Meteor Shower Imminent

ScienceAugust 2009 • Views: 2,444

By the way, if you’re into rocks and bits of sand that speed through the solar system for billions of years, then burn up in fiery streaks as they enter the Earth’s atmosphere, tonight’s your night.

The annual Perseid meteor shower is expected to put on a good show this week for those willing to get up in the wee hours of the morning and wait patiently for the shooting stars.

In North America, the best time to watch will be between midnight to 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, but late Tuesday night and also Wednesday night could prove fruitful, weather permitting.

The Perseids are always reliable, and sometimes rather spectacular. The only things that puts a damper on the August show are bad weather or bright moonlight. Unfortunately this week, as the Perseids reach their peak Tuesday and Wednesday nights, the moon will be high in the sky, outshining the fainter meteors.

Still, skywatchers around the globe will have a good chance of spotting the brighter meteors.

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144 comments

Racer X Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:52:34pm

Far out, man!

[deleted] Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:52:44pm

livefreeor die Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:53:13pm

Rats! Cloudy skies/ rain predicted for tonight in my neck of the woods.

jcm Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:53:31pm

OMYGODWEREALLGOINGTODIE!

Walter L. Newton Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:53:40pm

re: #2 buzzsawmonkey

Where's my meteor soap-on-a-rope?

Email me your address, I'll send you a meteorite.

jcm Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:53:47pm

re: #3 livefreeor die

Rats! Cloudy skies/ rain predicted for tonight in my neck of the woods.

Ditto.

LGoPs Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:53:57pm

Comet Cleanser goes well with meteor showers.

wrenchwench Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:54:03pm

We have fabulous dark skies in NM, but in the 15 years I've been here, only once were they cloudless during the Perseids. It's cloudy right now!

Sharmuta Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:54:16pm

I wish I was going to be out in the middle of nowhere. Maybe next year.

livefreeor die Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:54:24pm

re: #4 jcm

OMYGODWEREALLGOINGTODIE!

No no! This is the Perseids thread, not the ObamaCare thread.

Pythagoras Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:54:33pm

[Link: www.spaceweather.com...]

[deleted] Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:54:36pm

Dark_Falcon Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:54:46pm

Any chance of one of them hitting Glen Beck?

///

Dark_Falcon Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:55:04pm

re: #10 livefreeor die

No no! This is the Perseids thread, not the ObamaCare thread.

LMAO!

Kragar Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:55:29pm

re: #4 jcm

OMYGODWEREALLGOINGTODIE!

Beat me to it

Racer X Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:55:29pm

Skarupa Explains How To See Perseid Meteors

Killgore Trout Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:55:52pm

re: #6 jcm

Me too.

Racer X Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:56:14pm

re: #13 Dark_Falcon

Any chance of one of them hitting Glen Beck?

///

Again?

Walter L. Newton Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:56:34pm

And for some more viewing information...

Like all meteor showers, the Perseids will appear to occur
ALL over the sky... Opinions differ slightly on this, but the general consensus is that no one area of the sky is clearly better than another.

As a result, you'll want to watch the part of the sky which is DARKEST, in order to see the most meteors: in other words, the part of the sky furthest from the moon tonight, and/or furthest from ANY manmade light sources.

So face away from the moon, MAXIMIZE the amount of open sky you can see, and watch for a good stretch of time (15 minutes to an hour!) And if you're disappointed with the show tonight, then try watching the Leonids in November, Geminids in December.

LGoPs Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:56:53pm

I love threads like this. The meteor the better.

Mich-again Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:56:54pm

Don't forget to take an umbrella if you're going to be out tonight.

LGoPs Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:57:52pm

re: #21 Mich-again

Don't forget to take an umbrella if you're going to be out tonight.

Better make that a kevlar umbrella...

Kragar Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:58:40pm

Are meteor showers a product of climate change or the failed policies of Obama's predecessor?

Walter L. Newton Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:58:44pm

re: #12 buzzsawmonkey

Great! I can build my own Ka'aba, as soon as I get a Cadillac tail assembly.

I wasn't kidding, for tonight only, for all Lizards (I've done this before), click on my name, send me an email from my web site and give me a mailing address and I will send you a actual 4.3 billion year old rock from space.

Other Lizards can testify that this offer is legit and I ask for nothing in exchange.

Just a neat way of sharing a part of the universe with you.

Mich-again Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:59:05pm

its not a meteor, this is a big ol' frozen chunk of poopy..

Youtube Video

livefreeor die Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:59:13pm

re: #23 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Are meteor showers a product of climate change or the failed policies of Obama's predecessor?

Depends on the current bill-of-the-week in Congress.

Kragar Tue, Aug 11, 2009 5:59:35pm

re: #26 livefreeor die

Depends on the current bill-of-the-week in Congress.

Can't it be both?

SurferDoc Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:00:06pm

It's full of stars!

Wendya Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:00:23pm

re: #8 wrenchwench

We have fabulous dark skies in NM, but in the 15 years I've been here, only once were they cloudless during the Perseids. It's cloudy right now!

Everything seems to be passing to the southeast of us so we should have a good show.

ArmyWife Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:00:57pm

re: #20 LGoPs

They rock!

Wendya Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:01:10pm

re: #24 Walter L. Newton

I wasn't kidding, for tonight only, for all Lizards (I've done this before), click on my name, send me an email from my web site and give me a mailing address and I will send you a actual 4.3 billion year old rock from space.

Other Lizards can testify that this offer is legit and I ask for nothing in exchange.

Just a neat way of sharing a part of the universe with you.

Do you accept donations for postage?

Kragar Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:01:30pm

It's a meteor shower of savings at Menard's!

Charles Johnson Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:02:15pm

I blocked those "Evony" ads with the busty babes trying to get you to join an online gaming site, after checking out their reputation on the web.

Google Adsense has a weird mix of totally crass and top notch advertisers.

jcm Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:02:17pm

re: #10 livefreeor die

No no! This is the Perseids thread, not the ObamaCare thread.

ROFL!

Pythagoras Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:02:20pm

In the eastern US (coastal, SC for me) Jupiter is just rising in the east and the heat in the atmosphere makes it seem to dance around. Awesome!

Mich-again Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:03:12pm

re: #33 Charles

I blocked those "Evony" ads with the busty babes trying to get you to join an online gaming site, after checking out their reputation on the web.

Whose reputation? The site or the busty babes?

[deleted] Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:03:40pm

Kragar Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:04:10pm

I just realized that Charles himself just gave complete justification for a boob thread

Walter L. Newton Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:04:52pm

re: #31 Wendya

Do you accept donations for postage?

No, click on my name, on my web site you'll see a email link, send me an email and address and I will mail you a meteorite.

Mich-again Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:05:25pm

re: #37 buzzsawmonkey

I bet you get a landscaping rock from his neighbor's front yard.

cronus Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:06:20pm

re: #32 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

It's a meteor shower of savings at Menard's!

You must be in or from the Midwest. That was funny.

Wendya Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:06:38pm

re: #39 Walter L. Newton

No, click on my name, on my web site you'll see a email link, send me an email and address and I will mail you a meteorite.

Thanks!

LGoPs Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:07:32pm

Later lizards

Kragar Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:07:36pm

re: #41 cronus

You must be in or from the Midwest. That was funny.

MST3K Fan, they tossed it in from time to time

A Man for all Seasons Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:07:38pm

re: #33 Charles

I blocked those "Evony" ads with the busty babes trying to get you to join an online gaming site, after checking out their reputation on the web.

Google Adsense has a weird mix of totally crass and top notch advertisers.

She was cute!

[deleted] Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:07:40pm

Walter L. Newton Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:08:34pm

re: #40 Mich-again

I bet you get a landscaping rock from his neighbor's front yard.

Nope. He will get an actual meteorite fragment, from North West Africa (Sahara), unclassified (standard stone H Chrondrite), 4.3 billion years old, about a weather and shock values of about 2-3, nice specimen.

Meteorites are not as rare as one imagines. I have a source in Morocco who sell me a few kilo's every year. They are picked up by Bedouin's who sell them in markets.

Too much info?

cronus Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:08:48pm

re: #44 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

MST3K Fan, they tossed it in from time to time

That's right. I remember that now.

Killgore Trout Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:10:57pm

Here we go again...
Glenn Beck - The Elderly, Disabled, Eugenics & Obama Health Care (Part 1)

Youtube Video

Glenn Beck (Part 2) - The Elderly, Disabled, Eugenics & Obama Health Care

Youtube Video

I still can't believe we had a White Nationalist/Paulian with a loaded gun at Obama's town hall today. I haven't been this afraid for my country since 9-11.

Mich-again Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:11:55pm

re: #47 Walter L. Newton

Too much info?

Heck no. Thats a cool story. Odd that something that old would still be on the surface.

Pianobuff Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:12:15pm

re: #49 Killgore Trout

Here we go again...
Glenn Beck - The Elderly, Disabled, Eugenics & Obama Health Care (Part 1)

[Video]I still can't believe we had a White Nationalist/Paulian with a loaded gun at Obama's town hall today. I haven't been this afraid for my country since 9-11.

I imagine you would get a lot of consensus on that.

Charles Johnson Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:12:23pm

re: #36 Mich-again

Whose reputation? The site or the busty babes?

I got nuthin' against busty babes, don't get me wrong. A couple of people complained that it was work-unfriendly.

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:12:46pm

re: #49 Killgore Trout

I'm surprised the dude is not in custody. Stupid crazy, or crazy stupid.

Killgore Trout Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:13:29pm

re: #49 Killgore Trout

Some nice anti-vaccination stuff too.

A Man for all Seasons Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:15:15pm

re: #47 Walter L. Newton

Nope. He will get an actual meteorite fragment, from North West Africa (Sahara), unclassified (standard stone H Chrondrite), 4.3 billion years old, about a weather and shock values of about 2-3, nice specimen.

Meteorites are not as rare as one imagines. I have a source in Morocco who sell me a few kilo's every year. They are picked up by Bedouin's who sell them in markets.

Too much info?

NOOO! This is the perfect thread for this! Walter..When I opened the Meteor you sent me I was so thrilled...You know how much I loved it...
I can't wake up and have my first cup of coffee without seeing what Universetoday is posted...
A 4.6 Billion year old rock from space..I took it out..I touched it...So frigging cool...Thank you Walter...

jorline Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:15:23pm

Perhaps I can get a few wishes in tomorrow morning.

Walter L. Newton Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:15:24pm

re: #50 Mich-again

Heck no. Thats a cool story. Odd that something that old would still be on the surface.

Nope, that's just why they find so many of them, tons every year. The conditions in the Sahara is obviously very dry, they come in, bust up while still in flight, you get a field of fragments spread over a number of miles, hitting the sand helps keep the shock value down, and they get buried.

The come back to the surface over the years, in pretty good shape.

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:16:06pm

re: #52 Charles

I got nuthin' against busty babes, don't get me wrong. A couple of people complained that it was work-unfriendly.

No offense intended, but IMO people shouldn't be using company time and company property to surf the web when they should be working. Unless that is part of their job description.

Mich-again Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:16:11pm

re: #49 Killgore Trout

I still can't believe we had a White Nationalist/Paulian with a loaded gun at Obama's town hall today.

From the interwebs..

It's legal for him to have the gun as long as it is unconcealed, the police told MSNBC. The man was on private property -- church ground on the roadway leading to the high school where Obama would speak. The church gave the man permission to be there. However, according to police officers, he is under constant surveillance and is not anywhere near where the president will speak.

Killgore Trout Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:16:50pm

re: #53 Slumbering Behemoth

I'm surprised the dude is not in custody. Stupid crazy, or crazy stupid.

I was thinking about that. I think the possible political backlash of arresting him outweighed the security risk. I'm sure a sniper's crosshairs were on his forehead the entire time. There was a very serious risk that if a car backfired or some small commotion could have easily gotten him killed. Fox news viewers and other extremists would label him a martyr and retaliate. We are really on a razor's edge.

Killgore Trout Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:17:42pm

re: #59 Mich-again

It's still a very dangerous situation and sends a very bad message.

Killian Bundy Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:17:47pm

You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again

More than half of the internet’s top websites use a little known capability of Adobe’s Flash plugin to track users and store information about them, but only four of them mention the so-called Flash Cookies in their privacy policies, UC Berkeley researchers reported Monday.

Unlike traditional browser cookies, Flash cookies are relatively unknown to web users, and they are not controlled through the cookie privacy controls in a browser. That means even if a user thinks they have cleared their computer of tracking objects, they most likely have not.

What’s even sneakier?

Several services even use the surreptitious data storage to reinstate traditional cookies that a user deleted, which is called ‘re-spawning’ in homage to video games where zombies come back to life even after being “killed,” the report found. So even if a user gets rid of a website’s tracking cookie, that cookie’s unique ID will be assigned back to a new cookie again using the Flash data as the “backup.”

. . .

Where to find these flash cookies:
* Windows: LSO files are stored typically with a “.SOL” extension, within each user’s Application Data directory, under MacromediaFlashPlayer#SharedObjects.
* Mac OS X: For Web sites, ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/FlashPlayer. For AIR Applications, ~/Library/Preferences/[package name (ID)of your app] and ~/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/FlashPlayer/macromedia.com/Support/flashplayer/sys
* GNU-Linux: ~/.macromedia

Sure enough, the indicated directory was lousy with these files. I hope they enjoy the recycle bin.

/sneaky bastards

Dark_Falcon Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:17:53pm

re: #49 Killgore Trout

Here we go again...
Glenn Beck - The Elderly, Disabled, Eugenics & Obama Health Care (Part 1)

[Video]I still can't believe we had a White Nationalist/Paulian with a loaded gun at Obama's town hall today. I haven't been this afraid for my country since 9-11.

Thank God they caught before he did any damage. Bad Craziness is sweeping the land and Glen Beck is its minion.

ArmyWife Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:18:41pm

re: #52 Charles

I got nuthin' against busty babes, don't get me wrong.

I, for one, am glad to hear this!

Dark_Falcon Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:18:50pm

re: #62 Killian Bundy

You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again

Sure enough, the indicated directory was lousy with these files. I hope they enjoy the recycle bin.

/sneaky bastards

I use a shredding program on my PC. I'll make sure it get rid of those cookies too.

Charles Johnson Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:19:06pm

re: #58 Slumbering Behemoth

No offense intended, but IMO people shouldn't be using company time and company property to surf the web when they should be working. Unless that is part of their job description.

I'm sure everyone who browses LGF during work hours is doing it because it's their job.

_cough

A Man for all Seasons Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:20:30pm

re: #66 Charles

I'm sure everyone who browses LGF during work hours is doing it because it's their job.

_cough

Throat spray?
*wink*

Wendya Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:20:48pm

re: #59 Mich-again

It's legal for him to have the gun as long as it is unconcealed, the police told MSNBC. The man was on private property -- church ground on the roadway leading to the high school where Obama would speak. The church gave the man permission to be there. However, according to police officers, he is under constant surveillance and is not anywhere near where the president will speak.

I've been armed near the former VP and a former administration member. Wasn't a problem. I wouldn't attend a town hall armed but apparently, this guy didn't intend to go in.

Erik The Red Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:21:09pm

re: #58 Slumbering Behemoth

No offense intended, but IMO people shouldn't be using company time and company property to surf the web when they should be working. Unless that is part of their job description.

Yeah but what if I AM THE BOSS?

Sharmuta Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:21:24pm

re: #52 Charles

I got nuthin' against busty babes, don't get me wrong. A couple of people complained that it was work-unfriendly.

Now you'll get hate mail for removing them. I assure you- not from the ladies.

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:21:33pm

re: #59 Mich-again

From the interwebs..

It's legal for him to have the gun as long as it is unconcealed, the police told MSNBC. The man was on private property -- church ground on the roadway leading to the high school where Obama would speak. The church gave the man permission to be there. However, according to police officers, he is under constant surveillance and is not anywhere near where the president will speak.

I did not see that in the HotAir piece (the only one I've read so far), but that does change things a little. Still, holding up a protest sign that states "It's time to water the tree of liberty" while sporting a loaded gun on the roadway leading to where the POTUS would appear does not speak well of his judgment nor his sanity.

CyanSnowHawk Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:23:00pm

re: #66 Charles

I'm sure everyone who browses LGF during work hours is doing it because it's their job.

_cough

Um... it helps me maintain an idea of the political climate in this nation and could tip me off to trends that will affect the defense industry, of which I am a part.

/Yeah, that's the ticket.

Wendya Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:23:28pm

re: #71 Slumbering Behemoth

I did not see that in the HotAir piece (the only one I've read so far), but that does change things a little. Still, holding up a protest sign that states "It's time to water the tree of liberty" while sporting a loaded gun on the roadway leading to where the POTUS would appear does not speak well of his judgment nor his sanity.

Just because you have a "right" to do something doesn't mean it's a smart thing to do. I'd like to see some of these people exercise a little bit of freaking discretion.

Mich-again Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:24:05pm

re: #71 Slumbering Behemoth

Still, holding up a protest sign that states "It's time to water the tree of liberty" while sporting a loaded gun on the roadway leading to where the POTUS would appear does not speak well of his judgment nor his sanity.

Agreed. If anyone was going to water the tree of liberty it was going to be him.

MandyManners Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:25:10pm

Two boob threads in one day?

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:25:31pm

re: #66 Charles

I'm sure everyone who browses LGF during work hours is doing it because it's their job.

_cough

Or part of their 'college' course credit.

Mich-again Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:25:32pm

Anyone can make a fool of themselves and yell at a Congresscritter. But how many people got the guts to try this stunt. Amazing waterslide jump..

Youtube Video

Wendya Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:25:55pm

re: #74 Mich-again

Agreed. If anyone was going to water the tree of liberty it was going to be him.

That's the manure portion of the quote, right?

itellu3times Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:26:03pm

I don't believe Darwin's theory of meteors.
/

A Man for all Seasons Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:27:47pm

re: #76 Slumbering Behemoth

Or part of their 'college' course credit.

Why just the other night Charles posted about College credits to be a troll...

BatGuano Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:27:48pm

re: #77 Mich-again

Amazing but fake.

CyanSnowHawk Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:27:53pm

re: #70 Sharmuta

Now you'll get hate mail for removing them. I assure you- not from the ladies.

How lazy are they that they cannot type 'busty babes' (likely NSFW) in Google Image?

/They're all in bikini's, barely, but no nipple is showing.

SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:28:01pm

re: #12 buzzsawmonkey

Great! I can build my own Ka'aba, as soon as I get a Cadillac tail assembly.

The Kaaba has...oh, never mind. I don't really want to know, do I?

We have hazy skies today, I doubt anything will be visible.

Truck Monkey Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:28:05pm

re: #66 Charles

I'm sure everyone who browses LGF during work hours is doing it because it's their job.

_cough

RIIICOOOLAAA

yochanan Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:28:09pm

one time i was way up north in minn. and got to see the northern lights almost like a acid trip with out the bummer side effects.

something you never get to see in chicago.

yochanan Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:29:47pm

re: #47 Walter L. Newton

sounds like a chip off the one in mecca

almost as cool as copulite

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:29:53pm

re: #69 Erik The Red

Yeah but what if I AM THE BOSS?

If that is the case, then I have some great pr0n links for you.
/

Seriously, though, surfing the web on company time is not just a bad idea because you're using company time/money/property when you should be working, but also because your company's IT dept. sees and records everything you do on their computers. EVERYTHING. And that info never disappears.

It could bite you right in the butt if someone in that company doesn't like you, and is looking for any excuse to get you canned.

Truck Monkey Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:30:57pm

re: #85 yochanan

one time i was way up north in minn. and got to see the northern lights almost like a acid trip with out the bummer side effects.

something you never get to see in chicago.

Beautiful isn't it. Seeing the Northern Lights while in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area is as close to a religious experience as I'll ever have.

Dahveed Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:31:01pm

I must say I think that Thomas Sowell is up there with Victor Davis Hanson and Mark Steyn as a great writer. I always look forward to Sowell's "Random Thoughts".

Kragar Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:31:07pm

re: #87 Slumbering Behemoth

If that is the case, then I have some great pr0n links for you.
/

Seriously, though, surfing the web on company time is not just a bad idea because you're using company time/money/property when you should be working, but also because your company's IT dept. sees and records everything you do on their computers. EVERYTHING. And that info never disappears.

It could bite you right in the butt if someone in that company doesn't like you, and is looking for any excuse to get you canned.

But then of course, if you happen to work in the IT department...

albusteve Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:31:41pm

re: #88 Truck Monkey

Beautiful isn't it. Seeing the Northern Lights while in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area is as close to a religious experience as I'll ever have.

so you've never seen the Stones live?

SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:32:17pm

re: #71 Slumbering Behemoth

I did not see that in the HotAir piece (the only one I've read so far), but that does change things a little. Still, holding up a protest sign that states "It's time to water the tree of liberty" while sporting a loaded gun on the roadway leading to where the POTUS would appear does not speak well of his judgment nor his sanity.

Yeah, and what is it Mr. Jefferson wanted the tree of liberty watered with? And what was happening at the time he made that sterling statement? I honor the man like mad for what he got right, but his judgement on the French Revolution was pure crazy talk.

Walter L. Newton Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:32:35pm

re: #86 yochanan

sounds like a chip off the one in mecca

almost as cool as copulite

That's a shitty comment :)

Actually, I have some copulite, and one piece actually has the fossilized head of a small salamander in it, obviously part of some dino's dinner. It's really neat to see that little head in the chunk.

ArmyWife Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:32:43pm

Good night guys. It has been interesting tonight to say the least. Be well, be good to each other.

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:32:48pm

re: #70 Sharmuta

Now you'll get hate mail for removing them. I assure you- not from the ladies.

Don't be so certain. Different strokes for different women folks, and all that.
/ha! "Strokes". I'm such a juvenile.

SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:32:57pm

re: #73 Wendya

Just because you have a "right" to do something doesn't mean it's a smart thing to do. .

Worth repeating, so I repeat it.

Dark_Falcon Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:34:26pm

re: #91 albusteve

so you've never seen the Stones live?

That post calls for a vid:

Youtube Video

BignJames Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:35:16pm

What if there's a really, really big one out there?

albusteve Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:35:18pm

re: #97 Dark_Falcon

That post calls for a vid:

AMEN BROTHER!

100

Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:35:57pm

re: #75 MandyManners

Two boob threads in one day?

You know you like boobs, Mandy. Just the ones on firemen, though.

Shoot, why don't you throw in some penises, or penis jokes. Wouldn't freak me out. I've got one, I know what they look like.
/

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livefreeor die Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:36:21pm

re: #91 albusteve

so you've never seen the Stones live?

I've seen them live 3 times-1981, 1989, and 1994. They had awesome warm-up acts each time-Tina Turner, Lenny Kravitz, and the band that sings "Cult of Personality" but whose name I am blanking on right now.

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karmic_inquisitor Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:36:22pm

re: #66 Charles

I'm sure everyone who browses LGF during work hours is doing it because it's their job.

_cough

Now there is an enhancement idea -

A loating icon that tays in the upper right hand corner and is also activated by ctrl-p (for "panic").

Press the button / ctrl-P and up comes a screen that says:

White Paper: How To Motivate You Co-Workers To Be More Productive On Your Own Time.

It could even have on it a logo and title graphic that says "Chas. Johnson Management Center For Sustainable Best Practices."

You know - just dripping with bull shit.

Boss sees that screen and you have a shoulder pat coming your way!

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Dahveed Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:36:43pm

re: #97 Dark_Falcon

Oh Yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about!

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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:36:54pm

re: #98 BignJames

What if there's a really, really big one out there?

Then we're all gonna die. Or Jupiter is going to crack down the middle. Something.

Living in earthquake country, you get used to the idea that nature may kill you one of these days. I imagine it's about the same in tornado country, et al.

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quickjustice Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:37:14pm

If a gigantic meteor hits the earth, wake me up! ;-)

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RightOnTheLeftCoast Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:37:21pm

re: #38 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I just realized that Charles himself just gave complete justification for a boob thread

... but we've already had an extensive discussion of Obama and his plans...
Oh. You meant *those* boobs... (*)(*) ;oD

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Pianobuff Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:37:23pm

OT: Does this qualify for a Darwin Award?

Man killed by shards of glass after hurling girlfriend through shop window

A man bled to death when he was impaled on a large shard of glass after throwing his girlfriend through a shop window in a street row.

The 30-year-old victim was seen arguing with the woman in the Regent Street area of London's West End shortly after 2am today.

Witnesses told police he hurled the woman against the window of a branch of Banana Republic up to three times.
A police officer at clothes shop Banana Republic in Regent Street, where a man was killed by shards of glass after throwing girlfriend at window

After several blows, the glass shattered and the couple fell through, leaving the man fatally wounded.

He is believed to have suffered injuries to an artery and bled to death...(continued at link)

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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:37:42pm

re: #75 MandyManners

Two boob threads in one day?

They usually come in pairs.

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Truck Monkey Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:38:39pm

re: #101 livefreeor die

I've seen them live 3 times-1981, 1989, and 1994. They had awesome warm-up acts each time-Tina Turner, Lenny Kravitz, and the band that sings "Cult of Personality" but whose name I am blanking on right now.

Living Color.

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SanFranciscoZionist Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:38:44pm

re: #107 Pianobuff

OT: Does this qualify for a Darwin Award?

Possibly. You do NOT want to mess around with glass. The speed with which you can find an artery by mistake with broken glass is yet another of those basic common-sense things that the movies tend to leave out.

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livefreeor die Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:38:50pm

re: #107 Pianobuff

OT: Does this qualify for a Darwin Award?

Man killed by shards of glass after hurling girlfriend through shop window

A man bled to death when he was impaled on a large shard of glass after throwing his girlfriend through a shop window in a street row.

The 30-year-old victim was seen arguing with the woman in the Regent Street area of London's West End shortly after 2am today.

Witnesses told police he hurled the woman against the window of a branch of Banana Republic up to three times.
A police officer at clothes shop Banana Republic in Regent Street, where a man was killed by shards of glass after throwing girlfriend at window

After several blows, the glass shattered and the couple fell through, leaving the man fatally wounded.

He is believed to have suffered injuries to an artery and bled to death...(continued at link)

Either a Darwin award or a Karma award.

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albusteve Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:39:53pm

re: #101 livefreeor die

I've seen them live 3 times-1981, 1989, and 1994. They had awesome warm-up acts each time-Tina Turner, Lenny Kravitz, and the band that sings "Cult of Personality" but whose name I am blanking on right now.

a seasoned vet...pretty cool

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quickjustice Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:40:17pm

re: #107 Pianobuff

Missing one piece of information fro Darwin Award: did he have kids?

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Steve Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:40:31pm

Nuts! It clouded over and started to rain in SW WA. No meteor shower for me tonight.

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Truck Monkey Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:40:55pm

re: #91 albusteve

so you've never seen the Stones live?

People told me that I was at a Doobie Brothers concert in '80. I don't remember it.

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Vicious Babushka Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:41:10pm

re: #33 Charles

I blocked those "Evony" ads with the busty babes trying to get you to join an online gaming site, after checking out their reputation on the web.

Google Adsense has a weird mix of totally crass and top notch advertisers.

"A running slogan for the campaign was "Save the queen!", although within the game, there is no queen to save."

Actually there is a queen to save, but the queen has no boobies and five o'clock shadow./

BTW, thanks for removing those sucky ads.

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quickjustice Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:41:13pm

re: #114 Steve

It's raining in the Great Pacific Northwet? :-)

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livefreeor die Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:41:14pm

re: #112 albusteve

a seasoned vet...pretty cool

Not as seasoned as Mr. Jagger-and no where near as preserved as Mr. Richards.

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yochanan Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:41:17pm

re: #88 Truck Monkey

well I was at the grand portage casino the view of lake sup. and the northern lights was just as good and no black flies or 'skeeters.

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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:42:27pm

re: #107 Pianobuff

OT: Does this qualify for a Darwin Award?

Two things are necessary to qualify for a Darwin Award:

1. The awardee (is that a word) must die by means of his/her own stupidity. Suicide does not count as far as I know.

2. The awardee must not have any offspring.

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Dark_Falcon Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:42:41pm

re: #107 Pianobuff

OT: Does this qualify for a Darwin Award?

Man killed by shards of glass after hurling girlfriend through shop window

A man bled to death when he was impaled on a large shard of glass after throwing his girlfriend through a shop window in a street row.

The 30-year-old victim was seen arguing with the woman in the Regent Street area of London's West End shortly after 2am today.

Witnesses told police he hurled the woman against the window of a branch of Banana Republic up to three times.
A police officer at clothes shop Banana Republic in Regent Street, where a man was killed by shards of glass after throwing girlfriend at window

After several blows, the glass shattered and the couple fell through, leaving the man fatally wounded.

He is believed to have suffered injuries to an artery and bled to death...(continued at link)

Maybe a Darwin Award, but definitely a Poetic Justice Award.

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Izzy Dunne Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:42:54pm

From the article:
the constellation Perseus, which rises high in the sky around midnight and is nearly overhead by dawn.

Would somebody please 'splain to me how something rises (as in transits the horizon) "high in the sky"?

Would somebody please 'splain to me the difference between "high in the sky" and "nearly overhead"?

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Truck Monkey Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:42:59pm

re: #119 yochanan

well I was at the grand portage casino the view of lake sup. and the northern lights was just as good and no black flies or 'skeeters.

Not many people know where that is. I biked around Lake Superior while I was in High School. That hill coming out of Grand Portage basically to the Canadian Border was a bitch.

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yochanan Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:43:14pm

re: #108 Kosh's Shadow

a woody allen ref. i generally hate his stuff but that one was the only one that was funny.

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albusteve Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:44:52pm

re: #118 livefreeor die

Not as seasoned as Mr. Jagger-and no where near as preserved as Mr. Richards.

apostles...enjoy them while you can, their time is short

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Steve Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:45:02pm

re: #117 quickjustice

It's raining in the Great Pacific Northwet? :-)

yeah! We have numerous days of beautiful sunshine and now when I want to see a meteor shower it rains. go figure.

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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:49:20pm

re: #61 Killgore Trout

It's still a very dangerous situation and sends a very bad message.

It is not a 'very dangerous situation' if every local LEO knows about him and the situation but it may send a questionable message.

JMO

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Gus Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:54:16pm

re: #49 Killgore Trout

Here we go again...
Glenn Beck - The Elderly, Disabled, Eugenics & Obama Health Care (Part 1)

[Video]

I still can't believe we had a White Nationalist/Paulian with a loaded gun at Obama's town hall today. I haven't been this afraid for my country since 9-11.

Well, I looked at the second video and Beck gets the segment regarding Ezekiel J Emanuel, PhD completely wrong. He is quoting from a paper published in the Lancet early this year entitled Principles for allocation of scarce medical interventions and it was authored by three individuals: Govind Persad, Alan Wertheimer, and Ezekiel J Emanuel.

First paragraph:

Allocation of very scarce medical interventions such as organs and vaccines is a persistent ethical challenge. We evaluate eight simple allocation principles that can be classifi ed into four categories: treating people equally, favouring the worst-off , maximising total benefits, and promoting and rewarding social usefulness. No single principle is sufficient to incorporate all morally relevant considerations and therefore individual principles must be combined into multiprinciple allocation systems. We evaluate three systems: the United Network for Organ Sharing points systems, quality-adjusted life-years, and disability-adjusted life-years. We recommend an alternative system—the complete lives system—which prioritises younger people who have not yet lived a complete life, and also incorporates prognosis, save the most lives, lottery, and instrumental value principles.

Immediately we can read that this is regarding the ethics surrounding "scarce medical interventions."

The summary of the complete lives from this paper is as follows:

1. Principles included - Youngest-first; prognosis; save the most lives; lottery; instrumental value, but only in public health emergency

2. Matches intuition that death of adolescents is worse than that of infants or elderly; everyone has an interest in living through all life stages; incorporates the largest number of relevant principles; resistant to corruption

And they finally state the objections which Glenn Beck completely ignores for dramatic effect:

3. Reduced chances for persons who have lived many years; life-years are not a relevant health care outcome; unable to deal with international diff erences in life expectancy; need lexical priority rather than balancing; complete lives system is not appropriate for general distribution of health care resources.

Emphasis mine.

Source: [Link: www.ncpa.org...]

Also of note is that Ezekiel Jonathan Emanuel has been with the NIH since 1997.

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Cato the Elder Tue, Aug 11, 2009 7:17:57pm

When I finally move to Maine, I'll be able to see not only meteors, but the Milky Way.

If it's still there.

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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Aug 11, 2009 7:22:44pm

re: #124 yochanan

a woody allen ref. i generally hate his stuff but that one was the only one that was funny.

The giant boob sketch and the sperm sketch were absolute classics.

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hopperandadropper Tue, Aug 11, 2009 7:30:41pm

I was lost in the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming one time and had to sleep on the ground with not much to keep me warm. It was a clear night and was the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. I was miserable but at least I had a fantastic light show. If you can get to a place where there isn't a lot of ambient light and watch the sky for a while, it's well worth the effort.

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Macker Tue, Aug 11, 2009 8:05:54pm

re: #33 Charles

I blocked those "Evony" ads with the busty babes trying to get you to join an online gaming site, after checking out their reputation on the web.

Google Adsense has a weird mix of totally crass and top notch advertisers.

Yeah, good idea Charles! Why would a gaming site show a queen with so much cleavage?

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Locker Tue, Aug 11, 2009 8:12:19pm

Great info on the upcoming shower. Caught this event a few years ago in a National Forest on the way to Reno from Sac. Not knowing what to expect you may assume, as we did, that you might see something here or there. We were quite amazed to see the sky regularly lit by streaks of light for quite some time. Definitely worth checking out.

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theuglydougling Tue, Aug 11, 2009 8:53:13pm

Nice. I've always been an astronomy buff. The first time I saw this shower was in the late 80's, and that is still the best one I've seen over the years. My siblings and I just laid in the yard, amazed, seeing not just little streaks of light that you expect with some, but seemingly huge fireballs with very long sparkly tails. I should step out tonight and take a look.

Oh...and to keep pace with the direction of this thread...
...
...
...
boobs!
;)

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tradewind Tue, Aug 11, 2009 9:04:51pm

Has anybody seen a bunch of shooting stars yet? They're supposed to be happening and I can't see any, dammit...
/pounding fists/

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SFGoth Tue, Aug 11, 2009 10:29:46pm

What's the ID/Creationist take on meteor showers? I remember watching this about 6 years ago in a field several hours north of S.F. with nary any light pollution and it was stunning. It really makes you appreciate the awe and wonder of space.

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Wendya Tue, Aug 11, 2009 10:46:32pm

I stepped outside for about 10 minutes and counted 6. Damned moon is really lighting up the sky.

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redc1c4 Tue, Aug 11, 2009 10:58:10pm

between the lights of Lost Angels, and "June gloom" in August*, it'll be a wash in my part of LA...

*global warming my ass: even with a solar cover on the pool, i can't keep the temp up.

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SFGoth Tue, Aug 11, 2009 11:04:07pm

re: #138 redc1c4

between the lights of Lost Angels, and "June gloom" in August*, it'll be a wash in my part of LA...

*global warming my ass: even with a solar cover on the pool, i can't keep the temp up.

Par for the course in San Francisco. I will say that watching enormous banks of fog pour in over the mid-city hills at dusk is astonishing.

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Syrah Wed, Aug 12, 2009 12:07:27am

"[bleep]ing clouds!"

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teleskiguy Wed, Aug 12, 2009 2:46:49am

Just got back inside from watching the meteor shower here in west-central Colorado. Spectacular! Saw at least 100 meteors, at one point they were falling at a rate of 4 or 5 per minute!

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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Wed, Aug 12, 2009 8:01:15am

"Meteor Shit!"

"That's a meteor. I'll be dipped in shit if that ain't a meteor! "

"Oh, Jordy Verrill, you lunkhead! "

- Jordy Verrill

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samsgran1948 Wed, Aug 12, 2009 8:42:05am

re: #16 Racer X

Skarupa Explains How To See Perseid Meteors

Thanks, Racer.

I went out with a pair of binoculars this morning at about 1:30am CDT. I looked all over the place, but didn't see anything. It was partly cloudy, but not enough to really gum up the works. Unfortunately, I didn't know where Perseus was, so looked around at just about everything except northeast. Why? Because the humongous maple tree across the street totally blocked my northeast view. Then there was the moon, the streetlight a little south of the tree and city light contamination in general.

Oh, well. Better luck next year.

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kywrite Thu, Aug 13, 2009 7:00:34am

Stupid leftover tropical storm cloud cover. (pout) Maybe the Leonids in November -- always a good show.

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