DaddyG  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:08:12am

I think Charles just sucked the traffic right out of the lunchtime threads.

23 Ford_Prefect  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:13:47am

re: #21 Kosh's Shadow

Of course, the MSM (Mordor-Sauron Media) will never tell you that every place the orcs go, they make miserable. Mordor was a green, lush paradise until the orcs came.

Racist!

24 Occasional Reader  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:14:29am

re: #21 Kosh's Shadow

Of course, the MSM (Mordor-Sauron Media) will never tell you that every place the orcs go, they make miserable. Mordor was a green, lush paradise until the orcs came.

How dare you make fun of Sauron! The man overcame tremendous physical handicaps (he has only one eye... and that's it! And it's on fire, ferpetessake!) to lead his people toward the promise of a contiguous Mordorstinian state, "from the river to the sea". He deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. No, two!

25 Ward Cleaver  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:29:48am

re: #5 taxfreekiller

extra EXTRA
Read All About It.

Hugo Chavez and Putin mean well for the U.S.A. .

AAP
(avanti associated press)

They're hoping to give a boost to the American aerospace industry.

/

26 Ward Cleaver  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:30:27am

When I see the word, "Shire", I think of a dog, or a cow.

27 Kosh's Shadow  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:37:26am

re: #26 Ward Cleaver

When I see the word, "Shire", I think of a dog, or a cow.

Try reading some Tolkien in addition to the James Herriot.

28 [deleted]  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:39:07am
29 callahan23  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 9:59:46am

Shire Network News - I listen to them since more than 1 and a half years and never, ever have I been disappointed.
They are witty, sarcastic if need be and very informative. Very pro Israel, which serves us lizard well and have very good interview partners without aligning themselves with the radical side.
Also their shows are usually between 30 and 45 minutes long, precisely the amount of time I am willing to spend on listening to a podcast.

30 iLikeCandy  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 10:02:41am

They also misspelled "dilemma." Now I'm mad.

31 Pythagoras  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 10:09:10am

WebSense is blocking Shire as "potentially damaging."

32 callahan23  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 10:15:07am

re: #31 Pythagoras

WebSense is blocking Shire as "potentially damaging."

WTF?
According to their logic also LGF, AoSHQ, PJM Political and various other sites and conservative media deserve a blocking?
Who is WebSense anyway? A kids safety blocking program with high dosage of PC, obviously.

33 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 10:15:20am

re: #31 Pythagoras

WebSense is blocking Shire as "potentially damaging."

That's because you accidentally checked "Black Speech of Mordor" as your primary language. Try unchecking the box.

/Let's see how long Pythagoras actually tries to do this...

34 callahan23  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 10:16:16am

re: #33 EmmmieG

That's because you accidentally checked "Black Speech of Mordor" as your primary language. Try unchecking the box.

/Let's see how long Pythagoras actually tries to do this...

And counting.

35 tigger2005  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 10:19:11am

I had no idea those loveable Hobbits were still around. And they've finally embraced modern technology as well! But I do hope they tore down that ugly new mill that Ted Sandyman and Sharkey's men built.

36 Grantman  Mon, Mar 16, 2009 11:40:55am

Can't wait to download the latest and listen to it on my way home. Good looking site, too.

Way to go, guys. And Meryl. ;-)

37 rona58  Tue, Mar 17, 2009 6:24:49am

Get over the Lord of the Rings, Shire Network News is the best podcast out there -- seriously, they have great interviews, good satire. Even worth going through their archives and listening. Thanks for posting this news, Charles.

38 [deleted]  Fri, Mar 20, 2009 9:56:15am

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