$89.95?

mendacious!

Safari crashed over and over on my machine...Firefox only once in a great while...maybe if Safari whispers sweet nothings in my ear

I'll have to upgrade mine. I'm using 4.0 (530.17) on XP and it does strange things from time to time. Gets really bogged down with videos while LGF is open. Crashes often and sometime just vanishes.

Downloading now...

re: #4 Gus 802

I'll have to upgrade mine. I'm using 4.0 (530.17) on XP and it does strange things from time to time. Gets really bogged down with videos while LGF is open. Crashes often and sometime just vanishes.

yup...what a pain in the ass

Now if only they would bring back that progress bar in the address line.

My Safari 4 for Windows still has that. I'd miss it too, if it was gone.

re: #6 albusteve

yup...what a pain in the ass

Yeah. Feels like 1995, AOL, and dial-up sometimes. ;)

I use Firefox with almost no problems and when I have to go to an IE only site I use Sleipner in compatibility mode,

Curious about when Charles will review bing.com

So far so good...I cannot see the difference from the last version...but, I have not been using it much...

I've had 4.0.2 for a few days now. The only glitch happened just a little while ago when I tried to open this link.

re: #69 sadhu

waiting for the shuttle launch at -- should be able to see it
weather not encouraging

[Link: www.nasa.gov...]

re: #12 Racer X

I've had 4.0.2 for a few days now. The only glitch happened just a little while ago when I tried to open this link.

You need to install Flip4Mac. That page works fine for me with it installed...

My Safari 4.0.2 still has java-fail notifications on Hulu. sadness... perhaps they are protecting my brains from aliens

As a Mac user for the last 10 years I recall the bar but I actually prefer the loading detail at the bottom where they tell you how many of what is required has been loaded.

My current Mac is 5 years old or so and am thinking of getting the latest and greatest, however I must get approval from my local accountant. Guess who that is.

re: #15 RalphShort

As a Mac user for the last 10 years I recall the bar but I actually prefer the loading detail at the bottom where they tell you how many of what is required has been loaded.

My current Mac is 5 years old or so and am thinking of getting the latest and greatest, however I must get approval from my local accountant. Guess who that is.

Um, the wife?

Well I am out for the night Lizards.
Stay frosty.

re: #16 DEZes

Um, the wife?

'round these parts, we call that the war department.

re: #17 DEZes

Later, peep.
sleep well.

re: #17 DEZes

Well I am out for the night Lizards.
Stay frosty.

Later.

re: #17 DEZes

Well I am out for the night Lizards.
Stay frosty.

Later DEZes.

re: #13 Charles

You need to install Flip4Mac. That page works fine for me with it installed...

Thanks - I have flip4mac. Not sure what happened - it is working fine now.

Now if only they would bring back that progress bar in the address line.

Who needs blue progress bars when we can have glassy green buttons??
/h

OT
Fever Swamp update: World Nut Daily is undeterred in its effort to keep the Nirth certificate madness alive. The latest is the failure of its effort to get the White House to provide the name of the physician who attended little Barack Obama's birth.
They also can't find any medical personnel from the hospital who can remember Anne Dunham or the future president from 1961.
I am not making this up.

(Sorry, no link but you know where to find WND.)

WOW -

Have had Safari 4 for Windows within 48 hours of release - No problems for basic surfing at least. Thought Apple got it right. My bad I suppose.

-S-

guitars...Lou Reed

OT: In the good news category, here's a "historic first" story that warmed my heart...

L.A. teenager who flew single-engine
plane across the country lands in Compton

re: #24 Shiplord Kirel

Shiplord -

Am a fan of sorts of Joe Farrah. Why this persists - don't know. As far as anyone knows, Anne Dunham is the President's Mother. Everything beond that is conjecture. Within the doctrine of "Substantial Compliance" he is a Native Born US Citizen. Would he weren't President, AND, that is another issue. By the "Nirther" Doctrine, GEORGE Romney would have been ineligible to serve as POTUS. Give me a break.

-S-

re: #26 albusteve

Nice

It is cool at the Amazon video on demand ... I just put a movie in my library ... you pay for it and then you can watch it any time you want within 30 days it will be great for traveling ... you can only watch it once I believe ... anyway ... I love this service ... you guys with kindles should get a book club or something like that going ...

re: #28 Dr. Shalit

Shiplord -

Am a fan of sorts of Joe Farrah. Why this persists - don't know. As far as anyone knows, Anne Dunham is the President's Mother. Everything beond that is conjecture. Within the doctrine of "Substantial Compliance" he is a Native Born US Citizen. Would he weren't President, AND, that is another issue. By the "Nirther" Doctrine, GEORGE Romney would have been ineligible to serve as POTUS. Give me a break.

-S-

So would I for that matter (born in the UK to American parents) but I am not running for POTUS, at least not yet.

I am hanging out here, desperately trying to keep myself from setting off a major family feud. My aunt posted a moonbat rage/Op-ed against Sarah Palin on Facebook and ended her own comments with how disturbing it is that people are buying guns just because an African-American is in the White House.

Must.Not.Respond.

LGF needs an unofficial theme song...surfin

re: #33 albusteve

LGF needs an unofficial theme song...surfin

Surfing with the Aliens by Satriani?

re: #28 Dr. Shalit

There was a lot of agitation and speculation by the media and within the Democratic party about Romney's bona fides relating to his birh. He was born in Mexico with a Mormon Polygamist commune. It was driving a lot of religious conservatives crazy. It didn't matter that he at one time was CEO of a major Auto Company and was very anti-union, they saw that commune word and Polygamy and thought he was some sort of Pagan Communist. His grandson still has to fight that legacy (I am a very lukewarm supporter of his though for other reasons).

re: #32 livefreeor die

Sarah Palin iz in der hedz, makin da moosepoops piez.

re: #32 livefreeor die

I am hanging out here, desperately trying to keep myself from setting off a major family feud. My aunt posted a moonbat rage/Op-ed against Sarah Palin on Facebook and ended her own comments with how disturbing it is that people are buying guns just because an African-American is in the White House.

Must.Not.Respond.

Tell Aunty it's because he's a Democrat, and a Marxist to boot.

I had guns before anyone heard of Teh One.

re: #29 SasquatchOnSteroids

Nice

classic Dick Wagner/Steve Hunter...the greatest intro ever

re: #31 Shiplord Kirel

Shiplord -

Was born in Perth Amboy, NJ with Original Birth Certificate to prove it. I'm not running for President either, perhaps I should on the "Nirther Platform."

-S-

re: #33 albusteve

LGF needs an unofficial theme song...surfin

How about Locomotivation?

re: #37 OldLineTexan

Tell Aunty it's because he's a Democrat, and a Marxist to boot.

I had guns before anyone heard of Teh One.

Agreed. Do respond: Better a feud than letting crap like that go unchallenged.

the Lounge Lizards tear it up...

re: #32 livefreeor die

I am hanging out here, desperately trying to keep myself from setting off a major family feud. My aunt posted a moonbat rage/Op-ed against Sarah Palin on Facebook and ended her own comments with how disturbing it is that people are buying guns just because an African-American is in the White House.

Must.Not.Respond.

This must be weird family day. We just found out that our 18yr old neice traded her 2001 Mustang Convertible for $600.00 and an '85 Toyota mini-pickup that doesn't run and has broken windows. OMG her poor parents are going nuts.

re: #37 OldLineTexan

Tell Aunty it's because he's a Democrat, and a Marxist to boot.

I had guns before anyone heard of Teh One.

And I wanted more after he started talking.

CBS did a segment on the morning show today on the "Right To Dry," i.e. hand you clothes outside and not in a a eeevil dryer. In the age of energy shortages and global warming we must said one moonbat, who the reporter called the "Che Gruiva of Laundry".

Thanks CBS for reminding me to turn all my lights on and re-wash some towels I just washed so I can dry them again in the electric dryer. Anyone wonder why no one watches their stupid network.

re: #37 OldLineTexan

Tell Aunty it's because he's a Democrat, and a Marxist to boot.

I had guns before anyone heard of Teh One.

Lately that seems to a distinction without a difference.

re: #37 OldLineTexan

Tell Aunty it's because he's a Democrat, and a Marxist to boot.

I had guns before anyone heard of Teh One.

Yes, it doesn't seem to have occurred to her that it's the content of his character [and his views on gun ownership], not the color of his skin that's the problem here.
She also made a crack about Palin supporters and how she's "glad she doesn't know any". The wise ass responses are just piling up in my head-hence the comment about trying to avoid setting off a major family feud.

re: #45 mattm

CBS did a segment on the morning show today on the "Right To Dry," i.e. hand you clothes outside and not in a a eeevil dryer. In the age of energy shortages and global warming we must said one moonbat, who the reporter called the "Che Gruiva of Laundry".

Thanks CBS for reminding me to turn all my lights on and re-wash some towels I just washed so I can dry them again in the electric dryer. Anyone wonder why no one watches their stupid network.

How many socks has the 'Che Guevara of Laundry' executed?

re: #47 livefreeor die

It's always tempting though isn't it?

re: #47 livefreeor die

Yes, it doesn't seem to have occurred to her that it's the content of his character [and his views on gun ownership], not the color of his skin that's the problem here.
She also made a crack about Palin supporters and how she's "glad she doesn't know any". The wise ass responses are just piling up in my head-hence the comment about trying to avoid setting off a major family feud.

She's working off of a lot of assumptions. Hard to get them to look at that end of it.

re: #40 Racer X

How about Locomotivation?

Charles digs Tommy fer sure...me too, to a point

re: #33 albusteve

LGF needs an unofficial theme song...surfin

Here's my nomination. No embedding, sorry.

re: #47 livefreeor die

Yes, it doesn't seem to have occurred to her that it's the content of his character [and his views on gun ownership], not the color of his skin that's the problem here.
She also made a crack about Palin supporters and how she's "glad she doesn't know any". The wise ass responses are just piling up in my head-hence the comment about trying to avoid setting off a major family feud.

"You're all racists" is as satisfying to some folks as "You're all Nazis" is to others.

re: #48 jaunte

How many socks has the 'Che Guevara of Laundry' executed?

jaunte -

Socks are NOT executed - Merely LOST. That is all.

-S-

re: #48 jaunte

How many socks has the 'Che Guevara of Laundry' executed?

Mine get "disappeared" all the time but I thought it was right-wing Argentine military types who were responsible.

re: #47 livefreeor die

Yes, it doesn't seem to have occurred to her that it's the content of his character [and his views on gun ownership], not the color of his skin that's the problem here.
She also made a crack about Palin supporters and how she's "glad she doesn't know any". The wise ass responses are just piling up in my head-hence the comment about trying to avoid setting off a major family feud.

Ah heck, it's just an Aunt. Unload on her.

Not like it's you mother in law or anything that cause a REAL problem.

re: #54 Dr. Shalit

"Disappeared"

re: #52 Dark_Falcon

Here's my nomination. No embedding, sorry.

heh...works for me...gotta consider others...not too many Stones fans here...pity...hahaha!

re: #56 Van Helsing

Ah heck, it's just an Aunt. Unload on her.

Not like it's you mother in law or anything that cause a REAL problem.

lol

re: #47 livefreeor die

Yes, it doesn't seem to have occurred to her that it's the content of his character [and his views on gun ownership], not the color of his skin that's the problem here.
She also made a crack about Palin supporters and how she's "glad she doesn't know any". The wise ass responses are just piling up in my head-hence the comment about trying to avoid setting off a major family feud.

Don't be a wise-ass, but do rebut her. Make it clear that she's wrong and offer proof. And send it around to other members of your family if you think that wise. Get yourself looking reasonable to them first so she looks bad if she attacks you. That way, if a feud erupts, she'll be the one excluded.

I want some big, bad Lizard tee with some cool inuendo on it

re: #47 livefreeor die

The wise ass responses are just piling up in my head-hence the comment about trying to avoid setting off a major family feud.

Go ahead, it's time to start...The Family Feud!

re: #62 albusteve
FCCBHO or whatever it was Mandy came up with!
BBL...company.

re: #64 pingjockey

FCCBHO or whatever it was Mandy came up with!
BBL...company.

I want a BIG CLUE BY FOUR with 2M's autograph on it and a picture of LGF logo.

re: #63 NelsFree

Go ahead, it's time to start...The Family Feud!

[Video]

that's hilarious.

Thanks for the support, fellow Lizards. I sincerely appreciate it.

re: #47 livefreeor die

Just tell her that people are buying guns now because with the inflation that's coming, a pistol will cost $8,000.

re: #68 jaunte

Just tell her that people are buying guns now because with the inflation that's coming, a pistol will cost $8,000.

We heard about all those mooses up in Alaska and, dammit, we humgry.

found it!...PERFECT!

re: #69 SasquatchOnSteroids

We heard about all those mooses up in Alaska and, dammit, we humgry.

goose/geese

moose/meese!

/

re: #39 Dr. Shalit

Shiplord -

Was born in Perth Amboy, NJ with Original Birth Certificate to prove it. I'm not running for President either, perhaps I should on the "Nirther Platform."

-S-

Dr. S: Probably a good thing you're not running. The Nirthers tell me that the kerning on your birth certificate is suspicious. Not to mention that it lacks a holographic seal.
///

re: #69 SasquatchOnSteroids

We heard about all those mooses up in Alaska and, dammit, we humgry.

Maybe I'll tell her I want to be able to shoot squirrels so I can feed my kids after a year of her stupid party's policies.

Talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it

re: #71 OldLineTexan

goose/geese

moose/meese!

/

deer/deers

/Stephon Marbury

re: #58 jaunte

"Disappeared"

jaunte -

Certianly - and VANISHED without a trace. They are "SOX" it is "who" they are AND What They Do.

-S-

re: #66 SasquatchOnSteroids

that's hilarious.

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!! Call Now, and we'll include...

re: #74 MandyManners

Talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it

[Video]

Hey 2M. How is "The Kid" enjoying his summer holidays? Is he taking his meds. or did you give them a break? My eldest is having a break and I think my wife is about to kill her.

Hello lizards. What have I missed the past 4 days?

re: #77 NelsFree

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!! Call Now, and we'll include...

[Video]

My poor sister. We were playing pictionary one time and she drew the card, this puzzled look comes over here face. She's thinking, thinking, the smoke's getting thick, when she finally just says, I don't know what a

Cha Hoooa Hoooa is.

It was Chihuahua.

/yes, we're related

re: #78 Erik The Red

Hey 2M. How is "The Kid" enjoying his summer holidays? Is he taking his meds. or did you give them a break? My eldest is having a break and I think my wife is about to kill her.

With all the awful shit coming down now, there is no way in hell I would have him on meds. (LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT NOW, PLEASE.)

How did you like that furnished condo?

re: #79 NJDhockeyfan

Hello lizards. What have I missed the past 4 days?

We all got NEW CARS!

re: #79 NJDhockeyfan

Hello lizards. What have I missed the past 4 days?

Charles is in charge of the ALA!

/fear him

re: #83 OldLineTexan

Charles is in charge of the ALA!

/fear him

He has an extra 'rescind' button on his Kindle.

re: #81 MandyManners

With all the awful shit coming down now, there is no way in hell I would have him on meds. (LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT NOW, PLEASE.)

How did you like that furnished condo?

OK. I have not moved in yet. Looking at the 24th of July. I sign the papers tomorrow so will have a better indication than. The place is empty now, so we shall see what I can organise with the owner with regards to occupation.

re: #84 jaunte

He has an extra 'rescind' button on his Kindle.

Hillary sent him a "reset" button!

No news, only beauty. The Towercam, San Gabriel Mountains of California.

re: #80 SasquatchOnSteroids

That's OK. in a storage room at an Insurance Company I used to work for they have two computer monitors with whiteout on the screen (yep same person).

Mark Steyn gets the funniest line of the weekend award:

"Capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and environmental collapse, the Prince of Wales has warned. . . . And in a searing indictment on capitalist society, Charles said we can no longer afford consumerism and that the ‘age of convenience’ was over.

He then got in his limo and was driven to his other palace."

[Link: article.nationalreview.com...]

re: #85 Erik The Red

OK. I have not moved in yet. Looking at the 24th of July. I sign the papers tomorrow so will have a better indication than. The place is empty now, so we shall see what I can organise with the owner with regards to occupation.

Did you run all the showers to see what kind of blast you get?

re: #89 jaunte

Mark Steyn gets the funniest line of the weekend award:

"Capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and environmental collapse, the Prince of Wales has warned. . . . And in a searing indictment on capitalist society, Charles said we can no longer afford consumerism and that the ‘age of convenience’ was over.

He then got in his limo and was driven to his other palace."

[Link: article.nationalreview.com...]

Smarmy fucker.

re: #82 MandyManners

We all got NEW CARS!

Cool!

I'll take one of these.

re: #91 MandyManners

We peasants are revolting.

re: #90 MandyManners

Did you run all the showers to see what kind of blast you get?

LOL. You know what I didn't. Will have to try that tomorrow. I have always done that before I have bought a place. I have not rented something in almost 20 years and did not even think about it.

re: #91 MandyManners

Smarmy fucker.

Indeed. I sincerely hope the queen passes him over.

re: #89 jaunte

Mark Steyn gets the funniest line of the weekend award:

"Capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and environmental collapse, the Prince of Wales has warned. . . . And in a searing indictment on capitalist society, Charles said we can no longer afford consumerism and that the ‘age of convenience’ was over.

He then got in his limo and was driven to his other palace."

[Link: article.nationalreview.com...]

I thought Hulk Hogan would get it for saying on the Great Debate on VH-1 that the person who invented Viagra should get the Nobel piece of ass prize.:-)

re: #91 MandyManners

Smarmy fucker.

He's a bat-eared cross-eyed inbred git is what he is.

Also a philandering buck-toothed half-wit whose own Mum won't do him a favor.

re: #96 soxfan4life

I missed that one.

re: #0 Charles

Now if only they would bring back that progress bar in the address line. It was a very handy way to see page loading progress, and I still keep looking up there expecting to see the blue progress bar filling in...

Why Apple took that out, we all wish we knew!

re: #95 Pvt Bin Jammin

Indeed. I sincerely hope the queen passes him over.

But can the Queen do that?

re: #100 Macker

But can the Queen do that?

I believe that she can.

re: #100 Macker

But can the Queen do that?

She's been doing a grand job of it for what, 20+ years?

re: #100 Macker

But can the Queen do that?

Not really sure but an ex-pat friend of mine used to think so.

re: #100 Macker

But can the Queen do that?

Queen can shuffle...

Prince Charles is the Algore of the British Royal Family.

He has been judged and found wanting. He is trying to find a cause to make him great.

re: #92 NJDhockeyfan

Cool!

I'll take one of these.

Too late! This is your consolation prize.

re: #93 jaunte

We peasants are revolting.

Well, I took a shower last Tuesday so, I'm probably okay.

re: #106 MandyManners

Too late! This is your consolation prize.

Donna Douglas?

/woohoo

re: #106 MandyManners

Too late! This is your consolation prize.

I love that car.

:)

re: #104 albusteve

Queen can shuffle...

[Video]

I prefer this Queen

re: #94 Erik The Red

LOL. You know what I didn't. Will have to try that tomorrow. I have always done that before I have bought a place. I have not rented something in almost 20 years and did not even think about it.

My years in college taught me that this is not minor thing when renting.

re: #95 Pvt Bin Jammin

Indeed. I sincerely hope the queen passes him over.

There have bits of discussion about this subject this weekend.

re: #110 SasquatchOnSteroids

I prefer this Queen

harshes my buzz dood

re: #105 EmmmieG

Prince Charles is the Algore of the British Royal Family.

He has been judged and found wanting. He is trying to find a cause to make him great.

That's kind of harsh. Prince Charles might be challenged in the personality department, but he doesn't seem hellbent on the destruction of the UK. Doesn't put him in the same league as Gore.

re: #91 MandyManners

Smarmy fucker.

I hope the throne is passed by him in favor of his son. Even in a cerimonial role, the man is a disaster.

re: #113 albusteve

harshes my buzz dood

ahh, forgive me, for I have sinned.

re: #97 OldLineTexan

He's a bat-eared cross-eyed inbred git is what he is.

Also a philandering buck-toothed half-wit whose own Mum won't do him a favor.

So, I reckon you won't be swearing your fealty to him.

Tony Snow died a year ago today. I'm sorry he's gone.

re: #112 MandyManners

There have bits of discussion about this subject this weekend.

I would thrill be to death if it happened.

festivity is dead...but I will not submit...yet

re: #115 Dark_Falcon

I hope the throne is passed by him in favor of his son. Even in a cerimonial role, the man is a disaster.

OK I was wrong. Here is what I have found out about succession to the Throne

Queen Elizabeth II does not have any power to change the succession law. She does not have absolute power meaning that she and her family must obey every common law and statue created by the British Parliament.

The line of succession to the British Throne is an ordered list of the people in line to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom. The succession is regulated by the Act of Settlement 1701, which limits it to the heirs of the Electress Sophia of Hanover, as determined by male-preference primogeniture, religion, and legitimate birth:

- A person is always immediately followed in the succession by his or her own legitimate descendants (his or her "line"). Birth order and gender matter: older sons (and their lines) come before younger sons (and theirs); a person's sons (and their lines), irrespective of age, all come before his or her daughters (and their lines).

- The monarch must be a Protestant at time of accession, and enter into communion with the Church of England after accession.

- Anyone who is Roman Catholic, becomes Roman Catholic, or marries a Roman Catholic is permanently excluded from the succession.

- A person born to parents who are not married to each other at the time of birth is not included in the line of succession. The subsequent marriage of the parents does not alter this.

re: #116 SasquatchOnSteroids

ahh, forgive me, for I have sinned.

it's the Sabbath...

re: #100 Macker

But can the Queen do that?

As I noted previously, there was a discussion about that this weekend.

The bloody gormless git wants to be "The Defender of ALL FaithS" instead of "The Defender of the Faith".

MOTHERFUCKING MULTI-CULTI MAYHEM RUN RAMPANT!

re: #117 MandyManners

So, I reckon you won't be swearing your fealty to him.

I'd kick him sqwar in the nutz, assuming he still has them.

No gorm.

re: #122 albusteve

it's the Sabbath...

which means work tomorrow.
Night.

How bout some Phish?

re: #125 jaunte

No gorm.

Ah, he's a gormless git!

/see? I know some English

re: #104 albusteve

Queen can shuffle...

Youtube Video

Well, we all know about the Red Queen.

like Killgore says...I'm gonna keep posting this stuff til you GET IT!

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

re: #105 EmmmieG

Prince Charles is the Algore of the British Royal Family.

He has been judged and found wanting. He is trying to find a cause to make him great.

Spot on.

re: #130 albusteve

like Killgore says...I'm gonna keep posting this stuff til you GET IT!

Youtube Video

encore!

re: #129 MandyManners

Well, we all know about the Red Queen.

a real sing along that...

The Prince and John Holdren agree:

[Holdren] ... was saying that he would "bet" that the US would legislate to cut its carbon dioxide emissions by the beginning of December, making it possible to get "a degree of agreement that will surprise people" at a crucial international negotiating meeting which then opens in Copenhagen.
...
And only the night before, the Prince of Wales had warned in this year's Richard Dimbleby Lecture, as The Daily Telegraph yesterday prominently reported, that the world had only 96 months to avoid irreversible climate change, which he called "the living hell" that "now looms on the horizon".

Prof Holdren and – he makes clear – President Obama share the Prince's sense of urgency. He says it is already too late for the world to stop "dangerous" climate change and can now only hope to avoid "catastrophic, unmanageable change" where global warming runs out of control.

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

I've read the link to the GOP report on the housing market posted by KB. It seems pretty solid.

We need scrutinize it for merit. My first run through seems like it's pretty sound.
[Link: republicans.oversight.house.gov...]

re: #129 MandyManners

Wrong vid, Mandy.

Here's the right one:

re: #136 Dark_Falcon

wow...I see breasts

re: #114 soxfan4life

That's kind of harsh. Prince Charles might be challenged in the personality department, but he doesn't seem hellbent on the destruction of the UK. Doesn't put him in the same league as Gore.

Sorry to take a bit to reply. I had to convince a 4 year-old that soap and water are not fatal.

I base the comparison on:

1. Neither one has ever had to worry about money, and both live palatially.

2. They were both raised with the expectation of a high position.

3. They are espousing environmental solutions or laws that will hurt others financially enormously, without doing any real damage to themselves.

4. If there was an election, Charles would lose to his son in a landslide.

At least, this is my opinion.

re: #134 jaunte

Yep, 7 years and the earth is doomed. Fucking idiots.

re: #89 jaunte

Mark Steyn gets the funniest line of the weekend award:

"Capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and environmental collapse, the Prince of Wales has warned. . . . And in a searing indictment on capitalist society, Charles said we can no longer afford consumerism and that the ‘age of convenience’ was over.

He then got in his limo and was driven to his other palace."

[Link: article.nationalreview.com...]

A coach-and-four or a sedan chair would have been more environmentally friendly.

Oh Yeah -

Off the subject - finally got my Chief to pull the trigger on a new 'pute for the
Rental Office. We both compromised. He basically insisted on having a "DELL" logo on the "box." Every comparison at every price/spec level that I ran had DELL as competitive - yet not the most cost effective. I put him in back of the 11 year old "lashup" system on Friday. On Saturday he called me with the newest DELL ad. He was ready to go for a "Studio Slim" setup. Upsold him to a "Studio Mini Tower." Wanted to U/G to 8 Gb memory as it is a 64 bit system.
Answer was "NO" - No Problem, I will put 2Gb or more on it in "Ready-Boost" a/k/a "Afterburner" - it is a Vista System afterall. His biggest question was "Do We Get Windows 7 U/G for free?" - WE DO - and having so advised him, trigger was pulled.
Question - Anyone out there have a DELL Studio Mini-Tower System? How do you like it? Pray Tell advise. My choice was a Gateway DX-4300-03, and YES, el Jefe knows that TV is extra on the DELL - About $80 form Hauppague.
Comments PLEASE.

-S-

re: #140 Alouette
Remember, the rules are for us great unwashed, not the chosen few.

re: #142 pingjockey

Remember, the rules are for us great unwashed, not the chosen few.

It's good to be the King.

re: #139 pingjockey

Have you checked your e-mail lately?

/realwest was in a tizzy earlier that you do so

re: #143 Alouette
Until the peasants have had enough. Ask Louis the XIV, IIRC.

re: #139 pingjockey

It would be nice if they decided to stay put and communicate online, but I think there will be a lot of jetting around to conferences involved in the 'cure.'

re: #141 Dr. Shalit

Dell is crap. Gateway is worse.

/that is all

/

for the youngsters...

re: #135 BigPapa

I've read the link to the GOP report on the housing market posted by KB. It seems pretty solid.

We need scrutinize it for merit. My first run through seems like it's pretty sound.
[Link: republicans.oversight.house.gov...]

/26 pages, professionally footmoted

re: #144 Killian Bundy
Yes sir, I did. Thanks you and quite a few other lizards for passing on the message! Did a bunch of yard work and was pooped. I can put up with the knot in my neck, the sore throat, but this being tired shit pisses me off!

re: #145 pingjockey

Until the peasants have had enough. Ask Louis the XIV, IIRC.

It was Louis the XVI who was beheaded.

re: #151 Dark_Falcon
Ah ha! Off by 2.

re: #152 pingjockey

Ah ha! Off by 2.

You should have quit while you were ahead. :D

re: #149 Killian Bundy

Too bad the GOP is preoccupied with a bunch of petty crap to beat Frank and Usual Anit-Capitalist Suspects over the head with it.

Lest we forget.

A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.

Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?

Two things result from this fact:

I. Communism is already acknowledged by all European powers to be itself a power.

II. It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the spectre of communism with a manifesto of the party itself.

To this end, Communists of various nationalities have assembled in London and sketched the following manifesto, to be published in the English, French, German, Italian, Flemish and Danish languages.

SNIP

the Fab Four...R and B

re: #135 BigPapa

I've read the link to the GOP report on the housing market posted by KB. It seems pretty solid.

We need scrutinize it for merit. My first run through seems like it's pretty sound.
[Link: republicans.oversight.house.gov...]

I disagree. Report puts it all on Freddie and Fannie and federal policies.

I'd say it's at least evenly split between wall street and main street and politics.

Wall Street, at least should have known better, and arguably they did know better and did it anyway.

re: #153 Dark_Falcon
Heh. Somebody posted the link to the lyrics to the French Nat'l Anthem(I ain't gonna try to spell it). I thought the 4th verse to the Star Spangled Banner was bloodthirsty. It isn't even close to the French!

re: #155 MandyManners

Lest we forget.

A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies.

Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?

Two things result from this fact:

I. Communism is already acknowledged by all European powers to be itself a power.

II. It is high time that Communists should openly, in the face of the whole world, publish their views, their aims, their tendencies, and meet this nursery tale of the spectre of communism with a manifesto of the party itself.

To this end, Communists of various nationalities have assembled in London and sketched the following manifesto, to be published in the English, French, German, Italian, Flemish and Danish languages.

SNIP

READ THE WHOLE FUCKING THING.

re: #156 albusteve

the Fab Four...R and B

[Video]

albusteve ... I see you getting your Beatle groove on ... sweet ...

To anybody ... have you watched the series The Tudors? ... would it be worth renting? ...

Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years (1965)

May 20, 1965; Shindig!, Los Angeles Billy Preston (piano), James Burton (guitar), Joey Cooper (guitar), Chuck Blackwell (drums), Delaney Bramlett (bass)

And he's introduced by Brian Jones & Mick Jagger .

re: #160 JacksonTn

yep...just me tho...politics 24/7 you know

re: #159 MandyManners

READ THE WHOLE FUCKING THING.

Also, bone up on Antonio Gramsci.

Let's get to some basics here.

re: #163 MandyManners
Don't tolerate commie bastards!

re: #163 MandyManners

Also, bone up on Antonio Gramsci.

Let's get to some basics here.

MM ... the "whore" basics? ... hey ... have you seen the Tudors Series? ...

re: #161 NJDhockeyfan

Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years (1965)

May 20, 1965; Shindig!, Los Angeles Billy Preston (piano), James Burton (guitar), Joey Cooper (guitar), Chuck Blackwell (drums), Delaney Bramlett (bass)

And he's introduced by Brian Jones & Mick Jagger .

wow!...what a snag!...oh man!

re: #147 OldLineTexan

Dell is crap. Gateway is worse.

/that is all

/

Dell is not so bad.

I haven't dealt with Gateway since the very early days.

I've bought my last few home workstations from the local Jeff and Akbar's, which guarantees me some easily accessible and apparently competent service, as long as they manage to stay in business, which so far has been for about fifteen years.

the Stones carried the torch...bow before them!

re: #167 itellu3times

Dell is not so bad.

I haven't dealt with Gateway since the very early days.

I've bought my last few home workstations from the local Jeff and Akbar's, which guarantees me some easily accessible and apparently competent service, as long as they manage to stay in business, which so far has been for about fifteen years.

Good for Jeff and Akbar!

/as far as Dell, I work for a competitor

/ ;)

re: #157 itellu3times

I disagree. Report puts it all on Freddie and Fannie and federal policies.

I'd say it's at least evenly split between wall street and main street and politics.

Wall Street, at least should have known better, and arguably they did know better and did it anyway.

/Freddie and Fannie, the 800 pound gorillas in the mortgage room, set the path of least resistance, Wall Street, by definition, had to compete in the market, and here we are

re: #161 NJDhockeyfan

Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years (1965)

May 20, 1965; Shindig!, Los Angeles Billy Preston (piano), James Burton (guitar), Joey Cooper (guitar), Chuck Blackwell (drums), Delaney Bramlett (bass)

And he's introduced by Brian Jones & Mick Jagger .

NJD ... very nice ... bookmarked ...

re: #143 Alouette

It's good to be the King.

Alouette -

Kings do not give the Press STICKS to HIT HIM WITH. That was GWB's problem, especially with Katrina. Seen from a "fair" standpoint, the Federal Response was quick and effective during the crisis - 'bout 4 days from levee breach to US Army, including the (NON) response of a nitwit Governor and Mayor. Of course it was GWB, and NO Response would have been "enough" unless he went in personally AND DROWNED.
History, I assume, will have a fairer assesment.

-S-

re: #147 OldLineTexan

Dell is crap. Gateway is worse.

/that is all

/

Old Line Texan -

Question - are you "Apple" or do you "roll your own?"

-S-

re: #170 Killian Bundy

/Freddie and Fannie, the 800 pound gorillas in the mortgage room, set the path of least resistance, Wall Street, by definition, had to compete in the market, and here we are

No, they didn't have to compete in that market.

There is nothing in capitalism that compels you to compete in a market that you know will fail catastrophically. Neither greed nor incompetence is a fundamental of capitalism. Just common accessories.

re: #157 itellu3times

Wall Street, at least should have known better, and arguably they did know better and did it anyway.

That's a good point. However, it seems the GOP was out in front talking regulation (for once), and Frank and Co were against it (for once). Very ironic. Some culpability can be hung on Wall Street, but the government set it up and threw the gas on the fire.

Making it worse is that Frank and Co are accepting any culpability in it and blaming Wall St in total. Scandalous if anybody can bring it forth.

re: #172 Dr. Shalit
Can't remember who said it..."History will lie" or "history is a liar".

re: #89 jaunte

Mark Steyn gets the funniest line of the weekend award:

"Capitalism and consumerism have brought the world to the brink of economic and environmental collapse, the Prince of Wales has warned. . . . And in a searing indictment on capitalist society, Charles said we can no longer afford consumerism and that the ‘age of convenience’ was over.

He then got in his limo and was driven to his other palace."

[Link: article.nationalreview.com...]

You dare to poke fun at your betters? Don't you realize that they HAVE to have those conveniences or they wouldn't have the time or energy to tell us how we CAN'T have those conveniences.

Sheesh.

Well, it happens that the very beautiful Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is 194th in the line of succession to the British throne. Her brother Carl Phillip is actually ahead of her in the line to the British throne, since the UK observes male primogeniture while Sweden does not. Her exceedingly lovely sister, Princess Madeleine, is 195th. This comes about because their great-grandmother was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria, through her youngest son, Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942). Arthur was 3rd in line of succession at the time of his birth, and his descendants are in the order of succession behind all the descendants of his older brothers.
There really are people who track all this, to 1500 places or more.

re: #176 pingjockey

Can't remember who said it..."History will lie" or "history is a liar".

pingjockey -

Perhaps I rely too much on the Harry Truman example.

-S-

re: #166 albusteve

re: #171 JacksonTn

They don't make em like that any more.

re: #174 itellu3times

No, they didn't have to compete in that market.

There is nothing in capitalism that compels you to compete in a market that you know will fail catastrophically. Neither greed nor incompetence is a fundamental of capitalism. Just common accessories.

Fair enough.

/but I'm sure you'll agree that this is the first time anyone has detailed the government's role in the crisis, Barney Frank and Chris Dodd are somewhere cringing

re: #179 Dr. Shalit
Heh. No worries. Harry Truman was a donk I could've voted for. But I figure the donks would kick him out if he showed up now! Or a donk pol like him.

/makes a lot more sense today

re: #182 pingjockey

Heh. No worries. Harry Truman was a donk I could've voted for. But I figure the donks would kick him out if he showed up now! Or a donk pol like him.

pingjockey -

Being a "bit" younger, my favorite "donk" was Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson. Voted for him in the 1976 NJ "D" Primary under the "Nom De Guerre" of "Uncommited." Was the Joe Lieberman of his time as regards National Defense - to the extent that Pres. Nixon would have appointed him Sec. Def. if political arrangements regarding a successor could have been ironed out (they weren't and he wasn't).
Pres. Reagan always said that the "D" Party left him and NOT vice versa. I feel the same, even if MY tolerance level was higher than his.

-S-

re: #184 Dr. Shalit
Mr. Jackson was my senator. Couldn't vote until 1977!

re: #182 pingjockey

Heh. No worries. Harry Truman was a donk I could've voted for. But I figure the donks would kick him out if he showed up now! Or a donk pol like him.

ping, I know that's right. Likewise, Scoop Jackson.

On the flip side, I've seen any number of quotes from Goldwater that would get him hustled out of the GOP, were he to show up saying them today.

I contend it's the infamous Overton Window in action, among other things.

re: #186 ShanghaiEd

ping, I know that's right. Likewise, Scoop Jackson.

On the flip side, I've seen any number of quotes from Goldwater that would get him hustled out of the GOP, were he to show up saying them today.

I contend it's the infamous Overton Window in action, among other things.

ShanghaiEd -

Yup! Sen. Barry was a Social Libertarian, something many folks forget.

-S-

re: #186 ShanghaiEd

re: #187 Dr. Shalit
I am a contrarian then, cause I liked Sen Goldwater too!

Later folks.

re: #189 pingjockey

Later folks.

PJ ... night Ping ... stay strong ...

re: #188 pingjockey

re: #187 Dr. Shalit
I am a contrarian then, cause I liked Sen Goldwater too!

pingjockey -

In 1976, I was the fellow that co-ordinated ads by Tony Schwartz (Daisy/Bomb 1964 ads for LBJ) with the NJ Carter Mondale Campaign. My appreciation for Sen. Barry started a bit later, older and wiser.

-S-

re: #188 pingjockey

re: #187 Dr. Shalit
I am a contrarian then, cause I liked Sen Goldwater too!

Good! I won't tell anybody, if you won't. :)

re: #159 MandyManners

READ THE WHOLE FUCKING THING.

I stopped cold halfway down the page:

Nevertheless, in most advanced countries, the following will be pretty generally applicable.

1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.

2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.

3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.

4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.

5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.

6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.

7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.

8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.

9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.

10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.

re: #191 Dr. Shalit

pingjockey -

In 1976, I was the fellow that co-ordinated ads by Tony Schwartz (Daisy/Bomb 1964 ads for LBJ) with the NJ Carter Mondale Campaign. My appreciation for Sen. Barry started a bit later, older and wiser.

-S-

Holy smoke. Talk about a piece of history.

Did you, and the people in the campaign, realize ahead of time how iconic the daisy spots would become? How long did they actually run? I've seen varying accounts.

In my case Safari's Java engine has not crashed since installing 4.02. With regards to Hulu content is blocked outside the U.S. as well as for those using VPN proxies when at public hot spots which makes it inaccessible for many.