A strong republic depends upon a well informed citizenry.

We're boned.

Hear ye Hear ye! I declare tonight's LNDT officially open!

re: #1 Sharmuta

OMG! Did u heer taht Mikull jaxxon wuz addikktid 2 paynekillurz?

/

re: #1 Sharmuta

A strong republic depends upon a well informed citizenry.

We're boned.

Rotating title nomination.

NASA Marks Apollo 11 Anniversary With Restored Video Footage

To commemorate the anniversary, NASA released newly restored video footage of the Apollo 11 moon landing

NASA Apollo 11 Partial Restoration HD Videos

So the first 8 Amendments are not fundamental rights after all. First Kelo.Now the Second Amendment. Maybe we should find a translator of English to English to tell us what it actually says? Sotomayor should be perfect. Her ignorance of the document will allow a fresh look.

re: #1 Sharmuta

A strong republic depends upon a well informed citizenry.

We're boned.

Quiet! There's a Michael Jackson retrospective on!

re: #2 Fenway_Nation

Hear ye Hear ye! I declare tonight's LNDT officially open!

About time - I've been nursing this Bushmills for at least 5 minutes...

re: #3 Fenway_Nation

OMG! Did u heer taht Mikull jaxxon wuz addikktid 2 paynekillurz?

/

OMGWTFLOLBBQ!

re: #8 Athos

About time - I've been nursing this Bushmills for at least 5 minutes...

when do yo start on the next bottle?

re: #6 pat

So the first 8 Amendments are not fundamental rights after all. First Kelo.Now the Second Amendment. Maybe we should find a translator of English to English to tell us what it actually says? Sotomayor should be perfect. Her ignorance of the document will allow a fresh look.

You! Rights are what we say they are!

/ evil two party money oligarchy.

re: #6 pat

So the first 8 Amendments are not fundamental rights after all. First Kelo.Now the Second Amendment. Maybe we should find a translator of English to English to tell us what it actually says? Sotomayor should be perfect. Her ignorance of the document will allow a fresh look.

No, according to Sottomayor, some of the 1st 8 are fundamental, the 1st, 4th, and 5th...but not the others. Of course, the amendment beyond the 2nd that has to send her over the top has to be the 14th.

re: #10 redc1c4

Have a little time / and a few drams left in this one...

re: #9 redc1c4

OMGWTFLOLBBQ!

Okay, had to look that up.

ROLFMAO!

re: #12 Athos

No, according to Sottomayor, some of the 1st 8 are fundamental, the 1st, 4th, and 5th...but not the others. Of course, the amendment beyond the 2nd that has to send her over the top has to be the 14th.

i'm a firm believer in the Basic Rights of Man...

thank goodness they taught BRM at Harmony Church when i went to school there.

/Hotel Program

Gizmodo is doing a retrospective on technology of 30 years ago...does anyone else from the NYC / NE area of that time remember - - -

Crazy Eddie?

Now
Let my people go, land of Goshen
Go
I will be with thee, bush of fire
Blood
Running red and strong down the Nile
Plague
Darkness three days long, hail to fire

Creeping Death

re: #16 Athos

Gizmodo is doing a retrospective on technology of 30 years ago...does anyone else from the NYC / NE area of that time remember - - -

Crazy Eddie?

Cal Worthington and his dog Spot.

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.

-J.A. Schumpeter

anything less...it wouldn't be overnight

re: #18 jcm

That dude is still doing commercials - I saw one on Fox 11 LA last week...he's just not quite the same as the old days.

re: #21 Athos

That dude is still doing commercials - I saw one on Fox 11 LA last week...he's just not quite the same as the old days.

He pulled out of Washington years ago, didn't know he's was still around.

The one that jumped out at me yesterday was when she was describing her ruling in the baseball strike case, and she referred to the “National Labor Relationships Board” — which I would have guessed to be an online dating service for union members.

However, I hasten to add — in a Seinfeldian “not that there’s anything wrong with that” mode — that someone whose native language was not English can easily be forgiven many such small burrs and thorns and blemishes. I was probably more irritated when Sen. Graham repeatedly referred to Judge Sotomayor’s “wise Latino” remark, and Judge Sotomayor’s English is many orders of magnitude better than my own rudimentary Spanish. The “eminent/imminent” distinction, at least in spoken English, is more subtle than “pen/pin,” and I wouldn’t have noticed it.
why i'm no longer worried about La Gran Pendeja:

In any event, these language quirks are no reason for a senator to vote against her, nor for us to mock Obama for nominating her. And she is going to be confirmed. At this point, I’m entirely satisfied with that result. Watching Judge Sotomayor testify — and comparing her with, for example, Chief Justice Roberts in the same setting — confirms my belief that Obama could hardly have nominated a less effective person to be an internal advocate within the Supreme Court’s deliberations for the political points of view he would espouse. The idea that she’s ever going to talk Scalia, Thomas, Roberts, or Alito around to her point of view on anything by virtue of subtle but powerful rational argument is essentially nil. The likelihood of her doing so with Kennedy is fractionally larger, but barely that — and appointing someone who could have done that (e.g., Cass Sunstein or someone else whose intellectual approval Kennedy might have craved) was the greatest opportunity for Obama in this appointment, an opportunity that he clearly has missed.

Beldar on Patterico.com

re: #21 Athos

Cal also has a dealership in Anchorage, AK and still does the commercials.

Did I miss anything? I stepped away from the computer for the last 6 hours, but now I'm afraid to look at the IntraWebs, lest I discover I'm Public Enemy #1, or, worse, some lunatic has claimed authorship of my stuff.

Can I just drop the whole "zombie" thing and start over? How about..."mummy" this time? Vampire?

Night Honcos.

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.
James Madison

re: #24 Cheechako

Cal also has a dealership in Anchorage, AK and still does the commercials.

I'm sorry. I thought it was only us Angelinos that had to put up with that.

re: #25 zombie

Did I miss anything? I stepped away from the computer for the last 6 hours, but now I'm afraid to look at the IntraWebs, lest I discover I'm Public Enemy #1, or, worse, some lunatic has claimed authorship of my stuff.

Can I just drop the whole "zombie" thing and start over? How about..."mummy" this time? Vampire?

Lizard-man?

re: #25 zombie

Did I miss anything? I stepped away from the computer for the last 6 hours, but now I'm afraid to look at the IntraWebs, lest I discover I'm Public Enemy #1, or, worse, some lunatic has claimed authorship of my stuff.

Can I just drop the whole "zombie" thing and start over? How about..."mummy" this time? Vampire?

Sorry, it's that typecasting curse, you know.

You're doomed to be Zombie.

As for the lunatic claiming authorship of your stuff, par for the course on the web today.

re: #27 Pvt Bin Jammin

Does he still shout at everyone like he does up here?

Oh Oh - TCM has Gunga Din on...think I will be online a little longer than planned...

re: #18 jcm

Cal Worthington and his dog Spot.

[Video]

Ed Barbara

re: #17 SasquatchOnSteroids

Now
Let my people go, land of Goshen
Go
I will be with thee, bush of fire
Blood
Running red and strong down the Nile
Plague
Darkness three days long, hail to fire

Creeping Death

I fucking LOVED hearing that song live. Top 5 favorite Metallica song.

re: #25 zombie

Did I miss anything? I stepped away from the computer for the last 6 hours, but now I'm afraid to look at the IntraWebs, lest I discover I'm Public Enemy #1, or, worse, some lunatic has claimed authorship of my stuff.

Can I just drop the whole "zombie" thing and start over? How about..."mummy" this time? Vampire?

do you still love me, mummy?

re: #30 Cheechako

Does he still shout at everyone like he does up here?

Haven't seen one of his commercials of late but he used to do that. LOL I suppose he's successful but I sure wouldn't buy a car from him. We went to his lot back in the seventies and I didn't feel a bit comfortable & my dad sold new and used cars when I was a kid.

re: #28 Fenway_Nation

Lizard-man?

Aisha?

re: #35 Pvt Bin Jammin

Haven't seen one of his commercials of late but he used to do that. LOL I suppose he's successful but I sure wouldn't buy a car from him. We went to his lot back in the seventies and I didn't feel a bit comfortable & my dad sold new and used cars when I was a kid.

i used to repo for him on occasion...

For my money the worst shouting/yelling car huckster is "Dealin' Doug" in Denver. Whenever Cal comes on I think of Dealin' Doug.

re: #37 redc1c4

i used to repo for him on occasion...

No kidding? One of my bil's was a repo man while he was in medical school. Cool guy. He became a chief trauma surgeon.

Back in a jiff, anyone need their drink refreshed?

re: #40 Athos

Back in a jiff, anyone need their drink refreshed?

i'll take a Jameson's... preferably the 1.75L size.

/unless you have something bigger, of course. %-)

well, it was worth the wait:

1 less rat.

woot!

re: #19 Sharmuta

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.

You elicited a thought... on why humans lie, or more specifically the great paradox we have in our belief about lies.

Think of this - why do humans lie? Evolutionarily speaking, it must be of some benefit for all humans have lied (in some manner of speaking) in all our history as recorded. Now, whether humans lied before any form of recording had been invented - that is difficult to tell, but I find it unlikely that "the lie" was invented the same time as cave art and clay figures.

Since animals and plants practice deceit for survival, I propose that it isn't unreasonable to accept that the human lie is just a more evolved form of this survival technique.

If that is true, then the ability to lie is essential to our survival and well being.

Here is where there is a paradox: many ethical systems (especially religions) portray the lie as a great evil, and hold forth the idea that it is both possible and desirable for humans to not lie.

So our ethics tell us one thing... yet our biological nature ensures the opposite (and thus the paradox.)

Humans - we are strange creatures.

FRUITCUP!

help yourselves, at least until LoL shows up with her stuff...

there's more in the frig, so don't be shy!

hasta, y'all...

L8r!

re: #41 redc1c4

Ah, terribly sorry, don't serve anything from the south...just the north. Happy to give you a double pour of Bushmills - neat?

re: #44 redc1c4

FRUITCUP!

help yourselves, at least until LoL shows up with her stuff...

there's more in the frig, so don't be shy!

hasta, y'all...

L8r!

W00t!

"Weet dreams.

re: #44 redc1c4

later red

re: #45 Athos

Bulleit bourbon?

I detect the smell of fresh brownies coming from the kitchen so I'm going to be leaving for the night. Stop by if you're hungry, there's always extras (but not for long).

I'm trying to think of my least favorite used car salesman that I see on TV these days. I can't think of hims name, but he's actually pretty quiet. Supposedly he's eloquent or a good public speaker, but from what I've seen, he stumbles and pauses alot. He tries coming off as your good pal, but it misfires and he seems a tad arrogant or aloof. And when he makes promises (that probably have a short shelf life anyway) he says things like "We Will get it done" which sound more like thinly veiled threats than anything. Don't get me started on his financing plans- he overcharges while making it sound like you're getting the deal of a life time and you're left holding the bag for years to come. He's on TV alot and a bunch of people seem to like him for whatever reason.

Just wish I could remember his name...Barry something?

Oh...wait! It's Barry/Barack Hussein 0bama! That's the name I was thinking of...

Mainstreaming Fascism

They sell CDs of little girls who sing softly about white pride to a public of pre-adolescents, video games where it is essential to shoot all those who are dark-skinned, and t-shirts with cryptic slogans. They are British, Romanians, French and Swedes. They mistrust the various media and, instead, create their own press agencies to produce and broadcast their information. Gabriele Adinolfi, the co-founder of terza posizione ('third position', Italy) confirms that: 'Today, the only way of being fascist is by being pragmatic.'

Lovely.

Here's the transcript of today's Rush Limbaugh show, talking about the Holdren thing.

Is that really the way Rush Limbaugh talks? So bizarre and, well, creepy. I've never actually heard him speak (and I hope to keep things that way), so I'm unfamiliar with his style. Seems -- what's the word -- bombastic? Self-aggrandizing?

re: #49 Cheechako

Yum. Have a great day tomorrow.

re: #44 redc1c4

Later, red!

re: #53 Pvt Bin Jammin

I'm retired...everyday is a weekend and a great day.

re: #55 Cheechako

I'm retired...everyday is a weekend and a great day.

Good for you! It doesn't look like we're going to be able to retire.

re: #51 Sharmuta

Mainstreaming Fascism

Lovely.

Sharm: Creepy, fascinating article. I don't understand the Adinolfi quote in the first paragraph, though. Is he saying ironically, "They call us fascists for being pragmatic"? Or something else?

Today in History, July 17th:

Highlights of this day in history: TWA Flight 800 explodes; Russia's royal family executed; Disneyland opens; Nicaragua's Somoza goes into exile; Apollo and Soyuz link up in space; Baseball's Ty Cobb and jazz great John Coltrane die.

Other notable July 17th events include:

1762 – Catherine II becomes tsar of Russia upon the murder of Peter III of Russia.

1899 – NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.

1938 – Douglas Corrigan takes off to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.

1997 – The F.W. Woolworth Company closes after 117 years in business.

re: #52 zombie

Here's the transcript of today's Rush Limbaugh show, talking about the Holdren thing.

Is that really the way Rush Limbaugh talks? So bizarre and, well, creepy. I've never actually heard him speak (and I hope to keep things that way), so I'm unfamiliar with his style. Seems -- what's the word -- bombastic? Self-aggrandizing?

Also on Becks radio andf TV shows. I also sent a link to a somewhat local guy who is actually has an affiliate in San Fran. None of these guys give the source, but we know who it is. Fuck 'em. And Rush is leagally deaf, IIRC.

re: #58 gmsc

evening G

re: #52 zombie

Limbaugh is kind of pompous. My hubby used to listen but gave up on it for the most part. He still has a huge following, though.

I have to say, he's got a kind heart. When our nephew was killed in a military helicopter crash he gave $100.,000.00, $20,00.00 each, to his five surviving children. I will never forget that.

re: #52 zombie

Self-aggrandizing?

Rush Limbaugh self-aggrandizing? Naaahhh...

re: #61 Pvt Bin Jammin

wow.

re: #56 Pvt Bin Jammin

I retired in May last year. Had no expectations on what happened to the economy. Made it through a year and have not had to dip into the reserves. So far, so good. Like everyone else my wife and I are very concerned for the future. I'm expecting hugh inflation coming very soon. The govt cannot spend itself to prosperity

___ O Surgeon! My Surgeon! ___

O Surgeon! my surgeon! your fearful Bill has come;
Hand delivering every prick, the dose you shoot is numb;
The deal is near, the alarms we hear, the voters all convulsing,
Like waiting sheep with naked coats, the true cost quickly dawning:
But go vote! vote! vote!
To bleed taxpayers 'til dead
Social medicine! Our Surgeon cries,
Swollen Pink and Red.

O Shaman! my Shaman! Raise spirits not tax bills;
Raise up and calm your begging down for expensive thrills;
For sobriquets and Liberal trope will summon carrion crowing;
While Baboons ear-mark their plots with massive feces throwing;
Hear Shaman! Dear leader!
The lump beneath your head;
It is some tumor within your lung,
That makes your coughing bad?

Your Health-plan does not answer, it's lips are pale and still;
The Father Land deals not it's warmly pulsing hope and will;
Another Bill crammed down with speed, a hard stroke up your bum;
From fearful trip, their dirty glove, pulls out with taxes won;
Revolt, O centrists, save your souls!
While we, with crippled tread,
Walk the plank for Health-man's lies,
Carved up, stuffed, and fed.

Tonight's recitation is sponsored by Soylent Gore, It's made from Superior people!

//g'nite!

re: #60 mrshankly01

evening G

Good evening, mrshankly!

Oh, and good evening to the rest of you, as well!

Any Harry Potter fans out there? If so, here's a challenge for you!

You're given 12 names. You have to decide whether they're characters from the Harry Potter books, or the name of a hideous skin disease!

re: #64 Cheechako

I retired in May last year. Had no expectations on what happened to the economy. Made it through a year and have not had to dip into the reserves. So far, so good. Like everyone else my wife and I are very concerned for the future. I'm expecting hugh inflation coming very soon. The govt cannot spend itself to prosperity

Our reserves have pretty much gone into medical co-pays and deductibles but at least my hubby has made it, and reasonably well. Four brain surgeries and a spinal surgery.

Speaking of lying, here is none other than James Stewart giving us a theatrical example (yes, someone posted a clip from the rare Jimmy Stewart Show) :

/PS... the clip shows a very young Kate Jackson playing a hot young college babe... just in case Stewart is not enough reason to click!

re: #57 ShanghaiEd

Sharm: Creepy, fascinating article. I don't understand the Adinolfi quote in the first paragraph, though. Is he saying ironically, "They call us fascists for being pragmatic"? Or something else?

I found this part interesting:

Claudio Lazzaro is the author of the documentary Nazirock. 'The extreme right has made itself more straightforward,' he says. 'It takes what it needs and changes it in order to communicate without making it subtle.' Lazzaro advocates dialogue with the extreme right as long as this dialogue 'does not seek to justify their fascist ideas.' He also finds it alarming that 'fascism and neo-fascism are developing in parallel on two fronts, as if it’s about choosing ‘a priori’ (without prior knowledge) more than rational thought and reflection.'

That's what I have concluded too. There's no grasp of the underlying rationality for these positions. As if deeper thinking on political principles is outdated.

re: #69 Sharmuta

That's what I have concluded too. There's no grasp of the underlying rationality for these positions. As if deeper thinking on political principles is outdated.

Updinged and favorited!

re: #66 gmsc

8 out of 12

re: #67 Pvt Bin Jammin

Wow
{{PBJ}}

re: #61 Pvt Bin Jammin

Limbaugh is kind of pompous. My hubby used to listen but gave up on it for the most part. He still has a huge following, though.

I have to say, he's got a kind heart. When our nephew was killed in a military helicopter crash he gave $100.,000.00, $20,00.00 each, to his five surviving children. I will never forget that.

Wow, that is quite generous.

re: #63 mrshankly01

It was awesome. As I recall, Limbaugh said, in his note, that it was because he had been killed on the same day or the anniversary of his own father's death but I have heard other stories of his generosity to the military guys.

LMFAO...my friend is playing a video game...

[12:10AM] HBK: ...OMG
[12:10AM] HBK: there's a recruit in this random dynasty I'm doing on NCAA Football 2010...he's named JEREMIAH WRIGHT

Huh. First someone translated my thing into Russian. And now -- it's in French!

"John Holdren, le “monsieur Science” d’Obama"

Hahahaha! I like that so much better than "Science Czar."

Monsieur Science!

re: #74 Pvt Bin Jammin

i have always enjoyed listening to him. he is very condescending, but he is not beck.

The Dems wrote a note to Mark May, honco of Clear Channel, trying to get Rush fired. Rush got the letter, auctioned it off and then matched the amout for fallen Marines,IIRC. It was signed by a shitload of Dems. In the end, it pulled a total of $4.2 million. And then Harry Reid tried to claim credit. Punk ass.

re: #71 mrshankly01

8 out of 12

I only made 7 out of 12! I forgot that Tom Riddle's middle name was Marvolo, and that he was named after Marvolo Gaunt.

re: #79 gmsc

the average is like 75%. pretty good.

re: #72 Cheechako

Thanks. He was a cool young man. A vet of Desert Storm/Desert Shield, Somalia and Burundi. They were doing night exercises right here in California, in preparation for Iraq, when the chopper went down. He was hanging out of the door with the gun. He and the pilot died but two lived. Thank God for that.

re: #73 zombie

It was extremely nice. I really feel that he appreciates the troops to the max.

re: #77 mrshankly01

I actually started listening to him pretty late in his career- immediately after 9/11 when the MSM was exhorting us that Islam was a religion of peace and various pundits urged Americans to 'look at the root causes' behind the attacks.

re: #77 mrshankly01

i have always enjoyed listening to him. he is very condescending, but he is not beck.

No, he's not Beck. Thank God! Rush just does his own thing. I have to say, I listened a few times right before the election & he kinda fired me up.

re: #82 Fenway_Nation

hahaha, the root causes. yea, typical tripe.

re: #82 Fenway_Nation

I remember his late night TV show...did far better than most radio DJ's on TV.

re: #81 Pvt Bin Jammin

Last fall Rushed ask an upset caller if they'd be happier if he bought them a new car. The caller said, "sure!" So Rush bought them a car. He converted me to conservatism, and I still agree with him on many principles. I disagree with him on things too, but no one can say the man isn't generous beyond the call of duty.

re: #86 Sharmuta

PIMF! Rush asked. Oh well.

re: #83 Pvt Bin Jammin

i listen to him and laura ingraham, and boortz. boortz is my favorite.

re: #85 Athos

I remember some SNL skit from the 90s that had Dan Akroyd as Rush Limbaugh and I think he was challenged to a fight by Howard Stern...except Robyn and all of Stern's hangers-on started fawning over Rush and wanted to be his pal or be on his show...

re: #85 Athos

I remember his late night TV show...did far better than most radio DJ's on TV.

It was a late night show? I always used to watch it at noon on the local station when it was on.

re: #86 Sharmuta

Last fall Rushed ask an upset caller if they'd be happier if he bought them a new car. The caller said, "sure!" So Rush bought them a car. He converted me to conservatism, and I still agree with him on many principles. I disagree with him on things too, but no one can say the man isn't generous beyond the call of duty.

Wow! That's f'n AWESOME!

re: #88 mrshankly01

Laura, Rush, Lars Larsen and sometimes Hugh Hewitt for me...

re: #86 Sharmuta

Last fall Rushed ask an upset caller if they'd be happier if he bought them a new car. The caller said, "sure!" So Rush bought them a car. He converted me to conservatism, and I still agree with him on many principles. I disagree with him on things too, but no one can say the man isn't generous beyond the call of duty.

How cool! My hubby and I agree with him on many issues too, just don't care for his brand of showbiz, shall we say. He's a good guy.

re: #90 gmsc

It was a late night show? I always used to watch it at noon on the local station when it was on.

I remember it being against Carson in NYC...

re: #94 Athos

re: #90 gmsc

Must've been syndicated...

re: #92 Fenway_Nation

i don't listen to lars much, but I like his lead ins: LARS

Well, lizards, the doggies are hinting that it's past time for me to go upstairs. Good night all and take care.

re: #92 Fenway_Nation

Laura, Rush, Lars Larsen and sometimes Hugh Hewitt for me...

I am getting to be a fan of Hugh - added his shows to my iTunes / iPhone download to listen. He has some very interesting guests - Steyn is a regular, and VDH is on quite often. He did one show with VDH that was all 3 hours talking about military history / history and what we should learn from it. That was a keeper.

I like Levin.

re: #97 Pvt Bin Jammin

G'nite PB&J!

re: #97 Pvt Bin Jammin

Nite!

re: #97 Pvt Bin Jammin

night PBJ

re: #93 Pvt Bin Jammin

How cool! My hubby and I agree with him on many issues too, just don't care for his brand of showbiz, shall we say. He's a good guy.

When I still watched TV, I saw an episode of The Apprentice where The Donald was having a nice dinner with all or half the cast- I don't recall. But one of the apprentices piped up and asked Donald if a story they'd heard was true.

The story was Donald's car had broken down in out state NY and a couple passing by offered to help get him back on the road. As a thank you Donald later had the remainder of the mortgage on this couple's house paid off. Was this story true, the apprentice asked?

It was.

re: #97 Pvt Bin Jammin

Well, lizards, the doggies are hinting that it's past time for me to go upstairs. Good night all and take care.

G'Nite, PBJ!

re: #96 mrshankly01

I generally loathe Micheal weiner savage, but I 'discovered' Lars when he was filling in for him a few years back.

re: #105 Fenway_Nation

yea, i hate savage.

re: #103 Sharmuta

Wow!

re: #106 mrshankly01

yea, i hate savage.

Ditto

I kinda like Dennis Prager too.

G'nite for real this time.

re: #107 Pvt Bin Jammin

Yeah- I thought it was really cool.

re: #106 mrshankly01

I enact my own version of the fairness doctorine when Savage's show is on. For the libs trying to cram some quasi-Fairness Doctorine legislation thru Congress, it's called changing the fucking station!!!

re: #107 Pvt Bin Jammin

Wow!

re: #110 Sharmuta

Yeah- I thought it was really cool.

If you think that's impressive, look up the name "Melvin Dummar".
;)

Darrell “Shifty” Powers, one of the soldiers depicted in “Band of Brothers,” passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2009.

Powers, United States Army paratrooper and sharpshooter, Easy Company, 2d/506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, died 17 June 2009 of natural causes at age 86.

/Salute & Thank You

re: #98 Athos

I pretty much stick to Hugh Hewitt and Dennis Prager. Of course, Dennis started charging for his Podcast, so now it's just Hugh.

re: #111 Fenway_Nation

yea. it sucks when you are traveling and you find a good talker at night and then savage comes on and you know you have to wait three hours to hear someone else.

I would only like Michael Savage because he plays Metallica during his broadcast, apparently.

Completely off-topic, and utterly shallow, but if any of you guys are looking to make points with the women in your lives (or find something nice for yourselves), the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale just launched online, and this is the time to catch a great deal on new fall merchandise over there.

The women all probably know about it already. ; )

(I just bought two handbags and the Vera Wang motorcycle boots I've been coveting, and I'll be there in the morning in person.)

/piglet out.

re: #116 TheMatrix31

Last I heard Savage's show (which was quite by accident, mind you) he was defending Russia's invasion of Georgia.

re: #118 Fenway_Nation

Last I heard Savage's show (which was quite by accident, mind you) he was defending Russia's invasion of Georgia.

What an idiot lol

Mark Steyn makes for a pretty good fill-in for Rush.

re: #120 Fenway_Nation

Mark Steyn makes for a pretty good fill-in for Rush.

Mark Steyn's best work was his suggested campaign slogan for 0bama:

"We live in the greatest nation in the world. I hope you'll join me as we try and change it."

re: #120 Fenway_Nation

yea, i love him. i watch him on youtube.

re: #111 Fenway_Nation

I enact my own version of the fairness doctorine when Savage's show is on. For the libs trying to cram some quasi-Fairness Doctorine legislation thru Congress, it's called changing the fucking station!!!

Hey.

You know that reminds me about the effect Youtube and the internet might have. I remember not so long ago people would dislike someone like Rush, make a comment, and move on with their lives. If they didn't want to listen to it, it was simple as changing the station.

Today, with the availability of Youtube and the popularity of the internet, there is a constant stream of video and audio. In the past you would have to listen to the whole program. Today it is as simple as going on the internet, searching and listening to a video or audio within second. Adding to this is the wide availability of transcripts. This has the same effect as the video and audio clips.

Of course these clips and transcripts can also serve a positive activity.

re: #121 gmsc

ROFLMAO!

hey all, goodnight.

PI, Fenway, enjoy my fruitcup, i cant make it tonight.

re: #121 gmsc

re: #120 Fenway_Nation

Mark Steyn's best work was his suggested campaign slogan for 0bama:

"We live in the greatest nation in the world. I hope you'll join me as we try and change it."

That sounds a little like my facetous 'Micheal Moore defense' when I was accosted by some lib co-workers shortly after Farenheit 9/11 came out.

'I love America, which is why I'm doing my utmost to have it transformed into yet another quasi-socialist shithole'

Of course, one's a hack director while the other is...well...sitting President of the United States.

re: #125 mrshankly01

G'nite mrshankly...

/Cottonbailers, By God!

re: #127 Fenway_Nation

/Tuskers, we pierce.

re: #126 Fenway_Nation

That sounds a little like my facetous 'Micheal Moore defense' when I was accosted by some lib co-workers shortly after Farenheit 9/11 came out.

'I love America, which is why I'm doing my utmost to have it transformed into yet another quasi-socialist shithole'

Of course, one's a hack director while the other is...well...sitting President of the United States.

What's his next movie? Capitalism: A Love Story? I can guess the theme, it will be all about those other capitalists but he'll avoid the Michael Moore capitalism.

Can you truly be free if you are prohibited from being ignorant? Too bad, because most people in this country are ignorant and it's basically always been that way. Just a big dumb hive of people choosing freely (or freely choosing not to choose) up until they get splattered on life's windshield, at which point their freedom to choose obviously diminishes significantly. Jefferson had it wrong. Civilization not only makes ignorance possible but relatively blissful.

You want Savage!? THIS IS SAVAGE!!!

/just putting that out there.

re: #129 Gus 802

re: #126 Fenway_Nation

What's his next movie? Capitalism: A Love Story? I can guess the theme, it will be all about those other capitalists but he'll avoid the Michael Moore capitalism.

Capitalism: A Love Story

I can see it now. Barry loved capitalism, which is why he had to kill it.

/It was a crime of passion...ate devotion to Saul Alinsky

re: #130 Salem

...splattered on life's windshield...

Hmmm...

Now I remember, the woman I first met her
She looked so fine and cherry with that paintjob on her face
And I thought Hey ya know, life dont get no better!
And the world it seemed, was a far far better place
But soon things turned from good to bad to worser
It wasnt long before, she left for someone new
No matter how I tried, I couldnt curse her
And if you loved her like I did, so couldnt you

Im just a splatter splatter splatter on the windshield of life
Im just a splatter splatter splatter on the windshield of life
Im just a splatter splatter splatter on the windshield of life
Im just a splatter splatter splatter on the windshield of life

re: #130 Salem

Can you truly be free if you are prohibited from being ignorant? Too bad, because most people in this country are ignorant and it's basically always been that way. Just a big dumb hive of people choosing freely (or freely choosing not to choose) up until they get splattered on life's windshield, at which point their freedom to choose obviously diminishes significantly. Jefferson had it wrong. Civilization not only makes ignorance possible but relatively blissful.

It is the Tao. Smart and stupid define each other as light and dark do.

re: #134 Sharmuta

It is the Tao. Smart and stupid define each other as light and dark do.

A lot of smart people get splattered on the windshield of life. ;)

re: #135 Gus 802

A lot of smart people get splattered on the windshield of life. ;)

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

re: #136 Sharmuta

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Yep.

"I was so busy thinking about a physical chemistry problem that I forget to see if the light was red."

We all get splattered on the windshield of life. Except the ones that are eaten by a bird before being splattered on the windshield of life. And the ones that get caught in the grill of life. Or hit the bumper. Or-...

Okay, God is barreling down the interstate in a huge SUV...

re: #138 Salem

None get out alive.

re: #138 Salem

What was that? I was distracted by this purple-ish light surrounded by mesh that I feel compelled to fly closer to and see what exactly is-

*ZZZT*

re: #138 Salem

We all get splattered on the windshield of life. Except the ones that are eaten by a bird before being splattered on the windshield of life. And the ones that get caught in the grill of life. Or hit the bumper. Or-...

Okay, God is barreling down the interstate in a huge SUV...

You must have read my mind. OK, I don;t believe in that but I was just thinking about my uncle who was nuclear engineer barreling down the interstate in his Ford SUV. He fell asleep and went across the center grass median and rolled several times. Amazingly he got out without much of a scratch.

Hehe... Hey everyone. The two-legged turtle says hello.

Oh cruel irony...

The unemployment office is hiring.

re: #140 Fenway_Nation

What was that? I was distracted by this purple-ish light surrounded by mesh that I feel compelled to fly closer to and see what exactly is-

*ZZZT*

DOB August 1, 1971 8:31 PM
DOD August 1, 1971 10:33 PM

He was run over by life's lawnmower. Or my lawnmower, to be precise.

re: #143 Fenway_Nation

Oh cruel irony...

The unemployment office is hiring.

Must have experience with caricature drawings? /

re: #145 Salem

He was run over by life's lawnmower. Or my lawnmower, to be precise.

Someone mentioned running over a turtle the other day with their lawn mower. Hole in the back of the shell. Was that you?

lawnmowers really cut things down here, didn't they?

Cool! Just 16 more minutes and I have a bunch of fruitcup all to myself!

re: #150 gmsc

You wish.

re: #151 Sharmuta

You wish.

I don't really wish it, but I figured a statement like that would get a response.

It worked!
;)

Good morning all. What's the scoop at this hour?

re: #153 BlueCanuck

Good morning all. What's the scoop at this hour?

Turns out gmsc is baiting people to comment. The little scamp.

re: #154 Sharmuta

Which is serving as a nice distraction as I surreptitously take the fruitcups for myself and replace them with wax facsimilies...

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet → → → → →
Help yourselves!

Well, if no one is commenting . . .

. . . HEY! Fruitcup!

re: #156 littleoldlady

Thanks, {lol}!

re: #156 littleoldlady

That's what you think, mwa-ha-ha-ha!

re: #156 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet → → → → →
Help yourselves!

Yummy! And thanks!

re: #155 Fenway_Nation

Which is serving as a nice distraction as I surreptitously take the fruitcups for myself and replace them with wax facsimilies...

You're too late. That's red's specialty:

re: #44 redc1c4

FRUITCUP!

help yourselves, at least until LoL shows up with her stuff...

there's more in the frig, so don't be shy!

hasta, y'all...

L8r!

re: #161 gmsc

Elborate decoys as well...

mwa-ha-ha-ha!

re: #156 littleoldlady

Good morning, afternoon, evening *everyone*!™

Fruitcup is on the buffet → → → → →
Help yourselves!

Good morning littleoldlady. Thanks for the fruitcup. :)

gmsc! :-)

Sharmuta! :-)

Fenway! :-)

BlueCanuck! (?) :-)

/having Fun & Games with Firefox this morning :-/

This is a test...

Over there --->

re: #164 littleoldlady

gmsc! :-)

Sharmuta! :-)

Fenway! :-)

BlueCanuck! (?) :-)

/having Fun & Games with Firefox this morning :-/

With the icon, it look more like GreenCanuck.

re: #165 littleoldlady

This is a test...

Over there --->

I don't see a test over there!
;)

I did see one here, though:

re: #66 gmsc

Good evening, mrshankly!

Oh, and good evening to the rest of you, as well!

Any Harry Potter fans out there? If so, here's a challenge for you!

You're given 12 names. You have to decide whether they're characters from the Harry Potter books, or the name of a hideous skin disease!

This was a test of the Emergency Over There system. This was only a test.

re: #166 gmsc

With the icon, it look more like GreenCanuck.

hmmm, reminds me that I have to adjust my avatar. Now where did I put that program...

Another

Over there --->

re: #170 littleoldlady

Another

Over there --->

littleoldlady - she's everywhere!

/But mostly over there

YAY. It's fixed! :-)

re: #171 gmsc

Neither here nor there.

re: #172 littleoldlady

YAY. It's fixed! :-)

Ah - your arrows were a victim of the repeat-killing editor?

Over There!

← ← ← ← ←

re: #174 gmsc

Is that what it was?

/I had to resort to html
//shudder!

;-)

re: #170 littleoldlady

Another

Over there --->

"Over There . . ."

Brb, have to adjust something. :)

re: #176 littleoldlady

Is that what it was?

/I had to resort to html
//shudder!

;-)

You did good!

re: #167 gmsc

83%

/I should have done better :-/

re: #180 littleoldlady

83%

/I should have done better :-/

You did better than either mrshankly (8 out of 12) or myself (7 out of 12)! The average is 75%, so you did better than most!

re: #181 gmsc

I had 11 of 12. I should have been perfect.

Okay, avatar adjusted to match nick. :)

I didn't take the exam...

/neither read the books or saw the movies.

re: #182 Sharmuta

I had 11 of 12. I should have been perfect.

Hey - you need to be imperfect in some way.

Just out of curiosity, which one did you miss?

re: #1 Sharmuta

A strong republic depends upon a well informed citizenry.

We're boned.

In the city of Detroit, roughly half of the population is functionally illiterate.

re: #185 gmsc

Bole- not mentioned much, so I didn't recall it as a character.

re: #186 SixDegrees

In the city of Detroit, roughly half of the population is functionally illiterate.

That explains Detroit then, doesn't it?

re: #186 SixDegrees

In the city of Detroit, roughly half of the population is functionally illiterate.

That is rough. Who is blaming who for those state of affairs?

re: #186 SixDegrees

In the city of Detroit, roughly half of the population is functionally illiterate.

...and the remaining 75% have problems with basic math, as well.
;)

Ugh. I just clicked on one of Carl's links in the spinoffs and wouldn't you know he has that photo of the pig and baby sucking face that Slumbering always posts.

/...and that I avoid whenever possible
//double blech! :-(

re: #188 Sharmuta

That explains Detroit then, doesn't it?

To a large extent, it does.

re: #189 BlueCanuck

That is rough. Who is blaming who for those state of affairs?

Mostly, politicians are trying really, really hard to ignore this fact.

I've grown weary of politicians. I say we make them illegal.

re: #194 littleoldlady

I've grown weary of politicians. I say we make them illegal.

That won't happen- just vote the bums out. Every 2 or 4 or 6 years- vote for a new bum.

re: #193 SixDegrees

Well as long as the masses get their welfare cheque on time who's going to argue? Right? I mean they do have enough money coming in to support them?

re: #194 littleoldlady

I've grown weary of politicians. I say we make them illegal.

Hunting season, two bag limit. :)

re: #195 Sharmuta

That won't happen- just vote the bums out. Every 2 or 4 or 6 years- vote for a new bum.

HA. If only...

My idea du jour...Wholesale Tar, Feathers & Pitchforks.com

How to quit smoking, version 1:

NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars.

Josh [bigoted word]nski checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number — a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500 (twenty-three quadrillion, one hundred forty-eight trillion, eight hundred fifty-five billion, three hundred eight million, one hundred eighty-four thousand, five hundred dollars).

[bigoted word]nski says he spent two hours on the phone with Bank of America trying to sort out the string of numbers and the $15 overdraft fee.

The bank corrected the error the next day.

Bank of America tells WMUR-TV only the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank.

re: #197 BlueCanuck

Hunting season, two bag limit. :)

What do you do with dead rats?

;-)

I know I shouldn't ask*, but...what the heck is a quadrillion?!

/ *because if Congress knew about it, they'd spend it!

re: #201 littleoldlady

The second stimulus, LoL...

How to quit smoking, version 1:

Be Amazing: Quit Smoking

YOU WILL NEED
• Ancient traditions
• A new menace
• 1 pitcher of mildly hallucinogenic punch

It wasn’t until 1986 that the village of Nabila got its first taste of modern health care, but it came along just in time. Within 4 years of opening a new public health clinic, the medical staff realized they had a major crisis on their hands. According to the book Dying to Quit by Janet Brigham, more than 1/3 of all the 238 people on Nabila smoked. In fact, smoking rates had doubled between 1986 and 1990 and hypertension was now running rampant through the islanders. The medical staff pulled out their trusty American Cancer Society posters, but, somehow, the motivational artwork failed to make an appropriate impact. So, what’s a dedicated staff to do? Turn to a higher power, of course—the village elders.

Informed of the health risk, the elders hit on a sensible solution: Everybody in the entire village would have to stop smoking—effective immediately. And while the whole scheme sounds entirely improbable, the Nabila elders had an ace up their grass skirts. South Pacific island culture has a long-standing tradition, known as tabu, by which certain objects, foods, and actions are made spiritually unclean. In the past, tabu was usually applied temporarily to a certain group of people, such as forbidding warriors from touching the ladies until after a battle. But, in Nabila, cigarettes were about to become tabu permanently for everyone in town.

The first step in the ritual involved requiring village puffers to chain-smoke until they got sick. Then came the drinking. But, unlike the average Western pre-cold-turkey binge, this chug-a-lug had some serious symbolic meaning. The beverage of choice was kava, which, unlike anything made in Milwaukee, is actually a mild hallucinogen. And, in South Pacific tradition, this brew also has magical properties. For instance, if you swear an oath on a swig of kava, you’re bound to your promise—on pain of unpleasant circumstances. Nabila’s backsliders found this out first-hand. In the four reported cases of relapse, one man tripped and cut himself, another was attacked by a dog, a third ended up with a swollen testicle, and the fourth briefly passed out after mixing tobacco and kava—all of which were attributed to supernatural punishment. Nabila’s stop-smoking campaign quickly became a media phenomenon in Fiji, prompting a number of people who didn’t even live in the village to join them in tabu. In a nearby village, three-fourths of the young people quit smoking in solidarity. Nine months later, Nabila was still smoke-free. And a full two years after that, the only smokers in town were a couple of elderly people who were given a special dispensation and one visiting teenager. In 2006, Nabila received a World No Tobacco Day Award from the World Health Organization, in honor of its continued success.

• 1 pitcher of mildly hallucinogenic punch

Over there --->

re: #204 littleoldlady

Did you bring engouh for everyone?

re: #201 littleoldlady

I know I shouldn't ask*, but...what the heck is a quadrillion?!

/ *because if Congress knew about it, they'd spend it!

1 quadrillion is 1,000 times 1 trillion.

Keep in mind that 1 trillion itself is already 1 million millions. In short, think of 1 quadrillion as 1 billion millions, or 1 million billions.

Better yet, think of them as a friend of mine does. The qaudrillions are the beginning of what he calls the "squintillions" - numbers with so many zeroes, you have to squint to see the last zeroes!

re: #205 Fenway_Nation

Did you bring engouh for everyone?

No.

/git yer own! ;-)

re: #206 gmsc

Oh, my aching head!

;-)

re: #207 littleoldlady

/flounce flounce

re: #199 gmsc

How to quit smoking, version 1:

NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes

Josh [bigoted word]nski

Huh?

re: #210 gmsc

The dreaded filter strikes again.

Bigotedwordnski is quite the name. Polish, I presume?

re: #211 Sharmuta

The dreaded filter strikes again.

Yeah, but I'd never heard that portion of the name used in any way before. Can someone at least fill me in on what's it's bigoted about?

re: #186 SixDegrees

In the city of Detroit, roughly half of the population is functionally illiterate.

"There once was a city named Detroit" -

Although the new mayor seems to be much better than the last one, he has nothing to work with. Short of a miracle, I think Detroit's future is grim.

re: #212 Sharmuta

Bigotedwordnski is quite the name. Polish, I presume?

I'm pretty sure I dated that guy...

re: #214 AuntAcid

"There once was a city named Detroit" -

Although the new mayor seems to be much better than the last one, he has nothing to work with. Short of a miracle, I think Detroit's future is grim.

Limerick time!

Among the historical scenics,
is a mythical bird called the Phoenix,
whose main claim to fame,
is to go down in flame,
and pop up again, like a Kleenex!

test:

[bigoted word]nski

re: #215 littleoldlady

t*wel-headinsky?

/

re: #147 Gus 802

Someone mentioned running over a turtle the other day with their lawn mower. Hole in the back of the shell. Was that you?

Yep. Me and my accidental pet.

So in addition to his smoking habit racking up the equivalant of a week's worth of spending under the 0bama administration, this New Hampshire guy's last name is apparently some kind of ethnic slur?

/

re: #212 Sharmuta

Bigotedwordnski is quite the name. Polish, I presume?

Ah... but "Bigotedwordnski" is just the anagram that the auto-Stinky used as a substitute for the original nasty name, which was:

"Big Toed Drink Sow"

re: #221 freetoken

+1 for coining "auto-Stinky".

re: #221 freetoken

Ah... but "Bigotedwordnski" is just the anagram that the auto-Stinky used as a substitute for the original nasty name, which was:

"Big Toed Drink Sow"

Randi Rhodes?

The other optional original for which "Bigotedwordnski" is an anagram would be:

Orbited God Winks

But I'm pretty sure that SpaceJesus was not the subject of the original article.

Oh boy. I was going to leave but Fenway's on a roll... ;-)

Auto-Stinky™ Strikes Again!

re: #225 littleoldlady

Oh boy. I was going to leave but Fenway's on a roll... ;-)

That explains why there's butter on his pants.
*RIMSHOT*

re: #227 gmsc

Must be Friday... ;-)

re: #228 littleoldlady

Must be Friday... ;-)

Isn't it always?

Yikes! It's 3:00 AM here!

Good night, all!

'Night, gmsc! :-)

re: #230 gmsc

Good night!

re: #230 gmsc

'nite!

Night gmsc math dreams to you.

/mmm pi. :)

Just read the following lead article on the CNN site:

Explosions tore through the Ritz-Carlton and J.W. Marriott hotels Friday morning in south Jakarta, Indonesia, killing at least eight people, a presidential spokesman said. Police found an unexploded bomb on the 18th floor of the J.W. Marriott Hotel, but they were able to diffuse it.

I was trying to imagine the bomb squad desperately attempting to dissolve the offending device in a big jug of water, so they could stir it around and make it disappear.

The age of literacy comes to an end...

re: #235 dentate

Well it could have been one of those liquid explosive type of bombs...

Pulling an all-nighter here editing and test-cooking recipes that I'd promised to send to my dear mudder -- she and dad are retired out near Tucson, AZ, and her little old ladies' club is putting together a cookbook as a fundraiser.

Here are the recipes (well, not the WHOLE recipes, but the titles and descriptions):

Sigara Börek (Turkish "Cigar Pastries")
Turkish-style "egg rolls" stuffed with feta cheese

Easy Yet Elegant "El Dorado" Rice Pilaf
golden rice with toasted pine nuts, golden raisins, dried apricots, grated carrots, and chicken

NYC-style bagels
aka "Throbert's Fegelah Bagel's
there's just two secrets: you hafta use bread flour, not all-purpose flour, and they get a two-minute bath in boiling water before baking

김 - щи (kim-shchi)
Russian cabbage soup ("shchi", pronounced just like the English feminine singular pronoun) jazzed up with the peppery, garlicky pickled cabbage that Koreans call "kimchee" -- plus some kippered herring! I know that a lot of Americans are a-scared of kimchee for some reason, but trust me -- the fresh green cabbage and other Russian ingredients take the fight out of it.

Richter 5.0 Tembleque
Coconut puddin' from Puerto Rico -- quick, easy, and soothing, even though the name is related to "temblor," as in minor earthquake. My version adds just a bit of rum to make it more grown-up.

Baklazhannaya Ikra
aka "Baba Yaga's Babaganoush"
This is a simply a Russian version of babaganoush, and its name literally means "eggplant caviar." There's a classic Soviet film comedy in which a modern Russian scientist time-travels back to the 16th-century court of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. One of the sight gags is that Mr. Terrible's tables were piled with huge bowls full of real sturgeon caviar from the Caspian Sea -- and next to these, a tiny gold dish of "eggplant caviar," to be dished out with a platinum spoon. (The logic of the joke being, of course, that eggplants almost certainly would've been much harder to obtain in 16th-century Russia than actual caviar!)

Pad Thai
I haven't figured out a clever name or presentation for this yet, but dammit, I've worked long and hard figuring out how to make pad thai from scratch in my own kitchen, so I'm gonna include it.

and finally, the piece of resistance:

Cat Turd Cookies
No-bake chocolate-peppermint cookies shaped to look like cat turds and presented in a "litterbox" filled with GrapeNuts and oats. Note: if you Google for "cat poop cookies," you'll find a widely distributed recipe for BAKED cookies in the shape of cat shit. Well, I've tried that recipe and it sucks ass. My version, which sucketh not, and verily rocks, is adapted (albeit with some pretty significant changes) from the traditional "No-Bake Holiday Rum Ball Cookies" recipe.

(Incidentally, I thought of a MUCH better name for the Turkish cheese rolls, but that recipe has been accepted into the LGF Cookbook 2nd Edition, so maybe I shouldn't spoil it!)

re: #235 dentate

re: #236 BlueCanuck

There. I get to leave linking same movie I came in with...

/variation on a theme ;-)

Good day, ALL!™

re: #237 Throbert McGee

Pulling an all-nighter here editing and test-cooking recipes that I'd promised to send to my dear mudder -- she and dad are retired out near Tucson, AZ, and her little old ladies' club is putting together a cookbook as a fundraiser.

Here are the recipes (well, not the WHOLE recipes, but the titles and descriptions):

Sigara Börek (Turkish "Cigar Pastries")
Turkish-style "egg rolls" stuffed with feta cheese

Easy Yet Elegant "El Dorado" Rice Pilaf
golden rice with toasted pine nuts, golden raisins, dried apricots, grated carrots, and chicken

NYC-style bagels
aka "Throbert's Fegelah Bagel's
there's just two secrets: you hafta use bread flour, not all-purpose flour, and they get a two-minute bath in boiling water before baking

김 - щи (kim-shchi)
Russian cabbage soup ("shchi", pronounced just like the English feminine singular pronoun) jazzed up with the peppery, garlicky pickled cabbage that Koreans call "kimchee" -- plus some kippered herring! I know that a lot of Americans are a-scared of kimchee for some reason, but trust me -- the fresh green cabbage and other Russian ingredients take the fight out of it.

Richter 5.0 Tembleque
Coconut puddin' from Puerto Rico -- quick, easy, and soothing, even though the name is related to "temblor," as in minor earthquake. My version adds just a bit of rum to make it more grown-up.

Baklazhannaya Ikra
aka "Baba Yaga's Babaganoush"
This is a simply a Russian version of babaganoush, and its name literally means "eggplant caviar." There's a classic Soviet film comedy in which a modern Russian scientist time-travels back to the 16th-century court of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. One of the sight gags is that Mr. Terrible's tables were piled with huge bowls full of real sturgeon caviar from the Caspian Sea -- and next to these, a tiny gold dish of "eggplant caviar," to be dished out with a platinum spoon. (The logic of the joke being, of course, that eggplants almost certainly would've been much harder to obtain in 16th-century Russia than actual caviar!)

Pad Thai
I haven't figured out a clever name or presentation for this yet, but dammit, I've worked long and hard figuring out how to make pad thai from scratch in my own kitchen, so I'm gonna include it.

and finally, the piece of resistance:

Cat Turd Cookies
No-bake chocolate-peppermint cookies shaped to look like cat turds and presented in a "litterbox" filled with GrapeNuts and oats. Note: if you Google for "cat poop cookies," you'll find a widely distributed recipe for BAKED cookies in the shape of cat shit. Well, I've tried that recipe and it sucks ass. My version, which sucketh not, and verily rocks, is adapted (albeit with some pretty significant changes) from the traditional "No-Bake Holiday Rum Ball Cookies" recipe.

(Incidentally, I thought of a MUCH better name for the Turkish cheese rolls, but that recipe has been accepted into the LGF Cookbook 2nd Edition, so maybe I shouldn't spoil it!)

Why were these not sent to the LGF Cookbook Volume 2? Don't you love us any more, Throbert?

re: #213 gmsc

A fly is buzzy
A bigoted-word follows Muhammad...

Get the gist, gmsc? Filter gonna whack me if I 'splain it clearer...

re: #1 Sharmuta

A strong republic depends upon a well informed citizenry.

We're boned.

Authority is a word used to describe someone who knows what they are saying and what they are doing. It is not a word that can be reasonably used to describe the present occupants of the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government.

Oh, great!
I jumped down here to respond to gmsc, then drifted up-thread to learn 'aint here no more'

*sigh*

re: #241 The Other Les

Authority is a word used to describe someone who knows what they are saying and what they are doing. It is not a word that can be reasonably used to describe the present occupants of the executive and legislative branches of the Federal Government.

Well said.

Well...that's gonna do it for me, lizards...

take care!

Bye littleoldlady.

/people come and go so fast here . :)

Night Fenway, probably see you later today.

re: #239 Sharmuta

Why were these not sent to the LGF Cookbook Volume 2? Don't you love us any more, Throbert?

'Cause I didn't hear about it (or take notice of the mentions of it) in time!

Oh, Mr. Welch is at it again:

1405. It's obvious I'm just playing a skald so I can sing "Bjeorning, Bjoerning, Disco Inferno"

Good morning everybody. Is their one mdia member with the nerve to ask BHO if he will enroll himself & the Congress in the new proposed public health plan?

Throbert...Cheese Buregs are my fuckin' favorite.

You should try Spinach Buregs.

re: #249 opnion

Good morning everybody. Is their one mdia member with the nerve to ask BHO if he will enroll himself & the Congress in the new proposed public health plan?

Sure they will. they will be on tier one of the plan. all the rest of us will be on tier 2 or 3.

re: #249 opnion

Good morning everybody. Is their one mdia member with the nerve to ask BHO if he will enroll himself & the Congress in the new proposed public health plan?

You are a funny one, you are. Why not ask that Congress apply the laws that they pass to Congress while you are at it?

'Morning, y'all. I'm stoked, pumped, full of eager anticipation for the day. Supposed to be only around 80 F today, down from 100 day before yesterday. I can work at 80.

I love the south.

Well time to check out temporarily. Off to work. See you all in about an hour or so...

re: #239 Sharmuta

Why were these not sent to the LGF Cookbook Volume 2? Don't you love us any more, Throbert?

Ya know? I was looking for a recipe for stuffed peppers (gotta do something with the garden bounty). A simple thing, one that Mom used to feed us. Basically ground beef, rice, tomatoes, and seasonings.

Man, there's some fluffed-up monstrosities out there in the intrawebs, cooking-wise.

re: #252 razorbacker

I can work at 80.

With the Democrats in charge you are going to have to work when your 80.

re: #255 3 wood

With the Democrats in charge you are going to have to work when your 80.

Will there be jobs available then? Hope!!!

re: #255 3 wood