Chinese Monkey Snub Sets Off Simian Search

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Despite the feng shui expert, they’ve taken the monkeys off the table.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Zoo may have the nation’s only monkey lair approved by a feng shui expert. There’s only one problem: No monkeys.

The city spent $7.4 million building the China-themed primate enclosure — complete with Canary Island palm trees, artificial trees with extra springy limbs, and a viewing structure with Chinese-style tilework — after China promised to lend the zoo a trio of rare golden snub-nosed monkeys.

But now the Chinese government has taken the monkeys off the table, leaving zoo officials searching for suitable stand-in simians to take the place of the golden monkeys, known for their blue-faces and blond-hair.

“Within 60 days, some lucky monkey will have a home there,” City Councilman Tom LaBonge, whose district includes the zoo, said Thursday.

Zoo spokesman Jason Jacobs said negotiations with Chinese officials broke down several weeks ago, but he did not know why.

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452 comments
1 HelloDare  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:10:49pm

The mayor of L.A. should live there. He's been acting like a monkey.

2 albusteve  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:11:18pm

7.4m....nice digs for three monkeys

3 WindHorse  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:13:22pm

somebody please take the monkeys off the table..... please....

/oh....?

4 albusteve  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:13:24pm

throw a few rhesus monkeys in there from the local lab...nobody will know the difference

5 Nevergiveup  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:13:51pm

Where is the story about the ASPCA of CA killing animals because there is no money?

6 pingjockey  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:14:07pm

Is the city gov't in LA predominatly donks? 7.4 mil for a money house sounds about their speed. Instead of spending it on the police, fire, depts. Where it might do someone some good.

7 Randall Gross  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:14:09pm

This post reminded me of an antique Andy Prieboy song I haven't heard in decades... too much monkey business. It was only released as an EP and I can't find it anywhere.

8 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:14:44pm
The city spent $7.4 million building the China-themed primate enclosure

That's good to know as the state runs out of money

9 Basho  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:15:10pm

The Chinese are doing these shenanigans either to just mess with us or to set the stage for their takeover. We're building our own prisons people!@

10 Randall Gross  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:15:45pm

Here's the Chuck Berry version:

Youtube Video
11 WindHorse  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:16:43pm

re: #9 Basho

I dib the monkey bars....

12 [deleted]  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:17:48pm
13 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:18:02pm

Kinda miss having a good zoo nearby....
but even our local zoo has monkeys

14 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:18:47pm

Headline

China promises snubs, but delivers only a snub

15 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:19:06pm

re: #12 Iron Fist

Feng shui? They actually paid to have the monkey house set up using feng shui? What's next, taking the monkey's horoscopes?

Nah, they've been doing that for years = )

16 Truck Monkey  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:20:05pm

I am not available.

17 WindHorse  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:20:32pm

re: #14 shug

do Chinese snubs have functioning snonar?

/inquiring monkeys would like to know...

18 albusteve  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:20:55pm

re: #10 Thanos

Here's the Chuck Berry version:


Chuck!...an original

19 Randall Gross  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:21:04pm

Here's the Hollies version, humorous musical quote in the middle...


Youtube Video
20 Bobblehead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:21:27pm

Sounds like a lovely home. I'm available to relocate.

21 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:21:37pm
Within 60 days, some lucky monkey will have a home there

I found a place for the gitmo detainees

22 Gearhead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:21:57pm

Haven't you always wanted a mon-KEY!

23 MrPaulRevere  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:22:51pm

The road to hell is paved withgood intentionsempty monkey cages.

24 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:23:15pm
Beggar: Oh, no. I am a musician and the monkey is a businessman. He doesn't tell me what to play, and I don't tel him what to do with his money. (Through the window of the bank, you can see that it is being robbed.

-Pink Panther

25 HelloDare  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:23:30pm

Remember, monkey is the root of all evil. Or is it money? I keep forgetting.

26 Randall Gross  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:23:33pm

re: #18 albusteve

Chuck!...an original

Yeah, he wrote it, there are also Yardbirds and Beatles versions out there.

27 albusteve  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:24:48pm

re: #26 Thanos

Yeah, he wrote it, there are also Yardbirds and Beatles versions out there.

I did not know the Hollies covered it...nice snag

28 Miss Molly  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:24:56pm

This constant waste of money on stupid ideas -- will it ever end?

29 Basho  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:25:46pm

re: #22 Gearhead

Haven't you always wanted a mon-KEY!

There's a locksmith shop in New York City called mon-KEY...

...

Genius.

30 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:26:20pm

I missed it...did the city fund the monkey cage, or was it private money?

31 Abu Bin Squid  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:26:22pm

a trio of rare golden snub-nosed monkeys

Maybe we need to discuss "primate marriage".

32 BlueCanuck  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:26:32pm

re: #22 Gearhead

Haven't you always wanted a mon-KEY!

If you're going to do that, link the song. :)

/I would but can't access youtube at work.

33 HelloDare  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:26:51pm

re: #12 Iron Fist

Feng shui? They actually paid to have the monkey house set up using feng shui? What's next, taking the monkey's horoscopes?

Don't be silly. That comes after aromatherapy.

34 Randall Gross  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:27:12pm

re: #27 albusteve

I did not know the Hollies covered it...nice snag

Heh, the real question was who didn't cover it? Chuck didn't protect his copyrights too well.
Andy Prieboy's version was way, way, way different than all the others.

35 Opilio  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:27:26pm

re: #25 HelloDare

Remember, monkey is the root of all evil. Or is it money? I keep forgetting.

It's actually the love of monkey that's the root of all evil.

/just what I always thought my 3000th post would say...

36 poteen  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:28:57pm

I know a few congressman that would fit right in

37 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:28:57pm

re: #28 Miss Molly

This constant waste of money on stupid ideas -- will it ever end?

Never. As long as there are humans, we'll waste money on stupid things.

38 ShanghaiEd  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:29:15pm

re: #5 Nevergiveup

Where is the story about the ASPCA of CA killing animals because there is no money?

What are their alternatives?

39 BatGuano  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:29:19pm

re: #19 Thanos

Here's the Hollies version, humorous musical quote in the middle...

re: #19 Thanos

You mean, " I'm in love with her and I feel Fine?

40 CynicalConservative  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:29:29pm

Woot.

That is all I have to say in this post.

41 Gearhead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:29:30pm

re: #32 BlueCanuck

If you're going to do that, link the song. :)

/I would but can't access youtube at work.

Sorry. I'm a little hard of thinking tonite. Here ya go:

Youtube Video
42 Miss Molly  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:30:00pm

re: #37 Dark_Falcon
I know you are right and that is what is sooooooo depressing!

43 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:30:03pm

OK, here's the new digs in need of few simians. Click on link for Portico Group architect's webpage which has a slide show.

China Golden Monkey Exhibit

City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

As the first phase of the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Garden’s Asian Forest Concept Plan, the Golden Monkey exhibit takes advantage of existing topography. A stand of mature trees growing on sloping terrain highlights these charismatic tree-dwellers. The design provides a comfortable treetop habitat for monkeys, while a pavilion shelter places visitors right in the canopy for optimal viewing. Incorporating the traditional Chinese practice of feng shui in the placement of the architectural elements, the viewing pavilion and the night quarters were influenced by an analysis of the flow of energy on the site.

44 Truck Monkey  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:30:14pm

re: #38 ShanghaiEd

What are their alternatives?

Mulch!
/really inappropriate

45 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:30:46pm

re: #38 ShanghaiEd

What are their alternatives?

They are killing animals because there is no Minkey?

46 Gearhead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:31:36pm

Fend Shui for a bunch of poo-flingers. Sheesh.

47 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:32:54pm

re: #46 Gearhead

Fend Shui for a bunch of poo-flingers. Sheesh.

are we still referring to the Gitmo detainees?

48 Lincolntf  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:33:41pm

Chicoms hoarding chimps?
We've got a monkey gap, folks.
We shouid make our own!

49 CynicalConservative  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:33:43pm

hmmmmmm......

50 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:34:38pm

So now we know what the Chinese are up to: Monkey Business!

51 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:34:39pm

In all fairness, a lot of zoo use "themes" in their exhibits, I could see feng shui as part of a chinese "theme" for chinese monkeys.....
Hell, Memphis zoo is entirely an egyptian theme....

52 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:34:52pm

And the feng shui consultants:

[Link: www.fengshuiarch.com...]

And the actual consultant...

SIMONA F. MAININI

[Link: www.fengshuiarch.com...]

/Simona consulted for the simians.

53 Gearhead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:35:23pm

re: #47 shug

are we still referring to the Gitmo detainees?

a-hahahahaha

Regular poo. Not the exploding kind. Unless some one slips them a Habanero...

54 albusteve  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:35:28pm

re: #34 Thanos

Heh, the real question was who didn't cover it? Chuck didn't protect his copyrights too well.
Andy Prieboy's version was way, way, way different than all the others.

alot of bands helped resurrect his fading career and I don't think he appreciated any of them...I understand he is a total asshole who can't get along with anybody so it's no surprise his business is sloppy...maybe he's mellowed

55 mich-again  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:35:36pm

Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Penguins and their fans. They outplayed and out-hustled the Red Wings and wanted it more from the second they dropped the puck. What can you do but shake hands and say nice job guys, congratulations.

56 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:35:56pm
Tom LaBonge

7.4 million for a new monkey cage when the city and state are bankrupt.

Sounds like Tom's been hitting LaBong a bit too often

57 Basho  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:36:07pm

Feng Shui for monkeys? What kind of monkey exactly, a Fengian Monkey? Hahahaha!

/That joke would be hilarious if there were actually a species of monkey called Fengian

58 poteen  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:36:17pm

impossible...

40 years I practice...Then this

59 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:36:57pm

Hell, give me three squares a day, local Pygmie Palms, a controlled environment and you can keep the 7.4 mill.

60 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:37:09pm

re: #43 Gus 802

It does sound like a well done exhibit... if one overlooks the lack of monkeys.

61 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:37:16pm

re: #56 shug

7.4 million for a new monkey cage when the city and state are bankrupt.

Sounds like Tom's been hitting LaBong a bit too often

So it was city money? that's a shame....

62 Catttt  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:37:32pm

I'm trying to think of a suitable youtube tie in here. Not easy. Hmmmmm.

63 Cato the Elder  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:37:41pm

Now we know why California is broke.

That simian condo may well be the world's most expensive public housing.

64 Gearhead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:37:48pm

re: #48 Lincolntf

Chicoms hoarding chimps?
We've got a monkey gap, folks.
We shouid make our own!

We have mid-term elections coming up next year. They'll be in full bloom then.

65 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:38:26pm

re: #61 srb1976

So it was city money? that's a shame....

In fairness, I don't know who foots the bill. Could be entirely privately funded.
I am making an assumption that anything that wastes this kind of money on foolishness in California is tax payer funded

except for Manny Ramirez

66 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:38:38pm

Ok...pardon my stupid...it was in the first line of the article....I blame painkillers.....sorry

67 HelloDare  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:38:39pm

Monkey Calender at L.A. Zoo

6:00 am - Feng shui orientation
8:00 - Aromatherapy
9:00 - Horoscope
11:00 - Meet with union organizer
12:00 - Banana jubilee
2:00 pm - Play date with the three-toes sloth family
3:00 - Colonic
4:30 - Cucumber facial
5:30 - Mud wrap
6:30 - Mixed Fruit Jamboree
7:30 - Chamomile tea break
8:30 - Feces Fling
9:30 - Group Howl
11:30 - Massage before bedtime

68 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:38:50pm

re: #60 Bagua

It does sound like a well done exhibit... if one overlooks the lack of monkeys.

True, it does. The feng shui might have been part of the deal with the Chinese. I know that when I worked for a Chinese developer they took that into account with their buildings and sites from time to time. They only charged $4,500 which is actually not so bad for a consultation invoice.

69 Achilles Tang  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:39:02pm

They spent $7.4 million while NEGOTIATING with the CHINESE?


Nuff said.

70 BatGuano  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:39:10pm

re: #19 Thanos

Here's the Hollies version, humorous musical quote in the middle...

re: #19 Thanos

Thanos. What is the "humorous musical quote in the middle":?

71 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:39:11pm

re: #61 srb1976

cute baby in the avatar BTW

72 Lincolntf  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:39:17pm

re: #59 jorline

Hell, yeah.
All I've ever wanted was three squares and a place where people couldn't fuck with me.
The zoo life is the life for me....

73 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:39:48pm

re: #71 shug

cute baby in the avatar BTW

Thanks...that's Her Royal Stoutness = )

74 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:40:22pm

re: #66 srb1976

Ok...pardon my stupid...it was in the first line of the article....I blame painkillers.....sorry

pain killers are good...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

75 Gearhead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:40:31pm

re: #62 Catttt

I'm trying to think of a suitable youtube tie in here. Not easy. Hmmmmm.

Try this:

Youtube Video
76 mich-again  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:40:38pm
“Within 60 days, some lucky monkey will have a home there,”

I wonder if they'll take a chimp instead?

77 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:41:16pm

re: #76 mich-again

I wonder if they'll take a chimp instead?


is that Mrs Dinner jacket ?

78 Pawn of the Oppressor  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:41:23pm

re: #46 Gearhead

Fend Shui for a bunch of poo-flingers. Sheesh.

A symbolic gesture for the benefit of the Chinese. It's the same way you add an extra x percent for greasing bureaucratic palms when dealing with the third world - when you deal with the Chinese, you better build in some kind of meaning, preferably a sop to some ancient tradition of theirs. Feng shui, numerology, astrology, whatever.

79 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:41:27pm

Next time any of you are in Omaha, NE, be sure to go to the zoo....almost entirely donation funded, truly under-rated and a world class zoo

(grew up there...)

80 CynicalConservative  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:41:28pm

re: #63 Cato the Elder

Now we know why California is broke.

That simian condo may well be the world's most expensive public housing.

That and liberals keep extending the reach of the gvt non-productive tit. Thanks for the upding.

81 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:41:36pm

re: #72 Lincolntf

Hell, yeah.
All I've ever wanted was three squares and a place where people couldn't fuck with me.
The zoo life is the life for me....

You can even play with yourself in public and people think it's cute.

82 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:42:17pm

I got it,

It's the old withhold the monkey ploy!

Those fiendish Chinese.re: #68 Gus 802

Yep, and much of Feng Shui involves making a place comfortable and pleasant, taken from themes in nature where one space is a lovely picnic spot full of birds and flowers and such, and another is a barren inhospitable space.

83 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:42:29pm

Found some construction images:

[Link: s199.photobucket.com...]

84 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:42:32pm

re: #74 jorline

pain killers are good...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Pain killers are great.....splinted hands suck big time though.....very tough to type well

85 Pawn of the Oppressor  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:42:39pm

re: #67 HelloDare


11:00 - Meet with union organizer

Do they have card check?

Are they registered to vote? What is the monkey version of ACORN?

86 Randall Gross  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:43:01pm

re: #70 BatGuano

They do a snippet of Beatles mime

87 albusteve  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:43:49pm

re: #62 Catttt

I'm trying to think of a suitable youtube tie in here. Not easy. Hmmmmm.

make them earn their rent?

Youtube Video
88 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:43:59pm

re: #67 HelloDare

Monkey Calender at L.A. Zoo

6:00 am - Feng shui orientation
8:00 - Aromatherapy
9:00 - Horoscope
11:00 - Meet with union organizer
12:00 - Banana jubilee
2:00 pm - Play date with the three-toes sloth family
3:00 - Colonic
4:30 - Cucumber facial
5:30 - Mud wrap
6:30 - Mixed Fruit Jamboree
7:30 - Chamomile tea break
8:30 - Feces Fling
9:30 - Group Howl
11:30 - Massage before bedtime

Can we invite Obama to vist the zoo in time for the poo flinging? Of course, he's so full of shit he'd barely notice if some shit hit him.

89 Mich-again  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:44:20pm

I have gone back and watched the Congressman Outraged at Rotting Sandwiches video from the Onion a dozen times and it still cracks me up.

90 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:44:45pm

re: #88 Dark_Falcon

Can we invite Obama to vist the zoo in time for the poo flinging? Of course, he's so full of shit he'd barely notice if some shit hit him.

Unclench that simian crease !

91 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:44:51pm

re: #82 Bagua

I got it,

It's the old withhold the monkey ploy!

Those fiendish Chinese.

Yep, and much of Feng Shui involves making a place comfortable and pleasant, taken from themes in nature where one space is a lovely picnic spot full of birds and flowers and such, and another is a barren inhospitable space.

Yep, monkey business! Feng shui was kind of a trend or so it seemed to me. Other than the Chinese people I worked with I knew another architect that did consulting.

92 BatGuano  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:46:08pm

re: #86 Thanos

Oh, so it was my #39.

93 Achilles Tang  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:46:18pm

re: #89 Mich-again

Hey Mich, long time no see, but maybe it's me. I don't quite know what to say about the Waffle House though.....

94 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:46:27pm

re: #83 Gus 802

Hmmm... doesn't look as elaborate as one would think.

Don't get much for 7 Mil these days. Back in the day you could have gotten a Kangaroo court with it.

95 Mich-again  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:46:50pm

re: #77 shug

No its a character from one of my favorite shows when I was a kid, Lancelot Link.

96 Mich-again  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:47:35pm

re: #93 Naso Tang

Hey Mich, long time no see, but maybe it's me. I don't quite know what to say about the Waffle House though.....

I like my hash brown scattered, smothered and covered.

97 HelloDare  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:47:47pm

The feng shui was done specifically for golden monkeys. Any other kind of monkey or ape will screw the feng shui up. Unless they face north all the time and what's the chances of that.

98 BatGuano  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:48:21pm

re: #92 BatGuano

Oh, so it was my #39.

Sorry, so it was Not my # 39. PIMF

99 poteen  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:48:31pm

re: #87 albusteve

/The IRA intelligence wing is aware of you. Tread lightly there.

100 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:48:40pm

This is as big a waste of money as changing the orientation of the toilets in British Prisons so prisoners don't crap facing Mecca

101 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:48:40pm

re: #96 Mich-again

I like my hash brown scattered, smothered and covered.

And that is the only reason to go to Waffle house....yummy greasy hash browns = )

102 Achilles Tang  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:49:02pm

re: #96 Mich-again

I like my hash brown scattered, smothered and covered.

And don't forget the salad made with bare hands....... been there.

103 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:49:39pm

re: #94 Bagua

Hmmm... doesn't look as elaborate as one would think.

Don't get much for 7 Mil these days. Back in the day you could have gotten a Kangaroo court with it.

Yeah, 7 million seems high but you know how it goes in this day and age. I'm looking around for some more construction information. That might be the total budget including operational costs for up to a certain date.

104 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:49:57pm

NoKo's now have clenched butt cheeks after that historic UN vote on new sanctions.

They'll loosen up when they bend over and fire a new round of rockets though.

105 FightingBack  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:51:47pm

Hey Hey We're the Monkees

106 Former Belgian  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:51:58pm

Priorities! Priorities! Spending millions on a feng shui palace for a few monkeys while millions upon millions of defenseless monkeys are getting spanked every day...

/

107 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:52:31pm

re: #103 Gus 802

See if you can find out who's responsible for the lack of monkey part.

108 irongrampa  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:52:52pm

7.4 mil to house 3 primates that currently are AWOL.

These people are just REALLY Special Snowflakes, I see.

110 formercorpsman  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:54:00pm

Only in California.

111 FightingBack  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:54:11pm

re: #109 HelloDare

Well, it's certainly Shovel Ready.

112 MrPaulRevere  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:54:14pm

For the History Channel junkies:(1/10) The True Story Of Black Hawk Down

Youtube Video
113 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:54:21pm

re: #107 Bagua

See if you can find out who's responsible for the lack of monkey part.

OK I'll look. Found this from an older city document:

In November 2002 the City made a cultural and conservation agreement with officials from the China Wildlife Conservation Association in Beijing to begin the process of establishing a long-term cultural relationship that will encourage an exchange of exotic wildlife and zoological expertise. The Los Angeles Zoo is establishing this long-term cooperative relationship to facilitate animal exchanges or long-term loans. Among the animals being considered first for the cultural exchange are Golden Monkeys. The BOE was authorized by the Zoo Bond Oversight Committee and Zoo Department to add a new adjacent exhibit for the Golden Monkeys into the Pachyderm Forest project.

[Link: eng.lacity.org...]

115 Mich-again  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:55:11pm

re: #102 Naso Tang

And don't forget the salad made with bare hands....... been there.

Who gets a salad at Waffle House? Hello? You're supposed to go there for breakfast. Even if its 8:00 PM you get breakfast there.

But I do remember a WH in Tennessee where a guy in his bare feet came in and sat down to eat and even went in the bathroom and we were like Ha! only @ teh Waffle House!

116 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:56:03pm

re: #97 HelloDare

The feng shui was done specifically for golden monkeys. Any other kind of monkey or ape will screw the feng shui up. Unless they face north all the time and what's the chances of that.


It's true, my not golden monkey is always throwing my Feng Shui mirrors about, and it's criminal what they do with the flutes.

117 Cato the Elder  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:56:12pm
City Councilman Tom LaBonge

Son of Cheech, godson of Chong.

118 Lincolntf  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:56:45pm

re: #108 irongrampa

Reminds me of a Seinfeld episode.
Kramer harrasses a monkey, the zoo-keeper berates him because the monkey is a "harmless primate".

Kramer says, "So am I"


Something like that.

119 CynicalConservative  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:57:42pm

re: #117 Cato the Elder

Son of Cheech, godson of Chong.

Ahhh, snap! (I have no idea what this is about, but I like the context)

120 Achilles Tang  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:58:21pm

re: #97 HelloDare

The feng shui was done specifically for golden monkeys. Any other kind of monkey or ape will screw the feng shui up. Unless they face north all the time and what's the chances of that.

Any other kind of monkey or ape? Like people's feng shui go the other way? The Chinese have got to be the most superstitious people on the planet, what with the all stuff with dried tiger penis and all, when they can get fake / %P% A G R A cheap from their own country?

121 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:58:31pm

re: #113 Gus 802

Well done! Not a very good start to

a long-term cultural relationship/blockquote> when one fails to come through with the monkeys.
122 HelloDare  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:58:49pm

re: #114 shug

for 20 million they could hire limousines to transport LA zoo goers to San Diego to see their elephants...

For 20 million, every school in L.A. could have an elephant with a monkey riding on its back.

123 HelloDare  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 8:59:46pm

re: #120 Naso Tang

Any other kind of monkey or ape? Like people's feng shui go the other way? The Chinese have got to be the most superstitious people on the planet, what with the all stuff with dried tiger penis and all, when they can get fake / %P% A G R A cheap from their own country?

-- Hey, don't knock dried tiger penis till you've tried it.

124 irongrampa  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:00:10pm

Things like this makes one wonder if bailing California out would be a worthwhile endeavor.

125 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:00:42pm

re: #121 Bagua

Well done! Not a very good start to

Nope, it's not. Can't really find an explanation other than what's reported at the link above. Same news, no reason given and no calls returned. The original person from China who made the agreement is not longer employed at said organization, etc.

126 CynicalConservative  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:00:56pm

re: #124 irongrampa

Things like this makes one wonder if bailing California out would be a worthwhile endeavor.

Ummmmm..... No.

full stop.

127 HelloDare  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:01:17pm

re: #124 irongrampa

Things like this makes one wonder if bailing California out would be a worthwhile endeavor.

Don't think of it as bailing out Californians. Think of it as bailing out monkeys.

128 FightingBack  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:01:56pm

re: #124 irongrampa

Things like this makes one wonder if bailing California out would be a worthwhile endeavor.

Bail out the Monkeys. Dump California.

129 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:02:00pm

re: #124 irongrampa

Things like this makes one wonder if bailing California out would be a worthwhile endeavor.

Someone was wondering?

130 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:02:02pm

re: #117 Cato the Elder

Son of Cheech, godson of Chong.

One to many bong hits during inception.

131 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:02:19pm

BTW,

has no one clocked on that my icon is a Feng Shui amulet?

132 irongrampa  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:02:23pm

re: #126 CynicalConservative

Maybe if they grabbed 3 legislators plus some makeup? Would you be able to tell the difference?

133 shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:03:12pm

re: #132 irongrampa

Maybe if they grabbed 3 legislators plus some makeup? Would you be able to tell the difference?

the monkeys work 7 days a week

134 Mich-again  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:03:16pm

My LL baseball team has a doubleheader against "Cobra Kai" tomorrow. With pitch count restrictions and 5 games per week, everyone on the team has to be able to take a turn on the mound. Yikes. Its a war of attrition and its up to the manager to figure out which games to try to win and which games are hopeless so cut your losses and give the ball to the right fielder to finish. I figure by the end of the season I'll have this all figured out.

135 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:03:30pm

re: #131 Bagua

BTW,

has no one clocked on that my icon is a Feng Shui amulet?

Yin and yang?

136 Achilles Tang  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:03:58pm

re: #115 Mich-again

Who gets a salad at Waffle House? Hello? You're supposed to go there for breakfast. Even if its 8:00 PM you get breakfast there.

But I do remember a WH in Tennessee where a guy in his bare feet came in and sat down to eat and even went in the bathroom and we were like Ha! only @ teh Waffle House!

It was late, after a flight. The nearest real place was a mile away and the salad was included with the burnt meat I ordered. Live and learn, but I think the same people were there. Maybe you were at the other end of the bar, that I avoided.

137 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:06:31pm

re: #135 Gus 802

Well, it's the Bagua, in the center in the symbol of the Yin-Yang, and of course it is eight sided, many Feng Shui mirrors and devices used to orient a space use these symbols which are foundations of Chinese mythology, culture, religion, martial arts, medicine, etc.

138 Cato the Elder  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:06:33pm

Good night, all. The Kindle calls.

139 reine.de.tout  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:06:38pm

re: #136 Naso Tang

It was late, after a flight. The nearest real place was a mile away and the salad was included with the burnt meat I ordered. Live and learn, but I think the same people were there. Maybe you were at the other end of the bar, that I avoided.

Bad salad, burnt meal.
You ordered the wrong thing.
At Waffle House, the best order is:

Waffle on dark
Bacon, crisp
Hash browns, scattered and covered.

Commit that to memory and use it the next time you are at Waffle House.

140 Lincolntf  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:06:42pm

re: #131 Bagua

I haven't.

141 MandyManners  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:06:47pm

Yo, Cato.

BITE ME.

142 Lincolntf  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:07:27pm

re: #140 Lincolntf

Now I have.

143 Shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:07:41pm

re: #139 reine.de.tout

Waffle on dark----explain please
Bacon, crisp--got it
Hash browns, scattered and covered.---covered in chili ?

144 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:08:17pm

re: #142 Lincolntf

I suppose it's a bit obscure.

145 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:08:33pm

re: #143 Shug

Waffle on dark----explain please
Bacon, crisp--got it
Hash browns, scattered and covered.---covered in chili ?

Waffle on dark....waffle iron setting...basically well done

Hash browns....covered in cheese.....

146 Lincolntf  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:08:47pm

re: #144 Bagua

They always are.

147 FightingBack  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:08:47pm

re: #144 Bagua

I suppose it's a bit obscure.

Not to Monkeys.

148 Shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:08:53pm

re: #145 srb1976


yum

149 Cato the Elder  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:09:07pm

re: #137 Bagua

Well, it's the Bagua, in the center in the symbol of the Yin-Yang, and of course it is eight sided, many Feng Shui mirrors and devices used to orient a space use these symbols which are foundations of Chinese mythology, culture, religion, martial arts, medicine, etc.

If I'm not mistaken, those symbols around the yin/yang are the eight basic trigrams of the I Ching hexagrams, no?

What does the word Bagua mean?

150 MandyManners  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:09:32pm

It's the end of a long and complex week.

151 irongrampa  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:09:43pm

Dammitt, I'm hungry.

152 Mich-again  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:09:53pm

re: #143 Shug

Hash browns, scattered and covered.---covered in chili ?

Scattered on the grill, covered in cheese. (smothered = onions)

153 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:10:23pm

re: #137 Bagua

Well, it's the Bagua, in the center in the symbol of the Yin-Yang, and of course it is eight sided, many Feng Shui mirrors and devices used to orient a space use these symbols which are foundations of Chinese mythology, culture, religion, martial arts, medicine, etc.

Sounds interesting. I never delved into Chinese culture too much. I did live right near Chinatown in SF for two years and frequented many restaurants. Worked for the Chinese firm -- specifically from Hong Kong.

154 Cato the Elder  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:10:38pm

re: #141 MandyManners

Yo, Cato.

BITE ME.

((((Mandy))))

155 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:10:38pm

re: #148 Shug

Yep!
Don't go often, but that might as well be the whole menu, as far as I'm concerned = )
(better half likes to get a side of grits too, but he eats them with sugar and milk)

156 Lincolntf  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:11:11pm

re: #149 Cato the Elder

We don't use the word "Bagua" around here. It sounds icky. Watch yourself.

157 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:11:25pm

re: #146 Lincolntf

They always are.

True, that is in fact the point.

158 reine.de.tout  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:11:48pm

re: #143 Shug

Waffle on dark----explain please
Bacon, crisp--got it
Hash browns, scattered and covered.---covered in chili ?

I like my waffles well-done.
Waffle on dark = waffle-house speak for cook the waffle on the "dark" setting of the machine.

Hash browns;
scattered - scattered
covered - cheese
smothered - onions
There are other ways to have the hash-browns, I don't know them all.

Did you know there is a Waffle House Museum?

159 Cato the Elder  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:12:07pm

re: #156 Lincolntf

We don't use the word "Bagua" around here. It sounds icky. Watch yourself.

Sounds like a wet baguette, actually. ;^)

160 irongrampa  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:12:47pm

re: #158 reine.de.tout

You can get rare waffles?

161 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:12:52pm

re: #159 Cato the Elder

Sounds like a wet baguette, actually. ;^)

a wet baguette sounds pretty icky to me = )

162 Mich-again  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:12:54pm

re: #150 MandyManners

We lost games Tuesday and Thursday from what else? Throwing the ball around! Every person who has ever coached a kids baseball team knows what I mean by throwing the ball around. Gak! Don't Throw the Ball Around! How many times can I say it before they figure it out? Ha.

163 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:13:54pm

re: #160 irongrampa

You can get rare waffles?

Light waffles (light in color...not calories) tend to be chewy rather than crispy....it's a preference

164 reine.de.tout  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:13:59pm

re: #160 irongrampa

You can get rare waffles?

If you want :-)
They might be gooey in the middle.

165 Mich-again  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:15:00pm

They overdue the pecan waffles at Waffle House. Jeesh its like eating a pound of pecans for breakfast.

166 irongrampa  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:15:21pm

re: #163 srb1976

Aha. Did you ever have savory waffles? Had some drenched in beef gravy a while back--liked that much.

167 Shug  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:15:41pm

I now know the secret menu at In n Out and waffle house.

I feel like the illuminati

168 FightingBack  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:15:43pm

re: #160 irongrampa

You can get rare waffles?

I thought that meant "Museum Quality"

169 reine.de.tout  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:16:02pm

re: #167 Shug

I now know the secret menu at In n Out and waffle house.

I feel like the illuminati

You are the illuminati.

170 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:16:07pm

re: #139 reine.de.tout

Bad salad, burnt meal.
You ordered the wrong thing.
At Waffle House, the best order is:

Waffle on dark
Bacon, crisp
Hash browns, scattered and covered.

Commit that to memory and use it the next time you are at Waffle House.



Only in the south

Biscuits and red-eye-gravy...or in your neck of the wood reine...cajun-style gravy.

171 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:16:17pm

Chinese snub LA zoo for snub-nose monkey delivery to simian habitat designed with feng shui elements by Simona Mainini.

/

172 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:16:20pm

re: #166 irongrampa

haven't tried that....love savory crepes...but never tried waffles that way

Sounds interesting

173 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:16:36pm

re: #149 Cato the Elder

If I'm not mistaken, those symbols around the yin/yang are the eight basic trigrams of the I Ching hexagrams, no?

What does the word Bagua mean?

Direct translation is: Eight Symbols

those are the eight distinct groups of three lines, in combinations of solid lines and dashes which are depicted. The unbroken one yin and the broken one yang. Thus the three solid lines are the maximum yin, and the three broken lines the maximum yang. The combinations represent all of the variations and the yin-yang symbol represents them in balance.

174 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:17:29pm

re: #167 Shug

I now know the secret menu at In n Out and waffle house.

I feel like the illuminati

The only thing I really miss from Vegas is In n Out....double double w/ cheese & a choc. shake.....yummy!

175 irongrampa  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:17:39pm

re: #168 FightingBack

Nice. We now have a wet monitor. Should learn not to drink and read.

176 Buck  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:17:45pm

In the 90's I worked for a Chinese internet service provider. I worked in tech support.... Only it was the feng shui tech support.

Customer: Hello? I can't seem to get my email.

Me: First of all can you check if the toilet lid is up or down... it needs to be fully down to get email.

/just kidding

/ot

177 Cato the Elder  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:20:18pm

re: #173 Bagua

Direct translation is: Eight Symbols

those are the eight distinct groups of three lines, in combinations of solid lines and dashes which are depicted. The unbroken one yin and the broken one yang. Thus the three solid lines are the maximum yin, and the three broken lines the maximum yang. The combinations represent all of the variations and the yin-yang symbol represents them in balance.

Ah. Now I can go to bed without being kept awake by curiosity. Thanks.

I've always loved the way the yin and yang swirls each contain the seed of the opposite state.

People could learn from that. Some do.

178 Attaboid  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:20:25pm

The Uighurs might be welcome there.
/s

179 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:20:45pm

I just want to take a moment and whine again about having my butt kicked by a 4 yr old......

Little Man broke my thumb....Waah!

180 Gearhead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:21:13pm

re: #170 jorline


Only in the south

Biscuits and red-eye-gravy...or in your neck of the wood reine...cajun-style gravy.

Now I'm gettin' hungry.

181 MrPaulRevere  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:21:46pm

Wow! Charles has improved on the spy feature. I like it!

182 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:22:08pm

re: #153 Gus 802

Yes, I'm sure you saw these badges on doors, windows, and other points of entry where they are said to "ward off evil."

It is also the fundamental Chinese creation myth, almost identical to the first few lines of the Hebrew Torah.

183 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:22:27pm

The LA Zoo might capture some Congress Critters, have a Lobbyist drag a camaign donation around Capitol Hill they catch a whole bunch.

184 Sharmuta  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:22:50pm

re: #181 MrPaulRevere

Wow! Charles has improved on the spy feature. I like it!

Me too- it looks great.

185 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:24:15pm

Evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?

186 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:24:21pm

re: #179 srb1976

I just want to take a moment and whine again about having my butt kicked by a 4 yr old......

Little Man broke my thumb....Waah!

Is that you, Keith Olberman?

187 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:24:28pm

re: #170 jorline

Biscuits and red-eye-gravy...or in your neck of the wood reine...cajun-style gravy.

Biscuits and gravy is the best late night after the bar/club meal. Cajun gravy must be divine...

188 reine.de.tout  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:24:30pm

re: #181 MrPaulRevere

Wow! Charles has improved on the spy feature. I like it!

Yes, indeed
I'm becoming addicted to the spy all over again.

189 MrPaulRevere  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:24:45pm

re: #184 Sharmuta

Its cutting edge stuff, world class IMO.

190 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:24:53pm

re: #186 Fenway_Nation

Is that you, Keith Olberman?

Ouch.....that hurts worse than the thumb = (

191 Ayeless in Ghazi  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:25:33pm

David Attenborough, 2009 Prince of Asturias Award Laureate for Social Sciences:

[Link: richarddawkins.net...]

192 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:25:47pm

re: #185 realwest

Not sure- just got here myself....

193 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:26:48pm

re: #177 Cato the Elder

It is also fundamental to internal martial arts, where one may sense an opponents weakness in the exhaustion of yang when they are at their strongest, and see the opportunity for a counter.

The two yin yang expand to eight basic "states" represented by the trigrams, from there we get the 64 hexagrams that make up the I-Ching. Within this is said to be all variations of strategy, attack, retreat, counter, counter-counter on and on.

194 reine.de.tout  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:27:07pm

re: #170 jorline


Only in the south

Biscuits and red-eye-gravy...or in your neck of the wood reine...cajun-style gravy.

{jorline}
I have to tell you - I do love biscuits.
But all I want is mass quantities of real butter on 'em.

195 Basho  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:27:10pm

re: #191 Jimmah

Ooh congrats to Attenborough!

Hey Jimmah! Thanks for keeping touch. Because I've been pretty busy recently, and because I'm a jerk, I haven't talked to you in a long time. But I'm back!

196 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:27:46pm

re: #192 Fenway_Nation
Ah, well has anyone mentioned the Chinese Submarine that ran into a sonar array being towed by the USS John S. McCain off Subic Bay in the Phillipines(put it in the spinoff links for this thread)?

197 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:28:26pm

re: #183 JCM

The LA Zoo might capture some Congress Critters, have a Lobbyist drag a camaign donation around Capitol Hill they catch a whole bunch.

Scientific names of notable congresscritters:

Pelosis Moonbatticus Francisis

Sensenbrennus judicus consevatus

Luap Nor

Any other good ones?

198 reine.de.tout  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:28:32pm

re: #185 realwest

Evening y'all - how is everyone and what are we talking about?

Well . . .let's see .. .

Mandy & Cato are having a love-fest, I'm expecting a wedding announcement any day now
/ / / / / / / /

199 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:28:48pm

re: #196 realwest

I wonder if they've called Geico and took pictures....

200 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:29:38pm

re: #196 realwest

I heard that on the radio earlier- they were downplaying it somewhat, which made me a little suspicous from the get-go.

201 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:29:53pm
But now the Chinese government has taken the monkeys off the table, leaving zoo officials searching for suitable stand-in simians to take the place of the golden monkeys, known for their blue-faces and blond-hair.

/Obama's got some Uighurs he's having trouble finding a home for

202 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:31:11pm

re: #198 reine.de.tout
Mandy and Cato?!? What? If I'd thought Mandy was interested in old men I'd a made a run at her myself!
//

203 Ayeless in Ghazi  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:31:22pm

re: #195 Basho

Ooh congrats to Attenborough!

Hey Jimmah! Thanks for keeping touch. Because I've been pretty busy recently, and because I'm a jerk, I haven't talked to you in a long time. But I'm back!

Hey! Good to see you Basho! Hope you enjoyed your break. As you have no doubt noticed since your return, LGF is the same old 'echo chamber' as ever/// ;-)

204 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:32:11pm

re: #193 Bagua

Hey, going back to the reason for the snub I did find this:

But with the project now complete, authorities in the People's Republic, who make millions of dollars each year loaning pandas and other animals to US zoos, have suddenly pulled out of the deal, apparently in protest at new US government rules about how the proceeds can be spent.

"They were resentful that federal policy on importing any endangered species required that any money exchanged for that animal had to be used to conserve the habitat and wild population of that species," said David Towne, a Seattle-based consultant who helped broker the original deal.

LA Zoo now intends to fill its enclosure with a mixed collection of Asian animals, including a deer and some pheasants. "We're obviously disappointed, but ... it just didn't happen," said a zoo spokesman. "They said no, and we're going to Plan B."

More here:

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

205 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:32:28pm

re: #199 BigPapa
LOL! Image just flashed into my mind of the Geico Lizard in a tiny deepsea divers outfit, dropping down through the ocean!

206 irongrampa  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:32:45pm

About time for the old folk, there's an old restored 49 Ford that needs to be gotten running tomorrow--ought to be fun.
Good night, good people.

207 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:33:41pm

re: #196 realwest

Ah, well has anyone mentioned the Chinese Submarine that ran into a sonar array being towed by the USS John S. McCain off Subic Bay in the Phillipines(put it in the spinoff links for this thread)?

No, I hadn't heard of that story. BTW for everyone who doesn't know: The sub John S. McCain is named after Senator McCain's father, who was actually the second John Sidney McCain.

208 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:33:45pm

re: #206 irongrampa

Good night.....take it easy = )

209 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:33:45pm

re: #197 Dark_Falcon

Scientific names of notable congresscritters:

Pelosis Moonbatticus Francisis

Sensenbrennus judicus consevatus

Luap Nor

Any other good ones?

Johndus Murthassus.

210 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:33:54pm

re: #200 Fenway_Nation
Well I was suspicious that a Chinese sub would be around Subic Bay in the Philippines in the first place and in the second place how come the sonic array didn't pick it up?

211 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:36:02pm

re: #180 Gearhead

Now I'm gettin' hungry.

When I was in college we had a great restaurant just off campus. It only sat 12 people, 6 at the counter and 6 along the window sill...if you were late you stood in line outside. The man who owned it appeared to be in his seventies and he only had one item on the menu...Irish White Gravy Stew, it was the best I've even eaten. Two sizes, large and small. If you were a regular you knew to ask for a large red-top...a large stew with a ladle of chili in the middle...always came with two slices of white bread for sopp'n.

He never sold the chili by it self...that was for red-top only.

212 avanti  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:36:07pm

re: #206 irongrampa

About time for the old folk, there's an old restored 49 Ford that needs to be gotten running tomorrow--ought to be fun.
Good night, good people.

If you can't get a flat head Ford running in under a hour, turn in your wrenches.:)

213 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:36:11pm

re: #209 JCM

Johndus Murthassus.

Panthera Chicagous Rush

214 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:36:19pm

re: #210 realwest

re: #210 realwest

The Chinese knew we were distracted by the monkey things and saw their chance to sneak up on us.

215 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:36:19pm

re: #210 realwest

Well I was suspicious that a Chinese sub would be around Subic Bay in the Philippines in the first place and in the second place how come the sonic array didn't pick it up?

Diesel Electrics running slow are extraordinarily quiet. The Russian Kilo Class, which the ChiComs copied is a tough boat to find in littoral waters.

216 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:36:30pm

re: #209 JCM
Hey jcm! That would be Johndus Fucking Murthassus. You know, just to keep the "lineage" intact so to speak!

217 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:37:03pm

re: #212 avanti

If you can't get a flat head Ford running in under a hour, turn in your wrenches.:)

Why do say that avanti?

218 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:37:51pm

re: #215 JCM

Diesel Electrics running slow are extraordinarily quiet. The Russian Kilo Class, which the ChiComs copied is a tough boat to find in littoral waters.

Copied and bought. The Russian built 10 Kilos for China.

219 avanti  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:38:10pm

re: #215 JCM

Diesel Electrics running slow are extraordinarily quiet. The Russian Kilo Class, which the ChiComs copied is a tough boat to find in littoral waters.

We closed the naval base at Subic Bay I think. Not that I'll miss Olongapo liberty.

220 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:39:04pm

re: #213 Dark_Falcon

Panthera Chicagous Rush

Baghadium Jiminara McDimwittium.

221 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:39:07pm

re: #211 jorline
Hey there jorline! Uh, whereabouts did y'all go to college? All he sold was white gravy Irish Stew- and of course the chilli with the "Red Top" version of it?!

222 Ayeless in Ghazi  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:39:07pm

I gotta say - I heartily approve of the new musical trend that seems to be under way at evangelical church meetings these days:

Youtube Video
223 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:39:45pm

re: #218 Dark_Falcon

Copied and bought. The Russian built 10 Kilos for China.

Iran's got a few too, IIRC.

224 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:39:55pm

re: #210 realwest

how come the sonic array didn't pick it up?

What makes you think it didn't?

/these sonar arrays are towed great distances behind the host vessels, where it's "quiet", they can't be reeled back in on a dime

225 Sharmuta  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:40:15pm

Wow- the youtube videos are embedded in the spy too. Incredible.

226 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:40:21pm

re: #219 avanti

We closed the naval base at Subic Bay I think. Not that I'll miss Olongapo liberty.

The Philippines has partially reopened it. Our ships use it at times although I think subs might still dock at Cavite (did I spell that last name right?).

227 avanti  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:40:33pm

re: #217 Dark_Falcon

Why do say that avanti?

Easy to work on, get gas to the carb, and a spark, and she'll run. I've just sanded the points on a old engine, rigged up a gas can with fresh gas, and away I went.

228 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:40:34pm

Tell ya what. I'll sit in as a replacement simian until they find a suitable resident.

229 Sharmuta  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:41:11pm

re: #225 Sharmuta

Well- not embedded, but they are a link. That's totally awesome.

230 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:41:15pm

re: #210 realwest

Maybe they did and it's why the sub crashed into the Array and not the USS John McCain....

/Upon impact, The USS Barack 0bama would've instantaneously relayed an apology to the People's Liberation Navy Headquarters via radio, fax, e-mail and morse code and offered to pay for repairs to the sub while instantly ejecting it's own crew, placing them in the trajectory of the nearest bus.

231 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:41:24pm

re: #228 Noam Sayin'

Do you qualify as a hairy chimpanzee minkey?

232 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:41:55pm

re: #220 JCM

Baghadium Jiminara McDimwittium.

Liebermani Sanus Orthodox

233 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:42:12pm

BBIAB

234 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:42:12pm

This may be nothing, it may be something. Chinese military is not necessarily know for their submarine technology or expertise, as common knowledge. Unless there's some defense industry info to the contrary, I'd have to think this was more rookie submariner stuff than 'pushing the limit' aggressiveness.

Subic Bay is a large sub base so I'm sure any Chinese subs want to hang around there to ploy. Gonna have to read up on this stuff.

Military issues fascinate me enough, but after reading Blind Man's Bluff about the history of American submarine history, I'm chronically intrigued. I've had a couple of instances flying into Oahu as a boomer or attack sub is running on the surface into Pearl... Honco Salute. Nothing like seeing quintessential ace of spades of American sea power gliding into port after a few months in the deep.

235 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:42:59pm

re: #215 JCM

Diesel Electrics running slow are extraordinarily quiet. The Russian Kilo Class, which the ChiComs copied is a tough boat to find in littoral waters.


Well, given that I know practically nothing about the Navy - any navy! - I'll certainly take your word for it.
But how the hell did a slow as hell Chicom Diesel Electric make it undetected through ocean waves to run into what I gather are littoral waters around Subic Bay - and if they really were littoral, what the hell was the USS McCain doing trailing a sonar array?!?

236 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:43:29pm

re: #230 Fenway_Nation

I disagree, the USS Barack Obama would never be deployed to the PI as it would be busy, full time, saving Polar Bears and such.

237 Gearhead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:44:02pm

re: #197 Dark_Falcon

Scientific names of notable congresscritters:

Pelosis Moonbatticus Francisis

Sensenbrennus judicus consevatus

Luap Nor

Any other good ones?

Reidium Rectocranium

238 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:44:48pm

re: #235 realwest

Well, given that I know practically nothing about the Navy - any navy! - I'll certainly take your word for it.
But how the hell did a slow as hell Chicom Diesel Electric make it undetected through ocean waves to run into what I gather are littoral waters around Subic Bay - and if they really were littoral, what the hell was the USS McCain doing trailing a sonar array?!?

Maybe testing it. I do know the Navy has worked on using towed arrays in shallow water.

239 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:44:54pm

re: #224 Killian Bundy

What makes you think it didn't?

/these sonar arrays are towed great distances behind the host vessels, where it's "quiet", they can't be reeled back in on a dime

Ah, I didn't know that! Thank you Killian!
But I still wonder what a Chicom sub was doing around there.

240 Lincolntf  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:45:44pm

re: #234 BigPapa

So what I'm hearing is that blind Chinese monkeys might be bluffing about an attack on Oahu?

I sometimes get confused at this late hour.

241 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:45:57pm

One thing's for sure, the Chinese have a hard on for colliding with our military equipment.

/undersea, in the air, doesn't matterre: #239 realwest

But I still wonder what a Chicom sub was doing around there.

/um, same thing we were doing, it's called spying

242 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:46:09pm

re: #238 Dark_Falcon

Maybe testing it. I do know the Navy has worked on using towed arrays in shallow water.

Do you know anything about the missing monkeys?

243 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:46:18pm

re: #240 Lincolntf

So what I'm hearing is that blind Chinese monkeys might be bluffing about an attack on Oahu?

I sometimes get confused at this late hour.

That's beautiful! = )

244 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:46:22pm

re: #194 reine.de.tout

{jorline}
I have to tell you - I do love biscuits.
But all I want is mass quantities of real butter on 'em.

{reine}

I hear ya...who wants to take the time with the gravy when butter on a homemade biscuit will do.

245 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:47:10pm

re: #237 Gearhead

Reidium Rectocranium

Bostonius Drunkus Kennedy

246 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:47:19pm

re: #228 Noam Sayin'
HEY NOAM! *noogies*! That's damn generous of you to offer!
Whaddya got a thing for female gorillas?!

247 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:47:27pm

re: #242 Bagua

Do you know anything about the missing monkeys?

I vote that the Chinese sub wasn't undetected....it was being driven by the missing monkeys who were trying to escape to LA.....

248 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:47:34pm

re: #196 realwest

Ah, well has anyone mentioned the Chinese Submarine that ran into a sonar array being towed by the USS John S. McCain off Subic Bay in the Phillipines(put it in the spinoff links for this thread)?

RW

We're talking waffles and biscuits here son.

249 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:48:19pm

CORRECTION:
Subic Bay is not substantial any more, not since 1991.

I learned that on the innertubes!

250 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:48:48pm

re: #235 realwest

Well, given that I know practically nothing about the Navy - any navy! - I'll certainly take your word for it.
But how the hell did a slow as hell Chicom Diesel Electric make it undetected through ocean waves to run into what I gather are littoral waters around Subic Bay - and if they really were littoral, what the hell was the USS McCain doing trailing a sonar array?!?

Good questions. A sub would attempt to get into trail positon on surface ship and shadow to get a feel for operational patterns. So getting tangled in the towed array isn't a big surprise.

Our SSN's had several collisions with Russian boats while trailing during the cold war.

251 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:49:09pm

re: #242 Bagua

Do you know anything about the missing monkeys?

I here that they were is fact hired for a Secret mission to track down the missing Nirth Certifikate.


///////

252 Ayeless in Ghazi  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:49:21pm

Colourbox - Looks Like We're Shy One Horse

Youtube Video
253 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:49:27pm

re: #211 jorline

Former LA Mayor Richard Riordan now owns The Pantry, a wonderful, filling dive. The history doesn't mention it, but IIRC it's mostly staffed by ex-cons who need a job. Huge portions.
[Link: www.pantrycafe.com...]

254 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:49:35pm

re: #248 jorline

In addition to the zoo....anyone spending any time at all in Omaha, NE needs to have breakfast at the 11-Worth Cafe.....heart attack on a plate but worth it = )

(been missing the place lately)

255 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:50:47pm

re: #221 realwest

Hey there jorline! Uh, whereabouts did y'all go to college? All he sold was white gravy Irish Stew- and of course the chilli with the "Red Top" version of it?!

San Antonio...damn it was good. Now I kick myself for not getting the recipe...lol

256 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:51:16pm

Wow, the truth is really coming out. Who knew this monkey conspiracy went so far?

257 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:51:18pm

re: #231 Bagua

Do you qualify as a hairy chimpanzee minkey?

We'll call the exhibit, Northern Hairless Multi-descendent Simian; Plains Dweller; Sub-genus; oenophile.

Maybe that will catch some attention.

Frankly, I wouldn't mind getting paid for sitting around drinking wine all day.

258 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:51:23pm

re: #241 Killian Bundy
WHAT? The U.S. SPIES on other nations navies? Are you sure of that?!
/very

259 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:52:28pm

re: #257 Noam Sayin'

We'll call the exhibit, Northern Hairless Multi-descendent Simian; Plains Dweller; Sub-genus; oenophile.

Maybe that will catch some attention.

Frankly, I wouldn't mind getting paid for sitting around drinking wine all day.

But, no one's going to PAY to see that, in LA!

260 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:52:38pm

re: #258 realwest

WHAT? The U.S. SPIES on other nations navies? Are you sure of that?!
/very

That has to stop, it's impolite. How are we going to be popular if we do all that spy shit.

/ The One.

261 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:53:05pm

re: #253 Floral Giraffe

Former LA Mayor Richard Riordan now owns The Pantry, a wonderful, filling dive. The history doesn't mention it, but IIRC it's mostly staffed by ex-cons who need a job. Huge portions.
[Link: www.pantrycafe.com...]

Hi Florla...good to see you.

262 Ayeless in Ghazi  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:53:36pm

Ray Kurzweil: A university for the coming singularity

[Link: www.ted.com...]

263 Gearhead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:53:43pm

re: #245 Dark_Falcon

Bostonius Drunkus Kennedy

Clintonius Fellatius

264 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:53:56pm

re: #251 Dark_Falcon

I here that they were is fact hired for a Secret mission to track down the missing Nirth Certifikate.

///////

I believe the missing monkeys, the nirth cert and the Chinese sub are all connected, it's quite obvious now.

265 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:54:04pm

re: #240 Lincolntf
That's pretty close my friend - Lord knows closer than I'd get just wandering into this conversation so late and sooo tired! But it would be Chinese Boomer Apes, a heretofore unknown species, swimming to Pearl Harbor!

266 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:54:14pm

re: #239 realwest

Ah, I didn't know that! Thank you Killian!
But I still wonder what a Chicom sub was doing around there.

Probably keeping an eye on the Filipinos, believe it or not.

There's a group of islands in the South China sea that are sitting on top of a potentially rich reserve of oil and natural gas called the Spratlay Islands. The Philippines, Vietnam, PRC China, Taiwan, Brunei and Malaysia all lay claim to it with occasional naval skirmishes breaking out.....

267 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:55:28pm

re: #259 Floral Giraffe

But, no one's going to PAY to see that, in LA!

Oh, I don't know. I've been told I have a dynamite ass (just recently, in fact).

268 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:55:37pm

re: #263 Gearhead

Clintonius Fellatius

Shreikus Californi Boxer

269 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:55:51pm

re: #254 srb1976

In addition to the zoo....anyone spending any time at all in Omaha, NE needs to have breakfast at the 11-Worth Cafe.....heart attack on a plate but worth it = )

(been missing the place lately)

I lived by Offutt AFB in the 60's.

270 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:56:01pm

re: #240 Lincolntf

So what I'm hearing is that blind Chinese monkeys might be bluffing about an attack on Oahu?

Throwing poop without aim only aim to cause poop

Ancient Chinese Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Filipino Japanese Hapa Haole proverb.

271 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:57:02pm

re: #264 Bagua

I believe the missing monkeys, the nirth cert and the Chinese sub are all connected, it's quite obvious now.

That's it....the monkey's stole the nirth cert....and then escaped....but they crashed the sub so they eated the cert to avoid it's discovery = )

(I want to be a conspiracy theorist when I grow up)
///

272 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:57:15pm

re: #266 Fenway_Nation

Probably keeping an eye on the Filipinos, believe it or not.

There's a group of islands in the South China sea that are sitting on top of a potentially rich reserve of oil and natural gas called the Spratlay Islands. The Philippines, Vietnam, PRC China, Taiwan, Brunei and Malaysia all lay claim to it with occasional naval skirmishes breaking out.....

Well the're all wrong, everyone knows Satay is a favorite Indonesian appetiser.

273 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:57:21pm

re: #264 Bagua

I believe the missing monkeys, the nirth cert and the Chinese sub are all connected, it's quite obvious now.

So the sub was sent stop the monkeys from finding the Nirth Cert? Oh, Noes! Obama is a Chinese Commie Spy!

/John Birchers

274 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:57:27pm

re: #248 jorline waffles and biscuits - with redeye gravy? I ain't never heard of waffles with redeye gravy before! You Texans sure have unusual palates!
Now if y'all were talking french fried and brown gravy or for that matter real boiled rice with brown gravy, why I could..................geez, I just made myself get hungry!
BBIAM!

275 Opilio  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:57:29pm

re: #245 Dark_Falcon

Bostonius Drunkus Kennedy

Specterbium Turncoaticus Opportunatii

276 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:57:53pm

re: #271 srb1976

Yes, it's all beginning to make sense. Possibly too much.

277 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:58:21pm

re: #253 Floral Giraffe

Former LA Mayor Richard Riordan now owns The Pantry, a wonderful, filling dive. The history doesn't mention it, but IIRC it's mostly staffed by ex-cons who need a job. Huge portions.
[Link: www.pantrycafe.com...]

WOW...big menu!

278 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:58:24pm

re: #274 realwest

You're making me hungry.

279 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:58:26pm

re: #269 jorline

I lived by Offutt AFB in the 60's.

Dad was stationed there for most of my childhood.....went to the airshow and the SAC underground tour every year = )

280 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:58:26pm

re: #271 srb1976

That's it....the monkey's stole the nirth cert....and then escaped....but they crashed the sub so they eated the cert to avoid it's discovery = )

(I want to be a conspiracy theorist when I grow up)
///

I thought the Nirth Cert was eated by an Elephant Seal.

281 Syrah  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:58:43pm

The Bloodhound Gang in monkey suits.

Youtube Video

Something about the discovery channel and X-files . . .

282 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:58:51pm

re: #272 Bagua

I love me some satay, but the Indonesians aren't the only ones who can lay claim to Satay.....

283 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:59:18pm

Who let these people out of the clown car again?

Rice on UN sanctions

U.S. representative to the United Nations Susan Rice appeared in the White House Briefing Room at the beginning of the on-camera briefing to talk about the U.N. sanctions against North Korea.

She said she would "not be surprised" if the North Koreans responded provocatively to today's actions.

She also said the provisions allowing for inspection of ships suspected of transporting weapons of mass destruction or missile technology does not provide authority for military force to direct suspect ships to port for inspection or to seize the cargo. In this respect, she alluded to giving up a bit in the negotiations, but "we feel we got a lot." She would not go into details.

Obama bows to China over NK sanctions in UN

We mentioned earlier that Obama wanted all UN members to be able to search all ships bound for North Korea if that ship was not in the territorial waters of NK and reasonable suspicion existed that prohibited items (read: nuclear-bomb enabling stuff sent from China) were on board.

The United States insisted that this provision be a part of the sanctions to be levied out of the UNSC on NK as a response to the latest nuke test.

China said no. Obama caved.

China's proffered logic was that "mandatory inspections of North Korean cargo would lead to military conflict."

Well, aren't those just special sanctions, excuse us Mr. Kim Jong-il, can we board and inspect your ship we suspect is carrying weapons of mass destruction, pretty please?

/sanctions about as useful as a third tit on a boar

284 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:59:18pm

re: #275 Opilio

Specterbium Turncoaticus Opportunatii

Casus Emptysuitus Philidelphi

285 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:59:21pm

re: #273 Dark_Falcon

So the sub was sent stop the monkeys from finding the Nirth Cert? Oh, Noes! Obama is a Chinese Commie Spy!

/John Birchers

How are you tonight Dark?

286 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 9:59:29pm

re: #280 Dark_Falcon

That's what the Chinese want us to believe. A classic distraction from the Sun Tzu (Art of War)

287 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:00:02pm

re: #268 Dark_Falcon

Shreikus Californi Boxer

Chucksteri Fixrential Rangeliti

288 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:00:18pm

re: #274 realwest

waffles and biscuits - with redeye gravy? I ain't never heard of waffles with redeye gravy before! You Texans sure have unusual palates!
Now if y'all were talking french fried and brown gravy or for that matter real boiled rice with brown gravy, why I could..................geez, I just made myself get hungry!
BBIAM!

Nope...11-worth has curly fries (the seasoned kind) covered in white gravy and topped with shredded cheese.....great post club snack if breakfast isn't what you're after.....

For breakfast the hashbrown casserole is unbeatable = )

289 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:00:49pm

re: #280 Dark_Falcon

I thought the Nirth Cert was eated by an Elephant Seal.


That's just what THEY want you to think

290 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:01:09pm

re: #282 Fenway_Nation

I love me some satay, but the Indonesians aren't the only ones who can lay claim to Satay.....

Yes, I'm sure the Palestinians were there first or something...

291 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:02:14pm

re: #285 jorline

How are you tonight Dark?

Getting by. My quota went way up this month and I'm struggling to meet it. Today I worked at a different store. It was a slower location but I still got my sales. Hopefully, I'll be able to sell enough to retain my job.

292 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:02:35pm

re: #274 realwest

waffles and biscuits - with redeye gravy? I ain't never heard of waffles with redeye gravy before! You Texans sure have unusual palates!
Now if y'all were talking french fried and brown gravy or for that matter real boiled rice with brown gravy, why I could..................geez, I just made myself get hungry!
BBIAM!

lmao...no gravy on the waffles you ninny...syrup. Gravy on the biscuits.

How about some grits?

293 Lincolntf  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:02:49pm

G'night all.
Go fuck with people.

294 Sharmuta  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:02:56pm

Syrah....

(Archie can come too- if he wants.)

295 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:03:16pm

Henreeka Sanctimonia Reidanus.

296 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:03:41pm

re: #290 Bagua

Yes, I'm sure the Palestinians were there first or something...

Satay is the 253,987th most holiest dish in all of Islam-

/try the pork satay, Mohammed!

297 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:03:41pm

re: #257 Noam Sayin'
Hey who said y'all'd get wine? And no sitting on your butt all day - you gotta drive that there Scooter naked, and fling poo at the tourists!
BUT NO WHEELIES!
:)

298 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:03:59pm

re: #287 JCM

Chucksteri Fixrential Rangeliti

Kirkus Fleetus Northshorani

(Congressman Mark Kirk of Illinois, explained since he's not as well known).

299 pat  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:04:41pm

re: #266 Fenway_Nation

I have spent way too much time in my life studying the Spratlys and The Senkaku Islands.

300 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:05:02pm

re: #283 Killian Bundy

Dude, I feel I must pimp your blog, since you're such a mensch in not pimping it yourself.

Always a nice compendium of issues. It's a good bit of work. A lot of folks would benefit by adding it to their list.

301 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:05:03pm

I'm kind of suprised to see the Chinese pull out of the Golden Monkey exhibit, given the local Chinese support for the Huntington Botanic Garden's Chinese Garden. Henry Huntington left a great legacy to this state.
[Link: huntington.org...]

302 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:05:13pm

re: #295 BigPapa

Henreeka Sanctimonia Reidanus.

Cashfreezus Jeffersonium

303 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:05:23pm

re: #296 Fenway_Nation

Satay is the 253,987th most holiest dish in all of Islam-

/try the pork satay, Mohammed!

You're not one of those Satay deniers are you, I tell you the sauce is settled!

304 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:06:01pm

re: #267 Noam Sayin'

Oh, I don't know. I've been told I have a dynamite ass (just recently, in fact).

LOL!

305 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:06:26pm

Hello Night Lizards! It's raining in Near Iowa.

$7.4 million for feng shui? Do you think the monkey's will appreciate it?

How are you-all and what are we talking about?

306 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:06:36pm

re: #289 srb1976

That's just what THEY want you to think

I'm thinking the Chinese sub had the snub nose monkeys on board who had Obama's nirth certifikit. The collision with the sonar array was a ploy! Think now, USS John McCain? McCain a Republican!? It was made to look like a collision but they actually made a transfer of the Obama nirth certifikit possessing snub-nosed monkeys from the Chinese sub onto the USS John "Republican" McCain!

The official name was: OPERATION SEA KITEH

///

307 Bagua  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:06:44pm

re: #301 Floral Giraffe

I'm kind of suprised to see the Chinese pull out of the Golden Monkey exhibit, given the local Chinese support for the Huntington Botanic Garden's Chinese Garden. Henry Huntington left a great legacy to this state.
[Link: huntington.org...]

Has no considered that it may have been the Monkeys who pulled out? After all, they are almost extinct.

308 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:07:36pm

re: #279 srb1976

Dad was stationed there for most of my childhood.....went to the airshow and the SAC underground tour every year = )

My father was stationed there as well, we attended the underground tours. I lived at Capehart and attended Fort Crook. I saw JFK several months before his assassination at Offutt.

309 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:07:37pm

re: #306 Gus 802

I think you're onto something here.....
= )

310 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:07:59pm

re: #297 realwest

- you gotta drive that there Scooter naked, and fling poo at the tourists!

Alright. I'll throw poo at the tourists - especially the French.

Any other suggestions on how I could refine my show?

Hey, real. Check out the new toy - mine has walnut grips.

311 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:08:27pm

re: #309 srb1976

I think you're onto something here.....
= )

I have to be really careful now!

/

312 shiplord kirel  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:09:05pm

The Plot Thickens!

This is the current, most highly evolved version of a warning I issued a couple of years ago on several message boards, including Rantburg and LGF:

Monkey uprising overruns Bangladeshi town
Monkeys terrorize Indian government.
Monkeys invade Indian embassy in Nepal. (An alliance with Maoist rebels?)

There is mounting evidence that monkeys and their relatives are plotting to overthrow human civilization, almost certainly in collusion with the great apes. That's right, you think they are cute hairy little bare-ass creatures, but don't let the sly beasts fool you!

At some point in the year 2012, the Moon will align with (something or other) and that will cause a great awakening in the consciousness of every ape, monkey, and baboon... spider monkeys and lemurs, too. Then the little monsters are going to rip and sack their way through the unsuspecting nations of the Earth.

Many leading humans have been aware of this simian conspiracy for some time. Why do you think experienced ape-fighter Charlton Heston was named to lead the NRA a few years ago? Heston is out of the loop now, but others have taken his place in preparing our resistance. Stock up on guns, ammo, and bananas!

The conspiracy seems concentrated in the Indian subcontinent. An attempt to gain control of Indian nuclear weapons at an early stage? Can faithful Lizardoids be sure that all of our posters are loyal humans? Couldn't one or more of them be the proverbial monkey pecking at a keyboard, sent here to spy out the scientifically conscious resistance?

(Yes, I know that apes are not monkeys, but the great apes have long been suspected of masterminding the anti-human conspiracy.)

I will continue to raise the alarm about this gorilla warfare conspiracy, despite protests and threats from simian-citizens pressure groups and their lawyers and media dupes.

313 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:09:42pm

re: #291 Dark_Falcon

Getting by. My quota went way up this month and I'm struggling to meet it. Today I worked at a different store. It was a slower location but I still got my sales. Hopefully, I'll be able to sell enough to retain my job.

I'm really glad to hear you're making it. Perhaps it will get better soon.

314 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:10:02pm

re: #308 jorline

My father was stationed there as well, we attended the underground tours. I lived at Capehart and attended Fort Crook. I saw JFK several months before his assassination at Offutt.

We were there in the 80's....so cold war era....underground tour was very cool...but the Open House days were the big hit with us kids....never lived on base, South Omaha...Jefferson street....went to a school that's not even there anymore = )

315 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:10:25pm

re: #304 Floral Giraffe

LOL!

True story. Her husband got all bent out of shape about it, but he and I are total buddies, now.

316 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:10:37pm

re: #312 shiplord kirel

It's a Worldwide Monkey Revolution! They're getting back at us for all of those monkey experiments!

/ALF!

/

317 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:10:42pm

re: #310 Noam Sayin'

Alright. I'll throw poo at the tourists - especially the French.

Any other suggestions on how I could refine my show?

Hey, real. Check out the new toy - mine has walnut grips.

What caliber is that?

318 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:10:56pm

re: #312 shiplord kirel

Youtube Video
319 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:11:16pm

re: #312 shiplord kirel

My cat tells me you are wrong.

320 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:11:53pm

re: #319 ggt

My cat tells me you are wrong.

Yeah, but can she yodel?

/

321 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:11:57pm

re: #312 shiplord kirel

They just believe that they are the much superior species....after all, they have opposable thumbs on their feet as well as their hands.....

322 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:13:38pm

Lizards vs Monkeys

Hmm..... I watched Alien vs Predator today. Intriguing. Give me a few minutes on the inter tubes for validation.

323 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:13:46pm

re: #277 jorline

WOW...big menu!

Cheap, lots of food, perfect for a student budget! (Kinda scary neighborhood, late at night! Not sure if it's better with the Staples Center newly built, nearby....)

324 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:13:56pm

re: #313 jorline

I'm really glad to hear you're making it. Perhaps it will get better soon.

Maybe. Its not been getting any easier. The only good news is that if I can make through October I'll be off all write ups and finally have a chance for promotion.

325 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:14:17pm

re: #322 BigPapa

Lizards vs Monkeys

Hmm..... I watched Alien vs Predator today. Intriguing. Give me a few minutes on the inter tubes for validation.

ah, the enemy of my enemy . . . .

326 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:14:39pm

re: #271 srb1976

That's it....the monkey's stole the nirth cert....and then escaped....but they crashed the sub so they eated the cert to avoid it's discovery = )

(I want to be a conspiracy theorist when I grow up)
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Uh, don't y'all go giving up you day job there my freind! They didn't EAT the nirth certificate, it was captured by Chinese Communists who took it down into a littoral waters deisel operated submarine, which the monkeys then steered the sub into the sonar array and when the Chinese opened the hatch, the Monkey's retrieved it, only to be shot at long range (with tranquilizer darts, tranquilizer darts by SEAL Snipers on the McCain) while other SEALS stole the Nirth Certificate and gave it to the captain of the USS McCain!
And then his dog ate it.
The end.

327 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:15:08pm

re: #321 srb1976

They just believe that they are the much superior species....after all, they have opposable thumbs on their feet as well as their hands.....

wouldn't that be "opossable big toes"?

328 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:15:11pm

re: #317 Dark_Falcon

What caliber is that?

A .357, sir. It's a magnificent piece of machinery.

Gave up a nearly identical .357 almost 20 years ago. Always wanted another, and was looking at the Ruger GP100 but couldn't find it in stainless. Then this little baby popped up last night.

Just holding it in my hand is like a little trip down memory lane.

329 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:15:57pm

re: #288 srb1976

Nope...11-worth has curly fries (the seasoned kind) covered in white gravy and topped with shredded cheese.....great post club snack if breakfast isn't what you're after.....

For breakfast the hashbrown casserole is unbeatable = )

Seasoned curly fries? DANG!
*Tummy rumbles*

330 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:16:30pm

re: #321 srb1976

They also fart wayyyyy more than humans. Vegetarians, don't cling to guns and religion, hand out with Sigourney Weaver, what's not to like?

331 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:16:33pm

re: #326 realwest

Uh, don't y'all go giving up you day job there my freind! They didn't EAT the nirth certificate, it was captured by Chinese Communists who took it down into a littoral waters deisel operated submarine, which the monkeys then steered the sub into the sonar array and when the Chinese opened the hatch, the Monkey's retrieved it, only to be shot at long range (with tranquilizer darts, tranquilizer darts by SEAL Snipers on the McCain) while other SEALS stole the Nirth Certificate and gave it to the captain of the USS McCain!
And then his dog ate it.
The end.

Navy. Navy SEALS. Elephant Seals...

Nirth certifikit!

//

332 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:16:51pm

re: #327 ggt

wouldn't that be "opossable big toes"?

maybe....but whatever you call it, it's also the only thing preventing them from being able to wear good shoes....thereby proving that humans are better....good shoes, that's the ticket to superiority = )

333 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:17:04pm

re: #326 realwest

Uh, don't y'all go giving up you day job there my freind! They didn't EAT the nirth certificate, it was captured by Chinese Communists who took it down into a littoral waters deisel operated submarine, which the monkeys then steered the sub into the sonar array and when the Chinese opened the hatch, the Monkey's retrieved it, only to be shot at long range (with tranquilizer darts, tranquilizer darts by SEAL Snipers on the McCain) while other SEALS stole the Nirth Certificate and gave it to the captain of the USS McCain!
And then his dog ate it.
The end.

LMAO!

334 IslandLibertarian  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:18:15pm

re: #326 realwest

keepin' it real, Real?

/aloha

335 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:18:45pm

re: #310 Noam Sayin'

Alright. I'll throw poo at the tourists - especially the French.

Any other suggestions on how I could refine my show?

Hey, real. Check out the new toy - mine has walnut grips.

That's a really great new toy. I'm envious all over again!

336 Syrah  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:19:08pm

Is it just me or has the comment search feature been vastly improved also?

What used to take a noticeable amount of time now takes hardly any time at all.

337 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:19:29pm

WHY DO YOU SNUB SNUB NOSE MONKEYS LIZARDS?

338 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:19:33pm

re: #326 realwest

Uh, don't y'all go giving up you day job there my freind! They didn't EAT the nirth certificate, it was captured by Chinese Communists who took it down into a littoral waters deisel operated submarine, which the monkeys then steered the sub into the sonar array and when the Chinese opened the hatch, the Monkey's retrieved it, only to be shot at long range (with tranquilizer darts, tranquilizer darts by SEAL Snipers on the McCain) while other SEALS stole the Nirth Certificate and gave it to the captain of the USS McCain!
And then his dog ate it.
The end.

ROFLMAO!

Now I gotta' clean my beer out of my lap top!

339 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:19:38pm

re: #281 Syrah
Hey Syrah! That was one of the most, ah, unusual music videos I ever saw!

340 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:21:20pm

re: #324 Dark_Falcon

So far, so good! I'm sure you are working hard. Keep it up & we'll pray for the promotion! Would it mean no more quotas?

341 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:21:57pm

re: #323 Floral Giraffe

Cheap, lots of food, perfect for a student budget! (Kinda scary neighborhood, late at night! Not sure if it's better with the Staples Center newly built, nearby....)

I never spent much time in LA. I went out there years ago to look at property for a restaurant group I was with at the time. I was around Huntington and Pacific...close to sunset when several people told me for my own safety I should leave the area before the sun sets.

342 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:22:45pm

re: #326 realwest

Uh, don't y'all go giving up you day job there my freind! They didn't EAT the nirth certificate, it was captured by Chinese Communists who took it down into a littoral waters deisel operated submarine, which the monkeys then steered the sub into the sonar array and when the Chinese opened the hatch, the Monkey's retrieved it, only to be shot at long range (with tranquilizer darts, tranquilizer darts by SEAL Snipers on the McCain) while other SEALS stole the Nirth Certificate and gave it to the captain of the USS McCain!
And then his dog ate it.
The end.

But what you're missing is that the monkeys are in cahoots with Obama... they eated the cert to keep it from being captured by teh evul McCain......sheesh

343 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:23:43pm

re: #340 Floral Giraffe

So far, so good! I'm sure you are working hard. Keep it up & we'll pray for the promotion! Would it mean no more quotas?

No, but it would mean more pay. If I want out of quotas, I have to leave sales as a career and to do that I need money to retrain, money I'm not likely to find anytime soon.

344 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:23:45pm

re: #324 Dark_Falcon

Maybe. Its not been getting any easier. The only good news is that if I can make through October I'll be off all write ups and finally have a chance for promotion.

Go for the promotion,,,you deserve it Dark.

Promotion=bigger quotas...lol

345 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:24:27pm

re: #283 Killian Bundy
They are all fucking idiots - except of course for the Chinese.
I meant the folks on the US side are all fucking idiots.

346 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:24:43pm

re: #341 jorline

I never spent much time in LA. I went out there years ago to look at property for a restaurant group I was with at the time. I was around Huntington and Pacific...close to sunset when several people told me for my own safety I should leave the area before the sun sets.

Big, urban, lots of places NOT to be after dark. Some, even in the Peoples Republic of Santa Monica! *gasp*

347 Gearhead  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:25:10pm

Do you vant to snub my monkey?

348 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:26:04pm

re: #292 jorline
Grits? Smothered in butter? Yes, please!

349 Captain Amercia  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:26:32pm

re: #347 Gearhead

Do you vant to snub my monkey?

You'll go blind that way!

350 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:26:58pm

re: #342 srb1976

But what you're missing is that the monkeys are in cahoots with Obama... they eated the cert to keep it from being captured by teh evul McCain......sheesh

So the Chinese broke the deal they made with McCain in Vietnam in late 1967 when they told McCain that they had they had Obama's nirth certifikit when he was only 6 years old? So McCain wanted revenge!?

///

351 Captain Amercia  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:27:21pm

re: #350 Gus 802

So the Chinese broke the deal they made with McCain in Vietnam in late 1967 when they told McCain that they had they had Obama's nirth certifikit when he was only 6 years old? So McCain wanted revenge!?

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MCCAIN, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!

352 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:27:26pm

Just for fun...
The Huntington's Big Stinky is about to bloom!
[Link: huntington.org...]

353 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:28:02pm

re: #335 Floral Giraffe

That's a really great new toy. I'm envious all over again!

I'm enjoying this little item so much. It's machined so well, I just love hanging on to it. Can't wait to get it on the range.

/if only Obama would quit raising the prices on ammo.

354 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:28:39pm

re: #293 Lincolntf

G'night all.
Go fuck with people.

Didn't Spock say that?

355 Captain Amercia  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:29:06pm

re: #354 jorline

Didn't Spock say that?

Dr. Spock did. I don't know about Mr. Spock.

356 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:30:37pm

re: #345 realwest

They are all fucking idiots - except of course for the Chinese.
I meant the folks on the US side are all fucking idiots.

/now it like track it all to destination, with all the inherent hassles that involves, and hope nothing gets away from us in various hostile port(s)

357 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:30:44pm

re: #348 realwest

Grits? Smothered in butter? Yes, please!

Love grit with butter and tabasco...sorry, everything has to have something spicy on it.

How's mom today RW?

358 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:30:57pm

re: #310 Noam Sayin'
Whoa - is that a .357 Magnum?

359 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:31:09pm

Being Snubbed With Snubbed Monkeys, or:

Being stabbed in the back with a Chinese BBQ Fork

360 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:31:44pm

re: #350 Gus 802

So the Chinese broke the deal they made with McCain in Vietnam in late 1967 when they told McCain that they had they had Obama's nirth certifikit when he was only 6 years old? So McCain wanted revenge!?

///

Of course they broke the deal, they only made the deal with him to set him up to run against Obama...they never told him about the monkeys...and the monkeys only thought they were escaping...the whole thing was engineered to get them to destroy the cert...

(Ican't even type with a straight face anymore)

361 Captain Amercia  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:32:16pm

re: #359 BigPapa

Being Snubbed With Snubbed Monkeys, or:

Being stabbed in the back with a Chinese BBQ Fork

What, do they barbecue egg rolls?

//

362 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:32:26pm

re: #358 realwest

Yes it is, and I got it for $10 less than I was willing to pay for the Ruger GP100.

It was a good day.

363 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:33:17pm

re: #360 srb1976

Of course they broke the deal, they only made the deal with him to set him up to run against Obama...they never told him about the monkeys...and the monkeys only thought they were escaping...the whole thing was engineered to get them to destroy the cert...

(Ican't even type with a straight face anymore)

Indeed! And we haven't really covered the Uighur angle. Yet.

/

364 Syrah  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:33:22pm

re: #339 realwest

Hey Syrah! That was one of the most, ah, unusual music videos I ever saw!

Hi RW.

Yep. Odd video. Clever, but odd. Midget Mimes might find it a bit disturbing in the end.

365 NY Nana  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:33:28pm

re: #292 jorline

/How about this French-Canadian delicacy appetite suppressant...poutine.

FF potatoes, gravy, and cheese curds!

AAARRRGHHH! I have never tasted it, as we are kosher...just seeing it in a food court in a mall, Eaton Centre, in Toronto was enough to give me nightmares.

366 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:33:55pm

re: #362 Noam Sayin'

Yes it is, and I got it for $10 less than I was willing to pay for the Ruger GP100.

It was a good day.

Hooray!

367 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:34:39pm

re: #333 Dark_Falcon
Why thank you kindly!

368 Captain Amercia  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:34:53pm

re: #365 NY Nana

and cheese curds!

They put Iraqis into the food?

///

369 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:35:43pm

re: #363 Gus 802

Indeed! And we haven't really covered the Uighur angle. Yet.

/

The monkeys were going to engineer their escape as well...if they hadn't crashed = )

370 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:35:56pm

re: #338 JCM Ah, sorry 'bout that JCM - shoulda come with a spray screen or at least a warning!

371 Captain Amercia  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:36:06pm

re: #369 srb1976

The monkeys were going to engineer their escape as well...if they hadn't crashed = )

That's exactly how the Planet of the Apes got started.

372 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:37:12pm

re: #369 srb1976

The monkeys were going to engineer their escape as well...if they hadn't crashed = )

Those were rather evolved monkeys.

373 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:37:24pm

re: #371 Captain Amercia

That's exactly how the Planet of the Apes got started.

See....it all ties in with the monkey/ape conspiracy against humans....
//

374 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:37:34pm

re: #355 Captain Amercia

Dr. Spock did. I don't know about Mr. Spock.

Dr. Spock caused a lot of problems in my house growing up...my parents want to beat my butt like the good old days.
Instead they were encouraged to treat me like a human being...Thanks Doc!

375 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:38:02pm

re: #370 realwest

Ah, sorry 'bout that JCM - shoulda come with a spray screen or at least a warning!

Best story I've read in a long time!

376 Captain Amercia  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:38:04pm

re: #373 srb1976

See....it all ties in with the monkey/ape conspiracy against humans....
//

KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE ROLLER SKATES . . . AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY!

377 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:38:45pm

re: #342 srb1976

But what you're missing is that the monkeys are in cahoots with Obama... they eated the cert to keep it from being captured by teh evul McCain......sheesh


NO, that was the Captain's Dog's job! I mean, it was a water dog!
Y'all gotta try HARD to keep these here conspiracy stories straight.

378 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:39:16pm

re: #376 Captain Amercia

KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE ROLLER SKATES . . . AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY!

Damn them! Damn them all to Hell!

(laughing way too hard for this late @ night)

379 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:39:26pm

re: #332 srb1976

maybe....but whatever you call it, it's also the only thing preventing them from being able to wear good shoes....thereby proving that humans are better....good shoes, that's the ticket to superiority = )

Like These?

380 Captain Amercia  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:40:08pm

re: #379 ggt

Like These?

They look like Palin specials. Mmm . . . Sarah!

381 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:40:47pm

re: #352 Floral Giraffe
Whoa now, that IS a Big Stinky! Woot!

382 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:41:46pm

re: #380 Captain Amercia

They look like Palin specials. Mmm . . . Sarah!

Nah, she likes the red ones....further proof of superiority IMO = )

383 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:41:46pm

re: #352 Floral Giraffe

I hear it smells like a rotted corpse.

384 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:42:00pm

You know, we're still at war with North Korea and they recently disavowed the cease fire.

/[expletive deleted] it one big, simultaneous, preemptive thump including nuclear if needed, beats the perpetual blackmail of burning Seoul to the ground, better if North Korea eats it first

385 Captain Amercia  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:42:14pm

re: #382 srb1976

Nah, she likes the red ones....further proof of superiority IMO = )

Especially when she steps on Letterman with them. :)

386 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:43:16pm

re: #362 Noam Sayin'
ATTABOY NOAM! Really great looking gun - will await reports from the firing range though before making final decision (I'm really, REALLY partial to the S&W .40 cal with 12 round mag).

387 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:44:05pm

re: #382 srb1976

Nah, she likes the red ones....further proof of superiority IMO = )

They come in Red! Me like Jimmy Choo shoes!

388 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:44:58pm

re: #386 realwest

I'm really, REALLY partial to the S&W .40 cal with 12 round mag

Dude. It's customary to link.

389 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:46:02pm

re: #384 Killian Bundy
Absolutely - and you know that their so hungry over there, they'll eat ANYTHING.

390 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:46:17pm

Anyone read Plato's Republic?

I am listening to it and have questions.

391 jorline  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:46:21pm

Time to call it a night.

Heading to San Antonio in the morning with the family. I'm looking forward to seeing my parents while spending the weekend with my sister and her family.

Be nice to one another and don't forget to feed the Rooster.

392 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:46:23pm

re: #381 realwest

I went to see it in ?1999 when it first bloomed. Mind you, San Marino is WAY inland, ie, HOT. It bloomed in August, I went from an air conditioned office, in a silk shirt and wool suit, to 105 in San Marino. I was as nekkid as I could be, and stood in line for 2 hours to get in.

The worst part?
It didn't smell at all.
:(

So, maybe this time, it'll really stink?
I'll go, not late in the day!

393 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:46:28pm

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive
Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline.
By Tom Leonard in Flint, Michigan
Published: 6:30PM BST 12 Jun 2009
Telegraph.co.uk

The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature.

Local politicians believe the city must contract by as much as 40 per cent, concentrating the dwindling population and local services into a more viable area.

The radical experiment is the brainchild of Dan Kildee, treasurer of Genesee County, which includes Flint.

Having outlined his strategy to Barack Obama during the election campaign, Mr Kildee has now been approached by the US government and a group of charities who want him to apply what he has learnt to the rest of the country.

394 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:47:01pm

re: #388 Noam Sayin'

Dude. It's customary to link.

guys need pictures . . . . .

white smoke.

395 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:48:12pm

re: #386 realwest

ATTABOY NOAM! Really great looking gun - will await reports from the firing range though before making final decision (I'm really, REALLY partial to the S&W .40 cal with 12 round mag).

My main carry is a S&W MP Compact .40.

I did some errands after work and saw a guy with a t-shirt "I'M A PC" I thought a t-shirt that said "I'M A S&W" would be good.

396 SummerSong  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:48:42pm

re: #382 srb1976

Are these people related to the adorable baby in your avatar? ;)

[Link: perezhilton.com...]

397 realwest  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:48:54pm

re: #388 Noam Sayin'
I'm sorry there Noam, but I'm truly exhausted. Meds hit -HARD - about 10 minutes ago and I gotta sleep.
Go to S&W and look for that .40 with special recoil control and that's what I want for Christmas - in Shiny Stainless Steel!

But I do have to go to bed y'all. Hope you have a great evening/early morning and that I get the chance to see you all down the road!

Good night, all!

398 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:49:04pm

re: #394 ggt

guys need like pictures . . . . .

white smoke.

;)

399 Henchman Ghazi-808  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:49:38pm

re: #391 jorline

Be nice to one another and don't forget to feed the Rooster.

You mean 'Don't forget to snub the monkey."

400 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:49:50pm

re: #383 Noam Sayin'

It was gifted to the Huntington by someone who was afraid that the next years growth was going to take the roof off his greenhouse! :)

401 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:49:53pm

re: #397 realwest

Stainless is sexy, baby. G'night, real.

402 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:50:27pm

re: #393 FurryOldGuyJeans

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive

/New Orleans would have been a good start, community history is one thing, continually paying for people living below sea level in a hurricane zone is another

403 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:50:37pm

re: #396 SummerSong

Are these people related to the adorable baby in your avatar? ;)

[Link: perezhilton.com...]

cute pic...but better half and i get credit for Her Royal Stoutness = )

404 Noam Sayin'  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:51:28pm

Gotta bale. G'night, y'all.

405 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:51:31pm

Jun 12, 2009 11:45 pm US/Eastern
Baby Born On NYC Mass Transit For 2nd Straight Day
Passenger Plays Doctor As Brooklyn Bus Becomes Makeshift Delivery Room Friday After 'R' Train Childbirth On Thursday
Believed To Be Nation's First Back-To-Back Mass Transit Births

NEW YORK (CBS) ― For the second day in a row a newborn girl has been born on New York City's mass transit system.

A Brooklyn bus became a makeshift delivery room on Friday morning. A woman passenger helped the mother deliver the baby that just couldn't wait to come aboard.

Paramedics took the new mother and baby to a hospital. Their names were not released.

On Thursday, conductor Bretta Sykes helped a mother deliver a girl in a subway car. The mother of two says she used information from her own chilbirth classes to coach the woman through her seven-minute delivery.

A New York City Transit spokesman says it could be the system's first consecutive births on a subway train and a bus.

406 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:52:13pm

re: #403 srb1976

cute pic...but better half and i get credit for Her Royal Stoutness = )

And that is the funniest baby nicname, I have ever heard!
I love "her royal stoutness".

407 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:52:26pm

re: #393 FurryOldGuyJeans

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive
Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline.
By Tom Leonard in Flint, Michigan
Published: 6:30PM BST 12 Jun 2009
Telegraph.co.uk

I posted some background information in the previous article:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

It's part of scheme that's being promoted by Dan Kildee who essentially stands to profit from it -- at least it looks that way to me. I don't know if you would call it a Ponzi Scheme but essentially the gubernment would get the land for next to nothing. Gubernement Brokers, LLC.

408 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:53:01pm

re: #406 Floral Giraffe

And that is the funniest baby nicname, I have ever heard!
I love "her royal stoutness".

Thanks...it suits her = )

409 Syrah  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:53:11pm

re: #390 ggt

I have read it a very long time ago.

"Greek Irony" is the key.

410 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:54:28pm

re: #407 Gus 802

I posted some background information in the previous article:

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

It's part of scheme that's being promoted by Dan Kildee who essentially stands to profit from it -- at least it looks that way to me. I don't know if you would call it a Ponzi Scheme but essentially the gubernment would get the land for next to nothing. Gubernement Brokers, LLC.

I wouldn't be a bit surprised the government will benefit. both directly and indirectly. This smells of blatant social engineering.

411 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:54:32pm

re: #393 FurryOldGuyJeans

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive
Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline.
By Tom Leonard in Flint, Michigan
Published: 6:30PM BST 12 Jun 2009
Telegraph.co.uk

Don't have that problem 'round Seattle, even with (D)s running the joint.

412 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:56:11pm

re: #410 FurryOldGuyJeans

I wouldn't be a bit surprised the government will benefit. both directly and indirectly. This smells of blatant social engineering.

Yes. Eminent domain will play in I'm sure. It reminds me of urban renewal only they're really selling the "green" aspect on this with parks and such. I called it Central Planning earlier.

413 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:56:53pm

re: #411 JCM

Don't have that problem 'round Seattle, even with (D)s running the joint.

Moonbats moving daily to Seattle from all the other areas they have destroyed.

414 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:58:02pm

re: #409 Syrah

I have read it a very long time ago.

"Greek Irony" is the key.

My main question is simple. Why is it called "Plato's Republic" when Socrates is narrating and it seems to be his argument?

415 srb1976  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:58:28pm

Ok folks....gonna have to call it a night!

Catch ya later = )

416 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:58:30pm

re: #413 FurryOldGuyJeans

Moonbats moving daily to Seattle from all the other areas they have destroyed.

Only a matter of time.

417 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:58:57pm

re: #415 srb1976

Ok folks....gonna have to call it a night!

Catch ya later = )

Have a good one.

418 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:59:03pm

Russians use Brad Pitt carboard cutouts to fight speeding
Jun. 12, 2009 06:45 AM
Bang Showbiz

Cut-outs of Brad Pitt are being used in Russia to curb reckless driving.

Police in Omsk, South Russia, have placed life-size cardboard replicas of the 'Inglorious Basterds' actor dressed as a traffic policeman at the most dangerous intersections of the city, to try and deter motorists from speeding.

419 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 10:59:32pm

re: #410 FurryOldGuyJeans

I wouldn't be a bit surprised the government will benefit. both directly and indirectly. This smells of blatant social engineering.

Well, if there isn't an economic interest in developing the land, Kelo wouldn't apply. The gubernet would have to pay fair market value for the land. Even tho (I assume) land values in Flint are depressed, it's still more than if they condemned the property or just "took" it.

420 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:00:50pm

re: #418 FurryOldGuyJeans

Hi FOGJ, how are you this happy friday?

421 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:01:46pm

re: #419 ggt

Well, if there isn't an economic interest in developing the land, Kelo wouldn't apply. The gubernet would have to pay fair market value for the land. Even tho (I assume) land values in Flint are depressed, it's still more than if they condemned the property or just "took" it.

This is the the wording from the Michigan example via Kildee:

Compounding the abandonment problem was the state’s tax foreclosure system. Under Michigan's former system of tax foreclosure, abandoned properties were either transferred to private speculators through tax lien sales or became state-owned property through foreclosure. The former system even encouraged low-end reuse of tax reverted land due to of the length of time between abandonment and reuse – often more than five years. A series of changes to Michigan law have provided an opportunity for Michigan’s counties. The amount of time it takes to foreclose on a property has been cut in half, and clear title can be passed to the county or the state.

422 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:02:17pm

re: #420 Floral Giraffe

Hi FOGJ, how are you this happy friday?

Bored out of my skull and watching M*A*S*H season one on DVD. How is your slice of reality?

423 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:02:48pm

re: #393 FurryOldGuyJeans

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive
Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic "shrink to survive" proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline.
By Tom Leonard in Flint, Michigan
Published: 6:30PM BST 12 Jun 2009
Telegraph.co.uk

Any program like this that catches Obama's eye will simply be one more way to take our money and freedom.

424 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:03:53pm

re: #423 Dark_Falcon

Any program like this that catches Obama's eye will simply be one more way to take our money and freedom.

*BINGO*

Give that man a kewpie doll! He got it in one the reason why I posted the article.

425 Syrah  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:04:06pm

re: #414 ggt

My main question is simple. Why is it called "Plato's Republic" when Socrates is narrating and it seems to be his argument?

Because Plato wrote it.

It might have been more to our way of calling things to just call it "The Republic" by Plato, but time and cultural differences have given us over the ages, Plato's Republic.

Which translation are you reading? I read Bloom's back when I was in college. I have a copy of the text. The second third of Bloom's book is an interpretive essay. I would recommend it if you can find it.

426 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:04:12pm

re: #422 FurryOldGuyJeans

Bored out of my skull and watching M*A*S*H season one on DVD. How is your slice of reality?

The slice is big enough, but I don't like the reality!
MASH isn't bad for entertainment, IMHO.

427 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:07:08pm

re: #424 FurryOldGuyJeans

*BINGO*

Give that man a kewpie doll! He got it in one the reason why I posted the article.

Thank you! Applause in the form of updings is welcome, money is even more welcome.

428 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:07:20pm

re: #423 Dark_Falcon

Any program like this that catches Obama's eye will simply be one more way to take our money and freedom.

If adopted I typically see some of these regulations tied in with Federal funding. So they force the states to adopt. Such as "do this or else you won't get Federal highway funds." That's one way. Then it comes with state and local management as mandated by the Feds. Essentially the Feds get involved in the development business in the long run. From GM to real estate. Might as well throw healthcare into the mix.

429 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:07:34pm

Gibbs: Obama Struggles 'Every Day' Against Smoking

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs won't say, but he acknowledged today that the president continues to struggle to control the habit.

"I would simply tell you I think struggling with a nicotine addiction is something that happens every day," Gibbs said at today's press briefing.

/if TOTUS, with all the best support money can buy, still lacks the self control/willpower to quit smoking, he has no business running this country, period

430 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:08:19pm

re: #427 Dark_Falcon

Bullion, cash & paypal accepted?

431 JCM  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:08:24pm

re: #427 Dark_Falcon

Thank you! Applause in the form of updings is welcome, money is even more welcome.

Updinged and Fiver stuffed into the cooling slot on my modem, you should be getting it any moment.

432 Dark_Falcon  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:09:27pm

re: #430 Floral Giraffe

Bullion, cash & paypal accepted?

Paypal preferred.

/kidding

433 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:10:35pm

re: #426 Floral Giraffe

The slice is big enough, but I don't like the reality!
MASH isn't bad for entertainment, IMHO.

I am thinking of switching to the Dick Van Dyke show.

Did you know that in the first 3 seasons there were 3 versions of the ottoman tripping in the title sequence? There was nation-wide betting on whether each new episode would have him trip or step around the ottoman.

Things were so much simpler back in the early 60's.

434 NY Nana  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:12:12pm

I almost made my self-induced try to go to sleep by 2 AM...darn it!

/I will pretend I am in California, where it is only 12:12 AM!

G'nite, Lizards! Sweet dreams.

435 SummerSong  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:12:44pm

re: #429 Killian Bundy

Gibbs: Obama Struggles 'Every Day' Against Smoking

/if TOTUS, with all the best support money can buy, still lacks the self control/willpower to quit smoking, he has no business running this country, period

I wonder where he smokes and how many secret service guys pull that detail? Surely, the white house is a smoke free zone.

436 NY Nana  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:13:24pm

re: #434 NY Nana

Uh, make that 11:13 PM! Now I know I really, really have to get some sleep!

437 Gus  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:14:54pm

In the year 2025.

FDA to regulate caffeine! All coffee products must be sold with stronger warning labels. Feds set to add coffee tax for for veterinary pet care program.

438 Fenway_Nation  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:15:00pm

re: #436 NY Nana

Pshh.....sleeps' ratedover.

439 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:15:20pm

re: #429 Killian Bundy

Gibbs: Obama Struggles 'Every Day' Against Smoking

/if TOTUS, with all the best support money can buy, still lacks the self control/willpower to quit smoking, he has no business running this country, period

Little weak ol' me did it in 2004, July 4th My Independence Day from the habit, and I know I am not Presidential material.

But too many people wanted "cool", and they got Kools.

440 FurryOldGuyJeans  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:17:21pm

re: #434 NY Nana

I almost made my self-induced try to go to sleep by 2 AM...darn it!

/I will pretend I am in California, where it is only 12:12 AM!

G'nite, Lizards! Sweet dreams.

Do what I do when I get the vampire shift blues, stay up through the night and entire next day.

Best not done if you get cranky from sleep deprivation; I just get crankier.

441 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:21:01pm

re: #432 Dark_Falcon

Paypal preferred.

/kidding

Yes, we KNOW it's bullion!
/////

442 Killian Bundy  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:21:56pm

re: #439 FurryOldGuyJeans

Little weak ol' me did it in 2004, July 4th My Independence Day from the habit, and I know I am not Presidential material.

Exactly, you make up your mind to quit, no ifs, ands, but, or rationalizing. I quit cold turkey too, never looked back.

/seriously, if he can't quit smoking once he set his mind to it, he's weak, dependent, and it's no surprise why he's already been rolled by every "head of state" in the world he's interacted with so far

443 Dancing along the light of day  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:22:02pm

re: #433 FurryOldGuyJeans

I am thinking of switching to the Dick Van Dyke show.

Did you know that in the first 3 seasons there were 3 versions of the ottoman tripping in the title sequence? There was nation-wide betting on whether each new episode would have him trip or step around the ottoman.

Things were so much simpler back in the early 60's.

Were things so much simpler in the '60's or were the people?

444 Syrah  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:24:11pm

re: #425 Syrah

The "Last third" of the book is the interpretive essay. Not the second.


The Republic is the true Apology of Socrates, for only in the Republic does he give an adequate treatment of the theme which was forced on him by Athens' accusation against him. That theme is the relationship of the philosopher to the political community.
- Allan Bloom Interpretive Essay - The Republic of Plato
445 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:35:45pm

re: #425 Syrah

Good Question. I am listening to an unabridged audio version --from Audible. the site doesn't give much information on the edition.

I'm also confused because at one point he was talking about "God" in a montheistic way and then reverted to speaking of "the gods".

446 Syrah  Fri, Jun 12, 2009 11:46:36pm

re: #445 ggt

Good Question. I am listening to an unabridged audio version --from Audible. the site doesn't give much information on the edition.

I'm also confused because at one point he was talking about "God" in a montheistic way and then reverted to speaking of "the gods".

Not having a place mark to know where to look, I would venture to guess that you are encountering a translation issue. God as in Zeus, God as in The Gods. Many possibilities, but without an expert in ancient Greek or even a place mark to look, hard to say.

(Socrates was accused of not believing in the gods that the city believed in. God, Gods, . . .) Don't let it trouble you too much. After your third or fifth reading/listening, it may have a more clear meaning that a first reading/listening may not have readily revealed.

447 Holidays are Family Fun Time  Sat, Jun 13, 2009 12:03:45am

re: #446 Syrah

Not having a place mark to know where to look, I would venture to guess that you are encountering a translation issue. God as in Zeus, God as in The Gods. Many possibilities, but without an expert in ancient Greek or even a place mark to look, hard to say.

(Socrates was accused of not believing in the gods that the city believed in. God, Gods, . . .) Don't let it trouble you too much. After your third or fifth reading/listening, it may have a more clear meaning that a first reading/listening may not have readily revealed.

Thanks! I have to sleep now.

I may trouble you with more questions in the future.

448 Rustler  Sat, Jun 13, 2009 5:00:52am

Can I put my name on hte list to live here. I mean yes I'm a grape ape not a monkey but I'd love to have a jungle gym, swimming hole and consistant feedings while all thats expected of me is the occassional butt scratching.

449 FrogMarch  Sat, Jun 13, 2009 6:28:53am
The city spent $7.4 million building the China-themed primate enclosure

/hard to understand why CA has money problems.

450 NelsFree  Sat, Jun 13, 2009 8:35:36am

Good Morning Everyone,

I had a good night's sleep and feel much better. Once online, I connected to LGF and... oh noes! Now, I know the Chinese are building up their military. They have been known to copy other weapon systems and then create their own indigenous weapons. This has clearly gone TOO FAR! The very idea, building a submarine to be operated by Chinese Monkeys just stretches the imagination to the breaking... what?
Ooh! Monkey SNUB! I thought it said, Monkey Sub!?
Call off the search. Never mind.
/h

451 Deseeded  Sat, Jun 13, 2009 8:36:31am

How many jokes have we made about LaBonge refiling himself as a simian and claiming the China-themed Monkey resort as his primary residence?

452 califleftyb  Sat, Jun 13, 2009 11:29:21am

Here we come
walkin' down your street
We get the funniest looks from
all the people we meet!

Now you wont be able to get that tune out of your head all day!


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