Even though this is from 50 years ago, the denizens of Dogpatch describe the government under 0bama perfectly, while trying to assure us that The Country's In The Very Best of Hands:

Good night Lizards, wherever you are.

It’s simply that I’m sure I can
Get on without my fellow man.

— Ogden Nash

Nash sounds like a loner. My kind of guy!

A toast to all my friends!

If we could could climb the highest steeple,
and shoot all those people not wholly good,
as we as noble shooters should.
Why then there would be an only questions thus:
Who'd be left to bury us?

Walt Kelly
(from memory)

Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"—
I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it;
But I can tell you Anyhow
I'll Kill you if you Quote it!

-ON

Bankers Are Just Like Anybody Else, Except Richer
Ogden Nash

I'm actually annoyed. This is all from a thread downstairs. However, I wish to point it out about how we debate science and how we do not. The top is a reply to me.

OK, this thread is probably dead but I've been busy. I'll try to make this simple. The "proof" you cite is a paper based on computer models that include some rather large assumptions about the nature of climatic feedback systems. They conclude that no explanation other than human activity will suffice. This is not a demonstration based on actual physical data. It is an argument based on mathematical models of unknown accuracy which include fundamental assumptions of unknown validity. These are not data, they are the results of computer simulations which may or may not have any resemblance to reality.

At least one other link you provided points to observations of temperature over a fairly short time span. For the sake of argument I'll assume these are reasonably accurate measurements. What they demonstrate is that global temperature has been on an upward trend on a time scale of about two centuries. First, this is next to nothing in terms of geological time so a trend over 100 or 200 years is not a big deal. Second, and more importantly, the fact of the upward trend says nothing about what caused it. The first question is whether a change of this magnitude is within the known limits of variability. The answer to that is clearly yes, so it is not necessary to invoke anything more than what's operated in the past in order to explain the current data set. It is also a classic mistake of forecasting to assume that the future is going to look like the past.

It's all very well to sneer at how those who question AGW are stooges of Exxon Mobil and the Saudis, but that argument supposes that those arguing for AGW are objective and disinterested. These folks are heavily vested in their thesis, because that's what keeps the grant money flowing. They've never had it so good, and they want to keep that gravy train going. It's human nature, it's understandable, but it's a long way from a dispassionate quest for truth.

I have quite a bit of experience with the study of complex systems (biological systems, in my case). One thing I've learned is that when you try to explain a complex system in terms of a single variable, you're almost certain to be wrong. If that were not the case we would have cured cancer long ago.

This is what I responded.

That's all very good because my PhD work and research in physics is complex systems. From your discussion of measuring with a single variable, what you have just demonstrated that you have not read the paper - or for that matter any actual paper in this field. Why don't you look at the model and count the variables that are used in the systems of equations? I am aware that would require actually reading the paper first, but do try it.

You also show that you have not bothered to look at the actual paper by saying that it is not based on actual data. Let me show you the quote from the abstract again Here we use an up-to-date gridded data set of land surface temperatures(9,10) (emphasis mine). What that means is that the paper used the best available realtime data of the polar conditions to feed into and to correlate with the models. The (9 and 10) are the references to the data sets that were used. You would know that if you had read the paper, and you could follow the citations as well.

All you have done is claim that since you are a biologist who does not like AGW, you can automatically assume that a physics paper must be flawed without reading it. Try reading it.

While we are at it, there are hundreds more like it done by other research teams using real data and multivariate modeling. Try reading those. That is what the professionals do. We actually read the literature and work the math. We do not just talk out of our asses.

My tone was so harsh because this person actually is a scientist and knows better.

I am mostly nice to all animals. However chickens try me. And we have a lot of wild chickens here.

thank god daylight savings is finally over for the year where i live.
we are having a referendum on it later in the year. i know what my vote will be!

"Oh no, I know a dirty word."

There's my quote for the night.

re: #7 gmsc

Simply brilliant.

re: #11 schnapp

thank god daylight savings is finally over for the year where i live.
we are having a referendum on it later in the year. i know what my vote will be!

i'd vote for it year round, but something tells me you're one of those folks who wants to spend all their day light hours at w*rk...

re: #12 Sharmuta

"Oh no, I know a dirty word."

There's my quote for the night.

only one?

have you seen a doctor about this amnesia?

Rush - Limelight

Cripes.

re: #10 buzzsawmonkey

You need to see the "Bitingale" adventure from the later "Li'l Abner" strips. The Bitingale is a bird whose bite makes you burn with an incredibly high fever, so you have to live in a refrigerated environment to have a normal life. But the government has devised a serum to counteract the Bitingale, that will cure victims in 24 hours--and, of course, the Yokums volunteer to test it. They have just been bitten by the Bitingale when a clerk runs up breathlessly with the news that there is a clerical error in the report on the serum; it takes 24 years, not 24 hours, to cure.

The Yokums move to Lower Slobbovia, where it is so cold that they can live comfortably--and the heat they radiate makes Lower Slobbovia, for the first time, a temperate area where people can swim and lie on the beach. They are approached by a Lower Slobbovian scientist who says that he knows how to cool them off--an invention that was worse than useless in Lower Slobbovia before the Yokums came. He shoots them up with his serum, and they immediately return to normal--so much so that the people swimming in the formerly temperate Lower Slobbovian beach waters are instantly frozen in the ice.

Al Capp foresaw Al Gore, methinks.

I couldn't find the Bitingale series, but I did find this Lower Slobbovia strip!

I hear that Ogden Nash was quite the rambler...

Babe Bhangra Pounde Ne

Namaste,y'all

re: #14 redc1c4

i'd vote for it year round, but something tells me you're one of those folks who wants to spend all their day light hours at w*rk...

try university, which i attend only 12 hours a week :p
daylight savings just annoys me.

re: #18 Fenway_Nation

Some jokes are so bad they merit an upding, just for inventiveness.

re: #18 Fenway_Nation

I hear that Ogden Nash was quite the rambler...

The one-L lama, he's a priest
The two-L llama, he's a beast
And I would bet a silk pyjama
There isn't any three-L lllama

Sooo...how would that be if Hussein Dolt and the Teleprompter in chief suddenly announced during the G20 conference 'April Fools!' and McCain and Palin were simultaneously being sworn in in Washington D.C.?

re: #22 buzzsawmonkey

Good night, what remains of it.

Good night, buzz!

(There's a set-up line for Redc1c4 if I ever heard one!)

How about some Sisters of Mercy?

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.

--James Thurber

re: #26 gmsc

Good night, buzz!

Why yes- I do have a pretty good one going right now, thanks for asking.

/Something along those lines?

re: #27 LudwigVanQuixote

How about some Sisters of Mercy?

[Video]

I can't resist.

re: #8 LudwigVanQuixote

You are likely wrong. There is no question the world demonstrably warmed from 1980 thru 2000. But your land based data is suspect, to say the least. The satellite data has shown a consistently flat pattern since 2002, as have the undersea robots launched in 2006. This is the same data that seemed so reliable while everyone was screaming for a cessation of all human generated energy, including fireplaces. While it is easy to surmise that AGW exists, it is not too easy to explain why the satellite data points are getting measurably cooler, and why there have been no average temperature increases for the last 20 months outside the recalculation of historic temperature surface data by political idiots such as Hansen. Who happens to be so far removed from his field of study that everything he says in the subject should be doubly verified by actual science.

re: #18 Fenway_Nation

I hear that Ogden Nash was quite the rambler...

someone auto stop this sort of thing...

re: #29 Fenway_Nation

Why yes- I do have a pretty good one going right now, thanks for asking.

/Something along those lines?

Yep! Exactly!

re: #15 redc1c4

only one?

have you seen a doctor about this amnesia?

Shit, man- it's just a fuckin' quote. :p

re: #28 Edouard

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.

--James Thurber

Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.
--Ogden Nash

re: #32 redc1c4

someone auto stop this sort of thing...

I didn't think you would car so much. It's Olds news anyway...

re: #25 Fenway_Nation

Sooo...how would that be if Hussein Dolt and the Teleprompter in chief suddenly announced during the G20 conference 'April Fools!' and McCain and Palin were simultaneously being sworn in in Washington D.C.?

as long as it's President Palin and her trusty sidekick, i'm up for it.

Free from flashiness, free from trashiness
Is the essence of ogdenashiness.
Rich, original, rash and rational
Stands the monument ogdenational!

--Morris Bishop

re: #30 Gus 802

I can't resist.

Then how about Temple of love complete with Ofra Haza!

re: #28 Edouard

Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.

--James Thurber

The Last Flower
by James Thurber

re: #36 Fenway_Nation

I didn't think you would car so much. It's Olds news anyway...

Buick you went there anyway, even when there was no Pontiac in doing so.

for the love of Chrysler, you need to get some help, so they can Fiat what's wrong with you before you're Kia on one of these threads.

re: #37 redc1c4

At this point, I think president Hillary would be several steps up...

/Altho' I'm not the least bit impressed with her as Sec of State, but I wonder if she would've made as many gaffes on her own as she has while beholden to Hussein Dolt

re: #26 gmsc

Good night, buzz!

(There's a set-up line for Redc1c4 if I ever heard one!)

and me without a straw to snort it!

re: #39 LudwigVanQuixote

Then how about Temple of love complete with Ofra Haza!

[Video]

Yes. For sure. Another fav' being Bauhaus or Peter Murphy.

re: #43 redc1c4

and me without a straw to snort it!

No, that's not how redc1c4 would reply. The reply would be more like . . .

//Oh . . . Never mind.

Einstein dies and goes to heaven only to be informed that his room is not yet ready. "I hope you will not mind waiting in a dormitory. We are very sorry, but it's the best we can do and you will have to share the room with others" he is told by the doorman.

Einstein says that this is no problem at all and that there is no need to make such a great fuss. So the doorman leads him to the dorm. They enter and Albert is introduced to all of the present inhabitants. "See, Here is your first room mate. He has an IQ of 180!"
"That's wonderful!" says Albert. "We can discuss mathematics!"

"And here is your second room mate. His IQ is 150!"
"That's wonderful!" says Albert. "We can discuss physics!"

"And here is your third room mate. His IQ is 100!"
"That's wonderful! We can discuss the latest plays at the theater!"

Just then another man moves out to capture Albert's hand and shake it. "I'm your last room mate and I'm sorry, but my IQ is only 80."
Albert smiles back at him and says, "So, where do you think interest rates are headed?"

re: #31 pat

You are likely wrong. There is no question the world demonstrably warmed from 1980 thru 2000. But your land based data is suspect, to say the least. The satellite data has shown a consistently flat pattern since 2002, as have the undersea robots launched in 2006. This is the same data that seemed so reliable while everyone was screaming for a cessation of all human generated energy, including fireplaces. While it is easy to surmise that AGW exists, it is not too easy to explain why the satellite data points are getting measurably cooler, and why there have been no average temperature increases for the last 20 months outside the recalculation of historic temperature surface data by political idiots such as Hansen. Who happens to be so far removed from his field of study that everything he says in the subject should be doubly verified by actual science.

What do you make of this then:
Image: global-jan-dec-error-bar-pg.gif

re: #41 redc1c4

Buick you went there anyway, even when there was no Pontiac in doing so.

for the love of Chrysler, you need to get some help, so they can Fiat what's wrong with you before you're Kia on one of these threads.

That same old Nissan and dance? I don't think you can a Ford to do something like that.

Indigo Eyes - Peter Murphy

Things you would NOT want to see happen at the ATM

You go to get a balance inquiry, and instead of printing out a receipt the screen says: "Not worth wasting paper", and ejects your card. You try to get a balance inquiry, and the screen says: "Account not found." and keeps your card.

You insert your card, and try to get some cash, and the ATM laughs and spits out your shredded card.

You withdraw some money to pay some bills, count it, and the screen says: "What, you thought there was some EXTRA there? HA!", and ejects your card clear across the room.

You think you've got $100 in your account and go to take out $50, and the screen says: "Not in this lifetime." and laughs as you bang on the machine, trying desperately to get your card back that the machine has taken.

You go to the ATM, and there's a picture of you a-la-"Most Wanted" staring forlornly at the ATM camera with a caption that reads: "Wanted for trying to get water from a dry well."

Did I kill the thread or is everyone just Dodge-ing me?

re: #48 Fenway_Nation

That same old Nissan and dance? I don't think you can a Ford to do something like that.

Nobody can a Ford to do much of anything, especially with our system of Fiat currency, in which everyone tries to Dodge their debt.

These posts make me want to Saab.

Today in History, April 1st:

re: #48 Fenway_Nation

That same old Nissan and dance? I don't think you can a Ford to do something like that.

sorry, but that's the way i Rolls...
no need for you to get Bentley out of shape.

Today in History, April 1st (the real one this time!):

Hey guys, I am in need of some help. There is a video on you tube that I am having trouble finding. It has an older man standing in front of the constitution in colonial style clothing going on an excellent rant. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

Interviewing the young Swede for a job as teller, the bank president is amazed with the skill the applicant exhibits at handling money.

"So," the president says, "where did you get your training?"

"Yale," the fair-haired youth replies.

"I see. And what did you say your name was?"

He answers, "Yackson."

re: #51 Fenway_Nation

Did I kill the thread or is everyone just Dodge-ing me?

we're hoping you'll just Volvo away.

re: #49 Gus 802

Indigo Eyes - Peter Murphy

[Video]

Ohh you have good taste brother!

How about some Echo and the Bunnymen?

re: #58 redc1c4

we're hoping you'll just Volvo away.

I was Fording the river

re: #51 Fenway_Nation

Did I kill the thread or is everyone just Dodge-ing me?

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge Fenway...

2 by Will Rogers:

"It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you."

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

re: #56 WestTexas

Hey guys, I am in need of some help. There is a video on you tube that I am having trouble finding. It has an older man standing in front of the constitution in colonial style clothing going on an excellent rant. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

have you tried searching YouTube?

/white smoke

re: #59 LudwigVanQuixote

Ohh you have good taste brother!

How about some Echo and the Bunnymen?

[Video]

Crank it up! Great song.

re: #58 redc1c4

we're hoping you'll just Volvo away.

You wanted an answer, there Yugo.

re: #60 Dustyvet

I was Fording the river

That was a tired pun.

re: #63 redc1c4

You can search YouTube?

/s

Lol, of course I tried, but I just can not seem to locate it. Of course it would help if I had remembered the name.

Random thoughts on some media personalities:

1. I wish one of those spaghetti-spined defense lawyers she has as guests would tell Nancy Grace to shut the fuck up. Just once.

2. Michael Savage: has some good ideas and political views, but absolutely blows out loud as a talk show host. Hey Michael, here's a clue: I don't listen to talk radio to hear about the pepperoni pizza you ate in Brooklyn in 1957. You also have succumbed to Larry King Syndrome: you love the sound of your own voice so much that your callers don't get a chance to get a word in edgewise. Give it a break.

3. Sean Hannity: enough with the ad nauseum recittal of the talking points. A talking parrot could do the same job as you if bird seed didn't cost so much. After I heard the same jibber-jabber repeated six times in a fifteen-minute period, I gave up. You ask for three hours a day, but three minutes is enough for me.

4. Geraldo: go find Al Capone's vault again and crawl inside forever. Please...

5. Mark Levin: you are the man. 'Nuff said...

6. Neal Boortz: I also like listening to you, but on occasion you say something that makes me say wtf?

7. Bill O'Reilly: enough of the "I just want to be fair..." crap. Grow a spine, will you?

8. Keith Olbermann: go back to sportscasting. You are a national joke as a political commentator. Get a clue.

9. Glenn Beck: another of my faves. Some called him "Chicken Little" for his "the sky is falling" predictions concerning the economy, but he's been right more than he's been wrong.

Bob Mould, Hoover Dam:

re: #56 WestTexas

Hey guys, I am in need of some help. There is a video on you tube that I am having trouble finding. It has an older man standing in front of the constitution in colonial style clothing going on an excellent rant. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

Here ya go

"... and they IGNORED you ... "

Sharmuta, I read earlier what that stooge 'Eric Cartman's conscience' said, I hope the man banned him.

re: #56 WestTexas

re: #64 Gus 802

Crank it up! Great song.

Bro, you know that this is going to lead to Men Without Hats, Major Tom Coming Home, people just dying in each others arms tonight and a slew of other 80's madness...

But I can not resist some Branigan

re: #66 LudwigVanQuixote

That was a tired pun.

You must be exhausted...

re: #70 Edouard

Thank you so much.

re: #66 LudwigVanQuixote

That was a tired pun.

I had to Ford the River, so I could drive my Chevy to the levee

re: #67 WestTexas

You can search YouTube?

/s

Lol, of course I tried, but I just can not seem to locate it. Of course it would help if I had remembered the name.

then i would start by doing that...

/white smoke

Fun online idea for April Fool's Day:

Link to a YouTube video, but instead of just the regular URL, add &flip=1 to the end, and the page will appear upside down!

¡sıɥʇ ǝʞıl

re: #74 Fenway_Nation

You must be exhausted...

I wanted to come up with a good bed time pun, but I keep sleeping up.

re: #65 sngnsgt

You wanted an answer, there Yugo.

and no matter where Yugo, there you are!

/who needs GPS?

re: #79 LudwigVanQuixote

I wanted to come up with a good bed time pun, but I keep sleeping up.

that's nap it either.

re: #71 MrPaulRevere

Thank you, my friend. He did.

And for the record, I will never post at AceofSpades after learning of this treatment I am receiving there. Anyone posting under that nic there will be a nic jacker.

Good night lizards.

re: #73 LudwigVanQuixote

Bro, you know that this is going to lead to Men Without Hats, Major Tom Coming Home, people just dying in each others arms tonight and a slew of other 80's madness...

But I can not resist some Branigan

[Video]

Nice. Those were the days.

re: #74 Fenway_Nation

You must be exhausted...

he was hoping for a rim shot... wheel have to try again latter.

And some Africa

First Toto

And then some Andy McKee - this is mega brilliant.

re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist

Good night lizards.

G'Nite SFZ!

re: #82 Sharmuta

Its very telling that Ace allows that to go on over there. By not telling them to cool it, he tacitly endorses it. A cowards game to be sure.

re: #82 Sharmuta

Thank you, my friend. He did.

And for the record, I will never post at AceofSpades after learning of this treatment I am receiving there. Anyone posting under that nic there will be a nic jacker.

what did i miss?

re: #78 gmsc

Fun online idea for April Fool's Day:

Link to a YouTube video, but instead of just the regular URL, add &flip=1 to the end, and the page will appear upside down!

¡sıɥʇ ǝʞıl

Oooh – Here's some YouTube tips for dealing with the "new layout"!

re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist

Que te vais bien.

re: #84 Gus 802

Nice. Those were the days.

Yeah, I sure miss highschool. I can't believe how innocent we were when we thought Miami Vice was all bad and cutting edge...

re: #83 SanFranciscoZionist

Good night lizards.

Lilah Tov

re: #92 LudwigVanQuixote

Yeah, I sure miss highschool. I can't believe how innocent we were when we thought Miami Vice was all bad and cutting edge...

i don;t miss high school, but being the only white kid and therefore spending 4 years getting roughed up, robbed, and generally treated like crap will do that to you.

Ok lizards hate to post and run, but I have a trainee so I should try and set a good example. Have a good night and thanks to all who helped.

Man- if we're going all 80s then who could forget this classic?

...and what is the federal government's first order of business after taking over the car companies?

Obama Orders Chevrolet and Dodge Out Of NASCAR

In a move sure to spark outrage, the White House announced today that GM and Chrysler must cease participation in NASCAR at the end of the 2009 season if they hope to receive any additional financial aid from the government. Companies around the globe—Honda and Audi, to name two—have drawn down racing operations, and NASCAR itself has already felt the pinch in the form of reduced team spending. A complete withdrawal from America’s premier racing series is expected to save more than $250 million between GM and Chrysler, a substantial amount considering the drastic measures being implemented elsewhere.

“Automakers used to operate on the principle of ‘win on Sunday, sell on Monday,’ but the Auto Task Force’s research just doesn’t validate that as true,” said the statement from President Obama. While fans have decried the Car of Tomorrow for heavily limiting what little personalization the cookie-cutter series had previously allowed to participating manufacturers, and drivers have slammed its brick-like aerodynamics and unpredictable handling, even the governmental oversight committee sees that the full-scale regulation of the cars leaves the manufacturers very little space for research and development. “NASCAR is a racing series that regulates down to the smallest detail of the cars, where a car badged a Chevrolet or Dodge differs only marginally from a Ford or a Toyota. There’s no technological development to speak of.”

re: #92 LudwigVanQuixote

Yeah, I sure miss highschool. I can't believe how innocent we were when we thought Miami Vice was all bad and cutting edge...

And that's all it took. Life was simple.

re: #92 LudwigVanQuixote

Yeah, I sure miss highschool. I can't believe how innocent we were when we thought Miami Vice was all bad and cutting edge...

I was in grade school for all of the 80's...

re: #96 Sharmuta

Man- if we're going all 80s then who could forget this classic?

me, for one...

re: #99 Fenway_Nation

I was in grade school for all of the 80's...

i was in AIT in '83...

re: #96 Sharmuta

I'll see that and raise you a 70's classic...

re: #102 MrPaulRevere

I'll see that and raise you a 70's classic...

[Video]

I seem to McCall that one.

read this on flopping aces by a user named wisdom about pay for play bill

What most people don’t seem to understand when they are looking at this bill, especially since the focus is on big bonuses in big companies, is that millions upon millions of people work for small businesses that have received aid from the SBA. And don’t forget the farms who receive subsidies. And the research companies. And the manufactures. And the energy companies. EVERY company, of ANY kind, that has taken ANY aid from the government. This bill puts every single one of those businesses, and the tens of millions who work for them, under the potential oversight umbrella of one single unelected man in the Treasury

Manchurian candidate

re: #97 gmsc

I'm hoping that's an April Fool's joke...or is Hussein Dolt going out of his way to tweak the 'bitter clingers'.

re: #103 gmsc

I seem to McCall that one.

i've got a couple of his LP's...

and i do mena LPs.

re: #105 Fenway_Nation

I'm hoping that's an April Fool's joke...or is Hussein Dolt going out of his way to tweak the 'bitter clingers'.

Yep, it's an April Fool's joke.

re: #97 gmsc

I can't respond Scott. Otherwise it would be a flagrant display of my very own Obama Derangement Syndrome. Obama is dirt to me.

re: #88 MrPaulRevere

I don't want to speak towards Ace's motivations- there is enough inter-blog poo being flung around without my assistance, you know? I will say it's troubling, but I will leave it at that.

re: #108 Gus 802

I can't respond Scott. Otherwise it would be a flagrant display of my very own Obama Derangement Syndrome. Obama is dirt to me.

See #107.

re: #89 redc1c4

what did i miss?

Oh- a fresh banee went off on Charles, but before he did he went off on how I'm a derogatory term at Ace's. Not my nic alone- me specifically.

Can you type the entire alphabet in 3 minutes or less?

re: #110 gmsc

See #107.

Ah, OK. Fool me once.

re: #109 Sharmuta

I don't want to speak towards Ace's motivations- there is enough inter-blog poo being flung around without my assistance, you know? I will say it's troubling, but I will leave it at that.

Indeed there is. We have bigger fights to fight.

re: #111 Sharmuta

Oh- a fresh banee went off on Charles, but before he did he went off on how I'm a derogatory term at Ace's. Not my nic alone- me specifically.

Well I love you anyway for what it is worth.

re: #115 LudwigVanQuixote

Aww- thank you.

Ok I gotta go to sleep! Be well all and have pleasant dreams of alluring lizards and lizardettes...

Oh wait, one more bit of music...

Here's possibly the lamest music video of all time. I mean LAME. Yes, it's from the 80's...

re: #80 redc1c4

and no matter where Yugo, there you are!

/who needs GPS?

Or GMC!

Nikkei up nearly 3%

Australia's All Ordinaries down .15%

Mumbai's Sensex up 1.1%

Taiwan Weighted Index up almost 2%

New Zealand's NZSE 50 down .8%

Hang Seng up .05%

Seoul KOPSI Composite up 2.25%

Singapore's Straits Times Index up .85%

Shanghai Composite up nearly 1.5%

Upward trend in the Asian markets today- slight downward trend in Australia and New Zealand.

Can any of this have to do with the fact that Hussein Dolt and his teleprompter posse are out of the country?

re: #111 Sharmuta

Oh- a fresh banee went off on Charles, but before he did he went off on how I'm a derogatory term at Ace's. Not my nic alone- me specifically.

how nice... i read the articles at AoS much more than i do the comments.

i believe i know why now...

re: #118 LudwigVanQuixote

Oh wait, one more bit of music...

[Video]

Damn, that's good stuff.

re: #120 sngnsgt

Or GMSC!

FTFY!

/white smoke

re: #122 redc1c4

I figure I can only be over the target.

re: #119 Edouard

Forget waterboarding, they should play that tape to Al Qeada detainees.

Dixie Dregs - The Bash (Live 1978)

Many store sites are putting up fake products for April 1st.

Some of these I think I would actually buy if they made them:

• Gravy Bath Salts

• Hot Dog Hideaway™ Build-It-Yourself Meat House Kit

• Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

...and the April Fool's product I want to be real the most:

• Squeez Bacon®

re: #124 redc1c4

FTFY!

/white smoke

CAReful!
;)

Hey gmsc? I thought this was a nice contrast to all of the brain-building links you provide.

Philosophers finally relax as navel fluff explained

I heard a few of my brain cells screaming as they died ...

re: #121 Fenway_Nation

Nikkei up nearly 3%

Australia's All Ordinaries down .15%

Mumbai's Sensex up 1.1%

Taiwan Weighted Index up almost 2%

New Zealand's NZSE 50 down .8%

Hang Seng up .05%

Seoul KOPSI Composite up 2.25%

Singapore's Straits Times Index up .85%

Shanghai Composite up nearly 1.5%

Upward trend in the Asian markets today- slight downward trend in Australia and New Zealand.

Can any of this have to do with the fact that Hussein Dolt and his teleprompter posse are out of the country?

Or with the date?
;)

re: #129 gmsc

CAReful!
;)

don't you mean "flex-fuel car"? %-)

/ethanol powered for a greener tomorrow!

Twitter switch for Guardian, after 188 years of ink

• Newspaper to be available only on messaging service
• Experts say any story can be told in 140 characters

"A unique collaboration between The Guardian and Twitter will also see the launch of Gutter, an experimental service designed to filter noteworthy liberal opinion from the cacophony of Twitter updates. Gutter members will be able to use the service to comment on liberal blogs around the web via a new tool, specially developed with the blogging platform WordPress, entitled GutterPress."

;-)

re: #125 Sharmuta

I figure I can only be over the target.

or that the poster was FOS...

much love either way.

re: #133 pink freud

makes you wonder what the White House will release today, don't it?

Want to either arm yourself with numerous April Fool's online jokes, or just make sure you don't fall into someone else's April Fool's trap?

Checkout April Fool's Day on the Web (2009). They also have links from previous years.

Tel Aviv TA100 up 1.25%

Johannesburg JSE Limited up .12%

re: #135 redc1c4

Yes. But how will we know...?

Later Lizards.

re: #134 redc1c4

You don't fool me, red. Under that grumpiness is a fluffy, huggable kitteh, but I won't tell anyone. ;)

re: #138 pink freud

Yes. But how will we know...?

duh... by the nuance.

re: #139 Gus 802

Me too. Nite all! Nite Gus.

re: #141 redc1c4

Hahaha!

re: #140 Sharmuta

You don't fool me, red. Under that grumpiness is a fluffy, huggable kitteh, but I won't tell anyone. ;)

that's just a trick to let me get near your booze locker...

/w*rks every time. %-)

re: #56 WestTexas

Hey guys, I am in need of some help. There is a video on you tube that I am having trouble finding. It has an older man standing in front of the constitution in colonial style clothing going on an excellent rant. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

thomas paine i seen him on beck prob find a link there

re: #145 JimmyTheClaw

thomas paine i seen him on beck prob find a link there

been solved already...

re: #144 redc1c4

I have a booze locker?

re: #147 Sharmuta

I have had a booze locker?

FTFY!...hic

re: #126 MrPaulRevere

Forget waterboarding, they should play that tape to Al Qeada detainees.

I'd play The Smiths/Morrissey.

80's Music . . .

Walk Like an Egyptian

my 6 element thought this was great: Here's to you Mr. Jefferson... with a nod to Simon & Garfunkle.

re: #145 JimmyTheClaw

thomas paine i seen him on beck prob find a link there

I think I've found it. Is this the video you're looking for?

Another one from an LP that I nearly wore out long long ago.

Berlin - Masquerade

re: #150 Syrah

How about some Go-Gos?

Y'know, lately I've been seeing these fairly slickly produced ads on Bloomberg for Macedonia, Qatar and South Africa. Not 'come and visit our country' but 'come and invest/open up a branch of your company in our country'.

Hussein Dolt could be the best thing that ever happened to some of these developing industrial nations...

re: #154 Sharmuta

What? No Siouxsie and the Banshees?

re: #154 Sharmuta

Belinda Carlisle... my first crush at 4 years old

re: #154 Sharmuta

How about some Go-Gos?

[Video]

one of them lived just around the corner from me, until she sold about a year or two ago...

Surf Punks, anyone?

And we can't forget the Blondie

re: #155 Fenway_Nation

I haven't seen these, but I can take YOUR word that some "Come, bring your money to US" commercials are out there playing to the kffir masses...

Interesting...

re: #157 ArchangelMichael

Belinda Carlisle... my first crush at 4 years old

she's pretty cute for a lesbian...

re: #159 Sharmuta

Oooh, Sharmy! GOOD choice! :P

And the ultimate chick rocker imo:

You GO, Girl!

re: #157 ArchangelMichael

Belinda Carlisle... my first crush at 4 years old

Can anyone tell me who directed the following Belinda Carlisle video?

Blood Stains

re: #158 redc1c4

one of them lived just around the corner from me, until she sold about a year or two ago...

Surf Punks, anyone?

My beach...
My chicks...
My waves...
GO HOME!

re: #157 ArchangelMichael

Want some more? Our Lips Are Sealed

/Sorry, embedding disabled

re: #164 gmsc

Can anyone tell me who directed the following Belinda Carlisle video?

Diane Keaton, evidently.

re: #168 redc1c4

Diane Keaton, evidently.

Yep!

re: #154 Sharmuta

How about some Go-Gos?

Ah yes,

I think my neighbors hated that one.

Here is another one.

The Vapors - Turning Japanese
(a one hit wonder)

The vinyl album was one of the first 'laser etched' LPs. It was pretty neat way back then, but nobody would give it a second glance nowadays.

re: #160 Karridine

Qatar is the only Islamic country I've seen running the ads on Bloomberg (probably trying to set themselves up to be the next Dubai when Dubai isn't even the next Dubai)...

Altho' if Hussein Dolt sees it fit to continue intervening in the private sector, I imagine there will be many more nations with slick ads on Bloomberg- each one looking better and better with each passing day there's faux outrage over previously approved bonuses or automakers declaring bankruptcy after the President of the United States orders the CEO to step down.

re: #170 Syrah

Ah yes,

I think my neighbors hated that one.

Here is another one.

The Vapors - Turning Japanese
(a one hit wonder)

[Video]The vinyl album was one of the first 'laser etched' LPs. It was pretty neat way back then, but nobody would give it a second glance nowadays.

and i've got a copy of it at my parent's house...

re: #167 Sharmuta

Want some more? Our Lips Are Sealed

/Sorry, embedding disabled

Really?

Amoeba!

West End Girls!

The B52's

After the Go-Gos, my next kid crush was Susanna Hoffs

re: #175 Sharmuta

West End Girls!

Oh come on...how is that any better than Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money) ?

R.E.M., with the B-52s' Kate Pierson:

Play the Red Square Game, komrades...

Instructions:
-- Click & hold the "Red Square";
-- Next, move the "Red Square" so that you neither touch the walls nor get hit by any of the blue blocks;
--Try to make it to 18 seconds, komrades, before the KGB operatives (Blue Blocks) apprehend you and ship you off to the Siberian katorga.

you will have to w*rk long and hard to beat Institutionalized

I think my first crush was Catherine Bach from the Dukes of Hazard...

'nuff ced.

re: #182 Fenway_Nation

I think my first crush was Catherine Bach from the Dukes of Hazard...

'nuff ced.

i may still have my Farrah Fawcet t-shirt.

re: #171 Fenway_Nation

"...after the President of the United States orders the CEO to step down..."

Y'know, Fen, it is easy to surmise that one of the unwanted messages to be learned from this current debacle (Obama et. al.) is that PUBLIC FAILURE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, so we're no longer allowed to fail forward or to learn from our mistrakes!

A pitiable and miserable outcome, and unintended result...

re: #180 Edouard

What color are the koo-blocks kulaks?

re: #185 Fenway_Nation

What color are the koo-blocks kulaks?

dead, rather than red.

I am sooo linking this on the next ID thread

Someone asked about Siouxsie

re: #187 Sharmuta

I am sooo linking this on the next ID thread

i had completely, and cheerfully, forgotten that...

re: #184 Karridine

Another unintended consequence might be a return to Arthur Andersen-style bookkeeping...

/which in the long run would suit the Hussein Dolt/Billy Ayers crowd just fine, since they can hold such examples up as being indicative of a fatal flaw in the free-market system

re: #189 redc1c4

Lots of 80s music is forgettable. Be thankful I couldn't find Sly Fox's Let's Go All the Way.

re: #182 Fenway_Nation

I think my first crush was Catherine Bach from the Dukes of Hazard...

'nuff ced.

I think mine was Judy Graubart from The Electric Company:

Toni Basil - Hey Mickey

re: #191 Sharmuta

That was on one of the XM 80s channels (yes, there's more than one) earlier.

Gee, red- be thankful no one has embedded any so-called glam rock.

KARRIDINE! KARRIDINE! KARRIDINE! :-)

Where been, boy?!

Here's one that I think sounds better in its original German than its English language release.

99 Luft Balloons.

re: #195 Sharmuta

Gee, red- be thankful no one has embedded any so-called glam rock.

Ixnay on the lamgay ockray before anyone gets ideas...

re: #196 littleoldlady

Hi, littleoldlady!

BTW, BlueCanuck is gone for the night, but he did ask us to pass the news on from today's big meeting with HR.

re: #199 gmsc

You read my mind!

/that was my next question

Weird! Could be worse, I guess...

Does that mean that he's moving to the Afternoon Lizard Crew? :-( :-( :-(

re: #200 littleoldlady

You read my mind!

/that was my next question

Weird! Could be worse, I guess...

Does that mean that he's moving to the Afternoon Lizard Crew? :-( :-( :-(

I must be getting good at this. I've gone from posting what other people are about to post, all the way up to answering questions before they're asked!

As for whether BlueCanuck is moving to afternoons, we'll have to wait and see.

How dare you say that Israel needs a loyalty oath! Lieberman is worse than Hitler! Etc etc.

Fifth-column Israeli Knesset member: I hope Iran gets the bomb

Queried regarding Iran's quest to manufacture nuclear weapons, Zuabi stated that having Israel as the region's sole nuclear power was disadvantageous. "It would be more supporting me to have a counter-power to Israel," she said. "I need something to balance [Israel's] power."

Zuabi was asked if she felt worried, living among Jews, that Iran was getting close to acquiring a nuclear weapon. She replied: "No, I am not." Indeed, she said was "more afraid from the Israeli nuclear [weapons]."

Sickening, she's almost as extreme as a Haaretz journalist.

Completely forgettable

re: #201 gmsc

You can add it to your magic tricks repertoire! ;-)

re: #195 Sharmuta

Gee, red- be thankful no one has embedded any so-called glam rock.

Glam Rock

re: #202 Spiritualized

Because...you see...when the bomb hits, only Jews will die.

/Arab logic

/the oldest one is eight

Still FUN after all theses years

Well darn.

I forgot how late it is. And here I was blasting ancient 80's tunes as loud as the machine could pump them out.

I am back to working the late shift and am completely discombobulated when it comes to my sense of time.

Well, here goes one more. We will see if my neighbors call the cops on me for this.

Don Henley-all she wants to do is dance 80s

Good night Lizards.

re: #204 littleoldlady

Continuing from last night...

On the iMac, have you seen the new glossy screens? Some love them, some hate them. I wouldn't like mine, except that in the room I use it the lighting can be arranged such that the room behind me is dark. If you think the glossy will bother you... check it out.

Also you are using a Mac now, correct? Are you familiar with Migration Assistant?

And, if you are going to install your own memory, be sure to get the right type. Sites such as crucial.com have software to help lead you through the selection process.

New topic: has anyone here had their genetic information tested, for ancestry purposes (from any of the sites online which offer this?)

re: #190 Fenway_Nation

While hypocritically sucking as much cash FROM THAT SYSTEM as possible, Fen?

I'm not crazy about Madonna much, but she really outdid herself with this video:

Panic in the World... appropriate for these days, no?

re: #196 littleoldlady

KARRIDINE! KARRIDINE! KARRIDINE! :-)

Where been, boy?!

My friend, my soul-meet, my ancient Lover...

I have been working for the Ether Bunny, giving stuff away...

I missed you, Little Olde...

One of my favorite little 80 numbers

Michael Penn No Myth

re: #216 Sharmuta

One of my favorite little 80 numbers

Michael Penn No Myth

a gem in a sea of banality...

You know, it was DECADES before I realized that Dr. Demento alumni Ogden Edsel was a pun on Ogden Nash.

re: #203 Sharmuta

I had forgotten . . .

It was good to forget . . .

No Trains to Heaven

re: #210 freetoken

Thanks, freetoken! :-)

I have both mac and PC. I got the G4...I don't know how many years ago. 7? 8? Using a very old version of Photoshop and, I think, version 6 of QuarkXpress. Add that to a super color laser printer and I could do a lot of damage! ;-) But I decided it was time to learn how to design websites. (I am always 5-10 years behind the curve.) Most of the available templates are drecky looking. So I upgraded the OS to 10.5, bought CS4...and then everything went to hell. :-( Especially since right then I ran out of money. :-( :-(

My situation being what it is, I need to go back into the adbiz. My marketing degree is too old to make a living anymore...

Remember when bands used to have people who could actually play music?

re: #215 Karridine

I've missed you, too!

Got crayons and coloring books? Better yet, got CHOCOLATE BUNNIES?!

I'm glad to see you, and it's good to know you're okay. :-)

/Jewish mother mode

hey LoL: the fruitcup is ready, so i'm gonna go look for rats one more time...

BRB!

re: #224 redc1c4

I can always count on you to turn my stomach, red.

/SHEESH!

;-)

re: #217 redc1c4

a gem in a sea of banality...

Why- thank you!

re: #226 Sharmuta

Oh- you meant the song.

What if there's no fruitcup as some sort of disgusting, filthy, offensive April Fools' Joke?!

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

Running in just before fruitcup. Morning Lizards

The Smithereens

Ages pretty well, wouldn't you say?

re: #228 TheMatrix31

No chance.

Matrix! :-)

re: #229 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

Just made it. Damn net has been down all morning here. Thanks {lol}

re: #229 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

Thank you for the yummy April Fool's cup!

Erik! :-)

I hate when that happens...

gmsc! :-)

Good morning littleoldlady.

re: #232 littleoldlady

No chance.

Matrix! :-)

Three things in life that you can count on;

Death, Taxes, and the Atlanta Braves winning the NL East fruitcup.

Thank you littleoldlady!

BTW- will you submit your recipe for brussels sprouts to the cookbook?

I have some great riddles coming up.

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three
rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of
assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't
eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

re: #241 Erik The Red

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three
rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of
assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't
eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

duh: the lions have starved to death

re: #241 Erik The Red

Room 3.

re: #184 Karridine

Obama is turning out to be:

O ne
B ig
A ss
M istake
A fter another

BatGuano! :-)

Sharmuta! :-)

Oh! Thanks for reminding me of that one! I couldn't think of which recipe to send, and had almost settled on Chicken Paprigash.

/which, like every Hungarian recipe, begins with: Steal a chicken...

re: #245 littleoldlady

BatGuano! :-)

Sharmuta! :-)

Oh! Thanks for reminding me of that one! I couldn't think of which recipe to send, and had almost settled on Chicken Paprigash.

/which, like every Hungarian recipe, begins with: Steal a chicken...

whereas Cajun one's start with "make a roux..."

re: #229 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

No foolin'?

re: #242 redc1c4

duh: the lions have starved to death

You are sharp today red:)

Littoeoldlady :-)
Thanks again for the lovely fruitcup. You make my day!

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over
5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

re: #248 Erik The Red

You are sharp today red:)

then i should prolly go to bed... %-)

re: #250 Erik The Red

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over
5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

she's a photographer that hasn't embraced digital media yet.

re: #229 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet --->
Help yourselves!

Umm... it looks like somebody got to the cup before me...

re: #250 Erik The Red

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over
5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

She developed a photograph?

re: #250 Erik The Red

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over
5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Pepper spray and QUICK make-up sex?

re: #254 BatGuano

I'm too slow again.

re: #250 Erik The Red

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over
5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

Shoots him with a camera, develops a picture of him under water (and other chemicals), and then hangs the picture to dry.

re: #250 Erik The Red

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over
5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out
together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

She takes his picture while they're scuba diving?

re: #252 redc1c4

she's a photographer that hasn't embraced digital media yet.

You have seen this same email haven't you.

2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband,
developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held under water; and hung).