Happy Wednesday morning!

another day crusading against AGW in the bay area

Happy afternoon from the east coast. Now that it's April, can someone pipe in some global warming?

So was the reporting on Obama's missile attack in Pakistan an April Fool's joke?

re: #3 JammieWearingFool

Happy afternoon from the east coast. Now that it's April, can someone pipe in some global warming?

Hell, in the last week here in Atanta between the snowstorm and rain we've eliminted the drought we've had for the past 3 years

THANK YOU AL GORE!

re: #3 JammieWearingFool

We're really cold here in the PacNW too. I have a lot of yard cleanup to do but it's just too cold and miserable out there.

re: #4 CIA Reject

So was the reporting on Obama's missile attack in Pakistan an April Fool's joke?

I was hoping that the report that Obama was elected was a retroactive one!

1:40 EDT here but we have a fresh-scrubbed Spring afternoon going here that feels like morning.

Well, I just checked the IRS website and found I'm getting my refund later this week. Woo! That's money in the bank, or as I am calling it, it's part of lawhawk's North Jersey stimulus spending program as much of that money will go to home improvement and the remainder goes to the rainy day fund.

re: #7 sattv4u2

I was hoping that the report that Obama was elected was a retroactive one!

You and me both!

Obama gold stars: 1
Obama epic fails: 908432756435 and a half.

Good Evening from Durban. 19h43 here.

It's about 60 degrees F here, with winds gusting to 60. Well-rounded weather. Or is it square?

re: #9 lawhawk

Well, I just checked the IRS website and found I'm getting my refund later this week. Woo! That's money in the bank, or as I am calling it, it's part of lawhawk's North Jersey stimulus spending program as much of that money will go to home improvement and the remainder goes to the rainy day fund.

Dinosaur ;~)

re: #11 wiffersnapper

I assume he got the gold star for putting carla bruni on his left at the G-20 dinner table

re: #12 Erik The Red

Good Evening from Durban. 19h43 here.

1943 you say? Hell, I won;t even be born for another 10 years!

Think I'll go back to bed until then!

//

All hail to the daughter of Lord Byron, the world's first computer programmer!

Sen. Judd Gregg got back his mojo and is talking economic straight talk that Obama's budge will bankrupt the USA. (on fox news cable)re: #12 Erik The Red

Good Evening from Durban. 19h43 here.

So glad Gregg decided to serve his country's economic interests OUTSIDE the Obama administration's Commerce Department.

Gregg is free to advise, comment, criticize without Rahm Emanuel gagging him now.

re: #11 wiffersnapper

Obama gold stars: 1
Obama epic fails: 908432756435 and a half.

Maybe he'll find that he likes bitchslapping the Taliban.

re: #17 father_of_10

All hail to the daughter of Lord Byron, the world's first computer programmer!

Ada?

I have a couple of browser questions for anyone out there.

1. Have you had problems with Firefox 3? specifically, when I try to type into a text field, the letters show up sometimes, or not.

2. The autorefresh feature here doesn't seem to work in Safari. Also, why does everything in Safari look blurry, like an old bitmap image?

Ut oh, smokers, beware!
Obama gonna watch over you

I can't get anything done today. Having too much fun posting.

re: #22 Wishing

Ut oh, smokers, beware!
Obama gonna watch over you

At least i can still toke my grass...

Amazon.com's having a 4-for-the-price-of-3 deal on Lodge cast iron cookware today. With no tax and no shipping (if you have Amazon Prime) it's a heck of a deal.

re: #22 Wishing

Ut oh, smokers, beware!
Obama gonna watch over you

*blowing smoke in his general direction*

More 40k geekiness as a carryover from last thread;

My current IG force
HQ squad with 2 mortar squads, 2 Missile Launcher Squads, 1 Sentinel Squad (MLx3)
1 IG platoon, 2 squads with HB and flamers, 2 squads LC and Meltas
2 Grenadier squads with plasmaguns and Chimera
2 Stormtrooper squads with flamer, melta and Chimera
1 Sentinel squad (MLx3)
2 Sentinel squad (LCx2)
2 Leman Russ MBT
1 Leman Russ Exterminator

Hoping the new Codex lets me keep it

re: #12 Erik The Red

Good Evening from Durban. 19h43 here.

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I look forward to visiting South Africa some day. Knew lovely people from the Cape who had beautiful homes on the water. Just breathtaking from pictures. Plus I love African plants, especially Clivia Miniatas, and would love to see the Bush in bloom.

re: #17 father_of_10

All hail to the daughter of Lord Byron, the world's first computer programmer!

The patron saint of nerds and geeks everywhere, eh?

re: #18 alegrias

Sen. Judd Gregg got back his mojo and is talking economic straight talk that Obama's budge will bankrupt the USA. (on fox news cable)

So glad Gregg decided to serve his country's economic interests OUTSIDE the Obama administration's Commerce Department.

Gregg is free to advise, comment, criticize without Rahm Emanuel gagging him now.

I'm really surprised that more Republicans aren't going hard after this leadership vacuum. Hell, they have media following them around all day long. Start blasting away at these criminal Democrats.

re: #19 JohnAdams

Maybe he'll find that he likes bitchslapping the Taliban.

I just hope he keeps ignoring the military. Every time he thinks about it, he gets a bad idea.

I have this crazy notion to play darts and drink tequila for the rest of the day...

I wanna' know if it's an April Fool's joke that FCBBHO has ordered GM and Chrysler to not participate in NASCAR again.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #22 Wishing

Ut oh, smokers, beware!
Obama gonna watch over you

I guess he wants to make them healthy since he still smokes?

Q: What's the difference between Al Gore and a slab of formica?

A: Absolutely nothing.

re: #21 doppelganglander

I have a couple of browser questions for anyone out there.

1. Have you had problems with Firefox 3? specifically, when I try to type into a text field, the letters show up sometimes, or not.

2. The autorefresh feature here doesn't seem to work in Safari. Also, why does everything in Safari look blurry, like an old bitmap image?

In both cases, I have the same response.

How much did you have to drink last night, and are you bleeding from the eyes due to it ?

//

re: #13 wrenchwench

It's about 60 degrees F here, with winds gusting to 60. Well-rounded weather. Or is it square?

WOW, where are you?

re: #25 funky chicken

re: #35 J.D.

I guess he wants to make them healthy since he still smokes?

Do as I say not as I do...now applies not only to tax cheats but to public health issues as well!

re: #36 Dustyvet

Q: What's the difference between Al Gore and a slab of formica?

A: Absolutely nothing.

I beg to differ.
A slab of formica is very useful.

re: #36 Dustyvet

Q: What's the difference between Al Gore and a slab of formica?

A: Absolutely nothing.

WRONG ,, a slab of formica has a potential use!

re: #22 Wishing

Ut oh, smokers, beware!
Obama gonna watch over you

That fucking, little, miserable, slimey bastard.

April Fools: Obama Orders Chevrolet and Dodge Out Of NASCAR

With their racing budgets deemed “unnecessary expenditures,” GM and Chrysler are ordered to cease racing operations at the end of the season.

Joke or no joke...Bubba will be pissed.
/

re: #33 SasquatchOnSteroids

Its 5 o'clock somewhere!

re: #34 MandyManners

I wanna' know if it's an April Fool's joke that FCBBHO has ordered GM and Chrysler to not participate in NASCAR again.

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

If you were to follow the link and read the article in question, that is answered in all caps just after the title.

Taliban tell HIllary her olive branch is "lunatic." Hate to say I agree with the Taliban.

re: #36 Dustyvet

Q: What's the difference between Al Gore and a slab of formica?

A: Absolutely nothing. formica has a use.

re: #40 J.D.

GMTA

re: #36 Dustyvet

Q: What's the difference between Al Gore and a slab of formica?

A: Absolutely nothing.

That's an insult to the Formica ..

I want to complain about these "Morning" Open Threads which arrive (here in Dallas) in the AFTERNOON !

Can't I expect at LEAST a modicum of competency from Little Gree ...

... uh oh ...

... ... ... never mind

re: #41 sattv4u2

WRONG ,, a slab of formica has a potential use!

gmta

re: #20 scottishbuzzsaw

Ada?

Lady Ada Lovelace. Not to be confused with Linda.

re: #40 J.D.

re: #41 sattv4u2

damn, you yuts is quick.

re: #42 MandyManners
You forgot: amateaur, poser, narccissist, swagger monkey.

re: #27 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

More 40k geekiness as a carryover from last thread;

My current IG force
HQ squad with 2 mortar squads, 2 Missile Launcher Squads, 1 Sentinel Squad (MLx3)
1 IG platoon, 2 squads with HB and flamers, 2 squads LC and Meltas
2 Grenadier squads with plasmaguns and Chimera
2 Stormtrooper squads with flamer, melta and Chimera
1 Sentinel squad (MLx3)
2 Sentinel squad (LCx2)
2 Leman Russ MBT
1 Leman Russ Exterminator

Hoping the new Codex lets me keep it

Codex rumours and confirmations

re: #53 father_of_10

Lady Ada Lovelace. Not to be confused with Linda.

My husband knows 'her' very well! ;>)

re: #2 GOPManHatTanIte

another day crusading against AGW in the bay area

re: #3 JammieWearingFool

Happy afternoon from the east coast. Now that it's April, can someone pipe in some global warming?

re: #6 Killgore Trout

We're really cold here in the PacNW too. I have a lot of yard cleanup to do but it's just too cold and miserable out there.

Well, individual anecdotes don't really prove much one way or another. One can always find some spot on the globe that is colder than normal, and somewhere else that is warmer than normal, at any given moment. So each side of the debate is constantly bringing up this or that individual anecdote to apparently support their argument. Al Gore is the worst offender in this regard, showing glaciers calving off icebergs, as if that was relevant. Big flashy pictures, prove nothing. Elsewhere, out of camera range, some other glacier or ice sheet is imperceptibly growing thicker.

Similarly the colder-than-normal spring temperatures across much of the US prove little as well. Yeah, it's cold here, but for all we know, it's extra hot in Namibia or Madagascar or wherever. All we can rely on is the (supposedly) reliable global average temperature. And that does indeed show that the last ten years have shown a cooling trend. But on a different time scale, the last 60 years have shown a warming trend. And in the last ten minutes everything has stayed the same.

The more I read about this, the more cynical I become.

Random thought: how come no one has pulled a Kayne on this whole fargo flooding and said the BHO hates white-people...I think mike myers and Mr. west should play a little role reversal

re: #46 DistantThunder

Taliban tell HIllary her olive branch is "lunatic." Hate to say I agree with the Taliban.

Well, they got the stick. If they don't want the carrot, so much the easier.

U.S. reconciliation offer "lunatic"-Taliban spokesman

By Sayed Salahuddin

KABUL, April 1 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents reject a U.S. offer of "honourable reconciliation", a top spokesman said on Wednesday, calling it a "lunatic idea" and saying the only way to end the war was to withdraw foreign troops.

With the Afghan conflict now in its eighth year, NATO-led forces and the Taliban are locked in a bloody stalemate with violence set to rise further this year as more U.S. troops arrive and seek to contain the insurgency ahead of August elections.

President Barack Obama is redoubling U.S. efforts with more troops, more diplomatic effort and more economic assistance, but he has also already spoken of the need for an "exit strategy".

More...

re: #28 alegrias

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I look forward to visiting South Africa some day. Knew lovely people from the Cape who had beautiful homes on the water. Just breathtaking from pictures. Plus I love African plants, especially Clivia Miniatas, and would love to see the Bush in bloom.

Don't leave it to long. Unfortunately S Africa is heading down the same path that the rest of Africa has traveled. After the World Cup in 2010 it will go down. I hope it will be a short stay at the bottom. But hey TIA.

Having said all that it is a BEAUTIFUL Country.

re: #32 buzzsawmonkey

from the bottom of the Nirther thread, with new, improved scansion:

The Certificate's an Issue Flop
--with apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein, and "Surrey With the Fringe on Top"

Kooks and nuts and cranks will not kick it--
No matter how you say the certificate
No matter how you say the certificate's an issue flop
They cling to the belief that they'll discover
Something that hasn't yet been uncovered
A genuine, certified Obama remover that no-one can top
You can explain it until you're blue in the face
And still the Nirthers are leery
Reality for them will just not replace
A nice warm conspiracy theory
Don't care politically with whom they're bedded
Or how much their rantings discredit
True opposition that's often said, "Oh, how we wish they'd stop
'Cause the Nirth Certificate's a big issue flop!"

To shay!

re: #44 gringo69

Its 5 o'clock somewhere!

As good an excuse today as any.

re: #5 sattv4u2

Hell, in the last week here in Atanta between the snowstorm and rain we've eliminted the drought we've had for the past 3 years

THANK YOU AL GORE!

I was there in Buckhead for a few days. Some serious amounts of rain. One of those rare occasions I didn't mind being in a conference room all day.

re: #58 zombie

Can you prove or disprove you exist next? ;)

re: #57 scottishbuzzsaw

My husband knows 'her' very well! ;>)

He's a computer programmer?

Tuesday's gray and Wednesday too
Wednesday break my heart
Wednesday - heart attack
Wednesday stay in bed...my cure for Wednesday...

Hey your shoe laces are untied...April fools! Best I could do :)

re: #14 JohnAdams

Indeed. But I'm not one who needs a bailout. I need government to get out of the damned way.

re: #30 JohnAdams

I'm really surprised that more Republicans aren't going hard after this leadership vacuum. Hell, they have media following them around all day long. Start blasting away at these criminal Democrats.

* * * *
Is "blasting away at criminal Democrats" gonna win hearts & minds?

You know half the country wants a handout and a bailout. It's hard to sell "small is beautiful", "less is more" and "waste not, want not". Manly and tough pioneer woman virtues!

You can argue Republicans believe in the most ecologically sound principles, but it's uphill to sell right now. I feel our pain!

re: #58 zombie

, it's extra hot in Namibia or Madagascar

Dunno about Namibia, but Madagascar is apparently full of singing, dancing lemurs, so something is going on there.

Last update - 19:02 01/04/2009

Obama and Medvedev: Iran has right to peaceful nuclear program

By Natasha Mozgavaya, Haaretz Correspondent and The Associated Press

Tags: Israel News, Nuclear Crisis

The United States and Russia on Wednesday declared that Iran has a right to pursue a civilian nuclear program, but warned that the country must abide by an international treaty and prove that its contentious efforts were of a "peaceful nature".

"While we recognize that under the NPT [Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons] Iran has the right to a civilian nuclear program, Iran needs to restore confidence in its exclusively peaceful nature," U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced in a joint statement ahead of their first sit-down.

So...we here in the US can start building nuke power plants now?

yeah, right

re: #45 FurryOldGuyJeans

If you were to follow the link and read the article in question, that is answered in all caps just after the title.

There is no link in the link that I posted.

re: #32 buzzsawmonkey

from the bottom of the Nirther thread, with new, improved scansion:

The Certificate's an Issue Flop
--with apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein, and "Surrey With the Fringe on Top"

Kooks and nuts and cranks will not kick it--
No matter how you say the certificate
No matter how you say the certificate's an issue flop
They cling to the belief that they'll discover
Something that hasn't yet been uncovered
A genuine, certified Obama remover that no-one can top
You can explain it until you're blue in the face
And still the Nirthers are leery
Reality for them will just not replace
A nice warm conspiracy theory
Don't care politically with whom they're bedded
Or how much their rantings discredit
True opposition that's often said, "Oh, how we wish they'd stop
'Cause the Nirth Certificate's a big issue flop!"

As a poetry professor I must mark you down for a few scansion irregularities, but overall, veritably Homeric!

Open thread-good. Here's a news story for discussion...

Election, NYT, Acorn

re: #58 zombie

You've overeducated yourself. You will learn to love your Yugo, comrade.

re: #69 snowcrash

Hey your shoe laces are untied...April fools! Best I could do :)

How did you know? wow you're amazing

Lawmakers Have Long Rewarded Their Aides With Bonuses

Last year alone, more than 200 House lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, awarded bonuses totaling $9.1 million to more than 2,000 staff members, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of office-disbursement forms. The money comes out of taxpayer-funded office budgets, and is surplus cash that would otherwise be forfeited if not spent.

There is no prohibition against handing out excess cash.

I wasn't aware we had any "excess cash" in Washington.

re: #55 gringo69

You forgot: amateaur, poser, narccissist, swagger monkey.

Swagger monkey? I don't know about the monkey part but, he has the swagger for sure.

re: #67 father_of_10

He's a computer programmer?

Systems engineer in the defense/aerospace industries. Loves Ada for its precision. Laments the loss of knowledge with the grey-beards getting close to retirement, and incoming programmers who only work in C or C++.

re: #66 FurryOldGuyJeans

Can you prove or disprove you exist next? ;)

Now, I, FurryOldGuyJeans, will pretend to be zombie, and answer:

Yes, I most definitely exist!

The girl friend of an employee presented him with an ultrasound this morning showing a healthy little baby and her name on it. He freaked and she let it sink an hour or so before she said April Fool's!

classic!

re: #38 funky chicken

WOW, where are you?

New Mexico.

re: #58 zombie

It's been colder than usual here since the end of October. I enjoy being outside and can't wait for some warm weather. Five months of this is more than enough.

Although yesterday was high 50s and I was able to grill when I got home and have dinner outside while it was still light out.

re: #86 JammieWearingFool

propane or charcoal?

Some new bumper stickers somebody sent to me:

Don’t spread my wealth. Spread my work ethic.

Think healthcare is expensive now? Just wait until it’s FREE!

Keep the change, I’ll keep my guns, money and freedom.

How will the Demoncrats stand up to the terrorists when they can’t even face Fox news?

Annoy a liberal. Use facts and logic.

Change you can believe in 01.20.13

Look out taxpayers. Obama thinks you are rich.

re: #77 buzzsawmonkey

I could never barouche off a response like that.

TWO shay!

re: #74 MandyManners

There is no link in the link that I posted.

Wouldn't matter now, the title of the article has been changed to reflect that it is a spot of parody, April Fools: Obama Orders Chevrolet and Dodge Out Of NASCAR - Car News

re: #84 father_of_10

The girl friend of an employee presented him with an ultrasound this morning showing a healthy little baby and her name on it. He freaked and she let it sink an hour or so before she said April Fool's!

classic!

If it was me I would be single after that stunt.

re: #84 father_of_10

Oh man, that was quite a prank.

re: #80 jorline

Lawmakers Have Long Rewarded Their Aides With Bonuses

I wasn't aware we had any "excess cash" in Washington.

* * * *
It's your pocket that's empty of cash, not Washington's!

re: #80 jorline

Lawmakers Have Long Rewarded Their Aides With Bonuses

I wasn't aware we had any "excess cash" in Washington.

re: #84 father_of_10

The girl friend of an employee presented him with an ultrasound this morning showing a healthy little baby and her name on it. He freaked and she let it sink an hour or so before she said April Fool's!

classic!

That is great!

Question

With the Boss out of the country is the the White House Mixer still on tonight?

Book news: Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden returns on April 7th, and Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse has a new outing on May 9th.

Summer's looking up!

Happy April Fool's Day, guys!

re: #82 scottishbuzzsaw

Systems engineer in the defense/aerospace industries. Loves Ada for its precision. Laments the loss of knowledge with the grey-beards getting close to retirement, and incoming programmers who only work in C or C++.

Cool. Ada was named after Ada Lovelace. Evidently she wrote programs for Charles Babbage. Brilliant lady.

re: #83 zombie

Now, I, FurryOldGuyJeans, will pretend to be zombie, and answer:

Yes, I most definitely exist!

You have me mistaken for someone else since I know I am just a figment of my own imagination.

re: #98 father_of_10

Cool. Ada was named after Ada Lovelace. Evidently she wrote programs for Charles Babbage. Brilliant lady.

We were just talking about her at breakfast this morning! Definitely a brilliant lady!

re: #85 wrenchwench

New Mexico.

Cool. I'm in G-town . . . kinda.

re: #95 jorline

Question

With the Boss out of the country is the the White House Mixer still on tonight?

Of course with the inmates running the asylum...plus some one has to pick up the partying slack with Vegas junkets being canceled left and right

HotAir has pictures of Palin for every post. Good one!

re: #95 jorline

Question

With the Boss out of the country is the the White House Mixer still on tonight?

Well ,, seeing 500 people went with him, that only leaves 18,000 Obama staffers left here !

re: #84 father_of_10

The girl friend of an employee presented him with an ultrasound this morning showing a healthy little baby and her name on it. He freaked and she let it sink an hour or so before she said April Fool's!

classic!

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Aww. Wish more men wouldn't freak but embrace their babies. World would be a better place.

re: #44 gringo69

Its 5 o'clock somewhere!

time is not a reason...Years ago a friend offered me a beer at 10 in the morning. I said "Don't you think it's a little early in the day for that? He replied "Listen, right now some poor schmuck is on the "A" train heading home into Harlem after working the graveyard shift. We're drinking to him."
Seemed to make sense at the time...

re: #90 FurryOldGuyJeans

Wouldn't matter now, the title of the article has been changed to reflect that it is a spot of parody, April Fools: Obama Orders Chevrolet and Dodge Out Of NASCAR - Car News

Is it an April Fools' joke or, is the title calling FCBBHO a fool?

re: #95 jorline

Question

With the Boss out of the country is the the White House Mixer still on tonight?

Ya think he locks the door behind him so Gerlymon doesn't go throwing some wild toga party while he's gone ?

re: #105 snowcrash

HotAir has pictures of Palin for every post. Good one!

She looks good in all of them. I think Ed's having some fun.

re: #101 scottishbuzzsaw

We were just talking about her at breakfast this morning! Definitely a brilliant lady!

Admiral Grace Hopper was no slouch either.

re: #80 jorline

Lawmakers Have Long Rewarded Their Aides With Bonuses

I wasn't aware we had any "excess cash" in Washington.

Is that office budget the $60,000.00 or so that Pelosi dished out the first week they were in office?

re: #98 father_of_10

Cool. Ada was named after Ada Lovelace. Evidently she wrote programs for Charles Babbage. Brilliant lady.

Did you read Stephenson and Stirling, The Difference Engine?

It's the origin of "steampunk."

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

re: #70 lawhawk

Indeed. But I'm not one who needs a bailout. I need government to get out of the damned way.

lawhawk is John Galt!

re: #112 FurryOldGuyJeans

Admiral Grace Hopper was no slouch either.

"Dont sell yourself short judge, you make a tremendous slouch!"

-Ty Webb

re: #84 father_of_10

The girl friend of an employee presented him with an ultrasound this morning showing a healthy little baby and her name on it. He freaked and she let it sink an hour or so before she said April Fool's!

classic!

She would become my ex-girlfriend I'm afraid.

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

I was really hoping that was an April Fool's Joke.

re: #87 GOPManHatTanIte

propane or charcoal?

I have Weber propane grill. I'd go broke with charcoal for all the grilling I do.

re: #84 father_of_10

Now THAT is a good one.

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

The kicker?

Her Majesty already has an i-pod.

re: #109 MandyManners

Is it an April Fools' joke or, is the title calling FCBBHO a fool?

Joke, definitely. That was made much more clear with a concise disclaimer in an earlier version.

re: #96 Dianna

Book news: Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden returns on April 7th, and Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse has a new outing on May 9th.

Summer's looking up!

Cool. Mrs. Hawk got into Dresden when the TV series hit. She'll be happy to get another book.

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

Did they download Dancing Queen onto it, though..

I forgot it was April Fools Day today. I told my 22 employees today that I had sold my business this morning. I went through the whole speel about that their jobs and benefits were safe and over explained why I sold and was returning to the the US. You know what? At the end when I asked if there were any questions two dumb asses shout, at the same time, April Fools. I wanted to kill them.

re: #115 DistantThunder

Can I hope that this is an April Fool's Day joke? It sure sounds like one.

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

NOOO.

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

I just heard Rush say this. She already has one. Do Queens regift I wonder?

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

gotta be a joke...has to be a joke

re: #115 DistantThunder
No way! April fools? At least Michelle covered her arms to meet the Queen.

re: #112 FurryOldGuyJeans

Admiral Grace Hopper was no slouch either.

Thanks for the link...Amazing Grace...I like it.

re: #123 FurryOldGuyJeans

Joke, definitely. That was made much more clear with a concise disclaimer in an earlier version.

I couldn't wrap my head around it.

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

Holy Mother of God.

We have a buffoon as the leader of the free world!

When he visits the Pope, Obama will give him a air freshener in the shape of a pine tree, to hang from the rear-view mirror of the Popemobile.

FRankly, when you put together the poor wardrobe choices for Michelle, and these tacky gifts - especially to Royalty - although I love IPODs, I realize more and more, this is a social class issue. I'll leave it at that.

My first computer science professor would give odd ball questions on every exam. The most memorable question was: "Where is Babbage's brain?"

Any takers?

re: #124 CyanSnowHawk

Cool. Mrs. Hawk got into Dresden when the TV series hit. She'll be happy to get another book.

I thought the writers were doing a nice job of easing non-Harry fans into the whole magic business. But they were much too slow for those of us who already know and love Harry.

Worse, they made him nervous, not a smart-ass.

This auto bailout gets worse every day...

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.”

FOX News Video on this story available here.

re: #134 zombie

Holy Mother of God.

We have a buffoon as the leader of the free world!

When he visits the Pope, Obama will give him a air freshener in the shape of a pine tree, to hang from the rear-view mirror of the Popemobile.

When any fool knows the Pope prefers the 'Fresh Linen" scent in the shape of a bed pillow.

Spoilsports!
Party poopers!
Teeheehee:
Franco-German demands upset G20 unity

re: #120 JammieWearingFool

I'm a propane man myself borne of laziness and an appreciation for taste

re: #112 FurryOldGuyJeans

re: #98 father_of_10

OK - in the spirit of April Fool's day here's a link to the old usenet classic on "Shooting Yourself in the Foot" - Enjoy!

re: #138 gmsc

Calendar...

Those dirty violent protesters destroying London's oldest streets in the City, really put to rest the LIE that liberals are peaceful, live and let live kind of people.

These global professional protesters look like Stalinist thugs destroying private property like the Kristallnacht thugs did to innocent people.

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

Good god, what a clueless fuck America has elected. Obama once again shows the shallowness of his diplomatic expertise and knowledge.

re: #129 VioletTiger

I just heard Rush say this. She already has one. Do Queens regift I wonder?

Only as a subtle insult.

We're on high April Fool's Alert here. My daughter loves the holiday, and so far:

Her father and I got a letter from the Internal Prank Service informing us that we owed back taxes for failing to pay allowances in excess of $100 a week.

Her brother found an adoption certificate showing that he was adopted from the Texas Zoo.

Various packages throughout the house have been "re-packaged."

It will probably continue all day.

re: #136 jester6

My first computer science professor would give odd ball questions on every exam. The most memorable question was: "Where is Babbage's brain?"

Any takers?

The Science Museum in London.

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

That's funny .

re: #140 yma o hyd

R.R. must be rolling over in his grave knowing that he would probably rather be french than american right now..

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

Surely that's an April Fool's gag.

re: #107 alegrias

* * * *
Aww. Wish more men wouldn't freak but embrace their babies. World would be a better place.

I did.

Jan. 1 2000. "Honey I'm pregnant."
My response, "Not exactly the Y2K problem I was expecting."

re: #143 Lincolntf

Calendar...

Yes, but did you see the video link?

re: #45 FurryOldGuyJeans

If you were to follow the link and read the article in question, that is answered in all caps just after the title.

[Link: www.caranddriver.com...]

Avanti will soon tell us the songs were specially chosen for the Queen by American Music Academy or some stupidity.

Federal tax on cigarettes goes up by $.60 a pack to help children's health insurance. Think it occurred to them that many people who smoke are poor, and addicted to tobacco, so those children just got poorer? Nah!

re: #147 EmmmieG

If there was ever a day to take EVERYTHING with a grain of salt, today is it.
I suspect some people haven't gotten that memo, though.

re: #133 MandyManners

I couldn't wrap my head around it.

To be quite honest I find it hard to not believe it as real as well since it might actually be something the Arrogant One would do, based on his track record.

re: #135 DistantThunder

FRankly, when you put together the poor wardrobe choices for Michelle, and these tacky gifts - especially to Royalty - although I love IPODs, I realize more and more, this is a social class issue. I'll leave it at that.

This is NOT a social class issue. This is an issue of fucking stupidity.

We have a Christmas lottery in our family because it's fairly large.
You pull out a name from the hat and that's who you buy a Christmas present for.
Obama is my cousin Jim.

You don't want Jim to get your name.

re: #134 zombie

Holy Mother of God.

We have a buffoon as the leader of the free world!

When he visits the Pope, Obama will give him a air freshener in the shape of a pine tree, to hang from the rear-view mirror of the Popemobile.

Seriously, it's sounding to me like Obama has no substantive grasp of history (necessary to comprehend so MANY things.)

re: #123 FurryOldGuyJeans

Joke, definitely. That was made much more clear with a concise disclaimer in an earlier version.

I'm still not seeing where this has been cleared up.

re: #145 FurryOldGuyJeans

you have got to be shitting me after the whole DVD debacle...does no one read the classics anymore? has Obama even heard of the Iliad let alone the Odyssey or the Aeneid?

re: #136 jester6

My first computer science professor would give odd ball questions on every exam. The most memorable question was: "Where is Babbage's brain?"

Any takers?

Wasn't that a mechanical computer? I have no clue ...

re: #134 zombie

Holy Mother of God.

We have a buffoon as the leader of the free world!

When he visits the Pope, Obama will give him a air freshener in the shape of a pine tree, to hang from the rear-view mirror of the Popemobile.

It's a joke!

re: #151 J.D.

Surely that's an April Fool's gag.

/"We" are not amused...

re: #153 gmsc

No. It's the Car and Driver thing, right? I'll go look.

But what Drudge doesn't mention is that they included a $20 gift certificate to iTunes, specifically so she can download the Sex Pistols' "God Save the Queen."

re: #149 avanti

That's funny .

From what I can tell, this is NOT a joke.

re: #168 Lincolntf

No. It's the Car and Driver thing, right? I'll go look.

The story is, but the video link is a bonus for today.

re: #147 EmmmieG

We're on high April Fool's Alert here. My daughter loves the holiday, and so far:

Her father and I got a letter from the Internal Prank Service informing us that we owed back taxes for failing to pay allowances in excess of $100 a week.

Her brother found an adoption certificate showing that he was adopted from the Texas Zoo.

Various packages throughout the house have been "re-packaged."

It will probably continue all day.

Charming.

Honestly, with the utterly unbelievable and stupid stunts coming almost daily from this administration, I believe I am immune to some of these "jokes." I'm assuming it is all true.

re: #158 buzzsawmonkey

If true, it increasingly looks like the Obamas are instituting as state gifts the equivalent of "trade goods": glass beads, mirrors, cheap trinkets, and flimsy knives.

And in breaking news:

"Obama offers Bloomberg $24.00 for the island of Manhattan"

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

Read the comments.

Fourth paragraph to the last: fix "indiacted" to "indicated". Good article. The US president is a dreadful cur, with no appreciation for history or former relationships in the world. Even the dumb American people with grow to detest the very mention of his name. It will take a little while, however, because they have been so dumbed down by the educational system here.

The grotesque neediness of our political classes, including political journalists, in the face of Barack Obama is becoming a major national embarrassment. So what about the blasted DVDs? I'm sure Gordon's staff can rustle up something to play them on.

There isn't a special relationship and it doesn't matter. Get over it.

re: #140 yma o hyd

Spoilsports!
Party poopers!
Teeheehee:
Franco-German demands upset G20 unity

I'm surprised the fabric of reality has not torn.

Is the iPod a joke or not? Seriously.

re: #149 avanti

re: #170 MandyManners

From what I can tell, this is NOT a joke.

It's not. it's on multiple news sources

re: #37 sattv4u2

In both cases, I have the same response.

How much did you have to drink last night, and are you bleeding from the eyes due to it ?

//

LOL. Only a couple of beers, officer. No bloody eyeballs.

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

Thta's got to be an April Fool's joke. However, it would not suprise me if it was not. Obama did give PM Gordon Brown a set of DVDs (which of course, I took with a grain of salt because I could not believe it at first).

re: #153 gmsc

MAN! I haven't been busted with one of those in years. Well done, you sneaky li'l bastid.

re: #178 sattv4u2

re: #170 MandyManners

It's not. it's on multiple news sources

I hang my head in shame, and I didn't even vote for him.

Jeebus.

Assuming Drudge is not pranking us, why not give the queen a gift that reflects his Hawaiian heritage? (No, not a grass skirt, WAB.)

re: #177 snowcrash

Is the iPod a joke or not? Seriously.

I think it's real. I hope it wasn't a Shuffle. He would at least go for the highend model right? Right? sigh

re: #158 buzzsawmonkey

If true, it increasingly looks like the Obamas are instituting as state gifts the equivalent of "trade goods": glass beads, mirrors, cheap trinkets, and flimsy knives.

Is there a tiny sticker on it saying "made in china'?

re: #112 FurryOldGuyJeans

Admiral Grace Hopper was no slouch either.

She found the first computer bug--a moth got trapped inside the mainframe.

re: #115 DistantThunder

Jonah was right. egads.

re: #148 MrSilverDragon

Ding. That was fast.

Apparently my professor had it wrong though. He told us is was the British Museum, and unless I was mistaken, that is totally seperate form the Science Museum in London.

re: #166 Walter L. Newton

It's a joke!

I'm not so sure -- the original report looks pretty authentic to me:

Barack Obama's gift for the Queen: an iPod, your Majesty
Posted By: Toby Harnden at Apr 1, 2009 at 18:42:31 [General]
Tags: Barack Obama, Buckingham Palace, dvds, ipod, Photograph, Queen

Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 visit to the United States. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed photograph of herself - apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries.

The Queen already has an iPod, a 6GB silver Mini version she bought in 2005 at the suggestion of Prince Andrew.

Earlier, Mr Obama had spoken of his admiration for Her Majesty but indicated that his wife was handling the details of their royal meeting. "There's one last thing that I should mention that I love about Great Britain, and that is the Queen," he said at the end of his joint press conference with Gordon Brown.

Barack Obama met the Queen at Buckingham Palace today and gave her a gift of an iPod loaded with video footage and photographs of her 2007 visit to the United States. In return, the Queen gave the President a silver framed photograph of herself - apparently a standard present for visiting dignitaries.

Doesn't appear to be a joke.

re: #149 avanti

That's funny .

So you actually like it when your President acts like a clueless fool?

re: #183 MandyManners

Assuming Drudge is not pranking us, why not give the queen a gift that reflects his Hawaiian heritage? (No, not a grass skirt, WAB.)

a box of pineapples?

re: #139 OldLineTexan

When any fool knows the Pope prefers the 'Fresh Linen" scent in the shape of a bed pillow.

president buffon will give the pope some pope-pourri :)

re: #138 gmsc

This auto bailout gets worse every day...

Obama Orders Chevrolet and Dodge Out Of NASCAR

FOX News Video on this story available here.

"I have altered the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further." Darth Obama.

re: #183 MandyManners

Assuming Drudge is not pranking us, why not give the queen a gift that reflects his Hawaiian heritage? (No, not a grass skirt, WAB.)

A surfboard? That'll come in handy in sunny England.

re: #166 Walter L. Newton

It's a joke!

NOT.

re: #122 Dianna

The kicker?

Her Majesty already has an i-pod.

* * *
What DO you give the Queen who has everything? Gift giving between heads of state should go the way of the dodo.

Frankly, in the economic climate we're in, if Obama gave Hawaiian Leis to everyone, I'd be happy with that. At least they're native to his birthplace.

So you actually like it when your President acts like a clueless fool?

He's not acting.

re: #180 Honorary Yooper

re: #191 Killer Tomato

re: #190 zombie

re: #183 MandyManners

re: #180 Honorary Yooper

[Link: www.google.com...]

re: #177 snowcrash

Is the iPod a joke or not? Seriously.

Read the link I gave in comment #190. Judge for yourself. I vote for real.

Video: Leno rips Obama’s GM takeover

Game on! It's finally ok to make jokes about Obama.

re: #184 buzzsawmonkey

As in "Aeneid, Aeneid, Aeneid your human touch" by Elvis Costello?

Some day, Charles is going to add a question mark button, for the times we didn't quite follow.

re: #192 buzzsawmonkey

As far as we know.

I'll bet he's considered the whoopee cushion.

re: #189 jester6

Ding. That was fast.

Apparently my professor had it wrong though. He told us is was the British Museum, and unless I was mistaken, that is totally seperate form the Science Museum in London.

I'm full of useless trivia and pointless information. Just ask any of my friends, they'll tell you. :)

re: #190 zombie

I'm siding on the side of caution with this. But, then again, I did with the DVD set he gave Gordon Brown, and turned out to be wrong.

re: #142 CIA Reject

That's a favorite. Programming is very much the art of compression.

re: #194 albusteve

a box of pineapples?

A crate of macadamia nuts!

re: #145 FurryOldGuyJeans

Good god, what a clueless fuck America has elected. Obama once again shows the shallowness of his diplomatic expertise and knowledge.

He's trying to look hip and tech savvy but ends up looking like a boob.

re: #183 MandyManners

Assuming Drudge is not pranking us, why not give the queen a gift that reflects his Hawaiian heritage? (No, not a grass skirt, WAB.)

Drudge just links to the Telegraph UK online website. If this is a prank, it is an international one.

I can't stop laughing at the irony here. Just because its April Fool's Day doesn't mean the Zero is not a complete disaster-a-minute story.

re: #165 turn

Nope. I am talking about the organ which was once in his skull. There is a picture of it on this page. It's a long page but if you search for babb you will find it.

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

re: #208 abolitionist

That's a favorite. Programming is very much the art of compression.

I can speak for the veracity of about 85% of the statements in that post - I'm getting old :-)

re: #192 buzzsawmonkey

I guess we should be grateful that the President doesn't use a hand buzzer when greeting foreign dignitaries.

As far as we know.

Luckily, he used up all his whoopie cushions on Air Force One during the flight over.

re: #134 zombie

Holy Mother of God.

We have a buffoon as the leader of the free world!

When he visits the Pope, Obama will give him a air freshener in the shape of a pine tree, to hang from the rear-view mirror of the Popemobile.

* * * *
I'm sure the Pope rather than any gift of state, would rather hear Obama's had a change of heart, that babies aren't just burdens.

re: #197 axegrinder

A surfboard? That'll come in handy in sunny England.

A puka-shell necklace for Prince Philip.

Which world leader will receive the Singing Billy Bass?

re: #201 sattv4u2

OK, after seeing several stories about the iPod, I think I can safely say that Obama is the tackiest president we have ever had, and that even includes Bill Clinton.

re: #199 alegrias

* * *
What DO you give the Queen who has everything? Gift giving between heads of state should go the way of the dodo.

Frankly, in the economic climate we're in, if Obama gave Hawaiian Leis to everyone, I'd be happy with that. At least they're native to his birthplace.

In some ways, that would be better.

I don't know - perhaps, if one wanted to be more personal, one could give collar charms for the corgis?

re: #218 Alouette

Which world leader will receive the Singing Billy Bass?

I would say Arafat, but he's dead.

The man is a Slinky in a one story house

I guess thoughtful gift giving is a lost art, gone the way of the thank you note. Embarrassing really. Brits will have fun with this.

re: #115 DistantThunder

BREAKING: Gift to the Queen: An IPOD

What an Embarassment.

has to be a joke

re: #218 Alouette

Which world leader will receive the Singing Billy Bass?

lol good one.

Which world leader will get this?
I mean, isn't 40 the new 30.
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re: #211 FurryOldGuyJeans

Drudge just links to the Telegraph UK online website. If this is a prank, it is an international one.

And, an elaborate and scandaolous one. Oh, wait. Those make the best AF jokes.

Still, I'm betting it's real.

GM total confidence program - will pay your car payment for a year if you lose your job up to $500 a month.

With MY TAX dollars.

re: #213 jester6

heh

OMG, Rush is talking about the royal ipod. I am so fucking embarrassed.

re: #218 Alouette

Which world leader will receive the Singing Billy Bass?

The Collected Works of Jerry Lewis for Sarkozy.

re: #219 Honorary Yooper

OK, after seeing several stories about the iPod, I think I can safely say that Obama is the tackiest president we have ever had, and that even includes Bill Clinton.

I wouldn't be surprised if the I Pod was re-gifted. Someone had given HIM one and he already HAD one, so he passed it on!

//only partially

re: #209 MandyManners

A crate of macadamia nuts!

The loudest mumu to be found in the cheapest tourist shop in Waikiki.

Obama should have given the Queen something to represent the American spirit: A Springfield SOCOM II battle rifle.

re: #134 zombie

Holy Mother of God.

We have a buffoon as the leader of the free world!

When he visits the Pope, Obama will give him a air freshener in the shape of a pine tree, to hang from the rear-view mirror of the Popemobile.

Or one of those bobble headed figures that look like Jesus. Or a glow in the dark crucifix that hangs from the rear-view mirror. Or he can go for the ultimate in hick class and have one of those religious paintings in day glo paint on black velvet.

All seems to be in the class of gifts he gives.

re: #184 buzzsawmonkey

As in "Aeneid, Aeneid, Aeneid your human touch" by Elvis Costello?

re: #223 buzzsawmonkey

at least some-one can follow the bouncing ball...

re: #176 Dianna

I'm surprised the fabric of reality has not torn.

It is a rather strange combo, isn't it.
If Maggie were still PM, she'd be in with the French and Germans, and i doubt there would have been a G20 summit in London.
Also - the police, under her, would have waded into the protesters in a rather different manner, should they have been so foolish as to try it on.

re: #158 buzzsawmonkey

If true, it increasingly looks like the Obamas are instituting as state gifts the equivalent of "trade goods": glass beads, mirrors, cheap trinkets, and flimsy knives.

* * * *
Why not, we're in a GREAT DEPRESSION~!

Less is more,
people.

When you care enough to send the best, send a Hallmark Card, made in USA.

Bibi Netanyahu will present 0bama with the Let My People Go toilet seat cover.

It's being reported that the Queen presented President Obama with the game of Clue.

When asked why she selected this particular gift, her Majesty responded, "Well, my advisers told me that he was Clueless."

re: #56 Mithrax

Codex rumours and confirmations

DAMN IT! Everytime I get my force working just right, they up and change the rules on me.

I thought the useless DVD's he game the PM were a shitty gift, but an ipod? ? ? WTF?

re: #209 MandyManners

A crate of macadamia nuts!

he'll tell he "you'll love my nuts Mrs. Queen!"

re: #223 buzzsawmonkey

I was just riffing on the Elvis Costello song which has the chorus of "I need, I need, I need your human touch", as a contrast to the more highbrow Aeneid: "I need/Aeneid."

Hey, they don't always work.

I got it, if that's any consolation.

re: #112 FurryOldGuyJeans

Admiral Grace Hopper was no slouch either.

Have you ever heard her speak? I've seen tapes, and in addition to being brilliant, she had a great sense of humor.

re: #235 pre-Boomer Marine brat

The loudest mumu to be found in the cheapest tourist shop in Waikiki.

A bag of Kona beans.

I just had a thought. The gift pattern so far by Obama has been "look at how cultures/advanced the United States is".

Which means he's arrogant enough to believe that the rest of the world doesn't have access to all of these great and wonderful things.

DVD's for Brown: They're classics! They're so had to find!

Ipod: She's old, and look at how cool this technology is! Can't find this outside of New York!

I wonder what the next ones are gonna be...

re: #154 kansas

[Link: www.caranddriver.com...]

When you go to link you get:
April 2009
Car and Driver has a proud tradition of April Fools’ Day jokes stretching back 30 years. We regret if this year’s went too far.

re: #219 Honorary Yooper

OK, after seeing several stories about the iPod, I think I can safely say that Obama is the tackiest president we have ever had, and that even includes Bill Clinton.

I think you maybe wrong. At least Obama did not try to dry hump the Queen or one of her Daughters.

/

re: #218 Alouette

Which world leader will receive the Singing Billy Bass?

Oh, no!

I almost got Big Mouth Bass, singing "Take me to the River" for my brother as a gag house-warming gift when he and my SIL bought a new house.

re: #233 sattv4u2

I wouldn't be surprised if the I Pod was re-gifted. Someone had given HIM one and he already HAD one, so he passed it on!

//only partially

Comes with actual messianic ear-wax on the headphones.

re: #236 Occasional Reader

Obama should have given the Queen something to represent the American spirit: A Springfield SOCOM II battle rifle.

She probably already has one.

re: #248 MandyManners

A bag of Kona beans.

Mmmm I'll take those.

re: #249 Mithrax

I just had a thought. The gift pattern so far by Obama has been "look at how cultures/advanced the United States is".

Which means he's arrogant enough to believe that the rest of the world doesn't have access to all of these great and wonderful things.

DVD's for Brown: They're classics! They're so had to find!

Ipod: She's old, and look at how cool this technology is! Can't find this outside of New York!

I wonder what the next ones are gonna be...

Reflects geekiness, and lack of empathy for the giftee.

re: #245 albusteve

he'll tell he "you'll love my nuts Mrs. Queen!"

*shaking head*

re: #242 subsailor68

It's being reported that the Queen presented President Obama with the game of Clue.

When asked why she selected this particular gift, her Majesty responded, "Well, my advisers told me that he was Clueless."

George Bush, with The Economy, in the Rose Garden.

Speaking of Taliban, Jawa report may have posted some of their phone numbers.