Whoosh! What a great word & sound!

Douglas Adams rocks.

My deadlines swhoosh. Maybe they have a speech impediment.

I hope these protests continue in Iran....blood's already been spilled and it would be a shame if this all went away if the mullahocracy gets off the hook with a few token gestures.

Kobe's deadlines go swish

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

Douglas Adams does indeed rock!

God, Maureen Dowd is a moron.

/Sometimes that just has to be said. Excuse me.

re: #4 Fenway_Nation

I hope these protests continue in Iran....blood's already been spilled and it would be a shame if this all went away if the mullahocracy gets off the hook with a few token gestures.

I was just listening to NPR and the lady being interviewed made a great point, I thought- if the American people can see that the regime would cheat its own people out of an election, why would we think they can be trusted to keep any word they'd make in negotiations? 0bama is going to have a hard time convincing us talks with Iran are what we should be doing.

re: #7 iceweasel

We already knew that, but what compelled you to point that out now?

I hope & pray that many or most of the 0bama policies go flush!
And the ones that get implemented are flushed very soon.

Happy 3.0 day!

3.0 update for iPhone users (Free)
3.0 update for iPod Touch users ($9.95)

You can now watch live Major League Baseball games on your iPhone!

re: #11 gmsc

Geez....I almost thought of myself as avant-guard because I have an XMP3 (portable XM/Sirius sattelite reciever) now.

It's almost obsolete now that XM/Sirius is available on the 3.0.

re: #3 Sharmuta

My deadlines swhoosh. Maybe they have a speech impediment.

no: you're just that hot........ %-)

/white smoke

Deadlines seem to mean impending doom from wher I come from. lol

re: #9 Fenway_Nation

We already knew that, but what compelled you to point that out now?

Every once in a while it has to be said. Like every time I make the mistake of reading something by her.

She's just...gah....oh I can't stand her. She's the epitome of the emptyheaded beltway media, churning out vacuous crap and passing it off as some kind of insight. And it's accepted as such! Is it any wonder our media sucks so badly and our political discourse is generally in such crappy shape when someone like her has one of the cushiest spots in journalism? "Journamalism", I should say.

Anyway, I read this piece of drool and my head exploded. May need a drink now.

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

re: #5 wiffersnapper

Kobe's deadlines go swish

Kobe goes swish..... and so can the Lakers.

enough already.

re: #8 Sharmuta

I was just listening to NPR and the lady being interviewed made a great point, I thought- if the American people can see that the regime would cheat its own people out of an election, why would we think they can be trusted to keep any word they'd make in negotiations? 0bama is going to have a hard time convincing us talks with Iran are what we should be doing.

no he won't: he was able to convince them to vote for him, wasn't he?

/screwed.

re: #7 iceweasel

God, Maureen Dowd is a moron.

/Sometimes that just has to be said. Excuse me.

that's an insult to morons, thankyouverymuch.

/on their behalf

re: #16 redc1c4

So you weren't at that parade today, I take it?

re: #14 pat

Deadlines seem to mean impending doom from wher I come from. lol

have some fruitcup...... it does a body good.

re: #17 redc1c4

no he won't: he was able to convince them to vote for him, wasn't he?

/screwed.

I think he'll be more like clinton and abide by public opinion polls. But he's welcome to push it- I think it will cost him.

re: #19 Fenway_Nation

So you weren't at that parade today, I take it?

nor at the riot the other night.....

re: #21 Sharmuta

I think he'll be more like clinton and abide by public opinion polls. But he's welcome to push it- I think it will cost him.

can i have some of what you're taking?

my meds don't let me be that upbeat, and i could use the delusion.......

re: #12 Fenway_Nation

Geez....I almost thought of myself as avant-guard because I have an XMP3 (portable XM/Sirius sattelite reciever) now.

It's almost obsolete now that XM/Sirius is available on the 3.0.

I've been looking into developing for the iPhone and iPod Touch. I've been working through some Objective-C tutorials (the language) , XCode and the rest of the SDK (the development environment).

More and more, there are some interesting development environments that allow you to develop and sell native apps with only knowledge of Javascript and HTML, such as:

QuickConnectiPhone
Nimble Kit ($99, even though it's less than a month old)
PhoneGap (Actually, this is more for developing web apps with native app abilities)

rat check!

re: #17 redc1c4

no he won't: he was able to convince them to vote for him, wasn't he?

/screwed.

Well, how long before zero talks with unmendeddinnerjacket without preconditions?

re: #15 iceweasel

Every once in a while it has to be said. Like every time I make the mistake of reading something by her.

She's just...gah....oh I can't stand her. She's the epitome of the emptyheaded beltway media, churning out vacuous crap and passing it off as some kind of insight. And it's accepted as such! Is it any wonder our media sucks so badly and our political discourse is generally in such crappy shape when someone like her has one of the cushiest spots in journalism? "Journamalism", I should say.

Anyway, I read this piece of drool and my head exploded. May need a drink now.

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

Well....anyone concerned about excess weight gain and overeating should probably read that article.

If that doesn't induce vomiting, I don't know what will.

On the flip side, anyone who ingested rat poison or Drano should probably let it run their course, lest that piece of hack 'journalism' make you long for Death's sweet embrace to arrive even quicker.

re: #8 Sharmuta

great point.

that video that Charles put up earlier is great. it shows people what it looks like when the government is really taking your rights away...

re: #25 redc1c4

rat check!

And the winner is?

re: #24 gmsc

I've been looking into developing for the iPhone and iPod Touch. I've been working through some Objective-C tutorials (the language) , XCode and the rest of the SDK (the development environment).

Amazing stuff, eh? I remember years ago (when men were men and programming languages were in hex) how few tools there were... but today, with something like XCode, the ability to make sophisticated UI can actually be fun.

re: #27 Fenway_Nation

Well....anyone concerned about excess weight gain and overeating should probably read that article.

If that doesn't induce vomiting, I don't know what will.

On the flip side, anyone who ingested rat poison or Drano should probably let it run their course, lest that piece of hack 'journalism' make you long for Death's sweet embrace to arrive even quicker.

I think I love you.

re: #30 freetoken

Amazing stuff, eh? I remember years ago (when men were men and programming languages were in hex) how few tools there were... but today, with something like XCode, the ability to make sophisticated UI can actually be fun.

As we type this, I'm in the middle of installing the newest version of the iPhone SDK, and I can't wait to see the changes.

I wrote my first Native App monday, and spent some time learning about Interface Builder earlier today.

I've also found some ingenious ideas for using Dashcode to get things up and running quicker before you do the hard work in XCode.

Today in History, June 18th:

Highlights of this day in history: Churchill rallies Britain in World War II; Napoleon beaten at Battle of Waterloo; Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic; Sally Ride becomes America's first woman in space; Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney born.

Other notable June 18th events include:

1858 – Charles Darwin receives a paper from Alfred Russel Wallace that includes nearly identical conclusions about evolution as Darwin's own. This prompts Darwin to publish his theory.

1873 – Susan B. Anthony is fined $100 for attempting to vote in the 1872 presidential election.

1923 – Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.

1979 – SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.

1981 – The AIDS epidemic is formally recognized by medical professionals in San Francisco, California.

1996 – Ted Kaczynski, suspected of being the Unabomber, is indicted on ten criminal counts.

re: #33 gmsc

thanks.

re: #34 mrshankly01

thanks.

You're welcome.

re: #31 iceweasel

Umm....thanks?

re: #15 iceweasel

The first 2 sentences in that is enough to make me roll my eyes and mutter "oh for fucks sake" under my breath.

I keep looking, but I cant for the life of me find the line in Article 2 about the President telling me what I should be eating as one of his enumerated powers.

re: #29 Floral Giraffe

And the winner is?

Murphy....... no sign anywhere.

/bummer

re: #32 gmsc

As we type this, I'm in the middle of installing the newest version of the iPhone SDK, and I can't wait to see the changes.

I wrote my first Native App monday, and spent some time learning about Interface Builder earlier today.

I've also found some ingenious ideas for using Dashcode to get things up and running quicker before you do the hard work in XCode.

Want to build an app? There's an app for that!

The '0ne' killing a fly.

re: #39 ArchangelMichael

Want to build an app? There's an app for that!

I'm surprised they haven't used that in an ad yet – I love it!

The only true deadline is death itself. The others are only minorannoyances. But, until he real one, we can have a lot of fun, give a lot of love, make a lot of money, grow in stature, and get fat. Love is the most important of these. God bless you with one good mate and lots of grandchildren.
Old Engineer

re: #40 Bullskin

The '0ne' killing a fly.

history will record this as being the aggressive high point of his term in office.

And those are my postings. Nite all.

re: #44 pat

And those are my postings. Nite all.

G'Nite, pat.

re: #44 pat

Bye pat!

I'm sure you've all moved on by now...but I just loved Douglas Adams...got funny looks from people any time I read Hitchhiker's guide in public....laughing out loud through a lot of it = )

re: #37 ArchangelMichael

The first 2 sentences in that is enough to make me roll my eyes and mutter "oh for fucks sake" under my breath.

I keep looking, but I cant for the life of me find the line in Article 2 about the President telling me what I should be eating as one of his enumerated powers.

It's so bad. So, so, so bad. There is an aura of stupid around it that will suspend normal brain wave function for at least ten minutes. I should have posted it with a warning.

re: #48 iceweasel

Arugula?

/obscure Martha Stewart reference

re: #47 srb1976

I'm sure you've all moved on by now...but I just loved Douglas Adams...got funny looks from people any time I read Hitchhiker's guide in public....laughing out loud through a lot of it = )

How to Write Like Douglas Adams

re: #49 laZardo

Arugula?

/obscure Martha Stewart reference

I don't get it. :(
I've mostly avoided all knowledge of Martha Stewart. Mostly.

re: #51 iceweasel

I don't get it. :(
I've mostly avoided all knowledge of Martha Stewart. Mostly.

too bad for you..... she runs your block in the reorg camp.

/it's for your own good..... %-)

re: #40 Bullskin

yea, CNN said it was done "smoothly"

re: #51 iceweasel

I forget it if it was South Park or something else, but it involves someone seeing Martha Stewart's face on a dog and it was barking "Arugula!"

re: #48 iceweasel

hard hitting journalism at its best. i simply don't understand why the MSM is having financial difficulties. must be the recession. /s

re: #50 gmsc

Tried to click that, apparently the filters @ work think it might be entertaining...sorry = )

re: #55 mrshankly01

Or that bitch karma.....

re: #56 srb1976

Tried to click that, apparently the filters @ work think it might be entertaining...sorry = )

Just save it for later. It is a fun read.

re: #54 laZardo

I forget it if it was South Park or something else, but it involves someone seeing Martha Stewart's face on a dog and it was barking "Arugula!"

Awesome!

I just found this fantastic Daily Show vid from last week-- about the NY Times. It is painfully funny. The best part is that the Times people apparently thought it went well!

[Link: www.thedailyshow.com...]

Best part: Daily Show reporter asks Bill Keller, the Executive Editor of the NYT,
"What's black and white and red all over?"

Keller says, "A newspaper"

"No!" says DS guy-- "Your balance sheet."

Keller laughs and then trails off with a painful little "....oh"

Yeah, that's gotta hurt.

re: #58 gmsc

Just save it for later. It is a fun read.

It would have to be = )

where is everyone tonight

So, i'm thinking French Toast for breakfast in the morning (after work)....with fresh strawberries....but the question is...bacon or sausage to go with it?

re: #62 srb1976

bacon

re: #62 srb1976

So, i'm thinking French Toast for breakfast in the morning (after work)....with fresh strawberries....but the question is...bacon or sausage to go with it?

Morning Lizards. Go for the bacon. Pissing of the Muslims 1 billion at a time. :)

re: #63 mrshankly01

Tough to go wrong with bacon....and sausage is really better with maple syrup...you're probably right = )

so, breakfast @ 8ish, CDT = )

re: #65 srb1976

yea, you could eat bacon wrapped razor blades and still be happy. wonderful meat.

re: #61 mrshankly01

where is everyone tonight

Still going around the web, finding out iphone developer info about 3.0.

Jimmy Fallon is slobbering over the fact that Obama killed a fly with his hand!

"So smooth", "amazing hand eye coordination", etc

....wtf?

Some guy on the local ABC affiliate was going crazy over how cool his signature is.

re: #68 gmsc

just updated mine. downloading MLB right now.

re: #67 mrshankly01

I see you've stumbled across my recipie....

re: #62 srb1976

So, i'm thinking French Toast for breakfast in the morning (after work)....with fresh strawberries....but the question is...bacon or sausage to go with it?

yes............

plus biscuits and gravy?

re: #72 redc1c4

what do you think the sausage is for? = )

re: #65 srb1976

Tough to go wrong with bacon....and sausage is really better with maple syrup...you're probably right = )

duh: maple syrup on the fwench toast

re: #73 srb1976

what do you think the sausage is for? = )

lube?

re: #59 iceweasel

"No!" says DS guy-- "Your balance sheet."

LMAO!

re: #62 srb1976

Sausage- goes better with syrup.

re: #74 redc1c4

duh: maple syrup on the fwench toast

I was thinking sliced strawberries, tossed with a little sugar....make their own syrup.....yum

re: #78 srb1976

I was thinking sliced strawberries, tossed with a little sugar....make their own syrup.....yum

sliced strawberries with a skosh of basalmic vinegar, a bit of sour cream, and some brown sugar.......with a touch of cinnamon and other spices.

re: #79 redc1c4

sliced strawberries with a skosh of basalmic vinegar, a bit of sour cream, and some brown sugar.......with a touch of cinnamon and other spices.

Haven't tried that...sounds heavenly though

re: #80 srb1976

Haven't tried that...sounds heavenly though

there's a reason i'm so thin......

/white smoke

re: #77 Sharmuta

Sausage- goes better with syrup.

She speaks truth!

re: #82 iceweasel

Bacon goes better with eggs.

Sausage is great with syrup, but since I was leaning towards a strawberry sauce for the french toast....that's why I asked for opinions = )

there are worse things to have to ponder in the last half of a workday = )

re: #83 Sharmuta

Bacon goes better with eggs.

In, or next to? Because if you're putting something in your eggs, it really needs to be a good smoked ham....bacon is better next to eggs (esp. fried eggs, over medium) yum!

re: #85 srb1976

In, or next to? Because if you're putting something in your eggs, it really needs to be a good smoked ham....bacon is better next to eggs (esp. fried eggs, over medium) yum!

I agree. When I put meat in my eggs, it's ham.

Crackberry's Review of the Palm Pre

re: #3 Sharmuta

My deadlines swhoosh. Maybe they have a speech impediment.

No, Sharmy, your deadlines have a SPEEDTH impediment... :P

chop up the ham, the bacon, and the sausage, and then, when everything's about ready, spread the chopped up sharp cheddar cheese so it can melt over everything.....

re: #83 Sharmuta

Bacon goes better with eggs.

True, but best of all....the Full Irish Breakfast, or English Breakfast:

mushrooms
beans
toast
half a grilled tomato
eggs
bacon
sausage
boatloads of tea.

To be had only every once in a while in the event of a hangover, and to be followed by massive nap.
( i ignore the black or white pudding)

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #88 Karridine

LOL!

Well, it's back to the old grindstone later today.

Good night, all!

re: #89 redc1c4

chop up the ham, the bacon, and the sausage, and then, when everything's about ready, spread the chopped up sharp cheddar cheese so it can melt over everything.....

Nah. Cheez Whiz over microwaved Spam mixed with powdered freeze dried eggs.

I usually put hot sauce on my scrambled eggs.

re: #90 iceweasel

I've had black pudding before, as Blutwurst during a "Sample authentic German Food" party in my German class freshman year in high school.

We were led to believe that it was put into goat scrotum. My friends referred to it as "goat scroats" all throughout high school. In order to gag it down I drowned it in mustard and basically swallowed it whole.

I didn't see a reference to scrotum in that wiki article which makes me think that was one our teacher's many gags on the students, one which I have believed for about 20 years now.

re: #90 iceweasel

I'm with ya...all but the beans, swap 'em for crispy hash browns...now you're talkin = )

re: #92 gmsc

Good night

re: #94 Fenway_Nation

I usually put hot sauce on my scrambled eggs.

Me too. Franks, Tabasco, or Tapatio depending on what I have available.

re: #95 ArchangelMichael

I think you got taken. I've never had it in Germany, but in the places I've been served it it's blood pudding. I guess it does kind of look like it could be a testicle but it's not. It's disgusting enough as it is, brrrr.re: #96 srb1976

I'm with ya...all but the beans, swap 'em for crispy hash browns...now you're talkin = )

I don't know why the beans work, but they do. :(

Your strawberries sound much nicer, though!

re: #95 ArchangelMichael

I think they are just made with regular intestine type casing....it's mostly the blood part that hangs people up (I will freely admit to never having tried it either)

re: #99 iceweasel

One of my favorite things about summer is being able to get really good, ripe, fresh fruit....makes the heat and humidity worth it

re: #61 mrshankly01

where is everyone tonight

Well, I've been perusing abstracts submitted as part of a conference (just last week) at OSU on Abrupt Climate Change. Interested in knowing what happened to Africa 5500 years ago?

re: #102 freetoken

Well, I've been perusing abstracts submitted as part of a conference (just last week) at OSU on Abrupt Climate Change. Interested in knowing what happened to Africa 5500 years ago?

Yes. Tell us a story, please.

re: #101 srb1976

One of my favorite things about summer is being able to get really good, ripe, fresh fruit....makes the heat and humidity worth it

And a nice Sauvignon Blanc.

re: #104 Sharmuta

And a nice Sauvignon Blanc.

Or Reisling. And brie!

re: #77 Sharmuta

Sausage- goes better with syrup.

Next time you're at McDonald's, dip your fries in a vanilla shake.

re: #105 iceweasel

Or Reisling. And brie!

Or a nice little blended French white.

re: #106 haakondahl

Next time you're at McDonald's, dip your fries in a vanilla shake.

For fries, it's gotta be curly fries, and white gravy....it'll kill ya, but it's good = )

Or a Mosscato. Damn- I need to go wine shopping now.

re: #109 Sharmuta

Or a Mosscato. Damn- I need to go wine shopping now.

I'll take your recommendations any time!

OT, but damn-- gawker is really letting John Edwards have it:

John Edwards Is Still a Deluded Narcissist

To be fair, a personality disorder is not the sort of thing that just takes care of itself overnight. Still, in an interview with the Washington Post, shamed horndog mill-worker's-son John Edwards sounds kinda self-important, still.

The guy won't even admit that running for president in 2008—when his wife's cancer came back as the Enquirer reported on his affair with a crazy lady—was maybe a bad idea!

"He said that for all the trauma that came of the 2008 campaign, he is not ready to declare that it had been a mistake to run, calling that a "very complex question." He believed, he said, that he had pushed Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in a more progressive direction on issues including health care — Edwards was the first to propose an individual insurance mandate — and that the value of his having run will be determined partly by what Obama achieves on these fronts.

"Did it make sense to run and stay in the race? Time will tell," he said."

TIME TOLD, JOHN. IT WAS STUPID.

(snip)

Even back when you weren't a complete loser, you always sounded smarmy and insincere and pandery, when you talked about the poor poor people.

[Link: gawker.com...]

Gawker tagged the article "Assholes". Hee.

The local Vicar explains that he must move on to a larger congregation that
will pay him more.

There is a hush within the congregation. No one wants him to leave.

Mike Smith, who owns several car dealerships in the area, stands up and
proclaims:

' If the Vicar stays, I will provide him with a new BMW every year and his
wife with a Honda mini-van to transport their children! '

The congregation sighs in appreciation and applauds.

Sam Brown, a successful entrepreneur and publican, stands and says, ' If the
Vicar will stay on here I 'll personally double his salary and establish a
foundation to guarantee private secondary school education of his children!
'

More sighs and loud applause.

Agnes Jones, age 88, stands and announces with a smile,

' If the Vicar stays, I will give him sex. '

There is total silence..

The Preacher, blushing, asks her:

' Mrs. Jones, whatever possessed you to say that? '

Agnes ' s 90-year old husband, Joe, is now trying to hide, holding his
forehead with the palm of his hand and shaking his head from side to side,
while his wife replies:

' Well, I just asked my husband how we could help, and he said, ' fuck him!

re: #110 iceweasel

For a warm, humid summer night, I like a crisp, citrusy Sauv Blanc, and I really like the Kenwood.

Hard to go wrong with any Italian Moscato di Asti. They make great aperitif or pair it with some fruit. It's not muggy night wine, though, but I'd drink it anytime.

I just think of summer and white wines as belong together.

re: #109 Sharmuta

Mosscato and curly fries- check.

Seconds from Death

re: #103 iceweasel

Yes. Tell us a story, please.

A long time ago (5500 years) on a continent far, far way (Africa), the world changed for the plants, animals, and people who lived in that land. For 9000 years they had lived in an area with good monsoonal rains, that made the land green and allowed the animals and humans to flourish.

But that land turned into the largest stretch of desert - the Sahara, and the people and the animals were not happy campers.

That period of time (in that land) is called the African Humid Period (AHP). The wiki link takes to you a discussion of a large lake left over from that period, and introduced you to the controversy over how quickly the AHP ended.

The research presented this week (erroneously stated by myself as happening last week) confirms the idea that the termination of this period happened quickly (in geological terms), probably within 1 to 2 centuries. The research was taking core samples off the African west coast (through a range of latitudes) and analyzing the dust sediments.

The summary (see pg 21):

Our preliminary results on the N-S sediment core transect indicate that an abrupt termination of the AHP near 5.5 ka BP can be traced from Senegal to the Canary Islands (roughly 18-28°N). Most cores have sedimentation rates that were considerably lower than at Site 658, and thus have lower resolution, but the AHP transitions were always more rapid than expected from linear orbital monsoon forcing alone. Surprisingly, we find that the end of the AHP occurred nearly synchronously for all cores along this transect, suggesting a very rapid and spatially extensive retreat of the African monsoonal rains near 5.5 ka BP.

More information than you might be interested in, but.... better too much than too little.

I became interested in this as not long ago I was reading up on how the civilization in ancient Egypt started, got drawn to a discussion of evidence of early human civilization (pre Pharaoh) in SW Egypt, which led naturally enough to discussions about the AHP.

In the big picture, the hypothesis would look like this:

rapid climate change ➠ humans migrating from pasteur lands to the Nile ➠ the rise of Ancient Egypt along the Nile.

PIMF "pasture"

Now this is so cool!

Public release date: 17-Jun-2009
Contact: Gaetano Di Achille
Gaetano.Diachille@colorado.edu
[phone number removed]
University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Colorado team finds definitive evidence for ancient lake on Mars
First unambiguous evidence for shorelines on the surface of Mars, say researchers

A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has discovered the first definitive evidence of shorelines on Mars, an indication of a deep, ancient lake there and a finding with implications for the discovery of past life on the Red Planet.

Estimated to be more than 3 billion years old, the lake appears to have covered as much as 80 square miles and was up to 1,500 feet deep -- roughly the equivalent of Lake Champlain bordering the United States and Canada, said CU-Boulder Research Associate Gaetano Di Achille, who led the study. The shoreline evidence, found along a broad delta, included a series of alternating ridges and troughs thought to be surviving remnants of beach deposits.

"This is the first unambiguous evidence of shorelines on the surface of Mars," said Di Achille. "The identification of the shorelines and accompanying geological evidence allows us to calculate the size and volume of the lake, which appears to have formed about 3.4 billion years ago."

Life migrates towards water. Makes sense.

Is it just me, or are the comment numbers getting larger? Is this some weird new phenomenon?

re: #116 freetoken

Free, I am amazed nearly every day, at the truly awe-inspiring or deeply interesting research made public by one team or another... the AHP and its demise is but ONE example of such interesting research...

The news from Talk PolyWell indicates we're on the path to CHEAP, SAFE energy!

And before I even get this comment posted, a Lake on Mars! Zowie!

re: #119 Sharmuta

Life migrates towards water. Makes sense.

NASA tries so hard to discount even the possibility of life on Mars, so some independent study is nice to have to beat NASA about the head and shoulders.

re: #120 FurryOldGuyJeans

Is it just me, or are the comment numbers getting larger? Is this some weird new phenomenon?

My kids have been on my laptop. I thought they somehow changed the settings.

re: #120 FurryOldGuyJeans

Your eyes are gittin' smaller, Old GaiJin...

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------->
Help yourselves!

re: #125 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------->
Help yourselves!

{lol} Good Morning and fruitcup is tasty today. Thanks

Hiya Erik! :-)

All by yourself today? Has your family arrived in Florida?

re: #125 littleoldlady

Fruitcup is on the buffet ------------->

My, my... you are treating us to some of your creativity this morning, eh?

re: #124 Karridine

Your eyes are gittin' smaller, Old GaiJin...

T'ain't only the eyes getting smaller. :%P%

re: #125 littleoldlady

Had to take a break from the stuff they pay me to do, just for fruit cup!
(really helps with the sleepies ) = )

Audacity of Hops

re: #121 Karridine

Free, I am amazed nearly every day, at the truly awe-inspiring or deeply interesting research made public by one team or another...

It is amazing too what a wide variety of topics crop up on this blog, too.

freetoken! :-)

Good thing you're here, because I'm having trouble waking up this morning... ;-)

re: #130 srb1976

srb! :-)

I'm working on a "system" that will have fruitcup paying both of us! ;-)

re: #118 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yes, very cool! Better yet, would be to have an expedition there and get some samples!

/Billions and billions of dollars... oh well.

Another "take" on the Martian lake:

First hard evidence found of a lake on Mars
Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:29pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A long, deep canyon and the remains of beaches are perhaps the clearest evidence yet of a standing lake on the surface of Mars -- one that apparently contained water when the planet was supposed to have already dried up, scientists said on Wednesday.

Images from a camera called the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate water carved a 30-mile-(50-km-)long canyon, a team at the University of Colorado at Boulder reported.

It would have covered 80 square miles (200 sq km) and been up to 1,500 feet deep, the researchers wrote in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

There is now no dispute that water exists on the surface or Mars -- robot explorers have found ice. There is also evidence that water may still seep to the surface from underground, although it quickly disappears in the cold, thin atmosphere of the red planet.

This is the first I have heard of ice on Mars, whoa!

Matrix! :-)

Okay, that's funny.

re: #127 littleoldlady

Hiya Erik! :-)

All by yourself today? Has your family arrived in Florida?

They left for a 5 week vacation in Europe yesterday. They arrive in Orlando on the 2 Aug.
I changed my ticket from the 24 June to the 2cd July. Will be my first Independence Day(In The USA) in 20 years. Looking forward to a great party.

re: #133 littleoldlady

Well, I'll be tapping out for a while... fading fast.

re: #134 littleoldlady

srb! :-)

I'm working on a "system" that will have fruitcup paying both of us! ;-)

I am all for that....let me know what I can do! = )

re: #125 littleoldlady

Thanks, {lol}! Just for you:

re: #135 freetoken

Yes, very cool! Better yet, would be to have an expedition there and get some samples!

/Billions and billions of dollars... oh well.

Looks like NASA and Obama are soon going to be apologizing for our having beaten the Soviets to the moon:

NASA heads to moon as panel weighs its future
Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:28pm EDT
By Irene Klotz

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - As NASA prepared to launch its debut mission in a program aimed at returning astronauts to the moon, a presidential panel on Wednesday began looking at alternative ways to get there and whether the United States should even go.

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:12 p.m. on Thursday, is designed to map the lunar surface so NASA can find safe and scientifically interesting landing spots for future human missions.

The United States is shifting the focus of its human space program from research and technology development in low-Earth orbit with the space shuttle and International Space Station to an exploration initiative. That would culminate in the return of U.S. astronauts to the moon in 2020 -- a half-century after the pioneering Apollo lunar landings of 1969 to 1972.

NASA plans to retire the shuttle fleet in 2010 after eight more missions to complete space station construction. It would then shift funding to ramp up development of a pair of expendable rockets, known as Ares, and a beefed-up Apollo-style capsule called Orion that can ferry crews to the moon and other destinations.

Orion's debut flight to the space station is targeted for 2015 -- five years after the shuttle stops flying.

With costs estimated at more than $100 billion for a lunar excursion and concerns about the five-year gap, President Barack Obama has ordered a top-level review of the U.S. human space program.

Amazing the priorities the guy has, to bankrupt the US first so anything else can be safely ignored.

re: #141 Sharmuta

FABULOUS! :-)

Sharmuta! :-)

WTF is this? A slow news day?

PETA Wishes Obama Hadn't Swatted That Fly

PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.

re: #142 FurryOldGuyJeans

That's ok, I heard somewhere that NASA is making plans to detonate a giant explosive on the moon...to check for ice.

Maybe it's just a cover for sour grapes "If we can't go back to the moon, no one else can go to the moon either" = )

re: #143 littleoldlady

I'm glad you liked it. :)

Report: NKorea may fire missile toward Hawaii
Jun 18 01:15 AM US/Eastern
By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea may launch a long-range ballistic missile toward Hawaii in early July, a Japanese news report said Thursday, as Russia and China urged the regime to return to international disarmament talks on its rogue nuclear program.

The missile, believed to be a long-range Taepodong-2, would be launched from North Korea's Dongchang-ni site on the northwestern coast, said the Yomiuri daily, Japan's top-selling newspaper. It cited an analysis by the Japanese Defense Ministry and intelligence gathered by U.S. reconnaissance satellites.

The missile launch could come between July 4 and 8, the paper said.

While the newspaper speculated the Taepodong-2 could fly over Japan and toward Hawaii, it said the missile would not be able to hit Hawaii's main islands, which are about 4,500 miles (7,200 kilometers) from the Korean peninsula.

A spokesman for the Japanese Defense Ministry declined to comment on the report. South Korea's Defense Ministry and the National Intelligence Service—the country's main spy agency—said they could not confirm it.

re: #144 Erik The Red

WTF is this? A slow news day?

PETA Wishes Obama Hadn't Swatted That Fly

PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.

Just for that, I will be swatting every fly I see for the next few days, even if they are not bothering me = )

re: #134 littleoldlady

A fruitcup app?

re: #147 FurryOldGuyJeans

Report: NKorea may fire missile toward Hawaii
Jun 18 01:15 AM US/Eastern
By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Associated Press Writer

What do we expect? Joe Biden told us there would be a crisis in 6 months.

re: #149 Fenway_Nation

A fruitcup app?

Now you're talkin'!

Fenway! :-)

Either that or cash fruitcup gifting! ;-)

re: #150 Sharmuta

What do we expect? Joe Biden told us there would be a crisis in 6 months.

This is crisis number what now? 6? 8?

re: #132 freetoken

It is amazing too what a wide variety of topics crop up on this blog, too.

That speaks well to the range of intelligent interests of the denizens of this blog...

/if I try really hard, I might break my arm patting myself on the back... :D

Man, Cubs home games and St. Louis home games are expensive as shit.

re: #144 Erik The Red

WTF is this? A slow news day?

PETA Wishes Obama Hadn't Swatted That Fly

PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.

Oh PETA. PETA, PETA, PETA. sigh.

I truly can't think of another political organisation that does its own cause more harm than good.

Why can't they start out with the use of chimps and monkeys in medical experiments or something? The mistreatment of dogs and cats and horses? Causes that virtually everyone would be sympathetic to. Fur. And then work their way up to raising awareness about animals more generally?

It's their focussing on stuff like flies and renaming fish 'seakittens' that makes people automatically dismiss their all their claims. What a waste.

Karridine! :-)

/if I try really hard, I might break my arm patting myself on the back.

Don't stop! You are one of the most UNIQUE among us!

/well, okay, stop.
//a broken arm may slow you down... ;-)

re: #142 FurryOldGuyJeans

Furry, what stands out in this NASA-report, to MY eyes, is the ABSENCE of any reference to the X-Project winner, the sub-orbital & re-usable flier made of composites and fantastic, high-thrust new engines?

Its like NASA feels compelled to stick with OLD TECHNOLOGY... despite the proofs, no matter the cost...

re: #157 littleoldlady

ROFL!

/you make my day, Lil Olde...
I trust you're well and happy?

re: #159 Karridine

"Well and happy"?

Oh look! A squirrel!

;-)

How's by you and yours, Karridine? Things calm down in the neighborhood?

Jun 16, 2009 10:37 pm US/Central
Store Clerk Murdered; Customers Keep Shopping
Reporting
Pamela Jones

GARY, Ind. (CBS) ― A 26-year-old convenience store clerk was shot and killed in broad daylight in Gary, Ind., and police say witnesses stood by and did nothing. CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports there are critical clues that may help crack the case.

Police say one of the four men caught on surveillance video bursting into the clerk's booth at the convenience store was about to commit murder. The video shows a man in red run up an aisle and kick in the door to the booth. Within seconds, the clerk, Gurjeet Singh, was shot in the neck.

"It was senseless. And really all homicides are senseless but what we gather from this, there was very little resistance," said Gary Police Department Commander Anthony Titus. "It didn't have to end the way it did."

But Titus says what's even more senseless is the apparent inaction of bystanders standing near the front door almost the whole time.

re: #158 Karridine

Furry, what stands out in this NASA-report, to MY eyes, is the ABSENCE of any reference to the X-Project winner, the sub-orbital & re-usable flier made of composites and fantastic, high-thrust new engines?

Its like NASA feels compelled to stick with OLD TECHNOLOGY... despite the proofs, no matter the cost...

NASA has been constrained since the end of the manned moon mission era, by politics and budget. "We won the moon race so why continue exploring space with people?" is the operative meme.

re: #161 FurryOldGuyJeans

Some days, people just suck!

re: #161 FurryOldGuyJeans

Shades of Kitty Genovese! :-(

Speaking of diverse topics.... I just posted in the spin-offs a link to the BBC story on one of the weirder, and sadder, crime stories. Has to do with "Pregnancy Denial" disorder.

/humans can be so strange

re: #163 srb1976

Some days, people just suck!

Here in the Seattle area that suckiness is nearly EVERY day. :%P%

Since we're all over the place- more music

re: #111 iceweasel I read the itle of that article and had to double take. First look came up as denuded arsonist instead of deluded narcissist.

Denuded Arsonist?!

rustler! :-)

re: #144 Erik The Red
That fly was on him like he was literally full of shit instead of the figurative use I usually use in reference to him.

That PETA thing is the most ridiculous thing I've heard all day, and I heard someone tell me a rumor they heard about Chris Paul going to the Lakers for Sasha Vujacic, Jordan Farmar, and Luke Walton.

re: #165 freetoken

Speaking of diverse topics.... I just posted in the spin-offs a link to the BBC story on one of the weirder, and sadder, crime stories. Has to do with "Pregnancy Denial" disorder.

/humans can be so strange

I just went and read that; I hadn't heard anything about it. I don't know what to think. So sad.

The figures the paper gave were startling - every year in France, between 1,600 and 2,000 women apparently suffer from pregnancy denial, and at least 230 discover or admit they're pregnant only at the moment they give birth.

Surprisingly, most of the examples cited were not of teenage girls who had never had a baby - they were mainly mothers of at least two children who were all so mentally opposed to the thought of having another child that they didn't show a single physical symptom of their pregnancy.

Apart from a tiny weight gain of one or two kilos there were no visible changes to their bodies. Many of the women even continued to menstruate - the need to deny the pregnancy was so strong, explained doctors, that the mind controlled the body and suppressed all external manifestations of the pregnancy.

I guess I can believe in the existence of this disorder; I even know some women who were pregnant and kept getting their periods, so I can believe that it's in principle possible for the mind to suppress the physical symptoms...but the article makes it sound somewhat difficult to believe that's what happened to her. Some of her statements seem to suggest she did know she was pregnant.

I don't know. What a sad and awful story though.

Jun 16, 2009 5:24 pm US/Central
Nearly 60% Won't Graduate At South Side School
44 Of 77 Students At Bradwell Elementary Did Not Pass Eighth Grade
Reporting
Jim Williams

CHICAGO (CBS) ― A startling number of children are falling through the cracks at one Chicago Public School. More than half of the kids didn't even pass the eighth grade. As CBS 2's Jim Williams reports there is fierce debate about who's to blame.

It is a debate that has gone on for years in poor communities: do you blame the schools for the students' poor performance or do you blame their parents?

The mother of a one student who failed eighth grade says she got no warning her son was struggling. The school says she was notified, and other parents insist she did not do enough.

re: #173 FurryOldGuyJeans

Hmm....this must be the educational system that 0bama and Ayers did so well in overhauling.

re: #174 Fenway_Nation

Hmm....this must be the educational system that 0bama and Ayers did so well in overhauling.

Touche. And updinged.

re: #175 iceweasel

Touche. And updinged.

But if I hadn't posted the article he couldn't have come up with the "zinger".

/ shameless karma whoring ;)

re: #172 iceweasel There is also a "false pregnancy" condition known as pseudocyesis. Where the need to get pregnant is so strong it forces changes in the body and mimics pregnancy.

Furry- you've found some great stories this morning. Do you know how to post spinoff links? They should go up there.

re: #178 Sharmuta

Furry- you've found some great stories this morning. Do you know how to post spinoff links? They should go up there.

Yes, I know, but I like 'em better in the body.

re: #176 FurryOldGuyJeans

I updinged you again, you shameless hussy. :)

re: #179 FurryOldGuyJeans

Yeah- but come later in the morning, no one else will see them.

re: #172 iceweasel Here is a longer article about False pregnancies in the NYTimes.

re: #156 iceweasel

Oh PETA. PETA, PETA, PETA. sigh.

I truly can't think of another political organisation that does its own cause more harm than good.

Why can't they start out with the use of chimps and monkeys in medical experiments or something? The mistreatment of dogs and cats and horses? Causes that virtually everyone would be sympathetic to. Fur. And then work their way up to raising awareness about animals more generally?

It's their focussing on stuff like flies and renaming fish 'seakittens' that makes people automatically dismiss their all their claims. What a waste.

It's because their President, Ingrid Newkirk, is insane.

Let's not forget her recent brilliant idea to sell tofu flavored with George Clooney's sweat.

re: #183 SixDegrees

It's because their President, Ingrid Newkirk, is insane.

Let's not forget her recent brilliant idea to sell tofu flavored with George Clooney's sweat.

Definitely you win. Please don't make me read that just yet. I promise I will.

re: #180 iceweasel

I updinged you again, you shameless hussy. :)

Oooh, my leg just tingled! ;)

re: #136 FurryOldGuyJeans

A long, deep canyon and the remains of beaches

Let's go to the beach! Margaritaville on Mars.
Morning all. I've done a quick fruitless search for Iran news, is there anything new? Big march planned today, I know.

re: #181 Sharmuta

Yeah- but come later in the morning, no one else will see them.

Boy, you really want to roust the lazy dude, doncha? ;)

re: #182 Rustler

Here is a longer article about False pregnancies in the NYTimes.

I'm going to check that out right now.

Did people see the coverage of the fake baby blogger recently? Some woman who started a blog claiming she was pregnant and that the baby had a rare disease and would die soon after birth.

She blogged that she was going to have the baby anyway, and over the months her blog became popular with the anti-abortion and Christian crowd, as well as thousands of women, mothers and not, who felt great empathy for her. She had a PO Box and people started sending her presents and (supposedly) some money.

She put up photos of the 'baby' when she had it and then blogged that it had died....and people recognised the 'baby' as a doll.

All hell broke loose and she was outed and forced to apologise. She's claiming a mental condition.

Breaking: Insurgent ambush kills 24 Algerian police - report

re: #186 jim in virginia

Let's go to the beach! Margaritaville on Mars.
Morning all. I've done a quick fruitless search for Iran news, is there anything new? Big march planned today, I know.

Fruitless? You've come to the right place!

{My Rove}! :-)

re: #160 littleoldlady

Ma'am, yes Ma'am, BUT... the reserves and backups are starting to wear thin, and there is a palpable whine from the bearings... the South is becoming more 'restive' and meth(amphetamine) factories are once again in full crank!

The economy is bad, getting worse and the politicians polish their shoes with THE WRONG STUFF!

re: #184 iceweasel

Definitely you win. Please don't make me read that just yet. I promise I will.

I love Clooney's response: "As a mammal, I'm offended."

Random question- I tried applying online for a job in Pennsylvania last week, but was having trouble opening up the online application form. So I called their somewhat bemused HR department and asked for a 'regular' application that could be mailed to me so I could fill it out and fax or mail it back to them.

The application form arrived in the mail yesterday (a pretty strightforward two pages). I relayed this to some of my friends when I went to the bar last night- they took it as a good sign that this company went through the trouble of sending me an application by regular mail upon request. I kinda saw it as the company humoring me....

re: #184 iceweasel

Definitely you win. Please don't make me read that just yet. I promise I will.

Ewwwww.

re: #193 Fenway_Nation

I think it sounds like a good sign! I'll be hoping so for you anyway.

re: #182 Rustler

Damn....every time the NY Times is linked, I'm going to think of that riddle for the NY Time chief editor-

Q: What's Black & white and red all over?

A: Your balance sheet.

re: #191 Karridine

OY! :-(

re: #196 Fenway_Nation

Did you get a chance to watch the vid? You should, that's not even the best part. I promise.

he tells them they're like a living Colonial Williamsburg, among other things.

re: #183 SixDegrees

It's because their President, Ingrid Newkirk, is insane.

Let's not forget her recent brilliant idea to sell tofu flavored with George Clooney's sweat.

Thilling! Tofu with Clooney's nasty sweat-born pathogens! Gag!

re: #179 FurryOldGuyJeans

Agree with Sharm... put them in the spin-offs!

Quality links are always appreciated by some, who will never ding you but yet they click.

Also, and how I can put this... there are a few posters who (regularly) put up links that frankly only are there to pimp their own blog. While Charles has never complained, it does appear to be self serving. Plus most of them are of no substance. Or worse.

So yes, when you have an interesting story, post it!

re: #193 Fenway_Nation

Either way - even if it's only a very good "customer service" style approach to potential employees - it's ALL GOOD.

Where in Pennsylvania?

re: #189 Sharmuta

Breaking: Insurgent ambush kills 24 Algerian police - report

Islamist violence breaking out all over:

17 killed in Somalia as Islamists battle govt

re: #200 freetoken

I'm very seriously addicted to the spinoff links! I come back several times a day to catch up on them, even though I may not have time to read the threads.

/is there a cure? ;-)

And finally... I'm watching Eyes Wide Shut (on my computer, while doing everything else...). I saw it when it first came out in '99 on the big screen. I realize how much I missed in one viewing.

Kubrick was a genius, even if it wasn't his best film.

re: #188 iceweasel

What is it with phonies trying to fake a bunch of people and trying to write it off as mental illness?

Iran has banned CNN from covering the street demo today.
Christine Amanpour didn't kiss their butts enough?

re: #204 freetoken

I love Kubrick but I hated that film with a flamey-white passion. Then again, I did only see it once. Does it really improve on reviewing?

re: #121 Karridine

Page 2 indicates a false report. So, not yet.

Besides, the greenies would not like lowcost power.

re: #201 littleoldlady

Scranton area.

re: #203 littleoldlady

/is there a cure? ;-)

Chocolate?

/It works for everything... else.

re: #198 iceweasel

Haven't seen it yet- I think Dennis Miller played the audio of some of that on his show the other day.

re: #210 freetoken

You may be right...

re: #204 freetoken

And finally... I'm watching Eyes Wide Shut (on my computer, while doing everything else...). I saw it when it first came out in '99 on the big screen. I realize how much I missed in one viewing.

Kubrick was a genius, even if it wasn't his best film.

Some film are like that. I always say that about 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'. Gotta watch it twice.

re: #193 Fenway_Nation

Depends on your skill set and what the firm needs. We're almost in a hiring mode, have been looking around at candidates. For specific technical/ management skills, the number of good candidates is still limited.

re: #207 iceweasel

On the small screen, where one can study the image and notice all those little things missed on the first viewing in a crowded and noisy theater... what comes across is an attempt to pack quite a bit into the movie.

Of course he died before completing it... which is a bummer.

I do appreciate Kubrick's appreciation for the human capacity for depravity.

re: #203 littleoldlady

More cowbell?

Right on, Furry- I gave you some dings.

re: #214 jim in virginia

Zero relevant skills to the position advertised as open.

The good news is they provide entry-level training. The bad news is they prefer to hire locally.

re: #216 Fenway_Nation

Talk about the way to a woman's heart!

re: #205 Fenway_Nation

What is it with phonies trying to fake a bunch of people and trying to write it off as mental illness?

I don't know what is going on with these people. I remember that story. You can sort of understand if they're motivated by money (although not forgive, of course) but so many of them seem to be craving something else, like attention or power. It's so fucked up.

And what about Tania Head, the woman who claimed to be a 9/11 survivor and headed up some victims' organisations?

[Link: www.spiked-online.com...]

I just substituted one addiction for another. :-(

/OY! OY! OY!

Good day, ALL!™

See you later, lol!

re: #215 freetoken

I do appreciate Kubrick's appreciation for the human capacity for depravity.

That's for sure. I can agree with you on that. Clockwork Orange is probably the best example.

I think part of my problem with Eyes Wide Shut is that it seemed very....dated. I understand the central shock, husband discovering wife has desires he knows nothing about,-- but the way it's played out in the movie seems so old fashioned and odd.

It is based on a novel by some Viennese guy in the 30's, IIRC, and I think that goes some way towards explaining how terribly un-shocking it is.

bye, LoL!

Good Morning LGF.
FWIW an Iranian ex-pat colleague of mine thinks that today's demonstration will probably mark the beginning of the end of the election crisis unless there is just enough, but not too much, brutal violence on the part of the police and revolutionary guard. He believes that if there is either too little, or too much violence, the opposition will start to lose steam and fizzle.

re: #220 iceweasel

The douchespigot in Colorado claimed to be both a 9/11 survivor and a Iraq war vet....so there's a two-fer!

Oh...and what [new] media bias? I tried doing a search using 'phony soldier' and '[location]'...the first several hits that came back were 'progressive' blogs howling at the moon about Rush Limbaugh's "phony Soldier" remark a few years back when it was pretty clear he was referring to turds like Jesse MacBeth and Rick Duncan [who was still fooling people about his credentials @ the time]...

re: #221 littleoldlady

Bye, LoL!

re: #214 jim in virginia

Depends on your skill set and what the firm needs. We're almost in a hiring mode, have been looking around at candidates. For specific technical/ management skills, the number of good candidates is still limited.

What sort of positions may be opening? and what sort of manegerial skill sets?

re: #226 Fenway_Nation

The douchespigot in Colorado claimed to be both a 9/11 survivor and a Iraq war vet....so there's a two-fer!

Oh...and what [new] media bias? I tried doing a search using 'phony soldier' and '[location]'...the first several hits that came back were 'progressive' blogs howling at the moon about Rush Limbaugh's "phony Soldier" remark a few years back when it was pretty clear he was referring to turds like Jesse MacBeth and Rick Duncan [who was still fooling people about his credentials @ the time]...

Jesse Macbeth is a douchebag, no doubt about it-- but if I'm recalling the transcript of Rush's remarks correctly, (he was talking to a caller) it sounded like he was calling all vets who were opposed to the war 'phony soldiers'.
Let me go find the transcript and see....

Ingrid "Howlin' Mad" Newkirk writes:

The technology actually exists to take your perspiration and make it into George Clooney-flavored tofu (CloFu).

Hmmm. I've been saying for years that they ought to sell dick-flavored Pringles™ -- I think there'd be a huge market for them among gay men who are too lazy and/or broke to hunt for sex partners at some crowded bar, not to mention bi-curious married guys seeking a way to satisfy that urge for tubesteak without the risk and guilt of going on the DL.

So apparently the technology is already there... now I just need to find an industrial food chemist and some financial backers.

re: #228 songbird
Civil engineers. Hampton Roads area, possibly Northern Virginia.

re: #230 Throbert McGee But wouldn't you want to market, hmm, cucumbers instead of Pringles?

re: #230 Throbert McGee

I always thought ass-flavored Milk Bones would be a huge hit with the pooches.

re: #223 iceweasel

It is based on a novel by some Viennese guy in the 30's, IIRC, and I think that goes some way towards explaining how terribly un-shocking it is.

While the idea of unfaithful spouses and kinky sex is not shocking to today's audience, I agree, what I find more interesting about the movie are the little details he went into in order to portray the "social" class as something truly repugnant at their heart... almost sort of the ultimate sin. That is, other people are only there for our most temporal and carnal pleasure.

re: #230 Throbert McGee

I dunno, I think some of the flavours of Pringles might already taste like dick.

Morning Lizards.

re: #234 freetoken

You know, that's very true, now that you mention it. There is a whole kind of decadence of the social class thing going on. And now that I'm thinking of it, that lame-ass orgy scene which is so terribly banal might be supposed to be a reflection of how depraved the rich are--so satiated that they can't even arouse themselves in that setting.

Hmmm. I'll have to watch it again now with your points in mind. Thanks!

The problem with Obama's Iran approach

WaPo: Obama Seeks Way to Acknowledge Protesters Without Alienating Ayatollah.
Yeah, we certainly don't want to alienate them. They might, you know, be offended and seize our embassy , or start a nucular program.

Rain today.
Rain tomorrow.
For a change, rain Saturday.

I'm melting.

re: #237 iceweasel

You know, that's very true, now that you mention it. There is a whole kind of decadence of the social class thing going on. And now that I'm thinking of it, that lame-ass orgy scene which is so terribly banal might be supposed to be a reflection of how depraved the rich are--so satiated that they can't even arouse themselves in that setting.

Yes, they are portrayed as seriously addicted - alcohol, drugs, sex (money, power, etc.) and even more so, how numb they have become to all of it. Pleasure is gained by making others succumb to their sins.

re: #238 jim in virginia

The problem with Obama's Iran approach

WaPo: Obama Seeks Way to Acknowledge Protesters Without Alienating Ayatollah.
Yeah, we certainly don't want to alienate them. They might, you know, be offended and seize our embassy , or start a nucular program.

all while chanting "Death to America!"

/tough love 'em right back!

re: #229 iceweasel

It was awhile ago, but I think he was calling Iraq Vets Against the War 'phony soldiers' ahead of their Winter Soldier 2.0 meetup....and seeing how people like MacBeth and Duncan gravitated towards IVAW, that's not entirely false....

In the whole manufactured outrage over the 'phony soldiers' statement, it was lost (by design, courtesey of our quisling media) that there were people talking about taking part in committing massacres in Iraq who had never even set foot in a recruiter's office, let alone Iraq!

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

— Douglas Adams

What a cool quote.

re: #238 jim in virginia

Or send cash and munitions to proxies in Lebanon, the West Bank or Iraq.

re: #239 jim in virginia

Rainist!

Nothing heard, out.

re: #242 Fenway_Nation

It was awhile ago, but I think he was calling Iraq Vets Against the War 'phony soldiers' ahead of their Winter Soldier 2.0 meetup....and seeing how people like MacBeth and Duncan gravitated towards IVAW, that's not entirely false....

In the whole manufactured outrage over the 'phony soldiers' statement, it was lost (by design, courtesey of our quisling media) that there were people talking about taking part in committing massacres in Iraq who had never even set foot in a recruiter's office, let alone Iraq!

I hate to tell you this, but I did just dig up the context of Limbaugh's comments and the transcript-- and that's not what was going on. (It didn't have anything to do with committing massacres in Iraq.)

Someone called in, and asked Rush "Why is it that you always just accuse the Democrats of being against the war and suggest that there are absolutely no Republicans that could possibly be against the war? "

In the ensuing melee, the caller said he was a Republican who had served in the military, and Rush refused to believe him.

Then he took another call, from someone else, who said he was in the military--and with that caller Rush had the exchange about 'phony soldiers'.

If one just reads the transcript of his remarks to caller 2, they don't sound that bad....but the full context looks bad.

I can link to the full transcript and audio, but it is on media matters, I warn you. :)

Oh my god....I just had an epiphany.

My mom had misgivings about me joining the Army, no matter how much I tried to reassure her. I remember asking her not to go off the deep end if something happened to me in the line of duty. I didn't want my [hypothetical] death while serving in the Army to be used as somebody else's insturment for personal, political or financial gain.....

It just dawned on me that I was asking her not to be Cindy Sheehan if anything happened to me, nearly a decade before Cindy Sheehan hit the public spotight.

re: #248 Fenway_Nation

Fenway! I didn't know you were in the Army! Respect!

I walk away and come back to dick flavored Pringles. Only LGF.

re: #247 iceweasel

Wow....that's much worse than the MSM giving face-time to the aforementioned phony soldiers, passing them off as the real deal so they could continue to discredit any gains made by the real military personnel in Iraq.

Much worse than motherfuckin' Murtha who pronounced the Marines in Haditha guilty of massacring a whole village before any legal procedings began.

re: #250 Sharmuta

I walk away and come back to dick flavored Pringles. Only LGF.

Only when Throbert McGee is logged in :)

re: #249 iceweasel

I try not to be all John Kerry about it (altho he did serve in 'Nam) and work it into the conversation every 5 minutes....

re: #250 Sharmuta

And what are the ass-flavored milk bones? Chopped liver!?

/if only

re: #232 jim in virginia

But wouldn't you want to market, hmm, cucumbers instead of Pringles?

But I like Pringles better! And cucumbers just don't scream "marketable snack item" to me.

Naturally, some of you may be wondering "what about us poor overlooked heterosexual guys?" But not to worry -- for them, I've invented a delightful iced pastry that tastes like a vagina. I call it, of course, the "Poon Danish™".