Nope.

Happy Independence Day, to the American Lizards!
Hope yours was swell?

That's actually very beautiful.

Heelo, my friends.

re: #1 Noam Sayin'

That's SOME avatar, you've got now!
(How frightening is he as a Senator?)
Is he your elected official?

Sometimes, there's icecream.

G'night, all.

re: #4 austin_blue

Heelo, my friends.

Eek Hello, PIMF.

Good night, Lizards.
I must go now. Mr. Sandman is calling...

All men and women are inherently born with the desire to save the world from Armageddon.

re: #2 Floral Giraffe

Happy Independence Day, to the American Lizards!
Hope yours was swell?

Thirty neighbors, several grills at our joint and several other houses in the 'hood with house parties. Peter Bay cranked up the Austin Symphony at 8:30 and the fireworks kicked off at 9:30

Peter *hates* this gig.

re: #9 Gus 802

All men and women are inherently born with the desire to save the world from Armageddon.

Ever since ST VI had that warp-speed shock wave, every single frakkin' SF movie has to have that crap in there.

WHY?

re: #9 Gus 802

That, I don't want to miss.

Hitler Finds Out that Michael Jackson is DEAD:

___ The Shaming Of Crooks ___

B. A. Pajamas

The Shaming of Crooks is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your Tea Party games;
You may think at first this is mere blogger chatter
When I tell you, such crooks just CAN NOT PERCEIVE SHAME.
Ghastly instinctive rituals shrug off their shame plainly,
By Barney, Nancy, Harry or Al Franken-stain,
With their Earmarks and Corruption, Pork N' Bills Daily--
Self absolved laughably silent of blame.
Then there are deeper shames unfit for all leaders,
Such as with fat Baboons, dollar stuffed and lame:
Such as Hubris, Cowardice, Avarice, Defeatism--
Inexcusably snuffing out the economy's flame.
But I tell you, a crook needs no shame for hiking taxes,
Even if they promised not to raise them, and then lied,
Else how can they keep their heads up their asses,
Or cough up confession, and vomit their pride?
Of knaves of this kind, We can give you a quorum,
Such as Kennedy, Waxman, loons like Pelosi,
Such as all Corruptocrats or Benedict Arlen-
Their profits shame enough to fill several books.
But above and beyond there's one shame left over,
And it's hidden by the shame you'll never guess;
The shame that no climate research can discover--
But THE CROOK HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice the Crook in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Historically feeble singular Name.

(As opposed to the interests of his Banana Republic)

re: #11 Macker

Ever since ST VI had that warp-speed shock wave, every single frakkin' SF movie has to have that crap in there.

WHY?

Some ask why. I ask "why not."

//

re: #15 Gus 802

Why ask Why? Try Bud Dry.

/snicker

I am reposting from the last thread. Just got home and I have an adorable picture of my little great nephew in John McCain's arms today at the Prescott, AZ tea party. Wish I knew how to post it. I't's precious.

re: #16 Macker

Why ask Why? Try Bud Dry.

/snicker

I've got a Newcastle and some JD. ;)

*sniff*
*stand straight*
*salute*

G_d Bless America

re: #3 Sharmuta

That's actually very beautiful.

The first thing that comes to mind is our cherished Republic...

re: #12 laZardo

That, I don't want to miss.

Joe Perry endorsed John McCain.

Allegedly.

Aerosmith has opposed the GOP using their music however.

/Tidbits

re: #15 Gus 802

Some ask why. I ask... "why not."

YYYEEEAAAHHH

/enhance'd

re: #16 Macker

Why ask Why? Try Bud Dry.

/snicker

Bud Dry? Wasn't he an Oklahoma football coach?

re: #17 Pvt Bin Jammin

I am reposting from the last thread. Just got home and I have an adorable picture of my little great nephew in John McCain's arms today at the Prescott, AZ tea party. Wish I knew how to post it. I't's precious.

You mean McCain actually made himself useful? OMG! Congrats in any case!

re: #24 Macker
LOL I wish I knew how to post the pic.

re: #25 Pvt Bin Jammin

LOL I wish I knew how to post the pic.

[Link: www.imageshack.us...]

Try that.

Evening, fellow lizards!

I hope everyone had a great July 4th.

re: #14 blackpajamas

___ The Shaming Of Crooks ___

B. A. Pajamas

The Shaming of Crooks is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your Tea Party games;
You may think at first this is mere blogger chatter
When I tell you, such crooks just CAN NOT PERCEIVE SHAME.
Ghastly instinctive rituals shrug off their shame plainly,
By Barney, Nancy, Harry or Al Franken-stain,
With their Earmarks and Corruption, Pork N' Bills Daily--
Self absolved laughably silent of blame.
Then there are deeper shames unfit for all leaders,
Such as with fat Baboons, dollar stuffed and lame:
Such as Hubris, Cowardice, Avarice, Defeatism--
Inexcusably snuffing out the economy's flame.
But I tell you, a crook needs no shame for hiking taxes,
Even if they promised not to raise them, and then lied,
Else how can they keep their heads up their asses,
Or cough up confession, and vomit their pride?
Of knaves of this kind, We can give you a quorum,
Such as Kennedy, Waxman, loons like Pelosi,
Such as all Corruptocrats or Benedict Arlen-
Their profits shame enough to fill several books.
But above and beyond there's one shame left over,
And it's hidden by the shame you'll never guess;
The shame that no climate research can discover--
But THE CROOK HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice the Crook in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Historically feeble singular Name.

(As opposed to the interests of his Banana Republic)

You are brilliant - as well as talented. This is outstanding.

Hiya lizards...hope veryone had a good 4th!

re: #17 Pvt Bin Jammin

Replied in #213 in the last thread. You can use the "Save As..." on the picture to save it to your hard drive, then upload it to imagehosting sites like ImageShack, and give the resulting link here.

re: #27 gmsc

Evening, fellow lizards!

I hope everyone had a great July 4th.

Slept off the afternoon and went food shopping. Saw some fireworks yesterday from my window. Cool and damp day in Cow Town. How goes Vegas?

For those who don't already know, the past 2 nights, we've been counting down the 100 best 20th-century music videos, starting from 100. We've been doing 10 a night, and here's a recap of the first 20:

100 - Green Day, Basket Case
99 - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, Parents Just Don't Understand
98 - REM, Everybody Hurts
97 - Human League, Don't You Want Me
96 - The Replacements, Bastards of Young
95 - George Michael, Faith
94 - Wyclef Jean, Gone 'Til November
93 - U2, Sunday Bloody Sunday
92 - LL Cool J, Going Back to Cali
91 - Prince and the Revolution, 1999
90 - Lenny Kravitz, Are You Gonna Go My Way
89 - They Might Be Giants, Don't Let's Start
88 - Janet Jackson, Love Will Never Do (Without You)
87 - The Prodigy, Firestarter
86 - Billy Idol, Cradle of Love
85 - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Don't Come Around Here No More
84 - Method Man & Mary J. Blige, 84-I'll Be There For You / You're All I Need To Get By
83 - Godley & Creme, Cry
82 - Def Leppard, Pour Some Sugar on Me
81 - Twisted Sister, We're Not Gonna Take It

Tonight's collection is a little weird, a little funny, and sometimes even pointless. Yet, strangely, Michael Jackson isn't anywhere among these 10.

#80? It's unfortunately unembeddable, but nonetheless, it's The Cure, singing Close to Me.

re: #31 Gus 802

Slept off the afternoon and went food shopping. Saw some fireworks yesterday from my window. Cool and damp day in Cow Town. How goes Vegas?

Great! Lots o' fireworks on and off the Strip! Some are still going.

They even closed part of the strip for Steve Wyrick's big routine. He's the magician at the Planet Hollywood.

re: #34 gmsc

Great! Lots o' fireworks on and off the Strip! Some are still going.

They even closed part of the strip for Steve Wyrick's big routine. He's the magician at the Planet Hollywood.

Dang it! I was in Lake Havasu City today...

re: #32 gmsc

83 - Godley & Creme, Cry

You mean 10cc?

re: #34 gmsc

Great! Lots o' fireworks on and off the Strip! Some are still going.

They even closed part of the strip for Steve Wyrick's big routine. He's the magician at the Planet Hollywood.

Sounds nice. I know a blackjack dealer that works at the Hard Rock. Haven't talked to him in ages.

Our first embeddable video of the evening comes to us from Fiona Apple. Criminal, at #79!

re: #26 Gus 802

[Link: www.imageshack.us...]

Try that.

I'm still trying for it. No guarantees. LOL

re: #35 Macker

Dang it! I was in Lake Havasu City today...

Did you see the London Bridge?
re: #36 laZardo

You mean 10cc?

That's funny - I hadn't seen that trailer before.

re: #30 laZardo

Still loading to the image shack.

re: #39 Pvt Bin Jammin

I'm still trying for it. No guarantees. LOL

Shouldn't be too hard. Just don't lose the final link.

#78 is Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes":

re: #34 gmsc

I said "goodnight" earlier, but DANG, I'm still lurking!
Hope you had a nice Independence Day?
Now I'm REALLY going to bed!
See you later!

re: #40 gmsc

I managed to drive across it, but parking and the view from the side absolutely SUCKED today. Maybe the Lady E and I can visit later on.

re: #44 Floral Giraffe

I said "goodnight" earlier, but DANG, I'm still lurking!
Hope you had a nice Independence Day?
Now I'm REALLY going to bed!
See you later!

Happy 5th of July Floral Giraffe!

re: #44 Floral Giraffe

Nite. Hope you had a great day.

re: #40 gmsc

Did you see the London Bridge?

I thought that bridge had fallen down?

/ / /

re: #44 Floral Giraffe

I said "goodnight" earlier, but DANG, I'm still lurking!
Hope you had a nice Independence Day?
Now I'm REALLY going to bed!
See you later!

I had to work today, but I couldn't drive home in any direction without seeing fireworks, so that was cool.

Good night, Floral Giraffe!

Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees comes in at #77:

Grumbles, but, ALL my favorite Lizards are late nighters!
Grumbles, but gotta go to bed.
Or tomorrow isn't fun.
Later, Later Lizardia!

re: #40 gmsc

It's for the PC version that many complained was broken in the weeks after its release. I'm saving up to upgrade the desktop downstairs (a local store has a pretty cheap upgrade promo) because it requires Shader Model 3.0, and the best computer in the house so far - my laptop - only has SM2.0.

As for the game itself, I actually got an original copy at a convenience store promo for about US$7 for getting a copy of FHM and a food magazine from the contest organizers. Huh.

re: #51 Floral Giraffe

Grumbles, but, ALL my favorite Lizards are late nighters!
Grumbles, but gotta go to bed.
Or tomorrow isn't fun.
Later, Later Lizardia!

:)

Do it. We'll be here on many a late night.

This just in...amazingly, the truth behind Sarah Palin's resignation has been just under our noses all along. As this poster from Red State explains:

… There is a hearing on July 13 on the Birth Certificate. If he is found to not be eligible to be President, he get’s thrown out of office and everything he has done is undone. Who gets the Oval Office? By law, it’s John McCain and Sarah Palin.

That's OK, no need to thank me...

Lizards, I don't think this image hosting thing is ever going to work. It just goes on and on and never loads.

#76 is the only other non-embeddable video on the list tonight. However, I'll best most of you can sing it as soon as I mention the name.

It's "Whip It" by Devo!

(More videos after today's history lesson!)

Today in History, July 5th:
Click here for History Channel's July 5th video.

Highlights of this day in history: Salvation Army was founded. In his first studio session, Elvis Presley records, "That's All Right". Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title. French designer Louis Reard unveils his newest creation, a two-piece swimsuit known as the Bikini.

Other notable July 5th events include:

1687 – Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

1935 – The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.

1954 – The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.

1996 – Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.

Joey Chestnut wins third straight title against Takeru Kobayashi in annual Coney Island Hotdog-eating contest.

I know that every good and excellent thing in the world stands moment by moment on the razor-edge of danger and must be fought for.
— Thornton Wilder
A related sentiment:
Someone who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for either.

IMO if the list of best videos doesn't include this:

Went flying today with a friend of mine. His plane is a 1978 Grumman Lynx with a 150 hp engine upgrade. This thing has more history than a human services doctoral coed. A student pilot crashed it when it was just 5 months old, tried to go around with full flaps and ran into some weeds. It was fixed and was later converted to the bigger engine. My friend bought it a few years ago mainly because he takes aerial pictures professionally and the Lynx has a sliding canopy: He can open the canopy in flight and not have to shoot through plexiglass. The main drawback is that the wing is very small (96 sq. ft. vs 175 for a Cessna 172) and the engine has added some extra weight along with the extra power. It is hard to get the doodlebug off the ground in a reasonable length of runway, especially on a broiling hot west Texas afternoon. Of course, I consider "reasonable" to be anything less than 40% of the total length, since I am an old pilot and therefore not a bold one. If I can see individual weeds directly in front of me, they are too damned close.
It was great, though, to climb out of the cauldron to about 10,000 feet and open the canopy, like turning on God's own air conditioner. The wind noise is not bad at all, even close to the 170 mph redline (the airspeed in marked in mph rather than knots, btw, another oddity, for me at least).

Just to keep everything in proper perspective:

It (4th of July) ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.
--John Adams

re: #61 Shiplord Kirel

Awesome.

#75 comes from the Album Fear of a Black Planet. It's Public Enemy's Fight the Power:

G'nite, lizards. I couldn't ever get that image shack thing to work. Maybe another day. Hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day. Can't help thinking that the Iranians need a day like this real soon.

Take care, all.

re: #65 Pvt Bin Jammin

G'nite, lizards. I couldn't ever get that image shack thing to work. Maybe another day. Hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day. Can't help thinking that the Iranians need a day like this real soon.

Take care, all.

Later PBJ. Sorry it didn't work.

#74 was released under one title, but everybody knows it by a different title.

If you mention the song "Gonna Make You Sweat", many people might not know what you're talking about. However, when you call it "Everybody Dance Now", you'll get more looks of recognition.

re: #66 Gus 802

I am probably just lame. LOL

re: #65 Pvt Bin Jammin

G'nite, lizards. I couldn't ever get that image shack thing to work. Maybe another day. Hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day. Can't help thinking that the Iranians need a day like this real soon.

Take care, all.

G'Nite, PBJ!

re: #68 Pvt Bin Jammin

I am probably just lame. LOL

It happens from time to time with all of us. ;)

re: #61 Shiplord Kirel

The main drawback is that the wing is very small

Wing envy?

/ / / /

Yesssirree bob. Some more distinctly American music for this auspicious day.

Works without hiccups in IE.

Tony.

America, The Beautiful : Ray Charles - 1991

re: #64 gmsc

Row row, fight the pow-ah!

#73 is a product of the short-lived '80s boom in getting artists together for a cause. It can be corny, or you can be touched by it, but it was among the better charity efforts of the day.

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas

re: #73 Gus 802

I have to stay up just to listen to that.

re: #74 laZardo

Row row, fight the pow-ah!

[Video]

That looks like the same animator of "Everyone else has had more sex than me".

re: #72 Fierce Guppy

Yesssirree bob. Some more distinctly American music for this auspicious day.

Works without hiccups in IE.

Tony.

That's pretty cool!

The Chemical Brothers' "Setting Sun" helps wind things down at #72:

(Oh, are you gonna hate me for posting #71!)

re: #72 Fierce Guppy

Yesssirree bob. Some more distinctly American music for this auspicious day.

Works without hiccups in IE.

Tony.

July 5th?
;)

re: #76 Pvt Bin Jammin

I have to stay up just to listen to that.

Beautiful isn't it?

re: #62 garden18

He was referring to the 2nd of July.

The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not. (The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784, Harvard University Press, 1975, 142).

I won't mention the title of #71, so that more of you will at least have to peek to see what it is.

Hint: It's an "earworm" – one of those songs you can't stop from running over and over again through your head when you think about it.

Stay tuned tomorrow for 70 through 61!

re: #83 gmsc
All the warnings almost make me glad no video's from work :P.

re: #81 Gus 802

Beautiful isn't it?

Indeed!

G'nite. Some folks are still shooting off some big fireworks in the neighborhood and my youngest dog is pretty nervous. Catch all of you tomorrow.

re: #75 gmsc

If ya wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a...

/suddenly punched in the face

re: #85 Pvt Bin Jammin

Indeed!

G'nite. Some folks are still shooting off some big fireworks in the neighborhood and my youngest dog is pretty nervous. Catch all of you tomorrow.

Have a good one. Very quiet here in Denver oddly enough. Night.

re: #86 laZardo

If ya wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a...

/suddenly punched in the face

Hey, I was trying to stay away from Michael Jackson tonight.

Here's a great one if you are able to watch videos in the Windows Media format:

[Link: www.transbuddha.com...]

re: #83 gmsc

An ear worm like "yellow bird" you have haunted me with? The steel drum version that afflicts me? Mocks me? Affords me no peace? Bastard!

re: #86 laZardo

If ya wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a...

/suddenly punched in the face

Best multi-star charity video of all-time?
;)

re: #88 gmsc

I know, but they played Man In The Mirror on one of the music network's "tribute runs" and they had footage of those famous 80s aid concerts.

re: #90 BatGuano

An ear worm like "yellow bird" you have haunted me with? The steel drum version that afflicts me? Mocks me? Affords me no peace? Bastard!

Yep!

Oh this is good. BBC News is saying "Honduras punished for ousting leader" by way of the OAS. Yet they fail to mention that Honduras quit the OAS beforehand.

Of course BBC News is too cowardly to mention any word of punishing Iran. Probably because there has been no official "punishment" of Iran for their regimes actions during the previous election which included the murder of civilians.

The world is still upside down.

re: #91 gmsc

Pretty much. (;

re: #80 gmsc

Trust me to walk off the pier and miss the boat by inches.

Tony.

re: #85 Pvt Bin Jammin

Indeed!

G'nite. Some folks are still shooting off some big fireworks in the neighborhood and my youngest dog is pretty nervous. Catch all of you tomorrow.

You can give a dog melatonin for that, if you have some on hand. A 3mg dose is correct for most dogs, unless they're really small. Both of my dogs (one in the 30-40 lb range, the other weights in the 70-80 lb range) would take the same dose.

(I found out about it online, and asked my vet about it.)

re: #93 gmsc

Yep!

Ok!

There's No Such Thing as Free Health Care
The costly truth about Canada's health care system

John Stossel %P% July 2, 2009

President Obama says government will make health care cheaper and better. But there's no free lunch.

In England, health care is "free"—as long as you don't mind waiting. People wait so long for dentist appointments that some pull their own teeth. At any one time, half a million people are waiting to get into a British hospital. A British paper reports that one hospital tried to save money by not changing bedsheets. Instead of washing sheets, the staff was encouraged to just turn them over...

Smoke obscures the moon.

Smoke all around.

That peppery smell of fireworks is everywhere.

Some fireworks still going off. Not much, less and less hour by hour. Still, it will go on till the very early hours.

re: #100 Syrah

Smoke obscures the moon.

Smoke all around.

That peppery smell of fireworks is everywhere.

Some fireworks still going off. Not much, less and less hour by hour. Still, it will go on till the very early hours.

Beautiful thoughts.

/Worst haiku I've ever read

Turning Japanese!

Is the US creating its own "Lost Decade?"

It wasn't that long ago that everyone in America believed that Japan would soon overtake the United States as the dominant economic force on the planet. When the Japanese stock market rallied to historic heights in late 1989 and Japanese investors even bought Rockefeller Center in New York, it all seemed like a done deal.

But then...the Nikkei Index tanked, the nation's economy collapsed, the government responded with an ever-changing mix of tax hike and tax cuts, stimulus spending on infrastructure, massive bailouts of businesses, and more. None of it worked and Japan entered what's been called its "Lost Decade," a seemingly endless period of economic stagnation...

It's got Timothy Geithner! Barack Obama! Hank Paulson! And more!

re: #101 gmsc

Beautiful thoughts.

/Worst haiku I've ever read

Haiku has rules.

I think I broke everyone of them.

re: #103 Syrah

Haiku has rules.

I think I broke everyone of them.

Rules were made to be broken. That is how we progress.

re: #102 Gus 802

You really think so? C;

/no sex, no drugs, no wine, no women, no fun, no sin, no you, no wonder it's dark...

Everything Is On the Table - Your Taxes Are Going Up

Posted on June 30, 2009, 12:00am %P% Dan Hayes

Hang on folks.

"Everything is on the table."

re: #102 Gus 802

It's got Timothy Geithner! Barack Obama! Hank Paulson! And more!

Barney Frank! George Soros!

re: #107 Abu Al-Poopypants

Barney Frank! George Soros!

Chris Dodd, Harry Reid, etc.

You ever the feeling that you're about to get the cattle prong?

//

re: #102 Gus 802

Turning Japanese!

Is the US creating its own "Lost Decade?"

Given the fundamental demographic differences between Japan and the US, my answer would be, No.

I noticed that the Reason video ignores important social/demographic issues between the two nations.

re: #109 freetoken

Given the fundamental demographic differences between Japan and the US, my answer would be, No.

I noticed that the Reason video ignores important social/demographic issues between the two nations.

I congratulate you on your optimism.

re: #109 freetoken

That and it's not raining men on Wall Street.

Yet?

/hallelujah!

The main difference is that in Japan it was only a decade.

re: #112 Abu Al-Poopypants

The main difference is that in Japan it was only a decade.

Yep. I think we hit "pay dirt" with the Democrat Party stimulus. We might get a century.

re: #111 laZardo

That and it's not raining men on Wall Street.

Yet?

/hallelujah!

"Ooooh . . . Ancient Wall Street . . ."

re: #114 gmsc

"Ooooh . . . Ancient Wall Street . . ."

Is that a Tea Party video?

//

re: #106 Gus 802

The libs love to raise taxes. The msm supports them. No lib advocates reducing expenditure,

re: #116 BatGuano

The libs love to raise taxes. The msm supports them. No lib advocates reducing expenditure,

Correct. Never.

I'm thinking it will amount to another five-thousand dollars per individual. Then expect long lines.

re: #115 Gus 802

Is that a Tea Party video?

//

If it were, it wouldn't include Al Sharpton.
;)

re: #118 gmsc

If it were, it wouldn't include Al Sharpton.
;)

My fault. Failed attempt at sarcasm. Although a forced acceptance of Al Sharpton might be par for the course these days. If you know what I mean.

re: #119 Gus 802

My fault. Failed attempt at sarcasm. Although a forced acceptance of Al Sharpton might be par for the course these days. If you know what I mean.

That's Wright.

Crazy earworm.
Bite me, gmsc!

re: #120 gmsc

That's Wright.

No less. Are we ALLOWED to mention him?

re: #121 BatGuano

Crazy earworm.
Bite me, gmsc!

[Video]

Oh yeah? Take this!

Last week, the History Channel had a special on America's crumbling inrastructure that seemed to almost be designed to drum up support for the stimulus bill this spring...except it aired well after it had passed.

It was actually pretty sobering, highlighting the sorry state or various bridges from rural Idaho to the Tappan Zee bridge that carries the NY State Thruway across the Hudson from NYC to Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo or Montreal...

Perhaps the scariest thing is that these bridges, pipelines and levees shown will continue to deteriorate while ACORN gets few more billion to community organize.

re: #120 gmsc

That's Wright.

I thought it was all Nor Laup's fault?

Ad nauseum.

Sorta on-currently-discussed topic...

I really don't see how allowing damaged firms to fail is a part of revitalizing the economy. If anything it means even more people put out of employment (and unable to get re-employed) and quite possibly their homes as well.

Anyone that thinks ACORN is harmless is naive.

Good night.

re: #127 Gus 802

Good night.

Good night, Gus!

Chris Rea The Road to Hell Full version. Fits more than one topic here.

re: #129 Abu Al-Poopypants

Here is the translation:

ttp

re: #127 Gus 802

Anybody who honestly thinks ACORN is entitled to any stimulus/bailout money is a threat to themselves and others.

re: #131 BatGuano

re: #131 BatGuano

Sorry. no worky.

re: #133 BatGuano
Try this.

While we're on the topic of Japan here, this sounds vaguely post-apocalyptic for some reason.

/and yes, there is indeed such a city in Japan.

re: #135 laZardo

and yes, there is indeed such a city in Japan.

They were in Honolulu to march in the "Honolulu Festival" parade...they were so "kawaii"

need a favor from some fellow lizards could you guys and gals take a second and click on these craigslist links and flag then ads spam/overpost

i deleted the erase links and want the ads removed. thanks so much, i can only flag them once myself

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re: #137 pegcity

need a favor from some fellow lizards could you guys and gals take a second and click on these craigslist links and flag then ads spam/overpost

i deleted the erase links and want the ads removed. thanks so much, i can only flag them once myself

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Done.

re: #138 gmsc

thank you

re: #137 pegcity

need a favor from some fellow lizards could you guys and gals take a second and click on these craigslist links and flag then ads spam/overpost

i deleted the erase links and want the ads removed. thanks so much, i can only flag them once myself

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re: #135 laZardo

Before the election (and after), the residents of Obama City (小浜市) tried to increase the visibility of their city by sending gifts to President Obama. I'm sure if he ever visits Japan that the mayor will petition for a delegation to meet the President.

They've been out of the limelight for decades . . . forgotten . . . left behind . . . unloved, and living in unimaginable conditions, that you can't imagine.

NOW, the retirement is over . . .

Goodnight, all. Sorry I can't stay for fruit cup.

Anybody?

Here's more '80s sci-fi goodness until somebody else posts back . . .

re: #143 BatGuano

Goodnight, all. Sorry I can't stay for fruit cup.

Littleoldlady, at this point, would say, "NOBODY MOVE!"

re: #143 BatGuano

Goodnight, all. Sorry I can't stay for fruit cup.

G'Nite Bat Guano!

NOBODY MOVE!

re: #144 gmsc

I am probably the only person I know that doesn't think of David Bowie whenever "Major Tom" is mentioned.

re: #147 littleoldlady

NOBODY MOVE!

Howdy, littleoldlday!

re: #147 littleoldlady

yes boss
lol

gmsc! :-)

yochanan! :-)

Littleoldlady, imagine this: A dance troupe of 200 dancers in Antwerp, Belgium, is putting on a production but they're having trouble finding someone to play the lead. How to solve the problem and promote the show at the same time?

Give an impromptu performance of the numbers in the Central Station of Antwerp.

After only 2 rehearsals, below is the very creative result, which happened on March 23, 2009.

The production they were promoting? The Sound of Music!

re: #148 laZardo

I am probably the only person I know that doesn't think of David Bowie whenever "Major Tom" is mentioned.

Youtube Video

Ok, I can't watch the video @ work, but is it a cartoon?

re: #154 srb1976

It's Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)", one of the better songs of the decade.

Wait for it...

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

re: #157 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Ti - a drink with jam and fruitcup!
;)

re: #155 laZardo

It's Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Coming Home)", one of the better songs of the decade.

Ahhh... Thanks, will have to check it out when I get home = )

re: #157 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

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

Thank you LOL! So nice to see you!

re: #153 gmsc

FUN STUFF!

Bloodnok! :-)

Good morning! :-)

/morning where you are?

re: #162 littleoldlady

Bloodnok! :-)

Good morning! :-)

/morning where you are?

Eastern Standard here. Morning it is.

Thanks, {littleoldlady}. You're the best.

re: #163 Bloodnok

Ah. We're neighbors. ;-)

Sharmuta! :-)

No, YOU'RE the best!

/I may have been once upon a time, but I ...you know...got old

;-)

Aww -- I love you, lol.

re: #167 Sharmuta

Thanks. I's not easy [sob!] being green me. ;-)

{Sharmuta!

Why do my hug brackets keep disappearing?

re: #157 littleoldlady

FRRRUUUITCUUUP

/ C:

Oh. Maybe I forgot to type it...like certain "t"s... :-/

It's {Sharmuta!

Nope. The end hug bracket disappears...

/grrr

re: #170 laZardo

laZaaardo! :-)

re: #168 littleoldlady

Thanks. I's not easy [sob!] being green me. ;-)

{Sharmuta!

One of my favorite ads from Apple was the one for their Sage iMac, back in 2000:

re: #169 littleoldlady

Half a hug from you is worth more than full hugs from others.

re: #173 gmsc

Always great ads from Apple.

re: #174 Sharmuta

Half a hug from you is worth more than full hugs from others.

Littleoldlady is the quiet type, she doesn't seem to do anything, but she always has a surprisingly powerful effect!

She's sort of like "silent E" - a little hug becomes huge instantly . . .

re: #174 Sharmuta

Golly! Hanging out with you is WAY more fun than spending time with my family!

/basking in the glow
//beats the heck out of getting flack for the bar-be-qued chicken

;-)

I thought it was because littleoldlady was hoarding all the hug brackets like an elitist and thanks to the Obama administration is now required to spread them around with the disadvantaged.

/ :-}

gmsc! :-)

You are extraordinarily entertaining this morning!

/I mean...you know...even more than usual ;-)

re: #177 littleoldlady

Stick with me, Toots, and we'll have fun. ;)

re: #179 littleoldlady

gmsc! :-)

You are extraordinarily entertaining this morning!

/I mean...you know...even more than usual ;-)

I guess I just had a good day yesterday.

Besides, you're inspiring.
:)

re: #178 laZardo

Maybe if I put the exclamation point in the inside...

{Sharmuta}

WOULD YOU BELIEVE! Now the exclamation point disappears!

/Langoliers!

re: #181 gmsc

Here's hoping my inspirationalism rubs off on me. ;-)

Looks like a nice storm rolling in...
Rain and wind picking up YAY!
It's been hot and nasty all night

re: #182 littleoldlady

{LOL! }

re: #180 Sharmuta

TERR-IF! ;-)

re: #186 littleoldlady
Tarriff why you gotta bring the convo back to Nobama?

{rustler! }

Space? Well, okay.

/that's new
//my style is cramped! ;-)

{rustler} !

re: #187 rustler

Tarriff why you gotta bring the convo back to Nobama?

Are you hoping for change?
;)

re: #189 gmsc

Are you hoping for change?
;)

I don't know about anyone else, but I always Hope for dollars, and settle for Change = )

So, did Little Man get into the fireworks this year?

re: #190 srb1976

I can believe that!

FYI...years ago there was a huge blog-war here on LGF about...HUGS.

/I kid you not!

It went on for days with the HUGGERS getting seriously beat up by the ANTI-HUGGERS. Right then and there I realized that my delicate ego could not survive such a hit, so I stopped hugging altogether.

Just so you know...I love all youse guyz!
:-) = { } !

_{^{/meanwhile, a few of the ANTI-HUGGERS converted to HUGGERS after that
//they do these things just to confuse me...}}

_^;-)

re: #191 gmsc

I won't know til later...better wasn't sure if he was feeling up to taking the munchkins out for fireworks tonight...he was enjoying the niehbors when I called earlier though = )

re: #193 littleoldlady

Huggerlover.

/burning large wooden brackets and parentheses on yer front yard right now!

// C:

re: #194 srb1976

I won't know til later...better wasn't sure if he was feeling up to taking the munchkins out for fireworks tonight...he was enjoying the niehbors when I called earlier though = )

Better Half...ack

PIMF

re: #195 laZardo

Can you do some weeding while you are there?

/what a mess!

;-)

re: #197 littleoldlady

Can you do some weeding while you are there?

/what a mess!

;-)

I don't think he's allowed to marry people.

/Oh...wait...weeding
//Never mind

I thought he was the Reverend laZardo...?

/...or was that irreverent?

;-)

1 more hour til quittin' time...and tomorrow (Sunday night) is my friday...Yay!

re: #200 srb1976

1 more hour til quittin' time...and tomorrow (Sunday night) is my friday...Yay!

Have fun . . . I'm already slowin' down myself.

Good night, all!

re: #198 gmsc

Well, I would if those uppity conservatives didn't keep hating on our lifestyle and putting us down!

/ q;

'Night, gmsc! :-)

/guess it's time to go inspire myself
//and those of you with dirty minds can remain silent, thankyewverymuch!

Good day, ALL!™

re: #203 littleoldlady

I think I just lost my fruitcup.

/ D8

Good Morning Lizards! How's things under the fruitcup?

GI Bill alive and well.

"Jason Davis, 28, enlisted in the Army only a couple of weeks after Sept. 11 after dropping out of high school and facing minimum-wage jobs. Davis deployed twice to Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division, and then was stop-lossed, a military practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates. He spent another 18 months after that in the California National Guard."

Hola Nite Lizards.

Got back from a fireworks show, perfect weather and wind. About 2 minutes before the shoot, the wind started blowing back on shore. We blew about 20 shells before the Fire Dept made us stop. Couldn't finish. If we started 15 minutes earlier there would not have been a problem.

It stinks cuz we have to carefully pack all that stuff back up, as opposed to just picking up the trash.

Is Michael Jackson still dead?

Bunnies?

re: #207 BigPapa

Hola Nite Lizards.

Got back from a fireworks show, perfect weather and wind. About 2 minutes before the shoot, the wind started blowing back on shore. We blew about 20 shells before the Fire Dept made us stop. Couldn't finish. If we started 15 minutes earlier there would not have been a problem.

It stinks cuz we have to carefully pack all that stuff back up, as opposed to just picking up the trash.

Is Michael Jackson still dead?

I think it's just u and me here. As far as I know, MJ is still dead.

re: #207 BigPapa

Michael's not dead, he just went home.

/MIB was a cool movie.

re: #209 ggt

I think it's just u and me here. As far as I know, MJ is still dead.

Y'all don't quite have the place to yourselves just yet = )

I hate it when this happens. Dead tired, about to go to sleep and then 2 minutes later... wide awake. Stealth insomnia.

I hope everyone had a Happy Independence Day.

Wang Chi - "Here's to the Army and Navy and the battles they have won. Here's to America's colors, the colors that never run!"

Jack Burton - "May the Wings of Liberty never lose a feather."

And now for a funny Photoshopped picture:

Ayatollah Khonneri.

another day in Chicago.

re: #189 gmsc
Nah I have a couple quarters in my pocket :P

Determined to change the way the world views the United States

Obama's trip: A mission to reshape US image

re: #216 BigPapa

"Four years ago, 51 million Americans were diagnosed with stupidity. Thanks to the policies of the previous administration, that number grew to almost 60 million, but I stand here today to tell you that those numbers were thankfully less less than the number of Americans that were competent enough to truly care about the future of our nation and its relationships with the world."

/obscure European magazine cover reference

Been browsing the Links. You know, Charles had a good idea in creating them. Good Stuff posted by Lizards!

re: #216 BigPapa

Determined to change the way the world views the United States

Obama's trip: A mission to reshape US image

Fuck him and his image.

Good morning, all. What's the latest in the Michael Jackson grief-porn watch?

Is he still dead?

The Sears Tower people have installed a glass balcony at the top. . My link is a link to Noam's link. Click the actual article and look at the picture.

While visiting Toronto my family paid to to to the top of the CN Tower. Part of the floor is glass. My feet unconsciously walked on the grid supporting the glass. It was wierd how I couldn't seen to walk on the glass itself.

re: #219 TheMatrix31

Fuck him and his image.

It's all about him.

You can meet some strange MFers at a family reunion.

/are you really related to me ?

New Zealand dumped Cap & Trade a year ago?

Good Morning LGF.

re: #222 ggt

It's all about him.

Good morning, Lizards.

(Good morning, littleoldlady!)

Yes, He really needs to figure out that He actually won the election, and really is President. So, the campaign trips to Europe, etc., are no longer necessary- unless, of course, He anticipates changing the Constitution to allow foreign nationals to vote in the next election.

(Hmm. Maybe I shouldn't say that, it might give Him ideas.)

Or maybe His next plan is to run for President of The UN World Galaxy Universe Just Everything Forever And Ever. Unfortunately, that would not surprise me, either.

cheers

eon

re: #220 whiterasta Yep that's still the word.

re: #226 eon

Good morning, Lizards.

(Good morning, littleoldlady!)

Yes, He really needs to figure out that He actually won the election, and really is President. So, the campaign trips to Europe, etc., are no longer necessary- unless, of course, He anticipates changing the Constitution to allow foreign nationals to vote in the next election.

(Hmm. Maybe I shouldn't say that, it might give Him ideas.)

Or maybe His next plan is to run for President of The UN World Galaxy Universe Just Everything Forever And Ever. Unfortunately, that would not surprise me, either.

cheers

eon

Mere President of Everything doesn't quite do Him justice.
Emperor Lord for Life would be the bare minimum required.

re: #216 BigPapa

President Obama will be offering to do away with US nukes; what won't the Soviets like about him?

re: #220 whiterasta

Good morning, all. What's the latest in the Michael Jackson grief-porn watch?

Is he still dead?

Getting paler by the hour.

re: #227 rustler

Yep that's still the word.

Back when half of America was repeatedly swooning over James Cameron's movie Titanic (largely due to Leo Duh, I believe), I saw a T-shirt that summed my feelings up exactly; The Ship Sank. Deal With It.

Maybe we need something similar to cope with the ongoing Jackson funeral obsequies', which are beginning to look like a cross between the Elvis version and something dreamed up by P.T. Barnum.

/Seriously, the man's dead- would it hurt his sycophants to show a little respect, and not try to make a buck off it?

cheers

eon

Looks like Ahmadinejad wants a meet with Obama. Sounds more to me like he wants Obama to talk with him so it can be seen as international recognition of the legitimacy of Iran's election results.

re: #208 ggt

Bunnies?

I still don't get the bunny obsession. WTF?

re: #229 Roger

President Obama will be offering to do away with US nukes; what won't the Soviets like about him?

Mikey; They're not Communists any more, Tony. They're a federation of independent liberated states.

Tony Two Toes; Don't make me hurt you, Mikey.

-Eraser (1996)

///?

cheers

eon

re: #233 ggt

I still don't get the bunny obsession. WTF?

Police arrested Sakewitz June 16 after she called a maintenance worker to her room in the Portland suburb of Tigard to fix a broken television set. The worker saw and smelled the rabbits, some of them hopping free.

There's your answer. She didn't know we've switched to digital and rabbit ears don't work anymore.

Certainly disturbed.

re: #234 eon

Putin thinks "Soviet"

re: #232 rustler

Looks like Ahmadinejad wants a meet with Obama. Sounds more to me like he wants Obama to talk with him so it can be seen as international recognition of the legitimacy of Iran's election results.

And The One will be all too eager to comply- in the name of "dialogue".

I notice, he's not at all interested in a "dialogue" with the people of Honduras.

Of course, they succeeded in legally ousting a tyrant*.

(* The original Greek root word describes a dictator who gains power by "populist" methods- whether he really believes in them or not. "Demagogue" is another description of same.)

Obama seems even more entranced by "strong man" rulers than his guru, Jimmy Carter. I can't help but wonder if he's still looking for a father figure, or a role' model.

/Ten-cent psychology

cheers

eon

re: #235 SasquatchOnSteroids

There's your answer. She didn't know we've switched to digital and rabbit ears don't work anymore.

Certainly disturbed.

ah!

Good morning y'all.

Have a great morning all!

I've missed Sattv4u. Sent him an email... got an "out of the office for three weeks reply". He didn't get the stick or anything did he?

re: #237 eon
Speaking of Old Bunny bait history channel had a special on him last night that in the first 2 minutes had gone so far in trying to make him a hero and saint that I had to change it in disgust. That 2 minutes includes the 1.5 minute commercial break between the name of the episode and the introduction too.

Morning Lizards.

re: #241 Fat Bastard Vegetarian
Fluffy is back in case you hadn't noticed.

re: #236 Roger

Putin thinks "Soviet"

In Soviet Russia, President assassinates YOU!

Wife just came into the living room (needed some help buttoning an awkward button).

Was wearing the cutest pair of undies. (drool). Almost like shorts (not a girdle or anything). So much sexier than thongs and crap.

She's in "get ready" mode... my advances would be thwarted.

re: #244 rustler

FLUFFY!

re: #226 eon

Good morning, Lizards.

(Good morning, littleoldlady!)

Yes, He really needs to figure out that He actually won the election, and really is President. So, the campaign trips to Europe, etc., are no longer necessary- unless, of course, He anticipates changing the Constitution to allow foreign nationals to vote in the next election.

(Hmm. Maybe I shouldn't say that, it might give Him ideas.)

Or maybe His next plan is to run for President of The UN World Galaxy Universe Just Everything Forever And Ever. Unfortunately, that would not surprise me, either.

cheers

eon

Barry "Kindly Call Me (deities. All of 'em)" 0bama is a classic example of Hubris. [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #235 SasquatchOnSteroids

There's your answer. She didn't know we've switched to digital and rabbit ears don't work anymore.

Certainly disturbed.

Is it a killer bunny?

re: #224 ggt

New Zealand dumped Cap & Trade a year ago?

A lot of European nations have some form of C&T, and they've pretty much spent the last year or two laughing at it. With the economy spiraling downwards, carbon credits - basically, a measure of manufacturing production - plummeted in value and became worthless, making the "trade" part of C&T impossible. The "cap" part also became meaningless, as closed factories and reduced production reduced emissions far more drastically than any imposed restraint ever could.

That's one reason for the unseemly rush to get C&T in place Right The Fuck Now in the US. At the moment, with the economy scraping bottom, the costs - projected using current production figures - are extremely and artificially low, making the proposal look not so bad. Once the economy begins to rebound, however, the actual, full costs will blossom, making the whole system look like what it is - a disastrous brake on economic recovery, and a permanent stone around industry's neck that will force what's left of US manufacturing offshore forever, and take whatever jobs it provides along with it.

Is the carter bunny story still flying? Will our empty suit be the next iteration in foreign policy?

I have an Uncle who changed his name. He'd get mad whenever I'd call him by his original, "Mert did bad things" he'd say. I would internally note he would forever be "Mert".

re: #249 notamolly Quick get the holy hand grenade of antioch.

...And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this Thy hand grenade that with it Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits, in Thy mercy." And the Lord did grin and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit bats and large chu... [At this point, the friar is urged by Brother Maynard to "skip a bit, brother"]... And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it." Amen.[1]

re: #250 SixDegrees

"It's better than having no job and no home because you've moved inland after your neighborhood became a coral reef!"

/oh yeah, they are saying that.

re: #241 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Re: sattv4u2, we should all hate him!

/srsly, hope he's having a wonderful time.

Good morning everyone!

re: #236 Roger

Putin thinks "Soviet"

Yep. Most people outside of the MSM have already figured out that Medvedev is little more than Putin's front man. He gets to play President as long as Putin calls the shots.

Putin is an authoritarian, pure and simple. I think he's dropped all the Marxist/Leninist BS precisely because he knows it is BS. In his mind, defined as "it made Russia weaker, not stronger." He seems to me to be moving back toward the imperial mindset. Which, incidentally, got Russia into wars with Britain and France (the Crimea), Turkey and the Balkans (Russo-Turkish War), etc., in the space of a half-century, culminating in World War One. Which, technically, Russia lost.

Afghanistan was far from the first debacle' in Russian military history. What Russia did in World War Two (essentially crushing the Wehrmacht at Stalingrad, Kursk, etc.) was an exception to the rule. And considering how it came about, it's a tribute to the soldiers on the ground that they managed it in spite of the gross incompetence of their commanders and leaders. (For every Zhukov or Konev, Russia had at least a dozen generals who should have been digging latrines instead of commanding armies.)