The Onion strikes again!

That might be reality a year from now.

They say that all good comedy involves an element of truth...

re: #2 SasquatchOnSteroids

That might be reality a year from now.

I'm not convinced it's not already reality. That's about the level of analysis we already get on the Sunday am shows.

Sounds just like 44 and his cabinet. Arseholes.

I wish I could up-ding this video more than one.

re: #4 iceweasel

I'm not convinced it's not already reality. That's about the level of analysis we already get on the Sunday am shows.

I haven't seen the Birch eyes yet, but it's getting close.

Hello Lizards. Where has everyone gone?

re: #8 Erik The Red

Hello Lizards. Where has everyone gone?

Hiding from you; they left me here to tell you that.

*Zoit*

re: #9 FurryOldGuyJeans

Hiding from you; they left me here to tell you that.

*Zoit*

OK. I have a bottle of great single malt scotch. Care to join me?

looks like my cardiogram at the hospital

re: #11 albusteve

looks like my cardiogram at the hospital

What that, a flat line?

LMAO

re: #10 Erik The Red

OK. I have a bottle of great single malt scotch. Care to join me?

*Snag* Oooh, just enough scotch for me! ;)

re: #12 Erik The Red

What that, a flat line?

all over the place...flat line too soon come

Wonder if the Big O has that tracker thing on his teleprompter?

You'd think this came from The Onion, but nooo.... someone actually phoned it in...
[Link: bighollywood.breitbart.com...]

re: #11 albusteve

looks like my cardiogram at the hospital

albusteve ... shut up! ...

Eddie Hinton ...

Lovin the Onion. Its become one of the best sites out there.

re: #16 DirtyDog

Wonder if the Big O has that tracker thing on his teleprompter?

Our Man Obama got the Mark I model last month, and is looking to the Mark II upgrades next week.

Royal pains was great tonight...Best new show of the summer...

re: #18 JacksonTn

yer so nice....if I was half the woman you are my name would be Stephanie

We are going to invade Sweden?

It must be with Obamo's takeover of GM.
I think they are after SAAB now!

re: #16 DirtyDog

Telepromter, cell phone, portable lap top

re: #21 HoosierHoops

Royal pains was great tonight...Best new show of the summer...

It's not LOST.

District 9 looks kinda cool....should I get a sitter and go see it?

re: #25 Walter L. Newton

It's not LOST.

Hey Walter, I may just catch up in the next couple of weeks now that I am here.

re: #19 Mich-again

Lovin the Onion. Its become one of the best sites out there.

The skits are 100 times better than anything SNL has managed to barf up in the last few years and I am so surprised that they don't have some sort of show on cable or something (or did I miss it, I don't watch much TV).

re: #25 Walter L. Newton

It's not LOST.

thank god...one LOST is enough

re: #25 Walter L. Newton

It's not LOST.

Lost isn't a summer show...Summer shows are mostly fun stuff...:) Like Royal pains
I like burn notice also...

re: #27 Erik The Red

Hey Walter, I may just catch up in the next couple of weeks now that I am here.

Oh, please do, please do. You would be a lot of fun yapping about it with during the season coming up.

re: #30 HoosierHoops

Lost isn't a summer show...Summer shows are mostly fun stuff...:) Like Royal pains
I like burn notice also...

I like skin viruses myself.

re: #29 albusteve

thank god...one LOST is enough

Hey, are you one of those fuckers who are trying to squabble with me and tell me about LOST revisionism?

re: #24 hous bin pharteen

Telepromter, cell phone, portable lap top

Well, Blackberries can handle real-time data feeds. So, yes he could have such a program, if it exsisted, on his Blackberry.

Colombian coffee comes with smuggled cocaine
Jul. 9, 2009 03:40 PM
Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS - Customs agents discovered an extra ingredient in a shipment of Colombian coffee: nearly a half-ton of cocaine.

U.S. Customs officer Troy Simon said Thursday it was his agency's biggest cocaine find at the Port of New Orleans since more than two tons turned up in a transformer shipment about 10 years ago.

re: #30 HoosierHoops

Lost isn't a summer show...Summer shows are mostly fun stuff...:) Like Royal pains
I like burn notice also...

Royal Pains is OK, but Burn Notice is superb. I never miss it (I Tivo every new episode).

re: #33 Walter L. Newton

Hey, are you one of those fuckers who are trying to squabble with me and tell me about LOST revisionism?

extreme squabble fucker

re: #16 DirtyDog

Wonder if the Big O has that tracker thing on his teleprompter?

Joe broke it.

re: #35 FurryOldGuyJeans

Colombian coffee comes with smuggled cocaine
Jul. 9, 2009 03:40 PM
Associated Press

For those who need an extra kick to wake up it the morning. :D

re: #38 SasquatchOnSteroids

Joe broke it.

[snicker]

re: #36 Dark_Falcon

Royal Pains is OK, but Burn Notice is superb. I never miss it (I Tivo every new episode).

I always TIVO Burn Notice.. I did again tonight but missed it.Going to watch it soon...Great show.

Good evening.

I laughed out loud when I saw this item:

New York Times Considers $5 Monthly Web-Access Fee

July 9 (Bloomberg) -- New York Times Co. said in a survey of print subscribers that it’s considering a $5 monthly fee for access to its namesake newspaper’s Web site.

Times Co. also asked whether subscribers would be willing to pay a discounted fee of $2.50 a month for access to the site, in the poll confirmed today by Catherine Mathis, a company spokeswoman. Nytimes.com, the most visited among newspapers’ sites, is currently free.

Times Co. is contemplating additional sources of revenue as marketers slow spending on the Internet. Ad sales at the publisher’s sites, also including about.com and boston.com, fell 8 percent and 3.5 percent in the first quarter and fourth quarter of 2008 respectively.

Hey NYT executives! Please start charging your customers on the web. In fact don't stop at $5, that's for pikers. Go the full monty and demand $20 a month...., and raise your news stand price too...., double it in fact. That's the ticket.

Florida Eliza Update!

The anesthesiologist says everything went as planned, operation concluded about 2240 Eastern time!

re: #42 3 wood

You're right. They should do it simply to defend the honor of the Newspaper of Record!

re: #42 3 wood

The quicker they go broke the better, I say.

Brilliant.

Confusion in the Administration?

Johnson Opens the Door to Post-Acquittal Detentions

Johnson said that “as a matter of legal authority,” the administration’s powers to detain someone under the law of war don’t expire for a detainee after he’s acquitted in court. “If you have authority under the law of war to detain someone” under the Supreme Court’s Hamdi ruling, “that is true irrespective of what happens on the prosecution side.”

So what's the point of sticking them in the civilian system if your going to hang on to them anyway? Why all the effort and cost of a trial?

Sounds like wanting to have their cake and eat it too.

re: #43 SteveC

Florida Eliza Update!

The anesthesiologist says everything went as planned, operation concluded about 2240 Eastern time!

Good. Stable?

re: #39 Dark_Falcon

For those who need an extra kick to wake up it the morning. :D

HONEYI'M GOING TO WORK!HAVEYOUSEENMYKEYS?WHERE'SMYFUCKINGKEYS?SHITSH IT!INMYHANDS!BYEEE!

/collapse

Hilarious! And accurate!

re: #42 3 wood

They had a subscription plan last year that flopped. Web traffic is driven by the blogs and nobody's going to link to articles that people can't read.

should anyone ask....Right Said Steve

You could see this coming:
Roland Burris won't run for Senate seat in 2010

U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has decided NOT to seek election to the seat he fought the government to keep.

Sen. Burris is planning to announce his decision Friday by issuing a statement to the press. But he’s reportedly not planning to field any questions from the press.
The decision by Burris was based on his inability to raise campaign funds; campaign disclosures with the Federal Election Commission are expected to be filed next week...and he has reportedly only raised approximately $20,000

Actually, I have it from a pretty good source that he only raised $750 in real money, the rest was dough he funneled to himself through friends to try to make it look better.

The Chicago Machine will find another hump out of the sewer to run.

re: #48 Walter L. Newton

Good. Stable?

VERY short email I got implies that she is. Probably sent in a rush - I'll find out more tomorrow, I'm sure.

LOL! I'm still laughing at the Obooty pic at Drudge!

re: #47 jcm

Confusion in the Administration?

Johnson Opens the Door to Post-Acquittal Detentions

So what's the point of sticking them in the civilian system if your going to hang on to them anyway? Why all the effort and cost of a trial?

Sounds like wanting to have their cake and eat it too.

Obama wants to talk about trials so he doesn't look like he's doing a '180 on enemy combatants. He's figured out that he can't let some of these men go, ever, but his base would go even more crazy than usual if he admitted it.

re: #35 FurryOldGuyJeans

Decaf!

re: #44 jaunte

You're right. They should do it simply to defend the honor of the Newspaper of Record!

I think they should go all out to disprove the Law of Demand and Supply.

Parody?
Comments

After long consideration, COMMENTARY’s editors have decided to end the policy of publishing comments.

A beautiful, rather abstract, evening Towercam. San Gabriel Mountains of California, Pacific time zone.

And:

"The old nations of the earth creep on at a snail's pace; the Republic thunders past with the rush of the express. The United States, the growth of a single century, has already reached the foremost rank among nations, and is destined soon to outdistance all others in the race. In population, in wealth, in annual saving and public credit, in freedom from debt, in agriculture and in manufactures, America already leads the civilized world."

—Andrew Carnegie, 1890s.

..."in freedom from debt"...

..."in public credit"...

Good night all.

re: #52 albusteve

should anyone ask....Right Said Steve

[Video]

Ok, I don't get it, but anyhow.

re: #53 3 wood

You could see this coming:
Roland Burris won't run for Senate seat in 2010

Actually, I have it from a pretty good source that he only raised $750 in real money, the rest was dough he funneled to himself through friends to try to make it look better.

The Chicago Machine will find another hump out of the sewer to run.

They can run their hump. Mark Kirk will blow their goon out of the water, and Illinois will finally have a sane senator again.

re: #56 Dark_Falcon

Obama wants to talk about trials so he doesn't look like he's doing a '180 on enemy combatants. He's figured out that he can't let some of these men go, ever, but his base would go even more crazy than usual if he admitted it.

Look we're having trials! I'm nice! Can I be popular too?

//

re: #59 Killgore Trout

Commentary don't need no stinkin' commentary!

re: #53 3 wood

Actually, I have it from a pretty good source that he only raised $750 in real money, the rest was dough he funneled to himself through friends to try to make it look better.

Damn. I think the average "man on the street" could raise $750 for any worthy cause with their eyes closed.

WORTHY cause, of course.

re: #47 jcm

Confusion in the Administration?

Johnson Opens the Door to Post-Acquittal Detentions

So what's the point of sticking them in the civilian system if your going to hang on to them anyway? Why all the effort and cost of a trial?

Sounds like wanting to have their cake and eat it too.

That's exactly what's going on. They want to shift them to the civilian system in order to give lip service to the promise of closing Guantanamo, while at the same time Obama's admin is asserting the right of the POTUS to detain people indefinitely, even if acquitted.

Meet the new NewSpeak, same as the Old NewSpeak.

re: #51 Killgore Trout

They had a subscription plan last year that flopped. Web traffic is driven by the blogs and nobody's going to link to articles that people can't read.

Shhhh.

*whispering*

You know that, and I know that, and anybody with a functioning brain knows that, but I'm hoping they find that out the hard way.

A NYT moment

If I were in the Secret Service, I would be looking at whether it were in my legal power to keep Michelle from seeing the Drudge picture.

re: #59 Killgore Trout

Parody?
Comments

I heard Commentary and Dissent had merged and are now called Dysentery.

/woody allen

re: #64 jaunte

My first reaction is that it must be a parody but it's really hard to keep comments on right leaning sites clean these days. Maybe they just figured it isn't worth the effort.

re: #55 sngnsgt

LOL! I'm still laughing at the Obooty pic at Drudge!

What a great name for it!
And here I hoped he'd be a change from the last Democrat who was President.

re: #68 SasquatchOnSteroids

A NYT moment

Another NYT moment.

re: #71 Killgore Trout

Too expensive to pay the night monitors.

NRO is considering comments at the Corner. (allegedly) Lowry had a post up a while back saying that.

I'll be surprised if it happens though.

re: #71 Killgore Trout

My first reaction is that it must be a parody but it's really hard to keep comments on right leaning sites clean these days. Maybe they just figured it isn't worth the effort.

You got that. I noticed that the left blog are as clean as a whistle these days, must be the wonderful Obama administration who has calmed the liberal beast, and peace and love abound.

Give me a break.

re: #68 SasquatchOnSteroids

A NYT moment

Ouch!

re: #73 jcm

Another NYT moment.

Double Ouch!

re: #69 EmmmieG

If I were in the Secret Service, I would be looking at whether it were in my legal power to keep Michelle from seeing the Drudge picture.

She won't kill, him..... maybe just a Lorena moment.

////

re: #69 EmmmieG

If I were in the Secret Service, I would be looking at whether it were in my legal power to keep Michelle from seeing the Drudge picture.

And keep Hillary from sidling up to her with a big smirk on her face and saying, "Welcome to the club!"

re: #73 jcm

Another NYT moment.

I always lose at paper, rock, scissors.

re: #75 iceweasel

NRO is considering comments at the Corner. (allegedly) Lowry had a post up a while back saying that.

I'll be surprised if it happens though.

I hope not. I was really proud the day I had an email partially quoted in the Corner, mostly because I knew they got a lot of email.

re: #80 SasquatchOnSteroids

I always lose at paper, rock, scissors.

NYT always loses at paper, rock, scissors.

FIFY

*ALERT* *ALERT*

Troll flounce in progress in previous thread!

re: #69 EmmmieG

If I were in the Secret Service, I would be looking at whether it were in my legal power to keep Michelle from seeing the Drudge picture.

She does have it going on, though. Repugs, Demoncrats, treehuggers, redstate rednecks, moonbats, and The Sons of Katie Elder can all agreee on that one!

re: #81 EmmmieG

I hope not. I was really proud the day I had an email partially quoted in the Corner, mostly because I knew they got a lot of email.

That's nothing, the FBI and the CIA are constantly quoting my emails.
///

I told you all that Charles would post this soon!

re: #81 EmmmieG

I hope not. I was really proud the day I had an email partially quoted in the Corner, mostly because I knew they got a lot of email.

WOW! That's cool!

You're right, they get tons of mail!

re: #28 Walter L. Newton

The skits are 100 times better than anything SNL has managed to barf up in the last few years and I am so surprised that they don't have some sort of show on cable or something (or did I miss it, I don't watch much TV).

The Onion did some work with the Dana Carvey Show (brilliant sketch comedy show that only lasted about 6 episodes) but what they did was never aired. There's a clip of one segment on the dvd that recently was released.

re: #76 Walter L. Newton

You got that. I noticed that the left blog are as clean as a whistle these days, must be the wonderful Obama administration who has calmed the liberal beast, and peace and love abound.

Give me a break.

DU remains a freakshow-- the Free Republic of the left, and Kos and HuffPo have always had pockets of insanity and nastiness.

AIG back in the news:
AIG Seeks Clearance For More Bonuses

Friday, July 10, 2009

American International Group is preparing to pay millions of dollars more in bonuses to several dozen top corporate executives after an earlier round of payments four months ago set off a national furor.

The troubled insurance giant has been pressing the federal government to bless the payments in hopes of shielding itself from renewed public outrage.

The request puts the administration's new compensation czar on the spot by seeking his opinion about bonuses that were promised long before he took his post.

AIG doesn't actually need the permission of Kenneth R. Feinberg, who President Obama appointed last month to oversee the compensation of top executives at seven firms that have received large federal bailouts. But officials at AIG, whose federal rescue package stands at $180 billion, have been reluctant to move forward without political cover from the government.

"Anytime we write a check to anybody" it is highly scrutinized, said an AIG official, who declined to speak on the record because the negotiations with Feinberg are ongoing. "We would want to feel comfortable that the government is comfortable with what we are doing."

The payments coming due next week include $2.4 million in bonuses for about 40 high-ranking executives at AIG, according to administration documents from earlier this year. Though the actual sum may have changed since then, the payments are much smaller than those that caused the upheaval in March.

Still, officials at AIG and within the government see them as a land mine.

How is Bush going to get blamed for this by the Democrats? You know he will, I'm just curious how they do it.

re: #83 FurryOldGuyJeans

Looks like an old returnee finally snuck back in...

Not as fun as the meltdowns over crashed world-views.

re: #53 3 wood

You could see this coming:
Roland Burris won't run for Senate seat in 2010

Actually, I have it from a pretty good source that he only raised $750 in real money, the rest was dough he funneled to himself through friends to try to make it look better.

The Chicago Machine will find another hump out of the sewer to run.

Talk about a tough job, how would you like to be the guy running the search for a machine-friendly candidate that is not blatently tattood with the 'I am totally corrupt' mark of the Daley's?

re: #91 freetoken

Looks like an old returnee finally snuck back in...

Not as fun as the meltdowns over crashed world-views.

Then forget I told you all about it.

And since I mentioned the Dana Carvey Show:

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

nice tocukas
first normal male reaction out of the zero so far was thinking he was the first black female POTUS

congratulations to iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad on the birth of his new twins. here's the first photo of the newborns:

[Link: news.yahoo.com...]

re: #95 yochanan

...first normal male reaction out of the zero so far was thinking he was the first black female POTUS

You're not doing one of the deep, cultural misogyny things, of which was discussed earlier, are you?

For the few that like Nate Silver of 538.com or poker in general, here's the hand he lost on after almost making day 3 of the worlds series of poker. It's a good primer on how much math goes into poker at the tournaments.
Nate finished in the top 700 or so out of 6500, but still a few 100 from the money.

poker.

re: #92 The Shadow Do

Talk about a tough job, how would you like to be the guy running the search for a machine-friendly candidate that is not blatently tattood with the 'I am totally corrupt' mark of the Daley's?

BLOGO'S chief crook just flipped for the feds i think that is the real reason he isn't running

re: #71 Killgore Trout

My first reaction is that it must be a parody but it's really hard to keep comments on right leaning sites clean these days. Maybe they just figured it isn't worth the effort.

Hmmm, I seem to recall someone with your nic dropped the f-bomb the other night out of the blue.

AIG doesn't actually need the permission of Kenneth R. Feinberg, who President Obama appointed last month to oversee the compensation of top executives at seven firms that have received large federal bailouts. But officials at AIG, whose federal rescue package stands at $180 billion, have been reluctant to move forward without political cover from the government.

Plant a pecan tree and grow some nutz!

"What was the reaction of Executive Compensation Czar Feinburg to the news that AIG was contemplating new bonuses?"

"Mr. Feinburg is not an employee of AIG and has no input regarding our compensation policies. His opinion was not taken into consideration. Next question?"

re: #97 freetoken

that would depend on if the wifie is asleep or not

re: #92 The Shadow Do

Talk about a tough job, how would you like to be the guy running the search for a machine-friendly candidate that is not blatently tattood with the 'I am totally corrupt' mark of the Daley's?

They have no shame. I'm sure they have 3 or 4 candidates they are lining up already.

Teen pregnant after ‘swimming in pool’

A WOMAN is suing an Egyptian hotel claiming her daughter got pregnant - from using the swimming pool.

Magdalena Kwiatkowska's 13-year-old returned to Poland from their holiday expecting a baby.

Magdalena believes the teenager conceived from stray sperm after taking a dip in the hotel's mixed pool. She is now seeking compensation from the hotel.

A travel industry source said: "The mother is adamant that her daughter didn't meet any boys while she was there.

"She is determined to go ahead with the case."

Tourist authorities in Warsaw, Poland, have confirmed they received the bizarre complaint.

/m'kay . . .

Ahh... just finishing dinner and a Paulaner Salvator Double Bock.

Life is good!

burp.

re: #89 iceweasel

DU remains a freakshow-- the Free Republic of the left, and Kos and HuffPo have always had pockets of insanity and nastiness.

That, I can agree with.

re: #104 Killian Bundy

A travel industry source said: "The mother is adamant that her daughter didn't meet any boys while she was there.

"Out in the back seat of my '57 Chevy... "

re: #104 Killian Bundy

And the Mom believes that.

re: #100 3 wood

Hmmm, I seem to recall someone with your nic dropped the f-bomb the other night out of the blue.

Dudes a Moby! I knew it!

re: #100 3 wood

Hmmm, I seem to recall someone with your nic dropped the f-bomb the other night out of the blue.

Winged him!

re: #103 3 wood

They have no shame. I'm sure they have 3 or 4 candidates they are lining up already.

What are the odds Illinois elects a conservative Senator in 2010?

re: #105 Racer X

Ahh... just finishing dinner and a Paulaner Salvator Double Bock.

Life is good!

burp.

I had a Stone 13th Anniversary Ale tonight. One of the best beers I've had in a long time.

re: #111 The Shadow Do

What are the odds Illinois elects a conservative Senator in 2010?

Dit-ka! Dit-ka!

For your dining pleasure tonight fresh roast troll buttocks are now being served in the previous thread.

re: #104 Killian Bundy

One of the comments posted there:

"the swimacculate conception"

re: #104 Killian Bundy

Teen pregnant after ‘swimming in pool’

/m'kay . . .

Unlikely, but is it technically impossible? Just askin'.

re: #83 FurryOldGuyJeans

*ALERT* *ALERT*

Troll flounce in progress in previous thread!

"Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!"

That Onion video (which I just watched) is actually extremely funny -- but, tragically, it is no different from reality, since the network pundits do nothing but pander exactly as depicted in the skit. The only difference being, they don't need real-time feedback -- they already know ahead of time which buzzphrases will resonate with which audience.

re: #114 FurryOldGuyJeans

For your dining pleasure tonight fresh roast troll buttocks are now being served in the previous thread.

Mess Hall, this is the bridge, you've got INCOMING!

re: #111 The Shadow Do

What are the odds Illinois elects a conservative Senator in 2010?

Fairly good. Mark Kirk did vote for cap-and-trade, but given his district he had to (the North Shore is quite liberal on climate issues). But on taxes and defense, he's as solid as they come. He'll be the GOP candidate, and he'll win!

re: #111 The Shadow Do

frankly given the cesspool I would be happy just to get a moderate republican.

re: #117 MandyManners

"Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!"

The other other other white meat?

re: #111 The Shadow Do

What are the odds Illinois elects a conservative Senator in 2010?

Given that the Illinois Republican party is still dysfunctional and the media is still in bed with the Democrats, don't hold your breath.

re: #116 ShanghaiEd

Unlikely, but is it technically impossible? Just askin'.

No, it could happen, but the odds of it are infinitesimally small. Most likely she just felt like having some fun while away from home, and came back with more than she planned.

re: #123 3 wood

Given that the Illinois Republican party is still dysfunctional and the media is still in bed with the Democrats, don't hold your breath.

I disagree. Mark Kirk can win, and I think he will. (says the Cubs fan)

re: #116 ShanghaiEd

Unlikely, but is it technically impossible? Just askin'.

With the chemicals you have in a pool, no way this can happen.

re: #125 Dark_Falcon

I disagree. Mark Kirk can win, and I think he will. (says the Cubs fan)

I did not say they couldn't just don't hold your breath.

Did you her about Dempster? Broke his toe goofing off

re: #118 zombie

"You know Bart, it's funny cause it's true."

-Fat Tony

Time to call it a night. Adios.

re: #116 ShanghaiEd

Unlikely, but is it technically impossible? Just askin'.

/hotel pools are chlorinated, kills fish, don't see why sperm would be any different

Good evening y'all - hope everyone is doing ok tonight!
What all are we talking about?

re: #131 realwest

Hi realwest. Commentary has disabled comments, and the NYT is thinking of raising its prices for online content.

re: #131 realwest

Good evening y'all - hope everyone is doing ok tonight!
What all are we talking about?

Having boring troll fest in the previous thread from a returnee.

re: #131 realwest

Good evening y'all - hope everyone is doing ok tonight!
What all are we talking about?

getting preggo in the hotel pool

getting ready to carve up some fresh gamey buttocks in the previous thread.

a 16 year old with a heart defect who has been in the hospital for almost a month came through a pretty delicate procedure - looks good so far

re: #123 3 wood

Given that the Illinois Republican party is still dysfunctional and the media is still in bed with the Democrats, don't hold your breath.

Thanks 3, I'll leave the suppresion of respiratory emissions to the libs thank you.

heh

Hello Night Lizards! It was kinda balmy today in Near Iowa.

Did anyone famous die today?

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

Calling 3 Wood, (I have a baseball question..)

What's better for a young hitter, an aluminum or wood bat? Common knowledge is the ball has more pop from an aluminum bat, but I think the wood bat has a bigger sweet spot because they are heavier.

Odd thing is I haven't seen a single wood bat in watching and coaching LL for 4 years. But my 14 YO tried one today at BP and loved it for the pop and distance. Could it be the aluminum bats the team has are old and lost their pop?

Just wondering..

re: #132 jaunte Hey my friend. Why did Commentary disable it's contents?
And the NYT won't get it - as Charles said on a radio interview about 6 months ago, they are dropping readers and revenues because of the LEFT bias in their reporting, not just in editorials and Op Ed. So raising their cost isn't gonna stop the financial bleeding.

Another good one from The Onion:

[Link: www.theonion.com...]

re: #133 FurryOldGuyJeans

Having boring troll fest in the previous thread from a returnee.

Yeah, I noticed when I went to the Bottom comments - Madistan or something like that? I was surprised Charles didn't ban his ass again. So I down dinged him anyway!

re: #138 realwest

No explanation from Podhoretz on Commentary's new policy; I was encouraging the NYT to increase their prices, if only to defend their 'honor.'

re: #137 Mich-again

I'd think wood bats are better. They're less expensive, and you may have noticed that MLB has a carpet ban on aluminum bats. You wanna argue that point, go talk to the Commissioner.

re: #140 realwest

Yeah, I noticed when I went to the Bottom comments - Madistan or something like that? I was surprised Charles didn't ban his ass again. So I down dinged him anyway!

The only good thing with this troll is getting my ding finger some exercise. ;)

Why in hell are there aluminum bats?

I never understood this.

*ping* vs *crack*

Why is this a good thing? I truly don't get this.

re: #83 FurryOldGuyJeans

He's a freeper. Probably upset about the traffic I sent their way about the racist Free Republic thread I linked to earlier. I think it should probably be a thread here on LGF. That shit's just inexcusable.

re: #134 SteveC

getting preggo in the hotel pool

getting ready to carve up some fresh gamey buttocks in the previous thread.

a 16 year old with a heart defect who has been in the hospital for almost a month came through a pretty delicate procedure - looks good so far

Hi SteveC - uh, YOU'RE getting preggo in a hotel room! What?
And I know about the idiot Madistan and don't know why Charles hasn't banned his ass - again.
I'm REALLY glad to hear about that 16 year old and will be praying for her/him.

re: #144 The Shadow Do

Why in hell are there aluminum bats?

I never understood this.

*ping* vs *crack*

Why is this a good thing? I truly don't get this.

Nor do I. The ball comes off of an aluminum bat so fast, that in the hands of a MLB level player, the pitcher's life is literally at risk.

re: #145 Killgore Trout

He's a freeper. Probably upset about the traffic I sent their way about the racist Free Republic thread I linked to earlier. I think it should probably be a thread here on LGF. That shit's just inexcusable.

Then suggest it to our fearless blog owner, why don't ya?

Forget gas, batteries — pee is new power source

Urine-powered cars, homes and personal electronic devices could be available in six months with new technology developed by scientists from Ohio University.

Using a nickel-based electrode, the scientists can create large amounts of cheap hydrogen from urine that could be burned or used in fuel cells. "One cow can provide enough energy to supply hot water for 19 houses," said Gerardine Botte, a professor at Ohio University developing the technology. "Soldiers in the field could carry their own fuel."

/why do we need cap and tax again?

re: #148 FurryOldGuyJeans

Then suggest it to our fearless blog owner, why don't ya?

FOJG ... I don't see how that is a great idea ... why even give them the exposure? ... most know what goes on over there ...

re: #142 Steffan

I'd think wood bats are better. They're less expensive, and you may have noticed that MLB has a carpet ban on aluminum bats. You wanna argue that point, go talk to the Commissioner.

No one would play 3rd base.

re: #148 FurryOldGuyJeans

He's aware and commented on it earlier.

re: #144 The Shadow Do

Why in hell are there aluminum bats?

I never understood this.

*ping* vs *crack*

Why is this a good thing? I truly don't get this.

OK. When you whack a troll with an aluminum bat, does it still go "ping"? Or does it just whimper off into a corner and expire?

re: #144 The Shadow Do
Well I'm no expert - good field, no hit former second baseman here! - but the aluminum bats do supposedly make the ball go farther than the wood bats and also are lighter, enabling little leaguers to get the bat speed they need to really hit the ball.
I hate em, personally. But then again I hate the Designated Hitter Rule and the Baseball commissioner seems able to live with my stated dislikes so...................! LOL!

re: #149 Killian Bundy

Urine-powered cars, homes and personal electronic devices could be available in six months with new technology developed by scientists from Ohio University.

Those diuretics I take are gonna make me a rich man! Wonder if I can start a retail outlet?

re: #147 SteveC

Nor do I. The ball comes off of an aluminum bat so fast, that in the hands of a MLB level player, the pitcher's life is literally at risk.

Pre aluminum, a friend of mine in little league, a pticher, caught a hot smash back to the mound that hit him in the head. He was blinded for life. And aluminum bats are a good thing? I don't get it.

re: #136 ggt
Hey hi ggt! Hope all is well - right now we seem to be talking about Steve C's getting pregnant in a hotel room and aluminum baseball bats vs wooden - sorry, I just got here myself!

re: #155 SteveC

Those diuretics I take are gonna make me a rich man! Wonder if I can start a retail outlet?

SteveC .... hahaha ... who knew old men getting up in the middle of the night to go pee would save us all! ... you know there could be some sort of pee saving container ...

re: #157 realwest

Hey hi ggt! Hope all is well - right now we seem to be talking about Steve C's getting pregnant in a hotel room and aluminum baseball bats vs wooden - sorry, I just got here myself!

It wasn't the room, it was the pool! And it wasn't me, it was some Egyptian girl!

What have I started!

re: #149 Killian Bundy
Hey Killian - does that mean that with certain special hydrogen type vehicles y'all could just pull over to the side of the road, whip off the gas cap and uh, fill 'er up?
Cool!

The only way you can get pregnant from swimming in a hotel pool is if you're having sex in that pool.

People have mentioned the chemicals in the pool, but another issue is temperature. Sperm can stay viable inside the vagina for (i think) up to 3 days,(yikes!), but sperm rapidly degrades if not 'stored' at the right temperature.

re: #156 The Shadow Do
Say, did you catch my #154 to you? Major league players - or for that matter college and single through triple A level players could never use those metal bats - I mean they really do give MUCH faster bat speed and pitchers, third basemen and second basemen would be putting their lives on the line if they allowed aluminum bats to be used. 8-14 year olds, not so much!

re: #161 iceweasel

I once impregnated a girl simply by looking at her. Yes, I am that good.

re: #159 SteveC

It wasn't the room, it was the pool! And it wasn't me, it was some Egyptian girl!

What have I started!

Well some strange (and frankly a few nasty) rumors about yourself, for one thing! LOL!

re: #163 Racer X

I once impregnated a girl simply by looking at her. Yes, I am that good.

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude.

re: #163 Racer X

I once impregnated a girl simply by looking at her. Yes, I am that good.

and obviously, that fast!
;)

re: #138 realwest

Hey my friend. Why did Commentary disable it's contents?
And the NYT won't get it - as Charles said on a radio interview about 6 months ago, they are dropping readers and revenues because of the LEFT bias in their reporting, not just in editorials and Op Ed. So raising their cost isn't gonna stop the financial bleeding.

I'd disagree only slightly to point out that many on 'the left' have despised the Times for years now and they (we) are also part of the reason why it's tanking. The content sucks, and people on the progressive left have agreed with that assessment for years now.

The right was never subscribing to the times in the first place. It's the prog left leaving them in droves.

re: #144 The Shadow Do

They came out when I was in high school -- I was the equipment manager for the team. They were supposedly better than plain wood, and Saved The Trees.

There were a couple of players who liked them -- everyone else went with the plain ol' standard, wood. Scroll down to Rule 1.10 (a) if you doubt me. :p

re: #89 iceweasel

DU remains a freakshow-- the Free Republic of the left, and Kos and HuffPo have always had pockets of insanity and nastiness.

DU and FR are both fun to read, because it's like watching a train wreck in progress. Good times.

re: #154 realwest

- but the aluminum bats do supposedly make the ball go farther than the wood bats and also are lighter, enabling little leaguers to get the bat speed they need to really hit the ball.

From physics, the amount of energy the ball gets from the bat is a function of both the bat and ball speed and mass, the angle of the impact and how much energy is absorbed by the bat and the ball in the collision. You want an elastic collision but that isn't possible in the real world. Somewhere there is a maximum value of bat speed, weight and elasticity, a perfect match of bat and batter.

re: #166 realwest

and obviously, that fast!
;)

OK, RW, you got me.

*cleaning beer off monitor*

re: #154 realwest

- but the aluminum bats do supposedly make the ball go farther than the wood bats and also are lighter, enabling little leaguers to get the bat speed they need to really hit the ball.

From physics, the amount of energy the ball gets from the bat is a function of both the bat and ball speed and mass, the angle of the impact and how much energy is absorbed by the bat and the ball in the collision. You want an elastic collision but that isn't possible in the real world. Somewhere there is a maximum value of bat speed, weight and elasticity, a perfect match of bat and batter.

That might just be my first double post ever. Sorry.

re: #166 realwest

and obviously, that fast!
;)

ROTFL...

re: #167 iceweasel
Well when the NY Herald Tribune went under I switched to the NY Times (yes, I am that old!) for about six months and - except for the Sunday edition it just sucked. Now even the Sunday editions sucks.
So if the Left doesn't like it and the Right doesn't like it, who the hell is buying the NYTimes? Other than the Onion and Iowahawk, perhaps, looking for fresh material I mean!

re: #173 Mich-again

That might just be my first double post ever. Sorry.

So, if I understand you right, you're trying to say that from physics, the amount of energy the ball gets from the bat is a function of both the bat and ball speed and mass, the angle of the impact and how much energy is absorbed by the bat and the ball in the collision. You want an elastic collision but that isn't possible in the real world. Somewhere there is a maximum value of bat speed, weight and elasticity, a perfect match of bat and batter.

re: #162 realwest

Say, did you catch my #154 to you? Major league players - or for that matter college and single through triple A level players could never use those metal bats - I mean they really do give MUCH faster bat speed and pitchers, third basemen and second basemen would be putting their lives on the line if they allowed aluminum bats to be used. 8-14 year olds, not so much!

Hit Baseball to the chest at the precise moment can trigger Ventricular
Defibrillation - throw the heart's electrical system out of sync and causes the heart to beat uncontrollably. You've got about a minute to figure out what is going on and SLAM your fist down into the ribcage over the heart as hard as possible to reset it.

Thankfully, it has to happen at the exact moment between beat when the heart's electrical system is reloading itself for the next beat to trigger Vent Defib, which is why 99.99% of all baseball strikes to the chest leave the player rolling on the ground thinking that a mule just kicked him.

re: #175 realwest

Well when the NY Herald Tribune went under I switched to the NY Times (yes, I am that old!) for about six months and - except for the Sunday edition it just sucked. Now even the Sunday editions sucks.
So if the Left doesn't like it and the Right doesn't like it, who the hell is buying the NYTimes? Other than the Onion and Iowahawk, perhaps, looking for fresh material I mean!

My father is a conservative but he is still bound and determined to believe that the NYTimes publishes facts. I think he's mostly obsessed with their crossword puzzles.

re: #168 Steffan
Really? They use aluminum bats in High School? Man, I'd want to play center field or left field - deep center and deep left for that matter if I was back in HS again.
Geebus, some HS hitters in my day, using wooden bats, could crush the ball - shudder to think of playing second base when those dudes used metal bats!

re: #170 Mich-again

From physics, the amount of energy the ball gets from the bat is a function of both the bat and ball speed and mass, the angle of the impact and how much energy is absorbed by the bat and the ball in the collision. You want an elastic collision but that isn't possible in the real world. Somewhere there is a maximum value of bat speed, weight and elasticity, a perfect match of bat and batter.

Um, hi ya Mitch! If you say so!

re: #161 iceweasel

The only way you can get pregnant from swimming in a hotel pool is if you're having sex in that pool.

People have mentioned the chemicals in the pool, but another issue is temperature. Sperm can stay viable inside the vagina for (i think) up to 3 days,(yikes!), but sperm rapidly degrades if not 'stored' at the right temperature.

I recall a story -- it may be a "sea story" -- about a couple in the ACW. He was wounded in a place which is guaranteed to make all of us mere males cringe. The bullet supposedly went through one of his family jewels and finally lodged in the abdomen of a spectator, an otherwise virgin girl.

Got her right in the Fallopian tubes. As she recuperated, it was noticed that she was pregnant. The story I heard said that the soldier hunted down and married the girl, and they lived more or less Happily Ever After.

Hi there lizards. I caught a little bit of that troll action on the previous thread. OMG

re: #175 realwest

Well when the NY Herald Tribune went under I switched to the NY Times (yes, I am that old!) for about six months and - except for the Sunday edition it just sucked. Now even the Sunday editions sucks.
So if the Left doesn't like it and the Right doesn't like it, who the hell is buying the NYTimes? Other than the Onion and Iowahawk, perhaps, looking for fresh material I mean!

Well, they gotta make those giant paper-mache puppets for all the protests out of something.

re: #181 Steffan

I recall a story -- it may be a "sea story" -- about a couple in the ACW. He was wounded in a place which is guaranteed to make all of us mere males cringe. The bullet supposedly went through one of his family jewels and finally lodged in the abdomen of a spectator, an otherwise virgin girl.

Got her right in the Fallopian tubes. As she recuperated, it was noticed that she was pregnant. The story I heard said that the soldier hunted down and married the girl, and they lived more or less Happily Ever After.

Mythbusters did a show on this one. It was supposed to be a Civil war soldier. Anyway, not possible. Viable sperm do not survive.

re: #182 Pvt Bin Jammin

Hi there lizards. I caught a little bit of that troll action on the previous thread. OMG

It looked like the troll had been marinating awhile before it showed up.

re: #145 Killgore Trout

Probably upset about the traffic I sent their way about the racist Free Republic thread I linked to earlier.

Not just that thread. I checked out the FR last night and there were a couple of threads over their that had some rather choice comments.

re: #170 Mich-again

Ohhh, I saw Dave Kingman do that once....

OK. That is a true classic. A wonderful skit. Should be in every college Poli Sci and Marketing class room.

re: #178 livefreeor die

My father is a conservative but he is still bound and determined to believe that the NYTimes publishes facts. I think he's mostly obsessed with their crossword puzzles.

I think there is still a certain element of the population that believes the newspapers, and evening news as being 100% trustworthy fact - elderly people in my family would have sworn that Dan Rather was as trustworthy as Jesus, for example.

re: #178 livefreeor die

My father is a conservative but he is still bound and determined to believe that the NYTimes publishes facts. I think he's mostly obsessed with their crossword puzzles.

Hey livefreeor die! I understand the obsession with the crossword puzzles - still pisses me off that an old girlfriend used to do em with an ink pen, not a pencil but how could he have been conservative and not have noticed the bias of the NYT? I mean I guess it HAS gotten more leftward over the years, but it was always "leftward" - at least since The Vietnam War anyway.

re: #188 pat

I've seen that same dynamic happen with an outspoken, opinionated person in focus group research. It tended to skew the whole group if the moderator wasn't on their toes.

re: #137 Mich-again

I thought wood bats were outlawed in Little League and most High Schools?

re: #35 FurryOldGuyJeans

Colombian coffee comes with smuggled cocaine
Jul. 9, 2009 03:40 PM
Associated Press

I thought that Splenda tasted different!

re: #182 Pvt Bin Jammin
Hey hi there PBJ - how are you doing tonight?

re: #181 Steffan

Got her right in the Fallopian tubes. As she recuperated, it was noticed that she was pregnant. The story I heard said that the soldier hunted down and married the girl, and they lived more or less Happily Ever After.

A child that was into everything was plundering in his brother's closet and found a tube of little golden candies. He ate one - hard as a rock, but didn't taste that bad. He had another and another, and finally just poured the entire tube into his mouth.

"JUNIOR!" his mother screamed, and the next thing he knows, he's sitting on the exam table at the doctors office.

"Doctor, my son swallowed an entire tube of B-Bs!" So the doctor checks the boy out, takes x rays, and finally says "Mam, I think he's going to be ok. They just have to work his way through his system like anything would. Bring him back next week and we'll do a follow up x ray and make sure nothing is stuck."

They hadn't been home an hour when the little boy came running into the room. "MOM! I was playing with my wee-wee and shot the dog!"

The FR has merged with the VDARE crowd, if indeed there was ever much of a difference.

re: #190 realwest

Hey livefreeor die! I understand the obsession with the crossword puzzles - still pisses me off that an old girlfriend used to do em with an ink pen, not a pencil but how could he have been conservative and not have noticed the bias of the NYT? I mean I guess it HAS gotten more leftward over the years, but it was always "leftward" - at least since The Vietnam War anyway.

It continually baffles me and my husband. I can only explain it as heavy denial-my grandparents always swore by the NYT when he was growing up. I'm constantly pointing out how biased they are to him-and we've banned it from our house. Maybe it's some weird variation of Stockholm syndrome!

re: #166 realwest

and obviously, that fast!
;)

Nice burn, dude.

re: #193 sngnsgt

I thought that Splenda tasted different!

Either way, sounds like the columbian coffee farmers have figured out a way to sell more coffee during these tough economic times.

re: #186 freetoken

It's a cesspool. Even on blogs like Hot Air they refer to Michelle as "the First Wookie". Malkin's place and Crazy Pam are even worse. Frankly I'm disgusted at what has happened to the right wing blogoshpere. I'm embarrassed that I ever took these people seriously.

re: #175 realwest

Well when the NY Herald Tribune went under I switched to the NY Times (yes, I am that old!) for about six months and - except for the Sunday edition it just sucked. Now even the Sunday editions sucks.
So if the Left doesn't like it and the Right doesn't like it, who the hell is buying the NYTimes? Other than the Onion and Iowahawk, perhaps, looking for fresh material I mean!

Hi. realwest - your comment sparked a memory from late 1940s into 1950s: do you remember the Tribune's Fresh Air Fund? And wasn't that a great thing...

Damn, I posted this on the previous thread in error. Here we go again:
Big Stick Diplomacy

re: #183 RunningBare
ROTFL! Great one RunningBare!
Pretty soon - if things don't pick up for the NYT they'll close the Boston Globe and then what will all the Massachussetts folks do for Paper Mache puppets! And having elected Ted Kennedy about 6 or 7 times and John Kerry for at least two terms and Patrick Deval govenor, y'all know that they've got a LOT of moonbats in that state!

Whew. I need some Onion.

re: #153 Racer X

OK. When you whack a troll with an aluminum bat, does it still go "ping"? Or does it just whimper off into a corner and expire?

I think you'd have to run that by Mandy. She may not approve of aluminum bats.

re: #175 realwest

Well when the NY Herald Tribune went under I switched to the NY Times (yes, I am that old!) for about six months and - except for the Sunday edition it just sucked. Now even the Sunday editions sucks.
So if the Left doesn't like it and the Right doesn't like it, who the hell is buying the NYTimes? Other than the Onion and Iowahawk, perhaps, looking for fresh material I mean!

Their target audience is the yuppies and preppies living east of the Hudson River. Everything else is flyover country. The NYT has become the local paper for the West Side of Manhattan. (With all that's going on in Manhattan lately, you'd think Peter Stuyvesant would want to sell it back to the Canarsie Indians.)

IMNSHO, the WSJ does a better job with far less bias and smug posturing.

re: #202 Bobblehead

Damn, I posted this on the previous thread in error. Here we go again:
Big Stick Diplomacy

At least she's not ogling it the way her husband was checking out the ladies.

re: #192 pat

I thought wood bats were outlawed in Little League and most High Schools?

Maybe? We'll ask before the game..

re: #192 pat

I thought wood bats were outlawed in Little League and most High Schools?

I think they are.

Mich, buy him two wood bats - one about 3 ounces heavier than the other. Practice with the heavier bat. During games, use the lighter bat. He'll get around on the pitch so fast it will scare him!

Pick a bat weight by handing him a bat and telling him to hold it with one hand, and extend that arm away from his body (like he'd hold his arms if he were pretending to fly.) The other arm is in it's normal position. When he gets a bat that feels comfortable being held like that, that's the one. Then pick the heavier bat.

re: #189 RunningBare
Really? Even after Charles pwned Dan Rather and "60 Minutes" with Rathergate?
(shakes head with dismay).

re: #200 Killgore Trout

No kidding. Well, Malkin is loved by the VDARE crowd, so that should be a clue. I was very surprised though that both Ed M. and Allahpundit put up with the comments - they could stop them if they wanted to.

Here for instance is just one of the FR comments:

The only "solution" (and it's only partial) is to "laager up" in a region that is predominated by your own folk tribe.
Move to a region where the savages are vastly outnumbered, and are afraid of the dominant, more civilized culture.

re: #200 Killgore Trout

It's a cesspool. Even on blogs like Hot Air they refer to Michelle as "the First Wookie". Malkin's place and Crazy Pam are even worse. Frankly I'm disgusted at what has happened to the right wing blogoshpere. I'm embarrassed that I ever took these people seriously.

That's why I dont' do stuff like that. I watched and read a lot of the left wing blogosphere the past 8 years or so, and was impressed by the sensible decorum, fair-minded discussions, and the tremendous respect they showed for the president and his wife. They set an example that we should all aspire to.

;)

re: #194 realwest

Hey hi there PBJ - how are you doing tonight?

Can't complain, I guess. Hope you are doing better.

re: #203 realwest

ROTFL! Great one RunningBare!
Pretty soon - if things don't pick up for the NYT they'll close the Boston Globe and then what will all the Massachussetts folks do for Paper Mache puppets! And having elected Ted Kennedy about 6 or 7 times and John Kerry for at least two terms and Patrick Deval govenor, y'all know that they've got a LOT of moonbats in that state!

Dont' worry. The people of Boston will be fine. There's always the Herald. I wish they'd use John Tomase for paper mache, though.

re: #195 SteveC
ROTFLMAO! Just a great one!
Heh, thanks!

re: #210 realwest

Really? Even after Charles pwned Dan Rather and "60 Minutes" with Rathergate?
(shakes head with dismay).

Most probably never even heard about it, frankly.

re: #196 freetoken
Uh, I know what FR is (made the mistake of going there twice) but what is VDARE ?

re: #216 RunningBare

Most probably never even heard about it, frankly.

And that was on one of them newfangled blogs.

re: #163 Racer X

I once impregnated a girl simply by looking at her. Yes, I am that good.

"Here's looking at you, kid"

/

re: #179 realwest

Really? They use aluminum bats in High School? Man, I'd want to play center field or left field - deep center and deep left for that matter if I was back in HS again.
Geebus, some HS hitters in my day, using wooden bats, could crush the ball - shudder to think of playing second base when those dudes used metal bats!

High school and college. Also Little League.

The Louisville Slugger website offers quite a number of aluminum and composite bats. IMHO, though, nothing will replace wood.

Incidentally, the Louisville Slugger company is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

re: #198 Noam Sayin'
HEY NOAM! Good to see you my friend! Yeah, every once in a while I get off a good one - even Racer X liked it!

Well, Lizards, I have a pile of books I've committed to finishing by the end of summer.

Have a great evening all!

re: #218 livefreeor die

And that was on one of them newfangled blogs.

Well, when peope have only access to limited news sources, they dont' see what's going on. In this age of news everywhere, 24/7/365, it's harder to spread bullshit without it being ferreted out.

re: #201 GGMac

Hi. realwest - your comment sparked a memory from late 1940s into 1950s: do you remember the Tribune's Fresh Air Fund? And wasn't that a great thing...

My gosh - I had forgotten that Fresh Air Fund and yes it surely was a very good thing! Thanks for the memories!

what does the double spinning wheel mean ?

Keep staring, idiot, maybe it'll grow into three ?

hypnotic....cheeeeeesebeeeerrrggggeeeerrr.

re: #217 realwest

Uh, I know what FR is (made the mistake of going there twice) but what is VDARE ?

It is a racist project (and website) of one Mr. Steve Sailer, a true persona non grata here at LGF.

Well, I better get some sleep-I'm going to make strawberry jam tomorrow during the baby's naps and if he sleeps really well, I'll be able to make currant jam too.

re: #220 Steffan

High school and college. Also Little League.

The Louisville Slugger website offers quite a number of aluminum and composite bats. IMHO, though, nothing will replace wood.

Incidentally, the Louisville Slugger company is celebrating its 125th anniversary.

I took the tour of the Louisville Slugger bat factory. Very cool. Racks of bats made for the stars past and present. Very, very cool.

I have no interest in visiting the Alcoa bat factory.

re: #195 SteveC

LOL!

re: #222 ggt

Enjoy. Good night.

re: #206 Steffan
"IMNSHO, the WSJ does a better job with far less bias and smug posturing." I agree with that one - a lot. The WSJ however has a major advantage over the NYT; the WSJ uses, you know, editors. Most of their news is fairly straight forward reporting - and that's what I hate so much about the NYT and AP and Rueters - they'll report ANY story, for example, about the Palestinians and even though totally unrelated to the story, they'll get a shot in at Israel.

re: #179 realwest

Really? They use aluminum bats in High School? Man, I'd want to play center field or left field - deep center and deep left for that matter if I was back in HS again.
Geebus, some HS hitters in my day, using wooden bats, could crush the ball - shudder to think of playing second base when those dudes used metal bats!

When I played in Little League, wood bats were not banned but no one would use them because when you got a hit with one it hurt your hands almost as bad as getting hit by a pitch. Perhaps this is only a problem when you are a 4th grader though.

re: #217 realwest

Uh, I know what FR is (made the mistake of going there twice) but what is VDARE ?

Basically, VDARE is about "racial purity." If you know what I mean.

re: #212 RunningBare

That's why I dont' do stuff like that. I watched and read a lot of the left wing blogosphere the past 8 years or so, and was impressed by the sensible decorum, fair-minded discussions, and the tremendous respect they showed for the president and his wife. They set an example that we should all aspire to.

;)

I've always been kind of sympathetic to first ladies. I say ladies since we have yet to elect a woman as POTUS. They're sort of cast into the spotlight. You can't really gauge the ideology of a spouse in the end. Hillary was the first to push that envelope with me but she did back off from the Evitaisms in the end.

More or less. My favorite to date is Laura Bush. I really liked Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan. I even think that Rosalynn Carter has much to admire. Imagine having a husband like Jimmy?

re: #212 RunningBare

That's why I dont' do stuff like that. I watched and read a lot of the left wing blogosphere the past 8 years or so, and was impressed by the sensible decorum, fair-minded discussions, and the tremendous respect they showed for the president and his wife. They set an example that we should all aspire to.

;)

I want some of whatever you been ingesting that warps reality so completely. ;)

re: #226 freetoken

Indeed, as a follow up to FR... one of the recent disgusting threads over there includes a comment with posts to one of Mr. Sailer's VDARE essays on IQ.

re: #233 ShanghaiEd

Basically, VDARE is about "racial purity" Bad Craziness.

fixed

re: #213 Pvt Bin Jammin
I am doing better, thanks for asking! Glad to hear about how you're doing too.
So what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
Woops, just remembered that PBJ is married to a really big, strong guy.
nevermind!

re: #169 RunningBare

DU and FR are both fun to read, because it's like watching a train wreck in progress. Good times.

Actually, if you want something fun to watch, check out DUmmie Funnies.

re: #236 freetoken

"links" instead of "posts"

PIMF

re: #233 ShanghaiEd

Basically, VDARE is about "racial purity." If you know what I mean.

I see it like this. VDARE is akin to the BNP and David Duke. I could say more if prodded.

/

re: #238 realwest

I am doing better, thanks for asking! Glad to hear about how you're doing too.
So what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?
Woops, just remembered that PBJ is married to a really big, strong guy.
nevermind!

;-) Glad your are felling better, RW.

re: #232 ArchangelMichael

Haha, naw, I hurt my hands the other day at a batting cage with a wooden bat. It was fun, though.

re: #219 esch
Hey esch! Nice entrance there - I reckon you're still in a good mood from talking to that contract employee hiring dude!

re: #236 freetoken

Indeed, as a follow up to FR... one of the recent disgusting threads over there includes a comment with posts to one of Mr. Sailer's VDARE essays on IQ.

I am aware of VDARE, freaky. Has FR always been as bad as they seem to be now?

re: #234 Gus 802

I've always been kind of sympathetic to first ladies. I say ladies since we have yet to elect a woman as POTUS. They're sort of cast into the spotlight. You can't really gauge the ideology of a spouse in the end. Hillary was the first to push that envelope with me but she did back off from the Evitaisms in the end.

More or less. My favorite to date is Laura Bush. I really liked Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan. I even think that Rosalynn Carter has much to admire. Imagine having a husband like Jimmy?

I can pretty much agree with all that. With one caveat - Michelle Obama has said some things that have really worried and irritated me (like the "for the first time..." comment, etc...) but even I wouldn't refer to her by terms that could be construed as racial. Being a minority myself, I am, perhaps, more sensitive about that sort of thing. The "First Wookie" crap? There's a lot to criticize her for, politically, but it has nothing to do with race, or her appearance, and everything to do with being ugly on the inside, IMHO.

Anybody seen the pic of Obama staring at the rather nice ass on Drudge right now?

re: #222 ggt Good night ggt! weet dreams!

re: #247 fat bastard vegetarian

Anybody seen the pic of Obama staring at the rather nice ass on Drudge right now?

Nope, never, only been on drudge for at least 6 hours.

re: #239 Steffan

Actually, if you want something fun to watch, check out DUmmie Funnies.

I've read that before. Some gems there, for sure!

re: #244 realwest

Hey man.

Lol yeah it just kind of slipped out.

/ba-dum-bum

We're having beers tomorrow afternoon to try to talk me into going back there. No chance of that, but hey, FREE BEER!

re: #234 Gus 802

I thought Rosalynn was an excellent First Lady. The First Man? Not so much.

re: #226 freetoken

It is a racist project (and website) of one Mr. Steve Sailer, a true persona non grata here at LGF.

Ah, thanks a lot - I was tempted to ask what kind of a racist project, but then realized I didn't care. If you and KT hate it, that's good enough for me.

re: #249 FurryOldGuyJeans

Just got on the interweaves...sorry.

re: #247 fat bastard vegetarian

Set up pic. Frog was looking at butt. Obama was looking at what Frog was. Watching the irises.

re: #247 fat bastard vegetarian

Anybody seen the pic of Obama staring at the rather nice ass on Drudge right now?

From me he gets a pass on this. And only on this.

Nice ass!

re: #247 fat bastard vegetarian

Anybody seen the pic of Obama staring at the rather nice ass on Drudge right now?

The 16 year old ass?

Yep. Talk about an opportunity. Will the right run with it?