Colonel Gadafi’s Traveling Circus is arriving in the US for a visit with his friends at the UN, and he’ll be setting up his bedouin tent at a Libyan-owned estate in an upscale section of New Jersey. Residents are not pleased.
At least New York officials nixed pitching the tent in Central Park.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:19:07pm |
I hope they protest that bucket of puss all through the night. That fuck-stain should not get a moments peace while here.
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:21:38pm |
After the Lockerbie situation, nothing like pissing on the US to make everything OK.
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Dianna Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:21:47pm |
re: #2 mich-again
Is he bringing the grrrl squad?
Does he ever go anywhere without them?
I'm wondering what spiffy uniforms they're wearing this time.
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Desert Dog Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:22:38pm |
"Hello, Rent-A-Grizzly? Do you service New Jersey?"
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midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:23:11pm |
He is a foreign "diplomat" and as such has immunity.
Who came up with the idea of diplomatic immunity on our soil in the first place? And why?
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Ringo the Gringo Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:23:59pm |
He'll probably hit it off great with the NY nightlife crowd, especially if he brings along his squadron of sexy female body-guards.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:24:00pm |
They shouldn't let him fly in; in fact, no Libyan aircraft should be allowed to land in other than emergency situations in any civilized country until the bomber is back locked up in no better conditions than he had in Scotland.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:24:09pm |
re: #7 midwestgak
He is a foreign "diplomat" and as such has immunity.
Who came up with the idea of diplomatic immunity on our soil in the first place? And why?
It helps us to spy on "them" over "there"
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:25:43pm |
Call to Mr. Soprano, perhaps? Some wast that needs to be removed?
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:26:06pm |
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Kragar Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:26:09pm |
Aren't there some Air Force bases near by which could arrange some fly overs for the duration of the stay?
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Ringo the Gringo Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:26:25pm |
Too bad Reagan's not still President...The Colonel's tent will be much easier to bomb in suburban New Jersey.
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Gearhead Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:26:36pm |
Looking at the "Qadafi, Gadafi, Gadhafy..." tags, I would like to compliment Charles on his attention to detail.
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Desert Dog Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:27:43pm |
re: #14 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Aren't there some Air Force bases near by which could arrange some fly overs for the duration of the stay?
I would settle for a frozen hunk of "lavoratory waste" landing on the tent and the lovely Col. What a fitting way from him to get sent to hell.
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MJ Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:28:09pm |
Send him to Scotland's Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill. He seems to like the guy.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:28:10pm |
re: #14 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Aren't there some Air Force bases near by which could arrange some fly overs for the duration of the stay?
Preferably ones that involve jettisoning drop tanks.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:28:13pm |
What a mess this world is in right now.
Not likely to get safer any time soon with Sunshine running the show.
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Kragar Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:28:26pm |
Lets not be fooled by this supposed UN speech BS. We all know the real reason Khadaffi is here. He wants first shot at getting outfits from the Michael Jackson estate.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:28:29pm |
re: #17 Desert Dog
What a fitting way from him to get sent to hell.
But he already lives in Libya . . .
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Desert Dog Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:28:39pm |
re: #11 buzzsawmonkey
Diplomatic immunity has been around for centuries. The idea springs from the immunity of heralds (the messengers between hostiles in the ancient world), which permitted opposing sides to negotiate with a reasonable assurance that the person of the messenger would be respected.
Don't kill the messenger...unless he brings a really, really bad message.
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Gearhead Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:28:51pm |
re: #5 Dianna
Does he ever go anywhere without them?
I'm wondering what spiffy uniforms they're wearing this time.
Well, in NYC, I think a Radio City Rockette look might be appropriate.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:29:23pm |
re: #12 calcajun
Call to Mr. Soprano, perhaps? Some wast that needs to be removed?
Be a shame if the tent caught fire. Things catch fire, you know.
/Vito and Luigi Vercotti
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:30:13pm |
Maybe the big 3, Williams, Gibson, and Couric can drop by for a chat.
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Gearhead Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:30:33pm |
I wonder if the UN special effects department has the "green glow" thing rigged up for the speech.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:30:41pm |
re: #26 kansas
Maybe the big 3, Williams, Gibson, and Couric can drop by for a chat.
Two to hold and one to . . .
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Wasta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:30:44pm |
Tents and media circus that follow...makes sense to me.
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snowcrash Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:30:52pm |
What is the weather forecast during his stay?
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:31:05pm |
re: #1 Creeping Eruption
I hope they protest that bucket of puss all through the night. That fuck-stain should not get a moments peace while here.
OH NO! You can't organize protests- that is thuggish behavior and damages our political discourse. Ask any beck fan, and they will tell you this to be the case.
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3 wood Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:31:22pm |
OT:
In market news today the Dow and S&P were down fractionally, NASDAQ up.
The U.S. stock market's volatile display on Friday is likely to continue into next week, reflecting limited volume as well as investors' concentration on only a handful of stocks, with the financial sector the scene of most of the recent action.
"While volume is light right now, volatility is quite high so we could see some wild swings in prices if buying and selling programs kick in," said Kevin Giddis, an analyst at Morgan Keegan & Co.
On Friday, Citigroup Inc. (C 5.19, -0.04, -0.77%) , Fannie Mae (FNM 2.00, -0.04, -1.96%) , Freddie Mac (FRE 2.33, -0.07, -2.92%) , CIT Group Inc. (CIT 1.65, -0.03, -1.79%) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC 17.95, -0.03, -0.17%) topped the New York Stock Exchange's list of most actively traded, with stocks of all five on the rise, with CIT Group gaining almost 8% and Freddie Mac up 7.1%.
Stocks brushed off earlier gains to turn lower after a survey of consumer confidence fell to a four-month low. Of the S&P's 10 industry groups, financials, materials and information technology paced the gains, while health care stocks fronted the losses.
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midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:32:27pm |
re: #11 buzzsawmonkey
Diplomatic immunity has been around for centuries. The idea springs from the immunity of heralds (the messengers between hostiles in the ancient world), which permitted opposing sides to negotiate with a reasonable assurance that the person of the messenger would be respected.
. The concept of immunity began with ancient tribes. In order to exchange information, messengers were allowed to travel from tribe to tribe without fear of harm. They were protected even when they brought bad news
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Kragar Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:32:41pm |
The National Endowment for the Art of Persuasion?
I’m not a “right-wing nut job.” It just goes against my core beliefs to sit quietly while the art community is used by the NEA and the administration to push an agenda other than the one for which it was created. It is not within the National Endowment for the Arts’ original charter to initiate, organize, and tap into the art community to help bring awareness to health care, or energy & environmental issues for that matter; and especially not at a time when it is being vehemently debated. Artists shouldn’t be used as tools of the state to help create a climate amenable to their positions, which is what appears to be happening in this instance. If the art community wants to tackle those issues on its own then fine. But tackling them shouldn’t come as an encouragement from the NEA to those they potentially fund at this coincidental time.
And if you think that my fear regarding the arts becoming a tool of the state is still unfounded, I leave you with a few statements made by the NEA to the art community participants on the conference call. “This is just the beginning. This is the first telephone call of a brand new conversation. We are just now learning how to really bring this community together to speak with the government. What that looks like legally?…bare with us as we learn the language so that we can speak to each other safely… “
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:32:45pm |
re: #25 Kosh's Shadow
Be a shame if the tent caught fire. Things catch fire, you know.
/Vito and Luigi Vercotti
Nice tent you've got there, Colonel. Be a shame if it burned down or something...
Dinsdale!
Seriously, there are lots of bears in Jersey. Be funny if one, you know, wandered in to the tent...after someone dripped honey over it...from a helicopter...a black helicopter...that really doesn't exist.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:33:17pm |
re: #33 midwestgak
. The concept of immunity began with ancient tribes. In order to exchange information, messengers were allowed to travel from tribe to tribe without fear of harm. They were protected even when they brought bad news
Yeah, tell that to the guy in the opening scene of Gladiator.
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:33:59pm |
re: #32 3 wood
OT:
In market news today the Dow and S&P were down fractionally, NASDAQ up.
Stocks brushed off earlier gains to turn lower after a survey of consumer confidence fell to a four-month low. Of the S&P's 10 industry groups, financials, materials and information technology paced the gains, while health care stocks fronted the losses.
But avanti says investor confidence is at a high for the year. I just don't know who to believe. Consumers, investors, Obama...
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:34:27pm |
I thought I read somewhere that diplomatic immunity only applies when the foreigner confines himself to the boundaries of Manhattan Island. I guess I'm very wrong.
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Neutral President Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:35:25pm |
Colonel Gadafi’s Traveling Circus is arriving in the US for a visit with his friends at the UN, and he’ll be setting up his bedouin tent at a Libyan-owned estate in an upscale section of New Jersey. Residents are not pleased.
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midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:35:48pm |
re: #36 Creeping Eruption
Yeah, tell that to the guy in the opening scene of Gladiator.
If only Gadafi were a fictional character in a movie.
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:36:22pm |
Will Gaddafi, Gadafi, Qadafi, Gaddafi, Qaddafi, Qadhafi, Gadhafi,get to have the Kobe beef and Arugula at the White House with Barack and Michelle?
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vxbush Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:36:39pm |
re: #39 unrealizedviewpoint
I thought I read somewhere that diplomatic immunity only applies when the foreigner confines himself to the boundaries of Manhattan Island. I guess I'm very wrong.
I'm actually a bit concerned about his security while he's here. i could see a lot of people thinking this would be a great opportunity to do something to him. I can't stand the guy and I'd rather he stayed in Libya, but if he's here we don't need a nightmare on our hands if he gets murdered.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:36:44pm |
re: #41 midwestgak
If only Gadafi were a fictional character in a movie.
It could certainly herald a new era in Libya
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Kragar Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:37:01pm |
re: #37 buzzsawmonkey
There is that example from Twain's "Connecticut Yankee" where the Yankee suggests that they send a messenger to parley with the opposing side, and his sidekick Clarence points out that the response will be, "Dismember me this base-born knave and return him in a basket to he who sent him...other answer have I none."
Being a herald was a rough business back in the day.
My favorite bad day to be a messenger came from a sci-fi story. The heroes sent a prisoner back with the call to surrender. The bad guys showed up later with the messenger nailed spread eagle between 2 posts, rolled a tank up behind him and fired thru him at the good guys camp.
"I'm going to take that as a no."
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:38:26pm |
Gadafi is such a clown. He was all talked until Reagan dropped a bomb on his palace. Then not so much. Now his like (I mean like) a moderate. The Scottish decision to release the convict was not a good one though.
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steve Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:38:53pm |
I keep thinking about 'flying pigs' for some odd reason.
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:39:25pm |
re: #46 The 1SG
Gadafi is such a clown. He was all talked until Reagan dropped a bomb on his palace. Then not so much. Now his like (I mean like) a moderate. The Scottish decision to release the convict was not a good one though.
I think he is being so impertinent now precisely because he knows we are weak.
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whiterasta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:39:34pm |
If someone hosed down the tent with a stream of high pressure pig manure, I'd contribute to their defense fund.
Just saying...
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3 wood Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:39:54pm |
re: #38 kansas
But avanti says investor confidence is at a high for the year. I just don't know who to believe. Consumers, investors, Obama...
We need to see GDP growing and employment increasing, not just a slowing of the sinking.
When the Titanic was going down, the back 3rd of the ship broke free and bobbed back to the surface for a few minutes. Some people thought that meant that this part of the ship would stay afloat and would be come a big life boat. Same mistake is being made now by those who mistake a slowing of the decline with improvement.
We have 14.5 million unemployed and growing. Until that changes for the better appreciably, we are not improving, despite what some survey may say.
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Gearhead Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:40:05pm |
In the interest of plausible deniability, while Qadafi is here hobnobbing with the UN's kleptocrats, somebody should be preparing his home in Libya for a *warm* welcome.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:40:30pm |
Rolling up the propaganda victories lately, isn't he ?
Gotta do something tricksy with those port-a-pottys...
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Kragar Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:40:44pm |
I would have thought the Obama administration using the NEA as a straight out propaganda wing would have generated a little more discussion.
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:40:56pm |
re: #42 kansas
Will Gaddafi, Gadafi, Qadafi, Gaddafi, Qaddafi, Qadhafi, Gadhafi,get to have the Kobe beef and Arugula at the White House with Barack and Michelle?
They should serve pork.
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:42:12pm |
Still a Colonel? Maybe he should retire, he's never going to make General.
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:42:27pm |
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:43:10pm |
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SFGoth Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:43:35pm |
They should make sure he watches this video, all fucking night long:
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Kragar Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:43:41pm |
re: #60 buzzsawmonkey
Interesting that the writer actually has the capacity to look past his sympathies to the principle of whether or not the NEA should see its message as being the Art Ministry of Truth.
Most people involved in the arts cannot look past money in their pocket.
I was struck by that as well.
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:44:03pm |
re: #51 3 wood
We need to see GDP growing and employment increasing, not just a slowing of the sinking.
When the Titanic was going down, the back 3rd of the ship broke free and bobbed back to the surface for a few minutes. Some people thought that meant that this part of the ship would stay afloat and would be come a big life boat. Same mistake is being made now by those who mistake a slowing of the decline with improvement.
We have 14.5 million unemployed and growing. Until that changes for the better appreciably, we are not improving, despite what some survey may say.
Double dip.
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:44:14pm |
re: #61 Gearhead
I have no plans to run for office...at this time... J: )
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Kreuzueber Halbmond Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:44:32pm |
I know your Daffy's a sultan
A nomad known to all
With fifty girls to attend him, they should send him
To the corner of Broadway and Wall.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:44:32pm |
re: #55 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I would have thought the Obama administration using the NEA as a straight out propaganda wing would have generated a little more discussion.
Old news. The NEA has been a propaganda arm for the democratic party for almost 40 years.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:45:43pm |
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:45:56pm |
re: #62 Alouette
In the hopes of stemming an international incident over the tent-pitching, Clinton was looking to arrange a hotel room or some other accommodations for the dictactor,
Put him in an f'ing Days Inn - with bed bugs.
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:46:43pm |
re: #51 3 wood
We need to see GDP growing and employment increasing, not just a slowing of the sinking.
When the Titanic was going down, the back 3rd of the ship broke free and bobbed back to the surface for a few minutes. Some people thought that meant that this part of the ship would stay afloat and would be come a big life boat. Same mistake is being made now by those who mistake a slowing of the decline with improvement.
We have 14.5 million unemployed and growing. Until that changes for the better appreciably, we are not improving, despite what some survey may say.
I don't see how there can be either until at least 2010 if we are lucky, 2012 if we are moderately lucky, 2014 if we are not very lucky, or 2016 if we are completely fucked and have to put up with this shit until we are ruined.
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:46:45pm |
re: #71 Creeping Eruption
Why such an upgrade? Have you seen camel spiders (not really spiders though) ?
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:46:48pm |
re: #71 Creeping Eruption
Put him in an f'ing Days Inn - with bed bugs.
Doesn't deserve a Motel 6 room.
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SixDegrees Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:47:07pm |
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:47:10pm |
re: #48 steve
I keep thinking about 'flying pigs' for some odd reason.
Ride of the Vealkyries, perhaps?
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zombie Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:47:21pm |
Of course (you could have seen this one coming), it now turns out that the Lockerbie bomber isn't on death's door at all. Could live for 8 months, a year more -- who knows? The prison doctor who certified him as "about to die" and thus eligible for release was obviously pressured to do so by the politicians. He'll probably live to a ripe old age as a hero in Libya.
More shocking are the comments on that article in the Scottish newspaper. A few samples:
"Shock ...Megahi is not that ill . Of course he is not dying . This was a political conviction of an innocent man and it was politicians who released him . Now B. P. can start pumping the oil out of Lybia . I hope this poor man has the same recovery as Ernest Saunders ( Guiness fraud case remember excepy Saunders was guilty ) and live a peaceful life with his family"
And...
"He may have not been sick enough for to be released, but we were undoubtedly sick enough to jail him in the first place,, If our Judicial system was even half as good as what it should be, the guy would never have been taken to court !,,
I was so pleased to see the celebrations when he arrived home !,,
Now when are we going to bring Blair and the Labour party to justice for bombing the number 30 bus and three underground tube trains on 7/7 ?"
...etc. Each earning multiple updings. That seems to be the majority opinion: The bomber was innocent, the deal was a good idea to get some nice oil, and by the way, 7/7 was an inside job.
Has Scotland gone nuts?
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:47:40pm |
re: #73 The 1SG
Why such an upgrade? Have you seen camel spiders (not really spiders though) ?
Sure have. Ok, stick one of those puppies on his tummy. I'm ok with that.
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:48:18pm |
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:48:19pm |
I'm still trying to figure out what's with his tent fetish anyways?
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zombie Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:48:59pm |
re: #80 Sharmuta
I'm still trying to figure out what's with his tent fetish anyways?
He's trying to proclaim his Berber/nomad roots. A nationalist kinda thing.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:49:07pm |
re: #80 Sharmuta
I'm still trying to figure out what's with his tent fetish anyways?
maybe something to do with Mo and his tents?
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:49:12pm |
re: #51 3 wood
We have 14.5 million unemployed and growing. Until that changes for the better appreciably, we are not improving, despite what some survey may say.
avanti says employment is the very last thing to happen in an improved economy. It's coming in a few years or so, he's sure.
/
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:49:23pm |
re: #68 Kreuzueber Halbmond
Good afternoon, Lizards.
Updinged for referencing one of my favorite "so bad it's cute" songs.
cheers
eon
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Kragar Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:49:39pm |
re: #69 Truck Monkey
Old news. The NEA has been a propaganda arm for the democratic party for almost 40 years.
Too a large degree, yes, just thru the basic liberal mindsent. This is an organized push by the Obama administration and his campaign groups to push the White House message, dictating what artists should be talking about.
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CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:50:26pm |
re: #60 buzzsawmonkey
Interesting that the writer actually has the capacity to look past his sympathies to the principle of whether or not the NEA should see its message as being the Art Ministry of Truth.
Most people involved in the arts cannot look past money in their pocket.
Or their patrons pocket.
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:50:31pm |
re: #78 Creeping Eruption
Don't they look like some freakin alien life form.
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zombie Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:50:32pm |
re: #82 unrealizedviewpoint
maybe something to do with Mo and his tents?
I think it's more about Berbers than Arabs. Ghaddafi is very "African-centric," and focuses more on his native heritage than that of the Arab conquerors.
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:50:47pm |
re: #77 zombie
I am ashamed of my Scots heritage at this moment. I doubt the people who were writing the drivel you cited were true Britons--let alone Scots.
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SixDegrees Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:50:51pm |
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reine.de.tout Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:50:55pm |
Heh.
Have ya'll checked the 'tags' Charles put on this post, and noticed how many spellings of "Gaddafi" there are:
ags: Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Gadafi, Qadafi, Gaddafi, Qaddafi, Qadhafi, Gadhafi, New Jersey, United Nations
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Neutral President Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:50:56pm |
re: #77 zombie
There are a lot of 7/7 Troofers with BDS (Blair Derangement Syndrome) in the UK. Scottish moonbats are still moonbats.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:50:59pm |
re: #87 The 1SG
Don't they look like some freakin alien life form.
They look like the first stage of the alien in "aliens"
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:51:01pm |
I don't understand what this fucker is trying to prove with his whole bedouin tent thing. He sure as hell doesn't live in a tent on his home turf.
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:51:33pm |
re: #82 unrealizedviewpoint
maybe something to do with Mo and his tents?
mohammed didn't have female body guards.
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steve Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:51:40pm |
re: #76 calcajun
Ride of the Vealkyries, perhaps?
Yeah, I would like to watch them drop from the sky onto a tent.
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:51:42pm |
re: #81 zombie
He's trying to proclaim his Berber/nomad roots. A nationalist kinda thing.
Berber? You'll be called on the carpet for that one.
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:51:56pm |
re: #94 Slumbering Behemoth
I don't understand what this fucker is trying to prove with his whole bedouin tent thing. He sure as hell doesn't live in a tent on his home turf.
He's proving he can do whatever the fuck he pleases.
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:52:00pm |
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CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:52:03pm |
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:52:08pm |
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:52:31pm |
re: #98 kansas
He's proving he can do whatever the fuck he pleases.
Except go to New Jersey, I guess.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:52:32pm |
Englewood? What the heck?
Whoever put up the stone veneer on that house sure has an eye for bad taste.
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:52:34pm |
re: #94 Slumbering Behemoth
I don't understand what this fucker is trying to prove with his whole bedouin tent thing. He sure as hell doesn't live in a tent on his home turf.
I think he's trying to be an enigma.
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:52:45pm |
re: #93 Creeping Eruption
YEAH!, I hadn't thought of that but yeah. Anyway, lets wish that on his ass.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:53:02pm |
re: #95 Sharmuta
I forgot about the female body guards. Does Momar fancy himself as some sort of Bond villain?
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:53:12pm |
re: #39 unrealizedviewpoint
I thought I read somewhere that diplomatic immunity only applies when the foreigner confines himself to the boundaries of Manhattan Island. I guess I'm very wrong.
25-mile radius of the United Nations
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steve Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:53:13pm |
re: #89 calcajun
I am ashamed of my Scots heritage at this moment. I doubt the people who were writing the drivel you cited were true Britons--let alone Scots.
Nothing to be ashamed of. Not you, just the dumb politicians.
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:53:26pm |
re: #100 CyanSnowHawk
Love the headline.
Gadhafi Cast Out of Garden (State)
Now, he'll have to snake his way back home.
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snowcrash Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:53:41pm |
It is an air conditioned tent! Very authentic.
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SixDegrees Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:53:42pm |
re: #89 calcajun
I am ashamed of my Scots heritage at this moment. I doubt the people who were writing the drivel you cited were true Britons--let alone Scots.
Actually, this view is common in Scotland; I heard interviews with surviving family members of victims who died in the explosion who hold the view that this guy is a ringer sent in by Libya in response to demands that they turn over the perpetrators, and that the actual culpable parties have remained free all this time, thanks to Moammar.
No idea whether this is true or not, but it isn't an uncommon view over there.
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Creeping Eruption Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:53:55pm |
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:54:06pm |
re: #108 steve
No-- the sentiments expressed in the paper about a mass-murderer are what set me off.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:54:16pm |
re: #58 Rancher
Still a Colonel? Maybe he should retire, he's never going to make General.
He got that from Fidel Castro, who's been a colonel (comandante' in Spanish) for the last sixty-odd years. To true-believing Trotskyites like them, "General" has too many odious "bourgeois" connotations.
BTW, before he overthrew King Idriss in 1976, Qaddafi was a Lieutenant in the Libyan Air Force. Like Napoleon, he promoted himself from (semi-) junior officer to dictator in one jump.
/semi-junior in Bony's case, he was a Captain of Artillery.
cheers
eon
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:54:19pm |
When you click a lizards avatar to pull up their "whateveryacallit", it now tells you when their last comment was posted. Is this new?
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Kosh's Shadow Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:54:26pm |
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:55:06pm |
Interesting:
The rubbish remark was a reference to the city’s unresolved battle to collect taxes on the estate. The Libyans have claimed that diplomatic properties are exempt. Mr. Wildes said a visit by Colonel Qaddafi would cost the city $20,000 a day in police overtime and other expenses.
Claiming diplomatic immunity from paying property taxes in New Jeresey and costing the tax payers 20,000 per day for police protection.
Abject failure.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:55:13pm |
We should allow him to stay in NJ if... and ONLY if he spends the ENTIRE time with Helen Thomas.
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:55:20pm |
re: #112 SixDegrees
Sigh. I like the old-fashioned way. The CIA finds the bad guys...and kills them. It's a lot simpler.
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reine.de.tout Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:55:25pm |
re: #117 unrealizedviewpoint
When you click a lizards avatar to pull up their "whateveryacallit", it now tells you when their last comment was posted. Is this new?
I just pulled up yours and did not see your last comment.
there is a button "recent comments" - that's been there.
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:55:28pm |
re: #117 unrealizedviewpoint
When you click a lizards avatar to pull up their "whateveryacallit", it now tells you when their last comment was posted. Is this new?
It is! Cool!
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:55:40pm |
re: #107 Rancher
25-mile radius of the United Nations
That's a lot of territory. How many sq is that math wizards?
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:55:52pm |
re: #81 zombie
He's trying to proclaim his Berber/nomad roots. A nationalist kinda thing.
With air conditioning.
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:56:01pm |
re: #106 Slumbering Behemoth
I forgot about the female body guards. Does Momar fancy himself as some sort of Bond villain?
That might be it! Not quite pulling it off though, eh?
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J.S. Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:56:10pm |
re: #91 reine.de.tout
(I think it can also be spelled with a K --as in Kaddafi...)
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:56:11pm |
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:56:12pm |
re: #103 Gus 802
Englewood? What the heck?
Whoever put up the stone veneer on that house sure has an eye for bad taste.
Wait until they stick the cement deer in the front yard.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:56:38pm |
Can we at least have the Marine hymn playing at the airport when he lands ?
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:56:42pm |
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reine.de.tout Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:56:47pm |
re: #122 reine.de.tout
I just pulled up yours and did not see your last comment.
there is a button "recent comments" - that's been there.
nevah mind. I misunderstood. I see it now - cool!
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:56:57pm |
re: #126 Sharmuta
That might be it! Not quite pulling it off though, eh?
He needs to shave his head and get a white Persian cat.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:56:58pm |
re: #122 reine.de.tout
I just pulled up yours and did not see your last comment.
there is a button "recent comments" - that's been there.
No. Tells you when last comment was posted, directly below"registered since"
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snowcrash Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:57:02pm |
re: #122 reine.de.tout
Same for me, but not JCM. Bet us IE users are getting discriminated against again. lol
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vxbush Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:57:20pm |
re: #124 unrealizedviewpoint
That's a lot of territory. How many sq is that math wizards?
It's pi times radius squared = 25 * 25 * 3.14159... which is almost 1963.49 square miles.
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Russkilitlover Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:57:24pm |
Ah, yes. With such a man in the White House as Obama, it's party time, dictator style.
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:57:34pm |
re: #116 eon
THE CUBANS are stalinists not trots get your commies right please.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:57:38pm |
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:57:56pm |
re: #133 calcajun
He needs to shave his head and get a white Persian cat.
And change his title from Colonel to Doctor, maybe.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:57:57pm |
re: #36 Creeping Eruption
Yeah, tell that to the guy in the opening scene of Gladiator.
Or the guy Leonidas tossed down the well in 300. Historical fact, BTW- when Xerxes' ambassador showed up demanding not just "earth and water" but fealty, the Spartans didn't take it too well.
cheers
eon
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:58:01pm |
re: #124 unrealizedviewpoint
That's a lot of territory. How many sq is that math wizards?
A = 1/2(pi)(r^2).
981.75 sq. mi. (rounded off a few places)
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reine.de.tout Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:58:10pm |
re: #135 snowcrash
Same for me, but not JCM. Bet us IE users are getting discriminated against again. lol
refresh - reload - etc.
all the best lizards are doing it.
It's what I just did.
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Neutral President Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:58:27pm |
re: #106 Slumbering Behemoth
I forgot about the female body guards. Does Momar fancy himself as some sort of Bond villain?
Now that you mention this, every time I see him, the Duran Duran song from A View to a Kill is going to be playing in my head.
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:58:32pm |
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:58:48pm |
Shabbos coming in. Have a great weekend all of you!
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:59:05pm |
If he blows something up he still has diplomatic immunity right?
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reine.de.tout Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:59:09pm |
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vxbush Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:59:11pm |
re: #142 OldLineTexan
A = 1/2(pi)(r^2).
981.75 sq. mi. (rounded off a few places)
No, no half in there. It's just (pi) (r^2).
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:59:37pm |
re: #138 yochanan
THE CUBANS are stalinists not trots get your commies right please.
I stand corrected. I also hold that, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once said, "A difference which makes no difference, is no difference".
/just IMHO
cheers
eon
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Mad Prophet Ludwig Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:59:43pm |
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:59:54pm |
re: #124 unrealizedviewpoint
That's a lot of territory. How many sq is that math wizards?
A little less than 2000 sq.
A=pi*r2
1962.5=3.14*252
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CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 2:59:56pm |
re: #111 snowcrash
It is an air conditioned tent! Very authentic.
That goes under the heading of "if they had it, they would have used it."
I use that when I go to medieval reenactment event with my motorhome.
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:00:07pm |
re: #137 Russkilitlover
Ah, yes. With such a man in the White House as Obama, it's party time, dictator style.
Holy Samba-ing Somoza! You're right-- time to party, Pinochet-style!
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:00:15pm |
Pitch the tent anywhere, just so it has the gps beacon on the centerpole.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:00:24pm |
Englewood plans anti-Qaddafi protest
FRIDAY, 28 AUGUST 2009 00:57 JERRY DEMARCO
Englewood Mayor Michael Wildes plans a protest Sunday against next month's visit by Libyan leader Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to an estate next to the city's largest yeshiva. Debate is intensifying: Should the U.S. States accommodate the renounced terror supporter or find a way to keep the former "mad dog of the Middle East" off American soil?
Wildes has organized the 11 a.m. gathering outside the three-story, 25-room mansion near the corner of East Palisade Avenue and South Woodland Street. Scores of law enforcement officers and citizens from in and around the area are being invited.
"Hopefully it turns into a massive rally," former NYPD Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik, a Franklin Lakes resident, told CLIFFVIEWPILOT.COM tonight. "This is bad, bad thing to let this guy come in here. I think all New Jersey residents should be concerned."
...
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kansas Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:00:24pm |
re: #136 vxbush
It's pi times radius squared = 25 * 25 * 3.14159... which is almost 1963.49 square miles.
Sorry, I got it wrong. re: #139 unrealizedviewpoint
A lot of miles for them to get lost in...
Sorry Vx got it right, somehow I took 1/2 of 25 to get the radius, when the radius was clearly stated to be 25.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:00:25pm |
re: #147 Rancher
If he blows something up he still has diplomatic immunity right?
Does DI cover crimes like murder?
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:00:42pm |
re: #122 reine.de.tout
I just pulled up yours and did not see your last comment.
there is a button "recent comments" - that's been there.
It's a line with date and time of last comment. Not the comment.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:00:49pm |
re: #149 vxbush
No, no half in there. It's just (pi) (r^2).
Dangit ... thanks, that's what I get for trying on Friday!
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:01:00pm |
re: #144 ArchangelMichael
Now that you mention this, every time I see him, the Duran Duran song from A View to a Kill is going to be playing in my head.
Drat. Now every time I play one of my favorite 007 themes I'm going to see Moammar in my head. Arrgghh...
cheers
eon
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calcajun Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:01:22pm |
re: #147 Rancher
Believe it or not, yes. He could put a bullet in the head of a NY Cop, rape puppies, and expose himself to the girls at St. Agnes and all we could do is ship him home.
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:01:23pm |
re: #151 eon
well if your were a trot in cuba your body would have been right next to the anti commies in the mass graves.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:01:29pm |
re: #152 ludwigvanquixote
(PI) r ^2
Yeah, thanks, vxbush has already taken me to task for that slip.
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:01:29pm |
re: #153 jcm
A little less than 2000 sq.
A=pi*r2
1962.5=3.14*252
Some of which is Spongebob territory.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:01:31pm |
I see a number of Lizards are Geeks.
LOL.
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snowcrash Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:01:49pm |
re: #143 reine.de.tout
Just says "logged in" under registered date even after refreshed. I don't check lizards out that much, its ok.
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vxbush Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:01:54pm |
re: #163 OldLineTexan
Dangit ... thanks, that's what I get for trying on Friday!
I had to double check, but my way of doing it was working backwards from the circumference of a circle. It's a calculus thing.
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:02:01pm |
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Neutral President Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:02:45pm |
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:03:11pm |
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Russkilitlover Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:03:13pm |
Dang! Just got here and gotta leave. Stupid productivity.
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CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:03:26pm |
re: #138 yochanan
THE CUBANS are stalinists not trots get your commies right please.
The whole country is stalled waiting for Fidel to die already.
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:03:28pm |
re: #167 OldLineTexan
Yeah, thanks, vxbush has already taken me to task for that slip.
This rounds on OLT!
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:03:31pm |
re: #173 jcm
Good place for the tent...
One more merit badge for his uniform.
Underwater tent pitching.
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:03:35pm |
what kind of commie you are doesn't matter this side of key west but on the other side it does matter.
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SixDegrees Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:03:37pm |
re: #124 unrealizedviewpoint
That's a lot of territory. How many sq is that math wizards?
A couple thousand square miles, roughly.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:04:15pm |
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:04:20pm |
re: #177 CyanSnowHawk
The whole country is stalled waiting for Fidel to die already.
sort of like DIE DIE FIDEL DIE ALREADY and take the rest of the commies with you.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:04:29pm |
re: #166 yochanan
well if your were a trot in cuba your body would have been right next to the anti commies in the mass graves.
The only way I ever wanted to see Cuba was from the A/C seat of a B-52, but I digress...
///not entirely sarc
cheers
eon
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:05:00pm |
re: #179 SasquatchOnSteroids
One more merit badge for his uniform.
Underwater tent pitching.
how about one for bomb catching?
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:05:18pm |
re: #160 unrealizedviewpoint
Does DI cover crimes like murder?
Diplomats and their families have also been known to use diplomatic immunity to avoid prosecution for criminal behavior. This is illustrated in a 1983 case where the New York City Police Department suspected a diplomat's son of fifteen different rapes. The son was allowed to leave the United States without ever being taken to court, because he claimed diplomatic immunity. If diplomatic immunity is used as a shield, the police cannot prosecute, no matter how serious the crime may be.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:05:24pm |
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:05:39pm |
Body Guard Photo Well I think I found one pick of the Colonel's femme fatales, but I am not sure.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:05:51pm |
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:06:16pm |
Man, that "estate" is one ugly-ass house.
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vxbush Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:06:17pm |
re: #160 unrealizedviewpoint
Does DI cover crimes like murder?
Somehow I would think that the most covered crime of DI involves speeding and parking tickets. It is New York City, after all.
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beens21 Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:06:28pm |
re: #55 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
I think it is scary, I posted that link yesterday.The tax funded NEA is doing the work of the DNC and not a peep anywhere.
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pat Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:07:07pm |
Foreign surgeons flown to UK to cut waiting times 'botched one in three operations'
Read more: [Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:07:36pm |
re: #195 vxbush
I would prefer a solid bar, but yes, I could. :D
OK, you send me an addy sometime.
Unlike some, I pay for my mistakes.
;)
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:08:01pm |
re: #58 Rancher
Still a Colonel? Maybe he should retire, he's never going to make General.
Some people just can't take a hint.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:08:11pm |
re: #197 jcm
Beer!
Is it too late for Arrogant Bastard today? It seems to have been EVERYWHERE already, LOL.
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:08:12pm |
re: #185 eon
one opinion i read is that Che was given up by the Cubans to the blind mice at the CIA because he was getting way to friendly with a well known Latin American trot Hugo Blanco.
as the Argentina was worth more as a dead commie.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:08:22pm |
re: #190 The 1SG
Body Guard Photo Well I think I found one pick of the Colonel's femme fatales, but I am not sure.
Very likely you're right. Note the urban-camo'd keffiyeh-sorta-thingy on her head.
cheers
eon
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:08:38pm |
re: #188 Rancher
One may easily assume more diplomats are inside the United States, within the confines of NYC, then anywhere else in the world at any time.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:08:39pm |
re: #201 Rancher
Yes. I went to Purdue.
Boilermaker for my good friend from the Mother of Astronauts!
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:08:53pm |
Congressman Steve Rothman says he won't be coming to or staying in Englewood...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 28, 2009 4:04 pm EST
Contact: Bob Decheine[no phone numbers allowed]
Washington, D.C. based representatives of the Libyan government have informed Congressman Steve Rothman (D-NJ) that Col. Moammar Quaddafi, will not be staying in Englewood, New Jersey if he comes to the United States for the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly next month. This information has not yet been confirmed by the White House or the State Department.
“I am very pleased that Moammar Quaddafi will apparently not be coming to Englewood. His appearance would have presented unnecessary safety and security issues for the residents of Englewood and the Libyan diplomats,” said Rothman. I want to thank President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the literally dozens of their appointees I have had the pleasure to work so closely with over the past seven days in achieving this result. I als
o want to thank the Libyan government for their hard work and consideration in resolving this matter in such a positive fashion.”
[Link: www.rothman.house.gov...]
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:08:54pm |
re: #190 The 1SG
Body Guard Photo Well I think I found one pick of the Colonel's femme fatales, but I am not sure.
Cellphone, jewelery, and not covered up.
That's just a Berkeley student after a protest.
/
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:09:14pm |
re: #146 ludwigvanquixote
Shabbos coming in. Have a great weekend all of you!
Shabbat Shalom. 2 more Lizarding hours for me.
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:09:47pm |
re: #202 OldLineTexan
Is it too late for Arrogant Bastard today? It seems to have been EVERYWHERE already, LOL.
LOL! Never too late!
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:10:01pm |
re: #1 Creeping Eruption
I hope they protest that bucket of puss all through the night. That fuck-stain should not get a moments peace while here.
What's the over/under on him spending a night in the Lincoln bedroom?
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:10:13pm |
re: #190 The 1SG
Body Guard Photo Well I think I found one pick of the Colonel's femme fatales, but I am not sure.
So they all live in one apartment so they have PMS all at the same time?
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Ward Cleaver Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:10:33pm |
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vxbush Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:10:43pm |
re: #213 Alouette
So they all live in one apartment so they have PMS all at the same time?
Now THAT would generate a very mean fighting force for a couple a days a month.
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:10:52pm |
re: #197 jcm
Beer!
beer for my horses and single malt for me (except for the chemay) i can dream as right now i am on the wagon.
DAMN IT
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:10:55pm |
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CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:11:12pm |
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Neutral President Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:11:12pm |
re: #199 Sharmuta
Can we use Live and Let Die for Momar's James Bond theme?
[Video]
No that was Jean-Claude Duvalier's theme song. For some reason Dr. Mo screams A View to a Kill... I don't know why because I cant even remember who the bad guy was in that movie.
What was the theme to Dr No, or was there a particular one?
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:11:31pm |
re: #212 Ward Cleaver
What's the over/under on him spending a night in the Lincoln bedroom?
...spreading out his tents on Barry's lawn?
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:12:17pm |
re: #215 vxbush
Now THAT would generate a very mean fighting force for a couple a days a month.
Back in the day when Rush was still funny, he suggested such an"Amazon Battalion" during Desert Storm.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:12:18pm |
re: #203 yochanan
one opinion i read is that Che was given up by the Cubans to the blind mice at the CIA because he was getting way to friendly with a well known Latin American trot Hugo Blanco.
as the Argentina was worth more as a dead commie.
I've heard that one, too. But the "accepted wisdom" (I know, know) is that dear Ernesto was getting ready to capitalize on his popularity in Cuba to try to move in to the center seat, first as Castro's "deputy leader' and then as el jefe' himself.
Fidel didn't like the idea, and told Raoul (head of the secret police) to "take care of things" in a way that wouldn't make it obvious that he (Fidel) was responsible. Which Raoul did.
/No honor among thieves, as they say- on either side.
cheers
eon
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:12:28pm |
re: #213 Alouette
So they all live in one apartment so they have PMS all at the same time?
They rotate out several different guard details so the ones on duty all have PMS. Don't mess with them!
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:12:52pm |
re: #213 Alouette
So they all live in one apartment so they have PMS all at the same time?
THAT could cause a palace coup.
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whiterasta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:12:53pm |
The world has gone nuts. No wonder I drink.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:13:02pm |
Qaddafi Visit Prompts N.J. City to Seek Injunction (Update2)
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi’s possible plans to pitch a Bedouin-style tent on property owned by his government in Englewood, New Jersey, are being complicated by several felled oak trees and a metal fence.
As city officials threatened to seek a state court injunction, U.S. Representative Steve Rothman said he received word from the Libyan government that Qaddafi doesn’t plan to stay at the Englewood property. U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said he couldn’t immediately confirm Rothman’s report.
...
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:13:05pm |
re: #126 Sharmuta
That might be it! Not quite pulling it off though, eh?
"Do you expect me to talk"?
"No Mr. Bond. I expect you to... Dude! My tent is falling over! How will I ever be taken seriously as an Evil Genius when my minions are too incompetent to construct a proper tent. Shit"!
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theheat Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:13:20pm |
Of course, gullible America welcomes that nutty dickhead and his harem of guard hos, tent and all.
"No Rogaine and the propane flows."
Like a tailgate party, 'cept different. Like, with tents and stuff.
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LatinGent Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:13:23pm |
moamar gadahffi, momahr qaudaffy, mohmor gahdapi, omar jalopy, ...how do you REALLY spell his name? I`m not sure I`ve ever seen it spelled the same. How about `Complete Terrorist Loving Asshole`? Did I spell it right?
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:13:36pm |
Sheesh. Ten meltdowns already today. And two socks that belonged to NY Nana. She was using them to search through LGF's comments.
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:14:46pm |
This is a bodyguard she could use a little trimming down, me thinks. But hey maybe its the uzi under the jacket that makes her look fat.
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kcladderman Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:14:48pm |
re: #231 Charles
Sheesh. Ten meltdowns already today. And two socks that belonged to NY Nana. She was using them to search through LGF's comments.
Wow been a busy week
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:14:53pm |
re: #218 CyanSnowHawk
On a happier note, Northrop Grumman delivered LPD-21, the USS New York, to the US Navy a week ago today.
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cliffster Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:15:07pm |
re: #231 Charles
NY Nana is gone? That must have happened while I was crazy busy and not looking in on LGF much. What happened?
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CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:15:34pm |
re: #231 Charles
Sheesh. Ten meltdowns already today. And two socks that belonged to NY Nana. She was using them to search through LGF's comments.
NY Nana got the stick?
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:16:03pm |
re: #228 Slumbering Behemoth
"Do you expect me to talk"?
"No Mr. Bond. I expect you to... Dude! My tent is falling over! How will I ever be taken seriously as an Evil Genius when my minions are too incompetent to construct a proper tent. Shit"!
LMAO! That's more funny than shitmydadsays.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:16:05pm |
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kcladderman Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:16:06pm |
re: #232 The 1SG
This is a bodyguard she could use a little trimming down, me thinks. But hey maybe its the uzi under the jacket that makes her look fat.
Why does he have a post card taped to his uniform
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:16:15pm |
re: #231 Charles
OOOH I so had a discussion with her and she just wouldn't answer the question. Damn, I feel, defiled. :)
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theheat Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:16:25pm |
re: #231 Charles
They seem to always come back, like a bad breakup, like stalkers... like zombies. "I want my records baaack!" - Sam Kenison.
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:16:29pm |
re: #232 The 1SG
This is a bodyguard she could use a little trimming down, me thinks. But hey maybe its the uzi under the jacket that makes her look fat.
Honey, does this Uzi make me look fat?
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:16:31pm |
re: #230 LatinGent
moamar gadahffi, momahr qaudaffy, mohmor gahdapi, omar jalopy, ...how do you REALLY spell his name? I`m not sure I`ve ever seen it spelled the same. How about `Complete Terrorist Loving Asshole`? Did I spell it right?
try daffy duck
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:16:55pm |
re: #219 ArchangelMichael
No that was Jean-Claude Duvalier's theme song. For some reason Dr. Mo screams A View to a Kill... I don't know why because I cant even remember who the bad guy was in that movie.
What was the theme to Dr No, or was there a particular one?
The Dr. No theme is the Monty Norman theme that is heard over the "gun barrel" view at the beginning of every 007 film since that one. Full length, it's about four minutes long, total, and was played over credits seen in a background of rapidly-moving and flashing dots like a cross between a computer display and Vegas neon.
the Maurice Binder visuals seen on most Bond films since then were apparently due to patrons complaining that the rapidly-flashing "dots" made it hard to read the credits. Although most males between twelve and about eighty watching a 007 movie today rarely read the credits anyway.
/I'm one of the exceptions, but I can multitask my eyes.
cheers
eon
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:17:07pm |
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Equable Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:17:16pm |
Earlier on Fox the mayor of Englewood New Jersey almost dropped the proverbial F-bomb while being interviewed.
"If they can't build it, they ain't comin'. And they're not gonna build their f.. tent on our soil and insult us in the wake of a hero's welcome that they gave to a convicted terrorist."
I had to DVR it. Pure gold.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:17:21pm |
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CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:17:31pm |
re: #239 OldLineTexan
Their motto:
Whatta you lookin' at?
Looks more dignified when they write it out in Latin.
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:17:36pm |
re: #218 CyanSnowHawk
On a happier note, Northrop Grumman delivered LPD-21, the USS New York, to the US Navy a week ago today.
Need more details ...
[Link: www.ussnewyork.com...]
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midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:18:01pm |
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:18:05pm |
re: #248 Gus 802
Don't answer that! It's a trick question.
//
Do they carry Jewish weapons? Uzi Galil!
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:19:00pm |
"You know, sometimes it's nice having you around. But now ain't one of those times. Now gimmie the remote we're not watching this bullshit."
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:19:34pm |
re: #243 jcm
Honey, does this Uzi make me look fat?
Of course not dear. It's just that you make the Uzi look small.
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:19:40pm |
re: #240 kcladderman
Dunno! But the awards look like a postcard too. So what is that about?
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:19:45pm |
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:19:47pm |
re: #231 Charles
That's sad.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:21:14pm |
re: #258 Gus 802
Uzi Gellar, the armed psychic.
//
I'm a bit serious ... an Uzi is a Jewish design by Uzi Galil. I wonder if they care. I bet they buy HK MP-5s.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:21:20pm |
re: #247 Equable
Earlier on Fox the mayor of Englewood New Jersey almost dropped the proverbial F-bomb while being interviewed.
"If they can't build it, they ain't comin'. And they're not gonna build their f.. tent on our soil and insult us in the wake of a hero's welcome that they gave to a convicted terrorist."
I had to DVR it. Pure gold.
I just searched YouTube to see if the vid is posted yet. How do you spell the colonel's name?
/Not up yet BTW
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cliffster Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:21:49pm |
re: #254 Sharmuta
"You know, sometimes it's nice having you around. But now ain't one of those times. Now gimmie the remote we're not watching this bullshit."
Sweet, that makes an excellent FollowFriday.
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3 wood Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:21:52pm |
re: #72 kansas
I don't see how there can be either until at least 2010 if we are lucky, 2012 if we are moderately lucky, 2014 if we are not very lucky, or 2016 if we are completely fucked and have to put up with this shit until we are ruined.
I think it will be 2011 best case scenario and that's if Cap and Trade and Health Care do not get put into law.
If Obama gets both of those into law, especially with a public option on health care, we are totally screwed and get used to 8% to 10% unemployment for many, many years.
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:21:54pm |
re: #238 Sharmuta
That is truly high praise. Thank you.
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:22:34pm |
re: #261 OldLineTexan
Brother. I was kidding about her packing an uzi...she just needs a better tailor.
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Equable Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:22:37pm |
re: #262 unrealizedviewpoint
I just searched YouTube to see if the vid is posted yet. How do you spell the colonel's name?
/Not up yet BTW
Oh hell I don't even think that he knows himself.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:22:44pm |
re: #261 OldLineTexan
I'm a bit serious ... an Uzi is a Jewish design by Uzi Galil. I wonder if they care. I bet they buy HK MP-5s.
Oh. I don't know. It would be strange if they didn't buy Uzis but that's SOP for that strange lot including Libya.
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:22:48pm |
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snowcrash Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:23:15pm |
re: #254 Sharmuta
Hilarious, but the "microscopic f*in eyes" will always be my fav.
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:23:23pm |
re: #264 3 wood
I think it will be 2011 best case scenario and that's if Cap and Trade and Health Care do not get put into law.
If Obama gets both of those into law, especially with a public option on health care, we are totally screwed and get used to 8% to 10% unemployment for many, many years.
And double digit inflation.
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:23:56pm |
re: #268 Gus 802
Oh. I don't know. It would be strange if they didn't buy Uzis but that's SOP for that strange lot including Libya.
AK-47s
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MacDuff Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:24:25pm |
re: #257 The 1SG
Dunno! But the awards look like a postcard too. So what is that about?
As I recall, it was some sort of comment about past Italian actions that Libya is still pissed about. He wore as an insult. Insulting picture pinned to his garish uniform; Libyan chic.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:24:38pm |
re: #264 3 wood
I think it will be 2011 best case scenario and that's if Cap and Trade and Health Care do not get put into law.
If Obama gets both of those into law, especially with a public option on health care, we are totally screwed and get used to 8% to 10% unemployment for many, many years.
How can so many people be so greedy and self serving?
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:25:08pm |
More body guards So looks like he brought the girl scout division with him this time.
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3 wood Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:25:48pm |
re: #121 calcajun
The CIA finds the bad guys...and kills them. It's a lot simpler.
Now, in Obama's world, the CIA are the bad guys.
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kcladderman Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:25:50pm |
re: #257 The 1SG
Dunno! But the awards look like a postcard too. So what is that about?
He really looks like a Mel Brooks character. I don't see how those guys can keep from laughing at him.
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The 1SG Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:26:00pm |
re: #274 MacDuff
Ah ha! Cause it does look like a mafia scene on the postcard. Hmphf.
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:26:10pm |
re: #254 Sharmuta
"You know, sometimes it's nice having you around. But now ain't one of those times. Now gimmie the remote we're not watching this bullshit."
My late father-in-law (rest his soul) really used to talk like that.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:26:52pm |
re: #230 LatinGent
moamar gadahffi, momahr qaudaffy, mohmor gahdapi, omar jalopy, ...how do you REALLY spell his name? I`m not sure I`ve ever seen it spelled the same. How about `Complete Terrorist Loving Asshole`? Did I spell it right?
Technically, "Muammar al-Minyar al-Gaddafi", or "Muammar al-Qadafi" is the closest you can get in Romanized Arabic (latin alphabet, i.e., the one used in the Romance languages, including English). Literally translated, it means "Muammar, son of Minyar, of the family (clan?) of Gaddafi"- the latter being the name of his first known ancestor.
/Although it could also mean "from Gaddafi", meaning a town, village, etc. of that name- this is one of those things Arabic tends to be unclear about.
cheers
eon
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theheat Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:26:59pm |
re: #280 Alouette
Ummm, my dad still does. For real. Scary. Funny, but scary.
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:28:01pm |
"San Franis nice. The first time I vomited was in San Fran, I think." I was 6
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:28:02pm |
re: #274 MacDuff
As I recall, it was some sort of comment about past Italian actions that Libya is still pissed about. He wore as an insult. Insulting picture pinned to his garish uniform; Libyan chic.
Libya was an Italian possession (colony?) till WWII. Bet there was some bad blood over that.
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Neutral President Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:28:11pm |
re: #275 unrealizedviewpoint
How can so many people be so greedy and self serving?
Because probably a very low percentage of people have the slightest understanding of macroeconomics and monetary policy. "Please just fix my problem (or my neighbors problem that I feel guilty about for no reason)... the rich can pay for it. They have enough!"
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:28:14pm |
re: #271 snowcrash
Hilarious, but the "microscopic f*in eyes" will always be my fav.
Me too- unless he finds a way to top it.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:28:43pm |
re: #247 Equable
Earlier on Fox the mayor of Englewood New Jersey almost dropped the proverbial F-bomb while being interviewed.
"If they can't build it, they ain't comin'. And they're not gonna build their f.. tent on our soil and insult us in the wake of a hero's welcome that they gave to a convicted terrorist."
I had to DVR it. Pure gold.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:29:32pm |
re: #276 The 1SG
More body guards So looks like he brought the girl scout division with him this time.
I'm trying to figure out where their camouflage would actually work...
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:30:07pm |
Cap-n-Fraud via Executive Branch fiat.
EPA Expected to Declare Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant
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yochanan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:30:35pm |
re: #288 SasquatchOnSteroids
I'm trying to figure out where their camouflage would actually work...
night club in boys town
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:30:56pm |
Why is Jersey complaining?
[Link: www.270towin.com...]
We wouldn't want to piss off Quad-daffy. He might clench his fist or something.
Then again, Liberals do have a problem with people exercising property rights. So I suppose this presents an existential problem for them.
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Irene NYC Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:31:16pm |
re: #69 Truck Monkey
Old news. The NEA has been a propaganda arm for the democratic party for almost 40 years.
Dana Gioia did a fantastic job as head of the NEA under GW Bush. Did you hear of even one NEA scandal or controversy during his tenure? We're all the worse off since he resigned his position even though he could have stayed on for another year under Obama.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:31:18pm |
In late:
Does anyone know, for certain, that he lives in a bedouin tent back at home? I've heard that, but haven't found anything about it in a quick look at the Web.
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MacDuff Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:31:30pm |
re: #284 Rancher
Libya was an Italian possession (colony?) till WWII. Bet there was some bad blood over that.
Well, if they weren't pissed of about something, how would they occupy their time?Their only natural resources are Oil and victimhood.
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Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:32:05pm |
re: #293 pre-Boomer Marine brat
In late:
Does anyone know, for certain, that he lives in a bedouin tent back at home? I've heard that, but haven't found anything about it in a quick look at the Web.
He did when Reagan bombed him.
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cliffster Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:32:54pm |
re: #287 unrealizedviewpoint
That's a funny segment in general. Cavuto is funny. I never really watch cable news any more so I don't see him, but he's funny.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:32:58pm |
re: #295 Rancher
He did when Reagan bombed him.
Yeah. That's what I'd heard. (I'm wondering if he still does.)
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:33:22pm |
re: #289 jcm
Cap-n-Fraud via Executive Branch fiat.
EPA Expected to Declare Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant
OMG. Breath Panels !
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Slumbering Behemoth Stinks Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:34:00pm |
re: #269 Sharmuta
Right back atchya! ;)
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MacDuff Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:34:06pm |
re: #289 jcm
Cap-n-Fraud via Executive Branch fiat.
EPA Expected to Declare Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant
How will this afffect our right to breathe?
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Equable Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:34:18pm |
re: #287 unrealizedviewpoint
Actually it was during an episode of Studio B With Shepard Smith. I'll keep an eye out for it.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:35:00pm |
re: #285 ArchangelMichael
Because probably a very low percentage of people have the slightest understanding of macroeconomics and monetary policy. "Please just fix my problem (or my neighbors problem that I feel guilty about for no reason)... the rich can pay for it. They have enough!"
I understand that, really I do. But still...there are thousands upon thousands of politicians and their assistants, lobbyists, those in industry, etc etc, who do know what this means...and they turn a blind eye. Selfish fucking pricks got there's.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:35:01pm |
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Charles Johnson Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:35:44pm |
re: #237 CyanSnowHawk
No, she flounced.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:35:57pm |
re: #301 Equable
Actually it was during an episode of Studio B With Shepard Smith. I'll keep an eye out for it.
I thought that was a darn good interview. But then I'm a fan of Neal's.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:36:57pm |
re: #268 Gus 802
Oh. I don't know. It would be strange if they didn't buy Uzis but that's SOP for that strange lot including Libya.
They used to use Czech Vz 61 "Skorpion" machine pistols in 7.65 x 17 mm Browning (.32 ACP to us Yanks). The Skorpion was easily concealable (about the size of an Ingram MAC-11, but skinnier), fired about 650 RPM (it had a rate-reducer to cut its cyclic rate), and came from the factory with both a suppressor ("silencer") and a shoulder-holster rig that could hide it under a light jacket.
It was very popular with the various terrorist groups in Europe and elsewhere in the Seventies and Eighties (Baader-Meinhof, Brigade Rosse, Renko Sekigun, etc.) both because .32 ACP ammo was available almost everywhere and because the MPs could be had pretty much for free from Omnipol, the old Czech export outfit, paid for by the USSR and delivered via'... Libya. (As in all the terrorist training camps they had there, back then.)
The "official" story was that the Skorpion was made as a defensive weapon for AFV crews. Of course, it was once observed that they probably manufactured enough Skorpions in .32 alone (it was also made in .380, 9 x 18 Makarov, and 9 x 19) to fill up every AFV in Europe and then some.
cheers
eon
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:38:10pm |
re: #306 MacDuff
Whew, that's a relief! Oh oh...
Or they'll just institute a breath tax.
More than one per minute will cost ya.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:38:36pm |
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Neutral President Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:38:47pm |
re: #303 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Don't worry. Just don't exhale.
I'll carry a plant around with me. It's a carbon sink.
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Equable Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:39:09pm |
re: #305 unrealizedviewpoint
Indeed, I just watched it. Thanks for the link, and like I said: I'll keep an eye out for Mayor Wildes' almost-F-bomb for you.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:39:46pm |
re: #289 jcm
Cap-n-Fraud via Executive Branch fiat.
EPA Expected to Declare Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant
And according to Gallup this AM, only 39% of Americans they polled are in favor of ObamaCare, but 55% favor Cap N' Tax.
Which tells me that science education in this country is in very bad shape.
cheers
eon
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:40:03pm |
re: #289 jcm
Cap-n-Fraud via Executive Branch fiat.
EPA Expected to Declare Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant
Carbon dioxide is used for a lot of industrial applications. Depending on what the EPA comes up with this can have a very negative impact on the economy.
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unrealizedviewpoint Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:40:41pm |
re: #312 Equable
Indeed, I just watched it. Thanks for the link, and like I said: I'll keep an eye out for Mayor Wildes' almost-F-bomb for you.
Thanks! I'm outta here for my 'supposed to be' daily beach walk. g-day all.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:41:55pm |
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
Ill be taxin' you
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wrenchwench Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:42:00pm |
I have a cat that flounces. If he's not getting enough attention, he'll get up on the counter or a table and fling himself down on his side with a noise that sounds like a kitteh "Harrumpf!" Then he looks at you accusingly. That's what I picture some of these socks doing.
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Irene NYC Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:42:43pm |
re: #313 eon
And according to Gallup this AM, only 39% of Americans they polled are in favor of ObamaCare, but 55% favor Cap N' Tax.
Which tells me that science education in this country is in very bad shape.
cheers
eon
Tells me that economics education in this country is in very bad shape.
;)
| 321 |
itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:43:35pm |
re: #289 jcm
Cap-n-Fraud via Executive Branch
fiatChrysler.EPA Expected to Declare Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant
Carbon? Sounds bad to me. Probably poisonous. Maybe it should be banned altogether, I don't want any coming close to me.
/
| 322 |
Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:43:44pm |
re: #318 MikeySDCA
Uses
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
Thanks. It's rather extensive and I'm sure there are other uses not mentioned.
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Cheechako Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:45:03pm |
re: #289 jcm
Cap-n-Fraud via Executive Branch fiat.
EPA Expected to Declare Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant
Now imagine flat beer and soft drinks. Ugh!
| 324 |
cliffster Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:45:11pm |
I looked in the LGF Dictionary (trying to utilize available resources) and see nothing for "flounce". A little help on a Friday?
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CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:46:39pm |
re: #289 jcm
Cap-n-Fraud via Executive Branch fiat.
EPA Expected to Declare Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant
Can we declare the EPA in violation of the 10th Amendment and have them dissolved?
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pat Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:47:00pm |
re: #321 itellu3times
Carbon? Sounds bad to me. Probably poisonous. Maybe it should be banned altogether, I don't want any coming close to me.
/
"The State Of California has determined that carbon is carcinogenic."
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:47:11pm |
re: #314 Gus 802
Where's soxfan4life been? I offered up some observations on how cap and trade would adversely affect the rail industry (on top of the transportation sector in general). He said he could do likewise on how the utility sector would be harmed by cap and trade...some of which would seem self-explanatory, but he could probably offer even more insight...
| 328 |
Irene NYC Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:47:16pm |
re: #324 cliffster
I looked in the LGF Dictionary (trying to utilize available resources) and see nothing for "flounce". A little help on a Friday?
flounce: –verb (used without object)
1. to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
Maybe this helps?
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:47:35pm |
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MacDuff Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:47:46pm |
re: #324 cliffster
I looked in the LGF Dictionary (trying to utilize available resources) and see nothing for "flounce". A little help on a Friday?
1. to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
2. to throw the body about spasmodically; flounder.
Like a death throw or mental convulsion.
| 331 |
Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:48:18pm |
Its just not fair.
Last time I went to the park and pitched a tent I spent the night in jail.
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Neutral President Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:48:43pm |
re: #324 cliffster
I looked in the LGF Dictionary (trying to utilize available resources) and see nothing for "flounce". A little help on a Friday?
Self-ban, generally by posting an over the top melodramatic, passive-aggressive, or martyr-cookie seeking goodbye comment.
| 333 |
CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:49:05pm |
re: #324 cliffster
I looked in the LGF Dictionary (trying to utilize available resources) and see nothing for "flounce". A little help on a Friday?
A flounce is a post where a lizard declares that LGF isn't fun anymore and the remaining lizards won't have them to kick around any longer.
| 334 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:50:24pm |
Oh...and if cap and trade or the economy doesn't kill the railway industry, more regulations cooked up by the Dems probably will.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:50:57pm |
re: #327 Fenway_Nation
Where's soxfan4life been? I offered up some observations on how cap and trade would adversely affect the rail industry (on top of the transportation sector in general). He said he could do likewise on how the utility sector would be harmed by cap and trade...some of which would seem self-explanatory, but he could probably offer even more insight...
Hey Fenway. Haven't seen him either. I imagine it would effect the rail industry quite a bit especially if they start going after coal since coal transport is a major part of their revenue. Other effect will be caused by fossil fuels used by the locomotives.
Here's a chart of what the EPA was calling the largest contributor to CO2 gases:
[Link: www.epa.gov...]
Notice also that "cement manufacture" is fourth. This will have a wide impact.
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:51:21pm |
re: #292 Irene NYC
Dana Gioia did a fantastic job as head of the NEA under GW Bush. Did you hear of even one NEA scandal or controversy during his tenure? We're all the worse off since he resigned his position even though he could have stayed on for another year under Obama.
The National Endowment for the Arts is often confused with the real NEA - the National Education Association. I can attest that the NEA is doing a fantastic job of making sure we have gender equity in education!
I was recently given a grant to write a pamphlet to get middle school aged girls more interested in math.
My pamphlet Owning Your Orgasm - How Pythagoras Informs Us On Right Triangles And How You Have A Right To Your Triangle has been a resounding success.
| 337 |
MacDuff Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:51:25pm |
re: #329 SasquatchOnSteroids
My fave Bud Light commercial that never was.
How about this VW Commercial?
| 338 |
cliffster Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:51:26pm |
| 339 |
Rancher Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:51:50pm |
re: #321 itellu3times
Carbon? Sounds bad to me. Probably poisonous. Maybe it should be banned altogether, I don't want any coming close to me.
/
Next they will declare Dihydrate Monoxide poisonous. It has killed allot of people.
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:51:52pm |
re: #326 pat
"The State Of California has determined that carbon is carcinogenic."
They have a prop 62 (?) warning on ... sand.
hazardous material, can block breathing.
/we are very near the end of civilization
| 341 |
Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:52:42pm |
re: #289 jcm
Cap-n-Fraud via Executive Branch fiat.
EPA Expected to Declare Carbon Dioxide a Dangerous Pollutant
Every single restaurant in the world - Coke or Pepsi - has cylinders of CO2 for the fountain machine. The DOT is now going to classify all of those cylinders as a dangerous pollutant? I see more regulations and taxes. I don't see any global cooling because of this.
| 342 |
itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:52:44pm |
re: #333 CyanSnowHawk
A flounce is a post where a lizard declares that LGF isn't fun anymore and the remaining lizards won't have them to kick around any longer.
Indeed, but a recent term and should be added to the glossary.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:54:07pm |
re: #334 Fenway_Nation
Oh...and if cap and trade or the economy doesn't kill the railway industry, more regulations cooked up by the Dems probably will.
Came across this...
What is EPA doing to control idle emissions from locomotives?
EPA is working hard to reduce emissions from locomotives, both while they are pulling freight and while they are idling. However, the Clean Air Act does not give EPA unlimited ability to regulate locomotives. Section 213(a)(5) and related provisions provide EPA the authority to establish emission standards for newly manufactured and remanufactured locomotives, as well as to prohibit railroads or anyone else from tampering with emission controls. For locomotives not yet required to use the idle reduction technologies, the Clean Air Act provisions do not appear to provide EPA with particular authority to prevent railroads from allowing them to idle. Thus, as described below, EPA’s regulatory efforts to reduce emissions from idling locomotives focus on requiring the application of automatic idle reduction technologies to the locomotives themselves rather than directly regulating when railroads may allow locomotives to idle...
More here:
[Link: www.epa.gov...]
Now, if they're citing the Clean Air Act it could always be amended with new legislation or possibly through the coming CO2 regulations.
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midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:55:02pm |
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Irene NYC Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:55:12pm |
re: #336 I am smarter than you
I bow down to you. You certainly are smarter than me!
;)
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cliffster Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:55:19pm |
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snowcrash Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:55:26pm |
re: #336 I am smarter than you
haha clever. downding for the age target.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:56:29pm |
re: #319 Irene NYC
Tells me that economics education in this country is in very bad shape.
;)
Agreed, but I've taken that as a "given" since suffering through a high-school Civics and Economics class (full year) taught by a self-described Fabian Socialist. Among whose brilliant theories was that Communism was the best thing that ever happened to Mainland China, the Cultural Revolution notwithstanding.
He didn't appreciate my using the China (PRC) News Agency's own figures for the economic catastrophe that the Great Leap Forward (1958-63) was for the PRC. He'd never bothered to look them up, as he just assumed that it must have worked, because it was "ideologically pure".
He then accused me of thinking the Mandarins and/or Chiang Kai-Shek were "better". My response?
"China hasn't had a reasonable, rational, worthwhile government in its entire history, period. In going from the Mandarins to the Maoists, all the country did was trade one bunch of clueless hereditary aristocrats with lousy fashion sense for a bunch of even more clueless self-elevated aristocrats with even worse fashion sense."
Believe it or not, I passed the class, because my coursework was almost flawless (I got 100% on the final).
cheers
eon
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:56:34pm |
re: #344 MacDuff
As Freud said "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". I think there's a Clinton snipe in there somewhere...
Freud was wrong - a cigar is never just a cigar.
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:57:15pm |
re: #336 I am smarter than you
The National Endowment for the Arts is often confused with the real NEA - the National Education Association. I can attest that the NEA is doing a fantastic job of making sure we have gender equity in education!
I was recently given a grant to write a pamphlet to get middle school aged girls more interested in math.
My pamphlet Owning Your Orgasm - How Pythagoras Informs Us On Right Triangles And How You Have A Right To Your Triangle has been a resounding success.
Cato? Cato?
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Equable Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:59:28pm |
re: #344 MacDuff
As Freud said "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". I think there's a Clinton snipe in there somewhere...
Carlin said that sometimes it's a big brown dick.
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:59:37pm |
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Irene NYC Fri, Aug 28, 2009 3:59:48pm |
re: #349 eon
There are still Fabian Socialists alive? Whew! Whodda thunk? Endangered species and all that.
;)
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:00:22pm |
re: #334 Fenway_Nation
Oh...and if cap and trade or the economy doesn't kill the railway industry, more regulations cooked up by the Dems probably will.
How the *&%$# do they think all the products move around?
Unicorn back?
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Lee Coller Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:00:24pm |
re: #339 Rancher
Next they will declare Dihydrate Monoxide poisonous. It has killed allot of people.
So has rusted hydrogen.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:00:38pm |
re: #335 Gus 802
Actually, I wasn't even factoring in locomotive emissions into cap & trade. I think short-haul and reigonal railways will be decimated by this- especially the ones that either service coal mines and coal-fired power plants or some of our own domestic natural gas or oil deposits (the Bakken Oil field and Marcellus Shale in particular). Even if they don't haul a drop of oil, they still haul vast quantities of pipe, 'frac sand' and rigging equipment for some of the energy exploration companies.
Or let's say a shortline railway is already compliant with (or exempt from) the cap and trade impositions...but their main customer- a paper mill or factory is affected adversely. What happens to that railway when a good chunk of it's business goes away when the factory it serves is shut down as a cost-cutting measure, relcoated overseas or shit down by the feds?
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beens21 Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:01:28pm |
will the EPA declare that water vapor is a pollutant, it is the largest component of GHG.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:02:49pm |
re: #354 Irene NYC
There are still Fabian Socialists alive? Whew! Whodda thunk? Endangered species and all that.
;)
Except for this guy, I think they were like the dinosaurs in Scott Adams' early Dilbert strips- they weren't extinct, they were just hiding behind furniture.
/Yeah, lame, I know.
cheers
eon
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MJ Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:03:32pm |
Britain accused of breaking promise to US over Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi
Britain was accused last night of reneging on a promise to the United States that the Lockerbie bomber would serve his sentence in Scotland.
According to confidential correspondence obtained by The Times, ministers urged the Scottish government to consider returning Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi to Libya under a prisoner transfer deal in an apparent breach of a decade-old pledge.
A former Cabinet minister and two sources close to talks over the handover of suspects in 1999 told The Times that Robin Cook, then Foreign Secretary, promised Madeleine Albright, US Secretary of State at the time, that anyone found guilty would serve their sentence in Scotland, where the airliner exploded with the loss of 270 lives.
A senior US official said: “There was a clear understanding at the time of the trial that al-Megrahi would serve his sentence in Scotland. In the 1990s the UK had the same view. It is up to them to explain what changed.”
[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]
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Irene NYC Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:03:44pm |
re: #357 Fenway_Nation
What happens to that railway when a good chunk of it's business goes away when the factory it serves is shut down as a cost-cutting measure, relcoated overseas or shit down by the feds?
You shouldn't let pesky little details like that bother you. Sounds like you need to be re-educated.
/
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Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:04:07pm |
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:04:27pm |
re: #359 beens21
will the EPA declare that water vapor is a pollutant, it is the largest component of GHG.
Yes. We must slough off the atmosphere.
It's killing the planet.
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Darth Vader Gargoyle Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:05:10pm |
Weather supercomputer used to predict climate change is one of Britain's worst polluters
You would think the models could have predicted that!
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MacDuff Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:05:22pm |
re: #362 MJ
Britain accused of breaking promise to US over Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi
[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]
Clearly, Brown really didn't like those DVDs.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:05:40pm |
re: #333 CyanSnowHawk
A flounce is a post where a lizard declares that LGF isn't fun anymore and the remaining lizards won't have them to kick around any longer.
It's so much more complex...I never understood a Flounce from here...There are only 2 lizards here that left with grace to not flounce...
Look the first time I ever Blogged years ago was at Firedoglake...When I realized they were super liberal and I was a conservative blogging..Did I trash Jane when I left..Hell fricking no...I lost my blogging cherry to Jane and starting a long journey in Blog land..I finally made it here..I consider this blog home...If it isn't for you..Just move on to another site...Nobody cares about your Flounce..For God's sake show a little class and move on...
I'm tired of all the stories about Lizards that can't show a little dignity when they leave here...Big bad LGF just drove you to the wilderness..
Who the fuck are they trying to fool? Charles is just so mean to extremest, Nazi's, Wack jobs, violent posters ect. Oh and the best one was that' I had to hide my love of God from Charles cause he would ban me..' Please!
Cause Charles always bans lizards that love God...If maybe your idea of Love is to Nuke Muslims...Maybe you and God need to have a little chat..
/bye rant
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:05:48pm |
re: #359 beens21
will the EPA declare that water vapor is a pollutant, it is the largest component of GHG.
Ban di-hydrogen monoxide! It's a killer!
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Equable Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:06:04pm |
Watching Ted Kennedy's memorial. This rendition of God Bless America is beyond dreadful.
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:06:12pm |
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Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:06:50pm |
re: #366 rwdflynavy
Weather supercomputer used to predict climate change is one of Britain's worst polluters
You would think the models could have predicted that!
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
*deep breath*
Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
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lawhawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:07:02pm |
Rabbi Smuley Boteach is one of the neighbors most affected. He owns the mansion next door.
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:07:12pm |
re: #343 Gus 802
Since we basically do not do nukes for electricity, what would power US high-speed trains?
Wind or solar?
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snowcrash Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:07:53pm |
re: #369 HoosierHoops
GotC left quietly and you and some others trashed her. That was a no win for her.
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Equable Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:08:22pm |
re: #375 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Since we basically do not do nukes for electricity, what would power US high-speed trains?
Wind or solar?
Equable + can of chili and a six pack of Newcastle.
Fixed.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:08:24pm |
re: #357 Fenway_Nation
Actually, I wasn't even factoring in locomotive emissions into cap & trade. I think short-haul and reigonal railways will be decimated by this- especially the ones that either service coal mines and coal-fired power plants or some of our own domestic natural gas or oil deposits (the Bakken Oil field and Marcellus Shale in particular). Even if they don't haul a drop of oil, they still haul vast quantities of pipe, 'frac sand' and rigging equipment for some of the energy exploration companies.
Or let's say a shortline railway is already compliant with (or exempt from) the cap and trade impositions...but their main customer- a paper mill or factory is affected adversely. What happens to that railway when a good chunk of it's business goes away when the factory it serves is shut down as a cost-cutting measure, relcoated overseas or shit down by the feds?
The future outlook in these sectors looks grim. I don't see the administration playing anything but an antagonistic role with these industries. In fact the veracity of lawsuits that will come from Justice will probably increase over the next three years and possibly 7 years. Short of a lawsuit from said sectors I don't see what can be done since the EPA is basically isolated from democratic rule.
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Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:10:03pm |
re: #372 I am smarter than you
Since when is numericide funny?
If 6 turned out to be 9, I would mind.
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Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:10:21pm |
Somehow I doubt it's tents or Bedouins the neighbors object to.
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aboo-Hoo-Hoo Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:10:42pm |
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:11:40pm |
re: #375 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Since we basically do not do nukes for electricity, what would power US high-speed trains?
Wind or solar?
sled dogs
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:11:50pm |
re: #362 MJ
Britain accused of breaking promise to US over Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi
[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]
A senior U.S. official said, "There was a clear understanding at the time of the trial that al-Megrahi would serve his sentence in Scotland. in the 1990s the UK had the same view. It is up to them to explain what changed."
1. The One
2. "Crash" Gordon
3. The fact that both (1) and (2) are proponents of the "It's All our Fault That (Fill in The Blank) Was Done To Us" worldview.
By their "logic", it was patently "unfair" to keep al-Megrahi locked up for doing something that we (the US asd UK) "provoked" by not being more "even-handed" in the MidEast. After all, multiculturalist doctrine clearly states that the West is Always Wrong. Q.E.D., and all that.
/// Not sure if that's sarc or not.
cheers
eon
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:12:01pm |
re: #375 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Since we basically do not do nukes for electricity, what would power US high-speed trains?
Wind or solar?
You would have to first create a wind power infrastructure. You would also have to create a solar power infrastructure. Both of which of course are not efficient in all regions of the USA.
Second you would have to create an electric locomotive infrastructure which would require new engines, rail line power transfer and a slew of right-of-way issues which would go along with it. That would mean powering every single rail line in the country.
This would take decades and if it is done no one should think that it could be done overnight.
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:12:15pm |
re: #372 I am smarter than you
Since when is numericide funny?
What about the number 7?
I heard 6 was afraid of 7 for eating 9. Any knowledge of an investigation into this horrible, numeric cannibalism?
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:12:26pm |
Oh yes - all of you people blithely tap away at your digital computers - perpetuating the numericide that Grace Hopper set into motion. All of those 0's being forced off of their registers by those "1's".
1 - as in "true"
1 - as in "I'm number one!"
1 - as in one big, oppressive phallus.
Millions of them occupying the lands registers that gynocentric "0's" (unjustly labeled false!) once lived on in harmony.
But you don't care - do you? Oh no - you don't hear their screams. That fan noise drowns out their cry for justice.
But I am a person of conscience - I use an analog computer that I designed and built.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:12:57pm |
re: #387 Sharmuta
What about the number 7?
I heard 6 was afraid of 7 for eating 9. Any knowledge of an investigation into this horrible, numeric cannibalism?
7 8 9. It's true.
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Eowyn2 Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:12:57pm |
re: #6 Desert Dog
"Hello, Rent-A-Grizzly? Do you service New Jersey?"
Should we invite him to visit yellowstone?
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MJ Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:13:03pm |
re: #367 MacDuff
Clearly, Brown really didn't like those DVDs.
I thought that electing Obama meant that other countries where gonna start liking us again.
Instead, the feel free to piss on us...
But then, too, we didn't honor out commitment to Israel and pretend an agreement doesn't exist so I guess what goes around comes around.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:13:15pm |
re: #376 snowcrash
GotC left quietly and you and some others trashed her. That was a no win for her.
I went and Apologized to her for that...I was so hurt and out of line...
I have a deep respect for her...I lashed out cause I didn't want to lose her..
GOTC left with grace..
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:13:55pm |
re: #389 OldLineTexan
7 8 9. It's true.
That's what I heard. Horrible. 7 should pay if found guilty.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:14:17pm |
re: #379 Fenway_Nation
Unicorns.
Magic! Just close your eyes and solar power is everywhere!
Too funny. It takes them over a year to replace a water line on any given metropolitan street.
Reminds me of "The Big Dig" and other associated massive infrastructure projects.
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:14:20pm |
re: #385 eon
A senior U.S. official said, "There was a clear understanding at the time of the trial that al-Megrahi would serve his sentence in Scotland. in the 1990s the UK had the same view. It is up to them to explain what changed."
1. The One
2. "Crash" Gordon
3. The fact that both (1) and (2) are proponents of the "It's All our Fault That (Fill in The Blank) Was Done To Us" worldview.
By their "logic", it was patently "unfair" to keep al-Megrahi locked up for doing something that we (the US asd UK) "provoked" by not being more "even-handed" in the MidEast. After all, multiculturalist doctrine clearly states that the West is Always Wrong. Q.E.D., and all that.
/// Not sure if that's sarc or not.
cheers
eon
I vote a SEAL time cleans up...
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:15:42pm |
re: #395 Gus 802
Magic! Just close your eyes and solar power is everywhere!
Too funny. It takes them over a year to replace a water line on any given metropolitan street.
Reminds me of "The Big Dig" and other associated massive infrastructure projects.
I'm not sure "The Big Dig" qulaifies as infrastructure. Structure usually implies that it holds together. But is is infra. ;)
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Mad Mullah Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:16:02pm |
I commented on this Ghadafi character and his ridiculous tent a few days ago in a different thread.
As a New Yorker, I hope that one day the UN will no longer be in this city. Let them move it to Europe, or to Asia, or to Africa. Anyplace is fine with me as long as it's not in this country.
The building and what it has come to represent is an eyesore on the Manhattan skyline.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:16:29pm |
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:16:50pm |
re: #378 Gus 802
I remember some 25-30 years ago Midwestern railways falling like dominoes; The Milwaukee Road and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific being the most spectacular failures. I think other railways like the Missouri Pacific, St Louis-San Francisco; Missouri, Kansas & Texas; Western Pacific or Chicago & Northwestern being merged into larger, more solvent railways like Burlington Northern or Union Pacific...probably to avoid the lengthy, prolonged unpleasant death throes that tore apart the Milwaukee Road or CRI&P.
Now that there's essentially four class one freight carriers in the United States, I have to wonder what will happen to the industry in general if a Union Pacific or BNSF goes the same way as a Milwaukee Road or 'Route Rock'...
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:17:23pm |
re: #393 HoosierHoops
I went and Apologized to her for that...I was so hurt and out of line...
I have a deep respect for her...I lashed out cause I didn't want to lose her..
GOTC left with grace..
She went over to the freaking stalker's site! The ron paul of blogs.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:17:45pm |
re: #398 OldLineTexan
I'm not sure "The Big Dig" qulaifies as infrastructure. Structure usually implies that it holds together. But is is infra. ;)
Epoxy grout! Epic failure on their part.
Any large project always requires three guys to stand around and look at one guy work. Also need the flag man that's always on his or her cell phone. That means if you hire 30,000 workers 20,000 of those will be standing around and watching the other 10,000 workers work.
/
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:17:47pm |
re: #400 OldLineTexan
could be worse, coud've been a geometry brain fart
/how embarasskin'
I guess this rounds on me!
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Greengolem64 Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:18:11pm |
re: #377 Equable
Equable + can of chili and a six pack of Newcastle.
Fixed.
So...I guess that would be...wind and...gas?
:)
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:18:55pm |
re: #403 Gus 802
Make that out of 30,000 workers 22,500 will be standing around watching 7,500 workers.
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wrenchwench Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:19:04pm |
re: #402 Alouette
She went over to the freaking stalker's site! The ron paul of blogs.
Eggcellent. Eggzactly.
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:19:25pm |
re: #392 jcm
Close.
My mental image is more of about a seven year old girl in petticoats who has just announced that the grapes are probably all sour anyway.
Also, a scene from a short-lived tv series based on Los Angeles radio legends Loman and Barkley. Radio guy has just been poorly served in some retail establishment, after much loud argument announces, "Next time you hear me, I'll be on your radio!" and flounces out. Store clerk shouts at his retreating back, "Oh yeah, well I'll climb on my refrigerator and answer you!"
I said it was short-lived ...
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:19:31pm |
re: #398 OldLineTexan
I'm not sure "The Big Dig" qulaifies as infrastructure. Structure usually implies that it holds together. But is is infra. ;)
Ted Williams deserves better than to have that tunnel held together with spackling named after him.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:19:34pm |
re: #406 Gus 802
Make that out of 30,000 workers 22,500 will be standing around watching 7,500 workers.
s'ok, math errors are rampant today ... you just bought a round, though
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:19:37pm |
re: #395 Gus 802
Magic! Just close your eyes and solar power is everywhere!
Too funny. It takes them over a year to replace a water line on any given metropolitan street.
Reminds me of "The Big Dig" and other associated massive infrastructure projects.
And now they want healthcare.
This pothole is your liver...
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:19:57pm |
re: #402 Alouette
The Lew Rockwell of blogs. Oh- we could have so much fun with this.
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Fat Bastard Vegetarian Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:20:28pm |
re: #393 HoosierHoops
Broke my heart, it did.
Couldn't believe that an Internetz friend could affect me so, but it did.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:20:38pm |
re: #410 OldLineTexan
s'ok, math errors are rampant today ... you just bought a round, though
Thanks!
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:20:57pm |
In the middle of a recession.
In the middle of a $8 Billion state budget hole, and half the budget is education.
The folks we entrust to educate our kids in WA State, come up with a brilliant plan.
STRIKE!
Lake Stevens teachers vote to strike
BTW, strikes by public employees in WA are illegal. But WEA spends tons of money to stack school boards.
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:21:05pm |
re: #403 Gus 802
Epoxy grout! Epic failure on their part.
Any large project always requires three guys to stand around and look at one guy work. Also need the flag man that's always on his or her cell phone. That means if you hire 30,000 workers 20,000 of those will be standing around and watching the other 10,000 workers work.
/
And in Boston you have to hire every off-duty cop to watch the watchers, and since that's silly he doesn't even have to show up, you just send him the check.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:21:12pm |
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:22:16pm |
re: #375 aboo-Hoo-Hoo
Since we basically do not do nukes for electricity, what would power US high-speed trains?
Wind or solar?
Only when it blows or shines. Otherwise, fossil fuel.
That being the "elephant in the living room" in the whole "Going Green" delusion. As with "electric cars". the electricity to recharge them has to be generated, and if it's not coming from a "carbon neutral" source like hydroelectric, nuclear, or Holy Wind and Sun it isn't "reducing our carbon footprint"- it's just hiding it by moving it to a powerplant instead of putting it on the street.
When I hear "deep-ecos" saying that all we need for electric (fill in the blank) is "better battery technology", I have to restrain myself from smacking them one. Batteries just store electricity, they don't generate it.
They demand we stop using fossil fuel, they are determined to dismantle dams to "make rivers wild again", and nuclear power is to them the equivalent of Frankenstein's Monster- they want to lynch it and its creators. Because Holy Wind And Sun Will Save Our Souls- and they'll still have the Internet, WiFi, Starbuck's, etc., while "feeling good about themselves".
Sorry. Reality is going to hit them in the face just like it has California. Only worse.
As for me, I'm studying up on how to be a blacksmith without electric-powered anything. Emphasis on how to make horseshoes and harness irons.
cheers
eon
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:22:22pm |
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:22:25pm |
re: #416 itellu3times
And in Boston you have to hire every off-duty cop to watch the watchers, and since that's silly he doesn't even have to show up, you just send him the check.
Is this while they take off and work a freelance shift as a club guard at $75/hr?
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Equable Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:22:30pm |
re: #405 Greengolem64
So...I guess that would be...wind and...gas?
:)
Oh most certainly. Add a large 50 foot sail and you have a high speed train.
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debutaunt Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:22:57pm |
re: #38 kansas
Stocks brushed off earlier gains to turn lower after a survey of consumer confidence fell to a four-month low. Of the S&P's 10 industry groups, financials, materials and information technology paced the gains, while health care stocks fronted the losses.
But avanti says investor confidence is at a high for the year. I just don't know who to believe. Consumers, investors, Obama...
One's a gambler. One's a golfer. Hmmm.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:23:58pm |
re: #419 OldLineTexan
way scarier than death panels, real or imagined
Yes. Mostly it's for the novelty. Except for maybe the Metroliner but that costs an arm and a leg.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:23:59pm |
re: #402 Alouette
She went over to the freaking stalker's site! The ron paul of blogs.
That's what hurt...
Trillion blogs on the Internet that are really religious and really right wing...
Why that blog? I don't care any more.. I've learned some things about people..They go where they want too..Not my thing..Nor should it be..
And that's all I got to say about that
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karmic_inquisitor Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:24:56pm |
The axis of evil is still clenching ...
[Link: www.bloomberg.com...]
UAE Seizes North Korean Weapons Shipment to Iran
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying North Korean weapons bound for Iran, in violation of a United Nations arms embargo, diplomats said.
The UAE two weeks ago notified the UN Security Council of the seizure, according to the diplomats, who spoke on condition they aren’t named because the communication hasn’t been made public.
The council committee that monitors enforcement of UN sanctions against North Korea wrote a letter to Iran asking for an explanation and one to the UAE expressing appreciation for the cooperation, the envoys said. No response has been received or further action taken, they said.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:25:06pm |
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Equable Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:25:08pm |
Man I need to log off, I am wasting Charles' bandwidth with my sleep deprivation induced inanities.
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:25:15pm |
re: #422 debutaunt
One's a gambler. One's a golfer. Hmmm.
One's a smoker, and joker, and a midnight ... hey wait a minute.
And he speaks of the pompatus of health care.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:25:16pm |
re: #423 Gus 802
Yes. Mostly it's for the novelty. Except for maybe the Metroliner but that costs an arm and a leg.
what is scary is its fedgov-fueled "success"
/ozymandias
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:25:20pm |
re: #403 Gus 802
Epoxy grout! Epic failure on their part.
Any large project always requires three guys to stand around and look at one guy work. Also need the flag man that's always on his or her cell phone. That means if you hire 30,000 workers 20,000 of those will be standing around and watching the other 10,000 workers work.
/
Retired guy is enjoying his coffee and morning paper on his porch when the county truck pulls up on the street. A guy gets off the truck and starts digging a hole. After awhile he moves up the street about 50 feet and starts another hole. When this guy is working on his fourth hole a second guy gets out of the truck and starts filling the hole in.
This pisses the retired guy off and he goes down and asks the county workers what the *&%$ is going on? They reply they are the tree planting crew, but the guy who's job it is to put the tree in the hole is sick today.
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Vicious Babushka Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:25:26pm |
Bye now Lizards! See you tomorrow night!
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:25:50pm |
Fortune brands- makers of various tequila, whiskey, scotch and bourbon products closed down 0.88% since Ted Kennedy passed.
coincidence?
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midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:26:05pm |
re: #424 HoosierHoops
{Hoosier} When do the Colts play next?
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fizzlogic Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:27:00pm |
OT: So where's that thread about your upgrade to Snow Leopard?
It went smooth for me.
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wrenchwench Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:27:08pm |
re: #428 itellu3times
One's a smoker, and joker, and a midnight ... hey wait a minute.
And he speaks of the pompatus of health care.
So that's what's in that bill...
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:27:33pm |
re: #430 jcm
Retired guy is enjoying his coffee and morning paper on his porch when the county truck pulls up on the street. A guy gets off the truck and starts digging a hole. After awhile he moves up the street about 50 feet and starts another hole. When this guy is working on his fourth hole a second guy gets out of the truck and starts filling the hole in.
This pisses the retired guy off and he goes down and asks the county workers what the *&%$ is going on? They reply they are the tree planting crew, but the guy who's job it is to put the tree in the hole is sick today.
Excellent! Yeah, you also have to get the "official tree planting guy" that belong to the "official tree planters union." /
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Mad Mullah Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:27:35pm |
Charles, when I made a comment on the Maples thread last night, the minus and plus signs were all greyed out. I figured that the thread had run it's course and pinging had been disabled.
However, I just checked that thread again, and I am now able to ping again, because the minus and plus signs are no longer greyed out.
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SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:27:49pm |
re: #430 jcm
Retired guy is enjoying his coffee and morning paper on his porch when the county truck pulls up on the street. A guy gets off the truck and starts digging a hole. After awhile he moves up the street about 50 feet and starts another hole. When this guy is working on his fourth hole a second guy gets out of the truck and starts filling the hole in.
This pisses the retired guy off and he goes down and asks the county workers what the *&%$ is going on? They reply they are the tree planting crew, but the guy who's job it is to put the tree in the hole is sick today.
Gov't workers. Off at 4, home by 2.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:28:32pm |
re: #433 midwestgak
{Hoosier} When do the Colts play next?
Sat. Night at 8pm? I think...Heading to the pub in an hour...
Hope today finds you well
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Truck Monkey Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:31:25pm |
Joes tribute to his uncle Ted is very moving.
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MJ Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:31:51pm |
Some of Obama's well-known antisemitic friends are in Israel trying to cause trouble:
NYT August 28, 2009
Bilin Journal
In Village, Palestinians See Model for Their Cause
By ETHAN BRONNER
BILIN, West Bank — Every Friday for the past four and a half years, several hundred demonstrators — Palestinian villagers, foreign volunteers and Israeli activists — have walked in unison to the Israeli barrier separating this tiny village from the burgeoning settlement of Modiin Illit, part of which is built on the village’s land. One hundred feet away, Israeli soldiers watch and wait.The protesters chant and shout and, inevitably, a few throw stones. Then just as inevitably, the soldiers open fire with tear gas and water jets, lately including a putrid oil-based liquid that makes the entire area stink.
It is one of the longest-running and best organized protest operations in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and it has turned this once anonymous farming village into a symbol of Palestinian civil disobedience, a model that many supporters of the Palestinian cause would like to see spread and prosper.
For that reason, a group of famous left-leaning elder statesmen, including former President Jimmy Carter — who caused controversy by suggesting that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank amounted to apartheid — came to Bilin on Thursday and told the local organizers how much they admired their work and why it was vital to keep it going.
The retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, also on the visit, said, “Just as a simple man named Gandhi led the successful nonviolent struggle in India and simple people such as Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King led the struggle for civil rights in the United States, simple people here in Bilin are leading a nonviolent struggle that will bring them their freedom.”
Mr. Tutu, a South African Nobel Peace Prize winner, spoke on rocky soil, surrounded by the remains of tear gas canisters and in front of coils of barbed wire, part of the barrier that Israel began building in 2002 across the West Bank as a violent Palestinian uprising was under way. Israel said its main purpose was to stop suicide bombers from crossing into Israel, but the route of the barrier — a mix of fencing, guard towers and concrete wall — dug deep into the West Bank in places, and Palestinian anger over the barrier is as much about lost land as about lost freedom...
[Link: www.nytimes.com...]
Mary Robinson is there too.
New York Times just looks for every opportunity to use Israel and "apartheid" in the same sentence.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:31:55pm |
re: #438 SasquatchOnSteroids
Gov't workers. Off at 4, home by 2.
Except for the IRS which is open and manned 24/7.
I wonder why.
/
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:32:27pm |
re: #388 I am smarter than you
Oh yes - all of you people blithely tap away at your digital computers - perpetuating the numericide that Grace Hopper set into motion. All of those 0's being forced off of their registers by those "1's".
1 - as in "true"
1 - as in "I'm number one!"
1 - as in one big, oppressive phallus.
Millions of them occupying the
landsregisters that gynocentric "0's" (unjustly labeled false!) once lived on in harmony.But you don't care - do you? Oh no - you don't hear their screams. That fan noise drowns out their cry for justice.
But I am a person of conscience - I use an analog computer that I designed and built.
Aida Lovelace, is that you?
Great to see you again. Your pamphlet sounds brilliant. In fact, I believe I may have come across it once or twice...possibly more.
How goes the struggle against gendered numerical oppression?
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:32:41pm |
re: #434 trendsurfer
OT: So where's that thread about your upgrade to Snow Leopard?
It went smooth for me.
Smooth here too.
Too gripes, 64 bit isn't automatically enabled, you have to edit com.apple.Boot.plist file and the SATA II firmware to allow 3GBit SATA wasn't fixed, it's still stuck at 1.5GBit.
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Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:33:56pm |
re: #439 HoosierHoops
Hey Hoops - hows it hangin?
Have you watched any of Shaq's new show - Shaq Vs?
I love that guy! Funniest guy in sports.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:34:03pm |
OT: Girl-rillas go ape for French hunk
/common ancestor
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:35:43pm |
re: #447 OldLineTexan
OT: Girl-rillas go ape for French hunk
/common ancestor
Odd yet funny...
One female gorilla shrieked in delight, while another wedged the poster in a tree to stare at it.A third, clearly overcome by emotion, held the photo close to her chest -- then ate it.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:36:06pm |
re: #445 HoosierHoops
Good Evening Ice...
Hoops! Great to see you! Congrats on your marine being home too! How are you, honey?
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midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:37:04pm |
re: #443 iceweasel
How goes the struggle against gendered numerical oppression?
Indeed, how goes it?
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:37:15pm |
UAE tells UN it seized ship carrying secret cache of North Korea arms intended for Iran
U.N. sources say the United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying a secret cache of North Korean arms bound for Iran.Officials say a U.N. sanctions committee received a confidential letter from the UAE saying the 18-year-old cargo ship ANL Australia was carrying rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons. The officials spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:37:25pm |
re: #446 Racer X
Hey Hoops - hows it hangin?
Have you watched any of Shaq's new show - Shaq Vs?
I love that guy! Funniest guy in sports.
Dang Shaq! What a stud...What an Athlete in his day. (whoops)
Because Shaq played for the Lakers and I grew up in Northern California it's the law we have to hate him ( and his guts) I don't make the rules..
*wink*
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Killian Bundy Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:37:38pm |
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:37:39pm |
Heya Glacies Mustela...is your Happy Meal on suicide watch yet?
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:38:40pm |
re: #62 Alouette
Nice quote from Lautenberg:
“I commend the White House and Secretary Clinton for working diligently to stop Moammar Gadhafi from stepping foot in our state. It appears that we have prevailed in our fight to stop this dangerous figure from visiting New Jersey next month. Col. Gadhafi’s visit would have added insult to injury for the families who recently suffered through the release of the convicted Pan Am Flight 103 bomber. Colonel Gadhafi still has blood on his hands and I pledge to remain vigilant to ensure that he never enters New Jersey.”
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Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:39:29pm |
re: #452 HoosierHoops
Dang Shaq! What a stud...What an Athlete in his day. (whoops)
Because Shaq played for the Lakers and I grew up in Northern California it's the law we have to hate him ( and his guts) I don't make the rules..
*wink*
Heh. I'm mad - he is in better shape now than when he was a Laker. He cracks me up though - his show is pretty good.
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CyanSnowHawk Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:39:37pm |
re: #453 Killian Bundy
To Boldy Wear What No Dog Wants to Wear
/fail
I tried shovin' a weiner-dog in warp drive, but nothin' happened.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:39:49pm |
re: #449 iceweasel
Hoops! Great to see you! Congrats on your marine being home too! How are you, honey?
Just f'ing wonderful...Heading to the pub shorty..We are having a coming home party tonight...We should really guess how much my bar tab is going to be tonight.. I know American Express is a little worried..
/I have a story to tell you before I leave tonight
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:39:59pm |
re: #436 Gus 802
Excellent! Yeah, you also have to get the "official tree planting guy" that belong to the "official tree planters union." /
A similar thing happened in front of my house last year. As part of a "city beautification" project, they had teams from the Parks Dept. planting Lombardy poplars on all the main streets. Imagine my surprise to find one in front of my house.
Now, I'm a country boy. I used to have Lombardys on my property in the boonies. They get big. As in "100-feet-tall plus with root systems to match, and in under twenty years on average". (One in my back yard in 1965 got "topped out" by the wingtip of an ANG C-130E Hercules on a low-level training mission; no damage to the Herc', but the look on the trainee pilot's face as 20 feet of poplar got snicked off like a rosebush getting pruned back was priceless.) They need a lot of room, a lot of sun, and lots of water.
So, where did they plant this seven-foot, seedling baby behemoth?
Between the curb and the sidewalk, in a space about two feet wide, right over the sewer, water, and gas lines. all about two to five feet right under it.
Assuming it doesn't die (good bet, as it's looked pretty sickly this season) in a decade or so it's going to give the city Utilities and Street departments some interesting problems. And since the space it's in is city property, it's not my job to fix it for them.
/should be interesting to watch, though.
cheers
eon
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Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:40:20pm |
re: #453 Killian Bundy
To Boldy Wear What No Dog Wants to Wear
/fail
LOL!
The look on that poor dog's face says it all.
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:40:25pm |
re: #450 midwestgak
How goes the struggle against gendered numerical oppression?
Indeed, how goes it?
2 in binary is oppression!
oIo
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:40:41pm |
re: #456 Racer X
Heh. I'm mad - he is in better shape now than when he was a Laker. He cracks me up though - his show is pretty good.
I remember seeing a Sports Center clip of him buying Christmas gifts for disadvantaged kids a few years ago- his own money, too. I think he's one of the good guys.
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yesandno Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:41:33pm |
Oh Boy...
The Circus is coming to town...
Only one tent, but the clowns no doubt will make up for that.
The stench the animals leave might effect New Jersey for years.
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:41:35pm |
re: #451 jcm
UAE tells UN it seized ship carrying secret cache of North Korea arms intended for Iran
You also have to wonder how quickly those would have transitioned to the fronts in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq, not to mention Southern Lebanon and Gaza...
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:42:04pm |
re: #462 Sharmuta
I remember seeing a Sports Center clip of him buying Christmas gifts for disadvantaged kids a few years ago- his own money, too. I think he's one of the good guys.
He spends thousands of dollars every single year for Christmas for children..
/He really is a good guy...Damn it!
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:42:13pm |
re: #82 unrealizedviewpoint
maybe something to do with Mo and his tents?
He's never been especially religious, IIUC.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:42:49pm |
re: #454 Fenway_Nation
Heya Glacies Mustela...is your Happy Meal on suicide watch yet?
Hey there Fenway! How are you?
My happy meal is on Prozac and many antibiotics, like all McDonald's beef. ;)
That's why eating at McDonalds kills a hangover faster than anything. You don't even need to take Tylenol.
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:43:23pm |
re: #443 iceweasel
Aida Lovelace, is that you?
Great to see you again. Your pamphlet sounds brilliant. In fact, I believe I may have come across it once or twice...possibly more.
How goes the struggle against gendered numerical oppression?
The struggle continues.
Sometimes I get discouraged. But then I see that I have made a change to someone's life and I feel vindicated.
Just today I passed a Jack In The Box. They are now including characters from Yo Gabba Gabba in their kid's meals. A young girl commented "I got Muno - I don't like Muno - he is yucky." That made me feel great.
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:43:42pm |
re: #453 Killian Bundy
To Boldy Wear What No Dog Wants to Wear
/fail
grate, now neefer wun ov us getz laid
/
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:43:58pm |
re: #94 Slumbering Behemoth
I don't understand what this fucker is trying to prove with his whole bedouin tent thing. He sure as hell doesn't live in a tent on his home turf.
1. It's flashy.
2. It's inconvenient as hell for his hosts.
3. Pretending to be a simple Berber herdsman in New Jersey is FUN!
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:44:12pm |
In geometry- are there certain oppressive shapes? And how can I tell? Is it odd number of sides vs. even number or is it more nuanced than that?
All I know is I don't trust hexagons. Or trapezoids. Hex? Trap? Yeah...
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:44:32pm |
re: #468 iceweasel
Hey there Fenway! How are you?
My happy meal is on Prozac and many antibiotics, like all McDonald's beef. ;)
That's why eating at McDonalds kills a hangover faster than anything. You don't even need to take Tylenol.
McDonalds should be illegal...
Hahaha
*wink*
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:44:46pm |
re: #468 iceweasel
Me? Going from being unemployed to bitching about being overworked and underpaid...I get kinda cranky @ 3AM...which is usually when I begin my commute home.
I haven't even been on a bender to try the McDonalds cure...
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:44:49pm |
re: #450 midwestgak
How goes the struggle against gendered numerical oppression?
Indeed, how goes it?
Hey gak, I don't know if I told you before-- I left you an apology on the overnight thread where I was rude to you-- I think it was sunday? About Venn Diagrams? Just wanted to apologise again. Hope you're well!
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:45:24pm |
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:46:57pm |
re: #459 eon
Do you have an "urban forester?" They have one in Denver. Municipalities are always going gaga for trees yet they don't seem to understand that they require water and maintenance. In my case I've put trees 5 feet away from easement lines and as you mentioned the roots grow to the same size as the spread. That means something with a 50 foot spread will be 45 feet into an easement that's 5 feet away. But, they want that tree count. Astonishingly enough they don't even consider native vegetation. It's like planting a maple tree in Phoenix sometimes -- better yet make that a cedar tree.
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midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:47:07pm |
re: #468 iceweasel
Hey there Fenway! How are you?
My happy meal is on Prozac and many antibiotics, like all McDonald's beef. ;)
That's why eating at McDonalds kills a hangover faster than anything. You don't even need to take Tylenol.
Rookie. Everyone knows BurgerKing cures hangovers.
Oh, wait. Now their macot is a hideous ever-smiling . . .
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:47:32pm |
re: #459 eon
The geniuses hereabouts are planting pine trees (and some hardwoods) in the grassy bits on the sides of the overpasses.
Of course, we had a big hurricane here last year that knocked a bunch of trees over into the roads, so what could go wrong?
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:47:34pm |
re: #469 I am smarter than you
The struggle continues.
Sometimes I get discouraged. But then I see that I have made a change to someone's life and I feel vindicated.
Just today I passed a Jack In The Box. They are now including characters from Yo Gabba Gabba in their kid's meals. A young girl commented "I got Muno - I don't like Muno - he is yucky." That made me feel great.
Awesome. Purest awesome. ;)
I did a few things to portray the true phallus -
1) I made him stupid
2) I changed him to a red hot, almost throbbing color
3) I gave him all sorts of warts se he looked like an STD "after" picture
4) Just in case any girls found the bumps subconsciously appealing, I gave him sharp teeth and an overbite.
Brilliant!
By the way, what are your feelings about the name Jack in the Box? Isn't that another oppressive heteronormative construct designed to further brain wash us into worshipping the phallus? Just a thought...
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:48:13pm |
re: #477 Gus 802
Oops, make that 20 feet into the easement from the root/spread ratio.
Guess I'm math impaired this afternoon. More or less.
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SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:48:31pm |
re: #209 SasquatchOnSteroids
Cellphone, jewelery, and not covered up.
That's just a Berkeley student after a protest./
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spare o'lake Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:49:07pm |
The terrorist sponsor Gaddafi's penchant for thumbing his nose at the West is nothing if not amazing. Why he would want to set up camp in a country that sent a missile into his house and killed an immediate family member is hard to fathom, but the apparent willingness of the US to whore itself by allowing him to do just that after the recent Lockerbie bomber fiasco is even more difficult to stomach.
Oh, what a world, what a world...
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:49:21pm |
re: #474 Fenway_Nation
Me? Going from being unemployed to bitching about being overworked and underpaid...I get kinda cranky @ 3AM...which is usually when I begin my commute home.
I haven't even been on a bender to try the McDonalds cure...
I've been missing you on the night shift, that's for sure. Not the same without some Fenway action, you know?
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KingKenrod Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:49:45pm |
re: #425 karmic_inquisitor
The axis of evil is still clenching ...
[Link: www.bloomberg.com...]
UAE Seizes North Korean Weapons Shipment to Iran
Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- The United Arab Emirates has seized a ship carrying North Korean weapons bound for Iran, in violation of a United Nations arms embargo, diplomats said.
The UAE two weeks ago notified the UN Security Council of the seizure, according to the diplomats, who spoke on condition they aren’t named because the communication hasn’t been made public.
The council committee that monitors enforcement of UN sanctions against North Korea wrote a letter to Iran asking for an explanation and one to the UAE expressing appreciation for the cooperation, the envoys said. No response has been received or further action taken, they said.
The ship is owned by a French company. If the ship was being operated by that company, they should be held responsible for the cargo. Europeans need to stop looking the other way and be held accountable for doing business with NK & Iran. Let the great commie paradise of North Korea build their own fucking ships.
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midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:50:00pm |
re: #475 iceweasel
Hey gak, I don't know if I told you before-- I left you an apology on the overnight thread where I was rude to you-- I think it was sunday? About Venn Diagrams? Just wanted to apologise again. Hope you're well!
Look down thread a bit. I'm funnin with you. #478
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Killian Bundy Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:50:19pm |
Picking his way through the Soviet archives that Boris Yeltsin had just thrown open, in 1991 Tim Sebastian, a reporter for the London Times, came across an arresting memorandum. Composed in 1983 by Victor Chebrikov, the top man at the KGB, the memorandum was addressed to Yuri Andropov, the top man in the entire USSR. The subject: Sen. Edward Kennedy.
"On 9-10 May of this year," the May 14 memorandum explained, "Sen. Edward Kennedy's close friend and trusted confidant [John] Tunney was in Moscow." (Tunney was Kennedy's law school roommate and a former Democratic senator from California.) "The senator charged Tunney to convey the following message, through confidential contacts, to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Y. Andropov."
Yahoo! BuzzKennedy's message was simple. He proposed an unabashed quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. In return, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. "The only real potential threats to Reagan are problems of war and peace and Soviet-American relations," the memorandum stated. "These issues, according to the senator, will without a doubt become the most important of the election campaign."
Kennedy made Andropov a couple of specific offers.
First he offered to visit Moscow. "The main purpose of the meeting, according to the senator, would be to arm Soviet officials with explanations regarding problems of nuclear disarmament so they may be better prepared and more convincing during appearances in the USA." Kennedy would help the Soviets deal with Reagan by telling them how to brush up their propaganda.
Then he offered to make it possible for Andropov to sit down for a few interviews on American television. "A direct appeal ... to the American people will, without a doubt, attract a great deal of attention and interest in the country. ... If the proposal is recognized as worthy, then Kennedy and his friends will bring about suitable steps to have representatives of the largest television companies in the USA contact Y.V. Andropov for an invitation to Moscow for the interviews. ... The senator underlined the importance that this initiative should be seen as coming from the American side
/RIP Komrade
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:51:05pm |
re: #480 iceweasel
Brilliant!
By the way, what are your feelings about the name Jack in the Box? Isn't that another oppressive heteronormative construct designed to further brain wash us into worshipping the phallus? Just a thought...
And the involuntary opposition - "The Box".
Who, pray tell, plays the role of the subjugated "box!" But Jack feels secure in his "box" doesn't he?
Behind every great man ...
Sad to say i must go - I am down to my last cat (something for another post). Stay strong sister!
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OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:52:16pm |
re: #488 I am smarter than you
And the involuntary opposition - "The Box".
Who, pray tell, plays the role of the subjugated "box!" But Jack feels secure in his "box" doesn't he?
Behind every great man ...
Sad to say i must go - I am down to my last cat (something for another post). Stay strong sister!
You don't know Jack.
;)
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:52:22pm |
re: #484 iceweasel
I've been missing you on the night shift, that's for sure. Not the same without some Fenway action, you know?
Sounds kinda kinky...
As I understand it, I'm not the only LNDT regular who's been MIA lately.
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:52:26pm |
re: #488 I am smarter than you
And the involuntary opposition - "The Box".
Who, pray tell, plays the role of the subjugated "box!" But Jack feels secure in his "box" doesn't he?
Behind every great man ...
Sad to say i must go - I am down to my last cat (something for another post). Stay strong sister!
Behind every great man is an exhausted Woman
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cliffster Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:52:40pm |
re: #469 I am smarter than you
Hey - last night I made a comment about Yo Gabba Gabba, and my kids watching, etc. I want to apologize for that; I pictured you being brought in for consulting and not being really tied to it that much. And then later I thought about it and realized that my comment was uncalled for. Can't deny what I said - but there was no reason for me to put it out there like that.
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KingKenrod Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:52:41pm |
Space Shuttle Discovery still set for launch tonight at 11:59 Eastern.
[Link: www.nasa.gov...]
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Randall Gross Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:52:42pm |
I'd really be interested in where the arms were really manufactured. Smart money says Russia or China. This is one of those "smells to high heavens" complex weapons deals. Iran can easily manufacture their own small arms, and does.
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Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:53:22pm |
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Syrah Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:53:36pm |
Does Gadafi’s little camp-out get a pass from the local health code?
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I am smarter than you Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:54:14pm |
re: #493 cliffster
Hey - last night I made a comment about Yo Gabba Gabba, and my kids watching, etc. I want to apologize for that; I pictured you being brought in for consulting and not being really tied to it that much. And then later I thought about it and realized that my comment was uncalled for. Can't deny what I said - but there was no reason for me to put it out there like that.
I take it you are a male.
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eon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:54:54pm |
re: #477 Gus 802
We have a Parks department run by recent college graduates whose main qualification is being Sierra Club members, according to an about-to-retire parks employee I know.
Their Prime Directive seems to be "Trees Rule- People Drool".
And they regard the concept of planting based on characteristics as opposed to grand "beautification plans" as being reactionary nonsense. ("Of course they'll grow! it's in the plan!")
It's going to be interesting to watch, like I said.
cheers
eon
| 500 |
SanFranciscoZionist Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:55:27pm |
re: #374 lawhawk
Rabbi Smuley Boteach is one of the neighbors most affected. He owns the mansion next door.
I have issues with Rabbi Shmuley, but having Ghadafi camped out next door is cruel and (highly) unusual.
| 502 |
cliffster Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:56:16pm |
re: #498 I am smarter than you
I take it you are a male.
Your 49% chance of being correct even with a wild guess means I'm not impressed by your deduction :^)
| 503 |
OldLineTexan Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:56:21pm |
re: #498 I am smarter than you
I take it you are a male.
I want to know what nunnery any guy on that design panel that didn't know what a "one-eyed monster" referenced was raised in.
Truly amazing story.
| 504 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:57:06pm |
re: #462 Sharmuta
I remember seeing a Sports Center clip of him buying Christmas gifts for disadvantaged kids a few years ago- his own money, too. I think he's one of the good guys.
When he was traded from Orlando, I remember reading (in SI I think) about a waitress at a restaurant he used to frequent saying he used to leave her something like $150 tips.
He's a gentle giant.
| 505 |
jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:57:35pm |
re: #496 Racer X
Holy shit. If true - Ted was a traitor.
True; right from the Soviet KGB archives.
It's also in The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism. Paul Kengor, (2007)
| 506 |
Cato the Elder Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:58:07pm |
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:58:15pm |
re: #488 I am smarter than you
And the involuntary opposition - "The Box".
Who, pray tell, plays the role of the subjugated "box!" But Jack feels secure in his "box" doesn't he?
Behind every great man ...
Sad to say i must go - I am down to my last cat (something for another post). Stay strong sister!
Fight the power, sister! We will dismantle the masters' house with their own tools! Their throbbing, useful tools!
I continue my struggle in many ways, including subverting decency and gender roles at every step.
Until we meet again-- Viva la Revolucion!
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Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:58:49pm |
re: #487 Killian Bundy
From your link:
When President Reagan chose to confront the Soviet Union, calling it the evil empire that it was, Sen. Edward Kennedy chose to offer aid and comfort to General Secretary Andropov. On the Cold War, the greatest issue of his lifetime, Kennedy got it wrong.
Really wrong.
| 509 |
SixDegrees Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:59:12pm |
re: #472 Sharmuta
In geometry- are there certain oppressive shapes? And how can I tell? Is it odd number of sides vs. even number or is it more nuanced than that?
All I know is I don't trust hexagons. Or trapezoids. Hex? Trap? Yeah...
"How does the number seven make you feel? Is it odd? Or is it just...different?"
Lisa Simpson's 'New Math' class.
| 510 |
VioletTiger Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:59:43pm |
Say what you will about the great State of New Jersey (I've heard it all), but we know a piece of crap when we see it.
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Killian Bundy Fri, Aug 28, 2009 4:59:49pm |
re: #496 Racer X
Holy shit. If true - Ted was a traitor.
/it's a pretty safe bet that top Soviet officials didn't write fictitious internal memos to each other
| 512 |
Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:00:31pm |
re: #492 HoosierHoops
Behind every great man is an exhausted Woman
Excuse me- I believe that it's *ahem* the great men who are exhausted by insatiable women. ;p
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:01:01pm |
re: #509 SixDegrees
"How does the number seven make you feel? Is it odd? Or is it just...different?"
Lisa Simpson's 'New Math' class.
7 is a murderer!
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:01:50pm |
re: #504 SasquatchOnSteroids
When he was traded from Orlando, I remember reading (in SI I think) about a waitress at a restaurant he used to frequent saying he used to leave her something like $150 tips.
He's a gentle giant.
In his day...Shaq was one off the greatest Centers in all History..
No one on this planet was faster meaner and a more dominate force in Basketball...If you drove the lane you put your life in risk..You are going to get your ass kicked in the Paint...A complete stud in the lane...
| 515 |
Randall Gross Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:01:59pm |
Some wild assed unfounded speculation on the Iranian Arms shipment seized: Iran doesn't need to buy RPG's from Korea, they can make their own.
So either :
a. These small arms are "special" with advanced capabilities or
b. These small arms are normal
In the case of A, selling Iran advanced capabilities is bad, and I hope this isn't Putin.
In the case of B, if they are normal - then they are destined for purposes outside of Iran and the mullahocracy doesn't want them traceable back to Iran.
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jaunte Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:02:14pm |
re: #512 Sharmuta
Excuse me- I believe that it's *ahem* the great men who are exhausted by insatiable women. ;p
Here's a song on that theme by Tom Lehrer:
Alma (Mahler Gropius Werfel)
| 517 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:02:21pm |
| 518 |
spare o'lake Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:02:27pm |
re: #510 VioletTiger
Say what you will about the great State of New Jersey (I've heard it all), but we know a piece of crap when we see it.
This is an issue for the Feds. Gaddafi should be declared personna non grata by the State Department and denied entry into the US.
| 519 |
Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:02:59pm |
re: #505 jcm
True; right from the Soviet KGB archives.
It's also in The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism. Paul Kengor, (2007)
Wow. Just wow. I had not heard of this before.
America is in a Cold War with The Soviet Union, and Kennedy reaches out to "lend a hand in dealing with Reagan" - in exchange for making Ted look good so he could win the presidential election in 1988.
Unbelievable.
| 522 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:06:38pm |
re: #520 Killgore Trout
6 minutes? I'm later than I thought.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:07:15pm |
re: #505 jcm
True; right from the Soviet KGB archives.
It's also in The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism. Paul Kengor, (2007)
I tend to be a skeptic but I think seeing the original document would seal the deal. There are several Andropov letters to the Central Committee here:
http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp_a=sp1001610f&sp_f=iso-8859-1&sp_q=Andropov
http://www.yale.edu/annals/sakharov/sakharov_list.htm
Which is part of the Yale University Press Annals of Communism Series.
I looked for this one to no avail. It could be a matter of suppression on the part of Yale. Overall though we need to see the original document. Kengor has only said that it was "vetted."
Sample documents:
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itellu3times Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:07:37pm |
ChappaquiddiCare
just saw the term on another blog
ChappaquiddiCare
love it
live it
ChappaquiddiCare
| 527 |
spare o'lake Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:07:43pm |
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Bob Dillon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:08:28pm |
[Link: abcnews.go.com...]
Gadhafi Unlikely to Pitch His Tent in New Jersey
Elevator-Phobic Libyan Leader Looking for N.Y.C Hotel for September U.N. Meetings
| 529 |
Racer X Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:08:34pm |
re: #523 jcm
DRINK!
It's the FNDT!
I wish. This bird flu is freaking killing me!
I've been coughing and hacking for a week now. Summer colds suck.
| 530 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:09:41pm |
Ice..You still here? time is short...I have a story for you
| 531 |
Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:09:43pm |
re: #517 Fenway_Nation
And a cannibal! Seven ate nine!
/or was it soylent nine?
That's what I'm talking about! I think 7 is guilty as hell- otherwise, why would 6 be so afraid?
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solomonpanting Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:10:27pm |
re: #487 Killian Bundy
/RIP Komrade
He failed.
He also failed to heed his grandfather's words of wisdom (as expressed here):
"Teddy. Bring me my pills. And while you're at it, always remember:
If you're ever trapped under water with a girl make sure both of you get out alive. Or else some politically ambitious judge may write an inquest report that could make you look bad."
| 533 |
BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:10:47pm |
re: #530 HoosierHoops
Ice..You still here? time is short...I have a story for you
Hey Hoops! Yes! Dying to hear it. :)
| 534 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:11:25pm |
re: #531 Sharmuta
I think the resemblance to '9' would mean that '6' was the next logical victim on seven's hit list...
| 535 |
Erik The Red Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:12:45pm |
Good Evening Lizards. Cross fingers and hope the Shuttle is going to launch tonight. I am leaving in about 50 minutes. 11.59pm launch time. I will partake in the Friday LNDT when I get back.
I wish all of you a great weekend spent with loved ones or a good bottle. Whatever floats your boat.
| 536 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:14:02pm |
re: #524 Gus 802
This allegation has been out in the public for many years.
/as far as I can tell, it's never been denied by Kennedy
| 537 |
Killgore Trout Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:15:42pm |
re: #525 jcm
Have two, and catch up!
I have to ration my booze intake. I started putting on weight again.
| 538 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:15:50pm |
| 539 |
Syrah Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:16:01pm |
| 540 |
Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:16:32pm |
re: #536 Killian Bundy
This allegation has been out in the public for many years.
/as far as I can tell, it's never been denied by Kennedy
I know. Still would have to see the original document.
No I sound like I'm asking for a birth certificate. ;)
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Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:17:57pm |
re: #533 iceweasel
Hey Hoops! Yes! Dying to hear it. :)
Ok Sunday morning I woke up and watched F1 in Spain..You know how much I tease you about Spain...I'm laying on the couch watching the Grand Prix without recording it...A helicopter is following the cars from over head when they zoomed past the Yachts parked on the water by the track..
And in a moment I saw topless girls laying on the top deck...
I thought of you...Damn Iceweasel knows rich people...*wink*
/I always tease you
| 542 |
Bob Dillon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:18:16pm |
re: #526 itellu3times
ChappaquiddiCare
just saw the term on another blog
ChappaquiddiCare
love it
live it
ChappaquiddiCare
Heh ... Saul Alinsky must be spinning in his grave.
| 543 |
yesandno Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:18:20pm |
re: #526 itellu3times
ChappaquiddiCare
just saw the term on another blog
ChappaquiddiCare
love it
live it
ChappaquiddiCare
A bridge too far...
| 544 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:18:34pm |
| 545 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:19:45pm |
Hello all. Just got done surveying the carnage on the Inhofe thread. Looks like no fewer than five meltdown: 1 Glen Becker, 2 Paulians, 1 Spencer-Geller goose-stepper, and 1 creationist. Did anyone properly clean and prep any of those trolls so we can roast 'em?
| 546 |
Erik The Red Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:19:48pm |
re: #538 SasquatchOnSteroids
*grumbling* luckysunofabee.
Enjoy it.
Only lucky if it goes off tonight. :)
| 547 |
Syrah Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:20:37pm |
re: #544 Fenway_Nation
What? No tomb in Red Square?
Didn't they move Lenin out? There might be room.
| 549 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:21:04pm |
re: #545 Dark_Falcon
Any regulars amongst the casualties? Or were they mostly the moby/troll/sockpuppet variety?
| 551 |
BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:21:48pm |
re: #541 HoosierHoops
Ok Sunday morning I woke up and watched F1 in Spain..You know how much I tease you about Spain...I'm laying on the couch watching the Grand Prix without recording it...A helicopter is following the cars from over head when they zoomed past the Yachts parked on the water by the track..
And in a moment I saw topless girls laying on the top deck...
I thought of you...Damn Iceweasel knows rich people...*wink*
/I always tease you
Aw Hoops...You know I'm only hanging with the rich so I can steal and give to the poor! It's the socialist Robin Hood in me!
My heart belongs to the Hoopster...he's got those pics of me after all ;)
| 552 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:22:03pm |
re: #546 Erik The Red
Only lucky if it goes off tonight. :)
OK, wait a sec. You are talking about the shuttle, right?
| 553 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:22:37pm |
| 554 |
Gella Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:23:48pm |
good evening Lizards, how are u?
i am watching Us open finals from 1981 McEnroe VS Borg, classic, they don't play like that anymore :)
| 555 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:24:09pm |
re: #551 iceweasel
Aw Hoops...You know I'm only hanging with the rich so I can steal and give to the poor! It's the socialist Robin Hood in me!
My heart belongs to the Hoopster...he's got those pics of me after all ;)
Yes i do...Good night Ice and all the lizards...Time to have fun at the pub..
Love you guys
| 556 |
jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:24:51pm |
re: #529 Racer X
I wish. This bird flu is freaking killing me!
I've been coughing and hacking for a week now. Summer colds suck.
Dang, sorry to hear that!
Hot Chocolate & peppermint schnapps?
| 557 |
Gella Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:25:28pm |
| 558 |
Digital Display Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:26:38pm |
| 559 |
midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:27:24pm |
| 560 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:27:52pm |
re: #549 Fenway_Nation
Any regulars amongst the casualties? Or were they mostly the moby/troll/sockpuppet variety?
Nope. All the regular lizards made it through OK. Only a sometimes seen poster called gatorbait got the stick for defending Inhofe's incitement to violence.
| 561 |
KingKenrod Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:28:29pm |
re: #524 Gus 802
I tend to be a skeptic but I think seeing the original document would seal the deal. There are several Andropov letters to the Central Committee here:
http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp_a=sp1001610f&am p;sp_f=iso-8859-1&sp_q=Andropov
http://www.yale.edu/annals/sakharov/sakharov_list. htm
Which is part of the Yale University Press Annals of Communism Series.
I looked for this one to no avail. It could be a matter of suppression on the part of Yale. Overall though we need to see the original document. Kengor has only said that it was "vetted."
Sample documents:
[Link: yalepress.yale.edu...]
[Link: yalepress.yale.edu...]
I don't know if anyone posted the text of the letter up thread, but the alleged text is here:
[Link: sweetness-light.com...]
| 562 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:28:43pm |
re: #560 Dark_Falcon
Nope. All the regular lizards made it through OK. Only a sometimes seen poster called gatorbait got the stick for defending Inhofe's incitement to violence.
Appropriate nic.
| 563 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:32:19pm |
re: #562 SasquatchOnSteroids
Appropriate nic.
Flounce bait would have been even better. His meltdown did not surprise me. He was clearly leading up to a flounce.
| 565 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:33:24pm |
re: #545 Dark_Falcon
Hello all. Just got done surveying the carnage on the Inhofe thread. Looks like no fewer than five meltdown: 1 Glen Becker, 2 Paulians, 1 Spencer-Geller goose-stepper, and 1 creationist. Did anyone properly clean and prep any of those trolls so we can roast 'em?
Man am I getting sick of troll, every day it's troll, troll and more troll...
You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sautee it. There's, um, troll kebabs, troll creole, troll gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple troll and lemon troll, coconut troll, pepper troll, troll soup, troll stew, troll salad, troll and potatoes, troll burger, troll sandwich... That's, that's about it
| 566 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:33:39pm |
| 567 |
BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:33:46pm |
re: #564 HoosierHoops
night Lizards!
be well
Bye Hoops, have a great night! Sink a pint for me, -- or three. love, iDub
| 569 |
Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:34:25pm |
re: #561 KingKenrod
I don't know if anyone posted the text of the letter up thread, but the alleged text is here:
[Link: sweetness-light.com...]
Thanks. Saw that already but was thinking about the original document in Russian. As noted Kennedy's office did not deny the existence of this event according to what I read here:
[Link: www.frontpagemag.com...]
Also, Kengor didn't find the said document but Tim Sebastian of the London Times and BBC.
Mind you I'm not putting this past Kennedy.
| 570 |
Kenneth Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:34:35pm |
re: #528 Bobibutu
Gadhafi Unlikely to Pitch His Tent in New Jersey
I always assumed Gadhafi's all-female bodyguard helped him "pitch his tent".
| 571 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:35:10pm |
re: #565 The Shadow Do
Man am I getting sick of troll, every day it's troll, troll and more troll...
You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sautee it. There's, um, troll kebabs, troll creole, troll gumbo, pan fried, deep fried, stir fried. There's pineapple troll and lemon troll, coconut troll, pepper troll, troll soup, troll stew, troll salad, troll and potatoes, troll burger, troll sandwich... That's, that's about it
OK. Tonight we'll grill some prawns and chicken. How does that sound to you?
| 572 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:36:25pm |
re: #565 The Shadow Do
Hey...maybe we could have some python instead.
/One man's invasive species is another man's entree...
| 573 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:36:33pm |
re: #570 Kenneth
I always assumed Gadhafi's all-female bodyguard helped him "pitch his tent".
They're not much good at that. They keep falling down and landing on the tent pole.
//
| 574 |
HelloDare Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:37:16pm |
Castro in NYC
There were press reports about how the Cubans treated their rooms at The Shelburne. It was widely asserted that they brought live chickens into the rooms and plucked and dressed them at 3 and 4 in the mornings. Also, they supposedly threw lighted cigars onto expensive carpets, and even cooked food on camp stoves set up in the bathrooms.
Fidel Castro, visiting New York City in 1960, complained about the treatment he was getting at a Manhattan hotel and stormed out. Its managers later put up for auction the chicken feathers they said he left behind in Room 806.
| 575 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:38:33pm |
Kerry had a nice eulogy for Kennedy.
As much as I dislike him, it was nice and you could really tell he lost a friend.
A couple of days from now it might not matter, but for tonight I give him a thumbs up.
| 576 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:40:14pm |
re: #571 Dark_Falcon
OK. Tonight we'll grill some prawns and chicken. How does that sound to you?
Prawns are not but thinly disquised troll, not thank you!
| 577 |
midwestgak Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:42:05pm |
Blre: #568 Sharmuta
Are you meeting Hoops for drinks?
No. Next time you see Hoops. Just be there for him.
| 578 |
Killian Bundy Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:42:46pm |
Boxer: Appoint caretaker for Kennedy seat
Boxer joined a steadily growing chorus of lawmakers favoring a quickly nominated successor to Kennedy, arguing that an interim senator would be in the best interests of Massachusetts voters.
"Clearly, what's best is keep the election, that's fine, but just add a piece that says, 'In the interim, let's have a caretaker, someone who is there,' " she said during an interview on MSNBC. "Otherwise, Massachusetts in the Senate loses 50 percent of its power — 50 percent of its ability to fight for the people of Massachusetts."
/Massachusetts: BUTT OUT!
| 579 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:43:33pm |
re: #572 Fenway_Nation
Hey...maybe we could have some python instead.
/One man's invasive species is another man's entree...
That story is really disturbing, the little girl killed I mean. And they are hunting the pythons without traps or guns? What the hell is that all about? Afghanistan ROE for snakes?
| 580 |
Erik The Red Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:43:39pm |
re: #575 SasquatchOnSteroids
Kerry had a nice eulogy for Kennedy.
As much as I dislike him, it was nice and you could really tell he lost a friend.
A couple of days from now it might not matter, but for tonight I give him a thumbs up.
This is the only time I would agree with your statement.
| 581 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:44:01pm |
re: #576 The Shadow Do
Prawns are not but thinly disquised troll, not thank you!
You wouldn't say that if you tried the one I ate for lunch today. Still we do have the chicken and I have package of Hebrew National hot dogs. Will either of those work for you.
| 583 |
Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:46:03pm |
re: #577 midwestgak
Hoops knows he can always count on me to be there for him.
| 584 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:46:34pm |
re: #580 Erik The Red
This is the only time I would agree with your statement.
Crap, did I really type that ??
//
Hey, we're all mortal. As much as we bicker,snap, and crow at each other, I still can't imagine better people than here. Even Idub (poke in the ribs). Best to all of you.
| 585 |
Fenris Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:47:08pm |
re: #575 SasquatchOnSteroids
Kerry had a nice eulogy for Kennedy.
As much as I dislike him, it was nice and you could really tell he lost a friend.
A couple of days from now it might not matter, but for tonight I give him a thumbs up.
Voltaire much?
| 586 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:48:35pm |
| 587 |
fizzlogic Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:49:32pm |
re: #444 jcm
Smooth here too.
Too gripes, 64 bit isn't automatically enabled, you have to edit com.apple.Boot.plist file and the SATA II firmware to allow 3GBit SATA wasn't fixed, it's still stuck at 1.5GBit.
I think the SATA problem is with the MacBooks. My MacPro shows 3GBit. Regarding the 32bit kernel, it's not necessary to run 64bit applications. Here's an interesting discussion of this. Scroll down to post 15 and 17.
| 588 |
KingKenrod Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:49:39pm |
re: #578 Killian Bundy
Boxer: Appoint caretaker for Kennedy seat
/Massachusetts: BUTT OUT!
I'm sure she'd be saying the same thing if Romney were governor, right?
| 589 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:49:45pm |
re: #581 Dark_Falcon
You wouldn't say that if you tried the one I ate for lunch today. Still we do have the chicken and I have package of Hebrew National hot dogs. Will either of those work for you.
Now were talkin! (what's in those dogs by the way, I assume troll is not Kosher, correct?)
| 590 |
SasquatchOnSteroids Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:51:16pm |
Mini me decided to redecorate the house.
I guess I should do something...
Evening, folks.
| 591 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:52:23pm |
re: #590 SasquatchOnSteroids
Mini me decided to redecorate the house.
I guess I should do something...Evening, folks.
Move out?
Evening big guy.
| 592 |
Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:52:28pm |
re: #579 The Shadow Do
I'm not Sierra club tree-hugger, but I find an invasive species like the Burmese python thriving in the Southeast USA more disturbing in a bigger picture sense.
Hope a sudden demand in python meat or python-skinned accesories can make a dent in the population...
| 593 |
jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:54:03pm |
re: #587 trendsurfer
I think the SATA problem is with the MacBooks. My MacPro shows 3GBit. Regarding the 32bit kernel, it's not necessary to run 64bit applications. Here's an interesting discussion of this. Scroll down to post 15 and 17.
The EFI update 1.7 fixed the SATA issue for the 2009 MBP, but not the late 2008 even though they have the same chip set.
Interesting discussion on the 64bit v. 32bit.
| 594 |
Fenris Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:54:38pm |
re: #586 SasquatchOnSteroids
Eh ?
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -Voltaire
| 595 |
The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:56:28pm |
re: #592 Fenway_Nation
I'm not Sierra club tree-hugger, but I find an invasive species like the Burmese python thriving in the Southeast USA more disturbing in a bigger picture sense.
Hope a sudden demand in python meat or python-skinned accesories can make a dent in the population...
Put a no limit all season hunt on those cats and you would have every redneck in the South, me too probably, out there shootin' the slippery bastids. Problem solved in about 3 days. No shoot policy for pythons, ridiculous. Shootin is the attraction for cryin out loud!
| 596 |
Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:56:29pm |
re: #589 The Shadow Do
Now were talkin! (what's in those dogs by the way, I assume troll is not Kosher, correct?)
Pure beef. And we've debated it and established that due to way trolls are killed (brained by the ban stick), they are not kosher.
| 597 |
Kenneth Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:56:32pm |
Obama and the Media: Trouble in Paradise
Obama was the hottest news story of their generation. Rather than covering the long-shot freshman senator who would be crushed in February, Obama campaign reporters experienced the reflected glory of being along for a historic journey. There was plenty of motivation to keep that journey going.
Conversely, Obama making a hash out of health care provides plenty of good copy for the White House press corps. And because Obama fatigue has set in with the reading and viewing public, skeptical stories match the national mood.
Some are still in the tank for Obama. But many liberal reporters think the president is blowing the left’s big chance.
Uh-huh.
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Fenris Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:58:11pm |
re: #596 Dark_Falcon
Pure beef. And we've debated it and established that due to way trolls are killed (brained by the ban stick), they are not kosher.
What's the proper method of disposal if I cannot eat them? Seems such a waste of rancid meats.
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Syrah Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:58:23pm |
re: #595 The Shadow Do
Put a no limit all season hunt on those cats and you would have every redneck in the South, me too probably, out there shootin' the slippery bastids. Problem solved in about 3 days. No shoot policy for pythons, ridiculous. Shootin is the attraction for cryin out loud!
Can you poach Python?
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The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:58:42pm |
re: #596 Dark_Falcon
Pure beef. And we've debated it and established that due to way trolls are killed (brained by the ban stick), they are not kosher.
I did not know that. I did know you did not serve them with melted cheese though!
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:58:48pm |
re: #598 fenrisdesigns
What's the proper method of disposal if I cannot eat them? Seems such a waste of rancid meats.
Feed 'em to the dog or cat.
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Fenway_Nation Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:59:16pm |
OK lizards...time for me to get going...
Take care, all!
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The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 28, 2009 5:59:28pm |
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Kenneth Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:00:44pm |
re: #599 Syrah
Can you poach Python?
Grilled and served with a piquant salsa, python steaks are delicious!
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Syrah Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:01:09pm |
re: #603 The Shadow Do
Poached, fried, fricassed or broiled. All good.
I must be getting hungry. Grilled Python served with pop-corn fried Okra is sounding mighty yummy.
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Kenneth Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:02:18pm |
"...it is hard to escape the conclusion that the numbers impact the coverage, tempering the enthusiasm for a president who can no longer be advertised, even by the most sympathetic members of the press, as the dreamiest ever."
morning after syndrome kicking in now
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What, me worry? Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:02:49pm |
re: #594 fenrisdesigns
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." -Voltaire
You know, that really only works in theory.
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VioletTiger Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:04:22pm |
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Syrah Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:04:27pm |
re: #604 jcm
Need a really, really long poaching pan...
Maybe a spanish paiea pan would work. Just wind the python around a bit . . .
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Sharmuta Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:05:24pm |
re: #599 Syrah
Can you poach Python?
Are you kidding? People poach Python all the time, though I don't think many get away with it. The films and TV clips are far too popular. :p
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Fenris Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:06:07pm |
re: #608 marjoriemoon
You know, that really only works in theory.
Gah, come to think of, you're right. He did say a bit about Jews, too; doesn't quite have the ring, of course.
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Gus Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:06:10pm |
Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein passed away. Former Blink 182 drummer. He was also one of the survivors of that Lear Jet crash. 36 years old.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:09:11pm |
Satirist Chris Morris infiltrates the audience of daytime talk show "The Time, The Place"
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:10:03pm |
re: #608 marjoriemoon
You know, that really only works in theory.
What do you mean? I think I might disagree but I'm not sure what you're saying...
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:10:18pm |
re: #613 Gus 802
Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein passed away. Former Blink 182 drummer. He was also one of the survivors of that Lear Jet crash. 36 years old.
RIP.
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The Shadow Do Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:11:04pm |
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jcm Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:11:38pm |
RE:
The Kennedy KGB matter.
From Kengors book:
Notes (full text) page 369
25. To the best of my knowledge, this book is the first full examination and presentation of the Chebrikov document. The document came from the Central Committee Archives of the Communist Party of the former USSR. There are a number of different archives from the Soviet period, including, for example, the KGB Archives, the Comintern Archives, among others. The archives were opened in the early 1990s by the Boris Yeltsin government, whereupon scholars and journalists eagerly began digging into the documents. The Yeltsin government, for various reasons, closed many of the archives, including the Central Committee Archives, in the 1994-95 period.
The document that I cite here was apparently initially found by a London Times reporter in early 1992. The London Sunday Times subsequently published an article on the document, titled “Teddy, the KGB and the top secret file,” in the February 2, 1992 edition. The Times article, however, was brief and included only a few quotes from the document; the newspaper published only a photo of a small section from the upper left corner of page one of the five page document. Once the Times piece ran, a number of people scrambled to the archives to obtain their own copy of the document, which then began circulating in and around Moscow. Various individuals obtained copies. Shortly thereafter, the Russian government closed the file.
Among those who obtained a full copy was Herb Romerstein, author of the seminal work on the Venona papers, The Verona Secrets. Romerstein is a former staff member of the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a seasoned veteran of archival research from the Cold War period. Romerstein continues to do research from intelligence archives of former Communist countries. My copy was obtained through Marko Suprun, who got the copy from Herb Romerstein and Walter Zaryckyj. Romerstein provided details to me on the document’s origin in a number of discussions in June 2005. Unquote.
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Fenris Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:12:19pm |
re: #615 iceweasel
What do you mean? I think I might disagree but I'm not sure what you're saying...
That's why relativism goes straight down the tubes. If you say "I disagree," you introduce a paradox. Agreeing with "I disagree" is an admission that relativism is wrong. Disagreeing with that statement means you have to abandon relativism to defend it. Whoops.
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Dark_Falcon Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:15:02pm |
re: #613 Gus 802
Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein passed away. Former Blink 182 drummer. He was also one of the survivors of that Lear Jet crash. 36 years old.
I should note that Adam Goldstein was not Blink 182's drummer. His fellow plane crash survivor Travis Barker was and again is the drummer for that band.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:22:43pm |
re: #620 fenrisdesigns
That's why relativism goes straight down the tubes. If you say "I disagree," you introduce a paradox. Agreeing with "I disagree" is an admission that relativism is wrong. Disagreeing with that statement means you have to abandon relativism to defend it. Whoops.
No, but you can't endorse the principle "there are no general truths" without creating a general truth -- which has to apply to itself. Therefore relativism is logically inconsistent, and a very rare example of a principle which refutes itself.
My question was about whether people are saying that the Voltaire quote isn't true or doesn't apply.
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Fenris Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:26:00pm |
re: #624 iceweasel
No, but you can't endorse the principle "there are no general truths" without creating a general truth -- which has to apply to itself. Therefore relativism is logically inconsistent, and a very rare example of a principle which refutes itself.
My question was about whether people are saying that the Voltaire quote isn't true or doesn't apply.
I know. I was mostly going off on a tangent. Misfire.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:27:29pm |
re: #625 fenrisdesigns
I know. I was mostly going off on a tangent. Misfire.
Oh no problem-- i thought people were saying the Voltaire quote had something to do with relativism.
I'm a big believer in that quote, that's all.
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quickjustice Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:31:04pm |
Some biography about Qaddafi from
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]
"Gaddafi entered the military academy in Benghazi in 1963, where he and a few of his fellow militants organized a secretive group dedicated to overthrowing the pro-Western Libyan monarchy. After graduating in 1965, he was sent to Britain for further training at the British Army Staff College, now the Joint Services Command and Staff College, returning in 1966 as a commissioned officer in the Signal Corps."
From time to time Gaddafi has responded to domestic and external opposition with violence. His revolutionary committees called for the assassination of Libyan dissidents living abroad in April 1980, with Libyan hit squads sent abroad to murder them. On 26 April, Gaddafi set a deadline of 11 June for dissidents to return home or be "in the hands of the revolutionary committees".[5] Nine Libyans were murdered during that time, five of them in Italy.
By the mid-1980s, he was widely regarded in the West as the principal financier of international terrorism. Reportedly, Gaddafi was a major financier of the "Black September Movement" which perpetrated the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, and was accused by the United States of being responsible for direct control of the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing that killed three people and wounded more than 200, of whom a substantial number were U.S. servicemen. He is also said to have paid "Carlos the Jackal" to kidnap and then release a number of Saudi Arabian and Iranian oil ministers. Tensions between Libya and the West reached a peak during the Ronald Reagan administration, which tried to overthrow Gaddafi. The Reagan administration viewed Libya as a belligerent rogue state because of its uncompromising stance on Palestinian independence, its support for revolutionary Iran in the 1980-1988 war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq (see Iran–Iraq War), and its backing of "liberation movements" in the developing world. Reagan himself dubbed Gaddafi the "mad dog of the Middle East." In December 1981 the US State Department invalidated US passports for travel to Libya, and in March 1982 the U.S. declared a ban on the import of Libyan oil [7] and the export to Libya of U.S. oil industry technology; European nations did not follow suit. Libya has also been a supporter of the Polisario Front in their fight against Spanish colonialism and Moroccan military occupation.
In October 2008 Libya paid $1.5 billion into a fund which will be used to compensate relatives of the
1. Lockerbie bombing victims with the remaining 20%;
2. American victims of the 1986 Berlin discotheque bombing;
3. American victims of the 1989 UTA Flight 772 bombing; and,
4. Libyan victims of the 1986 US bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi.
As a result, President Bush signed an executive order restoring the Libyan government's immunity from terror-related lawsuits and dismissing all of the pending compensation cases in the US, the White House said.[10]
On 28 June 2007 Megrahi was granted the right to a second appeal against the Lockerbie bombing conviction.[11] One month later, the Bulgarian medics were released from jail in Libya. They returned home to Bulgaria and were pardoned by Bulgarian president, Georgi Parvanov.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:35:22pm |
re: #614 Jimmah
Satirist Chris Morris infiltrates the audience of daytime talk show "The Time, The Place"
Brill! Never saw that one before... How are you, Jimmah-cakes? ;)
I love Chris Morris so much. Here's one I bet you've seen:
"The twig of peace is nearing melting point!"
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Kenneth Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:35:26pm |
re: #627 quickjustice
Missing biographical detail... following the coup which brought him to power, Ghadaffi checked into an Egyptian hospital for treatment of a mental illness, most likely bipolar disorder.
That explains much.
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quickjustice Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:36:59pm |
re: #629 Kenneth
Untreated bipolar disease is very scary. Qadaffi must be taking his meds.
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EndlessBob Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:42:18pm |
re: #11 buzzsawmonkeyDiplomatic immunity has been around for centuries. The idea springs from the immunity of heralds (the messengers between hostiles in the ancient world), which permitted opposing sides to negotiate with a reasonable assurance that the person of the messenger would be respected.
Don't kill the messenger...unless he brings a really, really bad message.
THIS... IS... JERSEY!!!
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Kenneth Fri, Aug 28, 2009 6:42:54pm |
re: #630 quickjustice
I'm sure he does, but he will still cycle. I'm guessing he turned into a down cycle when he watched Saddam crawl out of his spidey hole.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Aug 28, 2009 7:02:21pm |
re: #628 iceweasel
Brill! Never saw that one before... How are you, Jimmah-cakes? ;)
I love Chris Morris so much. Here's one I bet you've seen:
"The twig of peace is nearing melting point!"
Hi iceweasel! Great to see you, as ever :) One of my favourite 'The Day Today' clips. Thanks!
Now, the ever topical subject of "changing attitudes" :
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 7:53:30pm |
re: #633 Jimmah
Hi iceweasel! Great to see you, as ever :) One of my favourite 'The Day Today' clips. Thanks!
Now, the ever topical subject of "changing attitudes" :
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Love it. Never saw that one before either. So glad you liked the war clip-- knew you must have seen it. One of my favourites as well.
"It's an interesting feeling, and certainly quite relaxing...My initial reaction was one of intense joy..."
And since it's friday night...
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Aug 28, 2009 8:21:32pm |
re: #634 iceweasel
"It's an interesting feeling, and certainly quite relaxing...My initial reaction was one of intense joy..."
And since it's friday night...
There's been a lot of that around lately ;-)
Yes, friday night in dear old blighty - you just want to down some ales (only a few, mind) and take the old Jag for a spin.
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What, me worry? Fri, Aug 28, 2009 8:31:21pm |
re: #615 iceweasel
What do you mean? I think I might disagree but I'm not sure what you're saying...
Sorry for being so late. I was out crusin' the intrawebs.
I think the idea of dying for someone else's ideal is a virtuous thought, but I'm not sure most people will do it, even those who say it, myself included. Would I die to allow the Nazi's to march on Main Street? Probably not. Would I sue Town Hall for giving them a permit? Probably not.
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 8:32:50pm |
re: #635 Jimmah
There's been a lot of that around lately ;-)
Yes, friday night in dear old blighty - you just want to down some ales (only a few, mind) and take the old Jag for a spin.
Believe it or not, I was thinking of that clip. GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN!
The traditional friday night in dear old blighty, of course, starts with a few ales and ends with smashing some shop windows and throwing up a curry...
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 8:36:33pm |
re: #636 marjoriemoon
Sorry for being so late. I was out crusin' the intrawebs.
I think the idea of dying for someone else's ideal is a virtuous thought, but I'm not sure most people will do it, even those who say it, myself included. Would I die to allow the Nazi's to march on Main Street? Probably not. Would I sue Town Hall for giving them a permit? Probably not.
No prob! Good to see you!
I think I would die for that right, because I wouldn't consider it dying for someone else's ideal, but dying for mine, and the one most important to me: the right, and indeed the necessity, of speech being free for all.
But then I'm a cardcarrying member of the ACLU and civil liberties is my main issue. Also a DFH anyway.
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Aug 28, 2009 8:39:49pm |
re: #637 iceweasel
Believe it or not, I was thinking of that clip. GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN!
The traditional friday night in dear old blighty, of course, starts with a few ales and ends with smashing some shop windows and throwing up a curry...
Yep! And the traffic cones - always the traffic cones...
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 9:02:47pm |
re: #639 Jimmah
Yep! And the traffic cones - always the traffic cones...
[Link: www.edwud.com...]
I love the traffic cones!
And it gives me an excuse to post this again...love the bollards. Never mind the bollards here's the sex bunnies:
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Aug 28, 2009 9:30:24pm |
re: #640 iceweasel
I love the traffic cones!
And it gives me an excuse to post this again...love the bollards. Never mind the bollards here's the sex bunnies:
Wonderful - nothing quite like furry creatures making sweet music :)
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Ayeless in Ghazi Fri, Aug 28, 2009 10:11:37pm |
re: #641 Jimmah
Video link seem to have diewsd...strange. Here it is again. One of these has got to work:
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BARACK THE VOTE Fri, Aug 28, 2009 10:41:29pm |
re: #642 Jimmah
Video link seem to have diewsd...strange. Here it is again. One of these has got to work:
I love them, darlin'. ;) Great, great video too.
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