From a 2004 appearance on the David Letterman show, Todd Rundgren and band all dressed up in pimp regalia, with a great performance of “Soul Brother,” from the album Liars (one of his best).
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Diamond Bullet Tue, Apr 28, 2009 1:56:37pm |
Is there ever a bad time to wear pimp regalia?
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 1:57:46pm |
re: #1 Diamond Bullet
Is there ever a bad time to wear pimp regalia?
In a mug shot, or a court room, or as President.
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Pvt Bin Jammin Tue, Apr 28, 2009 1:57:54pm |
Check out the price tag on the drummer's hat.
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 1:57:56pm |
Amazing how good that bass sounds, played on a youtube video, downloaded via a wireless internet connection, and played on my crappy MacBook speakers.
But why does the bass player stop playing during the choruses? Very bad production decision, in my opinion. Especially with kick drum still going. Man, does that ever not work.
Otherwise, I'm loving this.
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DaddyG Tue, Apr 28, 2009 1:59:05pm |
They got a great group rate on used "Guys and Dolls" costumes.
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cronus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:00:14pm |
Dems in power during flu, Bachmann notes
It was only a matter of time before the CDC discovered an outbreak of Michele Bachmann quotes.Bachmann, speaking on Pajamas TV, noted: "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter. And I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence."
The 1976 swine flu scare happened on Gerald Ford's watch.
We checked Wikipedia.
Ford was a Republican.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:00:54pm |
American agriculture officials want to change the name for the virus that's broken out in Mexico and the US from "swine flu" to something else.
The problem, they say, is that the name "swine flu" suggests a problem with pork products.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pointed out Tuesday that the virus was not food-borne and had nothing to do with consuming pork products.
Vilsack said he was concerned that misunderstandings could have a negative impact on farmers who provide pork products to consumers around the world.
Speaking at a daily news briefing on the government's response to the outbreak, Vilsack said the American hog industry was sound and that consumers everywhere should know that US pork products were safe.
Well I don't know about you all out there, but I feel alot more safe now? Woooie
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KenJen Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:01:42pm |
Jim Carrey wore that same get up in Dumb and Dumber at the benefit for the hooters.
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gmsc Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:02:16pm |
re: #7 Nevergiveup
American agriculture officials want to change the name for the virus that's broken out in Mexico and the US from "swine flu" to something else.
The problem, they say, is that the name "swine flu" suggests a problem with pork products.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pointed out Tuesday that the virus was not food-borne and had nothing to do with consuming pork products.
Vilsack said he was concerned that misunderstandings could have a negative impact on farmers who provide pork products to consumers around the world.
Speaking at a daily news briefing on the government's response to the outbreak, Vilsack said the American hog industry was sound and that consumers everywhere should know that US pork products were safe.
Well I don't know about you all out there, but I feel alot more safe now? Woooie
So I can still go and enjoy Swine Lake?
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DaddyG Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:02:47pm |
re: #8 KenJen
Jim Carrey wore that same get up in Dumb and Dumber at the benefit for the hooters.
Boob thread in under 10 posts. Is that a new record?
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:02:57pm |
re: #6 cronus
Good lord, I thought you were kidding, until I clicked the link.
Can we take up a collection and buy that woman a muzzle or something?
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zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:03:20pm |
Todd Rundgren's greatest song remains, to this day, "Loosen Up," back when he was with the Nazz.
(A parody of Archie Bell's "Tighten Up" that's beyond hilarious.)
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albusteve Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:03:46pm |
Mexican cops take a big hit in Tijauna....sad
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
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Charles Johnson Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:03:53pm |
re: #6 cronus
Oh, good grief.
For those of you who were claiming that Bachmann simply made a mistake when she said carbon dioxide made up 3% of the earth's atmosphere -- she repeated it in that interview.
I'm really sorry to see PJ TV giving a platform to a kook like this.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:04:34pm |
re: #6 cronus
The president of the United States is a very powerful person, but I don't think he gets to decide when flu outbreaks happen.
Also, I must insist that Democrats are NOT in favor of the flu. I think being opposed to big flu outbreaks is a truly nonpartisan position.
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DaddyG Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:04:59pm |
re: #13 albusteve
Mexican cops take a big hit in Tijauna....sad
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
Sad story- but your headline made me crack up.
Big hit?
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cronus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:05:07pm |
re: #11 Last Mohican
Good lord, I thought you were kidding, until I clicked the link.
Can we take up a collection and buy that woman a muzzle or something?
She is not a liability because of her views, she is a liability because she is a moron.
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:05:25pm |
On a musical theme: Apparently Bob Dylan has just released a new album. The lyrics for all but one of the songs were written by Robert Hunter, a longtime collaborator with Jerry Garcia.
Don't get me wrong, Hunter is a brilliant lyricist. Truly gifted. But if I'm not buying a Dylan album for his lyrics, then what am I buying it for? His singing? His guitar playing?
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jorline Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:06:02pm |
re: #8 KenJen
Jim Carrey wore that same get up in Dumb and Dumber at the benefit for the hooters.
Now he's married Mr. Dumb and Mrs. Dumber with a set of hooters.
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:06:07pm |
re: #4 Last Mohican
Amazing how good that bass sounds, played on a youtube video, downloaded via a wireless internet connection, and played on my crappy MacBook speakers.
But why does the bass player stop playing during the choruses? Very bad production decision, in my opinion. Especially with kick drum still going. Man, does that ever not work.
Otherwise, I'm loving this.
Everyone is a critic!
;-)
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albusteve Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:08:26pm |
milage based tax again....
[Link: news.yahoo.com...]
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Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:09:18pm |
The Democrats have a super majority now, with Arlen Specter's party switch. All right, anything from here one out is all on them.
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calcajun Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:09:45pm |
re: #1 Diamond Bullet
Is there ever a bad time to wear pimp regalia?
Not unless you are on a golf course.
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:10:02pm |
re: #15 SanFranciscoZionist
The president of the United States is a very powerful person, but I don't think he gets to decide when flu outbreaks happen.
Alex Jones and his followers disagree with you. Their general consensus appears to be that this flu is a biological weapon, developed by the U.S. government, and unleashed on the world in order to help big pharma sell their horrible dangerous harmful vaccines.
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albusteve Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:10:02pm |
re: #19 Last Mohican
On a musical theme: Apparently Bob Dylan has just released a new album. The lyrics for all but one of the songs were written by Robert Hunter, a longtime collaborator with Jerry Garcia.
Don't get me wrong, Hunter is a brilliant lyricist. Truly gifted. But if I'm not buying a Dylan album for his lyrics, then what am I buying it for? His singing? His guitar playing?
good point...maybe it is some kind of tribute or maybe he is just out of gas
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:10:03pm |
re: #24 Archimedes
The Democrats have a super majority now, with Arlen Specter's party switch. All right, anything from here one out is all on them.
Now they have to own it. If the Dems fuck it up, there's no one else to blame anymore. Thanks, Senator Specter.
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KenJen Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:11:42pm |
re: #25 calcajun
Not unless you are on a golf course.
Pimps make excellent golfers. They are great at keeping their eye on the hoe.
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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:11:46pm |
re: #26 Last Mohican
Alex Jones and his followers disagree with you. Their general consensus appears to be that this flu is a biological weapon, developed by the U.S. government, and unleashed on the world in order to help big pharma sell their horrible dangerous harmful vaccines.
Huh. Do they feel there is any difference between parties in their responsibility for the bioweapon flu?
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NYCHardhat Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:11:59pm |
I'm tired of being under a democratic government.
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gmsc Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:12:39pm |
re: #31 NYCHardhat
I'm tired of being under a democratic government.
Don't worry – under this government, democracy will go away soon enough.
///
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Charles Johnson Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:15:07pm |
If you're wondering how we ended up with Obama as President, look no further than GOP politicians like Michele Bachmann.
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MrSilverDragon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:15:19pm |
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NYCHardhat Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:15:36pm |
re: #35 Charles
If you're wondering how we ended up with Obama as President, look no further than GOP politicians like Michele Bachmann.
Don't forget John McCain.
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Occasional Reader Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:15:44pm |
re: #26 Last Mohican
Alex Jones and his followers disagree with you. Their general consensus appears to be that this flu is a biological weapon, developed by the U.S. government, and unleashed on the world in order to help big pharma sell their horrible dangerous harmful vaccines.
Wasn't that more or less the plot of the last Bond movie?
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capitalist piglet Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:15:51pm |
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:16:14pm |
When Specter switched parties, does he have to do anything. Sign something? Was the devil in town today?
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MrSilverDragon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:17:17pm |
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Occasional Reader Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:17:23pm |
re: #34 buzzsawmonkey
Is this Bachmann stomach-turner overdrive?
As a grand political compromise, each new UAW/Chrysler vehicle will come with a Michelle Bachman Turner Overdrive installed at the factory.
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Desert Dog Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:18:51pm |
re: #35 Charles
If you're wondering how we ended up with Obama as President, look no further than GOP politicians like Michele Bachmann.
100% Correct. But, also look at "Republicans" like Arlen Spector too
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:19:22pm |
re: #37 NYCHardhat
Don't forget John McCain.
Somebody please stop this ride, I want off.
Hiya hardhat.
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Ben Hur Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:20:43pm |
re: #44 DEZes
Somebody please stop this ride, I want off.
Hiya hardhat.
Meghan Mccain.
Your head explodes in.....5...4...3...2...
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:21:27pm |
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:22:09pm |
re: #43 Desert Dog
100% Correct. But, also look at "Republicans" like Arlen Spector too
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
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itellu3times Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:24:55pm |
re: #7 Nevergiveup
American agriculture officials want to change the name for the virus that's broken out in Mexico and the US from "swine flu" to something else.
The problem, they say, is that the name "swine flu" suggests a problem with pork products.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pointed out Tuesday that the virus was not food-borne and had nothing to do with consuming pork products.
Vilsack said he was concerned that misunderstandings could have a negative impact on farmers who provide pork products to consumers around the world.
Speaking at a daily news briefing on the government's response to the outbreak, Vilsack said the American hog industry was sound and that consumers everywhere should know that US pork products were safe.
Well I don't know about you all out there, but I feel alot more safe now? Woooie
I already heard it suggested on tv as "Mexican Flu".
Much better than insulting pigs, hmm?
/
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:24:56pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
Bull shit
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Shakey Jakey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:24:59pm |
re: #47 avanti
No-he's leaving because he would get beat in the primary
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:25:37pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
If you believe that... Oh whats the point.
Specter can go piss up a rope....
Sorry Mandy.
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itellu3times Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:25:43pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of
social moderatessenile appeasers.
FIFY
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calcajun Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:25:54pm |
re: #48 Ben Hur
Rapture?
I can't be that 'cause I'm still here. Funny-no phone call from the wife today?//
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MrSilverDragon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:26:30pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
Dear g*d, when are you going to put that crack pipe down?
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Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:27:05pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
My feeling is it's political expediency not some kind of Purge..Don't forget how Spector was 6-8 years ago..
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:27:28pm |
re: #51 Shakey Jakey
No-he's leaving because he would get beat in the primary
True, but I thought the GOP was going to run a conservative against him in the primary and leave him out to dry.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:27:45pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
So I guess Rudy is next? I think not.
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Occasional Reader Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:28:42pm |
re: #48 Ben Hur
Rapture?
No, it's just your neighbor yelling "oh, Jesus, I'm coming!". Different thing.
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livefreeor die Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:29:29pm |
re: #7 Nevergiveup
American agriculture officials want to change the name for the virus that's broken out in Mexico and the US from "swine flu" to something else.
The problem, they say, is that the name "swine flu" suggests a problem with pork products.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack pointed out Tuesday that the virus was not food-borne and had nothing to do with consuming pork products.
Vilsack said he was concerned that misunderstandings could have a negative impact on farmers who provide pork products to consumers around the world.
Speaking at a daily news briefing on the government's response to the outbreak, Vilsack said the American hog industry was sound and that consumers everywhere should know that US pork products were safe.
Well I don't know about you all out there, but I feel alot more safe now? Woooie
It would be nice if this administration stopped getting bogged down in minutiae. This falls in the same category as running up a trillion dollar deficit and then asking departments to cut a paltry amount from their budgets. Or scaring the crap out of NYC to get a cool picture.
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:29:45pm |
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callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:30:48pm |
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:30:50pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
Specter is leaving because he knows he's dead meat in a (R) primary.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:30:58pm |
re: #4 Last Mohican
Amazing how good that bass sounds, played on a youtube video, downloaded via a wireless internet connection, and played on my crappy MacBook speakers.
But why does the bass player stop playing during the choruses? Very bad production decision, in my opinion. Especially with kick drum still going. Man, does that ever not work.
Otherwise, I'm loving this.
Keyboard player on the upper platform was using a Hammond XK-3, the only Hammond B3 clone to actually sound like a real Hammond B3.
I had one until last year, when I had to see, needed some cash. I don't even gig anymore but I had that keyboard as sort of a memory of the days I lugged a real B3 around in the 70's.
Still have a cheaper Yamaha keyboard here to satisfy me when the fingers get itchy.
I miss playing out.
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:31:01pm |
re: #56 MrSilverDragon
Dear g*d, when are you going to put that crack pipe down?
Sorry, just heard that reported on Fox, and I'd read he was being not popular with the conservatives. If he had the GOP's support as a moderate, then I have no idea why he'd switch.
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Ben Hur Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:31:05pm |
re: #61 Occasional Reader
No, it's just your neighbor yelling "oh, Jesus, I'm coming!". Different thing.
Of course I've told you about having sexual relations with an Israeli chick the first time and hearing her scream (yes scream like she's never screamed in her life and woke up the WHOLE COUNTRY because I'm just that talented) "Oh G-d!" in Hebrew and me being weirded out because it was the first time I heard it in Hebrew out of synagogue and that I felt like I needed to put on a kippa.
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:31:07pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
It's about time.
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Shakey Jakey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:31:28pm |
re: #58 avanti
They will run a Conservative-The last I heard Specter was way behind-He is also po'd because when he came out against card check all was not forgiven and he did not get any "atta boy's"
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:31:57pm |
re: #27 albusteve
good point...maybe it is some kind of tribute or maybe he is just out of gas
I dunno. I just listened to the one free song that Dylan has released to promote the album, called "Beyond Here Lies Nothing." We can't buy this CD for Dylan's lyrics, and from what I've heard, I don't recommend buying it for his production either. He produced it himself, as his alter ego Jack Frost. It's a weird, murky, wet mix. There's a nice, primal riffing lead guitar part that I found appropriately reminiscent of Michael Bloomfield's style, but the guitar player, David Hidalgo's overly-loud accordion, an overly-quiet B3, and an overly-out-of-tune horn section keep stepping all over each other after each line of lyrics. Too much stuff! It sounds like a dive blues bar, at about 2 AM, when every member of the band invited his friend to sit in for the last tune, all at the same time.
The chord progression and melody are just straight-ahead minor-key blues. The lyrics almost could have been made up by some blues singer on the spur of the moment when he couldn't remember the words to whatever he was supposed to sing.
Actually, Dylan's voice may be the best thing about that song.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:32:11pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
Specter is leaving before he is physically thrown out of the Party.
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livefreeor die Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:32:21pm |
re: #64 buzzsawmonkey
The whole point of a primary is for voters to be able to choose who they want as the party standard-bearer. That means people get to make a choice. A primary is not intended as a coronation--nor, for that matter, is a general election.
The
Democratsproponents of one-party rule, it seems, tend to forget that.
I'm a PA voter and there is no way I would vote for Spector. Not because the GOP told me not to but because of his waffling on the stimulus bill and voting for it without even reading it.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:32:27pm |
re: #68 avanti
Sorry, just heard that reported on Fox, and I'd read he was being not popular with the conservatives. If he had the GOP's support as a moderate, then I have no idea why he'd switch.
Gee, maybe because Specter has sided with the Democrats during his duration in the Senate? Even the moderates are fed up with him.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:33:23pm |
re: #49 itellu3times
I already heard it suggested on tv as "Mexican Flu".
Much better than insulting pigs, hmm?
/
How about the Bandito Flu?
Be really politically incorrect.
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rawmuse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:33:25pm |
Specter from the looks of it could expire in the next moment. Why would anyone want him for another term, under any banner?
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:33:47pm |
re: #66 JCM
Specter is leaving because he knows he's dead meat in a (R) primary.
And he also said, on March 17th...
"I am staying a Republican because I think I have an important role, a more important role, to play there. The United States very desperately needs a two-party system. That's the basis of politics in America. I'm afraid we are becoming a one-party system, with Republicans becoming just a regional party with so little representation of the northeast or in the middle atlantic. I think as a governmental matter, it is very important to have a check and balance. That's a very important principle in the operation of our government. In the constitution on Separation of powers."
I keep harping on it over and over, these guys are out of touch with us, they only care about the money and the ego, it's out of our control, it really is.
This guy is a bastard, period, I don't care why he did it. Doesn't anyones word mean anything now a days? I'll answer that myself, no.
[Link: briefingroom.thehill.com...]
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Desert Dog Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:34:01pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
Ya, sure he is....he didn't leave the party, the party left him blah blah blah....Spector is an opportunist and has no core beliefs. Good riddance to him. He votes whichever way gives him political advantage. He saw the writing on the wall, he was going to lose in the Republican primary, so, like a rat, he jumped ship. I hope he loses.
On a more cheery note, he will not vote 100% democrat either....he is a fence sitter and will vote whichever way suits HIM best.
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:34:08pm |
re: #73 LGoPs
Specter is leaving before he is physically thrown out of the Party.
Heave Ho, Good riddance. ;)
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Shakey Jakey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:34:15pm |
re: #74 livefreeor die
Upding-I live in PA and the "non reading" was the last straw
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:34:24pm |
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livefreeor die Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:34:27pm |
re: #76 Kosh's Shadow
How about the Bandito Flu?
Be really politically incorrect.
Maybe the White House could run a "Name that flu" contest. The winner gets to have a press conference with the President!
(2nd prize-Two press conferences)
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:34:28pm |
re: #68 avanti
Sorry, just heard that reported on Fox, and I'd read he was being not popular with the conservatives. If he had the GOP's support as a moderate, then I have no idea why he'd switch.
If he didn't stab everyone in the back, then maybe he'd have some support?
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Occasional Reader Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:34:33pm |
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:34:54pm |
re: #68 avanti
Sorry, just heard that reported on Fox, and I'd read he was being not popular with the conservatives. If he had the GOP's support as a moderate, then I have no idea why he'd switch.
Because he knows there's a big consevative undercurrent starting to undermine the "moderate" myth.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:35:23pm |
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:35:30pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of social moderates.
He's leaving because it's politically expedient. Same reason he left the Donk party to be a 'Republican'. He's a slimy little bastard. Good riddance and you can keep him.
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livefreeor die Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:35:56pm |
re: #81 Shakey Jakey
Upding-I live in PA and the "non reading" was the last straw
When they caught him on FoxNews not realizing what was in the stimulus bill, I almost broke my TV.
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:36:03pm |
re: #78 Walter L. Newton
This guy is a bastard, period, I don't care why he did it. Doesn't anyones word mean anything now a days? I'll answer that myself, no.
He cares more for the seat, and the power than anything else.
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:36:18pm |
re: #67 Walter L. Newton
Keyboard player on the upper platform was using a Hammond XK-3, the only Hammond B3 clone to actually sound like a real Hammond B3.
I just googled it. Wow -- independent oscillating tonewheels... vacuum tube preamp... it looks impressive. But how's the digitally-simulated Leslie? I don't think I've ever heard a simulated Leslie that sounded right. Of course, if I had, I guess I wouldn't have known it wasn't the real thing unless I was watching it live.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:36:55pm |
re: #87 Soona'
Because he knows there's a big consevative undercurrent starting to undermine the "moderate" myth.
Yes, Alex Jones, Glenn Beck, Pat Buchanan et al: Real great direction for the party. Specter is not stupid, just dishonest.
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:37:00pm |
re: #76 Kosh's Shadow
How about the Bandito Flu?
Be really politically incorrect.
Since it's spreading so quickly, maybe the "Speedy Gonzales Flu".
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:37:10pm |
re: #47 avanti
Don't forget, Spector is leaving because the conservatives want to purge the party of
social moderatesstupid jerkwads.
FIFY
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:37:28pm |
re: #90 livefreeor die
When they caught him on FoxNews not realizing what was in the stimulus bill, I almost broke my TV.
So he voted for it, not knowing what was in it, just because he felt it was important to blindly follow the leadership of the other party.
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:38:03pm |
Now back on topic. I LOVE Todd Rundgren. So underrated.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:38:03pm |
re: #89 rightymouse
He's leaving because it's politically expedient. Same reason he left the Donk party to be a 'Republican'. He's a slimy little bastard. Good riddance and you can keep him.
Succinct and to the point. Upding.
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:38:05pm |
re: #83 livefreeor die
Maybe the White House could run a "Name that flu" contest. The winner gets to have a press conference with the President!
(2nd prize-Two press conferences)
With or without a teleprompter?
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gmsc Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:38:10pm |
re: #85 Occasional Reader
How did she pronounce the dash?
Just like in the name "Le-a", pronounced "Ledasha".
*rolling eyes*
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livefreeor die Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:38:12pm |
I recently found out that Spector was a defender of Ira Einhorn, that misogynistic, hippie psychopath. Another reason he wouldn't get my vote in the next election.
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:38:50pm |
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Occasional Reader Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:39:16pm |
re: #74 livefreeor die
I'm a PA voter and there is no way I would vote for Spector. Not because the GOP told me not to but because of his waffling on the stimulus bill and voting for it without even reading it.
"I was elected to lead, not to read."
-The Simpsons Movie, "President Schwarzenegger" (who looks and sounds exactly like Rainier Wolfcastle, and I still don't know why they made that switch for the movie)
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livefreeor die Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:39:36pm |
re: #102 Soona'
With or without a teleprompter?
Do they even do press conferences without teleprompters?
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:40:46pm |
re: #73 LGoPs
Specter is leaving before he is physically thrown out of the Party.
Only one or two more to toss out and there will be no moderates left. Both parties seem to want to hang out on the edges, damn shame there will be no middle.
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:41:01pm |
re: #32 gmsc
Don't worry – under this government, democracy will go away soon enough.
///
I don't know whether to ding you up or down. It's accurate, but gloomy.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:41:16pm |
re: #97 buzzsawmonkey
As I said a thread or two back, I applaud Spector for shambling over to the Democrats, thereby giving the Republicans the chance to put forward someone new without the need for an ugly primary fight.
Chances are the voters will reject him solely on the basis of his age and infirmity, though there are of course other reasons. Let him help change the image of the Democrats to that of the Party of the Aged and the Past, and let his defeat be a harbinger of the rebirth of a viable two-party system. Let him, in the arrogance of his feeling of entitlement to his Senate seat, bring damage to the party which he hopes to use.
Well said. Perfectly sums up Specter's motives. His loyalty is strictly to himself.
Bastard.
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:41:22pm |
re: #98 Last Mohican
So he voted for it, not knowing what was in it, just because he felt it was important to blindly follow the leadership of the other party.
Not of the other party, but "Glorious Leader".
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:42:02pm |
re: #108 avanti
Only one or two more to toss out and there will be no moderates left. Both parties seem to want to hang out on the edges, damn shame there will be no middle.
Hard to generate a lot of passion about being firmly in the middle.
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capitalist piglet Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:42:04pm |
re: #1 Diamond Bullet
Is there ever a bad time to wear pimp regalia?
Maybe to meet your girlfriend's parents. Other than that, I got nothin'.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:42:06pm |
re: #93 Last Mohican
I just googled it. Wow -- independent oscillating tonewheels... vacuum tube preamp... it looks impressive. But how's the digitally-simulated Leslie? I don't think I've ever heard a simulated Leslie that sounded right. Of course, if I had, I guess I wouldn't have known it wasn't the real thing unless I was watching it live.
Interesting, the Leslie doesn't sound right, and Susuki now owns both Hammond and Leslie. They got the Hammond sound down pat, first time in the history of clones, but the built in Leslie simulator is not that good.
I used the XK-3 here in the apartment with a Hughes and Kettner Rotosphere MK II Tube-Driven Rotating Speaker Simulator Pedal, which is the best Leslie simulator I have ever seen.
But remember, the B# did not come with any "built in" Leslie, so the simulator is an added benefit, not really designed to be the end all. The XK-3 has a built in Leslie interface kit to directly plug it into any cabinet Leslie. No external interface needed.
I had to sell the rig, needed money, not playing anymore, you do what you have to.
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:42:09pm |
re: #108 avanti
Only one or two more to toss out and there will be no moderates left. Both parties seem to want to hang out on the edges, damn shame there will be no middle.
Is moderate a code word for "corrupt bastard?"
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:43:23pm |
re: #112 LGoPs
Hard to generate a lot of passion about being firmly in the middle.
Voting for teeter totters is not my favorite past time either.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:43:35pm |
re: #108 avanti
Only one or two more to toss out and there will be no moderates left. Both parties seem to want to hang out on the edges, damn shame there will be no middle.
Oh don't worry about that. There will always be you to sit on the fence.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:44:04pm |
re: #108 avanti
Only one or two more to toss out and there will be no moderates left. Both parties seem to want to hang out on the edges, damn shame there will be no middle.
If Snowe and Collins were on a cliff's edge, hanging on by their fingernails, I'd be sorely tempted to go over and do a little jig on their pinkies.......
/ *only halfway joking*
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:44:10pm |
re: #112 LGoPs
Hard to generate a lot of passion about being firmly in the middle.
Kinda like kissing your cousin. No not that one the ugly one.
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Occasional Reader Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:44:20pm |
"Leslie simluator"? Are we talking Stepford Wives here?
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:44:30pm |
re: #118 Walter L. Newton
Oh don't worry about that. There will always be you to sit on the fence.
I just hope that's not a picket fence.
/ouch.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:44:36pm |
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:44:45pm |
re: #115 ConservatismNow!
Is moderate a code word for "corrupt bastard?"
"Spineless, corrupt bastard"
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livefreeor die Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:45:04pm |
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:45:08pm |
re: #108 avanti
Only one or two more to toss out and there will be no moderates left. Both parties seem to want to hang out on the edges, damn shame there will be no middle.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:45:18pm |
re: #123 Nevergiveup
No that word is "Senator"
There's a difference between "corrupt bastard" and "Senator"?
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Killian Bundy Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:45:29pm |
Spector switched parties?
/how can you tell?
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:45:34pm |
re: #108 avanti
Only one or two more to toss out and there will be no moderates left. Both parties seem to want to hang out on the edges, damn shame there will be no middle.
Define 'middle'.
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:45:42pm |
re: #119 LGoPs
If Snowe and Collins were on a cliff's edge, hanging on by their fingernails, I'd be sorely tempted to go over and do a little jig on their pinkies.......
/ *only halfway joking*
Go ahead and dance. Remember to wear your heaviest boots.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:46:04pm |
re: #127 Honorary Yooper
There's a difference between "corrupt bastard" and "Senator"?
OK good point
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Killgore Trout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:46:06pm |
The Spencer speech that never happened.....
White Supremacist Group Sponsors "Jihad Watch" Muslim Hater At American University
**UPDATE!** The event is at Mary Graydon Center room #200, at 9:30 pm tonight!
No mention of anyone attending the event or seeing Spencer. Curiously, The International Free Press Society (A Spencer sponsored group) seems to have deleted it's page defending the White Supremacist group "Youth for Western Civilization".
Angry crowd silences Tom Tancredo at UNC
Down the memory hole of just a happy accident?
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:46:07pm |
re: #121 Occasional Reader
"Leslie simluator"? Are we talking Stepford Wives here?
No, we are talking about the Leslie Rotary Speaker System, which, now when I come to think of it, sounds a bit risque in itself.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:46:08pm |
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capitalist piglet Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:46:23pm |
re: #108 avanti
Only one or two more to toss out and there will be no moderates left. Both parties seem to want to hang out on the edges, damn shame there will be no middle.
Define Republican "moderates", if you think there are only one or two left. You make it sound as though anyone to the right of Specter, Snowe, and Collins (who are too often reliable votes...for the other side) is a crazy-assed Freeper.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:46:33pm |
re: #128 Killian Bundy
Spector switched parties?
/how can you tell?
Um. Um, that's a hard one. [scratches head] Must be the D instead of the R after his name. Otherwise, he hasn't changed on bit.
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:47:21pm |
re: #136 Honorary Yooper
Um. Um, that's a hard one. [scratches head] Must be the D instead of the R after his name. Otherwise, he hasn't changed on bit.
Do they use different bathrooms?
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:48:20pm |
I am watching King Kong, and they are at the point were the "savages" are trying to buy or barter for jessica lange.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:48:23pm |
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:48:35pm |
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:48:53pm |
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callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:49:46pm |
re: #137 Nevergiveup
Do they use different bathrooms?
Yes, the bathroom of the dems reeks of Formaldehyde.
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:49:48pm |
re: #119 LGoPs
If Snowe and Collins were on a cliff's edge, hanging on by their fingernails, I'd be sorely tempted to go over and do a little jig on their pinkies.......
/ *only halfway joking*
OK, at the risk of having been mislead by the media again, correct what I've heard. The story goes that the districts that have moderate Republicans would not elect a conservative if he/she ran.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:49:58pm |
OT: For any Rocky Mountain-area lizards, the Cheyenne office of the Internal Revenue Service is auctioning off some rifles, shotguns and revolvers this month (mostly .22's).
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:50:09pm |
re: #108 avanti
Only one or two more to toss out and there will be no moderates left. Both parties seem to want to hang out on the edges, damn shame there will be no middle.
No. It is the Democratic Party that is wholly on the edge. Starting with their President, who was the most radical, left wing member of the Congress and is now the most radical, left wing president this country has ever had.
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:50:16pm |
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:50:30pm |
re: #142 callahan23
Yes, the bathroom of the dems reeks of Formaldehyde.
That's just Bob "Sheets" Byrd you're smelling.
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:50:37pm |
re: #138 Nevergiveup
I am watching King Kong, and they are at the point were the "savages" are trying to buy or barter for jessica lange.
Love the insect/worm battle later on.
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:51:02pm |
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:51:07pm |
re: #133 Walter L. Newton
No, we are talking about the Leslie Rotary Speaker System, which, now when I come to think of it, sounds a bit risque in itself.
Not as bad as Wankel Rotary Engine does to the British.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:51:53pm |
re: #147 gmsc
"Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
–Mark Twain
Where's Senator Blutarsky (of the Toga Party) when you need him?
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IslandLibertarian Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:51:58pm |
re: #129 rightymouse
I just love it when Liberals define "the middle".
/Janene Garofalo is so middle of the road...........and AH-nold is such a
conservative right-winger......
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:52:01pm |
re: #141 Nevergiveup
Do you want to pee next to barney frank?
Actually I would LOVE to meet Barney Frank, just so I could tell that fucking lying assed bastard what a worthless piece of flesh he is. Hell, I'd do that on Fox News.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:52:23pm |
re: #143 avanti
OK, at the risk of having been mislead by the media again, correct what I've heard. The story goes that the districts that have moderate Republicans would not elect a conservative if he/she ran.
You've hit on the crux of the problem. Being misled by the media. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party.
This Republic is in danger as long as it remains so.
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:52:24pm |
re: #83 livefreeor die
Maybe the White House could run a "Name that flu" contest. The winner gets to have a press conference with the President!
(2nd prize-Two press conferences)
Third place prize is WAB's hand-me-down clothes.
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:52:44pm |
re: #106 Occasional Reader
"I was elected to lead, not to read."
That's a very catchy slogan. The Democratic congressional delegation should have used it in response to the criticism that none of them read the stimulus bill before they signed it. Seriously, I would have thought more of them for it. If you're going to pull a bullshit irresponsible move like that, I'd give you some points back if you show a little style while you do it.
It makes me think of Donald Rumsfeld in a press conference during the Iraq war. Rumsfeld was discussing how our forces were searching all over Iraq, trying to find Saddam Hussein, who was still in hiding at the time, so that we could bring to justice and let the Iraqi people make him pay for all of the crimes that he committed against them.
An obviously antagonistic reporter stood up, noted that Donald Rumsfeld himself had personally met with Saddam as a friend and ally many times in the 80's, and then asked "so, Mr. Secretary, how did you find Saddam Hussein, when you met with him in the 80's?" Without missing a beat, Rumsfeld replied "well, back in those days, you see, we knew his address." And then Rumsfeld moved on to the next question.
Sometimes being kind of an a-hole is actually the most appropriate move.
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:52:47pm |
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:53:12pm |
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:53:27pm |
re: #150 avanti
For the GOP, a social moderate, fiscal conservative.
Come on. You can do better than that.
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eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:53:35pm |
re: #108 avanti
Only one or two more to toss out and there will be no moderates left. Both parties seem to want to hang out on the edges, damn shame there will be no middle.
Good afternoon, Lizards.
I'm old enough to remember when Specter was General Counsel for the Warren Commission. I also remember when, a decade and a half later, he supported the House Assassination Committee's "finding" that there "probably was a conspiracy" to kill JFK, in spite of the mountain of evidence that it was the work of one "disaffected" (translation; seriously pissed off) Marxist named Oswald who wanted to get "payback" on behalf of his idols Khrushchev and Castro, whom JFK had (in Oswald's mind) humiliated in October '62 with the Cuban blockade. This made the Dems very happy, as they could then avoid even considering the possibility that it was their own socialist philosophy that spawned the dingbat who murdered their idol. (They hate having to wonder if they're capable of error- far easier and more viscerally satisfying to blame it all on Those Evil Reactionaries, i.e. anyone not part of their clique'.)
Specter could have stuck to his guns (as Gerald Ford did) and called the HAC hearings what they were (a farce) but he didn't. Why? Because like the Weatherman, he "knew which way the wind was blowing".
To put it simply, Specter is a political opportunist with the agility, and ethics, of a weasel.
The GOP is better off without him. and the Dems now own whatever happens.
Like the old saying goes, they should be careful of what they wish for- because with Specter on their side, they just got it.
cheers
eon
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:53:39pm |
re: #145 LGoPs
No. It is the Democratic Party that is wholly on the edge. Starting with their President, who was the most radical, left wing member of the Congress and is now the most radical, left wing president this country has ever had.
Avanti is right, just not right now. If the Repubs keep going the way they are, they will be sitting on the edge just like the Dems.
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:53:43pm |
Am I the only one who's been calling Specter "Sphincter" today?
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haakondahl Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:53:52pm |
re: #27 albusteve
good point...maybe it is some kind of tribute or maybe he is just out of
gasdope
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:53:54pm |
re: #153 IslandLibertarian
I just love it when Liberals define "the middle".
/Janene Garofalo is so middle of the road...........and AH-nold is such a
conservative right-winger......
I try to keep telling all you lizards...from here on out, Garafalo shall be known by her new name: B-minus time-traveller.
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:54:03pm |
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:54:20pm |
re: #164 MandyManners
Am I the only one who's been calling Specter "Sphincter" today?
There's a Bawney Fwank joke in there somewhere
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:54:27pm |
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BatGuano Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:54:30pm |
I love Wankel Rotary engines. I've owned more Mazda roratry vehicles than I can remember and have re-built about 30 engines.
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callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:54:42pm |
re: #142 callahan23Yes, the bathroom of the dems reeks of Formaldehyde.
re: #146 ConservatismNow!
and chloroform
I was refering to the tissue fixative and embalming agent usage. What where you thinking of? How can anyone disinfect dem-thoughts?
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:55:02pm |
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Velvet Elvis Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:55:16pm |
Isn't part of the issue with Spector that lot of his base of moderate Republicans re-registered as Dems to vote for Obama and are thus no longer eligible to vote in the Republican primary or something like that?
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:55:30pm |
re: #164 MandyManners
Am I the only one who's been calling Specter "Sphincter" today?
Well my first thought was "Co....Su..ker", but that's just me.
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:55:38pm |
re: #132 Killgore Trout
Sounds to me like Spencer is still in the business of giving speeches for racist groups. He has no shame.
Apparently some guy named Marcus Epstein is the national VP of the Youth for Western Civilization. He's a paleoconservative, and writes for Buchanan's American Conservative, Taki's, and Lew Rockwell's. Nasty looking bunch, IMHO.
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Lincolntf Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:55:40pm |
re: #47 avanti
You're the worst kind of simpleton. A deceptive one.
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:55:47pm |
re: #114 Walter L. Newton
I'm gonna save your comment somewhere. I'm not even a keyboard player, but I've always dreamed that one day, if and when I made a lot of money and bought a big house, I'd get a B3 and a Leslie, and just play.
It's starting to look like that particular scenario will never actually play itself out, but maybe one day I can try to make due with the next best thing that doesn't require an entire room for itself.
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jorline Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:55:53pm |
re: #168 ConservatismNow!
There's a Bawney Fwank joke in there somewhere
lmao...two to three came to mind after I read the post.
...self delete...
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:56:03pm |
re: #173 Conservative Moonbat
Isn't part of the issue with Spector that lot of his base of moderate Republicans re-registered as Dems to vote for Obama and are thus no longer eligible to vote in the Republican primary or something like that?
Why would a moderate Republican vote against McCain?
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:56:29pm |
re: #164 MandyManners
Am I the only one who's been calling Specter "Sphincter" today?
Not anymore. ;)
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abolitionist Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:56:34pm |
re: #14 Charles
Oh, good grief.
For those of you who were claiming that Bachmann simply made a mistake when she said carbon dioxide made up 3% of the earth's atmosphere -- she repeated it in that interview.
I'm really sorry to see PJ TV giving a platform to a kook like this.
She makes two-order-of-magnitude errors on atmospheric CO2 concentration. Repeatedly. And she's a tax lawyer? Ouch.
[Link: www.pjtv.com...]
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:56:36pm |
re: #174 Nevergiveup
Well my first thought was "Co....Su..ker", but that's just me.
Oh, that's been running through my mind all afternoon.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:56:39pm |
re: #150 avanti
Yea...how about we let the 'America sure does suck/let's make sure our grandchildren are in debt/U.S. Soldiers and intelligence operatives are sadistic torturers and war criminals' wing of the Democrat Party define what a moderate is...
I see nothing wrong with that.
/
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TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:56:39pm |
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:56:41pm |
re: #153 IslandLibertarian
I just love it when Liberals define "the middle".
/Janene Garofalo is so middle of the road...........and AH-nold is such a
conservative right-winger......
It's like calling McCain a conservative.
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:56:46pm |
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:57:10pm |
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:57:23pm |
re: #155 LGoPs
You've hit on the crux of the problem. Being misled by the media. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party.
This Republic is in danger as long as it remains so.
If you are correct, Spector should lose in 2010 to the conservative.
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:57:40pm |
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Honorary Yooper Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:57:44pm |
re: #181 abolitionist
She makes two-order-of-magnitude errors on atmospheric CO2 concentration. Repeatedly. And she's a tax lawyer? Ouch.
[Link: www.pjtv.com...]
Bachmann sounds like a good candidate for Obama's cabinet.
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:57:50pm |
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:57:53pm |
re: #170 BatGuano
I love Wankel Rotary engines. I've owned more Mazda roratry vehicles than I can remember and have re-built about 30 engines.
I was behind one of the early ones, you know with the seal problems, when it blew a seal.
Spent hours cleaning the oil film off my car.
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:58:10pm |
re: #164 MandyManners
Am I the only one who's been calling Specter "Sphincter" today?
Perhaps. But I like that name. :)
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Charles Johnson Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:58:11pm |
re: #132 Killgore Trout
The Spencer speech that never happened.....
White Supremacist Group Sponsors "Jihad Watch" Muslim Hater At American UniversityNo mention of anyone attending the event or seeing Spencer. Curiously, The International Free Press Society (A Spencer sponsored group) seems to have deleted it's page defending the White Supremacist group "Youth for Western Civilization".
Angry crowd silences Tom Tancredo at UNC
Down the memory hole of just a happy accident?
Somebody's running scared.
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:58:20pm |
re: #170 BatGuano
I love Wankel Rotary engines. I've owned more Mazda roratry vehicles than I can remember and have re-built about 30 engines.
I owned a NSU Wanke, but never could get it running.
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callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:59:06pm |
re: #148 Honorary Yooper
That's just Bob "Sheets" Byrd you're smelling.
I was thinking, maybe - the democratic house speaker?
/'Marlboro' smoke screen
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:59:38pm |
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IslandLibertarian Tue, Apr 28, 2009 2:59:41pm |
re: #166 Fenway_Nation
but what about lame-brain or nit-wit or stupid dumb-ass B actor or
deluded lefty "c"-word.....?
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:00:42pm |
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:00:42pm |
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:00:43pm |
re: #181 abolitionist
She makes two-order-of-magnitude errors on atmospheric CO2 concentration. Repeatedly. And she's a tax lawyer? Ouch.
[Link: www.pjtv.com...]
No worse than Pelosi claiming 500 million Americans would lose their jobs every month. And repeated it after multiple corrections.
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:00:55pm |
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:01:09pm |
re: #189 avanti
If you are correct, Spector should lose in 2010 to the conservative.
Arlen was going to lose his incumbency to Toomey in 2010 if he ran as a Republican. Switching parties gives him a chance to keep his seat. That's what I meant by this being political expediency on his part.
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vxbush Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:01:22pm |
re: #201 ConservatismNow!
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
Bravo!
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:02:06pm |
re: #201 ConservatismNow!
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
CONGRATULATIONS!
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:02:11pm |
re: #194 Soona'
Perhaps. But I like that name. :)
me too. From this point forward he is Arlen Sphincter in my book.......
His friends call him asshole.
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:02:32pm |
re: #201 ConservatismNow!
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
Congrats, Oh and your buying the beer. ;)
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:02:36pm |
re: #200 IslandLibertarian
Doesn't roll off the tongue like 'B-minus time traveller'.
Besides, maybe we're not giving her enough credit. In the skit she plays a whiny, vacuous, self-centered, juvenile dolt who clearly knows nothing about history. Maybe she's still in charachter....
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Desert Dog Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:02:41pm |
re: #191 Honorary Yooper
Bachmann sounds like a good candidate for Obama's cabinet.
Alas, she has paid her taxes, so she is not fit to serve....
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Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:02:43pm |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a Boeing Co. subsidiary can be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons around the world to be tortured as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a lower court judge wrongly tossed out the lawsuit after the government asserted the case was a "state secret" that would harm national security if allowed to go forward.
[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
9th Circuit is at it again.
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eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:03:12pm |
re: #171 callahan23
I was refering to the tissue fixative and embalming agent usage. What where you thinking of? How can anyone disinfect dem-thoughts?
OT but only slightly;
The One's diplomats in Iraq are now pressuring Maliki to form a coalition with some Baathist elements- specifically, the ones who fled Iraq when Saddam fell and have spent the last six years trying to overthrow the new Iraqi government;
They think it's "unreasonable" of Maliki to refuse their "requests" just to "placate Shiite elements" (their words).
Right. They want him to make nice with people who have been trying to kill anyone who sides with him- for what? To restore a government in Iraq which hates us only slightly more than it hates most of the Iraqi people.
I'd call the "diplomats" involved idiots, but that would be insulting the entire concept of idiocy.
/Was it Leo Durocher who said, "Doesn't anybody here know how to play this game?"
cheers
eon
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:03:22pm |
re: #195 Charles
Somebody's running scared.
Maybe your principled stand is making people stop and think.
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BatGuano Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:03:23pm |
re: #193 JCM
Yeah, the early ones had problems sealing the water passages from the combustion chambers. Also oil control rings would occasionally let loose. NASA could have learned a lesson on How not to use rubber in a critical component.
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:03:31pm |
re: #181 abolitionist
She makes two-order-of-magnitude errors on atmospheric CO2 concentration. Repeatedly. And she's a tax lawyer? Ouch.
[Link: www.pjtv.com...]
But it's true, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere really is about 3%. I don't know about her second point, the one in which man-made CO2 only amounts to 3% of the 3%.
And anyone who thinks that something can't be a problem if it only constitutes 3% of the total clearly has not had a lot of experience eating day-old clams.
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callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:03:42pm |
re: #201 ConservatismNow!
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
Congratulations. Well deserved.
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Desert Dog Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:04:04pm |
re: #201 ConservatismNow!
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
And....The bad news is....you're moving to Bangalore! JUST KIDDING!
Congrats to you!
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:04:07pm |
re: #212 Nevergiveup
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a Boeing Co. subsidiary can be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons around the world to be tortured as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a lower court judge wrongly tossed out the lawsuit after the government asserted the case was a "state secret" that would harm national security if allowed to go forward.[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
9th Circuit is at it again.
Oh, for fuck's sake.
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goddessoftheclassroom Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:04:09pm |
re: #201 ConservatismNow!
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so happy for you!
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:04:09pm |
re: #201 ConservatismNow!
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
Go you!
Congratulations!
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:04:12pm |
re: #205 rightymouse
Arlen was going to lose his incumbency to Toomey in 2010 if he ran as a Republican. Switching parties gives him a chance to keep his seat. That's what I meant by this being political expediency on his part.
Unless the lightworker starts performing vast miracles, his chances in 2010 are about zilch.
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TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:04:33pm |
re: #210 Fenway_Nation
Doesn't roll off the tongue like 'B-minus time traveller'.
Besides, maybe we're not giving her enough credit. In the skit she plays a whiny, vacuous, self-centered, juvenile dolt who clearly knows nothing about history. Maybe she's still in charachter....
Jack Bauer put a verbal beatdown on her last night. I cheered and rewinded multiple times.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:05:07pm |
re: #195 Charles
Somebody's running scared.
This really interests me, because Tancredo is local for me, and I have the chance off and on to talk to him, when he does local talk.
Tom will be hearing from me at the first chance. I have a few questions.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:05:44pm |
Ha ha! Hardbound copy of 0bama's Audacity of Hype Hope is up for auction at one of these IRS/BATF/DEA/U.S. Marshall's auctions....
who knew he was so popular with fugitives, drug dealers, criminals and/or tax cheats?/
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:06:00pm |
re: #214 eon
The One's diplomats in Iraq are now pressuring Maliki to form a coalition with some Baathist elements- specifically, the ones who fled Iraq when Saddam fell and have spent the last six years trying to overthrow the new Iraqi government;
Oh, for fuck's sake.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:06:16pm |
re: #227 Fenway_Nation
Ha ha! Hardbound copy of 0bama's Audacity of
HypeHope is up for auction at one of these IRS/BATF/DEA/U.S. Marshall's auctions....who knew he was so popular with fugitives, drug dealers, criminals and/or tax cheats?/
Have you check out his administration?
| 230 |
BatGuano Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:06:23pm |
re: #196 avanti
Wow. That goes back to the late 60's, iirc.
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:06:39pm |
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:06:39pm |
re: #212 Nevergiveup
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a Boeing Co. subsidiary can be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons around the world to be tortured as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a lower court judge wrongly tossed out the lawsuit after the government asserted the case was a "state secret" that would harm national security if allowed to go forward.[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
9th Circuit is at it again.
Three judges need kicked to the curb real fast.
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:06:45pm |
re: #219 Desert Dog
And....The bad news is....you're moving to Bangalore! JUST KIDDING!
Congrats to you!
Nah. We have a government contract, so it's not going anywhere. There's a pay raise. I'll find out on Monday
| 234 |
Charles Johnson Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:07:00pm |
The white supremacists at American Renaissance are big promoters of "Youth for Western Civilization"...
[Link: 209.85.173.132...]
And if you search the name on Google, you'll also find a lot of the same blogs that have been viciously attacking me ... promoting YWC. Go figure.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:07:03pm |
re: #195 Charles
I suspect he asked them to cancel the event quietly. The info on location and time of the event was pretty specific and seems to have came from somebody who contacted CAIR. No mention of it taking place anywhere. He's trying to cover his tracks better on this one.
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JustMyView Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:07:35pm |
re: #223 Soona'
Unless the lightworker starts performing vast miracles, his chances in 2010 are about zilch.
Really? I just heard that there are 1.2 million more registered Dems than Republicans in PA. And both Obama and Gov. Rendell have promised support.
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IslandLibertarian Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:07:36pm |
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callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:07:36pm |
re: #214 eon
OT but only slightly;
The One's diplomats in Iraq are now pressuring Maliki to form a coalition with some Baathist elements- specifically, the ones who fled Iraq when Saddam fell and have spent the last six years trying to overthrow the new Iraqi government;
They think it's "unreasonable" of Maliki to refuse their "requests" just to "placate Shiite elements" (their words).
Right. They want him to make nice with people who have been trying to kill anyone who sides with him- for what? To restore a government in Iraq which hates us only slightly more than it hates most of the Iraqi people.
I'd call the "diplomats" involved idiots, but that would be insulting the entire concept of idiocy.
/Was it Leo Durocher who said, "Doesn't anybody here know how to play this game?"
cheers
eon
Not at all OT, that comment of yours. Totally in line with my "disinfect dem-thoughts" -theme.
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:08:06pm |
re: #234 Charles
The white supremacists at American Renaissance are big promoters of Youth for Western Civilization"...
[Link: 209.85.173.132...]
And if you search the name on Google, you'll also find a lot of the same blogs that have been viciously attacking me ... promoting YWC. Go figure.
I reckon the title "Hitler Youth" has been taken.
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haakondahl Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:08:25pm |
re: #216 BatGuano
Yeah, the early ones had problems sealing the water passages from the combustion chambers. Also oil control rings would occasionally let loose. NASA could have learned a lesson on How not to use rubber in a critical component.
I think we've all learned a lesson along those lines at some point.
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Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:08:31pm |
re: #231 MandyManners
If I did needle-point I'd put that on a pillow.
I'd buy it..In fact..Let me call Wal-Mart...
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:08:52pm |
The world is going fucking crazy...
U.S. officials want 'swine' out of flu name
At a news briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took pains to repeatedly refer to the flu as the "H1N1 virus."
"This is not a food-borne illness, virus. It is not correct to refer to it as swine flu because really that's not what this is about," Vilsack said. Israel has already rejected the name swine flu, and opted to call it "Mexico flu." Jewish dietary laws forbid eating pork.
The Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health also objected to the name, saying the virus contains avian and human components and no pig so far has been found ill with the disease.
[Link: www.alertnet.org...]
Ha, pork, the other viral meat.
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Tamron Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:09:12pm |
re: #83 livefreeor die
Maybe the White House could run a "Name that flu" contest. The winner gets to have a press conference with the President!
Or a press conference with the teleprompter, and go right to the source.
.
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:09:12pm |
re: #231 MandyManners
If I did needle-point I'd put that on a pillow.
It'd make a nice tattoo some place unseen.
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:09:13pm |
re: #214 eon
The One's diplomats in Iraq are now pressuring Maliki to form a coalition with some Baathist elements- specifically, the ones who fled Iraq when Saddam fell and have spent the last six years trying to overthrow the new Iraqi government;
Well, he's got a point. Surrendering is one way to end a conflict. In fact, I'd say that's one of the key elements of the "Obama doctrine" for foreign policy.
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:09:28pm |
re: #217 Last Mohican
But it's true, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere really is about 3%. I don't know about her second point, the one in which man-made CO2 only amounts to 3% of the 3%.
And anyone who thinks that something can't be a problem if it only constitutes 3% of the total clearly has not had a lot of experience eating day-old clams.
So,Einstein. What is the ideal carbon dioxide levels for the earth?
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opnion Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:09:33pm |
re: #205 rightymouse
Arlen was going to lose his incumbency to Toomey in 2010 if he ran as a Republican. Switching parties gives him a chance to keep his seat. That's what I meant by this being political expediency on his part.
Specter started as a Democrat & switched for political expediency.
He just switched back for the same reason. I don't like fanatics, but I want you to believe something.
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:09:55pm |
re: #241 HoosierHoops
I'd buy it..In fact..Let me call Wal-Mart...
I was thinking along the same lines, and it would be fun a gifts too.
Hiya Hoopster.
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:10:12pm |
re: #201 ConservatismNow!
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
YEAH! Go you!
I had a good relationship with Dell Tech support, before corporate switched to Lenovo POS as the standard. As a part time in house Tech support I handled all the transaction with Dell, I got to know one of the team leaders and cut our a huge amount of lower level supported interactions.
I hated explaining to the first level support, "yes I tried that, and that, and that. I know this failed because I measured the output and it's not what it should be."
Good for you!
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:10:17pm |
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:10:26pm |
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:10:44pm |
re: #223 Soona'
Unless the lightworker starts performing vast miracles, his chances in 2010 are about zilch.
He's counting on Pennsylvania staying as blue as it was last year.
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:11:11pm |
re: #242 Walter L. Newton
The only reason why I could see changing the name is if it had nothing to do with pigs. Until I read that it was airborne, I was under the impression it was food-borne. Maybe it does need a name change
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callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:11:19pm |
re: #231 MandyManners
If I did needle-point I'd put that on a pillow.
You are such a darling genius, or is it genius darling. LOL
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:11:21pm |
re: #212 Nevergiveup
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a Boeing Co. subsidiary can be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons around the world to be tortured as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a lower court judge wrongly tossed out the lawsuit after the government asserted the case was a "state secret" that would harm national security if allowed to go forward.[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
9th Circuit is at it again.
Well for fuck's sake. Let's really go whole hog here and dissect the airplane and find out who made the seat belts and investigate them too. And I'll bet the TV tray manufacturer needs to be looked into as well. And heaven help the pillow and blanket manufacturers. I smell a great conspiracy here.
Let's just cut to the chase and litigate ourselves out of existence.
It's a brave new world.
Fuck.
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:11:50pm |
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:12:23pm |
re: #242 Walter L. Newton
If I was Mexican, I'd object to the Mexican flu monicker....
I mean between the bloody, ongoing narcoinsurgency (which in turn is emboldening kidnappers and bank robbers), the decline of tourism and the ecenomy in the crapper or crushing poverty in parts of the country (nothing new) wouldn't Mexico have enough on their plate as it is?
I'm not Mexican and I might object...
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CheatyPantsMcSweatervest Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:12:30pm |
re: #242 Walter L. Newton
I read that the EU wants it to be called "novel Flu" But obviously this will only upset authors, because people will be afraid to contract it through books.
| 261 |
MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:12:35pm |
re: #256 LGoPs
Well for fuck's sake. Let's really go whole hog here and dissect the airplane and find out who made the seat belts and investigate them too. And I'll bet the TV tray manufacturer needs to be looked into as well. And heaven help the pillow and blanket manufacturers. I smell a great conspiracy here.
Let's just cut to the chase and litigate ourselves out of existence.
It's a brave new world.
Fuck.
You forgot the little packs of peanuts.
| 262 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:12:52pm |
re: #248 DEZes
I was thinking along the same lines, and it would be fun a gifts too.
Hiya Hoopster.
Hiya Dez..Hope today finds you well...
| 263 |
Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:12:55pm |
re: #236 JustMyView
Really? I just heard that there are 1.2 million more registered Dems than Republicans in PA. And both Obama and Gov. Rendell have promised support.
Unless the lightworker starts performing miracles, his chances in 2010 are about zilch.
| 264 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:13:06pm |
| 265 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:13:15pm |
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Tamron Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:13:42pm |
re: #144 Fenway_Nation
OT: For any Rocky Mountain-area lizards, the Cheyenne office of the Internal Revenue Service is auctioning off some rifles, shotguns and revolvers this month (mostly .22's).
Wish I lived close to there -- looks like some good rifles & scopes in that collection.
.
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:14:04pm |
re: #247 opnion
Specter started as a Democrat & switched for political expediency.
He just switched back for the same reason. I don't like fanatics, but I want you to believe something.
I want my pols to be principled. He is not for sure.
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:14:27pm |
re: #265 LGoPs
For gazing......
I need another beer, at first glance I though it read grazing.
Munch a bunch. ;)
| 269 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:14:42pm |
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:14:56pm |
re: #212 Nevergiveup
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a Boeing Co. subsidiary can be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons around the world to be tortured as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a lower court judge wrongly tossed out the lawsuit after the government asserted the case was a "state secret" that would harm national security if allowed to go forward.[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
9th Circuit is at it again.
Next orange jumpsuit makers sued for torture.
9th Circus logic.
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JustMyView Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:15:43pm |
re: #263 Soona'
Unless the lightworker starts performing miracles, his chances in 2010 are about zilch.
Keep thinking that. Let me know how it works out for you.
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:15:49pm |
re: #246 Soona'
So,Einstein. What is the ideal carbon dioxide levels for the earth?
Fortunately for all of you, I have just finished briefing myself by watching Michele Bachmann on youtube, so I am prepared to answer this with the greatest of ease.
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is a part of the flora, and the fauna, and the fowl that wing so fowlishly through the azure skies. Without carbon dioxide, life itself would be boring and impossible. The more carbon dioxide, the more life.
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eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:16:01pm |
re: #246 Soona'
So,Einstein. What is the ideal carbon dioxide levels for the earth?
Earth's atmosphere;
Nitrogen- 80%
Oxygen- 16%
Carbon dioxide-2%
Trace elements ("noble gases"- argon, neon, etc.)- 2%
High school earth science class figures. It's also why those gas stations that want to charge you for inflating your tires with "pure nitrogen" which is somehow better than plain compressed air are ripping you off. Air is
mostly nitrogen to begin with. The only place it is an advantage is in long term airtight storage of something (liker electronic equipment, ordnance, etc.) to suppress condensation- which is a waste of time in a tire, because the bead seal is never tight enough to exclude atmospheric moisture.
cheers
eon
| 274 |
sarah Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:16:08pm |
You know I'm just going to vent for a moment or two...
Swine flu, give me a break people! yes people are dying but guess what, people die from the flu in general?! remember bird flu anyone? This is just another scare tactic. Seriously lets get all worked up over something. Just do simple hygiene and we'll all be ok.
As for Barak and his choice to have his plane get some new pretty pictures. Mr. Obama you are an arrogant jackass. I can't believe that someone in your office decided it was a good idea to get photos taken. I'm sad to say that I was ok with some stimulus money, but now not so much. You have ruined my life Mr. Obama again. I want my money back from you. Do not borrow anymore if all you are going to do with it is take pictures of the plane.
And vent done.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:16:11pm |
re: #261 MandyManners
You forgot the little packs of peanuts.
Heaven help us if the suspect had a peanut allergy......
/
| 276 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:17:16pm |
re: #201 ConservatismNow!
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
Congratulations!
| 277 |
Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:17:48pm |
Arlen Specter from here on out shall be known as Ira Einhorn's lawyer..
Einhorn's bail was set at $40,000 at the request of his attorney, Arlen Specter; Einhorn was released from custody in advance of his trial by paying 10% of the bond's value, or $4,000.
Einhorn spent the next 2 decades living pretty comfortably in France and fighting extradition back to Pennsylvania. When he's not murdering his ex-girlfirend, cutting himself shaving and calling it a 'suicide attempt' or blaming the CIA for all he's done wrong, Einhorn likes to take credit for founding Earth Day....
| 278 |
itellu3times Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:18:59pm |
re: #242 Walter L. Newton
The world is going fucking crazy...
U.S. officials want 'swine' out of flu name
At a news briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took pains to repeatedly refer to the flu as the "H1N1 virus."
"This is not a food-borne illness, virus. It is not correct to refer to it as swine flu because really that's not what this is about," Vilsack said. Israel has already rejected the name swine flu, and opted to call it "Mexico flu." Jewish dietary laws forbid eating pork.
The Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health also objected to the name, saying the virus contains avian and human components and no pig so far has been found ill with the disease.
[Link: www.alertnet.org...]
Ha, pork, the other viral meat.
I love that, "no pig so far", I think that will be the title of my next novel, the story of a modern man, trapped in a city he never made, and the happy pigs who say it isn't their fault.
So, why isn't there a Jewish law forbidding the flu? Wouldn't that solve a lot of problems? I mean, sheesh.
| 279 |
JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:19:17pm |
re: #273 eon
Earth's atmosphere;
Nitrogen- 80%
Oxygen- 16%
Carbon dioxide-2%
Trace elements ("noble gases"- argon, neon, etc.)- 2%
High school earth science class figures. It's also why those gas stations that want to charge you for inflating your tires with "pure nitrogen" which is somehow better than plain compressed air are ripping you off. Air is
mostly nitrogen to begin with. The only place it is an advantage is in long term airtight storage of something (liker electronic equipment, ordnance, etc.) to suppress condensation- which is a waste of time in a tire, because the bead seal is never tight enough to exclude atmospheric moisture.cheers
eon
Many aircraft tires are nitrogen inflated. In case of wheel lock up nitrogen does not support combustion.
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Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:19:20pm |
re: #201 ConservatismNow!
So, off topic, but super super great news! As some of you know, I work in tech support for Dell. I just recieved word that I am going to be promoted to our team's L2 position (a team leader position) I am so excited I'm going to explode it seems. Go me!
That is fantastic news! Congrads..We have gold support with Dell..You have some good techs over there
| 281 |
opnion Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:19:29pm |
re: #267 rightymouse
I want my pols to be principled. He is not for sure.
Sure doesn't seem like it. I remember him sobbing & promising to be a good Republican, if only he got the chairmanship of judiciary.
Well he got it & he still fliped.
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:19:38pm |
re: #272 Last Mohican
Fortunately for all of you, I have just finished briefing myself by watching Michele Bachmann on youtube, so I am prepared to answer this with the greatest of ease.
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is a part of the flora, and the fauna, and the fowl that wing so fowlishly through the azure skies. Without carbon dioxide, life itself would be boring and impossible. The more carbon dioxide, the more life.
Okay then. I thought you were going off the green cliff. I kept re-reading your post and thought.........well.
| 283 |
abolitionist Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:19:53pm |
re: #191 Honorary Yooper
Bachmann sounds like a good candidate for Obama's cabinet.
So ixnay on the opping-stay the eeping-cray ocialism-say. (at about 16:40).
/ Sorry if I butchered that hog latin
| 284 |
Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:20:01pm |
re: #259 Fenway_Nation
If I was Mexican, I'd object to the Mexican flu monicker....
I wonder what Lyme Disease has done for tourism in Lyme, Connecticut.
| 285 |
Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:20:33pm |
re: #278 itellu3times
I love that, "no pig so far", I think that will be the title of my next novel
Too late. It's already a famous Bob Marley song.
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cronus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:20:40pm |
No matter what your views on gay marriage are...this is rich:
Anti-Same-Sex Marriage Protest Draws Crowd, Marion Barry
"We have to say 'no' to same-sex marriage in D.C.," Barry told the crowd, echoing a statement made minutes before by Rev. George Gilbert of the Holy Trinity United Baptist Church in Northeast. Barry was not present at the April 7 Council session where the bill, introduced by At-large Council member Phil Mendelson (D), passed unanimously in a preliminary vote."If I had been, I would have voted 'no,'" Barry added. "I am a politician who is moral."
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:20:52pm |
re: #284 Last Mohican
I wonder what Lyme Disease has done for tourism in Lyme, Connecticut.
It ticked em off. ;)
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:21:43pm |
re: #277 Fenway_Nation
Full disclosure....I found out about Specter's affiliation with Einhorn barely a week ago and considered it an odd aside to Earth Day. Didn't really consider it all that relevant until either Einhorn or Specter made the headlines again....
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:21:45pm |
re: #281 opnion
Sure doesn't seem like it. I remember him sobbing & promising to be a good Republican, if only he got the chairmanship of judiciary.
Well he got it & he still fliped.
He's a little crap weasel. Not to be trusted.
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eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:23:38pm |
re: #279 JCM
Many aircraft tires are nitrogen inflated. In case of wheel lock up nitrogen does not support combustion.
I'll grant that. But unless you're driving in NASCAR, Formula One, or a Lamborghini (Whatever The Latest Overpriced Testosterone-Mobile Is Called), it probably isn't worth the expense on a car.
/If you're overstressing your tires like a 767 on landing, you will see flashing red-and-blue lights in you rear-view mirror.
cheers
eon
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CheatyPantsMcSweatervest Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:23:51pm |
I for one think Specter is a necessary part of our legislature. We need him there regardless of his party affiliation to fight the real enemy
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MJ Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:23:57pm |
Is John Demjanjuk too sick to be deported?
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:24:54pm |
re: #286 cronus
No matter what your views on gay marriage are...this is rich:
God, I love this country!
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:24:54pm |
re: #273 eon
Earth's atmosphere;
Nitrogen- 80%
Oxygen- 16%
Carbon dioxide-2%
Trace elements ("noble gases"- argon, neon, etc.)- 2%
High school earth science class figures. It's also why those gas stations that want to charge you for inflating your tires with "pure nitrogen" which is somehow better than plain compressed air are ripping you off. Air is
mostly nitrogen to begin with. The only place it is an advantage is in long term airtight storage of something (liker electronic equipment, ordnance, etc.) to suppress condensation- which is a waste of time in a tire, because the bead seal is never tight enough to exclude atmospheric moisture.cheers
eon
I've always thought it a little strange that we refer to ourselves as requiring oxygen to breathe. Why do we not say that we require nitrogen instead. That would seem to be more descriptive.
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:25:49pm |
"Pig Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
"Days of Swine and Roses"
"The Pig Lebowski"
"Oink, Oink You're Dead"
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:25:56pm |
Something from Nate Silverman the makes sense to me when talking about Spector.
"The Republican death Spiral "
Thus the Republicans are in something of a death spiral. The more conservative their message becomes, the more they alienate non-base Republicans. But the more they alienate non-base Republicans, the fewer of them are left to worry about appeasing. Thus, their message becomes continually more appealing to the base -- but more conservative, partisan, and strident to the rest of us. And the process loops back upon itself.
link...
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UFO TOFU Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:26:06pm |
Anyone heard anything off the Chickenfoot cd?
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Charles Johnson Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:26:08pm |
re: #217 Last Mohican
But it's true, the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere really is about 3%. I don't know about her second point, the one in which man-made CO2 only amounts to 3% of the 3%.
And anyone who thinks that something can't be a problem if it only constitutes 3% of the total clearly has not had a lot of experience eating day-old clams.
Uh, no. I don't know where you got that information, but it's not correct.
Carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere:
Carbon dioxide forms approximately 0.04% of the Earth's atmosphere.
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:26:44pm |
re: #290 eon
I'll grant that. But unless you're driving in NASCAR, Formula One, or a Lamborghini (Whatever The Latest Overpriced Testosterone-Mobile Is Called), it probably isn't worth the expense on a car.
/If you're overstressing your tires like a 767 on landing, you will see flashing red-and-blue lights in you rear-view mirror.
cheers
eon
LOL!
But my homies are so impressed with my nitrogen inflation!
;-P
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opnion Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:26:54pm |
re: #289 rightymouse
He's a little crap weasel. Not to be trusted.
Well the Dems have got him now. When Al Franken gets seated , that will make 60. Not really that big of a deal since Specter was with them before he flipped officially & Collins & Snowe act like Democrats.
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Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:26:56pm |
re: #247 opnion
Specter started as a Democrat & switched for political expediency.
He just switched back for the same reason. I don't like fanatics, but I want you to believe something.
Keep in mind that the Founding Fathers were men of principle. Jefferson and Madison were men of strong principle. The idea that being a man of principle is bad is a modern notion, probably stemming from the fact that the left have collectivist principles and the right religious principles, and no where is reason to be found. Wrong principles held to strongly lead to disaster. Right principles keep you on course.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:27:27pm |
re: #294 LGoPs
I've always thought it a little strange that we refer to ourselves as requiring oxygen to breathe. Why do we not say that we require nitrogen instead. That would seem to be more descriptive.
Because our body uses the oxygen to oxidize carbon and other elements to generate energy; the nitrogen isn't used.
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:27:44pm |
re: #291 CheatyPantsMcSweatervest
I for one think Specter is a necessary part of our legislature. We need him there regardless of his party affiliation to fight the real enemy
Did you forget your sarc tag?
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:27:45pm |
re: #286 cronus
"If I had been, I would have voted 'no,'" Barry added. "I am a politician who is moral."
HOWL!
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CheatyPantsMcSweatervest Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:28:46pm |
re: #303 rightymouse
Did you forget your sarc tag?
i thought it was fairly obvious that sarcasm was intended
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Spare O'Lake Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:28:53pm |
Pardon my ignorance, but who is this Arlene Sphincter anyways?
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Dar ul Harbarian Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:29:14pm |
North American Flu.
I like the name.
I think the CDC should change it from Swine Flu to North American Flu.
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:29:26pm |
re: #300 opnion
Well the Dems have got him now. When Al Franken gets seated , that will make 60. Not really that big of a deal since Specter was with them before he flipped officially & Collins & Snowe act like Democrats.
They can keep him. And we just have to work extra hard in 2010.
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:29:34pm |
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:29:45pm |
Done going throught the police/Fed auctions in the other window....
later lizards!
Weet dreams for those of you in Europe or the UK.
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calcajun Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:30:03pm |
re: #295 Spare O'Lake
"Pig Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
"Days of Swine and Roses"
"The Pig Lebowski"
"Oink, Oink You're Dead"
Next you'll be saying "Charlotte's Web" and "Babe" were porcine propaganda.
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Dar ul Harbarian Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:30:07pm |
re: #306 Spare O'Lake
Pardon my ignorance, but who is this Arlene Sphincter anyways?
You got the name wrong. It is Anal Sphincter.
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:30:17pm |
re: #309 DEZes
I heard that way over here.
Didja' also hear my butt as it fell out of the chair and hit the floor?
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:30:26pm |
re: #307 Dar ul Harbarian
North American Flu.
I like the name.
I think the CDC should change it from Swine Flu to North American Flu.
How about...
Flu of the Americas
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opnion Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:30:28pm |
re: #296 avanti
Something from Nate Silverman the makes sense to me when talking about Spector.
"The Republican death Spiral "
Thus the Republicans are in something of a death spiral. The more conservative their message becomes, the more they alienate non-base Republicans. But the more they alienate non-base Republicans, the fewer of them are left to worry about appeasing. Thus, their message becomes continually more appealing to the base -- but more conservative, partisan, and strident to the rest of us. And the process loops back upon itself.
link...
Avanti, I know that this is not your intent , but you are making the case for the inverse as well. That is to say that Republicans seek moderation, but nothing is too extreme for Democrats. Unless of course you assert that BHO is just a middle of the road kinda guy.
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:31:10pm |
re: #305 CheatyPantsMcSweatervest
i thought it was fairly obvious that sarcasm was intended
You were down-dinged so...no...it wasn't obvious.
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:31:40pm |
re: #306 Spare O'Lake
Pardon my ignorance, but who is this Arlene Sphincter anyways?
When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be the boss.
The brain said, "since I control everything and do all the thinking, I should be the boss."
The feet said, "since I carry man where he wants to go and get him in position to do what the brain wants, then I should be the boss."
The hands said, "since I must do all the work and earn all the money to keep the rest of you going, I should be the boss."
And so it went with the eyes, the heart, the lungs, and all the other parts of the body, each giving the reason why they should be the boss.
Finally, the asshole spoke up and said it was going to be the boss.
All the other parts laughed and laughed at the idea of the asshole being the boss. The asshole got so angry that he blocked himself off and refused to function.
Soon the brain was feverish and could barely think, the feet felt like lead weights and was almost too weak to drag the body anywhere, the eyes grew bleary, and the hands hung useless at the sides. All pleaded with the brain to let the asshole be declared the boss.
And so it happened; all the other parts did all the work and the asshole just bossed and passed out a lot of crap.
THE MORAL: You don't have to be a brain to be a boss, just an old asshole.
Alternate moral: No matter how well things are going, it can all be shut down by a single asshole.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:31:44pm |
re: #314 Walter L. Newton
How about...
Flu of the Americas
Unicorn flu.
Well, can you prove it didn't come from invisible unicorns?
/DO I HAVE TO?
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:31:51pm |
re: #242 Walter L. Newton
The world is going fucking crazy...
U.S. officials want 'swine' out of flu name
At a news briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took pains to repeatedly refer to the flu as the "H1N1 virus."
I don't know........War Pig or War H1N1.....?
"Cry Hamhock and let slip the H1N1's of war"
I think I prefer War Pig.
/
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itellu3times Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:32:01pm |
re: #307 Dar ul Harbarian
North American Flu.
I like the name.
I think the CDC should change it from Swine Flu to North American Flu.
NAFTA Flu.
Montezuma's Revenge II
Azatlan Fever
Queztequatal Croup
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Cathypop Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:32:04pm |
re: #307 Dar ul Harbarian
North American Flu.
I like the name.
I think the CDC should change it from Swine Flu to North American Flu.
NAH. Oshit will try Bush-flu.
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:32:15pm |
re: #313 MandyManners
Didja' also hear my butt as it fell out of the chair and hit the floor?
I know when to keep my big mouth shut.
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opnion Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:32:26pm |
re: #301 Archimedes
Keep in mind that the Founding Fathers were men of principle. Jefferson and Madison were men of strong principle. The idea that being a man of principle is bad is a modern notion, probably stemming from the fact that the left have collectivist principles and the right religious principles, and no where is reason to be found. Wrong principles held to strongly lead to disaster. Right principles keep you on course.
Good point. I just finished watching the entire HBO, John Adams series on DVD. The Founders were men of strong conviction & they seemed like giants.
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:32:33pm |
re: #314 Walter L. Newton
How about...
Flu of the Americas
How about "One Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:32:52pm |
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:33:01pm |
re: #321 Cathypop
If there's an online poll to determine the name, it will probably be the Ron Paul flu.
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CheatyPantsMcSweatervest Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:33:05pm |
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calcajun Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:33:22pm |
re: #291 CheatyPantsMcSweatervest
You MUST learn to put the sarc tag on there--else you will be taken seriously.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:33:57pm |
re: #325 MandyManners
Sounds like a Disney attraction.
It's a sick, sick world after all,
It's a sick, sick world after all,
It's a sick, sick, world, it's a sick, sick world,
It's a sick world after all.
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haakondahl Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:34:18pm |
re: #299 JCM
LOL!
But my homies are so impressed with my nitrogen inflation!
;-P
Does Zombie have pictures of that, too?
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:34:29pm |
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rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:34:42pm |
re: #327 CheatyPantsMcSweatervest
must have been a Pats fan
Either that or it's because you're not a regular poster so people are gonna have a hard time knowing one way or another. Just sayin'. :)
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Eowyn2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:34:48pm |
ot
Check out this global warming hitting us out here.
the arrow heads are camaras.
if you find the "McDonalds Pass" camera, you'll understand why so few people live in this vast wilderness
[Link: www.mdt.mt.gov...]
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:35:08pm |
re: #315 opnion
Avanti, I know that this is not your intent , but you are making the case for the inverse as well. That is to say that Republicans seek moderation, but nothing is too extreme for Democrats. Unless of course you assert that BHO is just a middle of the road kinda guy.
I made the choice to vote for someone too far to the left fiscally to get away from the social conservatives. I hope BHO will stand up to the far left, but we'll see. So far he's managed to piss off both sides on occasion, so there is some hope.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:35:57pm |
re: #259 Fenway_Nation
If I was Mexican, I'd object to the Mexican flu monicker....
Wasn't that the name of that Lewinsky gal back in the Clinton administration.....?
/
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BBev Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:36:18pm |
re: #327 CheatyPantsMcSweatervest
I dinged you back up after I dinged you down :-)
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Russkilitlover Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:36:32pm |
re: #256 LGoPs
Well for fuck's sake. Let's really go whole hog here and dissect the airplane and find out who made the seat belts and investigate them too. And I'll bet the TV tray manufacturer needs to be looked into as well. And heaven help the pillow and blanket manufacturers. I smell a great conspiracy here.
Let's just cut to the chase and litigate ourselves out of existence.
It's a brave new world.
Fuck.
Maybe when Boeing turns over its business operations to their union and hands over majority ownership to the goverment, they'll drop the whole lawsuit thing.
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MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:37:19pm |
re: #335 buzzsawmonkey
I don't know who Nate Silver is, but his analysis is shallow and simplistic.
Speaking of shallow and simplistic, I have a real problem with people who quote supposed authorities and don't even the name of their authority of choice correct.
*snicker*
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:37:52pm |
re: #298 Charles
You're right.
I had remembered that the concentration was altitude-dependent, with much higher concentrations at the Earth's surface compared to the overall concentration. But I suppose, it would be the overall concentration that would matter with respect to the greenhouse effect. And, anyway, while this effect does appear to exist, I think the concentration at sea level is still pretty much in the 0.03% range, not the 3% range.
Mea culpa. Good thing I'm not speaking on the floor of congress.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:38:13pm |
re: #334 avanti
I hope BHO will stand up to the far left, but we'll see. So far he's managed to piss off both sides on occasion, so there is some hope.
BHO IS the far left. You cannot possibly be that stupid to think he's going to 'stand up to' his base.....
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:39:23pm |
re: #334 avanti
I made the choice to vote for someone too far to the left fiscally to get away from the social conservatives. I hope BHO will stand up to the far left, but we'll see. So far he's managed to piss off both sides on occasion, so there is some hope.
HA! As a metter of fact Fucking HA!.
Barack is the High Priest of the Far Left.
What planet are you from? Seriously.
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:39:30pm |
re: #335 buzzsawmonkey
I don't know who Nate Silver is, but his analysis is shallow and simplistic.
Speaking of shallow and simplistic, I have a real problem with people who quote supposed authorities and don't even the name of their authority of choice correct.
I should have read his name instead of using my faulty memory. Nate is often quoted by all sides for even handed comments, but it was just intended as food for thought and nothing more.
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:39:31pm |
re: #343 Fenway_Nation
BHO IS the far left. You cannot possibly be that stupid to think he's going to 'stand up to' his base.....
Yes Avanti can be that stupid. really, easy for him, does it every day, holds a stupid race with himself.
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:39:33pm |
re: #333 Eowyn2
ot
Check out this global warming hitting us out here.
the arrow heads are camaras.
if you find the "McDonalds Pass" camera, you'll understand why so few people live in this vast wilderness[Link: www.mdt.mt.gov...]
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eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:39:37pm |
re: #294 LGoPs
I've always thought it a little strange that we refer to ourselves as requiring oxygen to breathe. Why do we not say that we require nitrogen instead. That would seem to be more descriptive.
Our bodies are, basically, heat engines. We consume biomass (food) and convert it to energy. Our cells need the oxygen to carry out the combustion process.
I know that's a horrible oversimplification, but I don't want to turn this into a biology lecture.
Nitrogen is basically a "placeholder", or "filler" in the air we breathe. And under certain circumstances, it can be dangerous. Like breathing it under high pressure and then coming back to normal one atmosphere pressure too quickly; the result is "caisson disease", aka the "bends", the SCUBA diver's worst enemy. (Hardhat divers don't generally have to worry so much, as they mainly work at one atmosphere.)
Oxygen poisoning is possible, too, but the biggest danger with O2 is how readily it supports combustion. The Apollo 1 pad fire that killed Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee in January 1967 was caused by a combination of a short circuit and a pure-O2 atmosphere in the spacecraft. All U. S. manned spacecraft since then, from Apollo to the Shuttle, have been pressurized with plain old, mostly-nitrogen air. This is also why you see those "No Smoking or Open Flame" signs in hospitals anywhere that oxygen is in use. Open flame + O2= ka-f**king boom. Nitrogen, by comparison, smothers open flame by excluding... oxygen, thus "breaking the fire triangle" (O2, Fuel, Spark). CO2 does the same, which is why many fire extinguishers use it.
We need oxygen, but we should be thankful that our atmosphere has it at the "just enough, but not too much" level. Plus other things that act as "checks and balances", so to speak.
cheers
eon
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:39:47pm |
re: #343 Fenway_Nation
BHO IS the far left. You cannot possibly be that stupid to think he's going to 'stand up to' his base.....
GMTA
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Eowyn2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:39:55pm |
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Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:40:04pm |
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Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:40:18pm |
re: #337 LGoPs
Wasn't that the name of that Lewinsky gal back in the Clinton administration.....?
/
The "Lewinsky Flu". (Because it really sucks)
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:40:35pm |
re: #345 avanti
I should have read his name instead of using my faulty memory. Nate is often quoted by all sides for even handed comments, but it was just intended as food for thought and nothing more.
Very sparse food and empty calories. Did you read it, did you comprehend any of it? I don't think so. It was tripe.
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opnion Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:40:42pm |
re: #334 avanti
I made the choice to vote for someone too far to the left fiscally to get away from the social conservatives. I hope BHO will stand up to the far left, but we'll see. So far he's managed to piss off both sides on occasion, so there is some hope.
I share your nhope, but I doubt it. I think Obama is a man of the far left.
He was the highest rated Liberal in the Whole US Senate.
He released the interrogation memos because of an Aclu Suit? No, he wanted to release them. He could have appealed & got the whole thing tied up in knots.
Like many of the far left(not you) , he has made it clear to me that he finds this nation distasteful &* generally guilty. In his mind it seems that the only answer is a cleansing by his fabulousness.
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Killgore Trout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:40:55pm |
Not as cool as flying robot dolphins but still nifty.....
Chemical 'caterpillar' points to electronics-free robots
A chemical gel that can walk like an inchworm, or looper caterpillar has been demonstrated in a Japanese robotics lab.The video above shows the material in action. It was created in the Shuji Hashimoto applied physics laboratory at Waseda University, Tokyo.
Shingo Maeda and colleagues made the colour-changing, motile gel by combining polymers that change in size depending on their chemical environment. This is based on an oscillating chemical reaction called the Belousov–Zhabotinsky (BZ) reaction. The result is an autonomous material that moves without electronic stimulation.
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:41:41pm |
re: #348 eon
Isn't science fun?! eon, would you happen to be a teacher of some kind?
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:41:42pm |
re: #346 Walter L. Newton
Yes Avanti can be that stupid. really, easy for him, does it every day, holds a stupid race with himself.
So if stupid were a sporting event, he would bring home the gold silver and the bronze.
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Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:42:07pm |
OK...now I'm really outta here lizards
honest!
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:42:09pm |
re: #347 JCM
What's the big deal about McDonald's Pass weather stuff. I'm going to my girlfriends house tonight, 30 miles from here, it will be in the 20's and there is still a half a foot of snow on the ground.
Am I missing something here about this McDonalds Pass.
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eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:42:13pm |
re: #352 beens21
CO2 is .038% of atmosphere, 380 ppm.
So my Earth Science textbook was wrong. I stand corrected, and unsurprised at being so.
cheers
eon
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Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:42:28pm |
re: #294 LGoPs
I've always thought it a little strange that we refer to ourselves as requiring oxygen to breathe. Why do we not say that we require nitrogen instead. That would seem to be more descriptive.
No, we just need to breathe the oxygen, although the nitrogen doesn't seem to be a problem. It's possible to breathe 100% oxygen for an extended period of time, and that's often done with very sick patients who need it.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:42:32pm |
re: #345 avanti
I should have read his name instead of using my faulty memory. Nate is often quoted by all sides for even handed comments, but it was just intended as food for thought and nothing more.
Junk food. Empty of any content or intellectual nourishment.
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Eowyn2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:42:35pm |
re: #212 Nevergiveup
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that a Boeing Co. subsidiary can be sued for allegedly flying terrorism suspects to secret prisons around the world to be tortured as part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" program.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a lower court judge wrongly tossed out the lawsuit after the government asserted the case was a "state secret" that would harm national security if allowed to go forward.[Link: www.breitbart.com...]
9th Circuit is at it again.
I wish I could volunteer for the jury.
Asshats
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JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:42:59pm |
re: #334 avanti
I made the choice to vote for someone too far to the left fiscally to get away from the social conservatives. I hope BHO will stand up to the far left, but we'll see. So far he's managed to piss off both sides on occasion, so there is some hope.
100 days.... when has he stood up to the far left?
Spreading the wealth. From those yet unborn to the 52% who voted for it.
Undoing 8 years of success in protecting the US.
Releasing memos and pandering to the convict Bush crowd.
Effectively nationalizing banks, financial institutions and the auto industry.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:43:09pm |
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ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:43:14pm |
re: #358 DEZes
So if stupid were a sporting event, he would bring home the gold silver and the bronze.
No, just the silver and the bronze. spacejesus wins the gold just by still having an account here.
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Eowyn2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:43:34pm |
re: #347 JCM
Ha, you went looking.
Hard to think that is a four lane interstate right there.
Ah, springtime.
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:44:26pm |
re: #368 ConservatismNow!
No, just the silver and the bronze. spacejesus wins the gold just by still having an account here.
Ah, a ringer. ;)
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Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:44:44pm |
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:45:11pm |
re: #346 Walter L. Newton
Yes Avanti can be that stupid. really, easy for him, does it every day, holds a stupid race with himself.
Sorry, Nancy Pelosi seems further left then BHO to me. No question BHO is a leftie, but he's been Bush II on some issues that pissed the left off.
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callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:45:16pm |
re: #358 DEZes
So if stupid were a sporting event, he would bring home the gold silver and the bronze.
As a multiple persona definitely.
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Eowyn2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:45:30pm |
re: #365 buzzsawmonkey
nice claws. do you file them with graphite?
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:45:38pm |
re: #361 eon
So my Earth Science textbook was wrong. I stand corrected, and unsurprised at being so.
cheers
eon
Did the textbook also show cavemen living with the dinosaurs?
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Eowyn2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:46:19pm |
re: #371 Truck Monkey
I call shenanigans. I don't see a McDonalds anywhere near that webcam!
/
do you see a road?
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:46:25pm |
re: #371 Truck Monkey
I call shenanigans. I don't see a McDonalds anywhere near that webcam!
/
Shenanigans, was that the restaurant in the movie Waiting?
| 378 |
Cathypop Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:46:25pm |
re: #372 avanti
Sorry, Nancy Pelosi seems further left then BHO to me. No question BHO is a leftie, but he's been Bush II on some issues that pissed the left off.
Avanti, are you the poster child for stuck on stupid?
| 379 |
JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:46:30pm |
re: #360 Walter L. Newton
What's the big deal about McDonald's Pass weather stuff. I'm going to my girlfriends house tonight, 30 miles from here, it will be in the 20's and there is still a half a foot of snow on the ground.
Am I missing something here about this McDonalds Pass.
I was just providing a direct link.
Looks like a nice neighborhood to me.
| 380 |
Kosh's Shadow Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:46:32pm |
re: #371 Truck Monkey
I call shenanigans. I don't see a McDonalds anywhere near that webcam!
/
There was a McDonald's on the Moon until someone crashed a lunar lander into it.
/anyone get that old game reference?
| 381 |
ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:46:42pm |
re: #371 Truck Monkey
I call shenanigans. I don't see a McDonalds anywhere near that webcam!
/
It was actually taken from the McDonalds. That's why
| 382 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:47:02pm |
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Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:47:04pm |
re: #369 Eowyn2
Ha, you went looking.
Hard to think that is a four lane interstate right there.
Ah, springtime.
No. In the last 10 days, we've had up to 52 inches of snow in portions of Jefferson County Colorado.
I live in Golden, and just a few days ago, we had 4 inches in town (at 6000 feet) and just a few miles up canyons, up to 8 inches.
I will be at my girlfriends house tonight, 30 miles west of here, it will be in the 20's and they have about a half od foot of snow still on the ground.
This is not unusual.
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LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:47:31pm |
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opnion Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:47:32pm |
re: #372 avanti
Sorry, Nancy Pelosi seems further left then BHO to me. No question BHO is a leftie, but he's been Bush II on some issues that pissed the left off.
The only thing that may save Pelosi from being the dumbest woman in North America is Maxine Waters.
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JacksonTn Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:47:38pm |
re: #372 avanti
Sorry, Nancy Pelosi seems further left then BHO to me. No question BHO is a leftie, but he's been Bush II on some issues that pissed the left off.
Avanti ... Obama is the vehicle Pelosi, et al have been "waiting" for ... a rock star black man to play off of some peoples white guilt and to disguise their "Progressive" (socialist) agenda ... a perfect storm to swirl America down the socialist drain ...
| 387 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:47:43pm |
re: #372 avanti
Sorry, Nancy Pelosi seems further left then BHO to me. No question BHO is a leftie, but he's been Bush II on some issues that pissed the left off.
Bush two, are you kidding, name some issues?
| 389 |
JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:48:07pm |
re: #369 Eowyn2
Ha, you went looking.
Hard to think that is a four lane interstate right there.
Ah, springtime.
Didn't have to look, been there, knew where it should be on the map.
| 390 |
Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:48:14pm |
re: #356 Killgore Trout
Not as cool as flying robot dolphins but still nifty.....
Chemical 'caterpillar' points to electronics-free robots
Cool!
| 391 |
avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:48:20pm |
re: #363 LGoPs
Junk food. Empty of any content or intellectual nourishment.
OK, it just made sense from someone outside the base like me that thinks a movement to the more conservative social right will harm the GOP in the long run.
| 392 |
haakondahl Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:48:26pm |
re: #353 Soona'
The "Lewinsky Flu". (Because it really sucks)
I had that once, but I refused to let it finish me off.
| 393 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:48:54pm |
re: #385 opnion
The only thing that may save Pelosi from being the dumbest woman in North America is Maxine Waters.
Well Cynthia McKinney has got to be in that competition?
| 394 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:49:16pm |
re: #356 Killgore Trout
That's like pissing up a rope.
| 395 |
MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:49:35pm |
re: #383 Walter L. Newton
Have you heard from the flake who worked at DIA lately?
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eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:49:58pm |
re: #375 Kosh's Shadow
Did the textbook also show cavemen living with the dinosaurs?
No, but it said that "Man will someday land on the Moon".
This was in the 1970s, so you can guess how old the textbook was.
cheers
eon
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:50:12pm |
| 398 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:50:12pm |
re: #393 Nevergiveup
Well Cynthia McKinney has got to be in that competition?
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callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:50:27pm |
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avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:50:41pm |
re: #378 Cathypop
Avanti, are you the poster child for stuck on stupid?
Nope, I'm the poster child for the guy that refuses to be baited into personal attacks.
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opnion Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:50:52pm |
re: #393 Nevergiveup
Well Cynthia McKinney has got to be in that competition?
I must admit McKinney is competitive. Gotta throw in Sheila Jackson Lee. she thought that the American flag was planted on Mars, not the Moon.
| 402 |
ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:50:52pm |
re: #385 opnion
The only thing that may save Pelosi from being the dumbest woman in North America is Maxine Waters.
I disagree. Ted Rall is in the running for that one.
| 403 |
JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:50:55pm |
re: #385 opnion
The only thing that may save Pelosi from being the dumbest woman in North America is Maxine Waters.
Nope, Sen. Patty Murray. The (D)s keep that one under wraps. She makes Waters look good.
| 404 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:51:15pm |
re: #375 Kosh's Shadow
Did the textbook also show cavemen living with the dinosaurs?
Or Jesus cradling a baby T-rex in his loving arms?
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quickjustice Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:51:38pm |
re: #3 Pvt Bin Jammin
Price tag on hat: shades of Minnie Pearl!
| 406 |
ConservatismNow! Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:51:45pm |
| 407 |
opnion Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:52:16pm |
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JustMyView Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:52:22pm |
re: #365 buzzsawmonkey
"Often quoted by all sides for even handed comments," and yet I have never once seen or heard his name ere now. How hermetic a world I must live in.
In fact, Silver does get cited a lot--on TV, in print, and on blogs. Lots of citations on Google. Following the election, he was offered a contract to write two books.
Earlier today Media Mob reported that political polling expert Nate Silver, the wunderkind statistician behind the Web site FiveThirtyEight.com, was out with a proposal for two books: one about the art of prediction and the other a Freakonomics-style guide to the mechanics of electoral politics. Mr. Silver's agent, Sydelle Kramer of the Susan Rabiner Agency, told publishers she wanted indications of interest by Tuesday, but evidently the indications came faster than expected (so much for the art of prediction) and Ms. Kramer decided to just hold an auction today.
According to several sources, that auction has ended, and Penguin Group USA has prevailed.
Which of Penguin's imprint will publish Mr. Silver has not yet been determined, however, as there are at least three within the company that are jockeying for the privilege. The pricetag, we hear, is above $600,000 but below $1 million—a healthy sum even though it's paying for two books rather than just one.
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DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:52:37pm |
re: #404 Truck Monkey
Or Jesus cradling a baby T-rex in his loving arms?
It was the other way around, T-Rex held the baby Jesus.
Sheesh.
////
| 411 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:53:03pm |
re: #403 JCM
Nope, Sen. Patty Murray. The (D)s keep that one under wraps. She makes Waters look good.
This is just more proof that there could be a place in politics for me someday. When I get old and senile. Sound like a job requirement.
| 412 |
eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:53:23pm |
re: #357 ConservatismNow!
Isn't science fun?! eon, would you happen to be a teacher of some kind?
No, but I'm a (medically) retired crime lab geek*, whose been fascinated by science since I was a preschooler.
* The real thing is not nearly as exciting as on TV- we called ourselves "historians", as we always got there after it was all over.
cheers
eon
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CheatyPantsMcSweatervest Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:53:34pm |
re: #401 opnion
I must admit McKinney is competitive. Gotta throw in Sheila Jackson Lee. she thought that the American flag was planted on Mars, not the
MoonHollywood Soundstage .
/ fixed sarcastically
| 414 |
Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:53:37pm |
re: #378 Cathypop
Avanti, are you the poster child for stuck on stupid?
Avanti is the one who refused to vote for McCain, because he wanted a political moderate, a candidate who would be comfortable with centrist ideas from both political parties, and who would "govern from the center." He felt that McCain just wasn't that middle-of-the-road guy. So he went ahead and voted for Obama, a former member of a socialist political party, whose first political mentor was a radical communist revolutionary terrorist, and who had just spent twenty years as a member of a radical far-left politically active church in Chicago.
Which is basically a long way of saying "yes."
[Sorry... I strenuously avoid being antagonistic here... but I mean... sheesh.]
| 415 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:53:53pm |
re: #401 opnion
I must admit McKinney is competitive. Gotta throw in Sheila Jackson Lee. she thought that the American flag was planted on Mars, not the Moon.
It's not?
//
| 416 |
Eowyn2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:54:02pm |
re: #360 Walter L. Newton
What's the big deal about McDonald's Pass weather stuff. I'm going to my girlfriends house tonight, 30 miles from here, it will be in the 20's and there is still a half a foot of snow on the ground.
Am I missing something here about this McDonalds Pass.
Just another example of global warming.
| 417 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:54:05pm |
re: #409 buzzsawmonkey
Is that where pacem in T.rex comes from?
Maybe I don't find making jokes about the baby Jesus funny.
| 418 |
JCM Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:54:24pm |
re: #410 DEZes
It was the other way around, T-Rex held the baby Jesus.
Sheesh.
////
T-Rex ate the baby Jesus, which caused all kinds of problems for the founders of the new religion.
| 419 |
Spare O'Lake Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:54:53pm |
I'm looking flu you
Where did you go
I thought I knew you,
What did I know
You don't look different
But you have changed
I'm looking flu you
You're not the same
| 420 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:55:20pm |
re: #340 Russkilitlover
Maybe when Boeing turns over its business operations to their union and hands over majority ownership to the goverment, they'll drop the whole lawsuit thing.
Letting the case go to trial probably isn't a bad thing. Proving any kind of culpability on Boeing's part strikes me as nearly impossible. And once that conclusion is reached, Boeing and any other targets are off the hook with a nice fat precedent.
Keeping it in limbo by not allowing it to be heard just keeps the plaintiffs going back to the trough with ever more bizarre legal theories.
| 421 |
Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:55:20pm |
re: #393 Nevergiveup
Well Cynthia McKinney has got to be in that competition?
For some reason, I can't think of her name, Prez. Clinton's first Sugeon General.
| 423 |
eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:56:05pm |
re: #356 Killgore Trout
Not as cool as flying robot dolphins but still nifty.....
Chemical 'caterpillar' points to electronics-free robots
Holy (bleep)! Somebody invented myomers.
Next stop, Battlemechs.
cheers
eon
| 424 |
avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:56:16pm |
re: #385 opnion
The only thing that may save Pelosi from being the dumbest woman in North America is Maxine Waters.
You had to bring her up ? I know it's not constitutional, but I'd like are Congress to function at least at the high school level. BTW, Pelosi may not be dumb, just politically off the chart to the left.
| 425 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:56:17pm |
re: #391 avanti
OK, it just made sense from someone outside the base like me that thinks a movement to the more conservative social right will harm the GOP in the long run.
And you would care if the GOP was harmed - in what way?
| 426 |
haakondahl Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:56:19pm |
Back to Zombie's name question, I would say that we are Whigs (of the 1800s variety), except that this roadkill Congress prevents us from lobbying to restore a lost check or balance.
| 428 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:56:47pm |
re: #416 Eowyn2
Just another example of global warming.
It's not an example of global anything. It's the way mountain passes are naturally. Hell, we have passes in Colorado with snow on them 12 months a year.
I don't go for all the global warming nuts, but at the same time, it's a bunch of hyperbole, and makes us look just as stupid, when we keep referring to natural climate conditions as proof of this or proof of that.
| 429 |
Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:56:51pm |
re: #344 LGoPs
HA! As a metter of fact Fucking HA!.
Barack is the High Priest of the Far Left.
What planet are you from? Seriously.
It's funny how the far left gets further and further left all the time. I've heard Europeans say that Obama isn't that left. Ah, yeah he is. If he had his way we'd be under complete control. Thank goodness there are checks and balances against one man!
| 430 |
MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:57:25pm |
re: #421 Soona'
For some reason, I can't think of her name, Prez. Clinton's first Sugeon General.
Jocelyn Elders.
| 431 |
quickjustice Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:57:31pm |
re: #348 eon
Joseph Priestly, English chemist and discoverer of oxygen.
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CheatyPantsMcSweatervest Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:57:33pm |
re: #421 Soona'
For some reason, I can't think of her name, Prez. Clinton's first Sugeon General.
Jocelyn Elders, the one who told kids to jack it to stop from getting AIDS
| 433 |
ArchangelMichael Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:58:17pm |
re: #320 itellu3times
NAFTA Flu.
Montezuma's Revenge II
Azatlan Fever
Queztequatal Croup
Considering the amount of insane completely out of proportion panic it has caused they might as well call it Captain Trips.
| 434 |
Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:58:29pm |
re: #428 Walter L. Newton
It's not an example of global anything. It's the way mountain passes are naturally. Hell, we have passes in Colorado with snow on them 12 months a year.
I don't go for all the global warming nuts, but at the same time, it's a bunch of hyperbole, and makes us look just as stupid, when we keep referring to natural climate conditions as proof of this or proof of that.
Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't. :-)
| 435 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:58:30pm |
re: #421 Soona'
For some reason, I can't think of her name, Prez. Clinton's first Sugeon General.
Jocelyn Elders.
Wanted to teach masturbation in public schools, as I recall.
Which kinda makes you wonder what else she missed out on in her own childhood, apparently never having figure that one out on her own.
| 436 |
songbird Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:58:39pm |
re: #421 Soona'
For some reason, I can't think of her name, Prez. Clinton's first Sugeon General.
It's PTSD. You choose to forget that which was traumatic!
| 437 |
Timbre Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:58:45pm |
I really like the lyrics to "God Said." And I like the sound and variety of all the songs. I just may have to break out of the Rush mold and get this one....
| 438 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:59:01pm |
re: #410 DEZes
It was the other way around, T-Rex held the baby Jesus.
Sheesh.
////
HORSE HOCKEY! A T-Rex's arms are useless for holding anything. He would have dropped the baby Jesus!
//////
| 439 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:59:07pm |
re: #429 Archimedes
It's funny how the far left gets further and further left all the time. I've heard Europeans say that Obama isn't that left. Ah, yeah he is. If he had his way we'd be under complete control. Thank goodness there are checks and balances against one man!
And what would those check and balances be right now since we have a Democrat controlled house and senate and president, and tons of liberal judges sitting in the circuit courts?
| 440 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:59:24pm |
re: #421 Soona'
For some reason, I can't think of her name, Prez. Clinton's first Sugeon General.
Jocelyn Elders?
| 441 |
Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:59:30pm |
re: #432 CheatyPantsMcSweatervest
Jocelyn Elders, the one who told kids to jack it to stop from getting AIDS
She was a big fan of Eric Clapner.
| 442 |
Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:59:35pm |
| 443 |
simonml Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:59:45pm |
re: #432 CheatyPantsMcSweatervest
Jocelyn Elders, the one who told kids to jack it to stop from getting AIDS
Hell! I stopped myself from getting AIDS for most of my teenage life.
TMI? Probably
| 444 |
haakondahl Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:59:46pm |
re: #421 Soona'
For some reason, I can't think of her name, Prez. Clinton's first Sugeon General.
Jocelyn "Spank it" Elders?
| 445 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 3:59:54pm |
re: #431 quickjustice
Joseph Priestly, English chemist and discoverer of oxygen.
Well, I'm glad he discovered it, it would have been a bitch without it.
| 446 |
JustMyView Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:00:20pm |
re: #427 buzzsawmonkey
I am now awed by the very invocation of his name.
Will he be writing them in series, one with each hand, or does he have prehensile feet so that he can use two computers that way?
Why so snotty? He's a smart guy who's used his talent and training to make a name--and a fairly substantial amount of money--for himself. It's the American way.
| 447 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:00:34pm |
re: #421 Soona'
For some reason, I can't think of her name, Prez. Clinton's first Sugeon General.
Joclynn (sp) Elders. Sharp as a box of feathers.
| 449 |
avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:01:02pm |
re: #414 Last Mohican
Avanti is the one who refused to vote for McCain, because he wanted a political moderate, a candidate who would be comfortable with centrist ideas from both political parties, and who would "govern from the center." He felt that McCain just wasn't that middle-of-the-road guy. So he went ahead and voted for Obama, a former member of a socialist political party, whose first political mentor was a radical communist revolutionary terrorist, and who had just spent twenty years as a member of a radical far-left politically active church in Chicago.
Which is basically a long way of saying "yes."
[Sorry... I strenuously avoid being antagonistic here... but I mean... sheesh.]
Well, when you put it that way. :) BTW, you summed it up pretty well.
| 450 |
calcajun Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:01:03pm |
re: #353 Soona'
The "Lewinsky Flu". (Because it really sucks)
No- you go down withthe flu. You're thinking of a different preposition.
| 451 |
Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:01:06pm |
re: #439 Walter L. Newton
And what would those check and balances be right now since we have a Democrat controlled house and senate and president, and tons of liberal judges sitting in the circuit courts?
Not as balanced as we'd like, but they are there, and the American people have the power of the vote. Apparently the tea parties attracted over 900 thousand people, so there is real unrest in America.
| 452 |
MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:01:33pm |
| 453 |
avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:02:33pm |
re: #428 Walter L. Newton
It's not an example of global anything. It's the way mountain passes are naturally. Hell, we have passes in Colorado with snow on them 12 months a year.
I don't go for all the global warming nuts, but at the same time, it's a bunch of hyperbole, and makes us look just as stupid, when we keep referring to natural climate conditions as proof of this or proof of that.
BS, it's been over 90 degrees here all week, HELP, the sky is falling. /s
| 454 |
calcajun Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:03:01pm |
| 455 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:04:08pm |
re: #424 avanti
You had to bring her up ? I know it's not constitutional, but I'd like are Congress to function at least at the high school level. BTW, Pelosi may not be dumb, just politically off the chart to the left.
No. She is sand poundingly stupid. And I don't mean that in a partisan, smarmy way that libtards called Bush and Reagan stupid.
She is not sentient. She is elementally, fundamentally, clinically devoid of intelligence.
A biox of rocks would be more competent.
No sarc.
| 456 |
eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:04:59pm |
re: #426 haakondahl
Back to Zombie's name question, I would say that we are Whigs (of the 1800s variety), except that this roadkill Congress prevents us from lobbying to restore a lost check or balance.
Oddly enough, the modern-day Democratic Party's "progressive" wing, with its support for "revolutionary" movements, suspicion of religious groups ranging from the Catholic Church to Judaism (re Israel), and love affair with conspiracy theories, in context and philosophy most closely resembles the Know Nothings.
/Although I'm sure they'd deny it- and insist that any resemblance to Luap Nor and Friends is all in our heads.
cheers
eon
| 457 |
Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:05:00pm |
| 458 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:05:19pm |
re: #455 LGoPs
No. She is sand poundingly stupid. And I don't mean that in a partisan, smarmy way that libtards called Bush and Reagan stupid.
She is not sentient. She is elementally, fundamentally, clinically devoid of intelligence.
A biox of rocks would be more competent.
No sarc.
And that is a big biox.
| 459 |
MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:05:35pm |
| 460 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:05:59pm |
re: #421 Soona'
For some reason, I can't think of her name, Prez. Clinton's first Sugeon General.
The jerk off lady?
| 461 |
haakondahl Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:06:49pm |
re: #450 calcajun
No- you go down withthe flu. You're thinking of a different
prepositionpropositionposition.
| 463 |
BatGuano Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:07:28pm |
"She is not sentient. She is elementally, fundamentally, clinically devoid of intelligence.
A biox of rocks would be more competent."
For some reason I heard John Cleese's voice when I read that . That's a compliment, by the way. :)
| 464 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:08:02pm |
re: #458 DEZes
And that is a big biox.
You know I actually previewed that and thought I changed it.....and then when I posted , there it was. Damn.
:)
| 465 |
alegrias Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:08:47pm |
Did you all see it was Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) who in 2001 said he would propose legislation to outlaw anyone from switching parties during a Congressional session because it was so disruptive?
Specter is true to himself alone, that's for sure.
I pity Democrats Joe Sestak and Joe Torricelly who want the Pennsylvania Senate seat, but now their own party will tell them to stand down, shut up, and sit in the back of the bus, to let the lame Specter take the job.
| 466 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:09:18pm |
re: #448 buzzsawmonkey
Maybe I was not making a joke about the baby Jesus, but about the line "pacem in terris" and the word "T.rex."
However, had I been making a joke about the baby Jesus, what of it? I have said nothing that in any way denigrated anybody's beliefs--and for my money, any G-d or prophet worth his salt can stand up to a little good-natured ribbing.
Ok. :)
| 467 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:09:22pm |
re: #463 BatGuano
"She is not sentient. She is elementally, fundamentally, clinically devoid of intelligence.
A biox of rocks would be more competent."For some reason I heard John Cleese's voice when I read that . That's a compliment, by the way. :)
You read my mind. I was actually thinking of the dead parrot skit while I was writing. I just couldn't find a way to fit in 'pining for the fjords'......
LOL...
:)
| 468 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:09:48pm |
re: #462 Spare O'Lake
Flu Moon
Just for the hell of it, Some maybe aware blue moons are not that rare.
The person 1st to tell me the average number of blue moons in a year gets an upding.
If you want 2 updings describe a blue moon is a separate post.
| 469 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:10:32pm |
re: #468 DEZes
Just for the hell of it, Some maybe aware blue moons are not that rare.
The person 1st to tell me the average number of blue moons in a year gets an upding.
If you want 2 updings describe a blue moon is a separate post.
A blue moon = sex and the single guy
| 470 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:11:04pm |
| 471 |
WhiteRasta Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:11:25pm |
re: #468 DEZes
A blue moon is when you have 2 full moons in the same month...?
| 472 |
simonml Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:11:54pm |
re: #468 DEZes
Just for the hell of it, Some maybe aware blue moons are not that rare.
The person 1st to tell me the average number of blue moons in a year gets an upding.
If you want 2 updings describe a blue moon is a separate post.
About every hour on the Elvis radio station?
| 473 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:12:11pm |
re: #471 WhiteRasta
A blue moon is when you have 2 full moons in the same month...?
Im not giving out the answer, lets wait awhile.
| 474 |
abolitionist Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:12:24pm |
re: #471 WhiteRasta
A blue moon is when you have 2 full moons in the same month...?
Yes, and I believe it refers to the 2nd one.
| 475 |
avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:13:56pm |
WASHINGTON – Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans.
The 65-31 confirmation vote came after Democrats urged quick action so that Sebelius could get to work leading the federal response to the flu outbreak.
| 476 |
MJ Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:14:28pm |
Some links for Israel's 61 Birthday:
Women's Rights in Israel
Profiles of Leadership: Israeli Women at the Helm
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
A Voice and a Home: Arab Rights in Israel
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Profiles of Leadership: Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Action
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Religious Freedom in Israel: A Fundamental Guarantee
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Voting in Israel: A Right for All Citizens
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Political Parties in Israel
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
The Israeli Press: Voices of Freedom
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Profiles of Israeli Journalists: Guardians of a Free Press
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Timeline of Israeli-Arab Peace Initiatives Since 1977
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Humanitarian and International Aid: A Core Israeli Value
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Healthcare in Israel: Universal Access and World-Class Treatment
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Nurturing the Next Generation: Universal, Comprehensive Pediatric Care in Israel
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Israel: A World Leader in Agricultural Technology
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Leading the Way: Israel Innovates for the Environment
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Profiles: Israel's Environmental Stewards
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
Alternative Energy: Israel at the Forefront
[Link: www.theisraelproject.org...]
| 477 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:14:51pm |
re: #475 avanti
WASHINGTON – Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans.
The 65-31 confirmation vote came after Democrats urged quick action so that Sebelius could get to work leading the federal response to the flu outbreak.
Yea, that was quick, the post has been vacant for over 4 months.
| 478 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:14:52pm |
re: #475 avanti
WASHINGTON – Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans.
The 65-31 confirmation vote came after Democrats urged quick action so that Sebelius could get to work leading the federal response to the flu outbreak.
I feel better already.
*snark*
| 479 |
eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:15:21pm |
re: #468 DEZes
Just for the hell of it, Some maybe aware blue moons are not that rare.
The person 1st to tell me the average number of blue moons in a year gets an upding.
If you want 2 updings describe a blue moon is a separate post.
Nominally, there are 12 full moons in a year. But because there are 28 days in a lunar month, and 365 (or 366) days in a calendar year, the 11-day difference sometimes results in a 13th full moon during the calendar year, known to astronomers as a "blue moon".
/High-school astronomy class
cheers
eon
| 480 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:15:43pm |
re: #468 DEZes
Just for the hell of it, Some maybe aware blue moons are not that rare.
The person 1st to tell me the average number of blue moons in a year gets an upding.
If you want 2 updings describe a blue moon is a separate post.
2 full moons in the same month... twice a year average?
| 481 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:16:04pm |
Today is the world's birthday for Israel. Today is the end of one period, and today is the onset of a new period. Today is the end of the British Mandate in Palestine, the Mandate for which the Jewish people held out tremendous hopes - almost messianic hopes - a quarter of a century ago, but which over the years came to symbolize a great moral failure. Today marks the expiration of the White Paper, that shameful document, which tried vainly to cloak in legal garb the vast betrayal of the historic rights of the Jewish people, but which in its nine years of existence succeeded in closing the gates of the country to tens and hundreds of thousands of Jews who could have been saved from the Nazi furnaces.
Today Hebrew independence has been revived on the soil of Israel after 1,900 years of exile. In the course of that lengthy period, the face of the world changed, the face of this land changed and so, too, the face of the Jewish people changed. But the bond between the people and its land was not severed, and today, as thousands of years ago, our ancient and rejuvenated nation, after an unexampled period of subjugation and suffering, sets about laying the foundations for a life of freedom and independence on its soil. And today we enter a new stage, a stage of heightened danger, in our desperate struggle with the neighboring Arab peoples, who have so far refused to accept the historic necessity of Israel's return to its land.
[Link: www.haaretz.com...]
Haaretz Editorial from the day Israel was born
| 482 |
callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:16:07pm |
re: #468 DEZes
Just for the hell of it, Some maybe aware blue moons are not that rare.
The person 1st to tell me the average number of blue moons in a year gets an upding.
If you want 2 updings describe a blue moon is a separate post.
The extra moon in a year is called a "blue moon." Occurs about every 3 or 4 years. IIRC
| 483 |
BatGuano Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:16:15pm |
re: #478 Truck Monkey
With Obama's luck, she'll get the flu.
| 484 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:16:47pm |
re: #469 Walter L. Newton
A blue moon = sex and the single guy
Trust me, friend, it ain't all that frequent for us marrieds, either.
| 485 |
simonml Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:16:54pm |
re: #468 DEZes
Blue Moon, a Belgian-Style witbier brewed by the Molson Coors Brewing Company, was launched in 1995. Originally called Bellyslide Belgian White, it was created by Keith Villa, a brewmaster at Coors Field's Sandlot Brewery (the onsite brewery owned by the Molson Coors Brewing Company). The beer is orange-amber in color with a cloudy appearance because it is unfiltered. It is also spiced with coriander and orange peel in addition to the hops found in most beers. Blue Moon does have a more pronounced orange flavor than many other beers of the style. The grain bill for Blue Moon includes malted barley, white wheat, and oats.
Two updings you said?
| 486 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:17:13pm |
| 487 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:17:37pm |
re: #480 brookly red
2 full moons in the same month... twice a year average?
Very good, the average is 3.
All who tried got an upding.
| 488 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:17:55pm |
re: #460 Nevergiveup
The jerk off lady?
"So, Mr. Elders, what would you like carved on your wife's headstone?"
| 489 |
debutaunt Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:18:08pm |
re: #475 avanti
WASHINGTON – Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans.
The 65-31 confirmation vote came after Democrats urged quick action so that Sebelius could get to work leading the federal response to the flu outbreak.
She most likely paid all of her taxes.
| 490 |
zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:18:33pm |
Heh. Just got interviewed by a gay magazine about my Up Your Alley report. They simply couldn't figure me out, and were trying to pigeonhole me. But I didn't let them.
This should be interesting.
| 491 |
alegrias Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:19:03pm |
re: #475 avanti
WASHINGTON – Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans.
The 65-31 confirmation vote came after Democrats urged quick action so that Sebelius could get to work leading the federal response to the flu outbreak.
* * * *
Since mostly young people are affected by this H1N1 Swine Flu virus, perhaps Secretary Sebelius can direct all the kids to get treatment and medical help at her powerful paying client, the open-for business, taxpayer supported Planned Parenthood clinics in every neighborhood.
The kids will be alright! Trust Sebelius to be prolife for Swine Flu victims.
| 492 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:19:09pm |
re: #486 rightymouse
"Flu Moon"
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Enough lunacy; let us return to Madness:
House of Fun:
Or perhaps you'd prefer Our House:
| 493 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:19:19pm |
re: #488 SixDegrees
"So, Mr. Elders, what would you like carved on your wife's headstone?"
"I told you I was sick!"
| 495 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:19:27pm |
re: #468 DEZes
Just for the hell of it, Some maybe aware blue moons are not that rare.
The person 1st to tell me the average number of blue moons in a year gets an upding.
If you want 2 updings describe a blue moon is a separate post.
Don't know the exact number, but a couple per year seems about right.
December 2009 is the next occurrence after a fairly long dry spell:
www.paulcarlisle.net/mooncalendar
| 496 |
CheatyPantsMcSweatervest Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:19:36pm |
re: #477 Walter L. Newton
Yea, that was quick, the post has been vacant for over 4 months.
however did we poor peons function without the swift decisive leadership of the federal bureaucracy in charge of Health and human services? /
| 497 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:20:33pm |
re: #468 DEZes
Just for the hell of it, Some maybe aware blue moons are not that rare.
The person 1st to tell me the average number of blue moons in a year gets an upding.
If you want 2 updings describe a blue moon is a separate post.
And as others have already said, it's commonly the second full moon occurring within a single month. Although the history of the phrase is more muddled; see the link on my previous post.
| 498 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:21:01pm |
re: #475 avanti
WASHINGTON – Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans.
The 65-31 confirmation vote came after Democrats urged quick action so that Sebelius could get to work leading the federal response to the flu outbreak.
Are they sure that the 65 that voted aye weren't just coughing into their elbows at the time?
| 499 |
Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:22:12pm |
re: #474 abolitionist
Yes, and I believe it refers to the 2nd one.
I thought it was what the inhabitants of Uranus gave the Voyeger satellite as it made its flyby.
| 500 |
simonml Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:22:45pm |
re: #494 Nevergiveup
I like Blue Moon beer!
Me too. Not too often though. Can't be seen with fruit floating in my beer in public
| 501 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:22:49pm |
| 502 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:22:56pm |
re: #489 debutaunt
She most likely paid all of her taxes.
Questionable. There were tax issues swirling around her, as well, but Congress couldn't dither with the flu fiasco on the front page.
Not that it will make any difference. There are 18 top positions at her agency that don't even have nominations yet, let alone background checks and confirmation hearings. In the rush to fill these, I predict a completely dysfunctional result to come.
At which point, it wouldn't be a bad idea to raise her tax issues again...
| 503 |
avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:23:06pm |
re: #477 Walter L. Newton
Yea, that was quick, the post has been vacant for over 4 months.
She was opposed by the right for her pro choice stance, but the flu thing moved it along to a vote.
| 504 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:24:39pm |
re: #503 avanti
She was opposed by the right for her pro choice stance, but the flu thing moved it along to a vote.
What does it matter, the Dems have majority, they could have voted her in pronto.
| 505 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:24:57pm |
re: #498 CyanSnowHawk
Are they sure that the 65 that voted aye weren't just coughing into their elbows at the time?
harrumph! and if they fast track the people's health care plan through that is going to be one powerful position...
| 506 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:25:02pm |
re: #497 SixDegrees
And as others have already said, it's commonly the second full moon occurring within a single month. Although the history of the phrase is more muddled; see the link on my previous post.
Yeah, I have heard a blue moon as a 13th full moon of the year.
So that would be true as well, but 2 full moons in one month seems to be the most common among astronomers, and to take that pattern, its 3.4 blue moons per year on average.
Yes I am bored. ;)
| 507 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:25:52pm |
re: #506 DEZes
Yes I am bored. ;)
You must have been reading my mind because I was just going to get snarky and ask that.
| 508 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:26:04pm |
re: #500 simonml
Me too. Not too often though. Can't be seen with fruit floating in my beer in public
There are worse things that could be floating in your beer?
| 509 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:26:05pm |
This flu should OBVIOUSLY be called the FEMA Flu, because it was engineered by the New World Order to put all of us into death camps! What else do you think all those coffins are for?!?!?!?
////////////////////////MAJOR SARCASM/////////////////////////////
| 510 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:26:19pm |
re: #500 simonml
Me too. Not too often though. Can't be seen with fruit floating in my beer in public
/and keep it off yer pizza too.
| 511 |
eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:26:23pm |
re: #489 debutaunt
She most likely paid all of her taxes.
On the plus side, she hasn't missed the New Orleans Jazz Fest once in the last 30 years.
It'll be interesting to see if she has a better grasp of how to cope with a possible epidemic than Interplanet Janet Napolitano.
/So called due to her fundamental "spaciness" when called upon to actually make a decision.
cheers
eon
| 512 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:26:53pm |
re: #503 avanti
She was opposed by the right for her pro choice stance, but the flu thing moved it along to a vote.
How can that possibly make any difference when the Right is in the minority and in no position to delay anything?
Also, the only objections I've heard to her nominations are the same as those that sunk her predecessor: tax issues. Himmed and hawed over by the Dems on the committee.
It's the Dems government. They're the only ones responsible for any delays.
| 513 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:28:04pm |
re: #507 Walter L. Newton
You must have been reading my mind because I was just going to get snarky and ask that.
It will be dark soon, I have the scopes ready. ;)
And no the people here are not boring me.
;)
| 514 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:28:26pm |
re: #506 DEZes
Yeah, I have heard a blue moon as a 13th full moon of the year.
So that would be true as well, but 2 full moons in one month seems to be the most common among astronomers, and to take that pattern, its 3.4 blue moons per year on average.
Yes I am bored. ;)
Two per month is the common usage, regardless of the actual history.
3.4 per year sounds like an awfully high average, though. Where did you see that?
| 515 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:28:34pm |
re: #512 SixDegrees
How can that possibly make any difference when the Right is in the minority and in no position to delay anything?
Also, the only objections I've heard to her nominations are the same as those that sunk her predecessor: tax issues. Himmed and hawed over by the Dems on the committee.
It's the Dems government. They're the only ones responsible for any delays.
I just responded with the same thing in my re: #504 Walter L. Newton
Avanti is so much a tool for the left that he doesn't even stop for one minute to consider if he is putting his foot in his mouth when trying to dump on the right.
Pathetic.
| 517 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:28:39pm |
re: #504 Walter L. Newton
What does it matter, the Dems have majority, they could have voted her in pronto.
I want the best and brightest in Science and Health posts..
It's to bad we don't appoint those people any more..
| 518 |
avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:28:40pm |
re: #504 Walter L. Newton
What does it matter, the Dems have majority, they could have voted her in pronto.
Not sure Walter, but I don't think they had the 60 votes, or could not end debate.
| 519 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:29:11pm |
| 520 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:29:12pm |
re: #513 DEZes
It will be dark soon, I have the scopes ready. ;)
And no the people here are not boring me.
;)
You have the scopes ready. Appox where.
| 521 |
callahan23 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:29:23pm |
Classes to be held tomorrow. Need my sleep. ASAP.
Lizards you are my daily dose of fun 'n' games.
Love y'all.
Not to forget: {MandyManners}
Of course a big { } to all deserving Lizardim. ;-)
| 522 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:29:30pm |
re: #517 HoosierHoops
I want the best and brightest in Science and Health posts..
It's to bad we don't appoint those people any more..
It's also a damned shame we don't produce them anymore, either.
| 523 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:29:50pm |
re: #518 avanti
Not sure Walter, but I don't think they had the 60 votes, or could not end debate.
Then it's not JUST the right that was stopping it, right?
| 524 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:30:09pm |
re: #519 rightymouse
That's a trip down memory lane... :)
Funny, isn't it, how the Memory Lane always takes us to a neighborhood that is far nicer than it seemed at the time?
| 525 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:30:31pm |
re: #521 callahan23
Classes to be held tomorrow. Need my sleep. ASAP.
Lizards you are my daily dose of fun 'n' games.
Love y'all.Not to forget: {MandyManners}
Of course a big { } to all deserving Lizardim. ;-)
Back atcha {Callahan}
:)
| 526 |
Russkilitlover Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:30:50pm |
re: #498 CyanSnowHawk
Are they sure that the 65 that voted aye weren't just coughing into their elbows at the time?
Coughing into their elbows? Did you know that it is physically impossible to lick your elbow?
| 527 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:31:04pm |
re: #514 SixDegrees
Two per month is the common usage, regardless of the actual history.
3.4 per year sounds like an awfully high average, though. Where did you see that?
Its in one of my astronomy magazines, and the average was taken over a hundred year period.
| 528 |
Walter L. Newton Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:31:13pm |
re: #518 avanti
Not sure Walter, but I don't think they had the 60 votes, or could not end debate.
And you are not sure, but your original post blamed it on the right. But now you're not sure. Get your fucking story straight. You're something else, and no, that's not a compliment.
| 529 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:32:03pm |
re: #526 Russkilitlover
Coughing into their elbows? Did you know that it is physically impossible to lick your elbow?
We always have at least 2 cats so one can lick the others inaccessible sites. In my case I'm married?
| 530 |
eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:32:12pm |
Here's her Wikipedia entry;
She's the daughter of Ohio's one-time Democratic governor, John J.Gilligan, who was such a disaster in the job he was the first single-term governor in over forty years (1974-78).
Her gubernatorial career hasn't been exactly distinguished, either, and on more than just her personal tax issues.
cheers
eon
| 531 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:32:21pm |
re: #518 avanti
Not sure Walter, but I don't think they had the 60 votes, or could not end debate.
It's been hung up in committee. Not in the Senate. Not even in the House.
And despite Democratic posturing, it isn't necessary to have 60 votes to pass a measure. It's required to stave off a filibuster. And I don't think the Republicans would bother mounting a filibuster against a cabinet appointment, even if they could lock all the members into supporting one.
| 532 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:32:46pm |
So. a member of our leadership (at work) has been quarantined in San Anton; he just returned from Mexico, so they've decided to play it safe.
Lucky SOB gets three days paid in a nice hotel, room service, the whole deal, while I'm stuck here, having to slack as best I can.
| 533 |
Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:33:04pm |
re: #526 Russkilitlover
Coughing into their elbows? Did you know that it is physically impossible to lick your elbow?
I wonder why that is. (I'm a little bored too)
| 534 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:33:22pm |
re: #520 Walter L. Newton
You have the scopes ready. Appox where.
Not rifle scopes.
;)
I have my 12 inch set up for some viewing in southern Indiana.
I would love to do it in your area, cool clean air and very little light pollution.
| 535 |
itellu3times Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:34:18pm |
re: #475 avanti
WASHINGTON – Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius won Senate confirmation Tuesday as the nation's health and human services secretary, thrusting her into the middle of a public health emergency with the swine flu sickening dozens of Americans.
The 65-31 confirmation vote came after Democrats urged quick action so that Sebelius could get to work leading the federal response to the flu outbreak.
Journalism 101: Use powerful action verbs.
But shouldn't that then be the lede: Thrusting powerfully into the Public Health Emergency, Gov. S was confirmed today and tasked with leading the federal response to the many Americans sickening like diseased swine under the leadership of President Obama.
| 536 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:34:23pm |
re: #524 Guanxi88
Funny, isn't it, how the Memory Lane always takes us to a neighborhood that is far nicer than it seemed at the time?
In many instances, Memory Lane was better at the time than in retrospect. But still...nostalgia can be quite compelling....except when I smell Paco Rabanne.
| 537 |
Russkilitlover Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:34:37pm |
Wonder how many have tried to lick their elbow in past minute or so......
| 538 |
JacksonTn Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:35:41pm |
re: #536 rightymouse
In many instances, Memory Lane was better at the time than in retrospect. But still...nostalgia can be quite compelling....except when I smell Paco Rabanne.
RM ... LOL ... I have not thought about that cologne in so long ... I think almost every guy I knew during that time wore that ...
| 539 |
Nevergiveup Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:35:53pm |
re: #537 Russkilitlover
Wonder how many have tried to lick their elbow in past minute or so......
Just slobber on your thigh and rub your elbow on that.
| 540 |
avanti Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:35:56pm |
re: #515 Walter L. Newton
I just responded with the same thing in my re: #504 Walter L. Newton
Avanti is so much a tool for the left that he doesn't even stop for one minute to consider if he is putting his foot in his mouth when trying to dump on the right.
Pathetic.
Pathetic ?
From last weeks Washington Post.
GOP Stymies Vote on Sebelius
Updated 2:05 p.m.
By Ceci Connolly
President Obama will have to wait a bit longer to round out his Cabinet. Senate Republicans refused today to allow a confirmation vote on his health secretary nominee Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kan.). She is the last Cabinet member awaiting Senate approval.
"At the start of the session today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) proposed taking a vote after five hours of debate. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) objected, arguing that lawmakers needed more time to consider her "fairly contentious" selection. "
| 541 |
simonml Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:35:59pm |
re: #526 Russkilitlover
Coughing into their elbows? Did you know that it is physically impossible to lick your elbow?
Did you know most people can't touch their elbows together behind their back?
| 542 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:35:59pm |
re: #522 Guanxi88
It's also a damned shame we don't produce them anymore, either.
hey..I respectfully disagree.. Our University System is the best in the world..
I really believe that in my heart and mind...And will defend any and all attacks..
/that's right I'm watching the playoffs..So I'm jacked..
*wink*
| 543 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:36:07pm |
re: #527 DEZes
Its in one of my astronomy magazines, and the average was taken over a hundred year period.
I'll have to look into it. It sounds more like an average maximum. But for now, I'll take your word for it.
| 544 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:36:31pm |
re: #537 Russkilitlover
Wonder how many have tried to lick their elbow in past minute or so......
You bastard.
:)
| 545 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:36:47pm |
re: #536 rightymouse
In many instances, Memory Lane was better at the time than in retrospect. But still...nostalgia can be quite compelling....except when I smell Paco Rabanne.
I don't know who Mr. Rabanne is, but I'll agree about nostalgia and its power.
The vicious, dirty, dangerous little town where I grew up, and from which I fled as soon as possible, seems like the realm of the hyperboreans, the Eastern Isles, and the Land of the Immortals all rolled into one, as I think about it.
The person who can synthesize the drug that can evoke this effect in real-time and for current events will be a rich man indeed, and will be hailed as great benefactor of mankind.
| 546 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:38:04pm |
| 547 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:38:23pm |
re: #543 SixDegrees
I'll have to look into it. It sounds more like an average maximum. But for now, I'll take your word for it.
You could be right about the average maximum, I am just not bored enough to rifle through all those magazines at the moment. ;)
| 548 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:38:44pm |
re: #542 HoosierHoops
hey..I respectfully disagree.. Our University System is the best in the world..
I really believe that in my heart and mind...And will defend any and all attacks..
/that's right I'm watching the playoffs..So I'm jacked..
*wink*
My problem is this: science and engineering as academic professions have lost the aura and mantle they had when I was a kid. Now, it's viewed as boring, too hard, and something best left to the Asian and Indian kids (for whom I thank the Almighty, for without them, and their cousins from abroad, I doubt we'd produce anything like enough first-rate boffins).
| 549 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:38:59pm |
re: #542 HoosierHoops
hey..I respectfully disagree.. Our University System is the best in the world..
I really believe that in my heart and mind...And will defend any and all attacks..
/that's right I'm watching the playoffs..So I'm jacked..
*wink*
I LOVE hockey! What game?
/
| 550 |
JacksonTn Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:39:04pm |
| 551 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:39:16pm |
| 552 |
nines09 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:40:37pm |
I don't know if I can take much more. Now we have a conflict over the name of the potentially virulent Swine Flu. Seems like the more we talk the less is understood.Cloven Hoofed Something or Other
| 553 |
SixDegrees Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:40:43pm |
re: #540 avanti
Pathetic ?
From last weeks Washington Post.GOP Stymies Vote on Sebelius
Updated 2:05 p.m.
By Ceci Connolly
President Obama will have to wait a bit longer to round out his Cabinet. Senate Republicans refused today to allow a confirmation vote on his health secretary nominee Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kan.). She is the last Cabinet member awaiting Senate approval."At the start of the session today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) proposed taking a vote after five hours of debate. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) objected, arguing that lawmakers needed more time to consider her "fairly contentious" selection. "
Then it's Reid's fault. The Republicans hold no power at all to delay a vote in either chamber. If Reid agreed, it was for his own reasons, not because the Republicans were able to force the delay.
The Republicans are in the minority in both chambers, and they don't have a solid enough bloc to make filibusters a threat.
Harry's looking for cover. Perhaps he did a head count and realized he couldn't get his own party in line for support.
| 554 |
MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:40:51pm |
re: #524 Guanxi88
Funny, isn't it, how the Memory Lane always takes us to a neighborhood that is far nicer than it seemed at the time?
| 555 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:41:18pm |
re: #548 Guanxi88
As our society grows ever more dependent on ever more complex and complicated technologies, based on lever higher levels of scientific and technical knowledge and know-how, i fear for the future when I see a society of liberal arts and photography majors in the making.
| 556 |
screaming_eagle Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:41:24pm |
re: #551 DEZes
Tell me you didnt try. ;)
Ahhh, but can he put his foot in his mouth while standing? Our Vice Pres can!
| 557 |
Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:41:45pm |
re: #526 Russkilitlover
Coughing into their elbows? Did you know that it is physically impossible to lick your elbow?
Girl licking her elbow on stage.
There were at least ten more where that came, too. Apparently licking one's own elbow is a popular topic on youtube.
| 558 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:42:01pm |
| 559 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:42:52pm |
re: #538 JacksonTn
RM ... LOL ... I have not thought about that cologne in so long ... I think almost every guy I knew during that time wore that ...
lol! Yeah. It's like smelling "Charlie" on women or worse...."Tabu".
| 561 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:43:40pm |
re: #556 screaming_eagle
Ahhh, but can he put his foot in his mouth while standing? Our Vice Pres can!
You think that is remarkable. Have you ever seen his "head up his ass" manuever?
| 562 |
Russkilitlover Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:44:28pm |
re: #557 Last Mohican
Girl licking her elbow on stage.
Then those damn office email joke lists are wrong! I feel so cheated.
There were at least ten more where that came, too. Apparently licking one's own elbow is a popular topic on youtube.
| 563 |
eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:44:45pm |
re: #555 Guanxi88
As our society grows ever more dependent on ever more complex and complicated technologies, based on lever higher levels of scientific and technical knowledge and know-how, i fear for the future when I see a society of liberal arts and photography majors in the making.
They'll be able to take photographs of 1,437 garage doors as a "found art" project, and write a separate poem about each and every one, but be unable to open one without a Genie in working condition.
/"But... why won't it work? I keep pushing the button!"
cheers
eon
| 564 |
Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:44:50pm |
re: #545 Guanxi88
I don't know who Mr. Rabanne is, but I'll agree about nostalgia and its power.
The vicious, dirty, dangerous little town where I grew up, and from which I fled as soon as possible, seems like the realm of the hyperboreans, the Eastern Isles, and the Land of the Immortals all rolled into one, as I think about it.
The person who can synthesize the drug that can evoke this effect in real-time and for current events will be a rich man indeed, and will be hailed as great benefactor of mankind.
It's been done. It's called alcohol.
| 565 |
Russkilitlover Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:45:11pm |
re: #562 Russkilitlover
Oops, don't know what happened there.
Meant to say.....Then those damn office email jokes are wrong! I feel so cheated.
| 566 |
screaming_eagle Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:45:21pm |
re: #561 Truck Monkey
You think that is remarkable. Have you ever seen his "head up his ass" manuever?
I'm waiting to see him stick his head up his ass while he still has a foot in his mouth.
| 567 |
Russkilitlover Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:46:13pm |
re: #558 LGoPs
That's why I called him a bastard....
:)
I have been called a beyotch on more than one occasion. But never a bastard };)
| 568 |
Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:47:15pm |
re: #490 zombie
Heh. Just got interviewed by a gay magazine about my Up Your Alley report. They simply couldn't figure me out, and were trying to pigeonhole me. But I didn't let them.
This should be interesting.
Magazines are inanimate objects. They don't have any sexual orientation.
| 569 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:48:18pm |
re: #548 Guanxi88
My problem is this: science and engineering as academic professions have lost the aura and mantle they had when I was a kid. Now, it's viewed as boring, too hard, and something best left to the Asian and Indian kids (for whom I thank the Almighty, for without them, and their cousins from abroad, I doubt we'd produce anything like enough first-rate boffins).
I know exactly where you are coming from..But..And a big but here..I work for a global company..We demand our workforce be technical and smart where ever in the world we have an office...I work in a very very completive market in Global IT..Americans do very well in the market..even if there are a trillion Indians with PH.D's. Silly Cone Valley will continue to lead the way in future Technology and he Valley invites the world to join in
| 570 |
Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:48:28pm |
re: #565 Russkilitlover
Oops, don't know what happened there.
Meant to say.....Then those damn office email jokes are wrong! I feel so cheated.
I felt similarly misled. But I think we've still got this one:
While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right-hand. Your foot will change direction, and there's nothing you can do to stop it.
| 571 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:48:47pm |
re: #558 LGoPs
That's why I called him a bastard....
:)
Another one to try, take either foot and make a circle with it.
(Oh it helps to be sitting down.)
Now try and make a straight line with the other foot while keeping the other foot going in a circle.
| 572 |
cronus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:49:13pm |
Carl Zimmer has the latest on swine flu according to Huff Post:
The Swine Flu Is All In Your Head: Is Anyone Awake At the Huffington Post?
I am told that the Huffington Post represents the future of journalism. I sure hope it’s not the future of science journalism. Some of their posts on swine flu have caused a strange creaky sound in my skull, and for a few days now I haven’t been able to figure it out. It turns out to have been the prelude to a full-out head explosion, which took place when I just read this by New ager Marianne Williamson:Dear God,
Please take away the swine flu.
AmenAccording to Martin Luther King, Jr. there is a power in us more powerful than the power of bullets.
King knew that that power was the power of the Spirit. Call it a religious power, a spiritual power, the power of consciousness or whatever - it has to do with the power of the mind, joined with the power of a Divine Creator.
So don’t be fooled when it comes to this conversation about the swine flu. This flu wasn’t created on the level of the body, because no disease is. It was created on the level of the mind, and it is there that we will root it out at the causal level.
[Bang.]
I invite you to read the rest of the post while I sponge up the bits of gray matter on my desk. She actually gets worse.
| 573 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:49:31pm |
re: #545 Guanxi88
I don't know who Mr. Rabanne is, but I'll agree about nostalgia and its power.
The vicious, dirty, dangerous little town where I grew up, and from which I fled as soon as possible, seems like the realm of the hyperboreans, the Eastern Isles, and the Land of the Immortals all rolled into one, as I think about it.
The person who can synthesize the drug that can evoke this effect in real-time and for current events will be a rich man indeed, and will be hailed as great benefactor of mankind.
I grew up in near heaven even though it was a sprawling, over-populated Asian city that many people would find rather uncomfortable and generally icky. But I loved it.
Happy nostalgia to me is cooking and eating Asian food. :)
As far as Paco Rabanne is concerned:
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Eau De Toilette Spray.. Contains Bergamot, Lavender, Thyme, Rosemary, Tarragon, Geranium, Clove, Honeyed Tobacco, Oakmoss.
I hate Tarragon. lol!
| 574 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:50:18pm |
re: #571 DEZes
Another one to try, take either foot and make a circle with it.
(Oh it helps to be sitting down.)
Now try and make a straight line with the other foot while keeping the other foot going in a circle.
I actually have tried that. Can't be done.
Tests like that remind me of how frail and inadequate I truly am........
:)
| 575 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:50:19pm |
re: #570 Last Mohican
While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right-hand. Your foot will change direction, and there's nothing you can do to stop it.
Any drummer worth a damn should be able to easily do that.
| 576 |
MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:50:25pm |
I can pat my head while rubbing my tummy.
| 577 |
MandyManners Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:51:11pm |
Speaking of tummies, I gotta' finish dinner 'cause The Kid's being dropped off after ball practice. bbiaw
| 578 |
Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:51:44pm |
re: #570 Last Mohican
While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right-hand. Your foot will change direction, and there's nothing you can do to stop it.
And by the way, if you try this while approximately horizontal (i.e. lying down), the effect seems to go away.
There's some guy on the internet who claims that if you do it while upside down, with your foot above your head and your hand below your head, the effect becomes even stronger. But I'm not going to try that. Too risky.
| 579 |
Russkilitlover Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:51:59pm |
Looks like a lot of our theories were right. WH knew (maybe not Obama, remains to be seen), photo was done for souvenirs, for some reason any official who was notified was threatened pretty harshly if they didn't keep it confidential.
BHO really, really, really needs to fire someone over this pronto!
| 580 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:52:12pm |
re: #576 MandyManners
I can pat my head while rubbing my tummy.
You are a sweetheart..Kiss da kid tonight for all da lizards..Kind regards
| 581 |
zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:52:22pm |
re: #568 Archimedes
Magazines are inanimate objects. They don't have any sexual orientation.
This one does. A lot of copulatin' on the racks late at night. Luckily, the plastic covers prevent the appearance of little pamphlets nine issues from now.
Actually, one of their rude questions was, "Do you indentify as straight?" My answer was:
"What I do with my genitals, if anything, and whether or not I even have genitals, is my own business. If I displayed them in public, then they'd be everybody's business. But since I don't display them in public, they are my private concern. Also, I don't buy into the entire concept of 'identity politics,' so I don't identify as being a member of any group of any type."
| 582 |
simonml Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:52:36pm |
re: #579 Russkilitlover
Looks like a lot of our theories were right. WH knew (maybe not Obama, remains to be seen), photo was done for souvenirs, for some reason any official who was notified was threatened pretty harshly if they didn't keep it confidential.
BHO really, really, really needs to fire someone over this pronto!
Fire himself? I agree
| 583 |
screaming_eagle Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:52:42pm |
What the hell, if we're all gonna try these challenages.
Try pissing into the wind. See if that can be done.
:)
| 584 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:53:54pm |
re: #581 zombie
This one does. A lot of copulatin' on the racks late at night. Luckily, the plastic covers prevent the appearance of little pamphlets nine issues from now.
Actually, one of their rude questions was, "Do you indentify as straight?" My answer was:
"What I do with my genitals, if anything, and whether or not I even have genitals, is my own business. If I displayed them in public, then they'd be everybody's business. But since I don't display them in public, they are my private concern. Also, I don't buy into the entire concept of 'identity politics,' so I don't identify as being a member of any group of any type."
Was the question they asked even legal?
| 585 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:54:01pm |
re: #570 Last Mohican
I felt similarly misled. But I think we've still got this one:
While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right-hand. Your foot will change direction, and there's nothing you can do to stop it.
I'm picturing lizards all over the globe making pantomine gestures and getting strange looks from their mates......
Fortunately I'm in an office so no one can see me.
:)
| 586 |
Russkilitlover Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:54:19pm |
I felt similarly misled. But I think we've still got this one:While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right-hand. Your foot will change direction, and there's nothing you can do to stop it.
Oh, yeah! I've been sucked into that one, too!
| 587 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:54:35pm |
| 588 |
simonml Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:54:41pm |
re: #581 zombie
This one does. A lot of copulatin' on the racks late at night. Luckily, the plastic covers prevent the appearance of little pamphlets nine issues from now.
Actually, one of their rude questions was, "Do you indentify as straight?" My answer was:
"What I do with my genitals, if anything, and whether or not I even have genitals, is my own business. If I displayed them in public, then they'd be everybody's business. But since I don't display them in public, they are my private concern. Also, I don't buy into the entire concept of 'identity politics,' so I don't identify as being a member of any group of any type."
That might define a question "getting shot down"
| 589 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:54:46pm |
Question:
Is 0bama the first "President" to do a 100 days speech on prime-time television?
| 590 |
solomonpanting Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:55:11pm |
We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you the following Public Health Announcement:
If you are bothered by occasional or frequent constipation, look in the mirror and repeat the following phrase three times in succession when symptoms occur:
"My financial and personal well being are totally in the hands of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Tim Geithner, Rahm Emmanual, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and Al Gore"
If that doesn't scare the shit out of you, then you are probably destined to be backed up for the rest of your life.
This has been a Public Health Announcement.
We now return to your regularly scheduled program.
Thank you very much.
| 591 |
wonk-a-donk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:55:17pm |
re: #582 simonml
Fire himself? I agree
Aren't WH souvenirs right up BHO's alley? What a fruit tart...
| 592 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:55:26pm |
re: #585 LGoPs
I'm picturing lizards all over the globe making pantomine gestures and getting strange looks from their mates......
Fortunately I'm in an office so no one can see me.
:)
Boss, looks like he is off his meds again.
| 593 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:55:32pm |
| 594 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:55:42pm |
re: #583 screaming_eagle
What the hell, if we're all gonna try these challenages.
Try pissing into the wind. See if that can be done.
:)
I can be done. I am not sure why you would though.
| 595 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:55:53pm |
re: #589 TheMatrix31
Question:
Is 0bama the first "President" to do a 100 days speech on prime-time television?
I swear, he's going to wear out his teleprompter.
| 596 |
Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:56:05pm |
re: #581 zombie
This one does. A lot of copulatin' on the racks late at night. Luckily, the plastic covers prevent the appearance of little pamphlets nine issues from now.
Actually, one of their rude questions was, "Do you indentify as straight?" My answer was:
"What I do with my genitals, if anything, and whether or not I even have genitals, is my own business. If I displayed them in public, then they'd be everybody's business. But since I don't display them in public, they are my private concern. Also, I don't buy into the entire concept of 'identity politics,' so I don't identify as being a member of any group of any type."
Good answer. I don't buy into identity politics either. We're all individuals, at the end of the day.
| 597 |
eon Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:56:10pm |
re: #572 cronus
Carl Zimmer has the latest on swine flu according to Huff Post:
The Swine Flu Is All In Your Head: Is Anyone Awake At the Huffington Post?
On the other hand, some of the responses to her exercise in self-satisfied existential navel-contemplation sound almost Lizardian. Is it possible that at least some HuffPo readers are realizing that their "gurus" may not necessarily be in solid contact with reality?
And with that, I'm off for the night.
Good Night, Lizards.
Sleep well.
cheers
eon
| 598 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:56:21pm |
| 599 |
Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:56:46pm |
re: #579 Russkilitlover
Looks like a lot of our theories were right. WH knew (maybe not Obama, remains to be seen), photo was done for souvenirs, for some reason any official who was notified was threatened pretty harshly if they didn't keep it confidential.
BHO really, really, really needs to fire someone over this pronto!
He probably signed off on the go-ahead to do it. There will be no firings.
| 600 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:57:10pm |
re: #596 Archimedes
Good answer. I don't buy into identity politics either. We're all individuals, at the end of the day.
Repeat after me, in unison...."We are all individuals".........
| 601 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:57:11pm |
re: #595 CyanSnowHawk
I swear, he's going to wear out his teleprompter.
It was actually a legit question, but I'll take that response as a yes? ;)
| 602 |
wonk-a-donk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:57:37pm |
re: #591 wonk-a-donk
Aren't WH souvenirs right up BHO's alley? What a fruit tart...
Photos were probably for laminated place mats for the traveling Press Corps...
| 603 |
screaming_eagle Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:57:53pm |
re: #594 Truck Monkey
I can be done. I am not sure why you would though.
I'm betting you can't do it.
Run outside and try.
:)
| 605 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:59:02pm |
re: #587 CyanSnowHawk
I don't think it was a job interview.
If anyone asked me that question in any kind of interview I'd probably tell 'em it was none of their friggin' business. I think Zombie did do that but much more politely than I would have.
| 606 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:59:07pm |
re: #603 screaming_eagle
I'm betting you can't do it.
Run outside and try.:)
I have to wait until dark. ;)
| 607 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:59:14pm |
re: #601 TheMatrix31
It was actually a legit question, but I'll take that response as a yes? ;)
I don't know. I don't remember any President doing that before, mostly because I really wasn't paying attention, but this one sure likes to stand up in front of the cameras and talk.
| 608 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:59:19pm |
re: #572 cronus
Carl Zimmer has the latest on swine flu according to Huff Post:
The Swine Flu Is All In Your Head: Is Anyone Awake At the Huffington Post?
Another in a series of ignorance being promoted by the Huffington Post. Unbelievable is an understatements if you read this quote from Marianne Williamson:
So don’t be fooled when it comes to this conversation about the swine flu. This flu wasn’t created on the level of the body, because no disease is. It was created on the level of the mind, and it is there that we will root it out at the causal level.
Not only is she saying that the swine flu was "created" but that it "created on the level of the mind." Basically she's saying it's a "spiritual disease" or a psycho-somatic illness.
Coming up next on Huffington Post: voodoo cures and swine flu exorcisms.
| 609 |
Russkilitlover Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:59:45pm |
"G'night, all. Gotta go bring home the bacon. Seriously, I'm making bacon wrapped beef fillets tonight.
Ciao!
| 610 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:59:59pm |
re: #608 Gus 802
Not only is she saying that the swine flu was "created" but that it "created on the level of the mind."
Coming up next on Huffington Post: voodoo cures and swine flu exorcisms.
Is there a Gadarene vaccine?
| 611 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 4:59:59pm |
re: #604 BatGuano
IS that a"Life of Brian" reference?
Exactly. When Brian looks out his window and the crowd is outside......
:)
| 612 |
Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:00:11pm |
re: #589 TheMatrix31
Question:
Is 0bama the first "President" to do a 100 days speech on prime-time television?
Is he actually doing that?
I believe he was the first one to do a "state of the union" address immediately after he was first elected.
I can't be 100% sure yet, but I'm beginning to suspect that he may be a profoundly arrogant self-important narcissist. Just a notion I'm getting.
| 613 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:00:13pm |
| 614 |
MittDoesNotCompute Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:00:28pm |
re: #68 avanti
Sorry, just heard that reported on Fox, and I'd read he was being not popular with the conservatives. If he had the GOP's support as a moderate, then I have no idea why he'd switch.
re: #193 JCM
I was behind one of the early ones, you know with the seal problems, when it blew a seal.
Spent hours cleaning the oil film off my car.
A car, blowing a seal? I wonder how the seal felt after it was all over....
/
| 615 |
Last Mohican Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:00:49pm |
re: #609 Russkilitlover
"G'night, all. Gotta go bring home the bacon. Seriously, I'm making bacon wrapped beef fillets tonight.
Ciao!
Sounds delicious!
If the bacon sneezes on you, throw it away immediately.
| 616 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:00:51pm |
What a day! Arlen 'douche nozzle' Spector swaps parties, a plane is currently quarantined on a runway, my wife's truck was stolen recovered and I have a job interview next week for a Microsoft subcontractor!
| 617 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:00:59pm |
re: #606 Truck Monkey
I have to wait until dark. ;)
Oh come on, wheres the spirit of adventure.
Oh look at the pretty blue lights.
Can I help you officer?
| 618 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:01:21pm |
re: #610 Guanxi88
Is there a Gadarene vaccine?
Not familiar with that but took a quick look.
Perhaps a bucket of ice water? :)
| 619 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:01:39pm |
re: #616 pingjockey
What a day! Arlen 'douche nozzle' Spector swaps parties, a plane is currently quarantined on a runway, my wife's truck was stolen recovered and I have a job interview next week for a Microsoft subcontractor!
Good luck and congratulations, on the last one, anyway.
| 620 |
2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:01:58pm |
OT
NY Rangers - Wash. Capitals game 7 first playoff round after 1 period 1:1
GO RANGERS !
| 621 |
monkeytime Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:01:58pm |
re: #612 Last Mohican
Is he actually doing that?
I believe he was the first one to do a "state of the union" address immediately after he was first elected.
I can't be 100% sure yet, but I'm beginning to suspect that he may be a profoundly arrogant self-important narcissist. Just a notion I'm getting.
I heard FOX told em to stuff it, they were going ahead with their regularly scheduled program because of the low ratings he gets.
| 622 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:02:09pm |
re: #609 Russkilitlover
"G'night, all. Gotta go bring home the bacon. Seriously, I'm making bacon wrapped beef fillets tonight.
Ciao!
Go War Pigs.
"Cry Hamhock and let slip the hogs of war"
Bon apetit.
:)
| 623 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:02:22pm |
re: #612 Last Mohican
Is he actually doing that?
I believe he was the first one to do a "state of the union" address immediately after he was first elected.
I can't be 100% sure yet, but I'm beginning to suspect that he may be a profoundly arrogant self-important narcissist. Just a notion I'm getting.
Yeah he is, and FOX isn't carrying it. Ironically/amusingly, they're showing their series "Lie To Me" during that timeslot.
| 624 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:02:42pm |
re: #618 Gus 802
Not familiar with that but took a quick look.
Perhaps a bucket of ice water? :)
Maybe i mis-spelled, it, but I recall a famous guy, almost as well-thought of as Barry, did some sort of exorcism that involved swine in Gadarea, although my spelling may be off.
| 625 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:03:00pm |
re: #623 TheMatrix31
Yeah he is, and FOX isn't carrying it. Ironically/amusingly, they're showing their series "Lie To Me" during that timeslot.
Bwhahahaha.
| 626 |
screaming_eagle Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:03:14pm |
re: #617 DEZes
Oh come on, wheres the spirit of adventure.
Oh look at the pretty blue lights.
Can I help you officer?
You don't think telling the officer "it was a internet dare" would work?
| 627 |
BatGuano Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:03:35pm |
I remember that . He was standing in front of his followers exposing his hoo hoo dilly. Funny scene.
| 628 |
Soona' Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:04:24pm |
re: #612 Last Mohican
Is he actually doing that?
I believe he was the first one to do a "state of the union" address immediately after he was first elected.
I can't be 100% sure yet, but I'm beginning to suspect that he may be a profoundly arrogant self-important narcissist. Just a notion I'm getting.
Really? Wow!
////
| 629 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:04:30pm |
re: #605 rightymouse
If anyone asked me that question in any kind of interview I'd probably tell 'em it was none of their friggin' business. I think Zombie did do that but much more politely than I would have.
Buddy Hacket (or some other rather large comedian) once had a routine where he said he was at the Vatican and insulted the Pope, who said, "Get out of here you fat bastard," but said it in Latin so it sounded better, something like "Scrameray obeseri, illigitimo."
/Boy do I know how to deliver a joke or what?
| 630 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:04:30pm |
re: #626 screaming_eagle
You don't think telling the officer "it was a internet dare" would work?
Might work better than pissing on his pants legs. ;)
| 631 |
Sheila Broflovski Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:04:44pm |
re: #581 zombie
This one does. A lot of copulatin' on the racks late at night. Luckily, the plastic covers prevent the appearance of little pamphlets nine issues from now.
Actually, one of their rude questions was, "Do you indentify as straight?" My answer was:
"What I do with my genitals, if anything, and whether or not I even have genitals, is my own business. If I displayed them in public, then they'd be everybody's business. But since I don't display them in public, they are my private concern. Also, I don't buy into the entire concept of 'identity politics,' so I don't identify as being a member of any group of any type."
I'm assuming this was an email interview, in which they send you the questions they want to ask, and you reply with your answers. A phone or in-person interview would not be possible without blowing your secret identity.
| 632 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:04:45pm |
re: #622 LGoPs
Go War Pigs.
"Cry Hamhock and let slip the hogs of war"Bon apetit.
:)
/in this case let slice the hogs of war... :)
| 634 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:05:53pm |
re: #619 Guanxi88
We are quite wound up about the last one! The pickup was taken joy riding by some of the oldest boys 'friends'. It was back in the school parking lot, after a hasty hose down. The cops will be visiting these pissants parents right at dinner time!
| 635 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:06:04pm |
re: #612 Last Mohican
Is he actually doing that?
I believe he was the first one to do a "state of the union" address immediately after he was first elected.
I can't be 100% sure yet, but I'm beginning to suspect that he may be a profoundly arrogant self-important narcissist. Just a notion I'm getting.
He was impressed enough with himself to write not one but two biographies. But enough of me talking about him. What do you think about him?
| 636 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:06:14pm |
re: #624 Guanxi88
Maybe i mis-spelled, it, but I recall a famous guy, almost as well-thought of as Barry, did some sort of exorcism that involved swine in Gadarea, although my spelling may be off.
Ah. Something like this"
from the demon-possessed Gadarene swine in Matthew 8:28 that rushed into the sea
Guess I was on the "right track" with my exorcism prediction. Quick! Get an exorcism team to all swine producting facilities! //
//H1N1? N1H1? Swine is easier to type.
| 638 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:06:38pm |
re: #612 Last Mohican
Is he actually doing that?
I believe he was the first one to do a "state of the union" address immediately after he was first elected.
I can't be 100% sure yet, but I'm beginning to suspect that he may be a profoundly arrogant self-important narcissist. Just a notion I'm getting.
One of my lib friends explained to me today that it's because GWB was criticized for not getting out there 'splaining things' all the time when he was President. My reply was - "So does that mean Obama is going to bore us to death with campaign speeches for four years?".
| 639 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:06:51pm |
The Hoopster Report..Celts vs. Bulls
I said this the other night..I pull for the Celts..But that Kid Noah is just amazing..He plays the pro game just like he played in College..I love him as an Athlete..He goes all out all the time.110%.It is so refreshing to see with pros.( they goof a lot)
I'm rooting against Chicago..But Noah impresses the hell out of me..
| 640 |
Killian Bundy Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:07:20pm |
Obama orders review of New York City flyover
President Barack Obama has ordered an internal review to determine how the decision was made to send of one of his official airplanes on a low-flying photo op past the New York City skyline.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday that deputy chief of staff Jim Messina will lead the review. Gibbs said the point is to determine "why that decision was made and to ensure that it never happens again."
They need to investigate that they haven't got a clue about what's going on in their own White House?
/it’s amazing how they fit all those Keystone Kops into one clown car
| 641 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:07:56pm |
re: #629 CyanSnowHawk
Buddy Hacket (or some other rather large comedian) once had a routine where he said he was at the Vatican and insulted the Pope, who said, "Get out of here you fat bastard," but said it in Latin so it sounded better, something like "Scrameray obeseri, illigitimo."
/Boy do I know how to deliver a joke or what?
Har!
| 642 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:07:59pm |
re: #635 LGoPs
He was impressed enough with himself to write not one but two biographies. But enough of me talking about him. What do you think about him?
(deleted)
| 643 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:08:14pm |
re: #640 Killian Bundy
Obama orders review of New York City flyover
They need to investigate that they haven't got a clue about what's going on in their own White House?
/it’s amazing how they fit all those Keystone Kops into one clown car
/He be clown!
| 644 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:08:19pm |
re: #638 rightymouse
Yes. IIRC didn't Mao talk about "permanent revolution"? Obambi has changed it to 'permanent campaign'!
| 645 |
monkeytime Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:09:15pm |
re: #644 pingjockey
Yes. IIRC didn't Mao talk about "permanent revolution"? Obambi has changed it to 'permanent campaign'!
True and it will be Michelle Obama running in 8 years.
| 647 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:09:50pm |
| 648 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:10:40pm |
O'Reilly says Spector jumped parties cause he was gonna lose the Repub primary.
| 649 |
monkeytime Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:10:54pm |
re: #646 pingjockey
Don't even say that in jest!
I wish I was joking. People like her even more then B.
| 650 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:11:10pm |
re: #645 monkeytime
True and it will be Michelle Obama running in 8 years.
re: #646 pingjockey
Don't even say that in jest!
Indeed. Her Majesty need not have the approval and approbation of the masses demonstrated by so crude and mechanical a means as an election. Acclamation alone is all that so sacred an occasion will require.
| 651 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:11:47pm |
re: #649 monkeytime
If they do, they need to have a CT scan to see if their brains are running!
| 652 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:12:33pm |
re: #649 monkeytime
I wish I was joking. People like her even more then B.
More evidence for my theory that many people are just plain fucking stupid.
| 653 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:12:38pm |
re: #650 Guanxi88
Indeed. Her Majesty need not have the approval and approbation of the masses demonstrated by so crude and mechanical a means as an election. Acclamation alone is all that so sacred an occasion will require.
Oh yeah, that is what they said about Hillary...
| 654 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:12:42pm |
re: #644 pingjockey
Yes. IIRC didn't Mao talk about "permanent revolution"? Obambi has changed it to 'permanent campaign'!
Yes. Permanent revolution is one of the hallmarks of communism to keep the population on edge/under control. Constant struggle, etc. Now we have permanent Hope/Change and permanent campaign. It's scary because he is trying very hard to maintain a cult of personality, which is another hallmark of communism.
| 655 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:13:16pm |
re: #650 Guanxi88
It may be time to start looking for a little out of the way island somewhere warm if that was to happen.
| 656 |
screaming_eagle Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:14:14pm |
re: #652 LGoPs
More evidence for my theory that many people are just plain fucking stupid.
George Carlin:
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize , Half of them are stupider than that"
| 657 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:14:47pm |
re: #654 rightymouse
Cult of Continuing Fuck Ups is more like it.
| 658 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:14:51pm |
re: #655 pingjockey
It may be time to start looking for a little out of the way island somewhere warm if that was to happen.
I think all of the islands are taken. Might have to settle for an atoll. /
| 659 |
rain of lead Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:15:01pm |
hey guys
since swine flu is all over the news, thought I would point out this game I
found
Pandemic 2
you are a disease and the goal is to wipeout humanity
if the ick factor is too much ...don't click
but this was a pretty good teaching tool for my kid because of so much
in the news
warning this is a very slow game
also it seems it is almost impossable to kill all of humanity
(damn you madasgar)
| 660 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:15:41pm |
re: #654 rightymouse
Yes. Permanent revolution is one of the hallmarks of communism to keep the population on edge/under control. Constant struggle, etc. Now we have permanent Hope/Change and permanent campaign. It's scary because he is trying very hard to maintain a cult of personality, which is another hallmark of communism.
And his background....his only real experience is as a community organizer which is code for agitator. Another communist concept.
I still can't fucking believe we elected this guy President.
| 662 |
Killian Bundy Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:15:46pm |
Robot attacked Swedish factory worker
The incident took place in June 2007 at a factory in Bålsta, north of Stockholm, when the industrial worker was trying to carry out maintenance on a defective machine generally used to lift heavy rocks. Thinking he had cut off the power supply, the man approached the robot with no sense of trepidation.
But the robot suddenly came to life and grabbed a tight hold of the victim's head. The man succeeded in defending himself but not before suffering serious injuries.
"The man was very lucky. He broke four ribs and came close to losing his life," said Leif Johansson.
/do not trust the grabber robot
| 663 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:16:39pm |
re: #658 Gus 802
I think all of the islands are taken. Might have to settle for an atoll. /
Bikini Atoll has a nice ring to it.
| 664 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:16:57pm |
re: #662 Killian Bundy
Robot attacked Swedish factory worker
/do not trust the grabber robot
John Conner.
| 665 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:17:02pm |
re: #660 LGoPs
WE didn't. Some goddamn idiots did. We as in the voting uninformed gimme gimme crowd, yes.
| 666 |
Bloodnok Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:17:07pm |
re: #659 rain of lead
hey guys
since swine flu is all over the news, thought I would point out this game I
found
Pandemic 2
you are a disease and the goal is to wipeout humanity
if the ick factor is too much ...don't click
but this was a pretty good teaching tool for my kid because of so much
in the news
warning this is a very slow game
also it seems it is almost impossable to kill all of humanity
(damn you madasgar)
I think the environmentalists have a version of that only you play the role of an auto manufacturer.
/
| 667 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:17:19pm |
re: #661 pingjockey
Federated States of Micronesia maybe?!
That would be a nice area. Although I think they have Micronesian hip-hop these days. Would have to get far away from audible range.
| 669 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:17:23pm |
re: #653 brookly red
Oh yeah, that is what they said about Hillary...
Ahh, but HRC was married to WJC; whereas Her Excellency is married to BHO. The Wife of the Messiah is surely a suitable Empress for when Teh One retires to tend to matters spiritual, no?
| 670 |
zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:17:57pm |
re: #584 rightymouse
Was the question they asked even legal?
Sure, it was legal -- it was an interview, they can ask whatever they want -- but what it was was insulting. They were trying to identify me as a member of the oppressor class, so they could discount my reporting of the truth.
| 671 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:18:08pm |
re: #655 pingjockey
It may be time to start looking for a little out of the way island somewhere warm if that was to happen.
Even there, though, the beneficent hand of Teh One and His followers will be sure to reach us, though. Omnipresence and all.
| 672 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:18:09pm |
re: #662 Killian Bundy
Robot attacked Swedish factory worker
/do not trust the grabber robot
wait till the IRS has them ;)
| 673 |
Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:18:16pm |
re: #600 LGoPs
Repeat after me, in unison...."We are all individuals".........
One guy in the crowd "I'm not!" LOL
| 674 |
saberry0530 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:18:55pm |
re: #656 screaming_eagle
George Carlin:
"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize , Half of them are stupider than that"
Correction - 49% of people are below average, 1% are average, and 49% are above average.
| 675 |
Aviator Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:19:04pm |
re: #665 pingjockey
WE didn't. Some goddamn idiots did. We as in the voting uninformed gimme gimme crowd, yes.
Let me add - They can ESAD.
| 677 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:19:28pm |
re: #669 Guanxi88
Ahh, but HRC was married to WJC; whereas Her Excellency is married to BHO. The Wife of the Messiah is surely a suitable Empress for when Teh One retires to tend to matters spiritual, no?
/lemmi check Revelations & get back to you...
| 678 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:19:29pm |
re: #673 Archimedes
One guy in the crowd "I'm not!" LOL
LOL. Did the crowd stone him to death? I can't remember........
| 680 |
zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:20:14pm |
re: #596 Archimedes
Good answer. I don't buy into identity politics either. We're all individuals, at the end of the day.
True, but in the morning, we're all sheeple. Only by the end of the day do we acquire a sense of individuality.
| 681 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:20:31pm |
re: #677 brookly red
/lemmi check Revelations & get back to you...
Sad thing is, Barry's not even all that interesting. Trust me, the guy's got nothing; Franco was an inspiring and charismatic fellow; Barry's just got a good machine.
| 682 |
DEZes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:20:51pm |
Well the sun is setting, time for my fangs to come out.
Night all.
| 683 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:21:11pm |
re: #680 zombie
True, but in the morning, we're all sheeple. Only by the end of the day do we acquire a sense of individuality.
Which is, in a smaller scale, a version of my theory that the soul is in fact acquired, and not endowed.
| 684 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:21:42pm |
re: #681 Guanxi88
That is a great point. If obambi was so frickin' charismatic and all, he'd of won the election by 15 points.
| 685 |
BatGuano Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:22:08pm |
re: #663 LGoPs
There was a Beanie and Cecil cartoon with a place called "no Bikini atoll". I think that is where they found Dinah Saur.
| 686 |
pink freud Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:22:08pm |
re: #674 saberry0530
Correction - 49% of people are below average, 1% are average, and 49% are above average.
...and then there's the itsy bitty outlier tail of the truly exceptional. That would be us, right?
| 687 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:22:31pm |
re: #657 pingjockey
Cult of Continuing Fuck Ups is more like it.
Libs don't care about the screw ups. But they WILL get tired of the constant in-your-face stuff, including what looks like daily emails from Obama's party stooges and Moveon.org etc.
| 689 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:22:47pm |
re: #686 pink freud
...and then there's the itsy bitty outlier tail of the truly exceptional. That would be us, right?
depends, to the left of the chart or the right?
:)
| 692 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:23:14pm |
re: #684 pingjockey
That is a great point. If obambi was so frickin' charismatic and all, he'd of won the election by 15 points.
but ACORN wasn't fully funded last time...
| 693 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:23:32pm |
re: #608 Gus 802
Not only is she saying that the swine flu was "created" but that it "created on the level of the mind." Basically she's saying it's a "spiritual disease" or a psycho-somatic illness.
Coming up next on Huffington Post: voodoo cures and swine flu exorcisms.
Makes me glad I'm living in Louisiana - Jindal's got experience with them there exorcisms.
| 694 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:23:32pm |
re: #658 Gus 802
I think all of the islands are taken. Might have to settle for an atoll. /
Do you know how you can tell an island is Democrat controlled. You have to pay a toll.
/
| 695 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:23:49pm |
re: #687 rightymouse
Ya think? I don't know. They seem to be sucking up the socialist kool aid at a furious rate.
| 696 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:23:59pm |
re: #670 zombie
Sure, it was legal -- it was an interview, they can ask whatever they want -- but what it was was insulting. They were trying to identify me as a member of the oppressor class, so they could discount my reporting of the truth.
I thought it was a job interview at first. Sorry.
Have no idea how you kept your cool.
| 697 |
lawhawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:24:08pm |
re: #540 avanti
Gee, and why was it contentious? Tax troubles? Ethics flaps? Please do tell.
The Administration keeps putting people out there with major problems, and kept ramming them home, so if the GOP takes its time, that's a problem?
Besides, the Senate could have approved Selebius without the Democrat support - it was a parliamentary tactic.
| 698 |
pink freud Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:24:24pm |
re: #689 Guanxi88
depends, to the left of the chart or the right?
:)
Well, we could split that last one percent in half, making the truly exceptional .5 and the terrifyingly horriible the other .5.
| 699 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:24:52pm |
re: #685 BatGuano
There was a Beanie and Cecil cartoon with a place called "no Bikini atoll". I think that is where they found Dinah Saur.
Some book I read about a helicopter pilot that did shuttle flights for the scientists at bikini atoll mentions that a lot of the scientists used to wear these elaborate beanie hats with miniaturized lights and such.
| 700 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:24:58pm |
re: #693 reine.de.tout
Makes me glad I'm living in Louisiana - Jindal's got experience with them there exorcisms.
I need a young priest..I need an old priest...
/good evening reine
| 701 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:25:13pm |
re: #698 pink freud
Well, we could split that last one percent in half, making the truly exceptional .5 and the terrifyingly horriible the other .5.
Ahh, the joys of Statistics; wrapping up a course in Statistical Process Controls, Six Sigma, and all that stuff. Really terrible, except for the parts that are awful.
| 702 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:25:29pm |
re: #692 brookly red
There is that. My dad got involved in the census cause he didn't trust the local establishment out here in the sticks!
| 703 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:25:40pm |
re: #700 HoosierHoops
I need a young priest..I need an old priest...
/good evening reine
Howdy, HH!
Hope things are going well for you!
No priest needed, just Bobby J.
| 704 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:25:55pm |
re: #693 reine.de.tout
Makes me glad I'm living in Louisiana - Jindal's got experience with them there exorcisms.
Get him on the bus to Mexico City!
To the N1H1 farms! /
| 705 |
zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:25:58pm |
re: #631 Alouette
I'm assuming this was an email interview, in which they send you the questions they want to ask, and you reply with your answers. A phone or in-person interview would not be possible without blowing your secret identity.
You are entirely correct. I even went and surfed on a cafe's wifi to send the email so they wouldn't know my IP location.
| 706 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:26:26pm |
re: #704 Gus 802
Get him on the bus to Mexico City!
To the N1H1 farms! /
Hm.
I'm surprised he hasn't volunteered yet . . .
| 707 |
abolitionist Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:26:43pm |
re: #674 saberry0530
Correction - 49% of people are below average, 1% are average, and 49% are above average.
1% got lost somewhere along the way.
| 708 |
pink freud Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:26:47pm |
re: #701 Guanxi88
Ahh, the joys of Statistics; wrapping up a course in Statistical Process Controls, Six Sigma, and all that stuff. Really terrible, except for the parts that are awful.
Ouch. You have my sympathies.
| 709 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:27:21pm |
| 710 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:27:42pm |
re: #706 reine.de.tout
Hm.
I'm surprised he hasn't volunteered yet . . .
He might be subscribing to the Huffington Post as we speak. //
| 711 |
zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:28:10pm |
re: #691 buzzsawmonkey
Where is the report that you were questioned on?
Just about Folsom Street and Up Your Alley. They are doing an article about the run-up to this year's fairs, and wanted to interview the source of all the hubbub.
| 712 |
albusteve Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:28:22pm |
work is a wonderful thing when you have it...and after months I have a boatload....I'm happier than a pig in shit....there will be roads trips on the books before long...life is good (if the pig floo don't get me)
| 713 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:28:22pm |
re: #708 pink freud
Ouch. You have my sympathies.
When that's over, if I'm lucky, I'll never have to look at that crap again, except to tell younger managers that they don't know how to draw a control chart and that their Pareto's and process control charts are all wonky because they've got too small a sample size and too broad a spec-spread. (For this I studied Aristotle?)
| 714 |
BatGuano Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:28:22pm |
re: #699 Gus 802
I 'd like to see a photo of that. Obviously it was memorable.
| 715 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:28:22pm |
re: #701 Guanxi88
i was doing QA/QC and 2 sigma was bad enough. Then some secapee from a mathmeticians funny farm came up with 6 sigma...Bah!
| 716 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:29:14pm |
re: #715 pingjockey
i was doing QA/QC and 2 sigma was bad enough. Then some secapee from a mathmeticians funny farm came up with 6 sigma...Bah!
Well, come one, man! Why can't we shoot for 3.14 defects per million opportunities?
- Actually achieving this is probably not half as hard as proving it.
| 718 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:29:38pm |
re: #703 reine.de.tout
Howdy, HH!
Hope things are going well for you!
No priest needed, just Bobby J.
Good evening Reine! Halftime is almost over..Celtics are playing..
Too bad Gus Johnson isn't calling the game..That dude can call a game!
I love the way he starts a call then he is screaming 'he JUST DUNKED THE BALL! I swear somebody will call 911 on Gus one of these days..
| 719 |
zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:29:41pm |
re: #696 rightymouse
I thought it was a job interview at first. Sorry.
Have no idea how you kept your cool.
Oh, no no no, not a job interview. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I get interviewed so often I didn't even consider the other meaning of the word.
Actually, now that I think about it, I've never once been in a job interview. I wouldn't know what to say.
| 720 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:29:43pm |
re: #715 pingjockey
i was doing QA/QC and 2 sigma was bad enough. Then some secapee from a mathmeticians funny farm came up with 6 sigma...Bah!
secapee?
LOL.
You must have meant "escapee".
But I like "secapee". We must think of a definition so we can start using it and get it added to the language.
Would make a great scrabble word.
| 722 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:30:11pm |
re: #695 pingjockey
Ya think? I don't know. They seem to be sucking up the socialist kool aid at a furious rate.
The libs I know aren't doing the 'event organizing' or even the individual 'get out and whine to your local rep' stuff that they are being bombarded with in emails. They forward copies to me and I ask if they are doing anything and it's always "no, I'm too busy". I betcha the tea parties have been more successful than the 'organized' Obama events.
| 723 |
jaunte Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:30:46pm |
re: #720 reine.de.tout
I think it should mean "the one who has been dried."
| 725 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:31:18pm |
re: #715 pingjockey
i was doing QA/QC and 2 sigma was bad enough. Then some secapee from a mathmeticians funny farm came up with 6 sigma...Bah!
I hate 6 Sigma. My experience has been that it is generally a waste of time. A couple of it's concepts are ok but the rest is a waste.
| 726 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:31:19pm |
re: #720 reine.de.tout
where the hell did that extra 's' come from? Since I am pimf bigoted it may have just slipped in there!
| 727 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:31:46pm |
re: #723 jaunte
I think it should mean "the one who has been dried."
YES.
I love it.
I have to let vx, redstateredneck and doppelganglander know we have a new word to play in our scrabble games!
| 728 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:32:10pm |
re: #725 LGoPs
I hate 6 Sigma. My experience has been that it is generally a waste of time. A couple of it's concepts are ok but the rest is a waste.
And I just finished a course in the subject, confirming your opinion. Still, I guess it has its place, if only as a conceptual tool, or the MBA's version of the Platonic City in Speech.
| 729 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:32:32pm |
re: #722 rightymouse
Ah ha. I'm liberal deprived. Know exactly three. All relatives.
| 730 |
jaunte Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:32:42pm |
re: #727 reine.de.tout
Or maybe I'm thinking too Spanish; could also mean "the one who has been sawed."
| 731 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:32:52pm |
re: #719 zombie
Oh, no no no, not a job interview. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I get interviewed so often I didn't even consider the other meaning of the word.
Actually, now that I think about it, I've never once been in a job interview. I wouldn't know what to say.
I understand now. :)
No problem.
It's been 15 years since I've had to interview for a job. Wouldn't know what to say either. lol!
| 732 |
Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:33:17pm |
re: #718 HoosierHoops
Decisons decisions....flipping between Bulls/Celts and BoSox/Indians. Bruins earned themselves a nice, prolonged break in round 1 of the Stanley Cup finals and have been waiting to see who they're going to play in round 2 for the better part of a week (Rangers/Caps and Hurricanes/Devils have both gone to 7 games).
Not a bad problem to have, I'd say.....
| 733 |
brookly red Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:33:38pm |
re: #729 pingjockey
Ah ha. I'm liberal deprived. Know exactly three. All relatives.
talk about being blessed...
| 734 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:33:42pm |
re: #725 LGoPs
Since I no longer do QA/QC I have put such concepts firmly in a very deep hole.
| 735 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:33:44pm |
| 736 |
pink freud Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:34:19pm |
re: #723 jaunte
I think it should mean "the one who has been dried."
The amount of time needed for bathroom break.
| 737 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:34:33pm |
re: #734 pingjockey
Since I no longer do QA/QC I have put such concepts firmly in a very deep hole.
No deeper, i'm sure, than the stygian pit from whence they were originally dragged.
| 738 |
MittDoesNotCompute Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:34:38pm |
re: #455 LGoPs
No. She is sand poundingly stupid. And I don't mean that in a partisan, smarmy way that libtards called Bush and Reagan stupid.
She is not sentient. She is elementally, fundamentally, clinically devoid of intelligence.
A biox of rocks would be more competent.
No sarc.
Biox...is that like "biotch"?
/I keeed...
| 739 |
itellu3times Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:34:43pm |
re: #715 pingjockey
i was doing QA/QC and 2 sigma was bad enough. Then some secapee from a mathmeticians funny farm came up with 6 sigma...Bah!
It's the great sigma bubble ... when it gets to 7, sell!
| 740 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:34:54pm |
Can anyone help me find a female casualty total for US Military in Afghanistan? I found the Iraq one easily, but the same site doesnt have a gender filter for Afghanistan totals.
| 742 |
Bloodnok Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:35:58pm |
I hate this. I was supposed to have a conference call at 8:30, but the people in Beijing got the time difference wrong, so now I have to wait until 9:30. I am at home, but can't relax because I know work is looming in an hour. ARGH!
| 743 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:36:03pm |
re: #734 pingjockey
Since I no longer do QA/QC I have put such concepts firmly in a very deep hole.
No longer do it, eh?
Excellent. Your organziation must have realized that quality is built in at every phase of the design, manufacturing, and logistical process chain. See, that's an aligned company; lean, quality-driven, customer-oriented.....
Oh wait, or were you jsut lucky enough to escape that nightmare?
| 744 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:36:24pm |
re: #729 pingjockey
Ah ha. I'm liberal deprived. Know exactly three. All relatives.
I know a few and we look forward to what we call our monthly 'cat fights'.
Speaking of moonbat relatives, my sister is starting to sound more conservative by the day. She's utterly disgusted with the feminists. Whatever brings them to the light, I say. :)
| 745 |
BatGuano Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:36:55pm |
re: #740 TheMatrix31
I can't help, but I hope the total is "0".
| 746 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:37:02pm |
re: #742 Bloodnok
I hate this. I was supposed to have a conference call at 8:30, but the people in Beijing got the time difference wrong, so now I have to wait until 9:30. I am at home, but can't relax because I know work is looming in an hour. ARGH!
have a drink or three. Just a suggestion.
| 747 |
nyc redneck Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:37:23pm |
i got a pick up load of manure/compost delivered today. i'm so happy.
my husband loves it that i'm not interested in diamonds or pearls anymore.
| 748 |
albusteve Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:37:26pm |
re: #742 Bloodnok
I hate this. I was supposed to have a conference call at 8:30, but the people in Beijing got the time difference wrong, so now I have to wait until 9:30. I am at home, but can't relax because I know work is looming in an hour. ARGH!
you have my sympathy...I work for myself...hang in there
| 749 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:37:33pm |
re: #743 Guanxi88
I bailed out for a better job! Got laid off, have a crappy job, will interview nest week for a really great job. Like a damn yo-yo!
| 750 |
pink freud Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:38:10pm |
re: #747 nyc redneck
i got a pick up load of manure/compost delivered today. i'm so happy.
my husband loves it that i'm not interested in diamonds or pearls anymore.
What.
A.
Gal!
| 751 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:38:31pm |
re: #747 nyc redneck
i got a pick up load of manure/compost delivered today. i'm so happy.
my husband loves it that i'm not interested in diamonds or pearls anymore.
What, you have plenty enough diamonds and pearls?
| 752 |
albusteve Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:38:34pm |
re: #747 nyc redneck
i got a pick up load of manure/compost delivered today. i'm so happy.
my husband loves it that i'm not interested in diamonds or pearls anymore.
be careful with that stuff...it's best if it has aged for a year or two
| 753 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:38:52pm |
re: #740 TheMatrix31
Can anyone help me find a female casualty total for US Military in Afghanistan? I found the Iraq one easily, but the same site doesnt have a gender filter for Afghanistan totals.
Go to page 2 for "Gender Distribution of ..."
| 754 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:39:01pm |
re: #747 nyc redneck
i got a pick up load of manure/compost delivered today. i'm so happy.
my husband loves it that i'm not interested in diamonds or pearls anymore.
You owe me a new monitor. lololololol!
| 755 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:39:36pm |
re: #749 pingjockey
I bailed out for a better job! Got laid off, have a crappy job, will interview nest week for a really great job. Like a damn yo-yo!
pingjockey - are you OK?
First, "secapee".
Now, you will interview "nest" week.
| 756 |
The Shadow Do Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:39:45pm |
re: #639 HoosierHoops
The Hoopster Report..Celts vs. Bulls
I said this the other night..I pull for the Celts..But that Kid Noah is just amazing..He plays the pro game just like he played in College..I love him as an Athlete..He goes all out all the time.110%.It is so refreshing to see with pros.( they goof a lot)
I'm rooting against Chicago..But Noah impresses the hell out of me..
Just wondering out loud here Hoosier, since I haven't really watched him play much, is he a talent or just a hustling worker bee? I think every Pro team has a favorite bench guy bringing it all like that and they are great fun to watch. But hey, it is the Pro's. Can he play?
| 757 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:39:53pm |
re: #750 pink freud
Heh. Sounds like my wife. Fix the deck, put a water feature in the front flower bed...Yaaay..... What's this? Another damn bauble?
| 758 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:40:07pm |
| 759 |
CyanSnowHawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:40:32pm |
re: #747 nyc redneck
i got a pick up load of manure/compost delivered today. i'm so happy.
my husband loves it that i'm not interested in diamonds or pearls anymore.
Mrs. Hawk says I married her for her power tools. For our third Christmas together I got her a 10" Compound Mitre Saw. Perfect for cutting all the baseboards as we redid all the floors.
| 760 |
pink freud Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:40:38pm |
re: #757 pingjockey
Heh. Sounds like my wife. Fix the deck, put a water feature in the front flower bed...Yaaay..... What's this? Another damn bauble?
You and nycredneck's hubby are some lucky guys.
| 761 |
Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:40:53pm |
re: #744 rightymouse
I don't think my overbearing moonbatty vegan sister will ever get there, but she seemed a little disillusioned about 'The 0ne' when I saw her last month. I'm not sure she ever believed in Santa Claus, but this would be more or less the equivalent of her finding out Santa wasn't real....
| 762 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:40:59pm |
Charles Johnson: on the meaning of Obama
No not that Charles, another one.
That day I wasn’t watching television that much. I thought we might not know until the next day who the winner was, but I was delightfully surprised that Obama wrapped it up early on Election Day. The electoral vote was overwhelming. It was something we’ve never seen in the history of this country.
What about both Reagan elections?
A culture hero bears the dreams of a culture, the ideals of a culture. He is quite literally there. He cuts across so many areas. In Kenya, they referred to him as “Our Superpower Son.” It also involves the intelligentsia.
[snip]
That’s what artists should do. That’s what scientists should do. That’s what educators should do. I think we can continue to experience a sea change with an understanding of the wholeness of life and the totality of life and the network of mutuality that we and everything else — not just humans but animals and plants — share. We’re all in a network of mutuality that constitutes our life on this planet.
| 763 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:41:05pm |
re: #755 reine.de.tout
I am a totally pooped pup. Plus still haven't thawed out. Will be a very early bedtime tonight!
| 764 |
nyc redneck Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:41:19pm |
| 765 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:41:39pm |
re: #763 pingjockey
I am a totally pooped pup. Plus still haven't thawed out. Will be a very early bedtime tonight!
I'll get off your back, then!
Hope you get good rest tonight.
| 766 |
pink freud Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:41:43pm |
Reine, I turn back into a pleasant human next Thursday. I'll be ready to celebrate. ;-)
| 767 |
livefreeor die Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:41:46pm |
re: #612 Last Mohican
Is he actually doing that?
I believe he was the first one to do a "state of the union" address immediately after he was first elected.
I can't be 100% sure yet, but I'm beginning to suspect that he may be a profoundly arrogant self-important narcissist. Just a notion I'm getting.
I could be wrong but I think in the past, new presidents have done a "100 days" address to a joint session of Congress in lieu of a state of the union address.
Apparently, Barry has decided to do both this year. I wonder what the excuse for the next press conference will be.
Boy, I would love to see the TOTUS hacked for one of these.
| 769 |
MJ Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:42:02pm |
The Naming of Swine Flu, a Curious Matter
...Government officials in Thailand, one of the world’s largest meat exporters, have started referring to the disease as “Mexican flu.” An Israeli deputy health minister — an ultra-Orthodox Jew — said his country would do the same, to keep Jews from having to say the word “swine.” However, his call seemed to have been largely ignored...
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
No word yet in the NYT on what Dar al-Islam will be calling it.
| 770 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:42:20pm |
re: #753 Gus 802
Go to page 2 for "Gender Distribution of ..."
Thanks! But the numbers are kinda old, they're as of 8/2/2008.
| 771 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:42:38pm |
re: #766 pink freud
Reine, I turn back into a pleasant human next Thursday. I'll be ready to celebrate. ;-)
What happens Thursday?
Semester ends?
| 772 |
hazzyday Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:42:43pm |
Be who you are and say what you feel; Because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter won't mind
| 773 |
nyc redneck Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:42:44pm |
re: #751 reine.de.tout
What, you have plenty enough diamonds and pearls?
a few nice pieces. they never made me happy.
i resent jewelry. really.
| 774 |
pingjockey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:42:51pm |
re: #765 reine.de.tout
Don't worry. I get a beer in me and we'll some really great mangled english!
| 775 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:42:59pm |
re: #770 TheMatrix31
Thanks! But the numbers are kinda old, they're as of 8/2/2008.
Try this one...
[Link: siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil...]
| 776 |
2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:43:03pm |
re: #732 Fenway_Nation
Decisons decisions....flipping between Bulls/Celts and BoSox/Indians. Bruins earned themselves a nice, prolonged break in round 1 of the Stanley Cup finals and have been waiting to see who they're going to play in round 2 for the better part of a week (Rangers/Caps and Hurricanes/Devils have both gone to 7 games).
Not a bad problem to have, I'd say.....
Seems that you beantowners have turned the corner.
Hope that the blue shirts are going to survive to put things back into perspective....
| 777 |
rightymouse Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:43:25pm |
re: #757 pingjockey
Heh. Sounds like my wife. Fix the deck, put a water feature in the front flower bed...Yaaay..... What's this? Another damn bauble?
My husband has finally figured this out.
One year he bought himself me an ice machine for Christmas. So the following year I bought myself him a convection oven. Last year I got diamond earrings. See how that works?
| 778 |
abolitionist Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:43:29pm |
re: #747 nyc redneck
i got a pick up load of manure/compost delivered today. i'm so happy
my husband loves it that i'm not interested in diamonds or pearls anymore.
Agree w/ albusteve. Be careful. Pick up some facemask filters, or improvise something comparable.
| 779 |
pink freud Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:43:39pm |
re: #764 nyc redneck
thanks {pinky}
:D
i'm going to spread it on the garden next wk.
Just a tip: Throw a bunch of osmokote in with it as you till. Makes a big difference.
| 781 |
livefreeor die Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:43:45pm |
re: #729 pingjockey
Ah ha. I'm liberal deprived. Know exactly three. All relatives.
I am so jealous.
| 782 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:43:45pm |
re: #756 The Shadow Do
Just wondering out loud here Hoosier, since I haven't really watched him play much, is he a talent or just a hustling worker bee? I think every Pro team has a favorite bench guy bringing it all like that and they are great fun to watch. But hey, it is the Pro's. Can he play?
Hi!
The young man won Two National Championships.. He can play..He hustles like a 9th grader..He is non stop motor..
It doesn't matter what happens this year..Everybody says the Bulls are an up and coming team..I couldn't agree more..
| 783 |
reine.de.tout Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:43:59pm |
re: #773 nyc redneck
a few nice pieces. they never made me happy.
i resent jewelry. really.
It it's REALLY good, you have to insure it and then you're afraid to wear it.
I go for just nice, myself.
| 784 |
Bloodnok Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:44:07pm |
re: #747 nyc redneck
i got a pick up load of manure/compost delivered today. i'm so happy.
my husband loves it that i'm not interested in diamonds or pearls anymore.
That's one good thing about the current administration. That stuff is plentiful as it is being churned out of Washington at a record pace.
| 785 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:44:21pm |
re: #747 nyc redneck
i got a pick up load of manure/compost delivered today. i'm so happy.
my husband loves it that i'm not interested in diamonds or pearls anymore.
Hey Congress. Some of your people are missing and I know where they are......
/
| 786 |
nyc redneck Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:44:26pm |
re: #752 albusteve
be careful with that stuff...it's best if it has aged for a year or two
it's two yrs. old. it's cow/goat compost from an organic farmer.
| 788 |
itellu3times Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:45:03pm |
re: #769 MJ
The Naming of Swine Flu, a Curious Matter
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]No word yet in the NYT on what Dar al-Islam will be calling it.
Kafir flu, obvious.
| 789 |
Sheila Broflovski Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:45:08pm |
re: #769 MJ
The Naming of Swine Flu, a Curious Matter
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
No word yet in the NYT on what Dar al-Islam will be calling it.
They will call it "The Zionist Flu"
| 790 |
Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:45:10pm |
re: #680 zombie
True, but in the morning, we're all sheeple. Only by the end of the day do we acquire a sense of individuality.
There is a loophole in every god damned statement, isn't there? :-)
| 791 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:45:26pm |
re: #775 Gus 802
Try this one...
[Link: siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil...]
Cool, I think that one works a bit more. She's frustrated enough not being able to find an up-to-date one, I guess this'll work.
| 792 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:45:30pm |
re: #786 nyc redneck
it's two yrs. old. it's cow/goat compost from an organic farmer.
Ahh, '07 excellent vintage goat shit!
| 793 |
hazzyday Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:45:49pm |
House and the Scientific method
Note that being wrong is one of the steps toward truth ("modify the hypothesis in the light of your results"). Only after you have tested some hypotheses can you rule them out. Only by ruling them out can you narrow things down to the right answer. This is how House and his team operate and yes that does mean there is a formula to the plots since there is a formula to the method by which this team arrives at the answer.
| 794 |
nyc redneck Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:45:49pm |
re: #778 abolitionist
Agree w/ albusteve. Be careful. Pick up some facemask filters, or improvise something comparable.
will do. thanks.
| 795 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:46:11pm |
re: #791 TheMatrix31
Cool, I think that one works a bit more. She's frustrated enough not being able to find an up-to-date one, I guess this'll work.
Yep. And that's specific to Afghanistan or "Operation Enduring Freedom."
| 796 |
albusteve Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:47:11pm |
re: #786 nyc redneck
it's two yrs. old. it's cow/goat compost from an organic farmer.
perfect...in ABQ that stuff is like gold...we don't have what you'd normally call dirt...unless you live right on the river bottom, which I don't
| 797 |
2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:47:20pm |
biting my nails, Wash-NY after 2: still 1:1
Rangers not laying down, something to dwell on....
| 798 |
screaming_eagle Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:47:24pm |
re: #792 jcm
Ahh, '07 excellent vintage goat shit!
Let me guess. You use to throw your goat shit out ,not realizing it was worth money?
| 799 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:48:11pm |
re: #795 Gus 802
Yep. And that's specific to Afghanistan or "Operation Enduring Freedom."
Thanks a lot, dude.
| 800 |
MJ Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:48:11pm |
re: #789 Alouette
They will call it "The Zionist Flu"
Does this mean the UN General Assembly will meet in session and vote to condemn it?
| 801 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:48:50pm |
| 802 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:49:00pm |
re: #797 2by2
biting my nails, Wash-NY after 2: still 1:1
Rangers not laying down, something to dwell on....
I've got the Rangers game on TV, and Carolina/NJ on my computer.
I never thought I'd be paying attention to hockey games over two bball games at the same time.
| 803 |
Sheila Broflovski Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:49:06pm |
re: #800 MJ
Does this mean the UN General Assembly will meet in session and vote to condemn it?
They will hold an international conference, and there will be "Zionist Flu Apartheid Week" on college campuses world wide.
| 805 |
WhiteRasta Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:49:23pm |
Pork chops with the best BBQ sauce in the USA:
[Link: www.bonesuckin.com...]
Just love that stuff, yum yum!
| 806 |
Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:49:43pm |
I need to get back into the habit of listening to some of the PawSox (AAA Affiliate of the Red Sox) online radio broadcasts. I haven't really been paying attention since Pedroia, Ellsbury, Masterson, Buchholz and Lowrie were down there....
| 807 |
zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:50:15pm |
re: #741 buzzsawmonkey
Oh, saw those last year.
Why is there "hubbub?" Do you mean to say there are people who are starting to think that parading around with your genitals hanging out and engaging in public sex is a little over the line?
Or is it just that the mag was objecting to the thought that people might consider it so?
They never quite explained their slant on the story, but I got the gist of it. There is a great deal of anger and repercussions in certain sectors of San Francisco over my report. I think the two opposing camps are,
"Gee, we should really tone this stuff down in the future, lest we embarrass ourselves again,"
versus
"Who was that evil bigoted right-wing Christian homophobic closet-queen knuckledragging puritanical Mormon straight vanilla hatemonger who dared to tell the truth spread those lies about our precious fairs? Let's expose him or her and stop these kind of exposés from ever happening again in the future!"
To resolve the argument, they basically asked me if I was going to do it again this year. I said I wasn't, so everyone is free to act wild and crazy again.
...Unless I change my mind, that is (heh heh heh...)
| 808 |
BatGuano Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:50:20pm |
re: #762 jcm
Thanks for that post. I don't know why, but I am no longer angered by these cretins. Instead, I'm in awe for reasons I can't understand. Maybe it's pity. I don't know.
| 809 |
The Shadow Do Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:50:31pm |
re: #782 HoosierHoops
Hi!
The young man won Two National Championships.. He can play..He hustles like a 9th grader..He is non stop motor..
It doesn't matter what happens this year..Everybody says the Bulls are an up and coming team..I couldn't agree more..
It's been a while since I paid much attention to E Conf ball. Time to tune up TNT.
| 810 |
MJ Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:50:43pm |
re: #803 Alouette
They will hold an international conference, and there will be "Zionist Flu Apartheid Week" on college campuses world wide.
Right.
And the UK labor unions will vote to boycott the Zionist Flu.
| 811 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:50:48pm |
re: #798 screaming_eagle
Let me guess. You use to throw your goat shit out ,not realizing it was worth money?
Not but I tilled in a bunch of chicken shit (nitrogen rich) into our garden plot and let it compost in place a couple of years before planting.
| 812 |
nyc redneck Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:50:54pm |
re: #759 CyanSnowHawk
Mrs. Hawk says I married her for her power tools. For our third Christmas together I got her a 10" Compound Mitre Saw. Perfect for cutting all the baseboards as we redid all the floors.
she is lucky to have such an understanding man as you.
and i mean that.
my husband got me a lady shovel and some deer skin gloves for my
b-day last yr. and 2 dwarf sour cherry trees.
and yes. i got them in the ground.
| 813 |
JustMyView Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:51:27pm |
re: #612 Last Mohican
I believe he was the first one to do a "state of the union" address immediately after he was first elected.
No, the last several presidents have done that.
Also, the five most recent presidents (Reagan, Bush, Clinton, G.W. Bush, and Obama) addressed a joint session of Congress shortly after their inaugurations but these messages are actually not considered to be "State of the Union" addresses. Reagan's 1981 address is called, "Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery." Bush's 1989 and Clinton's 1993 messages are called "Administration Goals" speeches. G.W. Bush's 2001 speech is actually his "Budget Message," and President Obama delivered a similar non-State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on February 24, 2009.
| 814 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:52:04pm |
re: #811 jcm
Not but I tilled in a bunch of chicken shit (nitrogen rich) into our garden plot and let it compost in place a couple of years before planting.
Rabbit dung makes an excellent soil amendment, and a salad topping, for neighbors and guests you don't like.
| 815 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:52:18pm |
re: #808 BatGuano
Thanks for that post. I don't know why, but I am no longer angered by these cretins. Instead, I'm in awe for reasons I can't understand. Maybe it's pity. I don't know.
I just shake my head.
In the words of RWR. They know so much.... that just isn't so.
| 816 |
Sheila Broflovski Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:52:20pm |
re: #804 buzzsawmonkey
They sure don't make epidemics like they used to. The 1918 flu epidemic was not quite the Black Plague, but there were thousands dying.
Now we get a few score cases, with minimal if any fatalities thus far, and everyone's quivering in their shoes.
BTW, how do we square terror over the flu with the anti-vax movement? Shouldn't all the anti-vaxers be A-OK with whatever happens?
My grandfather died in the 1918 epidemic. He was only 29 years old. My dad was an infant.
| 817 |
lawhawk Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:52:20pm |
re: #804 buzzsawmonkey
They sure don't make epidemics like they used to. The 1918 flu epidemic was not quite the Black Plague, but there were thousands dying.
Now we get a few score cases, with minimal if any fatalities thus far, and everyone's quivering in their shoes.
BTW, how do we square terror over the flu with the anti-vax movement? Shouldn't all the anti-vaxers be A-OK with whatever happens?
That's the power of the Internet and magnifying every little detail.
| 819 |
pink freud Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:52:32pm |
re: #812 nyc redneck
she is lucky to have such an understanding man as you.
and i mean that.
my husband got me a lady shovel and some deer skin gloves for my
b-day last yr. and 2 dwarf sour cherry trees.
and yes. i got them in the ground.
A lady shovel? Is that like a pink backhoe?
| 820 |
albusteve Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:52:37pm |
re: #805 WhiteRasta
Pork chops with the best BBQ sauce in the USA:
[Link: www.bonesuckin.com...]
Just love that stuff, yum yum!
booked it just in case...I'll take your word for it
| 821 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:53:11pm |
re: #814 Guanxi88
Rabbit dung makes an excellent soil amendment, and a salad topping, for neighbors and guests you don't like.
Mmmm, just what are these crunchy chewy croutons and where did you get them, I must know!
| 823 |
WhiteRasta Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:54:15pm |
re: #812 nyc redneck
I got my wife an antique Shelby Mustang for her birthday, one time.
(She is now my second ex-wife!)
She kept the Mustang, the *itch!
| 824 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:54:16pm |
re: #807 zombie
They sure need to tone that down. I suggest the following:
1. Get a tent.
2. 21 and over only -- strictly enforced.
3. Stock up on plenty of bleach.
| 825 |
WhiteRasta Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:55:11pm |
re: #820 albusteve
It's totally safe for work! Trust me on this....
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2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:56:41pm |
re: #802 TheMatrix31
"I never thought I'd be paying attention to hockey games over two bball games at the same time."
enjoy, this is hockey at it's best.
I take it that you're in the NY Metropolitan area? We need some positive outcome here. Who cares for Washington or Carolina?
It would be great if 2 original 6 teams teams meet in the second round in the East.
| 827 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:57:03pm |
re: #821 jcm
Mmmm, just what are these crunchy chewy croutons and where did you get them, I must know!
How low am I?
In College, for twenty buck and half a carton of Lucky Strikes (LSMFT!), I caught, killed, cooked, and served pigeon (not squab, mind you, but plain old urban sky-rat) to a guy. Good times.
Never do that these days. Quite cigs altogether, so they'd need to go heavier on the cash.
| 828 |
Sheila Broflovski Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:57:50pm |
| 829 |
Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:58:12pm |
re: #797 2by2
Go for it! I never get sick of watching teams from New York losing to teams from Boston.
Besides....you think I prefer the Caps/Ovechkins?
| 830 |
nyc redneck Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:58:40pm |
re: #819 pink freud
A lady shovel? Is that like a pink backhoe?
it's just a smaller shovel than a big ole man spade.
you can get the same amt. of work done. just at a slower pace.
(i'd love to have a pink backhoe or turquoise or lemon chiffon, NOT stop sign
yellow, tho.)
| 831 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 5:58:59pm |
re: #827 Guanxi88
How low am I?
In College, for twenty buck and half a carton of Lucky Strikes (LSMFT!), I caught, killed, cooked, and served pigeon (not squab, mind you, but plain old urban sky-rat) to a guy. Good times.
Never do that these days. Quite cigs altogether, so they'd need to go heavier on the cash.
Heh, I few times in college I eyed sky rat, squirrel and the occasional lab rabbit as potential sources of a meal.
| 832 |
albusteve Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:00:19pm |
Shelby...get some
| 833 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:00:59pm |
re: #814 Guanxi88
Rabbit dung makes an excellent soil amendment, and a salad topping, for neighbors and guests you don't like.
I tell people it's Milk Duds.....
| 834 |
Truck Monkey Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:01:07pm |
re: #831 jcm
Heh, I few times in college I eyed sky rat, squirrel and the occasional lab rabbit as potential sources of a meal.
Nissin Cup of Noodle Soup was a mainstay for me. About .15 cents a serving and it would fill me up. Mighty Dog Turkey flavor was also pretty good.
| 836 |
Fenway_Nation Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:01:31pm |
re: #802 TheMatrix31
I've got the Rangers game on TV, and Carolina/NJ on my computer.
I never thought I'd be paying attention to hockey games over two bball games at the same time.
Thanks for reminding me....I need to send some congraulatory texts/e-mails to some Sharks fans I used to work with....
San Jose clinched the President's Trophy (best regular season record) and then promptly got booted out of the 1st round of the Stanley Cup playoffs....
| 837 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:01:55pm |
re: #831 jcm
Heh, I few times in college I eyed sky rat, squirrel and the occasional lab rabbit as potential sources of a meal.
Sky rat was easy to catch. Soak bread crumbs in vodka backwash and scatter. They eat, they fall over, and into the pillowcase they go.
| 838 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:02:14pm |
| 839 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:02:16pm |
re: #831 jcm
Heh, I few times in college I eyed sky rat, squirrel and the occasional lab rabbit as potential sources of a meal.
My greatest college discovery.. Green beans and Campbells tomato soup.
Man it rocks..You got nothing on me Julie Childs...
| 840 |
2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:02:45pm |
re: #829 Fenway_Nation
Go for it! I never get sick of watching teams from New York losing to teams from Boston.
Besides....you think I prefer the Caps/Ovechkins?
well, if the Rangers do away with the Caps, they might whip your beaners asses too.
Never underestimate NY'ers resilience.
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zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:02:55pm |
re: #818 buzzsawmonkey
Grotesquerie aside, what really comes across in your reports is how dismal and second-rate the entire mindset is.
Speaking of dismal grotesquerie, the guy in *** EXTREME NSFW DO NOT CLICK *** this series of photos *** EXTREME NSFW DO NOT CLICK *** has taken to sending me an endless series of obscene email after obscene email, undoubtedly wanking as he does so. He's actually much more mentally ill than you might surmise from just looking at his public antics. The thrill of being part of my report is apparently the high point of his entire life.
| 842 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:03:03pm |
re: #818 buzzsawmonkey
Grotesquerie aside, what really comes across in your reports is how dismal and second-rate the entire mindset is.
I hate to sound Biblical, since I'm not, but those stories remind me of Soddom and Gomorrah..........
| 843 |
WhiteRasta Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:03:25pm |
re: #838 Gus 802
Very sexy, but it's no fun if it gets better than 12 MPG!
| 844 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:03:56pm |
re: #826 2by2
"I never thought I'd be paying attention to hockey games over two bball games at the same time."
enjoy, this is hockey at it's best.
I take it that you're in the NY Metropolitan area? We need some positive outcome here. Who cares for Washington or Carolina?
It would be great if 2 original 6 teams teams meet in the second round in the East.
Nope, actually I'm in Los Angeles.
re: #836 Fenway_Nation
Thanks for reminding me....I need to send some congraulatory texts/e-mails to some Sharks fans I used to work with....
San Jose clinched the President's Trophy (best regular season record) and then promptly got booted out of the 1st round of the Stanley Cup playoffs....
The game last night was intense!
| 845 |
Archimedes Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:04:07pm |
re: #841 zombie
... has taken to sending me an endless series of obscene email after obscene email, undoubtedly wanking as he does so. He's actually much more mentally ill than you might surmise from just looking at his public antics. The thrill of being part of my report is apparently the high point of his entire life.
I'll just stick with Playboy, thanks. :~)
| 846 |
Gus Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:04:23pm |
re: #843 WhiteRasta
Very sexy, but it's no fun if it gets better than 12 MPG!
I know -- unless one has money to burn.
//I can dream.
| 847 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:05:13pm |
re: #839 HoosierHoops
My greatest college discovery.. Green beans and Campbells tomato soup.
Man it rocks..You got nothing on me Julie Childs...
I subsisted for a while on a dish made of equal part ground corn, ground wheat, and pinto beans.
Cooked up the grains as if a porridge, cooked up the beans as per usual in the crock pot, and then combined and served with a little salsa, or ketchup and black pepper, if the need arose.
Tasty? barely, but it kept me going for about 3 cents a day.
| 848 |
WhiteRasta Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:05:21pm |
re: #846 Gus 802
Gas is the cheapest thing you ever put in an antique car.
| 849 |
nyc redneck Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:05:24pm |
re: #823 WhiteRasta
I got my wife an antique Shelby Mustang for her birthday, one time.
(She is now my second ex-wife!)
She kept the Mustang, the *itch!
awww, sorry to hear that.
was it fire engine red w/ a white rag top?
special order.
| 850 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:05:26pm |
re: #841 zombie
Speaking of dismal grotesquerie, the guy in *** EXTREME NSFW DO NOT CLICK *** this series of photos *** EXTREME NSFW DO NOT CLICK *** has taken to sending me an endless series of obscene email after obscene email, undoubtedly wanking as he does so. He's actually much more mentally ill than you might surmise from just looking at his public antics. The thrill of being part of my report is apparently the high point of his entire life.
I just hope you stay safe. There is some serious crazy up there.
| 851 |
2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:06:05pm |
re: #836 Fenway_Nation
Thanks for reminding me....I need to send some congraulatory texts/e-mails to some Sharks fans I used to work with....
San Jose clinched the President's Trophy (best regular season record) and then promptly got booted out of the 1st round of the Stanley Cup playoffs....
btw, doesn't matter in the end, Wings will take it all again this year, pretty sure of it.
| 852 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:06:11pm |
re: #839 HoosierHoops
My greatest college discovery.. Green beans and Campbells tomato soup.
Man it rocks..You got nothing on me Julie Childs...
Rice, beans and a little ground turkey, Campbells soup as a binder / flavor. $5.00 and 10-12 meals out of a casserole.
| 856 |
LemonJoose Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:07:35pm |
OT:
I'm not sure what I think about Arlen Specter's decision. I understand why he did it, and obviously he felt like he had no choice. Arlen Specter wasn't as fiscally conservative as I would like, but the last thing I want is for social moderates and liberals to start leaving the Republican party and leaving it to the ultra-right neo-Birchers and Bible-thumpers. In my opinion it is not going to be long before the Democrats screw up their 15 minutes of fame in spectacular fashion. Obama's naivete and Nancy Pelosi's strong-handed far-left power-grabbing will see to that. And when that happens, I don't want the only alternative to be a narrowly-defined and narrow-minded Republican party run by small club of ultra-right Puritan kooks beholden to idiots and demagogues like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter. I might add that Michael Steele's comments today revealed that he is a figurehead toady who is obviously taking his marching orders from Rush Limbaugh. He is worse than I could ever have imagined and should resign immediately for the benefit of the party.
I am fiscally conservative, socially liberal, and believe in a strong national defense and foreign policy. I think probably 50%-75% of Americans are political centrists like me who ultimately decide the outcome of general elections. Where the hell is the party to represent us? Where? I am beyond pissed off at both the extreme left and the extreme right.
Megan McCain is exactly right. The backwards-looking, head-in-the-sand, fossilized, social conservative, far right element of the party is scared shitless of the future and is willing to burn down the Republican party just to prove that they still can. If the Republican party needs to purge itself of anything, it's these far-right, puritanical ignoramuses who have embarked on their own little intra-party version of the Spanish Inquisition.
I have never had more respect for Lindsey Graham than I did today when he essentially backed up what Arlen Specter said in his press conference. Graham is a pragmatist and is at least willing to stand up and say how wrong-headed this whole puritanical far-right effort to purge the party of moderates is.
| 858 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:07:41pm |
re: #852 jcm
Rice, beans and a little ground turkey, Campbells soup as a binder / flavor. $5.00 and 10-12 meals out of a casserole.
Turkey? You were lucky!
| 859 |
Bloodnok Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:07:46pm |
Conference call cancelled! WHEW!
Now I can settle in.
| 860 |
LGoPs Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:08:26pm |
re: #853 buzzsawmonkey
Well, I'd quarrel with you there.
Despite its longtime identification with "sodomy," according to the Talmud the "sin of Sodom" was its hostility and inhospitality to strangers, not homosexual activity. And, in point of fact, the threatened gang-rape of Lot's guests was not so much a "homosexual" manifestation as...an attempted gang-rape, intended to establish dominance and impose humiliation.
You're right. As I said, I'm not well schooled in the Bible. I think my reference is more to the perhaps colloquial interpretation of Sodom and Gomorrah being a depraved place.
| 861 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:09:06pm |
re: #841 zombie
He looks exceeding pleased with himself.
Shit eating grin if I've every seen one. And you can tell him I said so.
| 862 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:09:14pm |
re: #852 jcm
Rice, beans and a little ground turkey, Campbells soup as a binder / flavor. $5.00 and 10-12 meals out of a casserole.
The nice thing about going to College close to home?
You could go to your Parents house to eat..and to do laundry..
| 863 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:09:47pm |
re: #858 Guanxi88
Turkey? You were lucky!
[Video]
LOL!
It was cheap then before it became "low fat chic."
| 864 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:10:07pm |
re: #859 Bloodnok
Conference call cancelled! WHEW!
Now I can settle in.
cool..Watch Basketball..It's good for you...
/running
| 865 |
zombie Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:10:51pm |
re: #861 jcm
He looks exceeding pleased with himself.
Shit eating grin if I've every seen one. And you can tell him I said so.
He's actually proud of it, and has offered to eat mine.
The only way to insult these people is to act bored with their "outrageous" act.
| 866 |
2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:11:33pm |
re: #844 TheMatrix31
Surprised, hockey nuts on the left coast?
Wings - Duck ought to be super intense, Wings will win it though, might need 6 or 7 to do it, but there is no doubt in my mind that they have the stuff, necessary, to go all the way again.
| 867 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:13:00pm |
re: #863 jcm
LOL!
It was cheap then before it became "low fat chic."
same with my little staple. I don't doubt that it could take its place on a chi-chi menu for the health conscious as "Legumes with Multi-Grain Polenta, in a tomato-cilantro sauce" at $8.00 a throw.
| 868 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:13:09pm |
re: #866 2by2
Surprised, hockey nuts on the left coast?
Wings - Duck ought to be super intense, Wings will win it though, might need 6 or 7 to do it, but there is no doubt in my mind that they have the stuff, necessary, to go all the way again.
I suppose they're still bitter over what happened when the Ducks won the Cup, with their two best defensemen being injured, etc.
| 869 |
Bloodnok Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:13:22pm |
re: #864 HoosierHoops
cool..Watch Basketball..It's good for you...
/running
You read my mind. Found a Bulls-Celtics stream. Watching it now.
| 870 |
2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:13:56pm |
Rangers look like they're playing their game tonight.
Still 1:1 in the third, no Ovechkin domination; they might actually win it!
| 872 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:15:21pm |
re: #865 zombie
He's actually proud of it, and has offered to eat mine.
The only way to insult these people is to act bored with their "outrageous" act.
Sad pathetic little people. Who resort to outrageous and insulting to get attention.
| 873 |
Guanxi88 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:15:31pm |
re: #867 Guanxi88
same with my little staple. I don't doubt that it could take its place on a chi-chi menu for the health conscious as "Legumes with Multi-Grain Polenta, in a tomato-cilantro sauce" at $8.00 a throw.
It's a funy thing that folks with access to the best food in the world pay top dollar to eat peasant fare, and that folks in the First world pay big bucks to travel in comfort to the 3rd world. Always struck me as kinda odd.
| 874 |
2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:15:41pm |
re: #868 TheMatrix31
I suppose they're still bitter over what happened when the Ducks won the Cup, with their two best defensemen being injured, etc.
That, but they're actually better now than they were when they won the cup last year;
incredible team, great mix of veterans and youngsters, with a top notch coach to go with and an ownership which makes it all happening.
| 875 |
Digital Display Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:16:38pm |
re: #869 Bloodnok
You read my mind. Found a Bulls-Celtics stream. Watching it now.
What a game! Allen fouls out! 5:27 left
| 876 |
Bloodnok Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:18:32pm |
re: #875 HoosierHoops
What a game! Allen fouls out! 5:27 left
No kidding. The Celtics are going to have to earn this win. How good is Rondo? Amazing.
Love this Bulls team, too.
| 878 |
TheMatrix31 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:21:23pm |
| 881 |
2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:28:18pm |
woah
this kills me. We need a couple of guys with guts on this team.
| 883 |
jcm Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:31:40pm |
Finally got the elevator installed in my driveway, permitting it was such a pain in the ass.
| 884 |
2by2 Tue, Apr 28, 2009 6:53:44pm |
re: #883 jcm
Finally got the elevator installed in my driveway, permitting it was such a pain in the ass.
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uhm,
nice 'low flying' cars you got there, what are they?
Am I right ID 'ing 2 Ferraris one Bugatti and one Lambo?
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