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Responsibility’s like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.
— William McFee
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gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:24:25pm |
I've talked about money tips, and I've talked about Pi (which you can't see 1 end of).
Now, it's time to talk about how to use Pi to your advantage to make money:
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karmic_inquisitor Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:25:38pm |
Speaking of responsibility: Funyuns Still Outselling Responsibilityuns
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WindHorse Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:26:22pm |
Windhorse's 1st Corollary
Life’s like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.
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Fenway_Nation Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:28:17pm |
More 0bama books in the sidebar- altho' this time around they aren't all pro-Zero.
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WindHorse Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:28:58pm |
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Erik The Red Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:29:37pm |
A man checks into a hotel in Wainwright Alberta while on a business trip and
was a bit lonely.
He thought of one of those girls you see advertised in phone booths when
you're calling for a cab.
He popped into a phone booth near the hotel and found an ad for a girl
calling herself Erogonique, a lovely girl, bending over in the photo. She
had all the right curves in all the right places, beautiful long wavy hair,
long graceful legs...... well, you get the picture! He copied the phone
number and returned to his hotel.
When back in the room he figures, what the hell, give her a call.
'Hello,' the woman says.
God, she sounded sexy.
'Hi, I hear you give a great massage and I'd like you to come to my room and
give me one.. No, wait, I should be straight with you. I'm in town all alone
and what I really want is sex. I want it hard, I want it hot, and I want it
now. Bring implements, toys, rubber, leather, whips, everything you've got
in your bag of tricks. Tie me up, cover me in chocolate syrup and whipped
cream, anything you want! Now, how does that sound?'
She says, 'That sounds fantastic, but you need to press 9 for an outside
line.'
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Macker Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:29:45pm |
Man, I've had a hard week at work: two whole days, yesterday and tomorrow. Ugh.
/snicker
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Erik The Red Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:30:22pm |
A farmer walked into an attorney's office wanting to file for a
divorce. The attorney asked, "May I help you?" The farmer said,
"Yea, I want to get one of those dayvorce's."
The attorney said, "well do you have any grounds?" The farmer
said, "Yea, I got about 140 acres." The attorney said, " No, you
don't understand, do you have a case?" The farmer said, "No, I
don't have a Case, but I have a John Deere."
The attorney said, "No you don't understand, I mean do you have
a grudge?" The farmer said, "Yea I got a grudge, that's where I
park my John Deere." The attorney said, "No sir, I mean do you
have a suit?"
The farmer said, "Yes sir, I got a suit. I wear it in church on
Sundays."
The exasperated attorney said, "Well sir, does your
wife beat you up or anything?"
The farmer said, "No sir, we both get up about 4:30."
Finally, the attorney says, "Okay, let me put it this way. "WHY
DO YOU WANT A DIVORCE?"
And the farmer says, "Well, I can never have a meaningful
conversation with her."
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gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:30:47pm |
re: #6 Fenway_Nation
More 0bama books in the sidebar- altho' this time around they aren't all pro-Zero.
OK, which Zero video is better?
My Hero, Zero, or . . . :
. . . Less Than Zero:
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wiffersnapper Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:31:57pm |
reminds me of those old magic tricks that pretended to cut the string in half and put it back together.
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gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:32:01pm |
re: #11 Erik The Red
My ex-wife ran off with a tractor salesman. When I got home, I found all she left me was a John Deere letter.
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gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:32:39pm |
re: #13 wiffersnapper
reminds me of those old magic tricks that pretended to cut the string in half and put it back together.
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Erik The Red Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:32:50pm |
One day, a young cowboy and a cowgirl decided to get married.
He was a man of the world and she was an innocent bride with
no experience.
On the first night of their honeymoon the couple washed up
and started to get ready for bed. When they get into bed,
they start exploring each other's bodies.
Things are going fine until the bride discovers her
husband's penis. "Oh my", she says, "What is that?"
"Well, darlin", the cowboy says, "That's ma rope".
She slides her hands further down and gasps.
"Oh my goodness. What's them?" she asks.
"Honey, them's my knots", he answers.
Finally, the couple begin to make love. After several minutes,
the bride says, "Stop honey. Wait a minute".
Her husband, panting a little, asks, "What's the matter honey?
Am I hurting you?"
"No", the bride replies. "Just undo them damn knots.
I need more rope!"
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Pvt Bin Jammin Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:33:00pm |
re: #6 Fenway_Nation
More 0bama books in the sidebar- altho' this time around they aren't all pro-Zero.
I saw the ones yesterday and thought I was in the twilight zone. Glad to hear Amazon is advertising here, though. Our business had to order a camping trailer commode for a customer the other day and I must say, Amazon had the best price, fastest shipping and 30 day return policy. I am normally not an online shopper but you can't beat that.
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gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:34:55pm |
re: #18 wiffersnapper
prompt reply! :D
My Google-fu (is there such a thing as YouTube-fu?) is strong!
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sngnsgt Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:36:12pm |
re: #8 Erik The Red
Good one, I'm sending that to a friend who is on the road all the time.
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Erik The Red Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:36:44pm |
Morning/Afternoon/Evening Lizards.
There have been a few melt downs here in the last few days. I have been busy tying thinks up this side so I have not had much time to comment or fully keep abreast of it all.
It amazes me how some posters can be here for a few years and know what Charles's beliefs are and still have melt downs.
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karmic_inquisitor Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:37:44pm |
There must be a disturbance in the Matrix.
The Washington Post has published something today akin to - dare I say - journalism.
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]
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Dustyvet Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:38:00pm |
Some examples of why the human race has probably evolved as far as possible. These are actual instruction labels on consumer goods:
On Sears hairdryer:
Do not use while sleeping.
(Gee, that's the only time I have to work on my hair!)
On a bag of Fritos:
You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
(The shoplifter special!)
On a bar of Dial soap:
Directions: Use like regular soap.
(and that would be how?)
On some Swann frozen dinners:
Serving suggestion: Defrost.
(But it's 'just' a suggestion!)
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert: (printed on bottom of the box)
Do not turn upside down.
(Too late! you lose!)
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding:
Product will be hot after heating.
(Are you sure? Let's experiment.)
On packaging for a Rowenta iron:
Do not iron clothes on body.
(But wouldn't that save more time?)
(Whose body?)
On Boot's Children's cough medicine:
Do not drive car or operate machinery.
(We could do a lot to reduce the construction accidents if we just kept those 5 year olds off those fork lifts.)
On Nytol sleep aid:
Warning: may cause drowsiness.
(One would hope!)
On a Korean kitchen knife:
Warning: keep out of children.
(hmm...something must have gotten lost in the translation...)
On a string of Christmas lights:
For indoor or outdoor use only.
(As opposed to use in outer space.)
On a food processor:
Not to be used for the other use.
(Now I'm curious.)
On Sainsbury's peanuts:
Warning: contains nuts.
(but no peas?)
On an American Airlines packet of nuts:
Instructions: open packet, eat nuts.
(somebody got paid big bucks to write this one...)
On a Swedish chainsaw:
Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands.
(Raise your hand if you've tried this...)
On a child's Superman costume:
Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.
(Oh go ahead! That's right, destroy a universal childhood belief.)
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HelloDare Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:38:33pm |
There was some talk about Ghandi in the last thread.
Ghandi was successful because his adversary was the British. He would have been crushed like a bug by other countries so fast nobody would have known his name. The left loves him for his non-violence and civil disobedience. But they never mention this:
In 1940, when invasion of the British Isles by Nazi Germany looked imminent, Gandhi offered the following advice to the British people (Non-Violence in Peace and War):[30]"I would like you to lay down the arms you have as being useless for saving you or humanity. You will invite Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini to take what they want of the countries you call your possessions...If these gentlemen choose to occupy your homes, you will vacate them. If they do not give you free passage out, you will allow yourselves, man, woman, and child, to be slaughtered, but you will refuse to owe allegiance to them."
In a post-war interview in 1946, he offered a view at an even further extreme:
"The Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher's knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs."
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wiffersnapper Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:39:22pm |
re: #20 gmsc
+1 from me for honing said google-fu skills!
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MrPaulRevere Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:40:22pm |
re: #23 Erik The Red
Maximus struck me as an ill-tempered goon, no big loss there.
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BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:40:53pm |
re: #26 HelloDare
History is always different than what we learned.
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Dustyvet Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:41:24pm |
In case anyone is considering doing some camping this summer, please note the following public service announcement:
In Alaska, tourists are warned to wear tiny bells on their clothing when hiking in bear country. The bells
warn away MOST bears. Tourists are also cautioned to watch the ground on the trail, paying particular attention to bear droppings to be alert for the
presence of Grizzly Bears. One can tell a Grizzly dropping because it has tiny bells in it...
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Pvt Bin Jammin Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:41:25pm |
re: #23 Erik The Red
Morning/Afternoon/Evening Lizards.
There have been a few melt downs here in the last few days. I have been busy tying thinks up this side so I have not had much time to comment or fully keep abreast of it all.
It amazes me how some posters can be here for a few years and know what Charles's beliefs are and still have melt downs.
I know what you mean.
The ones that really bug me are the ones who then go over to some kind of "stalker" blogs that seem to just "love" badmouthing Charles and the other lizards.
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Dustyvet Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:44:07pm |
"Cats" is the longest-running show on Broadway to date. The show romanticizes and shrouds in mystery the lives and habits of America's most popular pet. Yet, even with the lively dancing and popular songs, "Cats" doesn't seem to capture the true-to-life behavior of our feline companions. Below is a list of what "Cats" would have to do to more accurately portray the true
essence of cats.
* Audience members would enter the auditorium only to find their seats had been clawed and covered with fur.
* The antagonist in the show would be a giant vacuum cleaner.
* Sometimes the cast would perform, but sometimes not -- depending on their mood.
* Performers would leap off the stage and run up the aisles at the recorded sound of a can opener in the lobby.
* When certain audience members opened their playbills, a cast member would attempt to lay down on it.
* In the middle of a performance various cast members would curl up and go to sleep, even in the middle of a song.
* For no apparent reason, cast members would randomly run to the lobby, and then back to the stage at top speed. They would then continue as if nothing had happened.
* A special audience member would find a headless bird in his/her seat after the intermission.
* Snack bar employees would constantly be reprimanding cast members for walking on the counter.
* Open the stall door and guess who is drinking from the toilet.
* Part of the performance would include the cast climbing and shredding the theater curtains.
* The stage would be stained from someone coughing up a hairball and then eating it.
* Performers would find sand in the lobby ashtrays and -- well, we don't have to draw a picture here, do we?
* The show would need to be stopped several times to allow cast members to "bathe" themselves.
* Most of the final act would consist of the cast just staring at the audience.
* The big finale would feature a giant ball of yarn, feathers on a pole, and stray strands of dental floss.
* Theater patrons waiting outside the stage door after performances would get their legs rubbed, if they were lucky.
* Cast members would never cash their paychecks, just play with them.
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MrPaulRevere Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:44:10pm |
re: #24 karmic_inquisitor
Drudge has this in red letters...'Investigative reporter Jeff Gerth RETURNS!' I can't say I know of the man, is he some hot shot reporter or something?
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HelloDare Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:44:14pm |
re: #28 MrPaulRevere
Maximus struck me as an ill-tempered goon, no big loss there.
Odd thing was, he had over 2,500 Karma points. Poof. They all went away before he could cash them in on a free hamster.
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Gus Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:45:39pm |
re: #31 Pvt Bin Jammin
I know what you mean.
The ones that really bug me are the ones who then go over to some kind of "stalker" blogs that seem to just "love" badmouthing Charles and the other lizards.
It's almost like they plan it. Then go off to that other blog with the similar name. Basically that blog has something like two dozen comments on average some of which is filled with highly disgruntled sociopaths intent on supporting science from the dark ages. The topics are direct copies of LGF.
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MrPaulRevere Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:46:51pm |
re: #35 HelloDare
He probably got a lot of updings from 'savage_nation', 'storagemanager' and that crew.
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Erik The Red Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:48:00pm |
re: #28 MrPaulRevere
Maximus struck me as an ill-tempered goon, no big loss there.
I agree. Most posters that have these sorts of melt downs will not be missed.
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gmsc Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:48:58pm |
re: #33 Dustyvet
"Cats" is the longest-running show on Broadway to date. The show romanticizes and shrouds in mystery the lives and habits of America's most popular pet. Yet, even with the lively dancing and popular songs, "Cats" doesn't seem to capture the true-to-life behavior of our feline companions. Below is a list of what "Cats" would have to do to more accurately portray the true
essence of cats.
Those proposals, while interesting, wouldn't fit in the true nature of the play. You see, CATS is based on T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, and most of those ideas don't sound very practical.
/Interesting that a book on cats should be written by a man whose name is an anagram of TOILETS
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redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:52:55pm |
re: #28 MrPaulRevere
Maximus struck me as an ill-tempered goon, no big loss there.
and which Cav Regiment did you ride with?
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Macker Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:54:19pm |
re: #35 HelloDare
Odd thing was, he had over 2,500 Karma points. Poof. They all went away before he could cash them in on a free hamster.
Y'know, this might be a crazy idea but I'll throw it out anyway. Say a Lizard really fraks up like on the previous thread. What if they could get a Second Chance, in exchange for losing all their Karma Points?
Would this be a reasonable idea, or not? That's why I'm throwing it out here for discussion. Of course, Charles makes the final decision.
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BatGuano Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:54:55pm |
Two campers were asleep in their tent when they were awakened by a commotion outside. The 1st campers opens the tent flap and looks out and says, " There's a bear out there going through our stuff. What do we do?"
The second camper says, " We run".
The first camper says. " We can't out run a bear!"
The second camper replies, " We don't need to out run the bear. I just need to out run you.!"
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redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:55:02pm |
re: #37 MrPaulRevere
He probably got a lot of updings from 'savage_nation', 'storagemanager' and that crew.
ummmm..... no.
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redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:55:43pm |
re: #38 Erik The Red
I agree. Most posters that have these sorts of melt downs will not be missed.
and occasionally, you could be wrong.
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ArchangelMichael Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:55:51pm |
re: #41 Macker
I think the whole point of the Karma system was to "assist in self-policing the community"
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Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:56:39pm |
re: #28 MrPaulRevere
Maximus struck me as an ill-tempered goon, no big loss there.
I think he has some issues that perhaps he should seek some help for.
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HelloDare Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:57:00pm |
re: #41 Macker
You mean like selling indulgences? Don't think that will go over with the big lizard.
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Sharmuta Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:58:30pm |
re: #41 Macker
Maximus already was on his second chance. Charles ha always been willing to give another chance to people who have asked politely for one.
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Cheechako Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:58:34pm |
re: #30 Dustyvet
In case anyone is considering doing some camping this summer, please note the following public service announcement:
In Alaska, tourists are warned to wear tiny bells on their clothing when hiking in bear country. The bells
warn away MOST bears. Tourists are also cautioned to watch the ground on the trail, paying particular attention to bear droppings to be alert for the
presence of Grizzly Bears. One can tell a Grizzly dropping because it has tiny bells in it...
....and smells like pepper
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Buster Bunny Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:58:55pm |
re: #48 HelloDare
You mean like selling indulgences? Don't think that will go over with the big lizard.
Worked for the Medcis. That there was one smart pope.
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redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:58:57pm |
re: #47 Sharmuta
I think he has some issues that perhaps he should seek some help for.
i didn't see the fuss that resulted in the stick..... where should i look.
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Macker Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:59:02pm |
re: #48 HelloDare
You mean like selling indulgences? Don't think that will go over with the big lizard.
Oh Lord, I didn't see that analogy at all....
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Gus Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:59:12pm |
re: #41 Macker
Y'know, this might be a crazy idea but I'll throw it out anyway. Say a Lizard really fraks up like on the previous thread. What if they could get a Second Chance, in exchange for losing all their Karma Points?
Would this be a reasonable idea, or not? That's why I'm throwing it out here for discussion. Of course, Charles makes the final decision.
That might be like...
Cowboys Herding Cats
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redc1c4 Thu, Apr 2, 2009 11:59:47pm |
re: #49 Sharmuta
Maximus already was on his second chance. Charles ha always been willing to give another chance to people who have asked politely for one.
that i didn't know...... changes things lots.
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:00:00am |
Today in History, April 3rd:
1783 - Washington Irving is born.
1860 - The first successful United States Pony Express run from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California begins.
1904 - Iron Eyes Cody is born. (On an Indian reservation? No, in Sicily to Sicilian parents.)
1917 - Vladimir Lenin arrives in Russia from exile, marking the beginning of Bolshevik leadership in the Russian Revolution.
1922 - Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1924 - Doris Day and Marlon Brando are born. (Brando died in 2004, Doris Day is still alive.)
1942 - Wayne Newton is born.
1944 - Tony Orlando is born.
1948 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries.
1958 - Alec Baldwin is born.
1959 - David Hyde Pierce ("Niles" from Frasier) is born.
1961 - Eddie Murphy is born.
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
1972 - Jennie Garth is born.
1973 - The first portable cell phone call is made in New York City, United States.
1986 - IBM unveils their first laptop computer.
1996 - Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested at his cabin in Montana, United States.
1996 - A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.
2000 - United States v. Microsoft: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust laws by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
2004 - Islamic terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks are trapped by the police in their apartment and kill themselves.
2008 - ATA Airlines, once one of the 10 largest U.S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations.
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davinvalkri Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:00:30am |
re: #26 HelloDare
There was some talk about Ghandi in the last thread.
Ghandi was successful because his adversary was the British. He would have been crushed like a bug by other countries so fast nobody would have known his name. The left loves him for his non-violence and civil disobedience. But they never mention this:
Oh dear. That'll send a lot of people's admiration for the guy into the toilet. Should it be disseminated more widely?
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:02:25am |
A woman recently lost her husband. She had him cremated and brought his
ashes home. Picking up the urn that he was in, she poured him out on
the counter.
Then she started talking to him, and tracing her fingers in the ashes,
she said, "You know that fur coat you promised me Irving?"
She answered by saying, "I bought it with the insurance money!"
She then said, "Irving, remember that new car you promised me?"
She answered again saying, "Well, I bought it with the insurance money!"
Still tracing her finger in the ashes, she said, "Irving remember that
BlowJob I promised you? Here it comes..."
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BlueCanuck Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:02:53am |
re: #55 Sharmuta
And also the Anti-vax thread the other day as well. Just a drive by, off to bed now.
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MrPaulRevere Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:03:43am |
re: #57 gmsc
"1948 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries." Yes indeed, the good old days when $5 billion was a lot of money //
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BatGuano Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:04:10am |
re: #57 gmsc
Unusually eventful day.Especially the reference to Espera DecCrti.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:04:37am |
re: #59 redc1c4
delightfully undescriptive..... thank you ever so much.
/white smoke
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redc1c4 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:04:49am |
re: #61 BlueCanuck
And also the Anti-vax thread the other day as well. Just a drive by, off to bed now.
i'm not shilling for the guy, i just want to see the testimony for myself, as it were.......
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BatGuano Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:04:54am |
re: #64 BatGuano
Unusually eventful day.Especially the reference to Espera DecCrti.
Espera DeCorti. PIMF
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:05:06am |
re: #61 BlueCanuck
And also the Anti-vax thread the other day as well. Just a drive by, off to bed now.
Hey Blue. Long time no see.
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redc1c4 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:07:27am |
re: #65 Erik The Red
"Target, Cease Fire......"
that's a valid kill, not that Stinky needed an OC to call it for him.
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:10:52am |
re: #67 redc1c4
i'm not shilling for the guy, i just want to see the testimony for myself, as it were.......
Then go down the the last thread and read it- it won't take you long to spot it.
Promise.
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:11:10am |
re: #8 Erik The Red
I think I stayed in that hotel, once.
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:11:31am |
re: #48 HelloDare
You mean like selling indulgences? Don't think that will go over with the big lizard.
Martin Luther?
;)
Here's James Burke talking about indulgences and the effects they had, starting at about the 8:00 mark (full episode viewable here):
There's more interesting history about Martin Luther and his protest against indulgences in the episode Infinitely Reasonable, too.
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:12:33am |
re: #75 gmsc
Martin Luther?
;)Here's James Burke talking about indulgences and the effects they had, starting at about the 8:00 mark (full episode viewable here):
There's more interesting history about Martin Luther and his protest against indulgences in the episode Infinitely Reasonable, too.
Oops, the first episode to which I was referring should have been made viewable, like this:
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:12:37am |
So, what are we talking about up here? Is it gout?
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Gus Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:13:16am |
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:17:10am |
re: #41 Macker
Y'know, this might be a crazy idea but I'll throw it out anyway. Say a Lizard really fraks up like on the previous thread. What if they could get a Second Chance, in exchange for losing all their Karma Points?
Would this be a reasonable idea, or not? That's why I'm throwing it out here for discussion. Of course, Charles makes the final decision.
Charles has done this once or twice. With mixed results.
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:18:18am |
re: #64 BatGuano
Unusually eventful day.Especially the reference to Espera DecCrti.
Huh? What's Espera DecCrti?
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zombie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:18:27am |
re: #65 Erik The Red
What's amazing about meltdown #1 is that he predicted "Well, I expect about -17 down-dings for this one." Incredibly, he got exactly -17 downdings! Eerie. Now if only he could have used those psychic powers to find Adam and Eve's tomb and the resting place of Noah's Ark, he might have had a solid argument.
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Buster Bunny Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:18:40am |
re: #79 Alberta Oil Peon
Charles has done this once or twice. With mixed results.
I think the best thing he's done is the reverse-a-ding policy. You make a ding, you only make one ding, but you can give or revoke it. Or make it a negative from a positive.
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Gus Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:19:08am |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:19:59am |
Which Celebrity Drunk Are You?
[I got Mel fucking Gibson, grrrr!]
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Buster Bunny Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:20:23am |
OT .. where did the 7 Trillion for this G20 venture come from? Did Obama raid my piggy bank and leave an IOU again?
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Gus Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:20:57am |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:22:12am |
re: #86 BatGuano
Hey, it's cool if you like other dudes. Nothing wrong with that. But don't go dissing us heteros by telling us we're unwelcome. That's not cool.
///
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BatGuano Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:23:45am |
re: #80 gmsc
Huh? What's Espera DecCrti?
#68 DeCorti. Iron Eyes Cody's Sicilian name. He was not an American Indian.
He was a Sicilian immigrant,
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:24:06am |
re: #89 Buster Bunny
OT .. where did the 7 Trillion for this G20 venture come from? Did Obama raid my piggy bank and leave an IOU again?
You think that's bad? Check out my post from an earlier thread (#95 from They've Got Us By the Gas Tank):
GMAC to resume car loans to subprime borrowers
GMAC Financial Services said it will resume making car and truck loans to subprime borrowers and will lower inventory financing costs for cash-strapped auto dealers, part of a series of moves intended to spur sales at General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research).
The moves announced Wednesday come as the embattled automaker races to restructure and get customers back into its showrooms amid growing risk that it will be pushed into bankruptcy by the Obama administration.
GM, whose U.S. sales plunged 51 percent in the first two months of this year, also began rolling out a program that will cover some payments for customers who lose their jobs after buying a car, an incentive intended to bring back shoppers worried about job security amid the recession.
GMAC, which provides financing to many GM vehicle buyers, said it would make at least $5 billion of credit available to customers over the next 60 days, a period during which GM has to prove to U.S. officials it can win sweeping concessions from bondholders and its major union.
The finance company plans to resume accepting finance applications from car and truck buyers who have credit scores below 620, a line dividing prime borrowers from less creditworthy subprime borrowers. The median U.S. credit score is 723, according to Fair Isaac Corp's (FIC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) myFICO unit.
The short version of this story? A government with no money and poor financial prospects is borrowing money to loan to a company with no money and poor financial prospects, who in turn plans to loan that money to customers who have no money and poor financial prospects, so that they can purchase quickly-depreciating liabilities.
Why? To encourage growth and prosperity, of course!
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:24:24am |
re: #93 BatGuano
#68 DeCorti. Iron Eyes Cody's Sicilian name. He was not an American Indian.
He was a Sicilian immigrant,
Oh! Got it!
Thanks!
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Buster Bunny Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:24:34am |
re: #92 Slumbering Behemoth
Hey, it's cool if you like other dudes. Nothing wrong with that. But don't go dissing us heteros by telling us we're unwelcome. That's not cool.
///
I never dated a doxie so I never got a chance to find out which side of the ballpark he/she played on.
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Gus Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:25:03am |
re: #88 Slumbering Behemoth
Which Celebrity Drunk Are You?
[I got Mel fucking Gibson, grrrr!]
I ended up with Rip Torn.
?
| 98 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:25:20am |
Seeing as someone has started a Pun Thread
1. Two antennae met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony
wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but
don't start anything."
3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.
4. A dyslexic man walked into a bra.
5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm, and says: "A
beer please, and one for the road."
6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste
funny to you?"
7. "Doc, I can't stop singing The Green, Green Grass of Home." "That sounds
like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common?" "Well, It's Not Unusual."
8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly,
"I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says
Dolly. "It's true; no bull!" exclaims Daisy.
9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to
look at either.
10. Déjà Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:26:57am |
re: #88 Slumbering Behemoth
Which Celebrity Drunk Are You?
[I got Mel fucking Gibson, grrrr!]
Hell, I got Danny DeVito. I don't get no respect!
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Gus Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:26:58am |
re: #99 redc1c4
i gave up and went for a drink.... too many questions.
Sure was a lot questions.
Rip Torn! "Elderly Drunk" Nice, I'm "only" 48.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:27:38am |
11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day, but I couldn't
find any.
12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted,
"Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know, I
amputated your arms!”;
13. I went to a seafood disco last week... and pulled a mussel.
14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.
15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says,
"Dam!"
16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the
craft. Not surprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your
kayak and heat it too.
17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel, and were standing in
the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour,
the manager came out of the office, and asked them to disperse. "But why,"
they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said. "I can't stand chess-nuts
boasting in an open foyer."
18. A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a
family in Egypt, and is named 'Ahmal.' The other goes to a family in Spain;
they name him 'Juan.' Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his
birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she
wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're
twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."
19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which
produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little,
which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad
breath. This made him. a super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
20. A dwarf, who was a mystic, escaped from jail. The call went out that
there was a small medium at large.
21. And finally, there was the person who sent twenty different puns to his
friends, with the hope that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh.
No pun in ten did.
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:27:41am |
re: #98 Erik The Red
Seeing as someone has started a Pun Thread
1. Two antennae met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The ceremony
wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but
don't start anything."3. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.
4. A dyslexic man walked into a bra.
5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm, and says: "A
beer please, and one for the road."6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste
funny to you?"7. "Doc, I can't stop singing The Green, Green Grass of Home." "That sounds
like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common?" "Well, It's Not Unusual."8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly,
"I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," says
Dolly. "It's true; no bull!" exclaims Daisy.9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to
look at either.10. Déjà Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
I was hoping at least one of those would make me laugh, but no pun in ten did.
;)
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Buster Bunny Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:28:08am |
re: #94 gmsc
Hate to say it but that actually makes sense.
In a situation where GM isnt making much money, the sale of cars and how its balanced on the accounting ledger actually means that you can use the cars as a theoretical loss for the business rather than an actual physical loss.
I hate accounting, but it seems to do wonders.
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freetoken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:28:45am |
re: #23 Erik The Red
It amazes me how some posters can be here for a few years and know what Charles's beliefs are and still have melt downs.
Sort of like we all know this happens in summer... but that doesn't prevent it.
Some day I'm wondering if Charles will post something that would cause a mass blog meltdown (and not just an individual or two.) I imagine it would be about as pretty as this.
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:31:56am |
re: #105 Erik The Red
See #21. LOL
I noticed that.
Of course, the problem is that it was said about 20 puns. Either the list needs to be pruned back to 10, or the "no pun in ten did" joke needs to be dropped.
Whoever wrote that missed the whole point of the pun.
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:33:18am |
re: #104 Buster Bunny
Hate to say it but that actually makes sense.
In a situation where GM isnt making much money, the sale of cars and how its balanced on the accounting ledger actually means that you can use the cars as a theoretical loss for the business rather than an actual physical loss.
I hate accounting, but it seems to do wonders.
This is the same thing that the banks did for subprime loans – are you saying that made sense, too?
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:33:40am |
re: #106 freetoken
Sort of like we all know this happens in summer... but that doesn't prevent it.
Some day I'm wondering if Charles will post something that would cause a mass blog meltdown (and not just an individual or two.) I imagine it would be about as pretty as this.
Maybe if he posted he was taking a vacation....
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:34:52am |
re: #111 Sharmuta
Maybe if he posted he was taking a vacation....
Or shutting down for a week for routine maintenance.
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:34:54am |
re: #109 gmsc
This is the same thing that the banks did for subprime loans – are you saying that made sense, too?
What's really scary, is that all those new GM cars are going to be in the hands of subprime drivers, quite possibly with no insurance.
Coming to a highway near you.
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Buster Bunny Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:36:52am |
re: #109 gmsc
This is the same thing that the banks did for subprime loans – are you saying that made sense, too?
The whole subprime stuff is a LOT more complex than anyone else is prepared to let on. There are active elements of fraud in the whole mix and thats one of the reasons that its being kept as 'bad borrowers'. There were loan brokers who actually INVENTED people and accounts and borrowing records to create a loan with. Thats the 'hush' part that no-one has been speaking about. Just remember how much of the actual market involved the risky loans.
It wasnt that much.
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:38:07am |
I have to share- I was proud of myself today. See- a lot of women have a shoe fetish, but with me it's hats. Saw a really cute hat today on clearance, and I managed to resist! Yea me.
| 117 |
gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:40:18am |
re: #116 Sharmuta
I have to share- I was proud of myself today. See- a lot of women have a shoe fetish, but with me it's hats. Saw a really cute hat today on clearance, and I managed to resist! Yea me.
That can be tough – especially when it's something you love. Congrats, Sharm!
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:41:17am |
re: #116 Sharmuta
I have to share- I was proud of myself today. See- a lot of women have a shoe fetish, but with me it's hats. Saw a really cute hat today on clearance, and I managed to resist! Yea me.
I have a scotch fetish. I wish I had your will power.
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TheMatrix31 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:41:22am |
re: #116 Sharmuta
I have to share- I was proud of myself today. See- a lot of women have a shoe fetish, but with me it's hats. Saw a really cute hat today on clearance, and I managed to resist! Yea me.
I love hats on females!
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:42:09am |
re: #117 gmsc
I had even tried it on. AND it was the last one, so I almost succumbed. But I told myself, "NO!"
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Gus Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:43:14am |
re: #115 Buster Bunny
I've reached the point were I am almost numb to everything. No one's going to do anything about this other than throw more money at it. We should get the bill once the economy picks up for that and everything else. That would be on top of my own bills.
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:45:01am |
re: #120 Sharmuta
I had even tried it on. AND it was the last one, so I almost succumbed. But I told myself, "NO!"
...and with that once decision, you proved you have more financial discipline than the executive and legislative branches of our federal government put together!
:)
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:45:46am |
re: #122 littleoldlady
It was a cute houndsooth checkered fedora.
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:46:30am |
Monring to you, too, gmsc! :-)
/I like it!
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:46:42am |
re: #123 gmsc
...and with that once decision, you proved you have more financial discipline than the executive and legislative branches of our federal government put together!
:)
LMAO!
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:47:13am |
re: #108 redc1c4
rat snipe..... BRB.
You get all the fun!
A comedian, Dave Attel (sp?), used to have a tv show where after doing his stand-up gig, he would see the not so hot spots in that town and pick a local spot (usually a weird one) to spend timing working at whatever job they were doing.
While in New Orleans, he went out with the local PD for their nightly "Nutria Abatement".
What a job. Getting paid to sit in the back of a moving truck while taking shots at giant river rats with a rifle.
Shit, buy me the ammo, don't ask any damn questions about my beer intake, and I'd do that job for free.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:47:26am |
re: #122 littleoldlady
What kind of hats?
Morning lol. I won't be here for fruitcup today(and have missed the last two days) Can I get it early?
| 132 |
Gus Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:48:55am |
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:48:58am |
re: #127 Sharmuta
I used to be a hat person AND a shoe person. [sigh]
/now I'm living with whatever is in my archives closet.
//which is fine, since I still manage to donate a bag of clothes out it every month.
///I think they reproduce in there when I'm not looking...
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gmsc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:50:07am |
re: #128 littleoldlady
Monring to you, too, gmsc! :-)
/I like it!
I'm going to have say goodnight to you and everyone else here now. I've got an early day tomorrow.
Since you'll have an extra fruitcup due to my absence, give it to Sharmuta. She earned it not only with her financial discipline, but with her quick ability to offer fruitcup last night, thus giving you some well-deserved rest.
(Sharmuta – I vote we keep her around!)
Good night, all!
| 135 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:50:21am |
re: #116 Sharmuta
That post, well. You asked for it.
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:51:06am |
re: #130 Slumbering Behemoth
You get all the fun!
A comedian, Dave Attel (sp?), used to have a tv show where after doing his stand-up gig, he would see the not so hot spots in that town and pick a local spot (usually a weird one) to spend timing working at whatever job they were doing.
While in New Orleans, he went out with the local PD for their nightly "Nutria Abatement".
What a job. Getting paid to sit in the back of a moving truck while taking shots at giant river rats with a rifle.
Shit, buy me the ammo, don't ask any damn questions about my beer intake, and I'd do that job for free.
You could become a "nutria attritionist." Say it fast enough, and moonbats would be asking you for advice on carbohydrates.
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:52:31am |
re: #131 Erik The Red
Oh goodie! At least one person missed my faux pas. ;-)
Thanks for the fruitcup yesterday, Sharmuta! :-)
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:52:53am |
re: #131 Erik The Red
Morning lol. I won't be here for fruitcup today(and have missed the last two days) Can I get it early?
Ok change of plans I will be here. I will wait:)
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:53:26am |
re: #139 littleoldlady
It was my honor to try to fill your shoes, of which I am unworthy.
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:54:00am |
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:54:41am |
And I hear you, lol. I try to stretch my clothes for as long as I can, while adding to my closet in small bursts, but hats I cannot resist.
| 146 |
redc1c4 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:55:37am |
re: #145 Sharmuta
And I hear you, lol. I try to stretch my clothes for as long as I can, while adding to my closet in small bursts, but hats I cannot resist.
what kind of boonie hat do you have?
| 148 |
littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:57:57am |
| 149 |
littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 12:59:01am |
re: #145 Sharmuta
Good thing "vintage" is in style!
/too bad "vintage" describes my figure these days...
| 150 |
Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:03:39am |
re: #130 Slumbering Behemoth
I liked that show! One town he ended up at the water treatment plant.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:04:19am |
re: #137 Alberta Oil Peon
Seriously, everything I know about guns could be summed up in a pamphlet. Aside from range/safety etiquette that was drilled into me as a teen, the bulk of that pamphlet would read "GUNS ARE FUCKING FUN"!
I would pay to do a "ride along" with NOPD on one of their "Nutria Abatement" rounds. They should look into that (taking all safety and licensing measures needed), might be a good source of revenue for the city.
| 152 |
Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:04:42am |
And there was one show where he was in San Diego and said screw it and went to Tiajuana- that was a funny episode.
| 153 |
redc1c4 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:05:57am |
re: #149 littleoldlady
Good thing "vintage" is in style!
/too bad "vintage" describes my figure these days...
"vintage" is the new "sexy"........
got photos?
| 155 |
redc1c4 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:07:03am |
re: #147 Sharmuta
Tonight I'm wearing a plaid page boy.
i don't think that "boonie hat" means what you think it means, but i'm okay with that.........
| 156 |
littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:07:15am |
re: #153 redc1c4
I don't care what anybody else says about you, red. I LOVE YOU!
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logboy Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:08:28am |
re: #146 redc1c4
what kind of boonie hat do you have?
I have a few old sun bleached ACUs, unfortunately they still have SPC rank on them.
| 158 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:08:38am |
re: #150 Sharmuta
It was like the precursor to "Dirty Jobs", but much more random and funny.
| 159 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:08:39am |
re: #156 littleoldlady
I don't care what anybody else says about you, red. I LOVE YOU!
What's not to love about him////
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:08:47am |
re: #151 Slumbering Behemoth
Seriously, everything I know about guns could be summed up in a pamphlet. Aside from range/safety etiquette that was drilled into me as a teen, the bulk of that pamphlet would read "GUNS ARE FUCKING FUN"!
I would pay to do a "ride along" with NOPD on one of their "Nutria Abatement" rounds. They should look into that (taking all safety and licensing measures needed), might be a good source of revenue for the city.
That's true. I expect a .22 with a scope, or maybe a night-vision scope would be perfect for nutria.
Alberta has a "rat patrol" that constantly monitors areas on the Saskatchewan border. Alberta is Canada's only rat-free province, and they guard that status zealously. Big deal in a grain-growing region.
| 161 |
redc1c4 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:08:59am |
re: #156 littleoldlady
I don't care what anybody else says about you, red. I LOVE YOU!
you'll get over it: all the women in my life do.......
/until the *next* time the shit monster shows up: then i'm John Wayne again.
| 162 |
Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:09:55am |
re: #155 redc1c4
You mean like a fisherman hat? I have two of those.
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redc1c4 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:10:20am |
re: #157 logboy
I have a few old sun bleached ACUs, unfortunately they still have SPC rank on them.
i had 19 years and 9 months time in grade as a SP4.....
no shame there in *my* book.
| 166 |
redc1c4 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:12:30am |
re: #163 logboy
This place is dead tonight. Where is everyone?
can't speak for the rest of them, but posting gets in the way of drinking.....
| 167 |
logboy Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:12:56am |
OK, dealing with VA BS and going to school. Still trying to get a prosthetic out of them. Been away from here for a while.
| 168 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:13:22am |
re: #166 redc1c4
can't speak for the rest of them, but posting gets in the way of drinking.....
I am going to have that problem tonight. Great rugby and cricket on tonight.
| 169 |
Buster Bunny Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:13:32am |
| 170 |
logboy Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:13:38am |
re: #166 redc1c4
can't speak for the rest of them, but posting gets in the way of drinking.....
En Vino Veritas
| 171 |
littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:13:44am |
re: #161 redc1c4
Anybody who kills rats without whining about it is okay in my book!
/only other person I've ever known who did that was my mother...
| 172 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:14:08am |
re: #156 littleoldlady
I don't care what anybody else says about you, red. I LOVE YOU!
Yeah, I don't get where all these people are coming from when they say he's smelly and looks funny.
//
| 173 |
littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:15:12am |
| 174 |
Buster Bunny Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:15:19am |
re: #172 Slumbering Behemoth
Yeah, I don't get where all these people are coming from when they say he's smelly and looks funny.
//
Its hard after you meet him ;)
| 175 |
Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:15:46am |
re: #167 logboy
You're still in need? That' shameful. And isn't it nice our president wants to make you pay for that? Have you discussed this on your blog?
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redc1c4 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:15:50am |
re: #172 Slumbering Behemoth
Yeah, I don't get where all these people are coming from when they say he's smelly and looks funny.
//
does that mean that i've spent my entire life avoiding mirrors and maneuvering into the wind for nothing?
| 177 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:16:21am |
re: #174 Buster Bunny
What?!? He can't be that sexy.
///
| 178 |
logboy Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:18:11am |
re: #175 Sharmuta
You're still in need? That' shameful. And isn't it nice our president wants to make you pay for that? Have you discussed this on your blog?
I can't believe that asshole Obama actually considered making me pay for all my medical bills from now on. Its bad enough that I may have to pay my way out to DC and back just so I can get a new prosthetic. This one is almost completely shot.
| 179 |
Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:19:58am |
re: #167 logboy
Shit. You've more than earned it. What's the hold up?
Keep in mind, I am ignorant of the case here.
| 180 |
Buster Bunny Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:20:05am |
I remember when I used to access LGF using a 56k modem bandstrapped to 17k due to line/noise levels. Just one thread was painful. Anything more was horrific. It took me a full hour just to read a complete 300 entry thread.
| 181 |
logboy Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:20:27am |
re: #179 Slumbering Behemoth
Shit. You've more than earned it. What's the hold up?
Keep in mind, I am ignorant of the case here.
Red Tape. Lazy civilians.
| 182 |
redc1c4 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:21:52am |
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:22:01am |
re: #178 logboy
Consider writing this up on your blog- I think there are a lot of people who would pick it up from you and bring attention to this disturbing disregard for your needs. But only if you're comfortable doing it. I wonder how many others are being denied care like you are. It's shameful.
| 184 |
Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:22:26am |
re: #178 logboy
I can't believe that asshole Obama actually considered making me pay for all my medical bills from now on. Its bad enough that I may have to pay my way out to DC and back just so I can get a new prosthetic. This one is almost completely shot.
That's total bullshit. If you lost a limb in the service of your country, you should be able to get first-class service on any required prosthetic, regardless of where you choose to live in the country. If you need to go across country to a major medical center, the military should provide you with transport. The military must have flights going all over the country. Disabled veterans should have the right to ride along, free, on any flight not totally full.
| 185 |
littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:24:04am |
| 186 |
Buster Bunny Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:25:10am |
re: #185 littleoldlady
Yeah, back then my computer was the crank up kind.
BUNNY! :-)
liloldlady ! :-)
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Capt Camel Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:29:03am |
I don't know if this has been posted before -
Thomas Payne inviting US to a tea party
Gets the blood circulating
/delurk
| 188 |
logboy Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:29:05am |
Heres the deal. I've been dealing with the VA (Minneapolis, 1 hour away)for months now on getting them to "approve" me so I can go get a new arm locally, or at least get this one fixed. I've been waiting for paperwork to get done, forms, whatever so I can go. Nothing. Zip. Zilch. Every time I go there and talk to them its like talking to my dog. Its a joke. I'm not going to publicize any gripes unless I go to DC instead. And then I may link up and do an interview with someone in the media and meet with my congressman again (capitol hill lunch, yum). This is getting ridiculous. At least a flight to DC is only 200.
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Pass The Moonbaticide Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:32:33am |
re: #185 littleoldlady
Good Morning , LittleOldLady.
Where were you yesterday ?
Sharmuta's Fruitcup isn't even in the same League as yours.
You should post some Internet Culinary tips for the upstarts.
| 192 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:35:34am |
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Pass The Moonbaticide Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:35:43am |
re: #190 Sharmuta
... but 'tis true.
LoL's Fruitcup is to die for.
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:35:54am |
Pass The Moonbaticide! :-)
That's NOT true! Sharmuta is a fruitcup connoisseur!
/sleepless night, fell asleep about an hour before fruitcup... :-(
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:37:37am |
re: #193 Pass The Moonbaticide
Which I do not deny, but I'm not an upstart. *sniffle* lol put me on backup duty awhile ago.
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Pass The Moonbaticide Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:38:36am |
re: #194 littleoldlady
They look like Fruit Kebabs.
/Now, there's a serving suggestion for you ...
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:38:37am |
re: #195 Sharmuta
Which I do not deny, but I'm not an upstart. *sniffle* lol put me on backup duty awhile ago.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOOD GREAT AT IT!
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:39:22am |
/verybigsigh
Sharmuta,
I'm afraid we've spoiled these folks...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:40:20am |
re: #188 logboy
If our country is going to pay out tax dollars to help any class of people, our veterans should be at the top of that list. That this isn't the case is both disgusting and disgraceful.
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:41:00am |
re: #198 littleoldlady
That's on you, Dear Lady. You are very good to us, {lol}.
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Pass The Moonbaticide Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:42:04am |
Dis I hear on the news that your Pres visited with an entourage of 500 ?
After Michelle's attendants, what did the other dozen do ?
... And how big was their Carbon Footprint ?
(Environmental Stuff is always for others to act on,
never the Left themselves)
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:42:31am |
re: #201 Sharmuta
That's on you, Dear Lady. You are very good to us, {lol}.
Sure. Blame the Jew...
;-)
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:43:33am |
re: #202 Pass The Moonbaticide
After Michelle's attendants, what did the other dozen do ?
Her mama dresses her funny.
/and that's being kind...
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Pass The Moonbaticide Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:47:20am |
re: #205 littleoldlady
... And how much did her wardrobe cost ?
During the camapign, it was all 'How much did Palin spend on that dress'
Now, it's 'Wow, doesn't Michelle look elegant ?"
Obama gave us one last 'stuff-you' as he was seen going up the steps of Air Force One with his hands in his pockets.
Not even a wave to the Cameras.
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:48:28am |
I'm highly disturbed by the comparisons of michelle to Princess Diana- it's insulting. To the Princess.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:52:49am |
Though it's more than fair to say there a lot of non-white pansies people out there that bitch about the same things.
/arugula, anyone?
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:53:16am |
re: #206 Pass The Moonbaticide
I dunno. There was something in the spinoffs about that schmata/sweater costing 6xx pounds. (How much is that in what used to be real money?)
BTW, I gave an exact copy of that THING to Purple Heart about 3 months ago...
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 1:55:23am |
New post from Bill Whittle.Read the comments they are great. Damn I miss the du Toit's
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Pass The Moonbaticide Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:00:10am |
re: #208 Slumbering Behemoth
Watched that all the way through . Interesting .
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:00:21am |
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone!*™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ----------------->
Help yourselves!
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:02:27am |
re: #212 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone!*™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ----------------->
Help yourselves!
Woo-Hoo! Fruitcup. Nothing like fruitcup to waken a semi-slumbering Peon.
Thanks, littleoldlady!
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Pass The Moonbaticide Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:03:06am |
re: #209 littleoldlady
I think that would be about $850 AT CURRENT EXCHANGE RATES.
Whoops , CapsLock off.
Anyway, a V. Expensive Sweater.
/Who needs a sweater, anyway, with all this projected Global Warming ?
Don't they believe their own Propaganda ?
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Sharmuta Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:04:08am |
re: #215 littleoldlady
Hate to ding and dash, but I hope you have a great day!
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:04:42am |
re: #217 Pass The Moonbaticide
I think that would be about $850 AT CURRENT EXCHANGE RATES.Whoops , CapsLock off.
Anyway, a V. Expensive Sweater.
/Who needs a sweater, anyway, with all this projected Global Warming ?
Don't they believe their own Propaganda ?
Perhaps it's better they don't. Think it through to its logical consequences: Al Gore in a Speedo.
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:04:53am |
Alberta Oil Peon! :-)
'Night, Sharmuta! :-)
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:05:57am |
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Pass The Moonbaticide Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:06:10am |
Right ... I'll get myself a cup of Tea and try the double-Blind
Sharmuta / LittleOldLady Fruitcup Taste Test.
I'll let my taste decide.
/Hey, they should use that in an Advertising Slogan.
// Imagining millions of $ rolling in from fees.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:08:52am |
re: #212 littleoldlady
Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone!*™
Fruitcup is on the buffet ----------------->
Help yourselves!
{lol} Thanks
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:10:59am |
Breaking News
Lilongwe - A Malawian court ruled on Friday that US popstar Madonna cannot be granted an interim adoption of a second child from the country, three court sources said.
Rights groups have accused Malawian authorities of giving her special treatment. Malawi's government, which came under fire after Madonna adopted a 13-month-old Malawian child, said on Thursday it would support a second adoption.
It's not clear whether Madonna will try to appeal against the ruling.
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littleoldlady Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:14:08am |
I have to leave, too. :-(
Good day, ALL!™
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:14:39am |
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:18:13am |
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Pass The Moonbaticide Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:18:38am |
Fruitcup 'Brand A' : Piquant, slightly acid Fruit pieces. Pleasant dough, perhaps just to much butter content. Crumbly.
Fruitcup 'Brand B' : Perfect Fruity Taste. Dough just the right Melt-in-the-Mouth consistency. Does not dissolve when dunked in Tea. Perfect 10.
My Choice : Brand B
Lifts lid of Platter to reveal ... LITTLEOLDLADY Brand
//Like it was from Harrods (You'd probably say 'Tiffany')
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:19:46am |
re: #222 Pass The Moonbaticide
A good place to start. If you're of a mind, you can try Red's as well. May want to brace yourself.
/has a tendency to mess with your head
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:23:20am |
re: #230 Slumbering Behemoth
A good place to start. If you're of a mind, you can try Red's as well. May want to brace yourself.
/has a tendency to mess with your head
I don't even want to know WHAT you were searching for when you found this///
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Alberta Oil Peon Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:30:19am |
Well, I feel a nap coming on. Good night, everyone.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:36:24am |
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:44:45am |
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:47:54am |
Fenway's Shiny Stuff Precious Metal pricing update for this morning:
Gold- $901.80 an ounce (down .002%)
Silver- $12.83 an ounce (down .006%)
Platinum- $1153 an ounce (down .0017%)
Palladium- $220 an ounce (down .004%)
Rhodium- $1010 an ounce (unchanged)
Noteworthy that gold dropped $20 an ounce (2.17%) in less then 24 hrs.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:49:01am |
G'nite little old lady! Alberta Oil peon!
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:50:15am |
re: #235 Fenway_Nation
Fenway's
ShinyStuffPrecious Metal pricing update for this morning:Gold- $901.80 an ounce (down .002%)
Silver- $12.83 an ounce (down .006%)
Platinum- $1153 an ounce (down .0017%)
Palladium- $220 an ounce (down .004%)
Rhodium- $1010 an ounce (unchanged)Noteworthy that gold dropped $20 an ounce (2.17%) in less then 24 hrs.
The market seems to have a little of its risk appetite back. Even the Rand has done well over the last day or two. Good for me. I just hope it carries on getting stronger over the next 2 months.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:57:53am |
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 2:59:17am |
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:03:29am |
And while I'm at it, here's the overseas markets this morning:
Australia's All Ordinaries- up 1.43%
Hang Seng Index- up .16%
Seoul Composite KOPSI Index- up .53%
Mumbai SENSEX- up 4.51%
Taiwan Weighted- up 1.02%
Nikkei- up .34%
Johannesburg JSE Limited- down .01%
Singapore's Straits Times- up .97%
New Zealand NZSE50- up 1.11%
Shanghai Composite- down .23%
Tel Aviv TA100- up 5.06%
Not sure what the good news out of Israel or India is at the moment (and to a lesser extent, Australia, Taiwan and New Zealand) to have such huge gains in their market....maybe they're just grateful that the G20 conference is over.
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Jim in Virginia Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:05:26am |
Morning all. Debka (I know, I know, unreliable but entertaining) reports a poll of Palestinsinas shows they oppose the two state solution.
The Norwegian Fafo institute which sponsored the 1993 Oslo Framework accords decided to find out how the Palestinians felt about this solution. Its main discovery was that a majority, 53 percent, of Palestinians (like Israelis), is against two states.
33 percent opt for the annihilation of the state of Israel, to be replaced by a single Islamic republic; and 20 percent which favors a united Israeli-Palestinian state.
When Hamas members are polled separately, support for two states drops to 21 percent.
Someone tell our SecState, please.
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Jim in Virginia Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:08:15am |
re: #235 Fenway_Nation
Oooh, shiny stuff!
O is out of the country and the markets are up. Coincidence? I think not.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:08:41am |
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:09:31am |
Interestingly, the Swiss Market Index seems to be the only European exchange that's down significantly this morning.
Hmm.....didn't the topic of bank secrecy and sanctions against countries with strick bank secrecy laws get bandied about at the G20?
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Luigi Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:11:18am |
Best video of Obama bowing to Saudi. Scroll for video...
[Link: www.smh.com.au...]
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:11:21am |
Good Morning LGF.
Obama Kicks Israel In The Balls - Again
Obama's fawning and unconditional public support for the Saudi initiative should make it crystal clear to Netanyahu that Israel has an enemy in the White House.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:11:31am |
re: #245 Fenway_Nation
Interestingly, the Swiss Market Index seems to be the only European exchange that's down significantly this morning.
Hmm.....didn't the topic of bank secrecy and sanctions against countries with strick bank secrecy laws get bandied about at the G20?
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:11:34am |
re: #243 Jim in Virginia
I think it's great, too....but the downside is that he'll have to come back sooner or later.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:12:55am |
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:14:06am |
re: #248 Erik The Red
Wonder if this is just leverage to pressure them into joining the EU- Even tho' it's surrounded by Eurozone countries (France, Italy, Austria & Germany) Switzerland is not an EU country itself...
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:14:52am |
re: #246 Luigi
Best video of Obama bowing to Saudi. Scroll for video...
[Link: www.smh.com.au...]
Pardon me while I go vomit.
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Luigi Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:16:52am |
re: #252 Spare O'Lake
Pardon me while I go vomit.
How are our military personnel supposed to go out today and put their lives on the line in support of this Commander in Chief?
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:17:00am |
re: #246 Luigi
Best video of Obama bowing to Saudi. Scroll for video...
[Link: www.smh.com.au...]
I coulda swore I heard him say 'Konnichiwa'
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:18:00am |
re: #253 Luigi
How are our military personnel supposed to go out today and put their lives on the line in support of this Commander in Chief?
Well...you see....this is where the National Civilian defense force comes in..
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:20:43am |
re: #254 Fenway_Nation
I coulda swore I heard him say 'Konnichiwa'
Actually, you misheard. He actually said "Can I chew ya".
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:24:15am |
re: #257 goddessoftheclassroom
Good morning, Lizards!
{goddess} Good morning. Looking forward to the weekend?
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Spare O'Lake Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:24:45am |
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:25:46am |
{Erik the Red}
{Spare O'Lake}
I'm looking forward to sleeping in!
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:26:58am |
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UncleRancher Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:29:05am |
'Mornin' Lizards
*picking up FRUITCUP* What a nice treat this morning.
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:29:27am |
re: #263 UncleRancher
'Mornin' Lizards
*picking up FRUITCUP* What a nice treat this morning.
{UncleRancher}
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UncleRancher Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:30:15am |
re: #264 goddessoftheclassroom
{goddessoftheclassroom} How nice to see everyone this morning.
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UncleRancher Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:31:35am |
I see (above) our share of the national debt is now up to 165k. If it were only that small. I think they left off the interest.
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Jim in Virginia Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:36:10am |
Krauthammer: Obama's real agenda- Fairness through leveling.
Read it all.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:39:44am |
re: #268 Jim in Virginia
Krauthammer: Obama's real agenda- Fairness through leveling.
Read it all.
Damn scary.
Obama has far different ambitions. His goal is to rewrite the American social compact, to recast the relationship between government and citizen. He wants government to narrow the nation's income and anxiety gaps. Soak the rich for reasons of revenue and justice. Nationalize health care and federalize education to grant all citizens of all classes the freedom from anxiety about health care and college that the rich enjoy. And fund this vast new social safety net through the cash cow of a disguised carbon tax.
Obama is a leveler. He has come to narrow the divide between rich and poor. For him the ultimate social value is fairness. Imposing it upon the American social order is his mission.
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Luigi Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:40:00am |
This bowing incident to the Saudi king says something about Obama that is not part of the current narrative -- submission.
[Link: www.smh.com.au...]
Obama is taken to be one of the most powerful presidents of recent times. He basically gets whatever he wants and commands great devotion among his followers. But this video says his power comes from foreigners. He is part of a hierarchy and submits himself to a higher-up just as we are supposed to submit ourselves to him.
Maybe the real narrative is submission.
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Jim in Virginia Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:40:50am |
re: #269 Erik The Red
None of that is surprising. He (O) said it multiple times before the election.
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Luigi Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:43:09am |
Erik, re the Krauthammer article: It's a clever analysis but there is nothing "leveling" about his behavior with the Saudi king.
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goddessoftheclassroom Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:45:44am |
{summergurl}
{Jim in Virginia}
I hope y'all are well!
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:48:14am |
re: #268 Jim in Virginia
Krauthammer: Obama's real agenda- Fairness through leveling.
Read it all.
IT'S NOT FAAAAAAAIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
What an insufferable toddler!
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:49:01am |
re: #273 Luigi
Erik, re the Krauthammer article: It's a clever analysis but there is nothing "leveling" about his behavior with the Saudi king.
His back and neck were level with the floor.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:49:06am |
re: #275 MandyManners
IT'S NOT FAAAAAAAIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.
What an insufferable toddler!
Morning MM.
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UncleRancher Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:50:07am |
re: #276 MandyManners
His back and neck were level with the floor.
Very unbecoming. What an embarrassment.
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summergurl Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:51:24am |
re: #268 Jim in Virginia
Krauthammer: Obama's real agenda- Fairness through leveling.
Read it all.
Once again, a brilliant column by Krauthammer
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:53:54am |
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:56:54am |
re: #282 MandyManners
How's life with you?
Good Thanks. Very busy tying up loose ends here. Will be hectic for the next month or 2 and then it just gets more insane when I get back to the US.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:57:20am |
re: #278 UncleRancher
Very unbecoming. What an embarrassment.
Just one more anti-American action. It was bad enough that he bowed his head to Queen Elizabeth but, to give the full bow to King Abdullah is incomprehensible.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:58:12am |
re: #283 Erik The Red
Will your kids have any kind of hassle transferring their grades to a school in Florida?
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Afrocity Fri, Apr 3, 2009 3:59:55am |
Morning Lizards. I woke up early, could not sleep bad dreams.
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UncleRancher Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:02:00am |
re: #286 Afrocity
Morning Lizards. I woke up early, could not sleep bad dreams.
Me too.
mal⋅fea⋅sance
/mælˈfizəns/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [mal-fee-zuhns]
–noun Law.
the performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used esp. of an act in violation of a public trust). Compare misfeasance (def. 2), nonfeasance.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:02:23am |
re: #286 Afrocity
I dreamed I was riding with Bernadine Dohrn and when I realized she had a bomb, I jumped out of the car and threw it. Then, I ran off and called the cops. I saved a bunch of moonbats at a festival.
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summergurl Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:03:18am |
re: #287 UncleRancher
Morning -
No bad dreams - just crazy squirrels racing back and forth over the roof.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:04:33am |
re: #285 MandyManners
Will your kids have any kind of hassle transferring their grades to a school in Florida?
I don't think so. We went to some public and Catholic schools when we were there in November 2007. We took reports with us. Their math, writing and reading skills are good. I am a little worried about American History though. The finished their first term today and will not be going back to school until they start in August over there. The will have a tutor for math,reading and Spanish for the next two months.
They are going to drive my wife, and my wallet mad.
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Afrocity Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:05:20am |
re: #288 MandyManners
I dreamed I was riding with Bernadine Dohrn and when I realized she had a bomb, I jumped out of the car and threw it. Then, I ran off and called the cops. I saved a bunch of moonbats at a festival.
That is scary, considering she lives within a short drive from me.
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UncleRancher Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:07:31am |
re: #290 Erik The Red
The problem with American History is it keeps changing every time some moonbat writes a new book. I tell my kids to respond to their history teachers with first, 'which version do you want to hear?'
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:08:41am |
re: #290 Erik The Red
I don't think so. We went to some public and Catholic schools when we were there in November 2007. We took reports with us. Their math, writing and reading skills are good. I am a little worried about American History though. The finished their first term today and will not be going back to school until they start in August over there. The will have a tutor for math,reading and Spanish for the next two months.
They are going to drive my wife, and my wallet mad.
Have you considered picking up some age-appropriate books on American history?
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:09:44am |
re: #291 Afrocity
That is scary, considering she lives within a short drive from me.
I was both amused and alarmed in the dream.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:10:44am |
FCBBHO put his hand over his heart during the playing of the National Anthem in Franch. Good for him. I'd have been mortified if he put his hands over his crotch.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:11:52am |
re: #293 MandyManners
Have you considered picking up some age-appropriate books on American history?
We have got some very basic stuff. They are learning all the state names,flags, birds etc. I have ordered a computer program that should at least give them the basics. My US History is shocking. I know more about World history than I do about the country of my birth.
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UncleRancher Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:13:40am |
re: #296 Erik The Red
I think the history of major inventions is interesting and it also has the advantage of being well documented and nonpolitical.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:17:22am |
Standing there...arms crossed...watching coffeemaker....
Slow little piece of junk...
C'mon!
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:18:36am |
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Leonidas Hoplite Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:19:08am |
re: #296 Erik The Red
We have got some very basic stuff. They are learning all the state names,flags, birds etc. I have ordered a computer program that should at least give them the basics. My US History is shocking. I know more about World history than I do about the country of my birth.
Two good books to boost your knowledge of US history:
The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauf (US Revolution era)
Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson (US Civil War era)
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:19:46am |
re: #296 Erik The Red
We have got some very basic stuff. They are learning all the state names,flags, birds etc. I have ordered a computer program that should at least give them the basics. My US History is shocking. I know more about World history than I do about the country of my birth.
My American history book in that class was woefully inadequate. It basically ignored the civil rights movement and the Viet Nam war. And, it was very old. The class was taught by one of the football coaches. Same with my state's history class except that the text was even older.
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Leonidas Hoplite Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:20:06am |
re: #300 Leonidas Hoplite
Two good books to boost your knowledge of US history:
The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauf (US Revolution era)
Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson (US Civil War era)
Sweet! I got comment number 300!
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:20:16am |
re: #299 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
They do love Michael Jackson over there...
"Hee hee!"
-Michael Jackson
And, Jerry Lewis so they're not too bad.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:20:33am |
re: #300 Leonidas Hoplite
Two good books to boost your knowledge of US history:
The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauf (US Revolution era)
Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson (US Civil War era)
Thanks book marked
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Leonidas Hoplite Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:21:51am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:22:57am |
ERIC! GET THE KIDS THE SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK VIDEOS!
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Leonidas Hoplite Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:23:26am |
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:23:39am |
re: #306 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
I forgot to inquire the age of the kids.
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3 wood Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:23:41am |
Good morning.
Look for the market to open up this morning as the market continues to react positively to the changing of the "mark to market" rules, as I had been advocating for for the last 6 months.
Next, we need the uptick rule to cut down on manufactured bear raids in the market.
I see where Obama was well received by the G20, cause he blamed the US for everything and got laughed at for his request to have everyone put 2% of GDP into a fund for international bail outs. Most of those countries like to see a weak US President, and we sure have one now.
Gee, I sure miss President Reagan.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:25:21am |
re: #306 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
ERIC! GET THE KIDS THE SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK VIDEOS!
They have them already. LOL. I just they would watch them more than that damn Hanna Montana. :(
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:26:03am |
McGlowan is great. She eviscerates any Democrat appearing with her on Fox. I remember how another Conservative put his hand on her arm a few weeks ago when she was so forceful that it looked like she was gonna' jump all over this one dumb Liberal. I think it was the day she wore that red dress with knee-high black boots.
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Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:28:49am |
Boy..anyone listening to Obama in French press conference? He is bumbling his way through it....if Bush spook like that , there would be no end to the criticism.
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Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:30:38am |
re: #311 MandyManners
what does she have on today? It looks a little short....uh, to say the least!
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3 wood Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:31:13am |
Mortgage rates are at a record low:
Bernanke Easing Mortgage Rates for Consumer-Driven Rebound
April 3 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is delivering what he promised five months ago, record- low mortgage rates and a refinancing boom that’s putting cash in consumers’ pockets.
Fixed 30-year mortgage rates fell to a record low for the second consecutive week last week, hitting 4.78 percent, Freddie Mac said yesterday in a statement. The rates are the lowest in records dating to 1971, and come after Bernanke told Congress in November that helping the most creditworthy borrowers was essential to reviving the economy.
Mortgage applications in the U.S. rose for the fourth straight week last week as a decline in borrowing costs spurred homeowners to refinance, while purchases of new houses unexpectedly rose in February. The Fed’s effort to bring down fixed rates may give consumers as much as $25 billion, said Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Economy.com.
“It certainly gives further fuel to consumer spending,” said Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “It puts more money into circulation.”
On the other hand, look for unemployment to rise further as probably the largest yet monthly unemployment numbers are released for March later today.
Look for an immediate sell off in the market in response. The key will be if the market then bounces back or not before the end of the day.
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summergurl Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:32:45am |
re: #298 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Standing there...arms crossed...watching coffeemaker....
Slow little piece of junk...
C'mon!
You need to cave in and by one with a timer - I set mine up the night before and it goes off at 4 AM.
It is a Cuisanart 12 cup stainless steel carafe - that thing keeps coffee hot all day.
It's a piece of art.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:33:14am |
re: #313 Beach Lover
Boy..anyone listening to Obama in French press conference? He is bumbling his way through it....if Bush spook like that , there would be no end to the criticism.
I listened briefly and was struck by the platitudes.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:33:43am |
re: #314 Beach Lover
what does she have on today? It looks a little short....uh, to say the least!
They keep cutting out to cover FCBBHO.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:36:15am |
re: #314 Beach Lover
what does she have on today? It looks a little short....uh, to say the least!
Oh, wow. Yes, it is short.
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summergurl Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:36:34am |
re: #311 MandyManners
McGlowan is great. She eviscerates any Democrat appearing with her on Fox. I remember how another Conservative put his hand on her arm a few weeks ago when she was so forceful that it looked like she was gonna' jump all over this one dumb Liberal. I think it was the day she wore that red dress with knee-high black boots.
Her skirt is riding up high this AM
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UncleRancher Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:36:55am |
"Most components of the breakdown should look fairly similar to February. Construction may see a deeper loss with weather less supportive, but job losses in business and professional are unlikely to match a very steep February fall. Government should rise by 5,000, leaving the private sector down 640,000.
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Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:38:31am |
I love the shot of Hilary just now ...... all slumped and dowdy looking.
*meow
| 323 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:48:54am |
I just received a email that said today is International Cleavage Day. Is this true?
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:48:56am |
re: #316 summergurl
Oh, got one of those timer thingies. Just not in my hotel. But the coffee is gooooood this morning.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:49:19am |
re: #323 Erik The Red
I just received a email that said today is International Cleavage Day. Is this true?
YES!
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Leonidas Hoplite Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:49:25am |
re: #323 Erik The Red
I just received a email that said today is International Cleavage Day. Is this true?
I thought every day is International Cleavage Day...
| 327 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:51:21am |
A little girl asked her father, "Daddy? Do all Fairy Tales begin with Once
Upon A Time?"
And he replied, "No, there is a whole series of Fairy Tales that begin
with 'If Elected I promise...'"
| 328 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:54:19am |
With a puzzled look on his face an Indian boy asked,
"Say, mom, why is my bigger brother named Mighty Storm?"
She told him, "Because he was conceived during a mighty storm."
Then he asked, "Why is my sister named Cornflower?"
She replied, "Well, your father and I were in a cornfield when
we made her."
"And why is my other sister called Moonchild?"
"We were watching the moon landing while she was conceived.",
She explained. The Mother Indian paused for a moment then
asked her son, "Tell me, Torn Rubber, why are you so curious?"
| 329 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:55:08am |
An elderly couple, still very loving after all these years, is shocked
when the woman's doctor says she has a heart condition that could kill her
at any time. She is to avoid stress, eat right, and never, ever have sex
again -- the strain would be too much.
The couple reluctantly try to live by these rules. Both get really horny
over time, however, and the husband decides he'd better sleep downstairs
on the couch to guard against temptation.
This works for a few weeks, until late one night when they meet each other
on the stairs -- she's coming downstairs, he's heading up.
"Honey, I have a confession to make," the woman says, her voice quavering.
"I was about to commit suicide."
"I'm glad to hear it, sweetie," the man says, "Because I was just coming
upstairs to kill you!"
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:55:47am |
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:58:35am |
| 333 |
Leonidas Hoplite Fri, Apr 3, 2009 4:59:41am |
via Instapundit
Military strained by Obama trip
President Obama's European visit this week has strained Air Force heavy-airlift capabilities and obliged the military to hire more foreign contractors to help resupply U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, according to military sources.
The large delegation traveling with the president in Europe required moving several transports, including jumbo C-5s and C-17s, from sorties ferrying supplies to Afghanistan to European bases for the presidential visit, said two military officials familiar with the issue. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid any misunderstanding with White House officials.
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rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:02:03am |
re: #333 Leonidas Hoplite
not true according to white house spokesman avanti.
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rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:03:17am |
re: #331 taxfreekiller
My co-worker and I are going to one of two in va here, can't decide which yet.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:05:23am |
How many autographs did FCBBHO sign? Why is he doing a town-hall meeting in Strasbourg?
A bathroom I can play baseball in.
[Link: video.aol.com...]
| 339 |
Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:06:18am |
Oh,,,save us from Geraldo! He is on F&F spouting how wonderful Obama is how the euros love him and Meeshell and that "what a difference a President makes"!
I want to puke!
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:06:54am |
re: #333 Leonidas Hoplite
via Instapundit
They spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid any misunderstanding with White House officials. getting their chops busted for telling the truth about that narcissist, FCBBHO.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:07:25am |
re: #339 Beach Lover
Oh,,,save us from Geraldo! He is on F&F spouting how wonderful Obama is how the euros love him and Meeshell and that "what a difference a President makes"!
I want to puke!
I hit MUTE.
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razorbacker Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:07:29am |
re: #333 Leonidas Hoplite
via Instapundit
I'm not so devastated as some by this news. So it takes 500 hangers-on, backslappers, pols, fixers, and various community organizers to keep the Obamanation from appearing to be a bunch of third-rate rubes? So what?
From reports they should have taken another 500 or so.
If the Air Force is strained by this, buy more planes. Ask Barney Frank for the money; he is used to dealing with large sums with no oversight. He should be able to buy a couple of heavy-lift airframes from petty cash.
| 343 |
Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:08:57am |
It's not hard to be loved if you give them everything and ask for nothing in return! that's not leadership.
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razorbacker Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:09:12am |
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rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:09:15am |
Dems Failure to Fast Track Cap-And-Trade a Terrific Omen
Yesterday, a genuine bi-partisan coalition (twenty-six Democrats and forty-one Republicans) denied cap-and-trade legislation a filibuster-and-amendment-proof path through the Senate. The move effectively prevents overzealous legislators the likes of Boxer and Waxman from turning their paranoid green dreams of citizen-control into law by circumventing Senate procedures.
And while I probably wouldn’t have your eyes on loan if you thought that anything less than good news – it’s actually nothing short of tremendous news.
SNIP
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Leonidas Hoplite Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:12:02am |
re: #342 razorbacker
I'm not so devastated as some by this news. So it takes 500 hangers-on, backslappers, pols, fixers, and various community organizers to keep the Obamanation from appearing to be a bunch of third-rate rubes? So what?
From reports they should have taken another 500 or so.
If the Air Force is strained by this, buy more planes. Ask Barney Frank for the money; he is used to dealing with large sums with no oversight. He should be able to buy a couple of heavy-lift airframes from petty cash.
I'm all for the US Air Force having greater airlift capacity. However, it takes time to order up and deliver new C-17s.
If he is calling on us to sacrifice in the present with higher levels of taxation, and in the future with unprecedented levels of deficit spending and debt, then shouldn't he sacrifice as well?
Our troops in the field should be our first priority.
| 349 |
Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:13:20am |
Hey..I got an idea! Lets let em have him if they love him so much!
| 351 |
rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:14:24am |
More NYTimes propaganda
Not only does bibi have to fend off terrorists, he also has to with the media. He's up to the task though.
| 353 |
razorbacker Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:16:13am |
re: #347 Leonidas Hoplite
I'm all for the US Air Force having greater airlift capacity. However, it takes time to order up and deliver new C-17s.
If he is calling on us to sacrifice in the present with higher levels of taxation, and in the future with unprecedented levels of deficit spending and debt, then shouldn't he sacrifice as well?
Our troops in the field should be our first priority.
Hello?!? He only took 500 people with him!
Have you a heart of stone?
My position is, if carrying 500 assorted boobs, rubes, stumble-bums, and other Democrat pols stretches the Air Force, then more planes must be had.
Gonna need some more planes to satisfy Pelosi, anyway.
| 354 |
Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:17:44am |
re: #353 razorbacker
but,but,but...she is wearing J Crew!
| 355 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:18:49am |
re: #344 razorbacker
The man hit his prime opening Capone's vault.
I'd always been able to take him or leave him but, his attack on Malkin did him in for me. Fucking punk.
| 356 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:19:38am |
How much would the French take if we were to get them to keep him?
| 357 |
Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:19:41am |
well at least he has his TelePrompTers with him...may save us a little embarrassment
| 358 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:19:55am |
re: #356 MandyManners
How much would the French take if we were to get them to keep him?
FCBBHO, that is.
| 359 |
Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:20:39am |
re: #356 MandyManners
I dont know, but I'd chip in a little :-)
| 360 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:21:17am |
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Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:25:31am |
" plenty of blame to go around, and the US shares it's ......llooooong pause...uh....blame".
wonder what happened?! did the teleprompter freeze or did he change the speech?
| 363 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:26:54am |
| 367 |
Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:27:53am |
this is the first speech for his "new world leader campaign"
| 368 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:29:08am |
re: #361 MandyManners
How does one say "tingle" in French?
44 est pos inutile et ne devrait pas être le Président de la bibliothèque locale.
| 370 |
razorbacker Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:30:39am |
I'm out and about, folks.
Play nice.
BTW, the History Channel is detailing the danger of poisonous vipers. Or you can swith over to Fox News for first-hand experience.
| 371 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:31:00am |
| 372 |
Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:31:11am |
wow! He actually told them America is not to blame for everything that is wrong in the world! (wont get any love out of that one)
| 373 |
rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:32:18am |
re: #371 Erik The Red
a 20-something jesus, as I understand it.
| 374 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:32:51am |
| 375 |
rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:33:57am |
re: #374 Erik The Red
apparently his steroid use made his....bat limp.
| 376 |
rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:34:54am |
Good news for us, bad news for dentists.
Of course, we'll still need dentists. But this changes everything.
| 378 |
lurking faith Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:38:05am |
Good morning, LGF!
I just thought I'd swing by with some coffee - I have to run away in a few minutes.
| 379 |
Leonidas Hoplite Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:38:42am |
| 383 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:40:53am |
re: #377 FrogMarch
This morning's photo. Lord help us.
44 bring absolutely no dignity to the USA.
Hey 44 you are POTUS/TOTUS. Not some fucking frat house brother.
| 384 |
GGMac Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:41:03am |
Scolder-in-chief flapping his gums in Fraaaance:
paraphrased: Of course everyone here has been hating America, but you don't have to hate America anymore - I, the obammunist, am in charge.
/spit
| 385 |
_RememberTonyC Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:42:02am |
During the the Prez's speech in fwance ... he apologized for America's occasional arrogance, then he actually MILDLY rebuked europe for its anti Americanism .... then he paused as if waiting for applause ... it never came.
| 386 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:42:28am |
re: #383 Erik The Red
44 bring absolutely no dignity to the USA.
Hey 44 you are POTUS/TOTUS. Not some fucking frat house brother.
High fives, thumbs up - and later, drinking games.
| 387 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:43:34am |
re: #385 _RememberTonyC
During the the Prez's speech in fwance ... he apologized for America's occasional arrogance, then he actually MILDLY rebuked europe for its anti Americanism .... then he paused as if waiting for applause ... it never came.
Taking a page out of the Clinton "I want it both ways" fence straddling book.
| 388 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:44:02am |
| 389 |
_RememberTonyC Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:44:40am |
re: #387 FrogMarch
Taking a page out of the Clinton "I want it both ways" fence straddling book.
was bubba a fence straddler or a face straddler?
| 390 |
JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:45:57am |
re: #389 _RememberTonyC
was bubba a fence straddler or a face straddler?
RTC ... way to early in the morning for that visual ... actually ... any time of the day not good for that visual ... eeewwwwwwww ...
Good Morning Lizards ...
| 392 |
_RememberTonyC Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:47:01am |
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avanti Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:47:20am |
re: #335 rightside
not true according to white house spokesman avanti.
If it's true, we need a much bigger airlift capacity. If moving 500 people and some vehicles to Europe for the G 20 stains our military, how the hell can we airlift 10's of thousands of troops, tanks and the rest in a emergency ?
| 394 |
JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:48:05am |
re: #392 _RememberTonyC
Sorry dude :)
I apologize ... what time is it OK to go there?
RTC ... not a dude ... FNDT is about only time ... for me ...
| 395 |
lurking faith Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:48:58am |
re: #392 _RememberTonyC
Sorry dude :)
I apologize ... what time is it OK to go there?
I don't ever want to go there.
Please pass the brain bleach!
| 396 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:49:14am |
| 397 |
_RememberTonyC Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:49:24am |
re: #394 JacksonTn
RTC ... not a dude ... FNDT is about only time ... for me ...
My apologies once again ... I will remember next time!
| 398 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:49:45am |
re: #377 FrogMarch
This morning's photo. Lord help us.
He's contagious. He makes EVERYBODY look like an idiot.
| 399 |
_RememberTonyC Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:50:55am |
| 400 |
lurking faith Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:51:21am |
OK, my time's up for now. But I just thought I'd mention that Drudge has posted an image of the cover of The Sun that I thought was amusing.
[Link: www.drudgereport.com...]
| 401 |
avanti Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:52:09am |
re: #377 FrogMarch
This morning's photo. Lord help us.
Damn, I love the picture, the USA is now the cool, popular country once again.
| 402 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:52:39am |
I'm listening to this asswipe President... Nice to see that he's knocking America on foreign soil again...
Says that we don't have the moral authority to tell the Norks and Iran to back down on nukes while we have them...
Europe has done it right with uni healthcare...
War comes about because of poverty... Globalization will help bring people out of poverty...
I really can't stand this guy... And I must delete more...
| 403 |
JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:53:20am |
re: #400 lurking faith
OK, my time's up for now. But I just thought I'd mention that Drudge has posted an image of the cover of The Sun that I thought was amusing.
[Link: www.drudgereport.com...]
Wow ... which one? ... there were too many on the page to choose ... they are all a joke ... who said frat guys ... that is so accurate ... good for Bruni for backing away from Obamas kiss ...
| 404 |
JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:54:50am |
re: #401 avanti
Damn, I love the picture, the USA is now the cool, popular country once again.
That statement right there ... makes me want to vomit ... this is not a friggin popularity contest ... you are so in love ...
| 405 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:55:31am |
re: #402 tfc3rid
Yeah, I'm listening to the same thing. Not too smart because I already have a headache. Trashing America on foreign soil----unforgivable with the Dixie Chicks imo, but from the POTUS? just fricking unbelievable.
| 406 |
vagabond trader Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:56:48am |
re: #401 avanti
Avanti, are you one of those people who would go to Europe and deny being American?
| 407 |
JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:56:58am |
re: #405 VioletTiger
Yeah, I'm listening to the same thing. Not too smart because I already have a headache. Trashing America on foreign soil----unforgivable with the Dixie Chicks imo, but from the POTUS? just fricking unbelievable.
you are brave ... I refuse to listen ... cannot put myself there ... today I am going to try to be more positive ... in my little corner of the world ... let the idiot stay over there ... he seems to like them better anyway ...
| 408 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:57:37am |
re: #405 VioletTiger
Yeah, I'm listening to the same thing. Not too smart because I already have a headache. Trashing America on foreign soil----unforgivable with the Dixie Chicks imo, but from the POTUS? just fricking unbelievable.
I really, really loathe this man...
By the way, did you hear that Botswana is a well-run country...
He's acting as if America has NEVER done a damn thing for anyone...
Fuck you Mr. President...
| 409 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:58:09am |
re: #407 JacksonTn
you are brave ... I refuse to listen ... cannot put myself there ... today I am going to try to be more positive ... in my little corner of the world ... let the idiot stay over there ... he seems to like them better anyway ...
Not when he is basically trashing us on foreign soil...
| 410 |
JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:59:18am |
re: #409 tfc3rid
Not when he is basically trashing us on foreign soil...
Then I suggest he and Biden to airlifted to a remote island somewhere ... Nancy Pelosi will be there to ... give them pedicures ...
| 411 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:59:31am |
re: #403 JacksonTn
Wow ... which one? ... there were too many on the page to choose ... they are all a joke ... who said frat guys ... that is so accurate ... good for Bruni for backing away from Obamas kiss ...
Pelosi looks like she just had electro-shock treatment.
| 412 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:59:34am |
Kenya now....
Called Kenya corrupt...
What about us Mr. President? Do you care?
| 413 |
avanti Fri, Apr 3, 2009 5:59:59am |
re: #404 JacksonTn
That statement right there ... makes me want to vomit ... this is not a friggin popularity contest ... you are so in love ...
I see no problem with the world liking our POTUS. Like their policies or not, Kennedy, and Reagan were popular and respected around the world.
| 414 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:00:03am |
re: #401 avanti
Damn, I love the picture, the USA is now the cool, popular country once again.
LOL. riiight. That photo looks like it was taken for Tiger Beat or Vanity Fair magazine.
| 416 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:00:10am |
re: #409 tfc3rid
Not when he is basically trashing us on foreign soil...
Are you hearing this? I may break my TV.
| 417 |
snowcrash Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:00:26am |
re: #401 avanti
That is not cool. That is frat boy stupid. You know that. You are nothing but a paid minder to troll this site.
| 418 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:00:28am |
Question Lizards. I have put Avanti on my permanent GAZE list. Is it wrong if I still continue you ding down his really bonehead comments?
| 419 |
summergurl Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:00:29am |
re: #398 VioletTiger
He's contagious. He makes EVERYBODY look like an idiot.
Had to upding you on that one Violet- had the same observation - what happened to a little dignity?
It is an obamanation.
| 420 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:00:52am |
re: #400 lurking faith
OK, my time's up for now. But I just thought I'd mention that Drudge has posted an image of the cover of The Sun that I thought was amusing.
[Link: www.drudgereport.com...]
Embarrassing
| 421 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:00:58am |
re: #413 avanti
I see no problem with the world liking our POTUS. Like their policies or not, Kennedy, and Reagan were popular and respected around the world.
I don't care if he liked or respected I don't want the President of the United States to pander...
| 422 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:01:21am |
re: #411 Wishing
Pelosi looks like she just had electro-shock treatment.
Isn't that a scary pic?
It reflects the person, though doesn't it?
| 423 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:01:49am |
re: #421 tfc3rid
I don't care if he liked or respected I don't want the President of the United States
to pander...
Kiss Arse
FTFY
| 424 |
JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:01:52am |
re: #413 avanti
I see no problem with the world liking our POTUS. Like their policies or not, Kennedy, and Reagan were popular and respected around the world.
The part about your statement that I really object to ... is when you say ...
"we are cool ... and popular again ..."
Avanti ... I always thought this country was great ... you obviously lost that feeling sometime and you act like you only got it back when The One came along ... I respect your service in the Navy ... that is all ...
| 425 |
snowcrash Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:02:08am |
re: #418 Erik The Red
That is it for me too. His comments are nothing more than daily talking points and knee jerk defense of Obama. I will do the same down ding. He insults us all.
| 426 |
vagabond trader Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:02:09am |
re: #415 rightside
Hey rightside, don't knock it; heard that that it enhances the botox experience.
| 427 |
avanti Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:03:31am |
re: #406 vagabond trader
Avanti, are you one of those people who would go to Europe and deny being American?
Nope, although now, I'd be more likely to get a free beer.
| 428 |
rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:03:35am |
re: #413 avanti
I see no problem with the world liking our POTUS. Like their policies or not, Kennedy, and Reagan were popular and respected around the world.
Kennedy and Reagan stood up to communism, which is evil. barry has no testicular fortitude at all, and is an apologist like you. We spread freedom. They spread misery and death. See any difference?
Let me also ask you, if the Norks or Iranians use a nuke on someone, will it matter to you, just as long as we're cool?
| 429 |
rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:04:28am |
re: #426 vagabond trader
*shiver me timbers* that gives me a vision from hell!
| 430 |
vagabond trader Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:05:11am |
re: #427 avanti
Glad to hear the former, seriously doubt the latter. Socialists are notoriously cheap with their beer money.
| 431 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:05:11am |
re: #427 avanti
Nope, although now, I'd be more likely to get a free beer.
This is it, right here, avanti. You are ALL about *what's in it for me*. You sicken me, you freaking traitorous leech.
| 432 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:05:30am |
It's not that I object to other people liking out POTUS. I don't even object to him reaching out to others. But as somebody already said above, it's the PANDERING that I hate. It's one thing to do it in the campaign, but quite another to do as POTUS. Less than 100 days and he has already diminished his office.
| 433 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:07:29am |
Ooooooo, Obama repeating his threat to send a strongly worded letter to NK.
Hey, I send strongly worded letters. I expect my POTUS to have a bit more ammunition.
| 434 |
Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:07:48am |
I wish Avanti would finally say something that would get him the stick. I am so tired of him, that when he starts to post I just want to go away and take deep breaths.
| 435 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:08:11am |
re: #432 VioletTiger
It's not that I object to other people liking out POTUS. I don't even object to him reaching out to others. But as somebody already said above, it's the PANDERING that I hate. It's one thing to do it in the campaign, but quite another to do as POTUS. Less than 100 days and he has already diminished his office.
Indeed. I'm not into the phony cardboard facade. This administration is sooo hollywood. If Hillary delivers a re-set button and if Obama delivers a nice sounding fence straddling speech, suddenly everything in the world is OK. Just like in the movies.
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Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:10:04am |
I wonder if Obama realizes how familiar his words on NK sound a little like Bush's when he talked about Iran before the war.
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avanti Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:10:09am |
re: #424 JacksonTn
The part about your statement that I really object to ... is when you say ...
"we are cool ... and popular again ..."
Avanti ... I always thought this country was great ... you obviously lost that feeling sometime and you act like you only got it back when The One came along ... I respect your service in the Navy ... that is all ...
You read something in my comment that was not stated. I've always thought my country was great, even when many around the world disagreed. It hurt me to see our POTUS booed and disrespected for the last eight years. It's great to see the world love my country again the way I do. If you have a problem with that, so be it.
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rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:10:29am |
re: #435 FrogMarch
Indeed. I'm not into the phony cardboard facade. This administration is sooo hollywood. If Hillary delivers a re-set button and if Obama delivers a nice sounding fence straddling speech, suddenly everything in the world is OK. Just like in the movies.
PIMF that was weird.
Meanwhile, the centrifuges are still whirling, and the fuel is still filling....
But that's ok, because we're cool again!
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Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:10:59am |
re: #438 avanti
You read something in my comment that was not stated. I've always thought my country was great, even when many around the world disagreed. It hurt me to see our POTUS booed and disrespected for the last eight years. It's great to see the world love my country again the way I do. If you have a problem with that, so be it.
Jackass, plain and simple. I join the GAZE squad.
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Erik The Red Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:11:05am |
Later Lizards. Going home via the pub. Great cricket and rugby on tonight. May see you later if IRON FIST RULE in not in effect.
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capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:11:58am |
re: #427 avanti
re: #406 vagabond trader
"Avanti, are you one of those people who would go to Europe and deny being American?"
Nope, although now, I'd be more likely to get a free beer.
Well, that's what it's all about.
/////
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KenJen Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:12:04am |
Good morning Lizards! It's going to be a great day. I refuse to let anything sour my mood. It is my first LGF birthday today. At 2:24 pm the door opened and I squeezed in. Thanks Charles. I am celebrating with cupcakes that have green little lizards on them. Yummy!
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Macker Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:12:33am |
re: #438 avanti
It all goes back to that little document called the US Constitution. Demo☭rats simply can't get over the fact that it's possible for one guy to have more popular votes than the other fellow, yet lose the Electoral College vote. That is why they want to abolish it.
Good Morning Lizards!
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JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:12:35am |
re: #441 Erik The Red
Later Lizards. Going home via the pub. Great cricket and rugby on tonight. May see you later if IRON FIST RULE in not in effect.
ETR ... have a beer for me ... I am still on coffee ... have fun ...
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vagabond trader Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:13:16am |
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Beach Lover Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:13:47am |
re: #443 KenJen
Happy hatchday, and watch out for the scales!
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snowcrash Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:14:28am |
This is one of the few comments I favorited. I hope Karmic inquisitor doesn't mind the reprint. He slaps down avanti with flair. [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]
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avanti Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:14:36am |
re: #431 Wishing
This is it, right here, avanti. You are ALL about *what's in it for me*. You sicken me, you freaking traitorous leech.
Yea, I'm in it for the free beer for crying out loud. I would have been more likely to get a friendly reception in Europe under Reagan, then Johnson too. I don't see the problem with a popular POTUS.
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VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:15:27am |
re: #438 avanti
You read something in my comment that was not stated. I've always thought my country was great, even when many around the world disagreed. It hurt me to see our POTUS booed and disrespected for the last eight years. It's great to see the world love my country again the way I do. If you have a problem with that, so be it.
avanti,
Trust me on this. The world does not love us now. Those who hated us hated us because of who we are. They hate our freedom, and they hate our economic system. They were happy to see the financial crisis. I talked to people from Malaysia, Indonesia and Europe and South America over the last couple years. I travel everywhere. I hear it first hand. They were HAPPY we had troubles and only too happy to say so. Just because there are Europeans out there who think our POTUS is cool, doesn't make it all go away. They hated Bush, but he was just a point of reference for them. Nothing has changed where it counts.
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JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:15:33am |
re: #443 KenJen
Good morning Lizards! It's going to be a great day. I refuse to let anything sour my mood. It is my first LGF birthday today. At 2:24 pm the door opened and I squeezed in. Thanks Charles. I am celebrating with cupcakes that have green little lizards on them. Yummy!
Did you say it's your birthday ... cupcakes all around ... where is FBV ... he love cake ...
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badger1970 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:16:20am |
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KenJen Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:16:38am |
re: #447 vagabond trader
What kind of cupcakes if I may ask?
drool.
Lemon. I really wanted chocolate but I wanted to share with the dogs.
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VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:17:25am |
re: #455 KenJen
Lemon. I really wanted chocolate but I wanted to share with the dogs.
Happy Lizard day! I can haz cupkak?
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:17:54am |
perfect example of how it works...tax your state to death and businesses people will get out...including college grads...socialists like Granholm are killing Michican....I hear this all the time from my own kids
[Link: www.detnews.com...]
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Macker Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:18:03am |
re: #455 KenJen
Lemon. I really wanted chocolate but I wanted to share with the dogs.
Oh that's right, you can't give chocolate to a dog.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:19:09am |
kt macfarlane on fox ... telling us the norks' plans ...
tick tick tick
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Macker Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:19:21am |
re: #458 albusteve
perfect example of how it works...tax your state to death and businesses people will get out...including college grads...socialists like Granholm are killing Michican....I hear this all the time from my own kids
[Link: www.detnews.com...]
I left Meecheegan in 2004 when the economy was bad then. I shake my head at the stupidity of the Unions who control that state and its Illustrious Governor.
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VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:20:34am |
Speaking of pets, with Easter approaching, all lizards owned by Cats please remember that Easter Lilies are deadly to cats. Just a nibble or a tiny bit of pollen can kill them. If ingested, you have less than 18 hours to get kitty to the vet for treatment. Death is from acute renal failure.
Please choose tulips if you want Easter flowers.
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KenJen Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:20:40am |
re: #452 JacksonTn
That song will be stuck in my head all day. Thanks!
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avanti Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:21:03am |
re: #451 VioletTiger
avanti,
Trust me on this. The world does not love us now.
Snip
Just because there are Europeans out there who think our POTUS is cool, doesn't make it all go away. They hated Bush, but he was just a point of reference for them. Nothing has changed where it counts.
You may be correct, only time will tell if popularity will translate to deeds. All other things being equal, I prefer that our POTUS would not be hated by out allies.
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:21:10am |
re: #434 Erik The Red
I wish Avanti would finally say something that would get him the stick. I am so tired of him, that when he starts to post I just want to go away and take deep breaths.
you sound obssesed....it's just a blog
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:22:13am |
along with Judd Gregg, the only new Repub face/name I'm impressed with is this guy:
[Link: www.house.gov...]
alternate ideas are needed ... and he's "representing."
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Macker Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:22:16am |
re: #466 albusteve
There are times I wish Charles could implement an "ignore" function.
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:22:38am |
re: #462 Macker
I left Meecheegan in 2004 when the economy was bad then. I shake my head at the stupidity of the Unions who control that state and its Illustrious Governor.
I left in 03...my daughter is in GR but my boy is in FL and will never go back to live
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Lincolntf Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:23:51am |
re: #465 avanti
Being popular is the easiest thing in the world. Just don't stand for anything and nobody has any reason to object to you.
Make tough decisions and hold firm to your principles and you're bound to be "hated" by a whole slew of people. I'm sure Barry will be popular in Europe for a long, long time.
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Macker Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:25:03am |
re: #469 albusteve
I left in 03...my daughter is in GR but my boy is in FL and will never go back to live
My fiancée is in GR, and is getting her house and affairs in order to move out here with me...after we get married in September back in South Haven (about 50 miles SW of GR). She is also tired of shoveling snow and bullshit.
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_RememberTonyC Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:25:10am |
re: #434 Erik The Red
even with the plants on this board, the discourse is civil and "self moderated" for the most part. if you really want to "throw down" with slimeballs, try the ABCNews.com "politics" message board. That is truly slumming.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:26:27am |
Good morning Lizards - I think I might be coming down with a bug, so no one kiss me.
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VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:26:47am |
re: #470 Lincolntf
Well said. That's the heart of the matter. Will he be able to stand up for something if it means he will be unpopular? I doubt it.
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rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:26:49am |
re: #462 Macker
Heh. It's not just Michigan. Every state under democrat control is foundering in an ocean of red ink. Even DC has an $800 million deficit!
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FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:26:50am |
re: #439 rightside
Meanwhile, the centrifuges are still whirling, and the fuel is still filling....But that's ok, because we're cool again!
Yes - we are cool again. *whew*
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JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:27:00am |
re: #470 Lincolntf
Being popular is the easiest thing in the world. Just don't stand for anything and nobody has any reason to object to you.
Make tough decisions and hold firm to your principles and you're bound to be "hated" by a whole slew of people. I'm sure Barry will be popular in Europe for a long, long time.
Lincoln ... exactly ... it is like when parents say ... I want to be my child's best friend ... being a parent is having your children not like you sometimes ... you are the one who has to tell them "No" when they want to do things that are not good for them ... it hurts a little when they say they don't like you ... but in the end they will love you more for being strong ... the whole "if it feels good ... do it" ... thing ... way overrated ...
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rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:27:16am |
re: #473 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
no problem with that frrom me!
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:27:32am |
re: #471 Macker
My fiancée is in GR, and is getting her house and affairs in order to move out here with me...after we get married in September back in South Haven (about 50 miles SW of GR). She is also tired of shoveling snow and bullshit.
I grew up outside of Kazoo...spent alot of time in SH :)
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capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:27:42am |
re: #473 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Good morning Lizards - I think I might be coming down with a bug, so no one kiss me.
There goes my Friday.
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jdog29 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:27:54am |
I guess it was early Thursday morning when my dog woke me up barking at the moles digging in our yard, or it was a pack of vampires she had successfully ran off by the time I was looking out the window trying to figure out why she was barking.... anyway I turned on the TV and lo and behold President Obama was with G. of the U.K. giving a joint press conference and he made a lot of sense.
His strongest point, I believe, was how people were debating around the margins of what should be done and that is a good thing.
Until Republicans can come up with a clear plan showing the stark philosophical differences between capitalism and the socialistic solutions the Obama administration along with the congress, also controlled by the Socialist Party, is presenting to the American people instead of "arguing around the margins" read "Socialist Lite" the Republicans will remain in exile.
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NukeAtomrod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:28:16am |
"Should North Korea decide to take this action, we will work with all interested partners in the international community to take appropriate steps to let North Korea know that they cannot threaten the safety and stability of other countries with impunity. In the meantime, I will continue to search for my balls." Reuters quotes Obama from a joint news conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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avanti Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:29:09am |
re: #434 Erik The Red
I wish Avanti would finally say something that would get him the stick. I am so tired of him, that when he starts to post I just want to go away and take deep breaths.
Tell you what, I'll meet you in the middle. I'm heading to the casino for a day or two and although I'll have the laptop, I'll just lurk.
I had no idea that sharing my opinion that I was happy that our POTUS is popular would be so offensive. See you in a day or so, and sorry I peed in the pool this morning.
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Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:29:50am |
re: #484 avanti
Tell you what, I'll meet you in the middle. I'm heading to the casino for a day or two and although I'll have the laptop, I'll just lurk.
I had no idea that sharing my opinion that I was happy that our POTUS is popular would be so offensive. See you in a day or so, and sorry I peed in the pool this morning.
Hope you lose every dime.
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:30:21am |
I can relate...I was drunk one time and brushed my teeth with Cortaid
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:30:39am |
re: #465 avanti
You may be correct, only time will tell if popularity will translate to deeds. All other things being equal, I prefer that our POTUS would not be hated by out allies.
I see you had an extra serving of stupid for breakfast this morning.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:31:33am |
re: #473 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Good morning Lizards - I think I might be coming down with a bug, so no one kiss me.
Me----------------------] you.
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:32:32am |
Good Lawd that was painful to watch. How long was the TOTUS' opening statement anyway?
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rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:32:46am |
re: #487 albusteve
I can relate...I was drunk one time and brushed my teeth with Cortaid
Good thing it wasn't preparation H
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OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:33:24am |
re: #489 MandyManners
Me----------------------] you.
Let me get a full face-shield from the grinding shop and a dust mask.
Now it's time for a man-hug. C'mere, ya big monkey!
/
Mandy, you need some protective gear? ;)
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rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:33:28am |
re: #490 loppyd
Good Lawd that was painful to watch. How long was the TOTUS' opening statement anyway?
He never really stops, he just takes lengthy, thoughtful pauses.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:34:45am |
re: #491 rightside
Good thing it wasn't preparation H
Then again, the minty-fresh farts were a nice change.
/
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:34:48am |
re: #493 rightside
He never really stops, he just takes lengthy, thoughtful pauses.
He looked especially pleased with himself today. That speech was a hybrid of all of his previous biggies. Berlin, Denver, DC.
It's always the same recycled themes.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:35:30am |
re: #495 loppyd
He looked especially pleased with himself today. That speech was a hybrid of all of his previous biggies. Berlin, Denver, DC.
It's always the same recycled themes.
Our first GREEN President! I am so proud!
/channeling
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:35:33am |
My birthday wish? That he would not appear on my TV screen for the rest of thr day.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:36:21am |
re: #497 loppyd
My birthday wish? That he would not appear on my TV screen for the rest of thr day.
Find the button marked POWER and push it. POOF! No Barack!
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NukeAtomrod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:36:27am |
re: #401 avanti
Damn, I love the picture, the USA is now the cool, popular country once again.
I'd rather be right than cool and popular. Anytime. Anywhere.
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Spider Mensch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:36:37am |
re: #491 rightside
Good thing it wasn't preparation H
reminds me of a line from a comedian, I can't remember who though....
"so I'm reading the tube of preparation h, it says "use only as directed!" in big letters...Like, no shit! what the hell did you think I was going to do? Put it on a Ritz cracker and eat it?"
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jdog29 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:37:05am |
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:37:08am |
re: #493 rightside
He never really stops, he just takes lengthy, thoughtful pauses.
It's for dramatic effect. President Caesura.
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tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:37:14am |
re: #495 loppyd
He looked especially pleased with himself today. That speech was a hybrid of all of his previous biggies. Berlin, Denver, DC.
It's always the same recycled themes.
And look and feels terrible from over here...
Big game tonight Loppy... Mets Red Sox from the Citi... Did you see my pics from last weeks dress rehearsal?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:37:30am |
re: #501 Spider Mensch
reminds me of a line from a comedian, I can't remember who though....
"so I'm reading the tube of preparation h, it says "use only as directed!" in big letters...Like, no shit! what the hell did you think I was going to do? Put it on a Ritz cracker and eat it?"
It's good for bedsores, I am told.
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:37:36am |
re: #496 OldLineTexan
Our first GREEN President! I am so proud!
/channeling
green in more ways than one.
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KenJen Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:38:03am |
re: #484 avanti
Tell you what, I'll meet you in the middle. I'm heading to the casino for a day or two and although I'll have the laptop, I'll just lurk.
I had no idea that sharing my opinion that I was happy that our POTUS is popular would be so offensive. See you in a day or so, and sorry I peed in the pool this morning.
The bitchy, mean, stupid girls in my high school were popular. Does that mean they would make a great POTUS?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:38:04am |
re: #504 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
It's for dramatic effect. President Caesura.
I come to bury Caesura, not to praise him
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:38:06am |
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OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:38:27am |
re: #508 KenJen
The bitchy, mean, stupid girls in my high school were popular. Does that mean they would make a great POTUS?
I'll trade you Barry for any ONE of them.
Really.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:39:03am |
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:39:21am |
re: #505 tfc3rid
And look and feels terrible from over here...
Big game tonight Loppy... Mets Red Sox from the Citi... Did you see my pics from last weeks dress rehearsal?
It's on!
I didn't see - re-post or email please?
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OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:39:37am |
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:40:06am |
re: #511 OldLineTexan
I'll trade you Barry for any ONE of them.
Really.
Me too. Stupid and bitchy does not scare me. Barry scares me.
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KenJen Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:40:10am |
re: #497 loppyd
My birthday wish? That he would not appear on my TV screen for the rest of thr day.
Happy B-day. I can make your wish come true. Dont turn on the T.V. today.
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snowcrash Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:41:08am |
re: #485 Wishing
I'm sure he wont forget to report his winnings in Tax Form W 2G. Big wins can pay 20-28% tax, small wins it honor system.
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:41:25am |
I think that so many on the left have this hero worship mentality because they were unpopular growing up & despairitly want to be accepted by the "in crowd." I wasn't popular growing up, but I never wanted to to be with the cool kids. They were mostly jerks.
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:41:51am |
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JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:42:01am |
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:42:20am |
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:42:25am |
re: #519 rightside
Happy Birthday!
/Not even asking how old, I know better!
Thank you!
This is the last year you can ask me. :)
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OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:42:34am |
Barry as POTUS:
/bows to Saudi King
Bitchy, stupid high school girl as POTUS:
"Eww, like, who's the old geezer in sheets? He smells like my grandpa! No way, I have to shake his HAND? No! Look, old dude, like, we'll just shop at someone else's oil store, K? Check you never!"
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VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:42:41am |
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:42:54am |
Dodd is going down hard....if there is any justice he will be prosected for graft or something...this is huge
[Link: www.businessinsider.com...]
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VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:43:51am |
re: #527 albusteve
Dodd is going down hard....if there is any justice he will be prosected for graft or something...this is huge
[Link: www.businessinsider.com...]
His re-election prospects look bleak. :)
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:43:57am |
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:44:23am |
re: #521 loppyd
I'm still in my PJs.
/SHIT! I knew there was something I forgot when I came to work.
Happy Birthday
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:45:15am |
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:45:21am |
re: #528 VioletTiger
His re-election prospects look bleak. :)
he shouldn't even run...save his money for legal fees
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:45:58am |
re: #531 Creeping Eruption
/SHIT! I knew there was something I forgot when I came to work.
Happy Birthday
Thank you!
A lot of Americans look like they are wearing PJs in public these days....
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tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:46:06am |
re: #513 loppyd
It's on!
I didn't see - re-post or email please?
Happy Birthday hun!
My link to pics... Citi Field 3-29, 2009
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:46:33am |
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:46:35am |
re: #509 OldLineTexan
I come to bury Caesura, not to praise him
The evil that he does will live long after he's out of office.
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:46:48am |
re: #534 Kosh's Shadow
Happy birthday!
Enjoy some cake.
Thanks, Kosh!
Wish the sun would come out, but this is standard loppy b-day weather!
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Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:47:11am |
re: #527 albusteve
Dodd is going down hard....if there is any justice he will be prosected for graft or something...this is huge
[Link: www.businessinsider.com...]
I am genuinely surprised that CT is turning on him.
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:47:22am |
re: #484 avanti
Tell you what, I'll meet you in the middle. I'm heading to the casino for a day or two...
Have a nice time throwing your money away while trying to take other suckers' money. A casino is Obama's economic policy in action: taking money from one group of people and giving it to another, keeping a cut off the top for the house, while contributing nothing of any value toward real wealth creation.
You really have no concept of the moral consequences of your actions do you?
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:47:34am |
re: #535 loppyd
Thank you!
A lot of Americans look like they are wearing PJs in public these days....
LOL. I was one of them. I am one of the lucky few who works for someone who simply does not care. I typically wear Jeans and keep a suit on the back of my door. This last week though, I have started to dress business casual.
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scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:48:03am |
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:48:22am |
re: #537 MandyManners
I had no idea I share my b-day with so many cool people!
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FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:48:29am |
re: #527 albusteve
Dodd is going down hard....if there is any justice he will be prosected for graft or something...this is huge
[Link: www.businessinsider.com...]
If there were any justice in the world, Barney Frank would be going down with him.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:48:47am |
re: #543 scottishbuzzsaw
Cuteness Alert:
[Link: ihasahotdog.com...]
*returning to lurk mode...foul temper warning*
/Did the laundry screw up a pleat in your kilt?
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Ford_Prefect Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:49:07am |
Good Morning Lizards!
And Happy Birthday Loppy!
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opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:49:16am |
Good morning all. Obama speaking in France to a large crowd said some of his usual silly stuff, but he did hit one out of the park.
He scolded Europe for anti Americanism. Surprise.
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:49:18am |
re: #540 Wishing
I am genuinely surprised that CT is turning on him.
if it can happen to Dodd it can happen to Schumer etc....like that
| 552 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:49:54am |
re: #529 MandyManners
"I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin" - Oscar Levant.
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Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:50:03am |
re: #551 albusteve
if it can happen to Dodd it can happen to Schumer etc....like that
From your lips....
| 554 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:50:31am |
re: #545 FrogMarch
If there were any justice in the world, Barney Frank would be going down with him.
Please, please, PLEASE do not name BF in a asentence with the phrase "going down".
There is just not enough brain bleach.
| 555 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:50:35am |
re: #541 Kenneth
Have a nice time throwing your money away while trying to take other suckers' money. A casino is Obama's economic policy in action: taking money from one group of people and giving it to another, keeping a cut off the top for the house, while contributing nothing of any value toward real wealth creation.
You really have no concept of the moral consequences of your actions do you?
"Smithers, I've found the perfect business! People walk in, empty their pockets & scuttle off!"
- Mr. Burns
| 556 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:51:01am |
re: #541 Kenneth
Have a nice time throwing your money away while trying to take other suckers' money. A casino is Obama's economic policy in action: taking money from one group of people and giving it to another, keeping a cut off the top for the house, while contributing nothing of any value toward real wealth creation.
You really have no concept of the moral consequences of your actions do you?
I love casinos and gambling...I don't see it as immoral at all
| 557 |
badger1970 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:51:47am |
re: #471 Macker
For the last couple years I've been dropping big hints to my retired parents (living in WI). The snow, taxes, Doyle, big blood sucking mosquitoes, Illinois summer invasion and the cesspools of Milwaukee and Madison I thought would drive them down here in Texas. Nope, must be their Hollander blood.
| 559 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:52:09am |
re: #542 Creeping Eruption
LOL. I was one of them. I am one of the lucky few who works for someone who simply does not care. I typically wear Jeans and keep a suit on the back of my door. This last week though, I have started to dress business casual.
I can wear whatever I want unless we have clients coming in. It's nice, but there are days I go for the more professional look just 'cause.
What prompted you to change?
| 560 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:52:10am |
re: #544 loppyd
I had no idea I share my b-day with so many cool people!
Craig T. Nelson and Robert Downey are two more off the top of my head.
| 561 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:52:13am |
Has everybody purchased their Chia Obama? I like to polish it with my ShamWow, while wearing my Snuggie. Hey, helps me forget the economy.
| 562 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:52:54am |
| 563 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:53:03am |
re: #561 opnion
Has everybody purchased their Chia Obama? I like to polish it with my ShamWow, while wearing my Snuggie. Hey, helps me forget the economy.
I'm just trying to recover from the tongue wound I received using my SlapChop.
/
| 564 |
rightside Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:53:20am |
re: #543 scottishbuzzsaw
waves to you in a non-threatening, non-foul manner.
| 565 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:53:30am |
re: #560 MandyManners
Craig T. Nelson and Robert Downey are two more off the top of my head.
Add Eddie Murphy to the list.
| 566 |
Sheila Broflovski Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:53:34am |
Does Michelle own even one article of decent clothing? She is so way out of her league next to Mme. Sarkozy it isn't even funny any more.
| 567 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:53:47am |
Ire: #560 MandyManners
Craig T. Nelson and Robert Downey are two more off the top of my head.
I share mine with Chester Burrnet
| 568 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:54:05am |
re: #563 OldLineTexan
I'm just trying to recover from the tongue wound I received using my SlapChop.
/
Didn't you read the warning label? "Use only as directed."
| 569 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:54:20am |
re: #563 OldLineTexan
I'm just trying to recover from the tongue wound I received using my SlapChop.
/
I hear ya. THe same thing happened to me. I balme Vince for not warning us, before he got beat up by the hooker.
| 570 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:54:29am |
re: #563 OldLineTexan
You had some interesting posts last night, especially the one about the worm in the Pepto Bismol.
| 571 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:54:41am |
re: #563 OldLineTexan
I'm just trying to recover from the tongue wound I received using my SlapChop.
/
don't try to brush your teeth with it
| 572 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:54:52am |
re: #559 loppyd
I can wear whatever I want unless we have clients coming in. It's nice, but there are days I go for the more professional look just 'cause.
What prompted you to change?
I think I needed an attitude adjustment. Dress more professionally and I will approach my work more professionally? I found I was taking a lot of work home (again, because my boss does not care) instead of just doing it at work. I needed to reset the mental barriers: work at work (and dress like it), play at home (and dress like it).
| 573 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:54:55am |
re: #569 opnion
I hear ya. THe same thing happened to me. I balme Vince for not warning us, before he got beat up by the hooker.
She didn't love his nuts.
| 574 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:55:09am |
re: #561 opnion
Has everybody purchased their Chia Obama? I like to polish it with my ShamWow, while wearing my Snuggie. Hey, helps me forget the economy.
Can you plant cat grass on it? If so, I'm there. Kitties munching on an Obambi head....works for me.
| 576 |
Digital Display Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:55:25am |
Good Morning Lizards! How is everyone this fine day?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOPPYD!
/How does it feel to finally be old enough to go into a bar?
| 577 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:55:31am |
re: #566 Alouette
Does Michelle own even one article of decent clothing? She is so way out of her league next to Mme. Sarkozy it isn't even funny any more.
President Barack Obama (R), and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C, front) speak during the NATO summit arrival ceremony at the the Palais Rohan on April 3, 2009 in Strasbourg.
Ha! My grandmother was a Rohan!
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:55:47am |
re: #556 albusteve
Re-read my comment again and this time think about it.
Casinos rob suckers. They generate zero wealth. Gambling addictions destroy families. Organized crime is heavily involved in most casinos.
Remind me, what positive contribution do casinos make?
| 579 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:56:36am |
re: #572 Creeping Eruption
I think I needed an attitude adjustment. Dress more professionally and I will approach my work more professionally? I found I was taking a lot of work home (again, because my boss does not care) instead of just doing it at work. I needed to reset the mental barriers: work at work (and dress like it), play at home (and dress like it).
I suspected that might be your answer. Totally understand.
Look the part, act the part.
| 580 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:56:40am |
re: #566 Alouette
Does Michelle own even one article of decent clothing? She is so way out of her league next to Mme. Sarkozy it isn't even funny any more.
Oh my God, this is embarassing. There are so many one liners, but I will control myself.
| 581 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:56:57am |
re: #570 MandyManners
You had some interesting posts last night, especially the one about the worm in the Pepto Bismol.
I was having myself a really good time, wasn't I?
It started as a prank of sorts in connection with "venomx" and his inability to punctuate, etc., so I just rolled out the complete lack of anything but spaces between words. Then it got to be fun. I suppose everyone thinks I was drunk, but I was stone cold sober.
/might be a bad sign, eh? ;)
| 582 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:56:57am |
re: #576 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Lizards! How is everyone this fine day?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOPPYD!
/How does it feel to finally be old enough to go into a bar?
Bless you!
| 584 |
Aviator Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:57:13am |
re: #545 FrogMarch
If there were any justice in the world, Barney Frank would be going down with him.
Ick
| 585 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:57:19am |
re: #578 Kenneth
Re-read my comment again and this time think about it.
Casinos rob suckers. They generate zero wealth. Gambling addictions destroy families. Organized crime is heavily involved in most casinos.
Remind me, what positive contribution do casinos make?
I defy you to find a better place to get an $8.99 lobster buffet.
| 586 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:57:33am |
re: #564 rightside
waves to you in a non-threatening, non-foul manner.
*waves back while chewing nails and spittin' rivets*
| 587 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:57:34am |
re: #566 Alouette
Does Michelle own even one article of decent clothing? She is so way out of her league next to Mme. Sarkozy it isn't even funny any more.
I'm speechless. The woman has a thing for draperies.
However, they seem to love everything she puts on over there. I don't get it.
| 588 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:57:44am |
| 589 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:57:54am |
re: #578 Kenneth
Re-read my comment again and this time think about it.
Casinos rob suckers. They generate zero wealth. Gambling addictions destroy families. Organized crime is heavily involved in most casinos.
Remind me, what positive contribution do casinos make?
they provide jobs and a large tax base...casinos don't rob anybody
| 590 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:57:58am |
| 591 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:57:59am |
re: #577 Wishing
President Barack Obama (R), and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C, front) speak during the NATO summit arrival ceremony at the the Palais Rohan on April 3, 2009 in Strasbourg.
Ha! My grandmother was a Rohan!
Loved you relatives in the "Lord of the Rings" movies!
| 592 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:58:06am |
re: #566 Alouette
Does Michelle own even one article of decent clothing? She is so way out of her league next to Mme. Sarkozy it isn't even funny any more.
She looks like she's wearing a shower curtain.
| 593 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:58:17am |
Morning lizards
I see the sycophants at Reuters have been hard at work licking Obama's shoes:
Obama offers vision of world without nuclear armsSTRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama called for a world without nuclear weapons on Friday after arriving in France for a NATO summit, where he won French endorsement of his new Afghanistan strategy.
Obama, greeted like a hero by the crowds, also reached out to Russia...
All he can offer is a "vision", actually, because the reality is that nukes will proliferate under his watch by quite a bit.
Nice to see a Frenchman working overtime, though. It must be hard to generate this level of propaganda so continuously.
| 594 |
SurferDoc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:58:18am |
re: #438 avanti
You read something in my comment that was not stated. I've always thought my country was great, even when many around the world disagreed. It hurt me to see our POTUS booed and disrespected for the last eight years. It's great to see the world love my country again the way I do. If you have a problem with that, so be it.
The World doesn't love your country again. It never has, it never will. To think otherwise is childish. Countries don't have friends, they have common interests. World Opinion is fodder for fools. If we are envied and a little feared, we are far better off than if we are loved.
| 595 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:58:21am |
| 596 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:58:24am |
re: #577 Wishing
Rohan? You mean Obama emerged from Mordor and invaded Rohan?
| 597 |
KenJen Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:58:40am |
re: #560 MandyManners
Craig T. Nelson and Robert Downey are two more off the top of my head.
I like Craig T. Nelson. He doesn't seem like the liberal Hollywood type. I loved that T.V. show Coach. That guy who played Luther cracked me up.
| 598 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:58:45am |
| 599 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:58:56am |
re: #591 OldLineTexan
Loved you relatives in the "Lord of the Rings" movies!
Aww never read it, never saw the movies.
Guess I missed out.
| 601 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:59:01am |
| 602 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:59:05am |
re: #574 VioletTiger
Can you plant cat grass on it? If so, I'm there. Kitties munching on an Obambi head....works for me.
Si se puede, Chia Obama is versitle & all things to all people.
| 603 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:59:22am |
re: #580 opnion
Oh my God, this is embarassing. There are so many one liners, but I will control myself.
Especially imagining what Messrs. Obama & Sarkozy are saying to one another as they point at their wives...
| 604 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:59:38am |
re: #592 loppyd
She looks like she's wearing a shower curtain.
I happen to like that dress. Do you think she'd loan it to me?
/
| 605 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:59:54am |
| 606 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 6:59:55am |
re: #593 godfrey
Morning lizards
I see the sycophants at Reuters have been hard at work licking Obama's shoes:
All he can offer is a "vision", actually, because the reality is that nukes will proliferate under his watch by quite a bit.Nice to see a Frenchman working overtime, though. It must be hard to generate this level of propaganda so continuously.
As I said above Obama was making thepoint that if we and Russia reduce outr nukes, we then will have the moral authority to telll the Norks and Iranians to stop developing nukes...
What an ass...
| 607 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:00:19am |
OMG! I also share my b-day with Kelly Taylor from Beverly Hills 90210.
Yes, I was a huge 90210 fan. It was on on Thursday nights while I was in college.
We'd watch before we hit the bars.
| 608 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:00:28am |
re: #566 Alouette
Wow. That is painful. You could put a little text balloon over Michelle's head that says, "Shown up by some skinny a** white b***. Barry is going to pay for this."
| 609 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:00:31am |
re: #603 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Especially imagining what Messrs. Obama & Sarkozy are saying to one another as they point at their wives...
"Let's ditch these two and go find some Folies Bergiere girls with poor self-esteem"?
| 610 |
KenJen Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:00:37am |
re: #592 loppyd
She looks like she's wearing a shower curtain.
Probably lifted it from the Queen's bathroom.
| 611 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:00:51am |
| 612 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:00:53am |
re: #566 Alouette
Does Michelle own even one article of decent clothing? She is so way out of her league next to Mme. Sarkozy it isn't even funny any more.
Did she steal some curtains again?
Seriously, she has the money to have her clothes either tailored or even made.
| 613 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:00:55am |
re: #600 Kenneth
I have that same look on my face when I have to do something terrible, such as getting a tooth pulled.
| 614 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:00:57am |
re: #587 VioletTiger
I'm speechless. The woman has a thing for draperies.
However, they seem to love everything she puts on over there. I don't get it.
They view the Obamas as kindred spirits, European style Socialists & therefore want to like them.
| 615 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:01:27am |
| 616 |
Sheila Broflovski Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:01:52am |
re: #578 Kenneth
Re-read my comment again and this time think about it.
Casinos rob suckers. They generate zero wealth. Gambling addictions destroy families. Organized crime is heavily involved in most casinos.
Remind me, what positive contribution do casinos make?
I used to work in downtown Detroit, and the route from the parking structure to my office took me through the lobby of the Greektown Casino. There was something sickening about seeing people at the slot machines at 7:00 A.M.
| 617 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:01:54am |
re: #536 tfc3rid
Thanks! Great pics....road trip may be in my future!
| 618 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:01:58am |
re: #581 OldLineTexan
I was having myself a really good time, wasn't I?
It started as a prank of sorts in connection with "venomx" and his inability to punctuate, etc., so I just rolled out the complete lack of anything but spaces between words. Then it got to be fun. I suppose everyone thinks I was drunk, but I was stone cold sober.
/might be a bad sign, eh? ;)
There was too much order for it to be posted by someone who was drinking.
| 619 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:02:05am |
Michelle could not look less pleased to be there. Can't she at least fake a smile?
| 620 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:02:25am |
re: #603 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Especially imagining what Messrs. Obama & Sarkozy are saying to one another as they point at their wives...
If I was being really nasty I would say that Obama is saying"How much for your woman?", but I won't go there.
| 621 |
badger1970 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:02:25am |
re: #585 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Joy's gentleman's club in Round Rock TX, next to Dell computers.
| 622 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:02:34am |
re: #589 albusteve
they provide jobs and a large tax base...casinos don't rob anybody
They rob people by fooling people into thinking they can win. The tax base is a tax on the gullible & the addicted. Nothing of value is produced in the activity. The net cost to society is negative.
| 623 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:02:34am |
re: #619 godfrey
Michelle could not look less pleased to be there. Can't she at least fake a smile?
As another Lizard once said, "She doesn't smile - she bares her teeth."
| 624 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:02:58am |
re: #618 MandyManners
Can't put anything past a mother of a boy ... I should've known that.
| 625 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:03:06am |
re: #615 OldLineTexan
Mme. Sarkozy's dress looks exactly like a recliner I once had ...
/I think a lot of people would like to recline her
| 626 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:03:17am |
re: #617 loppyd
Thanks! Great pics....road trip may be in my future!
Give me a holler if you need tix...
| 627 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:03:22am |
re: #592 loppyd
She looks like she's wearing a shower curtain.
Can you imagine trying to take a shower in that bathroom?
| 628 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:03:34am |
re: #601 MandyManners
Ah, fuck him, the abusive bastard.
We Aries are known for our tempers....
He is a dink, but he does make me laugh sometimes.
| 629 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:03:37am |
re: #623 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
Ouch.
Obama looks really happy, though. Why shouldn't he be? His idea of heaven is the Perpetual Community Campaign.
| 630 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:03:47am |
re: #623 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
As another Lizard once said, "She doesn't smile - she bares her teeth."
Klingon Mating Rituals 101
| 631 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:03:54am |
re: #620 opnion
If I was being really nasty I would say that Obama is saying"How much for your woman?", but I won't go there.
"Yes, President Obama, your wife certainly does have more 'junk in the trunk' than mine."
| 632 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:04:04am |
re: #622 Kenneth
They rob people by fooling people into thinking they can win. The tax base is a tax on the gullible & the addicted. Nothing of value is produced in the activity. The net cost to society is negative.
you are overly judgemental....think about that
| 633 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:04:14am |
re: #623 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
As another Lizard once said, "She doesn't smile - she bares her teeth."
But Barry smiles like a beauty pagent contestant. Very annoying.
| 634 |
Sheila Broflovski Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:04:32am |
re: #600 Kenneth
If that coat was a solid color instead of having those ugly cabbage roses all over it, it might actually be flattering to First Sasquatch.
Who is WAB's fashion consultant? A secret Republican or a secret Ron Paulian?
| 635 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:04:34am |
re: #597 KenJen
I like Craig T. Nelson. He doesn't seem like the liberal Hollywood type. I loved that T.V. show Coach. That guy who played Luther cracked me up.
I liked him in Poltergeist.
| 636 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:04:42am |
Evidence that Obama's upcoming tax hikes are spooking businesses.
[Link: finance.yahoo.com...]
| 637 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:05:03am |
re: #620 opnion
If I was being really nasty I would say that Obama is saying"How much for your woman?", but I won't go there.
I was thinking more on the lines of . . ."I'll take that one, Nick"
| 638 |
Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret) Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:05:07am |
re: #633 opnion
But Barry smiles like a beauty pagent contestant. Very annoying.
That's his "disarm whitey" technique as he explained in his book(s) about himself by Bill Ayers.
| 639 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:05:24am |
re: #627 MandyManners
Can you imagine trying to take a shower in that bathroom?
And I don't care how tall she is she needs to have at least a little kitten heel. Those flats are so freaking DOWDY.
| 640 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:05:31am |
| 641 |
KenJen Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:05:35am |
Mme. Sarkozy doesn't look so hot either. She looks like Inspector Gadget.
| 642 |
Ford_Prefect Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:05:40am |
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has a very interesting article on American Thinker today. Federalism and America's Financial Crisis He talks about how the federal government usurpation of the state's rights to govern themselves kept the states from addressing the issue of subprime loans within their own states as early as 2003. As the federal government continues to usurp the rights of the individual states it is increasingly likely that we will see this sort of thing happen again. We need our next President, as well as our Congressional representatives, to be people that understand the importance of federalism and the need for states to be able to govern themselves and protect their own people without the federal government's intrusion.
| 643 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:05:40am |
re: #633 opnion
But Barry smiles like a beauty pagent contestant. Very annoying.
Unfortunately, his speeches are a lot like a beauty pageant contestant's answer to her "how would you change the world?" question.
| 644 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:06:03am |
re: #629 godfrey
Ouch.
Obama looks really happy, though. Why shouldn't he be? His idea of heaven is the Perpetual Community Campaign.
You nailed it brother.
| 646 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:06:16am |
re: #634 Alouette
If that coat was a solid color instead of having those ugly cabbage roses all over it, it might actually be flattering to First Sasquatch.
Who is WAB's fashion consultant? A secret Republican or a secret Ron Paulian?
I'm not sure she gets her clothes from J Crew. It might be Domestications.
| 648 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:06:35am |
re: #631 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
"Yes, President Obama, your wife certainly does have more 'junk in the trunk' than mine."
"Ah Barry, Ze Michelle will not do ze booty bumping in my country, no."
| 649 |
Sheila Broflovski Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:06:39am |
re: #641 KenJen
Mme. Sarkozy doesn't look so hot either. She looks like Inspector Gadget.
Mme. Sarkozy would look hot even in Michelle's wardrobe.
| 650 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:06:47am |
re: #639 loppyd
And I don't care how tall she is she needs to have at least a little kitten heel. Those flats are so freaking DOWDY.
I take it back. She is wearing kitten heels today.
| 651 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:06:48am |
re: #607 loppyd
OMG! I also share my b-day with Kelly Taylor from Beverly Hills 90210.
Yes, I was a huge 90210 fan. It was on on Thursday nights while I was in college.
We'd watch before we hit the bars.
Thursday nights were dollar-pitcher nights at Dante's in Seattle's U-District. I loved standing in a crowd of frat rats and pinching a few butts.
| 652 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:06:59am |
re: #566 Alouette
Does Michelle own even one article of decent clothing? She is so way out of her league next to Mme. Sarkozy it isn't even funny any more.
They all sure do look grim in those photos.
| 653 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:07:01am |
re: #527 albusteve
Dodd is going down hard....if there is any justice he will be prosected for graft or something...this is huge
[Link: www.businessinsider.com...]
Like father, like son:
Dodd has served in the Senate since 1981, making him the longest serving Senator in the state’s history. His father, Thomas Dodd, was elected to the Senate by Connecticut voters in 1958. He served until 1970 but was censured by the Senate in the late sixties for using political contributions for personal reasons.
| 654 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:07:23am |
re: #646 VioletTiger
I'm not sure she gets her clothes from J Crew. It might be Domestications.
I'd say Wal-Mart, but we all know that Wal-Mart is evil for those on the Left.
| 656 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:07:40am |
| 658 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:07:48am |
re: #626 tfc3rid
Give me a holler if you need tix...
Count on it!
I've been meaning to email you. Will send you note later on.
| 660 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:08:06am |
| 661 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:08:07am |
| 662 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:08:09am |
re: #637 Creeping Eruption
I was thinking more on the lines of . . ."I'll take that one, Nick"
"Hey Sarko, Wanna visit the White House & we'll play swingin couples?"
| 664 |
JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:08:22am |
re: #654 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I'd say Wal-Mart, but we all know that Wal-Mart is evil for those on the Left.
BDM ... I believe Shelley said once she shopped at Target ...
| 665 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:08:29am |
re: #658 loppyd
Count on it!
I've been meaning to email you. Will send you note later on.
Good deal, look forward to it!
| 666 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:08:45am |
0bama reiterates support for a two Palestinian state solution
Well, the headline actually says the "Saudi 'peace' initiative", but as that involves Israel, and a Palestinian state, with Israel supposed to take all the Pali "refugees", it would result in two Palestinian states.
US President Barack Obama reiterated his support for the Saudi Mideast peace initiative in a meeting with King Abdullah on Thursday night, the White House said in a statement.
Now, let's see what the Saudi "peace plan" actually says about the "refugees":
Achievement of a just solution to the Palestinian Refugee problem to be agreed upon in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution 194.
And here is the UN resolution, or the relevant part:
Article 11 reads:Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.
Note only Israel has to take back the refugees. No other country does. So all "refugees" who had homes in Israel get to come back if they want to. And the Arabs aren't going to give them anywhere else do go, are they?
They'll decide to finally shut down all the "refugee camps" and then make them uncomfortable or just throw them out with a one-way ticket to Israel.
| 667 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:08:48am |
re: #660 loppyd
Hi Ward!
Hi Lopps! I haven't checked in with you in awhile - do you and the BF have a date set yet?
| 669 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:09:00am |
re: #649 Alouette
Mme. Sarkozy would look hot even in Michelle's wardrobe.
Michelle is the reason the Burqua exists.
| 671 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:09:12am |
re: #641 KenJen
Mme. Sarkozy doesn't look so hot either. She looks like Inspector Gadget.
| 672 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:09:40am |
re: #651 MandyManners
Thursday nights were dollar-pitcher nights at Dante's in Seattle's U-District. I loved standing in a crowd of frat rats and pinching a few butts.
Hahaha!
Dollar pitchers? We had dollar drafts and that was bad enough for my liver.
| 673 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:09:50am |
re: #594 SurferDoc
The World doesn't love your country again. It never has, it never will. To think otherwise is childish. Countries don't have friends, they have common interests. World Opinion is fodder for fools. If we are envied and a little feared, we are far better off than if we are loved.
Bingo!
What the guy on the street thinks about us does not matter.
It's how governments act toward us that does.
| 674 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:10:03am |
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:10:09am |
re: #438 avanti
You read something in my comment that was not stated. I've always thought my country was great, even when many around the world disagreed. It hurt me to see our POTUS booed and disrespected for the last eight years. It's great to see the world love my country again the way I do. If you have a problem with that, so be it.
It hurt you so much you voted for the party of the Bush haters? How does that work?
Hating America did not start with George W Bush and it won't end with Obama.
Eventually, we will all hate Obama too
What makes America such an indispensable power is precisely what makes anti-Americanism inevitableIt amuses me that some of those who criticise the present US Administration for its Manichaeism - its division of the world into good and evil - themselves allocate all past badness to Bush and all prospective goodness to Obama. As the ever-improving myth has it, on the morning of September 12, 2001, George W. and America enjoyed the sympathy of the world. This comradeship was destroyed, in a uniquely cavalier (or should we say cowboyish) fashion, through the belligerence, the carelessness, the ideological fixity and the rapacity of that amorphous and useful category of American flawed thinker, the neoconservative. They just threw it away.
But there isn't anything that can't be fixed with a sprinkling of genuine fairy dust. What Bush lost, Obama can find. Where the Texan swaggered, the Chicagoan can glide.
But even if he (Bush) had been a half-Chinese ballet-loving Francophone, he would have been hated by some who should have loved him, for there isn't an American president since Eisenhower who hasn't ended up, at some point or other, being depicted by the world's cartoonists as a cowboy astride a phallic missile.
| 676 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:10:11am |
re: #653 Ward Cleaver
well what'ya know....that's interesting, maybe it's genetic...these types are criminals and should be busted, not just censured
| 677 |
Spider Mensch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:10:20am |
re: #566 Alouette
Does Michelle own even one article of decent clothing? She is so way out of her league next to Mme. Sarkozy it isn't even funny any more.
she's wearing a raincoat...right?
| 678 |
summergurl Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:10:30am |
re: #437 Beach Lover
I wonder if Obama realizes how familiar his words on NK sound a little like Bush's when he talked about Iran before the war.
Isn't the head of the UN from South Korea? Maybe he educated him on NK - you know, not everyone lives in unicorn land.
| 679 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:10:46am |
| 680 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:10:48am |
re: #667 Ward Cleaver
Hi Lopps! I haven't checked in with you in awhile - do you and the BF have a date set yet?
We are 99.9% sure it will be 9/18/09. Getting ready to pull the trigger and send the deposit in....
| 681 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:10:48am |
re: #654 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I'd say Wal-Mart, but we all know that Wal-Mart is evil for those on the Left.
Whoa there!
I got a most beautiful coat at Wal-Mart a couple of years ago, for $12.
My niece had returned the year before with a coat she purchased in Milan.
The next year I got THE SAME COAT at Walmart for $12.
| 682 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:10:58am |
Now - for all the Lizardesses who love to give their inner cat a run-out, here's the first picture of Michelle and Carla Bruin, ahem, Madame Sarkozy, side by side:
| 683 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:11:01am |
re: #615 OldLineTexan
Mme. Sarkozy's dress looks exactly like a recliner I once had ...
I could recline on that sofa!
| 684 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:11:20am |
Did you hear BHO admit how weak is French is? Isn't he the same guy that said that we embarass him because our language skills are poor?
| 685 |
Ojoe Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:11:22am |
Sunrise on the San Gabriel Mountains of California. The Towercam, Pacific time zone.
Good morning all.
Clinging to Religion more than ever now.
| 686 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:11:39am |
re: #543 scottishbuzzsaw
Cuteness Alert:
[Link: ihasahotdog.com...]
*returning to lurk mode...foul temper warning*
aw! Hi ScottishBuzzsaw. very cute.
| 687 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:12:00am |
re: #566 Alouette
Does Michelle own even one article of decent clothing? She is so way out of her league next to Mme. Sarkozy it isn't even funny any more.
Looks like a dressing gown - dreadful outfit
G'day from Down Under to {everyone}!
| 688 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:12:01am |
re: #684 opnion
Did you hear BHO admit how weak is French is? Isn't he the same guy that said that we embarass him because our language skills are poor?
Damn it, that was supposed to go down the memory hole! Back to work, MiniTruth!
| 689 |
KenJen Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:12:08am |
re: #647 godfrey
I'm just not feeling it. It's kind of drab. She is very beautiful and in a natural way. Probably looks great rolling out of bed. Im just jealous.
| 690 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:12:39am |
re: #672 loppyd
Hahaha!
Dollar pitchers? We had dollar drafts and that was bad enough for my liver.
Wow... We had $5 all you can drink drafts... Draft beer makes me so sick...
| 691 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:12:53am |
re: #685 Ojoe
Sunrise on the San Gabriel Mountains of California. The Towercam, Pacific time zone.
Good morning all.
Clinging to Religion more than ever now.
Beautiful!
I would love to have a job there.
| 692 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:13:13am |
| 693 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:13:15am |
re: #690 tfc3rid
Wow... We had $5 all you can drink drafts... Draft beer makes me so sick...
You probably caught a cold from the draft...
| 695 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:13:19am |
re: #685 Ojoe
Sunrise on the San Gabriel Mountains of California. The Towercam, Pacific time zone.
Good morning all.
Clinging to Religion more than ever now.
Wow, beautiful.
| 696 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:13:23am |
| 697 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:13:26am |
re: #687 aussiemagpie
Looks like a dressing gown - dreadful outfit
G'day from Down Under to {everyone}!
Morning aussie.
We said raincoat, shower curtain or drapery. Ugly any way you look at it.
| 698 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:13:44am |
re: #684 opnion
Did you hear BHO admit how weak is French is? Isn't he the same guy that said that we embarass him because our language skills are poor?
Yes and we should learn another language... I hope he will buy us all soe Rosetta Stone software...
| 699 |
justabill Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:13:49am |
I wonder how hard it would be to track updings/downdings given by folks who get banned and "undo" them upon banning. I you could tell who dings a post as long as the topic is still somewhere on the site, but I don't know if that info is stored longer term.
Personally I don't see allowing Karma to save someone from being banned. Its Charles board. While he is free to consider Karma, account history ect in banning decisions, make it a rule and you risk losing the atmosphere he has created/nurtured here.
| 700 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:13:55am |
Lopps, it's your birthday? HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
| 701 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:14:12am |
| 702 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:14:28am |
re: #690 tfc3rid
Wow... We had $5 all you can drink drafts... Draft beer makes me so sick...
LOL Thursday nights for us started with $.25 taps (10 oz.) for happy hour and then to a place that served pitchers of mixed drinks for $8.00 rail, $10 for "top shelf."
| 703 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:14:29am |
| 704 |
Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:14:36am |
re: #682 yma o hyd
Now - for all the Lizardesses who love to give their inner cat a run-out, here's the first picture of Michelle and Carla Bruin, ahem, Madame Sarkozy, side by side:
| 705 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:14:37am |
And the 0 is at it again, trying to make the world less secure:
Obama promises agenda for world without nukes
Can I hope he fails in this?
| 706 |
Ojoe Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:14:43am |
re: #691 reine.de.tout
Astronomers from the University of California at Los Angeles work there. Also radio people; there is a broadcast antenna farm on the same mountain.
BBL
| 707 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:15:07am |
| 708 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:15:12am |
re: #701 loppyd
I was already bitchy.
But now I notice Michelle's got some pretty big hair going on too. XL helmet
She looks a bit like the cat that swallowed the mouse.
| 709 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:15:22am |
Wow - they are predicting 3-5 inches of snow overnight tonight and 5-7 inches more during the day Sat.
And we are SOLD out Sat. night, closing weekend, what a mess (well, actually our past 3 weeks have been selling out).
Ha, I may be on LGF on a Sat. evening, that would be a change.
| 711 |
SurferDoc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:15:46am |
re: #685 Ojoe
Sunrise on the San Gabriel Mountains of California. The Towercam, Pacific time zone.
Good morning all.
Clinging to Religion more than ever now.
Good morning, Ojoe. I'm clinging to my guns.
| 712 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:16:03am |
re: #701 loppyd
I was already bitchy.
But now I notice Michelle's got some pretty big hair going on too. XL helmet
Happy B'day.
| 713 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:16:07am |
re: #708 Wishing
She looks a bit like the cat that swallowed the mouse.
I've always thought she looks like she is trying so hard not to sneer.
Or that someone is holding something foul smelling under her nose.
| 714 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:16:16am |
re: #698 tfc3rid
Yes and we should learn another language... I hope he will buy us all soe Rosetta Stone software...
I believe that languages will be mandatory in the reeducation camps.
| 715 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:16:25am |
| 716 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:16:27am |
| 717 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:16:34am |
re: #707 opnion
Come on , Michelle looks like a door stop.
Now, now. She's doing rather well there, IMO.
President Sarkozy looks like a guy that once worked for me. He was insane.
/
| 718 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:16:49am |
re: #702 Creeping Eruption
LOL Thursday nights for us started with $.25 taps (10 oz.) for happy hour and then to a place that served pitchers of mixed drinks for $8.00 rail, $10 for "top shelf."
In Wisconsin I presume? I am amazed when I go home with the gf and I see prices... I'm being robbed here...
Shockingly I can get a beer at the new Citi Field for less than a pint in a NYC bar...
| 719 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:17:05am |
re: #714 opnion
I believe that languages will be mandatory in the reeducation camps.
We'll all have to learn Newspeak until we bellyfeel 0bamasoc.
| 720 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:17:26am |
re: #709 Walter L. Newton
Wow - they are predicting 3-5 inches of snow overnight tonight and 5-7 inches more during the day Sat.
And we are SOLD out Sat. night, closing weekend, what a mess (well, actually our past 3 weeks have been selling out).
Ha, I may be on LGF on a Sat. evening, that would be a change.
Will they postpone the shown or cancel it?
| 721 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:17:28am |
re: #690 tfc3rid
Wow... We had $5 all you can drink drafts... Draft beer makes me so sick...
When I was at Rutgers, the Knight Club's happy hour was called bust your bladder. Everyone drank for free until the first person went to the bathroom.
| 722 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:17:33am |
re: #714 opnion
I believe that languages will be mandatory in the reeducation camps.
I hope they make it exciting so that we all get random languages...
| 723 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:17:58am |
re: #690 tfc3rid
Wow... We had $5 all you can drink drafts... Draft beer makes me so sick...
I am such a lightweight I'd end up hurling in the lot.
| 724 |
turn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:18:00am |
hahaha turn was reading venomx from last night and left to come here at OR's post:
re: #292 venomX
gee like walter NEVER gets vulgar*sheesh*
Speaking of vulgar: How's your mother doing?
hey it's lopps bd, have a great one!
| 725 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:18:14am |
re: #719 Kosh's Shadow
We'll all have to learn Newspeak until we bellyfeel 0bamasoc.
Which is a lot like English, but with more lengthy pauses & "uhhs"
| 726 |
Aviator Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:18:15am |
re: #713 loppyd
I've always thought she looks like she is trying so hard not to sneer.
Or that someone is holding something foul smelling under her nose.
Perhaps the stimulus bill.
| 727 |
Leonidas Hoplite Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:18:16am |
re: #721 ilzito guacamolito
When I was at Rutgers, the Knight Club's happy hour was called bust your bladder. Everyone drank for free until the first person went to the bathroom.
American Ingenuity. Gotta love it!
| 728 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:18:22am |
Hugo's at it again:
Venezuelan leader: ’Capitalism needs to go down’
TEHRAN, Iran — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ridiculed the G-20 summit’s attempts to deal with the global financial meltdown, saying capitalism is in crisis and "has to end."
0bama seems to be doing his best to help.
| 729 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:18:28am |
re: #718 tfc3rid
In Wisconsin I presume? I am amazed when I go home with the gf and I see prices... I'm being robbed here...
Shockingly I can get a beer at the new Citi Field for less than a pint in a NYC bar...
Bingo! UW-Madison.
| 731 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:18:33am |
re: #719 Kosh's Shadow
We'll all have to learn Newspeak until we bellyfeel 0bamasoc.
Yes, 'Sharing the wealth is good. I must serve my Obama."
| 732 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:19:06am |
re: #687 aussiemagpie
Looks like a dressing gown - dreadful outfit
G'day from Down Under to {everyone}!
Hiya, {aussiemagpie}!
I knew Carla would win hands-down in the fashion stakes!
| 733 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:19:26am |
re: #722 tfc3rid
I hope they make it exciting so that we all get random languages...
Oh yeah, It'll be fun!
| 734 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:19:37am |
re: #706 Ojoe
Astronomers from the University of California at Los Angeles work there. Also radio people; there is a broadcast antenna farm on the same mountain.
BBL
It looks cool on Google Earth, too.
| 735 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:19:43am |
re: #722 tfc3rid
I hope they make it exciting so that we all get random languages...
Then we can all start building a tower . . .
| 736 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:19:51am |
re: #632 albusteve
you are overly judgmental....think about that
I don't hold any personal judgment against you for enjoying a visit to a casino. However, any rational examination of the economic cost/benefit of casino gambling comes out with a serious negative to society as a whole. The gov't takes in tax money, a few people get low wage service jobs. A very few casino owners get rich. Mobs launder their money. Politicians are corrupted by mob payoffs. Many of the customers loose money they cannot afford to loose. Their kids' college funds are squandered. Gambling addictions do indeed destroy families. Many suicides are linked to gambling.
Let's not argue anymore about this. In general, I like your comments very much. On this topic we will have to disagree.
| 737 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:20:22am |
re: #684 opnion
Did you hear BHO admit how weak is French is? Isn't he the same guy that said that we embarass him because our language skills are poor?
"That's not the Obama I knew."
| 738 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:20:33am |
re: #689 KenJen
I'm just not feeling it. It's kind of drab. She is very beautiful and in a natural way. Probably looks great rolling out of bed. Im just jealous.
Teeheehee - who'd you rather walk next to?
Michelle in that dressing gown, or Carla, looking as if butter wouldn't melt ...
| 739 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:20:44am |
re: #732 yma o hyd
Hiya, {aussiemagpie}!
I knew Carla would win hands-down in the fashion stakes!
I don't find the WAB very attractive.
| 740 |
Ford_Prefect Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:21:07am |
*snips
Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich has made himself busy probing the $3.6 billion in bonuses Merrill Lynch paid after the government funneled the crumbling company bailout money to complete its sale to Bank of America.
Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner threatened to fire more CEOs if they don't obey the administration's demands. Apparently this week's White House sacking of General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner is not enough to satisfy the administration's urge to punish the private sector.
Maybe it's too late for Wagoner, but we would like to see the next executive the administration fires refuse to leave and sue federal officials for interfering with his business.
It needs to be stopped before it goes any deeper — or causes further serious damage to our capitalist system.
This sort of continues my #642 about government taking over the states, except that this involves takeover of private companies. These intrusions need to stop before we lose our great country.
| 741 |
bloodnok Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:21:11am |
| 742 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:21:13am |
re: #707 opnion
Come on , Michelle looks like a door stop.
I'll make fun of Michelle if she's doing something ridiculous, but she looks fine to me. In fact, with her hands folded in front of her, she looks downright respectable.
| 743 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:21:14am |
re: #735 Creeping Eruption
Then we can all start building a tower . . .
LOL! You are on a roll this morning.
| 744 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:21:27am |
| 745 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:21:29am |
| 746 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:21:33am |
| 748 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:22:05am |
re: #737 Kenneth
"That's not the Obama I knew."
It must have been Bill Ayers, who is just a neighborhood guy who Obama may or may not have met.
| 749 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:22:11am |
re: #738 yma o hyd
Teeheehee - who'd you rather walk next to?
Michelle in that dressing gown, or Carla, looking as if butter wouldn't melt ...
maybe not butter...
| 750 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:22:22am |
re: #732 yma o hyd
Hiya, {aussiemagpie}!
I knew Carla would win hands-down in the fashion stakes!
I actually would have preferred a little more color.
HOWEVER,
I learned something a week or two ago.
In preparation for her trip to Europe this summer, we have had some meetings with the tour leader of the group my daughter will be travelling with, one of her teachers.
They told the kids that if they didn't want to "stand out", they should not bring brightly colored clothing, that Europeans tend not to wear bright colors.
I have never been to Europe and so I don't know if this is true - but Carla Bruni in that dress seems to be making the point.
| 751 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:22:40am |
re: #697 VioletTiger
Morning aussie.
We said raincoat, shower curtain or drapery. Ugly any way you look at it.
These are colours a lady of eighty-plus years might wear ... on her dressing gown.
| 752 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:22:50am |
re: #728 Kosh's Shadow
Capitalism isn't a form of government, it's the natural free market.
But then, we already know that thug-for-life-lefty Chavez hates freedom.
| 753 |
Aviator Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:22:51am |
re: #736 Kenneth
I don't hold any personal judgment against you for enjoying a visit to a casino. However, any rational examination of the economic cost/benefit of casino gambling comes out with a serious negative to society as a whole. The gov't takes in tax money, a few people get low wage service jobs. A very few casino owners get rich. Mobs launder their money. Politicians are corrupted by mob payoffs. Many of the customers loose money they cannot afford to loose. Their kids' college funds are squandered. Gambling addictions do indeed destroy families. Many suicides are linked to gambling.
Let's not argue anymore about this. In general, I like your comments very much. On this topic we will have to disagree.
I don't see anything enjoyable in gambling personally. What you say is largely true. On the flip side some (not all) of the native american tribes have done some good things with the money from their casinos.
| 754 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:22:56am |
re: #720 VioletTiger
Will they postpone the shown or cancel it?
Would have to cancel. Run ends Sunday, Sunday is sold out, next show opens in two weeks, can't extend it.
We've probably only cancel 3-4 times in the last 6 years (at this location we are at), but most of the time we have been able to honor the tickets at another performance, this would be a mess.
But if there is a foot or more of wet, spring snow on the ground SAt. evening, we can't expect the actors to try to get to work, they come first.
| 756 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:23:08am |
No link yet, but MSNBC is reporting the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that banning gay marriage is illegal.
| 757 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:23:11am |
re: #736 Kenneth
I don't hold any personal judgment against you for enjoying a visit to a casino. However, any rational examination of the economic cost/benefit of casino gambling comes out with a serious negative to society as a whole. The gov't takes in tax money, a few people get low wage service jobs. A very few casino owners get rich. Mobs launder their money. Politicians are corrupted by mob payoffs. Many of the customers loose money they cannot afford to loose. Their kids' college funds are squandered. Gambling addictions do indeed destroy families. Many suicides are linked to gambling.
Let's not argue anymore about this. In general, I like your comments very much. On this topic we will have to disagree.
okay...have the last word, and btw I have not been arguing
| 758 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:23:16am |
re: #697 VioletTiger
Morning aussie.
We said raincoat, shower curtain or drapery. Ugly any way you look at it.
re: #732 yma o hyd
Hi {Violet Tiger}
The woman desperately needs help with her clothes!
That outfit rivals that dreadful thing she wore at the inauguration
Now that outfit was just awful, made me cringe!
| 759 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:23:38am |
re: #743 scottishbuzzsaw
LOL! You are on a roll this morning.
Thanks. It is just so much more fun than facing down the pile of work accumulating around me at the moment.
| 760 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:24:11am |
re: #742 FrogMarch
I'll make fun of Michelle if she's doing something ridiculous, but she looks fine to me. In fact, with her hands folded in front of her, she looks downright respectable.
Not seeing it, but differnt strokes. If she wasn't so damn mean she might project a different image.
| 761 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:24:24am |
Today's Ramirez cartoon. Always on target.
| 762 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:24:52am |
re: #707 opnion
Come on , Michelle looks like a door stop.
All that's missing in this photo is someone giving a peace sign and some bunny ears.
| 763 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:24:56am |
| 764 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:24:56am |
re: #732 yma o hyd
Hiya, {aussiemagpie}!
I knew Carla would win hands-down in the fashion stakes!
G'day {yma o hyd}!
Carla would look fabulous in anything really , beautiful woman
| 765 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:25:00am |
re: #756 loppyd
No link yet, but MSNBC is reporting the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that banning gay marriage is illegal.
Gag.
| 766 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:25:08am |
re: #758 aussiemagpie
re: #732 yma o hyd
Hi {Violet Tiger}
The woman desperately needs help with her clothes!
That outfit rivals that dreadful thing she wore at the inauguration
Now that outfit was just awful, made me cringe!
The inauguration outfit was wrong on all levels.
It was not attractive.
It was shapeless.
It sparkled wayyyyyyyyyyy too much for daytime.
It was just the wrong wrong wrong choice for that event.
The ball gown later was just as awful, imo.
| 767 |
capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:25:08am |
re: #682 yma o hyd
Now - for all the Lizardesses who love to give their inner cat a run-out, here's the first picture of Michelle and Carla Bruin, ahem, Madame Sarkozy, side by side:
I can almost hear the "Meow!" [SCRATCH]:
[Tina] Brown writes that Michelle is such a mega-star she even eclipses Carla Bruni, supermodel wife of Nicolas Sarkozy:
"It was smart of France’s ravishing first lady, Carla Bruni, to let her husband go to the conference without her. The second Madame Sarkozy was a big wow when she visited London last March, but she’s a shrewd enough PR hand to know she would suffer in comparison to the first and only Mrs. Obama. Carla is old news next to Michelle. Sure, she’s more beautiful in the cover-girl sense—looking good is her profession, after all—but an Italian heiress who strums the guitar and made a predatory move on France’s reigning little Napoleon isn’t the best poster girl for the scariest economic downturn since the 1930s. The Brits went off Carla almost as soon as she was back in Paris. That fake-demure little Dior suit she wore to lunch with Queen Elizabeth seemed in retrospect like the kind of get-up a reformed hooker might wear to meet her latest CEO for lunch at the Savoy. "
What the hell is this, high school?
| 769 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:25:53am |
| 770 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:26:18am |
re: #750 reine.de.tout
I actually would have preferred a little more color.
HOWEVER,
I learned something a week or two ago.
In preparation for her trip to Europe this summer, we have had some meetings with the tour leader of the group my daughter will be travelling with, one of her teachers.They told the kids that if they didn't want to "stand out", they should not bring brightly colored clothing, that Europeans tend not to wear bright colors.
I have never been to Europe and so I don't know if this is true - but Carla Bruni in that dress seems to be making the point.
Bright colours are fine - as a splash, and used judiciously.
Carla has chosen a colour which right now is very fashionable, and, being clever, one which enhances her delicate features rather than drowns her.
A wise French woman won't chose bright colours and/or patterns if the detract from her face and figure.
But that is all something for grown-ups - kids surely should be allowed to wear what they like?
| 771 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:26:24am |
re: #762 FrogMarch
All that's missing in this photo is someone giving a peace sign and some bunny ears.
Hey - The saudi looks uncomfortable with the lack of decorum . . . so I'm ok with it.
| 772 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:26:41am |
| 773 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:26:52am |
re: #762 FrogMarch
All that's missing in this photo is someone giving a peace sign and some bunny ears.
THe man is an overeducated idiot.
| 774 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:26:58am |
| 776 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:27:04am |
OK. Ramirez was on target yesterday as well. How tiresome.
/
| 777 |
Ford_Prefect Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:28:08am |
Now Nancy Pelosi can help you get in shape!
| 778 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:28:10am |
re: #770 yma o hyd
Bright colours are fine - as a splash, and used judiciously.
Carla has chosen a colour which right now is very fashionable, and, being clever, one which enhances her delicate features rather than drowns her.
A wise French woman won't chose bright colours and/or patterns if the detract from her face and figure.
But that is all something for grown-ups - kids surely should be allowed to wear what they like?
They can wear whatever they want, EXCEPT baseball caps, we were told, are a huge no-no and will not be allowed. Instant branding as "American".
It was just a piece of information they gave us. I think they might be concerned about safety and security issues.
| 779 |
capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:28:15am |
re: #682 yma o hydNow - for all the Lizardesses who love to give their inner cat a run-out, here's the first picture of Michelle and Carla Bruin, ahem, Madame Sarkozy, side by side:
Meow!
Just to be clear (I realize, looking back, that I wasn't), my derogatory remarks weren't directed at you - they were directed at Tina Brown. She apparently thinks Michelle Obama needs somebody with a pipe to knee-cap Carla Bruni, and she's volunteering.
| 780 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:28:18am |
re: #750 reine.de.tout
I have never been to Europe and so I don't know if this is true - but Carla Bruni in that dress seems to be making the point.
It's true, very much so. Especially if you will be in Paris. Also, remember, the humidity is stifling. Europe is a land mass surrounded by three bodies of water, it's very damp all year round.
I prefer Feb. in Europe.
| 781 |
NukeAtomrod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:28:25am |
re: #578 Kenneth
Re-read my comment again and this time think about it.
Casinos rob suckers. They generate zero wealth. Gambling addictions destroy families. Organized crime is heavily involved in most casinos.
Remind me, what positive contribution do casinos make?
Wow! Lighten up a bit. Gambling is fun and exciting on occasion. Las Vegas is a good example of how casinos can generate wealth. There's no other place like it and lots of stuff to do other than gamble. Without the casinos, it wouldn't be the amazing city it is.
Addiction is another topic altogether. I don't really understand it. Any time I've had a behavior that I decided was bad for me, I quit. I suspect a lot of people just really don't want to stop doing the things they say are bad for them.
| 782 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:28:59am |
re: #761 ilzito guacamolito
Today's Ramirez cartoon. Always on target.
I read where BO put a bunch of his own speeches on the iPod...wtf?
| 783 |
FrogMarch Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:29:13am |
| 784 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:29:19am |
re: #780 Walter L. Newton
It's true, very much so. Especially if you will be in Paris. Also, remember, the humidity is stifling. Europe is a land mass surrounded by three bodies of water, it's very damp all year round.
I prefer Feb. in Europe.
Damp all year round?
Sorta like Louisiana, then.
| 785 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:29:40am |
re: #750 reine.de.tout
True. In Europe, bright colored clothes are considered "American", and that adjective is understood to be derogatory. If you want to wear colour, that's what scarves, ties & socks are for.
| 786 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:30:11am |
re: #782 albusteve
I read where BO put a bunch of his own speeches on the iPod...wtf?
Good thing they are easy to erase ;)
| 788 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:30:35am |
re: #785 Kenneth
True. In Europe, bright colored clothes are considered "American", and that adjective is understood to be derogatory. If you want to wear colour, that's what scarves, ties & socks are for.
Nobody can touch the Fwench when it comes to accessorizing. Nobody.
| 789 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:30:39am |
re: #769 loppyd
It was unanimous, too.
Well, let's see what happens next. Constitutional amendment, maybe?
| 790 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:30:59am |
re: #782 albusteve
I read where BO put a bunch of his own speeches on the iPod...wtf?
I heard that last night. Is there anything to that?
He should have given he a Chia Obama.
| 791 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:31:03am |
re: #784 reine.de.tout
Damp all year round?
Sorta like Louisiana, then.
Yep, but more people, a Paris subway in the summer can be a real treat, if you intended to go to a spa.
ANd on colors, I was talking about the continent (as Yma mentioned about Parisian women and colors).
| 792 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:31:50am |
re: #785 Kenneth
True. In Europe, bright colored clothes are considered "American", and that adjective is understood to be derogatory. If you want to wear colour, that's what scarves, ties & socks are for.
Interesting. And yes, I would assume "American" would be understood to be derogatory. The kids have also received numerous behavior warnings and advice.
I thought Michelle's outfit in that photo was hideous - colorful, but NOT good color for her. And it does indeed look like drapery.
| 793 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:31:55am |
re: #786 VioletTiger
Good thing they are easy to erase ;)
I'd heard it was show tunes, and video of the queen's 2007 visit to the U.S.
| 794 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:31:58am |
re: #787 buzzsawmonkey
But everybody, all over the world, loves Americans now, don't they? I mean, that was one of the things that we were promised when Obama was elected.
And what the hell is holding up that unicorn delivery? This bag of Purina Unicorn Chow isn't going to eat itself, you know.
save it for yourself, you may need it someday
| 795 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:32:10am |
re: #787 buzzsawmonkey
But everybody, all over the world, loves Americans now, don't they? I mean, that was one of the things that we were promised when Obama was elected.
And what the hell is holding up that unicorn delivery? This bag of Purina Unicorn Chow isn't going to eat itself, you know.
Germany just loved England after Neville Chamberlin visited.
| 796 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:32:31am |
re: #791 Walter L. Newton
Yep, but more people, a Paris subway in the summer can be a real treat, if you intended to go to a spa.
ANd on colors, I was talking about the continent (as Yma mentioned about Parisian women and colors).
What about the smell on that subway?
| 797 |
BignJames Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:32:41am |
re: #791 Walter L. Newton
Yep, but more people, a Paris subway in the summer can be a real treat, if you intended to go to a spa.
Whoa......no thanks.
| 798 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:32:43am |
re: #764 aussiemagpie
G'day {yma o hyd}!
Carla would look fabulous in anything really , beautiful woman
Beautiful - and wickedly feminine!
She knew exactly what she was doing, not going to that dreadful gathering of wives of G20 leaders!
Can't wait for the photos of her in evening gown - drool ...
(And me not even being a male!)
| 799 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:32:54am |
re: #787 buzzsawmonkey
But everybody, all over the world, loves Americans now, don't they? I mean, that was one of the things that we were promised when Obama was elected.
And what the hell is holding up that unicorn delivery? This bag of Purina Unicorn Chow isn't going to eat itself, you know.
Well, Americans are loved apparently, except if one is wearing a baseball cap and bright colors.
| 800 |
capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:33:00am |
re: #790 opnion
I heard that last night. Is there anything to that?
He should have given he a Chia Obama.
I was thinking he might have considered an Ab Blaster. He probably thinks she could lose a few pounds around the middle.
| 801 |
freetoken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:33:03am |
Interesting plot of job losses, comparing the current recession with previous post-WWII recessions, over at Calculated Risk.
Reveals that compared to previous recessions, this one has been slow to get people unemployed... but then it looks like the process has snowballed.
| 802 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:33:05am |
re: #789 Ward Cleaver
Well, let's see what happens next. Constitutional amendment, maybe?
From what I understand, Iowa is similar to MA in that there are two procedural hurdles to get the question on the ballot.
In MA, the legislature voted to end their session before voting on adding the question. It was a travesty. The polls were all showing gay marriage would be banned and they caved.
| 803 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:33:21am |
re: #794 albusteve
save it for yourself, you may need it someday
And if you add water, it makes gravy. Yum.
| 804 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:33:26am |
re: #766 reine.de.tout
The inauguration outfit was wrong on all levels.
It was not attractive.
It was shapeless.
It sparkled wayyyyyyyyyyy too much for daytime.
It was just the wrong wrong wrong choice for that event.The ball gown later was just as awful, imo.
Hi {reine}, that ball gown was like an overgrown tutu from a ballet with those feathers and ruffles
Goodness, I hope she grows some fashion sense soon!
However our lovely fashion people are just raving about her here - I can just see thousands of Aussie women ripping down the drapes and shower curtains and wearing them :-)
| 805 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:33:28am |
re: #787 buzzsawmonkey
But everybody, all over the world, loves Americans now, don't they? I mean, that was one of the things that we were promised when Obama was elected.
And what the hell is holding up that unicorn delivery? This bag of Purina Unicorn Chow isn't going to eat itself, you know.
Is it free-range, organic Unicorn Chow? If not, you might have problems regardless.
| 806 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:33:41am |
let's talk about ME....BO and the iPod
[Link: hotair.com...]
| 808 |
acwgusa Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:33:54am |
Someone needs to tell Obama's Klingon wife, Faux Pas, that here on Earth, it is unseemly to touch people who don't want to be touched.
| 809 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:33:59am |
re: #793 Ward Cleaver
I'd heard it was show tunes, and video of the queen's 2007 visit to the U.S.
Some of his speeches were included (inaugural address for one).
| 810 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:34:02am |
re: #798 yma o hyd
Beautiful - and wickedly feminine!
She knew exactly what she was doing, not going to that dreadful gathering of wives of G20 leaders!
Can't wait for the photos of her in evening gown - drool ...
(And me not even being a male!)
HA! Wickedly feminine! Yes she is.
Something WAB is most definitely NOT.
| 811 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:34:03am |
| 812 |
JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:34:23am |
Friends in Memphis losing jobs today .... make it stop ! ...
| 813 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:34:24am |
| 814 |
justabill Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:34:27am |
re: #735 Creeping Eruption
Then we can all start building a tower . . .
Why would we need a tower when we got the Messiah among us?
| 815 |
Digital Display Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:35:00am |
re: #812 JacksonTn
Friends in Memphis losing jobs today .... make it stop ! ...
We laid off 60 people this week..
| 817 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:35:16am |
re: #804 aussiemagpie
Hi {reine}, that ball gown was like an overgrown tutu from a ballet with those feathers and ruffles
Goodness, I hope she grows some fashion sense soon!
However our lovely fashion people are just raving about her here - I can just see thousands of Aussie women ripping down the drapes and shower curtains and wearing them :-)
I had a dress once, that I loved.
I wore it to a meeting, and somebody there greeted me with, gee, I love those curtains you're wearing!
Went home, threw the dress away.
| 818 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:35:25am |
re: #798 yma o hyd
Beautiful - and wickedly feminine!
She knew exactly what she was doing, not going to that dreadful gathering of wives of G20 leaders!
Can't wait for the photos of her in evening gown - drool ...
(And me not even being a male!)
I am being a jealous female.
| 819 |
capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:35:37am |
re: #809 VioletTiger
Some of his speeches were included (inaugural address for one).
And his speech at Kerry's convention.
| 820 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:35:48am |
re: #767 capitalist piglet
What the hell is this, high school?
That is someone (Tina Brown) who has her claws into Carla, for being much prettier and much mroe feminine that Tina ever could hope to be!
Nobody here went 'off' Carla - in fact her evening dresses were very much admired.
But I suppose Tina has to beat the drum for fab Michelle, and thus park her fashion sense round the corner for the duration.
Its plain jealousy, if ye ask me ...
| 821 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:36:26am |
| 822 |
JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:36:36am |
re: #820 yma o hyd
That is someone (Tina Brown) who has her claws into Carla, for being much prettier and much mroe feminine that Tina ever could hope to be!
Nobody here went 'off' Carla - in fact her evening dresses were very much admired.
But I suppose Tina has to beat the drum for fab Michelle, and thus park her fashion sense round the corner for the duration.
Its plain jealousy, if ye ask me ...
Yma ... who is Tina Brown?
| 823 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:36:46am |
re: #812 JacksonTn
Friends in Memphis losing jobs today .... make it stop ! ...
I'm very sorry for your friends.
These numbers keep growing and Barry is fooooked. People are going to look at a school being built by a union guy and wonder where the help for them is and the anger is going to grow and grow.
| 824 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:37:04am |
re: #817 reine.de.tout
I had a dress once, that I loved.
I wore it to a meeting, and somebody there greeted me with, gee, I love those curtains you're wearing!Went home, threw the dress away.
That is mean.
| 825 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:37:27am |
| 826 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:37:50am |
re: #820 yma o hyd
That is someone (Tina Brown) who has her claws into Carla, for being much prettier and much mroe feminine that Tina ever could hope to be!
Nobody here went 'off' Carla - in fact her evening dresses were very much admired.
But I suppose Tina has to beat the drum for fab Michelle, and thus park her fashion sense round the corner for the duration.
Its plain jealousy, if ye ask me ...
Brown is a Leftie hag.
| 827 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:37:52am |
re: #779 capitalist piglet
Just to be clear (I realize, looking back, that I wasn't), my derogatory remarks weren't directed at you - they were directed at Tina Brown. She apparently thinks Michelle Obama needs somebody with a pipe to knee-cap Carla Bruni, and she's volunteering.
I got you loud and clear first time!
But thanks anyway - posts like this one only happen in Lizardia!
{capitalist piglet}!
| 828 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:37:57am |
So with all the fawning over the great obama, what exactly did he win kudos for? Did anything constructive come out of the G20 meeting?
| 830 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:38:51am |
According to people.com, Michelle Obama has been invited to guest star on 30 Rock. The Celebutard Presidency continues unabated.
| 831 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:39:05am |
re: #781 NukeAtomrod
Gambling addictions don't hit everybody who gambles, so it's not equivalent to crack cocaine.
Here's the summary of an independent study on the economic costs of gambling. The net effect on society & the economy are overwhelmingly negative.
| 832 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:39:22am |
this shit goes on for ever...I hate the UN...totally corrupt and Israels worst enemy
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
| 833 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:39:29am |
| 834 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:39:43am |
re: #822 JacksonTn
Yma ... who is Tina Brown?
Moonbat - used to be editor of Vanity Fair then started failed magazine, Talk. Most recent project is Daily Beast blog.
She's British. Major case of BDS. Always acts quite pleased with herself when she appears on Morning Joe.
| 835 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:39:43am |
Good morning, lizards.
Am I too late for the DT party?
| 836 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:39:54am |
Ok, Carla Bruni & Michelle do not hold office. They are First ladies & their job is to be gracious. Hmmm, Carla/Michelle , Michelle/Carla.
How to decide? Laura Bush was right out of Central Casting
She will go down as a Beloved First Lady.
| 838 |
capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:39:59am |
re: #820 yma o hyd
That is someone (Tina Brown) who has her claws into Carla, for being much prettier and much mroe feminine that Tina ever could hope to be!
Nobody here went 'off' Carla - in fact her evening dresses were very much admired.
But I suppose Tina has to beat the drum for fab Michelle, and thus park her fashion sense round the corner for the duration.
Its plain jealousy, if ye ask me ...
Remember when the mobile home park-dwelling Tanya Harding had her boyfriend hit the graceful Nancy Kerrigan's kneecap with a pipe?
It's kind of like that.
| 839 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:40:03am |
And some better news than usual:
Sweden Fined Over Israel Match, Banned From Hosting Davis Cup
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced late on Thursday that it has fined the Swedish Tennis Federation $25,000 and banned the city of Malmo from hosting Davis Cup matches for five years.The move came after the city's authorities opted to hold last month's match with Israel behind closed doors. The federation also said in a statement that Sweden would have to pay an additional $15,000, which it would have received in gate receipts had the March 6-8 match been open to spectators.
In addition, the federation told Sweden it would have to provide a written guarantee that future matches would be open to the public.
The ITF has balls.
| 840 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:40:07am |
re: #817 reine.de.tout
I had a dress once, that I loved.
I wore it to a meeting, and somebody there greeted me with, gee, I love those curtains you're wearing!Went home, threw the dress away.
I hope you had a nice retort for that asshole first. I had that happen once. I was visiting a friend of mine at his office. Both of us in grad school working temp jobs in firms we hoped would hire us. I was in jeans having just come for class and my friend was in a suit. His boss walked, looked my over, sniffed, and said"dressed like that, it is a good thing you don't work for me." I smiled and replied "Mr. ____ regardless how I dress, it is a good thing I don't work for you."
| 841 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:40:14am |
re: #830 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
According to people.com, Michelle Obama has been invited to guest star on 30 Rock. The Celebutard Presidency continues unabated.
Razzle Dazzle!
| 842 |
BignJames Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:40:41am |
| 843 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:40:53am |
| 844 |
Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:40:57am |
re: #756 loppyd
No link yet, but MSNBC is reporting the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that banning gay marriage is illegal.
Heh -- Wikipedia's state-by-state breakdown of "same-sex union" laws has already been revised to reflect the ruling.
Note that on wiki's U.S. map, Iowa is currently all-purple, like Massachusetts -- while Connecticut is striped purple (for same-sex marriage) and green (for same-sex civil-unions), as both statuses have legal existence there for the time being.
States in red on the map ban "civil unions" and "domestic partnership" for same-sex couples, while those in orange ban only same-sex marriage (SSM), but neither ban nor recognize CUs and DPs.
| 845 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:41:00am |
re: #821 aussiemagpie
We're all beautiful with nothing on/////
LOL. Oh . . . some more than others. Just don't sneeze.
| 846 |
jorline Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:41:09am |
Good morning all.
Use to be the term "Hold the Press" was associated with the print media.
NOW....
It applies to government..."Hold the Press"...quit printing bogus money!
| 847 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:41:32am |
re: #825 reine.de.tout
Well, it was.
But I never wore curtains or rugs again.
Hard way to come to that decision, though.
| 848 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:41:37am |
| 849 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:41:49am |
| 850 |
Ford_Prefect Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:42:07am |
Oh boy! I just got an email from the Head of Private Wealth Management ant the Banca D Italia - Roma. He has a business proposition for me. I am going to be rich!
Later Lizards!
| 851 |
jaunte Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:42:13am |
I don't know much about fashion, but I got curious about what Tina Brown was saying:
[Link: www.thedailybeast.com...]
The PR blitz can't hold back the reality that Michelle Obama is not as much of a superstar as people like Tina Brown would have us believe.
| 852 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:42:13am |
| 853 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:42:22am |
re: #832 albusteve
this shit goes on for ever...I hate the UN...totally corrupt and Israels worst enemy
[Link: www.jpost.com...]
Yet the judge is going to investigate the Gazans as well, against instructions.
According to the mandate, the investigation should focus on Palestinian victims of the three-week operation against Hamas earlier this year.
But Goldstone, a Jewish former judge of the South African constitutional court, said his team would investigate "all violations of international humanitarian law" before, during and after the conflict that ended Jan. 18.
I wonder how long he'll last before the UN removes him.
| 854 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:42:34am |
re: #840 Creeping Eruption
I hope you had a nice retort for that asshole first. I had that happen once. I was visiting a friend of mine at his office. Both of us in grad school working temp jobs in firms we hoped would hire us. I was in jeans having just come for class and my friend was in a suit. His boss walked, looked my over, sniffed, and said"dressed like that, it is a good thing you don't work for me." I smiled and replied "Mr. ____ regardless how I dress, it is a good thing I don't work for you."
I did have a nice retort, but unfortunately, I did what I usually do - thought of it a week later.
| 855 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:42:48am |
| 858 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:43:04am |
re: #792 reine.de.tout
Drappery? More like a piñata!
Tell your kids to remember their "bonjour" and "bonsoir" when greeting somebody. If you say that, you're accepted, if you don't you're not considered civilized.
| 859 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:43:05am |
re: #818 ilzito guacamolito
I am being a jealous female.
Aww - look at it as being an age thing!
She's about the same age as my step daughter, so ladies in that age range (and younger) are being looked at with general benevolence, by me.
Provided they deserve it!
Michelle - nope, she needs fashion lessons.
Oh - I saw some lovely cardies in our Marks & Spencer's, today - all lengths, nice colours, good value.
I'm sure they'd be delighted to deliver to her, if she were to visit their website ...
| 860 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:43:09am |
| 861 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:43:11am |
| 862 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:43:13am |
re: #852 Ward Cleaver
Didn't she run some magazine for awhile?
The New Yorker, I believe. Or maybe it was Cracked.
| 863 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:43:19am |
re: #857 buzzsawmonkey
She does need to dress better, since the broadlooms over everyone around her.
Wow.
That's a masterpiece.
| 864 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:43:41am |
| 865 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:43:41am |
| 866 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:43:57am |
| 868 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:44:15am |
re: #670 rightside
lol
Thank you!
And of course, the balloon above Sarko's head would read: "Oui, they are real, and absolutely PEHRfect!"
| 869 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:44:26am |
re: #858 Kenneth
Drappery? More like a piñata!
Tell your kids to remember their "bonjour" and "bonsoir" when greeting somebody. If you say that, you're accepted, if you don't you're not considered civilized.
OK!
Next year's trip is to the UK. I've signed daughter up for that one, too.
If I can come up with the $, I would love to take that trip with the group.
| 870 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:44:52am |
re: #817 reine.de.tout
I hope the person went home with a burning cheek.
| 871 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:45:16am |
re: #856 Irish Rose
I see that Maximus is no longer among us.
Yes. And the thread before, we feasted on two trolls, then him.
I'm still stuffed.
| 872 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:45:29am |
re: #852 Ward Cleaver
Didn't she run some magazine for awhile?
Vanity Fair and some over in Britain, IIRC.
| 873 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:45:42am |
re: #822 JacksonTn
Yma ... who is Tina Brown?
She used to be married to Harry (?) Brown, who was editor of the TIMES/London at one stage.
Then they moved to New York, and she became editor of 'Vanity Fair'.
I think she's retired now, and lives on past glories.
She also wrote a biography of Princess Di - so if thats her measuring stick, then I wonder how she can regard Michelle as more fashionable than Carla Bruni ..
| 874 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:45:49am |
re: #853 Kosh's Shadow
I wonder how long he'll last before the UN removes him.
he will never get the truth out of any Hamas victims....ratting out Hamas is a death sentence and somehow I think Goldstone knows this...it's just another dog and pony show
| 875 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:45:57am |
| 877 |
Digital Display Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:46:07am |
re: #856 Irish Rose
I see that Maximus is no longer among us.
Good Morning Irish.. Did Max have a meltdown?
| 878 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:46:18am |
| 879 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:46:22am |
re: #853 Kosh's Shadow
I wonder how long he'll last before the UN removes him.
Didn't he say he was "shocked" that he was chosen? If they don't boot him, they will re-write his report and than trumpet about that even a Jew thinks that Israelis are devil spawn.
This guy is a willing pawn.
| 880 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:46:47am |
re: #798 yma o hyd
Beautiful - and wickedly feminine!
She knew exactly what she was doing, not going to that dreadful gathering of wives of G20 leaders!
Can't wait for the photos of her in evening gown - drool ...
(And me not even being a male!)
Nothing wrong with us girls appreciating anothers beauty :-)'
This crass adulation of Michelle is really annoying because we all know her fashion sense is BAD, yet because of lockstep lefty thought, the fashion journos must rave and drool over Michelle's drapery even though they must hate her clothes!
| 881 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:46:52am |
re: #828 Wishing
So with all the fawning over the great obama, what exactly did he win kudos for? Did anything constructive come out of the G20 meeting?
I repeat myself.
| 882 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:47:01am |
re: #853 Kosh's Shadow
I wonder how long he'll last before the UN removes him.
A day ought to be enough.
| 884 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:47:10am |
This is so cool...
Robot achieves scientific first
A laboratory robot called Adam has been hailed as the first machine in history to have discovered new scientific knowledge independently of its human creators.Adam formed a hypothesis on the genetics of bakers’ yeast and carried out experiments to test its predictions, without intervention from its makers at Aberystwyth University.
| 885 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:47:22am |
re: #880 aussiemagpie
The cognitive dissonance in the gay community must be at fabulous levels.
| 886 |
Macker Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:47:32am |
re: #545 FrogMarch
If there were any justice in the world, Barney Frank would be going down with him.
Thank Goodness you said it that way!
| 887 |
jaunte Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:47:54am |
re: #880 aussiemagpie
This crass adulation of Michelle is really annoying because we all know her fashion sense is BAD, yet because of lockstep lefty thought, the fashion journos must rave and drool over Michelle's drapery even though they must hate her clothes!
That's the odd part of it to me; they all must know that they're faking it.
| 888 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:47:54am |
re: #856 Irish Rose
I see that Maximus is no longer among us.
It's no wonder due to the way he jumped on Sharmuta the other day, and that post from yesterday.
| 889 |
quickjustice Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:47:57am |
re: #822 JacksonTn
Tina Brown: Englishwoman, took over the venerable New Yorker literary magazine here in NYC, and ran it into the ground in the name of modernizing it. Like all of the English, who are very class conscious, Brown pigeonholes everyone according to her own notions of who's important. She now writes catty pieces for womens magazines that are put downs of people she considers worthy of her put downs. The Royal Family are a popular target of hers.
| 890 |
Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:48:06am |
re: #789 Ward Cleaver
Well, let's see what happens next. Constitutional amendment, maybe?
A "marriage" amendment to Iowa's constitution was attempted in 2008, but failed -- not exactly sure why, though, and haven't had time to Google for details yet. (I.e., did it fail because of political opposition, or simply because Iowa has a more difficult process for amending the constitution?)
| 891 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:48:55am |
re: #890 Throbert McGee
A "marriage" amendment to Iowa's constitution was attempted in 2008, but failed -- not exactly sure why, though, and haven't had time to Google for details yet. (I.e., did it fail because of political opposition, or simply because Iowa has a more difficult process for amending the constitution?)
see 802
| 892 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:48:57am |
re: #817 reine.de.tout
I had a dress once, that I loved.
I wore it to a meeting, and somebody there greeted me with, gee, I love those curtains you're wearing!Went home, threw the dress away.
Now that was very cruel! Very tactless..
| 893 |
aggieann Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:49:01am |
re: #857 buzzsawmonkey
She does need to dress better, since the broadlooms over everyone around her.
I may be warped, but I keep waiting for her to woof.
| 895 |
jaunte Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:49:26am |
re: #884 Killgore Trout
From your link:
“Adam is a prototype,” says Prof King. “Eve is better designed and more elegant.”
| 896 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:50:01am |
re: #887 jaunte
This crass adulation of Michelle is really annoying because we all know her fashion sense is BAD, yet because of lockstep lefty thought, the fashion journos must rave and drool over Michelle's drapery even though they must hate her clothes!
That's the odd part of it to me; they all must know that they're faking it.
History's biggest faked orgasm.
| 897 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:50:28am |
re: #825 reine.de.tout
Well, it was.
But I never wore curtains or rugs again.
Ah, but does the rug match the curtains, or is that too personal a question?
| 898 |
turn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:50:36am |
re: #884 Killgore Trout
This is so cool...
Robot achieves scientific first
Yes that article was interesting, it reminded me of this
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
| 900 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:50:55am |
re: #895 jaunte
From your link:
“Adam is a prototype,” says Prof King. “Eve is better designed and more elegant.”
But of course.
| 901 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:51:07am |
re: #876 buzzsawmonkey
And "bitez-moi" for when they are on the receiving end of snotty anti-American comments.
Is that official from L'Academie Francaise?
| 902 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:51:08am |
re: #895 jaunte
From your link:
“Adam is a prototype,” says Prof King. “Eve is better designed and more elegant.”
Thats real nice. Ribbing a new machine while it is still basking in its glory.
| 903 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:51:30am |
| 906 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:52:14am |
re: #898 turn
I'm so happy there are wicked smart people out there working on this stuff.
| 907 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:52:14am |
| 908 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:52:21am |
re: #884 Killgore Trout
Aberystwyth is, of course, in Wales ...
| 909 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:52:25am |
| 910 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:52:54am |
| 911 |
freetoken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:53:01am |
re: #877 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Irish.. Did Max have a meltdown?
Like a slice of Velveeta laid on a patty while still on the grill.....
| 912 |
turn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:53:20am |
re: #906 Killgore Trout
I'm so happy there are wicked smart people out there working on this stuff.
Well I don't know about the wicked part, but yeah there are some smart people working on AI.
| 913 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:54:04am |
re: #908 yma o hyd
Looks nice. I wonder how the photoshopped that to make it look like a sunny day.
| 914 |
Mr. In get Mr. Out Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:54:44am |
re: #884 Killgore Trout
Fear the coming days. Once robots gain control, people of flesh will be shackled to do the robots' rock-busting.
| 915 |
ladycatnip Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:54:44am |
The One's mea culpa to the world:
The President opened a town-hall style gathering with the declaration, saying he would outline details in Prague in the coming days.
He said: “Even with the Cold War now over, the spread of nuclear weapons or the theft of nuclear material could lead to the extermination of any city on the planet.”
Mr Obama said that the US shares blame for the crisis, but that “every nation bears responsibility for what lies ahead - especially now".
He added: “I’ve come to Europe this week to renew our partnership. America is changing but it cannot be America alone that changes.”
This little tidbit was tucked neatly into an article about Sarkozy's wife refusing to kiss Obama. She clearly has the better judgment.
| 916 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:54:50am |
re: #912 turn
Well I don't know about the wicked part, but yeah there are some smart people working on AI.
Killgore is a closet Euro...all he eats is foreign food
| 917 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:55:00am |
.re: #877 HoosierHoops
Good Morning Irish.. Did Max have a meltdown?
On the 1st anti-vacc thread. He has an autistic? child who he honestly believes was physically damaged by a vaccination because he saw the reaction with his own eyes, and a handful of people here were telling him that he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.
He was pretty rude on that thread, no doubt about it.
But I can see why he felt so offended. He was talking about his own beloved child, a very sensitive and emotional topic. Some people were determined to hammer the stupidity of his position home, and just wouldn't let it go.
I don't like the way that Max behaved but I don't care for the way some of the other folks here treated him, either. You would think people could be more sensitive when people are grieving over their children.
| 918 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:55:06am |
re: #912 turn
Well I don't know about the wicked part, but yeah there are some smart people working on AI.
I just wish they would stop with all those scientific robots and effen well come up with one who'll do all the housework for me!
Hiya, {turn}!
| 919 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:55:28am |
re: #887 jaunte
Predictable, most journos follow the party line, here and elsewhere
Original thought is a foreign concept for most of them
| 920 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:55:51am |
re: #888 MandyManners
It's no wonder due to the way he jumped on Sharmuta the other day, and that post from yesterday.
Didn't see the one from yesterday, I was with the doctor most of the day.
| 921 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:55:57am |
Get a load of this D&G ad: fashionable violence. Just what we all dream of: murdering people and having someone else do the dry cleaning.
/
| 922 |
NukeAtomrod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:56:22am |
re: #831 Kenneth
Gambling addictions don't hit everybody who gambles, so it's not equivalent to crack cocaine.
Here's the summary of an independent study on the economic costs of gambling. The net effect on society & the economy are overwhelmingly negative.
Let's assume that study is completely correct. Does is matter? Casinos are a business. You have the choice whether or not to go there. People will engage in all sorts of destructive behaviors no matter what. Doesn't the consumer of the casino services bear the responsibility for their behavior? Do we blame whipped cream manufacturers for the kids who do whippits? Or Gillette when someone commits suicide with a razor blade?
| 924 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:56:45am |
SO yesterday my three year old comes home from Hebrew School where they are obviously teaching him the story of Pesach (Passover). He recounts to my wife and me how Pablo (Pharoh)was mean and made the Jews work really , really hard. They were called slaves he says.
At this point he turns to me and asks: "Daddy you work hard, are you a slave?"
My wife and I both almost fell out of our chairs laughing.
| 925 |
freetoken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:56:55am |
re: #917 Irish Rose
.
On the 1st anti-vacc thread.
It was on the last creationism thread, where he threatened to pull out the Smith and Wesson.
| 926 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:57:01am |
re: #917 Irish Rose
.
On the 1st anti-vacc thread. He has an autistic? child who he honestly believes was physically damaged by a vaccination because he saw the reaction with his own eyes, and a handful of people here were telling him that he doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.
He was pretty rude on that thread, no doubt about it.
But I can see why he felt so offended. He was talking about his own beloved child, a very sensitive and emotional topic. Some people were determined to hammer the stupidity of his position home, and just wouldn't let it go.
I don't like the way that Max behaved but I don't care for the way some of the other folks here treated him, either. You would think people could be more sensitive when people are grieving over their children.
I agree...but if the issue is that sensitive he should log off in his own best interest...imo
| 927 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:57:27am |
re: #913 Killgore Trout
Looks nice. I wonder how the photoshopped that to make it look like a sunny day.
Its not that wet in Aberystwyth - the rain usually comes from the Southwest, and ends up in Cardiff, Swansea and the valleys.
Or, coming from the other direction, it ends up over Snowdonia, Capel Curig being one of the wettest places.
No need for photoshopping!
;-)
| 928 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:57:28am |
re: #920 Irish Rose
Didn't see the one from yesterday, I was with the doctor most of the day.
See his entry in the Bottom Comments above.
Are you okay?
| 929 |
loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:57:56am |
re: #909 Ward Cleaver
Oh, so she's the one that started The Daily Beast. Hmmm...
Yep. She was on Morning Joe earlier gushing about Michelle Obama being the new Oprah.
| 930 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:58:03am |
re: #885 godfrey
The cognitive dissonance in the gay community must be at fabulous levels.
The cognitive dissonance must be at fabulous levels in ALL communities (except the LGF community) :-)
| 931 |
Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:58:21am |
re: #885 godfrey
The cognitive dissonance in the gay community must be at fabulous levels.
♪♫
Oh, there's nothing halfway
About the Iowa way to treat you --
If they treat you,
Which they may not do at all...
♪♫
/aghast that I couldn't find a decent clip on YouTube
| 932 |
KenJen Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:58:25am |
I can't believe what I just heard on the radio. Our local station WHAS's morning show is hosted by a woman named Francene. Every friday she has prospective employers call in to announce job openings. A guy just called in looking for construction laborers. His company is called Unlimited Erections. Seriously!
| 933 |
turn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:58:54am |
re: #918 yma o hyd
I just wish they would stop with all those scientific robots and effen well come up with one who'll do all the housework for me!
Hiya, {turn}!
{yma} I hate housework, and one look around my house would prove it. I see you gals are chatting about the first lady's fashion (or lack thereof). I was curious, do you guys thing O is handsome?
| 934 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:59:18am |
re: #908 yma o hyd
Really nice!
Speaking of spitting rain, I liked Llangollen, though I had to pronounce it very, very carefully.
| 935 |
a5minmajor Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:59:23am |
Talk about yer 'pseudo-science'. I love the complicity of the media on this...the headline for this story (on Yahoo) is 'Rocket Fuel Found In Baby Formula' [Link: health.yahoo.com...]
Someone tell me what scientific conclusion is reached here? and how, exactly, does that mean 'Rocket Fuel' is in baby formula?
| 936 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:59:31am |
re: #915 ladycatnip
Obama said at the G20 that "America is just one of 20"
So on our behalf, without asking he dismissed America Exceptionalism.
| 938 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 7:59:51am |
re: #918 yma o hyd
I just wish they would stop with all those scientific robots and effen well come up with one who'll do all the housework for me!
Hiya, {turn}!
Well iRobot makes Roomba's, which will clean floors. They're located near where I work.
We don't have one, because our dogs would really go nuts. They hate vacuum cleaners and have to be crated while we're vacuuming, or even sweeping. They seem to know a broom is related to a vacuum cleaner. One of our vacuums has toothmarks from one of our dogs; we had penned him behind a child gate and he jumped right over it to attack.
| 941 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:00:16am |
re: #932 KenJen
A guy just called in looking for construction laborers. His company is called Unlimited Erections. Seriously!
What other positions are they looking to fill?
| 942 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:00:35am |
re: #928 MandyManners
See his entry in the Bottom Comments above.
Are you okay?
Another bad asthma attack, we're doing some more creative work with my medications to prevent another one.
| 943 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:00:37am |
re: #850 Ford_Prefect
Oh boy! I just got an email from the Head of Private Wealth Management ant the Banca D Italia - Roma. He has a business proposition for me. I am going to be rich!
Later Lizards!
I prefer the Nigerian offers of instant wealth myself, the emails are just so sincere and wonderfully worded :-)
| 944 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:01:36am |
re: #933 turn
{yma} I hate housework, and one look around my house would prove it. I see you gals are chatting about the first lady's fashion (or lack thereof). I was curious, do you guys thing O is handsome?
I certainly do not!
Nor do I think he's dreamy!
And anyway, as granny used to say, 'handsome is as handsome does' - haven't seen Obowma do anything handsome!
| 945 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:01:41am |
re: #938 Kosh's Shadow
Well iRobot makes Roomba's, which will clean floors. They're located near where I work.
We don't have one, because our dogs would really go nuts. They hate vacuum cleaners and have to be crated while we're vacuuming, or even sweeping. They seem to know a broom is related to a vacuum cleaner. One of our vacuums has toothmarks from one of our dogs; we had penned him behind a child gate and he jumped right over it to attack.
WHen I am vacuuming, Maisey the Parrot, sitting in her cage, spread her wings as far as she can, and screams at the vacuum. Scare that little sucker away, she will.
| 946 |
badger1970 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:01:52am |
re: #926 albusteve
It's along the adage, never send emails (or call someone) when you're pissed and emotionally engaged.
| 950 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:02:20am |
re: #929 loppyd
Yep. She was on Morning Joe earlier gushing about Michelle Obama being the new Oprah.
YAWN.
| 951 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:03:15am |
re: #950 Ward Cleaver
The "new Oprah"? I like it. In fact, I love it. By all means, trot this out at length.
| 952 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:03:54am |
re: #943 aussiemagpie
I prefer the Nigerian offers of instant wealth myself, the emails are just so sincere and wonderfully worded :-)
Sorry about your recession , but I am covered. I got an email from a guy who used to be an exec with Sierra Leone Diamonds, Ltd.
He needs to move over $17M. He wants to use my bank account & I get a third . Sweet!
| 953 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:03:59am |
re: #934 godfrey
Really nice!
Speaking of spitting rain, I liked Llangollen, though I had to pronounce it very, very carefully.
That is a lovely place - and yep, those 'll' are the downfall of many, even of announcers on the Beeb.
Here's another, very famous locality: 'Llanelli' ...
:-)
| 954 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:04:00am |
re: #921 godfrey
Get a load of this D&G ad: fashionable violence. Just what we all dream of: murdering people and having someone else do the dry cleaning.
/
Ohhh-kay. The woman is scary-looking.
| 955 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:04:13am |
re: #939 buzzsawmonkey
Where is this? Viagra Falls?
Slooowly I turned. Step by step. Inch by Inch...
| 956 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:04:16am |
re: #951 godfrey
The "new Oprah"? I like it. In fact, I love it. By all means, trot this out at length.
gives me time to go crap
| 957 |
aggieann Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:04:35am |
re: #904 buzzsawmonkey
The question is whether her lack of fashion sense helps or harms shuttle diplomacy.
I wanted to bobbin with a clever pun, but I think I'll just weave that one alone.
| 958 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:04:41am |
re: #951 godfrey
The "new Oprah"? I like it. In fact, I love it. By all means, trot this out at length.
Does it mean her weight will go up and down?
| 959 |
ladycatnip Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:04:43am |
#935 a5minmajor
...Someone tell me what scientific conclusion is reached here? and how, exactly, does that mean 'Rocket Fuel' is in baby formula?
I read the same article earlier - what's missing is the brand of baby formula. Why on earth print an article leaving out the most important piece of information? Is there a recall? Or, is this just another example of sensational crappy journalism?
Bottom line - it's sure to create a panic in parents who have babies on formula.
| 960 |
turn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:04:57am |
re: #944 yma o hyd
I've read here and there on leftie sites about him being handsome. turn has no taste when it comes to recognizing beauty in men - it's a guy thing. That's why I was asking.
| 961 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:05:26am |
re: #958 Ward Cleaver
Does it mean her weight will go up and down?
No, it means Tom Cruise will start jumping up & down on the White House furniture.
| 963 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:05:55am |
| 964 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:06:13am |
re: #957 aggieann
I wanted to bobbin with a clever pun, but I think I'll just weave that one alone.
Is this weaving pun thread going to Raddle all day long
| 965 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:06:15am |
President Wuss at it again:
Obama to World: Let's Ditch the Nukes
All except Iran, the Norks, the Chinese...
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Digital Display Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:06:26am |
re: #925 freetoken
It was on the last creationism thread, where he threatened to pull out the Smith and Wesson.
Ouch..He was pretty emotional on the Anti-Vaxx thread the other night..
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BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:06:31am |
re: #959 ladycatnip
#935 a5minmajor
I read the same article earlier - what's missing is the brand of baby formula. Why on earth print an article leaving out the most important piece of information? Is there a recall? Or, is this just another example of sensational crappy journalism?
Bottom line - it's sure to create a panic in parents who have babies on formula.
"Tonight at 11 - a major brand of soft drink is found to be poisonous. But we won't tell you which one until after sports & weather."
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VegasRick Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:06:45am |
re: #952 opnion
Sorry about your recession , but I am covered. I got an email from a guy who used to be an exec with Sierra Leone Diamonds, Ltd.
He needs to move over $17M. He wants to use my bank account & I get a third . Sweet!
I'd hold out and try for 20%.
/
| 969 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:06:58am |
re: #966 HoosierHoops
Ouch..He was pretty emotional on the Anti-Vaxx thread the other night..
It's too bad; I liked Maximus.
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:07:08am |
why doesn't fat assed Oppra talk about this?....
[Link: www.telegraph.co.uk...]
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:07:10am |
re: #964 Creeping Eruption
Is this weaving pun thread going to Raddle all day long
I'd rather go Skein
| 972 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:07:17am |
re: #938 Kosh's Shadow
Well iRobot makes Roomba's, which will clean floors. They're located near where I work.
We don't have one, because our dogs would really go nuts. They hate vacuum cleaners and have to be crated while we're vacuuming, or even sweeping. They seem to know a broom is related to a vacuum cleaner. One of our vacuums has toothmarks from one of our dogs; we had penned him behind a child gate and he jumped right over it to attack.
Yep - Madame is the same, and its not just hoovers, its sweepers and even ordinary brooms!
I only need to touch one, and she's there, trying to attack it.
Well - I'd need a robot who'd also do the dusting, the washing, the ironing, the sorting of rubbish, tidying up, cleaning the bathroom, perhaps even the cooking ... making beds - that sort of thing ...
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loppyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:07:40am |
Well, I have to get going. Lucky me I get to go to the Registry of Motor Vehicles for a new driver's license today. It's always so pleasant.
/
Have a great day and thanks again for all of my birthday wishes!
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nyc redneck Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:07:49am |
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SurferDoc Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:07:51am |
re: #804 aussiemagpie
Hi {reine}, that ball gown was like an overgrown tutu from a ballet with those feathers and ruffles
Goodness, I hope she grows some fashion sense soon!
However our lovely fashion people are just raving about her here - I can just see thousands of Aussie women ripping down the drapes and shower curtains and wearing them :-)
"I saw it in the window and I just had to have it."
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:07:55am |
re: #967 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
"Tonight at 11 - a major brand of soft drink is found to be poisonous. But we won't tell you which one until after sports & weather."
And it turns out to be one in Botswana.
/never mind!
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tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:08:12am |
re: #965 Ward Cleaver
President Wuss at it again:
Obama to World: Let's Ditch the Nukes
All except Iran, the Norks, the Chinese...
Dude, his town hall meeting in Fwance this morning was insulting to me as an American... Man, he couldn't wait to denigrade everything we've ever done...
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justabill Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:08:19am |
re: #932 KenJen
I can't believe what I just heard on the radio. Our local station WHAS's morning show is hosted by a woman named Francene. Every friday she has prospective employers call in to announce job openings. A guy just called in looking for construction laborers. His company is called Unlimited Erections. Seriously!
Wow, thats unbelievable, someones looking for construction workers...
| 981 |
BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:08:23am |
I gotta go - just not feeling good. Have a great weekend.
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turn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:08:28am |
re: #967 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
"Tonight at 11 - a major brand of soft drink is found to be poisonous. But we won't tell you which one until after sports & weather."
When I read that story I wondered how the hell did friggin rocket fuel get mixed in with baby formula in the first place?
| 983 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:08:33am |
re: #967 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
"Tonight at 11 - a major brand of soft drink is found to be poisonous. But we won't tell you which one until after sports & weather."
LOL. Thats a running joke in my house.
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:08:38am |
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tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:09:03am |
re: #977 Ward Cleaver
And it turns out to be one in Botswana.
/never mind!
I loved how Obama said that Botswana was a well run country... Whaaaaaa?
| 987 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:09:14am |
re: #979 tfc3rid
Dude, his town hall meeting in Fwance this morning was insulting to me as an American... Man, he couldn't wait to denigrade everything we've ever done...
We shouldn't let him back in the country.
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opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:09:25am |
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:09:35am |
Hey all.
Sad about Maximus, keep him in your prayers, please.
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:09:56am |
re: #922 NukeAtomrod
Those are valid arguments, to a point. The difference is businesses that make products like razer blades and whipped cream create wealth by taking raw materials and processing them into value added products. Casinos do not so that. All they do is play a game that takes money away from a lot of people and gives it to a few. In the process considerable harm is visited upon people.
However, I strongly question the wisdom of government getting into the business of gambling in the mistaken belief they will increase revenue with them. They don't. There is a net loss in gov't revenues through gambling schemes.
What to do? You can't make gambling disapear by closing casinos. It would just go underground. But why not get rid of the worst, most addictive forms of gambling: slot machines & VLTs?
| 992 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:10:18am |
re: #978 godfrey
Skein? That is warped.
Thats what happens when subjected to the warping board and finished of on the warping reel
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aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:10:32am |
re: #952 opnion
Sorry about your recession , but I am covered. I got an email from a guy who used to be an exec with Sierra Leone Diamonds, Ltd.
He needs to move over $17M. He wants to use my bank account & I get a third . Sweet!
I have an offer from Nigerian royalty, from a prince who is being terrorised and is under house arrest
I'm just so thrilled he found me to share his wealth////
| 995 |
Honorary Yooper Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:10:39am |
re: #966 HoosierHoops
Ouch..He was pretty emotional on the Anti-Vaxx thread the other night..
Max went berserk before on other threads. IIRC, he got the stick in the past, and Charles, out of the goodness of his heart, let him back in.
One should not be overly emotional on a blog, no matter how much one wants to thump other commentors over the head. After all, it's just a blog.
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nyc redneck Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:10:40am |
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ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:10:48am |
At least there is some sanity in the world. Madonna is going to have to leave Malawi without another souvenir.
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godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:10:54am |
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:11:33am |
re: #979 tfc3rid
Dude, his town hall meeting in Fwance this morning was insulting to me as an American... Man, he couldn't wait to denigrade everything we've ever done...
Now here's a steaming load:
He cited the commitment he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced two days ago to draw down their nuclear stockpiles -- a move he said would give the U.S. "moral authority" to demand Iran and North Korea stop their nuclear activity.
Oh please, unclench!
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VegasRick Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:12:04am |
re: #992 Creeping Eruption
Thats what happens when subjected to the warping board and finished of on the warping reel
Warping board is torture!
/idiot
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:12:27am |
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opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:12:37am |
Our Maximum Leader just said that the North Korean response to the World reaction to their missile launch is "Not Helpful"
Oh man , & I was afraid that he might not be tough enough.
Accuse somebody of not being helpful is hardcore.
| 1006 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:12:41am |
re: #1000 Ward Cleaver
Yes, we need more moral authority because we're always out there, launching ballistic missiles at countries, starving our population to death, etc.
| 1007 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:12:51am |
re: #1000 Ward Cleaver
Oh please, unclench!
Right... And the Fwench youths in attendance LOVED that response...
They also loved when he said we have to follow Europe and give our people a government run healthcare safety net...
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:12:52am |
| 1009 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:13:15am |
re: #932 KenJen
I saw a job ad for a company called Massive Erections. They specialize in putting up construction scaffolding. I wonder if they have company t-shirts?
| 1011 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:00am |
re: #1003 buzzsawmonkey
lol
I have no idea. It's the new Medieval Balaclava Terrorist Rastafarian look.
| 1012 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:11am |
re: #1007 tfc3rid
Right... And the Fwench youths in attendance LOVED that response...
They also loved when he said we have to follow Europe and give our people a government run healthcare safety net...
And income for life, job or no job.
/a socialist utopia, just like fwance
/burning cars and all
| 1013 |
justabill Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:13am |
re: #991 Kenneth
Your argument could be made about any form of live entertainment. Of course most other forms of live entertainment are not addictive...
| 1014 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:14am |
| 1015 |
nyc redneck Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:15am |
re: #997 ilzito guacamolito
At least there is some sanity in the world. Madonna is going to have to leave Malawi without another souvenir.
what a relief. there is something so vile abt, the way she stalks around
collecting children, even if they have families who want to care for them.
that little girl has a loving grandmother.
| 1016 |
opnion Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:18am |
re: #994 aussiemagpie
I have an offer from Nigerian royalty, from a prince who is being terrorised and is under house arrest
I'm just so thrilled he found me to share his wealth////
Thats me too. I just want to help the guy out.
If I pick up a few million in the deal, well that's just gravy.
| 1017 |
jaunte Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:22am |
re: #1009 Kenneth
I saw a job ad for a company called Massive Erections. They specialize in putting up construction scaffolding. I wonder if they have company t-shirts?
[Link: www.cafepress.com...]
| 1018 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:22am |
re: #981 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I gotta go - just not feeling good. Have a great weekend.
Take care.
| 1019 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:31am |
re: #981 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey
I gotta go - just not feeling good. Have a great weekend.
Take care!
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aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:43am |
re: #976 SurferDoc
"I saw it in the window and I just had to have it."
Your comment just made me laugh out loud, and wake up Mr Aussiemagpie who was snoring peacefully on the couch
It's just after 2am here in Sydney :-)
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:55am |
re: #1005 opnion
Our Maximum Leader just said that the North Korean response to the World reaction to their missile launch is "Not Helpful"
Oh man , & I was afraid that he might not be tough enough.
Accuse somebody of not being helpful is hardcore.
Especially when followed up with a strongly worded letter.
| 1022 |
_RememberTonyC Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:14:55am |
If Obama is as smart as they say, I hope he and Bibi have been working on their "Good Cop/Bad Cop" routine. Because if Israel has to go Medieval on iran, BO will be blamed by the world anyway so he might as well take some credit when that work is going on.
| 1023 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:15:15am |
re: #999 Iron Fist
That's the first corollary to my rule. If you think you are too pissed off to post, you are to pissed off to post. Take a breather. Have a drink or ten. Go find a hippy to beat up. Inject some vallium (the only way to fly; when I had my second surgury the shot me up with liquid vallium. I suspect the stuff is addictive :-), or have a couple of somas.
Then, when you are relaxed, come back and look at what you would have posted, and be glad you took your break.
well said....I don't like to see anyone yanked because of a fit of passion and it is avoidable...some people get too deep in...it's a blog, with rules
| 1024 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:15:28am |
re: #1020 aussiemagpie
Your comment just made me laugh out loud, and wake up Mr Aussiemagpie who was snoring peacefully on the couch
It's just after 2am here in Sydney :-)
Go to bed, woman!
| 1025 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:15:41am |
| 1026 |
VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:15:57am |
re: #1015 nyc redneck
what a relief. there is something so vile abt, the way she stalks around
collecting children, even if they have families who want to care for them.
that little girl has a loving grandmother.
Exactly. If she wants to help them, give money to their families. It's just another publicity stunt with her and her ilk.
| 1028 |
Lincolntf Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:16:06am |
re: #1009 Kenneth
A carpentry co. up in MA used to have t-shirts with "Got Wood?" on them, in the style of the ""Got Milk?" ads. I always thought that was pretty funny.
| 1029 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:16:17am |
Sorry aussie, but I have one more Lamingtons question - is "cornflour" cornstarch?
| 1030 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:16:31am |
| 1031 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:16:33am |
re: #1009 Kenneth
I saw a job ad for a company called Massive Erections. They specialize in putting up construction scaffolding. I wonder if they have company t-shirts?
You have to wonder about some companies. Die Hard batteries? An old realty company in Wisconsin: Head and Seaman (not kidding)
| 1032 |
NukeAtomrod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:16:44am |
re: #959 ladycatnip
#935 a5minmajor
I read the same article earlier - what's missing is the brand of baby formula. Why on earth print an article leaving out the most important piece of information? Is there a recall? Or, is this just another example of sensational crappy journalism?
Bottom line - it's sure to create a panic in parents who have babies on formula.
This just in: Two highly explosive chemicals found in household drinking water. In related news, two toxic chemicals have been discovered in ordinary table salt.
| 1034 |
karmic_inquisitor Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:16:59am |
re: #1009 Kenneth
I saw a job ad for a company called Massive Erections. They specialize in putting up construction scaffolding. I wonder if they have company t-shirts?
"I sent my husband to Massive Erections and all I got was this lousy T Shirt"
| 1035 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:17:12am |
re: #990 Irish Rose
I can't find Maxs' comment, Mandy.
Help?
Upper left margin under BOTTOM COMMENTS.
| 1036 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:17:15am |
re: #1022 _RememberTonyC
If Obama is as smart as they say, I hope he and Bibi have been working on their "Good Cop/Bad Cop" routine. Because if Israel has to go Medieval on iran, BO will be blamed by the world anyway so he might as well take some credit when that work is going on.
I would think he is prepping his condemnation speech... Lord knows, we will probably sponsor the resolution at the UN.
| 1037 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:17:16am |
re: #1025 ilzito guacamolito
That looks like a knitted phallus.
Knitting jobs are scarce. We have to take what we can get.
| 1038 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:17:39am |
re: #945 Walter L. Newton
WHen I am vacuuming, Maisey the Parrot, sitting in her cage, spread her wings as far as she can, and screams at the vacuum. Scare that little sucker away, she will.
Pets abhor a vacuum.
| 1039 |
Ojoe Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:17:47am |
re: #1000 Ward Cleaver
Obama's statement on moral authority floors me. We have the moral authority to have nukes, period, because all things considered we are the most moral nation.
And we have the DUTY to see that immoral nations do not get them. We don't have to trade anything away to be able to have some sort of "authority" to do what is our DUTY.
| 1040 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:17:48am |
re: #1028 Lincolntf
A carpentry co. up in MA used to have t-shirts with "Got Wood?" on them, in the style of the ""Got Milk?" ads. I always thought that was pretty funny.
I saw a t-shirt once that said on the front, "ERECTIONS LTD". And on the back? "A Hard Man Is Good To Find".
| 1042 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:18:27am |
We tend to be a little bit harsh with each other on this blog, from time to time... especially when highly emotional topics are being discussed.
Sometimes it's more important to refrain from comment in the name of compassion, than it is to be right.
Just my two cents.
| 1043 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:18:39am |
Just in case you think other countries don't have gaffe-prone heads of state, scroll down and watch that little video here!
The Queen may have been ok with it, after a fashion - but the Italians are mortified ...
| 1044 |
Digital Display Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:18:50am |
re: #1035 MandyManners
Upper left margin under BOTTOM COMMENTS.
Charles was having a pretty good time as venomx hit the upper frequencies last night..
Then he put him out of his misery..
| 1045 |
Miss Trixie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:19:05am |
♪ ♬ Good morning, {lizards!} ♬ ♪
I've taken today off to decompress from the monster workload of the past few weeks and I'm glad I did. *yawwwwwwwn*
*blink*blink*
loppyd's birfday today?
♪ ♬ Happy Birthday to you ♬ ♪
♪ ♬ Happy Birthday to you ♬ ♪
♪ ♬ Happy Birthday dear loppyd ♬ ♪
♪ ♬ Happy Birthday to you! ♬ ♪
And many mooooooooooooooooooore!
:D
| 1046 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:19:06am |
re: #1016 opnion
Thats me too. I just want to help the guy out.
If I pick up a few million in the deal, well that's just gravy.
Of course, we're compassionate people, and we're not suckers!
I'm looking forward to leaving my life in suburbia and becoming a princess in Nigeria :-)
| 1047 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:19:08am |
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Honorary Yooper Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:19:37am |
re: #991 Kenneth
By that notion, we should also not have things like theaters or nightclubs since they take and do not provide tangible products (i.e. razor blades, cars, etc). That's why casinos are part of the entertainment industry. They exist because some people find it fun to gamble, just as others enjoy a play, and yet others socilaize and dance.
We have two of them in town. One is downtown, and it has helped boost the image of downtown. With it, more people come downtown for the nightclubs (unthinkable before the casino), and it has helped make the are more attractive. Since the casino opened downtown in 1993, we have gotten more patrons for the theater, a couple of nightclubs opened up, and we have a new minor league ballpark all in downtown. Otherwise, downtown would've been left for dead.
The other is on the edge of town. It has provided the city with a decent restaurant, ballroom facilities, and a decent hotel. A couple of weeks ago, that casino had its kitchen and ballroom areas burn to the ground. So, did they get rid of all their employees, close up shop? No, they provided 90 days of pay for their employees, and hope to have the casino reopened by that time so no one is out of work.
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:19:48am |
re: #1042 Irish Rose
We tend to be a little bit harsh with each other on this blog, from time to time... especially when highly emotional topics are being discussed.
Sometimes it's more important to refrain from comment in the name of compassion, than it is to be right.
Just my two cents.
again I agree....100%
| 1050 |
rawmuse Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:19:53am |
Good morning, Lizards. Doing some reading up on Inflation (not massive erections) and I learned that coins got milled edges (the little notches on the sides of coins) because people were shaving the coins down. I have no idea what I shall do with this new find.
| 1051 |
lawhawk Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:20:05am |
re: #1041 buzzsawmonkey
All of nature does.
So do Presidents and Congress; and both are seeing just how much power they can suck up at the hands of the citizens (and each other).
| 1052 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:20:11am |
re: #941 scottishbuzzsaw
What other positions are they looking to fill?
Probably steel erectors.
(I saw that on a truck a while ago. )
| 1053 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:20:29am |
re: #1042 Irish Rose
We tend to be a little bit harsh with each other on this blog, from time to time... especially when highly emotional topics are being discussed.
Sometimes it's more important to refrain from comment in the name of compassion, than it is to be right.
Just my two cents.
You are very wise, {Irish Rose}- and I do hope they can sort out your asthma!
| 1055 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:21:02am |
re: #947 godfrey
How do you do that?
lol
I think he stores things in his head until an appropriate time comes along.
| 1056 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:21:30am |
re: #952 opnion
Sorry about your recession , but I am covered. I got an email from a guy who used to be an exec with Sierra Leone Diamonds, Ltd.
He needs to move over $17M. He wants to use my bank account & I get a third . Sweet!
Well, a while ago, Suha Arafat asked for my help in getting her late husband's graft money, if I just contacted a London solicitor named Batman.
| 1057 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:21:56am |
re: #1013 justabill
Your argument could be made about any form of live entertainment. Of course most other forms of live entertainment are not addictive...
A sound argument can be made for wealth creation in entertainment industries: live music, theater, sports, & etc, but without any of the negative side effects of the gambling industry.
| 1058 |
turn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:22:11am |
re: #1035 MandyManners
Upper left margin under BOTTOM COMMENTS.
wow, he came pretty close to predicting the number of downdings.
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yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:22:14am |
re: #1050 rawmuse
Good morning, Lizards. Doing some reading up on Inflation (not massive erections) and I learned that coins got milled edges (the little notches on the sides of coins) because people were shaving the coins down. I have no idea what I shall do with this new find.
Get rid of your coin-shaving equipment immediately, perhaps?
:-)
| 1061 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:22:30am |
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Digital Display Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:22:53am |
re: #1054 buzzsawmonkey
Aside from displaying his command of low-level South Park-style abuse, and his lack of command of punctuation, I never figured out what venomx was after. I didn't see a single post where he actually tried to make a point.
I'm pretty sure venomx was trashed last night..Probably has a terrible hangover this morning and wondering what the hell happened.
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:23:31am |
re: #1050 rawmuse
Good morning, Lizards. Doing some reading up on Inflation (not massive erections) and I learned that coins got milled edges (the little notches on the sides of coins) because people were shaving the coins down. I have no idea what I shall do with this new find.
I have a cool book on money that has all sorts of interesting facts about money and how it has fared through history.
One thing of note - in hyper inflationary economies, alcohol often becomes a more stable form of currency than just about anything else. It stores well and holds its value. Plus, as times get more difficult, people tend to keep drinking and are joined by those who don't.
So Lizards might want to brush up on their home brewing skills.
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Honorary Yooper Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:23:35am |
re: #1032 NukeAtomrod
This just in: Two highly explosive chemicals found in household drinking water. In related news, two toxic chemicals have been discovered in ordinary table salt.
And at 10, we'll have the full story on that highly flammable chemical in the air you breathe.
| 1065 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:23:50am |
re: #1050 rawmuse
I should read up on inflation too. My understanding is that we run the risk of inflation once the economy starts to recover. Let's hope we see that risk soon.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:23:58am |
re: #1043 yma o hyd
Just in case you think other countries don't have gaffe-prone heads of state, scroll down and watch that little video here!
The Queen may have been ok with it, after a fashion - but the Italians are mortified ...
The Queen looks to me like she just sort of rolls with the flow, most of the time. I'm sure she might prefer "perfect" protocol at all times, but she can't be so out of it that she expects that it will happen.
| 1067 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:24:11am |
re: #1059 yma o hyd
Get rid of your coin-shaving equipment immediately, perhaps?
:-)
There's a joke about Brazillian waxing in there somewhere.
| 1068 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:24:33am |
re: #1063 karmic_inquisitor
I have a cool book on money that has all sorts of interesting facts about money and how it has fared through history.
One thing of note - in hyper inflationary economies, alcohol often becomes a more stable form of currency than just about anything else. It stores well and holds its value. Plus, as times get more difficult, people tend to keep drinking and are joined by those who don't.
So Lizards might want to brush up on their home brewing skills.
I have three empty carboys waiting for homebrew. Hop prices are high right now though.
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aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:24:54am |
re: #1024 Ward Cleaver
Go to bed, woman!
Hi Ward, and best wishes to June!
Bed? Now? It's only early! Please let me stay up a bit more! :-)
| 1070 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:25:16am |
re: #1050 rawmuse
Good morning, Lizards. Doing some reading up on Inflation (not massive erections) and I learned that coins got milled edges (the little notches on the sides of coins) because people were shaving the coins down. I have no idea what I shall do with this new find.
On ancient coins, mainly silver, you will see small slice marks into the edge of the coin, that was to look "into" the coin to make sure it was not a silver plating.
Sometimes you will see an actual little triangle of metal taken off the edge of the coin, that was a banker mark, a merchant or a banker would take a few shavings of metal as a tax for a transaction.
Later in history, you would find coins that had an actual small drill mark in the face or reverse of the coin, not all the way through, but just a bit. It's called a "shrop" mark and used to either take a few grains of precious metal or adjust the weight of a coin that is overweight.
Friday morning and the history of money (which I don't have, it's already history).
| 1071 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:25:22am |
re: #1028 Lincolntf
A carpentry co. up in MA used to have t-shirts with "Got Wood?" on them, in the style of the ""Got Milk?" ads. I always thought that was pretty funny.
Don't forget the Legal Seafoods "I got schrod at Legal" calendars and t-shirts, back before they went upscale.
| 1072 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:25:51am |
re: #1063 karmic_inquisitor
I have a cool book on money that has all sorts of interesting facts about money and how it has fared through history.
One thing of note - in hyper inflationary economies, alcohol often becomes a more stable form of currency than just about anything else. It stores well and holds its value. Plus, as times get more difficult, people tend to keep drinking and are joined by those who don't.
So Lizards might want to brush up on their home brewing skills.
toilet tissue...the new paper money...ypu can't wipe your ass with a gin bottle
| 1073 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:26:02am |
re: #1067 MandyManners
There's a joke about Brazillian waxing in there somewhere.
Maybe you and Ward Cleaver can get together , talk about the Beaver, and put something together.
| 1074 |
badger1970 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:26:02am |
re: #1066 reine.de.tout
She lowered her expectations in order for not to be shocked by these know-nothing, arrogant rubes.
| 1075 |
quickjustice Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:26:14am |
Ah, to be naked, and in Australia, in the autumn! ;-)
| 1076 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:26:15am |
Yeah ok, I see it.
This looks like a continuation of his anger from the day before to me.
When I checked his profile yesterday, I got the message "there is no user with that name in our database" or something like that. Now I see that his profile was re-activated, and then blocked after some provocative comments. It really looks like he was trying to get the ban stick.
Not sure what really happened, but it does look like he's gone for good.
| 1077 |
Guanxi88 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:26:31am |
re: #1050 rawmuse
Good morning, Lizards. Doing some reading up on Inflation (not massive erections) and I learned that coins got milled edges (the little notches on the sides of coins) because people were shaving the coins down. I have no idea what I shall do with this new find.
Yes, and there grew up an entirely new and novel way of "inflating" the currency, in the form of a practice known as dusting:
Briefly, a mass of silver or gold coins (silver worked best for this, but gold was more worth the effort) was placed inside a paper wrapping, loose enough to allow them to flop around and bang into each other. Several such packets were placed in a larger leater bag, tied shut at the top, and then a number of these bags would be placed in a barrel, fitted, like a rock tumbler, with rollers and a crank or other drive mechanism (millers were notorious for this practice - free water power).
At any rate, this whole mass would be allowed to rotate for some time and then the paper packets removed from the leather bags. The whole mess was dumped into water, and the coins fished out by hand. There would be a small, but worthwhile, amount of precious metal dust in the water, which could then be evaporated and leaving the metal dust behind. The paper wrappings were separated and burned in a crucible, then brought to white heat, fusing the metal left behind.
A simpler version just used the bags without
| 1078 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:26:54am |
re: #1044 HoosierHoops
Charles was having a pretty good time as venomx hit the upper frequencies last night..
Then he put him out of his misery..
We had a great time playing with him; it was like cats playing with a mouse and then killing and eating it.
| 1079 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:27:39am |
re: #1029 Ward Cleaver
Sorry aussie, but I have one more Lamingtons question - is "cornflour" cornstarch?
Ward, I'll have to look that up
I use cornflour to thicken sauces and curries etc - if you use cornstarch for that it must be the same
| 1080 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:27:47am |
re: #1066 reine.de.tout
The Queen looks to me like she just sort of rolls with the flow, most of the time. I'm sure she might prefer "perfect" protocol at all times, but she can't be so out of it that she expects that it will happen.
The Queen has seen it all before - and she knows how to quell unruly heads of state by a look. Pres Bush was on the end of one of those looks, iirc - he commented on that ...!
It was all said in fun rather than outrage, I think.
One thing I really love is her clear, light, bell-like voice.
| 1081 |
quickjustice Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:27:58am |
The Queen has earned her keep. That's not true of all of the royals. And it's certainly not yet true of the Obamas.
| 1083 |
_RememberTonyC Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:28:07am |
re: #1036 tfc3rid
I would think he is prepping his condemnation speech... Lord knows, we will probably sponsor the resolution at the UN.
I know sometimes this seems hard to believe, but there are plenty of Jews who support Obama who are pretty hawkish when it comes to Israel's defense. Not as strong as many of us would like, but certainly not suicidal.
| 1084 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:28:14am |
Atheism leads to Islamization in the UK....
Is A De-Christianized Britain On The Rise?
A disturbing cultural trend is emerging in Britain – one that could result in the eventual Islamization of this great ally in the war on terrorism.
.....
This rejection of one element of Christianity is just a small part of the overall decline in Christianity in Britain over the past decades.Last year, the Bishop of Rochester, England, Right Rev. Michael Nazir-Ali warned against the increased secularization of British culture. He noted that Britain’s ascendency in world history could never have been achieved unless it had been based on Christian principles.
....
With a Christian vaccum emerging in England, radical Islam will fill the void – and those Britains who so casually rejected their Christian heritage, will eventually be subjugated under Shariah Law.
| 1085 |
Miss Trixie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:28:15am |
I need some lizard help if you please.
I got home, fired up my laptop yesterday and it wigged out. Next thing I know, I had the blue screen of death and then a Compaq window opened up informing me that it will have to re-install everything and would I like to back up my files?
So I ran out, bought a 16Gb USB drive and watched for a few hours while it loaded my stuff.
Now I don't know how to restore it to my newly squeeky clean system and I get an error message telling me that "Backup has not been set up on this computer. An administrator must first create a backup before you can restore files." There three years of pics, tax info and files I desperately need.
Any assistance is gratefully acknowledged and received.
| 1086 |
Lincolntf Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:28:15am |
re: #1071 Kosh's Shadow
Similar to the novelty T-shirt they used to sell in P-town: "I caught crabs at the Provincetown Wharf" .
Or something like that...
| 1087 |
Spare O'Lake Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:28:29am |
re: #1054 buzzsawmonkey
Aside from displaying his command of low-level South Park-style abuse, and his lack of command of punctuation, I never figured out what venomx was after. I didn't see a single post where he actually tried to make a point.
And though his lack of punctuation
Hasn't hurt us none
We can read his scrawling on the wall
| 1089 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:28:45am |
If you want to see something sad, here's a Google Street view picture of Franklin Delano Lester, a Dallas school crossing guard that was hit and killed this week by a drunk driver, after finishing his morning shift.
| 1091 |
MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:29:02am |
re: #1076 Irish Rose
Which stalker blog will he show up on next?
| 1092 |
reine.de.tout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:29:06am |
re: #1085 Miss Trixie
I need some lizard help if you please.
I got home, fired up my laptop yesterday and it wigged out. Next thing I know, I had the blue screen of death and then a Compaq window opened up informing me that it will have to re-install everything and would I like to back up my files?
So I ran out, bought a 16Gb USB drive and watched for a few hours while it loaded my stuff.
Now I don't know how to restore it to my newly squeeky clean system and I get an error message telling me that "Backup has not been set up on this computer. An administrator must first create a backup before you can restore files." There three years of pics, tax info and files I desperately need.
Any assistance is gratefully acknowledged and received.
Take it to geek squad.
| 1093 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:29:10am |
re: #1063 karmic_inquisitor
I have a cool book on money that has all sorts of interesting facts about money and how it has fared through history.
One thing of note - in hyper inflationary economies, alcohol often becomes a more stable form of currency than just about anything else. It stores well and holds its value. Plus, as times get more difficult, people tend to keep drinking and are joined by those who don't.
So Lizards might want to brush up on their home brewing skills.
Hey, there's a nice forested hill behind my house; I could set up a still and make Massachusetts Moonshine. I could call it "Wicked Pissah"
| 1094 |
jdog29 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:29:16am |
Of course the queen rolls with it, what choice does she have? And personally I don't care what protocols are broken. I believe the whole point is the example of the double standard of how the press treats a conservative president if His wife had broken protocol or God forbid, He had bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia, versus the "Oh, no big deal" attitude when a Socialist president of ours does the same thing.
| 1095 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:29:28am |
re: #1079 aussiemagpie
Ward, I'll have to look that up
I use cornflour to thicken sauces and curries etc - if you use cornstarch for that it must be the same
Yep, that would be it. Cornstarch.
| 1096 |
Guanxi88 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:29:47am |
re: #1088 buzzsawmonkey
What's interesting is contemplating the amount of labor that went into making coins; remember that coins have existed since ancient times, but until the 19th they had to be individually hand-struck, since there was no heavy machinery capable of making them automatically.
Hence the expression "to make money hand over fist".
| 1097 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:30:05am |
Hey, Mme. Sarkozy is reported to have backed away from kissing Obama.
As if we need more reasons to love her, in spite of it all.
| 1099 |
Guanxi88 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:30:31am |
re: #1093 Kosh's Shadow
Hey, there's a nice forested hill behind my house; I could set up a still and make Massachusetts Moonshine.
I ran a still in Brookline, strictly for experimental purposes, you understand, back in '94.
| 1100 |
karmic_inquisitor Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:30:43am |
re: #1068 Creeping Eruption
I have three empty carboys waiting for homebrew. Hop prices are high right now though.
Commodities will continue rising. Can't print money and not have Agricultural items rise in value.
| 1101 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:30:43am |
re: #1053 yma o hyd
You are very wise, {Irish Rose}- and I do hope they can sort out your asthma!
Thanks, me too.
I started taking Advair last night, and my lungs are taking in a bit more oxygen today than they have in the past. My peak flow readings have been persistantly in the yellow range.
Asthma sucks.
| 1103 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:31:35am |
re: #1097 godfrey
Hey, Mme. Sarkozy is reported to have backed away from kissing Obama.
As if we need more reasons to love her, in spite of it all.
It's not lovely if she personally has some problem with black men?
| 1104 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:31:47am |
re: #1085 Miss Trixie
Oh you poor thing!
I can't help - except by sending lots of helpful vibes across the ocean, in the hope that some techie Lizards will pick up on this!
| 1105 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:32:01am |
| 1106 |
NukeAtomrod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:32:13am |
re: #991 Kenneth
Those are valid arguments, to a point. The difference is businesses that make products like razer blades and whipped cream create wealth by taking raw materials and processing them into value added products. Casinos do not so that. All they do is play a game that takes money away from a lot of people and gives it to a few. In the process considerable harm is visited upon people.
However, I strongly question the wisdom of government getting into the business of gambling in the mistaken belief they will increase revenue with them. They don't. There is a net loss in gov't revenues through gambling schemes.
What to do? You can't make gambling disapear by closing casinos. It would just go underground. But why not get rid of the worst, most addictive forms of gambling: slot machines & VLTs?
There's no question that gambling is a bad investment for the gambler. However, for the general populace it's a leisure activity that gives them a thrill for taking a risk, not an investment at all. Those few who develop an addiction should take responsibility for themselves and get help. Every casino I've visited has brochures for gambling addiction help lines, so the opportunity is there. Banning slots is just as bad as banning casinos, from an individual liberty standpoint. Why remove something that a vast majority of people can use responsibly to protect the few who can't?
| 1107 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:32:23am |
re: #1097 godfrey
Hey, Mme. Sarkozy is reported to have backed away from kissing Obama.
As if we need more reasons to love her, in spite of it all.
"Kiss him? GACK!"
| 1108 |
Guanxi88 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:32:27am |
re: #1090 rawmuse
The things you learn here...
It's why I always come by - to learn some archaic scam, dodge, or flim-flam with which to dazzle the pigeons.
| 1109 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:32:33am |
re: #1100 karmic_inquisitor
Commodities will continue rising. Can't print money and not have Agricultural items rise in value.
I talked to a local brewer who buys hops futures and said there is a world wide shortage. Can you imagine such a thing?
| 1110 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:33:00am |
re: #1103 Walter L. Newton
You have a reason for suspecting this?
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aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:33:07am |
re: #1075 quickjustice
Ah, to be naked, and in Australia, in the autumn! ;-)
LOL! Yes it's still pretty warm around the place, but we do wear clothes here (most times) :-)
| 1112 |
karmic_inquisitor Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:33:14am |
re: #1072 albusteve
toilet tissue...the new paper money...ypu can't wipe your ass with a gin bottle
I am sure you can find a picture on the internut of that activity.
Isn't the information age wonderful!
/
| 1113 |
jorline Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:33:19am |
Here he goes...
He drew huge applause when he said he is setting a dramatic goal of "a world without nuclear weapons."
"Even with the Cold War now over, the spread of nuclear weapons or the theft of nuclear material could lead to the extermination of any city on the planet," Obama said. "There's no corner of the globe that can wall itself off from the threats of the 21st century."
World Peace at last...the dream goes on.
//
| 1114 |
Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:33:22am |
re: #782 albusteve
I read where BO put a bunch of his own speeches on the iPod...wtf?
Has anyone pointed out that although the showtunes on the iPod were ostensibly given as a tie-in to the book of Rodgers & Hart songs signed by Richard Rodgers, not a single one of the songs on the iPod was a Rodgers/ Hart collaboration?
| 1115 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:33:27am |
re: #1103 Walter L. Newton
It's not lovely if she personally has some problem with black men?
She's Italian, not French, so who knows?
| 1116 |
Lincolntf Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:33:37am |
re: #1109 Creeping Eruption
My bad. I'll switch to liquor.
| 1117 |
rawmuse Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:34:07am |
re: #1085 Miss Trixie
Dang, I am no help. I am a Mac guy, and I use their Backup routine, daily, plus it is hooked up to a Time Machine. Otherwise, I have found that by the time you get to the stage where you are, your data is already hosed.
| 1118 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:34:14am |
re: #1114 Throbert McGee
Has anyone pointed out that although the showtunes on the iPod were ostensibly given as a tie-in to the book of Rodgers & Hart songs signed by Richard Rodgers, not a single one of the songs on the iPod was a Rodgers/ Hart collaboration?
I read that the queen loves musicals.
| 1119 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:34:55am |
| 1120 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:35:00am |
re: #1110 godfrey
You have a reason for suspecting this?
No, I simply said, it wouldn't be lovely if that was the reason. It could be other things, maybe she doesn't like his politics or something, I don't know, maybe Sarky told her he'd cut off her head if she ever kisses another man (it's been done in France :).
But, it does make one wonder.
| 1121 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:35:34am |
re: #1109 Creeping Eruption
I talked to a local brewer who buys hops futures and said there is a world wide shortage. Can you imagine such a thing?
We need a president who offers us hops, instead of hope.
| 1122 |
capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:35:36am |
re: #1103 Walter L. Newton
It's not lovely if she personally has some problem with black men?
Is there some evidence that it was because he's black?
| 1123 |
scottishbuzzsaw Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:36:02am |
re: #1109 Creeping Eruption
I talked to a local brewer who buys hops futures and said there is a world wide shortage.
*GASP*
| 1124 |
dragonladyalso Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:36:13am |
I had heard that our President bowed to King Abdula of Saudi Arabia but I didn't believe it. I could not imagine that any American, but especially our President would bow to the head of state of any other country. Protocol does not require it. He surely knows this - after all he went to Harvard and has an entourage of 500 traveling with him to look stuff up and advise him in case it wasn't covered anywhere in his extensive, formal education. This video, however, proves that he not only bowed, he dang near broke his back getting his nose as low as possible to the floor while still remaining on his feet. The bow is about at the 54 second mark:
youtube.com/watch?v=S60U-hl35Gw&
If any of you think I am making a mountain out of a mole hill, please know that not a single president, not even Jimmy Carter, has ever bowed to another head of state.
| 1125 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:36:13am |
| 1126 |
Aye Pod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:36:41am |
The Sugarcubes (Bjork's old band from Iceland) with 'Planet'
The universe it is so big,
I feel dizzy when I think about it,
My head swims I get giddy,
Still I realize that long ago,
It was so small I could have kept it,
Underneath my little skirt,
At least until the big bang happened
Lovely guitar solo at the end.
| 1127 |
karmic_inquisitor Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:36:42am |
re: #1103 Walter L. Newton
It's not lovely if she personally has some problem with black men?
My experience is that continental Europeans are pretty much racists when it comes down to it.
They play the part of the egalitarians that love to castigate Americans for their racism, and they love to tell you precisely how many [fill in ethnic group here] friends they have.
But when it comes down to authentic relationships with "the other" the racism runs deep.
The most offensive racial jokes I have heard have been told to me by Europeans.
| 1128 |
Spare O'Lake Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:36:48am |
re: #1103 Walter L. Newton
It's not lovely if she personally has some problem with black men?
So you noticed as I did that she kissed Michelle, who is actually a lot blacker than Barack.
| 1129 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:36:52am |
re: #1121 Kosh's Shadow
We need a president who offers us hops, instead of hope.
I know - Sam Adams for president!
/
| 1130 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:36:55am |
re: #1073 Creeping Eruption
Maybe you and Ward Cleaver can get together , talk about the Beaver, and put something together.
"Ward, don't you think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night?" - June
| 1131 |
BignJames Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:37:20am |
re: #1109 Creeping Eruption
I talked to a local brewer who buys hops futures and said there is a world wide shortage. Can you imagine such a thing?
There was a glut a few years back so growing acreage was reduced. There was a big warehouse fire in Washington that destroyed a lot of the supply....then craft brews became more popular...then the big breweries actually started brewing w/hops
it just snowballs
| 1132 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:37:29am |
re: #1102 Iron Fist
I'm as apt to fly off the handle as anyone, I guess. Part of that is just that I'm not used to people talking to me the way some people do on the internet. I person, I am generally used to people being polite.
Maximus took a coupla hits I didn't think he deserved...not rude but somewhat harsh...politeness is the one lost art I try to practice myself
| 1133 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:37:33am |
re: #1101 Irish Rose
Thanks, me too.
I started taking Advair last night, and my lungs are taking in a bit more oxygen today than they have in the past. My peak flow readings have been persistantly in the yellow range.Asthma sucks.
You're telling me!
One good advice I was given is to blow up paper bags - the air cannot get into the lungs because the lower parts of it are literally cramped by the asthma and won't allow you to breathe out properly.
The best inhaler, as preventer, is 'Serevent' - i've been on it for years.
I hope you get better - its not something to take lightly!
| 1134 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:37:37am |
re: #1123 scottishbuzzsaw
*GASP*
The big ,and some small, brewery's lock in their prices and have preferred growers. Its the little guys like me who like to make their own that are getting squeezed.
| 1135 |
turn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:37:39am |
re: #1124 dragonladyalso
There was an entire thread about that here yesterday, go check it out.
| 1136 |
Lincolntf Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:38:11am |
re: #1114 Throbert McGee
I have a feeling that they were on AF One when someone said "We're giving the Queen an Ipod!?" and then loaded whatever they could find on their laptops into the thing to make the lame-o gift less lame. We're lucky the Queen didn't end up with a bootleg copy of The Foot Fist Way.
| 1138 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:38:53am |
re: #1136 Lincolntf
I have a feeling that they were on AF One when someone said "We're giving the Queen an Ipod!?" and then loaded whatever they could find on their laptops into the thing to make the lame-o gift less lame. We're lucky the Queen didn't end up with a bootleg copy of The Foot Fist Way.
Or "Mos Def's greatest (s)hits."
| 1139 |
albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:38:59am |
re: #1114 Throbert McGee
Has anyone pointed out that although the showtunes on the iPod were ostensibly given as a tie-in to the book of Rodgers & Hart songs signed by Richard Rodgers, not a single one of the songs on the iPod was a Rodgers/ Hart collaboration?
I asked that the other day in defense of the iPod...I am not surprised
| 1140 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:39:17am |
It's easy to act like an asshole when you're anonymous.
| 1141 |
rawmuse Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:39:37am |
re: #1109 Creeping Eruption
I talked to a local brewer who buys hops futures and said there is a world wide shortage. Can you imagine such a thing?
That came out of a warehouse fire last year up in Washington State in which most of the supplies in the whole world burned up, IIRC.
| 1142 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:39:49am |
re: #1085 Miss Trixie
What was the back-up software you used? The problem is the new system on your laptop doesn't have the record of the back-up. The data is still on your USB drive, the trick will be convincing your computer to read it.
| 1143 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:39:53am |
re: #1120 Walter L. Newton
No, I simply said, it wouldn't be lovely if that was the reason. It could be other things, maybe she doesn't like his politics or something, I don't know, maybe Sarky told her he'd cut off her head if she ever kisses another man (it's been done in France :).
But, it does make one wonder.
Well, if she doesn't like his politics, she couldn't possibly like her politics yet she kissed the WAB.
| 1144 |
dragonladyalso Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:39:53am |
re: #1135 turn
thanks I will (was not "on" yesterday)
| 1145 |
Honorary Yooper Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:39:59am |
re: #1091 MandyManners
Which stalker blog will he show up on next?
My best guess would be the Duece Site.
/I'll let you make anything you want to from that.
| 1146 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:40:14am |
re: #1131 BignJames
There was a glut a few years back so growing acreage was reduced. There was a big warehouse fire in Washington that destroyed a lot of the supply....then craft brews became more popular...then the big breweries actually started brewing w/hops
it just snowballs
re: #1141 rawmuse
That came out of a warehouse fire last year up in Washington State in which most of the supplies in the whole world burned up, IIRC.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..................
| 1149 |
J.S. Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:41:33am |
the Zero is now speaking -- I'm getting the unsettling feeling that The Zero wants to become Dictator of The World...Now he has his sights on NATO, and is wanting to make "fundamental changes." What's he going to do next, fire those at NATO who don't agree? Incredible.
| 1150 |
godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:41:36am |
re: #1136 Lincolntf
The O's speeches were on the iPod with things the Queen likes.
You don't have to be a Brit with Supersensitive Manners Antennae to realize that this is presuming interest and intimacy where none is warranted. It is a shameless, eager, thrusting forward.
The Queen, in her graciousness, wouldn't say a word about this, but everyone knows what an eye-rolling spectacle Mr. Obama just made of himself.
| 1151 |
Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:41:48am |
re: #1124 dragonladyalso
I had heard that our President bowed to King Abdula of Saudi Arabia but I didn't believe it. I could not imagine that any American, but especially our President would bow to the head of state of any other country. Protocol does not require it. He surely knows this - after all he went to Harvard and has an entourage of 500 traveling with him to look stuff up and advise him in case it wasn't covered anywhere in his extensive, formal education. This video, however, proves that he not only bowed, he dang near broke his back getting his nose as low as possible to the floor while still remaining on his feet. The bow is about at the 54 second mark:
youtube.com/watch?v=S60U-hl35Gw&
If any of you think I am making a mountain out of a mole hill, please know that not a single president, not even Jimmy Carter, has ever bowed to another head of state.
Peanut Jimmy just bows to Hamas!
/S
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VegasRick Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:42:30am |
re: #1128 Spare O'Lake
So you noticed as I did that she kissed Michelle, who is actually a lot blacker than Barack.
And waaayyy more manly.
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ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:42:57am |
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aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:43:05am |
re: #1089 Ward Cleaver
If you want to see something sad, here's a Google Street view picture of Franklin Delano Lester, a Dallas school crossing guard that was hit and killed this week by a drunk driver, after finishing his morning shift.
That's just so sad, and what really is an injustice to the poor man killed, is that the driver who hit him was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 1992! Now that means he should still be behind bars, not out on the street killing people
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:43:11am |
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Right mind left Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:43:31am |
OT (premeditatedly by the msm et al, of course)
Any worries anyone?
[Link: online.wsj.com...]
President Barack Obama Thursday nominated Robert Groves, a sociology professor at the University of Michigan, to be the next director of the Census Bureau, a choice that riled some Republican lawmakers.
Mr. Groves, who served as associate director of statistical design at the Census Bureau from 1990 to 1992, is an expert on "sampling," the practice of adjusting statistics in order to compensate for undercounting. This tends to bolster the number of people counted in urban areas that are typically Democratic strongholds. The census, which takes place next April, is used to apportion seats in the House of Representatives and disburse billions in federal dollars.
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aggieann Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:43:37am |
re: #1109 Creeping Eruption
I talked to a local brewer who buys hops futures and said there is a world wide shortage. Can you imagine such a thing?
My hubby's ammo supplier sold out of 60,000 rounds (can't remember the caliber because the numbers don't mean anything to me) in less than 36 hours. I always knew that beer and guns would help us get through this mess!
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Afrocity Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:44:44am |
Hello Lizards. I am watching Obama on FOX, he is doing a press conference in Germany. Interesting as he needs a translator and I wonder if he was told in advance what the German reporters are asking of him.
I am rather anxious. A strange feeling. I don't care for Obama but for some reason I wince when he stumbles. I don't want him to make a fool of himself or us.
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MandyManners Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:45:36am |
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aggieann Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:45:41am |
re: #1150 godfrey
The O's speeches were on the iPod with things the Queen likes.
Then there's probably a good chance that these things are already on the Queen's OTHER iPod.
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:45:48am |
re: #1150 godfrey
Is it better or worse than the dvd's he gave to Brown? By the way, you can't view those dvd's in Europe: the dvd's are in NTSC format, while the European equipment is in PAL. Obama FAIL!
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aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:46:26am |
re: #1095 Ward Cleaver
Yep, that would be it. Cornstarch.
When you make the lamingtons I'd love to see some pics :-)
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albusteve Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:47:36am |
another reason I hate the feds....the hypocricy is overwhelming
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
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yesandno Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:48:00am |
re: #1103 Walter L. Newton
It's not lovely if she personally has some problem with black men?
Well she kissed Michelle so I think we can rule that one out!
/
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capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:48:09am |
re: #1149 J.S.
the Zero is now speaking -- I'm getting the unsettling feeling that The Zero wants to become Dictator of The World...Now he has his sights on NATO, and is wanting to make "fundamental changes." What's he going to do next, fire those at NATO who don't agree? Incredible.
How long before somebody in the press floats that idea?
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:48:12am |
re: #1158 Afrocity
Hello! Good to see you again. We missed you yesterday.
Obama's in Germany now? Let's just hope Barry doesn't click his heals together and whisper "There's no place like home". That gesture has a different connotation in Berlin.
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VioletTiger Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:48:15am |
re: #1054 buzzsawmonkey
Aside from displaying his command of low-level South Park-style abuse, and his lack of command of punctuation, I never figured out what venomx was after. I didn't see a single post where he actually tried to make a point.
He wanted an argument. He found one.
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Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:48:21am |
re: #1114 Throbert McGee
Has anyone pointed out that although the showtunes on the iPod were ostensibly given as a tie-in to the book of Rodgers & Hart songs signed by Richard Rodgers, not a single one of the songs on the iPod was a Rodgers/ Hart collaboration?
Just went on YouTube and found three Rodgers & Hart covers by the Mamas and the Papas.
"Sing for Your Supper," by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, from the 1938 Broadway musical The Boys from Syracuse:
And here, a twofer -- "My Heart Stood Still" (from 1926's A Connecticut Yankee) and "Glad to Be Unhappy" (from 1936's On Your Toes):
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nikis-knight Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:48:31am |
Oh my...
Mrs. Clinton Cannot Catch a Break [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
FoxNews.com:
Journalists seeking to talk a little foreign policy with high-profile Obama administration officials live from the G20 meetings in London this week were solicited for phone sex instead after ringing up the toll-free number given by the White House.In a press release, the White House accidentally listed a sex line number for journalists seeking an "on-the-record briefing call with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Security Advisor Jim Jones to discuss the NATO summit."
But after dialing, a soft-voiced female recording that was clearly not Clinton asked for a credit card number if you "feel like getting nasty."
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rawmuse Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:48:48am |
re: #1158 Afrocity
I don't care for Obama but for some reason I wince when he stumbles. I don't want him to make a fool of himself or us.
too late
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Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:49:05am |
re: #1154 aussiemagpie
That's just so sad, and what really is an injustice to the poor man killed, is that the driver who hit him was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 1992! Now that means he should still be behind bars, not out on the street killing people
Oh geeze, that's horrible.
I used to work as a crossing guard, and I saw some of the most appalling behavior imaginable coming from drivers that should know better. Driving like a bat out of hell through crossings before the kids even reach the curb, driving in between students going across.
I actually got hit by one guy in my second year, it was a graze but he knocked me down in the middle of the street and knocked the sign out of my hand before he took off... terrified the kids at my crossing. I gave the police a good description of the vehicle but they never caught him.
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capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:49:39am |
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Guanxi88 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:49:47am |
re: #1108 Guanxi88
It's why I always come by - to learn some archaic scam, dodge, or flim-flam with which to dazzle the pigeons.
Perhaps you guys have heard of "peelers" the folks who used to split high-denomination bills with a razor-blade through their thickness and then paste these tow "peels" on either side of another split low-denomination bill. If handed quickly to a mark, he'd have no idea to check the other side to confirm denomination. You could turn a ten dollar bill into two ten dollar bills with a razor, a one dollar bill, and little bit of time.
Folks who got caught doing this tended to get their fingers broken and/or their hands smashed with a hammer by their victims. Very dangerous.
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Taqiyyotomist Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:50:20am |
re: #1172 Irish Rose
Cameras should be issued to 'em all.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:50:37am |
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funky chicken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:51:07am |
OK, I'm glad I'm not the only one getting 5 different Obama book ads in the Amazon sidebar. I thought they somehow thought those items would appeal to me.
Um, no.
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Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:51:41am |
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J.S. Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:52:09am |
There was an editorial in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about the International Criminal Court...While the genocidal leader of Sudan wanders the globe, at will (even though an arrest warrant has been issued by the ICC), former Bush administration officials could be the most likely targets of meddlesome, pernicious activities of "judges." A Spanish judge, named Baltasar Garzon, has begun proceedings to open a criminal case against former Bush officials...The author of the editorial writes: "...Mr. Garzon's intercession is a recipe for legal anarchy, compromised executive decision-making, and the diminution of American sovereignty." (I am curious as to how The Zero will be responding to this provocative act by a Spanish judge...)
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JacksonTn Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:52:15am |
re: #1175 Guanxi88
Perhaps you guys have heard of "peelers" the folks who used to split high-denomination bills with a razor-blade through their thickness and then paste these tow "peels" on either side of another split low-denomination bill. If handed quickly to a mark, he'd have no idea to check the other side to confirm denomination. You could turn a ten dollar bill into two ten dollar bills with a razor, a one dollar bill, and little bit of time.
Folks who got caught doing this tended to get their fingers broken and/or their hands smashed with a hammer by their victims. Very dangerous.
I hate thieves of any kind ... one of my workers not at the farms ... got passed a 100 counterfeit last week ... the whole scam she pulled on him was slick ... I hear they are even faking 20s now ... wish he would have had the counterfeit pen with him ... he does now ...
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:52:17am |
re: #1148 taxfreekiller
Ward Clever
Some one from Dallas, try to find and post this deal.
Heard it early this morning in the feed truck on A.M. 570 KLIF Jeff Bolton's show.Some drunk, lost, in a Ferrari, thought he was in Mansfield, but was up near Sherman. Got the car high centered on a train track,, called 911.
The lady ask him questions on where he was, all he could tell her,
Trees, train track,,,, she told him sir, your not in Mansfield , your on Grayson County 911, then he told her,
"there is a train coming"
she said,,"what"
train coming
Sir are you still in the car.
Yes
Sir, get out of the car move away.
uh,,, OKthen,, some more crap on him being lost
then,
Oh, shit,,,,
dam,,,,!HUGE CRASH SOUND,,
sir, are you ok?
ya, the train hit my car
DWI
and on the record
poor dumb ass sapsorry but this one is funny as hell
I saw that on Channel 8 last night. They said the guy owned a repair shop, which made me wonder if maybe it was a customer's car (uh oh!).
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:53:15am |
re: #1164 albusteve
From you link...
"Visa Denial Puts Heroic Iraqi Translator in the Crosshairs"
That is really pathetic. These translators put their lives on the line. They have earned the right to a visa. Petty state dept bureaucrats are playing stupid games with this man's life.
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VegasRick Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:53:16am |
re: #1177 Creeping Eruption
LOL. Well, the press are whores anyway.
Well, at least the other whores actually answer their phones and let you know how much you are gonna pay to get screwed.
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Guanxi88 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:53:43am |
re: #1182 JacksonTn
I hate thieves of any kind ... one of my workers not at the farms ... got passed a 100 counterfeit last week ... the whole scam she pulled on him was slick ... I hear they are even faking 20s now ... wish he would have had the counterfeit pen with him ... he does now ...
Yes, that's the very reason why hammers were so commonly used as a means of resolving disputes about the denomination of paper bills. There's nothing lower, as you observe, than a thief, and the underworld, normally full of thieves, always sort of looked down on peelers as being the worst of a bad lot.
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J.S. Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:54:18am |
re: #1166 capitalist piglet
There was a German reporter who asked a question about NATO and did so in a most sneering fashion (suggesting at the end of his question something about "I supposed you'd term this 'change.'" followed by a laugh).
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:54:39am |
re: #1163 pre-Boomer Marine brat
The reporter was stupid as all hell "this is an example of why you shouldn't operate a car when you're drunk."
REALLY!
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Guanxi88 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:55:41am |
re: #1182 JacksonTn
I hate thieves of any kind ... one of my workers not at the farms ... got passed a 100 counterfeit last week ... the whole scam she pulled on him was slick ... I hear they are even faking 20s now ... wish he would have had the counterfeit pen with him ... he does now ...
The quality and volume of counterfeit bills is so high that, for certain face-to-face business transactions, I have been to known to fearlessly and frankly offer a significant discount, to certain customers, for payment in real silver (identifiable bullion, or so-called "junk" silver coins).
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:56:04am |
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Miss Trixie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:56:48am |
re: #1142 Kenneth
What was the back-up software you used? The problem is the new system on your laptop doesn't have the record of the back-up. The data is still on your USB drive, the trick will be convincing your computer to read it.
Hi {Kenneth}. My system automatically loaded the recovery Manager, I chose which files (pics, videos etc.,) to save on the USB drive. Then I ran the Restore Centre and I get that dogdanged error message.
I sure hope *crossed fingers* that my data is one the drive. I'm sweating bullets.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:56:56am |
re: #1189 J.S.
There was a German reporter who asked a question about NATO and did so in a most sneering fashion (suggesting at the end of his question something about "I supposed you'd term this 'change.'" followed by a laugh).
While I may make fun of the current administration, as an American, that is my prerogative. Fuck any foreign douche-bag that puts Obama down. This is the greatest country on Earth - regardless who currently leads it. Insulting our President, is an insult to us.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:58:11am |
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funky chicken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:58:18am |
re: #1154 aussiemagpie
That's just so sad, and what really is an injustice to the poor man killed, is that the driver who hit him was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 1992! Now that means he should still be behind bars, not out on the street killing people
OK, I'm outraged by this crap. In particular:
Nelson remained in a hospital Wednesday where he was being treated for head injuries.
Police determined he was under the influence of drugs at the time of the wreck, according to an affidavit. Investigators have not released any drug-analysis results.
and
Officers were seen removing empty alcoholic beverage containers from Nelson's Saturn.
Nelson's family said Wednesday that he was not taking illicit drugs, but was taking a generic anxiety medication to help him deal with the recent death of his mother. The medicine apparently caused him to nod off behind the wheel, said his niece, Ulunda Lewis.
"He just went to sleep," she said. "What happened was a terrible thing. We are deeply sorry."
Nelson, who has a lengthy criminal record, had been released from a state facility for parole violators on Friday. He was sentenced in 1992 to 18 years in prison on a drug conviction.
Who the f*ck is paying this scumbag's medical bills? Toss his sorry, murdering ass onto the sidewalk, preferably head first out of a 5th story window.
Let me guess--niece Ulunda ain't picking up the tab for his treatment.
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Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:58:28am |
re: #1192 pre-Boomer Marine brat
What an idiot!
"Dispatcher: "911."Female Caller: "I am trapped in my house."Dispatcher:
"Trapped? Is someone holding you there?"Female Caller: "Someone? No. But
there is a frog on the front porch."Dispatcher: "A frog?"Female Caller:
"Yes, a frog."Dispatcher: "Okay, but what is preventing you from leaving
the house?"Female Caller: "I told you. There is a frog on the front porch
and I am afraid of frogs."Dispatcher: "And you don't have another door to
the house?"Female Caller: "No. There is only one door and I can't get out
of the house with the frog sitting there."Dispatcher: "Why don't you take a
broom and sweep the frog off the porch?"Female Caller: "I can't do that. I
told you, I am afraid of frogs. He might get me."Dispatcher: "Um...I'm not
sure I can help you with
this."
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:58:29am |
How very clever...
High Speed Moving Walkway
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:58:36am |
re: #1156 Right mind left
OT (premeditatedly by the msm et al, of course)
Any worries anyone?
[Link: online.wsj.com...]
President Barack Obama Thursday nominated Robert Groves, a sociology professor at the University of Michigan, to be the next director of the Census Bureau, a choice that riled some Republican lawmakers.
Mr. Groves, who served as associate director of statistical design at the Census Bureau from 1990 to 1992, is an expert on "sampling," the practice of adjusting statistics in order to compensate for undercounting. This tends to bolster the number of people counted in urban areas that are typically Democratic strongholds. The census, which takes place next April, is used to apportion seats in the House of Representatives and disburse billions in federal dollars.
What, me worry?
Everything the 0 does makes me worrk
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alegrias Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:58:44am |
re: #1189 J.S.
There was a German reporter who asked a question about NATO and did so in a most sneering fashion (suggesting at the end of his question something about "I supposed you'd term this 'change.'" followed by a laugh).
* * *
Well, Angela Merkel grew up in communist-dominated East Germany, so she knows intimately what "socialist revolutionary change" is all about, up close & personal.
(Sorry I'm not speaking about the exchange you witnessed, but in general, that Ms. Merkel has seen communists come & go in her life)
| 1202 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:58:48am |
re: #1172 Irish Rose
Oh geeze, that's horrible.
I used to work as a crossing guard, and I saw some of the most appalling behavior imaginable coming from drivers that should know better. Driving like a bat out of hell through crossings before the kids even reach the curb, driving in between students going across.I actually got hit by one guy in my second year, it was a graze but he knocked me down in the middle of the street and knocked the sign out of my hand before he took off... terrified the kids at my crossing. I gave the police a good description of the vehicle but they never caught him.
Hello {Irish Rose}
I'm appallled that the dregs of society are let loose to create havoc and kill people - it's commonplace here too
Bleeding heart judges and civil libertarians with the interests of criminals at heart, and not victims
Our school crossing guards are called Lollipop Ladies - because of the lollipop like signs they carry , and I certainly would not like to be one!
I'm glad you survived your experience with that thoughtless, selfish driver
And best wishes to you, I hope your asthma is controlled soon and you don't have to suffer those dreadful symptoms
| 1203 |
BlueCanuck Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:58:58am |
re: #1191 Guanxi88
Morning all. I know up here they totally redesigned the money bills to cut down on counterfeits. I remember when the new $20 came out about a month or so later a friend of mine should me a counterfeit that someone passed him. It was a poor job mind you, but in the dark or low light you wouldn't notice the difference. The computer tech and the counterfeiters are usually right behind the mint in beating each other.
| 1205 |
Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:59:18am |
re: #1192 pre-Boomer Marine brat
What an idiot!
"Dispatcher: "911."Caller: "Help! Help! Send the police! I been
shot."Dispatcher: "You said you've been shot?"Caller: "I been
shot!"Dispatcher: "How many times were you shot?"Caller: "This is the first
time.
| 1207 |
Afrocity Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:59:41am |
Interesting:
Jennifer Hudson: No longer a Chicagoan
April 3, 2009 4
Grammy and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson says she no longer considers herself a Chicagoan.
"I don't live in Chicago anymore," the singer told Entertainment Weekly.Hudson, who grew up in Chicago, says she's not sure where she'll call home after her tour ends in May. Her fiance, David Otunga, has been training as a wrestler in Tampa, Fla.
Hudson told the magazine toward the end of a lengthy interview that she's selling a condo she bought on the Magnificent Mile to be near her family. That was after her breakout success in "Dreamgirls" -- but before her mother, brother and nephew were shot to death.
I understand Jennifer. I am a Chicago native. Had a rough time here growing up. I left at 19, came back at 38. I consider myself a New Yorker actually. My brother feels the same way and he has lived in Europe for 20 years. Chicago needs to get its shit together and stop the violence.
I have mixed feelings about the Olympics coming here.
| 1208 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 8:59:52am |
Israel has revealed that it used F-16s, F-15s and UAVs to carry out attacks on convoys of Iranian missiles, being trucked from Sudan into Egypt, for delivery to Hamas in Gaza. These attacks took place over two months ago, and were only recently revealed. The F-16s delivered the attacks, while the F-15s provided protection from potential attacks by Sudanese MiG-29s (unlikely, but possible.) UAVs were used reconnaissance.The January attack destroyed 17 (out of 23) truckloads of weapons, and killed 39 men operating the vehicles. The F-16s attacked the convoy twice. Since then, the smugglers have resorted to individual trucks, and the use of small boats moving up the Red Sea coast.
| 1209 |
Right mind left Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:00:14am |
re: #1200 Kosh's Shadow
What, me worry?
Everything the 0 does makes me worrk
And worrK and worrK and worrK!
| 1210 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:00:15am |
| 1211 |
funky chicken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:00:27am |
re: #1195 buzzsawmonkey
There used to be a similar trick which involved cutting a series of bills of the same denomination in two by progressively offset cuts, and pasting the slightly mismatched "halves" from the different cut bills together.
If you did this right, supposedly you could end up with an "extra" bill--in other words, start with ten $10 bills, end up with eleven.
Why not just get a job?
| 1212 |
Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:00:32am |
re: #1196 pre-Boomer Marine brat
uh oh!
/An AWSHIT which, if so, would cancel out a MILLION attaboys
"Dispatcher: "911. What is the location of your emergency?"Caller: "Yes, I
just wanted to let you know that I have some information that will help you
solve many of your cases."Dispatcher [noting that the call originated from
the state hospital]: "Okay, go ahead with that information."Caller: "I am
prepared to meet with the detectives and to reveal the true identity of
Cinderella's stepmother."Dispatcher: [Pause] "Okay."
| 1213 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:00:37am |
re: #1190 Walter L. Newton
The reporter was stupid as all hell "this is an example of why you shouldn't operate a car when you're drunk."
REALLY!
FYI -- that was Sgt. Bruce Dawsey of the Sherman Police Department saying that.
| 1215 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:01:41am |
re: #1181 J.S.
There was an editorial in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about the International Criminal Court...While the genocidal leader of Sudan wanders the globe, at will (even though an arrest warrant has been issued by the ICC), former Bush administration officials could be the most likely targets of meddlesome, pernicious activities of "judges." A Spanish judge, named Baltasar Garzon, has begun proceedings to open a criminal case against former Bush officials...The author of the editorial writes: "...Mr. Garzon's intercession is a recipe for legal anarchy, compromised executive decision-making, and the diminution of American sovereignty." (I am curious as to how The Zero will be responding to this provocative act by a Spanish judge...)
Probably tell the ICC "Good idea, but please wait until he's done trying the Bush administration.
| 1217 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:02:13am |
re: #1207 Afrocity
I have mixed feelings about the Olympics coming here.
I hope it does, if only to help the Wisconsin economy.
| 1218 |
Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:02:37am |
re: #1136 Lincolntf
I have a feeling that they were on AF One when someone said "We're giving the Queen an Ipod!?" and then loaded whatever they could find on their laptops into the thing to make the lame-o gift less lame.
Actually, it's worse than that. Here's the playlist from the Queen's iPod, as reported by various news sources. The first five songs on the list:
"Oklahoma!"
"If I Loved You," Jan Clayton, "Carousel"
"You'll Never Walk Alone," Jan Clayton, "Carousel"
"There's No Business Like Show Business," Ethel Merman, "Annie Get Your Gun"
"Once in Love with Amy (Where's Charley?)," Ray Bolger
After about two minutes of Googling using some of the show titles like "Cats" and "Camelot" as keywords, I found this 2-disc compilation album at Amazon for $22.99:
Would anyone like to take a guess what the first five songs from Disc 1 are?
| 1219 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:03:15am |
re: #1213 pre-Boomer Marine brat
FYI -- that was Sgt. Bruce Dawsey of the Sherman Police Department saying that.
I lived in Texas from 1974-1989, and I learned that the folk there certainly know how to state the obvious, love them.
| 1220 |
nikis-knight Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:03:31am |
re: #1194 Creeping Eruption
While I may make fun of the current administration, as an American, that is my prerogative. Fuck any foreign douche-bag that puts Obama down. This is the greatest country on Earth - regardless who currently leads it. Insulting our President, is an insult to us.
Ah, but Obama was president of the world; just look at his world tour while campaigning. His change schtick was directed for a time at the German people specifically, supposedly to somehow get American votes. I'd say they have a little right to mock it.
| 1222 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:03:51am |
Right wing idiots.....
Ann Coulter falls for fake Obama NASCAR story
In her April 1 column, Ann Coulter fell for a fake April Fools' Day article by Car and Driver magazine that claimed that President Obama has ordered General Motors and Chrysler to cease their participation in NASCAR because it is an "unnecessary expenditure." Coulter wrote, "If Obama can tell GM and Chrysler that their participation in NASCAR is an 'unnecessary expenditure,' isn't having public schools force students to follow Muslim rituals, recite Islamic prayers and plan 'jihads' also an 'unnecessary expenditure'?"
Lol
| 1223 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:03:52am |
In other news from Dallas, DPD officer Robert Powell, who harrassed Ryan Moats, causing him to miss saying goodbye to his dying MiL, resigned on Wednesday, and now the Dallas Co. DA's office is reviewing all of Powell's pending cases for any problems.
In another bit of good news, DPD officer Graham Quattlebaum grabbed a man and stopped him from jumping to his death from the 26th floor of the Hilton Anatole hotel.
And James Andrew Jeppe, the elderly moonbat that was scratching X's into Hummers in the Southlake Carroll HS parking lot, got five years probation yesterday.
| 1224 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:04:02am |
| 1225 |
pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:04:13am |
re: #1198 Dustyvet
Well ... at least the 911 operator toad the lady what to do!
| 1227 |
Lincolntf Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:04:34am |
re: #1218 Throbert McGee
You can't fake class. I guess the Obama's have given up even trying.
| 1228 |
alegrias Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:04:36am |
re: #1194 Creeping Eruption
While I may make fun of the current administration, as an American, that is my prerogative. Fuck any foreign douche-bag that puts Obama down. This is the greatest country on Earth - regardless who currently leads it. Insulting our President, is an insult to us.
* * * *
It pains me to admit this but:
Have to disagree with you that our current President considers America a world leader anymore. He went to Europe to say WE are not the world's leader anymore, but just one of 20 countries, or just one of 200 countries or how many the UN says there are. He's not there to lead but to FOLLOW. He has made us BEGGARS, borrowers, at the mercy of tyrants who hate us, for our very livelihood, to pay his for his "plans" for us.
Obama didn't become President to keep America strong or great, but to level the world's playing field and make us just another lame socialist place.
Our country is represented by someone who doesn't think our country is anything special. We're gonna get in line and ask for favors such as will France take one of our GITMO enemy combatants, just one, pretty please? Kick us here, we deserve it. SPIT.
| 1229 |
smokefire Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:05:02am |
re: #1212 Dustyvet
Dusty, I've got one better than that.
911 Disp: 911, what is your emergency?
Caller: I need an ambulance?
911 Disp: what for?
Caller: I have a pubic hair stuck in my throat, and I can't stop coughing, and I'm having trouble breathing?
911 Disp: You have what, stuck where?
| 1230 |
Irish Rose Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:05:12am |
re: #1202 aussiemagpie
Thanks very much.
I was pretty damned tough in the five years that I served... I worked directly under the authority of the local PD, at one of the busiest crossings in the city (a five-street intersect).
I carried a voice recorder to record the plate numbers of offenders, people who were illegally parked, etc. You can't even begin to imagine the asshattery of some people and much of it comes from the parents who are there to pick up their kids.
One of the guards who worked about a mile away from me, a good friend of mine, was struck and killed in my fifth year of service and that's when I finally retired.
| 1231 |
Afrocity Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:05:21am |
re: #1217 Creeping Eruption
I hope it does, if only to help the Wisconsin economy.
The reports on the last four olympic games have shown that they do not reap any significant economic gain/profit for the host city.
| 1234 |
Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:06:10am |
re: #1207 Afrocity
Interesting:
Jennifer Hudson: No longer a Chicagoan
April 3, 2009 4
I understand Jennifer. I am a Chicago native. Had a rough time here growing up. I left at 19, came back at 38. I consider myself a New Yorker actually. My brother feels the same way and he has lived in Europe for 20 years. Chicago needs to get its shit together and stop the violence.
I have mixed feelings about the Olympics coming here.
Olympics in Chicago 2016? Not no, but hell no!
| 1235 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:06:23am |
re: #1207 Afrocity
Interesting:
Jennifer Hudson: No longer a Chicagoan
April 3, 2009 4
That was so terribly sad what happened to her family. Her mother and brother being murdered was bad enough, but killing that little boy was just beyond incomprehensible.
| 1236 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:06:23am |
re: #1222 Killgore Trout
Right wing idiots.....
Ann Coulter falls for fake Obama NASCAR storyLol
Too funny! She's so stupid.
| 1238 |
Afrocity Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:06:50am |
re: #1221 buzzsawmonkey
On the other hand, the violence could serve to inspire the runners to set some world records for speed.
Bird's Nest = Roach Motel in Chicago.
| 1239 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:06:58am |
re: #1231 Afrocity
The reports on the last four olympic games have shown that they do not reap any significant economic gain/profit for the host city.
I know that. Sorry for you in Chicago. I live in Milwaukee. People will fill our hotels to the brim.
| 1240 |
BignJames Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:06:59am |
re: #1216 buzzsawmonkey
There was a famous counterfeiter some 60 or so years ago who counterfeited bills--ones, I think--by drawing them entirely by hand.
I don't know which is more mind-boggling--the amount of skill and labor that went into it, or the fact that a one was worth the trouble at the time.
I read that story....the guy was a Brit, who did a ? pound note a week....it was enough for him to live on.....took 'em years to catch him.
| 1241 |
aggieann Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:07:08am |
re: #1219 Walter L. Newton
I lived in Texas from 1974-1989, and I learned that the folk there certainly know how to state the obvious, love them.
How else will all you non-Texan interlopers figger stuff out?
| 1242 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:07:31am |
re: #1182 JacksonTn
I hate thieves of any kind ... one of my workers not at the farms ... got passed a 100 counterfeit last week ... the whole scam she pulled on him was slick ... I hear they are even faking 20s now ... wish he would have had the counterfeit pen with him ... he does now ...
I live in a little podunk county in the hills of northeast TN and you should see the incredible counterfeit bills, $20, $50, $100. Stunningly well done.
| 1243 |
Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:07:31am |
re: #1225 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Well ... at least the 911 operator toad the lady what to do!
A frog is outgrowing his lily pad and decides to make some home improvements. He doesn't have the money, so he hops to the bank to borrow some.
At the bank, he takes a seat at loan officer Patricia Black's desk and explains his dilemma.
"I want to upgrade my lily pad, maybe add another window, but I don't have the cash. Can you lend me the money?"
"Maybe. What can you offer as collateral?"
"Well," says the frog. "All I have is this paperweight. You shake it up, and it snows on the little village. Cute, huh?"
"Hmm . . . I'll have to speak to my manager." She enters her manager's office.
"Mr. Bitterby, I've got a frog at my desk who wants to borrow money for lily pad improvements. But all he can offer for collateral is this glass paperweight."
Mr. Bitterby takes the paperweight, hefts it in his hand, looks at her and says, "It's a knick-knack, Patty Black, give the frog a loan."
| 1244 |
CIA Reject Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:07:43am |
| 1245 |
Honorary Yooper Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:08:02am |
re: #1222 Killgore Trout
A lot of people fell for it. Car and Driver has a good history of believable April Fool's jokes.
| 1246 |
VegasRick Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:08:23am |
re: #1218 Throbert McGee
After about two minutes of Googling using some of the show titles like "Cats" and "Camelot" as keywords, I found this 2-disc compilation album at Amazon for $22.99:
Would anyone like to take a guess what the first five songs from Disc 1 are?
#1 Village People - YMCA?
| 1247 |
smokefire Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:08:49am |
re: #1245 Honorary Yooper
So did Sports Illustrated in the past.
i.e. NY Met pitching phenom, Syd Finch
| 1248 |
ErnieG Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:09:01am |
re: #1229 smokefire
An old one:
911 Disp: 911, what is your emergency?
Caller: Call me an ambulance!
911 Disp: O.K. You're an ambulance.
| 1249 |
yesandno Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:09:02am |
Well, I know that Obama was embarrassed about having to have a translator because he never learned German.................. Guess he is just like the rest of Americans who are too stupid or too haughty to learn a foreign language.
Too bad he wasn't in Indonesia....
| 1251 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:09:17am |
re: #1207 Afrocity
Interesting:
Jennifer Hudson: No longer a Chicagoan
April 3, 2009 4
I understand Jennifer. I am a Chicago native. Had a rough time here growing up. I left at 19, came back at 38. I consider myself a New Yorker actually. My brother feels the same way and he has lived in Europe for 20 years. Chicago needs to get its shit together and stop the violence.
I have mixed feelings about the Olympics coming here.
I can't imagine the amount of kickbacks and graft that will be involved in building the Olympic venues. They'll need Mitt to clean up the mess, but by then, hopefully, he'll be president.
| 1252 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:09:22am |
re: #1245 Honorary Yooper
Anybody could fall for a fake story but Coulter threw in a bunch of irrelevent Obama Muslim crap that makes her look extra schtoopid.
| 1253 |
capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:09:26am |
re: #1220 nikis-knight
Ah, but Obama was president of the world; just look at his world tour while campaigning. His change schtick was directed for a time at the German people specifically, supposedly to somehow get American votes. I'd say they have a little right to mock it.
I don't like reporters who sneer, because it's not their job to sneer. And that goes for the American press, as well.
Aside from that, if he doesn't buy Obama's "change" schtick, I can't blame him for that. If we recognize it for what it is, it's not surprising someone else might.
| 1254 |
Afrocity Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:10:07am |
re: #1239 Creeping Eruption
I know that. Sorry for you in Chicago. I live in Milwaukee. People will fill our hotels to the brim.
The Brewers winning some play off games will do that also.
| 1255 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:10:13am |
re: #1243 Dustyvet
A frog is outgrowing his lily pad and decides to make some home improvements. He doesn't have the money, so he hops to the bank to borrow some.
At the bank, he takes a seat at loan officer Patricia Black's desk and explains his dilemma.
"I want to upgrade my lily pad, maybe add another window, but I don't have the cash. Can you lend me the money?"
"Maybe. What can you offer as collateral?"
"Well," says the frog. "All I have is this paperweight. You shake it up, and it snows on the little village. Cute, huh?"
"Hmm . . . I'll have to speak to my manager." She enters her manager's office.
"Mr. Bitterby, I've got a frog at my desk who wants to borrow money for lily pad improvements. But all he can offer for collateral is this glass paperweight."
Mr. Bitterby takes the paperweight, hefts it in his hand, looks at her and says, "It's a knick-knack, Patty Black, give the frog a loan."
I heard a version in which the frog was called "Kermit Jagger", and the loan officer was "Patty Whack"
"It's a knick-nack, Patty Whack, give the frog a loan; his old man's a Rolling Stone."
| 1257 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:10:23am |
re: #1252 Killgore Trout
Anybody could fall for a fake story but Coulter threw in a bunch of irrelevent Obama Muslim crap that makes her look extra schtoopid.
Couldn't she squeeze in some nirther crap, for a trifecta?
| 1258 |
subsailor68 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:10:31am |
Okay, if it's 911 calls we're on, here's one I always liked:
Dispatcher: 9-1-1
Caller: Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing. I'm all out of breath. Darn....I think I'm going to pass out.
Dispatcher: Sir, where are you calling from?
Caller: I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster.
Dispatcher: Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic?
Caller: No
Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing?
Caller: Running from the Police.
| 1259 |
Afrocity Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:10:35am |
re: #1251 Ward Cleaver
I can't imagine the amount of kickbacks and graft that will be involved in building the Olympic venues. They'll need Mitt to clean up the mess, but by then, hopefully, he'll be president.
No comment.
| 1261 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:11:00am |
re: #1254 Afrocity
The Brewers winning some play off games will do that also.
LOL. Better chance of Chicago getting the Olympics IMHO. :)
| 1263 |
rawmuse Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:11:14am |
re: #1242 Wishing
I live in a little podunk county in the hills of northeast TN and you should see the incredible counterfeit bills, $20, $50, $100. Stunningly well done.
Modern copying machines and scanners are very good. I dropped the dime on some neighbors of mine that were printing their own money. Seemed like a good plan up until the point that they started putting the rejects out with the regular paper recycle. I gave the evidence to a pal who is in the FBI. They tend to take a rather dim view of that sort of thing.
| 1264 |
alegrias Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:11:28am |
re: #1227 Lincolntf
You can't fake class. I guess the Obama's have given up even trying.
* * * *
The point of socialism is to do away with class and such notions.
Sheesh.
Of course, in the Soviet Union, the leadership Nomenklatura, got the Czar's palaces, had vacation Dachas houses, and special luxury goods stores that regular Russian schmoes couldn't use.
But ending class consciousness is a supposed goal of socialists & communists. Leveling the class issues.
| 1265 |
LGoPs Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:11:45am |
re: #1249 yesandno
Well, I know that Obama was embarrassed about having to have a translator because he never learned German.................. Guess he is just like the rest of Americans who are too stupid or too haughty to learn a foreign language.
Too bad he wasn't in Indonesia....
Many of today's high school grads are not particularly familiar with our own language, let alone a foreign one.....
/
| 1266 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:11:51am |
re: #1212 Dustyvet
"Dispatcher: "911. What is the location of your emergency?"Caller: "Yes, I
just wanted to let you know that I have some information that will help you
solve many of your cases."Dispatcher [noting that the call originated from
the state hospital]: "Okay, go ahead with that information."Caller: "I am
prepared to meet with the detectives and to reveal the true identity of
Cinderella's stepmother."Dispatcher: [Pause] "Okay."
I am a dispatcher, had a call the other night, about midnight,
Lady: (whispering) There are two men standing on my front porch, send someone quick.
Me: They are on the porch now?
Lady: they just walked across the porch and back (still whispering)
Me: what is your address?
Lady: whispering, gives me her addy
I dispatch two cruisers, cops tipppy toe behind house, door on out building is open, door to basement is open.
They make it to the front porch and discover the lady's husband standing there.
She didn't know he was outside. lol
| 1267 |
Ward Cleaver Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:12:19am |
re: #1263 rawmuse
Modern copying machines and scanners are very good. I dropped the dime on some neighbors of mine that were printing their own money. Seemed like a good plan up until the point that they started putting the rejects out with the regular paper recycle. I gave the evidence to a pal who is in the FBI. They tend to take a rather dim view of that sort of thing.
They'll have the Secret Service after them, too.
| 1268 |
funky chicken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:12:24am |
America, meanwhile, may backtrack on missile defense for Eastern Europe in the face of Russian threats. And there is talk of more trade protectionism in the Democratic-controlled Congress. Europeans wouldn’t be happy if either of these things came to pass.What, then, is going on?
In some sense, the Obama administration will bring a new honesty to European-American relations. For the last eight years, Europeans have had it both ways. Bush took out Saddam Hussein, removed the Taliban from power, hunted terrorists, offered firm security guarantees to the Europeans in their squabbles with the Russians, tried to box in Iran, and ran trade deficits with his free-trade policies. For his efforts, he was caricatured as a cowboy buffoon by European sophisticates.
But now after welcoming Obama, the Europeans are beginning to discover that they must contend with a new administration to the left of themselves. And as we saw with Obama’s recent cavalier treatment of visiting British prime minister Gordon Brown — he was given a packet of DVDs, unviewable in Europe, as a going-away gift — Obama doesn’t seem convinced of any special relationship with Europe. His interests and priorities lie more in Asia, Latin America, and Africa — places that have also been the great sources of immigration to America the last half-century.
So, it will be harder for Europeans to pull off the old two-step of quietly wanting the U.S. to deter threats while loudly deploring our Neanderthal reliance on brute force.
[Link: article.nationalreview.com...]
Enjoy the change you cried out for, Europe.
| 1270 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:12:42am |
re: #1241 aggieann
How else will all you non-Texan interlopers figger stuff out?
Well, I wasn't insulting Texas, and I wasn't expecting an insult back. I was complimenting on the honest and frank way that Texan's look at things.
I lived there 15 years, and very much a part of the Dallas entertainment scene, and I never felt like an outsider.
Thanks for setting me straight.
| 1271 |
Honorary Yooper Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:13:11am |
re: #1257 Ward Cleaver
Couldn't she squeeze in some nirther crap, for a trifecta?
Heh. That would've made it even sillier. As far as I am concerned, Coulter is a has-been hack. Give her less attention, and she'll fade away.
| 1272 |
LGoPs Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:13:23am |
re: #1264 alegrias
* * * *
The point of socialism is to do away with class and such notions.Sheesh.
Of course, in the Soviet Union, the leadership Nomenklatura, got the Czar's palaces, had vacation Dachas houses, and special luxury goods stores that regular Russian schmoes couldn't use.
But ending class consciousness is a supposed goal of socialists & communists. Leveling the class issues.
The Soviets just replaced the Romanov aristocracy with their own political aristocracy. And it will always be that way with communism. All animals are equal except that some animals are more equal than other animals....or something like that.
| 1273 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:13:26am |
re: #1224 yma o hyd
this is interesting...
These military imperatives might make sense to soldiers, but surely the political cost of a pre-emptive raid - not to mention the risk of plunging the Middle East into another big war - would rule out an attack.
This argument might make sense from Europe but in the Middle East quite another logic is at work. Many Arab states, particularly in the Gulf, are more afraid of a nuclear-armed Iran than Israel is. A military strike that delayed that threat would be welcomed in some Arab capitals. The Israelis know that they would face a huge international outcry. But that happened after the raid on Iraq and many countries later thanked them privately. More recently they were widely attacked after the offensive against Gaza in January, but over time that criticism has died down.
Aside from Syria, none of Israel's Arab neighbors will go to war with Israel over an attack on Iran. In the event of an operation, Syria will have to be dealt with, as will Hamas & Hezbollah.
| 1274 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:14:21am |
re: #1197 funky chicken
There is ALWAYS a storyline of the poor bloke had a bad childhood/his mother died/he was abused by his uncle etc etc as if he was the victim, not the killer
And we're supposed to be sympathetic?
| 1275 |
alegrias Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:14:27am |
re: #1244 CIA Reject
We should've cloned WFB
/*sigh*
* * *
Yes, because William F. Buckley's son Christopher drank the Obama koolaid. Must have daddy issues.
| 1276 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:14:44am |
re: #1260 buzzsawmonkey
When is the art exhibit being hung?
They are heading straight to court as evidence.
But an exhibit after a fashion =)
| 1277 |
subsailor68 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:14:51am |
re: #1270 Walter L. Newton
Well, I wasn't insulting Texas, and I wasn't expecting an insult back. I was complimenting on the honest and frank way that Texan's look at things.
I lived there 15 years, and very much a part of the Dallas entertainment scene, and I never felt like an outsider.
Thanks for setting me straight.
Hi Walter! Not sure if I asked you this before (hey, I'm old), but did you ever happen to run into a theater guy named Doug Balentine? IIRC he started the Hip Pocket theater in Ft. Worth.
| 1278 |
rawmuse Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:15:12am |
re: #1267 Ward Cleaver
They'll have the Secret Service after them, too.
These people were complete criminal morons. It was a father son team. They are serving time right now, on a coke trafficking charge. The counterfeiting charge did not stick since it could not be proven that the recycle was theirs.
Anyway, they were Meskin Mafia. They threatened to kill me when they get out, behead my wife, you know, they usual stuff.
Get in line, assholes.
| 1279 |
Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:15:35am |
| 1280 |
smokefire Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:16:24am |
re: #1266 Wishing
OK, here is another one from my archive.
911: Whats your emergency
Caller: there is a bomb on the USS Corpus Christi [being launched that day], then hangs up.
Caller forgot we had phone lock, locked out there phone, sent PD, FBI, NAV SEC to house, and then had them pick up phone.
911: This is the Dispatcher,
This is the FBI,
911: You got the right house.
off to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect 200. dollars
| 1281 |
VegasRick Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:16:39am |
| 1282 |
CIA Reject Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:16:43am |
re: #1275 alegrias
* * *
Yes, because William F. Buckley's son Christopher drank the Obama koolaid. Must have daddy issues.
Unfortunately I don't see any viable, high-profile, conservatives out there anymore. All of them appear to be either idiots or blowhards.
| 1283 |
Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:16:49am |
re: #1277 subsailor68
Hi Walter! Not sure if I asked you this before (hey, I'm old), but did you ever happen to run into a theater guy named Doug Balentine? IIRC he started the Hip Pocket theater in Ft. Worth.
The name doesn't ring a bell. I knew the Hip Pocket, but all of my time was spent with Dallas and Dallas suburban theatres.
| 1284 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:16:56am |
re: #1273 Kenneth
this is interesting...
Aside from Syria, none of Israel's Arab neighbors will go to war with Israel over an attack on Iran. In the event of an operation, Syria will have to be dealt with, as will Hamas & Hezbollah.
Yes - and I think Beeston gets it right where he points out that Bibi will need the tacit approval of Obowma for any action against Iran.
Having seen that bow by PB0 to the Saudi Kings - I'm thinking this tacit approval may perhaps not be withheld, the Saudis being the ones most afraid of a nuclear iran.
| 1285 |
funky chicken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:17:13am |
re: #1194 Creeping Eruption
While I may make fun of the current administration, as an American, that is my prerogative. Fuck any foreign douche-bag that puts Obama down. This is the greatest country on Earth - regardless who currently leads it. Insulting our President, is an insult to us.
Eh, sorry, but I strenuously disagree. POTUS does not equal USA. The majority of American voters chose a very bad man to sit in the Oval Office for 4 years. It doesn't insult me if/when folks inside or outside of the country wake up and smell that coffee.
| 1286 |
Aye Pod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:17:34am |
The Sugarcubes take on god - he doesn't exist, but if he did he'd be a sex-god, with sideburns and a quiff.
Teah the controversy!
| 1287 |
Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:18:44am |
Battles on the sea
The following is supposedly a true story relating to a United States shipping company.
THE U.S. shipping company had a new ship built. It was to be the pride of the fleet, and something special was wanted to decorate the captain's saloon, a large living room/office where the vessel's business and entertaining would take place.
Someone suggested that a set of nautical prints would lend a nice touch. He knew of a shop in London that specialized in such things, and the prints were ordered and hung in the saloon.
It was not until the trial run of the vessel, when both the builder's and the owner's representatives were aboard, that someone looked closely at the prints. Each was of an American ship being captured by, or surrendering to, a British warship during the War of 1812.
| 1288 |
tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:18:56am |
John Gibson is killing the Obama Town Hall on his radio program right now...
Obama is such an ass...
| 1289 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:18:59am |
re: #1286 Jimmah
The Sugarcubes take on god - he doesn't exist, but if he did he'd be a sex-god, with sideburns and a quiff.
Teah the controversy!
| 1290 |
ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:19:08am |
re: #1272 LGoPs
The Soviets just replaced the Romanov aristocracy with their own political aristocracy. And it will always be that way with communism. All animals are equal except that some animals are more equal than other animals....or something like that.
And we have the Obamanovs.
| 1291 |
funky chicken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:19:36am |
re: #1269 Iron Fist
That was my point as well. I can't imagine spending hours upon hours with exacto blades and super-glue trying to somehow "make" 11 bills out of 10, or, even worse, trying to shave paper currency in horizontal halves, etc.
You'd make a higher hourly wage working at the mall.
| 1292 |
Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:19:42am |
| 1293 |
subsailor68 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:20:02am |
re: #1283 Walter L. Newton
The name doesn't ring a bell. I knew the Hip Pocket, but all of my time was spent with Dallas and Dallas suburban theatres.
It's kinda too bad. I think you'd really have liked him. Real talented guy. Actor, director, lighting, sound, set design and construction, singer, composer. All around good guy. He and his wife ran our local community theater - on the river - for years. He saved the theater just tons of money by doing most of the work himself.
(Theater people are cool!)
| 1294 |
yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:20:09am |
re: #1287 Dustyvet
Battles on the sea
The following is supposedly a true story relating to a United States shipping company.THE U.S. shipping company had a new ship built. It was to be the pride of the fleet, and something special was wanted to decorate the captain's saloon, a large living room/office where the vessel's business and entertaining would take place.
Someone suggested that a set of nautical prints would lend a nice touch. He knew of a shop in London that specialized in such things, and the prints were ordered and hung in the saloon.
It was not until the trial run of the vessel, when both the builder's and the owner's representatives were aboard, that someone looked closely at the prints. Each was of an American ship being captured by, or surrendering to, a British warship during the War of 1812.
Oh dear!
Mega-goof, that was ...
(Teeheehee!)
| 1295 |
aggieann Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:20:33am |
re: #1270 Walter L. Newton
Well, I wasn't insulting Texas, and I wasn't expecting an insult back. I was complimenting on the honest and frank way that Texan's look at things.
I lived there 15 years, and very much a part of the Dallas entertainment scene, and I never felt like an outsider.
Thanks for setting me straight.
Sorry! Just trying to be funny. No insult intended.
| 1297 |
Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:21:16am |
re: #1285 funky chicken
I agree with everything that everyone who disagrees with me has stated. I guess I jealously guard my right to make fun of our government. Most Europeans owe any rights they currently have to the United States. They should show some respect, even if Obama doesn't.
| 1298 |
aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:22:04am |
re: #1230 Irish Rose
Thanks very much.
I was pretty damned tough in the five years that I served... I worked directly under the authority of the local PD, at one of the busiest crossings in the city (a five-street intersect).
I carried a voice recorder to record the plate numbers of offenders, people who were illegally parked, etc. You can't even begin to imagine the asshattery of some people and much of it comes from the parents who are there to pick up their kids.
One of the guards who worked about a mile away from me, a good friend of mine, was struck and killed in my fifth year of service and that's when I finally retired.
I live near our local primary school and the driving behaviour of some makes me wonder what these parents are teaching their kids
Parking in the No Parking zone, doing U turns right near the crossing, speeding, and then I suppose they will be amazed that their offspring do the same when they're driving age
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ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:22:45am |
re: #1288 tfc3rid
John Gibson is killing the Obama Town Hall on his radio program right now...
Obama is such an ass...
Was it during the town hall (What an ass! He's still campaigning AND overseas no less.) or some press conference when he said that the US is being respected again, bcz he got elected and the things he has done since 1-20-09?
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godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:22:52am |
re: #1296 buzzsawmonkey
Someone living on the grifter level in the 1920s or 1930s, forging singles, could probably get along nicely, at least if he supplemented his income with the occasional win from his bookie.
Now I feel all "connected to an illustrious past."
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alegrias Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:24:25am |
re: #1282 CIA Reject
Unfortunately I don't see any viable, high-profile, conservatives out there anymore. All of them appear to be either idiots or blowhards.
* * * *
Since we were beaten for the top jobs last year by Pelosi's thugs and the dreamers of change & hope, admittedly we are in rebuilding mode.
I prefer the hardworking work horses plowing the field, trying to counter the runaway leftist stallions in charge of our country right now.
Are you paying attention to the youngsters in Congress, the Paul Ryans, Jim Demints, Marsha Blackburns, Governor Mark Sanfords? There are plenty of people doing important work now, who aren't show-horses, who need our help to advance.
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Mr. In get Mr. Out Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:24:37am |
re: #1164 albusteve
If anyone deserves citizens ship, it's this man.
Asked if he regrets his decision to support the U.S., he replied, "No, I'm proud of what I've done. I have to do what is right."
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Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:24:40am |
Brag about parents
An Army brat was boasting about his father to a Navy brat.
"My dad is an engineer. He can do everything. Do you know the Alps?"
"Yes," said the Navy brat.
"My dad has built them."
Then the naval kid spoke: "And do you know the Dead Sea?"
"Yes."
"It's my dad who's killed it!"
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Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:25:10am |
| 1306 |
Aye Pod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:25:35am |
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:25:53am |
| 1309 |
Honorary Yooper Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:26:15am |
re: #1296 buzzsawmonkey
Someone living on the grifter level in the 1920s or 1930s, forging singles, could probably get along nicely, at least if he supplemented his income with the occasional win from his bookie.
Why do I suddenly think of Robert Redford and Paul Newman?
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godfrey Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:26:17am |
The economy will rebound, Obama will take credit, the MSM/Hollywood will cement the meme that he's salvific (Debra Messing: "Obama puts the mo' in "Mossiah"!) and the train to World Government will pick up even more speed. Then the Islamists take over in Europe, move into World Government, and our future progeny -- if they survive -- will look back at us and say, "WTF?"
Pretty edifying.
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:26:25am |
re: #1284 yma o hyd
Saudi Arabia, and most Arab nations, are coming around to viewing Israel as an ally and tolerable neighbor. What's driving this move towards Israel's welcoming arms (pun intended), is growing fear of Iran, and disgust at the self-destructive and incompetent politics of the Palestinians. For sixty years, the Arab world had been united in their support of the Palestinian (a nationality created in the 1960s) efforts to destroy Israel, and replace it with a Palestinian state. Most Arab leaders no longer believe that the Palestinians are capable of negotiating a deal with the Israelis, or even running their own state, should they get one.
The Arab states are as frustrated as the Israelis are with the "Palestinian situation." In fact, many Arabs are coming to see the "Israeli problem" as actually the "Palestinian problem." The Israelis are willing to deal, but the Palestinians either aren't, or can't, or won't.
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capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:27:32am |
re: #1297 Creeping Eruption
I agree with everything that everyone who disagrees with me has stated. I guess I jealously guard my right to make fun of our government. Most Europeans owe any rights they currently have to the United States. They should show some respect, even if Obama doesn't.
They do - and I definitely appreciated the sentiment in your first post on this topic - but it's true, we have a president who is willing to take subtle shots at his predecessor (not to mention his own nation) on foreign soil, so if someone reveals that they don't think much of his empty rhetoric, it's tough for me to feel sympathy for him.
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Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:27:43am |
Operator: 911, what's your emergency?
Cop: My wife and I overdosed on marijuana.
Operator: What?
Cop: Time is going by really really really really really slow. I'm pretty sure we might be dead now.
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Wishing Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:28:07am |
re: #1303 Mr. In get Mr. Out
If anyone deserves citizens ship, it's this man.
Is there anything WE can do to get State to change its mind?
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Honorary Yooper Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:29:05am |
re: #1308 Lincolntf
Another @#*&%! shooting spree?
Sounds rather serious as well. The article said that 41 hostages had been taken. Will have to monitor and see who the perps are.
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Lincolntf Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:29:13am |
re: #1313 godfrey
Sounds familiar. Did a school there make the NCAA's?
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CIA Reject Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:29:37am |
re: #1302 alegrias
I've heard Demint speak and I admit he shows promise- the others I will have to check out as I don't know them. And I agree that we're going to have to bring a lot of folks up from the minors, to use a baseball metaphor, to get back into the game.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:29:52am |
re: #1314 capitalist piglet
They do - and I definitely appreciated the sentiment in your first post on this topic - but it's true, we have a president who is willing to take subtle shots at his predecessor (not to mention his own nation) on foreign soil, so if someone reveals that they don't think much of his empty rhetoric, it's tough for me to feel sympathy for him.
Oh no - don't get me wrong. I have no sympathy for HIM. I love my country, not the person who heads it. As for his empty rhetoric, they should challenge him on it, not simper and snicker at his sloganeering.
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Walter L. Newton Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:30:05am |
re: #1317 Honorary Yooper
Sounds rather serious as well. The article said that 41 hostages had been taken. Will have to monitor and see who the perps are.
An oriental man, in his 20's.
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LGoPs Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:30:18am |
re: #1311 Kenneth
Saudi Arabia, and most Arab nations, are coming around to viewing Israel as an ally and tolerable neighbor. What's driving this move towards Israel's welcoming arms (pun intended), is growing fear of Iran, and disgust at the self-destructive and incompetent politics of the Palestinians. For sixty years, the Arab world had been united in their support of the Palestinian (a nationality created in the 1960s) efforts to destroy Israel, and replace it with a Palestinian state. Most Arab leaders no longer believe that the Palestinians are capable of negotiating a deal with the Israelis, or even running their own state, should they get one.
The Arab states are as frustrated as the Israelis are with the "Palestinian situation." In fact, many Arabs are coming to see the "Israeli problem" as actually the "Palestinian problem." The Israelis are willing to deal, but the Palestinians either aren't, or can't, or won't
.
When I lived in Saudi Arabia in the mid 90's Saudi friends would quietly tell me that Israel represented no threat to them and that the real threat was Iranian backed fundamentalism.
They said the Israeli animosity was for public consumption only - still reprehensible in my mind.
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jcm Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:30:26am |
*Grumble, mumble, grunt*
Morning Honcos!
Where's the *&$%# hatchling with the $#&% coffee?
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midwestgak Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:30:40am |
re: #1317 Honorary Yooper
Sounds rather serious as well. The article said that 41 hostages had been taken. Will have to monitor and see who the perps are.
Motive not known. Speculating that four have been shot.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:30:57am |
re: #1311 Kenneth
I take this with a bag of Kosher salt, though.
The Arabs could solve the whole problem by letting their fellow Arabs out of the refugee "camps" and welcoming them as citizens of other Arab countries, but they won't.
If they hope the Israelis will do to the Palis what they'd do, massacre a bunch of them until the others gave up, they probably will never get their wish.
Of course, they could welcome them in to their countries, and then kill them, and the world wouldn't care.
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ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:31:17am |
re: #1325 jcm
*Grumble, mumble, grunt*
Morning Honcos!
Where's the *&$%# hatchling with the $#&% coffee?
How do you take it?
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alegrias Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:32:20am |
re: #1297 Creeping Eruption
I agree with everything that everyone who disagrees with me has stated. I guess I jealously guard my right to make fun of our government. Most Europeans owe any rights they currently have to the United States. They should show some respect, even if Obama doesn't.
* * * *
Most Europeans asking Obama questions today were born in the 1980s OR don't believe they "owe" us anything! I have supposedly educated European cousins who did nothing but hate Bush, hate GITMO, and reflect their leftist indoctrination to hate the USA.
You think the average European knows history better than your average American?
Consider also European immigrants from the Middle East and other countries are even less likely to see America as a country worth respecting.
Americans aren't taught much history either, or revisionist history at that.
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tfc3rid Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:32:28am |
re: #1299 ilzito guacamolito
Was it during the town hall (What an ass! He's still campaigning AND overseas no less.) or some press conference when he said that the US is being respected again, bcz he got elected and the things he has done since 1-20-09?
He basically kissed the Euros ass by saying that we haven't done things well and now America is changing tobe more like Europe.
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jesterinfernal Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:32:59am |
re: #1273 Kenneth
Aside from Syria, none of Israel's Arab neighbors will go to war with Israel over an attack on Iran.
Funny how ideology and propaganda somehow fail to motivation action in the face of history and political reality.
Oh, and greetings to everyone from a long time reader first time poster.
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midwestgak Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:34:00am |
re: #1331 jesterinfernal
Funny how ideology and propaganda somehow fail to motivation action in the face of history and political reality.
Oh, and greetings to everyone from a long time reader first time poster.
Welcome, newbie.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:34:07am |
re: #1328 ilzito guacamolito
How do you take it?
I just thought of the little girl in Airplane who said "I take my coffee black, like my men"
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aussiemagpie Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:34:07am |
Bedtime here, so goodnight {everyone} and have a wonderful yesterday!
Tonight's view of OZ...
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capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:34:11am |
re: #1321 Creeping Eruption
Oh no - don't get me wrong. I have no sympathy for HIM. I love my country, not the person who heads it. As for his empty rhetoric, they should challenge him on it, not simper and snicker at his sloganeering.
I completely agree. The sneering thing is incredibly unprofessional.
P.S. GO PACK GO. (I am a Wisconsin native!)
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Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:34:11am |
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:34:13am |
re: #1329 alegrias
* * * *
Most Europeans asking Obama questions today were born in the 1980s OR don't believe they "owe" us anything! I have supposedly educated European cousins who did nothing but hate Bush, hate GITMO, and reflect their leftist indoctrination to hate the USA.You think the average European knows history better than your average American?
Consider also European immigrants from the Middle East and other countries are even less likely to see America as a country worth respecting.
Americans aren't taught much history either, or revisionist history at that.
That seems to be a correct and very sad assessment all around. Another reason why they should shut the fuck up and sit down. Children should be seen and not heard - or so my father used to tell me. :)
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Killgore Trout Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:34:47am |
Pamela smells Jihad....
FOX news reports "Asian" male (not the UK Asian?), 20's, entered the building a civic center and started shooting. Number of of dead unknown, 4at least 4 shot, 41 people have been taken hostage. The American Civic Association "assists immigrants and refugees with immigration and personal counseling, resettlement, citizenship, family reunification, interpreters, and translators. Fosters cross cultural understanding for the entire community".
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jaunte Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:35:16am |
re: #1318 buzzsawmonkey
Amazon still has The Big Con (first published in 1940).
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Aye Pod Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:35:25am |
The Clash - 'Daddy Was a Bank Robber'. From massively disturbing UK children's tv programme 'Animal Kwackers'
| 1344 |
Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:35:28am |
Charles sleeping late? Must be stuffed with troll after last night. Two on an open thread and one meltdown on a creationist thread.
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LGoPs Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:35:52am |
re: #1327 Kosh's Shadow
I take this with a bag of Kosher salt, though.
The Arabs could solve the whole problem by letting their fellow Arabs out of the refugee "camps" and welcoming them as citizens of other Arab countries, but they won't.
If they hope the Israelis will do to the Palis what they'd do, massacre a bunch of them until the others gave up, they probably will never get their wish.
Of course, they could welcome them in to their countries, and then kill them, and the world wouldn't care.
Strictly an anecdotal observation form my time in Saudi but the Arabs I knew despised the Palestinians and looked on them in much the same way that Europeans view gypsies - with loathing.
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capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:35:57am |
re: #1338 Creeping Eruption
That seems to be a correct and very sad assessment all around. Another reason why they should shut the fuck up and sit down. Children should be seen and not heard - or so my father used to tell me. :)
Are you my brother? LOL
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yma o hyd Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:37:20am |
re: #1311 Kenneth
That is another interesting look at the ME>
From that link:
'Thus if Israeli bombs did hit Iran, the Arab reaction would be far more meaningful, and unpredictable, than the Iranian one.'
It does look volatile and unpredictable - but I'd guess especiall the younger generation in the ME (Syria, Hezbolla and he various pali thugs excepted) can see that the propaganda hasn't worked, that the money will run out, that the rest of the World is getting impatient - and that blaming Israel won't work so well in the long run.
And on the other hand - the Mad Mullahs, who would destabilise the whole region ...
I think the time for a preventive strike by Israel may be possible, and may even be welcomed, secretly, by many more countries than even a year or two ago.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:37:23am |
re: #1345 LGoPs
Strictly an anecdotal observation form my time in Saudi but the Arabs I knew despised the Palestinians and looked on them in much the same way that Europeans view gypsies - with loathing.
Did they hate Jews or Palestinians more?
Maybe they're hoping they'll kill each other off.
/I'm serious on that last line
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jcm Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:38:08am |
re: #1347 midwestgak
At least 4 dead, 12 shot in Binghamton, NY
CRAP! CRAP! CRAP! CRAP! CRAP!
Prayers for the victims.
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:38:53am |
re: #1324 LGoPs
re: #1327 Kosh's Shadow
It seems to me to be one of those honor/shame issues where the public face is more important than the reality. The Arabs have painted themselves into a strategic, demographic and historical corner. They don't give a shit about the so-called Palestinians. They have no real fear of Israel. But they cannot admit that to themselves or each other. It will take either a dramatic sea-change event or a long, long gradual shift to solve the problem.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:39:08am |
re: #1348 yma o hyd
I think the time for a preventive strike by Israel may be possible, and may even be welcomed, secretly, by many more countries than even a year or two ago.
I agree, if the deafening silence after Syria is any indication.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:39:24am |
re: #1348 yma o hyd
That is another interesting look at the ME>
From that link:
'Thus if Israeli bombs did hit Iran, the Arab reaction would be far more meaningful, and unpredictable, than the Iranian one.'It does look volatile and unpredictable - but I'd guess especiall the younger generation in the ME (Syria, Hezbolla and he various pali thugs excepted) can see that the propaganda hasn't worked, that the money will run out, that the rest of the World is getting impatient - and that blaming Israel won't work so well in the long run.
And on the other hand - the Mad Mullahs, who would destabilise the whole region ...I think the time for a preventive strike by Israel may be possible, and may even be welcomed, secretly, by many more countries than even a year or two ago.
On this, I agree. The Arabs would have the UN pass a strongly worded letter, but with no real penalties (which is par for the course for the UN anyway), which makes them look like they disapprove, but they'll be relieved and go back to spending their money on gambling, booze, and prostitutes instead of nuclear weapons.
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Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:39:42am |
re: #1281 VegasRick
Okay, something from Bette Midler?
Oh, I get it -- you hit "shuffle" on your iPod.
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jcm Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:39:57am |
re: #1349 Kosh's Shadow
Did they hate Jews or Palestinians more?
Maybe they're hoping they'll kill each other off.
/I'm serious on that last line
If there weren't the Jews handy, I firmly believe the Arabs would be kicking the Palis around instead. For the Arabs, the Palis are handy tool against the Jews. They get to keep the Palis confined, and blame the Jews.
| 1359 |
Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:40:44am |
re: #1331 jesterinfernal
Welcome to the FADT! You're buying the round, right?
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LGoPs Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:41:01am |
re: #1339 buzzsawmonkey
Yet the Saudis are financing Jew-hate worldwide with the published materials they distribute to mosques and madrassas.
I am prepared to believe that some of them consider the Jew-hate they finance to be merely a show for the rubes, but their actions then are as hypocritical as the famous Saudi propensity for boozing and whoring it up as long as they do so outside of the Magic Kingdom.
The vile reaches into everything they do.
Absolutely correct and the reason I said that their actions were reprehensible. I also saw a frightening ignorance and hatred over there -and this was pre 9-11. When the identities of the hijackers became known I was not surprised that the majority came from Saudi Arabia. These people are not our friends in any way imaginable. As a matter of fact they have emerged onto the world stage for no other reason than a geographical/geological accident - sitting astride the world's oil fields. Which would still be in the ground were it not for American and Western engineers. Were it not for us these people would be inconsequential goatherds.
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CIA Reject Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:41:56am |
re: #1349 Kosh's Shadow
Did they hate Jews or Palestinians more?
Maybe they're hoping they'll kill each other off.
/I'm serious on that last line
I honestly think that it's not so much about killing Jews (although it is that to a degree) as it is being able to control the Palis to the degree that they will kill themselves to kill Jews.
It's all about control with these people, and the ultimate in control is the ability to order someone to kill himself, and have him do it.
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capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:42:16am |
Ed Morrisey just posted the Arab news reaction to Obama thus far:
The so-called new plan is nothing but Bush’s old wine in Obama’s new bottle. So much for the “Change We Can”! Looks like the pundits who mocked our boundless adulation for Obama and celebration of “change in Washington” were right after all. They were right when they insisted that whoever is in charge in Washington, the US foreign policy seldom changes. This is unfortunate considering the great expectations and hopes the new president’s talk of exploring a “new way forward” had spawned across the Muslim world.
Change We Can. Heh.
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J.S. Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:42:29am |
re: #1285 funky chicken
hmmm...I think you would have had to heard the reporter (it was, imo, deliberately disrespectful -- I don't like that.). Anyway, I've also been reading about how Obama is running around saying things which sound like a pathetic attempt to appeal to Europe's worst America-haters. Thus, Obama will claim that America was "arrogant" in the past, followed by deep, obsequious bows to the "wisdom" of Europeans, etc. It's disgraceful, and embarrassing to see a POTUS sucking up to these Euro folks. And how is Obama's fawning over the Europeans reciprocated? with a sneeringly disrespectful "question" posed by a reporter.
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Randall Gross Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:43:24am |
41 Hostages taken in NY
Mayor Says Suspect Has High-Powered Rifle
Posted: 12:15 pm EDT April 3, 2009Updated: 12:39 pm EDT April 3, 2009
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- At least four people were shot and several people taken hostage Friday at an immigration services center in Binghamton, N.Y., according to police and news reports.
At least 41 hostages were in the building of the American Civic Association, The Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin reported. Nearby apartments were being evacuated. Binghamton High School is under a lock-down. The school is a block and a half away from the site.
The condition of those shot wasn't immediately clear. A spokeswoman at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton confirmed that a student from Binghamton University was being treated at the emergency room. Spokeswoman Linda Miller said she didn't know the nature of the injuries.
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Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:44:17am |
re: #1340 Killgore Trout
Pamela smells Jihad....
FOX news reports "Asian" male (not the UK Asian?),
Er, wait -- an American news source reporting about an incident in America says "Asian," and Pamela smells Jihad why, exactly?
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LGoPs Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:44:37am |
re: #1349 Kosh's Shadow
Did they hate Jews or Palestinians more?
Maybe they're hoping they'll kill each other off.
/I'm serious on that last line
Hard to say although I'm sure many woul dbe pleased for both sides to be eliminated. They are abysmally ignorant and dangerous. I worked with 'educated' people and was appalled at how little they knew. The vast majority of degrees conferred are in the Koran. Useless for any real job other than stirring up hatred.
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ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:44:53am |
re: #1334 Kosh's Shadow
I just thought of the little girl in Airplane who said "I take my coffee black, like my men"
Or hot and black like my men.
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jesterinfernal Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:47:38am |
re: #1356 jcm
If there weren't the Jews handy, I firmly believe the Arabs would be kicking the Palis around instead.
Doesn't it seem like there is a self-polarizing psychology at work there? It's as if they only have an identity when they have a nemesis. "I don't know who I am, but I know who I hate. "
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funky chicken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:47:54am |
PERUGIA, Italy — She grins and chats and on Valentine's Day sported a T-shirt that read "All You Need Is Love." One of the first things she said in court was about a rabbit shaped sex toy.Amanda Knox faces life in prison if convicted of killing Meredith Kercher, a British exchange student who was her roommate in picturesque Perugia in central Italy. However, her breezy behavior in hearings over the last three months has set tongues wagging in Italy and abroad.
Knox's family insists she has always been respectful in court and knows full well the weight of the charges against her.
The 21-year-old former University of Washington student is being tried with her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 killing that mesmerized Italy with its tales of sex and drugs. Both deny wrongdoing.
Knox was in an exchange program in Perugia and sharing an apartment with Kercher, a 21-year-old student from Leeds University in England, when the Briton was found stabbed to death in the house on Nov. 2, 2007.
Click here for photos.
Prosecutors allege that Kercher was killed during what began as a sex game, with Sollecito holding her by the shoulders from behind while Knox touched her with the point of a knife.
They say a third man, Ivory Coast national Rudy Hermann Guede, tried to sexually assault Kercher and then Knox fatally stabbed her in the throat. Guede was convicted of murder in a separate trial last year and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The case, and particularly Knox's alleged role, has made headlines in Italy and abroad and media outlets still converge here for hearings held most Fridays and Saturdays.
Photo and TV coverage of the trial has focused on Knox's calm demeanor, her chats with the interpreter during breaks and in one case even her fashion sense, when she wore a bright T-shirt with "All You Need Is Love" scrawled in large pink letters on Valentine's Day.
"The Foxy Knoxy show: Smiling murder suspect makes grand entrance as trial begins," read a title on the online version of Britain's Daily Mail, which also described Knox as walking "like a Hollywood diva sashaying along the red carpet."
Knox's behavior also raised eyebrows before the trial opened, with a witness recently testifying in court that the American turned cartwheels and did splits at the police station in the hours that followed the murder.
Other witnesses have told the court that Knox made faces at Sollecito at the police station, crossing her eyes and sticking her tongue out, while also giggling and kissing him.
[Link: www.foxnews.com...]
Sounds like a good reason to never join an exchange program where you'll have a stranger for a roommate.
Or perhaps a REALLY good reason to not act like a damn porn star...
Sorry, but WTF....too bad Italy doesn't have the death penalty.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:47:56am |
re: #1368 buzzsawmonkey
Not being gun-savvy, I have to ask--just what, exactly, is a "low-powered rifle?"
Red Rider BB gun - but it can put your eye out.
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axegrinder Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:47:58am |
re: #1339 buzzsawmonkey
Yet the Saudis are financing Jew-hate worldwide with the published materials they distribute to mosques and madrassas.
I am prepared to believe that some of them consider the Jew-hate they finance to be merely a show for the rubes, but their actions then are as hypocritical as the famous Saudi propensity for boozing and whoring it up as long as they do so outside of the Magic Kingdom.
The vile reaches into everything they do.
I worked closely with a Pakistani Muslim in the 90's. Good guy with a great sense of humor and always offered to share his lunch with me. Learned this was part of his religion. During the Serbian kerfuffle we talked about religion and discussed terrorism and what not. He objected to the use of 'fundamentalist Muslim' being used to describe terrorists. He said fundamentalist Muslims were good Muslims. He said Al Queada were the bad guys. i admit he didn't care for Jews much but didn't seem overly sympathetic toward Palestinians either. He had to stop and pray like 3 times during the day and got in trouble for washing his feet in the sink in the bathroom Apparently some people found this offensive. I've often wondered if his life changed much after 9/11. I know sentiments against Muslims sure have changed. I know mine have.
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jesterinfernal Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:49:17am |
re: #1361 CIA Reject
I honestly think that it's not so much about killing Jews (although it is that to a degree) as it is being able to control the Palis to the degree that they will kill themselves to kill Jews.
Nothing makes you feel more justified about your worldview than being able to convince someone else it's worth killing and dying for.
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funky chicken Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:49:51am |
re: #1330 tfc3rid
He basically kissed the Euros ass by saying that we haven't done things well and now America is changing tobe more like Europe.
In some sense, the Obama administration will bring a new honesty to European-American relations. For the last eight years, Europeans have had it both ways. Bush took out Saddam Hussein, removed the Taliban from power, hunted terrorists, offered firm security guarantees to the Europeans in their squabbles with the Russians, tried to box in Iran, and ran trade deficits with his free-trade policies. For his efforts, he was caricatured as a cowboy buffoon by European sophisticates.
But now after welcoming Obama, the Europeans are beginning to discover that they must contend with a new administration to the left of themselves. And as we saw with Obama’s recent cavalier treatment of visiting British prime minister Gordon Brown — he was given a packet of DVDs, unviewable in Europe, as a going-away gift — Obama doesn’t seem convinced of any special relationship with Europe. His interests and priorities lie more in Asia, Latin America, and Africa — places that have also been the great sources of immigration to America the last half-century.
So, it will be harder for Europeans to pull off the old two-step of quietly wanting the U.S. to deter threats while loudly deploring our Neanderthal reliance on brute force.
As Afghanistan turns from a joint NATO project into an American war, the Obama administration may well conclude that if we don’t have European allies against the Taliban, we won’t elsewhere. Perhaps NATO will be seen as a Cold War relic, with no place in Obama’s brave new multipolar world.
Given Obama’s plans to emulate Europe’s expensive socialist entitlement system, there may be less money for defense. Ironically, that would mean less American protection abroad of a disarmed socialist Europe — a continent sandwiched between North Africa, the Middle East, and Russia, with millions of unassimilated Muslim immigrants at home.
[Link: article.nationalreview.com...]
VDH nails it again.
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jcm Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:51:00am |
re: #1368 buzzsawmonkey
Not being gun-savvy, I have to ask--just what, exactly, is a "low-powered rifle?"
I had the same question.
Low power is my 7.62x51NATO (.308) with an 800yd range and high powered is a .338 Lupua with a 2000yd range I guess.
Media is clueless when it comes to firearms.
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Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:51:42am |
re: #1375 jcm
I had the same question.
Low power is my 7.62x51NATO (.308) with an 800yd range and high powered is a .338 Lupua with a 2000yd range I guess.Media is clueless when it comes to firearms.
The Media is clueless period!
/S
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capitalist piglet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:51:46am |
re: #1367 ilzito guacamolito
Or hot and black like my men.
Or like my coffee, ground up and in the freezer. /rimshot
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desdichado Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:51:50am |
From Scientific American: Vinyl floors have a link to autism. (This seems to have more evidence than the vaccination thing...)
[Link: www.sciam.com...]
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jesterinfernal Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:52:07am |
re: #1359 Kenneth
Welcome to the FADT! You're buying the round, right?
Scotch and turpentine for everybody!
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jcm Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:52:56am |
re: #1369 jesterinfernal
Doesn't it seem like there is a self-polarizing psychology at work there? It's as if they only have an identity when they have a nemesis. "I don't know who I am, but I know who I hate. "
Good point.
Winston Churchill in The River War over 100 years ago.
"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries.Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement; the next of its dignity and sanctity.
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen; all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.
No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science‹the science against which it had vainly struggled‹the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome."
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ilzito guacamolito Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:54:18am |
re: #1377 capitalist piglet
Or like my coffee, ground up and in the freezer. /rimshot
Tangential topic ~
A friend of mine was visiting a college buddy and the guy tells him to get the vodka bottle out of the freezer. Well he got the shock of his life when there was a dead cat in there. The guy's cat had died and he didn't know what he should do with it.
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desdichado Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:54:40am |
re: #1381 buzzsawmonkey: But the vinyl word is not yet in.
Let's not go down that "slippery" slope....
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JustMyView Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:55:58am |
Am trying to understand the criticism of Obama's gift to the Queen. We have (1) an appealing piece of American technology, used and enjoyed all over the world, (2) American show tunes, an aspect of American culture that the Queen reportedly enjoys, (3) video footage commemorating her last visit to the U.S., (4) video of a couple speeches by the gift-giver that millions have found inspiring, (5) an autographed songbook by a well-known American songwriter. (Details and more of the back story here.)
This somehow reflects badly on Obama? I guess he could have given her a nice crystal bowl because, gosh, I bet no one else ever thought of that.
P.S. The Queen did, in fact, already own an iPod, but it was an older version w/no video.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Apr 3, 2009 9:58:19am |
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axegrinder Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:02:07am |
re: #1383 desdichado
Let's not go down that "slippery" slope....
-that's where the rubber meets the road...
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jcm Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:03:27am |
re: #1384 JustMyView
Am trying to understand the criticism of Obama's gift to the Queen. We have (1) an appealing piece of American technology, used and enjoyed all over the world, (2) American show tunes, an aspect of American culture that the Queen reportedly enjoys, (3) video footage commemorating her last visit to the U.S., (4) video of a couple speeches by the gift-giver that millions have found inspiring, (5) an autographed songbook by a well-known American songwriter. (Details and more of the back story here.)
This somehow reflects badly on Obama? I guess he could have given her a nice crystal bowl because, gosh, I bet no one else ever thought of that.
P.S. The Queen did, in fact, already own an iPod, but it was an older version w/no video.
How does an iPod represent the significance of the relationship between the US and GB?
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:04:19am |
re: #1387 jcm
How does an iPod represent the significance of the relationship between the US and GB?
Maybe it indicates that both countries lost their manufacturing jobs to China and Singapore.
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Honorary Yooper Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:05:58am |
re: #1384 JustMyView
It's not just the iPod, doofus, it's the trend. He gives a DVD set to PM Gordon Brown. Tacky, but it doesn't even work in that particular region. OK, a bit of a gaffe there. Now, he gives Queen Elizabeth II an iPod with a rare book. OK, sounds fine on the surface since the book is a rare, signed songbook. However, not a single song from the songbook appears on the bloody iPod! Instead, it is just a bunch of showtunes one could pick up at the nearest Wal-Mart. BTW, the iPod, she already has one.
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Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:06:46am |
re: #1382 ilzito guacamolito
Tangential topic ~
A friend of mine was visiting a college buddy and the guy tells him to get the vodka bottle out of the freezer. Well he got the shock of his life when there was a dead cat in there.
Wait, was the dead cat in the freezer, or in the vodka bottle?
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:07:05am |
re: #1389 Honorary Yooper
It's not just the iPod, doofus, it's the trend. He gives a DVD set to PM Gordon Brown. Tacky, but it doesn't even work in that particular region. OK, a bit of a gaffe there. Now, he gives Queen Elizabeth II an iPod with a rare book. OK, sounds fine on the surface since the book is a rare, signed songbook. However, not a single song from the songbook appears on the bloody iPod! Instead, it is just a bunch of showtunes one could pick up at the nearest Wal-Mart. BTW, the iPod, she already has one.
See, he gave the iPod because he didn't want to give another unplayable DVD.
/I don't think he thinks that well.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:07:25am |
re: #1390 Throbert McGee
Wait, was the dead cat in the freezer, or in the vodka bottle?
The dead cat's in the soap dish.
/obscure Firesign reference.
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JustMyView Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:08:23am |
re: #1387 jcm
How does an iPod represent the significance of the relationship between the US and GB?
I wouldn't say that it does represent that relationship, but so what? What would? It represents our country, and the material on it represents connections between and our country and the Queen. What would you have given?
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jesterinfernal Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:09:52am |
re: #1384 JustMyView
Am trying to understand the criticism of Obama's gift to the Queen.
I actually do agree with many of the criticisms of the gifts that Obama exchanged with the PM and the Queen but it all seems so overblown and irrelevant to me. The equivalent of not using a coaster at your mother-in-laws house.
YES, it could be symptomatic of a greater and more terrible psychological disorder or ideological disease...or it could just be a momentary lapse.
To put the reactions in libotard terms,"You're all at Ward Churchill, I need you at about an Andersoon Cooper."
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jaunte Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:11:14am |
re: #1393 JustMyView
The problem with the gift is the "so-whatness" of it.
If you can't understand that, don't give gifts.
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JustMyView Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:11:31am |
re: #1389 Honorary Yooper
It's not just the iPod, doofus, it's the trend. He gives a DVD set to PM Gordon Brown. Tacky, but it doesn't even work in that particular region. OK, a bit of a gaffe there. Now, he gives Queen Elizabeth II an iPod with a rare book. OK, sounds fine on the surface since the book is a rare, signed songbook. However, not a single song from the songbook appears on the bloody iPod! Instead, it is just a bunch of showtunes one could pick up at the nearest Wal-Mart. BTW, the iPod, she already has one.
As noted, her previous iPod didn't have video, and, according to the article I linked to, she had asked for one that did.
If she wants other songs, I think she has the resources to get them.
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Dustyvet Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:17:30am |
A Lesson on Socialism
An economics professor said he had never failed a single student before but had, once, failed an entire class. The class had insisted that socialism worked - and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer for all, for society. The professor then said ok, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism.
He said that all grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A. After the first test the grades were averaged and everyone was given a B. The students who studied hard were upset, and the students who studied little were happy. But, as the second test rolled around, the students who hadn't studied much for the first test had studied even less, and the ones who studied hard weren't motivated to study hard again, and they decided they wanted a free ride too; so they studied little. The second Test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around the average was an F.
The scores never increased as bickering, blame, name calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for anyone else. All failed .... and the professor told them that the socialism they wanted would ultimately fail, as they had, because the reward of success normally goes to those that work harder, but when government takes the reward away; few will try so no one will succeed.
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jcm Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:17:44am |
re: #1393 JustMyView
I wouldn't say that it does represent that relationship, but so what? What would? It represents our country, and the material on it represents connections between and our country and the Queen. What would you have given?
The WH protocol office would have a list of prior gifts to the Queen. It would have been symbolic of the ties between the two countries.
It's not just the iPod if I didn't know any better I would say Obama was going out of his way to insult GB. His gifts to and treatment of PM Brown, his choice of gifts.
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lobo91 Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:21:31am |
re: #1339 buzzsawmonkey
Yet the Saudis are financing Jew-hate worldwide with the published materials they distribute to mosques and madrassas.
I am prepared to believe that some of them consider the Jew-hate they finance to be merely a show for the rubes, but their actions then are as hypocritical as the famous Saudi propensity for boozing and whoring it up as long as they do so outside of the Magic Kingdom.
The vile reaches into everything they do.
The average person actually has no clue about the reality of Saudi Arabia. If you asked them to name a theocracy, that's probably the first country that would come to mind.
They would be wrong.
Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy with subjects who happen to be Islamic. It is NOT an Islamic theocracy.
The reason so much Saudi money goes to finance the global jihad, and to pay for madrassahs and such, is that the royal family sees it as a cost-effective way of diverting the attention of the Wahabis from attacking THEM, instead.
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Natasha Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:22:52am |
re: #1272 LGoPs
The Soviets just replaced the Romanov aristocracy with their own political aristocracy. And it will always be that way with communism. All animals are equal except that some animals are more equal than other animals....or something like that.
You nailed it! The whole "equality" and "abolition of class distinctions" is just bait for rubes. After all, parasites need hosts on which to feed. So, the clever parasites (i.e. the aspiring rulers) draw this fabulous little picture that the simpler, dumber, more naive individuals fall for, willingly becoming "the masses" (or is it "them asses"?) Add into the mix, along with said masses' naivete and idealism, a dash of envy, a pinch of laziness and intellectual impotence, and you have plenty of worker-drones willing to support the system with their own blood, because they are convinced it's "for a greater good". This still leaves out some who see right through the scam, but they are dealt with either by direct violence or by more subtle, but no less cruel means. Rulers don't even have to bother with most of these "counter-revolutionaries", save high-profile cases. The drones themselves will destroy or try to destroy the more routine ones.
This is my brief rundown on communism, socialism and other strains of collectivism. I don't believe I left anything out.
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JustMyView Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:30:20am |
re: #1398 jcm
It's not just the iPod if I didn't know any better I would say Obama was going out of his way to insult GB. His gifts to and treatment of PM Brown, his choice of gifts.
Brown seems to have recovered pretty well from whatever insults he suffered. He was doing everything he could to tie himself to the more popular Obama.
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:38:12am |
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:39:05am |
re: #1378 desdichado
Interesting, but too soon to draw any conclusions:
"The data are far from conclusive. They are puzzling, even baffling, and not readily explicable at this time," the scientists wrote in their study. "However, because they are among the few clues that have emerged about possible environmental contributions to autistic disorders, we believe that they should be weighed carefully and warrant further study."
Several scientists who did not participate in the study cautioned that it has too many limitations to draw conclusions, but they suggested that new studies be designed to look for a connection between autism and indoor air pollutants.
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Kenneth Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:41:19am |
re: #1365 Throbert McGee
Police have requested a Vietnamese translator.
So in this case Asian = Vietnamese.
(And no Pam, Vietnamese are not Muslims.)
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Throbert McGee Fri, Apr 3, 2009 10:55:30am |
re: #1384 JustMyView
Am trying to understand the criticism of Obama's gift to the Queen. We have (1) an appealing piece of American technology, used and enjoyed all over the world, (2) American show tunes, an aspect of American culture that the Queen reportedly enjoys,
Well, not counting the five Lloyd-Webber songs from shows that originated in London before going to Broadway, plus one song from Les Misérables -- a musical first performed on the Paris stage, in freakin' Frawnch. (And the English translation made its world debut in London.)
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nikis-knight Fri, Apr 3, 2009 11:39:04am |
re: #1393 JustMyView
I wouldn't say that it does represent that relationship, but so what? What would? It represents our country, and the material on it represents connections between and our country and the Queen. What would you have given?
Did you hear what the PM gave him? THAT was a thoughtful gift!
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