Some theme music to spy by

Enjoy while I go walk the doggies.

ooh! ooh!

"automagically" I like that!

..."It's full of stars"...

I haven't gotten the hang of commenting in spy yet. It goes too fast and I miss too much stuff. Maybe I'll warm up to it eventually. It took me forever to embrace the rating system.

What do the hamsters think of all this? Or have you hired some new ones?

Hey Lizards! It's raining again in the Very Far Western Suburbs of Chicagoland. Allergies are atrocious

"What we are witnessing at the moment is a rearrangement of the world in an intermediate stage; the change is not in the use of a natural force but in the application of technique to all spheres of life."
-- Jacques Ellul

I'm not seeing comment #'s or reply/ratings buttons in Spy.

I get dizzy in spy to fast

oh geez! I went to the previous thread by mistake.

Killgore, I wonder if there is a super-5 Hour Energy made just for hamsters?

Number nine says Reload.

Still praying for the people of Iran.

re: #9 Killgore Trout

I'm not seeing comment #'s or reply/ratings buttons in Spy.

That's cuz they ain't there yet. Click the lizard name and a comment window opens with those tools.

re: #12 jaunte

Number nine says Reload.

Gotta unload first.

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I see the comment numbers. Time to send in the Super Hamsters!

re: #11 ggt

I'm old school. There's nothing that can't be accomplished in 24 hours with a pot of coffee and a couple white crosses. I made it through grad school like that.

re: #15 jcm

Gotta unload first.

BLAM!
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jcm ... hahaha LOL ... I figured someone would do that ...

re: #17 Killgore Trout

re: #11 ggt

I'm old school. There's nothing that can't be accomplished in 24 hours with a pot of coffee and a couple white crosses. I made it through grad school like that.

I tried those once, I fell asleep 3 hours later. Was wide awake in the am for my exam tho --unlike everyone else who was just beginning to lose steam.

Is this one of those private threads where we can say secret stuff that the stalkers don't get to see?

re: #14 Charles

Ah, ok. I get it now.

Answer this kindly please.

Am I stupid cause I don't get this. I don't understand whats going on with the new stuff. What the heck does it do?

re: #22 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Answer this kindly please.

Am I stupid cause I don't get this. I don't understand whats going on with the new stuff. What the heck does it do?

You sit and watch comments pop up and can reply in one window...

Just.

Don't.

Blink.

BTW - Obama has said that the differences between the two candidates in Iran probably aren't that great.

Kudos to Obama for saying that.

re: Fat Bastard Vegetarian

We need a LGF Spy for dummies!

re: #25 Irenicum

We need a LGF Spy for dummies!

I think this is it.

1
thread
at
a
time

So, while I am typing a comment (which I don't do very often, I am pretty shy) I can watch other stuff happen? Is that the point.

I'm kind of like the Tom Hanks character in "Big"..."I don't get it."

Charles -

Great stuff - can we get the ability to add updings from spy? It will be a bit like playing space invaders as the comments fly through, but I am up for the challenge.

re: #25 Irenicum

We are going to need some sort of user's manual for hatchlings. There are a lot of bells and whistles now. Noobs don't know what all the cool button do.

I'll I need is a pair of these and I can have all the active LGF threads open and in real time...

re: #28 karmic_inquisitor

That's why you have to click the comment and open a new window. Otherwise it'd be a mess.

re: Killgore Trout

Okay. I get that.

Handy user's manual: [Link: www.wunan.com.tw...]

... and probably more I’ve forgotten to list.

I really like the brain plug (keeps me from having to type). But, c'mon - USB 1.0?

Oh, hallelujah, the comment numbers are back!
Very very good news, and THANK YOU.

spy...

I am not seeing the navigation panel.

re: #30 jcm

I'll I need is a pair of these and I can have all the active LGF threads open and in real time...

I have a new monitor that is "double-wide". Hmmm, since I can view two documents at once comfortable, I could probably have two threads in two different windows going at once also.

re: #34 Gearhead

I really like the brain plug (keeps me from having to type). But, c'mon - USB 1.0?

That's the prototype, production models should be USB 3.0

re: jaunte

There's a small instruction booklet
That's a hundred pages long
And on page one
You get stuck
It say's if unsatisfactory
You must bring it to the factory
But the factory's in Japan
So, Rotsa Ruck!

-Alan Sherman

Oh, I see comment numbers.
Wonderful.

Are we spoiled, or what?

I had to go back to regular viewing.

re: reine.de.tout

Been stalked today?

re: #43 BignJames

(be vewwy quiet)

re: #33 jaunte

Handy user's manual: [Link: www.wunan.com.tw...]

OK, paragraph two :

►迅速建立”我”的資料庫
　　競爭激烈的知識經濟時代，如何在最短時間內針對問題綜整相關資訊以提出一套因應方案，已成為基本核心競爭力所在。任何資訊與知識均需經過個人依其需求、思考體系，甚至個人特質，加以分類、整理、整合之後，才能有效的內化為個人資產。

I could've been doing it that way THIS WHOLE TIME !
GAHHH!

Uh - if you're in the Spy and something starts acting weird, reload the page. Tweakage is ongoing.

re: #31 Killgore Trout

That's why you have to click the comment and open a new window. Otherwise it'd be a mess.

But I like messes. After all - I am a neocon.

re: #46 Charles

Tweak Fu?

re: #46 Charles

Uh - if you're in the Spy and something starts acting weird, reload the page. Tweakage is ongoing.

I like weird too.

re: #38 ggt

I have a new monitor that is "double-wide". Hmmm, since I can view two documents at once comfortable, I could probably have two threads in two different windows going at once also.

Those are 3-4 wide and curved...

DOMESTIC SPYING! BUSH IS HITLER!

re: #30 jcm

I'll I need is a pair of these and I can have all the active LGF threads open and in real time...

XP supports 2 monitors, Vista - 3, you just gotta buy a cheap video card. life changing, really.

re: #38 ggt

I have a new monitor that is "double-wide". Hmmm, since I can view two documents at once comfortable, I could probably have two threads in two different windows going at once also.

Double-wide? What're you sayin' about us rednex?

re: #43 BignJames

Been stalked today?

Not lately!

re: #52 unrealizedviewpoint

XP supports 2 monitors, Vista - 3, you just gotta buy a cheap video card. life changing, really.

Work I have 2 - 22" monitors on an XP system, the new release of my CAD program requires a higher end graphics card for some of the tools, so I gotta get a new card.

I posted this on the links below the thread, but I hafta share this here too. When Mullahs go bad assed!

re: #38 ggt

I have a new monitor that is "double-wide". Hmmm, since I can view two documents at once comfortable, I could probably have two threads in two different windows going at once also.

What's the old WV joke about getting a divorce ?
Someone's losin' a doublewide ?
Hold it tight.

re: #46 Charles

...Tweakage...

Somebody better tell Twitter there's a new sheriff in town.

This LGF spy thing is freaking me out. It's like... purple haze, all through my brain.

re: #46 Charles

Uh - if you're in the Spy and something starts acting weird, reload the page. Tweakage is ongoing.

So we have double-wides, and tweakers? Sounds like Appalachia.

/

Had to laugh at two jay birds going after some bird seed I put out on the porch around noon. they must have been young ones as they were both in the little box and lone would start to squawk then the other one would. No not either one trying to chase the other away. Almost as good as some opera duet.
One of my cats also enjoyed the act.

re: #59 Occasional Reader

This LGF spy thing is freaking me out. It's like... purple haze, all through my brain.

LOL
good one OR!

re: #60 Occasional Reader

So we have double-wides, and tweakers? Sounds like Appalachia.

/

It makes me want to cling to my guns and Bible.
/

re: #16 Macker

I see the comment numbers. Time to send in the Super Hamsters!

H'm, it is my opinion that what you showed was a prairie gopher.
/?

re: #59 Occasional Reader

This LGF spy thing is freaking me out. It's like... purple haze, all through my brain.

"...'scuse me, while I kiss this guy."

re: #55 jcm

Work I have 2 - 22" monitors on an XP system, the new release of my CAD program requires a higher end graphics card for some of the tools, so I gotta get a new card.

I don't how ppl work with only one monitor... always having to move stuff around. Hard to work.

We'll just have to work with Spy awhile to get used to it, like that nifty new layers feature in Photoshop.

back. What'd I miss?

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. How's that for a test?

re: #65 BignJames

"...'scuse me, while I kiss this guy."

I'll never be your pizza burnin'.

It appears that earlier indications that the military was not obeying orders to shoot might be accurate. From recent tweets:

in azadi sq the killing was by baseej ONLY - military did not react - #Iranelection

unconfirmed - several Generals have been arested - #Iranelection

rt @persiankiwi only baseej militia & Etellaat folowing orders - they cant contain country without Army #Iranelection

re: #69 The Sanity Inspector

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. How's that for a test?

SI ...

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

Geez ... had to type that a million times ...

re: #71 reine.de.tout

It appears that earlier indications that the military was not obeying orders to shoot might be accurate. From recent tweets:

Excellent news... I hope it's true!

May the Iranian soldiers DO THE RIGHT THING.

re: #70 Occasional Reader

there's a bathroom on the right?

re: #72 JacksonTn

SI ...

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

Geez ... had to type that a million times ...

I did too.
And here's a French phrase we had to repeat over and over and over and over - it is burned into my brain:

Denise Leveque habite ici a la capitale.
(without the proper marks).
I can say that PERFECTLY.

re: BignJames

Wasn't there a book by that title? it has all the misunderstood lyrics and the stories behind them. I really should get that!

re: #70 Occasional Reader

re: #65 BignJames

I'll never be your pizza burnin'.

nevahnevahnevahnevahnevahnevahnevah be.

re: #74 ArmyWife

there's a bathroom on the right?

Turn a Wyatt Earp shade of pale.

re: #75 reine.de.tout

I did too.
And here's a French phrase we had to repeat over and over and over and over - it is burned into my brain:

Denise Leveque habite ici a la capitale.
(without the proper marks).
I can say that PERFECTLY.

here's an American phrase I've memorized...
"kick ass and take names!"

OK, I just cannot properly express how happy I am to have these comment numbers.

Hey Charles, these changes are awesome, just wanted to ask about the last thing missing, namely the up/down dingers.

re: #72 JacksonTn

SI ...

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

Geez ... had to type that a million times ...

WPM? Manual or electric?

re: #50 jcm

Those are 3-4 wide and curved...

Yes, very kewl!

re: #71 reine.de.tout

It appears that earlier indications that the military was not obeying orders to shoot might be accurate. From recent tweets:

That would be fantastic!

re: #79 albusteve

here's an American phrase I've memorized...
"kick ass and take names!"

lol

re: #75 reine.de.tout

I did too.
And here's a French phrase we had to repeat over and over and over and over - it is burned into my brain:

Denise Leveque habite ici a la capitale.
(without the proper marks).
I can say that PERFECTLY.

Les sanglots longs des violins d'automne
blessent mon couer d'un langeur monotone

Here's a recent "tweet" from winston. Think he's happy?

happy, anxious, tired, excited, shaken, hungry, sleepy, worried, optimistic, pessimistic BUT happy.. Can #Iran be free one day?

re: #86 Occasional Reader

Les sanglots longs des violins d'automne
blessent mon couer d'un langeur monotone

So, your teacher made you learn fancier French, eh?

OT: What is the likelyhood that Meerkats are Chipmunks on Steroids?

Chipmunk: [Link: www.northrup.org...]

Meerkat: Image: SENTRY9.jpg

/discuss

re: #79 albusteve

re: #75 reine.de.tout

here's an American phrase I've memorized...
"kick ass and take names!"

"drink beer, wipe ass"

re: #82 The Shadow Do

WPM? Manual or electric?

SD ... I first learned on a manual ... then the IBM Selectrics with the ball ... at one time I typed 95 wpm ... now I type fast but since it is easy to correct mistakes ... I don't pay as much attention ... it was really hard to erase on all those carbon copies back in the day ... you tried to not make mistakes! ...

re: #67 jaunte

We'll just have to work with Spy awhile to get used to it, like that nifty new layers feature in Photoshop.

LAYERS! that was a mind-f@ck to get used to! Don't know why.

re: #88 reine.de.tout

So, your teacher made you learn fancier French, eh?

No, that's from The Longest Day.

But I can recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Latin.

re: #91 JacksonTn

SD ... I first learned on a manual ... then the IBM Selectrics with the ball ... at one time I typed 95 wpm ... now I type fast but since it is easy to correct mistakes ... I don't pay as much attention ... it was really hard to erase on all those carbon copies back in the day ... you tried to not make mistakes! ...

I can still type about 65wpm. That's incredibly fast for a guy!

re: #76 Irenicum

Wasn't there a book by that title? it has all the misunderstood lyrics and the stories behind them. I really should get that!

there was! it was called " 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy" , I think.

re: #95 iceweasel

there was! it was called " 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy" , I think.

I Love Seka in the USA...

re: iceweasel

Excellent! Thank you!

re: #94 Macker

I can still type about 65wpm. That's incredibly fast for a guy!

Macker ... well, I bet you never had to learn shorthand! ... that was cruel ...

re: #29 Killgore Trout

We are going to need some sort of user's manual for hatchlings. There are a lot of bells and whistles now. Noobs don't know what all the cool button do.

Heh. Noobs don't know...
;)

re: #95 iceweasel

there was! it was called " 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy" , I think.

Wide hoses couldn't drag me away...

re: #92 ggt

LAYERS! that was a mind-f@ck to get used to! Don't know why.

It was a real pleasure not to have to work with 6-8 dupe files of the same image when moving bits around, though.

re: #91 JacksonTn

SD ... I first learned on a manual ... then the IBM Selectrics with the ball ... at one time I typed 95 wpm ... now I type fast but since it is easy to correct mistakes ... I don't pay as much attention ... it was really hard to erase on all those carbon copies back in the day ... you tried to not make mistakes! ...

Nothing better than an old black Royal Typewriter. Gosh, I miss mine.

re: #75 reine.de.tout

I did too.
And here's a French phrase we had to repeat over and over and over and over - it is burned into my brain:

Denise Leveque habite ici a la capitale.
(without the proper marks).
I can say that PERFECTLY.

"Et maintenant, nous allons a la plage."
/"Those French have a different word for EVERYTHING" -Steve Martin

re: #98 JacksonTn

Macker ... well, I bet you never had to learn shorthand! ... that was cruel ...

You're right. No shorthand. neener neener!

re: #100 Occasional Reader

Wide hoses couldn't drag me away...

w00t!

re: #100 Occasional Reader

Wide hoses couldn't drag me away...

http://kissthisguy.com/

re: #101 jaunte

It was a real pleasure not to have to work with 6-8 dupe files of the same image when moving bits around, though.

yes, it is a useful tool.

LGF Spy rules!

re: #100 Occasional Reader

Wide hoses couldn't drag me away...

Here's my version of that:
Wild-assed horses...couldn't drag me away...

re: Gearhead

Oh, I am SO bookmarking this site!

re: #106 Gearhead

http://kissthisguy.com/

"We haven't had aspirin here since 1969..."

re: #108 infopimp

LGF Spy rules!

Cool freaking avatar and nic

re: #65 BignJames

"...'scuse me, while I kiss this guy."

Cause I'm goin' to the bathroom
With a band-aid on my knee!

re: #96 Macker

I Love Seka in the USA...

Oh god, I just found a website for the archive of misheard lyrics-- I'm sure some of them are fake. Gearhead linked it upthread:

[Link: www.kissthisguy.com...]

3) R.E.M.
Losing My Religion
Let's pee in the corner, Let's pee in the spotlight.

re: #111 jaunte

"We haven't had aspirin here since 1969..."

That's a good one!

is there anything Obama is willing to do to try and take advantage of the instability in iran? his asswipe chief of staff says you should never waste a good crisis. I'd say this is a seriously freaking good crisis. DON'T WASTE IT.

re: #114 iceweasel

3) R.E.M.
Losing My Religion
Let's pee in the corner, Let's pee in the spotlight.

Is that what Michael Stipe had in mind?

Might as well face it, you're a d**k with a glove.

What about that video that went around emails--Joe Cocker at Woodstock and the "interpreted" lyrics he sang to , aw geez, mind fart --what was that song. Have a little help from my friends . . .

Did anyone get that? It was very funny. He was sooo f@cked-up.

re: #90 BignJames

In case the beer inhibits your hand...ummm...rear coordination:

[Link: www.oversizesolutions.com...]

Wild Horses

Cool stuff Charles!

"Big old Jed had a light on..."

re: #118 Irenicum

Might as well face it, you're a d**k with a glove.

Bah, you just swiped that one from that website.
That's cheating.

re: #117 Macker

Is that what Michael Stipe had in mind?

Wouldn't be *too* surprised...I loved (early) REM but Stipe is a wacko!

Mon Cher Reine,

Alors, mon francais et tres mal. J'etudie la lang dans 'High School' pour un anne. C'est dommage pour moi. Mais, ton francais est excellence!"

Amour,
NelsFree

I'm now officially annoyed. Ever since I downloaded Safari 4.0, I've had several crashes. Including, just now.

re: Occasional Reader

But cheating is so fun! Guilty as charged.

re: Occasional Reader

Stick with firefox. It's amazingly stable.

I've got shoes; they're multiplyin'.

re: #91 JacksonTn

SD ... I first learned on a manual ... then the IBM Selectrics with the ball ... at one time I typed 95 wpm ... now I type fast but since it is easy to correct mistakes ... I don't pay as much attention ... it was really hard to erase on all those carbon copies back in the day ... you tried to not make mistakes! ...

Been there, done that! Only 65WPM (no mistakes), Selectric was too advanced for me. Erasing sucks by the way.

Had an elective in HS to burn. Took typing. That is what all the cute girls were taking. I knew a hottie that could do 95 WPM. Dottie, is that you?

re: The Shadow Do

Dottie the hottie?

re: #126 Occasional Reader

I'm now officially annoyed. Ever since I downloaded Safari 4.0, I've had several crashes. Including, just now.

Safari gave me all kinds of trouble...moved to Firefox...consider it

re: #130 The Shadow Do

Been there, done that! Only 65WPM (no mistakes), Selectric was too advanced for me. Erasing sucks by the way.

Had an elective in HS to burn. Took typing. That is what all the cute girls were taking. I knew a hottie that could do 95 WPM. Dottie, is that you?

SD ... um ... no ... I went to school with all girls ... we only saw guys when they came over to bring us their newspaper from our brother school ... sometimes we locked them in the bathroom ... oh, yeah ...

re: #116 _RememberTonyC

is there anything Obama is willing to do to try and take advantage of the instability in iran? his asswipe chief of staff says you should never waste a good crisis. I'd say this is a seriously freaking good crisis. DON'T WASTE IT.

Well, he's trying to shove through a 1.5 trillion dollar health care plan by fearmongering... the only problem is people are paying more attention to the protesters in Iran. Poor Barack, being upstaged by demonstrations for freedom.

So the 'un-numbered re: comments' came from Spy? ahhh...now I know who the Spy's are.

re: #15 jcm

Gotta unload first.

BLAM!
BLAM!
BLAM!
BLAM!
BLAM!
BLAM!
BLAM!
BLAM!

I'm not entirely sure, but that may have violated one or more of the Three Rules of Gun Safety.

re: #131 Irenicum

Dottie the hottie?

With the hot, hot...nevermind.

re: #136 Occasional Reader

I'm not entirely sure, but that may have violated one or more of the Three Rules of Gun Safety.

Depends, did he have it pointed in a safe direction?

re: ggt

Yeah, like straight up?

re: #136 Occasional Reader

I'm not entirely sure, but that may have violated one or more of the Three Rules of Gun Safety.

Got brass in pockmark.

re: #138 ggt

Depends, did he have it pointed in a safe direction?

I never understood that one. Safes are usually made of solid steel! The ricochets would be terrible.

The Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle dies at 75Pioneering guitarist Bob Bogle, whose rock-instrumental band the Ventures scored a pair of hits in the 1960s with "Walk, Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O," has died, the group said on Tuesday. He was 75.

re: #133 JacksonTn

SD ... um ... no ... I went to school with all girls ... we only saw guys when they came over to bring us their newspaper from our brother school ... sometimes we locked them in the bathroom ... oh, yeah ...

LOL!

Could we get a word of sympathy for those of us (me) who type a blazing 150 words per day?

re: #144 irongrampa

Demands pith.

re: jaunte

and vinegar. Pardon my lipth.

re: #145 jaunte

I get very pithy about that.

spreads like cancer

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

re: #144 irongrampa

Could we get a word of sympathy for those of us (me) who type a blazing 150 words per day?

Give that keyboard hell Gramps!

re: irongrampa

As long as you don't get pithed off!

re: #142 jcm

The Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle dies at 75Pioneering guitarist Bob Bogle, whose rock-instrumental band the Ventures scored a pair of hits in the 1960s with "Walk, Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O," has died, the group said on Tuesday. He was 75.

time marches on...sad

I've had Safari 4 crash more often than usual too. I'm hoping there's a bug-fix update coming soon.

re: #46 Charles

If I ever break down and get another cat (unlikely with the two goldens), I'm naming it Tweakage...

re: #148 albusteve

Evo Morales is playing with fire.

re: #140 jaunte

Got brass in pockmark.

Eh? Pockmark?

re: #142 jcm

The Ventures guitarist Bob Bogle dies at 75Pioneering guitarist Bob Bogle, whose rock-instrumental band the Ventures scored a pair of hits in the 1960s with "Walk, Don't Run" and "Hawaii Five-O," has died, the group said on Tuesday. He was 75.

I just noticed that myself. RIP, Bob.

re: #155 Occasional Reader

Misslyric for this: [Link: www.amiright.com...]

re: #152 Charles

I've had Safari 4 crash more often than usual too. I'm hoping there's a bug-fix update coming soon.

Me too. Something ain't right.

re: #152 Charles

I've had Safari 4 crash more often than usual too. I'm hoping there's a bug-fix update coming soon.

Inshallah, habibi. I did not have that problem with 3.0.

Never tried Firefox... I suppose I'll check it out.

re: #154 jaunte

Evo Morales is playing with fire.

yes, indeed...south America is ripe

re: albusteve

I loved the Hawaii 5-0 theme song!

re: #144 irongrampa

Could we get a word of sympathy for those of us (me) who type a blazing 150 words per day?

Here you go. 10,000 updings!

re: #161 Irenicum

I loved the Hawaii 5-0 theme song!

the Ventures were sorta one of a kind...it's all gone now

I'm off to try to get some sleep for another productive day at Ye Olde Chemical Plant. Behave - or attempt it.

re: #139 Irenicum

Yeah, like straight up?

not usually.

re: ggt

it's raining shells, hallelujah!

re: #148 albusteve

spreads like cancer

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

I would bloody well volunteer for the CIA gig to counter that.

I'd be good at it. And it would be downright fun.

re: #70 Occasional Reader

I left my brains down in Africa

...

Here is an idea Charles -

Use the real estate under the comment block to keep a little network of linked comments where the quote or reply generates a link between bubbles and the bubbles grow as they are dinged. Green bubbles positive / red bubbles negative.

(fantasy suggestion)

re: #163 albusteve

Not if you listen to an oldies station.

re: #167 Occasional Reader

I would bloody well volunteer for the CIA gig to counter that.

I'd be good at it. And it would be downright fun.

I thought you might take note...

I gotta say, this LGF spy this is cool. I'm finding it easier to keep up then with the other way, at least on this thread.

Oops, I meant "thing" instead of this.

re: #169 karmic_inquisitor

Digg had/has a spy feature like that. It sure was cool but I'm not sure it it was useful.

re: #172 Irenicum

I gotta say, this LGF spy this is cool. I'm finding it easier to keep up then with the other way, at least on this thread.

I tried it. It made me dizzy. The comments were upside down.

re: #172 Irenicum

I gotta say, this LGF spy this is cool. I'm finding it easier to keep up then with the other way, at least on this thread.

I'm kind of old school, I guess. I'm back to the thread thingy.

re: #167 Occasional Reader

If I were into conspiracies, I'd say that islamisizing the South American continent would be just one more nail in the coffin of the great satan to the north.

re: #176 Occasional Reader

Me too but I might warm up to it.

re: #170 irongrampa

Not if you listen to an oldies station.

it's gone from the realm of the living...thank god for tapes and vids etc...
to infinity, and beyond!

re: #141 Occasional Reader

I never understood that one. Safes are usually made of solid steel! The ricochets would be terrible.

IN deed! Perhaps you should point it toward something that will absorb the bullet, like a Jihadi? (Jihadi in this case is the name for several layers of jute, pressed together under the weight of several abaya-clad muslimas, sometimes used for bedding in the swampy delta areas of Bangladesh).
/h

Call me old fashioned, but I like the regular thread. I have more control over how fast I read and contemplate the comments.

Maybe I'm missing something special about the spy. If so, please enlighten me. Convince me.

I think what made it easier for me tonight is that I started at the beginning point of the thread. So I was better able to keep up. Otherwise I think it would be difficult for me too.

re: #181 songbird

No scrolling, no refreshing.
"Great taste, less filling"!

Ventures, walk don't run...

re: #177 tradewind

If I were into conspiracies, I'd say that islamisizing the South American continent would be just one more nail in the coffin of the great satan to the north.

Not gonna happen. Too much Catholicism, too deeply ingrained; second prize goes to the Evangelicals.

That's why that hypothetical CIA gig would be so much fun. You'd have no trouble making the case to the locals that those shady characters being sheltered by Evo and Hugo fundamentally hate what they (the locals) are.

re: #184 Floral Giraffe

Ventures, walk don't run...

Fender mania!...thanks for that

re: Occasional Reader

If I could upding on this thread I would give you a gazillion updings for that one!

re: #186 albusteve

The "surf sound"! Can't beat that guitar!

re: Killgore Trout

Here it would be useful for folks who come in mid thread.

That is where I always find myself - doing a drive by when I get a moment and not catching what is really happening in the thread. It would create a visualization of where the action is, you could click on the big bubble in the center and read it.

Then again, I could see how that would become self reinforcing.

Tweet:

@adobecity IMPORTANT: Iranian soldiers siding with protesters against militia, Journalist Robert Fisk [Link: tiny.cc...] #iranelection RE-TWEET

Has Fisk got something right?

Damn, now it's gettin nostalgic in here.

re: #185 Occasional Reader

Oh, I wasn't considering the likelihood... you're probably right. I just meant that's the way they'd look at it.

re: BlueCanuck

Wow! I hope so!

re: #190 BlueCanuck

Sounds good, but consider the source.

re: #190 BlueCanuck

Well, blind hog/stopped clock rule applies...

re: #177 tradewind

If I were into conspiracies, I'd say that islamisizing the South American continent would be just one more nail in the coffin of the great satan to the north.

It makes sense in one way. Bolivians and Arabs both roll their "Rs". Now, how do Bolivians pronounce "Achmed"?
/h

re: #187 Irenicum

If I could upding on this thread I would give you a gazillion updings for that one!

Why, thank you.

One historical example; Evangelical converts in the hinterlands of Peru had a LOT to do with smashing the "Shining Path" terrorists in the late 1980s/early 90s.
They saw (correctly) that the Maoist thugs were attacking everything they believed in.

From twitter:

Obama describes Iran election as 'a robust debate'? *eyeroll* Step up Mr. President.

Heh.

re: #190 BlueCanuck

Tweet:

@adobecity IMPORTANT: Iranian soldiers siding with protesters against militia, Journalist Robert Fisk [Link: tiny.cc...] #iranelection RE-TWEET

Has Fisk got something right?

Well maybe Fisk can get beaten up by the Mullahs and then explain why it is justified.

re: #198 Gearhead

From twitter:

Heh.

More like SHUT UP, Господин Президент!

May be way wrong, but it's looking more and more like this is a revolt against the gov't per se, imho.

re: Occasional Reader

I know a missionary in that exact area. It was interesting to talk to him about Fujimori and the Shining Path.

re: #188 Floral Giraffe

The "surf sound"! Can't beat that guitar!

Dick Dale

G'nite, all.

re: Gearhead

A robust debate.
With Basij billyclubs.

re: #198 Gearhead

From twitter:

Heh.

To be fair; his most recent statement this evening (around 6 pm EDST or so) was much better.

re: #201 irongrampa

May be way wrong, but it's looking more and more like this is a revolt against the gov't per se, imho.

That's what they need to do and they have to see this all the way through! If they don't...they'll soon see THE END of their country.

re: NelsFree

G'nite Nels!

W00T! *ahem* I mean Tweet:

@good_associate RT @ontheblob #iranelection Next time someone asks you what Twitter is good for, look them in the eye & say "Freedom".

re: #201 irongrampa

May be way wrong, but it's looking more and more like this is a revolt against the gov't per se, imho.

The people are revolting?

re: #190 BlueCanuck

Tweet:

@adobecity IMPORTANT: Iranian soldiers siding with protesters against militia, Journalist Robert Fisk [Link: tiny.cc...] #iranelection RE-TWEET

Has Fisk got something right?

I don't think there is even the slightest chance of that.

re: #209 BlueCanuck

W00T! *ahem* I mean Tweet:

TW00t!

re: BlueCanuck

Well put.

God knows where we're headed...

/Marvin off

re: itellu3times

Hey, let's stop talking about WV!

re: #210 itellu3times

The people are revolting?

Not the Persian protest babes!

/wiggling my Groucho cigarette holder

re: #163 albusteve

the Ventures were sorta one of a kind...it's all gone now

We're all Ventures now ... the electric guitar caught on.

[Link: twitter.com...]

# woman plan take off scarves and stand still for just one minute at rally Friday. Not sure if this will happen #Iranelection2 minutes ago from web

Now that's what I'm talkin' about!

re: #207 Macker

This could result in total collapse of the regime, and if so, what then? I don't know of anyone who could step up and lead--does anyone have an idea?

re: #75 reine.de.tout

I did too.
And here's a French phrase we had to repeat over and over and over and over - it is burned into my brain:

Denise Leveque habite ici a la capitale.
(without the proper marks).
I can say that PERFECTLY.

For some reason mine was "la plume de ma tante"

re: #219 irongrampa

This could result in total collapse of the regime, and if so, what then? I don't know of anyone who could step up and lead--does anyone have an idea?

A certain one-term Senator from Illinois comes to mind ...

re: #217 itellu3times

We're all Ventures now ... the electric guitar caught on.

yes, I like that...salute!

Tweet:

@twaveltweeter love this photo > [Link: bit.ly...] more #photos from #Iran > [Link: bit.ly...] #iranelection #gr88 RT @TravelBoldly

Two links second one leads to a set of pictures.

re: #219 irongrampa

This could result in total collapse of the regime, and if so, what then? I don't know of anyone who could step up and lead--does anyone have an idea?

Under those circumstances the Iranian people would need... A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER!

I haz rock. I can haz freedom?

re: #209 BlueCanuck

Interesting that the State Dept asked Twitter to hold off on their planned maintenance during Iranian daylight hours, to allow the Iranian tweets to get through, and that Twitter said yes. I understand their reason for asking, and in this case, it's a good thing, but I am not at all sure that I like the administration/government ' meddling', as BHO would put it, with communications like that.

re: #131 Irenicum

Dottie the hottie?

It's not unheard of. Dottie

re: itellu3times

Politics, like nature abhors a vacuum. Any one of a number of scenarios could develop.

re: #214 WindHorse

God knows where we're headed...

/Marvin off

And Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (the album that it is from is my avatar) did a great version of that song, too!

re: #196 NelsFree

It makes sense in one way. Bolivians and Arabs both roll their "Rs". Now, how do Bolivians pronounce "Achmed"?
/h

A Phlegm M E D.

re: #206 Occasional Reader

To be fair; his most recent statement this evening (around 6 pm EDST or so) was much better.

You prompted me to go read it. You're right.

re: #210 itellu3times

The people are revolting?

Frank Burns: You disgust me!

Hawkeye: You're right. We discussed you last night and decided that you are disgusting.

re: #190 BlueCanuck

Tweet:

@adobecity IMPORTANT: Iranian soldiers siding with protesters against militia, Journalist Robert Fisk [Link: tiny.cc...] #iranelection RE-TWEET

Has Fisk got something right?

We can only hope that Mr. "Baghdad is an impenetrable fortress" actually did the blind squirrel/find a nut thing this time.

re: #219 irongrampa

This could result in total collapse of the regime, and if so, what then? I don't know of anyone who could step up and lead--does anyone have an idea?

Hasn't Reza Pahlavi said something recently about being willing to return to head a constitutional monarchy?

re: #221 itellu3times

A certain one-term Senator from Illinois comes to mind ...

Unfortunately, I don't think that guy has the qualifications to lead an entire nation.

Charles,
I really like the spy thingy app... very nice

re: irongrampa

I am not optimistic that anything all that much better will arise from the current protests in Iran.

That being said, I think it is a wonderful distraction for the regime, and if it manages to help delay the day when Iran gets nukes, somehow, anyhow, than it will be immensely worth it.

It's also possible that if the rumours of Arabs in the Basij are true, and the people manage to make any sort of impression on their future governance; Iranian projection of power in the Middle East will diminish.

Maybe that's just wishful thinking though.

Israeli intelligence chief says he's not optimistic, and that the riots are only happening in Tehran and a couple of other isolated areas (one other major city, as far as I have heard).

guitar stuff...this always reminds me of our pal Iron Fist...

re: jamgarr

Best. Show. Ever.

re: #234 MandyManners

Yes, you're right-forgot that.

re: #233 Occasional Reader

The dimmest mind on the left is probably more correct than most of the right. This should be a sobering moment. I hope he's right.

re: #231 Gearhead

You prompted me to go read it. You're right.

Of course, earlier in the day, he was pontificating over how he was sure that the Grand SuperDooper Ayatollah Khameini was no doubt "deeply concerned" over the election irregularities. So, you can take your pick.

re: #240 irongrampa

Yes, you're right-forgot that.

I wonder what the people think about that.

re: #201 irongrampa

May be way wrong, but it's looking more and more like this is a revolt against the gov't per se, imho.

As the folks in the street sense they are gaining the upper hand they will want much more than a recount.

The East German street rebellion that ended communism started over a small matter of wanting elections opened to more than the single communist party candidates in places like Leipzig. The more the government reacted, the more the people demanded.

re: #241 Killgore Trout

The dimmest mind on the left is probably more correct than most of the right. This should be a sobering moment. I hope he's right.

Uh, what is it that "most of the right" believes about this matter at the moment? Do tell.

re: #228 Irenicum

Politics, like nature abhors a vacuum. Any one of a number of scenarios could develop.

But it's one of the "features" of any totalitarian government, that they don't let any strong candidates for office but their own, appear at all.

I'm afraid the lack of a clear successor will doom the movement as much as any active opposition by the mullahs.

I mean, is now the moment for the Shah's (grand?)son to fly out of Los Angeles and present himself to the crowd?

re: #235 Scion9

Unfortunately, I don't think that guy has the qualifications to lead an entire nation.

Why, they demand a nirth cirtifikut or something?

re: #226 tradewind

I think the decision was made before the government asked. There were a lot of tweets yesterday and last night asking Twitter to delay their system down time. Don't have the full details at the moment.

re: #243 MandyManners

I wonder what the people think about that.

Hi Mandy! hope today finds you well

re: #221 itellu3times

Kind of a stretch for Burris, isn't it?

The Ventures "tequila"
older version

newer version

Cute overload you can eat

re: #241 Killgore Trout

The dimmest mind on the left is probably more correct than most of the right. This should be a sobering moment. I hope he's right.

oh good grief KT...wtf?...dimmest mind?

re: #241 Killgore Trout

The dimmest mind on the left is probably more correct than most of the right. This should be a sobering moment. I hope he's right.

That borders on a tautology to the extent that you define "the right" as a place that appeals to dullards, and excluding those of a libertarian bent that are more inclined to your viewpoints.

So I guess I am wondering what you consider to be "the right."

Dick Dale on the recording industry, fascinating stuff. It sounds like he was determined to control his own destiny.

Speaking of a monarchy, I gotta' go oppress my subject. bbiab

re: #253 albusteve

oh good grief KT...wtf?...dimmest mind?

Wouldn't that be Cindy Sheehan?

Ah, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit. I remember a DJ I had a schoolboy crush on many moons ago who used to say that at the beginning of each month when she was on the air. A cool memory!

I'm hopeful about Iran, but not optimistic.

Anyone else peeved more by Obama saying "tuh" than by him saying "uh"?

re: #256 MandyManners

Speaking of a monarchy, I gotta' go oppress my subject. bbiab

Is that a euphemism for mastur...

Never mind.

re: MandyManners

HA!

Come and see the violence inherent in the system!

/Mandy Python and the Holy Grail